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Ron Piche

Ronald Jacques Piche

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 22, 1935 in Verdun, Quebec, CAN
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1960
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cardinals/Angels 1960-1966

Final Game: September 26, 1966
Died: February 3, 2011 in Montreal, Quebec, CAN
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1955	20	ATL-min	D	13	6	.684	2.98	32	18					184.0	163	80	61	11	72								1.277	8.0	0.5	3.5			LWT · SOSL
1956	21	ATL-min	C	16	7	.696	2.84	31	24					212.0	186	86	67	14	85								1.278	7.9	0.6	3.6			EAU · NORL
1957	22	ATL-min	B,A	11	9	.550	2.89	32	20					168.0	147	83	54	7	90								1.411	7.9	0.4	4.8			EVN,JCK · IIIL,SALL
1958	23	ATL-min	A	14	8	.636	2.80	47	8					161.0	114	54	50	10	86								1.242	6.4	0.6	4.8			JCK · SALL
1959	24	ATL-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.95	53	5		1	0		125.0	122	47	41	6	51	13	131	4	0	4			1.384	8.8	0.4	3.7	9.4	2.57	LOU · AA
1960	25	ATL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.73	14	0					26.0	20	5	5	2	9								1.115	6.9	0.7	3.1			LOU · AA
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	97	1.479	9.0	0.6	4.3	7.1	1.65
1961	26	ATL-min	AAA	14	7	.667	2.26	29	21					175.0	152	56	44	10	69								1.263	7.8	0.5	3.5			VAN · PCL
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	109	1.543	7.7	0.4	6.2	6.2	1.00
1962	27	ATL-min	AAA	9	4	.692	3.45	22	16		8	1		107.0	87	46	41	9	47	3	91	6	1	4			1.252	7.3	0.8	4.0	7.7	1.94	TTO · IL
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	79	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	96	1.472	9.0	0.7	4.2	6.8	1.60

1965	30	ANA-MIN-min	AAA	3	4	.429	5.77	20	7		0	0		53.0	68	39	34	7	28	3	47	3	0	2			1.811	11.5	1.2	4.8	8.0	1.68	SLE,DEN · PCL
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	51	1.627	9.2	2.3	5.5	6.4	1.17
1966	31	STL-min	AAA	6	3	.667	2.00	25	2		2	0		54.0	44	26	12	7	19	4	32	3	1	4			1.167	7.3	1.2	3.2	5.3	1.68	TUL · PCL
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	86	1.539	7.5	1.4	6.4	7.5	1.17
1967	32	STL-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.07	46	1		1	0		82.0	77	29	28	7	37	7	52	4	0	5			1.390	8.5	0.8	4.1	5.7	1.41	TUL · PCL
1968	33	CHC-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.13	49	1		0	0		92.0	74	34	32	3	27	3	54	2	0	6			1.098	7.2	0.3	2.6	5.3	2.00	TAC · PCL
1969	34	CHC-min	AAA	6	2	.750	3.05	39	0		0	0	5	65.0	59	23	22	5	34	5	33	1	1	4			1.431	8.2	0.7	4.7	4.6	0.97	TAC · PCL
1970	35	WSN-NYY-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	5.14	17	2		0	0	1	28.0	39	23	16	5	12	1	13	1	0	1			1.821	12.5	1.6	3.9	4.2	1.08	BUF,SYR · IL
1972	37	WSN-min	AA	0	0		1.29	12	0		0	0	5	14.0	6	2	2	1	9	1	11	1	0	1			1.071	3.9	0.6	5.8	7.1	1.22	QUE · EL
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	85	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	85	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	91	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	86	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	51	1.627	9.2	2.3	5.5	6.4	1.17

NL (5 yrs)			NL	10	13	.435	3.93	120	10	45	3	0	12	201.2	196	115	88	18	111	19	143	7	2	8	912	91	1.522	8.7	0.8	5.0	6.4	1.29
AL (1 yr)			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	51	1.627	9.2	2.3	5.5	6.4	1.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1960	25	MLN	NL	48.0	0	26	25	0	1.6	-1	-0.6	$
1961	26	MLN	NL	23.1	1	12	13	1	1.6	1	0.0	$
1962	27	MLN	NL	52.0	8	32	30	1	1.2	-2	-0.3	$
1963	28	MLN	NL	53.0	1	32	25	2	.6	-7	-0.9	$

1965	30	CAL	AL	19.2	1	15	9	0	.7	-6	-0.6	$
1966	31	STL	NL	25.1	0	13	13	1	1.2	0	-0.2	$
6 Seasons				221.1	11	130	115	5	1.1	-15	-2.6	$

MLN (4 yrs)				176.1	10	102	93	4	1.2	-9	-1.8	$
STL (1 yr)				25.1	0	13	13	1	1.2	0	-0.2	$
CAL (1 yr)				19.2	1	15	9	0	.7	-6	-0.6	$

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
1955	20	ATL-min	D	32	65	65		11	1	0	0						.169	.169	.185	.354		12						LWT · SOSL
1956	21	ATL-min	C	33	76	76		10	2	0	0						.132	.132	.158	.289		12						EAU · NORL
1957	22	ATL-min	B,A	35	67	67		9	3	0	0						.134	.134	.179	.313		12						EVN,JCK · IIIL,SALL
1958	23	ATL-min	A	47	48	48		7	0	0	0						.146	.146	.146	.292		7						JCK · SALL
1959	24	ATL-min	AAA	53	37	35	4	5	1	0	0	2	0		1	10	.143	.167	.171	.338		6		0	1	0	0	LOU · AA
1960	25	ATL-min	AAA	14	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0						LOU · AA
1960	25	MLN	NL	37	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.222	.000	.222	-30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	26	ATL-min	AAA	31	66	61	3	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	5	33	.082	.152	.131	.283		8						VAN · PCL
1961	26	MLN	NL	12	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1962	27	ATL-min	AAA	23	41	33	9	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	19	.182	.250	.212	.462		7		0	5	0		TTO · IL
1962	27	MLN	NL	16	19	18	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.056	.105	.056	.161	-55	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963	28	MLN	NL	37	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1965	30	ANA-MIN-min	AAA	21	21	18	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	.056	.100	.056	.156		1		0	1	1		SLE,DEN · PCL
1965	30	CAL	AL	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1966	31	STL-min	AAA	25	16	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.154	.267	.154	.421		2		0	1	0		TUL · PCL
1966	31	STL	NL	20	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1967	32	STL-min	AAA	46	17	14	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	.143	.133	.429	.562		6		0	2	1		TUL · PCL
1968	33	CHC-min	AAA	50	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1969	34	CHC-min	AAA	39	12	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.300	.500		3		0	2	0		TAC · PCL
1970	35	NYY-WSN-min	AAA	17	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167		0		0	2	0		SYR,BUF · IL
1972	37	WSN-min	AA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		QUE · EL
6 Seasons				136	47	42	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	26	.024	.089	.024	.113	-67	1	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	56	50	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	31	.024	.089	.024	.113	-67	1	0	0	2	0	0

MLN (4 yrs)				102	41	37	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	24	.027	.100	.027	.127	-63	1	0	0	1	0	0
STL (1 yr)				20	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				122	46	41	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	26	.024	.091	.024	.115	-66	1	0	0	2	0	0
AL (1 yr)				14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1960	25	MLN	NL	9	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1961	26	MLN	NL	6	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1962	27	MLN	NL	19	-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	1
1963	28	MLN	NL	7	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1

1965	30	CAL	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$9,500	1
1966	31	STL	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
6 Seasons				48	-9	0	1	0	0	0	1	-7	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$9,500

MLN (4 yrs)				41	-8	0	1	0	0	0	1	-6	-0.7	-6	-0.6	-0.1	$
STL (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
CAL (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$9,500

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1960	MLN	NL	25	P	37	0	0	48.0	9	4	4	1	1	.889	1.50	0.22	.962	2.08	2.08	2	1	33%
1961	MLN	NL	26	P	12	1	1	23.1	6	0	6	0	1	1.000	2.31	0.50	.958	2.16	2.15	1	0	0%
1962	MLN	NL	27	P	14	8	2	52.0	16	7	9	0	1	1.000	2.77	1.14	.948	2.08	2.05	4	2	33%
1963	MLN	NL	28	P	37	1	0	53.0	21	8	13	0	0	1.000	3.57	0.57	.951	2.05	2.06	3	2	40%
1965	CAL	AL	30	P	14	1	0	19.2	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.29	0.36	.952	2.06	2.03	2	0	0%
1966	STL	NL	31	P	20	0	0	25.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.07	0.15	.947	1.95	1.96	1	1	50%
	6 Seasons			P	134	11	3	221.1	60	22	37	1	3	.983	2.40	0.44	.952	2.07	2.05	13	6	32%
	6 Seasons			TOT	134	11	3	221.1	60	22	37	1	3	.983	2.40	0.44	.952	2.07	2.05	13	6	32%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Saves s c a p y 1960 NL 9 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1960 NL 27 (8th)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1963 NL 3.57 (1st)

Saves s c a p y
1960 NL 9 (9th)

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

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1963 NL 3.57 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1955 Season: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.
October 14, 1964: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Phil Roof to the California Angels for a player to be named later. The California Angels sent Dan Osinski (November 29, 1964) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade.
June, 1965: Sent from the California Angels to the Minnesota Twins in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
Before 1966 Season: Sent from the Minnesota Twins to the St. Louis Cardinals in an unknown transaction.
April 22, 1968: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Jack Lamabe to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Dowling and Pete Mikkelsen.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1965	30	California Angels	$9,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$9,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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