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Cal Koonce

Calvin Lee Koonce

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 18, 1940 in Fayetteville, NC
High School: Hope Mills HS (Hope Mills, NC)
School: Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1962
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Mets/RedSox 1962-1971

Final Game: August 8, 1971
Died: October 28, 1993 in Winston-Salem, NC
Buried: Lafayette Memorial Park, Fayetteville, NC
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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
1962 21 CHC NL 10 10 .500 3.97 35 30 3 3 1 0 190.2 200 93 84 17 86 3 84 7 2 2 844 105 1.500 9.4 0.8 4.1 4.0 0.98
1963 22 CHC NL 2 6 .250 4.58 21 13 3 0 0 0 72.2 75 43 37 9 32 2 44 2 0 1 318 77 1.472 9.3 1.1 4.0 5.4 1.38
1964 23 CHC NL 3 0 1.000 2.03 6 2 2 0 0 0 31.0 30 8 7 1 7 1 17 0 0 0 128 185 1.194 8.7 0.3 2.0 4.9 2.43
1965 24 CHC NL 7 9 .438 3.69 38 23 2 3 1 0 173.0 181 83 71 17 52 8 88 6 1 2 738 100 1.347 9.4 0.9 2.7 4.6 1.69
1966 25 CHC NL 5 5 .500 3.81 45 5 14 0 0 2 108.2 113 57 46 13 35 9 65 1 0 2 472 97 1.362 9.4 1.1 2.9 5.4 1.86
1967 26 TOT NL 5 5 .500 3.75 45 6 12 2 1 2 96.0 97 43 40 4 28 7 52 1 0 2 402 93 1.302 9.1 0.4 2.6 4.9 1.86
1967 26 CHC NL 2 2 .500 4.59 34 0 11 0 0 2 51.0 52 27 26 2 21 6 28 1 0 2 219 78 1.431 9.2 0.4 3.7 4.9 1.33
1967 26 NYM NL 3 3 .500 2.80 11 6 1 2 1 0 45.0 45 16 14 2 7 1 24 0 0 0 183 122 1.156 9.0 0.4 1.4 4.8 3.43
1968 27 NYM NL 6 4 .600 2.42 55 2 31 0 0 11 96.2 80 27 26 4 32 11 50 1 0 4 385 125 1.159 7.4 0.4 3.0 4.7 1.56
1969 28 NYM NL 6 3 .667 4.99 40 0 19 0 0 7 83.0 85 53 46 8 42 8 48 3 1 4 367 73 1.530 9.2 0.9 4.6 5.2 1.14
1970 29 TOT MLB 3 6 .333 3.48 36 8 14 1 0 2 98.1 89 41 38 9 43 8 47 4 0 3 412 116 1.342 8.1 0.8 3.9 4.3 1.09
1970 29 NYM NL 0 2 .000 3.27 13 0 8 0 0 0 22.0 25 9 8 2 14 5 10 1 0 0 99 125 1.773 10.2 0.8 5.7 4.1 0.71
1970 29 BOS AL 3 4 .429 3.54 23 8 6 1 0 2 76.1 64 32 30 7 29 3 37 3 0 3 313 113 1.218 7.5 0.8 3.4 4.4 1.28
1971 30 BOS AL 0 1 .000 5.57 13 1 6 0 0 0 21.0 22 16 13 3 11 0 9 0 0 0 91 68 1.571 9.4 1.3 4.7 3.9 0.82
10 Yrs 47 49 .490 3.78 334 90 106 9 3 24 971.0 972 464 408 85 368 57 504 25 4 20 4157 98 1.380 9.0 0.8 3.4 4.7 1.37
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .490 3.78 54 14 17 1 0 4 156 156 74 65 14 59 9 81 4 1 3 667 98 1.380 9.0 0.8 3.4 4.7 1.37
CHC (6 yrs) 29 32 .475 3.89 179 73 35 6 2 4 627.0 651 311 271 59 233 29 326 17 3 9 2719 98 1.410 9.3 0.8 3.3 4.7 1.40
NYM (4 yrs) 15 12 .556 3.43 119 8 59 2 1 18 246.2 235 105 94 16 95 25 132 5 1 8 1034 99 1.338 8.6 0.6 3.5 4.8 1.39
BOS (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 3.98 36 9 12 1 0 2 97.1 86 48 43 10 40 3 46 3 0 3 404 99 1.295 8.0 0.9 3.7 4.3 1.15
NL (9 yrs) 44 44 .500 3.76 298 81 94 8 3 22 873.2 886 416 365 75 328 54 458 22 4 17 3753 98 1.390 9.1 0.8 3.4 4.7 1.40
AL (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 3.98 36 9 12 1 0 2 97.1 86 48 43 10 40 3 46 3 0 3 404 99 1.295 8.0 0.9 3.7 4.3 1.15

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
1962 21 CHC NL 190.2 35 30 93 4.39 4.60 -0.17 0.06 105.3 5.09 13 1.4 1.7 -0.1 3.1 37 .541 .509 $
1963 22 CHC NL 72.2 21 13 43 5.33 3.82 0.11 0.02 103.1 3.84 -13 -1.4 .4 0.0 -0.7 -5 .434 .491 $
1964 23 CHC NL 31.0 6 2 8 2.32 4.05 -0.11 -0.07 102.6 4.20 6 0.8 .5 -0.2 0.9 10 .625 .505 $
1965 24 CHC NL 173.0 38 23 83 4.32 4.17 -0.13 0.02 105.3 4.54 4 0.5 .3 -0.2 1.9 22 .512 .503 $
1966 25 CHC NL 108.2 45 5 57 4.72 4.18 -0.26 -0.11 103.4 4.47 -4 -0.5 1.6 -0.2 0.3 8 .489 .497 $
1967 26 CHC NL 51.0 34 0 27 4.76 3.77 0.26 -0.16 106.0 3.55 -8 -0.9 1.1 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .475 .495 $
1967 26 NYM NL 45.0 11 6 16 3.20 4.10 -0.23 0.04 100.7 4.40 5 0.7 .5 -0.1 1.0 10 .561 .504 $
1968 27 NYM NL 96.2 55 2 27 2.51 3.52 0.04 -0.14 101.8 3.40 8 1.1 1.5 0.1 2.1 18 .519 .507 $
1969 28 NYM NL 83.0 40 0 53 5.75 4.23 0.35 -0.18 100.7 3.72 -19 -2.1 1.1 -0.2 -1.5 -10 .448 .487 $
1970 29 NYM NL 22.0 13 0 9 3.68 4.76 0.30 -0.20 98.8 4.21 1 0.1 1.1 -0.0 0.2 3 .508 .501 $
1970 29 BOS AL 76.1 23 8 32 3.77 4.01 0.08 -0.00 106.7 4.19 4 0.5 1.7 -0.0 1.1 11 .520 .503 $25,000
1971 30 BOS AL 21.0 13 1 16 6.86 4.03 0.10 -0.16 107.0 4.03 -7 -0.7 .6 0.1 -0.4 -5 .444 .496 $27,500
10 Seasons 971.0 334 90 464 4.30 4.14 -0.03 -0.04 103.9 4.29 -8 -0.6 1.2 -0.8 7.5 99 .498 .500 $52,500
CHC (6 yrs) 627.0 179 73 311 4.46 4.22 -0.10 -0.01 104.6 4.52 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.8 5.0 70 .500 .500 $
NYM (4 yrs) 246.2 119 8 105 3.83 3.98 0.12 -0.13 101.0 3.76 -5 -0.3 1.3 -0.1 1.8 22 .498 .500 $
BOS (2 yrs) 97.1 36 9 48 4.44 4.01 0.09 -0.04 106.7 4.15 -2 -0.3 1.2 0.1 0.7 7 .493 .499 $52,500

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
1962 21 CHC NL 35 844 737 93 200 31 2 17 17 4 86 84 .271 .350 .388 .739 .285 286 19 7 8 6 3 14
1963 22 CHC NL 21 318 275 43 75 11 3 9 1 3 32 44 .273 .353 .433 .785 .297 119 9 2 9 0 2 5
1964 23 CHC NL 6 128 118 8 30 1 1 1 1 2 7 17 .254 .294 .305 .599 .287 36 2 0 2 1 1 3
1965 24 CHC NL 38 738 668 83 181 32 8 17 6 6 52 88 .271 .327 .419 .747 .289 280 10 6 8 4 8 11
1966 25 CHC NL 45 471 422 57 113 17 3 13 8 4 35 65 .268 .321 .415 .736 .286 175 7 1 8 6 9 13
1967 26 TOT NL 45 403 369 43 97 18 3 4 4 2 28 52 .263 .316 .360 .676 .296 133 9 1 4 1 7 0
1967 26 CHC NL 34 220 195 27 52 10 2 2 0 0 21 28 .267 .339 .369 .709 .301 72 7 1 2 1 6 0
1967 26 NYM NL 11 183 174 16 45 8 1 2 4 2 7 24 .259 .287 .351 .638 .291 61 2 0 2 0 1 0
1968 27 NYM NL 55 385 340 27 80 8 0 4 8 4 32 50 .235 .301 .294 .595 .264 100 12 1 10 2 11 1
1969 28 NYM NL 40 367 316 53 85 24 4 8 3 2 42 48 .269 .358 .446 .804 .294 141 9 3 4 2 8 5
1970 29 TOT MLB 36 412 360 41 89 17 2 9 7 3 43 47 .247 .333 .381 .713 .261 137 15 4 3 2 8 4
1970 29 BOS AL 23 313 277 32 64 13 2 7 6 2 29 37 .231 .309 .368 .677 .243 102 9 3 2 2 3 2
1970 29 NYM NL 13 99 83 9 25 4 0 2 1 1 14 10 .301 .408 .422 .830 .324 35 6 1 1 0 5 2
1971 30 BOS AL 13 91 79 16 22 3 0 3 2 0 11 9 .278 .367 .430 .797 .284 34 4 0 1 0 0 1
10 Yrs 334 4157 3684 464 972 162 26 85 57 30 368 504 .264 .333 .391 .724 .284 1441 96 25 57 24 57 57
162 Game Avg. 54 667 591 74 156 26 4 14 9 5 59 81 .264 .333 .391 .724 .284 231 15 4 9 4 9 9
MLB Averages .248 .314 .371 .685 .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
1962 21 CHC NL 5.0 0.5 871 0.2 15.5 -15.3 1.03 -0.1 0.3 2.8 0.3 1.03 -0.7 2 0 3
1963 22 CHC NL -7.9 -0.8 325 -1.4 5.2 -6.6 1.07 -1.1 -0.2 -12.7 -1.3 1.07 -10.9 0 3 5
1964 23 CHC NL 5.7 0.6 133 0.8 2.4 -1.6 1.03 0.5 0.3 6.1 0.7 1.03 3.9 0 1 3
1965 24 CHC NL -1.0 -0.1 762 -0.8 10.0 -10.8 .78 -1.1 0.1 -3.9 -0.4 0.78 -10.6 1 0 12
1966 25 CHC NL -3.4 -0.4 484 -2.4 7.1 -9.6 1.00 -0.8 -1.6 -11.4 -1.2 1.00 -11.5 16 7 17
1967 26 TOT NL -1.4 -0.1 410 0.3 6.8 -6.5 .98 0.3 -0.0 1.7 0.2 0.98 -0.3 11 6 21
1967 26 CHC NL -4.4 -0.5 222 -0.3 3.8 -4.1 1.08 -0.1 -0.2 -2.4 -0.2 1.08 -2.9 11 4 18
1967 26 NYM NL 3.0 0.3 188 0.5 3.0 -2.4 .86 0.4 0.3 4.1 0.5 0.86 2.6 0 2 3
1968 27 NYM NL 7.7 0.9 405 1.0 8.1 -7.2 1.20 0.9 -0.1 8.8 1.0 1.20 8.9 20 16 17
1969 28 NYM NL -12.5 -1.3 377 0.1 6.0 -5.9 .90 -0.8 0.9 -8.9 -0.9 0.90 -13.9 7 12 21
1970 29 TOT MLB 6.4 0.7 429 -0.8 6.4 -7.2 .93 0.7 -1.6 5.6 0.6 0.93 7.3 10 7 11
1970 29 NYM NL 2.0 0.2 101 -0.6 1.0 -1.5 .67 -0.1 -0.8 0.2 0.0 0.67 -0.6 3 2 8
1970 29 BOS AL 4.4 0.5 328 -0.3 5.5 -5.7 1.01 0.7 -1.0 5.3 0.5 1.01 7.9 7 5 3
1971 30 BOS AL -4.4 -0.5 93 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 .47 -0.6 -1.6 -6.9 -0.7 0.47 -4.4 2 0 9
10 Yrs -5.8 -0.5 4289 -4.2 68.0 -72.1 .96 -2.2 -2.1 -18.8 -1.7 0.96 -32.2 69 52 119

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
1962 21 CHC NL 35 30 10 10 10 1 3 14 16 .467 3 4 3 1 17 57% 48.4 88 19 30 8 7 9 4.1 4.3 6.0
1963 22 CHC NL 21 13 2 6 5 0 1 5 8 .385 0 2 0 0 5 38% 48.5 76 25 14 5 4 6 2.2 2.5 4.5
1964 23 CHC NL 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 2 100% 53.5 58 49 4 2 1 0 4.2 5.1 6.7
1965 24 CHC NL 38 23 7 9 7 3 2 10 13 .435 0 5 3 1 10 43% 47.2 77 22 25 8 11 6 3.9 4.1 6.0
1966 25 CHC NL 45 5 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 .600 1 1 0 0 3 60% 48.0 62 33 22 6 5 0 6.6 6.8 5.9
1967 26 TOT NL 45 6 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 .500 0 0 2 1 3 50% 79 36 23 9 3 2 2.9 3.4 6.6
1967 26 NYM NL 11 6 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 .500 0 0 2 1 3 50% 54.2 79 36 3 0 3 2 2.9 3.4 6.6
1968 27 NYM NL 55 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 52.5 73 32 14 3 0 0 3.6 2.3 4.3
1970 29 TOT MLB 36 8 3 2 3 0 1 3 5 .375 2 1 1 0 6 75% 75 24 8 4 1 3 4.9 5.7 6.6
1970 29 BOS AL 23 8 3 2 3 0 1 3 5 .375 2 1 1 0 6 75% 53.4 75 24 6 4 1 3 4.9 5.7 6.6
1971 30 BOS AL 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25.0 25 25 5 4 0 1 10.0 22.5 1.3
9 Yrs 247 90 29 31 30 4 7 41 49 .456 6 14 9 3 47 52% 49 88 19 123 40 32 27 3.9 4.3 5.8
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 116 -14 4.0 3.9 6.4

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
1962 21 CHC NL 35 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 3 1.031 2 0 3 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 3 0 6.2
1963 22 CHC NL 21 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 8 1.069 0 3 5 1 0 7 2 6 5 3 5 1 5.4
1964 23 CHC NL 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1.031 0 1 3 0 1 3 1 3 4 0 4 1 13.3
1965 24 CHC NL 38 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 .782 1 0 12 0 1 14 1 14 12 0 12 1 7.1
1966 25 CHC NL 45 40 14 4 4 4 2 2 50% 7 3 35 13 37% 8 .995 16 7 17 8 7 25 21 19 24 10 25 11 6.0
1967 26 TOT NL 45 39 12 2 2 3 2 1 67% 8 4 30 12 40% .978 11 6 21 10 6 23 19 20 21 8 23 9 4.4
1967 26 CHC NL 34 34 11 2 2 3 2 1 67% 8 4 25 12 48% 7 1.075 11 4 18 10 6 18 16 18 19 7 21 9 4.5
1967 26 NYM NL 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 4 .861 0 2 3 0 0 5 3 2 2 1 2 0 3.4
1968 27 NYM NL 55 53 31 5 4 13 11 2 85% 15 2 42 10 24% 8 1.195 20 16 17 15 11 27 24 29 34 10 34 3 5.0
1969 28 NYM NL 40 40 19 6 3 12 7 5 58% 15 0 22 4 18% 7 .902 7 12 21 16 1 23 12 28 26 4 28 2 6.2
1970 29 TOT MLB 36 28 14 0 4 4 2 2 50% 4 0 31 14 45% .925 10 7 11 4 5 19 15 13 18 6 19 3 4.9
1970 29 NYM NL 13 13 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50% 8 .668 3 2 8 0 2 11 5 8 9 2 9 1 5.1
1970 29 BOS AL 23 15 6 0 2 4 2 2 50% 4 0 19 8 42% 7 1.006 7 5 3 4 3 8 10 5 9 4 10 2 4.7
1971 30 BOS AL 13 12 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 3 100% 6 .468 2 0 9 1 1 10 2 10 7 2 7 1 4.9
10 Yrs 334 244 106 18 18 37 24 13 65% 50 9 176 60 34% .961 69 52 119 56 34 154 100 144 154 44 160 32 5.5

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%
1962 21 CHC NL 844 55% 2.0% 10.0% 10.2% 5.9% 25% 1.13 76% 179 19 11%
1963 22 CHC NL 318 57% 2.8% 13.8% 10.1% 7.2% 31% 1.58 70% 68 9 13%
1964 23 CHC NL 128 45% 0.8% 13.3% 5.5% 2.3% 10% 2.52 79% 28 2 7%
1965 24 CHC NL 738 54% 2.3% 11.9% 7.1% 7.7% 32% 1.31 77% 111 10 9%
1966 25 CHC NL 472 63% 2.8% 13.8% 7.4% 7.0% 29% 1.34 74% 91 7 8%
1967 26 TOT NL 403 59% 1.0% 12.9% 7.0% 6.2% 26% 2.30 78% 75 9 12%
1967 26 CHC NL 220 61% 0.9% 12.7% 9.6% 6.4% 27% 2.54 75% 48 7 15%
1967 26 NYM NL 183 56% 1.1% 13.1% 3.8% 6.0% 24% 2.06 81% 27 2 7%
1968 27 NYM NL 385 67% 1.0% 13.0% 8.3% 3.1% 15% 1.90 75% 71 12 17%
1969 28 NYM NL 367 59% 2.2% 13.1% 11.4% 9.8% 42% 2.43 71% 64 9 14%
1970 29 TOT MLB 412 59% 2.2% 11.4% 10.4% 6.8% 32% 2.08 74% 97 15 15%
1970 29 NYM NL 99 68% 2.0% 10.1% 14.1% 6.1% 24% 2.12 72% 31 6 19%
1970 29 BOS AL 313 57% 2.2% 11.8% 9.3% 7.0% 34% 2.06 75% 66 9 14%
1971 30 BOS AL 91 68% 3.3% 9.9% 12.1% 6.6% 27% 2.38 74% 24 4 17%
10 Yrs 4158 58% 2.0% 12.1% 8.9% 6.6% 28% 1.60 75% 808 96 12%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 15.3% 8.4% 6.1% 28% 1.10 73% 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
1962 21 CHC NL 844 200 17 0 15 9 8 7 10 36 17 3 47% 14 2 0 348 17 4 81% 17 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
1963 22 CHC NL 318 75 9 0 7 5 4 3 6 20 12 1 60% 5 1 2 122 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1964 23 CHC NL 128 30 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 5 4 1 80% 3 0 0 45 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1965 24 CHC NL 738 181 17 0 10 9 8 9 8 32 13 7 41% 11 2 5 252 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1966 25 CHC NL 471 113 13 1 12 8 5 7 6 30 18 2 60% 13 2 0 179 8 4 67% 6 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 8 1
1967 26 TOT NL 403 97 4 0 7 0 4 2 2 26 14 2 54% 0 2 1 158 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
1967 26 CHC NL 220 52 2 0 6 0 2 0 2 18 10 1 56% 0 2 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1967 26 NYM NL 183 45 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 8 4 1 50% 0 0 1 68 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1968 27 NYM NL 385 80 4 0 10 3 1 3 1 25 8 5 32% 1 4 3 142 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1969 28 NYM NL 367 85 8 1 11 7 1 4 4 34 16 3 47% 5 4 0 135 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1970 29 TOT MLB 412 89 9 1 22 4 5 4 5 39 19 4 49% 4 3 3 155 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1970 29 NYM NL 99 25 2 1 12 1 1 1 1 9 4 2 44% 2 0 0 43 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 29 BOS AL 313 64 7 0 10 3 4 3 4 30 15 2 50% 2 3 3 112 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1971 30 BOS AL 91 22 3 0 2 3 0 1 2 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 36 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 4157 972 85 3 99 48 37 41 44 251 123 28 49% 57 20 14 1572 57 30 66% 52 29 5 1 0 0 9 2 78 1
MLB Averages 49% 62%

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+
1962 21 10 10 .500 3.97 35 30 3 3 1 0 190.2 200 93 84 17 86 3 84 7 2 2 844 105 1.500 9.4 0.8 4.1 4.0 0.98 105
1963 22 12 16 .429 4.14 56 43 6 3 1 0 263.1 275 136 121 26 118 5 128 9 2 3 1162 96 1.492 9.4 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.08 96
1964 23 15 16 .484 3.91 62 45 8 3 1 0 294.1 305 144 128 27 125 6 145 9 2 3 1290 101 1.461 9.3 0.8 3.8 4.4 1.16 101
1965 24 22 25 .468 3.83 100 68 10 6 2 0 467.1 486 227 199 44 177 14 233 15 3 5 2028 101 1.419 9.4 0.8 3.4 4.5 1.32 101
1966 25 27 30 .474 3.83 145 73 24 6 2 2 576.0 599 284 245 57 212 23 298 16 3 7 2500 100 1.408 9.4 0.9 3.3 4.7 1.41 100
1967 26 32 35 .478 3.82 190 79 36 8 3 4 672.0 696 327 285 61 240 30 350 17 3 9 2902 99 1.393 9.3 0.8 3.2 4.7 1.46 99
1968 27 38 39 .494 3.64 245 81 67 8 3 15 768.2 776 354 311 65 272 41 400 18 3 13 3287 101 1.363 9.1 0.8 3.2 4.7 1.47 101
1969 28 44 42 .512 3.77 285 81 86 8 3 22 851.2 861 407 357 73 314 49 448 21 4 17 3654 98 1.380 9.1 0.8 3.3 4.7 1.43 98
1970 29 47 48 .495 3.74 321 89 100 9 3 24 950.0 950 448 395 82 357 57 495 25 4 20 4066 99 1.376 9.0 0.8 3.4 4.7 1.39 99
1971 30 47 49 .490 3.78 334 90 106 9 3 24 971.0 972 464 408 85 368 57 504 25 4 20 4157 98 1.380 9.0 0.8 3.4 4.7 1.37 98

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
1962 21 10 10 .500 3.80 187.0 194 88 79 16 83 82 7 1.481 9.3 4.0 3.9 0.99 0.8 35
1963 22 3 4 .429 5.29 68.0 78 44 40 9 33 41 2 1.632 10.3 4.4 5.4 1.24 1.2 21
1964 23 2 1 .667 2.10 30.0 30 8 7 1 7 17 0 1.233 9.0 2.1 5.1 2.43 0.3 6
1965 24 9 9 .500 4.09 163.0 184 82 74 17 53 83 6 1.454 10.2 2.9 4.6 1.57 0.9 38
1966 25 5 6 .455 4.16 106.0 116 54 49 13 36 64 1 1.434 9.8 3.1 5.4 1.78 1.1 45
1967 26 4 5 .444 4.55 89.0 103 50 45 4 30 48 1 1.494 10.4 3.0 4.9 1.60 0.4 45
1968 27 5 4 .556 3.49 85.0 90 37 33 4 36 44 1 1.482 9.5 3.8 4.7 1.22 0.4 55
1969 28 3 5 .375 5.77 78.0 88 56 50 8 43 45 3 1.679 10.2 5.0 5.2 1.05 0.9 40
1970 29 6 4 .600 3.62 92.0 88 41 37 9 43 44 4 1.424 8.6 4.2 4.3 1.02 0.9 36
1971 30 1 1 .500 6.63 19.0 23 16 14 3 12 8 0 1.842 10.9 5.7 3.8 0.67 1.4 13
10 Yrs 48 49 .495 4.20 917.0 994 476 428 84 376 476 25 1.494 9.8 4.7 1.27 0.8 334

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1968 NL  55 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 NL  86 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 NL  7 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  2. George Haddock (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Hughes (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jay Tibbs (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jay Tibbs (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ray Corbin (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Fornieles (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Fornieles (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. George Culver (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. George Culver (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: Calvin Cal carl Lee Koonce

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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