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Rudy May

Rudolph May

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 18, 1944 in Coffeyville, KS
High School: Castlemont (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1965
Teams (by GP): Angels/Yankees/Orioles/Expos 1965-1983
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: September 21, 1983
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 1:26PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #434. Watty Clark… #435. Mudcat Grant… #436. Brickyard Kennedy… #437. RUDY MAY… #438. Reb Russell… #439. Ben Sanders… #440. Al Downing… 

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
1965 20 CAL AL 4 9 .308 3.92 30 19 3 2 1 0 124.0 111 59 54 7 78 1 76 4 0 9 545 87 1.524 8.1 0.5 5.7 5.5 0.97
1969 24 CAL AL 10 13 .435 3.44 43 25 7 4 0 2 180.1 142 81 69 20 66 5 133 3 4 3 722 100 1.153 7.1 1.0 3.3 6.6 2.02
1970 25 CAL AL 7 13 .350 4.01 38 34 1 2 2 0 208.2 190 102 93 20 81 7 164 3 2 8 874 90 1.299 8.2 0.9 3.5 7.1 2.02
1971 26 CAL AL 11 12 .478 3.02 32 31 1 7 2 0 208.1 160 74 70 12 87 6 156 2 0 0 852 107 1.186 6.9 0.5 3.8 6.7 1.79
1972 27 CAL AL 12 11 .522 2.94 35 30 3 10 3 1 205.1 162 79 67 15 82 6 169 0 0 3 849 100 1.188 7.1 0.7 3.6 7.4 2.06
1973 28 CAL AL 7 17 .292 4.38 34 28 3 10 4 0 185.0 177 101 90 20 80 9 134 3 3 6 797 81 1.389 8.6 1.0 3.9 6.5 1.68
1974 29 TOT AL 8 5 .615 3.18 35 18 5 8 2 2 141.1 104 60 50 7 58 0 102 5 1 6 581 111 1.146 6.6 0.4 3.7 6.5 1.76
1974 29 CAL AL 0 1 .000 7.00 18 3 4 0 0 2 27.0 29 24 21 2 10 0 12 1 0 4 122 49 1.444 9.7 0.7 3.3 4.0 1.20
1974 29 NYY AL 8 4 .667 2.28 17 15 1 8 2 0 114.1 75 36 29 5 48 0 90 4 1 2 459 156 1.076 5.9 0.4 3.8 7.1 1.88
1975 30 NYY AL 14 12 .538 3.06 32 31 0 13 1 0 212.0 179 87 72 9 99 2 145 2 0 5 894 122 1.311 7.6 0.4 4.2 6.2 1.46
1976 31 TOT AL 15 10 .600 3.72 35 32 1 7 2 0 220.1 205 105 91 16 70 5 109 1 0 4 907 90 1.248 8.4 0.7 2.9 4.5 1.56
1976 31 NYY AL 4 3 .571 3.57 11 11 0 2 1 0 68.0 49 32 27 5 28 2 38 1 0 3 270 97 1.132 6.5 0.7 3.7 5.0 1.36
1976 31 BAL AL 11 7 .611 3.78 24 21 1 5 1 0 152.1 156 73 64 11 42 3 71 0 0 1 637 87 1.300 9.2 0.6 2.5 4.2 1.69
1977 32 BAL AL 18 14 .563 3.61 37 37 0 11 4 0 251.2 243 114 101 25 78 2 105 5 0 2 1047 106 1.275 8.7 0.9 2.8 3.8 1.35
1978 33 MON NL 8 10 .444 3.88 27 23 1 4 1 0 144.0 141 73 62 15 42 1 87 6 5 1 613 91 1.271 8.8 0.9 2.6 5.4 2.07
1979 34 MON NL 10 3 .769 2.31 33 7 8 2 1 0 93.2 88 30 24 4 31 4 67 4 2 1 393 160 1.270 8.5 0.4 3.0 6.4 2.16
1980 35 NYY AL 15 5 .750 2.46 41 17 13 3 1 3 175.1 144 56 48 14 39 2 133 0 1 9 690 160 1.044 7.4 0.7 2.0 6.8 3.41
1981 36 NYY AL 6 11 .353 4.14 27 22 1 4 0 1 147.2 137 71 68 10 41 0 79 2 0 6 610 86 1.205 8.3 0.6 2.5 4.8 1.93
1982 37 NYY AL 6 6 .500 2.89 41 6 22 0 0 3 106.0 109 43 34 4 14 5 85 1 0 2 438 138 1.160 9.3 0.3 1.2 7.2 6.07
1983 38 NYY AL 1 5 .167 6.87 15 0 4 0 0 0 18.1 22 15 14 1 12 1 16 1 0 2 90 58 1.855 10.8 0.5 5.9 7.9 1.33
16 Seasons 152 156 .494 3.46 535 360 73 87 24 12 2622.0 2314 1150 1007 199 958 56 1760 42 18 67 10902 102 1.248 7.9 0.7 3.3 6.0 1.84
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .494 3.46 41 27 6 7 2 1 199 176 87 77 15 73 4 134 3 1 5 828 102 1.248 7.9 0.7 3.3 6.0 1.84
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
CAL (7 yrs) 51 76 .402 3.67 230 170 22 35 12 5 1138.2 971 520 464 96 484 34 844 16 9 33 4761 91 1.278 7.7 0.8 3.8 6.7 1.74
NYY (7 yrs) 54 46 .540 3.12 184 102 41 30 5 7 841.2 715 340 292 48 281 12 586 11 2 29 3451 120 1.183 7.6 0.5 3.0 6.3 2.09
MON (2 yrs) 18 13 .581 3.26 60 30 9 6 2 0 237.2 229 103 86 19 73 5 154 10 7 2 1006 110 1.271 8.7 0.7 2.8 5.8 2.11
BAL (2 yrs) 29 21 .580 3.68 61 58 1 16 5 0 404.0 399 187 165 36 120 5 176 5 0 3 1684 99 1.285 8.9 0.8 2.7 3.9 1.47
AL (14 yrs) AL 134 143 .484 3.48 475 330 64 81 22 12 2384.1 2085 1047 921 180 885 51 1606 32 11 65 9896 102 1.246 7.9 0.7 3.3 6.1 1.81
NL (2 yrs) NL 18 13 .581 3.26 60 30 9 6 2 0 237.2 229 103 86 19 73 5 154 10 7 2 1006 110 1.271 8.7 0.7 2.8 5.8 2.11

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1965 20 CAL AL 124.0 19 59 61 2 .9 2 0.2 $
1969 24 CAL AL 180.1 25 81 90 3 1.1 9 0.9 $
1970 25 CAL AL 208.2 34 102 104 8 1.0 2 0.2 $
1971 26 CAL AL 208.1 31 74 98 3 1.1 24 3.0 $
1972 27 CAL AL 205.1 30 79 91 1 1.1 12 1.5 $
1973 28 CAL AL 185.0 28 101 106 -6 1.1 5 0.5 $
1974 29 CAL AL 27.0 3 24 15 -1 1.1 -9 -1.2 $
1974 29 NYY AL 114.1 15 36 60 2 .9 24 2.5 $
1975 30 NYY AL 212.0 31 87 111 6 1.0 24 2.6 $
1976 31 NYY AL 68.0 11 32 31 4 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
1976 31 BAL AL 152.1 21 73 74 2 1.0 1 0.1 $
1977 32 BAL AL 251.2 37 114 133 7 .9 19 2.0 $
1978 33 MON NL 144.0 23 73 65 7 1.1 -8 -1.0 $
1979 34 MON NL 93.2 7 30 49 2 .9 19 1.8 $
1980 35 NYY AL 175.1 17 56 102 -2 1.1 46 5.0 $
1981 36 NYY AL 147.2 22 71 74 3 1.0 3 0.3 $
1982 37 NYY AL 106.0 6 43 65 -5 1.1 22 2.0 $
1983 38 NYY AL 18.1 0 15 11 0 1.5 -4 -0.7 $
16 Seasons 2622.0 360 1150 1340 36 1.0 190 19.6 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
CAL (7 yrs) 1138.2 170 520 565 10 1.1 45 5.1 $
NYY (7 yrs) 841.2 102 340 454 8 1.0 114 11.6 $
MON (2 yrs) 237.2 30 103 114 9 1.0 11 0.8 $
BAL (2 yrs) 404.0 58 187 207 9 .9 20 2.1 $

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
1980 35 NYY AL ALCS L KCR 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 6 3 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 32 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 4.5 1.33
1981 36 NYY AL ALDS W MIL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1981 36 NYY AL ALCS W OAK 0 0 8.10 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 3 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 16 1.800 16.2 0.0 0.0 13.5
1981 36 NYY AL WS L LAD 0 0 2.84 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 23 0.947 7.1 1.4 1.4 7.1 5.00
2 Seasons (4 Series) 0 1 .000 3.66 6 2 1 1 0 0 19.2 18 8 8 1 4 0 15 0 0 0 77 1.119 8.2 0.5 1.8 6.9 3.75
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
2 ALCS 0 1 .000 4.76 2 2 0 1 0 0 11.1 12 6 6 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 48 1.324 9.5 0.0 2.4 7.1 3.00
1 WS 0 0 2.84 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 23 0.947 7.1 1.4 1.4 7.1 5.00

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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
1965 20 CAL AL 30 37 30 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 15 .200 .314 .300 .614 78 9 0 1 2 0 0 1
1969 24 CAL AL 44 54 49 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 .082 .151 .082 .233 -31 4 1 0 1 0 0 1
1970 25 CAL AL 38 76 69 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 31 .087 .135 .116 .251 -29 8 1 0 2 1 0 1
1971 26 CAL AL 32 74 68 2 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 40 .147 .194 .162 .356 5 11 1 0 2 0 0 1
1972 27 CAL AL 35 67 62 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 29 .113 .154 .129 .283 -13 8 1 0 2 0 0 1
1973 28 CAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 TOT AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 CAL AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 NYY AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 30 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 31 TOT AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 31 NYY AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 31 BAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 32 BAL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 33 MON NL 27 52 42 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 19 .143 .200 .190 .390 10 8 0 0 7 0 0 1
1979 34 MON NL 33 23 21 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .143 .182 .143 .325 -9 3 0 1 1 0 0 1
1980 35 NYY AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 36 NYY AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 37 NYY AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 38 NYY AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 536 383 341 12 42 9 0 0 14 0 0 22 164 .123 .180 .150 .330 -4 51 4 2 17 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 116 103 4 13 3 0 0 4 0 0 7 50 .123 .180 .150 .330 -4 15 1 1 5 0 0
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
CAL (7 yrs) 231 308 278 8 33 7 0 0 8 0 0 19 137 .119 .177 .144 .321 -5 40 4 1 9 1 0
NYY (7 yrs) 184 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MON (2 yrs) 60 75 63 4 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 27 .143 .194 .175 .369 4 11 0 1 8 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (14 yrs) 476 308 278 8 33 7 0 0 8 0 0 19 137 .119 .177 .144 .321 -5 40 4 1 9 1 0
NL (2 yrs) 60 75 63 4 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 27 .143 .194 .175 .369 4 11 0 1 8 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1965 20 CAL AL 37 -1 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $6,000 1
1969 24 CAL AL 54 -8 0 -1 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1
1970 25 CAL AL 76 -12 0 0 0 0 7 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1971 26 CAL AL 74 -8 0 -1 1 0 6 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1972 27 CAL AL 67 -8 -1 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1
1978 33 MON NL 52 -5 -1 0 0 0 4 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1979 34 MON NL 23 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
7 Seasons 383 -45 -2 -2 1 0 32 11 -5 -1.2 -5 -0.5 -0.7 $6,000
CAL (5 yrs) 308 -37 -1 -2 1 0 26 9 -4 -1.0 -4 -0.4 -0.6 $6,000
MON (2 yrs) 75 -8 -1 0 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $

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
1981 36 NYY AL WS LAD L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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% PO Awards
1965 CAL AL 20 P 30 124.0 19 4 15 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.63 .951 2.04 2.03
1969 CAL AL 24 P 43 180.1 38 6 26 6 3 .842 1.60 0.74 .951 1.88 1.88
1970 CAL AL 25 P 38 208.2 41 5 33 3 1 .927 1.64 1.00 .951 1.86 1.85
1971 CAL AL 26 P 32 208.1 42 7 31 4 3 .905 1.64 1.19 .958 1.98 1.97
1972 CAL AL 27 P 35 205.1 31 2 24 5 2 .839 1.14 0.74 .950 1.86 1.85
1973 CAL AL 28 P 34 185.0 42 2 39 1 0 .976 1.99 1.21 .951 1.86 1.85
1974 TOT AL 29 P 35 18 8 141.1 23 4 19 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.66 .947 1.81 1.80 4 3 43% 1
1974 CAL AL 29 P 18 3 0 27.0 11 0 11 0 0 1.000 3.67 0.61 .947 1.80 1.80 1 1 50% 1
1974 NYY AL 29 P 17 15 8 114.1 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 0.94 0.71 .947 1.81 1.80 3 2 40% 0
1975 NYY AL 30 P 32 212.0 36 9 25 2 0 .944 1.44 1.06 .940 1.87 1.86
1976 TOT AL 31 P 35 32 7 220.1 49 13 31 5 3 .898 1.80 1.26 .950 1.87 1.88 17 12 41% 0
1976 NYY AL 31 P 11 11 2 68.0 15 4 10 1 1 .933 1.85 1.27 .950 1.87 1.88 7 6 46% 0
1976 BAL AL 31 P 24 21 5 152.1 34 9 21 4 2 .882 1.77 1.25 .950 1.87 1.88 10 6 38% 0
1977 BAL AL 32 P 37 251.2 43 6 33 4 1 .907 1.39 1.05 .948 1.95 1.93
1978 MON NL 33 P 27 144.0 23 5 15 3 2 .870 1.25 0.74 .951 1.91 1.89
1979 MON NL 34 P 33 93.2 21 6 15 0 0 1.000 2.02 0.64 .951 1.80 1.80
1980 NYY AL 35 P 41 175.1 33 5 26 2 2 .939 1.59 0.76 .957 1.85 1.85
1981 NYY AL 36 P 27 147.2 40 11 28 1 0 .975 2.38 1.44 .963 1.98 1.98
1982 NYY AL 37 P 41 106.0 22 2 19 1 1 .955 1.78 0.51 .958 1.80 1.80
1983 NYY AL 38 P 15 18.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.47 0.20 .957 1.82 1.78
16 Seasons P 535 50 15 2622.0 506 87 382 37 18 .927 1.61 0.88 .952 1.89 1.87 21 15 42% 1
16 Seasons TOT 535 50 15 2622.0 506 87 382 37 18 .927 1.61 0.88 .952 1.89 1.87 21 15 42% 1
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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
1989 BBWAA ()

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1980 AL  5.0 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1975 AL  3.06 (8th)
1980 AL  2.46 (1st)

Wins s c a p y
1977 AL  18 (5th)
Career  152 (237th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1980 AL  .750 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1969 AL  1.153 (8th)
1980 AL  1.044 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  7.087 (7th)
1971 AL  6.912 (3rd)
1972 AL  7.101 (9th)
1975 AL  7.599 (8th)
1980 AL  7.392 (2nd)
Career  7.943 (103rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 AL  2.002 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  6.638 (9th)
1970 AL  7.074 (7th)
1971 AL  6.739 (7th)
1972 AL  7.408 (3rd)
1973 AL  6.519 (8th)
1975 AL  6.156 (7th)
1980 AL  6.827 (2nd)
Career  6.041 (230th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1977 AL  251.7 (8th)
Career  2,622.0 (206th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1972 AL  169 (10th)
Career  1,760 (95th)

Games Started s c a p y
1977 AL  37 (5th)
Career  360 (178th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 AL  2 (10th)
1973 AL  4 (4th)
1977 AL  4 (5th)
Career  24 (187th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  25 (7th)
Career  199 (209th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 AL  82 (8th)
1975 AL  99 (7th)
Career  958 (125th)

Hits s c a p y
1977 AL  243 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1980 AL  3.410 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL  0.518 (3rd)
1975 AL  0.382 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1973 AL  17 (5th)
1981 AL  11 (5th)
Career  156 (136th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1981 AL  68 (5th)
Career  1,007 (225th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1965 AL  9 (7th)
1980 AL  9 (7th)
1981 AL  6 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1978 NL  6 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1977 AL  1,047 (8th)
Career  10,902 (216th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1975 AL  122 (8th)
1980 AL  160 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  28 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1980 AL  2.9 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1980 AL  31.86 (5th)
Career  82.90 (215th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1971 AL  2.2 (8th)
1980 AL  3.4 (3rd)
Career  11.6 (118th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1980 AL  3.4 (4th)
Career  9.0 (210th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1969 AL  6 (3rd)
1971 AL  4 (5th)
1976 AL  5 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1983 AL  born 1944-07-18 (8th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 4 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 38 (646), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (573), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (333), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Stan Bahnsen (940)
  2. Bob Knepper (931)
  3. Joe Coleman (930)
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  5. Chris Short (928)
  6. Ray Sadecki (926)
  7. Burt Hooton (925)
  8. Woodie Fryman (918)
  9. Jim Slaton (917)
  10. Steve Rogers (913)
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  3. Marcelino Lopez (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Eric Erickson (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Al Schulz (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Stoneman (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Knepper (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Denny Lemaster (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Denny Lemaster (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Van Mungo (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bill Singer (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Chris Short (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Chris Short (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Stan Bahnsen (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Stan Bahnsen (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196419Philadelphia Phillies$3,900Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196520California Angels$6,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197429New York Yankees$28,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197530New York Yankees$42,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
198035New York Yankees$226,6678/20/81 NY TimesIncl. pro-rated $250K signing bonus, $160K def.
198136New York Yankees$386,6678/20/81 NY TimesIncl. pro-rated $250K signing bonus, $160K def.
198237New York Yankees$386,6678/20/81 NY TimesIncl. pro-rated $250K signing bonus, $160K def.
198338New York Yankees$620,0001/15/84 NYT
198439New York Yankees$638,0001/4/85 TSNMissed season with injury; never pitched again
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,338,401
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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