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 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
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 5 447 101 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 64 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 75 1.428 7.9 1.3 4.9 3.8 0.76
12 Seasons 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 64 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

Postseason Pitching

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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 Season (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

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1971 CAL AL 25
1974 LAD NL 28 1 0 0 6.00 1 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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
1973 27 LAD NL 33 1015 918 90 196 40 1 24 14 8 77 177 .214 .278 .338 .615 .239 310 14 6 10 4 3
1974 28 LAD NL 39 1178 1069 93 227 27 3 24 13 11 94 221 .212 .277 .311 .588 .245 332 16 3 9 3 0
1975 29 LAD NL 42 1276 1148 92 244 29 3 22 14 7 96 213 .213 .275 .301 .575 .241 345 24 5 20 7 2
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
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
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
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
12 Seasons 344 9118 8104 812 1719 276 35 174 137 63 831 1625 .212 .287 .319 .606 .243 2587 138 40 99 44 44
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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% 63 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 4 2 6 1 14 54% 56 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 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% 62 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 4 6 10 3 22 67% 61 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% 62 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% 64 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 1 3 12 3 21 75% 58 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% 51 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 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 3 2 1 0 6 55% 48 66 22 8 5 0 6 5.1 5.2 5.7
12 Seasons 344 295 125 99 71 13 42 162 133 .549 20 31 98 27 194 66% 59 91 13 134 53 131 42 4.0 4.1 7.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 1.038 9 8 6 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 1.047 2 2 3 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 1.071 6 4 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 1.150 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 1.060 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 0.963 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 1.010 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 8.0
7 Seasons 207 49 30 5 0 14 15 0 107% 18 0 53 21 40% 1.053 21 15 13 19 5 25 29 20 28 10 28 7 5.9

Ratio Pitching*

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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 43% 0.9% 23.1% 10.9% 4.7% 34% 0.89 64% 53 2 4%
1969 23 CAL AL 1007 45% 1.7% 21.0% 9.9% 4.7% 28% 0.78 66% 158 14 9%
1970 24 CAL AL 795 47% 2.6% 20.4% 9.8% 5.3% 29% 0.86 66% 158 15 9%
1971 25 CAL AL 1170 45% 1.4% 15.3% 10.3% 4.7% 25% 1.21 72% 213 18 8%
1972 26 CAL AL 690 49% 0.7% 20.6% 9.9% 4.8% 26% 1.12 67% 111 9 8%
1973 27 LAD NL 1015 51% 2.4% 17.4% 7.6% 6.4% 33% 0.94 71% 153 14 9%
1974 28 LAD NL 1179 50% 2.0% 18.8% 8.0% 4.6% 24% 1.22 70% 178 16 9%
1975 29 LAD NL 1276 52% 1.7% 16.7% 7.5% 4.2% 22% 1.02 72% 224 24 11%
1976 30 ATL NL 847 48% 1.7% 15.9% 8.7% 5.7% 29% 1.09 73% 138 11 8%
1977 31 ATL NL 447 34% 2.7% 15.4% 8.7% 9.2% 41% 0.96 71% 65 7 11%
1978 32 NYY AL 106 56% 6.6% 15.1% 14.2% 10.4% 46% 0.92 63% 25 3 12%
1979 33 LAD NL 266 39% 3.4% 9.8% 12.8% 7.5% 36% 1.52 72% 42 5 12%
12 Seasons 9119 47% 1.9% 17.8% 9.1% 5.3% 28% 1.03 70% 1518 138 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 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 5 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 4 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 5 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 4 1 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 11 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 5 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 2 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 Seasons 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 39 5 168 3
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 135 1.050 5.8 0.5 3.7 7.7 2.11 135
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 122 1.124 6.7 0.7 3.4 6.9 2.03 122
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 126 1.112 6.7 0.6 3.3 6.8 2.06 126
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 124 1.129 6.9 0.7 3.3 6.6 2.02 124
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

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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 17 9 .654 2.99 238.0 181 88 79 18 107 201 5 1.210 6.8 4.0 7.6 1.88 0.7 40
1970 24 11 9 .550 3.45 185.0 152 79 71 22 82 154 6 1.265 7.4 4.0 7.5 1.88 1.1 37
1971 25 14 14 .500 3.90 261.0 251 126 113 18 136 169 8 1.483 8.7 4.7 5.8 1.24 0.6 38
1972 26 9 9 .500 4.11 162.0 151 82 74 6 82 136 2 1.438 8.4 4.6 7.6 1.66 0.3 25
1973 27 16 10 .615 3.18 238.0 211 93 84 26 83 169 6 1.235 8.0 3.1 6.4 2.04 1.0 33
1974 28 19 11 .633 3.12 277.0 244 107 96 26 101 209 3 1.245 7.9 3.3 6.8 2.07 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 3.24 200.0 169 80 72 14 75 130 2 1.220 7.6 3.4 5.9 1.73 0.6 29
1977 31 6 5 .545 3.81 104.0 96 49 44 11 37 70 2 1.279 8.3 3.2 6.1 1.89 1.0 16
1978 32 0 2 .000 7.65 20.0 27 19 17 8 17 14 1 2.200 12.2 7.7 6.3 0.82 3.6 6
1979 33 2 4 .333 5.59 58.0 57 40 36 9 35 24 0 1.586 8.8 5.4 3.7 0.69 1.4 11
12 Seasons 134 96 .583 3.42 2121.0 1851 897 807 185 899 1545 41 1.297 7.9 6.6 1.72 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 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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1969 AL--2.520--4th
1970 AL--3.005--7th
1973 NL--2.704--5th
1974 NL--2.586--5th
1975 NL--2.294--2nd
Career--2.861--122nd

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--1st
Career--.568--232nd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1969 AL--1.076--4th
1970 AL--1.140--3rd
1973 NL--1.094--3rd
1974 NL--1.098--1st
1975 NL--1.057--3rd
1976 NL--1.158--7th
Career--1.143--55th

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--138th

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--1625--128th

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--146th

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--211th

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--.521--4th
1972 AL--.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
Career--70--228th

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--1170--6th
1974 NL--1179--3rd
1975 NL--1276--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--103rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 11 (132), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 53 (289), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 66 (176), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 30 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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