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Frank Linzy

Frank Alfred Linzy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 15, 1940 in Fort Gibson, OK
High School: Porter HS (Porter, OK)
School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1963
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cardinals/Brewers/Phillies 1963-1974

Final Game: September 2, 1974
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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
1963 22 SFG NL 0 0 4.86 8 1 6 0 0 0 16.2 22 9 9 0 10 0 14 1 0 1 80 68 1.920 11.9 0.0 5.4 7.6 1.40
1965 24 SFG NL 9 3 .750 1.43 57 0 40 0 0 21 81.2 76 19 13 2 23 8 35 3 0 5 334 253 1.212 8.4 0.2 2.5 3.9 1.52 MVP-13,RoY-3
1966 25 SFG NL 7 11 .389 2.96 51 0 34 0 0 16 100.1 107 40 33 4 34 9 57 2 0 0 438 126 1.405 9.6 0.4 3.0 5.1 1.68
1967 26 SFG NL 7 7 .500 1.51 57 0 44 0 0 17 95.2 67 21 16 4 34 7 38 0 1 3 376 223 1.056 6.3 0.4 3.2 3.6 1.12
1968 27 SFG NL 9 8 .529 2.08 57 0 45 0 0 12 95.1 76 30 22 1 27 14 36 1 0 5 387 145 1.080 7.2 0.1 2.5 3.4 1.33
1969 28 SFG NL 14 9 .609 3.64 58 0 39 0 0 11 116.1 129 57 47 5 38 15 62 3 0 8 515 97 1.436 10.0 0.4 2.9 4.8 1.63
1970 29 TOT NL 5 6 .455 4.66 67 0 30 0 0 3 87.0 99 46 45 5 34 14 35 1 0 2 380 89 1.529 10.2 0.5 3.5 3.6 1.03
1970 29 SFG NL 2 1 .667 7.01 20 0 9 0 0 1 25.2 33 20 20 2 11 4 16 1 0 0 117 58 1.714 11.6 0.7 3.9 5.6 1.45
1970 29 STL NL 3 5 .375 3.67 47 0 21 0 0 2 61.1 66 26 25 3 23 10 19 0 0 2 263 113 1.451 9.7 0.4 3.4 2.8 0.83
1971 30 STL NL 4 3 .571 2.12 50 0 24 0 0 6 59.1 49 18 14 2 27 11 24 0 0 2 250 171 1.281 7.4 0.3 4.1 3.6 0.89
1972 31 MIL AL 2 2 .500 3.03 47 0 36 0 0 12 77.1 70 30 26 4 27 12 24 2 0 1 324 100 1.254 8.1 0.5 3.1 2.8 0.89
1973 32 MIL AL 2 6 .250 3.57 42 1 33 0 0 13 63.0 68 34 25 7 21 6 21 1 0 3 267 106 1.413 9.7 1.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
1974 33 PHI NL 3 2 .600 3.28 22 0 11 0 0 0 24.2 27 11 9 1 7 1 12 0 0 0 103 117 1.378 9.9 0.4 2.6 4.4 1.71
11 Yrs 62 57 .521 2.85 516 2 342 0 0 111 817.1 790 315 259 35 282 97 358 14 1 30 3454 124 1.312 8.7 0.4 3.1 3.9 1.27
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .521 2.85 68 0 45 0 0 15 107 104 41 34 5 37 13 47 2 0 4 453 124 1.312 8.7 0.4 3.1 3.9 1.27
SFG (7 yrs) 48 39 .552 2.71 308 1 217 0 0 78 531.2 510 196 160 18 177 57 258 11 1 22 2247 128 1.292 8.6 0.3 3.0 4.4 1.46
STL (2 yrs) 7 8 .467 2.91 97 0 45 0 0 8 120.2 115 44 39 5 50 21 43 0 0 4 513 134 1.367 8.6 0.4 3.7 3.2 0.86
MIL (2 yrs) 4 8 .333 3.27 89 1 69 0 0 25 140.1 138 64 51 11 48 18 45 3 0 4 591 103 1.325 8.9 0.7 3.1 2.9 0.94
PHI (1 yr) 3 2 .600 3.28 22 0 11 0 0 0 24.2 27 11 9 1 7 1 12 0 0 0 103 117 1.378 9.9 0.4 2.6 4.4 1.71
NL (9 yrs) 58 49 .542 2.77 427 1 273 0 0 86 677.0 652 251 208 24 234 79 313 11 1 26 2863 129 1.309 8.7 0.3 3.1 4.2 1.34
AL (2 yrs) 4 8 .333 3.27 89 1 69 0 0 25 140.1 138 64 51 11 48 18 45 3 0 4 591 103 1.325 8.9 0.7 3.1 2.9 0.94

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
1963 22 SFG NL 16.2 8 1 9 4.86 3.92 -0.23 -0.14 101.7 4.07 -2 -0.2 .1 0.0 0.0 0 .477 .499 $
1965 24 SFG NL 81.2 57 0 19 2.09 4.05 -0.03 -0.17 103.1 4.03 17 2.0 2.1 0.9 3.7 26 .535 .512 $ MVP-13,RoY-3
1966 25 SFG NL 100.1 51 0 40 3.59 4.19 0.13 -0.17 101.8 3.95 3 0.3 1.8 -0.0 1.2 15 .506 .502 $
1967 26 SFG NL 95.2 57 0 21 1.98 3.83 0.12 -0.16 99.8 3.55 16 1.9 1.7 0.5 3.2 26 .533 .511 $
1968 27 SFG NL 95.1 57 0 30 2.83 3.45 -0.16 -0.15 101.0 3.50 6 0.7 1.8 0.1 1.8 15 .513 .505 $
1969 28 SFG NL 116.1 58 0 57 4.41 4.22 -0.10 -0.18 98.0 4.06 -6 -0.6 1.7 -0.4 0.1 8 .489 .496 $
1970 29 SFG NL 25.2 20 0 20 7.01 4.51 -0.60 -0.19 99.0 4.87 -6 -0.7 1.4 -0.2 -0.6 -4 .467 .496 $
1970 29 STL NL 61.1 47 0 26 3.82 4.47 -0.52 -0.19 101.4 4.87 6 0.7 1.3 0.0 1.2 13 .514 .504 $
1971 30 STL NL 59.1 50 0 18 2.73 4.00 -0.40 -0.17 104.1 4.40 10 1.2 1.3 0.0 1.8 16 .525 .508 $
1972 31 MIL AL 77.1 47 0 30 3.49 3.48 0.21 -0.15 98.8 3.09 -3 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.2 3 .492 .498 $29,000
1973 32 MIL AL 63.0 42 1 34 4.86 4.29 0.00 -0.33 97.9 3.87 -7 -0.8 2.3 -0.6 -0.9 -0 .481 .495 $
1974 33 PHI NL 24.2 22 0 11 4.01 4.22 0.11 -0.34 103.0 3.89 -0 -0.1 1.1 -0.0 0.1 2 .498 .500 $31,000
11 Seasons 817.1 516 2 315 3.47 4.00 -0.07 -0.19 100.6 3.92 34 4.2 1.6 0.3 11.8 120 .508 .502 $60,000
SFG (7 yrs) 531.2 308 1 196 3.32 3.98 -0.05 -0.17 100.5 3.88 28 3.5 1.8 1.0 9.4 86 .511 .503 $
STL (2 yrs) 120.2 97 0 44 3.28 4.24 -0.46 -0.18 102.7 4.64 17 1.9 1.3 0.0 3.0 29 .519 .506 $
MIL (2 yrs) 140.1 89 1 64 4.10 3.84 0.12 -0.23 98.4 3.44 -10 -1.1 1.7 -0.8 -0.7 3 .487 .496 $29,000
PHI (1 yr) 24.2 22 0 11 4.01 4.22 0.11 -0.34 103.0 3.89 -0 -0.1 1.1 -0.0 0.1 2 .498 .500 $31,000

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
1963 22 SFG NL 8 80 68 9 22 3 0 0 1 1 10 14 .324 .418 .368 .785 .407 25 2 1 1 0 0 1
1965 24 SFG NL 57 335 305 19 76 10 2 2 5 3 23 35 .249 .308 .315 .623 .276 96 10 3 4 0 8 5
1966 25 SFG NL 51 438 392 40 107 10 2 4 2 1 34 57 .273 .333 .339 .673 .310 133 11 2 9 1 9 10
1967 26 SFG NL 57 378 332 21 67 2 1 4 3 1 34 38 .202 .273 .250 .523 .214 83 15 0 8 4 7 7
1968 27 SFG NL 57 387 348 30 76 10 3 1 6 2 27 36 .218 .274 .273 .547 .239 95 15 1 8 3 14 14
1969 28 SFG NL 58 515 456 57 129 8 5 5 2 0 38 62 .283 .341 .355 .696 .317 162 11 3 16 2 15 12
1970 29 TOT NL 67 380 335 46 99 13 3 5 3 4 34 35 .296 .358 .397 .755 .314 133 12 1 6 4 14 6
1970 29 SFG NL 20 117 101 20 33 2 0 2 3 3 11 16 .327 .391 .406 .797 .365 41 2 1 2 2 4 1
1970 29 STL NL 47 263 234 26 66 11 3 3 0 1 23 19 .282 .344 .393 .737 .294 92 10 0 4 2 10 5
1971 30 STL NL 50 250 217 18 49 5 3 2 3 0 27 24 .226 .311 .304 .616 .246 66 6 0 6 0 11 2
1972 31 MIL AL 47 323 281 30 70 11 1 4 3 0 27 24 .249 .314 .338 .652 .256 95 13 2 8 5 12 5
1973 32 MIL AL 42 268 241 34 68 6 1 7 5 0 21 21 .282 .338 .402 .741 .282 97 14 1 2 3 6 7
1974 33 PHI NL 22 103 95 11 27 6 0 1 2 3 7 12 .284 .333 .379 .712 .317 36 3 0 1 0 1 3
11 Yrs 516 3457 3070 315 790 84 21 35 35 15 282 358 .257 .321 .333 .653 .280 1021 112 14 69 22 97 72
162 Game Avg. 68 454 403 41 104 11 3 5 5 2 37 47 .257 .321 .333 .653 .280 134 15 2 9 3 13 9
MLB Averages .249 .315 .368 .683 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1963 22 SFG NL -2.4 -0.2 84 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .29 -0.0 -0.7 -2.0 -0.2 0.28 -3.5 0 0 6
1965 24 SFG NL 17.7 1.9 350 2.1 10.8 -8.7 1.76 1.1 0.0 16.5 1.8 1.76 12.7 37 9 11
1966 25 SFG NL 7.2 0.8 443 0.2 12.9 -12.7 1.89 0.5 -0.4 4.2 0.4 1.89 4.6 28 13 10
1967 26 SFG NL 18.6 2.1 387 2.0 10.9 -8.9 1.64 1.6 -0.4 15.6 1.7 1.64 18.0 28 10 18
1968 27 SFG NL 7.7 0.9 401 0.3 9.8 -9.5 1.60 1.2 -1.0 8.0 0.9 1.60 9.1 28 10 19
1969 28 SFG NL -2.9 -0.3 525 -2.4 13.6 -16.0 1.75 -0.0 -1.3 -11.7 -1.2 1.75 -1.2 33 9 16
1970 29 TOT NL -3.2 -0.3 389 -1.5 6.4 -7.8 1.05 -0.2 -1.2 -7.0 -0.7 1.05 0.2 26 15 25
1970 29 SFG NL -7.4 -0.7 123 -0.6 1.7 -2.3 .95 -0.1 -0.5 -8.0 -0.8 0.95 -2.0 8 4 8
1970 29 STL NL 4.2 0.4 266 -0.9 4.7 -5.6 1.09 -0.1 -0.7 1.0 0.1 1.09 2.2 18 11 17
1971 30 STL NL 8.6 0.9 257 -0.2 4.1 -4.3 1.15 0.5 -0.7 5.5 0.6 1.15 4.8 17 4 25
1972 31 MIL AL -0.2 -0.0 328 1.0 6.0 -5.0 1.10 0.2 0.7 1.5 0.2 1.10 -0.8 12 11 21
1973 32 MIL AL -1.2 -0.1 276 -0.2 6.9 -7.0 1.52 -0.2 0.1 -9.5 -1.0 1.52 -4.2 24 6 10
1974 33 PHI NL 1.2 0.1 108 -0.3 2.1 -2.4 1.30 0.3 -0.5 -1.6 -0.2 1.30 1.6 5 7 6
11 Yrs 51.1 5.7 3548 1.0 83.7 -82.8 1.49 5.0 -4.3 19.4 2.3 1.49 41.3 238 94 167

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
1963 22 SFG NL 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 30.0 30 30 2 0 0 1 6.3 0.0 2.0
1973 32 MIL AL 42 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 47.0 47 47 9 4 0 1 6.8 9.0 3.0
2 Yrs 50 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38 47 30 11 4 0 2 6.5 3.6 2.5
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 116 -3 4.0 3.9 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
1963 22 SFG NL 8 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 .286 0 0 6 0 0 7 1 6 6 0 6 1 6.3
1965 24 SFG NL 57 57 40 9 3 25 21 5 84% 29 3 58 15 26% 8 1.763 37 9 11 29 17 11 34 23 26 16 28 15 4.3
1966 25 SFG NL 51 51 34 7 11 21 16 5 76% 23 1 29 7 24% 8 1.893 28 13 10 23 13 15 19 32 34 9 35 9 5.9
1967 26 SFG NL 57 57 44 7 7 23 17 6 74% 24 0 42 16 38% 8 1.644 28 10 18 24 12 21 22 35 30 13 31 15 5.0
1968 27 SFG NL 57 57 45 9 8 16 12 4 75% 17 1 54 13 24% 8 1.599 28 10 19 17 14 26 28 29 35 13 35 18 5.0
1969 28 SFG NL 58 58 39 14 9 21 11 10 52% 23 1 38 16 42% 8 1.749 33 9 16 24 16 18 21 37 41 10 41 17 6.0
1970 29 TOT NL 67 67 30 5 6 5 3 2 60% 9 2 69 28 41% 1.048 26 15 25 9 19 39 37 30 32 21 35 18 3.9
1970 29 SFG NL 20 20 9 2 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 19 9 47% 8 .952 8 4 8 2 6 12 10 10 9 6 11 6 3.9
1970 29 STL NL 47 47 21 3 5 4 2 2 50% 7 1 50 19 38% 7 1.090 18 11 17 7 13 27 27 20 23 15 24 12 3.9
1971 30 STL NL 50 50 24 4 3 8 6 2 75% 10 2 33 16 48% 9 1.154 17 4 25 12 10 28 16 34 19 13 21 14 3.6
1972 31 MIL AL 47 47 36 2 2 14 12 2 86% 14 0 34 8 24% 8 1.099 12 11 21 15 3 29 21 26 28 5 29 5 4.9
1973 32 MIL AL 42 41 33 2 6 17 13 4 76% 21 0 59 28 47% 8 1.516 24 6 10 21 7 13 32 9 17 12 18 11 4.4
1974 33 PHI NL 22 22 11 3 2 1 0 1 0% 3 2 17 8 47% 8 1.297 5 7 6 4 4 14 8 14 9 8 9 4 3.4
11 Yrs 516 514 342 62 57 151 111 41 74% 173 12 436 155 36% 1.494 238 94 167 178 115 221 239 275 277 120 288 127 4.7

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%
1963 22 SFG NL 80 58% 0.0% 17.5% 12.5% 3.8% 14% 2.89 68% 22 2 9%
1965 24 SFG NL 335 58% 0.6% 10.5% 6.9% 4.2% 18% 3.56 80% 67 10 15%
1966 25 SFG NL 438 60% 0.9% 13.0% 7.8% 3.7% 15% 2.27 76% 109 11 10%
1967 26 SFG NL 378 59% 1.1% 10.1% 9.0% 1.9% 10% 2.54 78% 67 15 22%
1968 27 SFG NL 387 62% 0.3% 9.3% 7.0% 3.6% 18% 3.05 81% 88 15 17%
1969 28 SFG NL 515 60% 1.0% 12.0% 7.4% 3.5% 14% 2.52 76% 91 11 12%
1970 29 TOT NL 380 66% 1.3% 9.2% 9.0% 5.5% 21% 1.89 79% 84 12 14%
1970 29 SFG NL 117 62% 1.7% 13.7% 9.4% 3.4% 12% 1.32 73% 26 2 8%
1970 29 STL NL 263 68% 1.1% 7.2% 8.8% 6.5% 26% 2.18 81% 58 10 17%
1971 30 STL NL 250 64% 0.8% 9.6% 10.8% 4.0% 20% 2.48 76% 52 6 12%
1972 31 MIL AL 323 64% 1.2% 7.4% 8.4% 5.0% 23% 2.23 80% 66 13 20%
1973 32 MIL AL 268 59% 2.6% 7.8% 7.8% 5.2% 21% 2.21 81% 87 14 16%
1974 33 PHI NL 103 59% 1.0% 11.7% 6.8% 6.8% 26% 1.68 80% 19 3 16%
11 Yrs 3457 61% 1.0% 10.4% 8.2% 4.1% 18% 2.46 78% 752 112 15%
MLB Averages 46% 2.1% 15.0% 8.4% 6.0% 27% 1.10 73% 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
1963 22 SFG NL 80 22 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 40% 1 1 1 38 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
1965 24 SFG NL 335 76 2 0 14 0 2 1 1 20 8 1 40% 5 5 2 145 5 3 63% 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 0
1966 25 SFG NL 438 107 4 1 14 4 0 3 1 26 14 4 54% 10 0 3 188 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1967 26 SFG NL 378 67 4 0 7 4 0 2 2 19 9 3 47% 7 3 1 140 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1968 27 SFG NL 387 76 1 0 20 1 0 0 1 42 19 3 45% 14 5 2 151 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
1969 28 SFG NL 515 129 5 0 17 5 0 3 2 34 21 1 62% 12 8 0 198 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1970 29 TOT NL 380 99 5 0 22 5 0 1 4 41 24 2 59% 6 2 1 167 3 4 43% 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 0
1970 29 SFG NL 117 33 2 0 9 2 0 0 2 15 11 0 73% 1 0 0 45 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
1970 29 STL NL 263 66 3 0 13 3 0 1 2 26 13 2 50% 5 2 1 122 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1971 30 STL NL 250 49 2 0 10 0 2 1 1 14 8 1 57% 2 2 1 98 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1972 31 MIL AL 323 70 4 0 15 2 2 0 4 25 8 1 32% 5 1 1 134 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1973 32 MIL AL 268 68 7 2 21 5 2 2 5 35 21 1 60% 7 3 2 123 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1974 33 PHI NL 103 27 1 0 8 0 1 0 1 5 2 1 40% 3 0 0 36 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 3457 790 35 3 153 26 9 13 22 266 136 19 51% 72 30 14 1418 35 15 70% 32 10 2 3 1 2 1 0 80 0
MLB Averages 49% 63%

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+
1963 22 0 0 4.86 8 1 6 0 0 0 16.2 22 9 9 0 10 0 14 1 0 1 80 68 1.920 11.9 0.0 5.4 7.6 1.40 68
1964 23 0 0 4.86 8 1 6 0 0 0 16.2 22 9 9 0 10 0 14 1 0 1 80 68 1.920 11.9 0.0 5.4 7.6 1.40 68
1965 24 9 3 .750 2.01 65 1 46 0 0 21 98.1 98 28 22 2 33 8 49 4 0 6 414 177 1.332 9.0 0.2 3.0 4.5 1.48 177
1966 25 16 14 .533 2.49 116 1 80 0 0 37 198.2 205 68 55 6 67 17 106 6 0 6 852 147 1.369 9.3 0.3 3.0 4.8 1.58 147
1967 26 23 21 .523 2.17 173 1 124 0 0 54 294.1 272 89 71 10 101 24 144 6 1 9 1228 164 1.267 8.3 0.3 3.1 4.4 1.43 164
1968 27 32 29 .525 2.15 230 1 169 0 0 66 389.2 348 119 93 11 128 38 180 7 1 14 1615 159 1.222 8.0 0.3 3.0 4.2 1.41 159
1969 28 46 38 .548 2.49 288 1 208 0 0 77 506.0 477 176 140 16 166 53 242 10 1 22 2130 138 1.271 8.5 0.3 3.0 4.3 1.46 138
1970 29 51 44 .537 2.81 355 1 238 0 0 80 593.0 576 222 185 21 200 67 277 11 1 24 2510 126 1.309 8.7 0.3 3.0 4.2 1.39 126
1971 30 55 47 .539 2.75 405 1 262 0 0 86 652.1 625 240 199 23 227 78 301 11 1 26 2760 130 1.306 8.6 0.3 3.1 4.2 1.33 130
1972 31 57 49 .538 2.78 452 1 298 0 0 98 729.2 695 270 225 27 254 90 325 13 1 27 3084 126 1.301 8.6 0.3 3.1 4.0 1.28 126
1973 32 59 55 .518 2.84 494 2 331 0 0 111 792.2 763 304 250 34 275 96 346 14 1 30 3351 124 1.310 8.7 0.4 3.1 3.9 1.26 124
1974 33 62 57 .521 2.85 516 2 342 0 0 111 817.1 790 315 259 35 282 97 358 14 1 30 3454 124 1.312 8.7 0.4 3.1 3.9 1.27 124

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
1963 22 0 1 .000 6.60 15.0 24 12 11 0 11 12 1 2.333 14.4 6.6 7.2 1.09 0.0 8
1965 24 7 1 .875 1.66 76.0 78 16 14 2 24 32 3 1.342 9.2 2.8 3.8 1.33 0.2 57
1966 25 6 4 .600 3.25 97.0 110 39 35 4 35 55 2 1.495 10.2 3.2 5.1 1.57 0.4 51
1967 26 7 2 .778 1.92 89.0 73 21 19 4 37 35 0 1.236 7.4 3.7 3.5 0.95 0.4 57
1968 27 6 3 .667 2.83 89.0 86 31 28 1 31 34 1 1.315 8.7 3.1 3.4 1.10 0.1 57
1969 28 6 6 .500 4.18 112.0 136 58 52 5 40 60 3 1.571 10.9 3.2 4.8 1.50 0.4 58
1970 29 4 5 .444 4.77 83.0 97 49 44 5 33 33 1 1.566 10.5 3.6 3.6 1.00 0.5 67
1971 30 4 2 .667 2.37 57.0 51 17 15 2 28 23 0 1.386 8.1 4.4 3.6 0.82 0.3 50
1972 31 4 4 .500 4.26 74.0 83 39 35 5 32 23 2 1.554 10.1 3.9 2.8 0.72 0.6 47
1973 32 3 3 .500 4.42 57.0 73 31 28 8 23 19 1 1.684 11.5 3.6 3.0 0.83 1.3 42
1974 33 1 1 .500 3.52 23.0 27 10 9 1 7 11 0 1.478 10.6 2.7 4.3 1.57 0.4 22
11 Yrs 48 32 .600 3.38 772.0 838 323 290 37 301 337 14 1.475 9.8 3.9 1.12 0.4 516

* 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

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1965 NL (13, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1965 NL  3.7 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1967 NL  57 (5th)
1968 NL  57 (5th)
1969 NL  58 (10th)
1970 NL  67 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1965 NL  21 (2nd)
1966 NL  16 (4th)
1967 NL  17 (2nd)
1968 NL  12 (9th)
1969 NL  11 (9th)
1972 AL  12 (8th)
1973 AL  13 (9th)
Career  111 (108th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1965 NL  40 (5th)
1966 NL  34 (8th)
1967 NL  44 (4th)
1968 NL  45 (3rd)
1969 NL  39 (7th)
1972 AL  36 (8th)
1973 AL  33 (8th)
Career  342 (81st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1967 NL  19 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1967 NL  2.1 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1965 NL  2.1 (10th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 25 (940), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  2. Dick Radatz (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jeff Reardon (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jeff Reardon (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Henneman (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Clay Carroll (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Clay Carroll (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gene Garber (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gary Lavelle (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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