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Jim Perry

James Evan Perry

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 30, 1935 in Williamston, NC
High School: Williamston (Williamston, NC)
School: Campbell University
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1959
Teams (by GP): Twins/Indians/Athletics/Tigers 1959-1975

Final Game: August 5, 1975
Relatives: Brother of Gaylord Perry
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All-Star Player

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
1959 23 CLE AL 12 10 .545 2.65 44 13 18 8 2 4 153.0 122 54 45 10 55 7 79 2 1 2 615 140 1.157 7.2 0.6 3.2 4.6 1.44 RoY-2
1960 24 CLE AL 18 10 .643 3.62 41 36 3 10 4 1 261.1 257 118 105 35 91 3 120 4 0 3 1103 104 1.332 8.9 1.2 3.1 4.1 1.32 MVP-21
1961 25 CLE AL 10 17 .370 4.71 35 35 0 6 1 0 223.2 238 132 117 28 87 5 90 6 0 5 983 84 1.453 9.6 1.1 3.5 3.6 1.03 AS
1962 26 CLE AL 12 12 .500 4.14 35 27 5 7 3 0 193.2 213 94 89 21 59 1 74 2 2 0 819 93 1.404 9.9 1.0 2.7 3.4 1.25
1963 27 TOT AL 9 9 .500 3.83 40 25 6 5 1 1 178.2 179 83 76 17 59 4 72 2 0 4 768 96 1.332 9.0 0.9 3.0 3.6 1.22
1963 27 CLE AL 0 0 5.23 5 0 1 0 0 0 10.1 12 6 6 0 2 0 7 0 0 2 46 72 1.355 10.5 0.0 1.7 6.1 3.50
1963 27 MIN AL 9 9 .500 3.74 35 25 5 5 1 1 168.1 167 77 70 17 57 4 65 2 0 2 722 98 1.331 8.9 0.9 3.0 3.5 1.14
1964 28 MIN AL 6 3 .667 3.44 42 1 9 0 0 2 65.1 61 26 25 7 23 4 55 1 0 6 279 105 1.286 8.4 1.0 3.2 7.6 2.39
1965 29 MIN AL 12 7 .632 2.63 36 19 3 4 2 0 167.2 142 57 49 18 47 2 88 3 0 4 679 136 1.127 7.6 1.0 2.5 4.7 1.87
1966 30 MIN AL 11 7 .611 2.54 33 25 2 8 1 0 184.1 149 61 52 17 53 4 122 5 0 6 742 142 1.096 7.3 0.8 2.6 6.0 2.30
1967 31 MIN AL 8 7 .533 3.03 37 11 7 3 2 0 130.2 123 51 44 8 50 5 94 3 0 2 549 114 1.324 8.5 0.6 3.4 6.5 1.88
1968 32 MIN AL 8 6 .571 2.27 32 18 4 3 2 1 139.0 113 37 35 8 26 2 69 5 0 2 556 139 1.000 7.3 0.5 1.7 4.5 2.65
1969 33 MIN AL 20 6 .769 2.82 46 36 4 12 3 0 261.2 244 87 82 18 66 10 153 9 0 3 1079 131 1.185 8.4 0.6 2.3 5.3 2.32 CYA-3,MVP-9
1970 34 MIN AL 24 12 .667 3.04 40 40 0 13 4 0 278.2 258 112 94 20 57 10 168 9 0 3 1141 125 1.130 8.3 0.6 1.8 5.4 2.95 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1971 35 MIN AL 17 17 .500 4.23 40 39 1 8 0 1 270.0 263 135 127 39 102 10 126 5 0 5 1146 84 1.352 8.8 1.3 3.4 4.2 1.24 AS
1972 36 MIN AL 13 16 .448 3.35 35 35 0 5 2 0 217.2 191 93 81 14 60 5 85 8 0 4 898 96 1.153 7.9 0.6 2.5 3.5 1.42
1973 37 DET AL 14 13 .519 4.03 35 34 0 7 1 0 203.0 225 96 91 22 55 5 66 4 0 2 867 102 1.379 10.0 1.0 2.4 2.9 1.20
1974 38 CLE AL 17 12 .586 2.96 36 36 0 8 3 0 252.0 242 94 83 11 64 10 71 5 0 1 1042 122 1.214 8.6 0.4 2.3 2.5 1.11
1975 39 TOT AL 4 10 .286 5.38 23 17 2 2 1 0 105.1 107 77 63 15 44 6 44 7 0 3 466 69 1.434 9.1 1.3 3.8 3.8 1.00
1975 39 CLE AL 1 6 .143 6.69 8 6 0 0 0 0 37.2 46 34 28 8 18 5 11 0 0 0 170 57 1.699 11.0 1.9 4.3 2.6 0.61
1975 39 OAK AL 3 4 .429 4.66 15 11 2 2 1 0 67.2 61 43 35 7 26 1 33 7 0 3 296 79 1.286 8.1 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.27
17 Seasons 215 174 .553 3.45 630 447 64 109 32 10 3285.2 3127 1407 1258 308 998 93 1576 80 3 55 13732 106 1.255 8.6 0.8 2.7 4.3 1.58
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .553 3.45 40 28 4 7 2 1 207 197 89 79 19 63 6 100 5 0 3 867 106 1.255 8.6 0.8 2.7 4.3 1.58
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
MIN (10 yrs) 128 90 .587 3.15 376 249 35 61 17 5 1883.1 1711 736 659 166 541 56 1025 50 0 37 7791 113 1.196 8.2 0.8 2.6 4.9 1.89
CLE (7 yrs) 70 67 .511 3.76 204 153 27 39 13 5 1131.2 1130 532 473 113 376 31 452 19 3 13 4778 101 1.331 9.0 0.9 3.0 3.6 1.20
OAK (1 yr) 3 4 .429 4.66 15 11 2 2 1 0 67.2 61 43 35 7 26 1 33 7 0 3 296 79 1.286 8.1 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.27
DET (1 yr) 14 13 .519 4.03 35 34 0 7 1 0 203.0 225 96 91 22 55 5 66 4 0 2 867 102 1.379 10.0 1.0 2.4 2.9 1.20

Player Value--Pitchers

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Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1959 23 CLE AL 153.0 13 54 75 7 1.1 21 2.2 RoY-2
1960 24 CLE AL 261.1 36 118 141 7 1.1 23 2.5 MVP-21
1961 25 CLE AL 223.2 35 132 130 2 1.0 -2 -0.2 AS
1962 26 CLE AL 193.2 27 94 105 4 .9 11 1.1
1963 27 CLE AL 10.1 0 6 6 0 .2 0 -0.1
1963 27 MIN AL 168.1 25 77 84 5 1.0 7 0.7
1964 28 MIN AL 65.1 1 26 33 1 1.0 7 0.4
1965 29 MIN AL 167.2 19 57 79 8 1.0 22 2.3
1966 30 MIN AL 184.1 25 61 89 7 .9 28 3.0
1967 31 MIN AL 130.2 11 51 71 -2 .9 20 1.9
1968 32 MIN AL 139.0 18 37 65 -1 .9 28 3.2
1969 33 MIN AL 261.2 36 87 138 4 .9 51 5.3 CYA-3,MVP-9
1970 34 MIN AL 278.2 40 112 147 10 1.0 35 3.8 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1971 35 MIN AL 270.0 39 135 148 -6 1.0 13 1.5 AS
1972 36 MIN AL 217.2 35 93 94 10 1.0 1 0.1
1973 37 DET AL 203.0 34 96 130 -3 1.0 34 3.4 $61,000
1974 38 CLE AL 252.0 36 94 132 7 1.1 38 4.3 $68,000
1975 39 CLE AL 37.2 6 34 22 0 .9 -12 -1.3 $68,000
1975 39 OAK AL 67.2 11 43 35 2 .8 -8 -0.8
17 Seasons 3285.8 447 1407 1724 62 1.0 317 33.3 $197,000
IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
MIN (10 yrs) 1883.4 249 736 948 36 1.0 212 22.2
CLE (7 yrs) 1131.2 153 532 611 27 1.0 79 8.5 $136,000
OAK (1 yr) 67.2 11 43 35 2 .8 -8 -0.8
DET (1 yr) 203.0 34 96 130 -3 1.0 34 3.4 $61,000

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
1965 29 MIN AL WS L LAD 0 0 4.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 18 1.750 11.3 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1969 33 MIN AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 32 1.125 6.8 3.4 3.4 3.4 1.00
1970 34 MIN AL ALCS L BAL 0 1 .000 13.50 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 10 9 8 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 27 2.063 16.9 5.1 1.7 5.1 3.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 1 .000 6.75 5 2 3 0 0 0 17.1 21 14 13 6 6 1 10 1 0 0 77 1.558 10.9 3.1 3.1 5.2 1.67
2 ALCS 0 1 .000 7.43 3 2 1 0 0 0 13.1 16 12 11 6 4 0 6 1 0 0 59 1.500 10.8 4.1 2.7 4.1 1.50
1 WS 0 0 4.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 18 1.750 11.3 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00

Standard Batting

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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
1959 23 CLE AL 44 51 50 5 15 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .340 .640 78 17 0 0 1 0 0 1 RoY-2
1960 24 CLE AL 42 98 91 7 22 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 14 .242 .247 .264 .511 41 24 0 0 5 1 0 1 MVP-21
1961 25 CLE AL 35 79 73 4 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .164 .176 .192 .367 -0 14 2 0 5 0 0 1 AS
1962 26 CLE AL 35 69 60 8 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .183 .210 .200 .410 13 12 2 0 7 0 0 1
1963 27 TOT AL 40 60 53 5 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 14 .208 .288 .245 .533 51 13 1 0 1 0 0 1
1963 27 CLE AL 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1963 27 MIN AL 35 58 51 5 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 12 .216 .298 .255 .553 56 13 1 0 1 0 0 1
1964 28 MIN AL 42 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .154 .308 -14 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
1965 29 MIN AL 36 59 53 3 9 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 16 .170 .200 .226 .426 19 12 0 1 4 0 0 1
1966 30 MIN AL 33 68 59 5 13 4 0 1 7 0 0 5 18 .220 .288 .339 .627 75 20 0 1 2 1 0 1
1967 31 MIN AL 39 42 42 2 8 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 6 .190 .190 .286 .476 35 12 2 0 0 0 0 1
1968 32 MIN AL 32 48 42 4 6 1 0 2 5 0 0 2 12 .143 .182 .310 .491 43 13 1 0 4 0 0 1
1969 33 MIN AL 47 101 93 8 16 3 1 0 7 0 0 3 24 .172 .204 .226 .430 18 21 5 1 3 1 0 1 CYA-3,MVP-9
1970 34 MIN AL 41 109 97 9 24 4 0 1 6 0 0 1 14 .247 .253 .320 .572 55 31 1 0 10 1 0 1/7 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1971 35 MIN AL 40 103 92 10 17 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 18 .185 .242 .185 .427 21 17 4 0 4 0 0 1 AS
1972 36 MIN AL 35 80 71 3 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 .155 .187 .169 .356 4 12 0 0 5 1 0 1
1975 39 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Seasons 542 980 889 73 177 22 3 5 59 0 1 32 179 .199 .228 .247 .476 33 220 19 3 51 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 293 266 22 53 7 1 1 18 0 0 10 54 .199 .228 .247 .476 33 66 6 1 15 1 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
MIN (10 yrs) 380 681 613 49 117 17 2 5 46 0 0 28 138 .191 .228 .250 .478 34 153 15 3 33 4 0
CLE (7 yrs) 161 299 276 24 60 5 1 0 13 0 1 4 41 .217 .228 .243 .471 29 67 4 0 18 1 0
OAK (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1959 23 CLE AL 51 -1 0 0 1 0 5 1 6 0.6 1 RoY-2
1960 24 CLE AL 98 -7 0 -1 0 0 8 3 3 0.2 1 MVP-21
1961 25 CLE AL 79 -11 0 0 0 0 7 2 -2 -0.2 1 AS
1962 26 CLE AL 69 -7 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 0.0 1
1963 27 CLE AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 /1
1963 27 MIN AL 58 -3 0 0 0 0 5 2 4 0.3 1
1964 28 MIN AL 13 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 1
1965 29 MIN AL 59 -5 0 1 0 0 5 2 3 0.2 1
1966 30 MIN AL 68 -1 -1 0 0 0 5 2 5 0.5 1
1967 31 MIN AL 42 -3 0 -1 0 0 3 1 0 -0.1 1
1968 32 MIN AL 48 -3 -1 0 0 0 3 1 0 -0.1 1
1969 33 MIN AL 101 -11 1 0 -1 0 9 3 1 0.0 1 CYA-3,MVP-9
1970 34 MIN AL 109 -5 -1 0 0 0 9 3 6 0.6 1/7 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1971 35 MIN AL 103 -9 0 0 -1 0 8 3 1 0.0 1 AS
1972 36 MIN AL 80 -8 -1 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.4 1
14 Seasons 980 -76 -3 -1 -1 0 79 27 25 1.5
MIN (10 yrs) 681 -50 -3 0 -2 0 53 19 17 0.9
CLE (5 yrs) 299 -26 0 -1 1 0 26 8 8 0.6

Postseason Batting

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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 29 MIN AL WS LAD L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 33 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 34 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1959 CLE AL 23 P 44 13 153.0 36 12 24 0 1 1.000 2.12 0.82 .953 2.06 2.03 RoY-2
1960 CLE AL 24 P 41 36 261.1 65 23 40 2 4 .969 2.17 1.54 .968 1.96 1.95 MVP-21
1961 CLE AL 25 P 35 35 223.2 59 17 37 5 5 .915 2.17 1.54 .956 2.05 2.02 AS
1962 CLE AL 26 P 35 27 193.2 52 12 39 1 3 .981 2.37 1.46 .958 2.08 2.07
1963 TOT AL 27 P 40 25 178.2 40 8 30 2 1 .950 1.91 0.95 .955 1.99 2.00
1963 CLE AL 27 P 5 0 10.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.74 0.40 .950 2.00 2.00
1963 MIN AL 27 P 35 25 168.1 38 8 28 2 1 .947 1.92 1.03 .955 1.99 2.00
1964 MIN AL 28 P 42 1 65.1 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.29 .958 1.90 1.89
1965 MIN AL 29 P 36 19 167.2 34 7 26 1 3 .971 1.77 0.92 .950 2.04 2.03
1966 MIN AL 30 P 33 25 184.0 32 9 22 1 0 .969 1.52 0.94 .950 1.99 1.98
1967 MIN AL 31 P 37 11 130.2 20 4 15 1 2 .950 1.31 0.51 .955 1.96 1.96
1968 MIN AL 32 P 32 18 139.0 39 10 26 3 1 .923 2.33 1.13 .959 1.89 1.88
1969 MIN AL 33 P 46 36 261.2 44 12 31 1 3 .977 1.48 0.93 .950 1.88 1.88 CYA-3,MVP-9
1970 MIN AL 34 P 40 40 278.2 59 11 47 1 0 .983 1.87 1.45 .949 1.86 1.85 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1970 MIN AL 34 LF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1970 MIN AL 34 OF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1971 MIN AL 35 P 40 39 270.0 61 17 44 0 4 1.000 2.03 1.53 .956 1.98 1.97 AS
1972 MIN AL 36 P 35 35 217.2 55 21 28 6 3 .891 2.03 1.40 .953 1.86 1.85
1973 DET AL 37 P 35 34 203.0 48 12 33 3 1 .938 2.00 1.29 .952 1.86 1.85
1974 CLE AL 38 P 36 36 252.0 51 7 42 2 1 .961 1.75 1.36 .947 1.81 1.80
1975 TOT AL 39 P 23 17 105.4 19 6 13 0 1 1.000 1.62 0.83 .937 1.87 1.86
1975 CLE AL 39 P 8 6 37.2 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.39 1.25 .940 1.86 1.86
1975 OAK AL 39 P 15 11 67.2 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.60 .933 1.88 1.86
17 Seasons P 630 447 3285.1 726 191 506 29 33 .960 1.91 1.11 .954 1.94 1.94
1 Season LF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
1 Season OF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
17 Seasons TOT 631 448 3285.1 726 191 506 29 33 .960 1.91 1.10 .954 1.94 1.94
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1981 BBWAA ( 1.5%)
1983 BBWAA ( 1.9%)

All-Star Games
1961-1
1970 *
1971

Awards (yr lg award)
1970 AL Cy Young

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 AL (21, 2%)
1969 AL (9, 12%)
1970 AL (9, 19%)
0.33 Career Shares (562nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 AL (3, 12%)
1970 AL (1, 46%)
1 Cy Young
0.58 Career Shares (85th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1969 AL  5.3 (3rd)
Career  33.3 (184th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1965 AL  2.63 (9th)
1966 AL  2.54 (4th)
1969 AL  2.82 (8th)
1970 AL  3.04 (8th)
1974 AL  2.96 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1960 AL  18 (1st)
1969 AL  20 (3rd)
1970 AL  24 (1st)
Career  215 (85th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1960 AL  .643 (5th)
1965 AL  .632 (10th)
1966 AL  .611 (8th)
1969 AL  .769 (2nd)
1970 AL  .667 (3rd)
1974 AL  .586 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1965 AL  1.127 (9th)
1966 AL  1.096 (8th)
1970 AL  1.130 (2nd)
1974 AL  1.214 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 AL  7.275 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  2.270 (4th)
1970 AL  1.841 (2nd)
1973 AL  2.438 (9th)
1974 AL  2.286 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1959 AL  44 (7th)
Career  630 (144th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1960 AL  261.3 (3rd)
1969 AL  261.7 (8th)
1970 AL  278.7 (5th)
Career  3285.7 (92nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1970 AL  168 (10th)
Career  1576 (150th)

Games Started s c a p y
1960 AL  36 (1st)
1961 AL  35 (5th)
1969 AL  36 (9th)
1970 AL  40 (1st)
1971 AL  39 (3rd)
Career  447 (78th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1960 AL  10 (9th)
1969 AL  12 (7th)
1970 AL  13 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1960 AL  4 (1st)
1962 AL  3 (6th)
1969 AL  3 (10th)
1970 AL  4 (3rd)
Career  32 (99th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1960 AL  35 (1st)
1961 AL  28 (6th)
1971 AL  39 (1st)
Career  308 (43rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 AL  91 (6th)
1971 AL  102 (6th)
Career  998 (113th)

Hits s c a p y
1960 AL  257 (2nd)
1961 AL  238 (8th)
1969 AL  244 (4th)
1970 AL  258 (6th)
1971 AL  263 (7th)
Career  3127 (106th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1969 AL  2.318 (5th)
1970 AL  2.947 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL  .646 (6th)
1974 AL  .393 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1961 AL  17 (3rd)
1971 AL  17 (2nd)
1972 AL  16 (7th)
Career  174 (82nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1960 AL  105 (3rd)
1961 AL  117 (1st)
1971 AL  127 (1st)
Career  1258 (94th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1969 AL  9 (6th)
1970 AL  9 (3rd)
1972 AL  8 (10th)
1975 AL  7 (8th)
Career  80 (142nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1960 AL  1103 (3rd)
1969 AL  1079 (8th)
1970 AL  1141 (6th)
1971 AL  1146 (9th)
Career  13732 (91st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1965 AL  136 (3rd)
1966 AL  142 (2nd)
1969 AL  131 (7th)
1970 AL  125 (6th)
1974 AL  122 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1959 AL  18 (8th)
1966 AL  20 (4th)
1969 AL  28 (4th)
1970 AL  20 (8th)
1974 AL  19 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1959 AL  1.8 (8th)
1966 AL  2.3 (5th)
1969 AL  3.0 (4th)
1970 AL  2.2 (8th)
1974 AL  2.0 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1959 AL  29.15 (4th)
1969 AL  32.85 (4th)
1974 AL  19.95 (10th)
Career  95.97 (179th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.2 (7th)
1970 AL  3.2 (7th)
Career  10.4 (164th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1959 AL  2.7 (5th)
1966 AL  2.1 (8th)
1968 AL  2.4 (7th)
1970 AL  3.7 (1st)
1974 AL  2.9 (7th)
Career  14.1 (74th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1959 AL  3.1 (4th)
1969 AL  3.6 (5th)
1974 AL  2.2 (10th)
Career  11.0 (155th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1970 AL  10 (8th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1960 AL  23 (2nd)
1972 AL  21 (3rd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1960 AL  40 (4th)
1970 AL  47 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1961 AL  5 (1st)
1972 AL  6 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
Career  1.11 (95th)

Oldest s c a p y
1972 AL  born 1935-10-30 (8th)
1973 AL  born 1935-10-30 (8th)
1974 AL  born 1935-10-30 (7th)
1975 AL  born 1935-10-30 (4th)


† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (207), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 89 (249), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 59 (212), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 32 (128), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  10. Rick Rhoden (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Kevin Brown (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Hal Schumacher (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

May 2, 1963: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Minnesota Twins for Jack Kralick.

March 27, 1973: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Danny Fife and cash.

March 19, 1974: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Detroit Tigers to the Cleveland Indians. The New York Yankees sent Jerry Moses to the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers sent Ed Farmer to the New York Yankees. The Cleveland Indians sent Rick Sawyer and Walt Williams to the New York Yankees.

May 20, 1975: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dick Bosman to the Oakland Athletics for Blue Moon Odom and cash.

August 13, 1975: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197337Detroit Tigers$61,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197438Cleveland Indians$68,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197539Cleveland Indians$68,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$197,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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