Cal Koonce

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: November 18, 1940 in Fayetteville, NC us

Died: October 28, 1993 in Winston-Salem, NC

Buried: Lafayette Memorial Park, Fayetteville, NC

High School: Hope Mills HS (Hope Mills, NC)

School: Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC)

Debut: April 14, 1962 (Age 21-147d, 11,952nd in major league history)
vs. STL 3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 8, 1971 (Age 30-263d)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Calvin Lee Koonce

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1969 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.8

ERA

3.78

334

971.0

504

WHIP

1.380

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-29 / in Starts: 3-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 15

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	286	3	Apr 10	NYM	@	STL	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.14	8	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.005	.07	0.01%	1.03	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 4
2	287	6	Apr 14	NYM		PIT	L,4-6	10-GF(10)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.30	3	0	1	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.029	2.80	0.03%	1.34	10t 123 0 out d1	10t end d 2
3	288	7	Apr 16	NYM		PIT	L,4-7	8-GF		1	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.80	5.24	8	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.042	.50	-0.04%	0.01	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
4	289	12	Apr 21	NYM		SDP	L,3-5	8-9	L(0-1)	4	1.2	4	2	2	3	2	0	0	4.05	5.34	10	1	0	0	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.371	1.63	-0.31%	-1.43	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 2 out d2
5	290	18	Apr 29	NYM	@	SFG	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.86	5.64	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.048	1.48	-0.04%	-0.23	8b 123 2 out d1	8b end d 2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
6	291	22	May 3(1)	NYM	@	SDP	L,3-4	7-GF(10)	L(0-2)	3	3.1	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.48	4.77	13	5	3	0	1	3		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.37	0.013	3.62	0.01%	0.90	7b 12- 1 out tie	10b end d 1
7	292	26	May 7	NYM		LAD	L,4-7	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	4.58	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.015	.51	0.02%	0.50	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
8	293	27	May 8	NYM		SFG	L,1-7	8-GF		0	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.77	4.41	8	2	2	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.03	-0.002	.04	0.00%	0.19	8t -2- 1 out d6	9t end d 6
9	294	29	May 10	NYM		SFG	L,7-11	7-GF		1	3.0	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.81	4.64	14	5	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	2	1	0	0	.32	0.021	.49	0.02%	0.51	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
10	295	35	May 18	NYM	@	MON	L,4-8	9-GF		7	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.38	5.45	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.65	-0.167	12.00	-0.21%	-2.69	9b 123 1 out tie	9b end d 4
11	296	39	May 23	NYM		CHC	L,8-14	7-8		4	2.0	3	2	1	3	1	0	0	3.50	5.53	13	4	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	1	.02	-0.005	.05	-0.01%	-0.99	7t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d8
12	297	44	May 28	NYM		STL	L,2-9	6-7		4	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.60	5.14	9	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	.21	-0.009	.46	-0.01%	0.01	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
13	298	53	Jun 7	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-10	5-6		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.27	4.96	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.004	.07	0.00%	1.05	5b --- 0 out d7	6b 3 out d7
				Player went from New York Mets to Boston Red Sox
14	299	52	Jun 10	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	10-11		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.00	4.72	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.04	0.262	1.46	0.11%	0.94	10b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
15	300	53	Jun 12	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-5	7-8		1	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.60	4.76	6	1	4	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.051	.47	-0.02%	-1.50	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 12- 0 out d2
16	301	56	Jun 15	BOS	@	KCR	L,6-7	9-GF	BL(0-3)	2	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.91	4.85	4	1	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	5.28	-0.689	3.00	-0.23%	-2.44	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
17	302	62	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	L,10-14	7-8		5	1.1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.71	4.66	7	5	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	0.042	1.58	0.02%	0.32	7t --- 0 out tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
18	303	63	Jun 22	BOS		BAL	L,8-9	9-GF	BS(2)	0	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.62	4.83	5	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.45	-0.352	1.86	-0.11%	-0.59	9t -23 1 out a1	9t end d 1
19	304	66	Jun 25	BOS		BAL	L,8-13	14-GF(14)		2	1.0	3	3	3	1	2	0	1	4.45	4.83	8	2	1	0	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.066	.18	-0.02%	-3.01	14t -23 0 out d1	14t end d 6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
20	305	74	Jul 3(2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	3-5		7	2.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.06	4.61	9	4	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.133	.42	0.04%	1.68	3t -2- 1 out d4	5t 3 out d1
21	306	77	Jul 6	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	2-3		2	1.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.86	4.69	6	3	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	-0.006	.42	0.00%	0.35	2b 12- 1 out d4	3b 3 out d5
22	307	79	Jul 7(2)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	L(0-4)	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.13	5.09	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	-0.369	2.26	-0.23%	-1.00	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
23	308	83	Jul 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	7-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	5.04	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.037	.52	0.02%	0.89	7b 12- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d2
24	309	87	Jul 17	BOS		MIL	W,8-2	6-GF	S(1)	5	4.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.86	4.78	16	7	2	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.127	.50	0.06%	1.39	6t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 6
25	310	90	Jul 20	BOS		OAK	L,2-3	4-6		2	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.63	4.50	8	4	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.111	.55	0.06%	1.44	4t 12- 2 out d2	6t 3 out d2
26	311	93	Jul 22(2)	BOS		CAL	W,8-3	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.43	4.30	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.032	.10	0.01%	1.11	7t --- 2 out a2	9t end a 5
27	312	96	Jul 25	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-6	5-6		2	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.50	4.24	7	5	2	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.025	.26	-0.01%	-0.01	5b 123 1 out d2	6b 3 out d4
28	313	100	Jul 30	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS-6	L(0-5)	4	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.44	4.03	25	13	9	6	0	0	51			5	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	1	0	.81	-0.012	.29	0.00%	0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
29	314	107	Aug 7	BOS	@	WSA	W,3-1	GS-9	W(1-5)	7	8.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.12	3.77	29	19	7	3	0	1	68			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.252	.09	0.01%	2.16	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a2
30	315	112	Aug 12(2)	BOS		KCR	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	4	3	2	1	1	1	0	3.06	3.86	27	16	6	2	0	3	59			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.027	.06	0.00%	0.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
31	316	118	Aug 17	BOS		CHW	W,7-2	GS-8	W(2-5)	4	7.0	7	2	2	4	8	1	0	3.01	3.87	31	14	3	0	0	2	59			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.253	.03	0.01%	1.51	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a5
32	317	123	Aug 23	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-7		5	6.1	4	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.12	3.91	22	5	10	4	0	1	55			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	-0.011	.02	0.00%	0.31	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out a1
33	318	128	Aug 29	BOS	@	CHW	L,9-13	GS-6		5	5.1	8	4	4	1	1	1	1	3.35	4.03	26	12	9	6	0	2	36			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.84	1b start a 1	6b -2- 1 out a4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
34	319	134	Sep 2(2)	BOS		DET	W,10-1	CG	W(3-5)	3	9.0	3	1	1	4	2	1	1	3.12	4.15	35	14	13	3	0	1	75			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.223	.00	0.00%	3.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
35	320	140	Sep 7(2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-5	L(3-6)	4	4.0	6	6	6	4	2	1	0	3.55	4.31	21	9	1	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.370	.00	0.00%	-4.07	1b start a 2	5b --- 0 out d4
36	321	156	Sep 23	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	6-7		15	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.48	4.31	5	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	.84	0.135	.00	0.00%	2.00	6t 12- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
							7-29		W-L:3-6,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.4	98.1	89	41	38	43	47	9	4	3.48	4.31	412	1.87		12%	1%	45	53	31	45%	7	3	0	360	17	2	8	15	2	4	.93	-0.825	.45	-0.84%	5.52

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