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Stan Perzanowski

Stanley Perzanowski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 25, 1950 in East Chicago, IN
High School: Morton HS (Hammond, IN)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 16th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1971
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Twins/WhiteSox 1971-1978

Final Game: September 27, 1978
Relatives: Cousin of Ron Perranoski
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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
1968	17	CHW-min	Rk	2	6	.250	3.36	11	10					59.0	58	40	22	1	28								1.458	8.8	0.2	4.3			WHS · GULF
1969	18	CHW-min	A-	4	4	.500	3.34	14	7		3	1	0	62.0	55	32	23	3	36	0	56	5	0	2			1.468	8.0	0.4	5.2	8.1	1.56	DSU · NORL
1970	19	CHW-min	A,AAA	9	9	.500	2.49	26	18		1	0	0	152.0	122	53	42	6	64	1	13	2	0	1			1.224	7.2	0.4	3.8	0.8	0.20	APP,TUC · MIDW,PCL
1971	20	CIN-CHW-min	AA,AAA	18	4	.818	3.25	25	24		14	1	1	183.0	173	71	66	15	57	0	134	7	0	9			1.257	8.5	0.7	2.8	6.6	2.35	AVL,TUC · SOUL,PCL
1971	20	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	12.00	5	0	2	0	0	1	6.0	14	10	8	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	38	32	2.833	21.0	1.5	4.5	7.5	1.67

1972	21	CHW-min	AAA	5	17	.227	4.75	36	28		4	0	0	182.0	192	113	96	14	65	8	136	7	2	5			1.412	9.5	0.7	3.2	6.7	2.09	TUC · PCL
1973	22	CHW-min	AAA	14	8	.636	3.68	31	31					208.0	201	99	85	15	78								1.341	8.7	0.6	3.4			IWA · AA
1974	23	CHW-min	AAA	13	8	.619	4.74	27	24		6	1	1	152.0	161	91	80	20	62	5	95	12	0	4			1.467	9.5	1.2	3.7	5.6	1.53	IWA · AA
1974	23	CHW	AL	0	0		19.29	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	8	7	5	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	17	23	4.286	30.9	3.9	7.7	7.7	1.00
1975	24	TEX-min	AAA	8	6	.571	3.82	20	15		8	0	1	113.0	104	57	48	5	40	5	48	7	0	6			1.274	8.3	0.4	3.2	3.8	1.20	SPO · PCL
1975	24	TEX	AL	3	3	.500	3.00	12	8	2	1	0	0	66.0	59	25	22	1	25	2	26	5	0	3	274	126	1.273	8.0	0.1	3.4	3.5	1.04
1976	25	CLE-min	AAA	4	3	.571	5.73	16	10		1	0	0	66.0	82	48	42	3	34	1	36	9	0	6			1.758	11.2	0.4	4.6	4.9	1.06	TOL · IL
1976	25	TEX	AL	0	0		10.03	5	0	0	0	0	0	11.2	20	15	13	3	4	0	6	2	0	1	59	37	2.057	15.4	2.3	3.1	4.6	1.50

1977	26	ANA-min	AAA	7	7	.500	6.10	23	22		4	0	0	121.0	134	94	82	9	70	1	69	5	0	11			1.686	10.0	0.7	5.2	5.1	0.99	SLC · PCL
1978	27	MIN-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.46	24	3		1	0	1	84.0	68	27	23	5	35	5	50	7	1	2			1.226	7.3	0.5	3.8	5.4	1.43	TOL · IL
1978	27	MIN	AL	2	7	.222	5.24	13	7	4	1	0	1	56.2	59	37	33	1	26	0	31	4	0	2	252	74	1.500	9.4	0.2	4.1	4.9	1.19
1979	28	MIN-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.40	4	0		0	0	0	10.0	12	7	6	2	10	3	7	2	0	0			2.200	10.8	1.8	9.0	6.3	0.70	TOL · IL
5 Yrs				5	11	.313	5.11	37	16	8	2	0	2	142.2	160	94	81	7	60	2	70	11	0	6	640	75	1.542	10.1	0.4	3.8	4.4	1.17
162 Game Avg.				6	14	.313	5.11	47	21	10	3	0	3	183	205	121	104	9	77	3	90	14	0	8	821	75	1.542	10.1	0.4	3.8	4.4	1.17

TEX (2 yrs)				3	3	.500	4.06	17	8	2	1	0	0	77.2	79	40	35	4	29	2	32	7	0	4	333	93	1.391	9.2	0.5	3.4	3.7	1.10
CHW (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	14.04	7	1	2	0	0	1	8.1	22	17	13	2	5	0	7	0	0	0	55	29	3.240	23.8	2.2	5.4	7.6	1.40
MIN (1 yr)				2	7	.222	5.24	13	7	4	1	0	1	56.2	59	37	33	1	26	0	31	4	0	2	252	74	1.500	9.4	0.2	4.1	4.9	1.19

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
1971	20	CHW	AL	6.0	5	0	10	15.00	3.99	-0.46	-0.17	105.2	4.51	-7	-0.7	.8	0.1	-0.6	-6	.359	.496	$

1974	23	CHW	AL	2.1	2	1	7	27.00	4.31	-0.38	0.13	108.0	5.20	-6	-0.5	.8	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.261	.497	$
1975	24	TEX	AL	66.0	12	8	25	3.41	4.41	-0.08	0.02	98.8	4.46	8	0.9	.6	-0.1	1.4	15	.573	.505	$
1976	25	TEX	AL	11.2	5	0	15	11.57	3.93	-0.01	-0.32	100.9	3.65	-10	-1.0	.6	0.2	-0.7	-9	.310	.494	$

1978	27	MIN	AL	56.2	13	7	37	5.88	4.03	0.06	0.01	102.4	4.08	-11	-1.1	1.7	-0.1	-0.8	-5	.414	.493	$
5 Seasons				142.2	37	16	94	5.93	4.20	-0.04	-0.02	100.8	4.26	-26	-2.4	1.0	0.0	-1.2	-12	.436	.497	$

TEX (2 yrs)				77.2	17	8	40	4.64	4.34	-0.07	-0.03	99.1	4.34	-3	-0.1	.6	0.1	0.7	6	.495	.500	$
CHW (2 yrs)				8.1	7	1	17	18.36	4.08	-0.44	-0.09	106.0	4.70	-13	-1.2	.8	0.1	-1.1	-12	.331	.496	$
MIN (1 yr)				56.2	13	7	37	5.88	4.03	0.06	0.01	102.4	4.08	-11	-1.1	1.7	-0.1	-0.8	-5	.414	.493	$

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
1971	20	CHW	AL	5	38	34	10	14	1	0	1	0	0	3	5	.412	.447	.529	.977	.448	18	0	0	0	1	0	3

1974	23	CHW	AL	2	17	15	7	8	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	.533	.588	.800	1.388	.583	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	24	TEX	AL	12	274	240	25	59	10	2	1	5	2	25	26	.246	.327	.317	.644	.270	76	10	5	2	2	2	4
1976	25	TEX	AL	5	59	52	15	20	1	1	3	1	1	4	6	.385	.448	.615	1.064	.395	32	2	2	1	0	0	1

1978	27	MIN	AL	13	252	214	37	59	16	2	1	4	3	26	31	.276	.362	.383	.745	.315	82	6	4	6	2	0	5
5 Yrs				37	640	555	94	160	29	5	7	10	6	60	70	.288	.366	.396	.762	.317	220	18	11	9	5	2	13
162 Game Avg.				47	821	712	121	205	37	6	9	13	8	77	90	.288	.366	.396	.762	.317	282	23	14	12	6	3	17
MLB Averages																.255	.322	.373	.695	.280

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1971	20	CHW	AL	-5.7	-0.6	38	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	1.29	-0.4	0.2	-7.4	-0.7	1.29	-5.8	1	1	3

1974	23	CHW	AL	-4.3	-0.4	17	-0.4	0.2	-0.7	1.18	-0.3	-0.0	-5.7	-0.5	1.18	-3.8	0	1	0
1975	24	TEX	AL	5.8	0.6	289	1.0	5.0	-4.1	1.02	0.7	0.2	9.2	1.0	1.02	6.3	0	2	2
1976	25	TEX	AL	-8.1	-0.8	62	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.52	-0.7	-0.1	-6.6	-0.6	0.52	-7.7	0	2	3

1978	27	MIN	AL	-8.4	-0.8	261	-1.2	4.3	-5.5	1.09	-0.6	-0.6	-6.2	-0.6	1.09	-5.9	4	0	2
5 Yrs				-20.7	-2.0	667	-1.4	10.6	-12.0	1.02	-1.2	-0.1	-16.7	-1.5	1.02	-16.9	5	6	10

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
1974	23	CHW	AL	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	36.0	36	36	4	3	0	1	4.0	6.0	2.3
1975	24	TEX	AL	12	8	3	3	2	0	2	4	4	.500	1	0	1	0	6	75%	53.0	64	35	11	6	0	5	3.0	3.4	6.4

1978	27	MIN	AL	13	7	2	4	1	0	0	3	4	.429	1	1	1	0	2	29%	44.4	65	25	9	5	3	2	5.1	5.4	6.1
3 Yrs				27	16	5	7	4	0	2	7	9	.438	2	2	2	0	8	50%	48	65	25	24	14	3	8	4.0	4.3	6.0
MLB Averages													.500						55%	52	109	-13					4.1	4.1	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1971	20	CHW	AL	5	5	2	0	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0%	9	1.286	1	1	3	2	1	2	1	4	3	1	3	0	3.6

1974	23	CHW	AL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	2	1.181	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0
1975	24	TEX	AL	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	2	33%	3	1.017	0	2	2	0	0	4	3	1	3	0	3	0	11.3
1976	25	TEX	AL	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0%	4	.523	0	2	3	0	0	5	4	1	4	1	5	0	7.0

1978	27	MIN	AL	13	6	4	0	3	1	1	0	100%	2	1	9	1	11%	5	1.090	4	0	2	2	1	3	5	1	4	1	5	0	6.8
5 Yrs				37	21	8	0	4	2	2	0	100%	3	1	22	4	18%		1.021	5	6	10	4	2	15	14	7	14	4	16	0	6.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1971	20	CHW	AL	38	53%	2.6%	13.2%	7.9%	5.3%	14%	1.17	76%	18	0	0%

1974	23	CHW	AL	17	71%	5.9%	11.8%	11.8%	11.8%	25%	1.50	71%	10	0	0%
1975	24	TEX	AL	274	55%	0.4%	9.5%	9.1%	4.7%	22%	1.38	78%	57	10	18%
1976	25	TEX	AL	59	59%	5.1%	10.2%	6.8%	8.5%	25%	1.55	73%	14	2	14%

1978	27	MIN	AL	252	51%	0.4%	12.3%	10.3%	7.5%	32%	2.27	73%	58	6	10%
5 Yrs				640	54%	1.1%	10.9%	9.4%	6.4%	26%	1.67	75%	157	18	11%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.4%	8.6%	6.1%	27%	1.10	74%			11%

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
1971	20	CHW	AL	38	14			1	0	4	1	0	1	0	6	4	1	67%	3	0	0	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1974	23	CHW	AL	17	8			1	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	1	1	33%	0	0	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	24	TEX	AL	274	59			1	0	3	1	0	0	1	15	9	0	60%	4	3	1	110	5	2	71%	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
1976	25	TEX	AL	59	20			3	0	2	3	0	2	1	6	5	1	83%	1	1	0	26	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1978	27	MIN	AL	252	59			1	0	11	0	1	1	0	25	10	3	40%	5	2	0	109	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
5 Yrs				640	160			7	0	21	5	2	4	3	55	29	6	53%	13	6	1	274	10	6	63%	9	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	15	0
MLB Averages																		51%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1971	20	0	1	.000	12.00	5	0	2	0	1	6.0	14	10	8	1	3	0	5	0	0	38	32	2.833	21.0	1.5	4.5	7.5	1.67	32
1972	21	0	1	.000	12.00	5	0	2	0	1	6.0	14	10	8	1	3	0	5	0	0	38	32	2.833	21.0	1.5	4.5	7.5	1.67	32
1973	22	0	1	.000	12.00	5	0	2	0	1	6.0	14	10	8	1	3	0	5	0	0	38	32	2.833	21.0	1.5	4.5	7.5	1.67	32
1974	23	0	1	.000	14.04	7	1	2	0	1	8.1	22	17	13	2	5	0	7	0	0	55	29	3.240	23.8	2.2	5.4	7.6	1.40	29
1975	24	3	4	.429	4.24	19	9	4	1	1	74.1	81	42	35	3	30	2	33	5	3	329	90	1.493	9.8	0.4	3.6	4.0	1.10	90
1976	25	3	4	.429	5.02	24	9	4	1	1	86.0	101	57	48	6	34	2	39	7	4	388	75	1.570	10.6	0.6	3.6	4.1	1.15	75
1977	26	3	4	.429	5.02	24	9	4	1	1	86.0	101	57	48	6	34	2	39	7	4	388	75	1.570	10.6	0.6	3.6	4.1	1.15	75
1978	27	5	11	.313	5.11	37	16	8	2	2	142.2	160	94	81	7	60	2	70	11	6	640	75	1.542	10.1	0.4	3.8	4.4	1.17	75

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
1971	20	0	0		11.57	7.0	15	10	9	1	3	6	0	2.571	19.3	3.9	7.7	2.00	1.3	5

1974	23	0	0		22.50	2.0	8	6	5	1	2	2	0	5.000	36.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	4.5	2
1975	24	3	3	.500	3.75	60.0	63	28	25	1	27	24	5	1.500	9.5	4.1	3.6	0.89	0.2	12
1976	25	0	1	.000	13.50	10.0	22	17	15	3	4	5	2	2.600	19.8	3.6	4.5	1.25	2.7	5

1978	27	1	4	.200	6.28	53.0	62	41	37	1	27	29	4	1.679	10.5	4.6	4.9	1.07	0.2	13
5 Yrs		4	8	.333	6.20	132.0	170	102	91	7	63	66	11	1.765	11.6		4.5	1.05	0.5	37

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1971 AL born 1950-08-25 (7th)

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