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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 HS (Columbus, TX)
School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
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 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
1972 23 LAD NL 2 2 .500 2.20 7 3 3 2 0 0 32.2 18 11 8 1 11 2 19 1 0 0 130 154 0.888 5.0 0.3 3.0 5.2 1.73
1973 24 LAD NL 4 2 .667 3.96 31 3 14 0 0 3 63.2 64 28 28 5 28 2 51 1 0 0 280 89 1.445 9.0 0.7 4.0 7.2 1.82
1974 25 LAD NL 13 11 .542 3.72 36 35 0 3 1 0 198.1 191 90 82 20 70 1 126 4 1 3 848 92 1.316 8.7 0.9 3.2 5.7 1.80
1975 26 LAD NL 15 9 .625 3.11 38 38 0 8 2 0 257.2 227 96 89 18 61 1 151 3 4 1 1046 110 1.118 7.9 0.6 2.1 5.3 2.48
1976 27 LAD NL 16 12 .571 2.57 34 32 0 8 3 0 231.0 221 71 66 18 69 1 98 7 1 2 950 131 1.255 8.6 0.7 2.7 3.8 1.42
1977 28 LAD NL 14 8 .636 3.43 32 32 0 4 2 0 212.1 232 87 81 15 49 2 126 6 1 3 896 112 1.323 9.8 0.6 2.1 5.3 2.57
1978 29 LAD NL 15 9 .625 3.26 30 30 0 7 2 0 199.0 219 82 72 17 68 5 95 2 1 0 859 108 1.442 9.9 0.8 3.1 4.3 1.40
1979 30 LAD NL 1 5 .167 5.30 11 11 0 1 1 0 56.0 73 37 33 3 22 0 28 4 0 1 260 69 1.696 11.7 0.5 3.5 4.5 1.27
1981 32 CAL AL 1 2 .333 8.71 3 3 0 0 0 0 10.1 14 10 10 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 45 43 1.742 12.2 1.7 3.5 2.6 0.75
9 Yrs 81 60 .574 3.35 222 187 17 33 11 3 1261.0 1259 512 469 99 382 14 697 28 8 10 5314 105 1.301 9.0 0.7 2.7 5.0 1.82
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .574 3.35 37 31 3 5 2 0 210 209 85 78 16 64 2 116 5 1 2 884 105 1.301 9.0 0.7 2.7 5.0 1.82
LAD (8 yrs) 80 58 .580 3.30 219 184 17 33 11 3 1250.2 1245 502 459 97 378 14 694 28 8 10 5269 106 1.298 9.0 0.7 2.7 5.0 1.84
CAL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 8.71 3 3 0 0 0 0 10.1 14 10 10 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 45 43 1.742 12.2 1.7 3.5 2.6 0.75
NL (8 yrs) 80 58 .580 3.30 219 184 17 33 11 3 1250.2 1245 502 459 97 378 14 694 28 8 10 5269 106 1.298 9.0 0.7 2.7 5.0 1.84
AL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 8.71 3 3 0 0 0 0 10.1 14 10 10 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 45 43 1.742 12.2 1.7 3.5 2.6 0.75

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 Awards
1972 23 LAD NL 32.2 7 3 11 3.03 4.08 0.06 -0.00 93.2 3.75 2 0.3 .6 -0.0 0.5 5 .537 .502 $
1973 24 LAD NL 63.2 31 3 28 3.96 4.23 0.35 -0.22 94.4 3.46 -4 -0.4 1.2 -0.1 0.0 2 .487 .498 $
1974 25 LAD NL 198.1 36 35 90 4.08 4.18 0.24 0.13 93.9 3.83 -7 -0.7 .7 -0.1 0.7 13 .480 .496 $
1975 26 LAD NL 257.2 38 38 96 3.35 4.14 0.52 0.13 93.8 3.52 3 0.3 -0.1 2.1 28 .507 .502 $
1976 27 LAD NL 231.0 34 32 71 2.77 4.02 0.38 0.12 95.4 3.59 19 2.3 1.2 -0.1 4.0 42 .567 .514 $
1977 28 LAD NL 212.1 32 32 87 3.69 4.38 0.07 0.15 96.2 4.29 13 1.4 -0.1 2.9 35 .543 .509 $
1978 29 LAD NL 199.0 30 30 82 3.71 3.99 0.03 0.12 97.6 3.99 4 0.5 -0.1 1.9 24 .516 .503 $175,000
1979 30 LAD NL 56.0 11 11 37 5.95 4.20 -0.25 0.14 96.9 4.44 -10 -1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -4 .410 .494 $
1981 32 CAL AL 10.1 3 3 10 8.71 3.78 -0.02 0.12 100.8 3.96 -5 -0.5 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .330 .497 $
9 Seasons 1261.0 222 187 512 3.65 4.14 0.24 0.11 95.3 3.83 15 2.1 1.1 -0.7 11.1 140 .509 .501 $175,000
LAD (8 yrs) 1250.2 219 184 502 3.61 4.15 0.24 0.11 95.3 3.83 21 2.6 1.1 -0.7 11.5 145 .512 .502 $175,000
CAL (1 yr) 10.1 3 3 10 8.71 3.78 -0.02 0.12 100.8 3.96 -5 -0.5 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .330 .497 $

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
1974 25 LAD NL NLCS W PIT 0 1 .000 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 6.000 40.5 27.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
1977 28 LAD NL NLCS W PHI 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1977 28 LAD NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 11.57 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 1.714 15.4 0.0 0.0 3.9
1978 29 LAD NL NLCS W PHI 0 0 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 21 1.400 9.0 1.8 3.6 1.8 0.50
1978 29 LAD NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
3 Yrs (5 Series) 0 2 .000 6.55 6 3 1 0 0 0 11.0 13 10 8 3 3 0 6 0 0 0 48 1.455 10.6 2.5 2.5 4.9 2.00
3 NLCS 0 1 .000 6.75 3 2 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 7 5 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 31 1.650 10.8 4.1 4.1 2.7 0.67
2 WS 0 1 .000 6.23 3 1 1 0 0 0 4.1 5 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 17 1.154 10.4 0.0 0.0 8.3

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
1972 23 LAD NL 7 130 113 11 18 7 0 1 1 0 11 19 .159 .236 .248 .484 .179 28 1 1 3 2 2 3
1973 24 LAD NL 31 280 247 28 64 13 0 5 4 1 28 51 .259 .336 .372 .708 .307 92 4 1 3 1 2 2
1974 25 LAD NL 36 848 760 90 191 22 9 20 12 9 70 126 .251 .316 .383 .699 .277 291 12 4 10 4 1 14
1975 26 LAD NL 38 1045 964 96 227 44 1 18 6 6 61 151 .235 .282 .339 .621 .262 327 17 3 15 4 1 17
1976 27 LAD NL 34 950 857 71 221 31 5 18 14 10 69 98 .258 .317 .369 .685 .272 316 26 7 12 5 1 11
1977 28 LAD NL 32 896 821 87 232 46 3 15 13 13 49 126 .283 .325 .401 .726 .316 329 22 6 12 7 2 16
1978 29 LAD NL 30 859 770 82 219 38 6 17 6 10 68 95 .284 .342 .416 .758 .305 320 20 2 14 5 5 12
1979 30 LAD NL 11 260 228 37 73 14 1 3 3 6 22 28 .320 .384 .430 .814 .348 98 3 4 2 4 0 4
1981 32 CAL AL 3 45 41 10 14 2 0 2 0 1 4 3 .341 .400 .537 .937 .333 22 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 222 5313 4801 512 1259 217 25 99 59 56 382 697 .262 .318 .380 .698 .287 1823 107 28 71 32 14 79
162 Game Avg. 37 883 798 85 209 36 4 16 10 9 64 116 .262 .318 .380 .698 .287 303 18 5 12 5 2 13
MLB Averages .258 .324 .378 .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
1972 23 LAD NL 3.6 0.4 132 0.2 1.8 -1.6 .81 0.5 -0.2 2.3 0.3 0.81 4.0 0 1 3
1973 24 LAD NL -1.6 -0.2 285 0.7 5.1 -4.5 1.05 -0.1 0.7 -0.2 -0.0 1.05 -1.6 8 8 12
1974 25 LAD NL -5.3 -0.6 877 0.3 14.8 -14.5 1.02 -0.5 0.8 1.0 0.1 1.02 -5.5 0 1 0
1975 26 LAD NL 12.0 1.3 1067 0.2 18.2 -18.0 1.04 2.4 -2.2 15.8 1.7 1.04 25.3 0 0 0
1976 27 LAD NL 24.0 2.7 981 2.8 18.0 -15.1 1.03 1.0 1.8 28.0 3.2 1.03 13.3 1 0 1
1977 28 LAD NL 11.7 1.2 928 1.8 16.4 -14.6 1.00 0.6 1.2 15.1 1.6 1.00 8.1 0 0 0
1978 29 LAD NL 5.3 0.6 879 0.5 15.4 -14.9 1.04 -0.9 1.4 6.4 0.7 1.04 -7.8 0 0 0
1979 30 LAD NL -10.1 -1.0 270 -0.7 4.1 -4.7 .96 -0.9 0.2 -10.4 -1.0 0.96 -8.4 0 0 0
1981 32 CAL AL -5.2 -0.5 46 -0.6 0.9 -1.5 1.22 -0.2 -0.3 -5.5 -0.5 1.22 -2.5 0 0 0
9 Yrs 34.3 3.9 5465 5.2 94.6 -89.4 1.02 1.9 3.2 52.5 6.0 1.02 25.0 9 10 16

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1972 23 LAD NL 7 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 .333 0 0 2 0 3 100% 69.0 77 56 0 0 0 2 2.3 2.3 8.0
1973 24 LAD NL 31 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 2 67% 49.7 70 23 14 2 2 0 1.3 1.6 5.7
1974 25 LAD NL 36 35 13 11 11 5 2 20 15 .571 3 3 3 1 17 49% 51.3 80 20 37 15 12 7 4.9 4.9 5.7
1975 26 LAD NL 38 38 15 9 14 0 5 22 16 .579 4 3 8 2 29 76% 56.5 83 18 36 10 20 2 4.5 4.7 6.8
1976 27 LAD NL 34 32 16 11 5 0 6 17 15 .531 2 3 8 3 27 84% 56.8 81 11 16 2 3 10 3.3 3.1 7.1
1977 28 LAD NL 32 32 14 8 10 5 4 15 17 .469 6 4 4 2 18 56% 52.4 83 24 21 8 1 14 4.2 4.5 6.6
1978 29 LAD NL 30 30 15 9 6 3 2 19 11 .633 3 4 7 2 18 60% 51.3 82 22 18 5 1 16 4.7 4.7 6.6
1979 30 LAD NL 11 11 1 5 5 0 1 2 9 .182 2 0 1 1 3 27% 42.7 85 -1 10 4 0 6 3.4 4.1 5.1
1981 32 CAL AL 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 58 22 2 1 0 1 3.7 6.5 3.4
9 Yrs 222 187 76 58 53 14 22 97 90 .519 20 17 33 11 117 63% 53 85 -1 154 47 39 58 4.2 4.3 6.4
MLB Averages .500 54% 52 106 -13 4.2 4.1 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1972 23 LAD NL 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 3 .807 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 6.5
1973 24 LAD NL 31 28 14 4 1 4 3 1 75% 4 0 14 2 14% 7 1.050 8 8 12 5 5 18 9 19 14 4 15 1 5.0
1974 25 LAD NL 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 1.020 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1976 27 LAD NL 34 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.030 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 4.0
4 Yrs 108 35 17 5 2 4 3 1 75% 5 0 16 3 19% 1.016 9 10 16 6 6 23 11 24 18 6 19 1 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1972 23 LAD NL 130 18% 0.8% 14.6% 8.5% 6.2% 44% 0.80 73% 20 1 5%
1973 24 LAD NL 280 26% 1.8% 18.2% 10.0% 6.4% 28% 0.99 69% 52 4 8%
1974 25 LAD NL 848 20% 2.4% 14.9% 8.3% 6.0% 27% 1.04 73% 147 12 8%
1975 26 LAD NL 1047 22% 1.7% 14.5% 5.8% 6.0% 28% 0.89 76% 176 17 10%
1976 27 LAD NL 950 21% 1.9% 10.3% 7.3% 5.7% 24% 0.93 79% 155 26 17%
1977 28 LAD NL 896 20% 1.7% 14.1% 5.5% 7.1% 28% 1.05 77% 172 22 13%
1978 29 LAD NL 859 19% 2.0% 11.1% 7.9% 7.1% 28% 0.95 77% 170 20 12%
1979 30 LAD NL 260 18% 1.2% 10.8% 8.5% 6.9% 25% 0.71 77% 47 3 6%
1981 32 CAL AL 45 20% 4.4% 6.7% 8.9% 8.9% 29% 1.00 80% 14 2 14%
9 Yrs 5315 21% 1.9% 13.1% 7.2% 6.4% 27% 0.95 76% 953 107 11%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.1% 8.5% 6.2% 27% 1.10 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
1972 23 LAD NL 130 18 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 7 4 1 57% 3 0 1 45 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1973 24 LAD NL 280 64 5 0 9 3 2 4 1 13 8 1 62% 2 0 0 119 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 25 LAD NL 848 191 20 1 6 16 4 9 11 36 20 2 56% 14 3 1 306 12 9 57% 10 8 2 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1975 26 LAD NL 1045 227 18 0 10 15 3 9 9 29 16 2 55% 17 1 2 353 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 11 2
1976 27 LAD NL 950 221 18 0 12 12 6 7 11 27 13 3 48% 11 2 2 349 14 10 58% 11 8 3 0 0 2 5 2 11 0
1977 28 LAD NL 896 232 15 0 8 13 2 8 7 52 29 6 56% 16 3 1 344 13 13 50% 12 10 1 2 0 1 2 1 16 0
1978 29 LAD NL 859 219 17 0 20 10 7 7 10 41 20 9 49% 12 0 1 331 6 10 38% 4 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
1979 30 LAD NL 260 73 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 11 8 1 73% 4 1 0 107 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1981 32 CAL AL 45 14 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 5313 1259 99 1 75 74 25 47 52 216 118 25 55% 79 10 8 1974 59 56 51% 51 48 8 5 0 3 10 4 71 2
MLB Averages 52% 65%

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+
1972 23 2 2 .500 2.20 7 3 3 2 0 0 32.2 18 11 8 1 11 2 19 1 0 0 130 154 0.888 5.0 0.3 3.0 5.2 1.73 154
1973 24 6 4 .600 3.36 38 6 17 2 0 3 96.1 82 39 36 6 39 4 70 2 0 0 410 103 1.256 7.7 0.6 3.6 6.5 1.79 103
1974 25 19 15 .559 3.60 74 41 17 5 1 3 294.2 273 129 118 26 109 5 196 6 1 3 1258 95 1.296 8.3 0.8 3.3 6.0 1.80 95
1975 26 34 24 .586 3.37 112 79 17 13 3 3 552.1 500 225 207 44 170 6 347 9 5 4 2304 102 1.213 8.1 0.7 2.8 5.7 2.04 102
1976 27 50 36 .581 3.14 146 111 17 21 6 3 783.1 721 296 273 62 239 7 445 16 6 6 3254 109 1.226 8.3 0.7 2.7 5.1 1.86 109
1977 28 64 44 .593 3.20 178 143 17 25 8 3 995.2 953 383 354 77 288 9 571 22 7 9 4150 110 1.246 8.6 0.7 2.6 5.2 1.98 110
1978 29 79 53 .598 3.21 208 173 17 32 10 3 1194.2 1172 465 426 94 356 14 666 24 8 9 5009 109 1.279 8.8 0.7 2.7 5.0 1.87 109
1979 30 80 58 .580 3.30 219 184 17 33 11 3 1250.2 1245 502 459 97 378 14 694 28 8 10 5269 106 1.298 9.0 0.7 2.7 5.0 1.84 106
1980 31 80 58 .580 3.30 219 184 17 33 11 3 1250.2 1245 502 459 97 378 14 694 28 8 10 5269 106 1.298 9.0 0.7 2.7 5.0 1.84 106
1981 32 81 60 .574 3.35 222 187 17 33 11 3 1261.0 1259 512 469 99 382 14 697 28 8 10 5314 105 1.301 9.0 0.7 2.7 5.0 1.82 105

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1972 23 2 1 .667 2.65 34.0 21 11 10 1 13 20 1 1.000 5.6 3.4 5.3 1.54 0.3 7
1973 24 3 3 .500 4.65 60.0 68 34 31 5 30 48 1 1.633 10.2 4.5 7.2 1.60 0.8 31
1974 25 9 12 .429 4.43 189.0 203 103 93 21 74 120 4 1.466 9.7 3.5 5.7 1.62 1.0 36
1975 26 14 13 .519 3.75 245.0 243 113 102 19 65 144 3 1.257 8.9 2.4 5.3 2.22 0.7 38
1976 27 14 9 .609 3.26 210.0 238 84 76 19 74 89 8 1.486 10.2 3.2 3.8 1.20 0.8 34
1977 28 12 10 .545 3.70 202.0 235 92 83 15 50 120 6 1.411 10.5 2.2 5.3 2.40 0.7 32
1978 29 10 10 .500 3.96 184.0 233 90 81 18 72 88 2 1.658 11.4 3.5 4.3 1.22 0.9 30
1979 30 1 4 .200 6.23 52.0 76 40 36 3 23 26 4 1.904 13.2 4.0 4.5 1.13 0.5 11
1981 32 0 1 .000 12.46 13.0 23 20 18 3 7 4 0 2.308 15.9 4.8 2.8 0.57 2.1 3
9 Yrs 65 63 .508 4.01 1189.0 1340 587 530 104 408 659 29 1.470 10.1 5.0 1.62 0.8 222

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1976 NL  2.57 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1975 NL  15 (9th)
1976 NL  16 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 NL  .625 (9th)
1977 NL  .636 (8th)
1978 NL  .625 (8th)
Career  .574 (205th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1975 NL  1.118 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  2.131 (4th)
1977 NL  2.077 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1975 NL  257.7 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1975 NL  38 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1977 NL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1974 NL  20 (7th)
1976 NL  18 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1977 NL  232 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1975 NL  2.475 (7th)
1977 NL  2.571 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 NL  0.636 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 NL  7 (7th)
1977 NL  6 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1975 NL  1,046 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1976 NL  133 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1976 NL  24 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1976 NL  2.7 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1976 NL  28.02 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1976 NL  2.9 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1975 NL  2.4 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1976 NL  3.2 (2nd)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 30 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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