Bob Owchinko
Robert Dennis Owchinko
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 1, 1955 in Detroit, MI
School: Eastern Michigan University
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1976
Final Game: October 1, 1986
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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
1976 21 SDP NL 0 2 .000 16.62 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.1 11 8 8 0 3 1 4 0 1 1 27 20 3.231 22.8 0.0 6.2 8.3 1.33
1977 22 SDP NL 9 12 .429 4.45 30 28 0 3 2 0 170.0 191 93 84 20 67 5 101 0 2 5 743 80 1.518 10.1 1.1 3.5 5.3 1.51
1978 23 SDP NL 10 13 .435 3.56 36 33 1 4 1 0 202.1 198 87 80 14 78 12 94 1 3 1 851 93 1.364 8.8 0.6 3.5 4.2 1.21
1979 24 SDP NL 6 12 .333 3.74 42 20 7 2 0 0 149.1 144 73 62 16 55 6 66 2 0 3 631 94 1.333 8.7 1.0 3.3 4.0 1.20
1980 25 CLE AL 2 9 .182 5.27 29 14 2 1 1 0 114.1 138 71 67 13 47 2 66 2 0 7 516 78 1.618 10.9 1.0 3.7 5.2 1.40
1981 26 OAK AL 4 3 .571 3.20 29 0 12 0 0 2 39.1 34 15 14 2 19 2 26 1 0 0 164 109 1.347 7.8 0.5 4.3 5.9 1.37
1982 27 OAK AL 2 4 .333 5.21 54 0 23 0 0 3 102.0 111 60 59 11 52 5 67 0 1 4 463 74 1.598 9.8 1.0 4.6 5.9 1.29
1983 28 PIT NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1984 29 CIN NL 3 5 .375 4.12 49 4 9 0 0 2 94.0 91 47 43 10 39 2 60 0 0 3 407 92 1.383 8.7 1.0 3.7 5.7 1.54
1986 31 MON NL 1 0 1.000 3.60 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.0 17 6 6 1 3 0 6 0 0 1 62 103 1.333 10.2 0.6 1.8 3.6 2.00
10 Seasons 37 60 .381 4.28 275 104 54 10 4 7 890.2 937 461 424 88 363 35 490 6 7 25 3866 85 1.460 9.5 0.9 3.7 5.0 1.35
162 Game Avg. 7 11 .381 4.28 49 19 10 2 1 1 160 168 83 76 16 65 6 88 1 1 4 694 85 1.460 9.5 0.9 3.7 5.0 1.35
SDP (4 yrs) 25 39 .391 4.00 110 83 8 9 3 0 526.0 544 261 234 50 203 24 265 3 6 10 2252 86 1.420 9.3 0.9 3.5 4.5 1.31
OAK (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 4.65 83 0 35 0 0 5 141.1 145 75 73 13 71 7 93 1 1 4 627 81 1.528 9.2 0.8 4.5 5.9 1.31
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
MON (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.60 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.0 17 6 6 1 3 0 6 0 0 1 62 103 1.333 10.2 0.6 1.8 3.6 2.00
CIN (1 yr) 3 5 .375 4.12 49 4 9 0 0 2 94.0 91 47 43 10 39 2 60 0 0 3 407 92 1.383 8.7 1.0 3.7 5.7 1.54
CLE (1 yr) 2 9 .182 5.27 29 14 2 1 1 0 114.1 138 71 67 13 47 2 66 2 0 7 516 78 1.618 10.9 1.0 3.7 5.2 1.40
NL (7 yrs) 29 44 .397 4.03 163 90 17 9 3 2 635.0 654 315 284 62 245 26 331 3 6 14 2723 87 1.416 9.3 0.9 3.5 4.7 1.35
AL (3 yrs) 8 16 .333 4.93 112 14 37 1 1 5 255.2 283 146 140 26 118 9 159 3 1 11 1143 80 1.568 10.0 0.9 4.2 5.6 1.35

Postseason Pitching

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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
1981 26 OAK AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 5.40 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.800 16.2 5.4 0.0 0.0
1 ALCS 0 0 5.40 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.800 16.2 5.4 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1976 21 SDP NL 2 27 23 8 11 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 .478 .538 .565 1.104 .579 13 0 0 1 0 1
1977 22 SDP NL 30 742 664 93 191 34 6 20 6 12 67 101 .288 .351 .447 .798 .313 297 16 0 7 4 5
1978 23 SDP NL 36 851 753 87 198 43 4 14 12 11 78 94 .263 .330 .386 .716 .282 291 23 1 11 8 12
1979 24 SDP NL 42 631 555 73 144 28 6 16 5 10 55 66 .259 .327 .418 .745 .269 232 14 2 16 3 6
1980 25 CLE AL 29 516 459 71 138 27 5 13 1 5 47 66 .301 .365 .466 .831 .326 214 5 2 4 4 2
1981 26 OAK AL 29 164 139 15 34 2 1 2 1 2 19 26 .245 .335 .317 .652 .283 44 7 1 3 2 2
1982 27 OAK AL 54 463 403 60 111 18 3 11 3 0 52 67 .275 .356 .417 .773 .305 168 6 0 5 3 5
1983 28 PIT NL 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 0
1984 29 CIN NL 49 407 359 47 91 16 0 10 4 2 39 60 .253 .325 .382 .707 .278 137 3 0 7 2 2
1986 31 MON NL 3 62 59 6 17 3 1 1 0 1 3 6 .288 .323 .424 .746 .308 25 1 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 275 3865 3416 461 937 174 26 88 33 43 363 490 .274 .343 .418 .760 .296 1427 75 6 54 26 35
162 Game Avg. 49 693 613 83 168 31 5 16 6 8 65 88 .274 .343 .418 .760 .296 256 13 1 10 5 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1976 21 SDP NL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30 32 28 3 0 0 2 4.5 3.6 2.2
1977 22 SDP NL 30 28 8 12 8 3 4 13 15 .464 3 3 3 2 11 39% 47 88 8 22 10 10 5 4.4 4.6 5.9
1978 23 SDP NL 36 33 10 13 10 1 5 15 18 .455 0 5 4 1 18 55% 52 79 24 26 10 12 9 3.0 2.9 6.1
1979 24 SDP NL 42 20 4 7 9 0 1 8 12 .400 4 3 2 0 10 50% 49 75 19 22 14 7 5 3.6 2.8 5.6
1980 25 CLE AL 29 14 1 9 4 0 3 2 12 .143 1 2 1 1 6 43% 44 81 24 29 14 1 8 2.8 2.9 5.8
1984 29 CIN NL 49 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 1 25% 43 60 35 21 8 2 1 4.3 4.0 5.0
1986 31 MON NL 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 0 0% 49 50 48 2 2 0 3 4.7 5.8 5.0
7 Seasons 191 104 25 45 34 5 13 42 62 .404 8 15 10 4 46 44% 48 88 8 125 58 32 33 3.6 3.5 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1977 22 SDP NL 30 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0% 2 0.972 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5
1978 23 SDP NL 36 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 8 1.114 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 2.0
1979 24 SDP NL 42 22 7 2 5 1 0 1 0% 3 2 22 4 18% 8 1.076 7 4 11 3 3 16 13 9 12 5 12 5 5.0
1980 25 CLE AL 29 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 21 10 48% 4 0.916 2 4 9 2 0 13 12 3 10 5 10 1 6.7
1981 26 OAK AL 29 29 12 4 3 6 2 4 33% 9 1 45 11 24% 7 1.514 13 9 7 9 6 14 24 5 14 14 16 7 4.1
1982 27 OAK AL 54 54 23 2 4 6 3 3 50% 10 3 81 28 35% 8 0.850 18 8 27 12 6 36 44 10 34 15 38 19 5.7
1983 28 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 9 2.955 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
1984 29 CIN NL 49 45 9 2 3 3 2 1 67% 6 2 42 16 38% 7 0.927 13 16 16 7 10 28 22 23 28 12 31 10 4.9
8 Seasons 270 171 54 12 15 18 7 11 39% 33 10 212 69 33% 1.018 56 42 72 37 25 109 116 55 99 55 108 43 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1976 21 SDP NL 27 85% 0.0% 14.8% 11.1% 7.4% 18% 8.00 70% 6 0 0%
1977 22 SDP NL 743 82% 2.7% 13.6% 9.0% 8.1% 31% 1.09 74% 130 16 12%
1978 23 SDP NL 851 85% 1.7% 11.1% 9.2% 7.2% 31% 1.05 77% 160 23 14%
1979 24 SDP NL 631 80% 2.5% 10.5% 8.7% 7.9% 35% 1.28 75% 110 14 13%
1980 25 CLE AL 516 77% 2.5% 12.8% 9.1% 8.7% 33% 1.02 74% 94 5 5%
1981 26 OAK AL 164 60% 1.2% 15.9% 11.6% 3.1% 15% 1.50 69% 52 7 13%
1982 27 OAK AL 463 68% 2.4% 14.5% 11.2% 6.9% 29% 0.75 71% 111 6 5%
1983 28 PIT NL 2 0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 100% 50% 0 0
1984 29 CIN NL 407 77% 2.5% 14.7% 9.6% 6.4% 29% 0.75 72% 77 3 4%
1986 31 MON NL 62 76% 1.6% 9.7% 4.8% 8.1% 29% 0.48 84% 8 1 13%
10 Seasons 3866 78% 2.3% 12.7% 9.4% 7.5% 31% 1.02 74% 748 75 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1976 21 SDP NL 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 1 0 16 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1977 22 SDP NL 743 191 20 0 10 15 5 11 9 33 19 3 58% 9 5 5 285 6 12 33% 4 12 2 0 0 0 6 6 19 0
1978 23 SDP NL 851 198 14 0 12 8 6 3 11 36 20 1 56% 9 1 2 316 12 11 52% 11 8 0 3 1 0 5 3 19 0
1979 24 SDP NL 631 144 16 0 19 14 2 8 8 32 14 3 44% 8 3 1 228 5 10 33% 5 9 0 1 0 0 5 3 7 0
1980 25 CLE AL 516 138 13 1 7 9 4 7 6 22 12 3 55% 5 7 0 220 1 5 17% 1 4 0 0 0 1 5 4 13 0
1981 26 OAK AL 164 34 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 16 7 3 44% 1 0 0 82 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1982 27 OAK AL 463 111 11 1 29 9 2 4 7 46 19 8 41% 4 4 1 198 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1983 28 PIT NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 29 CIN NL 407 91 10 1 11 9 1 6 4 30 15 5 50% 6 3 4 160 4 2 67% 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 9 0
1986 31 MON NL 62 17 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 33% 1 1 0 20 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Seasons 3866 937 88 3 94 66 22 41 47 222 110 27 50% 43 25 13 1525 33 43 43% 27 37 4 5 2 1 22 17 84 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1976 21 0 2 .000 16.62 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.1 11 8 8 0 3 1 4 0 1 1 27 20 3.231 22.8 0.0 6.2 8.3 1.33 20
1977 22 9 14 .391 4.75 32 30 0 3 2 0 174.1 202 101 92 20 70 6 105 0 3 6 770 75 1.560 10.4 1.0 3.6 5.4 1.50 75
1978 23 19 27 .413 4.11 68 63 1 7 3 0 376.2 400 188 172 34 148 18 199 1 6 7 1621 83 1.455 9.6 0.8 3.5 4.8 1.34 83
1979 24 25 39 .391 4.00 110 83 8 9 3 0 526.0 544 261 234 50 203 24 265 3 6 10 2252 86 1.420 9.3 0.9 3.5 4.5 1.31 86
1980 25 27 48 .360 4.23 139 97 10 10 4 0 640.1 682 332 301 63 250 26 331 5 6 17 2768 84 1.455 9.6 0.9 3.5 4.7 1.32 84
1981 26 31 51 .378 4.17 168 97 22 10 4 2 679.2 716 347 315 65 269 28 357 6 6 17 2932 85 1.449 9.5 0.9 3.6 4.7 1.33 85
1982 27 33 55 .375 4.31 222 97 45 10 4 5 781.2 827 407 374 76 321 33 424 6 7 21 3395 84 1.469 9.5 0.9 3.7 4.9 1.32 84
1983 28 33 55 .375 4.32 223 97 45 10 4 5 781.2 829 408 375 77 321 33 424 6 7 21 3397 83 1.471 9.5 0.9 3.7 4.9 1.32 83
1984 29 36 60 .375 4.30 272 101 54 10 4 7 875.2 920 455 418 87 360 35 484 6 7 24 3804 84 1.462 9.5 0.9 3.7 5.0 1.34 84
1985 30 36 60 .375 4.30 272 101 54 10 4 7 875.2 920 455 418 87 360 35 484 6 7 24 3804 84 1.462 9.5 0.9 3.7 5.0 1.34 84
1986 31 37 60 .381 4.28 275 104 54 10 4 7 890.2 937 461 424 88 363 35 490 6 7 25 3866 85 1.460 9.5 0.9 3.7 5.0 1.35 85

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1976 21 0 0 22.50 4.0 12 11 10 0 3 4 0 3.750 27.0 6.8 9.0 1.33 0.0 2
1977 22 6 11 .353 5.24 158.0 200 102 92 21 70 94 0 1.709 11.4 4.0 5.4 1.34 1.2 30
1978 23 8 12 .400 4.77 183.0 216 108 97 15 85 85 1 1.645 10.6 4.2 4.2 1.00 0.7 36
1979 24 7 8 .467 4.53 139.0 153 78 70 17 58 61 2 1.518 9.9 3.8 3.9 1.05 1.1 42
1980 25 4 8 .333 5.61 109.0 140 76 68 13 48 63 2 1.725 11.6 4.0 5.2 1.31 1.1 29
1981 26 2 3 .400 4.42 53.0 56 29 26 3 31 35 2 1.642 9.5 5.3 5.9 1.13 0.5 29
1982 27 3 7 .300 6.03 97.0 118 72 65 12 55 64 0 1.784 10.9 5.1 5.9 1.16 1.1 54
1984 29 4 6 .400 4.45 91.0 94 50 45 10 40 58 0 1.473 9.3 4.0 5.7 1.45 1.0 49
1986 31 0 1 .000 3.86 14.0 17 7 6 1 3 6 0 1.429 10.9 1.9 3.9 2.00 0.6 3
9 Seasons 34 56 .378 5.08 848.0 1006 533 479 92 393 470 7 1.650 10.7 5.0 1.20 1.0 274

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1977 NL  2 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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