Gary Kroll
Gary Melvin Kroll
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 8, 1941 in Culver City, CA
High School: Reseda (Reseda, CA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1964
Final Game: July 12, 1969
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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
1964 22 TOT NL 0 1 .000 4.01 10 2 5 0 0 0 24.2 22 12 11 1 17 0 26 1 4 2 111 88 1.581 8.0 0.4 6.2 9.5 1.53
1964 22 PHI NL 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 116 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
1964 22 NYM NL 0 1 .000 4.15 8 2 4 0 0 0 21.2 19 11 10 1 15 0 24 1 4 2 97 85 1.569 7.9 0.4 6.2 10.0 1.60
1965 23 NYM NL 6 6 .500 4.45 32 11 11 1 0 1 87.0 83 48 43 12 41 0 62 6 1 1 391 79 1.425 8.6 1.2 4.2 6.4 1.51
1966 24 HOU NL 0 0 3.80 10 0 2 0 0 0 23.2 26 10 10 2 11 0 22 0 1 2 108 89 1.563 9.9 0.8 4.2 8.4 2.00
1969 27 CLE AL 0 0 4.12 19 0 7 0 0 0 24.0 16 14 11 3 22 0 28 0 1 1 109 91 1.583 6.0 1.1 8.3 10.5 1.27
4 Seasons 6 7 .462 4.24 71 13 25 1 0 1 159.1 147 84 75 18 91 0 138 7 7 6 719 83 1.494 8.3 1.0 5.1 7.8 1.52
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .462 4.24 57 11 20 1 0 1 129 119 68 61 15 74 0 112 6 6 5 582 83 1.494 8.3 1.0 5.1 7.8 1.52
NYM (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 4.39 40 13 15 1 0 1 108.2 102 59 53 13 56 0 86 7 5 3 488 80 1.454 8.4 1.1 4.6 7.1 1.54
PHI (1 yr) 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 116 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 4.12 19 0 7 0 0 0 24.0 16 14 11 3 22 0 28 0 1 1 109 91 1.583 6.0 1.1 8.3 10.5 1.27
HOU (1 yr) 0 0 3.80 10 0 2 0 0 0 23.2 26 10 10 2 11 0 22 0 1 2 108 89 1.563 9.9 0.8 4.2 8.4 2.00
NL (3 yrs) 6 7 .462 4.26 52 13 18 1 0 1 135.1 131 70 64 15 69 0 110 7 6 5 610 82 1.478 8.7 1.0 4.6 7.3 1.59
AL (1 yr) 0 0 4.12 19 0 7 0 0 0 24.0 16 14 11 3 22 0 28 0 1 1 109 91 1.583 6.0 1.1 8.3 10.5 1.27

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
1964 22 NYM NL 8 97 79 11 19 2 1 1 2 2 15 24 .241 .365 .329 .694 .327 26 0 1 1 1 0
1964 22 PHI NL 2 14 12 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250 .357 .333 .690 .300 4 0 0 0 0 0
1964 22 TOT NL 10 111 91 12 22 3 1 1 2 2 17 26 .242 .364 .330 .693 .323 30 0 1 1 1 0
1965 23 NYM NL 32 391 333 48 83 11 2 12 11 3 41 62 .249 .340 .402 .743 .272 134 5 6 9 2 0
1966 24 HOU NL 10 108 93 10 26 8 1 2 7 0 11 22 .280 .356 .452 .807 .348 42 1 0 4 0 0
1969 27 CLE AL 19 109 85 14 16 3 1 3 3 1 22 28 .188 .352 .353 .705 .236 30 0 0 1 1 0
4 Seasons 71 719 602 84 147 25 5 18 23 6 91 138 .244 .348 .392 .740 .287 236 6 7 15 4 0
162 Game Avg. 57 582 487 68 119 20 4 15 19 5 74 112 .244 .348 .392 .740 .287 191 5 6 12 3 0
MLB Averages

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
1964 22 TOT NL 10 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 1 50% 52 28 2 0 0 2 3.0 0.0 4.0
1964 22 NYM NL 8 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 1 50% 40 52 28 2 0 0 2 3.0 0.0 4.0
1965 23 NYM NL 32 11 2 5 4 1 1 3 7 .300 1 1 1 0 4 36% 42 70 20 16 8 3 4 4.8 7.1 4.2
2 Seasons 40 13 2 6 5 1 2 3 9 .250 1 2 1 0 5 38% 42 70 20 18 8 3 6 4.5 6.1 4.2
MLB Averages

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
1964 22 TOT NL 10 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 0.694 0 1 7 1 0 7 1 7 6 0 6 0 6.3
1964 22 PHI NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.349 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1964 22 NYM NL 8 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 7 0.744 0 1 5 1 0 5 1 5 5 0 5 0 6.8
1965 23 NYM NL 32 21 11 4 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 11 4 36% 5 0.941 3 5 13 4 1 16 8 13 10 6 11 8 5.8
1966 24 HOU NL 10 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0.379 0 1 9 1 0 9 2 8 9 1 9 1 7.1
1969 27 CLE AL 19 19 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 8 0.298 0 4 14 0 0 19 6 13 8 5 8 3 3.8
4 Seasons 71 58 25 4 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 23 8 35% 0.721 3 11 43 6 1 51 17 41 33 12 34 12 5.4

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%
1964 22 TOT NL 111 41% 0.9% 23.4% 15.3% 4.5% 23% 0.61 59% 26 0 0%
1964 22 PHI NL 14 50% 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 7.1% 33% 2.50 71% 4 0 0%
1964 22 NYM NL 97 39% 1.0% 24.7% 15.5% 4.1% 21% 0.46 57% 22 0 0%
1965 23 NYM NL 391 43% 3.1% 15.9% 10.5% 6.4% 30% 0.73 67% 80 5 6%
1966 24 HOU NL 108 32% 1.9% 20.4% 10.2% 10.2% 42% 1.09 64% 13 1 8%
1969 27 CLE AL 109 31% 2.8% 25.7% 20.2% 6.4% 44% 0.47 50% 21 0 0%
4 Seasons 719 39% 2.5% 19.2% 12.7% 6.7% 33% 0.72 63% 140 6 4%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1964 22 TOT NL 111 22 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 10 2 6 20% 1 2 2 45 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 0
1964 22 PHI NL 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 22 NYM NL 97 19 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 1 5 14% 1 2 2 40 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 0
1965 23 NYM NL 391 83 12 0 7 8 4 5 7 24 11 6 46% 7 1 0 160 11 3 79% 9 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
1966 24 HOU NL 108 26 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 3 1 60% 1 2 1 44 7 0 100% 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
1969 27 CLE AL 109 16 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 5 3 1 60% 0 1 1 50 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 Seasons 719 147 18 0 11 12 6 6 12 44 19 14 43% 9 6 4 299 23 6 79% 19 4 3 2 1 0 6 0 24 0
MLB Averages

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+
1964 22 0 1 .000 4.01 10 2 5 0 0 0 24.2 22 12 11 1 17 0 26 1 4 2 111 88 1.581 8.0 0.4 6.2 9.5 1.53 88
1965 23 6 7 .462 4.35 42 13 16 1 0 1 111.2 105 60 54 13 58 0 88 7 5 3 502 81 1.460 8.5 1.0 4.7 7.1 1.52 81
1966 24 6 7 .462 4.26 52 13 18 1 0 1 135.1 131 70 64 15 69 0 110 7 6 5 610 82 1.478 8.7 1.0 4.6 7.3 1.59 82
1967 25 6 7 .462 4.26 52 13 18 1 0 1 135.1 131 70 64 15 69 0 110 7 6 5 610 82 1.478 8.7 1.0 4.6 7.3 1.59 82
1968 26 6 7 .462 4.26 52 13 18 1 0 1 135.1 131 70 64 15 69 0 110 7 6 5 610 82 1.478 8.7 1.0 4.6 7.3 1.59 82
1969 27 6 7 .462 4.24 71 13 25 1 0 1 159.1 147 84 75 18 91 0 138 7 7 6 719 83 1.494 8.3 1.0 5.1 7.8 1.52 83

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
1964 22 1 1 .500 5.09 23.0 23 14 13 1 18 24 1 1.783 9.0 7.0 9.4 1.33 0.4 10
1965 23 3 6 .333 5.10 83.0 89 52 47 13 44 59 6 1.602 9.7 4.8 6.4 1.34 1.4 32
1966 24 1 1 .500 4.91 22.0 29 13 12 2 12 20 0 1.864 11.9 4.9 8.2 1.67 0.8 10
1969 27 1 1 .500 4.70 23.0 17 13 12 3 23 27 0 1.739 6.7 9.0 10.6 1.17 1.2 19
4 Seasons 6 9 .400 5.01 151.0 158 92 84 19 97 130 7 1.689 9.4 7.7 1.34 1.1 71

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