Danny Fife

Danny Wayne Fife

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 5, 1949 in Harrisburg, IL
High School: Clarkston HS (Clarkston, MI)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1973
Team: Twins 1973-1974

Final Game: April 24, 1974
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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
1971	21	DET-min	A,A-	7	4	.636	2.48	13	13					87.0	68	39	24	4	37								1.207	7.0	0.4	3.8			RKM,BAT · CARL,NYPL
1972	22	DET-min	AA	14	7	.667	3.10	29	29		12	2	0	221.0	177	92	76	13	88	12	156	9	0	18			1.199	7.2	0.5	3.6	6.4	1.77	MTG · SOUL
1973	23	MIN-min	AAA	10	14	.417	4.50	27	27		7	1	0	176.0	181	108	88	9	94	2	102	6	1	12			1.562	9.3	0.5	4.8	5.2	1.09	TAC · PCL
1973	23	MIN	AL	3	2	.600	4.35	10	7	1	1	0	0	51.2	54	26	25	2	29	0	18	3	0	5	235	91	1.606	9.4	0.3	5.1	3.1	0.62
1974	24	MIN-min	AAA	2	5	.286	6.54	28	7		1	0	2	84.0	105	71	61	9	52	2	52	7	1	11			1.869	11.2	1.0	5.6	5.6	1.00	TAC · PCL
1974	24	MIN	AL	0	0		17.36	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	10	11	9	0	4	0	3	1	0	1	29	24	3.000	19.3	0.0	7.7	5.8	0.75
1975	25	MIN-min	AA	3	1	.750	3.56	8	6		0	0	0	43.0	39	17	17	1	31	0	21	0	0	2			1.628	8.2	0.2	6.5	4.4	0.68	ORL · SOUL
2 Yrs				3	2	.600	5.43	14	7	2	1	0	0	56.1	64	37	34	2	33	0	21	4	0	6	264	73	1.722	10.2	0.3	5.3	3.4	0.64
162 Game Avg.				10	6	.600	5.43	45	23	6	3	0	0	182	207	120	110	6	107	0	68	13	0	19	855	73	1.722	10.2	0.3	5.3	3.4	0.64

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
1973	23	MIN	AL	51.2	10	7	26	4.53	4.29	-0.13	0.02	98.8	4.39	-1	-0.1	.7	-0.0	0.3	5	.488	.499	$
1974	24	MIN	AL	4.2	4	0	11	21.21	3.93	-0.19	-0.33	101.2	3.84	-9	-0.8	.2	0.3	-0.5	-9	.298	.495	$
2 Seasons				56.1	14	7	37	5.91	4.26	-0.13	-0.01	99.0	4.34	-10	-0.9	.4	0.3	-0.2	-4	.434	.497	$

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
1973	23	MIN	AL	10	235	200	26	54	11	1	2	7	0	29	18	.270	.369	.365	.734	.287	73	3	3	2	1	0	1
1974	24	MIN	AL	4	29	24	11	10	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	.417	.517	.500	1.017	.476	12	1	1	0	0	0	1
2 Yrs				14	264	224	37	64	13	1	2	7	0	33	21	.286	.385	.379	.765	.307	85	4	4	2	1	0	2
162 Game Avg.				45	855	725	120	207	42	3	6	23	0	107	68	.286	.385	.379	.765	.307	275	13	13	6	3	0	6
MLB Averages																.257	.325	.374	.699	.281

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1973	23	MIN	AL	-1.0	-0.1	248	-0.2	3.0	-3.2	.79	-0.3	0.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.80	-3.1	1	2
1974	24	MIN	AL	-7.0	-0.7	30	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.27	-0.4	-0.3	-8.7	-0.8	0.27	-5.9	0	4
2 Yrs				-8.0	-0.8	278	-0.4	3.1	-3.4	.74	-0.7	0.2	-11.0	-1.0	0.74	-9.0	1	6

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
1973	23	MIN	AL	10	7	3	1	3	0	0	6	1	.857	1	1	1	0	4	57%	44.7	63	29	5	2	4	1	5.9	6.4	5.8
1 Yr				10	7	3	1	3	0	0	6	1	.857	1	1	1	0	4	57%	45	63	29	5	2	4	1	5.9	6.4	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						54%	52	106	-2					4.2	4.1	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1973	23	MIN	AL	10	3	1	1	3	2	67%	1	.794	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	0	2	11.3
1974	24	MIN	AL	4	4	1	0	4	3	75%	3	.267	0	4	0	4	3	1	1	1	3	3.5
2 Yrs				14	7	2	1	7	5	71%		.736	1	6	1	6	5	2	3	1	5	6.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1973	23	MIN	AL	235	59%	0.9%	7.7%	12.3%	6.0%	26%	1.08	77%	36	3	8%
1974	24	MIN	AL	29	76%	0.0%	10.3%	13.8%	6.9%	20%	0.57	72%	5	1	20%
2 Yrs				264	61%	0.8%	8.0%	12.5%	6.1%	25%	1.03	77%	41	4	10%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.4%	8.8%	6.0%	26%	1.09	74%			11%

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
1973	23	MIN	AL	235	54			2	0	5	0	2	1	1	15	11	1	73%	1	5	1	100	7	0	100%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1974	24	MIN	AL	29	10			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	1	1	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				264	64			2	0	6	0	2	1	1	18	13	1	72%	2	6	1	115	7	0	100%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
MLB Averages																		51%							64%

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+
1973	23	3	2	.600	4.35	10	7	1	1	0	0	51.2	54	26	25	2	29	0	18	3	0	5	235	91	1.606	9.4	0.3	5.1	3.1	0.62	91
1974	24	3	2	.600	5.43	14	7	2	1	0	0	56.1	64	37	34	2	33	0	21	4	0	6	264	73	1.722	10.2	0.3	5.3	3.4	0.64	73

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1973	23	2	3	.400	4.96	49.0	56	30	27	2	30	17	3	1.755	10.3	5.5	3.1	0.57	0.4	10
1974	24	0	0		18.00	5.0	10	11	10	0	4	3	1	2.800	18.0	7.2	5.4	0.75	0.0	4
2 Yrs		2	3	.400	6.17	54.0	66	41	37	2	34	20	4	1.852	11.0		3.3	0.59	0.3	14

* 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.

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