Lance Rautzhan

Clarence George Rautzhan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 20, 1952 in Pottsville, PA
High School: Blue Mountain HS (Pottsville, PA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 1977
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Brewers 1977-1979

Final Game: June 3, 1979
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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
1970	17	LAD-min	Rk	7	1	.875	2.65	14	14					85.0	73	43	25	3	36								1.282	7.7	0.3	3.8			OGD · PION
1971	18	LAD-min	A	14	5	.737	2.08	25	25				0	173.0	146	56	40	1	66		119						1.225	7.6	0.1	3.4	6.2	1.80	DYB · FLOR
1972	19	LAD-min	A	10	9	.526	3.88	24	17				1	109.0	117	68	47	4	56		91						1.587	9.7	0.3	4.6	7.5	1.63	BAK · CALL
1973	20	LAD-min	AA	4	7	.364	4.40	26	10					92.0	94	54	45	2	50								1.565	9.2	0.2	4.9			WBY · EL
1974	21	LAD-min	AA	7	11	.389	3.24	25	25		6	0	0	164.0	161	78	59	8	57	3	68	5	0	4			1.329	8.8	0.4	3.1	3.7	1.19	WBY · EL
1975	22	LAD-min	AA	14	10	.583	2.06	28	28					218.0	200	73	50	6	62								1.202	8.3	0.2	2.6			WBY · EL
1976	23	LAD-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.22	40	4		0	0	3	81.0	97	50	38	4	41	9	48	0	0	5			1.704	10.8	0.4	4.6	5.3	1.17	ABQ · PCL
1977	24	LAD-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.86	28	4		0	0	4	74.0	82	46	40	4	42	1	45	1	0	7			1.676	10.0	0.5	5.1	5.5	1.07	ABQ · PCL
1977	24	LAD	NL	4	1	.800	4.35	25	0	5	0	0	2	20.2	25	10	10	0	7	1	13	0	0	0	89	90	1.548	10.9	0.0	3.0	5.7	1.86
1978	25	LAD-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.96	16	0		0	0	3	25.0	39	16	11	0	11	1	15	1	0	3			2.000	14.0	0.0	4.0	5.4	1.36	ABQ · PCL
1978	25	LAD	NL	2	1	.667	2.93	43	0	18	0	0	4	61.1	61	22	20	1	19	3	25	1	0	1	258	120	1.304	9.0	0.1	2.8	3.7	1.32
1979	26	MIL-min	AA	6	4	.600	3.08	11	11		2	0	0	73.0	66	32	25	1	31	1	41	1	0	3			1.329	8.1	0.1	3.8	5.1	1.32	HLY · EL
1979	26	TOT	MLB	0	2	.000	7.82	15	0	10	0	0	1	12.2	12	12	11	0	21	2	7	1	0	6	67	51	2.605	8.5	0.0	14.9	5.0	0.33
1979	26	LAD	NL	0	2	.000	7.45	12	0	10	0	0	1	9.2	9	9	8	0	11	2	5	1	0	2	47	51	2.069	8.4	0.0	10.2	4.7	0.45
1979	26	MIL	AL	0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	3	3	0	10	0	2	0	0	4	20	52	4.333	9.0	0.0	30.0	6.0	0.20
1980	27	MIL-min	AAA	2	4	.333	5.42	36	11		0	0	1	78.0	76	53	47	1	71	3	32	0	0	12			1.885	8.8	0.1	8.2	3.7	0.45	VAN · PCL
3 Yrs				6	4	.600	3.90	83	0	33	0	0	7	94.2	98	44	41	1	47	6	45	2	0	7	414	94	1.532	9.3	0.1	4.5	4.3	0.96
162 Game Avg.				5	3	.600	3.90	68	0	27	0	0	6	78	80	36	34	1	39	5	37	2	0	6	339	94	1.532	9.3	0.1	4.5	4.3	0.96

LAD (3 yrs)				6	4	.600	3.73	80	0	33	0	0	7	91.2	95	41	38	1	37	6	43	2	0	3	394	98	1.440	9.3	0.1	3.6	4.2	1.16
MIL (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	3	3	0	10	0	2	0	0	4	20	52	4.333	9.0	0.0	30.0	6.0	0.20

NL (3 yrs)				6	4	.600	3.73	80	0	33	0	0	7	91.2	95	41	38	1	37	6	43	2	0	3	394	98	1.440	9.3	0.1	3.6	4.2	1.16
AL (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	3	3	0	10	0	2	0	0	4	20	52	4.333	9.0	0.0	30.0	6.0	0.20

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
1977	24	LAD	NL	20.2	25	0	10	4.35	4.34	0.07	-0.33	97.0	3.82	-1	-0.1	2.4	-0.2	-0.1	1	.494	.499	$
1978	25	LAD	NL	61.1	43	0	22	3.23	4.00	0.03	-0.33	95.4	3.47	1	0.1	1.3	-0.1	0.5	7	.503	.501	$23,500
1979	26	LAD	NL	9.2	12	0	9	8.38	4.03	-0.22	-0.32	95.6	3.75	-5	-0.5	1.7	-0.2	-0.7	-4	.456	.497	$
1979	26	MIL	AL	3.0	3	0	3	9.00	4.89	0.03	-0.39	98.8	4.41	-2	-0.1	.4	0.0	-0.1	-1	.451	.499	$
3 Seasons				94.2	83	0	44	4.18	4.10	0.01	-0.33	95.9	3.61	-7	-0.7	1.7	-0.4	-0.4	3	.491	.499	$23,500

LAD (3 yrs)				91.2	80	0	41	4.03	4.08	0.01	-0.33	95.8	3.58	-5	-0.6	1.7	-0.4	-0.3	4	.493	.499	$23,500
MIL (1 yr)				3.0	3	0	3	9.00	4.89	0.03	-0.39	98.8	4.41	-2	-0.1	.4	0.0	-0.1	-1	.451	.499	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	W-L%	ERA	G	IP	H	R	ER	BB	IBB	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/BB
1977	24	LAD	NL	NLCS	W	PHI	1	1.000	0.00	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.0	0.0
1977	24	LAD	NL	WS	L	NYY	0		0.00	1	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	3	6.000	0.0	54.0	0.00
1978	25	LAD	NL	NLCS	W	PHI	0		6.75	1	1.1	3	1	1	2	2	9	3.750	20.3	13.5	0.00
1978	25	LAD	NL	WS	L	NYY	0		13.50	2	2.0	4	3	3	0	0	9	2.000	18.0	0.0
2 Yrs (4 Series)							1	1.000	9.00	5	4.0	7	4	4	4	2	22	2.750	15.8	9.0	0.00
2 NLCS							1	1.000	5.40	2	1.2	3	1	1	2	2	10	3.000	16.2	10.8	0.00
2 WS							0		11.57	3	2.1	4	3	3	2	0	12	2.571	15.4	7.7	0.00

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
1977	24	LAD	NL	25	89	80	10	25	4	0	0	0	0	7	13	.313	.364	.363	.726	.368	29	6	0	1	1	1	1
1978	25	LAD	NL	43	258	232	22	61	6	1	1	4	3	19	25	.263	.318	.310	.628	.287	72	5	1	3	3	3	3
1979	26	LAD	NL	12	47	33	9	9	1	0	0	1	0	11	5	.273	.447	.303	.750	.300	10	1	1	0	2	2	1
1979	26	MIL	AL	3	20	10	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	10	2	.300	.650	.300	.950	.375	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	26	TOT	MLB	15	67	43	12	12	1	0	0	2	1	21	7	.279	.507	.302	.810	.316	13	1	1	0	2	2	2
3 Yrs				83	414	355	44	98	11	1	1	6	4	47	45	.276	.359	.321	.680	.308	114	12	2	4	6	6	6
162 Game Avg.				68	339	291	36	80	9	1	1	5	3	39	37	.276	.359	.321	.680	.308	93	10	2	3	5	5	5
MLB Averages																.263	.328	.392	.720	.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
1977	24	LAD	NL	-0.5	-0.1	90	-0.1	3.0	-3.1	2.20	0.1	-0.2	1.8	0.2	2.20	0.9	15	5	5
1978	25	LAD	NL	4.4	0.5	267	-0.4	4.5	-4.9	1.09	0.5	-0.8	1.9	0.2	1.09	6.2	14	6	23
1979	26	TOT	MLB	-5.2	-0.5	79	-1.3	0.5	-1.7	1.04	-0.6	-0.6	-7.0	-0.7	0.98	-5.7	4	1	9
1979	26	LAD	NL	-4.0	-0.4	51	-1.2	0.4	-1.6	1.36	-0.3	-0.6	-5.6	-0.6	1.36	-3.3	4	0	7
1979	26	MIL	AL	-1.3	-0.1	28	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.29	-0.3	0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.29	-2.5	0	1	2
3 Yrs				-1.4	-0.1	436	-1.8	8.0	-9.8	1.30	0.0	-1.4	-3.2	-0.3	1.30	1.3	33	12	37

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
1977	24	LAD	NL	25	25	5	4	1	6	2	4	33%	12	6	37	11	30%	8	2.200	15	5	5	14	5	6	18	7	6	16	7	4	2.5
1978	25	LAD	NL	43	43	18	2	1	6	4	2	67%	11	5	44	15	34%	8	1.085	14	6	23	16	3	24	23	20	23	13	25	13	4.3
1979	26	TOT	MLB	15	15	10	0	2	3	1	2	33%	3	0	18	5	28%		1.042	4	1	9	3	1	11	9	6	3	7	5	3	2.5
1979	26	LAD	NL	12	12	10	0	2	3	1	2	33%	3	0	16	4	25%	9	1.361	4	0	7	3	1	8	8	4	2	6	3	3	2.4
1979	26	MIL	AL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	4	.294	0	1	2	0	0	3	1	2	1	1	2	0	3.0
3 Yrs				83	83	33	6	4	15	7	8	47%	26	11	99	31	31%		1.318	33	12	37	33	9	41	50	33	32	36	37	20	3.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	24	LAD	NL	89	34%	0.0%	14.6%	7.9%	4.5%	16%	3.90	76%	32	6	19%
1978	25	LAD	NL	258	26%	0.4%	9.7%	7.4%	3.1%	13%	2.00	81%	54	5	9%
1979	26	TOT	MLB	67	33%	0.0%	10.5%	31.3%	1.5%	8%	2.25	57%	23	1	4%
1979	26	LAD	NL	47	28%	0.0%	10.6%	23.4%	2.1%	11%	1.75	64%	19	1	5%
1979	26	MIL	AL	20	45%	0.0%	10.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0%		40%	4	0	0%
3 Yrs				414	29%	0.2%	10.9%	11.4%	3.1%	13%	2.30	76%	109	12	11%
MLB Averages					45%	2.1%	12.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	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
1977	24	LAD	NL	89	25			0	0	7	0	0	0	0	14	6	0	43%	1	0	1	51	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1978	25	LAD	NL	258	61			1	0	13	0	1	1	0	25	15	1	60%	3	1	1	101	4	3	57%	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	8	0
1979	26	TOT	MLB	67	12			0	0	5	0	0	0	0	13	9	1	69%	2	6	0	31	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1979	26	LAD	NL	47	9			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	10	7	0	70%	1	2	0	26	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1979	26	MIL	AL	20	3			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	67%	1	4	0	5	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3 Yrs				414	98			1	0	25	0	1	1	0	52	30	2	58%	6	7	2	183	6	4	60%	5	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	21	0
MLB Averages																		52%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1977	24	4	1	.800	4.35	25	5	2	20.2	25	10	10	0	7	1	13	0	0	89	90	1.548	10.9	0.0	3.0	5.7	1.86	90
1978	25	6	2	.750	3.29	68	23	6	82.0	86	32	30	1	26	4	38	1	1	347	110	1.366	9.4	0.1	2.9	4.2	1.46	110
1979	26	6	4	.600	3.90	83	33	7	94.2	98	44	41	1	47	6	45	2	7	414	94	1.532	9.3	0.1	4.5	4.3	0.96	94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1977	24	1	1	.500	5.21	19.0	26	12	11	0	7	12	0	1.737	12.3	3.3	5.7	1.71	0.0	25
1978	25	3	3	.500	3.63	57.0	65	26	23	1	20	23	1	1.491	10.3	3.2	3.6	1.15	0.2	43
1979	26	0	1	.000	9.82	11.0	12	13	12	0	21	6	1	3.000	9.8	17.2	4.9	0.29	0.0	15
3 Yrs		4	5	.444	4.76	87.0	103	51	46	1	48	41	2	1.736	10.7		4.2	0.85	0.1	83

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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