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Andy Messersmith
John Alexander Messersmith

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

Born: August 6, 1945 in Toms River, NJ
School: University of California
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1968
Final Game: June 1, 1979
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Standard Batting

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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
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	38	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	17	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
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 Seasons				347	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	386	340	23	58	14	0	2	25	0	0	21	99	.170	.219	.232	.451	29	79	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	35	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
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)				174	352	313	20	51	11	0	3	13	1	0	16	109	.163	.204	.227	.430	26	71	1	0	23	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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	.386	.400	.713	11	.096	-8.6	-0.9	.288	.086	.086	.0
1971	25	CAL	AL	104	83	6	1.9	86	.230	.172	.247	.214	.318	.258	.366	.472	.684	38	.209	-7.7	-0.8	.377	.140	.086	.0
1972	26	CAL	AL	58	45	3	1.8	78	.250	.189	.240	.232	.307	.245	.346	.477	.653	46	.215	-3.4	-0.4	.395	.132	.057	.0
1973	27	LAD	NL	99	80	4	1.4	94	.205	.169	.259	.213	.328	.202	.385	.415	.713	17	.108	-10.0	-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	93	.200	.157	.261	.212	.331	.194	.376	.406	.707	16	.106	-12.1	-1.3	.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	.783	15	.137	-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 Seasons				826	661	42	1.7	92	.231	.170	.256	.219	.326	.232	.377	.451	.704	29	.163	-69.6	-7.2	.355	.126	.062	1.7
162 Game Avg.				386	309	20	1.7	92	.231	.170	.256	.219	.326	.232	.377	.451	.704	29	.163	-69.6	-7.2	.355	.126	.062	1
CAL (5 yrs)				352	286	16	1.5	87	.239	.163	.246	.204	.318	.227	.368	.430	.686	26	.141	-30.4	-3.2	.335	.118	.064	1.5
LAD (4 yrs)				358	281	21	2.0	93	.230	.181	.260	.236	.329	.241	.379	.477	.709	35	.200	-27.0	-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	-1.2	.337	.129	.059	.0
NL (6 yrs)				474	375	26	1.9	95	.225	.175	.263	.231	.332	.236	.384	.466	.717	31	.179	-39.2	-4.0	.371	.132	.060	.0
AL (6 yrs)				352	286	16	1.5	87	.239	.163	.246	.204	.318	.227	.368	.430	.686	26	.141	-30.4	-3.2	.335	.118	.064	1.5

Postseason Batting

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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 Season (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

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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*

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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 Seasons				826	0.6%	25.7%	5.6%	4.2%	28%	4.61	3.4	145.8	13.5		1.27	62%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 Seasons				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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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%	4	3	75%	0
1970	24	CAL	AL	75	39%	11			1	0	0	0	2.31	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	5	5	100%	14	0	0%	17	5	29%	55	2	4%	3	1	33%	5	1	20%	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%	9	5	56%	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	4.43	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	11	1	9%	17	3	18%	79	7	9%	6	3	50%	8	3	38%	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%	6	1	17%	0
1975	29	LAD	NL	123	17%	17			0	0	0	0	1.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	23	2	9%	24	7	29%	73	11	15%	7	4	57%	8	2	25%	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%	5	2	40%	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%	0	0		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 Seasons				826	29%	124			3	0	0	0	2.64	5	0	29	4	1	3	2	0	53	46	87%	138	6	4%	155	38	25%	547	55	10%	35	13	37%	46	17	37%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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	336	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	347	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

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

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	20	20	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	29
1969	23	42	90	80	6	15	2	0	0	6	0	10	28	.188	.278	.213	.490	5	42
1970	24	38	70	70	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	28	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	38
1971	25	39	102	96	10	19	2	0	2	6	0	6	30	.198	.245	.281	.526	7	39
1972	26	27	63	59	3	14	4	0	0	0	1	4	14	.237	.286	.305	.591	5	26
1973	27	34	97	91	4	17	3	0	0	7	0	6	16	.187	.237	.220	.457	5	34
1974	28	39	113	99	13	26	9	0	1	12	0	12	28	.263	.336	.384	.720	13	39
1975	29	44	122	111	10	20	5	0	0	11	0	8	25	.180	.238	.225	.463	6	44
1976	30	29	74	69	4	14	1	0	0	12	0	5	19	.203	.257	.217	.474	4	29
1977	31	16	37	34	2	4	2	0	1	3	0	3	9	.118	.189	.265	.454	2	16
1979	33	11	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
11 Seasons		348	810	751	58	129	28	0	4	61	1	54	213	.172	.227	.225	.452	51	347
162 Game Avg.		162	377	350	27	60	13	0	2	28	0	25	99	.172	.227	.225	.452	24	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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games 1971 1974 (P) 1975 1976	Gold Gloves 1974-NL-P 1975-NL-P All multiple winners	MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1969-AL-29-1% 1974-NL-16-1% 1975-NL-24-0% 0.02 Career Shares (1327th)	Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1971-AL--5--1% 1974-NL--2--55% 1975-NL--5--1% 0.57 Career Shares (85th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters   View Player Links in Pop-up  Compare Stats to Similars Hank Borowy (982) Frank Lary (982) Bob Rush (981) Ray Kremer (978) Bill Duggleby (978) Johnny Allen (977) Noodles Hahn (976) Denny Neagle (976) Hippo Vaughn (976) Bob Harmon (976)

Most Similar by Ages   View Player Links in Pop-up  Hold mouse over #'s to see names Bob Rush (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C John Candelaria (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Rick Reuschel (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Stan Coveleski (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C John Smoltz (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C * - Signifies Hall of Famer

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