Pete Falcone
Peter Frank Falcone
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 1, 1953 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Lafayette (Brooklyn, NY)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1975
Final Game: September 17, 1984
Relatives: Cousin of Joe Pignatano
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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
1975 21 SFG NL 12 11 .522 4.17 34 32 1 3 1 0 190.0 171 97 88 16 111 7 131 4 5 9 836 92 1.484 8.1 0.8 5.3 6.2 1.18
1976 22 STL NL 12 16 .429 3.23 32 32 0 9 2 0 212.0 173 87 76 12 93 1 138 2 1 9 893 110 1.255 7.3 0.5 3.9 5.9 1.48
1977 23 STL NL 4 8 .333 5.44 27 22 3 1 1 1 124.0 130 79 75 19 61 3 75 3 1 4 553 71 1.540 9.4 1.4 4.4 5.4 1.23
1978 24 STL NL 2 7 .222 5.76 19 14 2 0 0 0 75.0 94 52 48 9 48 2 28 2 0 8 352 62 1.893 11.3 1.1 5.8 3.4 0.58
1979 25 NYM NL 6 14 .300 4.16 33 31 1 1 1 0 184.0 194 91 85 24 76 10 113 1 1 10 797 87 1.467 9.5 1.2 3.7 5.5 1.49
1980 26 NYM NL 7 10 .412 4.52 37 23 5 1 0 1 157.1 163 89 79 16 58 9 109 2 1 9 684 78 1.405 9.3 0.9 3.3 6.2 1.88
1981 27 NYM NL 5 3 .625 2.55 35 9 5 3 1 1 95.1 84 32 27 3 36 4 56 0 1 2 397 136 1.259 7.9 0.3 3.4 5.3 1.56
1982 28 NYM NL 8 10 .444 3.84 40 23 6 3 0 2 171.0 159 82 73 24 71 4 101 1 0 10 718 95 1.345 8.4 1.3 3.7 5.3 1.42
1983 29 ATL NL 9 4 .692 3.63 33 15 6 2 0 0 106.2 102 47 43 14 60 2 59 1 0 5 467 107 1.519 8.6 1.2 5.1 5.0 0.98
1984 30 ATL NL 5 7 .417 4.12 35 16 6 2 1 2 120.0 115 61 55 15 57 3 55 0 0 4 523 93 1.433 8.6 1.1 4.3 4.1 0.96
10 Seasons 70 90 .438 4.07 325 217 35 25 7 7 1435.1 1385 717 649 152 671 45 865 16 10 70 6220 90 1.432 8.7 1.0 4.2 5.4 1.29
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .438 4.07 41 27 4 3 1 1 180 174 90 81 19 84 6 109 2 1 9 780 90 1.432 8.7 1.0 4.2 5.4 1.29
NYM (4 yrs) 26 37 .413 3.91 145 86 17 8 2 4 607.2 600 294 264 67 241 27 379 4 3 31 2596 92 1.384 8.9 1.0 3.6 5.6 1.57
STL (3 yrs) 18 31 .367 4.36 78 68 5 10 3 1 411.0 397 218 199 40 202 6 241 7 2 21 1798 84 1.457 8.7 0.9 4.4 5.3 1.19
ATL (2 yrs) 14 11 .560 3.89 68 31 12 4 1 2 226.2 217 108 98 29 117 5 114 1 0 9 990 99 1.474 8.6 1.2 4.6 4.5 0.97
SFG (1 yr) 12 11 .522 4.17 34 32 1 3 1 0 190.0 171 97 88 16 111 7 131 4 5 9 836 92 1.484 8.1 0.8 5.3 6.2 1.18

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
1975 21 SFG NL 34 836 702 97 171 29 7 16 14 7 111 131 .244 .348 .373 .721 .276 262 14 4 13 6 7
1976 22 STL NL 32 892 781 87 173 30 4 12 17 5 93 138 .222 .303 .316 .619 .252 247 18 2 8 8 1
1977 23 STL NL 27 552 475 79 130 27 5 19 8 8 61 75 .274 .355 .472 .827 .286 224 8 3 6 7 3
1978 24 STL NL 19 352 295 52 94 11 6 9 3 5 48 28 .319 .414 .488 .902 .326 144 10 2 4 3 2
1979 25 NYM NL 33 797 704 91 194 36 6 24 12 12 76 113 .276 .343 .446 .789 .295 314 15 1 6 10 10
1980 26 NYM NL 37 684 605 89 163 23 1 16 19 7 58 109 .269 .332 .390 .722 .302 236 7 2 12 7 9
1981 27 NYM NL 35 397 349 32 84 16 0 3 5 3 36 56 .241 .308 .312 .621 .276 109 5 0 8 4 4
1982 28 NYM NL 40 718 631 82 159 19 6 24 19 20 71 101 .252 .326 .415 .741 .264 262 6 1 10 5 4
1983 29 ATL NL 33 467 398 47 102 21 1 14 15 9 60 59 .256 .352 .420 .772 .267 167 8 1 4 4 2
1984 30 ATL NL 35 523 456 61 115 20 2 15 12 7 57 55 .252 .333 .404 .737 .257 184 7 0 7 3 3
10 Seasons 325 6218 5396 717 1385 232 38 152 124 83 671 865 .257 .337 .398 .736 .278 2149 98 16 78 57 45
162 Game Avg. 41 780 677 90 174 29 5 19 16 10 84 109 .257 .337 .398 .736 .278 270 12 2 10 7 6
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
1975 21 SFG NL 34 32 12 11 9 2 2 18 14 .563 0 5 3 1 15 47% 50 85 18 32 8 14 11 4.1 3.5 5.9
1976 22 STL NL 32 32 12 16 4 3 8 12 20 .375 0 3 9 2 19 59% 56 86 12 14 8 1 17 3.4 3.9 6.6
1977 23 STL NL 27 22 4 7 11 0 2 10 12 .455 1 5 1 1 8 36% 45 75 27 21 7 5 8 5.4 6.1 5.1
1978 24 STL NL 19 14 2 7 5 0 0 5 9 .357 1 1 0 0 4 29% 41 66 22 22 6 4 9 3.5 5.1 4.7
1979 25 NYM NL 33 31 6 14 11 0 7 11 20 .355 1 6 1 1 17 55% 49 81 14 27 6 4 10 3.4 2.9 5.8
1980 26 NYM NL 37 23 6 9 8 1 2 11 12 .478 1 4 1 0 9 39% 46 74 19 17 10 1 11 4.7 4.6 5.3
1981 27 NYM NL 35 9 3 1 5 0 0 5 4 .556 0 5 3 1 4 44% 53 78 28 14 4 2 2 4.8 3.8 5.6
1982 28 NYM NL 40 23 7 9 7 2 4 11 12 .478 0 6 3 0 12 52% 52 79 26 23 4 8 5 3.5 2.9 6.1
1983 29 ATL NL 33 15 7 2 6 3 0 12 3 .800 0 6 2 0 5 33% 48 78 27 19 2 1 3 5.6 5.3 5.2
1984 30 ATL NL 35 16 4 7 5 0 2 7 9 .438 1 3 2 1 7 44% 46 81 21 15 6 3 5 4.3 3.7 5.5
10 Seasons 325 217 63 83 71 11 27 102 115 .470 5 44 25 7 100 46% 49 86 12 204 61 43 81 4.1 4.0 5.7
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
1975 21 SFG NL 34 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 6 1.096 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1.5
1977 23 STL NL 27 5 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 6 0.968 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 5 0 5 0 7.4
1978 24 STL NL 19 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 0.921 0 1 4 0 0 5 1 4 4 0 4 0 5.6
1979 25 NYM NL 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.032 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1980 26 NYM NL 37 14 5 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 2 22% 3 1.047 1 5 8 2 1 11 6 8 11 1 11 2 7.6
1981 27 NYM NL 35 26 5 2 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 14 3 21% 6 0.940 4 7 14 3 4 19 8 18 17 7 18 4 5.2
1982 28 NYM NL 40 17 6 1 1 3 2 1 67% 6 2 15 4 27% 7 1.057 8 4 5 7 2 8 10 7 10 4 12 3 5.2
1983 29 ATL NL 33 18 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 21 4 19% 3 1.008 6 3 9 3 3 12 11 7 12 6 12 3 4.8
1984 30 ATL NL 35 19 6 1 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 20 9 45% 7 0.959 6 2 11 3 2 14 10 9 9 5 9 3 4.9
9 Seasons 293 108 35 7 7 9 7 2 78% 14 2 87 23 26% 1.017 27 24 56 19 13 76 51 57 69 25 72 15 5.5

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%
1975 21 SFG NL 836 86% 1.9% 15.7% 13.3% 6.2% 30% 1.21 67% 164 14 9%
1976 22 STL NL 892 83% 1.4% 15.5% 10.4% 5.2% 27% 0.76 72% 177 18 10%
1977 23 STL NL 553 78% 3.4% 13.6% 11.1% 9.2% 39% 0.73 70% 94 8 9%
1978 24 STL NL 352 75% 2.6% 8.0% 13.6% 7.4% 28% 1.09 74% 75 10 13%
1979 25 NYM NL 797 81% 3.0% 14.2% 9.5% 8.3% 34% 0.85 72% 139 15 11%
1980 26 NYM NL 684 78% 2.3% 15.9% 8.5% 5.9% 25% 0.86 71% 104 7 7%
1981 27 NYM NL 397 76% 0.8% 14.1% 9.1% 4.8% 23% 0.78 74% 69 5 7%
1982 28 NYM NL 718 78% 3.3% 14.1% 9.9% 6.8% 31% 0.73 71% 106 6 6%
1983 29 ATL NL 467 76% 3.0% 12.6% 12.9% 7.7% 35% 0.88 70% 80 8 10%
1984 30 ATL NL 523 80% 2.9% 10.5% 10.9% 7.1% 32% 0.77 74% 100 7 7%
10 Seasons 6219 80% 2.4% 13.9% 10.8% 6.8% 31% 0.85 71% 1108 98 9%
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
1975 21 SFG NL 836 171 16 1 19 13 3 8 8 48 19 8 40% 11 9 3 306 14 7 67% 11 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 33 0
1976 22 STL NL 892 173 12 0 12 10 2 7 5 32 18 5 56% 12 9 1 346 17 5 77% 15 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1977 23 STL NL 553 130 19 0 6 17 2 8 11 24 15 2 63% 3 4 0 206 8 8 50% 6 8 2 0 0 0 3 3 16 0
1978 24 STL NL 352 94 9 1 7 6 3 5 4 29 14 4 48% 4 8 1 139 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 14 0
1979 25 NYM NL 797 194 24 0 16 21 3 14 10 50 25 7 50% 4 10 1 283 12 12 50% 10 12 2 0 0 0 2 1 25 0
1980 26 NYM NL 684 163 16 0 12 15 1 9 7 47 20 11 43% 7 9 1 238 19 7 73% 15 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 22 0
1981 27 NYM NL 397 84 3 0 7 3 0 2 1 18 10 2 56% 4 2 0 152 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0
1982 28 NYM NL 718 159 24 0 12 22 2 14 10 34 17 4 50% 8 10 0 245 19 20 49% 16 17 3 3 0 0 3 3 21 0
1983 29 ATL NL 467 102 14 0 11 14 0 6 8 18 7 2 39% 6 5 0 175 15 9 63% 13 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
1984 30 ATL NL 523 115 15 1 14 14 1 7 8 33 15 1 45% 7 4 1 201 12 7 63% 11 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
10 Seasons 6219 1385 152 3 116 135 17 80 72 333 160 46 48% 66 70 8 2291 124 83 60% 105 77 18 5 1 1 11 9 183 0
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+
1975 21 12 11 .522 4.17 34 32 1 3 1 0 190.0 171 97 88 16 111 7 131 4 5 9 836 92 1.484 8.1 0.8 5.3 6.2 1.18 92
1976 22 24 27 .471 3.67 66 64 1 12 3 0 402.0 344 184 164 28 204 8 269 6 6 18 1729 100 1.363 7.7 0.6 4.6 6.0 1.32 100
1977 23 28 35 .444 4.09 93 86 4 13 4 1 526.0 474 263 239 47 265 11 344 9 7 22 2282 91 1.405 8.1 0.8 4.5 5.9 1.30 91
1978 24 30 42 .417 4.30 112 100 6 13 4 1 601.0 568 315 287 56 313 13 372 11 7 30 2634 86 1.466 8.5 0.8 4.7 5.6 1.19 86
1979 25 36 56 .391 4.26 145 131 7 14 5 1 785.0 762 406 372 80 389 23 485 12 8 40 3431 86 1.466 8.7 0.9 4.5 5.6 1.25 86
1980 26 43 66 .394 4.31 182 154 12 15 5 2 942.1 925 495 451 96 447 32 594 14 9 49 4115 85 1.456 8.8 0.9 4.3 5.7 1.33 85
1981 27 48 69 .410 4.15 217 163 17 18 6 3 1037.2 1009 527 478 99 483 36 650 14 10 51 4512 88 1.438 8.8 0.9 4.2 5.6 1.35 88
1982 28 56 79 .415 4.10 257 186 23 21 6 5 1208.2 1168 609 551 123 554 40 751 15 10 61 5230 89 1.425 8.7 0.9 4.1 5.6 1.36 89
1983 29 65 83 .439 4.06 290 201 29 23 6 5 1315.1 1270 656 594 137 614 42 810 16 10 66 5697 90 1.432 8.7 0.9 4.2 5.5 1.32 90
1984 30 70 90 .438 4.07 325 217 35 25 7 7 1435.1 1385 717 649 152 671 45 865 16 10 70 6220 90 1.432 8.7 1.0 4.2 5.4 1.29 90

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1975 21 9 11 .450 4.45 182.0 173 100 90 16 112 125 4 1.566 8.6 5.5 6.2 1.12 0.8 34
1976 22 12 10 .545 3.66 204.0 182 92 83 13 98 133 2 1.373 8.0 4.3 5.9 1.36 0.6 32
1977 23 4 9 .308 5.87 118.0 133 86 77 19 62 71 3 1.653 10.1 4.7 5.4 1.15 1.4 27
1978 24 2 5 .286 7.25 67.0 98 60 54 9 50 25 2 2.209 13.2 6.7 3.4 0.50 1.2 19
1979 25 8 11 .421 4.84 171.0 203 102 92 25 80 105 1 1.655 10.7 4.2 5.5 1.31 1.3 33
1980 26 6 10 .375 5.32 149.0 174 98 88 17 62 103 2 1.584 10.5 3.7 6.2 1.66 1.0 37
1981 27 9 6 .600 3.11 136.0 136 52 47 5 58 80 0 1.426 9.0 3.8 5.3 1.38 0.3 35
1982 28 8 9 .471 4.42 159.0 165 87 78 25 74 94 1 1.503 9.3 4.2 5.3 1.27 1.4 40
1983 29 6 5 .545 3.83 101.0 102 48 43 14 60 56 1 1.604 9.1 5.3 5.0 0.93 1.2 33
1984 30 6 6 .500 4.27 116.0 117 61 55 15 58 53 0 1.509 9.1 4.5 4.1 0.91 1.2 35
10 Seasons 70 82 .461 4.54 1403.0 1483 786 707 158 714 845 16 1.566 9.5 5.4 1.18 1.0 325

* 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

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 NL--7.344--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL--6.205--8th
1979 NL--5.527--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 NL--24--6th
1982 NL--24--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 NL--111--2nd
1976 NL--93--5th

Losses s c a p y
1976 NL--16--3rd
1979 NL--14--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1975 NL--9--10th
1979 NL--10--4th
1980 NL--9--6th
1982 NL--10--8th
Career--70--228th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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