Catfish Hunter
James Augustus Hunter (Jim)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 8, 1946 in Hertford, NC
High School: Perquimans (Perquimans, NC)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1965
Final Game: September 17, 1979
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1987 (315/413 ballots).
Died: September 9, 1999 in Hertford, NC
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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 KCA AL 8 8 .500 4.26 32 20 2 3 2 0 133.0 124 68 63 21 46 5 82 2 1 2 567 82 1.278 8.4 1.4 3.1 5.5 1.78
1966 20 KCA AL 9 11 .450 4.02 30 25 0 4 0 0 176.2 158 87 79 17 64 4 103 2 2 2 740 85 1.257 8.0 0.9 3.3 5.2 1.61 AS
1967 21 KCA AL 13 17 .433 2.81 35 35 0 13 5 0 259.2 209 91 81 16 84 6 196 2 1 4 1053 114 1.128 7.2 0.6 2.9 6.8 2.33 AS
1968 22 OAK AL 13 13 .500 3.35 36 34 2 11 2 1 234.0 210 99 87 29 69 10 172 4 1 0 968 84 1.192 8.1 1.1 2.7 6.6 2.49
1969 23 OAK AL 12 15 .444 3.35 38 35 0 10 3 0 247.0 210 99 92 34 85 1 150 5 0 8 1002 103 1.194 7.7 1.2 3.1 5.5 1.76
1970 24 OAK AL 18 14 .563 3.81 40 40 0 9 1 0 262.1 253 124 111 32 74 3 178 9 1 6 1116 93 1.247 8.7 1.1 2.5 6.1 2.41 AS
1971 25 OAK AL 21 11 .656 2.96 37 37 0 16 4 0 273.2 225 103 90 27 80 7 181 4 0 2 1109 114 1.114 7.4 0.9 2.6 6.0 2.26 MVP-28
1972 26 OAK AL 21 7 .750 2.04 38 37 1 16 5 0 295.1 200 74 67 21 70 6 191 3 0 3 1148 140 0.914 6.1 0.6 2.1 5.8 2.73 AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1973 27 OAK AL 21 5 .808 3.34 36 36 0 11 3 0 256.1 222 105 95 39 69 1 124 1 0 2 1040 107 1.135 7.8 1.4 2.4 4.4 1.80 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1974 28 OAK AL 25 12 .676 2.49 41 41 0 23 6 0 318.1 268 97 88 25 46 2 143 4 0 1 1240 134 0.986 7.6 0.7 1.3 4.0 3.11 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1975 29 NYY AL 23 14 .622 2.58 39 39 0 30 7 0 328.0 248 107 94 25 83 4 177 5 0 7 1294 144 1.009 6.8 0.7 2.3 4.9 2.13 AS,CYA-2,MVP-12
1976 30 NYY AL 17 15 .531 3.53 36 36 0 21 2 0 298.2 268 126 117 28 68 5 173 3 0 6 1210 98 1.125 8.1 0.8 2.0 5.2 2.54 AS
1977 31 NYY AL 9 9 .500 4.71 22 22 0 8 1 0 143.1 137 83 75 29 47 3 52 3 1 2 608 84 1.284 8.6 1.8 3.0 3.3 1.11
1978 32 NYY AL 12 6 .667 3.58 21 20 1 5 1 0 118.0 98 49 47 16 35 0 56 1 0 2 477 101 1.127 7.5 1.2 2.7 4.3 1.60
1979 33 NYY AL 2 9 .182 5.31 19 19 0 1 0 0 105.0 128 68 62 15 34 0 34 1 0 2 460 76 1.543 11.0 1.3 2.9 2.9 1.00
15 Seasons 224 166 .574 3.26 500 476 6 181 42 1 3449.1 2958 1380 1248 374 954 57 2012 49 7 49 14032 104 1.134 7.7 1.0 2.5 5.2 2.11
162 Game Avg. 16 12 .574 3.26 35 33 0 13 3 0 240 206 96 87 26 66 4 140 3 0 3 978 104 1.134 7.7 1.0 2.5 5.2 2.11
OAK (10 yrs) 161 113 .588 3.13 363 340 5 116 31 1 2456.1 2079 947 853 261 687 45 1520 36 6 30 9983 105 1.126 7.6 1.0 2.5 5.6 2.21
NYY (5 yrs) 63 53 .543 3.58 137 136 1 65 11 0 993.0 879 433 395 113 267 12 492 13 1 19 4049 103 1.154 8.0 1.0 2.4 4.5 1.84

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
1971 25 OAK AL ALCS L BAL 0 1 .000 5.62 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 7 5 5 4 2 0 6 0 0 0 32 1.125 7.9 4.5 2.3 6.8 3.00
1972 26 OAK AL ALCS W DET 0 0 1.17 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 10 2 2 2 5 1 9 0 0 0 60 0.978 5.9 1.2 2.9 5.3 1.80
1972 26 OAK AL WS W CIN 2 0 1.000 2.81 3 2 0 0 0 0 16.0 12 5 5 2 6 2 11 0 0 1 67 1.125 6.8 1.1 3.4 6.2 1.83
1973 27 OAK AL ALCS W BAL 2 0 1.000 1.65 2 2 0 1 1 0 16.1 12 3 3 0 5 1 6 1 0 0 66 1.041 6.6 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.20
1973 27 OAK AL WS W NYM 1 0 1.000 2.02 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 11 3 3 1 4 1 6 0 0 1 56 1.125 7.4 0.7 2.7 4.1 1.50
1974 28 OAK AL ALCS W BAL 1 1 .500 4.63 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 11 6 6 3 2 0 6 0 0 0 45 1.114 8.5 2.3 1.5 4.6 3.00
1974 28 OAK AL WS W LAD 1 0 1.000 1.17 2 1 1 0 0 1 7.2 5 1 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 30 0.913 5.9 1.2 2.3 5.9 2.50
1976 30 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 1 1 .500 4.50 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.0 10 6 6 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 45 0.917 7.5 0.0 0.8 3.8 5.00
1976 30 NYY AL WS L CIN 0 1 .000 3.12 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.2 10 4 3 0 4 1 5 0 0 0 40 1.615 10.4 0.0 4.2 5.2 1.25
1977 31 NYY AL WS W LAD 0 1 .000 10.38 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.1 6 5 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 1.385 12.5 6.2 0.0 2.1
1978 32 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 3 3 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 26 1.667 10.5 4.5 4.5 7.5 1.67
1978 32 NYY AL WS W LAD 1 1 .500 4.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 13 6 6 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 50 1.077 9.0 1.4 0.7 3.5 5.00
7 Seasons (12 Series) 9 6 .600 3.26 22 19 2 4 1 1 132.1 114 49 48 21 35 6 70 1 0 2 536 1.126 7.8 1.4 2.4 4.8 2.00
6 ALCS 4 3 .571 3.25 10 10 0 3 1 0 69.1 57 25 25 12 18 2 37 1 0 0 274 1.082 7.4 1.6 2.3 4.8 2.06
6 WS 5 3 .625 3.29 12 9 2 1 0 1 63.0 57 24 23 9 17 4 33 0 0 2 262 1.175 8.1 1.3 2.4 4.7 1.94

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
1966 KCA AL 20
1967 KCA AL 21 0 0 1 .000 1.80 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 0.800 7.2 1.8 0.0 7.2
1970 OAK AL 24 0 0 0 81.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 81.0 27.0 0.0 0.0
1972 OAK AL 26
1973 OAK AL 27 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 6.8
1974 OAK AL 28 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 13.5 3.00
1975 NYY AL 29 0 0 1 .000 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1976 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 13.5
8 Seasons (6 Appearances) 1 0 2 .000 6.39 1 1 0 0 0 12.2 15 9 9 4 1 0 13 0 0 0 53 1.263 10.7 2.8 0.7 9.2 13.00

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 KCA AL 32 567 505 68 124 20 1 21 11 1 46 82 .246 .309 .414 .723 .254 209 6 2 11 3 5
1966 20 KCA AL 30 739 661 87 158 35 6 17 9 8 64 103 .239 .306 .387 .694 .259 256 9 2 8 4 4
1967 21 KCA AL 35 1053 953 91 209 39 6 16 11 6 84 196 .219 .283 .323 .606 .259 308 14 2 11 3 6
1968 22 OAK AL 36 968 883 99 210 35 3 29 12 7 69 172 .238 .295 .383 .678 .264 338 14 4 9 3 10
1969 23 OAK AL 38 1002 898 99 210 38 0 34 10 13 85 150 .234 .302 .390 .691 .244 350 25 5 7 7 1
1970 24 OAK AL 40 1116 1013 124 253 47 6 32 19 7 74 178 .250 .304 .403 .707 .273 408 10 9 12 8 3
1971 25 OAK AL 37 1109 1010 103 225 39 5 27 20 4 80 181 .223 .281 .351 .632 .245 355 20 4 9 6 7
1972 26 OAK AL 38 1148 1056 74 200 42 4 21 18 3 70 191 .189 .241 .296 .537 .211 313 8 3 15 4 6
1973 27 OAK AL 36 1040 958 105 222 39 4 39 5 18 69 124 .232 .282 .403 .685 .228 386 8 1 3 9 1
1974 28 OAK AL 41 1240 1171 97 268 43 7 25 14 19 46 143 .229 .258 .342 .600 .240 400 15 4 9 10 2
1975 29 NYY AL 39 1294 1191 107 248 38 5 25 15 14 83 177 .208 .261 .312 .573 .224 371 17 5 7 8 4
1976 30 NYY AL 36 1210 1113 126 268 45 8 28 24 14 68 173 .241 .283 .371 .654 .259 413 13 3 13 13 5
1977 31 NYY AL 22 608 548 83 137 23 6 29 21 5 47 52 .250 .310 .473 .783 .229 259 9 3 5 5 3
1978 32 NYY AL 21 477 433 49 98 19 5 16 7 6 35 56 .226 .283 .404 .687 .225 175 7 1 4 4 0
1979 33 NYY AL 19 460 410 68 128 23 4 15 6 7 34 34 .312 .361 .498 .859 .308 204 8 1 9 6 0
15 Seasons 500 14031 12803 1380 2958 525 70 374 202 132 954 2012 .231 .285 .371 .656 .246 4745 183 49 132 93 57
162 Game Avg. 35 978 892 96 206 37 5 26 14 9 66 140 .231 .285 .371 .656 .246 331 13 3 9 6 4
MLB Averages

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
1965 19 KCA AL 32 20 7 8 5 1 3 8 12 .400 0 2 3 2 11 55% 50 87 25 21 11 9 4 4.2 4.3 5.6
1966 20 KCA AL 30 25 9 11 5 2 3 11 14 .440 1 0 4 0 13 52% 52 81 21 16 7 9 7 3.7 4.1 6.7
1967 21 KCA AL 35 35 13 17 5 1 9 15 20 .429 3 1 13 5 23 66% 60 86 22 17 4 11 7 3.4 3.6 7.4
1968 22 OAK AL 36 34 13 13 8 1 4 17 16 .515 3 5 11 2 22 65% 56 98 23 19 7 9 10 4.2 4.0 6.8
1969 23 OAK AL 38 35 12 15 8 0 7 16 19 .457 2 6 10 3 23 66% 56 86 20 21 5 14 8 3.6 3.1 6.8
1970 24 OAK AL 40 40 18 14 8 3 4 20 20 .500 1 6 9 1 22 55% 53 82 28 35 13 25 6 4.2 4.6 6.6
1971 25 OAK AL 37 37 21 11 5 3 4 25 12 .676 2 2 16 4 22 59% 59 86 20 13 7 17 8 4.2 4.3 7.4
1972 26 OAK AL 38 37 20 7 10 0 4 28 9 .757 3 1 16 5 30 81% 66 87 34 16 4 18 8 4.0 3.9 7.9
1973 27 OAK AL 36 36 21 5 10 5 0 26 10 .722 5 3 11 3 20 56% 55 84 20 30 10 24 4 5.6 5.5 7.1
1974 28 OAK AL 41 41 25 12 4 1 6 26 15 .634 1 2 23 6 31 76% 61 84 23 17 6 24 2 4.8 4.7 7.8
1975 29 NYY AL 39 39 23 14 2 2 7 24 15 .615 2 0 30 7 29 74% 63 90 25 12 8 25 4 4.7 4.7 8.4
1976 30 NYY AL 36 36 17 15 4 4 6 19 17 .528 0 1 21 2 20 56% 58 93 22 16 6 14 8 4.3 4.3 8.3
1977 31 NYY AL 22 22 9 9 4 2 2 12 10 .545 0 4 8 1 10 45% 49 78 20 12 8 0 16 5.8 5.8 6.5
1978 32 NYY AL 21 20 12 6 2 2 2 13 7 .650 0 0 5 1 12 60% 54 82 17 8 7 1 10 5.1 5.7 5.9
1979 33 NYY AL 19 19 2 9 8 0 3 8 11 .421 3 3 1 0 7 37% 43 68 18 16 6 0 13 3.9 3.7 5.5
15 Seasons 500 476 222 166 88 27 64 268 207 .564 26 36 181 42 295 62% 57 98 17 269 109 200 115 4.4 4.4 7.2
MLB Averages

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 KCA AL 32 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 4 44% 6 0.888 3 4 5 1 3 8 4 8 7 1 8 1 5.4
1966 20 KCA AL 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 6 1.046 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 4 4 0 4 0 5.6
1968 22 OAK AL 36 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 8 1.014 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1969 23 OAK AL 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 6 1.052 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 3 1 7.3
1972 26 OAK AL 38 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1.095 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1978 32 NYY AL 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.946 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
6 Seasons 195 24 6 2 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 16 6 38% 1.024 9 7 8 4 7 13 8 16 16 1 17 2 5.5

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 KCA AL 567 47% 3.7% 14.5% 8.1% 7.4% 34% 0.70 71% 89 6 7%
1966 20 KCA AL 739 46% 2.3% 13.9% 8.7% 7.9% 37% 0.71 74% 124 9 7%
1967 21 KCA AL 1053 43% 1.5% 18.6% 8.0% 5.8% 29% 0.56 71% 184 14 8%
1968 22 OAK AL 968 49% 3.0% 17.8% 7.1% 6.9% 32% 0.83 71% 157 14 9%
1969 23 OAK AL 1002 48% 3.4% 15.0% 8.5% 7.2% 34% 0.95 72% 167 25 15%
1970 24 OAK AL 1116 45% 2.9% 16.0% 6.6% 7.6% 34% 0.66 73% 179 10 6%
1971 25 OAK AL 1109 49% 2.4% 16.3% 7.2% 6.4% 32% 0.67 73% 170 20 12%
1972 26 OAK AL 1149 46% 1.8% 16.6% 6.1% 5.8% 34% 0.63 74% 142 8 6%
1973 27 OAK AL 1040 48% 3.8% 11.9% 6.6% 7.9% 37% 0.49 77% 148 8 5%
1974 28 OAK AL 1240 45% 2.0% 11.5% 3.7% 6.1% 28% 0.61 82% 166 15 9%
1975 29 NYY AL 1294 44% 1.9% 13.7% 6.4% 5.3% 27% 0.66 77% 192 17 9%
1976 30 NYY AL 1210 44% 2.3% 14.3% 5.6% 6.7% 30% 0.69 76% 180 13 7%
1977 31 NYY AL 608 51% 4.8% 8.6% 7.7% 9.5% 42% 0.55 78% 90 9 10%
1978 32 NYY AL 477 53% 3.4% 11.7% 7.3% 8.4% 41% 0.60 77% 73 7 10%
1979 33 NYY AL 460 48% 3.3% 7.4% 7.4% 9.1% 33% 0.76 80% 87 8 9%
15 Seasons 14032 46% 2.7% 14.3% 6.8% 6.9% 33% 0.66 75% 2148 183 9%
MLB Averages

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 KCA AL 567 124 21 2 20 9 12 5 16 32 14 6 44% 7 2 2 189 11 1 92% 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
1966 20 KCA AL 739 158 17 0 9 9 8 2 15 43 18 6 42% 11 2 2 251 9 8 53% 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1967 21 KCA AL 1053 209 16 0 18 5 11 5 11 46 17 10 37% 10 4 2 381 11 6 65% 9 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 13 0
1968 22 OAK AL 968 210 29 0 13 13 16 11 18 32 13 10 41% 13 0 2 340 12 7 63% 11 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 0
1969 23 OAK AL 1002 210 34 0 6 13 21 17 17 32 19 5 59% 9 8 6 349 10 13 43% 10 13 0 0 0 0 1 1 25 0
1970 24 OAK AL 1116 253 32 0 12 13 19 16 16 45 22 6 49% 19 6 0 405 19 7 73% 19 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 0
1971 25 OAK AL 1109 225 27 0 11 11 16 15 12 44 22 6 50% 10 2 2 370 20 4 83% 19 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1972 26 OAK AL 1149 200 21 0 10 9 12 12 9 27 10 5 37% 12 3 1 346 18 3 86% 16 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 11 0
1973 27 OAK AL 1040 222 39 0 13 13 26 19 20 35 16 6 46% 10 2 0 302 5 18 22% 4 16 1 2 0 0 4 2 13 0
1974 28 OAK AL 1240 268 25 0 9 16 9 12 13 37 22 2 59% 11 1 1 367 14 19 42% 14 19 0 0 0 0 4 1 15 0
1975 29 NYY AL 1294 248 25 0 12 12 13 14 11 40 23 8 58% 13 7 1 418 15 14 52% 15 13 0 0 0 1 1 1 21 0
1976 30 NYY AL 1210 268 28 0 14 9 19 17 11 62 32 7 52% 11 6 1 397 24 14 63% 24 13 0 0 0 1 4 0 25 0
1977 31 NYY AL 608 137 29 0 10 14 15 15 14 23 11 3 48% 7 2 1 198 21 5 81% 20 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1978 32 NYY AL 477 98 16 0 7 9 7 9 7 21 13 2 62% 1 2 1 147 7 6 54% 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1979 33 NYY AL 460 128 15 0 7 7 8 6 9 21 12 3 57% 2 2 1 169 6 7 46% 5 7 1 0 0 0 3 1 10 0
15 Seasons 14032 2958 374 2 171 162 212 175 199 540 264 85 49% 146 49 23 4629 202 132 60% 192 126 6 2 4 4 23 6 210 0
MLB Averages

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 8 8 .500 4.26 32 20 2 3 2 0 133.0 124 68 63 21 46 5 82 2 1 2 567 82 1.278 8.4 1.4 3.1 5.5 1.78 82
1966 20 17 19 .472 4.13 62 45 2 7 2 0 309.2 282 155 142 38 110 9 185 4 3 4 1307 83 1.266 8.2 1.1 3.2 5.4 1.68 83
1967 21 30 36 .455 3.53 97 80 2 20 7 0 569.1 491 246 223 54 194 15 381 6 4 8 2360 94 1.203 7.8 0.9 3.1 6.0 1.96 94
1968 22 43 49 .467 3.47 133 114 4 31 9 1 803.1 701 345 310 83 263 25 553 10 5 8 3328 91 1.200 7.9 0.9 2.9 6.2 2.10 91
1969 23 55 64 .462 3.44 171 149 4 41 12 1 1050.1 911 444 402 117 348 26 703 15 5 16 4330 94 1.199 7.8 1.0 3.0 6.0 2.02 94
1970 24 73 78 .483 3.52 211 189 4 50 13 1 1312.2 1164 568 513 149 422 29 881 24 6 22 5446 94 1.208 8.0 1.0 2.9 6.0 2.09 94
1971 25 94 89 .514 3.42 248 226 4 66 17 1 1586.1 1389 671 603 176 502 36 1062 28 6 24 6555 97 1.192 7.9 1.0 2.8 6.0 2.12 97
1972 26 115 96 .545 3.20 286 263 5 82 22 1 1881.2 1589 745 670 197 572 42 1253 31 6 27 7703 101 1.148 7.6 0.9 2.7 6.0 2.19 101
1973 27 136 101 .574 3.22 322 299 5 93 25 1 2138.0 1811 850 765 236 641 43 1377 32 6 29 8743 102 1.147 7.6 1.0 2.7 5.8 2.15 102
1974 28 161 113 .588 3.13 363 340 5 116 31 1 2456.1 2079 947 853 261 687 45 1520 36 6 30 9983 105 1.126 7.6 1.0 2.5 5.6 2.21 105
1975 29 184 127 .592 3.06 402 379 5 146 38 1 2784.1 2327 1054 947 286 770 49 1697 41 6 37 11277 109 1.112 7.5 0.9 2.5 5.5 2.20 109
1976 30 201 142 .586 3.11 438 415 5 167 40 1 3083.0 2595 1180 1064 314 838 54 1870 44 6 43 12487 108 1.114 7.6 0.9 2.4 5.5 2.23 108
1977 31 210 151 .582 3.18 460 437 5 175 41 1 3226.1 2732 1263 1139 343 885 57 1922 47 7 45 13095 106 1.121 7.6 1.0 2.5 5.4 2.17 106
1978 32 222 157 .586 3.19 481 457 6 180 42 1 3344.1 2830 1312 1186 359 920 57 1978 48 7 47 13572 106 1.121 7.6 1.0 2.5 5.3 2.15 106
1979 33 224 166 .574 3.26 500 476 6 181 42 1 3449.1 2958 1380 1248 374 954 57 2012 49 7 49 14032 104 1.134 7.7 1.0 2.5 5.2 2.11 104

Neutralized Pitching

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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 5 9 .357 4.96 127.0 134 78 70 23 50 78 2 1.449 9.5 3.5 5.5 1.56 1.6 32
1966 20 7 11 .389 4.90 167.0 172 101 91 19 70 97 2 1.449 9.3 3.8 5.2 1.39 1.0 30
1967 21 14 12 .538 3.64 242.0 231 109 98 18 93 183 2 1.339 8.6 3.5 6.8 1.97 0.7 35
1968 22 9 14 .391 5.12 211.0 249 133 120 34 82 155 5 1.569 10.6 3.5 6.6 1.89 1.5 36
1969 23 12 13 .480 4.16 227.0 225 117 105 36 91 138 5 1.392 8.9 3.6 5.5 1.52 1.4 38
1970 24 12 16 .429 4.43 252.0 271 138 124 34 79 171 10 1.389 9.7 2.8 6.1 2.16 1.2 40
1971 25 15 13 .536 3.72 259.0 248 119 107 30 88 171 4 1.297 8.6 3.1 5.9 1.94 1.0 37
1972 26 20 11 .645 3.01 287.0 248 107 96 26 87 186 4 1.167 7.8 2.7 5.8 2.14 0.8 38
1973 27 12 14 .462 4.26 239.0 246 126 113 43 76 116 1 1.347 9.3 2.9 4.4 1.53 1.6 36
1974 28 19 13 .594 3.36 295.0 300 122 110 28 51 133 4 1.190 9.2 1.6 4.1 2.61 0.9 41
1975 29 22 12 .647 3.01 314.0 265 117 105 27 89 169 5 1.127 7.6 2.6 4.8 1.90 0.8 39
1976 30 14 17 .452 4.52 281.0 297 157 141 31 75 163 3 1.324 9.5 2.4 5.2 2.17 1.0 36
1977 31 5 10 .333 5.32 137.0 145 90 81 31 50 50 3 1.423 9.5 3.3 3.3 1.00 2.0 22
1978 32 5 7 .417 4.50 110.0 107 61 55 17 38 52 1 1.318 8.8 3.1 4.3 1.37 1.4 21
1979 33 3 7 .300 6.06 98.0 132 73 66 15 35 32 1 1.704 12.1 3.2 2.9 0.91 1.4 19
15 Seasons 174 179 .493 4.11 3246.0 3270 1648 1482 412 1054 1894 52 1.332 9.1 5.3 1.80 1.1 500

* 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
1966
1967 *
1970 *
1972
1973 (P)
1974 *
1975 *
1976 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1974-AL-Cy Young
1974-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1971-AL-28-0%
1972-AL-11-17%
1973-AL-10-14%
1974-AL-6-32%
1975-AL-12-9%
0.72 Career Shares (318th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1972-AL--4--22%
1973-AL--3--43%
1974-AL--1--75%
1975-AL--2--62%
1 Cy Young
2.02 Career Shares (12th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1972 AL--2.042--3rd
1974 AL--2.488--1st
1975 AL--2.579--2nd

Wins s c a p y
1970 AL--18--8th
1971 AL--21--4th
1972 AL--21--4th
1973 AL--21--4th
1974 AL--25--1st
1975 AL--23--1st
1976 AL--17--8th
Career--224--68th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1971 AL--.656--8th
1972 AL--.750--1st
1973 AL--.808--1st
1974 AL--.676--3rd
1978 AL--.667--8th
Career--.574--204th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1971 AL--1.115--7th
1972 AL--.914--2nd
1973 AL--1.135--3rd
1974 AL--.986--1st
1975 AL--1.009--1st
1976 AL--1.125--6th
Career--1.134--44th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 AL--7.244--7th
1971 AL--7.400--9th
1972 AL--6.095--2nd
1973 AL--7.795--6th
1974 AL--7.577--5th
1975 AL--6.805--1st
Career--7.718--54th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL--2.539--9th
1972 AL--2.133--8th
1973 AL--2.423--8th
1974 AL--1.300--2nd
1975 AL--2.277--5th
1976 AL--2.049--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 AL--5.213--8th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1967 AL--259.7--6th
1970 AL--262.3--10th
1972 AL--295.3--4th
1974 AL--318.3--5th
1975 AL--328.0--1st
1976 AL--298.7--2nd
Career--3449.3--76th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1967 AL--196--8th
1968 AL--172--10th
1970 AL--178--9th
1971 AL--181--10th
1972 AL--191--8th
1975 AL--177--7th
1976 AL--173--5th
Career--2012--62nd

Games Started s c a p y
1968 AL--34--10th
1970 AL--40--1st
1972 AL--37--9th
1974 AL--41--2nd
1975 AL--39--3rd
1976 AL--36--7th
Career--476--60th

Complete Games s c a p y
1967 AL--13--4th
1968 AL--11--9th
1971 AL--16--9th
1972 AL--16--7th
1974 AL--23--6th
1975 AL--30--1st
1976 AL--21--4th
Career--181--170th

Shutouts s c a p y
1967 AL--5--6th
1969 AL--3--10th
1971 AL--4--7th
1972 AL--5--7th
1974 AL--6--2nd
1975 AL--7--2nd
Career--42--38th

Home Runs s c a p y
1968 AL--29--2nd
1969 AL--34--2nd
1970 AL--32--3rd
1971 AL--27--7th
1972 AL--21--9th
1973 AL--39--1st
1974 AL--25--8th
1975 AL--25--8th
1976 AL--28--1st
1977 AL--29--5th
Career--374--18th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--954--125th

Hits s c a p y
1967 AL--209--6th
1968 AL--210--6th
1970 AL--253--7th
1976 AL--268--4th
Career--2958--131st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1970 AL--2.405--6th
1972 AL--2.729--6th
1974 AL--3.109--3rd
1975 AL--2.133--7th
1976 AL--2.544--8th
Career--2.109--209th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 AL--.555--7th

Losses s c a p y
1967 AL--17--3rd
1969 AL--15--8th
1970 AL--14--10th
1976 AL--15--8th
Career--166--98th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1968 AL--87--1st
1970 AL--111--4th
1976 AL--117--1st
Career--1248--100th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL--9--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1967 AL--1053--7th
1970 AL--1116--9th
1972 AL--1148--6th
1974 AL--1240--8th
1975 AL--1294--1st
1976 AL--1210--4th
Career--14032--75th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1972 AL--140--5th
1974 AL--134--4th
1975 AL--144--3rd

Youngest s c a p y
1965 AL--born 1946-04-08--9th
1966 AL--born 1946-04-08--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 26 (65), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 151 (91), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 134 (54), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 42 (61), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Milt Pappas (937)
  3. Orel Hershiser (935)
  4. Vida Blue (932)
  5. Kevin Brown (928)
  6. Bob Welch (927)
  7. Don Drysdale (926) *
  8. Jim Perry (918)
  9. Billy Pierce (916)
  10. Rick Reuschel (915)
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  1. Dick Brodowski (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ed Knouff (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Larry Dierker (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Don Drysdale (959) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Doc McJames (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Don Drysdale (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Coleman (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Coleman (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Don Drysdale (952) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Don Drysdale (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Don Drysdale (945) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Don Drysdale (933) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Don Drysdale (923) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Don Drysdale (918) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Don Sutton (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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