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Gary Lavelle
Gary Robert Lavelle
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 3, 1949 in Scranton, PA
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 20th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1974
Final Game: October 3, 1987
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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
1974 25 SFG NL 0 3 .000 2.16 10 0 4 0 0 0 16.2 14 7 4 1 10 2 12 0 0 0 75 176 1.440 7.6 0.5 5.4 6.5 1.20
1975 26 SFG NL 6 3 .667 2.95 65 0 29 0 0 8 82.1 80 30 27 3 48 12 51 3 3 2 370 129 1.555 8.7 0.3 5.2 5.6 1.06
1976 27 SFG NL 10 6 .625 2.69 65 0 40 0 0 12 110.1 102 37 33 6 52 10 71 2 0 1 478 134 1.396 8.3 0.5 4.2 5.8 1.37
1977 28 SFG NL 7 7 .500 2.05 73 0 49 0 0 20 118.1 106 35 27 4 37 18 93 0 0 2 485 191 1.208 8.1 0.3 2.8 7.1 2.51 AS
1978 29 SFG NL 13 10 .565 3.32 67 0 39 0 0 14 97.2 96 41 36 3 44 11 63 2 1 2 424 104 1.433 8.8 0.3 4.1 5.8 1.43
1979 30 SFG NL 7 9 .438 2.51 70 0 55 0 0 20 96.2 86 31 27 5 42 15 80 2 4 2 407 140 1.324 8.0 0.5 3.9 7.4 1.90
1980 31 SFG NL 6 8 .429 3.42 62 0 28 0 0 9 100.0 106 43 38 4 36 11 66 0 3 1 434 103 1.420 9.5 0.4 3.2 5.9 1.83
1981 32 SFG NL 2 6 .250 3.84 34 3 10 0 0 4 65.2 58 33 28 3 23 4 45 2 2 1 269 89 1.234 7.9 0.4 3.2 6.2 1.96
1982 33 SFG NL 10 7 .588 2.67 68 0 35 0 0 8 104.2 97 35 31 6 29 12 76 1 2 2 432 134 1.204 8.3 0.5 2.5 6.5 2.62
1983 34 SFG NL 7 4 .636 2.59 56 0 38 0 0 20 87.0 73 33 25 4 19 8 68 0 1 3 349 138 1.057 7.6 0.4 2.0 7.0 3.58 AS
1984 35 SFG NL 5 4 .556 2.76 77 0 42 0 0 12 101.0 92 34 31 5 42 14 71 1 0 2 426 127 1.327 8.2 0.4 3.7 6.3 1.69
1985 36 TOR AL 5 7 .417 3.10 69 0 19 0 0 8 72.2 54 30 25 5 36 5 50 0 1 0 298 138 1.239 6.7 0.6 4.5 6.2 1.39
1987 38 TOT AL 2 3 .400 5.91 29 0 11 0 0 1 32.0 40 24 21 2 22 4 23 0 1 1 157 76 1.938 11.3 0.6 6.2 6.5 1.05
1987 38 TOR AL 2 3 .400 5.53 23 0 9 0 0 1 27.2 36 20 17 2 19 4 17 0 1 1 138 82 1.988 11.7 0.7 6.2 5.5 0.89
1987 38 OAK AL 0 0 8.31 6 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 4 4 4 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 19 50 1.615 8.3 0.0 6.2 12.5 2.00
13 Seasons 80 77 .510 2.93 745 3 399 0 0 136 1085.0 1004 413 353 51 440 126 769 13 18 19 4604 125 1.331 8.3 0.4 3.6 6.4 1.75
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .510 2.93 68 0 36 0 0 12 99 91 38 32 5 40 11 70 1 2 2 419 125 1.331 8.3 0.4 3.6 6.4 1.75
SFG (11 yrs) 73 67 .521 2.82 647 3 369 0 0 127 980.1 910 359 307 44 382 117 696 13 16 18 4149 128 1.318 8.4 0.4 3.5 6.4 1.82
TOR (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 3.77 92 0 28 0 0 9 100.1 90 50 42 7 55 9 67 0 2 1 436 115 1.445 8.1 0.6 4.9 6.0 1.22
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 8.31 6 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 4 4 4 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 19 50 1.615 8.3 0.0 6.2 12.5 2.00
NL (11 yrs) 73 67 .521 2.82 647 3 369 0 0 127 980.1 910 359 307 44 382 117 696 13 16 18 4149 128 1.318 8.4 0.4 3.5 6.4 1.82
AL (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 3.96 98 0 30 0 0 9 104.2 94 54 46 7 58 9 73 0 2 1 455 110 1.452 8.1 0.6 5.0 6.3 1.26

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L 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
1985 36 TOR AL ALCS L KCR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
1 ALCS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
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Standard Batting

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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
1974 25 SFG NL 10 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1975 26 SFG NL 65 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .111 .200 .111 .311 -13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1976 27 SFG NL 65 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 -57 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1977 28 SFG NL 73 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1978 29 SFG NL 67 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .067 .067 .067 .133 -62 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1979 30 SFG NL 70 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 42 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1980 31 SFG NL 62 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
1981 32 SFG NL 34 14 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 .273 .333 .364 .697 100 4 1 0 2 0 0 1
1982 33 SFG NL 68 15 13 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .231 .385 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1983 34 SFG NL 56 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1984 35 SFG NL 77 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 647 128 111 5 9 2 0 0 4 0 1 3 52 .081 .105 .099 .204 -42 11 2 0 14 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 32 28 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .081 .105 .099 .204 -42 3 1 0 4 0 0
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 SFG NL 25 P 10 0 16.2 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 1.08 0.20 .967 1.89 0.71
1975 SFG NL 26 P 65 0 82.1 18 6 11 1 2 .944 0.0 0.0 1.86 0.26 .944 1.86 0.72
1976 SFG NL 27 P 65 0 110.1 20 5 11 4 0 .800 0.0 0.0 1.31 0.25 .960 1.88 0.72
1977 SFG NL 28 P 73 0 118.1 26 5 20 1 2 .962 0.0 0.0 1.90 0.34 .950 1.85 0.67 AS
1978 SFG NL 29 P 67 0 97.2 23 2 19 2 1 .913 0.0 0.0 1.94 0.31 .952 1.91 0.72
1979 SFG NL 30 P 70 0 96.2 18 4 13 1 0 .944 0.0 0.0 1.58 0.24 .950 1.80 0.66
1980 SFG NL 31 P 62 0 100.0 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.71 0.31 .947 1.91 0.69
1981 SFG NL 32 P 34 3 65.2 20 3 16 1 3 .950 0.0 0.0 2.60 0.56 .960 1.97 0.68
1982 SFG NL 33 P 68 0 104.2 36 8 26 2 0 .944 0.0 0.0 2.92 0.50 .953 1.96 0.70
1983 SFG NL 34 P 56 0 87.0 26 5 20 1 2 .962 0.0 0.0 2.59 0.45 .950 1.92 0.68 AS
1984 SFG NL 35 P 77 0 101.0 14 1 13 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.25 0.18 .950 1.88 0.67
1985 TOR AL 36 P 69 0 72.2 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.36 0.16 .955 1.86 0.70
1987 TOT AL 38 P 29 0 32.0 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.53 0.31 .956 1.86 0.67
1987 TOR AL 38 P 23 0 27.2 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.93 0.39 .956 1.85 0.67
1987 OAK AL 38 P 6 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.87 0.67
13 Seasons P 745 3 1085.0 243 48 181 14 11 .942 0.0 0.0 1.90 0.31 .952 1.89 0.69
13 Seasons TOT 745 3 1085.0 243 48 181 14 11 .942 0.0 0.0 1.90 0.31 .895 1.89 0.69

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1977 *
1983

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career--2.928--147th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--8.328--237th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--6.379--155th

Games Played s c a p y
1975 NL--65--6th
1976 NL--65--7th
1977 NL--73--5th
1978 NL--67--7th
1979 NL--70--4th
1982 NL--68--9th
1984 NL--77--2nd
1985 AL--69--6th
Career--745--57th

Saves s c a p y
1977 NL--20--5th
1978 NL--14--9th
1979 NL--20--5th
1983 NL--20--6th
Career--136--76th

Games Finished s c a p y
1976 NL--40--9th
1977 NL--49--6th
1979 NL--55--3rd
1984 NL--42--10th
Career--399--57th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career--125--59th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 20 (1073), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (484), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (708), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Darold Knowles (953)
  3. Jim Brewer (942)
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  5. Tom Burgmeier (935)
  6. John Hiller (932)
  7. Clay Carroll (924)
  8. Dave LaRoche (921)
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  2. Steve Howe (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Jesse Orosco (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Darold Knowles (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jesse Orosco (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jesse Orosco (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jesse Orosco (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ron Perranoski (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jesse Orosco (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 20th round of the 1967 amateur draft.

January 26, 1985: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Toronto Blue Jays for Augie Schmidt (minors), Jack McKnight (minors) and Jim Gott.

August 25, 1987: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

August 31, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Toronto Blue Jays$475,000
1986Toronto Blue Jays$533,333
1987Toronto Blue Jays$62,500
Career (may be incomplete)$1,070,833
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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