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Dennis Lamp

Dennis Patrick Lamp

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 23, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: St. John Bosco (Bellflower, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 1977
Teams (by GP): RedSox/BlueJays/Cubs/WhiteSox/Athletics/... 1977-1992
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: June 6, 1992
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1977 24 CHC NL 11 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 94 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 25 CHC NL 37 76 73 1 15 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 .205 .205 .233 .438 17 17 1 0 3 0 0 1
1979 26 CHC NL 38 67 58 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .155 .183 .172 .356 -6 10 0 0 7 0 0 1
1980 27 CHC NL 41 72 61 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 .098 .154 .098 .252 -30 6 4 0 7 0 0 1
1981 28 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 29 CHW AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 30 CHW AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 31 TOR AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 32 TOR AL 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-21
1986 33 TOR AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 34 OAK AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 35 BOS AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 36 BOS AL 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 37 BOS AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 38 BOS AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 39 PIT NL 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 639 224 201 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .164 .188 .179 .368 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 57 51 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .164 .188 .179 .368 -1 9 1 0 4 0 0
BOS (4 yrs) 186 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (4 yrs) 127 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
TOR (3 yrs) 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 491 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 148 224 201 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .164 .188 .179 .368 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1977 24 CHC NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1978 25 CHC NL 76 -8 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1979 26 CHC NL 67 -8 0 -1 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1980 27 CHC NL 72 -10 0 0 -1 0 6 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1992 39 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
5 Seasons 224 -26 0 -1 -1 0 19 6 -3 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $
CHC (4 yrs) 223 -26 0 -1 -1 0 19 6 -3 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $
PIT (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1977 24 CHC NL 8 5 1 5.4 112 .500 .375 .282 .375 .351 .375 .430 .750 .781 94 .571 -0.1 -0.0 .600 .000 .000
1978 25 CHC NL 76 62 3 1.3 104 .268 .205 .275 .205 .345 .233 .405 .438 .750 17 .106 -8.7 -0.9 .288 .027 .027
1979 26 CHC NL 67 56 2 1.0 108 .184 .155 .280 .183 .347 .172 .416 .356 .764 -6 .058 -9.1 -0.9 .245 .052 .017
1980 27 CHC NL 72 66 1 0.4 101 .115 .098 .275 .154 .338 .098 .399 .252 .737 -30 .014 -11.2 -1.2 .169 .066 .000
1992 39 PIT NL 1 1 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .258 .000 .323 .000 .380 .000 .703 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
16 Seasons 224 190 7 1.0 104 .201 .164 .277 .188 .344 .179 .407 .368 .751 -1 .064 -29.4 -3.1 .243 .045 .015
162 Game Avg. 57 48 2 1.0 104 .201 .164 .277 .188 .344 .179 .407 .368 .751 -1 .064 -29.4 -3.1 .243 .045 .015
CHC (4 yrs) 223 189 7 1.0 104 .202 .165 .277 .189 .344 .180 .407 .369 .751 -1 .065 -29.1 -3.0 .244 .045 .015
PIT (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .258 .000 .323 .000 .380 .000 .703 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1977 24 CHC NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 4.0 0.50 75%
1978 25 CHC NL 76 0.0% 22.4% 0.0% 2.6% 13% 4.3 24.3 1.56 74%
1979 26 CHC NL 67 0.0% 13.4% 3.0% 1.5% 11% 4.50 6.4 58.0 2.62 73%
1980 27 CHC NL 72 0.0% 12.5% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 2.25 6.8 61.0 2.11 72%
1992 39 PIT NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 0.0% 0%
16 Seasons 224 0.0% 16.5% 2.7% 1.3% 9% 6.17 5.4 28.7 0.00 1.94 73% 0% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.0% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.65 6.4 42.5 8.5 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.2% 22%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 24 CHC NL -0.1 -0.0 8 0.2 0.3 -0.1 1.25 0.0 0.2 1.4 0.1 1.01 0.2 0
1978 25 CHC NL -8.7 -0.9 76 -0.8 0.5 -1.3 .87 -0.8 -0.1 -8.2 -0.8 0.90 -8.9 0
1979 26 CHC NL -9.1 -0.9 67 -0.6 0.5 -1.0 .81 -0.9 0.2 -7.5 -0.7 0.83 -9.7 0
1980 27 CHC NL -11.2 -1.2 72 -1.3 0.3 -1.7 .99 -1.1 -0.3 -13.0 -1.3 0.99 -11.4 0
1981 28 CHW AL 0.0
1982 29 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1983 30 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 31 TOR AL 0.0
1985 32 TOR AL 0.0
1986 33 TOR AL 0.0
1987 34 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 35 BOS AL 0.0
1989 36 BOS AL 0.0
1990 37 BOS AL 0.0
1991 38 BOS AL 0.0
1992 39 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .03 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.50 -0.3 0
16 Seasons -29.4 -3.1 224 -2.5 1.7 -4.1 .90 -2.8 0.1 -27.8 -2.8 0.91 -30.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1977 24 CHC NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 25 CHC NL 1 0 7% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1979 26 CHC NL 0 0 18% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 27 CHC NL 1 0 30% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1992 39 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 2 0 15% 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1977 24 CHC NL 8 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 25 CHC NL 76 34% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 11 1 9% 12 4 33% 41 3 7% 3 2 67% 5 3 60% 0
1979 26 CHC NL 67 24% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 10 0 0% 11 5 45% 26 1 4% 0 0 0 0 0
1980 27 CHC NL 72 29% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 58% 13 4 31% 19 5 26% 49 1 2% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1992 39 PIT NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 224 29% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 26 17 65% 34 5 15% 42 14 33% 123 7 6% 5 2 40% 7 5 71% 0
MLB Averages 58% 77% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1992 39 PIT NL 1 3 3.00 2 67% 0% 0% 50% 50% 100% 0% 67% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 1 3 3.00 2 67% 0% 0% 50% 50% 100% 0% 67% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.63 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 32% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 24 11 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 94 3 0 0 0 0 0
1978 25 48 84 81 1 18 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 19 .222 .222 .247 .469 25 20 1 0 3 0 0
1979 26 86 151 139 3 27 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 28 .194 .206 .216 .422 12 30 1 0 10 0 0
1980 27 127 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
1981 28 154 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
1982 29 198 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
1983 30 247 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
1984 31 303 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
1985 32 356 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
1986 33 396 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
1987 34 432 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
1988 35 478 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
1989 36 520 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
1990 37 567 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
1991 38 618 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
1992 39 639 224 201 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .164 .188 .179 .368 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1977 24 11 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 1 11
1978 25 37 72 72 1 14 2 0 0 3 0 0 17 .194 .194 .222 .417 3 37
1979 26 38 60 58 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 2 9 .155 .183 .172 .356 2 38
1980 27 41 65 61 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 .098 .154 .098 .252 1 41
1992 39 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
5 Seasons 148 206 200 6 32 3 0 0 7 0 6 37 .160 .184 .175 .359 7 148
162 Game Avg. 162 225 219 7 35 3 0 0 8 0 7 41 .160 .184 .175 .359 8 148

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1985 AL (21, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

Oldest s c a p y
1992 NL  born 1952-09-23 (2nd)

                           

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