Ken Holtzman
Kenneth Dale Holtzman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 3, 1945 in St. Louis, MO
High School: University City (University City, MO)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1965
Final Game: September 19, 1979
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Standard Pitching

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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 19 CHC NL 0 0 2.25 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 4 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 18 164 1.250 4.5 2.3 6.8 6.8 1.00
1966 20 CHC NL 11 16 .407 3.79 34 33 0 9 0 0 220.2 194 104 93 27 68 6 171 4 1 8 912 97 1.187 7.9 1.1 2.8 7.0 2.51
1967 21 CHC NL 9 0 1.000 2.53 12 12 0 3 0 0 92.2 76 31 26 11 44 7 62 2 0 4 392 140 1.295 7.4 1.1 4.3 6.0 1.41
1968 22 CHC NL 11 14 .440 3.35 34 32 1 6 3 1 215.0 201 89 80 17 76 7 151 6 0 9 907 94 1.288 8.4 0.7 3.2 6.3 1.99
1969 23 CHC NL 17 13 .567 3.58 39 39 0 12 6 0 261.1 248 117 104 18 93 8 176 5 0 5 1112 113 1.305 8.5 0.6 3.2 6.1 1.89
1970 24 CHC NL 17 11 .607 3.38 39 38 0 15 1 0 287.2 271 125 108 30 94 6 202 3 1 12 1208 132 1.269 8.5 0.9 2.9 6.3 2.15
1971 25 CHC NL 9 15 .375 4.48 30 29 1 9 3 0 195.0 213 108 97 18 64 7 143 2 0 10 848 88 1.421 9.8 0.8 3.0 6.6 2.23
1972 26 OAK AL 19 11 .633 2.51 39 37 0 16 4 0 265.1 232 83 74 23 52 6 134 4 0 4 1058 114 1.070 7.9 0.8 1.8 4.5 2.58 AS
1973 27 OAK AL 21 13 .618 2.97 40 40 0 16 4 0 297.1 275 109 98 22 66 5 157 4 0 12 1210 120 1.147 8.3 0.7 2.0 4.8 2.38 AS
1974 28 OAK AL 19 17 .528 3.07 39 38 0 9 3 0 255.1 273 111 87 14 51 3 117 3 0 5 1073 109 1.269 9.6 0.5 1.8 4.1 2.29
1975 29 OAK AL 18 14 .563 3.14 39 38 0 13 2 0 266.1 217 111 93 16 108 1 122 7 0 6 1110 116 1.220 7.3 0.5 3.6 4.1 1.13
1976 30 TOT AL 14 11 .560 3.65 34 34 0 16 3 0 246.2 265 108 100 18 70 2 66 1 0 10 1041 93 1.358 9.7 0.7 2.6 2.4 0.94
1976 30 BAL AL 5 4 .556 2.86 13 13 0 6 1 0 97.2 100 34 31 4 35 2 25 1 0 3 414 115 1.382 9.2 0.4 3.2 2.3 0.71
1976 30 NYY AL 9 7 .563 4.17 21 21 0 10 2 0 149.0 165 74 69 14 35 0 41 0 0 7 627 83 1.342 10.0 0.8 2.1 2.5 1.17
1977 31 NYY AL 2 3 .400 5.78 18 11 4 0 0 0 71.2 105 55 46 7 24 2 14 1 0 4 323 68 1.800 13.2 0.9 3.0 1.8 0.58
1978 32 TOT MLB 1 3 .250 5.60 28 9 10 0 0 2 70.2 82 48 44 12 44 3 39 1 0 3 328 70 1.783 10.4 1.5 5.6 5.0 0.89
1978 32 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 4.08 5 3 1 0 0 0 17.2 21 8 8 2 9 0 3 0 0 0 78 89 1.698 10.7 1.0 4.6 1.5 0.33
1978 32 CHC NL 0 3 .000 6.11 23 6 9 0 0 2 53.0 61 40 36 10 35 3 36 1 0 3 250 66 1.811 10.4 1.7 5.9 6.1 1.03
1979 33 CHC NL 6 9 .400 4.59 23 20 0 3 2 0 117.2 133 70 60 15 53 7 44 6 0 6 529 90 1.581 10.2 1.1 4.1 3.4 0.83
15 Seasons 174 150 .537 3.49 451 410 18 127 31 3 2867.1 2787 1273 1111 249 910 70 1601 49 2 98 12069 105 1.289 8.7 0.8 2.9 5.0 1.76
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .537 3.49 36 32 1 10 2 0 226 220 101 88 20 72 6 126 4 0 8 953 105 1.289 8.7 0.8 2.9 5.0 1.76
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
CHC (9 yrs) 80 81 .497 3.76 237 209 13 57 15 3 1447.0 1399 688 605 147 530 51 988 29 2 57 6176 104 1.333 8.7 0.9 3.3 6.1 1.86
OAK (4 yrs) 77 55 .583 2.92 157 153 0 54 13 0 1084.1 997 414 352 75 277 15 530 18 0 27 4451 115 1.175 8.3 0.6 2.3 4.4 1.91
NYY (3 yrs) 12 10 .545 4.64 44 35 5 10 2 0 238.1 291 137 123 23 68 2 58 1 0 11 1028 78 1.506 11.0 0.9 2.6 2.2 0.85
BAL (1 yr) 5 4 .556 2.86 13 13 0 6 1 0 97.2 100 34 31 4 35 2 25 1 0 3 414 115 1.382 9.2 0.4 3.2 2.3 0.71
AL (7 yrs) 94 69 .577 3.21 214 201 5 70 16 0 1420.1 1388 585 506 102 380 19 613 20 0 41 5893 106 1.245 8.8 0.6 2.4 3.9 1.61
NL (9 yrs) 80 81 .497 3.76 237 209 13 57 15 3 1447.0 1399 688 605 147 530 51 988 29 2 57 6176 104 1.333 8.7 0.9 3.3 6.1 1.86

Postseason Pitching

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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
1972 26 OAK AL ALCS W DET 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 17 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1972 26 OAK AL WS W CIN 1 0 1.000 2.13 3 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 11 3 3 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 51 1.105 7.8 0.0 2.1 2.8 1.33
1973 27 OAK AL ALCS W BAL 1 0 1.000 0.82 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 38 0.364 2.5 0.8 0.8 5.7 7.00
1973 27 OAK AL WS W NYM 2 1 .667 4.22 3 3 0 0 0 0 10.2 13 5 5 1 5 0 6 0 0 0 48 1.688 11.0 0.8 4.2 5.1 1.20
1974 28 OAK AL ALCS W BAL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 32 0.778 5.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 1.50
1974 28 OAK AL WS W LAD 1 0 1.000 1.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 13 3 2 0 4 0 10 0 0 1 52 1.417 9.8 0.0 3.0 7.5 2.50
1975 29 OAK AL ALCS L BOS 0 2 .000 4.09 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 12 8 5 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 48 1.182 9.8 0.0 0.8 5.7 7.00
4 Seasons (7 Series) 6 4 .600 2.30 13 12 0 2 1 0 70.1 61 22 18 2 18 1 39 0 0 1 286 1.123 7.8 0.3 2.3 5.0 2.17
4 ALCS 2 3 .400 2.06 5 5 0 2 1 0 35.0 24 11 8 1 6 0 19 0 0 0 135 0.857 6.2 0.3 1.5 4.9 3.17
3 WS 4 1 .800 2.55 8 7 0 0 0 0 35.1 37 11 10 1 12 1 20 0 0 1 151 1.387 9.4 0.3 3.1 5.1 1.67

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1972 OAK AL 26
1973 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1965 19 CHC NL 3 18 14 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .143 .294 .357 .651 .100 5 0 0 1 0 0
1966 20 CHC NL 34 912 827 104 194 37 9 27 7 10 68 171 .235 .295 .399 .694 .264 330 12 4 9 4 6
1967 21 CHC NL 12 392 343 31 76 17 2 11 0 1 44 62 .222 .314 .379 .693 .241 130 8 2 3 0 7
1968 22 CHC NL 34 906 810 89 201 31 8 17 9 6 76 151 .248 .317 .369 .686 .286 299 24 6 12 2 7
1969 23 CHC NL 39 1112 1004 117 248 41 11 18 20 11 93 176 .247 .313 .364 .676 .283 365 23 5 6 4 8
1970 24 CHC NL 39 1207 1093 125 271 49 8 30 10 8 94 202 .248 .307 .390 .697 .278 426 26 3 10 7 6
1971 25 CHC NL 30 848 771 108 213 39 7 18 11 5 64 143 .276 .331 .415 .746 .317 320 16 2 6 5 7
1972 26 OAK AL 39 1058 981 83 232 33 6 23 10 5 52 134 .236 .276 .353 .628 .251 346 30 4 13 8 6
1973 27 OAK AL 40 1210 1131 109 275 31 10 22 6 11 66 157 .243 .286 .347 .633 .265 392 28 4 5 4 5
1974 28 OAK AL 39 1072 1004 111 273 37 10 14 21 9 51 117 .272 .308 .371 .678 .295 372 17 3 10 4 3
1975 29 OAK AL 39 1110 979 111 217 39 4 16 18 14 108 122 .222 .301 .319 .620 .237 312 14 7 8 8 1
1976 30 TOT AL 34 1041 953 108 265 45 12 18 13 11 70 66 .278 .326 .407 .733 .282 388 25 1 11 6 2
1976 30 BAL AL 13 414 369 34 100 15 5 4 4 8 35 25 .271 .333 .371 .705 .280 137 7 1 6 3 2
1976 30 NYY AL 21 627 584 74 165 30 7 14 9 3 35 41 .283 .322 .430 .751 .284 251 18 0 5 3 0
1977 31 NYY AL 18 323 290 55 105 16 2 7 3 8 24 14 .362 .410 .503 .914 .362 146 12 1 6 2 2
1978 32 NYY AL 5 78 67 8 21 2 0 2 0 1 9 3 .313 .395 .433 .828 .306 29 3 0 2 0 0
1978 32 CHC NL 23 250 213 40 61 7 5 10 9 3 35 36 .286 .388 .507 .895 .304 108 4 1 0 1 3
1978 32 TOT MLB 28 328 280 48 82 9 5 12 9 4 44 39 .293 .390 .489 .879 .304 137 7 1 2 1 3
1979 33 CHC NL 23 528 462 70 133 22 4 15 14 6 53 44 .288 .367 .450 .817 .291 208 13 6 5 2 7
15 Seasons 451 12065 10942 1273 2787 446 98 249 151 109 910 1601 .255 .313 .382 .695 .277 4176 255 49 107 57 70
162 Game Avg. 36 953 864 101 220 35 8 20 12 9 72 126 .255 .313 .382 .695 .277 330 20 4 8 5 6
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Starting Pitching*

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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
1966 20 CHC NL 34 33 11 16 6 1 6 13 20 .394 3 2 9 0 19 58% 55 85 16 24 13 13 9 3.7 3.7 6.6
1967 21 CHC NL 12 12 9 0 3 1 0 10 2 .833 0 2 3 0 10 83% 60 78 43 7 1 2 9 6.7 7.0 7.7
1968 22 CHC NL 34 32 11 14 7 1 5 15 17 .469 5 2 6 3 19 59% 54 88 26 29 10 17 6 3.5 3.7 6.6
1969 23 CHC NL 39 39 17 13 9 5 6 24 15 .615 1 5 12 6 20 51% 54 86 12 28 7 24 4 5.0 5.1 6.7
1970 24 CHC NL 39 38 17 11 10 3 5 21 17 .553 5 3 15 1 25 66% 57 89 19 29 13 25 8 5.3 5.7 7.5
1971 25 CHC NL 30 29 9 15 5 1 3 11 18 .379 3 3 9 3 12 41% 49 96 12 19 8 16 10 3.9 3.9 6.7
1972 26 OAK AL 39 37 18 11 8 2 5 25 12 .676 1 3 16 4 26 70% 59 85 18 15 3 18 4 4.4 4.3 7.1
1973 27 OAK AL 40 40 21 13 6 1 6 24 16 .600 1 3 16 4 27 68% 57 89 18 25 8 27 5 4.6 3.9 7.4
1974 28 OAK AL 39 38 19 16 3 4 3 21 17 .553 1 1 9 3 20 53% 53 83 19 33 16 18 5 4.1 4.2 6.6
1975 29 OAK AL 39 38 17 14 7 5 8 22 16 .579 3 1 13 2 24 63% 55 91 22 34 8 21 4 4.4 4.4 7.0
1976 30 TOT AL 34 34 14 11 9 1 4 19 15 .559 1 5 16 3 20 59% 51 80 11 21 4 12 12 4.0 3.5 7.3
1976 30 BAL AL 13 13 5 4 4 0 1 6 7 .462 1 2 6 1 8 62% 54 78 23 5 1 7 5 3.5 3.1 7.5
1976 30 NYY AL 21 21 9 7 5 1 3 13 8 .619 0 3 10 2 12 57% 49 80 11 16 3 5 7 4.4 3.7 7.1
1977 31 NYY AL 18 11 2 3 6 1 0 5 6 .455 2 2 0 0 3 27% 40 65 26 17 8 0 6 5.2 4.6 5.2
1978 32 TOT MLB 28 9 1 3 5 1 0 4 5 .444 2 3 0 0 0 0% 38 49 28 22 8 4 4 4.4 3.5 4.3
1978 32 NYY AL 5 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 .333 1 1 0 0 0 0% 40 49 34 6 2 0 3 4.7 6.4 4.9
1978 32 CHC NL 23 6 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 .500 1 2 0 0 0 0% 37 48 28 16 6 4 1 4.2 1.5 3.9
1979 33 CHC NL 23 20 6 9 5 1 0 10 10 .500 1 3 3 2 7 35% 45 80 24 15 6 4 11 4.5 3.8 5.7
14 Seasons 448 410 172 149 89 28 51 224 186 .546 29 38 127 31 232 57% 54 96 11 318 113 201 97 4.4 4.3 6.8
MLB Averages
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

Reliever Pitching*

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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 19 CHC NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.175 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 4.0
1966 20 CHC NL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1.031 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0
1968 22 CHC NL 34 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 0 0 7 0.983 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 5.0
1970 24 CHC NL 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.014 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1971 25 CHC NL 30 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 11 1.108 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1972 26 OAK AL 39 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 1 50% 6 0.951 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.5
1974 28 OAK AL 39 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.969 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1975 29 OAK AL 39 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0.972 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1977 31 NYY AL 18 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 8 0.881 0 2 4 0 0 7 2 5 5 0 5 0 6.3
1978 32 TOT MLB 28 19 10 0 0 2 2 0 100% 4 2 8 2 25% 0.907 4 4 11 6 0 13 4 15 12 4 12 4 5.1
1978 32 NYY AL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.841 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 4.5
1978 32 CHC NL 23 17 9 0 0 2 2 0 100% 4 2 8 2 25% 7 0.927 4 4 9 5 0 12 4 13 11 4 11 3 5.2
1979 33 CHC NL 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 0.923 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 4.3
11 Seasons 326 41 18 2 1 5 3 2 60% 8 3 20 10 50% 0.986 8 9 23 11 3 27 12 29 24 8 24 4 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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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 19 CHC NL 18 61% 5.6% 16.7% 16.7% 5.6% 50% 0.80 56% 3 0 0%
1966 20 CHC NL 912 83% 3.0% 18.8% 7.5% 8.0% 38% 0.82 69% 141 12 9%
1967 21 CHC NL 392 83% 2.8% 15.8% 11.2% 7.7% 40% 1.17 69% 60 8 13%
1968 22 CHC NL 907 86% 1.9% 16.7% 8.4% 6.2% 28% 1.27 71% 168 24 14%
1969 23 CHC NL 1112 81% 1.6% 15.8% 8.4% 6.3% 28% 1.17 73% 200 23 12%
1970 24 CHC NL 1208 83% 2.5% 16.7% 7.8% 7.2% 32% 1.35 72% 219 26 12%
1971 25 CHC NL 848 85% 2.1% 16.9% 7.6% 7.6% 30% 1.19 73% 139 16 12%
1972 26 OAK AL 1058 85% 2.2% 12.7% 4.9% 5.9% 27% 1.17 79% 170 30 18%
1973 27 OAK AL 1210 80% 1.8% 13.0% 5.5% 5.2% 23% 1.09 79% 211 28 13%
1974 28 OAK AL 1073 83% 1.3% 10.9% 4.8% 5.7% 22% 1.16 82% 185 17 9%
1975 29 OAK AL 1110 79% 1.4% 11.0% 9.7% 5.3% 27% 1.05 76% 179 14 8%
1976 30 TOT AL 1041 82% 1.7% 6.3% 6.7% 7.2% 28% 1.26 84% 196 25 13%
1976 30 BAL AL 414 83% 1.0% 6.0% 8.5% 5.8% 24% 1.13 83% 76 7 9%
1976 30 NYY AL 627 82% 2.2% 6.5% 5.6% 8.1% 31% 1.36 85% 120 18 15%
1977 31 NYY AL 323 72% 2.2% 4.3% 7.4% 7.7% 24% 1.58 84% 75 12 16%
1978 32 TOT MLB 328 73% 3.7% 11.9% 13.4% 7.9% 32% 1.13 70% 64 7 11%
1978 32 NYY AL 78 79% 2.6% 3.9% 11.5% 5.1% 19% 1.23 79% 16 3 19%
1978 32 CHC NL 250 72% 4.0% 14.4% 14.0% 8.8% 36% 1.09 67% 48 4 8%
1979 33 CHC NL 529 74% 2.8% 8.3% 10.0% 7.8% 31% 1.57 77% 93 13 14%
15 Seasons 12069 82% 2.1% 13.3% 7.5% 6.6% 29% 1.17 76% 2103 255 12%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 19 CHC NL 18 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 20 CHC NL 912 194 27 0 7 26 1 16 11 33 16 4 48% 7 8 3 311 7 10 41% 6 9 1 0 0 1 1 1 23 0
1967 21 CHC NL 392 76 11 0 10 9 2 9 2 16 4 7 25% 4 4 0 129 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1968 22 CHC NL 907 201 17 0 14 16 1 7 10 37 13 10 35% 10 9 1 333 9 6 60% 5 5 3 1 1 0 1 1 16 0
1969 23 CHC NL 1112 248 18 0 23 14 4 9 9 53 27 9 51% 19 5 0 404 20 11 65% 17 10 2 1 1 0 2 1 11 0
1970 24 CHC NL 1208 271 30 0 14 30 0 18 12 55 31 12 56% 16 12 9 437 10 8 56% 6 7 4 1 0 0 1 1 35 0
1971 25 CHC NL 848 213 18 1 22 13 5 7 11 36 19 6 53% 8 10 1 300 11 5 69% 8 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 21 0
1972 26 OAK AL 1058 232 23 0 8 20 3 13 10 43 24 4 56% 11 4 3 352 10 5 67% 9 4 1 0 0 1 3 2 14 0
1973 27 OAK AL 1210 275 22 0 9 21 1 15 7 40 18 10 45% 19 12 3 402 6 11 35% 6 10 0 1 0 0 1 1 25 0
1974 28 OAK AL 1073 273 14 0 16 13 1 7 7 51 29 6 57% 18 5 3 373 21 9 70% 17 9 2 0 2 0 3 2 14 0
1975 29 OAK AL 1110 217 16 1 15 12 4 8 8 50 32 7 64% 18 6 2 384 18 14 56% 18 13 0 0 0 1 3 2 21 0
1976 30 TOT AL 1041 265 18 0 18 12 6 5 13 62 31 6 50% 14 10 2 372 13 11 54% 12 9 0 1 1 1 3 1 23 0
1976 30 BAL AL 414 100 4 0 10 2 2 1 3 28 11 4 39% 5 3 0 151 4 8 33% 3 7 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 0
1976 30 NYY AL 627 165 14 0 8 10 4 4 10 34 20 2 59% 9 7 2 221 9 3 75% 9 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 17 0
1977 31 NYY AL 323 105 7 0 3 3 4 3 4 23 18 0 78% 4 4 1 132 3 8 27% 3 8 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 0
1978 32 TOT MLB 328 82 12 0 7 10 2 6 6 19 10 2 53% 3 3 1 131 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
1978 32 NYY AL 78 21 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1978 32 CHC NL 250 61 10 0 6 8 2 6 4 16 8 2 50% 3 3 1 104 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1979 33 CHC NL 529 133 15 0 18 12 3 9 6 37 17 5 46% 7 6 1 181 14 6 70% 12 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 12 0
15 Seasons 12069 2787 249 2 184 212 37 133 116 556 290 88 52% 159 98 31 4247 151 109 58% 128 99 17 6 6 4 23 15 237 0
MLB Averages
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

Cumulative Pitching

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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 19 0 0 2.25 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 4 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 18 164 1.250 4.5 2.3 6.8 6.8 1.00 164
1966 20 11 16 .407 3.77 37 33 2 9 0 0 224.2 196 108 94 28 71 6 174 4 1 8 930 98 1.188 7.9 1.1 2.8 7.0 2.45 98
1967 21 20 16 .556 3.40 49 45 2 12 0 0 317.1 272 139 120 39 115 13 236 6 1 12 1322 107 1.220 7.7 1.1 3.3 6.7 2.05 107
1968 22 31 30 .508 3.38 83 77 3 18 3 1 532.1 473 228 200 56 191 20 387 12 1 21 2229 102 1.247 8.0 0.9 3.2 6.5 2.03 102
1969 23 48 43 .527 3.45 122 116 3 30 9 1 793.2 721 345 304 74 284 28 563 17 1 26 3341 106 1.266 8.2 0.8 3.2 6.4 1.98 106
1970 24 65 54 .546 3.43 161 154 3 45 10 1 1081.1 992 470 412 104 378 34 765 20 2 38 4549 112 1.267 8.3 0.9 3.1 6.4 2.02 112
1971 25 74 69 .517 3.59 191 183 4 54 13 1 1276.1 1205 578 509 122 442 41 908 22 2 48 5397 108 1.290 8.5 0.9 3.1 6.4 2.05 108
1972 26 93 80 .538 3.40 230 220 4 70 17 1 1541.2 1437 661 583 145 494 47 1042 26 2 52 6455 109 1.253 8.4 0.8 2.9 6.1 2.11 109
1973 27 114 93 .551 3.33 270 260 4 86 21 1 1839.0 1712 770 681 167 560 52 1199 30 2 64 7665 110 1.235 8.4 0.8 2.7 5.9 2.14 110
1974 28 133 110 .547 3.30 309 298 4 95 24 1 2094.1 1985 881 768 181 611 55 1316 33 2 69 8738 110 1.240 8.5 0.8 2.6 5.7 2.15 110
1975 29 151 124 .549 3.28 348 336 4 108 26 1 2360.2 2202 992 861 197 719 56 1438 40 2 75 9848 111 1.237 8.4 0.8 2.7 5.5 2.00 111
1976 30 165 135 .550 3.32 382 370 4 124 29 1 2607.1 2467 1100 961 215 789 58 1504 41 2 85 10889 109 1.249 8.5 0.7 2.7 5.2 1.91 109
1977 31 167 138 .548 3.38 400 381 8 124 29 1 2679.0 2572 1155 1007 222 813 60 1518 42 2 89 11212 107 1.264 8.6 0.7 2.7 5.1 1.87 107
1978 32 168 141 .544 3.44 428 390 18 124 29 3 2749.2 2654 1203 1051 234 857 63 1557 43 2 92 11540 105 1.277 8.7 0.8 2.8 5.1 1.82 105
1979 33 174 150 .537 3.49 451 410 18 127 31 3 2867.1 2787 1273 1111 249 910 70 1601 49 2 98 12069 105 1.289 8.7 0.8 2.9 5.0 1.76 105

Neutralized Pitching

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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 19 0 0 2.25 4.0 2 1 1 1 3 3 0 1.250 4.5 6.8 6.8 1.00 2.3 3
1966 20 11 12 .478 4.16 212.0 202 109 98 28 71 164 4 1.288 8.6 3.0 7.0 2.31 1.2 34
1967 21 6 3 .667 2.97 88.0 80 32 29 12 46 59 2 1.432 8.2 4.7 6.0 1.28 1.2 12
1968 22 9 12 .429 4.39 197.0 220 107 96 19 83 138 7 1.538 10.1 3.8 6.3 1.66 0.9 34
1969 23 16 12 .571 3.55 256.0 246 112 101 18 92 172 5 1.320 8.6 3.2 6.0 1.87 0.6 39
1970 24 20 11 .645 3.02 286.0 257 107 96 28 89 201 3 1.210 8.1 2.8 6.3 2.26 0.9 39
1971 25 9 12 .429 4.62 189.0 214 108 97 18 64 139 2 1.471 10.2 3.0 6.6 2.17 0.9 30
1972 26 14 13 .519 3.82 250.0 286 118 106 28 64 126 5 1.400 10.3 2.3 4.5 1.97 1.0 39
1973 27 16 14 .533 3.79 278.0 301 130 117 24 72 147 4 1.342 9.7 2.3 4.8 2.04 0.8 40
1974 28 12 14 .462 4.16 236.0 305 121 109 16 57 108 3 1.534 11.6 2.2 4.1 1.89 0.6 39
1975 29 15 13 .536 3.81 253.0 234 119 107 17 116 116 8 1.383 8.3 4.1 4.1 1.00 0.6 39
1976 30 9 15 .375 4.92 225.0 294 137 123 20 78 60 1 1.653 11.8 3.1 2.4 0.77 0.8 34
1977 31 2 5 .286 7.03 64.0 107 56 50 7 24 12 1 2.047 15.0 3.4 1.7 0.50 1.0 18
1978 32 2 5 .286 6.27 66.0 84 51 46 12 45 36 1 1.955 11.5 6.1 4.9 0.80 1.6 28
1979 33 5 7 .417 4.50 114.0 130 63 57 15 52 43 6 1.596 10.3 4.1 3.4 0.83 1.2 23
15 Seasons 146 148 .497 4.08 2718.0 2962 1371 1233 263 956 1524 52 1.442 9.8 5.0 1.59 0.9 451

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1972
1973 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1973 AL--2.966--6th

Wins s c a p y
1970 NL--17--9th
1972 AL--19--7th
1973 AL--21--4th
1974 AL--19--10th
1975 AL--18--7th
Career--174--166th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1970 NL--.607--10th
1972 AL--.633--7th
1973 AL--.618--7th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1972 AL--1.070--6th
1973 AL--1.147--5th
1975 AL--1.220--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 AL--7.333--6th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 AL--1.764--4th
1973 AL--1.998--3rd
1974 AL--1.798--3rd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 NL--6.974--10th
1971 NL--6.600--8th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1970 NL--287.7--5th
1972 AL--265.3--10th
1973 AL--297.3--8th
Career--2867.3--152nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1970 NL--202--5th
Career--1601--138th

Games Started s c a p y
1969 NL--39--6th
1970 NL--38--3rd
1972 AL--37--9th
1973 AL--40--5th
1975 AL--38--4th
Career--410--106th

Complete Games s c a p y
1970 NL--15--6th
1972 AL--16--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
1969 NL--6--4th
1972 AL--4--9th
1973 AL--4--4th
Career--31--103rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1966 NL--27--6th
1968 NL--17--7th
1970 NL--30--4th
1972 AL--23--4th
1976 AL--18--10th
Career--249--100th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1966 NL--68--9th
1968 NL--76--8th
1969 NL--93--7th
1975 AL--108--4th
Career--910--146th

Hits s c a p y
1969 NL--248--8th
1970 NL--271--5th
1972 AL--232--8th
1974 AL--273--9th
1976 AL--265--6th
Career--2787--159th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1973 AL--2.379--5th
1974 AL--2.294--6th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 AL--.493--7th
1975 AL--.541--5th

Losses s c a p y
1966 NL--16--3rd
1971 NL--15--8th
1974 AL--17--8th
Career--150--157th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1969 NL--104--8th
1970 NL--108--10th
1971 NL--97--10th
1976 AL--100--7th
Career--1111--166th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1968 NL--9--7th
1970 NL--12--7th
1971 NL--10--7th
1973 AL--12--5th
1976 AL--10--3rd
Career--98--84th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 AL--7--8th
1979 NL--6--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1970 NL--1208--5th
1973 AL--1210--10th
1975 AL--1110--10th
Career--12069--130th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1970 NL--132--5th
1973 AL--120--8th

Youngest s c a p y
1965 NL--born 1945-11-03--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 45 (357), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 62 (196), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 24 (213), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Frank Viola (960)
  2. Mike Flanagan (948)
  3. Dave Stieb (947)
  4. Fernando Valenzuela (947)
  5. Bill Lee (935)
  6. Steve Rogers (928)
  7. Paul Splittorff (923)
  8. Bob Forsch (919)
  9. Kevin Appier (916)
  10. Bob Knepper (916)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dick Ellsworth (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Cannonball Titcomb (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Steve Avery (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Steve Avery (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Coleman (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Curt Simmons (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Van Mungo (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Larry Dierker (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Larry Dierker (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Larry Dierker (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Vida Blue (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Milt Pappas (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Kaat (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Frank Viola (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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