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Dock Ellis

Dock Phillip Ellis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 11, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Gardena HS (Gardena, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1968
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Rangers/Yankees/Mets/Athletics 1968-1979
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: September 29, 1979
Died: December 19, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
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All-Star

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
1968 23 PIT NL 6 5 .545 2.50 26 10 5 2 0 0 104.1 82 35 29 4 38 4 52 1 1 6 426 116 1.150 7.1 0.3 3.3 4.5 1.37
1969 24 PIT NL 11 17 .393 3.58 35 33 0 8 2 0 218.2 206 101 87 14 76 7 173 4 2 4 917 98 1.290 8.5 0.6 3.1 7.1 2.28
1970 25 PIT NL 13 10 .565 3.21 30 30 0 9 4 0 201.2 194 81 72 9 87 11 128 10 0 3 863 121 1.393 8.7 0.4 3.9 5.7 1.47
1971 26 PIT NL 19 9 .679 3.06 31 31 0 11 2 0 226.2 207 93 77 15 63 5 137 2 0 4 943 113 1.191 8.2 0.6 2.5 5.4 2.17 AS,CYA-4
1972 27 PIT NL 15 7 .682 2.70 25 25 0 4 1 0 163.1 156 60 49 6 33 4 96 3 0 2 663 125 1.157 8.6 0.3 1.8 5.3 2.91
1973 28 PIT NL 12 14 .462 3.05 28 28 0 3 1 0 192.0 176 86 65 7 55 7 122 6 1 3 803 116 1.203 8.3 0.3 2.6 5.7 2.22
1974 29 PIT NL 12 9 .571 3.16 26 26 0 9 0 0 176.2 163 71 62 13 41 5 91 7 1 5 731 109 1.155 8.3 0.7 2.1 4.6 2.22
1975 30 PIT NL 8 9 .471 3.79 27 24 1 5 2 0 140.0 163 69 59 9 43 9 69 3 2 0 621 93 1.471 10.5 0.6 2.8 4.4 1.60
1976 31 NYY AL 17 8 .680 3.19 32 32 0 8 1 0 211.2 195 83 75 14 76 1 65 4 1 4 886 108 1.280 8.3 0.6 3.2 2.8 0.86
1977 32 TOT AL 12 12 .500 3.63 33 32 1 8 1 1 213.0 211 102 86 19 64 1 106 1 1 6 898 113 1.291 8.9 0.8 2.7 4.5 1.66
1977 32 NYY AL 1 1 .500 1.83 3 3 0 1 0 0 19.2 18 9 4 1 8 0 5 0 1 1 85 220 1.322 8.2 0.5 3.7 2.3 0.63
1977 32 OAK AL 1 5 .167 9.69 7 7 0 0 0 0 26.0 35 33 28 5 14 0 11 1 0 1 128 42 1.885 12.1 1.7 4.8 3.8 0.79
1977 32 TEX AL 10 6 .625 2.90 23 22 1 7 1 1 167.1 158 60 54 13 42 1 90 0 0 4 685 142 1.195 8.5 0.7 2.3 4.8 2.14
1978 33 TEX AL 9 7 .563 4.20 22 22 0 3 0 0 141.1 131 81 66 15 46 0 45 2 0 3 592 89 1.252 8.3 1.0 2.9 2.9 0.98
1979 34 TOT MLB 4 12 .250 5.84 30 24 3 1 0 0 138.2 183 96 90 15 52 12 52 1 0 5 635 66 1.695 11.9 1.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
1979 34 TOT NL 3 7 .300 5.77 20 15 3 1 0 0 92.0 119 62 59 10 36 10 42 1 0 3 420 64 1.685 11.6 1.0 3.5 4.1 1.17
1979 34 TEX AL 1 5 .167 5.98 10 9 0 0 0 0 46.2 64 34 31 5 16 2 10 0 0 2 215 70 1.714 12.3 1.0 3.1 1.9 0.63
1979 34 NYM NL 3 7 .300 6.04 17 14 3 1 0 0 85.0 110 60 57 9 34 10 41 1 0 2 391 60 1.694 11.6 1.0 3.6 4.3 1.21
1979 34 PIT NL 0 0 2.57 3 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 29 160 1.571 11.6 1.3 2.6 1.3 0.50
12 Yrs 138 119 .537 3.46 345 317 10 71 14 1 2128.0 2067 958 817 140 674 66 1136 44 9 45 8978 104 1.288 8.7 0.6 2.9 4.8 1.69
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .537 3.46 35 33 1 7 1 0 219 212 98 84 14 69 7 117 5 1 5 922 104 1.288 8.7 0.6 2.9 4.8 1.69
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
PIT (9 yrs) 96 80 .545 3.16 231 208 6 51 12 0 1430.1 1356 598 502 78 438 52 869 36 7 28 5996 111 1.254 8.5 0.5 2.8 5.5 1.98
TEX (3 yrs) 20 18 .526 3.82 55 53 1 10 1 1 355.1 353 175 151 33 104 3 145 2 0 9 1492 104 1.286 8.9 0.8 2.6 3.7 1.39
NYY (2 yrs) 18 9 .667 3.07 35 35 0 9 1 0 231.1 213 92 79 15 84 1 70 4 2 5 971 114 1.284 8.3 0.6 3.3 2.7 0.83
NYM (1 yr) 3 7 .300 6.04 17 14 3 1 0 0 85.0 110 60 57 9 34 10 41 1 0 2 391 60 1.694 11.6 1.0 3.6 4.3 1.21
OAK (1 yr) 1 5 .167 9.69 7 7 0 0 0 0 26.0 35 33 28 5 14 0 11 1 0 1 128 42 1.885 12.1 1.7 4.8 3.8 0.79
NL (9 yrs) 99 87 .532 3.32 248 222 9 52 12 0 1515.1 1466 658 559 87 472 62 910 37 7 30 6387 105 1.279 8.7 0.5 2.8 5.4 1.93
AL (4 yrs) 39 32 .549 3.79 97 95 1 19 2 1 612.2 601 300 258 53 202 4 226 7 2 15 2591 100 1.311 8.8 0.8 3.0 3.3 1.12

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
1968 23 PIT NL 104.1 26 10 35 3.02 3.56 0.35 -0.02 99.2 3.16 0 0.0 1.2 -0.1 0.9 11 .501 .500 $
1969 24 PIT NL 218.2 35 33 101 4.16 3.94 -0.01 0.06 97.8 3.92 -8 -0.9 .6 -0.1 1.0 17 .476 .495 $
1970 25 PIT NL 201.2 30 30 81 3.61 4.43 0.21 0.07 97.6 4.19 10 1.1 -0.1 2.6 33 .536 .507 $
1971 26 PIT NL 226.2 31 31 93 3.69 3.78 0.09 0.06 98.4 3.69 -2 -0.3 -0.1 1.4 20 .491 .498 $ AS,CYA-4
1972 27 PIT NL 163.1 25 25 60 3.31 3.84 0.11 0.06 97.0 3.68 5 0.6 -0.1 1.7 20 .522 .503 $
1973 28 PIT NL 192.0 28 28 86 4.03 4.09 -0.11 0.12 97.7 4.23 4 0.5 -0.1 1.8 22 .516 .503 $
1974 29 PIT NL 176.2 26 26 71 3.62 4.02 -0.08 0.13 97.6 4.12 9 1.0 -0.1 2.3 26 .539 .506 $
1975 30 PIT NL 140.0 27 24 69 4.44 4.04 0.24 0.11 97.2 3.81 -11 -1.2 .5 -0.1 -0.1 3 .457 .493 $
1976 31 NYY AL 211.2 32 32 83 3.53 3.86 0.63 0.12 97.2 3.26 -6 -0.6 -0.1 1.0 14 .480 .496 $80,000
1977 32 NYY AL 19.2 3 3 9 4.12 4.40 0.30 0.14 98.3 4.16 0 0.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .502 .500 $
1977 32 OAK AL 26.0 7 7 33 11.42 4.28 -0.15 0.14 103.5 4.73 -19 -1.6 -0.0 -1.3 -16 .276 .490 $
1977 32 TEX AL 167.1 23 22 60 3.23 4.50 0.38 0.14 100.0 4.26 19 2.1 2.5 -0.1 3.4 38 .590 .513 $
1978 33 TEX AL 141.1 22 22 81 5.16 4.18 0.11 0.13 99.0 4.15 -15 -1.6 -0.1 -0.4 -1 .429 .490 $
1979 34 TEX AL 46.2 10 9 34 6.56 4.73 0.44 0.15 98.9 4.39 -11 -1.0 .7 -0.0 -0.6 -6 .397 .494 $
1979 34 NYM NL 85.0 17 14 60 6.35 4.27 -0.22 0.11 97.0 4.47 -19 -1.8 .9 -0.0 -1.2 -10 .392 .489 $
1979 34 PIT NL 7.0 3 1 2 2.57 4.35 0.04 -0.07 108.0 4.59 2 0.2 1.4 0.0 0.2 2 .557 .501 $
12 Seasons 2128.0 345 317 958 4.05 4.06 0.15 0.09 98.1 3.93 -43 -3.5 1.1 -1.1 12.9 176 .490 .499 $80,000
PIT (9 yrs) 1430.1 231 208 598 3.76 3.99 0.08 0.08 97.8 3.90 9 1.0 1.1 -0.8 11.8 154 .504 .501 $
TEX (3 yrs) 355.1 55 53 175 4.43 4.41 0.28 0.13 99.4 4.23 -8 -0.5 1.6 -0.2 2.4 31 .490 .499 $
NYY (2 yrs) 231.1 35 35 92 3.58 3.91 0.60 0.12 97.3 3.34 -6 -0.6 -0.1 1.2 17 .482 .498 $80,000
NYM (1 yr) 85.0 17 14 60 6.35 4.27 -0.22 0.11 97.0 4.47 -19 -1.8 .9 -0.0 -1.2 -10 .392 .489 $
OAK (1 yr) 26.0 7 7 33 11.42 4.28 -0.15 0.14 103.5 4.73 -19 -1.6 -0.0 -1.3 -16 .276 .490 $

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
1970 25 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 1 .000 2.79 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.2 9 3 3 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 41 1.345 8.4 0.0 3.7 0.9 0.25
1971 26 PIT NL NLCS W SFG 1 0 1.000 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 2 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 26 2.000 10.8 0.0 7.2 1.8 0.25
1971 26 PIT NL WS W BAL 0 1 .000 15.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 2.143 15.4 7.7 3.9 3.9 1.00
1972 27 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 1 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 22 1.200 9.0 0.0 1.8 5.4 3.00
1975 30 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1976 31 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 1 0 1.000 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 3 3 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 29 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 5.6 2.50
1976 31 NYY AL WS L CIN 0 1 .000 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 2.100 18.9 2.7 0.0 2.7
5 Yrs (7 Series) 2 4 .333 4.08 7 6 1 0 0 0 35.1 39 19 16 3 12 3 14 2 0 0 154 1.443 9.9 0.8 3.1 3.6 1.17
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 3 3 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 29 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 5.6 2.50
4 NLCS 1 2 .333 2.08 4 3 1 0 0 0 21.2 22 8 5 0 9 3 7 1 0 0 97 1.431 9.1 0.0 3.7 2.9 0.78
2 WS 0 2 .000 12.71 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.2 11 8 8 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 28 2.118 17.5 4.8 1.6 3.2 2.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1971 PIT NL 26 1 0 1 .000 12.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 4 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.667 12.0 6.0 3.0 6.0 2.00

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
1968 23 PIT NL 26 354 384 35 82 9 1 4 2 1 38 52 .214 .285 .273 .559 .237 105 5 1 1 1 4 7
1969 24 PIT NL 35 836 824 101 206 31 6 14 14 13 76 173 .250 .314 .353 .667 .299 291 22 4 7 6 7 18
1970 25 PIT NL 30 862 754 81 194 24 9 9 21 11 87 128 .257 .340 .349 .689 .297 263 20 10 6 5 11 9
1971 26 PIT NL 31 943 865 93 207 26 6 15 5 8 63 137 .239 .290 .335 .626 .267 290 12 2 6 7 5 18
1972 27 PIT NL 25 663 616 60 156 17 5 6 10 1 33 96 .253 .292 .326 .619 .289 201 20 3 5 5 4 8
1973 28 PIT NL 28 803 732 86 176 12 4 7 17 3 55 122 .240 .297 .296 .594 .278 217 13 6 6 4 7 17
1974 29 PIT NL 26 731 674 71 163 25 3 13 10 4 41 91 .242 .291 .346 .637 .262 233 12 7 6 3 5 15
1975 30 PIT NL 27 621 559 69 163 32 2 9 16 3 43 69 .292 .342 .404 .746 .316 226 10 3 9 7 9 9
1976 31 NYY AL 32 886 790 83 195 32 3 14 19 6 76 65 .247 .312 .348 .660 .251 275 20 4 5 11 1 12
1977 32 NYY AL 3 85 76 9 18 7 1 1 1 1 8 5 .237 .306 .395 .701 .239 30 1 0 0 1 0 2
1977 32 OAK AL 7 128 111 33 35 6 2 5 2 2 14 11 .315 .394 .541 .934 .313 60 1 1 1 1 0 3
1977 32 TEX AL 23 685 623 60 158 22 5 13 11 6 42 90 .254 .297 .368 .665 .275 229 19 0 12 8 1 10
1977 32 TOT AL 33 898 810 102 211 35 8 19 14 9 64 106 .260 .312 .394 .706 .276 319 21 1 13 10 1 15
1978 33 TEX AL 22 592 535 81 131 29 3 15 8 10 46 45 .245 .305 .394 .700 .243 211 12 2 6 3 0 14
1979 34 NYM NL 17 391 344 60 110 17 2 9 15 3 34 41 .320 .377 .459 .836 .337 158 8 1 6 6 10 6
1979 34 PIT NL 3 29 26 2 9 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 .346 .393 .500 .893 .333 13 2 0 1 0 0 0
1979 34 TEX AL 10 215 197 34 64 11 1 5 2 4 16 10 .325 .374 .467 .841 .322 92 2 0 1 1 2 3
1979 34 TOT NL 20 420 370 62 119 18 2 10 15 3 36 42 .322 .378 .462 .840 .336 171 10 1 7 6 10 6
1979 34 TOT MLB 30 635 567 96 183 29 3 15 17 7 52 52 .323 .376 .464 .840 .331 263 12 1 8 7 12 9
12 Yrs 345 8824 8110 958 2067 301 53 140 153 76 674 1136 .255 .313 .357 .670 .279 2894 179 44 78 69 66 151
162 Game Avg. 35 906 833 98 212 31 5 14 16 8 69 117 .255 .313 .357 .670 .279 297 18 5 8 7 7 16
MLB Averages .254 .321 .374 .695 .280
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1968 23 PIT NL 4.1 0.5 380 -0.2 5.1 -5.3 .83 0.3 -0.6 3.7 0.4 0.83 2.6 5 2 8
1969 24 PIT NL -3.1 -0.3 958 -0.7 17.2 -17.9 1.08 0.4 -1.0 -3.5 -0.4 1.08 0.5 0 1 1
1970 25 PIT NL 15.8 1.6 901 1.2 16.3 -15.1 1.08 1.4 -0.3 20.2 2.1 1.08 16.2 0 0 0
1971 26 PIT NL 7.8 0.8 964 0.7 15.6 -14.9 .96 1.2 -0.5 8.5 0.9 0.96 11.6 0 0 0
1972 27 PIT NL 10.2 1.1 677 1.6 11.1 -9.5 .94 1.0 0.7 10.2 1.1 0.94 11.0 0 0 0
1973 28 PIT NL 5.0 0.5 827 -0.4 15.3 -15.7 1.15 2.1 -2.5 2.5 0.3 1.15 19.8 0 0 0
1974 29 PIT NL 6.1 0.6 754 1.5 13.7 -12.2 1.04 1.2 0.2 10.4 1.1 1.04 13.1 0 0 0
1975 30 PIT NL -5.0 -0.5 646 -1.2 10.6 -11.7 1.07 -1.3 0.3 -8.2 -0.9 1.07 -13.1 0 1 2
1976 31 NYY AL 7.4 0.8 925 1.5 16.4 -14.9 1.05 -0.0 1.4 6.9 0.7 1.05 -2.1 0 0 0
1977 32 TOT AL 8.1 1.2 932 0.8 16.2 -15.4 1.02 0.3 0.4 6.0 0.9 1.02 5.5 1 0 0
1977 32 NYY AL 2.9 0.3 89 -0.0 1.3 -1.3 .79 -0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.79 -0.7 0 0 0
1977 32 OAK AL -17.4 -1.5 133 -1.5 1.6 -3.1 .92 -1.2 -0.5 -18.6 -1.6 0.92 -14.4 0 0 0
1977 32 TEX AL 22.6 2.4 710 2.3 13.3 -11.0 1.07 1.5 0.6 24.2 2.5 1.07 20.6 1 0 0
1978 33 TEX AL -9.5 -1.0 618 -0.3 10.7 -11.0 1.00 0.1 -0.4 -10.8 -1.1 1.00 -1.8 0 0 0
1979 34 TOT MLB -29.2 -2.8 664 -2.4 10.3 -12.7 1.05 -2.1 -0.2 -25.7 -2.5 1.05 -25.1 2 0 4
1979 34 TOT NL -20.0 -1.9 442 -1.5 6.6 -8.1 1.04 -1.3 -0.1 -18.0 -1.8 1.04 -17.2 2 0 3
1979 34 TEX AL -9.2 -0.9 222 -0.9 3.7 -4.6 1.07 -0.7 -0.1 -7.7 -0.7 1.07 -7.9 0 0 1
1979 34 NYM NL -21.2 -2.0 412 -1.6 6.0 -7.6 1.04 -1.3 -0.2 -19.1 -1.9 1.04 -17.3 1 0 2
1979 34 PIT NL 1.3 0.1 30 0.1 0.5 -0.4 1.00 -0.0 0.1 1.1 0.1 1.00 0.1 1 0 1
12 Yrs 17.7 2.6 9246 2.1 158.4 -156.3 1.03 4.7 -2.7 20.1 2.9 1.03 38.2 8 4 15
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1968 23 PIT NL 26 10 5 3 2 0 3 5 5 .500 0 0 2 0 9 90% 57.9 75 31 12 5 3 2 4.0 4.0 7.0
1969 24 PIT NL 35 33 11 17 5 0 4 15 18 .455 0 3 8 2 18 55% 54.2 84 18 21 7 11 11 3.4 3.2 6.5
1970 25 PIT NL 30 30 13 10 7 1 5 16 14 .533 2 4 9 4 19 63% 54.0 85 20 18 8 12 6 4.0 4.0 6.7
1971 26 PIT NL 31 31 19 9 3 3 5 21 10 .677 2 1 11 2 22 71% 56.6 83 28 18 8 0 9 5.9 5.8 7.3
1972 27 PIT NL 25 25 15 7 3 2 3 17 8 .680 1 2 4 1 17 68% 56.1 85 22 13 4 0 16 4.9 4.8 6.5
1973 28 PIT NL 28 28 12 14 2 2 8 13 15 .464 0 2 3 1 20 71% 55.0 85 17 27 10 0 12 3.7 3.6 6.9
1974 29 PIT NL 26 26 12 9 5 0 4 14 12 .538 2 2 9 0 16 62% 55.5 79 27 19 7 0 12 4.5 4.6 6.8
1975 30 PIT NL 27 24 8 9 7 1 2 11 13 .458 1 3 5 2 12 50% 48.4 80 20 19 4 0 10 3.7 3.8 5.7
1976 31 NYY AL 32 32 17 8 7 2 4 20 12 .625 1 4 8 1 20 63% 53.2 78 26 33 8 8 12 3.8 3.9 6.6
1977 32 TOT AL 33 32 12 12 8 2 5 17 15 .531 4 3 8 1 19 59% 52.1 83 19 21 7 10 10 4.4 4.3 6.6
1977 32 NYY AL 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 2 67% 52.7 60 43 2 0 0 3 3.8 4.7 6.6
1977 32 OAK AL 7 7 1 5 1 0 1 1 6 .143 1 1 0 0 2 29% 35.6 57 19 9 3 1 4 3.7 3.5 3.7
1977 32 TEX AL 23 22 10 6 6 1 3 15 7 .682 3 2 7 1 15 68% 57.3 83 28 10 4 9 3 4.6 4.4 7.5
1978 33 TEX AL 22 22 9 7 6 3 2 10 12 .455 3 0 3 0 11 50% 49.1 76 22 17 10 0 12 5.0 5.7 6.4
1979 34 TOT MLB 30 24 3 12 9 1 2 8 16 .333 3 3 1 0 7 29% 0.0 62 9 23 8 2 11 5.0 4.2 5.4
1979 34 TOT NL 20 15 2 7 6 1 1 4 11 .267 1 3 1 0 4 27% 39.5 62 9 11 4 2 5 5.0 4.3 5.6
1979 34 TEX AL 10 9 1 5 3 0 1 4 5 .444 2 0 0 0 3 33% 39.2 62 20 12 4 0 6 5.0 4.0 5.1
1979 34 NYM NL 17 14 2 7 5 1 1 4 10 .286 1 2 1 0 4 29% 39.2 62 9 10 4 2 5 5.0 4.4 5.7
1979 34 PIT NL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 43.0 43 43 1 0 0 0 6.0 3.0 4.0
12 Yrs 345 317 136 117 64 17 47 167 150 .527 19 27 71 14 190 60% 53 85 9 241 86 46 123 4.3 4.3 6.5
MLB Averages .500 55% 52 109 -13 4.1 4.1 6.5
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

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
1968 23 PIT NL 26 16 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 4 36% 8 .832 5 2 8 2 3 10 7 8 11 3 10 5 6.5
1969 24 PIT NL 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 1.083 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1975 30 PIT NL 27 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 67% 6 1.065 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 4.0
1977 32 TOT AL 33 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 1.024 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
1977 32 TEX AL 23 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 1.071 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
1979 34 TOT MLB 30 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.049 2 0 4 0 2 4 1 5 3 2 4 0 4.5
1979 34 TOT NL 20 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.040 2 0 3 0 2 3 1 4 3 1 4 0 5.2
1979 34 TEX AL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.066 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0
1979 34 NYM NL 17 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 1.043 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 5.7
1979 34 PIT NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.005 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 4.5
5 Yrs 141 28 10 2 2 1 1 0 100% 3 1 20 6 30% 1.042 8 4 15 4 5 18 11 16 17 6 17 6 5.6

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%
1968 23 PIT NL 426 64% 1.1% 14.7% 10.7% 4.0% 17% 1.66 93% 63 5 8%
1969 24 PIT NL 917 58% 1.7% 20.7% 9.1% 6.1% 25% 1.69 77% 159 22 14%
1970 25 PIT NL 863 57% 1.0% 14.9% 10.1% 4.9% 22% 1.72 72% 155 20 13%
1971 26 PIT NL 943 55% 1.6% 14.5% 6.7% 5.0% 23% 1.11 76% 170 12 7%
1972 27 PIT NL 663 54% 0.9% 14.5% 5.0% 4.2% 18% 1.26 78% 126 20 16%
1973 28 PIT NL 803 51% 0.9% 15.2% 6.9% 2.9% 13% 1.53 76% 167 13 8%
1974 29 PIT NL 731 55% 1.8% 12.5% 5.6% 5.6% 25% 1.16 78% 122 12 10%
1975 30 PIT NL 621 57% 1.5% 11.1% 6.9% 6.9% 26% 1.06 79% 109 10 9%
1976 31 NYY AL 886 56% 1.6% 7.3% 8.6% 5.5% 25% 1.53 81% 161 20 12%
1977 32 TOT AL 898 49% 2.1% 11.8% 7.1% 6.9% 29% 1.51 77% 157 21 13%
1977 32 NYY AL 85 61% 1.2% 5.9% 9.4% 10.6% 50% 1.12 84% 16 1 6%
1977 32 OAK AL 128 38% 3.9% 8.6% 10.9% 10.2% 37% 1.29 75% 24 1 4%
1977 32 TEX AL 685 49% 1.9% 13.1% 6.1% 5.8% 25% 1.61 77% 117 19 16%
1978 33 TEX AL 592 44% 2.5% 7.6% 7.8% 7.9% 36% 1.43 81% 88 12 14%
1979 34 TOT MLB 635 55% 2.4% 8.2% 8.2% 7.4% 26% 1.76 80% 127 12 9%
1979 34 TOT NL 420 57% 2.4% 10.0% 8.6% 7.1% 25% 1.60 77% 90 10 11%
1979 34 TEX AL 215 51% 2.3% 4.7% 7.4% 7.9% 27% 2.10 85% 37 2 5%
1979 34 NYM NL 391 58% 2.3% 10.5% 8.7% 7.2% 26% 1.49 77% 85 8 9%
1979 34 PIT NL 29 48% 3.5% 3.5% 6.9% 6.9% 22% 3.75 83% 5 2 40%
12 Yrs 8978 54% 1.6% 12.9% 7.6% 5.6% 24% 1.42 78% 1604 179 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 13.8% 8.6% 6.1% 27% 1.10 74% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1968 23 PIT NL 354 82 4 0 4 3 1 2 2 16 10 2 63% 7 6 2 129 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 72
1969 24 PIT NL 836 206 14 0 22 10 4 4 10 40 23 6 58% 18 4 5 302 14 13 52% 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 81
1970 25 PIT NL 862 194 9 0 16 9 0 3 6 32 21 2 66% 9 3 3 336 21 11 66% 20 11 0 0 1 0 2 0 15 1
1971 26 PIT NL 943 207 15 0 19 11 4 5 10 35 23 5 66% 18 4 2 341 5 8 38% 5 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1972 27 PIT NL 663 156 6 0 9 4 2 2 4 19 12 1 63% 8 2 0 242 10 1 91% 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1973 28 PIT NL 803 176 7 1 15 5 2 1 6 41 18 8 44% 17 3 2 291 17 3 85% 16 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
1974 29 PIT NL 731 163 13 0 15 9 4 4 9 41 19 9 46% 15 5 2 247 10 4 71% 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1975 30 PIT NL 621 163 9 0 12 5 4 5 4 34 24 7 71% 9 0 2 248 16 3 84% 15 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 17 0
1976 31 NYY AL 886 195 14 0 5 8 6 5 9 34 22 3 65% 12 4 3 322 19 6 76% 18 6 1 0 0 0 4 0 21 0
1977 32 TOT AL 898 211 19 1 14 12 7 7 12 54 31 6 57% 15 6 1 317 14 9 61% 14 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 25 0
1977 32 NYY AL 85 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 67% 2 1 0 38 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1977 32 OAK AL 128 35 5 1 1 3 2 0 5 14 9 1 64% 3 1 0 46 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1977 32 TEX AL 685 158 13 0 13 8 5 7 6 37 20 4 54% 10 4 1 233 11 6 65% 11 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
1978 33 TEX AL 592 131 15 0 4 11 4 5 10 27 18 3 67% 14 3 1 192 8 10 44% 8 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
1979 34 TOT MLB 635 183 15 0 13 13 2 7 8 46 26 4 57% 9 5 0 260 17 7 71% 16 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 15 0
1979 34 TOT NL 420 119 10 0 10 10 0 6 4 37 20 4 54% 6 3 0 173 15 3 83% 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1979 34 TEX AL 215 64 5 0 3 3 2 1 4 9 6 0 67% 3 2 0 87 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1979 34 NYM NL 391 110 9 0 10 9 0 5 4 36 19 4 53% 6 2 0 163 15 3 83% 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1979 34 PIT NL 29 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 Yrs 8824 2067 140 2 148 100 40 50 90 419 247 56 59% 151 45 23 3227 153 76 67% 147 69 3 1 3 2 12 0 183 154
MLB Averages 51% 64%
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

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+
1968 23 6 5 .545 2.50 26 10 5 2 0 0 104.1 82 35 29 4 38 4 52 1 1 6 426 116 1.150 7.1 0.3 3.3 4.5 1.37 116
1969 24 17 22 .436 3.23 61 43 5 10 2 0 323.0 288 136 116 18 114 11 225 5 3 10 1343 102 1.245 8.0 0.5 3.2 6.3 1.97 102
1970 25 30 32 .484 3.22 91 73 5 19 6 0 524.2 482 217 188 27 201 22 353 15 3 13 2206 110 1.302 8.3 0.5 3.4 6.1 1.76 110
1971 26 49 41 .544 3.17 122 104 5 30 8 0 751.1 689 310 265 42 264 27 490 17 3 17 3149 110 1.268 8.3 0.5 3.2 5.9 1.86 110
1972 27 64 48 .571 3.09 147 129 5 34 9 0 914.2 845 370 314 48 297 31 586 20 3 19 3812 113 1.249 8.3 0.5 2.9 5.8 1.97 113
1973 28 76 62 .551 3.08 175 157 5 37 10 0 1106.2 1021 456 379 55 352 38 708 26 4 22 4615 113 1.241 8.3 0.4 2.9 5.8 2.01 113
1974 29 88 71 .553 3.09 201 183 5 46 10 0 1283.1 1184 527 441 68 393 43 799 33 5 27 5346 113 1.229 8.3 0.5 2.8 5.6 2.03 113
1975 30 96 80 .545 3.16 228 207 6 51 12 0 1423.1 1347 596 500 77 436 52 868 36 7 27 5967 110 1.253 8.5 0.5 2.8 5.5 1.99 110
1976 31 113 88 .562 3.17 260 239 6 59 13 0 1635.0 1542 679 575 91 512 53 933 40 8 31 6853 110 1.256 8.5 0.5 2.8 5.1 1.82 110
1977 32 125 100 .556 3.22 293 271 7 67 14 1 1848.0 1753 781 661 110 576 54 1039 41 9 37 7751 111 1.260 8.5 0.5 2.8 5.1 1.80 111
1978 33 134 107 .556 3.29 315 293 7 70 14 1 1989.1 1884 862 727 125 622 54 1084 43 9 40 8343 109 1.260 8.5 0.6 2.8 4.9 1.74 109
1979 34 138 119 .537 3.46 345 317 10 71 14 1 2128.0 2067 958 817 140 674 66 1136 44 9 45 8978 104 1.288 8.7 0.6 2.9 4.8 1.69 104

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
1968 23 6 4 .600 3.60 95.0 94 42 38 5 44 47 1 1.453 8.9 4.2 4.5 1.07 0.5 26
1969 24 10 12 .455 4.32 204.0 219 109 98 15 81 162 4 1.471 9.7 3.6 7.1 2.00 0.7 35
1970 25 12 9 .571 3.46 190.0 196 81 73 9 88 120 10 1.495 9.3 4.2 5.7 1.36 0.4 30
1971 26 13 11 .542 3.63 218.0 221 98 88 16 67 132 2 1.321 9.1 2.8 5.4 1.97 0.7 31
1972 27 10 7 .588 3.40 159.0 177 67 60 7 37 93 3 1.346 10.0 2.1 5.3 2.51 0.4 25
1973 28 11 9 .550 3.50 185.0 185 80 72 7 58 117 6 1.314 9.0 2.8 5.7 2.02 0.3 28
1974 29 10 8 .556 3.73 169.0 173 78 70 14 44 87 7 1.284 9.2 2.3 4.6 1.98 0.7 26
1975 30 6 8 .429 4.37 134.0 171 72 65 9 45 66 3 1.612 11.5 3.0 4.4 1.47 0.6 27
1976 31 10 11 .476 4.13 196.0 215 100 90 15 84 60 4 1.526 9.9 3.9 2.8 0.71 0.7 32
1977 32 11 11 .500 3.89 206.0 215 99 89 19 65 102 1 1.359 9.4 2.8 4.5 1.57 0.8 33
1978 33 5 9 .357 4.97 134.0 139 82 74 16 49 43 2 1.403 9.3 3.3 2.9 0.88 1.1 22
1979 34 4 10 .286 6.53 131.0 188 106 95 15 53 49 1 1.840 12.9 3.6 3.4 0.92 1.0 30
12 Yrs 108 109 .498 4.06 2021.0 2193 1014 912 147 715 1078 44 1.439 9.8 4.8 1.51 0.7 345

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1985 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

All-Star Games
1971 (P)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 NL (4, 8%)
0.08 Career Shares (195th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1970 NL  3.21 (7th)
1972 NL  2.70 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1971 NL  19 (5th)
1976 AL  17 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1971 NL  .679 (4th)
1972 NL  .682 (6th)
1976 AL  .680 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1974 NL  1.155 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 NL  1.818 (4th)
1974 NL  2.089 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 NL  7.120 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 NL  4 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1972 NL  2.909 (9th)
1974 NL  2.220 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL  0.402 (3rd)
1972 NL  0.331 (1st)
1973 NL  0.328 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1969 NL  17 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 NL  10 (2nd)
1973 NL  6 (8th)
1974 NL  7 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1973 NL  2.1 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1970 NL  2.1 (10th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 30 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (660), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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