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Dale Murray

Dale Albert Murray

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 2, 1950 in Cuero, TX
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1974
Teams (by GP): Expos/Mets/Reds/BlueJays/Yankees/... 1974-1985

Final Game: May 13, 1985
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1970	20	WSN-min	A-	4	6	.400	5.65	22	4		0	0	1	51.0	50	41	32	6	39	6	48	1	0	4			1.745	8.8	1.1	6.9	8.5	1.23	WTR · NORL
1971	21	WSN-min	A	0	1	.000	36.00	1	0				0	1.0	4	4	4	0	2		2						6.000	36.0	0.0	18.0	18.0	1.00	WPB · FLOR
1972	22	WSN-min	AA,A	14	6	.700	2.67	46	5		2	0	8	118.0	95	47	35	3	60	5	72	2	0	5			1.314	7.2	0.2	4.6	5.5	1.20	QUE,WPB · EL,FLOR
1973	23	WSN-min	AAA	8	13	.381	4.26	28	23		7	2	0	150.0	145	77	71	7	75	2	89	5	1	7			1.467	8.7	0.4	4.5	5.3	1.19	PNS · IL
1974	24	WSN-min	AAA	4	2	.667	1.47	30	0		0	0	9	43.0	34	11	7	2	19	0	36	0	0	3			1.233	7.1	0.4	4.0	7.5	1.89	MEM · IL
1974	24	MON	NL	1	1	.500	1.03	32	0	23	0	0	10	69.2	46	12	8	1	23	2	31	0	0	1	271	374	0.990	5.9	0.1	3.0	4.0	1.35
1975	25	MON	NL	15	8	.652	3.96	63	0	40	0	0	9	111.1	134	59	49	0	39	10	43	3	2	2	499	98	1.554	10.8	0.0	3.2	3.5	1.10
1976	26	MON	NL	4	9	.308	3.26	81	0	55	0	0	13	113.1	117	47	41	1	37	12	35	0	0	3	479	116	1.359	9.3	0.1	2.9	2.8	0.95
1977	27	CIN	NL	7	2	.778	4.94	61	1	20	0	0	4	102.0	125	60	56	13	46	6	42	2	1	4	457	80	1.676	11.0	1.1	4.1	3.7	0.91
1978	28	TOT	NL	9	6	.600	3.78	68	0	43	0	0	7	119.0	119	59	50	5	53	23	62	3	1	8	520	93	1.445	9.0	0.4	4.0	4.7	1.17
1978	28	CIN	NL	1	1	.500	4.13	15	0	5	0	0	2	32.2	34	20	15	1	17	4	25	1	0	3	147	88	1.561	9.4	0.3	4.7	6.9	1.47
1978	28	NYM	NL	8	5	.615	3.65	53	0	38	0	0	5	86.1	85	39	35	4	36	19	37	2	1	5	373	96	1.402	8.9	0.4	3.8	3.9	1.03
1979	29	TOT	NL	5	10	.333	4.57	67	0	27	0	0	5	110.1	119	62	56	7	55	16	41	0	0	3	481	80	1.577	9.7	0.6	4.5	3.3	0.75
1979	29	NYM	NL	4	8	.333	4.82	58	0	24	0	0	4	97.0	105	58	52	6	52	14	37	0	0	3	428	76	1.619	9.7	0.6	4.8	3.4	0.71
1979	29	MON	NL	1	2	.333	2.70	9	0	3	0	0	1	13.1	14	4	4	1	3	2	4	0	0	0	53	140	1.275	9.5	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.33
1980	30	WSN-min	AAA	4	1	.800	1.64	16	1		0	0	3	44.0	31	13	8	0	17	4	25	3	0	1			1.091	6.3	0.0	3.5	5.1	1.47	DEN · AA
1980	30	MON	NL	0	1	.000	6.14	16	0	6	0	0	0	29.1	39	23	20	3	12	2	16	0	1	1	137	59	1.739	12.0	0.9	3.7	4.9	1.33
1981	31	TOR-min	AAA	5	4	.556	1.85	52	0	41	0	0	16	78.0	57	23	16	5	28	5	57	1	0	3			1.090	6.6	0.6	3.2	6.6	2.04	SYR · IL
1981	31	TOR	AL	1	0	1.000	1.17	11	0	7	0	0	0	15.1	12	2	2	0	5	0	12	0	0	1	62	346	1.109	7.0	0.0	2.9	7.0	2.40
1982	32	TOR	AL	8	7	.533	3.16	56	0	33	0	0	11	111.0	115	48	39	3	32	5	60	3	0	4	470	142	1.324	9.3	0.2	2.6	4.9	1.88
1983	33	NYY	AL	2	4	.333	4.48	40	0	21	0	0	1	94.1	113	56	47	5	22	4	45	1	1	4	415	87	1.431	10.8	0.5	2.1	4.3	2.05
1984	34	NYY-min	AAA	0	3	.000	5.94	8	0	5	0	0	2	16.2	18	12	11	1	7	0	13	0	0	2			1.500	9.7	0.5	3.8	7.0	1.86	CLB · IL
1984	34	NYY	AL	1	2	.333	4.94	19	0	12	0	0	0	23.2	30	15	13	2	5	0	13	2	0	0	106	78	1.479	11.4	0.8	1.9	4.9	2.60
1985	35	TEX-min	AAA	1	4	.200	2.83	26	0	22	0	0	8	35.0	29	17	11	3	7	0	20	0	1	2			1.029	7.5	0.8	1.8	5.1	2.86	OKC · AA
1985	35	TOT	AL	0	0		15.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	34	2.333	21.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1985	35	NYY	AL	0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	35	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1985	35	TEX	AL	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	32	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
12 Seasons				53	50	.515	3.85	518	1	289	0	0	60	902.1	976	448	386	40	329	80	400	14	6	32	3912	101	1.446	9.7	0.4	3.3	4.0	1.22
162 Game Avg.				7	7	.515	3.85	68	0	38	0	0	8	118	128	59	51	5	43	10	52	2	1	4	513	101	1.446	9.7	0.4	3.3	4.0	1.22
			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
MON (5 yrs)				21	21	.500	3.26	201	0	127	0	0	33	337.0	350	145	122	6	114	28	129	3	3	7	1439	117	1.377	9.3	0.2	3.0	3.4	1.13
NYY (3 yrs)				3	6	.333	4.73	62	0	35	0	0	1	120.0	147	74	63	7	27	4	58	3	1	5	531	83	1.450	11.0	0.5	2.0	4.4	2.15
NYM (2 yrs)				12	13	.480	4.27	111	0	62	0	0	9	183.1	190	97	87	10	88	33	74	2	1	8	801	84	1.516	9.3	0.5	4.3	3.6	0.84
CIN (2 yrs)				8	3	.727	4.75	76	1	25	0	0	6	134.2	159	80	71	14	63	10	67	3	1	7	604	82	1.649	10.6	0.9	4.2	4.5	1.06
TOR (2 yrs)				9	7	.563	2.92	67	0	40	0	0	11	126.1	127	50	41	3	37	5	72	3	0	5	532	152	1.298	9.0	0.2	2.6	5.1	1.95
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	32	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

NL (7 yrs)			NL	41	37	.526	3.85	388	1	214	0	0	48	655.0	699	322	280	30	265	71	270	8	5	22	2844	98	1.472	9.6	0.4	3.6	3.7	1.02
AL (5 yrs)			AL	12	13	.480	3.86	130	0	75	0	0	12	247.1	277	126	106	10	64	9	130	6	1	10	1068	109	1.379	10.1	0.4	2.3	4.7	2.03

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1974	24	MON	NL	69.2	0	12	39	2	.9	27	2.2	$
1975	25	MON	NL	111.1	0	59	66	1	1.6	7	-0.2	$
1976	26	MON	NL	113.1	0	47	67	-2	1.5	20	1.6	$
1977	27	CIN	NL	102.0	1	60	59	0	.9	-1	-0.8	$
1978	28	CIN	NL	32.2	0	20	18	-1	.7	-2	-0.4	$
1978	28	NYM	NL	86.1	0	39	46	-1	1.5	7	0.2	$
1979	29	NYM	NL	97.0	0	58	56	-2	1.1	-2	-1.0	$
1979	29	MON	NL	13.1	0	4	7	0	1.4	3	0.3	$
1980	30	MON	NL	29.1	0	23	16	0	.8	-7	-0.9	$
1981	31	TOR	AL	15.1	0	2	9	0	.4	7	0.4	$
1982	32	TOR	AL	111.0	0	48	71	2	1.3	23	1.6	$
1983	33	NYY	AL	94.1	0	56	56	-3	.7	0	-0.6	$
1984	34	NYY	AL	23.2	0	15	14	-1	.6	-1	-0.2	$
1985	35	NYY	AL	2.0	0	3	1	0	.3	-2	-0.1	$
1985	35	TEX	AL	1.0	0	2	1	0	.4	-1	-0.1	$
12 Seasons				902.1	1	448	526	-5	1.1	78	2.0	$

MON (5 yrs)				337.0	0	145	195	1	1.3	50	3.0	$
NYY (3 yrs)				120.0	0	74	71	-4	.7	-3	-0.9	$
NYM (2 yrs)				183.1	0	97	102	-3	1.3	5	-0.8	$
CIN (2 yrs)				134.2	1	80	77	-1	.9	-3	-1.2	$
TOR (2 yrs)				126.1	0	50	80	2	1.2	30	2.0	$
TEX (1 yr)				1.0	0	2	1	0	.4	-1	-0.1	$

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1970	20	WSN-min	A-,A	26	19	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.200	.400		3		0	4	0		WTR,WPB · NORL,FLOR
1971	21	WSN-min	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0						WPB · FLOR
1972	22	WSN-min	AA,A	46	38	34	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	15	.118	.143	.118	.261		4		0	3	0		QUE,WPB · EL,FLOR
1973	23	WSN-min	AAA	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		PNS · IL
1974	24	WSN-min	AAA	30	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0		MEM · IL
1974	24	MON	NL	32	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	25	MON	NL	63	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.214	.313	.214	.527	46	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	26	MON	NL	81	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0	1
1977	27	CIN	NL	61	14	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	-11	2	1	0	2	0	0	1
1978	28	TOT	NL	68	13	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.091	.000	.091	-72	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1978	28	CIN	NL	15	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1978	28	NYM	NL	53	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	-61	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	29	TOT	NL	67	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	-66	0	1	0	2	0	0	1
1979	29	NYM	NL	58	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-57	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1979	29	MON	NL	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/1
1980	30	WSN-min	AAA	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		DEN · AA
1980	30	MON	NL	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	31	TOR-min	AAA	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
1981	31	TOR	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	32	TOR	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	33	NYY	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	34	NYY-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
1984	34	NYY	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	35	TEX-min	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	OKC · AA
1985	35	TOT	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1985	35	NYY	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1985	35	TEX	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
12 Seasons				518	79	65	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	28	.077	.143	.077	.220	-38	5	2	0	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	25	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.077	.143	.077	.220	-38	2	1	0	3	0	0
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
MON (5 yrs)				201	43	37	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	14	.081	.150	.081	.231	-35	3	1	0	3	0	0
NYY (3 yrs)				62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (2 yrs)				111	17	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.133	.000	.133	-59	0	0	0	2	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				76	19	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.133	.133	.133	.267	-28	2	1	0	4	0	0
TOR (2 yrs)				67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				388	79	65	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	28	.077	.143	.077	.220	-38	5	2	0	9	0	0
AL (5 yrs)				130	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1974	24	MON	NL	11	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1975	25	MON	NL	16	-1	-1	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1976	26	MON	NL	11	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1977	27	CIN	NL	14	-2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1978	28	CIN	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1978	28	NYM	NL	8	-2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1979	29	NYM	NL	9	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$72,000	1
1979	29	MON	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1980	30	MON	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
7 Seasons				79	-13	-1	2	0	0	6	0	-6	-0.6	-6	-0.6	0.0	$72,000

MON (5 yrs)				43	-7	-1	0	0	0	3	0	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$
NYM (2 yrs)				17	-3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$72,000
CIN (2 yrs)				19	-3	0	1	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1974	MON	NL	24	P	32	0	0	69.2	18	3	13	2	0	.889	2.07	0.50	.944	1.89	1.88	1	1	50%	0
1975	MON	NL	25	P	63	0	0	111.1	42	9	30	3	1	.929	3.15	0.62	.946	1.86	1.86	2	5	71%	0
1976	MON	NL	26	P	81	0	0	113.1	47	8	38	1	3	.979	3.65	0.57	.950	1.88	1.87	2	5	71%	4
1977	CIN	NL	27	P	61	1	0	102.0	30	8	17	5	3	.833	2.21	0.41	.950	1.85	1.85	3	3	50%	1
1978	TOT	NL	28	P	68	0	0	119.0	43	9	30	4	1	.907	2.95	0.57	.951	1.91	1.89	3	7	70%	0
1978	CIN	NL	28	P	15	0	0	32.2	14	3	8	3	0	.786	3.03	0.73	.951	1.90	1.89	0	2	100%	0
1978	NYM	NL	28	P	53	0	0	86.1	29	6	22	1	1	.966	2.92	0.53	.951	1.91	1.89	3	5	63%	0
1979	TOT	NL	29	P	67	0	0	110.1	25	5	19	1	3	.960	1.96	0.36	.951	1.80	1.80	7	6	46%	0
1979	NYM	NL	29	P	58	0	0	97.0	25	5	19	1	3	.960	2.23	0.41	.951	1.80	1.80	6	5	45%	0
1979	MON	NL	29	P	9	0	0	13.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.82	1.80	1	1	50%	0
1980	MON	NL	30	P	16	0	0	29.1	6	4	1	1	0	.833	1.53	0.31	.952	1.90	1.91	0	2	100%	0
1981	TOR	AL	31	P	11	0	0	15.1	9	2	6	1	0	.889	4.70	0.73	.963	2.00	1.98	1	1	50%	1
1982	TOR	AL	32	P	56	0	0	111.0	39	5	32	2	2	.949	3.00	0.66	.958	1.80	1.80	4	4	50%	0
1983	NYY	AL	33	P	40	0	0	94.1	22	5	15	2	1	.909	1.91	0.50	.958	1.80	1.78	5	2	29%	0
1984	NYY	AL	34	P	19	0	0	23.2	5	0	4	1	0	.800	1.52	0.21	.958	1.79	1.78	1	1	50%	1
1985	TOT	AL	35	P	4	0	0	3.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00	0.25	.950	1.80	1.82	0	0		0
1985	NYY	AL	35	P	3	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.83	0	0		0
1985	TEX	AL	35	P	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00	1.00	.950	1.80	1.80	0	0		0
	12 Seasons			P	518	1	0	902.1	287	58	206	23	14	.920	2.63	0.51	.952	1.85	1.85	29	37	56%	7
	12 Seasons			TOT	518	1	0	902.1	287	58	206	23	14	.920	2.63	0.51	.952	1.85	1.85	29	37	56%	7
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1975 NL 15 (9th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1975 NL .652 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1975 NL 63 (9th) 1976 NL 81 (1st) 1978 NL 68 (6th) 1979 NL 67 (6th) 1982 AL 56 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1974 NL 10 (7th) 1976 NL 13 (9th) Career 60 (224th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1975 NL 40 (6th) 1976 NL 55 (3rd) 1978 NL 43 (8th) Career 289 (116th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1976 NL 81 (1st)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1977 NL 5 (4th)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1976 NL 3.65 (1st) 1978 NL 2.95 (5th) 1982 AL 3.00 (5th) Career 2.63 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 18 (1139), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Pitchers

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Bobby Castillo (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Castro (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Elias Sosa (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Clay Carroll (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Baldschun (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chuck Crim (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chuck Crim (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Baldschun (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Baldschun (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Schmidt (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Elston (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the 1970 amateur draft.
December 16, 1976: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Woodie Fryman to the Cincinnati Reds for Will McEnaney and Tony Perez.
May 19, 1978: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Mets for Ken Henderson.
August 30, 1979: Purchased by the Montreal Expos from the New York Mets.
August 28, 1980: Released by the Montreal Expos.
January 20, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
December 9, 1982: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Tom Dodd to the New York Yankees for Dave Collins, Fred McGriff, Mike Morgan and cash.
November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.
November 21, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
April 29, 1985: Released by the New York Yankees.
May 7, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1979	29	New York Mets	$72,000	1980 TSN Guide	Player loss; bid $100,000

1984	34	New York Yankees	$350,000	1/4/85 TSN

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$422,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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