Fred Rath

Frederick Helsher Rath Sr.

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 1, 1943 in Little Rock, AR
School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1968
Team: WhiteSox 1968-1969

Final Game: September 28, 1969
Relatives: Father of Fred Rath
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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
1965	21	CHW-min	Rk	2	2	.500	5.68	12	5					38.0	41	28	24	0	20								1.605	9.7	0.0	4.7			WHS · FLRL
1966	22	CHW-min	A	17	3	.850	1.92	23	23					169.0	127	55	36	5	60								1.107	6.8	0.3	3.2			APP · MIDW
1967	23	CHW-min	AA	5	9	.357	4.03	19	18					114.0	113	56	51	4	58		71						1.500	8.9	0.3	4.6	5.6	1.22	EVN · SOUL
1968	24	CHW-min	AA	10	7	.588	2.93	22	22					138.0	137	60	45	6	44		80						1.312	8.9	0.4	2.9	5.2	1.82	EVN · SOUL
1968	24	CHW	AL	0	0		1.59	5	0	0	0	0	0	11.1	8	5	2	0	3	1	3	1	0	3	49	209	0.971	6.4	0.0	2.4	2.4	1.00
1969	25	CHW-min	AAA	8	15	.348	4.15	26	24		8	2	0	141.0	150	75	65	10	34	0	57	5	1	5			1.305	9.6	0.6	2.2	3.6	1.68	TUC · PCL
1969	25	CHW	AL	0	2	.000	7.71	3	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	11	10	10	4	8	1	4	0	0	0	52	52	1.629	8.5	3.1	6.2	3.1	0.50
1970	26	CHW-min	AAA	2	2	.500	4.21	14	4		1	0	0	47.0	55	25	22	4	14	3	25	1	0	2			1.468	10.5	0.8	2.7	4.8	1.79	TUC · PCL
1971	27	MIL-min	AAA	2	2	.500	4.79	17	4		1	0	0	47.0	58	25	25	6	23	4	26	2	1	3			1.723	11.1	1.1	4.4	5.0	1.13	EVN · AA
2 Yrs				0	2	.000	4.70	8	2	0	0	0	0	23.0	19	15	12	4	11	2	7	1	0	3	101	78	1.304	7.4	1.6	4.3	2.7	0.64
162 Game Avg.				0	14	.000	4.70	54	14	0	0	0	0	156	129	102	82	27	75	14	48	7	0	20	687	78	1.304	7.4	1.6	4.3	2.7	0.64

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
1968	24	CHW	AL	11.1	5	0	5	3.97	3.54	0.24	-0.15	106.5	3.35	-1	-0.1	.3	0.0	0.0	0	.484	.499	$
1969	25	CHW	AL	11.2	3	2	10	7.71	3.53	-0.10	0.06	113.3	4.18	-4	-0.4	.2	-0.0	-0.3	-4	.355	.497	$
2 Seasons				23.0	8	2	15	5.87	3.53	0.07	-0.05	110.0	3.77	-5	-0.5	.3	0.0	-0.3	-4	.435	.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
1968	24	CHW	AL	5	49	44	5	8	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	.182	.250	.227	.477	.195	10	1	1	1	0	1	6
1969	25	CHW	AL	3	52	43	10	11	1	2	4	1	2	8	4	.256	.373	.651	1.024	.200	28	1	0	1	0	1	0
2 Yrs				8	101	87	15	19	1	3	4	2	2	11	7	.218	.313	.437	.750	.197	38	2	1	2	0	2	6
162 Game Avg.				54	687	592	102	129	7	20	27	14	14	75	48	.218	.313	.437	.750	.197	258	14	7	14	0	14	41
MLB Averages																.243	.310	.356	.666	.273

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1968	24	CHW	AL	0.9	0.1	55	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.22	0.1	-0.4	-1.2	-0.1	0.22	0.5	1	4
1969	25	CHW	AL	-4.0	-0.4	56	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	.75	-0.5	-0.1	-5.5	-0.5	0.75	-7.4	0	1
2 Yrs				-3.0	-0.3	111	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	.49	-0.4	-0.6	-6.7	-0.6	0.49	-6.9	1	5

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
1969	25	CHW	AL	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41.0	51	31	1	0	0	2	1.5	0.0	5.7
1 Yr				3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41	51	31	1	0	0	2	1.5	0.0	5.7
MLB Averages													.500						59%	55	104	4					3.8	3.7	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1968	24	CHW	AL	5	5	2	1	50%	6	.224	1	4	5	2	3	5	0	5	6.8
1969	25	CHW	AL	3	1	1	1	100%	4	.754	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.0
2 Yrs				8	6	3	2	67%		.497	1	5	6	3	3	5	1	5	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1968	24	CHW	AL	49	63%	0.0%	6.1%	6.1%	2.0%	13%	2.22	84%	11	1	9%
1969	25	CHW	AL	52	62%	7.7%	7.7%	15.4%	13.5%	64%	1.42	67%	5	1	20%
2 Yrs				101	62%	4.0%	6.9%	10.9%	7.9%	42%	1.76	75%	16	2	13%
MLB Averages					48%	1.9%	15.7%	8.5%	5.8%	26%	1.11	73%			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
1968	24	CHW	AL	49	8			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	60%	6	3	0	18	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
1969	25	CHW	AL	52	11			4	0	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	0	200%	0	0	1	14	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				101	19			4	0	3	2	2	3	1	6	5	0	83%	6	3	1	32	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		48%							62%

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+
1968	24	0	0		1.59	5	0	0	0	0	0	11.1	8	5	2	0	3	1	3	1	0	3	49	209	0.971	6.4	0.0	2.4	2.4	1.00	209
1969	25	0	2	.000	4.70	8	2	0	0	0	0	23.0	19	15	12	4	11	2	7	1	0	3	101	78	1.304	7.4	1.6	4.3	2.7	0.64	78

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
1968	24	1	0	1.000	1.50	12.0	9	2	2	0	3	3	1	1.000	6.8	2.3	2.3	1.00	0.0	5
1969	25	0	1	.000	8.18	11.0	11	11	10	4	8	4	0	1.727	9.0	6.5	3.3	0.50	3.3	3
2 Yrs		1	1	.500	4.70	23.0	20	13	12	4	11	7	1	1.348	7.8		2.7	0.64	1.6	8

* 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.

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Name and misspellings: Frederick Helsher Fred Sr. Rath

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