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Dave Giusti

David John Giusti

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 27, 1939 in Seneca Falls, NY
High School: North HS (Syracuse, NY)
School: Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1962
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Astros/Athletics/Colt.45's/Cardinals/... 1962-1977

Final Game: September 27, 1977
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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
1962 22 HOU NL 2 3 .400 5.62 22 5 5 0 0 0 73.2 82 49 46 7 30 1 43 0 0 13 327 67 1.520 10.0 0.9 3.7 5.3 1.43
1964 24 HOU NL 0 0 3.16 8 0 1 0 0 0 25.2 24 10 9 1 8 1 16 0 0 1 106 111 1.247 8.4 0.4 2.8 5.6 2.00
1965 25 HOU NL 8 7 .533 4.32 38 13 15 4 1 3 131.1 132 67 63 13 46 11 92 1 0 9 566 77 1.355 9.0 0.9 3.2 6.3 2.00
1966 26 HOU NL 15 14 .517 4.20 34 33 0 9 4 0 210.0 215 112 98 23 54 3 131 5 2 14 892 82 1.281 9.2 1.0 2.3 5.6 2.43
1967 27 HOU NL 11 15 .423 4.18 37 33 2 8 1 1 221.2 231 114 103 20 58 4 157 3 1 8 951 78 1.304 9.4 0.8 2.4 6.4 2.71
1968 28 HOU NL 11 14 .440 3.19 37 34 1 12 2 1 251.0 226 95 89 15 67 7 186 4 2 11 1031 93 1.167 8.1 0.5 2.4 6.7 2.78
1969 29 STL NL 3 7 .300 3.61 22 12 6 2 1 0 99.2 96 46 40 7 37 2 62 1 0 3 424 99 1.334 8.7 0.6 3.3 5.6 1.68
1970 30 PIT NL 9 3 .750 3.06 66 1 47 0 0 26 103.0 98 38 35 7 39 9 85 0 0 5 428 128 1.330 8.6 0.6 3.4 7.4 2.18 CYA-4,MVP-6
1971 31 PIT NL 5 6 .455 2.93 58 0 49 0 0 30 86.0 79 31 28 5 31 8 55 1 0 3 365 118 1.279 8.3 0.5 3.2 5.8 1.77 MVP-14
1972 32 PIT NL 7 4 .636 1.93 54 0 44 0 0 22 74.2 59 18 16 3 20 6 54 0 0 3 295 175 1.058 7.1 0.4 2.4 6.5 2.70
1973 33 PIT NL 9 2 .818 2.37 67 0 60 0 0 20 98.2 89 31 26 9 37 13 64 0 0 3 416 149 1.277 8.1 0.8 3.4 5.8 1.73 AS,CYA-7
1974 34 PIT NL 7 5 .583 3.32 64 2 41 0 0 12 105.2 101 43 39 2 40 11 53 0 1 7 445 104 1.334 8.6 0.2 3.4 4.5 1.33 CYA-9
1975 35 PIT NL 5 4 .556 2.95 61 0 43 0 0 17 91.2 79 38 30 3 42 17 38 0 1 2 389 120 1.320 7.8 0.3 4.1 3.7 0.90
1976 36 PIT NL 5 4 .556 4.32 40 0 22 0 0 6 58.1 59 31 28 5 27 9 24 0 0 0 257 81 1.474 9.1 0.8 4.2 3.7 0.89
1977 37 TOT MLB 3 5 .375 3.89 60 0 44 0 0 7 85.2 84 41 37 6 34 7 43 0 0 5 359 107 1.377 8.8 0.6 3.6 4.5 1.26
1977 37 OAK AL 3 3 .500 2.98 40 0 31 0 0 6 60.1 54 22 20 4 20 5 28 0 0 2 243 135 1.227 8.1 0.6 3.0 4.2 1.40
1977 37 CHC NL 0 2 .000 6.04 20 0 13 0 0 1 25.1 30 19 17 2 14 2 15 0 0 3 116 74 1.737 10.7 0.7 5.0 5.3 1.07
15 Yrs 100 93 .518 3.60 668 133 380 35 9 145 1716.2 1654 764 687 126 570 109 1103 15 7 87 7251 95 1.296 8.7 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.94
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .518 3.60 57 11 32 3 1 12 146 140 65 58 11 48 9 94 1 1 7 616 95 1.296 8.7 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.94
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
PIT (7 yrs) 47 28 .627 2.94 410 3 306 0 0 133 618.0 564 230 202 34 236 73 373 1 2 23 2595 121 1.294 8.2 0.5 3.4 5.4 1.58
HOU (6 yrs) 47 53 .470 4.02 176 118 24 33 8 5 913.1 910 447 408 79 263 27 625 13 5 56 3873 82 1.284 9.0 0.8 2.6 6.2 2.38
STL (1 yr) 3 7 .300 3.61 22 12 6 2 1 0 99.2 96 46 40 7 37 2 62 1 0 3 424 99 1.334 8.7 0.6 3.3 5.6 1.68
OAK (1 yr) 3 3 .500 2.98 40 0 31 0 0 6 60.1 54 22 20 4 20 5 28 0 0 2 243 135 1.227 8.1 0.6 3.0 4.2 1.40
CHC (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.04 20 0 13 0 0 1 25.1 30 19 17 2 14 2 15 0 0 3 116 74 1.737 10.7 0.7 5.0 5.3 1.07
NL (15 yrs) 97 90 .519 3.62 628 133 349 35 9 139 1656.1 1600 742 667 122 550 104 1075 15 7 85 7008 94 1.298 8.7 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.95
AL (1 yr) 3 3 .500 2.98 40 0 31 0 0 6 60.1 54 22 20 4 20 5 28 0 0 2 243 135 1.227 8.1 0.6 3.0 4.2 1.40

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
1962 22 HOU NL 73.2 22 5 49 5.99 4.75 -0.56 -0.10 96.3 5.02 -8 -0.8 .9 -0.1 -0.2 1 .461 .495 $
1964 24 HOU NL 25.2 8 0 10 3.51 4.05 -0.37 -0.17 92.0 3.91 1 0.1 .4 -0.1 0.3 4 .512 .501 $
1965 25 HOU NL 131.1 38 13 67 4.59 4.10 -0.40 -0.03 94.9 4.24 -5 -0.6 1.1 -0.1 0.5 8 .485 .496 $
1966 26 HOU NL 210.0 34 33 112 4.80 4.02 -0.46 0.07 96.8 4.41 -12 -1.3 2.7 -0.1 0.5 13 .462 .492 $
1967 27 HOU NL 221.2 37 33 114 4.63 3.82 -0.51 0.05 97.4 4.26 -12 -1.3 1.5 -0.2 0.5 13 .464 .492 $
1968 28 HOU NL 251.0 37 34 95 3.41 3.45 -0.61 0.05 99.2 4.08 15 2.0 1.4 -0.1 4.1 41 .555 .513 $
1969 29 STL NL 99.2 22 12 46 4.15 3.87 -0.03 0.01 103.6 4.06 -2 -0.2 .3 -0.1 0.6 9 .490 .499 $
1970 30 PIT NL 103.0 66 1 38 3.32 4.50 0.19 -0.19 96.8 3.99 6 0.7 1.7 0.1 1.5 18 .510 .504 $ CYA-4,MVP-6
1971 31 PIT NL 86.0 58 0 31 3.24 3.81 0.09 -0.17 100.6 3.58 2 0.3 1.7 -0.1 0.9 11 .505 .502 $ MVP-14
1972 32 PIT NL 74.2 54 0 18 2.17 3.96 0.10 -0.17 97.6 3.60 11 1.3 1.9 0.4 2.3 18 .524 .508 $
1973 33 PIT NL 98.2 67 0 31 2.83 4.10 -0.11 -0.34 97.7 3.78 10 1.2 2.1 0.5 2.5 20 .517 .507 $ AS,CYA-7
1974 34 PIT NL 105.2 64 2 43 3.66 4.26 -0.08 -0.28 94.4 3.83 1 0.2 1.7 -0.1 1.0 12 .502 .501 $100,000 CYA-9
1975 35 PIT NL 91.2 61 0 38 3.73 4.12 0.22 -0.33 99.5 3.55 -3 -0.3 1.7 -0.2 0.3 7 .495 .498 $
1976 36 PIT NL 58.1 40 0 31 4.78 3.86 0.08 -0.31 98.5 3.41 -9 -1.0 1.5 -0.4 -0.9 -4 .474 .494 $
1977 37 OAK AL 60.1 40 0 22 3.28 4.73 -0.12 -0.38 97.4 4.36 7 0.7 1.3 -0.0 1.3 14 .519 .505 $
1977 37 CHC NL 25.1 20 0 19 6.75 4.59 -0.29 -0.35 114.9 5.20 -5 -0.5 1.2 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .476 .497 $
15 Seasons 1716.2 668 133 764 4.01 4.01 -0.26 -0.10 98.0 4.08 -1 0.4 1.6 -0.6 14.8 181 .501 .500 $100,000
PIT (7 yrs) 618.0 410 3 230 3.35 4.12 0.07 -0.26 97.7 3.71 19 2.2 1.8 0.3 7.6 81 .505 .502 $100,000
HOU (6 yrs) 913.1 176 118 447 4.40 3.89 -0.51 0.02 97.2 4.29 -21 -1.9 1.0 -0.7 5.7 79 .489 .498 $
STL (1 yr) 99.2 22 12 46 4.15 3.87 -0.03 0.01 103.6 4.06 -2 -0.2 .3 -0.1 0.6 9 .490 .499 $
OAK (1 yr) 60.1 40 0 22 3.28 4.73 -0.12 -0.38 97.4 4.36 7 0.7 1.3 -0.0 1.3 14 .519 .505 $
CHC (1 yr) 25.1 20 0 19 6.75 4.59 -0.29 -0.35 114.9 5.20 -5 -0.5 1.2 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .476 .497 $

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
1970 30 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 3.86 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
1971 31 PIT NL NLCS W SFG 0 0 0.00 4 0 4 0 0 0 5.1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 19 0.563 1.7 0.0 3.4 5.1 1.50
1971 31 PIT NL WS W BAL 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 1 5.1 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 21 0.938 5.1 0.0 3.4 6.8 2.00
1972 32 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 1 .000 6.75 3 0 2 0 0 1 2.2 5 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 1.875 16.9 3.4 0.0 10.1
1974 34 PIT NL NLCS L LAD 0 1 .000 21.60 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 13 8 8 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 28 5.400 35.1 0.0 13.5 2.7 0.20
1975 35 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
5 Yrs (6 Series) 0 2 .000 4.87 16 0 11 0 0 2 20.1 25 11 11 1 10 6 13 0 0 0 95 1.721 11.1 0.4 4.4 5.8 1.30
5 NLCS 0 2 .000 6.60 13 0 9 0 0 1 15.0 22 11 11 1 8 6 9 0 0 0 74 2.000 13.2 0.6 4.8 5.4 1.13
1 WS 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 1 5.1 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 21 0.938 5.1 0.0 3.4 6.8 2.00

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
1973 PIT NL 33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1962 22 HOU NL 22 327 293 49 82 12 2 7 6 3 30 43 .280 .346 .406 .752 .307 119 4 0 3 1 1 4
1964 24 HOU NL 8 106 95 10 24 4 2 1 2 0 8 16 .253 .308 .368 .676 .291 35 3 0 2 1 1 1
1965 25 HOU NL 38 566 510 67 132 21 6 13 8 1 46 92 .259 .319 .400 .719 .290 204 6 1 4 5 11 5
1966 26 HOU NL 34 892 826 112 215 34 10 23 9 4 54 131 .260 .309 .409 .718 .284 338 9 5 4 3 3 11
1967 27 HOU NL 37 941 868 114 231 33 11 20 9 6 58 157 .266 .312 .399 .711 .302 346 10 3 11 7 4 17
1968 28 HOU NL 37 841 944 95 226 27 7 15 16 3 67 186 .239 .291 .331 .622 .282 312 12 4 11 5 7 9
1969 29 STL NL 22 424 377 46 96 19 3 7 4 6 37 62 .255 .321 .377 .698 .287 142 10 1 7 2 2 8
1970 30 PIT NL 66 428 379 38 98 16 3 7 2 4 39 85 .259 .325 .372 .697 .313 141 10 0 6 4 9 4
1971 31 PIT NL 58 365 328 31 79 9 1 5 1 2 31 55 .241 .305 .320 .625 .272 105 7 1 1 4 8 7
1972 32 PIT NL 54 295 269 18 59 7 0 3 5 5 20 54 .219 .271 .279 .549 .260 75 7 0 3 3 6 6
1973 33 PIT NL 67 417 371 31 89 12 2 9 4 4 37 64 .240 .307 .356 .663 .267 132 3 0 7 2 13 5
1974 34 PIT NL 64 445 391 43 101 16 2 2 9 3 40 53 .258 .323 .325 .647 .289 127 7 0 8 6 11 2
1975 35 PIT NL 61 389 334 38 79 13 4 3 7 0 42 38 .237 .320 .326 .646 .258 109 8 0 11 2 17 8
1976 36 PIT NL 40 257 221 31 59 12 3 5 2 2 27 24 .267 .345 .416 .762 .280 92 5 0 8 1 9 4
1977 37 TOT MLB 60 359 321 41 84 11 4 6 9 4 34 43 .262 .331 .377 .708 .286 121 4 0 3 1 7 0
1977 37 CHC NL 20 116 101 19 30 2 3 2 5 0 14 15 .297 .379 .436 .815 .329 44 1 0 0 1 2 0
1977 37 OAK AL 40 243 220 22 54 9 1 4 4 4 20 28 .245 .308 .350 .658 .266 77 3 0 3 0 5 0
15 Yrs 668 7052 6527 764 1654 246 60 126 93 47 570 1103 .253 .313 .367 .680 .286 2398 105 15 89 47 109 91
162 Game Avg. 57 599 554 65 140 21 5 11 8 4 48 94 .253 .313 .367 .680 .286 204 9 1 8 4 9 8
MLB Averages .251 .318 .372 .690 .278
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1962 22 HOU NL -14.3 -1.4 350 -0.6 4.9 -5.5 .85 -0.7 -0.0 -14.8 -1.5 0.85 -11.4 3 5 9
1964 24 HOU NL 1.1 0.1 112 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 .28 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 -0.0 0.28 -1.6 0 0 8
1965 25 HOU NL -13.0 -1.3 587 -0.5 8.4 -8.9 .93 -0.6 0.1 -11.0 -1.2 0.93 -9.0 9 3 13
1966 26 HOU NL -20.2 -2.0 926 -1.2 14.4 -15.6 .96 -0.9 -0.3 -16.6 -1.7 0.96 -7.1 1 0 0
1967 27 HOU NL -21.5 -2.2 976 -1.3 14.1 -15.5 .88 -1.6 0.1 -16.9 -1.8 0.88 -18.6 2 1 1
1968 28 HOU NL -3.4 -0.4 873 0.8 15.1 -14.3 1.04 1.2 -0.4 9.7 1.1 1.04 7.9 1 2 0
1969 29 STL NL -0.7 -0.1 440 0.4 7.5 -7.1 .98 0.2 0.2 -0.5 -0.1 0.98 1.7 0 2 7
1970 30 PIT NL 10.6 1.1 441 2.3 12.1 -9.9 1.62 1.3 0.1 8.1 0.8 1.62 12.5 32 14 19
1971 31 PIT NL 5.6 0.6 371 0.4 9.0 -8.6 1.56 1.6 -1.3 5.8 0.6 1.56 12.0 30 8 20
1972 32 PIT NL 12.4 1.4 309 2.2 9.0 -6.8 1.73 1.4 -0.1 14.1 1.6 1.73 12.7 30 6 17
1973 33 PIT NL 12.6 1.3 428 3.0 11.4 -8.4 1.52 0.8 1.1 12.3 1.3 1.52 4.6 32 11 23
1974 34 PIT NL 2.5 0.3 466 1.9 11.8 -9.9 1.55 1.2 0.1 7.4 0.8 1.55 11.4 31 9 21
1975 35 PIT NL 4.5 0.5 404 1.0 10.2 -9.2 1.58 0.5 0.2 1.0 0.1 1.58 3.3 30 13 18
1976 36 PIT NL -5.0 -0.5 260 0.7 5.2 -4.5 1.23 0.4 0.1 -7.4 -0.8 1.23 -1.7 19 4 15
1977 37 TOT MLB 3.3 0.3 382 -1.0 6.6 -7.6 1.09 0.5 -1.5 -3.9 -0.3 1.09 3.3 19 5 34
1977 37 OAK AL 7.2 0.7 258 -0.6 4.4 -5.0 1.07 0.8 -1.4 6.0 0.6 1.07 8.6 12 3 24
1977 37 CHC NL -4.0 -0.4 124 -0.5 2.1 -2.6 1.13 -0.3 -0.1 -10.0 -0.9 1.13 -5.4 7 2 10
15 Yrs -25.5 -2.5 7325 7.7 140.1 -132.4 1.16 5.4 1.3 -12.7 -0.9 1.17 20.0 239 83 205
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1962 22 HOU NL 22 5 0 3 2 0 2 2 3 .400 1 1 0 0 2 40% 41.0 52 28 20 9 2 2 5.1 4.7 5.3
1965 25 HOU NL 38 13 4 4 5 1 0 6 7 .462 1 4 4 1 5 38% 48.2 88 20 19 4 6 3 3.5 3.4 5.8
1966 26 HOU NL 34 33 15 14 4 4 2 18 15 .545 1 3 9 4 13 39% 50.4 89 19 21 8 11 11 4.7 5.3 6.3
1967 27 HOU NL 37 33 11 14 8 4 3 14 19 .424 2 2 8 1 14 42% 51.0 82 18 23 11 8 9 4.6 5.1 6.4
1968 28 HOU NL 37 34 11 14 9 0 7 13 21 .382 0 2 12 2 24 71% 59.3 86 27 14 5 15 9 2.6 3.5 7.2
1969 29 STL NL 22 12 3 7 2 0 3 4 8 .333 0 2 2 1 7 58% 51.4 78 32 11 5 3 8 2.0 1.6 6.6
1970 30 PIT NL 66 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 26.0 26 26 20 8 1 0 7.0 0.0 2.0
1974 34 PIT NL 64 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 2 100% 62.5 72 53 21 10 1 1 2.8 1.5 7.0
8 Yrs 320 133 45 56 32 9 17 59 74 .444 5 16 35 9 67 50% 52 89 18 149 60 47 43 3.8 4.2 6.5
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 116 -14 4.1 4.0 6.5

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
1962 22 HOU NL 22 17 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 11 55% 3 .854 3 5 9 1 0 16 11 6 13 1 15 2 8.3
1964 24 HOU NL 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 4 .284 0 0 8 0 0 8 6 2 7 0 7 0 9.6
1965 25 HOU NL 38 25 15 4 3 3 3 0 100% 4 1 12 3 25% 7 .925 9 3 13 4 6 15 8 17 18 3 18 0 6.6
1966 26 HOU NL 34 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 9 .957 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1967 27 HOU NL 37 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 1 20% 2 .878 2 1 1 1 0 3 2 2 3 0 3 1 8.8
1968 28 HOU NL 37 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 2 50% 2 1.044 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 4.7
1969 29 STL NL 22 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 .979 0 2 7 1 0 9 2 8 6 1 6 2 6.2
1970 30 PIT NL 66 65 47 9 3 32 26 6 81% 34 2 58 28 48% 8 1.616 32 14 19 35 11 19 29 36 34 13 36 20 4.7
1971 31 PIT NL 58 58 49 5 6 36 30 6 83% 37 1 56 17 30% 9 1.561 30 8 20 37 9 12 28 30 30 14 31 13 4.4
1972 32 PIT NL 54 54 44 7 4 27 22 5 81% 27 0 43 12 28% 9 1.725 30 6 17 27 11 16 24 30 23 13 23 9 4.1
1973 33 PIT NL 67 67 60 9 2 26 20 6 77% 27 0 59 21 36% 9 1.525 32 11 23 29 12 26 32 35 31 12 31 23 4.4
1974 34 PIT NL 64 62 41 6 5 18 12 6 67% 21 3 37 13 35% 8 1.555 31 9 21 26 13 23 21 41 33 16 33 19 4.4
1975 35 PIT NL 61 61 43 5 4 23 17 6 74% 26 3 37 8 22% 8 1.579 30 13 18 30 11 20 23 38 32 10 34 18 4.5
1976 36 PIT NL 40 40 22 5 4 8 6 2 75% 9 1 21 7 33% 8 1.228 19 4 15 10 14 16 12 28 21 10 21 8 4.4
1977 37 TOT MLB 60 60 44 3 5 9 7 2 78% 10 1 50 24 48% 1.085 19 5 34 15 12 33 29 31 26 17 27 21 4.3
1977 37 OAK AL 40 40 31 3 3 7 6 1 86% 8 1 39 17 44% 8 1.065 12 3 24 11 6 23 22 18 18 9 19 15 4.5
1977 37 CHC NL 20 20 13 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 11 7 64% 8 1.126 7 2 10 4 6 10 7 13 8 8 8 6 3.8
15 Yrs 668 535 380 55 37 185 145 40 78% 198 12 414 152 37% 1.166 239 83 205 219 99 217 229 306 280 111 288 137 4.8
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

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%
1962 22 HOU NL 327 56% 2.1% 13.2% 9.2% 6.4% 26% 1.15 75% 74 4 5%
1964 24 HOU NL 106 50% 0.9% 15.1% 7.6% 6.6% 29% 1.14 75% 16 3 19%
1965 25 HOU NL 566 51% 2.3% 16.3% 8.1% 7.1% 30% 0.96 72% 84 6 7%
1966 26 HOU NL 892 60% 2.6% 14.7% 6.1% 7.5% 31% 0.87 76% 145 9 6%
1967 27 HOU NL 947 58% 2.1% 16.7% 6.2% 6.8% 28% 0.81 74% 160 10 6%
1968 28 HOU NL 1031 61% 1.8% 22.1% 8.0% 5.8% 22% 1.15 89% 129 12 9%
1969 29 STL NL 424 63% 1.7% 14.6% 8.7% 6.8% 30% 1.11 73% 63 10 16%
1970 30 PIT NL 428 55% 1.6% 19.9% 9.1% 6.1% 27% 1.22 68% 89 10 11%
1971 31 PIT NL 365 52% 1.4% 15.1% 8.5% 4.1% 19% 0.92 75% 82 7 9%
1972 32 PIT NL 295 59% 1.0% 18.3% 6.8% 3.4% 17% 0.94 73% 62 7 11%
1973 33 PIT NL 417 57% 2.2% 15.4% 8.9% 5.5% 26% 0.88 72% 86 3 3%
1974 34 PIT NL 445 57% 0.5% 11.9% 9.0% 4.5% 20% 0.86 77% 91 7 8%
1975 35 PIT NL 389 57% 0.8% 9.8% 10.8% 5.1% 25% 1.09 76% 76 8 11%
1976 36 PIT NL 257 57% 2.0% 9.3% 10.5% 7.8% 34% 1.01 75% 50 5 10%
1977 37 TOT MLB 359 59% 1.7% 12.0% 9.5% 5.9% 25% 0.79 76% 78 4 5%
1977 37 OAK AL 243 55% 1.7% 11.5% 8.2% 5.8% 26% 0.88 77% 54 3 6%
1977 37 CHC NL 116 66% 1.7% 12.9% 12.1% 6.0% 23% 0.61 73% 24 1 4%
15 Yrs 7248 58% 1.8% 15.6% 8.1% 6.1% 26% 0.96 76% 1285 105 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.6% 8.5% 6.1% 27% 1.10 74% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1962 22 HOU NL 327 82 7 0 4 3 4 0 7 23 14 4 61% 4 13 1 141 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1964 24 HOU NL 106 24 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 50% 1 1 1 43 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1965 25 HOU NL 566 132 13 0 17 5 8 2 11 30 18 4 60% 5 9 2 191 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 23 0
1966 26 HOU NL 892 215 23 0 12 16 7 6 17 36 17 6 47% 11 14 4 306 9 4 69% 8 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 23 0
1967 27 HOU NL 941 231 20 1 11 17 3 5 15 57 32 8 56% 17 8 3 324 9 6 60% 7 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 24 6
1968 28 HOU NL 841 226 15 0 12 9 5 8 6 47 14 9 30% 9 11 2 274 16 3 84% 14 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 16 190
1969 29 STL NL 424 96 7 0 4 6 1 1 6 16 9 3 56% 8 3 2 157 4 6 40% 4 4 0 1 0 1 4 3 9 0
1970 30 PIT NL 428 98 7 0 21 4 3 3 4 34 17 7 50% 4 5 2 161 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1971 31 PIT NL 365 79 5 2 28 3 2 2 3 27 16 1 59% 7 3 0 143 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0
1972 32 PIT NL 295 59 3 0 11 2 1 1 2 24 12 3 50% 6 3 0 121 5 5 50% 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 0
1973 33 PIT NL 417 89 9 0 17 4 5 4 5 30 17 3 57% 5 3 1 180 4 4 50% 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1974 34 PIT NL 445 101 2 0 9 1 1 2 0 29 14 6 48% 2 7 0 188 9 3 75% 7 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
1975 35 PIT NL 389 79 3 0 15 2 1 1 2 28 13 1 46% 8 2 1 161 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 0
1976 36 PIT NL 257 59 5 1 10 4 1 3 2 17 10 1 59% 4 0 0 102 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 37 TOT MLB 359 84 6 0 17 1 5 4 2 34 17 2 50% 0 5 2 144 9 4 69% 9 1 0 2 0 1 3 2 11 0
1977 37 OAK AL 243 54 4 0 13 0 4 3 1 23 8 2 35% 0 2 2 102 4 4 50% 4 1 0 2 0 1 3 2 5 0
1977 37 CHC NL 116 30 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 11 9 0 82% 0 3 0 42 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
15 Yrs 7052 1654 126 4 189 77 48 43 82 436 222 58 51% 91 87 21 2636 93 47 66% 83 37 10 4 0 6 18 5 206 196
MLB Averages 50% 63%
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

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+
1962 22 2 3 .400 5.62 22 5 5 0 0 0 73.2 82 49 46 7 30 1 43 0 0 13 327 67 1.520 10.0 0.9 3.7 5.3 1.43 67
1963 23 2 3 .400 5.62 22 5 5 0 0 0 73.2 82 49 46 7 30 1 43 0 0 13 327 67 1.520 10.0 0.9 3.7 5.3 1.43 67
1964 24 2 3 .400 4.98 30 5 6 0 0 0 99.1 106 59 55 8 38 2 59 0 0 14 433 74 1.450 9.6 0.7 3.4 5.3 1.55 74
1965 25 10 10 .500 4.60 68 18 21 4 1 3 230.2 238 126 118 21 84 13 151 1 0 23 999 76 1.396 9.3 0.8 3.3 5.9 1.80 76
1966 26 25 24 .510 4.41 102 51 21 13 5 3 440.2 453 238 216 44 138 16 282 6 2 37 1891 79 1.341 9.3 0.9 2.8 5.8 2.04 79
1967 27 36 39 .480 4.33 139 84 23 21 6 4 662.1 684 352 319 64 196 20 439 9 3 45 2842 79 1.329 9.3 0.9 2.7 6.0 2.24 79
1968 28 47 53 .470 4.02 176 118 24 33 8 5 913.1 910 447 408 79 263 27 625 13 5 56 3873 82 1.284 9.0 0.8 2.6 6.2 2.38 82
1969 29 50 60 .455 3.98 198 130 30 35 9 5 1013.0 1006 493 448 86 300 29 687 14 5 59 4297 83 1.289 8.9 0.8 2.7 6.1 2.29 83
1970 30 59 63 .484 3.90 264 131 77 35 9 31 1116.0 1104 531 483 93 339 38 772 14 5 64 4725 86 1.293 8.9 0.8 2.7 6.2 2.28 86
1971 31 64 69 .481 3.83 322 131 126 35 9 61 1202.0 1183 562 511 98 370 46 827 15 5 67 5090 88 1.292 8.9 0.7 2.8 6.2 2.24 88
1972 32 71 73 .493 3.72 376 131 170 35 9 83 1276.2 1242 580 527 101 390 52 881 15 5 70 5385 91 1.278 8.8 0.7 2.7 6.2 2.26 91
1973 33 80 75 .516 3.62 443 131 230 35 9 103 1375.1 1331 611 553 110 427 65 945 15 5 73 5801 94 1.278 8.7 0.7 2.8 6.2 2.21 94
1974 34 87 80 .521 3.60 507 133 271 35 9 115 1481.0 1432 654 592 112 467 76 998 15 6 80 6246 94 1.282 8.7 0.7 2.8 6.1 2.14 94
1975 35 92 84 .523 3.56 568 133 314 35 9 132 1572.2 1511 692 622 115 509 93 1036 15 7 82 6635 95 1.284 8.6 0.7 2.9 5.9 2.04 95
1976 36 97 88 .524 3.59 608 133 336 35 9 138 1631.0 1570 723 650 120 536 102 1060 15 7 82 6892 95 1.291 8.7 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.98 95
1977 37 100 93 .518 3.60 668 133 380 35 9 145 1716.2 1654 764 687 126 570 109 1103 15 7 87 7251 95 1.296 8.7 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.94 95

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
1962 22 2 5 .286 5.96 71.0 83 52 47 7 30 42 0 1.592 10.5 3.8 5.3 1.40 0.9 22
1964 24 1 1 .500 3.75 24.0 25 11 10 1 8 15 0 1.375 9.4 3.0 5.6 1.88 0.4 8
1965 25 5 8 .385 5.30 124.0 142 81 73 14 49 87 1 1.540 10.3 3.6 6.3 1.78 1.0 38
1966 26 9 13 .409 5.00 200.0 229 123 111 24 58 125 5 1.435 10.3 2.6 5.6 2.16 1.1 34
1967 27 8 15 .348 5.20 211.0 251 136 122 22 63 150 3 1.488 10.7 2.7 6.4 2.38 0.9 37
1968 28 11 14 .440 4.56 229.0 257 129 116 17 76 170 5 1.454 10.1 3.0 6.7 2.24 0.7 37
1969 29 5 5 .500 4.21 94.0 101 49 44 7 39 59 1 1.489 9.7 3.7 5.6 1.51 0.7 22
1970 30 6 4 .600 3.25 97.0 99 39 35 7 39 80 0 1.423 9.2 3.6 7.4 2.05 0.6 66
1971 31 5 4 .556 3.51 82.0 84 36 32 5 33 53 1 1.427 9.2 3.6 5.8 1.61 0.5 58
1972 32 6 2 .750 2.47 73.0 67 22 20 3 23 53 0 1.233 8.3 2.8 6.5 2.30 0.4 54
1973 33 7 3 .700 2.78 94.0 94 32 29 10 39 61 0 1.415 9.0 3.7 5.8 1.56 1.0 67
1974 34 5 5 .500 4.00 99.0 107 49 44 2 42 49 0 1.505 9.7 3.8 4.5 1.17 0.2 64
1975 35 5 4 .556 3.41 87.0 83 37 33 3 44 36 0 1.460 8.6 4.6 3.7 0.82 0.3 61
1976 36 2 4 .333 5.24 55.0 63 36 32 5 29 23 0 1.673 10.3 4.7 3.8 0.79 0.8 40
1977 37 4 4 .500 4.16 80.0 84 41 37 6 34 40 0 1.475 9.5 3.8 4.5 1.18 0.7 60
15 Yrs 81 91 .471 4.36 1620.0 1769 873 785 133 606 1043 16 1.466 9.8 5.8 1.72 0.7 668

* 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
1983 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

All-Star Games
1973 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (6, 21%)
1971 NL (14, 5%)
0.26 Career Shares (652nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (4, 7%)
1973 NL (7, 1%)
1974 NL (9, 1%)
0.09 Career Shares (190th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1968 NL  4.1 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1966 NL  15 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 NL  6.669 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1970 NL  66 (5th)
1971 NL  58 (8th)
1972 NL  54 (5th)
1973 NL  67 (4th)
1974 NL  64 (7th)
1975 NL  61 (10th)
Career  668 (123rd)

Saves s c a p y
1970 NL  26 (2nd)
1971 NL  30 (1st)
1972 NL  22 (3rd)
1973 NL  20 (3rd)
1974 NL  12 (4th)
1975 NL  17 (3rd)
Career  145 (76th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1968 NL  186 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1967 NL  33 (10th)
1968 NL  34 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1966 NL  4 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1967 NL  20 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1967 NL  231 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1966 NL  14 (8th)
1967 NL  15 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1966 NL  98 (7th)
1967 NL  103 (2nd)
1968 NL  89 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1962 NL  13 (3rd)
1965 NL  9 (10th)
1966 NL  14 (3rd)
1968 NL  11 (5th)
Career  87 (149th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1970 NL  47 (2nd)
1971 NL  49 (2nd)
1972 NL  44 (4th)
1973 NL  60 (2nd)
1974 NL  41 (4th)
1975 NL  43 (4th)
Career  380 (65th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1973 NL  3.0 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1976 NL  born 1939-11-27 (8th)
1977 AL  born 1939-11-27 (9th)
1977 NL  born 1939-11-27 (8th)


† 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 - 35 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (552), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Dick Tidrow (952)
  2. Stu Miller (950)
  3. Bob Stanley (936)
  4. Turk Farrell (926)
  5. Dennis Lamp (913)
  6. Ellis Kinder (912)
  7. Al Benton (909)
  8. Dick Drago (907)
  9. Bill Campbell (905)
  10. Moe Drabowsky (904)
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  1. Dave Coggin (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Brett Tomko (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chris Bosio (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Charles Hudson (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Niekro (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Niekro (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Derek Lowe (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dick Tidrow (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dick Tidrow (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dick Tidrow (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dick Tidrow (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dick Tidrow (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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