John Candelaria

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-7, 230lb (201cm, 104kg)

Born: November 6, 1953 in New York, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from La Salle Academy (New York, NY).

High School: La Salle Academy (New York, NY)

Debut: June 8, 1975 (Age 21-214d, 13,641st in major league history)
vs. SFG 6.0 IP, 6 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: July 7, 1993 (Age 39-243d)
vs. HOU 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Chuck Berry, Tom Reich

Full Name: John Robert Candelaria

Nicknames: Candy Man

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

41.9

177

122

ERA

3.33

600

356

2525.2

1673

WHIP

1.184

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-3 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1975	NLCS g3	Oct 7	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	GS-8		8	7.2	3	3	3	2	14	2	0	3.52	3.11	29					3	7	0	1	3	73			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.254	26.98	-3.69%	0.30	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d1
1979 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	1979	NLCS g1	Oct 2	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.57	3.87	26	101	66	14	5	10	6	0	0	5	62			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.172	31.56	2.53%	1.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
3	1979	WS g3	Oct 12	PIT		BAL	L,4-8	GS-4	L(0-1)	9	3.0	8	6	5	2	2	1	0	6.30	5.03	19	75	51	8	5	4	4	1	0	7	21			0	0	0	17	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.38	-0.466	86.34	-18.02%	-4.44	1t start tie	4t --3 0 out d2
4	1979	WS g6	Oct 16	PIT	@	BAL	W,4-0	GS-6	W(1-1)	3	6.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.94	3.92	22	65	48	12	5	7	7	1	1	6	62			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	0.358	89.96	15.21%	3.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
1986 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	1986	ALCS g3	Oct 10	CAL		BOS	W,5-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	1.29	2.63	28	103	72	21	6	8	12	1	1	0	65			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.289	37.92	5.47%	2.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
6	1986	ALCS g7	Oct 15	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS-4	L(1-1)	4	3.2	6	7	0	3	2	1	0	0.84	4.36	22	76	45	14	5	9	8	1	0	0	34			1	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	2	.91	-0.287	75.62	-13.17%	-5.04	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out d7
											34.1	33	19	11	11	29	5	0	2.88		146																			1

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