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Dave Goltz

David Allan Goltz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 23, 1949 in Pelican Rapids, MN
High School: Rothsay HS (Rothsay, MN)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1972
Teams (by GP): Twins/Dodgers/Angels 1972-1983
Agents: LaRue Harcourt [*]
Final Game: June 22, 1983
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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
1972 23 MIN AL 3 3 .500 2.67 15 11 2 2 0 1 91.0 75 30 27 5 26 3 38 0 1 1 368 121 1.110 7.4 0.5 2.6 3.8 1.46
1973 24 MIN AL 6 4 .600 5.25 32 10 11 1 0 1 106.1 138 68 62 11 32 1 65 2 0 5 477 75 1.599 11.7 0.9 2.7 5.5 2.03
1974 25 MIN AL 10 10 .500 3.25 28 24 1 5 1 1 174.1 192 81 63 14 45 1 89 7 0 4 746 116 1.359 9.9 0.7 2.3 4.6 1.98
1975 26 MIN AL 14 14 .500 3.67 32 32 0 15 1 0 243.0 235 112 99 18 72 2 128 6 3 11 1015 106 1.263 8.7 0.7 2.7 4.7 1.78
1976 27 MIN AL 14 14 .500 3.36 36 35 0 13 4 0 249.1 239 113 93 14 91 4 133 5 1 15 1054 107 1.324 8.6 0.5 3.3 4.8 1.46
1977 28 MIN AL 20 11 .645 3.36 39 39 0 19 2 0 303.0 284 129 113 23 91 4 186 2 1 9 1253 119 1.238 8.4 0.7 2.7 5.5 2.04 CYA-6
1978 29 MIN AL 15 10 .600 2.49 29 29 0 13 2 0 220.1 209 72 61 12 67 1 116 1 1 4 913 155 1.253 8.5 0.5 2.7 4.7 1.73
1979 30 MIN AL 14 13 .519 4.16 36 35 1 12 1 0 250.2 282 124 116 22 69 3 132 1 0 5 1061 106 1.400 10.1 0.8 2.5 4.7 1.91
1980 31 LAD NL 7 11 .389 4.31 35 27 2 2 2 1 171.1 198 91 82 12 59 3 91 0 1 3 739 82 1.500 10.4 0.6 3.1 4.8 1.54
1981 32 LAD NL 2 7 .222 4.09 26 8 3 0 0 1 77.0 83 35 35 4 25 3 48 0 1 2 319 82 1.403 9.7 0.5 2.9 5.6 1.92
1982 33 TOT MLB 8 6 .571 4.12 30 8 17 1 0 3 89.2 88 47 41 4 32 1 52 1 0 2 382 99 1.338 8.8 0.4 3.2 5.2 1.63
1982 33 LAD NL 0 1 .000 4.91 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.2 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 80 1.636 14.7 0.0 0.0 7.4
1982 33 CAL AL 8 5 .615 4.08 28 7 16 1 0 3 86.0 82 43 39 4 32 1 49 1 0 2 365 99 1.326 8.6 0.4 3.3 5.1 1.53
1983 34 CAL AL 0 6 .000 6.22 15 6 2 0 0 0 63.2 81 48 44 10 37 2 27 1 1 1 301 65 1.853 11.5 1.4 5.2 3.8 0.73
12 Yrs 113 109 .509 3.69 353 264 39 83 13 8 2039.2 2104 950 836 149 646 28 1105 26 10 62 8628 105 1.348 9.3 0.7 2.9 4.9 1.71
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .509 3.69 39 29 4 9 1 1 225 232 105 92 16 71 3 122 3 1 7 951 105 1.348 9.3 0.7 2.9 4.9 1.71
MIN (8 yrs) 96 79 .549 3.48 247 215 15 80 11 3 1638.0 1654 729 634 119 493 19 887 24 7 54 6887 112 1.311 9.1 0.7 2.7 4.9 1.80
LAD (3 yrs) 9 19 .321 4.25 63 36 6 2 2 2 252.0 287 130 119 16 84 6 142 0 2 5 1075 82 1.472 10.3 0.6 3.0 5.1 1.69
CAL (2 yrs) 8 11 .421 4.99 43 13 18 1 0 3 149.2 163 91 83 14 69 3 76 2 1 3 666 81 1.550 9.8 0.8 4.1 4.6 1.10
AL (10 yrs) 104 90 .536 3.61 290 228 33 81 11 6 1787.2 1817 820 717 133 562 22 963 26 8 57 7553 108 1.331 9.1 0.7 2.8 4.8 1.71
NL (3 yrs) 9 19 .321 4.25 63 36 6 2 2 2 252.0 287 130 119 16 84 6 142 0 2 5 1075 82 1.472 10.3 0.6 3.0 5.1 1.69

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
1972 23 MIN AL 91.0 15 11 30 2.97 3.51 0.40 0.03 104.0 3.26 4 0.5 .2 -0.1 1.2 10 .531 .503 $
1973 24 MIN AL 106.1 32 10 68 5.76 4.11 -0.12 -0.12 104.8 4.31 -18 -1.8 1.1 -0.2 -1.1 -6 .443 .489 $
1974 25 MIN AL 174.1 28 24 81 4.18 4.13 -0.13 0.06 104.6 4.52 7 0.7 1.1 -0.1 2.1 24 .527 .505 $
1975 26 MIN AL 243.0 32 32 112 4.15 4.27 0.01 0.13 103.3 4.53 11 1.2 -0.1 3.1 36 .536 .507 $
1976 27 MIN AL 249.1 36 35 113 4.08 3.99 0.10 0.12 101.2 4.05 -0 -0.0 .7 -0.1 2.0 24 .500 .500 $
1977 28 MIN AL 303.0 39 39 129 3.83 4.52 -0.03 0.14 98.1 4.61 26 2.8 -0.2 5.2 60 .572 .517 $50,000 CYA-6
1978 29 MIN AL 220.1 29 29 72 2.94 4.29 0.06 0.13 102.6 4.48 38 4.6 -0.1 6.3 60 .658 .528 $
1979 30 MIN AL 250.2 36 35 124 4.45 4.70 -0.02 0.14 103.9 5.04 16 1.7 .8 -0.1 3.7 45 .548 .511 $
1980 31 LAD NL 171.1 35 27 91 4.78 4.01 0.14 0.11 97.7 3.89 -18 -1.9 1.5 -0.1 -0.6 -1 .446 .488 $500,000
1981 32 LAD NL 77.0 26 8 35 4.09 3.80 -0.05 -0.06 96.6 3.66 -5 -0.5 1.7 -0.2 -0.1 1 .479 .497 $500,000
1982 33 LAD NL 3.2 2 1 4 9.82 4.30 0.02 0.02 92.4 3.97 -2 -0.2 .1 0.0 -0.2 -2 .379 .499 $500,000
1982 33 CAL AL 86.0 28 7 43 4.50 4.38 0.31 -0.13 99.9 3.94 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.1 4 .482 .497 $33,500
1983 34 CAL AL 63.2 15 6 48 6.79 4.66 -0.29 -0.07 97.9 4.77 -14 -1.4 1.2 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .408 .491 $150,000
12 Seasons 2039.2 353 264 950 4.19 4.25 0.03 0.08 101.4 4.37 39 5.1 1.2 -1.6 20.7 248 .514 .502 $1,733,500
MIN (8 yrs) 1638.0 247 215 729 4.01 4.28 0.02 0.10 102.3 4.46 83 9.6 1.0 -1.1 22.5 254 .539 .507 $50,000
LAD (3 yrs) 252.0 63 36 130 4.64 3.95 0.08 0.06 97.3 3.82 -25 -2.7 1.6 -0.3 -0.9 -2 .458 .495 $1,500,000
CAL (2 yrs) 149.2 43 13 91 5.47 4.50 0.05 -0.11 99.0 4.29 -19 -1.9 1.1 -0.2 -0.9 -4 .456 .494 $183,500

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
1981 32 LAD NL WS W NYY 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.500 10.8 2.7 2.7 5.4 2.00
1982 33 CAL AL ALCS L MIL 0 0 7.36 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 3 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 16 1.636 9.8 2.5 4.9 4.9 1.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 6.43 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 5 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 31 1.571 10.3 2.6 3.9 5.1 1.33
1 ALCS 0 0 7.36 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 3 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 16 1.636 9.8 2.5 4.9 4.9 1.00
1 WS 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.500 10.8 2.7 2.7 5.4 2.00

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
1972 23 MIN AL 15 368 335 30 75 12 1 5 2 2 26 38 .224 .278 .310 .589 .238 104 7 0 5 2 3 5
1973 24 MIN AL 32 477 434 68 138 13 1 11 6 6 32 65 .318 .363 .429 .791 .349 186 12 2 3 6 1 6
1974 25 MIN AL 28 746 681 81 192 23 7 14 19 4 45 89 .282 .330 .398 .728 .305 271 14 7 7 6 1 7
1975 26 MIN AL 32 1015 922 112 235 34 10 18 22 8 72 128 .255 .312 .372 .684 .279 343 31 6 12 3 2 17
1976 27 MIN AL 36 1054 942 113 239 36 5 14 21 15 91 133 .254 .320 .347 .667 .280 327 30 5 7 9 4 22
1977 28 MIN AL 39 1254 1149 129 284 41 14 23 18 16 91 186 .247 .302 .367 .670 .276 422 26 2 7 5 4 20
1978 29 MIN AL 29 913 826 72 209 39 5 12 10 13 67 116 .253 .307 .356 .663 .279 294 17 1 10 8 1 9
1979 30 MIN AL 36 1061 979 124 282 50 10 22 13 12 69 132 .288 .334 .427 .761 .314 418 30 1 8 4 3 10
1980 31 LAD NL 35 739 662 91 198 31 5 12 18 13 59 91 .299 .353 .415 .768 .328 275 23 0 10 8 3 7
1981 32 LAD NL 26 319 288 35 83 15 2 4 6 6 25 48 .288 .343 .396 .739 .332 114 11 0 4 2 3 2
1982 33 CAL AL 28 365 326 43 82 12 4 4 7 4 32 49 .252 .317 .350 .666 .282 114 6 1 2 4 1 3
1982 33 LAD NL 2 17 17 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .353 .353 .588 .941 .429 10 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 33 TOT MLB 30 382 343 47 88 16 4 4 7 4 32 52 .257 .318 .362 .680 .289 124 6 1 2 4 1 4
1983 34 CAL AL 15 301 257 48 81 15 0 10 7 1 37 27 .315 .399 .490 .890 .318 126 11 1 3 3 2 5
12 Yrs 353 8629 7818 950 2104 325 64 149 149 100 646 1105 .269 .325 .384 .709 .295 3004 218 26 78 60 28 114
162 Game Avg. 39 951 862 105 232 36 7 16 16 11 71 122 .269 .325 .384 .709 .295 331 24 3 9 7 3 13
MLB Averages .259 .324 .380 .704 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1972 23 MIN AL 5.8 0.7 374 -0.0 5.3 -5.3 .87 0.8 -0.9 5.0 0.6 0.87 9.0 0 0 3
1973 24 MIN AL -13.5 -1.4 494 -1.5 5.4 -7.0 .74 -1.4 -0.7 -24.0 -2.3 0.74 -10.5 6 5 10
1974 25 MIN AL 5.8 0.6 773 -1.5 11.8 -13.3 .93 -0.7 -0.9 -6.1 -0.6 0.93 -6.2 1 2 1
1975 26 MIN AL 5.7 0.6 1066 0.1 19.2 -19.1 1.07 1.3 -1.2 8.0 0.8 1.07 14.5 0 0 0
1976 27 MIN AL 3.3 0.4 1113 -0.9 19.5 -20.4 1.09 0.0 -0.8 -2.5 -0.3 1.09 -0.2 0 0 1
1977 28 MIN AL 22.0 2.3 1305 2.1 23.7 -21.6 1.00 1.7 0.4 29.3 3.1 1.00 27.6 0 0 0
1978 29 MIN AL 31.3 3.4 942 3.4 17.8 -14.3 1.08 2.3 0.9 30.2 3.3 1.08 24.6 0 0 0
1979 30 MIN AL 8.8 0.9 1097 -0.1 19.5 -19.6 1.02 0.8 -0.9 9.4 0.9 1.02 11.3 0 1 0
1980 31 LAD NL -14.5 -1.5 773 -1.4 13.3 -14.6 1.05 -1.0 -0.3 -10.7 -1.1 1.05 -10.6 4 1 3
1981 32 LAD NL -4.5 -0.5 335 -2.0 4.9 -6.9 .99 -0.2 -1.7 -4.2 -0.5 0.99 -3.3 8 4 6
1982 33 TOT MLB -1.4 -0.1 394 -0.3 6.3 -6.6 .96 0.4 -0.7 -2.4 -0.2 0.96 5.9 5 8 9
1982 33 LAD NL -1.2 -0.1 17 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 .79 -0.2 -0.3 -2.5 -0.2 0.79 -1.3 0 0 1
1982 33 CAL AL -0.2 -0.0 377 -0.0 6.1 -6.2 .96 0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.0 0.96 7.2 5 8 8
1983 34 CAL AL -15.1 -1.4 314 -1.3 3.6 -4.9 .75 -1.4 -0.3 -16.2 -1.5 0.75 -15.1 3 3 3
12 Yrs 33.7 3.9 8980 -3.4 150.2 -153.7 1.00 2.5 -5.9 15.6 2.1 1.00 47.0 27 24 36

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
1972 23 MIN AL 15 11 3 3 5 0 1 6 5 .545 2 1 2 0 7 64% 55.0 73 42 6 1 3 3 3.3 3.5 7.2
1973 24 MIN AL 32 10 3 4 3 0 0 4 6 .400 0 2 1 0 5 50% 44.8 69 23 18 3 1 6 5.9 6.3 5.0
1974 25 MIN AL 28 24 9 10 5 4 5 12 12 .500 1 3 5 1 13 54% 49.8 87 21 32 4 6 9 4.8 4.4 6.3
1975 26 MIN AL 32 32 14 14 4 3 6 15 17 .469 3 2 15 1 18 56% 53.6 81 19 30 13 18 6 4.3 4.2 7.6
1976 27 MIN AL 36 35 14 14 7 2 7 20 15 .571 4 2 13 4 23 66% 53.5 92 12 25 8 16 8 4.0 4.1 7.1
1977 28 MIN AL 39 39 20 11 8 1 4 24 15 .615 1 3 19 2 25 64% 56.1 92 25 19 11 23 6 5.6 5.2 7.8
1978 29 MIN AL 29 29 15 10 4 1 6 17 12 .586 1 1 13 2 22 76% 58.2 81 15 11 1 13 7 4.0 3.7 7.6
1979 30 MIN AL 36 35 14 13 8 2 4 18 17 .514 1 4 12 1 16 46% 50.1 80 18 24 7 9 7 4.7 4.4 7.0
1980 31 LAD NL 35 27 6 11 10 1 3 11 16 .407 5 4 2 2 11 41% 46.1 79 16 26 13 5 11 4.4 4.1 6.0
1981 32 LAD NL 26 8 1 4 3 1 1 3 5 .375 1 1 0 0 2 25% 46.0 64 30 12 4 0 3 4.2 4.1 5.2
1982 33 TOT MLB 30 8 4 3 1 2 0 5 3 .625 0 1 1 0 2 25% 0.0 72 21 14 3 1 3 5.5 7.0 4.9
1982 33 LAD NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 1 0 0 1 3.0 3.0 2.7
1982 33 CAL AL 28 7 4 2 1 2 0 5 2 .714 0 1 1 0 2 29% 43.1 72 21 13 3 1 2 5.9 7.3 5.2
1983 34 CAL AL 15 6 0 4 2 0 2 1 5 .167 1 0 0 0 2 33% 38.5 52 20 14 4 0 4 4.4 3.6 6.1
12 Yrs 353 264 103 101 60 17 39 136 128 .515 20 24 83 13 146 55% 52 92 12 231 72 95 73 4.6 4.4 6.9
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.2 4.2 6.4

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
1972 23 MIN AL 15 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% 1 .870 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 9.0
1973 24 MIN AL 32 22 11 3 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 25 14 56% 6 .739 6 5 10 3 3 16 15 7 16 4 16 1 7.7
1974 25 MIN AL 28 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 4 40% 2 .933 1 2 1 2 0 2 4 0 4 0 4 0 17.0
1976 27 MIN AL 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 1.091 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
1979 30 MIN AL 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.025 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18.0
1980 31 LAD NL 35 8 2 1 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 6 1 17% 7 1.054 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 5 4 3 4 2 4.0
1981 32 LAD NL 26 18 3 1 3 5 1 4 20% 7 1 16 6 38% 6 .994 8 4 6 7 3 8 8 10 12 4 12 2 5.9
1982 33 TOT MLB 30 22 17 4 3 3 3 0 100% 3 0 21 6 29% .957 5 8 9 5 2 15 14 8 13 5 15 4 6.9
1982 33 LAD NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .787 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1982 33 CAL AL 28 21 16 4 3 3 3 0 100% 3 0 21 6 29% 8 .965 5 8 8 4 2 15 14 7 13 5 15 4 7.0
1983 34 CAL AL 15 9 2 0 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 11 4 36% 2 .751 3 3 3 3 0 6 7 2 8 1 8 1 9.1
9 Yrs 253 89 39 10 8 16 8 8 50% 20 3 93 36 39% .972 27 24 36 24 10 55 53 36 62 17 64 10 7.5

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%
1972 23 MIN AL 368 59% 1.4% 10.3% 7.1% 4.9% 24% 1.60 80% 70 7 10%
1973 24 MIN AL 477 53% 2.3% 13.6% 6.7% 5.2% 18% 1.38 76% 99 12 12%
1974 25 MIN AL 746 56% 1.9% 11.9% 6.0% 5.9% 23% 1.23 78% 131 14 11%
1975 26 MIN AL 1015 53% 1.8% 12.6% 7.1% 6.1% 26% 1.90 77% 153 31 20%
1976 27 MIN AL 1054 58% 1.3% 12.6% 8.6% 5.2% 23% 1.68 76% 208 30 14%
1977 28 MIN AL 1254 52% 1.8% 14.8% 7.3% 6.2% 28% 1.35 75% 190 26 14%
1978 29 MIN AL 913 48% 1.3% 12.7% 7.3% 6.1% 27% 1.49 77% 143 17 12%
1979 30 MIN AL 1061 52% 2.1% 12.4% 6.5% 7.7% 29% 1.48 78% 191 30 16%
1980 31 LAD NL 739 52% 1.6% 12.3% 8.0% 6.5% 24% 1.72 77% 132 23 17%
1981 32 LAD NL 319 56% 1.3% 15.1% 7.8% 6.6% 25% 2.58 75% 63 11 17%
1982 33 TOT MLB 382 51% 1.1% 13.6% 8.4% 6.3% 27% 1.72 76% 75 6 8%
1982 33 LAD NL 17 41% 0.0% 17.7% 0.0% 23.5% 67% 6.00 82% 2 0 0%
1982 33 CAL AL 365 52% 1.1% 13.4% 8.8% 5.5% 24% 1.66 76% 73 6 8%
1983 34 CAL AL 301 49% 3.3% 9.0% 12.3% 8.3% 31% 1.82 74% 72 11 15%
12 Yrs 8629 53% 1.7% 12.8% 7.5% 6.2% 26% 1.57 77% 1527 218 14%
MLB Averages 44% 1.9% 13.1% 8.5% 6.3% 27% 1.10 75% 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
1972 23 MIN AL 368 75 5 0 8 1 4 1 4 14 8 1 57% 5 1 0 130 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
1973 24 MIN AL 477 138 11 0 15 6 5 5 6 45 30 6 67% 6 5 3 180 6 6 50% 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 0
1974 25 MIN AL 746 192 14 0 3 7 7 8 6 26 18 3 69% 7 4 1 281 19 4 83% 16 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 13 0
1975 26 MIN AL 1015 235 18 1 8 6 12 13 5 41 19 5 46% 17 11 1 333 22 8 73% 22 7 0 1 0 0 2 0 24 0
1976 27 MIN AL 1054 239 14 0 22 8 6 10 4 61 32 4 52% 22 15 4 375 21 15 58% 21 15 0 0 0 0 3 1 36 0
1977 28 MIN AL 1254 284 23 0 11 15 8 13 10 52 25 4 48% 20 9 4 428 18 16 53% 15 15 2 1 1 0 8 2 18 0
1978 29 MIN AL 913 209 12 0 12 7 5 5 7 38 25 3 66% 9 4 0 304 10 13 43% 10 12 0 1 0 0 1 1 22 0
1979 30 MIN AL 1061 282 22 0 22 7 15 10 12 47 29 4 62% 10 5 2 365 13 12 52% 13 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 0
1980 31 LAD NL 739 198 12 0 15 6 6 7 5 53 25 9 47% 7 3 0 261 18 13 58% 16 12 2 1 0 0 1 1 17 0
1981 32 LAD NL 319 83 4 0 9 2 2 3 1 16 9 3 56% 2 2 0 115 6 6 50% 6 5 0 1 0 0 3 1 4 0
1982 33 TOT MLB 382 88 4 0 12 1 3 1 3 23 17 2 74% 4 2 0 139 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1982 33 LAD NL 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 33 CAL AL 365 82 4 0 12 1 3 1 3 22 16 2 73% 3 2 0 131 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1983 34 CAL AL 301 81 10 0 11 5 5 4 6 25 13 4 52% 5 1 1 122 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
12 Yrs 8629 2104 149 1 148 71 78 80 69 441 250 48 57% 114 62 16 3033 149 100 60% 139 92 9 7 1 1 24 6 187 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

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+
1972 23 3 3 .500 2.67 15 11 2 2 0 1 91.0 75 30 27 5 26 3 38 0 1 1 368 121 1.110 7.4 0.5 2.6 3.8 1.46 121
1973 24 9 7 .563 4.06 47 21 13 3 0 2 197.1 213 98 89 16 58 4 103 2 1 6 845 89 1.373 9.7 0.7 2.6 4.7 1.78 89
1974 25 19 17 .528 3.68 75 45 14 8 1 3 371.2 405 179 152 30 103 5 192 9 1 10 1591 100 1.367 9.8 0.7 2.5 4.6 1.86 100
1975 26 33 31 .516 3.68 107 77 14 23 2 3 614.2 640 291 251 48 175 7 320 15 4 21 2606 102 1.326 9.4 0.7 2.6 4.7 1.83 102
1976 27 47 45 .511 3.58 143 112 14 36 6 3 864.0 879 404 344 62 266 11 453 20 5 36 3660 104 1.325 9.2 0.6 2.8 4.7 1.70 104
1977 28 67 56 .545 3.52 182 151 14 55 8 3 1167.0 1163 533 457 85 357 15 639 22 6 45 4913 108 1.302 9.0 0.7 2.8 4.9 1.79 108
1978 29 82 66 .554 3.36 211 180 14 68 10 3 1387.1 1372 605 518 97 424 16 755 23 7 49 5826 113 1.295 8.9 0.6 2.8 4.9 1.78 113
1979 30 96 79 .549 3.48 247 215 15 80 11 3 1638.0 1654 729 634 119 493 19 887 24 7 54 6887 112 1.311 9.1 0.7 2.7 4.9 1.80 112
1980 31 103 90 .534 3.56 282 242 17 82 13 4 1809.1 1852 820 716 131 552 22 978 24 8 57 7626 108 1.329 9.2 0.7 2.7 4.9 1.77 108
1981 32 105 97 .520 3.58 308 250 20 82 13 5 1886.1 1935 855 751 135 577 25 1026 24 9 59 7945 107 1.332 9.2 0.6 2.8 4.9 1.78 107
1982 33 113 103 .523 3.61 338 258 37 83 13 8 1976.0 2023 902 792 139 609 26 1078 25 9 61 8327 107 1.332 9.2 0.6 2.8 4.9 1.77 107
1983 34 113 109 .509 3.69 353 264 39 83 13 8 2039.2 2104 950 836 149 646 28 1105 26 10 62 8628 105 1.348 9.3 0.7 2.9 4.9 1.71 105

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
1972 23 5 4 .556 3.44 89.0 87 38 34 6 30 37 0 1.315 8.8 3.0 3.7 1.23 0.6 15
1973 24 3 8 .273 5.94 100.0 142 73 66 11 33 61 2 1.750 12.8 3.0 5.5 1.85 1.0 32
1974 25 9 9 .500 3.87 163.0 202 78 70 15 47 83 7 1.528 11.2 2.6 4.6 1.77 0.8 28
1975 26 12 13 .480 4.15 232.0 245 119 107 19 75 122 6 1.379 9.5 2.9 4.7 1.63 0.7 32
1976 27 12 13 .480 4.17 233.0 258 120 108 15 98 124 5 1.528 10.0 3.8 4.8 1.27 0.6 36
1977 28 17 15 .531 3.75 288.0 293 133 120 24 94 177 2 1.344 9.2 2.9 5.5 1.88 0.8 39
1978 29 15 8 .652 2.90 208.0 219 74 67 13 70 109 1 1.389 9.5 3.0 4.7 1.56 0.6 29
1979 30 12 14 .462 4.24 240.0 279 126 113 22 68 126 1 1.446 10.5 2.6 4.7 1.85 0.8 36
1980 31 6 11 .353 5.31 156.0 209 102 92 13 62 83 0 1.737 12.1 3.6 4.8 1.34 0.8 35
1981 32 4 7 .364 5.56 102.0 137 70 63 7 41 63 0 1.745 12.1 3.6 5.6 1.54 0.6 26
1982 33 4 5 .444 4.60 86.0 91 49 44 4 33 50 1 1.442 9.5 3.5 5.2 1.52 0.4 30
1983 34 1 5 .167 7.05 60.0 83 52 47 10 38 25 1 2.017 12.5 5.7 3.8 0.66 1.5 15
12 Yrs 100 112 .472 4.28 1957.0 2245 1034 931 159 689 1060 26 1.499 10.3 4.9 1.54 0.7 353

* 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
1989 BBWAA ()

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (6, 14%)
0.14 Career Shares (171st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 AL  6.3 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1977 AL  5.2 (6th)
1978 AL  6.3 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1977 AL  3.36 (8th)
1978 AL  2.49 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1977 AL  20 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1977 AL  1.238 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL  8.436 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1977 AL  303.0 (2nd)
1979 AL  250.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1977 AL  186 (6th)
1979 AL  132 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1977 AL  39 (1st)
1979 AL  35 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1977 AL  19 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1976 AL  4 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  91 (6th)
1977 AL  91 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1976 AL  239 (10th)
1977 AL  284 (1st)
1979 AL  282 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL  0.683 (10th)
1978 AL  0.490 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  113 (4th)
1979 AL  116 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1975 AL  11 (5th)
1976 AL  15 (1st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1977 AL  1,253 (3rd)
1979 AL  1,061 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1977 AL  120 (10th)
1978 AL  155 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  22 (10th)
1978 AL  31 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1977 AL  2.3 (10th)
1978 AL  3.5 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1977 AL  29.26 (8th)
1978 AL  30.16 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1978 AL  3.4 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1978 AL  2.3 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1977 AL  3.1 (8th)
1978 AL  3.3 (6th)

                           

† 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 - 5 (430), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 33 (730), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Bill Monbouquette (968)
  2. Marty Pattin (963)
  3. Mike Witt (959)
  4. Bob Ojeda (953)
  5. Buddy Black (953)
  6. Jim Bibby (952)
  7. Frank Lary (951)
  8. Bill Hands (949)
  9. Bruce Kison (948)
  10. Doc Medich (948)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Buck Freeman (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Charles Hudson (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pedro Astacio (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Frank Lary (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Doc Medich (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frank Sullivan (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Sullivan (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kevin Brown (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rick Rhoden (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Scott Sanderson (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ed Whitson (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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