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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 HS (Brunswick, MO)
School: University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO)
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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All-Star

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
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 39 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 5 440 119 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 2 465 118 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 2 352 155 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 3 510 174 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 96 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 1 272 210 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 3 422 116 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 80 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 0 284 133 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 4 216 129 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 0 294 149 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 95 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 43 1.800 16.2 5.4 0.0 5.4
16 Yrs 66 74 .471 3.12 765 8 417 1 1 143 1092.0 1006 437 378 65 480 85 681 38 11 30 4658 113 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 3 410 113 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 140 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 111 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 90 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 5 440 119 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 0 294 149 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 39 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 121 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 101 1.403 9.1 0.6 3.6 5.8 1.64

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
1965 23 BAL AL 14.2 5 1 15 9.20 4.19 0.44 -0.07 102.7 3.78 -9 -0.8 .1 0.2 -0.5 -8 .331 .495 $6,500
1966 24 PHI NL 100.1 69 0 38 3.41 4.00 -0.02 -0.16 101.3 3.90 4 0.5 1.3 -0.1 1.3 16 .507 .503 $10,500
1967 25 WSA AL 113.1 61 1 37 2.94 3.76 0.07 -0.15 98.2 3.48 8 1.0 1.6 0.1 2.0 16 .517 .506 $14,000
1968 26 WSA AL 41.1 32 0 11 2.40 3.41 -0.49 -0.14 96.8 3.64 6 0.8 1.6 0.2 1.3 9 .525 .505 $
1969 27 WSA AL 84.1 53 0 25 2.67 4.08 0.18 -0.17 95.8 3.58 9 1.0 1.7 0.2 1.9 16 .520 .506 $ AS
1970 28 WSA AL 119.1 71 0 36 2.72 4.36 0.26 -0.18 94.4 3.71 14 1.6 2.1 0.6 3.3 25 .522 .510 $
1971 29 WSA AL 15.1 12 0 6 3.52 3.92 -0.16 -0.17 95.5 3.73 0 0.0 1.4 -0.0 0.2 2 .504 .500 $
1971 29 OAK AL 52.2 43 0 22 3.76 3.80 0.26 -0.16 94.6 3.19 -3 -0.4 1.7 -0.2 -0.1 2 .491 .498 $42,500
1972 30 OAK AL 65.2 54 0 12 1.64 3.56 0.33 -0.15 95.6 2.95 10 1.3 2.1 0.6 2.5 15 .524 .508 $42,500
1973 31 OAK AL 99.0 52 5 44 4.00 4.30 0.53 -0.22 95.1 3.37 -8 -0.8 1.9 -0.5 -0.4 4 .484 .495 $50,000
1974 32 OAK AL 53.1 45 1 29 4.89 4.24 0.26 -0.31 93.8 3.44 -9 -0.9 1.4 -0.3 -0.7 -3 .479 .494 $59,000
1975 33 CHC NL 88.1 58 0 61 6.22 4.15 -0.54 -0.34 106.0 4.61 -17 -1.8 1.9 -0.9 -2.0 -8 .469 .489 $
1976 34 CHC NL 71.2 58 0 30 3.77 4.06 -0.23 -0.33 110.6 4.38 4 0.5 1.9 0.1 1.2 11 .509 .503 $
1977 35 TEX AL 50.1 42 0 22 3.93 4.77 0.41 -0.38 101.9 4.04 1 0.1 1.6 -0.1 0.4 6 .501 .500 $
1978 36 MON NL 72.0 60 0 20 2.50 4.16 0.44 -0.34 100.5 3.40 6 0.7 1.9 0.2 1.6 14 .512 .505 $
1979 37 STL NL 48.2 48 0 27 4.99 4.38 0.14 -0.35 102.0 3.97 -6 -0.6 1.8 -0.3 -0.6 -1 .487 .496 $102,500
1980 38 STL NL 1.2 2 0 2 10.80 3.99 0.16 -0.31 104.8 3.69 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .430 .499 $102,500
16 Seasons 1092.0 765 8 437 3.60 4.08 0.12 -0.23 99.0 3.70 12 2.0 1.8 -0.2 11.3 114 .503 .501 $430,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
TEX (6 yrs) 424.0 271 1 137 2.91 4.08 0.12 -0.19 96.9 3.65 39 4.5 1.8 1.0 9.1 74 .517 .505 $14,000
OAK (4 yrs) 270.2 194 6 107 3.56 4.01 0.38 -0.21 94.9 3.25 -9 -0.8 1.8 -0.4 1.3 17 .496 .499 $194,000
STL (2 yrs) 50.1 50 0 29 5.19 4.37 0.14 -0.35 102.0 3.96 -7 -0.8 1.8 -0.3 -0.7 -2 .484 .498 $205,000
CHC (2 yrs) 160.0 116 0 91 5.12 4.11 -0.40 -0.33 108.0 4.51 -12 -1.3 1.9 -0.8 -0.8 4 .489 .496 $
PHI (1 yr) 100.1 69 0 38 3.41 4.00 -0.02 -0.16 101.3 3.90 4 0.5 1.3 -0.1 1.3 16 .507 .503 $10,500
MON (1 yr) 72.0 60 0 20 2.50 4.16 0.44 -0.34 100.5 3.40 6 0.7 1.9 0.2 1.6 14 .512 .505 $
BAL (1 yr) 14.2 5 1 15 9.20 4.19 0.44 -0.07 102.7 3.78 -9 -0.8 .1 0.2 -0.5 -8 .331 .495 $6,500

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
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 Yrs (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

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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 0.2 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
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 0
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 4
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 8
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 3
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 4
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 9
1971 29 OAK AL 43 208 181 22 40 9 2 3 2 0 16 40 .221 .289 .343 .632 .261 62 7 3 3 4 4 1
1971 29 TOT AL 55 278 245 28 57 12 2 5 3 0 22 56 .233 .299 .359 .658 .277 88 7 3 3 4 5 2
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 1
1972 30 OAK AL 54 271 231 12 49 5 2 1 0 2 37 36 .212 .319 .264 .583 .245 61 9 0 2 2 4 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 7
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 5
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 6
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 5
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 1
1978 36 MON NL 60 293 252 20 63 9 1 5 2 1 30 34 .250 .323 .353 .676 .265 89 4 0 6 6 3 2
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 2
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 0
16 Yrs 765 4656 4016 437 1006 177 27 65 29 22 480 681 .250 .332 .357 .689 .283 1432 103 38 68 55 85 62
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 5
MLB Averages .254 .320 .374 .694 .279
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
1965 23 BAL AL -8.1 -0.8 73 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .36 -0.3 -0.4 -7.8 -0.8 0.36 -3.9 0 0 4
1966 24 PHI NL 6.3 0.7 457 0.3 10.4 -10.1 1.46 0.6 -0.4 13.6 1.4 1.46 6.0 27 17 24
1967 25 WSA AL 6.6 0.7 484 2.6 11.8 -9.2 1.47 0.8 1.0 5.2 0.6 1.47 6.5 30 14 14
1968 26 WSA AL 3.9 0.4 181 -0.2 3.2 -3.4 1.08 0.1 -0.3 1.9 0.2 1.08 0.9 12 7 12
1969 27 WSA AL 11.4 1.2 363 0.5 8.5 -8.0 1.40 0.3 0.0 8.3 0.9 1.40 2.8 26 10 17
1970 28 WSA AL 18.4 1.9 522 0.2 15.7 -15.6 1.86 0.8 -0.7 14.3 1.5 1.86 10.0 42 13 16
1971 29 TOT AL -0.4 -0.0 285 0.9 6.9 -6.0 1.34 0.6 0.1 3.7 0.4 1.34 1.4 29 3 21
1971 29 WSA AL 0.1 0.0 71 -0.2 1.7 -1.9 1.50 -0.2 0.0 -1.8 -0.2 1.50 -2.4 6 0 6
1971 29 OAK AL -0.5 -0.1 214 1.1 5.2 -4.1 1.29 0.8 0.1 5.5 0.6 1.29 3.9 23 3 15
1972 30 OAK AL 11.5 1.3 277 1.4 7.8 -6.4 1.73 0.8 -0.0 11.7 1.4 1.74 8.4 30 8 16
1973 31 OAK AL 2.9 0.3 437 -0.9 9.3 -10.2 1.32 0.2 -0.9 1.9 0.2 1.32 3.5 25 8 11
1974 32 OAK AL -5.8 -0.6 256 -0.7 4.2 -5.0 1.08 -0.8 0.1 -13.7 -1.5 1.09 -12.3 15 7 20
1975 33 CHC NL -16.4 -1.7 418 -1.4 11.4 -12.7 1.76 -0.7 -0.0 -16.2 -1.6 1.76 -9.6 33 13 11
1976 34 CHC NL 5.4 0.6 298 1.0 9.8 -8.8 1.84 0.2 0.4 1.9 0.2 1.84 1.6 33 10 14
1977 35 TEX AL 4.3 0.4 224 0.1 5.1 -5.0 1.39 0.1 -0.0 5.6 0.6 1.39 5.4 21 5 14
1978 36 MON NL 10.0 1.1 301 0.2 6.4 -6.2 1.33 0.8 -0.6 6.5 0.7 1.33 5.7 27 9 22
1979 37 STL NL -2.1 -0.2 226 -1.5 4.2 -5.7 1.30 -0.0 -1.1 -4.6 -0.5 1.30 -3.2 24 6 17
1980 38 STL NL -1.0 -0.1 9 -0.4 0.0 -0.5 .68 -0.2 -0.4 -2.0 -0.2 0.68 -1.9 1 0 1
16 Yrs 47.2 5.3 4811 1.6 115.1 -113.5 1.47 3.2 -2.1 30.1 3.6 1.48 21.4 375 130 234
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
1965 23 BAL AL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44.0 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% 17.0 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% 46.8 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% 55.0 55 55 25 4 0 1 8.0 9.0 5.0
4 Yrs 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 .500 55% 52 114 -13 4.1 4.0 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
1965 23 BAL AL 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .361 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 1.457 27 17 24 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 1.470 30 14 14 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 1.083 12 7 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 1.399 26 10 17 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 1.864 42 13 16 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% 1.339 29 3 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 1.495 6 0 6 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 1.287 23 3 15 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 1.727 30 8 16 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 1.317 25 8 11 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 1.084 15 7 20 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 1.764 33 13 11 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 1.841 33 10 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 1.392 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 1.331 27 9 22 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 1.297 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 .676 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.5
16 Yrs 765 757 417 63 71 217 143 74 66% 284 57 695 192 28% 1.475 375 130 234 304 139 314 411 346 333 245 371 205 4.2
G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 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%
1965 23 BAL AL 69 29% 2.9% 17.4% 14.5% 10.1% 50% 0.94 61% 15 1 7%
1966 24 PHI NL 440 30% 0.9% 20.0% 10.5% 5.2% 24% 1.72 66% 81 5 6%
1967 25 WSA AL 465 29% 1.1% 18.3% 11.2% 4.1% 21% 1.32 68% 108 19 18%
1968 26 WSA AL 175 32% 0.0% 21.1% 6.9% 4.6% 21% 0.98 71% 43 3 7%
1969 27 WSA AL 352 27% 2.3% 16.8% 8.8% 5.7% 27% 0.98 70% 66 9 14%
1970 28 WSA AL 510 27% 0.8% 13.9% 11.4% 5.7% 29% 1.13 71% 114 8 7%
1971 29 TOT AL 278 35% 1.8% 20.1% 7.9% 6.8% 33% 1.67 68% 50 7 14%
1971 29 WSA AL 70 39% 2.9% 22.9% 8.6% 7.1% 29% 1.50 66% 9 0 0%
1971 29 OAK AL 208 34% 1.4% 19.2% 7.7% 6.7% 35% 1.71 68% 41 7 17%
1972 30 OAK AL 272 31% 0.4% 13.3% 13.7% 3.0% 16% 1.37 72% 72 9 13%
1973 31 OAK AL 422 29% 1.7% 10.9% 11.6% 6.9% 33% 1.36 73% 87 12 14%
1974 32 OAK AL 250 27% 2.4% 7.2% 14.0% 6.4% 26% 1.25 74% 64 6 9%
1975 33 CHC NL 409 33% 0.7% 15.4% 8.8% 5.9% 22% 1.58 72% 100 3 3%
1976 34 CHC NL 284 35% 2.1% 13.7% 7.8% 8.1% 38% 1.23 75% 66 7 11%
1977 35 TEX AL 216 43% 1.4% 6.5% 10.7% 4.2% 18% 1.56 79% 46 8 17%
1978 36 MON NL 294 33% 1.7% 11.6% 10.2% 5.1% 24% 0.92 75% 70 4 6%
1979 37 STL NL 214 42% 2.3% 10.3% 7.9% 8.4% 33% 1.25 79% 45 2 4%
1980 38 STL NL 8 63% 12.5% 12.5% 0.0% 25.0% 67% 1.00 75% 1 0 0%
16 Yrs 4658 31% 1.4% 14.6% 10.3% 5.8% 27% 1.28 71% 1028 103 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.1% 8.5% 6.2% 27% 1.10 74% 11%
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
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 7 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 6 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 1 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 5 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 0 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 Yrs 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 53 11 131 2
MLB Averages 51% 64%
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+
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 39 1.636 8.6 1.2 6.1 7.4 1.20 39
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 94 1.461 8.8 0.5 4.4 7.8 1.79 94
1967 25 12 14 .462 3.27 135 2 76 0 0 27 228.1 203 90 83 11 108 24 185 14 5 9 974 104 1.362 8.0 0.4 4.3 7.3 1.71 104
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 107 1.339 8.0 0.4 4.0 7.4 1.85 107
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 116 1.314 8.0 0.5 3.8 7.1 1.86 116
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 127 1.316 7.9 0.4 4.0 6.7 1.68 127
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 122 1.297 7.8 0.5 3.8 6.8 1.77 122
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 127 1.298 7.7 0.4 4.0 6.6 1.66 127
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 125 1.309 7.7 0.5 4.0 6.2 1.55 125
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 120 1.343 7.9 0.5 4.2 6.0 1.44 120
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 110 1.372 8.2 0.5 4.1 6.1 1.47 110
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 113 1.360 8.3 0.5 4.0 5.6 1.42 113
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 113 1.361 8.3 0.5 4.0 5.6 1.42 113

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
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 83 7 1.596 9.8 4.6 7.9 1.73 0.4 69
1967 25 6 5 .545 3.65 101.0 100 46 41 5 57 76 4 1.554 8.9 5.1 6.8 1.33 0.4 61
1968 26 2 2 .500 3.23 39.0 44 16 14 0 14 35 1 1.487 10.2 3.2 8.1 2.50 0.0 32
1969 27 5 3 .625 2.73 79.0 78 27 24 9 33 55 4 1.405 8.9 3.8 6.3 1.67 1.0 53
1970 28 9 3 .750 2.39 113.0 105 33 30 4 61 67 4 1.469 8.4 4.9 5.3 1.10 0.3 71
1971 29 3 4 .429 4.57 63.0 63 36 32 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 60 16 14 1 45 33 0 1.750 9.0 6.8 5.0 0.73 0.2 54
1973 31 5 5 .500 4.00 90.0 95 44 40 8 54 42 3 1.656 9.5 5.4 4.2 0.78 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 6.03 88.0 108 66 59 3 36 63 3 1.636 11.0 3.7 6.4 1.75 0.3 58
1976 34 4 3 .571 3.14 66.0 61 26 23 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 2.91 65.0 67 23 21 5 32 31 0 1.523 9.3 4.4 4.3 0.97 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 Yrs 59 48 .551 3.79 1014.0 1072 477 427 68 517 636 38 1.567 9.5 5.6 1.23 0.6 765

* 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

Hall of Fame
1986 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1969 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  3.12 (210th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  8.291 (225th)

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 (54th)

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 (80th)

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 (55th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1967 AL  2.6 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1980 NL  born 1941-12-09 (10th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 23 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 30 (445), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Roger McDowell (931)
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  6. Randy Myers (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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