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Ken Johnson

Kenneth Travis Johnson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 16, 1933 in West Palm Beach, FL
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1958
Teams (by GP): Braves/Colt.45's/Athletics/Reds/Yankees/... 1958-1970

Final Game: April 18, 1970
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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
1958 25 KCA AL 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 7 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 17 17 3.857 23.1 3.9 11.6 3.9 0.33
1959 26 KCA AL 1 1 .500 4.09 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 11 6 5 2 5 0 8 0 0 0 47 102 1.455 9.0 1.6 4.1 6.5 1.60
1960 27 KCA AL 5 10 .333 4.26 42 6 18 2 0 3 120.1 120 68 57 16 45 6 83 7 1 3 525 94 1.371 9.0 1.2 3.4 6.2 1.84
1961 28 TOT MLB 6 6 .500 4.00 21 12 2 3 1 1 92.1 82 44 41 13 29 1 46 2 0 1 386 102 1.202 8.0 1.3 2.8 4.5 1.59
1961 28 KCA AL 0 4 .000 10.61 6 1 1 0 0 0 9.1 11 11 11 2 7 0 4 0 0 0 45 41 1.929 10.6 1.9 6.8 3.9 0.57
1961 28 CIN NL 6 2 .750 3.25 15 11 1 3 1 1 83.0 71 33 30 11 22 1 42 2 0 1 341 124 1.120 7.7 1.2 2.4 4.6 1.91
1962 29 HOU NL 7 16 .304 3.84 33 31 0 5 1 0 197.0 195 100 84 18 46 1 178 7 1 6 826 98 1.223 8.9 0.8 2.1 8.1 3.87
1963 30 HOU NL 11 17 .393 2.65 37 32 4 6 1 1 224.0 204 86 66 12 50 4 148 8 3 1 919 119 1.134 8.2 0.5 2.0 5.9 2.96
1964 31 HOU NL 11 16 .407 3.63 35 35 0 7 1 0 218.0 209 100 88 15 44 6 117 7 0 3 909 95 1.161 8.6 0.6 1.8 4.8 2.66
1965 32 TOT NL 16 10 .615 3.42 37 34 2 9 1 2 231.1 217 100 88 19 48 8 151 7 0 5 950 102 1.146 8.4 0.7 1.9 5.9 3.15
1965 32 HOU NL 3 2 .600 4.18 8 8 0 1 0 0 51.2 52 25 24 4 11 1 28 4 0 2 215 80 1.219 9.1 0.7 1.9 4.9 2.55
1965 32 MLN NL 13 8 .619 3.21 29 26 2 8 1 2 179.2 165 75 64 15 37 7 123 3 0 3 735 110 1.124 8.3 0.8 1.9 6.2 3.32
1966 33 ATL NL 14 8 .636 3.30 32 31 0 11 2 0 215.2 213 89 79 24 46 6 105 0 1 1 872 112 1.201 8.9 1.0 1.9 4.4 2.28
1967 34 ATL NL 13 9 .591 2.74 29 29 0 6 0 0 210.1 191 78 64 19 38 8 85 7 1 1 842 122 1.089 8.2 0.8 1.6 3.6 2.24
1968 35 ATL NL 5 8 .385 3.47 31 16 9 1 0 0 135.0 145 58 52 10 25 10 57 9 0 3 566 87 1.259 9.7 0.7 1.7 3.8 2.28
1969 36 TOT MLB 2 5 .286 3.89 30 3 13 0 0 2 74.0 68 36 32 7 33 6 59 0 0 2 321 96 1.365 8.3 0.9 4.0 7.2 1.79
1969 36 TOT NL 1 3 .250 4.13 18 3 5 0 0 2 48.0 49 25 22 6 22 4 38 0 0 1 213 93 1.479 9.2 1.1 4.1 7.1 1.73
1969 36 ATL NL 0 1 .000 4.97 9 2 2 0 0 1 29.0 32 17 16 4 9 1 20 0 0 0 126 74 1.414 9.9 1.2 2.8 6.2 2.22
1969 36 NYY AL 1 2 .333 3.46 12 0 8 0 0 0 26.0 19 11 10 1 11 2 21 0 0 1 108 102 1.154 6.6 0.3 3.8 7.3 1.91
1969 36 CHC NL 1 2 .333 2.84 9 1 3 0 0 1 19.0 17 8 6 2 13 3 18 0 0 1 87 145 1.579 8.1 0.9 6.2 8.5 1.38
1970 37 MON NL 0 0 7.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 9 6 5 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 31 58 1.667 13.5 1.5 1.5 6.0 4.00
13 Yrs 91 106 .462 3.46 334 231 50 50 7 9 1737.1 1670 778 668 157 413 56 1042 56 7 26 7211 102 1.199 8.7 0.8 2.1 5.4 2.52
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .462 3.46 40 28 6 6 1 1 209 201 94 80 19 50 7 125 7 1 3 868 102 1.199 8.7 0.8 2.1 5.4 2.52
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
ATL (5 yrs) 45 34 .570 3.22 130 104 13 26 3 3 769.2 746 317 275 72 155 32 390 19 2 8 3141 107 1.171 8.7 0.8 1.8 4.6 2.52
KCA (4 yrs) 6 15 .286 5.03 52 9 19 2 0 3 143.0 148 92 80 21 60 6 96 7 1 3 634 80 1.455 9.3 1.3 3.8 6.0 1.60
HOU (4 yrs) 32 51 .386 3.41 113 106 4 19 3 1 690.2 660 311 262 49 151 12 471 26 4 12 2869 101 1.174 8.6 0.6 2.0 6.1 3.12
MON (1 yr) 0 0 7.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 9 6 5 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 31 58 1.667 13.5 1.5 1.5 6.0 4.00
CHC (1 yr) 1 2 .333 2.84 9 1 3 0 0 1 19.0 17 8 6 2 13 3 18 0 0 1 87 145 1.579 8.1 0.9 6.2 8.5 1.38
CIN (1 yr) 6 2 .750 3.25 15 11 1 3 1 1 83.0 71 33 30 11 22 1 42 2 0 1 341 124 1.120 7.7 1.2 2.4 4.6 1.91
NYY (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.46 12 0 8 0 0 0 26.0 19 11 10 1 11 2 21 0 0 1 108 102 1.154 6.6 0.3 3.8 7.3 1.91
NL (10 yrs) 84 89 .486 3.32 270 222 23 48 7 6 1568.1 1503 675 578 135 342 48 925 49 6 22 6469 105 1.176 8.6 0.8 2.0 5.3 2.70
AL (5 yrs) 7 17 .292 4.79 64 9 27 2 0 3 169.0 167 103 90 22 71 8 117 7 1 4 742 83 1.408 8.9 1.2 3.8 6.2 1.65

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
1958 25 KCA AL 3.1 2 0 7 18.90 3.80 0.03 0.00 103.3 3.90 -6 -0.5 .7 0.1 -0.4 -5 .267 .497 $
1959 26 KCA AL 11.0 2 2 6 4.91 4.82 -0.14 0.00 99.7 4.95 0 0.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .508 .500 $
1960 27 KCA AL 120.1 42 6 68 5.09 4.49 -0.18 -0.10 103.1 4.71 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.2 0.3 6 .490 .497 $
1961 28 KCA AL 9.1 6 1 11 10.61 4.86 -0.28 -0.18 104.8 5.19 -6 -0.5 1.7 -0.2 -0.6 -5 .412 .497 $
1961 28 CIN NL 83.0 15 11 33 3.58 4.46 0.23 0.06 99.3 4.26 6 0.7 .5 -0.0 1.4 16 .544 .504 $
1962 29 HOU NL 196.2 33 31 100 4.58 4.59 -0.50 0.07 95.6 4.93 6 0.7 3.0 -0.1 2.4 30 .520 .504 $
1963 30 HOU NL 223.2 37 32 86 3.46 3.86 -0.42 0.06 96.1 4.17 16 1.9 3.2 -0.1 3.9 40 .552 .512 $
1964 31 HOU NL 218.0 35 35 100 4.13 4.14 -0.39 0.07 96.8 4.46 6 0.7 -0.1 2.5 31 .519 .504 $
1965 32 HOU NL 51.2 8 8 25 4.35 3.90 -0.42 0.06 94.9 4.16 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.3 4 .484 .499 $
1965 32 MLN NL 179.2 29 26 75 3.76 4.03 0.21 0.06 99.5 3.86 2 0.2 1.7 -0.1 1.7 21 .507 .501 $
1966 33 ATL NL 215.2 32 31 89 3.71 4.10 -0.07 0.07 101.7 4.32 12 1.4 .5 -0.1 3.1 37 .542 .508 $
1967 34 ATL NL 210.1 29 29 78 3.34 3.81 -0.13 0.06 98.6 3.95 12 1.4 -0.1 3.1 35 .549 .509 $33,000
1968 35 ATL NL 135.0 31 16 58 3.87 3.56 0.01 -0.00 101.6 3.60 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.4 8 .476 .495 $
1969 36 ATL NL 29.0 9 2 17 5.28 4.26 0.32 -0.09 105.0 4.04 -4 -0.5 .6 0.0 -0.2 -1 .449 .497 $
1969 36 NYY AL 26.0 12 0 11 3.81 4.07 0.25 -0.17 98.7 3.60 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.1 2 .496 .500 $
1969 36 CHC NL 19.0 9 1 8 3.79 4.42 -0.06 -0.12 114.7 5.01 2 0.3 1.7 0.0 0.5 5 .530 .502 $33,000
1970 37 MON NL 6.0 3 0 6 9.00 4.48 0.18 -0.19 107.7 4.42 -3 -0.3 .1 0.1 -0.1 -2 .401 .498 $
13 Seasons 1737.2 334 231 778 4.03 4.10 -0.17 0.04 99.0 4.26 32 4.1 1.2 -0.9 18.5 220 .512 .501 $66,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
ATL (5 yrs) 769.2 130 104 317 3.71 3.92 0.01 0.05 100.4 3.97 15 1.8 1.0 -0.4 8.1 99 .514 .502 $33,000
KCA (4 yrs) 144.0 52 9 92 5.75 4.53 -0.18 -0.10 102.9 4.74 -15 -1.4 1.1 -0.3 -0.6 -3 .473 .498 $
HOU (4 yrs) 690.0 113 106 311 4.06 4.16 -0.43 0.06 96.1 4.48 27 3.1 3.1 -0.3 9.1 105 .528 .505 $
MON (1 yr) 6.0 3 0 6 9.00 4.48 0.18 -0.19 107.7 4.42 -3 -0.3 .1 0.1 -0.1 -2 .401 .498 $
CHC (1 yr) 19.0 9 1 8 3.79 4.42 -0.06 -0.12 114.7 5.01 2 0.3 1.7 0.0 0.5 5 .530 .502 $33,000
CIN (1 yr) 83.0 15 11 33 3.58 4.46 0.23 0.06 99.3 4.26 6 0.7 .5 -0.0 1.4 16 .544 .504 $
NYY (1 yr) 26.0 12 0 11 3.81 4.07 0.25 -0.17 98.7 3.60 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.1 2 .496 .500 $

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
1961 28 CIN NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1958 25 KCA AL 2 18 15 7 6 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 .400 .500 .733 1.233 .385 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 26 KCA AL 2 47 41 6 11 4 0 2 0 0 5 8 .268 .340 .512 .853 .281 21 1 0 0 1 0 0
1960 27 KCA AL 42 520 458 68 120 24 2 16 9 5 45 83 .262 .335 .428 .763 .287 196 4 7 13 3 6 6
1961 28 CIN NL 15 339 308 33 71 15 0 11 4 0 22 42 .231 .284 .386 .671 .233 119 5 2 5 2 1 1
1961 28 KCA AL 6 45 37 11 11 0 2 2 0 0 7 4 .297 .409 .568 .977 .290 21 0 0 1 0 0 0
1961 28 TOT MLB 21 384 345 44 82 15 2 13 4 0 29 46 .238 .299 .406 .705 .240 140 5 2 6 2 1 1
1962 29 HOU NL 33 826 760 100 195 25 11 18 8 8 46 178 .257 .302 .389 .692 .310 296 13 7 6 7 1 15
1963 30 HOU NL 37 920 841 86 204 34 5 12 6 14 50 148 .243 .290 .338 .628 .280 284 10 8 15 5 4 19
1964 31 HOU NL 35 909 834 100 209 34 6 15 8 7 44 117 .251 .292 .360 .652 .274 300 12 7 17 6 6 16
1965 32 HOU NL 8 215 195 25 52 15 2 4 1 2 11 28 .267 .315 .426 .740 .289 83 5 4 2 3 1 2
1965 32 MLN NL 29 708 688 75 165 20 3 15 16 7 37 123 .240 .280 .343 .623 .271 236 9 3 4 3 7 10
1965 32 TOT NL 37 923 883 100 217 35 5 19 17 9 48 151 .246 .288 .361 .649 .275 319 14 7 6 6 8 12
1966 33 ATL NL 32 756 814 89 213 28 4 24 4 8 46 105 .262 .300 .394 .694 .274 321 15 0 8 4 6 9
1967 34 ATL NL 29 841 784 78 191 35 3 19 10 6 38 85 .244 .284 .369 .652 .252 289 21 7 10 3 8 8
1968 35 ATL NL 31 526 519 58 145 16 7 10 8 5 25 57 .279 .323 .395 .718 .298 205 10 9 12 1 10 8
1969 36 ATL NL 9 124 113 17 32 5 1 4 1 0 9 20 .283 .328 .451 .779 .304 51 3 0 1 3 1 2
1969 36 CHC NL 9 87 74 8 17 1 0 2 1 0 13 18 .230 .345 .324 .669 .278 24 2 0 0 0 3 2
1969 36 NYY AL 12 108 94 11 19 2 0 1 2 1 11 21 .202 .286 .255 .541 .250 24 0 0 3 0 2 1
1969 36 TOT NL 18 211 187 25 49 6 1 6 2 0 22 38 .262 .335 .401 .736 .295 75 5 0 1 3 4 4
1969 36 TOT MLB 30 319 281 36 68 8 1 7 4 1 33 59 .242 .319 .352 .671 .280 99 5 0 4 3 6 5
1970 37 MON NL 3 31 28 6 9 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 .321 .387 .500 .887 .348 14 0 2 0 0 0 1
13 Yrs 334 7020 6603 778 1670 260 47 157 78 63 413 1042 .253 .301 .378 .679 .278 2495 110 56 97 41 56 100
162 Game Avg. 40 845 795 94 201 31 6 19 9 8 50 125 .253 .301 .378 .679 .278 300 13 7 12 5 7 12
MLB Averages .250 .317 .377 .694 .276
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1958 25 KCA AL -5.2 -0.5 18 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .67 -0.1 -0.3 -5.2 -0.5 0.67 -2.0 0 1 1
1959 26 KCA AL -0.1 -0.0 47 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 1.08 -0.0 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 1.08 0.0 0 0 0
1960 27 KCA AL -4.8 -0.5 549 -0.8 8.7 -9.5 1.03 -0.3 -0.5 -3.7 -0.4 1.04 -4.7 9 8 19
1961 28 TOT MLB 2.4 0.3 394 -0.2 5.3 -5.5 .80 0.7 -1.0 3.8 0.4 0.80 7.1 3 1 4
1961 28 KCA AL -5.7 -0.5 46 -0.8 0.5 -1.3 .97 -0.5 -0.4 -3.5 -0.3 0.97 -5.0 3 0 2
1961 28 CIN NL 8.1 0.8 348 0.6 4.9 -4.3 .78 1.2 -0.4 7.3 0.7 0.78 12.1 0 1 2
1962 29 HOU NL -3.6 -0.4 860 -1.3 15.4 -16.7 1.07 0.3 -1.5 -5.1 -0.5 1.07 3.8 1 1 0
1963 30 HOU NL 9.1 1.0 953 0.3 18.0 -17.6 1.14 0.8 -0.5 7.5 0.8 1.14 7.6 3 0 2
1964 31 HOU NL -4.7 -0.5 932 0.7 16.9 -16.2 1.08 0.6 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.08 5.4 0 0 0
1965 32 TOT NL 1.3 0.2 959 0.6 16.3 -15.7 1.00 1.6 -1.0 11.3 1.2 1.00 14.5 2 1 0
1965 32 HOU NL -4.0 -0.4 220 -0.6 4.0 -4.6 1.07 -0.2 -0.4 -3.0 -0.3 1.07 -2.5 0 0 0
1965 32 MLN NL 5.2 0.6 739 1.2 12.3 -11.1 .98 1.8 -0.6 14.2 1.6 0.99 17.0 2 1 0
1966 33 ATL NL 9.5 1.0 782 0.4 12.7 -12.3 .90 1.1 -0.7 8.3 0.9 0.90 9.0 0 0 1
1967 34 ATL NL 12.1 1.4 861 2.2 14.1 -11.9 .93 0.7 1.7 14.2 1.6 0.93 5.7 0 0 0
1968 35 ATL NL -5.9 -0.7 541 -1.8 8.3 -10.1 .97 -1.1 -0.7 -15.6 -1.7 0.97 -12.4 3 4 5
1969 36 TOT MLB -1.3 -0.1 331 -1.4 5.1 -6.5 1.05 -0.1 -1.2 -5.0 -0.5 1.05 0.5 7 7 12
1969 36 TOT NL -1.6 -0.2 218 -0.7 3.5 -4.2 1.04 -0.4 -0.3 -4.8 -0.5 1.04 -3.4 4 4 7
1969 36 ATL NL -3.6 -0.4 128 -0.8 1.3 -2.0 .68 -0.4 -0.7 -6.0 -0.6 0.68 -4.5 0 3 4
1969 36 NYY AL 0.4 0.0 113 -0.7 1.7 -2.3 1.06 0.3 -0.9 -0.2 -0.0 1.06 3.9 3 3 5
1969 36 CHC NL 1.9 0.2 90 0.0 2.2 -2.1 1.56 0.1 -0.0 1.2 0.1 1.56 1.0 4 1 3
1970 37 MON NL -2.3 -0.2 31 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .10 -0.2 0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.10 -1.9 0 0 3
13 Yrs 6.6 1.0 7258 -1.8 121.7 -123.6 1.01 4.0 -5.9 6.8 1.1 1.01 32.5 28 23 47
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1959 26 KCA AL 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 49.0 61 37 0 0 1 1 6.0 2.5 5.5
1960 27 KCA AL 42 6 2 4 0 0 0 2 4 .333 0 0 2 0 2 33% 49.8 75 33 21 12 3 2 3.9 3.6 6.2
1961 28 TOT MLB 21 12 6 3 3 0 0 9 3 .750 0 4 3 1 7 58% 0.1 83 33 10 3 5 4 4.5 4.3 6.5
1961 28 KCA AL 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 4 3 0 1 0.0 0.7
1961 28 CIN NL 15 11 6 2 3 0 0 9 2 .818 0 4 3 1 7 64% 57.5 83 43 6 0 5 3 4.9 4.3 7.0
1962 29 HOU NL 33 31 7 16 8 1 7 12 19 .387 2 6 5 1 18 58% 53.5 81 15 13 4 10 13 3.0 2.8 6.2
1963 30 HOU NL 37 32 10 16 6 0 6 12 20 .375 3 2 6 1 20 63% 57.5 91 19 28 12 10 10 2.8 2.6 6.8
1964 31 HOU NL 35 35 11 16 8 1 7 13 22 .371 4 3 7 1 21 60% 53.1 92 21 29 14 8 7 2.9 3.1 6.2
1965 32 TOT NL 37 34 16 10 8 5 3 21 13 .618 1 6 9 1 21 62% 54.9 81 25 17 7 14 7 4.3 3.9 6.7
1965 32 HOU NL 8 8 3 2 3 2 1 4 4 .500 0 2 1 0 5 63% 51.0 71 25 4 1 1 3 4.0 3.7 6.5
1965 32 MLN NL 29 26 13 8 5 3 2 17 9 .654 1 4 8 1 16 62% 56.1 81 29 13 6 13 4 4.5 3.9 6.8
1966 33 ATL NL 32 31 14 8 9 2 4 18 12 .600 2 4 11 2 19 61% 54.2 86 30 12 6 11 8 4.8 5.1 6.9
1967 34 ATL NL 29 29 13 9 7 3 6 15 14 .517 3 1 6 0 23 79% 56.8 74 30 16 8 4 8 4.7 4.6 7.3
1968 35 ATL NL 31 16 4 6 6 0 2 7 9 .438 0 4 1 0 11 69% 51.6 82 12 12 3 4 5 2.8 2.3 6.3
1969 36 TOT MLB 30 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 47 30 15 4 0 3 2.7 2.8 5.2
1969 36 TOT NL 18 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 39.7 47 30 13 2 0 3 2.7 2.8 5.2
1969 36 ATL NL 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 36.0 42 30 5 0 0 2 3.1 2.5 5.2
1969 36 CHC NL 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 47.0 47 47 8 2 0 1 2.0 3.6 5.3
11 Yrs 317 231 84 91 56 12 35 111 119 .483 15 32 50 7 143 62% 54 92 12 171 71 70 68 3.7 3.6 6.6
MLB Averages .500 54% 53 116 -14 4.1 4.0 6.4
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*

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
1958 25 KCA AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 .667 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1960 27 KCA AL 42 36 18 3 6 6 3 3 50% 7 1 30 8 27% 8 1.033 9 8 19 7 4 25 17 19 23 6 23 5 6.9
1961 28 TOT MLB 21 9 2 0 3 1 1 1 100% 1 0 6 2 33% .803 3 1 4 2 2 5 3 6 5 3 6 0 4.9
1961 28 KCA AL 6 5 1 0 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 0 0% 8 .971 3 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 0 5.2
1961 28 CIN NL 15 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 .781 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 0 4.5
1962 29 HOU NL 33 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 1 33% 3 1.068 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
1963 30 HOU NL 37 5 4 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 6 2 33% 9 1.138 3 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 2.8
1965 32 TOT NL 37 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 6 0 0% 1.001 2 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 4.0
1965 32 MLN NL 29 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 6 0 0% 5 .982 2 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 4.0
1966 33 ATL NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .901 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0
1968 35 ATL NL 31 15 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 60% 6 .969 3 4 5 0 3 10 9 4 11 2 10 2 6.9
1969 36 TOT MLB 30 27 13 2 3 4 2 2 50% 6 2 20 8 40% 1.048 7 7 12 8 3 16 9 18 18 4 18 3 6.5
1969 36 TOT NL 18 15 5 1 1 4 2 2 50% 5 1 13 4 31% 1.044 4 4 7 6 1 8 6 9 10 3 10 2 6.5
1969 36 ATL NL 9 7 2 0 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 4 1 25% 5 .684 0 3 4 2 0 5 2 5 6 0 6 0 8.0
1969 36 NYY AL 12 12 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 4 57% 7 1.056 3 3 5 2 2 8 3 9 8 1 8 1 6.5
1969 36 CHC NL 9 8 3 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 9 3 33% 8 1.558 4 1 3 4 1 3 4 4 4 3 4 2 5.1
1970 37 MON NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .105 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 6.0
10 Yrs 260 103 50 7 15 16 9 8 56% 19 3 87 30 34% 1.001 28 23 47 22 13 66 47 54 65 18 66 10 6.3
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

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%
1958 25 KCA AL 18 72% 5.6% 5.6% 16.7% 11.1% 33% 1.00 72% 7 0 0%
1959 26 KCA AL 47 70% 4.3% 17.0% 10.6% 12.8% 55% 2.00 68% 7 1 14%
1960 27 KCA AL 526 68% 3.1% 16.0% 8.7% 8.1% 35% 0.93 70% 84 4 5%
1961 28 TOT MLB 384 58% 3.4% 12.0% 7.6% 7.8% 37% 1.15 75% 61 5 8%
1961 28 KCA AL 45 67% 4.4% 8.9% 15.6% 8.9% 36% 2.29 69% 11 0 0%
1961 28 CIN NL 339 57% 3.2% 12.4% 6.5% 7.7% 37% 1.07 76% 50 5 10%
1962 29 HOU NL 826 56% 2.2% 21.6% 5.6% 6.5% 28% 1.22 69% 138 13 9%
1963 30 HOU NL 920 53% 1.3% 16.1% 5.4% 5.5% 25% 1.09 75% 147 10 7%
1964 31 HOU NL 909 55% 1.7% 12.9% 4.8% 6.1% 26% 1.06 78% 140 12 9%
1965 32 TOT NL 950 52% 2.1% 16.4% 5.2% 6.4% 27% 0.90 78% 167 14 8%
1965 32 HOU NL 215 58% 1.9% 13.0% 5.1% 9.8% 40% 1.12 77% 35 5 14%
1965 32 MLN NL 735 50% 2.1% 17.4% 5.2% 5.4% 23% 0.84 78% 132 9 7%
1966 33 ATL NL 872 54% 3.2% 13.9% 6.1% 7.4% 26% 0.69 91% 115 15 13%
1967 34 ATL NL 842 55% 2.3% 10.1% 4.5% 6.8% 30% 0.97 81% 129 21 16%
1968 35 ATL NL 566 64% 1.9% 10.8% 4.8% 6.3% 23% 0.85 86% 94 10 11%
1969 36 TOT MLB 321 60% 2.2% 18.5% 10.3% 5.0% 24% 0.74 68% 70 5 7%
1969 36 TOT NL 213 58% 2.8% 18.0% 10.4% 6.2% 27% 0.70 69% 46 5 11%
1969 36 ATL NL 126 56% 3.2% 16.1% 7.3% 8.1% 31% 0.54 74% 26 3 12%
1969 36 NYY AL 108 62% 0.9% 19.4% 10.2% 2.8% 16% 0.83 67% 24 0 0%
1969 36 CHC NL 87 61% 2.3% 20.7% 14.9% 3.5% 18% 1.05 62% 20 2 10%
1970 37 MON NL 31 65% 3.2% 12.9% 3.2% 9.7% 33% 0.40 74% 7 0 0%
13 Yrs 7212 57% 2.2% 14.8% 5.9% 6.6% 28% 0.96 78% 1166 110 9%
MLB Averages 48% 2.2% 14.9% 8.5% 6.3% 28% 1.08 73% 10%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1958 25 KCA AL 18 6 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 26 KCA AL 47 11 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 27 KCA AL 520 120 16 0 15 8 8 10 6 35 15 7 43% 6 3 3 196 9 5 64% 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6
1961 28 TOT MLB 384 82 13 1 4 7 6 7 6 10 5 1 50% 1 1 3 137 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1961 28 KCA AL 45 11 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 28 CIN NL 339 71 11 1 3 6 5 6 5 8 4 1 50% 1 1 3 116 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1962 29 HOU NL 826 195 18 0 18 11 7 9 9 47 26 4 55% 15 6 5 283 8 8 50% 8 7 0 1 0 0 5 0 24 0
1963 30 HOU NL 920 204 12 1 14 5 7 4 8 33 17 4 52% 19 1 6 332 6 14 30% 6 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
1964 31 HOU NL 909 209 15 0 14 12 3 8 7 39 19 4 49% 16 3 6 307 8 7 53% 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1965 32 TOT NL 923 217 19 1 16 9 10 11 8 49 23 7 47% 12 5 6 318 17 9 65% 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 27
1965 32 HOU NL 215 52 4 0 2 3 1 2 2 18 10 2 56% 2 2 1 71 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1965 32 MLN NL 708 165 15 1 14 6 9 9 6 31 13 5 42% 10 3 5 247 16 7 70% 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 27
1966 33 ATL NL 756 213 24 0 6 11 10 18 3 30 14 3 47% 9 1 6 238 4 8 33% 3 8 1 0 0 0 3 0 13 116
1967 34 ATL NL 841 191 19 0 4 13 6 11 8 31 17 2 55% 8 1 5 293 10 6 63% 9 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 9 1
1968 35 ATL NL 526 145 10 0 17 9 1 4 6 40 13 4 33% 8 3 0 181 8 5 62% 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 40
1969 36 TOT MLB 319 68 7 0 12 4 3 2 5 31 14 3 45% 5 2 3 112 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2
1969 36 TOT NL 211 49 6 0 9 3 3 2 4 21 7 3 33% 4 1 2 76 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
1969 36 ATL NL 124 32 4 0 3 2 2 1 3 11 6 1 55% 2 0 1 42 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
1969 36 NYY AL 108 19 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 10 7 0 70% 1 1 1 36 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1969 36 CHC NL 87 17 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 10 1 2 10% 2 1 1 34 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1970 37 MON NL 31 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 7020 1670 157 4 124 91 63 85 69 352 168 39 48% 100 26 43 2434 78 63 55% 75 60 3 1 0 2 10 0 137 192
MLB Averages 50% 62%
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

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+
1958 25 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 7 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 17 17 3.857 23.1 3.9 11.6 3.9 0.33 17
1959 26 1 1 .500 8.10 4 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 17 13 12 3 8 0 9 0 0 0 64 52 1.875 11.5 2.0 5.4 6.1 1.13 52
1960 27 6 11 .353 4.65 46 8 18 2 0 3 133.2 137 81 69 19 53 6 92 7 1 3 589 87 1.421 9.2 1.3 3.6 6.2 1.74 87
1961 28 12 17 .414 4.38 67 20 20 5 1 4 226.0 219 125 110 32 82 7 138 9 1 4 975 92 1.332 8.7 1.3 3.3 5.5 1.68 92
1962 29 19 33 .365 4.13 100 51 20 10 2 4 423.0 414 225 194 50 128 8 316 16 2 10 1801 95 1.281 8.8 1.1 2.7 6.7 2.47 95
1963 30 30 50 .375 3.62 137 83 24 16 3 5 647.0 618 311 260 62 178 12 464 24 5 11 2720 101 1.230 8.6 0.9 2.5 6.5 2.61 101
1964 31 41 66 .383 3.62 172 118 24 23 4 5 865.0 827 411 348 77 222 18 581 31 5 14 3629 99 1.213 8.6 0.8 2.3 6.0 2.62 99
1965 32 57 76 .429 3.58 209 152 26 32 5 7 1096.1 1044 511 436 96 270 26 732 38 5 19 4579 100 1.199 8.6 0.8 2.2 6.0 2.71 100
1966 33 71 84 .458 3.53 241 183 26 43 7 7 1312.0 1257 600 515 120 316 32 837 38 6 20 5451 102 1.199 8.6 0.8 2.2 5.7 2.65 102
1967 34 84 93 .475 3.42 270 212 26 49 7 7 1522.1 1448 678 579 139 354 40 922 45 7 21 6293 104 1.184 8.6 0.8 2.1 5.5 2.60 104
1968 35 89 101 .468 3.43 301 228 35 50 7 7 1657.1 1593 736 631 149 379 50 979 54 7 24 6859 103 1.190 8.7 0.8 2.1 5.3 2.58 103
1969 36 91 106 .462 3.45 331 231 48 50 7 9 1731.1 1661 772 663 156 412 56 1038 54 7 26 7180 102 1.197 8.6 0.8 2.1 5.4 2.52 102
1970 37 91 106 .462 3.46 334 231 50 50 7 9 1737.1 1670 778 668 157 413 56 1042 56 7 26 7211 102 1.199 8.7 0.8 2.1 5.4 2.52 102

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
1958 25 0 0 36.00 2.0 7 9 8 1 4 1 0 5.500 31.5 18.0 4.5 0.25 4.5 2
1959 26 0 1 .000 4.09 11.0 11 6 5 2 5 8 0 1.455 9.0 4.1 6.5 1.60 1.6 2
1960 27 6 7 .462 4.21 124.0 125 64 58 17 47 86 7 1.387 9.1 3.4 6.2 1.83 1.2 42
1961 28 5 5 .500 3.88 95.0 84 46 41 13 30 47 2 1.200 8.0 2.8 4.5 1.57 1.2 21
1962 29 10 11 .476 4.15 191.0 199 98 88 18 47 173 7 1.288 9.4 2.2 8.2 3.68 0.8 33
1963 30 13 10 .565 3.39 210.0 224 88 79 13 55 139 9 1.329 9.6 2.4 6.0 2.53 0.6 37
1964 31 11 12 .478 4.27 211.0 222 111 100 16 47 113 7 1.275 9.5 2.0 4.8 2.40 0.7 35
1965 32 12 12 .500 4.01 220.0 228 109 98 20 50 143 7 1.264 9.3 2.0 5.9 2.86 0.8 37
1966 33 12 10 .545 3.76 201.0 220 93 84 25 48 98 0 1.333 9.9 2.1 4.4 2.04 1.1 32
1967 34 12 9 .571 3.40 196.0 206 82 74 20 41 79 8 1.260 9.5 1.9 3.6 1.93 0.9 29
1968 35 5 8 .385 4.91 121.0 162 73 66 11 28 51 10 1.570 12.0 2.1 3.8 1.82 0.8 31
1969 36 4 4 .500 4.25 72.0 70 38 34 7 34 58 0 1.444 8.8 4.3 7.3 1.71 0.9 30
1970 37 0 0 7.50 6.0 9 6 5 1 1 4 2 1.667 13.5 1.5 6.0 4.00 1.5 3
13 Yrs 90 89 .503 4.01 1660.0 1767 823 740 164 437 1000 59 1.328 9.6 5.4 2.29 0.9 334

* 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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1963 NL  2.65 (10th)
1967 NL  2.74 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1966 NL  .636 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1965 NL  1.146 (10th)
1967 NL  1.089 (7th)
Career  1.199 (135th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 NL  2.102 (7th)
1964 NL  1.817 (8th)
1965 NL  1.867 (5th)
1966 NL  1.920 (10th)
1967 NL  1.626 (3rd)
Career  2.140 (134th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 NL  8.132 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1962 NL  178 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1964 NL  35 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1966 NL  11 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1967 NL  19 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1962 NL  3.870 (1st)
1963 NL  2.960 (10th)
1965 NL  3.146 (7th)
Career  2.523 (88th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 NL  0.482 (7th)
1964 NL  0.619 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1962 NL  16 (7th)
1963 NL  17 (4th)
1964 NL  16 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 AL  7 (6th)
1962 NL  7 (10th)
1963 NL  8 (7th)
1964 NL  7 (7th)
1965 NL  7 (10th)
1967 NL  7 (5th)
1968 NL  9 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1967 NL  122 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1970 NL  born 1933-06-16 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 28 (847), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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