Bob Sadowski
Robert Sadowski
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 19, 1938 in Pittsburgh, PA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1963
Final Game: July 4, 1966
Relatives: Brother of Ed Sadowski, Brother of Ted Sadowski and Uncle of Jim Sadowski
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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 Awards
1963 25 MLN NL 5 7 .417 2.62 19 18 0 5 1 0 116.2 99 36 34 8 30 6 72 5 1 2 470 123 1.106 7.6 0.6 2.3 5.6 2.40
1964 26 MLN NL 9 10 .474 4.10 51 18 9 5 0 5 166.2 159 85 76 18 56 5 96 7 0 4 708 86 1.290 8.6 1.0 3.0 5.2 1.71
1965 27 MLN NL 5 9 .357 4.32 34 13 3 3 0 3 123.0 117 62 59 11 35 5 78 3 0 3 511 81 1.236 8.6 0.8 2.6 5.7 2.23
1966 28 BOS AL 1 1 .500 5.40 11 5 2 0 0 0 33.1 41 26 20 4 9 1 11 1 0 0 149 71 1.500 11.1 1.1 2.4 3.0 1.22
4 Seasons 20 27 .426 3.87 115 54 14 13 1 8 439.2 416 209 189 41 130 17 257 16 1 9 1838 90 1.242 8.5 0.8 2.7 5.3 1.98
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .426 3.87 46 22 6 5 0 3 177 167 84 76 16 52 7 103 6 0 4 740 90 1.242 8.5 0.8 2.7 5.3 1.98
MLN (3 yrs) 19 26 .422 3.74 104 49 12 13 1 8 406.1 375 183 169 37 121 16 246 15 1 9 1689 92 1.221 8.3 0.8 2.7 5.4 2.03
BOS (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.40 11 5 2 0 0 0 33.1 41 26 20 4 9 1 11 1 0 0 149 71 1.500 11.1 1.1 2.4 3.0 1.22
NL (3 yrs) 19 26 .422 3.74 104 49 12 13 1 8 406.1 375 183 169 37 121 16 246 15 1 9 1689 92 1.221 8.3 0.8 2.7 5.4 2.03
AL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.40 11 5 2 0 0 0 33.1 41 26 20 4 9 1 11 1 0 0 149 71 1.500 11.1 1.1 2.4 3.0 1.22

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
1963 25 MLN NL 19 469 427 36 99 14 1 8 9 2 30 72 .232 .289 .326 .614 .261 139 11 5 5 2 6
1964 26 MLN NL 51 708 634 85 159 20 5 18 6 4 56 96 .251 .317 .383 .700 .269 243 16 7 7 4 5
1965 27 MLN NL 34 511 468 62 117 15 5 11 6 4 35 78 .250 .305 .374 .679 .278 175 9 3 3 2 5
1966 28 BOS AL 11 149 132 26 41 5 1 4 1 2 9 11 .311 .354 .455 .809 .311 60 5 1 5 2 1
4 Seasons 115 1837 1661 209 416 54 12 41 22 12 130 257 .250 .309 .371 .681 .273 617 41 16 20 10 17
162 Game Avg. 46 739 668 84 167 22 5 16 9 5 52 103 .250 .309 .371 .681 .273 248 16 6 8 4 7
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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1963 25 MLN NL 19 18 5 7 6 0 4 7 11 .389 0 7 5 1 12 67% 58 83 34 5 2 6 8 3.5 2.7 6.4
1964 26 MLN NL 51 18 6 8 4 1 3 7 11 .389 2 1 5 0 10 56% 52 83 24 26 11 7 7 5.8 6.2 6.4
1965 27 MLN NL 34 13 3 8 2 1 4 4 9 .308 1 0 3 0 6 46% 49 82 18 13 9 4 8 3.2 3.5 6.4
1966 28 BOS AL 11 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 .400 0 1 0 0 3 60% 49 75 28 4 3 1 3 4.5 4.5 4.8
4 Seasons 115 54 15 24 15 2 11 20 34 .370 3 9 13 1 31 57% 53 83 18 48 25 18 26 4.3 4.3 6.2
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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1963 25 MLN NL 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 0.998 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1964 26 MLN NL 51 33 9 3 2 4 5 1 125% 8 2 40 13 33% 5 0.949 14 8 10 10 4 18 22 10 17 12 18 12 4.8
1965 27 MLN NL 34 21 3 2 1 2 3 0 150% 4 1 21 6 29% 7 1.035 9 4 8 5 3 13 10 11 13 5 14 4 5.8
1966 28 BOS AL 11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.719 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 6 4 1 4 0 4.7
4 Seasons 115 61 14 5 3 6 8 1 133% 12 3 63 20 32% 0.965 23 13 24 15 7 38 33 27 34 19 36 16 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1963 25 MLN NL 470 49% 1.7% 15.4% 6.4% 4.9% 23% 1.64 74% 73 11 15%
1964 26 MLN NL 708 44% 2.5% 13.6% 7.9% 6.1% 27% 1.65 74% 142 16 11%
1965 27 MLN NL 511 41% 2.2% 15.3% 6.9% 6.1% 27% 1.48 75% 77 9 12%
1966 28 BOS AL 149 48% 2.7% 7.4% 6.0% 6.7% 24% 1.15 80% 31 5 16%
4 Seasons 1838 45% 2.2% 14.0% 7.1% 5.8% 26% 1.55 75% 323 41 13%
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
1963 25 MLN NL 448 99 8 0 3 3 5 2 6 14 6 1 43% 2 2 0 159 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 22
1964 26 MLN NL 694 159 18 1 14 10 8 8 10 38 23 4 61% 13 4 1 277 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 9 14
1965 27 MLN NL 474 117 11 1 13 6 5 6 5 29 12 4 41% 5 3 1 150 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 37
1966 28 BOS AL 149 41 4 0 2 3 1 4 0 7 5 0 71% 5 0 0 55 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
4 Seasons 1765 416 41 2 32 22 19 20 21 88 46 9 52% 25 9 2 641 22 12 65% 21 12 1 0 0 0 7 0 23 73
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+
1963 25 5 7 .417 2.62 19 18 0 5 1 0 116.2 99 36 34 8 30 6 72 5 1 2 470 123 1.106 7.6 0.6 2.3 5.6 2.40 123
1964 26 14 17 .452 3.49 70 36 9 10 1 5 283.1 258 121 110 26 86 11 168 12 1 6 1178 97 1.214 8.2 0.8 2.7 5.3 1.95 97
1965 27 19 26 .422 3.74 104 49 12 13 1 8 406.1 375 183 169 37 121 16 246 15 1 9 1689 92 1.221 8.3 0.8 2.7 5.4 2.03 92
1966 28 20 27 .426 3.87 115 54 14 13 1 8 439.2 416 209 189 41 130 17 257 16 1 9 1838 90 1.242 8.5 0.8 2.7 5.3 1.98 90

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
1963 25 7 5 .583 3.33 108.0 108 44 40 9 33 67 5 1.306 9.0 2.8 5.6 2.03 0.8 19
1964 26 7 10 .412 4.78 158.0 168 93 84 19 59 91 7 1.437 9.6 3.4 5.2 1.54 1.1 51
1965 27 5 7 .417 5.04 116.0 122 72 65 11 36 74 3 1.362 9.5 2.8 5.7 2.06 0.9 34
1966 28 1 2 .333 5.73 33.0 42 23 21 4 9 11 1 1.545 11.5 2.5 3.0 1.22 1.1 11
4 Seasons 20 24 .455 4.55 415.0 440 232 210 43 137 243 16 1.390 9.5 5.3 1.77 0.9 115

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 NL  7 (7th)

                                         

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