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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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Astros/Padres/Tigers/Cubs/Mariners/... 1969-1981

Final Game: May 16, 1981 (Age 36)
Died: January 9, 2009 in Short Gap, WV
Cremated
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 21, 2013 6:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #549. Jason Isringhausen… #550. Tully Sparks… #551. Herb Score… #552. DAVE ROBERTS… #553. Kelvim Escobar… #554. Chan Ho Park… #555. Syl 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
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 (v2.2): 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 4.57 -0.16 0.01 98.4 4.66 12 1.2 1.8 -0.0 3.0 31 .529 .508
1971 26 SDP NL 269.2 37 34 79 2.64 4.02 -0.27 0.05 94.4 4.09 41 5.1 .5 -0.2 7.4 65 .639 .532 CYA-6,MVP-24
1972 27 HOU NL 192.0 35 28 100 4.69 3.73 -0.47 0.05 97.6 4.14 -14 -1.6 1.7 -0.2 -0.1 3 .454 .490
1973 28 HOU NL 249.1 39 36 92 3.32 4.20 0.00 0.12 99.3 4.29 27 3.1 1.4 -0.1 5.2 47 .579 .519
1974 29 HOU NL 204.0 34 30 83 3.66 4.10 0.04 0.10 97.1 4.03 7 0.8 1.6 -0.1 2.5 25 .523 .505
1975 30 HOU NL 198.1 32 27 98 4.45 3.94 -0.13 0.10 92.2 3.84 -15 -1.6 3.6 -0.2 -0.1 3 .450 .490
1976 31 DET AL 252.0 36 36 122 4.36 4.13 -0.25 0.12 103.6 4.66 9 1.1 -0.1 3.4 31 .530 .507
1977 32 DET AL 129.1 22 22 88 6.12 4.55 -0.10 0.14 104.0 4.99 -17 -1.6 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .426 .490 $75,000
1977 32 CHC NL 53.0 17 6 22 3.74 4.49 -0.30 -0.01 110.1 5.27 9 1.0 1.2 -0.0 1.4 14 .556 .506
1978 33 CHC NL 142.1 35 20 87 5.50 4.05 -0.11 0.07 111.7 4.72 -14 -1.5 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .457 .491
1979 34 SFG NL 42.0 26 1 15 3.21 4.25 -0.45 -0.28 97.9 4.32 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 -0.21 106.4 4.25 -0 -0.0 1.4 -0.0 0.3 3 .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 4.83 -0.07 -0.23 102.1 4.76 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.2 0.2 4 .489 .498
1981 36 NYM NL 15.1 7 4 18 10.57 3.98 -0.28 0.12 97.1 4.25 -11 -1.1 .4 0.0 -0.9 -10 .345 .493
13 Seasons 2099.0 445 277 979 4.20 4.17 -0.17 0.05 99.6 4.37 27 4.2 1.5 -1.3 22.2 218 .509 .502 $75,000
HOU (4 yrs) 843.2 140 121 373 3.98 4.01 -0.13 0.09 96.7 4.09 4 0.7 2.2 -0.6 7.5 78 .505 .501
SDP (3 yrs) 500.0 102 60 189 3.40 4.24 -0.23 0.02 96.1 4.32 45 5.6 1.3 -0.2 10.0 94 .555 .512
PIT (2 yrs) 41.0 23 3 19 4.17 4.25 0.05 -0.22 106.3 4.24 -0 -0.0 1.4 -0.1 0.3 4 .499 .500
CHC (2 yrs) 195.1 52 26 109 5.02 4.17 -0.16 0.04 111.2 4.87 -5 -0.6 1.2 -0.1 1.1 12 .489 .498
DET (2 yrs) 381.1 58 58 210 4.96 4.27 -0.20 0.13 103.7 4.77 -7 -0.5 -0.2 3.0 27 .491 .498 $75,000
NYM (1 yr) 15.1 7 4 18 10.57 3.98 -0.28 0.12 97.1 4.25 -11 -1.1 .4 0.0 -0.9 -10 .345 .493
SFG (1 yr) 42.0 26 1 15 3.21 4.25 -0.45 -0.28 97.9 4.32 5 0.5 1.9 0.1 1.0 9 .520 .503
SEA (1 yr) 80.1 37 4 46 5.15 4.83 -0.07 -0.23 102.1 4.76 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.2 0.2 4 .489 .498

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

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 Awards
1969 24 SDP NL 23 15 15 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .267 .267 .267 .533 53 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 25 SDP NL 43 64 59 6 9 1 0 2 6 0 0 1 16 .153 .167 .271 .438 18 16 1 0 4 0 0 1
1971 26 SDP NL 38 94 86 2 19 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 .221 .221 .244 .465 36 21 1 0 8 0 0 1 CYA-6,MVP-24
1972 27 HOU NL 35 79 67 7 16 1 0 2 9 0 1 4 16 .239 .274 .343 .617 76 23 1 0 6 2 0 1
1973 28 HOU NL 41 97 85 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 25 .129 .129 .153 .282 -21 13 3 0 12 0 0 1
1974 29 HOU NL 35 77 73 3 16 4 3 1 9 0 0 0 19 .219 .213 .397 .611 72 29 2 0 2 2 0 1
1975 30 HOU NL 32 74 63 2 9 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 12 .143 .156 .206 .363 4 13 0 0 10 0 0 1
1976 31 DET AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 32 TOT MLB 39 18 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .059 .056 .059 .114 -70 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1977 32 DET AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 32 CHC NL 17 18 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .059 .056 .059 .114 -70 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1978 33 CHC NL 37 57 52 4 17 3 0 2 7 0 0 2 7 .327 .352 .500 .852 126 26 2 0 3 0 0 1
1979 34 TOT NL 47 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1979 34 SFG NL 26 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 34 PIT NL 21 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1980 35 TOT MLB 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 35 PIT NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1980 35 SEA AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 36 NYM NL 7 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
13 Yrs 452 590 531 28 103 15 4 7 46 0 1 8 133 .194 .204 .277 .481 34 147 10 0 45 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 211 190 10 37 5 1 3 16 0 0 3 48 .194 .204 .277 .481 34 53 4 0 16 2 0
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 Awards
HOU (4 yrs) 143 327 288 15 52 9 4 3 28 0 1 5 72 .181 .192 .271 .463 31 78 6 0 30 4 0
SDP (3 yrs) 104 173 160 8 32 3 0 2 9 0 0 1 44 .200 .205 .256 .461 31 41 2 0 12 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 23 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1 0
CHC (2 yrs) 54 75 69 4 18 3 0 2 8 0 0 2 12 .261 .278 .391 .669 76 27 2 0 3 1 0
DET (2 yrs) 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 7 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 44 1 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 26 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 357 590 531 28 103 15 4 7 46 0 1 8 133 .194 .204 .277 .481 34 147 10 0 45 6 0
AL (3 yrs) 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1969 24 SDP NL 23 15 -1 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 1 1
1970 25 SDP NL 43 64 -7 -0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 1
1971 26 SDP NL 38 94 -7 -1 -0 0 10 2 0.3 3 6 0.3 .507 .502 0.3 0.0 6 1 CYA-6,MVP-24
1972 27 HOU NL 35 79 -2 -1 0 0 8 5 0.6 3 8 0.6 .516 .504 0.6 0.0 8 1
1973 28 HOU NL 41 97 -15 0 0 0 11 -4 -0.5 3 -1 -0.5 .489 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -1 1
1974 29 HOU NL 35 77 -3 -0 -0 0 8 4 0.5 2 7 0.5 .514 .503 0.5 0.0 7 1
1975 30 HOU NL 32 74 -8 -1 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 2 1
1976 31 DET AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1977 32 DET AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $75,000 1
1977 32 CHC NL 17 18 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .488 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
1978 33 CHC NL 37 57 1 -0 -0 0 7 8 0.9 2 10 0.9 .524 .505 0.9 0.0 10 1
1979 34 SFG NL 26 5 -1 -0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 1
1979 34 PIT NL 21 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 1
1980 35 PIT NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1980 35 SEA AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1981 36 NYM NL 7 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
13 Seasons 452 590 -50 -3 1 0 66 14 1.6 19 33 1.6 .503 .501 1.5 0.3 33 $75,000
HOU (4 yrs) 143 327 -29 -2 0 0 35 5 0.5 11 15 0.5 .504 .501 0.5 0.0 15
SDP (3 yrs) 104 173 -15 -1 0 0 19 4 0.5 6 10 0.5 .505 .501 0.5 0.1 10
PIT (2 yrs) 23 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1
CHC (2 yrs) 54 75 -3 -0 0 0 9 6 0.7 2 8 0.7 .512 .502 0.7 0.0 8
DET (2 yrs) 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $75,000
NYM (1 yr) 7 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 0
SFG (1 yr) 26 5 -1 -0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1
SEA (1 yr) 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 34 PIT NL NLCS CIN W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1969 SDP NL 24 P 22 5 0 48.2 14 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.59 0.64 .958 1.96 1.94 0 2 100% 40% 0
1970 SDP NL 25 P 43 21 3 181.2 35 5 29 1 3 .971 1.68 0.79 .951 1.85 1.84 4 3 43% 33% 0
1971 SDP NL 26 P 37 34 14 269.2 58 10 47 1 2 .983 1.90 1.54 .954 1.90 1.90 12 4 25% 35% 0 CYA-6,MVP-24
1972 HOU NL 27 P 35 28 7 192.0 32 0 31 1 0 .969 1.45 0.89 .950 1.78 1.78 15 5 25% 37% 2
1973 HOU NL 28 P 39 36 12 249.1 49 9 39 1 1 .980 1.73 1.23 .950 1.88 1.88 6 5 45% 36% 0
1974 HOU NL 29 P 34 30 8 204.0 61 15 43 3 5 .951 2.56 1.71 .944 1.88 1.88 21 6 22% 33% 0
1975 HOU NL 30 P 32 27 7 198.1 49 13 36 0 0 1.000 2.22 1.53 .946 1.86 1.86 4 5 56% 32% 0
1976 DET AL 31 P 36 36 18 252.0 63 6 53 4 6 .937 2.11 1.64 .950 1.87 1.88 27 10 27% 34% 1
1977 TOT MLB 32 P 39 28 6 182.1 47 7 39 1 1 .979 2.27 1.18 .949 1.92 1.89 13 10 43% 38% 0
1977 DET AL 32 P 22 22 5 129.1 28 4 23 1 0 .964 1.88 1.23 .948 1.95 1.93 9 7 44% 39% 0
1977 CHC NL 32 P 17 6 1 53.0 19 3 16 0 1 1.000 3.23 1.12 .950 1.85 1.85 4 3 43% 35% 0
1978 CHC NL 33 P 35 20 2 142.1 37 8 29 0 2 1.000 2.34 1.06 .951 1.91 1.89 5 5 50% 32% 1
1979 TOT NL 34 P 47 4 0 80.2 22 2 18 2 2 .909 2.23 0.43 .951 1.80 1.80 3 0 0% 34% 0
1979 SFG NL 34 P 26 1 0 42.0 11 1 9 1 1 .909 2.14 0.38 .951 1.80 1.80 2 0 0% 34% 0
1979 PIT NL 34 P 21 3 0 38.2 11 1 9 1 1 .909 2.33 0.48 .951 1.79 1.80 1 0 0% 34% 0
1980 TOT MLB 35 P 39 4 0 82.2 10 3 6 1 0 .900 0.98 0.23 .957 1.85 1.85 0 2 100% 35% 0
1980 PIT NL 35 P 2 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.90 0 0 0
1980 SEA AL 35 P 37 4 0 80.1 10 3 6 1 0 .900 1.01 0.24 .957 1.85 1.85 0 2 100% 35% 0
1981 NYM NL 36 P 7 4 0 15.1 5 0 4 1 0 .800 2.35 0.57 .960 1.94 1.99 0 1 100% 33% 0
13 Seasons P 445 277 77 2099.0 482 83 383 16 23 .967 2.00 1.05 .950 1.87 1.86 110 58 35% 35% 4
13 Seasons TOT 445 277 77 2099.0 482 83 383 16 23 .967 2.00 1.05 .950 1.87 1.86 110 58 35% 35% 4
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1736th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 NL (6, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (270th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1971 NL  7.7 (4th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1971 NL  7.4 (3rd)
1973 NL  5.2 (6th)

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  126 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1971 NL  34 (3rd)
1973 NL  20 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1971 NL  3.9 (3rd)
1973 NL  2.2 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1971 NL  33.35 (4th)
1973 NL  22.35 (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 (2nd)
1973 NL  2.4 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1973 NL  12 (6th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1971 NL  47 (4th)
1976 AL  53 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1975 NL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (716), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1215), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1038), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (364th), 23.8 career WAR/24.0 7yr-peak WAR/23.9 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Zane Smith (954)
  2. Dick Ellsworth (954)
  3. Don Cardwell (941)
  4. Rick Mahler (940)
  5. Chuck Stobbs (938)
  6. Ray Herbert (934)
  7. Jim Barr (934)
  8. Randy Jones (929)
  9. Denny Galehouse (929)
  10. Casey Patten (929)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Don Hood (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ken Raffensberger (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Woody Williams (986)
  2. Ray Herbert (984)
  3. Lloyd Brown (982)
  4. Tony Cloninger (982)
  5. Jim Rooker (979)
  6. Dwight Gooden (977)
  7. Jim Maloney (976)
  8. Hugh McQuillan (976)
  9. Gene Conley (975)
  10. Juan Pizarro (974)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Lloyd Brown (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ray Herbert (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ray Herbert (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ray Herbert (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197732Detroit Tigers$75,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
Career to date (may be incomplete)$75,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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