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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 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
1968 22 CAL AL 4 2 .667 2.21 28 5 9 2 1 4 81.1 44 21 20 3 35 4 74 1 1 3 321 131 0.971 4.9 0.3 3.9 8.2 2.11
1969 23 CAL AL 16 11 .593 2.52 40 33 5 10 2 2 250.0 169 81 70 17 100 7 211 5 1 16 1008 137 1.076 6.1 0.6 3.6 7.6 2.11 MVP-29
1970 24 CAL AL 11 10 .524 3.01 37 26 8 6 1 5 194.2 144 75 65 21 78 6 162 6 0 2 795 120 1.140 6.7 1.0 3.6 7.5 2.08
1971 25 CAL AL 20 13 .606 2.99 38 38 0 14 4 0 276.2 224 112 92 16 121 6 179 7 0 9 1170 108 1.247 7.3 0.5 3.9 5.8 1.48 AS,CYA-5
1972 26 CAL AL 8 11 .421 2.81 25 21 4 10 3 2 169.2 125 56 53 5 68 8 142 2 1 2 690 104 1.138 6.6 0.3 3.6 7.5 2.09
1973 27 LAD NL 14 10 .583 2.70 33 33 0 10 3 0 249.2 196 90 75 24 77 3 177 6 1 6 1015 129 1.093 7.1 0.9 2.8 6.4 2.30
1974 28 LAD NL 20 6 .769 2.59 39 39 0 13 3 0 292.1 227 93 84 24 94 0 221 3 3 6 1179 132 1.098 7.0 0.7 2.9 6.8 2.35 AS,CYA-2,MVP-16,GG
1975 29 LAD NL 19 14 .576 2.29 42 40 2 19 7 1 321.2 244 92 82 22 96 2 213 5 0 8 1276 149 1.057 6.8 0.6 2.7 6.0 2.22 AS,CYA-5,MVP-24,GG
1976 30 ATL NL 11 11 .500 3.04 29 28 1 12 3 1 207.1 166 83 70 14 74 1 135 2 0 10 847 125 1.158 7.2 0.6 3.2 5.9 1.82 AS
1977 31 ATL NL 5 4 .556 4.40 16 16 0 1 0 0 102.1 101 54 50 12 39 5 69 2 0 5 447 102 1.368 8.9 1.1 3.4 6.1 1.77
1978 32 NYY AL 0 3 .000 5.64 6 5 1 0 0 0 22.1 24 21 14 7 15 0 16 1 0 0 106 66 1.746 9.7 2.8 6.0 6.4 1.07
1979 33 LAD NL 2 4 .333 4.91 11 11 0 1 0 0 62.1 55 34 34 9 34 2 26 0 0 3 266 74 1.428 7.9 1.3 4.9 3.8 0.76
12 Yrs 130 99 .568 2.86 344 295 30 98 27 15 2230.1 1719 812 709 174 831 44 1625 40 7 70 9120 121 1.143 6.9 0.7 3.4 6.6 1.96
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .568 2.86 37 31 3 10 3 2 237 183 86 75 19 88 5 173 4 1 7 971 121 1.143 6.9 0.7 3.4 6.6 1.96
CAL (5 yrs) 59 47 .557 2.78 168 123 26 42 11 13 972.1 706 345 300 62 402 31 768 21 3 32 3984 118 1.140 6.5 0.6 3.7 7.1 1.91
LAD (4 yrs) 55 34 .618 2.67 125 123 2 43 13 1 926.0 722 309 275 79 301 7 637 14 4 23 3736 129 1.105 7.0 0.8 2.9 6.2 2.12
ATL (2 yrs) 16 15 .516 3.49 45 44 1 13 3 1 309.2 267 137 120 26 113 6 204 4 0 15 1294 115 1.227 7.8 0.8 3.3 5.9 1.81
NYY (1 yr) 0 3 .000 5.64 6 5 1 0 0 0 22.1 24 21 14 7 15 0 16 1 0 0 106 66 1.746 9.7 2.8 6.0 6.4 1.07
NL (6 yrs) 71 49 .592 2.88 170 167 3 56 16 2 1235.2 989 446 395 105 414 13 841 18 4 38 5030 125 1.135 7.2 0.8 3.0 6.1 2.03
AL (6 yrs) 59 50 .541 2.84 174 128 27 42 11 13 994.2 730 366 314 69 417 31 784 22 3 32 4090 116 1.153 6.6 0.6 3.8 7.1 1.88

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1968 22 CAL AL 81.1 28 5 21 2.32 3.39 0.14 -0.06 98.6 3.14 8 1.1 1.4 0.0 1.7 13 .539 .507 $
1969 23 CAL AL 250.0 40 33 81 2.92 4.16 0.14 0.06 93.3 3.81 27 3.1 1.2 -0.1 4.9 46 .579 .519 $15,000 MVP-29
1970 24 CAL AL 194.2 37 26 75 3.47 4.18 0.32 0.04 97.0 3.78 8 0.9 1.8 -0.1 2.5 27 .525 .506 $30,000
1971 25 CAL AL 276.2 38 38 112 3.64 4.02 0.12 0.06 93.2 3.69 2 0.2 -0.1 2.5 28 .506 .501 $ AS,CYA-5
1972 26 CAL AL 169.2 25 21 56 2.97 3.35 0.05 0.04 95.1 3.18 5 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.0 18 .527 .504 $65,000
1973 27 LAD NL 249.2 33 33 90 3.24 4.18 0.34 0.13 95.7 3.80 15 1.8 -0.1 3.5 38 .553 .511 $70,000
1974 28 LAD NL 292.1 39 39 93 2.86 4.00 0.21 0.13 94.1 3.68 25 2.9 -0.1 5.0 54 .575 .518 $90,000 AS,CYA-2,MVP-16,GG
1975 29 LAD NL 321.2 42 40 92 2.57 4.12 0.48 0.13 94.6 3.56 32 3.8 2.1 -0.1 6.1 65 .591 .524 $ AS,CYA-5,MVP-24,GG
1976 30 ATL NL 207.1 29 28 83 3.60 4.00 -0.55 0.12 106.7 4.99 30 3.7 2.8 -0.1 5.3 50 .629 .523 $ AS
1977 31 ATL NL 102.1 16 16 54 4.75 4.58 -0.83 0.16 109.9 6.13 15 1.7 -0.1 2.4 26 .606 .510 $333,333
1978 32 NYY AL 22.1 6 5 21 8.46 4.09 0.28 0.07 92.9 3.60 -12 -1.1 .2 0.0 -0.8 -10 .320 .493 $
1979 33 LAD NL 62.1 11 11 34 4.91 4.03 -0.21 0.13 97.1 4.25 -5 -0.5 -0.0 -0.1 1 .451 .497 $
12 Seasons 2230.1 344 295 812 3.28 4.03 0.11 0.09 96.6 3.89 151 18.4 1.4 -0.9 35.0 356 .553 .509 $603,333
CAL (5 yrs) 972.1 168 123 345 3.19 3.92 0.15 0.04 94.7 3.61 51 6.1 1.4 -0.4 13.6 132 .536 .507 $110,000
LAD (4 yrs) 926.0 125 123 309 3.00 4.09 0.31 0.13 94.9 3.71 68 8.0 2.1 -0.4 14.5 158 .564 .512 $160,000
ATL (2 yrs) 309.2 45 44 137 3.98 4.19 -0.65 0.14 107.8 5.37 45 5.4 2.8 -0.1 7.7 76 .621 .517 $333,333
NYY (1 yr) 22.1 6 5 21 8.46 4.09 0.28 0.07 92.9 3.60 -12 -1.1 .2 0.0 -0.8 -10 .320 .493 $

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
1974 28 LAD NL NLCS W PIT 1 0 1.000 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 31 1.571 10.3 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
1974 28 LAD NL WS L OAK 0 2 .000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 11 8 7 2 7 1 12 1 0 1 58 1.286 7.1 1.3 4.5 7.7 1.71
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 2 .333 3.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 21.0 19 10 9 2 10 1 12 2 0 1 89 1.381 8.1 0.9 4.3 5.1 1.20
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 31 1.571 10.3 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 2 .000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 11 8 7 2 7 1 12 1 0 1 58 1.286 7.1 1.3 4.5 7.7 1.71

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1971 CAL AL 25
1974 LAD NL 28 1 0 0 6.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 14 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 12.0 1.33
1975 LAD NL 29
1976 ATL NL 30

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
1968 22 CAL AL 28 321 280 21 44 10 2 3 1 2 35 74 .157 .252 .239 .491 .200 67 2 1 3 2 4 0
1969 23 CAL AL 40 1007 887 81 169 28 2 17 15 5 100 211 .191 .275 .284 .559 .229 252 14 5 9 6 7 14
1970 24 CAL AL 37 795 702 75 144 18 3 21 11 7 78 162 .205 .289 .329 .618 .236 231 15 6 7 2 6 15
1971 25 CAL AL 38 1170 1028 112 224 33 6 16 26 5 121 179 .218 .303 .308 .612 .248 317 18 7 9 5 6 22
1972 26 CAL AL 25 690 603 56 125 25 3 5 13 5 68 142 .207 .288 .284 .572 .261 171 9 2 13 4 8 6
1973 27 LAD NL 33 1014 918 90 196 40 1 24 14 8 77 177 .214 .278 .338 .615 .239 310 14 6 10 4 3 15
1974 28 LAD NL 39 1179 1069 93 227 27 3 24 13 11 94 221 .212 .277 .311 .588 .245 332 16 3 9 3 0 14
1975 29 LAD NL 42 1274 1148 92 244 29 3 22 14 7 96 213 .213 .275 .301 .575 .241 345 24 5 20 7 2 10
1976 30 ATL NL 29 847 759 83 166 28 6 14 9 9 74 135 .219 .287 .327 .614 .246 248 11 2 5 7 1 14
1977 31 ATL NL 16 447 395 54 101 24 5 12 14 1 39 69 .256 .323 .433 .756 .281 171 7 2 8 3 5 9
1978 32 NYY AL 6 106 90 21 24 4 0 7 4 1 15 16 .267 .377 .544 .922 .254 49 3 1 0 0 0 3
1979 33 LAD NL 11 266 225 34 55 10 1 9 3 2 34 26 .244 .342 .418 .760 .241 94 5 0 6 1 2 0
12 Yrs 344 9116 8104 812 1719 276 35 174 137 63 831 1625 .212 .287 .319 .606 .243 2587 138 40 99 44 44 122
162 Game Avg. 37 970 862 86 183 29 4 19 15 7 88 173 .212 .287 .319 .606 .243 275 15 4 11 5 5 13
MLB Averages .254 .321 .374 .695 .280

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1968 22 CAL AL 7.4 0.9 329 1.5 5.1 -3.6 .94 1.8 -0.2 5.5 0.6 0.94 14.0 8 8 7
1969 23 CAL AL 26.3 2.9 1049 3.0 18.4 -15.5 1.02 3.3 -0.4 29.9 3.4 1.02 33.7 2 1 4
1970 24 CAL AL 12.7 1.4 817 2.6 15.4 -12.8 1.06 1.9 0.6 15.2 1.6 1.06 15.7 5 5 1
1971 25 CAL AL 3.6 0.4 1213 2.8 21.8 -19.0 1.07 0.5 2.1 6.4 0.7 1.07 0.3 0 0 0
1972 26 CAL AL 4.2 0.5 711 0.5 12.6 -12.2 1.13 1.7 -1.2 8.0 1.0 1.13 11.3 1 1 2
1973 27 LAD NL 20.6 2.2 1048 1.3 16.4 -15.1 .92 2.7 -1.2 25.0 2.8 0.92 27.9 0 0 0
1974 28 LAD NL 30.2 3.3 1224 4.2 20.5 -16.3 .96 4.3 0.2 38.3 4.4 0.96 39.2 0 0 0
1975 29 LAD NL 43.4 4.8 1309 4.1 23.9 -19.7 1.04 5.0 -1.0 52.9 6.2 1.04 54.7 2 0 0
1976 30 ATL NL 14.8 1.6 879 0.9 13.9 -13.0 .94 1.6 -0.6 12.5 1.3 0.94 16.5 1 0 0
1977 31 ATL NL 1.6 0.2 466 -0.1 8.8 -8.9 1.08 -0.1 -0.0 -1.1 -0.1 1.08 -0.5 0 0 0
1978 32 NYY AL -7.5 -0.7 111 -0.7 1.9 -2.6 1.04 -0.9 0.2 -11.4 -1.1 1.04 -10.7 0 0 1
1979 33 LAD NL -6.6 -0.7 274 -0.2 4.8 -5.0 1.11 -0.3 0.1 -2.0 -0.2 1.11 -3.0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 150.7 16.7 9430 19.9 163.5 -143.6 1.02 21.4 -1.8 179.2 20.7 1.02 199.3 19 15 15

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
1968 22 CAL AL 28 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 .400 1 0 2 1 3 60% 59.4 83 31 9 3 2 2 2.7 2.8 6.6
1969 23 CAL AL 40 33 16 11 6 1 6 20 13 .606 0 2 10 2 25 76% 62.7 84 24 15 6 21 5 4.1 4.3 7.3
1970 24 CAL AL 37 26 8 10 8 0 2 11 15 .423 5 2 6 1 14 54% 56.2 86 29 20 5 15 3 3.6 4.1 6.6
1971 25 CAL AL 38 38 20 13 5 4 5 24 14 .632 2 2 14 4 24 63% 57.4 84 17 27 12 14 3 3.8 4.0 7.3
1972 26 CAL AL 25 21 8 11 2 0 4 10 11 .476 0 2 10 3 13 62% 61.7 90 30 4 1 10 4 2.5 2.3 7.7
1973 27 LAD NL 33 33 14 10 9 2 5 18 15 .545 5 6 10 3 22 67% 60.8 83 32 20 8 3 5 4.7 4.8 7.6
1974 28 LAD NL 39 39 20 6 13 4 3 28 11 .718 3 6 13 3 26 67% 61.9 86 20 15 6 17 3 4.6 4.7 7.5
1975 29 LAD NL 42 40 19 14 7 2 7 21 19 .525 2 3 19 7 29 73% 63.9 88 13 8 4 25 1 3.6 3.8 8.0
1976 30 ATL NL 29 28 11 11 6 0 6 15 13 .536 2 3 12 3 21 75% 58.2 91 15 2 1 13 4 3.7 3.6 7.3
1977 31 ATL NL 16 16 5 4 7 0 1 7 9 .438 0 2 1 0 10 63% 50.8 72 13 1 1 11 3 4.9 4.9 6.4
1978 32 NYY AL 6 5 0 3 2 0 1 2 3 .400 0 1 0 0 1 20% 46.2 67 35 5 1 0 3 3.7 0.9 3.9
1979 33 LAD NL 11 11 2 4 5 0 2 4 7 .364 4 2 1 0 6 55% 48.1 66 22 8 5 0 6 5.1 5.2 5.7
12 Yrs 344 295 125 99 71 13 42 162 133 .549 24 31 98 27 194 66% 59 91 13 134 53 131 42 4.0 4.1 7.2
MLB Averages .500 55% 52 109 -13 4.1 4.1 6.5

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
1968 22 CAL AL 28 23 9 2 0 3 4 0 133% 6 0 29 15 52% 9 .935 8 8 7 7 3 13 14 9 13 7 13 6 6.3
1969 23 CAL AL 40 7 5 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 5 2 40% 9 1.024 2 1 4 2 0 5 4 3 2 1 2 1 4.0
1970 24 CAL AL 37 11 8 3 0 5 5 0 100% 6 0 11 1 9% 7 1.059 5 5 1 6 1 4 6 5 8 1 8 0 6.4
1972 26 CAL AL 25 4 4 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 4 2 50% 9 1.129 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 6.5
1975 29 LAD NL 42 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 8 1.042 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1976 30 ATL NL 29 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 8 .937 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0
1978 32 NYY AL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 1.036 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 8.0
7 Yrs 207 49 30 5 0 14 15 0 107% 18 0 53 21 40% 1.028 19 15 15 19 5 25 29 20 28 10 28 7 5.9

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%
1968 22 CAL AL 321 57% 0.9% 23.1% 10.9% 4.7% 34% 0.89 64% 53 2 4%
1969 23 CAL AL 1007 55% 1.7% 21.0% 9.9% 4.7% 28% 0.78 66% 158 14 9%
1970 24 CAL AL 795 53% 2.6% 20.4% 9.8% 5.3% 29% 0.86 66% 158 15 9%
1971 25 CAL AL 1170 55% 1.4% 15.3% 10.3% 4.7% 25% 1.21 72% 213 18 8%
1972 26 CAL AL 690 51% 0.7% 20.6% 9.9% 4.8% 26% 1.12 67% 111 9 8%
1973 27 LAD NL 1015 49% 2.4% 17.5% 7.6% 6.4% 33% 0.94 71% 153 14 9%
1974 28 LAD NL 1179 50% 2.0% 18.7% 8.0% 4.6% 24% 1.22 70% 178 16 9%
1975 29 LAD NL 1276 48% 1.7% 16.7% 7.5% 4.2% 22% 1.02 72% 224 24 11%
1976 30 ATL NL 847 52% 1.7% 15.9% 8.7% 5.7% 29% 1.09 73% 138 11 8%
1977 31 ATL NL 447 66% 2.7% 15.4% 8.7% 9.2% 41% 0.96 71% 65 7 11%
1978 32 NYY AL 106 44% 6.6% 15.1% 14.2% 10.4% 46% 0.92 63% 25 3 12%
1979 33 LAD NL 266 61% 3.4% 9.8% 12.8% 7.5% 36% 1.52 72% 42 5 12%
12 Yrs 9119 53% 1.9% 17.8% 9.1% 5.3% 28% 1.03 70% 1518 138 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 13.8% 8.6% 6.1% 27% 1.10 74% 11%

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
1968 22 CAL AL 321 44 3 1 11 1 2 0 3 18 13 3 72% 0 3 2 101 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1969 23 CAL AL 1007 169 17 1 12 9 8 10 7 39 18 7 46% 14 16 1 346 15 5 75% 13 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 28 0
1970 24 CAL AL 795 144 21 1 15 14 7 10 11 34 15 9 44% 15 2 1 290 11 7 61% 11 4 0 2 0 1 3 1 6 0
1971 25 CAL AL 1170 224 16 0 23 9 7 7 9 51 25 7 49% 22 9 1 430 26 5 84% 25 4 0 0 1 1 3 1 19 0
1972 26 CAL AL 690 125 5 0 19 2 3 3 2 37 12 6 32% 6 2 0 245 13 5 72% 13 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1973 27 LAD NL 1014 196 24 0 8 11 13 15 9 31 16 5 52% 15 6 4 351 14 8 64% 13 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 12 1
1974 28 LAD NL 1179 227 24 0 14 14 10 12 12 34 20 2 59% 14 6 3 375 13 11 54% 11 7 2 2 0 2 4 1 22 0
1975 29 LAD NL 1274 244 22 1 11 10 12 10 12 48 19 9 40% 10 8 1 443 14 7 67% 13 5 0 2 1 0 3 1 20 2
1976 30 ATL NL 847 166 14 1 16 10 4 10 4 40 23 4 58% 14 10 1 284 9 9 50% 9 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 27 0
1977 31 ATL NL 447 101 12 0 8 8 4 6 6 26 11 7 42% 9 5 0 174 14 1 93% 12 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 0
1978 32 NYY AL 106 24 7 1 5 2 5 4 3 4 1 2 25% 3 0 0 46 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 33 LAD NL 266 55 9 0 0 6 3 6 3 5 5 0 100% 0 3 0 103 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
12 Yrs 9116 1719 174 6 142 96 78 93 81 367 178 61 49% 122 70 14 3188 137 63 69% 128 48 6 9 3 6 21 4 168 3
MLB Averages 51% 64%

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+
1968 22 4 2 .667 2.21 28 5 9 2 1 4 81.1 44 21 20 3 35 4 74 1 1 3 321 131 0.971 4.9 0.3 3.9 8.2 2.11 131
1969 23 20 13 .606 2.44 68 38 14 12 3 6 331.1 213 102 90 20 135 11 285 6 2 19 1329 136 1.050 5.8 0.5 3.7 7.7 2.11 136
1970 24 31 23 .574 2.65 105 64 22 18 4 11 526.0 357 177 155 41 213 17 447 12 2 21 2124 129 1.084 6.1 0.7 3.6 7.6 2.10 129
1971 25 51 36 .586 2.77 143 102 22 32 8 11 802.2 581 289 247 57 334 23 626 19 2 30 3294 121 1.140 6.5 0.6 3.7 7.0 1.87 121
1972 26 59 47 .557 2.78 168 123 26 42 11 13 972.1 706 345 300 62 402 31 768 21 3 32 3984 118 1.140 6.5 0.6 3.7 7.1 1.91 118
1973 27 73 57 .562 2.76 201 156 26 52 14 13 1222.0 902 435 375 86 479 34 945 27 4 38 4999 120 1.130 6.6 0.6 3.5 7.0 1.97 120
1974 28 93 63 .596 2.73 240 195 26 65 17 13 1514.1 1129 528 459 110 573 34 1166 30 7 44 6178 123 1.124 6.7 0.7 3.4 6.9 2.03 123
1975 29 112 77 .593 2.65 282 235 28 84 24 14 1836.0 1373 620 541 132 669 36 1379 35 7 52 7454 127 1.112 6.7 0.6 3.3 6.8 2.06 127
1976 30 123 88 .583 2.69 311 263 29 96 27 15 2043.1 1539 703 611 146 743 37 1514 37 7 62 8301 126 1.117 6.8 0.6 3.3 6.7 2.04 126
1977 31 128 92 .582 2.77 327 279 29 97 27 15 2145.2 1640 757 661 158 782 42 1583 39 7 67 8748 125 1.129 6.9 0.7 3.3 6.6 2.02 125
1978 32 128 95 .574 2.80 333 284 30 97 27 15 2168.0 1664 778 675 165 797 42 1599 40 7 67 8854 123 1.135 6.9 0.7 3.3 6.6 2.01 123
1979 33 130 99 .568 2.86 344 295 30 98 27 15 2230.1 1719 812 709 174 831 44 1625 40 7 70 9120 121 1.143 6.9 0.7 3.4 6.6 1.96 121

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
1968 22 5 3 .625 3.20 76.0 51 30 27 3 41 69 1 1.211 6.0 4.9 8.2 1.68 0.4 28
1969 23 16 10 .615 3.01 239.0 180 89 80 18 107 201 5 1.201 6.8 4.0 7.6 1.88 0.7 40
1970 24 11 9 .550 3.45 185.0 151 79 71 22 82 154 6 1.259 7.3 4.0 7.5 1.88 1.1 37
1971 25 15 14 .517 3.93 261.0 250 127 114 18 135 169 8 1.475 8.6 4.7 5.8 1.25 0.6 38
1972 26 8 9 .471 4.19 161.0 152 83 75 6 83 135 2 1.460 8.5 4.6 7.5 1.63 0.3 25
1973 27 16 10 .615 3.15 240.0 208 93 84 25 82 170 6 1.208 7.8 3.1 6.4 2.07 0.9 33
1974 28 19 11 .633 3.08 278.0 242 106 95 26 100 210 3 1.230 7.8 3.2 6.8 2.10 0.8 39
1975 29 22 11 .667 2.80 302.0 261 104 94 24 103 200 5 1.205 7.8 3.1 6.0 1.94 0.7 42
1976 30 13 9 .591 3.22 201.0 168 80 72 14 75 131 2 1.209 7.5 3.4 5.9 1.75 0.6 29
1977 31 6 5 .545 3.81 104.0 95 49 44 11 37 70 2 1.269 8.2 3.2 6.1 1.89 1.0 16
1978 32 0 2 .000 7.29 21.0 26 19 17 8 16 15 1 2.000 11.1 6.9 6.4 0.94 3.4 6
1979 33 2 4 .333 5.74 58.0 57 41 37 9 35 24 0 1.586 8.8 5.4 3.7 0.69 1.4 11
12 Yrs 133 97 .578 3.43 2126.0 1841 900 810 184 896 1548 41 1.287 7.8 6.6 1.73 0.8 344

* 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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1969 AL  4.9 (5th)
1974 NL  5.0 (6th)
1975 NL  6.1 (5th)
1976 NL  5.3 (3rd)
Career  35.0 (178th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1969 AL  2.52 (4th)
1970 AL  3.01 (7th)
1973 NL  2.70 (5th)
1974 NL  2.59 (5th)
1975 NL  2.29 (2nd)
Career  2.86 (123rd)

Wins s c a p y
1971 AL  20 (6th)
1974 NL  20 (1st)
1975 NL  19 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1974 NL  .769 (2nd)
Career  .568 (235th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1969 AL  1.076 (4th)
1970 AL  1.140 (3rd)
1973 NL  1.093 (3rd)
1974 NL  1.098 (1st)
1975 NL  1.057 (3rd)
1976 NL  1.158 (7th)
Career  1.143 (56th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  6.084 (1st)
1970 AL  6.658 (1st)
1971 AL  7.287 (4th)
1972 AL  6.631 (5th)
1973 NL  7.065 (5th)
1974 NL  6.989 (2nd)
1975 NL  6.827 (1st)
1976 NL  7.206 (4th)
Career  6.937 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  7.596 (3rd)
1970 AL  7.490 (5th)
1972 AL  7.532 (2nd)
1974 NL  6.804 (6th)
Career  6.557 (154th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1969 AL  250.0 (10th)
1971 AL  276.7 (10th)
1974 NL  292.3 (2nd)
1975 NL  321.7 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1969 AL  211 (3rd)
1973 NL  177 (5th)
1974 NL  221 (2nd)
1975 NL  213 (3rd)
Career  1,625 (141st)

Games Started s c a p y
1971 AL  38 (6th)
1974 NL  39 (2nd)
1975 NL  40 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1974 NL  13 (7th)
1975 NL  19 (1st)
1976 NL  12 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1971 AL  4 (7th)
1973 NL  3 (7th)
1974 NL  3 (8th)
1975 NL  7 (1st)
Career  27 (145th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1973 NL  24 (9th)
1974 NL  24 (1st)
1975 NL  22 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 AL  100 (8th)
1971 AL  121 (2nd)
1975 NL  96 (8th)
Career  831 (217th)

Hits s c a p y
1975 NL  244 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1969 AL  2.110 (10th)
1973 NL  2.299 (10th)
1974 NL  2.351 (4th)
1975 NL  2.219 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL  0.521 (4th)
1972 AL  0.265 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1975 NL  14 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1969 AL  16 (1st)
1971 AL  9 (8th)
1976 NL  10 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 AL  7 (9th)
1973 NL  6 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1971 AL  1,170 (6th)
1974 NL  1,179 (3rd)
1975 NL  1,276 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1969 AL  137 (4th)
1970 AL  120 (9th)
1973 NL  129 (8th)
1974 NL  132 (7th)
1975 NL  149 (2nd)
1976 NL  125 (7th)
Career  121 (107th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1969 AL  26 (5th)
1973 NL  21 (10th)
1974 NL  30 (4th)
1975 NL  43 (1st)
Career  150 (124th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1969 AL  2.9 (5th)
1973 NL  2.2 (9th)
1974 NL  3.3 (4th)
1975 NL  4.8 (1st)
Career  16.7 (114th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1969 AL  29.89 (5th)
1973 NL  25.02 (7th)
1974 NL  38.28 (3rd)
1975 NL  52.93 (1st)
Career  179.22 (54th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.0 (10th)
1970 AL  2.6 (9th)
1974 NL  4.2 (1st)
1975 NL  4.1 (4th)
Career  19.9 (64th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.3 (5th)
1973 NL  2.7 (4th)
1974 NL  4.3 (2nd)
1975 NL  5.0 (1st)
Career  21.4 (44th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.4 (5th)
1973 NL  2.8 (7th)
1974 NL  4.4 (3rd)
1975 NL  6.2 (1st)
Career  20.7 (48th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 17 (127), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 92 (243), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 66 (189), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 30 (142), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dean Chance (948)
  2. Bob Veale (938)
  3. Jim Maloney (932)
  4. Howie Camnitz (927)
  5. Sonny Siebert (924)
  6. Lefty Tyler (924)
  7. Cy Falkenberg (920)
  8. Gary Peters (919)
  9. Jose Rijo (918)
  10. Al Downing (917)
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  1. Bob Shawkey (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Steve Hargan (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Fergie Jenkins (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mario Soto (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Al Mamaux (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Red Ames (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Red Ames (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Red Ames (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bob Gibson (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Luis Tiant (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Luis Tiant (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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