Gordie Pladson

Gordon Cecil Pladson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 31, 1956 in New Westminster, British Columbia, CAN
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1979
Team: Astros 1979-1982

Final Game: April 20, 1982
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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
1973	16	HOU-min	Rk	1	3	.250	5.10	8	7					30.0	34	26	17	3	31								2.167	10.2	0.9	9.3			CVN · APPY
1974	17	HOU-min	Rk	2	6	.250	6.17	10	8		1	0	0	35.0	29	30	24	2	33	0	29	6	2	3			1.771	7.5	0.5	8.5	7.5	0.88	CVN · APPY
1975	18	HOU-min	A	1	5	.167	7.09	17	4		0	0	0	33.0	37	33	26	4	24	2	28	1	1	5			1.848	10.1	1.1	6.5	7.6	1.17	DBQ · MIDW
1976	19	HOU-min	A	7	4	.636	4.68	27	17					127.0	129	88	66	7	90								1.724	9.1	0.5	6.4			DBQ · MIDW
1977	20	HOU-min	A,AA	9	11	.450	3.71	28	21		11	1	0	170.0	172	90	70	4	80	5	62	7	1	7			1.482	9.1	0.2	4.2	3.3	0.78	COC,CBS · FLOR,SOUL
1978	21	HOU-min	AA	11	10	.524	3.66	26	26		14	2	0	182.0	177	88	74	9	77	0	117	2	0	9			1.396	8.8	0.4	3.8	5.8	1.52	CBS · SOUL
1979	22	HOU-min	AAA	13	14	.481	2.98	27	26		14	1	0	196.0	181	76	65	10	52	7	101	2	2	8			1.189	8.3	0.5	2.4	4.6	1.94	CHL · IL
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	87	2.750	20.3	2.3	4.5	4.5	1.00
1980	23	HOU-min	AAA	10	5	.667	3.59	17	17		9	1	0	128.0	121	62	51	4	44	2	66	1	0	3			1.289	8.5	0.3	3.1	4.6	1.50	TUC · PCL
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	76	1.306	8.3	0.7	3.5	2.8	0.81
1981	24	HOU-min	AAA	3	12	.200	6.77	22	15	4	3	1	1	101.0	129	83	76	4	53	1	55	2	1	12			1.802	11.5	0.4	4.7	4.9	1.04	TUC · PCL
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	41	3.000	20.3	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
1982	25	HOU-min	AAA	4	12	.250	5.96	24	22	0	2	0	0	131.1	153	101	87	3	88	3	80	2	0	10			1.835	10.5	0.2	6.0	5.5	0.91	TUC · PCL
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	8	9.000	67.5	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
1983	26	WSN-HOU-min	AA,AAA	2	9	.182	6.10	16	14	0	0	0	0	82.2	98	64	56	10	42	0	47	2	0	4			1.694	10.7	1.1	4.6	5.1	1.12	MEM,CBS,TUC · SOUL,PCL
4 Yrs				0	4	.000	6.04	20	6	4	0	0	0	50.2	66	37	34	4	23	0	18	0	1	0	237	57	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	57	1.757	11.7	0.7	4.1	3.2	0.78

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
1979	22	HOU	NL	4.0	4	0	2	4.50	4.30	0.28	-0.34	98.2	3.60	-0	-0.0	.4	0.0	0.0	-0	.488	.500	$
1980	23	HOU	NL	41.1	12	6	23	5.01	3.93	-0.04	0.03	93.5	3.73	-6	-0.6	.6	0.0	-0.3	-2	.446	.496	$
1981	24	HOU	NL	4.0	2	0	4	9.00	3.88	0.22	-0.30	97.2	3.27	-3	-0.3	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.368	.498	$
1982	25	HOU	NL	1.1	2	0	8	54.00	4.26	-0.28	-0.33	89.6	3.77	-7	-0.6	.1	0.3	-0.3	-7	.211	.496	$
4 Seasons				50.2	20	6	37	6.57	3.96	-0.00	-0.04	94.1	3.69	-16	-1.5	.4	0.4	-0.7	-12	.423	.498	$

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
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	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	3
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	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	0
4 Yrs				20	237	210	37	66	13	3	4	6	2	23	18	.314	.379	.462	.841	.326	97	4	0	2	2	0	3
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	8
MLB Averages																.262	.326	.387	.713	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1979	22	HOU	NL	-0.2	-0.0	22	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.31	-0.3	0.2	-2.6	-0.3	0.31	-3.1	0	1	2
1980	23	HOU	NL	-5.5	-0.6	185	-0.7	2.7	-3.4	.97	-0.5	-0.2	-4.8	-0.5	0.97	-3.9	1	1	4
1981	24	HOU	NL	-2.3	-0.2	25	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.15	-0.3	-0.2	-2.3	-0.2	0.15	-2.8	0	0	2
1982	25	HOU	NL	-7.5	-0.6	16	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.07	-0.5	-0.4	-8.0	-0.7	0.07	-5.5	0	0	2
4 Yrs				-15.5	-1.5	248	-0.9	2.8	-3.7	.77	-1.6	0.4	-17.7	-1.7	0.77	-15.4	1	2	10

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
1980	23	HOU	NL	12	6	0	3	3	0	0	3	3	.500	0	1	0	0	3	50%	47.0	68	26	7	2	1	3	2.5	3.6	5.2
1 Yr				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													.500						52%	50	99	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1979	22	HOU	NL	4	4	2	0	4	2	50%	3	.311	0	1	2	0	4	2	2	2	1	3	3.0
1980	23	HOU	NL	12	6	1	1	8	4	50%	5	.971	1	1	4	1	5	4	2	3	1	3	5.0
1981	24	HOU	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0		5	.152	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	6.0
1982	25	HOU	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0		4	.067	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2.0
4 Yrs				20	14	4	1	12	6	50%		.766	1	2	10	1	13	6	8	7	3	8	4.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	22	HOU	NL	22	64%	4.6%	9.1%	9.1%	9.1%	22%	1.50	77%	6	1	17%
1980	23	HOU	NL	175	62%	1.7%	7.4%	9.1%	8.0%	37%	1.12	81%	30	3	10%
1981	24	HOU	NL	24	63%	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	8.3%	22%	1.25	75%	4	0	0%
1982	25	HOU	NL	16	38%	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	20%	1.00	88%	7	0	0%
4 Yrs				237	61%	1.7%	7.6%	9.7%	8.4%	30%	1.15	80%	47	4	9%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.7%	8.3%	6.6%	28%	1.10	75%			11%

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
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	0	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 Yrs				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	0	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BK	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1979	22	0		4.50	4	0	2	4.0	9	2	2	1	2	2	0	22	87	2.750	20.3	2.3	4.5	4.5	1.00	87
1980	23	4	.000	4.37	16	6	3	45.1	47	25	22	4	18	15	0	197	77	1.434	9.3	0.8	3.6	3.0	0.83	77
1981	24	4	.000	4.74	18	6	3	49.1	56	29	26	4	21	18	1	221	72	1.561	10.2	0.7	3.8	3.3	0.86	72
1982	25	4	.000	6.04	20	6	4	50.2	66	37	34	4	23	18	1	237	57	1.757	11.7	0.7	4.1	3.2	0.78	57

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	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	4.000	30.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	3.0	4
1980	23	1	3	.250	5.68	38.0	42	27	24	3	18	12	1.579	9.9	4.3	2.8	0.67	0.7	12
1981	24	0	0		14.40	5.0	15	9	8	0	5	4	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	13.000	99.0	18.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	2
4 Yrs		1	3	.250	8.23	47.0	78	48	43	4	27	18	2.234	14.9		3.4	0.67	0.8	20

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