Ron Piche
Ronald Jacques Piche
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 22, 1935 in Verdun, PQ, CAN
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1960
Final Game: September 26, 1966
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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
1960 25 MLN NL 3 5 .375 3.56 37 0 27 0 0 9 48.0 48 26 19 3 23 4 38 3 0 2 218 96 1.479 9.0 0.6 4.3 7.1 1.65
1961 26 MLN NL 2 2 .500 3.47 12 1 5 1 0 1 23.1 20 12 9 1 16 2 16 0 0 0 104 107 1.543 7.7 0.4 6.2 6.2 1.00
1962 27 MLN NL 3 2 .600 4.85 14 8 1 2 0 0 52.0 54 32 28 6 29 3 28 3 0 2 235 78 1.596 9.3 1.0 5.0 4.8 0.97
1963 28 MLN NL 1 1 .500 3.40 37 1 7 0 0 0 53.0 53 32 20 4 25 6 40 0 1 2 236 95 1.472 9.0 0.7 4.2 6.8 1.60
1965 30 CAL AL 0 3 .000 6.86 14 1 11 0 0 0 19.2 20 15 15 5 12 2 14 0 0 1 89 49 1.627 9.2 2.3 5.5 6.4 1.17
1966 31 STL NL 1 3 .250 4.26 20 0 5 0 0 2 25.1 21 13 12 4 18 4 21 1 1 2 119 85 1.539 7.5 1.4 6.4 7.5 1.17
6 Seasons 10 16 .385 4.19 134 11 56 3 0 12 221.1 216 130 103 23 123 21 157 7 2 9 1001 84 1.532 8.8 0.9 5.0 6.4 1.28
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .385 4.19 63 5 26 1 0 6 104 101 61 48 11 58 10 74 3 1 4 469 84 1.532 8.8 0.9 5.0 6.4 1.28
MLN (4 yrs) 9 10 .474 3.88 100 10 40 3 0 10 176.1 175 102 76 14 93 15 122 6 1 6 793 90 1.520 8.9 0.7 4.7 6.2 1.31
STL (1 yr) 1 3 .250 4.26 20 0 5 0 0 2 25.1 21 13 12 4 18 4 21 1 1 2 119 85 1.539 7.5 1.4 6.4 7.5 1.17
CAL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 6.86 14 1 11 0 0 0 19.2 20 15 15 5 12 2 14 0 0 1 89 49 1.627 9.2 2.3 5.5 6.4 1.17
NL (5 yrs) 10 13 .435 3.93 120 10 45 3 0 12 201.2 196 115 88 18 111 19 143 7 2 8 912 90 1.522 8.7 0.8 5.0 6.4 1.29
AL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 6.86 14 1 11 0 0 0 19.2 20 15 15 5 12 2 14 0 0 1 89 49 1.627 9.2 2.3 5.5 6.4 1.17

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
1960 25 MLN NL 37 218 186 26 48 12 1 3 2 1 23 38 .258 .346 .382 .728 .306 71 1 3 4 2 4
1961 26 MLN NL 12 104 84 12 20 4 2 1 1 0 16 16 .238 .353 .369 .722 .275 31 4 0 2 2 2
1962 27 MLN NL 14 235 198 32 54 6 2 6 4 2 29 28 .273 .369 .414 .783 .287 82 6 3 2 3 3
1963 28 MLN NL 37 236 207 32 53 7 3 4 3 2 25 40 .256 .333 .377 .710 .297 78 2 0 2 2 6
1965 30 CAL AL 14 89 75 15 20 5 1 5 2 0 12 14 .267 .364 .560 .924 .263 42 2 0 1 1 2
1966 31 STL NL 20 119 98 13 21 5 1 4 1 1 18 21 .214 .339 .408 .747 .230 40 1 1 1 1 4
6 Seasons 134 1001 848 130 216 39 10 23 13 6 123 157 .255 .350 .406 .756 .284 344 16 7 12 11 21
162 Game Avg. 63 469 398 61 101 18 5 11 6 3 58 74 .255 .350 .406 .756 .284 161 8 3 6 5 10
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
1961 26 MLN NL 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 77 77 77 5 2 0 1 3.0 2.0 10.0
1962 27 MLN NL 14 8 3 2 3 0 0 3 5 .375 1 2 2 0 3 38% 46 78 26 13 3 1 5 5.2 5.5 5.3
1963 28 MLN NL 37 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38 38 38 14 4 0 1 3.0 6.0 3.0
1965 30 CAL AL 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 3.0 6.0 4.0
4 Seasons 77 11 4 3 4 0 0 4 7 .364 1 3 3 0 4 36% 47 78 26 32 9 1 7 4.6 5.0 5.4
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
1960 25 MLN NL 37 37 27 3 5 14 9 5 64% 16 1 29 10 34% 9 1.637 19 5 12 16 6 14 17 19 15 9 15 10 3.9
1961 26 MLN NL 12 11 5 1 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 14 7 50% 10 1.610 7 2 2 2 6 3 6 5 6 5 6 2 3.6
1962 27 MLN NL 14 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 6 67% 5 1.168 4 1 1 3 1 2 4 2 5 1 5 0 5.0
1963 28 MLN NL 37 36 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 9 43% 5 0.717 5 8 22 2 3 30 13 22 16 9 17 7 4.2
1965 30 CAL AL 14 13 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 9 0.666 2 0 11 0 2 11 3 10 3 2 4 1 3.6
1966 31 STL NL 20 20 5 1 3 2 2 0 100% 3 0 24 9 38% 8 1.262 9 5 6 4 3 13 13 7 11 8 13 3 3.8
6 Seasons 134 123 56 6 13 18 12 6 67% 23 2 104 42 40% 1.175 46 21 54 27 21 73 56 65 56 34 60 23 4.0

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%
1960 25 MLN NL 218 46% 1.4% 17.4% 10.6% 7.3% 33% 0.85 67% 63 1 2%
1961 26 MLN NL 104 42% 1.0% 15.4% 15.4% 6.7% 35% 0.86 66% 29 4 14%
1962 27 MLN NL 235 49% 2.6% 11.9% 12.3% 6.0% 26% 1.33 71% 47 6 13%
1963 28 MLN NL 236 37% 1.7% 17.0% 10.6% 5.9% 26% 1.40 70% 45 2 4%
1965 30 CAL AL 89 39% 5.6% 15.7% 13.5% 12.4% 55% 0.73 64% 16 2 13%
1966 31 STL NL 119 29% 3.4% 17.7% 15.1% 8.4% 48% 1.25 62% 25 1 4%
6 Seasons 1001 41% 2.3% 15.7% 12.3% 7.2% 33% 1.10 68% 225 16 7%
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
1960 25 MLN NL 211 48 3 1 16 2 1 2 1 21 8 5 38% 5 2 0 105 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 7
1961 26 MLN NL 104 20 1 0 8 0 1 0 1 11 8 0 73% 4 0 0 40 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962 27 MLN NL 223 54 6 0 8 4 2 3 3 19 6 6 32% 2 2 3 88 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12
1963 28 MLN NL 232 53 4 1 2 2 2 3 1 20 12 2 60% 5 2 3 95 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 4
1965 30 CAL AL 89 20 5 0 5 1 4 4 1 3 1 1 33% 0 1 0 34 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1966 31 STL NL 119 21 4 0 9 4 0 3 1 9 4 1 44% 4 2 0 45 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Seasons 978 216 23 2 48 13 10 15 8 83 39 15 47% 20 9 6 407 13 6 68% 12 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 37 23
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+
1960 25 3 5 .375 3.56 37 0 27 0 0 9 48.0 48 26 19 3 23 4 38 3 0 2 218 96 1.479 9.0 0.6 4.3 7.1 1.65 96
1961 26 5 7 .417 3.53 49 1 32 1 0 10 71.1 68 38 28 4 39 6 54 3 0 2 322 100 1.500 8.6 0.5 4.9 6.8 1.38 100
1962 27 8 9 .471 4.09 63 9 33 3 0 10 123.1 122 70 56 10 68 9 82 6 0 4 557 89 1.541 8.9 0.7 5.0 6.0 1.21 89
1963 28 9 10 .474 3.88 100 10 40 3 0 10 176.1 175 102 76 14 93 15 122 6 1 6 793 90 1.520 8.9 0.7 4.7 6.2 1.31 90
1964 29 9 10 .474 3.88 100 10 40 3 0 10 176.1 175 102 76 14 93 15 122 6 1 6 793 90 1.520 8.9 0.7 4.7 6.2 1.31 90
1965 30 9 13 .409 4.18 114 11 51 3 0 10 196.0 195 117 91 19 105 17 136 6 1 7 882 84 1.531 9.0 0.9 4.8 6.2 1.30 84
1966 31 10 16 .385 4.19 134 11 56 3 0 12 221.1 216 130 103 23 123 21 157 7 2 9 1001 84 1.532 8.8 0.9 5.0 6.4 1.28 84

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
1960 25 2 3 .400 4.31 48.0 54 26 23 3 26 38 3 1.667 10.1 4.9 7.1 1.46 0.6 37
1961 26 1 1 .500 3.75 24.0 21 11 10 1 17 16 0 1.583 7.9 6.4 6.0 0.94 0.4 12
1962 27 2 3 .400 5.14 49.0 55 31 28 6 30 26 3 1.735 10.1 5.5 4.8 0.87 1.1 14
1963 28 2 3 .400 4.32 50.0 59 27 24 4 28 38 0 1.740 10.6 5.0 6.8 1.36 0.7 37
1965 30 0 2 .000 8.50 18.0 22 19 17 6 13 13 0 1.944 11.0 6.5 6.5 1.00 3.0 14
1966 31 1 1 .500 4.68 25.0 23 14 13 4 20 21 1 1.720 8.3 7.2 7.6 1.05 1.4 20
6 Seasons 8 13 .381 4.84 214.0 234 128 115 24 134 152 7 1.720 9.8 6.4 1.13 1.0 134

* 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

Saves s c a p y
1960 NL--9--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
1960 NL--27--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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