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Bob Lacey

Robert Joseph Lacey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 25, 1953 in Fredericksburg, VA
High School: Palo Verde HS (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round of the 1972 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1977
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Giants/Indians/Angels/Rangers 1977-1984

Final Game: September 26, 1984
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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
1972	18	OAK-min	A-	0	3	.000	5.77	8	7					39.0	43	30	25	6	30								1.872	9.9	1.4	6.9			CNB · NORW
1973	19	OAK-min	A	13	2	.867	2.24	28	24					173.0	171	58	43	5	42								1.231	8.9	0.3	2.2			KEY,BUR · FLOR,MIDW
1974	20	OAK-min	AA	6	13	.316	4.59	32	23		8	1	1	155.0	203	111	79	13	35	3	72	2	3	3			1.535	11.8	0.8	2.0	4.2	2.06	BIR · SOUL
1975	21	OAK-min	AA,AAA	6	7	.462	3.50	43	9		4	2	4	103.0	116	48	40	6	48	9	64	0	2	4			1.592	10.1	0.5	4.2	5.6	1.33	BIR,TUC · SOUL,PCL
1976	22	OAK-min	AAA	3	9	.250	5.91	29	12		3	0	1	105.0	139	73	69	5	26	1	35	2	0	4			1.571	11.9	0.4	2.2	3.0	1.35	TUC · PCL
1977	23	OAK-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	0.00	11	0		0	0	1	16.0	10	0	0	0	6	2	9	0	1	0			1.000	5.6	0.0	3.4	5.1	1.50	SJO · PCL
1977	23	OAK	AL	6	8	.429	3.03	64	0	29	0	0	7	121.2	100	46	41	13	43	11	69	0	1	4	492	132	1.175	7.4	1.0	3.2	5.1	1.60
1978	24	OAK	AL	8	9	.471	3.01	74	0	25	0	0	5	119.2	126	52	40	10	35	13	60	1	0	3	515	121	1.345	9.5	0.8	2.6	4.5	1.71
1979	25	OAK	AL	1	5	.167	5.85	42	0	20	0	0	4	47.2	66	34	31	7	24	8	33	1	0	4	230	70	1.888	12.5	1.3	4.5	6.2	1.38
1980	26	OAK	AL	3	2	.600	2.94	47	1	31	1	1	6	79.2	68	29	26	7	21	5	45	1	0	5	322	129	1.117	7.7	0.8	2.4	5.1	2.14
1981	27	CLE-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.12	2	1	1	1	0	1	8.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	0	0			1.250	9.0	0.0	2.2	5.6	2.50	CHL · IL
1981	27	TOT	AL	0	0		7.66	15	0	8	0	0	0	22.1	37	21	19	6	3	0	11	0	0	1	107	50	1.791	14.9	2.4	1.2	4.4	3.67
1981	27	CLE	AL	0	0		7.59	14	0	7	0	0	0	21.1	36	20	18	5	3	0	11	0	0	1	103	49	1.828	15.2	2.1	1.3	4.6	3.67
1981	27	TEX	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	55	1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.0

1983	29	ANA-min	AAA	7	3	.700	4.72	54	2	40	0	0	12	101.0	117	60	53	7	30	5	71	1	0	3			1.455	10.4	0.6	2.7	6.3	2.37	EDM · PCL
1983	29	CAL	AL	1	2	.333	5.19	8	0	4	0	0	0	8.2	12	5	5	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	35	81	1.385	12.5	1.0	0.0	7.3
1984	30	SFG-min	AAA	5	3	.625	5.80	24	3	13	0	0	3	49.2	65	36	32	11	19	2	29	1	0	1			1.691	11.8	2.0	3.4	5.3	1.53	PHX · PCL
1984	30	SFG	NL	1	3	.250	3.88	34	1	14	0	0	0	51.0	55	26	22	5	13	4	26	0	3	3	216	91	1.333	9.7	0.9	2.3	4.6	2.00
1985	31	SFG-min	A,AAA	7	7	.500	3.58	32	10	13	4	1	2	83.0	98	47	33	6	22	3	49	1	1	3			1.446	10.6	0.7	2.4	5.3	2.23	MIA,PHX · FLOR,PCL
7 Yrs				20	29	.408	3.67	284	2	131	1	1	22	450.2	464	213	184	49	139	41	251	3	4	20	1917	104	1.338	9.3	1.0	2.8	5.0	1.81
162 Game Avg.				5	7	.408	3.67	68	0	31	0	0	5	107	110	51	44	12	33	10	60	1	1	5	456	104	1.338	9.3	1.0	2.8	5.0	1.81

OAK (4 yrs)				18	24	.429	3.37	227	1	105	1	1	22	368.2	360	161	138	37	123	37	207	3	1	16	1559	114	1.310	8.8	0.9	3.0	5.1	1.68
SFG (1 yr)				1	3	.250	3.88	34	1	14	0	0	0	51.0	55	26	22	5	13	4	26	0	3	3	216	91	1.333	9.7	0.9	2.3	4.6	2.00
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	55	1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
CAL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	5.19	8	0	4	0	0	0	8.2	12	5	5	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	35	81	1.385	12.5	1.0	0.0	7.3
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		7.59	14	0	7	0	0	0	21.1	36	20	18	5	3	0	11	0	0	1	103	49	1.828	15.2	2.1	1.3	4.6	3.67

AL (6 yrs)				19	26	.422	3.65	250	1	117	1	1	22	399.2	409	187	162	44	126	37	225	3	1	17	1701	106	1.339	9.2	1.0	2.8	5.1	1.79
NL (1 yr)				1	3	.250	3.88	34	1	14	0	0	0	51.0	55	26	22	5	13	4	26	0	3	3	216	91	1.333	9.7	0.9	2.3	4.6	2.00

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
1977	23	OAK	AL	121.2	64	0	46	3.40	4.58	-0.12	-0.37	98.5	4.26	11	1.2	1.8	0.2	2.5	25	.519	.507	$
1978	24	OAK	AL	119.2	74	0	52	3.91	4.33	-0.26	-0.35	96.4	4.08	3	0.3	1.7	-0.1	1.3	15	.504	.502	$
1979	25	OAK	AL	47.2	42	0	34	6.42	4.94	-0.74	-0.40	95.8	5.06	-7	-0.7	1.8	-0.4	-0.7	-2	.483	.496	$
1980	26	OAK	AL	79.2	47	1	29	3.28	4.68	0.59	-0.31	96.6	3.66	3	0.3	1.9	-0.0	1.0	12	.507	.502	$75,000
1981	27	CLE	AL	21.1	14	0	20	8.44	4.16	-0.65	-0.33	98.1	4.40	-10	-1.0	.4	0.2	-0.6	-8	.428	.494	$
1981	27	TEX	AL	1.0	1	0	1	9.00	4.45	0.33	-0.35	88.0	3.31	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-1	.433	.500	$

1983	29	CAL	AL	8.2	8	0	5	5.19	4.69	-0.25	-0.37	100.0	4.56	-1	-0.1	2.9	-0.1	-0.1	0	.492	.500	$
1984	30	SFG	NL	51.0	34	1	26	4.59	4.15	-0.67	-0.30	96.9	4.38	-2	-0.2	.7	-0.1	0.2	4	.494	.499	$
7 Seasons				450.2	284	2	213	4.25	4.50	-0.18	-0.35	97.1	4.21	-3	-0.3	1.6	-0.1	3.6	45	.499	.500	$75,000

OAK (4 yrs)				368.2	227	1	161	3.93	4.57	-0.09	-0.36	97.1	4.18	10	1.1	1.8	-0.3	4.1	50	.505	.502	$75,000
SFG (1 yr)				51.0	34	1	26	4.59	4.15	-0.67	-0.30	96.9	4.38	-2	-0.2	.7	-0.1	0.2	4	.494	.499	$
TEX (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	1	9.00	4.45	0.33	-0.35	88.0	3.31	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-1	.433	.500	$
CAL (1 yr)				8.2	8	0	5	5.19	4.69	-0.25	-0.37	100.0	4.56	-1	-0.1	2.9	-0.1	-0.1	0	.492	.500	$
CLE (1 yr)				21.1	14	0	20	8.44	4.16	-0.65	-0.33	98.1	4.40	-10	-1.0	.4	0.2	-0.6	-8	.428	.494	$

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
1977	23	OAK	AL	64	492	428	46	100	14	3	13	7	7	43	69	.234	.301	.371	.673	.249	159	14	0	17	4	11	8
1978	24	OAK	AL	74	515	466	52	126	17	2	10	5	2	35	60	.270	.320	.380	.700	.290	177	11	1	9	4	13	11
1979	25	OAK	AL	42	230	202	34	66	6	3	7	6	1	24	33	.327	.397	.490	.887	.360	99	5	1	1	2	8	6
1980	26	OAK	AL	47	322	291	29	68	16	1	7	1	1	21	45	.234	.284	.368	.652	.251	107	7	1	5	4	5	5
1981	27	CLE	AL	14	103	97	20	36	4	1	5	0	1	3	11	.371	.379	.588	.966	.369	57	2	0	0	3	0	3
1981	27	TEX	AL	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	.000	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	27	TOT	AL	15	107	101	21	37	4	1	6	0	1	3	11	.366	.374	.604	.978	.356	61	2	0	0	3	0	3

1983	29	CAL	AL	8	35	35	5	12	0	1	1	1	0	0	7	.343	.343	.486	.829	.407	17	1	0	0	0	0	0
1984	30	SFG	NL	34	216	199	26	55	8	3	5	6	3	13	26	.276	.318	.422	.740	.294	84	5	0	2	2	4	4
7 Yrs				284	1917	1722	213	464	65	14	49	26	15	139	251	.269	.322	.409	.731	.288	704	45	3	34	19	41	37
162 Game Avg.				68	456	409	51	110	15	3	12	6	4	33	60	.269	.322	.409	.731	.288	167	11	1	8	5	10	9
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.388	.713	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1977	23	OAK	AL	13.4	1.3	511	1.3	11.7	-10.3	1.31	1.2	-0.1	25.2	2.6	1.31	13.8	33	18	12
1978	24	OAK	AL	5.5	0.6	531	0.6	11.1	-10.4	1.28	0.5	0.0	6.3	0.7	1.28	3.1	37	17	20
1979	25	OAK	AL	-9.4	-0.9	240	-0.9	4.6	-5.5	1.26	-1.3	0.6	-14.0	-1.4	1.26	-10.5	18	9	12
1980	26	OAK	AL	8.0	0.8	331	1.3	8.2	-6.9	1.32	0.8	0.1	11.4	1.2	1.32	11.4	20	4	19
1981	27	TOT	AL	-9.5	-1.0	109	-0.2	0.5	-0.6	.27	-0.7	-0.0	-14.7	-1.5	0.28	-15.6	0	4	10
1981	27	CLE	AL	-9.1	-0.9	105	-0.2	0.5	-0.6	.28	-0.7	0.0	-14.1	-1.4	0.28	-13.6	0	4	10
1981	27	TEX	AL	-0.4	-0.0	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00			-0.6	-0.1	0.00	-2.0	0	0	0

1983	29	CAL	AL	-0.7	-0.1	36	-1.1	1.1	-2.1	2.01	-0.2	-0.4	-0.0	-0.0	2.01	-0.4	5	1	2
1984	30	SFG	NL	-2.4	-0.2	232	-1.1	2.4	-3.5	.74	-0.3	-1.1	-4.4	-0.5	0.74	-5.0	5	6	20
7 Yrs				4.8	0.5	1990	0.0	39.4	-39.4	1.19	0.0	-0.0	9.8	1.2	1.19	-3.3	118	59	95

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
1980	26	OAK	AL	47	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	1	1	100%	77.0	77	77	16	5	1	0	4.0	4.0	9.0

1984	30	SFG	NL	34	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.0	27	27	12	3	0	0	3.0	4.5	2.0
2 Yrs				81	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	1	1	1	50%	52	77	27	28	8	1	0	3.5	4.1	5.5
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	99	-13					4.3	4.3	6.3

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
1977	23	OAK	AL	64	64	29	6	8	11	7	4	64%	19	8	87	22	25%	7	1.312	33	18	12	21	11	32	50	14	50	8	52	24	5.7
1978	24	OAK	AL	74	74	25	8	9	12	5	7	42%	24	12	104	27	26%	7	1.284	37	17	20	26	14	34	65	9	42	23	50	21	4.9
1979	25	OAK	AL	42	42	20	1	5	9	4	5	44%	15	4	52	19	37%	8	1.257	18	9	12	16	5	21	30	12	14	18	18	16	3.4
1980	26	OAK	AL	47	46	31	2	2	12	6	6	50%	16	4	67	21	31%	8	1.324	20	4	19	23	4	19	37	9	25	15	27	10	4.6
1981	27	TOT	AL	15	15	8	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	20	10	50%		.274	0	4	10	1	0	14	11	4	9	4	10	1	4.5
1981	27	CLE	AL	14	14	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	20	10	50%	8	.285	0	4	10	0	0	14	11	3	9	4	10	1	4.6
1981	27	TEX	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0

1983	29	CAL	AL	8	8	4	1	2	2	0	2	0%	2	0	14	6	43%	9	2.011	5	1	2	3	3	2	7	1	4	4	4	1	3.3
1984	30	SFG	NL	34	33	14	1	2	1	0	1	0%	3	2	19	7	37%	8	.742	5	6	20	4	4	25	15	18	16	8	18	12	4.5
7 Yrs				284	282	131	19	28	47	22	25	47%	79	30	363	112	31%		1.191	118	59	95	94	41	147	215	67	160	80	179	85	4.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	23	OAK	AL	492	37%	2.6%	14.0%	8.7%	6.1%	30%	1.65	71%	109	14	13%
1978	24	OAK	AL	515	37%	1.9%	11.7%	6.8%	5.6%	23%	1.43	78%	112	11	10%
1979	25	OAK	AL	230	32%	3.0%	14.4%	10.4%	7.0%	24%	1.44	71%	54	5	9%
1980	26	OAK	AL	322	36%	2.2%	14.0%	6.5%	7.5%	35%	0.99	75%	71	7	10%
1981	27	TOT	AL	107	36%	5.6%	10.3%	2.8%	10.3%	30%	1.08	81%	29	2	7%
1981	27	CLE	AL	103	37%	4.9%	10.7%	2.9%	9.7%	28%	1.13	82%	29	2	7%
1981	27	TEX	AL	4	25%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	100%	0.50	75%	0	0

1983	29	CAL	AL	35	34%	2.9%	20.0%	0.0%	5.7%	17%	1.43	77%	9	1	11%
1984	30	SFG	NL	216	30%	2.3%	12.0%	6.0%	7.4%	29%	1.28	79%	37	5	14%
7 Yrs				1917	35%	2.6%	13.1%	7.3%	6.7%	28%	1.35	75%	421	45	11%
MLB Averages					43%	2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.09	75%			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
1977	23	OAK	AL	492	100			13	0	22	11	2	8	5	37	15	8	41%	8	4	0	202	7	7	50%	5	5	2	1	0	1	5	5	12	0
1978	24	OAK	AL	515	126			10	0	18	7	3	4	6	40	16	5	40%	11	3	1	237	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	11	0
1979	25	OAK	AL	230	66			7	1	13	7	0	3	4	22	11	3	50%	6	4	1	109	6	1	86%	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1980	26	OAK	AL	322	68			7	0	10	6	1	1	6	23	15	2	65%	5	5	1	135	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1981	27	TOT	AL	107	37			6	0	3	6	0	3	3	14	9	2	64%	3	1	0	48	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0
1981	27	CLE	AL	103	36			5	0	3	5	0	2	3	14	9	2	64%	3	1	0	48	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0
1981	27	TEX	AL	4	1			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0											0

1983	29	CAL	AL	35	12			1	0	4	1	0	1	0	5	2	2	40%	0	0	0	14	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	30	SFG	NL	216	55			5	1	7	3	2	3	2	19	9	4	47%	4	3	0	81	6	3	67%	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
7 Yrs				1917	464			49	2	77	41	8	23	26	160	77	26	48%	37	20	3	826	26	15	63%	21	12	5	2	0	1	10	5	60	0
MLB Averages																		53%							66%

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+
1977	23	6	8	.429	3.03	64	0	29	0	0	7	121.2	100	46	41	13	43	11	69	0	1	4	492	132	1.175	7.4	1.0	3.2	5.1	1.60	132
1978	24	14	17	.452	3.02	138	0	54	0	0	12	241.1	226	98	81	23	78	24	129	1	1	7	1007	127	1.260	8.4	0.9	2.9	4.8	1.65	127
1979	25	15	22	.405	3.49	180	0	74	0	0	16	289.0	292	132	112	30	102	32	162	2	1	11	1237	111	1.363	9.1	0.9	3.2	5.0	1.59	111
1980	26	18	24	.429	3.37	227	1	105	1	1	22	368.2	360	161	138	37	123	37	207	3	1	16	1559	114	1.310	8.8	0.9	3.0	5.1	1.68	114
1981	27	18	24	.429	3.61	242	1	113	1	1	22	391.0	397	182	157	43	126	37	218	3	1	17	1666	106	1.338	9.1	1.0	2.9	5.0	1.73	106
1982	28	18	24	.429	3.61	242	1	113	1	1	22	391.0	397	182	157	43	126	37	218	3	1	17	1666	106	1.338	9.1	1.0	2.9	5.0	1.73	106
1983	29	19	26	.422	3.65	250	1	117	1	1	22	399.2	409	187	162	44	126	37	225	3	1	17	1701	106	1.339	9.2	1.0	2.8	5.1	1.79	106
1984	30	20	29	.408	3.67	284	2	131	1	1	22	450.2	464	213	184	49	139	41	251	3	4	20	1917	104	1.338	9.3	1.0	2.8	5.0	1.81	104

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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
1977	23	7	5	.583	3.44	115.0	103	49	44	13	44	65	0	1.278	8.1	3.4	5.1	1.48	1.0	64
1978	24	6	6	.500	3.74	113.0	136	52	47	11	38	57	1	1.540	10.8	3.0	4.5	1.50	0.9	74
1979	25	1	4	.200	6.46	46.0	68	37	33	7	25	32	1	2.022	13.3	4.9	6.3	1.28	1.4	42
1980	26	5	3	.625	3.43	76.0	72	32	29	7	22	43	1	1.237	8.5	2.6	5.1	1.95	0.8	47
1981	27	0	3	.000	9.28	32.0	60	37	33	10	5	16	0	2.031	16.9	1.4	4.5	3.20	2.8	15

1983	29	0	1	.000	3.75	12.0	0	6	5	0	0	9	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	6.8		0.0	8
1984	30	2	3	.400	4.69	48.0	58	28	25	5	14	24	0	1.500	10.9	2.6	4.5	1.71	0.9	34
7 Yrs		21	25	.457	4.40	442.0	497	241	216	53	148	246	3	1.459	10.1		5.0	1.66	1.1	284

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1977 AL 64 (6th) 1978 AL 74 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1977 AL 64 (6th)
1978 AL 74 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Johnny Schmitz (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Radinsky (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hub Pruett (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Radinsky (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Vande Berg (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Gross (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank DiPino (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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