John Gelnar
John Richard Gelnar
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 25, 1943 in Granite, OK
High School: Granite (Granite, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1964
Final Game: April 30, 1971
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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
1964 21 PIT NL 0 0 5.00 7 0 4 0 0 0 9.0 11 5 5 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 38 70 1.333 11.0 2.0 1.0 4.0 4.00
1967 24 PIT NL 0 1 .000 8.05 10 1 1 0 0 0 19.0 30 18 17 4 11 1 5 2 0 0 100 42 2.158 14.2 1.9 5.2 2.4 0.45
1969 26 SEP AL 3 10 .231 3.31 39 10 10 0 0 3 108.2 103 49 40 7 26 5 69 5 1 0 454 110 1.187 8.5 0.6 2.2 5.7 2.65
1970 27 MIL AL 4 3 .571 4.19 53 0 23 0 0 4 92.1 98 46 43 7 23 5 48 5 1 1 394 90 1.310 9.6 0.7 2.2 4.7 2.09
1971 28 MIL AL 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 26 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
5 Seasons 7 14 .333 4.18 111 11 38 0 0 7 230.1 245 120 107 20 62 11 126 12 2 1 994 87 1.333 9.6 0.8 2.4 4.9 2.03
162 Game Avg. 4 8 .333 4.18 62 6 21 0 0 4 128 137 67 60 11 35 6 70 7 1 1 554 87 1.333 9.6 0.8 2.4 4.9 2.03
MIL (3 yrs) 7 13 .350 3.78 94 10 33 0 0 7 202.1 204 97 85 14 50 10 117 10 2 1 856 97 1.255 9.1 0.6 2.2 5.2 2.34
PIT (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 7.07 17 1 5 0 0 0 28.0 41 23 22 6 12 1 9 2 0 0 138 48 1.893 13.2 1.9 3.9 2.9 0.75
AL (3 yrs) 7 13 .350 3.78 94 10 33 0 0 7 202.1 204 97 85 14 50 10 117 10 2 1 856 97 1.255 9.1 0.6 2.2 5.2 2.34
NL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 7.07 17 1 5 0 0 0 28.0 41 23 22 6 12 1 9 2 0 0 138 48 1.893 13.2 1.9 3.9 2.9 0.75

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
1964 21 PIT NL 7 38 35 5 11 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .314 .333 .514 .848 .310 18 1 0 2 0 0
1967 24 PIT NL 10 100 80 18 30 4 1 4 0 2 11 5 .375 .453 .600 1.053 .356 48 0 2 5 2 1
1969 26 SEP AL 39 453 412 49 103 17 2 7 6 0 26 69 .250 .299 .352 .651 .282 145 8 5 5 5 5
1970 27 MIL AL 53 394 354 46 98 14 1 7 6 2 23 48 .277 .326 .381 .707 .299 135 9 5 7 5 5
1971 28 MIL AL 2 8 7 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .429 .500 .714 1.214 .429 5 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 111 993 888 120 245 38 4 20 12 4 62 126 .276 .328 .395 .723 .298 351 18 12 19 12 11
162 Game Avg. 62 553 495 67 137 21 2 11 7 2 35 70 .276 .328 .395 .723 .298 196 10 7 11 7 6
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
1967 24 PIT NL 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30 30 30 6 3 0 1 4.0 9.0 1.3
1969 26 SEP AL 39 10 1 7 2 0 4 2 8 .200 1 1 0 0 5 50% 47 59 25 16 8 3 3 2.5 1.7 5.3
2 Seasons 49 11 1 8 2 0 4 2 9 .182 1 1 0 0 5 45% 45 59 25 22 11 3 4 2.7 1.9 4.9
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
1964 21 PIT NL 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 8 0.106 0 0 7 0 0 7 2 5 3 2 3 1 3.9
1967 24 PIT NL 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 1 0.644 1 4 3 0 1 8 6 3 7 1 7 1 5.9
1969 26 SEP AL 39 29 10 2 3 5 3 2 60% 5 0 24 9 38% 8 0.978 9 5 15 5 4 20 12 17 20 4 20 6 5.8
1970 27 MIL AL 53 53 23 4 3 6 4 2 67% 9 3 54 18 33% 7 0.785 13 16 24 9 5 39 30 23 38 7 39 12 5.2
1971 28 MIL AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.358 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2.0
5 Seasons 111 100 38 6 6 11 7 4 64% 14 3 94 33 35% 0.829 23 25 51 14 10 76 50 50 68 15 69 20 5.3

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%
1964 21 PIT NL 38 39% 5.3% 10.5% 2.6% 7.9% 27% 0.77 76% 9 1 11%
1967 24 PIT NL 100 31% 4.0% 5.0% 11.0% 9.0% 30% 1.17 73% 29 0 0%
1969 26 SEP AL 453 41% 1.6% 15.2% 5.7% 5.7% 25% 1.18 75% 77 8 10%
1970 27 MIL AL 394 41% 1.8% 12.2% 5.8% 5.6% 22% 1.38 77% 85 9 11%
1971 28 MIL AL 8 25% 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 25.0% 67% 1.00 88% 2 0 0%
5 Seasons 993 40% 2.0% 12.7% 6.2% 6.2% 25% 1.23 76% 202 18 9%
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
1964 21 PIT NL 38 11 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 24 PIT NL 100 30 4 0 5 2 2 0 4 12 8 0 67% 3 0 0 49 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1969 26 SEP AL 453 103 7 0 9 5 2 6 1 24 14 5 58% 7 0 0 172 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1970 27 MIL AL 393 98 7 0 14 6 2 3 5 27 19 2 70% 5 1 0 165 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
1971 28 MIL AL 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 992 245 20 0 29 15 6 10 11 64 41 7 64% 16 1 0 410 12 4 75% 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1
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+
1964 21 0 0 5.00 7 0 4 0 0 0 9.0 11 5 5 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 38 70 1.333 11.0 2.0 1.0 4.0 4.00 70
1965 22 0 0 5.00 7 0 4 0 0 0 9.0 11 5 5 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 38 70 1.333 11.0 2.0 1.0 4.0 4.00 70
1966 23 0 0 5.00 7 0 4 0 0 0 9.0 11 5 5 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 38 70 1.333 11.0 2.0 1.0 4.0 4.00 70
1967 24 0 1 .000 7.07 17 1 5 0 0 0 28.0 41 23 22 6 12 1 9 2 0 0 138 48 1.893 13.2 1.9 3.9 2.9 0.75 48
1968 25 0 1 .000 7.07 17 1 5 0 0 0 28.0 41 23 22 6 12 1 9 2 0 0 138 48 1.893 13.2 1.9 3.9 2.9 0.75 48
1969 26 3 11 .214 4.08 56 11 15 0 0 3 136.2 144 72 62 13 38 6 78 7 1 0 592 88 1.332 9.5 0.9 2.5 5.1 2.05 88
1970 27 7 14 .333 4.13 109 11 38 0 0 7 229.0 242 118 105 20 61 11 126 12 2 1 986 88 1.323 9.5 0.8 2.4 5.0 2.07 88
1971 28 7 14 .333 4.18 111 11 38 0 0 7 230.1 245 120 107 20 62 11 126 12 2 1 994 87 1.333 9.6 0.8 2.4 4.9 2.03 87

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
1964 21 0 0 5.62 8.0 12 6 5 2 1 4 0 1.625 13.5 1.1 4.5 4.00 2.3 7
1967 24 0 1 .000 10.00 18.0 33 22 20 4 12 5 2 2.500 16.5 6.0 2.5 0.42 2.0 10
1969 26 6 5 .545 3.77 105.0 108 49 44 7 27 67 5 1.286 9.3 2.3 5.7 2.48 0.6 39
1970 27 4 5 .444 4.70 88.0 101 51 46 7 24 46 5 1.420 10.3 2.5 4.7 1.92 0.7 53
1971 28 0 0 18.00 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 4.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
5 Seasons 10 11 .476 4.79 220.0 257 130 117 20 65 122 12 1.464 10.5 5.0 1.88 0.8 111

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