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Tony Pierce

Tony Michael Pierce

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 29, 1946 in Brunswick, GA
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1967
Team: Athletics 1967-1968

Final Game: June 21, 1968
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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
1967 21 KCA AL 3 4 .429 3.04 49 6 20 0 0 7 97.2 79 42 33 6 30 6 61 5 1 2 400 106 1.116 7.3 0.6 2.8 5.6 2.03
1968 22 OAK AL 1 2 .333 3.86 17 3 5 0 0 1 32.2 39 16 14 3 10 2 16 1 0 1 146 73 1.500 10.7 0.8 2.8 4.4 1.60
2 Yrs 4 6 .400 3.25 66 9 25 0 0 8 130.1 118 58 47 9 40 8 77 6 1 3 546 96 1.212 8.1 0.6 2.8 5.3 1.93
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .400 3.25 60 8 23 0 0 7 118 107 53 43 8 36 7 70 5 1 3 495 96 1.212 8.1 0.6 2.8 5.3 1.93

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 Awards
1967 21 KCA AL 97.1 49 6 42 3.88 3.72 0.06 -0.07 97.7 3.52 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.2 0.3 4 .494 .498 $
1968 22 OAK AL 32.2 17 3 16 4.41 3.13 0.09 -0.02 92.2 2.78 -6 -0.7 1.3 -0.1 -0.5 -4 .460 .496 $
2 Seasons 130.0 66 9 58 4.02 3.58 0.07 -0.06 96.3 3.33 -8 -1.0 1.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 .485 .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
1967 21 KCA AL 49 400 358 42 79 13 1 6 4 2 30 61 .221 .290 .313 .603 .251 112 9 5 7 0 6 9
1968 22 OAK AL 17 146 132 16 39 5 1 3 2 0 10 16 .295 .347 .417 .764 .316 55 4 1 2 1 2 3
2 Yrs 66 546 490 58 118 18 2 9 6 2 40 77 .241 .305 .341 .646 .269 167 13 6 9 1 8 12
162 Game Avg. 60 495 444 53 107 16 2 8 5 2 36 70 .241 .305 .341 .646 .269 151 12 5 8 1 7 11
MLB Averages .240 .303 .348 .651 .271

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1967 21 KCA AL 0.0 0.0 411 0.7 6.8 -6.1 .94 -0.1 0.8 1.3 0.1 0.94 -0.5 16 7 20
1968 22 OAK AL -3.9 -0.4 150 0.0 1.9 -1.9 .74 -0.6 0.6 -3.5 -0.4 0.74 -6.0 4 1 9
2 Yrs -3.9 -0.4 561 0.7 8.8 -8.1 .89 -0.7 1.4 -2.2 -0.3 0.89 -6.5 20 8 29

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1967 21 KCA AL 49 6 1 3 2 0 3 2 4 .333 0 2 0 0 5 83% 53.8 63 39 14 7 0 6 2.4 1.5 6.1
1968 22 OAK AL 17 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 2 67% 48.7 66 31 14 3 0 2 3.8 3.3 6.6
2 Yrs 66 9 2 5 2 0 4 3 6 .333 0 2 0 0 7 78% 52 66 31 28 10 0 8 2.8 2.1 6.3
MLB Averages .500 60% 56 112 0 3.6 3.5 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1967 21 KCA AL 49 43 20 2 1 8 7 1 88% 17 7 35 6 17% 7 .939 16 7 20 18 2 23 20 23 20 15 21 10 4.2
1968 22 OAK AL 17 14 5 0 0 2 1 1 50% 4 2 14 5 36% 8 .742 4 1 9 4 1 9 8 6 4 8 5 3 2.8
2 Yrs 66 57 25 2 1 10 8 2 80% 21 9 49 11 22% .886 20 8 29 22 3 32 28 29 24 23 26 13 3.9

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1967 21 KCA AL 400 31% 1.5% 15.3% 7.5% 5.0% 25% 1.27 73% 71 9 13%
1968 22 OAK AL 146 34% 2.1% 11.0% 6.9% 6.2% 23% 1.89 78% 29 4 14%
2 Yrs 546 31% 1.7% 14.1% 7.3% 5.3% 25% 1.41 74% 100 13 13%
MLB Averages 47% 1.8% 16.1% 7.9% 5.7% 26% 1.12 74% 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
1967 21 KCA AL 400 79 6 0 13 3 3 3 3 20 8 3 40% 9 2 1 158 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1968 22 OAK AL 146 39 3 0 3 1 2 2 1 9 4 0 44% 3 1 0 60 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
2 Yrs 546 118 9 0 16 4 5 5 4 29 12 3 41% 12 3 1 218 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
MLB Averages 48% 61%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1967 21 3 4 .429 3.04 49 6 20 0 0 7 97.2 79 42 33 6 30 6 61 5 1 2 400 106 1.116 7.3 0.6 2.8 5.6 2.03 106
1968 22 4 6 .400 3.25 66 9 25 0 0 8 130.1 118 58 47 9 40 8 77 6 1 3 546 96 1.212 8.1 0.6 2.8 5.3 1.93 96

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1967 21 5 5 .500 3.96 91.0 87 44 40 7 33 57 6 1.319 8.6 3.3 5.6 1.73 0.7 49
1968 22 1 2 .333 5.90 29.0 46 21 19 4 12 14 1 2.000 14.3 3.7 4.3 1.17 1.2 17
2 Yrs 6 7 .462 4.43 120.0 133 65 59 11 45 71 7 1.483 10.0 5.3 1.58 0.8 66

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