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Dick Ellsworth

Richard Clark Ellsworth

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

Born: March 22, 1940 in Lusk, WY
High School: Fresno HS (Fresno, CA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 22, 1958
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Indians/RedSox/Phillies/Brewers 1958-1971

Final Game: June 23, 1971
Relatives: Father of Steve Ellsworth
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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
1958 18 CHC NL 0 1 .000 15.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 15 30 3.000 15.4 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.00
1960 20 CHC NL 7 13 .350 3.72 31 27 0 6 0 0 176.2 170 83 73 12 72 8 94 2 0 1 744 101 1.370 8.7 0.6 3.7 4.8 1.31
1961 21 CHC NL 10 11 .476 3.86 37 31 2 7 1 0 186.2 213 90 80 23 48 3 91 3 0 9 799 108 1.398 10.3 1.1 2.3 4.4 1.90
1962 22 CHC NL 9 20 .310 5.09 37 33 3 6 0 1 208.2 241 131 118 23 77 6 113 5 0 15 921 81 1.524 10.4 1.0 3.3 4.9 1.47
1963 23 CHC NL 22 10 .688 2.11 37 37 0 19 4 0 290.2 223 75 68 14 75 7 185 2 0 3 1160 167 1.025 6.9 0.4 2.3 5.7 2.47 MVP-19
1964 24 CHC NL 14 18 .438 3.75 37 36 0 16 1 0 256.2 267 129 107 34 71 9 148 3 0 4 1093 99 1.317 9.4 1.2 2.5 5.2 2.08 AS
1965 25 CHC NL 14 15 .483 3.81 36 34 2 8 0 1 222.1 227 108 94 22 57 7 130 4 0 15 933 97 1.277 9.2 0.9 2.3 5.3 2.28
1966 26 CHC NL 8 22 .267 3.98 38 37 0 9 0 0 269.1 321 150 119 28 51 5 144 5 0 5 1169 93 1.381 10.7 0.9 1.7 4.8 2.82
1967 27 PHI NL 6 7 .462 4.38 32 21 4 3 1 0 125.1 152 75 61 6 36 10 45 5 0 5 549 78 1.500 10.9 0.4 2.6 3.2 1.25
1968 28 BOS AL 16 7 .696 3.03 31 28 1 10 1 0 196.0 196 74 66 16 37 3 106 7 1 5 808 105 1.189 9.0 0.7 1.7 4.9 2.86
1969 29 TOT AL 6 9 .400 4.10 36 24 4 3 1 0 147.0 178 78 67 11 44 10 52 5 0 6 647 92 1.510 10.9 0.7 2.7 3.2 1.18
1969 29 BOS AL 0 0 3.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 16 5 5 1 4 0 4 0 0 1 54 106 1.667 12.0 0.8 3.0 3.0 1.00
1969 29 CLE AL 6 9 .400 4.13 34 22 4 3 1 0 135.0 162 73 62 10 40 10 48 5 0 5 593 91 1.496 10.8 0.7 2.7 3.2 1.20
1970 30 TOT AL 3 3 .500 3.79 43 1 15 0 0 3 59.1 60 26 25 4 17 2 22 2 0 2 246 103 1.298 9.1 0.6 2.6 3.3 1.29
1970 30 CLE AL 3 3 .500 4.53 29 1 11 0 0 2 43.2 49 23 22 4 14 2 13 1 0 1 185 87 1.443 10.1 0.8 2.9 2.7 0.93
1970 30 MIL AL 0 0 1.72 14 0 4 0 0 1 15.2 11 3 3 0 3 0 9 1 0 1 61 224 0.894 6.3 0.0 1.7 5.2 3.00
1971 31 MIL AL 0 1 .000 4.91 11 0 5 0 0 0 14.2 22 10 8 1 7 1 10 1 0 0 72 72 1.977 13.5 0.6 4.3 6.1 1.43
13 Yrs 115 137 .456 3.72 407 310 36 87 9 5 2155.2 2274 1033 890 194 595 71 1140 45 1 72 9156 100 1.331 9.5 0.8 2.5 4.8 1.92
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .456 3.72 39 29 3 8 1 0 204 216 98 84 18 56 7 108 4 0 7 868 100 1.331 9.5 0.8 2.5 4.8 1.92
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
CHC (8 yrs) 84 110 .433 3.70 254 236 7 71 6 2 1613.1 1666 770 663 156 454 45 905 25 0 54 6834 102 1.314 9.3 0.9 2.5 5.0 1.99
BOS (2 yrs) 16 7 .696 3.07 33 30 1 10 1 0 208.0 212 79 71 17 41 3 110 7 1 6 862 105 1.216 9.2 0.7 1.8 4.8 2.68
CLE (2 yrs) 9 12 .429 4.23 63 23 15 3 1 2 178.2 211 96 84 14 54 12 61 6 0 6 778 90 1.483 10.6 0.7 2.7 3.1 1.13
MIL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 3.26 25 0 9 0 0 1 30.1 33 13 11 1 10 1 19 2 0 1 133 113 1.418 9.8 0.3 3.0 5.6 1.90
PHI (1 yr) 6 7 .462 4.38 32 21 4 3 1 0 125.1 152 75 61 6 36 10 45 5 0 5 549 78 1.500 10.9 0.4 2.6 3.2 1.25
NL (9 yrs) 90 117 .435 3.75 286 257 11 74 7 2 1738.2 1818 845 724 162 490 55 950 30 0 59 7383 100 1.327 9.4 0.8 2.5 4.9 1.94
AL (4 yrs) 25 20 .556 3.58 121 53 25 13 2 3 417.0 456 188 166 32 105 16 190 15 1 13 1773 98 1.345 9.8 0.7 2.3 4.1 1.81

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
1958 18 CHC NL 2.1 1 1 4 15.43 4.26 0.04 0.00 112.0 4.72 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .272 .499 $
1960 20 CHC NL 176.2 31 27 83 4.23 4.35 0.00 0.06 100.0 4.41 3 0.4 1.2 -0.1 1.8 22 .511 .502 $
1961 21 CHC NL 186.2 37 31 90 4.34 4.50 -0.48 0.06 102.2 5.16 17 1.8 1.0 -0.1 3.4 38 .548 .511 $
1962 22 CHC NL 208.2 37 33 131 5.65 4.48 -0.17 0.07 104.9 4.94 -18 -1.8 2.8 -0.1 0.0 8 .452 .489 $
1963 23 CHC NL 290.2 37 37 75 2.32 3.89 0.11 0.06 107.8 4.15 57 7.5 -0.2 9.9 87 .702 .546 $ MVP-19
1964 24 CHC NL 256.2 37 36 129 4.52 3.95 -0.11 0.06 105.0 4.34 -8 -0.9 4.5 -0.1 1.2 21 .476 .495 $ AS
1965 25 CHC NL 222.0 36 34 108 4.38 4.05 -0.12 0.06 104.1 4.41 1 0.1 2.5 -0.1 1.9 24 .502 .500 $
1966 26 CHC NL 269.1 38 37 150 5.01 4.11 -0.27 0.07 101.9 4.54 -18 -1.9 .8 -0.2 0.3 14 .451 .488 $
1967 27 PHI NL 125.1 32 21 75 5.39 3.78 -0.27 0.03 101.2 4.12 -19 -2.1 .5 -0.0 -1.0 -5 .434 .487 $32,000
1968 28 BOS AL 196.0 31 28 74 3.40 3.42 0.17 0.04 105.4 3.48 4 0.5 1.6 -0.1 1.8 16 .516 .503 $35,000
1969 29 BOS AL 12.0 2 2 5 3.75 3.89 -0.01 0.07 108.2 4.30 1 0.1 -0.0 0.2 2 .548 .501 $
1969 29 CLE AL 135.0 34 22 73 4.87 4.15 -0.35 0.05 101.9 4.64 -2 -0.3 2.2 -0.1 0.7 8 .492 .498 $50,000
1970 30 CLE AL 43.2 29 1 23 4.74 4.32 0.06 -0.15 106.8 4.39 -1 -0.1 1.7 -0.1 0.1 3 .495 .499 $
1970 30 MIL AL 15.2 14 0 3 1.72 4.15 -0.21 -0.17 101.2 4.24 4 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.7 6 .536 .503 $40,000
1971 31 MIL AL 14.2 11 0 10 6.14 3.80 0.29 -0.16 103.8 3.47 -4 -0.5 .7 0.0 -0.3 -3 .456 .497 $34,000
13 Seasons 2155.1 407 310 1033 4.31 4.07 -0.12 0.05 103.9 4.40 13 3.0 1.5 -1.1 20.5 237 .507 .501 $191,000
CHC (8 yrs) 1613.0 254 236 770 4.30 4.16 -0.14 0.06 104.0 4.53 31 4.9 1.8 -0.9 18.3 211 .519 .504 $
BOS (2 yrs) 208.0 33 30 79 3.42 3.45 0.16 0.05 105.6 3.52 5 0.6 1.6 -0.1 2.0 18 .518 .502 $35,000
CLE (2 yrs) 178.2 63 23 96 4.84 4.19 -0.25 0.01 103.1 4.58 -4 -0.4 1.8 -0.2 0.8 11 .493 .499 $50,000
MIL (2 yrs) 30.1 25 0 13 3.86 3.98 0.03 -0.17 102.4 3.87 0 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.4 3 .501 .500 $74,000
PHI (1 yr) 125.1 32 21 75 5.39 3.78 -0.27 0.03 101.2 4.12 -19 -2.1 .5 -0.0 -1.0 -5 .434 .487 $32,000

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
1964 CHC NL 24

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
1958 18 CHC NL 1 15 11 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .364 .533 .364 .897 .364 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
1960 20 CHC NL 31 744 661 83 170 28 10 12 9 6 72 94 .257 .330 .384 .714 .282 254 22 2 3 5 8 8
1961 21 CHC NL 37 799 729 90 213 30 5 23 3 5 48 91 .292 .337 .442 .778 .307 322 27 3 15 4 3 19
1962 22 CHC NL 37 913 825 131 241 39 2 23 8 7 77 113 .292 .355 .428 .783 .315 353 28 5 9 3 6 16
1963 23 CHC NL 37 1160 1063 75 223 26 4 14 5 9 75 185 .210 .262 .281 .543 .241 299 21 2 15 5 7 29
1964 24 CHC NL 37 1090 1003 129 267 41 4 34 9 3 71 148 .266 .315 .417 .732 .282 418 28 3 11 5 9 25
1965 25 CHC NL 36 901 858 108 227 39 5 22 9 9 57 130 .265 .312 .399 .711 .289 342 23 4 10 4 7 18
1966 26 CHC NL 38 1147 1093 150 321 36 4 28 11 9 51 144 .294 .326 .411 .737 .316 449 24 5 13 7 5 29
1967 27 PHI NL 32 549 496 75 152 23 3 6 2 3 36 45 .306 .357 .401 .759 .326 199 24 5 8 3 10 12
1968 28 BOS AL 31 808 754 74 196 41 2 16 5 2 37 106 .260 .300 .383 .683 .284 289 23 7 8 2 3 15
1969 29 BOS AL 2 54 50 5 16 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 .320 .370 .400 .770 .333 20 1 0 0 0 0 0
1969 29 CLE AL 34 595 541 73 162 29 4 10 6 4 40 48 .299 .351 .423 .775 .313 229 16 5 6 3 10 9
1969 29 TOT AL 36 649 591 78 178 30 4 11 6 4 44 52 .301 .353 .421 .774 .315 249 17 5 6 3 10 9
1970 30 CLE AL 29 185 164 23 49 8 2 4 1 2 14 13 .299 .354 .445 .799 .302 73 5 1 4 2 2 3
1970 30 MIL AL 14 61 56 3 11 1 1 0 0 0 3 9 .196 .250 .250 .500 .234 14 1 1 1 0 0 0
1970 30 TOT AL 43 246 220 26 60 9 3 4 1 2 17 22 .273 .328 .395 .723 .286 87 6 2 5 2 2 3
1971 31 MIL AL 11 72 61 10 22 6 0 1 0 0 7 10 .361 .423 .508 .931 .404 31 4 1 1 2 1 2
13 Yrs 407 9093 8365 1033 2274 348 46 194 68 59 595 1140 .272 .322 .394 .716 .294 3296 247 45 104 45 71 185
162 Game Avg. 39 862 793 98 216 33 4 18 6 6 56 108 .272 .322 .394 .716 .294 313 23 4 10 4 7 18
MLB Averages .250 .317 .376 .693 .276
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
1958 18 CHC NL -2.6 -0.2 17 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1.26 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.26 -1.3 0 0 0
1960 20 CHC NL 0.8 0.1 764 -0.0 13.3 -13.4 1.04 0.4 -0.4 3.8 0.4 1.04 4.7 2 0 2
1961 21 CHC NL 7.2 0.7 822 -0.2 15.4 -15.5 1.08 -0.4 0.3 3.2 0.3 1.08 -0.9 2 1 2
1962 22 CHC NL -19.0 -1.8 954 -2.8 18.3 -21.1 1.17 -1.4 -0.9 -25.2 -2.4 1.17 -18.7 3 1 0
1963 23 CHC NL 44.4 5.2 1180 5.9 24.9 -18.9 1.19 5.2 -0.2 53.5 6.2 1.19 54.8 0 0 0
1964 24 CHC NL -3.7 -0.4 1113 -1.3 20.3 -21.5 1.08 -1.4 0.2 -10.8 -1.1 1.08 -12.7 1 0 0
1965 25 CHC NL -3.2 -0.3 932 0.0 16.5 -16.5 1.05 -0.4 0.4 -7.9 -0.8 1.05 -8.4 2 0 0
1966 26 CHC NL -15.0 -1.5 1173 -3.5 20.7 -24.2 1.09 -1.1 -2.1 -22.3 -2.2 1.09 -13.5 0 1 0
1967 27 PHI NL -15.7 -1.6 561 -1.9 8.5 -10.4 .97 -1.3 -0.6 -17.6 -1.8 0.97 -12.6 0 2 9
1968 28 BOS AL 4.1 0.5 826 0.4 14.2 -13.8 1.02 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 -0.1 1.02 -2.3 1 1 1
1969 29 TOT AL -6.4 -0.7 666 -2.5 10.6 -13.2 1.02 -1.5 -1.0 -12.2 -1.2 1.02 -14.3 7 0 5
1969 29 BOS AL 0.5 0.1 55 0.1 1.0 -0.9 1.10 -0.0 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.10 -0.3 0 0 0
1969 29 CLE AL -6.9 -0.7 611 -2.6 9.6 -12.2 1.02 -1.5 -1.1 -12.9 -1.3 1.02 -14.0 7 0 5
1970 30 TOT AL 1.8 0.2 251 0.8 4.6 -3.8 .98 0.4 0.4 7.8 0.8 0.98 3.3 15 6 20
1970 30 CLE AL -2.0 -0.2 189 0.1 3.6 -3.5 1.05 -0.1 0.2 5.2 0.5 1.05 -0.7 10 5 12
1970 30 MIL AL 3.8 0.4 62 0.7 1.0 -0.3 .76 0.5 0.5 2.5 0.3 0.76 4.0 5 1 8
1971 31 MIL AL -2.6 -0.3 72 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 .31 -0.4 -0.7 -7.0 -0.7 0.31 -6.4 1 0 9
13 Yrs -10.0 -0.2 9331 -5.4 167.8 -173.2 1.07 -2.2 -2.8 -36.4 -2.8 1.07 -28.3 34 12 48
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
1958 18 CHC NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30.0 30 30 3 3 0 1 2.0 3.0 2.3
1960 20 CHC NL 31 27 7 13 7 1 5 12 15 .444 3 5 6 0 12 44% 51.4 77 28 25 12 10 9 3.6 3.5 6.3
1961 21 CHC NL 37 31 9 11 11 2 2 12 19 .387 0 8 7 1 15 48% 48.3 78 20 24 5 14 9 4.1 3.4 5.7
1962 22 CHC NL 37 33 8 19 6 2 5 8 25 .242 3 3 6 0 12 36% 45.0 75 18 30 9 15 11 3.7 3.9 6.2
1963 23 CHC NL 37 37 22 10 5 2 7 24 13 .649 2 3 19 4 29 78% 64.5 87 22 22 9 19 6 4.0 3.9 7.9
1964 24 CHC NL 37 36 14 17 5 1 5 15 21 .417 1 3 16 1 19 53% 52.0 81 20 19 6 15 8 3.9 4.0 7.1
1965 25 CHC NL 36 34 13 15 6 1 3 16 18 .471 3 2 8 0 17 50% 51.1 74 19 26 11 15 10 3.9 4.1 6.5
1966 26 CHC NL 38 37 8 22 7 0 6 10 27 .270 3 2 9 0 19 51% 49.3 93 19 22 11 22 7 3.8 4.0 7.2
1967 27 PHI NL 32 21 6 7 8 2 1 12 9 .571 1 5 3 1 6 29% 43.0 75 17 17 9 11 8 4.9 4.5 5.0
1968 28 BOS AL 31 28 15 7 6 1 0 18 10 .643 2 4 10 1 16 57% 54.5 84 13 18 2 14 9 4.9 4.5 6.6
1969 29 TOT AL 36 24 6 9 9 3 1 11 13 .458 1 4 3 1 10 42% 44.6 79 23 21 7 8 9 4.1 4.6 5.7
1969 29 BOS AL 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 46.0 62 30 0 0 1 1 2.5 1.6 6.0
1969 29 CLE AL 34 22 6 9 7 3 1 10 12 .455 1 3 3 1 9 41% 44.5 79 23 21 7 7 8 4.3 4.8 5.7
1970 30 TOT AL 43 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42 42 12 4 1 0 7.9 0.0 5.0
1970 30 CLE AL 29 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42.0 42 42 4 4 1 0 7.9 0.0 5.0
12 Yrs 382 310 109 131 70 16 35 139 171 .448 19 40 87 9 155 50% 51 93 13 231 88 144 87 4.1 4.0 6.5
MLB Averages .500 54% 53 116 -14 4.1 4.0 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
1960 20 CHC NL 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0% 5 1.036 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 4.8
1961 21 CHC NL 37 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0% 5 1.077 2 1 2 1 0 5 2 4 4 1 4 1 5.2
1962 22 CHC NL 37 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 6 3 50% 9 1.171 3 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 2 2 2 0 3.8
1964 24 CHC NL 37 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 9 1.082 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1965 25 CHC NL 36 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 9 1.055 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1966 26 CHC NL 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.092 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1967 27 PHI NL 32 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 17% 9 .973 0 2 9 0 0 11 7 4 7 4 7 1 5.4
1968 28 BOS AL 31 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% 2 1.019 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 10.3
1969 29 TOT AL 36 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19 4 21% 1.024 7 0 5 3 3 6 10 2 4 7 4 3 2.4
1969 29 CLE AL 34 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19 4 21% 7 1.017 7 0 5 3 3 6 10 2 4 7 4 3 2.4
1970 30 TOT AL 43 42 15 2 3 5 3 2 60% 8 3 38 5 13% .978 15 6 20 9 7 26 21 21 15 17 17 9 3.9
1970 30 CLE AL 29 28 11 2 3 4 2 2 50% 6 2 23 2 9% 8 1.050 10 5 12 7 5 16 14 14 10 11 11 5 4.1
1970 30 MIL AL 14 14 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 15 3 20% 7 .759 5 1 8 2 2 10 7 7 5 6 6 4 3.4
1971 31 MIL AL 11 11 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 33% 8 .312 1 0 9 0 1 10 6 5 5 5 6 0 4.0
11 Yrs 367 97 36 6 6 8 5 3 63% 18 7 99 19 19% 1.057 34 12 48 21 14 62 53 44 43 41 46 14 4.2

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%
1958 18 CHC NL 15 40% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 1.33 73% 2 0 0%
1960 20 CHC NL 744 21% 1.6% 12.6% 9.7% 6.7% 29% 1.63 75% 141 22 16%
1961 21 CHC NL 799 21% 2.9% 11.4% 6.0% 7.3% 27% 2.39 77% 169 27 16%
1962 22 CHC NL 919 20% 2.5% 12.4% 8.4% 7.0% 27% 2.00 76% 197 28 14%
1963 23 CHC NL 1160 20% 1.2% 16.0% 6.5% 3.8% 20% 1.82 75% 204 21 10%
1964 24 CHC NL 1093 18% 3.1% 13.6% 6.5% 7.3% 30% 1.94 76% 227 28 12%
1965 25 CHC NL 933 20% 2.4% 14.4% 6.3% 7.3% 29% 1.79 79% 170 23 14%
1966 26 CHC NL 1169 17% 2.4% 12.6% 4.5% 5.9% 21% 1.74 81% 226 24 11%
1967 27 PHI NL 549 19% 1.1% 8.2% 6.6% 5.8% 21% 1.82 82% 128 24 19%
1968 28 BOS AL 808 22% 2.0% 13.1% 4.6% 7.3% 30% 1.38 78% 144 23 16%
1969 29 TOT AL 649 20% 1.7% 8.0% 6.8% 6.9% 25% 1.25 82% 136 17 13%
1969 29 BOS AL 54 4% 1.9% 7.4% 7.4% 3.7% 13% 1.07 83% 10 1 10%
1969 29 CLE AL 595 22% 1.7% 8.1% 6.7% 7.2% 27% 1.27 82% 126 16 13%
1970 30 TOT AL 246 33% 1.6% 8.9% 6.9% 6.5% 27% 1.62 80% 51 6 12%
1970 30 CLE AL 185 31% 2.2% 7.0% 7.6% 7.6% 29% 1.53 81% 40 5 13%
1970 30 MIL AL 61 38% 0.0% 14.8% 4.9% 3.3% 18% 1.92 77% 11 1 9%
1971 31 MIL AL 72 44% 1.4% 13.9% 9.7% 9.7% 32% 1.13 72% 20 4 20%
13 Yrs 9156 20% 2.1% 12.5% 6.5% 6.5% 26% 1.75 78% 1815 247 14%
MLB Averages 48% 2.2% 14.9% 8.5% 6.3% 28% 1.08 73% 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
1958 18 CHC NL 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1960 20 CHC NL 744 170 12 0 10 10 2 9 3 32 17 5 53% 8 1 2 267 9 6 60% 7 6 1 0 1 0 2 0 7 0
1961 21 CHC NL 799 213 23 2 12 20 3 11 12 32 20 3 63% 19 9 3 315 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 17 0
1962 22 CHC NL 913 241 23 2 18 21 2 15 8 56 34 8 61% 16 15 4 364 8 7 53% 7 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 32 6
1963 23 CHC NL 1160 223 14 0 23 14 0 9 5 51 18 12 35% 29 3 4 383 5 9 36% 5 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 15 0
1964 24 CHC NL 1090 267 34 1 21 29 5 23 11 39 21 5 54% 25 4 1 414 9 3 75% 7 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 13 3
1965 25 CHC NL 901 227 22 0 15 18 4 16 6 51 28 3 55% 18 15 2 304 9 9 50% 7 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 24 32
1966 26 CHC NL 1147 321 28 0 18 23 5 15 13 56 34 10 61% 29 5 4 440 11 9 55% 10 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 22 22
1967 27 PHI NL 549 152 6 0 18 6 0 3 3 39 20 2 51% 12 5 0 215 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1968 28 BOS AL 808 196 16 1 18 15 1 7 9 43 17 6 40% 15 5 0 282 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 0
1969 29 TOT AL 649 178 11 0 16 9 2 5 6 38 15 2 39% 9 6 0 261 6 4 60% 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 12 0
1969 29 BOS AL 54 16 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0% 0 1 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 29 CLE AL 595 162 10 0 15 8 2 5 5 37 15 2 41% 9 5 0 237 6 4 60% 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 11 0
1970 30 TOT AL 246 60 4 0 11 4 0 2 2 16 9 0 56% 3 2 0 106 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1970 30 CLE AL 185 49 4 0 7 4 0 2 2 12 6 0 50% 3 1 0 89 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1970 30 MIL AL 61 11 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 31 MIL AL 72 22 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 8 6 1 75% 2 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 Yrs 9093 2274 194 6 183 169 25 115 79 462 239 57 52% 185 72 20 3390 68 59 54% 58 52 9 4 1 3 14 2 173 63
MLB Averages 50% 62%
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+
1958 18 0 1 .000 15.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 15 30 3.000 15.4 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.00 30
1959 19 0 1 .000 15.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 15 30 3.000 15.4 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.00 30
1960 20 7 14 .333 3.87 32 28 0 6 0 0 179.0 174 87 77 12 75 8 94 3 0 3 759 98 1.391 8.7 0.6 3.8 4.7 1.25 98
1961 21 17 25 .405 3.86 69 59 2 13 1 0 365.2 387 177 157 35 123 11 185 6 0 12 1558 103 1.395 9.5 0.9 3.0 4.6 1.50 103
1962 22 26 45 .366 4.31 106 92 5 19 1 1 574.1 628 308 275 58 200 17 298 11 0 27 2479 94 1.442 9.8 0.9 3.1 4.7 1.49 94
1963 23 48 55 .466 3.57 143 129 5 38 5 1 865.0 851 383 343 72 275 24 483 13 0 30 3639 108 1.302 8.9 0.7 2.9 5.0 1.76 108
1964 24 62 73 .459 3.61 180 165 5 54 6 1 1121.2 1118 512 450 106 346 33 631 16 0 34 4732 106 1.305 9.0 0.9 2.8 5.1 1.82 106
1965 25 76 88 .463 3.64 216 199 7 62 6 2 1344.0 1345 620 544 128 403 40 761 20 0 49 5665 105 1.301 9.0 0.9 2.7 5.1 1.89 105
1966 26 84 110 .433 3.70 254 236 7 71 6 2 1613.1 1666 770 663 156 454 45 905 25 0 54 6834 102 1.314 9.3 0.9 2.5 5.0 1.99 102
1967 27 90 117 .435 3.75 286 257 11 74 7 2 1738.2 1818 845 724 162 490 55 950 30 0 59 7383 100 1.327 9.4 0.8 2.5 4.9 1.94 100
1968 28 106 124 .461 3.68 317 285 12 84 8 2 1934.2 2014 919 790 178 527 58 1056 37 1 64 8191 101 1.313 9.4 0.8 2.5 4.9 2.00 101
1969 29 112 133 .457 3.71 353 309 16 87 9 2 2081.2 2192 997 857 189 571 68 1108 42 1 70 8838 100 1.327 9.5 0.8 2.5 4.8 1.94 100
1970 30 115 136 .458 3.71 396 310 31 87 9 5 2141.0 2252 1023 882 193 588 70 1130 44 1 72 9084 100 1.326 9.5 0.8 2.5 4.8 1.92 100
1971 31 115 137 .456 3.72 407 310 36 87 9 5 2155.2 2274 1033 890 194 595 71 1140 45 1 72 9156 100 1.331 9.5 0.8 2.5 4.8 1.92 100

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
1958 18 0 0 15.00 3.0 4 6 5 0 3 0 1 2.333 12.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1960 20 9 10 .474 4.11 173.0 181 88 79 13 77 92 2 1.491 9.4 4.0 4.8 1.19 0.7 31
1961 21 11 10 .524 3.76 189.0 216 88 79 23 49 92 3 1.402 10.3 2.3 4.4 1.88 1.1 37
1962 22 9 13 .409 4.92 203.0 233 123 111 22 74 110 5 1.512 10.3 3.3 4.9 1.49 1.0 37
1963 23 23 8 .742 2.35 283.0 232 82 74 15 78 180 2 1.095 7.4 2.5 5.7 2.31 0.5 37
1964 24 13 14 .481 4.06 248.0 273 124 112 35 73 143 3 1.395 9.9 2.6 5.2 1.96 1.3 37
1965 25 11 12 .478 4.18 211.0 231 109 98 22 58 124 4 1.370 9.9 2.5 5.3 2.14 0.9 36
1966 26 13 15 .464 4.34 261.0 330 140 126 29 52 139 5 1.464 11.4 1.8 4.8 2.67 1.0 38
1967 27 4 8 .333 5.48 115.0 162 78 70 6 38 41 5 1.739 12.7 3.0 3.2 1.08 0.5 32
1968 28 10 10 .500 3.98 181.0 216 89 80 18 41 98 8 1.420 10.7 2.0 4.9 2.39 0.9 31
1969 29 6 9 .400 4.57 138.0 182 78 70 11 45 49 5 1.645 11.9 2.9 3.2 1.09 0.7 36
1970 30 3 3 .500 4.02 56.0 60 28 25 4 17 21 2 1.375 9.6 2.7 3.4 1.24 0.6 43
1971 31 0 1 .000 6.92 13.0 24 11 10 1 8 9 1 2.462 16.6 5.5 6.2 1.13 0.7 11
13 Yrs 112 113 .498 4.07 2074.0 2344 1044 939 199 613 1098 46 1.426 10.2 4.8 1.79 0.9 407

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1964

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1963 NL (19, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1963 NL  9.6 (2nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1963 NL  9.9 (2nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1963 NL  2.11 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1963 NL  22 (5th)
1968 AL  16 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1963 NL  .688 (8th)
1968 AL  .696 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1963 NL  1.025 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 NL  6.905 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 NL  2.314 (5th)
1966 NL  1.704 (7th)
1968 AL  1.699 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1963 NL  290.7 (4th)
1964 NL  256.7 (7th)
1966 NL  269.3 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 NL  185 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1963 NL  37 (6th)
1964 NL  36 (5th)
1966 NL  37 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1963 NL  19 (3rd)
1964 NL  16 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1963 NL  4 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1964 NL  34 (1st)
1966 NL  28 (4th)
Career  194 (225th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 NL  75 (10th)
1964 NL  71 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1963 NL  223 (10th)
1964 NL  267 (1st)
1966 NL  321 (1st)
1968 AL  196 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 NL  0.611 (6th)
1963 NL  0.434 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1962 NL  20 (2nd)
1964 NL  18 (3rd)
1965 NL  15 (6th)
1966 NL  22 (1st)
Career  137 (219th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1962 NL  118 (2nd)
1964 NL  107 (1st)
1965 NL  94 (10th)
1966 NL  119 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1961 NL  9 (6th)
1962 NL  15 (2nd)
1965 NL  15 (4th)
Career  72 (236th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1963 NL  1,160 (5th)
1964 NL  1,093 (6th)
1966 NL  1,169 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1963 NL  167 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1963 NL  44 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1963 NL  5.3 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1963 NL  53.46 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1963 NL  5.9 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1963 NL  5.2 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1963 NL  6.2 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1958 NL  born 1940-03-22 (1st)
1960 NL  born 1940-03-22 (8th)

             

† 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 - 47 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dave Roberts (954)
  2. Zane Smith (941)
  3. Buddy Black (936)
  4. Danny Jackson (936)
  5. Ed Brandt (936)
  6. Dave Goltz (934)
  7. Ken Raffensberger (932)
  8. Bob Rush (932)
  9. Don Cardwell (931)
  10. Pat Dobson (929)
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  1. Rudy May (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dave McNally (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Billy Serad (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Coleman (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Coleman (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rick Wise (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Friend (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Friend (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bob Friend (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bob Friend (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ray Sadecki (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bob Rush (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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