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Mac Scarce

Guerrant McCurdy Scarce

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 8, 1949 in Danville, VA
High School: John Randolph Tucker HS (Richmond, VA)
School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 8th round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1972
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Twins/Mets 1972-1978

Final Game: June 25, 1978
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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
1972 23 PHI NL 1 2 .333 3.44 31 0 14 0 0 4 36.2 30 14 14 6 20 2 40 2 0 7 160 106 1.364 7.4 1.5 4.9 9.8 2.00
1973 24 PHI NL 1 8 .111 2.42 52 0 26 0 0 12 70.2 54 23 19 3 47 14 57 1 0 7 300 157 1.429 6.9 0.4 6.0 7.3 1.21
1974 25 PHI NL 3 8 .273 4.99 58 0 22 0 0 5 70.1 72 40 39 6 35 7 50 2 1 2 308 76 1.521 9.2 0.8 4.5 6.4 1.43
1975 26 NYM NL 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 29 MIN AL 1 1 .500 3.94 17 0 5 0 0 0 32.0 35 19 14 5 15 0 17 3 0 2 143 99 1.563 9.8 1.4 4.2 4.8 1.13
5 Yrs 6 19 .240 3.69 159 0 68 0 0 21 209.2 192 96 86 20 117 23 164 8 1 18 912 103 1.474 8.2 0.9 5.0 7.0 1.40
162 Game Avg. 3 8 .240 3.69 68 0 29 0 0 9 90 82 41 37 9 50 10 70 3 0 8 390 103 1.474 8.2 0.9 5.0 7.0 1.40
PHI (3 yrs) 5 18 .217 3.65 141 0 62 0 0 21 177.2 156 77 72 15 102 23 147 5 1 16 768 103 1.452 7.9 0.8 5.2 7.4 1.44
MIN (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.94 17 0 5 0 0 0 32.0 35 19 14 5 15 0 17 3 0 2 143 99 1.563 9.8 1.4 4.2 4.8 1.13
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NL (4 yrs) 5 18 .217 3.65 142 0 63 0 0 21 177.2 157 77 72 15 102 23 147 5 1 16 769 103 1.458 8.0 0.8 5.2 7.4 1.44
AL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.94 17 0 5 0 0 0 32.0 35 19 14 5 15 0 17 3 0 2 143 99 1.563 9.8 1.4 4.2 4.8 1.13

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
1972 23 PHI NL 36.2 31 0 14 3.44 3.96 -0.02 -0.17 104.8 3.99 2 0.2 1.2 -0.1 0.4 5 .507 .501 $
1973 24 PHI NL 70.2 52 0 23 2.93 4.13 -0.06 -0.34 104.7 4.03 9 1.0 1.7 0.2 1.8 15 .519 .506 $
1974 25 PHI NL 70.1 58 0 40 5.12 4.20 0.10 -0.34 104.7 3.94 -10 -1.0 1.8 -0.5 -1.0 -3 .482 .494 $
1975 26 NYM NL 0.0 1 0 0 94.0 4.3 0.0 $
1978 29 MIN AL 32.0 17 0 19 5.34 4.39 0.06 -0.36 100.1 3.98 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .470 .497 $
5 Seasons 209.2 159 0 96 4.12 4.17 0.02 -0.31 104.0 3.99 -4 -0.4 1.6 -0.4 1.0 16 .495 .499 $
PHI (3 yrs) 177.2 141 0 77 3.90 4.12 0.01 -0.30 104.7 3.99 1 0.1 1.6 -0.3 1.2 18 .501 .500 $
MIN (1 yr) 32.0 17 0 19 5.34 4.39 0.06 -0.36 100.1 3.98 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .470 .497 $
NYM (1 yr) 0.0 1 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
1972 23 PHI NL 31 160 134 14 30 1 1 6 4 0 20 40 .224 .333 .381 .714 .273 51 3 2 3 0 2 0
1973 24 PHI NL 52 301 246 23 54 6 1 3 2 4 47 57 .220 .347 .289 .636 .274 71 7 1 7 0 14 3
1974 25 PHI NL 58 308 262 40 72 14 1 6 11 2 35 50 .275 .359 .405 .763 .313 106 9 2 4 5 7 2
1975 26 NYM NL 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 MIN AL 17 143 120 19 35 7 0 5 2 1 15 17 .292 .381 .475 .856 .303 57 6 3 4 1 0 3
5 Yrs 159 913 763 96 192 28 3 20 19 7 117 164 .252 .355 .375 .729 .294 286 25 8 18 6 23 8
162 Game Avg. 68 390 326 41 82 12 1 9 8 3 50 70 .252 .355 .375 .729 .294 122 11 3 8 3 10 3
MLB Averages .256 .323 .374 .697 .281

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1972 23 PHI NL 1.5 0.2 171 0.7 3.3 -2.6 1.03 -0.2 0.9 4.1 0.4 1.03 -2.2 10 7 14
1973 24 PHI NL 9.9 1.0 315 1.4 8.2 -6.7 1.66 0.8 0.1 12.5 1.3 1.66 9.4 27 10 14
1974 25 PHI NL -7.0 -0.7 323 -1.7 6.1 -7.7 1.28 -0.4 -0.9 -4.6 -0.5 1.28 -7.6 25 9 23
1975 26 NYM NL 0.2 0.0 1 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 4.32 -0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 4.32 -0.6 1 0 0
1978 29 MIN AL -1.6 -0.2 148 -0.8 1.2 -2.0 .57 -0.7 -0.8 -7.0 -0.7 0.57 -7.1 4 4 9
5 Yrs 3.0 0.3 958 -0.7 18.7 -19.4 1.26 -0.5 -0.0 4.0 0.5 1.26 -8.0 67 30 60

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
1972 23 PHI NL 31 31 14 1 2 4 4 0 100% 5 1 37 9 24% 8 1.034 10 7 14 5 4 22 19 12 12 12 14 10 3.5
1973 24 PHI NL 52 52 26 1 8 14 12 2 86% 17 2 37 9 24% 8 1.662 27 10 14 17 15 20 22 30 21 18 21 15 4.1
1974 25 PHI NL 58 58 22 3 8 6 5 1 83% 12 6 62 20 32% 7 1.280 25 9 23 13 14 31 29 29 24 23 25 15 3.6
1975 26 NYM NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 9 4.320 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
1978 29 MIN AL 17 17 5 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 18 7 39% 5 .574 4 4 9 3 2 12 12 5 8 8 9 2 5.6
5 Yrs 159 159 68 6 19 25 21 4 84% 36 10 156 46 29% 1.256 67 30 60 38 36 85 83 76 65 62 69 42 4.0

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%
1972 23 PHI NL 160 43% 3.8% 25.0% 12.5% 5.0% 27% 1.54 55% 28 3 11%
1973 24 PHI NL 301 38% 1.0% 18.9% 15.6% 3.3% 19% 1.19 62% 69 7 10%
1974 25 PHI NL 308 40% 2.0% 16.2% 11.4% 6.8% 29% 1.52 69% 73 9 12%
1975 26 NYM NL 1 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100% 1 0 0%
1978 29 MIN AL 143 48% 3.5% 11.9% 10.5% 8.4% 34% 0.97 69% 35 6 17%
5 Yrs 913 41% 2.2% 18.0% 12.8% 5.6% 27% 1.30 64% 206 25 12%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.3% 8.6% 6.1% 27% 1.09 75% 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 23 PHI NL 160 30 6 1 9 3 3 1 5 9 5 2 56% 0 7 0 70 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1973 24 PHI NL 301 54 3 0 14 1 2 2 1 21 5 3 24% 3 7 1 133 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1974 25 PHI NL 308 72 6 0 12 2 4 2 4 28 16 3 57% 2 2 0 130 11 2 85% 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1975 26 NYM NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 MIN AL 143 35 5 0 4 3 2 2 3 9 6 2 67% 3 2 0 66 2 1 67% 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
5 Yrs 913 192 20 1 39 9 11 7 13 67 32 10 48% 8 18 1 400 19 7 73% 15 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 37 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%

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 23 1 2 .333 3.44 31 0 14 0 0 4 36.2 30 14 14 6 20 2 40 2 0 7 160 106 1.364 7.4 1.5 4.9 9.8 2.00 106
1973 24 2 10 .167 2.77 83 0 40 0 0 16 107.1 84 37 33 9 67 16 97 3 0 14 460 135 1.407 7.0 0.8 5.6 8.1 1.45 135
1974 25 5 18 .217 3.65 141 0 62 0 0 21 177.2 156 77 72 15 102 23 147 5 1 16 768 103 1.452 7.9 0.8 5.2 7.4 1.44 103
1975 26 5 18 .217 3.65 142 0 63 0 0 21 177.2 157 77 72 15 102 23 147 5 1 16 769 103 1.458 8.0 0.8 5.2 7.4 1.44 103
1976 27 5 18 .217 3.65 142 0 63 0 0 21 177.2 157 77 72 15 102 23 147 5 1 16 769 103 1.458 8.0 0.8 5.2 7.4 1.44 103
1977 28 5 18 .217 3.65 142 0 63 0 0 21 177.2 157 77 72 15 102 23 147 5 1 16 769 103 1.458 8.0 0.8 5.2 7.4 1.44 103
1978 29 6 19 .240 3.69 159 0 68 0 0 21 209.2 192 96 86 20 117 23 164 8 1 18 912 103 1.474 8.2 0.9 5.0 7.0 1.40 103

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
1972 23 2 2 .500 3.89 37.0 33 18 16 7 22 40 2 1.486 8.0 5.4 9.7 1.82 1.7 31
1973 24 5 2 .714 2.77 65.0 55 22 20 3 48 53 1 1.585 7.6 6.6 7.3 1.10 0.4 52
1974 25 2 5 .286 5.45 66.0 73 44 40 6 35 47 2 1.636 10.0 4.8 6.4 1.34 0.8 58
1978 29 1 2 .333 4.50 30.0 36 17 15 5 15 16 3 1.700 10.8 4.5 4.8 1.07 1.5 17
4 Yrs 10 11 .476 4.14 198.0 197 101 91 21 120 156 8 1.601 9.0 7.1 1.30 1.0 158

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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