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Gary Kroll

Gary Melvin Kroll

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

Born: July 8, 1941 in Culver City, CA
High School: Reseda HS (Reseda, CA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1964
Teams (by GP): Mets/Indians/Astros/Phillies 1964-1969

Final Game: July 12, 1969
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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
1959	17	PHI-min	D-	5	3	.625	3.18	14	12					85.0	60	44	30	4	57								1.376	6.4	0.4	6.0			JOH · APPY
1960	18	PHI-min	C	17	12	.586	2.91	35	34					257.0	191	106	83	6	166								1.389	6.7	0.2	5.8			BAK · CALL
1961	19	PHI-min	B,AA,C	5	19	.208	4.96	32	29					174.1	199	125	96	12	106								1.750	10.3	0.6	5.5			DMO,CNG,BAK · IIIL,SOUA,CALL
1962	20	PHI-ANA/PHI-min	A,AAA	12	5	.706	2.67	24	23		12	2		175.0	146	68	52	9	92	6	172	8	1	7			1.360	7.5	0.5	4.7	8.8	1.87	WPT,BFL,DFW · EL,IL,AA
1963	21	PHI-min	AAA	11	7	.611	3.04	23	23					151.0	122	58	51	5	65		139						1.238	7.3	0.3	3.9	8.3	2.14	ARK · IL
1964	22	PHI-min	AAA	11	7	.611	3.70	23	21		8	2		129.0	145	64	53	8	52	2	143	0	1	2			1.527	10.1	0.6	3.6	10.0	2.75	ARK · PCL
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	91	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	132	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	87	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-min	AAA	0	5	.000	6.81	10	9		0	0		37.0	55	31	28	0	10	2	23	2	0	3			1.757	13.4	0.0	2.4	5.6	2.30	OKC · PCL
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	92	1.563	9.9	0.8	4.2	8.4	2.00

1967	25	CLE-HOU-min	A,AA,AAA	4	5	.444	5.86	23	17		0	0		86.0	90	67	56	8	55	0	91	0	1	2			1.686	9.4	0.8	5.8	9.5	1.65	REN,AMA,POR,OKC · CALL,TL,PCL
1968	26	CLE-min	AA	3	2	.600	1.29	28	2					42.0	20	8	6	0	19		62						0.929	4.3	0.0	4.1	13.3	3.26	WBY · EL
1969	27	CLE-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.19	24	0		0	0	8	37.0	20	12	9	1	16	2	34	0	2	0			0.973	4.9	0.2	3.9	8.3	2.13	POR · PCL
1969	27	CLE	AL	0	0		4.13	19	0	7	0	0	0	24.0	16	14	11	3	22	0	28	0	1	1	109	92	1.583	6.0	1.1	8.3	10.5	1.27
1970	28	ANA-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.50	16	2		0	0	0	28.0	28	22	14	3	20	0	29	2	0	4			1.714	9.0	1.0	6.4	9.3	1.45	HAW · PCL
1971	29	STL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.91	7	2		0	0	1	22.0	24	12	12	1	10	0	16	0	1	2			1.545	9.8	0.4	4.1	6.5	1.60	TUL · AA
4 Yrs				6	7	.462	4.24	71	13	25	1	0	1	159.1	147	84	75	18	91	0	138	7	7	6	719	84	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	84	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	81	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	132	1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		4.13	19	0	7	0	0	0	24.0	16	14	11	3	22	0	28	0	1	1	109	92	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	92	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	83	1.478	8.7	1.0	4.6	7.3	1.59
AL (1 yr)				0	0		4.13	19	0	7	0	0	0	24.0	16	14	11	3	22	0	28	0	1	1	109	92	1.583	6.0	1.1	8.3	10.5	1.27

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
1964	22	PHI	NL	3.0	2	0	1	3.00	4.08	-0.08	-0.17	96.0	3.83	0	0.0	.2	-0.0	0.0	1	.514	.500	$
1964	22	NYM	NL	21.2	8	2	11	4.57	4.11	-0.22	-0.08	101.7	4.32	-1	-0.1	.4	-0.0	0.1	2	.488	.499	$
1965	23	NYM	NL	87.0	32	11	48	4.97	4.16	-0.07	-0.04	102.4	4.29	-7	-0.7	.7	-0.0	0.0	2	.477	.495	$
1966	24	HOU	NL	23.2	10	0	10	3.80	4.08	-0.44	-0.17	96.2	4.19	1	0.1	.4	-0.1	0.2	3	.508	.500	$

1969	27	CLE	AL	24.0	19	0	14	5.25	4.20	-0.22	-0.17	102.3	4.35	-2	-0.2	.3	0.0	0.0	-0	.487	.498	$
4 Seasons				159.1	71	13	84	4.74	4.14	-0.17	-0.09	101.3	4.28	-9	-1.0	.5	-0.1	0.3	8	.486	.499	$

NYM (2 yrs)				108.2	40	13	59	4.89	4.15	-0.10	-0.05	102.3	4.29	-7	-0.8	.6	-0.1	0.1	4	.479	.497	$
PHI (1 yr)				3.0	2	0	1	3.00	4.08	-0.08	-0.17	96.0	3.83	0	0.0	.2	-0.0	0.0	1	.514	.500	$
CLE (1 yr)				24.0	19	0	14	5.25	4.20	-0.22	-0.17	102.3	4.35	-2	-0.2	.3	0.0	0.0	-0	.487	.498	$
HOU (1 yr)				23.2	10	0	10	3.80	4.08	-0.44	-0.17	96.2	4.19	1	0.1	.4	-0.1	0.2	3	.508	.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
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	1
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	1
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	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	7
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	1

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	0
4 Yrs				71	719	602	84	147	25	5	18	23	6	91	138	.244	.348	.392	.740	.287	236	6	7	15	4	0	9
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	7
MLB Averages																.245	.310	.365	.675	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1964	22	TOT	NL	-0.7	-0.1	126	-0.4	1.3	-1.7	.66	-0.3	-0.4	-1.7	-0.2	0.67	-2.9	0	1	7
1964	22	PHI	NL	0.4	0.0	14	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.27	0.0	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.27	0.1	0	0	2
1964	22	NYM	NL	-1.1	-0.1	112	-0.4	1.2	-1.6	.72	-0.3	-0.3	-2.0	-0.2	0.72	-3.0	0	1	5
1965	23	NYM	NL	-8.6	-0.9	408	-1.4	5.8	-7.2	.92	-0.8	-0.7	-7.0	-0.7	0.92	-8.1	3	5	13
1966	24	HOU	NL	-0.3	-0.0	119	-0.3	0.5	-0.9	.32	-0.4	-0.7	-2.3	-0.2	0.32	-3.5	0	1	9

1969	27	CLE	AL	-1.5	-0.2	115	0.0	0.5	-0.5	.25	-0.3	0.3	-0.8	-0.1	0.25	-3.7	0	1	16
4 Yrs				-11.2	-1.2	768	-2.1	8.2	-10.3	.69	-1.7	-1.3	-11.8	-1.2	0.69	-18.3	3	8	45

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
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%	40.0	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%	42.1	70	20	16	8	3	4	4.8	7.1	4.2
2 Yrs				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													.500						56%	54	116	0					3.9	3.8	6.4

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
1964	22	TOT	NL	10	8	5	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	0%		.663	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	.274	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	.719	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	.924	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	.317	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	.253	0	1	16	0	0	19	6	13	8	5	8	3	3.8
4 Yrs				71	58	25	4	1	2	1	1	50%	3	1	23	8	35%		.691	3	8	45	6	1	51	17	41	33	12	34	12	5.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1964	22	TOT	NL	111	59%	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	61%	1.0%	24.7%	15.5%	4.1%	21%	0.46	57%	22	0	0%
1965	23	NYM	NL	391	57%	3.1%	15.9%	10.5%	6.4%	30%	0.73	67%	80	5	6%
1966	24	HOU	NL	108	68%	1.9%	20.4%	10.2%	10.2%	42%	1.09	64%	13	1	8%

1969	27	CLE	AL	109	69%	2.8%	25.7%	20.2%	6.4%	44%	0.47	50%	21	0	0%
4 Yrs				719	61%	2.5%	19.2%	12.7%	6.7%	33%	0.72	63%	140	6	4%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.7%	8.2%	6.1%	27%	1.11	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
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	3	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	3	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	0	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 Yrs				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	4	0	24	0
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	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	24.2	22	12	11	1	17	26	1	4	2	111	91	1.581	8.0	0.4	6.2	9.5	1.53	91
1965	23	6	7	.462	4.35	42	13	16	1	1	111.2	105	60	54	13	58	88	7	5	3	502	82	1.460	8.5	1.0	4.7	7.1	1.52	82
1966	24	6	7	.462	4.26	52	13	18	1	1	135.1	131	70	64	15	69	110	7	6	5	610	83	1.478	8.7	1.0	4.6	7.3	1.59	83
1967	25	6	7	.462	4.26	52	13	18	1	1	135.1	131	70	64	15	69	110	7	6	5	610	83	1.478	8.7	1.0	4.6	7.3	1.59	83
1968	26	6	7	.462	4.26	52	13	18	1	1	135.1	131	70	64	15	69	110	7	6	5	610	83	1.478	8.7	1.0	4.6	7.3	1.59	83
1969	27	6	7	.462	4.24	71	13	25	1	1	159.1	147	84	75	18	91	138	7	7	6	719	84	1.494	8.3	1.0	5.1	7.8	1.52	84

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	4.70	23.0	23	13	12	1	18	24	1	1.783	9.0	7.0	9.4	1.33	0.4	10
1965	23	4	5	.444	4.98	85.0	86	52	47	12	42	61	6	1.506	9.1	4.4	6.5	1.45	1.3	32
1966	24	1	1	.500	4.70	23.0	28	13	12	2	12	21	0	1.739	11.0	4.7	8.2	1.75	0.8	10

1969	27	1	1	.500	4.13	24.0	16	12	11	3	22	28	0	1.583	6.0	8.3	10.5	1.27	1.1	19
4 Yrs		7	8	.467	4.76	155.0	153	90	82	18	94	134	7	1.594	8.9		7.8	1.43	1.0	71

* 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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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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