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Jim Palmer

James Alvin Palmer (Cakes)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 15, 1945 in New York, NY
High School: Scottsdale HS (Scottsdale, AZ)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1965 (Age 19)
Team: Orioles 1965-1984
Agents: Ed Keating, previously: Ron Shapiro? [*]
Final Game: May 12, 1984 (Age 38)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1990 (411/444 ballots).
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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
1965 19 BAL AL 5 4 .556 3.72 27 6 7 0 0 1 92.0 75 49 38 6 56 1 75 2 0 4 394 93 1.424 7.3 0.6 5.5 7.3 1.34
1966 20 BAL AL 15 10 .600 3.46 30 30 0 6 0 0 208.1 176 83 80 21 91 1 147 0 0 7 867 98 1.282 7.6 0.9 3.9 6.4 1.62
1967 21 BAL AL 3 1 .750 2.94 9 9 0 2 1 0 49.0 34 18 16 6 20 0 23 0 0 2 194 109 1.102 6.2 1.1 3.7 4.2 1.15
1969 23 BAL AL 16 4 .800 2.34 26 23 1 11 6 0 181.0 131 48 47 11 64 1 123 1 1 7 722 152 1.077 6.5 0.5 3.2 6.1 1.92
1970 24 BAL AL 20 10 .667 2.71 39 39 0 17 5 0 305.0 263 98 92 21 100 4 199 1 3 10 1257 134 1.190 7.8 0.6 3.0 5.9 1.99 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1971 25 BAL AL 20 9 .690 2.68 37 37 0 20 3 0 282.0 231 94 84 19 106 6 184 4 2 8 1165 126 1.195 7.4 0.6 3.4 5.9 1.74 AS,MVP-21
1972 26 BAL AL 21 10 .677 2.07 36 36 0 18 3 0 274.1 219 73 63 21 70 1 184 1 1 4 1094 149 1.053 7.2 0.7 2.3 6.0 2.63 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1973 27 BAL AL 22 9 .710 2.40 38 37 1 19 6 1 296.1 225 86 79 16 113 5 158 3 0 7 1190 155 1.141 6.8 0.5 3.4 4.8 1.40 CYA-1,MVP-2
1974 28 BAL AL 7 12 .368 3.27 26 26 0 5 2 0 178.2 176 78 65 12 69 4 84 3 0 4 770 105 1.371 8.9 0.6 3.5 4.2 1.22
1975 29 BAL AL 23 11 .676 2.09 39 38 1 25 10 1 323.0 253 87 75 20 80 4 193 2 0 4 1268 169 1.031 7.0 0.6 2.2 5.4 2.41 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1976 30 BAL AL 22 13 .629 2.51 40 40 0 23 6 0 315.0 255 101 88 20 84 5 159 8 0 5 1256 130 1.076 7.3 0.6 2.4 4.5 1.89 CYA-1,MVP-10,GG
1977 31 BAL AL 20 11 .645 2.91 39 39 0 22 3 0 319.0 263 106 103 24 99 1 193 3 0 7 1269 131 1.135 7.4 0.7 2.8 5.4 1.95 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19,GG
1978 32 BAL AL 21 12 .636 2.46 38 38 0 19 6 0 296.0 246 94 81 19 97 1 138 1 1 5 1197 143 1.159 7.5 0.6 2.9 4.2 1.42 AS,CYA-3,GG
1979 33 BAL AL 10 6 .625 3.30 23 22 1 7 0 0 155.2 144 66 57 12 43 0 67 0 0 1 639 122 1.201 8.3 0.7 2.5 3.9 1.56 GG
1980 34 BAL AL 16 10 .615 3.98 34 33 0 4 0 0 224.0 238 108 99 26 74 0 109 3 0 2 959 100 1.393 9.6 1.0 3.0 4.4 1.47
1981 35 BAL AL 7 8 .467 3.75 22 22 0 5 0 0 127.1 117 60 53 14 46 1 35 2 1 3 532 97 1.280 8.3 1.0 3.3 2.5 0.76
1982 36 BAL AL 15 5 .750 3.13 36 32 1 8 2 1 227.0 195 85 79 22 63 1 103 4 1 2 920 129 1.137 7.7 0.9 2.5 4.1 1.63 CYA-2,MVP-26
1983 37 BAL AL 5 4 .556 4.23 14 11 1 0 0 0 76.2 86 42 36 11 19 0 34 0 1 1 332 94 1.370 10.1 1.3 2.2 4.0 1.79
1984 38 BAL AL 0 3 .000 9.17 5 3 2 0 0 0 17.2 22 19 18 2 17 1 4 0 0 2 89 43 2.208 11.2 1.0 8.7 2.0 0.24
19 Yrs 268 152 .638 2.86 558 521 15 211 53 4 3948.0 3349 1395 1253 303 1311 37 2212 38 11 85 16114 125 1.180 7.6 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.69
162 Game Avg. 17 10 .638 2.86 35 33 1 13 3 0 249 211 88 79 19 83 2 139 2 1 5 1016 125 1.180 7.6 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.69
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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1965 19 BAL AL 92.0 27 6 49 4.79 3.99 0.40 -0.07 102.1 3.59 -12 -1.3 .8 -0.1 -0.6 -6 .451 .492
1966 20 BAL AL 208.1 30 30 83 3.59 3.70 0.11 0.07 99.7 3.64 4 0.5 -0.1 2.2 17 .516 .503
1967 21 BAL AL 49.0 9 9 18 3.31 3.77 0.25 0.07 99.2 3.55 2 0.3 -0.0 0.7 5 .528 .502
1969 23 BAL AL 181.0 26 23 48 2.39 4.04 0.67 0.07 99.8 3.44 22 2.6 2.2 -0.0 4.2 37 .601 .516
1970 24 BAL AL 305.0 39 39 98 2.89 4.14 0.36 0.07 97.6 3.76 32 3.7 -0.1 6.4 56 .596 .523 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1971 25 BAL AL 282.0 37 37 94 3.00 3.75 0.33 0.06 98.9 3.44 14 1.6 -0.1 4.1 37 .544 .510 AS,MVP-21
1972 26 BAL AL 274.1 36 36 73 2.39 3.42 0.49 0.05 102.2 3.05 22 2.9 -0.2 5.3 41 .579 .518 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1973 27 BAL AL 296.1 38 37 86 2.61 4.23 0.70 0.13 99.9 3.66 32 3.6 2.8 -0.2 6.3 62 .596 .522 CYA-1,MVP-2
1974 28 BAL AL 178.2 26 26 78 3.93 4.09 0.27 0.12 96.8 3.81 -2 -0.2 -0.1 1.4 14 .490 .498 $125,000
1975 29 BAL AL 323.0 39 38 87 2.42 4.29 0.47 0.13 94.3 3.72 47 5.5 2.2 -0.2 8.4 77 .641 .534 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1976 30 BAL AL 315.0 40 40 101 2.89 3.99 0.09 0.12 92.8 3.73 31 3.7 -0.2 6.6 57 .592 .523 $183,333 CYA-1,MVP-10,GG
1977 31 BAL AL 319.0 39 39 106 2.99 4.49 0.23 0.14 95.1 4.19 41 4.6 -0.2 7.5 74 .618 .528 $250,000 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19,GG
1978 32 BAL AL 296.0 38 38 94 2.86 4.23 0.22 0.13 92.1 3.81 31 3.6 -0.2 6.3 59 .595 .522 $250,000 AS,CYA-3,GG
1979 33 BAL AL 155.2 23 22 66 3.82 4.72 0.49 0.14 95.9 4.19 6 0.7 .0 -0.1 2.1 23 .529 .504 $250,000 GG
1980 34 BAL AL 224.0 34 33 108 4.34 4.45 0.18 0.14 97.2 4.28 -3 -0.3 .7 -0.1 1.7 20 .492 .498 $250,000
1981 35 BAL AL 127.1 22 22 60 4.24 4.06 -0.04 0.13 99.7 4.22 0 0.0 -0.1 1.1 11 .500 .500 $250,000
1982 36 BAL AL 227.0 36 32 85 3.37 4.51 0.25 0.14 98.2 4.32 25 2.8 1.6 -0.1 4.8 45 .576 .517 CYA-2,MVP-26
1983 37 BAL AL 76.2 14 11 42 4.93 4.57 0.04 0.07 95.5 4.40 -5 -0.5 .2 -0.0 0.2 3 .466 .497
1984 38 BAL AL 17.2 5 3 19 9.68 4.34 0.42 0.00 103.9 4.08 -11 -0.9 1.1 -0.0 -0.8 -9 .311 .494
19 Seasons 3948.0 558 521 1395 3.18 4.14 0.33 0.10 97.2 3.80 275 32.8 1.1 -2.0 68.1 621 .559 .514 $1,558,333
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards

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
1966 20 BAL AL WS W LAD 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 0 1 34 0.778 4.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1969 23 BAL AL ALCS W MIN 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 2 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 1 38 1.333 10.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 2.00
1969 23 BAL AL WS L NYM 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 4 4 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 27 1.500 7.5 1.5 6.0 7.5 1.25
1970 24 BAL AL ALCS W MIN 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 1 1 0 3 0 12 0 0 0 36 1.111 7.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
1970 24 BAL AL WS W CIN 1 0 1.000 4.60 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.2 11 8 8 2 9 0 9 0 0 1 68 1.277 6.3 1.1 5.2 5.2 1.00
1971 25 BAL AL ALCS W OAK 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 3 3 3 3 0 8 0 0 1 36 1.111 7.0 3.0 3.0 8.0 2.67
1971 25 BAL AL WS L PIT 1 0 1.000 2.65 2 2 0 0 0 0 17.0 15 5 5 2 9 0 15 0 0 0 75 1.412 7.9 1.1 4.8 7.9 1.67
1973 27 BAL AL ALCS L OAK 1 0 1.000 1.84 3 2 1 1 1 0 14.2 11 3 3 0 8 1 15 0 0 0 62 1.295 6.8 0.0 4.9 9.2 1.88
1974 28 BAL AL ALCS L OAK 0 1 .000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 32 0.556 4.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 4.00
1979 33 BAL AL ALCS W CAL 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 35 1.000 7.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.50
1979 33 BAL AL WS L PIT 0 1 .000 3.60 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 18 6 6 0 5 1 8 1 0 1 66 1.533 10.8 0.0 3.0 4.8 1.60
1983 37 BAL AL WS W PHI 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
8 Yrs (12 Series) 8 3 .727 2.61 17 15 1 6 2 0 124.1 101 36 36 10 50 4 90 2 0 6 518 1.214 7.3 0.7 3.6 6.5 1.80
6 ALCS 4 1 .800 1.96 8 7 1 5 1 0 59.2 46 13 13 5 19 2 46 1 0 2 239 1.089 6.9 0.8 2.9 6.9 2.42
6 WS 4 2 .667 3.20 9 8 0 1 1 0 64.2 55 23 23 5 31 2 44 1 0 4 279 1.330 7.7 0.7 4.3 6.1 1.42

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1970 BAL AL 24 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1971 BAL AL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1972 BAL AL 26 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1975 BAL AL 29
1977 BAL AL 31 1 0 1 .000 22.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 5 5 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 11 3.000 22.5 13.5 4.5 13.5 3.00
1978 BAL AL 32 1 0 0 10.13 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 3 3 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 14 2.625 10.1 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00
6 Yrs (5 GP) 4 0 1 .000 5.68 0 0 0 0 12.2 11 8 8 3 7 0 14 0 0 1 53 1.421 7.8 2.1 5.0 9.9 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PAu G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1965 19 BAL AL 27 395 327 49 75 13 2 6 6 2 56 75 .229 .342 .336 .678 .276 110 12 2 5 4 1 4
1966 20 BAL AL 1 30 866 763 83 176 29 6 21 11 12 91 147 .231 .311 .367 .678 .259 280 12 0 9 4 1 7
1967 21 BAL AL 9 194 171 18 34 6 0 6 2 2 20 23 .199 .281 .339 .620 .196 58 1 0 2 1 0 1
1969 23 BAL AL 26 723 656 48 131 27 4 11 9 7 64 123 .200 .272 .303 .575 .230 199 8 1 2 0 1 6
1970 24 BAL AL 39 1258 1139 98 263 44 9 21 20 5 100 199 .231 .293 .341 .633 .262 388 14 1 14 3 4 8
1971 25 BAL AL 37 1165 1044 94 231 37 4 19 17 11 106 184 .221 .294 .319 .613 .251 333 14 4 6 5 6 12
1972 26 BAL AL 36 1094 1009 73 219 25 2 21 14 3 70 184 .217 .268 .308 .576 .245 311 16 1 10 4 1 11
1973 27 BAL AL 38 1190 1064 86 225 36 9 16 16 10 113 158 .211 .288 .307 .595 .234 327 23 3 5 5 5 12
1974 28 BAL AL 26 770 684 78 176 24 3 12 18 6 69 84 .257 .327 .354 .681 .277 242 15 3 10 3 4 10
1975 29 BAL AL 39 1268 1172 87 253 37 10 20 29 11 80 193 .216 .266 .316 .582 .242 370 32 2 10 4 4 16
1976 30 BAL AL 40 1256 1140 101 255 35 8 20 33 15 84 159 .224 .278 .321 .600 .241 366 20 8 10 14 5 12
1977 31 BAL AL 39 1269 1148 106 263 42 9 24 15 30 99 193 .229 .290 .344 .634 .254 395 22 3 10 9 1 8
1978 32 BAL AL 38 1197 1085 94 246 33 6 19 18 17 97 138 .227 .290 .321 .611 .244 348 21 1 10 4 1 10
1979 33 BAL AL 23 639 586 66 144 19 2 12 6 4 43 67 .246 .295 .346 .641 .258 203 12 0 5 5 0 8
1980 34 BAL AL 34 959 866 108 238 37 8 26 20 10 74 109 .275 .332 .426 .758 .288 369 17 3 11 5 0 7
1981 35 BAL AL 22 532 474 60 117 20 3 14 10 4 46 35 .247 .313 .390 .703 .239 185 14 2 4 6 1 4
1982 36 BAL AL 36 920 845 85 195 34 1 22 10 12 63 103 .231 .286 .351 .638 .239 297 12 4 5 3 1 10
1983 37 BAL AL 14 332 306 42 86 11 0 11 8 2 19 34 .281 .320 .425 .745 .284 130 7 0 4 3 0 6
1984 38 BAL AL 5 89 69 19 22 3 2 2 3 1 17 4 .319 .443 .507 .950 .308 35 1 0 1 2 1 0
19 Yrs 1 558 16116 14548 1395 3349 512 88 303 265 164 1311 2212 .230 .294 .340 .634 .251 4946 273 38 133 84 37 152
162 Game Avg. 0 35 1016 917 88 211 32 6 19 17 10 83 139 .230 .294 .340 .634 .251 312 17 2 8 5 2 10
MLB Averages .255 .321 .376 .696 .280
PAu G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1965 19 BAL AL -4.9 -0.5 411 -1.3 5.3 -6.6 .86 -0.4 -1.1 -4.0 -0.4 0.86 -2.1 4 2 15
1966 20 BAL AL 1.6 0.2 900 1.0 16.2 -15.2 1.00 -0.3 1.3 6.2 0.7 1.00 0.4 0 0 0
1967 21 BAL AL 1.6 0.2 201 0.1 3.1 -3.0 .89 0.3 -0.2 2.2 0.3 0.89 3.7 0 0 0
1969 23 BAL AL 27.4 3.1 748 3.4 12.7 -9.2 .93 3.3 0.4 34.8 4.0 0.93 33.3 3 0 0
1970 24 BAL AL 34.8 3.8 1296 4.1 24.1 -20.0 1.05 3.6 0.3 43.9 4.9 1.05 40.0 0 0 0
1971 25 BAL AL 22.3 2.5 1205 3.3 21.3 -18.0 1.04 2.3 0.8 26.1 3.0 1.04 21.9 0 0 0
1972 26 BAL AL 30.1 3.6 1122 3.7 20.1 -16.4 1.03 2.8 0.9 35.7 4.4 1.03 27.1 0 0 0
1973 27 BAL AL 45.9 5.1 1228 5.8 21.9 -16.1 .95 5.0 1.1 57.7 6.6 0.95 55.7 1 0 0
1974 28 BAL AL 1.8 0.2 798 0.7 14.7 -14.0 1.10 0.1 0.5 5.4 0.6 1.10 2.3 0 0 0
1975 29 BAL AL 54.8 6.1 1315 6.6 23.3 -16.7 .95 6.0 1.0 61.8 7.3 0.95 60.6 1 0 0
1976 30 BAL AL 28.3 3.1 1316 4.7 23.2 -18.5 1.00 3.8 0.8 32.2 3.7 1.00 32.8 0 0 0
1977 31 BAL AL 38.3 4.0 1320 5.2 27.5 -22.3 1.15 4.5 0.1 51.6 5.8 1.15 47.9 0 0 0
1978 32 BAL AL 35.9 3.9 1234 4.0 21.5 -17.5 .99 4.3 -0.2 38.9 4.5 0.99 43.0 0 0 0
1979 33 BAL AL 12.2 1.2 651 0.9 10.0 -9.0 .87 1.8 -0.8 14.4 1.5 0.87 20.0 0 0 1
1980 34 BAL AL 1.0 0.1 994 -0.0 15.3 -15.3 .90 -0.1 0.1 2.4 0.2 0.90 -5.1 0 0 1
1981 35 BAL AL -1.9 -0.2 551 -0.2 8.5 -8.7 .93 -0.5 0.2 -1.7 -0.2 0.93 -5.1 0 0 0
1982 36 BAL AL 24.3 2.5 948 3.8 16.9 -13.1 .97 3.4 0.6 33.4 3.6 0.97 37.5 2 2 0
1983 37 BAL AL -3.2 -0.3 343 0.3 5.0 -4.7 .82 -0.8 1.1 -6.5 -0.6 0.82 -6.4 0 0 3
1984 38 BAL AL -10.1 -0.9 96 -0.8 1.4 -2.1 1.18 -0.8 0.1 -8.3 -0.8 1.18 -8.1 1 0 1
19 Yrs 340.0 37.7 16677 45.4 291.9 -246.5 .99 38.5 7.3 426.2 49.1 0.99 399.7 12 4 21
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1965 19 BAL AL 27 6 1 2 3 0 1 4 2 .667 0 1 0 0 2 33% 53.2 71 40 8 5 1 4 2.7 2.9 6.0
1966 20 BAL AL 30 30 15 10 5 4 5 18 12 .600 1 1 6 0 17 57% 55.6 80 23 20 4 4 12 5.0 4.8 6.9
1967 21 BAL AL 9 9 3 1 5 1 0 4 5 .444 0 3 2 1 4 44% 55.3 89 30 0 0 0 8 5.7 5.6 5.4
1969 23 BAL AL 26 23 14 4 5 1 3 17 6 .739 1 3 11 6 17 74% 64.0 89 30 7 2 7 8 5.5 5.7 7.7
1970 24 BAL AL 39 39 20 10 9 3 3 25 14 .641 3 2 17 5 25 64% 60.2 85 33 26 8 24 6 4.5 4.5 7.8
1971 25 BAL AL 37 37 20 9 8 4 5 22 15 .595 1 5 20 3 22 59% 60.0 88 26 10 2 16 3 4.7 4.7 7.6
1972 26 BAL AL 36 36 21 10 5 0 3 24 12 .667 1 4 18 3 27 75% 63.7 82 26 15 5 19 5 4.1 4.1 7.6
1973 27 BAL AL 38 37 22 9 6 2 3 26 11 .703 1 1 19 6 27 73% 62.1 87 21 19 9 22 5 4.7 4.8 8.0
1974 28 BAL AL 26 26 7 12 7 0 5 12 14 .462 3 1 5 2 17 65% 52.7 93 21 22 9 13 8 3.2 3.3 6.9
1975 29 BAL AL 39 38 23 11 4 4 7 26 12 .684 1 0 25 10 29 76% 65.3 92 32 18 1 24 3 4.1 4.2 8.5
1976 30 BAL AL 40 40 22 13 5 2 5 25 15 .625 0 3 23 6 28 70% 61.0 89 23 17 2 31 3 3.4 3.5 7.9
1977 31 BAL AL 39 39 20 11 8 1 4 25 14 .641 2 3 22 3 25 64% 61.1 92 25 18 4 26 5 4.2 4.1 8.2
1978 32 BAL AL 38 38 21 12 5 1 4 23 15 .605 2 1 19 6 28 74% 59.8 89 25 20 7 25 4 3.8 3.7 7.8
1979 33 BAL AL 23 22 10 6 6 1 2 15 7 .682 0 3 7 0 13 59% 54.1 78 29 12 4 8 8 5.8 5.4 7.0
1980 34 BAL AL 34 33 16 10 7 3 3 20 13 .606 1 2 4 0 19 58% 50.0 80 28 34 10 14 7 5.0 5.6 6.7
1981 35 BAL AL 22 22 7 8 7 0 3 11 11 .500 3 1 5 0 13 59% 50.5 75 25 15 5 9 7 4.1 4.8 5.8
1982 36 BAL AL 36 32 15 4 13 2 0 21 11 .656 3 4 8 2 20 63% 56.8 90 29 28 12 15 8 4.8 4.7 6.9
1983 37 BAL AL 14 11 5 4 2 2 0 7 4 .636 0 1 0 0 4 36% 50.0 69 15 10 1 1 6 4.5 4.5 5.9
1984 38 BAL AL 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.0 39 30 2 2 0 2 3.2 4.2 4.2
19 Yrs 558 521 262 148 111 31 56 325 196 .624 23 39 211 53 337 65% 59 93 15 301 92 259 112 4.4 4.4 7.4
MLB Averages .500 54% 52 114 -13 4.1 4.1 6.4
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

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
1965 19 BAL AL 27 21 7 4 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 18 5 28% 5 .855 4 2 15 4 1 16 10 11 16 2 17 2 8.0
1969 23 BAL AL 26 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 7 .926 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 4.0
1973 27 BAL AL 38 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 9 .953 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1975 29 BAL AL 39 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 9 .947 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1979 33 BAL AL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .869 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1980 34 BAL AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .905 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 10.0
1982 36 BAL AL 36 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 5 0 0% 6 .967 2 2 0 3 0 1 3 1 2 1 4 0 5.8
1983 37 BAL AL 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 .825 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 11.3
1984 38 BAL AL 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.176 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5
9 Yrs 242 37 15 6 4 4 4 0 100% 7 3 31 6 19% .926 12 4 21 10 4 23 18 19 27 5 31 2 7.4

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%
1965 19 BAL AL 395 58% 1.5% 19.0% 14.2% 5.3% 28% 1.31 63% 90 12 13%
1966 20 BAL AL 867 56% 2.4% 17.0% 10.5% 6.5% 32% 0.81 69% 127 12 9%
1967 21 BAL AL 194 56% 3.1% 11.9% 10.3% 6.2% 35% 0.70 74% 27 1 4%
1969 23 BAL AL 723 55% 1.5% 17.0% 8.9% 5.8% 32% 0.65 72% 95 8 8%
1970 24 BAL AL 1258 53% 1.7% 15.8% 8.0% 5.9% 28% 0.78 73% 196 14 7%
1971 25 BAL AL 1165 50% 1.6% 15.8% 9.1% 5.2% 26% 0.75 73% 201 14 7%
1972 26 BAL AL 1094 55% 1.9% 16.8% 6.4% 4.4% 22% 0.71 74% 183 16 9%
1973 27 BAL AL 1190 53% 1.3% 13.3% 9.5% 5.1% 27% 0.87 75% 190 23 12%
1974 28 BAL AL 770 55% 1.6% 10.9% 9.0% 5.1% 22% 0.86 77% 155 15 10%
1975 29 BAL AL 1268 47% 1.6% 15.2% 6.3% 5.3% 27% 0.91 76% 175 32 18%
1976 30 BAL AL 1256 49% 1.6% 12.7% 6.7% 5.0% 25% 0.75 78% 180 20 11%
1977 31 BAL AL 1269 44% 1.9% 15.2% 7.8% 5.9% 29% 0.96 74% 197 22 11%
1978 32 BAL AL 1197 47% 1.6% 11.5% 8.1% 4.9% 24% 0.89 78% 184 21 11%
1979 33 BAL AL 639 46% 1.9% 10.5% 6.7% 5.2% 23% 0.77 80% 106 12 11%
1980 34 BAL AL 959 47% 2.7% 11.4% 7.7% 7.4% 30% 0.82 77% 179 17 10%
1981 35 BAL AL 532 51% 2.6% 6.6% 8.7% 7.0% 32% 0.74 81% 108 14 13%
1982 36 BAL AL 920 53% 2.4% 11.2% 6.9% 6.2% 29% 0.59 79% 154 12 8%
1983 37 BAL AL 332 54% 3.3% 10.2% 5.7% 6.6% 26% 0.79 80% 71 7 10%
1984 38 BAL AL 89 48% 2.3% 4.5% 19.1% 7.9% 32% 0.81 73% 15 1 7%
19 Yrs 16117 51% 1.9% 13.7% 8.1% 5.6% 27% 0.80 75% 2633 273 10%
MLB Averages 45% 2.0% 13.9% 8.5% 6.2% 27% 1.10 74% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1965 19 BAL AL 395 75 6 0 16 5 1 3 3 25 12 8 48% 4 4 3 171 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1966 20 BAL AL 866 176 21 0 11 13 8 12 9 26 11 7 42% 7 7 5 301 11 12 48% 10 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
1967 21 BAL AL 194 34 6 0 2 4 2 1 5 9 3 1 33% 1 2 1 62 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1969 23 BAL AL 723 131 11 0 3 9 2 3 8 8 3 2 38% 6 7 0 243 9 7 56% 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1970 24 BAL AL 1258 263 21 0 16 14 7 8 13 53 20 12 38% 8 10 1 438 20 5 80% 17 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 22 0
1971 25 BAL AL 1165 231 19 0 11 10 9 10 9 33 20 4 61% 12 8 3 427 17 11 61% 13 10 3 1 1 0 1 1 23 0
1972 26 BAL AL 1094 219 21 0 18 10 11 11 10 41 15 12 37% 11 4 1 363 14 3 82% 13 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1973 27 BAL AL 1190 225 16 0 19 13 3 6 10 47 17 7 36% 12 7 2 391 16 10 62% 16 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 0
1974 28 BAL AL 770 176 12 0 12 8 4 5 7 40 15 5 38% 10 4 1 298 18 6 75% 17 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1975 29 BAL AL 1268 253 20 0 15 11 9 6 14 43 16 12 37% 16 4 1 385 29 11 73% 26 9 3 1 0 1 0 0 9 0
1976 30 BAL AL 1256 255 20 0 24 15 5 9 11 56 27 9 48% 12 5 1 403 33 15 69% 33 11 0 2 0 2 1 0 24 0
1977 31 BAL AL 1269 263 24 0 18 18 6 14 10 48 25 10 52% 8 7 2 415 15 30 33% 15 28 0 0 0 2 1 0 19 0
1978 32 BAL AL 1197 246 19 0 7 9 10 10 9 37 21 6 57% 10 5 2 403 18 17 51% 17 16 1 0 0 1 1 0 13 0
1979 33 BAL AL 639 144 12 0 10 7 5 6 6 24 14 0 58% 8 1 1 212 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1980 34 BAL AL 959 238 26 0 10 12 14 16 10 40 26 5 65% 7 2 2 349 20 10 67% 20 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
1981 35 BAL AL 532 117 14 0 11 9 5 10 4 24 14 0 58% 4 3 0 189 10 4 71% 10 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 11 0
1982 36 BAL AL 920 195 22 0 6 14 8 9 13 32 18 2 56% 10 2 0 310 10 12 45% 10 11 0 1 0 0 4 0 8 0
1983 37 BAL AL 332 86 11 0 2 8 3 5 6 18 12 1 67% 6 1 0 128 8 2 80% 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1984 38 BAL AL 89 22 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 9 6 1 67% 0 2 1 40 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
19 Yrs 16116 3349 303 0 213 191 112 145 158 613 295 104 48% 152 85 27 5528 265 164 62% 249 149 14 7 2 8 12 2 244 1
MLB Averages 51% 65%
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

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+
1965 19 5 4 .556 3.72 27 6 7 0 0 1 92.0 75 49 38 6 56 1 75 2 0 4 394 93 1.424 7.3 0.6 5.5 7.3 1.34 93
1966 20 20 14 .588 3.54 57 36 7 6 0 1 300.1 251 132 118 27 147 2 222 2 0 11 1261 96 1.325 7.5 0.8 4.4 6.7 1.51 96
1967 21 23 15 .605 3.45 66 45 7 8 1 1 349.1 285 150 134 33 167 2 245 2 0 13 1455 98 1.294 7.3 0.9 4.3 6.3 1.47 98
1968 22 23 15 .605 3.45 66 45 7 8 1 1 349.1 285 150 134 33 167 2 245 2 0 13 1455 98 1.294 7.3 0.9 4.3 6.3 1.47 98
1969 23 39 19 .672 3.07 92 68 8 19 7 1 530.1 416 198 181 44 231 3 368 3 1 20 2177 112 1.220 7.1 0.7 3.9 6.2 1.59 112
1970 24 59 29 .670 2.94 131 107 8 36 12 1 835.1 679 296 273 65 331 7 567 4 4 30 3434 120 1.209 7.3 0.7 3.6 6.1 1.71 120
1971 25 79 38 .675 2.88 168 144 8 56 15 1 1117.1 910 390 357 84 437 13 751 8 6 38 4599 121 1.206 7.3 0.7 3.5 6.0 1.72 121
1972 26 100 48 .676 2.72 204 180 8 74 18 1 1391.2 1129 463 420 105 507 14 935 9 7 42 5693 125 1.176 7.3 0.7 3.3 6.0 1.84 125
1973 27 122 57 .682 2.66 242 217 9 93 24 2 1688.0 1354 549 499 121 620 19 1093 12 7 49 6883 130 1.169 7.2 0.6 3.3 5.8 1.76 130
1974 28 129 69 .652 2.72 268 243 9 98 26 2 1866.2 1530 627 564 133 689 23 1177 15 7 53 7653 127 1.189 7.4 0.6 3.3 5.7 1.71 127
1975 29 152 80 .655 2.63 307 281 10 123 36 3 2189.2 1783 714 639 153 769 27 1370 17 7 57 8921 132 1.165 7.3 0.6 3.2 5.6 1.78 132
1976 30 174 93 .652 2.61 347 321 10 146 42 3 2504.2 2038 815 727 173 853 32 1529 25 7 62 10177 132 1.154 7.3 0.6 3.1 5.5 1.79 132
1977 31 194 104 .651 2.65 386 360 10 168 45 3 2823.2 2301 921 830 197 952 33 1722 28 7 69 11446 132 1.152 7.3 0.6 3.0 5.5 1.81 132
1978 32 215 116 .650 2.63 424 398 10 187 51 3 3119.2 2547 1015 911 216 1049 34 1860 29 8 74 12643 133 1.153 7.3 0.6 3.0 5.4 1.77 133
1979 33 225 122 .648 2.66 447 420 11 194 51 3 3275.1 2691 1081 968 228 1092 34 1927 29 8 75 13282 132 1.155 7.4 0.6 3.0 5.3 1.76 132
1980 34 241 132 .646 2.74 481 453 11 198 51 3 3499.1 2929 1189 1067 254 1166 34 2036 32 8 77 14241 129 1.170 7.5 0.7 3.0 5.2 1.75 129
1981 35 248 140 .639 2.78 503 475 11 203 51 3 3626.2 3046 1249 1120 268 1212 35 2071 34 9 80 14773 128 1.174 7.6 0.7 3.0 5.1 1.71 128
1982 36 263 145 .645 2.80 539 507 12 211 53 4 3853.2 3241 1334 1199 290 1275 36 2174 38 10 82 15693 128 1.172 7.6 0.7 3.0 5.1 1.71 128
1983 37 268 149 .643 2.83 553 518 13 211 53 4 3930.1 3327 1376 1235 301 1294 36 2208 38 11 83 16025 127 1.176 7.6 0.7 3.0 5.1 1.71 127
1984 38 268 152 .638 2.86 558 521 15 211 53 4 3948.0 3349 1395 1253 303 1311 37 2212 38 11 85 16114 125 1.180 7.6 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.69 125

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
1965 19 4 5 .444 4.61 84.0 80 48 43 6 60 68 2 1.667 8.6 6.4 7.3 1.13 0.6 27
1966 20 10 11 .476 4.29 195.0 190 103 93 23 98 137 0 1.477 8.8 4.5 6.3 1.40 1.1 30
1967 21 2 2 .500 3.80 45.0 38 21 19 7 22 21 0 1.333 7.6 4.4 4.2 0.95 1.4 9
1969 23 13 6 .684 2.72 172.0 137 58 52 12 67 117 1 1.186 7.2 3.5 6.1 1.75 0.6 26
1970 24 20 12 .625 3.04 293.0 273 110 99 22 104 191 1 1.287 8.4 3.2 5.9 1.84 0.7 39
1971 25 17 12 .586 3.38 266.0 253 111 100 21 116 174 4 1.387 8.6 3.9 5.9 1.50 0.7 37
1972 26 19 10 .655 2.83 267.0 258 93 84 25 82 179 1 1.273 8.7 2.8 6.0 2.18 0.8 36
1973 27 19 11 .633 2.95 275.0 240 100 90 17 121 147 3 1.313 7.9 4.0 4.8 1.21 0.6 38
1974 28 8 10 .444 4.28 166.0 194 88 79 13 76 78 3 1.627 10.5 4.1 4.2 1.03 0.7 26
1975 29 23 10 .697 2.64 303.0 277 99 89 22 88 181 2 1.205 8.2 2.6 5.4 2.06 0.7 39
1976 30 18 14 .563 3.48 290.0 289 124 112 23 95 147 9 1.324 9.0 2.9 4.6 1.55 0.7 40
1977 31 18 14 .563 3.52 294.0 278 128 115 25 105 178 3 1.303 8.5 3.2 5.4 1.70 0.8 39
1978 32 18 12 .600 3.23 273.0 270 109 98 21 106 127 1 1.377 8.9 3.5 4.2 1.20 0.7 38
1979 33 9 7 .563 3.66 150.0 149 68 61 12 44 65 0 1.287 8.9 2.6 3.9 1.48 0.7 23
1980 34 10 13 .435 4.52 211.0 246 118 106 27 76 103 3 1.526 10.5 3.2 4.4 1.36 1.2 34
1981 35 8 11 .421 4.73 179.0 191 104 94 23 75 49 3 1.486 9.6 3.8 2.5 0.65 1.2 22
1982 36 14 10 .583 3.48 217.0 201 93 84 23 65 98 4 1.226 8.3 2.7 4.1 1.51 1.0 36
1983 37 3 5 .375 4.74 74.0 89 43 39 11 20 33 0 1.473 10.8 2.4 4.0 1.65 1.3 14
1984 38 0 1 .000 11.25 16.0 23 22 20 2 18 4 0 2.563 12.9 10.1 2.3 0.22 1.1 5
19 Yrs 233 176 .570 3.53 3770.0 3676 1640 1477 335 1438 2097 40 1.356 8.8 5.0 1.46 0.8 558
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



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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

Hall of Fame
1990 BBWAA (92.6%)
Selected to HOF in 1990 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1970 (P)
1971 *
1972 (P)
1975
1977 (P)
1978 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1973 AL Cy Young
1973 AL pitching_title
1973 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1975 AL Cy Young
1975 AL pitching_title
1975 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1976 AL Cy Young
1976 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 AL (25, 1%)
1971 AL (21, 1%)
1972 AL (13, 6%)
1973 AL (2, 51%)
1975 AL (6, 24%)
1976 AL (10, 14%)
1977 AL (19, 2%)
1982 AL (26, 1%)
1.00 Career Shares (246th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 AL (5, 9%)
1972 AL (5, 17%)
1973 AL (1, 73%)
1975 AL (1, 82%)
1976 AL (1, 90%)
1977 AL (2, 34%)
1978 AL (3, 10%)
1982 AL (2, 42%)
3 Cy Youngs
3.57 Career Shares (7th)

Gold Gloves
1976 AL (P)
1977 AL (P)
1978 AL (P)
1979 AL (P)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1970 AL  6.5 (8th)
1972 AL  6.2 (9th)
1975 AL  8.5 (1st)
1976 AL  6.6 (8th)
1977 AL  7.6 (5th)
1978 AL  6.4 (9th)
Career  69.4 (102nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1970 AL  6.4 (2nd)
1972 AL  5.4 (8th)
1973 AL  6.3 (6th)
1975 AL  8.5 (1st)
1976 AL  6.6 (5th)
1977 AL  7.5 (3rd)
1978 AL  6.3 (6th)
1982 AL  4.8 (7th)
Career  68.1 (35th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1969 AL  2.34 (2nd)
1970 AL  2.71 (2nd)
1971 AL  2.68 (3rd)
1972 AL  2.07 (4th)
1973 AL  2.40 (1st)
1975 AL  2.09 (1st)
1976 AL  2.51 (5th)
1977 AL  2.91 (5th)
1978 AL  2.46 (4th)
1982 AL  3.13 (3rd)
Career  2.86 (122nd)

Wins s c a p y
1966 AL  15 (5th)
1970 AL  20 (5th)
1971 AL  20 (6th)
1972 AL  21 (4th)
1973 AL  22 (3rd)
1975 AL  23 (1st)
1976 AL  22 (1st)
1977 AL  20 (1st)
1978 AL  21 (3rd)
1980 AL  16 (10th)
Career  268 (36th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1966 AL  .600 (10th)
1969 AL  .800 (1st)
1970 AL  .667 (3rd)
1971 AL  .690 (5th)
1972 AL  .677 (4th)
1973 AL  .710 (2nd)
1975 AL  .676 (4th)
1976 AL  .629 (10th)
1982 AL  .750 (1st)
Career  .638 (42nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1969 AL  1.077 (5th)
1970 AL  1.190 (7th)
1972 AL  1.053 (4th)
1973 AL  1.141 (4th)
1975 AL  1.031 (2nd)
1976 AL  1.076 (2nd)
1977 AL  1.135 (6th)
1978 AL  1.159 (8th)
1982 AL  1.137 (1st)
Career  1.180 (104th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  6.514 (2nd)
1970 AL  7.761 (7th)
1971 AL  7.372 (8th)
1973 AL  6.834 (3rd)
1975 AL  7.050 (3rd)
1976 AL  7.286 (4th)
1977 AL  7.420 (3rd)
1978 AL  7.480 (4th)
1982 AL  7.731 (4th)
Career  7.635 (45th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 AL  2.229 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1970 AL  305.0 (1st)
1971 AL  282.0 (8th)
1972 AL  274.3 (8th)
1973 AL  296.3 (9th)
1975 AL  323.0 (2nd)
1976 AL  315.0 (1st)
1977 AL  319.0 (1st)
1978 AL  296.0 (1st)
Career  3,948.0 (43rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1970 AL  199 (4th)
1971 AL  184 (9th)
1972 AL  184 (9th)
1973 AL  158 (10th)
1975 AL  193 (4th)
1976 AL  159 (7th)
1977 AL  193 (4th)
Career  2,212 (52nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1970 AL  39 (6th)
1975 AL  38 (4th)
1976 AL  40 (1st)
1977 AL  39 (1st)
1978 AL  38 (3rd)
Career  521 (38th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1969 AL  11 (9th)
1970 AL  17 (3rd)
1971 AL  20 (5th)
1972 AL  18 (5th)
1973 AL  19 (7th)
1975 AL  25 (2nd)
1976 AL  23 (2nd)
1977 AL  22 (1st)
1978 AL  19 (3rd)
Career  211 (121st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1969 AL  6 (2nd)
1970 AL  5 (1st)
1973 AL  6 (3rd)
1975 AL  10 (1st)
1976 AL  6 (2nd)
1977 AL  3 (8th)
1978 AL  6 (2nd)
Career  53 (16th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 AL  21 (9th)
1976 AL  20 (5th)
1980 AL  26 (7th)
1981 AL  14 (6th)
Career  303 (46th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1966 AL  91 (5th)
1970 AL  100 (5th)
1971 AL  106 (5th)
1973 AL  113 (5th)
1976 AL  84 (9th)
1977 AL  99 (2nd)
1978 AL  97 (4th)
Career  1,311 (31st)

Hits s c a p y
1970 AL  263 (4th)
1975 AL  253 (10th)
1976 AL  255 (7th)
1977 AL  263 (5th)
Career  3,349 (82nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1972 AL  2.629 (8th)
1975 AL  2.413 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  0.547 (6th)
1970 AL  0.620 (3rd)
1973 AL  0.486 (5th)
1975 AL  0.557 (6th)
1977 AL  0.677 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
Career  152 (151st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
Career  1,253 (99th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1970 AL  10 (9th)
1971 AL  8 (10th)
Career  85 (161st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 AL  8 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1970 AL  1,257 (1st)
1971 AL  1,165 (8th)
1972 AL  1,094 (8th)
1975 AL  1,268 (3rd)
1976 AL  1,256 (1st)
1977 AL  1,269 (2nd)
1978 AL  1,197 (2nd)
Career  16,114 (51st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1969 AL  152 (2nd)
1970 AL  134 (2nd)
1971 AL  126 (5th)
1972 AL  149 (3rd)
1973 AL  155 (2nd)
1975 AL  169 (1st)
1976 AL  130 (5th)
1977 AL  131 (7th)
1978 AL  143 (5th)
1982 AL  129 (4th)
Career  125 (66th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1969 AL  27 (4th)
1970 AL  35 (1st)
1971 AL  22 (5th)
1972 AL  30 (2nd)
1973 AL  46 (2nd)
1975 AL  55 (1st)
1976 AL  28 (4th)
1977 AL  38 (2nd)
1978 AL  36 (4th)
1982 AL  24 (3rd)
Career  340 (20th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1969 AL  3.1 (3rd)
1970 AL  3.8 (1st)
1971 AL  2.5 (5th)
1972 AL  3.6 (2nd)
1973 AL  5.1 (2nd)
1975 AL  6.1 (1st)
1976 AL  3.1 (4th)
1977 AL  4.0 (2nd)
1978 AL  3.9 (4th)
1982 AL  2.5 (3rd)
Career  37.7 (15th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1969 AL  34.81 (3rd)
1970 AL  43.88 (1st)
1971 AL  26.14 (5th)
1972 AL  35.75 (2nd)
1973 AL  57.75 (1st)
1975 AL  61.79 (1st)
1976 AL  32.17 (4th)
1977 AL  51.57 (1st)
1978 AL  38.90 (3rd)
1982 AL  33.43 (2nd)
Career  426.20 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.4 (6th)
1970 AL  4.1 (3rd)
1971 AL  3.3 (9th)
1972 AL  3.7 (7th)
1973 AL  5.8 (3rd)
1975 AL  6.6 (2nd)
1976 AL  4.7 (3rd)
1977 AL  5.2 (1st)
1978 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1982 AL  3.8 (4th)
Career  45.4 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.3 (5th)
1970 AL  3.6 (2nd)
1971 AL  2.3 (7th)
1972 AL  2.8 (3rd)
1973 AL  5.0 (1st)
1975 AL  6.0 (1st)
1976 AL  3.8 (4th)
1977 AL  4.5 (1st)
1978 AL  4.3 (3rd)
1982 AL  3.4 (2nd)
Career  38.5 (12th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1969 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1970 AL  4.9 (1st)
1971 AL  3.0 (5th)
1972 AL  4.4 (2nd)
1973 AL  6.6 (1st)
1975 AL  7.3 (1st)
1976 AL  3.7 (4th)
1977 AL  5.8 (1st)
1978 AL  4.5 (3rd)
1982 AL  3.6 (1st)
Career  49.1 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1966 AL  born 1945-10-15 (10th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 44 (33), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 209 (33), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 192 (25), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 56 (24), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (37th), 69.4 career WAR/48.0 7yr-peak WAR/58.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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