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Dick Ruthven

Richard David Ruthven

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 27, 1951 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Irvington HS (Fremont, CA)
School: California State University Fresno (Fresno, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1973
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cubs/Braves 1973-1986

Final Game: May 1, 1986
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Tom Hutton
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All-Star

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
1973 22 PHI NL 6 9 .400 4.21 25 23 2 3 1 1 128.1 125 69 60 10 75 9 98 3 2 8 568 90 1.558 8.8 0.7 5.3 6.9 1.31
1974 23 PHI NL 9 13 .409 4.02 35 35 0 6 0 0 212.2 182 106 95 11 116 7 153 3 3 10 922 94 1.401 7.7 0.5 4.9 6.5 1.32
1975 24 PHI NL 2 2 .500 4.20 11 7 3 0 0 0 40.2 37 22 19 2 22 0 26 1 0 1 177 90 1.451 8.2 0.4 4.9 5.8 1.18
1976 25 ATL NL 14 17 .452 4.19 36 36 0 8 4 0 240.1 255 112 112 14 90 8 142 8 5 4 1042 90 1.436 9.5 0.5 3.4 5.3 1.58 AS
1977 26 ATL NL 7 13 .350 4.23 25 23 1 6 2 0 151.0 158 86 71 14 62 6 84 1 4 2 666 106 1.457 9.4 0.8 3.7 5.0 1.35
1978 27 TOT NL 15 11 .577 3.38 33 33 0 11 3 0 231.2 214 95 87 21 56 3 120 1 1 6 937 112 1.165 8.3 0.8 2.2 4.7 2.14
1978 27 ATL NL 2 6 .250 4.11 13 13 0 2 1 0 81.0 78 43 37 8 28 2 45 0 0 3 342 100 1.309 8.7 0.9 3.1 5.0 1.61
1978 27 PHI NL 13 5 .722 2.99 20 20 0 9 2 0 150.2 136 52 50 13 28 1 75 1 1 3 595 120 1.088 8.1 0.8 1.7 4.5 2.68
1979 28 PHI NL 7 5 .583 4.27 20 20 0 3 2 0 122.1 121 59 58 10 37 6 58 2 0 3 518 90 1.292 8.9 0.7 2.7 4.3 1.57
1980 29 PHI NL 17 10 .630 3.55 33 33 0 6 1 0 223.1 241 99 88 9 74 9 86 3 3 4 944 107 1.410 9.7 0.4 3.0 3.5 1.16
1981 30 PHI NL 12 7 .632 5.15 23 22 0 5 0 0 146.2 162 94 84 10 54 4 80 3 1 6 648 71 1.473 9.9 0.6 3.3 4.9 1.48 AS
1982 31 PHI NL 11 11 .500 3.79 33 31 0 8 2 0 204.1 189 99 86 18 59 10 115 6 2 6 849 97 1.214 8.3 0.8 2.6 5.1 1.95
1983 32 TOT NL 13 12 .520 4.38 32 32 0 5 2 0 183.0 202 101 89 22 38 3 99 3 0 1 775 86 1.311 9.9 1.1 1.9 4.9 2.61
1983 32 PHI NL 1 3 .250 5.61 7 7 0 0 0 0 33.2 46 23 21 5 10 0 26 0 0 0 152 65 1.663 12.3 1.3 2.7 7.0 2.60
1983 32 CHC NL 12 9 .571 4.10 25 25 0 5 2 0 149.1 156 78 68 17 28 3 73 3 0 1 623 93 1.232 9.4 1.0 1.7 4.4 2.61
1984 33 CHC NL 6 10 .375 5.04 23 22 0 0 0 0 126.2 154 75 71 14 41 4 55 4 1 2 562 77 1.539 10.9 1.0 2.9 3.9 1.34
1985 34 CHC NL 4 7 .364 4.53 20 15 3 0 0 0 87.1 103 49 44 6 37 3 26 0 0 0 392 88 1.603 10.6 0.6 3.8 2.7 0.70
1986 35 CHC NL 0 0 5.06 6 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 12 9 6 4 6 0 3 0 0 0 47 82 1.688 10.1 3.4 5.1 2.5 0.50
14 Yrs 123 127 .492 4.14 355 332 12 61 17 1 2109.0 2155 1075 970 165 767 72 1145 38 22 53 9047 93 1.385 9.2 0.7 3.3 4.9 1.49
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .492 4.14 35 33 1 6 2 0 209 213 106 96 16 76 7 113 4 2 5 895 93 1.385 9.2 0.7 3.3 4.9 1.49
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
PHI (9 yrs) 78 65 .545 4.00 207 198 5 40 8 1 1262.2 1239 623 561 88 475 46 717 22 12 41 5373 93 1.357 8.8 0.6 3.4 5.1 1.51
CHC (4 yrs) 22 26 .458 4.55 74 62 6 5 2 0 374.0 425 211 189 41 112 10 157 7 1 3 1624 85 1.436 10.2 1.0 2.7 3.8 1.40
ATL (3 yrs) 23 36 .390 4.19 74 72 1 16 7 0 472.1 491 241 220 36 180 16 271 9 9 9 2050 97 1.421 9.4 0.7 3.4 5.2 1.51

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
1973 22 PHI NL 128.1 25 23 69 4.84 4.23 -0.07 0.12 103.2 4.56 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.1 0.5 8 .482 .497 $
1974 23 PHI NL 212.2 35 35 106 4.49 4.20 0.10 0.13 103.9 4.40 -3 -0.3 -0.1 1.2 18 .490 .498 $
1975 24 PHI NL 40.2 11 7 22 4.87 4.00 0.24 0.07 100.9 3.86 -5 -0.5 .0 0.0 -0.2 -1 .453 .497 $
1976 25 ATL NL 240.1 36 36 112 4.19 3.93 -0.61 0.12 108.6 5.06 21 2.5 -0.1 4.3 44 .571 .516 $ AS
1977 26 ATL NL 151.0 25 23 86 5.13 4.54 -0.88 0.15 114.1 6.35 19 2.2 .3 -0.1 3.2 35 .587 .513 $
1978 27 ATL NL 81.0 13 13 43 4.78 4.16 -0.34 0.13 108.8 5.04 2 0.2 -0.0 0.8 10 .513 .501 $65,000
1978 27 PHI NL 150.2 20 20 52 3.11 3.98 0.49 0.12 100.3 3.63 7 0.8 -0.1 1.9 22 .542 .505 $
1979 28 PHI NL 122.1 20 20 59 4.34 4.27 0.35 0.14 101.5 4.12 -4 -0.4 -0.0 0.5 8 .478 .497 $
1980 29 PHI NL 223.1 33 33 99 3.99 3.97 0.02 0.14 104.9 4.28 7 0.8 -0.1 2.5 28 .523 .505 $
1981 30 PHI NL 146.2 23 22 94 5.77 3.87 -0.31 0.13 104.7 4.51 -22 -2.4 1.1 -0.1 -1.2 -12 .398 .485 $ AS
1982 31 PHI NL 204.1 33 31 99 4.36 4.11 -0.07 0.14 103.5 4.48 0 0.0 .1 -0.1 1.6 22 .501 .500 $
1983 32 PHI NL 33.2 7 7 23 6.15 4.18 -0.39 0.14 100.1 4.71 -5 -0.6 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .419 .496 $
1983 32 CHC NL 149.1 25 25 78 4.70 4.03 -0.16 0.14 103.4 4.48 -4 -0.4 -0.1 0.7 11 .482 .497 $
1984 33 CHC NL 126.2 23 22 75 5.33 4.06 -0.13 0.14 107.3 4.64 -11 -1.2 1.3 -0.1 -0.2 2 .448 .493 $
1985 34 CHC NL 87.1 20 15 49 5.05 4.09 -0.17 0.10 110.1 4.79 -3 -0.3 .2 -0.1 0.3 6 .483 .498 $766,667
1986 35 CHC NL 10.2 6 0 9 7.59 4.00 -0.39 -0.31 109.8 4.48 -4 -0.4 .5 0.1 -0.2 -3 .435 .498 $1,050,000
14 Seasons 2109.0 355 332 1075 4.59 4.10 -0.14 0.13 105.4 4.61 -10 -0.5 .4 -1.0 15.4 197 .499 .500 $1,881,667
PHI (9 yrs) 1262.2 207 198 623 4.44 4.08 0.06 0.13 103.2 4.29 -30 -3.0 .5 -0.6 6.5 92 .485 .498 $
CHC (4 yrs) 374.0 74 62 211 5.08 4.05 -0.16 0.12 106.4 4.61 -22 -2.4 .4 -0.1 0.6 16 .468 .496 $1,816,667
ATL (3 yrs) 472.1 74 72 241 4.59 4.16 -0.65 0.13 110.4 5.47 42 4.9 .3 -0.3 8.3 89 .566 .510 $65,000

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
1978 27 PHI NL NLCS L LAD 0 1 .000 5.79 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 6 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 1.286 11.6 1.9 0.0 5.8
1980 29 PHI NL NLCS W HOU 1 0 1.000 2.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 3 2 2 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 35 0.889 3.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 0.80
1980 29 PHI NL WS W KCR 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 9 3 3 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 35 1.000 9.0 2.0 0.0 7.0
1981 30 PHI NL NLDS L MON 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 1.000 6.8 2.3 2.3 0.0 0.00
3 Yrs (4 Series) 1 2 .333 3.38 5 4 1 0 0 0 26.2 21 11 10 4 6 0 14 0 0 0 107 1.013 7.1 1.4 2.0 4.7 2.33
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 1.000 6.8 2.3 2.3 0.0 0.00
2 NLCS 1 1 .500 3.29 3 2 1 0 0 0 13.2 9 5 5 1 5 0 7 0 0 0 55 1.024 5.9 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.40
1 WS 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 9 3 3 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 35 1.000 9.0 2.0 0.0 7.0

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1976 ATL NL 25
1981 PHI NL 30 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1973 22 PHI NL 25 568 486 69 125 18 4 10 8 6 75 98 .257 .358 .372 .730 .302 181 14 3 1 3 9 9
1974 23 PHI NL 35 922 787 106 182 24 8 11 22 3 116 153 .231 .329 .324 .653 .271 255 15 3 7 9 7 8
1975 24 PHI NL 11 177 152 22 37 8 1 2 3 1 22 26 .243 .341 .349 .690 .280 53 5 1 1 1 0 3
1976 25 ATL NL 36 1042 926 112 255 39 4 14 38 9 90 142 .275 .343 .371 .714 .311 344 26 8 12 6 8 10
1977 26 ATL NL 25 666 591 86 158 27 4 14 26 6 62 84 .267 .336 .398 .734 .290 235 7 1 9 3 6 8
1978 27 TOT NL 33 937 853 95 214 34 6 21 21 7 56 120 .251 .295 .379 .674 .268 323 24 1 19 8 3 8
1978 27 ATL NL 13 342 304 43 78 9 1 8 13 4 28 45 .257 .317 .372 .689 .277 113 6 0 8 2 2 6
1978 27 PHI NL 20 595 549 52 136 25 5 13 8 3 28 75 .248 .283 .383 .665 .263 210 18 1 11 6 1 2
1979 28 PHI NL 20 518 473 59 121 21 5 10 14 5 37 58 .256 .311 .385 .696 .273 182 5 2 4 2 6 4
1980 29 PHI NL 33 944 853 99 241 49 13 9 27 14 74 86 .283 .340 .402 .742 .304 343 29 3 8 6 9 8
1981 30 PHI NL 23 648 576 94 162 32 5 10 26 1 54 80 .281 .342 .406 .748 .308 234 12 3 8 7 4 6
1982 31 PHI NL 33 849 768 99 189 26 6 18 33 9 59 115 .246 .301 .366 .667 .265 281 12 6 5 11 10 10
1983 32 TOT NL 32 775 719 101 202 34 8 22 18 4 38 99 .281 .317 .442 .759 .298 318 17 3 8 7 3 9
1983 32 CHC NL 25 623 581 78 156 29 8 17 12 3 28 73 .269 .304 .434 .738 .281 252 12 3 8 3 3 8
1983 32 PHI NL 7 152 138 23 46 5 0 5 6 1 10 26 .333 .368 .478 .847 .369 66 5 0 0 4 0 1
1984 33 CHC NL 23 562 510 75 154 29 4 14 17 7 41 55 .302 .357 .457 .814 .316 233 10 4 5 2 4 6
1985 34 CHC NL 20 392 344 49 103 22 4 6 8 2 37 26 .299 .362 .439 .801 .305 151 11 0 5 6 3 6
1986 35 CHC NL 6 47 41 9 12 2 0 4 0 0 6 3 .293 .383 .634 1.017 .235 26 3 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 355 9047 8079 1075 2155 365 72 165 261 74 767 1145 .267 .331 .391 .722 .291 3159 190 38 92 71 72 95
162 Game Avg. 35 895 800 106 213 36 7 16 26 7 76 113 .267 .331 .391 .722 .291 313 19 4 9 7 7 9
MLB Averages .260 .325 .384 .709 .283
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1973 22 PHI NL -6.2 -0.6 600 -1.2 11.4 -12.6 1.19 -0.5 -0.5 -9.5 -1.0 1.19 -6.3 2 0 0
1974 23 PHI NL -4.3 -0.4 966 -0.1 16.7 -16.8 1.06 0.9 -0.9 -4.9 -0.5 1.06 5.5 0 0 0
1975 24 PHI NL -2.0 -0.2 188 -0.4 2.3 -2.7 .79 -0.3 -0.1 -3.8 -0.4 0.79 -1.6 0 0 1
1976 25 ATL NL -3.6 -0.4 1099 -1.0 18.3 -19.3 1.04 -0.7 -0.2 -5.0 -0.5 1.04 -6.8 0 0 0
1977 26 ATL NL 1.1 0.1 709 -1.0 10.0 -11.0 .90 -0.6 -0.5 -7.3 -0.7 0.90 -6.4 0 0 2
1978 27 TOT NL 11.3 1.2 975 1.7 18.5 -16.8 1.08 1.5 0.2 9.4 1.1 1.08 15.2 0 0 0
1978 27 ATL NL -0.6 -0.1 365 -0.5 6.9 -7.5 1.18 -0.2 -0.3 -6.3 -0.6 1.18 -2.8 0 0 0
1978 27 PHI NL 12.0 1.3 610 2.3 11.6 -9.3 1.02 1.6 0.6 15.6 1.7 1.02 18.0 0 0 0
1979 28 PHI NL -3.0 -0.3 540 -0.3 9.1 -9.4 1.00 -0.2 -0.2 0.9 0.1 1.00 -1.5 0 0 0
1980 29 PHI NL 5.6 0.6 997 0.6 19.5 -18.9 1.15 -0.2 0.8 1.6 0.2 1.15 -0.8 0 0 0
1981 30 PHI NL -23.8 -2.4 683 -1.1 12.0 -13.1 1.10 -1.7 0.7 -26.7 -2.6 1.10 -18.5 0 1 0
1982 31 PHI NL -3.0 -0.3 899 0.4 15.2 -14.8 1.02 0.7 -0.3 -1.1 -0.1 1.02 7.2 0 0 2
1983 32 TOT NL -12.4 -1.2 802 -1.8 12.4 -14.2 .95 -1.7 -0.2 -18.1 -1.8 0.95 -13.6 0 0 0
1983 32 PHI NL -7.1 -0.7 159 -0.8 2.8 -3.6 1.16 -0.7 0.0 -6.5 -0.6 1.16 -6.9 0 0 0
1983 32 CHC NL -5.3 -0.6 643 -1.0 9.6 -10.6 .89 -1.0 -0.2 -11.6 -1.2 0.89 -6.6 0 0 0
1984 33 CHC NL -12.7 -1.3 589 -1.3 10.5 -11.8 1.09 -1.7 0.6 -14.9 -1.5 1.09 -18.0 0 1 0
1985 34 CHC NL -4.6 -0.5 402 -0.9 6.3 -7.2 1.01 -1.0 0.1 -6.4 -0.6 1.01 -9.9 0 0 4
1986 35 CHC NL -1.9 -0.2 47 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 .43 -0.3 -0.7 -4.1 -0.4 0.43 -3.5 1 0 4
14 Yrs -59.7 -6.0 9496 -6.7 162.7 -169.4 1.04 -5.9 -0.5 -90.2 -8.7 1.04 -58.9 3 2 13
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1973 22 PHI NL 25 23 5 9 9 0 4 11 12 .478 0 5 3 1 12 52% 49.3 83 26 23 6 4 9 3.7 2.6 5.4
1974 23 PHI NL 35 35 9 13 13 2 7 15 20 .429 1 10 6 0 17 49% 52.1 79 18 25 8 13 6 3.7 2.9 6.1
1975 24 PHI NL 11 7 2 2 3 1 0 3 4 .429 0 1 0 0 1 14% 46.1 67 33 7 2 2 1 4.2 6.6 5.1
1976 25 ATL NL 36 36 14 17 5 3 3 15 21 .417 1 3 8 4 15 42% 50.0 82 17 28 9 15 7 3.7 4.0 6.7
1977 26 ATL NL 25 23 7 13 3 2 4 9 14 .391 0 2 6 2 10 43% 48.3 84 19 14 6 14 3 3.9 4.1 6.4
1978 27 TOT NL 33 33 15 11 7 2 1 18 15 .545 2 2 11 3 19 58% 55.0 86 23 12 3 7 10 3.8 3.7 7.0
1978 27 ATL NL 13 13 2 6 5 0 0 5 8 .385 1 1 2 1 7 54% 50.2 86 23 9 2 3 4 3.1 2.5 6.2
1978 27 PHI NL 20 20 13 5 2 2 1 13 7 .650 1 1 9 2 12 60% 58.1 83 34 3 1 4 6 4.3 4.4 7.5
1979 28 PHI NL 20 20 7 5 8 1 0 12 8 .600 3 3 3 2 9 45% 49.8 85 18 13 5 3 4 5.2 4.7 6.1
1980 29 PHI NL 33 33 17 10 6 5 4 20 13 .606 2 2 6 1 19 58% 50.4 80 17 19 5 8 9 4.8 4.5 6.8
1981 30 PHI NL 23 22 11 7 4 3 1 14 8 .636 1 1 5 0 10 45% 45.2 76 10 14 8 4 9 5.2 5.2 6.6
1982 31 PHI NL 33 31 11 11 9 1 4 17 14 .548 3 2 8 2 19 61% 52.9 84 22 23 9 6 10 4.0 4.1 6.5
1983 32 TOT NL 32 32 13 12 7 3 3 17 15 .531 2 4 5 2 16 50% 48.2 84 25 32 9 1 12 5.0 4.9 5.7
1983 32 PHI NL 7 7 1 3 3 1 2 4 3 .571 0 0 0 0 2 29% 42.7 64 26 12 5 1 4 4.7 4.1 4.8
1983 32 CHC NL 25 25 12 9 4 2 1 13 12 .520 2 4 5 2 14 56% 49.8 84 25 20 4 0 8 5.1 5.0 6.0
1984 33 CHC NL 23 22 6 10 6 3 3 11 11 .500 4 0 0 0 10 45% 44.5 65 14 23 10 0 11 3.9 4.1 5.7
1985 34 CHC NL 20 15 4 7 4 1 1 4 11 .267 1 3 0 0 5 33% 44.3 59 27 9 5 2 8 3.3 3.0 5.3
13 Yrs 349 332 121 127 84 27 35 166 166 .500 20 38 61 17 162 49% 50 86 10 242 85 79 99 4.2 4.1 6.2
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 106 -13 4.3 4.2 6.4
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

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
1973 22 PHI NL 25 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 7 1.192 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5.0
1975 24 PHI NL 11 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .786 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 1 1 3.8
1977 26 ATL NL 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 .905 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 5.0
1981 30 PHI NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.097 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1982 31 PHI NL 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.022 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 5.5
1984 33 CHC NL 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.090 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1985 34 CHC NL 20 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 1.007 0 0 4 0 0 5 1 4 2 0 2 1 4.6
1986 35 CHC NL 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .432 1 0 4 0 1 5 0 6 4 1 4 2 5.3
8 Yrs 166 23 12 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 0 0% 1.030 3 2 13 2 3 18 3 20 12 2 12 5 4.8

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%
1973 22 PHI NL 568 51% 1.8% 17.3% 13.2% 5.6% 26% 1.30 67% 115 14 12%
1974 23 PHI NL 922 55% 1.2% 16.6% 12.6% 4.7% 24% 1.16 69% 166 15 9%
1975 24 PHI NL 177 52% 1.1% 14.7% 12.4% 6.2% 30% 1.33 71% 32 5 16%
1976 25 ATL NL 1042 56% 1.3% 13.6% 8.6% 5.5% 22% 1.33 74% 199 26 13%
1977 26 ATL NL 666 61% 2.1% 12.6% 9.3% 6.8% 29% 1.15 74% 111 7 6%
1978 27 TOT NL 937 57% 2.2% 12.8% 6.0% 6.5% 29% 1.28 77% 144 24 17%
1978 27 ATL NL 342 62% 2.3% 13.2% 8.2% 5.3% 23% 1.18 74% 56 6 11%
1978 27 PHI NL 595 54% 2.2% 12.6% 4.7% 7.2% 32% 1.34 78% 88 18 20%
1979 28 PHI NL 518 56% 1.9% 11.2% 7.1% 7.0% 30% 1.06 79% 86 5 6%
1980 29 PHI NL 944 50% 1.0% 9.1% 7.8% 7.5% 30% 1.62 81% 146 29 20%
1981 30 PHI NL 648 53% 1.5% 12.4% 8.3% 7.3% 29% 1.33 76% 109 12 11%
1982 31 PHI NL 849 49% 2.1% 13.6% 7.0% 5.9% 27% 1.35 76% 119 12 10%
1983 32 TOT NL 775 49% 2.8% 12.8% 4.9% 8.3% 32% 1.44 78% 142 17 12%
1983 32 PHI NL 152 57% 3.3% 17.1% 6.6% 6.6% 22% 1.31 73% 38 5 13%
1983 32 CHC NL 623 47% 2.7% 11.7% 4.5% 8.7% 35% 1.47 79% 104 12 12%
1984 33 CHC NL 562 48% 2.5% 9.8% 7.3% 8.4% 31% 1.35 79% 95 10 11%
1985 34 CHC NL 392 46% 1.5% 6.6% 9.4% 8.2% 31% 1.27 81% 95 11 12%
1986 35 CHC NL 47 57% 8.5% 6.4% 12.8% 12.8% 50% 1.90 72% 11 3 27%
14 Yrs 9047 53% 1.8% 12.7% 8.5% 6.7% 28% 1.31 76% 1570 190 12%
MLB Averages 43% 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.09 75% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1973 22 PHI NL 568 125 10 0 13 3 7 5 5 31 19 4 61% 9 8 1 215 8 6 57% 7 6 1 0 0 0 4 0 17 0
1974 23 PHI NL 922 182 11 2 20 5 6 3 8 52 28 7 54% 8 10 1 343 22 3 88% 22 2 0 1 0 0 5 1 25 0
1975 24 PHI NL 177 37 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 5 2 0 40% 3 1 2 68 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1976 25 ATL NL 1042 255 14 0 26 6 8 7 7 64 36 6 56% 10 4 2 394 38 9 81% 33 7 5 2 0 0 1 1 23 0
1977 26 ATL NL 666 158 14 0 5 9 5 7 7 36 22 1 61% 8 2 1 269 26 6 81% 24 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1978 27 TOT NL 937 214 21 0 10 7 14 13 8 49 22 5 45% 8 6 0 298 21 7 75% 20 5 1 1 0 1 3 2 16 0
1978 27 ATL NL 342 78 8 0 4 3 5 6 2 18 8 1 44% 6 3 0 118 13 4 76% 12 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 0
1978 27 PHI NL 595 136 13 0 6 4 9 7 6 31 14 4 45% 2 3 0 180 8 3 73% 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 11 0
1979 28 PHI NL 518 121 10 0 6 8 2 5 5 23 10 3 43% 4 3 0 190 14 5 74% 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1980 29 PHI NL 944 241 9 0 8 5 4 2 7 61 27 4 44% 8 4 0 331 27 14 66% 26 12 1 2 0 0 1 0 16 0
1981 30 PHI NL 648 162 10 2 8 7 3 3 7 33 19 5 58% 6 6 0 249 26 1 96% 24 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
1982 31 PHI NL 849 189 18 0 12 7 11 9 9 44 24 7 55% 10 6 1 275 33 9 79% 30 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1983 32 TOT NL 775 202 22 0 10 14 8 14 8 46 25 3 54% 9 1 1 264 18 4 82% 17 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1983 32 PHI NL 152 46 5 0 2 2 3 4 1 11 6 1 55% 1 0 0 65 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1983 32 CHC NL 623 156 17 0 8 12 5 10 7 35 19 2 54% 8 1 1 199 12 3 80% 11 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1984 33 CHC NL 562 154 14 1 6 4 10 9 5 21 11 5 52% 6 2 0 202 17 7 71% 16 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 0
1985 34 CHC NL 392 103 6 0 6 2 4 3 3 27 17 1 63% 6 0 0 170 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1986 35 CHC NL 47 12 4 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 9047 2155 165 5 132 82 83 84 81 492 262 51 53% 95 53 9 3286 261 74 78% 243 66 18 6 0 2 19 4 181 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%
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

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+
1973 22 6 9 .400 4.21 25 23 2 3 1 1 128.1 125 69 60 10 75 9 98 3 2 8 568 90 1.558 8.8 0.7 5.3 6.9 1.31 90
1974 23 15 22 .405 4.09 60 58 2 9 1 1 341.0 307 175 155 21 191 16 251 6 5 18 1490 93 1.460 8.1 0.6 5.0 6.6 1.31 93
1975 24 17 24 .415 4.10 71 65 5 9 1 1 381.2 344 197 174 23 213 16 277 7 5 19 1667 92 1.459 8.1 0.5 5.0 6.5 1.30 92
1976 25 31 41 .431 4.14 107 101 5 17 5 1 622.0 599 309 286 37 303 24 419 15 10 23 2709 92 1.450 8.7 0.5 4.4 6.1 1.38 92
1977 26 38 54 .413 4.16 132 124 6 23 7 1 773.0 757 395 357 51 365 30 503 16 14 25 3375 94 1.451 8.8 0.6 4.2 5.9 1.38 94
1978 27 53 65 .449 3.98 165 157 6 34 10 1 1004.2 971 490 444 72 421 33 623 17 15 31 4312 98 1.386 8.7 0.6 3.8 5.6 1.48 98
1979 28 60 70 .462 4.01 185 177 6 37 12 1 1127.0 1092 549 502 82 458 39 681 19 15 34 4830 97 1.375 8.7 0.7 3.7 5.4 1.49 97
1980 29 77 80 .490 3.93 218 210 6 43 13 1 1350.1 1333 648 590 91 532 48 767 22 18 38 5774 98 1.381 8.9 0.6 3.5 5.1 1.44 98
1981 30 89 87 .506 4.05 241 232 6 48 13 1 1497.0 1495 742 674 101 586 52 847 25 19 44 6422 95 1.390 9.0 0.6 3.5 5.1 1.45 95
1982 31 100 98 .505 4.02 274 263 6 56 15 1 1701.1 1684 841 760 119 645 62 962 31 21 50 7271 95 1.369 8.9 0.6 3.4 5.1 1.49 95
1983 32 113 110 .507 4.06 306 295 6 61 17 1 1884.1 1886 942 849 141 683 65 1061 34 21 51 8046 94 1.363 9.0 0.7 3.3 5.1 1.55 94
1984 33 119 120 .498 4.12 329 317 6 61 17 1 2011.0 2040 1017 920 155 724 69 1116 38 22 53 8608 93 1.374 9.1 0.7 3.2 5.0 1.54 93
1985 34 123 127 .492 4.13 349 332 9 61 17 1 2098.1 2143 1066 964 161 761 72 1142 38 22 53 9000 93 1.384 9.2 0.7 3.3 4.9 1.50 93
1986 35 123 127 .492 4.14 355 332 12 61 17 1 2109.0 2155 1075 970 165 767 72 1145 38 22 53 9047 93 1.385 9.2 0.7 3.3 4.9 1.49 93

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
1973 22 6 7 .462 4.61 121.0 127 69 62 10 76 92 3 1.678 9.4 5.7 6.8 1.21 0.7 25
1974 23 10 12 .455 4.24 206.0 184 108 97 11 117 148 3 1.461 8.0 5.1 6.5 1.27 0.5 35
1975 24 2 2 .500 4.38 39.0 37 21 19 2 22 25 1 1.513 8.5 5.1 5.8 1.14 0.5 11
1976 25 11 14 .440 4.58 228.0 259 129 116 14 91 135 8 1.535 10.2 3.6 5.3 1.48 0.6 36
1977 26 9 8 .529 3.65 153.0 148 69 62 13 58 85 1 1.346 8.7 3.4 5.0 1.47 0.8 25
1978 27 13 11 .542 3.72 220.0 219 101 91 21 57 114 1 1.255 9.0 2.3 4.7 2.00 0.9 33
1979 28 6 7 .462 4.58 118.0 123 67 60 10 38 56 2 1.364 9.4 2.9 4.3 1.47 0.8 20
1980 29 11 11 .500 4.02 206.0 246 102 92 9 76 79 3 1.563 10.7 3.3 3.5 1.04 0.4 33
1981 30 7 16 .304 5.90 212.0 256 154 139 16 85 115 5 1.608 10.9 3.6 4.9 1.35 0.7 23
1982 31 10 11 .476 4.18 196.0 195 101 91 19 61 110 6 1.306 9.0 2.8 5.1 1.80 0.9 33
1983 32 8 11 .421 4.78 175.0 207 103 93 23 39 95 3 1.406 10.6 2.0 4.9 2.44 1.2 32
1984 33 5 8 .385 5.28 121.0 154 79 71 14 41 53 4 1.612 11.5 3.0 3.9 1.29 1.0 23
1985 34 4 5 .444 4.61 84.0 102 48 43 6 37 25 0 1.655 10.9 4.0 2.7 0.68 0.6 20
1986 35 0 1 .000 5.40 10.0 12 7 6 4 6 3 0 1.800 10.8 5.4 2.7 0.50 3.6 6
14 Yrs 102 124 .451 4.49 2089.0 2269 1158 1042 172 804 1135 40 1.471 9.8 4.9 1.41 0.7 355

* 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

All-Star Games
1976
1981 *

Wins s c a p y
1980 NL  17 (5th)
1981 NL  12 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1980 NL  .630 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1978 NL  1.165 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 NL  2.176 (6th)
1983 NL  1.869 (2nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  6.475 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1976 NL  36 (6th)
Career  332 (222nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1978 NL  11 (7th)
1981 NL  5 (9th)
1982 NL  8 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1976 NL  4 (5th)
1977 NL  2 (9th)
1978 NL  3 (6th)
1982 NL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  21 (6th)
1983 NL  22 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 NL  116 (3rd)
1976 NL  90 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1976 NL  255 (4th)
1980 NL  241 (9th)
1981 NL  162 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1983 NL  2.605 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  0.466 (8th)
1980 NL  0.363 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1976 NL  17 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1976 NL  112 (1st)
1981 NL  84 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1974 NL  10 (8th)
1981 NL  6 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 NL  8 (2nd)
1981 NL  3 (10th)
1982 NL  6 (3rd)
1984 NL  4 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1980 NL  944 (10th)
1981 NL  648 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (901), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jon Garland (947)
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  8. John Denny (946)
  9. Tommy Thomas (945)
  10. Ken Hill (944)
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  4. Moe Drabowsky (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Moe Drabowsky (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Norris (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Kramer (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ken Brett (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jack Kramer (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Lonborg (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jim Lonborg (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Steve Trachsel (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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