Gary Ryerson

Gary Lawrence Ryerson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 17, 1948 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Rolling Hills HS (Palos Verdes, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 13th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1972
Team: Brewers 1972-1973

Final Game: September 3, 1973
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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
1967	19	SFG-min	A	10	14	.417	3.60	28	27					195.0	182	103	78	12	66		184						1.272	8.4	0.6	3.0	8.5	2.79	FRE · CALL
1968	20	SFG-min	A	11	9	.550	3.03	27	26					184.0	186	90	62	15	51								1.288	9.1	0.7	2.5			FRE · CALL
1969	21	SFG-min	AA	13	12	.520	3.29	31	30				0	175.0	198	97	64	10	53		125						1.434	10.2	0.5	2.7	6.4	2.36	AMA · TL
1970	22	SFG-min	AA	7	13	.350	4.04	34	25					176.0	191	102	79	12	57								1.409	9.8	0.6	2.9			AMA · TL
1971	23	SFG-min	AA	14	9	.609	2.60	28	28		16	6	0	204.0	197	74	59	9	36	2	123	1	3	9			1.142	8.7	0.4	1.6	5.4	3.42	AMA · TL
1972	24	MIL-min	AAA	8	3	.727	2.41	15	14		3	1	0	97.0	94	34	26	5	30	1	76	4	1	5			1.278	8.7	0.5	2.8	7.1	2.53	EVN · AA
1972	24	MIL	AL	3	8	.273	3.62	20	14	1	4	1	0	102.0	119	48	41	9	21	5	45	0	0	3	442	84	1.373	10.5	0.8	1.9	4.0	2.14
1973	25	MIL-min	AAA	11	3	.786	2.09	18	17					116.0	109	35	27	2	22								1.129	8.5	0.2	1.7			EVN · AA
1973	25	MIL	AL	0	1	.000	7.83	9	4	2	0	0	0	23.0	32	23	20	0	7	1	10	0	1	0	109	49	1.696	12.5	0.0	2.7	3.9	1.43
1974	26	ANA-min	AAA	13	11	.542	4.36	28	28		9	1	0	198.0	219	112	96	14	65	2	104	4	0	3			1.434	10.0	0.6	3.0	4.7	1.60	SLC · PCL
1975	27	ANA-min	AAA	9	14	.391	4.15	27	27		7	1	0	180.0	222	95	83	8	38	1	88	4	0	4			1.444	11.1	0.4	1.9	4.4	2.32	SLC · PCL
1976	28	ANA-min	AAA	1	1	.500	7.04	6	5		0	0	0	23.0	37	22	18	3	7	0	13	0	0	0			1.913	14.5	1.2	2.7	5.1	1.86	SLC · PCL
2 Yrs				3	9	.250	4.39	29	18	3	4	1	0	125.0	151	71	61	9	28	6	55	0	1	3	551	72	1.432	10.9	0.6	2.0	4.0	1.96
162 Game Avg.				4	13	.250	4.39	42	26	4	6	1	0	181	218	103	88	13	41	9	80	0	1	4	797	72	1.432	10.9	0.6	2.0	4.0	1.96

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
1972	24	MIL	AL	102.0	20	14	48	4.24	3.36	0.22	0.03	98.3	3.12	-12	-1.4	1.0	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.431	.491	$6,300
1973	25	MIL	AL	23.0	9	4	23	9.00	4.41	0.00	-0.05	98.7	4.31	-12	-1.2	.5	0.1	-0.9	-10	.371	.493	$15,300
2 Seasons				125.0	29	18	71	5.11	3.56	0.18	0.02	98.4	3.34	-24	-2.5	.7	0.0	-1.5	-14	.412	.492	$21,600

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
1972	24	MIL	AL	20	442	411	48	119	12	3	9	4	3	21	45	.290	.323	.399	.722	.307	164	8	0	9	1	5	13
1973	25	MIL	AL	9	108	97	23	32	7	1	0	0	0	7	10	.330	.368	.423	.791	.360	41	2	0	2	2	1	3
2 Yrs				29	550	508	71	151	19	4	9	4	3	28	55	.297	.332	.404	.736	.318	205	10	0	11	3	6	16
162 Game Avg.				42	796	735	103	218	27	6	13	6	4	41	80	.297	.332	.404	.736	.318	297	14	0	16	4	9	23
MLB Averages																.251	.318	.367	.685	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
1972	24	MIL	AL	-7.6	-0.8	455	-0.0	8.7	-8.8	1.19	-0.7	0.7	-6.3	-0.7	1.19	-8.2	2	4
1973	25	MIL	AL	-10.7	-1.0	111	-0.9	1.2	-2.1	.85	-0.9	-0.2	-13.3	-1.3	0.85	-8.2	1	3
2 Yrs				-18.2	-1.9	566	-0.9	9.9	-10.9	1.12	-1.6	0.8	-19.6	-2.0	1.12	-16.4	3	7

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
1972	24	MIL	AL	20	14	3	8	3	0	2	4	10	.286	1	1	4	1	8	57%	48.8	69	17	8	6	5	6	2.4	1.9	6.5
1973	25	MIL	AL	9	4	0	1	3	0	0	2	2	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	42.0	52	23	10	3	2	2	4.6	3.9	3.7
2 Yrs				29	18	3	9	6	0	2	6	12	.333	1	2	4	1	8	44%	47	69	17	18	9	7	8	2.9	2.2	5.9
MLB Averages													.500						56%	53	101	-3					4.0	3.9	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1972	24	MIL	AL	20	6	1	1	1	1	0	0%	6	1.188	2	4	1	1	4	1	5	4	2	4	5.5
1973	25	MIL	AL	9	5	2	0	0	7	4	57%	6	.848	1	3	0	0	5	4	1	5	0	5	5.0
2 Yrs				29	11	3	1	1	8	4	50%		1.121	3	7	1	1	9	5	6	9	2	9	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1972	24	MIL	AL	442	21%	2.0%	10.2%	4.8%	5.4%	20%	1.15	81%	100	8	8%
1973	25	MIL	AL	108	25%	0.0%	9.3%	6.5%	7.4%	25%	0.59	82%	27	2	7%
2 Yrs				550	22%	1.6%	10.0%	5.1%	5.8%	21%	1.02	81%	127	10	8%
MLB Averages					45%	2.0%	14.3%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.11	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
1972	24	MIL	AL	442	119			9	0	11	8	1	4	5	22	11	3	50%	13	3	1	173	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
1973	25	MIL	AL	108	32			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	11	7	0	64%	3	0	1	47	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
2 Yrs				550	151			9	0	15	8	1	4	5	33	18	3	55%	16	3	2	220	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	15	0
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

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+
1972	24	3	8	.273	3.62	20	14	1	4	1	0	102.0	119	48	41	9	21	5	45	0	0	3	442	84	1.373	10.5	0.8	1.9	4.0	2.14	84
1973	25	3	9	.250	4.39	29	18	3	4	1	0	125.0	151	71	61	9	28	6	55	0	1	3	551	72	1.432	10.9	0.6	2.0	4.0	1.96	72

Neutralized Pitching

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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	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1972	24	4	6	.400	5.14	98.0	142	62	56	11	25	43	1.704	13.0	2.3	3.9	1.72	1.0	20
1973	25	0	2	.000	8.61	23.0	34	24	22	0	7	10	1.783	13.3	2.7	3.9	1.43	0.0	9
2 Yrs		4	8	.333	5.80	121.0	176	86	78	11	32	53	1.719	13.1		3.9	1.66	0.8	29

* 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.

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