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John Fulgham

John Thomas Fulgham

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 9, 1956 in St. Louis, MO
School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1979
Team: Cardinals 1979-1980

Final Game: August 27, 1980
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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
1976	20	STL-min	Rk	3	3	.500	3.38	12	7					56.0	54	29	21	0	22								1.357	8.7	0.0	3.5			CDS · GULF
1977	21	STL-min	A	18	6	.750	2.05	26	26		17	4	0	202.0	157	54	46	4	64	1	130	2	1	5			1.094	7.0	0.2	2.9	5.8	2.03	SPT · FLOR
1978	22	STL-min	AA	9	7	.563	4.03	27	24		6	0	1	154.0	160	84	69	11	64	7	119	6	0	12			1.455	9.4	0.6	3.7	7.0	1.86	ARK · TL
1979	23	STL-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.16	11	11		5	1		77.0	61	31	27	7	25	1	50	2	1	0			1.117	7.1	0.8	2.9	5.8	2.00	SPR · AA
1979	23	STL	NL	10	6	.625	2.53	20	19	0	10	2	0	146.0	123	47	41	10	26	3	75	3	1	2	576	151	1.021	7.6	0.6	1.6	4.6	2.88
1980	24	STL-min	AA	0	0		0.00	1	1		0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1			0.400	1.8	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00	ARK · TL
1980	24	STL	NL	4	6	.400	3.38	15	14	0	4	1	0	85.1	66	33	32	7	32	1	48	1	2	1	338	111	1.148	7.0	0.7	3.4	5.1	1.50
1981		Did not play in major leagues (Injured - Arm)
1982	26	STL-min	AAA,A	8	5	.615	4.82	18	17	1	3	1	0	99.0	113	62	53	9	32	0	57	0	0	6			1.465	10.3	0.8	2.9	5.2	1.78	LOU,SPT · AA,FLOR
1983	27	STL-min	AAA	1	2	.333	6.27	5	5	0	0	0	0	18.2	26	18	13	3	8	0	11	0	0	0			1.821	12.5	1.4	3.9	5.3	1.38	LOU · AA
2 Yrs				14	12	.538	2.84	35	33	0	14	3	0	231.1	189	80	73	17	58	4	123	4	3	3	914	134	1.068	7.4	0.7	2.3	4.8	2.12
162 Game Avg.				14	12	.538	2.84	35	33	0	14	3	0	231	189	80	73	17	58	4	123	4	3	3	914	134	1.068	7.4	0.7	2.3	4.8	2.12

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
1979	23	STL	NL	146.0	20	19	47	2.90	4.16	0.13	0.13	101.2	4.22	20	2.4	.1	-0.1	3.4	35	.619	.515	$
1980	24	STL	NL	85.1	15	14	33	3.48	3.96	0.13	0.13	103.7	4.11	6	0.7	4.2	-0.0	1.3	14	.544	.504	$
2 Seasons				231.1	35	33	80	3.11	4.09	0.13	0.13	102.1	4.18	26	3.0	2.1	-0.1	4.7	49	.587	.509	$

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
1979	23	STL	NL	20	576	541	47	123	27	4	10	11	0	26	75	.227	.266	.348	.613	.247	188	12	3	4	2	3	8
1980	24	STL	NL	15	338	302	33	66	14	3	7	8	5	32	48	.219	.295	.354	.649	.238	107	7	1	2	1	1	0
2 Yrs				35	914	843	80	189	41	7	17	19	5	58	123	.224	.276	.350	.626	.244	295	19	4	6	3	4	8
162 Game Avg.				35	914	843	80	189	41	7	17	19	5	58	123	.224	.276	.350	.626	.244	295	19	4	6	3	4	8
MLB Averages																.265	.328	.393	.721	.286

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
1979	23	STL	NL	20.4	2.2	592	2.6	11.2	-8.6	1.00	2.3	0.3	22.8	2.5	1.00	24.4	0	1
1980	24	STL	NL	4.5	0.5	355	1.4	6.1	-4.7	.95	1.3	0.2	7.2	0.8	0.95	7.6	1	0
2 Yrs				24.9	2.7	947	4.0	17.4	-13.4	.98	3.6	0.5	30.1	3.3	0.98	32.0	1	1

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
1979	23	STL	NL	20	19	10	6	3	1	3	12	7	.632	2	1	10	2	14	74%	60.4	88	23	6	2	1	6	3.9	4.1	7.6
1980	24	STL	NL	15	14	4	6	4	1	2	5	9	.357	1	1	4	1	7	50%	55.7	80	18	3	2	1	7	3.5	3.2	6.1
2 Yrs				35	33	14	12	7	2	5	17	16	.515	3	2	14	3	21	64%	58	88	18	9	4	2	13	3.7	3.8	6.9
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	99	-1					4.4	4.4	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1979	23	STL	NL	20	1	0	0	1	0%	6	.996	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	5.0
1980	24	STL	NL	15	1	1	1	3	0%	7	.951	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.0
2 Yrs				35	2	1	1	4	0%		.979	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	23	STL	NL	576	52%	1.7%	13.0%	4.5%	7.1%	33%	0.78	80%	77	12	16%
1980	24	STL	NL	338	59%	2.1%	14.2%	9.5%	7.1%	36%	0.76	73%	56	7	13%
2 Yrs				914	55%	1.9%	13.5%	6.4%	7.1%	34%	0.77	77%	133	19	14%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.5%	8.3%	6.7%	28%	1.10	76%			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
1979	23	STL	NL	576	123			10	0	11	8	2	7	3	24	7	9	29%	8	2	1	175	11	0	100%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1980	24	STL	NL	338	66			7	0	3	5	2	1	6	15	9	3	60%	0	1	1	104	8	5	62%	7	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	8	0
2 Yrs				914	189			17	0	14	13	4	8	9	39	16	12	41%	8	3	2	279	19	5	79%	18	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	14	0
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

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+
1979	23	10	6	.625	2.53	20	19	0	10	2	0	146.0	123	47	41	10	26	3	75	3	1	2	576	151	1.021	7.6	0.6	1.6	4.6	2.88	151
1980	24	14	12	.538	2.84	35	33	0	14	3	0	231.1	189	80	73	17	58	4	123	4	3	3	914	134	1.068	7.4	0.7	2.3	4.8	2.12	134

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1979	23	10	5	.667	2.68	141.0	124	47	42	10	26	72	3	1.064	7.9	1.7	4.6	2.77	0.6	20
1980	24	4	4	.500	3.87	79.0	68	38	34	7	33	44	1	1.278	7.7	3.8	5.0	1.33	0.8	15
2 Yrs		14	9	.609	3.11	220.0	192	85	76	17	59	116	4	1.141	7.9		4.7	1.97	0.7	35

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1979 NL 3.4 (10th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1979 NL 10 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1979 NL 20 (2nd)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1979 NL 2.2 (2nd)
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1979 NL 22.84 (4th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1979 NL 2.6 (8th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1979 NL 2.3 (5th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1979 NL 2.5 (3rd)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Jack Coombs (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charley Hall (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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