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Ron Romanick

Ronald James Romanick

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 6, 1960 in Burley, ID
High School: Newport HS (Bellevue, WA)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1984
Team: Angels 1984-1986

Final Game: July 21, 1986
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	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
1981	20	ANA-min	A	15	10	.600	2.91	28	28	11	3	207.0	173	88	67	10	76	5	178	4	2	6			1.203	7.5	0.4	3.3	7.7	2.34	RWD · CALL
1982	21	ANA-min	AA	6	3	.667	4.26	16	16	1	1	86.2	104	52	41	2	26	0	62	2	3	3			1.500	10.8	0.2	2.7	6.4	2.38	HLY · EL
1983	22	ANA-min	AA	9	12	.429	4.86	27	27	10	2	174.0	200	105	94	8	80	3	112	5	2	5			1.609	10.3	0.4	4.1	5.8	1.40	NAS · EL
1984	23	CAL	AL	12	12	.500	3.76	33	33	8	2	229.2	240	107	96	23	61	3	87	4	0	3	973	106	1.311	9.4	0.9	2.4	3.4	1.43	RoY-7
1985	24	CAL	AL	14	9	.609	4.11	31	31	6	1	195.0	210	101	89	29	62	1	64	4	3	2	831	101	1.395	9.7	1.3	2.9	3.0	1.03
1986	25	ANA-min	AAA	2	3	.400	5.71	8	8	0	0	52.0	67	39	33	6	14	0	17	1	0	1			1.558	11.6	1.0	2.4	2.9	1.21	EDM · PCL
1986	25	CAL	AL	5	8	.385	5.50	18	18	1	1	106.1	124	68	65	13	44	0	38	0	0	4	470	75	1.580	10.5	1.1	3.7	3.2	0.86
1987	26	NYY-min	AAA	5	8	.385	5.16	18	18	1	0	103.0	115	76	59	10	44	1	50	1	4	2			1.544	10.0	0.9	3.8	4.4	1.14	CLB · IL
1988	27	MIL-min	AAA,A	6	8	.429	4.18	20	18	4	1	116.1	133	70	54	6	33	1	57	2	13	4			1.427	10.3	0.5	2.6	4.4	1.73	DEN,STK · AA,CALL
3 Yrs				31	29	.517	4.24	82	82	15	4	531.0	574	276	250	65	167	4	189	8	3	9	2274	96	1.395	9.7	1.1	2.8	3.2	1.13
162 Game Avg.				13	12	.517	4.24	34	34	6	2	220	238	114	104	27	69	2	78	3	1	4	943	96	1.395	9.7	1.1	2.8	3.2	1.13

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1984	23	CAL	AL	229.2	33	33	107	4.19	4.44	0.02	0.15	99.8	4.56	10	1.1	-0.1	2.8	33	.533	.507	$	RoY-7
1985	24	CAL	AL	195.0	31	31	101	4.66	4.68	0.25	0.16	98.5	4.53	-3	-0.3	-0.1	1.2	18	.491	.498	$146,500
1986	25	CAL	AL	106.1	18	18	68	5.76	4.60	0.48	0.16	98.6	4.22	-18	-1.7	-0.1	-0.9	-7	.405	.489	$425,000
3 Seasons				531.0	82	82	276	4.68	4.56	0.19	0.15	99.1	4.48	-11	-0.9	-0.3	3.1	45	.489	.498	$571,500

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
1984	23	CAL	AL	33	972	888	107	240	45	2	23	17	6	61	87	.270	.316	.403	.719	.275	358	17	4	8	12	3	10
1985	24	CAL	AL	31	831	751	101	210	30	5	29	15	5	62	64	.280	.334	.449	.782	.271	337	22	4	4	10	1	10
1986	25	CAL	AL	18	470	418	68	124	19	3	13	3	6	44	38	.297	.360	.450	.810	.298	188	9	0	3	5	0	4
3 Yrs				82	2273	2057	276	574	94	10	65	35	17	167	189	.279	.332	.429	.761	.278	883	48	8	15	27	4	24
162 Game Avg.				34	942	853	114	238	39	4	27	15	7	69	78	.279	.332	.429	.761	.278	366	20	3	6	11	2	10
MLB Averages																.258	.324	.390	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1984	23	CAL	AL	6.1	0.6	999	0.7	17.9	-17.1	1.04	0.8	-0.1	7.6	0.8	1.04	6.6
1985	24	CAL	AL	0.0	0.0	856	0.9	14.3	-13.4	.96	-0.8	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.96	-9.7
1986	25	CAL	AL	-14.1	-1.3	484	-1.3	8.0	-9.3	1.02	-1.1	-0.2	-11.8	-1.1	1.02	-12.8
3 Yrs				-8.0	-0.7	2339	0.4	40.2	-39.8	1.01	-1.1	1.4	-3.7	-0.3	1.01	-15.9

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
1984	23	CAL	AL	33	33	12	12	9	2	3	14	19	.424	2	4	8	2	19	58%	50.6	82	22	32	13	1	11	4.0	4.0	7.0
1985	24	CAL	AL	31	31	14	9	8	4	3	20	11	.645	3	5	6	1	15	48%	47.8	79	-3	12	5	0	11	4.8	5.2	6.3
1986	25	CAL	AL	18	18	5	8	5	1	1	6	12	.333	3	0	1	1	7	39%	42.7	84	26	11	5	1	8	4.8	4.8	5.9
3 Yrs				82	82	31	29	22	7	7	40	42	.488	8	9	15	4	41	50%	48	84	-3	55	23	2	30	4.5	4.6	6.5
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-3					4.4	4.3	6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1984	23	CAL	AL	973	45%	2.4%	9.0%	6.3%	7.2%	29%	0.84	81%	165	17	10%
1985	24	CAL	AL	831	45%	3.5%	7.7%	7.5%	7.7%	31%	0.85	80%	154	22	14%
1986	25	CAL	AL	470	49%	2.8%	8.1%	9.4%	7.5%	28%	1.24	79%	94	9	10%
3 Yrs				2274	46%	2.9%	8.3%	7.4%	7.4%	29%	0.91	81%	413	48	12%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.5%	8.6%	6.8%	29%	1.06	73%			11%

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
1984	23	CAL	AL	972	240			23	0	15	9	14	16	7	45	31	5	69%	10	3	0	350	17	6	74%	14	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	17	1
1985	24	CAL	AL	831	210			29	0	13	13	16	18	11	43	25	6	58%	10	2	1	301	15	5	75%	15	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	20	0
1986	25	CAL	AL	470	124			13	0	5	10	3	9	4	20	13	0	65%	4	4	2	186	3	6	33%	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
3 Yrs				2273	574			65	0	33	32	33	43	22	108	69	11	64%	24	9	3	837	35	17	67%	32	16	3	1	0	0	2	0	52	1
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	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+
1984	23	12	12	.500	3.76	33	33	8	2	229.2	240	107	96	23	61	3	87	4	0	3	973	106	1.311	9.4	0.9	2.4	3.4	1.43	106
1985	24	26	21	.553	3.92	64	64	14	3	424.2	450	208	185	52	123	4	151	8	3	5	1804	104	1.349	9.5	1.1	2.6	3.2	1.23	104
1986	25	31	29	.517	4.24	82	82	15	4	531.0	574	276	250	65	167	4	189	8	3	9	2274	96	1.395	9.7	1.1	2.8	3.2	1.13	96

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
1984	23	11	13	.458	4.23	219.0	248	114	103	24	63	83	4	1.420	10.2	2.6	3.4	1.32	1.0	33
1985	24	9	11	.450	4.52	183.0	214	102	92	30	63	60	4	1.514	10.5	3.1	3.0	0.95	1.5	31
1986	25	3	8	.273	6.12	100.0	126	76	68	13	45	36	0	1.710	11.3	4.1	3.2	0.80	1.2	18
3 Yrs		23	32	.418	4.72	502.0	588	292	263	67	171	179	8	1.512	10.5		3.2	1.05	1.2	82

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y 1984 AL 2 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1985 AL 29 (5th)	Hits s c a p y 1984 AL 240 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 AL 2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 AL 29 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1984 AL 240 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Eddie Stack (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Gardner (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Francisco Barrios (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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