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Mark Lemongello

Mark Lemongello

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 21, 1955 in Jersey City, NJ
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1976
Teams (by GP): Astros/BlueJays 1976-1979

Final Game: July 23, 1979
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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
1976 20 HOU NL 3 1 .750 2.79 4 4 0 1 0 0 29.0 26 12 9 2 7 2 9 0 0 0 122 116 1.138 8.1 0.6 2.2 2.8 1.29
1977 21 HOU NL 9 14 .391 3.48 34 30 1 5 0 0 214.2 237 88 83 20 52 4 83 3 3 0 910 103 1.346 9.9 0.8 2.2 3.5 1.60
1978 22 HOU NL 9 14 .391 3.94 33 30 2 9 1 1 210.1 204 100 92 20 66 5 77 9 3 4 893 84 1.284 8.7 0.9 2.8 3.3 1.17
1979 23 TOR AL 1 9 .100 6.29 18 10 5 2 0 0 83.0 97 64 58 14 34 8 40 3 0 2 369 69 1.578 10.5 1.5 3.7 4.3 1.18
4 Yrs 22 38 .367 4.06 89 74 8 17 1 1 537.0 564 264 242 56 159 19 209 15 6 6 2294 88 1.346 9.5 0.9 2.7 3.5 1.31
162 Game Avg. 9 16 .367 4.06 37 31 3 7 0 0 224 235 110 101 23 66 8 87 6 3 3 957 88 1.346 9.5 0.9 2.7 3.5 1.31
HOU (3 yrs) 21 29 .420 3.65 71 64 3 15 1 1 454.0 467 200 184 42 125 11 169 12 6 4 1925 94 1.304 9.3 0.8 2.5 3.4 1.35
TOR (1 yr) 1 9 .100 6.29 18 10 5 2 0 0 83.0 97 64 58 14 34 8 40 3 0 2 369 69 1.578 10.5 1.5 3.7 4.3 1.18
NL (3 yrs) 21 29 .420 3.65 71 64 3 15 1 1 454.0 467 200 184 42 125 11 169 12 6 4 1925 94 1.304 9.3 0.8 2.5 3.4 1.35
AL (1 yr) 1 9 .100 6.29 18 10 5 2 0 0 83.0 97 64 58 14 34 8 40 3 0 2 369 69 1.578 10.5 1.5 3.7 4.3 1.18

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
1976 20 HOU NL 29.0 4 4 12 3.72 3.68 -0.04 0.12 96.1 3.69 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .491 .500 $
1977 21 HOU NL 214.2 34 30 88 3.69 4.41 0.13 0.13 93.2 4.11 8 0.9 1.6 -0.1 2.4 31 .527 .506 $
1978 22 HOU NL 210.1 33 30 100 4.28 4.10 -0.31 0.12 91.6 4.15 -5 -0.6 .3 -0.1 0.9 16 .482 .496 $22,500
1979 23 TOR AL 83.0 18 10 64 6.94 4.88 0.07 0.04 103.0 4.99 -18 -1.7 1.3 -0.1 -1.1 -8 .407 .490 $
4 Seasons 537.0 89 74 264 4.42 4.32 -0.06 0.11 94.2 4.24 -15 -1.4 1.2 -0.4 2.4 41 .484 .498 $22,500
HOU (3 yrs) 454.0 71 64 200 3.96 4.22 -0.08 0.13 92.6 4.10 3 0.3 1.0 -0.3 3.5 49 .504 .501 $22,500
TOR (1 yr) 83.0 18 10 64 6.94 4.88 0.07 0.04 103.0 4.99 -18 -1.7 1.3 -0.1 -1.1 -8 .407 .490 $

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
1976 20 HOU NL 4 122 110 12 26 3 2 2 2 1 7 9 .236 .282 .355 .637 .242 39 0 0 5 0 2 4
1977 21 HOU NL 34 910 842 88 237 28 7 20 21 14 52 83 .281 .324 .403 .726 .292 339 11 3 7 5 4 13
1978 22 HOU NL 33 893 789 100 204 38 6 20 22 10 66 77 .259 .318 .398 .716 .261 314 13 9 16 13 5 11
1979 23 TOR AL 18 369 324 64 97 20 3 14 12 4 34 40 .299 .365 .509 .874 .301 165 11 3 2 6 8 5
4 Yrs 89 2294 2065 264 564 89 18 56 57 29 159 209 .273 .326 .415 .741 .279 857 35 15 30 24 19 33
162 Game Avg. 37 957 861 110 235 37 8 23 24 12 66 87 .273 .326 .415 .741 .279 358 15 6 13 10 8 14
MLB Averages .261 .326 .385 .711 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1976 20 HOU NL 0.8 0.1 126 -0.2 2.7 -3.0 1.38 0.0 -0.2 0.1 0.0 1.38 -0.1 0 0 0
1977 21 HOU NL 4.9 0.5 951 0.5 18.3 -17.8 1.13 0.6 -0.2 9.3 1.0 1.13 7.3 2 2 0
1978 22 HOU NL -14.6 -1.5 933 -2.3 15.6 -18.0 1.07 -2.0 -0.2 -10.2 -1.1 1.07 -19.2 0 1 2
1979 23 TOR AL -17.3 -1.6 387 -2.2 5.8 -8.0 1.00 -1.1 -1.1 -19.7 -1.8 1.00 -13.6 5 0 2
4 Yrs -26.2 -2.5 2397 -4.3 42.5 -46.8 1.10 -2.5 -1.4 -20.5 -1.9 1.10 -25.6 7 3 4

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1976 20 HOU NL 4 4 3 1 0 1 1 3 1 .750 0 1 1 0 3 75% 55.2 70 44 1 0 0 2 3.4 2.6 7.3
1977 21 HOU NL 34 30 9 13 8 0 8 15 15 .500 1 5 5 0 22 73% 51.6 74 27 14 1 2 7 2.8 2.8 6.8
1978 22 HOU NL 33 30 9 14 7 3 7 13 17 .433 2 5 9 1 15 50% 50.6 79 25 21 8 0 10 3.9 3.6 6.9
1979 23 TOR AL 18 10 1 7 2 0 0 2 8 .200 0 0 2 0 2 20% 39.1 71 20 8 2 2 5 3.6 3.9 6.5
4 Yrs 89 74 22 35 17 4 16 33 41 .446 3 11 17 1 42 57% 50 79 20 44 11 4 24 3.4 3.2 6.8
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 104 -13 4.3 4.2 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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
1977 21 HOU NL 34 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 1 1.127 2 2 0 1 2 1 2 2 3 0 3 0 7.0
1978 22 HOU NL 33 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 8 1.069 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 4.0
1979 23 TOR AL 18 8 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 25% 6 .995 5 0 2 0 2 6 6 2 7 1 8 1 6.8
3 Yrs 85 15 8 0 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 15 5 33% 1.081 7 3 4 2 4 9 8 7 11 1 12 2 6.3

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1976 20 HOU NL 122 60% 1.6% 7.4% 5.7% 5.7% 27% 1.24 81% 21 0 0%
1977 21 HOU NL 910 55% 2.2% 9.1% 5.7% 6.0% 23% 1.17 82% 137 11 8%
1978 22 HOU NL 893 53% 2.2% 8.6% 7.4% 7.2% 31% 0.83 79% 150 13 9%
1979 23 TOR AL 369 53% 3.8% 10.8% 9.2% 10.0% 38% 0.88 75% 81 11 14%
4 Yrs 2294 54% 2.4% 9.1% 6.9% 7.1% 29% 0.98 80% 389 35 9%
MLB Averages 45% 2.0% 12.8% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.09 75% 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
1976 20 HOU NL 122 26 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 2 1 33% 4 0 0 48 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1977 21 HOU NL 910 237 20 0 16 13 7 4 16 34 18 3 53% 13 0 0 330 21 14 60% 21 12 0 2 0 0 4 1 8 0
1978 22 HOU NL 893 204 20 0 14 13 7 10 10 48 22 5 46% 11 4 2 331 22 10 69% 19 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 26 0
1979 23 TOR AL 369 97 14 2 12 9 5 5 9 32 19 1 59% 5 2 1 141 12 4 75% 10 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
4 Yrs 2294 564 56 2 44 37 19 21 35 120 61 10 51% 33 6 3 850 57 29 66% 52 27 5 2 0 0 6 1 47 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1976 20 3 1 .750 2.79 4 4 0 1 0 0 29.0 26 12 9 2 7 2 9 0 0 0 122 116 1.138 8.1 0.6 2.2 2.8 1.29 116
1977 21 12 15 .444 3.40 38 34 1 6 0 0 243.2 263 100 92 22 59 6 92 3 3 0 1032 104 1.321 9.7 0.8 2.2 3.4 1.56 104
1978 22 21 29 .420 3.65 71 64 3 15 1 1 454.0 467 200 184 42 125 11 169 12 6 4 1925 94 1.304 9.3 0.8 2.5 3.4 1.35 94
1979 23 22 38 .367 4.06 89 74 8 17 1 1 537.0 564 264 242 56 159 19 209 15 6 6 2294 88 1.346 9.5 0.9 2.7 3.5 1.31 88

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1976 20 2 1 .667 3.54 28.0 29 12 11 2 8 9 0 1.321 9.3 2.6 2.9 1.13 0.6 4
1977 21 11 11 .500 4.12 201.0 249 102 92 21 55 78 3 1.512 11.1 2.5 3.5 1.42 0.9 34
1978 22 8 13 .381 5.10 196.0 224 123 111 22 72 72 10 1.510 10.3 3.3 3.3 1.00 1.0 33
1979 23 2 6 .250 6.61 79.0 98 64 58 14 34 38 3 1.671 11.2 3.9 4.3 1.12 1.6 18
4 Yrs 23 31 .426 4.86 504.0 600 301 272 59 169 197 16 1.526 10.7 3.5 1.17 1.1 89

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 NL  2.180 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  20 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1977 NL  237 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1977 NL  14 (9th)
1978 NL  14 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  92 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1978 NL  9 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1976 NL  born 1955-07-21 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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