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Dick Lange

Richard Otto Lange

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 1, 1948 in Harbor Beach, MI
School: Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 7th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1972
Team: Angels 1972-1975

Final Game: September 23, 1975
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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	21	ANA-min	Rk	13	0	1.000	1.95	14	14					111.0	70	28	24	0	54								1.117	5.7	0.0	4.4			IDF · PION
1971	22	ANA-ATL-min	AAA,AA	10	9	.526	3.31	30	29		7	1	1	185.0	170	80	68	16	65	5	150	4	0	13			1.270	8.3	0.8	3.2	7.3	2.31	SLC,SHV · PCL,TL
1972	23	ANA-min	AAA	11	11	.500	2.97	33	23		8	2	4	182.0	159	71	60	13	71	4	140	2	0	10			1.264	7.9	0.6	3.5	6.9	1.97	SLC · PCL
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	66	1.174	8.2	0.0	2.3	9.4	4.00
1973	24	ANA-min	AAA	7	6	.538	2.83	13	13		7	0	0	89.0	77	38	28	6	35	0	60	3	1	2			1.258	7.8	0.6	3.5	6.1	1.71	SLC · PCL
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	80	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	ANA-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.50	3	3		1	0	0	18.0	18	14	9	1	12	1	7	0	0	1			1.667	9.0	0.5	6.0	3.5	0.58	SLC · PCL
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
1976	27	ANA-min	AAA	12	7	.632	4.01	30	28		6	0	0	193.0	216	102	86	17	65	5	107	1	1	4			1.456	10.1	0.8	3.0	5.0	1.65	SLC · PCL
1977	28	ANA-min	AAA	5	2	.714	5.37	9	9		1	0	0	52.0	61	34	31	4	29	1	18	1	0	3			1.731	10.6	0.7	5.0	3.1	0.62	SLC · PCL
4 Yrs				9	15	.375	4.47	70	31	11	3	0	1	276.0	298	167	137	31	123	5	137	6	2	8	1242	78	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	78	1.525	9.7	1.0	4.0	4.5	1.11

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
1972	23	CAL	AL	7.2	2	1	4	4.70	3.67	0.05	-0.01	100.0	3.61	-1	-0.1	.2	0.0	0.0	-0	.448	.499	$
1973	24	CAL	AL	52.2	17	4	30	5.13	4.24	-0.33	-0.12	92.1	4.10	-6	-0.7	.8	-0.1	-0.2	-0	.461	.496	$
1974	25	CAL	AL	113.2	21	18	63	4.99	4.13	-0.18	0.10	92.8	4.10	-11	-1.2	.4	-0.1	-0.3	0	.443	.493	$
1975	26	CAL	AL	102.0	30	8	70	6.18	4.37	-0.35	-0.16	93.3	4.26	-22	-2.2	1.2	-0.3	-1.5	-11	.427	.487	$
4 Seasons				276.0	70	31	167	5.45	4.23	-0.26	-0.04	93.1	4.14	-40	-4.1	1.0	-0.4	-2.0	-12	.441	.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
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	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	5
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	13
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	12
4 Yrs				70	1242	1095	167	298	37	7	31	11	11	123	137	.272	.346	.404	.750	.285	442	27	6	9	9	5	30
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	20
MLB Averages																.254	.322	.369	.691	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1972	23	CAL	AL	-1.2	-0.1	33	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.62	0.1	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.62	-0.1	0	0	1
1973	24	CAL	AL	-6.1	-0.6	244	-0.8	2.5	-3.3	.66	-0.8	-0.3	-12.8	-1.3	0.66	-10.0	2	1	10
1974	25	CAL	AL	-9.1	-0.9	516	-1.1	9.2	-10.3	1.12	-1.7	0.7	-14.1	-1.5	1.12	-15.6	0	1	2
1975	26	CAL	AL	-21.6	-2.1	488	-0.8	6.3	-7.1	.80	-1.6	0.6	-13.7	-1.4	0.80	-18.4	7	4	10
4 Yrs				-38.0	-3.8	1281	-2.6	18.5	-21.1	.90	-4.0	1.1	-41.5	-4.3	0.90	-44.2	9	6	23

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
1972	23	CAL	AL	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	59.0	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%	53.8	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%	49.9	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%	40.2	74	11	28	16	4	3	3.4	3.9	5.3
4 Yrs				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													.500						55%	52	106	-3					4.1	4.0	6.6

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
1972	23	CAL	AL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	5	.615	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	.657	2	1	10	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	1.123	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	.797	7	4	10	3	3	16	16	6	15	6	18	4	8.1
4 Yrs				70	39	11	3	2	2	1	1	50%	4	2	46	15	33%		.898	9	6	23	4	4	31	29	10	26	9	30	4	7.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1972	23	CAL	AL	32	66%	0.0%	25.0%	6.3%	9.4%	43%	0.50	69%	5	0	0%
1973	24	CAL	AL	238	58%	3.8%	11.3%	8.8%	5.5%	21%	1.55	74%	54	6	11%
1974	25	CAL	AL	504	57%	2.0%	11.3%	9.3%	5.4%	24%	1.20	76%	99	7	7%
1975	26	CAL	AL	468	55%	2.6%	9.6%	11.3%	6.8%	27%	1.16	76%	114	14	12%
4 Yrs				1242	57%	2.5%	11.0%	9.9%	6.0%	25%	1.22	75%	272	27	10%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.6%	8.7%	5.9%	26%	1.09	74%			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
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	5	0	11	0
4 Yrs				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	5	0	28	0
MLB Averages																		50%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	7.2	7	4	4	0	2	0	8	0	0	1	32	66	1.174	8.2	0.0	2.3	9.4	4.00	66
1973	24	2	1	.667	4.48	19	5	4	1	0	60.1	68	34	30	9	23	2	35	1	0	2	270	78	1.508	10.1	1.3	3.4	5.2	1.52	78
1974	25	5	9	.357	4.03	40	23	4	2	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	1	276.0	298	167	137	31	123	5	137	6	2	8	1242	78	1.525	9.7	1.0	4.0	4.5	1.11	78

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
1972	23	0	0		5.63	8.0	8	6	5	0	2	8	0	1.250	9.0	2.3	9.0	4.00	0.0	2
1973	24	2	3	.400	5.69	49.0	67	34	31	10	23	25	1	1.837	12.3	4.2	4.6	1.09	1.8	17
1974	25	5	7	.417	4.79	109.0	122	64	58	11	52	54	4	1.596	10.1	4.3	4.5	1.04	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 Yrs		10	17	.370	5.68	260.0	327	182	164	34	135	128	6	1.777	11.3		4.4	0.95	1.2	70

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