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Dan Pfister

Daniel Albin Pfister

Position: Pitcher
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
Team: Athletics 1961-1964

Final Game: July 31, 1964
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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
1957	20	OAK-min	C,A	13	7	.650	4.01	28	20					157.0	147	87	70	8	100								1.573	8.4	0.5	5.7			CLY,CLM · EVAN,SALL
1958	21	OAK-min	C,B,A	5	12	.294	6.55	21	19					103.0	120	92	75	10	66								1.806	10.5	0.9	5.8			PCT,RCR,ALB · PION,IIIL,EL
1960	23	OAK-min	AA	13	5	.722	3.02	20	18					125.0	117	44	42	4	51								1.344	8.4	0.3	3.7			SHV · SOUA
1961	24	OAK-min	AA	10	16	.385	5.39	38	30					197.0	225	142	118	18	113								1.716	10.3	0.8	5.2			SHV · SOUA
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	31	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	212	1.179	7.7	1.0	2.9	8.7	3.00
1964	27	OAK-min	AAA	3	5	.375	3.09	10	9		5	1		67.0	53	31	23	7	22	3	45	4	0	4			1.119	7.1	0.9	3.0	6.0	2.05	DAL · PCL
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
1965	28	OAK-min	AA	1	2	.333	5.25	12	0					24.0	27	19	14	2	14		20						1.708	10.1	0.8	5.2	7.5	1.43	BIR · SOUL
4 Yrs				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

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
1961	24	KCA	AL	2.1	2	0	4	15.43	4.99	-0.24	-0.21	104.5	5.24	-3	-0.2	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.379	.499	$
1962	25	KCA	AL	196.1	41	25	112	5.13	4.43	0.00	0.03	104.8	4.67	-8	-0.8	.6	-0.1	0.6	8	.481	.495	$
1963	26	KCA	AL	9.1	3	1	2	1.93	3.64	-0.07	-0.00	109.2	4.06	2	0.3	.5	-0.0	0.3	3	.592	.502	$
1964	27	KCA	AL	41.1	19	3	32	6.97	4.04	-0.29	-0.10	105.2	4.45	-11	-1.2	1.1	-0.2	-1.0	-8	.438	.493	$
4 Seasons				249.1	65	29	150	5.41	4.34	-0.05	0.00	105.0	4.62	-19	-1.9	.8	-0.2	-0.3	1	.471	.497	$

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
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	0
1962	25	KCA	AL	41	837	736	112	175	33	4	27	6	6	106	123	.238	.340	.404	.743	.251	297	14	9	12	3	2	13
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	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
4 Yrs				65	1094	943	150	238	45	6	40	10	9	142	156	.252	.358	.440	.798	.264	415	17	16	18	4	6	17
162 Game Avg.				47	791	682	109	172	33	4	29	7	7	103	113	.252	.358	.440	.798	.264	300	12	12	13	3	4	12
MLB Averages																.253	.319	.385	.704	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1961	24	KCA	AL	-2.4	-0.2	17	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.51	-0.3	0.1	-3.5	-0.3	0.51	-3.9	0	1	1
1962	25	KCA	AL	-7.0	-0.7	866	-1.0	15.0	-16.0	1.04	-1.0	0.1	-6.6	-0.6	1.04	-12.5	1	4	11
1963	26	KCA	AL	2.2	0.2	40	0.1	0.7	-0.6	.89	-0.1	0.2	1.9	0.2	0.89	-0.5	0	1	1
1964	27	KCA	AL	-10.8	-1.1	209	-0.7	3.2	-3.9	.97	-2.0	1.2	-14.1	-1.4	0.97	-18.7	6	2	8
4 Yrs				-18.1	-1.8	1132	-1.7	19.0	-20.7	1.01	-3.5	1.8	-22.2	-2.1	1.01	-35.5	7	8	21

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
1962	25	KCA	AL	41	25	4	13	8	0	7	8	17	.320	4	2	2	0	13	52%	51.3	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%	65.0	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%	40.7	56	31	21	6	1	1	4.2	1.0	3.4
3 Yrs				63	29	5	15	9	0	8	10	19	.345	4	3	2	0	15	52%	51	73	23	52	20	11	4	4.2	3.6	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						53%	52	116	-14					4.3	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1961	24	KCA	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.506	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	100%	3	2	9	4	44%	7	1.041	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		7	.888	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		1	1	12	5	42%	4	.970	6	2	8	1	5	10	7	9	10	2	12	2	5.8
4 Yrs				65	36	11	1	4	1	1	100%	4	3	21	9	43%		1.015	7	8	21	4	7	25	13	23	23	5	26	5	5.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1961	24	KCA	AL	16	75%	12.5%	18.8%	25.0%	25.0%	80%	0.00	44%	4	0	0%
1962	25	KCA	AL	866	61%	3.2%	14.7%	12.7%	7.7%	37%	1.03	70%	169	14	8%
1963	26	KCA	AL	40	75%	2.5%	22.5%	7.5%	15.0%	75%	0.73	63%	3	0	0%
1964	27	KCA	AL	201	57%	5.0%	10.5%	14.4%	8.5%	34%	1.07	65%	37	3	8%
4 Yrs				1123	61%	3.7%	14.3%	13.0%	8.3%	38%	1.01	69%	213	17	8%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	14.8%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	1.07	73%			10%

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
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	0	0	24	29
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 Yrs				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	1	0	31	29
MLB Averages																		51%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	2.1	5	4	4	2	4	0	3	0	0	1	16	31	3.857	19.3	7.7	15.4	11.6	0.75	31
1962	25	4	14	.222	4.67	43	25	5	2	1	198.2	180	116	103	29	110	2	126	9	2	11	882	91	1.460	8.2	1.3	5.0	5.7	1.15	91
1963	26	5	14	.263	4.54	46	26	6	2	1	208.0	188	118	105	30	113	2	135	10	2	11	922	93	1.447	8.1	1.3	4.9	5.8	1.19	93
1964	27	6	19	.240	4.87	65	29	11	2	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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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	4.29	195.0	169	103	93	26	102	122	9	1.390	7.8	4.7	5.6	1.20	1.2	41
1963	26	1	0	1.000	2.00	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	9	1	1.222	8.0	3.0	9.0	3.00	1.0	3
1964	27	1	3	.250	7.34	38.0	50	34	31	10	29	19	6	2.079	11.8	6.9	4.5	0.66	2.4	19
4 Yrs		12	14	.462	4.80	244.0	232	143	130	39	138	153	16	1.516	8.6		5.6	1.11	1.4	65

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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 Ink

Pitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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