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Bruce Dal Canton

John Bruce Dal Canton

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

Born: June 15, 1941 in California, PA
High School: California HS (California, PA)
School: California University of Pennsylvania (California, PA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1967
Teams (by GP): Royals/Pirates/Braves/WhiteSox 1967-1977

Final Game: May 27, 1977
Died: October 7, 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA
Buried: Mt. Prospect Cemetery, Hickory, PA
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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
1967 26 PIT NL 2 1 .667 1.88 8 2 2 1 0 0 24.0 19 5 5 1 10 3 13 1 0 0 101 182 1.208 7.1 0.4 3.8 4.9 1.30
1968 27 PIT NL 1 1 .500 2.12 7 0 5 0 0 2 17.0 7 4 4 0 6 2 8 2 0 0 66 141 0.765 3.7 0.0 3.2 4.2 1.33
1969 28 PIT NL 8 2 .800 3.34 57 0 19 0 0 5 86.1 79 34 32 3 49 12 56 0 1 2 372 105 1.483 8.2 0.3 5.1 5.8 1.14
1970 29 PIT NL 9 4 .692 4.57 41 6 14 1 0 1 84.2 94 48 43 7 39 8 53 1 0 1 379 86 1.571 10.0 0.7 4.1 5.6 1.36
1971 30 KCR AL 8 6 .571 3.44 25 22 1 2 0 0 141.1 144 63 54 8 44 0 58 0 0 3 603 99 1.330 9.2 0.5 2.8 3.7 1.32
1972 31 KCR AL 6 6 .500 3.40 35 16 8 1 0 2 132.1 135 54 50 7 29 6 75 1 2 5 551 89 1.239 9.2 0.5 2.0 5.1 2.59
1973 32 KCR AL 4 3 .571 4.81 32 3 16 1 0 3 97.1 108 60 52 8 46 12 38 4 1 5 440 85 1.582 10.0 0.7 4.3 3.5 0.83
1974 33 KCR AL 8 10 .444 3.13 31 22 4 9 2 0 175.1 135 71 61 5 82 3 96 5 0 16 736 122 1.238 6.9 0.3 4.2 4.9 1.17
1975 34 TOT MLB 2 9 .182 4.76 30 11 12 0 0 3 75.2 86 51 40 2 31 1 43 7 0 5 353 80 1.546 10.2 0.2 3.7 5.1 1.39
1975 34 KCR AL 0 2 .000 15.58 4 2 1 0 0 0 8.2 23 18 15 0 7 0 5 1 0 1 56 26 3.462 23.9 0.0 7.3 5.2 0.71
1975 34 ATL NL 2 7 .222 3.36 26 9 11 0 0 3 67.0 63 33 25 2 24 1 38 6 0 4 297 113 1.299 8.5 0.3 3.2 5.1 1.58
1976 35 ATL NL 3 5 .375 3.56 42 1 16 0 0 1 73.1 67 41 29 6 42 8 36 2 1 8 328 107 1.486 8.2 0.7 5.2 4.4 0.86
1977 36 CHW AL 0 2 .000 3.75 8 0 5 0 0 2 24.0 20 11 10 1 13 0 9 0 0 1 101 111 1.375 7.5 0.4 4.9 3.4 0.69
11 Yrs 51 49 .510 3.67 316 83 102 15 2 19 931.1 894 442 380 48 391 55 485 23 5 46 4030 99 1.380 8.6 0.5 3.8 4.7 1.24
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .510 3.67 54 14 17 3 0 3 159 152 75 65 8 67 9 83 4 1 8 687 99 1.380 8.6 0.5 3.8 4.7 1.24
KCR (5 yrs) 26 27 .491 3.76 127 65 30 13 2 5 555.0 545 266 232 28 208 21 272 11 3 30 2386 95 1.357 8.8 0.5 3.4 4.4 1.31
PIT (4 yrs) 20 8 .714 3.57 113 8 40 2 0 8 212.0 199 91 84 11 104 25 130 4 1 3 918 101 1.429 8.4 0.5 4.4 5.5 1.25
ATL (2 yrs) 5 12 .294 3.46 68 10 27 0 0 4 140.1 130 74 54 8 66 9 74 8 1 12 625 110 1.397 8.3 0.5 4.2 4.7 1.12
CHW (1 yr) 0 2 .000 3.75 8 0 5 0 0 2 24.0 20 11 10 1 13 0 9 0 0 1 101 111 1.375 7.5 0.4 4.9 3.4 0.69
AL (6 yrs) 26 29 .473 3.76 135 65 35 13 2 7 579.0 565 277 242 29 221 21 281 11 3 31 2487 96 1.358 8.8 0.5 3.4 4.4 1.27
NL (6 yrs) 25 20 .556 3.53 181 18 67 2 0 12 352.1 329 165 138 19 170 34 204 12 2 15 1543 105 1.416 8.4 0.5 4.3 5.2 1.20

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
1967 26 PIT NL 24.0 8 2 5 1.88 3.83 -0.02 -0.02 92.0 3.53 4 0.5 1.1 -0.0 0.7 7 .563 .503 $
1968 27 PIT NL 17.0 7 0 4 2.12 3.46 0.34 -0.15 96.1 2.85 1 0.1 1.9 0.0 0.4 3 .521 .501 $
1969 28 PIT NL 86.1 57 0 34 3.54 4.09 -0.01 -0.18 98.3 3.86 2 0.2 1.1 -0.1 1.0 12 .504 .502 $
1970 29 PIT NL 84.2 41 6 48 5.10 4.53 0.21 -0.09 98.1 4.15 -10 -1.0 1.5 -0.3 -0.6 -0 .475 .494 $14,500
1971 30 KCR AL 141.1 25 22 63 4.01 3.86 0.01 0.05 99.0 3.87 -2 -0.2 .2 -0.1 0.9 11 .490 .499 $16,000
1972 31 KCR AL 132.1 35 16 54 3.67 3.58 -0.11 -0.02 98.3 3.61 0 0.0 1.1 -0.1 1.0 10 .500 .500 $
1973 32 KCR AL 97.1 32 3 60 5.55 4.43 -0.37 -0.25 105.6 4.80 -9 -0.9 1.5 -0.4 -0.5 2 .471 .494 $
1974 33 KCR AL 175.1 31 22 71 3.64 4.11 -0.15 0.05 103.3 4.44 16 1.8 1.0 -0.1 3.2 33 .558 .511 $
1975 34 KCR AL 8.2 4 2 18 18.69 4.14 0.14 -0.15 104.4 4.02 -14 -1.1 .0 0.3 -0.7 -13 .228 .493 $
1975 34 ATL NL 67.0 26 9 33 4.43 4.16 -0.53 0.00 103.2 4.85 3 0.3 2.0 -0.0 0.8 9 .511 .502 $
1976 35 ATL NL 73.1 42 1 41 5.03 4.20 -0.61 -0.33 108.0 4.84 -2 -0.2 .5 -0.0 0.3 5 .494 .498 $
1977 36 CHW AL 24.0 8 0 11 4.13 4.34 -0.58 -0.35 100.5 4.59 1 0.1 .8 -0.1 0.3 4 .516 .501 $
11 Seasons 931.1 316 83 442 4.27 4.06 -0.16 -0.08 101.1 4.20 -10 -0.4 1.2 -0.9 6.8 82 .499 .500 $30,500
KCR (5 yrs) 555.0 127 65 266 4.31 3.98 -0.13 -0.02 101.4 4.15 -9 -0.4 1.2 -0.4 3.9 43 .497 .499 $16,000
PIT (4 yrs) 212.0 113 8 91 3.86 4.19 0.11 -0.12 97.3 3.86 -3 -0.1 1.3 -0.3 1.5 21 .499 .500 $14,500
ATL (2 yrs) 140.1 68 10 74 4.75 4.18 -0.57 -0.17 105.7 4.84 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 1.1 14 .501 .500 $
CHW (1 yr) 24.0 8 0 11 4.13 4.34 -0.58 -0.35 100.5 4.59 1 0.1 .8 -0.1 0.3 4 .516 .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
1967 26 PIT NL 8 99 90 5 19 7 0 1 3 1 10 13 .211 .297 .322 .619 .237 29 1 1 0 0 3 1
1968 27 PIT NL 7 56 55 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 6 8 .127 .234 .182 .416 .146 10 1 2 2 1 2 1
1969 28 PIT NL 57 351 314 34 79 11 2 3 3 3 49 56 .252 .351 .328 .679 .296 103 9 0 7 2 12 6
1970 29 PIT NL 41 379 333 48 94 14 11 7 4 1 39 53 .282 .356 .453 .810 .315 151 6 1 3 3 8 5
1971 30 KCR AL 25 603 549 63 144 25 7 8 3 1 44 58 .262 .315 .377 .692 .280 207 11 0 7 3 0 10
1972 31 KCR AL 35 552 510 54 135 21 5 7 1 6 29 75 .265 .304 .367 .671 .297 187 6 1 8 3 6 4
1973 32 KCR AL 32 437 378 60 108 23 2 8 3 5 46 38 .286 .368 .421 .789 .300 159 9 4 8 1 12 5
1974 33 KCR AL 31 736 639 71 135 17 2 5 25 11 82 96 .211 .304 .268 .572 .240 171 13 5 6 4 3 13
1975 34 KCR AL 4 56 48 18 23 5 0 0 2 0 7 5 .479 .554 .583 1.137 .535 28 1 1 0 0 0 1
1975 34 ATL NL 26 297 255 33 63 7 0 2 20 0 24 38 .247 .320 .298 .618 .276 76 5 6 7 6 1 8
1975 34 TOT MLB 30 353 303 51 86 12 0 2 22 0 31 43 .284 .357 .343 .701 .318 104 6 7 7 6 1 9
1976 35 ATL NL 42 328 275 41 67 7 1 6 13 1 42 36 .244 .344 .342 .685 .257 94 8 2 5 4 8 6
1977 36 CHW AL 8 101 87 11 20 2 1 1 3 2 13 9 .230 .330 .310 .640 .247 27 4 0 1 0 0 1
11 Yrs 316 3995 3533 442 894 140 32 48 80 31 391 485 .253 .329 .352 .681 .279 1242 74 23 54 27 55 61
162 Game Avg. 54 681 602 75 152 24 5 8 14 5 67 83 .253 .329 .352 .681 .279 212 13 4 9 5 9 10
MLB Averages .252 .319 .370 .689 .279

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1967 26 PIT NL 4.4 0.5 106 0.2 1.7 -1.5 1.09 0.4 -0.2 5.3 0.6 1.08 3.1 2 2 2
1968 27 PIT NL 2.0 0.2 56 0.4 1.7 -1.3 1.91 0.2 -0.0 1.5 0.2 1.91 1.8 3 1 1
1969 28 PIT NL 2.8 0.3 383 0.7 6.2 -5.5 .96 0.5 0.2 3.6 0.4 0.97 0.9 15 9 33
1970 29 PIT NL -6.4 -0.6 387 -0.6 6.6 -7.2 1.05 -0.4 -0.2 -6.3 -0.6 1.05 -5.1 17 1 17
1971 30 KCR AL -1.0 -0.1 614 0.1 10.0 -9.9 .97 -0.3 0.4 -3.2 -0.3 0.97 -3.7 0 0 3
1972 31 KCR AL -4.5 -0.5 569 0.1 9.6 -9.5 1.07 0.6 -0.4 -1.4 -0.2 1.07 3.3 6 3 10
1973 32 KCR AL -8.2 -0.8 451 -1.0 5.7 -6.6 .83 -0.6 -0.5 -13.8 -1.3 0.83 -9.4 11 6 12
1974 33 KCR AL 11.9 1.3 801 0.7 12.9 -12.2 1.05 2.0 -1.3 11.4 1.2 1.05 20.3 2 3 3
1975 34 TOT MLB -10.0 -0.9 391 -2.2 6.3 -8.5 1.17 -1.1 -0.7 -15.3 -1.4 1.17 -13.6 9 0 8
1975 34 KCR AL -11.3 -1.0 64 -0.7 0.4 -1.0 .60 -0.8 -0.3 -13.2 -1.1 0.60 -11.4 0 0 1
1975 34 ATL NL 1.2 0.1 327 -1.5 5.9 -7.4 1.28 -0.3 -0.9 -2.1 -0.2 1.28 -2.2 9 0 7
1976 35 ATL NL -1.4 -0.2 360 -0.8 3.0 -3.7 .57 -0.6 -0.8 -8.6 -0.9 0.57 -6.1 4 4 33
1977 36 CHW AL 1.2 0.1 108 -0.0 1.0 -1.0 .60 0.2 -0.2 2.2 0.2 0.60 2.4 1 3 3
11 Yrs -9.2 -0.7 4226 -2.3 64.7 -67.0 .98 0.7 -3.1 -24.5 -2.1 0.98 -6.0 70 32 125

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
1967 26 PIT NL 8 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .000 1 0 1 0 2 100% 57.0 59 55 2 0 1 1 2.5 2.8 7.8
1970 29 PIT NL 41 6 3 1 2 0 0 4 2 .667 0 1 1 0 3 50% 45.5 69 23 22 9 2 1 8.1 8.4 5.3
1971 30 KCR AL 25 22 8 6 8 0 0 10 12 .455 5 4 2 0 13 59% 50.6 78 23 27 6 3 12 4.1 4.0 6.3
1972 31 KCR AL 35 16 4 4 8 1 2 8 8 .500 2 4 1 0 8 50% 50.7 78 26 20 6 5 10 4.4 3.4 5.5
1973 32 KCR AL 32 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 2 67% 52.0 62 40 19 11 1 2 2.1 2.7 7.2
1974 33 KCR AL 31 22 6 8 8 0 5 11 11 .500 4 4 9 2 12 55% 55.8 84 26 29 13 6 7 4.6 4.3 6.7
1975 34 TOT MLB 30 11 0 7 4 0 4 3 8 .273 1 1 0 0 5 45% 0.0 66 22 16 6 6 3 3.4 3.5 4.8
1975 34 KCR AL 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25.5 26 25 4 2 0 1 4.5 6.8 1.8
1975 34 ATL NL 26 9 0 5 4 0 4 3 6 .333 1 1 0 0 5 56% 48.1 66 22 12 4 6 2 3.2 3.3 5.4
1976 35 ATL NL 42 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.0 40 40 22 4 1 0 3.0 4.5 1.7
8 Yrs 244 83 22 30 31 1 13 37 46 .446 13 14 15 2 45 54% 51 84 22 157 55 25 36 4.4 4.1 6.0
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 112 -13 4.0 4.0 6.5

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
1967 26 PIT NL 8 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 5 1.087 2 2 2 0 2 4 3 3 3 1 3 1 4.2
1968 27 PIT NL 7 7 5 1 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 5 1 20% 1.906 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 5 0 4 2 7.3
1969 28 PIT NL 57 57 19 8 2 6 5 1 83% 8 2 48 20 42% 6 .965 15 9 33 9 8 40 27 30 33 13 35 12 4.5
1970 29 PIT NL 41 35 14 6 3 4 1 3 25% 8 2 24 9 38% 7 1.049 17 1 17 10 9 16 13 22 20 10 20 10 4.5
1971 30 KCR AL 25 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 .971 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 2.7
1972 31 KCR AL 35 19 8 2 2 2 2 0 100% 2 0 14 4 29% 8 1.069 6 3 10 3 4 12 7 12 13 1 13 2 7.0
1973 32 KCR AL 32 29 16 3 1 6 3 3 50% 6 0 51 25 49% 8 .827 11 6 12 6 2 21 25 4 20 6 23 2 7.8
1974 33 KCR AL 31 9 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 5 1.046 2 3 3 1 2 6 5 4 6 2 6 0 9.1
1975 34 TOT MLB 30 19 12 2 2 6 3 3 50% 6 0 17 5 29% 1.174 9 0 8 6 3 10 10 9 6 6 6 6 3.6
1975 34 KCR AL 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .596 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 7.5
1975 34 ATL NL 26 17 11 2 2 6 3 3 50% 6 0 17 5 29% 9 1.283 9 0 7 6 3 8 10 7 5 6 5 6 3.2
1976 35 ATL NL 42 41 16 3 4 1 1 0 100% 1 0 25 9 36% 8 .569 4 4 33 2 3 36 14 27 23 7 25 9 5.2
1977 36 CHW AL 8 8 5 0 2 2 2 0 100% 2 0 7 3 43% 7 .604 1 3 3 3 0 5 4 4 7 1 7 0 9.0
11 Yrs 316 233 102 29 19 30 19 11 63% 36 4 206 81 39% .981 70 32 125 43 34 154 112 119 136 48 142 44 5.6

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%
1967 26 PIT NL 101 60% 1.0% 13.1% 10.1% 8.1% 42% 1.15 77% 14 1 7%
1968 27 PIT NL 66 59% 0.0% 14.3% 10.7% 3.6% 29% 0.79 86% 10 1 10%
1969 28 PIT NL 372 62% 0.9% 16.0% 14.0% 4.6% 20% 1.00 73% 89 9 10%
1970 29 PIT NL 379 64% 1.9% 14.0% 10.3% 8.4% 34% 1.12 73% 68 6 9%
1971 30 KCR AL 603 57% 1.3% 9.6% 7.3% 6.6% 28% 1.11 81% 109 11 10%
1972 31 KCR AL 552 61% 1.3% 13.6% 5.3% 6.0% 24% 1.05 78% 115 6 5%
1973 32 KCR AL 437 59% 1.8% 8.7% 10.5% 7.6% 31% 1.49 76% 96 9 9%
1974 33 KCR AL 736 57% 0.7% 13.0% 11.1% 3.3% 18% 1.06 74% 137 13 9%
1975 34 TOT MLB 353 61% 0.6% 12.2% 8.8% 4.0% 16% 1.27 75% 63 6 10%
1975 34 KCR AL 56 54% 0.0% 8.9% 12.5% 8.9% 22% 1.50 77% 13 1 8%
1975 34 ATL NL 297 62% 0.7% 12.8% 8.1% 3.0% 14% 1.25 74% 50 5 10%
1976 35 ATL NL 328 62% 1.8% 11.0% 12.8% 4.3% 21% 1.44 72% 71 8 11%
1977 36 CHW AL 101 50% 1.0% 8.9% 12.9% 4.0% 20% 1.21 76% 19 4 21%
11 Yrs 4028 59% 1.2% 12.1% 9.8% 5.5% 25% 1.15 76% 791 74 9%
MLB Averages 46% 1.9% 14.3% 8.6% 6.0% 27% 1.10 74% 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
1967 26 PIT NL 99 19 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 6 1 1 17% 1 0 1 31 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1968 27 PIT NL 56 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
1969 28 PIT NL 351 79 3 1 18 2 1 2 1 31 17 4 55% 6 2 0 152 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 21
1970 29 PIT NL 379 94 7 0 13 5 2 3 4 36 16 3 44% 5 1 2 130 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1971 30 KCR AL 603 144 8 0 5 4 4 4 4 20 11 1 55% 10 3 0 240 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1972 31 KCR AL 552 135 7 0 18 2 5 2 5 27 14 5 52% 4 5 0 192 1 6 14% 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 12 0
1973 32 KCR AL 437 108 8 1 30 5 3 6 2 42 21 3 50% 5 5 0 173 3 5 38% 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 9 0
1974 33 KCR AL 736 135 5 1 15 3 2 1 4 46 25 8 54% 13 16 22 255 25 11 69% 24 9 1 1 0 1 1 0 42 0
1975 34 TOT MLB 353 86 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 37 20 4 54% 9 5 12 152 22 0 100% 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
1975 34 KCR AL 56 23 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 5 1 63% 1 1 5 29 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1975 34 ATL NL 297 63 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 29 15 3 52% 8 4 7 123 20 0 100% 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1976 35 ATL NL 328 67 6 0 9 4 2 5 1 33 16 2 48% 6 8 11 128 13 1 93% 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 25 0
1977 36 CHW AL 101 20 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 3 1 60% 1 1 2 36 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Yrs 3995 894 48 3 122 28 20 25 23 285 146 32 51% 61 46 50 1515 80 31 72% 75 23 5 6 0 2 6 1 137 33
MLB Averages 50% 63%

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+
1967 26 2 1 .667 1.88 8 2 2 1 0 0 24.0 19 5 5 1 10 3 13 1 0 0 101 182 1.208 7.1 0.4 3.8 4.9 1.30 182
1968 27 3 2 .600 1.98 15 2 7 1 0 2 41.0 26 9 9 1 16 5 21 3 0 0 167 164 1.024 5.7 0.2 3.5 4.6 1.31 164
1969 28 11 4 .733 2.90 72 2 26 1 0 7 127.1 105 43 41 4 65 17 77 3 1 2 539 118 1.335 7.4 0.3 4.6 5.4 1.18 118
1970 29 20 8 .714 3.57 113 8 40 2 0 8 212.0 199 91 84 11 104 25 130 4 1 3 918 101 1.429 8.4 0.5 4.4 5.5 1.25 101
1971 30 28 14 .667 3.52 138 30 41 4 0 8 353.1 343 154 138 19 148 25 188 4 1 6 1521 101 1.390 8.7 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27 101
1972 31 34 20 .630 3.48 173 46 49 5 0 10 485.2 478 208 188 26 177 31 263 5 3 11 2072 97 1.349 8.9 0.5 3.3 4.9 1.49 97
1973 32 38 23 .623 3.70 205 49 65 6 0 13 583.0 586 268 240 34 223 43 301 9 4 16 2512 95 1.388 9.0 0.5 3.4 4.6 1.35 95
1974 33 46 33 .582 3.57 236 71 69 15 2 13 758.1 721 339 301 39 305 46 397 14 4 32 3248 100 1.353 8.6 0.5 3.6 4.7 1.30 100
1975 34 48 42 .533 3.68 266 82 81 15 2 16 834.0 807 390 341 41 336 47 440 21 4 37 3601 98 1.371 8.7 0.4 3.6 4.7 1.31 98
1976 35 51 47 .520 3.67 308 83 97 15 2 17 907.1 874 431 370 47 378 55 476 23 5 45 3929 99 1.380 8.7 0.5 3.7 4.7 1.26 99
1977 36 51 49 .510 3.67 316 83 102 15 2 19 931.1 894 442 380 48 391 55 485 23 5 46 4030 99 1.380 8.6 0.5 3.8 4.7 1.24 99

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
1967 26 1 1 .500 2.35 23.0 20 7 6 1 11 12 1 1.348 7.8 4.3 4.7 1.09 0.4 8
1968 27 1 0 1.000 3.60 15.0 9 7 6 0 8 7 3 1.133 5.4 4.8 4.2 0.88 0.0 7
1969 28 4 4 .500 4.10 79.0 83 40 36 3 51 51 0 1.696 9.5 5.8 5.8 1.00 0.3 57
1970 29 4 5 .444 4.89 81.0 95 49 44 7 39 51 1 1.654 10.6 4.3 5.7 1.31 0.8 41
1971 30 6 8 .429 4.30 134.0 157 71 64 9 48 55 0 1.530 10.5 3.2 3.7 1.15 0.6 25
1972 31 6 8 .429 4.86 126.0 161 76 68 8 35 72 1 1.556 11.5 2.5 5.1 2.06 0.6 35
1973 32 4 6 .400 5.23 93.0 110 60 54 8 47 36 4 1.688 10.6 4.5 3.5 0.77 0.8 32
1974 33 10 8 .556 3.54 168.0 141 73 66 5 86 92 5 1.351 7.6 4.6 4.9 1.07 0.3 31
1975 34 3 5 .375 4.86 76.0 87 46 41 2 31 43 7 1.553 10.3 3.7 5.1 1.39 0.2 30
1976 35 4 3 .571 3.75 72.0 68 33 30 6 43 35 2 1.542 8.5 5.4 4.4 0.81 0.8 42
1977 36 1 1 .500 3.91 23.0 20 11 10 1 13 8 0 1.435 7.8 5.1 3.1 0.62 0.4 8
11 Yrs 44 49 .473 4.30 890.0 951 473 425 50 412 462 24 1.531 9.6 4.7 1.12 0.5 316

* 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 AL  6.930 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 AL  0.257 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1974 AL  16 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 NL  6 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1974 AL  122 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  4. Ira Hutchinson (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mark Williamson (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Alex Carrasquel (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Alex Carrasquel (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Alex Carrasquel (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Alex Carrasquel (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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