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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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Padres/Mets 1963-1979

Final Game: September 23, 1979 (Age 39)
Relatives: Cousin of Ron Lolich
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 1:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #43. Billy Pierce… #44. Hippo Vaughn… #45. Red Ruffing… #46. MICKEY LOLICH… #47. Milt Pappas… #48. Mordecai Brown… #49. Jim Bunning… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1963 22 DET AL 33 47 36 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 20 .056 .244 .056 .300 -11 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1964 23 DET AL 44 86 64 9 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 11 32 .109 .260 .109 .369 7 7 1 2 9 0 0 1
1965 24 DET AL 43 91 86 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 37 .058 .080 .058 .138 -60 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
1966 25 DET AL 40 73 64 12 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 28 .141 .225 .172 .397 15 11 2 0 2 0 0 1
1967 26 DET AL 32 75 61 4 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 25 .197 .279 .197 .476 42 12 1 0 7 0 0 1 MVP-23
1968 27 DET AL 41 80 70 5 8 3 0 0 3 0 1 6 25 .114 .184 .157 .341 3 11 3 0 4 0 0 1
1969 28 DET AL 38 113 91 6 8 0 1 0 5 0 0 9 41 .088 .168 .110 .278 -22 10 1 0 12 1 0 1 AS
1970 29 DET AL 42 101 82 4 11 0 0 0 3 1 0 12 29 .134 .245 .134 .379 7 11 3 0 7 0 0 1
1971 30 DET AL 45 148 115 9 15 2 0 0 7 0 0 16 55 .130 .242 .148 .390 11 17 4 1 16 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1972 31 DET AL 41 121 89 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 39 .067 .245 .067 .313 -4 6 3 1 11 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1973 32 DET AL 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 33 DET AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 34 DET AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 35 NYM NL 31 71 54 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 25 .130 .217 .130 .346 4 7 2 1 11 0 0 1
1978 37 SDP NL 20 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 38 SDP NL 27 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -56 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
16 Yrs 592 1017 821 63 90 5 2 0 31 1 1 105 362 .110 .215 .121 .335 -2 99 20 5 85 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 278 225 17 25 1 1 0 8 0 0 29 99 .110 .215 .121 .335 -2 27 5 1 23 0 0
DET (13 yrs) 514 935 758 58 83 5 2 0 30 1 1 99 331 .109 .216 .121 .337 -2 92 18 4 73 1 0
SDP (2 yrs) 47 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 1 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 31 71 54 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 25 .130 .217 .130 .346 4 7 2 1 11 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 514 935 758 58 83 5 2 0 30 1 1 99 331 .109 .216 .121 .337 -2 92 18 4 73 1 0
NL (3 yrs) 78 82 63 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 31 .111 .200 .111 .311 -7 7 2 1 12 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1963 22 DET AL 33 47 -5 0 0 0 5 0 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 2 1
1964 23 DET AL 44 86 -6 -1 0 0 10 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 -0.1 5 1
1965 24 DET AL 43 91 -17 -0 1 0 11 -6 -0.8 2 -4 -0.8 .483 .495 -0.7 -0.0 -4 $18,000 1
1966 25 DET AL 40 73 -6 1 0 0 8 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 -0.1 5 $23,000 1
1967 26 DET AL 32 75 -3 -0 0 0 8 5 0.6 2 8 0.6 .520 .504 0.6 -0.0 8 $20,000 1 MVP-23
1968 27 DET AL 41 80 -7 0 -0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 3 $25,000 1
1969 28 DET AL 38 113 -16 0 0 0 13 -3 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 -0.0 0 1 AS
1970 29 DET AL 42 101 -10 0 -0 0 12 2 0.2 3 6 0.2 .506 .502 0.2 -0.0 6 $60,000 1
1971 30 DET AL 45 148 -14 -1 -1 0 16 1 0.1 5 6 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 6 $58,000 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1972 31 DET AL 41 121 -12 -2 -0 0 12 -2 -0.2 4 2 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 2 $80,000 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1973 32 DET AL 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $100,000 1
1974 33 DET AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $100,000 1
1975 34 DET AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $95,000 1
1976 35 NYM NL 31 71 -7 -1 -0 0 8 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $125,000 1
1978 37 SDP NL 20 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 1
1979 38 SDP NL 27 8 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 1
16 Seasons 592 1017 -105 -3 -0 0 112 4 0.2 30 34 0.3 .501 .500 0.4 -0.1 34 $704,000
DET (13 yrs) 514 935 -96 -3 -0 0 103 4 0.3 28 32 0.4 .501 .500 0.5 -0.1 32 $579,000
SDP (2 yrs) 47 11 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1
NYM (1 yr) 31 71 -7 -1 -0 0 8 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $125,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 27 DET AL WS STL W 3 13 12 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 .250 .308 .500 .808 6 0 0 0 0 0
1972 31 DET AL ALCS OAK L 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 5 20 19 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .158 .200 .316 .516 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 13 12 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 .250 .308 .500 .808 6 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1963 DET AL 22 P 33 18 4 144.1 29 4 22 3 1 .897 1.62 0.79 .955 1.99 2.00 2 5 71% 33% 2
1964 DET AL 23 P 44 33 12 232.0 38 7 28 3 0 .921 1.36 0.80 .957 1.90 1.89 2 4 67% 37% 0
1965 DET AL 24 P 43 37 7 243.2 43 11 27 5 2 .884 1.40 0.88 .951 2.04 2.03 9 6 40% 34% 3
1966 DET AL 25 P 40 33 5 203.2 28 4 21 3 1 .893 1.10 0.63 .952 1.99 1.98 13 3 19% 38% 2
1967 DET AL 26 P 31 30 11 204.0 35 10 22 3 1 .914 1.41 1.03 .957 1.96 1.96 9 3 25% 41% 2 MVP-23
1968 DET AL 27 P 39 32 8 220.0 34 5 26 3 0 .912 1.27 0.79 .957 1.89 1.88 8 7 47% 37% 3
1969 DET AL 28 P 37 36 15 280.2 50 5 41 4 1 .920 1.48 1.24 .951 1.88 1.88 24 8 25% 36% 7 AS
1970 DET AL 29 P 40 39 13 272.2 57 9 46 2 1 .965 1.82 1.38 .951 1.86 1.85 10 16 62% 39% 13
1971 DET AL 30 P 45 45 29 376.0 50 9 40 1 2 .980 1.17 1.09 .958 1.98 1.97 18 10 36% 39% 2 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1972 DET AL 31 P 41 41 23 327.1 38 4 32 2 2 .947 0.99 0.88 .950 1.86 1.85 8 8 50% 39% 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1973 DET AL 32 P 42 42 17 308.2 52 11 40 1 3 .981 1.49 1.21 .951 1.86 1.85 19 19 50% 38% 10
1974 DET AL 33 P 41 41 27 308.0 40 9 29 2 1 .950 1.11 0.93 .947 1.81 1.80 16 32 67% 38% 5
1975 DET AL 34 P 32 32 19 240.2 34 2 32 0 0 1.000 1.27 1.06 .940 1.87 1.86 14 16 53% 38% 2
1976 NYM NL 35 P 31 30 5 192.2 42 9 27 6 1 .857 1.68 1.16 .950 1.88 1.87 6 9 60% 33% 5
1978 SDP NL 37 P 20 2 0 34.2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.82 0.35 .951 1.92 1.89 2 2 50% 32% 1
1979 SDP NL 38 P 27 5 0 49.1 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.33 .951 1.81 1.80 1 2 67% 34% 0
16 Seasons P 586 496 195 3638.1 586 100 448 38 16 .935 1.36 0.94 .952 1.91 1.90 161 150 48% 37% 58
16 Seasons TOT 586 496 195 3638.1 586 100 448 38 16 .935 1.36 0.94 .952 1.91 1.90 161 150 48% 37% 58
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (369th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 AL (2, 71%)
1972 AL (3, 23%)
0.94 Career Shares (60th)

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 (110th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  586 (210th)

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 (79th)

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 (109th)

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  124 (7th)
1972 AL  127 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1971 AL  29 (3rd)
1972 AL  25 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1971 AL  3.3 (3rd)
1972 AL  3.0 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1967 AL  17.54 (7th)
1971 AL  34.75 (3rd)
1972 AL  28.24 (5th)
Career  81.27 (185th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1971 AL  3.6 (6th)
1972 AL  3.9 (4th)
Career  8.2 (248th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1967 AL  2.1 (7th)
1971 AL  2.4 (6th)
Career  7.2 (223rd)

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  9.5 (166th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1964 AL  9 (6th)
1969 AL  12 (3rd)
1971 AL  16 (4th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1970 AL  46 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1965 AL  5 (4th)
1976 NL  6 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1975 AL  1.000 (1st)

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 1945-1973, 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 (150), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 159 (85), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 98 (97), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 37 (89), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (117th), 44.0 career WAR/35.7 7yr-peak WAR/39.9 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Jim Bunning (942) *
  2. Jerry Koosman (934)
  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)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Joe Magrane (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dennis Bennett (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Jack Billingham (974)
  2. Preacher Roe (974)
  3. Nolan Ryan (973) *
  4. Ryan Dempster (970)
  5. Bob Veale (968)
  6. Jerry Koosman (966)
  7. Si Johnson (965)
  8. Terry Mulholland (965)
  9. Sandy Koufax (964) *
  10. Bill Monbouquette (964)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ray Culp (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim O'Toole (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bill Monbouquette (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Red Faber (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Billingham (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Billingham (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Billingham (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jack Billingham (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Preacher Roe (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
196524Detroit Tigers$18,0001/22/66 TSN1/23/65 TSN: $16,000
196625Detroit Tigers$23,0001/22/66 TSN
196726Detroit Tigers$20,0001/7/67 TSN
196827Detroit Tigers$25,0001/25/68 TSN
197029Detroit Tigers$60,0003/7/70 TSN
197130Detroit Tigers$58,0003/18/72 TSN
197231Detroit Tigers$80,0003/18/72 TSN
197332Detroit Tigers$100,000TSN, 4/21/73
197433Detroit Tigers$100,0004/6/74 TSN
197534Detroit Tigers$95,0003/1/75 TSN
197635New York Mets$125,0001/10/76 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$704,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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