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Bill Hands

William Alfred Hands (Froggy)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 6, 1940 in Hackensack, NJ
High School: Rutherford HS (Rutherford, NJ)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 1965
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Twins/Rangers/Giants 1965-1975

Final Game: August 10, 1975
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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
1965 25 SFG NL 0 2 .000 16.50 4 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 13 11 11 0 6 2 5 0 0 0 36 23 3.167 19.5 0.0 9.0 7.5 0.83
1966 26 CHC NL 8 13 .381 4.58 41 26 10 0 0 2 159.0 168 91 81 17 59 6 93 5 2 4 698 80 1.428 9.5 1.0 3.3 5.3 1.58
1967 27 CHC NL 7 8 .467 2.46 49 11 21 3 1 6 150.0 134 46 41 9 48 15 84 2 0 4 617 145 1.213 8.0 0.5 2.9 5.0 1.75
1968 28 CHC NL 16 10 .615 2.89 38 34 0 11 4 0 258.2 221 91 83 26 36 0 148 6 0 4 1013 110 0.994 7.7 0.9 1.3 5.1 4.11
1969 29 CHC NL 20 14 .588 2.49 41 41 0 18 3 0 300.0 268 102 83 21 73 8 181 6 0 5 1220 162 1.137 8.0 0.6 2.2 5.4 2.48
1970 30 CHC NL 18 15 .545 3.70 39 38 1 12 2 1 265.0 278 121 109 20 76 8 170 4 1 9 1127 121 1.336 9.4 0.7 2.6 5.8 2.24
1971 31 CHC NL 12 18 .400 3.42 36 35 1 14 1 0 242.1 248 112 92 27 50 6 128 2 0 5 1019 114 1.230 9.2 1.0 1.9 4.8 2.56
1972 32 CHC NL 11 8 .579 3.00 32 28 3 6 3 0 189.0 168 73 63 12 47 7 96 2 1 1 770 126 1.138 8.0 0.6 2.2 4.6 2.04
1973 33 MIN AL 7 10 .412 3.49 39 15 17 3 1 2 142.0 138 69 55 14 41 2 78 2 0 5 599 113 1.261 8.7 0.9 2.6 4.9 1.90
1974 34 TOT AL 6 5 .545 4.18 37 12 16 1 1 3 129.1 141 60 60 9 28 0 78 4 1 2 548 90 1.307 9.8 0.6 1.9 5.4 2.79
1974 34 MIN AL 4 5 .444 4.45 35 10 16 0 0 3 115.1 130 57 57 9 25 0 74 4 1 2 492 85 1.344 10.1 0.7 2.0 5.8 2.96
1974 34 TEX AL 2 0 1.000 1.93 2 2 0 1 1 0 14.0 11 3 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 56 190 1.000 7.1 0.0 1.9 2.6 1.33
1975 35 TEX AL 6 7 .462 4.02 18 18 0 4 1 0 109.2 118 58 49 12 28 1 67 3 0 7 469 94 1.331 9.7 1.0 2.3 5.5 2.39
11 Yrs 111 110 .502 3.35 374 260 69 72 17 14 1951.0 1895 834 727 167 492 55 1128 36 5 46 8116 114 1.223 8.7 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.29
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .502 3.35 40 28 7 8 2 2 209 203 89 78 18 53 6 121 4 1 5 870 114 1.223 8.7 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.29
CHC (7 yrs) 92 86 .517 3.18 276 213 36 64 14 9 1564.0 1485 636 552 132 389 50 900 27 4 32 6464 121 1.198 8.5 0.8 2.2 5.2 2.31
MIN (2 yrs) 11 15 .423 3.92 74 25 33 3 1 5 257.1 268 126 112 23 66 2 152 6 1 7 1091 99 1.298 9.4 0.8 2.3 5.3 2.30
TEX (2 yrs) 8 7 .533 3.78 20 20 0 5 2 0 123.2 129 61 52 12 31 1 71 3 0 7 525 99 1.294 9.4 0.9 2.3 5.2 2.29
SFG (1 yr) 0 2 .000 16.50 4 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 13 11 11 0 6 2 5 0 0 0 36 23 3.167 19.5 0.0 9.0 7.5 0.83
NL (8 yrs) 92 88 .511 3.23 280 215 36 64 14 9 1570.0 1498 647 563 132 395 52 905 27 4 32 6500 119 1.206 8.6 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.29
AL (3 yrs) 19 22 .463 3.87 94 45 33 8 3 5 381.0 397 187 164 35 97 3 223 9 1 14 1616 99 1.297 9.4 0.8 2.3 5.3 2.30

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1965 25 SFG NL 6.0 4 2 11 16.50 4.63 -0.04 -0.06 106.1 4.89 -8 -0.7 .0 0.2 -0.5 -7 .319 .496 $
1966 26 CHC NL 159.0 41 26 91 5.15 4.13 -0.26 0.02 102.3 4.51 -13 -1.4 1.3 -0.2 -0.2 5 .465 .491 $
1967 27 CHC NL 150.0 49 11 46 2.76 3.79 0.25 -0.05 104.6 3.66 13 1.6 1.4 -0.1 2.9 30 .532 .510 $
1968 28 CHC NL 258.2 38 34 91 3.17 3.34 -0.04 0.04 105.1 3.59 9 1.1 2.2 -0.1 3.3 35 .530 .507 $
1969 29 CHC NL 300.0 41 41 102 3.06 3.99 -0.07 0.06 110.8 4.57 47 5.8 -0.2 8.3 82 .641 .536 $
1970 30 CHC NL 265.0 39 38 121 4.11 4.55 -0.06 0.07 109.3 5.13 26 2.9 3.5 -0.1 4.8 57 .574 .518 $
1971 31 CHC NL 242.1 36 35 112 4.16 3.84 -0.27 0.06 112.2 4.67 12 1.4 .2 -0.1 3.1 35 .538 .508 $
1972 32 CHC NL 189.0 32 28 73 3.48 3.76 -0.16 0.05 110.3 4.39 17 2.0 .5 -0.1 3.4 35 .563 .513 $56,500
1973 33 MIN AL 142.0 39 15 69 4.37 4.37 -0.12 -0.03 100.6 4.49 1 0.1 1.9 -0.2 1.2 17 .502 .501 $53,000
1974 34 MIN AL 115.1 35 10 57 4.45 4.18 -0.13 -0.13 103.9 4.35 -1 -0.1 1.6 -0.2 0.7 10 .496 .499 $
1974 34 TEX AL 14.0 2 2 3 1.93 3.95 -0.20 0.12 101.0 4.30 4 0.5 -0.0 0.6 5 .734 .503 $54,000
1975 35 TEX AL 109.2 18 18 58 4.76 4.28 -0.08 0.13 100.8 4.52 -3 -0.3 -0.1 0.6 9 .483 .498 $55,000
11 Seasons 1951.0 374 260 834 3.85 3.99 -0.10 0.03 107.0 4.41 103 12.7 1.5 -1.2 28.2 311 .534 .507 $218,500
CHC (7 yrs) 1564.0 276 213 636 3.66 3.92 -0.09 0.04 108.3 4.40 110 13.3 1.4 -0.9 25.6 278 .548 .512 $56,500
MIN (2 yrs) 257.1 74 25 126 4.41 4.29 -0.12 -0.08 102.1 4.42 -0 -0.1 1.8 -0.4 1.9 27 .499 .500 $53,000
TEX (2 yrs) 123.2 20 20 61 4.44 4.24 -0.09 0.13 100.8 4.50 1 0.2 -0.1 1.2 14 .508 .501 $109,000
SFG (1 yr) 6.0 4 2 11 16.50 4.63 -0.04 -0.06 106.1 4.89 -8 -0.7 .0 0.2 -0.5 -7 .319 .496 $

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
1965 25 SFG NL 4 36 30 11 13 2 1 0 0 0 6 5 .433 .528 .567 1.094 .520 17 0 0 0 0 2 0
1966 26 CHC NL 41 691 618 91 168 22 8 17 8 4 59 93 .272 .338 .416 .754 .294 257 13 5 11 5 6 10
1967 27 CHC NL 49 617 561 46 134 26 1 9 6 4 48 84 .239 .301 .337 .638 .267 189 14 2 5 1 15 9
1968 28 CHC NL 38 1013 955 91 221 20 2 26 10 10 36 148 .231 .262 .338 .601 .248 323 19 6 11 5 0 11
1969 29 CHC NL 41 1220 1130 102 268 42 6 21 5 10 73 181 .237 .286 .341 .627 .265 385 23 6 7 4 8 22
1970 30 CHC NL 39 1127 1032 121 278 39 7 20 11 8 76 170 .269 .321 .379 .699 .305 391 32 4 10 5 8 22
1971 31 CHC NL 36 1019 955 112 248 38 6 27 15 4 50 128 .260 .297 .397 .694 .275 379 26 2 9 3 6 26
1972 32 CHC NL 32 770 709 73 168 23 2 12 14 7 47 96 .237 .285 .326 .611 .258 231 16 2 8 4 7 15
1973 33 MIN AL 39 599 547 69 138 20 1 14 10 4 41 78 .252 .305 .369 .675 .271 202 15 2 6 3 2 12
1974 34 MIN AL 35 492 457 57 130 17 4 9 11 5 25 74 .284 .326 .398 .725 .323 182 12 4 5 1 0 6
1974 34 TEX AL 2 56 53 3 11 1 0 0 3 1 3 4 .208 .250 .226 .476 .224 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 34 TOT AL 37 548 510 60 141 18 4 9 14 6 28 78 .276 .319 .380 .699 .311 194 12 4 5 1 0 6
1975 35 TEX AL 18 469 436 58 118 24 4 12 6 2 28 67 .271 .318 .427 .744 .295 186 12 3 0 2 1 8
11 Yrs 374 8109 7483 834 1895 274 42 167 99 59 492 1128 .253 .301 .368 .669 .278 2754 182 36 72 33 55 141
162 Game Avg. 40 870 803 89 203 29 5 18 11 6 53 121 .253 .301 .368 .669 .278 295 20 4 8 4 6 15
MLB Averages .249 .317 .368 .684 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1965 25 SFG NL -7.6 -0.7 36 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .67 -0.2 -0.5 -7.1 -0.7 0.67 -4.8 0 0 2
1966 26 CHC NL -15.1 -1.6 722 -2.7 11.8 -14.5 1.06 -1.4 -1.2 -23.3 -2.3 1.05 -15.0 5 2 8
1967 27 CHC NL 17.6 2.0 630 0.4 10.8 -10.4 1.08 1.2 -0.9 20.1 2.2 1.08 14.2 17 5 15
1968 28 CHC NL 9.3 1.1 1041 2.1 17.2 -15.1 .96 2.3 -0.0 11.1 1.3 0.96 20.2 3 0 1
1969 29 CHC NL 42.9 4.8 1243 4.2 24.6 -20.4 1.09 4.0 -0.1 42.1 4.4 1.09 43.3 0 0 0
1970 30 CHC NL 20.8 2.1 1163 0.4 20.0 -19.6 .98 1.8 -1.4 18.5 1.8 0.98 20.8 1 0 0
1971 31 CHC NL 9.0 1.0 1048 0.6 18.4 -17.8 1.03 -0.1 0.7 1.0 0.1 1.03 -3.3 0 0 1
1972 32 CHC NL 14.6 1.6 798 1.6 14.3 -12.7 1.05 2.1 -0.5 15.3 1.6 1.05 21.1 1 0 2
1973 33 MIN AL 4.6 0.5 619 -4.1 9.1 -13.2 1.00 -0.5 -3.6 -6.0 -0.6 1.00 -1.6 11 3 9
1974 34 TOT AL -2.0 -0.2 572 -0.8 8.3 -9.1 .88 0.1 -1.0 0.1 0.1 0.88 0.8 10 3 11
1974 34 MIN AL -4.9 -0.5 512 -1.2 7.1 -8.3 .85 -0.3 -1.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.85 -3.7 10 3 11
1974 34 TEX AL 2.9 0.3 60 0.4 1.1 -0.7 1.13 0.4 -0.0 3.5 0.4 1.13 4.5 0 0 0
1975 35 TEX AL -4.1 -0.4 488 -0.5 7.9 -8.4 .96 -1.3 0.8 -2.9 -0.3 0.96 -12.0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 90.0 10.2 8360 0.9 142.6 -141.8 1.01 8.0 -7.1 68.9 7.6 1.01 83.7 48 13 49

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
1965 25 SFG NL 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 33 29 6 3 1 0 1.5 0.0 1.5
1966 26 CHC NL 41 26 4 13 9 0 2 8 18 .308 1 5 0 0 8 31% 44.2 75 18 32 10 14 5 4.6 4.5 4.9
1967 27 CHC NL 49 11 4 2 5 0 1 5 5 .500 1 3 3 1 8 73% 59.7 77 40 11 3 7 3 3.6 3.6 6.9
1968 28 CHC NL 38 34 16 9 9 4 6 23 11 .676 3 6 11 4 24 71% 59.9 89 29 26 12 22 8 4.1 3.5 7.3
1969 29 CHC NL 41 41 20 14 7 1 7 25 15 .625 2 3 18 3 31 76% 59.3 83 24 20 7 30 3 3.7 3.7 7.3
1970 30 CHC NL 39 38 18 15 5 3 6 21 17 .553 0 6 12 2 25 66% 52.7 80 14 17 6 18 5 5.2 4.8 6.9
1971 31 CHC NL 36 35 12 18 5 0 8 16 19 .457 1 1 14 1 21 60% 53.0 83 22 16 6 18 7 4.0 3.5 6.9
1972 32 CHC NL 32 28 11 7 10 1 1 15 13 .536 3 3 6 3 18 64% 55.8 86 24 17 5 9 12 4.6 4.1 6.6
1973 33 MIN AL 39 15 5 7 3 1 0 6 9 .400 1 1 3 1 6 40% 47.4 82 18 21 7 5 6 4.1 4.8 6.3
1974 34 TOT AL 37 12 4 5 3 1 2 6 6 .500 1 3 1 1 6 50% 44.9 76 12 14 6 3 6 4.5 3.3 5.7
1974 34 MIN AL 35 10 2 5 3 0 2 4 6 .400 1 3 0 0 5 50% 41.8 60 12 14 6 3 4 4.4 2.6 5.4
1974 34 TEX AL 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 1 1 50% 60.5 76 45 0 0 0 2 5.0 5.8 7.0
1975 35 TEX AL 18 18 6 7 5 1 1 8 10 .444 2 1 4 1 7 39% 49.7 79 24 18 7 3 13 5.3 5.6 6.1
11 Yrs 374 260 100 99 61 12 34 133 125 .516 15 32 72 17 154 59% 53 89 12 198 72 130 68 4.4 4.1 6.6
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 114 -3 4.0 3.9 6.5

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
1965 25 SFG NL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 .668 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.5
1966 26 CHC NL 41 15 10 4 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 12 7 58% 8 1.056 5 2 8 2 3 10 6 9 9 2 9 1 6.5
1967 27 CHC NL 49 38 21 3 6 8 6 2 75% 9 0 38 12 32% 7 1.078 17 5 15 10 9 19 23 15 23 8 24 9 5.8
1968 28 CHC NL 38 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 5 63% 3 .956 3 0 1 3 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 0 9.0
1970 30 CHC NL 39 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 10 .978 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.0
1971 31 CHC NL 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.030 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1972 32 CHC NL 32 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 1.051 1 0 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 3.3
1973 33 MIN AL 39 24 17 2 3 5 2 3 40% 5 0 30 14 47% 8 .999 11 3 9 6 4 14 17 7 13 8 15 5 5.9
1974 34 TOT AL 37 25 16 2 0 7 3 4 43% 8 1 34 12 35% .875 10 3 11 10 1 14 18 7 19 5 19 3 7.4
1974 34 MIN AL 35 25 16 2 0 7 3 4 43% 8 1 34 12 35% 7 .846 10 3 11 10 1 14 18 7 19 5 19 3 7.4
9 Yrs 313 114 69 11 11 23 14 9 61% 26 1 125 50 40% 1.000 48 13 49 32 18 64 71 43 69 26 73 19 6.2

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%
1965 25 SFG NL 36 58% 0.0% 13.9% 16.7% 8.3% 23% 1.00 69% 13 0 0%
1966 26 CHC NL 698 59% 2.5% 13.5% 8.5% 6.8% 28% 1.44 74% 153 13 9%
1967 27 CHC NL 617 62% 1.5% 13.6% 7.8% 5.8% 27% 1.81 76% 103 14 14%
1968 28 CHC NL 1013 57% 2.6% 14.6% 3.6% 4.7% 22% 1.70 78% 144 19 13%
1969 29 CHC NL 1220 57% 1.7% 14.8% 6.0% 5.7% 26% 1.79 76% 209 23 11%
1970 30 CHC NL 1127 54% 1.8% 15.1% 6.7% 5.9% 24% 1.81 75% 223 32 14%
1971 31 CHC NL 1019 56% 2.7% 12.6% 4.9% 7.0% 29% 1.65 79% 173 26 15%
1972 32 CHC NL 770 55% 1.6% 12.5% 6.1% 4.8% 22% 1.88 79% 118 16 14%
1973 33 MIN AL 599 61% 2.3% 13.0% 6.8% 5.8% 25% 1.56 76% 116 15 13%
1974 34 TOT AL 548 63% 1.6% 14.2% 5.1% 5.7% 22% 1.77 77% 92 12 13%
1974 34 MIN AL 492 64% 1.8% 15.0% 5.1% 6.1% 23% 1.79 76% 85 12 14%
1974 34 TEX AL 56 55% 0.0% 7.1% 5.4% 1.8% 9% 1.64 88% 7 0 0%
1975 35 TEX AL 469 52% 2.6% 14.3% 6.0% 8.5% 34% 1.82 77% 71 12 17%
11 Yrs 8116 57% 2.1% 13.9% 6.1% 6.0% 26% 1.72 77% 1415 182 13%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.7% 8.6% 6.0% 27% 1.10 74% 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
1965 25 SFG NL 36 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 26 CHC NL 691 168 17 0 12 10 7 10 7 48 24 10 50% 10 4 5 269 8 4 67% 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 23 7
1967 27 CHC NL 617 134 9 0 18 6 3 2 7 26 11 3 42% 9 4 0 231 6 4 60% 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
1968 28 CHC NL 1013 221 26 0 11 14 12 16 10 32 18 5 56% 11 4 1 303 10 10 50% 10 9 0 1 0 0 4 3 12 0
1969 29 CHC NL 1220 268 21 0 23 15 6 10 11 55 25 9 45% 22 5 5 416 5 10 33% 4 10 1 0 0 0 2 1 18 0
1970 30 CHC NL 1127 278 20 1 17 14 6 17 3 59 27 3 46% 22 9 5 445 11 8 58% 11 6 0 2 0 0 6 4 26 0
1971 31 CHC NL 1019 248 27 0 23 17 10 13 14 50 27 10 54% 26 5 2 352 15 4 79% 14 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 0
1972 32 CHC NL 770 168 12 1 11 6 6 6 6 39 21 4 54% 15 1 2 256 14 7 67% 13 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 11 0
1973 33 MIN AL 599 138 14 1 8 7 7 7 7 33 22 2 67% 12 5 1 229 10 4 71% 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1974 34 TOT AL 548 141 9 0 11 6 3 5 4 29 12 5 41% 6 2 0 214 14 6 70% 14 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1974 34 MIN AL 492 130 9 0 8 6 3 5 4 26 11 5 42% 6 2 0 198 11 5 69% 11 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1974 34 TEX AL 56 11 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 16 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 35 TEX AL 469 118 12 0 0 3 9 8 4 20 10 3 50% 8 7 1 169 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 12 0
11 Yrs 8109 1895 167 3 134 98 69 94 73 393 199 54 51% 141 46 22 2905 99 59 63% 92 51 7 5 0 3 21 8 141 7
MLB Averages 49% 63%

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+
1965 25 0 2 .000 16.50 4 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 13 11 11 0 6 2 5 0 0 0 36 23 3.167 19.5 0.0 9.0 7.5 0.83 23
1966 26 8 15 .348 5.02 45 28 10 0 0 2 165.0 181 102 92 17 65 8 98 5 2 4 734 74 1.491 9.9 0.9 3.5 5.3 1.51 74
1967 27 15 23 .395 3.80 94 39 31 3 1 8 315.0 315 148 133 26 113 23 182 7 2 8 1351 95 1.359 9.0 0.7 3.2 5.2 1.61 95
1968 28 31 33 .484 3.39 132 73 31 14 5 8 573.2 536 239 216 52 149 23 330 13 2 12 2364 101 1.194 8.4 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.21 101
1969 29 51 47 .520 3.08 173 114 31 32 8 8 873.2 804 341 299 73 222 31 511 19 2 17 3584 118 1.174 8.3 0.8 2.3 5.3 2.30 118
1970 30 69 62 .527 3.22 212 152 32 44 10 9 1138.2 1082 462 408 93 298 39 681 23 3 26 4711 119 1.212 8.6 0.7 2.4 5.4 2.29 119
1971 31 81 80 .503 3.26 248 187 33 58 11 9 1381.0 1330 574 500 120 348 45 809 25 3 31 5730 118 1.215 8.7 0.8 2.3 5.3 2.32 118
1972 32 92 88 .511 3.23 280 215 36 64 14 9 1570.0 1498 647 563 132 395 52 905 27 4 32 6500 119 1.206 8.6 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.29 119
1973 33 99 98 .503 3.25 319 230 53 67 15 11 1712.0 1636 716 618 146 436 54 983 29 4 37 7099 118 1.210 8.6 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.25 118
1974 34 105 103 .505 3.31 356 242 69 68 16 14 1841.1 1777 776 678 155 464 54 1061 33 5 39 7647 116 1.217 8.7 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.29 116
1975 35 111 110 .502 3.35 374 260 69 72 17 14 1951.0 1895 834 727 167 492 55 1128 36 5 46 8116 114 1.223 8.7 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.29 114

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
1965 25 0 0 16.50 6.0 13 12 11 0 6 5 0 3.167 19.5 9.0 7.5 0.83 0.0 4
1966 26 7 10 .412 4.97 154.0 172 94 85 17 60 90 5 1.506 10.1 3.5 5.3 1.50 1.0 41
1967 27 10 5 .667 2.85 142.0 140 50 45 9 50 79 2 1.338 8.9 3.2 5.0 1.58 0.6 49
1968 28 14 12 .538 3.75 240.0 242 111 100 28 39 137 7 1.171 9.1 1.5 5.1 3.51 1.1 38
1969 29 23 9 .719 2.50 292.0 265 90 81 21 72 176 6 1.154 8.2 2.2 5.4 2.44 0.6 41
1970 30 17 12 .586 3.32 263.0 262 108 97 19 72 169 4 1.270 9.0 2.5 5.8 2.35 0.7 39
1971 31 15 11 .577 3.50 239.0 249 103 93 27 50 126 2 1.251 9.4 1.9 4.7 2.52 1.0 36
1972 32 13 8 .619 3.20 191.0 179 76 68 13 50 97 2 1.199 8.4 2.4 4.6 1.94 0.6 32
1973 33 8 7 .533 3.85 138.0 142 66 59 14 42 76 2 1.333 9.3 2.7 5.0 1.81 0.9 39
1974 34 5 8 .385 4.94 122.0 149 74 67 10 30 73 4 1.467 11.0 2.2 5.4 2.43 0.7 37
1975 35 5 6 .455 4.71 105.0 125 61 55 13 30 64 3 1.476 10.7 2.6 5.5 2.13 1.1 18
11 Yrs 117 88 .571 3.62 1892.0 1938 845 761 171 501 1092 37 1.289 9.2 5.2 2.18 0.8 374

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Hall of Fame
1981 BBWAA ()

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1969 NL  7.8 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1969 NL  8.3 (3rd)
1970 NL  4.8 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1969 NL  2.49 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1968 NL  16 (8th)
1969 NL  20 (5th)
1970 NL  18 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1968 NL  .615 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1968 NL  0.994 (5th)
1969 NL  1.137 (8th)
Career  1.223 (191st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 NL  1.253 (1st)
1969 NL  2.190 (10th)
1971 NL  1.857 (4th)
Career  2.270 (189th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1968 NL  258.7 (8th)
1969 NL  300.0 (7th)
1970 NL  265.0 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1968 NL  34 (10th)
1969 NL  41 (2nd)
1970 NL  38 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1969 NL  18 (7th)
1970 NL  12 (9th)
1971 NL  14 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1968 NL  26 (1st)
1971 NL  27 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1969 NL  268 (6th)
1970 NL  278 (4th)
1971 NL  248 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1968 NL  4.111 (4th)
1971 NL  2.560 (8th)
Career  2.293 (155th)

Losses s c a p y
1970 NL  15 (7th)
1971 NL  18 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1968 NL  83 (9th)
1970 NL  109 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1969 NL  1,220 (7th)
1970 NL  1,127 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1969 NL  162 (5th)
1972 NL  127 (10th)
Career  114 (224th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1969 NL  43 (4th)
1970 NL  21 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1969 NL  4.8 (4th)
1970 NL  2.1 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1969 NL  42.09 (6th)
Career  68.88 (235th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1968 NL  2.1 (9th)
1969 NL  4.2 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1968 NL  2.3 (8th)
1969 NL  4.0 (6th)
Career  8.0 (195th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1969 NL  4.4 (9th)
Career  7.6 (228th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 43 (591), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (733), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Bill Monbouquette (965)
  2. Joe Horlen (959)
  3. Dave Goltz (949)
  4. Ralph Terry (949)
  5. Ken Forsch (947)
  6. Marty Pattin (946)
  7. Bryn Smith (943)
  8. Bob Shaw (942)
  9. Frank Sullivan (937)
  10. Geoff Zahn (935)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ricardo Rodriguez (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ken Trinkle (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim McAndrew (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Cy Blanton (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pat Jarvis (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pat Dobson (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pat Dobson (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ron Reed (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ron Reed (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ron Reed (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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