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Dave Roberts

David Arthur Roberts

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 11, 1944 in Gallipolis, OH
High School: Central HS (Columbus, OH)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1969
Teams (by GP): Astros/Padres/Tigers/Cubs/Mariners/... 1969-1981

Final Game: May 16, 1981
Died: January 9, 2009 in Short Gap, WV
Cremated
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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 SDP NL 0 3 .000 4.81 22 5 6 0 0 1 48.2 65 30 26 5 19 0 19 3 1 2 228 74 1.726 12.0 0.9 3.5 3.5 1.00
1970 25 SDP NL 8 14 .364 3.81 43 21 11 3 2 1 181.2 182 80 77 16 43 11 102 1 0 3 753 104 1.239 9.0 0.8 2.1 5.1 2.37
1971 26 SDP NL 14 17 .452 2.10 37 34 3 14 2 0 269.2 238 79 63 9 61 9 135 5 0 4 1086 157 1.109 7.9 0.3 2.0 4.5 2.21 CYA-6,MVP-24
1972 27 HOU NL 12 7 .632 4.50 35 28 4 7 3 2 192.0 227 100 96 18 57 3 111 2 0 7 839 75 1.479 10.6 0.8 2.7 5.2 1.95
1973 28 HOU NL 17 11 .607 2.85 39 36 0 12 6 0 249.1 264 92 79 15 62 8 119 2 0 3 1054 126 1.307 9.5 0.5 2.2 4.3 1.92
1974 29 HOU NL 10 12 .455 3.40 34 30 2 8 2 1 204.0 216 83 77 6 65 2 72 3 1 2 870 102 1.377 9.5 0.3 2.9 3.2 1.11
1975 30 HOU NL 8 14 .364 4.27 32 27 3 7 0 1 198.1 182 98 94 16 73 4 101 2 0 8 841 79 1.286 8.3 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.38
1976 31 DET AL 16 17 .485 4.00 36 36 0 18 4 0 252.0 254 122 112 16 63 4 79 4 0 3 1048 93 1.258 9.1 0.6 2.3 2.8 1.25
1977 32 TOT MLB 5 11 .313 4.59 39 28 5 6 0 1 182.1 198 110 93 21 53 10 69 3 0 3 792 94 1.377 9.8 1.0 2.6 3.4 1.30
1977 32 DET AL 4 10 .286 5.15 22 22 0 5 0 0 129.1 143 88 74 20 41 2 46 2 0 2 570 83 1.423 10.0 1.4 2.9 3.2 1.12
1977 32 CHC NL 1 1 .500 3.23 17 6 5 1 0 1 53.0 55 22 19 1 12 8 23 1 0 1 222 137 1.264 9.3 0.2 2.0 3.9 1.92
1978 33 CHC NL 6 8 .429 5.25 35 20 6 2 1 1 142.1 159 87 83 17 56 15 54 3 0 4 627 77 1.511 10.1 1.1 3.5 3.4 0.96
1979 34 TOT NL 5 4 .556 2.90 47 4 16 0 0 4 80.2 89 33 26 4 30 7 38 2 0 2 352 129 1.475 9.9 0.4 3.3 4.2 1.27
1979 34 SFG NL 0 2 .000 2.57 26 1 11 0 0 3 42.0 42 15 12 3 18 3 23 1 0 2 182 138 1.429 9.0 0.6 3.9 4.9 1.28
1979 34 PIT NL 5 2 .714 3.26 21 3 5 0 0 1 38.2 47 18 14 1 12 4 15 1 0 0 170 121 1.526 10.9 0.2 2.8 3.5 1.25
1980 35 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 4.35 39 4 13 0 0 3 82.2 88 47 40 7 28 7 48 1 0 4 364 95 1.403 9.6 0.8 3.0 5.2 1.71
1980 35 PIT NL 0 1 .000 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 112 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
1980 35 SEA AL 2 3 .400 4.37 37 4 13 0 0 3 80.1 86 46 39 7 27 7 47 1 0 4 355 95 1.407 9.6 0.8 3.0 5.3 1.74
1981 36 NYM NL 0 3 .000 9.39 7 4 0 0 0 0 15.1 26 18 16 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 76 38 2.022 15.3 2.9 2.9 5.9 2.00
13 Yrs 103 125 .452 3.78 445 277 69 77 20 15 2099.0 2188 979 882 155 615 80 957 31 2 45 8930 97 1.335 9.4 0.7 2.6 4.1 1.56
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .452 3.78 42 26 6 7 2 1 198 206 92 83 15 58 8 90 3 0 4 841 97 1.335 9.4 0.7 2.6 4.1 1.56
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
HOU (4 yrs) 47 44 .516 3.69 140 121 9 34 11 4 843.2 889 373 346 55 257 17 403 9 1 20 3604 94 1.358 9.5 0.6 2.7 4.3 1.57
SDP (3 yrs) 22 34 .393 2.99 102 60 20 17 4 2 500.0 485 189 166 30 123 20 256 9 1 9 2067 120 1.216 8.7 0.5 2.2 4.6 2.08
PIT (2 yrs) 5 3 .625 3.29 23 3 5 0 0 1 41.0 49 19 15 1 13 4 16 1 0 0 179 120 1.512 10.8 0.2 2.9 3.5 1.23
CHC (2 yrs) 7 9 .438 4.70 52 26 11 3 1 2 195.1 214 109 102 18 68 23 77 4 0 5 849 88 1.444 9.9 0.8 3.1 3.5 1.13
DET (2 yrs) 20 27 .426 4.39 58 58 0 23 4 0 381.1 397 210 186 36 104 6 125 6 0 5 1618 89 1.314 9.4 0.8 2.5 3.0 1.20
NYM (1 yr) 0 3 .000 9.39 7 4 0 0 0 0 15.1 26 18 16 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 76 38 2.022 15.3 2.9 2.9 5.9 2.00
SFG (1 yr) 0 2 .000 2.57 26 1 11 0 0 3 42.0 42 15 12 3 18 3 23 1 0 2 182 138 1.429 9.0 0.6 3.9 4.9 1.28
SEA (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.37 37 4 13 0 0 3 80.1 86 46 39 7 27 7 47 1 0 4 355 95 1.407 9.6 0.8 3.0 5.3 1.74
NL (12 yrs) 81 95 .460 3.61 350 215 56 54 16 12 1637.1 1705 723 657 112 484 67 785 24 2 36 6957 99 1.337 9.4 0.6 2.7 4.3 1.62
AL (3 yrs) 22 30 .423 4.39 95 62 13 23 4 3 461.2 483 256 225 43 131 13 172 7 0 9 1973 90 1.330 9.4 0.8 2.6 3.4 1.31

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 SDP NL 48.2 22 5 30 5.55 4.30 -0.24 -0.08 96.8 4.32 -7 -0.8 .8 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .465 .495 $
1970 25 SDP NL 181.2 43 21 80 3.96 4.58 -0.16 0.01 98.2 4.66 12 1.2 1.8 -0.0 2.7 32 .529 .508 $
1971 26 SDP NL 269.2 37 34 79 2.64 4.02 -0.27 0.05 94.3 4.09 41 5.2 .5 -0.2 7.0 67 .640 .532 $ CYA-6,MVP-24
1972 27 HOU NL 192.0 35 28 100 4.69 3.73 -0.47 0.05 97.3 4.13 -14 -1.6 1.7 -0.2 -0.3 4 .454 .490 $
1973 28 HOU NL 249.1 39 36 92 3.32 4.21 0.00 0.12 98.3 4.26 26 3.0 1.4 -0.1 4.8 49 .577 .519 $
1974 29 HOU NL 204.0 34 30 83 3.66 4.10 0.04 0.10 96.1 3.99 6 0.7 1.6 -0.1 2.2 26 .521 .504 $
1975 30 HOU NL 198.1 32 27 98 4.45 3.96 -0.13 0.10 92.1 3.85 -15 -1.6 3.6 -0.2 -0.3 5 .451 .490 $
1976 31 DET AL 252.0 36 36 122 4.36 4.14 -0.25 0.12 103.6 4.67 9 1.1 -0.1 3.1 33 .530 .507 $
1977 32 DET AL 129.1 22 22 88 6.12 4.56 -0.10 0.14 103.8 4.99 -17 -1.6 -0.1 -0.6 -2 .427 .490 $75,000
1977 32 CHC NL 53.0 17 6 22 3.74 4.50 -0.30 -0.01 110.0 5.27 9 1.0 1.2 -0.0 1.3 14 .556 .506 $
1978 33 CHC NL 142.1 35 20 87 5.50 4.06 -0.11 0.07 111.5 4.72 -14 -1.5 1.1 -0.1 -0.5 0 .457 .491 $
1979 34 SFG NL 42.0 26 1 15 3.21 4.25 -0.45 -0.28 97.4 4.30 5 0.5 1.9 0.1 1.0 9 .520 .503 $
1979 34 PIT NL 38.2 21 3 18 4.19 4.25 0.04 -0.21 105.3 4.20 -0 -0.0 1.4 -0.1 0.2 4 .499 .500 $
1980 35 PIT NL 2.1 2 0 1 3.86 4.40 0.15 -0.34 104.0 4.05 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .502 .500 $
1980 35 SEA AL 80.1 37 4 46 5.15 4.84 -0.07 -0.24 100.9 4.72 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.2 0.0 5 .488 .497 $
1981 36 NYM NL 15.1 7 4 18 10.57 3.96 -0.28 0.11 98.8 4.30 -11 -1.1 .4 0.0 -0.9 -10 .346 .493 $
13 Seasons 2099.0 445 277 979 4.20 4.18 -0.17 0.05 99.2 4.37 26 4.1 1.5 -1.3 19.4 236 .509 .502 $75,000
HOU (4 yrs) 843.2 140 121 373 3.98 4.02 -0.13 0.09 96.1 4.07 3 0.6 2.2 -0.6 6.4 84 .504 .501 $
SDP (3 yrs) 500.0 102 60 189 3.40 4.25 -0.23 0.02 96.0 4.32 46 5.6 1.3 -0.2 9.4 98 .555 .512 $
PIT (2 yrs) 41.0 23 3 19 4.17 4.26 0.05 -0.22 105.2 4.20 -0 -0.0 1.4 -0.1 0.2 4 .499 .500 $
CHC (2 yrs) 195.1 52 26 109 5.02 4.18 -0.16 0.04 111.1 4.87 -5 -0.6 1.2 -0.1 0.8 14 .489 .498 $
DET (2 yrs) 381.1 58 58 210 4.96 4.28 -0.20 0.13 103.7 4.78 -7 -0.5 -0.2 2.5 31 .491 .498 $75,000
NYM (1 yr) 15.1 7 4 18 10.57 3.96 -0.28 0.11 98.8 4.30 -11 -1.1 .4 0.0 -0.9 -10 .346 .493 $
SFG (1 yr) 42.0 26 1 15 3.21 4.25 -0.45 -0.28 97.4 4.30 5 0.5 1.9 0.1 1.0 9 .520 .503 $
SEA (1 yr) 80.1 37 4 46 5.15 4.84 -0.07 -0.24 100.9 4.72 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.2 0.0 5 .488 .497 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1979 34 PIT NL NLCS W CIN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
1 NLCS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

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 SDP NL 22 212 202 30 65 10 1 5 0 2 19 19 .322 .387 .455 .842 .335 92 5 3 3 1 0 2
1970 25 SDP NL 43 736 699 80 182 27 5 16 4 3 43 102 .260 .303 .382 .685 .284 267 19 1 10 3 11 12
1971 26 SDP NL 37 1044 989 79 238 37 4 9 12 4 61 135 .241 .285 .313 .598 .267 310 37 5 18 12 9 22
1972 27 HOU NL 35 839 768 100 227 35 5 18 15 5 57 111 .296 .345 .424 .769 .326 326 20 2 9 3 3 6
1973 28 HOU NL 39 1054 974 92 264 55 4 15 6 5 62 119 .271 .314 .382 .696 .295 372 22 2 11 5 8 10
1974 29 HOU NL 34 870 784 83 216 32 6 6 21 6 65 72 .276 .332 .355 .686 .296 278 20 3 14 4 2 5
1975 30 HOU NL 32 841 745 98 182 29 4 16 4 5 73 101 .244 .310 .358 .669 .261 267 12 2 12 8 4 11
1976 31 DET AL 36 1048 962 122 254 40 8 16 27 10 63 79 .264 .309 .372 .681 .271 358 25 4 8 11 4 15
1977 32 DET AL 22 570 521 88 143 31 7 20 9 7 41 46 .274 .328 .476 .804 .269 248 7 2 3 3 2 13
1977 32 CHC NL 17 222 200 22 55 13 1 1 4 3 12 23 .275 .315 .365 .680 .302 73 3 1 6 3 8 3
1977 32 TOT MLB 39 792 721 110 198 44 8 21 13 10 53 69 .275 .324 .445 .770 .278 321 10 3 9 6 10 16
1978 33 CHC NL 35 627 552 87 159 27 7 17 5 5 56 54 .288 .353 .455 .808 .292 251 13 3 10 6 15 6
1979 34 TOT NL 47 352 308 33 89 12 2 4 3 0 30 38 .289 .352 .380 .732 .315 117 11 2 8 4 7 7
1979 34 PIT NL 21 170 148 18 47 6 2 1 1 0 12 15 .318 .366 .405 .771 .341 60 7 1 6 3 4 3
1979 34 SFG NL 26 182 160 15 42 6 0 3 2 0 18 23 .263 .339 .356 .695 .289 57 4 1 2 1 3 4
1980 35 SEA AL 37 355 318 46 86 16 4 7 0 2 27 47 .270 .324 .412 .736 .293 131 10 1 3 6 7 10
1980 35 PIT NL 2 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 .286 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1980 35 TOT MLB 39 364 326 47 88 16 4 7 0 2 28 48 .270 .324 .408 .732 .292 133 11 1 3 6 7 10
1981 36 NYM NL 7 76 71 18 26 4 0 5 0 1 5 10 .366 .408 .634 1.042 .375 45 2 0 0 0 0 2
13 Yrs 445 8855 8101 979 2188 368 58 155 110 58 615 957 .270 .321 .387 .709 .288 3137 207 31 115 69 80 124
162 Game Avg. 42 834 763 92 206 35 5 15 10 5 58 90 .270 .321 .387 .709 .288 295 19 3 11 6 8 12
MLB Averages .256 .323 .377 .700 .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 SDP NL -7.1 -0.7 236 -1.0 2.3 -3.3 .69 -1.3 -0.1 -16.5 -1.7 0.68 -13.3 3 3 11
1970 25 SDP NL 6.2 0.6 767 -0.5 14.8 -15.2 1.14 1.4 -1.8 9.9 1.0 1.13 15.4 12 5 5
1971 26 SDP NL 34.1 3.9 1062 3.9 22.5 -18.5 1.24 2.9 0.2 33.5 3.9 1.24 28.0 0 1 2
1972 27 HOU NL -21.3 -2.2 867 -2.8 15.6 -18.4 1.14 -1.7 -0.7 -14.5 -1.5 1.14 -15.5 3 3 1
1973 28 HOU NL 20.9 2.2 1067 1.1 19.2 -18.1 1.04 1.4 -0.3 22.5 2.5 1.04 17.8 2 0 1
1974 29 HOU NL 4.6 0.5 901 1.2 15.9 -14.7 1.06 0.8 0.4 10.8 1.2 1.06 9.3 1 2 1
1975 30 HOU NL -16.6 -1.7 861 -1.8 13.6 -15.4 1.01 -0.2 -1.5 -6.9 -0.7 1.01 -1.4 4 1 0
1976 31 DET AL -5.8 -0.6 1088 1.0 19.2 -18.2 1.05 0.8 0.1 -8.5 -0.9 1.05 5.1 0 0 0
1977 32 TOT MLB -8.0 -0.7 817 -2.6 13.5 -16.1 1.03 -1.0 -1.5 -17.9 -1.6 1.03 -9.1 3 4 4
1977 32 DET AL -14.0 -1.3 585 -2.5 9.4 -11.9 1.00 -1.6 -0.9 -20.7 -1.9 1.00 -15.2 0 0 0
1977 32 CHC NL 6.0 0.6 232 -0.1 4.1 -4.2 1.11 0.5 -0.7 2.8 0.3 1.11 6.1 3 4 4
1978 33 CHC NL -14.9 -1.5 641 -0.7 9.8 -10.5 .95 -1.1 0.3 -18.1 -1.8 0.95 -15.3 4 3 8
1979 34 TOT NL 6.2 0.6 359 -0.1 6.7 -6.8 1.22 -0.3 0.2 3.0 0.3 1.22 -1.6 20 3 19
1979 34 SFG NL 4.2 0.4 187 -0.8 2.8 -3.6 1.06 -0.2 -0.6 1.0 0.1 1.06 -1.0 11 1 12
1979 34 PIT NL 2.0 0.2 172 0.7 3.9 -3.3 1.39 -0.1 0.6 2.0 0.2 1.39 -0.6 9 2 7
1980 35 TOT MLB -2.5 -0.2 372 -1.0 5.2 -6.2 .86 -0.4 -0.8 -8.9 -0.9 0.86 -4.0 12 8 15
1980 35 PIT NL 0.2 0.0 9 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.02 0.0 -0.1 0.5 0.1 1.02 0.4 1 0 1
1980 35 SEA AL -2.7 -0.3 363 -1.0 5.1 -6.0 .86 -0.4 -0.7 -9.4 -0.9 0.86 -4.5 11 8 14
1981 36 NYM NL -10.1 -1.0 78 -0.9 0.9 -1.8 .84 -1.1 0.1 -9.9 -1.0 0.84 -11.1 0 1 2
13 Yrs -14.4 -0.8 9116 -4.1 159.3 -163.4 1.06 0.2 -4.1 -21.6 -1.2 1.06 4.4 64 34 69
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 SDP NL 22 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 4 .200 1 2 0 0 2 40% 42.8 59 34 17 2 1 3 2.8 0.9 4.2
1970 25 SDP NL 43 21 4 13 4 1 5 8 13 .381 2 1 3 2 10 48% 50.0 82 16 28 9 5 9 3.3 3.4 6.5
1971 26 SDP NL 37 34 14 16 4 1 11 14 20 .412 2 3 14 2 27 79% 60.4 92 23 19 6 12 8 2.3 2.0 7.6
1972 27 HOU NL 35 28 11 7 10 2 3 20 8 .714 3 5 7 3 15 54% 48.2 82 19 32 13 6 10 5.6 5.4 6.6
1973 28 HOU NL 39 36 17 11 8 2 2 22 14 .611 3 2 12 6 21 58% 54.4 81 24 20 5 17 7 4.2 4.4 6.8
1974 29 HOU NL 34 30 9 12 9 0 5 13 17 .433 3 3 8 2 19 63% 49.9 89 23 24 8 5 12 3.9 4.2 6.4
1975 30 HOU NL 32 27 6 14 7 1 6 8 18 .308 1 2 7 0 14 52% 50.4 81 22 26 11 6 9 3.5 3.8 6.9
1976 31 DET AL 36 36 16 17 3 3 4 18 18 .500 1 1 18 4 18 50% 50.3 86 15 18 5 14 5 3.6 3.4 7.0
1977 32 TOT MLB 39 28 5 11 12 0 4 9 19 .321 2 4 6 0 13 46% 0.0 74 18 28 6 6 8 4.1 4.1 5.9
1977 32 DET AL 22 22 4 10 8 0 4 7 15 .318 2 2 5 0 10 45% 44.2 74 18 18 5 4 6 4.3 4.4 5.9
1977 32 CHC NL 17 6 1 1 4 0 0 2 4 .333 0 2 1 0 3 50% 46.7 70 23 10 1 2 2 3.2 2.8 5.8
1978 33 CHC NL 35 20 5 8 7 2 2 10 10 .500 2 1 2 1 8 40% 44.6 73 17 24 13 12 5 4.9 4.5 6.2
1979 34 TOT NL 47 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0% 40.5 53 23 17 6 2 1 6.1 7.7 3.8
1979 34 SFG NL 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 53.0 53 53 6 3 0 1 5.7 4.5 5.0
1979 34 PIT NL 21 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0% 36.3 44 23 11 3 2 0 6.2 10.1 3.3
1980 35 TOT MLB 39 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 1 25% 64 32 24 8 1 2 3.3 4.5 5.6
1980 35 SEA AL 37 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 1 25% 43.0 64 32 22 7 1 2 3.3 4.5 5.6
1981 36 NYM NL 7 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 1 25% 37.0 57 22 7 2 3 1 2.1 3.5 3.6
13 Yrs 443 277 88 119 70 13 44 127 149 .460 22 24 77 20 149 54% 50 92 15 282 93 90 80 3.9 3.8 6.5
MLB Averages .500 54% 52 109 -13 4.2 4.1 6.5
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 SDP NL 22 17 6 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 18 9 50% 7 .691 3 3 11 2 1 14 9 8 9 5 9 3 4.9
1970 25 SDP NL 43 22 11 4 1 3 1 2 33% 5 2 24 7 29% 9 1.138 12 5 5 7 4 11 13 9 12 8 13 3 6.2
1971 26 SDP NL 37 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 1.242 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 12.7
1972 27 HOU NL 35 7 4 1 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 9 2 22% 8 1.143 3 3 1 3 1 3 5 2 3 3 3 2 3.6
1973 28 HOU NL 39 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 5 1.037 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 3.0
1974 29 HOU NL 34 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 4 1.057 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 3 1 9.8
1975 30 HOU NL 32 5 3 2 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 11 2 18% 5 1.012 4 1 0 4 1 0 4 1 5 0 5 1 7.6
1977 32 TOT MLB 39 11 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 7 3 43% 1.031 3 4 4 2 3 6 5 6 5 3 5 2 4.9
1977 32 CHC NL 17 11 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 7 3 43% 8 1.112 3 4 4 2 3 6 5 6 5 3 5 2 4.9
1978 33 CHC NL 35 15 6 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 11 7 64% 7 .946 4 3 8 5 2 8 6 9 6 5 7 3 3.8
1979 34 TOT NL 47 43 16 5 2 9 4 5 44% 11 2 30 11 37% 1.219 20 3 19 13 9 21 15 28 24 10 24 8 4.6
1979 34 SFG NL 26 25 11 0 2 8 3 5 38% 8 0 20 9 45% 6 1.059 11 1 12 8 4 13 10 15 15 4 15 6 4.4
1979 34 PIT NL 21 18 5 5 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 10 2 20% 6 1.391 9 2 7 5 5 8 5 13 9 6 9 2 4.8
1980 35 TOT MLB 39 35 13 1 2 4 3 1 75% 5 1 38 15 39% .863 12 8 15 5 9 21 22 13 18 14 21 8 5.2
1980 35 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.017 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 3.5
1980 35 SEA AL 37 33 13 1 1 4 3 1 75% 5 1 38 15 39% 7 .859 11 8 14 5 8 20 22 11 17 13 20 8 5.3
1981 36 NYM NL 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 5 .838 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 1.0
12 Yrs 387 168 69 15 6 25 15 10 60% 35 9 158 58 37% 1.071 64 34 69 43 33 92 86 82 88 53 93 33 5.1
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 SDP NL 228 28% 2.4% 9.0% 9.0% 7.6% 25% 1.45 84% 39 5 13%
1970 25 SDP NL 756 22% 2.2% 13.9% 5.8% 6.5% 26% 1.63 79% 140 19 14%
1971 26 SDP NL 1086 18% 0.9% 12.9% 5.8% 4.8% 21% 1.56 82% 198 37 19%
1972 27 HOU NL 839 18% 2.2% 13.2% 6.8% 6.9% 26% 1.53 77% 167 20 12%
1973 28 HOU NL 1054 21% 1.4% 11.3% 5.9% 7.0% 28% 1.30 80% 179 22 12%
1974 29 HOU NL 870 20% 0.7% 8.3% 7.5% 5.1% 20% 1.27 82% 170 20 12%
1975 30 HOU NL 841 25% 1.9% 12.0% 8.7% 5.8% 27% 1.41 76% 145 12 8%
1976 31 DET AL 1048 20% 1.5% 7.5% 6.0% 6.1% 25% 1.36 84% 190 25 13%
1977 32 TOT MLB 792 23% 2.7% 8.7% 6.7% 9.2% 37% 1.30 80% 130 10 8%
1977 32 DET AL 570 21% 3.5% 8.1% 7.2% 10.2% 41% 1.22 80% 92 7 8%
1977 32 CHC NL 222 28% 0.5% 10.4% 5.4% 6.8% 27% 1.51 81% 38 3 8%
1978 33 CHC NL 627 21% 2.7% 8.6% 8.9% 8.1% 32% 1.25 78% 111 13 12%
1979 34 TOT NL 352 30% 1.1% 10.8% 8.5% 5.1% 20% 1.42 77% 85 11 13%
1979 34 SFG NL 182 25% 1.7% 12.6% 9.9% 5.0% 21% 1.35 74% 40 4 10%
1979 34 PIT NL 170 35% 0.6% 8.8% 7.1% 5.3% 19% 1.50 79% 45 7 16%
1980 35 TOT MLB 364 37% 1.9% 13.2% 7.7% 7.4% 31% 1.09 76% 81 11 14%
1980 35 PIT NL 9 44% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 78% 4 1 25%
1980 35 SEA AL 355 37% 2.0% 13.2% 7.6% 7.6% 31% 1.10 76% 77 10 13%
1981 36 NYM NL 76 25% 6.6% 13.2% 6.6% 11.8% 35% 1.19 74% 11 2 18%
13 Yrs 8933 22% 1.8% 10.8% 7.0% 6.6% 27% 1.38 80% 1646 207 13%
MLB Averages 45% 2.0% 13.5% 8.7% 6.2% 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 SDP NL 212 65 5 0 4 3 2 2 3 12 6 0 50% 2 2 2 89 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 16
1970 25 SDP NL 736 182 16 0 13 12 4 8 8 39 17 8 44% 12 3 1 259 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 20
1971 26 SDP NL 1044 238 9 0 13 8 1 2 7 41 24 5 59% 22 4 0 391 12 4 75% 9 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 18 42
1972 27 HOU NL 839 227 18 2 13 16 2 6 12 38 15 4 39% 6 7 3 331 15 5 75% 13 4 2 0 0 0 2 2 14 0
1973 28 HOU NL 1054 264 15 0 18 12 3 8 7 33 14 5 42% 10 3 0 416 6 5 55% 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1974 29 HOU NL 870 216 6 0 16 5 1 2 4 56 29 5 52% 5 2 2 339 21 6 78% 15 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1975 30 HOU NL 841 182 16 0 11 13 3 11 5 29 19 1 66% 11 8 2 309 4 5 44% 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 22 0
1976 31 DET AL 1048 254 16 0 23 15 1 9 7 53 33 2 62% 15 3 0 361 27 10 73% 25 6 2 4 0 0 1 1 14 0
1977 32 TOT MLB 792 198 21 0 18 15 6 12 9 48 23 10 48% 16 3 1 269 13 10 57% 12 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 14 0
1977 32 DET AL 570 143 20 0 11 15 5 11 9 34 16 8 47% 13 2 0 192 9 7 56% 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1977 32 CHC NL 222 55 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 14 7 2 50% 3 1 1 77 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1978 33 CHC NL 627 159 17 1 17 16 1 14 3 38 19 2 50% 6 4 2 216 5 5 50% 5 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 17 0
1979 34 TOT NL 352 89 4 0 13 4 0 2 2 22 9 4 41% 7 2 1 154 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1979 34 SFG NL 182 42 3 0 9 3 0 1 2 13 5 2 38% 4 2 1 76 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1979 34 PIT NL 170 47 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 9 4 2 44% 3 0 0 78 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1980 35 TOT MLB 364 88 7 0 10 5 2 3 4 29 16 2 55% 10 4 3 148 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0
1980 35 PIT NL 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 35 SEA AL 355 86 7 0 10 5 2 3 4 29 16 2 55% 10 4 3 144 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0
1981 36 NYM NL 76 26 5 0 2 5 0 4 1 6 4 1 67% 2 0 1 25 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Yrs 8855 2188 155 3 171 129 26 83 72 444 228 49 51% 124 45 18 3307 110 58 65% 95 45 15 8 0 2 6 4 155 78
MLB Averages 51% 64%
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 0 3 .000 4.81 22 5 6 0 0 1 48.2 65 30 26 5 19 0 19 3 1 2 228 74 1.726 12.0 0.9 3.5 3.5 1.00 74
1970 25 8 17 .320 4.02 65 26 17 3 2 2 230.1 247 110 103 21 62 11 121 4 1 5 981 97 1.342 9.7 0.8 2.4 4.7 1.95 97
1971 26 22 34 .393 2.99 102 60 20 17 4 2 500.0 485 189 166 30 123 20 256 9 1 9 2067 120 1.216 8.7 0.5 2.2 4.6 2.08 120
1972 27 34 41 .453 3.41 137 88 24 24 7 4 692.0 712 289 262 48 180 23 367 11 1 16 2906 103 1.289 9.3 0.6 2.3 4.8 2.04 103
1973 28 51 52 .495 3.26 176 124 24 36 13 4 941.1 976 381 341 63 242 31 486 13 1 19 3960 109 1.294 9.3 0.6 2.3 4.6 2.01 109
1974 29 61 64 .488 3.28 210 154 26 44 15 5 1145.1 1192 464 418 69 307 33 558 16 2 21 4830 107 1.309 9.4 0.5 2.4 4.4 1.82 107
1975 30 69 78 .469 3.43 242 181 29 51 15 6 1343.2 1374 562 512 85 380 37 659 18 2 29 5671 102 1.305 9.2 0.6 2.5 4.4 1.73 102
1976 31 85 95 .472 3.52 278 217 29 69 19 6 1595.2 1628 684 624 101 443 41 738 22 2 32 6719 100 1.298 9.2 0.6 2.5 4.2 1.67 100
1977 32 90 106 .459 3.63 317 245 34 75 19 7 1778.0 1826 794 717 122 496 51 807 25 2 35 7511 100 1.306 9.2 0.6 2.5 4.1 1.63 100
1978 33 96 114 .457 3.75 352 265 40 77 20 8 1920.1 1985 881 800 139 552 66 861 28 2 39 8138 97 1.321 9.3 0.7 2.6 4.0 1.56 97
1979 34 101 118 .461 3.72 399 269 56 77 20 12 2001.0 2074 914 826 143 582 73 899 30 2 41 8490 98 1.327 9.3 0.6 2.6 4.0 1.54 98
1980 35 103 122 .458 3.74 438 273 69 77 20 15 2083.2 2162 961 866 150 610 80 947 31 2 45 8854 98 1.330 9.3 0.6 2.6 4.1 1.55 98
1981 36 103 125 .452 3.78 445 277 69 77 20 15 2099.0 2188 979 882 155 615 80 957 31 2 45 8930 97 1.335 9.4 0.7 2.6 4.1 1.56 97

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 2 3 .400 5.67 46.0 68 32 29 5 20 18 3 1.913 13.3 3.9 3.5 0.90 1.0 22
1970 25 10 9 .526 3.89 176.0 181 84 76 16 43 99 1 1.273 9.3 2.2 5.1 2.30 0.8 43
1971 26 19 9 .679 2.68 252.0 259 83 75 10 66 126 5 1.290 9.3 2.4 4.5 1.91 0.4 37
1972 27 7 13 .350 5.72 184.0 257 130 117 20 65 107 2 1.750 12.6 3.2 5.2 1.65 1.0 35
1973 28 15 11 .577 3.27 237.0 276 96 86 16 65 113 2 1.439 10.5 2.5 4.3 1.74 0.6 39
1974 29 10 11 .476 4.07 190.0 229 96 86 6 69 67 3 1.568 10.8 3.3 3.2 0.97 0.3 34
1975 30 7 13 .350 5.22 188.0 196 121 109 17 79 96 2 1.463 9.4 3.8 4.6 1.22 0.8 32
1976 31 11 15 .423 4.76 238.0 270 140 126 17 67 75 4 1.416 10.2 2.5 2.8 1.12 0.6 36
1977 32 9 11 .450 4.43 181.0 194 99 89 21 52 68 3 1.359 9.6 2.6 3.4 1.31 1.0 39
1978 33 5 10 .333 5.49 136.0 159 92 83 17 56 52 3 1.581 10.5 3.7 3.4 0.93 1.1 35
1979 34 5 3 .625 3.32 76.0 92 31 28 4 31 36 2 1.618 10.9 3.7 4.3 1.16 0.5 47
1980 35 4 5 .444 4.50 82.0 89 46 41 7 28 48 1 1.427 9.8 3.1 5.3 1.71 0.8 39
1981 36 0 2 .000 11.05 22.0 42 30 27 8 8 14 0 2.273 17.2 3.3 5.7 1.75 3.3 7
13 Yrs 104 115 .475 4.36 2008.0 2312 1080 972 164 649 919 31 1.475 10.4 4.1 1.42 0.7 445

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 NL (24, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 NL (6, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (255th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1971 NL  7.3 (4th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1971 NL  7.0 (3rd)
1973 NL  4.8 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1971 NL  2.10 (2nd)
1973 NL  2.85 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1973 NL  17 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1973 NL  .607 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1970 NL  1.239 (10th)
1971 NL  1.109 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL  2.130 (6th)
1971 NL  2.036 (7th)
1973 NL  2.238 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1971 NL  269.7 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1973 NL  36 (7th)
1976 AL  36 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1971 NL  14 (10th)
1973 NL  12 (8th)
1976 AL  18 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1973 NL  6 (2nd)
1976 AL  4 (5th)
Career  20 (244th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 NL  18 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1972 NL  227 (7th)
1973 NL  264 (4th)
1976 AL  254 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL  0.300 (1st)
1973 NL  0.541 (6th)
1974 NL  0.265 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1971 NL  17 (4th)
1975 NL  14 (8th)
1976 AL  17 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1972 NL  96 (4th)
1976 AL  112 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1973 NL  1,054 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1971 NL  157 (2nd)
1973 NL  128 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1971 NL  34 (3rd)
1973 NL  21 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1971 NL  3.9 (3rd)
1973 NL  2.3 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1971 NL  33.46 (4th)
1973 NL  22.49 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1971 NL  3.9 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1971 NL  2.9 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1971 NL  3.9 (3rd)
1973 NL  2.4 (10th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 34 (713), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Zane Smith (954)
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  3. Don Cardwell (941)
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  5. Chuck Stobbs (938)
  6. Ray Herbert (934)
  7. Jim Barr (934)
  8. Randy Jones (929)
  9. Denny Galehouse (929)
  10. Casey Patten (929)
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  3. Johnny Cooney (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Magrane (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Billy O'Dell (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Zane Smith (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Zane Smith (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Barr (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Zane Smith (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Zane Smith (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Zane Smith (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Rick Honeycutt (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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