Dan Pfister
Daniel Albin Pfister
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: December 20, 1936 in Plainfield, NJ
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1961
Final Game: July 31, 1964
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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
1961 24 KCA AL 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 4 4 2 4 0 3 0 0 1 16 27 3.857 19.3 7.7 15.4 11.6 0.75
1962 25 KCA AL 4 14 .222 4.54 41 25 5 2 0 1 196.1 175 112 99 27 106 2 123 9 2 10 866 93 1.431 8.0 1.2 4.9 5.6 1.16
1963 26 KCA AL 1 0 1.000 1.93 3 1 1 0 0 0 9.1 8 2 2 1 3 0 9 1 0 0 40 203 1.179 7.7 1.0 2.9 8.7 3.00
1964 27 KCA AL 1 5 .167 6.53 19 3 5 0 0 0 41.1 50 32 30 10 29 4 21 6 0 2 201 59 1.911 10.9 2.2 6.3 4.6 0.72
4 Seasons 6 19 .240 4.87 65 29 11 2 0 1 249.1 238 150 135 40 142 6 156 16 2 13 1123 85 1.524 8.6 1.4 5.1 5.6 1.10
162 Game Avg. 4 14 .240 4.87 47 21 8 1 0 1 180 172 109 98 29 103 4 113 12 1 9 812 85 1.524 8.6 1.4 5.1 5.6 1.10

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
1961 24 KCA AL 2 16 12 4 5 2 0 2 0 0 4 3 .417 .563 1.083 1.646 .429 13 0 0 0 0 0
1962 25 KCA AL 41 842 712 112 175 33 4 27 6 6 106 123 .246 .349 .417 .767 .262 297 14 9 12 3 2
1963 26 KCA AL 3 40 35 2 8 5 0 1 0 0 3 9 .229 .308 .457 .765 .280 16 0 1 1 0 0
1964 27 KCA AL 19 201 160 32 50 5 2 10 4 3 29 21 .313 .434 .556 .990 .308 89 3 6 5 1 4
4 Seasons 65 1099 919 150 238 45 6 40 10 9 142 156 .259 .366 .452 .818 .272 415 17 16 18 4 6
162 Game Avg. 47 795 665 109 172 33 4 29 7 7 103 113 .259 .366 .452 .818 .272 300 12 12 13 3 4
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
1962 25 KCA AL 41 25 4 13 8 0 7 8 17 .320 4 2 2 0 13 52% 51 73 23 28 14 10 2 4.1 3.7 6.5
1963 26 KCA AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 65 65 65 3 0 0 1 7.0 3.9 6.7
1964 27 KCA AL 19 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 33% 41 56 31 21 6 1 1 4.2 1.0 3.4
3 Seasons 63 29 5 15 9 0 8 10 19 .345 4 3 2 0 15 52% 50 73 23 52 20 11 4 4.2 3.6 6.2
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
1961 24 KCA AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.508 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 3.5
1962 25 KCA AL 41 16 5 0 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 9 4 44% 7 1.045 1 4 11 3 1 12 6 10 11 1 12 2 6.4
1963 26 KCA AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.897 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 4.0
1964 27 KCA AL 19 16 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 12 5 42% 4 1.002 6 2 8 1 5 10 7 9 10 2 12 2 5.8
4 Seasons 65 36 11 1 4 1 1 0 100% 4 3 21 9 43% 1.024 7 8 21 4 7 25 13 23 23 5 26 5 5.9

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%
1961 24 KCA AL 16 25% 12.5% 18.8% 25.0% 25.0% 80% 0.00 44% 4 0 0%
1962 25 KCA AL 837 39% 3.2% 14.6% 12.6% 7.6% 37% 1.03 67% 169 14 8%
1963 26 KCA AL 40 25% 2.5% 22.5% 7.5% 15.0% 75% 0.73 63% 3 0 0%
1964 27 KCA AL 201 43% 5.0% 10.5% 14.4% 8.5% 34% 1.07 65% 37 3 8%
4 Seasons 1094 39% 3.6% 14.2% 12.9% 8.3% 38% 1.01 66% 213 17 8%
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
1961 24 KCA AL 16 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0% 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 25 KCA AL 837 175 27 1 24 16 9 11 14 52 22 9 42% 13 10 4 315 6 6 50% 5 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 0
1963 26 KCA AL 40 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 27 KCA AL 201 50 10 0 7 4 6 8 2 14 3 0 21% 4 2 0 75 4 3 57% 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 0
4 Seasons 1094 238 40 1 31 22 16 19 19 68 25 10 37% 17 13 4 407 10 9 53% 8 8 1 1 1 0 2 0 31 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+
1961 24 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 4 4 2 4 0 3 0 0 1 16 27 3.857 19.3 7.7 15.4 11.6 0.75 27
1962 25 4 14 .222 4.67 43 25 5 2 0 1 198.2 180 116 103 29 110 2 126 9 2 11 882 90 1.460 8.2 1.3 5.0 5.7 1.15 90
1963 26 5 14 .263 4.54 46 26 6 2 0 1 208.0 188 118 105 30 113 2 135 10 2 11 922 92 1.447 8.1 1.3 4.9 5.8 1.19 92
1964 27 6 19 .240 4.87 65 29 11 2 0 1 249.1 238 150 135 40 142 6 156 16 2 13 1123 85 1.524 8.6 1.4 5.1 5.6 1.10 85

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1961 24 0 0 18.00 2.0 5 4 4 2 4 3 0 4.500 22.5 18.0 13.5 0.75 9.0 2
1962 25 10 11 .476 4.31 194.0 172 103 93 27 104 122 9 1.423 8.0 4.8 5.7 1.17 1.3 41
1963 26 1 0 1.000 2.00 9.0 9 2 2 1 3 9 1 1.333 9.0 3.0 9.0 3.00 1.0 3
1964 27 1 3 .250 7.11 38.0 50 33 30 10 29 19 6 2.079 11.8 6.9 4.5 0.66 2.4 19
4 Seasons 12 14 .462 4.78 243.0 236 142 129 40 140 153 16 1.547 8.7 5.7 1.09 1.5 65

* 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

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL--8.022--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1962 AL--27--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 AL--106--5th

Losses s c a p y
1962 AL--14--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1962 AL--99--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1962 AL--10--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 AL--9--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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