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Dick Drott

Richard Fred Drott (Hummer)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 1, 1936 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1957
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Colt.45's 1957-1963

Final Game: September 27, 1963
Died: August 16, 1985 in Glendale Heights, IL
Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL
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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
1957 20 CHC NL 15 11 .577 3.58 38 32 3 7 3 0 229.0 200 107 91 22 129 2 170 7 2 7 1007 109 1.437 7.9 0.9 5.1 6.7 1.32 MVP-21,RoY-3
1958 21 CHC NL 7 11 .389 5.43 39 31 3 4 0 0 167.1 156 118 101 23 99 6 127 6 0 9 763 73 1.524 8.4 1.2 5.3 6.8 1.28
1959 22 CHC NL 1 2 .333 5.93 8 6 0 1 1 0 27.1 25 19 18 5 26 1 15 0 0 2 129 67 1.866 8.2 1.6 8.6 4.9 0.58
1960 23 CHC NL 0 6 .000 7.16 23 9 7 0 0 0 55.1 63 49 44 7 42 0 32 3 0 4 269 53 1.898 10.2 1.1 6.8 5.2 0.76
1961 24 CHC NL 1 4 .200 4.22 35 8 12 0 0 0 98.0 75 54 46 13 51 0 48 1 1 7 414 99 1.286 6.9 1.2 4.7 4.4 0.94
1962 25 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 7.62 6 1 1 0 0 0 13.0 12 12 11 1 9 0 10 0 0 2 60 51 1.615 8.3 0.7 6.2 6.9 1.11
1963 26 HOU NL 2 12 .143 4.98 27 14 6 2 1 0 97.2 95 61 54 13 49 2 58 6 1 7 436 64 1.474 8.8 1.2 4.5 5.3 1.18
7 Yrs 27 46 .370 4.78 176 101 32 14 5 0 687.2 626 420 365 84 405 11 460 23 4 38 3078 80 1.499 8.2 1.1 5.3 6.0 1.14
162 Game Avg. 7 11 .370 4.78 43 25 8 3 1 0 169 154 103 90 21 99 3 113 6 1 9 756 80 1.499 8.2 1.1 5.3 6.0 1.14
CHC (5 yrs) 24 34 .414 4.68 143 86 25 12 4 0 577.0 519 347 300 70 347 9 392 17 3 29 2582 84 1.501 8.1 1.1 5.4 6.1 1.13
HOU (2 yrs) 3 12 .200 5.29 33 15 7 2 1 0 110.2 107 73 65 14 58 2 68 6 1 9 496 62 1.491 8.7 1.1 4.7 5.5 1.17

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
1957 20 CHC NL 229.0 38 32 107 4.21 4.34 -0.17 0.00 99.3 4.48 9 1.0 1.7 -0.1 2.9 31 .526 .506 $15,000 MVP-21,RoY-3
1958 21 CHC NL 167.1 39 31 118 6.35 4.38 0.03 0.00 102.1 4.45 -35 -3.5 1.2 -0.1 -2.0 -17 .411 .479 $
1959 22 CHC NL 27.1 8 6 19 6.26 4.58 0.23 0.00 102.0 4.44 -6 -0.6 .4 0.0 -0.3 -3 .430 .497 $
1960 23 CHC NL 55.1 23 9 49 7.97 4.30 0.00 -0.03 97.5 4.16 -24 -2.3 .7 0.1 -1.7 -18 .399 .486 $
1961 24 CHC NL 98.0 35 8 54 4.96 4.69 -0.43 -0.08 100.1 5.05 1 0.1 .6 -0.1 0.9 12 .502 .501 $
1962 25 HOU NL 13.0 6 1 12 8.31 4.34 -0.52 -0.08 99.7 4.76 -5 -0.5 .6 0.0 -0.3 -4 .416 .497 $
1963 26 HOU NL 97.2 27 14 61 5.62 3.84 -0.43 -0.00 97.1 4.15 -17 -1.9 .5 0.1 -0.9 -6 .431 .489 $
7 Seasons 687.2 176 101 420 5.50 4.34 -0.17 -0.02 99.7 4.48 -77 -7.6 .7 -0.1 -1.4 -4 .457 .493 $15,000
CHC (5 yrs) 577.0 143 86 347 5.41 4.42 -0.12 -0.02 100.2 4.54 -55 -5.3 .8 -0.2 -0.2 6 .463 .493 $15,000
HOU (2 yrs) 110.2 33 15 73 5.94 3.90 -0.44 -0.01 97.4 4.22 -22 -2.4 .5 0.1 -1.2 -10 .429 .493 $

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
1957 20 CHC NL 38 899 852 107 200 39 6 22 14 6 129 170 .235 .338 .372 .710 .267 317 18 7 11 7 2 12
1958 21 CHC NL 39 763 637 118 156 42 4 23 9 4 99 127 .245 .347 .432 .779 .268 275 5 6 11 10 6 14
1959 22 CHC NL 8 129 102 19 25 5 0 5 4 2 26 15 .245 .398 .441 .840 .244 45 2 0 1 0 1 1
1960 23 CHC NL 23 269 213 49 63 11 7 7 10 4 42 32 .296 .409 .512 .921 .311 109 4 3 5 6 0 4
1961 24 CHC NL 35 414 349 54 75 12 4 13 6 4 51 48 .215 .311 .384 .695 .210 134 4 1 6 7 0 8
1962 25 HOU NL 6 60 50 12 12 0 0 1 3 0 9 10 .240 .356 .300 .656 .282 15 0 0 1 0 0 0
1963 26 HOU NL 27 436 370 61 95 16 3 13 10 4 49 58 .257 .349 .422 .770 .270 156 3 6 6 5 2 2
7 Yrs 176 2970 2573 420 626 125 24 84 56 24 405 460 .243 .347 .408 .756 .263 1051 36 23 41 35 11 41
162 Game Avg. 43 729 632 103 154 31 6 21 14 6 99 113 .243 .347 .408 .756 .263 258 9 6 10 9 3 10
MLB Averages .255 .323 .389 .712 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1957 20 CHC NL 5.7 0.6 941 -0.9 14.7 -15.6 .96 -1.5 0.5 -4.3 -0.4 0.95 -12.4 2 1 2
1958 21 CHC NL -30.6 -3.0 786 -3.9 13.4 -17.3 1.10 -3.3 -0.3 -37.7 -3.6 1.10 -34.6 2 2 4
1959 22 CHC NL -5.3 -0.5 137 -0.5 1.8 -2.3 .88 -0.9 0.3 -7.7 -0.7 0.88 -8.9 0 0 2
1960 23 CHC NL -20.4 -2.0 285 -1.9 2.6 -4.5 .76 -2.3 -0.3 -24.1 -2.3 0.76 -21.9 2 0 11
1961 24 CHC NL -1.0 -0.1 434 -1.2 4.7 -5.8 .67 -0.2 -1.6 -2.0 -0.2 0.67 -3.1 4 2 21
1962 25 HOU NL -5.4 -0.5 64 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 .63 -0.1 -0.0 -3.5 -0.3 0.63 -1.6 0 3 2
1963 26 HOU NL -19.6 -2.0 457 -1.1 6.5 -7.5 .88 -1.9 0.7 -17.9 -1.9 0.88 -22.8 1 1 9
7 Yrs -76.6 -7.5 3104 -9.6 44.3 -53.8 .91 -10.0 -0.5 -97.1 -9.6 0.91 -105.4 11 9 51

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
1957 20 CHC NL 38 32 13 11 8 4 3 16 16 .500 2 5 7 3 18 56% 53.3 92 23 28 3 13 6 4.8 4.4 6.8
1958 21 CHC NL 39 31 7 11 13 3 2 14 17 .452 1 6 4 0 9 29% 45.7 86 22 40 14 18 6 5.3 5.4 5.1
1959 22 CHC NL 8 6 1 2 3 0 0 3 3 .500 0 2 1 1 1 17% 46.7 74 29 13 3 3 3 4.2 3.5 3.8
1960 23 CHC NL 23 9 0 6 3 0 1 1 8 .111 1 1 0 0 2 22% 39.6 54 22 10 4 1 6 3.6 3.3 3.7
1961 24 CHC NL 35 8 0 3 5 0 1 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 2 25% 48.5 74 31 12 6 4 3 3.3 2.1 5.0
1962 25 HOU NL 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 49.0 49 49 5 2 0 1 8.0 12.0 5.3
1963 26 HOU NL 27 14 2 10 2 0 2 3 11 .214 0 1 2 1 5 36% 48.3 82 21 11 6 4 7 1.8 1.2 5.0
7 Yrs 176 101 24 43 34 8 9 41 60 .406 4 16 14 5 37 37% 48 92 21 119 38 43 32 4.3 4.1 5.4
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 115 -14 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
1957 20 CHC NL 38 6 3 2 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 3 1 33% 9 .961 2 1 2 2 0 3 2 3 4 1 3 1 5.0
1958 21 CHC NL 39 8 3 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 5 50% 5 1.095 2 2 4 1 1 6 5 3 2 4 2 3 3.1
1959 22 CHC NL 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .876 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.5
1960 23 CHC NL 23 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 8 .756 2 0 11 0 2 12 3 11 9 2 10 1 4.7
1961 24 CHC NL 35 27 12 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 3 19% 6 .666 4 2 21 1 2 24 10 17 19 3 19 5 6.4
1962 25 HOU NL 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 8 .632 0 3 2 0 0 5 4 1 3 2 3 0 4.6
1963 26 HOU NL 27 13 6 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 1 20% 7 .875 1 1 9 1 1 11 3 10 7 1 8 1 6.4
7 Yrs 176 75 32 3 3 4 0 4 0% 5 1 45 12 27% .913 11 9 51 5 6 63 27 47 46 13 47 11 5.5

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%
1957 20 CHC NL 1006 60% 2.5% 18.9% 14.4% 7.5% 34% 0.74 74% 184 18 10%
1958 21 CHC NL 763 59% 3.0% 16.6% 13.0% 9.0% 44% 0.66 65% 158 5 3%
1959 22 CHC NL 129 49% 3.9% 11.6% 20.2% 7.8% 40% 0.56 64% 32 2 6%
1960 23 CHC NL 269 58% 2.6% 11.9% 15.6% 9.3% 40% 0.71 67% 69 4 6%
1961 24 CHC NL 414 64% 3.1% 11.6% 12.3% 7.0% 39% 0.58 71% 71 4 6%
1962 25 HOU NL 60 70% 1.7% 16.7% 15.0% 1.7% 8% 0.53 65% 18 0 0%
1963 26 HOU NL 436 59% 3.0% 13.3% 11.2% 7.3% 34% 0.51 70% 70 3 4%
7 Yrs 3077 60% 2.8% 15.5% 13.6% 7.9% 37% 0.64 69% 602 36 6%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 13.8% 8.7% 6.6% 29% 1.03 74% 10%

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
1957 20 CHC NL 899 200 22 0 19 13 9 13 9 47 26 10 55% 12 7 3 350 14 6 70% 8 4 5 2 1 0 1 0 23 107
1958 21 CHC NL 763 156 23 1 24 17 6 10 13 42 23 7 55% 14 9 1 292 9 4 69% 7 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 30 0
1959 22 CHC NL 129 25 5 0 2 2 3 2 3 7 4 0 57% 1 2 0 54 4 2 67% 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
1960 23 CHC NL 269 63 7 0 7 5 2 4 3 29 23 2 79% 4 4 0 115 10 4 71% 9 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 15 0
1961 24 CHC NL 414 75 13 0 8 11 2 5 8 26 13 1 50% 8 7 2 148 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 0
1962 25 HOU NL 60 12 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 50% 0 2 0 28 3 0 100% 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
1963 26 HOU NL 436 95 13 0 9 4 9 3 10 26 15 0 58% 2 7 2 160 10 4 71% 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
7 Yrs 2970 626 84 1 70 53 31 37 47 181 106 20 59% 41 38 8 1147 56 24 70% 43 19 9 4 4 1 5 1 117 107
MLB Averages 51% 61%

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+
1957 20 15 11 .577 3.58 38 32 3 7 3 0 229.0 200 107 91 22 129 2 170 7 2 7 1007 109 1.437 7.9 0.9 5.1 6.7 1.32 109
1958 21 22 22 .500 4.36 77 63 6 11 3 0 396.1 356 225 192 45 228 8 297 13 2 16 1770 90 1.474 8.1 1.0 5.2 6.7 1.30 90
1959 22 23 24 .489 4.46 85 69 6 12 4 0 423.2 381 244 210 50 254 9 312 13 2 18 1899 88 1.499 8.1 1.1 5.4 6.6 1.23 88
1960 23 23 30 .434 4.77 108 78 13 12 4 0 479.0 444 293 254 57 296 9 344 16 2 22 2168 82 1.545 8.3 1.1 5.6 6.5 1.16 82
1961 24 24 34 .414 4.68 143 86 25 12 4 0 577.0 519 347 300 70 347 9 392 17 3 29 2582 84 1.501 8.1 1.1 5.4 6.1 1.13 84
1962 25 25 34 .424 4.74 149 87 26 12 4 0 590.0 531 359 311 71 356 9 402 17 3 31 2642 83 1.503 8.1 1.1 5.4 6.1 1.13 83
1963 26 27 46 .370 4.78 176 101 32 14 5 0 687.2 626 420 365 84 405 11 460 23 4 38 3078 80 1.499 8.2 1.1 5.3 6.0 1.14 80

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
1957 20 13 12 .520 3.71 233.0 210 107 96 23 135 173 7 1.481 8.1 5.2 6.7 1.28 0.9 38
1958 21 7 12 .368 5.47 176.0 165 119 107 24 105 133 6 1.534 8.4 5.4 6.8 1.27 1.2 39
1959 22 1 2 .333 6.33 27.0 26 21 19 5 27 15 0 1.963 8.7 9.0 5.0 0.56 1.7 8
1960 23 1 5 .167 7.85 55.0 67 53 48 7 45 32 3 2.036 11.0 7.4 5.2 0.71 1.1 23
1961 24 5 6 .455 4.10 101.0 77 51 46 13 52 49 1 1.277 6.9 4.6 4.4 0.94 1.2 35
1962 25 0 1 .000 7.62 13.0 12 12 11 1 9 10 0 1.615 8.3 6.2 6.9 1.11 0.7 6
1963 26 3 7 .300 6.50 90.0 104 72 65 14 54 54 7 1.756 10.4 5.4 5.4 1.00 1.4 27
7 Yrs 30 45 .400 5.08 695.0 661 435 392 87 427 466 24 1.565 8.6 6.0 1.09 1.1 176

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 NL (21, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Wins s c a p y
1957 NL  15 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1957 NL  .577 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL  7.860 (3rd)
1958 NL  8.390 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL  6.681 (4th)
1958 NL  6.831 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1957 NL  229.0 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 NL  170 (2nd)
1958 NL  127 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1957 NL  32 (7th)
1958 NL  31 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1957 NL  3 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 NL  129 (1st)
1958 NL  99 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1958 NL  101 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 NL  7 (3rd)
1958 NL  9 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 NL  7 (4th)
1958 NL  6 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1957 NL  1,007 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 25 (940), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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