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Dick Koecher

Richard Finlay Koecher

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 196 lb.

Born: March 30, 1926 in Philadelphia, PA
School: Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1946
Team: Phillies 1946-1948

Final Game: October 2, 1948
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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
1946 20 PHI NL 0 1 .000 10.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 7 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 16 39 3.000 23.6 0.0 3.4 6.8 2.00
1947 21 PHI NL 0 2 .000 4.76 3 2 1 1 0 0 17.0 20 12 9 1 10 4 1 1 0 79 86 1.765 10.6 0.5 5.3 2.1 0.40
1948 22 PHI NL 0 1 .000 3.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 21 139 1.167 6.0 0.0 4.5 3.0 0.67
3 Yrs 0 4 .000 4.91 7 3 4 1 0 0 25.2 31 17 14 1 14 8 1 1 0 116 83 1.753 10.9 0.4 4.9 2.8 0.57
162 Game Avg. 0 27 .000 4.91 48 20 27 7 0 0 175 211 116 95 7 95 54 7 7 0 789 83 1.753 10.9 0.4 4.9 2.8 0.57

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
1946 20 PHI NL 2.2 1 1 3 10.13 4.04 -0.33 0.00 102.0 4.45 -2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .338 .499 $
1947 21 PHI NL 17.0 3 2 12 6.35 5.12 -0.11 0.00 95.7 5.00 -3 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .417 .498 $
1948 22 PHI NL 6.0 3 0 2 3.00 4.79 -0.21 0.00 100.5 5.02 1 0.1 .8 -0.0 0.2 2 .548 .501 $
3 Seasons 25.2 7 3 17 5.96 4.93 -0.16 0.00 97.4 4.95 -3 -0.3 .8 -0.0 0.0 0 .462 .499 $

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
1948 22 PHI NL 3 16 20 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .200 .304 .200 .504 .222 4 1 0 1 0 0
1 Yr 3 16 20 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .200 .304 .200 .504 .222 4 1 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 68 363 453 45 91 0 0 0 0 0 68 45 .200 .304 .200 .504 .222 91 23 0 23 0 0
MLB Averages .260 .335 .337 .672 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 22 PHI NL 0.9 0.1 17 -0.0 0.2 -0.3 .77 0.1 -0.1 1.1 0.1 0.77 0.7 0 1 1
3 Yrs -2.8 -0.3 17 -0.0 0.2 -0.3 .77 0.1 -0.1 1.1 0.1 0.77 0.7 0 1 1

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
1946 20 PHI NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 0 1 1.0 2.7
1947 21 PHI NL 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 1 50% 47.0 59 35 0 2 1.0 7.5
2 Yrs 4 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 1 0 1 33% 42 59 33 0 3 1.0 5.9
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 115 -11 4.4 4.8 6.7

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
1947 21 PHI NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
1948 22 PHI NL 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .766 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 6.0
2 Yrs 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .766 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 6.0

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%
1946 20 PHI NL 16 0.0% 12.5% 6.3% 81%
1947 21 PHI NL 82 1.2% 4.9% 12.2% 2.4% 10% 79%
1948 22 PHI NL 24 19% 0.0% 12.5% 18.8% 0.0% 0% 4.50 113% 4 1 25%
3 Yrs 122 19% 0.9% 7.0% 12.3% 1.8% 7% 4.50 84% 4 1 25%
MLB Averages 49% 1.8% 11.3% 11.3% 4.1% 15% 0.95 90% 10%

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
1946 20 PHI NL 7 0 0
1947 21 PHI NL 20 1 0
1948 22 PHI NL 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
3 Yrs 16 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
MLB Averages 53% 56%

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+
1946 20 0 1 .000 10.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 7 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 16 39 3.000 23.6 0.0 3.4 6.8 2.00 39
1947 21 0 3 .000 5.49 4 3 1 1 0 0 19.2 27 15 12 1 11 6 1 1 0 95 74 1.932 12.4 0.5 5.0 2.7 0.55 74
1948 22 0 4 .000 4.91 7 3 4 1 0 0 25.2 31 17 14 1 14 8 1 1 0 116 83 1.753 10.9 0.4 4.9 2.8 0.57 83

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
1946 20 0 0 12.00 3.0 8 4 4 0 1 2 0 3.000 24.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 0.0 1
1947 21 0 1 .000 4.76 17.0 21 10 9 1 10 4 1 1.824 11.1 5.3 2.1 0.40 0.5 3
1948 22 0 0 6.75 4.0 5 3 3 0 4 1 0 2.250 11.3 9.0 2.3 0.25 0.0 3
3 Yrs 0 1 .000 6.00 24.0 34 17 16 1 15 7 1 2.042 12.8 2.6 0.47 0.4 7

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1946 NL  born 1926-03-30 (6th)

                                         

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