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Juan Eichelberger

Juan Tyrone Eichelberger

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Indians/Braves 1978-1988

Final Game: June 20, 1988
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1975	21	SDP-min	A,AA	13	8	.619	3.23	24	24		11	2	0	167.0	157	83	60	10	75	0	123	2	1	18			1.389	8.5	0.5	4.0	6.6	1.64	REN,ALX · CALL,TL
1976	22	SDP-min	A,AA	8	7	.533	4.41	24	24		3	0	0	155.0	148	98	76	11	108	2	41	0	2	10			1.652	8.6	0.6	6.3	2.4	0.38	REN,AMA · CALL,TL
1977	23	SDP-min	AA	12	7	.632	4.11	25	24		7	1	0	162.0	177	90	74	13	77	4	92	2	0	9			1.568	9.8	0.7	4.3	5.1	1.19	AMA · TL
1978	24	SDP-min	AAA	8	13	.381	4.50	26	26		9	2	0	156.0	143	95	78	8	113	0	106	3	1	13			1.641	8.2	0.5	6.5	6.1	0.94	HAW · PCL
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	35	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
1979	25	SDP-min	AAA	13	9	.591	3.37	28	27		14	4	0	195.0	151	79	73	8	137	3	159	5	0	17			1.477	7.0	0.4	6.3	7.3	1.16	HAW · PCL
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	105	1.238	6.4	0.4	4.7	5.1	1.09
1980	26	SDP-min	AAA	7	3	.700	3.51	11	11		2	0	0	77.0	56	35	30	5	49	0	62	3	1	15			1.364	6.5	0.6	5.7	7.2	1.27	HAW · PCL
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	83	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	88	1.425	8.9	0.7	4.0	3.8	0.95

1988	34	ATL-min	AAA	2	4	.333	3.14	25	5	13	0	0	5	63.0	58	24	22	4	13	2	44	2	1	1			1.127	8.3	0.6	1.9	6.3	3.38	RMD · IL
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	96	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	96	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	88	1.425	8.9	0.7	4.0	3.8	0.95

NL (6 yrs)			NL	22	25	.468	3.87	97	64	11	12	1	0	469.1	443	232	202	40	224	17	225	6	14	16	2028	89	1.421	8.5	0.8	4.3	4.3	1.00
AL (1 yr)			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	88	1.425	8.9	0.7	4.0	3.8	0.95

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
1978	24	SDP	NL	3.1	0	4	2	0	.1	-2	-0.2	$
1979	25	SDP	NL	21.0	3	10	11	0	1.0	1	0.1	$
1980	26	SDP	NL	88.2	13	41	45	0	1.2	4	0.5	$
1981	27	SDP	NL	141.1	24	60	72	-3	1.1	12	1.5	$
1982	28	SDP	NL	177.2	24	98	87	7	1.0	-11	-1.3	$
1983	29	CLE	AL	134.0	15	80	89	-5	.7	9	0.7	$

1988	34	ATL	NL	37.1	0	19	22	-2	.5	3	0.0	$
7 Seasons				603.1	79	312	328	-3	1.0	16	1.3	$

SDP (5 yrs)				432.0	64	213	217	4	1.1	4	0.6	$
ATL (1 yr)				37.1	0	19	22	-2	.5	3	0.0	$
CLE (1 yr)				134.0	15	80	89	-5	.7	9	0.7	$

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
1975	21	SDP-min	AA,A	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ALX,REN · TL,CALL
1976	22	SDP-min	AA,A	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		AMA,REN · TL,CALL
1977	23	SDP-min	AA	28	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200		0		0	0	0		AMA · TL
1978	24	SDP-min	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		HAW · PCL
1978	24	SDP	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1979	25	SDP-min	AAA	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		HAW · PCL
1979	25	SDP	NL	3	7	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	.600	1.100	209	3	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1980	26	SDP-min	AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		HAW · PCL
1980	26	SDP	NL	15	33	27	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	18	.111	.172	.111	.284	-17	3	0	0	4	0	0	1
1981	27	SDP	NL	25	52	46	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.087	.087	.087	.174	-49	4	1	0	6	0	0	1
1982	28	SDP	NL	31	61	55	0	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	22	.091	.107	.145	.253	-28	8	2	0	5	0	0	1
1983	29	CLE	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1988	34	ATL-min	AAA	25	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	RMD · IL
1988	34	ATL	NL	20	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
7 Seasons				125	157	136	3	14	2	1	0	4	2	0	4	65	.103	.135	.132	.267	-23	18	3	1	16	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	203	176	4	18	3	1	0	5	3	0	5	84	.103	.135	.132	.267	-23	23	4	1	21	0	0

SDP (5 yrs)				77	153	133	3	14	2	1	0	4	2	0	4	63	.105	.131	.135	.267	-23	18	3	0	16	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				20	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-23	0	0	1	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				97	157	136	3	14	2	1	0	4	2	0	4	65	.103	.135	.132	.267	-23	18	3	1	16	0	0
AL (1 yr)				28	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
1979	25	SDP	NL	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	/1
1980	26	SDP	NL	33	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1981	27	SDP	NL	52	-9	0	-1	0	0	4	1	-5	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$	1
1982	28	SDP	NL	61	-9	0	-1	-1	0	5	2	-4	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$	1

1988	34	ATL	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
5 Seasons				157	-21	0	-2	-1	0	12	4	-8	-1.2	-8	-0.8	-0.4	$

SDP (4 yrs)				153	-21	0	-2	-1	0	12	4	-8	-1.2	-8	-0.8	-0.4	$
ATL (1 yr)				4	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
1978	SDP	NL	24	P	3	0	0	3.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.70	0.33	.950	1.89	1.90	1	0	0%	0
1979	SDP	NL	25	P	3	3	1	21.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.86	0.67	.950	1.80	1.80	3	1	25%	0
1980	SDP	NL	26	P	15	13	0	88.2	15	2	10	3	0	.800	1.22	0.80	.952	1.91	1.91	11	7	39%	2
1981	SDP	NL	27	P	25	24	3	141.1	45	10	28	7	4	.844	2.42	1.52	.959	1.97	1.98	9	9	50%	5
1982	SDP	NL	28	P	31	24	8	177.2	35	9	25	1	0	.971	1.72	1.10	.952	1.96	1.97	23	2	8%	0
1983	CLE	AL	29	P	28	15	2	134.0	23	9	14	0	3	1.000	1.54	0.82	.958	1.80	1.78	12	8	40%	1
1988	ATL	NL	34	P	20	0	0	37.1	13	4	8	1	1	.923	2.89	0.60	.955	1.95	1.96	2	1	33%	0
	7 Seasons			P	125	79	14	603.1	134	35	87	12	8	.910	1.82	0.98	.956	1.91	1.91	61	28	31%	8
	7 Seasons			TOT	125	79	14	603.1	134	35	87	12	8	.910	1.82	0.98	.956	1.91	1.91	61	28	31%	8

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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 0.318 (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)
Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1981 NL 7 (1st)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1983 AL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 36th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 9, 1975: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
November 18, 1982: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Broderick Perkins to the Cleveland Indians for Ed Whitson.
April 1, 1984: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
April 25, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
August 31, 1984: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
January 15, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
April 7, 1985: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
June 3, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
October 15, 1987: Granted Free Agency.
January 27, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

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