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John D'Acquisto

John Francis D'Acquisto

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 24, 1951 in San Diego, CA
High School: St. Augustine HS (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1973
Teams (by GP): Padres/Giants/Expos/Athletics/Angels/... 1973-1982
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1982
Relatives: Cousin of Lou Marone
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1973 21 SFG NL 1 1 .500 3.58 7 3 1 1 0 0 27.2 23 14 11 4 19 0 29 0 0 3 125 109 1.518 7.5 1.3 6.2 9.4 1.53
1974 22 SFG NL 12 14 .462 3.77 38 36 1 5 1 0 215.0 182 101 90 13 124 7 167 6 2 9 936 101 1.423 7.6 0.5 5.2 7.0 1.35
1975 23 SFG NL 2 4 .333 10.29 10 6 3 0 0 0 28.0 29 35 32 5 34 0 22 2 0 5 148 38 2.250 9.3 1.6 10.9 7.1 0.65
1976 24 SFG NL 3 8 .273 5.35 28 19 5 0 0 0 106.0 93 69 63 5 102 1 53 3 1 10 503 68 1.840 7.9 0.4 8.7 4.5 0.52
1977 25 TOT NL 1 2 .333 6.54 20 14 2 0 0 0 52.1 54 45 38 3 57 0 54 2 1 7 259 56 2.121 9.3 0.5 9.8 9.3 0.95
1977 25 STL NL 0 0 4.32 3 2 1 0 0 0 8.1 5 4 4 0 10 0 9 1 0 2 39 94 1.800 5.4 0.0 10.8 9.7 0.90
1977 25 SDP NL 1 2 .333 6.95 17 12 1 0 0 0 44.0 49 41 34 3 47 0 45 1 1 5 220 52 2.182 10.0 0.6 9.6 9.2 0.96
1978 26 SDP NL 4 3 .571 2.13 45 3 24 0 0 10 93.0 60 24 22 2 56 2 104 1 1 5 390 156 1.247 5.8 0.2 5.4 10.1 1.86
1979 27 SDP NL 9 13 .409 4.92 51 11 19 1 1 2 133.2 140 83 73 15 86 6 97 3 0 5 610 72 1.691 9.4 1.0 5.8 6.5 1.13
1980 28 TOT NL 2 5 .286 3.39 50 0 14 0 0 3 87.2 81 36 33 2 45 9 59 1 0 9 373 103 1.437 8.3 0.2 4.6 6.1 1.31
1980 28 SDP NL 2 3 .400 3.76 39 0 12 0 0 1 67.0 67 29 28 2 36 9 44 1 0 4 294 92 1.537 9.0 0.3 4.8 5.9 1.22
1980 28 MON NL 0 2 .000 2.18 11 0 2 0 0 2 20.2 14 7 5 0 9 0 15 0 0 5 79 167 1.113 6.1 0.0 3.9 6.5 1.67
1981 29 CAL AL 0 0 10.71 6 0 1 0 0 0 19.1 26 24 23 2 12 0 8 1 0 1 95 35 1.966 12.1 0.9 5.6 3.7 0.67
1982 30 OAK AL 0 1 .000 5.29 11 0 6 0 0 0 17.0 20 11 10 1 9 0 7 0 0 2 78 74 1.706 10.6 0.5 4.8 3.7 0.78
10 Yrs 34 51 .400 4.56 266 92 76 7 2 15 779.2 708 442 395 52 544 25 600 19 5 56 3517 80 1.606 8.2 0.6 6.3 6.9 1.10
162 Game Avg. 6 10 .400 4.56 51 17 14 1 0 3 148 134 84 75 10 103 5 114 4 1 11 668 80 1.606 8.2 0.6 6.3 6.9 1.10
SFG (4 yrs) 18 27 .400 4.68 83 64 10 6 1 0 376.2 327 219 196 27 279 8 271 11 3 27 1712 81 1.609 7.8 0.6 6.7 6.5 0.97
SDP (4 yrs) 16 21 .432 4.18 152 26 56 1 1 13 337.2 316 177 157 22 225 17 290 6 2 19 1514 83 1.602 8.4 0.6 6.0 7.7 1.29
STL (1 yr) 0 0 4.32 3 2 1 0 0 0 8.1 5 4 4 0 10 0 9 1 0 2 39 94 1.800 5.4 0.0 10.8 9.7 0.90
OAK (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.29 11 0 6 0 0 0 17.0 20 11 10 1 9 0 7 0 0 2 78 74 1.706 10.6 0.5 4.8 3.7 0.78
CAL (1 yr) 0 0 10.71 6 0 1 0 0 0 19.1 26 24 23 2 12 0 8 1 0 1 95 35 1.966 12.1 0.9 5.6 3.7 0.67
MON (1 yr) 0 2 .000 2.18 11 0 2 0 0 2 20.2 14 7 5 0 9 0 15 0 0 5 79 167 1.113 6.1 0.0 3.9 6.5 1.67
NL (8 yrs) 34 50 .405 4.38 249 92 69 7 2 15 743.1 662 407 362 49 523 25 585 18 5 53 3344 83 1.594 8.0 0.6 6.3 7.1 1.12
AL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 8.17 17 0 7 0 0 0 36.1 46 35 33 3 21 0 15 1 0 3 173 47 1.844 11.4 0.7 5.2 3.7 0.71

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1973 21 SFG NL 27.2 7 3 14 4.55 4.23 -0.04 -0.02 104.2 4.43 -0 -0.0 .4 -0.0 0.2 2 .494 .500 $
1974 22 SFG NL 215.0 38 36 101 4.23 4.16 -0.02 0.12 103.5 4.45 4 0.5 .4 -0.1 2.0 25 .512 .503 $
1975 23 SFG NL 28.0 10 6 35 11.25 4.00 -0.29 0.05 106.8 4.64 -21 -1.9 .6 0.0 -1.6 -18 .311 .488 $
1976 24 SFG NL 106.0 28 19 69 5.86 4.05 -0.36 0.05 102.1 4.55 -16 -1.7 .0 0.1 -0.8 -6 .438 .489 $
1977 25 STL NL 8.1 3 2 4 4.32 4.73 0.16 0.15 101.1 4.77 0 0.0 1.8 -0.0 0.1 1 .513 .500 $
1977 25 SDP NL 44.0 17 12 41 8.39 4.43 -0.16 0.07 92.0 4.29 -20 -1.9 .1 0.1 -1.5 -16 .386 .488 $
1978 26 SDP NL 93.0 45 3 24 2.32 4.15 -0.16 -0.24 92.9 3.78 14 1.6 1.3 0.1 2.5 23 .536 .510 $
1979 27 SDP NL 133.2 51 11 83 5.59 4.31 0.09 -0.13 95.0 3.89 -26 -2.7 1.2 -0.3 -2.0 -13 .446 .483 $
1980 28 SDP NL 67.0 39 0 29 3.90 4.08 0.03 -0.32 97.7 3.65 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.1 0.2 4 .494 .499 $
1980 28 MON NL 20.2 11 0 7 3.05 4.10 -0.04 -0.32 100.2 3.83 2 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.3 4 .518 .501 $
1981 29 CAL AL 19.1 6 0 24 11.17 4.36 -0.02 -0.35 99.5 4.02 -15 -1.3 .8 0.1 -1.1 -14 .277 .492 $275,000
1982 30 OAK AL 17.0 11 0 11 5.82 4.44 0.03 -0.35 93.3 3.80 -4 -0.4 .5 0.1 -0.2 -2 .465 .498 $275,000
10 Seasons 779.2 266 92 442 5.10 4.19 -0.08 -0.06 99.1 4.18 -85 -8.0 1.0 -0.2 -1.9 -8 .470 .496 $550,000
SFG (4 yrs) 376.2 83 64 219 5.23 4.12 -0.14 0.09 103.4 4.49 -33 -3.2 .3 -0.0 -0.2 3 .461 .495 $
SDP (4 yrs) 337.2 152 26 177 4.72 4.24 -0.02 -0.17 94.6 3.86 -35 -3.3 1.2 -0.3 -0.8 -1 .478 .495 $
STL (1 yr) 8.1 3 2 4 4.32 4.73 0.16 0.15 101.1 4.77 0 0.0 1.8 -0.0 0.1 1 .513 .500 $
OAK (1 yr) 17.0 11 0 11 5.82 4.44 0.03 -0.35 93.3 3.80 -4 -0.4 .5 0.1 -0.2 -2 .465 .498 $275,000
CAL (1 yr) 19.1 6 0 24 11.17 4.36 -0.02 -0.35 99.5 4.02 -15 -1.3 .8 0.1 -1.1 -14 .277 .492 $275,000
MON (1 yr) 20.2 11 0 7 3.05 4.10 -0.04 -0.32 100.2 3.83 2 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.3 4 .518 .501 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1973 21 SFG NL 7 125 105 14 23 5 0 4 2 1 19 29 .219 .336 .381 .717 .260 40 2 0 0 1 0 3
1974 22 SFG NL 38 937 804 101 182 29 5 13 15 9 124 167 .226 .334 .323 .657 .270 260 15 6 2 1 7 12
1975 23 SFG NL 10 148 110 35 29 4 0 5 3 2 34 22 .264 .445 .436 .882 .289 48 3 2 2 0 0 4
1976 24 SFG NL 28 503 383 69 93 16 3 5 12 7 102 53 .243 .401 .339 .740 .266 130 8 3 9 6 1 8
1977 25 TOT NL 20 259 192 45 54 7 2 3 5 4 57 54 .281 .445 .385 .830 .370 74 3 2 5 3 0 4
1977 25 SDP NL 17 220 165 41 49 5 2 3 5 4 47 45 .297 .451 .406 .857 .387 67 3 1 5 2 0 4
1977 25 STL NL 3 39 27 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 10 9 .185 .410 .259 .670 .263 7 0 1 0 1 0 0
1978 26 SDP NL 45 390 324 24 60 12 4 2 8 2 56 104 .185 .305 .265 .571 .264 86 7 1 7 2 2 3
1979 27 SDP NL 51 610 509 83 140 23 3 15 15 8 86 97 .275 .380 .420 .801 .312 214 7 3 8 4 6 3
1980 28 TOT NL 50 373 316 36 81 16 4 2 4 5 45 59 .256 .345 .351 .696 .303 111 10 1 5 6 9 1
1980 28 MON NL 11 79 68 7 14 4 1 0 0 2 9 15 .206 .295 .294 .589 .259 20 4 0 1 1 0 0
1980 28 SDP NL 39 294 248 29 67 12 3 2 4 3 36 44 .270 .359 .367 .726 .314 91 6 1 4 5 9 1
1981 29 CAL AL 6 95 77 24 26 6 2 2 0 1 12 8 .338 .415 .545 .960 .338 42 2 1 1 4 0 1
1982 30 OAK AL 11 78 69 11 20 3 1 1 2 0 9 7 .290 .372 .406 .778 .311 28 3 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yrs 266 3518 2889 442 708 121 24 52 66 39 544 600 .245 .365 .358 .723 .290 1033 60 19 39 27 25 40
162 Game Avg. 51 668 549 84 134 23 5 10 13 7 103 114 .245 .365 .358 .723 .290 196 11 4 7 5 5 8
MLB Averages .260 .325 .381 .706 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1973 21 SFG NL 0.3 0.0 132 0.0 1.7 -1.6 .77 -0.1 0.2 -2.3 -0.2 0.77 -1.7 0 1 3
1974 22 SFG NL 2.0 0.2 972 -0.5 17.6 -18.0 1.10 0.5 -1.0 -3.1 -0.3 1.10 4.7 0 0 2
1975 23 SFG NL -18.4 -1.7 161 -1.8 2.1 -3.9 1.06 -1.3 -0.4 -17.5 -1.6 1.06 -14.3 1 0 2
1976 24 SFG NL -18.6 -1.9 535 -1.8 7.5 -9.3 1.00 -1.7 -0.1 -20.8 -2.1 1.00 -18.7 0 0 5
1977 25 TOT NL -19.4 -1.8 278 -2.7 3.2 -5.9 .99 -1.5 -1.3 -24.3 -2.4 0.99 -18.7 1 0 4
1977 25 STL NL -0.0 0.0 41 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 1.40 0.0 -0.2 -0.9 -0.1 1.40 -0.3 1 0 0
1977 25 SDP NL -19.4 -1.8 237 -2.5 2.4 -4.9 .91 -1.5 -1.2 -23.4 -2.3 0.91 -18.4 0 0 4
1978 26 SDP NL 13.6 1.5 407 1.8 6.7 -4.9 .95 1.0 0.9 18.8 2.1 0.95 10.6 14 7 19
1979 27 SDP NL -22.2 -2.2 635 -2.7 10.7 -13.3 1.14 -1.7 -0.7 -21.0 -2.2 1.14 -19.3 15 8 17
1980 28 TOT NL 1.4 0.2 391 -0.2 5.3 -5.5 .86 0.2 -0.5 1.5 0.2 0.85 2.7 18 12 19
1980 28 SDP NL -1.4 -0.1 305 0.1 4.4 -4.3 .90 -0.1 0.2 -0.4 -0.0 0.90 -1.2 15 10 13
1980 28 MON NL 2.8 0.3 86 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 .68 0.3 -0.7 1.9 0.2 0.68 3.9 3 2 6
1981 29 CAL AL -14.4 -1.3 97 0.1 0.5 -0.5 .34 -0.6 0.8 -12.3 -1.2 0.34 -11.5 1 2 3
1982 30 OAK AL -2.6 -0.3 82 -0.5 0.4 -0.8 .37 -0.3 -0.9 -5.3 -0.5 0.37 -3.4 1 2 8
10 Yrs -78.4 -7.4 3690 -8.2 55.6 -63.8 .99 -5.4 -2.9 -86.3 -8.2 0.99 -69.5 51 32 82

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1973 21 SFG NL 7 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 0 1 33% 53.7 77 41 4 1 2 1 6.8 6.0 6.3
1974 22 SFG NL 38 36 12 14 10 3 3 16 20 .444 4 4 5 1 18 50% 52.1 82 20 37 10 19 8 3.6 3.7 5.8
1975 23 SFG NL 10 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 5 .167 0 1 0 0 1 17% 32.8 64 17 10 6 2 3 5.1 8.2 3.9
1976 24 SFG NL 28 19 3 8 8 0 2 7 12 .368 2 4 0 0 7 37% 44.5 69 16 28 8 4 7 3.8 3.9 4.6
1977 25 TOT NL 20 14 0 2 12 0 1 9 5 .643 0 6 0 0 2 14% 43.4 61 31 22 7 5 7 4.9 3.3 3.2
1977 25 STL NL 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 54.5 58 51 0 0 1 1 6.8 3.0 4.0
1977 25 SDP NL 17 12 0 2 10 0 1 7 5 .583 0 5 0 0 2 17% 41.6 61 31 22 7 4 6 4.6 3.4 3.1
1978 26 SDP NL 45 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 .333 1 0 0 0 3 100% 63.0 66 61 17 3 1 1 2.1 2.8 6.6
1979 27 SDP NL 51 11 4 6 1 1 2 4 7 .364 0 0 1 1 6 55% 44.4 79 15 29 14 5 2 3.7 3.9 5.3
7 Yrs 199 92 22 36 34 4 9 40 52 .435 7 15 7 2 38 41% 47 82 15 147 49 38 29 4.0 4.0 5.0
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.2 4.2 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1973 21 SFG NL 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 2 .772 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 4 0 4 0 6.5
1974 22 SFG NL 38 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1.096 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 7.0
1975 23 SFG NL 10 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 1.059 1 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 3.5
1976 24 SFG NL 28 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 1.002 0 0 5 0 0 9 1 8 8 0 8 1 6.1
1977 25 TOT NL 20 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% .987 1 0 4 0 1 5 1 5 3 2 3 2 3.8
1977 25 STL NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 1.405 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1977 25 SDP NL 17 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .913 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 5 3 1 3 2 4.4
1978 26 SDP NL 45 42 24 3 2 10 10 0 100% 12 2 39 8 21% 6 .948 14 7 19 13 2 27 20 22 26 7 27 4 5.2
1979 27 SDP NL 51 40 19 5 7 6 2 4 33% 8 2 21 8 38% 7 1.139 15 8 17 8 10 22 15 25 23 9 23 8 5.7
1980 28 TOT NL 50 50 14 2 5 6 3 3 50% 9 2 41 18 44% .856 18 12 19 9 9 32 27 23 30 12 32 12 5.3
1980 28 SDP NL 39 39 12 2 3 3 1 2 33% 6 2 36 15 42% 6 .902 15 10 13 6 9 24 23 16 23 11 24 11 5.2
1980 28 MON NL 11 11 2 0 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 5 3 60% 6 .684 3 2 6 3 0 8 4 7 7 1 8 1 5.6
1981 29 CAL AL 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 4 .340 1 2 3 0 1 5 5 1 6 0 6 1 9.7
1982 30 OAK AL 11 11 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 7 .374 1 2 8 0 1 10 3 8 7 2 7 4 4.6
10 Yrs 266 174 76 12 15 22 15 7 68% 29 6 126 43 34% .991 51 32 82 30 25 119 76 98 109 33 112 34 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1973 21 SFG NL 125 58% 3.2% 23.2% 15.2% 7.2% 39% 0.86 58% 25 2 8%
1974 22 SFG NL 937 51% 1.4% 17.8% 13.2% 5.0% 26% 0.65 67% 165 15 9%
1975 23 SFG NL 148 51% 3.4% 14.9% 23.0% 6.1% 31% 0.67 56% 41 3 7%
1976 24 SFG NL 503 52% 1.0% 10.5% 20.3% 4.8% 26% 0.92 66% 122 8 7%
1977 25 TOT NL 259 59% 1.2% 20.9% 22.0% 4.6% 22% 0.88 53% 72 3 4%
1977 25 STL NL 39 59% 0.0% 23.1% 25.6% 5.1% 40% 0.33 49% 10 0 0%
1977 25 SDP NL 220 59% 1.4% 20.5% 21.4% 4.6% 20% 1.05 54% 62 3 5%
1978 26 SDP NL 390 63% 0.5% 26.7% 14.4% 4.6% 30% 0.71 56% 82 7 9%
1979 27 SDP NL 610 56% 2.5% 15.9% 14.1% 6.7% 29% 0.64 66% 127 7 6%
1980 28 TOT NL 373 57% 0.5% 15.8% 12.1% 5.9% 27% 0.84 70% 73 10 14%
1980 28 SDP NL 294 58% 0.7% 15.0% 12.2% 5.8% 25% 0.81 70% 60 6 10%
1980 28 MON NL 79 54% 0.0% 19.0% 11.4% 6.3% 36% 0.96 68% 13 4 31%
1981 29 CAL AL 95 55% 2.1% 8.4% 12.6% 10.5% 39% 0.81 75% 29 2 7%
1982 30 OAK AL 78 59% 1.3% 9.0% 11.5% 6.4% 25% 0.83 78% 16 3 19%
10 Yrs 3518 55% 1.5% 17.1% 15.5% 5.6% 28% 0.74 64% 752 60 8%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 12.9% 8.5% 6.3% 27% 1.10 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1973 21 SFG NL 125 23 4 0 5 2 2 2 2 17 8 5 47% 3 3 2 45 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1974 22 SFG NL 937 182 13 0 22 7 6 7 6 44 25 9 57% 12 9 1 334 15 9 63% 13 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
1975 23 SFG NL 148 29 5 0 7 3 2 3 2 14 11 1 79% 4 5 0 65 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1976 24 SFG NL 503 93 5 0 20 4 1 1 4 38 26 3 68% 8 10 2 215 12 7 63% 10 6 2 1 0 0 6 1 25 0
1977 25 TOT NL 259 54 3 1 11 2 1 1 2 31 18 4 58% 4 7 1 109 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1977 25 STL NL 39 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 0 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1977 25 SDP NL 220 49 3 1 9 2 1 1 2 28 17 4 61% 4 5 1 89 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1978 26 SDP NL 390 60 2 0 18 2 0 1 1 30 11 10 37% 3 5 1 149 8 2 80% 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1979 27 SDP NL 610 140 15 0 11 10 5 7 8 25 12 5 48% 3 5 1 274 15 8 65% 14 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1980 28 TOT NL 373 81 2 0 11 2 0 0 2 36 24 5 67% 1 9 0 136 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 0
1980 28 SDP NL 294 67 2 0 8 2 0 0 2 28 18 4 64% 1 4 0 119 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1980 28 MON NL 79 14 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 6 1 75% 0 5 0 17 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1981 29 CAL AL 95 26 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 14 9 1 64% 1 1 0 45 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1982 30 OAK AL 78 20 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 2 0 34 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 Yrs 3518 708 52 1 113 35 17 22 30 250 145 43 58% 40 56 8 1406 66 39 63% 58 35 8 4 0 0 9 1 135 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1973 21 1 1 .500 3.58 7 3 1 1 0 0 27.2 23 14 11 4 19 0 29 0 0 3 125 109 1.518 7.5 1.3 6.2 9.4 1.53 109
1974 22 13 15 .464 3.75 45 39 2 6 1 0 242.2 205 115 101 17 143 7 196 6 2 12 1061 102 1.434 7.6 0.6 5.3 7.3 1.37 102
1975 23 15 19 .441 4.42 55 45 5 6 1 0 270.2 234 150 133 22 177 7 218 8 2 17 1209 87 1.518 7.8 0.7 5.9 7.2 1.23 87
1976 24 18 27 .400 4.68 83 64 10 6 1 0 376.2 327 219 196 27 279 8 271 11 3 27 1712 81 1.609 7.8 0.6 6.7 6.5 0.97 81
1977 25 19 29 .396 4.91 103 78 12 6 1 0 429.0 381 264 234 30 336 8 325 13 4 34 1971 77 1.671 8.0 0.6 7.0 6.8 0.97 77
1978 26 23 32 .418 4.41 148 81 36 6 1 10 522.0 441 288 256 32 392 10 429 14 5 39 2361 83 1.596 7.6 0.6 6.8 7.4 1.09 83
1979 27 32 45 .416 4.52 199 92 55 7 2 12 655.2 581 371 329 47 478 16 526 17 5 44 2971 81 1.615 8.0 0.6 6.6 7.2 1.10 81
1980 28 34 50 .405 4.38 249 92 69 7 2 15 743.1 662 407 362 49 523 25 585 18 5 53 3344 83 1.594 8.0 0.6 6.3 7.1 1.12 83
1981 29 34 50 .405 4.54 255 92 70 7 2 15 762.2 688 431 385 51 535 25 593 19 5 54 3439 80 1.604 8.1 0.6 6.3 7.0 1.11 80
1982 30 34 51 .400 4.56 266 92 76 7 2 15 779.2 708 442 395 52 544 25 600 19 5 56 3517 80 1.606 8.2 0.6 6.3 6.9 1.10 80

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1973 21 2 1 .667 4.00 27.0 24 13 12 4 20 28 0 1.630 8.0 6.7 9.3 1.40 1.3 7
1974 22 12 11 .522 3.96 207.0 183 101 91 13 125 161 6 1.488 8.0 5.4 7.0 1.29 0.6 38
1975 23 0 3 .000 10.29 28.0 29 36 32 5 34 22 2 2.250 9.3 10.9 7.1 0.65 1.6 10
1976 24 3 8 .273 6.12 100.0 96 76 68 5 105 50 3 2.010 8.6 9.5 4.5 0.48 0.5 28
1977 25 1 4 .200 7.85 47.0 56 46 41 3 59 49 2 2.447 10.7 11.3 9.4 0.83 0.6 20
1978 26 6 3 .667 2.69 87.0 66 29 26 2 62 97 1 1.471 6.8 6.4 10.0 1.56 0.2 45
1979 27 4 9 .308 6.00 123.0 148 91 82 16 91 89 3 1.943 10.8 6.7 6.5 0.98 1.2 51
1980 28 4 4 .500 4.33 79.0 87 42 38 2 48 53 1 1.709 9.9 5.5 6.0 1.10 0.2 50
1981 29 0 3 .000 13.33 27.0 42 44 40 3 19 11 2 2.259 14.0 6.3 3.7 0.58 1.0 6
1982 30 0 1 .000 7.20 15.0 22 13 12 1 10 6 0 2.133 13.2 6.0 3.6 0.60 0.6 11
10 Yrs 32 47 .405 5.38 740.0 753 491 442 54 573 566 20 1.792 9.2 6.9 0.99 0.7 266

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  7.619 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  6.991 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1974 NL  167 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1974 NL  36 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 NL  124 (2nd)
1976 NL  102 (2nd)
1979 NL  86 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1974 NL  14 (9th)
1979 NL  13 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1976 NL  10 (8th)
1980 NL  9 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 NL  6 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Dickie Noles (961)
  2. Chad Gaudin (951)
  3. Kent Bottenfield (946)
  4. Rich DeLucia (946)
  5. Jack Hamilton (945)
  6. Bob Anderson (944)
  7. Jay Witasick (943)
  8. Scott Sanders (943)
  9. Jorge Sosa (942)
  10. Ed Rakow (941)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. John Thornton (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pete Redfern (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Norris (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Les Tietje (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Krakauskas (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Johnny Klippstein (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Erv Palica (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jorge Sosa (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dickie Noles (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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