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Claude Osteen

Claude Wilson Osteen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 9, 1939 in Caney Springs, TN
High School: Reading (Reading, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1957
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Senators/WhiteSox/Reds/Astros/... 1957-1975

Final Game: September 27, 1975
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:16AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #137. John Candelaria… #138. Noodles Hahn… #139. George Uhle… #140. CLAUDE OSTEEN… #141. Kenny Rogers… #142. Jim Maloney… #143. Curt Simmons… 

Standard Pitching

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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
1957 17 CIN NL 0 0 2.25 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 19 198 1.750 9.0 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1959 19 CIN NL 0 0 7.04 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 11 10 6 2 9 1 3 0 0 0 44 61 2.609 12.9 2.3 10.6 3.5 0.33
1960 20 CIN NL 0 1 .000 5.03 20 3 8 0 0 0 48.1 53 29 27 4 30 4 15 1 0 4 217 77 1.717 9.9 0.7 5.6 2.8 0.50
1961 21 TOT MLB 1 1 .500 4.82 4 3 1 0 0 0 18.2 14 11 10 3 9 0 14 1 1 2 77 84 1.232 6.8 1.4 4.3 6.8 1.56
1961 21 CIN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1961 21 WSA AL 1 1 .500 4.91 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.1 14 11 10 3 9 0 14 1 1 2 76 81 1.255 6.9 1.5 4.4 6.9 1.56
1962 22 WSA AL 8 13 .381 3.65 28 22 4 7 2 1 150.1 140 62 61 12 47 6 59 4 0 3 626 111 1.244 8.4 0.7 2.8 3.5 1.26
1963 23 WSA AL 9 14 .391 3.35 40 29 5 8 2 0 212.1 222 101 79 23 60 4 109 1 0 6 900 112 1.328 9.4 1.0 2.5 4.6 1.82
1964 24 WSA AL 15 13 .536 3.33 37 36 0 13 0 0 257.0 256 107 95 20 64 8 133 3 0 3 1070 111 1.245 9.0 0.7 2.2 4.7 2.08 MVP-30
1965 25 LAD NL 15 15 .500 2.79 40 40 0 9 1 0 287.0 253 95 89 19 78 10 162 3 1 4 1169 117 1.153 7.9 0.6 2.4 5.1 2.08
1966 26 LAD NL 17 14 .548 2.85 39 38 1 8 3 0 240.1 238 92 76 6 65 13 137 2 0 5 1005 116 1.261 8.9 0.2 2.4 5.1 2.11
1967 27 LAD NL 17 17 .500 3.22 39 39 0 14 5 0 288.1 298 116 103 19 52 10 152 2 0 4 1187 96 1.214 9.3 0.6 1.6 4.7 2.92 AS
1968 28 LAD NL 12 18 .400 3.08 39 36 1 5 3 0 254.0 267 109 87 14 54 10 119 5 0 4 1053 89 1.264 9.5 0.5 1.9 4.2 2.20
1969 29 LAD NL 20 15 .571 2.66 41 41 0 16 7 0 321.0 293 103 95 17 74 8 183 6 0 8 1291 124 1.143 8.2 0.5 2.1 5.1 2.47
1970 30 LAD NL 16 14 .533 3.83 37 37 0 11 4 0 258.2 280 121 110 24 52 3 114 4 0 1 1085 100 1.284 9.7 0.8 1.8 4.0 2.19 AS
1971 31 LAD NL 14 11 .560 3.51 38 38 0 11 4 0 259.0 262 108 101 25 63 2 109 3 1 4 1071 92 1.255 9.1 0.9 2.2 3.8 1.73
1972 32 LAD NL 20 11 .645 2.64 33 33 0 14 4 0 252.0 232 82 74 16 69 4 100 4 0 5 1033 127 1.194 8.3 0.6 2.5 3.6 1.45
1973 33 LAD NL 16 11 .593 3.31 33 33 0 12 3 0 236.2 227 97 87 20 61 2 86 2 0 7 961 106 1.217 8.6 0.8 2.3 3.3 1.41 AS
1974 34 TOT NL 9 11 .450 3.80 31 23 3 7 2 0 161.0 184 81 68 9 58 6 51 2 3 3 706 93 1.503 10.3 0.5 3.2 2.9 0.88
1974 34 HOU NL 9 9 .500 3.71 23 21 1 7 2 0 138.1 158 67 57 8 47 1 45 2 3 3 602 94 1.482 10.3 0.5 3.1 2.9 0.96
1974 34 STL NL 0 2 .000 4.37 8 2 2 0 0 0 22.2 26 14 11 1 11 5 6 0 0 0 104 85 1.632 10.3 0.4 4.4 2.4 0.55
1975 35 CHW AL 7 16 .304 4.36 37 37 0 5 0 0 204.1 237 110 99 16 92 2 63 2 0 2 919 90 1.610 10.4 0.7 4.1 2.8 0.68
18 Seasons 196 195 .501 3.30 541 488 24 140 40 1 3460.2 3471 1435 1268 249 940 93 1612 45 6 67 14433 104 1.275 9.0 0.6 2.4 4.2 1.71
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .501 3.30 36 32 2 9 3 0 229 229 95 84 16 62 6 107 3 0 4 954 104 1.275 9.0 0.6 2.4 4.2 1.71
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
LAD (9 yrs) 147 126 .538 3.09 339 335 2 100 34 0 2397.0 2350 923 822 160 568 62 1162 31 2 42 9855 106 1.217 8.8 0.6 2.1 4.4 2.05
WSA (4 yrs) 33 41 .446 3.46 108 90 9 28 4 1 638.0 632 281 245 58 180 18 315 9 1 14 2672 110 1.273 8.9 0.8 2.5 4.4 1.75
CIN (4 yrs) 0 1 .000 5.07 26 3 10 0 0 0 60.1 68 40 34 6 42 5 21 1 0 6 281 79 1.823 10.1 0.9 6.3 3.1 0.50
STL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 4.37 8 2 2 0 0 0 22.2 26 14 11 1 11 5 6 0 0 0 104 85 1.632 10.3 0.4 4.4 2.4 0.55
HOU (1 yr) 9 9 .500 3.71 23 21 1 7 2 0 138.1 158 67 57 8 47 1 45 2 3 3 602 94 1.482 10.3 0.5 3.1 2.9 0.96
CHW (1 yr) 7 16 .304 4.36 37 37 0 5 0 0 204.1 237 110 99 16 92 2 63 2 0 2 919 90 1.610 10.4 0.7 4.1 2.8 0.68
NL (14 yrs) NL 156 138 .531 3.18 396 361 15 107 36 0 2618.1 2602 1044 924 175 668 73 1234 34 5 51 10842 104 1.249 8.9 0.6 2.3 4.2 1.85
AL (5 yrs) AL 40 57 .412 3.68 145 127 9 33 4 1 842.1 869 391 344 74 272 20 378 11 1 16 3591 104 1.355 9.3 0.8 2.9 4.0 1.39

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 Awards
1957 17 CIN NL 4.0 0 1 2 0 .1 1 0.1 $
1959 19 CIN NL 7.2 0 10 5 0 .3 -5 -0.4 $
1960 20 CIN NL 48.1 3 29 28 0 .5 -1 -0.2 $
1961 21 CIN NL 0.1 0 0 0 0 .7 0 0.0 $
1961 21 WSA AL 18.1 3 11 10 0 .9 -1 -0.1 $
1962 22 WSA AL 150.1 22 62 87 3 1.2 25 2.7 $
1963 23 WSA AL 212.1 29 101 120 -3 1.1 19 2.1 $
1964 24 WSA AL 257.0 36 107 138 3 1.1 31 3.5 $ MVP-30
1965 25 LAD NL 287.0 40 95 132 12 1.0 37 4.5 $
1966 26 LAD NL 240.1 38 92 123 -2 1.0 31 3.7 $
1967 27 LAD NL 288.1 39 116 148 -10 1.0 32 4.0 $ AS
1968 28 LAD NL 254.0 36 109 114 -6 1.0 5 0.7 $
1969 29 LAD NL 321.0 41 103 158 4 .9 55 6.2 $
1970 30 LAD NL 258.2 37 121 135 9 .9 14 1.5 $ AS
1971 31 LAD NL 259.0 38 108 124 0 1.0 16 2.0 $
1972 32 LAD NL 252.0 33 82 127 2 1.1 45 5.5 $
1973 33 LAD NL 236.2 33 97 113 10 1.1 16 1.9 $ AS
1974 34 HOU NL 138.1 21 67 72 1 .9 5 0.5 $
1974 34 STL NL 22.2 2 14 11 1 1.3 -3 -0.4 $
1975 35 CHW AL 204.1 37 110 129 -7 1.0 19 2.0 $
18 Seasons 3460.2 488 1435 1776 17 1.0 341 39.8 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
LAD (9 yrs) 2397.0 335 923 1174 19 1.0 251 30.0 $
WSA (4 yrs) 638.0 90 281 355 3 1.1 74 8.2 $
CIN (4 yrs) 60.1 3 40 35 0 .4 -5 -0.5 $
STL (1 yr) 22.2 2 14 11 1 1.3 -3 -0.4 $
HOU (1 yr) 138.1 21 67 72 1 .9 5 0.5 $
CHW (1 yr) 204.1 37 110 129 -7 1.0 19 2.0 $

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
1965 25 LAD NL WS W MIN 1 1 .500 0.64 2 2 0 1 1 0 14.0 9 2 1 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 54 1.000 5.8 0.6 3.2 2.6 0.80
1966 26 LAD NL WS L BAL 0 1 .000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 23 0.571 3.9 1.3 1.3 3.9 3.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 1 2 .333 0.86 3 3 0 1 1 0 21.0 12 3 2 2 6 0 7 0 0 0 77 0.857 5.1 0.9 2.6 3.0 1.17
2 WS 1 2 .333 0.86 3 3 0 1 1 0 21.0 12 3 2 2 6 0 7 0 0 0 77 0.857 5.1 0.9 2.6 3.0 1.17

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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
1957 17 CIN NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 19 CIN NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1960 20 CIN NL 26 12 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .083 .083 .083 .167 -54 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 21 TOT MLB 9 8 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 1 0 0 /17
1961 21 CIN NL 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /11
1961 21 WSA AL 3 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 1 0 0 /11
1962 22 WSA AL 37 49 48 3 10 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 .208 .208 .271 .479 28 13 0 0 1 0 0 1
1963 23 WSA AL 49 79 70 8 12 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 20 .171 .216 .214 .431 22 15 1 0 5 0 0 1
1964 24 WSA AL 40 103 90 8 14 4 0 1 7 1 0 3 34 .156 .188 .233 .421 17 21 1 1 7 2 0 1 MVP-30
1965 25 LAD NL 42 108 99 6 12 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 32 .121 .147 .141 .288 -16 14 0 0 6 0 0 1
1966 26 LAD NL 39 83 76 8 16 1 2 1 6 1 1 5 18 .211 .259 .316 .575 65 24 1 0 2 0 0 1
1967 27 LAD NL 42 112 101 9 18 3 1 2 9 0 0 4 22 .178 .206 .287 .493 46 29 4 0 5 2 0 1 AS
1968 28 LAD NL 40 95 84 4 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 26 .179 .198 .214 .412 28 18 3 0 9 0 0 1
1969 29 LAD NL 44 126 111 7 24 1 0 1 12 0 0 5 25 .216 .246 .252 .498 44 28 3 0 8 2 0 1
1970 30 LAD NL 39 100 93 10 19 5 0 1 9 0 0 3 20 .204 .232 .290 .523 43 27 0 1 1 2 0 1 AS
1971 31 LAD NL 39 99 86 7 16 3 0 0 7 0 0 4 21 .186 .220 .221 .441 29 19 0 0 8 1 0 1
1972 32 LAD NL 36 100 88 9 24 5 1 1 11 0 0 5 19 .273 .319 .386 .706 102 34 2 1 6 0 0 1
1973 33 LAD NL 33 88 78 4 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 22 .154 .175 .167 .342 -3 13 3 0 8 0 0 1 AS
1974 34 TOT NL 31 55 53 4 13 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .245 .245 .321 .566 60 17 0 0 2 0 0 1
1974 34 HOU NL 23 48 46 4 13 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .283 .283 .370 .652 85 17 0 0 2 0 0 1
1974 34 STL NL 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 35 CHW AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Seasons 588 1220 1099 90 207 31 6 8 76 2 1 40 291 .188 .217 .249 .467 34 274 18 3 69 9 0
162 Game Avg. 162 336 303 25 57 9 2 2 21 1 0 11 80 .188 .217 .249 .467 34 75 5 1 19 2 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
LAD (9 yrs) 354 911 816 64 156 22 5 6 59 1 1 33 205 .191 .223 .252 .475 38 206 16 2 53 7 0
WSA (4 yrs) 129 239 215 19 37 5 1 2 14 1 0 7 67 .172 .200 .233 .433 20 50 2 1 14 2 0
CIN (4 yrs) 37 15 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .067 .067 .067 .133 -64 1 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 23 48 46 4 13 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .283 .283 .370 .652 85 17 0 0 2 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (14 yrs) 422 981 884 71 170 26 5 6 62 1 1 33 224 .192 .221 .253 .475 37 224 16 2 55 7 0
AL (5 yrs) 166 239 215 19 37 5 1 2 14 1 0 7 67 .172 .200 .233 .433 20 50 2 1 14 2 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 Awards
1957 17 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1959 19 CIN NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1960 20 CIN NL 12 -2 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1961 21 WSA AL 8 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /11
1962 22 WSA AL 49 -5 0 1 0 0 5 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1963 23 WSA AL 79 -7 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1964 24 WSA AL 103 -9 0 -1 0 0 9 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $15,000 1 MVP-30
1965 25 LAD NL 108 -15 0 -1 1 0 9 4 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $25,000 1
1966 26 LAD NL 83 -4 -1 1 0 0 7 3 6 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $29,000 1
1967 27 LAD NL 112 -7 1 -1 0 0 9 4 6 0.5 6 0.7 -0.2 $ 1 AS
1968 28 LAD NL 95 -7 1 -1 0 0 6 3 2 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ 1
1969 29 LAD NL 126 -8 0 1 0 0 10 4 7 0.6 7 0.7 -0.1 $ 1
1970 30 LAD NL 100 -8 -1 0 2 0 9 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1 AS
1971 31 LAD NL 99 -8 -1 -1 1 0 7 3 1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 1
1972 32 LAD NL 100 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 10 1.0 10 1.1 -0.1 $ 1
1973 33 LAD NL 88 -11 -1 -1 0 0 7 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $100,000 1 AS
1974 34 HOU NL 48 -1 0 -1 0 0 4 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $100,000 1
1974 34 STL NL 7 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
17 Seasons 1220 -96 -3 -4 4 0 98 36 35 2.3 35 3.7 -1.4 $269,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
LAD (9 yrs) 911 -68 -2 -3 4 0 71 29 31 2.1 31 3.3 -1.2 $154,000
WSA (4 yrs) 239 -22 0 0 0 0 21 6 5 0.3 5 0.5 -0.2 $15,000
CIN (3 yrs) 15 -3 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $
STL (1 yr) 7 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
HOU (1 yr) 48 -1 0 -1 0 0 4 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $100,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 25 LAD NL WS MIN W 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0
1966 26 LAD NL WS BAL L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 3 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 1 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1957 CIN NL 17 P 3 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.07
1959 CIN NL 19 P 2 7.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.50 .950 2.00 1.95
1960 CIN NL 20 P 20 48.1 14 0 13 1 0 .929 2.42 0.65 .962 2.09 2.08
1961 TOT MLB 21 P 4 18.2 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.45 0.75 .953 2.07 2.08
1961 WSA AL 21 P 3 18.1 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.47 1.00 .953 2.06 2.03
1961 CIN NL 21 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1961 CIN NL 21 P 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1961 CIN NL 21 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1962 WSA AL 22 P 28 150.1 34 4 30 0 2 1.000 2.04 1.21 .958 2.08 2.07
1963 WSA AL 23 P 40 212.1 44 11 30 3 2 .932 1.74 1.03 .955 1.99 2.00
1964 WSA AL 24 P 37 257.0 60 9 51 0 5 1.000 2.10 1.62 .957 1.90 1.89 MVP-30
1965 LAD NL 25 P 40 287.0 96 11 82 3 6 .969 2.92 2.33 .956 2.08 2.08
1966 LAD NL 26 P 39 240.1 63 10 49 4 0 .937 2.21 1.51 .947 1.96 1.96
1967 LAD NL 27 P 39 288.1 66 11 53 2 2 .970 2.00 1.64 .960 2.00 2.00 AS
1968 LAD NL 28 P 39 254.0 62 11 50 1 2 .984 2.16 1.56 .958 2.01 2.02
1969 LAD NL 29 P 41 321.0 91 19 69 3 0 .967 2.47 2.15 .958 1.95 1.94
1970 LAD NL 30 P 37 258.2 51 10 40 1 5 .980 1.74 1.35 .951 1.85 1.84 AS
1971 LAD NL 31 P 38 259.0 89 22 66 1 4 .989 3.06 2.32 .954 1.90 1.90
1972 LAD NL 32 P 33 252.0 50 9 40 1 2 .980 1.75 1.48 .950 1.78 1.78
1973 LAD NL 33 P 33 236.2 64 9 53 2 3 .969 2.36 1.88 .950 1.88 1.88 AS
1974 TOT NL 34 P 31 23 7 161.0 41 11 28 2 2 .951 2.18 1.26 .944 1.88 1.88 11 9 45% 0
1974 HOU NL 34 P 23 21 7 138.1 32 8 23 1 1 .969 2.02 1.35 .944 1.88 1.88 11 7 39% 0
1974 STL NL 34 P 8 2 0 22.2 9 3 5 1 1 .889 3.18 1.00 .944 1.87 1.88 0 2 100% 0
1975 CHW AL 35 P 37 204.1 55 12 41 2 1 .964 2.33 1.43 .940 1.87 1.86
18 Seasons P 541 23 7 3460.2 884 159 699 26 37 .971 2.23 1.59 .953 1.94 1.94 11 9 45% 0
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
18 Seasons TOT 542 23 7 3460.2 884 159 699 26 37 .971 0 0 2.23 1.58 .953 1.94 1.94 11 9 45% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1981 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1982 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1967
1970 *
1973 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 AL (30, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1972 NL  6.5 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1964 AL  3.5 (9th)
1965 NL  4.5 (8th)
1972 NL  5.5 (8th)
Career  39.8 (135th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1965 NL  2.79 (9th)
1966 NL  2.85 (8th)
1972 NL  2.64 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1966 NL  17 (7th)
1967 NL  17 (3rd)
1969 NL  20 (5th)
1970 NL  16 (10th)
1972 NL  20 (3rd)
1973 NL  16 (7th)
Career  196 (120th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1972 NL  .645 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1969 NL  1.143 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 AL  2.241 (8th)
1967 NL  1.623 (2nd)
1969 NL  2.075 (5th)
1970 NL  1.809 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1964 AL  257.0 (5th)
1965 NL  287.0 (7th)
1967 NL  288.3 (4th)
1969 NL  321.0 (2nd)
1970 NL  258.7 (10th)
1972 NL  252.0 (8th)
Career  3,460.7 (75th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,612 (145th)

Games Started s c a p y
1964 AL  36 (2nd)
1965 NL  40 (3rd)
1966 NL  38 (5th)
1967 NL  39 (2nd)
1968 NL  36 (4th)
1969 NL  41 (2nd)
1970 NL  37 (6th)
1971 NL  38 (3rd)
1972 NL  33 (10th)
1975 AL  37 (7th)
Career  488 (50th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1964 AL  13 (3rd)
1967 NL  14 (7th)
1969 NL  16 (9th)
1972 NL  14 (7th)
1973 NL  12 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1967 NL  5 (2nd)
1969 NL  7 (2nd)
1970 NL  4 (2nd)
1971 NL  4 (5th)
1972 NL  4 (6th)
1973 NL  3 (7th)
Career  40 (44th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1967 NL  19 (10th)
1971 NL  25 (7th)
Career  249 (106th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 NL  78 (8th)
1975 AL  92 (10th)
Career  940 (135th)

Hits s c a p y
1963 AL  222 (10th)
1964 AL  256 (2nd)
1965 NL  253 (4th)
1966 NL  238 (9th)
1967 NL  298 (1st)
1968 NL  267 (2nd)
1969 NL  293 (1st)
1970 NL  280 (3rd)
1971 NL  262 (4th)
1972 NL  232 (5th)
Career  3,471 (64th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 AL  0.700 (8th)
1965 NL  0.596 (4th)
1966 NL  0.225 (1st)
1969 NL  0.477 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1962 AL  13 (10th)
1963 AL  14 (9th)
1964 AL  13 (9th)
1965 NL  15 (6th)
1966 NL  14 (8th)
1967 NL  17 (2nd)
1968 NL  18 (1st)
1969 NL  15 (10th)
1975 AL  16 (7th)
Career  195 (48th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1964 AL  95 (9th)
1967 NL  103 (2nd)
1968 NL  87 (6th)
1970 NL  110 (7th)
1971 NL  101 (7th)
Career  1,268 (92nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1964 AL  1,070 (5th)
1965 NL  1,169 (7th)
1967 NL  1,187 (2nd)
1968 NL  1,053 (9th)
1969 NL  1,291 (2nd)
1972 NL  1,033 (10th)
Career  14,433 (74th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1972 NL  127 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1965 NL  19 (9th)
1972 NL  21 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1965 NL  2.1 (9th)
1972 NL  2.4 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1965 NL  27.07 (8th)
1969 NL  37.92 (9th)
1972 NL  25.38 (8th)
Career  77.46 (241st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1972 NL  3.4 (7th)
Career  9.3 (211th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1965 NL  2.7 (8th)
1966 NL  2.2 (8th)
Career  9.2 (160th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1965 NL  3.1 (7th)
1969 NL  4.4 (8th)
1972 NL  2.9 (8th)
Career  9.5 (193rd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1964 AL  51 (1st)
1965 NL  82 (1st)
1966 NL  49 (4th)
1967 NL  53 (4th)
1969 NL  69 (1st)
1971 NL  66 (1st)
1973 NL  53 (2nd)
Career  699 (90th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1971 NL  3.06 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1965 NL  2.33 (1st)
1967 NL  1.64 (5th)
1969 NL  2.15 (2nd)
1971 NL  2.32 (1st)
1973 NL  1.88 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1964 AL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .971 (65th)

Youngest s c a p y
1957 NL  born 1939-08-09 (4th)
1959 NL  born 1939-08-09 (2nd)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 91 (245), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 53 (248), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 26 (190), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Curt Simmons (944)
  2. Larry Jackson (934)
  3. Rube Marquard (927) *
  4. Rick Reuschel (924)
  5. Doyle Alexander (920)
  6. Dolf Luque (918)
  7. Lee Meadows (918)
  8. Rick Wise (917)
  9. Larry French (915)
  10. Bob Friend (908)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Doc Newton (995)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. John Henry Johnson (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Burt Hooton (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Sherdel (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Burt Hooton (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jon Matlack (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Burt Hooton (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Frank Tanana (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Frank Tanana (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Frank Tanana (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Frank Tanana (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Frank Tanana (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Frank Tanana (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Frank Tanana (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Lew Burdette (981)
  2. Larry French (979)
  3. Ray Sadecki (977)
  4. Ed Walsh (976) *
  5. Herb Pennock (974) *
  6. Hooks Dauss (974)
  7. Bump Hadley (973)
  8. Charlie Root (973)
  9. Jim Perry (972)
  10. Jesse Haines (972) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jim Shaw (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Lee Meadows (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lee Meadows (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lee Meadows (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lee Meadows (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Kaat (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lee Meadows (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hooks Dauss (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lew Burdette (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196424Washington Senators$15,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196525Los Angeles Dodgers$25,0002/27/65 TSN
196626Los Angeles Dodgers$29,0003/5/66 TSN
197333Los Angeles Dodgers$100,000TSN, 4/21/73
197434Houston Astros$100,0004/6/74 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$269,000
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