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Vern Ruhle
Vernon Gerald Ruhle

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: January 25, 1951 in Coleman, MI
High School: Coleman (Coleman, MI)
School: Olivet College
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1974
Final Game: October 4, 1986
Died: January 20, 2007 in Houston, TX
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Standard Pitching

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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
1974	23	DET	AL	2	0	1.000	2.73	5	3	1	1	0	0	33.0	35	13	10	1	6	0	10	1	0	0	138	138	1.242	9.5	0.3	1.6	2.7	1.67
1975	24	DET	AL	11	12	.478	4.03	32	31	1	8	3	0	190.0	199	104	85	17	65	6	67	7	1	2	830	100	1.389	9.4	0.8	3.1	3.2	1.03
1976	25	DET	AL	9	12	.429	3.92	32	32	0	5	1	0	199.2	227	99	87	19	59	4	88	4	0	0	865	94	1.432	10.2	0.9	2.7	4.0	1.49
1977	26	DET	AL	3	5	.375	5.70	14	10	1	0	0	0	66.1	83	44	42	9	15	0	27	3	0	4	294	75	1.477	11.3	1.2	2.0	3.7	1.80
1978	27	HOU	NL	3	3	.500	2.12	13	10	1	2	2	0	68.0	57	17	16	0	20	1	27	1	1	1	279	156	1.132	7.5	0.0	2.6	3.6	1.35
1979	28	HOU	NL	2	6	.250	4.07	13	10	0	2	2	0	66.1	64	33	30	9	8	0	33	2	0	2	269	86	1.085	8.7	1.2	1.1	4.5	4.13
1980	29	HOU	NL	12	4	.750	2.37	28	22	1	6	2	0	159.1	148	51	42	7	29	1	55	3	2	0	638	138	1.111	8.4	0.4	1.6	3.1	1.90
1981	30	HOU	NL	4	6	.400	2.91	20	15	3	1	0	1	102.0	97	36	33	6	20	1	39	1	0	0	412	113	1.147	8.6	0.5	1.8	3.4	1.95
1982	31	HOU	NL	9	13	.409	3.93	31	21	3	3	2	1	149.0	169	81	65	12	24	4	56	4	1	0	625	85	1.295	10.2	0.7	1.4	3.4	2.33
1983	32	HOU	NL	8	5	.615	3.69	41	9	11	0	0	3	114.2	107	49	47	13	36	7	43	3	0	1	480	92	1.247	8.4	1.0	2.8	3.4	1.19
1984	33	HOU	NL	1	9	.100	4.58	40	6	11	0	0	2	90.1	112	58	46	5	29	7	60	3	0	2	405	72	1.561	11.2	0.5	2.9	6.0	2.07
1985	34	CLE	AL	2	10	.167	4.32	42	16	7	1	0	3	125.0	139	65	60	16	30	6	54	2	0	2	532	96	1.352	10.0	1.2	2.2	3.9	1.80
1986	35	CAL	AL	1	3	.250	4.15	16	3	5	0	0	1	47.2	46	25	22	5	7	0	23	1	0	1	197	100	1.112	8.7	0.9	1.3	4.3	3.29
13 Seasons				67	88	.432	3.73	327	188	45	29	12	11	1411.1	1483	675	585	119	348	37	582	35	5	15	5964	97	1.297	9.5	0.8	2.2	3.7	1.67
162 Game Avg.				9	12	.432	3.73	43	25	6	4	2	1	186	196	89	77	16	46	5	77	5	1	2	787	97	1.297	9.5	0.8	2.2	3.7	1.67

HOU (7 yrs)				39	46	.459	3.35	186	93	30	14	8	7	749.2	754	325	279	52	166	21	313	17	4	6	3108	99	1.227	9.1	0.6	2.0	3.8	1.89
DET (4 yrs)				25	29	.463	4.12	83	76	3	14	4	0	489.0	544	260	224	46	145	10	192	15	1	6	2127	95	1.409	10.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.32
CAL (1 yr)				1	3	.250	4.15	16	3	5	0	0	1	47.2	46	25	22	5	7	0	23	1	0	1	197	100	1.112	8.7	0.9	1.3	4.3	3.29
CLE (1 yr)				2	10	.167	4.32	42	16	7	1	0	3	125.0	139	65	60	16	30	6	54	2	0	2	532	96	1.352	10.0	1.2	2.2	3.9	1.80

NL (7 yrs)				39	46	.459	3.35	186	93	30	14	8	7	749.2	754	325	279	52	166	21	313	17	4	6	3108	99	1.227	9.1	0.6	2.0	3.8	1.89
AL (6 yrs)				28	42	.400	4.16	141	95	15	15	4	4	661.2	729	350	306	67	182	16	269	18	1	9	2856	95	1.377	9.9	0.9	2.5	3.7	1.48

Postseason Pitching

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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
1980	29	HOU	NL	NLCS	L	PHI	0	0		3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	29	1.286	10.3	0.0	1.3	3.9	3.00
1981	30	HOU	NL	NLDS	L	LAD	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	29	0.750	4.5	1.1	2.3	1.1	0.50

1986	35	CAL	AL	ALCS	L	BOS	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3 Seasons (3 Series)							0	1	.000	3.45	3	2	0	1	0	0	15.2	14	7	6	1	3	1	4	0	0	1	62	1.085	8.0	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.33
1 NLDS							0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	29	0.750	4.5	1.1	2.3	1.1	0.50
1 ALCS							0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 NLCS							0	0		3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	29	1.286	10.3	0.0	1.3	3.9	3.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1974	23	DET	AL	5	138	128	13	35	4	0	1	2	2	6	10	.273	.307	.328	.635	.286	42	2	1	1	2	0
1975	24	DET	AL	32	830	749	104	199	27	3	17	9	8	65	67	.266	.328	.378	.706	.272	283	18	7	4	5	6
1976	25	DET	AL	32	864	788	99	227	32	2	19	26	11	59	88	.288	.340	.406	.746	.304	320	15	4	10	3	4
1977	26	DET	AL	14	294	272	44	83	13	2	9	3	2	15	27	.305	.346	.467	.813	.311	127	7	3	2	2	0
1978	27	HOU	NL	13	279	255	17	57	11	1	0	6	2	20	27	.224	.282	.275	.556	.249	70	5	1	2	1	1
1979	28	HOU	NL	13	269	257	33	64	14	2	9	3	2	8	33	.249	.277	.424	.701	.256	109	5	2	2	0	0
1980	29	HOU	NL	28	638	590	51	148	22	4	7	14	5	29	55	.251	.287	.337	.624	.265	199	19	3	11	5	1
1981	30	HOU	NL	20	412	388	36	97	15	2	6	6	8	20	39	.250	.288	.345	.633	.265	134	8	1	2	1	1
1982	31	HOU	NL	31	625	585	81	169	25	8	12	13	9	24	56	.289	.319	.421	.740	.301	246	14	4	8	4	4
1983	32	HOU	NL	41	480	429	49	107	16	3	13	9	7	36	43	.249	.308	.392	.700	.248	168	7	3	6	6	7
1984	33	HOU	NL	40	405	363	58	112	15	1	5	10	4	29	60	.309	.363	.397	.759	.357	144	12	3	8	2	7
1985	34	CLE	AL	42	532	492	65	139	16	1	16	9	6	30	54	.283	.324	.417	.741	.289	205	11	2	4	4	6
1986	35	CAL	AL	16	197	186	25	46	6	0	5	3	0	7	23	.247	.276	.360	.636	.256	67	4	1	1	2	0
13 Seasons				327	5963	5482	675	1483	216	29	119	113	66	348	582	.271	.316	.386	.702	.283	2114	127	35	61	37	37
162 Game Avg.				43	787	724	89	196	29	4	16	15	9	46	77	.271	.316	.386	.702	.283	279	17	5	8	5	5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1974	23	DET	AL	5	3	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	.667	0	1	1	0	1	33%	54	69	42	3	0	1	0	4.8	5.1	7.1
1975	24	DET	AL	32	31	11	12	8	2	4	14	17	.452	0	3	8	3	15	48%	48	87	18	35	9	4	8	4.1	4.7	6.1
1976	25	DET	AL	32	32	9	12	11	1	3	14	18	.438	5	3	5	1	18	56%	48	75	18	39	18	10	5	4.2	4.0	6.2
1977	26	DET	AL	14	10	3	4	3	0	0	4	6	.400	1	2	0	0	3	30%	40	66	16	15	7	3	1	3.0	3.3	5.3
1978	27	HOU	NL	13	10	3	3	4	0	1	4	6	.400	1	1	2	2	7	70%	57	84	29	5	1	1	5	3.3	3.0	6.4
1979	28	HOU	NL	13	10	2	5	3	0	2	4	6	.400	1	2	2	2	6	60%	54	80	26	0	0	4	2	3.4	3.4	6.2
1980	29	HOU	NL	28	22	12	4	6	1	1	13	9	.591	3	4	6	2	14	64%	58	81	12	14	6	1	11	3.6	3.7	6.8
1981	30	HOU	NL	20	15	4	5	6	1	2	7	8	.467	0	1	1	0	8	53%	54	77	36	12	3	1	8	3.6	3.5	6.3
1982	31	HOU	NL	31	21	6	13	2	0	5	6	15	.286	1	1	3	2	11	52%	48	86	23	21	8	3	11	3.0	3.2	6.0
1983	32	HOU	NL	41	9	1	2	6	0	1	3	6	.333	1	3	0	0	4	44%	45	73	22	10	3	4	2	3.7	3.9	5.5
1984	33	HOU	NL	40	6	1	4	1	0	0	2	4	.333	0	1	0	0	1	17%	36	48	22	23	12	3	1	4.0	3.6	4.0
1985	34	CLE	AL	42	16	2	7	7	0	2	4	12	.250	1	2	1	0	6	38%	43	76	13	35	10	4	5	3.2	3.8	5.1
1986	35	CAL	AL	16	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	1	33%	38	57	27	5	4	0	1	3.8	4.2	4.9
13 Seasons				327	188	57	73	58	6	21	78	110	.415	14	24	29	12	95	51%	49	87	12	217	81	39	60	3.7	3.8	6.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1974	23	DET	AL	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	4	100%	2	0.813	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	17.5
1975	24	DET	AL	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	1.038	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0

1977	26	DET	AL	14	4	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0%	2	1.068	1	0	3	0	1	3	2	2	4	0	4	0	10.0
1978	27	HOU	NL	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		6	1.012	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	4.0
1979	28	HOU	NL	13	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	0	0		8	1.003	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	2	1	2	0	4.0
1980	29	HOU	NL	28	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	2	2	100%	5	1.053	1	1	4	2	0	4	1	5	4	0	4	0	5.3
1981	30	HOU	NL	20	5	3	0	1	2	1	1	50%	3	1	0	0		5	0.993	2	2	1	3	0	2	0	5	3	0	3	1	4.8
1982	31	HOU	NL	31	10	3	3	0	2	1	1	50%	3	1	10	6	60%	6	1.022	2	8	0	4	1	5	5	5	6	3	7	0	6.8
1983	32	HOU	NL	41	32	11	7	3	3	3	0	100%	5	2	33	14	42%	7	1.016	11	7	13	6	6	20	16	16	23	3	23	4	6.1
1984	33	HOU	NL	40	34	11	0	5	2	2	0	100%	4	2	20	4	20%	7	0.870	8	12	13	6	5	23	10	24	25	4	26	3	5.9
1985	34	CLE	AL	42	26	7	0	3	5	3	2	60%	7	2	34	12	35%	6	0.983	8	4	14	8	3	15	18	8	15	6	19	3	5.1
1986	35	CAL	AL	16	13	5	0	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	8	4	50%	7	0.721	2	6	5	3	2	8	4	9	9	0	9	0	7.6
12 Seasons				295	139	45	10	15	16	11	5	69%	28	12	115	46	40%		0.993	36	43	57	35	18	86	58	81	94	17	100	11	6.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1974	23	DET	AL	138	52%	0.7%	7.3%	4.4%	3.6%	14%	1.69	86%	30	2	7%
1975	24	DET	AL	830	49%	2.1%	8.1%	7.8%	5.7%	24%	1.38	81%	169	18	11%
1976	25	DET	AL	865	49%	2.2%	10.2%	6.8%	6.1%	23%	1.25	79%	160	15	9%
1977	26	DET	AL	294	49%	3.1%	9.2%	5.1%	8.2%	29%	1.07	81%	50	7	14%
1978	27	HOU	NL	279	41%	0.0%	9.7%	7.2%	4.3%	21%	1.03	82%	38	5	13%
1979	28	HOU	NL	269	43%	3.4%	12.3%	3.0%	9.3%	39%	1.19	80%	36	5	14%
1980	29	HOU	NL	638	50%	1.1%	8.6%	4.6%	5.2%	22%	1.15	84%	117	19	16%
1981	30	HOU	NL	412	42%	1.5%	9.5%	4.9%	5.6%	24%	1.26	84%	59	8	14%
1982	31	HOU	NL	625	48%	1.9%	9.0%	3.8%	7.2%	27%	1.53	83%	105	14	13%
1983	32	HOU	NL	480	46%	2.7%	9.0%	7.5%	6.7%	30%	1.45	79%	66	7	11%
1984	33	HOU	NL	405	43%	1.2%	14.8%	7.2%	5.2%	19%	1.50	74%	93	12	13%
1985	34	CLE	AL	532	52%	3.0%	10.2%	5.6%	6.2%	24%	1.17	80%	96	11	11%
1986	35	CAL	AL	197	47%	2.5%	11.7%	3.6%	5.6%	24%	1.45	81%	32	4	13%
13 Seasons				5964	47%	2.0%	9.8%	5.8%	6.1%	25%	1.29	81%	1051	127	12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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					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
1974	23	DET	AL	138	35			1	0	3	0	1	0	1	10	8	1	80%	3	0	0	56	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
1975	24	DET	AL	830	199			17	0	21	10	7	8	9	33	27	1	82%	21	2	0	319	9	8	53%	8	8	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
1976	25	DET	AL	865	227			19	0	16	10	9	11	8	36	15	6	42%	7	0	1	322	26	11	70%	24	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	7	0
1977	26	DET	AL	294	83			9	0	2	4	5	6	3	15	10	0	67%	7	4	0	111	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1978	27	HOU	NL	279	57			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	13	5	3	38%	5	1	0	100	6	2	75%	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1979	28	HOU	NL	269	64			9	1	3	7	2	4	5	7	6	1	86%	3	2	1	92	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
1980	29	HOU	NL	638	148			7	0	7	3	4	4	3	34	16	1	47%	10	0	0	230	14	5	74%	12	4	2	0	0	1	3	0	7	0
1981	30	HOU	NL	412	97			6	0	3	3	3	1	5	12	6	0	50%	6	0	0	130	6	8	43%	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1982	31	HOU	NL	625	169			12	0	7	9	3	4	8	32	17	2	53%	11	0	2	228	13	9	59%	13	8	0	0	0	1	4	0	8	0
1983	32	HOU	NL	480	107			13	0	16	9	4	1	12	28	15	2	54%	6	1	1	149	9	7	56%	8	3	1	1	0	3	1	1	9	0
1984	33	HOU	NL	404	112			5	0	10	3	2	2	3	29	18	2	62%	15	2	0	168	10	4	71%	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
1985	34	CLE	AL	532	139			16	0	8	9	7	9	7	30	20	4	67%	8	2	1	183	9	6	60%	7	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
1986	35	CAL	AL	197	46			5	1	4	3	2	5	0	12	8	2	67%	3	1	1	70	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
13 Seasons				5963	1483			119	2	102	70	49	55	64	291	171	25	59%	105	15	7	2158	113	66	63%	105	57	7	3	1	6	12	2	77	1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1974	23	2	0	1.000	2.73	5	3	1	1	0	0	33.0	35	13	10	1	6	0	10	1	0	0	138	138	1.242	9.5	0.3	1.6	2.7	1.67	138
1975	24	13	12	.520	3.83	37	34	2	9	3	0	223.0	234	117	95	18	71	6	77	8	1	2	968	104	1.368	9.4	0.7	2.9	3.1	1.08	104
1976	25	22	24	.478	3.88	69	66	2	14	4	0	422.2	461	216	182	37	130	10	165	12	1	2	1833	99	1.398	9.8	0.8	2.8	3.5	1.27	99
1977	26	25	29	.463	4.12	83	76	3	14	4	0	489.0	544	260	224	46	145	10	192	15	1	6	2127	95	1.409	10.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.32	95
1978	27	28	32	.467	3.88	96	86	4	16	6	0	557.0	601	277	240	46	165	11	219	16	2	7	2406	99	1.375	9.7	0.7	2.7	3.5	1.33	99
1979	28	30	38	.441	3.90	109	96	4	18	8	0	623.1	665	310	270	55	173	11	252	18	2	9	2675	97	1.344	9.6	0.8	2.5	3.6	1.46	97
1980	29	42	42	.500	3.59	137	118	5	24	10	0	782.2	813	361	312	62	202	12	307	21	4	9	3313	103	1.297	9.3	0.7	2.3	3.5	1.52	103
1981	30	46	48	.489	3.51	157	133	8	25	10	1	884.2	910	397	345	68	222	13	346	22	4	9	3725	104	1.280	9.3	0.7	2.3	3.5	1.56	104
1982	31	55	61	.474	3.57	188	154	11	28	12	2	1033.2	1079	478	410	80	246	17	402	26	5	9	4350	101	1.282	9.4	0.7	2.1	3.5	1.63	101
1983	32	63	66	.488	3.58	229	163	22	28	12	5	1148.1	1186	527	457	93	282	24	445	29	5	10	4830	100	1.278	9.3	0.7	2.2	3.5	1.58	100
1984	33	64	75	.460	3.65	269	169	33	28	12	7	1238.2	1298	585	503	98	311	31	505	32	5	12	5235	97	1.299	9.4	0.7	2.3	3.7	1.62	97
1985	34	66	85	.437	3.72	311	185	40	29	12	10	1363.2	1437	650	563	114	341	37	559	34	5	14	5767	97	1.304	9.5	0.8	2.3	3.7	1.64	97
1986	35	67	88	.432	3.73	327	188	45	29	12	11	1411.1	1483	675	585	119	348	37	582	35	5	15	5964	97	1.297	9.5	0.8	2.2	3.7	1.67	97

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1974	23	2	1	.667	3.19	31.0	37	12	11	1	6	9	1	1.387	10.7	1.7	2.6	1.50	0.3	5
1975	24	9	11	.450	4.28	185.0	205	98	88	18	67	65	7	1.470	10.0	3.3	3.2	0.97	0.9	32
1976	25	8	12	.400	4.72	187.0	242	109	98	20	63	82	4	1.631	11.6	3.0	3.9	1.30	1.0	32
1977	26	2	5	.286	5.91	64.0	84	47	42	9	15	26	3	1.547	11.8	2.1	3.7	1.73	1.3	14
1978	27	5	2	.714	2.63	65.0	62	21	19	0	22	26	1	1.292	8.6	3.0	3.6	1.18	0.0	13
1979	28	3	4	.429	4.64	64.0	68	37	33	10	8	32	2	1.188	9.6	1.1	4.5	4.00	1.4	13
1980	29	10	6	.625	3.06	147.0	161	56	50	8	32	51	3	1.313	9.9	2.0	3.1	1.59	0.5	28
1981	30	8	7	.533	3.78	143.0	160	67	60	10	33	55	2	1.350	10.1	2.1	3.5	1.67	0.6	20
1982	31	6	9	.400	4.96	138.0	182	84	76	13	26	52	4	1.507	11.9	1.7	3.4	2.00	0.8	31
1983	32	5	6	.455	4.54	107.0	116	60	54	14	39	40	3	1.449	9.8	3.3	3.4	1.03	1.2	41
1984	33	3	6	.333	5.86	83.0	121	60	54	5	31	55	3	1.831	13.1	3.4	6.0	1.77	0.5	40
1985	34	5	8	.385	4.69	119.0	142	69	62	16	31	51	2	1.454	10.7	2.3	3.9	1.65	1.2	42
1986	35	2	3	.400	4.40	47.0	48	26	23	5	7	23	1	1.170	9.2	1.3	4.4	3.29	1.0	16
13 Seasons		68	80	.459	4.37	1380.0	1628	746	670	129	380	567	36	1.455	10.6		3.7	1.49	0.8	327

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y Career--2.219--162nd	Shutouts s c a p y 1975 AL--3--9th 1982 NL--2--9th	Home Runs s c a p y 1976 AL--19--9th	Losses s c a p y 1982 NL--13--10th
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1975 AL--7--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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John Buzhardt (964)
Luke Hamlin (959)
Jim McGlothlin (954)
Al Jackson (949)
Paul Minner (948)
Lew Krausse (947)
Craig Swan (946)
Roger Craig (944)
Warren Hacker (944)
Bob Muncrief (943)

Most Similar by Ages

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Ray Washburn (992) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Blass (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Glenn Abbott (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brian Lawrence (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Warren Hacker (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dick Donovan (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Craig Swan (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Craig Swan (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny Cox (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Craig Swan (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Roger Craig (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Roger Craig (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50