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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 (Toledo, OH)
School: University of Detroit Mercy
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:04AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #663. Ken Brett… #664. Don Cardwell… #665. Carl Pavano… #666. DICK DRAGO… #667. Huston Street… #668. Larry Benton… #669. Earl Hamilton… 

Standard Pitching

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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 4 977 115 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 1 269 115 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 0 182 107 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 4 367 148 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 Seasons 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 0 182 107 1.613 11.1 0.5 3.4 4.5 1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1969 24 KCR AL 200.2 26 95 112 -3 1.0 17 1.8 $
1970 25 KCR AL 240.0 34 110 132 0 1.1 22 2.6 $
1971 26 KCR AL 241.1 34 84 120 0 1.0 36 4.4 $ CYA-5
1972 27 KCR AL 239.1 33 88 112 -3 .9 24 3.0 $
1973 28 KCR AL 212.2 33 116 135 -9 1.1 19 2.1 $
1974 29 BOS AL 175.2 18 71 98 5 1.1 27 2.8 $
1975 30 BOS AL 72.2 2 31 42 3 1.4 11 0.8 $
1976 31 CAL AL 79.1 0 42 41 0 1.5 -1 -0.9 $
1977 32 CAL AL 21.0 0 8 12 0 .8 4 0.3 $
1977 32 BAL AL 39.2 0 19 21 1 1.4 2 0.0 $
1978 33 BOS AL 77.1 1 30 47 1 1.5 17 1.5 $
1979 34 BOS AL 89.0 1 33 57 2 1.7 24 2.3 $
1980 35 BOS AL 132.2 7 67 83 1 1.1 16 1.2 $
1981 36 SEA AL 53.2 0 33 32 -1 1.6 -1 -0.6 $
13 Seasons 1875.0 189 827 1044 -3 1.1 217 21.3 $
KCR (5 yrs) 1134.0 160 493 611 -15 1.0 118 13.9 $
BOS (5 yrs) 547.1 29 232 327 12 1.3 95 8.6 $
CAL (2 yrs) 100.1 0 50 53 0 1.4 3 -0.6 $
SEA (1 yr) 53.2 0 33 32 -1 1.6 -1 -0.6 $
BAL (1 yr) 39.2 0 19 21 1 1.4 2 0.0 $

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 Season (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

Standard Batting

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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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1969 24 KCR AL 64 -10 -1 0 0 0 5 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.5 -0.1 $8,000 1
1970 25 KCR AL 87 -17 0 -1 1 0 7 3 -7 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $ 1
1971 26 KCR AL 92 -9 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 1 CYA-5
1972 27 KCR AL 84 -11 0 0 0 0 6 3 -2 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ 1
1980 35 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
5 Seasons 328 -47 -1 -1 1 0 25 11 -12 -2.1 -12 -1.3 -0.8 $8,000
KCR (4 yrs) 327 -47 -1 -1 1 0 25 11 -12 -2.1 -12 -1.3 -0.8 $8,000
BOS (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

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 WS CIN L 2 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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1969 KCR AL 24 P 41 200.2 58 25 32 1 6 .983 2.56 1.39 .951 1.88 1.88
1970 KCR AL 25 P 35 240.0 44 10 33 1 5 .977 1.61 1.23 .951 1.86 1.85
1971 KCR AL 26 P 35 241.1 51 7 42 2 9 .961 1.83 1.40 .958 1.98 1.97 CYA-5
1972 KCR AL 27 P 34 239.1 34 4 28 2 5 .941 1.20 0.94 .950 1.86 1.85
1973 KCR AL 28 P 37 212.2 55 14 38 3 3 .945 2.20 1.41 .951 1.86 1.85
1974 BOS AL 29 P 33 175.2 24 3 21 0 1 1.000 1.23 0.73 .947 1.81 1.80
1975 BOS AL 30 P 40 72.2 15 3 12 0 0 1.000 1.86 0.38 .940 1.87 1.86
1976 CAL AL 31 P 43 79.1 8 3 4 1 0 .875 0.79 0.16 .950 1.87 1.88
1977 TOT AL 32 P 49 0 0 60.2 10 0 9 1 0 .900 1.34 0.18 .948 1.96 1.93 5 1 17% 0
1977 CAL AL 32 P 13 0 0 21.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.86 0.15 .950 1.97 1.93 4 0 0% 0
1977 BAL AL 32 P 36 0 0 39.2 8 0 7 1 0 .875 1.59 0.19 .948 1.95 1.93 1 1 50% 0
1978 BOS AL 33 P 37 77.1 13 2 10 1 0 .923 1.40 0.32 .954 1.90 1.88
1979 BOS AL 34 P 53 89.0 17 5 11 1 2 .941 1.62 0.30 .949 1.92 1.89
1980 BOS AL 35 P 43 132.2 23 6 17 0 1 1.000 1.56 0.53 .957 1.85 1.85
1981 SEA AL 36 P 39 53.2 12 1 11 0 1 1.000 2.01 0.31 .963 1.98 1.98
13 Seasons P 519 0 0 1875.0 364 83 268 13 33 .964 1.68 0.68 .952 1.88 1.88 5 1 17% 0
13 Seasons TOT 519 0 0 1875.0 364 83 268 13 33 .964 1.68 0.68 .952 1.88 1.88 5 1 17% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  4.4 (8th)

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 (234th)

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 (205th)

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

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

Putouts as P s c a p y
1969 AL  25 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1974 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (1351), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  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
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196924Kansas City Royals$8,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197328Kansas City Royals$37,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197429Boston Red Sox$45,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197530Boston Red Sox$50,000P. Gammons, Beyond the Sixth Game, p 281
197934Boston Red Sox$120,000P. Gammons, Beyond..., p.281
Career to date (may be incomplete)$260,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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