Al Fitzmorris
Alan James Fitzmorris
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 21, 1946 in Buffalo, NY
High School: Madison (San Diego, CA)
Signed
by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1969
Final Game: September 29, 1978
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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
1969 23 KCR AL 1 1 .500 4.22 7 0 5 0 0 2 10.2 9 5 5 1 4 0 3 0 0 1 45 87 1.219 7.6 0.8 3.4 2.5 0.75
1970 24 KCR AL 8 5 .615 4.44 43 11 14 2 0 1 117.2 112 60 58 14 52 6 47 0 0 12 503 84 1.394 8.6 1.1 4.0 3.6 0.90
1971 25 KCR AL 7 5 .583 4.17 36 15 6 2 1 0 127.1 112 61 59 6 55 2 53 1 1 15 527 82 1.312 7.9 0.4 3.9 3.7 0.96
1972 26 KCR AL 2 5 .286 3.74 38 2 11 0 0 3 101.0 99 46 42 10 28 5 51 1 0 6 427 80 1.257 8.8 0.9 2.5 4.5 1.82
1973 27 KCR AL 8 3 .727 2.83 15 13 1 3 1 0 89.0 88 29 28 5 25 3 26 0 0 1 366 143 1.270 8.9 0.5 2.5 2.6 1.04
1974 28 KCR AL 13 6 .684 2.79 34 27 1 9 4 1 190.0 189 73 59 8 63 10 53 0 0 10 806 136 1.326 9.0 0.4 3.0 2.5 0.84
1975 29 KCR AL 16 12 .571 3.57 35 35 0 11 3 0 242.0 239 104 96 16 76 6 78 5 0 8 1010 108 1.302 8.9 0.6 2.8 2.9 1.03
1976 30 KCR AL 15 11 .577 3.06 35 33 0 8 2 0 220.1 227 89 75 6 56 6 80 2 1 3 907 115 1.284 9.3 0.2 2.3 3.3 1.43
1977 31 CLE AL 6 10 .375 5.41 29 21 1 1 0 0 133.0 164 87 80 12 53 4 54 1 1 4 601 73 1.632 11.1 0.8 3.6 3.7 1.02
1978 32 TOT AL 1 1 .500 3.13 16 2 10 0 0 0 46.0 45 19 16 5 21 5 13 1 0 2 193 117 1.435 8.8 1.0 4.1 2.5 0.62
1978 32 CLE AL 0 1 .000 6.28 7 0 4 0 0 0 14.1 19 10 10 3 7 2 5 1 0 2 65 60 1.814 11.9 1.9 4.4 3.1 0.71
1978 32 CAL AL 1 0 1.000 1.71 9 2 6 0 0 0 31.2 26 9 6 2 14 3 8 0 0 0 128 213 1.263 7.4 0.6 4.0 2.3 0.57
10 Seasons 77 59 .566 3.65 288 159 49 36 11 7 1277.0 1284 573 518 83 433 47 458 11 3 62 5385 101 1.345 9.0 0.6 3.1 3.2 1.06
162 Game Avg. 12 9 .566 3.65 44 24 7 5 2 1 194 195 87 79 13 66 7 70 2 0 9 819 101 1.345 9.0 0.6 3.1 3.2 1.06
KCR (8 yrs) 70 48 .593 3.46 243 136 38 35 11 7 1098.0 1075 467 422 66 359 38 391 9 2 56 4591 106 1.306 8.8 0.5 2.9 3.2 1.09
CLE (2 yrs) 6 11 .353 5.50 36 21 5 1 0 0 147.1 183 97 90 15 60 6 59 2 1 6 666 72 1.649 11.2 0.9 3.7 3.6 0.98
CAL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 1.71 9 2 6 0 0 0 31.2 26 9 6 2 14 3 8 0 0 0 128 213 1.263 7.4 0.6 4.0 2.3 0.57

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
1969 23 KCR AL 7 45 38 5 9 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 .237 .310 .342 .652 .235 13 0 0 3 0 0
1970 24 KCR AL 43 503 441 60 112 14 5 14 8 0 52 47 .254 .330 .404 .734 .255 178 12 0 6 4 6
1971 25 KCR AL 36 527 458 61 112 22 3 6 6 3 55 53 .245 .324 .345 .669 .262 158 23 1 8 5 2
1972 26 KCR AL 38 426 392 46 99 14 1 10 7 2 28 51 .253 .303 .370 .673 .268 145 8 1 4 1 5
1973 27 KCR AL 15 366 340 29 88 11 2 5 7 2 25 26 .259 .309 .347 .656 .268 118 10 0 0 1 3
1974 28 KCR AL 34 807 728 73 189 19 5 8 13 2 63 53 .260 .317 .332 .649 .270 242 18 0 12 4 10
1975 29 KCR AL 35 1014 916 104 239 46 8 16 24 12 76 78 .261 .319 .381 .700 .269 349 28 5 10 7 6
1976 30 KCR AL 35 907 833 89 227 33 4 6 23 10 56 80 .273 .316 .343 .660 .292 286 33 2 6 10 6
1977 31 CLE AL 29 601 536 87 164 30 1 12 16 7 53 54 .306 .367 .433 .800 .321 232 10 1 7 4 4
1978 32 TOT AL 16 193 167 19 45 12 1 5 7 1 21 13 .269 .351 .443 .794 .265 74 6 1 2 2 5
1978 32 CAL AL 9 128 110 9 26 9 0 2 4 1 14 8 .236 .317 .373 .690 .235 41 5 0 2 2 3
1978 32 CLE AL 7 65 57 10 19 3 1 3 3 0 7 5 .333 .415 .579 .994 .327 33 1 1 0 0 2
10 Seasons 288 5389 4849 573 1284 202 30 83 111 39 433 458 .265 .324 .370 .694 .276 1795 148 11 58 38 47
162 Game Avg. 44 820 738 87 195 31 5 13 17 6 66 70 .265 .324 .370 .694 .276 273 23 2 9 6 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
1970 24 KCR AL 43 11 4 3 4 1 0 8 3 .727 0 1 2 0 3 27% 42 66 22 17 7 2 6 7.2 6.4 4.8
1971 25 KCR AL 36 15 7 5 3 3 1 9 6 .600 1 0 2 1 5 33% 48 82 23 20 7 4 7 5.2 5.6 6.2
1972 26 KCR AL 38 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 39 46 31 27 12 0 2 3.5 4.2 6.8
1973 27 KCR AL 15 13 7 3 3 0 1 9 4 .692 1 2 3 1 9 69% 52 72 32 11 4 4 4 4.3 4.0 6.3
1974 28 KCR AL 34 27 13 6 8 1 1 17 10 .630 2 2 9 4 16 59% 52 85 25 32 11 9 5 4.2 4.0 6.3
1975 29 KCR AL 35 35 16 12 7 3 3 18 17 .514 4 2 11 3 19 54% 51 84 22 28 9 11 5 4.6 5.2 6.9
1976 30 KCR AL 35 33 15 11 7 6 5 19 14 .576 2 2 8 2 18 55% 52 85 32 32 12 9 6 3.7 3.4 6.5
1977 31 CLE AL 29 21 5 10 6 1 3 8 13 .381 2 2 1 0 10 48% 43 70 16 28 12 4 8 4.8 4.1 5.7
1978 32 TOT AL 16 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 52 38 8 4 0 2 6.8 7.6 6.3
1978 32 CAL AL 9 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 45 52 38 4 1 0 2 6.8 7.6 6.3
9 Seasons 274 159 68 52 39 16 15 89 70 .560 12 11 36 11 82 52% 49 85 16 199 75 43 45 4.6 4.5 6.3
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
1969 23 KCR AL 7 7 5 1 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 7 4 57% 9 1.546 4 2 1 3 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 0 4.6
1970 24 KCR AL 43 32 14 4 2 2 1 1 50% 3 0 20 10 50% 8 0.920 8 8 16 3 7 22 10 22 22 5 22 5 6.1
1971 25 KCR AL 36 21 6 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 25 9 36% 8 0.992 4 4 11 2 0 19 12 9 11 5 11 5 4.9
1972 26 KCR AL 38 36 11 2 3 4 3 1 75% 5 1 29 6 21% 8 0.833 6 15 14 5 5 26 15 21 24 6 27 7 7.3
1973 27 KCR AL 15 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 5 0.988 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 10.5
1974 28 KCR AL 34 7 1 0 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 11 7 64% 6 1.177 3 3 1 3 0 4 6 1 5 2 5 1 8.1
1976 30 KCR AL 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.035 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 8.5
1977 31 CLE AL 29 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 5 0.994 1 3 4 1 1 6 4 4 5 1 5 0 5.0
1978 32 TOT AL 16 14 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 10 56% 0.507 1 3 10 1 0 13 10 4 9 3 9 1 7.1
1978 32 CLE AL 7 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 4 0.260 1 1 5 1 0 6 5 2 3 2 3 1 6.1
1978 32 CAL AL 9 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 8 0.633 0 2 5 0 0 7 5 2 6 1 6 0 8.1
9 Seasons 253 129 49 9 7 11 7 4 64% 14 2 121 47 39% 0.996 28 39 59 18 17 94 62 67 83 24 86 20 6.4

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%
1969 23 KCR AL 45 29% 2.2% 6.7% 8.9% 4.4% 22% 1.64 76% 7 0 0%
1970 24 KCR AL 503 40% 2.8% 9.3% 10.3% 6.6% 30% 1.34 76% 84 12 14%
1971 25 KCR AL 527 36% 1.1% 10.1% 10.4% 5.9% 28% 1.43 77% 109 23 21%
1972 26 KCR AL 426 36% 2.4% 12.0% 6.6% 5.9% 25% 1.58 78% 71 8 11%
1973 27 KCR AL 366 48% 1.4% 7.1% 6.8% 4.9% 21% 1.91 85% 53 10 19%
1974 28 KCR AL 807 45% 1.0% 6.6% 7.8% 4.0% 17% 1.53 83% 168 18 11%
1975 29 KCR AL 1014 48% 1.6% 7.7% 7.5% 6.9% 29% 1.69 82% 167 28 17%
1976 30 KCR AL 907 49% 0.7% 8.8% 6.2% 4.7% 19% 1.78 83% 175 33 19%
1977 31 CLE AL 601 48% 2.0% 9.0% 8.8% 7.2% 26% 1.22 79% 114 10 9%
1978 32 TOT AL 193 41% 2.6% 6.7% 10.9% 9.3% 40% 2.16 78% 35 6 17%
1978 32 CLE AL 65 29% 4.6% 7.7% 10.8% 10.8% 37% 1.77 75% 17 1 6%
1978 32 CAL AL 128 48% 1.6% 6.3% 10.9% 8.6% 42% 2.36 80% 18 5 28%
10 Seasons 5389 45% 1.5% 8.5% 8.0% 5.9% 25% 1.58 81% 983 148 15%
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
1969 23 KCR AL 45 9 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 50% 0 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1970 24 KCR AL 503 112 14 1 12 10 4 3 11 28 16 3 57% 6 12 1 175 8 0 100% 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 22 0
1971 25 KCR AL 527 112 6 1 8 4 2 3 3 33 19 4 58% 7 15 2 203 6 3 67% 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 34 0
1972 26 KCR AL 426 99 10 0 6 7 3 5 5 27 10 5 37% 5 6 2 149 7 2 78% 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1973 27 KCR AL 366 88 5 0 2 2 3 1 4 11 4 1 36% 1 1 0 121 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 28 KCR AL 807 189 8 0 18 5 3 2 6 42 24 4 57% 14 10 1 312 13 2 87% 11 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 17 0
1975 29 KCR AL 1014 239 16 0 10 9 7 5 11 46 21 6 46% 19 8 0 358 24 12 67% 22 10 2 0 0 2 5 1 15 0
1976 30 KCR AL 907 227 6 0 6 5 1 0 6 35 22 4 63% 13 3 0 337 23 10 70% 21 8 1 2 1 0 4 0 16 0
1977 31 CLE AL 601 164 12 1 14 6 6 6 6 42 21 4 50% 4 4 1 231 16 7 70% 15 5 1 1 0 1 2 0 14 0
1978 32 TOT AL 193 45 5 0 7 4 1 1 4 17 11 0 65% 1 2 0 71 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1978 32 CLE AL 65 19 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 9 7 0 78% 0 2 0 32 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1978 32 CAL AL 128 26 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 8 4 0 50% 1 0 0 39 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Seasons 5389 1284 83 3 87 53 30 26 57 285 150 32 53% 70 62 7 1975 111 39 74% 100 31 9 4 2 4 15 1 138 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+
1969 23 1 1 .500 4.22 7 0 5 0 0 2 10.2 9 5 5 1 4 0 3 0 0 1 45 87 1.219 7.6 0.8 3.4 2.5 0.75 87
1970 24 9 6 .600 4.42 50 11 19 2 0 3 128.1 121 65 63 15 56 6 50 0 0 13 548 84 1.379 8.5 1.1 3.9 3.5 0.89 84
1971 25 16 11 .593 4.29 86 26 25 4 1 3 255.2 233 126 122 21 111 8 103 1 1 28 1075 83 1.346 8.2 0.7 3.9 3.6 0.93 83
1972 26 18 16 .529 4.14 124 28 36 4 1 6 356.2 332 172 164 31 139 13 154 2 1 34 1502 82 1.321 8.4 0.8 3.5 3.9 1.11 82
1973 27 26 19 .578 3.88 139 41 37 7 2 6 445.2 420 201 192 36 164 16 180 2 1 35 1868 91 1.310 8.5 0.7 3.3 3.6 1.10 91
1974 28 39 25 .609 3.55 173 68 38 16 6 7 635.2 609 274 251 44 227 26 233 2 1 45 2674 102 1.315 8.6 0.6 3.2 3.3 1.03 102
1975 29 55 37 .598 3.56 208 103 38 27 9 7 877.2 848 378 347 60 303 32 311 7 1 53 3684 104 1.311 8.7 0.6 3.1 3.2 1.03 104
1976 30 70 48 .593 3.46 243 136 38 35 11 7 1098.0 1075 467 422 66 359 38 391 9 2 56 4591 106 1.306 8.8 0.5 2.9 3.2 1.09 106
1977 31 76 58 .567 3.67 272 157 39 36 11 7 1231.0 1239 554 502 78 412 42 445 10 3 60 5192 100 1.341 9.1 0.6 3.0 3.3 1.08 100
1978 32 77 59 .566 3.65 288 159 49 36 11 7 1277.0 1284 573 518 83 433 47 458 11 3 62 5385 101 1.345 9.0 0.6 3.1 3.2 1.06 101

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
1969 23 0 1 .000 4.09 11.0 9 6 5 1 4 3 0 1.182 7.4 3.3 2.5 0.75 0.8 7
1970 24 5 7 .417 5.03 111.0 116 69 62 14 54 44 0 1.532 9.4 4.4 3.6 0.81 1.1 43
1971 25 5 8 .385 5.23 117.0 119 76 68 6 58 49 1 1.513 9.2 4.5 3.8 0.84 0.5 36
1972 26 4 6 .400 5.29 97.0 120 63 57 12 34 49 1 1.588 11.1 3.2 4.5 1.44 1.1 38
1973 27 6 3 .667 3.11 84.0 89 32 29 5 25 25 0 1.357 9.5 2.7 2.7 1.00 0.5 15
1974 28 12 8 .600 3.23 181.0 198 72 65 8 66 50 0 1.459 9.8 3.3 2.5 0.76 0.4 34
1975 29 12 13 .480 4.11 228.0 248 116 104 17 79 73 5 1.434 9.8 3.1 2.9 0.92 0.7 35
1976 30 11 11 .500 3.97 202.0 244 99 89 6 60 73 2 1.505 10.9 2.7 3.3 1.22 0.3 35
1977 31 4 9 .308 6.19 125.0 170 96 86 12 55 51 1 1.800 12.2 4.0 3.7 0.93 0.9 29
1978 32 2 2 .500 3.95 41.0 47 20 18 5 22 12 1 1.683 10.3 4.8 2.6 0.55 1.1 16
10 Seasons 61 68 .473 4.38 1197.0 1360 649 583 86 457 429 11 1.518 10.2 3.2 0.94 0.6 288

* 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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1974 AL--2.795--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1974 AL--.684--2nd
Career--.566--239th

Shutouts s c a p y
1974 AL--4--6th
1975 AL--3--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 AL--.379--2nd
1975 AL--.595--10th
1976 AL--.245--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1970 AL--12--7th
1971 AL--15--2nd
1974 AL--10--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1974 AL--136--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 9 (1502), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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