Chuck Estrada
Charles Leonard Estrada
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 15, 1938 in San Luis Obispo, CA
High School: Atascadero (Atascadero, CA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1960
Final Game: June 11, 1967
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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
1960 22 BAL AL 18 11 .621 3.58 36 25 6 12 1 2 208.2 162 87 83 18 101 3 144 15 0 2 883 106 1.260 7.0 0.8 4.4 6.2 1.43 AS,MVP-12,RoY-2
1961 23 BAL AL 15 9 .625 3.69 33 31 1 6 1 0 212.0 159 91 87 19 132 0 160 10 2 8 924 105 1.373 6.8 0.8 5.6 6.8 1.21
1962 24 BAL AL 9 17 .346 3.83 34 33 0 6 0 0 223.1 199 112 95 24 121 16 165 10 0 9 974 96 1.433 8.0 1.0 4.9 6.6 1.36
1963 25 BAL AL 3 2 .600 4.60 8 7 1 0 0 0 31.1 26 17 16 2 19 0 16 1 0 3 138 75 1.436 7.5 0.6 5.5 4.6 0.84
1964 26 BAL AL 3 2 .600 5.27 17 6 0 0 0 0 54.2 62 34 32 8 21 5 32 2 0 4 247 68 1.518 10.2 1.3 3.5 5.3 1.52
1966 28 CHC NL 1 1 .500 7.30 9 1 4 0 0 0 12.1 16 12 10 2 5 0 3 1 0 1 59 50 1.703 11.7 1.5 3.6 2.2 0.60
1967 29 NYM NL 1 2 .333 9.41 9 2 0 0 0 0 22.0 28 24 23 5 17 1 15 1 0 4 106 36 2.045 11.5 2.0 7.0 6.1 0.88
7 Seasons 50 44 .532 4.07 146 105 12 24 2 2 764.1 652 377 346 78 416 25 535 40 2 31 3331 92 1.397 7.7 0.9 4.9 6.3 1.29
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .532 4.07 40 28 3 7 1 1 207 177 102 94 21 113 7 145 11 1 8 902 92 1.397 7.7 0.9 4.9 6.3 1.29
BAL (5 yrs) 48 41 .539 3.86 128 102 8 24 2 2 730.0 608 341 313 71 394 24 517 38 2 26 3166 97 1.373 7.5 0.9 4.9 6.4 1.31
NYM (1 yr) 1 2 .333 9.41 9 2 0 0 0 0 22.0 28 24 23 5 17 1 15 1 0 4 106 36 2.045 11.5 2.0 7.0 6.1 0.88
CHC (1 yr) 1 1 .500 7.30 9 1 4 0 0 0 12.1 16 12 10 2 5 0 3 1 0 1 59 50 1.703 11.7 1.5 3.6 2.2 0.60
AL (5 yrs) 48 41 .539 3.86 128 102 8 24 2 2 730.0 608 341 313 71 394 24 517 38 2 26 3166 97 1.373 7.5 0.9 4.9 6.4 1.31
NL (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 8.65 18 3 4 0 0 0 34.1 44 36 33 7 22 1 18 2 0 5 165 40 1.922 11.5 1.8 5.8 4.7 0.82

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1960 BAL AL 22 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 4.000 36.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1960 BAL AL 22

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
1960 22 BAL AL 36 882 743 87 162 24 3 18 11 4 101 144 .218 .320 .331 .651 .243 246 21 15 12 11 3
1961 23 BAL AL 33 924 768 91 159 34 1 19 9 4 132 160 .207 .329 .328 .657 .236 252 11 10 9 5 0
1962 24 BAL AL 34 974 830 112 199 29 6 24 22 3 121 165 .240 .341 .376 .717 .270 312 22 10 6 7 16
1963 25 BAL AL 8 138 115 17 26 4 1 2 2 0 19 16 .226 .336 .330 .666 .242 38 2 1 1 2 0
1964 26 BAL AL 17 247 220 34 62 12 3 8 4 0 21 32 .282 .348 .473 .821 .298 104 4 2 3 1 5
1966 28 CHC NL 9 59 51 12 16 5 1 2 2 1 5 3 .314 .379 .569 .948 .298 29 0 1 1 1 0
1967 29 NYM NL 9 106 86 24 28 5 0 5 1 2 17 15 .326 .442 .558 1.000 .348 48 3 1 2 0 1
7 Seasons 146 3330 2813 377 652 113 15 78 51 14 416 535 .232 .336 .366 .702 .258 1029 63 40 34 27 25
162 Game Avg. 40 902 762 102 177 31 4 21 14 4 113 145 .232 .336 .366 .702 .258 279 17 11 9 7 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
1960 22 BAL AL 36 25 13 9 3 3 3 14 11 .560 2 0 12 1 15 60% 57 87 20 13 7 8 10 4.6 4.7 7.5
1961 23 BAL AL 33 31 15 9 7 2 4 20 11 .645 2 4 6 1 17 55% 56 89 23 35 11 5 12 5.2 4.7 6.7
1962 24 BAL AL 34 33 9 17 7 0 8 10 23 .303 0 6 6 0 20 61% 53 76 17 20 5 6 9 3.4 3.1 6.7
1963 25 BAL AL 8 7 3 2 2 1 0 5 2 .714 0 1 0 0 2 29% 48 72 23 7 3 1 4 5.0 3.3 4.3
1964 26 BAL AL 17 6 2 0 4 1 0 5 1 .833 1 2 0 0 1 17% 46 67 35 10 4 0 3 6.6 3.4 5.1
1966 28 CHC NL 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 29 29 29 3 1 0 1 7.0 0.0 0.7
1967 29 NYM NL 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 39 31 9 4 0 2 0.0 0.0 3.2
7 Seasons 146 105 42 39 24 7 15 54 51 .514 5 14 24 2 55 52% 54 89 17 97 35 20 41 4.4 4.0 6.5
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
1960 22 BAL AL 36 11 6 5 2 4 2 2 50% 4 0 11 3 27% 7 1.177 6 3 2 4 3 4 5 6 10 1 10 0 5.7
1961 23 BAL AL 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.025 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 5.0
1962 24 BAL AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1.030 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10.0
1963 25 BAL AL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.063 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1964 26 BAL AL 17 11 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 2 0.996 2 6 3 0 2 9 5 6 7 3 8 0 6.6
1966 28 CHC NL 9 8 4 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 9 5 56% 4 1.226 3 2 3 1 2 5 5 3 4 3 4 2 4.4
1967 29 NYM NL 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 0.860 1 2 4 0 1 6 3 4 6 1 6 0 6.7
7 Seasons 146 41 12 8 5 5 2 3 40% 5 0 35 8 23% 1.064 12 14 14 7 8 26 19 22 30 8 31 2 5.9

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%
1960 22 BAL AL 883 42% 2.0% 16.3% 11.5% 5.1% 28% 0.73 67% 197 21 11%
1961 23 BAL AL 924 41% 2.1% 17.3% 14.3% 5.8% 34% 0.71 64% 177 11 6%
1962 24 BAL AL 974 43% 2.5% 16.9% 12.4% 6.1% 30% 0.66 67% 171 22 13%
1963 25 BAL AL 138 42% 1.5% 11.6% 13.8% 5.1% 27% 0.66 72% 28 2 7%
1964 26 BAL AL 247 39% 3.2% 13.0% 8.5% 9.3% 37% 0.85 73% 38 4 11%
1966 28 CHC NL 59 35% 3.4% 5.1% 8.5% 13.6% 50% 0.71 80% 12 0 0%
1967 29 NYM NL 106 32% 4.7% 14.2% 16.0% 9.4% 36% 1.88 62% 29 3 10%
7 Seasons 3331 42% 2.3% 16.1% 12.5% 6.2% 32% 0.73 67% 652 63 10%
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
1960 22 BAL AL 883 162 18 0 24 8 10 6 12 51 28 9 55% 8 2 3 343 11 4 73% 10 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
1961 23 BAL AL 924 159 19 1 18 11 8 4 15 29 14 8 48% 9 8 2 351 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 22 0
1962 24 BAL AL 974 199 24 1 17 14 10 15 9 45 22 8 49% 10 9 1 380 22 3 88% 20 3 1 0 1 0 5 0 20 0
1963 25 BAL AL 138 26 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 0 100% 0 3 1 48 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1964 26 BAL AL 247 62 8 0 3 4 4 6 2 13 4 2 31% 2 4 2 95 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1966 28 CHC NL 55 16 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 2 1 50% 1 1 0 25 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
1967 29 NYM NL 106 28 5 0 4 5 0 1 4 11 4 3 36% 1 4 0 40 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
7 Seasons 3327 652 78 2 71 44 34 33 45 157 78 31 50% 31 31 9 1282 51 14 78% 47 14 3 0 1 0 8 0 81 4
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+
1960 22 18 11 .621 3.58 36 25 6 12 1 2 208.2 162 87 83 18 101 3 144 15 0 2 883 106 1.260 7.0 0.8 4.4 6.2 1.43 106
1961 23 33 20 .623 3.64 69 56 7 18 2 2 420.2 321 178 170 37 233 3 304 25 2 10 1807 105 1.317 6.9 0.8 5.0 6.5 1.30 105
1962 24 42 37 .532 3.70 103 89 7 24 2 2 644.0 520 290 265 61 354 19 469 35 2 19 2781 102 1.357 7.3 0.9 4.9 6.6 1.32 102
1963 25 45 39 .536 3.74 111 96 8 24 2 2 675.1 546 307 281 63 373 19 485 36 2 22 2919 101 1.361 7.3 0.8 5.0 6.5 1.30 101
1964 26 48 41 .539 3.86 128 102 8 24 2 2 730.0 608 341 313 71 394 24 517 38 2 26 3166 97 1.373 7.5 0.9 4.9 6.4 1.31 97
1965 27 48 41 .539 3.86 128 102 8 24 2 2 730.0 608 341 313 71 394 24 517 38 2 26 3166 97 1.373 7.5 0.9 4.9 6.4 1.31 97
1966 28 49 42 .538 3.92 137 103 12 24 2 2 742.1 624 353 323 73 399 24 520 39 2 27 3225 96 1.378 7.6 0.9 4.8 6.3 1.30 96
1967 29 50 44 .532 4.07 146 105 12 24 2 2 764.1 652 377 346 78 416 25 535 40 2 31 3331 92 1.397 7.7 0.9 4.9 6.3 1.29 92

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1960 22 12 11 .522 3.86 210.0 174 100 90 19 108 145 16 1.343 7.5 4.6 6.2 1.34 0.8 36
1961 23 11 11 .500 3.89 206.0 162 99 89 19 134 155 10 1.437 7.1 5.9 6.8 1.16 0.8 33
1962 24 10 13 .435 4.37 210.0 207 113 102 25 126 155 10 1.586 8.9 5.4 6.6 1.23 1.1 34
1963 25 1 2 .333 5.40 30.0 28 20 18 2 20 15 1 1.600 8.4 6.0 4.5 0.75 0.6 8
1964 26 1 4 .200 6.06 52.0 66 39 35 9 22 30 2 1.692 11.4 3.8 5.2 1.36 1.6 17
1966 28 0 1 .000 7.50 12.0 16 11 10 2 5 3 1 1.750 12.0 3.8 2.3 0.60 1.5 9
1967 29 0 2 .000 12.79 19.0 30 30 27 5 18 13 1 2.526 14.2 8.5 6.2 0.72 2.4 9
7 Seasons 35 44 .443 4.52 739.0 683 412 371 81 433 516 41 1.510 8.3 6.3 1.19 1.0 146

* 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

All-Star Games
1960-1 *
1960-2

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1960-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1960-AL-12-8%
0.08 Career Shares (949th)

Wins s c a p y
1960 AL--18--1st
1961 AL--15--6th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1960 AL--.621--8th
1961 AL--.625--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL--6.987--1st
1961 AL--6.750--1st
1962 AL--8.019--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL--6.211--3rd
1961 AL--6.793--3rd
1962 AL--6.649--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1960 AL--208.7--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1960 AL--144--5th
1961 AL--160--9th
1962 AL--165--6th

Games Started s c a p y
1962 AL--33--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1960 AL--12--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 AL--101--3rd
1961 AL--132--1st
1962 AL--121--2nd

Losses s c a p y
1962 AL--17--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1962 AL--95--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1961 AL--8--6th
1962 AL--9--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 AL--15--2nd
1961 AL--10--2nd
1962 AL--10--4th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1960 AL--883--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 38 (634), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (800), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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