Jerry Koosman
Jerome Martin Koosman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 208 lb.

Born: December 23, 1942 in Appleton, MN
High School: West Central School of Agriculture (Morris, MN)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1967
Final Game: August 21, 1985
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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
1967 24 NYM NL 0 2 .000 6.04 9 3 1 0 0 0 22.1 22 17 15 3 19 4 11 0 1 0 105 56 1.836 8.9 1.2 7.7 4.4 0.58
1968 25 NYM NL 19 12 .613 2.08 35 34 0 17 7 0 263.2 221 72 61 16 69 7 178 8 0 8 1058 145 1.100 7.5 0.5 2.4 6.1 2.58 AS,MVP-13,RoY-2
1969 26 NYM NL 17 9 .654 2.28 32 32 0 16 6 0 241.0 187 66 61 14 68 11 180 4 2 7 957 160 1.058 7.0 0.5 2.5 6.7 2.65 AS,MVP-23
1970 27 NYM NL 12 7 .632 3.14 30 29 0 5 1 0 212.0 189 87 74 22 71 14 118 2 3 7 884 128 1.226 8.0 0.9 3.0 5.0 1.66
1971 28 NYM NL 6 11 .353 3.04 26 24 0 4 0 0 165.2 160 66 56 12 51 4 96 1 0 7 694 112 1.274 8.7 0.7 2.8 5.2 1.88
1972 29 NYM NL 11 12 .478 4.14 34 24 5 4 1 1 163.0 155 81 75 14 52 7 147 6 0 9 692 81 1.270 8.6 0.8 2.9 8.1 2.83
1973 30 NYM NL 14 15 .483 2.84 35 35 0 12 3 0 263.0 234 93 83 18 76 6 156 4 0 3 1071 128 1.179 8.0 0.6 2.6 5.3 2.05
1974 31 NYM NL 15 11 .577 3.36 35 35 0 13 0 0 265.0 258 113 99 16 85 7 188 7 1 8 1118 107 1.294 8.8 0.5 2.9 6.4 2.21
1975 32 NYM NL 14 13 .519 3.42 36 34 2 11 4 2 239.2 234 106 91 19 98 6 173 4 7 7 1018 101 1.385 8.8 0.7 3.7 6.5 1.77
1976 33 NYM NL 21 10 .677 2.69 34 32 0 17 3 0 247.1 205 81 74 19 66 7 200 1 1 3 994 122 1.096 7.5 0.7 2.4 7.3 3.03 CYA-2,MVP-14
1977 34 NYM NL 8 20 .286 3.49 32 32 0 6 1 0 226.2 195 102 88 17 81 8 192 4 4 2 940 106 1.218 7.7 0.7 3.2 7.6 2.37
1978 35 NYM NL 3 15 .167 3.75 38 32 6 3 0 2 235.1 221 110 98 17 84 11 160 8 1 5 986 93 1.296 8.5 0.7 3.2 6.1 1.90
1979 36 MIN AL 20 13 .606 3.38 37 36 0 10 2 0 263.2 268 108 99 19 83 4 157 3 1 2 1101 130 1.331 9.1 0.6 2.8 5.4 1.89 CYA-6
1980 37 MIN AL 16 13 .552 4.03 38 34 2 8 0 2 243.1 252 119 109 24 69 5 149 5 1 2 1022 108 1.319 9.3 0.9 2.6 5.5 2.16
1981 38 TOT AL 4 13 .235 4.01 27 16 9 3 1 5 121.1 125 59 54 10 41 7 76 0 1 2 517 97 1.368 9.3 0.7 3.0 5.6 1.85
1981 38 MIN AL 3 9 .250 4.20 19 13 5 2 1 5 94.1 98 49 44 8 34 7 55 0 1 1 404 94 1.399 9.3 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.62
1981 38 CHW AL 1 4 .200 3.33 8 3 4 1 0 0 27.0 27 10 10 2 7 0 21 0 0 1 113 108 1.259 9.0 0.7 2.3 7.0 3.00
1982 39 CHW AL 11 7 .611 3.84 42 19 12 3 1 3 173.1 194 81 74 9 38 3 88 2 2 4 726 105 1.338 10.1 0.5 2.0 4.6 2.32
1983 40 CHW AL 11 7 .611 4.77 37 24 6 2 1 2 169.2 176 96 90 19 53 2 90 6 0 5 730 88 1.350 9.3 1.0 2.8 4.8 1.70
1984 41 PHI NL 14 15 .483 3.25 36 34 0 3 1 0 224.0 232 95 81 8 60 5 137 3 2 6 950 112 1.304 9.3 0.3 2.4 5.5 2.28
1985 42 PHI NL 6 4 .600 4.62 19 18 0 3 1 0 99.1 107 56 51 14 34 3 60 3 2 2 433 80 1.419 9.7 1.3 3.1 5.4 1.76
19 Seasons 222 209 .515 3.36 612 527 43 140 33 17 3839.1 3635 1608 1433 290 1198 121 2556 71 29 89 15996 110 1.259 8.5 0.7 2.8 6.0 2.13
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .515 3.36 37 31 3 8 2 1 229 217 96 86 17 72 7 153 4 2 5 955 110 1.259 8.5 0.7 2.8 6.0 2.13
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
NYM (12 yrs) 140 137 .505 3.09 376 346 14 108 26 5 2544.2 2281 994 875 187 820 92 1799 49 20 66 10517 113 1.219 8.1 0.7 2.9 6.4 2.19
MIN (3 yrs) 39 35 .527 3.77 94 83 7 20 3 7 601.1 618 276 252 51 186 16 361 8 3 5 2527 114 1.337 9.2 0.8 2.8 5.4 1.94
CHW (3 yrs) 23 18 .561 4.23 87 46 22 6 2 5 370.0 397 187 174 30 98 5 199 8 2 10 1569 96 1.338 9.7 0.7 2.4 4.8 2.03
PHI (2 yrs) 20 19 .513 3.67 55 52 0 6 2 0 323.1 339 151 132 22 94 8 197 6 4 8 1383 99 1.339 9.4 0.6 2.6 5.5 2.10
NL (14 yrs) 160 156 .506 3.16 431 398 14 114 28 5 2868.0 2620 1145 1007 209 914 100 1996 55 24 74 11900 111 1.232 8.2 0.7 2.9 6.3 2.18
AL (5 yrs) 62 53 .539 3.95 181 129 29 26 5 12 971.1 1015 463 426 81 284 21 560 16 5 15 4096 107 1.337 9.4 0.8 2.6 5.2 1.97

Postseason Pitching

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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
1969 26 NYM NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 11.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 7 6 6 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 24 2.357 13.5 1.9 7.7 9.6 1.25
1969 26 NYM NL WS W BAL 2 0 1.000 2.04 2 2 0 1 0 0 17.2 7 4 4 2 4 0 9 0 0 0 64 0.623 3.6 1.0 2.0 4.6 2.25
1973 30 NYM NL NLCS W CIN 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 2 2 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 35 0.889 8.0 1.0 0.0 9.0
1973 30 NYM NL WS L OAK 1 0 1.000 3.12 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 9 3 3 0 7 1 8 0 0 0 41 1.846 9.3 0.0 7.3 8.3 1.14
1983 40 CHW AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
3 Seasons (5 Series) 4 0 1.000 3.79 7 6 0 2 0 0 40.1 32 18 17 4 17 2 31 0 0 0 168 1.215 7.1 0.9 3.8 6.9 1.82
2 NLCS 1 0 1.000 5.27 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.2 15 8 8 2 4 0 14 0 0 0 59 1.390 9.9 1.3 2.6 9.2 3.50
1 ALCS 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
2 WS 3 0 1.000 2.39 4 4 0 1 0 0 26.1 16 7 7 2 11 1 17 0 0 0 105 1.025 5.5 0.7 3.8 5.8 1.55

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
1968 NYM NL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
1969 NYM NL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 5.4
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
1967 24 NYM NL 9 105 85 17 22 4 1 3 3 3 19 11 .259 .390 .435 .826 .264 37 2 0 0 1 4
1968 25 NYM NL 35 1058 969 72 221 40 4 16 8 7 69 178 .228 .283 .327 .610 .262 317 23 8 6 6 7
1969 26 NYM NL 32 957 864 66 187 29 4 14 9 5 68 180 .216 .275 .308 .583 .256 266 25 4 16 5 11
1970 27 NYM NL 30 884 799 87 189 25 7 22 7 7 71 118 .237 .299 .368 .667 .252 294 18 2 7 5 14
1971 28 NYM NL 26 694 626 66 160 31 4 12 12 3 51 96 .256 .309 .375 .685 .282 235 14 1 9 7 4
1972 29 NYM NL 34 692 621 81 155 33 3 14 12 6 52 147 .250 .310 .380 .691 .302 236 7 6 6 7 7
1973 30 NYM NL 35 1070 965 93 234 38 5 18 10 10 76 156 .242 .299 .348 .647 .271 336 25 4 19 6 6
1974 31 NYM NL 35 1117 1001 113 258 36 9 16 23 10 85 188 .258 .317 .360 .676 .299 360 21 7 12 12 7
1975 32 NYM NL 36 1018 895 106 234 38 9 19 18 14 98 173 .261 .335 .388 .722 .303 347 21 4 14 7 6
1976 33 NYM NL 34 994 908 81 205 25 5 19 6 10 66 200 .226 .278 .327 .605 .268 297 11 1 15 4 7
1977 34 NYM NL 32 939 841 102 195 30 5 17 15 11 81 192 .232 .301 .340 .641 .280 286 17 4 9 4 8
1978 35 NYM NL 38 986 866 110 221 33 2 17 11 14 84 160 .255 .323 .357 .680 .291 309 19 8 17 11 11
1979 36 MIN AL 37 1101 999 108 268 50 9 19 7 16 83 157 .268 .325 .393 .719 .301 393 29 3 13 3 4
1980 37 MIN AL 38 1022 925 119 252 52 4 24 7 10 69 149 .272 .324 .415 .740 .301 384 30 5 17 6 5
1981 38 CHW AL 8 113 104 10 27 1 1 2 1 0 7 21 .260 .306 .346 .652 .309 36 2 0 2 0 0
1981 38 MIN AL 19 404 360 49 98 14 3 8 1 7 34 55 .272 .331 .394 .725 .298 142 4 0 5 5 7
1981 38 TOT AL 27 517 464 59 125 15 4 10 2 7 41 76 .269 .325 .384 .709 .300 178 6 0 7 5 7
1982 39 CHW AL 42 726 675 81 194 29 4 9 7 5 38 88 .287 .325 .382 .707 .317 258 19 2 5 6 3
1983 40 CHW AL 37 730 661 96 176 33 3 19 12 5 53 90 .266 .324 .411 .736 .282 272 8 6 5 5 2
1984 41 PHI NL 36 950 868 95 232 37 8 8 13 10 60 137 .267 .315 .356 .671 .307 309 18 3 13 6 5
1985 42 PHI NL 19 433 387 56 107 19 4 14 8 2 34 60 .276 .336 .455 .791 .293 176 6 3 5 4 3
19 Seasons 612 15993 14419 1608 3635 597 94 290 190 155 1198 2556 .252 .310 .367 .677 .286 5290 319 71 195 110 121
162 Game Avg. 37 955 861 96 217 36 6 17 11 9 72 153 .252 .310 .367 .677 .286 316 19 4 12 7 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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1967 24 NYM NL 9 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 1 33% 40 54 30 4 0 1 1 2.0 2.5 3.7
1968 25 NYM NL 35 34 19 12 3 0 6 19 15 .559 1 2 17 7 27 79% 63 95 30 9 2 4 6 3.5 3.4 7.8
1969 26 NYM NL 32 32 17 9 6 0 5 22 10 .688 1 3 16 6 26 81% 64 97 24 7 6 7 7 3.4 3.0 7.5
1970 27 NYM NL 30 29 12 7 10 4 4 15 14 .517 4 3 5 1 18 62% 55 85 22 19 5 2 8 4.6 4.8 7.2
1971 28 NYM NL 26 24 6 11 7 0 5 12 12 .500 3 1 4 0 14 58% 55 83 26 18 2 2 10 3.2 3.6 6.7
1972 29 NYM NL 34 24 9 12 3 0 1 11 13 .458 0 1 4 1 12 50% 51 93 25 23 5 1 8 3.2 3.6 6.2
1973 30 NYM NL 35 35 14 15 6 1 7 17 18 .486 2 3 12 3 24 69% 58 82 22 13 7 6 6 3.1 3.3 7.5
1974 31 NYM NL 35 35 15 11 9 0 3 18 17 .514 6 1 13 0 26 74% 56 79 22 21 8 5 8 3.7 3.9 7.6
1975 32 NYM NL 36 34 14 13 7 1 5 18 16 .529 2 3 11 4 21 62% 54 94 12 20 8 7 7 3.9 3.7 7.0
1976 33 NYM NL 34 32 21 10 1 4 5 22 10 .688 0 3 17 3 22 69% 62 90 12 14 3 3 6 4.3 4.1 7.7
1977 34 NYM NL 32 32 8 20 4 0 9 10 22 .313 1 2 6 1 21 66% 57 86 19 12 2 5 9 3.3 2.9 7.1
1978 35 NYM NL 38 32 3 15 14 0 6 9 23 .281 5 6 3 0 19 59% 54 83 22 16 8 7 7 3.1 2.8 7.0
1979 36 MIN AL 37 36 20 13 3 2 3 22 14 .611 1 1 10 2 21 58% 54 86 23 26 8 9 6 4.7 4.8 7.3
1980 37 MIN AL 38 34 15 13 6 3 2 18 16 .529 2 3 8 0 15 44% 51 81 14 37 10 8 7 4.2 4.4 7.1
1981 38 TOT AL 27 16 4 11 1 1 5 4 11 .267 1 1 3 1 8 50% 48 76 13 19 9 3 7 3.2 3.5 6.3
1981 38 MIN AL 19 13 3 9 1 1 3 3 9 .250 1 1 2 1 5 38% 46 76 13 16 9 2 6 2.7 3.0 6.1
1981 38 CHW AL 8 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 3 100% 56 58 52 3 0 1 1 5.3 5.3 7.1
1982 39 CHW AL 42 19 9 4 6 0 0 13 6 .684 2 2 3 1 11 58% 49 84 20 26 6 5 5 5.5 6.3 6.4
1983 40 CHW AL 37 24 10 7 7 2 0 14 10 .583 2 2 2 1 10 42% 47 84 20 27 15 2 5 5.1 5.5 6.0
1984 41 PHI NL 36 34 14 15 5 0 5 16 18 .471 5 2 3 1 23 68% 53 85 23 20 8 4 11 4.6 4.8 6.5
1985 42 PHI NL 19 18 6 4 8 1 0 11 7 .611 3 4 3 1 9 50% 48 85 19 16 6 2 7 5.3 5.0 5.4
19 Seasons 612 527 216 204 107 19 71 271 255 .515 41 44 140 33 328 62% 55 97 12 347 118 83 131 3.9 4.0 7.0
MLB Averages
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

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1967 24 NYM NL 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 0.628 0 1 5 0 0 6 1 5 5 0 5 0 5.7
1968 25 NYM NL 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.064 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
1970 27 NYM NL 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.128 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1971 28 NYM NL 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.100 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 8.0
1972 29 NYM NL 34 10 5 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 5 2 40% 8 1.026 3 0 7 3 0 7 3 7 4 3 4 4 4.6
1975 32 NYM NL 36 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 4 0 0% 8 1.133 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3.0
1976 33 NYM NL 34 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 3 75% 7 1.026 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1.0
1978 35 NYM NL 38 6 6 0 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 6 4 67% 8 1.144 2 3 1 3 0 3 4 2 5 1 5 1 5.2
1979 36 MIN AL 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1.003 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1980 37 MIN AL 38 4 2 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 6 0 0% 8 1.025 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 0 1 3 1 0 2.0
1981 38 TOT AL 27 11 9 0 2 6 5 1 83% 6 0 10 3 30% 1.055 6 2 3 6 2 3 6 5 7 2 7 2 5.8
1981 38 MIN AL 19 6 5 0 0 5 5 0 100% 5 0 8 2 25% 6 1.061 4 0 2 5 1 0 4 2 5 1 5 1 7.8
1981 38 CHW AL 8 5 4 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 1 50% 9 1.035 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 3.4
1982 39 CHW AL 42 23 12 2 3 4 3 1 75% 6 2 23 9 39% 7 0.955 6 11 6 7 2 14 14 9 14 6 16 3 6.9
1983 40 CHW AL 37 13 6 1 0 2 2 0 100% 5 3 15 5 33% 6 0.908 4 4 5 6 1 6 10 3 9 2 11 3 6.0
1984 41 PHI NL 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 0.968 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 2.5
1985 42 PHI NL 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1.021 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0
15 Seasons 478 85 43 6 5 21 17 4 81% 28 5 79 27 34% 1.039 30 23 32 33 8 44 49 36 51 22 55 14 5.6
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*

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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%
1967 24 NYM NL 105 70% 2.9% 10.5% 18.1% 7.6% 36% 1.30 69% 24 2 8%
1968 25 NYM NL 1058 86% 1.5% 16.8% 6.5% 5.7% 27% 1.04 74% 176 23 13%
1969 26 NYM NL 957 83% 1.5% 18.8% 7.1% 4.9% 25% 1.00 71% 177 25 14%
1970 27 NYM NL 884 83% 2.5% 13.4% 8.0% 6.1% 29% 0.94 75% 169 18 11%
1971 28 NYM NL 694 84% 1.7% 13.8% 7.4% 6.8% 29% 1.00 76% 123 14 11%
1972 29 NYM NL 692 84% 2.0% 21.2% 7.5% 7.2% 32% 1.01 67% 117 7 6%
1973 30 NYM NL 1071 80% 1.7% 14.6% 7.1% 5.7% 26% 1.00 74% 186 25 13%
1974 31 NYM NL 1118 81% 1.4% 16.8% 7.6% 5.5% 24% 0.97 72% 222 21 9%
1975 32 NYM NL 1018 78% 1.9% 17.0% 9.6% 6.5% 28% 0.97 70% 199 21 11%
1976 33 NYM NL 994 86% 1.9% 20.1% 6.6% 4.9% 24% 1.11 70% 166 11 7%
1977 34 NYM NL 940 83% 1.8% 20.5% 8.6% 5.5% 27% 1.21 68% 148 17 11%
1978 35 NYM NL 986 82% 1.7% 16.2% 8.5% 5.3% 24% 1.16 71% 174 19 11%
1979 36 MIN AL 1101 75% 1.7% 14.3% 7.5% 7.1% 29% 1.15 75% 202 29 14%
1980 37 MIN AL 1022 78% 2.4% 14.6% 6.8% 7.8% 32% 1.04 74% 185 30 16%
1981 38 TOT AL 517 85% 1.9% 14.7% 7.9% 5.6% 23% 0.88 74% 89 6 7%
1981 38 MIN AL 404 84% 2.0% 13.6% 8.4% 6.2% 26% 0.94 75% 66 4 6%
1981 38 CHW AL 113 87% 1.8% 18.6% 6.2% 3.5% 15% 0.71 72% 23 2 9%
1982 39 CHW AL 726 78% 1.2% 12.1% 5.2% 5.8% 22% 1.02 80% 127 19 15%
1983 40 CHW AL 730 82% 2.6% 12.3% 7.3% 7.5% 31% 1.01 76% 123 8 7%
1984 41 PHI NL 950 82% 0.8% 14.4% 6.3% 5.6% 23% 1.24 77% 186 18 10%
1985 42 PHI NL 433 89% 3.2% 13.9% 7.9% 8.6% 35% 0.72 73% 78 6 8%
19 Seasons 15996 82% 1.8% 16.0% 7.5% 6.1% 27% 1.04 73% 2871 319 11%
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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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
1967 24 NYM NL 105 22 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 7 5 0 71% 2 0 0 41 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 25 NYM NL 1058 221 16 0 15 12 4 5 11 35 18 5 51% 13 8 1 373 8 7 53% 8 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 0
1969 26 NYM NL 957 187 14 0 17 13 1 8 6 39 14 6 36% 8 7 0 330 9 5 64% 7 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 17 0
1970 27 NYM NL 884 189 22 0 12 18 4 11 11 44 18 9 41% 13 7 0 313 7 7 50% 5 6 2 1 0 0 4 2 18 0
1971 28 NYM NL 694 160 12 0 13 8 4 8 4 39 15 3 38% 8 7 2 244 12 3 80% 9 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 22 0
1972 29 NYM NL 692 155 14 0 6 11 3 7 7 45 22 11 49% 7 9 1 247 12 6 67% 8 4 4 1 0 1 4 3 19 0
1973 30 NYM NL 1071 234 18 0 14 16 2 6 12 43 18 8 42% 14 3 1 385 10 10 50% 9 10 1 0 0 0 5 2 9 0
1974 31 NYM NL 1118 258 16 0 18 13 3 7 9 59 32 8 54% 14 8 0 421 23 10 70% 20 8 2 1 1 1 9 5 23 0
1975 32 NYM NL 1018 234 19 0 17 19 0 11 8 44 27 4 61% 12 7 1 390 18 14 56% 13 13 5 1 0 0 13 10 28 0
1976 33 NYM NL 994 205 19 0 15 15 4 6 13 29 15 4 52% 13 3 2 338 6 10 38% 3 10 3 0 0 0 8 3 14 0
1977 34 NYM NL 940 195 17 0 18 17 0 9 8 47 26 6 55% 13 2 2 303 15 11 58% 12 9 3 2 0 0 8 4 13 0
1978 35 NYM NL 986 221 17 0 18 16 1 6 11 49 33 8 67% 8 5 2 365 11 14 44% 11 14 0 0 0 0 12 6 26 0
1979 36 MIN AL 1101 268 19 0 8 17 2 9 10 55 22 13 40% 15 2 1 388 7 16 30% 7 16 0 0 0 0 17 11 9 0
1980 37 MIN AL 1022 252 24 0 12 20 4 12 12 52 26 12 50% 12 2 3 361 7 10 41% 6 10 1 0 0 0 9 6 16 0
1981 38 TOT AL 517 125 10 0 9 9 1 5 5 24 13 4 54% 5 2 1 183 2 7 22% 1 7 1 0 0 0 5 3 12 0
1981 38 MIN AL 404 98 8 0 7 8 0 5 3 18 12 3 67% 4 1 1 137 1 7 13% 0 7 1 0 0 0 5 3 11 0
1981 38 CHW AL 113 27 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 6 1 1 17% 1 1 0 46 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 39 CHW AL 726 194 9 1 19 9 0 4 5 39 25 5 64% 4 4 1 248 7 5 58% 5 5 2 0 0 0 4 2 15 0
1983 40 CHW AL 730 176 19 0 12 18 1 9 10 43 22 5 51% 4 5 3 258 12 5 71% 7 5 5 0 0 0 5 3 18 0
1984 41 PHI NL 949 232 8 0 17 8 0 4 4 63 37 4 59% 15 6 2 356 13 10 57% 9 9 4 0 0 1 5 3 23 1
1985 42 PHI NL 433 107 14 1 6 14 0 9 5 27 11 4 41% 6 2 2 149 8 2 80% 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
19 Seasons 15995 3635 290 2 249 254 36 137 153 783 399 119 51% 186 89 25 5693 190 155 55% 149 146 38 6 3 3 114 65 314 1
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+
1967 24 0 2 .000 6.04 9 3 1 0 0 0 22.1 22 17 15 3 19 4 11 0 1 0 105 56 1.836 8.9 1.2 7.7 4.4 0.58 56
1968 25 19 14 .576 2.39 44 37 1 17 7 0 286.0 243 89 76 19 88 11 189 8 1 8 1163 127 1.157 7.6 0.6 2.8 5.9 2.15 127
1969 26 36 23 .610 2.34 76 69 1 33 13 0 527.0 430 155 137 33 156 22 369 12 3 15 2120 142 1.112 7.3 0.6 2.7 6.3 2.37 142
1970 27 48 30 .615 2.57 106 98 1 38 14 0 739.0 619 242 211 55 227 36 487 14 6 22 3004 137 1.145 7.5 0.7 2.8 5.9 2.15 137
1971 28 54 41 .568 2.66 132 122 1 42 14 0 904.2 779 308 267 67 278 40 583 15 6 29 3698 132 1.168 7.7 0.7 2.8 5.8 2.10 132
1972 29 65 53 .551 2.88 166 146 6 46 15 1 1067.2 934 389 342 81 330 47 730 21 6 38 4390 120 1.184 7.9 0.7 2.8 6.2 2.21 120
1973 30 79 68 .537 2.87 201 181 6 58 18 1 1330.2 1168 482 425 99 406 53 886 25 6 41 5461 122 1.183 7.9 0.7 2.7 6.0 2.18 122
1974 31 94 79 .543 2.96 236 216 6 71 18 1 1595.2 1426 595 524 115 491 60 1074 32 7 49 6579 119 1.201 8.0 0.6 2.8 6.1 2.19 119
1975 32 108 92 .540 3.02 272 250 8 82 22 3 1835.1 1660 701 615 134 589 66 1247 36 14 56 7597 116 1.225 8.1 0.7 2.9 6.1 2.12 116
1976 33 129 102 .558 2.98 306 282 8 99 25 3 2082.2 1865 782 689 153 655 73 1447 37 15 59 8591 117 1.210 8.1 0.7 2.8 6.3 2.21 117
1977 34 137 122 .529 3.03 338 314 8 105 26 3 2309.1 2060 884 777 170 736 81 1639 41 19 61 9531 116 1.211 8.0 0.7 2.9 6.4 2.23 116
1978 35 140 137 .505 3.09 376 346 14 108 26 5 2544.2 2281 994 875 187 820 92 1799 49 20 66 10517 113 1.219 8.1 0.7 2.9 6.4 2.19 113
1979 36 160 150 .516 3.12 413 382 14 118 28 5 2808.1 2549 1102 974 206 903 96 1956 52 21 68 11618 115 1.229 8.2 0.7 2.9 6.3 2.17 115
1980 37 176 163 .519 3.19 451 416 16 126 28 7 3051.2 2801 1221 1083 230 972 101 2105 57 22 70 12640 114 1.236 8.3 0.7 2.9 6.2 2.17 114
1981 38 180 176 .506 3.23 478 432 25 129 29 12 3173.0 2926 1280 1137 240 1013 108 2181 57 23 72 13157 113 1.241 8.3 0.7 2.9 6.2 2.15 113
1982 39 191 183 .511 3.26 520 451 37 132 30 15 3346.1 3120 1361 1211 249 1051 111 2269 59 25 76 13883 113 1.246 8.4 0.7 2.8 6.1 2.16 113
1983 40 202 190 .515 3.33 557 475 43 134 31 17 3516.0 3296 1457 1301 268 1104 113 2359 65 25 81 14613 111 1.251 8.4 0.7 2.8 6.0 2.14 111
1984 41 216 205 .513 3.33 593 509 43 137 32 17 3740.0 3528 1552 1382 276 1164 118 2496 68 27 87 15563 111 1.255 8.5 0.7 2.8 6.0 2.14 111
1985 42 222 209 .515 3.36 612 527 43 140 33 17 3839.1 3635 1608 1433 290 1198 121 2556 71 29 89 15996 110 1.259 8.5 0.7 2.8 6.0 2.13 110

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
1967 24 0 2 .000 8.10 20.0 24 20 18 3 21 10 0 2.250 10.8 9.5 4.5 0.48 1.4 9
1968 25 17 9 .654 2.89 240.0 247 86 77 18 77 162 9 1.350 9.3 2.9 6.1 2.10 0.7 35
1969 26 18 7 .720 2.59 229.0 194 73 66 15 71 171 4 1.157 7.6 2.8 6.7 2.41 0.6 32
1970 27 14 9 .609 3.17 207.0 190 81 73 22 71 115 2 1.261 8.3 3.1 5.0 1.62 1.0 30
1971 28 9 8 .529 3.77 155.0 173 72 65 13 55 90 1 1.471 10.0 3.2 5.2 1.64 0.8 26
1972 29 6 11 .353 5.18 160.0 177 102 92 16 59 144 7 1.475 10.0 3.3 8.1 2.44 0.9 34
1973 30 16 11 .593 3.22 249.0 242 99 89 19 79 148 4 1.289 8.7 2.9 5.3 1.87 0.7 35
1974 31 15 13 .536 3.82 252.0 267 119 107 17 88 179 7 1.409 9.5 3.1 6.4 2.03 0.6 35
1975 32 11 13 .458 4.19 221.0 248 114 103 20 104 160 4 1.593 10.1 4.2 6.5 1.54 0.8 36
1976 33 15 10 .600 3.38 232.0 224 97 87 21 72 188 1 1.276 8.7 2.8 7.3 2.61 0.8 34
1977 34 12 12 .500 3.86 217.0 201 103 93 18 83 184 4 1.309 8.3 3.4 7.6 2.22 0.7 32
1978 35 10 14 .417 4.65 217.0 236 124 112 18 90 148 9 1.502 9.8 3.7 6.1 1.64 0.7 38
1979 36 16 12 .571 3.40 254.0 263 107 96 19 81 151 3 1.354 9.3 2.9 5.4 1.86 0.7 37
1980 37 12 13 .480 4.08 234.0 248 118 106 24 68 143 5 1.350 9.5 2.6 5.5 2.10 0.9 38
1981 38 8 11 .421 4.68 173.0 199 100 90 16 65 108 0 1.526 10.4 3.4 5.6 1.66 0.8 27
1982 39 8 10 .444 4.39 162.0 198 88 79 9 39 82 2 1.463 11.0 2.2 4.6 2.10 0.5 42
1983 40 7 11 .389 5.05 164.0 179 102 92 19 54 87 6 1.421 9.8 3.0 4.8 1.61 1.0 37
1984 41 12 11 .522 3.68 215.0 241 98 88 8 62 131 3 1.409 10.1 2.6 5.5 2.11 0.3 36
1985 42 4 6 .400 5.12 95.0 111 60 54 15 35 57 3 1.537 10.5 3.3 5.4 1.63 1.4 19
19 Seasons 210 193 .521 3.86 3696.0 3862 1763 1587 310 1274 2458 74 1.390 9.4 6.0 1.93 0.8 612
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

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1968 *
1969 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1968-NL-13-5%
1969-NL-23-2%
1976-NL-14-6%
0.13 Career Shares (829th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1976-NL--2--56%
1979-AL--6--4%
0.61 Career Shares (81st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1968 NL--2.082--4th
1969 NL--2.278--5th
1970 NL--3.142--5th
1973 NL--2.840--9th
1976 NL--2.693--4th
1979 AL--3.379--8th

Wins s c a p y
1968 NL--19--4th
1976 NL--21--2nd
1979 AL--20--3rd
1980 AL--16--10th
1984 NL--14--9th
Career--222--72nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1968 NL--.613--10th
1969 NL--.654--7th
1970 NL--.632--7th
1976 NL--.677--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1969 NL--1.058--6th
1970 NL--1.226--7th
1976 NL--1.096--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 NL--7.544--9th
1969 NL--6.983--4th
1970 NL--8.024--8th
1976 NL--7.460--6th
1977 NL--7.743--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 AL--1.973--6th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 NL--8.117--3rd
1974 NL--6.385--10th
1975 NL--6.497--6th
1976 NL--7.278--2nd
1977 NL--7.624--1st
1978 NL--6.119--7th
1979 AL--5.359--7th
1980 AL--5.511--9th
1981 AL--5.637--9th
Career--5.992--228th

Games Played s c a p y
Career--612--168th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1968 NL--263.7--7th
1973 NL--263.0--7th
1974 NL--265.0--8th
1979 AL--263.7--4th
Career--3839.3--48th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1968 NL--178--10th
1974 NL--188--7th
1975 NL--173--7th
1976 NL--200--3rd
1977 NL--192--6th
1978 NL--160--8th
1979 AL--157--5th
1980 AL--149--7th
Career--2556--28th

Games Started s c a p y
1968 NL--34--10th
1979 AL--36--4th
1980 AL--34--10th
1984 NL--34--3rd
Career--527--36th

Complete Games s c a p y
1968 NL--17--5th
1969 NL--16--9th
1973 NL--12--8th
1974 NL--13--7th
1976 NL--17--2nd

Shutouts s c a p y
1968 NL--7--3rd
1969 NL--6--4th
1973 NL--3--7th
1975 NL--4--5th
Career--33--87th

Home Runs s c a p y
1976 NL--19--6th
1980 AL--24--10th
Career--290--56th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 NL--98--6th
1977 NL--81--9th
1978 NL--84--7th
Career--1198--52nd

Hits s c a p y
1974 NL--258--5th
1979 AL--268--3rd
1980 AL--252--10th
1984 NL--232--2nd
Career--3635--54th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1969 NL--2.647--10th
1972 NL--2.827--10th
1974 NL--2.212--8th
1976 NL--3.030--3rd
1977 NL--2.370--9th
1980 AL--2.159--9th
1982 AL--2.316--7th
Career--2.134--199th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 NL--.523--6th
1977 NL--.675--10th
1979 AL--.649--6th
1982 AL--.467--3rd
1984 NL--.321--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1977 NL--20--1st
1978 NL--15--3rd
1981 AL--13--1st
1984 NL--15--5th
Career--209--37th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1978 NL--98--5th
1980 AL--109--9th
Career--1433--48th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1972 NL--9--9th
Career--89--118th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1968 NL--8--6th
1972 NL--6--9th
1974 NL--7--3rd
1978 NL--8--5th
Career--71--154th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1968 NL--1058--8th
1973 NL--1071--9th
1974 NL--1118--8th
1979 AL--1101--4th
1984 NL--950--9th
Career--15996--47th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1968 NL--145--3rd
1969 NL--160--6th
1970 NL--128--9th
1973 NL--128--9th
1976 NL--122--9th
1979 AL--130--6th

Oldest s c a p y
1980 AL--born 1942-12-23--10th
1981 AL--born 1942-12-23--6th
1982 AL--born 1942-12-23--6th
1983 AL--born 1942-12-23--4th
1984 NL--born 1942-12-23--3rd
1985 NL--born 1942-12-23--3rd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 82 (133), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 59 (207), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 33 (116), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Rick Reuschel (901)
  7. Luis Tiant (889)
  8. Billy Pierce (884)
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  7. Joe Horlen (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. Tommy John (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Chris Short (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rudy May (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  14. Phil Niekro (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Phil Niekro (935) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Phil Niekro (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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