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Dick Drago

Richard Anthony Drago

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 25, 1945 in Toledo, OH
High School: Woodward HS (Toledo, OH)
School: University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1969
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Royals/Angels/Mariners/Orioles 1969-1981

Final Game: September 30, 1981
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1969 24 KCR AL 41 64 52 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 25 .058 .109 .077 .186 -47 4 0 0 9 0 0 1
1970 25 KCR AL 35 87 76 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 44 .053 .077 .053 .130 -63 4 0 0 9 0 0 1
1971 26 KCR AL 35 92 77 3 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 8 44 .130 .212 .169 .381 10 13 1 0 7 0 0 1 CYA-5
1972 27 KCR AL 35 84 68 4 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 8 36 .059 .169 .059 .228 -30 4 0 1 7 0 0 1
1973 28 KCR AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 30 BOS AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 31 CAL AL 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 32 TOT AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 32 CAL AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 32 BAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 33 BOS AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 34 BOS AL 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 35 BOS AL 43 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 36 SEA AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Yrs 521 328 274 11 21 4 0 0 12 0 0 21 149 .077 .145 .091 .237 -31 25 1 1 32 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 102 85 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 46 .077 .145 .091 .237 -31 8 0 0 10 0 0
KCR (5 yrs) 184 327 273 11 21 4 0 0 12 0 0 21 149 .077 .146 .092 .237 -31 25 1 1 32 0 0
BOS (5 yrs) 206 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (2 yrs) 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1969 24 KCR AL 41 64 -11 -1 0 0 8 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .490 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -2 $8,000 1
1970 25 KCR AL 35 87 -18 0 1 0 10 -6 -0.7 3 -4 -0.7 .480 .496 -0.7 -0.0 -4 $ 1
1971 26 KCR AL 35 92 -9 -0 -0 0 10 0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1 CYA-5
1972 27 KCR AL 35 84 -10 -0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 -0.0 1 $ 1
1973 28 KCR AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $37,500 1
1974 29 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $45,000 1
1975 30 BOS AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $50,000 1
1976 31 CAL AL 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1977 32 CAL AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1977 32 BAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1978 33 BOS AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1979 34 BOS AL 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $120,000 1
1980 35 BOS AL 43 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $ 1
1981 36 SEA AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
13 Seasons 521 328 -48 -1 1 0 36 -12 -1.4 10 -1 -1.3 .497 .499 -1.2 0.3 -1 $260,500
KCR (5 yrs) 184 327 -48 -1 1 0 36 -11 -1.4 10 -1 -1.3 .493 .498 -1.2 -0.0 -1 $45,500
BOS (5 yrs) 206 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 -0 $215,000
CAL (2 yrs) 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
SEA (1 yr) 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
BAL (1 yr) 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1969 24 KCR AL 64 58 1 0.5 95 .111 .058 .254 .109 .331 .077 .384 .186 .715 -47 .018 -10.4 -1.1 .143 .077 .019
1970 25 KCR AL 87 81 1 0.3 97 .125 .053 .257 .077 .331 .053 .392 .130 .723 -63 .009 -17.1 -1.8 .083 .026 .000
1971 26 KCR AL 92 75 3 1.1 91 .303 .130 .253 .212 .324 .169 .375 .381 .700 10 .082 -9.0 -1.0 .309 .143 .039
1972 27 KCR AL 84 71 2 0.8 82 .125 .059 .246 .169 .314 .059 .354 .228 .669 -30 .054 -10.9 -1.2 .203 .118 .000
1980 35 BOS AL 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .276 .000 .339 .000 .409 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
13 Yrs 328 286 7 0.7 91 .168 .077 .252 .145 .325 .091 .376 .237 .701 -31 .035 -47.8 -5.1 .185 .091 .015
162 Game Avg. 102 89 2 0.7 91 .168 .077 .252 .145 .325 .091 .376 .237 .701 -31 .035 -47.8 -5.1 .185 .091 .015
KCR (5 yrs) 327 285 7 0.7 91 .169 .077 .252 .146 .325 .092 .376 .237 .701 -31 .035 -47.5 -5.1 .186 .092 .015
BOS (5 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .276 .000 .339 .000 .409 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 30 BOS AL ALCS OAK W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 30 BOS AL WS CIN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1969 24 KCR AL 64 0.0% 39.1% 4.7% 1.6% 33% 8.33 2.1 26.0 1.19 42%
1970 25 KCR AL 87 0.0% 50.6% 2.3% 0.0% 0% 22.00 1.7 76.0 1.85 37%
1971 26 KCR AL 92 0.0% 47.8% 8.7% 3.3% 30% 5.50 1.8 19.3 3.14 36%
1972 27 KCR AL 84 0.0% 42.9% 9.5% 0.0% 0% 4.50 1.9 13.6 1.43 38%
1980 35 BOS AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
13 Yrs 328 0.0% 45.4% 6.4% 1.2% 19% 7.10 1.8 22.8 1.72 38%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.5% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.56 6.6 45.7 8.8 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1969 24 KCR AL -10.4 -1.1 64 -1.1 0.2 -1.3 .96 -1.0 -0.2 -10.5 -1.1 0.95 -10.5 0
1970 25 KCR AL -17.1 -1.8 89 -1.4 0.4 -1.8 .99 -1.5 0.1 -13.6 -1.4 0.91 -15.9 0
1971 26 KCR AL -9.2 -1.0 93 -0.6 0.8 -1.4 .80 -0.9 0.2 -7.7 -0.8 0.98 -8.9 0
1972 27 KCR AL -10.9 -1.2 84 -1.1 0.5 -1.6 1.02 -1.1 0.1 -8.5 -1.0 0.94 -10.4 0
1973 28 KCR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1974 29 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1975 30 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1976 31 CAL AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 32 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1977 32 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1977 32 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1978 33 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1979 34 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1980 35 BOS AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.26 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.74 -0.3 0
1981 36 SEA AL 0.0 0.0
13 Yrs -47.9 -5.1 331 -4.1 2.0 -6.1 .94 -4.5 0.1 -40.6 -4.4 0.94 -46.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1969 24 KCR AL 1 0 33% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1970 25 KCR AL 1 0 33% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 26 KCR AL 1 0 17% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2
1972 27 KCR AL 1 0 31% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1980 35 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 4 0 26% 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 33% 9 7 0 1 0 1 5 0 4

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1969 24 KCR AL 64 17% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 75% 13 0 0% 16 3 19% 39 3 8% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1970 25 KCR AL 87 20% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 69% 19 0 0% 19 3 16% 41 1 2% 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 0
1971 26 KCR AL 92 33% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% 17 1 6% 14 5 36% 58 4 7% 6 2 33% 1 0 0% 0
1972 27 KCR AL 84 38% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 12 0 0% 14 4 29% 55 5 9% 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 0
1980 35 BOS AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 328 27% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 40 32 80% 61 1 2% 63 15 24% 194 13 7% 16 6 38% 6 1 17% 0
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 33% 14% 49% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 24 41 64 52 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 25 .058 .109 .077 .186 -47 4 0 0 9 0 0
1970 25 76 151 128 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 69 .055 .090 .063 .153 -57 8 0 0 18 0 0
1971 26 111 243 205 7 17 4 0 0 7 0 0 13 113 .083 .138 .102 .240 -31 21 1 0 25 0 0
1972 27 146 327 273 11 21 4 0 0 12 0 0 21 149 .077 .146 .092 .237 -31 25 1 1 32 0 0
1973 28 184 327 273 11 21 4 0 0 12 0 0 21 149 .077 .146 .092 .237 -31 25 1 1 32 0 0
1974 29 217 327 273 11 21 4 0 0 12 0 0 21 149 .077 .146 .092 .237 -31 25 1 1 32 0 0
1975 30 257 327 273 11 21 4 0 0 12 0 0 21 149 .077 .146 .092 .237 -31 25 1 1 32 0 0
1976 31 300 327 273 11 21 4 0 0 12 0 0 21 149 .077 .146 .092 .237 -31 25 1 1 32 0 0
1977 32 349 327 273 11 21 4 0 0 12 0 0 21 149 .077 .146 .092 .237 -31 25 1 1 32 0 0
1978 33 386 327 273 11 21 4 0 0 12 0 0 21 149 .077 .146 .092 .237 -31 25 1 1 32 0 0
1979 34 439 327 273 11 21 4 0 0 12 0 0 21 149 .077 .146 .092 .237 -31 25 1 1 32 0 0
1980 35 482 328 274 11 21 4 0 0 12 0 0 21 149 .077 .145 .091 .237 -31 25 1 1 32 0 0
1981 36 521 328 274 11 21 4 0 0 12 0 0 21 149 .077 .145 .091 .237 -31 25 1 1 32 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1969 24 41 64 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25 .000 .055 .000 .055 0 41
1970 25 35 87 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 44 .000 .026 .000 .026 0 35
1971 26 35 94 78 3 11 3 0 0 4 0 9 44 .141 .230 .179 .409 3 35
1972 27 37 90 72 7 5 0 0 0 8 0 10 38 .069 .193 .069 .262 1 35
1980 35 43 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 43
5 Yrs 191 336 279 10 16 3 0 0 12 0 24 151 .057 .135 .068 .203 4 189
162 Game Avg. 162 285 237 8 14 3 0 0 10 0 20 128 .057 .135 .068 .203 3 189

* 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

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 AL (5, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1969 AL  9 (8th)
1970 AL  9 (10th)

                           

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