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Dave LaRoche

David Eugene LaRoche

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 14, 1948 in Colorado Springs, CO
High School: West HS (Torrance, CA)
School: University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 5th round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed March 9, 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1970
Teams (by GP): Angels/Indians/Cubs/Twins/Yankees 1970-1983

Final Game: August 23, 1983
Relatives: Father of Adam LaRoche and Father of Andy LaRoche
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #815. Ugueth Urbina… #816. Jake Westbrook… #817. Edwin Jackson… #818. DAVE LAROCHE… #819. Gregg Olson… #820. Clint Brown… #821. Ray Burris…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #815. Ugueth Urbina… #816. Jake Westbrook… #817. Edwin Jackson… #818. DAVE LAROCHE… #819. Gregg Olson… #820. Clint Brown… #821. Ray Burris…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1968	20	ANA-min	A	5	7	.417	2.36	33	5					84.0	76	33	22	3	29								1.250	8.1	0.3	3.1			QDS · MIDW
1969	21	ANA-min	AA,A	8	4	.667	3.17	46	0				9	71.0	64	27	25	6	33		65						1.366	8.1	0.8	4.2	8.2	1.97	ELP,SJO · TL,CALL
1970	22	ANA-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	1.24	22	1		0	0	5	58.0	31	11	8	2	19	3	67	0	1	4			0.862	4.8	0.3	2.9	10.4	3.53	HAW · PCL
1970	22	CAL	AL	4	1	.800	3.44	38	0	11	0	0	4	49.2	41	20	19	6	21	6	44	4	1	1	211	106	1.248	7.4	1.1	3.8	8.0	2.10
1971	23	CAL	AL	5	1	.833	2.50	56	0	32	0	0	9	72.0	55	21	20	3	27	10	63	1	0	2	295	130	1.139	6.9	0.4	3.4	7.9	2.33
1972	24	MIN	AL	5	7	.417	2.83	62	0	43	0	0	10	95.1	72	33	30	9	39	6	79	6	1	2	396	114	1.164	6.8	0.8	3.7	7.5	2.03
1973	25	CHC	NL	4	1	.800	5.80	45	0	22	0	0	4	54.1	55	37	35	7	29	3	34	1	0	1	242	68	1.546	9.1	1.2	4.8	5.6	1.17
1974	26	CHC-min	AAA	1	3	.250	5.06	6	6		1	0	0	32.0	37	19	18	6	7	0	17	0	0	1			1.375	10.4	1.7	2.0	4.8	2.43	WCH · AA
1974	26	CHC	NL	5	6	.455	4.79	49	4	21	0	0	5	92.0	103	54	49	9	47	7	49	3	3	6	422	80	1.630	10.1	0.9	4.6	4.8	1.04
1975	27	CLE	AL	5	3	.625	2.19	61	0	41	0	0	17	82.1	61	26	20	5	57	8	94	2	0	4	359	172	1.433	6.7	0.5	6.2	10.3	1.65
1976	28	CLE	AL	1	4	.200	2.24	61	0	43	0	0	21	96.1	57	25	24	2	49	11	104	1	0	0	389	155	1.100	5.3	0.2	4.6	9.7	2.12	AS
1977	29	TOT	AL	8	7	.533	3.51	59	0	50	0	0	17	100.0	79	44	39	11	44	9	79	2	0	1	416	112	1.230	7.1	1.0	4.0	7.1	1.80	AS
1977	29	CLE	AL	2	2	.500	5.30	13	0	11	0	0	4	18.2	15	13	11	3	7	1	18	0	0	1	75	76	1.179	7.2	1.4	3.4	8.7	2.57
1977	29	CAL	AL	6	5	.545	3.10	46	0	39	0	0	13	81.1	64	31	28	8	37	8	61	2	0	0	341	127	1.242	7.1	0.9	4.1	6.8	1.65
1978	30	CAL	AL	10	9	.526	2.82	59	0	46	0	0	25	95.2	73	35	30	7	48	11	70	2	0	0	403	129	1.265	6.9	0.7	4.5	6.6	1.46	MVP-25
1979	31	CAL	AL	7	11	.389	5.57	53	1	25	0	0	10	85.2	107	54	53	13	32	4	59	2	1	0	387	73	1.623	11.2	1.4	3.4	6.2	1.84
1980	32	CAL	AL	3	5	.375	4.08	52	9	17	1	0	4	128.0	122	62	58	14	39	3	89	3	1	0	530	96	1.258	8.6	1.0	2.7	6.3	2.28
1981	33	NYY	AL	4	1	.800	2.49	26	1	14	0	0	0	47.0	38	16	13	3	16	1	24	1	0	1	192	144	1.149	7.3	0.6	3.1	4.6	1.50
1982	34	NYY-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.77	17	0	9	0	0	4	31.0	27	17	13	2	14	3	20	1	0	1			1.323	7.8	0.6	4.1	5.8	1.43	CLB · IL
1982	34	NYY	AL	4	2	.667	3.42	25	0	15	0	0	0	50.0	54	19	19	4	11	2	31	1	0	0	212	117	1.300	9.7	0.7	2.0	5.6	2.82
1983	35	NYY-min	AAA	1	1	.500	5.40	7	0	4	0	0	2	8.1	11	5	5	1	7	4	8	3	0	0			2.160	11.9	1.1	7.6	8.6	1.14	CLB · IL
1983	35	NYY	AL	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	30	2.000	18.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
14 Yrs				65	58	.528	3.53	647	15	381	1	0	126	1049.1	919	448	411	94	459	81	819	29	7	18	4459	106	1.313	7.9	0.8	3.9	7.0	1.78
162 Game Avg.				7	6	.528	3.53	66	2	39	0	0	13	108	94	46	42	10	47	8	84	3	1	2	458	106	1.313	7.9	0.8	3.9	7.0	1.78

CAL (6 yrs)				35	32	.522	3.65	304	10	170	1	0	65	512.1	462	223	208	51	204	42	386	14	3	3	2167	103	1.300	8.1	0.9	3.6	6.8	1.89
CLE (3 yrs)				8	9	.471	2.51	135	0	95	0	0	42	197.1	133	64	55	10	113	20	216	3	0	5	823	145	1.247	6.1	0.5	5.2	9.9	1.91
NYY (3 yrs)				8	3	.727	3.12	52	1	30	0	0	0	98.0	94	37	34	8	27	3	55	2	0	1	409	122	1.235	8.6	0.7	2.5	5.1	2.04
CHC (2 yrs)				9	7	.563	5.17	94	4	43	0	0	9	146.1	158	91	84	16	76	10	83	4	3	7	664	75	1.599	9.7	1.0	4.7	5.1	1.09
MIN (1 yr)				5	7	.417	2.83	62	0	43	0	0	10	95.1	72	33	30	9	39	6	79	6	1	2	396	114	1.164	6.8	0.8	3.7	7.5	2.03

AL (12 yrs)				56	51	.523	3.26	553	11	338	1	0	117	903.0	761	357	327	78	383	71	736	25	4	11	3795	113	1.267	7.6	0.8	3.8	7.3	1.92
NL (2 yrs)				9	7	.563	5.17	94	4	43	0	0	9	146.1	158	91	84	16	76	10	83	4	3	7	664	75	1.599	9.7	1.0	4.7	5.1	1.09

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	22	CAL	AL	49.2	38	0	20	3.62	4.23	0.33	-0.17	97.0	3.62	0	0.0	1.7	-0.1	0.4	5	.501	.500	$
1971	23	CAL	AL	72.0	56	0	21	2.63	3.96	0.10	-0.17	95.3	3.52	7	0.8	1.8	0.2	1.7	14	.515	.505	$15,500
1972	24	MIN	AL	95.1	62	0	33	3.12	3.56	0.34	-0.15	104.8	3.21	2	0.2	1.5	-0.1	1.0	9	.503	.501	$25,000
1973	25	CHC	NL	54.1	45	0	37	6.13	4.31	-0.28	-0.35	109.2	4.62	-9	-1.0	1.2	-0.2	-0.7	-4	.478	.494	$
1974	26	CHC	NL	92.0	49	4	54	5.28	4.23	-0.87	-0.25	104.9	5.09	-2	-0.3	1.9	-0.2	0.3	6	.494	.498	$
1975	27	CLE	AL	82.1	61	0	26	2.84	4.34	-0.03	-0.36	97.9	3.93	10	1.1	2.1	0.4	2.3	19	.518	.507	$39,000
1976	28	CLE	AL	96.1	61	0	25	2.34	3.97	-0.14	-0.33	99.0	3.74	15	1.8	1.9	0.7	3.3	24	.529	.511	$65,000	AS
1977	29	CLE	AL	18.2	13	0	13	6.27	4.66	-0.04	-0.38	98.8	4.27	-4	-0.4	2.1	-0.3	-0.5	-2	.468	.497	$85,000	AS
1977	29	CAL	AL	81.1	46	0	31	3.43	4.60	-0.17	-0.37	95.3	4.19	7	0.7	1.5	0.0	1.5	16	.515	.504	$	AS
1978	30	CAL	AL	95.2	59	0	35	3.29	4.23	-0.16	-0.35	96.7	3.91	7	0.7	2.5	0.4	2.0	16	.513	.505	$150,000	MVP-25
1979	31	CAL	AL	85.2	53	1	54	5.67	4.70	-0.32	-0.36	96.4	4.49	-11	-1.1	1.9	-0.6	-1.0	-1	.479	.493	$
1980	32	CAL	AL	128.0	52	9	62	4.36	4.53	-0.36	-0.17	99.0	4.68	4	0.4	.9	-0.2	1.3	18	.508	.503	$250,000
1981	33	NYY	AL	47.0	26	1	16	3.06	4.21	0.20	-0.30	97.6	3.62	3	0.3	.8	-0.1	0.6	6	.513	.502	$
1982	34	NYY	AL	50.0	25	0	19	3.42	4.52	-0.45	-0.35	98.6	4.56	7	0.7	1.4	0.0	1.2	12	.528	.504	$
1983	35	NYY	AL	1.0	1	0	2	18.00	4.69	-0.32	-0.38	90.0	4.17	-2	-0.1	.1	0.1	-0.1	-1	.360	.499	$
14 Seasons				1049.1	647	15	448	3.84	4.26	-0.16	-0.28	99.3	4.12	33	3.9	1.7	0.0	13.3	136	.506	.502	$629,500

CAL (6 yrs)				512.1	304	10	223	3.92	4.40	-0.15	-0.27	96.9	4.16	14	1.6	1.8	-0.3	5.9	68	.505	.502	$415,500
CLE (3 yrs)				197.1	135	0	64	2.92	4.19	-0.08	-0.35	98.5	3.87	21	2.4	2.0	0.8	5.1	41	.518	.505	$189,000
NYY (3 yrs)				98.0	52	1	37	3.40	4.37	-0.14	-0.33	98.1	4.10	8	0.9	1.1	-0.0	1.7	16	.517	.502	$
CHC (2 yrs)				146.1	94	4	91	5.60	4.26	-0.65	-0.29	106.5	4.91	-12	-1.3	1.5	-0.3	-0.4	2	.487	.496	$
MIN (1 yr)				95.1	62	0	33	3.12	3.56	0.34	-0.15	104.8	3.21	2	0.2	1.5	-0.1	1.0	9	.503	.501	$25,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1979	31	CAL	AL	ALCS	L	BAL	0	0	6.75	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00

1981	33	NYY	AL	WS	L	LAD	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							0	0	3.86	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	11.6	3.00
1 ALCS							0	0	6.75	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
1 WS							0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1967	19	ANA-min	A	111	401	397	4	90	19	0	6	6	0	0	4	10	.227	.234	.320	.554		127							QDS,SJO · MIDW,CALL
1968	20	ANA-min	A	58	98	98		21	3	0	2						.214	.214	.306	.520		30							QDS · MIDW
1969	21	ANA-min	AA,A	46	25	21	4	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	6	.381	.480	.429	.909		9							ELP,SJO · TL,CALL
1970	22	ANA-min	AAA	22	20	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.000	.150	.000	.150		0		0	0	0			HAW · PCL
1970	22	CAL	AL	38	9	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	99	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
1971	23	CAL	AL	56	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	-22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1972	24	MIN	AL	62	15	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.091	.286	.091	.377	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1973	25	CHC	NL	45	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	200	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	26	CHC-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			WCH · AA
1974	26	CHC	NL	50	28	27	4	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.333	.357	.407	.765	112	11	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	27	CLE	AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	28	CLE	AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1977	29	TOT	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1977	29	CLE	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	29	CAL	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	30	CAL	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	MVP-25
1979	31	CAL	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	32	CAL	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	33	NYY	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	34	NYY-min	AAA	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1982	34	NYY	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	35	NYY-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1983	35	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
14 Yrs				649	70	61	7	15	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	13	.246	.324	.295	.619	76	18	1	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	17	15	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.246	.324	.295	.619	76	4	0	0	0	0	0

CAL (6 yrs)				305	22	19	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.158	.238	.211	.449	31	4	1	0	1	0	0
CLE (3 yrs)				135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (3 yrs)				52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				95	33	31	5	11	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.355	.394	.419	.813	125	13	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				62	15	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.091	.286	.091	.377	14	1	0	0	1	0	0

AL (12 yrs)				554	37	30	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	.133	.257	.167	.424	25	5	1	0	2	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				95	33	31	5	11	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.355	.394	.419	.813	125	13	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1970	22	CAL	AL	38	9	-0	0	-0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1971	23	CAL	AL	56	13	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$15,500	1
1972	24	MIN	AL	62	15	-0	-0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$25,000	1
1973	25	CHC	NL	45	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1974	26	CHC	NL	50	28	1	-0	0	0	3	4	0.4	1	5	0.4	.509	.503	0.4	0.0	5	$	1
1975	27	CLE	AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$39,000	1
1976	28	CLE	AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$65,000	1	AS
1977	29	CLE	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$85,000	1	AS
1977	29	CAL	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	1	AS
1978	30	CAL	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$150,000	1	MVP-25
1979	31	CAL	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	1
1980	32	CAL	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$250,000	1
1981	33	NYY	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1982	34	NYY	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1983	35	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
14 Seasons				649	70	-1	-0	0	0	7	6	0.7	2	8	0.7	.501	.500	0.7	0.3	8	$629,500

CAL (6 yrs)				305	22	-2	0	-0	0	2	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$415,500
CLE (3 yrs)				135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$189,000
NYY (3 yrs)				52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CHC (2 yrs)				95	33	2	-0	0	0	3	5	0.6	1	6	0.5	.506	.502	0.5	0.0	6	$
MIN (1 yr)				62	15	-0	-0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$25,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1979	31	CAL	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1981	33	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1970	CAL	AL	22	P	38	0	0	49.2	12	5	7	0	1	1.000	2.17	0.32	.951	1.87	1.85	0	1	100%	39%	0
1971	CAL	AL	23	P	56	0	0	72.0	9	0	8	1	0	.889	1.00	0.14	.958	1.98	1.97	4	2	33%	39%	0
1972	MIN	AL	24	P	62	0	0	95.1	17	2	15	0	0	1.000	1.60	0.27	.950	1.86	1.85	4	4	50%	39%	4
1973	CHC	NL	25	P	45	0	0	54.1	21	5	13	3	1	.857	2.98	0.40	.950	1.87	1.88	0	3	100%	36%	1
1974	CHC	NL	26	P	49	4	0	92.0	17	3	14	0	0	1.000	1.66	0.35	.944	1.88	1.88	7	3	30%	33%	2
1975	CLE	AL	27	P	61	0	0	82.1	20	7	13	0	0	1.000	2.19	0.33	.940	1.87	1.86	8	3	27%	38%	0
1976	CLE	AL	28	P	61	0	0	96.1	15	3	9	3	0	.800	1.12	0.20	.950	1.87	1.88	6	4	40%	34%	1	AS
1977	TOT	AL	29	P	59	0	0	100.0	16	6	10	0	3	1.000	1.44	0.27	.948	1.95	1.93	9	2	18%	39%	2	AS
1977	CLE	AL	29	P	13	0	0	18.2	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	0.96	0.15	.950	1.98	1.93	1	0	0%	39%	0
1977	CAL	AL	29	P	46	0	0	81.1	14	5	9	0	2	1.000	1.55	0.30	.948	1.95	1.93	8	2	20%	39%	2
1978	CAL	AL	30	P	59	0	0	95.2	16	2	14	0	0	1.000	1.51	0.27	.954	1.90	1.88	7	3	30%	38%	2	MVP-25
1979	CAL	AL	31	P	53	1	0	85.2	21	4	17	0	0	1.000	2.21	0.40	.949	1.92	1.89	9	4	31%	36%	5
1980	CAL	AL	32	P	52	9	1	128.0	22	5	16	1	0	.955	1.48	0.40	.957	1.85	1.85	12	4	25%	35%	3
1981	NYY	AL	33	P	26	1	0	47.0	9	5	4	0	0	1.000	1.72	0.35	.963	1.97	1.98	4	4	50%	38%	1
1982	NYY	AL	34	P	25	0	0	50.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.72	0.16	.958	1.80	1.80	4	2	33%	36%	0
1983	NYY	AL	35	P	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00	1.00	.960	1.80	1.80	2	0	0%	32%	0
	14 Seasons			P	647	15	1	1049.1	200	48	144	8	5	.960	1.65	0.30	.950	1.89	1.89	76	39	34%	36%	21
	14 Seasons			TOT	647	15	1	1049.1	200	48	144	8	5	.960	1.65	0.30	.950	1.89	1.89	76	39	34%	36%	21

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1976 1977 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1978 AL (25, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y Career 7.882 (85th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y Career 7.025 (102nd)
Games Played s c a p y 1971 AL 56 (8th) 1972 AL 62 (4th) 1975 AL 61 (4th) 1976 AL 61 (5th) 1977 AL 59 (9th) 1978 AL 59 (5th) 1979 AL 53 (10th) Career 647 (133rd)	Saves s c a p y 1975 AL 17 (4th) 1976 AL 21 (2nd) 1977 AL 17 (5th) 1978 AL 25 (2nd) Career 126 (96th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1971 AL 32 (7th) 1972 AL 43 (4th) 1975 AL 41 (4th) 1976 AL 43 (5th) 1977 AL 50 (4th) 1978 AL 46 (6th) Career 381 (64th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1976 AL 21.10 (8th)
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1975 AL 3.3 (9th) 1976 AL 4.2 (5th) Career 9.7 (204th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1976 AL 2.3 (8th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1976 AL 2.3 (8th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1972 AL 62 (4th) 1975 AL 61 (4th) 1976 AL 61 (5th) 1978 AL 59 (5th)
Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1973 NL 2.98 (5th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1110), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (741), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the California Angels in the 20th round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 28, 1967: Drafted by the California Angels in the 5th round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed March 9, 1967.
November 30, 1971: Traded by the California Angels to the Minnesota Twins for Leo Cardenas.
November 30, 1972: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Maneely (minors), Joe Decker and Bill Hands.
February 25, 1975: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Brock Davis to the Cleveland Indians for Milt Wilcox.
May 11, 1977: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dave Schuler to the California Angels for Bruce Bochte, Sid Monge and $250,000.
April 1, 1981: Released by the California Angels.
April 17, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.
April 9, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
October 20, 1982: Released by the New York Yankees.
July 25, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1971	23	California Angels	$15,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1972	24	Minnesota Twins	$25,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

1975	27	Cleveland Indians	$39,000	3/27/76 TSN
1976	28	Cleveland Indians	$65,000	3/19/77 TSN	3/27/76 TSN: $62,000
1977	29	Cleveland Indians	$85,000	3/19/77 TSN
1978	30	California Angels	$150,000	2/10/79 TSN

1980	32	California Angels	$250,000	11/15/80 TSN

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$629,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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