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Bob Sadowski

Robert Sadowski

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Braves/RedSox 1963-1966

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

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 Yrs 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

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
1963 25 MLN NL 116.2 19 18 36 2.78 3.83 0.25 0.06 97.6 3.55 9 1.1 .7 -0.1 2.1 21 .558 .507 $
1964 26 MLN NL 166.2 51 18 85 4.59 4.01 -0.09 -0.01 99.8 4.08 -11 -1.2 1.6 -0.3 0.0 8 .476 .492 $
1965 27 MLN NL 123.0 34 13 62 4.54 3.96 0.21 -0.01 99.8 3.73 -11 -1.2 1.3 -0.2 -0.3 2 .464 .492 $
1966 28 BOS AL 33.1 11 5 26 7.02 3.79 0.18 0.01 110.0 3.98 -11 -1.1 .2 0.1 -0.8 -9 .397 .493 $
4 Seasons 439.2 115 54 209 4.28 3.93 0.11 0.01 100.0 3.83 -24 -2.5 1.3 -0.4 1.0 22 .479 .496 $
MLN (3 yrs) 406.1 104 49 183 4.05 3.94 0.10 0.01 99.2 3.82 -13 -1.3 1.5 -0.5 1.8 31 .487 .497 $
BOS (1 yr) 33.1 11 5 26 7.02 3.79 0.18 0.01 110.0 3.98 -11 -1.1 .2 0.1 -0.8 -9 .397 .493 $

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
1963 25 MLN NL 19 448 427 36 99 14 1 8 9 2 30 72 .232 .289 .326 .614 .261 139 11 5 5 2 6 2
1964 26 MLN NL 51 698 634 85 159 20 5 18 6 4 56 96 .251 .317 .383 .700 .269 243 16 7 7 4 5 13
1965 27 MLN NL 34 474 468 62 117 15 5 11 6 4 35 78 .250 .305 .374 .679 .278 175 9 3 3 2 5 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 5
4 Yrs 115 1769 1661 209 416 54 12 41 22 12 130 257 .250 .309 .371 .681 .273 617 41 16 20 10 17 25
162 Game Avg. 46 712 668 84 167 22 5 16 9 5 52 103 .250 .309 .371 .681 .273 248 16 6 8 4 7 10
MLB Averages .248 .311 .374 .685 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1963 25 MLN NL 9.6 1.1 464 0.7 7.8 -7.1 .99 1.1 -0.4 13.4 1.5 0.98 9.9 0 1 0
1964 26 MLN NL -9.6 -1.0 726 -2.1 10.6 -12.7 .92 -0.2 -2.1 -7.6 -0.8 0.91 -5.7 14 7 12
1965 27 MLN NL -8.8 -0.9 489 0.1 8.3 -8.2 1.01 0.6 -0.5 4.1 0.4 1.01 5.3 8 5 8
1966 28 BOS AL -6.3 -0.6 154 -0.5 1.8 -2.4 .71 -0.4 -0.4 -9.5 -0.9 0.71 -8.4 0 0 6
4 Yrs -14.9 -1.5 1833 -1.9 28.6 -30.4 .94 1.1 -3.1 0.4 0.3 0.94 1.1 22 13 26

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
1963 25 MLN NL 19 18 5 7 6 0 4 7 11 .389 0 7 5 1 12 67% 58.2 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% 51.7 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% 48.9 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% 49.4 75 28 4 3 1 3 4.5 4.5 4.8
4 Yrs 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 .500 54% 53 116 0 4.0 3.9 6.3

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
1963 25 MLN NL 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 .987 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1964 26 MLN NL 51 33 9 3 2 5 5 1 100% 9 2 42 15 36% 5 .917 14 7 12 11 4 18 23 10 17 12 19 12 4.8
1965 27 MLN NL 34 21 3 2 1 2 3 0 150% 4 1 21 6 29% 7 1.009 8 5 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 .711 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 6 4 1 4 0 4.7
4 Yrs 115 61 14 5 3 7 8 1 114% 13 3 65 22 34% .942 22 13 26 16 7 38 34 27 34 19 37 16 5.0

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%
1963 25 MLN NL 470 51% 1.8% 16.1% 6.7% 5.1% 23% 1.64 78% 73 11 15%
1964 26 MLN NL 708 56% 2.6% 13.8% 8.0% 6.2% 27% 1.65 75% 144 16 11%
1965 27 MLN NL 511 59% 2.3% 16.5% 7.4% 6.5% 27% 1.48 80% 77 9 12%
1966 28 BOS AL 149 52% 2.7% 7.4% 6.0% 6.7% 24% 1.15 80% 31 5 16%
4 Yrs 1838 55% 2.3% 14.5% 7.4% 6.1% 26% 1.55 78% 325 41 13%
MLB Averages 47% 2.2% 15.6% 7.9% 6.3% 28% 1.09 73% 10%

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
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 698 159 18 1 15 10 8 8 10 38 23 4 61% 13 4 1 280 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 10
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 Yrs 1769 416 41 2 33 22 19 20 21 88 46 9 52% 25 9 2 644 22 12 65% 21 12 1 0 0 0 6 0 23 69
MLB Averages 50% 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+
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 98 1.214 8.2 0.8 2.7 5.3 1.95 98
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

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
1963 25 7 5 .583 3.30 109.0 107 44 40 9 32 67 5 1.275 8.8 2.6 5.5 2.09 0.7 19
1964 26 7 10 .412 4.78 158.0 167 93 84 19 59 91 7 1.430 9.5 3.4 5.2 1.54 1.1 51
1965 27 5 7 .417 5.04 116.0 122 72 65 11 36 73 3 1.362 9.5 2.8 5.7 2.03 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 Yrs 20 24 .455 4.54 416.0 438 232 210 43 136 242 16 1.380 9.5 5.2 1.78 0.9 115

* 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

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

                                         

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