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Vern Ruhle

Vernon Gerald Ruhle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 25, 1951 in Coleman, MI
High School: Coleman HS (Coleman, MI)
School: Olivet College (Olivet, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1974
Teams (by GP): Astros/Tigers/Indians/Angels 1974-1986

Final Game: October 4, 1986
Died: January 20, 2007 in Houston, TX
Cremated
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #917. Ray Washburn… #918. Jim Beattie… #919. Reggie Cleveland… #920. VERN RUHLE… #921. Bob Groom… #922. Kent Mercker… #923. Jim Brosnan…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #917. Ray Washburn… #918. Jim Beattie… #919. Reggie Cleveland… #920. VERN RUHLE… #921. Bob Groom… #922. Kent Mercker… #923. Jim Brosnan…

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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	Awards
1972	21	DET-min	A,Rk	5	10	.333	3.78	17	16					100.0	111	59	42	4	33								1.440	10.0	0.4	3.0			RKM,BRS · CARL,APPY
1973	22	DET-min	A,AA	12	7	.632	2.44	25	25					177.0	153	60	48	5	41								1.096	7.8	0.3	2.1			LAK,MTG · FLOR,SOUL
1974	23	DET-min	AAA,AA	18	5	.783	3.27	27	27		15	4	0	201.0	207	86	73	18	54	0	126	4	1	5			1.299	9.3	0.8	2.4	5.6	2.33	EVN,MTG · AA,SOUL
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	140	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	99	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	95	1.432	10.2	0.9	2.7	4.0	1.49
1977	26	DET-min	AAA	1	4	.200	6.86	10	4		0	0	0	21.0	31	19	16	4	9	0	15	0	0	0			1.905	13.3	1.7	3.9	6.4	1.67	EVN · AA
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-min	AAA,AA	8	5	.615	2.50	18	18		9	2	0	133.0	121	45	37	8	24	2	73	1	0	2			1.090	8.2	0.5	1.6	4.9	3.04	CHL,CBS · IL,SOUL
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	157	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	87	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	139	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	ANA-min	AAA,A	2	2	.500	3.64	11	5	4	2	1	0	47.0	50	24	19	2	8	0	33	1	0	2			1.234	9.6	0.4	1.5	6.3	4.13	EDM,SJO · PCL,CALL
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
1987	36	ANA-min	AAA	0	7	.000	6.26	25	9	9	0	0	0	77.2	100	63	54	8	28	1	37	5	0	5			1.648	11.6	0.9	3.2	4.3	1.32	EDM · PCL
13 Yrs				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	100	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	100	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

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
1974	23	DET	AL	33.0	5	3	13	3.55	4.09	-0.19	-0.04	104.9	4.44	3	0.4	.9	-0.0	0.6	7	.577	.502	$
1975	24	DET	AL	190.0	32	31	104	4.93	4.35	-0.40	0.13	104.6	5.11	4	0.4	.0	-0.1	2.0	24	.513	.503	$
1976	25	DET	AL	199.2	32	32	99	4.46	3.98	-0.24	0.12	103.9	4.51	2	0.2		-0.1	1.8	21	.506	.501	$
1977	26	DET	AL	66.1	14	10	44	5.97	4.87	-0.10	0.04	105.6	5.30	-5	-0.5	1.9	-0.1	0.0	2	.464	.497	$
1978	27	HOU	NL	68.0	13	10	17	2.25	3.76	-0.30	0.09	101.0	4.20	14	1.7	.6	-0.1	2.2	21	.633	.511	$
1979	28	HOU	NL	66.1	13	10	33	4.48	4.43	0.22	0.12	95.0	4.11	-3	-0.3	.8	-0.0	0.1	4	.473	.498	$
1980	29	HOU	NL	159.1	28	22	51	2.88	3.96	-0.04	0.11	91.6	3.76	15	1.8	.7	-0.1	3.0	30	.563	.511	$
1981	30	HOU	NL	102.0	20	15	36	3.18	4.00	0.17	0.11	93.4	3.68	4	0.5	1.5	-0.1	1.3	12	.526	.503	$
1982	31	HOU	NL	149.0	31	21	81	4.89	4.18	-0.09	0.07	91.3	3.96	-17	-1.8	1.2	-0.1	-0.7	-1	.441	.489	$500,000
1983	32	HOU	NL	114.2	41	9	49	3.85	4.13	0.23	-0.12	94.1	3.56	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.2	0.4	7	.489	.497	$500,000
1984	33	HOU	NL	90.1	40	6	58	5.78	4.12	-0.14	-0.20	93.7	3.80	-21	-2.2	.9	-0.0	-1.5	-11	.444	.486	$500,000
1985	34	CLE	AL	125.0	42	16	65	4.68	4.68	-0.31	-0.02	99.4	4.94	4	0.4	1.1	-0.1	1.3	17	.509	.502	$295,000
1986	35	CAL	AL	47.2	16	3	25	4.72	4.62	0.46	-0.20	97.9	3.87	-5	-0.5	.8	-0.0	-0.1	1	.472	.497	$60,000
13 Seasons				1411.1	327	188	675	4.30	4.21	-0.11	0.04	98.0	4.28	-9	-0.4	1.0	-1.1	10.4	133	.499	.500	$1,855,000

HOU (7 yrs)				749.2	186	93	325	3.90	4.08	0.01	0.03	93.6	3.83	-12	-0.8	1.0	-0.6	4.8	62	.496	.499	$1,500,000
DET (4 yrs)				489.0	83	76	260	4.79	4.25	-0.28	0.10	104.5	4.84	4	0.5	1.3	-0.4	4.4	53	.506	.501	$
CAL (1 yr)				47.2	16	3	25	4.72	4.62	0.46	-0.20	97.9	3.87	-5	-0.5	.8	-0.0	-0.1	1	.472	.497	$60,000
CLE (1 yr)				125.0	42	16	65	4.68	4.68	-0.31	-0.02	99.4	4.94	4	0.4	1.1	-0.1	1.3	17	.509	.502	$295,000

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
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 Yrs (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 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
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

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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
1972	21	DET-min	A,Rk	17	31	31		2	1	0	0						.065	.065	.097	.161		3							RKM,BRS · CARL,APPY
1973	22	DET-min	A,AA	25	28	28		1	0	0	0						.036	.036	.036	.071		1							LAK,MTG · FLOR,SOUL
1974	23	DET-min	AA,AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			MTG,EVN · SOUL,AA
1974	23	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1975	24	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	25	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	26	DET-min	AAA	10	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.200	.000	.200		0		0	0	0			EVN · AA
1977	26	DET	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	27	HOU-min	AA,AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			CBS,CHL · SOUL,IL
1978	27	HOU	NL	13	21	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.056	.150	.056	.206	-38	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
1979	28	HOU	NL	13	22	19	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.053	.100	.105	.205	-42	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1980	29	HOU	NL	28	57	49	7	12	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	15	.245	.302	.306	.608	77	15	2	0	4	0	0	1
1981	30	HOU	NL	20	34	24	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	11	.250	.400	.292	.692	104	7	0	0	4	0	0	1
1982	31	HOU	NL	31	51	41	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	27	.098	.196	.098	.293	-12	4	0	1	5	0	0	1
1983	32	HOU	NL	41	26	19	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	11	.105	.227	.105	.333	-2	2	0	0	4	0	0	1
1984	33	HOU	NL	40	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.083	.214	.083	.298	-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	34	CLE	AL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	35	ANA-min	AAA,A	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		EDM,SJO · PCL,CALL
1986	35	CAL	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	36	ANA-min	AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
13 Yrs				327	225	182	12	27	5	0	0	9	0	1	22	96	.148	.244	.176	.420	23	32	3	1	20	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	111	90	6	13	2	0	0	4	0	0	11	48	.148	.244	.176	.420	23	16	1	0	10	0	0

HOU (7 yrs)				186	225	182	12	27	5	0	0	9	0	1	22	96	.148	.244	.176	.420	23	32	3	1	20	0	0
DET (4 yrs)				83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				186	225	182	12	27	5	0	0	9	0	1	22	96	.148	.244	.176	.420	23	32	3	1	20	0	0
AL (6 yrs)				141	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1974	23	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1975	24	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1976	25	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1977	26	DET	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1978	27	HOU	NL	13	21	-3	0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1979	28	HOU	NL	13	22	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1980	29	HOU	NL	28	57	-2	0	-0	0	6	5	0.5	2	6	0.5	.518	.503	0.5	0.0	6	$	1
1981	30	HOU	NL	20	34	0	0	0	0	4	4	0.5	1	5	0.5	.523	.503	0.4	0.0	5	$	1
1982	31	HOU	NL	31	51	-6	-0	0	0	6	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	1	$500,000	1
1983	32	HOU	NL	41	26	-3	-0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$500,000	1
1984	33	HOU	NL	40	14	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$500,000	1
1985	34	CLE	AL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$295,000	1
1986	35	CAL	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$60,000	1
13 Seasons				327	225	-20	-1	1	0	26	6	0.7	7	13	0.7	.502	.500	0.6	0.2	13	$1,855,000

HOU (7 yrs)				186	225	-20	-1	1	0	26	6	0.7	7	13	0.7	.504	.501	0.6	0.1	13	$1,500,000
DET (4 yrs)				83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$
CAL (1 yr)				16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$60,000
CLE (1 yr)				42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$295,000

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
1980	29	HOU	NL	NLCS	PHI	L	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	30	HOU	NL	NLDS	LAD	L	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

1986	35	CAL	AL	ALCS	BOS	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (3 Series)							3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1 NLDS							1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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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
1974	DET	AL	23	P	5	3	1	33.0	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.36	1.00	.948	1.80	1.80	2	2	50%	38%	0
1975	DET	AL	24	P	32	31	8	190.0	39	15	19	5	1	.872	1.61	1.06	.940	1.87	1.86	9	8	47%	38%	0
1976	DET	AL	25	P	32	32	5	199.2	42	14	28	0	1	1.000	1.89	1.31	.950	1.87	1.88	26	11	30%	34%	0
1977	DET	AL	26	P	14	10	0	66.1	13	5	7	1	1	.923	1.63	0.86	.948	1.95	1.93	3	2	40%	39%	0
1978	HOU	NL	27	P	13	10	2	68.0	11	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.46	0.85	.951	1.91	1.89	6	2	25%	32%	0
1979	HOU	NL	28	P	13	10	2	66.1	8	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.09	0.62	.951	1.80	1.80	3	2	40%	34%	1
1980	HOU	NL	29	P	28	22	6	159.1	34	15	17	2	2	.941	1.81	1.14	.952	1.91	1.91	14	5	26%	31%	1
1981	HOU	NL	30	P	20	15	1	102.0	13	4	9	0	2	1.000	1.15	0.65	.959	1.97	1.98	6	8	57%	33%	0
1982	HOU	NL	31	P	31	21	3	149.0	34	9	23	2	1	.941	1.93	1.03	.952	1.96	1.97	13	9	41%	32%	0
1983	HOU	NL	32	P	41	9	0	114.2	31	12	19	0	0	1.000	2.43	0.76	.952	1.92	1.91	9	7	44%	33%	0
1984	HOU	NL	33	P	40	6	0	90.1	24	4	18	2	1	.917	2.19	0.55	.954	1.88	1.87	10	4	29%	31%	0
1985	CLE	AL	34	P	42	16	1	125.0	28	15	13	0	0	1.000	2.02	0.67	.953	1.86	1.84	9	6	40%	33%	0
1986	CAL	AL	35	P	16	3	0	47.2	16	7	8	1	0	.938	2.83	0.94	.957	1.83	1.81	3	0	0%	34%	0
	13 Seasons			P	327	188	29	1411.1	298	111	174	13	9	.956	1.82	0.87	.951	1.89	1.89	113	66	37%	33%	2
	13 Seasons			TOT	327	188	29	1411.1	298	111	174	13	9	.956	1.82	0.87	.951	1.89	1.89	113	66	37%	33%	2

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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1980 NL .750 (2nd)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y Career 2.219 (165th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1975 AL 3 (9th) 1982 NL 2 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1976 AL 19 (8th)
Losses s c a p y 1982 NL 13 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1975 AL 7 (8th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1980 NL 2.9 (8th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1980 NL 2.2 (10th)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 1976 AL 1.000 (1st) 1983 NL 1.000 (1st) 1985 AL 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 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 Ink	Pitching - 5 (1887), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1556), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1124), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the 1972 amateur draft.
March 27, 1978: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
March 28, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.
December 22, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.
June 5, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.
February 19, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1982	31	Houston Astros	$500,000	1982 TSN Guide	Three years, $1.5M, breakdown unknown
1983	32	Houston Astros	$500,000	1982 TSN Guide	Three years, $1.5M, breakdown unknown
1984	33	Houston Astros	$500,000	1982 TSN Guide	Three years, $1.5M, breakdown unknown
1985	34	Cleveland Indians	$295,000	3/3/86 TSN; 1985 USAT survey; 1/7/85 TSN
1986	35	California Angels	$60,000	1986 USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,855,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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