Dick Pole
Richard Henry Pole
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 13, 1950 in Trout Creek, MI
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1973
Final Game: July 18, 1978
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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
1973 22 BOS AL 3 2 .600 5.60 12 7 4 0 0 0 54.2 70 35 34 4 18 0 24 0 0 2 238 72 1.610 11.5 0.7 3.0 4.0 1.33
1974 23 BOS AL 1 1 .500 4.20 15 2 8 0 0 1 45.0 55 28 21 6 13 0 32 1 0 2 198 92 1.511 11.0 1.2 2.6 6.4 2.46
1975 24 BOS AL 4 6 .400 4.42 18 11 4 2 1 0 89.2 102 46 44 11 32 4 42 2 0 1 394 94 1.494 10.2 1.1 3.2 4.2 1.31
1976 25 BOS AL 6 5 .545 4.33 31 15 6 1 0 0 120.2 131 62 58 8 48 3 49 2 0 6 528 91 1.483 9.8 0.6 3.6 3.7 1.02
1977 26 SEA AL 7 12 .368 5.15 25 24 1 3 0 0 122.1 127 76 70 16 57 2 51 6 0 3 542 80 1.504 9.3 1.2 4.2 3.8 0.89
1978 27 SEA AL 4 11 .267 6.48 21 18 1 2 0 0 98.2 122 82 71 16 41 3 41 3 0 2 451 59 1.652 11.1 1.5 3.7 3.7 1.00
6 Seasons 25 37 .403 5.05 122 77 24 8 1 1 531.0 607 329 298 61 209 12 239 14 0 16 2351 79 1.537 10.3 1.0 3.5 4.1 1.14
162 Game Avg. 9 13 .403 5.05 42 26 8 3 0 0 181 207 112 102 21 71 4 82 5 0 5 803 79 1.537 10.3 1.0 3.5 4.1 1.14
BOS (4 yrs) 14 14 .500 4.56 76 35 22 3 1 1 310.0 358 171 157 29 111 7 147 5 0 11 1358 88 1.513 10.4 0.8 3.2 4.3 1.32
SEA (2 yrs) 11 23 .324 5.74 46 42 2 5 0 0 221.0 249 158 141 32 98 5 92 9 0 5 993 69 1.570 10.1 1.3 4.0 3.7 0.94

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1975 24 BOS AL WS L CIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00

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
1973 22 BOS AL 12 238 220 35 70 3 1 4 6 5 18 24 .318 .370 .395 .765 .344 87 10 0 0 0 0
1974 23 BOS AL 15 198 181 28 55 9 3 6 3 2 13 32 .304 .352 .486 .838 .340 88 6 1 2 1 0
1975 24 BOS AL 18 394 352 46 102 13 1 11 7 4 32 42 .290 .349 .426 .775 .300 150 9 2 4 4 4
1976 25 BOS AL 31 528 470 62 131 15 3 8 9 4 48 49 .279 .346 .374 .721 .296 176 6 2 5 3 3
1977 26 SEA AL 25 542 470 76 127 30 2 16 9 8 57 51 .270 .353 .445 .798 .272 209 8 6 4 5 2
1978 27 SEA AL 21 451 399 82 122 25 3 16 12 1 41 41 .306 .371 .504 .875 .306 201 11 3 4 4 3
6 Seasons 122 2351 2092 329 607 95 13 61 46 24 209 239 .290 .356 .435 .791 .302 911 50 14 19 17 12
162 Game Avg. 42 803 715 112 207 32 4 21 16 8 71 82 .290 .356 .435 .791 .302 311 17 5 6 6 4
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
1973 22 BOS AL 12 7 3 2 2 3 0 4 3 .571 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 53 18 15 11 4 2 7.1 7.7 5.6
1974 23 BOS AL 15 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 37 32 7 4 1 0 6.6 8.2 5.5
1975 24 BOS AL 18 11 3 6 2 1 1 3 8 .273 1 1 2 1 4 36% 47 86 15 18 9 6 2 3.7 3.5 6.5
1976 25 BOS AL 31 15 5 4 6 1 0 7 8 .467 2 2 1 0 8 53% 48 76 17 32 9 6 4 3.4 4.0 5.3
1977 26 SEA AL 25 24 7 12 5 1 1 9 15 .375 0 3 3 0 7 29% 46 73 17 21 7 5 8 3.7 3.4 5.1
1978 27 SEA AL 21 18 4 10 4 3 1 8 10 .444 1 3 2 0 2 11% 41 66 22 24 8 1 9 4.4 4.2 5.3
6 Seasons 122 77 22 35 20 9 3 32 45 .416 4 9 8 1 21 27% 44 86 15 117 48 23 25 4.2 4.2 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
1973 22 BOS AL 12 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 20% 6 0.686 0 2 3 1 0 4 3 2 4 1 5 0 9.4
1974 23 BOS AL 15 13 8 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 12 5 42% 6 0.679 3 0 9 2 1 10 7 6 7 1 7 3 7.8
1975 24 BOS AL 18 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0% 7 0.956 1 0 5 2 1 4 3 4 6 1 7 0 7.9
1976 25 BOS AL 31 16 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 43% 6 0.902 1 4 11 3 0 13 7 9 11 2 11 0 7.7
1977 26 SEA AL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.995 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1978 27 SEA AL 21 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 3 50% 3 0.982 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 3 1 3.7
6 Seasons 122 45 24 3 2 2 1 1 50% 5 3 41 15 37% 0.907 6 7 30 9 2 34 23 22 29 5 33 4 7.6

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%
1973 22 BOS AL 238 27% 1.7% 10.1% 7.6% 3.4% 11% 1.66 81% 55 10 18%
1974 23 BOS AL 198 43% 3.0% 16.2% 6.6% 9.1% 33% 1.25 73% 48 6 13%
1975 24 BOS AL 394 40% 2.8% 10.7% 8.1% 6.4% 25% 1.10 77% 83 9 11%
1976 25 BOS AL 528 41% 1.5% 9.3% 9.1% 4.9% 20% 0.97 79% 105 6 6%
1977 26 SEA AL 542 53% 3.0% 9.4% 10.5% 8.9% 38% 0.96 75% 83 8 10%
1978 27 SEA AL 451 51% 3.6% 9.1% 9.1% 9.8% 36% 1.26 77% 91 11 12%
6 Seasons 2351 44% 2.6% 10.2% 8.9% 7.2% 28% 1.12 77% 465 50 11%
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
1973 22 BOS AL 238 70 4 0 2 3 1 4 0 11 3 1 27% 5 2 1 94 6 5 55% 6 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 0
1974 23 BOS AL 198 55 6 0 8 3 3 3 3 13 6 4 46% 5 2 2 83 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 0
1975 24 BOS AL 394 102 11 1 11 5 6 5 6 25 8 1 32% 6 1 0 145 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
1976 25 BOS AL 528 131 8 0 13 4 4 5 3 29 15 1 52% 3 6 1 197 9 4 69% 8 4 1 0 0 0 3 1 16 0
1977 26 SEA AL 542 127 16 2 12 4 12 9 7 19 11 2 58% 5 3 0 187 9 8 53% 9 8 0 0 0 0 3 2 8 0
1978 27 SEA AL 451 122 16 0 9 7 9 11 5 27 17 3 63% 7 2 0 174 12 1 92% 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
6 Seasons 2351 607 61 3 55 26 35 37 24 124 60 12 48% 31 16 4 880 46 24 66% 45 21 1 1 0 2 11 5 47 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+
1973 22 3 2 .600 5.60 12 7 4 0 0 0 54.2 70 35 34 4 18 0 24 0 0 2 238 72 1.610 11.5 0.7 3.0 4.0 1.33 72
1974 23 4 3 .571 4.97 27 9 12 0 0 1 99.2 125 63 55 10 31 0 56 1 0 4 436 80 1.565 11.3 0.9 2.8 5.1 1.81 80
1975 24 8 9 .471 4.71 45 20 16 2 1 1 189.1 227 109 99 21 63 4 98 3 0 5 830 86 1.532 10.8 1.0 3.0 4.7 1.56 86
1976 25 14 14 .500 4.56 76 35 22 3 1 1 310.0 358 171 157 29 111 7 147 5 0 11 1358 88 1.513 10.4 0.8 3.2 4.3 1.32 88
1977 26 21 26 .447 4.73 101 59 23 6 1 1 432.1 485 247 227 45 168 9 198 11 0 14 1900 85 1.510 10.1 0.9 3.5 4.1 1.18 85
1978 27 25 37 .403 5.05 122 77 24 8 1 1 531.0 607 329 298 61 209 12 239 14 0 16 2351 79 1.537 10.3 1.0 3.5 4.1 1.14 79

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
1973 22 1 4 .200 6.48 50.0 71 40 36 4 18 22 0 1.780 12.8 3.2 4.0 1.22 0.7 12
1974 23 2 2 .500 4.93 42.0 58 26 23 6 14 30 1 1.714 12.4 3.0 6.4 2.14 1.3 15
1975 24 4 5 .444 4.60 86.0 103 49 44 11 32 40 2 1.570 10.8 3.3 4.2 1.25 1.2 18
1976 25 5 7 .417 4.77 115.0 134 68 61 8 49 47 2 1.591 10.5 3.8 3.7 0.96 0.6 31
1977 26 4 8 .333 5.59 116.0 130 80 72 16 58 48 6 1.621 10.1 4.5 3.7 0.83 1.2 25
1978 27 2 8 .200 7.81 91.0 130 88 79 17 44 38 3 1.912 12.9 4.4 3.8 0.86 1.7 21
6 Seasons 18 34 .346 5.67 500.0 626 351 315 62 215 225 14 1.682 11.3 4.1 1.05 1.1 122

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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