Bill Gogolewski
William Joseph Gogolewski
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 26, 1947 in Oshkosh, WI
High School: Oshkosh (Oshkosh, WI)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 18th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1970
Final Game: August 5, 1975
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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
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 73 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 AL 0 0 4.61 5 0 2 0 0 0 13.2 15 7 7 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 56 79 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 Seasons 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 79 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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 144 2155 1907 240 496 97 15 32 31 29 200 301 .260 .332 .377 .709 .292 719 42 12 23 13 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
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
1970 22 WSA AL 8 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 3 .400 0 1 0 0 1 20% 45 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 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% 50 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 39 39 31 11 0 1 3.3 9.0 4.3
4 Seasons 120 44 12 17 15 2 4 19 25 .432 5 4 6 2 18 41% 52 86 16 80 23 10 17 3.2 3.3 5.7
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
1970 22 WSA AL 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 3 0.971 1 1 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 1.027 1 2 7 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 0.926 4 4 7 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 0.904 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 0.229 0 0 5 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 0.465 3 5 11 3 0 16 12 7 14 2 16 0 8.7
6 Seasons 144 100 43 3 7 13 10 3 77% 19 5 85 28 33% 0.877 21 24 54 21 6 73 50 50 81 8 85 9 7.5

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%
1970 22 WSA AL 155 40% 1.3% 12.3% 16.1% 7.1% 33% 1.25 68% 35 4 11%
1971 23 WSA AL 513 46% 1.0% 13.7% 7.6% 5.9% 27% 1.10 76% 100 9 9%
1972 24 TEX AL 640 39% 1.4% 14.8% 9.1% 5.9% 28% 1.14 73% 109 10 9%
1973 25 TEX AL 546 32% 1.8% 14.1% 8.8% 7.1% 28% 1.24 74% 118 11 9%
1974 26 CLE AL 56 34% 1.8% 5.4% 3.6% 10.7% 40% 3.00 88% 6 2 33%
1975 27 CHW AL 245 36% 2.0% 15.1% 11.4% 8.2% 33% 1.50 69% 54 6 11%
6 Seasons 2155 39% 1.5% 14.0% 9.3% 6.7% 29% 1.22 74% 422 42 10%
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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1970 22 2 2 .500 4.81 8 5 0 0 0 0 33.2 33 18 18 2 25 1 19 1 0 3 155 73 1.723 8.8 0.5 6.7 5.1 0.76 73
1971 23 8 7 .533 3.19 35 22 3 4 1 0 158.0 145 57 56 7 64 7 89 3 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 14 1911 86 1.361 8.8 0.5 3.5 5.3 1.53 86
1975 27 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 85

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
1970 22 1 2 .333 6.10 31.0 35 23 21 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 4 11 .267 6.06 144.0 162 108 97 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 34 1 1.804 11.1 5.1 6.0 1.17 0.9 19
6 Seasons 19 29 .396 5.22 469.0 547 302 272 35 221 282 13 1.638 10.5 5.4 1.28 0.7 144

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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