Lance Rautzhan
Clarence George Rautzhan
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 20, 1952 in Pottsville, PA
High School: Blue Mountain (Pottsville, PA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 1977
Final Game: June 3, 1979
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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
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 88 1.548 10.9 0.0 3.0 5.7 1.86
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 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 48 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 49 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 47 4.333 9.0 0.0 30.0 6.0 0.20
3 Seasons 6 4 .600 3.90 83 0 33 0 0 7 94.2 98 44 41 1 47 6 45 2 0 7 414 93 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 93 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 96 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 47 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 96 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 47 4.333 9.0 0.0 30.0 6.0 0.20

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
1977 24 LAD NL NLCS W PHI 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 24 LAD NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 0.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
1978 25 LAD NL NLCS W PHI 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 3.750 20.3 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
1978 25 LAD NL WS L NYY 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 1 0 1.000 9.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 22 2.750 15.8 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2 NLCS 1 0 1.000 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 10 3.000 16.2 0.0 10.8 0.0 0.00
2 WS 0 0 11.57 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.00

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
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
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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 83 414 355 44 98 11 1 1 6 4 47 45 .276 .359 .321 .680 .308 114 12 2 4 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
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
1977 24 LAD NL 25 25 5 4 1 6 2 4 33% 12 6 37 11 30% 8 2.232 15 6 4 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 1.161 14 13 16 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% 1.056 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 1.366 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 0.327 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 2 0 3.0
3 Seasons 83 83 33 6 4 15 7 8 47% 26 11 99 31 31% 1.374 33 20 29 33 9 41 50 33 32 36 37 20 3.4

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%
1977 24 LAD NL 89 66% 0.0% 14.6% 7.9% 4.5% 16% 3.90 76% 32 6 19%
1978 25 LAD NL 258 74% 0.4% 9.7% 7.4% 3.1% 13% 2.00 81% 54 5 9%
1979 26 TOT MLB 67 67% 0.0% 10.5% 31.3% 1.5% 8% 2.25 57% 23 1 4%
1979 26 LAD NL 47 72% 0.0% 10.6% 23.4% 2.1% 11% 1.75 64% 19 1 5%
1979 26 MIL AL 20 55% 0.0% 10.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0% 40% 4 0 0%
3 Seasons 414 71% 0.2% 10.9% 11.4% 3.1% 13% 2.30 76% 109 12 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
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 1 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 1 0 5 0
3 Seasons 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 2 1 21 0
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+
1977 24 4 1 .800 4.35 25 0 5 0 0 2 20.2 25 10 10 0 7 1 13 0 0 0 89 88 1.548 10.9 0.0 3.0 5.7 1.86 88
1978 25 6 2 .750 3.29 68 0 23 0 0 6 82.0 86 32 30 1 26 4 38 1 0 1 347 109 1.366 9.4 0.1 2.9 4.2 1.46 109
1979 26 6 4 .600 3.90 83 0 33 0 0 7 94.2 98 44 41 1 47 6 45 2 0 7 414 93 1.532 9.3 0.1 4.5 4.3 0.96 93

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1977 24 1 1 .500 5.21 19.0 25 12 11 0 7 12 0 1.684 11.8 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 Seasons 4 5 .444 4.76 87.0 102 51 46 1 48 41 2 1.724 10.6 4.2 0.85 0.1 83

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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