Dick Lines
Richard George Lines
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 17, 1938 in Montreal, PQ, CAN
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1966
Final Game: October 1, 1967
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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
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 2 326 152 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 93 1.249 8.7 0.6 2.5 5.7 2.25
2 Seasons 7 7 .500 2.83 107 0 41 0 0 6 168.2 146 66 53 10 48 13 103 1 0 6 696 117 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 4 442 117 1.150 7.8 0.5 2.6 5.5 2.15

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
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
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
2 Seasons 107 696 635 66 146 20 7 10 4 5 48 103 .230 .283 .331 .614 .258 210 13 1 7 5 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
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
1966 27 WSA AL 53 53 20 5 2 3 2 1 67% 8 3 40 15 38% 8 1.000 18 10 24 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 0.812 20 9 23 11 8 35 26 28 28 16 29 8 4.8
2 Seasons 107 107 41 7 7 9 6 3 67% 18 6 91 38 42% 0.900 38 19 47 21 15 71 53 54 57 36 59 18 4.7

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%
1966 27 WSA AL 326 66% 1.2% 15.0% 7.4% 5.8% 30% 1.57 75% 56 9 16%
1967 28 WSA AL 370 67% 1.6% 14.6% 6.5% 4.9% 22% 1.97 76% 79 4 5%
2 Seasons 696 67% 1.4% 14.8% 6.9% 5.3% 25% 1.76 76% 135 13 10%
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
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 1 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 Seasons 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 2 0 26 0
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+
1966 27 5 2 .714 2.28 53 0 20 0 0 2 83.0 63 23 21 4 24 7 49 1 0 2 326 152 1.048 6.8 0.4 2.6 5.3 2.04 152
1967 28 7 7 .500 2.83 107 0 41 0 0 6 168.2 146 66 53 10 48 13 103 1 0 6 696 117 1.150 7.8 0.5 2.6 5.5 2.15 117

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 4.34 83.0 94 44 40 7 27 52 0 1.458 10.2 2.9 5.6 1.93 0.8 54
2 Seasons 9 8 .529 3.58 161.0 161 71 64 11 53 98 1 1.329 9.0 5.5 1.85 0.6 107

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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