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Doc Medich

George Francis Medich

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: December 9, 1948 in Aliquippa, PA
School: University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 30th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1972 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Yankees/Pirates/Athletics/Brewers/... 1972-1982

Final Game: October 2, 1982 (Age 33)
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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
1972 23 NYY AL 0 0 inf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0.00
1973 24 NYY AL 14 9 .609 2.95 34 32 2 11 3 0 235.0 217 84 77 20 74 6 145 3 1 7 991 125 1.238 8.3 0.8 2.8 5.6 1.96 RoY-3
1974 25 NYY AL 19 15 .559 3.60 38 38 0 17 4 0 279.2 275 122 112 24 91 8 154 8 1 5 1173 99 1.309 8.8 0.8 2.9 5.0 1.69
1975 26 NYY AL 16 16 .500 3.50 38 37 0 15 2 0 272.1 271 115 106 25 72 5 132 1 0 6 1121 106 1.259 9.0 0.8 2.4 4.4 1.83
1976 27 PIT NL 8 11 .421 3.52 29 26 1 3 0 0 179.0 193 80 70 10 48 9 86 2 2 3 759 99 1.346 9.7 0.5 2.4 4.3 1.79
1977 28 TOT MLB 12 7 .632 4.53 30 29 1 2 0 0 177.0 187 101 89 20 54 3 80 5 0 3 769 89 1.362 9.5 1.0 2.7 4.1 1.48
1977 28 TOT AL 12 6 .667 4.55 29 28 1 2 0 0 170.0 181 98 86 20 53 3 77 5 0 3 744 88 1.376 9.6 1.1 2.8 4.1 1.45
1977 28 OAK AL 10 6 .625 4.69 26 25 1 1 0 0 147.2 155 89 77 19 49 3 74 3 0 3 646 85 1.381 9.4 1.2 3.0 4.5 1.51
1977 28 SEA AL 2 0 1.000 3.63 3 3 0 1 0 0 22.1 26 9 9 1 4 0 3 2 0 0 98 115 1.343 10.5 0.4 1.6 1.2 0.75
1977 28 NYM NL 0 1 .000 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 25 102 1.000 7.7 0.0 1.3 3.9 3.00
1978 29 TEX AL 9 8 .529 3.74 28 22 3 6 2 2 171.0 166 78 71 10 52 2 71 3 0 5 717 100 1.275 8.7 0.5 2.7 3.7 1.37
1979 30 TEX AL 10 7 .588 4.17 29 19 1 4 1 0 149.0 156 78 69 9 49 3 58 4 0 4 647 100 1.376 9.4 0.5 3.0 3.5 1.18
1980 31 TEX AL 14 11 .560 3.92 34 32 0 6 0 0 204.1 230 104 89 13 56 1 91 3 1 7 877 99 1.400 10.1 0.6 2.5 4.0 1.63
1981 32 TEX AL 10 6 .625 3.08 20 20 0 4 4 0 143.1 136 51 49 8 33 5 65 2 0 1 585 112 1.179 8.5 0.5 2.1 4.1 1.97
1982 33 TOT AL 12 15 .444 5.04 31 31 0 3 0 0 185.2 203 110 104 12 93 6 73 4 1 8 828 77 1.594 9.8 0.6 4.5 3.5 0.78
1982 33 TEX AL 7 11 .389 5.06 21 21 0 2 0 0 122.2 146 73 69 8 61 5 37 3 0 4 557 77 1.688 10.7 0.6 4.5 2.7 0.61
1982 33 MIL AL 5 4 .556 5.00 10 10 0 1 0 0 63.0 57 37 35 4 32 1 36 1 1 4 271 76 1.413 8.1 0.6 4.6 5.1 1.13
11 Yrs 124 105 .541 3.78 312 287 8 71 16 2 1996.1 2036 925 838 151 624 48 955 35 6 49 8471 99 1.332 9.2 0.7 2.8 4.3 1.53
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .541 3.78 35 33 1 8 2 0 227 231 105 95 17 71 5 108 4 1 6 962 99 1.332 9.2 0.7 2.8 4.3 1.53
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
TEX (5 yrs) 50 43 .538 3.95 132 114 4 22 7 2 790.1 834 384 347 48 251 16 322 15 1 21 3383 97 1.373 9.5 0.5 2.9 3.7 1.28
NYY (4 yrs) 49 40 .551 3.40 111 108 2 43 9 0 787.0 765 323 297 69 239 19 431 12 2 18 3289 107 1.276 8.7 0.8 2.7 4.9 1.80
NYM (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 25 102 1.000 7.7 0.0 1.3 3.9 3.00
PIT (1 yr) 8 11 .421 3.52 29 26 1 3 0 0 179.0 193 80 70 10 48 9 86 2 2 3 759 99 1.346 9.7 0.5 2.4 4.3 1.79
OAK (1 yr) 10 6 .625 4.69 26 25 1 1 0 0 147.2 155 89 77 19 49 3 74 3 0 3 646 85 1.381 9.4 1.2 3.0 4.5 1.51
SEA (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 3.63 3 3 0 1 0 0 22.1 26 9 9 1 4 0 3 2 0 0 98 115 1.343 10.5 0.4 1.6 1.2 0.75
MIL (1 yr) 5 4 .556 5.00 10 10 0 1 0 0 63.0 57 37 35 4 32 1 36 1 1 4 271 76 1.413 8.1 0.6 4.6 5.1 1.13
AL (10 yrs) 116 93 .555 3.80 282 260 7 68 16 2 1810.1 1837 842 765 141 575 39 866 33 4 46 7687 99 1.332 9.1 0.7 2.9 4.3 1.51
NL (2 yrs) 8 12 .400 3.53 30 27 1 3 0 0 186.0 199 83 73 10 49 9 89 2 2 3 784 99 1.333 9.6 0.5 2.4 4.3 1.82

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1972 23 NYY AL 0.0 1 1 2 102.0 0.0
1973 24 NYY AL 235.0 34 32 84 3.22 4.30 0.09 0.11 96.9 4.20 23 2.6 .2 -0.2 4.8 48 .578 .516 RoY-3
1974 25 NYY AL 279.2 38 38 122 3.93 4.09 0.13 0.12 98.9 4.03 3 0.4 -0.1 2.9 28 .510 .502
1975 26 NYY AL 272.1 38 37 115 3.80 4.28 0.26 0.12 98.7 4.10 9 1.0 1.0 -0.1 3.5 35 .526 .506
1976 27 PIT NL 179.1 29 26 80 4.01 4.07 0.08 0.12 97.2 3.99 -2 -0.3 .3 -0.1 1.2 13 .491 .498
1977 28 OAK AL 147.2 26 25 89 5.42 4.64 -0.13 0.13 97.1 4.77 -11 -1.1 1.3 -0.1 0.2 4 .457 .493 $64,000
1977 28 SEA AL 22.1 3 3 9 3.63 4.79 0.03 0.15 100.6 4.95 3 0.4 -0.0 0.6 6 .619 .502
1977 28 NYM NL 7.0 1 1 3 3.86 4.40 -0.03 0.16 102.0 4.68 1 0.1 -0.0 0.1 1 .566 .500
1978 29 TEX AL 171.0 28 22 78 4.11 4.24 0.11 0.06 100.5 4.21 2 0.2 1.2 -0.1 1.8 18 .508 .501 $250,000
1979 30 TEX AL 149.0 29 19 78 4.71 4.68 0.40 0.05 99.9 4.32 -7 -0.6 1.3 -0.1 0.7 9 .478 .496 $250,000
1980 31 TEX AL 204.1 34 32 104 4.58 4.36 -0.58 0.14 96.8 4.92 7 0.7 .1 -0.1 2.5 27 .521 .504 $250,000
1981 32 TEX AL 143.1 20 20 51 3.20 3.91 0.36 0.13 93.0 3.42 4 0.4 -0.1 1.7 16 .521 .503 $250,000
1982 33 TEX AL 122.2 21 21 73 5.36 4.51 -0.21 0.15 95.8 4.67 -9 -0.9 -0.1 0.2 2 .458 .495
1982 33 MIL AL 63.0 10 10 37 5.29 4.27 0.09 0.15 93.1 4.02 -9 -0.8 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .417 .495
11 Seasons 1996.2 312 287 925 4.17 4.29 0.06 0.11 97.6 4.25 14 2.0 1.0 -1.2 20.0 204 .505 .501 $1,064,000
TEX (5 yrs) 790.1 132 114 384 4.37 4.34 -0.02 0.10 97.3 4.34 -3 -0.2 1.1 -0.5 6.9 72 .499 .500 $1,000,000
NYY (4 yrs) 787.0 111 108 323 3.69 4.22 0.16 0.12 98.3 4.10 36 4.0 .5 -0.5 11.2 111 .531 .508
NYM (1 yr) 7.0 1 1 3 3.86 4.40 -0.03 0.16 102.0 4.68 1 0.1 -0.0 0.1 1 .566 .500
PIT (1 yr) 179.1 29 26 80 4.01 4.07 0.08 0.12 97.2 3.99 -2 -0.3 .3 -0.1 1.2 13 .491 .498
OAK (1 yr) 147.2 26 25 89 5.42 4.64 -0.13 0.13 97.1 4.77 -11 -1.1 1.3 -0.1 0.2 4 .457 .493 $64,000
SEA (1 yr) 22.1 3 3 9 3.63 4.79 0.03 0.15 100.6 4.95 3 0.4 -0.0 0.6 6 .619 .502
MIL (1 yr) 63.0 10 10 37 5.29 4.27 0.09 0.15 93.1 4.02 -9 -0.8 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .417 .495

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
1982 33 MIL AL WS L STL 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 3.000 22.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 3.000 22.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00

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
1972 23 NYY AL 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 24 NYY AL 34 991 902 84 217 24 8 20 9 9 74 145 .241 .299 .351 .650 .265 317 11 3 7 5 6 16
1974 25 NYY AL 38 1173 1060 122 275 38 8 24 16 11 91 154 .259 .321 .378 .700 .283 401 25 8 9 5 8 13
1975 26 NYY AL 38 1121 1026 115 271 44 11 25 15 16 72 132 .264 .309 .402 .710 .278 412 21 1 6 15 5 9
1976 27 PIT NL 29 759 687 80 193 23 6 10 13 8 48 86 .281 .326 .376 .702 .306 258 12 2 14 8 9 8
1977 28 NYM NL 1 25 23 3 6 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 .261 .280 .391 .671 .286 9 1 0 0 1 0 0
1977 28 OAK AL 26 646 584 89 155 27 4 19 19 7 49 74 .265 .322 .423 .745 .274 247 8 3 4 6 3 11
1977 28 SEA AL 3 98 91 9 26 3 0 1 4 0 4 3 .286 .327 .352 .678 .284 32 1 2 0 1 0 1
1977 28 TOT AL 29 744 675 98 181 30 4 20 23 7 53 77 .268 .323 .413 .736 .275 279 9 5 4 7 3 12
1977 28 TOT MLB 30 769 698 101 187 31 5 20 25 8 54 80 .268 .322 .413 .734 .276 288 10 5 4 8 3 12
1978 29 TEX AL 28 717 650 78 166 35 4 10 8 4 52 71 .255 .311 .368 .679 .271 239 19 3 6 6 2 11
1979 30 TEX AL 29 647 581 78 156 25 4 9 8 6 49 58 .269 .328 .372 .699 .284 216 10 4 9 4 3 11
1980 31 TEX AL 34 877 807 104 230 42 12 13 17 5 56 91 .285 .333 .415 .748 .307 335 23 3 8 3 1 12
1981 32 TEX AL 20 585 540 51 136 17 0 8 8 8 33 65 .252 .296 .328 .624 .273 177 6 2 8 2 5 6
1982 33 MIL AL 10 271 236 37 57 11 4 4 16 5 32 36 .242 .332 .373 .705 .268 88 3 1 0 2 1 2
1982 33 TEX AL 21 557 475 73 146 17 8 8 14 1 61 37 .307 .383 .427 .811 .314 203 17 3 9 9 5 3
1982 33 TOT AL 31 828 711 110 203 28 12 12 30 6 93 73 .286 .366 .409 .776 .300 291 20 4 9 11 6 5
11 Yrs 312 8471 7664 925 2036 307 70 151 149 81 624 955 .266 .321 .383 .704 .285 2936 157 35 80 67 48 103
162 Game Avg. 35 962 870 105 231 35 8 17 17 9 71 108 .266 .321 .383 .704 .285 333 18 4 9 8 5 12
MLB Averages .258 .324 .379 .703 .282
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1972 23 NYY AL -1.8 -0.2 4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.29 -0.2 0.0 -2.8 -0.3 1.29 -1.7 0 0 0
1973 24 NYY AL 21.0 2.2 1023 2.4 15.4 -13.0 .85 2.1 0.7 24.8 2.7 0.85 22.3 0 0 2
1974 25 NYY AL 0.8 0.1 1215 2.6 23.9 -21.3 1.13 0.8 1.6 12.7 1.4 1.13 5.3 0 0 0
1975 26 NYY AL 9.2 1.0 1163 0.5 20.3 -19.9 1.02 0.8 -0.3 14.7 1.6 1.02 14.0 0 1 0
1976 27 PIT NL -1.0 -0.1 793 0.6 13.0 -12.4 1.03 0.1 0.5 -1.4 -0.1 1.03 -0.2 0 0 3
1977 28 TOT MLB -10.8 -1.0 807 -1.6 13.3 -14.9 1.04 -0.9 -0.6 -17.5 -1.7 1.04 -9.6 0 1 0
1977 28 TOT AL -11.0 -1.0 779 -1.5 13.0 -14.5 1.05 -1.1 -0.3 -18.0 -1.7 1.05 -11.2 0 1 0
1977 28 OAK AL -12.8 -1.2 677 -1.8 10.8 -12.6 1.01 -1.4 -0.4 -19.9 -1.9 1.01 -13.9 0 1 0
1977 28 SEA AL 1.8 0.2 102 0.3 2.2 -1.9 1.29 0.3 -0.1 1.9 0.2 1.29 2.8 0 0 0
1977 28 NYM NL 0.2 0.0 28 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .76 0.1 -0.3 0.5 0.1 0.76 1.6 0 0 0
1978 29 TEX AL 1.0 0.1 737 -0.2 10.8 -10.9 .88 0.7 -0.8 3.6 0.4 0.88 7.5 1 4 1
1979 30 TEX AL -0.6 -0.1 665 0.6 11.4 -10.8 1.05 1.1 -0.6 -3.4 -0.3 1.05 8.4 2 2 6
1980 31 TEX AL -2.9 -0.3 908 -0.0 13.8 -13.8 .87 -0.4 0.4 -1.9 -0.2 0.87 -4.8 0 0 1
1981 32 TEX AL 8.1 0.9 602 0.9 9.9 -9.0 .96 1.3 -0.4 9.3 1.0 0.96 13.7 0 0 0
1982 33 TOT AL -23.5 -2.3 873 -1.8 14.7 -16.5 1.07 -1.5 -0.2 -14.2 -1.4 1.07 -15.9 0 0 0
1982 33 TEX AL -15.4 -1.5 577 -0.7 9.5 -10.2 1.04 -1.3 0.6 -8.6 -0.9 1.04 -14.0 0 0 0
1982 33 MIL AL -8.1 -0.8 296 -1.1 5.2 -6.3 1.14 -0.2 -0.7 -5.6 -0.6 1.14 -1.9 0 0 0
11 Yrs -0.3 0.3 8790 3.9 146.5 -142.7 .99 4.0 -0.1 23.9 3.0 0.99 39.0 3 8 13
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1972 23 NYY AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 3 1 0 1 7.0 45.0 0.0
1973 24 NYY AL 34 32 14 9 9 3 2 20 12 .625 2 3 11 3 18 56% 57.2 83 19 33 10 4 10 4.5 4.6 7.1
1974 25 NYY AL 38 38 19 15 4 2 4 23 15 .605 4 1 17 4 22 58% 53.7 85 21 25 16 14 5 4.4 4.1 7.4
1975 26 NYY AL 38 37 16 16 5 2 6 18 19 .486 1 3 15 2 22 59% 53.5 86 26 33 8 15 6 4.4 4.7 7.3
1976 27 PIT NL 29 26 8 11 7 2 3 11 15 .423 1 4 3 0 14 54% 50.8 86 18 14 4 0 15 3.1 2.7 6.7
1977 28 TOT MLB 30 29 11 7 11 5 3 18 11 .621 1 7 2 0 12 41% 0.0 74 27 30 5 10 9 5.4 5.1 6.0
1977 28 TOT AL 29 28 11 6 11 5 2 18 10 .643 1 7 2 0 11 39% 46.6 74 27 30 5 9 9 5.6 5.2 5.9
1977 28 OAK AL 26 25 9 6 10 4 2 15 10 .600 1 7 1 0 10 40% 46.4 74 27 27 5 8 8 5.4 5.2 5.7
1977 28 SEA AL 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 33% 48.7 70 38 3 0 1 1 6.9 5.3 7.4
1977 28 NYM NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 55.0 55 55 0 0 1 0 2.0 1.3 7.0
1978 29 TEX AL 28 22 9 8 5 1 2 10 12 .455 3 1 6 2 11 50% 50.5 87 21 25 8 2 9 4.4 5.1 6.7
1979 30 TEX AL 29 19 10 4 5 1 0 12 7 .632 2 2 4 1 12 63% 50.8 84 20 28 10 7 3 5.3 5.7 6.3
1980 31 TEX AL 34 32 14 11 7 3 2 16 16 .500 5 2 6 0 17 53% 48.4 75 19 35 12 8 8 5.3 5.5 6.3
1981 32 TEX AL 20 20 10 6 4 1 1 14 6 .700 1 2 4 4 11 55% 55.6 86 23 25 5 0 7 4.7 4.8 7.2
1982 33 TOT AL 31 31 12 15 4 5 2 14 17 .452 3 2 3 0 12 39% 44.8 75 14 42 22 2 15 3.9 4.5 6.0
1982 33 TEX AL 21 21 7 11 3 3 2 9 12 .429 3 0 2 0 9 43% 42.9 72 20 33 17 0 10 3.6 4.2 5.8
1982 33 MIL AL 10 10 5 4 1 2 0 5 5 .500 0 2 1 0 3 30% 48.7 75 14 9 5 2 5 4.5 4.9 6.3
11 Yrs 312 287 123 102 62 25 25 157 130 .547 23 27 71 16 151 53% 51 87 14 293 101 62 88 4.5 4.6 6.7
MLB Averages .500 54% 51 106 -13 4.2 4.2 6.4
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

Reliever Pitching*

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
1973 24 NYY AL 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 .853 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 13.5
1975 26 NYY AL 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 9 1.022 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 7.0
1976 27 PIT NL 29 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.027 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 5.0
1977 28 TOT MLB 30 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.041 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1977 28 TOT AL 29 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.050 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1977 28 OAK AL 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.013 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1978 29 TEX AL 28 6 3 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 7 3 43% 1 .880 1 4 1 2 0 4 3 3 5 0 5 0 12.2
1979 30 TEX AL 29 10 1 0 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 9 56% 6 1.049 2 2 6 1 2 7 7 3 8 2 8 1 8.7
1980 31 TEX AL 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .866 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
7 Yrs 218 25 8 1 3 3 2 1 67% 3 0 27 15 56% .954 3 8 13 3 3 19 12 13 20 2 20 4 9.2

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1972 23 NYY AL 4 50% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0% 50% 3 0 0%
1973 24 NYY AL 991 57% 2.0% 14.6% 7.5% 5.3% 24% 0.87 75% 173 11 6%
1974 25 NYY AL 1173 56% 2.1% 13.1% 7.8% 6.0% 26% 0.89 76% 209 25 12%
1975 26 NYY AL 1121 52% 2.2% 11.8% 6.4% 7.1% 30% 1.00 79% 184 21 11%
1976 27 PIT NL 759 55% 1.3% 11.3% 6.3% 5.1% 20% 1.12 79% 127 12 9%
1977 28 TOT MLB 769 48% 2.6% 10.4% 7.0% 7.3% 30% 1.06 79% 129 10 8%
1977 28 TOT AL 744 48% 2.7% 10.4% 7.1% 7.3% 30% 1.04 79% 126 9 7%
1977 28 OAK AL 646 48% 2.9% 11.5% 7.6% 7.7% 32% 1.09 77% 108 8 7%
1977 28 SEA AL 98 51% 1.0% 3.1% 4.1% 4.1% 15% 0.78 90% 18 1 6%
1977 28 NYM NL 25 48% 0.0% 12.0% 4.0% 8.0% 33% 1.67 84% 3 1 33%
1978 29 TEX AL 717 50% 1.4% 9.9% 7.3% 6.8% 30% 1.97 80% 118 19 16%
1979 30 TEX AL 647 54% 1.4% 9.0% 7.6% 5.9% 24% 1.42 80% 129 10 8%
1980 31 TEX AL 877 48% 1.5% 10.4% 6.4% 7.6% 29% 1.16 81% 143 23 16%
1981 32 TEX AL 585 49% 1.4% 11.1% 5.6% 4.3% 18% 1.29 80% 100 6 6%
1982 33 TOT AL 828 50% 1.5% 8.8% 11.2% 6.3% 26% 1.13 77% 162 20 12%
1982 33 TEX AL 557 51% 1.4% 6.6% 11.0% 5.9% 23% 1.17 79% 120 17 14%
1982 33 MIL AL 271 46% 1.5% 13.3% 11.8% 7.0% 33% 1.06 73% 42 3 7%
11 Yrs 8471 52% 1.8% 11.3% 7.4% 6.2% 26% 1.12 78% 1477 157 11%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.1% 8.5% 6.3% 27% 1.10 75% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1972 23 NYY AL 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 24 NYY AL 991 217 20 0 12 9 11 7 13 38 19 8 50% 16 7 3 348 9 9 50% 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 23 0
1974 25 NYY AL 1173 275 24 1 10 7 17 6 18 56 26 12 46% 13 5 3 435 16 11 59% 16 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 0
1975 26 NYY AL 1121 271 25 0 11 9 16 11 14 48 32 4 67% 9 6 1 378 15 16 48% 15 16 0 0 0 0 1 1 28 0
1976 27 PIT NL 759 193 10 0 8 6 4 4 6 40 26 3 65% 8 3 6 286 13 8 62% 13 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 0
1977 28 TOT MLB 769 187 20 0 11 7 13 6 14 38 28 5 74% 12 3 1 269 25 8 76% 24 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 0
1977 28 TOT AL 744 181 20 0 11 7 13 6 14 37 27 5 73% 12 3 1 262 23 7 77% 22 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 0
1977 28 OAK AL 646 155 19 0 9 6 13 6 13 33 24 5 73% 11 3 1 221 19 7 73% 18 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 0
1977 28 SEA AL 98 26 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 41 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1977 28 NYM NL 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 7 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 29 TEX AL 717 166 10 0 10 3 7 5 5 30 23 0 77% 11 5 2 247 8 4 67% 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0
1979 30 TEX AL 647 156 9 0 15 5 4 1 8 34 23 3 68% 11 4 1 250 8 6 57% 8 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0
1980 31 TEX AL 877 230 13 1 5 4 9 6 7 35 19 2 54% 12 7 1 315 17 5 77% 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1981 32 TEX AL 585 136 8 0 8 3 5 4 4 23 9 4 39% 6 1 1 198 8 8 50% 7 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1982 33 TOT AL 828 203 12 0 14 4 8 7 5 49 33 2 67% 5 8 2 316 30 6 83% 28 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 28 0
1982 33 TEX AL 557 146 8 0 12 1 7 5 3 31 21 1 68% 3 4 1 225 14 1 93% 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1982 33 MIL AL 271 57 4 0 2 3 1 2 2 18 12 1 67% 2 4 1 91 16 5 76% 14 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 0
11 Yrs 8471 2036 151 2 105 57 94 57 94 392 239 43 61% 103 49 21 3044 149 81 65% 145 77 2 1 2 3 4 3 183 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%
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

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1972 23 0 0 inf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0.00 8
1973 24 14 9 .609 3.03 35 33 2 11 3 0 235.0 219 86 79 20 76 6 145 3 1 7 995 122 1.255 8.4 0.8 2.9 5.6 1.91 122
1974 25 33 24 .579 3.34 73 71 2 28 7 0 514.2 494 208 191 44 167 14 299 11 2 12 2168 108 1.284 8.6 0.8 2.9 5.2 1.79 108
1975 26 49 40 .551 3.40 111 108 2 43 9 0 787.0 765 323 297 69 239 19 431 12 2 18 3289 107 1.276 8.7 0.8 2.7 4.9 1.80 107
1976 27 57 51 .528 3.42 140 134 3 46 9 0 966.0 958 403 367 79 287 28 517 14 4 21 4048 106 1.289 8.9 0.7 2.7 4.8 1.80 106
1977 28 69 58 .543 3.59 170 163 4 48 9 0 1143.0 1145 504 456 99 341 31 597 19 4 24 4817 103 1.300 9.0 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.75 103
1978 29 78 66 .542 3.61 198 185 7 54 11 2 1314.0 1311 582 527 109 393 33 668 22 4 29 5534 102 1.297 9.0 0.7 2.7 4.6 1.70 102
1979 30 88 73 .547 3.67 227 204 8 58 12 2 1463.0 1467 660 596 118 442 36 726 26 4 33 6181 102 1.305 9.0 0.7 2.7 4.5 1.64 102
1980 31 102 84 .548 3.70 261 236 8 64 12 2 1667.1 1697 764 685 131 498 37 817 29 5 40 7058 102 1.316 9.2 0.7 2.7 4.4 1.64 102
1981 32 112 90 .554 3.65 281 256 8 68 16 2 1810.2 1833 815 734 139 531 42 882 31 5 41 7643 102 1.306 9.1 0.7 2.6 4.4 1.66 102
1982 33 124 105 .541 3.78 312 287 8 71 16 2 1996.1 2036 925 838 151 624 48 955 35 6 49 8471 99 1.332 9.2 0.7 2.8 4.3 1.53 99

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1973 24 14 11 .560 3.50 226.0 232 98 88 21 79 139 3 1.376 9.2 3.1 5.5 1.76 0.8 34
1974 25 12 16 .429 4.64 256.0 298 147 132 26 99 141 9 1.551 10.5 3.5 5.0 1.42 0.9 38
1975 26 13 15 .464 4.22 254.0 288 132 119 27 77 123 1 1.437 10.2 2.7 4.4 1.60 1.0 38
1976 27 8 10 .444 4.26 167.0 205 88 79 11 51 80 2 1.533 11.0 2.7 4.3 1.57 0.6 29
1977 28 8 11 .421 4.92 172.0 193 104 94 21 56 78 5 1.448 10.1 2.9 4.1 1.39 1.1 30
1978 29 7 10 .412 4.47 161.0 177 89 80 11 55 67 3 1.441 9.9 3.1 3.7 1.22 0.6 28
1979 30 7 9 .438 4.38 146.0 159 79 71 9 50 57 4 1.432 9.8 3.1 3.5 1.14 0.6 29
1980 31 9 12 .429 4.55 192.0 240 108 97 14 58 86 3 1.552 11.3 2.7 4.0 1.48 0.7 34
1981 32 11 11 .500 4.10 200.0 228 101 91 13 55 91 3 1.415 10.3 2.5 4.1 1.65 0.6 20
1982 33 5 13 .278 6.11 171.0 214 129 116 13 98 67 4 1.825 11.3 5.2 3.5 0.68 0.7 31
10 Yrs 94 118 .443 4.47 1945.0 2234 1075 967 166 678 929 37 1.497 10.3 4.3 1.37 0.8 311

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1988 BBWAA ()

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1973 AL  2.95 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1974 AL  19 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1973 AL  .609 (9th)
1977 AL  .667 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 AL  8.311 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 AL  2.379 (8th)
1981 AL  2.072 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1975 AL  272.3 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1975 AL  37 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1974 AL  4 (6th)
1981 AL  4 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1975 AL  25 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 AL  91 (10th)
1982 AL  93 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1974 AL  275 (8th)
1975 AL  271 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1973 AL  1.960 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  0.526 (10th)
1980 AL  0.573 (7th)
1981 AL  0.502 (7th)
1982 AL  0.582 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1975 AL  16 (7th)
1982 AL  15 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1974 AL  112 (7th)
1975 AL  106 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1982 AL  8 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 AL  8 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1975 AL  1,121 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1973 AL  125 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1973 AL  21 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1973 AL  2.2 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1973 AL  24.80 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1973 AL  2.7 (9th)


† 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 - 1 (873), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 26 (907), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1034), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (752), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (512th), 19.8 career WAR/18.1 7yr-peak WAR/19.0 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ross Grimsley (962)
  2. Dick Donovan (959)
  3. Mike Scott (954)
  4. John Denny (954)
  5. Larry Gura (952)
  6. Dan Petry (950)
  7. Mike Boddicker (950)
  8. Bob Purkey (949)
  9. Dave Goltz (948)
  10. Buddy Black (948)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Rich Gale (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Danny Cox (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Doug Drabek (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Danny Cox (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Goltz (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kevin Brown (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kevin Brown (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Larry Jackson (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rick Rhoden (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mike Boddicker (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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