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Ken Sanders

Kenneth George Sanders (Daffy or Bulldog)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: July 8, 1941 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1964
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Athletics/Mets/Twins/RedSox/... 1964-1976

Final Game: September 27, 1976
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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
1964 22 KCA AL 0 2 .000 3.67 21 0 11 0 0 1 27.0 23 12 11 2 17 4 18 1 0 1 120 106 1.481 7.7 0.7 5.7 6.0 1.06
1966 24 TOT AL 6 10 .375 3.75 62 1 25 0 0 3 112.2 95 50 47 10 76 16 74 3 2 3 495 96 1.518 7.6 0.8 6.1 5.9 0.97
1966 24 BOS AL 3 6 .333 3.80 24 0 12 0 0 2 47.1 36 22 20 2 28 9 33 2 1 1 203 101 1.352 6.8 0.4 5.3 6.3 1.18
1966 24 KCA AL 3 4 .429 3.72 38 1 13 0 0 1 65.1 59 28 27 8 48 7 41 1 1 2 292 92 1.638 8.1 1.1 6.6 5.6 0.85
1968 26 OAK AL 0 1 .000 3.38 7 0 6 0 0 0 10.2 8 5 4 1 8 2 6 0 0 0 45 86 1.500 6.8 0.8 6.8 5.1 0.75
1970 28 MIL AL 5 2 .714 1.75 50 0 30 0 0 13 92.1 64 19 18 1 25 6 64 4 1 2 357 215 0.964 6.2 0.1 2.4 6.2 2.56
1971 29 MIL AL 7 12 .368 1.91 83 0 77 0 0 31 136.1 111 35 29 9 34 10 80 4 0 0 539 180 1.064 7.3 0.6 2.2 5.3 2.35 MVP-16
1972 30 MIL AL 2 9 .182 3.12 62 0 51 0 0 17 92.1 88 38 32 10 31 13 51 2 0 1 397 97 1.289 8.6 1.0 3.0 5.0 1.65
1973 31 TOT AL 7 5 .583 4.40 42 0 34 0 0 13 71.2 71 37 35 6 30 3 33 2 0 1 314 91 1.409 8.9 0.8 3.8 4.1 1.10
1973 31 MIN AL 2 4 .333 6.09 27 0 21 0 0 8 44.1 53 31 30 4 21 1 19 2 0 1 207 65 1.669 10.8 0.8 4.3 3.9 0.90
1973 31 CLE AL 5 1 .833 1.65 15 0 13 0 0 5 27.1 18 6 5 2 9 2 14 0 0 0 107 243 0.988 5.9 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.56
1974 32 TOT AL 0 1 .000 6.53 18 0 14 0 0 2 20.2 31 17 15 5 8 2 8 0 0 1 100 56 1.887 13.5 2.2 3.5 3.5 1.00
1974 32 CLE AL 0 1 .000 9.82 9 0 7 0 0 1 11.0 21 12 12 5 5 2 4 0 0 0 58 38 2.364 17.2 4.1 4.1 3.3 0.80
1974 32 CAL AL 0 0 2.79 9 0 7 0 0 1 9.2 10 5 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 42 128 1.345 9.3 0.0 2.8 3.7 1.33
1975 33 NYM NL 1 1 .500 2.30 29 0 18 0 0 5 43.0 31 11 11 2 14 7 8 0 0 0 172 151 1.047 6.5 0.4 2.9 1.7 0.57
1976 34 TOT MLB 1 2 .333 2.70 34 0 19 0 0 1 50.0 42 16 15 4 15 4 18 1 1 0 202 124 1.140 7.6 0.7 2.7 3.2 1.20
1976 34 NYM NL 1 2 .333 2.87 31 0 18 0 0 1 47.0 39 16 15 4 12 4 16 1 1 0 188 115 1.085 7.5 0.8 2.3 3.1 1.33
1976 34 KCR AL 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 14 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
10 Yrs 29 45 .392 2.97 408 1 285 0 0 86 656.2 564 240 217 50 258 67 360 17 4 9 2741 119 1.252 7.7 0.7 3.5 4.9 1.40
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .392 2.97 68 0 47 0 0 14 109 94 40 36 8 43 11 60 3 1 1 456 119 1.252 7.7 0.7 3.5 4.9 1.40
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
OAK (3 yrs) 3 7 .300 3.67 66 1 30 0 0 2 103.0 90 45 42 11 73 13 65 2 1 3 457 95 1.583 7.9 1.0 6.4 5.7 0.89
MIL (3 yrs) 14 23 .378 2.21 195 0 158 0 0 61 321.0 263 92 79 20 90 29 195 10 1 3 1293 154 1.100 7.4 0.6 2.5 5.5 2.17
NYM (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 2.60 60 0 36 0 0 6 90.0 70 27 26 6 26 11 24 1 1 0 360 130 1.067 7.0 0.6 2.6 2.4 0.92
CLE (2 yrs) 5 2 .714 3.99 24 0 20 0 0 6 38.1 39 18 17 7 14 4 18 0 0 0 165 98 1.383 9.2 1.6 3.3 4.2 1.29
KCR (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 14 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
MIN (1 yr) 2 4 .333 6.09 27 0 21 0 0 8 44.1 53 31 30 4 21 1 19 2 0 1 207 65 1.669 10.8 0.8 4.3 3.9 0.90
BOS (1 yr) 3 6 .333 3.80 24 0 12 0 0 2 47.1 36 22 20 2 28 9 33 2 1 1 203 101 1.352 6.8 0.4 5.3 6.3 1.18
CAL (1 yr) 0 0 2.79 9 0 7 0 0 1 9.2 10 5 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 42 128 1.345 9.3 0.0 2.8 3.7 1.33
AL (9 yrs) 27 42 .391 3.03 348 1 249 0 0 80 566.2 494 213 191 44 232 56 336 16 3 9 2381 117 1.281 7.8 0.7 3.7 5.3 1.45
NL (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 2.60 60 0 36 0 0 6 90.0 70 27 26 6 26 11 24 1 1 0 360 130 1.067 7.0 0.6 2.6 2.4 0.92

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
1964 22 KCA AL 27.0 21 0 12 4.00 4.12 -0.26 -0.17 108.0 4.55 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 0.4 4 .511 .501 $
1966 24 BOS AL 47.1 24 0 22 4.18 3.97 0.14 -0.16 110.2 4.04 0 0.0 1.2 -0.1 0.3 3 .500 .500 $
1966 24 KCA AL 65.1 38 1 28 3.86 3.98 0.13 -0.15 99.1 3.67 -0 -0.0 1.1 -0.1 0.4 4 .499 .500 $8,000
1968 26 OAK AL 10.2 7 0 5 4.22 3.51 0.07 -0.15 106.2 3.49 -1 -0.1 .5 0.0 0.0 -0 .487 .499 $
1970 28 MIL AL 92.1 50 0 19 1.85 4.17 -0.20 -0.17 101.5 4.26 25 2.9 1.7 0.8 4.6 34 .558 .518 $
1971 29 MIL AL 136.1 83 0 35 2.31 3.94 0.25 -0.17 98.1 3.46 18 2.1 1.9 0.6 3.9 30 .525 .513 $ MVP-16
1972 30 MIL AL 92.1 62 0 38 3.70 3.53 0.20 -0.15 98.8 3.14 -5 -0.6 1.2 -0.2 0.0 2 .490 .496 $
1973 31 MIN AL 44.1 27 0 31 6.29 4.21 -0.13 -0.35 104.8 4.18 -11 -1.1 1.4 -0.3 -1.1 -6 .459 .493 $
1973 31 CLE AL 27.1 15 0 6 1.98 4.29 -0.31 -0.35 103.3 4.38 7 0.8 2.2 0.4 1.5 10 .553 .505 $
1974 32 CLE AL 11.0 9 0 12 9.82 4.34 0.28 -0.36 99.7 3.69 -7 -0.8 1.3 -0.1 -0.8 -6 .414 .495 $
1974 32 CAL AL 9.2 9 0 5 4.66 4.03 -0.19 -0.34 96.2 3.73 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.0 0.0 -0 .488 .499 $
1975 33 NYM NL 43.0 29 0 11 2.30 4.15 -0.00 -0.34 99.2 3.78 7 0.8 .9 -0.1 1.0 11 .526 .505 $
1976 34 NYM NL 47.0 31 0 16 3.06 4.11 0.07 -0.33 91.4 3.38 1 0.1 .7 -0.1 0.4 6 .505 .501 $
1976 34 KCR AL 3.0 3 0 0 0.00 4.48 0.23 -0.37 95.0 3.69 1 0.1 .1 -0.1 0.1 2 .549 .501 $
10 Seasons 656.2 408 1 240 3.29 3.99 0.05 -0.21 100.4 3.75 36 4.3 1.3 0.7 10.7 94 .511 .502 $8,000
OAK (3 yrs) 103.0 66 1 45 3.93 3.97 0.02 -0.15 102.2 3.88 1 0.1 1.0 -0.2 0.8 8 .501 .500 $8,000
MIL (3 yrs) 321.0 195 0 92 2.58 3.89 0.10 -0.16 99.3 3.60 38 4.4 1.6 1.3 8.5 66 .522 .509 $
NYM (2 yrs) 90.0 60 0 27 2.70 4.13 0.04 -0.33 95.1 3.57 8 0.9 .8 -0.2 1.4 17 .515 .503 $
CLE (2 yrs) 38.1 24 0 18 4.23 4.30 -0.14 -0.36 102.3 4.18 -0 0.0 1.9 0.3 0.7 4 .501 .500 $
KCR (1 yr) 3.0 3 0 0 0.00 4.48 0.23 -0.37 95.0 3.69 1 0.1 .1 -0.1 0.1 2 .549 .501 $
MIN (1 yr) 44.1 27 0 31 6.29 4.21 -0.13 -0.35 104.8 4.18 -11 -1.1 1.4 -0.3 -1.1 -6 .459 .493 $
BOS (1 yr) 47.1 24 0 22 4.18 3.97 0.14 -0.16 110.2 4.04 0 0.0 1.2 -0.1 0.3 3 .500 .500 $
CAL (1 yr) 9.2 9 0 5 4.66 4.03 -0.19 -0.34 96.2 3.73 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.0 0.0 -0 .488 .499 $

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
1964 22 KCA AL 21 120 99 12 23 6 1 2 2 0 17 18 .232 .345 .374 .718 .259 37 3 1 1 2 4 1
1966 24 BOS AL 24 204 169 22 36 11 3 2 1 0 28 33 .213 .330 .349 .679 .252 59 5 2 4 1 9 4
1966 24 KCA AL 38 292 236 28 59 16 1 8 5 4 48 41 .250 .374 .428 .802 .267 101 5 1 3 4 7 1
1966 24 TOT AL 62 496 405 50 95 27 4 10 6 4 76 74 .235 .356 .395 .751 .261 160 10 3 7 5 16 5
1968 26 OAK AL 7 45 35 5 8 0 2 1 1 1 8 6 .229 .372 .429 .801 .250 15 1 0 2 0 2 0
1970 28 MIL AL 50 357 318 19 64 7 3 1 1 4 25 64 .201 .266 .252 .517 .246 80 5 4 7 3 6 4
1971 29 MIL AL 83 538 489 35 111 19 1 9 6 7 34 80 .227 .282 .325 .607 .254 159 14 4 10 1 10 8
1972 30 MIL AL 62 396 358 38 88 11 0 10 3 2 31 51 .246 .309 .360 .669 .262 129 7 2 4 1 13 10
1973 31 CLE AL 15 107 96 6 18 4 0 2 2 0 9 14 .188 .257 .292 .549 .200 28 1 0 2 0 2 3
1973 31 MIN AL 27 208 177 31 53 9 1 4 1 1 21 19 .299 .373 .429 .802 .310 76 5 2 4 4 1 5
1973 31 TOT AL 42 315 273 37 71 13 1 6 3 1 30 33 .260 .333 .381 .714 .273 104 6 2 6 4 3 8
1974 32 CAL AL 9 42 36 5 10 1 0 0 3 1 3 4 .278 .317 .306 .623 .294 11 0 0 1 2 0 0
1974 32 CLE AL 9 58 52 12 21 2 0 5 0 0 5 4 .404 .456 .731 1.187 .372 38 0 0 1 0 2 0
1974 32 TOT AL 18 100 88 17 31 3 0 5 3 1 8 8 .352 .398 .557 .955 .338 49 0 0 2 2 2 0
1975 33 NYM NL 29 172 151 11 31 6 1 2 1 2 14 8 .205 .271 .298 .569 .204 45 0 0 6 1 7 3
1976 34 KCR AL 3 14 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .273 .429 .273 .701 .333 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 34 NYM NL 31 188 169 16 39 8 0 4 1 4 12 16 .231 .281 .349 .630 .230 59 2 1 3 3 4 2
1976 34 TOT MLB 34 202 180 16 42 8 0 4 1 4 15 18 .233 .291 .344 .636 .236 62 3 1 3 3 4 2
10 Yrs 408 2741 2396 240 564 100 13 50 27 26 258 360 .235 .312 .351 .662 .256 840 49 17 48 22 67 41
162 Game Avg. 68 456 398 40 94 17 2 8 4 4 43 60 .235 .312 .351 .662 .256 140 8 3 8 4 11 7
MLB Averages .250 .317 .368 .685 .277
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
1964 22 KCA AL 0.8 0.1 124 -1.0 0.9 -1.8 .57 0.1 -1.8 -0.4 -0.0 0.57 1.1 2 4 14
1966 24 TOT AL -0.4 -0.0 517 -2.8 7.2 -10.0 1.02 -0.6 -2.2 -9.8 -1.0 1.02 -8.5 15 17 28
1966 24 BOS AL 0.6 0.1 209 -1.7 3.0 -4.6 1.09 0.2 -1.8 -4.0 -0.4 1.09 2.1 6 6 11
1966 24 KCA AL -1.0 -0.1 308 -1.1 4.2 -5.4 .96 -0.8 -0.4 -5.8 -0.6 0.96 -10.6 9 11 17
1968 26 OAK AL -0.7 -0.1 47 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .64 -0.2 -0.3 -2.8 -0.3 0.64 -1.0 1 0 5
1970 28 MIL AL 21.0 2.2 369 1.8 8.7 -7.0 1.30 2.3 -0.9 17.1 1.8 1.30 24.5 22 13 15
1971 29 MIL AL 22.6 2.5 556 4.1 15.2 -11.2 1.54 2.1 0.5 28.6 3.2 1.54 20.5 41 22 20
1972 30 MIL AL -1.8 -0.2 403 -1.5 7.2 -8.7 1.21 -0.2 -1.1 -5.8 -0.7 1.21 -2.5 22 10 24
1973 31 TOT AL -1.9 -0.2 322 1.2 8.6 -7.4 1.54 -0.2 1.0 0.1 0.0 1.54 -2.8 19 7 13
1973 31 MIN AL -8.7 -0.9 212 -0.7 5.0 -5.7 1.49 -0.9 0.5 -7.4 -0.7 1.49 -9.7 10 5 10
1973 31 CLE AL 6.8 0.7 110 1.9 3.6 -1.7 1.64 0.8 0.4 7.5 0.8 1.64 6.9 9 2 3
1974 32 TOT AL -6.6 -0.7 106 -0.9 0.9 -1.8 .65 -0.4 -0.9 -9.0 -0.9 0.65 -8.1 6 2 8
1974 32 CLE AL -6.7 -0.7 58 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 .65 -0.5 -0.4 -10.5 -1.0 0.65 -8.1 4 1 4
1974 32 CAL AL 0.1 0.0 48 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 .65 0.1 -0.5 1.5 0.2 0.65 -0.0 2 1 4
1975 33 NYM NL 6.7 0.7 176 1.0 2.7 -1.7 .92 0.8 0.3 11.6 1.3 0.92 9.2 9 3 17
1976 34 TOT MLB 4.4 0.5 209 0.3 2.0 -1.7 .55 0.4 0.2 6.7 0.7 0.54 4.5 5 4 23
1976 34 NYM NL 3.0 0.3 195 0.3 2.0 -1.7 .58 0.4 0.1 5.0 0.6 0.58 4.1 5 4 21
1976 34 KCR AL 1.3 0.2 14 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .07 0.0 -0.0 1.7 0.2 0.07 0.5 0 0 2
10 Yrs 44.2 4.8 2829 1.9 53.9 -52.0 1.16 4.1 -2.5 36.5 4.1 1.16 37.0 142 82 167
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
1966 24 TOT AL 62 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 53 53 27 6 1 0 4.1 0.0 4.0
1966 24 KCA AL 38 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 53.0 53 53 14 2 1 0 4.1 0.0 4.0
1 Yr 38 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 53 53 53 14 2 1 0 4.1 0.0 4.0
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 116 -5 4.0 3.9 6.5

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
1964 22 KCA AL 21 21 11 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 20 8 40% 8 .573 2 4 14 2 2 17 10 11 10 6 11 8 3.9
1966 24 TOT AL 62 61 25 6 10 4 3 1 75% 7 3 50 25 50% 1.018 15 17 28 9 12 40 26 35 35 11 37 21 5.3
1966 24 BOS AL 24 24 12 3 6 3 2 1 67% 4 1 19 9 47% 6 1.094 6 6 11 5 5 14 10 14 14 6 16 7 5.9
1966 24 KCA AL 38 37 13 3 4 1 1 0 100% 3 2 31 16 52% 8 .965 9 11 17 4 7 26 16 21 21 5 21 14 5.0
1968 26 OAK AL 7 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 .637 1 0 5 0 1 6 3 4 4 1 4 1 4.6
1970 28 MIL AL 50 50 30 5 2 18 13 6 72% 20 2 59 25 42% 8 1.297 22 13 15 20 4 26 31 19 35 8 37 19 5.5
1971 29 MIL AL 83 83 77 7 12 35 31 4 89% 37 0 71 12 17% 8 1.544 41 22 20 37 13 33 41 42 53 15 53 38 4.9
1972 30 MIL AL 62 62 51 2 9 21 17 4 81% 21 0 34 12 35% 8 1.206 22 10 24 21 9 32 20 42 27 8 28 18 4.5
1973 31 TOT AL 42 42 34 7 5 17 13 4 76% 17 0 50 15 30% 1.538 19 7 13 18 6 18 27 15 27 8 29 6 5.1
1973 31 MIN AL 27 27 21 2 4 11 8 3 73% 11 0 27 10 37% 8 1.486 10 5 10 11 4 12 14 13 16 6 17 3 4.9
1973 31 CLE AL 15 15 13 5 1 6 5 1 83% 6 0 23 5 22% 8 1.640 9 2 3 7 2 6 13 2 11 2 12 3 5.5
1974 32 TOT AL 18 18 14 0 1 3 2 1 67% 4 0 19 8 42% .649 6 2 8 4 1 13 9 9 6 7 7 3 3.4
1974 32 CLE AL 9 9 7 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 9 7 78% 9 .652 4 1 4 2 1 6 4 5 3 5 3 2 3.7
1974 32 CAL AL 9 9 7 0 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 10 1 10% 8 .646 2 1 4 2 0 7 5 4 3 2 4 1 3.2
1975 33 NYM NL 29 29 18 1 1 6 5 1 83% 7 0 17 2 12% 8 .919 9 3 17 7 2 21 8 22 13 5 13 9 4.3
1976 34 TOT MLB 34 34 19 1 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 12 4 33% .545 5 4 23 3 5 26 8 26 17 6 18 8 4.4
1976 34 NYM NL 31 31 18 1 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 9 3 33% 7 .581 5 4 21 3 5 23 6 25 16 5 17 7 4.5
1976 34 KCR AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 6 .067 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3.0
10 Yrs 408 407 285 29 45 107 86 22 80% 117 6 336 114 34% 1.164 142 82 167 121 55 232 183 225 227 75 237 131 4.8
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

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%
1964 22 KCA AL 120 61% 1.7% 15.0% 14.2% 7.5% 39% 1.42 68% 20 3 15%
1966 24 TOT AL 496 61% 2.0% 14.9% 15.3% 8.3% 43% 1.11 66% 91 10 11%
1966 24 BOS AL 204 58% 1.0% 16.2% 13.7% 7.8% 44% 1.40 66% 37 5 14%
1966 24 KCA AL 292 63% 2.7% 14.0% 16.4% 8.6% 42% 0.95 65% 54 5 9%
1968 26 OAK AL 45 53% 2.2% 13.3% 17.8% 6.7% 38% 1.08 62% 9 1 11%
1970 28 MIL AL 357 62% 0.3% 17.9% 7.0% 3.1% 17% 1.18 72% 65 5 8%
1971 29 MIL AL 538 56% 1.7% 14.9% 6.3% 5.4% 26% 1.35 75% 96 14 15%
1972 30 MIL AL 396 57% 2.5% 12.9% 7.8% 5.3% 24% 1.14 75% 76 7 9%
1973 31 TOT AL 315 59% 1.9% 10.5% 9.5% 6.4% 28% 1.12 76% 78 6 8%
1973 31 MIN AL 208 56% 1.9% 9.1% 10.1% 6.7% 26% 1.20 76% 62 5 8%
1973 31 CLE AL 107 64% 1.9% 13.1% 8.4% 5.6% 33% 1.00 75% 16 1 6%
1974 32 TOT AL 100 71% 5.0% 8.0% 8.0% 8.0% 26% 1.12 77% 21 0 0%
1974 32 CLE AL 58 71% 8.6% 6.9% 8.6% 12.1% 33% 1.07 74% 12 0 0%
1974 32 CAL AL 42 71% 0.0% 9.5% 7.1% 2.4% 10% 1.18 81% 9 0 0%
1975 33 NYM NL 172 58% 1.2% 4.7% 8.1% 5.2% 29% 1.21 83% 25 0 0%
1976 34 TOT MLB 202 62% 2.0% 8.9% 7.4% 5.9% 29% 1.25 80% 30 3 10%
1976 34 NYM NL 188 61% 2.1% 8.5% 6.4% 6.4% 31% 1.12 81% 25 2 8%
1976 34 KCR AL 14 79% 0.0% 14.3% 21.4% 0.0% 0% 64% 5 1 20%
10 Yrs 2741 59% 1.8% 13.1% 9.4% 6.0% 29% 1.20 73% 511 49 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.6% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.10 74% 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
1964 22 KCA AL 120 23 2 0 8 0 2 2 0 14 5 3 36% 1 1 1 44 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1966 24 TOT AL 496 95 10 0 31 8 2 5 5 56 23 3 41% 5 3 5 171 6 4 60% 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 19 0
1966 24 BOS AL 204 36 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 25 10 3 40% 4 1 2 67 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1966 24 KCA AL 292 59 8 0 24 6 2 4 4 31 13 0 42% 1 2 3 104 5 4 56% 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 15 0
1968 26 OAK AL 45 8 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 15 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 28 MIL AL 357 64 1 0 16 1 0 1 0 27 15 5 56% 4 2 0 130 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 7 0
1971 29 MIL AL 538 111 9 0 19 5 4 6 3 30 10 4 33% 8 0 0 211 6 7 46% 5 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
1972 30 MIL AL 396 88 10 1 13 2 8 4 6 21 8 2 38% 10 1 0 162 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
1973 31 TOT AL 315 71 6 0 14 3 3 2 4 22 13 1 59% 8 1 1 152 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1973 31 MIN AL 208 53 4 0 10 2 2 1 3 20 12 0 60% 5 1 1 108 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 0
1973 31 CLE AL 107 18 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 0 0 44 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 32 TOT AL 100 31 5 1 4 5 0 4 1 7 3 0 43% 0 1 1 49 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1974 32 CLE AL 58 21 5 1 2 5 0 4 1 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 32 CAL AL 42 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 0 1 1 22 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1975 33 NYM NL 172 31 2 0 8 0 2 0 2 14 7 0 50% 3 0 1 54 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 34 TOT MLB 202 42 4 0 2 2 2 4 0 10 5 1 50% 2 0 0 76 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1976 34 NYM NL 188 39 4 0 1 2 2 4 0 6 4 0 67% 2 0 0 69 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1976 34 KCR AL 14 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 25% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 2741 564 50 2 117 27 23 28 22 204 90 19 44% 41 9 9 1064 27 26 51% 24 23 3 1 0 2 9 2 63 0
MLB Averages 50% 63%
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+
1964 22 0 2 .000 3.67 21 0 11 0 0 1 27.0 23 12 11 2 17 4 18 1 0 1 120 106 1.481 7.7 0.7 5.7 6.0 1.06 106
1965 23 0 2 .000 3.67 21 0 11 0 0 1 27.0 23 12 11 2 17 4 18 1 0 1 120 106 1.481 7.7 0.7 5.7 6.0 1.06 106
1966 24 6 12 .333 3.74 83 1 36 0 0 4 139.2 118 62 58 12 93 20 92 4 2 4 615 98 1.511 7.6 0.8 6.0 5.9 0.99 98
1967 25 6 12 .333 3.74 83 1 36 0 0 4 139.2 118 62 58 12 93 20 92 4 2 4 615 98 1.511 7.6 0.8 6.0 5.9 0.99 98
1968 26 6 13 .316 3.71 90 1 42 0 0 4 150.1 126 67 62 13 101 22 98 4 2 4 660 97 1.510 7.5 0.8 6.0 5.9 0.97 97
1969 27 6 13 .316 3.71 90 1 42 0 0 4 150.1 126 67 62 13 101 22 98 4 2 4 660 97 1.510 7.5 0.8 6.0 5.9 0.97 97
1970 28 11 15 .423 2.97 140 1 72 0 0 17 242.2 190 86 80 14 126 28 162 8 3 6 1017 124 1.302 7.0 0.5 4.7 6.0 1.29 124
1971 29 18 27 .400 2.59 223 1 149 0 0 48 379.0 301 121 109 23 160 38 242 12 3 6 1556 139 1.216 7.1 0.5 3.8 5.7 1.51 139
1972 30 20 36 .357 2.69 285 1 200 0 0 65 471.1 389 159 141 33 191 51 293 14 3 7 1953 129 1.231 7.4 0.6 3.6 5.6 1.53 129
1973 31 27 41 .397 2.92 327 1 234 0 0 78 543.0 460 196 176 39 221 54 326 16 3 8 2267 122 1.254 7.6 0.6 3.7 5.4 1.48 122
1974 32 27 42 .391 3.05 345 1 248 0 0 80 563.2 491 213 191 44 229 56 334 16 3 9 2367 116 1.277 7.8 0.7 3.7 5.3 1.46 116
1975 33 28 43 .394 3.00 374 1 266 0 0 85 606.2 522 224 202 46 243 63 342 16 3 9 2539 118 1.261 7.7 0.7 3.6 5.1 1.41 118
1976 34 29 45 .392 2.97 408 1 285 0 0 86 656.2 564 240 217 50 258 67 360 17 4 9 2741 119 1.252 7.7 0.7 3.5 4.9 1.40 119

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
1964 22 1 1 .500 3.81 26.0 23 12 11 2 17 17 1 1.538 8.0 5.9 5.9 1.00 0.7 21
1966 24 5 6 .455 4.37 105.0 100 57 51 11 80 69 3 1.714 8.6 6.9 5.9 0.86 0.9 62
1968 26 0 1 .000 5.00 9.0 9 6 5 1 9 5 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 5.0 0.56 1.0 7
1970 28 7 2 .778 1.97 87.0 66 21 19 1 26 60 4 1.057 6.8 2.7 6.2 2.31 0.1 50
1971 29 10 4 .714 2.41 127.0 120 38 34 10 37 75 4 1.236 8.5 2.6 5.3 2.03 0.7 83
1972 30 5 5 .500 4.40 90.0 105 49 44 12 37 50 2 1.578 10.5 3.7 5.0 1.35 1.2 62
1973 31 3 4 .429 4.83 69.0 73 41 37 6 31 32 2 1.507 9.5 4.0 4.2 1.03 0.8 42
1974 32 0 2 .000 8.53 19.0 34 20 18 5 9 7 0 2.263 16.1 4.3 3.3 0.78 2.4 18
1975 33 3 1 .750 2.63 41.0 33 13 12 2 15 8 0 1.171 7.2 3.3 1.8 0.53 0.4 29
1976 34 3 2 .600 3.52 46.0 46 20 18 4 16 17 1 1.348 9.0 3.1 3.3 1.06 0.8 34
10 Yrs 37 28 .569 3.62 619.0 609 277 249 54 277 340 17 1.431 8.9 4.9 1.23 0.8 408

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 AL (16, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1970 AL  4.6 (6th)
1971 AL  3.9 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1966 AL  62 (6th)
1971 AL  83 (1st)
1972 AL  62 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1971 AL  31 (1st)
1972 AL  17 (5th)
1973 AL  13 (9th)
Career  86 (157th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1966 AL  76 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1971 AL  77 (1st)
1972 AL  51 (2nd)
1973 AL  34 (7th)
Career  285 (124th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1970 AL  21 (7th)
1971 AL  23 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1970 AL  2.2 (7th)
1971 AL  2.5 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1971 AL  28.63 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1971 AL  4.1 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1970 AL  2.3 (8th)
1971 AL  2.1 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1971 AL  3.2 (4th)


† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Eddie Watt (966)
  2. Cecil Upshaw (958)
  3. Rob Dibble (958)
  4. Gary Lucas (957)
  5. Wayne Granger (952)
  6. Tom Niedenfuer (951)
  7. Danny Frisella (945)
  8. Duane Ward (942)
  9. Vicente Romo (941)
  10. Greg McMichael (941)
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  1. Wayne Twitchell (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Johnson (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Gary Wagner (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave Smith (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Lee (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Greg Minton (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Cecil Upshaw (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Don McMahon (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Eddie Watt (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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