Dick Lange
Richard Otto Lange
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 1, 1948 in Harbor Beach, MI
School: Central Michigan University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 7th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1972
Final Game: September 23, 1975
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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
1972 23 CAL AL 0 0 4.70 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 7 4 4 0 2 0 8 0 0 1 32 62 1.174 8.2 0.0 2.3 9.4 4.00
1973 24 CAL AL 2 1 .667 4.44 17 4 4 1 0 0 52.2 61 30 26 9 21 2 27 1 0 1 238 79 1.557 10.4 1.5 3.6 4.6 1.29
1974 25 CAL AL 3 8 .273 3.80 21 18 0 1 0 0 113.2 111 63 48 10 47 0 57 4 1 3 504 90 1.390 8.8 0.8 3.7 4.5 1.21
1975 26 CAL AL 4 6 .400 5.21 30 8 7 1 0 1 102.0 119 70 59 12 53 3 45 1 1 3 468 68 1.686 10.5 1.1 4.7 4.0 0.85
4 Seasons 9 15 .375 4.47 70 31 11 3 0 1 276.0 298 167 137 31 123 5 137 6 2 8 1242 77 1.525 9.7 1.0 4.0 4.5 1.11
162 Game Avg. 6 10 .375 4.47 47 21 7 2 0 1 186 201 112 92 21 83 3 92 4 1 5 836 77 1.525 9.7 1.0 4.0 4.5 1.11

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
1972 23 CAL AL 2 32 30 4 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 .233 .281 .333 .615 .318 10 0 0 0 0 0
1973 24 CAL AL 17 238 209 30 61 4 0 9 4 2 21 27 .292 .356 .440 .796 .297 92 6 1 5 2 2
1974 25 CAL AL 21 504 448 63 111 15 2 10 2 3 47 57 .248 .323 .357 .680 .263 160 7 4 2 3 0
1975 26 CAL AL 30 468 408 70 119 15 5 12 5 6 53 45 .292 .371 .441 .812 .301 180 14 1 2 4 3
4 Seasons 70 1242 1095 167 298 37 7 31 11 11 123 137 .272 .346 .404 .750 .285 442 27 6 9 9 5
162 Game Avg. 47 836 737 112 201 25 5 21 7 7 83 92 .272 .346 .404 .750 .285 298 18 4 6 6 3
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
1972 23 CAL AL 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 59 59 59 0 0 0 1 2.0 3.0 5.3
1973 24 CAL AL 17 4 1 1 2 0 1 3 1 .750 0 1 1 0 2 50% 54 78 45 17 2 1 3 4.8 4.7 6.3
1974 25 CAL AL 21 18 3 8 7 0 4 4 14 .222 6 1 1 0 12 67% 50 72 31 29 7 5 4 3.9 3.7 6.1
1975 26 CAL AL 30 8 2 4 2 1 0 2 6 .250 0 1 1 0 2 25% 40 74 11 28 16 4 3 3.4 3.9 5.3
4 Seasons 70 31 6 13 12 1 5 9 22 .290 6 3 3 0 16 52% 48 78 11 74 25 10 11 3.8 3.9 5.9
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
1972 23 CAL AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0.665 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
1973 24 CAL AL 17 13 4 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 18 10 56% 7 0.702 2 2 9 1 1 11 11 2 9 3 10 0 6.4
1974 25 CAL AL 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1.120 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 4.3
1975 26 CAL AL 30 22 7 2 2 1 1 0 100% 3 2 26 4 15% 7 0.836 7 4 11 3 3 16 16 6 15 6 18 4 8.1
4 Seasons 70 39 11 3 2 2 1 1 50% 4 2 46 15 33% 0.921 9 7 23 4 4 31 29 10 26 9 30 4 7.2

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%
1972 23 CAL AL 32 34% 0.0% 25.0% 6.3% 9.4% 43% 0.50 69% 5 0 0%
1973 24 CAL AL 238 42% 3.8% 11.3% 8.8% 5.5% 21% 1.55 74% 54 6 11%
1974 25 CAL AL 504 43% 2.0% 11.3% 9.3% 5.4% 24% 1.20 76% 99 7 7%
1975 26 CAL AL 468 45% 2.6% 9.6% 11.3% 6.8% 27% 1.16 76% 114 14 12%
4 Seasons 1242 43% 2.5% 11.0% 9.9% 6.0% 25% 1.22 75% 272 27 10%
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
1972 23 CAL AL 32 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 24 CAL AL 238 61 9 0 5 5 4 2 7 16 9 2 56% 5 1 0 94 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1974 25 CAL AL 504 111 10 1 11 7 4 9 2 20 10 4 50% 13 3 3 185 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1975 26 CAL AL 468 119 12 0 15 1 11 7 5 33 18 6 55% 12 3 2 189 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 11 0
4 Seasons 1242 298 31 1 31 13 19 18 14 70 37 12 53% 30 8 5 483 11 11 50% 10 11 1 0 0 0 4 0 28 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+
1972 23 0 0 4.70 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 7 4 4 0 2 0 8 0 0 1 32 62 1.174 8.2 0.0 2.3 9.4 4.00 62
1973 24 2 1 .667 4.48 19 5 4 1 0 0 60.1 68 34 30 9 23 2 35 1 0 2 270 77 1.508 10.1 1.3 3.4 5.2 1.52 77
1974 25 5 9 .357 4.03 40 23 4 2 0 0 174.0 179 97 78 19 70 2 92 5 1 5 774 85 1.431 9.3 1.0 3.6 4.8 1.31 85
1975 26 9 15 .375 4.47 70 31 11 3 0 1 276.0 298 167 137 31 123 5 137 6 2 8 1242 77 1.525 9.7 1.0 4.0 4.5 1.11 77

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1972 23 0 0 7.71 7.0 9 7 6 0 3 7 0 1.714 11.6 3.9 9.0 2.33 0.0 2
1973 24 2 3 .400 5.69 49.0 68 34 31 10 23 25 1 1.857 12.5 4.2 4.6 1.09 1.8 17
1974 25 4 7 .364 4.92 108.0 124 66 59 11 53 54 4 1.639 10.3 4.4 4.5 1.02 0.9 21
1975 26 3 7 .300 6.70 94.0 130 78 70 13 58 41 1 2.000 12.4 5.6 3.9 0.71 1.2 30
4 Seasons 9 17 .346 5.79 258.0 331 185 166 34 137 127 6 1.814 11.5 4.4 0.93 1.2 70

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