Alan Foster

Alan Benton Foster

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 8, 1946 in Pasadena, CA
High School: Los Altos (Hacienda Hieghts, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1967
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Dodgers/Padres/Indians/Angels 1967-1976

Final Game: August 13, 1976
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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
1965	18	LAD-min	A	5	2	.714	4.21	8	8					47.0	33	23	22	6	18								1.085	6.3	1.1	3.4			SNB · CALL
1966	19	LAD-min	AA	11	5	.688	2.86	23	18					132.0	108	50	42	7	65		125						1.311	7.4	0.5	4.4	8.5	1.92	ABQ · TL
1967	20	LAD-min	AAA	10	9	.526	3.49	23	23		9	3		142.0	102	62	55	9	61	5	127	4	1	5			1.148	6.5	0.6	3.9	8.0	2.08	SPO · PCL
1967	20	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	2.16	4	2	0	0	0	0	16.2	10	4	4	0	3	0	15	0	0	0	62	146	0.780	5.4	0.0	1.6	8.1	5.00
1968	21	LAD-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.60	16	16		6	2		104.0	76	41	30	9	38	1	87	2	2	1			1.096	6.6	0.8	3.3	7.5	2.29	SPO · PCL
1968	21	LAD	NL	1	1	.500	1.72	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.2	11	4	3	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	57	165	0.830	6.3	0.6	1.1	5.7	5.00
1969	22	LAD	NL	3	9	.250	4.38	24	15	4	2	2	0	102.2	119	55	50	11	29	4	59	4	0	6	451	76	1.442	10.4	1.0	2.5	5.2	2.03
1970	23	LAD	NL	10	13	.435	4.26	33	33	0	7	1	0	198.2	200	104	94	22	81	2	83	2	0	7	857	90	1.414	9.1	1.0	3.7	3.8	1.02
1971	24	CLE	AL	8	12	.400	4.16	36	26	2	3	0	0	181.2	158	93	84	19	82	5	97	4	0	6	775	92	1.321	7.8	0.9	4.1	4.8	1.18
1972	25	ANA-min	AAA	8	8	.500	4.25	25	15		5	2	2	110.0	105	55	52	10	42	2	108	3	0	3			1.336	8.6	0.8	3.4	8.8	2.57	SLC · PCL
1972	25	CAL	AL	0	1	.000	4.97	8	0	1	0	0	0	12.2	12	8	7	3	6	0	11	2	0	1	58	61	1.421	8.5	2.1	4.3	7.8	1.83
1973	26	STL	NL	13	9	.591	3.14	35	29	3	6	2	0	203.2	195	82	71	17	63	3	106	5	0	1	854	117	1.267	8.6	0.8	2.8	4.7	1.68
1974	27	STL	NL	7	10	.412	3.88	31	25	2	5	1	0	162.1	167	81	70	16	61	7	78	3	1	3	697	93	1.405	9.3	0.9	3.4	4.3	1.28
1975	28	SDP	NL	3	1	.750	2.42	17	4	4	1	0	0	44.2	41	14	12	1	21	5	20	0	0	0	193	146	1.388	8.3	0.2	4.2	4.0	0.95
1976	29	SDP	NL	3	6	.333	3.22	26	11	4	2	0	0	86.2	75	36	31	9	35	2	22	1	1	2	360	102	1.269	7.8	0.9	3.6	2.3	0.63
10 Yrs				48	63	.432	3.74	217	148	20	26	6	0	1025.1	988	481	426	99	383	28	501	21	2	26	4364	97	1.337	8.7	0.9	3.4	4.4	1.31
162 Game Avg.				9	12	.432	3.74	40	28	4	5	1	0	191	184	90	79	18	71	5	93	4	0	5	813	97	1.337	8.7	0.9	3.4	4.4	1.31

LAD (4 yrs)				14	24	.368	4.07	64	53	4	9	3	0	333.2	340	167	151	34	115	6	167	6	0	13	1427	88	1.364	9.2	0.9	3.1	4.5	1.45
STL (2 yrs)				20	19	.513	3.47	66	54	5	11	3	0	366.0	362	163	141	33	124	10	184	8	1	4	1551	105	1.328	8.9	0.8	3.0	4.5	1.48
SDP (2 yrs)				6	7	.462	2.95	43	15	8	3	0	0	131.1	116	50	43	10	56	7	42	1	1	2	553	114	1.310	7.9	0.7	3.8	2.9	0.75
CAL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.97	8	0	1	0	0	0	12.2	12	8	7	3	6	0	11	2	0	1	58	61	1.421	8.5	2.1	4.3	7.8	1.83
CLE (1 yr)				8	12	.400	4.16	36	26	2	3	0	0	181.2	158	93	84	19	82	5	97	4	0	6	775	92	1.321	7.8	0.9	4.1	4.8	1.18

NL (8 yrs)				40	50	.444	3.63	173	122	17	23	6	0	831.0	818	380	335	77	295	23	393	15	2	19	3531	99	1.339	8.9	0.8	3.2	4.3	1.33
AL (2 yrs)				8	13	.381	4.21	44	26	3	3	0	0	194.1	170	101	91	22	88	5	108	6	0	7	833	89	1.328	7.9	1.0	4.1	5.0	1.23

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
1967	20	LAD	NL	16.2	4	2	4	2.16	3.71	-0.24	0.02	82.0	3.26	2	0.2	.1	-0.0	0.3	4	.556	.501	$
1968	21	LAD	NL	15.2	3	3	4	2.30	3.59	-0.16	0.05	99.2	3.77	2	0.3		-0.0	0.5	4	.607	.502	$
1969	22	LAD	NL	102.2	24	15	55	4.82	3.96	0.14	0.02	90.2	3.47	-16	-1.7	.4	0.0	-0.8	-5	.428	.489	$
1970	23	LAD	NL	198.2	33	33	104	4.71	4.54	0.28	0.07	93.9	4.06	-17	-1.7		-0.1	-0.2	6	.449	.490	$
1971	24	CLE	AL	181.2	36	26	93	4.61	3.93	-0.08	0.02	112.0	4.52	-1	-0.2	.6	-0.1	1.3	16	.495	.499	$25,000
1972	25	CAL	AL	12.2	8	0	8	5.68	3.72	0.05	-0.16	94.6	3.32	-3	-0.4	.8	0.0	-0.3	-2	.451	.498	$28,500
1973	26	STL	NL	203.2	35	29	82	3.62	4.13	0.13	0.11	99.5	4.08	10	1.2	1.3	-0.1	2.6	29	.533	.507	$
1974	27	STL	NL	162.1	31	25	81	4.49	4.14	0.19	0.11	99.0	4.02	-9	-1.0	.3	-0.1	0.2	7	.468	.494	$
1975	28	SDP	NL	44.2	17	4	14	2.82	4.06	-0.26	-0.06	94.8	4.04	6	0.6	.6	-0.1	0.9	10	.538	.504	$
1976	29	SDP	NL	86.2	26	11	36	3.74	4.08	0.13	-0.01	91.8	3.62	-2	-0.2	.5	-0.0	0.4	7	.492	.499	$
10 Seasons				1025.1	217	148	481	4.22	4.13	0.10	0.06	98.4	4.02	-29	-2.8	.6	-0.5	4.9	74	.487	.498	$53,500

LAD (4 yrs)				333.2	64	53	167	4.50	4.27	0.19	0.05	92.4	3.83	-29	-2.9	.4	-0.1	-0.2	9	.455	.496	$
STL (2 yrs)				366.0	66	54	163	4.01	4.13	0.16	0.11	99.3	4.05	1	0.1	.8	-0.2	2.8	36	.502	.500	$
SDP (2 yrs)				131.1	43	15	50	3.43	4.07	-0.00	-0.03	92.8	3.76	4	0.4	.6	-0.1	1.3	17	.510	.501	$
CAL (1 yr)				12.2	8	0	8	5.68	3.72	0.05	-0.16	94.6	3.32	-3	-0.4	.8	0.0	-0.3	-2	.451	.498	$28,500
CLE (1 yr)				181.2	36	26	93	4.61	3.93	-0.08	0.02	112.0	4.52	-1	-0.2	.6	-0.1	1.3	16	.495	.499	$25,000

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
1967	20	LAD	NL	4	62	59	4	10	0	1	0	0	2	3	15	.169	.210	.203	.413	.227	12	0	0	0	0	0	1
1968	21	LAD	NL	3	54	55	4	11	3	0	1	1	0	2	10	.200	.228	.309	.537	.227	17	2	0	0	0	0	0
1969	22	LAD	NL	24	451	410	55	119	16	1	11	12	2	29	59	.290	.342	.415	.756	.316	170	7	4	5	2	4	4
1970	23	LAD	NL	33	856	757	104	200	17	5	22	14	5	81	83	.264	.334	.387	.721	.270	293	22	2	9	8	2	10
1971	24	CLE	AL	36	775	681	93	158	32	1	19	12	3	82	97	.232	.316	.366	.681	.243	249	15	4	2	6	5	10
1972	25	CAL	AL	8	58	49	8	12	2	0	3	1	0	6	11	.245	.351	.469	.820	.257	23	0	2	1	0	0	0
1973	26	STL	NL	35	854	767	82	195	25	4	17	12	9	63	106	.254	.313	.364	.676	.274	279	16	5	13	6	3	15
1974	27	STL	NL	31	697	623	81	167	21	10	16	14	7	61	78	.268	.335	.411	.746	.284	256	16	3	7	3	7	8
1975	28	SDP	NL	17	193	168	14	41	6	4	1	4	1	21	20	.244	.326	.345	.672	.270	58	3	0	3	1	5	3
1976	29	SDP	NL	26	360	319	36	75	12	2	9	6	5	35	22	.235	.311	.370	.681	.228	118	8	1	3	2	2	5
10 Yrs				217	4360	3888	481	988	134	28	99	76	34	383	501	.254	.322	.379	.702	.268	1475	89	21	43	28	28	56
162 Game Avg.				40	812	724	90	184	25	5	18	14	6	71	93	.254	.322	.379	.702	.268	275	17	4	8	5	5	10
MLB Averages																.251	.318	.366	.684	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1967	20	LAD	NL	2.3	0.3	64	0.3	0.8	-0.5	.69	0.5	-0.1	2.9	0.3	0.69	4.5	0	0	2
1968	21	LAD	NL	1.8	0.2	58	0.2	1.0	-0.8	.89	0.1	0.2	1.8	0.2	0.88	1.0	0	0	0
1969	22	LAD	NL	-12.3	-1.2	473	-0.5	7.2	-7.8	.94	-0.9	0.3	-7.3	-0.8	0.94	-7.8	1	1	7
1970	23	LAD	NL	-9.8	-1.0	888	-1.0	14.7	-15.7	1.01	-0.7	-0.3	-6.0	-0.6	1.01	-5.6	0	0	0
1971	24	CLE	AL	-5.7	-0.6	799	-1.5	12.6	-14.1	.96	0.1	-1.7	-4.8	-0.5	0.96	2.0	1	1	8
1972	25	CAL	AL	-2.9	-0.3	61	-0.9	0.3	-1.1	.34	-0.4	-2.1	-6.7	-0.7	0.34	-6.8	2	0	6
1973	26	STL	NL	11.5	1.2	880	0.3	16.1	-15.8	1.07	0.7	-0.4	8.9	0.9	1.07	8.4	3	0	3
1974	27	STL	NL	-4.8	-0.5	726	-1.7	11.6	-13.3	1.02	-1.3	-0.3	-9.5	-1.0	1.02	-16.8	0	1	5
1975	28	SDP	NL	5.6	0.6	201	0.4	2.5	-2.1	.75	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.2	0.75	3.0	2	3	8
1976	29	SDP	NL	0.6	0.1	377	-0.4	5.1	-5.5	.81	-0.6	0.2	-1.5	-0.2	0.81	-5.4	0	5	10
10 Yrs				-13.7	-1.3	4527	-4.8	72.0	-76.7	.96	-2.3	-2.6	-20.4	-2.1	0.96	-23.5	9	11	49

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
1967	20	LAD	NL	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	2	100%	73.0	74	72	3	1	1	1	1.1	0.0	7.0
1968	21	LAD	NL	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	1	33%	58.3	65	48	1	0	0	1	2.1	1.8	5.2
1969	22	LAD	NL	24	15	3	8	4	0	3	4	11	.267	2	1	2	2	7	47%	47.7	79	20	16	10	8	6	3.6	3.8	5.7
1970	23	LAD	NL	33	33	10	13	10	0	4	15	18	.455	3	3	7	1	19	58%	48.7	84	14	29	10	10	10	4.8	4.8	6.0
1971	24	CLE	AL	36	26	7	12	7	1	5	9	17	.346	2	3	3	0	14	54%	49.3	73	17	31	13	7	7	3.0	3.3	5.9

1973	26	STL	NL	35	29	13	7	9	1	4	18	11	.621	2	4	6	2	21	72%	54.5	79	25	26	7	5	6	4.6	4.3	6.8
1974	27	STL	NL	31	25	7	10	8	1	2	14	11	.560	1	4	5	1	13	52%	49.5	83	22	22	8	2	10	4.0	3.8	6.1
1975	28	SDP	NL	17	4	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	.500	0	0	1	0	3	75%	57.8	64	41	12	0	2	1	3.6	4.7	6.6
1976	29	SDP	NL	26	11	3	6	2	0	3	4	7	.364	1	0	2	0	6	55%	50.5	74	34	15	5	7	3	2.8	3.4	5.5
9 Yrs				209	148	46	59	43	3	23	68	80	.459	11	16	26	6	86	58%	51	84	14	155	54	42	45	3.9	4.0	6.1
MLB Averages													.500						56%	53	112	-5					4.0	3.9	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1967	20	LAD	NL	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.693	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	4.0

1969	22	LAD	NL	24	9	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	6	.936	1	1	7	0	2	7	1	8	5	2	5	0	5.6

1971	24	CLE	AL	36	10	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	6	0	0%	6	.957	1	1	8	3	0	7	4	6	7	2	7	2	8.6
1972	25	CAL	AL	8	8	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	3	3	100%	4	.344	2	0	6	1	1	6	2	6	4	1	5	1	4.8
1973	26	STL	NL	35	6	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	7	1.065	3	0	3	0	2	4	1	5	3	2	3	0	3.5
1974	27	STL	NL	31	6	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	3	1.016	0	1	5	1	0	5	1	5	4	1	4	0	4.5
1975	28	SDP	NL	17	13	4	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	7	3	43%	7	.755	2	3	8	1	1	11	4	9	6	3	6	4	4.2
1976	29	SDP	NL	26	15	4	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	10	5	50%	6	.813	0	5	10	2	0	13	5	10	11	3	11	2	5.1
8 Yrs				181	69	20	2	4	1	0	1	0%	5	4	33	15	45%		.952	9	11	49	8	6	55	18	51	41	15	42	9	5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1967	20	LAD	NL	62	53%	0.0%	24.2%	4.8%	1.6%	10%	0.83	71%	9	0	0%
1968	21	LAD	NL	57	59%	1.9%	18.5%	3.7%	7.4%	36%	0.79	81%	5	2	40%
1969	22	LAD	NL	451	65%	2.4%	13.1%	6.4%	6.2%	24%	0.75	76%	80	7	9%
1970	23	LAD	NL	857	62%	2.6%	9.7%	9.5%	5.1%	22%	0.90	77%	170	22	13%
1971	24	CLE	AL	775	53%	2.5%	12.5%	10.6%	6.7%	33%	1.07	74%	129	15	12%
1972	25	CAL	AL	58	57%	5.2%	19.0%	10.3%	8.6%	42%	1.45	60%	10	0	0%
1973	26	STL	NL	854	56%	2.0%	12.4%	7.4%	5.4%	24%	1.05	76%	156	16	10%
1974	27	STL	NL	697	52%	2.3%	11.2%	8.8%	6.7%	28%	0.98	76%	126	16	13%
1975	28	SDP	NL	193	55%	0.5%	10.4%	10.9%	5.7%	27%	1.29	77%	35	3	9%
1976	29	SDP	NL	360	59%	2.5%	6.1%	9.7%	6.4%	31%	1.18	81%	56	8	14%
10 Yrs				4364	57%	2.3%	11.5%	8.8%	6.0%	26%	0.99	76%	776	89	11%
MLB Averages					46%	1.9%	14.4%	8.6%	5.9%	27%	1.10	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
1967	20	LAD	NL	62	10			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	1	0	0	17	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1968	21	LAD	NL	54	11			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0%	0	0	0	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
1969	22	LAD	NL	451	119			11	0	9	6	5	4	7	25	11	4	44%	4	6	1	164	12	2	86%	10	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	9	0
1970	23	LAD	NL	856	200			22	1	16	17	5	11	11	38	23	3	61%	10	7	3	307	14	5	74%	14	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	22	1
1971	24	CLE	AL	775	158			19	0	20	8	11	16	3	42	19	6	45%	10	6	1	256	12	3	80%	11	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	0
1972	25	CAL	AL	58	12			3	0	0	2	1	0	3	2	1	0	50%	0	1	1	25	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1973	26	STL	NL	854	195			17	0	10	12	5	6	11	36	17	5	47%	15	1	2	316	12	9	57%	9	7	2	1	1	1	2	2	11	0
1974	27	STL	NL	697	167			16	0	13	8	8	13	3	41	24	4	59%	8	3	1	238	14	7	67%	11	7	3	0	0	0	3	3	11	0
1975	28	SDP	NL	193	41			1	1	8	1	0	0	1	14	7	3	50%	3	0	1	74	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
1976	29	SDP	NL	360	75			9	0	3	5	4	5	4	13	9	1	69%	5	2	2	129	6	5	55%	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
10 Yrs				4360	988			99	2	79	60	39	55	44	214	112	27	52%	56	26	12	1539	76	34	69%	65	31	10	1	1	2	12	7	82	4
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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+
1967	20	0	1	.000	2.16	4	2	0	0	0	16.2	10	4	4	0	3	0	15	0	0	0	62	146	0.780	5.4	0.0	1.6	8.1	5.00	146
1968	21	1	2	.333	1.95	7	5	0	0	0	32.1	21	8	7	1	5	0	25	0	0	0	119	154	0.804	5.8	0.3	1.4	7.0	5.00	154
1969	22	4	11	.267	3.80	31	20	4	2	2	135.0	140	63	57	12	34	4	84	4	0	6	570	86	1.289	9.3	0.8	2.3	5.6	2.47	86
1970	23	14	24	.368	4.07	64	53	4	9	3	333.2	340	167	151	34	115	6	167	6	0	13	1427	88	1.364	9.2	0.9	3.1	4.5	1.45	88
1971	24	22	36	.379	4.10	100	79	6	12	3	515.1	498	260	235	53	197	11	264	10	0	19	2202	89	1.349	8.7	0.9	3.4	4.6	1.34	89
1972	25	22	37	.373	4.13	108	79	7	12	3	528.0	510	268	242	56	203	11	275	12	0	20	2260	89	1.350	8.7	1.0	3.5	4.7	1.35	89
1973	26	35	46	.432	3.85	143	108	10	18	5	731.2	705	350	313	73	266	14	381	17	0	21	3114	95	1.327	8.7	0.9	3.3	4.7	1.43	95
1974	27	42	56	.429	3.86	174	133	12	23	6	894.0	872	431	383	89	327	21	459	20	1	24	3811	95	1.341	8.8	0.9	3.3	4.6	1.40	95
1975	28	45	57	.441	3.79	191	137	16	24	6	938.2	913	445	395	90	348	26	479	20	1	24	4004	96	1.343	8.8	0.9	3.3	4.6	1.38	96
1976	29	48	63	.432	3.74	217	148	20	26	6	1025.1	988	481	426	99	383	28	501	21	2	26	4364	97	1.337	8.7	0.9	3.4	4.4	1.31	97

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
1967	20	1	0	1.000	2.81	16.0	11	6	5	0	3	14	0	0.875	6.2	1.7	7.9	4.67	0.0	4
1968	21	1	0	1.000	2.57	14.0	13	4	4	1	2	9	0	1.071	8.4	1.3	5.8	4.50	0.6	3
1969	22	3	7	.300	5.68	95.0	130	67	60	12	32	55	4	1.705	12.3	3.0	5.2	1.72	1.1	24
1970	23	9	12	.429	4.67	189.0	204	109	98	22	83	79	2	1.519	9.7	4.0	3.8	0.95	1.0	33
1971	24	8	11	.421	4.47	177.0	162	98	88	19	84	94	4	1.390	8.2	4.3	4.8	1.12	1.0	36
1972	25	0	1	.000	7.50	12.0	15	11	10	4	8	10	2	1.917	11.3	6.0	7.5	1.25	3.0	8
1973	26	12	9	.571	3.48	194.0	201	83	75	18	65	101	5	1.371	9.3	3.0	4.7	1.55	0.8	35
1974	27	7	9	.438	4.41	153.0	173	83	75	17	63	73	3	1.542	10.2	3.7	4.3	1.16	1.0	31
1975	28	3	1	.750	2.72	43.0	43	14	13	1	22	19	0	1.512	9.0	4.6	4.0	0.86	0.2	17
1976	29	4	4	.500	4.16	80.0	82	41	37	10	38	20	1	1.500	9.2	4.3	2.3	0.53	1.1	26
10 Yrs		48	54	.471	4.30	973.0	1034	516	465	104	400	474	21	1.474	9.6		4.4	1.19	1.0	217

* 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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Hall of Fame Standards

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