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Steve Renko

Steven Renko

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: December 10, 1944 in Kansas City, KS
High School: Wyandotte HS (Kansas City, KS)
School: University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 24th round of the 1965 amateur draft.
Signed July 10, 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1969
Teams (by GP): Expos/RedSox/Angels/Cubs/Athletics/... 1969-1983

Final Game: August 28, 1983
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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
1969 24 MON NL 6 7 .462 4.01 18 15 2 4 0 0 103.1 94 54 46 14 50 6 68 2 0 4 445 92 1.394 8.2 1.2 4.4 5.9 1.36
1970 25 MON NL 13 11 .542 4.32 41 33 4 7 1 1 222.2 203 121 107 27 104 7 142 6 0 3 962 95 1.379 8.2 1.1 4.2 5.7 1.37
1971 26 MON NL 15 14 .517 3.75 40 37 2 9 3 0 275.2 256 128 115 24 135 11 129 3 0 11 1193 93 1.418 8.4 0.8 4.4 4.2 0.96
1972 27 MON NL 1 10 .091 5.20 30 12 6 0 0 0 97.0 96 60 56 11 67 10 66 0 0 4 439 68 1.680 8.9 1.0 6.2 6.1 0.99
1973 28 MON NL 15 11 .577 2.81 36 34 1 9 0 1 249.2 201 94 78 26 108 12 164 1 0 9 1044 135 1.238 7.2 0.9 3.9 5.9 1.52
1974 29 MON NL 12 16 .429 4.03 37 35 1 8 1 0 227.2 222 115 102 17 81 8 138 0 1 19 960 96 1.331 8.8 0.7 3.2 5.5 1.70
1975 30 MON NL 6 12 .333 4.07 31 25 1 3 1 1 170.1 175 89 77 20 76 7 99 1 1 8 751 95 1.474 9.2 1.1 4.0 5.2 1.30
1976 31 TOT NL 8 12 .400 3.98 33 28 1 4 1 0 176.1 179 87 78 14 46 8 116 0 0 1 742 96 1.276 9.1 0.7 2.3 5.9 2.52
1976 31 MON NL 0 1 .000 5.54 5 1 1 0 0 0 13.0 15 8 8 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 56 69 1.385 10.4 1.4 2.1 2.8 1.33
1976 31 CHC NL 8 11 .421 3.86 28 27 0 4 1 0 163.1 164 79 70 12 43 8 112 0 0 1 686 99 1.267 9.0 0.7 2.4 6.2 2.60
1977 32 TOT MLB 7 2 .778 4.04 21 16 2 0 0 1 104.2 106 55 47 13 38 6 70 2 0 1 445 106 1.376 9.1 1.1 3.3 6.0 1.84
1977 32 CHC NL 2 2 .500 4.56 13 8 2 0 0 1 51.1 51 32 26 10 21 6 34 1 0 1 222 97 1.403 8.9 1.8 3.7 6.0 1.62
1977 32 CHW AL 5 0 1.000 3.54 8 8 0 0 0 0 53.1 55 23 21 3 17 0 36 1 0 0 223 117 1.350 9.3 0.5 2.9 6.1 2.12
1978 33 OAK AL 6 12 .333 4.29 27 25 2 3 1 0 151.0 152 77 72 10 67 4 89 2 1 1 660 85 1.450 9.1 0.6 4.0 5.3 1.33
1979 34 BOS AL 11 9 .550 4.11 27 27 0 4 1 0 171.0 174 86 78 22 53 1 99 2 0 3 730 108 1.327 9.2 1.2 2.8 5.2 1.87
1980 35 BOS AL 9 9 .500 4.19 32 23 3 1 0 0 165.1 180 86 77 17 56 4 90 1 1 2 708 101 1.427 9.8 0.9 3.0 4.9 1.61
1981 36 CAL AL 8 4 .667 3.44 22 15 5 0 0 1 102.0 93 40 39 7 42 1 50 1 0 0 424 106 1.324 8.2 0.6 3.7 4.4 1.19
1982 37 CAL AL 11 6 .647 4.44 31 23 4 4 0 0 156.0 163 78 77 17 51 0 81 1 0 3 665 91 1.372 9.4 1.0 2.9 4.7 1.59
1983 38 KCR AL 6 11 .353 4.30 25 17 2 1 0 1 121.1 144 63 58 9 36 1 54 0 0 4 536 95 1.484 10.7 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.50
15 Yrs 134 146 .479 3.99 451 365 36 57 9 6 2494.0 2438 1233 1107 248 1010 86 1455 22 4 73 10704 98 1.383 8.8 0.9 3.6 5.3 1.44
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .479 3.99 38 30 3 5 1 1 208 203 103 92 21 84 7 121 2 0 6 892 98 1.383 8.8 0.9 3.6 5.3 1.44
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
MON (8 yrs) 68 82 .453 3.90 238 192 18 40 6 3 1359.1 1262 669 589 141 624 61 810 13 2 58 5850 97 1.387 8.4 0.9 4.1 5.4 1.30
BOS (2 yrs) 20 18 .526 4.15 59 50 3 5 1 0 336.1 354 172 155 39 109 5 189 3 1 5 1438 105 1.377 9.5 1.0 2.9 5.1 1.73
CAL (2 yrs) 19 10 .655 4.05 53 38 9 4 0 1 258.0 256 118 116 24 93 1 131 2 0 3 1089 96 1.353 8.9 0.8 3.2 4.6 1.41
CHC (2 yrs) 10 13 .435 4.02 41 35 2 4 1 1 214.2 215 111 96 22 64 14 146 1 0 2 908 99 1.300 9.0 0.9 2.7 6.1 2.28
KCR (1 yr) 6 11 .353 4.30 25 17 2 1 0 1 121.1 144 63 58 9 36 1 54 0 0 4 536 95 1.484 10.7 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.50
OAK (1 yr) 6 12 .333 4.29 27 25 2 3 1 0 151.0 152 77 72 10 67 4 89 2 1 1 660 85 1.450 9.1 0.6 4.0 5.3 1.33
CHW (1 yr) 5 0 1.000 3.54 8 8 0 0 0 0 53.1 55 23 21 3 17 0 36 1 0 0 223 117 1.350 9.3 0.5 2.9 6.1 2.12
NL (9 yrs) 78 95 .451 3.92 279 227 20 44 7 4 1574.0 1477 780 685 163 688 75 956 14 2 60 6758 97 1.375 8.4 0.9 3.9 5.5 1.39
AL (7 yrs) 56 51 .523 4.13 172 138 16 13 2 2 920.0 961 453 422 85 322 11 499 8 2 13 3946 98 1.395 9.4 0.8 3.2 4.9 1.55

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 Awards
1969 24 MON NL 103.1 18 15 54 4.70 4.11 -0.32 0.04 102.6 4.58 -2 -0.3 .0 -0.1 0.6 9 .485 .498 $
1970 25 MON NL 222.2 41 33 121 4.89 4.49 0.14 0.06 101.3 4.46 -14 -1.4 .8 -0.1 0.3 12 .466 .491 $
1971 26 MON NL 275.2 40 37 128 4.18 3.98 0.03 0.06 100.8 4.05 -7 -0.8 1.9 -0.2 1.2 20 .481 .495 $
1972 27 MON NL 97.0 30 12 60 5.57 4.06 0.14 -0.04 102.1 3.96 -19 -2.0 .3 0.2 -1.1 -9 .433 .488 $
1973 28 MON NL 249.2 36 34 94 3.39 4.09 0.22 0.12 103.3 4.11 20 2.3 1.3 -0.1 4.1 43 .564 .514 $
1974 29 MON NL 227.2 37 35 115 4.55 4.16 0.21 0.12 106.4 4.33 -7 -0.7 .3 -0.1 0.9 16 .481 .496 $54,000
1975 30 MON NL 170.1 31 25 89 4.70 4.21 0.05 0.11 105.7 4.51 -5 -0.5 1.3 -0.1 0.7 12 .482 .497 $
1976 31 MON NL 13.0 5 1 8 5.54 4.46 -0.15 -0.17 109.0 4.84 -1 -0.1 .5 0.0 0.0 0 .475 .499 $
1976 31 CHC NL 163.1 28 27 79 4.35 3.97 -0.24 0.12 109.6 4.75 6 0.7 .2 -0.1 1.9 22 .524 .504 $
1977 32 CHC NL 51.1 13 8 32 5.61 4.74 -0.26 0.06 118.2 5.98 2 0.2 .4 -0.1 0.5 7 .514 .501 $
1977 32 CHW AL 53.1 8 8 23 3.88 4.44 -0.55 0.14 100.2 5.14 7 0.8 -0.0 1.2 13 .602 .505 $
1978 33 OAK AL 151.0 27 25 77 4.59 4.22 -0.25 0.10 96.3 4.40 -3 -0.3 .6 -0.1 0.9 13 .489 .498 $
1979 34 BOS AL 171.0 27 27 86 4.53 4.67 0.23 0.15 104.9 4.82 5 0.6 -0.1 2.0 25 .521 .503 $120,000
1980 35 BOS AL 165.1 32 23 86 4.68 4.56 0.05 0.04 105.3 4.80 1 0.1 .7 -0.1 1.4 20 .504 .501 $
1981 36 CAL AL 102.0 22 15 40 3.53 4.24 -0.02 0.05 97.0 4.18 7 0.9 .8 -0.1 1.6 14 .539 .505 $
1982 37 CAL AL 156.0 31 23 78 4.50 4.54 0.31 0.08 97.7 4.21 -4 -0.4 1.6 -0.1 0.7 11 .486 .497 $
1983 38 KCR AL 121.1 25 17 63 4.67 4.56 -0.16 0.07 100.5 4.81 2 0.2 1.1 -0.1 1.1 15 .507 .501 $350,000
15 Seasons 2494.0 451 365 1233 4.45 4.28 0.03 0.08 103.0 4.46 -10 -0.8 .8 -1.2 18.0 242 .498 .500 $524,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
MON (8 yrs) 1359.1 238 192 669 4.43 4.16 0.10 0.08 103.2 4.27 -34 -3.5 .7 -0.5 6.7 103 .485 .497 $54,000
BOS (2 yrs) 336.1 59 50 172 4.60 4.62 0.14 0.10 105.1 4.81 7 0.7 .7 -0.2 3.4 45 .512 .502 $120,000
CAL (2 yrs) 258.0 53 38 118 4.12 4.42 0.18 0.07 97.4 4.20 3 0.4 1.3 -0.2 2.3 25 .508 .501 $
CHC (2 yrs) 214.2 41 35 111 4.65 4.15 -0.25 0.11 111.7 5.04 8 0.9 .4 -0.1 2.4 29 .521 .503 $
KCR (1 yr) 121.1 25 17 63 4.67 4.56 -0.16 0.07 100.5 4.81 2 0.2 1.1 -0.1 1.1 15 .507 .501 $350,000
OAK (1 yr) 151.0 27 25 77 4.59 4.22 -0.25 0.10 96.3 4.40 -3 -0.3 .6 -0.1 0.9 13 .489 .498 $
CHW (1 yr) 53.1 8 8 23 3.88 4.44 -0.55 0.14 100.2 5.14 7 0.8 -0.0 1.2 13 .602 .505 $

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
1969 24 MON NL 18 428 387 54 94 18 2 14 9 3 50 68 .243 .330 .408 .739 .260 158 9 2 3 3 6 9
1970 25 MON NL 41 962 842 121 203 34 5 27 12 11 104 142 .241 .327 .390 .716 .259 328 17 6 4 6 7 15
1971 26 MON NL 40 1162 1036 128 256 38 11 24 21 6 135 129 .247 .333 .375 .707 .260 388 23 3 9 10 11 11
1972 27 MON NL 30 438 367 60 96 15 5 11 6 8 67 66 .262 .375 .420 .794 .292 154 7 0 4 1 10 4
1973 28 MON NL 36 1044 923 94 201 28 4 26 15 9 108 164 .218 .299 .341 .640 .237 315 19 1 7 5 12 16
1974 29 MON NL 37 960 864 115 222 34 7 17 11 16 81 138 .257 .318 .372 .689 .286 321 14 0 7 8 8 13
1975 30 MON NL 31 751 661 89 175 32 5 20 12 8 76 99 .265 .340 .419 .759 .284 277 10 1 9 4 7 12
1976 31 TOT NL 33 742 687 87 179 28 7 14 13 9 46 116 .261 .307 .383 .689 .296 263 6 0 7 1 8 9
1976 31 CHC NL 28 686 635 79 164 25 7 12 13 8 43 112 .258 .305 .376 .681 .297 239 6 0 6 1 8 8
1976 31 MON NL 5 56 52 8 15 3 0 2 0 1 3 4 .288 .327 .462 .789 .283 24 0 0 1 0 0 1
1977 32 CHW AL 8 223 201 23 55 10 2 3 4 6 17 36 .274 .330 .388 .718 .317 78 5 1 2 2 0 2
1977 32 CHC NL 13 222 198 32 51 12 1 10 5 4 21 34 .258 .330 .480 .810 .265 95 0 1 1 1 6 2
1977 32 TOT MLB 21 445 399 55 106 22 3 13 9 10 38 70 .266 .330 .434 .764 .292 173 5 2 3 3 6 4
1978 33 OAK AL 27 660 574 77 152 23 0 10 18 12 67 89 .265 .342 .357 .699 .296 205 11 2 13 4 4 13
1979 34 BOS AL 27 730 668 86 174 36 7 22 17 6 53 99 .260 .315 .434 .749 .276 290 6 2 3 4 1 6
1980 35 BOS AL 32 708 641 86 180 28 1 17 9 9 56 90 .281 .337 .407 .744 .302 261 12 1 5 5 4 5
1981 36 CAL AL 22 424 372 40 93 20 3 7 11 6 42 50 .250 .323 .376 .699 .268 140 8 1 3 6 1 1
1982 37 CAL AL 31 665 605 78 163 23 6 17 8 8 51 81 .269 .325 .412 .736 .285 249 9 1 3 5 0 6
1983 38 KCR AL 25 536 492 63 144 27 1 9 19 5 36 54 .293 .338 .407 .745 .312 200 7 0 4 4 1 7
15 Yrs 451 10655 9518 1233 2438 406 67 248 190 126 1010 1455 .256 .327 .391 .718 .278 3722 163 22 84 69 86 131
162 Game Avg. 38 888 793 103 203 34 6 21 16 11 84 121 .256 .327 .391 .718 .278 310 14 2 7 6 7 11
MLB Averages .257 .323 .379 .702 .281
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1969 24 MON NL -4.4 -0.4 463 -0.3 6.9 -7.1 .87 -0.9 0.6 -7.3 -0.7 0.89 -10.2 0 0 2
1970 25 MON NL -6.1 -0.6 989 -1.3 16.9 -18.2 1.00 -0.5 -0.8 -5.4 -0.5 1.00 -2.6 1 2 4
1971 26 MON NL -6.6 -0.7 1206 -1.8 19.8 -21.5 1.03 -1.4 -0.3 -10.0 -1.0 1.03 -15.2 1 0 2
1972 27 MON NL -16.2 -1.7 455 -2.7 4.9 -7.6 .74 -1.6 -2.0 -20.0 -2.0 0.74 -17.5 1 0 15
1973 28 MON NL 24.5 2.7 1080 1.7 20.8 -19.1 1.11 0.6 1.0 19.2 2.0 1.11 7.5 1 1 0
1974 29 MON NL -3.6 -0.4 1007 -0.3 16.9 -17.2 1.00 0.2 -0.5 -3.1 -0.3 1.00 3.7 0 0 2
1975 30 MON NL -4.3 -0.4 782 -1.4 14.1 -15.5 1.12 -1.8 0.5 -6.3 -0.6 1.12 -16.9 2 0 4
1976 31 TOT NL -2.0 -0.2 768 -0.3 13.7 -14.1 1.04 0.4 -0.7 -6.4 -0.6 1.04 2.4 0 1 4
1976 31 MON NL -1.8 -0.2 57 -0.4 0.9 -1.3 1.02 -0.3 -0.0 -2.3 -0.2 1.02 -3.1 0 1 3
1976 31 CHC NL -0.2 -0.0 711 0.1 12.9 -12.8 1.04 0.7 -0.6 -4.1 -0.4 1.04 5.5 0 0 1
1977 32 TOT MLB 1.9 0.2 464 0.5 7.9 -7.4 .97 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.97 -1.9 0 2 2
1977 32 CHC NL -1.8 -0.2 232 -0.1 3.1 -3.2 .80 -0.1 0.0 -5.2 -0.5 0.80 -2.8 0 2 2
1977 32 CHW AL 3.7 0.4 232 0.6 4.8 -4.2 1.15 0.2 0.3 5.5 0.6 1.15 0.9 0 0 0
1978 33 OAK AL -9.6 -1.0 691 -0.7 12.2 -12.9 1.09 -0.4 -0.2 -5.3 -0.6 1.09 -6.5 0 1 1
1979 34 BOS AL 7.4 0.7 762 0.3 13.3 -13.0 1.02 0.4 -0.1 5.5 0.5 1.02 7.2 0 0 0
1980 35 BOS AL 1.1 0.1 728 0.4 11.8 -11.4 .91 0.6 -0.2 5.2 0.5 0.91 8.0 1 4 4
1981 36 CAL AL 3.9 0.4 441 0.4 8.0 -7.5 1.05 0.1 0.3 5.6 0.6 1.05 0.8 2 1 4
1982 37 CAL AL -3.7 -0.4 685 -0.3 12.4 -12.7 1.05 0.2 -0.5 1.3 0.1 1.05 2.3 3 1 3
1983 38 KCR AL -2.3 -0.2 565 -0.4 9.3 -9.7 1.01 -0.3 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 1.01 -2.3 2 2 4
15 Yrs -19.9 -1.9 11086 -6.0 188.9 -194.9 1.01 -4.2 -1.7 -27.1 -2.7 1.01 -41.1 14 15 51
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

Starting Pitching*

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
1969 24 MON NL 18 15 6 7 2 1 1 7 8 .467 1 0 4 0 6 40% 50.5 76 26 13 4 4 6 5.0 5.2 6.1
1970 25 MON NL 41 33 13 11 9 2 3 21 12 .636 2 6 7 1 16 48% 49.0 86 15 36 12 22 3 5.4 5.2 6.3
1971 26 MON NL 40 37 15 14 8 1 3 20 16 .556 1 4 9 3 20 54% 51.9 85 10 21 4 20 6 3.8 3.8 7.4
1972 27 MON NL 30 12 1 9 2 1 3 2 10 .167 0 1 0 0 3 25% 36.8 53 18 19 5 2 6 2.6 2.5 4.7
1973 28 MON NL 36 34 15 11 8 0 4 20 14 .588 2 7 9 0 24 71% 57.9 81 25 22 3 16 7 4.1 3.6 7.3
1974 29 MON NL 37 35 12 16 7 4 8 19 16 .543 1 3 8 1 19 54% 50.9 84 19 22 11 17 11 4.1 4.0 6.4
1975 30 MON NL 31 25 6 12 7 1 1 11 14 .440 4 2 3 1 12 48% 48.9 80 25 18 8 7 10 4.2 3.8 6.5
1976 31 TOT NL 33 28 8 12 8 1 5 10 18 .357 3 2 4 1 15 54% 51.4 82 20 21 5 10 6 3.1 3.5 6.0
1976 31 MON NL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.0 27 27 1 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 5.0
1976 31 CHC NL 28 27 8 11 8 1 5 10 17 .370 3 2 4 1 15 56% 52.3 82 20 20 5 10 5 3.2 3.6 6.0
1977 32 TOT MLB 21 16 7 2 7 1 1 8 8 .500 2 5 0 0 8 50% 0.1 77 32 16 5 2 7 4.8 4.2 5.9
1977 32 CHC NL 13 8 2 2 4 0 1 2 6 .250 1 3 0 0 4 50% 49.1 77 32 7 1 2 4 4.6 4.4 5.2
1977 32 CHW AL 8 8 5 0 3 1 0 6 2 .750 1 2 0 0 4 50% 52.1 74 38 9 4 0 3 5.0 4.1 6.7
1978 33 OAK AL 27 25 6 12 7 1 3 8 17 .320 3 2 3 1 14 56% 50.1 82 18 26 14 8 8 2.9 3.2 5.7
1979 34 BOS AL 27 27 11 9 7 2 2 16 11 .593 0 3 4 1 14 52% 49.8 82 21 21 4 2 11 5.5 4.8 6.3
1980 35 BOS AL 32 23 7 9 7 1 3 11 12 .478 3 1 1 0 12 52% 48.0 78 18 23 12 0 8 4.4 3.9 5.7
1981 36 CAL AL 22 15 7 4 4 3 2 9 6 .600 0 2 0 0 7 47% 48.7 71 32 15 5 1 6 4.5 4.7 5.6
1982 37 CAL AL 31 23 8 5 10 2 0 13 10 .565 2 6 4 0 8 35% 47.1 82 24 21 8 1 9 4.8 4.8 5.8
1983 38 KCR AL 25 17 6 8 3 2 2 8 9 .471 0 0 1 0 8 47% 47.2 65 20 20 8 1 11 5.0 4.1 6.0
15 Yrs 451 365 128 141 96 23 41 183 181 .503 24 44 57 9 186 51% 50 86 10 314 108 113 115 4.3 4.1 6.3
MLB Averages .500 54% 52 109 -13 4.2 4.1 6.4
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

Reliever Pitching*

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
1969 24 MON NL 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .873 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 1 12.0
1970 25 MON NL 41 8 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 7 1.000 1 2 4 2 0 6 2 6 3 2 3 1 5.1
1971 26 MON NL 40 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 4 100% 9 1.027 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 2.7
1972 27 MON NL 30 18 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 6 .741 1 0 15 0 1 17 2 16 12 1 12 2 6.7
1973 28 MON NL 36 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 2 100% 4 1.106 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.5
1974 29 MON NL 37 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.004 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1975 30 MON NL 31 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 7 1.115 2 0 4 1 1 4 1 5 3 1 3 0 4.0
1976 31 TOT NL 33 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 1.040 0 1 4 1 0 4 0 5 2 1 2 0 5.2
1976 31 MON NL 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 8 1.022 0 1 3 1 0 3 0 4 2 0 2 0 6.0
1976 31 CHC NL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.042 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
1977 32 TOT MLB 21 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 1 33% .973 0 2 2 1 0 4 2 3 3 1 3 0 6.0
1977 32 CHC NL 13 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 1 33% 7 .795 0 2 2 1 0 4 2 3 3 1 3 0 6.0
1978 33 OAK AL 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 1.091 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 12.0
1980 35 BOS AL 32 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 27% 3 .914 1 4 4 0 0 9 8 1 8 1 8 0 11.2
1981 36 CAL AL 22 7 5 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 2 40% 3 1.047 2 1 4 2 1 4 3 4 6 1 6 0 8.0
1982 37 CAL AL 31 8 4 3 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 8 3 38% 5 1.049 3 1 3 4 2 2 4 4 6 0 6 0 8.3
1983 38 KCR AL 25 8 2 0 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 3 1.013 2 2 4 1 2 5 1 7 6 1 6 1 7.0
14 Yrs 416 86 36 6 5 10 6 4 60% 10 0 44 18 41% 1.011 14 15 51 14 7 65 27 59 58 11 58 5 7.1
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

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1969 24 MON NL 445 66% 3.3% 15.9% 11.7% 7.9% 36% 1.05 72% 80 9 11%
1970 25 MON NL 962 57% 2.8% 14.8% 10.8% 6.9% 33% 0.93 71% 181 17 9%
1971 26 MON NL 1193 53% 2.1% 11.1% 11.6% 6.3% 29% 0.99 77% 236 23 10%
1972 27 MON NL 439 56% 2.5% 15.1% 15.3% 7.1% 32% 0.97 66% 78 7 9%
1973 28 MON NL 1044 54% 2.5% 15.7% 10.3% 5.6% 29% 0.96 71% 175 19 11%
1974 29 MON NL 960 52% 1.8% 14.4% 8.4% 6.0% 26% 0.99 75% 181 14 8%
1975 30 MON NL 751 53% 2.7% 13.2% 10.1% 7.6% 33% 0.90 73% 137 10 7%
1976 31 TOT NL 742 53% 1.9% 15.6% 6.2% 6.6% 27% 0.79 75% 128 6 5%
1976 31 MON NL 56 41% 3.6% 7.1% 5.4% 8.9% 33% 0.62 82% 10 0 0%
1976 31 CHC NL 686 54% 1.8% 16.3% 6.3% 6.4% 27% 0.81 75% 118 6 5%
1977 32 TOT MLB 445 48% 2.9% 15.7% 8.5% 8.5% 36% 0.88 72% 69 5 7%
1977 32 CHC NL 222 51% 4.5% 15.3% 9.5% 10.4% 45% 0.80 70% 27 0 0%
1977 32 CHW AL 223 46% 1.4% 16.1% 7.6% 6.7% 27% 0.97 74% 42 5 12%
1978 33 OAK AL 660 48% 1.5% 13.5% 10.2% 5.0% 22% 0.73 73% 134 11 8%
1979 34 BOS AL 730 52% 3.0% 13.6% 7.3% 8.9% 37% 0.87 75% 106 6 6%
1980 35 BOS AL 708 48% 2.4% 12.7% 7.9% 6.5% 26% 0.88 76% 143 12 8%
1981 36 CAL AL 424 50% 1.7% 11.8% 9.9% 7.1% 32% 0.69 76% 84 8 10%
1982 37 CAL AL 665 51% 2.6% 12.2% 7.7% 6.9% 28% 0.68 77% 115 9 8%
1983 38 KCR AL 536 57% 1.7% 10.1% 6.7% 6.9% 26% 0.73 81% 98 7 7%
15 Yrs 10704 53% 2.3% 13.7% 9.5% 6.8% 30% 0.87 74% 1945 163 8%
MLB Averages 45% 2.0% 13.5% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.10 74% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1969 24 MON NL 428 94 14 0 9 10 4 9 5 22 15 1 68% 9 4 1 148 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 17
1970 25 MON NL 962 203 27 0 23 14 13 21 6 38 15 6 39% 15 3 0 343 12 11 52% 12 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 0
1971 26 MON NL 1162 256 24 0 31 13 9 11 11 59 33 7 56% 11 11 5 456 21 6 78% 19 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 32 31
1972 27 MON NL 438 96 11 1 11 4 7 6 5 33 14 3 42% 4 4 0 153 6 8 43% 5 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 1
1973 28 MON NL 1044 201 26 0 12 15 11 15 11 41 20 7 49% 16 9 1 373 15 9 63% 15 7 0 2 0 0 3 3 20 0
1974 29 MON NL 960 222 17 0 23 8 9 8 9 67 34 8 51% 13 19 2 338 11 16 41% 10 14 1 1 0 1 0 0 35 0
1975 30 MON NL 751 175 20 1 17 9 11 12 8 44 15 11 34% 12 8 1 281 12 8 60% 12 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 21 0
1976 31 TOT NL 742 179 14 0 13 8 6 11 3 34 14 8 41% 9 1 1 257 13 9 59% 11 9 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 0
1976 31 MON NL 56 15 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 31 CHC NL 686 164 12 0 13 6 6 9 3 34 14 8 41% 8 1 1 235 13 8 62% 11 8 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 0
1977 32 TOT MLB 445 106 13 0 8 6 7 7 6 26 10 0 38% 4 1 0 144 9 10 47% 7 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1977 32 CHC NL 222 51 10 0 8 6 4 7 3 16 4 0 25% 2 1 0 58 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1977 32 CHW AL 223 55 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 10 6 0 60% 2 0 0 86 4 6 40% 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1978 33 OAK AL 660 152 10 0 14 4 6 3 7 28 13 6 46% 13 1 0 259 18 12 60% 17 8 1 3 0 1 1 0 9 0
1979 34 BOS AL 730 174 22 1 12 7 15 9 13 37 18 6 49% 6 3 4 233 17 6 74% 16 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 15 0
1980 35 BOS AL 708 180 17 0 10 6 11 9 8 38 16 5 42% 5 2 0 275 9 9 50% 9 7 0 1 0 1 2 2 8 0
1981 36 CAL AL 424 93 7 0 5 3 4 5 2 18 10 3 56% 1 0 1 166 11 6 65% 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1982 37 CAL AL 665 163 17 0 8 6 11 6 11 36 18 7 50% 6 3 0 228 8 8 50% 8 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1983 38 KCR AL 536 144 9 0 13 5 4 5 4 39 18 2 46% 7 4 2 209 19 5 79% 18 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
15 Yrs 10655 2438 248 3 209 118 128 137 109 560 263 80 47% 131 73 18 3863 190 126 60% 177 109 11 13 2 4 14 6 210 49
MLB Averages 52% 65%
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

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1969 24 6 7 .462 4.01 18 15 2 4 0 0 103.1 94 54 46 14 50 6 68 2 0 4 445 92 1.394 8.2 1.2 4.4 5.9 1.36 92
1970 25 19 18 .514 4.22 59 48 6 11 1 1 326.0 297 175 153 41 154 13 210 8 0 7 1407 94 1.383 8.2 1.1 4.3 5.8 1.36 94
1971 26 34 32 .515 4.01 99 85 8 20 4 1 601.2 553 303 268 65 289 24 339 11 0 18 2600 94 1.399 8.3 1.0 4.3 5.1 1.17 94
1972 27 35 42 .455 4.17 129 97 14 20 4 1 698.2 649 363 324 76 356 34 405 11 0 22 3039 89 1.438 8.4 1.0 4.6 5.2 1.14 89
1973 28 50 53 .485 3.82 165 131 15 29 4 2 948.1 850 457 402 102 464 46 569 12 0 31 4083 98 1.386 8.1 1.0 4.4 5.4 1.23 98
1974 29 62 69 .473 3.86 202 166 16 37 5 2 1176.0 1072 572 504 119 545 54 707 12 1 50 5043 98 1.375 8.2 0.9 4.2 5.4 1.30 98
1975 30 68 81 .456 3.88 233 191 17 40 6 3 1346.1 1247 661 581 139 621 61 806 13 2 58 5794 97 1.387 8.3 0.9 4.2 5.4 1.30 97
1976 31 76 93 .450 3.90 266 219 18 44 7 3 1522.2 1426 748 659 153 667 69 922 13 2 59 6536 97 1.375 8.4 0.9 3.9 5.4 1.38 97
1977 32 83 95 .466 3.90 287 235 20 44 7 4 1627.1 1532 803 706 166 705 75 992 15 2 60 6981 98 1.375 8.5 0.9 3.9 5.5 1.41 98
1978 33 89 107 .454 3.94 314 260 22 47 8 4 1778.1 1684 880 778 176 772 79 1081 17 3 61 7641 97 1.381 8.5 0.9 3.9 5.5 1.40 97
1979 34 100 116 .463 3.95 341 287 22 51 9 4 1949.1 1858 966 856 198 825 80 1180 19 3 64 8371 98 1.376 8.6 0.9 3.8 5.4 1.43 98
1980 35 109 125 .466 3.97 373 310 25 52 9 4 2114.2 2038 1052 933 215 881 84 1270 20 4 66 9079 98 1.380 8.7 0.9 3.7 5.4 1.44 98
1981 36 117 129 .476 3.95 395 325 30 52 9 5 2216.2 2131 1092 972 222 923 85 1320 21 4 66 9503 98 1.378 8.7 0.9 3.7 5.4 1.43 98
1982 37 128 135 .487 3.98 426 348 34 56 9 5 2372.2 2294 1170 1049 239 974 85 1401 22 4 69 10168 98 1.377 8.7 0.9 3.7 5.3 1.44 98
1983 38 134 146 .479 3.99 451 365 36 57 9 6 2494.0 2438 1233 1107 248 1010 86 1455 22 4 73 10704 98 1.383 8.8 0.9 3.6 5.3 1.44 98

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1969 24 4 6 .400 4.50 98.0 97 54 49 14 52 64 2 1.520 8.9 4.8 5.9 1.23 1.3 18
1970 25 11 13 .458 4.29 218.0 200 116 104 27 102 139 6 1.385 8.3 4.2 5.7 1.36 1.1 41
1971 26 12 16 .429 4.48 259.0 271 143 129 25 143 121 3 1.598 9.4 5.0 4.2 0.85 0.9 40
1972 27 3 7 .300 6.29 93.0 106 72 65 12 74 63 0 1.935 10.3 7.2 6.1 0.85 1.2 30
1973 28 17 10 .630 2.96 243.0 204 89 80 26 110 160 1 1.292 7.6 4.1 5.9 1.45 1.0 36
1974 29 11 13 .458 4.23 219.0 223 114 103 17 81 133 0 1.388 9.2 3.3 5.5 1.64 0.7 37
1975 30 8 10 .444 4.23 166.0 176 87 78 20 76 96 1 1.518 9.5 4.1 5.2 1.26 1.1 31
1976 31 9 10 .474 4.16 171.0 181 88 79 14 47 113 0 1.333 9.5 2.5 5.9 2.40 0.7 33
1977 32 5 6 .455 4.01 101.0 104 50 45 13 37 67 2 1.396 9.3 3.3 6.0 1.81 1.2 21
1978 33 5 10 .333 5.36 141.0 164 93 84 11 72 83 2 1.674 10.5 4.6 5.3 1.15 0.7 27
1979 34 9 9 .500 4.02 170.0 172 84 76 22 52 98 2 1.318 9.1 2.8 5.2 1.88 1.2 27
1980 35 8 9 .471 4.41 157.0 180 86 77 17 56 85 1 1.503 10.3 3.2 4.9 1.52 1.0 32
1981 36 7 8 .467 4.44 140.0 152 77 69 11 69 68 2 1.579 9.8 4.4 4.4 0.99 0.7 22
1982 37 6 10 .375 4.99 148.0 168 91 82 18 53 77 1 1.493 10.2 3.2 4.7 1.45 1.1 31
1983 38 5 8 .385 4.69 117.0 147 68 61 9 37 52 0 1.573 11.3 2.8 4.0 1.41 0.7 25
15 Yrs 120 145 .453 4.35 2441.0 2545 1312 1181 256 1061 1419 23 1.477 9.4 5.2 1.34 0.9 451

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1973 NL  5.3 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1973 NL  4.1 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1973 NL  2.81 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1981 AL  .667 (8th)
1982 AL  .647 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 NL  7.246 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 NL  2.348 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 NL  5.921 (9th)
1979 AL  5.211 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1971 NL  275.7 (6th)
Career  2,494.0 (242nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1973 NL  164 (10th)
Career  1,455 (202nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1971 NL  37 (4th)
Career  365 (169th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  27 (9th)
1971 NL  24 (9th)
1973 NL  26 (5th)
1975 NL  20 (10th)
Career  248 (109th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 NL  104 (5th)
1971 NL  135 (2nd)
1973 NL  108 (6th)
Career  1,010 (106th)

Hits s c a p y
1971 NL  256 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1976 NL  2.522 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1971 NL  14 (10th)
1974 NL  16 (5th)
Career  146 (172nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1971 NL  115 (1st)
1974 NL  102 (7th)
Career  1,107 (169th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1971 NL  11 (5th)
1974 NL  19 (1st)
Career  73 (227th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1971 NL  1,193 (3rd)
Career  10,704 (229th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1973 NL  136 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1973 NL  25 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1973 NL  2.7 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1983 AL  born 1944-12-10 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 22 (1015), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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