Chuck Estrada

Charles Leonard Estrada

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 15, 1938 in San Luis Obispo, CA
High School: Atascadero HS (Atascadero, CA)
Signed
by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1960
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Mets/Cubs 1960-1967

Final Game: June 11, 1967
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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
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 2 883 107 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 8 924 104 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 97 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 76 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 69 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 52 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 37 2.045 11.5 2.0 7.0 6.1 0.88
7 Yrs 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 98 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 37 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 52 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 98 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 41 1.922 11.5 1.8 5.8 4.7 0.82

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
1960 22 BAL AL 208.2 36 25 87 3.75 4.37 0.30 0.05 99.9 4.11 10 1.1 1.6 -0.1 2.5 27 .530 .507 $ AS,MVP-12,RoY-2
1961 23 BAL AL 212.0 33 31 91 3.86 4.60 0.33 0.07 95.7 4.16 8 0.9 .4 -0.1 2.3 27 .526 .505 $
1962 24 BAL AL 223.1 34 33 112 4.51 4.52 0.16 0.07 92.9 4.11 -7 -0.7 .9 -0.1 0.8 11 .479 .496 $
1963 25 BAL AL 31.1 8 7 17 4.88 4.01 0.14 0.06 93.9 3.69 -4 -0.4 .0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .449 .498 $
1964 26 BAL AL 54.2 17 6 34 5.60 4.10 0.51 -0.03 100.8 3.58 -12 -1.2 1.1 -0.1 -0.9 -8 .429 .493 $
1966 28 CHC NL 12.1 9 1 12 8.76 4.13 -0.31 -0.16 105.2 4.50 -6 -0.6 1.6 -0.2 -0.7 -5 .430 .496 $
1967 29 NYM NL 22.0 9 2 24 9.82 3.97 -0.22 -0.10 102.5 4.18 -14 -1.4 .8 0.1 -1.1 -12 .344 .491 $
7 Seasons 764.1 146 105 377 4.44 4.43 0.25 0.05 96.7 4.08 -24 -2.4 1.2 -0.5 2.7 40 .483 .498 $
BAL (5 yrs) 730.0 128 102 341 4.20 4.45 0.28 0.06 96.3 4.07 -4 -0.4 1.2 -0.4 4.5 56 .497 .500 $
NYM (1 yr) 22.0 9 2 24 9.82 3.97 -0.22 -0.10 102.5 4.18 -14 -1.4 .8 0.1 -1.1 -12 .344 .491 $
CHC (1 yr) 12.1 9 1 12 8.76 4.13 -0.31 -0.16 105.2 4.50 -6 -0.6 1.6 -0.2 -0.7 -5 .430 .496 $

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
1960 BAL AL 22 0 0 0 9.00 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*

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
1960 22 BAL AL 36 883 743 87 162 24 3 18 11 4 101 144 .218 .320 .331 .651 .243 246 21 15 12 11 3 8
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 9
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 10
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 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 2
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 1
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 1
7 Yrs 146 3331 2813 377 652 113 15 78 51 14 416 535 .232 .336 .366 .702 .258 1029 63 40 34 27 25 31
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 8
MLB Averages .250 .315 .379 .694 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1960 22 BAL AL 8.5 0.9 903 1.8 18.3 -16.5 1.17 1.3 0.2 19.5 2.0 1.17 18.7 6 3 2
1961 23 BAL AL 8.0 0.8 948 1.3 15.9 -14.6 1.02 1.2 0.1 17.0 1.8 1.02 12.4 0 0 2
1962 24 BAL AL -6.0 -0.6 1015 -0.9 17.0 -17.9 1.02 -0.2 -0.7 -6.5 -0.7 1.02 -2.5 0 1 0
1963 25 BAL AL -3.6 -0.4 144 -0.1 2.4 -2.5 1.09 -0.3 0.2 -2.5 -0.3 1.09 -2.7 0 0 0
1964 26 BAL AL -9.3 -0.9 255 -0.8 4.0 -4.8 .98 -1.3 0.5 -5.3 -0.5 0.98 -11.7 2 4 5
1966 28 CHC NL -5.0 -0.5 63 -0.8 1.2 -2.0 1.29 -0.6 -0.0 -7.7 -0.8 1.29 -6.7 3 2 3
1967 29 NYM NL -13.6 -1.4 112 -0.4 1.3 -1.7 .82 -0.8 0.4 -12.5 -1.2 0.82 -7.8 1 0 6
7 Yrs -21.0 -2.1 3440 0.1 60.0 -59.9 1.06 -0.8 0.9 2.0 0.3 1.06 -0.3 12 10 18

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
1960 22 BAL AL 36 25 13 9 3 3 3 14 11 .560 2 0 12 1 15 60% 56.7 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% 55.9 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% 52.7 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% 47.7 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% 46.3 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% 29.0 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% 35.0 39 31 9 4 0 2 0.0 0.0 3.2
7 Yrs 146 105 42 39 24 7 15 54 51 .514 5 14 24 2 55 52% 53 89 17 97 35 20 41 4.4 4.0 6.5
MLB Averages .500 53% 53 116 -14 4.1 4.1 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 22 BAL AL 36 11 6 5 2 4 2 2 50% 4 0 11 3 27% 7 1.168 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 1.018 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 1.021 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 1.086 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 .980 2 4 5 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 1.294 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 .819 1 0 6 0 1 6 3 4 6 1 6 0 6.7
7 Yrs 146 41 12 8 5 5 2 3 40% 5 0 35 8 23% 1.057 12 10 18 7 8 26 19 22 30 8 31 2 5.9

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%
1960 22 BAL AL 883 58% 2.0% 16.3% 11.4% 5.1% 28% 0.73 67% 197 21 11%
1961 23 BAL AL 924 59% 2.1% 17.3% 14.3% 5.8% 34% 0.71 64% 177 11 6%
1962 24 BAL AL 974 57% 2.5% 16.9% 12.4% 6.1% 30% 0.66 67% 171 22 13%
1963 25 BAL AL 138 58% 1.5% 11.6% 13.8% 5.1% 27% 0.66 72% 28 2 7%
1964 26 BAL AL 247 61% 3.2% 13.0% 8.5% 9.3% 37% 0.85 73% 38 4 11%
1966 28 CHC NL 59 66% 3.4% 5.1% 8.5% 13.6% 50% 0.65 80% 14 0 0%
1967 29 NYM NL 106 68% 4.7% 14.2% 16.0% 9.4% 36% 1.88 62% 29 3 10%
7 Yrs 3331 58% 2.3% 16.1% 12.5% 6.2% 32% 0.73 67% 654 63 10%
MLB Averages 48% 2.3% 15.0% 8.3% 6.4% 28% 1.08 73% 10%

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
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 0 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 59 16 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 2 1 50% 1 1 0 28 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
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 Yrs 3331 652 78 2 71 44 34 33 45 157 78 31 50% 31 31 9 1285 51 14 78% 47 14 3 0 1 0 7 0 81 0
MLB Averages 50% 62%

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+
1960 22 18 11 .621 3.58 36 25 6 12 1 2 208.2 162 87 83 18 101 3 144 15 0 2 883 107 1.260 7.0 0.8 4.4 6.2 1.43 107
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 98 1.373 7.5 0.9 4.9 6.4 1.31 98
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 98 1.373 7.5 0.9 4.9 6.4 1.31 98
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

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
1960 22 12 11 .522 3.80 211.0 172 99 89 19 107 146 16 1.322 7.3 4.6 6.2 1.36 0.8 36
1961 23 11 11 .500 3.89 206.0 161 99 89 19 134 156 10 1.432 7.0 5.9 6.8 1.16 0.8 33
1962 24 11 12 .478 4.31 211.0 206 112 101 25 125 156 10 1.569 8.8 5.3 6.7 1.25 1.1 34
1963 25 1 2 .333 5.40 30.0 27 20 18 2 20 15 1 1.567 8.1 6.0 4.5 0.75 0.6 8
1964 26 2 3 .400 6.06 52.0 65 39 35 8 22 30 2 1.673 11.3 3.8 5.2 1.36 1.4 17
1966 28 0 1 .000 8.25 12.0 16 12 11 2 5 3 1 1.750 12.0 3.8 2.3 0.60 1.5 9
1967 29 0 2 .000 12.32 19.0 30 29 26 5 18 13 1 2.526 14.2 8.5 6.2 0.72 2.4 9
7 Yrs 37 42 .468 4.48 741.0 677 410 369 80 431 519 41 1.495 8.2 6.3 1.20 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 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 AL (12, 8%)
0.08 Career Shares (972nd)

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)

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)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
1960 AL  19.52 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
1960 AL  2.1 (3rd)

             

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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (301), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 35 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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