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Ken Forsch

Kenneth Roth Forsch

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 8, 1946 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Hiram Johnson HS (Sacramento, CA)
School: Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 18th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1970
Teams (by GP): Astros/Angels 1970-1986

Final Game: May 23, 1986
Relatives: Brother of Bob Forsch
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All-Star

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
1970 23 HOU NL 1 2 .333 5.63 4 4 0 1 0 0 24.0 28 15 15 1 5 0 13 0 0 1 99 70 1.375 10.5 0.4 1.9 4.9 2.60
1971 24 HOU NL 8 8 .500 2.53 33 23 4 7 2 0 188.1 162 60 53 8 53 5 131 4 0 8 771 133 1.142 7.7 0.4 2.5 6.3 2.47
1972 25 HOU NL 6 8 .429 3.91 30 24 3 1 0 0 156.1 163 75 68 19 62 1 113 0 0 9 671 86 1.439 9.4 1.1 3.6 6.5 1.82
1973 26 HOU NL 9 12 .429 4.20 46 26 9 5 0 4 201.1 197 101 94 18 74 7 149 4 1 5 861 86 1.346 8.8 0.8 3.3 6.7 2.01
1974 27 HOU NL 8 7 .533 2.79 70 0 40 0 0 10 103.1 98 38 32 3 37 13 48 4 1 4 435 124 1.306 8.5 0.3 3.2 4.2 1.30
1975 28 HOU NL 4 8 .333 3.22 34 9 12 2 0 2 109.0 114 42 39 9 30 3 54 2 0 1 451 105 1.321 9.4 0.7 2.5 4.5 1.80
1976 29 HOU NL 4 3 .571 2.15 52 0 46 0 0 19 92.0 76 23 22 5 26 7 49 2 1 2 372 149 1.109 7.4 0.5 2.5 4.8 1.88 AS
1977 30 HOU NL 5 8 .385 2.72 42 5 28 0 0 8 86.0 80 32 26 2 28 6 45 2 0 3 364 132 1.256 8.4 0.2 2.9 4.7 1.61
1978 31 HOU NL 10 6 .625 2.70 52 6 28 4 2 7 133.1 136 44 40 2 37 13 71 1 0 2 563 122 1.298 9.2 0.1 2.5 4.8 1.92
1979 32 HOU NL 11 6 .647 3.04 26 24 1 10 2 0 177.2 155 67 60 14 35 2 58 0 1 0 700 116 1.069 7.9 0.7 1.8 2.9 1.66
1980 33 HOU NL 12 13 .480 3.20 32 32 0 6 3 0 222.1 230 90 79 15 41 1 84 7 3 1 926 103 1.219 9.3 0.6 1.7 3.4 2.05
1981 34 CAL AL 11 7 .611 2.88 20 20 0 10 4 0 153.0 143 54 49 7 27 2 55 4 0 0 616 126 1.111 8.4 0.4 1.6 3.2 2.04 AS
1982 35 CAL AL 13 11 .542 3.87 37 35 2 12 4 0 228.0 225 108 98 25 57 2 73 11 0 1 955 105 1.237 8.9 1.0 2.3 2.9 1.28
1983 36 CAL AL 11 12 .478 4.06 31 31 0 11 1 0 219.1 226 107 99 21 61 6 81 4 0 6 921 100 1.309 9.3 0.9 2.5 3.3 1.33
1984 37 CAL AL 1 1 .500 2.20 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.1 14 4 4 2 3 0 10 0 0 0 62 186 1.041 7.7 1.1 1.7 5.5 3.33
1986 39 CAL AL 0 1 .000 9.53 10 0 4 0 0 1 17.0 24 21 18 4 10 0 13 2 0 0 85 44 2.000 12.7 2.1 5.3 6.9 1.30
16 Yrs 114 113 .502 3.37 521 241 177 70 18 51 2127.1 2071 881 796 155 586 68 1047 47 7 43 8852 106 1.249 8.8 0.7 2.5 4.4 1.79
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .502 3.37 46 22 16 6 2 5 190 185 79 71 14 52 6 93 4 1 4 790 106 1.249 8.8 0.7 2.5 4.4 1.79
HOU (11 yrs) 78 81 .491 3.18 421 153 171 36 9 50 1493.2 1439 587 528 96 428 58 815 26 7 36 6213 108 1.250 8.7 0.6 2.6 4.9 1.90
CAL (5 yrs) 36 32 .529 3.81 100 88 6 34 9 1 633.2 632 294 268 59 158 10 232 21 0 7 2639 104 1.247 9.0 0.8 2.2 3.3 1.47
NL (11 yrs) 78 81 .491 3.18 421 153 171 36 9 50 1493.2 1439 587 528 96 428 58 815 26 7 36 6213 108 1.250 8.7 0.6 2.6 4.9 1.90
AL (5 yrs) 36 32 .529 3.81 100 88 6 34 9 1 633.2 632 294 268 59 158 10 232 21 0 7 2639 104 1.247 9.0 0.8 2.2 3.3 1.47

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
1970 23 HOU NL 24.0 4 4 15 5.63 4.53 -0.40 0.07 94.0 4.71 -3 -0.3 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .432 .498 $
1971 24 HOU NL 188.1 33 23 60 2.87 3.86 -0.02 0.03 96.5 3.78 17 2.1 .3 -0.2 3.3 35 .563 .513 $
1972 25 HOU NL 156.1 30 24 75 4.32 3.98 -0.42 0.04 95.5 4.24 -3 -0.4 .1 -0.1 0.7 12 .488 .498 $
1973 26 HOU NL 201.0 46 26 101 4.52 4.12 0.00 0.05 99.2 4.14 -9 -0.9 2.3 -0.2 0.4 10 .479 .494 $
1974 27 HOU NL 103.1 70 0 38 3.31 4.25 0.04 -0.34 95.2 3.68 4 0.4 2.0 0.1 1.3 14 .506 .503 $
1975 28 HOU NL 109.0 34 9 42 3.47 4.02 -0.13 -0.07 90.2 3.68 2 0.2 1.4 -0.1 1.0 13 .505 .501 $
1976 29 HOU NL 92.0 52 0 23 2.25 4.00 -0.04 -0.32 93.1 3.46 12 1.3 1.6 0.3 2.4 20 .526 .508 $ AS
1977 30 HOU NL 86.0 42 5 32 3.35 4.29 0.13 -0.15 91.9 3.69 3 0.3 1.8 -0.1 0.9 12 .507 .502 $
1978 31 HOU NL 133.1 52 6 44 2.97 4.05 -0.30 -0.16 92.9 3.89 12 1.4 1.5 0.1 2.6 26 .527 .509 $
1979 32 HOU NL 177.2 26 24 67 3.39 4.34 0.22 0.14 94.0 4.00 10 1.2 .7 -0.1 2.5 29 .545 .507 $
1980 33 HOU NL 222.1 32 32 90 3.64 4.04 -0.04 0.14 92.5 3.91 6 0.7 -0.1 2.4 27 .521 .504 $
1981 34 CAL AL 153.0 20 20 54 3.18 4.03 -0.02 0.13 99.8 4.18 17 2.0 -0.1 3.2 27 .602 .513 $ AS
1982 35 CAL AL 228.0 37 35 108 4.26 4.35 0.33 0.14 99.0 4.13 -2 -0.2 2.8 -0.1 1.5 20 .494 .499 $
1983 36 CAL AL 219.1 31 31 107 4.39 4.54 -0.28 0.15 100.6 5.00 14 1.6 -0.1 3.2 38 .550 .510 $
1984 37 CAL AL 16.1 2 2 4 2.20 4.67 0.01 0.15 100.0 4.81 5 0.6 -0.0 0.7 6 .789 .504 $
1986 39 CAL AL 17.0 10 0 21 11.12 4.78 0.46 -0.37 96.7 3.82 -14 -1.3 1.3 -0.2 -1.3 -12 .375 .492 $100,000
16 Seasons 2127.0 521 241 881 3.73 4.17 -0.03 0.02 96.0 4.07 71 8.6 1.7 -1.0 24.7 276 .517 .503 $100,000
HOU (11 yrs) 1493.1 421 153 587 3.54 4.09 -0.06 -0.02 94.5 3.91 50 5.9 1.7 -0.4 17.4 197 .514 .503 $
CAL (5 yrs) 633.2 100 88 294 4.18 4.36 0.03 0.13 99.7 4.45 20 2.7 1.5 -0.5 7.3 80 .527 .503 $100,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
1980 33 HOU NL NLCS L PHI 0 1 .000 4.15 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.2 10 4 4 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 36 1.269 10.4 1.0 1.0 6.2 6.00
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 4.15 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.2 10 4 4 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 36 1.269 10.4 1.0 1.0 6.2 6.00

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
1976 HOU NL 29 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1981 CAL AL 34 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 4.5 0.0 4.5

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
1970 23 HOU NL 4 99 94 15 28 4 0 1 0 0 5 13 .298 .333 .372 .706 .338 35 4 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 HOU NL 33 702 704 60 162 20 2 8 14 5 53 131 .230 .287 .298 .585 .272 210 17 4 8 2 5 11
1972 25 HOU NL 30 671 598 75 163 22 5 19 14 4 62 113 .273 .339 .421 .761 .307 252 18 0 8 3 1 7
1973 26 HOU NL 46 860 767 101 197 26 4 18 11 4 74 149 .257 .323 .372 .695 .295 285 17 4 10 6 7 8
1974 27 HOU NL 70 435 385 38 98 13 4 3 3 1 37 48 .255 .322 .332 .654 .279 128 12 4 3 6 13 3
1975 28 HOU NL 34 451 411 42 114 17 0 9 9 5 30 54 .277 .325 .384 .710 .297 158 12 2 2 6 3 4
1976 29 HOU NL 52 371 334 23 76 8 2 5 2 4 26 49 .228 .286 .308 .594 .252 103 9 2 6 2 7 6
1977 30 HOU NL 42 364 325 32 80 15 0 2 4 7 28 45 .246 .308 .311 .619 .279 101 10 2 7 2 6 14
1978 31 HOU NL 52 563 508 44 136 10 4 2 8 3 37 71 .268 .315 .315 .630 .304 160 8 1 11 6 13 5
1979 32 HOU NL 26 700 657 67 155 24 5 14 8 4 35 58 .236 .273 .352 .625 .240 231 16 0 5 3 2 4
1980 33 HOU NL 32 926 865 90 230 29 2 15 21 5 41 84 .266 .303 .356 .659 .279 308 17 7 9 4 1 16
1981 34 CAL AL 20 616 572 54 143 23 2 7 11 5 27 55 .250 .286 .334 .620 .264 191 19 4 8 5 2 11
1982 35 CAL AL 37 955 873 108 225 35 5 25 9 11 57 73 .258 .309 .395 .705 .256 345 16 11 8 6 2 10
1983 36 CAL AL 31 921 849 107 226 40 5 21 17 10 61 81 .266 .317 .399 .717 .273 339 23 4 4 3 6 7
1984 37 CAL AL 2 62 59 4 14 1 0 2 1 1 3 10 .237 .274 .356 .630 .255 21 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986 39 CAL AL 10 85 70 21 24 6 1 4 2 1 10 13 .343 .429 .629 1.057 .364 44 2 2 1 2 0 3
16 Yrs 521 8781 8071 881 2071 293 41 155 134 70 586 1047 .257 .309 .361 .669 .277 2911 201 47 90 56 68 109
162 Game Avg. 46 784 720 79 185 26 4 14 12 6 52 93 .257 .309 .361 .669 .277 260 18 4 8 5 6 10
MLB Averages .258 .324 .381 .705 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1970 23 HOU NL -3.8 -0.4 100 -0.1 1.4 -1.5 .87 0.3 -0.4 -2.7 -0.3 0.87 2.6 0 0 0
1971 24 HOU NL 18.1 2.0 729 1.2 12.5 -11.3 1.00 0.8 0.3 18.1 2.0 1.00 11.9 0 0 10
1972 25 HOU NL -9.2 -1.0 699 -0.1 12.9 -13.0 1.11 -1.4 1.3 -9.6 -1.0 1.11 -13.2 0 0 5
1973 26 HOU NL -10.3 -1.1 881 -0.6 15.4 -16.0 1.08 0.2 -0.8 -6.0 -0.6 1.08 1.2 12 4 4
1974 27 HOU NL 7.9 0.8 446 1.4 13.1 -11.7 1.77 1.1 -0.2 10.8 1.2 1.77 8.8 38 8 24
1975 28 HOU NL 3.4 0.4 467 -2.3 8.2 -10.5 1.15 0.5 -2.5 1.6 0.2 1.15 5.6 10 1 14
1976 29 HOU NL 12.8 1.4 382 2.3 10.9 -8.6 1.63 1.3 0.1 14.2 1.6 1.63 12.4 24 8 20
1977 30 HOU NL 7.6 0.8 381 0.7 9.5 -8.8 1.52 0.7 -0.2 5.7 0.6 1.52 6.5 20 6 11
1978 31 HOU NL 10.2 1.1 578 0.7 11.6 -10.9 1.20 1.5 -0.9 7.1 0.8 1.20 12.7 20 6 19
1979 32 HOU NL 10.6 1.1 716 1.4 11.8 -10.4 .93 2.1 -0.6 18.6 2.1 0.93 20.7 0 1 1
1980 33 HOU NL 1.7 0.2 963 0.4 17.2 -16.8 1.08 0.5 -0.1 5.9 0.7 1.08 5.7 0 0 0
1981 34 CAL AL 13.2 1.4 634 0.9 11.3 -10.5 1.05 1.5 -0.7 16.4 1.8 1.05 17.4 0 0 0
1982 35 CAL AL 4.6 0.5 980 -0.1 17.0 -17.1 1.01 0.9 -1.0 3.9 0.4 1.01 12.1 1 1 0
1983 36 CAL AL 0.7 0.1 953 0.0 16.6 -16.6 1.04 0.9 -0.9 7.6 0.8 1.04 9.7 0 0 0
1984 37 CAL AL 3.6 0.4 64 0.3 1.2 -0.9 1.01 0.4 -0.1 4.1 0.5 1.01 4.7 0 0 0
1986 39 CAL AL -10.6 -1.0 87 -1.4 1.0 -2.4 1.01 -0.8 -0.6 -13.6 -1.3 1.01 -8.3 4 3 3
16 Yrs 60.6 6.8 9060 4.8 171.9 -167.1 1.13 10.6 -6.4 82.2 9.4 1.13 110.4 129 38 111

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
1970 23 HOU NL 4 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 0 0% 46.0 55 36 2 2 1 1 5.8 6.0 6.0
1971 24 HOU NL 33 23 8 8 7 0 3 12 11 .522 1 4 7 2 16 70% 59.7 98 30 10 2 3 8 3.3 3.4 7.3
1972 25 HOU NL 30 24 6 8 10 2 0 9 15 .375 2 6 1 0 11 46% 50.8 85 27 21 7 4 11 3.0 2.9 6.1
1973 26 HOU NL 46 26 8 9 9 0 4 14 12 .538 2 7 5 0 15 58% 52.0 80 20 30 13 19 2 4.8 4.6 6.5
1975 28 HOU NL 34 9 2 5 2 0 2 3 6 .333 0 1 2 0 6 67% 49.8 61 26 8 1 4 1 3.2 3.5 6.8
1977 30 HOU NL 42 5 0 3 2 0 2 0 5 .000 1 0 0 0 3 60% 60.2 85 45 8 3 0 1 1.5 1.2 6.3
1978 31 HOU NL 52 6 4 2 0 0 1 4 2 .667 0 0 4 2 5 83% 65.0 87 37 3 0 1 2 3.2 3.0 8.1
1979 32 HOU NL 26 24 10 6 8 2 3 13 11 .542 5 3 10 2 16 67% 55.9 88 20 9 7 7 8 4.6 4.9 7.3
1980 33 HOU NL 32 32 12 13 7 2 8 14 18 .438 2 5 6 3 23 72% 53.1 81 15 17 5 0 11 3.5 3.3 6.9
1981 34 CAL AL 20 20 11 7 2 0 4 12 8 .600 0 2 10 4 15 75% 57.0 84 19 13 5 0 3 5.0 5.0 7.7
1982 35 CAL AL 37 35 12 11 12 2 3 17 18 .486 1 6 12 4 19 54% 50.9 81 14 24 3 4 11 4.8 4.7 6.4
1983 36 CAL AL 31 31 11 12 8 4 3 18 13 .581 2 0 11 1 15 48% 49.9 79 25 33 15 3 10 5.0 4.3 7.1
1984 37 CAL AL 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .500 0 1 1 0 2 100% 64.0 79 49 0 0 0 1 1.5 0.6 8.2
13 Yrs 389 241 86 87 68 13 34 119 122 .494 16 35 70 18 146 61% 54 98 14 178 63 46 70 4.1 4.0 6.9
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 109 -13 4.2 4.2 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
1971 24 HOU NL 33 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 3 .996 0 0 10 0 0 10 3 7 6 1 6 0 6.1
1972 25 HOU NL 30 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.110 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 6 3 0 3 1 5.5
1973 26 HOU NL 46 20 9 1 3 7 4 3 57% 9 2 29 12 41% 8 1.080 12 4 4 9 3 8 15 5 13 6 14 6 5.0
1974 27 HOU NL 70 70 40 8 7 20 10 10 50% 23 3 70 20 29% 7 1.771 38 8 24 27 13 30 36 34 38 17 39 19 4.4
1975 28 HOU NL 34 25 12 2 3 4 2 2 50% 6 2 25 11 44% 9 1.153 10 1 14 6 4 15 12 13 14 7 14 3 5.8
1976 29 HOU NL 52 52 46 4 3 26 19 7 73% 27 1 31 12 39% 8 1.628 24 8 20 31 6 15 19 33 28 4 28 14 5.3
1977 30 HOU NL 42 37 28 5 5 10 8 2 80% 11 0 25 8 32% 8 1.525 20 6 11 11 12 14 13 24 20 7 21 11 4.4
1978 31 HOU NL 52 46 28 6 4 11 7 4 64% 11 0 37 15 41% 7 1.203 20 6 19 11 12 23 19 27 29 6 29 11 5.5
1979 32 HOU NL 26 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 .929 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.5
1982 35 CAL AL 37 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 8 1.006 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 4.5
1986 39 CAL AL 10 10 4 0 1 2 1 1 50% 3 0 11 5 45% 6 1.006 4 3 3 4 1 5 6 4 5 5 5 0 5.1
11 Yrs 432 280 177 28 26 80 51 29 64% 90 8 238 84 35% 1.169 129 38 111 100 52 128 126 154 159 53 162 65 5.0

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%
1970 23 HOU NL 99 56% 1.0% 13.1% 5.1% 5.1% 18% 1.07 81% 19 4 21%
1971 24 HOU NL 771 57% 1.1% 18.7% 7.6% 4.3% 19% 1.05 81% 118 17 14%
1972 25 HOU NL 671 54% 2.8% 16.8% 9.2% 6.9% 28% 1.46 70% 131 18 14%
1973 26 HOU NL 861 52% 2.1% 17.3% 8.6% 5.6% 24% 0.89 70% 168 17 10%
1974 27 HOU NL 435 60% 0.7% 11.0% 8.5% 4.6% 20% 1.61 78% 100 12 12%
1975 28 HOU NL 451 52% 2.0% 12.0% 6.7% 5.8% 23% 1.45 78% 88 12 14%
1976 29 HOU NL 371 56% 1.4% 13.2% 7.0% 4.0% 20% 1.08 76% 66 9 14%
1977 30 HOU NL 364 52% 0.6% 12.4% 7.7% 4.7% 21% 1.41 77% 72 10 14%
1978 31 HOU NL 563 62% 0.4% 12.6% 6.6% 2.8% 12% 1.22 78% 123 8 7%
1979 32 HOU NL 700 52% 2.0% 8.3% 5.0% 6.1% 28% 1.36 84% 106 16 15%
1980 33 HOU NL 926 57% 1.6% 9.1% 4.4% 5.0% 20% 1.22 83% 156 17 11%
1981 34 CAL AL 616 43% 1.1% 8.9% 4.4% 5.2% 22% 0.96 84% 124 19 15%
1982 35 CAL AL 955 51% 2.6% 7.6% 6.0% 6.8% 29% 0.97 82% 165 16 10%
1983 36 CAL AL 921 47% 2.3% 8.8% 6.6% 7.2% 29% 1.20 81% 161 23 14%
1984 37 CAL AL 62 42% 3.2% 16.1% 4.8% 4.8% 21% 1.47 76% 7 1 14%
1986 39 CAL AL 85 53% 4.7% 15.3% 11.8% 12.9% 46% 0.80 65% 28 2 7%
16 Yrs 8851 53% 1.8% 11.9% 6.7% 5.6% 24% 1.17 79% 1632 201 12%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 13.6% 8.6% 6.4% 28% 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
1970 23 HOU NL 99 28 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 100% 0 1 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 24 HOU NL 702 162 8 0 4 7 1 2 6 22 9 4 41% 11 8 2 273 14 5 74% 13 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 11 69
1972 25 HOU NL 671 163 19 0 9 11 8 11 8 32 13 10 41% 7 9 3 246 14 4 78% 12 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 17 0
1973 26 HOU NL 860 197 18 0 28 7 11 4 14 48 20 8 42% 8 5 1 323 11 4 73% 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 1
1974 27 HOU NL 435 98 3 0 28 2 1 1 2 48 17 6 35% 3 4 1 170 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1975 28 HOU NL 451 114 9 1 17 6 3 4 5 25 13 2 52% 4 1 1 165 9 5 64% 8 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 10 0
1976 29 HOU NL 371 76 5 0 9 3 2 2 3 23 11 2 48% 6 2 2 149 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1977 30 HOU NL 364 80 2 0 10 0 2 0 2 21 12 2 57% 14 3 2 145 4 7 36% 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1978 31 HOU NL 563 136 2 0 26 1 1 1 1 47 19 8 40% 5 2 0 230 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1979 32 HOU NL 700 155 14 0 10 9 5 6 8 26 14 4 54% 4 0 1 215 8 4 67% 8 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
1980 33 HOU NL 926 230 15 0 11 8 7 3 12 26 18 1 69% 16 1 2 353 21 5 81% 21 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1981 34 CAL AL 616 143 7 0 6 2 5 7 0 30 18 2 60% 11 0 2 233 11 5 69% 9 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1982 35 CAL AL 955 225 25 0 8 14 11 17 8 39 26 3 67% 10 1 2 318 9 11 45% 8 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1983 36 CAL AL 921 226 21 1 10 9 12 10 11 46 27 3 59% 7 6 1 314 17 10 63% 16 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1984 37 CAL AL 62 14 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 39 CAL AL 85 24 4 1 6 2 2 1 3 12 6 1 50% 3 0 0 42 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
16 Yrs 8781 2071 155 4 187 81 74 71 84 450 228 56 51% 109 43 20 3223 134 70 66% 126 62 8 7 0 1 10 0 158 70
MLB Averages 52% 65%

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+
1970 23 1 2 .333 5.63 4 4 0 1 0 0 24.0 28 15 15 1 5 0 13 0 0 1 99 70 1.375 10.5 0.4 1.9 4.9 2.60 70
1971 24 9 10 .474 2.88 37 27 4 8 2 0 212.1 190 75 68 9 58 5 144 4 0 9 870 119 1.168 8.1 0.4 2.5 6.1 2.48 119
1972 25 15 18 .455 3.32 67 51 7 9 2 0 368.2 353 150 136 28 120 6 257 4 0 18 1541 103 1.283 8.6 0.7 2.9 6.3 2.14 103
1973 26 24 30 .444 3.63 113 77 16 14 2 4 570.0 550 251 230 46 194 13 406 8 1 23 2402 96 1.305 8.7 0.7 3.1 6.4 2.09 96
1974 27 32 37 .464 3.50 183 77 56 14 2 14 673.1 648 289 262 49 231 26 454 12 2 27 2837 99 1.305 8.7 0.7 3.1 6.1 1.97 99
1975 28 36 45 .444 3.46 217 86 68 16 2 16 782.1 762 331 301 58 261 29 508 14 2 28 3288 100 1.308 8.8 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.95 100
1976 29 40 48 .455 3.32 269 86 114 16 2 35 874.1 838 354 323 63 287 36 557 16 3 30 3660 103 1.287 8.6 0.6 3.0 5.7 1.94 103
1977 30 45 56 .446 3.27 311 91 142 16 2 43 960.1 918 386 349 65 315 42 602 18 3 33 4024 105 1.284 8.6 0.6 3.0 5.6 1.91 105
1978 31 55 62 .470 3.20 363 97 170 20 4 50 1093.2 1054 430 389 67 352 55 673 19 3 35 4587 107 1.286 8.7 0.6 2.9 5.5 1.91 107
1979 32 66 68 .493 3.18 389 121 171 30 6 50 1271.1 1209 497 449 81 387 57 731 19 4 35 5287 108 1.255 8.6 0.6 2.7 5.2 1.89 108
1980 33 78 81 .491 3.18 421 153 171 36 9 50 1493.2 1439 587 528 96 428 58 815 26 7 36 6213 108 1.250 8.7 0.6 2.6 4.9 1.90 108
1981 34 89 88 .503 3.15 441 173 171 46 13 50 1646.2 1582 641 577 103 455 60 870 30 7 36 6829 109 1.237 8.6 0.6 2.5 4.8 1.91 109
1982 35 102 99 .507 3.24 478 208 173 58 17 50 1874.2 1807 749 675 128 512 62 943 41 7 37 7784 108 1.237 8.7 0.6 2.5 4.5 1.84 108
1983 36 113 111 .504 3.33 509 239 173 69 18 50 2094.0 2033 856 774 149 573 68 1024 45 7 43 8705 107 1.245 8.7 0.6 2.5 4.4 1.79 107
1984 37 114 112 .504 3.32 511 241 173 70 18 50 2110.1 2047 860 778 151 576 68 1034 45 7 43 8767 108 1.243 8.7 0.6 2.5 4.4 1.80 108
1985 38 114 112 .504 3.32 511 241 173 70 18 50 2110.1 2047 860 778 151 576 68 1034 45 7 43 8767 108 1.243 8.7 0.6 2.5 4.4 1.80 108
1986 39 114 113 .502 3.37 521 241 177 70 18 51 2127.1 2071 881 796 155 586 68 1047 47 7 43 8852 106 1.249 8.8 0.7 2.5 4.4 1.79 106

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
1970 23 1 1 .500 6.14 22.0 28 17 15 1 5 12 0 1.500 11.5 2.0 4.9 2.40 0.4 4
1971 24 12 7 .632 3.07 179.0 174 68 61 9 57 124 4 1.291 8.7 2.9 6.2 2.18 0.5 33
1972 25 6 10 .375 5.01 149.0 184 92 83 21 70 108 0 1.705 11.1 4.2 6.5 1.54 1.3 30
1973 26 9 12 .429 4.81 191.0 206 113 102 19 77 142 4 1.482 9.7 3.6 6.7 1.84 0.9 46
1974 27 6 4 .600 3.38 96.0 104 40 36 3 39 45 4 1.490 9.8 3.7 4.2 1.15 0.3 70
1975 28 5 5 .500 4.13 98.0 122 50 45 10 32 49 2 1.571 11.2 2.9 4.5 1.53 0.9 34
1976 29 6 3 .667 2.83 86.0 84 30 27 6 29 46 2 1.314 8.8 3.0 4.8 1.59 0.6 52
1977 30 6 3 .667 3.14 83.0 84 32 29 2 29 43 2 1.361 9.1 3.1 4.7 1.48 0.2 42
1978 31 7 6 .538 3.48 124.0 149 53 48 2 41 66 1 1.532 10.8 3.0 4.8 1.61 0.1 52
1979 32 10 8 .556 3.61 167.0 163 74 67 15 37 54 0 1.198 8.8 2.0 2.9 1.46 0.8 26
1980 33 11 12 .478 4.13 207.0 252 106 95 16 45 78 8 1.435 11.0 2.0 3.4 1.73 0.7 32
1981 34 13 11 .542 3.58 216.0 233 96 86 11 44 78 7 1.282 9.7 1.8 3.3 1.77 0.5 20
1982 35 11 13 .458 4.29 218.0 232 116 104 26 59 70 11 1.335 9.6 2.4 2.9 1.19 1.1 37
1983 36 10 13 .435 4.57 207.0 233 117 105 22 63 76 4 1.430 10.1 2.7 3.3 1.21 1.0 31
1984 37 1 0 1.000 2.40 15.0 15 4 4 2 3 9 0 1.200 9.0 1.8 5.4 3.00 1.2 2
1986 39 0 1 .000 10.69 16.0 24 21 19 4 10 12 2 2.125 13.5 5.6 6.8 1.20 2.3 10
16 Yrs 114 109 .511 4.02 2074.0 2287 1029 926 169 640 1012 51 1.411 9.9 4.4 1.58 0.7 521

* 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

Hall of Fame
1992 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1976 *
1981 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1981 AL  3.2 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1971 NL  2.53 (4th)
1979 NL  3.04 (7th)
1980 NL  3.20 (10th)
1981 AL  2.88 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1981 AL  11 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 NL  .625 (8th)
1979 NL  .647 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1971 NL  1.142 (10th)
1979 NL  1.069 (1st)
1981 AL  1.111 (6th)
1982 AL  1.237 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL  7.742 (10th)
1979 NL  7.852 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 NL  1.773 (1st)
1980 NL  1.660 (3rd)
1981 AL  1.588 (2nd)
1982 AL  2.250 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 NL  6.661 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1974 NL  70 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1974 NL  10 (7th)
1976 NL  19 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1982 AL  35 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1979 NL  10 (7th)
1981 AL  10 (7th)
1982 AL  12 (5th)
1983 AL  11 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1980 NL  3 (4th)
1981 AL  4 (1st)
1982 AL  4 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 NL  19 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1980 NL  230 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1971 NL  2.472 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL  0.382 (5th)
1981 AL  0.412 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1980 NL  13 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1972 NL  9 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  7 (4th)
1982 AL  11 (1st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1974 NL  40 (5th)
1976 NL  46 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1971 NL  133 (5th)
1981 AL  126 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1971 NL  18 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1971 NL  2.0 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1971 NL  18.10 (10th)
1979 NL  18.61 (9th)
Career  82.21 (186th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1979 NL  2.1 (8th)
Career  10.6 (136th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1971 NL  2.0 (10th)
1979 NL  2.1 (9th)
Career  9.4 (168th)

Oldest s c a p y
1986 AL  born 1946-09-08 (9th)

                           

† 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 - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 57 (447), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Marty Pattin (957)
  2. Bill Hands (947)
  3. Steve Gromek (939)
  4. Nelson Briles (935)
  5. Joe Horlen (935)
  6. Dave Goltz (933)
  7. Bill Monbouquette (928)
  8. Pat Dobson (926)
  9. Bob Shaw (925)
  10. Frank Lary (924)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill Sweeney (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Buhl (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ron Schueler (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Curt Schilling (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Curt Schilling (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Greg Harris (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dick Selma (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Al McBean (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Al McBean (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dick Tidrow (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dick Tidrow (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dick Drago (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ron Reed (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Marty Pattin (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Thornton Lee (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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