Denny Lemaster
Denver Clayton Lemaster
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 25, 1939 in Corona, CA
High School: Oxnard (Oxnard, CA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1962
Final Game: June 21, 1972
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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
1962 23 MLN NL 3 4 .429 3.01 17 12 3 4 1 0 86.2 75 36 29 11 32 1 69 3 0 5 355 126 1.235 7.8 1.1 3.3 7.2 2.16
1963 24 MLN NL 11 14 .440 3.04 46 31 3 10 1 1 237.0 199 87 80 30 85 14 190 1 3 13 975 106 1.198 7.6 1.1 3.2 7.2 2.24
1964 25 MLN NL 17 11 .607 4.15 39 35 3 9 3 1 221.0 216 112 102 27 75 4 185 4 0 20 948 85 1.317 8.8 1.1 3.1 7.5 2.47
1965 26 MLN NL 7 13 .350 4.43 32 23 2 4 1 0 146.1 140 75 72 12 58 7 111 3 0 4 625 79 1.353 8.6 0.7 3.6 6.8 1.91
1966 27 ATL NL 11 8 .579 3.74 27 27 0 10 3 0 171.0 170 78 71 25 41 5 139 1 0 6 710 98 1.234 8.9 1.3 2.2 7.3 3.39
1967 28 ATL NL 9 9 .500 3.34 31 31 0 8 2 0 215.1 184 86 80 20 72 7 148 3 0 6 890 100 1.189 7.7 0.8 3.0 6.2 2.06 AS
1968 29 HOU NL 10 15 .400 2.81 33 32 0 7 2 0 224.0 231 79 70 11 72 11 146 4 2 7 965 105 1.353 9.3 0.4 2.9 5.9 2.03
1969 30 HOU NL 13 17 .433 3.16 38 37 1 11 1 1 244.2 232 97 86 20 72 8 173 1 1 8 1029 111 1.243 8.5 0.7 2.6 6.4 2.40
1970 31 HOU NL 7 12 .368 4.56 39 21 8 3 0 3 162.0 169 88 82 22 65 9 103 2 0 12 709 85 1.444 9.4 1.2 3.6 5.7 1.58
1971 32 HOU NL 0 2 .000 3.45 42 0 17 0 0 2 60.0 59 23 23 4 22 6 28 1 0 7 253 98 1.350 8.9 0.6 3.3 4.2 1.27
1972 33 MON NL 2 0 1.000 7.78 13 0 4 0 0 0 19.2 28 17 17 2 6 1 13 1 0 0 93 45 1.729 12.8 0.9 2.7 5.9 2.17
11 Seasons 90 105 .462 3.58 357 249 41 66 14 8 1787.2 1703 778 712 184 600 73 1305 24 6 88 7552 96 1.288 8.6 0.9 3.0 6.6 2.18
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .462 3.58 40 28 5 7 2 1 201 191 87 80 21 67 8 146 3 1 10 847 96 1.288 8.6 0.9 3.0 6.6 2.18
ATL (6 yrs) 58 59 .496 3.63 192 159 11 45 11 2 1077.1 984 474 434 125 363 38 842 15 3 54 4503 96 1.250 8.2 1.0 3.0 7.0 2.32
HOU (4 yrs) 30 46 .395 3.40 152 90 26 21 3 6 690.2 691 287 261 57 231 34 450 8 3 34 2956 100 1.335 9.0 0.7 3.0 5.9 1.95
MON (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 7.78 13 0 4 0 0 0 19.2 28 17 17 2 6 1 13 1 0 0 93 45 1.729 12.8 0.9 2.7 5.9 2.17

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1967 ATL NL 28

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
1962 23 MLN NL 17 362 322 36 75 15 0 11 5 4 32 69 .233 .308 .382 .690 .264 123 6 3 5 0 1
1963 24 MLN NL 46 974 875 87 199 36 2 30 7 11 85 190 .227 .296 .376 .672 .257 329 16 1 10 3 14
1964 25 MLN NL 39 946 855 112 216 35 4 27 8 3 75 185 .253 .314 .398 .711 .291 340 7 4 6 6 4
1965 26 MLN NL 32 624 556 75 140 18 4 12 11 4 58 111 .252 .324 .363 .688 .294 202 7 3 4 3 7
1966 27 ATL NL 27 710 658 78 170 29 3 25 8 7 41 139 .258 .301 .426 .727 .291 280 12 1 6 4 5
1967 28 ATL NL 31 890 804 86 184 30 9 20 8 6 72 148 .229 .293 .363 .657 .256 292 12 3 7 4 7
1968 29 HOU NL 33 965 880 79 231 30 9 11 8 2 72 146 .263 .319 .355 .674 .302 312 15 4 4 5 11
1969 30 HOU NL 38 1028 944 97 232 43 8 20 6 8 72 173 .246 .298 .372 .670 .280 351 20 1 5 6 8
1970 31 HOU NL 39 709 631 88 169 33 6 22 10 8 65 103 .268 .335 .444 .779 .287 280 14 2 5 6 9
1971 32 HOU NL 42 253 225 23 59 14 0 4 0 1 22 28 .262 .331 .378 .708 .285 85 5 1 5 0 6
1972 33 MON NL 13 93 85 17 28 2 0 2 1 0 6 13 .329 .376 .424 .800 .366 36 2 1 0 1 1
11 Seasons 357 7554 6835 778 1703 285 45 184 72 54 600 1305 .249 .310 .385 .695 .282 2630 116 24 57 38 73
162 Game Avg. 40 848 767 87 191 32 5 21 8 6 67 146 .249 .310 .385 .695 .282 295 13 3 6 4 8
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
1962 23 MLN NL 17 12 3 4 5 0 3 7 5 .583 0 2 4 1 7 58% 55 78 41 14 3 2 6 5.1 4.7 6.5
1963 24 MLN NL 46 31 10 14 7 0 6 13 18 .419 2 2 10 1 18 58% 58 89 15 22 7 19 5 2.9 3.0 6.8
1964 25 MLN NL 39 35 16 11 8 1 0 21 14 .600 2 6 9 3 17 49% 52 91 22 24 8 16 8 4.7 4.4 6.0
1965 26 MLN NL 32 23 7 11 5 1 4 11 12 .478 0 3 4 1 11 48% 51 82 27 24 6 9 4 3.9 3.8 5.7
1966 27 ATL NL 27 27 11 8 8 2 1 15 12 .556 2 4 10 3 11 41% 55 87 22 10 4 9 6 5.2 5.1 6.3
1967 28 ATL NL 31 31 9 9 13 0 1 12 19 .387 6 4 8 2 19 61% 57 92 16 16 10 8 10 3.0 3.0 6.9
1968 29 HOU NL 33 32 10 15 7 1 9 13 19 .406 1 2 7 2 23 72% 55 85 17 23 8 11 10 3.0 3.0 6.9
1969 30 HOU NL 38 37 13 17 7 0 8 16 21 .432 2 3 11 1 24 65% 56 83 27 29 7 16 7 3.5 3.4 6.6
1970 31 HOU NL 39 21 6 11 4 1 5 9 12 .429 2 0 3 0 13 62% 48 75 14 24 14 5 5 3.7 3.6 6.3
9 Seasons 302 249 85 100 64 6 37 117 132 .470 17 26 66 14 143 57% 54 92 14 186 67 95 61 3.8 3.7 6.5
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
1962 23 MLN NL 17 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 1.093 0 2 2 1 0 4 2 3 4 0 4 2 5.2
1963 24 MLN NL 46 15 3 1 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 9 0 0% 8 1.125 5 6 3 3 3 9 5 10 9 3 9 6 5.0
1964 25 MLN NL 39 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 8 1.076 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 4 0 3 2 7.3
1965 26 MLN NL 32 9 2 0 2 1 0 1 0% 3 1 7 2 29% 7 0.988 4 2 3 3 0 6 4 5 7 2 7 2 5.0
1968 29 HOU NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.072 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1969 30 HOU NL 38 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 8 1.169 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4.0
1970 31 HOU NL 39 18 8 1 1 5 3 2 60% 7 2 18 10 56% 7 1.073 10 3 5 7 4 7 10 8 10 5 11 3 5.0
1971 32 HOU NL 42 42 17 0 2 3 2 1 67% 4 1 36 15 42% 9 0.614 8 8 22 4 4 31 19 20 18 14 17 11 4.3
1972 33 MON NL 13 13 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 8 0.752 2 3 7 1 1 11 6 7 7 2 7 2 4.5
9 Seasons 299 108 41 5 5 13 8 5 62% 19 5 85 29 34% 1.067 30 25 45 21 12 71 48 56 61 26 60 29 4.8

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%
1962 23 MLN NL 362 73% 3.0% 19.1% 8.8% 7.2% 35% 0.72 67% 54 6 11%
1963 24 MLN NL 974 75% 3.1% 19.5% 8.7% 7.0% 34% 0.66 68% 141 16 11%
1964 25 MLN NL 947 80% 2.9% 19.6% 7.9% 7.0% 31% 0.73 69% 149 7 5%
1965 26 MLN NL 625 75% 1.9% 17.8% 9.3% 5.5% 24% 0.73 70% 89 7 8%
1966 27 ATL NL 710 82% 3.5% 19.6% 5.8% 8.0% 34% 0.61 70% 124 12 10%
1967 28 ATL NL 890 82% 2.3% 16.6% 8.1% 6.6% 32% 0.78 72% 129 12 9%
1968 29 HOU NL 965 84% 1.1% 15.1% 7.5% 5.2% 22% 0.99 75% 160 15 9%
1969 30 HOU NL 1028 84% 2.0% 16.8% 7.0% 6.9% 31% 0.91 74% 181 20 11%
1970 31 HOU NL 709 84% 3.1% 14.5% 9.2% 8.6% 36% 0.82 72% 116 14 12%
1971 32 HOU NL 253 63% 1.6% 11.1% 8.7% 7.1% 31% 0.94 76% 56 5 9%
1972 33 MON NL 93 62% 2.2% 14.0% 6.5% 4.3% 14% 0.84 76% 26 2 8%
11 Seasons 7556 80% 2.4% 17.3% 7.9% 6.8% 30% 0.78 71% 1225 116 9%
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
1962 23 MLN NL 362 75 11 0 4 9 2 5 6 7 2 4 29% 7 5 2 115 5 4 56% 3 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 10 0
1963 24 MLN NL 957 199 30 0 13 24 6 16 14 29 9 10 31% 13 13 4 324 7 11 39% 6 9 1 2 0 0 8 2 24 17
1964 25 MLN NL 892 216 27 1 10 20 7 13 14 39 26 7 67% 10 20 0 317 8 3 73% 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 29 55
1965 26 MLN NL 561 140 12 1 12 11 1 7 5 32 12 4 38% 2 4 1 188 11 4 73% 9 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 8 64
1966 27 ATL NL 704 170 25 0 10 22 2 11 13 18 9 3 50% 8 6 1 251 8 7 53% 6 5 1 1 1 1 3 1 14 6
1967 28 ATL NL 851 184 20 0 8 17 3 8 12 38 14 7 37% 9 6 1 282 8 6 57% 4 5 3 1 1 0 3 1 12 39
1968 29 HOU NL 834 231 11 1 23 8 2 3 7 49 20 7 41% 10 7 2 301 8 2 80% 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 16 131
1969 30 HOU NL 991 232 20 0 21 18 2 8 12 57 21 13 37% 18 8 4 342 6 8 43% 4 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 25 37
1970 31 HOU NL 682 169 22 0 11 21 1 13 9 33 21 4 64% 15 12 1 270 10 8 56% 9 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 24 27
1971 32 HOU NL 235 59 4 0 15 3 0 1 2 18 6 4 33% 3 7 0 105 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 18
1972 33 MON NL 93 28 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 3 0 60% 0 0 0 46 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Seasons 7162 1703 184 3 128 154 27 85 96 325 143 63 44% 95 88 16 2541 72 54 57% 55 46 13 7 4 1 23 6 169 394
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+
1962 23 3 4 .429 3.01 17 12 3 4 1 0 86.2 75 36 29 11 32 1 69 3 0 5 355 126 1.235 7.8 1.1 3.3 7.2 2.16 126
1963 24 14 18 .438 3.03 63 43 6 14 2 1 323.2 274 123 109 41 117 15 259 4 3 18 1330 111 1.208 7.6 1.1 3.3 7.2 2.21 111
1964 25 31 29 .517 3.49 102 78 9 23 5 2 544.2 490 235 211 68 192 19 444 8 3 38 2278 99 1.252 8.1 1.1 3.2 7.3 2.31 99
1965 26 38 42 .475 3.69 134 101 11 27 6 2 691.0 630 310 283 80 250 26 555 11 3 42 2903 94 1.274 8.2 1.0 3.3 7.2 2.22 94
1966 27 49 50 .495 3.70 161 128 11 37 9 2 862.0 800 388 354 105 291 31 694 12 3 48 3613 95 1.266 8.4 1.1 3.0 7.2 2.38 95
1967 28 58 59 .496 3.63 192 159 11 45 11 2 1077.1 984 474 434 125 363 38 842 15 3 54 4503 96 1.250 8.2 1.0 3.0 7.0 2.32 96
1968 29 68 74 .479 3.49 225 191 11 52 13 2 1301.1 1215 553 504 136 435 49 988 19 5 61 5468 97 1.268 8.4 0.9 3.0 6.8 2.27 97
1969 30 81 91 .471 3.43 263 228 12 63 14 3 1546.0 1447 650 590 156 507 57 1161 20 6 69 6497 99 1.264 8.4 0.9 3.0 6.8 2.29 99
1970 31 88 103 .461 3.54 302 249 20 66 14 6 1708.0 1616 738 672 178 572 66 1264 22 6 81 7206 97 1.281 8.5 0.9 3.0 6.7 2.21 97
1971 32 88 105 .456 3.54 344 249 37 66 14 8 1768.0 1675 761 695 182 594 72 1292 23 6 88 7459 97 1.283 8.5 0.9 3.0 6.6 2.18 97
1972 33 90 105 .462 3.58 357 249 41 66 14 8 1787.2 1703 778 712 184 600 73 1305 24 6 88 7552 96 1.288 8.6 0.9 3.0 6.6 2.18 96

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
1962 23 5 4 .556 3.33 81.0 76 33 30 11 32 64 3 1.333 8.4 3.6 7.1 2.00 1.2 17
1963 24 12 12 .500 3.89 220.0 219 106 95 33 94 176 1 1.423 9.0 3.8 7.2 1.87 1.4 46
1964 25 9 14 .391 4.78 211.0 230 124 112 29 80 177 4 1.469 9.8 3.4 7.5 2.21 1.2 39
1965 26 6 9 .400 5.19 137.0 146 88 79 13 60 104 3 1.504 9.6 3.9 6.8 1.73 0.9 32
1966 27 9 9 .500 4.14 163.0 177 83 75 26 43 132 1 1.350 9.8 2.4 7.3 3.07 1.4 27
1967 28 11 11 .500 4.14 202.0 201 103 93 22 79 139 3 1.386 9.0 3.5 6.2 1.76 1.0 31
1968 29 11 11 .500 3.99 203.0 262 100 90 12 82 132 5 1.695 11.6 3.6 5.9 1.61 0.5 33
1969 30 14 12 .538 3.64 235.0 246 106 95 21 76 166 1 1.370 9.4 2.9 6.4 2.18 0.8 38
1970 31 7 10 .412 4.85 156.0 172 93 84 22 66 99 2 1.526 9.9 3.8 5.7 1.50 1.3 39
1971 32 3 3 .500 4.42 55.0 63 30 27 4 23 26 1 1.564 10.3 3.8 4.3 1.13 0.7 42
1972 33 0 2 .000 9.00 19.0 31 21 19 2 7 13 1 2.000 14.7 3.3 6.2 1.86 0.9 13
11 Seasons 87 97 .473 4.28 1682.0 1823 887 799 195 642 1228 25 1.466 9.8 6.6 1.91 1.0 357

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1967

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1966 NL--.579--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 NL--7.557--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 NL--7.215--5th
1964 NL--7.534--5th
1966 NL--7.316--6th
Career--6.570--137th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 NL--190--6th
1964 NL--185--8th
Career--1305--248th

Games Started s c a p y
1964 NL--35--7th
1969 NL--37--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1964 NL--3--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1963 NL--30--1st
1964 NL--27--2nd
1966 NL--25--9th
1967 NL--20--6th
Career--184--242nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 NL--85--5th
1964 NL--75--7th
1967 NL--72--9th
1968 NL--72--10th

Hits s c a p y
1968 NL--231--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1966 NL--3.390--9th
Career--2.175--182nd

Losses s c a p y
1968 NL--15--7th
1969 NL--17--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1964 NL--102--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1963 NL--13--2nd
1964 NL--20--1st
1970 NL--12--7th
Career--88--124th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 16 (1184), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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