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Tom Murphy

Thomas Andrew Murphy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 30, 1945 in Cleveland, OH
High School: Lufkin HS (Lufkin, TX)
School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1968
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Angels/BlueJays/RedSox/Royals/... 1968-1979

Final Game: May 8, 1979
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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
1968 22 CAL AL 5 6 .455 2.17 15 15 0 3 0 0 99.1 67 30 24 5 28 0 56 5 0 2 391 134 0.956 6.1 0.5 2.5 5.1 2.00
1969 23 CAL AL 10 16 .385 4.21 36 35 1 4 0 0 215.2 213 110 101 12 69 3 100 21 0 16 917 82 1.308 8.9 0.5 2.9 4.2 1.45
1970 24 CAL AL 16 13 .552 4.24 39 38 0 5 2 0 227.0 223 114 107 32 81 10 99 7 1 8 953 85 1.339 8.8 1.3 3.2 3.9 1.22
1971 25 CAL AL 6 17 .261 3.77 37 36 0 7 0 0 243.1 228 108 102 24 82 9 89 9 1 17 1002 86 1.274 8.4 0.9 3.0 3.3 1.09
1972 26 TOT AL 4 4 .500 3.36 24 9 3 1 1 1 80.1 90 32 30 3 24 1 36 6 0 1 340 90 1.419 10.1 0.3 2.7 4.0 1.50
1972 26 CAL AL 0 0 5.40 6 0 1 0 0 0 10.0 13 6 6 0 8 1 2 0 0 1 48 57 2.100 11.7 0.0 7.2 1.8 0.25
1972 26 KCR AL 4 4 .500 3.07 18 9 2 1 1 1 70.1 77 26 24 3 16 0 34 6 0 0 292 99 1.322 9.9 0.4 2.0 4.4 2.13
1973 27 STL NL 3 7 .300 3.76 19 13 0 2 0 0 88.2 89 38 37 5 22 0 42 3 0 5 367 98 1.252 9.0 0.5 2.2 4.3 1.91
1974 28 MIL AL 10 10 .500 1.90 70 0 66 0 0 20 123.0 97 27 26 6 51 18 47 2 0 3 497 189 1.203 7.1 0.4 3.7 3.4 0.92 MVP-30
1975 29 MIL AL 1 9 .100 4.60 52 0 43 0 0 20 72.1 85 43 37 5 27 5 32 5 0 1 327 84 1.548 10.6 0.6 3.4 4.0 1.19
1976 30 TOT AL 4 6 .400 4.17 52 0 29 0 0 9 99.1 116 61 46 7 34 14 39 4 0 4 445 93 1.510 10.5 0.6 3.1 3.5 1.15
1976 30 MIL AL 0 1 .000 7.36 15 0 9 0 0 1 18.1 25 18 15 2 9 3 7 2 0 1 94 48 1.855 12.3 1.0 4.4 3.4 0.78
1976 30 BOS AL 4 5 .444 3.44 37 0 20 0 0 8 81.0 91 43 31 5 25 11 32 2 0 3 351 115 1.432 10.1 0.6 2.8 3.6 1.28
1977 31 TOT AL 2 2 .500 4.79 35 1 22 0 0 2 82.2 107 47 44 12 30 3 39 1 0 4 374 91 1.657 11.6 1.3 3.3 4.2 1.30
1977 31 BOS AL 0 1 .000 6.75 16 0 10 0 0 0 30.2 44 25 23 6 12 0 13 0 0 1 143 68 1.826 12.9 1.8 3.5 3.8 1.08
1977 31 TOR AL 2 1 .667 3.63 19 1 12 0 0 2 52.0 63 22 21 6 18 3 26 1 0 3 231 116 1.558 10.9 1.0 3.1 4.5 1.44
1978 32 TOR AL 6 9 .400 3.93 50 0 35 0 0 7 94.0 87 43 41 11 37 10 36 0 0 6 396 100 1.319 8.3 1.1 3.5 3.4 0.97
1979 33 TOR AL 1 2 .333 5.40 10 0 5 0 0 0 18.1 23 11 11 1 8 0 6 0 0 0 82 81 1.691 11.3 0.5 3.9 2.9 0.75
12 Yrs 68 101 .402 3.78 439 147 204 22 3 59 1444.0 1425 664 606 123 493 73 621 63 2 67 6091 94 1.328 8.9 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.26
162 Game Avg. 8 12 .402 3.78 51 17 24 3 0 7 168 165 77 70 14 57 8 72 7 0 8 707 94 1.328 8.9 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.26
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
CAL (5 yrs) 37 52 .416 3.85 133 124 2 19 2 0 795.1 744 368 340 73 268 23 346 42 2 44 3311 87 1.272 8.4 0.8 3.0 3.9 1.29
TOR (3 yrs) 9 12 .429 4.00 79 1 52 0 0 9 164.1 173 76 73 18 63 13 68 1 0 9 709 102 1.436 9.5 1.0 3.5 3.7 1.08
MIL (3 yrs) 11 20 .355 3.29 137 0 118 0 0 41 213.2 207 88 78 13 87 26 86 9 0 5 918 112 1.376 8.7 0.5 3.7 3.6 0.99
BOS (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 4.35 53 0 30 0 0 8 111.2 135 68 54 11 37 11 45 2 0 4 494 95 1.540 10.9 0.9 3.0 3.6 1.22
KCR (1 yr) 4 4 .500 3.07 18 9 2 1 1 1 70.1 77 26 24 3 16 0 34 6 0 0 292 99 1.322 9.9 0.4 2.0 4.4 2.13
STL (1 yr) 3 7 .300 3.76 19 13 0 2 0 0 88.2 89 38 37 5 22 0 42 3 0 5 367 98 1.252 9.0 0.5 2.2 4.3 1.91
AL (11 yrs) 65 94 .409 3.78 420 134 204 20 3 59 1355.1 1336 626 569 118 471 73 579 60 2 62 5724 94 1.333 8.9 0.8 3.1 3.8 1.23
NL (1 yr) 3 7 .300 3.76 19 13 0 2 0 0 88.2 89 38 37 5 22 0 42 3 0 5 367 98 1.252 9.0 0.5 2.2 4.3 1.91

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 99.1 15 15 30 2.72 3.42 0.17 0.05 98.5 3.26 7 0.9 -0.1 1.6 13 .563 .506 $
1969 23 CAL AL 215.2 36 35 110 4.59 4.04 0.17 0.07 95.3 3.75 -18 -2.0 .0 -0.1 -0.5 -1 .445 .488 $
1970 24 CAL AL 227.0 39 38 114 4.52 4.12 0.38 0.07 96.9 3.70 -19 -2.0 4.6 -0.1 -0.1 2 .449 .488 $
1971 25 CAL AL 243.1 37 36 108 3.99 3.96 0.12 0.06 92.5 3.60 -10 -1.1 .2 -0.1 0.8 13 .469 .493 $
1972 26 CAL AL 10.0 6 0 6 5.40 3.21 0.07 -0.14 94.8 2.85 -3 -0.3 .5 0.1 -0.2 -2 .445 .498 $
1972 26 KCR AL 70.1 18 9 26 3.33 3.55 -0.11 0.01 97.7 3.58 3 0.3 1.4 -0.0 0.9 8 .518 .502 $34,000
1973 27 STL NL 88.2 19 13 38 3.86 4.08 0.14 0.06 100.5 4.02 1 0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.8 10 .509 .501 $34,000
1974 28 MIL AL 123.0 70 0 27 1.98 4.14 0.11 -0.35 99.3 3.66 23 2.6 2.1 1.2 4.9 35 .538 .516 $34,000 MVP-30
1975 29 MIL AL 72.1 52 0 43 5.35 4.48 -0.28 -0.37 101.4 4.44 -7 -0.8 2.1 -0.6 -0.7 0 .485 .495 $
1976 30 MIL AL 18.1 15 0 18 8.84 4.10 -0.05 -0.34 103.0 3.92 -10 -1.1 2.1 -0.6 -1.5 -8 .429 .493 $
1976 30 BOS AL 81.0 37 0 43 4.78 4.09 0.14 -0.34 111.0 4.01 -7 -0.8 1.8 -0.4 -0.5 1 .480 .495 $
1977 31 BOS AL 30.2 16 0 25 7.34 4.61 0.13 -0.37 110.4 4.54 -10 -0.9 .4 0.2 -0.4 -6 .441 .494 $
1977 31 TOR AL 52.0 19 1 22 3.81 4.60 -0.23 -0.31 103.2 4.66 5 0.5 .9 -0.1 0.9 11 .527 .503 $
1978 32 TOR AL 94.0 50 0 43 4.12 4.39 -0.10 -0.36 102.0 4.21 1 0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.9 11 .503 .501 $
1979 33 TOR AL 18.1 10 0 11 5.40 4.86 0.08 -0.39 104.0 4.57 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.0 0.0 0 .483 .499 $
12 Seasons 1444.0 439 147 664 4.14 4.07 0.11 -0.08 98.5 3.82 -45 -4.4 1.7 -0.8 6.9 86 .490 .498 $102,000
CAL (5 yrs) 795.1 133 124 368 4.16 3.95 0.21 0.06 95.3 3.62 -43 -4.5 .9 -0.3 1.6 25 .466 .494 $
TOR (3 yrs) 164.1 79 1 76 4.16 4.51 -0.12 -0.35 102.6 4.39 4 0.5 1.3 -0.3 1.8 22 .506 .501 $
MIL (3 yrs) 213.2 137 0 88 3.71 4.25 -0.03 -0.35 100.3 3.95 6 0.8 2.1 0.0 2.7 27 .506 .502 $34,000
BOS (2 yrs) 111.2 53 0 68 5.48 4.23 0.14 -0.35 110.8 4.15 -16 -1.7 1.4 -0.2 -0.9 -5 .468 .495 $
KCR (1 yr) 70.1 18 9 26 3.33 3.55 -0.11 0.01 97.7 3.58 3 0.3 1.4 -0.0 0.9 8 .518 .502 $34,000
STL (1 yr) 88.2 19 13 38 3.86 4.08 0.14 0.06 100.5 4.02 1 0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.8 10 .509 .501 $34,000

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 15 391 350 30 67 5 0 5 5 9 28 56 .191 .258 .249 .507 .212 87 6 5 4 4 0 11
1969 23 CAL AL 36 915 819 110 213 35 6 12 21 10 69 100 .260 .333 .361 .694 .283 296 23 21 4 2 3 9
1970 24 CAL AL 39 952 852 114 223 30 5 32 13 2 81 99 .262 .330 .421 .751 .264 359 43 7 8 3 10 10
1971 25 CAL AL 37 1002 892 108 228 27 4 24 13 11 82 89 .256 .323 .376 .698 .260 335 28 9 13 6 9 8
1972 26 TOT AL 24 341 306 32 90 13 2 3 9 3 24 36 .294 .356 .379 .735 .325 116 11 6 3 1 1 1
1972 26 CAL AL 6 48 38 6 13 0 0 0 1 2 8 2 .342 .447 .342 .789 .351 13 1 0 1 1 1 0
1972 26 KCR AL 18 293 268 26 77 13 2 3 8 1 16 34 .287 .341 .384 .726 .320 103 10 6 2 0 0 1
1973 27 STL NL 19 367 331 38 89 17 3 5 6 4 22 42 .269 .317 .384 .700 .292 127 8 3 7 4 0 3
1974 28 MIL AL 70 497 433 27 97 12 1 6 10 2 51 47 .224 .306 .298 .604 .237 129 19 2 7 4 18 2
1975 29 MIL AL 52 327 288 43 85 10 2 5 5 1 27 32 .295 .362 .396 .758 .315 114 7 5 4 3 5 9
1976 30 TOT AL 52 445 393 61 116 25 4 7 9 4 34 39 .295 .355 .433 .787 .311 170 10 4 10 3 14 7
1976 30 BOS AL 37 351 313 43 91 22 1 5 8 4 25 32 .291 .344 .415 .759 .308 130 8 2 7 3 11 3
1976 30 MIL AL 15 94 80 18 25 3 3 2 1 0 9 7 .313 .396 .500 .896 .324 40 2 2 3 0 3 4
1977 31 TOT AL 35 375 337 47 107 17 3 12 9 2 30 39 .318 .371 .493 .864 .328 166 7 1 2 4 3 3
1977 31 BOS AL 16 143 129 25 44 8 1 6 1 1 12 13 .341 .394 .558 .953 .342 72 3 0 0 1 0 0
1977 31 TOR AL 19 232 208 22 63 9 2 6 8 1 18 26 .303 .357 .452 .808 .318 94 4 1 2 3 3 3
1978 32 TOR AL 50 396 340 43 87 16 2 11 7 2 37 36 .256 .322 .412 .734 .252 140 9 0 11 8 10 4
1979 33 TOR AL 10 82 74 11 23 6 2 1 1 1 8 6 .311 .378 .486 .865 .328 36 3 0 0 0 0 1
12 Yrs 439 6090 5415 664 1425 213 34 123 108 51 493 621 .263 .329 .383 .713 .276 2075 174 63 73 42 73 68
162 Game Avg. 51 707 628 77 165 25 4 14 13 6 57 72 .263 .329 .383 .713 .276 241 20 7 8 5 8 8
MLB Averages .254 .321 .374 .695 .280
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

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 7.2 0.9 407 1.1 7.1 -6.0 1.02 1.1 -0.0 7.0 0.9 1.02 10.1 0 0 0
1969 23 CAL AL -17.4 -1.8 967 -1.0 16.9 -18.0 1.08 -0.3 -0.7 -7.4 -0.8 1.08 -3.3 0 0 0
1970 24 CAL AL -13.4 -1.4 983 -0.5 18.3 -18.8 1.07 -2.0 1.6 -9.0 -0.9 1.07 -21.1 1 0 0
1971 25 CAL AL -12.7 -1.3 1047 -0.8 17.5 -18.3 1.01 -0.6 -0.2 -4.2 -0.5 1.01 -5.1 0 0 1
1972 26 TOT AL -2.1 -0.2 357 -0.8 5.1 -5.9 .89 -0.3 -0.7 -4.2 -0.5 0.89 -4.1 3 3 8
1972 26 CAL AL -2.4 -0.3 52 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .33 -0.1 -0.2 -2.9 -0.3 0.33 -2.3 1 0 5
1972 26 KCR AL 0.2 0.0 305 -0.7 4.9 -5.6 .98 -0.1 -0.6 -1.3 -0.1 0.98 -1.8 2 3 3
1973 27 STL NL 1.0 0.1 385 0.6 6.4 -5.8 .95 0.5 0.1 5.1 0.5 0.95 4.2 1 0 5
1974 28 MIL AL 24.6 2.6 511 4.2 17.8 -13.6 2.05 2.3 -0.3 26.9 2.9 2.05 23.2 41 14 14
1975 29 MIL AL -6.4 -0.6 335 -1.6 9.0 -10.5 1.65 -0.7 -0.3 -10.6 -1.1 1.65 -5.7 27 8 13
1976 30 TOT AL -7.2 -0.7 464 -1.7 10.1 -11.8 1.49 -1.2 0.0 -20.8 -2.1 1.49 -14.7 26 9 16
1976 30 MIL AL -8.2 -0.8 96 -1.8 1.4 -3.2 1.38 -0.7 -0.6 -17.9 -1.8 1.38 -10.3 7 1 6
1976 30 BOS AL 1.1 0.1 368 0.1 8.7 -8.6 1.51 -0.4 0.5 -2.9 -0.3 1.51 -4.4 19 8 10
1977 31 TOT AL -2.2 -0.2 392 -0.5 3.0 -3.5 .48 -1.1 -0.0 -9.7 -0.9 0.48 -12.7 5 4 22
1977 31 BOS AL -6.2 -0.6 147 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 .22 -0.3 -1.9 -12.4 -1.1 0.22 -8.9 1 0 13
1977 31 TOR AL 4.0 0.4 245 -0.1 2.5 -2.5 .64 -0.8 0.7 2.7 0.3 0.64 -3.8 4 4 9
1978 32 TOR AL 1.5 0.2 412 -2.0 7.5 -9.5 1.28 0.3 -1.9 -0.9 -0.1 1.28 -1.9 23 10 17
1979 33 TOR AL -1.4 -0.1 84 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 .54 -0.3 -1.4 -5.0 -0.5 0.54 -4.6 2 2 5
12 Yrs -28.5 -2.7 6344 -4.1 119.2 -123.3 1.15 -2.3 -1.3 -32.8 -2.9 1.15 -35.8 129 50 101
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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 15 15 5 6 4 1 3 8 7 .533 0 2 3 0 10 67% 60.7 81 44 2 0 6 2 3.5 2.7 6.6
1969 23 CAL AL 36 35 10 16 9 1 6 14 21 .400 3 2 4 0 17 49% 49.3 77 23 32 18 17 7 3.2 3.3 6.1
1970 24 CAL AL 39 38 16 13 9 4 2 24 14 .632 2 6 5 2 17 45% 49.4 78 22 36 15 22 8 4.1 3.8 6.0
1971 25 CAL AL 37 36 6 17 13 1 8 15 21 .417 2 6 7 0 19 53% 51.4 81 19 28 11 13 3 3.0 2.4 6.7
1972 26 TOT AL 24 9 3 4 2 1 2 5 4 .556 0 3 1 1 4 44% 77 22 11 4 2 4 5.1 2.2 6.0
1972 26 KCR AL 18 9 3 4 2 1 2 5 4 .556 0 3 1 1 4 44% 50.6 77 22 9 3 2 4 5.1 2.2 6.0
1973 27 STL NL 19 13 2 7 4 0 3 5 8 .385 1 2 2 0 8 62% 49.2 68 24 11 7 2 4 3.0 3.5 5.8
1977 31 TOT AL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 57 57 18 6 0 0 6.0 3.0 6.0
1977 31 TOR AL 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 57.0 57 57 9 4 0 0 6.0 3.0 6.0
7 Yrs 183 147 43 63 41 8 24 72 75 .490 8 21 22 3 76 52% 51 81 19 127 58 62 28 3.5 3.1 6.2
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
1969 23 CAL AL 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.075 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1970 24 CAL AL 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 10 1.070 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
1971 25 CAL AL 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.007 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1972 26 TOT AL 24 15 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 11 7 64% .889 3 3 8 1 2 12 7 8 8 4 8 0 5.3
1972 26 CAL AL 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 3 .329 1 0 5 0 0 6 2 4 4 1 4 0 5.0
1972 26 KCR AL 18 9 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 4 57% 6 .981 2 3 3 1 2 6 5 4 4 3 4 0 5.4
1973 27 STL NL 19 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 4 .952 1 0 5 0 1 5 2 4 5 0 5 0 6.7
1974 28 MIL AL 70 70 66 10 10 27 20 7 74% 32 5 96 30 31% 8 2.052 41 14 14 38 15 17 54 16 43 13 45 23 5.3
1975 29 MIL AL 52 52 43 1 9 29 20 9 69% 29 0 55 20 36% 9 1.652 27 8 13 31 6 15 31 21 23 16 25 13 4.2
1976 30 TOT AL 52 52 29 4 6 16 9 7 56% 21 3 55 26 47% 1.485 26 9 16 25 7 20 34 18 27 16 28 9 5.7
1976 30 MIL AL 15 15 9 0 1 3 1 2 33% 5 1 19 14 74% 8 1.379 7 1 6 7 0 8 11 4 5 8 5 3 3.7
1976 30 BOS AL 37 37 20 4 5 13 8 5 62% 16 2 36 12 33% 9 1.513 19 8 10 18 7 12 23 14 22 8 23 6 6.6
1977 31 TOT AL 35 34 22 1 2 2 2 0 100% 2 0 38 18 47% .477 5 4 22 5 1 28 23 11 23 6 25 1 6.8
1977 31 BOS AL 16 16 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 50% 8 .218 1 0 13 1 0 15 8 8 9 4 11 0 5.8
1977 31 TOR AL 19 18 12 1 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 24 11 46% 9 .637 4 4 9 4 1 13 15 3 14 2 14 1 7.7
1978 32 TOR AL 50 50 35 6 9 11 7 4 64% 13 1 59 21 36% 9 1.279 23 10 17 19 8 23 35 15 32 11 34 11 5.6
1979 33 TOR AL 10 10 5 1 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 11 8 73% 7 .543 2 2 5 2 0 8 6 4 5 5 5 3 5.5
11 Yrs 424 292 204 25 38 88 59 29 67% 100 9 331 131 40% 1.161 129 50 101 121 41 130 193 99 166 72 175 61 5.4
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

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 391 49% 1.3% 14.3% 7.2% 2.6% 15% 1.07 75% 63 6 10%
1969 23 CAL AL 915 53% 1.3% 10.9% 7.5% 5.8% 25% 1.15 77% 173 23 13%
1970 24 CAL AL 952 58% 3.4% 10.4% 8.5% 7.0% 30% 1.64 76% 176 43 24%
1971 25 CAL AL 1002 59% 2.4% 8.9% 8.2% 5.5% 24% 1.67 78% 182 28 15%
1972 26 TOT AL 341 60% 0.9% 10.6% 7.0% 5.3% 20% 1.66 79% 79 11 14%
1972 26 CAL AL 48 67% 0.0% 4.2% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 2.25 77% 15 1 7%
1972 26 KCR AL 293 59% 1.0% 11.6% 5.5% 6.1% 23% 1.59 79% 64 10 16%
1973 27 STL NL 367 53% 1.4% 11.4% 6.0% 6.8% 28% 1.36 78% 59 8 14%
1974 28 MIL AL 497 55% 1.2% 9.5% 10.3% 3.8% 20% 1.49 77% 122 19 16%
1975 29 MIL AL 327 55% 1.5% 9.8% 8.3% 5.2% 20% 1.28 78% 110 7 6%
1976 30 TOT AL 445 60% 1.6% 8.8% 7.6% 8.1% 31% 1.50 79% 96 10 10%
1976 30 MIL AL 94 61% 2.1% 7.5% 9.6% 8.5% 32% 1.82 76% 32 2 6%
1976 30 BOS AL 351 60% 1.4% 9.1% 7.1% 8.0% 31% 1.44 79% 64 8 13%
1977 31 TOT AL 375 56% 3.2% 10.4% 8.0% 8.5% 30% 1.20 77% 76 7 9%
1977 31 BOS AL 143 59% 4.2% 9.1% 8.4% 10.5% 34% 1.03 78% 30 3 10%
1977 31 TOR AL 232 53% 2.6% 11.2% 7.8% 7.3% 27% 1.31 77% 46 4 9%
1978 32 TOR AL 396 56% 2.8% 9.1% 9.3% 7.3% 33% 1.22 76% 80 9 11%
1979 33 TOR AL 82 59% 1.2% 7.3% 9.8% 11.0% 39% 2.43 82% 18 3 17%
12 Yrs 6090 56% 2.0% 10.2% 8.1% 6.1% 26% 1.41 77% 1234 174 14%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 13.8% 8.6% 6.1% 27% 1.10 74% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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 391 67 5 0 3 2 3 3 2 22 12 4 55% 11 2 0 124 5 9 36% 3 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 7 0
1969 23 CAL AL 915 213 12 0 5 6 6 6 6 39 22 1 56% 9 16 2 364 21 10 68% 15 6 5 2 1 2 0 0 25 0
1970 24 CAL AL 952 223 32 0 7 22 10 8 24 45 22 6 49% 10 8 5 336 13 2 87% 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1971 25 CAL AL 1002 228 24 1 12 9 15 17 7 49 24 4 49% 8 17 2 349 13 11 54% 11 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 29 0
1972 26 TOT AL 341 90 3 0 12 3 0 1 2 25 12 1 48% 1 1 1 143 9 3 75% 7 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 4 0
1972 26 CAL AL 48 13 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 9 5 0 56% 0 1 0 17 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1972 26 KCR AL 293 77 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 16 7 1 44% 1 0 1 126 8 1 89% 6 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
1973 27 STL NL 367 89 5 0 2 4 1 2 3 19 11 3 58% 3 5 2 128 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1974 28 MIL AL 497 97 6 0 37 5 1 3 3 44 17 3 39% 2 3 0 214 10 2 83% 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1975 29 MIL AL 327 85 5 0 24 2 3 3 2 35 15 2 43% 9 1 0 163 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1976 30 TOT AL 445 116 7 1 16 5 2 5 2 45 20 2 44% 7 4 2 202 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1976 30 MIL AL 94 25 2 1 6 1 1 1 1 16 9 1 56% 4 1 0 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 30 BOS AL 351 91 5 0 10 4 1 4 1 29 11 1 38% 3 3 2 151 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1977 31 TOT AL 375 107 12 1 13 7 5 10 2 35 13 7 37% 3 4 0 159 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1977 31 BOS AL 143 44 6 1 6 5 1 5 1 15 7 3 47% 0 1 0 58 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1977 31 TOR AL 232 63 6 0 7 2 4 5 1 20 6 4 30% 3 3 0 101 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1978 32 TOR AL 396 87 11 1 18 5 6 7 4 31 17 3 55% 4 6 0 160 7 2 78% 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 20 0
1979 33 TOR AL 82 23 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 7 5 0 71% 1 0 0 33 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
12 Yrs 6090 1425 123 4 153 71 52 65 58 396 190 36 48% 68 67 14 2375 108 51 68% 90 43 16 4 2 4 9 1 160 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%
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

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 5 6 .455 2.17 15 15 0 3 0 0 99.1 67 30 24 5 28 0 56 5 0 2 391 134 0.956 6.1 0.5 2.5 5.1 2.00 134
1969 23 15 22 .405 3.57 51 50 1 7 0 0 315.0 280 140 125 17 97 3 156 26 0 18 1308 92 1.197 8.0 0.5 2.8 4.5 1.61 92
1970 24 31 35 .470 3.85 90 88 1 12 2 0 542.0 503 254 232 49 178 13 255 33 1 26 2261 89 1.256 8.4 0.8 3.0 4.2 1.43 89
1971 25 37 52 .416 3.83 127 124 1 19 2 0 785.1 731 362 334 73 260 22 344 42 2 43 3263 88 1.262 8.4 0.8 3.0 3.9 1.32 88
1972 26 41 56 .423 3.78 151 133 4 20 3 1 865.2 821 394 364 76 284 23 380 48 2 44 3603 88 1.276 8.5 0.8 3.0 4.0 1.34 88
1973 27 44 63 .411 3.78 170 146 4 22 3 1 954.1 910 432 401 81 306 23 422 51 2 49 3970 89 1.274 8.6 0.8 2.9 4.0 1.38 89
1974 28 54 73 .425 3.57 240 146 70 22 3 21 1077.1 1007 459 427 87 357 41 469 53 2 52 4467 95 1.266 8.4 0.7 3.0 3.9 1.31 95
1975 29 55 82 .401 3.63 292 146 113 22 3 41 1149.2 1092 502 464 92 384 46 501 58 2 53 4794 94 1.284 8.5 0.7 3.0 3.9 1.30 94
1976 30 59 88 .401 3.67 344 146 142 22 3 50 1249.0 1208 563 510 99 418 60 540 62 2 57 5239 94 1.302 8.7 0.7 3.0 3.9 1.29 94
1977 31 61 90 .404 3.74 379 147 164 22 3 52 1331.2 1315 610 554 111 448 63 579 63 2 61 5613 94 1.324 8.9 0.8 3.0 3.9 1.29 94
1978 32 67 99 .404 3.76 429 147 199 22 3 59 1425.2 1402 653 595 122 485 73 615 63 2 67 6009 94 1.324 8.9 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.27 94
1979 33 68 101 .402 3.78 439 147 204 22 3 59 1444.0 1425 664 606 123 493 73 621 63 2 67 6091 94 1.328 8.9 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.26 94

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 6 4 .600 3.13 92.0 77 36 32 6 32 52 6 1.185 7.5 3.1 5.1 1.63 0.6 15
1969 23 8 13 .381 5.23 198.0 228 128 115 13 74 92 22 1.525 10.4 3.4 4.2 1.24 0.6 36
1970 24 9 14 .391 5.04 209.0 233 130 117 33 85 91 7 1.522 10.0 3.7 3.9 1.07 1.4 39
1971 25 9 15 .375 5.20 218.0 254 140 126 27 91 80 10 1.583 10.5 3.8 3.3 0.88 1.1 37
1972 26 3 4 .429 5.27 70.0 108 46 41 4 29 32 7 1.957 13.9 3.7 4.1 1.10 0.5 24
1973 27 4 5 .444 4.18 84.0 91 43 39 5 22 40 3 1.345 9.8 2.4 4.3 1.82 0.5 19
1974 28 9 3 .750 2.41 112.0 104 33 30 6 55 43 2 1.420 8.4 4.4 3.5 0.78 0.5 70
1975 29 2 5 .286 5.35 69.0 89 46 41 5 28 31 5 1.696 11.6 3.7 4.0 1.11 0.7 52
1976 30 4 6 .400 4.69 96.0 121 56 50 7 35 38 4 1.625 11.3 3.3 3.6 1.09 0.7 52
1977 31 3 5 .375 4.90 79.0 106 48 43 12 30 37 1 1.722 12.1 3.4 4.2 1.23 1.4 35
1978 32 4 5 .444 4.45 89.0 90 49 44 11 38 34 0 1.438 9.1 3.8 3.4 0.89 1.1 50
1979 33 0 1 .000 5.82 17.0 23 12 11 1 8 6 0 1.824 12.2 4.2 3.2 0.75 0.5 10
12 Yrs 61 80 .433 4.65 1333.0 1524 767 689 130 527 576 67 1.539 10.3 3.9 1.09 0.9 439

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1974 AL (30, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1974 AL  4.9 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1970 AL  16 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  2.879 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1974 AL  70 (2nd)
1975 AL  52 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1974 AL  20 (2nd)
1975 AL  20 (3rd)
Career  59 (231st)

Games Started s c a p y
1970 AL  38 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 AL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 AL  32 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  0.501 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1969 AL  16 (2nd)
1971 AL  17 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1969 AL  101 (3rd)
1970 AL  107 (7th)
1971 AL  102 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1969 AL  16 (1st)
1971 AL  17 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1969 AL  21 (1st)
1970 AL  7 (9th)
1971 AL  9 (3rd)
Career  63 (249th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1974 AL  66 (1st)
1975 AL  43 (3rd)
Career  204 (228th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1974 AL  25 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1974 AL  2.6 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1974 AL  26.88 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1974 AL  4.2 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1974 AL  2.9 (6th)


† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 16 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Skip Lockwood (942)
  2. Bob Shirley (939)
  3. Don Aase (935)
  4. Mike Fornieles (928)
  5. Ted Power (927)
  6. Orlando Pena (926)
  7. Neil Allen (919)
  8. Don Larsen (917)
  9. George Caster (917)
  10. Dan Spillner (916)
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  1. Jay Tibbs (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Frank Pastore (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Matt Keough (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lew Krausse (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Buzhardt (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Buzhardt (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Steve Hargan (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Fornieles (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Skip Lockwood (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Moe Drabowsky (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Moe Drabowsky (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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