Adrian Devine

Paul Adrian Devine

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 2, 1951 in Galveston, TX
High School: Ball HS (Galveston, TX)
Drafted
by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1973
Teams (by GP): Braves/Rangers 1973-1980

Final Game: July 3, 1980
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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 ATL NL 2 3 .400 6.40 24 1 11 0 0 4 32.1 45 24 23 6 12 3 15 2 0 0 152 63 1.763 12.5 1.7 3.3 4.2 1.25
1975 23 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 4.41 5 2 0 0 0 0 16.1 19 8 8 2 7 1 8 1 0 0 76 88 1.592 10.5 1.1 3.9 4.4 1.14
1976 24 ATL NL 5 6 .455 3.21 48 1 24 0 0 9 73.0 72 30 26 3 26 7 48 1 0 2 319 119 1.342 8.9 0.4 3.2 5.9 1.85
1977 25 TEX AL 11 6 .647 3.58 56 2 33 0 0 15 105.2 102 43 42 8 31 11 67 4 1 0 444 115 1.259 8.7 0.7 2.6 5.7 2.16
1978 26 ATL NL 5 4 .556 5.92 31 6 11 0 0 3 65.1 84 45 43 3 25 5 26 0 2 2 294 69 1.668 11.6 0.4 3.4 3.6 1.04
1979 27 ATL NL 1 2 .333 3.24 40 0 10 0 0 0 66.2 84 28 24 8 25 5 22 2 1 2 302 125 1.635 11.3 1.1 3.4 3.0 0.88
1980 28 TEX AL 1 1 .500 4.82 13 0 3 0 0 0 28.0 49 22 15 4 9 1 8 1 0 0 142 82 2.071 15.8 1.3 2.9 2.6 0.89
7 Yrs 26 22 .542 4.21 217 12 92 0 0 31 387.1 455 200 181 34 135 33 194 11 4 6 1729 96 1.523 10.6 0.8 3.1 4.5 1.44
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .542 4.21 64 4 27 0 0 9 115 135 59 54 10 40 10 58 3 1 2 513 96 1.523 10.6 0.8 3.1 4.5 1.44
ATL (5 yrs) 14 15 .483 4.40 148 10 56 0 0 16 253.2 304 135 124 22 95 21 119 6 3 6 1143 90 1.573 10.8 0.8 3.4 4.2 1.25
TEX (2 yrs) 12 7 .632 3.84 69 2 36 0 0 15 133.2 151 65 57 12 40 12 75 5 1 0 586 107 1.429 10.2 0.8 2.7 5.0 1.88
NL (5 yrs) 14 15 .483 4.40 148 10 56 0 0 16 253.2 304 135 124 22 95 21 119 6 3 6 1143 90 1.573 10.8 0.8 3.4 4.2 1.25
AL (2 yrs) 12 7 .632 3.84 69 2 36 0 0 15 133.2 151 65 57 12 40 12 75 5 1 0 586 107 1.429 10.2 0.8 2.7 5.0 1.88

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 ATL NL 32.1 24 1 24 6.68 4.23 -0.03 -0.27 111.5 4.45 -8 -0.9 1.2 -0.1 -0.7 -5 .464 .495 $
1975 23 ATL NL 16.1 5 2 8 4.41 4.33 -0.55 -0.04 107.2 5.19 1 0.1 .6 -0.0 0.3 3 .529 .501 $
1976 24 ATL NL 73.0 48 1 30 3.70 4.18 -0.61 -0.33 108.3 4.82 9 1.0 1.6 0.2 1.8 16 .521 .506 $
1977 25 TEX AL 105.2 56 2 43 3.66 4.52 0.38 -0.31 101.3 3.87 2 0.2 2.0 -0.1 1.1 14 .504 .501 $
1978 26 ATL NL 65.1 31 6 45 6.20 4.20 -0.39 -0.11 111.3 4.98 -10 -1.0 1.3 -0.1 -0.7 -3 .466 .494 $
1979 27 ATL NL 66.2 40 0 28 3.78 4.30 -0.61 -0.34 107.0 4.88 8 0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.3 14 .521 .505 $
1980 28 TEX AL 28.0 13 0 22 7.07 4.48 -0.72 -0.36 97.1 4.70 -8 -0.7 .8 0.0 -0.5 -4 .443 .495 $
7 Seasons 387.1 217 12 200 4.65 4.33 -0.26 -0.28 106.1 4.58 -5 -0.4 1.4 -0.2 2.6 35 .498 .500 $
ATL (5 yrs) 253.2 148 10 135 4.79 4.23 -0.47 -0.25 109.0 4.85 -0 0.1 1.3 -0.2 2.0 25 .500 .500 $
TEX (2 yrs) 133.2 69 2 65 4.38 4.51 0.15 -0.32 100.4 4.05 -5 -0.5 1.8 -0.0 0.6 10 .493 .498 $

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 ATL NL 24 151 133 24 45 3 2 6 1 2 12 15 .338 .399 .526 .925 .345 70 3 2 4 1 3 3
1975 23 ATL NL 5 76 67 8 19 3 0 2 1 1 7 8 .284 .360 .418 .778 .298 28 2 1 1 0 1 1
1976 24 ATL NL 48 319 282 30 72 7 0 3 5 2 26 48 .255 .316 .312 .628 .294 88 5 1 6 4 7 8
1977 25 TEX AL 56 444 394 43 102 11 3 8 5 5 31 67 .259 .316 .363 .679 .291 143 7 4 11 4 11 3
1978 26 ATL NL 31 294 260 45 84 13 4 3 5 1 25 26 .323 .380 .438 .818 .348 114 8 0 7 2 5 3
1979 27 ATL NL 40 302 270 28 84 16 2 8 6 3 25 22 .311 .372 .474 .847 .315 128 10 2 4 1 5 7
1980 28 TEX AL 13 142 130 22 49 3 1 4 1 0 9 8 .377 .415 .508 .923 .375 66 4 1 0 2 1 4
7 Yrs 217 1728 1536 200 455 56 12 34 24 14 135 194 .296 .354 .415 .769 .318 637 39 11 33 14 33 29
162 Game Avg. 64 513 456 59 135 17 4 10 7 4 40 58 .296 .354 .415 .769 .318 189 12 3 10 4 10 9
MLB Averages .260 .326 .381 .707 .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 ATL NL -7.1 -0.7 157 -1.4 2.6 -3.9 1.12 -0.8 -0.4 -9.5 -0.9 1.14 -11.1 6 7 8
1975 23 ATL NL -0.5 -0.1 78 -0.4 1.3 -1.7 1.08 -0.2 -0.2 -1.5 -0.1 1.08 -3.5 1 0 2
1976 24 ATL NL 4.4 0.5 328 0.6 8.5 -7.9 1.64 0.8 -0.4 7.0 0.7 1.64 5.6 20 16 11
1977 25 TEX AL 8.2 0.8 456 1.9 11.9 -10.0 1.55 1.2 0.0 7.8 0.8 1.55 9.8 34 7 13
1978 26 ATL NL -10.3 -1.1 304 -0.8 4.6 -5.4 .98 -1.0 0.2 -13.8 -1.3 0.98 -13.5 10 5 9
1979 27 ATL NL 5.5 0.6 315 -1.9 2.6 -4.5 .64 -1.2 -1.8 -8.5 -0.8 0.64 -12.8 10 7 20
1980 28 TEX AL -5.3 -0.5 145 -0.5 1.2 -1.7 .54 -0.9 -0.0 -11.3 -1.1 0.54 -12.9 1 5 7
7 Yrs -5.2 -0.5 1783 -2.5 32.6 -35.2 1.17 -2.2 0.0 -29.8 -2.9 1.17 -38.4 82 47 70

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 ATL NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 12 6 0 1 5.0 6.0 5.0
1975 23 ATL NL 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 43.5 65 22 4 1 0 2 6.9 8.0 5.2
1976 24 ATL NL 48 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 26.0 26 26 13 7 0 0 6.0 0.0 0.7
1977 25 TEX AL 56 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 45.5 53 38 21 9 1 1 5.5 7.4 5.3
1978 26 ATL NL 31 6 3 2 1 0 0 4 2 .667 0 1 0 0 3 50% 45.7 69 16 18 8 2 2 5.0 5.1 5.2
5 Yrs 164 12 5 3 4 1 0 6 6 .500 1 4 0 0 4 33% 43 69 16 68 31 3 6 5.5 6.0 4.8
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.3 4.2 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
1973 21 ATL NL 24 23 11 2 2 5 4 1 80% 9 4 18 8 44% 9 1.123 6 7 8 10 2 11 11 12 8 9 8 3 3.6
1975 23 ATL NL 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1.082 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 6.0
1976 24 ATL NL 48 47 24 5 6 11 9 2 82% 16 4 51 15 29% 8 1.637 20 16 11 16 12 19 29 18 25 12 26 13 4.6
1977 25 TEX AL 56 54 33 10 6 19 15 4 79% 22 3 56 21 38% 8 1.553 34 7 13 24 15 15 30 24 30 12 33 13 5.3
1978 26 ATL NL 31 25 11 2 2 5 3 2 60% 7 1 11 5 45% 8 .982 10 5 9 7 4 14 8 17 13 7 14 7 4.1
1979 27 ATL NL 40 40 10 1 2 2 0 2 0% 4 2 29 18 62% 6 .642 10 7 20 4 5 31 14 26 20 8 23 8 5.0
1980 28 TEX AL 13 13 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 8 53% 5 .538 1 5 7 0 1 12 11 2 8 3 11 1 6.5
7 Yrs 217 205 92 21 19 42 31 11 74% 59 15 180 75 42% 1.170 82 47 70 62 39 104 103 102 107 51 118 45 4.8

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 ATL NL 152 60% 4.0% 9.9% 8.0% 7.3% 24% 1.75 75% 36 3 8%
1975 23 ATL NL 76 47% 2.6% 10.5% 9.2% 6.6% 26% 1.73 75% 22 2 9%
1976 24 ATL NL 319 63% 0.9% 15.1% 8.2% 3.1% 14% 1.13 74% 79 5 6%
1977 25 TEX AL 444 58% 1.8% 15.1% 7.0% 5.0% 22% 2.30 73% 85 7 8%
1978 26 ATL NL 294 60% 1.0% 8.8% 8.5% 6.8% 24% 1.78 79% 57 8 14%
1979 27 ATL NL 302 60% 2.7% 7.3% 8.3% 8.6% 31% 1.60 80% 70 10 14%
1980 28 TEX AL 142 54% 2.8% 5.6% 6.3% 5.6% 16% 1.50 85% 43 4 9%
7 Yrs 1729 59% 2.0% 11.2% 7.8% 5.9% 22% 1.68 77% 392 39 10%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 12.9% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.09 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 ATL NL 151 45 6 0 3 5 1 5 1 8 5 1 63% 3 0 1 71 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
1975 23 ATL NL 76 19 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 5 2 0 40% 1 0 1 32 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 ATL NL 319 72 3 0 13 1 2 3 0 31 15 8 48% 8 2 0 147 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 0
1977 25 TEX AL 444 102 8 0 18 5 3 2 6 26 15 2 58% 3 0 0 170 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1978 26 ATL NL 294 84 3 0 5 1 2 3 0 20 12 1 60% 3 2 0 124 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1979 27 ATL NL 302 84 8 1 9 4 4 8 0 23 11 0 48% 7 2 0 127 6 3 67% 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1980 28 TEX AL 142 49 4 0 6 1 3 1 3 14 6 0 43% 4 0 1 69 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Yrs 1728 455 34 1 56 17 17 23 11 127 66 12 52% 29 6 3 740 24 14 63% 23 11 1 3 0 0 1 1 34 1
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 2 3 .400 6.40 24 1 11 0 0 4 32.1 45 24 23 6 12 3 15 2 0 0 152 63 1.763 12.5 1.7 3.3 4.2 1.25 63
1974 22 2 3 .400 6.40 24 1 11 0 0 4 32.1 45 24 23 6 12 3 15 2 0 0 152 63 1.763 12.5 1.7 3.3 4.2 1.25 63
1975 23 3 3 .500 5.73 29 3 11 0 0 4 48.2 64 32 31 8 19 4 23 3 0 0 228 69 1.705 11.8 1.5 3.5 4.3 1.21 69
1976 24 8 9 .471 4.22 77 4 35 0 0 13 121.2 136 62 57 11 45 11 71 4 0 2 547 92 1.488 10.1 0.8 3.3 5.3 1.58 92
1977 25 19 15 .559 3.92 133 6 68 0 0 28 227.1 238 105 99 19 76 22 138 8 1 2 991 102 1.381 9.4 0.8 3.0 5.5 1.82 102
1978 26 24 19 .558 4.37 164 12 79 0 0 31 292.2 322 150 142 22 101 27 164 8 3 4 1285 92 1.445 9.9 0.7 3.1 5.0 1.62 92
1979 27 25 21 .543 4.16 204 12 89 0 0 31 359.1 406 178 166 30 126 32 186 10 4 6 1587 97 1.481 10.2 0.8 3.2 4.7 1.48 97
1980 28 26 22 .542 4.21 217 12 92 0 0 31 387.1 455 200 181 34 135 33 194 11 4 6 1729 96 1.523 10.6 0.8 3.1 4.5 1.44 96

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 1 2 .333 6.68 31.0 45 26 23 6 12 14 2 1.839 13.1 3.5 4.1 1.17 1.7 24
1975 23 0 1 .000 4.50 16.0 20 9 8 2 7 8 1 1.688 11.3 3.9 4.5 1.14 1.1 5
1976 24 5 3 .625 3.21 73.0 73 29 26 3 26 48 1 1.356 9.0 3.2 5.9 1.85 0.4 48
1977 25 6 5 .545 3.92 101.0 104 49 44 8 32 64 4 1.347 9.3 2.9 5.7 2.00 0.7 56
1978 26 2 4 .333 6.10 62.0 83 47 42 3 25 25 0 1.742 12.0 3.6 3.6 1.00 0.4 31
1979 27 4 3 .571 3.18 65.0 82 26 23 8 24 21 2 1.631 11.4 3.3 2.9 0.88 1.1 40
1980 28 1 2 .333 5.33 27.0 51 18 16 4 9 8 1 2.222 17.0 3.0 2.7 0.89 1.3 13
7 Yrs 19 20 .487 4.37 375.0 458 204 182 34 135 188 11 1.581 11.0 4.5 1.39 0.8 217

* 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

Saves s c a p y
1977 AL  15 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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