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John Lamb

John Andrew Lamb

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 20, 1946 in Sharon, CT
High School: Housatonic HS (Housatonic, CT)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1970
Team: Pirates 1970-1973

Final Game: September 21, 1973
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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
1970 23 PIT NL 0 1 .000 2.78 23 0 7 0 0 3 32.1 23 10 10 2 13 1 24 2 0 1 127 142 1.113 6.4 0.6 3.6 6.7 1.85
1971 24 PIT NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 0.923 6.2 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.00
1973 26 PIT NL 0 1 .000 6.07 22 0 11 0 0 2 29.2 37 24 20 3 10 3 11 0 0 1 134 59 1.584 11.2 0.9 3.0 3.3 1.10
3 Yrs 0 2 .000 4.07 47 0 18 0 0 5 66.1 63 34 30 5 24 4 36 2 0 2 279 93 1.312 8.5 0.7 3.3 4.9 1.50
162 Game Avg. 0 3 .000 4.07 68 0 26 0 0 7 96 91 49 43 7 35 6 52 3 0 3 404 93 1.312 8.5 0.7 3.3 4.9 1.50

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 Awards
1970 23 PIT NL 32.1 23 0 10 2.78 4.48 0.18 -0.19 95.3 3.92 4 0.4 1.6 0.1 0.7 7 .517 .502 $
1971 24 PIT NL 4.1 2 0 0 0.00 3.75 0.10 -0.16 97.7 3.40 2 0.2 1.3 0.0 0.3 2 .598 .501 $
1973 26 PIT NL 29.2 22 0 24 7.28 4.15 -0.13 -0.34 96.2 3.79 -12 -1.2 .8 0.1 -0.9 -9 .445 .493 $
3 Seasons 66.1 47 0 34 4.61 4.28 0.03 -0.26 95.9 3.83 -6 -0.6 1.2 0.2 0.1 1 .486 .499 $

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
1970 23 PIT NL 23 127 110 10 23 3 2 2 0 2 13 24 .209 .304 .327 .631 .250 36 3 2 2 0 1 1
1971 24 PIT NL 2 18 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .188 .235 .188 .423 .200 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 26 PIT NL 22 134 120 24 37 6 2 3 0 3 10 11 .308 .359 .467 .825 .318 56 3 0 3 1 3 2
3 Yrs 47 279 246 34 63 9 4 5 0 5 24 36 .256 .326 .386 .712 .282 95 6 2 6 1 4 4
162 Game Avg. 68 404 356 49 91 13 6 7 0 7 35 52 .256 .326 .386 .712 .282 137 9 3 9 1 6 6
MLB Averages .251 .320 .371 .691 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1970 23 PIT NL 4.9 0.5 130 1.0 3.6 -2.7 1.39 0.4 0.2 9.7 1.0 1.39 6.4 9 7 6
1971 24 PIT NL 1.8 0.2 18 0.4 0.6 -0.2 1.95 0.1 0.1 2.0 0.2 1.95 1.4 1 0 1
1973 26 PIT NL -9.2 -0.9 138 -0.0 1.6 -1.6 .58 -0.4 0.3 -12.9 -1.3 0.58 -8.5 4 4 13
3 Yrs -2.5 -0.2 286 1.3 5.8 -4.5 1.04 0.2 1.0 -1.2 -0.1 1.04 -0.8 14 11 20

Reliever Pitching*

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
1970 23 PIT NL 23 23 7 0 1 5 3 2 60% 10 5 31 6 19% 6 1.395 9 7 6 10 1 12 16 7 14 7 15 9 4.2
1971 24 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 1.948 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 6.5
1973 26 PIT NL 22 22 11 0 1 2 2 0 100% 5 1 18 8 44% 8 .585 4 4 13 5 1 16 9 13 10 8 11 4 4.0
3 Yrs 47 47 18 0 2 7 5 2 71% 15 6 50 14 28% 1.042 14 11 20 15 3 29 26 21 26 15 28 13 4.2

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1970 23 PIT NL 127 65% 1.6% 18.9% 10.2% 5.5% 30% 0.86 66% 25 3 12%
1971 24 PIT NL 18 61% 0.0% 5.6% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 2.00 83% 4 0 0%
1973 26 PIT NL 134 64% 2.2% 8.2% 7.5% 8.2% 30% 1.59 80% 31 3 10%
3 Yrs 279 64% 1.8% 12.9% 8.6% 6.5% 29% 1.23 74% 60 6 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.1% 14.5% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.11 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
1970 23 PIT NL 127 23 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 6 2 2 33% 1 1 1 54 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1971 24 PIT NL 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 26 PIT NL 134 37 3 1 5 1 2 0 3 15 8 2 53% 2 1 0 57 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 Yrs 279 63 5 1 11 3 2 1 4 21 10 4 48% 4 2 1 121 0 5 0% 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MLB Averages 49% 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+
1970 23 0 1 .000 2.78 23 0 7 0 0 3 32.1 23 10 10 2 13 1 24 2 0 1 127 142 1.113 6.4 0.6 3.6 6.7 1.85 142
1971 24 0 1 .000 2.45 25 0 7 0 0 3 36.2 26 10 10 2 14 1 25 2 0 1 145 160 1.091 6.4 0.5 3.4 6.1 1.79 160
1972 25 0 1 .000 2.45 25 0 7 0 0 3 36.2 26 10 10 2 14 1 25 2 0 1 145 160 1.091 6.4 0.5 3.4 6.1 1.79 160
1973 26 0 2 .000 4.07 47 0 18 0 0 5 66.1 63 34 30 5 24 4 36 2 0 2 279 93 1.312 8.5 0.7 3.3 4.9 1.50 93

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1970 23 2 1 .667 3.00 30.0 23 11 10 2 13 22 2 1.200 6.9 3.9 6.6 1.69 0.6 23
1971 24 0 0 0.00 5.0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.800 5.4 1.8 1.8 1.00 0.0 2
1973 26 1 2 .333 7.07 28.0 39 24 22 3 11 10 0 1.786 12.5 3.5 3.2 0.91 1.0 22
3 Yrs 3 3 .500 4.57 63.0 65 35 32 5 25 33 2 1.429 9.3 4.7 1.32 0.7 47

* 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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