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Paul Lindblad

Paul Aaron Lindblad

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 9, 1941 in Chanute, KS
High School: Chanute HS (Chanute, KS)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1965
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Rangers/Senators/Yankees 1965-1978

Final Game: October 1, 1978
Died: January 1, 2006 in Arlington, TX
Buried: Emerald Hills Memorial Park, Kennedale, TX
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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
1965 23 KCA AL 0 1 .000 11.05 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 12 9 9 3 0 0 12 1 0 1 35 34 1.636 14.7 3.7 0.0 14.7
1966 24 KCA AL 5 10 .333 4.17 38 14 6 0 0 1 121.0 138 63 56 14 37 10 69 3 0 0 520 82 1.446 10.3 1.0 2.8 5.1 1.86
1967 25 KCA AL 5 8 .385 3.58 46 10 17 1 1 6 115.2 106 59 46 15 35 9 83 6 0 3 487 90 1.219 8.2 1.2 2.7 6.5 2.37
1968 26 OAK AL 4 3 .571 2.40 47 1 20 0 0 2 56.1 51 19 15 6 14 4 42 0 0 0 235 117 1.154 8.1 1.0 2.2 6.7 3.00
1969 27 OAK AL 9 6 .600 4.14 60 0 27 0 0 9 78.1 72 37 36 8 33 8 64 2 0 2 339 83 1.340 8.3 0.9 3.8 7.4 1.94
1970 28 OAK AL 8 2 .800 2.70 62 0 19 0 0 3 63.1 52 23 19 7 28 7 42 0 0 2 266 132 1.263 7.4 1.0 4.0 6.0 1.50
1971 29 TOT AL 7 4 .636 2.80 51 0 26 0 0 8 99.2 76 32 31 7 31 7 54 3 0 2 396 119 1.074 6.9 0.6 2.8 4.9 1.74
1971 29 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 3.94 8 0 3 0 0 0 16.0 18 7 7 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 65 87 1.250 10.1 0.6 1.1 2.3 2.00
1971 29 WSA AL 6 4 .600 2.58 43 0 23 0 0 8 83.2 58 25 24 6 29 6 50 2 0 2 331 128 1.040 6.2 0.6 3.1 5.4 1.72
1972 30 TEX AL 5 8 .385 2.62 66 0 33 0 0 9 99.2 95 31 29 7 29 6 51 0 0 3 410 115 1.244 8.6 0.6 2.6 4.6 1.76
1973 31 OAK AL 1 5 .167 3.69 36 3 11 0 0 2 78.0 89 38 32 8 28 2 33 3 0 6 341 97 1.500 10.3 0.9 3.2 3.8 1.18
1974 32 OAK AL 4 4 .500 2.06 45 2 22 0 0 6 100.2 85 30 23 4 30 11 46 2 0 0 412 163 1.142 7.6 0.4 2.7 4.1 1.53
1975 33 OAK AL 9 1 .900 2.72 68 0 20 0 0 7 122.1 105 44 37 6 43 10 58 0 0 3 499 134 1.210 7.7 0.4 3.2 4.3 1.35 MVP-18
1976 34 OAK AL 6 5 .545 3.06 65 0 20 0 0 5 114.2 111 50 39 5 24 5 37 3 0 2 480 110 1.177 8.7 0.4 1.9 2.9 1.54
1977 35 TEX AL 4 5 .444 4.20 42 1 25 0 0 4 98.2 103 50 46 16 29 2 46 1 0 2 417 98 1.338 9.4 1.5 2.6 4.2 1.59
1978 36 TOT AL 1 1 .500 3.88 25 1 12 0 0 2 58.0 62 25 25 6 23 7 34 2 0 3 254 97 1.466 9.6 0.9 3.6 5.3 1.48
1978 36 TEX AL 1 1 .500 3.63 18 0 9 0 0 2 39.2 41 16 16 2 15 7 25 2 0 2 170 104 1.412 9.3 0.5 3.4 5.7 1.67
1978 36 NYY AL 0 0 4.42 7 1 3 0 0 0 18.1 21 9 9 4 8 0 9 0 0 1 84 84 1.582 10.3 2.0 3.9 4.4 1.13
14 Yrs 68 63 .519 3.29 655 32 258 1 1 64 1213.2 1157 510 443 112 384 88 671 26 0 29 5091 105 1.270 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.0 1.75
162 Game Avg. 7 6 .519 3.29 65 3 26 0 0 6 120 115 50 44 11 38 9 66 3 0 3 504 105 1.270 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.0 1.75
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
OAK (11 yrs) 52 45 .536 3.29 479 30 165 1 1 41 873.2 839 379 319 77 274 67 490 21 0 19 3679 103 1.274 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.0 1.79
TEX (4 yrs) 16 18 .471 3.22 169 1 90 0 0 23 321.2 297 122 115 31 102 21 172 5 0 9 1328 110 1.240 8.3 0.9 2.9 4.8 1.69
NYY (1 yr) 0 0 4.42 7 1 3 0 0 0 18.1 21 9 9 4 8 0 9 0 0 1 84 84 1.582 10.3 2.0 3.9 4.4 1.13

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
1965 23 KCA AL 7.1 4 0 9 11.05 4.08 -0.19 -0.16 92.4 3.79 -6 -0.6 .4 0.1 -0.4 -5 .354 .496 $
1966 24 KCA AL 121.0 38 14 63 4.69 3.87 0.15 -0.01 99.3 3.69 -12 -1.3 1.5 -0.2 -0.6 -3 .466 .492 $
1967 25 KCA AL 115.2 46 10 59 4.59 3.72 0.06 -0.05 96.3 3.48 -13 -1.5 1.7 -0.4 -1.0 -5 .468 .491 $
1968 26 OAK AL 56.1 47 1 19 3.04 3.58 0.08 -0.15 93.5 3.14 1 0.2 1.9 -0.0 0.6 5 .503 .501 $
1969 27 OAK AL 80.1 60 0 37 4.15 4.22 0.23 -0.17 95.0 3.62 -4 -0.4 1.4 -0.3 -0.1 2 .493 .497 $
1970 28 OAK AL 63.1 62 0 23 3.27 4.29 0.24 -0.18 97.2 3.77 4 0.4 1.2 -0.1 1.0 10 .507 .503 $
1971 29 OAK AL 16.0 8 0 7 3.94 3.64 0.34 -0.16 97.0 3.05 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .478 .499 $
1971 29 WSA AL 83.2 43 0 25 2.69 3.93 -0.16 -0.17 97.8 3.84 11 1.3 1.8 0.4 2.4 19 .530 .508 $25,000
1972 30 TEX AL 99.2 66 0 31 2.80 3.64 -0.18 -0.16 98.9 3.62 10 1.3 1.6 0.2 2.4 17 .519 .508 $31,000
1973 31 OAK AL 78.0 36 3 38 4.38 4.30 0.57 -0.25 96.3 3.35 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.2 -0.5 -1 .472 .494 $40,000
1974 32 OAK AL 100.2 45 2 30 2.68 4.11 0.24 -0.29 91.4 3.26 7 0.7 1.9 0.1 1.7 17 .516 .505 $
1975 33 OAK AL 122.1 68 0 44 3.24 4.33 0.26 -0.36 97.9 3.64 5 0.6 1.5 -0.1 1.6 18 .509 .504 $50,000 MVP-18
1976 34 OAK AL 114.2 65 0 50 3.92 4.05 -0.09 -0.33 95.6 3.64 -3 -0.4 1.4 -0.3 0.4 8 .494 .498 $
1977 35 TEX AL 98.2 42 1 50 4.56 4.78 0.39 -0.36 100.7 4.05 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.3 0.0 5 .486 .496 $
1978 36 TEX AL 39.2 18 0 16 3.63 4.21 0.11 -0.34 96.8 3.64 0 0.0 1.3 -0.1 0.3 4 .501 .500 $
1978 36 NYY AL 18.1 7 1 9 4.42 4.29 0.31 -0.27 95.4 3.54 -2 -0.2 .2 0.0 0.0 0 .474 .499 $
14 Seasons 1215.2 655 32 510 3.78 4.07 0.14 -0.21 96.8 3.60 -18 -1.6 1.5 -1.1 7.7 90 .498 .499 $146,000
OAK (11 yrs) 875.2 479 30 379 3.90 4.05 0.18 -0.20 96.0 3.52 -31 -3.4 1.5 -1.4 2.6 45 .493 .498 $90,000
TEX (4 yrs) 321.2 169 1 122 3.41 4.13 0.04 -0.25 98.9 3.81 15 2.0 1.6 0.3 5.1 45 .512 .503 $56,000
NYY (1 yr) 18.1 7 1 9 4.42 4.29 0.31 -0.27 95.4 3.54 -2 -0.2 .2 0.0 0.0 0 .474 .499 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1973 31 OAK AL WS W NYM 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17 1.500 10.8 0.0 2.7 2.7 1.00
1975 33 OAK AL ALCS L BOS 0 0 1.93 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20 1.286 9.6 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.00
1978 36 NYY AL WS W LAD 0 0 11.57 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 1.714 15.4 0.0 0.0 3.9
3 Yrs (3 Series) 1 0 1.000 3.48 6 0 3 0 0 0 10.1 13 6 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 48 1.452 11.3 0.0 1.7 1.7 1.00
1 ALCS 0 0 1.93 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20 1.286 9.6 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.00
2 WS 1 0 1.000 4.76 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 8 3 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 28 1.588 12.7 0.0 1.6 3.2 2.00

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
1965 23 KCA AL 4 35 34 9 12 1 0 3 0 0 0 12 .353 .371 .647 1.018 .474 22 0 1 0 0 0 0
1966 24 KCA AL 38 521 473 63 138 21 6 14 9 3 37 69 .292 .346 .450 .797 .317 213 18 3 7 1 10 8
1967 25 KCA AL 46 487 440 59 106 20 6 15 3 3 35 83 .241 .304 .416 .720 .265 183 6 6 4 2 9 8
1968 26 OAK AL 47 235 215 19 51 17 0 6 5 0 14 42 .237 .281 .400 .681 .266 86 2 0 4 2 4 4
1969 27 OAK AL 60 339 300 37 72 5 3 8 3 0 33 64 .240 .319 .357 .676 .281 107 6 2 4 0 8 3
1970 28 OAK AL 62 266 234 23 52 7 4 7 1 0 28 42 .222 .305 .376 .681 .243 88 5 0 4 0 7 3
1971 29 OAK AL 8 65 61 7 18 5 0 1 0 0 2 4 .295 .328 .426 .754 .304 26 0 1 1 0 1 0
1971 29 TOT AL 51 396 357 32 76 13 1 7 4 1 31 54 .213 .281 .314 .595 .233 112 10 3 5 0 7 5
1971 29 WSA AL 43 331 296 25 58 8 1 6 4 1 29 50 .196 .272 .291 .563 .217 86 10 2 4 0 6 5
1972 30 TEX AL 66 411 371 31 95 15 1 7 2 2 29 51 .256 .308 .358 .667 .279 133 7 0 9 2 6 4
1973 31 OAK AL 36 341 305 38 89 10 1 8 4 3 28 33 .292 .354 .410 .764 .303 125 12 3 2 3 2 4
1974 32 OAK AL 45 412 368 30 85 15 0 4 9 0 30 46 .231 .288 .304 .593 .250 112 11 2 6 6 11 8
1975 33 OAK AL 68 499 443 44 105 23 2 6 10 3 43 58 .237 .300 .339 .639 .256 150 14 0 6 7 10 7
1976 34 OAK AL 65 480 439 50 111 16 4 5 9 1 24 37 .253 .292 .342 .633 .262 150 7 3 7 7 5 8
1977 35 TEX AL 42 417 381 50 103 19 1 16 3 2 29 46 .270 .322 .451 .773 .271 172 10 1 4 2 2 5
1978 36 NYY AL 7 84 74 9 21 3 0 4 2 0 8 9 .284 .354 .486 .840 .279 36 0 0 2 0 0 1
1978 36 TEX AL 18 170 147 16 41 4 2 2 2 2 15 25 .279 .349 .374 .724 .320 55 3 2 4 2 7 0
1978 36 TOT AL 25 254 221 25 62 7 2 6 4 2 23 34 .281 .351 .412 .763 .306 91 3 2 6 2 7 1
14 Yrs 655 5093 4581 510 1157 189 31 112 66 20 384 671 .253 .312 .381 .693 .273 1744 111 26 68 34 88 68
162 Game Avg. 65 504 453 50 115 19 3 11 7 2 38 66 .253 .312 .381 .693 .273 173 11 3 7 3 9 7
MLB Averages .252 .319 .371 .689 .278
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1965 23 KCA AL -5.4 -0.5 36 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .45 -0.3 -0.4 -5.2 -0.5 0.45 -4.7 0 1 3
1966 24 KCA AL -10.0 -1.0 536 -1.5 8.9 -10.4 1.04 -1.4 -0.1 -11.5 -1.2 1.04 -18.1 9 4 11
1967 25 KCA AL -7.6 -0.8 498 -0.2 9.2 -9.4 1.09 -0.7 0.5 -9.2 -1.0 1.09 -7.8 18 7 11
1968 26 OAK AL 2.0 0.2 241 -1.6 3.8 -5.4 1.07 -0.5 -0.9 -3.7 -0.4 1.07 -5.0 21 8 15
1969 27 OAK AL -4.5 -0.5 344 1.7 7.1 -5.5 1.19 0.7 0.7 6.7 0.7 1.19 4.8 23 13 23
1970 28 OAK AL 5.6 0.6 269 -0.1 4.1 -4.2 .93 0.5 -0.6 6.2 0.7 0.93 4.4 20 14 27
1971 29 TOT AL 7.6 0.8 406 1.4 10.1 -8.7 1.38 1.0 -0.0 9.4 1.1 1.38 9.5 24 7 18
1971 29 OAK AL -0.5 -0.1 65 -0.8 1.3 -2.1 1.26 -0.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 1.26 0.8 2 2 2
1971 29 WSA AL 8.1 0.9 341 2.2 8.8 -6.6 1.40 1.1 0.5 9.9 1.1 1.40 8.7 22 5 16
1972 30 TEX AL 5.4 0.6 421 0.0 8.2 -8.1 1.18 0.7 -0.7 8.1 0.9 1.18 1.6 28 16 21
1973 31 OAK AL -2.0 -0.2 355 -0.2 4.5 -4.8 .81 -0.8 0.5 -3.5 -0.4 0.81 -5.0 7 10 16
1974 32 OAK AL 13.9 1.5 423 0.3 7.2 -6.9 1.11 1.3 -1.0 12.3 1.4 1.11 11.1 20 10 13
1975 33 OAK AL 12.3 1.3 520 2.9 9.2 -6.3 .95 1.2 1.8 16.8 1.8 0.95 14.2 27 20 19
1976 34 OAK AL 1.3 0.1 494 -0.6 9.4 -10.0 1.20 0.6 -1.1 -2.9 -0.3 1.20 2.5 24 22 16
1977 35 TEX AL -0.1 -0.0 423 0.5 5.9 -5.4 .79 -0.4 1.1 -0.3 -0.0 0.79 -1.9 13 7 21
1978 36 TOT AL 0.7 0.1 263 0.1 3.7 -3.5 .78 -0.3 0.5 2.0 0.2 0.78 -4.1 8 4 11
1978 36 TEX AL 1.7 0.2 176 0.3 3.1 -2.8 .96 0.0 0.2 2.3 0.2 0.96 -0.3 8 4 6
1978 36 NYY AL -1.0 -0.1 87 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 .41 -0.4 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.41 -3.8 0 0 5
14 Yrs 19.3 2.1 5229 2.3 91.3 -89.0 1.05 1.6 0.6 25.1 2.8 1.05 1.6 242 143 225
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1966 24 KCA AL 38 14 3 7 4 0 2 6 8 .429 1 3 0 0 7 50% 48.1 71 27 25 9 7 5 3.2 3.1 5.7
1967 25 KCA AL 46 10 2 5 3 0 2 3 7 .300 1 1 1 1 4 40% 47.7 85 23 20 9 5 3 4.3 3.9 5.3
1968 26 OAK AL 47 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 22.0 22 22 16 4 0 1 0.0 0.0 1.3
1973 31 OAK AL 36 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 2 67% 50.0 57 45 22 6 3 0 1.0 0.5 5.8
1974 32 OAK AL 45 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 45.0 55 35 23 10 1 1 3.7 4.5 5.5
1977 35 TEX AL 42 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 15 7 1 0 2.0 1.8 5.0
1978 36 TOT AL 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 41 10 5 0 1 4.0 13.5 3.0
1978 36 NYY AL 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41.0 41 41 0 0 0 1 4.0 13.5 3.0
7 Yrs 261 32 6 18 8 0 6 10 22 .313 2 4 1 1 14 44% 46 85 22 121 45 17 11 3.3 3.2 5.3
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 114 -13 4.0 4.0 6.5

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
1965 23 KCA AL 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 .453 0 1 3 0 1 3 2 2 3 0 3 0 5.5
1966 24 KCA AL 38 24 6 2 3 1 1 0 100% 5 4 18 5 28% 6 1.044 9 4 11 8 3 13 11 13 12 9 12 3 5.1
1967 25 KCA AL 46 36 17 3 3 7 6 1 86% 11 4 35 12 34% 7 1.090 18 7 11 14 7 15 21 15 19 12 19 8 5.3
1968 26 OAK AL 47 46 20 4 2 8 2 6 25% 16 4 49 15 31% 8 1.069 21 8 15 16 8 22 29 17 17 18 20 10 3.6
1969 27 OAK AL 60 60 27 9 6 11 9 2 82% 18 6 42 5 12% 8 1.191 23 13 23 18 9 33 24 36 27 20 27 18 4.0
1970 28 OAK AL 62 62 19 8 2 3 3 0 100% 15 9 63 9 14% 7 .933 20 14 27 17 9 36 36 26 19 34 22 17 3.1
1971 29 TOT AL 51 51 26 7 4 15 8 7 53% 19 4 33 11 33% 1.378 24 7 18 20 8 23 19 32 30 10 32 9 5.9
1971 29 OAK AL 8 8 3 1 0 2 0 2 0% 3 1 3 2 67% 6 1.264 2 2 2 3 1 4 2 6 5 1 6 1 6.0
1971 29 WSA AL 43 43 23 6 4 13 8 5 62% 16 3 30 9 30% 7 1.400 22 5 16 17 7 19 17 26 25 9 26 8 5.8
1972 30 TEX AL 66 66 33 5 8 14 9 5 64% 20 4 77 21 27% 7 1.180 28 16 21 24 13 29 42 24 40 19 41 20 4.5
1973 31 OAK AL 36 33 11 1 2 2 2 0 100% 4 1 37 11 30% 7 .811 7 10 16 4 6 23 21 12 18 9 21 7 5.5
1974 32 OAK AL 45 43 22 3 3 9 6 3 67% 13 4 59 20 34% 6 1.113 20 10 13 19 2 22 33 10 25 13 27 5 6.3
1975 33 OAK AL 68 68 20 9 1 8 7 1 88% 23 13 73 21 29% 7 .947 27 20 19 30 6 32 43 25 34 19 39 20 5.4
1976 34 OAK AL 65 65 20 6 5 10 5 5 50% 17 7 63 28 44% 6 1.197 24 22 16 25 10 30 40 25 34 22 38 22 5.3
1977 35 TEX AL 42 41 25 4 4 5 4 1 80% 8 3 44 15 34% 8 .789 13 7 21 12 6 23 24 17 28 8 31 7 6.9
1978 36 TOT AL 25 24 12 1 1 4 2 2 50% 4 0 23 8 35% .781 8 4 11 5 2 17 17 7 15 5 16 3 6.9
1978 36 TEX AL 18 18 9 1 1 4 2 2 50% 4 0 21 8 38% 8 .963 8 4 6 5 2 11 15 3 11 4 12 3 6.6
1978 36 NYY AL 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 .414 0 0 5 0 0 6 2 4 4 1 4 0 7.7
14 Yrs 655 623 258 62 45 97 64 33 66% 173 63 620 181 29% 1.047 242 143 225 212 90 321 362 261 321 198 348 149 5.0
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

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%
1965 23 KCA AL 35 49% 8.6% 34.3% 0.0% 11.4% 33% 54% 6 0 0%
1966 24 KCA AL 521 26% 2.7% 13.2% 7.1% 7.9% 30% 1.17 75% 94 18 19%
1967 25 KCA AL 487 28% 3.1% 17.0% 7.2% 8.4% 39% 0.82 71% 79 6 8%
1968 26 OAK AL 235 41% 2.6% 17.9% 6.0% 9.8% 45% 0.83 72% 41 2 5%
1969 27 OAK AL 339 37% 2.4% 18.9% 9.7% 4.7% 22% 0.69 67% 71 6 8%
1970 28 OAK AL 266 41% 2.6% 15.8% 10.5% 6.8% 35% 0.97 70% 51 5 10%
1971 29 TOT AL 396 34% 1.8% 13.6% 7.8% 5.3% 28% 1.03 75% 68 10 15%
1971 29 OAK AL 65 32% 1.5% 6.2% 3.1% 9.2% 33% 0.86 86% 10 0 0%
1971 29 WSA AL 331 34% 1.8% 15.1% 8.8% 4.5% 26% 1.07 73% 58 10 17%
1972 30 TEX AL 411 34% 1.7% 12.4% 7.1% 5.6% 24% 0.82 77% 102 7 7%
1973 31 OAK AL 341 28% 2.4% 9.7% 8.2% 5.6% 21% 1.44 78% 78 12 15%
1974 32 OAK AL 412 24% 1.0% 11.2% 7.3% 4.6% 22% 1.17 79% 89 11 12%
1975 33 OAK AL 499 36% 1.2% 11.6% 8.6% 6.2% 30% 1.03 77% 98 14 14%
1976 34 OAK AL 480 45% 1.0% 7.7% 5.0% 5.2% 23% 0.99 84% 91 7 8%
1977 35 TEX AL 417 38% 3.8% 11.0% 7.0% 8.6% 35% 1.28 77% 83 10 12%
1978 36 TOT AL 254 42% 2.4% 13.4% 9.1% 5.9% 24% 0.82 72% 45 3 7%
1978 36 TEX AL 170 39% 1.2% 14.7% 8.8% 4.7% 20% 1.04 72% 36 3 8%
1978 36 NYY AL 84 49% 4.8% 10.7% 9.5% 8.3% 33% 0.48 73% 9 0 0%
14 Yrs 5093 34% 2.2% 13.2% 7.5% 6.5% 29% 1.01 75% 996 111 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.3% 8.5% 6.1% 27% 1.10 74% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1965 23 KCA AL 35 12 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 0 100% 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1966 24 KCA AL 521 138 14 0 7 8 6 3 11 33 15 5 45% 8 0 2 205 9 3 75% 6 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0
1967 25 KCA AL 487 106 15 0 12 13 2 4 11 18 9 5 50% 8 3 2 180 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1968 26 OAK AL 235 51 6 0 4 6 0 2 4 12 9 2 75% 4 0 0 103 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1969 27 OAK AL 339 72 8 0 8 7 1 3 5 14 5 4 36% 3 2 0 140 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1970 28 OAK AL 266 52 7 0 3 6 1 3 4 12 5 2 42% 3 2 0 114 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1971 29 TOT AL 396 76 7 0 8 4 3 4 3 12 5 3 42% 5 2 1 146 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1971 29 OAK AL 65 18 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 29 WSA AL 331 58 6 0 8 3 3 3 3 12 5 3 42% 5 2 1 122 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1972 30 TEX AL 411 95 7 0 18 6 1 2 5 33 13 4 39% 4 3 3 167 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 0
1973 31 OAK AL 341 89 8 0 12 6 2 2 6 24 12 2 50% 4 6 2 135 4 3 57% 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 14 0
1974 32 OAK AL 412 85 4 0 19 3 1 1 3 34 15 2 44% 8 0 0 161 9 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
1975 33 OAK AL 499 105 6 0 19 6 0 2 4 35 18 4 51% 7 3 2 189 10 3 77% 9 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 17 0
1976 34 OAK AL 480 111 5 0 11 3 2 3 2 44 26 5 59% 8 2 2 172 9 1 90% 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 0
1977 35 TEX AL 417 103 16 0 12 12 4 9 7 19 12 1 63% 5 2 0 168 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1978 36 TOT AL 254 62 6 0 8 4 2 4 2 21 5 2 24% 1 3 0 111 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1978 36 TEX AL 170 41 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 19 5 1 26% 0 2 0 74 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1978 36 NYY AL 84 21 4 0 1 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 0% 1 1 0 37 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 Yrs 5093 1157 112 0 142 86 26 43 69 314 152 41 48% 68 29 14 2004 66 20 77% 57 17 6 1 3 2 13 1 103 0
MLB Averages 50% 63%
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

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+
1965 23 0 1 .000 11.05 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 12 9 9 3 0 0 12 1 0 1 35 34 1.636 14.7 3.7 0.0 14.7 34
1966 24 5 11 .313 4.56 42 14 6 0 0 1 128.1 150 72 65 17 37 10 81 4 0 1 555 75 1.457 10.5 1.2 2.6 5.7 2.19 75
1967 25 10 19 .345 4.09 88 24 23 1 1 7 244.0 256 131 111 32 72 19 164 10 0 4 1042 81 1.344 9.4 1.2 2.7 6.0 2.28 81
1968 26 14 22 .389 3.78 135 25 43 1 1 9 300.1 307 150 126 38 86 23 206 10 0 4 1277 85 1.309 9.2 1.1 2.6 6.2 2.40 85
1969 27 23 28 .451 3.85 195 25 70 1 1 18 378.2 379 187 162 46 119 31 270 12 0 6 1616 85 1.315 9.0 1.1 2.8 6.4 2.27 85
1970 28 31 30 .508 3.69 257 25 89 1 1 21 442.0 431 210 181 53 147 38 312 12 0 8 1882 90 1.308 8.8 1.1 3.0 6.4 2.12 90
1971 29 38 34 .528 3.52 308 25 115 1 1 29 541.2 507 242 212 60 178 45 366 15 0 10 2278 94 1.265 8.4 1.0 3.0 6.1 2.06 94
1972 30 43 42 .506 3.38 374 25 148 1 1 38 641.1 602 273 241 67 207 51 417 15 0 13 2688 97 1.261 8.4 0.9 2.9 5.9 2.01 97
1973 31 44 47 .484 3.42 410 28 159 1 1 40 719.1 691 311 273 75 235 53 450 18 0 19 3029 97 1.287 8.6 0.9 2.9 5.6 1.91 97
1974 32 48 51 .485 3.25 455 30 181 1 1 46 820.0 776 341 296 79 265 64 496 20 0 19 3441 102 1.270 8.5 0.9 2.9 5.4 1.87 102
1975 33 57 52 .523 3.18 523 30 201 1 1 53 942.1 881 385 333 85 308 74 554 20 0 22 3940 105 1.262 8.4 0.8 2.9 5.3 1.80 105
1976 34 63 57 .525 3.17 588 30 221 1 1 58 1057.0 992 435 372 90 332 79 591 23 0 24 4420 106 1.253 8.4 0.8 2.8 5.0 1.78 106
1977 35 67 62 .519 3.26 630 31 246 1 1 62 1155.2 1095 485 418 106 361 81 637 24 0 26 4837 105 1.260 8.5 0.8 2.8 5.0 1.76 105
1978 36 68 63 .519 3.29 655 32 258 1 1 64 1213.2 1157 510 443 112 384 88 671 26 0 29 5091 105 1.270 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.0 1.75 105

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
1965 23 0 1 .000 8.18 11.0 0 11 10 0 0 19 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 15.5 0.0 4
1966 24 4 8 .333 5.32 110.0 149 72 65 15 40 63 3 1.718 12.2 3.3 5.2 1.58 1.2 38
1967 25 5 7 .417 4.54 109.0 116 61 55 16 38 78 7 1.413 9.6 3.1 6.4 2.05 1.3 46
1968 26 3 2 .600 3.57 53.0 60 23 21 7 16 40 0 1.434 10.2 2.7 6.8 2.50 1.2 47
1969 27 3 5 .375 5.04 75.0 77 47 42 9 35 61 2 1.493 9.2 4.2 7.3 1.74 1.1 60
1970 28 4 2 .667 3.15 60.0 55 23 21 7 30 40 0 1.417 8.3 4.5 6.0 1.33 1.1 62
1971 29 6 4 .600 3.62 92.0 84 41 37 8 34 50 3 1.283 8.2 3.3 4.9 1.47 0.8 51
1972 30 5 5 .500 3.73 94.0 113 43 39 8 34 48 0 1.564 10.8 3.3 4.6 1.41 0.8 66
1973 31 3 4 .429 4.89 70.0 97 42 38 9 31 30 3 1.829 12.5 4.0 3.9 0.97 1.2 36
1974 32 7 3 .700 2.78 94.0 95 32 29 4 34 43 2 1.372 9.1 3.3 4.1 1.26 0.4 45
1975 33 7 5 .583 3.32 114.0 113 47 42 6 46 54 0 1.395 8.9 3.6 4.3 1.17 0.5 68
1976 34 6 6 .500 3.93 110.0 124 53 48 6 27 35 3 1.373 10.1 2.2 2.9 1.30 0.5 65
1977 35 4 6 .400 4.60 94.0 105 53 48 16 30 44 1 1.436 10.1 2.9 4.2 1.47 1.5 42
1978 36 2 4 .333 4.83 54.0 66 32 29 6 24 32 2 1.667 11.0 4.0 5.3 1.33 1.0 25
14 Yrs 59 62 .488 4.14 1140.0 1254 580 524 117 419 637 27 1.468 9.9 5.0 1.52 0.9 655

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 AL (18, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Games Played s c a p y
1969 AL  60 (7th)
1970 AL  62 (9th)
1972 AL  66 (1st)
1975 AL  68 (2nd)
1976 AL  65 (3rd)
Career  655 (130th)

Saves s c a p y
Career  64 (210th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1972 AL  33 (10th)
Career  258 (159th)

Oldest s c a p y
1978 AL  born 1941-08-09 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bob McClure (944)
  2. Tom Burgmeier (943)
  3. Craig Lefferts (941)
  4. Jim Brewer (940)
  5. Willie Hernandez (939)
  6. Dave LaRoche (937)
  7. Terry Forster (929)
  8. Pete Richert (927)
  9. Darold Knowles (925)
  10. Grant Jackson (925)
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  1. Dutch Henry (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Paul Minner (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Derek Lilliquist (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ricky Horton (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Hamilton (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dave Hamilton (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Sid Monge (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Sid Monge (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gary Lavelle (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Craig Lefferts (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Grant Jackson (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Grant Jackson (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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