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Rob Dressler

Robert Alan Dressler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 2, 1954 in Portland, OR
High School: Madison HS (Portland, OR)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1975
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Giants/Cardinals 1975-1980

Final Game: October 1, 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
1975 21 SFG NL 1 0 1.000 1.10 3 2 1 1 0 0 16.1 17 3 2 0 4 2 6 0 0 1 67 355 1.286 9.4 0.0 2.2 3.3 1.50
1976 22 SFG NL 3 10 .231 4.43 25 19 2 0 0 0 107.2 125 68 53 8 35 4 33 2 0 1 480 82 1.486 10.4 0.7 2.9 2.8 0.94
1978 24 STL NL 0 1 .000 2.08 3 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 3 3 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 49 176 1.231 8.3 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.00
1979 25 SEA AL 3 2 .600 4.93 21 11 6 2 0 0 104.0 134 61 57 11 22 3 36 0 0 1 458 89 1.500 11.6 1.0 1.9 3.1 1.64
1980 26 SEA AL 4 10 .286 3.98 30 14 9 3 0 0 149.1 161 75 66 14 33 7 50 3 1 1 624 104 1.299 9.7 0.8 2.0 3.0 1.52
5 Yrs 11 23 .324 4.17 82 48 18 6 0 0 390.1 449 210 181 33 98 17 129 5 1 4 1678 97 1.401 10.4 0.8 2.3 3.0 1.32
162 Game Avg. 6 12 .324 4.17 43 25 9 3 0 0 204 235 110 95 17 51 9 67 3 1 2 878 97 1.401 10.4 0.8 2.3 3.0 1.32
SFG (2 yrs) 4 10 .286 3.99 28 21 3 1 0 0 124.0 142 71 55 8 39 6 39 2 0 2 547 92 1.460 10.3 0.6 2.8 2.8 1.00
SEA (2 yrs) 7 12 .368 4.37 51 25 15 5 0 0 253.1 295 136 123 25 55 10 86 3 1 2 1082 97 1.382 10.5 0.9 2.0 3.1 1.56
STL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 2.08 3 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 3 3 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 49 176 1.231 8.3 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.00
NL (3 yrs) 4 11 .267 3.81 31 23 3 1 0 0 137.0 154 74 58 8 43 7 43 2 0 2 596 96 1.438 10.1 0.5 2.8 2.8 1.00
AL (2 yrs) 7 12 .368 4.37 51 25 15 5 0 0 253.1 295 136 123 25 55 10 86 3 1 2 1082 97 1.382 10.5 0.9 2.0 3.1 1.56

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
1975 21 SFG NL 16.1 3 2 3 1.65 4.30 -0.33 0.11 100.3 4.75 5 0.7 .0 -0.0 0.8 7 .730 .504 $
1976 22 SFG NL 107.2 25 19 68 5.68 3.96 -0.42 0.08 101.6 4.53 -15 -1.6 1.6 -0.1 -0.8 -4 .437 .490 $
1978 24 STL NL 13.0 3 2 3 2.08 3.82 -0.09 0.05 105.6 4.19 3 0.4 1.5 0.0 0.5 4 .619 .502 $
1979 25 SEA AL 104.0 21 11 61 5.28 4.88 -0.05 -0.05 101.8 4.96 -4 -0.4 .4 -0.1 0.5 8 .483 .498 $
1980 26 SEA AL 149.1 30 14 75 4.52 4.54 -0.07 -0.03 101.3 4.64 1 0.1 .5 -0.2 1.2 18 .504 .501 $
5 Seasons 390.1 82 48 210 4.84 4.44 -0.17 0.00 101.6 4.68 -9 -0.8 .7 -0.4 2.2 33 .491 .499 $
SFG (2 yrs) 124.0 28 21 71 5.15 4.00 -0.41 0.08 101.4 4.56 -9 -0.9 1.4 -0.1 0.0 3 .468 .497 $
SEA (2 yrs) 253.1 51 25 136 4.83 4.68 -0.06 -0.04 101.5 4.77 -2 -0.2 .5 -0.2 1.7 26 .495 .499 $
STL (1 yr) 13.0 3 2 3 2.08 3.82 -0.09 0.05 105.6 4.19 3 0.4 1.5 0.0 0.5 4 .619 .502 $

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
1975 21 SFG NL 3 67 62 3 17 1 0 0 6 0 4 6 .274 .318 .290 .609 .304 18 2 0 1 0 2 0
1976 22 SFG NL 25 480 430 68 125 22 3 8 11 6 35 33 .291 .343 .412 .755 .297 177 10 2 8 5 4 11
1978 24 STL NL 3 49 45 3 12 2 1 0 0 0 4 4 .267 .327 .356 .682 .293 16 3 0 0 0 1 0
1979 25 SEA AL 21 458 430 61 134 20 2 11 10 0 22 36 .312 .344 .444 .788 .319 191 14 0 4 2 3 7
1980 26 SEA AL 30 624 576 75 161 20 10 14 7 3 33 50 .280 .318 .422 .740 .283 243 18 3 4 8 7 9
5 Yrs 82 1678 1543 210 449 65 16 33 34 9 98 129 .291 .332 .418 .750 .298 645 47 5 17 15 17 27
162 Game Avg. 43 878 807 110 235 34 8 17 18 5 51 67 .291 .332 .418 .750 .298 337 25 3 9 8 9 14
MLB Averages .261 .326 .384 .710 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1975 21 SFG NL 4.6 0.5 73 0.3 1.4 -1.2 1.24 0.4 -0.1 3.8 0.4 1.24 3.5 0 0 1
1976 22 SFG NL -12.6 -1.3 502 -2.1 8.4 -10.5 1.10 -1.8 -0.1 -20.6 -2.1 1.10 -17.7 3 0 3
1978 24 STL NL 2.5 0.3 49 0.3 1.1 -0.8 1.21 0.2 0.0 3.0 0.3 1.21 2.6 1 0 0
1979 25 SEA AL -4.6 -0.4 472 -0.3 5.8 -6.1 .73 -1.0 0.7 -11.4 -1.1 0.73 -11.8 1 1 6
1980 26 SEA AL 2.6 0.3 639 -0.6 7.6 -8.2 .73 0.2 -1.0 4.6 0.5 0.73 5.5 1 3 12
5 Yrs -7.6 -0.7 1735 -2.3 24.4 -26.7 .87 -2.1 -0.6 -20.6 -1.9 0.87 -17.9 6 4 22

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
1975 21 SFG NL 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 2 100% 59.0 75 43 2 0 0 2 4.2 3.6 7.7
1976 22 SFG NL 25 19 2 10 7 0 3 4 15 .211 3 1 0 0 9 47% 43.8 64 15 18 7 2 7 2.8 3.2 5.1
1978 24 STL NL 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 1 50% 52.5 61 44 0 0 0 2 3.0 1.6 5.5
1979 25 SEA AL 21 11 3 2 6 0 0 4 7 .364 3 1 2 0 5 45% 47.0 71 27 17 4 0 5 4.1 4.3 5.9
1980 26 SEA AL 30 14 4 7 3 0 3 5 9 .357 3 0 3 0 9 64% 49.4 66 25 18 11 0 8 4.1 4.0 6.9
5 Yrs 82 48 10 20 18 0 7 16 32 .333 10 2 6 0 26 54% 47 75 15 55 22 2 24 3.5 3.7 5.9
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 105 -13 4.3 4.2 6.4

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
1975 21 SFG NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.241 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1976 22 SFG NL 25 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 6 4 67% 3 1.104 3 0 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 5.7
1978 24 STL NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.206 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1979 25 SEA AL 21 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 2 .732 1 1 6 0 1 9 7 3 10 0 10 1 11.6
1980 26 SEA AL 30 16 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 6 35% 5 .733 1 3 12 0 1 15 8 8 15 0 15 1 10.0
5 Yrs 82 34 18 1 3 1 0 1 0% 2 1 34 17 50% .873 6 4 22 2 4 28 18 16 29 1 29 3 9.4

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%
1975 21 SFG NL 67 39% 0.0% 9.0% 6.0% 1.5% 6% 2.82 84% 8 2 25%
1976 22 SFG NL 480 58% 1.7% 6.9% 7.3% 6.9% 26% 1.77 82% 105 10 10%
1978 24 STL NL 49 63% 0.0% 8.2% 8.2% 6.1% 25% 2.78 84% 9 3 33%
1979 25 SEA AL 458 51% 2.4% 7.9% 4.8% 7.2% 25% 1.63 84% 93 14 15%
1980 26 SEA AL 624 53% 2.2% 8.0% 5.3% 7.1% 27% 1.60 83% 117 18 15%
5 Yrs 1678 54% 2.0% 7.7% 5.8% 6.8% 25% 1.72 83% 332 47 14%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 12.8% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 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
1975 21 SFG NL 67 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 0 1 0 22 6 0 100% 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
1976 22 SFG NL 480 125 8 0 7 4 4 3 5 34 20 3 59% 11 1 2 190 11 6 65% 11 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1978 24 STL NL 49 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 25 SEA AL 458 134 11 0 5 4 7 4 7 26 17 1 65% 7 1 0 193 10 0 100% 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
1980 26 SEA AL 624 161 14 0 12 4 10 7 7 41 28 2 68% 9 1 1 212 7 3 70% 7 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 15 0
5 Yrs 1678 449 33 0 26 12 21 14 19 107 68 6 64% 27 4 3 629 34 9 79% 32 8 1 1 1 0 7 0 31 0
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+
1975 21 1 0 1.000 1.10 3 2 1 1 0 0 16.1 17 3 2 0 4 2 6 0 0 1 67 355 1.286 9.4 0.0 2.2 3.3 1.50 355
1976 22 4 10 .286 3.99 28 21 3 1 0 0 124.0 142 71 55 8 39 6 39 2 0 2 547 92 1.460 10.3 0.6 2.8 2.8 1.00 92
1977 23 4 10 .286 3.99 28 21 3 1 0 0 124.0 142 71 55 8 39 6 39 2 0 2 547 92 1.460 10.3 0.6 2.8 2.8 1.00 92
1978 24 4 11 .267 3.81 31 23 3 1 0 0 137.0 154 74 58 8 43 7 43 2 0 2 596 96 1.438 10.1 0.5 2.8 2.8 1.00 96
1979 25 7 13 .350 4.29 52 34 9 3 0 0 241.0 288 135 115 19 65 10 79 2 0 3 1054 93 1.465 10.8 0.7 2.4 3.0 1.22 93
1980 26 11 23 .324 4.17 82 48 18 6 0 0 390.1 449 210 181 33 98 17 129 5 1 4 1678 97 1.401 10.4 0.8 2.3 3.0 1.32 97

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
1975 21 1 0 1.000 1.20 15.0 17 2 2 0 4 6 0 1.400 10.2 2.4 3.6 1.50 0.0 3
1976 22 4 7 .364 4.93 104.0 130 63 57 8 36 32 2 1.596 11.3 3.1 2.8 0.89 0.7 25
1978 24 1 0 1.000 2.45 11.0 12 3 3 0 4 3 0 1.455 9.8 3.3 2.5 0.75 0.0 3
1979 25 4 7 .364 4.94 102.0 133 62 56 11 22 35 0 1.520 11.7 1.9 3.1 1.59 1.0 21
1980 26 7 8 .467 4.31 142.0 163 76 68 14 33 47 3 1.380 10.3 2.1 3.0 1.42 0.9 30
5 Yrs 17 22 .436 4.48 374.0 455 206 186 33 99 123 5 1.481 10.9 3.0 1.24 0.8 82

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