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Craig Minetto

Craig Stephen Minetto

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 25, 1954 in Stockton, CA
High School: Stagg HS (Stockton, CA)
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1978
Team: Athletics 1978-1981

Final Game: May 15, 1981
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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
1978 24 OAK AL 0 0 3.75 4 1 3 0 0 0 12.0 13 10 5 1 7 0 3 2 0 1 56 100 1.667 9.8 0.8 5.3 2.3 0.43
1979 25 OAK AL 1 5 .167 5.55 36 13 12 0 0 0 118.1 131 85 73 16 58 3 64 3 1 2 539 73 1.597 10.0 1.2 4.4 4.9 1.10
1980 26 OAK AL 0 2 .000 7.88 7 1 1 0 0 1 8.0 11 7 7 2 3 1 5 0 0 1 38 50 1.750 12.4 2.3 3.4 5.6 1.67
1981 27 OAK AL 0 0 2.70 8 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 7 2 2 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 31 136 1.650 9.5 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
4 Yrs 1 7 .125 5.40 55 15 18 0 0 1 145.0 162 104 87 19 72 4 76 6 1 4 664 74 1.614 10.1 1.2 4.5 4.7 1.06
162 Game Avg. 1 7 .125 5.40 53 15 17 0 0 1 141 157 101 85 18 70 4 74 6 1 4 645 74 1.614 10.1 1.2 4.5 4.7 1.06

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
1978 24 OAK AL 12.0 4 1 10 7.50 4.28 -0.28 -0.22 94.5 4.10 -4 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.3 -3 .390 .497 $
1979 25 OAK AL 118.1 36 13 85 6.46 4.88 -0.72 -0.10 96.0 5.28 -16 -1.5 .9 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .458 .491 $
1980 26 OAK AL 8.0 7 1 7 7.88 5.03 0.66 -0.10 99.3 4.25 -3 -0.3 2.3 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .453 .498 $
1981 27 OAK AL 6.2 8 0 2 2.70 4.84 0.56 -0.39 88.3 3.44 1 0.1 1.8 0.0 0.1 1 .508 .500 $
4 Seasons 145.0 55 15 104 6.46 4.84 -0.55 -0.12 95.7 5.04 -23 -2.2 1.2 -0.1 -1.1 -7 .460 .497 $

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
1978 24 OAK AL 4 56 46 10 13 2 1 1 0 0 7 3 .283 .393 .435 .828 .279 20 2 2 0 1 0 2
1979 25 OAK AL 36 539 465 85 131 13 7 16 9 4 58 64 .282 .360 .443 .803 .293 206 12 3 5 8 3 11
1980 26 OAK AL 7 38 34 7 11 2 1 2 0 0 3 5 .324 .368 .618 .986 .321 21 0 0 0 1 1 0
1981 27 OAK AL 8 31 25 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 .280 .387 .400 .787 .318 10 0 1 0 1 0 0
4 Yrs 55 664 570 104 162 18 10 19 9 4 72 76 .284 .364 .451 .815 .294 257 14 6 5 11 4 13
162 Game Avg. 53 645 554 101 157 17 10 18 9 4 70 74 .284 .364 .451 .815 .294 250 14 6 5 11 4 13
MLB Averages .261 .325 .384 .710 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1978 24 OAK AL -2.0 -0.2 57 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .26 -0.1 0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.26 -4.0 0 1 2
1979 25 OAK AL -21.8 -2.1 559 -3.2 6.9 -10.1 .84 -1.6 -2.2 -32.8 -3.1 0.83 -20.7 2 6 15
1980 26 OAK AL -3.4 -0.3 38 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 1.20 -0.3 -0.0 -2.0 -0.2 1.20 -3.2 4 1 1
1981 27 OAK AL 0.9 0.1 31 -0.0 0.2 -0.3 .62 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.62 -0.4 4 0 4
4 Yrs -26.3 -2.5 685 -3.6 8.1 -11.7 .80 -2.1 -2.5 -38.2 -3.7 0.80 -28.4 10 8 22

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
1978 24 OAK AL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 48.0 48 48 2 0 0 1 9.0 11.3 3.3
1979 25 OAK AL 36 13 1 5 7 0 0 4 9 .308 2 2 0 0 3 23% 43.2 62 31 35 13 3 6 4.1 3.4 4.9
1980 26 OAK AL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.0 32 32 5 2 0 1 2.0 1.8 4.3
3 Yrs 47 15 1 6 8 0 0 5 10 .333 2 2 0 0 3 20% 43 62 31 42 15 3 8 4.3 3.7 4.8
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 99 -2 4.3 4.2 6.4

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
1978 24 OAK AL 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 .264 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 0 8.7
1979 25 OAK AL 36 23 12 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 32 18 56% 6 .837 2 6 15 3 0 20 16 7 17 5 17 3 7.1
1980 26 OAK AL 7 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 10 1 10% 6 1.202 4 1 1 2 2 2 6 0 1 4 3 1 1.8
1981 27 OAK AL 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 7 0 0% 8 .618 4 0 4 4 1 3 5 3 2 5 2 0 2.5
4 Yrs 55 40 18 0 1 2 1 1 50% 7 4 53 19 36% .799 10 8 22 9 3 28 29 11 22 15 24 4 5.5

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%
1978 24 OAK AL 56 30% 1.8% 5.4% 12.5% 7.1% 31% 0.52 77% 20 2 10%
1979 25 OAK AL 539 31% 3.0% 11.9% 10.8% 6.7% 28% 0.53 73% 125 12 10%
1980 26 OAK AL 38 24% 5.3% 13.2% 7.9% 13.2% 46% 0.73 74% 7 0 0%
1981 27 OAK AL 31 55% 0.0% 12.9% 12.9% 6.5% 29% 0.50 71% 8 0 0%
4 Yrs 664 31% 2.9% 11.5% 10.8% 7.1% 29% 0.54 73% 160 14 9%
MLB Averages 44% 1.9% 12.5% 8.4% 6.5% 28% 1.10 76% 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
1978 24 OAK AL 56 13 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 75% 2 1 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1979 25 OAK AL 539 131 16 2 22 14 2 5 11 38 26 4 68% 11 2 1 217 9 4 69% 8 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 17 0
1980 26 OAK AL 38 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 100% 0 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 27 OAK AL 31 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Yrs 664 162 19 2 26 17 2 6 13 46 32 4 70% 13 4 1 275 9 4 69% 8 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 22 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

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+
1978 24 0 0 3.75 4 1 3 0 0 0 12.0 13 10 5 1 7 0 3 2 0 1 56 100 1.667 9.8 0.8 5.3 2.3 0.43 100
1979 25 1 5 .167 5.39 40 14 15 0 0 0 130.1 144 95 78 17 65 3 67 5 1 3 595 75 1.604 9.9 1.2 4.5 4.6 1.03 75
1980 26 1 7 .125 5.53 47 15 16 0 0 1 138.1 155 102 85 19 68 4 72 5 1 4 633 73 1.612 10.1 1.2 4.4 4.7 1.06 73
1981 27 1 7 .125 5.40 55 15 18 0 0 1 145.0 162 104 87 19 72 4 76 6 1 4 664 74 1.614 10.1 1.2 4.5 4.7 1.06 74

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
1978 24 0 1 .000 4.91 11.0 14 7 6 1 8 3 2 2.000 11.5 6.5 2.5 0.38 0.8 4
1979 25 4 8 .333 6.03 115.0 135 86 77 16 60 62 3 1.696 10.6 4.7 4.9 1.03 1.3 36
1980 26 0 0 9.00 8.0 12 9 8 2 3 5 0 1.875 13.5 3.4 5.6 1.67 2.3 7
1981 27 0 0 4.00 9.0 12 4 4 0 7 5 2 2.111 12.0 7.0 5.0 0.71 0.0 8
4 Yrs 4 9 .308 5.98 143.0 173 106 95 19 78 75 7 1.755 10.9 4.7 0.96 1.2 55

* 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.

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