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Lew Krausse

Lewis Bernard Krausse Jr.

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 25, 1943 in Media, PA
High School: Chester HS (Chester, PA)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1961
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Brewers/Braves/RedSox/Cardinals 1961-1974

Final Game: September 23, 1974
Relatives: Son of Lew Krausse
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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
1961	18	KCA	AL	2	5	.286	4.85	12	8	1	2	1	0	55.2	49	33	30	3	46	0	32	1	0	2	255	86	1.707	7.9	0.5	7.4	5.2	0.70

1962	19	OAK-min	A	6	4	.600	3.81	12	12		2	0		78.0	73	37	33	5	38	1	78	1	0	4			1.423	8.4	0.6	4.4	9.0	2.05	BNG · EL
1963	20	OAK-min	AAA	13	12	.520	4.22	28	27					177.0	180	102	83	29	87		115						1.508	9.2	1.5	4.4	5.8	1.32	POR · PCL
1964	21	OAK-min	AAA	7	19	.269	3.94	31	27		16	2		192.0	201	100	84	16	74	14	135	0	0	8			1.432	9.4	0.8	3.5	6.3	1.82	DAL · PCL
1964	21	KCA	AL	0	2	.000	7.36	5	4	0	0	0	0	14.2	22	14	12	1	9	0	9	2	0	2	78	54	2.114	13.5	0.6	5.5	5.5	1.00
1965	22	OAK-min	AAA	12	7	.632	3.22	23	23		10	2		162.0	153	62	58	11	46	3	116	0	0	6			1.228	8.5	0.6	2.6	6.4	2.52	VAN · PCL
1965	22	KCA	AL	2	4	.333	5.04	7	5	1	0	0	0	25.0	29	14	14	1	8	0	22	0	0	0	110	71	1.480	10.4	0.4	2.9	7.9	2.75
1966	23	KCA	AL	14	9	.609	2.99	36	22	6	4	1	3	177.2	144	69	59	8	63	8	87	6	0	6	733	114	1.165	7.3	0.4	3.2	4.4	1.38
1967	24	KCA	AL	7	17	.292	4.28	48	19	16	0	0	6	160.0	140	85	76	17	67	6	96	4	0	5	681	75	1.294	7.9	1.0	3.8	5.4	1.43
1968	25	OAK	AL	10	11	.476	3.11	36	25	7	2	0	4	185.0	147	68	64	16	62	9	105	3	0	3	758	89	1.130	7.2	0.8	3.0	5.1	1.69
1969	26	OAK	AL	7	7	.500	4.44	43	16	15	4	2	7	140.0	134	75	69	23	48	8	85	5	0	3	589	77	1.300	8.6	1.5	3.1	5.5	1.77
1970	27	MIL	AL	13	18	.419	4.75	37	35	2	8	1	0	216.0	235	130	114	33	67	15	130	4	0	3	944	79	1.398	9.8	1.4	2.8	5.4	1.94
1971	28	MIL	AL	8	12	.400	2.94	43	22	4	1	0	0	180.1	164	67	59	23	62	10	92	5	1	1	760	117	1.253	8.2	1.1	3.1	4.6	1.48
1972	29	BOS	AL	1	3	.250	6.38	24	7	8	0	0	1	60.2	74	48	43	9	28	2	35	3	0	2	280	51	1.681	11.0	1.3	4.2	5.2	1.25
1973	30	OAK-min	AAA	6	4	.600	2.49	45	3		0	0	12	105.0	110	42	29	3	43	7	54	3	0	4			1.457	9.4	0.3	3.7	4.6	1.26	TUC · PCL
1973	30	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9		1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1974	31	OAK-min	AAA	0	2	.000	1.08	11	0		0	0	2	25.0	24	3	3	1	8	1	18	0	0	3			1.280	8.6	0.4	2.9	6.5	2.25	TUC · PCL
1974	31	ATL	NL	4	3	.571	4.19	29	4	10	0	0	0	66.2	65	32	31	3	32	4	27	2	0	2	293	91	1.455	8.8	0.4	4.3	3.6	0.84
1975	32	OAK-min	AAA	8	4	.667	5.40	44	4		0	0	6	105.0	123	68	63	4	60	13	59	2	0	6			1.743	10.5	0.3	5.1	5.1	0.98	TUC · PCL
12 Yrs				68	91	.428	4.00	321	167	71	21	5	21	1283.2	1205	635	571	137	493	62	721	35	1	29	5490	85	1.323	8.4	1.0	3.5	5.1	1.46
162 Game Avg.				9	13	.428	4.00	45	23	10	3	1	3	179	168	88	80	19	69	9	100	5	0	4	765	85	1.323	8.4	1.0	3.5	5.1	1.46

OAK (7 yrs)				42	55	.433	3.85	187	99	46	12	4	20	758.0	665	358	324	69	303	31	436	21	0	21	3204	85	1.277	7.9	0.8	3.6	5.2	1.44
MIL (2 yrs)				21	30	.412	3.93	80	57	6	9	1	0	396.1	399	197	173	56	129	25	222	9	1	4	1704	92	1.332	9.1	1.3	2.9	5.0	1.72
ATL (1 yr)				4	3	.571	4.19	29	4	10	0	0	0	66.2	65	32	31	3	32	4	27	2	0	2	293	91	1.455	8.8	0.4	4.3	3.6	0.84
STL (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9		1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
BOS (1 yr)				1	3	.250	6.38	24	7	8	0	0	1	60.2	74	48	43	9	28	2	35	3	0	2	280	51	1.681	11.0	1.3	4.2	5.2	1.25

AL (10 yrs)				64	88	.421	4.00	291	163	60	21	5	21	1215.0	1138	603	540	134	460	58	693	33	1	27	5188	85	1.315	8.4	1.0	3.4	5.1	1.51
NL (2 yrs)				4	3	.571	4.06	30	4	11	0	0	0	68.2	67	32	31	3	33	4	28	2	0	2	302	94	1.456	8.8	0.4	4.3	3.7	0.85

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
1961	18	KCA	AL	55.2	12	8	33	5.34	4.33	-0.25	0.03	101.2	4.66	-4	-0.4	.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.468	.498	$

1964	21	KCA	AL	14.2	5	4	14	8.59	4.32	-0.34	0.06	103.5	4.88	-6	-0.6	.1	0.0	-0.5	-5	.383	.496	$
1965	22	KCA	AL	25.0	7	5	14	5.04	3.85	-0.22	0.03	99.8	4.09	-3	-0.3	1.8	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.460	.498	$
1966	23	KCA	AL	177.2	36	22	69	3.50	3.92	0.14	0.03	98.3	3.75	8	0.9	1.6	-0.1	2.2	20	.525	.506	$
1967	24	KCA	AL	160.0	48	19	85	4.78	3.71	0.06	0.02	99.3	3.64	-18	-2.1	1.5	-0.3	-1.1	-8	.457	.487	$
1968	25	OAK	AL	185.0	36	25	68	3.31	3.43	0.08	0.03	91.8	3.11	-2	-0.3	2.7	-0.1	1.0	9	.493	.498	$
1969	26	OAK	AL	140.0	43	16	75	4.82	4.05	0.24	-0.00	93.9	3.57	-18	-2.0	1.9	-0.4	-1.3	-7	.454	.488	$
1970	27	MIL	AL	216.0	37	35	130	5.42	4.22	-0.22	0.07	101.7	4.60	-18	-1.9	1.5	-0.1	-0.1	2	.449	.488	$24,000
1971	28	MIL	AL	180.1	43	22	67	3.34	3.99	0.26	0.01	96.8	3.62	6	0.7	.9	-0.2	2.1	23	.516	.504	$
1972	29	BOS	AL	60.2	24	7	48	7.12	3.52	-0.30	-0.02	102.9	3.92	-21	-2.4	.7	0.1	-1.8	-17	.400	.485	$
1973	30	STL	NL	2.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.58	0.14	-0.29	114.0	3.59	1	0.1	.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.594	.501	$
1974	31	ATL	NL	66.2	29	4	32	4.32	4.29	0.44	-0.20	103.3	3.78	-4	-0.5	.9	-0.0	0.0	2	.484	.497	$
12 Seasons				1283.2	321	167	635	4.45	3.92	0.05	0.01	98.1	3.82	-80	-8.6	1.4	-1.2	0.5	21	.473	.496	$24,000

OAK (7 yrs)				758.0	187	99	358	4.25	3.82	0.08	0.02	96.5	3.64	-43	-4.6	1.7	-0.9	0.2	10	.475	.496	$
MIL (2 yrs)				396.1	80	57	197	4.47	4.12	-0.00	0.04	99.4	4.15	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.2	2.0	25	.485	.496	$24,000
ATL (1 yr)				66.2	29	4	32	4.32	4.29	0.44	-0.20	103.3	3.78	-4	-0.5	.9	-0.0	0.0	2	.484	.497	$
STL (1 yr)				2.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.58	0.14	-0.29	114.0	3.59	1	0.1	.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.594	.501	$
BOS (1 yr)				60.2	24	7	48	7.12	3.52	-0.30	-0.02	102.9	3.92	-21	-2.4	.7	0.1	-1.8	-17	.400	.485	$

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
1961	18	KCA	AL	12	248	202	33	49	6	3	3	3	2	46	32	.243	.382	.347	.729	.272	70	7	1	4	2	0	4

1964	21	KCA	AL	5	78	63	14	22	6	0	1	1	0	9	9	.349	.434	.492	.926	.382	31	1	2	2	2	0	2
1965	22	KCA	AL	7	110	102	14	29	7	1	1	2	0	8	22	.284	.336	.402	.738	.354	41	2	0	0	0	0	1
1966	23	KCA	AL	36	733	649	69	144	39	4	8	11	3	63	87	.222	.294	.331	.625	.243	215	14	6	9	6	8	11
1967	24	KCA	AL	48	681	594	85	140	13	9	17	12	7	67	96	.236	.314	.374	.688	.253	222	7	4	10	6	6	9
1968	25	OAK	AL	36	758	677	68	147	31	6	16	7	1	62	105	.217	.283	.352	.634	.232	238	13	3	8	8	9	7
1969	26	OAK	AL	43	589	523	75	134	13	2	23	11	3	48	85	.256	.322	.421	.743	.264	220	10	5	8	5	8	4
1970	27	MIL	AL	37	937	853	130	235	32	6	33	23	7	67	130	.275	.329	.443	.772	.290	378	17	4	12	6	15	15
1971	28	MIL	AL	43	760	685	67	164	21	7	23	13	9	62	92	.239	.306	.391	.698	.247	268	10	5	6	2	10	14
1972	29	BOS	AL	24	280	240	48	74	14	3	9	1	2	28	35	.308	.387	.504	.892	.332	121	8	3	9	0	2	4
1973	30	STL	NL	1	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.333	.250	.583	.286	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	31	ATL	NL	29	293	252	32	65	15	0	3	8	4	32	27	.258	.345	.353	.698	.278	89	5	2	6	1	4	4
12 Yrs				321	5476	4848	635	1205	197	41	137	92	38	493	721	.249	.320	.391	.711	.265	1895	94	35	74	38	62	75
162 Game Avg.				45	763	676	88	168	27	6	19	13	5	69	100	.249	.320	.391	.711	.265	264	13	5	10	5	9	10
MLB Averages																.250	.316	.372	.688	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1961	18	KCA	AL	-3.6	-0.4	263	-0.3	3.7	-4.1	.89	-0.2	-0.2	-3.2	-0.3	0.89	-3.7	0	0	4

1964	21	KCA	AL	-5.5	-0.5	82	-0.8	1.0	-1.8	1.02	-0.7	-0.1	-9.0	-0.8	1.02	-7.1	0	0	1
1965	22	KCA	AL	-3.2	-0.3	113	-0.5	2.2	-2.7	1.22	-0.3	-0.1	-3.7	-0.4	1.22	-3.1	1	1	0
1966	23	KCA	AL	7.5	0.8	754	0.3	14.1	-13.8	1.16	0.4	-0.2	4.9	0.5	1.16	4.7	4	5	5
1967	24	KCA	AL	-18.3	-2.0	703	-2.1	10.5	-12.6	.98	-0.3	-1.9	-24.1	-2.6	0.98	-6.9	14	2	13
1968	25	OAK	AL	-4.1	-0.5	771	-0.1	14.6	-14.7	1.15	0.1	-0.2	2.0	0.2	1.15	0.9	7	2	2
1969	26	OAK	AL	-14.7	-1.5	607	-0.5	10.4	-10.9	1.04	-0.4	-0.1	-13.1	-1.4	1.04	-6.8	13	4	8
1970	27	MIL	AL	-24.2	-2.4	979	-3.4	15.6	-18.9	1.02	-1.5	-1.8	-29.2	-2.9	1.01	-14.8	1	0	1
1971	28	MIL	AL	10.3	1.1	786	0.7	11.3	-10.6	.82	-0.8	1.6	12.6	1.4	0.82	-8.3	5	4	11
1972	29	BOS	AL	-19.4	-2.1	286	-1.9	3.7	-5.6	.95	-2.3	0.3	-25.8	-2.7	0.95	-21.4	3	1	12
1973	30	STL	NL	1.0	0.1	9	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.01	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.01	0.7	0	0	1
1974	31	ATL	NL	-1.3	-0.1	308	-0.4	3.9	-4.2	.83	0.0	-0.5	-2.7	-0.3	0.83	0.8	6	5	14
12 Yrs				-75.6	-7.8	5661	-8.9	91.1	-100.0	1.01	-5.8	-3.0	-90.5	-9.1	1.01	-65.1	54	24	72

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
1961	18	KCA	AL	12	8	2	5	1	0	1	3	5	.375	1	0	2	1	3	38%	46.4	82	27	4	4	1	6	4.3	4.1	5.7

1964	21	KCA	AL	5	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	.250	0	2	0	0	1	25%	42.0	57	31	7	1	1	3	3.4	1.4	3.4
1965	22	KCA	AL	7	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	3	.400	0	0	0	0	2	40%	45.6	71	26	5	1	1	2	2.2	2.3	4.0
1966	23	KCA	AL	36	22	13	6	3	2	0	14	8	.636	0	3	4	1	13	59%	55.5	80	25	26	4	10	3	3.6	3.8	6.7
1967	24	KCA	AL	48	19	4	14	1	0	6	4	15	.211	1	0	0	0	11	58%	50.4	70	27	20	5	9	8	2.2	1.9	6.5
1968	25	OAK	AL	36	25	8	10	7	1	5	9	16	.360	2	3	2	0	16	64%	55.8	81	25	23	10	5	12	3.0	3.0	6.6
1969	26	OAK	AL	43	16	6	4	6	2	1	10	6	.625	1	4	4	2	8	50%	51.2	82	26	20	8	11	3	4.9	4.6	6.0
1970	27	MIL	AL	37	35	13	17	5	5	5	16	19	.457	0	5	8	1	13	37%	47.6	84	15	36	13	10	7	4.4	4.2	6.1
1971	28	MIL	AL	43	22	7	10	5	0	7	10	12	.455	2	2	1	0	17	77%	52.6	74	27	19	6	7	8	2.9	2.6	6.2
1972	29	BOS	AL	24	7	1	3	3	0	1	4	3	.571	0	2	0	0	3	43%	45.6	85	25	15	8	2	3	3.4	1.4	5.7

1974	31	ATL	NL	29	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	.500	0	1	0	0	2	50%	50.2	68	23	9	3	1	2	3.4	4.3	5.2
11 Yrs				320	167	57	75	35	10	27	75	92	.449	7	22	21	5	89	53%	51	85	15	184	63	58	57	3.5	3.3	6.1
MLB Averages													.500						55%	53	116	-14					4.0	4.0	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1961	18	KCA	AL	12	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.887	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	4	4	0	4	0	7.5

1964	21	KCA	AL	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	1.019	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3.0
1965	22	KCA	AL	7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	1	1.220	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	7.5
1966	23	KCA	AL	36	14	6	1	3	5	3	2	60%	6	1	12	1	8%	6	1.160	4	5	5	7	1	6	6	8	9	2	9	2	6.3
1967	24	KCA	AL	48	29	16	3	3	7	6	2	86%	9	2	17	7	41%	8	.975	14	2	13	10	7	12	11	18	15	8	15	7	3.9
1968	25	OAK	AL	36	11	7	2	1	7	4	3	57%	7	0	14	7	50%	8	1.151	7	2	2	7	2	2	7	4	7	2	7	3	5.3
1969	26	OAK	AL	43	27	15	1	3	8	7	1	88%	9	1	32	13	41%	8	1.039	13	4	8	10	6	11	16	11	12	8	13	4	5.0
1970	27	MIL	AL	37	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	8	1.018	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	4.5
1971	28	MIL	AL	43	21	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	30	9	30%	7	.819	5	4	11	2	1	18	15	6	15	4	15	2	6.2
1972	29	BOS	AL	24	17	8	0	0	2	1	1	50%	3	0	11	10	91%	7	.947	3	1	12	3	1	13	5	12	8	5	8	1	3.6
1973	30	STL	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.007	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1974	31	ATL	NL	29	25	10	3	2	0	0	0		1	1	5	3	60%	7	.828	6	5	14	2	6	17	3	22	17	3	18	3	5.5
12 Yrs				321	154	71	11	16	29	21	9	72%	35	5	125	52	42%		1.007	54	24	72	41	26	87	65	89	90	32	94	23	5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1961	18	KCA	AL	255	59%	1.2%	12.9%	18.6%	4.8%	25%	0.85	68%	61	7	11%

1964	21	KCA	AL	78	62%	1.3%	11.5%	11.5%	9.0%	32%	1.06	71%	23	1	4%
1965	22	KCA	AL	110	57%	0.9%	20.0%	7.3%	8.2%	31%	0.93	72%	22	2	9%
1966	23	KCA	AL	733	55%	1.1%	11.9%	8.6%	7.0%	35%	0.79	76%	118	14	12%
1967	24	KCA	AL	681	55%	2.5%	14.1%	9.8%	5.7%	28%	0.82	72%	112	7	6%
1968	25	OAK	AL	758	54%	2.1%	13.9%	8.2%	7.0%	36%	0.65	74%	135	13	10%
1969	26	OAK	AL	589	57%	3.9%	14.4%	8.2%	6.5%	28%	0.96	71%	123	10	8%
1970	27	MIL	AL	943	57%	3.5%	13.9%	7.2%	7.6%	30%	1.12	74%	163	17	10%
1971	28	MIL	AL	760	58%	3.0%	12.1%	8.2%	6.7%	31%	0.78	75%	134	10	7%
1972	29	BOS	AL	280	61%	3.2%	12.5%	10.0%	9.3%	35%	1.64	70%	69	8	12%
1973	30	STL	NL	9	33%	0.0%	11.1%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	0.25	78%	0	0
1974	31	ATL	NL	293	57%	1.0%	9.2%	10.9%	6.1%	28%	1.15	76%	45	5	11%
12 Yrs				5489	57%	2.5%	13.2%	9.0%	6.9%	31%	0.89	74%	1005	94	9%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	14.9%	8.5%	6.1%	27%	1.09	73%			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
1961	18	KCA	AL	248	49			3	0	8	1	2	2	1	11	9	1	82%	4	2	0	111	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	7

1964	21	KCA	AL	78	22			1	0	3	1	0	1	0	12	6	3	50%	2	2	1	36	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1965	22	KCA	AL	110	29			1	0	5	1	0	0	1	6	3	2	50%	1	0	1	42	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1966	23	KCA	AL	733	144			8	0	14	8	0	2	6	28	17	2	61%	11	6	0	262	11	3	79%	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
1967	24	KCA	AL	681	140			17	1	18	11	6	5	12	50	21	7	42%	9	5	0	217	12	7	63%	8	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	16	0
1968	25	OAK	AL	758	147			16	0	22	8	8	10	6	48	23	9	48%	7	3	2	254	7	1	88%	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	15	0
1969	26	OAK	AL	589	134			23	1	17	15	8	9	14	25	10	4	40%	4	3	1	224	11	3	79%	10	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	12	0
1970	27	MIL	AL	937	235			33	1	18	19	14	17	16	43	24	4	56%	15	3	3	326	23	7	77%	21	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	6
1971	28	MIL	AL	760	164			23	1	19	14	9	11	12	38	12	9	32%	14	1	1	276	13	9	59%	12	9	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
1972	29	BOS	AL	280	74			9	0	10	3	6	5	4	18	13	2	72%	4	2	1	114	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1973	30	STL	NL	9	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	31	ATL	NL	293	65			3	1	7	2	1	1	2	9	5	0	56%	4	2	1	111	8	4	67%	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
12 Yrs				5476	1205			137	5	141	83	54	63	74	288	143	43	50%	75	29	11	1976	92	38	71%	83	36	8	1	1	1	5	0	101	13
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

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+
1961	18	2	5	.286	4.85	12	8	1	2	1	0	55.2	49	33	30	3	46	0	32	1	0	2	255	86	1.707	7.9	0.5	7.4	5.2	0.70	86
1962	19	2	5	.286	4.85	12	8	1	2	1	0	55.2	49	33	30	3	46	0	32	1	0	2	255	86	1.707	7.9	0.5	7.4	5.2	0.70	86
1963	20	2	5	.286	4.85	12	8	1	2	1	0	55.2	49	33	30	3	46	0	32	1	0	2	255	86	1.707	7.9	0.5	7.4	5.2	0.70	86
1964	21	2	7	.222	5.37	17	12	1	2	1	0	70.1	71	47	42	4	55	0	41	3	0	4	333	77	1.791	9.1	0.5	7.0	5.2	0.75	77
1965	22	4	11	.267	5.29	24	17	2	2	1	0	95.1	100	61	56	5	63	0	63	3	0	4	443	75	1.710	9.4	0.5	5.9	5.9	1.00	75
1966	23	18	20	.474	3.79	60	39	8	6	2	3	273.0	244	130	115	13	126	8	150	9	0	10	1176	95	1.355	8.0	0.4	4.2	4.9	1.19	95
1967	24	25	37	.403	3.97	108	58	24	6	2	9	433.0	384	215	191	30	193	14	246	13	0	15	1857	87	1.333	8.0	0.6	4.0	5.1	1.27	87
1968	25	35	48	.422	3.71	144	83	31	8	2	13	618.0	531	283	255	46	255	23	351	16	0	18	2615	88	1.272	7.7	0.7	3.7	5.1	1.38	88
1969	26	42	55	.433	3.85	187	99	46	12	4	20	758.0	665	358	324	69	303	31	436	21	0	21	3204	85	1.277	7.9	0.8	3.6	5.2	1.44	85
1970	27	55	73	.430	4.05	224	134	48	20	5	20	974.0	900	488	438	102	370	46	566	25	0	24	4148	84	1.304	8.3	0.9	3.4	5.2	1.53	84
1971	28	63	85	.426	3.87	267	156	52	21	5	20	1154.1	1064	555	497	125	432	56	658	30	1	25	4908	88	1.296	8.3	1.0	3.4	5.1	1.52	88
1972	29	64	88	.421	4.00	291	163	60	21	5	21	1215.0	1138	603	540	134	460	58	693	33	1	27	5188	85	1.315	8.4	1.0	3.4	5.1	1.51	85
1973	30	64	88	.421	3.99	292	163	61	21	5	21	1217.0	1140	603	540	134	461	58	694	33	1	27	5197	85	1.316	8.4	1.0	3.4	5.1	1.51	85
1974	31	68	91	.428	4.00	321	167	71	21	5	21	1283.2	1205	635	571	137	493	62	721	35	1	29	5490	85	1.323	8.4	1.0	3.5	5.1	1.46	85

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
1961	18	2	3	.400	4.83	54.0	48	32	29	3	45	31	1	1.722	8.0	7.5	5.2	0.69	0.5	12

1964	21	0	1	.000	7.20	15.0	22	13	12	1	9	9	2	2.067	13.2	5.4	5.4	1.00	0.6	5
1965	22	1	1	.500	6.26	23.0	31	18	16	1	9	21	0	1.739	12.1	3.5	8.2	2.33	0.4	7
1966	23	10	8	.556	3.60	170.0	155	76	68	9	68	83	6	1.312	8.2	3.6	4.4	1.22	0.5	36
1967	24	5	11	.313	5.52	150.0	154	102	92	19	74	90	4	1.520	9.2	4.4	5.4	1.22	1.1	48
1968	25	7	11	.389	4.74	169.0	174	99	89	19	73	96	4	1.462	9.3	3.9	5.1	1.32	1.0	36
1969	26	5	9	.357	5.47	130.0	143	88	79	25	51	79	5	1.492	9.9	3.5	5.5	1.55	1.7	43
1970	27	9	14	.391	5.14	210.0	241	133	120	34	69	126	4	1.476	10.3	3.0	5.4	1.83	1.5	37
1971	28	11	8	.579	3.56	172.0	177	76	68	25	67	88	5	1.419	9.3	3.5	4.6	1.31	1.3	43
1972	29	1	5	.167	8.38	58.0	85	60	54	10	32	33	3	2.017	13.2	5.0	5.1	1.03	1.6	24
1973	30	0	0		0.00	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.500	9.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	1
1974	31	3	4	.429	4.50	64.0	66	36	32	3	32	26	2	1.531	9.3	4.5	3.7	0.81	0.4	29
12 Yrs		54	75	.419	4.87	1217.0	1298	733	659	149	530	683	36	1.502	9.6		5.1	1.29	1.1	321

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1980 BBWAA ()	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1966 AL 2.99 (9th)	Wins s c a p y 1966 AL 14 (6th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1966 AL .609 (9th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1966 AL 7.295 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1970 AL 33 (2nd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1966 AL 0.405 (1st)	Losses s c a p y 1967 AL 17 (3rd) 1970 AL 18 (2nd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1970 AL 114 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1966 AL 6 (6th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1971 AL 118 (10th)	Youngest s c a p y 1961 AL born 1943-04-25 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 13 (1324), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Don Cardwell (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Bonham (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Buzhardt (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Whitson (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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