Jon Matlack
Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 19, 1950 in West Chester, PA
High School: West Chester (West Chester, PA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 1971
Final Game: September 15, 1983
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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
1971 21 NYM NL 0 3 .000 4.14 7 6 1 0 0 0 37.0 31 18 17 2 15 0 24 0 0 3 153 82 1.243 7.5 0.5 3.6 5.8 1.60
1972 22 NYM NL 15 10 .600 2.32 34 32 1 8 4 0 244.0 215 79 63 14 71 14 169 2 1 7 1003 144 1.172 7.9 0.5 2.6 6.2 2.38 RoY-1
1973 23 NYM NL 14 16 .467 3.20 34 34 0 14 3 0 242.0 210 93 86 16 99 14 205 2 0 6 1011 114 1.277 7.8 0.6 3.7 7.6 2.07
1974 24 NYM NL 13 15 .464 2.41 34 34 0 14 7 0 265.1 221 82 71 8 76 11 195 5 1 4 1076 149 1.119 7.5 0.3 2.6 6.6 2.57 AS
1975 25 NYM NL 16 12 .571 3.38 33 32 0 8 3 0 228.2 224 105 86 15 58 6 154 1 1 7 954 102 1.233 8.8 0.6 2.3 6.1 2.66 AS
1976 26 NYM NL 17 10 .630 2.95 35 35 0 16 6 0 262.0 236 94 86 18 57 5 153 3 3 13 1054 112 1.118 8.1 0.6 2.0 5.3 2.68 AS,CYA-6
1977 27 NYM NL 7 15 .318 4.21 26 26 0 5 3 0 169.0 175 86 79 19 43 7 123 2 2 2 702 88 1.290 9.3 1.0 2.3 6.6 2.86
1978 28 TEX AL 15 13 .536 2.27 35 33 2 18 2 1 270.0 252 93 68 14 51 4 157 4 0 8 1097 167 1.122 8.4 0.5 1.7 5.2 3.08
1979 29 TEX AL 5 4 .556 4.13 13 13 0 2 0 0 85.0 98 43 39 9 15 1 35 1 0 1 355 100 1.329 10.4 1.0 1.6 3.7 2.33
1980 30 TEX AL 10 10 .500 3.68 35 34 1 8 1 1 234.2 265 111 96 17 48 1 142 0 0 9 985 105 1.334 10.2 0.7 1.8 5.4 2.96
1981 31 TEX AL 4 7 .364 4.14 17 16 0 1 1 0 104.1 101 59 48 8 41 1 43 1 0 2 447 83 1.361 8.7 0.7 3.5 3.7 1.05
1982 32 TEX AL 7 7 .500 3.53 33 14 11 1 0 1 147.2 158 64 58 14 37 4 78 2 1 2 622 110 1.321 9.6 0.9 2.3 4.8 2.11
1983 33 TEX AL 2 4 .333 4.66 25 9 7 2 0 0 73.1 90 43 38 7 27 1 38 3 0 4 330 86 1.595 11.0 0.9 3.3 4.7 1.41
13 Seasons 125 126 .498 3.18 361 318 23 97 30 3 2363.0 2276 970 835 161 638 69 1516 26 9 68 9789 114 1.233 8.7 0.6 2.4 5.8 2.38
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .498 3.18 36 32 2 10 3 0 237 228 97 84 16 64 7 152 3 1 7 980 114 1.233 8.7 0.6 2.4 5.8 2.38
NYM (7 yrs) 82 81 .503 3.03 203 199 2 65 26 0 1448.0 1312 557 488 92 419 57 1023 15 8 42 5953 115 1.195 8.2 0.6 2.6 6.4 2.44
TEX (6 yrs) 43 45 .489 3.41 158 119 21 32 4 3 915.0 964 413 347 69 219 12 493 11 1 26 3836 112 1.293 9.5 0.7 2.2 4.8 2.25
NL (7 yrs) 82 81 .503 3.03 203 199 2 65 26 0 1448.0 1312 557 488 92 419 57 1023 15 8 42 5953 115 1.195 8.2 0.6 2.6 6.4 2.44
AL (6 yrs) 43 45 .489 3.41 158 119 21 32 4 3 915.0 964 413 347 69 219 12 493 11 1 26 3836 112 1.293 9.5 0.7 2.2 4.8 2.25

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
1973 23 NYM NL NLCS W CIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 31 0.556 2.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1973 23 NYM NL WS L OAK 1 2 .333 2.16 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 10 7 4 2 5 0 11 1 0 0 67 0.900 5.4 1.1 2.7 5.9 2.20
1 Season (2 Series) 2 2 .500 1.40 4 4 0 1 1 0 25.2 12 7 4 2 8 0 20 1 0 0 98 0.779 4.2 0.7 2.8 7.0 2.50
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 31 0.556 2.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1 WS 1 2 .333 2.16 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 10 7 4 2 5 0 11 1 0 0 67 0.900 5.4 1.1 2.7 5.9 2.20

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1974 NYM NL 24 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1975 NYM NL 25 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1976 NYM NL 26
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 12 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 4.00

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
1971 21 NYM NL 7 153 136 18 31 5 3 2 3 1 15 24 .228 .303 .353 .656 .261 48 4 0 1 1 0
1972 22 NYM NL 34 1003 918 79 215 37 6 14 10 7 71 169 .234 .289 .333 .623 .272 306 13 2 8 4 14
1973 23 NYM NL 34 1011 891 93 210 35 1 16 23 13 99 205 .236 .312 .331 .643 .287 295 18 2 14 5 14
1974 24 NYM NL 34 1076 980 82 221 28 5 8 23 11 76 195 .226 .283 .289 .572 .272 283 18 5 8 7 11
1975 25 NYM NL 33 954 883 105 224 35 2 15 13 5 58 154 .254 .299 .349 .648 .291 308 22 1 7 5 6
1976 26 NYM NL 35 1054 976 94 236 32 6 18 22 7 57 153 .242 .284 .342 .626 .269 334 23 3 12 6 5
1977 27 NYM NL 26 702 641 86 175 21 5 19 13 11 43 123 .273 .317 .410 .727 .308 263 17 2 8 8 7
1978 28 TEX AL 35 1097 1027 93 252 31 7 14 16 13 51 157 .245 .283 .330 .613 .277 339 14 4 12 3 4
1979 29 TEX AL 13 355 335 43 98 19 2 9 8 4 15 35 .293 .323 .442 .765 .304 148 11 1 2 2 1
1980 30 TEX AL 35 985 922 111 265 45 3 17 22 11 48 142 .287 .321 .398 .719 .322 367 24 0 9 6 1
1981 31 TEX AL 17 447 391 59 101 17 1 8 5 5 41 43 .258 .326 .368 .694 .269 144 11 1 8 6 1
1982 32 TEX AL 33 622 575 64 158 32 2 14 10 4 37 78 .275 .319 .410 .730 .296 236 15 2 5 3 4
1983 33 TEX AL 25 330 293 43 90 13 6 7 4 0 27 38 .307 .366 .464 .830 .328 136 8 3 2 5 1
13 Seasons 361 9789 8968 970 2276 350 49 161 172 92 638 1516 .254 .303 .358 .661 .288 3207 198 26 96 61 69
162 Game Avg. 36 980 898 97 228 35 5 16 17 9 64 152 .254 .303 .358 .661 .288 321 20 3 10 6 7
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
1971 21 NYM NL 7 6 0 3 3 0 0 2 4 .333 0 1 0 0 2 33% 52 70 35 5 2 1 4 3.7 3.7 6.0
1972 22 NYM NL 34 32 14 10 8 1 7 18 14 .563 1 2 8 4 27 84% 60 86 23 16 8 5 6 3.4 3.1 7.4
1973 23 NYM NL 34 34 14 16 4 1 7 15 19 .441 2 4 14 3 21 62% 58 90 21 17 10 4 9 3.2 3.1 7.1
1974 24 NYM NL 34 34 13 15 6 0 9 15 19 .441 2 4 14 7 27 79% 62 89 29 8 4 4 10 3.2 2.8 7.8
1975 25 NYM NL 33 32 16 12 4 3 4 17 15 .531 0 4 8 3 21 66% 55 86 19 23 4 6 6 4.1 4.4 7.1
1976 26 NYM NL 35 35 17 10 8 2 5 20 15 .571 1 5 16 6 24 69% 58 86 13 12 4 0 6 4.7 4.5 7.5
1977 27 NYM NL 26 26 7 15 4 2 5 9 17 .346 2 2 5 3 12 46% 51 84 7 18 6 1 10 3.3 3.2 6.5
1978 28 TEX AL 35 33 15 13 5 0 7 18 15 .545 1 1 18 2 27 82% 60 87 13 18 6 8 9 3.0 3.0 8.0
1979 29 TEX AL 13 13 5 4 4 1 0 5 8 .385 3 1 2 0 7 54% 49 80 20 13 6 0 2 4.2 4.6 6.5
1980 30 TEX AL 35 34 10 10 14 1 3 17 16 .515 7 4 8 1 20 59% 51 86 13 30 12 3 11 4.2 3.8 6.8
1981 31 TEX AL 17 16 4 7 5 2 2 5 11 .313 3 1 1 1 6 38% 48 81 28 23 8 0 9 4.3 4.2 6.4
1982 32 TEX AL 33 14 5 5 4 2 2 8 6 .571 1 2 1 0 7 50% 53 80 33 20 5 1 7 3.5 3.5 6.4
1983 33 TEX AL 25 9 2 3 4 0 2 4 5 .444 1 2 2 0 5 56% 46 63 21 19 3 1 5 3.6 3.0 5.3
13 Seasons 361 318 122 123 73 15 53 153 164 .483 24 33 97 30 206 65% 56 90 7 222 78 34 94 3.7 3.6 7.1
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
1971 21 NYM NL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.072 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1972 22 NYM NL 34 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.149 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 9.0
1975 25 NYM NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 8 0.967 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1978 28 TEX AL 35 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 1 33% 6 1.105 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 9.5
1980 30 TEX AL 35 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 1.010 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
1981 31 TEX AL 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1.002 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
1982 32 TEX AL 33 19 11 2 2 2 1 1 50% 3 1 23 6 26% 4 0.875 5 2 12 4 1 14 14 5 15 2 16 1 9.1
1983 33 TEX AL 25 16 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 18 3 17% 8 0.933 5 2 9 3 3 10 10 6 9 3 9 0 4.9
8 Seasons 219 43 23 3 3 4 3 1 75% 7 3 50 14 28% 1.028 13 7 23 9 5 29 29 14 30 6 31 1 7.1

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%
1971 21 NYM NL 153 82% 1.3% 15.7% 9.8% 6.5% 32% 0.78 73% 26 4 15%
1972 22 NYM NL 1003 86% 1.4% 16.9% 7.1% 5.7% 27% 1.00 74% 175 13 7%
1973 23 NYM NL 1011 81% 1.6% 20.3% 9.8% 5.1% 25% 1.03 67% 180 18 10%
1974 24 NYM NL 1076 84% 0.7% 18.1% 7.1% 3.8% 19% 1.12 73% 187 18 10%
1975 25 NYM NL 954 82% 1.6% 16.1% 6.1% 5.5% 23% 1.13 75% 170 22 13%
1976 26 NYM NL 1054 85% 1.7% 14.5% 5.4% 5.3% 24% 1.20 77% 159 23 14%
1977 27 NYM NL 702 81% 2.7% 17.5% 6.1% 6.4% 26% 0.94 72% 125 17 14%
1978 28 TEX AL 1097 75% 1.3% 14.3% 4.7% 4.7% 21% 1.05 78% 180 14 8%
1979 29 TEX AL 355 86% 2.5% 9.9% 4.2% 8.5% 31% 1.34 83% 67 11 16%
1980 30 TEX AL 985 81% 1.7% 14.4% 4.9% 6.6% 25% 1.16 78% 160 24 15%
1981 31 TEX AL 447 79% 1.8% 9.6% 9.2% 5.8% 26% 1.76 77% 101 11 11%
1982 32 TEX AL 622 76% 2.3% 12.5% 6.0% 7.7% 30% 1.08 78% 107 15 14%
1983 33 TEX AL 330 83% 2.1% 11.5% 8.2% 7.9% 29% 1.01 77% 68 8 12%
13 Seasons 9789 82% 1.6% 15.5% 6.5% 5.7% 25% 1.11 75% 1705 198 12%
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
1971 21 NYM NL 153 31 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 7 4 1 57% 1 3 1 50 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
1972 22 NYM NL 1003 215 14 0 18 14 0 7 7 44 18 10 41% 14 7 2 358 10 7 59% 8 6 2 0 0 1 5 2 15 0
1973 23 NYM NL 1011 210 16 1 19 13 3 6 10 36 14 6 39% 9 6 1 381 23 13 64% 21 10 2 1 0 2 6 4 16 0
1974 24 NYM NL 1076 221 8 0 19 8 0 4 4 52 26 6 50% 12 4 4 368 23 11 68% 21 9 2 2 0 0 7 7 24 0
1975 25 NYM NL 954 224 15 1 11 14 1 7 8 28 15 9 54% 23 7 0 355 13 5 72% 12 3 1 1 0 1 3 2 18 0
1976 26 NYM NL 1054 236 18 1 9 15 3 2 16 48 21 13 44% 12 13 3 355 22 7 76% 19 6 3 1 0 0 6 3 29 0
1977 27 NYM NL 702 175 19 0 12 15 4 5 14 44 20 7 45% 10 2 0 221 13 11 54% 8 11 5 0 0 0 11 7 12 0
1978 28 TEX AL 1097 252 14 1 14 11 3 10 4 47 26 7 55% 20 8 4 386 16 13 55% 15 13 1 0 0 0 12 6 17 0
1979 29 TEX AL 355 98 9 0 1 8 1 4 5 13 7 0 54% 3 1 2 131 8 4 67% 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 2 8 0
1980 30 TEX AL 985 265 17 0 12 13 4 6 11 42 21 3 50% 12 9 3 355 22 11 67% 19 10 3 0 0 1 9 6 19 0
1981 31 TEX AL 447 101 8 0 11 4 4 3 5 28 17 1 61% 12 2 0 171 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 8 0
1982 32 TEX AL 622 158 14 0 11 10 4 7 7 16 11 2 69% 8 2 0 231 10 4 71% 8 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 8 0
1983 33 TEX AL 330 90 7 0 12 5 2 1 6 26 15 3 58% 2 4 0 124 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
13 Seasons 9789 2276 161 4 152 132 29 63 98 431 215 68 50% 138 68 20 3486 172 92 65% 148 82 23 5 1 5 72 45 191 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+
1971 21 0 3 .000 4.14 7 6 1 0 0 0 37.0 31 18 17 2 15 0 24 0 0 3 153 82 1.243 7.5 0.5 3.6 5.8 1.60 82
1972 22 15 13 .536 2.56 41 38 2 8 4 0 281.0 246 97 80 16 86 14 193 2 1 10 1156 131 1.181 7.9 0.5 2.8 6.2 2.24 131
1973 23 29 29 .500 2.86 75 72 2 22 7 0 523.0 456 190 166 32 185 28 398 4 1 16 2167 122 1.226 7.8 0.6 3.2 6.8 2.15 122
1974 24 42 44 .488 2.71 109 106 2 36 14 0 788.1 677 272 237 40 261 39 593 9 2 20 3243 130 1.190 7.7 0.5 3.0 6.8 2.27 130
1975 25 58 56 .509 2.86 142 138 2 44 17 0 1017.0 901 377 323 55 319 45 747 10 3 27 4197 123 1.200 8.0 0.5 2.8 6.6 2.34 123
1976 26 75 66 .532 2.88 177 173 2 60 23 0 1279.0 1137 471 409 73 376 50 900 13 6 40 5251 120 1.183 8.0 0.5 2.6 6.3 2.39 120
1977 27 82 81 .503 3.03 203 199 2 65 26 0 1448.0 1312 557 488 92 419 57 1023 15 8 42 5953 115 1.195 8.2 0.6 2.6 6.4 2.44 115
1978 28 97 94 .508 2.91 238 232 4 83 28 1 1718.0 1564 650 556 106 470 61 1180 19 8 50 7050 121 1.184 8.2 0.6 2.5 6.2 2.51 121
1979 29 102 98 .510 2.97 251 245 4 85 28 1 1803.0 1662 693 595 115 485 62 1215 20 8 51 7405 120 1.191 8.3 0.6 2.4 6.1 2.51 120
1980 30 112 108 .509 3.05 286 279 5 93 29 2 2037.2 1927 804 691 132 533 63 1357 20 8 60 8390 118 1.207 8.5 0.6 2.4 6.0 2.55 118
1981 31 116 115 .502 3.11 303 295 5 94 30 2 2142.0 2028 863 739 140 574 64 1400 21 8 62 8837 116 1.215 8.5 0.6 2.4 5.9 2.44 116
1982 32 123 122 .502 3.13 336 309 16 95 30 3 2289.2 2186 927 797 154 611 68 1478 23 9 64 9459 115 1.222 8.6 0.6 2.4 5.8 2.42 115
1983 33 125 126 .498 3.18 361 318 23 97 30 3 2363.0 2276 970 835 161 638 69 1516 26 9 68 9789 114 1.233 8.7 0.6 2.4 5.8 2.38 114

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
1971 21 1 2 .333 5.29 34.0 34 22 20 2 16 22 0 1.471 9.0 4.2 5.8 1.38 0.5 7
1972 22 17 9 .654 2.84 241.0 243 84 76 16 80 167 2 1.340 9.1 3.0 6.2 2.09 0.6 34
1973 23 14 11 .560 3.66 229.0 218 103 93 17 103 194 2 1.402 8.6 4.0 7.6 1.88 0.7 34
1974 24 19 9 .679 2.73 254.0 229 86 77 8 79 187 5 1.213 8.1 2.8 6.6 2.37 0.3 34
1975 25 12 12 .500 4.02 217.0 239 108 97 16 62 146 1 1.387 9.9 2.6 6.1 2.35 0.7 33
1976 26 14 13 .519 3.76 244.0 256 113 102 20 62 142 3 1.303 9.4 2.3 5.2 2.29 0.7 35
1977 27 7 10 .412 4.70 159.0 180 92 83 20 44 116 2 1.409 10.2 2.5 6.6 2.64 1.1 26
1978 28 19 9 .679 2.66 257.0 267 84 76 15 54 149 4 1.249 9.4 1.9 5.2 2.76 0.5 35
1979 29 4 4 .500 4.50 80.0 100 44 40 9 15 33 1 1.438 11.3 1.7 3.7 2.20 1.0 13
1980 30 11 13 .458 4.30 220.0 276 117 105 18 50 133 0 1.482 11.3 2.0 5.4 2.66 0.7 35
1981 31 5 11 .313 5.49 146.0 169 99 89 13 69 60 2 1.630 10.4 4.3 3.7 0.87 0.8 17
1982 32 7 8 .467 4.17 138.0 166 71 64 15 39 73 2 1.486 10.8 2.5 4.8 1.87 1.0 33
1983 33 2 5 .286 5.35 69.0 93 46 41 7 28 36 3 1.754 12.1 3.7 4.7 1.29 0.9 25
13 Seasons 132 116 .532 3.79 2288.0 2470 1069 963 176 701 1458 27 1.386 9.7 5.7 2.08 0.7 361

* 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

All-Star Games
1974 *
1975 *
1976

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1972-NL-Rookie of the Year
1975-ML-AS MVP

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1976-NL--6--4%
0.04 Career Shares (213th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1972 NL--2.324--4th
1974 NL--2.408--3rd
1976 NL--2.954--10th
1978 AL--2.267--2nd
Career--3.180--239th

Wins s c a p y
1975 NL--16--7th
1976 NL--17--7th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1976 NL--.630--9th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1974 NL--1.119--3rd
1976 NL--1.118--6th
1978 AL--1.122--5th
Career--1.233--214th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL--7.496--6th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL--2.578--7th
1975 NL--2.283--7th
1976 NL--1.958--4th
1977 NL--2.290--7th
1978 AL--1.700--4th
1980 AL--1.841--1st

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 NL--7.624--3rd
1974 NL--6.614--8th
1975 NL--6.061--10th
1977 NL--6.550--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1974 NL--265.3--7th
1976 NL--262.0--6th
1978 AL--270.0--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1972 NL--169--10th
1973 NL--205--3rd
1974 NL--195--4th
1975 NL--154--10th
1976 NL--153--8th
1978 AL--157--6th
1980 AL--142--10th
Career--1516--160th

Games Started s c a p y
1976 NL--35--9th
1980 AL--34--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1973 NL--14--4th
1974 NL--14--5th
1976 NL--16--3rd
1978 AL--18--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1972 NL--4--6th
1973 NL--3--7th
1974 NL--7--1st
1975 NL--3--10th
1976 NL--6--1st
1977 NL--3--4th
Career--30--110th

Home Runs s c a p y
1976 NL--18--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 NL--99--8th

Hits s c a p y
1976 NL--236--8th
1978 AL--252--10th
1980 AL--265--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1974 NL--2.566--2nd
1975 NL--2.655--3rd
1976 NL--2.684--5th
1977 NL--2.861--2nd
1978 AL--3.078--3rd
1980 AL--2.958--2nd
Career--2.376--115th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 NL--.516--7th
1973 NL--.595--10th
1974 NL--.271--2nd
1978 AL--.467--7th

Losses s c a p y
1973 NL--16--6th
1974 NL--15--7th
1977 NL--15--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1976 NL--13--2nd
1980 AL--9--7th
Career--68--244th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1974 NL--1076--10th
1976 NL--1054--8th
1978 AL--1097--9th
Career--9789--240th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1972 NL--144--4th
1974 NL--149--3rd
1978 AL--167--2nd
Career--114--225th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (554), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 61 (229), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 35 (371), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Tommy John (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tommy John (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tommy John (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Steve Rogers (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tommy John (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Chris Short (944)  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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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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