Juan Eichelberger
Juan Tyrone Eichelberger
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 21, 1953 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Balboa (San Francisco, CA)
School: University of California
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1978
Final Game: June 20, 1988
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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
1978 24 SDP NL 0 0 10.80 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 4 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 17 30 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1979 25 SDP NL 1 1 .500 3.43 3 3 0 1 0 0 21.0 15 10 8 1 11 1 12 0 2 1 83 103 1.238 6.4 0.4 4.7 5.1 1.09
1980 26 SDP NL 4 2 .667 3.65 15 13 0 0 0 0 88.2 73 41 36 8 55 4 43 1 3 3 377 94 1.444 7.4 0.8 5.6 4.4 0.78
1981 27 SDP NL 8 8 .500 3.50 25 24 1 3 1 0 141.1 136 60 55 5 74 5 81 3 5 5 615 94 1.486 8.7 0.3 4.7 5.2 1.09
1982 28 SDP NL 7 14 .333 4.20 31 24 2 8 0 0 177.2 171 98 83 23 72 5 74 2 3 7 771 82 1.368 8.7 1.2 3.6 3.7 1.03
1983 29 CLE AL 4 11 .267 4.90 28 15 5 2 0 0 134.0 132 80 73 10 59 3 56 2 0 9 577 87 1.425 8.9 0.7 4.0 3.8 0.95
1988 34 ATL NL 2 0 1.000 3.86 20 0 7 0 0 0 37.1 44 19 16 3 10 2 13 0 0 0 165 95 1.446 10.6 0.7 2.4 3.1 1.30
7 Seasons 26 36 .419 4.10 125 79 16 14 1 0 603.1 575 312 275 50 283 20 281 8 14 25 2605 88 1.422 8.6 0.7 4.2 4.2 0.99
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .419 4.10 42 26 5 5 0 0 201 192 104 92 17 94 7 94 3 5 8 868 88 1.422 8.6 0.7 4.2 4.2 0.99
SDP (5 yrs) 20 25 .444 3.88 77 64 4 12 1 0 432.0 399 213 186 37 214 15 212 6 14 16 1863 88 1.419 8.3 0.8 4.5 4.4 0.99
ATL (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 3.86 20 0 7 0 0 0 37.1 44 19 16 3 10 2 13 0 0 0 165 95 1.446 10.6 0.7 2.4 3.1 1.30
CLE (1 yr) 4 11 .267 4.90 28 15 5 2 0 0 134.0 132 80 73 10 59 3 56 2 0 9 577 87 1.425 8.9 0.7 4.0 3.8 0.95
NL (6 yrs) 22 25 .468 3.87 97 64 11 12 1 0 469.1 443 232 202 40 224 17 225 6 14 16 2028 88 1.421 8.5 0.8 4.3 4.3 1.00
AL (1 yr) 4 11 .267 4.90 28 15 5 2 0 0 134.0 132 80 73 10 59 3 56 2 0 9 577 87 1.425 8.9 0.7 4.0 3.8 0.95

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1978 24 SDP NL 3 17 15 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 .267 .353 .400 .753 .308 6 0 0 0 0 0
1979 25 SDP NL 3 83 71 10 15 3 0 1 3 1 11 12 .211 .313 .296 .609 .237 21 3 0 0 1 1
1980 26 SDP NL 15 377 313 41 73 8 2 8 11 7 55 43 .233 .348 .348 .696 .246 109 10 1 6 2 4
1981 27 SDP NL 25 614 525 60 136 21 12 5 9 9 74 81 .259 .351 .373 .725 .296 196 10 3 8 4 5
1982 28 SDP NL 31 771 680 98 171 29 4 23 23 2 72 74 .251 .321 .407 .728 .250 277 12 2 8 9 5
1983 29 CLE AL 28 577 510 80 132 27 5 10 12 8 59 56 .259 .336 .390 .726 .272 199 16 2 2 4 3
1988 34 ATL NL 20 165 148 19 44 7 1 3 2 1 10 13 .297 .333 .419 .752 .301 62 4 0 3 4 2
7 Seasons 125 2604 2262 312 575 95 25 50 61 28 283 281 .254 .336 .385 .721 .269 870 55 8 27 24 20
162 Game Avg. 42 868 754 104 192 32 8 17 20 9 94 94 .254 .336 .385 .721 .269 290 18 3 9 8 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1979 25 SDP NL 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 1 0 1 0 2 67% 55 78 33 2 2 0 3 3.1 4.1 7.0
1980 26 SDP NL 15 13 3 2 8 0 2 9 4 .692 0 5 0 0 8 62% 50 69 28 13 5 1 6 4.7 3.7 6.2
1981 27 SDP NL 25 24 8 8 8 2 3 11 13 .458 0 5 3 1 14 58% 51 78 22 20 10 4 7 3.7 3.8 5.8
1982 28 SDP NL 31 24 7 12 5 1 5 9 15 .375 0 4 8 0 13 54% 50 84 13 19 7 3 10 3.9 3.5 7.0
1983 29 CLE AL 28 15 3 11 1 0 3 3 12 .200 2 0 2 0 7 47% 44 72 13 29 11 2 8 4.1 3.6 5.4
5 Seasons 102 79 22 34 23 3 13 33 46 .418 3 14 14 1 44 56% 49 84 13 83 35 10 34 4.0 3.7 6.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1978 24 SDP NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.160 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 3.3
1980 26 SDP NL 15 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.193 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 12.0
1981 27 SDP NL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.083 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.0
1982 28 SDP NL 31 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 5 0.974 3 2 2 0 3 4 2 5 4 2 5 1 4.4
1983 29 CLE AL 28 13 5 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 5 50% 3 0.715 1 5 6 1 0 12 6 7 12 0 12 0 12.4
1988 34 ATL NL 20 20 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 45% 7 0.492 2 5 12 2 1 17 6 14 14 2 14 6 5.6 26
6 Seasons 122 46 16 4 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 26 13 50% 0.937 7 13 24 3 5 38 14 32 33 4 34 8 7.4 26

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1978 24 SDP NL 17 41% 0.0% 11.8% 11.8% 5.9% 25% 1.67 76% 1 0 0%
1979 25 SDP NL 83 37% 1.2% 14.5% 13.3% 4.8% 27% 1.23 71% 14 3 21%
1980 26 SDP NL 377 39% 2.1% 11.4% 14.6% 4.8% 25% 1.06 70% 61 10 16%
1981 27 SDP NL 615 48% 0.8% 13.2% 12.1% 6.2% 28% 0.80 72% 110 10 9%
1982 28 SDP NL 771 45% 3.0% 9.6% 9.3% 7.3% 33% 1.12 77% 113 12 11%
1983 29 CLE AL 577 52% 1.7% 9.7% 10.2% 7.3% 32% 0.96 78% 106 16 15%
1988 34 ATL NL 165 48% 1.8% 7.9% 6.1% 6.7% 25% 0.92 1.18 82% 17% 8.3% 49% 41 4 10%
7 Seasons 2605 47% 1.9% 10.8% 10.9% 6.5% 30% 0.92 1.00 75% 17% 8.3% 49% 446 55 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 34 ATL NL 153 497 3.25 316 64% 17% 12% 29% 42% 83% 4% 53% 85% 65% 5% 8 4 18% 27 12 0 9% 4 2 12 0 0
1 Season 153 497 3.25 316 64% 17% 12% 29% 42% 83% 4% 53% 85% 65% 5% 8 4 18% 27 12 0 9% 4 2 12 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1978 24 SDP NL 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 25 SDP NL 83 15 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 67% 0 1 0 27 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1980 26 SDP NL 377 73 8 0 5 3 5 1 7 17 9 2 53% 6 3 0 136 11 7 61% 10 7 1 0 0 0 4 0 10 0
1981 27 SDP NL 615 136 5 0 14 2 3 2 3 42 19 1 45% 4 5 3 222 9 9 50% 9 7 0 2 0 0 10 2 21 0
1982 28 SDP NL 770 171 23 1 10 14 9 13 10 53 27 6 51% 12 7 2 250 23 2 92% 23 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 1
1983 29 CLE AL 577 132 10 0 2 5 5 5 5 42 25 3 60% 12 9 2 201 12 8 60% 10 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 19 0
1988 34 ATL NL 165 44 4 0 3 0 8 2 1 1 2 17 9 1 53% 4 0 0 72 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Seasons 2604 575 4 0 50 1 40 27 23 23 27 175 92 13 53% 38 25 7 914 61 28 69% 58 25 3 3 0 0 17 2 85 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1978 24 0 0 10.80 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 4 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 17 30 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00 30
1979 25 1 1 .500 4.44 6 3 1 1 0 0 24.1 19 14 12 1 13 1 14 0 3 1 100 79 1.315 7.0 0.4 4.8 5.2 1.08 79
1980 26 5 3 .625 3.82 21 16 1 1 0 0 113.0 92 55 48 9 68 5 57 1 6 4 477 90 1.416 7.3 0.7 5.4 4.5 0.84 90
1981 27 13 11 .542 3.64 46 40 2 4 1 0 254.1 228 115 103 14 142 10 138 4 11 9 1092 92 1.455 8.1 0.5 5.0 4.9 0.97 92
1982 28 20 25 .444 3.88 77 64 4 12 1 0 432.0 399 213 186 37 214 15 212 6 14 16 1863 88 1.419 8.3 0.8 4.5 4.4 0.99 88
1983 29 24 36 .400 4.12 105 79 9 14 1 0 566.0 531 293 259 47 273 18 268 8 14 25 2440 88 1.420 8.4 0.7 4.3 4.3 0.98 88
1984 30 24 36 .400 4.12 105 79 9 14 1 0 566.0 531 293 259 47 273 18 268 8 14 25 2440 88 1.420 8.4 0.7 4.3 4.3 0.98 88
1985 31 24 36 .400 4.12 105 79 9 14 1 0 566.0 531 293 259 47 273 18 268 8 14 25 2440 88 1.420 8.4 0.7 4.3 4.3 0.98 88
1986 32 24 36 .400 4.12 105 79 9 14 1 0 566.0 531 293 259 47 273 18 268 8 14 25 2440 88 1.420 8.4 0.7 4.3 4.3 0.98 88
1987 33 24 36 .400 4.12 105 79 9 14 1 0 566.0 531 293 259 47 273 18 268 8 14 25 2440 88 1.420 8.4 0.7 4.3 4.3 0.98 88
1988 34 26 36 .419 4.10 125 79 16 14 1 0 603.1 575 312 275 50 283 20 281 8 14 25 2605 88 1.422 8.6 0.7 4.2 4.2 0.99 88

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1978 24 0 0 15.00 3.0 5 6 5 0 2 2 0 2.333 15.0 6.0 6.0 1.00 0.0 3
1979 25 1 1 .500 3.79 19.0 15 9 8 1 11 11 0 1.368 7.1 5.2 5.2 1.00 0.5 3
1980 26 3 5 .375 4.61 80.0 78 46 41 9 59 39 1 1.713 8.8 6.6 4.4 0.66 1.0 15
1981 27 9 12 .429 4.66 193.0 224 111 100 8 122 111 5 1.793 10.4 5.7 5.2 0.91 0.4 25
1982 28 7 11 .389 4.95 169.0 184 103 93 25 77 70 2 1.544 9.8 4.1 3.7 0.91 1.3 31
1983 29 5 9 .357 5.13 128.0 131 81 73 10 59 53 2 1.484 9.2 4.1 3.7 0.90 0.7 28
1988 34 2 2 .500 4.25 36.0 46 19 17 3 10 13 0 1.556 11.5 2.5 3.3 1.30 0.8 20
7 Seasons 27 40 .403 4.83 628.0 683 375 337 56 340 299 10 1.629 9.8 4.3 0.88 0.8 125

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
1981 NL  24 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1982 NL  8 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1982 NL  23 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1981 NL  74 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 NL  .318 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1982 NL  14 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1983 AL  9 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 NL  3 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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