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Steve Hamilton

Steven Absher Hamilton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 30, 1935 in Columbia, KY
High School: Charleston HS (Charleston, IN)
School: Morehead State University (Morehead, KY)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1961 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Senators/Giants/Cubs/WhiteSox/... 1961-1972

Final Game: August 16, 1972 (Age 36)
Died: December 2, 1997 in Morehead, KY
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Morehead, KY
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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
1961 25 CLE AL 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 15 147 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 12.0 1.33
1962 26 WSA AL 3 8 .273 3.77 41 10 11 1 0 2 107.1 103 51 45 10 39 5 83 3 1 0 466 108 1.323 8.6 0.8 3.3 7.0 2.13
1963 27 TOT AL 5 2 .714 2.94 37 0 19 0 0 5 64.1 54 22 21 3 26 2 64 1 0 3 268 122 1.244 7.6 0.4 3.6 9.0 2.46
1963 27 WSA AL 0 1 .000 13.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 5 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 33 3.500 22.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
1963 27 NYY AL 5 1 .833 2.60 34 0 17 0 0 5 62.1 49 19 18 3 24 2 63 1 0 3 255 136 1.171 7.1 0.4 3.5 9.1 2.63
1964 28 NYY AL 7 2 .778 3.28 30 3 11 1 0 3 60.1 55 24 22 6 15 0 49 0 0 2 246 111 1.160 8.2 0.9 2.2 7.3 3.27
1965 29 NYY AL 3 1 .750 1.39 46 1 13 0 0 5 58.1 47 12 9 2 16 5 51 0 0 0 240 246 1.080 7.3 0.3 2.5 7.9 3.19
1966 30 NYY AL 8 3 .727 3.00 44 3 17 1 1 3 90.0 69 32 30 8 22 3 57 3 0 1 353 110 1.011 6.9 0.8 2.2 5.7 2.59
1967 31 NYY AL 2 4 .333 3.48 44 0 19 0 0 4 62.0 57 25 24 7 23 4 55 1 0 0 261 90 1.290 8.3 1.0 3.3 8.0 2.39
1968 32 NYY AL 2 2 .500 2.13 40 0 24 0 0 11 50.2 37 13 12 0 13 4 42 1 0 1 195 136 0.987 6.6 0.0 2.3 7.5 3.23
1969 33 NYY AL 3 4 .429 3.32 38 0 23 0 0 2 57.0 39 22 21 7 21 5 39 0 0 2 225 106 1.053 6.2 1.1 3.3 6.2 1.86
1970 34 TOT AL 4 3 .571 2.98 38 0 16 0 0 3 48.1 40 18 16 3 17 5 36 1 0 2 200 121 1.179 7.4 0.6 3.2 6.7 2.12
1970 34 NYY AL 4 3 .571 2.78 35 0 16 0 0 3 45.1 36 16 14 3 16 5 33 1 0 2 186 128 1.147 7.1 0.6 3.2 6.6 2.06
1970 34 CHW AL 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 14 72 1.667 12.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1971 35 SFG NL 2 2 .500 3.02 39 0 16 0 0 4 44.2 29 15 15 4 11 6 38 1 0 1 173 115 0.896 5.8 0.8 2.2 7.7 3.45
1972 36 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 4.76 22 0 12 0 0 0 17.0 24 9 9 1 8 3 13 1 0 1 84 81 1.882 12.7 0.5 4.2 6.9 1.63
12 Yrs 40 31 .563 3.05 421 17 181 3 1 42 663.0 556 244 225 51 214 42 531 12 2 14 2726 115 1.161 7.5 0.7 2.9 7.2 2.48
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .563 3.05 65 3 28 0 0 7 103 86 38 35 8 33 7 82 2 0 2 423 115 1.161 7.5 0.7 2.9 7.2 2.48
NYY (8 yrs) 34 20 .630 2.78 311 7 140 2 1 36 486.0 389 163 150 36 150 28 389 7 0 11 1961 122 1.109 7.2 0.7 2.8 7.2 2.59
WSA (2 yrs) 3 9 .250 3.95 44 10 13 1 0 2 109.1 108 54 48 10 41 5 84 3 1 0 479 103 1.363 8.9 0.8 3.4 6.9 2.05
CHC (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.76 22 0 12 0 0 0 17.0 24 9 9 1 8 3 13 1 0 1 84 81 1.882 12.7 0.5 4.2 6.9 1.63
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 15 147 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 12.0 1.33
SFG (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.02 39 0 16 0 0 4 44.2 29 15 15 4 11 6 38 1 0 1 173 115 0.896 5.8 0.8 2.2 7.7 3.45
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 14 72 1.667 12.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
AL (10 yrs) 37 29 .561 3.01 360 17 153 3 1 38 601.1 503 220 201 46 195 33 480 10 2 12 2469 117 1.161 7.5 0.7 2.9 7.2 2.46
NL (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 3.50 61 0 28 0 0 4 61.2 53 24 24 5 19 9 51 2 0 2 257 102 1.168 7.7 0.7 2.8 7.4 2.68

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1961 25 CLE AL 3.1 2 0 1 2.70 4.30 0.06 -0.18 103.2 4.18 1 0.1 .2 -0.0 0.1 1 .530 .500
1962 26 WSA AL 107.1 41 10 51 4.28 4.64 0.16 -0.02 101.9 4.54 5 0.5 2.3 0.0 1.4 12 .512 .503
1963 27 WSA AL 2.0 3 0 3 13.50 5.01 -0.19 -0.21 102.3 5.11 -2 -0.2 2.0 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .435 .499
1963 27 NYY AL 62.1 34 0 19 2.74 4.09 0.29 -0.17 97.4 3.54 6 0.7 1.5 0.1 1.3 10 .521 .504
1964 28 NYY AL 60.1 30 3 24 3.58 4.14 0.28 -0.08 98.2 3.72 2 0.2 2.3 -0.0 0.7 5 .507 .501
1965 29 NYY AL 58.1 46 1 12 1.85 4.02 -0.17 -0.14 97.3 3.94 14 1.6 1.8 0.4 2.5 18 .535 .510
1966 30 NYY AL 90.0 44 3 32 3.20 3.82 0.03 -0.12 95.0 3.49 4 0.5 1.9 0.1 1.4 10 .511 .503
1967 31 NYY AL 62.0 44 0 25 3.63 3.79 -0.12 -0.15 96.1 3.61 1 0.1 1.8 -0.1 0.6 4 .502 .501
1968 32 NYY AL 50.2 40 0 13 2.31 3.57 0.00 -0.15 95.5 3.26 6 0.8 1.9 0.3 1.5 9 .519 .505
1969 33 NYY AL 57.0 38 0 22 3.47 4.17 0.24 -0.17 95.7 3.59 1 0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.6 6 .503 .501
1970 34 NYY AL 45.1 35 0 16 3.18 4.08 0.14 -0.17 94.6 3.57 2 0.3 1.6 -0.0 0.7 6 .507 .502 $34,000
1970 34 CHW AL 3.0 3 0 2 6.00 3.76 -0.42 -0.15 104.0 4.19 -1 -0.1 .8 0.0 -0.0 -0 .479 .500 $34,000
1971 35 SFG NL 44.2 39 0 15 3.02 3.89 -0.01 -0.17 99.6 3.71 3 0.3 1.4 -0.0 0.8 7 .509 .502 $36,000
1972 36 CHC NL 17.0 22 0 9 4.76 4.25 -0.18 -0.18 106.4 4.51 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.0 1 .496 .499
12 Seasons 663.1 421 17 244 3.31 4.07 0.08 -0.12 97.7 3.79 41 4.8 1.7 0.4 11.2 87 .511 .502 $104,000
NYY (8 yrs) 486.0 311 7 163 3.02 3.95 0.08 -0.14 96.2 3.59 36 4.2 1.8 0.6 9.3 68 .514 .503 $34,000
WSA (2 yrs) 109.1 44 10 54 4.45 4.65 0.16 -0.02 101.9 4.55 3 0.3 2.2 -0.1 1.1 10 .506 .501
CHC (1 yr) 17.0 22 0 9 4.76 4.25 -0.18 -0.18 106.4 4.51 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.0 1 .496 .499
CLE (1 yr) 3.1 2 0 1 2.70 4.30 0.06 -0.18 103.2 4.18 1 0.1 .2 -0.0 0.1 1 .530 .500
SFG (1 yr) 44.2 39 0 15 3.02 3.89 -0.01 -0.17 99.6 3.71 3 0.3 1.4 -0.0 0.8 7 .509 .502 $36,000
CHW (1 yr) 3.0 3 0 2 6.00 3.76 -0.42 -0.15 104.0 4.19 -1 -0.1 .8 0.0 -0.0 -0 .479 .500 $34,000

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
1963 27 NYY AL WS L LAD 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1964 28 NYY AL WS L STL 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 1.500 13.5 4.5 0.0 9.0
1971 35 SFG NL NLCS L PIT 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 27.0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 0 4.50 4 0 3 0 0 1 4.0 4 2 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 16 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 13.5
1 NLCS 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 27.0
2 WS 0 0 3.00 3 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 1.000 9.0 3.0 0.0 9.0

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 25 CLE AL 2 15 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .200 .385 .200 .585 .333 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
1962 26 WSA AL 41 466 416 51 103 18 3 10 2 1 39 83 .248 .317 .377 .694 .288 157 6 3 8 0 5 9
1963 27 TOT AL 37 268 232 22 54 7 2 3 2 2 26 64 .233 .309 .319 .628 .304 74 4 1 6 3 2 3
1963 27 NYY AL 34 255 223 19 49 6 2 3 2 2 24 63 .220 .296 .305 .601 .289 68 4 1 5 2 2 3
1963 27 WSA AL 3 13 9 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .556 .583 .667 1.250 .556 6 0 0 1 1 0 0
1964 28 NYY AL 30 246 224 24 55 6 0 6 1 1 15 49 .246 .289 .353 .642 .285 79 5 0 4 3 0 4
1965 29 NYY AL 46 241 220 12 47 11 1 2 1 2 16 51 .214 .265 .300 .565 .266 66 6 0 3 2 5 10
1966 30 NYY AL 44 352 316 32 69 8 3 8 4 4 22 57 .218 .273 .339 .612 .240 107 6 3 8 3 3 5
1967 31 NYY AL 44 261 228 25 57 7 5 7 4 3 23 55 .250 .320 .417 .737 .299 95 0 1 8 1 4 1
1968 32 NYY AL 40 195 175 13 37 7 2 0 2 3 13 42 .211 .268 .274 .543 .276 48 0 1 5 1 4 0
1969 33 NYY AL 38 225 201 22 39 4 0 7 7 1 21 39 .194 .269 .318 .587 .205 64 4 0 2 1 5 2
1970 34 TOT AL 38 200 174 18 40 8 1 3 2 3 17 36 .230 .301 .339 .640 .272 59 2 1 7 1 5 3
1970 34 CHW AL 3 14 12 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 .333 .385 .417 .801 .444 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
1970 34 NYY AL 35 186 162 16 36 7 1 3 2 2 16 33 .222 .294 .333 .628 .260 54 2 1 6 1 5 2
1971 35 SFG NL 39 173 156 15 29 8 0 4 3 1 11 38 .186 .238 .314 .552 .212 49 2 1 1 4 6 2
1972 36 CHC NL 22 84 72 9 24 4 1 1 1 0 8 13 .333 .398 .458 .856 .383 33 0 1 1 2 3 1
12 Yrs 421 2726 2424 244 556 88 18 51 29 21 214 531 .229 .293 .344 .636 .271 833 35 12 55 21 42 40
162 Game Avg. 65 423 376 38 86 14 3 8 5 3 33 82 .229 .293 .344 .636 .271 129 5 2 9 3 7 6
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 25 CLE AL 0.6 0.1 18 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .38 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.38 0.3 0 0 2
1962 26 WSA AL 3.2 0.3 474 -2.4 9.1 -11.5 1.24 0.0 -1.9 -0.8 -0.1 1.24 0.3 16 6 9
1963 27 TOT AL 5.6 0.6 278 -0.1 4.5 -4.6 .98 0.5 -0.6 6.1 0.7 0.98 7.5 15 6 16
1963 27 WSA AL -1.8 -0.2 13 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 1.51 -0.2 -0.3 -4.2 -0.4 1.51 -2.5 1 0 2
1963 27 NYY AL 7.3 0.8 265 0.6 4.5 -3.9 .95 0.7 -0.1 10.2 1.1 0.95 9.9 14 6 14
1964 28 NYY AL 2.8 0.3 253 -1.2 5.1 -6.3 1.26 0.2 -1.1 -1.8 -0.2 1.26 2.4 16 7 4
1965 29 NYY AL 12.6 1.4 247 0.9 4.7 -3.8 1.01 0.8 0.0 11.2 1.2 1.01 6.4 21 11 11
1966 30 NYY AL 4.2 0.5 361 1.3 6.8 -5.4 1.06 1.3 -0.1 10.0 1.1 1.06 12.4 20 13 8
1967 31 NYY AL -1.4 -0.2 267 0.9 5.6 -4.7 1.25 0.1 0.6 1.9 0.2 1.25 -2.5 21 6 16
1968 32 NYY AL 4.8 0.6 202 1.5 4.5 -2.9 1.25 1.2 0.0 6.6 0.8 1.25 9.7 22 5 12
1969 33 NYY AL 2.1 0.2 234 0.1 4.1 -3.9 1.02 1.0 -0.9 7.9 0.9 1.02 9.7 16 4 18
1970 34 TOT AL 3.6 0.4 208 0.9 5.1 -4.1 1.33 0.5 0.2 6.6 0.7 1.32 5.7 16 12 9
1970 34 NYY AL 4.0 0.4 193 0.9 4.9 -4.0 1.37 0.6 0.1 9.6 1.0 1.37 6.4 16 9 9
1970 34 CHW AL -0.4 -0.1 15 0.0 0.2 -0.2 .68 -0.0 0.0 -3.0 -0.3 0.68 -0.7 0 3 0
1971 35 SFG NL 3.1 0.3 178 -0.3 2.9 -3.2 1.06 0.3 -0.6 2.8 0.3 1.06 5.7 13 11 13
1972 36 CHC NL -1.1 -0.1 88 -0.4 0.7 -1.2 .68 -0.2 -0.5 -6.8 -0.7 0.68 -4.6 5 6 10
12 Yrs 39.9 4.3 2808 1.3 53.1 -51.8 1.13 5.9 -4.7 44.6 5.1 1.13 53.1 181 87 128

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1962 26 WSA AL 41 10 1 4 5 1 2 2 8 .200 2 0 1 0 5 50% 49.8 71 32 22 7 4 4 4.0 4.0 6.7
1964 28 NYY AL 30 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 1 1 0 2 67% 55.3 72 28 14 5 0 3 7.2 6.3 7.1
1965 29 NYY AL 46 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 60.0 60 60 14 0 0 0 4.0 0.0 6.0
1966 30 NYY AL 44 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 1 1 1 33% 55.7 79 31 15 2 1 2 2.4 1.7 5.2
4 Yrs 161 17 4 5 8 1 2 7 10 .412 2 3 3 1 9 53% 52 79 28 65 14 5 9 4.2 3.9 6.5
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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1961 25 CLE AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 .379 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1962 26 WSA AL 41 31 11 2 4 7 2 5 29% 10 2 31 12 39% 8 1.237 16 6 9 11 6 14 18 13 15 12 17 6 3.9
1963 27 TOT AL 37 37 19 5 2 6 5 1 83% 8 1 41 15 37% .978 15 6 16 11 6 20 23 14 18 11 18 4 5.2
1963 27 WSA AL 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 9 1.511 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
1963 27 NYY AL 34 34 17 5 1 5 5 0 100% 7 1 39 13 33% 6 .951 14 6 14 10 6 18 21 13 18 10 18 4 5.5
1964 28 NYY AL 30 27 11 5 2 7 3 4 43% 11 2 27 14 52% 8 1.261 16 7 4 14 5 8 15 12 11 11 11 4 4.3
1965 29 NYY AL 46 45 13 3 1 8 5 3 63% 13 4 41 12 29% 8 1.013 21 11 11 13 9 23 25 20 15 23 16 8 3.5
1966 30 NYY AL 44 41 17 7 2 3 3 0 100% 10 7 54 11 20% 9 1.064 20 13 8 13 9 19 28 13 20 16 20 8 5.4
1967 31 NYY AL 44 44 19 2 4 7 4 3 57% 14 7 36 6 17% 7 1.248 21 6 16 15 9 20 21 23 22 17 22 7 4.2
1968 32 NYY AL 40 40 24 2 2 12 11 1 92% 15 1 41 9 22% 9 1.252 22 5 12 17 9 14 23 17 15 15 16 1 3.8
1969 33 NYY AL 38 38 23 3 4 4 2 2 50% 6 2 33 6 18% 7 1.024 16 4 18 6 8 24 17 21 17 7 18 5 4.5
1970 34 TOT AL 38 38 16 4 3 5 3 2 60% 8 3 43 11 26% 1.325 16 12 9 8 9 21 21 17 15 20 15 4 3.8
1970 34 NYY AL 35 35 16 4 3 5 3 2 60% 8 3 38 7 18% 9 1.373 16 9 9 8 9 18 19 16 14 18 14 4 3.9
1970 34 CHW AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 7 .683 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 3.0
1971 35 SFG NL 39 39 16 2 2 7 4 3 57% 10 3 45 16 36% 8 1.059 13 11 13 12 5 22 28 11 17 13 18 6 3.4
1972 36 CHC NL 22 22 12 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 23 9 39% 7 .683 5 6 10 3 4 15 13 9 4 13 5 4 2.3
12 Yrs 421 404 181 36 26 66 42 24 64% 108 35 416 121 29% 1.129 181 87 128 123 79 202 233 171 170 158 177 57 4.1

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1961 25 CLE AL 15 53% 0.0% 26.7% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 4.00 40% 4 0 0%
1962 26 WSA AL 466 32% 2.2% 17.8% 8.4% 6.7% 30% 0.99 69% 95 6 6%
1963 27 TOT AL 268 43% 1.1% 23.9% 9.7% 4.5% 22% 1.23 63% 54 4 7%
1963 27 WSA AL 13 46% 0.0% 7.7% 15.4% 7.7% 20% 4.00 69% 5 0 0%
1963 27 NYY AL 255 42% 1.2% 24.7% 9.4% 4.3% 22% 1.18 62% 49 4 8%
1964 28 NYY AL 246 36% 2.4% 19.9% 6.1% 4.9% 22% 1.30 70% 53 5 9%
1965 29 NYY AL 241 33% 0.8% 21.2% 6.6% 5.8% 30% 0.95 70% 47 6 13%
1966 30 NYY AL 352 35% 2.3% 16.2% 6.3% 5.4% 28% 0.79 72% 76 6 8%
1967 31 NYY AL 261 33% 2.7% 21.1% 8.8% 7.3% 33% 0.81 64% 52 0 0%
1968 32 NYY AL 195 37% 0.0% 21.5% 6.7% 4.6% 24% 0.91 69% 36 0 0%
1969 33 NYY AL 225 28% 3.1% 17.3% 9.3% 4.9% 28% 0.93 69% 40 4 10%
1970 34 TOT AL 200 37% 1.5% 18.0% 8.5% 6.0% 30% 1.00 68% 43 2 5%
1970 34 NYY AL 186 37% 1.6% 17.7% 8.6% 5.9% 31% 0.98 68% 40 2 5%
1970 34 CHW AL 14 29% 0.0% 21.4% 7.1% 7.1% 25% 1.50 64% 3 0 0%
1971 35 SFG NL 173 40% 2.3% 22.0% 6.4% 6.9% 41% 0.82 68% 36 2 6%
1972 36 CHC NL 84 42% 1.2% 15.5% 9.5% 7.1% 25% 0.27 71% 21 0 0%
12 Yrs 2726 35% 1.9% 19.5% 7.9% 5.8% 28% 0.93 68% 557 35 6%
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 25 CLE AL 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 33% 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1962 26 WSA AL 466 103 10 0 5 7 3 4 6 22 12 7 55% 9 0 1 206 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1963 27 TOT AL 268 54 3 0 18 3 0 1 2 33 13 7 39% 3 3 1 93 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1963 27 WSA AL 13 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 100% 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1963 27 NYY AL 255 49 3 0 17 3 0 1 2 30 10 7 33% 3 3 1 87 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1964 28 NYY AL 246 55 6 0 1 5 1 4 2 15 8 4 53% 4 2 2 97 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1965 29 NYY AL 241 47 2 0 8 1 1 2 0 19 9 4 47% 10 0 2 102 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1966 30 NYY AL 352 69 8 0 14 5 3 5 3 29 10 2 34% 5 1 0 136 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1967 31 NYY AL 261 57 7 0 6 4 3 2 5 14 5 3 36% 1 0 0 108 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1968 32 NYY AL 195 37 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 16 5 4 31% 0 1 1 77 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1969 33 NYY AL 225 39 7 0 11 4 3 3 4 20 6 3 30% 2 2 0 75 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
1970 34 TOT AL 200 40 3 0 14 3 0 0 3 21 6 6 29% 3 2 0 78 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1970 34 NYY AL 186 36 3 0 12 3 0 0 3 20 6 6 30% 2 2 0 73 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1970 34 CHW AL 14 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 35 SFG NL 173 29 4 0 4 2 2 4 0 11 9 0 82% 2 1 0 70 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1972 36 CHC NL 84 24 1 0 11 0 1 1 0 13 8 1 62% 1 1 2 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
12 Yrs 2726 556 51 0 99 34 17 26 25 216 92 42 43% 40 14 9 1084 29 21 58% 26 20 3 0 0 1 4 1 61 0
MLB Averages 50% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1961 25 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 15 147 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 12.0 1.33 147
1962 26 3 8 .273 3.75 43 10 11 1 0 2 110.1 105 52 46 10 42 5 87 3 2 1 481 109 1.332 8.6 0.8 3.4 7.1 2.07 109
1963 27 8 10 .444 3.45 80 10 30 1 0 7 174.2 159 74 67 13 68 7 151 4 2 4 749 113 1.300 8.2 0.7 3.5 7.8 2.22 113
1964 28 15 12 .556 3.41 110 13 41 2 0 10 235.0 214 98 89 19 83 7 200 4 2 6 995 112 1.264 8.2 0.7 3.2 7.7 2.41 112
1965 29 18 13 .581 3.01 156 14 54 2 0 15 293.1 261 110 98 21 99 12 251 4 2 6 1235 125 1.227 8.0 0.6 3.0 7.7 2.54 125
1966 30 26 16 .619 3.01 200 17 71 3 1 18 383.1 330 142 128 29 121 15 308 7 2 7 1588 121 1.177 7.7 0.7 2.8 7.2 2.55 121
1967 31 28 20 .583 3.07 244 17 90 3 1 22 445.1 387 167 152 36 144 19 363 8 2 7 1849 116 1.192 7.8 0.7 2.9 7.3 2.52 116
1968 32 30 22 .577 2.98 284 17 114 3 1 33 496.0 424 180 164 36 157 23 405 9 2 8 2044 118 1.171 7.7 0.7 2.8 7.3 2.58 118
1969 33 33 26 .559 3.01 322 17 137 3 1 35 553.0 463 202 185 43 178 28 444 9 2 10 2269 116 1.159 7.5 0.7 2.9 7.2 2.49 116
1970 34 37 29 .561 3.01 360 17 153 3 1 38 601.1 503 220 201 46 195 33 480 10 2 12 2469 117 1.161 7.5 0.7 2.9 7.2 2.46 117
1971 35 39 31 .557 3.01 399 17 169 3 1 42 646.0 532 235 216 50 206 39 518 11 2 13 2642 117 1.142 7.4 0.7 2.9 7.2 2.51 117
1972 36 40 31 .563 3.05 421 17 181 3 1 42 663.0 556 244 225 51 214 42 531 12 2 14 2726 115 1.161 7.5 0.7 2.9 7.2 2.48 115

Neutralized Pitching

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
1961 25 0 0 3.00 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 4 0 1.667 6.0 9.0 12.0 1.33 0.0 2
1962 26 6 5 .545 3.70 107.0 102 49 44 10 39 83 3 1.318 8.6 3.3 7.0 2.13 0.8 41
1963 27 3 3 .500 3.60 60.0 58 27 24 3 28 60 1 1.433 8.7 4.2 9.0 2.14 0.5 37
1964 28 3 3 .500 3.63 57.0 57 26 23 6 16 46 0 1.281 9.0 2.5 7.3 2.88 0.9 30
1965 29 5 1 .833 1.55 58.0 50 11 10 2 17 50 0 1.155 7.8 2.6 7.8 2.94 0.3 46
1966 30 5 4 .556 3.86 84.0 75 40 36 9 24 53 3 1.179 8.0 2.6 5.7 2.21 1.0 44
1967 31 2 4 .333 4.74 57.0 64 33 30 8 26 50 1 1.579 10.1 4.1 7.9 1.92 1.3 44
1968 32 3 2 .600 3.20 45.0 43 18 16 0 15 38 1 1.289 8.6 3.0 7.6 2.53 0.0 40
1969 33 3 3 .500 3.83 54.0 41 26 23 7 22 37 0 1.167 6.8 3.7 6.2 1.68 1.2 38
1970 34 3 2 .600 3.52 46.0 42 20 18 3 18 35 1 1.304 8.2 3.5 6.8 1.94 0.6 38
1971 35 2 2 .500 3.56 43.0 31 19 17 4 12 37 1 1.000 6.5 2.5 7.7 3.08 0.8 39
1972 36 1 1 .500 4.50 18.0 25 10 9 1 8 14 1 1.833 12.5 4.0 7.0 1.75 0.5 22
12 Yrs 36 30 .545 3.57 632.0 590 280 251 53 228 507 12 1.294 8.4 7.2 2.22 0.8 421

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1968 AL  11 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2159), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1576), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (336), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (215th), 11.2 career WAR/9.7 7yr-peak WAR/10.4 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Al Holland (965)
  2. Joe Sambito (965)
  3. Joe Hoerner (955)
  4. Gary Lucas (953)
  5. Steve Mingori (944)
  6. Scott Downs (944)
  7. Scott Radinsky (942)
  8. Eddie Watt (939)
  9. Steve Howe (938)
  10. Terry Leach (936)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tom Sunkel (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Fred Green (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Buddy Schultz (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Cuellar (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tippy Martinez (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Hank Aguirre (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Henry (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Al Holland (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Al Holland (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Sambito (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bill Henry (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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