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Bill Gogolewski

William Joseph Gogolewski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 26, 1947 in Oshkosh, WI
High School: Oshkosh HS (Oshkosh, WI)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 18th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1970
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Senators/WhiteSox/Indians 1970-1975

Final Game: August 5, 1975
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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	17	TEX-min	Rk	5	1	.833	4.50	12	10					82.0	101	55	41	13	34								1.646	11.1	1.4	3.7			WYV · APPY
1966	18	TEX-min	A	11	9	.550	3.18	24	24					164.0	144	69	58	9	66								1.280	7.9	0.5	3.6			BRL · CARL
1967	19	TEX-min	AA	4	3	.571	2.55	12	9					60.0	61	25	17	1	31		34						1.533	9.2	0.2	4.6	5.1	1.10	YOR · EL
1968	20	TEX-min	AA	7	7	.500	4.42	21	20					112.0	116	66	55	11	30		76						1.304	9.3	0.9	2.4	6.1	2.53	SAV · SOUL
1969	21	TEX-min	AAA	3	5	.375	5.25	18	13		2	0	0	84.0	89	51	49	9	28	3	60	2	0	3			1.393	9.5	1.0	3.0	6.4	2.14	BFL · IL
1970	22	TEX-min	AA	14	5	.737	2.47	21	21		15	2	0	171.0	136	51	47	15	36	1	146	2	0	6			1.006	7.2	0.8	1.9	7.7	4.06	PFD · EL
1970	22	WSA	AL	2	2	.500	4.81	8	5	0	0	0	0	33.2	33	18	18	2	25	1	19	1	0	3	155	74	1.723	8.8	0.5	6.7	5.1	0.76
1971	23	WSA	AL	6	5	.545	2.75	27	17	3	4	1	0	124.1	112	39	38	5	39	6	70	2	0	1	514	120	1.214	8.1	0.4	2.8	5.1	1.79
1972	24	TEX	AL	4	11	.267	4.24	36	21	6	2	1	2	150.2	136	74	71	9	58	9	95	6	0	7	640	71	1.288	8.1	0.5	3.5	5.7	1.64
1973	25	TEX	AL	3	6	.333	4.22	49	1	22	0	0	6	123.2	139	67	58	10	48	16	77	1	0	3	546	88	1.512	10.1	0.7	3.5	5.6	1.60
1974	26	CLE-min	AAA	10	11	.476	3.63	28	27		10	0	0	181.0	178	90	73	13	38	3	118	3	1	4			1.193	8.9	0.6	1.9	5.9	3.11	OKC · AA
1974	26	CLE	AL	0	0		4.61	5	0	2	0	0	0	13.2	15	7	7	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	56	81	1.244	9.9	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.50
1975	27	CHW	AL	0	0		5.24	19	0	10	0	0	2	55.0	61	35	32	5	28	3	37	1	0	0	245	75	1.618	10.0	0.8	4.6	6.1	1.32
6 Yrs				15	24	.385	4.02	144	44	43	6	2	10	501.0	496	240	224	32	200	35	301	12	0	14	2156	85	1.389	8.9	0.6	3.6	5.4	1.51
162 Game Avg.				5	9	.385	4.02	52	16	16	2	1	4	181	179	87	81	12	72	13	109	4	0	5	780	85	1.389	8.9	0.6	3.6	5.4	1.51

TEX (4 yrs)				15	24	.385	3.85	120	44	31	6	2	8	432.1	420	198	185	26	170	32	261	10	0	14	1855	87	1.365	8.7	0.5	3.5	5.4	1.54
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		4.61	5	0	2	0	0	0	13.2	15	7	7	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	56	81	1.244	9.9	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.50
CHW (1 yr)				0	0		5.24	19	0	10	0	0	2	55.0	61	35	32	5	28	3	37	1	0	0	245	75	1.618	10.0	0.8	4.6	6.1	1.32

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
1970	22	WSA	AL	33.2	8	5	18	4.81	4.43	0.26	0.01	93.0	3.88	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.457	.498	$
1971	23	WSA	AL	124.1	27	17	39	2.82	3.92	-0.17	0.03	95.2	3.92	15	1.9	.5	-0.2	2.8	27	.569	.512	$
1972	24	TEX	AL	150.2	36	21	74	4.42	3.52	-0.17	0.00	98.9	3.65	-12	-1.4	1.0	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.461	.491	$
1973	25	TEX	AL	123.2	49	1	67	4.88	4.43	-0.53	-0.35	96.3	4.44	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.3	0.1	7	.485	.495	$
1974	26	CLE	AL	13.2	5	0	7	4.61	4.09	0.25	-0.34	98.5	3.44	-2	-0.2	.3	0.0	0.0	-0	.462	.499	$21,000
1975	27	CHW	AL	55.0	19	0	35	5.73	4.35	-0.24	-0.36	105.4	4.46	-8	-0.8	.9	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.458	.495	$
6 Seasons				501.0	144	44	240	4.31	4.01	-0.23	-0.13	97.7	4.01	-16	-1.6	.9	-0.7	2.2	31	.489	.498	$21,000

TEX (4 yrs)				432.1	120	44	198	4.12	3.96	-0.24	-0.09	96.6	3.97	-6	-0.6	.9	-0.6	2.6	33	.495	.499	$
CLE (1 yr)				13.2	5	0	7	4.61	4.09	0.25	-0.34	98.5	3.44	-2	-0.2	.3	0.0	0.0	-0	.462	.499	$21,000
CHW (1 yr)				55.0	19	0	35	5.73	4.35	-0.24	-0.36	105.4	4.46	-8	-0.8	.9	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.458	.495	$

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	22	WSA	AL	8	155	127	18	33	7	2	2	4	1	25	19	.260	.386	.394	.779	.292	50	4	1	2	0	1	0
1971	23	WSA	AL	27	513	464	39	112	21	4	5	4	4	39	70	.241	.301	.336	.637	.273	156	9	2	5	3	6	4
1972	24	TEX	AL	36	640	568	74	136	25	4	9	7	8	58	95	.239	.315	.345	.660	.272	196	10	6	5	3	9	13
1973	25	TEX	AL	49	546	486	67	139	26	3	10	12	9	48	77	.286	.348	.414	.761	.319	201	11	1	5	6	16	12
1974	26	CLE	AL	5	56	53	7	15	5	0	1	0	1	2	3	.283	.321	.434	.755	.286	23	2	1	0	0	0	1
1975	27	CHW	AL	19	245	209	35	61	13	2	5	4	6	28	37	.292	.377	.445	.822	.333	93	6	1	6	1	3	5
6 Yrs				144	2155	1907	240	496	97	15	32	31	29	200	301	.260	.332	.377	.709	.292	719	42	12	23	13	35	35
162 Game Avg.				52	779	690	87	179	35	5	12	11	10	72	109	.260	.332	.377	.709	.292	260	15	4	8	5	13	13
MLB Averages																.253	.322	.371	.693	.279

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	22	WSA	AL	-3.8	-0.4	164	-0.3	2.3	-2.7	.95	-0.4	0.0	-3.5	-0.4	0.95	-4.0	0	2	1
1971	23	WSA	AL	9.8	1.1	525	1.8	9.4	-7.6	1.01	1.0	0.7	14.9	1.7	1.01	9.3	1	1	8
1972	24	TEX	AL	-18.0	-2.0	662	-1.4	9.0	-10.4	.89	-0.5	-1.1	-17.9	-2.0	0.89	-7.6	4	2	9
1973	25	TEX	AL	-7.9	-0.8	569	-0.7	7.8	-8.5	.86	-1.0	0.2	-11.6	-1.2	0.86	-11.6	12	12	23
1974	26	CLE	AL	-0.9	-0.1	57	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.19	-0.1	0.4	-1.4	-0.1	0.19	-0.0	0	0	4
1975	27	CHW	AL	-7.1	-0.7	255	-0.3	1.7	-2.0	.43	-0.5	-0.3	-3.2	-0.3	0.43	-5.9	3	4	12
6 Yrs				-27.9	-2.9	2232	-0.9	30.4	-31.3	.84	-1.5	0.4	-22.7	-2.3	0.84	-19.9	20	21	57

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
1970	22	WSA	AL	8	5	2	2	1	1	0	2	3	.400	0	1	0	0	1	20%	45.0	73	20	5	2	2	0	2.7	2.7	4.9
1971	23	WSA	AL	27	17	6	5	6	1	1	11	6	.647	4	1	4	1	9	53%	56.0	84	31	13	3	4	8	3.9	4.0	6.3
1972	24	TEX	AL	36	21	4	10	7	0	3	6	15	.286	1	2	2	1	8	38%	49.5	86	16	31	7	4	8	2.8	2.5	5.4
1973	25	TEX	AL	49	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	39.0	39	39	31	11	0	1	3.3	9.0	4.3
4 Yrs				120	44	12	17	15	2	4	19	25	.432	5	4	6	2	18	41%	51	86	16	80	23	10	17	3.2	3.3	5.7
MLB Averages													.500						55%	53	109	-3					4.1	4.0	6.6

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
1970	22	WSA	AL	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	3	75%	3	.950	0	2	1	0	0	3	3	0	3	0	3	0	9.3
1971	23	WSA	AL	27	10	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	9	0	0%	6	1.006	1	1	8	0	1	9	5	5	7	3	7	2	5.2
1972	24	TEX	AL	36	15	6	0	1	2	2	0	100%	2	0	7	2	29%	7	.887	4	2	9	2	2	11	3	12	14	0	15	0	7.3
1973	25	TEX	AL	49	48	22	3	6	8	6	2	75%	13	4	42	20	48%	7	.861	12	12	23	15	3	30	25	23	38	3	39	7	7.5
1974	26	CLE	AL	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	2	0	0%	7	.189	0	0	4	1	0	4	2	3	5	0	5	0	8.2
1975	27	CHW	AL	19	19	10	0	0	3	2	1	67%	3	0	21	3	14%	7	.431	3	4	12	3	0	16	12	7	14	2	16	0	8.7
6 Yrs				144	100	43	3	7	13	10	3	77%	19	5	85	28	33%		.843	20	21	57	21	6	73	50	50	81	8	85	9	7.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1970	22	WSA	AL	155	60%	1.3%	12.3%	16.1%	7.1%	33%	1.25	68%	35	4	11%
1971	23	WSA	AL	513	54%	1.0%	13.7%	7.6%	5.9%	27%	1.10	76%	100	9	9%
1972	24	TEX	AL	640	61%	1.4%	14.8%	9.1%	5.9%	28%	1.14	73%	109	10	9%
1973	25	TEX	AL	546	68%	1.8%	14.1%	8.8%	7.1%	28%	1.24	74%	118	11	9%
1974	26	CLE	AL	56	66%	1.8%	5.4%	3.6%	10.7%	40%	3.00	88%	6	2	33%
1975	27	CHW	AL	245	64%	2.0%	15.1%	11.4%	8.2%	33%	1.50	69%	54	6	11%
6 Yrs				2155	61%	1.5%	14.0%	9.3%	6.7%	29%	1.22	74%	422	42	10%
MLB Averages					45%	2.0%	14.0%	8.8%	6.0%	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
1970	22	WSA	AL	155	33			2	0	4	0	2	1	1	6	2	2	33%	0	3	0	69	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	0
1971	23	WSA	AL	513	112			5	0	10	2	3	0	5	25	11	3	44%	4	1	1	206	4	4	50%	3	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
1972	24	TEX	AL	640	136			9	2	10	6	3	1	8	32	18	2	56%	13	7	1	212	7	8	47%	7	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	14	0
1973	25	TEX	AL	546	139			10	0	25	7	3	5	5	50	22	7	44%	12	3	0	213	12	9	57%	11	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	18	0
1974	26	CLE	AL	56	15			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	20	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	27	CHW	AL	245	61			5	1	10	4	1	3	2	17	7	3	41%	5	0	0	101	4	6	40%	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
6 Yrs				2155	496			32	3	59	20	12	10	22	130	60	17	46%	35	14	2	821	31	29	52%	29	24	1	3	1	2	3	1	46	0
MLB Averages																		50%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1970	22	2	2	.500	4.81	8	5	0	0	0	0	33.2	33	18	18	2	25	1	19	1	3	155	74	1.723	8.8	0.5	6.7	5.1	0.76	74
1971	23	8	7	.533	3.19	35	22	3	4	1	0	158.0	145	57	56	7	64	7	89	3	4	669	105	1.323	8.3	0.4	3.6	5.1	1.39	105
1972	24	12	18	.400	3.70	71	43	9	6	2	2	308.2	281	131	127	16	122	16	184	9	11	1309	86	1.306	8.2	0.5	3.6	5.4	1.51	86
1973	25	15	24	.385	3.85	120	44	31	6	2	8	432.1	420	198	185	26	170	32	261	10	14	1855	87	1.365	8.7	0.5	3.5	5.4	1.54	87
1974	26	15	24	.385	3.87	125	44	33	6	2	8	446.0	435	205	192	27	172	32	264	11	14	1911	87	1.361	8.8	0.5	3.5	5.3	1.53	87
1975	27	15	24	.385	4.02	144	44	43	6	2	10	501.0	496	240	224	32	200	35	301	12	14	2156	85	1.389	8.9	0.6	3.6	5.4	1.51	85

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
1970	22	1	2	.333	5.81	31.0	35	22	20	2	27	17	1	2.000	10.2	7.8	4.9	0.63	0.6	8
1971	23	7	5	.583	3.57	116.0	123	51	46	5	43	65	2	1.431	9.5	3.3	5.0	1.51	0.4	27
1972	24	5	10	.333	6.00	144.0	162	107	96	11	69	91	7	1.604	10.1	4.3	5.7	1.32	0.7	36
1973	25	5	7	.417	5.17	115.0	148	73	66	11	51	72	1	1.730	11.6	4.0	5.6	1.41	0.9	49
1974	26	0	1	.000	6.00	12.0	16	9	8	1	2	3	1	1.500	12.0	1.5	2.3	1.50	0.8	5
1975	27	2	3	.400	6.00	51.0	63	38	34	5	29	35	1	1.804	11.1	5.1	6.2	1.21	0.9	19
6 Yrs		20	28	.417	5.18	469.0	547	300	270	35	221	283	13	1.638	10.5		5.4	1.28	0.7	144

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1973 AL 49 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1972 AL 7 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1973 AL 49 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1972 AL 7 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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