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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
Drafted
by the New York Yankees in the 30th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1972
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Yankees/Pirates/Athletics/Brewers/... 1972-1982

Final Game: October 2, 1982
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:14AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #524. Chan Ho Park… #525. Steve Renko… #526. Pete Donohue… #527. DOC MEDICH… #528. Jim Bibby… #529. Turk Farrell… #530. Gary Lavelle… 

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
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 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
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
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 5 717 101 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 Seasons 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
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
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) AL 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) NL 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: 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
1972 23 NYY AL 0.0 1 2 0 0 1.3 -2 0.0 $
1973 24 NYY AL 235.0 32 84 129 2 .8 45 4.5 $ RoY-3
1974 25 NYY AL 279.2 38 122 147 4 1.1 25 3.0 $
1975 26 NYY AL 272.1 37 115 146 8 1.0 31 3.3 $
1976 27 PIT NL 179.0 26 80 92 2 1.0 12 1.4 $
1977 28 OAK AL 147.2 25 89 92 -2 1.0 3 0.3 $
1977 28 SEA AL 22.1 3 9 14 0 1.3 5 0.6 $
1977 28 NYM NL 7.0 1 3 4 0 .7 1 0.1 $
1978 29 TEX AL 171.0 22 78 95 2 .9 17 1.7 $
1979 30 TEX AL 149.0 19 78 84 7 1.0 6 0.6 $
1980 31 TEX AL 204.1 32 104 127 -13 .9 23 2.4 $
1981 32 TEX AL 143.1 20 51 66 6 1.0 15 1.8 $
1982 33 TEX AL 122.2 21 73 73 -3 1.0 0 0.0 $
1982 33 MIL AL 63.0 10 37 33 1 1.1 -4 -0.4 $
11 Seasons 1996.1 287 925 1102 14 1.0 177 19.3 $
TEX (5 yrs) 790.1 114 384 445 -1 1.0 61 6.5 $
NYY (4 yrs) 787.0 108 323 422 14 1.0 99 10.8 $
NYM (1 yr) 7.0 1 3 4 0 .7 1 0.1 $
PIT (1 yr) 179.0 26 80 92 2 1.0 12 1.4 $
OAK (1 yr) 147.2 25 89 92 -2 1.0 3 0.3 $
SEA (1 yr) 22.1 3 9 14 0 1.3 5 0.6 $
MIL (1 yr) 63.0 10 37 33 1 1.1 -4 -0.4 $

Postseason Pitching

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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1972 23 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1973 24 NYY AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-3
1974 25 NYY AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 26 NYY AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 27 PIT NL 29 64 52 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21 .096 .161 .096 .257 -25 5 2 0 8 0 0 1
1977 28 TOT MLB 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 28 TOT AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 28 NYM NL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1977 28 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 28 SEA AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1978 29 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 30 TEX AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 31 TEX AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 32 TEX AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 33 TOT AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 33 TEX AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 33 MIL AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 314 66 54 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 22 .093 .155 .093 .248 -28 5 2 0 8 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 34 28 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .093 .155 .093 .248 -28 3 1 0 4 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
TEX (5 yrs) 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (4 yrs) 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 29 64 52 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21 .096 .161 .096 .257 -25 5 2 0 8 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 284 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 30 66 54 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 22 .093 .155 .093 .248 -28 5 2 0 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
1976 27 PIT NL 64 -9 0 -1 0 0 5 2 -3 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ 1
1977 28 NYM NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
2 Seasons 66 -10 0 -1 0 0 5 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $
NYM (1 yr) 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
PIT (1 yr) 64 -9 0 -1 0 0 5 2 -3 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $

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
1972 NYY AL 23 P 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
1973 NYY AL 24 P 34 235.0 44 14 25 5 0 .886 1.49 1.15 .951 1.86 1.85 RoY-3
1974 NYY AL 25 P 38 279.2 56 18 35 3 3 .946 1.71 1.39 .947 1.81 1.80
1975 NYY AL 26 P 38 272.1 47 18 27 2 1 .957 1.49 1.18 .940 1.87 1.86
1976 PIT NL 27 P 29 179.0 44 6 36 2 2 .955 2.11 1.45 .950 1.88 1.87
1977 TOT MLB 28 P 30 28 2 177.0 30 9 19 2 0 .933 1.42 0.93 .948 1.94 1.93 23 7 23% 0
1977 TOT AL 28 P 29 28 2 170.0 29 8 19 2 0 .931 1.43 0.93 .948 1.95 1.93 23 7 23% 0
1977 NYM NL 28 P 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 1.00 .950 1.80 1.80
1977 OAK AL 28 P 26 25 1 147.2 28 8 18 2 0 .929 1.58 1.00 .948 1.95 1.93 19 7 27% 0
1977 SEA AL 28 P 3 3 1 22.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.40 0.33 .950 1.93 1.93 4 0 0% 0
1978 TEX AL 29 P 28 171.0 43 11 31 1 2 .977 2.21 1.50 .954 1.90 1.88
1979 TEX AL 30 P 29 149.0 41 6 33 2 0 .951 2.36 1.34 .949 1.92 1.89
1980 TEX AL 31 P 34 204.1 39 9 27 3 3 .923 1.59 1.06 .957 1.85 1.85
1981 TEX AL 32 P 20 143.1 42 15 26 1 1 .976 2.57 2.05 .963 1.98 1.98
1982 TOT AL 33 P 31 31 3 185.2 35 8 27 0 0 1.000 1.70 1.13 .958 1.80 1.80 30 6 17% 0
1982 TEX AL 33 P 21 21 2 122.2 26 5 21 0 0 1.000 1.91 1.24 .958 1.80 1.80 14 1 7% 0
1982 MIL AL 33 P 10 10 1 63.0 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.90 .958 1.80 1.80 16 5 24% 0
11 Seasons P 312 59 5 1996.1 421 114 286 21 12 .950 1.80 1.28 .951 1.87 1.86 53 13 20% 0
11 Seasons TOT 312 59 5 1996.1 421 114 286 21 12 .950 1.80 1.28 .951 1.87 1.86 53 13 20% 0
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
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  25.48 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
1973 AL  2.8 (10th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1973 AL  5 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1981 AL  2.05 (4th)

                           

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 - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 26 (893), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1013), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (737), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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
197728Oakland Athletics$64,0001978 TSN Guide
197829Texas Rangers$250,0001978 TSN Guide$175K/yr, $100K bonus; also $50K/year as med. adv.
197930Texas Rangers$250,0001978 TSN Guide$175K/yr, $100K bonus; also $50K/year as med. adv.
198031Texas Rangers$250,0001978 TSN Guide$175K/yr, $100K bonus; also $50K/year as med. adv.
198132Texas Rangers$250,0001978 TSN Guide$175K/yr, $100K bonus; also $50K/year as med. adv.
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,064,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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