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Jay Ritchie

Jay Seay Ritchie

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 20, 1936 in Salisbury, NC
High School: Granite Quarry HS (Granite Quarry, NC)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1964
Teams (by GP): Braves/RedSox/Reds 1964-1968

Final Game: September 6, 1968
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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
1964 27 BOS AL 1 1 .500 2.74 21 0 4 0 0 0 46.0 43 21 14 4 14 2 35 0 0 0 195 143 1.239 8.4 0.8 2.7 6.8 2.50
1965 28 BOS AL 1 2 .333 3.17 44 0 24 0 0 2 71.0 83 30 25 3 26 5 55 1 1 0 311 119 1.535 10.5 0.4 3.3 7.0 2.12
1966 29 ATL NL 0 1 .000 4.08 22 0 9 0 0 4 35.1 32 17 16 3 12 4 33 0 1 0 150 91 1.245 8.2 0.8 3.1 8.4 2.75
1967 30 ATL NL 4 6 .400 3.17 52 0 15 0 0 2 82.1 75 32 29 6 29 11 57 4 0 6 351 106 1.263 8.2 0.7 3.2 6.2 1.97
1968 31 CIN NL 2 3 .400 4.61 28 2 6 0 0 0 56.2 68 32 29 7 13 2 32 1 0 3 251 69 1.429 10.8 1.1 2.1 5.1 2.46
5 Yrs 8 13 .381 3.49 167 2 58 0 0 8 291.1 301 132 113 23 94 24 212 6 2 9 1258 102 1.356 9.3 0.7 2.9 6.5 2.26
162 Game Avg. 3 5 .381 3.49 67 1 23 0 0 3 117 121 53 45 9 38 10 85 2 1 4 506 102 1.356 9.3 0.7 2.9 6.5 2.26
ATL (2 yrs) 4 7 .364 3.44 74 0 24 0 0 6 117.2 107 49 45 9 41 15 90 4 1 6 501 101 1.258 8.2 0.7 3.1 6.9 2.20
BOS (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.00 65 0 28 0 0 2 117.0 126 51 39 7 40 7 90 1 1 0 506 127 1.419 9.7 0.5 3.1 6.9 2.25
CIN (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.61 28 2 6 0 0 0 56.2 68 32 29 7 13 2 32 1 0 3 251 69 1.429 10.8 1.1 2.1 5.1 2.46
NL (3 yrs) 6 10 .375 3.82 102 2 30 0 0 6 174.1 175 81 74 16 54 17 122 5 1 9 752 88 1.314 9.0 0.8 2.8 6.3 2.26
AL (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.00 65 0 28 0 0 2 117.0 126 51 39 7 40 7 90 1 1 0 506 127 1.419 9.7 0.5 3.1 6.9 2.25

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
1964 27 BOS AL 46.0 21 0 21 4.11 4.18 -0.26 -0.17 104.7 4.47 2 0.3 .7 -0.2 0.5 6 .513 .502 $
1965 28 BOS AL 71.0 44 0 30 3.80 3.92 -0.23 -0.16 108.4 4.33 4 0.5 .5 -0.3 0.8 10 .512 .503 $
1966 29 ATL NL 35.1 22 0 17 4.33 4.08 -0.07 -0.17 102.0 4.06 -2 -0.2 1.6 -0.1 0.1 3 .492 .499 $
1967 30 ATL NL 82.1 52 0 32 3.50 3.75 -0.12 -0.16 99.3 3.68 1 0.1 1.2 -0.2 0.7 10 .502 .501 $
1968 31 CIN NL 56.2 28 2 32 5.08 3.37 -0.27 -0.13 107.8 3.79 -9 -1.1 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -3 .461 .493 $
5 Seasons 291.1 167 2 132 4.08 3.82 -0.19 -0.15 104.4 4.03 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.8 1.4 25 .498 .500 $
ATL (2 yrs) 117.2 74 0 49 3.75 3.85 -0.11 -0.16 100.1 3.80 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.3 0.8 12 .499 .500 $
BOS (2 yrs) 117.0 65 0 51 3.92 4.02 -0.24 -0.16 106.9 4.39 7 0.8 .6 -0.4 1.3 16 .512 .502 $
CIN (1 yr) 56.2 28 2 32 5.08 3.37 -0.27 -0.13 107.8 3.79 -9 -1.1 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -3 .461 .493 $

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
1964 27 BOS AL 21 196 174 21 43 9 1 4 3 0 14 35 .247 .302 .379 .681 .287 66 3 0 7 1 2 4
1965 28 BOS AL 44 310 275 30 83 10 1 3 7 3 26 55 .302 .361 .378 .739 .364 104 5 1 6 3 5 3
1966 29 ATL NL 22 142 133 17 32 9 2 3 0 0 12 33 .241 .303 .406 .709 .299 54 0 0 5 0 4 2
1967 30 ATL NL 52 334 307 32 75 11 0 6 2 7 29 57 .244 .316 .339 .655 .280 104 2 4 10 2 11 6
1968 31 CIN NL 28 250 232 32 68 13 2 7 3 1 13 32 .293 .332 .457 .789 .314 106 1 1 4 1 2 3
5 Yrs 167 1232 1121 132 301 52 6 23 15 11 94 212 .269 .327 .387 .714 .311 434 11 6 32 7 24 18
162 Game Avg. 67 496 451 53 121 21 2 9 6 4 38 85 .269 .327 .387 .714 .311 175 4 2 13 3 10 7
MLB Averages .245 .308 .364 .672 .274

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1964 27 BOS AL 3.3 0.4 199 -0.0 1.9 -1.9 .57 0.3 -0.3 1.5 0.2 0.57 3.1 4 2 15
1965 28 BOS AL 3.7 0.4 327 -0.4 1.8 -2.2 .37 -0.1 -1.0 -7.1 -0.7 0.37 -4.0 4 7 33
1966 29 ATL NL -0.8 -0.1 150 -0.4 2.7 -3.2 1.26 0.1 -0.4 -1.8 -0.2 1.23 -0.1 8 4 9
1967 30 ATL NL 2.2 0.2 349 -1.1 5.5 -6.6 1.05 0.1 -1.2 -5.3 -0.6 1.05 -2.1 16 4 29
1968 31 CIN NL -7.9 -0.9 259 -0.7 2.8 -3.5 .66 -0.7 -0.5 -10.6 -1.2 0.67 -9.9 9 5 11
5 Yrs 0.4 0.0 1284 -2.7 14.7 -17.4 .75 -0.4 -3.3 -23.3 -2.5 0.74 -13.2 41 22 97

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
1968 31 CIN NL 28 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.5 36 31 14 4 1 1 2.0 1.8 3.2
1 Yr 28 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 36 31 14 4 1 1 2.0 1.8 3.2
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 116 0 3.8 3.8 6.4

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
1964 27 BOS AL 21 21 4 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 17 5 29% 3 .567 4 2 15 2 0 19 9 12 13 2 14 3 6.6
1965 28 BOS AL 44 44 24 1 2 2 2 0 100% 2 0 30 19 63% 7 .366 4 7 33 2 4 38 15 29 25 9 26 9 4.8
1966 29 ATL NL 22 22 9 0 1 5 4 1 80% 5 0 22 7 32% 8 1.256 8 4 9 5 4 12 13 8 13 5 14 6 4.8
1967 30 ATL NL 52 52 15 4 6 7 2 5 29% 9 2 35 15 43% 6 1.046 16 4 29 10 7 32 23 26 29 13 30 13 4.8
1968 31 CIN NL 28 26 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 24 10 42% 6 .662 9 5 11 3 3 20 13 13 21 3 22 10 5.8
5 Yrs 167 165 58 8 11 15 8 7 53% 19 4 128 56 44% .745 41 22 97 22 18 121 73 88 101 32 106 41 5.2

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%
1964 27 BOS AL 196 60% 2.0% 17.9% 7.1% 7.1% 33% 0.92 69% 39 3 8%
1965 28 BOS AL 311 70% 1.0% 17.7% 8.4% 4.5% 17% 0.81 71% 69 5 7%
1966 29 ATL NL 150 54% 2.1% 23.2% 8.5% 9.9% 44% 0.69 68% 25 0 0%
1967 30 ATL NL 352 64% 1.8% 17.1% 8.7% 5.1% 23% 0.93 74% 64 2 3%
1968 31 CIN NL 251 63% 2.8% 12.8% 5.2% 8.8% 32% 0.52 78% 33 1 3%
5 Yrs 1260 64% 1.9% 17.2% 7.6% 6.6% 27% 0.77 72% 230 11 5%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 15.9% 7.9% 6.1% 27% 1.11 73% 10%

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
1964 27 BOS AL 196 43 4 0 10 2 2 3 1 17 7 1 41% 4 0 0 77 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 28 BOS AL 310 83 3 0 13 2 1 0 3 22 14 2 64% 3 0 2 135 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1966 29 ATL NL 142 32 3 0 8 2 1 3 0 8 2 0 25% 2 0 1 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8
1967 30 ATL NL 334 75 6 0 17 3 3 4 2 24 4 5 17% 6 6 0 124 2 7 22% 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 18
1968 31 CIN NL 250 68 7 0 7 4 3 6 1 18 10 2 56% 3 3 1 86 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
5 Yrs 1232 301 23 0 55 13 10 16 7 89 37 10 42% 18 9 4 481 15 11 58% 13 11 2 0 0 0 1 0 29 28
MLB Averages 49% 62%

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+
1964 27 1 1 .500 2.74 21 0 4 0 0 0 46.0 43 21 14 4 14 2 35 0 0 0 195 143 1.239 8.4 0.8 2.7 6.8 2.50 143
1965 28 2 3 .400 3.00 65 0 28 0 0 2 117.0 126 51 39 7 40 7 90 1 1 0 506 127 1.419 9.7 0.5 3.1 6.9 2.25 127
1966 29 2 4 .333 3.25 87 0 37 0 0 6 152.1 158 68 55 10 52 11 123 1 2 0 656 117 1.379 9.3 0.6 3.1 7.3 2.37 117
1967 30 6 10 .375 3.22 139 0 52 0 0 8 234.2 233 100 84 16 81 22 180 5 2 6 1007 113 1.338 8.9 0.6 3.1 6.9 2.22 113
1968 31 8 13 .381 3.49 167 2 58 0 0 8 291.1 301 132 113 23 94 24 212 6 2 9 1258 102 1.356 9.3 0.7 2.9 6.5 2.26 102

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
1964 27 3 2 .600 2.74 46.0 43 16 14 4 14 35 0 1.239 8.4 2.7 6.8 2.50 0.8 21
1965 28 4 3 .571 3.49 67.0 84 29 26 3 26 52 1 1.642 11.3 3.5 7.0 2.00 0.4 44
1966 29 1 2 .333 4.37 35.0 33 19 17 3 12 33 0 1.286 8.5 3.1 8.5 2.75 0.8 22
1967 30 4 4 .500 3.92 78.0 81 38 34 6 31 54 4 1.436 9.3 3.6 6.2 1.74 0.7 52
1968 31 2 3 .400 5.94 53.0 74 39 35 8 14 30 1 1.660 12.6 2.4 5.1 2.14 1.4 28
5 Yrs 14 14 .500 4.06 279.0 315 141 126 24 97 204 6 1.477 10.2 6.6 2.10 0.8 167

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1967 NL  52 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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