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John Hiller

John Frederick Hiller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 8, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1965
Team: Tigers 1965-1980

Final Game: May 27, 1980
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All-Star

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 22 DET AL 0 0 0.00 5 0 2 0 0 1 6.0 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 23 1.000 7.5 0.0 1.5 6.0 4.00
1966 23 DET AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 47 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
1967 24 DET AL 4 3 .571 2.63 23 6 11 2 2 3 65.0 57 20 19 4 9 0 49 0 0 0 256 125 1.015 7.9 0.6 1.2 6.8 5.44
1968 25 DET AL 9 6 .600 2.39 39 12 13 4 1 2 128.0 92 37 34 9 51 4 78 0 0 2 518 126 1.117 6.5 0.6 3.6 5.5 1.53
1969 26 DET AL 4 4 .500 3.99 40 8 13 1 1 4 99.1 97 50 44 13 44 2 74 1 0 3 431 94 1.419 8.8 1.2 4.0 6.7 1.68
1970 27 DET AL 6 6 .500 3.03 47 5 18 1 1 3 104.0 82 39 35 12 46 4 89 2 0 3 432 124 1.231 7.1 1.0 4.0 7.7 1.93
1972 29 DET AL 1 2 .333 2.03 24 3 8 1 0 3 44.1 39 13 10 4 13 2 26 3 0 2 186 158 1.173 7.9 0.8 2.6 5.3 2.00
1973 30 DET AL 10 5 .667 1.44 65 0 60 0 0 38 125.1 89 21 20 7 39 7 124 0 0 1 498 283 1.021 6.4 0.5 2.8 8.9 3.18 CYA-4,MVP-4
1974 31 DET AL 17 14 .548 2.64 59 0 52 0 0 13 150.0 127 51 44 10 62 19 134 3 0 7 633 143 1.260 7.6 0.6 3.7 8.0 2.16 AS,CYA-7,MVP-20
1975 32 DET AL 2 3 .400 2.17 36 0 34 0 0 14 70.2 52 20 17 6 36 4 87 0 0 1 295 185 1.245 6.6 0.8 4.6 11.1 2.42
1976 33 DET AL 12 8 .600 2.38 56 1 46 1 1 13 121.0 93 37 32 7 67 9 117 2 0 6 510 156 1.322 6.9 0.5 5.0 8.7 1.75
1977 34 DET AL 8 14 .364 3.56 45 8 27 3 0 7 124.0 120 59 49 15 61 8 115 1 0 6 539 121 1.460 8.7 1.1 4.4 8.3 1.89
1978 35 DET AL 9 4 .692 2.34 51 0 46 0 0 15 92.1 64 27 24 6 35 4 74 0 0 3 363 165 1.072 6.2 0.6 3.4 7.2 2.11
1979 36 DET AL 4 7 .364 5.22 43 0 30 0 0 9 79.1 83 47 46 14 55 7 46 0 0 4 372 84 1.739 9.4 1.6 6.2 5.2 0.84
1980 37 DET AL 1 0 1.000 4.40 11 0 2 0 0 0 30.2 38 15 15 3 14 1 18 0 1 1 140 95 1.696 11.2 0.9 4.1 5.3 1.29
15 Yrs 87 76 .534 2.83 545 43 363 13 6 125 1242.0 1040 438 391 110 535 71 1036 12 1 39 5206 134 1.268 7.5 0.8 3.9 7.5 1.94
162 Game Avg. 10 9 .534 2.83 63 5 42 2 1 14 144 120 51 45 13 62 8 120 1 0 5 602 134 1.268 7.5 0.8 3.9 7.5 1.94

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 22 DET AL 6.0 5 0 0 0.00 3.90 0.02 -0.16 99.0 3.69 2 0.3 2.0 0.1 0.5 3 .559 .502 $
1966 23 DET AL 2.0 1 0 2 9.00 3.54 0.09 -0.14 102.0 3.37 -1 -0.1 .1 0.1 -0.1 -1 .375 .499 $
1967 24 DET AL 65.0 23 6 20 2.77 3.54 0.37 -0.01 98.5 3.11 3 0.4 1.9 0.0 0.9 8 .518 .503 $
1968 25 DET AL 128.0 39 12 37 2.60 3.33 0.39 -0.02 99.8 2.91 6 0.7 1.6 -0.0 1.7 14 .519 .505 $
1969 26 DET AL 99.1 40 8 50 4.53 4.08 0.20 -0.06 101.0 3.86 -7 -0.7 1.7 -0.3 -0.2 1 .482 .495 $
1970 27 DET AL 104.0 47 5 39 3.38 4.35 -0.30 -0.10 101.2 4.61 15 1.7 1.5 0.1 2.7 25 .536 .511 $
1972 29 DET AL 44.1 24 3 13 2.64 3.23 0.05 -0.07 105.3 3.28 3 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.8 7 .518 .503 $
1973 30 DET AL 125.1 65 0 21 1.51 4.36 -0.10 -0.36 104.9 4.30 38 4.3 2.3 2.4 7.9 52 .566 .526 $25,000 CYA-4,MVP-4
1974 31 DET AL 150.0 59 0 51 3.06 4.14 -0.14 -0.35 103.8 4.09 17 2.0 2.0 0.7 4.0 32 .533 .512 $50,000 AS,CYA-7,MVP-20
1975 32 DET AL 70.2 36 0 20 2.55 4.44 -0.26 -0.37 104.4 4.53 16 1.7 1.8 0.6 2.9 23 .548 .511 $
1976 33 DET AL 121.0 56 1 37 2.75 3.99 -0.18 -0.29 103.0 3.99 17 2.0 2.2 0.9 3.9 28 .535 .512 $
1977 34 DET AL 124.0 45 8 59 4.28 4.51 -0.08 -0.14 105.2 4.68 5 0.6 2.4 0.1 1.7 19 .512 .503 $90,000
1978 35 DET AL 92.1 51 0 27 2.63 4.29 0.09 -0.35 101.9 3.92 13 1.5 2.0 0.6 2.9 23 .529 .509 $90,000
1979 36 DET AL 79.1 43 0 47 5.33 4.82 -0.04 -0.39 103.4 4.63 -6 -0.6 1.9 -0.4 -0.3 3 .486 .496 $
1980 37 DET AL 30.2 11 0 15 4.40 4.82 -0.12 -0.39 101.0 4.61 1 0.1 .8 -0.1 0.3 4 .505 .500 $
15 Seasons 1242.0 545 43 438 3.17 4.14 -0.01 -0.22 102.7 4.04 123 14.2 1.9 4.7 29.6 241 .526 .506 $255,000

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
1968 25 DET AL WS W STL 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 16 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
1972 29 DET AL ALCS L OAK 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.600 2.7 0.0 2.7 2.7 1.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 5.06 5 0 4 0 0 0 5.1 7 4 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 26 2.063 11.8 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.600 2.7 0.0 2.7 2.7 1.00
1 WS 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 16 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1974 DET AL 31

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 22 DET AL 5 23 22 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .227 .261 .227 .488 .278 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 23 DET AL 1 10 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .286 .400 .286 .686 .286 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
1967 24 DET AL 23 256 245 20 57 8 2 4 1 2 9 49 .233 .259 .331 .589 .275 81 3 0 1 1 0 1
1968 25 DET AL 39 518 460 37 92 15 4 9 2 0 51 78 .200 .279 .309 .588 .222 142 7 0 6 1 4 5
1969 26 DET AL 40 431 377 50 97 10 3 13 12 3 44 74 .257 .334 .403 .737 .287 152 8 1 6 3 2 6
1970 27 DET AL 47 432 375 39 82 13 0 12 2 4 46 89 .219 .302 .349 .652 .249 131 4 2 2 7 4 3
1972 29 DET AL 24 186 168 13 39 2 0 4 2 2 13 26 .232 .299 .315 .614 .254 53 2 3 2 0 2 2
1973 30 DET AL 65 498 449 21 89 13 1 7 3 2 39 124 .198 .260 .278 .539 .255 125 5 0 6 4 7 3
1974 31 DET AL 59 633 550 51 127 15 1 10 8 2 62 134 .231 .309 .316 .625 .283 174 10 3 11 7 19 7
1975 32 DET AL 36 295 254 20 52 8 0 6 6 3 36 87 .205 .300 .307 .607 .280 78 4 0 2 3 4 2
1976 33 DET AL 56 510 424 37 93 17 0 7 7 3 67 117 .219 .323 .309 .632 .279 131 9 2 9 8 9 5
1977 34 DET AL 45 539 465 59 120 15 1 15 6 9 61 115 .258 .342 .391 .734 .309 182 11 1 7 5 8 7
1978 35 DET AL 51 363 317 27 64 12 0 6 3 3 35 74 .202 .277 .297 .573 .239 94 6 0 5 6 4 2
1979 36 DET AL 43 372 303 47 83 12 4 14 6 3 55 46 .274 .382 .479 .861 .280 145 8 0 11 3 7 7
1980 37 DET AL 11 140 123 15 38 6 0 3 1 0 14 18 .309 .374 .431 .805 .337 53 4 0 1 2 1 1
15 Yrs 545 5206 4539 438 1040 146 16 110 60 36 535 1036 .229 .309 .341 .650 .270 1548 81 12 69 51 71 51
162 Game Avg. 63 602 525 51 120 17 2 13 7 4 62 120 .229 .309 .341 .650 .270 179 9 1 8 6 8 6
MLB Averages .254 .320 .374 .694 .279

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 22 DET AL 2.5 0.3 24 0.2 0.5 -0.2 1.05 0.2 -0.0 2.4 0.3 1.05 2.1 2 0 3
1966 23 DET AL -0.9 -0.1 10 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 -0.0 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 0.05 -0.5 0 0 1
1967 24 DET AL 5.4 0.6 260 -0.1 4.3 -4.5 .98 0.9 -1.0 4.4 0.5 0.98 8.8 6 2 9
1968 25 DET AL 9.8 1.1 524 1.9 9.1 -7.2 1.04 1.3 0.5 18.6 2.2 1.04 11.3 14 5 8
1969 26 DET AL -2.3 -0.2 445 -0.4 7.7 -8.1 1.06 -0.4 -0.0 -4.3 -0.4 1.06 -4.3 18 4 10
1970 27 DET AL 8.6 0.9 438 0.5 8.0 -7.6 1.06 0.1 0.3 10.0 1.0 1.06 6.5 15 7 19
1972 29 DET AL 4.9 0.6 192 0.8 2.4 -1.6 .66 0.2 1.0 1.1 0.1 0.66 -0.2 3 3 14
1973 30 DET AL 35.3 3.7 505 8.4 18.3 -9.9 1.83 3.5 1.1 53.8 5.6 1.83 40.2 43 15 6
1974 31 DET AL 17.8 1.9 652 0.6 20.0 -19.4 1.90 1.4 -1.0 6.4 0.7 1.90 13.1 41 9 9
1975 32 DET AL 13.6 1.4 306 1.3 8.3 -7.0 1.57 0.8 -0.0 18.8 1.9 1.57 10.4 19 6 10
1976 33 DET AL 16.8 1.8 526 0.2 15.6 -15.4 1.94 1.2 -1.1 12.8 1.3 1.94 12.8 33 9 10
1977 34 DET AL 7.8 0.8 557 -1.2 14.3 -15.4 1.55 -0.2 -0.6 0.2 0.0 1.55 -0.1 23 9 5
1978 35 DET AL 15.6 1.6 372 3.8 12.5 -8.7 1.83 1.9 0.2 26.3 2.8 1.83 20.2 25 12 14
1979 36 DET AL -5.3 -0.5 386 -1.5 8.6 -10.2 1.50 -1.1 0.1 -7.4 -0.7 1.50 -12.5 23 8 12
1980 37 DET AL 0.0 0.0 144 0.2 1.6 -1.4 .67 -0.4 0.7 -3.7 -0.4 0.67 -2.9 2 3 6
15 Yrs 129.7 13.9 5341 14.7 131.3 -116.7 1.45 9.5 0.6 138.2 14.8 1.45 104.7 267 92 136

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
1967 24 DET AL 23 6 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 .667 0 1 2 2 5 83% 62.8 82 40 8 4 2 1 3.1 2.4 7.1
1968 25 DET AL 39 12 5 4 3 0 1 8 4 .667 0 3 4 1 8 67% 58.2 90 32 17 6 6 3 4.1 4.3 6.5
1969 26 DET AL 40 8 1 3 4 0 0 4 4 .500 1 2 1 1 3 38% 47.2 76 31 21 10 6 1 4.1 3.6 5.7
1970 27 DET AL 47 5 1 3 1 0 1 1 4 .200 1 0 1 1 3 60% 56.0 92 33 13 8 2 2 3.1 2.6 6.6
1972 29 DET AL 24 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 54.7 71 43 6 0 2 1 3.5 3.2 5.3
1976 33 DET AL 56 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 1 1 100% 85.0 85 85 11 3 0 1 5.0 5.0 9.0
1977 34 DET AL 45 8 3 5 0 0 2 3 5 .375 0 0 3 0 5 63% 56.4 80 31 13 2 3 4 3.5 4.0 6.9
7 Yrs 274 43 15 19 9 0 5 22 21 .512 2 6 13 6 26 60% 57 92 31 89 33 21 13 3.7 3.6 6.5
MLB Averages .500 55% 52 114 -13 4.1 4.0 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 22 DET AL 5 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 9 1.048 2 0 3 1 1 3 1 4 1 2 2 0 3.6
1966 23 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .049 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1967 24 DET AL 23 17 11 1 1 5 3 2 60% 5 0 20 9 45% 8 .977 6 2 9 6 1 10 11 6 8 5 9 4 4.0
1968 25 DET AL 39 27 13 4 2 3 2 1 67% 7 3 24 2 8% 8 1.036 14 5 8 8 5 14 13 14 15 9 17 2 5.6
1969 26 DET AL 40 32 13 3 1 7 4 3 57% 12 5 35 13 37% 8 1.060 18 4 10 13 3 16 18 14 16 9 17 5 5.0
1970 27 DET AL 47 42 18 5 3 6 3 3 50% 7 0 37 16 43% 8 1.058 15 7 19 9 8 25 17 25 23 8 23 8 5.1
1972 29 DET AL 24 21 8 0 0 3 3 0 100% 3 0 20 7 35% 8 .658 3 3 14 3 1 17 10 11 10 5 12 4 4.0
1973 30 DET AL 65 65 60 10 5 42 38 4 90% 42 0 84 13 15% 9 1.825 43 15 6 44 8 13 52 13 39 16 40 19 5.8
1974 31 DET AL 59 59 52 17 14 22 13 9 59% 26 4 54 27 50% 7 1.903 41 9 9 29 20 10 33 26 52 5 52 12 7.6
1975 32 DET AL 36 36 34 2 3 19 14 5 74% 20 1 37 9 24% 7 1.568 19 6 10 24 4 8 20 16 25 4 25 10 5.9
1976 33 DET AL 56 55 46 11 8 26 13 13 50% 27 1 67 26 39% 7 1.939 33 9 10 28 10 17 38 17 42 5 44 13 6.1
1977 34 DET AL 45 37 27 5 9 16 7 9 44% 17 1 47 17 36% 7 1.547 23 9 5 17 6 14 28 9 23 11 23 3 5.6
1978 35 DET AL 51 51 46 9 4 22 15 7 68% 22 0 70 15 21% 8 1.828 25 12 14 26 9 16 42 9 33 11 33 9 5.4
1979 36 DET AL 43 43 30 4 7 16 9 7 56% 16 0 39 14 36% 7 1.499 23 8 12 18 9 16 26 17 29 9 30 7 5.5
1980 37 DET AL 11 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 71% 5 .665 2 3 6 1 1 9 7 4 9 2 9 0 8.4
15 Yrs 545 502 363 72 57 188 125 63 66% 205 15 550 178 32% 1.452 267 92 136 227 86 189 316 186 326 101 337 96 5.8

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 22 DET AL 23 43% 0.0% 17.4% 4.4% 0.0% 0% 0.75 78% 1 0 0%
1966 23 DET AL 10 20% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.67 70% 4 0 0%
1967 24 DET AL 256 23% 1.6% 19.1% 3.5% 5.5% 25% 0.77 75% 45 3 7%
1968 25 DET AL 518 21% 1.7% 15.1% 9.9% 5.4% 30% 0.86 72% 100 7 7%
1969 26 DET AL 431 28% 3.0% 17.2% 10.2% 6.0% 27% 0.70 68% 105 8 8%
1970 27 DET AL 432 27% 2.8% 20.6% 10.7% 5.8% 31% 0.75 65% 91 4 4%
1972 29 DET AL 186 42% 2.2% 14.0% 7.0% 3.2% 15% 0.73 74% 32 2 6%
1973 30 DET AL 498 24% 1.4% 24.9% 7.8% 4.2% 24% 0.59 65% 109 5 5%
1974 31 DET AL 633 21% 1.6% 21.2% 9.8% 4.1% 21% 0.69 65% 140 10 7%
1975 32 DET AL 295 23% 2.0% 29.5% 12.2% 4.8% 27% 1.22 56% 69 4 6%
1976 33 DET AL 510 26% 1.4% 22.9% 13.1% 4.7% 26% 0.67 60% 113 9 8%
1977 34 DET AL 539 28% 2.8% 21.3% 11.3% 5.8% 26% 0.81 63% 107 11 10%
1978 35 DET AL 363 29% 1.7% 20.4% 9.6% 5.0% 28% 0.67 67% 82 6 7%
1979 36 DET AL 372 30% 3.8% 12.4% 14.8% 8.1% 36% 0.81 66% 94 8 9%
1980 37 DET AL 140 36% 2.1% 12.9% 10.0% 6.4% 24% 0.90 74% 33 4 12%
15 Yrs 5206 26% 2.1% 19.9% 10.3% 5.2% 26% 0.75 66% 1125 81 7%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.1% 8.5% 6.2% 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 22 DET AL 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 23 DET AL 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 24 DET AL 256 57 4 0 9 2 2 3 1 8 3 3 38% 1 0 0 81 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1968 25 DET AL 518 92 9 0 11 9 0 5 4 21 6 5 29% 5 2 1 189 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1969 26 DET AL 431 97 13 0 14 10 3 5 8 25 11 7 44% 6 3 1 172 12 3 80% 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1970 27 DET AL 432 82 12 1 17 11 1 7 5 26 14 5 54% 3 3 0 166 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
1972 29 DET AL 186 39 4 0 6 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 25% 2 2 0 75 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
1973 30 DET AL 498 89 7 0 13 5 2 4 3 28 6 9 21% 3 1 0 239 3 2 60% 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0
1974 31 DET AL 633 127 10 0 23 9 1 8 2 38 20 5 53% 7 7 2 272 8 2 80% 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 21 0
1975 32 DET AL 295 52 6 0 18 6 0 2 4 23 7 6 30% 2 1 1 132 6 3 67% 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 0
1976 33 DET AL 510 93 7 0 40 3 4 4 3 49 19 15 39% 5 6 1 191 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1977 34 DET AL 539 120 15 1 25 12 3 7 8 40 18 8 45% 7 6 1 211 6 9 40% 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1978 35 DET AL 363 64 6 0 18 5 1 2 4 32 11 5 34% 2 3 0 166 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0
1979 36 DET AL 372 83 14 1 21 8 6 5 9 38 13 8 34% 7 4 3 161 6 3 67% 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 0
1980 37 DET AL 140 38 3 0 6 2 1 2 1 9 6 1 67% 1 1 1 66 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
15 Yrs 5206 1040 110 3 222 84 26 56 54 342 136 78 40% 51 39 11 2132 60 36 63% 54 27 5 8 1 1 3 2 138 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%

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 22 0 0 0.00 5 0 2 0 0 1 6.0 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 23 1.000 7.5 0.0 1.5 6.0 4.00
1966 23 0 0 2.25 6 0 3 0 0 1 8.0 7 2 2 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 33 172 1.250 7.9 0.0 3.4 5.6 1.67 172
1967 24 4 3 .571 2.59 29 6 14 2 2 4 73.0 64 22 21 4 12 0 54 0 0 0 289 129 1.041 7.9 0.5 1.5 6.7 4.50 129
1968 25 13 9 .591 2.46 68 18 27 6 3 6 201.0 156 59 55 13 63 4 132 0 0 2 807 128 1.090 7.0 0.6 2.8 5.9 2.10 128
1969 26 17 13 .567 2.97 108 26 40 7 4 10 300.1 253 109 99 26 107 6 206 1 0 5 1238 113 1.199 7.6 0.8 3.2 6.2 1.93 113
1970 27 23 19 .548 2.98 155 31 58 8 5 13 404.1 335 148 134 38 153 10 295 3 0 8 1670 116 1.207 7.5 0.8 3.4 6.6 1.93 116
1971 28 23 19 .548 2.98 155 31 58 8 5 13 404.1 335 148 134 38 153 10 295 3 0 8 1670 116 1.207 7.5 0.8 3.4 6.6 1.93 116
1972 29 24 21 .533 2.89 179 34 66 9 5 16 448.2 374 161 144 42 166 12 321 6 0 10 1856 119 1.204 7.5 0.8 3.3 6.4 1.93 119
1973 30 34 26 .567 2.57 244 34 126 9 5 54 574.0 463 182 164 49 205 19 445 6 0 11 2354 139 1.164 7.3 0.8 3.2 7.0 2.17 139
1974 31 51 40 .560 2.59 303 34 178 9 5 67 724.0 590 233 208 59 267 38 579 9 0 18 2987 140 1.184 7.3 0.7 3.3 7.2 2.17 140
1975 32 53 43 .552 2.55 339 34 212 9 5 81 794.2 642 253 225 65 303 42 666 9 0 19 3282 143 1.189 7.3 0.7 3.4 7.5 2.20 143
1976 33 65 51 .560 2.53 395 35 258 10 6 94 915.2 735 290 257 72 370 51 783 11 0 25 3792 145 1.207 7.2 0.7 3.6 7.7 2.12 145
1977 34 73 65 .529 2.65 440 43 285 13 6 101 1039.2 855 349 306 87 431 59 898 12 0 31 4331 141 1.237 7.4 0.8 3.7 7.8 2.08 141
1978 35 82 69 .543 2.62 491 43 331 13 6 116 1132.0 919 376 330 93 466 63 972 12 0 34 4694 143 1.223 7.3 0.7 3.7 7.7 2.09 143
1979 36 86 76 .531 2.79 534 43 361 13 6 125 1211.1 1002 423 376 107 521 70 1018 12 0 38 5066 135 1.257 7.4 0.8 3.9 7.6 1.95 135
1980 37 87 76 .534 2.83 545 43 363 13 6 125 1242.0 1040 438 391 110 535 71 1036 12 1 39 5206 134 1.268 7.5 0.8 3.9 7.5 1.94 134

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 22 0 0 0.00 5.0 6 0 0 0 1 4 0 1.400 10.8 1.8 7.2 4.00 0.0 5
1966 23 0 0 9.00 2.0 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 4.5 0.50 0.0 1
1967 24 4 2 .667 3.25 61.0 62 24 22 4 10 46 0 1.180 9.1 1.5 6.8 4.60 0.6 23
1968 25 8 5 .615 3.36 118.0 105 49 44 10 58 72 0 1.381 8.0 4.4 5.5 1.24 0.8 39
1969 26 5 5 .500 4.36 95.0 99 51 46 13 45 71 1 1.516 9.4 4.3 6.7 1.58 1.2 40
1970 27 6 5 .545 3.33 100.0 84 41 37 12 47 85 2 1.310 7.6 4.2 7.7 1.81 1.1 47
1972 29 3 1 .750 2.66 44.0 45 14 13 5 15 26 3 1.364 9.2 3.1 5.3 1.73 1.0 24
1973 30 11 2 .846 1.55 122.0 91 23 21 7 40 121 0 1.074 6.7 3.0 8.9 3.03 0.5 65
1974 31 9 6 .600 3.06 144.0 134 54 49 11 65 128 3 1.382 8.4 4.1 8.0 1.97 0.7 59
1975 32 5 2 .714 2.35 69.0 53 20 18 6 37 85 0 1.304 6.9 4.8 11.1 2.30 0.8 36
1976 33 8 4 .667 2.84 114.0 99 40 36 7 71 110 2 1.491 7.8 5.6 8.7 1.55 0.6 56
1977 34 7 6 .538 3.68 120.0 119 54 49 15 60 111 1 1.492 8.9 4.5 8.3 1.85 1.1 45
1978 35 6 3 .667 2.72 86.0 67 29 26 6 37 69 0 1.209 7.0 3.9 7.2 1.86 0.6 51
1979 36 3 5 .375 5.24 79.0 83 51 46 14 55 46 0 1.747 9.5 6.3 5.2 0.84 1.6 43
1980 37 1 2 .333 4.66 29.0 38 17 15 3 14 17 0 1.793 11.8 4.3 5.3 1.21 0.9 11
15 Yrs 76 48 .613 3.21 1188.0 1087 469 424 113 557 992 12 1.384 8.2 7.5 1.78 0.9 545

* 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
1986 BBWAA ( 2.6%)

All-Star Games
1974

Awards (yr lg award)
1973 ML Hutch Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1973 AL (4, 25%)
1974 AL (20, 3%)
0.28 Career Shares (631st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1973 AL (4, 5%)
1974 AL (7, 1%)
0.06 Career Shares (205th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1973 AL  7.9 (3rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1973 AL  7.9 (2nd)
Career  29.6 (236th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  2.83 (111th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  7.536 (39th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  7.507 (59th)

Games Played s c a p y
1973 AL  65 (1st)
1974 AL  59 (6th)
1976 AL  56 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1973 AL  38 (1st)
1974 AL  13 (7th)
1975 AL  14 (6th)
1976 AL  13 (7th)
1978 AL  15 (7th)
Career  125 (99th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1973 AL  60 (1st)
1974 AL  52 (6th)
1975 AL  34 (9th)
1976 AL  46 (4th)
1978 AL  46 (6th)
Career  363 (72nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career  134 (25th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1973 AL  35 (4th)
1976 AL  17 (9th)
Career  129 (164th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1973 AL  3.7 (4th)
1976 AL  1.8 (9th)
Career  13.8 (158th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1973 AL  53.76 (2nd)
1978 AL  26.30 (10th)
Career  138.24 (91st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1973 AL  8.4 (1st)
1978 AL  3.8 (5th)
Career  14.7 (112th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1973 AL  3.5 (4th)
Career  9.5 (157th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1973 AL  5.6 (2nd)
Career  14.8 (89th)


† 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 - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 18 (1146), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 21 (595), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Gary Lavelle (932)
  2. Ron Perranoski (922)
  3. Grant Jackson (920)
  4. Jim Brewer (919)
  5. Pete Richert (911)
  6. Don McMahon (904)
  7. Al Worthington (899)
  8. Dave LaRoche (898)
  9. Bill Campbell (896)
  10. Clay Carroll (896)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Don Carman (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ricky Horton (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Norm Charlton (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Hesketh (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Norm Charlton (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ron Perranoski (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jesse Orosco (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gary Lavelle (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gary Lavelle (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gary Lavelle (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Gary Lavelle (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Gary Lavelle (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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