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Larry Dierker

Lawrence Edward Dierker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 22, 1946 in Hollywood, CA
High School: Taft HS (Woodland Hills, CA)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1964
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cardinals/Colt.45's 1964-1977

Final Game: October 1, 1977
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All-Star

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
1964 17 HOU NL 0 1 .000 2.00 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.0 7 4 2 1 3 0 5 0 0 2 36 180 1.111 7.0 1.0 3.0 5.0 1.67
1965 18 HOU NL 7 8 .467 3.50 26 19 2 1 0 0 146.2 135 69 57 16 37 4 109 3 2 8 611 95 1.173 8.3 1.0 2.3 6.7 2.95
1966 19 HOU NL 10 8 .556 3.18 29 28 0 8 2 0 187.0 173 73 66 17 45 0 108 1 0 4 776 108 1.166 8.3 0.8 2.2 5.2 2.40
1967 20 HOU NL 6 5 .545 3.36 15 15 0 4 0 0 99.0 95 44 37 4 25 0 68 1 0 7 410 98 1.212 8.6 0.4 2.3 6.2 2.72
1968 21 HOU NL 12 15 .444 3.31 32 32 0 10 1 0 233.2 206 95 86 14 89 12 161 8 0 20 981 89 1.262 7.9 0.5 3.4 6.2 1.81
1969 22 HOU NL 20 13 .606 2.33 39 37 0 20 4 0 305.1 240 97 79 18 72 6 232 1 0 9 1207 152 1.022 7.1 0.5 2.1 6.8 3.22 AS,MVP-23
1970 23 HOU NL 16 12 .571 3.87 37 36 1 17 2 1 269.2 263 124 116 31 82 4 191 6 0 8 1132 101 1.279 8.8 1.0 2.7 6.4 2.33
1971 24 HOU NL 12 6 .667 2.72 24 23 0 6 2 0 159.0 150 50 48 8 33 1 91 2 0 6 647 124 1.151 8.5 0.5 1.9 5.2 2.76 AS
1972 25 HOU NL 15 8 .652 3.40 31 31 0 12 5 0 214.2 209 87 81 14 51 0 115 5 1 3 887 99 1.211 8.8 0.6 2.1 4.8 2.25
1973 26 HOU NL 1 1 .500 4.33 14 3 4 0 0 0 27.0 27 14 13 3 13 0 18 2 0 2 120 84 1.481 9.0 1.0 4.3 6.0 1.38
1974 27 HOU NL 11 10 .524 2.90 33 33 0 7 3 0 223.2 189 76 72 18 82 4 150 6 3 8 913 119 1.212 7.6 0.7 3.3 6.0 1.83
1975 28 HOU NL 14 16 .467 4.00 34 34 0 14 2 0 232.0 225 109 103 24 91 6 127 7 1 13 982 85 1.362 8.7 0.9 3.5 4.9 1.40
1976 29 HOU NL 13 14 .481 3.69 28 28 0 7 4 0 187.2 171 85 77 9 72 6 112 6 2 12 790 87 1.295 8.2 0.4 3.5 5.4 1.56
1977 30 STL NL 2 6 .250 4.58 11 9 1 0 0 0 39.1 40 21 20 7 16 0 6 2 1 2 169 86 1.424 9.2 1.6 3.7 1.4 0.38
14 Yrs 139 123 .531 3.31 356 329 10 106 25 1 2333.2 2130 948 857 184 711 43 1493 50 10 104 9661 103 1.217 8.2 0.7 2.7 5.8 2.10
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .531 3.31 35 33 1 11 2 0 232 211 94 85 18 71 4 148 5 1 10 959 103 1.217 8.2 0.7 2.7 5.8 2.10
HOU (13 yrs) 137 117 .539 3.28 345 320 9 106 25 1 2294.1 2090 927 837 177 695 43 1487 48 9 102 9492 104 1.214 8.2 0.7 2.7 5.8 2.14
STL (1 yr) 2 6 .250 4.58 11 9 1 0 0 0 39.1 40 21 20 7 16 0 6 2 1 2 169 86 1.424 9.2 1.6 3.7 1.4 0.38

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
1964 17 HOU NL 8.2 3 1 4 4.15 3.97 -0.37 -0.10 90.8 3.85 -0 -0.0 .1 -0.0 0.0 1 .486 .500 $
1965 18 HOU NL 146.2 26 19 69 4.23 3.94 -0.39 0.02 95.4 4.15 -2 -0.2 .7 -0.1 1.0 14 .493 .499 $
1966 19 HOU NL 187.0 29 28 73 3.51 4.09 -0.46 0.07 92.8 4.29 14 1.6 .3 -0.1 3.1 36 .555 .510 $
1967 20 HOU NL 99.0 15 15 44 4.00 3.89 -0.50 0.06 95.1 4.23 1 0.2 -0.1 1.0 12 .511 .501 $
1968 21 HOU NL 233.2 32 32 95 3.66 3.44 -0.62 0.05 98.7 4.05 7 0.9 -0.1 2.8 31 .529 .506 $
1969 22 HOU NL 305.1 39 37 97 2.86 3.99 -0.44 0.06 97.6 4.38 49 6.0 1.2 -0.2 8.5 84 .654 .537 $ AS,MVP-23
1970 23 HOU NL 269.2 37 36 124 4.14 4.56 -0.37 0.07 96.5 4.83 17 1.8 1.5 -0.1 3.8 48 .549 .511 $
1971 24 HOU NL 159.0 24 23 50 2.83 3.94 -0.02 0.06 96.4 3.87 17 2.1 3.5 -0.1 3.2 32 .586 .513 $ AS
1972 25 HOU NL 214.2 31 31 87 3.65 3.77 -0.45 0.06 96.9 4.15 9 1.1 -0.1 2.6 30 .536 .507 $
1973 26 HOU NL 27.0 14 3 14 4.67 4.20 0.00 -0.13 98.5 4.01 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.0 1 .484 .499 $
1974 27 HOU NL 223.2 33 33 76 3.06 4.17 0.04 0.13 93.7 4.00 22 2.6 -0.1 4.2 44 .579 .516 $
1975 28 HOU NL 232.0 34 34 109 4.23 4.23 -0.13 0.13 93.2 4.18 -3 -0.3 -0.1 1.3 20 .490 .498 $
1976 29 HOU NL 187.2 28 28 85 4.08 3.95 -0.04 0.12 90.9 3.73 -9 -1.0 -0.1 0.4 9 .466 .494 $
1977 30 STL NL 39.1 11 9 21 4.81 4.13 0.23 0.13 101.6 4.09 -3 -0.4 .1 -0.0 -0.1 1 .468 .498 $
14 Seasons 2333.1 356 329 948 3.66 4.02 -0.30 0.08 95.5 4.20 117 14.2 .9 -1.3 31.8 361 .540 .506 $
HOU (13 yrs) 2294.0 345 320 927 3.64 4.02 -0.31 0.07 95.4 4.20 121 14.5 .9 -1.3 31.9 361 .542 .507 $
STL (1 yr) 39.1 11 9 21 4.81 4.13 0.23 0.13 101.6 4.09 -3 -0.4 .1 -0.0 -0.1 1 .468 .498 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1969 HOU NL 22 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1971 HOU NL 24

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
1964 17 HOU NL 3 36 32 4 7 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .219 .278 .313 .590 .222 10 1 0 0 1 0 1
1965 18 HOU NL 26 611 563 69 135 25 8 16 10 3 37 109 .240 .288 .398 .686 .269 224 8 3 4 4 4 15
1966 19 HOU NL 29 775 720 73 173 35 2 17 13 2 45 108 .240 .285 .365 .650 .261 263 13 1 6 2 0 13
1967 20 HOU NL 15 399 377 44 95 9 9 4 8 3 25 68 .252 .300 .355 .655 .297 134 8 1 6 1 0 5
1968 21 HOU NL 32 851 860 95 206 34 4 14 16 3 89 161 .240 .314 .337 .651 .277 290 15 8 16 8 12 9
1969 22 HOU NL 39 1087 1122 97 240 41 10 18 9 10 72 232 .214 .261 .316 .578 .254 355 24 1 8 3 6 17
1970 23 HOU NL 37 1068 1033 124 263 50 10 31 14 12 82 191 .255 .312 .412 .724 .285 426 19 6 5 4 4 11
1971 24 HOU NL 24 647 605 50 150 27 3 8 5 1 33 91 .248 .287 .342 .629 .278 207 11 2 3 4 1 1
1972 25 HOU NL 31 887 817 87 209 24 5 14 14 5 51 115 .256 .301 .349 .650 .281 285 26 5 7 7 0 12
1973 26 HOU NL 14 112 102 14 27 3 0 3 0 0 13 18 .265 .356 .382 .738 .293 39 4 2 2 1 0 1
1974 27 HOU NL 33 913 813 76 189 31 3 18 21 12 82 150 .232 .306 .344 .650 .263 280 24 6 8 4 4 4
1975 28 HOU NL 34 982 867 109 225 43 3 24 25 8 91 127 .260 .331 .399 .730 .277 346 26 7 7 10 6 3
1976 29 HOU NL 28 790 703 85 171 26 5 9 23 7 72 112 .243 .317 .333 .650 .276 234 13 6 4 5 6 8
1977 30 STL NL 11 169 150 21 40 11 4 7 1 2 16 6 .267 .343 .533 .877 .239 80 3 2 0 1 0 1
14 Yrs 356 9327 8764 948 2130 359 66 184 159 68 711 1493 .243 .302 .362 .664 .272 3173 195 50 76 55 43 101
162 Game Avg. 35 926 870 94 211 36 7 18 16 7 71 148 .243 .302 .362 .664 .272 315 19 5 8 5 4 10
MLB Averages .251 .318 .371 .688 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1964 17 HOU NL 0.9 0.1 39 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .55 -0.2 -0.3 -0.5 -0.1 0.55 0.1 0 0 1
1965 18 HOU NL -4.7 -0.5 639 -0.6 9.9 -10.4 .92 -0.7 0.1 -0.5 -0.1 0.92 -5.0 1 2 4
1966 19 HOU NL 5.8 0.6 796 0.6 13.8 -13.2 1.01 0.7 -0.0 10.9 1.2 1.01 7.3 0 0 1
1967 20 HOU NL -1.7 -0.2 418 -0.0 7.4 -7.4 1.03 0.0 -0.0 1.0 0.1 1.03 -0.2 0 0 0
1968 21 HOU NL -7.6 -0.9 894 -1.8 14.7 -16.5 1.10 -0.5 -1.1 -5.6 -0.6 1.10 -4.1 0 0 0
1969 22 HOU NL 38.4 4.3 1237 6.3 23.1 -16.8 1.03 6.0 0.2 46.1 5.3 1.01 57.6 1 0 1
1970 23 HOU NL 3.5 0.4 1166 0.9 19.9 -19.0 .94 0.7 0.3 13.2 1.4 0.93 2.9 1 0 0
1971 24 HOU NL 13.9 1.6 659 1.7 11.0 -9.2 .96 1.2 0.6 17.0 1.9 0.96 15.6 1 0 0
1972 25 HOU NL 1.0 0.1 912 0.2 14.9 -14.8 .99 1.0 -0.8 6.9 0.8 0.99 7.0 0 0 0
1973 26 HOU NL -1.6 -0.2 114 -0.7 1.2 -1.9 .80 -0.2 -0.7 -1.6 -0.2 0.80 -3.0 1 1 7
1974 27 HOU NL 18.3 2.0 956 1.9 17.6 -15.6 1.05 2.0 -0.1 23.2 2.6 1.05 22.7 0 0 0
1975 28 HOU NL -13.0 -1.3 1034 -1.7 16.1 -17.8 .99 -0.8 -1.0 -4.6 -0.5 0.99 -9.0 0 0 0
1976 29 HOU NL -10.0 -1.0 836 -0.7 12.9 -13.6 .96 0.4 -1.2 -5.8 -0.6 0.96 2.9 0 0 0
1977 30 STL NL -2.3 -0.2 175 0.1 3.0 -3.0 .96 -0.8 0.8 -2.7 -0.3 0.96 -6.3 0 0 2
14 Yrs 40.7 4.7 9875 5.9 165.7 -159.8 .99 8.7 -2.7 96.9 11.0 0.99 88.5 5 3 16

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
1964 17 HOU NL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 2 0 0 1 1.0 0.0 2.7
1965 18 HOU NL 26 19 6 8 5 2 3 8 11 .421 2 2 1 0 11 58% 54.2 83 31 10 7 0 13 3.3 3.7 6.2
1966 19 HOU NL 29 28 10 8 10 1 4 15 13 .536 5 2 8 2 18 64% 55.2 84 24 15 8 5 12 3.7 4.2 6.6
1967 20 HOU NL 15 15 6 5 4 0 3 6 9 .400 0 4 4 0 11 73% 54.8 72 23 7 4 5 5 3.7 3.6 6.6
1968 21 HOU NL 32 32 12 15 5 2 9 16 16 .500 1 4 10 1 22 69% 56.3 87 20 19 3 14 8 3.2 3.3 7.3
1969 22 HOU NL 39 37 20 13 4 2 7 22 15 .595 4 0 20 4 29 78% 64.7 95 20 15 12 21 6 4.1 4.3 8.1
1970 23 HOU NL 37 36 16 12 8 1 2 18 18 .500 0 8 17 2 22 61% 54.3 86 16 9 6 14 7 4.9 4.6 7.4
1971 24 HOU NL 24 23 12 6 5 1 4 15 8 .652 0 5 6 2 17 74% 57.9 87 18 14 4 2 6 4.3 4.5 6.9
1972 25 HOU NL 31 31 15 8 8 1 1 20 11 .645 3 4 12 5 17 55% 54.5 86 21 20 9 8 9 5.5 5.0 6.9
1973 26 HOU NL 14 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 49.0 59 39 10 2 2 1 3.0 2.3 4.1
1974 27 HOU NL 33 33 11 10 12 0 4 18 15 .545 3 4 7 3 24 73% 57.7 86 23 23 7 6 13 3.7 3.7 6.8
1975 28 HOU NL 34 34 14 16 4 5 6 15 19 .441 2 1 14 2 17 50% 51.5 80 21 21 8 6 9 4.2 4.3 6.8
1976 29 HOU NL 28 28 13 14 1 1 5 14 14 .500 0 2 7 4 17 61% 53.4 91 20 16 5 2 11 4.1 4.3 6.7
1977 30 STL NL 11 9 2 6 1 0 1 2 7 .222 1 0 0 0 4 44% 48.2 65 32 6 1 0 6 2.1 2.6 4.2
14 Yrs 356 329 137 123 69 16 49 170 159 .517 21 37 106 25 209 64% 56 95 16 187 76 85 107 4.0 4.1 6.9
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 116 -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
1964 17 HOU NL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .549 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 9.0
1965 18 HOU NL 26 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 3 .915 1 2 4 1 0 6 4 3 7 0 7 0 12.1
1966 19 HOU NL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.013 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1969 22 HOU NL 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 1.030 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 6.0
1970 23 HOU NL 37 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 6 .936 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10.0
1971 24 HOU NL 24 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 1 100% 8 .959 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1973 26 HOU NL 14 11 4 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 1 13% 8 .800 1 1 7 1 0 9 5 5 4 1 6 2 4.0
1977 30 STL NL 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .957 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2.0
8 Yrs 183 27 10 2 0 3 1 2 33% 3 0 21 3 14% .967 5 3 16 4 1 21 12 14 17 3 19 3 6.7

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%
1964 17 HOU NL 36 69% 2.8% 13.9% 8.3% 2.8% 14% 0.75 75% 9 1 11%
1965 18 HOU NL 611 56% 2.6% 17.8% 6.1% 8.0% 36% 0.98 72% 92 8 9%
1966 19 HOU NL 775 60% 2.2% 13.9% 5.8% 7.0% 31% 1.13 77% 120 13 11%
1967 20 HOU NL 410 57% 1.0% 17.0% 6.3% 5.5% 23% 1.33 77% 70 8 11%
1968 21 HOU NL 981 57% 1.7% 18.9% 10.5% 6.1% 25% 1.23 81% 159 15 9%
1969 22 HOU NL 1207 56% 1.7% 21.3% 6.6% 6.4% 29% 1.19 81% 162 24 15%
1970 23 HOU NL 1130 58% 2.9% 17.9% 7.7% 8.5% 35% 1.14 76% 184 19 10%
1971 24 HOU NL 647 56% 1.2% 14.1% 5.1% 5.9% 25% 1.21 79% 101 11 11%
1972 25 HOU NL 887 54% 1.6% 13.0% 5.8% 4.9% 21% 1.45 78% 167 26 16%
1973 26 HOU NL 120 54% 2.7% 16.1% 11.6% 5.4% 22% 1.14 73% 28 4 14%
1974 27 HOU NL 913 55% 2.0% 16.4% 9.0% 5.7% 28% 0.97 71% 166 24 14%
1975 28 HOU NL 982 53% 2.4% 12.9% 9.3% 7.1% 31% 0.98 74% 168 26 15%
1976 29 HOU NL 790 52% 1.1% 14.2% 9.1% 5.1% 23% 0.86 74% 129 13 10%
1977 30 STL NL 169 57% 4.1% 3.6% 9.5% 13.0% 55% 1.08 82% 18 3 17%
14 Yrs 9658 56% 2.0% 16.0% 7.6% 6.5% 29% 1.11 77% 1573 195 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.5% 8.5% 6.1% 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
1964 17 HOU NL 36 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 50% 1 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1965 18 HOU NL 611 135 16 1 2 10 6 5 11 27 12 6 44% 15 8 2 206 10 3 77% 10 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 0
1966 19 HOU NL 775 173 17 0 10 8 9 7 10 23 10 2 43% 13 4 1 275 13 2 87% 13 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 9 0
1967 20 HOU NL 399 95 4 0 5 3 1 2 2 25 12 5 48% 5 7 2 131 8 3 73% 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 11
1968 21 HOU NL 851 206 14 0 17 11 2 4 9 49 23 10 47% 9 20 2 308 16 3 84% 15 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 32 130
1969 22 HOU NL 1087 240 18 0 16 12 6 8 10 45 20 4 44% 17 9 1 346 9 10 47% 9 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 120
1970 23 HOU NL 1068 263 31 1 13 22 9 12 19 61 26 9 43% 11 8 1 376 14 12 54% 13 10 1 1 0 1 1 0 17 62
1971 24 HOU NL 647 150 8 0 13 6 2 3 5 29 13 3 45% 1 6 1 221 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1972 25 HOU NL 887 209 14 0 14 5 9 5 9 43 22 7 51% 12 3 3 330 14 5 74% 14 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 19 0
1973 26 HOU NL 112 27 3 0 3 1 2 3 0 6 3 2 50% 1 2 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8
1974 27 HOU NL 913 189 18 0 17 4 14 10 8 43 16 6 37% 4 8 2 311 21 12 64% 20 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1975 28 HOU NL 982 225 24 0 13 11 13 7 17 53 28 1 53% 3 13 5 333 25 8 76% 25 6 0 1 0 1 1 1 35 0
1976 29 HOU NL 790 171 9 0 12 5 4 3 6 42 23 5 55% 8 12 4 278 23 7 77% 22 5 1 1 0 1 3 1 30 0
1977 30 STL NL 169 40 7 0 1 5 2 4 3 7 4 0 57% 1 2 0 56 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 Yrs 9327 2130 184 2 136 104 79 74 109 455 213 61 47% 101 104 24 3233 159 68 70% 153 54 5 3 1 8 12 5 240 331
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+
1964 17 0 1 .000 2.00 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.0 7 4 2 1 3 0 5 0 0 2 36 180 1.111 7.0 1.0 3.0 5.0 1.67 180
1965 18 7 9 .438 3.41 29 20 4 1 0 0 155.2 142 73 59 17 40 4 114 3 2 10 647 98 1.169 8.2 1.0 2.3 6.6 2.85 98
1966 19 17 17 .500 3.28 58 48 4 9 2 0 342.2 315 146 125 34 85 4 222 4 2 14 1423 103 1.167 8.3 0.9 2.2 5.8 2.61 103
1967 20 23 22 .511 3.30 73 63 4 13 2 0 441.2 410 190 162 38 110 4 290 5 2 21 1833 102 1.177 8.4 0.8 2.2 5.9 2.64 102
1968 21 35 37 .486 3.31 105 95 4 23 3 0 675.1 616 285 248 52 199 16 451 13 2 41 2814 98 1.207 8.2 0.7 2.7 6.0 2.27 98
1969 22 55 50 .524 3.00 144 132 4 43 7 0 980.2 856 382 327 70 271 22 683 14 2 50 4021 111 1.149 7.9 0.6 2.5 6.3 2.52 111
1970 23 71 62 .534 3.19 181 168 5 60 9 1 1250.1 1119 506 443 101 353 26 874 20 2 58 5153 108 1.177 8.1 0.7 2.5 6.3 2.48 108
1971 24 83 68 .550 3.14 205 191 5 66 11 1 1409.1 1269 556 491 109 386 27 965 22 2 64 5800 110 1.174 8.1 0.7 2.5 6.2 2.50 110
1972 25 98 76 .563 3.17 236 222 5 78 16 1 1624.0 1478 643 572 123 437 27 1080 27 3 67 6687 108 1.179 8.2 0.7 2.4 6.0 2.47 108
1973 26 99 77 .563 3.19 250 225 9 78 16 1 1651.0 1505 657 585 126 450 27 1098 29 3 69 6807 108 1.184 8.2 0.7 2.5 6.0 2.44 108
1974 27 110 87 .558 3.15 283 258 9 85 19 1 1874.2 1694 733 657 144 532 31 1248 35 6 77 7720 109 1.187 8.1 0.7 2.6 6.0 2.35 109
1975 28 124 103 .546 3.25 317 292 9 99 21 1 2106.2 1919 842 760 168 623 37 1375 42 7 90 8702 106 1.207 8.2 0.7 2.7 5.9 2.21 106
1976 29 137 117 .539 3.28 345 320 9 106 25 1 2294.1 2090 927 837 177 695 43 1487 48 9 102 9492 104 1.214 8.2 0.7 2.7 5.8 2.14 104
1977 30 139 123 .531 3.31 356 329 10 106 25 1 2333.2 2130 948 857 184 711 43 1493 50 10 104 9661 103 1.217 8.2 0.7 2.7 5.8 2.10 103

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
1964 17 0 0 3.38 8.0 8 3 3 1 3 5 0 1.375 9.0 3.4 5.6 1.67 1.1 3
1965 18 7 8 .467 4.24 140.0 145 73 66 17 40 104 3 1.321 9.3 2.6 6.7 2.60 1.1 26
1966 19 11 9 .550 3.73 181.0 184 83 75 18 48 105 1 1.282 9.1 2.4 5.2 2.19 0.9 29
1967 20 5 5 .500 4.26 93.0 104 49 44 4 27 64 1 1.409 10.1 2.6 6.2 2.37 0.4 15
1968 21 10 13 .435 4.73 211.0 233 123 111 16 101 145 9 1.583 9.9 4.3 6.2 1.44 0.7 32
1969 22 22 10 .688 2.71 292.0 253 98 88 19 76 222 1 1.127 7.8 2.3 6.8 2.92 0.6 39
1970 23 14 14 .500 4.10 259.0 266 131 118 31 83 183 6 1.347 9.2 2.9 6.4 2.20 1.1 37
1971 24 9 7 .563 3.38 149.0 162 62 56 9 36 85 2 1.329 9.8 2.2 5.1 2.36 0.5 24
1972 25 11 12 .478 4.26 209.0 236 110 99 16 58 112 6 1.407 10.2 2.5 4.8 1.93 0.7 31
1973 26 1 1 .500 4.85 26.0 28 16 14 3 13 17 2 1.577 9.7 4.5 5.9 1.31 1.0 14
1974 27 12 10 .545 3.48 207.0 200 89 80 19 87 139 6 1.386 8.7 3.8 6.0 1.60 0.8 33
1975 28 9 14 .391 5.08 211.0 242 132 119 26 98 116 8 1.611 10.3 4.2 4.9 1.18 1.1 34
1976 29 8 11 .421 4.95 171.0 189 104 94 10 80 102 7 1.573 9.9 4.2 5.4 1.28 0.5 28
1977 30 2 2 .500 4.86 37.0 40 22 20 7 16 6 2 1.514 9.7 3.9 1.5 0.38 1.7 11
14 Yrs 121 116 .511 4.05 2194.0 2290 1095 987 196 766 1405 54 1.393 9.4 5.8 1.83 0.8 356

* 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

Hall of Fame
1983 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1969 *
1971

Awards (yr lg award)
1998 NL Mgr of the year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 NL (23, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1969 NL  8.3 (2nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1969 NL  8.5 (2nd)
1970 NL  3.8 (10th)
Career  31.8 (209th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1969 NL  2.33 (6th)
1974 NL  2.90 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1969 NL  20 (5th)
1970 NL  16 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1971 NL  .667 (5th)
1972 NL  .652 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1969 NL  1.022 (3rd)
Career  1.217 (180th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 NL  7.074 (6th)
1974 NL  7.605 (8th)
Career  8.215 (189th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 NL  2.122 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1969 NL  305.3 (6th)
1970 NL  269.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1969 NL  232 (6th)
1970 NL  191 (8th)
Career  1,493 (185th)

Games Started s c a p y
1969 NL  37 (8th)
1970 NL  36 (9th)
Career  329 (234th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1969 NL  20 (6th)
1970 NL  17 (5th)
1975 NL  14 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1969 NL  4 (8th)
1972 NL  5 (4th)
1974 NL  3 (8th)
1976 NL  4 (5th)
Career  25 (173rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  31 (3rd)
1975 NL  24 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 NL  89 (2nd)
1975 NL  91 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1970 NL  263 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1969 NL  3.222 (5th)
Career  2.100 (229th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 NL  0.531 (7th)
1976 NL  0.432 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1968 NL  15 (7th)
1975 NL  16 (2nd)
1976 NL  14 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1968 NL  86 (7th)
1970 NL  116 (4th)
1975 NL  103 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1968 NL  20 (1st)
1975 NL  13 (3rd)
1976 NL  12 (5th)
Career  104 (91st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1968 NL  8 (6th)
1974 NL  6 (9th)
1975 NL  7 (6th)
1976 NL  6 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1969 NL  1,207 (8th)
1970 NL  1,132 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1969 NL  152 (7th)
1974 NL  121 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1969 NL  38 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1969 NL  4.3 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1969 NL  46.06 (4th)
1974 NL  23.23 (10th)
Career  96.91 (156th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1969 NL  6.3 (5th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1969 NL  6.0 (1st)
Career  8.7 (179th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1969 NL  5.3 (4th)
1974 NL  2.6 (9th)
Career  11.0 (142nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1964 NL  born 1946-09-22 (1st)
1965 NL  born 1946-09-22 (2nd)
1966 NL  born 1946-09-22 (3rd)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 54 (472), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 21 (595), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Sonny Siebert (960)
  2. Dock Ellis (959)
  3. Ray Caldwell (954)
  4. Mike Boddicker (945)
  5. Frank Lary (939)
  6. Mike Scott (938)
  7. Jon Matlack (937)
  8. Gary Peters (936)
  9. Burt Hooton (934)
  10. Dean Chance (933)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ed Knouff (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chief Bender (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Milt Pappas (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Don Drysdale (971) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chief Bender (962) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Don Drysdale (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Don Drysdale (971) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Don Drysdale (963) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dennis Eckersley (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Greg Maddux (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ken Holtzman (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ken Holtzman (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Kaat (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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