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Gary Lucas
Gary Paul Lucas
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 8, 1954 in Riverside, CA
Schools: Chapman University
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 19th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1980
Final Game: October 3, 1987
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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
1980 25 SDP NL 5 8 .385 3.24 46 18 14 0 0 3 150.0 138 59 54 8 43 14 85 1 2 6 614 106 1.207 8.3 0.5 2.6 5.1 1.98
1981 26 SDP NL 7 7 .500 2.00 57 0 40 0 0 13 90.0 78 26 20 1 36 15 53 3 1 1 369 164 1.267 7.8 0.1 3.6 5.3 1.47
1982 27 SDP NL 1 10 .091 3.24 65 0 39 0 0 16 97.1 89 42 35 5 29 7 64 1 0 1 407 107 1.212 8.2 0.5 2.7 5.9 2.21
1983 28 SDP NL 5 8 .385 2.87 62 0 41 0 0 17 91.0 85 38 29 9 34 11 60 0 0 1 391 123 1.308 8.4 0.9 3.4 5.9 1.76
1984 29 MON NL 0 3 .000 2.72 55 0 22 0 0 8 53.0 54 20 16 4 20 5 42 0 1 2 225 127 1.396 9.2 0.7 3.4 7.1 2.10
1985 30 MON NL 6 2 .750 3.19 49 0 18 0 0 1 67.2 63 29 24 6 24 8 31 0 0 5 284 107 1.286 8.4 0.8 3.2 4.1 1.29
1986 31 CAL AL 4 1 .800 3.15 27 0 11 0 0 2 45.2 45 19 16 1 6 0 31 0 0 5 185 131 1.117 8.9 0.2 1.2 6.1 5.17
1987 32 CAL AL 1 5 .167 3.63 48 0 21 0 0 3 74.1 66 41 30 7 35 5 44 2 1 3 320 119 1.359 8.0 0.8 4.2 5.3 1.26
8 Seasons 29 44 .397 3.01 409 18 206 0 0 63 669.0 618 274 224 41 227 65 410 7 5 24 2795 119 1.263 8.3 0.6 3.1 5.5 1.81
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .397 3.01 65 3 33 0 0 10 107 98 44 36 7 36 10 65 1 1 4 445 119 1.263 8.3 0.6 3.1 5.5 1.81
SDP (4 yrs) 18 33 .353 2.90 230 18 134 0 0 49 428.1 390 165 138 23 142 47 262 5 3 9 1781 118 1.242 8.2 0.5 3.0 5.5 1.85
CAL (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 3.45 75 0 32 0 0 5 120.0 111 60 46 8 41 5 75 2 1 8 505 124 1.267 8.3 0.6 3.1 5.6 1.83
MON (2 yrs) 6 5 .545 2.98 104 0 40 0 0 9 120.2 117 49 40 10 44 13 73 0 1 7 509 115 1.334 8.7 0.7 3.3 5.4 1.66
NL (6 yrs) 24 38 .387 2.92 334 18 174 0 0 58 549.0 507 214 178 33 186 60 335 5 4 16 2290 117 1.262 8.3 0.5 3.0 5.5 1.80
AL (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 3.45 75 0 32 0 0 5 120.0 111 60 46 8 41 5 75 2 1 8 505 124 1.267 8.3 0.6 3.1 5.6 1.83

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
1986 31 CAL AL ALCS L BOS 0 0 11.57 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 12 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00
1 ALCS 0 0 11.57 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 12 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00
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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
1980 25 SDP NL 46 43 35 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .171 .194 .171 .366 6 6 0 0 7 0 0 1
1981 26 SDP NL 57 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -41 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1982 27 SDP NL 65 18 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .000 .067 .000 .067 -79 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
1983 28 SDP NL 62 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 29 MON NL 55 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 30 MON NL 49 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons 334 94 80 2 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 32 .088 .110 .088 .197 -43 7 0 0 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 46 39 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 16 .088 .110 .088 .197 -43 3 0 0 6 0 0
SDP (4 yrs) 230 85 71 2 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 26 .099 .123 .099 .222 -36 7 0 0 12 0 0
MON (2 yrs) 104 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 SDP NL 25 P 46 18 150.0 32 9 23 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.92 0.70 .950 1.91 0.69
1981 SDP NL 26 P 57 0 90.0 20 5 15 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.00 0.35 .955 1.97 0.68
1982 SDP NL 27 P 65 0 97.1 25 6 19 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.31 0.38 .948 1.96 0.70
1983 SDP NL 28 P 62 0 91.0 18 5 10 3 1 .833 0.0 0.0 1.48 0.24 .956 1.92 0.68
1984 MON NL 29 P 55 0 53.0 17 2 15 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.89 0.31 .953 1.88 0.67
1985 MON NL 30 P 49 0 67.2 13 2 11 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.73 0.27 .954 1.92 0.68
1986 CAL AL 31 P 27 0 45.2 15 6 9 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.96 0.56 .953 1.83 0.68
1987 CAL AL 32 P 48 0 74.1 22 3 17 2 1 .909 0.0 0.0 2.42 0.42 .959 1.84 0.67
8 Seasons P 409 18 669.0 162 38 119 5 8 .969 0.0 0.0 2.11 0.38 .953 1.91 0.68
8 Seasons TOT 409 18 669.0 162 38 119 5 8 .969 0.0 0.0 2.11 0.38 .922 1.91 0.68

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1981 NL--57--1st

Saves s c a p y
1981 NL--13--5th
1982 NL--16--9th
Career--63--195th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 NL--3--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1981 NL--40--2nd
1982 NL--39--9th
1983 NL--41--10th
Career--206--208th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (822), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 7 (1718), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1082), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (650), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Craig Lefferts (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Norm Charlton (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

January 10, 1973: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 19th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

December 7, 1983: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the San Diego Padres to the Montreal Expos. The Montreal Expos sent Al Newman to the San Diego Padres. The Montreal Expos sent Scott Sanderson to the Chicago Cubs. The Chicago Cubs sent Fritzie Connally, Craig Lefferts and Carmelo Martinez to the San Diego Padres.

December 27, 1985: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the California Angels for Tim Arnold (minors) and Luis Sanchez.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Montreal Expos$513,500
1986California Angels$500,000
1987California Angels$662,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,675,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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