Steve Ratzer

Stephen Wayne Ratzer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: September 9, 1953 in Paterson, NJ
School: Saint John's University (Queens, NY)
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 5, 1980
Team: Expos 1980-1981

Final Game: May 17, 1981
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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
1975	21	WSN-min	Rk	3	4	.429	2.33	30	6					85.0	85	42	22	4	16								1.188	9.0	0.4	1.7			LTH · PION
1976	22	WSN-min	A	8	8	.500	3.42	57	1					100.0	112	50	38	3	19								1.310	10.1	0.3	1.7			WPB · FLOR
1977	23	WSN-min	AA,A,AAA	6	11	.353	2.58	44	4		0	0	8	108.0	103	48	31	6	27	11	63	3	0	1			1.204	8.6	0.5	2.2	5.2	2.33	QUE,WPB,DEN · EL,FLOR,AA
1978	24	WSN-min	AAA	7	10	.412	5.00	40	14		4	0	5	135.0	163	90	75	14	31	6	70	0	3	2			1.437	10.9	0.9	2.1	4.7	2.26	DEN · AA
1979	25	WSN-min	AAA	8	9	.471	4.53	40	14		4	0		151.0	197	88	76	15	22	5	50	1	2	0			1.450	11.7	0.9	1.3	3.0	2.27	DEN · AA
1980	26	WSN-min	AAA	15	4	.789	3.59	30	18		6	2	2	163.0	166	76	65	7	29	1	50	5	1	1			1.196	9.2	0.4	1.6	2.8	1.72	DEN · AA
1980	26	MON	NL	0	0		11.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	35	2.750	20.3	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
1981	27	WSN-min	AAA	7	3	.700	3.42	41	3	26	0	0	13	71.0	85	32	27	4	21	4	33	2	0	1			1.493	10.8	0.5	2.7	4.2	1.57	DEN · AA
1981	27	MON	NL	1	1	.500	6.23	12	0	7	0	0	0	17.1	23	14	12	2	7	1	4	0	1	1	82	57	1.731	11.9	1.0	3.6	2.1	0.57
1982	28	NYM-min	AAA	11	7	.611	3.08	47	1	37	0	0	10	87.2	98	38	30	5	28	7	52	0	0	1			1.437	10.1	0.5	2.9	5.3	1.86	TID · IL
1983	29	CHW-min	AAA	3	6	.333	6.75	37	2	22	1	0	1	61.1	90	52	46	8	16	3	36	1	0	2			1.728	13.2	1.2	2.3	5.3	2.25	DEN · AA
2 Yrs				1	1	.500	7.17	13	1	7	0	0	0	21.1	32	19	17	2	9	1	4	0	1	1	104	51	1.922	13.5	0.8	3.8	1.7	0.44
162 Game Avg.				5	5	.500	7.17	63	5	34	0	0	0	103	155	92	83	10	44	5	19	0	5	5	505	51	1.922	13.5	0.8	3.8	1.7	0.44

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
1980	26	MON	NL	4.0	1	1	5	11.25	4.25	-0.08	0.14	98.0	4.38	-3	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-3	.245	.498	$
1981	27	MON	NL	17.1	12	0	14	7.27	4.06	0.33	-0.31	100.0	3.42	-8	-0.8	.9	0.0	-0.7	-6	.431	.495	$
2 Seasons				21.1	13	1	19	8.02	4.09	0.25	-0.22	99.6	3.60	-11	-1.1	.9	0.0	-0.9	-9	.416	.497	$

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
1980	26	MON	NL	1	22	20	5	9	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	.450	.500	.500	1.000	.450	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	27	MON	NL	12	82	74	14	23	3	0	2	0	0	7	4	.311	.370	.432	.803	.309	32	2	0	1	0	1	2
2 Yrs				13	104	94	19	32	4	0	2	2	0	9	4	.340	.398	.447	.845	.341	42	2	0	1	0	1	2
162 Game Avg.				63	505	457	92	155	19	0	10	10	0	44	19	.340	.398	.447	.845	.341	204	10	0	5	0	5	10
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.380	.704	.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
1980	26	MON	NL	-3.0	-0.3	25	-0.4	0.4	-0.7	1.04	-0.4	-0.0	-3.2	-0.3	1.04	-3.8	0	0	0
1981	27	MON	NL	-5.4	-0.6	84	-0.6	0.5	-1.0	.49	-0.3	-0.8	-4.4	-0.5	0.49	-4.8	2	1	9
2 Yrs				-8.4	-0.8	109	-1.0	0.8	-1.8	.62	-0.7	-0.9	-7.6	-0.8	0.62	-8.6	2	1	9

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	26	MON	NL	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	22.0	22	22	0	0	0	1	7.4	6.0	4.0
1 Yr				1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	22	22	22	0	0	0	1	7.4	6.0	4.0
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	98	-1					4.2	4.2	6.3

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	Pit/GR
1981	27	MON	NL	12	12	7	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	12	2	17%	8	.494	2	1	9	1	1	10	6	6	5	2	6	5	4.3
1 Yr				12	12	7	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	12	2	17%		.494	2	1	9	1	1	10	6	6	5	2	6	5	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	26	MON	NL	22	64%	0.0%	0.0%	9.1%	4.6%	11%	2.67	91%	2	0	0%
1981	27	MON	NL	82	60%	2.4%	4.9%	8.5%	6.1%	22%	2.00	83%	17	2	12%
2 Yrs				104	61%	1.9%	3.9%	8.7%	5.8%	19%	2.11	85%	19	2	11%
MLB Averages					44%	1.8%	12.5%	8.3%	6.4%	27%	1.11	76%			12%

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
1980	26	MON	NL	22	9			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	14	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1981	27	MON	NL	82	23			2	0	4	1	1	1	1	6	4	0	67%	2	1	0	37	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2 Yrs				104	32			2	0	4	1	1	1	1	6	4	0	67%	2	1	0	51	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

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+
1980	26	0	0		11.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	35	2.750	20.3	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00	35
1981	27	1	1	.500	7.17	13	1	7	0	0	0	21.1	32	19	17	2	9	1	4	0	1	1	104	51	1.922	13.5	0.8	3.8	1.7	0.44	51

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	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1980	26	0		11.25	4.0	9	6	5	0	2	0	2.750	20.3	4.5	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
1981	27	2	.000	7.20	25.0	37	22	20	3	11	6	1.920	13.3	4.0	2.2	0.55	1.1	12
2 Yrs		2	.000	7.76	29.0	46	28	25	3	13	6	2.034	14.3		1.9	0.46	0.9	13

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