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Fred Scherman

Frederick John Scherman

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Astros/Expos 1969-1976

Final Game: July 6, 1976
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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 62 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 6 290 117 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 2 464 135 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 7 426 100 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 70 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 77 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 100 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 4 444 100 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 96 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 82 1.519 10.2 1.0 3.5 5.6 1.60
NL (3 yrs) NL 8 11 .421 4.13 134 7 59 0 0 5 194.0 214 106 89 17 85 17 109 16 1 11 883 90 1.541 9.9 0.8 3.9 5.1 1.28
AL (5 yrs) AL 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1969 24 DET AL 4.0 0 3 2 0 .5 -1 -0.1 $
1970 25 DET AL 69.2 0 28 43 -2 .9 15 1.0 $
1971 26 DET AL 113.0 1 38 63 -1 1.6 25 2.6 $
1972 27 DET AL 94.0 3 43 44 1 1.4 1 -0.5 $
1973 28 DET AL 61.2 0 30 39 -1 .5 9 0.3 $
1974 29 HOU NL 61.1 0 33 33 0 .9 0 -0.5 $
1975 30 HOU NL 16.1 0 11 9 0 .5 -2 -0.3 $
1975 30 MON NL 76.1 7 37 45 0 1.0 8 0.5 $
1976 31 MON NL 40.0 0 25 24 -1 .9 -1 -0.3 $
8 Seasons 536.1 11 248 302 -4 1.1 54 2.7 $
DET (5 yrs) 342.1 4 142 191 -3 1.2 49 3.3 $
MON (2 yrs) 116.1 7 62 69 -1 1.0 7 0.2 $
HOU (2 yrs) 77.2 0 44 42 0 .8 -2 -0.8 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1969 24 DET AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1970 25 DET AL 48 12 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 26 DET AL 69 30 24 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 9 .208 .321 .208 .530 50 5 0 1 2 0 0 1
1972 27 DET AL 57 24 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .091 .130 .091 .221 -34 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 28 DET AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 HOU NL 53 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 30 TOT NL 50 18 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .059 .111 .118 .229 -37 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 30 HOU NL 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 30 MON NL 34 17 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .063 .118 .125 .243 -34 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 31 MON NL 31 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 40 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
8 Seasons 347 92 82 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 23 .134 .193 .146 .340 -3 12 0 1 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 43 38 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .134 .193 .146 .340 -3 6 0 0 2 0 0
DET (5 yrs) 213 66 58 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 18 .155 .222 .155 .377 9 9 0 1 3 0 0
MON (2 yrs) 65 22 20 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .143 .150 .293 -19 3 0 0 1 0 0
HOU (2 yrs) 69 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 134 26 24 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .083 .120 .125 .245 -32 3 0 0 1 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 213 66 58 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 18 .155 .222 .155 .377 9 9 0 1 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1970 25 DET AL 12 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1971 26 DET AL 30 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1972 27 DET AL 24 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1974 29 HOU NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1975 30 HOU NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1975 30 MON NL 17 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1976 31 MON NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
6 Seasons 92 -10 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $
DET (3 yrs) 66 -6 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $
MON (2 yrs) 22 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $
HOU (2 yrs) 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 27 DET AL ALCS OAK L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1969 DET AL 24 P 4 0 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.25 .950 1.80 1.88 1 0 0% 0
1970 DET AL 25 P 48 0 0 69.2 16 8 7 1 2 .938 1.94 0.31 .951 1.86 1.85 6 0 0% 0
1971 DET AL 26 P 69 1 1 113.0 30 7 23 0 1 1.000 2.39 0.43 .958 1.98 1.97 1 5 83% 0
1972 DET AL 27 P 57 3 0 94.0 19 5 12 2 1 .895 1.63 0.30 .950 1.86 1.85 2 8 80% 1
1973 DET AL 28 P 34 0 0 61.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.02 0.21 .951 1.87 1.85 6 3 33% 0
1974 HOU NL 29 P 53 0 0 61.1 14 6 7 1 0 .929 1.91 0.25 .944 1.88 1.88 4 3 43% 1
1975 TOT NL 30 P 50 7 0 92.2 21 5 16 0 2 1.000 2.04 0.42 .946 1.86 1.86 4 2 33% 1
1975 HOU NL 30 P 16 0 0 16.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.19 .947 1.87 1.86 1 1 50% 0
1975 MON NL 30 P 34 7 0 76.1 18 4 14 0 2 1.000 2.12 0.53 .946 1.86 1.86 3 1 25% 1
1976 MON NL 31 P 31 0 0 40.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.19 .950 1.89 1.87 3 0 0% 0
8 Seasons P 346 11 1 536.1 114 35 75 4 6 .965 1.85 0.32 .951 1.89 1.88 27 21 44% 3
8 Seasons TOT 346 11 1 536.1 114 35 75 4 6 .965 1.85 0.32 .951 1.89 1.88 27 21 44% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1971 AL  69 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1973 AL  1.000 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1465), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196520Detroit Tigers$3,600Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197328Detroit Tigers$32,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$35,600
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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