Larry Gura
Lawrence Cyril Gura
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 26, 1947 in Joliet, IL
High School: East (Joliet, IL)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1970
Final Game: July 27, 1985
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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 CHC NL 1 3 .250 3.79 20 3 10 1 0 1 38.0 35 18 16 6 23 3 21 1 0 0 167 118 1.526 8.3 1.4 5.4 5.0 0.91
1971 23 CHC NL 0 0 6.00 6 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 6 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 18 65 2.333 18.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1972 24 CHC NL 0 0 3.65 7 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 11 5 5 3 3 1 13 0 0 1 49 104 1.135 8.0 2.2 2.2 9.5 4.33
1973 25 CHC NL 2 4 .333 4.87 21 7 6 0 0 0 64.2 79 39 35 10 11 0 43 1 0 1 282 81 1.392 11.0 1.4 1.5 6.0 3.91
1974 26 NYY AL 5 1 .833 2.41 8 8 0 4 2 0 56.0 54 17 15 2 12 1 17 0 0 0 230 147 1.179 8.7 0.3 1.9 2.7 1.42
1975 27 NYY AL 7 8 .467 3.51 26 20 3 5 0 0 151.1 173 65 59 13 41 1 65 3 0 0 640 106 1.414 10.3 0.8 2.4 3.9 1.59
1976 28 KCR AL 4 0 1.000 2.30 20 2 7 1 1 1 62.2 47 20 16 4 20 3 22 1 0 2 249 153 1.069 6.8 0.6 2.9 3.2 1.10
1977 29 KCR AL 8 5 .615 3.13 52 6 24 1 1 10 106.1 108 43 37 8 28 4 46 1 1 4 445 130 1.279 9.1 0.7 2.4 3.9 1.64
1978 30 KCR AL 16 4 .800 2.72 35 26 1 8 2 0 221.2 183 73 67 13 60 3 81 4 1 1 890 142 1.096 7.4 0.5 2.4 3.3 1.35 CYA-7,MVP-23
1979 31 KCR AL 13 12 .520 4.47 39 33 1 7 1 0 233.2 226 137 116 29 73 4 85 7 1 5 991 96 1.280 8.7 1.1 2.8 3.3 1.16
1980 32 KCR AL 18 10 .643 2.95 36 36 0 16 4 0 283.1 272 107 93 20 76 6 113 5 0 2 1175 137 1.228 8.6 0.6 2.4 3.6 1.49 AS,CYA-6
1981 33 KCR AL 11 8 .579 2.72 23 23 0 12 2 0 172.1 139 61 52 11 35 0 61 4 0 3 680 132 1.010 7.3 0.6 1.8 3.2 1.74 CYA-9
1982 34 KCR AL 18 12 .600 4.03 37 37 0 8 3 0 248.0 251 124 111 31 64 2 98 6 0 6 1042 101 1.270 9.1 1.1 2.3 3.6 1.53
1983 35 KCR AL 11 18 .379 4.90 34 31 1 5 0 0 200.1 220 119 109 23 76 6 57 8 0 0 881 83 1.478 9.9 1.0 3.4 2.6 0.75
1984 36 KCR AL 12 9 .571 5.18 31 25 1 3 0 0 168.2 175 102 97 26 67 3 68 4 0 0 732 78 1.435 9.3 1.4 3.6 3.6 1.01
1985 37 TOT MLB 0 3 .000 9.12 8 4 2 0 0 1 24.2 41 25 25 5 10 0 9 1 0 1 125 44 2.068 15.0 1.8 3.6 3.3 0.90
1985 37 KCR AL 0 0 12.46 3 0 2 0 0 1 4.1 7 6 6 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 23 33 2.538 14.5 2.1 8.3 4.2 0.50
1985 37 CHC NL 0 3 .000 8.41 5 4 0 0 0 0 20.1 34 19 19 4 6 0 7 1 0 0 102 47 1.967 15.0 1.8 2.7 3.1 1.17
16 Seasons 126 97 .565 3.76 403 261 60 71 16 14 2047.0 2020 958 855 204 600 38 801 46 3 27 8596 106 1.280 8.9 0.9 2.6 3.5 1.34
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .565 3.76 41 27 6 7 2 1 210 207 98 88 21 61 4 82 5 0 3 880 106 1.280 8.9 0.9 2.6 3.5 1.34
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
KCR (10 yrs) 111 78 .587 3.72 310 219 37 61 14 12 1701.1 1628 792 704 166 503 31 633 40 3 24 7108 107 1.253 8.6 0.9 2.7 3.3 1.26
CHC (5 yrs) 3 10 .231 5.01 59 14 20 1 0 2 138.1 165 84 77 23 44 5 86 3 0 3 618 81 1.511 10.7 1.5 2.9 5.6 1.95
NYY (2 yrs) 12 9 .571 3.21 34 28 3 9 2 0 207.1 227 82 74 15 53 2 82 3 0 0 870 114 1.350 9.9 0.7 2.3 3.6 1.55
AL (12 yrs) 123 87 .586 3.67 344 247 40 70 16 12 1908.2 1855 874 778 181 556 33 715 43 3 24 7978 108 1.263 8.7 0.9 2.6 3.4 1.29
NL (5 yrs) 3 10 .231 5.01 59 14 20 1 0 2 138.1 165 84 77 23 44 5 86 3 0 3 618 81 1.511 10.7 1.5 2.9 5.6 1.95

Postseason Pitching

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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
1976 28 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 4.22 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 18 6 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 50 1.781 15.2 0.8 0.8 3.4 4.00
1977 29 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 18.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 4.000 31.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1978 30 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 1 0 1.000 2.84 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 8 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 28 1.579 11.4 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.00
1980 32 KCR AL ALCS W NYY 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 2 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 38 1.222 10.0 2.0 1.0 4.0 4.00
1980 32 KCR AL WS L PHI 0 0 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 8 4 3 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 46 0.892 5.8 0.7 2.2 2.9 1.33
1981 33 KCR AL ALDS L OAK 0 1 .000 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 4 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 20 2.727 17.2 2.5 7.4 7.4 1.00
5 Seasons (6 Series) 2 3 .400 3.89 9 8 0 1 0 0 44.0 58 23 19 5 11 0 19 0 0 0 196 1.568 11.9 1.0 2.3 3.9 1.73
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 4 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 20 2.727 17.2 2.5 7.4 7.4 1.00
4 ALCS 2 2 .500 4.18 6 5 0 1 0 0 28.0 43 15 13 3 5 0 12 0 0 0 130 1.714 13.8 1.0 1.6 3.9 2.40
1 WS 0 0 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 8 4 3 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 46 0.892 5.8 0.7 2.2 2.9 1.33

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1980 KCR AL 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 CHC NL 20 167 138 18 35 6 1 6 3 3 23 21 .254 .364 .442 .806 .261 61 3 1 5 0 3
1971 23 CHC NL 6 18 15 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400 .438 .400 .838 .462 6 1 0 2 0 1
1972 24 CHC NL 7 49 44 5 11 2 1 3 0 1 3 13 .250 .298 .545 .843 .286 24 0 0 2 0 1
1973 25 CHC NL 21 281 266 39 79 18 1 10 2 3 11 43 .297 .326 .485 .811 .322 129 3 1 2 1 0
1974 26 NYY AL 8 230 218 17 54 7 1 2 2 3 12 17 .248 .287 .317 .603 .261 69 0 0 0 0 1
1975 27 NYY AL 26 640 587 65 173 19 3 13 3 7 41 65 .295 .342 .404 .745 .312 237 18 3 5 4 1
1976 28 KCR AL 20 249 221 20 47 7 1 4 4 4 20 22 .213 .274 .308 .582 .214 68 6 1 1 6 3
1977 29 KCR AL 52 447 407 43 108 16 4 8 5 3 28 46 .265 .309 .383 .693 .278 156 10 1 4 7 4
1978 30 KCR AL 35 890 798 73 183 46 2 13 12 7 60 81 .229 .283 .341 .624 .238 272 16 4 18 10 3
1979 31 KCR AL 39 991 892 137 226 42 8 29 12 9 73 85 .253 .312 .416 .728 .250 371 21 7 10 9 4
1980 32 KCR AL 36 1175 1068 107 272 50 7 20 17 13 76 113 .255 .304 .371 .675 .266 396 20 5 14 12 6
1981 33 KCR AL 23 680 623 61 139 27 5 11 5 2 35 61 .223 .265 .335 .601 .229 209 11 4 9 9 0
1982 34 KCR AL 37 1042 961 124 251 46 4 31 8 10 64 98 .261 .309 .414 .723 .262 398 20 6 4 7 2
1983 35 KCR AL 34 881 775 119 220 44 10 23 11 10 76 57 .284 .347 .455 .803 .277 353 24 8 5 17 6
1984 36 KCR AL 31 732 651 102 175 34 6 26 8 5 67 68 .269 .338 .459 .797 .265 299 19 4 4 6 3
1985 37 TOT MLB 8 125 111 25 41 8 1 5 4 0 10 9 .369 .426 .595 1.021 .371 66 2 1 3 0 0
1985 37 CHC NL 5 102 92 19 34 7 0 4 4 0 6 7 .370 .414 .576 .990 .370 53 1 1 3 0 0
1985 37 KCR AL 3 23 19 6 7 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 .368 .478 .684 1.162 .375 13 1 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 403 8597 7775 958 2020 372 55 204 96 80 600 801 .260 .313 .401 .714 .265 3114 174 46 88 88 38
162 Game Avg. 41 880 796 98 207 38 6 21 10 8 61 82 .260 .313 .401 .714 .265 319 18 5 9 9 4
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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 CHC NL 20 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 0 1 33% 45 61 31 8 2 3 0 7.6 9.0 6.1
1973 25 CHC NL 21 7 2 3 2 0 0 3 4 .429 1 1 0 0 3 43% 45 62 18 9 5 3 4 4.7 5.8 5.7
1974 26 NYY AL 8 8 5 1 2 0 1 7 1 .875 0 1 4 2 6 75% 56 78 30 6 4 4 2 5.2 3.8 7.0
1975 27 NYY AL 26 20 7 8 5 0 4 9 11 .450 2 1 5 0 15 75% 50 68 28 25 8 4 9 3.5 3.5 7.0
1976 28 KCR AL 20 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 1 1 2 100% 65 79 50 8 1 0 1 3.5 2.4 7.5
1977 29 KCR AL 52 6 3 2 1 0 0 4 2 .667 0 0 1 1 4 67% 57 72 37 23 8 4 1 5.2 4.7 6.9
1978 30 KCR AL 35 26 14 4 8 0 0 18 8 .692 2 2 8 2 17 65% 58 82 19 27 7 12 5 4.5 4.5 7.3
1979 31 KCR AL 39 33 12 12 9 2 3 19 14 .576 2 4 7 1 18 55% 48 82 17 33 15 14 4 5.5 5.5 6.6
1980 32 KCR AL 36 36 18 10 8 2 4 22 14 .611 2 2 16 4 26 72% 56 86 20 22 5 8 5 5.1 5.2 7.9
1981 33 KCR AL 23 23 11 8 4 1 2 13 10 .565 0 1 12 2 13 57% 58 82 24 10 2 9 8 3.7 3.4 7.5
1982 34 KCR AL 37 37 18 12 7 4 3 23 14 .622 0 5 8 3 19 51% 50 80 16 19 8 11 6 5.1 4.7 6.7
1983 35 KCR AL 34 31 10 18 3 4 5 13 18 .419 1 2 5 0 13 42% 44 67 19 28 20 1 10 3.7 3.7 6.2
1984 36 KCR AL 31 25 11 9 5 5 2 16 9 .640 1 4 3 0 10 40% 45 75 25 24 8 1 7 5.9 5.9 6.2
1985 37 TOT MLB 8 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 1 25% 56 17 4 2 0 3 4.0 2.8 4.3
1985 37 CHC NL 5 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 1 25% 34 56 17 4 2 0 3 4.0 2.8 4.3
14 Seasons 387 261 113 91 57 18 25 150 111 .575 11 24 71 16 148 57% 51 86 16 246 95 74 65 4.7 4.7 6.8
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 CHC NL 20 17 10 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 17 8 47% 8 0.731 5 2 10 3 3 11 10 7 6 6 6 6 3.5
1971 23 CHC NL 6 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 8 2 25% 7 1.421 3 1 2 2 1 3 4 2 1 5 3 1 1.5
1972 24 CHC NL 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 3 33% 7 1.186 2 3 2 1 1 5 4 3 5 1 5 0 5.3
1973 25 CHC NL 21 14 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 5 1 20% 6 0.805 3 2 9 3 1 10 5 9 8 2 8 0 5.4
1975 27 NYY AL 26 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 58% 7 0.964 1 2 3 0 0 6 5 1 2 2 3 0 6.2
1976 28 KCR AL 20 18 7 3 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 15 6 40% 2 0.688 5 3 10 3 3 12 11 7 12 3 13 1 7.9
1977 29 KCR AL 52 46 24 5 3 17 10 7 59% 22 4 54 22 41% 8 1.039 27 9 9 26 5 15 29 17 18 18 20 8 4.2
1978 30 KCR AL 35 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 5 38% 1 1.080 3 3 3 1 1 7 6 3 7 2 8 1 10.7
1979 31 KCR AL 39 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 5 1 20% 7 1.019 4 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 4 2 5 0 8.0
1983 35 KCR AL 34 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 1.066 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 7.7
1984 36 KCR AL 31 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0.936 1 1 4 0 1 5 1 5 5 0 5 0 6.7
1985 37 TOT MLB 8 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 1.088 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 5.5
1985 37 KCR AL 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 3 1.550 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 4.3
1985 37 CHC NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.984 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
12 Seasons 299 142 60 13 6 24 14 10 58% 36 10 142 56 39% 0.990 56 30 55 43 19 80 80 62 73 41 81 17 5.5

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 CHC NL 167 68% 3.6% 12.6% 13.8% 7.8% 37% 0.91 66% 30 3 10%
1971 23 CHC NL 18 50% 0.0% 11.1% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 5.00 72% 8 1 13%
1972 24 CHC NL 49 61% 6.1% 26.5% 6.1% 12.2% 55% 0.64 57% 7 0 0%
1973 25 CHC NL 282 68% 3.6% 15.3% 3.9% 10.3% 37% 1.06 76% 51 3 6%
1974 26 NYY AL 230 93% 0.9% 7.4% 5.2% 4.4% 19% 0.72 87% 30 0 0%
1975 27 NYY AL 640 75% 2.0% 10.2% 6.4% 5.5% 20% 0.96 80% 132 18 14%
1976 28 KCR AL 249 67% 1.6% 8.8% 8.0% 4.8% 26% 0.89 81% 51 6 12%
1977 29 KCR AL 448 65% 1.8% 10.3% 6.3% 6.3% 26% 1.05 81% 84 10 12%
1978 30 KCR AL 890 72% 1.5% 9.1% 6.7% 6.9% 33% 0.68 80% 148 16 11%
1979 31 KCR AL 991 73% 2.9% 8.6% 7.4% 8.0% 35% 0.87 79% 165 21 13%
1980 32 KCR AL 1175 79% 1.7% 9.6% 6.5% 6.6% 28% 0.79 81% 211 20 9%
1981 33 KCR AL 680 79% 1.6% 9.0% 5.2% 6.3% 31% 0.76 82% 104 11 11%
1982 34 KCR AL 1042 82% 3.0% 9.4% 6.1% 7.8% 32% 0.77 81% 192 20 10%
1983 35 KCR AL 881 84% 2.6% 6.5% 8.6% 8.7% 35% 0.83 81% 174 24 14%
1984 36 KCR AL 732 80% 3.6% 9.3% 9.2% 9.0% 38% 0.74 77% 135 19 14%
1985 37 TOT MLB 125 80% 4.0% 7.2% 8.0% 11.2% 34% 0.88 78% 25 2 8%
1985 37 KCR AL 23 65% 4.4% 8.7% 17.4% 13.0% 43% 1.75 70% 4 1 25%
1985 37 CHC NL 102 83% 3.9% 6.9% 5.9% 10.8% 32% 0.77 79% 21 1 5%
16 Seasons 8599 77% 2.4% 9.3% 7.0% 7.3% 31% 0.81 80% 1547 174 11%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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 CHC NL 167 35 6 0 7 5 1 2 4 11 6 0 55% 2 0 0 64 3 3 50% 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 CHC NL 18 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 25% 3 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 24 CHC NL 49 11 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 33% 0 1 0 15 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 25 CHC NL 282 79 10 0 3 7 3 7 3 13 8 1 62% 8 1 1 107 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0
1974 26 NYY AL 230 54 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 4 0 133% 3 0 0 77 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1975 27 NYY AL 640 173 13 0 11 11 2 9 4 33 18 5 55% 5 0 0 236 3 7 30% 3 6 0 1 0 0 5 1 5 0
1976 28 KCR AL 249 47 4 0 6 3 1 2 2 15 9 0 60% 4 2 0 92 4 4 50% 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 11 0
1977 29 KCR AL 448 108 8 0 20 8 0 4 4 31 20 4 65% 6 4 0 171 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 13 0
1978 30 KCR AL 890 183 13 0 10 11 2 7 6 34 15 2 44% 8 1 0 310 12 7 63% 10 6 1 1 1 0 2 2 15 0
1979 31 KCR AL 991 226 29 1 18 25 4 17 12 46 27 3 59% 18 5 3 334 12 9 57% 10 8 2 1 0 0 7 6 24 0
1980 32 KCR AL 1175 272 20 0 20 19 1 7 13 51 26 10 51% 17 2 0 424 17 13 57% 14 13 3 0 0 0 4 4 18 0
1981 33 KCR AL 680 139 11 0 8 10 1 3 8 29 16 1 55% 8 3 0 215 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1982 34 KCR AL 1042 251 31 0 19 25 6 18 13 47 23 3 49% 9 6 1 370 8 10 44% 8 10 0 0 0 0 5 4 18 0
1983 35 KCR AL 881 220 23 1 18 21 2 12 11 61 32 5 52% 16 0 2 334 11 10 52% 10 8 1 1 0 1 5 4 23 0
1984 36 KCR AL 732 175 26 1 15 23 3 13 13 32 18 2 56% 8 0 0 258 8 5 62% 6 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 10 0
1985 37 TOT MLB 125 41 5 0 6 5 0 1 4 7 6 1 86% 2 1 0 48 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 37 KCR AL 23 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 100% 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 37 CHC NL 102 34 4 0 5 4 0 1 3 5 4 1 80% 2 0 0 38 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 8599 2020 204 4 168 177 27 104 100 420 230 38 55% 117 27 7 3063 96 80 55% 85 67 9 11 2 2 37 26 159 0
MLB Averages
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

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 1 3 .250 3.79 20 3 10 1 0 1 38.0 35 18 16 6 23 3 21 1 0 0 167 118 1.526 8.3 1.4 5.4 5.0 0.91 118
1971 23 1 3 .250 3.95 26 3 12 1 0 2 41.0 41 21 18 6 24 4 23 1 0 1 185 112 1.585 9.0 1.3 5.3 5.0 0.96 112
1972 24 1 3 .250 3.88 33 3 14 1 0 2 53.1 52 26 23 9 27 5 36 1 0 2 234 110 1.481 8.8 1.5 4.6 6.1 1.33 110
1973 25 3 7 .300 4.42 54 10 20 1 0 2 118.0 131 65 58 19 38 5 79 2 0 3 516 92 1.432 10.0 1.4 2.9 6.0 2.08 92
1974 26 8 8 .500 3.78 62 18 20 5 2 2 174.0 185 82 73 21 50 6 96 2 0 3 746 104 1.351 9.6 1.1 2.6 5.0 1.92 104
1975 27 15 16 .484 3.65 88 38 23 10 2 2 325.1 358 147 132 34 91 7 161 5 0 3 1386 105 1.380 9.9 0.9 2.5 4.5 1.77 105
1976 28 19 16 .543 3.43 108 40 30 11 3 3 388.0 405 167 148 38 111 10 183 6 0 5 1635 110 1.330 9.4 0.9 2.6 4.2 1.65 110
1977 29 27 21 .563 3.37 160 46 54 12 4 13 494.1 513 210 185 46 139 14 229 7 1 9 2080 114 1.319 9.3 0.8 2.5 4.2 1.65 114
1978 30 43 25 .632 3.17 195 72 55 20 6 13 716.0 696 283 252 59 199 17 310 11 2 10 2970 121 1.250 8.7 0.7 2.5 3.9 1.56 121
1979 31 56 37 .602 3.49 234 105 56 27 7 13 949.2 922 420 368 88 272 21 395 18 3 15 3961 113 1.257 8.7 0.8 2.6 3.7 1.45 113
1980 32 74 47 .612 3.36 270 141 56 43 11 13 1233.0 1194 527 461 108 348 27 508 23 3 17 5136 118 1.251 8.7 0.8 2.5 3.7 1.46 118
1981 33 85 55 .607 3.29 293 164 56 55 13 13 1405.1 1333 588 513 119 383 27 569 27 3 20 5816 119 1.221 8.5 0.8 2.5 3.6 1.49 119
1982 34 103 67 .606 3.40 330 201 56 63 16 13 1653.1 1584 712 624 150 447 29 667 33 3 26 6858 116 1.228 8.6 0.8 2.4 3.6 1.49 116
1983 35 114 85 .573 3.56 364 232 57 68 16 13 1853.2 1804 831 733 173 523 35 724 41 3 26 7739 111 1.255 8.8 0.8 2.5 3.5 1.38 111
1984 36 126 94 .573 3.69 395 257 58 71 16 13 2022.1 1979 933 830 199 590 38 792 45 3 26 8471 107 1.270 8.8 0.9 2.6 3.5 1.34 107
1985 37 126 97 .565 3.76 403 261 60 71 16 14 2047.0 2020 958 855 204 600 38 801 46 3 27 8596 106 1.280 8.9 0.9 2.6 3.5 1.34 106

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1970 22 2 2 .500 3.41 37.0 33 16 14 6 22 20 1 1.486 8.0 5.4 4.9 0.91 1.5 20
1971 23 0 0 4.50 4.0 6 2 2 0 1 3 0 1.750 13.5 2.3 6.8 3.00 0.0 6
1972 24 0 1 .000 3.75 12.0 12 6 5 3 3 13 0 1.250 9.0 2.3 9.8 4.33 2.3 7
1973 25 3 4 .429 5.00 63.0 80 39 35 10 11 42 1 1.444 11.4 1.6 6.0 3.82 1.4 21
1974 26 3 2 .600 3.06 53.0 59 20 18 2 13 16 0 1.358 10.0 2.2 2.7 1.23 0.3 8
1975 27 7 8 .467 4.27 139.0 182 73 66 14 43 60 3 1.619 11.8 2.8 3.9 1.40 0.9 26
1976 28 4 2 .667 2.90 59.0 51 21 19 4 22 21 1 1.237 7.8 3.4 3.2 0.95 0.6 20
1977 29 6 5 .545 3.44 102.0 110 43 39 8 29 44 1 1.363 9.7 2.6 3.9 1.52 0.7 52
1978 30 14 9 .609 3.17 210.0 192 82 74 14 63 77 4 1.214 8.2 2.7 3.3 1.22 0.6 35
1979 31 11 14 .440 4.60 229.0 230 130 117 30 74 83 7 1.328 9.0 2.9 3.3 1.12 1.2 39
1980 32 18 12 .600 3.22 271.0 278 108 97 20 78 108 5 1.314 9.2 2.6 3.6 1.38 0.7 36
1981 33 15 12 .556 3.45 245.0 230 104 94 18 58 87 7 1.176 8.4 2.1 3.2 1.50 0.7 23
1982 34 12 14 .462 4.44 237.0 259 130 117 32 66 94 6 1.371 9.8 2.5 3.6 1.42 1.2 37
1983 35 7 14 .333 5.40 190.0 226 127 114 24 78 54 8 1.600 10.7 3.7 2.6 0.69 1.1 34
1984 36 6 11 .353 5.77 159.0 181 113 102 27 69 64 4 1.572 10.2 3.9 3.6 0.93 1.5 31
1985 37 0 2 .000 9.38 24.0 42 28 25 5 10 9 1 2.167 15.8 3.8 3.4 0.90 1.9 8
16 Seasons 108 112 .491 4.15 2034.0 2171 1042 938 217 640 795 49 1.382 9.6 3.5 1.24 1.0 403

* 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

All-Star Games
1980

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (23, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1339th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (7, 1%)
1980 AL (6, 1%)
1981 AL (9, 1%)
0.03 Career Shares (226th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1978 AL  2.720 (6th)
1980 AL  2.954 (5th)
1981 AL  2.716 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1980 AL  18 (8th)
1981 AL  11 (10th)
1982 AL  18 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 AL  .800 (3rd)
1980 AL  .643 (10th)
Career  .565 (247th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1978 AL  1.096 (4th)
1981 AL  1.010 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  7.430 (3rd)
1981 AL  7.259 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 AL  1.828 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1980 AL  283.3 (3rd)
1981 AL  172.3 (8th)
1982 AL  248.0 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1980 AL  36 (4th)
1981 AL  23 (9th)
1982 AL  37 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1980 AL  16 (4th)
1981 AL  12 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1980 AL  4 (3rd)
1981 AL  2 (8th)
1982 AL  3 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  29 (6th)
1982 AL  31 (6th)
1984 AL  26 (8th)
Career  204 (184th)

Hits s c a p y
1980 AL  272 (4th)
1982 AL  251 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1983 AL  18 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  116 (4th)
1982 AL  111 (7th)
1983 AL  109 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 AL  7 (8th)
1983 AL  8 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1980 AL  1175 (1st)
1981 AL  680 (10th)
1982 AL  1042 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1978 AL  142 (6th)
1980 AL  137 (4th)
1981 AL  132 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 55 (452), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 25 (501), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ross Grimsley (971)
  2. Bill Lee (960)
  3. Doc Medich (953)
  4. Bud Black (947)
  5. Dick Donovan (946)
  6. John Smiley (946)
  7. Bob Purkey (943)
  8. Tom Browning (938)
  9. Scott McGregor (938)
  10. Preacher Roe (938)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Philip Nastu (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tom Gorman (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jackie Collum (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dennis Cook (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Leo Kiely (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mark Thurmond (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Murry Dickson (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dick Donovan (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. John Tudor (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dick Donovan (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bill Lee (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Harry Gumbert (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Harry Gumbert (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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