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Andy Messersmith

John Alexander Messersmith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 6, 1945 in Toms River, NJ
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1968
Teams (by GP): Angels/Dodgers/Braves/Yankees 1968-1979

Final Game: June 1, 1979
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1968 22 CAL AL 29 24 20 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .100 .100 .150 .250 -23 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
1969 23 CAL AL 42 91 77 5 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 8 28 .156 .235 .182 .417 22 14 1 0 6 0 0 1 MVP-29
1970 24 CAL AL 38 75 70 4 11 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 28 .157 .157 .243 .400 11 17 0 0 5 0 0 1
1971 25 CAL AL 39 104 93 8 16 2 0 2 5 0 0 5 30 .172 .214 .258 .472 39 24 0 0 6 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5
1972 26 CAL AL 26 58 53 2 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 13 .189 .232 .245 .477 46 13 0 0 2 0 0 1
1973 27 LAD NL 34 99 89 3 15 3 0 0 6 0 0 5 16 .169 .213 .202 .415 18 18 1 0 5 0 0 1
1974 28 LAD NL 39 113 96 12 23 8 0 1 11 0 0 11 28 .240 .312 .354 .666 90 34 1 0 4 2 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-16,GG
1975 29 LAD NL 44 123 108 8 17 4 0 0 9 0 0 7 25 .157 .212 .194 .406 16 21 2 1 5 2 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-24,GG
1976 30 ATL NL 29 77 67 3 12 1 0 0 10 0 0 4 19 .179 .225 .194 .419 17 13 1 0 6 0 0 1 AS
1977 31 ATL NL 16 39 34 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 9 .118 .189 .265 .454 15 9 0 0 2 0 0 1
1978 32 NYY AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1979 33 LAD NL 11 23 22 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .136 .227 -38 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
12 Yrs 353 826 729 49 124 30 0 5 54 1 0 46 212 .170 .219 .232 .451 29 169 6 1 46 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 379 335 22 57 14 0 2 25 0 0 21 97 .170 .219 .232 .451 29 78 3 0 21 2 0
CAL (5 yrs) 174 352 313 20 51 11 0 3 13 1 0 16 109 .163 .204 .227 .430 26 71 1 0 23 0 0
LAD (4 yrs) 128 358 315 24 57 16 0 1 28 0 0 23 75 .181 .236 .241 .477 36 76 4 1 15 4 0
ATL (2 yrs) 45 116 101 5 16 3 0 1 13 0 0 7 28 .158 .213 .218 .431 17 22 1 0 8 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 173 474 416 29 73 19 0 2 41 0 0 30 103 .175 .231 .236 .466 31 98 5 1 23 4 0
AL (6 yrs) 180 352 313 20 51 11 0 3 13 1 0 16 109 .163 .204 .227 .430 26 71 1 0 23 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1968 22 CAL AL 29 24 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1969 23 CAL AL 42 91 -7 -1 0 0 11 2 0.2 2 5 0.2 .506 .502 0.3 -0.0 5 $15,000 1 MVP-29
1970 24 CAL AL 38 75 -9 -0 0 0 9 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $30,000 1
1971 25 CAL AL 39 104 -8 0 0 0 11 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .511 .503 0.4 0.0 7 $ 1 AS,CYA-5
1972 26 CAL AL 26 58 -3 -0 0 0 6 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .514 .502 0.4 -0.0 5 $65,000 1
1973 27 LAD NL 34 99 -10 0 0 0 11 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 4 $70,000 1
1974 28 LAD NL 39 113 -1 0 1 0 11 12 1.3 3 15 1.3 .533 .508 1.3 0.0 15 $90,000 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-16,GG
1975 29 LAD NL 44 123 -11 1 0 0 14 4 0.4 4 7 0.4 .509 .502 0.4 0.0 7 $ 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-24,GG
1976 30 ATL NL 29 77 -7 -0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1 AS
1977 31 ATL NL 16 39 -5 -0 0 0 5 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $333,333 1
1978 32 NYY AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1979 33 LAD NL 11 23 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .487 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
12 Seasons 353 826 -67 -1 2 0 91 25 2.7 25 50 2.7 .508 .501 2.9 -0.0 50 $603,333
CAL (5 yrs) 174 352 -29 -2 1 0 39 9 0.9 11 20 0.9 .506 .501 1.1 -0.1 20 $110,000
LAD (4 yrs) 128 358 -26 1 1 0 39 16 1.7 10 26 1.7 .513 .503 1.7 0.0 26 $160,000
ATL (2 yrs) 45 116 -12 -1 0 0 13 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 4 $333,333
NYY (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1968 22 CAL AL 24 22 0 0.0 76 .200 .100 .232 .100 .301 .150 .344 .250 .645 -23 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .167 .050 .050
1969 23 CAL AL 91 72 4 1.5 90 .245 .156 .247 .235 .323 .182 .373 .417 .696 22 .131 -7.8 -0.8 .333 .130 .026
1970 24 CAL AL 75 64 3 1.3 94 .244 .157 .253 .157 .327 .243 .387 .400 .713 11 .096 -8.6 -0.9 .288 .086 .086 .0
1971 25 CAL AL 104 83 6 1.9 86 .230 .172 .246 .214 .316 .258 .365 .472 .681 39 .209 -7.6 -0.8 .377 .140 .086 .0
1972 26 CAL AL 58 45 3 1.8 78 .250 .189 .240 .232 .308 .245 .346 .477 .654 46 .215 -3.4 -0.4 .395 .132 .057 .0
1973 27 LAD NL 99 80 4 1.4 93 .205 .169 .258 .213 .326 .202 .383 .415 .710 18 .108 -9.8 -1.0 .307 .090 .034
1974 28 LAD NL 113 80 12 4.0 91 .319 .240 .258 .312 .329 .354 .372 .666 .701 90 .477 -0.8 -0.1 .608 .229 .115 .0
1975 29 LAD NL 123 100 5 1.4 92 .200 .157 .260 .212 .330 .194 .375 .406 .704 16 .106 -12.0 -1.2 .312 .102 .037
1976 30 ATL NL 77 62 3 1.3 97 .250 .179 .269 .225 .337 .194 .384 .419 .721 17 .109 -7.6 -0.8 .304 .075 .015
1977 31 ATL NL 39 32 2 1.7 113 .125 .118 .283 .189 .352 .265 .431 .454 .784 15 .136 -4.5 -0.4 .400 .235 .147 .0
1979 33 LAD NL 23 21 0 0.0 99 .125 .091 .268 .091 .333 .136 .397 .227 .730 -38 .000 -4.2 -0.4 .150 .045 .045
12 Yrs 826 661 42 1.7 91 .231 .170 .256 .219 .326 .232 .376 .451 .702 29 .163 -69.2 -7.3 .355 .126 .062 1.7
162 Game Avg. 379 303 19 1.7 91 .231 .170 .256 .219 .326 .232 .376 .451 .702 29 .163 -69.2 -7.3 .355 .126 .062 1
CAL (5 yrs) 352 286 16 1.5 87 .239 .163 .246 .204 .318 .227 .367 .430 .685 26 .141 -30.4 -3.2 .335 .118 .064 1.5
LAD (4 yrs) 358 281 21 2.0 93 .230 .181 .259 .236 .329 .241 .378 .477 .707 36 .200 -26.8 -2.8 .382 .133 .060 .0
ATL (2 yrs) 116 94 5 1.4 102 .208 .158 .274 .213 .342 .218 .400 .431 .742 17 .120 -12.1 -1.3 .337 .129 .059 .0
NL (6 yrs) 474 375 26 1.9 95 .225 .175 .263 .231 .332 .236 .383 .466 .715 31 .180 -38.9 -4.0 .371 .132 .060 .0
AL (6 yrs) 352 286 16 1.5 87 .239 .163 .246 .204 .318 .227 .367 .430 .685 26 .141 -30.4 -3.2 .335 .118 .064 1.5

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
1974 28 LAD NL NLCS PIT W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 28 LAD NL WS OAK L 2 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 1 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 3 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 CAL AL 25 DNP
1974 LAD NL 28 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 LAD NL 29 DNP
1976 ATL NL 30 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1968 22 CAL AL 24 0.0% 41.7% 0.0% 4.2% 50% 2.0 20.0 2.67 42%
1969 23 CAL AL 91 0.0% 30.8% 8.8% 2.2% 17% 3.50 2.8 15.4 1.33 54%
1970 24 CAL AL 75 1.3% 37.3% 0.0% 5.3% 36% 2.5 70.0 35.0 1.64 55%
1971 25 CAL AL 104 1.9% 28.9% 4.8% 3.9% 25% 6.00 3.1 46.5 18.6 1.04 59%
1972 26 CAL AL 58 0.0% 22.4% 5.2% 5.2% 30% 4.33 4.1 1.07 69%
1973 27 LAD NL 99 0.0% 16.2% 5.1% 3.0% 20% 3.20 5.6 14.8 1.29 74%
1974 28 LAD NL 113 0.9% 24.8% 9.7% 8.0% 39% 2.55 3.4 96.0 8.7 1.17 61%
1975 29 LAD NL 123 0.0% 20.3% 5.7% 3.3% 24% 3.57 4.3 12.0 1.32 69%
1976 30 ATL NL 77 0.0% 24.7% 5.2% 1.3% 8% 4.75 3.5 6.7 1.63 62%
1977 31 ATL NL 39 2.6% 23.1% 7.7% 7.7% 75% 3.00 3.8 34.0 11.3 0.77 62%
1979 33 LAD NL 23 0.0% 26.1% 0.0% 4.4% 50% 3.7 11.0 1.14 70%
12 Yrs 826 0.6% 25.7% 5.6% 4.2% 28% 4.61 3.4 145.8 13.5 1.27 62%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.8% 8.6% 6.1% 27% 1.60 6.5 45.7 8.9 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1968 22 CAL AL -2.9 -0.3 24 -0.1 0.3 -0.3 .86 -0.2 0.1 -1.8 -0.2 0.94 -2.0 0
1969 23 CAL AL -7.8 -0.8 93 -0.6 1.0 -1.6 .93 -0.6 -0.1 -6.3 -0.7 1.03 -6.7 0
1970 24 CAL AL -8.6 -0.9 76 -1.1 0.5 -1.6 .97 -0.8 -0.3 -12.6 -1.3 1.03 -9.0 2.20 1
1971 25 CAL AL -7.7 -0.8 105 -0.7 0.9 -1.6 .83 -0.6 -0.2 -7.8 -0.9 0.93 -5.7 1.19 1
1972 26 CAL AL -3.4 -0.4 59 -0.5 0.6 -1.1 .97 -0.4 -0.1 -3.9 -0.4 0.90 -4.0 0
1973 27 LAD NL -10.0 -1.0 99 -1.5 0.4 -1.9 .93 -1.1 -0.5 -13.9 -1.5 1.03 -12.2 4.34 1
1974 28 LAD NL -0.8 -0.1 114 0.2 1.6 -1.3 .80 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.96 0.4 0
1975 29 LAD NL -12.1 -1.3 124 -0.2 1.7 -1.9 .93 -0.8 0.6 -3.3 -0.3 0.98 -8.1 0.98 0
1976 30 ATL NL -7.6 -0.8 78 -0.2 1.2 -1.3 .94 -0.6 0.4 -3.4 -0.3 1.01 -6.0 0
1977 31 ATL NL -4.5 -0.4 39 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .88 -0.4 0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.98 -4.0 0
1978 32 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
1979 33 LAD NL -4.2 -0.4 23 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 .86 -0.4 -0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.81 -3.9 0
12 Yrs -69.6 -7.3 834 -5.3 8.6 -13.9 .90 -5.9 -0.0 -58.0 -6.2 0.98 -61.2 2.58 3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1968 22 CAL AL 1 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1969 23 CAL AL 2 0 25% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18% 7 7 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
1970 24 CAL AL 0 0 30% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1971 25 CAL AL 0 0 32% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11% 7 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1972 26 CAL AL 1 0 15% 20 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1973 27 LAD NL 0 0 15% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 50% 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
1974 28 LAD NL 2 0 33% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43% 4 4 0 1 1 0 9 3 6
1975 29 LAD NL 3 0 32% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 40% 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 2
1976 30 ATL NL 1 0 19% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
1977 31 ATL NL 0 0 17% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 33 LAD NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
12 Yrs 10 0 27% 261 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 14 33% 34 30 4 4 3 1 26 10 16

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1968 22 CAL AL 24 29% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 8 0 0% 7 1 14% 16 1 6% 0 0 0 0 0
1969 23 CAL AL 91 36% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 19 1 5% 19 3 16% 66 6 9% 4 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1970 24 CAL AL 75 39% 11 1 0 0 0 2.20 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 5 5 100% 14 0 0% 17 5 29% 55 2 4% 3 1 33% 5 3 60% 0
1971 25 CAL AL 104 34% 16 1 0 0 0 1.19 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 8 6 75% 11 0 0% 15 3 20% 61 3 5% 1 0 0% 6 4 67% 0
1972 26 CAL AL 58 33% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 6 0 0% 7 1 14% 34 1 3% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1973 27 LAD NL 99 33% 15 1 0 0 0 4.34 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 11 1 9% 17 3 18% 79 7 9% 6 3 50% 6 4 67% 0
1974 28 LAD NL 113 19% 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 100% 19 1 5% 23 8 35% 71 10 14% 9 4 44% 3 2 67% 0
1975 29 LAD NL 123 17% 17 0 0 0 0 0.98 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 23 2 9% 24 7 29% 73 11 15% 7 4 57% 4 3 75% 0
1976 30 ATL NL 77 31% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 16 1 6% 16 4 25% 56 10 18% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
1977 31 ATL NL 39 23% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 67% 8 0 0% 7 2 29% 26 2 8% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1979 33 LAD NL 23 22% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 10 2 20% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
12 Yrs 826 29% 124 3 0 0 0 2.58 5 0 29 4 1 3 2 0 53 46 87% 138 6 4% 155 38 25% 547 55 10% 35 13 37% 31 19 61% 0
MLB Averages 54% 76% 11% 33% 14% 48% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 22 29 24 20 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .100 .100 .150 .250 -23 3 0 0 4 0 0
1969 23 71 115 97 6 14 3 0 0 6 0 0 8 38 .144 .210 .175 .385 13 17 1 0 10 0 0
1970 24 109 190 167 10 25 6 0 1 8 0 0 8 66 .150 .189 .204 .392 13 34 1 0 15 0 0
1971 25 148 294 260 18 41 8 0 3 13 0 0 13 96 .158 .198 .223 .421 22 58 1 0 21 0 0
1972 26 174 352 313 20 51 11 0 3 13 1 0 16 109 .163 .204 .227 .430 26 71 1 0 23 0 0
1973 27 208 451 402 23 66 14 0 3 19 1 0 21 125 .164 .206 .221 .427 24 89 2 0 28 0 0
1974 28 247 564 498 35 89 22 0 4 30 1 0 32 153 .179 .227 .247 .474 37 123 3 0 32 2 0
1975 29 291 687 606 43 106 26 0 4 39 1 0 39 178 .175 .225 .238 .462 33 144 5 1 37 4 0
1976 30 320 764 673 46 118 27 0 4 49 1 0 43 197 .175 .225 .233 .458 32 157 6 1 43 4 0
1977 31 336 803 707 48 122 29 0 5 52 1 0 46 206 .173 .223 .235 .458 31 166 6 1 45 4 0
1978 32 342 803 707 48 122 29 0 5 52 1 0 46 206 .173 .223 .235 .458 31 166 6 1 45 4 0
1979 33 353 826 729 49 124 30 0 5 54 1 0 46 212 .170 .219 .232 .451 29 169 6 1 46 4 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1968 22 29 24 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29
1969 23 42 93 78 6 13 2 0 0 6 0 9 28 .167 .253 .192 .445 4 42
1970 24 38 76 71 4 12 3 0 1 2 0 0 28 .169 .169 .254 .423 3 38
1971 25 39 107 95 9 18 2 0 2 6 0 6 30 .189 .238 .274 .511 6 39
1972 26 27 63 57 3 12 4 0 0 0 1 4 14 .211 .262 .281 .543 4 26
1973 27 34 99 89 3 15 3 0 0 6 0 5 16 .169 .213 .202 .415 4 34
1974 28 39 114 97 13 24 8 0 1 12 0 11 28 .247 .318 .361 .679 12 39
1975 29 44 124 109 9 18 4 0 0 10 0 7 25 .165 .218 .202 .420 5 44
1976 30 29 77 67 3 12 1 0 0 10 0 4 19 .179 .225 .194 .419 3 29
1977 31 16 39 34 2 4 2 0 1 4 0 3 9 .118 .189 .265 .454 2 16
1979 33 11 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
11 Yrs 348 839 739 52 128 29 0 5 56 1 49 213 .173 .224 .233 .457 43 347
162 Game Avg. 162 391 344 24 60 14 0 2 26 0 23 99 .173 .224 .233 .457 20 347

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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
1985 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1986 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

All-Star Games
1971
1974 (P)
1975
1976

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 AL (29, 1%)
1974 NL (16, 1%)
1975 NL (24, 0%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 AL (5, 1%)
1974 NL (2, 55%)
1975 NL (5, 1%)
0.57 Career Shares (92nd)

Gold Gloves
1974 NL (P)
1975 NL (P)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1974 NL  6.3 (9th)
1975 NL  6.5 (5th)

                           

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