Dick Pole

Richard Henry Pole

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 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
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Mariners 1973-1978

Final Game: July 18, 1978
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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
1969	18	BOS-min	A	13	12	.520	3.09	27	27					175.0	173	86	60	5	49								1.269	8.9	0.3	2.5			GRV,WHV · WCRS,FLOR
1970	19	BOS-min	A	7	9	.438	3.33	22	18				1	119.0	93	55	44	1	36		79						1.084	7.0	0.1	2.7	6.0	2.19	WHV,WSM · FLOR,CARL
1971	20	BOS-min	AA	8	7	.533	2.76	21	19		9	4	0	124.0	107	44	38	6	36	3	70	4	0	6			1.153	7.8	0.4	2.6	5.1	1.94	PAW · EL
1972	21	BOS-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.82	27	16		3	0	2	113.0	113	59	48	5	49	3	65	1	0	8			1.434	9.0	0.4	3.9	5.2	1.33	LOU · IL
1973	22	BOS-min	AAA	12	9	.571	2.03	23	23		16	4	0	182.0	124	54	41	4	80	3	158	4	0	9			1.121	6.1	0.2	4.0	7.8	1.98	PAW · IL
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-min	AAA	2	8	.200	4.09	16	9		2	0	0	66.0	67	36	30	2	36	3	61	4	0	3			1.561	9.1	0.3	4.9	8.3	1.69	PAW · IL
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	93	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-min	AAA	0	4	.000	4.22	6	5		0	0	0	32.0	31	17	15	2	13	0	19	0	0	5			1.375	8.7	0.6	3.7	5.3	1.46	SJO · PCL
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
1979	28	PIT-min	AAA	5	1	.833	4.31	13	12		2	1	0	71.0	77	35	34	3	31	1	23	0	0	5			1.521	9.8	0.4	3.9	2.9	0.74	POR · PCL
1980	29	DET-PIT-min	AA,AAA	7	6	.538	3.48	48	2		1	0	10	88.0	86	49	34	7	40	6	42	3	1	5			1.432	8.8	0.7	4.1	4.3	1.05	MTG,POR · SOUL,PCL
1981	30	DET-min	AA	1	0	1.000	3.00	7	0	7	0	0	3	18.0	15	7	6	1	6	3	18	0	0	0			1.167	7.5	0.5	3.0	9.0	3.00	BIR · SOUL
6 Yrs				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	70	1.570	10.1	1.3	4.0	3.7	0.94

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
1973	22	BOS	AL	54.2	12	7	35	5.76	4.37	0.39	-0.01	104.0	4.13	-10	-1.0	.5	0.0	-0.5	-4	.414	.494	$
1974	23	BOS	AL	45.0	15	2	28	5.60	4.05	0.28	-0.23	110.6	3.91	-8	-0.9	.6	0.1	-0.4	-4	.441	.495	$
1975	24	BOS	AL	89.2	18	11	46	4.62	4.24	0.43	0.03	109.3	4.20	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.1	0.3	5	.476	.497	$
1976	25	BOS	AL	120.2	31	15	62	4.62	3.90	0.14	-0.03	111.8	4.17	-6	-0.6	.5	-0.1	0.3	6	.479	.496	$
1977	26	SEA	AL	122.1	25	24	76	5.59	4.47	0.02	0.14	100.3	4.59	-14	-1.4	.1	-0.1	-0.3	0	.446	.492	$
1978	27	SEA	AL	98.2	21	18	82	7.48	4.14	-0.25	0.11	102.1	4.59	-31	-3.0	2.6	-0.1	-2.3	-21	.358	.482	$
6 Seasons				531.0	122	77	329	5.58	4.19	0.13	0.03	106.0	4.32	-74	-7.3	.7	-0.3	-2.9	-18	.440	.492	$

BOS (4 yrs)				310.0	76	35	171	4.96	4.10	0.29	-0.04	109.5	4.14	-29	-3.0	.6	-0.1	-0.3	3	.461	.495	$
SEA (2 yrs)				221.0	46	42	158	6.43	4.32	-0.10	0.12	101.1	4.59	-45	-4.3	1.9	-0.2	-2.6	-21	.406	.487	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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		inf	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		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2						0.00

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
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	5
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	5
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	6
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	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	5
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	7
6 Yrs				122	2351	2092	329	607	95	13	61	46	24	209	239	.290	.356	.435	.791	.302	911	50	14	19	17	12	31
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	11
MLB Averages																.258	.325	.377	.702	.282

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1973	22	BOS	AL	-7.3	-0.7	252	-0.2	2.9	-3.1	.67	-0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.67	-1.2	0	2	3
1974	23	BOS	AL	-3.1	-0.3	209	-0.7	2.2	-2.9	.66	-1.3	0.2	-5.1	-0.5	0.66	-12.0	3	0	8
1975	24	BOS	AL	-0.8	-0.1	407	-0.3	6.5	-6.8	.95	-0.1	-0.2	1.8	0.2	0.95	1.4	1	0	5
1976	25	BOS	AL	-2.9	-0.3	550	-0.6	7.7	-8.3	.89	0.2	-0.9	-9.1	-0.9	0.89	2.1	1	3	10
1977	26	SEA	AL	-12.7	-1.2	562	-1.3	9.1	-10.4	1.00	-0.5	-0.8	-15.8	-1.5	1.00	-6.9	0	0	1
1978	27	SEA	AL	-29.7	-2.8	467	-4.6	6.3	-10.8	.97	-3.1	-1.6	-38.0	-3.5	0.97	-32.8	1	1	1
6 Yrs				-56.5	-5.5	2447	-7.7	34.8	-42.4	.90	-4.9	-3.6	-65.8	-6.2	0.90	-49.3	6	6	28

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
1973	22	BOS	AL	12	7	3	2	2	3	0	4	3	.571	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.1	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%	34.5	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%	47.4	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%	47.7	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%	45.6	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%	40.7	66	22	24	8	1	9	4.4	4.2	5.3
6 Yrs				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													.500						54%	51	106	-13					4.2	4.2	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1973	22	BOS	AL	12	5	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	5	1	20%	6	.669	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	.664	3	0	8	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	.952	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	.892	1	3	10	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	.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	.968	1	1	1	1	0	2	3	0	1	0	3	1	3.7
6 Yrs				122	45	24	3	2	2	1	1	50%	5	3	41	15	37%		.899	6	6	28	9	2	34	23	22	29	5	33	4	7.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1973	22	BOS	AL	238	73%	1.7%	10.1%	7.6%	3.4%	11%	1.66	81%	55	10	18%
1974	23	BOS	AL	198	57%	3.0%	16.2%	6.6%	9.1%	33%	1.25	73%	48	6	13%
1975	24	BOS	AL	394	60%	2.8%	10.7%	8.1%	6.4%	25%	1.10	77%	83	9	11%
1976	25	BOS	AL	528	59%	1.5%	9.3%	9.1%	4.9%	20%	0.97	79%	105	6	6%
1977	26	SEA	AL	542	47%	3.0%	9.4%	10.5%	8.9%	38%	0.96	75%	83	8	10%
1978	27	SEA	AL	451	49%	3.6%	9.1%	9.1%	9.8%	36%	1.26	77%	91	11	12%
6 Yrs				2351	56%	2.6%	10.2%	8.9%	7.2%	28%	1.12	77%	465	50	11%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.1%	8.7%	6.2%	27%	1.09	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
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	2	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 Yrs				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	10	5	47	0
MLB Averages																		51%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	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	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	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	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	14	1900	86	1.510	10.1	0.9	3.5	4.1	1.18	86
1978	27	25	37	.403	5.05	122	77	24	8	1	1	531.0	607	329	298	61	209	12	239	14	16	2351	79	1.537	10.3	1.0	3.5	4.1	1.14	79

Neutralized Pitching

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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	6.30	50.0	71	39	35	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	57	26	23	6	13	30	1	1.667	12.2	2.8	6.4	2.31	1.3	15
1975	24	4	5	.444	4.71	86.0	103	50	45	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	135	68	61	8	49	47	2	1.600	10.6	3.8	3.7	0.96	0.6	31
1977	26	4	8	.333	5.59	116.0	129	80	72	16	58	48	6	1.612	10.0	4.5	3.7	0.83	1.2	25
1978	27	2	8	.200	7.63	92.0	128	87	78	17	43	38	3	1.859	12.5	4.2	3.7	0.88	1.7	21
6 Yrs		18	34	.346	5.64	501.0	623	350	314	62	213	225	14	1.669	11.2		4.0	1.06	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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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