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Ernie McAnally

Ernest Lee McAnally

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 15, 1946 in Pittsburgh, TX
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 20th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1971
Team: Expos 1971-1974

Final Game: September 10, 1974
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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
1968	21	NYM-min	A	9	7	.563	4.47	23	23					143.0	136	84	71	12	81								1.517	8.6	0.8	5.1			VIS · CALL
1969	22	WSN-min	A	2	6	.250	3.12	11	11					72.0	52	36	25	2	30								1.139	6.5	0.2	3.8			WPB · FLOR
1970	23	WSN-min	AAA	12	13	.480	4.69	31	29		14	0	0	192.0	173	116	100	12	144	6	178	8	0	9			1.651	8.1	0.6	6.8	8.3	1.24	BUF · IL
1971	24	WSN-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	5.85	3	3		2	0	0	20.0	24	13	13	1	6	0	14	0	0	5			1.500	10.8	0.4	2.7	6.3	2.33	WPG · IL
1971	24	MON	NL	11	12	.478	3.90	31	25	3	8	2	0	177.2	150	85	77	9	87	2	98	8	0	18	762	90	1.334	7.6	0.5	4.4	5.0	1.13
1972	25	MON	NL	6	15	.286	3.81	29	27	0	4	2	0	170.0	165	79	72	13	71	6	102	4	0	7	727	93	1.388	8.7	0.7	3.8	5.4	1.44
1973	26	MON	NL	7	9	.438	4.04	27	24	1	4	0	0	147.0	158	84	66	13	54	6	72	3	0	7	645	94	1.442	9.7	0.8	3.3	4.4	1.33
1974	27	MON	NL	6	13	.316	4.48	25	21	3	5	2	0	128.2	126	73	64	10	56	5	79	4	1	8	560	86	1.415	8.8	0.7	3.9	5.5	1.41
1975	28	CLE-min	AAA	0	1	.000	31.50	1	1		0	0	0	2.0	5	7	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			3.000	22.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00	OKC · AA
4 Yrs				30	49	.380	4.03	112	97	7	21	6	0	623.1	599	321	279	45	268	19	351	19	1	40	2694	91	1.391	8.6	0.6	3.9	5.1	1.31
162 Game Avg.				10	16	.380	4.03	36	32	2	7	2	0	203	195	104	91	15	87	6	114	6	0	13	877	91	1.391	8.6	0.6	3.9	5.1	1.31

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
1971	24	MON	NL	177.2	31	25	85	4.31	3.79	0.02	0.05	102.1	3.89	-10	-1.1	.8	-0.1	0.2	7	.465	.493	$
1972	25	MON	NL	170.0	29	27	79	4.18	3.91	0.15	0.05	104.5	3.99	-6	-0.7	1.6	-0.1	0.5	10	.477	.496	$
1973	26	MON	NL	147.0	27	24	84	5.14	4.19	0.26	0.12	101.9	4.13	-17	-1.7	.2	-0.1	-0.7	-3	.436	.489	$
1974	27	MON	NL	128.2	25	21	73	5.11	4.09	0.22	0.11	103.4	4.11	-15	-1.6	.9	-0.1	-0.6	-2	.438	.490	$
4 Seasons				623.1	112	97	321	4.63	3.98	0.15	0.08	103.0	4.02	-47	-5.1	.8	-0.4	-0.6	12	.455	.492	$

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
1971	24	MON	NL	31	759	657	85	150	23	3	9	8	4	87	98	.228	.324	.314	.638	.255	206	20	8	6	4	2	13
1972	25	MON	NL	29	727	638	79	165	29	2	13	7	10	71	102	.259	.332	.371	.704	.286	237	13	4	5	9	6	5
1973	26	MON	NL	27	644	575	84	158	25	5	13	7	4	54	72	.275	.338	.403	.741	.293	232	16	3	7	5	6	13
1974	27	MON	NL	25	560	493	73	126	24	5	10	12	8	56	79	.256	.336	.385	.721	.286	190	9	4	6	1	5	7
4 Yrs				112	2690	2363	321	599	101	15	45	34	26	268	351	.253	.332	.366	.698	.279	865	58	19	24	19	19	38
162 Game Avg.				36	875	769	104	195	33	5	15	11	8	87	114	.253	.332	.366	.698	.279	281	19	6	8	6	6	12
MLB Averages																.252	.319	.367	.686	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1971	24	MON	NL	-6.8	-0.7	800	-0.8	12.6	-13.4	1.01	0.5	-1.3	-8.6	-0.9	1.01	4.9	1	0	5
1972	25	MON	NL	-4.2	-0.4	758	-0.1	13.2	-13.3	1.08	-0.8	0.7	-2.8	-0.3	1.08	-8.2	2	0	0
1973	26	MON	NL	-7.3	-0.8	671	-1.5	11.6	-13.1	1.09	-0.9	-0.5	-16.8	-1.7	1.09	-9.4	0	0	3
1974	27	MON	NL	-8.2	-0.8	597	-1.4	10.0	-11.5	1.04	-0.6	-0.8	-11.0	-1.1	1.04	-6.0	1	1	2
4 Yrs				-26.5	-2.8	2826	-3.8	47.5	-51.3	1.05	-1.8	-1.8	-39.3	-4.0	1.05	-18.7	4	1	10

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
1971	24	MON	NL	31	25	11	12	2	2	3	12	13	.480	0	2	8	2	13	52%	53.4	88	25	18	8	11	8	3.6	3.9	6.8
1972	25	MON	NL	29	27	6	15	6	1	5	10	17	.370	1	3	4	2	13	48%	50.8	78	21	19	7	5	12	2.9	3.1	6.1
1973	26	MON	NL	27	24	7	9	8	0	1	11	13	.458	2	3	4	0	11	46%	47.4	77	21	17	3	4	10	4.9	4.0	6.0
1974	27	MON	NL	25	21	6	12	3	1	2	8	13	.381	0	3	5	2	9	43%	48.7	84	17	12	6	6	9	3.5	3.3	5.8
4 Yrs				112	97	30	48	19	4	11	41	56	.423	3	11	21	6	46	47%	50	88	17	66	24	26	39	3.7	3.6	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						56%	53	109	-3					4.0	3.9	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1971	24	MON	NL	31	6	3	0	5	3	60%	6	1.014	1	0	5	1	5	3	3	3	3	3	0	4.3
1972	25	MON	NL	29	2	0	0	3	1	33%	4	1.076	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	8.5
1973	26	MON	NL	27	3	1	0	0	0		7	1.092	0	0	3	0	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	3.7
1974	27	MON	NL	25	4	3	1	0	0		3	1.036	1	1	2	1	3	0	4	3	0	3	1	5.3
4 Yrs				112	15	7	1	8	4	50%		1.054	4	1	10	3	12	5	10	8	4	9	1	5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1971	24	MON	NL	762	54%	1.2%	12.9%	11.5%	4.6%	23%	1.56	73%	146	20	14%
1972	25	MON	NL	727	52%	1.8%	14.0%	9.8%	6.1%	27%	1.55	73%	133	13	10%
1973	26	MON	NL	645	57%	2.0%	11.2%	8.4%	6.7%	27%	1.29	77%	132	16	12%
1974	27	MON	NL	560	52%	1.8%	14.1%	10.0%	7.0%	31%	1.46	72%	104	9	9%
4 Yrs				2694	54%	1.7%	13.1%	10.0%	6.0%	27%	1.47	74%	515	58	11%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	14.0%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	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
1971	24	MON	NL	759	150			9	0	21	7	2	6	3	44	24	4	55%	13	18	4	266	8	4	67%	8	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	33	3
1972	25	MON	NL	727	165			13	0	16	8	5	8	5	41	26	8	63%	5	7	2	267	7	10	41%	7	8	0	1	0	0	7	0	25	0
1973	26	MON	NL	644	158			13	0	17	8	5	8	5	33	21	2	64%	13	7	5	238	7	4	64%	7	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	22	1
1974	27	MON	NL	560	126			10	0	16	3	7	3	7	39	17	7	44%	7	8	4	200	12	8	60%	12	7	0	0	0	1	6	0	16	0
4 Yrs				2690	599			45	0	70	26	19	25	20	157	88	21	56%	38	40	15	971	34	26	57%	34	23	0	1	0	1	16	0	96	4
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	24	11	12	.478	3.90	31	25	3	8	2	177.2	150	85	77	9	87	2	98	8	0	18	762	90	1.334	7.6	0.5	4.4	5.0	1.13	90
1972	25	17	27	.386	3.86	60	52	3	12	4	347.2	315	164	149	22	158	8	200	12	0	25	1489	91	1.360	8.2	0.6	4.1	5.2	1.27	91
1973	26	24	36	.400	3.91	87	76	4	16	4	494.2	473	248	215	35	212	14	272	15	0	32	2134	92	1.385	8.6	0.6	3.9	4.9	1.28	92
1974	27	30	49	.380	4.03	112	97	7	21	6	623.1	599	321	279	45	268	19	351	19	1	40	2694	91	1.391	8.6	0.6	3.9	5.1	1.31	91

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	24	8	10	.444	4.61	168.0	158	96	86	9	92	93	8	1.488	8.5	4.9	5.0	1.01	0.5	31
1972	25	8	10	.444	4.58	165.0	182	93	84	14	78	99	4	1.576	9.9	4.3	5.4	1.27	0.8	29
1973	26	7	8	.467	4.31	142.0	160	76	68	13	55	70	3	1.514	10.1	3.5	4.4	1.27	0.8	27
1974	27	6	7	.462	4.61	125.0	126	71	64	10	56	77	4	1.456	9.1	4.0	5.5	1.38	0.7	25
4 Yrs		29	35	.453	4.53	600.0	626	336	302	46	281	339	19	1.512	9.4		5.1	1.21	0.7	112

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1971 NL 7.599 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1971 NL 87 (8th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1971 NL 0.456 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 1972 NL 15 (6th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1971 NL 18 (1st)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1971 NL 8 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Rob Tejeda (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Stone (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Stone (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Smith (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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