Gordie Pladson
Gordon Cecil Pladson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 31, 1956 in New Westminster, BC, CAN
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1979
Final Game: April 20, 1982
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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
1979 22 HOU NL 0 0 4.50 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 9 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 22 78 2.750 20.3 2.3 4.5 4.5 1.00
1980 23 HOU NL 0 4 .000 4.35 12 6 1 0 0 0 41.1 38 23 20 3 16 0 13 0 0 0 175 75 1.306 8.3 0.7 3.5 2.8 0.81
1981 24 HOU NL 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 4 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 24 36 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1982 25 HOU NL 0 0 54.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 10 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 9.000 67.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons 0 4 .000 6.04 20 6 4 0 0 0 50.2 66 37 34 4 23 0 18 0 1 0 237 55 1.757 11.7 0.7 4.1 3.2 0.78
162 Game Avg. 0 10 .000 6.04 52 16 10 0 0 0 133 173 97 89 10 60 0 47 0 3 0 620 55 1.757 11.7 0.7 4.1 3.2 0.78

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
1979 22 HOU NL 4 22 20 2 9 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .450 .500 .650 1.150 .471 13 1 0 0 0 0
1980 23 HOU NL 12 175 156 23 38 9 2 3 6 2 16 13 .244 .312 .385 .697 .248 60 3 0 2 1 0
1981 24 HOU NL 2 24 21 4 9 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 .429 .500 .571 1.071 .500 12 0 0 0 0 0
1982 25 HOU NL 2 16 13 8 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .769 .750 .923 1.673 .714 12 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 20 237 210 37 66 13 3 4 6 2 23 18 .314 .379 .462 .841 .326 97 4 0 2 2 0
162 Game Avg. 52 620 549 97 173 34 8 10 16 5 60 47 .314 .379 .462 .841 .326 254 10 0 5 5 0
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
1980 23 HOU NL 12 6 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 3 50% 47 68 26 7 2 1 3 2.5 3.6 5.2
1 Season 12 6 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 3 50% 47 68 26 7 2 1 3 2.5 3.6 5.2
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
1979 22 HOU NL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 3 0.360 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 3 0 3.0
1980 23 HOU NL 12 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 5 0.962 0 3 3 0 1 5 4 2 3 1 3 0 5.0
1981 24 HOU NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.219 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1982 25 HOU NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.103 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2.0
4 Seasons 20 14 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50% 0.773 0 4 10 0 1 13 6 8 7 3 8 0 4.1

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%
1979 22 HOU NL 22 36% 4.6% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 22% 1.50 77% 6 1 17%
1980 23 HOU NL 175 38% 1.7% 7.4% 9.1% 8.0% 37% 1.12 81% 30 3 10%
1981 24 HOU NL 24 38% 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 8.3% 22% 1.25 75% 4 0 0%
1982 25 HOU NL 16 63% 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 20% 1.00 88% 7 0 0%
4 Seasons 237 39% 1.7% 7.6% 9.7% 8.4% 30% 1.15 80% 47 4 9%
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
1979 22 HOU NL 22 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 23 HOU NL 175 38 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 12 10 1 83% 3 0 0 61 6 2 75% 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0
1981 24 HOU NL 24 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1982 25 HOU NL 16 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Seasons 237 66 4 0 7 3 1 1 3 19 16 1 84% 3 0 0 94 6 2 75% 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 6 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+
1979 22 0 0 4.50 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 9 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 22 78 2.750 20.3 2.3 4.5 4.5 1.00 78
1980 23 0 4 .000 4.37 16 6 3 0 0 0 45.1 47 25 22 4 18 0 15 0 0 0 197 76 1.434 9.3 0.8 3.6 3.0 0.83 76
1981 24 0 4 .000 4.74 18 6 3 0 0 0 49.1 56 29 26 4 21 0 18 0 1 0 221 70 1.561 10.2 0.7 3.8 3.3 0.86 70
1982 25 0 4 .000 6.04 20 6 4 0 0 0 50.2 66 37 34 4 23 0 18 0 1 0 237 55 1.757 11.7 0.7 4.1 3.2 0.78 55

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1979 22 0 0 6.00 3.0 10 2 2 1 2 2 0 4.000 30.0 6.0 6.0 1.00 3.0 4
1980 23 1 3 .250 5.92 38.0 42 28 25 3 18 12 0 1.579 9.9 4.3 2.8 0.67 0.7 12
1981 24 0 0 12.60 5.0 15 8 7 0 5 4 0 4.000 27.0 9.0 7.2 0.80 0.0 2
1982 25 0 0 81.00 1.0 11 10 9 0 2 0 0 13.000 99.0 18.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
4 Seasons 1 3 .250 8.23 47.0 78 48 43 4 27 18 0 2.234 14.9 3.4 0.67 0.8 20

* 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.

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