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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 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 24 KCR AL 11 13 .458 3.77 41 26 10 10 2 1 200.2 190 95 84 19 65 6 108 2 0 0 848 97 1.271 8.5 0.9 2.9 4.8 1.66
1970 25 KCR AL 9 15 .375 3.75 35 34 1 7 1 0 240.0 239 110 100 20 72 5 127 7 1 3 1002 99 1.296 9.0 0.8 2.7 4.8 1.76
1971 26 KCR AL 17 11 .607 2.98 35 34 0 15 4 0 241.1 251 84 80 14 46 1 109 9 0 4 977 114 1.231 9.4 0.5 1.7 4.1 2.37 CYA-5
1972 27 KCR AL 12 17 .414 3.01 34 33 1 11 2 0 239.1 230 88 80 22 51 4 135 6 0 5 974 100 1.174 8.6 0.8 1.9 5.1 2.65
1973 28 KCR AL 12 14 .462 4.23 37 33 2 10 1 0 212.2 252 116 100 16 76 10 98 7 2 4 937 96 1.542 10.7 0.7 3.2 4.1 1.29
1974 29 BOS AL 7 10 .412 3.48 33 18 10 8 0 3 175.2 165 71 68 17 56 9 90 5 0 5 729 112 1.258 8.5 0.9 2.9 4.6 1.61
1975 30 BOS AL 2 2 .500 3.84 40 2 34 0 0 15 72.2 69 31 31 5 31 3 43 0 0 1 313 108 1.376 8.5 0.6 3.8 5.3 1.39
1976 31 CAL AL 7 8 .467 4.42 43 0 27 0 0 6 79.1 80 42 39 7 31 8 43 5 0 3 346 75 1.399 9.1 0.8 3.5 4.9 1.39
1977 32 TOT AL 6 4 .600 3.41 49 0 28 0 0 5 60.2 71 27 23 5 18 6 35 1 0 1 269 114 1.467 10.5 0.7 2.7 5.2 1.94
1977 32 CAL AL 0 1 .000 3.00 13 0 6 0 0 2 21.0 22 8 7 3 3 2 15 0 0 1 87 133 1.190 9.4 1.3 1.3 6.4 5.00
1977 32 BAL AL 6 3 .667 3.63 36 0 22 0 0 3 39.2 49 19 16 2 15 4 20 1 0 0 182 105 1.613 11.1 0.5 3.4 4.5 1.33
1978 33 BOS AL 4 4 .500 3.03 37 1 24 0 0 7 77.1 71 30 26 5 32 5 42 4 0 2 333 138 1.332 8.3 0.6 3.7 4.9 1.31
1979 34 BOS AL 10 6 .625 3.03 53 1 37 0 0 13 89.0 85 33 30 6 21 6 67 3 0 4 367 147 1.191 8.6 0.6 2.1 6.8 3.19
1980 35 BOS AL 7 7 .500 4.14 43 7 18 1 0 3 132.2 127 67 61 17 44 7 63 5 0 0 564 103 1.289 8.6 1.2 3.0 4.3 1.43
1981 36 SEA AL 4 6 .400 5.53 39 0 24 0 0 5 53.2 71 33 33 4 15 5 27 0 0 2 240 71 1.602 11.9 0.7 2.5 4.5 1.80
13 Yrs 108 117 .480 3.62 519 189 216 62 10 58 1875.0 1901 827 755 157 558 75 987 54 3 34 7899 103 1.311 9.1 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.77
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .480 3.62 50 18 21 6 1 6 180 183 79 73 15 54 7 95 5 0 3 759 103 1.311 9.1 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.77
KCR (5 yrs) 61 70 .466 3.52 182 160 14 53 10 1 1134.0 1162 493 444 91 310 26 577 31 3 16 4738 101 1.298 9.2 0.7 2.5 4.6 1.86
BOS (5 yrs) 30 29 .508 3.55 206 29 123 9 0 41 547.1 517 232 216 50 184 30 305 17 0 12 2306 117 1.281 8.5 0.8 3.0 5.0 1.66
CAL (2 yrs) 7 9 .438 4.13 56 0 33 0 0 8 100.1 102 50 46 10 34 10 58 5 0 4 433 84 1.355 9.1 0.9 3.0 5.2 1.71
SEA (1 yr) 4 6 .400 5.53 39 0 24 0 0 5 53.2 71 33 33 4 15 5 27 0 0 2 240 71 1.602 11.9 0.7 2.5 4.5 1.80
BAL (1 yr) 6 3 .667 3.63 36 0 22 0 0 3 39.2 49 19 16 2 15 4 20 1 0 0 182 105 1.613 11.1 0.5 3.4 4.5 1.33

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
1969 24 KCR AL 200.2 41 26 95 4.26 4.14 -0.09 0.04 99.9 4.27 2 0.2 .8 -0.1 1.6 18 .505 .501 $8,000
1970 25 KCR AL 240.0 35 34 110 4.13 4.18 0.01 0.07 98.6 4.17 3 0.3 .8 -0.1 2.3 26 .510 .502 $
1971 26 KCR AL 241.1 35 34 84 3.13 3.75 0.01 0.06 98.4 3.74 17 2.0 .2 -0.1 3.9 39 .557 .512 $ CYA-5
1972 27 KCR AL 239.1 34 33 88 3.31 3.46 -0.10 0.05 97.6 3.53 8 1.0 .4 -0.2 2.9 25 .529 .506 $
1973 28 KCR AL 212.2 37 33 116 4.91 4.23 -0.36 0.11 105.3 4.95 -1 -0.1 .6 -0.1 1.6 23 .498 .500 $37,500
1974 29 BOS AL 175.2 33 18 71 3.64 4.09 0.28 0.02 107.2 4.11 9 1.0 1.7 -0.1 2.5 27 .532 .506 $45,000
1975 30 BOS AL 72.2 40 2 31 3.84 4.31 0.40 -0.30 109.3 3.94 1 0.1 1.8 -0.1 0.7 8 .502 .501 $50,000
1976 31 CAL AL 79.1 43 0 42 4.76 4.08 0.01 -0.34 94.8 3.54 -11 -1.2 2.0 -0.7 -1.2 -3 .473 .493 $
1977 32 CAL AL 21.0 13 0 8 3.43 4.45 -0.19 -0.36 93.3 3.99 1 0.1 1.2 -0.0 0.3 4 .510 .501 $
1977 32 BAL AL 39.2 36 0 19 4.31 4.66 0.28 -0.38 95.5 3.83 -2 -0.2 1.8 -0.2 0.0 2 .494 .499 $
1978 33 BOS AL 77.1 37 1 30 3.49 4.28 0.06 -0.31 107.6 4.20 6 0.7 1.9 0.2 1.6 14 .519 .504 $
1979 34 BOS AL 89.0 53 1 33 3.34 4.78 0.21 -0.37 104.2 4.38 10 1.0 2.1 0.4 2.2 21 .520 .506 $120,000
1980 35 BOS AL 132.2 43 7 67 4.55 4.56 0.05 -0.20 104.3 4.49 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.2 0.7 13 .497 .499 $
1981 36 SEA AL 53.2 39 0 33 5.53 4.32 -0.15 -0.34 108.0 4.46 -6 -0.7 2.1 -0.5 -0.8 -3 .482 .496 $
13 Seasons 1875.0 519 189 827 3.97 4.10 -0.00 -0.05 101.6 4.12 36 4.2 1.8 -1.9 18.3 214 .508 .502 $260,500
KCR (5 yrs) 1134.0 182 160 493 3.91 3.94 -0.10 0.07 99.8 4.11 29 3.5 .7 -0.6 12.3 131 .519 .504 $45,500
BOS (5 yrs) 547.1 206 29 232 3.81 4.37 0.20 -0.19 106.3 4.24 25 2.7 1.8 0.1 7.7 83 .513 .503 $215,000
CAL (2 yrs) 100.1 56 0 50 4.49 4.16 -0.03 -0.34 94.5 3.63 -9 -1.0 1.8 -0.7 -0.9 1 .481 .497 $
SEA (1 yr) 53.2 39 0 33 5.53 4.32 -0.15 -0.34 108.0 4.46 -6 -0.7 2.1 -0.5 -0.8 -3 .482 .496 $
BAL (1 yr) 39.2 36 0 19 4.31 4.66 0.28 -0.38 95.5 3.83 -2 -0.2 1.8 -0.2 0.0 2 .494 .499 $

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 30 BOS AL ALCS W OAK 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 2 4.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 15 0.643 3.9 0.0 1.9 3.9 2.00
1975 30 BOS AL WS L CIN 0 1 .000 2.25 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 16 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
1 Yr (2 Series) 0 1 .000 1.04 4 0 3 0 0 2 8.2 5 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 31 0.808 5.2 0.0 2.1 3.1 1.50
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 2 4.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 15 0.643 3.9 0.0 1.9 3.9 2.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 2.25 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 16 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00

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
1969 24 KCR AL 41 847 766 95 190 28 5 19 8 7 65 108 .248 .306 .372 .678 .265 285 12 2 8 6 6 13
1970 25 KCR AL 35 1002 899 110 239 39 8 20 16 14 72 127 .266 .322 .394 .716 .287 354 28 7 14 10 5 12
1971 26 KCR AL 35 977 908 84 251 32 6 14 8 8 46 109 .276 .315 .371 .686 .299 337 40 9 6 8 1 8
1972 27 KCR AL 34 972 905 88 230 39 9 22 14 8 51 135 .254 .297 .390 .687 .277 353 30 6 7 3 4 13
1973 28 KCR AL 37 939 841 116 252 34 6 16 13 9 76 98 .300 .359 .411 .771 .321 346 22 7 7 8 10 12
1974 29 BOS AL 33 729 657 71 165 35 6 17 10 12 56 90 .251 .313 .400 .714 .268 263 11 5 8 3 9 7
1975 30 BOS AL 40 313 279 31 69 15 1 5 7 0 31 43 .247 .321 .362 .683 .275 101 6 0 1 2 3 4
1976 31 CAL AL 43 346 303 42 80 15 1 7 15 6 31 43 .264 .338 .389 .728 .284 118 5 5 3 4 8 4
1977 32 TOT AL 49 269 240 27 71 9 1 5 5 1 18 35 .296 .340 .404 .744 .320 97 4 1 4 6 6 2
1977 32 BAL AL 36 182 159 19 49 6 1 2 1 1 15 20 .308 .363 .396 .759 .333 63 4 1 3 4 4 2
1977 32 CAL AL 13 87 81 8 22 3 0 3 4 0 3 15 .272 .291 .420 .710 .292 34 0 0 1 2 2 0
1978 33 BOS AL 37 333 289 30 71 14 1 5 3 1 32 42 .246 .327 .353 .680 .270 102 5 4 6 2 5 5
1979 34 BOS AL 53 367 334 33 85 13 2 6 3 2 21 67 .254 .300 .359 .660 .297 120 13 3 4 5 6 7
1980 35 BOS AL 43 564 506 67 127 27 2 17 12 4 44 63 .251 .316 .413 .729 .257 209 11 5 7 2 7 8
1981 36 SEA AL 39 240 219 33 71 15 2 4 7 1 15 27 .324 .361 .466 .827 .349 102 6 0 2 4 5 2
13 Yrs 519 7898 7146 827 1901 315 50 157 121 73 558 987 .266 .321 .390 .711 .288 2787 193 54 77 63 75 97
162 Game Avg. 50 759 686 79 183 30 5 15 12 7 54 95 .266 .321 .390 .711 .288 268 19 5 7 6 7 9
MLB Averages .256 .323 .377 .700 .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
1969 24 KCR AL -2.2 -0.2 865 -0.3 14.1 -14.4 1.00 0.4 -0.7 -1.9 -0.2 1.00 5.1 2 4 8
1970 25 KCR AL 0.4 0.0 1037 -1.7 19.6 -21.4 1.14 -0.4 -1.2 1.4 0.1 1.14 -4.1 0 1 0
1971 26 KCR AL 14.9 1.6 1000 3.3 18.7 -15.3 1.04 1.4 1.8 19.8 2.2 1.04 13.9 0 0 1
1972 27 KCR AL 1.4 0.2 1003 0.5 16.2 -15.6 .93 -0.5 1.0 3.6 0.4 0.93 -6.7 0 0 1
1973 28 KCR AL -5.3 -0.5 980 -2.4 17.6 -20.0 1.09 -1.4 -0.8 -16.8 -1.6 1.09 -14.4 1 0 3
1974 29 BOS AL 9.9 1.0 758 0.5 14.2 -13.6 1.10 0.4 0.1 14.6 1.5 1.10 7.4 7 2 6
1975 30 BOS AL 4.0 0.4 321 1.0 7.7 -6.8 1.36 0.1 0.6 5.5 0.5 1.36 0.8 16 9 13
1976 31 CAL AL -9.2 -1.0 370 0.4 8.9 -8.5 1.49 -0.6 0.8 -9.9 -1.1 1.49 -7.8 23 3 17
1977 32 TOT AL 2.9 0.3 277 -1.5 5.0 -6.6 1.22 -0.3 -0.9 -4.2 -0.4 1.21 -3.2 22 8 18
1977 32 CAL AL 2.3 0.2 92 -0.0 1.2 -1.2 .77 -0.1 -0.0 0.5 0.1 0.77 0.8 4 4 4
1977 32 BAL AL 0.6 0.1 185 -1.5 3.8 -5.3 1.44 -0.3 -0.8 -4.7 -0.5 1.44 -3.9 18 4 14
1978 33 BOS AL 8.7 0.9 339 1.6 9.0 -7.4 1.54 0.4 0.6 6.5 0.6 1.54 3.9 19 7 10
1979 34 BOS AL 13.9 1.4 377 1.0 11.2 -10.2 1.63 0.9 -0.3 11.0 1.1 1.63 13.9 33 8 11
1980 35 BOS AL 2.2 0.2 577 -1.0 10.4 -11.3 1.11 -0.4 -0.5 -5.1 -0.5 1.11 -1.7 11 15 8
1981 36 SEA AL -7.5 -0.8 251 -0.9 5.8 -6.7 1.59 -0.8 0.2 -8.5 -0.9 1.59 -9.8 22 4 13
13 Yrs 34.1 3.6 8155 0.6 158.4 -157.8 1.15 -0.5 1.1 16.1 1.9 1.15 -2.8 156 61 109

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
1969 24 KCR AL 41 26 11 12 3 1 3 12 13 .480 0 3 10 2 15 58% 53.5 80 24 11 8 10 6 3.1 3.2 6.8
1970 25 KCR AL 35 34 9 15 10 1 5 15 19 .441 0 6 7 1 20 59% 52.3 78 20 23 8 9 12 3.7 3.7 7.0
1971 26 KCR AL 35 34 17 11 6 1 4 20 14 .588 0 2 15 4 22 65% 56.0 78 6 18 4 6 10 3.7 3.8 7.1
1972 27 KCR AL 34 33 12 17 4 0 8 14 19 .424 0 4 11 2 24 73% 56.6 98 28 15 5 12 13 2.7 2.5 7.2
1973 28 KCR AL 37 33 12 13 8 4 6 17 16 .515 1 6 10 1 15 45% 47.3 72 20 38 8 20 5 4.9 4.2 6.2
1974 29 BOS AL 33 18 4 10 4 1 5 4 14 .222 2 0 8 0 10 56% 51.2 72 26 14 7 4 3 2.9 3.3 7.6
1975 30 BOS AL 40 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 8 4 1 1 9.0 7.7 4.2
1978 33 BOS AL 37 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41.0 41 41 13 5 0 1 11.3 18.0 6.0
1979 34 BOS AL 53 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 57.0 57 57 21 3 1 0 19.0 24.0 3.0
1980 35 BOS AL 43 7 3 2 2 0 1 3 4 .429 1 2 1 0 4 57% 53.3 68 27 21 1 0 3 3.8 3.3 5.9
10 Yrs 388 189 69 80 40 9 32 88 100 .468 4 24 62 10 110 58% 53 98 6 182 53 63 54 3.7 3.6 6.8
MLB Averages .500 54% 52 109 -13 4.2 4.1 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
1969 24 KCR AL 41 15 10 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 2 33% 8 .997 2 4 8 1 1 13 3 12 7 3 7 2 4.6
1970 25 KCR AL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 9 1.136 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1971 26 KCR AL 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.038 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.0
1972 27 KCR AL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .929 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1973 28 KCR AL 37 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 1.092 1 0 3 0 1 3 1 3 4 0 4 1 6.5
1974 29 BOS AL 33 15 10 3 0 4 3 1 75% 7 3 14 3 21% 8 1.095 7 2 6 10 1 4 9 6 10 3 12 2 7.9
1975 30 BOS AL 40 38 34 2 2 18 15 3 83% 19 1 42 12 29% 8 1.356 16 9 13 22 1 15 23 15 23 10 23 6 5.1
1976 31 CAL AL 43 43 27 7 8 9 6 3 67% 14 4 51 20 39% 8 1.490 23 3 17 15 8 20 28 15 28 11 32 6 5.5
1977 32 TOT AL 49 49 28 6 4 12 5 7 42% 18 5 58 22 38% 1.220 22 8 18 21 7 21 38 11 22 18 26 15 3.7
1977 32 CAL AL 13 13 6 0 1 3 2 1 67% 4 1 14 6 43% 8 .768 4 4 4 4 1 8 6 7 7 2 7 2 4.8
1977 32 BAL AL 36 36 22 6 3 9 3 6 33% 14 4 44 16 36% 8 1.436 18 4 14 17 6 13 32 4 15 16 19 13 3.3
1978 33 BOS AL 37 36 24 3 4 10 7 3 70% 11 1 51 15 29% 8 1.540 19 7 10 12 10 14 24 12 22 12 23 2 5.9
1979 34 BOS AL 53 52 37 10 6 17 13 4 76% 20 3 52 16 31% 8 1.627 33 8 11 23 15 14 33 19 33 12 36 10 5.0
1980 35 BOS AL 43 36 18 4 5 7 3 4 43% 9 2 30 12 40% 6 1.114 11 15 8 14 6 16 18 18 27 4 30 5 7.6
1981 36 SEA AL 39 39 24 4 6 8 5 3 63% 13 3 49 16 33% 8 1.592 22 4 13 15 9 15 27 12 17 16 20 9 4.1
13 Yrs 519 330 216 39 37 86 58 28 67% 112 22 356 120 34% 1.154 156 61 109 133 59 138 205 125 194 91 214 59 5.3

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%
1969 24 KCR AL 847 55% 2.2% 12.8% 7.7% 6.1% 27% 0.96 76% 145 12 8%
1970 25 KCR AL 1002 53% 2.0% 12.7% 7.2% 6.7% 28% 1.32 76% 185 28 15%
1971 26 KCR AL 977 55% 1.4% 11.2% 4.7% 5.3% 21% 1.28 81% 194 40 21%
1972 27 KCR AL 972 57% 2.3% 13.9% 5.3% 7.2% 30% 1.07 77% 148 30 20%
1973 28 KCR AL 939 52% 1.7% 10.4% 8.1% 6.0% 22% 1.30 78% 208 22 11%
1974 29 BOS AL 729 59% 2.3% 12.4% 7.7% 8.0% 35% 1.03 76% 99 11 11%
1975 30 BOS AL 313 62% 1.6% 13.7% 9.9% 6.7% 30% 1.23 74% 59 6 10%
1976 31 CAL AL 346 63% 2.0% 12.4% 9.0% 6.7% 29% 0.66 74% 78 5 6%
1977 32 TOT AL 269 54% 1.9% 13.0% 6.7% 5.6% 21% 1.00 77% 60 4 7%
1977 32 CAL AL 87 44% 3.5% 17.2% 3.5% 6.9% 27% 0.50 75% 13 0 0%
1977 32 BAL AL 182 59% 1.1% 11.0% 8.2% 5.0% 18% 1.39 77% 47 4 9%
1978 33 BOS AL 333 55% 1.5% 12.6% 9.6% 6.0% 28% 1.19 73% 77 5 6%
1979 34 BOS AL 367 57% 1.6% 18.3% 5.7% 5.7% 25% 1.02 72% 81 13 16%
1980 35 BOS AL 564 50% 3.0% 11.2% 7.8% 8.2% 36% 0.96 76% 85 11 13%
1981 36 SEA AL 240 59% 1.7% 11.3% 6.3% 8.8% 30% 1.11 80% 59 6 10%
13 Yrs 7898 56% 2.0% 12.5% 7.1% 6.6% 28% 1.11 77% 1478 193 13%
MLB Averages 45% 2.0% 13.5% 8.7% 6.2% 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
1969 24 KCR AL 847 190 19 0 15 5 14 11 8 38 23 3 61% 13 0 3 300 8 7 53% 7 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 11 0
1970 25 KCR AL 1002 239 20 0 8 6 14 7 13 50 25 8 50% 12 3 1 371 16 14 53% 14 11 1 3 1 0 2 1 18 0
1971 26 KCR AL 977 251 14 0 8 6 8 5 9 39 23 3 59% 8 4 1 355 8 8 50% 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1972 27 KCR AL 972 230 22 0 11 15 7 7 15 44 17 5 39% 13 5 1 311 14 8 64% 13 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1973 28 KCR AL 939 252 16 0 17 6 10 8 8 54 24 5 44% 12 4 1 395 13 9 59% 12 9 0 0 1 0 13 0 18 0
1974 29 BOS AL 729 165 17 0 9 10 7 9 8 25 16 2 64% 7 5 1 254 10 12 45% 10 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1975 30 BOS AL 313 69 5 0 7 3 2 3 2 11 6 2 55% 4 1 0 138 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1976 31 CAL AL 346 80 7 0 21 4 3 1 6 28 14 3 50% 4 3 1 134 15 6 71% 14 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 11 0
1977 32 TOT AL 269 71 5 0 15 2 3 1 4 24 16 1 67% 2 1 0 111 5 1 83% 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 0
1977 32 CAL AL 87 22 3 0 6 1 2 1 2 8 4 0 50% 0 1 0 24 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1977 32 BAL AL 182 49 2 0 9 1 1 0 2 16 12 1 75% 2 0 0 87 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0
1978 33 BOS AL 333 71 5 0 15 0 5 3 2 24 13 1 54% 5 2 0 146 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1979 34 BOS AL 367 85 6 1 16 3 3 3 3 29 12 3 41% 7 4 1 137 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1980 35 BOS AL 564 127 17 1 12 8 9 11 6 27 14 5 52% 8 0 0 214 12 4 75% 12 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
1981 36 SEA AL 240 71 4 0 12 3 1 3 1 25 17 1 68% 2 2 0 108 7 1 88% 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
13 Yrs 7898 1901 157 2 166 71 86 72 85 418 220 42 53% 97 34 10 2974 121 73 62% 114 63 4 8 3 2 21 2 139 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%

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+
1969 24 11 13 .458 3.77 41 26 10 10 2 1 200.2 190 95 84 19 65 6 108 2 0 0 848 97 1.271 8.5 0.9 2.9 4.8 1.66 97
1970 25 20 28 .417 3.76 76 60 11 17 3 1 440.2 429 205 184 39 137 11 235 9 1 3 1850 98 1.284 8.8 0.8 2.8 4.8 1.72 98
1971 26 37 39 .487 3.48 111 94 11 32 7 1 682.0 680 289 264 53 183 12 344 18 1 7 2827 103 1.265 9.0 0.7 2.4 4.5 1.88 103
1972 27 49 56 .467 3.36 145 127 12 43 9 1 921.1 910 377 344 75 234 16 479 24 1 12 3801 103 1.242 8.9 0.7 2.3 4.7 2.05 103
1973 28 61 70 .466 3.52 182 160 14 53 10 1 1134.0 1162 493 444 91 310 26 577 31 3 16 4738 101 1.298 9.2 0.7 2.5 4.6 1.86 101
1974 29 68 80 .459 3.52 215 178 24 61 10 4 1309.2 1327 564 512 108 366 35 667 36 3 21 5467 102 1.293 9.1 0.7 2.5 4.6 1.82 102
1975 30 70 82 .461 3.54 255 180 58 61 10 19 1382.1 1396 595 543 113 397 38 710 36 3 22 5780 103 1.297 9.1 0.7 2.6 4.6 1.79 103
1976 31 77 90 .461 3.58 298 180 85 61 10 25 1461.2 1476 637 582 120 428 46 753 41 3 25 6126 101 1.303 9.1 0.7 2.6 4.6 1.76 101
1977 32 83 94 .469 3.58 347 180 113 61 10 30 1522.1 1547 664 605 125 446 52 788 42 3 26 6395 101 1.309 9.1 0.7 2.6 4.7 1.77 101
1978 33 87 98 .470 3.55 384 181 137 61 10 37 1599.2 1618 694 631 130 478 57 830 46 3 28 6728 103 1.310 9.1 0.7 2.7 4.7 1.74 103
1979 34 97 104 .483 3.52 437 182 174 61 10 50 1688.2 1703 727 661 136 499 63 897 49 3 32 7095 105 1.304 9.1 0.7 2.7 4.8 1.80 105
1980 35 104 111 .484 3.57 480 189 192 62 10 53 1821.1 1830 794 722 153 543 70 960 54 3 32 7659 105 1.303 9.0 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.77 105
1981 36 108 117 .480 3.62 519 189 216 62 10 58 1875.0 1901 827 755 157 558 75 987 54 3 34 7899 103 1.311 9.1 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.77 103

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
1969 24 10 11 .476 4.18 194.0 196 100 90 20 67 105 2 1.356 9.1 3.1 4.9 1.57 0.9 41
1970 25 12 13 .480 4.24 225.0 246 118 106 21 74 119 7 1.422 9.8 3.0 4.8 1.61 0.8 35
1971 26 12 12 .500 3.90 217.0 273 104 94 15 50 98 10 1.488 11.3 2.1 4.1 1.96 0.6 35
1972 27 11 14 .440 4.36 225.0 275 121 109 26 61 127 7 1.493 11.0 2.4 5.1 2.08 1.0 34
1973 28 9 13 .409 4.73 198.0 257 116 104 16 78 91 7 1.692 11.7 3.5 4.1 1.17 0.7 37
1974 29 9 9 .500 3.98 165.0 171 81 73 18 58 85 5 1.388 9.3 3.2 4.6 1.47 1.0 33
1975 30 4 3 .571 3.88 72.0 69 34 31 5 31 42 0 1.389 8.6 3.9 5.3 1.35 0.6 40
1976 31 2 6 .250 6.13 72.0 90 54 49 8 35 39 6 1.736 11.3 4.4 4.9 1.11 1.0 43
1977 32 3 3 .500 3.88 58.0 75 28 25 5 19 33 1 1.621 11.6 2.9 5.1 1.74 0.8 49
1978 33 5 3 .625 3.24 75.0 72 30 27 5 32 41 4 1.387 8.6 3.8 4.9 1.28 0.6 37
1979 34 6 3 .667 3.00 87.0 84 32 29 6 21 65 3 1.207 8.7 2.2 6.7 3.10 0.6 53
1980 35 7 7 .500 4.26 129.0 127 68 61 17 44 61 5 1.326 8.9 3.1 4.3 1.39 1.2 43
1981 36 2 6 .250 6.39 76.0 112 60 54 6 24 38 0 1.789 13.3 2.8 4.5 1.58 0.7 39
13 Yrs 92 103 .472 4.28 1793.0 2047 946 852 168 594 944 57 1.473 10.3 4.7 1.59 0.8 519

* 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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1971 AL  3.9 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL  1.716 (5th)
1972 AL  1.918 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1979 AL  53 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1975 AL  15 (5th)
1979 AL  13 (10th)
Career  58 (237th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1971 AL  4 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 AL  22 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1971 AL  251 (8th)
1972 AL  230 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1971 AL  2.370 (10th)
1972 AL  2.647 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL  0.750 (9th)
1971 AL  0.522 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1970 AL  15 (6th)
1972 AL  17 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1970 AL  100 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL  7 (9th)
1971 AL  9 (3rd)
1973 AL  7 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1975 AL  34 (9th)
1979 AL  37 (10th)
1981 AL  24 (10th)
Career  216 (207th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1971 AL  3.3 (9th)

             

† 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 - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Don Robinson (957)
  2. Dick Tidrow (943)
  3. Turk Farrell (939)
  4. Syl Johnson (939)
  5. Dennis Lamp (926)
  6. Gary Bell (925)
  7. Stan Williams (923)
  8. Billy O'Dell (921)
  9. Gerry Staley (919)
  10. Moe Drabowsky (917)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Glenn Abbott (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. George Chalmers (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Paul Derringer (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Halicki (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Buzhardt (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim McGlothlin (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dick Bosman (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dick Bosman (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Claude Passeau (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Marty Pattin (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dick Tidrow (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ken Forsch (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dick Tidrow (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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