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Doug Rau

Douglas James Rau

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 15, 1948 in Columbus, TX
High School: Columbus (Columbus, TX)
School: Texas A&M University
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1972
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Angels 1972-1981

Final Game: May 26, 1981
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1972 23 LAD NL 7 9 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .429 .679 92 3 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1973 24 LAD NL 31 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1974 25 LAD NL 36 78 64 3 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 22 .141 .214 .141 .355 3 9 0 0 8 0 0 1
1975 26 LAD NL 38 102 87 5 17 0 0 0 6 0 0 5 28 .195 .239 .195 .435 24 17 3 0 10 0 0 1
1976 27 LAD NL 34 76 60 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 15 .150 .235 .150 .385 12 9 4 0 8 1 0 1
1977 28 LAD NL 32 81 71 4 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 11 .141 .205 .155 .360 -1 11 2 1 3 1 0 1
1978 29 LAD NL 30 78 63 3 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 13 .143 .169 .159 .328 -8 10 1 0 13 0 0 1
1979 30 LAD NL 11 17 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .143 .250 .214 .464 29 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1981 32 CAL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 222 454 377 21 58 3 1 0 21 0 0 28 95 .154 .213 .167 .380 8 63 10 1 46 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 331 275 15 42 2 1 0 15 0 0 20 69 .154 .213 .167 .380 8 46 7 1 34 1 0
LAD (8 yrs) 219 454 377 21 58 3 1 0 21 0 0 28 95 .154 .213 .167 .380 8 63 10 1 46 2 0
CAL (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 219 454 377 21 58 3 1 0 21 0 0 28 95 .154 .213 .167 .380 8 63 10 1 46 2 0
AL (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1972 23 LAD NL 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1973 24 LAD NL 13 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1974 25 LAD NL 78 -9 0 -1 1 0 5 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1975 26 LAD NL 102 -9 0 -1 0 0 8 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1976 27 LAD NL 76 -7 -1 0 0 0 6 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1977 28 LAD NL 81 -10 0 -1 0 0 7 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1978 29 LAD NL 78 -9 0 -1 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $175,000 1
1979 30 LAD NL 17 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
8 Seasons 454 -47 -1 -4 1 0 36 11 -4 -0.8 -4 -0.4 -0.4 $175,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1972 23 LAD NL 9 7 1 3.9 90 .200 .143 .254 .250 .322 .429 .376 .679 .698 92 .477 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .429 .286
1973 24 LAD NL 13 12 0 0.0 94 .111 .091 .259 .091 .327 .091 .385 .182 .713 -49 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
1974 25 LAD NL 78 63 3 1.3 91 .214 .141 .258 .214 .329 .141 .372 .355 .701 3 .101 -8.3 -0.9 .273 .094 .000
1975 26 LAD NL 102 83 4 1.3 93 .288 .195 .261 .239 .331 .195 .377 .435 .707 24 .100 -9.0 -0.9 .301 .057 .000
1976 27 LAD NL 76 64 2 0.8 90 .196 .150 .260 .235 .326 .150 .371 .385 .698 12 .052 -6.8 -0.7 .291 .117 .000
1977 28 LAD NL 81 67 3 1.2 103 .164 .141 .269 .205 .337 .155 .410 .360 .747 -1 .079 -10.3 -1.0 .270 .085 .014
1978 29 LAD NL 78 68 2 0.8 95 .180 .143 .262 .169 .330 .159 .385 .328 .715 -8 .045 -9.3 -1.0 .218 .048 .016
1979 30 LAD NL 17 13 1 2.1 99 .167 .143 .268 .250 .333 .214 .397 .464 .731 29 .200 -1.3 -0.1 .417 .214 .071
9 Seasons 454 377 16 1.1 95 .204 .154 .262 .213 .331 .167 .384 .380 .715 8 .081 -47.4 -4.9 .280 .088 .013
162 Game Avg. 331 275 12 1.1 95 .204 .154 .262 .213 .331 .167 .384 .380 .715 8 .081 -47.4 -4.9 .280 .088 .013

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 25 LAD NL NLCS PIT W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 LAD NL WS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1972 23 LAD NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 11.1% 11.1% 100% 2.00 3.5 7.0 56%
1973 24 LAD NL 13 0.0% 15.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.5 11.0 4.00 69%
1974 25 LAD NL 78 0.0% 28.2% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 3.67 2.9 16.0 2.50 54%
1975 26 LAD NL 102 0.0% 27.5% 4.9% 0.0% 0% 5.60 3.1 14.5 2.93 58%
1976 27 LAD NL 76 0.0% 19.7% 9.2% 0.0% 0% 2.14 4.0 30.0 5.71 61%
1977 28 LAD NL 81 0.0% 13.6% 6.2% 1.2% 10% 2.20 6.5 35.5 3.31 75%
1978 29 LAD NL 78 0.0% 16.7% 2.6% 1.3% 11% 6.50 4.8 12.6 3.00 64%
1979 30 LAD NL 17 0.0% 11.8% 11.8% 5.9% 50% 1.00 7.0 1.20 71%
9 Seasons 454 0.0% 20.9% 6.2% 0.9% 7% 3.39 4.0 18.0 3.21 63%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.1% 8.5% 6.2% 27% 1.53 6.8 46.9 8.7 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1972 23 LAD NL -0.2 -0.0 9 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .65 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.04 -0.5 0
1973 24 LAD NL -2.2 -0.2 13 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.42 -0.2 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 1.16 -2.4 0
1974 25 LAD NL -8.3 -0.9 78 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 .85 -0.7 0.0 -8.6 -0.9 0.99 -8.2 0
1975 26 LAD NL -9.0 -0.9 106 -1.0 0.6 -1.6 .81 -0.9 -0.3 -10.5 -1.1 0.95 -10.1 0
1976 27 LAD NL -6.8 -0.7 77 -0.4 0.8 -1.2 .81 -0.8 0.3 -6.3 -0.7 0.90 -7.7 0
1977 28 LAD NL -10.3 -1.0 81 -0.9 0.6 -1.4 .83 -1.0 -0.1 -10.9 -1.1 0.93 -10.7 0
1978 29 LAD NL -9.3 -1.0 79 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 .99 -0.9 0.0 -9.7 -1.0 1.11 -9.4 0
1979 30 LAD NL -1.3 -0.1 17 -0.0 0.3 -0.3 .94 -0.1 0.1 -1.3 -0.1 0.92 -1.1 0
1981 32 CAL AL 0.0
9 Seasons -47.4 -4.9 460 -4.0 3.6 -7.6 .87 -4.7 0.1 -49.3 -5.2 0.98 -50.2 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1972 23 LAD NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 24 LAD NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 25 LAD NL 0 0 20% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11% 6 5 1 1 1 0 2 2 0
1975 26 LAD NL 1 0 23% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1976 27 LAD NL 2 0 31% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 40% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1977 28 LAD NL 1 0 25% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1978 29 LAD NL 1 0 27% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1979 30 LAD NL 0 0 25% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 5 0 24% 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 20% 18 16 2 3 1 2 9 7 2

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1972 23 LAD NL 9 44% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 1 14% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1973 24 LAD NL 13 54% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 13 1 8% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1974 25 LAD NL 78 74% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 15 0 0% 18 5 28% 56 5 9% 3 1 33% 2 2 100% 0
1975 26 LAD NL 101 74% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 91% 17 3 18% 21 5 24% 60 6 10% 4 3 75% 4 3 75% 1
1976 27 LAD NL 76 78% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 18 4 22% 17 4 24% 41 4 10% 6 2 33% 2 0 0% 0
1977 28 LAD NL 81 77% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 12 2 17% 12 3 25% 49 2 4% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1978 29 LAD NL 78 73% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 100% 18 1 6% 19 4 21% 74 5 7% 7 4 57% 2 2 100% 0
1979 30 LAD NL 17 71% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 10 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 453 74% 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 55 46 84% 86 10 12% 91 23 25% 310 24 8% 24 12 50% 13 9 69% 1
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 23 7 9 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .429 .679 92 3 0 0 1 0 0
1973 24 38 22 18 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .111 .158 .222 .380 7 4 0 0 3 0 0
1974 25 74 100 82 3 11 0 1 0 6 0 0 7 26 .134 .202 .159 .361 4 13 0 0 11 0 0
1975 26 112 202 169 8 28 0 1 0 12 0 0 12 54 .166 .221 .178 .399 14 30 3 0 21 0 0
1976 27 146 278 229 13 37 0 1 0 14 0 0 19 69 .162 .225 .170 .395 14 39 7 0 29 1 0
1977 28 178 359 300 17 47 1 1 0 16 0 0 24 80 .157 .220 .167 .387 10 50 9 1 32 2 0
1978 29 208 437 363 20 56 2 1 0 21 0 0 26 93 .154 .212 .165 .377 7 60 10 1 45 2 0
1979 30 219 454 377 21 58 3 1 0 21 0 0 28 95 .154 .213 .167 .380 8 63 10 1 46 2 0
1980 31 219 454 377 21 58 3 1 0 21 0 0 28 95 .154 .213 .167 .380 8 63 10 1 46 2 0
1981 32 222 454 377 21 58 3 1 0 21 0 0 28 95 .154 .213 .167 .380 8 63 10 1 46 2 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1972 23 7 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 .143 .250 .429 .679 1 7
1973 24 31 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
1974 25 36 70 64 3 9 0 0 0 4 0 6 22 .141 .214 .141 .355 2 36
1975 26 38 95 89 6 19 0 0 0 7 0 6 28 .213 .263 .213 .477 5 38
1976 27 34 68 60 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 7 15 .150 .235 .150 .385 2 34
1977 28 32 78 71 4 10 1 0 0 2 0 5 11 .141 .205 .155 .360 2 32
1978 29 30 66 64 4 10 1 0 0 6 0 2 13 .156 .182 .172 .354 2 30
1979 30 11 16 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .143 .250 .214 .464 1 11
8 Seasons 219 412 380 23 60 3 1 0 22 0 29 95 .158 .218 .171 .389 15 219
162 Game Avg. 162 305 281 17 44 2 1 0 16 0 21 70 .158 .218 .171 .389 11 219

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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1978 NL  13 (8th)

                                         

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