Denny Riddleberger
Dennis Michael Riddleberger
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 22, 1945 in Clifton Forge, VA
High School: Churchland (Portsmouth, VA)
School: Old Dominion University
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1970
Final Game: September 24, 1972
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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
1970 24 WSA AL 0 0 0.96 8 0 5 0 0 0 9.1 7 2 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 35 366 0.964 6.8 1.0 1.9 4.8 2.50
1971 25 WSA AL 3 1 .750 3.23 57 0 18 0 0 1 69.2 67 27 25 9 32 7 56 1 0 2 296 102 1.421 8.7 1.2 4.1 7.2 1.75
1972 26 CLE AL 1 3 .250 2.50 38 0 10 0 0 0 54.0 45 23 15 5 22 3 34 2 0 2 220 130 1.241 7.5 0.8 3.7 5.7 1.55
3 Seasons 4 4 .500 2.77 103 0 33 0 0 1 133.0 119 52 41 15 56 10 95 3 0 4 551 119 1.316 8.1 1.0 3.8 6.4 1.70
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .500 2.77 68 0 22 0 0 1 88 79 34 27 10 37 7 63 2 0 3 364 119 1.316 8.1 1.0 3.8 6.4 1.70
WSA (2 yrs) 3 1 .750 2.96 65 0 23 0 0 1 79.0 74 29 26 10 34 7 61 1 0 2 331 112 1.367 8.4 1.1 3.9 6.9 1.79
CLE (1 yr) 1 3 .250 2.50 38 0 10 0 0 0 54.0 45 23 15 5 22 3 34 2 0 2 220 130 1.241 7.5 0.8 3.7 5.7 1.55

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
1970 24 WSA AL 8 35 32 2 7 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 .219 .257 .344 .601 .222 11 2 0 0 1 0
1971 25 WSA AL 57 298 260 27 67 12 0 9 3 1 32 56 .258 .339 .408 .747 .294 106 8 1 3 2 7
1972 26 CLE AL 38 220 190 23 45 6 1 5 0 2 22 34 .237 .319 .358 .677 .261 68 6 2 4 2 3
3 Seasons 103 553 482 52 119 19 1 15 3 3 56 95 .247 .326 .384 .710 .276 185 16 3 7 5 10
162 Game Avg. 68 365 318 34 79 13 1 10 2 2 37 63 .247 .326 .384 .710 .276 122 11 2 5 3 7
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
1970 24 WSA AL 8 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.211 1 0 7 0 1 7 0 8 2 1 2 2 3.5
1971 25 WSA AL 57 57 18 3 1 1 1 0 100% 7 2 43 18 42% 7 0.527 11 12 33 10 5 42 24 33 24 22 24 16 3.7
1972 26 CLE AL 38 38 10 1 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 33 9 27% 7 0.731 8 9 21 3 3 32 19 19 18 14 18 7 4.3
3 Seasons 103 103 33 4 4 2 1 1 50% 8 2 76 27 36% 0.588 20 21 61 13 9 81 43 60 44 37 44 25 3.9

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%
1970 24 WSA AL 35 74% 2.9% 14.3% 5.7% 5.7% 29% 0.64 77% 7 2 29%
1971 25 WSA AL 298 62% 3.0% 18.8% 10.7% 7.1% 31% 1.14 66% 63 8 13%
1972 26 CLE AL 220 63% 2.3% 15.5% 10.0% 5.5% 27% 1.43 70% 49 6 12%
3 Seasons 553 63% 2.7% 17.2% 10.1% 6.3% 29% 1.20 68% 119 16 13%
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
1970 24 WSA AL 35 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 25 WSA AL 298 67 9 1 12 6 3 4 5 27 14 4 52% 4 2 1 107 3 1 75% 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1972 26 CLE AL 220 45 5 0 9 5 0 5 0 23 9 2 39% 2 2 1 89 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0
3 Seasons 553 119 15 1 21 12 3 9 6 53 24 6 45% 6 4 2 206 3 3 50% 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 12 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+
1970 24 0 0 0.96 8 0 5 0 0 0 9.1 7 2 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 35 366 0.964 6.8 1.0 1.9 4.8 2.50 366
1971 25 3 1 .750 2.96 65 0 23 0 0 1 79.0 74 29 26 10 34 7 61 1 0 2 331 112 1.367 8.4 1.1 3.9 6.9 1.79 112
1972 26 4 4 .500 2.77 103 0 33 0 0 1 133.0 119 52 41 15 56 10 95 3 0 4 551 119 1.316 8.1 1.0 3.8 6.4 1.70 119

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
1970 24 0 0 1.00 9.0 7 1 1 1 2 5 0 1.000 7.0 2.0 5.0 2.50 1.0 8
1971 25 3 3 .500 4.29 63.0 74 33 30 10 35 51 1 1.730 10.6 5.0 7.3 1.46 1.4 57
1972 26 3 2 .600 3.35 51.0 51 21 19 6 25 32 2 1.490 9.0 4.4 5.6 1.28 1.1 38
3 Seasons 6 5 .545 3.66 123.0 132 55 50 17 62 88 3 1.577 9.7 6.4 1.42 1.2 103

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1971 AL--57--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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