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Al Hrabosky

Alan Thomas Hrabosky (The Mad Hungarian or Hungo)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 21, 1949 in Oakland, CA
High School: Savanna (Anaheim, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1970
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Royals/Braves 1970-1982

Final Game: August 18, 1982
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1970 20 STL NL 2 1 .667 4.74 16 1 7 0 0 0 19.0 22 10 10 2 7 1 12 0 0 1 85 89 1.526 10.4 0.9 3.3 5.7 1.71
1971 21 STL NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1972 22 STL NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 1 27 0.714 2.6 0.0 3.9 11.6 3.00
1973 23 STL NL 2 4 .333 2.09 44 0 17 0 0 5 56.0 45 15 13 2 21 6 57 2 0 4 234 177 1.179 7.2 0.3 3.4 9.2 2.71
1974 24 STL NL 8 1 .889 2.95 65 0 31 0 0 9 88.1 71 34 29 3 38 7 82 1 0 4 368 123 1.234 7.2 0.3 3.9 8.4 2.16 CYA-5,MVP-16
1975 25 STL NL 13 3 .813 1.66 65 0 41 0 0 22 97.1 72 27 18 3 33 8 82 1 0 3 393 230 1.079 6.7 0.3 3.1 7.6 2.48 CYA-3,MVP-8
1976 26 STL NL 8 6 .571 3.30 68 0 45 0 0 13 95.1 89 42 35 5 39 9 73 4 0 5 407 108 1.343 8.4 0.5 3.7 6.9 1.87
1977 27 STL NL 6 5 .545 4.38 65 0 39 0 0 10 86.1 82 44 42 12 41 7 68 3 0 4 374 89 1.425 8.5 1.3 4.3 7.1 1.66
1978 28 KCR AL 8 7 .533 2.88 58 0 47 0 0 20 75.0 52 24 24 6 35 2 60 1 1 2 308 135 1.160 6.2 0.7 4.2 7.2 1.71
1979 29 KCR AL 9 4 .692 3.74 58 0 37 0 0 11 65.0 67 31 27 3 41 10 39 1 0 7 294 115 1.662 9.3 0.4 5.7 5.4 0.95
1980 30 ATL NL 4 2 .667 3.62 45 0 25 0 0 3 59.2 50 27 24 8 31 5 31 0 0 2 261 103 1.358 7.5 1.2 4.7 4.7 1.00
1981 31 ATL NL 1 1 .500 1.07 24 0 9 0 0 1 33.2 24 5 4 1 9 1 13 0 0 3 131 341 0.980 6.4 0.3 2.4 3.5 1.44
1982 32 ATL NL 2 1 .667 5.54 31 0 7 0 0 3 37.1 41 25 23 5 17 2 20 0 0 0 166 68 1.554 9.9 1.2 4.1 4.8 1.18
13 Seasons 64 35 .646 3.10 545 1 307 0 0 97 722.0 619 284 249 50 315 58 548 13 1 36 3056 123 1.294 7.7 0.6 3.9 6.8 1.74
162 Game Avg. 8 4 .646 3.10 68 0 38 0 0 12 90 77 35 31 6 39 7 68 2 0 4 381 123 1.294 7.7 0.6 3.9 6.8 1.74
STL (8 yrs) 40 20 .667 2.93 329 1 182 0 0 59 451.1 385 172 147 27 182 38 385 11 0 22 1896 128 1.256 7.7 0.5 3.6 7.7 2.12
ATL (3 yrs) 7 4 .636 3.51 100 0 41 0 0 7 130.2 115 57 51 14 57 8 64 0 0 5 558 106 1.316 7.9 1.0 3.9 4.4 1.12
KCR (2 yrs) 17 11 .607 3.28 116 0 84 0 0 31 140.0 119 55 51 9 76 12 99 2 1 9 602 124 1.393 7.7 0.6 4.9 6.4 1.30
NL (11 yrs) NL 47 24 .662 3.06 429 1 223 0 0 66 582.0 500 229 198 41 239 46 449 11 0 27 2454 122 1.270 7.7 0.6 3.7 6.9 1.88
AL (2 yrs) AL 17 11 .607 3.28 116 0 84 0 0 31 140.0 119 55 51 9 76 12 99 2 1 9 602 124 1.393 7.7 0.6 4.9 6.4 1.30

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1970 20 STL NL 19.0 1 10 12 -1 1.1 2 0.1 $
1971 21 STL NL 2.0 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.1 $
1972 22 STL NL 7.0 0 0 3 0 .5 3 0.3 $
1973 23 STL NL 56.0 0 15 30 1 1.1 15 1.3 $
1974 24 STL NL 88.1 0 34 47 2 1.3 13 0.9 $ CYA-5,MVP-16
1975 25 STL NL 97.1 0 27 58 -2 1.9 31 3.6 $ CYA-3,MVP-8
1976 26 STL NL 95.1 0 42 51 0 1.8 9 0.4 $
1977 27 STL NL 86.1 0 44 48 2 1.2 4 -0.2 $
1978 28 KCR AL 75.0 0 24 40 2 2.1 16 1.8 $
1979 29 KCR AL 65.0 0 31 39 1 1.9 8 0.5 $
1980 30 ATL NL 59.2 0 27 33 1 .9 6 0.1 $
1981 31 ATL NL 33.2 0 5 18 0 .9 13 1.1 $
1982 32 ATL NL 37.1 0 25 22 -1 .8 -3 -0.6 $
13 Seasons 722.0 1 284 402 5 1.5 118 9.4 $
STL (8 yrs) 451.1 1 172 250 2 1.5 78 6.5 $
ATL (3 yrs) 130.2 0 57 73 0 .9 16 0.6 $
KCR (2 yrs) 140.0 0 55 79 3 2.0 24 2.3 $

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
1978 28 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 3.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 1.000 9.0 3.0 0.0 6.0
1 ALCS 0 0 3.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 1.000 9.0 3.0 0.0 6.0

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1970 20 STL NL 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 21 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 22 STL NL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1973 23 STL NL 44 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1974 24 STL NL 66 14 13 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .308 .308 .462 .769 114 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 CYA-5,MVP-16
1975 25 STL NL 65 20 15 2 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .200 .294 .200 .494 37 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 CYA-3,MVP-8
1976 26 STL NL 68 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .300 .000 .300 -9 0 0 1 3 0 0 1
1977 27 STL NL 65 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 28 KCR AL 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 29 KCR AL 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 30 ATL NL 45 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 31 ATL NL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 32 ATL NL 31 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 85 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 546 69 56 4 8 0 1 0 6 0 0 4 17 .143 .213 .179 .392 9 10 0 1 8 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 20 17 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .143 .213 .179 .392 9 3 0 0 2 0 0
STL (8 yrs) 330 64 51 4 7 0 1 0 6 0 0 4 15 .137 .214 .176 .391 9 9 0 1 8 0 0
ATL (3 yrs) 100 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 1 0 0 0 0 0
KCR (2 yrs) 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 430 69 56 4 8 0 1 0 6 0 0 4 17 .143 .213 .179 .392 9 10 0 1 8 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1970 20 STL NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1972 22 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1973 23 STL NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1974 24 STL NL 14 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 1 CYA-5,MVP-16
1975 25 STL NL 20 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 1 CYA-3,MVP-8
1976 26 STL NL 13 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $45,000 1
1977 27 STL NL 8 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1980 30 ATL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $440,000 1
1981 31 ATL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $440,000 1
1982 32 ATL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $440,000 1
10 Seasons 69 -6 0 2 0 0 5 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $1,365,000
STL (7 yrs) 64 -6 0 2 0 0 5 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $45,000
ATL (3 yrs) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,320,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1970 STL NL 20 P 16 1 0 19.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47 0.06 .950 1.85 1.84 0 1 100% 0
1971 STL NL 21 P 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90 0 0 0
1972 STL NL 22 P 5 0 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.78 0 0 0
1973 STL NL 23 P 44 0 0 56.0 9 2 5 2 1 .778 1.12 0.16 .950 1.88 1.88 3 1 25% 0
1974 STL NL 24 P 65 0 0 88.1 13 3 7 3 0 .769 1.02 0.15 .944 1.87 1.88 3 3 50% 0 CYA-5,MVP-16
1975 STL NL 25 P 65 0 0 97.1 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.55 0.09 .947 1.86 1.86 3 3 50% 0 CYA-3,MVP-8
1976 STL NL 26 P 68 0 0 95.1 15 1 13 1 1 .933 1.32 0.21 .950 1.88 1.87 4 4 50% 0
1977 STL NL 27 P 65 0 0 86.1 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.15 0.17 .950 1.85 1.85 8 3 27% 0
1978 KCR AL 28 P 58 0 0 75.0 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.44 0.21 .954 1.90 1.88 1 2 67% 0
1979 KCR AL 29 P 58 0 0 65.0 8 2 4 2 0 .750 0.83 0.10 .949 1.92 1.89 2 3 60% 0
1980 ATL NL 30 P 45 0 0 59.2 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.11 .952 1.92 1.91 9 5 36% 1
1981 ATL NL 31 P 24 0 0 33.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.53 0.08 .960 1.98 1.98 0 3 100% 0
1982 ATL NL 32 P 31 0 0 37.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.96 0.13 .952 1.95 1.97 2 2 50% 0
13 Seasons P 545 1 0 722.0 86 20 58 8 4 .907 0.97 0.14 .950 1.89 1.88 35 30 46% 1
13 Seasons TOT 545 1 0 722.0 86 20 58 8 4 .907 0.97 0.14 .950 1.89 1.88 35 30 46% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1988 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1974 NL (16, 1%)
1975 NL (8, 20%)
0.21 Career Shares (727th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1974 NL (5, 8%)
1975 NL (3, 28%)
0.36 Career Shares (126th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 NL  .813 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1974 NL  65 (6th)
1975 NL  65 (6th)
1976 NL  68 (6th)
1978 AL  58 (8th)
1979 AL  58 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1974 NL  9 (10th)
1975 NL  22 (1st)
1976 NL  13 (9th)
1978 AL  20 (5th)
Career  97 (131st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1974 NL  31 (9th)
1975 NL  41 (5th)
1976 NL  45 (6th)
1977 NL  39 (9th)
1978 AL  47 (3rd)
1979 AL  37 (10th)
Career  307 (96th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1975 NL  20 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1975 NL  2.1 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1975 NL  4.6 (2nd)
1978 AL  2.9 (10th)
Career  8.3 (244th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1978 AL  1.000 (1st)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 6 (374), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 20 (1068), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (868), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (241), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197626St. Louis Cardinals$45,0003/27/76 TSN
198030Atlanta Braves$440,0001980 TSN Guide$390K/season plus $250K bonus; much deferred
198131Atlanta Braves$440,0001980 TSN Guide$390K/season plus $250K bonus; much deferred
198232Atlanta Braves$440,0001980 TSN Guide$390K/season plus $250K bonus; much deferred
198333Atlanta Braves$440,0001980 TSN Guide$390K/season plus $250K bonus; much def., ret '82
198434Atlanta Braves$440,0001980 TSN Guide$390K/season plus $250K bonus; much def., ret '82
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,245,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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