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Joe Moeller

Joseph Douglas Moeller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: February 15, 1943 in Blue Island, IL
High School: Mira Costa HS (Manhattan Beach, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1962
Team: Dodgers 1962-1971

Final Game: September 29, 1971
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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
1962 19 LAD NL 6 5 .545 5.25 19 15 2 1 0 1 85.2 87 55 50 10 58 1 46 0 0 9 389 69 1.693 9.1 1.1 6.1 4.8 0.79
1964 21 LAD NL 7 13 .350 4.21 27 24 0 1 0 0 145.1 153 89 68 14 31 4 97 4 0 5 624 77 1.266 9.5 0.9 1.9 6.0 3.13
1966 23 LAD NL 2 4 .333 2.52 29 8 7 0 0 0 78.2 73 31 22 4 14 8 31 3 0 4 326 131 1.106 8.4 0.5 1.6 3.5 2.21
1967 24 LAD NL 0 0 9.00 6 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 9 5 5 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 27 38 2.400 16.2 1.8 5.4 3.6 0.67
1968 25 LAD NL 1 1 .500 5.06 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.0 17 10 9 1 2 0 11 1 0 1 67 56 1.188 9.6 0.6 1.1 6.2 5.50
1969 26 LAD NL 1 0 1.000 3.33 23 4 11 0 0 1 51.1 54 23 19 4 13 0 25 0 0 5 213 100 1.305 9.5 0.7 2.3 4.4 1.92
1970 27 LAD NL 7 9 .438 3.92 31 19 7 2 1 4 135.1 131 63 59 16 43 3 63 1 0 2 578 97 1.286 8.7 1.1 2.9 4.2 1.47
1971 28 LAD NL 2 4 .333 3.80 28 1 9 0 0 1 66.1 72 32 28 5 12 2 32 0 0 1 280 86 1.266 9.8 0.7 1.6 4.3 2.67
8 Yrs 26 36 .419 4.01 166 74 38 4 1 7 583.2 596 308 260 55 176 19 307 9 1 28 2504 86 1.323 9.2 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.74
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .419 4.01 47 21 11 1 0 2 165 169 87 74 16 50 5 87 3 0 8 709 86 1.323 9.2 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.74

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
1962 19 LAD NL 85.2 19 15 55 5.78 4.29 -0.09 0.04 90.3 4.00 -18 -1.7 1.2 -0.1 -1.0 -7 .411 .490 $
1964 21 LAD NL 145.1 27 24 89 5.51 4.02 0.04 0.05 92.2 3.72 -30 -3.1 .3 -0.0 -1.8 -14 .386 .481 $
1966 23 LAD NL 78.2 29 8 31 3.55 4.10 -0.09 -0.05 92.0 3.81 1 0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.8 11 .505 .501 $10,000
1967 24 LAD NL 5.0 6 0 5 9.00 4.15 -0.39 -0.18 90.7 3.96 -3 -0.3 .5 0.1 -0.2 -2 .447 .498 $
1968 25 LAD NL 16.0 3 3 10 5.63 3.59 -0.19 0.05 101.5 3.89 -3 -0.4 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .376 .498 $
1969 26 LAD NL 51.1 23 4 23 4.03 4.04 0.13 -0.07 92.1 3.54 -3 -0.4 .3 0.0 0.1 3 .484 .498 $
1970 27 LAD NL 135.1 31 19 63 4.19 4.50 0.28 0.03 95.0 4.04 -4 -0.4 1.7 -0.1 0.5 11 .486 .497 $
1971 28 LAD NL 66.1 28 1 32 4.34 3.71 -0.00 -0.14 93.0 3.33 -8 -0.9 .9 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .468 .494 $24,000
8 Seasons 583.2 166 74 308 4.75 4.14 0.05 -0.00 92.9 3.79 -68 -7.0 .9 -0.3 -2.3 -2 .458 .495 $34,000

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
1966 23 LAD NL WS L BAL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00

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
1962 19 LAD NL 19 389 326 55 87 8 3 10 2 2 58 46 .267 .376 .402 .777 .283 131 12 0 3 2 1 4
1964 21 LAD NL 27 624 577 89 153 27 5 14 3 3 31 97 .265 .305 .402 .707 .296 232 7 4 8 4 4 15
1966 23 LAD NL 29 326 299 31 73 9 0 4 5 2 14 31 .244 .283 .314 .597 .259 94 8 3 8 2 8 10
1967 24 LAD NL 6 27 22 5 9 1 0 1 3 0 3 2 .409 .462 .591 1.052 .400 13 0 0 1 1 1 0
1968 25 LAD NL 3 67 63 10 17 1 0 1 3 1 2 11 .270 .299 .333 .632 .308 21 1 1 0 1 0 1
1969 26 LAD NL 23 213 194 23 54 14 0 4 5 1 13 25 .278 .322 .412 .734 .301 80 5 0 5 1 0 2
1970 27 LAD NL 31 577 528 63 131 17 1 16 14 3 43 63 .248 .305 .375 .680 .255 198 7 1 4 2 3 12
1971 28 LAD NL 28 279 258 32 72 16 2 5 8 2 12 32 .279 .307 .415 .721 .298 107 3 0 6 4 2 3
8 Yrs 166 2502 2267 308 596 93 11 55 43 14 176 307 .263 .316 .386 .703 .281 876 43 9 35 17 19 47
162 Game Avg. 47 709 642 87 169 26 3 16 12 4 50 87 .263 .316 .386 .703 .281 248 12 3 10 5 5 13
MLB Averages .248 .314 .371 .685 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1962 19 LAD NL -16.1 -1.5 402 0.2 6.1 -5.9 .91 -0.9 1.1 -9.3 -0.9 0.91 -12.6 1 2 1
1964 21 LAD NL -22.0 -2.2 635 -1.7 10.0 -11.7 .94 -1.0 -0.9 -22.7 -2.4 0.94 -10.6 0 0 3
1966 23 LAD NL 4.6 0.5 336 -0.0 5.2 -5.3 .94 0.5 -0.5 6.1 0.7 0.94 4.4 4 6 11
1967 24 LAD NL -3.1 -0.3 31 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .54 -0.3 -0.5 -5.0 -0.5 0.54 -4.8 1 0 5
1968 25 LAD NL -4.2 -0.4 72 -0.1 1.2 -1.3 1.11 0.0 -0.1 -1.8 -0.2 1.11 -0.6 0 0 0
1969 26 LAD NL -0.6 -0.1 225 -0.9 1.9 -2.8 .58 -0.1 -1.4 -3.5 -0.4 0.58 -2.7 1 1 15
1970 27 LAD NL -0.2 -0.0 600 0.5 10.8 -10.3 1.08 0.3 0.1 -0.3 -0.0 1.08 2.5 7 5 0
1971 28 LAD NL -4.5 -0.5 293 -1.6 2.8 -4.4 .69 -0.4 -1.9 -10.0 -1.1 0.69 -5.0 7 4 16
8 Yrs -46.1 -4.6 2594 -4.0 38.1 -42.1 .91 -1.9 -2.5 -46.5 -4.9 0.91 -29.3 21 18 51

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
1962 19 LAD NL 19 15 6 4 5 3 1 9 6 .600 1 2 1 0 4 27% 44.5 67 22 21 14 6 6 6.3 7.8 5.1
1964 21 LAD NL 27 24 7 13 4 2 4 8 16 .333 1 2 1 0 11 46% 50.2 78 19 26 11 11 8 2.9 2.9 5.7
1966 23 LAD NL 29 8 1 3 4 0 1 2 6 .250 0 1 0 0 2 25% 49.8 69 23 10 5 2 6 3.2 1.8 4.7
1968 25 LAD NL 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 47.7 72 35 4 3 0 3 3.0 3.2 5.3
1969 26 LAD NL 23 4 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 .750 0 3 0 0 2 50% 44.0 63 12 4 0 0 3 5.3 2.9 5.7
1970 27 LAD NL 31 19 6 9 4 1 1 9 10 .474 2 2 2 1 9 47% 47.4 80 5 18 2 4 8 3.4 3.1 6.0
1971 28 LAD NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 51.0 51 51 4 2 0 1 2.0 3.0 7.0
7 Yrs 160 74 22 31 21 6 8 32 42 .432 4 10 4 1 30 41% 48 80 5 87 37 23 35 3.8 3.8 5.5
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 116 -14 4.0 3.9 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
1962 19 LAD NL 19 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 5 .910 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 4 3 1 3 0 7.0
1964 21 LAD NL 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 .944 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 7.7
1966 23 LAD NL 29 21 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 7 37% 6 .943 4 6 11 2 3 16 11 10 13 4 14 2 5.9
1967 24 LAD NL 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 .539 1 0 5 0 1 5 2 4 1 4 1 0 2.5
1969 26 LAD NL 23 19 11 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 4 50% 8 .584 1 1 15 2 0 17 6 13 9 2 9 1 4.5
1970 27 LAD NL 31 12 7 1 0 4 4 0 100% 5 1 15 6 40% 7 1.075 7 5 0 6 1 5 8 4 7 1 7 0 5.4
1971 28 LAD NL 28 27 9 2 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 22 15 68% 6 .691 7 4 16 3 2 22 12 15 22 4 22 1 6.6
7 Yrs 163 92 38 4 5 8 7 1 88% 9 1 69 34 49% .905 21 18 51 14 9 69 40 52 57 16 58 4 5.6

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%
1962 19 LAD NL 389 60% 2.6% 11.8% 14.9% 5.4% 24% 0.93 70% 100 12 12%
1964 21 LAD NL 624 62% 2.2% 15.5% 5.0% 7.4% 30% 0.85 75% 107 7 7%
1966 23 LAD NL 326 67% 1.2% 9.5% 4.3% 4.0% 18% 1.82 82% 70 8 11%
1967 24 LAD NL 27 59% 3.7% 7.4% 11.1% 7.4% 22% 2.25 74% 7 0 0%
1968 25 LAD NL 67 60% 1.5% 16.4% 3.0% 3.0% 12% 0.95 78% 14 1 7%
1969 26 LAD NL 213 66% 1.9% 11.7% 6.1% 8.5% 33% 1.40 78% 38 5 13%
1970 27 LAD NL 578 63% 2.8% 10.9% 7.5% 5.9% 26% 1.15 78% 114 7 6%
1971 28 LAD NL 280 63% 1.8% 11.5% 4.3% 8.2% 32% 1.08 81% 53 3 6%
8 Yrs 2504 63% 2.2% 12.3% 7.0% 6.4% 27% 1.12 77% 503 43 9%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 15.3% 8.4% 6.1% 28% 1.10 73% 10%

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
1962 19 LAD NL 389 87 10 1 6 8 2 7 3 18 10 0 56% 4 9 0 169 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1964 21 LAD NL 624 153 14 0 7 5 9 7 7 31 16 4 52% 15 5 0 216 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1966 23 LAD NL 326 73 4 0 4 2 2 2 2 23 11 2 48% 10 4 0 140 5 2 71% 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
1967 24 LAD NL 27 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 50% 0 1 0 12 3 0 100% 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
1968 25 LAD NL 67 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 67% 1 1 1 26 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1969 26 LAD NL 213 54 4 0 0 1 3 2 2 11 7 2 64% 2 5 0 90 5 1 83% 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0
1970 27 LAD NL 577 131 16 1 8 13 3 6 10 27 16 5 59% 12 2 0 227 14 3 82% 14 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 1
1971 28 LAD NL 279 72 5 0 7 2 3 1 4 23 13 2 57% 3 1 0 111 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 6 1
8 Yrs 2502 596 55 2 32 32 23 25 30 140 77 17 55% 47 28 1 991 43 14 75% 38 11 4 0 1 3 5 2 63 2
MLB Averages 49% 62%

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+
1962 19 6 5 .545 5.25 19 15 2 1 0 1 85.2 87 55 50 10 58 1 46 0 0 9 389 69 1.693 9.1 1.1 6.1 4.8 0.79 69
1963 20 6 5 .545 5.25 19 15 2 1 0 1 85.2 87 55 50 10 58 1 46 0 0 9 389 69 1.693 9.1 1.1 6.1 4.8 0.79 69
1964 21 13 18 .419 4.60 46 39 2 2 0 1 231.0 240 144 118 24 89 5 143 4 0 14 1013 74 1.424 9.4 0.9 3.5 5.6 1.61 74
1965 22 13 18 .419 4.60 46 39 2 2 0 1 231.0 240 144 118 24 89 5 143 4 0 14 1013 74 1.424 9.4 0.9 3.5 5.6 1.61 74
1966 23 15 22 .405 4.07 75 47 9 2 0 1 309.2 313 175 140 28 103 13 174 7 0 18 1339 83 1.343 9.1 0.8 3.0 5.1 1.69 83
1967 24 15 22 .405 4.15 81 47 11 2 0 1 314.2 322 180 145 29 106 14 176 7 1 19 1366 81 1.360 9.2 0.8 3.0 5.0 1.66 81
1968 25 16 23 .410 4.19 84 50 11 2 0 1 330.2 339 190 154 30 108 14 187 8 1 20 1433 80 1.352 9.2 0.8 2.9 5.1 1.73 80
1969 26 17 23 .425 4.08 107 54 22 2 0 2 382.0 393 213 173 34 121 14 212 8 1 25 1646 82 1.346 9.3 0.8 2.9 5.0 1.75 82
1970 27 24 32 .429 4.04 138 73 29 4 1 6 517.1 524 276 232 50 164 17 275 9 1 27 2224 86 1.330 9.1 0.9 2.9 4.8 1.68 86
1971 28 26 36 .419 4.01 166 74 38 4 1 7 583.2 596 308 260 55 176 19 307 9 1 28 2504 86 1.323 9.2 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.74 86

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
1962 19 2 6 .250 6.08 80.0 90 60 54 10 60 43 0 1.875 10.1 6.8 4.8 0.72 1.1 19
1964 21 5 10 .333 5.31 139.0 168 91 82 15 34 93 4 1.453 10.9 2.2 6.0 2.74 1.0 27
1966 23 5 3 .625 3.08 76.0 80 29 26 4 15 30 3 1.250 9.5 1.8 3.6 2.00 0.5 29
1967 24 0 0 10.80 5.0 10 7 6 1 3 2 0 2.600 18.0 5.4 3.6 0.67 1.8 6
1968 25 0 1 .000 7.20 15.0 20 13 12 1 2 10 1 1.467 12.0 1.2 6.0 5.00 0.6 3
1969 26 2 3 .400 4.21 47.0 58 24 22 4 14 23 0 1.532 11.1 2.7 4.4 1.64 0.8 23
1970 27 7 7 .500 4.20 133.0 134 69 62 16 44 62 1 1.338 9.1 3.0 4.2 1.41 1.1 31
1971 28 2 4 .333 4.94 62.0 80 38 34 6 13 30 0 1.500 11.6 1.9 4.4 2.31 0.9 28
8 Yrs 23 34 .404 4.82 557.0 640 331 298 57 185 293 9 1.481 10.3 4.7 1.58 0.9 166

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1962 NL  9 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1962 NL  born 1943-02-15 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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