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Doug Konieczny

Douglas James Konieczny

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: September 27, 1951 in Detroit, MI
High School: St. Ladislaus HS (Hamtramck, MI)
School: Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1973
Team: Astros 1973-1977

Final Game: April 30, 1977
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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
1973 21 HOU NL 0 1 .000 5.54 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 8 8 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 49 67 1.231 8.3 0.0 2.8 4.2 1.50
1974 22 HOU NL 0 3 .000 7.88 6 3 1 0 0 0 16.0 18 15 14 0 12 1 8 2 1 2 77 45 1.875 10.1 0.0 6.8 4.5 0.67
1975 23 HOU NL 6 13 .316 4.47 32 29 1 4 1 0 171.0 184 93 85 15 87 1 89 1 2 6 762 76 1.585 9.7 0.8 4.6 4.7 1.02
1977 25 HOU NL 1 1 .500 6.00 4 4 0 0 0 0 21.0 26 15 14 1 8 0 7 1 0 0 97 61 1.619 11.1 0.4 3.4 3.0 0.88
4 Yrs 7 18 .280 4.93 44 38 2 4 1 0 221.0 240 131 121 16 111 2 110 4 3 8 985 70 1.588 9.8 0.7 4.5 4.5 0.99
162 Game Avg. 6 15 .280 4.93 36 32 2 3 1 0 183 199 109 100 13 92 2 91 3 2 7 817 70 1.588 9.8 0.7 4.5 4.5 0.99

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
1973 21 HOU NL 13.0 2 2 8 5.54 3.74 0.00 0.11 92.6 3.56 -3 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .362 .498 $
1974 22 HOU NL 16.0 6 3 15 8.44 4.38 0.04 -0.01 91.0 3.93 -8 -0.8 1.1 -0.0 -0.7 -7 .368 .495 $
1975 23 HOU NL 171.0 32 29 93 4.89 4.14 -0.13 0.12 93.7 4.11 -16 -1.7 1.1 -0.1 -0.5 1 .446 .489 $
1977 25 HOU NL 21.0 4 4 15 6.43 4.46 0.15 0.16 98.1 4.38 -5 -0.5 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .383 .497 $
4 Seasons 221.0 44 38 131 5.33 4.16 -0.09 0.11 93.8 4.09 -32 -3.3 1.1 -0.1 -1.7 -10 .426 .495 $

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
1973 21 HOU NL 2 49 43 8 12 2 0 0 2 0 4 6 .279 .333 .326 .659 .316 14 2 0 1 1 0 0
1974 22 HOU NL 6 77 62 15 18 3 1 0 1 2 12 8 .290 .421 .371 .792 .333 23 1 2 1 0 1 1
1975 23 HOU NL 32 761 657 93 184 26 7 15 10 13 87 89 .280 .361 .409 .771 .301 269 15 1 7 8 1 12
1977 25 HOU NL 4 97 86 15 26 6 1 1 3 2 8 7 .302 .361 .430 .791 .313 37 0 1 0 2 0 1
4 Yrs 44 984 848 131 240 37 9 16 16 17 111 110 .283 .364 .404 .769 .306 343 18 4 9 11 2 14
162 Game Avg. 36 816 703 109 199 31 7 13 13 14 92 91 .283 .364 .404 .769 .306 284 15 3 7 9 2 12
MLB Averages .258 .325 .377 .702 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1973 21 HOU NL -2.1 -0.2 51 -0.4 0.8 -1.2 1.02 -0.0 -0.4 -2.3 -0.2 1.02 -0.0 0 0 0
1974 22 HOU NL -7.5 -0.7 84 -1.0 1.2 -2.1 1.12 -0.3 -0.6 -7.3 -0.7 1.12 -3.3 1 1 1
1975 23 HOU NL -20.4 -2.0 796 -1.5 13.5 -15.1 1.07 -1.7 0.2 -16.4 -1.7 1.08 -17.7 1 1 1
1977 25 HOU NL -5.7 -0.5 102 -0.3 1.5 -1.8 .93 -0.3 0.0 -4.3 -0.4 0.93 -3.9 0 0 0
4 Yrs -35.8 -3.5 1033 -3.2 17.0 -20.2 1.06 -2.3 -0.8 -30.2 -3.1 1.06 -24.9 2 2 2

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
1973 21 HOU NL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 47.5 55 40 0 0 0 2 3.3 2.3 6.5
1974 22 HOU NL 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.0 49 26 5 1 0 1 2.0 2.5 3.7
1975 23 HOU NL 32 29 6 13 10 1 7 11 18 .379 1 6 4 1 13 45% 46.6 79 24 31 12 7 11 4.0 3.4 5.7
1977 25 HOU NL 4 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 .500 1 1 0 0 1 25% 41.0 52 17 4 2 0 3 4.1 4.3 5.3
4 Yrs 44 38 7 18 13 2 7 14 24 .368 2 8 4 1 15 39% 45 79 17 40 15 7 17 3.8 3.4 5.6
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.2 4.2 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
1974 22 HOU NL 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1.118 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 3 0 5.0
1975 23 HOU NL 32 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 6 1.073 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 4.3
2 Yrs 38 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1.077 2 2 2 1 1 4 2 4 4 0 5 1 4.7

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%
1973 21 HOU NL 49 65% 0.0% 12.2% 8.2% 4.1% 17% 1.64 78% 8 2 25%
1974 22 HOU NL 77 56% 0.0% 10.4% 15.6% 5.2% 22% 1.06 70% 14 1 7%
1975 23 HOU NL 761 56% 2.0% 11.7% 11.4% 6.3% 26% 0.95 74% 157 15 10%
1977 25 HOU NL 97 65% 1.0% 7.2% 8.3% 8.3% 31% 1.50 82% 16 0 0%
4 Yrs 984 57% 1.6% 11.2% 11.3% 6.3% 26% 1.03 74% 195 18 9%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.2% 8.7% 6.2% 27% 1.09 75% 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
1973 21 HOU NL 49 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 17 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 22 HOU NL 77 18 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 1 2 0 28 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0
1975 23 HOU NL 761 184 15 0 22 8 7 7 8 45 23 5 51% 12 6 2 290 10 13 43% 10 7 0 2 0 0 6 3 25 0
1977 25 HOU NL 97 26 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 4 0 67% 1 0 0 42 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Yrs 984 240 16 0 27 8 8 8 8 57 30 6 53% 14 8 2 377 16 17 48% 16 10 0 2 0 1 8 4 33 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%

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+
1973 21 0 1 .000 5.54 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 8 8 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 49 67 1.231 8.3 0.0 2.8 4.2 1.50 67
1974 22 0 4 .000 6.83 8 5 1 0 0 0 29.0 30 23 22 0 16 1 14 2 1 2 126 53 1.586 9.3 0.0 5.0 4.3 0.88 53
1975 23 6 17 .261 4.82 40 34 2 4 1 0 200.0 214 116 107 15 103 2 103 3 3 8 888 71 1.585 9.6 0.7 4.6 4.6 1.00 71
1976 24 6 17 .261 4.82 40 34 2 4 1 0 200.0 214 116 107 15 103 2 103 3 3 8 888 71 1.585 9.6 0.7 4.6 4.6 1.00 71
1977 25 7 18 .280 4.93 44 38 2 4 1 0 221.0 240 131 121 16 111 2 110 4 3 8 985 70 1.588 9.8 0.7 4.5 4.5 0.99 70

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
1973 21 0 1 .000 6.55 11.0 12 9 8 0 4 5 0 1.455 9.8 3.3 4.1 1.25 0.0 2
1974 22 0 1 .000 9.64 14.0 19 17 15 0 13 7 2 2.286 12.2 8.4 4.5 0.54 0.0 6
1975 23 6 11 .353 5.65 156.0 198 109 98 16 94 81 1 1.872 11.4 5.4 4.7 0.86 0.9 32
1977 25 1 1 .500 6.75 20.0 27 17 15 1 8 7 1 1.750 12.2 3.6 3.2 0.88 0.5 4
4 Yrs 7 14 .333 6.09 201.0 256 152 136 17 119 100 4 1.866 11.5 4.5 0.84 0.8 44

* 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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