Dick Lines

Richard George Lines

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 17, 1938 in Montreal, Quebec, CAN
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1966
Team: Senators 1966-1967

Final Game: October 1, 1967
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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
1957	18	PIT-min	D	12	5	.706	1.80	20	17					145.0	102	37	29	2	46								1.021	6.3	0.1	2.9			CLI · MIDW
1958	19	PIT-min	A	10	6	.625	3.15	24	24					160.0	148	70	56	10	51								1.244	8.3	0.6	2.9			LIN · WL
1959	20	PIT-min	AAA	9	10	.474	3.61	29	23		9	0		167.0	165	79	67	17	60	7	89	3	3	8			1.347	8.9	0.9	3.2	4.8	1.48	CLB · IL
1960	21	PIT-min	AAA	9	9	.500	4.53	34	15					131.0	148	74	66	10	38		4		0				1.420	10.2	0.7	2.6	0.3	0.11	SLC,CLB · PCL,IL
1961	22	CHW-min	AAA	5	9	.357	4.22	34	18					128.0	132	70	60	13	57								1.477	9.3	0.9	4.0			SDG · PCL
1962	23	PIT-min	A	14	6	.700	2.11	22	22		16	9		162.0	128	49	38	6	49	7	83	1	0	3			1.093	7.1	0.3	2.7	4.6	1.69	AVL · SALL
1963	24	PIT-min	AAA	7	9	.438	3.43	31	25					160.0	148	74	61	15	39		74						1.169	8.3	0.8	2.2	4.2	1.90	CLB · IL
1964	25	PIT-min	AAA	2	4	.333	3.50	51	5		1	0		131.0	119	65	51	14	35	5	73	6	1	8			1.176	8.2	1.0	2.4	5.0	2.09	CLB · IL
1965	26	TEX-min	AAA	7	7	.500	3.52	42	4		1	0		92.0	85	43	36	6	36	3	64	0	0	9			1.315	8.3	0.6	3.5	6.3	1.78	HAW · PCL
1966	27	WSA	AL	5	2	.714	2.28	53	0	20	0	0	2	83.0	63	23	21	4	24	7	49	1	0	2	326	153	1.048	6.8	0.4	2.6	5.3	2.04
1967	28	WSA	AL	2	5	.286	3.36	54	0	21	0	0	4	85.2	83	43	32	6	24	6	54	0	0	4	370	95	1.249	8.7	0.6	2.5	5.7	2.25
1968	29	TEX-min	AAA	1	7	.125	3.81	52	3		0	0		118.0	132	69	50	10	37	6	68	2	1	5			1.432	10.1	0.8	2.8	5.2	1.84	BFL · IL
1969	30	TEX-min	AAA,AA	3	4	.429	4.23	39	0		0	0	6	83.0	87	44	39	4	34	4	43	2	0	6			1.458	9.4	0.4	3.7	4.7	1.26	BFL,SAV · IL,SOUL
2 Yrs				7	7	.500	2.83	107	0	41	0	0	6	168.2	146	66	53	10	48	13	103	1	0	6	696	118	1.150	7.8	0.5	2.6	5.5	2.15
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.500	2.83	68	0	26	0	0	4	107	93	42	34	6	31	8	65	1	0	4	442	118	1.150	7.8	0.5	2.6	5.5	2.15

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1966	27	WSA	AL	83.0	53	23	2.49	4.05	0.25	-0.16	101.0	3.67	12	1.4	1.2	0.0	2.1	18	.527	.509	$
1967	28	WSA	AL	85.2	54	43	4.52	3.79	0.08	-0.15	97.3	3.46	-9	-1.0	1.3	-0.3	-0.7	-3	.481	.494	$
2 Seasons				168.2	107	66	3.52	3.92	0.16	-0.16	99.1	3.57	3	0.4	1.3	-0.3	1.4	14	.504	.501	$

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
1966	27	WSA	AL	53	326	296	23	63	11	4	4	2	2	24	49	.213	.273	.318	.591	.242	94	9	1	4	1	7	4
1967	28	WSA	AL	54	370	339	43	83	9	3	6	2	3	24	54	.245	.292	.342	.634	.272	116	4	0	3	4	6	9
2 Yrs				107	696	635	66	146	20	7	10	4	5	48	103	.230	.283	.331	.614	.258	210	13	1	7	5	13	13
162 Game Avg.				68	442	404	42	93	13	4	6	3	3	31	65	.230	.283	.331	.614	.258	133	8	1	4	3	8	8
MLB Averages																.245	.308	.366	.674	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1966	27	WSA	AL	11.4	1.2	336	0.2	5.0	-4.8	.94	1.2	-1.0	7.4	0.8	0.94	14.7	17	6	29
1967	28	WSA	AL	-5.0	-0.5	383	-1.0	4.2	-5.2	.74	-0.4	-1.0	-11.7	-1.3	0.74	-5.0	19	7	25
2 Yrs				6.4	0.7	719	-0.8	9.2	-10.1	.84	0.8	-1.8	-4.3	-0.5	0.84	9.7	36	13	54

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1966	27	WSA	AL	53	53	20	5	2	3	2	1	67%	8	3	40	15	38%	8	.945	17	6	29	10	7	36	27	26	29	20	30	10	4.7
1967	28	WSA	AL	54	54	21	2	5	6	4	2	67%	10	3	51	23	45%	8	.739	19	7	25	11	8	35	26	28	28	16	29	8	4.8
2 Yrs				107	107	41	7	7	9	6	3	67%	18	6	91	38	42%		.835	36	13	54	21	15	71	53	54	57	36	59	18	4.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1966	27	WSA	AL	326	34%	1.2%	15.0%	7.4%	5.8%	30%	1.57	75%	56	9	16%
1967	28	WSA	AL	370	33%	1.6%	14.6%	6.5%	4.9%	22%	1.97	76%	79	4	5%
2 Yrs				696	33%	1.4%	14.8%	6.9%	5.3%	25%	1.76	76%	135	13	10%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.8%	7.9%	6.1%	28%	1.10	73%			10%

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
1966	27	WSA	AL	326	63			4	0	7	1	3	0	4	22	12	1	55%	4	2	4	120	2	2	50%	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0
1967	28	WSA	AL	370	83			6	0	16	4	2	4	2	37	25	5	68%	9	4	4	138	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	0
2 Yrs				696	146			10	0	23	5	5	4	6	59	37	6	63%	13	6	8	258	4	5	44%	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	26	0
MLB Averages																		49%							60%

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+
1966	27	5	2	.714	2.28	53	0	20	0	0	2	83.0	63	23	21	4	24	7	49	1	0	2	326	153	1.048	6.8	0.4	2.6	5.3	2.04	153
1967	28	7	7	.500	2.83	107	0	41	0	0	6	168.2	146	66	53	10	48	13	103	1	0	6	696	118	1.150	7.8	0.5	2.6	5.5	2.15	118

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1966	27	5	3	.625	2.77	78.0	67	27	24	4	26	46	1	1.192	7.7	3.0	5.3	1.77	0.5	53
1967	28	4	5	.444	4.18	84.0	91	43	39	7	26	53	0	1.393	9.8	2.8	5.7	2.04	0.8	54
2 Yrs		9	8	.529	3.50	162.0	158	70	63	11	52	99	1	1.296	8.8		5.5	1.90	0.6	107

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor

Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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