Joe Grzenda

Joseph Charles Grzenda

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 8, 1937 in Scranton, PA
High School: Moosic HS (Moosic, PA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1961
Teams (by GP): Senators/Athletics/Twins/Cardinals/Mets/... 1961-1972

Final Game: September 23, 1972
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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
1955	18	DET-min	D	2	5	.286	8.29	15	5					38.0	54	39	35		29								2.184	12.8		6.9			JAM · PONY
1956	19	DET-min	D	13	3	.813	3.19	22	20					144.0	94	60	51	5	114								1.444	5.9	0.3	7.1			VDS · GAFL
1957	20	DET-min	B	9	4	.692	3.07	28	15					129.0	80	54	44	3	94								1.349	5.6	0.2	6.6			DHM · CARL
1958	21	DET-min	AA	16	7	.696	3.19	33	32					223.0	170	90	79	16	128								1.336	6.9	0.6	5.2			BIR · SOUA
1959	22	DET-min	AAA	3	8	.273	3.58	19	15		2	1		88.0	92	40	35	3	64	0	80	1	0	10			1.773	9.4	0.3	6.5	8.2	1.25	CHL · AA
1960	23	DET-min	AA	5	9	.357	3.63	22	19		1	1		119.0	104	64	48	3	89	0	23	1	0	0			1.622	7.9	0.2	6.7	1.7	0.26	BIR,VCT · SOUA,TL
1961	24	DET-min	AAA,AA	4	8	.333	4.58	26	19					125.2	148	79	64	13	67								1.711	10.6	0.9	4.8			DEN,BIR · AA,SOUA
1961	24	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	7.94	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	9	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	28	55	1.941	14.3	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.00

1962	25	DET-min	AAA	5	7	.417	5.14	25	20		2	0		126.0	142	84	72	12	55	4	77	4	0	3			1.563	10.1	0.9	3.9	5.5	1.40	DEN · AA
1963	26	DET-ATL-HOU-min	AAA	3	6	.333	4.89	29	8					92.0	110	62	50	9	35		58						1.576	10.8	0.9	3.4	5.7	1.66	SYR,DEN,OKC · IL,PCL
1964	27	OAK-min	AA	4	1	.800	5.52	17	1					31.0	35	22	19	4	13		35						1.548	10.2	1.2	3.8	10.2	2.69	BIR · SOUL
1964	27	KCA	AL	0	2	.000	5.40	20	0	5	0	0	0	25.0	34	15	15	2	13	2	17	1	1	5	121	72	1.880	12.2	0.7	4.7	6.1	1.31

1965	28	HOU-OAK-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.72	24	2		0	0		46.0	50	33	19	2	24	6	40	1	0	6			1.609	9.8	0.4	4.7	7.8	1.67	OKC,VAN · PCL
1966	29	OAK-min	AA	5	2	.714	1.84	33	0					44.0	33	11	9	2	13		37						1.045	6.8	0.4	2.7	7.6	2.85	MOB · SOUL
1966	29	KCA	AL	0	2	.000	3.27	21	0	6	0	0	0	22.0	28	8	8	1	12	3	14	0	1	0	99	106	1.818	11.5	0.4	4.9	5.7	1.17
1967	30	OAK-min	AA	6	0	1.000	1.20	52	0					75.0	51	12	10	0	13		53						0.853	6.1	0.0	1.6	6.4	4.08	BIR · SOUL
1967	30	NYM	NL	0	0		2.16	11	0	3	0	0	0	16.2	14	4	4	0	8	4	9	1	0	1	70	161	1.320	7.6	0.0	4.3	4.9	1.13

1968	31	MIN-min	AAA	5	8	.385	3.14	56	0		0	0		86.0	81	34	30	5	30	4	60	3	0	1			1.291	8.5	0.5	3.1	6.3	2.00	DEN · PCL
1969	32	MIN	AL	4	1	.800	3.88	38	0	7	0	0	3	48.2	52	23	21	4	17	4	24	1	1	7	207	96	1.418	9.6	0.7	3.1	4.4	1.41
1970	33	WSA	AL	3	6	.333	5.00	49	3	19	0	0	6	84.2	86	52	47	8	34	9	38	3	1	4	366	71	1.417	9.1	0.9	3.6	4.0	1.12
1971	34	WSA	AL	5	2	.714	1.92	46	0	21	0	0	5	70.1	54	19	15	2	17	7	56	1	0	2	273	173	1.009	6.9	0.3	2.2	7.2	3.29
1972	35	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	5.66	30	0	16	0	0	0	35.0	46	24	22	1	17	8	15	3	0	3	165	61	1.800	11.8	0.3	4.4	3.9	0.88
1973	36	NYY-min	AAA	7	6	.538	2.43	45	0		0	0	18	74.0	51	22	20	7	31	8	58	0	1	2			1.108	6.2	0.9	3.8	7.1	1.87	SYR · IL
1974	37	ATL-min	AAA	7	2	.778	4.66	46	0		0	0	11	56.0	68	29	29	6	18	1	37	1	0	5			1.536	10.9	1.0	2.9	5.9	2.06	RMD · IL
8 Yrs				14	13	.519	4.00	219	3	77	0	0	14	308.0	323	150	137	20	120	38	173	10	4	22	1329	89	1.438	9.4	0.6	3.5	5.1	1.44
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.519	4.00	67	1	24	0	0	4	94	99	46	42	6	37	12	53	3	1	7	407	89	1.438	9.4	0.6	3.5	5.1	1.44

KCA (2 yrs)				0	4	.000	4.40	41	0	11	0	0	0	47.0	62	23	23	3	25	5	31	1	2	5	220	84	1.851	11.9	0.6	4.8	5.9	1.24
WSA (2 yrs)				8	8	.500	3.60	95	3	40	0	0	11	155.0	140	71	62	10	51	16	94	4	1	6	639	96	1.232	8.1	0.6	3.0	5.5	1.84
MIN (1 yr)				4	1	.800	3.88	38	0	7	0	0	3	48.2	52	23	21	4	17	4	24	1	1	7	207	96	1.418	9.6	0.7	3.1	4.4	1.41
NYM (1 yr)				0	0		2.16	11	0	3	0	0	0	16.2	14	4	4	0	8	4	9	1	0	1	70	161	1.320	7.6	0.0	4.3	4.9	1.13
STL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.66	30	0	16	0	0	0	35.0	46	24	22	1	17	8	15	3	0	3	165	61	1.800	11.8	0.3	4.4	3.9	0.88
DET (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	7.94	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	9	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	28	55	1.941	14.3	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.00

AL (6 yrs)				13	13	.500	3.90	178	3	58	0	0	14	256.1	263	122	111	19	95	26	149	6	4	18	1094	92	1.397	9.2	0.7	3.3	5.2	1.57
NL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	4.53	41	0	19	0	0	0	51.2	60	28	26	1	25	12	24	4	0	4	235	77	1.645	10.5	0.2	4.4	4.2	0.96

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
1961	24	DET	AL	5.2	4	0	5	7.94	4.68	0.48	-0.20	102.9	4.12	-2	-0.2	.5	0.0	-0.1	-2	.442	.499	$

1964	27	KCA	AL	25.0	20	0	15	5.40	4.13	-0.30	-0.17	107.4	4.58	-2	-0.2	.5	-0.0	0.0	-0	.489	.499	$

1966	29	KCA	AL	22.0	21	0	8	3.27	4.16	0.15	-0.17	97.3	3.74	1	0.2	1.4	0.0	0.4	3	.508	.501	$
1967	30	NYM	NL	16.2	11	0	4	2.16	3.90	-0.22	-0.17	98.9	3.91	3	0.4	1.3	0.0	0.5	5	.533	.502	$

1969	32	MIN	AL	48.2	38	0	23	4.25	4.33	0.11	-0.18	101.5	4.10	-0	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.2	3	.499	.500	$
1970	33	WSA	AL	84.2	49	3	52	5.53	4.26	0.28	-0.13	97.3	3.75	-16	-1.7	1.2	-0.3	-1.2	-8	.465	.489	$12,000
1971	34	WSA	AL	70.1	46	0	19	2.43	4.08	-0.15	-0.18	95.7	3.88	11	1.4	1.4	0.1	2.1	18	.529	.508	$15,000
1972	35	STL	NL	35.0	30	0	24	6.17	4.16	-0.21	-0.18	98.4	4.12	-8	-0.9	.9	-0.0	-0.7	-5	.468	.494	$
8 Seasons				308.0	219	3	150	4.38	4.19	0.02	-0.16	98.8	3.96	-13	-1.3	1.1	-0.2	1.2	14	.494	.499	$27,000

KCA (2 yrs)				47.0	41	0	23	4.40	4.14	-0.09	-0.17	102.7	4.19	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.4	3	.499	.500	$
WSA (2 yrs)				155.0	95	3	71	4.12	4.18	0.08	-0.15	96.6	3.81	-5	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	0.9	10	.496	.499	$27,000
MIN (1 yr)				48.2	38	0	23	4.25	4.33	0.11	-0.18	101.5	4.10	-0	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.2	3	.499	.500	$
NYM (1 yr)				16.2	11	0	4	2.16	3.90	-0.22	-0.17	98.9	3.91	3	0.4	1.3	0.0	0.5	5	.533	.502	$
STL (1 yr)				35.0	30	0	24	6.17	4.16	-0.21	-0.18	98.4	4.12	-8	-0.9	.9	-0.0	-0.7	-5	.468	.494	$
DET (1 yr)				5.2	4	0	5	7.94	4.68	0.48	-0.20	102.9	4.12	-2	-0.2	.5	0.0	-0.1	-2	.442	.499	$

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
1969	32	MIN	AL	ALCS	L	BAL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 ALCS							0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	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
1961	24	DET	AL	4	28	24	5	9	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	.375	.423	.667	1.090	.318	16	1	0	2	0	1	1

1964	27	KCA	AL	20	121	105	15	34	5	1	2	2	2	13	17	.324	.400	.448	.848	.368	47	0	1	1	1	2	0

1966	29	KCA	AL	21	99	83	8	28	7	0	1	1	1	12	14	.337	.412	.458	.870	.386	38	6	0	2	2	3	0
1967	30	NYM	NL	11	70	59	4	14	4	0	0	0	1	8	9	.237	.333	.305	.638	.275	18	3	1	1	1	4	2

1969	32	MIN	AL	38	208	186	23	52	5	0	4	4	3	17	24	.280	.341	.371	.712	.302	69	5	1	3	1	4	1
1970	33	WSA	AL	49	366	322	52	86	14	5	8	0	3	34	38	.267	.341	.416	.757	.281	134	9	3	5	2	9	5
1971	34	WSA	AL	46	273	249	19	54	12	1	2	0	1	17	56	.217	.266	.297	.563	.267	74	9	1	2	4	7	4
1972	35	STL	NL	30	165	140	24	46	7	4	1	2	1	17	15	.329	.413	.457	.870	.363	64	3	3	4	0	8	1
8 Yrs				219	1330	1168	150	323	55	11	20	10	12	120	173	.277	.346	.394	.740	.307	460	36	10	20	11	38	14
162 Game Avg.				67	407	358	46	99	17	3	6	3	4	37	53	.277	.346	.394	.740	.307	141	11	3	6	3	12	4
MLB Averages																.248	.315	.371	.686	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1961	24	DET	AL	-1.9	-0.2	29	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.51	-0.4	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.51	-3.8	0	0	4

1964	27	KCA	AL	-3.2	-0.3	132	-0.8	0.9	-1.6	.48	-0.6	-1.0	-5.0	-0.5	0.48	-6.5	2	4	12

1966	29	KCA	AL	1.0	0.1	102	-0.4	1.0	-1.3	.80	-0.5	0.0	1.2	0.1	0.80	-3.5	9	2	9
1967	30	NYM	NL	2.7	0.3	71	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	.95	0.2	-0.2	2.6	0.3	0.95	0.7	2	1	7

1969	32	MIN	AL	-0.5	-0.1	227	0.3	2.5	-2.3	.73	-0.3	0.7	-4.4	-0.5	0.73	-4.2	8	12	16
1970	33	WSA	AL	-13.9	-1.4	377	-0.4	5.7	-6.1	.94	-0.5	0.1	-11.9	-1.2	0.94	-6.4	16	6	22
1971	34	WSA	AL	10.5	1.1	280	1.4	4.9	-3.4	.97	1.5	-0.0	8.9	1.0	0.97	11.3	18	7	21
1972	35	STL	NL	-8.3	-0.9	172	0.4	1.9	-1.5	.68	-0.3	0.8	-11.2	-1.2	0.68	-8.0	9	1	20
8 Yrs				-13.6	-1.3	1390	0.2	17.8	-17.6	.82	-0.9	1.2	-21.1	-2.1	0.82	-20.5	64	33	111

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	33	WSA	AL	49	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.667	0	1	0	0	1	33%	39.3	63	22	18	6	2	1	7.3	7.3	4.8
1 Yr				49	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.667	0	1	0	0	1	33%	39	63	22	18	6	2	1	7.3	7.3	4.8
MLB Averages													.500						55%	53	116	-14					4.0	3.9	6.4

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
1961	24	DET	AL	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	6	.513	0	0	4	0	0	4	1	3	3	0	3	1	4.3

1964	27	KCA	AL	20	20	5	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	10	6	60%	7	.480	2	4	12	0	2	18	7	13	9	5	9	7	3.8

1966	29	KCA	AL	21	21	6	0	2	0	0	0		3	2	25	6	24%	9	.803	9	2	9	4	3	14	15	6	7	9	8	8	3.1
1967	30	NYM	NL	11	11	3	0	0	1	0	1	0%	2	0	11	3	27%	8	.952	2	1	7	2	0	9	6	5	6	1	7	2	4.5

1969	32	MIN	AL	38	38	7	4	1	4	3	1	75%	5	0	34	15	44%	6	.728	8	12	16	6	7	25	22	16	18	16	19	7	3.8
1970	33	WSA	AL	49	46	19	2	5	7	6	1	86%	7	0	27	11	41%	7	.940	16	6	22	8	10	28	15	31	25	8	28	8	4.6
1971	34	WSA	AL	46	46	21	5	2	8	5	3	63%	13	2	32	10	31%	7	.971	18	7	21	13	6	27	17	29	22	15	22	8	4.6
1972	35	STL	NL	30	30	16	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	26	8	31%	8	.682	9	1	20	0	8	22	13	17	10	7	14	5	3.5
8 Yrs				219	216	77	13	12	20	14	6	70%	30	4	166	59	36%		.821	64	33	111	33	36	147	96	120	100	61	110	46	4.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1961	24	DET	AL	28	50%	7.1%	0.0%	7.1%	10.7%	33%	1.43	79%	9	1	11%

1964	27	KCA	AL	121	35%	1.7%	14.1%	10.7%	6.6%	24%	1.00	72%	26	0	0%

1966	29	KCA	AL	99	39%	1.0%	14.1%	12.1%	8.1%	29%	1.68	71%	35	6	17%
1967	30	NYM	NL	70	39%	0.0%	12.9%	11.4%	5.7%	29%	1.35	73%	20	3	15%

1969	32	MIN	AL	208	37%	1.9%	11.5%	8.2%	4.3%	17%	2.28	76%	48	5	10%
1970	33	WSA	AL	366	32%	2.2%	10.4%	9.3%	7.4%	31%	1.68	76%	77	9	12%
1971	34	WSA	AL	273	34%	0.7%	20.5%	6.2%	5.5%	28%	1.38	71%	49	9	18%
1972	35	STL	NL	165	39%	0.6%	9.1%	10.3%	7.3%	26%	1.93	75%	35	3	9%
8 Yrs				1330	35%	1.5%	13.0%	9.0%	6.5%	27%	1.62	74%	299	36	12%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.2%	8.4%	6.2%	28%	1.09	73%			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
1961	24	DET	AL	28	9			2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	14	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1964	27	KCA	AL	121	34			2	0	3	1	1	1	1	12	5	4	42%	0	5	1	60	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	0

1966	29	KCA	AL	99	28			1	0	6	1	0	1	0	9	4	2	44%	0	0	0	59	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1967	30	NYM	NL	70	14			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	67%	2	1	0	35	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0

1969	32	MIN	AL	208	52			4	0	4	3	1	3	1	15	8	2	53%	1	7	3	92	4	3	57%	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
1970	33	WSA	AL	366	86			8	1	22	7	1	2	6	38	14	9	37%	5	4	2	125	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
1971	34	WSA	AL	273	54			2	0	5	2	0	0	2	20	11	2	55%	4	2	2	96	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
1972	35	STL	NL	165	46			1	0	13	0	1	1	0	17	6	3	35%	1	3	1	61	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
8 Yrs				1330	323			20	1	56	15	5	10	10	117	52	22	44%	14	22	9	542	10	12	45%	7	10	3	2	0	0	2	0	66	0
MLB Averages																		50%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1961	24	1	0	1.000	7.94	4	0	0	0	5.2	9	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	28	55	1.941	14.3	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.00	55
1962	25	1	0	1.000	7.94	4	0	0	0	5.2	9	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	28	55	1.941	14.3	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.00	55
1963	26	1	0	1.000	7.94	4	0	0	0	5.2	9	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	28	55	1.941	14.3	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.00	55
1964	27	1	2	.333	5.87	24	0	5	0	30.2	43	20	20	4	15	3	17	1	1	5	149	68	1.891	12.6	1.2	4.4	5.0	1.13	68
1965	28	1	2	.333	5.87	24	0	5	0	30.2	43	20	20	4	15	3	17	1	1	5	149	68	1.891	12.6	1.2	4.4	5.0	1.13	68
1966	29	1	4	.200	4.78	45	0	11	0	52.2	71	28	28	5	27	6	31	1	2	5	248	79	1.861	12.1	0.9	4.6	5.3	1.15	79
1967	30	1	4	.200	4.15	56	0	14	0	69.1	85	32	32	5	35	10	40	2	2	6	318	89	1.731	11.0	0.6	4.5	5.2	1.14	89
1968	31	1	4	.200	4.15	56	0	14	0	69.1	85	32	32	5	35	10	40	2	2	6	318	89	1.731	11.0	0.6	4.5	5.2	1.14	89
1969	32	5	5	.500	4.04	94	0	21	3	118.0	137	55	53	9	52	14	64	3	3	13	525	92	1.602	10.4	0.7	4.0	4.9	1.23	92
1970	33	8	11	.421	4.44	143	3	40	9	202.2	223	107	100	17	86	23	102	6	4	17	891	82	1.525	9.9	0.8	3.8	4.5	1.19	82
1971	34	13	13	.500	3.79	189	3	61	14	273.0	277	126	115	19	103	30	158	7	4	19	1164	94	1.392	9.1	0.6	3.4	5.2	1.53	94
1972	35	14	13	.519	4.00	219	3	77	14	308.0	323	150	137	20	120	38	173	10	4	22	1329	89	1.438	9.4	0.6	3.5	5.1	1.44	89

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
1961	24	0	0		7.50	6.0	9	6	5	2	2	0	0	1.833	13.5	3.0	0.0	0.00	3.0	4

1964	27	1	1	.500	6.00	24.0	35	18	16	2	13	16	1	2.000	13.1	4.9	6.0	1.23	0.8	20

1966	29	1	1	.500	4.26	19.0	31	10	9	1	13	12	0	2.316	14.7	6.2	5.7	0.92	0.5	21
1967	30	1	0	1.000	3.00	15.0	15	6	5	0	9	8	1	1.600	9.0	5.4	4.8	0.89	0.0	11

1969	32	2	3	.400	4.40	45.0	53	24	22	4	17	22	1	1.556	10.6	3.4	4.4	1.29	0.8	38
1970	33	2	6	.250	6.04	79.0	91	59	53	8	36	35	3	1.608	10.4	4.1	4.0	0.97	0.9	49
1971	34	5	2	.714	2.49	65.0	59	20	18	2	19	52	1	1.200	8.2	2.6	7.2	2.74	0.3	46
1972	35	1	2	.333	7.36	33.0	52	30	27	1	19	14	3	2.152	14.2	5.2	3.8	0.74	0.3	30
8 Yrs		13	15	.464	4.88	286.0	345	173	155	20	128	159	10	1.654	10.9		5.0	1.24	0.6	219

* 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.

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