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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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	52	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 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	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)			NL	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)			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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1977	24	LAD	NL	20.2	0	10	11	0	2.2	1	0.0	$
1978	25	LAD	NL	61.1	0	22	31	0	1.1	9	0.6	$
1979	26	LAD	NL	9.2	0	9	5	0	1.2	-4	-0.6	$
1979	26	MIL	AL	3.0	0	3	2	0	.3	-1	-0.1	$
3 Seasons				94.2	0	44	49	0	1.3	5	-0.1	$

LAD (3 yrs)				91.2	0	41	47	0	1.4	6	0.0	$
MIL (1 yr)				3.0	0	3	2	0	.3	-1	-0.1	$

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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1970	17	LAD-min	Rk	14	38	38		4	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211		4						OGD · PION
1971	18	LAD-min	A	25	64	61	7	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	21	.180	.219	.180	.399		11						DYB · FLOR
1972	19	LAD-min	A	24	39	33	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	18	.091	.231	.091	.322		3						BAK · CALL
1973	20	LAD-min	AA	26	25	25		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0						WBY · EL
1974	21	LAD-min	AA	25	62	55	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	31	.036	.102	.036	.138		2		0	3	0		WBY · EL
1975	22	LAD-min	AA																									WBY · EL
1976	23	LAD-min	AAA	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
1977	24	LAD-min	AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
1977	24	LAD	NL	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	25	LAD-min	AAA	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
1978	25	LAD	NL	43	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1979	26	MIL-min	AA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		HLY · EL
1979	26	TOT	MLB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	26	LAD	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	26	MIL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1980	27	MIL-min	AAA	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		VAN · PCL
3 Seasons				83	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	4	0	0

LAD (3 yrs)				80	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				80	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
AL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1977	24	LAD	NL	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	1
1978	25	LAD	NL	6	-1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$23,500	1
2 Seasons				7	-1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$23,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
1977	24	LAD	NL	NLCS	PHI	W	1
1977	24	LAD	NL	WS	NYY	L	1
1978	25	LAD	NL	NLCS	PHI	W	1
2 Seasons (3 Series)							3
2 NLCS							2
1 WS							1

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1977	LAD	NL	24	P	25	20.2	6	0	5	1	1	.833	2.18	0.20	.950	1.87	1.85	0	0		0
1978	LAD	NL	25	P	43	61.1	25	9	15	1	1	.960	3.52	0.56	.951	1.91	1.89	4	3	43%	1
1979	TOT	MLB	26	P	15	12.2	7	4	3	0	0	1.000	4.97	0.47	.951	1.78	1.82	2	1	33%	0
1979	LAD	NL	26	P	12	9.2	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	4.66	0.42	.952	1.77	1.80	1	0	0%	0
1979	MIL	AL	26	P	3	3.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	6.00	0.67	.950	1.80	1.90	1	1	50%	0
	3 Seasons			P	83	94.2	38	13	23	2	2	.947	3.42	0.43	.951	1.88	1.87	6	4	40%	1
	3 Seasons			TOT	83	94.2	38	13	23	2	2	.947	3.42	0.43	.951	1.88	1.87	6	4	40%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1978 NL 3.52 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1978 NL 3.52 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor

Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft.
May 11, 1979: Purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
October 24, 1979: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Kevin Gillen (minors).

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1978	25	Los Angeles Dodgers	$23,500	2/10/79 TSN

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$23,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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