Mark Littell
Mark Alan Littell
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 17, 1953 in Cape Girardeau, MO
High School: Gideon (Cape Girardeau, MO)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 12th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1973
Final Game: June 24, 1982
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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
1973 20 KCR AL 1 3 .250 5.68 8 7 0 1 0 0 38.0 44 25 24 5 23 1 16 0 0 0 179 71 1.763 10.4 1.2 5.4 3.8 0.70
1975 22 KCR AL 1 2 .333 3.70 7 3 2 1 0 0 24.1 19 11 10 1 15 0 19 0 0 1 102 104 1.397 7.0 0.4 5.5 7.0 1.27
1976 23 KCR AL 8 4 .667 2.08 60 1 37 0 0 16 104.0 68 26 24 1 60 4 92 0 0 1 428 170 1.231 5.9 0.1 5.2 8.0 1.53 MVP-24
1977 24 KCR AL 8 4 .667 3.61 48 5 29 0 0 12 104.2 73 49 42 6 55 6 106 1 2 8 434 113 1.223 6.3 0.5 4.7 9.1 1.93
1978 25 STL NL 4 8 .333 2.79 72 2 51 0 0 11 106.1 80 38 33 8 59 16 130 4 1 9 447 127 1.307 6.8 0.7 5.0 11.0 2.20
1979 26 STL NL 9 4 .692 2.19 63 0 40 0 0 13 82.1 60 22 20 2 39 5 67 0 0 7 342 175 1.202 6.6 0.2 4.3 7.3 1.72
1980 27 STL NL 0 2 .000 9.28 14 0 12 0 0 2 10.2 14 11 11 2 7 2 7 0 0 2 52 40 1.969 11.8 1.7 5.9 5.9 1.00
1981 28 STL NL 1 3 .250 4.39 28 1 4 0 0 2 41.0 36 21 20 2 31 7 22 0 0 2 186 81 1.634 7.9 0.4 6.8 4.8 0.71
1982 29 STL NL 0 1 .000 5.23 16 0 6 0 0 0 20.2 22 14 12 1 15 5 7 0 0 5 98 70 1.790 9.6 0.4 6.5 3.0 0.47
9 Seasons 32 31 .508 3.32 316 19 181 2 0 56 532.0 416 217 196 28 304 46 466 5 3 35 2268 113 1.353 7.0 0.5 5.1 7.9 1.53
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .508 3.32 64 4 37 0 0 11 108 84 44 40 6 62 9 95 1 1 7 460 113 1.353 7.0 0.5 5.1 7.9 1.53
STL (5 yrs) 14 18 .438 3.31 193 3 113 0 0 28 261.0 212 106 96 15 151 35 233 4 1 25 1125 110 1.391 7.3 0.5 5.2 8.0 1.54
KCR (4 yrs) 18 13 .581 3.32 123 16 68 2 0 28 271.0 204 111 100 13 153 11 233 1 2 10 1143 116 1.317 6.8 0.4 5.1 7.7 1.52
NL (5 yrs) 14 18 .438 3.31 193 3 113 0 0 28 261.0 212 106 96 15 151 35 233 4 1 25 1125 110 1.391 7.3 0.5 5.2 8.0 1.54
AL (4 yrs) 18 13 .581 3.32 123 16 68 2 0 28 271.0 204 111 100 13 153 11 233 1 2 10 1143 116 1.317 6.8 0.4 5.1 7.7 1.52

Postseason Pitching

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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
1976 23 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 1.93 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.2 4 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 19 1.071 7.7 1.9 1.9 5.8 3.00
1977 24 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 18 2.667 15.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 2.35 5 0 4 0 0 0 7.2 9 4 2 1 4 2 4 0 0 0 37 1.696 10.6 1.2 4.7 4.7 1.00
2 ALCS 0 1 .000 2.35 5 0 4 0 0 0 7.2 9 4 2 1 4 2 4 0 0 0 37 1.696 10.6 1.2 4.7 4.7 1.00

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
1973 20 KCR AL 8 179 153 25 44 10 1 5 3 0 23 16 .288 .376 .464 .840 .291 71 4 0 1 2 1
1975 22 KCR AL 7 102 83 11 19 1 1 1 1 2 15 19 .229 .347 .301 .648 .286 25 1 0 4 0 0
1976 23 KCR AL 60 428 361 26 68 12 3 1 9 2 60 92 .188 .301 .247 .548 .246 89 6 0 3 4 4
1977 24 KCR AL 48 434 368 49 73 13 2 6 8 4 55 106 .198 .299 .293 .593 .255 108 5 1 3 7 6
1978 25 STL NL 72 447 376 38 80 16 2 8 17 12 59 130 .213 .324 .330 .654 .300 124 6 4 6 2 16
1979 26 STL NL 63 342 295 22 60 5 2 2 7 0 39 67 .203 .294 .254 .548 .253 75 4 0 5 3 5
1980 27 STL NL 14 52 44 11 14 1 0 2 2 0 7 7 .318 .412 .477 .889 .343 21 1 0 1 0 2
1981 28 STL NL 28 186 152 21 36 5 1 2 4 3 31 22 .237 .366 .322 .688 .266 49 4 0 3 0 7
1982 29 STL NL 16 98 81 14 22 7 1 1 4 0 15 7 .272 .385 .420 .805 .288 34 1 0 2 0 5
9 Seasons 316 2268 1913 217 416 70 13 28 55 23 304 466 .217 .324 .312 .635 .270 596 32 5 28 18 46
162 Game Avg. 64 460 388 44 84 14 3 6 11 5 62 95 .217 .324 .312 .635 .270 121 6 1 6 4 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1973 20 KCR AL 8 7 1 3 3 1 0 3 4 .429 1 0 1 0 1 14% 42 55 30 14 3 2 3 5.3 5.1 5.0
1975 22 KCR AL 7 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 1 0 1 0 2 67% 50 68 27 5 4 2 1 2.8 1.1 5.8
1976 23 KCR AL 60 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 15 15 15 19 5 1 0 8.0 0.0 2.0
1977 24 KCR AL 48 5 2 0 3 1 0 3 2 .600 0 1 0 0 2 40% 54 70 31 17 9 2 2 4.9 6.2 6.0
1978 25 STL NL 72 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 51 54 47 10 4 0 1 1.5 3.4 4.5
1981 28 STL NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 41 41 17 7 1 0 3.0 1.8 5.0
6 Seasons 223 19 3 8 8 2 1 7 12 .368 2 1 2 0 5 26% 46 70 15 82 32 8 7 4.4 4.3 5.2
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
1973 20 KCR AL 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1.097 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 8.0
1975 22 KCR AL 7 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 0.832 1 1 2 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 3 0 5.3
1976 23 KCR AL 60 59 37 8 3 21 16 5 76% 27 6 63 22 35% 8 1.384 29 17 13 31 9 19 38 21 36 16 36 10 5.2
1977 24 KCR AL 48 43 29 6 4 15 12 3 80% 18 3 42 9 21% 8 1.370 21 10 10 20 8 15 26 17 28 6 29 9 5.2
1978 25 STL NL 72 70 51 4 7 15 11 4 73% 17 2 52 18 35% 8 1.164 27 11 31 22 7 41 27 43 35 12 36 19 4.2
1979 26 STL NL 63 63 40 9 4 19 13 6 68% 23 4 59 20 34% 8 1.790 40 12 9 26 19 18 37 26 33 21 36 18 3.9
1980 27 STL NL 14 14 12 0 2 5 2 3 40% 6 0 16 9 56% 8 1.851 8 1 5 8 3 3 8 6 2 7 2 1 2.3
1981 28 STL NL 28 27 4 1 2 2 2 0 100% 7 4 23 13 57% 8 1.063 10 11 6 7 6 14 13 14 12 10 13 3 4.0
1982 29 STL NL 16 16 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 9 53% 7 0.682 6 1 8 1 3 12 7 9 6 4 10 3 3.9
9 Seasons 316 297 181 29 23 77 56 21 73% 98 19 275 101 37% 1.306 142 64 85 115 56 126 158 139 155 76 166 63 4.4

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%
1973 20 KCR AL 179 39% 2.8% 8.9% 12.9% 8.9% 36% 0.85 75% 33 4 12%
1975 22 KCR AL 102 58% 1.0% 18.6% 14.7% 2.9% 16% 0.96 62% 25 1 4%
1976 23 KCR AL 428 38% 0.2% 21.5% 14.0% 3.7% 24% 1.26 64% 97 6 6%
1977 24 KCR AL 434 45% 1.4% 24.4% 12.7% 4.8% 29% 0.85 61% 94 5 5%
1978 25 STL NL 447 38% 1.8% 29.1% 13.2% 5.8% 33% 1.03 54% 69 6 9%
1979 26 STL NL 342 34% 0.6% 19.6% 11.4% 2.6% 15% 0.88 67% 65 4 6%
1980 27 STL NL 52 23% 3.9% 13.5% 13.5% 5.8% 21% 0.92 67% 6 1 17%
1981 28 STL NL 186 33% 1.1% 11.8% 16.7% 4.3% 22% 1.13 69% 42 4 10%
1982 29 STL NL 98 39% 1.0% 7.1% 15.3% 9.2% 41% 1.00 74% 11 1 9%
9 Seasons 2268 39% 1.2% 20.6% 13.4% 4.9% 27% 0.99 63% 442 32 7%
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
1973 20 KCR AL 179 44 5 0 5 3 2 3 2 12 6 0 50% 3 0 1 72 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
1975 22 KCR AL 102 19 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 1 0 42 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0
1976 23 KCR AL 428 68 1 0 11 1 0 0 1 26 13 3 50% 2 1 1 199 9 2 82% 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
1977 24 KCR AL 434 73 6 0 10 4 2 4 2 28 14 6 50% 2 8 2 187 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 0
1978 25 STL NL 447 80 8 0 29 3 5 3 5 45 13 13 29% 5 9 1 159 17 12 59% 15 10 1 1 1 1 2 1 17 0
1979 26 STL NL 342 60 2 0 14 2 0 2 0 25 14 4 56% 2 7 1 136 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1980 27 STL NL 52 14 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 5 3 1 60% 0 2 0 22 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1981 28 STL NL 186 36 2 0 10 2 0 0 2 19 9 2 47% 3 2 0 73 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
1982 29 STL NL 98 22 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 7 2 1 29% 3 5 0 30 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
9 Seasons 2268 416 28 1 88 18 10 14 14 169 76 30 45% 22 35 6 920 55 23 71% 50 20 4 2 1 1 11 3 82 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+
1973 20 1 3 .250 5.68 8 7 0 1 0 0 38.0 44 25 24 5 23 1 16 0 0 0 179 71 1.763 10.4 1.2 5.4 3.8 0.70 71
1974 21 1 3 .250 5.68 8 7 0 1 0 0 38.0 44 25 24 5 23 1 16 0 0 0 179 71 1.763 10.4 1.2 5.4 3.8 0.70 71
1975 22 2 5 .286 4.91 15 10 2 2 0 0 62.1 63 36 34 6 38 1 35 0 0 1 281 81 1.620 9.1 0.9 5.5 5.1 0.92 81
1976 23 10 9 .526 3.14 75 11 39 2 0 16 166.1 131 62 58 7 98 5 127 0 0 2 709 118 1.377 7.1 0.4 5.3 6.9 1.30 118
1977 24 18 13 .581 3.32 123 16 68 2 0 28 271.0 204 111 100 13 153 11 233 1 2 10 1143 116 1.317 6.8 0.4 5.1 7.7 1.52 116
1978 25 22 21 .512 3.17 195 18 119 2 0 39 377.1 284 149 133 21 212 27 363 5 3 19 1590 118 1.314 6.8 0.5 5.1 8.7 1.71 118
1979 26 31 25 .554 3.00 258 18 159 2 0 52 459.2 344 171 153 23 251 32 430 5 3 26 1932 126 1.294 6.7 0.5 4.9 8.4 1.71 126
1980 27 31 27 .534 3.14 272 18 171 2 0 54 470.1 358 182 164 25 258 34 437 5 3 28 1984 120 1.310 6.9 0.5 4.9 8.4 1.69 120
1981 28 32 30 .516 3.24 300 19 175 2 0 56 511.1 394 203 184 27 289 41 459 5 3 30 2170 116 1.336 6.9 0.5 5.1 8.1 1.59 116
1982 29 32 31 .508 3.32 316 19 181 2 0 56 532.0 416 217 196 28 304 46 466 5 3 35 2268 113 1.353 7.0 0.5 5.1 7.9 1.53 113

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1973 20 1 3 .250 5.84 37.0 45 27 24 5 24 16 0 1.865 10.9 5.8 3.9 0.67 1.2 8
1975 22 1 1 .500 3.91 23.0 19 11 10 1 15 18 0 1.478 7.4 5.9 7.0 1.20 0.4 7
1976 23 7 3 .700 2.57 98.0 73 31 28 1 64 87 0 1.398 6.7 5.9 8.0 1.36 0.1 60
1977 24 6 5 .545 3.96 100.0 75 49 44 6 57 101 1 1.320 6.8 5.1 9.1 1.77 0.5 48
1978 25 6 4 .600 3.40 98.0 85 41 37 8 63 120 4 1.510 7.8 5.8 11.0 1.90 0.7 72
1979 26 7 2 .778 2.22 81.0 60 22 20 2 39 66 0 1.222 6.7 4.3 7.3 1.69 0.2 63
1980 27 0 1 .000 10.80 10.0 15 13 12 2 8 7 0 2.300 13.5 7.2 6.3 0.88 1.8 14
1981 28 2 4 .333 5.19 59.0 57 38 34 3 49 32 0 1.797 8.7 7.5 4.9 0.65 0.5 28
1982 29 1 1 .500 5.85 20.0 23 14 13 1 16 7 0 1.950 10.4 7.2 3.2 0.44 0.5 16
9 Seasons 31 24 .564 3.80 526.0 452 246 222 29 335 454 5 1.496 7.7 7.8 1.36 0.5 316

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1976-AL-24-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Games Played s c a p y
1976 AL--60--6th
1978 NL--72--2nd
1979 NL--63--9th

Saves s c a p y
1976 AL--16--5th
Career--56--233rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1978 NL--9--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1976 AL--37--7th
1978 NL--51--4th
1979 NL--40--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1973 AL--born 1953-01-17--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Rawly Eastwick (964)
  8. Doug Corbett (963)
  9. Steve Foucault (961)
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  6. Lance McCullers (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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