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Mickey Lolich

Michael Stephen Lolich

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 12, 1940 in Portland, OR
High School: Lincoln HS (Portland, OR)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1963
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Padres/Mets 1963-1979

Final Game: September 23, 1979
Relatives: Cousin of Ron Lolich
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All-Star

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 DET AL 5 9 .357 3.55 33 18 5 4 0 0 144.1 145 64 57 13 56 1 103 5 2 8 620 105 1.393 9.0 0.8 3.5 6.4 1.84
1964 23 DET AL 18 9 .667 3.26 44 33 5 12 6 2 232.0 196 88 84 26 64 0 192 5 0 7 949 113 1.121 7.6 1.0 2.5 7.4 3.00
1965 24 DET AL 15 9 .625 3.44 43 37 5 7 3 3 243.2 216 103 93 23 72 2 226 12 1 7 1015 102 1.182 8.0 0.8 2.7 8.3 3.14
1966 25 DET AL 14 14 .500 4.77 40 33 4 5 1 3 203.2 204 119 108 24 83 8 173 6 1 11 894 73 1.409 9.0 1.1 3.7 7.6 2.08
1967 26 DET AL 14 13 .519 3.04 31 30 1 11 6 0 204.0 165 71 69 14 56 2 174 7 0 3 820 107 1.083 7.3 0.6 2.5 7.7 3.11 MVP-23
1968 27 DET AL 17 9 .654 3.19 39 32 4 8 4 1 220.0 178 84 78 23 65 4 197 11 0 3 905 95 1.105 7.3 0.9 2.7 8.1 3.03
1969 28 DET AL 19 11 .633 3.14 37 36 1 15 1 1 280.2 214 111 98 22 122 10 271 14 1 14 1172 119 1.197 6.9 0.7 3.9 8.7 2.22 AS
1970 29 DET AL 14 19 .424 3.80 40 39 0 13 3 0 272.2 272 125 115 27 109 3 230 5 0 14 1181 99 1.397 9.0 0.9 3.6 7.6 2.11
1971 30 DET AL 25 14 .641 2.92 45 45 0 29 4 0 376.0 336 133 122 36 92 2 308 7 0 7 1538 124 1.138 8.0 0.9 2.2 7.4 3.35 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1972 31 DET AL 22 14 .611 2.50 41 41 0 23 4 0 327.1 282 100 91 29 74 5 250 11 0 6 1321 127 1.088 7.8 0.8 2.0 6.9 3.38 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1973 32 DET AL 16 15 .516 3.82 42 42 0 17 3 0 308.2 315 143 131 35 79 7 214 5 0 12 1286 106 1.276 9.2 1.0 2.3 6.2 2.71
1974 33 DET AL 16 21 .432 4.15 41 41 0 27 3 0 308.0 310 155 142 38 78 11 202 3 0 10 1263 91 1.260 9.1 1.1 2.3 5.9 2.59
1975 34 DET AL 12 18 .400 3.78 32 32 0 19 1 0 240.2 260 119 101 19 64 5 139 0 0 7 1016 105 1.346 9.7 0.7 2.4 5.2 2.17
1976 35 NYM NL 8 13 .381 3.22 31 30 1 5 2 0 192.2 184 83 69 14 52 1 120 0 2 11 797 101 1.225 8.6 0.7 2.4 5.6 2.31
1978 37 SDP NL 2 1 .667 1.56 20 2 7 0 0 1 34.2 30 6 6 0 11 3 13 1 1 2 140 214 1.183 7.8 0.0 2.9 3.4 1.18
1979 38 SDP NL 0 2 .000 4.74 27 5 7 0 0 0 49.1 59 33 26 4 22 3 20 0 0 2 223 75 1.642 10.8 0.7 4.0 3.6 0.91
16 Yrs 217 191 .532 3.44 586 496 40 195 41 11 3638.1 3366 1537 1390 347 1099 67 2832 92 8 124 15140 104 1.227 8.3 0.9 2.7 7.0 2.58
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .532 3.44 37 31 3 12 3 1 229 212 97 87 22 69 4 178 6 1 8 951 104 1.227 8.3 0.9 2.7 7.0 2.58
DET (13 yrs) 207 175 .542 3.45 508 459 25 190 39 10 3361.2 3093 1415 1289 329 1014 60 2679 91 5 109 13980 105 1.222 8.3 0.9 2.7 7.2 2.64
SDP (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.43 47 7 14 0 0 1 84.0 89 39 32 4 33 6 33 1 1 4 363 101 1.452 9.5 0.4 3.5 3.5 1.00
NYM (1 yr) 8 13 .381 3.22 31 30 1 5 2 0 192.2 184 83 69 14 52 1 120 0 2 11 797 101 1.225 8.6 0.7 2.4 5.6 2.31
AL (13 yrs) 207 175 .542 3.45 508 459 25 190 39 10 3361.2 3093 1415 1289 329 1014 60 2679 91 5 109 13980 105 1.222 8.3 0.9 2.7 7.2 2.64
NL (3 yrs) 10 16 .385 3.29 78 37 15 5 2 1 276.2 273 122 101 18 85 7 153 1 3 15 1160 101 1.294 8.9 0.6 2.8 5.0 1.80

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 DET AL 144.1 33 18 64 3.99 4.03 0.22 0.03 100.7 3.87 -0 -0.0 .9 -0.1 0.9 10 .499 .500 $
1964 23 DET AL 232.0 44 33 88 3.41 4.14 0.34 0.06 100.7 3.89 15 1.8 1.3 -0.1 3.4 32 .540 .511 $
1965 24 DET AL 243.2 43 37 103 3.80 3.97 0.02 0.06 101.0 4.06 8 0.9 2.2 -0.1 2.6 27 .521 .506 $18,000
1966 25 DET AL 203.2 40 33 119 5.26 3.82 0.08 0.06 100.3 3.81 -29 -3.2 1.7 -0.2 -1.8 -16 .421 .480 $23,000
1967 26 DET AL 204.0 31 30 71 3.13 3.67 0.35 0.06 99.3 3.35 8 1.0 .3 -0.1 2.4 21 .531 .506 $20,000 MVP-23
1968 27 DET AL 220.0 39 32 84 3.44 3.34 0.37 0.04 100.9 3.03 -7 -0.9 2.8 -0.2 0.5 6 .476 .494 $25,000
1969 28 DET AL 280.2 37 36 111 3.56 4.07 0.18 0.07 103.0 4.08 18 2.1 .5 -0.1 4.0 40 .557 .513 $ AS
1970 29 DET AL 272.2 40 39 125 4.13 4.24 -0.33 0.07 100.3 4.65 18 2.1 2.8 -0.1 4.3 44 .552 .513 $60,000
1971 30 DET AL 376.0 45 45 133 3.18 3.89 -0.04 0.06 104.5 4.17 42 5.2 -0.2 8.2 77 .616 .532 $58,000 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1972 31 DET AL 327.1 41 41 100 2.75 3.48 0.05 0.05 102.9 3.58 33 4.5 -0.2 7.0 57 .609 .528 $80,000 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1973 32 DET AL 308.2 42 42 143 4.17 4.35 -0.12 0.13 106.7 4.90 23 2.6 -0.2 5.0 57 .561 .516 $100,000
1974 33 DET AL 308.0 41 41 155 4.53 4.15 -0.16 0.12 103.0 4.56 1 0.1 -0.2 2.6 32 .503 .501 $100,000
1975 34 DET AL 240.2 32 32 119 4.45 4.39 -0.37 0.13 103.3 5.05 16 1.8 -0.1 3.7 41 .556 .511 $95,000
1976 35 NYM NL 192.2 31 30 83 3.88 3.96 0.07 0.12 91.7 3.68 -6 -0.6 .0 -0.1 0.8 13 .479 .496 $125,000
1978 37 SDP NL 34.2 20 2 6 1.56 4.07 -0.22 -0.20 90.6 3.71 8 0.9 .6 -0.2 1.0 11 .546 .506 $
1979 38 SDP NL 49.1 27 5 33 6.02 4.40 0.10 -0.19 91.1 3.75 -13 -1.3 .7 0.1 -0.9 -8 .450 .492 $
16 Seasons 3638.1 586 496 1537 3.80 3.98 0.02 0.07 101.5 4.09 134 16.8 1.1 -2.1 43.7 446 .529 .506 $704,000
DET (13 yrs) 3361.2 508 459 1415 3.79 3.97 0.02 0.08 102.4 4.12 145 17.9 1.6 -1.9 42.8 430 .535 .508 $579,000
SDP (2 yrs) 84.0 47 7 39 4.18 4.26 -0.03 -0.19 90.9 3.73 -5 -0.4 .6 -0.1 0.1 4 .491 .499 $
NYM (1 yr) 192.2 31 30 83 3.88 3.96 0.07 0.12 91.7 3.68 -6 -0.6 .0 -0.1 0.8 13 .479 .496 $125,000

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
1968 27 DET AL WS W STL 3 0 1.000 1.67 3 3 0 3 0 0 27.0 20 5 5 2 6 0 21 1 0 0 104 0.963 6.7 0.7 2.0 7.0 3.50
1972 31 DET AL ALCS L OAK 0 1 .000 1.42 2 2 0 0 0 0 19.0 14 4 3 1 5 0 10 0 0 0 76 1.000 6.6 0.5 2.4 4.7 2.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 3 1 .750 1.57 5 5 0 3 0 0 46.0 34 9 8 3 11 0 31 1 0 0 180 0.978 6.7 0.6 2.2 6.1 2.82
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 1.42 2 2 0 0 0 0 19.0 14 4 3 1 5 0 10 0 0 0 76 1.000 6.6 0.5 2.4 4.7 2.00
1 WS 3 0 1.000 1.67 3 3 0 3 0 0 27.0 20 5 5 2 6 0 21 1 0 0 104 0.963 6.7 0.7 2.0 7.0 3.50

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1969 DET AL 28
1971 DET AL 30 0 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 1 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 4.5 0.0 4.5
1972 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
3 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 2.25 1 0 0 1 4.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 0.500 4.5 2.3 0.0 4.5

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 DET AL 33 620 548 64 145 23 4 13 2 5 56 103 .265 .336 .392 .728 .302 215 16 5 6 5 1 7
1964 23 DET AL 44 949 871 88 196 31 2 26 2 4 64 192 .225 .282 .355 .636 .260 309 16 5 8 1 0 12
1965 24 DET AL 43 1015 914 103 216 33 5 23 9 6 72 226 .236 .298 .359 .657 .287 328 17 12 9 8 2 11
1966 25 DET AL 40 892 795 119 204 30 6 24 13 3 83 173 .257 .329 .400 .729 .298 318 9 6 3 7 8 8
1967 26 DET AL 31 820 746 71 165 17 1 14 9 3 56 174 .221 .281 .303 .584 .270 226 18 7 10 1 2 9
1968 27 DET AL 39 905 811 84 178 28 2 23 8 7 65 197 .219 .285 .344 .629 .261 279 6 11 14 4 4 9
1969 28 DET AL 37 1172 1017 111 214 42 3 22 24 8 122 271 .210 .302 .323 .625 .263 328 19 14 13 6 10 17
1970 29 DET AL 40 1180 1045 125 272 45 3 27 10 16 109 230 .260 .330 .387 .717 .307 404 23 5 12 10 3 23
1971 30 DET AL 45 1538 1415 133 336 49 8 36 18 10 92 308 .237 .285 .360 .645 .277 509 22 7 12 12 2 15
1972 31 DET AL 41 1321 1205 100 282 46 5 29 8 8 74 250 .234 .283 .353 .635 .271 425 19 11 23 8 5 10
1973 32 DET AL 42 1286 1183 143 315 56 8 35 19 19 79 214 .266 .314 .416 .730 .298 492 25 5 14 5 7 13
1974 33 DET AL 41 1263 1155 155 310 48 10 38 16 32 78 202 .268 .314 .426 .740 .294 492 24 3 17 10 11 10
1975 34 DET AL 32 1015 933 119 260 48 8 19 14 16 64 139 .279 .322 .408 .731 .308 381 19 0 11 8 5 13
1976 35 NYM NL 31 797 729 83 184 43 6 14 6 9 52 120 .252 .301 .385 .686 .284 281 11 0 11 4 1 15
1978 37 SDP NL 20 140 125 6 30 11 1 0 2 2 11 13 .240 .307 .344 .651 .268 43 4 1 3 0 3 1
1979 38 SDP NL 27 223 194 33 59 14 2 4 1 2 22 20 .304 .372 .459 .830 .320 89 7 0 5 2 3 3
16 Yrs 586 15136 13686 1537 3366 564 74 347 161 150 1099 2832 .246 .304 .374 .678 .285 5119 255 92 171 91 67 176
162 Game Avg. 37 951 860 97 212 35 5 22 10 9 69 178 .246 .304 .374 .678 .285 322 16 6 11 6 4 11
MLB Averages .252 .318 .373 .691 .279

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 DET AL 3.1 0.3 645 -0.5 11.2 -11.7 1.02 -0.9 0.4 2.5 0.3 1.02 -7.2 4 2 9
1964 23 DET AL 13.2 1.4 962 0.0 16.2 -16.2 .96 2.0 -1.9 14.2 1.5 0.96 22.0 4 3 4
1965 24 DET AL 3.2 0.3 1044 0.9 20.1 -19.2 1.13 1.1 -0.3 8.1 0.9 1.13 10.4 4 0 2
1966 25 DET AL -26.4 -2.7 924 -2.0 15.6 -17.6 1.05 -1.8 -0.2 -22.9 -2.4 1.05 -19.6 3 2 2
1967 26 DET AL 8.5 1.0 842 1.8 14.3 -12.5 1.00 2.1 -0.3 17.5 2.0 1.00 19.0 0 0 1
1968 27 DET AL -1.8 -0.2 925 1.1 17.1 -16.0 1.11 0.2 0.8 6.1 0.7 1.11 3.5 7 0 0
1969 28 DET AL 18.9 2.0 1225 1.4 20.8 -19.4 1.02 2.4 -1.0 16.4 1.7 1.02 21.2 0 0 1
1970 29 DET AL 0.9 0.1 1231 -0.6 22.2 -22.9 1.11 -1.2 0.7 -1.0 -0.1 1.11 -11.2 1 0 0
1971 30 DET AL 30.5 3.4 1572 3.7 31.1 -27.4 1.13 2.4 0.9 35.1 3.9 1.13 30.3 0 0 0
1972 31 DET AL 24.8 3.0 1343 3.9 23.8 -19.9 1.02 1.8 2.0 28.2 3.3 1.02 16.9 0 0 0
1973 32 DET AL 10.6 1.1 1341 0.1 24.4 -24.3 1.03 0.3 -0.2 5.6 0.6 1.03 -1.0 0 0 0
1974 33 DET AL -9.7 -1.0 1325 -0.4 22.9 -23.3 1.02 -0.5 0.1 -10.7 -1.1 1.02 -4.7 0 0 0
1975 34 DET AL 4.5 0.5 1057 0.2 18.3 -18.0 1.01 0.2 0.0 -2.8 -0.3 1.01 2.5 0 0 0
1976 35 NYM NL -0.3 -0.0 828 -0.5 14.6 -15.1 1.03 -0.3 -0.3 -2.9 -0.3 1.03 -0.6 0 0 0
1978 37 SDP NL 7.8 0.8 148 0.2 1.3 -1.1 .56 0.6 -0.2 5.9 0.7 0.56 4.0 3 1 14
1979 38 SDP NL -8.7 -0.9 230 -0.8 2.7 -3.5 .78 -0.8 -0.2 -15.3 -1.6 0.78 -10.4 3 4 14
16 Yrs 79.1 9.1 15642 8.5 276.7 -268.2 1.04 7.5 0.6 83.8 9.8 1.04 75.0 29 12 47

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 DET AL 33 18 5 7 6 0 4 8 10 .444 2 3 4 0 12 67% 54.1 75 37 18 7 6 9 3.8 3.0 6.9
1964 23 DET AL 44 33 16 8 9 3 3 21 12 .636 2 2 12 6 19 58% 58.3 90 25 22 7 18 7 4.7 5.2 6.6
1965 24 DET AL 43 37 14 9 14 2 3 24 13 .649 4 9 7 3 20 54% 56.6 91 27 30 15 21 7 4.5 3.5 6.4
1966 25 DET AL 40 33 14 13 6 5 1 17 16 .515 1 4 5 1 12 36% 49.5 82 24 26 17 19 5 5.0 4.6 5.9
1967 26 DET AL 31 30 14 13 3 2 6 15 15 .500 1 3 11 6 20 67% 59.9 88 20 21 12 14 12 3.8 3.8 6.7
1968 27 DET AL 39 32 13 9 10 1 3 17 15 .531 1 5 8 4 18 56% 57.4 92 29 21 10 18 8 3.8 3.6 6.3
1969 28 DET AL 37 36 19 11 6 1 4 22 14 .611 0 2 15 1 25 69% 61.4 90 26 13 2 22 7 4.8 4.9 7.7
1970 29 DET AL 40 39 14 19 6 1 7 18 21 .462 0 6 13 3 24 62% 54.2 90 18 18 5 25 5 3.4 3.1 7.0
1971 30 DET AL 45 45 25 14 6 1 6 27 18 .600 3 4 29 4 31 69% 62.3 87 17 11 5 41 1 4.7 4.5 8.4
1972 31 DET AL 41 41 22 14 5 3 9 27 14 .659 1 4 23 4 32 78% 63.0 90 27 13 4 33 6 3.3 3.4 8.0
1973 32 DET AL 42 42 16 15 11 1 6 22 20 .524 2 6 17 3 23 55% 53.6 83 19 24 5 31 2 4.0 4.2 7.3
1974 33 DET AL 41 41 16 21 4 1 4 19 22 .463 2 1 27 3 19 46% 53.5 83 6 12 7 27 4 3.6 3.4 7.5
1975 34 DET AL 32 32 12 18 2 1 6 13 19 .406 0 0 19 1 19 59% 52.0 82 16 14 5 6 8 3.3 3.5 7.5
1976 35 NYM NL 31 30 8 13 9 1 6 12 18 .400 3 6 5 2 18 60% 53.8 87 28 20 5 0 12 3.3 3.0 6.4
1978 37 SDP NL 20 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 52.5 60 45 6 0 1 1 2.1 3.4 5.0
1979 38 SDP NL 27 5 0 2 3 0 0 1 4 .200 2 2 0 0 1 20% 41.2 63 30 14 2 4 1 5.7 2.6 3.3
16 Yrs 586 496 209 187 100 24 68 264 232 .532 24 57 195 41 293 59% 56 92 6 283 108 286 95 4.0 3.9 7.1
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 116 -13 4.1 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
1963 22 DET AL 33 15 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 12 6 50% 8 1.021 4 2 9 2 2 11 6 9 7 3 8 4 4.2
1964 23 DET AL 44 11 5 2 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 11 6 55% 5 .960 4 3 4 4 1 6 7 4 5 3 5 4 3.9
1965 24 DET AL 43 6 5 1 0 3 3 0 100% 3 0 6 1 17% 9 1.127 4 0 2 3 1 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 4.3
1966 25 DET AL 40 7 4 0 1 2 3 0 150% 2 0 6 1 17% 9 1.048 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 1 4.1
1967 26 DET AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 1.004 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5.0
1968 27 DET AL 39 7 4 4 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 0 0% 4 1.106 7 0 0 3 3 1 6 1 5 2 5 2 7.3
1969 28 DET AL 37 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 1.017 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
1970 29 DET AL 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 1.106 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1976 35 NYM NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.032 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1978 37 SDP NL 20 18 7 1 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 7 3 43% 8 .564 3 1 14 4 1 13 4 14 8 5 8 2 4.1
1979 38 SDP NL 27 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 6 33% 8 .780 3 4 14 0 2 20 10 12 12 5 14 2 4.5
11 Yrs 385 90 40 8 4 11 11 1 100% 14 2 76 26 34% 1.035 29 12 47 20 12 58 42 48 45 23 48 17 4.5

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 DET AL 620 29% 2.1% 16.6% 9.0% 6.5% 28% 0.90 70% 123 16 13%
1964 23 DET AL 949 23% 2.7% 20.2% 6.7% 6.2% 30% 0.77 69% 167 16 10%
1965 24 DET AL 1015 21% 2.3% 22.3% 7.1% 6.0% 28% 0.85 66% 189 17 9%
1966 25 DET AL 893 18% 2.7% 19.4% 9.3% 6.7% 29% 0.78 68% 172 9 5%
1967 26 DET AL 820 20% 1.7% 21.2% 6.8% 3.9% 19% 1.12 68% 167 18 11%
1968 27 DET AL 905 19% 2.5% 21.8% 7.2% 5.9% 30% 0.96 66% 132 6 5%
1969 28 DET AL 1172 15% 1.9% 23.1% 10.4% 5.7% 31% 0.87 62% 219 19 9%
1970 29 DET AL 1181 20% 2.3% 19.5% 9.2% 6.4% 28% 1.09 68% 246 23 9%
1971 30 DET AL 1538 15% 2.3% 20.0% 6.0% 6.1% 28% 0.75 70% 269 22 8%
1972 31 DET AL 1321 15% 2.2% 18.9% 5.6% 6.1% 28% 0.90 71% 247 19 8%
1973 32 DET AL 1286 17% 2.7% 16.6% 6.1% 7.7% 31% 1.05 73% 212 25 12%
1974 33 DET AL 1263 18% 3.0% 16.0% 6.2% 7.6% 31% 0.89 73% 209 24 11%
1975 34 DET AL 1016 19% 1.9% 13.7% 6.3% 7.4% 29% 1.34 77% 170 19 11%
1976 35 NYM NL 797 19% 1.8% 15.1% 6.5% 7.9% 34% 1.10 75% 133 11 8%
1978 37 SDP NL 140 28% 0.0% 9.3% 7.9% 8.6% 40% 1.10 80% 25 4 16%
1979 38 SDP NL 223 28% 1.8% 9.0% 9.9% 9.0% 34% 1.08 77% 39 7 18%
16 Yrs 15139 19% 2.3% 18.7% 7.3% 6.5% 29% 0.94 70% 2719 255 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.3% 8.5% 6.2% 27% 1.10 74% 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 DET AL 620 145 13 0 16 10 3 6 7 33 17 6 52% 7 8 4 227 2 5 29% 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 23 0
1964 23 DET AL 949 196 26 0 13 22 4 14 12 24 11 6 46% 12 7 1 318 2 4 33% 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 10 0
1965 24 DET AL 1015 216 23 0 10 21 2 18 5 52 23 14 44% 11 7 3 379 9 6 60% 8 4 1 2 0 0 4 1 18 0
1966 25 DET AL 892 204 24 1 18 20 4 16 8 52 28 12 54% 8 11 1 327 13 3 81% 10 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 26 1
1967 26 DET AL 820 165 14 0 8 10 4 6 8 22 11 3 50% 9 3 3 309 9 3 75% 8 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 0
1968 27 DET AL 905 178 23 0 15 21 2 10 13 26 14 7 54% 9 3 1 303 8 7 53% 8 6 0 1 0 0 3 2 11 0
1969 28 DET AL 1172 214 22 1 35 18 4 15 7 67 32 9 48% 17 14 1 422 24 8 75% 15 7 7 1 2 0 7 3 25 0
1970 29 DET AL 1180 272 27 2 30 20 7 13 14 62 35 9 56% 23 14 3 467 10 16 38% 9 14 1 2 0 0 14 8 32 1
1971 30 DET AL 1538 336 36 0 23 33 3 25 11 57 25 10 44% 15 7 1 547 18 10 64% 17 9 1 0 0 1 2 2 22 0
1972 31 DET AL 1321 282 29 0 10 26 3 21 8 46 23 12 50% 10 6 2 488 8 8 50% 8 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 21 0
1973 32 DET AL 1286 315 35 0 11 29 6 21 14 63 32 12 51% 13 12 3 458 19 19 50% 18 18 1 1 0 0 10 10 24 0
1974 33 DET AL 1263 310 38 0 20 32 6 19 19 57 29 13 51% 10 10 4 422 16 32 33% 15 27 1 2 0 3 6 3 27 0
1975 34 DET AL 1015 260 19 0 17 15 4 10 9 59 25 12 42% 13 7 4 355 14 16 47% 13 15 1 0 0 1 3 2 21 1
1976 35 NYM NL 797 184 14 1 6 13 1 9 5 38 15 9 39% 15 11 1 288 6 9 40% 6 9 0 0 0 0 6 4 17 0
1978 37 SDP NL 140 30 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 20% 1 2 1 54 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
1979 38 SDP NL 223 59 4 0 5 4 0 3 1 17 9 1 53% 3 2 1 93 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
16 Yrs 15136 3366 347 5 240 294 53 206 141 680 330 135 49% 176 124 34 5457 161 150 52% 142 130 17 12 2 8 66 37 296 3
MLB Averages 50% 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 5 9 .357 3.55 33 18 5 4 0 0 144.1 145 64 57 13 56 1 103 5 2 8 620 105 1.393 9.0 0.8 3.5 6.4 1.84 105
1964 23 23 18 .561 3.37 77 51 10 16 6 2 376.1 341 152 141 39 120 1 295 10 2 15 1569 110 1.225 8.2 0.9 2.9 7.1 2.46 110
1965 24 38 27 .585 3.40 120 88 15 23 9 5 620.0 557 255 234 62 192 3 521 22 3 22 2584 107 1.208 8.1 0.9 2.8 7.6 2.71 107
1966 25 52 41 .559 3.74 160 121 19 28 10 8 823.2 761 374 342 86 275 11 694 28 4 33 3478 96 1.258 8.3 0.9 3.0 7.6 2.52 96
1967 26 66 54 .550 3.60 191 151 20 39 16 8 1027.2 926 445 411 100 331 13 868 35 4 36 4298 98 1.223 8.1 0.9 2.9 7.6 2.62 98
1968 27 83 63 .568 3.53 230 183 24 47 20 9 1247.2 1104 529 489 123 396 17 1065 46 4 39 5203 97 1.202 8.0 0.9 2.9 7.7 2.69 97
1969 28 102 74 .580 3.46 267 219 25 62 21 10 1528.1 1318 640 587 145 518 27 1336 60 5 53 6375 101 1.201 7.8 0.9 3.1 7.9 2.58 101
1970 29 116 93 .555 3.51 307 258 25 75 24 10 1801.0 1590 765 702 172 627 30 1566 65 5 67 7556 101 1.231 7.9 0.9 3.1 7.8 2.50 101
1971 30 141 107 .569 3.41 352 303 25 104 28 10 2177.0 1926 898 824 208 719 32 1874 72 5 74 9094 104 1.215 8.0 0.9 3.0 7.7 2.61 104
1972 31 163 121 .574 3.29 393 344 25 127 32 10 2504.1 2208 998 915 237 793 37 2124 83 5 80 10415 106 1.198 7.9 0.9 2.8 7.6 2.68 106
1973 32 179 136 .568 3.35 435 386 25 144 35 10 2813.0 2523 1141 1046 272 872 44 2338 88 5 92 11701 106 1.207 8.1 0.9 2.8 7.5 2.68 106
1974 33 195 157 .554 3.43 476 427 25 171 38 10 3121.0 2833 1296 1188 310 950 55 2540 91 5 102 12964 104 1.212 8.2 0.9 2.7 7.3 2.67 104
1975 34 207 175 .542 3.45 508 459 25 190 39 10 3361.2 3093 1415 1289 329 1014 60 2679 91 5 109 13980 105 1.222 8.3 0.9 2.7 7.2 2.64 105
1976 35 215 188 .533 3.44 539 489 26 195 41 10 3554.1 3277 1498 1358 343 1066 61 2799 91 7 120 14777 104 1.222 8.3 0.9 2.7 7.1 2.63 104
1977 36 215 188 .533 3.44 539 489 26 195 41 10 3554.1 3277 1498 1358 343 1066 61 2799 91 7 120 14777 104 1.222 8.3 0.9 2.7 7.1 2.63 104
1978 37 217 189 .534 3.42 559 491 33 195 41 11 3589.0 3307 1504 1364 343 1077 64 2812 92 8 122 14917 105 1.222 8.3 0.9 2.7 7.1 2.61 105
1979 38 217 191 .532 3.44 586 496 40 195 41 11 3638.1 3366 1537 1390 347 1099 67 2832 92 8 124 15140 104 1.227 8.3 0.9 2.7 7.0 2.58 104

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 7 8 .467 3.97 136.0 149 67 60 13 58 97 5 1.522 9.9 3.8 6.4 1.67 0.9 33
1964 23 13 11 .542 3.63 223.0 202 100 90 27 66 185 5 1.202 8.2 2.7 7.5 2.80 1.1 44
1965 24 13 12 .520 3.98 233.0 227 114 103 24 76 216 13 1.300 8.8 2.9 8.3 2.84 0.9 43
1966 25 7 14 .333 5.60 196.0 217 136 122 26 88 167 6 1.556 10.0 4.0 7.7 1.90 1.2 40
1967 26 11 10 .524 3.88 190.0 180 91 82 15 61 162 8 1.268 8.5 2.9 7.7 2.66 0.7 31
1968 27 10 12 .455 4.37 206.0 202 111 100 26 74 184 12 1.340 8.8 3.2 8.0 2.49 1.1 39
1969 28 17 13 .567 3.42 271.0 219 114 103 23 125 262 14 1.269 7.3 4.2 8.7 2.10 0.8 37
1970 29 14 15 .483 4.12 262.0 278 133 120 28 111 221 5 1.485 9.5 3.8 7.6 1.99 1.0 40
1971 30 24 16 .600 3.32 363.0 354 149 134 38 97 298 7 1.242 8.8 2.4 7.4 3.07 0.9 45
1972 31 21 14 .600 3.34 318.0 328 131 118 34 86 243 13 1.302 9.3 2.4 6.9 2.83 1.0 41
1973 32 15 17 .469 4.18 293.0 321 151 136 36 81 203 5 1.372 9.9 2.5 6.2 2.51 1.1 42
1974 33 12 19 .387 4.98 284.0 326 174 157 40 82 186 3 1.437 10.3 2.6 5.9 2.27 1.3 41
1975 34 12 13 .480 4.17 229.0 268 118 106 20 66 132 0 1.459 10.5 2.6 5.2 2.00 0.8 32
1976 35 9 10 .474 4.10 180.0 201 91 82 15 57 112 0 1.433 10.1 2.9 5.6 1.96 0.8 31
1978 37 2 1 .667 2.03 31.0 33 8 7 0 12 12 1 1.452 9.6 3.5 3.5 1.00 0.0 20
1979 38 2 3 .400 5.67 46.0 62 32 29 4 23 19 0 1.848 12.1 4.5 3.7 0.83 0.8 27
16 Yrs 189 188 .501 4.03 3461.0 3567 1720 1549 369 1163 2699 97 1.367 9.3 7.0 2.32 1.0 586

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1985 BBWAA (19.7%)
1986 BBWAA (20.2%)
1987 BBWAA (20.3%)
1988 BBWAA (25.5%)
1989 BBWAA (10.5%)
1990 BBWAA ( 6.1%)
1991 BBWAA ( 7.4%)
1992 BBWAA (10.5%)
1993 BBWAA (10.2%)
1994 BBWAA ( 5.0%)
1995 BBWAA ( 5.7%)
1996 BBWAA ( 7.0%)
1997 BBWAA ( 7.2%)
1998 BBWAA ( 8.2%)
1999 BBWAA ( 5.2%)

All-Star Games
1969
1971 *
1972 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1968 AL Babe Ruth Award
1968 ML WS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 AL (23, 1%)
1971 AL (5, 46%)
1972 AL (10, 18%)
0.65 Career Shares (366th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 AL (2, 71%)
1972 AL (3, 22%)
0.93 Career Shares (57th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1971 AL  8.3 (2nd)
1972 AL  6.8 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1970 AL  4.3 (8th)
1971 AL  8.2 (3rd)
1972 AL  7.0 (3rd)
Career  43.7 (112th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1971 AL  2.92 (10th)
1972 AL  2.50 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1964 AL  18 (6th)
1965 AL  15 (8th)
1966 AL  14 (6th)
1967 AL  14 (10th)
1968 AL  17 (6th)
1969 AL  19 (7th)
1971 AL  25 (1st)
1972 AL  22 (3rd)
Career  217 (80th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1964 AL  .667 (7th)
1968 AL  .654 (6th)
1972 AL  .611 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1964 AL  1.121 (8th)
1967 AL  1.083 (6th)
Career  1.227 (203rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 AL  7.603 (9th)
1967 AL  7.279 (9th)
1969 AL  6.862 (4th)
Career  8.326 (247th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 AL  2.471 (10th)
1971 AL  2.202 (8th)
1972 AL  2.035 (7th)
1973 AL  2.304 (5th)
1974 AL  2.279 (8th)
1975 AL  2.393 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 AL  7.448 (6th)
1965 AL  8.348 (3rd)
1966 AL  7.645 (3rd)
1967 AL  7.677 (6th)
1968 AL  8.059 (3rd)
1969 AL  8.690 (2nd)
1970 AL  7.592 (4th)
1971 AL  7.372 (5th)
1972 AL  6.874 (7th)
1974 AL  5.903 (7th)
Career  7.005 (103rd)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  586 (206th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1965 AL  243.7 (7th)
1969 AL  280.7 (5th)
1970 AL  272.7 (6th)
1971 AL  376.0 (1st)
1972 AL  327.3 (3rd)
1973 AL  308.7 (7th)
1974 AL  308.0 (7th)
Career  3,638.3 (59th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1964 AL  192 (5th)
1965 AL  226 (2nd)
1966 AL  173 (8th)
1968 AL  197 (6th)
1969 AL  271 (2nd)
1970 AL  230 (2nd)
1971 AL  308 (1st)
1972 AL  250 (2nd)
1973 AL  214 (5th)
1974 AL  202 (5th)
Career  2,832 (18th)

Games Started s c a p y
1965 AL  37 (3rd)
1966 AL  33 (9th)
1969 AL  36 (9th)
1970 AL  39 (6th)
1971 AL  45 (1st)
1972 AL  41 (2nd)
1973 AL  42 (2nd)
1974 AL  41 (2nd)
Career  496 (48th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1964 AL  12 (6th)
1967 AL  11 (8th)
1969 AL  15 (6th)
1970 AL  13 (7th)
1971 AL  29 (1st)
1972 AL  23 (2nd)
1974 AL  27 (3rd)
1975 AL  19 (6th)
Career  195 (146th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1964 AL  6 (4th)
1965 AL  3 (6th)
1967 AL  6 (1st)
1968 AL  4 (9th)
1970 AL  3 (6th)
1971 AL  4 (7th)
1972 AL  4 (9th)
Career  41 (41st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1965 AL  23 (9th)
1966 AL  24 (7th)
1968 AL  23 (4th)
1970 AL  27 (9th)
1971 AL  36 (2nd)
1972 AL  29 (1st)
1973 AL  35 (2nd)
1974 AL  38 (1st)
Career  347 (28th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1966 AL  83 (6th)
1969 AL  122 (2nd)
1970 AL  109 (2nd)
1971 AL  92 (9th)
Career  1,099 (76th)

Hits s c a p y
1965 AL  216 (8th)
1966 AL  204 (9th)
1970 AL  272 (3rd)
1971 AL  336 (1st)
1972 AL  282 (2nd)
1973 AL  315 (2nd)
1974 AL  310 (2nd)
1975 AL  260 (9th)
Career  3,366 (81st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1964 AL  3.000 (3rd)
1965 AL  3.139 (5th)
1967 AL  3.107 (6th)
1968 AL  3.031 (9th)
1969 AL  2.221 (7th)
1971 AL  3.348 (4th)
1972 AL  3.378 (2nd)
1973 AL  2.709 (2nd)
1974 AL  2.590 (4th)
1975 AL  2.172 (6th)
1976 NL  2.308 (10th)
Career  2.577 (75th)

Losses s c a p y
1966 AL  14 (4th)
1970 AL  19 (1st)
1974 AL  21 (1st)
1975 AL  18 (2nd)
Career  191 (52nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1965 AL  93 (5th)
1966 AL  108 (2nd)
1968 AL  78 (6th)
1969 AL  98 (8th)
1970 AL  115 (1st)
1971 AL  122 (2nd)
1972 AL  91 (5th)
1973 AL  131 (3rd)
1974 AL  142 (1st)
Career  1,390 (59th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1963 AL  8 (7th)
1966 AL  11 (5th)
1969 AL  14 (5th)
1970 AL  14 (4th)
1973 AL  12 (5th)
1974 AL  10 (7th)
1976 NL  11 (7th)
Career  124 (58th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 AL  12 (1st)
1966 AL  6 (6th)
1967 AL  7 (8th)
1968 AL  11 (4th)
1969 AL  14 (2nd)
1971 AL  7 (9th)
1972 AL  11 (3rd)
Career  92 (106th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1965 AL  1,015 (6th)
1969 AL  1,172 (3rd)
1970 AL  1,181 (5th)
1971 AL  1,538 (1st)
1972 AL  1,321 (3rd)
1973 AL  1,286 (7th)
1974 AL  1,263 (5th)
Career  15,140 (63rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1971 AL  125 (7th)
1972 AL  127 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1971 AL  30 (3rd)
1972 AL  25 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1971 AL  3.4 (3rd)
1972 AL  3.0 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1967 AL  17.47 (5th)
1971 AL  35.06 (3rd)
1972 AL  28.24 (5th)
Career  83.80 (180th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1971 AL  3.7 (6th)
1972 AL  3.9 (4th)
Career  8.5 (239th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1967 AL  2.1 (7th)
1971 AL  2.4 (6th)
Career  7.5 (215th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1967 AL  2.0 (5th)
1971 AL  3.9 (3rd)
1972 AL  3.3 (5th)
Career  9.8 (160th)

Oldest s c a p y
1979 NL  born 1940-09-12 (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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 15 (149), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 159 (84), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 98 (96), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 37 (90), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Jerry Reuss (933)
  4. Rick Reuschel (917)
  5. Luis Tiant (913)
  6. Billy Pierce (902)
  7. Curt Simmons (901)
  8. Jim Perry (891)
  9. Vida Blue (891)
  10. Joe Niekro (890)
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  3. Cole Hamels (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim O'Toole (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Johnny Podres (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Johnny Podres (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ray Culp (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. John Smoltz (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Fernando Valenzuela (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Steve Carlton (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Don Sutton (935) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bert Blyleven (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bert Blyleven (929) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Frank Tanana (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Frank Tanana (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jim Bunning (931) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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