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Darold Knowles

Darold Duane Knowles

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 9, 1941 in Brunswick, MO
High School: Brunswick (Brunswick, MO)
School: University of Missouri
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1965
Teams (by GP): Senators/Athletics/Cubs/Phillies/Expos/.. 1965-1980
Final Game: April 18, 1980
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Darold Knowles
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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	23	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	9.20	5	1	2	0	0	0	14.2	14	15	15	2	10	2	12	3	1	2	69	38	1.636	8.6	1.2	6.1	7.4	1.20
1966	24	PHI	NL	6	5	.545	3.05	69	0	39	0	0	13	100.1	98	38	34	4	46	10	88	7	1	5	440	117	1.435	8.8	0.4	4.1	7.9	1.91
1967	25	WSA	AL	6	8	.429	2.70	61	1	35	0	0	14	113.1	91	37	34	5	52	12	85	4	3	2	465	116	1.262	7.2	0.4	4.1	6.8	1.63
1968	26	WSA	AL	1	1	.500	2.18	32	0	16	0	0	4	41.1	38	11	10	0	12	2	37	1	1	2	175	134	1.210	8.3	0.0	2.6	8.1	3.08
1969	27	WSA	AL	9	2	.818	2.24	53	0	40	0	0	13	84.1	73	25	21	8	31	3	59	4	0	2	352	154	1.233	7.8	0.9	3.3	6.3	1.90	AS
1970	28	WSA	AL	2	14	.125	2.04	71	0	49	0	0	27	119.1	100	36	27	4	58	16	71	4	0	3	510	173	1.324	7.5	0.3	4.4	5.4	1.22
1971	29	TOT	AL	7	4	.636	3.57	55	0	27	0	0	9	68.0	57	28	27	5	22	5	56	3	0	0	277	94	1.162	7.5	0.7	2.9	7.4	2.55
1971	29	WSA	AL	2	2	.500	3.52	12	0	6	0	0	2	15.1	17	6	6	2	6	1	16	0	0	0	70	94	1.500	10.0	1.2	3.5	9.4	2.67
1971	29	OAK	AL	5	2	.714	3.59	43	0	21	0	0	7	52.2	40	22	21	3	16	4	40	3	0	0	207	94	1.063	6.8	0.5	2.7	6.8	2.50
1972	30	OAK	AL	5	1	.833	1.37	54	0	29	0	0	11	65.2	49	12	10	1	37	4	36	0	0	1	272	208	1.310	6.7	0.1	5.1	4.9	0.97
1973	31	OAK	AL	6	8	.429	3.09	52	5	26	1	1	9	99.0	87	44	34	7	49	3	46	3	1	3	422	115	1.374	7.9	0.6	4.5	4.2	0.94
1974	32	OAK	AL	3	3	.500	4.22	45	1	18	0	0	3	53.1	61	29	25	6	35	3	18	2	0	2	250	79	1.800	10.3	1.0	5.9	3.0	0.51
1975	33	CHC	NL	6	9	.400	5.81	58	0	36	0	0	15	88.1	107	61	57	3	36	9	63	3	1	2	410	66	1.619	10.9	0.3	3.7	6.4	1.75
1976	34	CHC	NL	5	7	.417	2.89	58	0	28	0	0	9	71.2	61	30	23	6	22	4	39	2	1	0	284	132	1.158	7.7	0.8	2.8	4.9	1.77
1977	35	TEX	AL	5	2	.714	3.22	42	0	27	0	0	4	50.1	50	22	18	3	23	2	14	2	1	4	216	128	1.450	8.9	0.5	4.1	2.5	0.61
1978	36	MON	NL	3	3	.500	2.38	60	0	27	0	0	6	72.0	63	20	19	5	30	3	34	0	0	0	294	148	1.292	7.9	0.6	3.8	4.3	1.13
1979	37	STL	NL	2	5	.286	4.07	48	0	18	0	0	6	48.2	54	27	22	5	17	7	22	0	1	2	214	94	1.459	10.0	0.9	3.1	4.1	1.29
1980	38	STL	NL	0	1	.000	10.80	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	34	1.800	16.2	5.4	0.0	5.4
16 Seasons				66	74	.471	3.12	765	8	417	1	1	143	1092.0	1006	437	378	65	480	85	681	38	11	30	4658	112	1.361	8.3	0.5	4.0	5.6	1.42
162 Game Avg.				6	7	.471	3.12	67	1	37	0	0	13	96	88	38	33	6	42	7	60	3	1	3	410	112	1.361	8.3	0.5	4.0	5.6	1.42
				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
TEX (6 yrs)				25	29	.463	2.46	271	1	173	0	0	64	424.0	369	137	116	22	182	36	282	15	5	13	1788	138	1.300	7.8	0.5	3.9	6.0	1.55
OAK (4 yrs)				19	14	.576	2.99	194	6	94	1	1	30	270.2	237	107	90	17	137	14	140	8	1	6	1151	110	1.382	7.9	0.6	4.6	4.7	1.02
STL (2 yrs)				2	6	.250	4.29	50	0	18	0	0	6	50.1	57	29	24	6	17	7	23	0	1	2	222	89	1.470	10.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.35
CHC (2 yrs)				11	16	.407	4.50	116	0	64	0	0	24	160.0	168	91	80	9	58	13	102	5	2	2	694	85	1.413	9.5	0.5	3.3	5.7	1.76
PHI (1 yr)				6	5	.545	3.05	69	0	39	0	0	13	100.1	98	38	34	4	46	10	88	7	1	5	440	117	1.435	8.8	0.4	4.1	7.9	1.91
MON (1 yr)				3	3	.500	2.38	60	0	27	0	0	6	72.0	63	20	19	5	30	3	34	0	0	0	294	148	1.292	7.9	0.6	3.8	4.3	1.13
BAL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.20	5	1	2	0	0	0	14.2	14	15	15	2	10	2	12	3	1	2	69	38	1.636	8.6	1.2	6.1	7.4	1.20

AL (10 yrs)				44	44	.500	2.80	470	8	269	1	1	94	709.1	620	259	221	41	329	52	434	26	7	21	3008	120	1.338	7.9	0.5	4.2	5.5	1.32
NL (6 yrs)				22	30	.423	3.69	295	0	148	0	0	49	382.2	386	178	157	24	151	33	247	12	4	9	1650	100	1.403	9.1	0.6	3.6	5.8	1.64

Postseason Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	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	29	OAK	AL	ALCS	L	BAL	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

1973	31	OAK	AL	WS	W	NYM	0	0	0.00	7	0	2	0	0	2	6.1	4	1	0	0	5	2	5	1	0	0	30	1.421	5.7	0.0	7.1	7.1	1.00
2 Seasons (2 Series)							0	0	0.00	8	0	2	0	0	2	6.2	5	1	0	0	5	2	5	1	0	1	32	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
1 ALCS							0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 WS							0	0	0.00	7	0	2	0	0	2	6.1	4	1	0	0	5	2	5	1	0	0	30	1.421	5.7	0.0	7.1	7.1	1.00

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
1969	WSA	AL	27	0	0	0		0.00	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*

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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	23	BAL	AL	5	69	56	15	14	5	0	2	0	0	10	12	.250	.391	.446	.838	.286	25	1	3	0	0	2
1966	24	PHI	NL	69	440	377	38	98	15	4	4	1	3	46	88	.260	.347	.353	.700	.324	133	5	7	5	5	10
1967	25	WSA	AL	61	465	400	37	91	13	1	5	1	2	52	85	.228	.319	.303	.621	.273	121	19	4	4	5	12
1968	26	WSA	AL	32	175	158	11	38	6	2	0	1	0	12	37	.241	.293	.304	.597	.306	48	3	1	1	3	2
1969	27	WSA	AL	53	352	309	25	73	10	2	8	4	2	31	59	.236	.311	.359	.670	.265	111	9	4	5	3	3
1970	28	WSA	AL	71	510	432	36	100	24	1	4	2	0	58	71	.231	.325	.319	.644	.265	138	8	4	11	5	16
1971	29	TOT	AL	55	277	245	28	57	12	2	5	3	0	22	56	.233	.299	.359	.658	.277	88	7	3	3	4	5
1971	29	OAK	AL	43	207	181	22	40	9	2	3	2	0	16	40	.221	.289	.343	.632	.261	62	7	3	3	4	4
1971	29	WSA	AL	12	70	64	6	17	3	0	2	1	0	6	16	.266	.329	.406	.735	.326	26	0	0	0	0	1
1972	30	OAK	AL	54	272	231	12	49	5	2	1	0	2	37	36	.212	.319	.264	.583	.245	61	9	0	2	2	4
1973	31	OAK	AL	52	422	353	44	87	18	4	7	2	2	49	46	.246	.338	.380	.718	.261	134	12	3	11	6	3
1974	32	OAK	AL	45	250	206	29	61	10	0	6	1	1	35	18	.296	.397	.432	.829	.296	89	6	2	3	4	3
1975	33	CHC	NL	58	409	358	61	107	19	2	3	5	3	36	63	.299	.365	.388	.753	.353	139	3	3	9	3	9
1976	34	CHC	NL	58	284	252	30	61	15	2	6	2	5	22	39	.242	.302	.389	.691	.259	98	7	2	3	5	4
1977	35	TEX	AL	42	216	184	22	50	4	2	3	0	1	23	14	.272	.354	.364	.718	.276	67	8	2	4	3	2
1978	36	MON	NL	60	294	252	20	63	9	1	5	2	1	30	34	.250	.323	.353	.676	.265	89	4	0	6	6	3
1979	37	STL	NL	48	214	195	27	54	11	2	5	4	0	17	22	.277	.333	.431	.764	.290	84	2	0	1	1	7
1980	38	STL	NL	2	8	8	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	.375	.375	.875	1.250	.333	7	0	0	0	0	0
16 Seasons				765	4657	4016	437	1006	177	27	65	29	22	480	681	.250	.332	.357	.689	.283	1432	103	38	68	55	85
162 Game Avg.				67	410	353	38	88	16	2	6	3	2	42	60	.250	.332	.357	.689	.283	126	9	3	6	5	7
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
1965	23	BAL	AL	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	44	44	44	6	3	0	1	0.0	0.0	6.0

1967	25	WSA	AL	61	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	17	17	17	25	9	1	0	0.0	0.0	1.3

1973	31	OAK	AL	52	5	2	1	2	1	0	3	2	.600	1	1	1	1	2	40%	47	71	27	27	5	5	0	5.3	3.9	5.5
1974	32	OAK	AL	45	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	55	55	55	25	4	0	1	8.0	9.0	5.0
4 Seasons				163	8	3	3	2	2	0	4	4	.500	1	1	1	1	2	25%	44	71	17	83	21	6	2	4.3	3.8	5.0
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%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1965	23	BAL	AL	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		4	0.392	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	4	2	1	2	0	6.5
1966	24	PHI	NL	69	69	39	6	5	20	13	7	65%	21	1	52	3	6%	7	1.527	29	22	17	22	8	39	34	35	34	23	36	26	4.4
1967	25	WSA	AL	61	60	35	6	7	17	14	3	82%	20	3	41	12	29%	8	1.573	34	13	11	21	18	21	25	35	34	14	37	9	5.6
1968	26	WSA	AL	32	32	16	1	1	6	4	2	67%	8	2	38	12	32%	8	1.231	13	6	12	9	4	19	19	13	12	13	14	8	3.9
1969	27	WSA	AL	53	53	40	9	2	22	13	9	59%	23	1	41	14	34%	8	1.480	27	13	13	23	9	21	25	28	29	8	30	16	4.8
1970	28	WSA	AL	71	71	49	2	14	38	27	11	71%	39	1	64	17	27%	8	1.928	45	13	13	39	13	19	38	33	42	16	44	19	5.0
1971	29	TOT	AL	55	55	27	7	4	14	9	5	64%	25	9	40	7	18%		1.427	30	4	21	25	6	24	26	29	20	17	25	15	3.7
1971	29	WSA	AL	12	12	6	2	2	4	2	2	50%	4	0	5	3	60%	7	1.601	6	1	5	4	2	6	4	8	4	3	5	4	3.8
1971	29	OAK	AL	43	43	21	5	2	10	7	3	70%	21	9	35	4	11%	8	1.369	24	3	16	21	4	18	22	21	16	14	20	11	3.7
1972	30	OAK	AL	54	54	29	5	1	14	11	3	79%	21	5	47	10	21%	8	1.827	31	11	12	22	14	18	30	24	21	21	22	21	3.6
1973	31	OAK	AL	52	47	26	4	7	14	9	5	64%	21	5	50	13	26%	8	1.333	27	6	13	22	7	18	29	18	23	14	26	9	4.6
1974	32	OAK	AL	45	44	18	2	3	5	3	2	60%	12	6	37	15	41%	8	1.122	15	7	22	19	4	21	25	19	11	14	15	13	3.3
1975	33	CHC	NL	58	58	36	6	9	22	15	7	68%	24	2	60	19	32%	8	1.790	37	10	10	25	14	19	35	23	31	16	32	11	4.6
1976	34	CHC	NL	58	58	28	5	7	17	9	8	53%	20	3	52	19	37%	8	1.895	34	9	14	20	18	20	30	28	21	22	22	16	3.7
1977	35	TEX	AL	42	42	27	5	2	8	4	4	50%	13	5	46	13	28%	7	1.413	21	5	14	15	8	19	28	14	13	21	18	10	3.6
1978	36	MON	NL	60	60	27	3	3	9	6	3	67%	21	10	72	22	31%	8	1.395	27	11	21	23	7	30	35	25	24	23	27	18	3.6
1979	37	STL	NL	48	48	18	2	5	10	6	4	60%	15	4	54	15	28%	9	1.340	24	6	17	18	9	21	31	17	16	21	21	14	3.0
1980	38	STL	NL	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	1	1	100%	6	0.701	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.5
16 Seasons				765	757	417	63	71	217	143	74	66%	284	57	695	192	28%		1.538	395	136	215	304	139	314	411	346	333	245	371	205	4.2
				G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR

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	23	BAL	AL	69	71%	2.9%	17.4%	14.5%	10.1%	50%		0.94	61%				15	1	7%
1966	24	PHI	NL	440	70%	0.9%	20.0%	10.5%	5.2%	24%		1.72	66%				81	5	6%
1967	25	WSA	AL	465	71%	1.1%	18.3%	11.2%	4.1%	21%		1.32	68%				108	19	18%
1968	26	WSA	AL	175	68%	0.0%	21.1%	6.9%	4.6%	21%		0.98	71%				43	3	7%
1969	27	WSA	AL	352	73%	2.3%	16.8%	8.8%	5.7%	27%		0.98	70%				66	9	14%
1970	28	WSA	AL	510	73%	0.8%	13.9%	11.4%	5.7%	29%		1.13	71%				114	8	7%
1971	29	TOT	AL	278	65%	1.8%	20.2%	7.9%	6.9%	33%		1.67	68%				50	7	14%
1971	29	WSA	AL	70	61%	2.9%	22.9%	8.6%	7.1%	29%		1.50	66%				9	0	0%
1971	29	OAK	AL	208	66%	1.5%	19.3%	7.7%	6.8%	35%		1.71	69%				41	7	17%
1972	30	OAK	AL	272	69%	0.4%	13.2%	13.6%	2.9%	16%		1.37	72%				72	9	13%
1973	31	OAK	AL	422	71%	1.7%	10.9%	11.6%	6.9%	33%		1.36	73%				87	12	14%
1974	32	OAK	AL	250	73%	2.4%	7.2%	14.0%	6.4%	26%		1.25	74%				64	6	9%
1975	33	CHC	NL	409	67%	0.7%	15.4%	8.8%	5.9%	22%		1.58	72%				100	3	3%
1976	34	CHC	NL	284	65%	2.1%	13.7%	7.8%	8.1%	38%		1.23	75%				66	7	11%
1977	35	TEX	AL	216	57%	1.4%	6.5%	10.7%	4.2%	18%		1.56	79%				46	8	17%
1978	36	MON	NL	294	67%	1.7%	11.6%	10.2%	5.1%	24%		0.92	74%				70	4	6%
1979	37	STL	NL	214	58%	2.3%	10.3%	7.9%	8.4%	33%		1.25	79%				45	2	4%
1980	38	STL	NL	8	38%	12.5%	12.5%	0.0%	25.0%	67%		1.00	75%				1	0	0%
16 Seasons				4658	69%	1.4%	14.6%	10.3%	5.8%	27%		1.28	71%				1028	103	10%
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	23	BAL	AL	69	14			2	0	1	2	0	1	1	7	5	0	71%	0	2	0	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
1966	24	PHI	NL	440	98			4	0	17	2	2	1	3	23	9	5	39%	4	5	1	194	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	8	1	14	0
1967	25	WSA	AL	465	91			5	0	14	5	0	1	4	35	13	4	37%	8	2	1	181	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	16	0
1968	26	WSA	AL	175	38			0	0	5	0	0	0	0	11	3	2	27%	3	2	1	82	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
1969	27	WSA	AL	352	73			8	0	11	5	3	3	5	28	12	5	43%	4	2	2	143	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	0
1970	28	WSA	AL	510	100			4	1	21	4	0	2	2	34	14	6	41%	9	3	1	230	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	13	0
1971	29	TOT	AL	278	57			5	0	7	3	2	3	2	18	9	5	50%	2	0	0	97	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
1971	29	WSA	AL	70	17			2	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	1	1	33%	1	0	0	23	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	29	OAK	AL	208	40			3	0	6	2	1	1	2	15	8	4	53%	1	0	0	74	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
1972	30	OAK	AL	271	49			1	0	10	1	0	0	1	19	6	5	32%	4	1	0	124	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1
1973	31	OAK	AL	422	87			7	0	10	6	1	2	5	30	13	6	43%	7	3	1	177	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	8	2	13	0
1974	32	OAK	AL	250	61			6	0	17	5	1	3	3	16	11	1	69%	5	2	1	116	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
1975	33	CHC	NL	409	107			3	0	31	2	1	2	1	39	19	10	49%	6	2	0	192	5	3	63%	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	8	0
1976	34	CHC	NL	284	61			6	0	6	5	1	4	2	28	18	4	64%	5	0	1	107	2	5	29%	2	3	0	2	0	0	8	3	7	0
1977	35	TEX	AL	216	50			3	0	8	3	0	2	1	21	7	4	33%	1	4	0	96	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
1978	36	MON	NL	293	63			5	1	17	5	0	0	5	25	16	2	64%	2	0	0	121	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	1	9	1
1979	37	STL	NL	214	54			5	0	5	2	3	1	4	17	8	2	47%	2	2	2	98	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	8	0
1980	38	STL	NL	8	3			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	2	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16 Seasons				4656	1006			65	2	180	50	15	25	40	352	164	61	47%	62	30	11	1984	29	22	57%	23	19	6	2	0	1	62	10	131	2
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	23	0	1	.000	9.20	5	1	2	0	0	0	14.2	14	15	15	2	10	2	12	3	1	2	69	38	1.636	8.6	1.2	6.1	7.4	1.20	38
1966	24	6	6	.500	3.83	74	1	41	0	0	13	115.0	112	53	49	6	56	12	100	10	2	7	509	93	1.461	8.8	0.5	4.4	7.8	1.79	93
1967	25	12	14	.462	3.27	135	2	76	0	0	27	228.1	203	90	83	11	108	24	185	14	5	9	974	102	1.362	8.0	0.4	4.3	7.3	1.71	102
1968	26	13	15	.464	3.10	167	2	92	0	0	31	269.2	241	101	93	11	120	26	222	15	6	11	1149	106	1.339	8.0	0.4	4.0	7.4	1.85	106
1969	27	22	17	.564	2.90	220	2	132	0	0	44	354.0	314	126	114	19	151	29	281	19	6	13	1501	115	1.314	8.0	0.5	3.8	7.1	1.86	115
1970	28	24	31	.436	2.68	291	2	181	0	0	71	473.1	414	162	141	23	209	45	352	23	6	16	2011	126	1.316	7.9	0.4	4.0	6.7	1.68	126
1971	29	31	35	.470	2.79	346	2	208	0	0	80	541.1	471	190	168	28	231	50	408	26	6	16	2288	121	1.297	7.8	0.5	3.8	6.8	1.77	121
1972	30	36	36	.500	2.64	400	2	237	0	0	91	607.0	520	202	178	29	268	54	444	26	6	17	2560	126	1.298	7.7	0.4	4.0	6.6	1.66	126
1973	31	42	44	.488	2.70	452	7	263	1	1	100	706.0	607	246	212	36	317	57	490	29	7	20	2982	124	1.309	7.7	0.5	4.0	6.2	1.55	124
1974	32	45	47	.489	2.81	497	8	281	1	1	103	759.1	668	275	237	42	352	60	508	31	7	22	3232	119	1.343	7.9	0.5	4.2	6.0	1.44	119
1975	33	51	56	.477	3.12	555	8	317	1	1	118	847.2	775	336	294	45	388	69	571	34	8	24	3642	109	1.372	8.2	0.5	4.1	6.1	1.47	109
1976	34	56	63	.471	3.10	613	8	345	1	1	127	919.1	836	366	317	51	410	73	610	36	9	24	3926	111	1.355	8.2	0.5	4.0	6.0	1.49	111
1977	35	61	65	.484	3.11	655	8	372	1	1	131	969.2	886	388	335	54	433	75	624	38	10	28	4142	112	1.360	8.2	0.5	4.0	5.8	1.44	112
1978	36	64	68	.485	3.06	715	8	399	1	1	137	1041.2	949	408	354	59	463	78	658	38	10	28	4436	114	1.356	8.2	0.5	4.0	5.7	1.42	114
1979	37	66	73	.475	3.10	763	8	417	1	1	143	1090.1	1003	435	376	64	480	85	680	38	11	30	4650	112	1.360	8.3	0.5	4.0	5.6	1.42	112
1980	38	66	74	.471	3.12	765	8	417	1	1	143	1092.0	1006	437	378	65	480	85	681	38	11	30	4658	112	1.361	8.3	0.5	4.0	5.6	1.42	112

Neutralized Pitching

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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	23	0	1	.000	11.77	13.0	15	19	17	2	11	11	3	2.000	10.4	7.6	7.6	1.00	1.4	5
1966	24	6	4	.600	3.54	94.0	102	41	37	4	48	82	7	1.596	9.8	4.6	7.9	1.71	0.4	69
1967	25	6	5	.545	3.71	102.0	99	47	42	5	57	77	4	1.529	8.7	5.0	6.8	1.35	0.4	61
1968	26	3	1	.750	3.00	39.0	43	14	13	0	14	35	1	1.462	9.9	3.2	8.1	2.50	0.0	32
1969	27	5	3	.625	2.77	78.0	79	27	24	9	34	55	4	1.449	9.1	3.9	6.3	1.62	1.0	53
1970	28	9	3	.750	2.39	113.0	106	33	30	4	61	67	4	1.478	8.4	4.9	5.3	1.10	0.3	71
1971	29	3	4	.429	4.71	63.0	63	37	33	6	24	52	3	1.381	9.0	3.4	7.4	2.17	0.9	55
1972	30	5	1	.833	2.10	60.0	59	16	14	1	45	33	0	1.733	8.9	6.8	5.0	0.73	0.2	54
1973	31	5	5	.500	3.96	91.0	94	44	40	8	53	42	3	1.615	9.3	5.2	4.2	0.79	0.8	52
1974	32	1	4	.200	6.26	46.0	69	36	32	7	40	16	2	2.370	13.5	7.8	3.1	0.40	1.4	45
1975	33	3	6	.333	5.93	88.0	108	64	58	3	36	63	3	1.636	11.0	3.7	6.4	1.75	0.3	58
1976	34	4	3	.571	3.27	66.0	61	27	24	6	22	36	2	1.258	8.3	3.0	4.9	1.64	0.8	58
1977	35	3	2	.600	3.45	47.0	50	20	18	3	23	13	2	1.553	9.6	4.4	2.5	0.57	0.6	42
1978	36	5	2	.714	3.00	66.0	66	24	22	5	31	31	0	1.470	9.0	4.2	4.2	1.00	0.7	60
1979	37	2	3	.400	4.40	47.0	55	26	23	5	17	21	0	1.532	10.5	3.3	4.0	1.24	1.0	48
1980	38	0	0		6.00	3.0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	6.0		0.0	2
16 Seasons		60	47	.561	3.80	1016.0	1069	477	429	68	516	636	38	1.560	9.5		5.6	1.23	0.6	765

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame 1986 BBWAA ()	All-Star Games 1969 *	Earned Run Average s c a p y Career 3.12 (208th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y Career 8.291 (217th)
Games Played s c a p y 1966 NL 69 (3rd) 1967 AL 61 (6th) 1970 AL 71 (3rd) 1971 AL 55 (10th) 1973 AL 52 (4th) Career 765 (50th)	Saves s c a p y 1966 NL 13 (7th) 1967 AL 14 (6th) 1969 AL 13 (8th) 1970 AL 27 (3rd) 1972 AL 11 (10th) 1975 NL 15 (4th) Career 143 (75th)	Losses s c a p y 1970 AL 14 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1966 NL 7 (9th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1966 NL 39 (5th) 1967 AL 35 (7th) 1969 AL 40 (5th) 1970 AL 49 (4th) Career 417 (52nd)	Oldest s c a p y 1980 NL born 1941-12-09 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 23 (967), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 30 (438), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Terrell Wade (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Saucier (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chuck McElroy (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Hiller (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Randy Myers (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Randy Myers (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Lavelle (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jesse Orosco (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Lavelle (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Forster (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Forster (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jesse Orosco (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jesse Orosco (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jesse Orosco (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Lavelle (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 23 (967), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 30 (438), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50