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Ron Klimkowski

Ronald Bernard Klimkowski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 1, 1944 in Jersey City, NJ
High School: W.T. Clarke HS (Westbury, NY)
School: Morehead State University (Morehead, KY)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1969
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics 1969-1972

Final Game: September 22, 1972
Died: November 13, 2009 in Plainview, NY
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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
1969 25 NYY AL 0 0 0.64 3 1 2 0 0 0 14.0 6 1 1 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 52 559 0.786 3.9 0.0 3.2 1.9 0.60
1970 26 NYY AL 6 7 .462 2.65 45 3 10 1 1 1 98.1 80 36 29 7 33 7 40 3 0 2 399 134 1.149 7.3 0.6 3.0 3.7 1.21
1971 27 OAK AL 2 2 .500 3.38 26 0 11 0 0 2 45.1 37 19 17 3 23 8 25 1 0 3 195 100 1.324 7.3 0.6 4.6 5.0 1.09
1972 28 NYY AL 0 3 .000 4.02 16 2 3 0 0 1 31.1 32 15 14 3 15 7 11 1 0 1 137 75 1.500 9.2 0.9 4.3 3.2 0.73
4 Yrs 8 12 .400 2.90 90 6 26 1 1 4 189.0 155 71 61 13 76 23 79 5 0 6 783 118 1.222 7.4 0.6 3.6 3.8 1.04
162 Game Avg. 6 9 .400 2.90 64 4 18 1 1 3 134 110 50 43 9 54 16 56 4 0 4 555 118 1.222 7.4 0.6 3.6 3.8 1.04
NYY (3 yrs) 6 10 .375 2.76 64 6 15 1 1 2 143.2 118 52 44 10 53 15 54 4 0 3 588 125 1.190 7.4 0.6 3.3 3.4 1.02
OAK (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.38 26 0 11 0 0 2 45.1 37 19 17 3 23 8 25 1 0 3 195 100 1.324 7.3 0.6 4.6 5.0 1.09

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
1969 25 NYY AL 14.0 3 1 1 0.64 4.35 0.28 -0.01 105.7 4.29 6 0.7 .6 -0.1 0.8 7 .746 .505 $
1970 26 NYY AL 98.1 45 3 36 3.29 4.26 0.15 -0.13 96.8 3.85 7 0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.5 16 .517 .505 $
1971 27 OAK AL 45.1 26 0 19 3.77 3.71 0.30 -0.16 96.0 3.12 -3 -0.4 .8 -0.1 0.0 1 .486 .498 $17,500
1972 28 NYY AL 31.1 16 2 15 4.31 3.54 -0.02 -0.08 98.4 3.43 -3 -0.3 .6 0.0 -0.1 -1 .478 .498 $19,500
4 Seasons 189.0 90 6 71 3.38 4.02 0.17 -0.12 97.6 3.64 7 0.8 .9 -0.3 2.2 24 .509 .501 $37,000
NYY (3 yrs) 143.2 64 6 52 3.26 4.11 0.13 -0.11 98.0 3.80 10 1.2 .9 -0.2 2.2 23 .518 .502 $19,500
OAK (1 yr) 45.1 26 0 19 3.77 3.71 0.30 -0.16 96.0 3.12 -3 -0.4 .8 -0.1 0.0 1 .486 .498 $17,500

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
1969 25 NYY AL 3 52 46 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 .130 .212 .152 .364 .136 7 2 0 0 1 1 1
1970 26 NYY AL 45 399 359 36 80 8 1 7 4 7 33 40 .223 .293 .309 .602 .233 111 10 3 3 1 7 10
1971 27 OAK AL 26 195 168 19 37 8 2 3 7 1 23 25 .220 .316 .345 .661 .241 58 3 1 2 1 8 4
1972 28 NYY AL 16 137 118 15 32 5 1 3 4 0 15 11 .271 .356 .407 .762 .276 48 5 1 2 1 7 2
4 Yrs 90 783 691 71 155 22 4 13 16 8 76 79 .224 .304 .324 .628 .235 224 20 5 7 4 23 17
162 Game Avg. 64 555 489 50 110 16 3 9 11 6 54 56 .224 .304 .324 .628 .235 159 14 4 5 3 16 12
MLB Averages .249 .318 .369 .687 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1969 25 NYY AL 4.8 0.6 53 0.7 1.1 -0.5 1.14 0.5 0.1 5.6 0.7 1.14 5.6 0 1 1
1970 26 NYY AL 8.7 0.9 413 -1.0 5.7 -6.7 .83 0.5 -1.7 7.2 0.8 0.83 3.3 13 6 22
1971 27 OAK AL 0.2 0.0 207 0.6 3.0 -2.4 .84 0.3 0.4 2.5 0.3 0.84 0.9 6 4 16
1972 28 NYY AL -3.3 -0.4 143 -0.4 1.5 -1.9 .69 -0.3 -0.3 -2.1 -0.2 0.69 -2.6 1 5 8
4 Yrs 10.4 1.1 816 -0.1 11.3 -11.4 .83 1.0 -1.2 13.2 1.5 0.83 7.2 20 16 47

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
1969 25 NYY AL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 78.0 78 78 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1970 26 NYY AL 45 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 1 1 33% 53.0 82 38 25 8 1 1 5.3 4.5 6.3
1972 28 NYY AL 16 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 41.5 50 33 4 1 1 1 1.0 1.6 5.2
3 Yrs 64 6 1 3 2 0 1 2 4 .333 0 0 1 1 3 50% 53 82 33 29 9 2 2 2.7 2.7 6.4
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 109 -3 4.0 3.9 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
1969 25 NYY AL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.136 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5
1970 26 NYY AL 45 42 10 5 6 2 1 1 50% 4 2 18 6 33% 6 .833 13 6 22 6 10 26 10 32 26 7 27 6 5.7
1971 27 OAK AL 26 26 11 2 2 2 2 0 100% 2 0 15 4 27% 8 .844 6 4 16 2 4 20 9 17 16 5 16 1 5.2
1972 28 NYY AL 16 14 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 1 14% 8 .694 1 5 8 1 1 12 3 11 7 3 7 2 4.5
4 Yrs 90 84 26 7 9 5 4 1 80% 7 2 40 11 28% .832 20 16 47 9 15 60 22 62 51 15 52 9 5.4

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%
1969 25 NYY AL 52 58% 0.0% 5.8% 9.6% 1.9% 17% 1.79 85% 11 2 18%
1970 26 NYY AL 399 61% 1.8% 10.0% 8.3% 4.0% 20% 1.57 78% 69 10 14%
1971 27 OAK AL 195 62% 1.5% 12.8% 11.8% 6.7% 35% 1.62 72% 30 3 10%
1972 28 NYY AL 137 66% 2.2% 8.0% 11.0% 6.6% 28% 1.59 77% 30 5 17%
4 Yrs 783 62% 1.7% 10.1% 9.7% 5.0% 25% 1.60 77% 140 20 14%
MLB Averages 46% 2.1% 14.9% 8.9% 6.0% 27% 1.11 73% 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
1969 25 NYY AL 52 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 26 NYY AL 399 80 7 0 7 3 4 0 7 13 7 1 54% 10 2 2 134 4 7 36% 4 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 6 0
1971 27 OAK AL 195 37 3 0 8 3 0 3 0 12 4 0 33% 4 3 0 69 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1972 28 NYY AL 137 32 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 13 5 0 38% 2 1 0 54 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Yrs 783 155 13 0 21 8 5 4 9 39 17 1 44% 17 6 2 279 16 8 67% 15 6 1 2 0 0 1 1 14 0
MLB Averages 49% 63%

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+
1969 25 0 0 0.64 3 1 2 0 0 0 14.0 6 1 1 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 52 559 0.786 3.9 0.0 3.2 1.9 0.60 559
1970 26 6 7 .462 2.40 48 4 12 1 1 1 112.1 86 37 30 7 38 8 43 3 0 2 451 148 1.104 6.9 0.6 3.0 3.4 1.13 148
1971 27 8 9 .471 2.68 74 4 23 1 1 3 157.2 123 56 47 10 61 16 68 4 0 5 646 130 1.167 7.0 0.6 3.5 3.9 1.11 130
1972 28 8 12 .400 2.90 90 6 26 1 1 4 189.0 155 71 61 13 76 23 79 5 0 6 783 118 1.222 7.4 0.6 3.6 3.8 1.04 118

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
1969 25 1 0 1.000 0.69 13.0 7 1 1 0 6 3 0 1.000 4.8 4.2 2.1 0.50 0.0 3
1970 26 6 4 .600 3.23 92.0 85 37 33 7 35 37 3 1.304 8.3 3.4 3.6 1.06 0.7 45
1971 27 2 2 .500 4.19 43.0 40 22 20 3 25 24 1 1.512 8.4 5.2 5.0 0.96 0.6 26
1972 28 1 2 .333 5.90 29.0 38 21 19 4 18 10 1 1.931 11.8 5.6 3.1 0.56 1.2 16
4 Yrs 10 8 .556 3.71 177.0 170 81 73 14 84 74 5 1.435 8.6 3.8 0.88 0.7 90

* 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.

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