Preston Hanna

Preston Lee Hanna

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 10, 1954 in Pensacola, FL
High School: Escambia HS (Pensacola, FL)
Drafted
by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1975
Teams (by GP): Braves/Athletics 1975-1982

Final Game: October 3, 1982
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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
1975 20 ATL NL 0 0 1.59 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 7 1 1 0 5 0 2 2 1 1 30 255 2.118 11.1 0.0 7.9 3.2 0.40
1976 21 ATL NL 0 0 4.50 5 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 11 5 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 37 88 1.875 12.4 0.0 4.5 3.4 0.75
1977 22 ATL NL 2 6 .250 4.95 17 9 2 1 0 1 60.0 69 40 33 6 34 1 37 2 0 5 282 91 1.717 10.4 0.9 5.1 5.6 1.09
1978 23 ATL NL 7 13 .350 5.13 29 28 1 0 0 0 140.1 132 89 80 10 93 5 90 3 2 11 637 80 1.603 8.5 0.6 6.0 5.8 0.97
1979 24 ATL NL 1 1 .500 2.96 6 4 1 0 0 0 24.1 27 11 8 1 15 1 15 0 0 1 112 139 1.726 10.0 0.4 5.5 5.5 1.00
1980 25 ATL NL 2 0 1.000 3.18 32 2 3 0 0 0 79.1 63 28 28 3 44 4 35 3 0 5 337 118 1.349 7.1 0.3 5.0 4.0 0.80
1981 26 ATL NL 2 1 .667 6.37 20 1 1 0 0 0 35.1 45 27 25 2 23 2 22 0 0 6 164 57 1.925 11.5 0.5 5.9 5.6 0.96
1982 27 TOT MLB 3 4 .429 4.80 43 3 11 1 0 0 84.1 90 49 45 6 61 3 49 1 0 7 386 80 1.791 9.6 0.6 6.5 5.2 0.80
1982 27 ATL NL 3 0 1.000 3.75 20 1 3 0 0 0 36.0 36 15 15 3 28 2 17 0 0 2 158 101 1.778 9.0 0.8 7.0 4.3 0.61
1982 27 OAK AL 0 4 .000 5.59 23 2 8 1 0 0 48.1 54 34 30 3 33 1 32 1 0 5 228 69 1.800 10.1 0.6 6.1 6.0 0.97
8 Yrs 17 25 .405 4.61 156 47 23 2 0 1 437.1 444 250 224 28 279 16 253 11 3 36 1985 87 1.653 9.1 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.91
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .405 4.61 52 16 8 1 0 0 146 149 84 75 9 93 5 85 4 1 12 665 87 1.653 9.1 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.91
ATL (8 yrs) 17 21 .447 4.49 133 45 15 1 0 1 389.0 390 216 194 25 246 15 221 10 3 31 1757 89 1.635 9.0 0.6 5.7 5.1 0.90
OAK (1 yr) 0 4 .000 5.59 23 2 8 1 0 0 48.1 54 34 30 3 33 1 32 1 0 5 228 69 1.800 10.1 0.6 6.1 6.0 0.97
NL (8 yrs) 17 21 .447 4.49 133 45 15 1 0 1 389.0 390 216 194 25 246 15 221 10 3 31 1757 89 1.635 9.0 0.6 5.7 5.1 0.90
AL (1 yr) 0 4 .000 5.59 23 2 8 1 0 0 48.1 54 34 30 3 33 1 32 1 0 5 228 69 1.800 10.1 0.6 6.1 6.0 0.97

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
1975 20 ATL NL 5.2 4 0 1 1.59 4.41 -0.62 -0.36 100.3 4.69 2 0.2 .3 -0.1 0.2 2 .555 .501 $
1976 21 ATL NL 8.0 5 0 5 5.63 3.98 -0.69 -0.32 107.8 4.69 -1 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .480 .499 $
1977 22 ATL NL 60.0 17 9 40 6.00 4.60 -0.89 0.08 107.6 5.99 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.1 0.4 6 .497 .500 $
1978 23 ATL NL 140.1 29 28 89 5.71 4.06 -0.34 0.12 114.2 5.16 -10 -1.1 .0 -0.1 0.0 4 .462 .493 $
1979 24 ATL NL 24.1 6 4 11 4.07 4.35 -0.55 0.09 104.7 5.22 3 0.3 .2 -0.0 0.5 5 .555 .502 $
1980 25 ATL NL 79.1 32 2 28 3.18 4.10 0.10 -0.26 102.8 3.85 6 0.7 .6 -0.2 1.1 13 .520 .504 $
1981 26 ATL NL 35.1 20 1 27 6.88 3.92 -0.03 -0.30 103.9 3.80 -13 -1.4 .6 0.2 -0.9 -10 .432 .492 $100,000
1982 27 ATL NL 36.0 20 1 15 3.75 4.04 -0.19 -0.29 104.4 4.11 1 0.1 .9 -0.1 0.3 5 .506 .501 $100,000
1982 27 OAK AL 48.1 23 2 34 6.33 4.67 0.03 -0.25 95.3 4.19 -11 -1.1 .4 0.2 -0.5 -6 .451 .493 $
8 Seasons 437.1 156 47 250 5.14 4.22 -0.28 -0.08 106.7 4.72 -24 -2.4 .6 -0.1 1.1 19 .484 .498 $200,000
ATL (8 yrs) 389.0 133 45 216 5.00 4.16 -0.32 -0.06 108.1 4.79 -12 -1.3 .6 -0.3 1.6 26 .490 .499 $200,000
OAK (1 yr) 48.1 23 2 34 6.33 4.67 0.03 -0.25 95.3 4.19 -11 -1.1 .4 0.2 -0.5 -6 .451 .493 $

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
1975 20 ATL NL 4 30 23 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 .304 .467 .348 .814 .333 8 0 2 0 0 0 0
1976 21 ATL NL 5 37 33 5 11 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 .333 .405 .455 .860 .367 15 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 22 ATL NL 17 282 242 40 69 16 2 6 16 3 34 37 .285 .378 .442 .820 .317 107 5 2 4 0 1 8
1978 23 ATL NL 29 637 526 89 132 28 3 10 20 7 93 90 .251 .362 .373 .735 .282 196 6 3 8 7 5 6
1979 24 ATL NL 6 112 95 11 27 5 0 1 5 0 15 15 .284 .382 .368 .750 .329 35 4 0 2 0 1 1
1980 25 ATL NL 32 337 281 28 63 6 1 3 8 3 44 35 .224 .331 .285 .616 .243 80 9 3 5 4 4 2
1981 26 ATL NL 20 164 132 27 45 8 2 2 4 1 23 22 .341 .425 .477 .902 .381 63 6 0 4 5 2 1
1982 27 ATL NL 20 157 130 15 36 6 0 3 4 3 28 17 .277 .405 .392 .797 .300 51 10 0 0 0 2 1
1982 27 OAK AL 23 228 188 34 54 9 2 3 5 5 33 32 .287 .389 .404 .794 .325 76 3 1 2 4 1 5
1982 27 TOT MLB 43 385 318 49 90 15 2 6 9 8 61 49 .283 .396 .399 .795 .315 127 13 1 2 4 3 6
8 Yrs 156 1984 1650 250 444 81 11 28 63 25 279 253 .269 .374 .382 .757 .299 631 43 11 25 20 16 25
162 Game Avg. 52 665 553 84 149 27 4 9 21 8 93 85 .269 .374 .382 .757 .299 211 14 4 8 7 5 8
MLB Averages .261 .325 .383 .708 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1975 20 ATL NL 1.6 0.2 32 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .25 -0.0 -0.3 0.8 0.1 0.25 -0.5 0 1 1
1976 21 ATL NL -0.6 -0.1 41 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .19 -0.1 0.1 -1.1 -0.1 0.19 -0.9 0 0 4
1977 22 ATL NL -3.8 -0.4 307 -1.6 5.1 -6.8 1.08 -1.3 -0.2 -9.6 -0.9 1.08 -13.2 1 4 3
1978 23 ATL NL -13.9 -1.4 678 -1.9 10.2 -12.1 1.00 -1.0 -0.9 -22.6 -2.2 1.00 -12.9 0 0 0
1979 24 ATL NL 2.1 0.2 118 0.2 2.0 -1.8 .98 -0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.98 -0.7 0 0 1
1980 25 ATL NL 6.2 0.7 353 0.9 2.9 -2.0 .45 1.0 1.0 8.5 0.9 0.45 6.3 4 3 22
1981 26 ATL NL -10.0 -1.0 176 -0.0 2.0 -2.0 .69 -1.2 1.1 -11.1 -1.1 0.69 -10.4 2 1 15
1982 27 TOT MLB -8.9 -0.9 409 -0.6 3.8 -4.4 .59 -1.1 -0.1 -9.6 -0.9 0.59 -13.7 4 6 30
1982 27 ATL NL 1.0 0.1 167 0.3 1.9 -1.7 .69 -0.4 0.8 4.4 0.5 0.69 -2.3 3 2 14
1982 27 OAK AL -9.9 -1.0 242 -0.9 1.8 -2.8 .52 -0.6 -1.2 -14.0 -1.4 0.52 -11.4 1 4 16
8 Yrs -27.4 -2.7 2114 -3.2 26.2 -29.5 .79 -3.9 -0.2 -44.7 -4.2 0.79 -46.0 11 15 76

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
1977 22 ATL NL 17 9 2 6 1 1 3 3 6 .333 0 2 1 0 4 44% 44.4 63 19 14 4 3 3 4.3 2.9 5.6
1978 23 ATL NL 29 28 7 13 8 3 4 11 17 .393 2 3 0 0 10 36% 46.7 72 16 26 9 4 11 3.7 3.1 4.9
1979 24 ATL NL 6 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 2 50% 51.0 61 41 2 0 2 2 2.8 2.1 5.4
1980 25 ATL NL 32 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 56.0 60 52 7 3 2 0 4.5 3.3 5.5
1981 26 ATL NL 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.0 32 32 8 3 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0
1982 27 TOT MLB 43 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 1 0 1 33% 0.0 60 24 30 6 2 0 2.3 3.8 4.0
1982 27 ATL NL 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 14 3 0 0 4.0 27.0 1.7
1982 27 OAK AL 23 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 1 50% 42.0 60 24 16 3 2 0 1.5 1.6 5.2
6 Yrs 147 47 11 23 13 5 8 16 31 .340 2 7 2 0 18 38% 46 72 16 87 25 13 16 3.6 3.0 5.0
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 105 -13 4.3 4.2 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
1975 20 ATL NL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 .247 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 0 4.3
1976 21 ATL NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 .192 0 0 4 0 0 5 3 2 4 1 4 0 4.8
1977 22 ATL NL 17 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 8 3 38% 5 1.084 1 4 3 2 0 6 4 4 2 3 3 2 3.8
1978 23 ATL NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 1.004 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0
1979 24 ATL NL 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 .977 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1980 25 ATL NL 32 30 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 5 31% 7 .454 4 3 22 2 1 27 9 21 24 1 24 5 6.8
1981 26 ATL NL 20 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 6 .691 2 1 15 1 2 16 5 14 11 4 11 4 5.6
1982 27 TOT MLB 43 40 11 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 29 7 24% .589 4 6 30 6 2 32 17 23 26 10 26 7 5.4
1982 27 ATL NL 20 19 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 2 13% 6 .692 3 2 14 3 2 14 9 10 14 2 14 3 5.4
1982 27 OAK AL 23 21 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 13 5 38% 6 .518 1 4 16 3 0 18 8 13 12 8 12 4 5.4
8 Yrs 156 109 23 6 2 1 1 0 100% 6 4 69 20 29% .787 11 15 76 12 5 92 41 68 71 20 72 18 5.6

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%
1975 20 ATL NL 30 60% 0.0% 6.7% 16.7% 3.3% 14% 1.00 70% 7 0 0%
1976 21 ATL NL 37 65% 0.0% 8.1% 10.8% 8.1% 27% 2.60 81% 5 0 0%
1977 22 ATL NL 282 54% 2.1% 13.1% 12.1% 8.5% 35% 1.44 71% 57 5 9%
1978 23 ATL NL 637 53% 1.6% 14.1% 14.6% 6.4% 31% 1.02 68% 104 6 6%
1979 24 ATL NL 112 59% 0.9% 13.4% 13.4% 5.4% 22% 2.17 71% 15 4 27%
1980 25 ATL NL 337 62% 0.9% 10.4% 13.1% 3.0% 16% 1.65 73% 60 9 15%
1981 26 ATL NL 164 52% 1.2% 13.4% 14.0% 7.3% 27% 1.89 69% 37 6 16%
1982 27 TOT MLB 386 58% 1.6% 12.7% 15.8% 6.0% 26% 1.06 69% 97 13 13%
1982 27 ATL NL 158 57% 1.9% 10.8% 17.8% 5.7% 25% 2.19 70% 33 10 30%
1982 27 OAK AL 228 59% 1.3% 14.0% 14.5% 6.1% 26% 0.61 69% 64 3 5%
8 Yrs 1985 56% 1.4% 12.8% 14.1% 6.1% 27% 1.31 70% 382 43 11%
MLB Averages 44% 1.9% 12.8% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.10 75% 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
1975 20 ATL NL 30 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 21 ATL NL 37 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 12 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 22 ATL NL 282 69 6 0 10 1 5 3 3 31 10 7 32% 8 5 0 114 16 3 84% 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1978 23 ATL NL 637 132 10 0 19 7 3 6 4 43 22 8 51% 6 11 0 228 20 7 74% 19 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1979 24 ATL NL 112 27 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 2 2 33% 1 1 0 44 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 25 ATL NL 337 63 3 0 10 2 1 0 3 17 10 2 59% 2 5 0 136 8 3 73% 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 12 0
1981 26 ATL NL 164 45 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 19 11 3 58% 1 6 0 70 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 0
1982 27 TOT MLB 385 90 6 0 5 3 3 3 3 28 21 4 75% 6 7 0 181 9 8 53% 9 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 15 1
1982 27 ATL NL 157 36 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 6 4 0 67% 1 2 0 74 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
1982 27 OAK AL 228 54 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 22 17 4 77% 5 5 0 107 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
8 Yrs 1984 444 28 0 52 14 14 13 15 149 80 26 54% 25 36 0 802 63 25 72% 59 21 4 4 0 0 3 1 81 1
MLB Averages 53% 65%

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+
1975 20 0 0 1.59 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 7 1 1 0 5 0 2 2 1 1 30 255 2.118 11.1 0.0 7.9 3.2 0.40 255
1976 21 0 0 3.29 9 0 4 0 0 0 13.2 18 6 5 0 9 0 5 2 1 1 67 122 1.976 11.9 0.0 5.9 3.3 0.56 122
1977 22 2 6 .250 4.64 26 9 6 1 0 1 73.2 87 46 38 6 43 1 42 4 1 6 349 95 1.765 10.6 0.7 5.3 5.1 0.98 95
1978 23 9 19 .321 4.96 55 37 7 1 0 1 214.0 219 135 118 16 136 6 132 7 3 17 986 85 1.659 9.2 0.7 5.7 5.6 0.97 85
1979 24 10 20 .333 4.76 61 41 8 1 0 1 238.1 246 146 126 17 151 7 147 7 3 18 1098 88 1.666 9.3 0.6 5.7 5.6 0.97 88
1980 25 12 20 .375 4.36 93 43 11 1 0 1 317.2 309 174 154 20 195 11 182 10 3 23 1435 93 1.587 8.8 0.6 5.5 5.2 0.93 93
1981 26 14 21 .400 4.56 113 44 12 1 0 1 353.0 354 201 179 22 218 13 204 10 3 29 1599 88 1.620 9.0 0.6 5.6 5.2 0.94 88
1982 27 17 25 .405 4.61 156 47 23 2 0 1 437.1 444 250 224 28 279 16 253 11 3 36 1985 87 1.653 9.1 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.91 87

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
1975 20 0 0 1.80 5.0 7 1 1 0 5 2 2 2.400 12.6 9.0 3.6 0.40 0.0 4
1976 21 0 0 5.14 7.0 11 4 4 0 4 3 0 2.143 14.1 5.1 3.9 0.75 0.0 5
1977 22 3 3 .500 4.28 61.0 65 32 29 6 32 38 2 1.590 9.6 4.7 5.6 1.19 0.9 17
1978 23 6 9 .400 5.12 137.0 130 87 78 10 92 88 3 1.620 8.5 6.0 5.8 0.96 0.7 29
1979 24 1 1 .500 3.00 24.0 26 9 8 1 14 15 0 1.667 9.8 5.3 5.6 1.07 0.4 6
1980 25 4 4 .500 3.60 75.0 65 33 30 3 45 33 3 1.467 7.8 5.4 4.0 0.73 0.4 32
1981 26 1 4 .200 7.85 47.0 71 46 41 3 36 29 0 2.277 13.6 6.9 5.6 0.81 0.6 20
1982 27 3 5 .375 5.80 76.0 94 54 49 6 64 44 1 2.079 11.1 7.6 5.2 0.69 0.7 43
8 Yrs 18 26 .409 5.00 432.0 469 266 240 29 292 252 11 1.762 9.8 5.3 0.86 0.6 156

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 NL  93 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1978 NL  11 (4th)
1981 NL  6 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1975 NL  born 1954-09-10 (4th)

             

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