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Jim Rooker

James Phillip Rooker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 23, 1942 in Lakeview, OR
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1968
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Royals/Tigers 1968-1980

Final Game: May 2, 1980
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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
1968 25 DET AL 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 18 86 1.071 7.7 0.0 1.9 7.7 4.00
1969 26 KCR AL 4 16 .200 3.75 28 22 2 8 1 0 158.1 136 80 66 13 73 3 108 1 1 5 679 98 1.320 7.7 0.7 4.1 6.1 1.48
1970 27 KCR AL 10 15 .400 3.54 38 29 5 6 3 1 203.2 190 99 80 11 102 4 117 1 1 3 879 105 1.434 8.4 0.5 4.5 5.2 1.15
1971 28 KCR AL 2 7 .222 5.33 20 7 3 1 1 0 54.0 59 35 32 2 24 1 31 1 0 4 240 64 1.537 9.8 0.3 4.0 5.2 1.29
1972 29 KCR AL 5 6 .455 4.38 18 10 3 4 2 0 72.0 78 37 35 3 24 0 44 1 0 3 310 69 1.417 9.8 0.4 3.0 5.5 1.83
1973 30 PIT NL 10 6 .625 2.85 41 18 9 6 3 5 170.1 143 59 54 12 52 10 122 2 0 4 694 124 1.145 7.6 0.6 2.7 6.4 2.35
1974 31 PIT NL 15 11 .577 2.78 33 33 0 15 1 0 262.2 228 93 81 11 83 6 139 4 0 9 1068 124 1.184 7.8 0.4 2.8 4.8 1.67
1975 32 PIT NL 13 11 .542 2.97 28 28 0 7 1 0 196.2 177 80 65 16 76 13 102 3 1 5 839 119 1.286 8.1 0.7 3.5 4.7 1.34
1976 33 PIT NL 15 8 .652 3.35 30 29 1 10 1 1 198.2 201 83 74 12 72 5 92 2 1 7 851 104 1.374 9.1 0.5 3.3 4.2 1.28
1977 34 PIT NL 14 9 .609 3.08 30 30 0 7 2 0 204.1 196 87 70 24 64 4 89 0 2 8 854 128 1.272 8.6 1.1 2.8 3.9 1.39
1978 35 PIT NL 9 11 .450 4.24 28 28 0 1 0 0 163.1 160 94 77 13 81 4 76 3 0 1 717 88 1.476 8.8 0.7 4.5 4.2 0.94
1979 36 PIT NL 4 7 .364 4.60 19 17 0 1 0 0 103.2 106 58 53 11 39 5 44 0 0 6 444 85 1.399 9.2 1.0 3.4 3.8 1.13
1980 37 PIT NL 2 2 .500 3.50 4 4 0 0 0 0 18.0 16 7 7 0 12 0 8 0 0 0 75 108 1.556 8.0 0.0 6.0 4.0 0.67
13 Yrs 103 109 .486 3.46 319 255 23 66 15 7 1810.1 1694 814 696 128 703 55 976 18 6 55 7668 104 1.324 8.4 0.6 3.5 4.9 1.39
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .486 3.46 38 30 3 8 2 1 214 201 96 82 15 83 7 116 2 1 7 908 104 1.324 8.4 0.6 3.5 4.9 1.39
PIT (8 yrs) 82 65 .558 3.29 213 187 10 47 8 6 1317.2 1227 561 481 99 479 47 672 14 4 40 5542 111 1.295 8.4 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.40
KCR (4 yrs) 21 44 .323 3.93 104 68 13 19 7 1 488.0 463 251 213 29 223 8 300 4 2 15 2108 91 1.406 8.5 0.5 4.1 5.5 1.35
DET (1 yr) 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 18 86 1.071 7.7 0.0 1.9 7.7 4.00
NL (8 yrs) 82 65 .558 3.29 213 187 10 47 8 6 1317.2 1227 561 481 99 479 47 672 14 4 40 5542 111 1.295 8.4 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.40
AL (5 yrs) 21 44 .323 3.93 106 68 13 19 7 1 492.2 467 253 215 29 224 8 304 4 2 15 2126 91 1.403 8.5 0.5 4.1 5.6 1.36

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
1968 25 DET AL 4.2 2 0 2 3.86 3.29 0.36 -0.14 102.0 2.84 -0 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .471 .500 $8,000
1969 26 KCR AL 158.1 28 22 80 4.55 4.26 -0.09 0.05 102.8 4.53 1 0.1 1.2 -0.1 1.2 13 .503 .501 $15,000
1970 27 KCR AL 203.2 38 29 99 4.37 4.17 0.01 0.04 99.4 4.18 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.1 1.3 16 .492 .498 $
1971 28 KCR AL 54.0 20 7 35 5.83 3.93 0.01 -0.03 98.9 3.85 -12 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .435 .492 $
1972 29 KCR AL 72.0 18 10 37 4.63 3.37 -0.11 0.00 98.8 3.44 -9 -1.1 .8 -0.0 -0.5 -4 .441 .493 $
1973 30 PIT NL 170.1 41 18 59 3.12 4.08 -0.10 0.01 96.2 4.03 17 2.0 1.1 -0.1 3.2 33 .548 .512 $
1974 31 PIT NL 262.2 33 33 93 3.19 4.05 -0.07 0.13 94.0 4.00 22 2.6 -0.1 4.5 48 .579 .516 $
1975 32 PIT NL 196.2 28 28 80 3.66 3.99 0.22 0.13 98.8 3.86 3 0.3 -0.1 1.7 22 .510 .502 $
1976 33 PIT NL 198.2 30 29 83 3.76 3.98 0.08 0.12 101.1 4.07 5 0.6 4.9 -0.1 2.1 24 .520 .504 $
1977 34 PIT NL 204.1 30 30 87 3.83 4.40 0.30 0.16 100.3 4.27 8 0.9 -0.1 2.4 30 .530 .506 $
1978 35 PIT NL 163.1 28 28 94 5.18 4.10 -0.21 0.13 103.8 4.61 -12 -1.3 -0.1 -0.1 4 .453 .492 $
1979 36 PIT NL 103.2 19 17 58 5.04 4.14 0.04 0.13 104.8 4.44 -8 -0.8 1.3 -0.0 0.0 3 .457 .495 $
1980 37 PIT NL 18.0 4 4 7 3.50 4.06 0.16 0.14 109.7 4.43 2 0.2 -0.0 0.4 4 .553 .501 $
13 Seasons 1810.1 319 255 814 4.05 4.09 0.02 0.09 99.6 4.15 15 1.8 1.1 -1.0 15.3 187 .506 .501 $23,000
PIT (8 yrs) 1317.2 213 187 561 3.83 4.10 0.04 0.12 99.3 4.15 38 4.5 1.2 -0.7 14.2 168 .521 .503 $
KCR (4 yrs) 488.0 104 68 251 4.63 4.06 -0.04 0.03 100.4 4.15 -23 -2.6 1.0 -0.3 1.1 19 .475 .496 $15,000
DET (1 yr) 4.2 2 0 2 3.86 3.29 0.36 -0.14 102.0 2.84 -0 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .471 .500 $8,000

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
1974 31 PIT NL NLCS L LAD 0 0 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 2 4 0 0 0 32 1.571 7.7 1.3 6.4 5.1 0.80
1975 32 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 19 1.750 15.8 2.3 0.0 9.0
1979 36 PIT NL WS W BAL 0 0 1.04 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 5 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 33 0.923 5.2 0.0 3.1 4.2 1.33
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 1 .000 3.20 4 3 0 0 0 0 19.2 18 7 7 2 8 2 12 0 0 0 84 1.322 8.2 0.9 3.7 5.5 1.50
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 4.91 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 13 6 6 2 5 2 8 0 0 0 51 1.636 10.6 1.6 4.1 6.5 1.60
1 WS 0 0 1.04 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 5 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 33 0.923 5.2 0.0 3.1 4.2 1.33

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
1968 25 DET AL 2 18 17 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 .235 .278 .294 .572 .308 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 KCR AL 28 679 593 80 136 18 6 13 10 3 73 108 .229 .312 .346 .658 .257 205 9 1 6 6 3 10
1970 27 KCR AL 38 879 756 99 190 31 5 11 5 9 102 117 .251 .339 .349 .688 .283 264 19 1 15 5 4 16
1971 28 KCR AL 20 240 208 35 59 15 0 2 3 2 24 31 .284 .354 .385 .739 .318 80 4 1 3 4 1 4
1972 29 KCR AL 18 310 279 37 78 15 2 3 5 2 24 44 .280 .337 .380 .717 .321 106 10 1 4 2 0 5
1973 30 PIT NL 41 694 624 59 143 26 2 12 4 1 52 122 .229 .289 .335 .624 .265 209 18 2 11 4 10 9
1974 31 PIT NL 33 1068 959 93 228 33 6 11 18 16 83 139 .238 .299 .319 .618 .266 306 21 4 15 7 6 12
1975 32 PIT NL 28 839 745 80 177 23 5 16 10 5 76 102 .238 .309 .346 .655 .255 258 13 3 11 4 13 15
1976 33 PIT NL 30 851 764 83 201 27 8 12 13 8 72 92 .263 .325 .366 .691 .283 280 14 2 4 9 5 9
1977 34 PIT NL 30 854 774 87 196 32 5 24 14 10 64 89 .253 .308 .401 .709 .258 310 19 0 10 6 4 14
1978 35 PIT NL 28 717 617 94 160 31 7 13 12 10 81 76 .259 .346 .395 .741 .276 244 16 3 11 5 4 14
1979 36 PIT NL 19 444 399 58 106 27 1 11 6 5 39 44 .266 .329 .421 .750 .274 168 8 0 3 3 5 4
1980 37 PIT NL 4 75 61 7 16 4 1 0 1 0 12 8 .262 .378 .361 .739 .296 22 7 0 1 1 0 1
13 Yrs 319 7668 6796 814 1694 283 48 128 104 71 703 976 .249 .319 .362 .680 .272 2457 159 18 94 56 55 113
162 Game Avg. 38 908 805 96 201 34 6 15 12 8 83 116 .249 .319 .362 .680 .272 291 19 2 11 7 7 13
MLB Averages .255 .322 .375 .697 .280

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1968 25 DET AL -0.1 -0.0 21 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .10 0.1 0.1 -0.0 -0.0 0.10 0.1 0 0 2
1969 26 KCR AL -3.8 -0.4 700 -3.0 10.8 -13.8 1.00 0.1 -3.1 -2.7 -0.3 1.00 2.1 2 1 3
1970 27 KCR AL 0.3 0.0 901 -0.5 16.4 -16.9 1.12 -0.1 -0.4 -5.3 -0.5 1.12 1.8 3 2 4
1971 28 KCR AL -10.9 -1.1 249 -1.6 3.9 -5.5 1.09 -0.6 -0.8 -11.5 -1.2 1.09 -6.3 2 5 6
1972 29 KCR AL -9.8 -1.1 322 -0.2 5.0 -5.2 .90 -0.8 0.5 -8.6 -0.9 0.90 -9.0 2 1 5
1973 30 PIT NL 14.3 1.5 704 1.3 10.9 -9.6 .90 2.3 -0.8 23.1 2.5 0.90 21.2 6 3 14
1974 31 PIT NL 20.7 2.2 1111 2.7 19.5 -16.8 1.03 3.2 -0.6 27.9 3.2 1.03 32.0 0 0 0
1975 32 PIT NL 9.8 1.0 861 0.2 13.8 -13.6 .94 0.3 -0.0 8.9 1.0 0.94 5.3 0 0 0
1976 33 PIT NL 3.4 0.4 887 1.1 15.3 -14.2 1.03 0.0 1.1 5.4 0.6 1.03 -3.8 1 0 0
1977 34 PIT NL 16.0 1.7 891 1.4 15.3 -13.9 .96 0.5 1.0 12.7 1.3 0.96 4.5 0 0 0
1978 35 PIT NL -12.1 -1.2 741 -1.4 13.1 -14.5 1.07 -1.5 0.2 -16.3 -1.6 1.07 -16.9 0 0 0
1979 36 PIT NL -6.4 -0.6 463 -0.3 7.6 -7.9 .95 -0.5 0.2 -5.3 -0.5 0.95 -6.9 1 0 1
1980 37 PIT NL 0.9 0.1 77 0.1 1.7 -1.6 1.14 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.2 1.14 0.3 0 0 0
13 Yrs 22.2 2.4 7928 -0.2 133.2 -133.4 1.00 3.1 -3.3 30.5 3.6 1.00 24.4 17 12 35

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 26 KCR AL 28 22 4 15 3 1 10 6 16 .273 1 1 8 1 13 59% 53.5 83 27 20 12 5 8 3.5 3.3 6.6
1970 27 KCR AL 38 29 9 14 6 1 5 12 17 .414 1 3 6 3 15 52% 52.0 88 21 35 13 10 11 3.6 3.7 6.2
1971 28 KCR AL 20 7 1 6 0 0 2 1 6 .143 0 0 1 1 3 43% 43.4 82 28 13 5 0 5 2.4 1.2 4.6
1972 29 KCR AL 18 10 3 6 1 0 2 4 6 .400 0 1 4 2 5 50% 50.0 82 21 11 3 4 3 3.3 2.9 5.4
1973 30 PIT NL 41 18 9 5 4 1 4 10 8 .556 2 4 6 3 14 78% 58.9 81 16 18 7 2 9 5.2 5.2 7.1
1974 31 PIT NL 33 33 15 11 7 0 5 19 14 .576 5 2 15 1 27 82% 59.1 88 20 18 9 3 9 4.1 4.0 8.0
1975 32 PIT NL 28 28 13 11 4 2 6 15 13 .536 2 2 7 1 18 64% 54.9 88 17 23 5 0 13 4.4 4.5 7.0
1976 33 PIT NL 30 29 15 8 6 2 3 18 11 .621 3 3 10 1 18 62% 52.2 78 22 18 5 2 14 5.3 5.2 6.8
1977 34 PIT NL 30 30 14 9 7 3 5 20 10 .667 3 5 7 2 19 63% 53.3 85 10 17 6 0 12 5.0 4.5 6.8
1978 35 PIT NL 28 28 9 11 8 2 5 14 14 .500 2 6 1 0 16 57% 47.4 79 14 28 11 0 13 4.4 4.5 5.8
1979 36 PIT NL 19 17 4 6 7 1 2 6 10 .375 2 2 1 0 10 59% 47.4 79 6 14 7 1 9 4.0 3.7 6.0
1980 37 PIT NL 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 50.0 65 39 5 3 0 3 3.3 5.0 4.5
12 Yrs 317 255 98 104 53 14 49 127 127 .500 21 29 66 15 159 62% 53 88 6 220 86 27 109 4.3 4.2 6.6
MLB Averages .500 55% 52 109 -13 4.1 4.1 6.5

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
1968 25 DET AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 .098 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 7.0
1969 26 KCR AL 28 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 7 1.001 2 1 3 0 2 4 2 4 4 0 4 0 6.2
1970 27 KCR AL 38 9 5 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 7 4 57% 4 1.116 3 2 4 2 2 5 3 6 8 0 9 1 8.3
1971 28 KCR AL 20 13 3 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 14 5 36% 5 1.093 2 5 6 2 3 8 7 6 7 4 8 2 5.0
1972 29 KCR AL 18 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 6 .898 2 1 5 0 1 7 3 5 4 1 5 3 6.8
1973 30 PIT NL 41 23 9 1 1 5 5 0 100% 7 2 22 5 23% 7 .897 6 3 14 8 1 14 12 11 14 4 14 4 5.6
1976 33 PIT NL 30 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 9 1.032 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1979 36 PIT NL 19 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .950 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2.5
8 Yrs 196 64 23 5 5 8 7 1 88% 11 3 53 15 28% 1.003 17 12 35 13 10 41 29 35 39 11 42 11 6.0

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%
1968 25 DET AL 18 44% 0.0% 22.2% 5.6% 5.6% 25% 1.50 72% 3 1 33%
1969 26 KCR AL 679 18% 1.9% 15.9% 10.8% 5.5% 27% 0.98 70% 119 9 8%
1970 27 KCR AL 879 20% 1.3% 13.3% 11.6% 5.4% 25% 0.97 72% 200 19 10%
1971 28 KCR AL 240 21% 0.8% 12.9% 10.0% 7.1% 29% 1.10 75% 53 4 8%
1972 29 KCR AL 310 19% 1.0% 14.2% 7.7% 6.5% 26% 1.34 75% 66 10 15%
1973 30 PIT NL 694 25% 1.7% 17.6% 7.5% 5.8% 28% 1.52 71% 132 18 14%
1974 31 PIT NL 1068 17% 1.0% 13.0% 7.8% 4.7% 22% 1.02 76% 188 21 11%
1975 32 PIT NL 839 20% 1.9% 12.2% 9.1% 5.2% 25% 0.96 75% 161 13 8%
1976 33 PIT NL 851 17% 1.4% 10.8% 8.5% 5.5% 23% 0.93 79% 154 14 9%
1977 34 PIT NL 854 14% 2.8% 10.4% 7.5% 7.1% 31% 0.82 78% 145 19 13%
1978 35 PIT NL 717 18% 1.8% 10.6% 11.3% 7.1% 32% 0.98 74% 140 16 11%
1979 36 PIT NL 444 15% 2.5% 9.9% 8.8% 8.8% 37% 0.99 78% 75 8 11%
1980 37 PIT NL 75 15% 0.0% 10.7% 16.0% 6.7% 31% 1.50 72% 17 7 41%
13 Yrs 7668 18% 1.7% 12.7% 9.2% 6.0% 27% 1.01 75% 1453 159 11%
MLB Averages 45% 2.0% 13.7% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.10 74% 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
1968 25 DET AL 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 7 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 KCR AL 679 136 13 0 13 11 2 5 8 26 16 4 62% 10 5 2 248 10 3 77% 8 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 16 0
1970 27 KCR AL 879 190 11 0 14 6 5 4 7 47 25 5 53% 16 3 1 349 5 9 36% 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 0
1971 28 KCR AL 240 59 2 0 9 1 1 0 2 30 18 10 60% 4 4 1 92 3 2 60% 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 0
1972 29 KCR AL 310 78 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 28 11 6 39% 5 3 1 118 5 2 71% 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 9 0
1973 30 PIT NL 694 143 12 0 17 12 0 5 7 38 14 10 37% 9 4 0 248 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
1974 31 PIT NL 1068 228 11 0 12 10 1 4 7 42 27 5 64% 12 9 0 391 18 16 53% 15 12 2 2 1 2 4 3 19 0
1975 32 PIT NL 839 177 16 0 24 16 0 9 7 42 12 5 29% 15 5 1 318 10 5 67% 7 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 0
1976 33 PIT NL 851 201 12 0 10 11 1 4 8 37 21 6 57% 9 7 3 331 13 8 62% 11 8 2 0 0 0 4 1 26 0
1977 34 PIT NL 854 196 24 0 12 20 4 12 12 42 17 5 40% 14 8 3 284 14 10 58% 13 8 1 1 0 1 1 1 23 0
1978 35 PIT NL 717 160 13 0 18 13 0 6 7 44 22 4 50% 14 1 2 264 12 10 55% 11 8 0 1 1 1 5 3 8 0
1979 36 PIT NL 444 106 11 1 2 11 0 5 6 17 11 3 65% 4 6 0 159 6 5 55% 4 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
1980 37 PIT NL 75 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 40% 1 0 0 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
13 Yrs 7668 1694 128 1 135 114 14 55 73 400 196 65 49% 113 55 14 2838 104 71 59% 85 61 16 4 3 6 20 12 170 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%

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+
1968 25 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 18 86 1.071 7.7 0.0 1.9 7.7 4.00 86
1969 26 4 16 .200 3.75 30 22 2 8 1 0 163.0 140 82 68 13 74 3 112 1 1 5 697 98 1.313 7.7 0.7 4.1 6.2 1.51 98
1970 27 14 31 .311 3.63 68 51 7 14 4 1 366.2 330 181 148 24 176 7 229 2 2 8 1576 102 1.380 8.1 0.6 4.3 5.6 1.30 102
1971 28 16 38 .296 3.85 88 58 10 15 5 1 420.2 389 216 180 26 200 8 260 3 2 12 1816 95 1.400 8.3 0.6 4.3 5.6 1.30 95
1972 29 21 44 .323 3.93 106 68 13 19 7 1 492.2 467 253 215 29 224 8 304 4 2 15 2126 91 1.403 8.5 0.5 4.1 5.6 1.36 91
1973 30 31 50 .383 3.65 147 86 22 25 10 6 663.0 610 312 269 41 276 18 426 6 2 19 2820 98 1.336 8.3 0.6 3.7 5.8 1.54 98
1974 31 46 61 .430 3.40 180 119 22 40 11 6 925.2 838 405 350 52 359 24 565 10 2 28 3888 104 1.293 8.1 0.5 3.5 5.5 1.57 104
1975 32 59 72 .450 3.33 208 147 22 47 12 6 1122.1 1015 485 415 68 435 37 667 13 3 33 4727 106 1.292 8.1 0.5 3.5 5.3 1.53 106
1976 33 74 80 .481 3.33 238 176 23 57 13 7 1321.0 1216 568 489 80 507 42 759 15 4 40 5578 106 1.304 8.3 0.5 3.5 5.2 1.50 106
1977 34 88 89 .497 3.30 268 206 23 64 15 7 1525.1 1412 655 559 104 571 46 848 15 6 48 6432 109 1.300 8.3 0.6 3.4 5.0 1.49 109
1978 35 97 100 .492 3.39 296 234 23 65 15 7 1688.2 1572 749 636 117 652 50 924 18 6 49 7149 106 1.317 8.4 0.6 3.5 4.9 1.42 106
1979 36 101 107 .486 3.46 315 251 23 66 15 7 1792.1 1678 807 689 128 691 55 968 18 6 55 7593 104 1.322 8.4 0.6 3.5 4.9 1.40 104
1980 37 103 109 .486 3.46 319 255 23 66 15 7 1810.1 1694 814 696 128 703 55 976 18 6 55 7668 104 1.324 8.4 0.6 3.5 4.9 1.39 104

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
1968 25 0 0 6.75 4.0 5 3 3 0 1 3 0 1.500 11.3 2.3 6.8 3.00 0.0 2
1969 26 8 9 .471 4.09 154.0 141 78 70 13 76 105 1 1.409 8.2 4.4 6.1 1.38 0.8 28
1970 27 11 10 .524 3.98 192.0 196 94 85 11 105 110 1 1.568 9.2 4.9 5.2 1.05 0.5 38
1971 28 1 4 .200 6.66 50.0 64 41 37 2 26 29 1 1.800 11.5 4.7 5.2 1.12 0.4 20
1972 29 2 5 .286 6.45 67.0 93 53 48 4 29 41 1 1.821 12.5 3.9 5.5 1.41 0.5 18
1973 30 11 7 .611 3.33 162.0 151 67 60 13 55 116 2 1.272 8.4 3.1 6.4 2.11 0.7 41
1974 31 16 11 .593 3.31 245.0 241 100 90 12 88 130 4 1.343 8.9 3.2 4.8 1.48 0.4 33
1975 32 12 9 .571 3.35 191.0 185 79 71 17 79 99 3 1.382 8.7 3.7 4.7 1.25 0.8 28
1976 33 10 10 .500 3.99 187.0 213 92 83 13 76 86 2 1.545 10.3 3.7 4.1 1.13 0.6 30
1977 34 14 8 .636 3.14 198.0 195 77 69 24 64 86 0 1.308 8.9 2.9 3.9 1.34 1.1 30
1978 35 7 10 .412 4.76 155.0 166 91 82 13 84 72 3 1.613 9.6 4.9 4.2 0.86 0.8 28
1979 36 4 7 .364 4.91 99.0 107 60 54 11 39 42 0 1.475 9.7 3.5 3.8 1.08 1.0 19
1980 37 0 1 .000 4.20 15.0 17 8 7 0 13 7 0 2.000 10.2 7.8 4.2 0.54 0.0 4
13 Yrs 96 91 .513 3.97 1719.0 1774 843 759 133 735 926 18 1.460 9.3 4.8 1.26 0.7 319

* 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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1974 NL  4.5 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1974 NL  2.78 (8th)
1975 NL  2.97 (8th)
1977 NL  3.08 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1973 NL  .625 (7th)
1976 NL  .652 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1973 NL  1.145 (5th)
1974 NL  1.184 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 NL  7.556 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 NL  6.446 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1974 NL  262.7 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1974 NL  15 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 AL  3 (6th)
1973 NL  3 (7th)
1977 NL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 NL  24 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 AL  102 (3rd)
1978 NL  81 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1973 NL  2.346 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL  0.486 (1st)
1974 NL  0.377 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1969 AL  16 (2nd)
1970 AL  15 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1977 NL  8 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1974 NL  124 (9th)
1975 NL  119 (10th)
1977 NL  128 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1974 NL  21 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1974 NL  2.2 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1973 NL  23.06 (9th)
1974 NL  27.88 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1974 NL  2.7 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1973 NL  2.3 (7th)
1974 NL  3.2 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1973 NL  2.5 (8th)
1974 NL  3.2 (7th)

                           

† 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 - 28 (847), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Clyde Wright (956)
  2. Fred Norman (946)
  3. Frank Sullivan (943)
  4. Zane Smith (942)
  5. Johnny Schmitz (940)
  6. Denny Lemaster (940)
  7. Jim Tobin (937)
  8. Al Smith (936)
  9. Randy Jones (936)
  10. Sam Jones (935)
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  1. Jumbo Elliott (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jumbo Elliott (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jumbo Elliott (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bo Belinsky (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ken Johnson (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Fred Norman (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jakie May (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Deshaies (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tom Candiotti (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Candiotti (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Fred Norman (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Thornton Lee (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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