Andy Messersmith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: August 6, 1945 in Toms River, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) and the California Angels in the 1st round (12th) of the 1966 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA).

High Schools: Western HS (Anaheim, CA), Woodrow Wilson HS (Long Beach, CA)

School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: July 4, 1968 (Age 22-333d, 12,713th in major league history)
vs. DET 5.1 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: June 1, 1979 (Age 33-299d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: John Alexander Messersmith

Nicknames: Bluto or Channel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.2

130

ERA

2.86

344

295

2230.1

1625

WHIP

1.143

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-13 / in Starts: 10-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 2

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	144	1	Apr 15	CAL		TEX	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	0	0	5	9	0	0	0.00	2.07	32	12	4	0	0	2	87			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.29	0.579	2.13	0.57%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
2	145	4	Apr 19	CAL		MIN	L,3-12	GS-6	L(1-1)	3	6.0	9	4	4	2	6	0	0	2.40	1.80	28	7	4	0	0	9	42			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	.73	-0.263	1.24	-0.27%	-1.82	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
3	146	8	Apr 24	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-6	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	6.2	6	6	4	7	2	0	0	3.32	2.77	34	11	8	1	0	6	37			2	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.93	-0.709	2.58	-0.57%	-3.09	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out d1
4	147	12	Apr 29	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	7.0	10	6	6	6	4	1	0	4.40	3.48	36	5	11	1	0	10	31			1	1	0	30	6	0	2	0	0	0	1.02	-0.239	1.01	-0.14%	-3.22	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d5
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
5	148	16	May 6	CAL		MIL	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-3)	6	9.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.35	2.85	29	13	7	1	0	2	90			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.481	.95	0.29%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	149	20	May 11	CAL		BOS	L,1-8	GS-6	L(2-4)	4	6.0	6	6	6	1	6	1	1	4.12	2.95	25	6	8	4	0	3	41			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	1	0	.72	-0.317	.63	-0.17%	-3.82	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
7	150	35	May 26	CAL		KCR	W,10-5	9-GF	S(1)	14	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	2.94	3	2	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.029	.12	0.01%	1.66	9t 1-3 0 out a5	9t end a 5
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
8	151	87	Jul 19	CAL	@	BOS	L,2-8	6-GF(8)		53	2.2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.80	2.86	12	1	4	2	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.012	.00	0.00%	0.13	6b -23 1 out d4	8b end d 6
9	152	91	Jul 22(2)	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-7	5-GF(8)		2	4.0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.51	2.89	16	6	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.50	5b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
10	153	96	Jul 30	CAL		KCR	W,4-3	GS-6		7	6.0	7	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.45	2.78	27	7	4	1	0	7	53			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.107	.05	0.00%	0.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
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
11	154	99	Aug 3	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(2-5)	3	8.0	6	4	4	6	8	0	0	3.58	2.77	36	12	4	0	0	6	56			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.332	.02	0.00%	-0.82	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
12	155	102	Aug 6(1)	CAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.53	2.81	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.86	0.158	.08	0.00%	0.38	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
13	156	104	Aug 8	CAL		CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	L(2-6)	1	7.0	3	1	1	2	7	1	0	3.31	2.84	26	9	5	0	0	3	72			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.144	.02	0.00%	1.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
14	157	108	Aug 12	CAL		MIN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(2-7)	3	7.0	8	4	4	3	6	0	0	3.47	2.76	29	6	6	0	0	8	48			1	0	0	25	0	1	0	2	1	0	.50	-0.233	.01	0.00%	-1.46	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
15	158	112	Aug 17	CAL	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	W(3-7)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	8	0	0	3.32	2.58	34	5	13	1	0	7	72			0	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.343	.00	0.00%	1.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
16	159	116	Aug 21	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(3-8)	3	7.0	5	3	3	5	5	1	1	3.36	2.78	31	8	8	0	0	4	55			1	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.14	-0.167	.00	0.00%	-0.22	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
17	160	120	Aug 26	CAL		CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(4-8)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.16	2.66	31	13	9	0	0	4	80			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.32	0.142	.00	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
18	161	123	Aug 30	CAL		DET	W,4-1	CG	W(5-8)	3	9.0	3	1	0	1	9	0	0	2.91	2.50	31	12	6	0	0	3	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.71	0.306	.00	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Sep/Oct				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
19	162	127	Sep 3	CAL		BAL	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(6-8)	3	10.0	5	0	0	3	8	0	0	2.68	2.44	37	12	9	0	0	5	87			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.61	0.687	.00	0.00%	3.63	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
20	163	131	Sep 7	CAL	@	KCR	L,0-6	GS-5	L(6-9)	3	5.0	10	5	5	2	5	0	0	2.92	2.41	26	0	9	2	1	10	30			0	1	0	23	3	0	1	0	1	0	.76	-0.281	.00	0.00%	-3.08	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
21	164	137	Sep 13	CAL		TEX	W,6-5	GS-7		5	6.2	7	5	5	2	7	1	0	3.11	2.44	29	7	6	0	0	7	45			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.563	.00	0.00%	-2.63	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d1
22	165	141	Sep 17	CAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(7-9)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	11	0	0	2.98	2.35	34	6	10	0	0	4	83			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.338	.00	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	166	145	Sep 22	CAL	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	L(7-10)	4	8.2	6	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.87	2.38	38	16	8	0	0	6	68			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.85	0.115	.00	0.00%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
24	167	149	Sep 26	CAL	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	W(8-10)	3	9.0	3	1	1	3	8	0	0	2.77	2.34	31	6	11	3	0	3	82			1	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.535	.00	0.00%	2.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
25	168	153	Oct 1	CAL		MIN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(8-11)	4	7.0	8	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.81	2.35	30	6	9	1	0	8	50			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.31	-0.164	.00	0.00%	-0.46	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
							12-13		W-L:8-11,Sv:2	3.5	169.2	125	56	53	68	142	5	2	2.81	2.35	690	1.13		5%	1%	120	62	4	50%	13	5	0	603	25	3	8	9	4	6	1.13	0.472	.40	-0.28%	7.99

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