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Mike Nagy

Michael Timothy Nagy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 25, 1948 in New York, NY
High School: St. Helena HS (Bronx, NY)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 6th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1969
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cardinals/Astros 1969-1974

Final Game: May 19, 1974
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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
1969 21 BOS AL 12 2 .857 3.11 33 28 2 7 1 0 196.2 183 84 68 10 106 3 84 11 0 6 870 124 1.469 8.4 0.5 4.9 3.8 0.79 RoY-2
1970 22 BOS AL 6 5 .545 4.48 23 20 1 4 0 0 128.2 138 71 64 16 64 2 56 2 1 5 574 89 1.570 9.7 1.1 4.5 3.9 0.88
1971 23 BOS AL 1 3 .250 6.63 12 7 2 0 0 0 38.0 46 29 28 4 20 1 9 0 0 1 170 57 1.737 10.9 0.9 4.7 2.1 0.45
1972 24 BOS AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 10 44 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1973 25 STL NL 0 2 .000 4.20 9 7 1 0 0 0 40.2 44 21 19 4 15 2 14 1 0 0 176 88 1.451 9.7 0.9 3.3 3.1 0.93
1974 26 HOU NL 1 1 .500 8.53 9 0 2 0 0 0 12.2 17 13 12 3 5 0 5 1 0 1 62 42 1.737 12.1 2.1 3.6 3.6 1.00
6 Yrs 20 13 .606 4.15 87 62 8 11 1 0 418.2 431 220 193 37 210 8 170 16 1 14 1862 93 1.531 9.3 0.8 4.5 3.7 0.81
162 Game Avg. 9 6 .606 4.15 40 28 4 5 0 0 191 197 100 88 17 96 4 78 7 0 6 850 93 1.531 9.3 0.8 4.5 3.7 0.81
BOS (4 yrs) 19 10 .655 3.99 69 55 5 11 1 0 365.1 370 186 162 30 190 6 151 14 1 13 1624 98 1.533 9.1 0.7 4.7 3.7 0.79
STL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 4.20 9 7 1 0 0 0 40.2 44 21 19 4 15 2 14 1 0 0 176 88 1.451 9.7 0.9 3.3 3.1 0.93
HOU (1 yr) 1 1 .500 8.53 9 0 2 0 0 0 12.2 17 13 12 3 5 0 5 1 0 1 62 42 1.737 12.1 2.1 3.6 3.6 1.00
AL (4 yrs) 19 10 .655 3.99 69 55 5 11 1 0 365.1 370 186 162 30 190 6 151 14 1 13 1624 98 1.533 9.1 0.7 4.7 3.7 0.79
NL (2 yrs) 1 3 .250 5.23 18 7 3 0 0 0 53.1 61 34 31 7 20 2 19 2 0 1 238 70 1.519 10.3 1.2 3.4 3.2 0.95

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
1969 21 BOS AL 196.2 33 28 84 3.84 4.05 -0.01 0.06 106.1 4.38 13 1.5 1.0 -0.1 2.9 29 .546 .509 $ RoY-2
1970 22 BOS AL 128.2 23 20 71 4.97 4.15 0.09 0.06 107.8 4.45 -6 -0.7 .2 -0.0 0.4 6 .470 .496 $
1971 23 BOS AL 38.0 12 7 29 6.87 3.76 0.11 0.04 108.5 4.00 -12 -1.3 1.4 -0.0 -1.0 -9 .394 .492 $
1972 24 BOS AL 2.0 1 0 2 9.00 2.89 -0.35 -0.13 110.0 3.42 -1 -0.1 .2 0.1 -0.1 -1 .366 .499 $21,000
1973 25 STL NL 40.2 9 7 21 4.65 4.06 0.14 0.07 100.2 4.00 -3 -0.3 .4 -0.0 0.0 1 .465 .498 $
1974 26 HOU NL 12.2 9 0 13 9.24 4.70 0.05 -0.38 94.3 4.03 -7 -0.8 .7 0.1 -0.6 -6 .416 .495 $
6 Seasons 418.2 87 62 220 4.73 4.07 0.05 0.05 105.9 4.31 -17 -1.6 .8 -0.0 1.6 19 .481 .498 $21,000
BOS (4 yrs) 365.1 69 55 186 4.58 4.05 0.03 0.06 107.0 4.36 -7 -0.6 .9 -0.1 2.2 25 .492 .499 $21,000
STL (1 yr) 40.2 9 7 21 4.65 4.06 0.14 0.07 100.2 4.00 -3 -0.3 .4 -0.0 0.0 1 .465 .498 $
HOU (1 yr) 12.2 9 0 13 9.24 4.70 0.05 -0.38 94.3 4.03 -7 -0.8 .7 0.1 -0.6 -6 .416 .495 $

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
1969 21 BOS AL 33 870 747 84 183 33 2 10 14 5 106 84 .245 .347 .335 .681 .265 250 23 11 5 1 3 14
1970 22 BOS AL 23 573 501 71 138 24 0 16 2 6 64 56 .275 .359 .419 .778 .283 210 10 2 4 2 2 6
1971 23 BOS AL 12 170 146 29 46 2 1 4 4 2 20 9 .315 .395 .425 .820 .313 62 5 0 3 1 1 1
1972 24 BOS AL 1 10 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .400 .375 .775 .429 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
1973 25 STL NL 9 176 156 21 44 10 1 4 0 1 15 14 .282 .345 .436 .781 .286 68 6 1 2 2 2 5
1974 26 HOU NL 9 62 55 13 17 1 1 3 1 0 5 5 .309 .371 .527 .898 .292 29 0 1 0 1 0 1
6 Yrs 87 1861 1613 220 431 70 5 37 21 14 210 170 .267 .356 .386 .741 .279 622 44 16 14 8 8 27
162 Game Avg. 40 849 736 100 197 32 2 17 10 6 96 78 .267 .356 .386 .741 .279 284 20 7 6 4 4 12
MLB Averages .252 .321 .370 .691 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1969 21 BOS AL 12.2 1.3 899 0.6 14.9 -14.3 .98 0.1 0.4 10.3 1.1 0.98 3.0 1 1 3
1970 22 BOS AL -6.1 -0.6 592 -1.5 10.2 -11.6 1.07 -0.9 -0.5 -10.0 -1.0 1.07 -8.6 0 0 3
1971 23 BOS AL -10.1 -1.0 177 -1.3 2.7 -4.0 1.10 -0.6 -0.6 -11.4 -1.1 1.10 -7.9 1 2 2
1972 24 BOS AL -0.9 -0.1 11 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .16 -0.1 -0.2 -1.2 -0.1 0.16 -0.9 0 0 1
1973 25 STL NL -2.0 -0.2 177 -0.6 2.9 -3.5 1.00 -0.5 -0.0 -1.7 -0.2 1.00 -4.8 0 0 2
1974 26 HOU NL -6.9 -0.7 64 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 .47 -0.6 -1.3 -6.9 -0.7 0.47 -5.6 1 2 6
6 Yrs -13.8 -1.3 1920 -3.8 31.0 -34.8 1.00 -2.7 -1.1 -20.9 -2.0 1.00 -24.8 3 5 17

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
1969 21 BOS AL 33 28 12 2 14 3 0 22 6 .786 5 6 7 1 13 46% 51.8 79 22 27 12 13 8 5.7 5.4 6.7
1970 22 BOS AL 23 20 6 5 9 2 1 10 10 .500 3 4 4 0 7 35% 46.7 76 28 24 6 6 6 4.9 5.4 6.2
1971 23 BOS AL 12 7 1 2 4 0 0 3 4 .429 1 3 0 0 3 43% 42.9 57 22 8 4 1 3 3.6 3.3 5.0
1973 25 STL NL 9 7 0 2 5 0 1 2 5 .286 1 2 0 0 2 29% 44.4 56 33 8 3 2 2 3.3 2.9 5.1
4 Yrs 77 62 19 11 32 5 2 37 25 .597 10 15 11 1 25 40% 48 79 22 67 25 22 19 4.9 5.0 6.2
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 109 -3 4.1 4.0 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 21 BOS AL 33 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 2 .978 1 1 3 1 0 4 2 3 4 1 4 1 5.0
1970 22 BOS AL 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.071 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 4.7
1971 23 BOS AL 12 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 3 43% 4 1.097 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 1 0 4 0 3 1.6
1972 24 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .160 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1973 25 STL NL 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.003 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5
1974 26 HOU NL 9 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 5 .471 1 2 6 1 1 7 4 5 5 2 5 2 4.2
6 Yrs 87 25 8 1 2 1 0 1 0% 2 0 16 7 44% .999 3 5 17 3 2 20 10 15 14 8 14 6 4.2

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%
1969 21 BOS AL 870 55% 1.2% 9.7% 12.2% 5.2% 25% 1.00 75% 171 23 13%
1970 22 BOS AL 573 47% 2.8% 9.8% 11.2% 7.0% 29% 0.90 75% 113 10 9%
1971 23 BOS AL 170 59% 2.4% 5.3% 11.8% 4.1% 15% 1.04 79% 45 5 11%
1972 24 BOS AL 10 60% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.33 70% 4 0 0%
1973 25 STL NL 176 56% 2.3% 8.0% 8.5% 8.5% 34% 1.12 80% 31 6 19%
1974 26 HOU NL 62 66% 4.8% 8.1% 8.1% 8.1% 29% 1.06 77% 14 0 0%
6 Yrs 1861 53% 2.0% 9.1% 11.3% 6.0% 26% 0.98 76% 378 44 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.4% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.10 73% 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
1969 21 BOS AL 870 183 10 0 20 6 4 2 8 40 17 6 43% 14 6 3 349 14 5 74% 12 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 13 0
1970 22 BOS AL 573 138 16 0 11 10 6 8 8 18 13 1 72% 6 5 4 220 2 6 25% 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 15 0
1971 23 BOS AL 170 46 4 0 4 4 0 3 1 5 3 0 60% 1 1 0 72 4 2 67% 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
1972 24 BOS AL 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1973 25 STL NL 176 44 4 0 0 1 3 1 3 6 3 1 50% 5 0 0 66 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 26 HOU NL 62 17 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 9 5 0 56% 1 1 0 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Yrs 1861 431 37 0 36 23 14 15 22 80 43 8 54% 27 14 7 736 21 14 60% 18 11 2 3 1 0 4 1 38 0
MLB Averages 50% 63%

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+
1969 21 12 2 .857 3.11 33 28 2 7 1 0 196.2 183 84 68 10 106 3 84 11 0 6 870 124 1.469 8.4 0.5 4.9 3.8 0.79 124
1970 22 18 7 .720 3.65 56 48 3 11 1 0 325.1 321 155 132 26 170 5 140 13 1 11 1444 107 1.509 8.9 0.7 4.7 3.9 0.82 107
1971 23 19 10 .655 3.96 68 55 5 11 1 0 363.1 367 184 160 30 190 6 149 13 1 12 1614 98 1.533 9.1 0.7 4.7 3.7 0.78 98
1972 24 19 10 .655 3.99 69 55 5 11 1 0 365.1 370 186 162 30 190 6 151 14 1 13 1624 98 1.533 9.1 0.7 4.7 3.7 0.79 98
1973 25 19 12 .613 4.01 78 62 6 11 1 0 406.0 414 207 181 34 205 8 165 15 1 13 1800 97 1.525 9.2 0.8 4.5 3.7 0.80 97
1974 26 20 13 .606 4.15 87 62 8 11 1 0 418.2 431 220 193 37 210 8 170 16 1 14 1862 93 1.531 9.3 0.8 4.5 3.7 0.81 93

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
1969 21 12 9 .571 3.29 189.0 185 77 69 10 107 81 11 1.545 8.8 5.1 3.9 0.76 0.5 33
1970 22 6 7 .462 4.57 124.0 137 70 63 16 64 54 2 1.621 9.9 4.6 3.9 0.84 1.2 23
1971 23 1 2 .333 7.71 35.0 47 33 30 4 20 8 0 1.914 12.1 5.1 2.1 0.40 1.0 12
1972 24 0 0 9.00 3.0 0 3 3 0 0 3 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 1
1973 25 2 2 .500 4.74 38.0 45 22 20 4 15 13 1 1.579 10.7 3.6 3.1 0.87 0.9 9
1974 26 0 1 .000 9.00 13.0 18 14 13 3 5 5 1 1.769 12.5 3.5 3.5 1.00 2.1 9
6 Yrs 21 21 .500 4.43 402.0 432 219 198 37 211 164 16 1.600 9.7 3.7 0.78 0.8 87

* 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

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 AL  106 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  0.458 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1969 AL  11 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1969 AL  124 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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