Doug Rau
Douglas James Rau
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
Final Game: May 26, 1981
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Standard Pitching

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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 0 130 152 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 88 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 2 950 132 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 42 1.742 12.2 1.7 3.5 2.6 0.75
9 Seasons 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 42 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 42 1.742 12.2 1.7 3.5 2.6 0.75

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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*

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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
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
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
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
1975 26 LAD NL 38 1047 964 96 227 44 1 18 6 6 61 151 .235 .282 .339 .621 .262 327 17 3 15 4 1
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
1977 28 LAD NL 32 895 821 87 232 46 3 15 13 13 49 126 .283 .325 .401 .726 .316 329 22 6 12 7 2
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
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
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
9 Seasons 222 5314 4801 512 1259 217 25 99 59 56 382 697 .262 .318 .380 .698 .287 1823 107 28 71 32 14
162 Game Avg. 37 884 798 85 209 36 4 16 10 9 64 116 .262 .318 .380 .698 .287 303 18 5 12 5 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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% 50 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 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 3 3 8 2 29 76% 57 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% 57 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 5 4 4 2 18 56% 52 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 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% 43 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 58 22 2 1 0 1 3.7 6.5 3.4
9 Seasons 222 187 76 58 53 14 22 97 90 .519 18 17 33 11 117 63% 53 85 -1 154 47 39 58 4.2 4.3 6.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.857 0 2 2 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 1.114 8 10 10 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 1.024 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 1.049 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 4.0
4 Seasons 108 35 17 5 2 4 3 1 75% 5 0 16 3 19% 1.036 9 13 13 6 6 23 11 24 18 6 19 1 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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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 82% 0.8% 14.6% 8.5% 6.2% 44% 0.80 73% 20 1 5%
1973 24 LAD NL 280 74% 1.8% 18.2% 10.0% 6.4% 28% 0.99 69% 52 4 8%
1974 25 LAD NL 848 80% 2.4% 14.9% 8.3% 6.0% 27% 1.04 73% 147 12 8%
1975 26 LAD NL 1047 78% 1.7% 14.4% 5.8% 6.0% 28% 0.89 76% 176 17 10%
1976 27 LAD NL 950 79% 1.9% 10.3% 7.3% 5.7% 24% 0.93 79% 155 26 17%
1977 28 LAD NL 896 80% 1.7% 14.1% 5.5% 7.2% 28% 1.05 77% 172 22 13%
1978 29 LAD NL 859 81% 2.0% 11.1% 7.9% 7.1% 28% 0.95 77% 170 20 12%
1979 30 LAD NL 260 82% 1.2% 10.8% 8.5% 6.9% 25% 0.71 77% 47 3 6%
1981 32 CAL AL 45 80% 4.4% 6.7% 8.9% 8.9% 29% 1.00 80% 14 2 14%
9 Seasons 5315 79% 1.9% 13.1% 7.2% 6.4% 27% 0.95 76% 953 107 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 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 6 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 3 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 3 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 Seasons 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 16 4 71 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 0 130 152 0.888 5.0 0.3 3.0 5.2 1.73 152
1973 24 6 4 .600 3.36 38 6 17 2 0 3 96.1 82 39 36 6 39 4 70 2 0 0 410 102 1.256 7.7 0.6 3.6 6.5 1.79 102
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 101 1.213 8.1 0.7 2.8 5.7 2.04 101
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 109 1.246 8.6 0.7 2.6 5.2 1.98 109
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

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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
1972 23 2 1 .667 2.38 34.0 20 10 9 1 12 20 1 0.941 5.3 3.2 5.3 1.67 0.3 7
1973 24 2 4 .333 4.80 60.0 69 36 32 5 30 48 1 1.650 10.4 4.5 7.2 1.60 0.8 31
1974 25 9 11 .450 4.45 188.0 206 103 93 22 75 119 4 1.495 9.9 3.6 5.7 1.59 1.1 36
1975 26 14 13 .519 3.71 245.0 243 112 101 19 65 144 3 1.257 8.9 2.4 5.3 2.22 0.7 38
1976 27 14 9 .609 3.23 212.0 235 84 76 19 73 90 7 1.453 10.0 3.1 3.8 1.23 0.8 34
1977 28 12 10 .545 3.70 202.0 234 92 83 15 49 120 6 1.401 10.4 2.2 5.3 2.45 0.7 32
1978 29 10 10 .500 3.96 184.0 232 90 81 18 72 88 2 1.652 11.3 3.5 4.3 1.22 0.9 30
1979 30 1 4 .200 6.11 53.0 75 40 36 3 23 26 4 1.849 12.7 3.9 4.4 1.13 0.5 11
1981 32 0 1 .000 11.77 13.0 22 19 17 3 6 4 0 2.154 15.2 4.2 2.8 0.67 2.1 3
9 Seasons 64 63 .504 3.99 1191.0 1336 586 528 105 405 659 28 1.462 10.1 5.0 1.63 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  2.571 (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 (6th)
1977 NL  .636 (8th)
1978 NL  .625 (7th)
Career  .574 (202nd)

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  .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  1046 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1976 NL  132 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 30 (775), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (883), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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