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Pat Darcy

Patrick Leonard Darcy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 12, 1950 in Troy, OH
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1974
Team: Reds 1974-1976

Final Game: June 13, 1976
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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
1969	19	HOU-min	Rk	2	2	.500	5.46	7	5					28.0	29	18	17	1	9								1.357	9.3	0.3	2.9			CVN · APPY
1970	20	HOU-min	A-,A	5	5	.500	2.93	13	13					83.0	67	35	27	3	50								1.410	7.3	0.3	5.4			WPT,RDH · NYPL,CARL
1971	21	HOU-min	AA	5	10	.333	2.56	27	19		4	1	1	123.0	110	49	35	4	70	8	100	2	4	13			1.463	8.0	0.3	5.1	7.3	1.43	CBS · SOUL
1972	22	HOU-min	AA,AAA	9	8	.529	3.04	23	20		7	1	0	145.0	135	67	49	1	51	4	107	4	1	10			1.283	8.4	0.1	3.2	6.6	2.10	CBS,OKC · SOUL,AA
1973	23	HOU-min	AAA	5	9	.357	3.57	20	20					111.0	101	51	44	10	55								1.405	8.2	0.8	4.5			DEN · AA
1974	24	CIN-min	AAA	12	7	.632	3.41	26	26		5	2	0	161.0	156	71	61	9	71	3	97	2	0	2			1.410	8.7	0.5	4.0	5.4	1.37	INA · AA
1974	24	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	3.71	6	2	0	0	0	0	17.0	17	7	7	2	8	1	14	0	0	1	73	96	1.471	9.0	1.1	4.2	7.4	1.75
1975	25	CIN	NL	11	5	.688	3.58	27	22	3	1	0	1	130.2	134	54	52	4	59	9	46	0	1	2	572	101	1.477	9.2	0.3	4.1	3.2	0.78
1976	26	CIN-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.28	16	16		2	0	0	103.0	95	53	49	6	59	8	58	1	0	2			1.495	8.3	0.5	5.2	5.1	0.98	INA · AA
1976	26	CIN	NL	2	3	.400	6.23	11	4	3	0	0	2	39.0	41	27	27	2	22	2	15	0	0	3	173	57	1.615	9.5	0.5	5.1	3.5	0.68
1977	27	STL-min	A,AAA	4	4	.500	4.43	14	10		1	0	0	63.0	76	37	31	1	26	3	16	0	0	0			1.619	10.9	0.1	3.7	2.3	0.62	SPT,NOR · FLOR,AA
1978	28	STL-min	AA	7	6	.538	3.09	16	16		2	1	0	96.0	104	41	33	3	27	3	41	2	0	8			1.365	9.8	0.3	2.5	3.8	1.52	ARK · TL
1980	30	CHW-min	AAA	1	1	.500	8.25	3	2		0	0	0	12.0	10	11	11	2	14	1	8	0	0	0			2.000	7.5	1.5	10.5	6.0	0.57	IWA · AA
3 Yrs				14	8	.636	4.15	44	28	6	1	0	3	186.2	192	88	86	8	89	12	75	0	1	6	818	87	1.505	9.3	0.4	4.3	3.6	0.84
162 Game Avg.				13	8	.636	4.15	42	26	6	1	0	3	176	181	83	81	8	84	11	71	0	1	6	773	87	1.505	9.3	0.4	4.3	3.6	0.84

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
1974	24	CIN	NL	17.0	6	2	7	3.71	3.80	0.33	-0.07	98.3	3.34	-1	-0.1	.4	-0.0	0.0	1	.486	.499	$
1975	25	CIN	NL	130.2	27	22	54	3.72	4.16	0.40	0.11	99.2	3.84	1	0.1	2.8	-0.1	1.0	14	.502	.500	$
1976	26	CIN	NL	39.0	11	4	27	6.23	3.93	0.04	-0.08	99.1	3.77	-11	-1.1	.6	0.1	-0.8	-7	.397	.493	$
3 Seasons				186.2	44	28	88	4.24	4.08	0.32	0.05	99.1	3.78	-11	-1.2	1.3	-0.0	0.2	7	.474	.498	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1975	25	CIN	NL	WS	W	BOS	0	1	.000	4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	17	1.250	6.8	2.3	4.5	2.3	0.50
1 WS							0	1	.000	4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	17	1.250	6.8	2.3	4.5	2.3	0.50

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
1974	24	CIN	NL	6	73	65	7	17	3	1	2	0	0	8	14	.262	.342	.431	.773	.306	28	3	0	0	0	1	0
1975	25	CIN	NL	27	572	498	54	134	24	2	4	7	2	59	46	.269	.344	.349	.693	.288	174	13	0	11	4	9	5
1976	26	CIN	NL	11	173	147	27	41	9	5	2	1	1	22	15	.279	.368	.449	.817	.295	66	4	0	2	2	2	1
3 Yrs				44	818	710	88	192	36	8	8	8	3	89	75	.270	.349	.377	.727	.291	268	20	0	13	6	12	6
162 Game Avg.				42	773	671	83	181	34	8	8	8	3	84	71	.270	.349	.377	.727	.291	253	19	0	12	6	11	6
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.368	.692	.281

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1974	24	CIN	NL	0.3	0.0	74	-0.2	0.8	-0.9	.61	-0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.61	-1.7	0	0	4
1975	25	CIN	NL	2.7	0.3	585	1.3	11.6	-10.3	1.15	0.2	0.9	4.7	0.5	1.15	2.8	4	1	0
1976	26	CIN	NL	-10.0	-1.0	178	-0.7	2.1	-2.8	.81	-0.5	-0.4	-8.6	-0.9	0.81	-5.3	1	0	6
3 Yrs				-7.0	-0.7	837	0.4	14.4	-14.0	1.03	-0.5	0.9	-3.5	-0.3	1.03	-4.1	5	1	10

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
1974	24	CIN	NL	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	1	50%	48.5	62	35	4	0	0	1	5.6	6.8	4.7
1975	25	CIN	NL	27	22	9	5	8	2	2	14	8	.636	2	5	1	0	12	55%	49.2	69	25	22	8	4	8	4.7	4.5	5.6
1976	26	CIN	NL	11	4	2	2	0	2	0	2	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	39.5	54	23	5	1	1	2	6.7	5.1	5.3
3 Yrs				44	28	12	7	9	4	2	18	10	.643	2	6	1	0	13	46%	48	69	23	31	9	5	11	5.1	4.7	5.5
MLB Averages													.500						55%	52	106	-5					4.1	4.1	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1974	24	CIN	NL	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	3	.607	0	0	4	0	0	4	2	2	3	0	3	1	5.8
1975	25	CIN	NL	27	5	3	2	0	2	1	1	50%	3	1	5	3	60%	6	1.147	4	1	0	3	2	0	2	3	2	2	2	0	4.2
1976	26	CIN	NL	11	7	3	0	1	2	2	0	100%	2	0	4	0	0%	3	.808	1	0	6	2	1	4	2	5	7	0	7	2	7.6
3 Yrs				44	16	6	2	1	4	3	1	75%	5	1	13	5	38%		1.027	5	1	10	5	3	8	6	10	12	2	12	3	6.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1974	24	CIN	NL	73	55%	2.7%	19.2%	11.0%	8.2%	35%	1.85	67%	13	3	23%
1975	25	CIN	NL	572	56%	0.7%	8.0%	10.3%	5.2%	22%	1.41	79%	118	13	11%
1976	26	CIN	NL	173	58%	1.2%	8.7%	12.7%	9.3%	39%	1.53	76%	32	4	13%
3 Yrs				818	56%	1.0%	9.2%	10.9%	6.4%	27%	1.46	77%	163	20	12%
MLB Averages					45%	1.7%	12.9%	8.7%	5.9%	26%	1.08	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
1974	24	CIN	NL	73	17			2	0	1	1	1	2	0	4	3	0	75%	0	1	0	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1975	25	CIN	NL	572	134			4	1	15	4	0	2	2	35	18	3	51%	5	2	0	231	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	12	0
1976	26	CIN	NL	173	41			2	0	2	1	1	1	1	12	8	1	67%	1	3	0	68	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
3 Yrs				818	192			8	1	18	6	2	5	3	51	29	4	57%	6	6	0	326	8	3	73%	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	21	0
MLB Averages																		51%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1974	24	1	0	1.000	3.71	6	2	0	0	0	17.0	17	7	7	2	8	1	14	0	1	73	96	1.471	9.0	1.1	4.2	7.4	1.75	96
1975	25	12	5	.706	3.60	33	24	3	1	1	147.2	151	61	59	6	67	10	60	1	3	645	100	1.476	9.2	0.4	4.1	3.7	0.90	100
1976	26	14	8	.636	4.15	44	28	6	1	3	186.2	192	88	86	8	89	12	75	1	6	818	87	1.505	9.3	0.4	4.3	3.6	0.84	87

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1974	24	0	1	.000	4.50	16.0	18	9	8	2	8	13	1.625	10.1	4.5	7.3	1.63	1.1	6
1975	25	6	7	.462	4.06	124.0	139	62	56	4	61	44	1.613	10.1	4.4	3.2	0.72	0.3	27
1976	26	1	2	.333	7.50	36.0	43	33	30	2	23	14	1.833	10.8	5.8	3.5	0.61	0.5	11
3 Yrs		7	10	.412	4.81	176.0	200	104	94	8	92	71	1.659	10.2		3.6	0.77	0.4	44

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1975 NL .688 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 NL .688 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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