Andy Messersmith
John Alexander Messersmith
All-Star Player
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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 CAL AL 22 P 28 5 81.1 19 6 12 1 0 .947 1.99 0.64 .958 1.89 0.73
1969 CAL AL 23 P 40 33 250.0 51 17 29 5 2 .902 1.66 1.15 .953 1.88 0.69 MVP-29
1970 CAL AL 24 P 37 26 194.2 39 12 23 4 3 .897 1.62 0.95 .954 1.86 0.67
1971 CAL AL 25 P 38 38 276.2 72 18 49 5 2 .931 2.18 1.76 .960 1.98 0.77 AS,CYA-5
1972 CAL AL 26 P 25 21 169.2 33 9 24 0 0 1.000 1.75 1.32 .948 1.86 0.75
1973 LAD NL 27 P 33 33 249.2 59 19 35 5 0 .915 1.95 1.64 .953 1.88 0.73
1974 LAD NL 28 P 39 39 292.1 71 18 44 9 3 .873 1.91 1.59 .948 1.88 0.71 AS,CYA-2,MVP-16,GG
1975 LAD NL 29 P 42 40 321.2 59 11 43 5 1 .915 1.51 1.29 .947 1.86 0.72 AS,CYA-5,MVP-24,GG
1976 ATL NL 30 P 29 28 207.1 52 14 33 5 2 .904 2.04 1.62 .952 1.88 0.72 AS
1977 ATL NL 31 P 16 16 102.1 22 5 15 2 1 .909 1.76 1.25 .950 1.85 0.67
1978 NYY AL 32 P 6 5 22.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.61 0.67 .950 1.89 0.85
1979 LAD NL 33 P 11 11 62.1 14 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.02 1.27 .950 1.80 0.66
12 Seasons P 344 295 2230.1 495 136 318 41 15 .917 1.83 1.32 .952 1.88 0.72
12 Seasons TOT 344 295 2230.1 495 136 318 41 15 .917 1.83 1.32 .869 1.88 0.72

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 CAL AL 22 29 5 29 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 CAL AL 23 42 33 42 42 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1970 CAL AL 24 38 26 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 CAL AL 25 39 38 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 CAL AL 26 26 21 26 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 LAD NL 27 34 33 34 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 LAD NL 28 39 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 LAD NL 29 44 40 44 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1976 ATL NL 30 29 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 ATL NL 31 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 NYY AL 32 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 LAD NL 33 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 353 290 347 351 344 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1968 CAL AL 22 329 67% 23% 13 100% 0 8 1 6 12 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 CAL AL 23 1049 70% 21% 37 81% 0 16 2 13 29 20 3 5 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 9 89%
1970 CAL AL 24 817 70% 21% 26 85% 1 13 2 9 22 13 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 8 88%
1971 CAL AL 25 1213 75% 29% 51 94% 3 20 0 14 48 38 4 5 0 1 4 1 2 2 2 0 7 100%
1972 CAL AL 26 711 70% 25% 28 89% 0 9 0 9 26 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1973 LAD NL 27 1047 75% 25% 47 85% 0 19 2 13 35 32 1 5 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 8 75%
1974 LAD NL 28 1224 74% 27% 48 92% 0 17 3 13 44 35 4 9 0 2 7 2 3 3 3 0 7 100%
1975 LAD NL 29 1307 76% 26% 43 93% 0 12 2 8 41 35 2 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 12 92%
1976 ATL NL 30 879 76% 29% 43 91% 2 13 1 7 35 25 3 5 1 4 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1977 ATL NL 31 466 76% 24% 16 88% 0 5 0 2 15 12 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1978 NYY AL 32 111 71% 21% 3 100% 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 LAD NL 33 274 78% 30% 9 100% 0 5 0 5 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
12 Seasons 9427 74% 26% 364 90% 6 139 13 101 319 250 24 41 4 17 20 13 15 13 14 1 64 91%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

* 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.

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