Rick Grapenthin

Richard Ray Grapenthin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 16, 1958 in Linn Grove, IA
School: Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN)
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1983
Team: Expos 1983-1985

Final Game: June 29, 1985
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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
1980	22	WSN-min	A-	2	2	.500	5.67	7	2		0	27.0	30	17	17	0	14	0	24	1	0	2			1.630	10.0	0.0	4.7	8.0	1.71	JAM · NYPL
1981	23	WSN-min	A	5	4	.556	4.50	31	3	19	5	80.0	96	47	40	5	22	3	44	5	0	5			1.475	10.8	0.6	2.5	5.0	2.00	WPB · FLOR
1982	24	WSN-min	A,AAA	4	3	.571	2.44	47	2	32	12	77.1	77	28	21	5	35	7	62	0	0	4			1.448	9.0	0.6	4.1	7.2	1.77	SJO,WCH · CALL,AA
1983	25	WSN-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.84	40	0	23	8	70.1	72	35	30	8	26	1	33	2	0	0			1.393	9.2	1.0	3.3	4.2	1.27	WCH · AA
1983	25	MON	NL	0	1	.000	9.00	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	4	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	16	44	1.250	9.0	4.5	2.3	6.8	3.00
1984	26	WSN-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.07	53	0	39	18	91.0	81	38	31	4	33	7	44	2	1	5			1.253	8.0	0.4	3.3	4.4	1.33	INA · AA
1984	26	MON	NL	1	2	.333	3.52	13	1	5	2	23.0	19	9	9	3	7	0	9	0	0	0	92	100	1.130	7.4	1.2	2.7	3.5	1.29
1985	27	WSN-min	AAA	5	7	.417	3.74	48	0	33	11	84.1	77	38	35	7	31	7	24	2	0	2			1.281	8.2	0.7	3.3	2.6	0.77	INA · AA
1985	27	MON	NL	0	0		14.14	5	0	1	0	7.0	13	11	11	0	8	2	4	1	0	0	43	26	3.000	16.7	0.0	10.3	5.1	0.50
1986	28	SDP-min	AAA	3	3	.500	5.01	39	1	22	2	70.0	92	60	39	4	28	7	33	1	1	4			1.714	11.8	0.5	3.6	4.2	1.18	LVG · PCL
1987	29	STL-min	AAA	4	6	.400	3.64	55	0	19	8	99.0	107	50	40	9	32	6	49	0	2	0			1.404	9.7	0.8	2.9	4.5	1.53	LOU · AA
1988	30	STL-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.63	45	0	26	10	69.1	67	30	28	5	21	3	30	5	1	1			1.269	8.7	0.6	2.7	3.9	1.43	LOU · AA
1989	31	DET-NYY-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.41	15	1	5	1	37.0	37	19	14	2	14	0	13	2	0	1			1.378	9.0	0.5	3.4	3.2	0.93	TOL,CLB · IL
3 Yrs				1	3	.250	6.35	19	1	6	2	34.0	36	24	24	5	16	2	16	1	0	0	151	57	1.529	9.5	1.3	4.2	4.2	1.00
162 Game Avg.				3	10	.250	6.35	65	3	20	7	116	122	82	82	17	54	7	54	3	0	0	513	57	1.529	9.5	1.3	4.2	4.2	1.00

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
1983	25	MON	NL	4.0	1	0	4	9.00	4.34	0.19	-0.34	96.0	3.66	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.289	.499	$
1984	26	MON	NL	23.0	13	1	9	3.52	4.23	0.25	-0.27	99.5	3.70	0	0.0	1.7	-0.0	0.2	3	.502	.500	$
1985	27	MON	NL	7.0	5	0	11	14.14	4.06	0.06	-0.32	96.0	3.52	-8	-0.8	.3	0.2	-0.5	-8	.341	.495	$
3 Seasons				34.0	19	1	24	6.35	4.21	0.21	-0.29	98.3	3.66	-11	-1.0	1.3	0.2	-0.5	-7	.448	.498	$

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
1983	25	MON	NL	1	16	15	4	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	.267	.313	.667	.979	.200	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	26	MON	NL	13	92	81	9	19	3	0	3	1	0	7	9	.235	.289	.383	.672	.225	31	3	0	2	2	0	1
1985	27	MON	NL	5	43	33	11	13	2	0	0	0	0	8	4	.394	.512	.455	.966	.433	15	0	1	0	1	2	0
3 Yrs				19	151	129	24	36	5	0	5	1	1	16	16	.279	.356	.434	.790	.279	56	3	1	2	3	2	1
162 Game Avg.				65	513	439	82	122	17	0	17	3	3	54	54	.279	.356	.434	.790	.279	190	10	3	7	10	7	3
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.388	.712	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1983	25	MON	NL	-2.0	-0.2	17	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.93	-0.3	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	0.93	-2.5	0	1	0
1984	26	MON	NL	0.5	0.1	93	-0.2	1.5	-1.7	.93	0.3	-0.5	2.0	0.2	0.93	3.1	5	1	6
1985	27	MON	NL	-7.9	-0.8	43	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.38	-0.5	-0.2	-7.7	-0.8	0.38	-6.2	0	1	4
3 Yrs				-9.4	-0.9	153	-0.8	1.9	-2.7	.77	-0.4	-0.6	-8.0	-0.8	0.77	-5.5	5	3	10

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
1984	26	MON	NL	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	33.0	33	33	2	0	0	1	3.0	3.0	3.0
1 Yr				13	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	33	33	33	2	0	0	1	3.0	3.0	3.0
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	97	-5					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1983	25	MON	NL	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0		2	.927	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	12.0
1984	26	MON	NL	13	12	5	1	1	2	2	100%	2	12	3	25%	6	.925	5	1	6	3	3	6	6	6	7	3	7	2	5.0
1985	27	MON	NL	5	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	2	100%	6	.375	0	1	4	1	0	4	1	4	2	1	3	1	4.2
3 Yrs				19	18	6	1	2	2	2	100%	2	14	5	36%		.769	5	3	10	5	3	10	7	11	10	4	11	3	5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1983	25	MON	NL	16	69%	12.5%	18.8%	6.3%	12.5%	50%	0.60	63%	2	0	0%
1984	26	MON	NL	92	65%	3.3%	9.8%	7.6%	6.5%	32%	1.19	77%	21	3	14%
1985	27	MON	NL	43	67%	0.0%	9.3%	18.6%	4.7%	15%	1.13	70%	13	0	0%
3 Yrs				151	66%	3.3%	10.6%	10.6%	6.6%	28%	1.10	74%	36	3	8%
MLB Averages					41%	2.1%	13.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.07	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
1983	25	MON	NL	16	4			2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0%	0	0	0	3	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	26	MON	NL	92	19			3	1	4	3	0	1	2	7	3	3	43%	1	0	0	40	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1985	27	MON	NL	43	13			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	80%	0	0	0	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				151	36			5	1	4	4	1	3	2	13	7	4	54%	1	0	0	68	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1983	25	0	1	.000	9.00	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	4	2	1	0	3	0	16	44	1.250	9.0	4.5	2.3	6.8	3.00	44
1984	26	1	3	.250	4.33	14	1	5	2	27.0	23	13	13	5	8	0	12	0	108	83	1.148	7.7	1.7	2.7	4.0	1.50	83
1985	27	1	3	.250	6.35	19	1	6	2	34.0	36	24	24	5	16	2	16	1	151	57	1.529	9.5	1.3	4.2	4.2	1.00	57

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1983	25	0	0		11.25	4.0	4	6	5	2	1	3	0	1.250	9.0	2.3	6.8	3.00	4.5	1
1984	26	1	1	.500	4.09	22.0	20	11	10	3	7	8	0	1.227	8.2	2.9	3.3	1.14	1.2	13
1985	27	0	0		19.50	6.0	14	14	13	0	9	4	1	3.833	21.0	13.5	6.0	0.44	0.0	5
3 Yrs		1	1	.500	7.88	32.0	38	31	28	5	17	15	1	1.719	10.7		4.2	0.88	1.4	19

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