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Ron Nischwitz

Ronald Lee Nischwitz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 1, 1937 in Dayton, OH
High School: Fairview HS (Dayton, OH)
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1961
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians 1961-1965

Final Game: September 19, 1965
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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
1961 23 DET AL 0 1 .000 5.56 6 1 2 0 0 0 11.1 13 12 7 2 8 1 8 0 0 0 56 76 1.853 10.3 1.6 6.4 6.4 1.00
1962 24 DET AL 4 5 .444 3.90 48 0 23 0 0 4 64.2 73 30 28 5 26 1 28 1 0 1 290 106 1.531 10.2 0.7 3.6 3.9 1.08
1963 25 CLE AL 0 2 .000 6.48 14 0 8 0 0 1 16.2 17 13 12 3 8 2 10 0 0 0 75 57 1.500 9.2 1.6 4.3 5.4 1.25
1965 27 DET AL 1 0 1.000 2.78 20 0 7 0 0 1 22.2 21 10 7 2 6 1 12 0 0 2 90 128 1.191 8.3 0.8 2.4 4.8 2.00
4 Yrs 5 8 .385 4.21 88 1 40 0 0 6 115.1 124 65 54 12 48 5 58 1 0 3 511 94 1.491 9.7 0.9 3.7 4.5 1.21
162 Game Avg. 4 6 .385 4.21 67 1 31 0 0 5 88 95 50 41 9 37 4 44 1 0 2 390 94 1.491 9.7 0.9 3.7 4.5 1.21
DET (3 yrs) 5 6 .455 3.83 74 1 32 0 0 5 98.2 107 52 42 9 40 3 48 1 0 3 436 104 1.490 9.8 0.8 3.6 4.4 1.20
CLE (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.48 14 0 8 0 0 1 16.2 17 13 12 3 8 2 10 0 0 0 75 57 1.500 9.2 1.6 4.3 5.4 1.25

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
1961 23 DET AL 11.1 6 1 12 9.53 4.43 0.38 -0.13 105.1 4.12 -7 -0.6 1.2 -0.1 -0.6 -6 .395 .496 $
1962 24 DET AL 64.2 48 0 30 4.18 4.50 -0.11 -0.19 102.5 4.53 3 0.4 1.7 0.0 0.9 9 .507 .502 $
1963 25 CLE AL 16.2 14 0 13 7.02 4.33 -0.08 -0.18 99.3 4.20 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.1 -0.5 -4 .461 .497 $
1965 27 DET AL 22.2 20 0 10 3.97 4.13 0.02 -0.16 103.3 4.08 0 0.0 .7 -0.1 0.2 2 .502 .500 $
4 Seasons 115.1 88 1 65 5.07 4.40 -0.03 -0.18 102.4 4.36 -8 -0.8 1.4 -0.2 -0.0 1 .491 .499 $
DET (3 yrs) 98.2 74 1 52 4.74 4.41 -0.02 -0.17 103.0 4.38 -3 -0.2 1.4 -0.1 0.5 5 .497 .500 $
CLE (1 yr) 16.2 14 0 13 7.02 4.33 -0.08 -0.18 99.3 4.20 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.1 -0.5 -4 .461 .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
1961 23 DET AL 6 56 44 12 13 1 1 2 3 0 8 8 .295 .382 .500 .882 .297 22 0 0 1 3 1 2
1962 24 DET AL 48 290 256 30 73 8 1 5 0 1 26 28 .285 .351 .383 .734 .302 98 5 1 5 2 1 3
1963 25 CLE AL 14 75 65 13 17 1 0 3 2 0 8 10 .262 .342 .415 .758 .269 27 1 0 2 0 2 2
1965 27 DET AL 20 91 81 10 21 4 0 2 0 0 6 12 .259 .307 .383 .690 .279 31 5 0 3 1 1 2
4 Yrs 88 512 446 65 124 14 2 12 5 1 48 58 .278 .345 .399 .744 .293 178 11 1 11 6 5 9
162 Game Avg. 67 391 341 50 95 11 2 9 4 1 37 44 .278 .345 .399 .744 .293 136 8 1 8 5 4 7
MLB Averages .252 .317 .382 .699 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1961 23 DET AL -3.4 -0.3 58 -0.5 0.6 -1.0 .75 -0.2 -0.4 -6.4 -0.6 0.75 -3.5 1 2 1
1962 24 DET AL 1.9 0.2 295 -0.4 6.1 -6.4 1.31 -0.2 -0.1 1.6 0.2 1.31 -1.5 20 9 18
1963 25 CLE AL -4.9 -0.5 78 -0.8 0.8 -1.5 .80 -0.4 -0.6 -5.3 -0.5 0.80 -0.8 4 0 8
1965 27 DET AL 1.1 0.1 94 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 .44 0.0 -0.9 3.2 0.3 0.44 0.6 3 2 15
4 Yrs -5.3 -0.5 525 -2.0 7.9 -9.9 1.01 -0.7 -1.2 -6.9 -0.6 1.01 -5.2 28 13 42

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
1961 23 DET AL 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 23.0 23 23 3 0 1 0 5.0 3.0 2.3
1 Yr 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 23 23 23 3 0 1 0 5.0 3.0 2.3
MLB Averages .500 53% 52 116 -14 4.2 4.1 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
1961 23 DET AL 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 7 .745 1 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 4 0 4 1 5.4
1962 24 DET AL 48 48 23 4 5 5 4 1 80% 10 3 45 13 29% 8 1.309 20 9 18 11 9 28 23 25 19 15 20 10 4.0
1963 25 CLE AL 14 14 8 0 2 2 1 1 50% 3 0 7 4 57% 8 .795 4 0 8 3 1 10 4 10 5 4 5 4 3.6
1965 27 DET AL 20 20 7 1 0 1 1 0 100% 3 1 17 2 12% 8 .438 3 2 15 3 1 16 9 11 5 8 6 5 3.4
4 Yrs 88 87 40 5 7 8 6 2 75% 16 4 74 20 27% 1.017 28 13 42 17 12 58 38 49 33 27 35 20 3.9

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%
1961 23 DET AL 56 32% 3.6% 14.3% 14.3% 7.1% 31% 0.53 66% 14 0 0%
1962 24 DET AL 290 44% 1.7% 9.7% 9.0% 4.8% 19% 0.98 78% 79 5 6%
1963 25 CLE AL 75 32% 4.0% 13.3% 10.7% 5.3% 24% 1.29 69% 20 1 5%
1965 27 DET AL 91 34% 2.2% 13.2% 6.6% 6.6% 29% 1.55 75% 18 5 28%
4 Yrs 512 39% 2.3% 11.3% 9.4% 5.5% 23% 1.05 75% 131 11 8%
MLB Averages 48% 2.3% 15.0% 8.4% 6.4% 29% 1.07 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
1961 23 DET AL 56 13 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 9 5 1 56% 2 0 0 21 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1962 24 DET AL 290 73 5 0 19 3 2 3 2 24 10 3 42% 3 1 2 129 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1963 25 CLE AL 75 17 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 11 6 0 55% 2 0 0 24 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 27 DET AL 91 21 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 2 0 50% 2 2 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 Yrs 512 124 12 2 32 10 2 6 6 48 23 4 48% 9 3 2 210 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
MLB Averages 51% 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+
1961 23 0 1 .000 5.56 6 1 2 0 0 0 11.1 13 12 7 2 8 1 8 0 0 0 56 76 1.853 10.3 1.6 6.4 6.4 1.00 76
1962 24 4 6 .400 4.14 54 1 25 0 0 4 76.0 86 42 35 7 34 2 36 1 0 1 346 100 1.579 10.2 0.8 4.0 4.3 1.06 100
1963 25 4 8 .333 4.56 68 1 33 0 0 5 92.2 103 55 47 10 42 4 46 1 0 1 421 89 1.565 10.0 1.0 4.1 4.5 1.10 89
1964 26 4 8 .333 4.56 68 1 33 0 0 5 92.2 103 55 47 10 42 4 46 1 0 1 421 89 1.565 10.0 1.0 4.1 4.5 1.10 89
1965 27 5 8 .385 4.21 88 1 40 0 0 6 115.1 124 65 54 12 48 5 58 1 0 3 511 94 1.491 9.7 0.9 3.7 4.5 1.21 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
1961 23 0 1 .000 5.25 12.0 13 8 7 2 8 8 0 1.750 9.8 6.0 6.0 1.00 1.5 6
1962 24 4 3 .571 3.80 64.0 72 30 27 5 26 28 1 1.531 10.1 3.7 3.9 1.08 0.7 48
1963 25 0 1 .000 7.31 16.0 18 14 13 3 8 10 0 1.625 10.1 4.5 5.6 1.25 1.7 14
1965 27 1 1 .500 3.60 20.0 23 9 8 2 7 11 0 1.500 10.4 3.2 5.0 1.57 0.9 20
4 Yrs 5 6 .455 4.42 112.0 126 61 55 12 49 57 1 1.563 10.1 4.6 1.16 1.0 88

* 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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