Fred Scherman
Frederick John Scherman Jr.
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 25, 1944 in Dayton, OH
High School: Fairview (Dayton, OH)
School: Ohio State University
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1969
Final Game: July 6, 1976
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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
1969 24 DET AL 1 0 1.000 6.75 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 6 3 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 56 1.500 13.5 4.5 0.0 6.8
1970 25 DET AL 4 4 .500 3.23 48 0 20 0 0 1 69.2 61 28 25 5 28 3 58 1 1 6 290 116 1.278 7.9 0.6 3.6 7.5 2.07
1971 26 DET AL 11 6 .647 2.71 69 1 40 1 0 20 113.0 91 38 34 11 49 7 46 5 0 2 464 134 1.239 7.2 0.9 3.9 3.7 0.94
1972 27 DET AL 7 3 .700 3.64 57 3 27 0 0 12 94.0 91 43 38 5 53 9 53 5 0 1 410 87 1.532 8.7 0.5 5.1 5.1 1.00
1973 28 DET AL 2 2 .500 4.23 34 0 17 0 0 1 61.2 59 30 29 6 30 4 28 3 1 3 266 97 1.443 8.6 0.9 4.4 4.1 0.93
1974 29 HOU NL 2 5 .286 4.11 53 0 31 0 0 4 61.1 67 33 28 5 26 6 35 7 0 2 276 85 1.516 9.8 0.7 3.8 5.1 1.35
1975 30 TOT NL 4 4 .500 3.79 50 7 14 0 0 0 92.2 105 48 39 7 45 8 56 6 0 7 426 99 1.619 10.2 0.7 4.4 5.4 1.24
1975 30 HOU NL 0 1 .000 4.96 16 0 9 0 0 0 16.1 21 11 9 4 4 1 13 1 0 1 74 68 1.531 11.6 2.2 2.2 7.2 3.25
1975 30 MON NL 4 3 .571 3.54 34 7 5 0 0 0 76.1 84 37 30 3 41 7 43 5 0 6 352 109 1.638 9.9 0.4 4.8 5.1 1.05
1976 31 MON NL 2 2 .500 4.95 31 0 14 0 0 1 40.0 42 25 22 5 14 3 18 3 1 2 181 76 1.400 9.5 1.1 3.2 4.1 1.29
8 Seasons 33 26 .559 3.66 346 11 165 1 0 39 536.1 522 248 218 46 245 40 297 30 3 23 2331 99 1.430 8.8 0.8 4.1 5.0 1.21
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .559 3.66 66 2 31 0 0 7 102 99 47 42 9 47 8 57 6 1 4 444 99 1.430 8.8 0.8 4.1 5.0 1.21
DET (5 yrs) 25 15 .625 3.39 212 4 106 1 0 34 342.1 308 142 129 29 160 23 188 14 2 12 1448 107 1.367 8.1 0.8 4.2 4.9 1.18
MON (2 yrs) 6 5 .545 4.02 65 7 19 0 0 1 116.1 126 62 52 8 55 10 61 8 1 8 533 95 1.556 9.7 0.6 4.3 4.7 1.11
HOU (2 yrs) 2 6 .250 4.29 69 0 40 0 0 4 77.2 88 44 37 9 30 7 48 8 0 3 350 81 1.519 10.2 1.0 3.5 5.6 1.60
NL (3 yrs) 8 11 .421 4.13 134 7 59 0 0 5 194.0 214 106 89 17 85 17 109 16 1 11 883 89 1.541 9.9 0.8 3.9 5.1 1.28
AL (5 yrs) 25 15 .625 3.39 212 4 106 1 0 34 342.1 308 142 129 29 160 23 188 14 2 12 1448 107 1.367 8.1 0.8 4.2 4.9 1.18

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1972 27 DET AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5

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
1969 24 DET AL 4 18 18 3 6 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 .333 .333 .833 1.167 .308 15 0 0 0 0 0
1970 25 DET AL 48 290 257 28 61 10 0 5 6 0 28 58 .237 .314 .335 .648 .287 86 6 1 3 1 3
1971 26 DET AL 69 464 402 38 91 17 1 11 1 5 49 46 .226 .317 .356 .672 .231 143 16 5 6 2 7
1972 27 DET AL 57 410 338 43 91 17 1 5 2 8 53 53 .269 .371 .370 .740 .301 125 13 5 8 6 9
1973 28 DET AL 34 266 229 30 59 12 2 6 6 3 30 28 .258 .350 .406 .756 .270 93 6 3 3 1 4
1974 29 HOU NL 53 276 236 33 67 10 0 5 4 3 26 35 .284 .370 .390 .760 .315 92 3 7 6 1 6
1975 30 TOT NL 50 426 363 48 105 21 3 7 4 2 45 56 .289 .371 .421 .793 .320 153 11 6 6 6 8
1975 30 HOU NL 16 74 66 11 21 3 0 4 1 1 4 13 .318 .361 .545 .907 .340 36 1 1 2 1 1
1975 30 MON NL 34 352 297 37 84 18 3 3 3 1 41 43 .283 .374 .394 .768 .316 117 10 5 4 5 7
1976 31 MON NL 31 181 161 25 42 6 2 5 3 0 14 18 .261 .330 .416 .746 .266 67 2 3 2 1 3
8 Seasons 346 2331 2004 248 522 94 10 46 27 21 245 297 .260 .347 .386 .733 .284 774 57 30 34 18 40
162 Game Avg. 66 444 382 47 99 18 2 9 5 4 47 57 .260 .347 .386 .733 .284 147 11 6 6 3 8
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
1971 26 DET AL 69 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 62 62 62 26 6 1 0 5.6 5.6 9.0
1972 27 DET AL 57 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 36 43 32 28 11 2 0 2.3 5.4 2.8
1975 30 TOT NL 50 7 0 3 4 0 0 3 4 .429 0 1 0 0 3 43% 53 35 22 7 3 3 3.1 2.4 5.5
1975 30 MON NL 34 7 0 3 4 0 0 3 4 .429 0 1 0 0 3 43% 45 53 35 18 6 3 3 3.1 2.4 5.5
3 Seasons 160 11 1 5 5 0 0 4 7 .364 1 1 1 0 4 36% 44 62 32 72 23 6 3 3.1 3.4 5.1
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
1969 24 DET AL 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 4 0.719 1 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 3.0
1970 25 DET AL 48 48 20 4 4 3 1 2 33% 7 3 51 12 24% 8 0.957 13 11 22 8 3 37 26 22 26 14 26 11 4.4
1971 26 DET AL 69 68 40 10 6 27 20 7 74% 29 2 87 25 29% 8 1.640 37 16 15 32 12 24 47 21 38 21 39 23 4.6
1972 27 DET AL 57 54 27 7 1 18 12 6 67% 20 2 57 18 32% 8 1.535 25 13 16 20 7 27 34 20 32 15 32 16 4.8
1973 28 DET AL 34 34 17 2 2 2 1 1 50% 3 1 34 13 38% 7 0.496 6 6 22 3 2 29 20 14 15 11 18 6 5.4
1974 29 HOU NL 53 53 31 2 5 6 4 2 67% 10 3 27 5 19% 8 0.888 18 6 27 13 9 31 15 38 18 19 19 16 3.5
1975 30 TOT NL 50 43 14 4 1 2 0 2 0% 5 2 43 19 44% 0.906 13 12 18 5 9 29 23 20 15 21 16 12 3.8
1975 30 HOU NL 16 16 9 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 0 16 7 44% 8 0.487 3 3 10 2 2 12 8 8 4 10 4 5 3.1
1975 30 MON NL 34 27 5 4 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 27 12 44% 7 0.994 10 9 8 3 7 17 15 12 11 11 12 7 4.2
1976 31 MON NL 31 31 14 2 2 2 1 1 50% 5 1 29 6 21% 7 0.879 9 6 15 7 2 22 16 15 12 11 12 9 3.9
8 Seasons 346 335 165 32 21 60 39 21 65% 79 14 333 100 30% 1.117 122 71 137 88 45 202 183 152 157 114 163 93 4.3

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%
1969 24 DET AL 18 39% 11.1% 16.7% 0.0% 22.2% 67% 8.00 72% 2 0 0%
1970 25 DET AL 290 66% 1.7% 20.0% 9.7% 5.2% 25% 1.21 67% 56 6 11%
1971 26 DET AL 464 71% 2.4% 9.9% 10.6% 6.3% 32% 1.22 75% 83 16 19%
1972 27 DET AL 410 70% 1.2% 12.9% 12.9% 5.6% 25% 0.98 70% 94 13 14%
1973 28 DET AL 266 60% 2.3% 10.5% 11.3% 7.5% 34% 1.28 74% 46 6 13%
1974 29 HOU NL 276 70% 1.8% 12.7% 9.4% 5.4% 22% 1.25 71% 65 3 5%
1975 30 TOT NL 426 65% 1.6% 13.2% 10.6% 7.3% 30% 1.32 72% 99 11 11%
1975 30 HOU NL 74 57% 5.4% 17.6% 5.4% 9.5% 33% 0.94 68% 19 1 5%
1975 30 MON NL 352 66% 0.9% 12.2% 11.7% 6.8% 29% 1.41 73% 80 10 13%
1976 31 MON NL 181 66% 2.8% 9.9% 7.7% 7.2% 31% 1.15 77% 34 2 6%
8 Seasons 2331 67% 2.0% 12.7% 10.5% 6.4% 29% 1.21 72% 479 57 12%
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
1969 24 DET AL 18 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 1 33% 0 0 1 3 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1970 25 DET AL 290 61 5 0 12 3 2 3 2 19 5 6 26% 3 6 0 115 6 0 100% 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 0
1971 26 DET AL 464 91 11 0 24 9 2 5 6 31 17 2 55% 5 2 2 181 1 5 17% 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1972 27 DET AL 410 91 5 0 18 4 1 4 1 28 12 3 43% 5 1 1 179 2 8 20% 2 6 0 1 0 1 3 0 10 0
1973 28 DET AL 266 59 6 0 5 5 1 3 3 16 9 5 56% 0 3 0 109 6 3 67% 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 6 0
1974 29 HOU NL 276 67 5 0 6 4 1 3 2 13 7 2 54% 2 2 0 129 4 3 57% 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 6 0
1975 30 TOT NL 426 105 7 0 23 4 3 2 5 37 19 4 51% 8 7 2 179 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 0
1975 30 HOU NL 74 21 4 0 1 2 2 1 3 7 5 1 71% 1 1 0 32 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1975 30 MON NL 352 84 3 0 22 2 1 1 2 30 14 3 47% 7 6 2 147 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 15 0
1976 31 MON NL 180 42 5 0 5 4 1 1 4 13 6 2 46% 5 2 0 76 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
8 Seasons 2330 522 46 0 94 34 12 23 23 160 76 25 48% 28 23 6 971 27 21 56% 23 14 2 6 2 1 8 2 65 1
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+
1969 24 1 0 1.000 6.75 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 6 3 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 56 1.500 13.5 4.5 0.0 6.8 56
1970 25 5 4 .556 3.42 52 0 22 0 0 1 73.2 67 31 28 7 28 3 61 1 1 6 308 110 1.290 8.2 0.9 3.4 7.5 2.18 110
1971 26 16 10 .615 2.99 121 1 62 1 0 21 186.2 158 69 62 18 77 10 107 6 1 8 772 123 1.259 7.6 0.9 3.7 5.2 1.39 123
1972 27 23 13 .639 3.21 178 4 89 1 0 33 280.2 249 112 100 23 130 19 160 11 1 9 1182 109 1.350 8.0 0.7 4.2 5.1 1.23 109
1973 28 25 15 .625 3.39 212 4 106 1 0 34 342.1 308 142 129 29 160 23 188 14 2 12 1448 107 1.367 8.1 0.8 4.2 4.9 1.18 107
1974 29 27 20 .574 3.50 265 4 137 1 0 38 403.2 375 175 157 34 186 29 223 21 2 14 1724 103 1.390 8.4 0.8 4.1 5.0 1.20 103
1975 30 31 24 .564 3.55 315 11 151 1 0 38 496.1 480 223 196 41 231 37 279 27 2 21 2150 102 1.433 8.7 0.7 4.2 5.1 1.21 102
1976 31 33 26 .559 3.66 346 11 165 1 0 39 536.1 522 248 218 46 245 40 297 30 3 23 2331 99 1.430 8.8 0.8 4.1 5.0 1.21 99

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
1969 24 0 0 4.50 6.0 0 3 3 0 0 4 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 4
1970 25 4 3 .571 3.55 66.0 62 29 26 5 28 55 1 1.364 8.5 3.8 7.5 1.96 0.7 48
1971 26 7 4 .636 3.17 105.0 95 41 37 11 51 43 5 1.390 8.1 4.4 3.7 0.84 0.9 69
1972 27 3 6 .333 5.13 86.0 105 54 49 6 61 48 6 1.930 11.0 6.4 5.0 0.79 0.6 57
1973 28 3 3 .500 4.50 58.0 59 32 29 6 30 26 3 1.534 9.2 4.7 4.0 0.87 0.9 34
1974 29 2 4 .333 4.89 57.0 71 34 31 5 28 33 7 1.737 11.2 4.4 5.2 1.18 0.8 53
1975 30 4 5 .444 4.04 89.0 107 44 40 7 46 54 6 1.719 10.8 4.7 5.5 1.17 0.7 50
1976 31 1 3 .250 5.18 40.0 44 26 23 5 15 18 3 1.475 9.9 3.4 4.1 1.20 1.1 31
8 Seasons 24 28 .462 4.22 507.0 543 263 238 45 259 281 31 1.582 9.6 5.0 1.08 0.8 346

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1971 AL--.647--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1971 AL--69--2nd

Saves s c a p y
1971 AL--20--3rd
1972 AL--12--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 NL--7--3rd
1975 NL--6--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1971 AL--40--3rd
1974 NL--31--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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