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Doug Rau
Douglas James Rau
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 15, 1948 in Columbus, TX
Schools: Texas A&M University
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (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

Standard Batting

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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 13 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
9 Seasons 219 454 377 21 58 3 1 0 21 0 0 28 95 .154 .213 .167 .380 8 63 10 1 46 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 336 279 16 43 2 1 0 16 0 0 21 70 .154 .213 .167 .380 8 47 7 1 34 1 0

Postseason Batting

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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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 LAD NL 23 P 7 3 32.2 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.65 0.86 .950 1.79 0.73
1973 LAD NL 24 P 31 3 63.2 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.27 0.29 .944 1.88 0.73
1974 LAD NL 25 P 36 35 198.1 35 8 27 0 3 1.000 1.59 0.97 .940 1.88 0.71
1975 LAD NL 26 P 38 38 257.2 51 6 40 5 1 .902 1.61 1.21 .949 1.86 0.72
1976 LAD NL 27 P 34 32 231.0 45 5 39 1 1 .978 1.71 1.29 .949 1.88 0.72
1977 LAD NL 28 P 32 32 212.1 33 3 30 0 0 1.000 1.40 1.03 .948 1.85 0.67
1978 LAD NL 29 P 30 30 199.0 28 3 24 1 2 .964 1.22 0.90 .950 1.91 0.72
1979 LAD NL 30 P 11 11 56.0 12 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.09 .950 1.80 0.66
1981 CAL AL 32 P 3 3 10.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 0.33 1.000 2.00 0.80
9 Seasons P 222 187 1261.0 220 29 184 7 8 .968 1.52 0.96 .948 1.87 0.71
9 Seasons TOT 222 187 1261.0 220 29 184 7 8 .968 1.52 0.96 .916 1.87 0.71

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

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1978 NL--13--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 27 (874), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (879), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the 1967 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

February 12, 1981: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

April 22, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

September 25, 1981: Released by the California Angels.

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