Don Secrist

Donald Laverne Secrist

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 26, 1944 in Seattle, WA
School: Bradley University (Peoria, IL)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1969
Team: WhiteSox 1969-1970

Final Game: June 27, 1970
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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	19	BAL-min	A	7	0	1.000	1.96	24	1					69.0	43	24	15	3	24								0.971	5.6	0.4	3.1			ABD · NORL
1964	20	CIN-min	AA,A	7	8	.467	5.71	35	15					112.0	126	79	71	10	79		31						1.830	10.1	0.8	6.3	2.5	0.39	MAC,PNS · SOUL,CARL
1965	21	CIN-min	A,AA	10	11	.476	2.82	31	23					169.0	167	83	53	6	62		8						1.355	8.9	0.3	3.3	0.4	0.13	PNS,KNX · CARL,SOUL
1966	22	CIN-min	AA,AAA	9	9	.500	2.95	41	17		0	0		174.0	154	87	57	14	72	3	191	1	0	3			1.299	8.0	0.7	3.7	9.9	2.65	KNX,BFL · SOUL,IL
1967	23	CIN-min	AAA	6	11	.353	4.42	24	17		5	0		120.0	130	66	59	14	36	5	90	2	0	2			1.383	9.8	1.0	2.7	6.8	2.50	BFL · IL
1968	24	CIN-min	AAA	11	2	.846	3.68	38	14		2	2		137.0	141	61	56	6	39	2	107	5	1	5			1.314	9.3	0.4	2.6	7.0	2.74	INA · PCL
1969	25	CHW-min	AAA	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1		0	0	0	2.0	7	4	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0			4.000	31.5	0.0	4.5	13.5	3.00	TUC · PCL
1969	25	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	6.08	19	0	7	0	0	0	40.0	35	28	27	7	14	2	23	1	0	1	170	65	1.225	7.9	1.6	3.2	5.2	1.64
1970	26	CHW-min	AAA	3	7	.300	4.18	21	11		4	0	0	99.0	108	52	46	9	25	1	70	1	0	3			1.343	9.8	0.8	2.3	6.4	2.80	TUC · PCL
1970	26	CHW	AL	0	0		5.52	9	0	5	0	0	0	14.2	19	9	9	2	12	0	9	0	0	0	71	71	2.114	11.7	1.2	7.4	5.5	0.75
1971	27	CHW-CHC-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	6.98	27	0		0	0	0	40.0	54	33	31	4	23	1	30	1	0	3			1.925	12.2	0.9	5.2	6.8	1.30	TUC,TAC · PCL
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	5.93	28	0	12	0	0	0	54.2	54	37	36	9	26	2	32	1	0	1	241	66	1.463	8.9	1.5	4.3	5.3	1.23
162 Game Avg.				0	2	.000	5.93	68	0	29	0	0	0	133	131	90	87	22	63	5	78	2	0	2	585	66	1.463	8.9	1.5	4.3	5.3	1.23

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1969	25	CHW	AL	40.0	19	28	6.30	4.26	-0.11	-0.17	103.4	4.33	-8	-0.9	.5	0.1	-0.5	-5	.452	.494	$7,500
1970	26	CHW	AL	14.2	9	9	5.52	4.40	-0.41	-0.18	101.4	4.70	-1	-0.1	.1	0.0	0.0	0	.485	.499	$
2 Seasons				54.2	28	37	6.09	4.29	-0.19	-0.18	102.8	4.43	-10	-1.0	.4	0.2	-0.5	-5	.463	.497	$7,500

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
1969	25	CHW	AL	19	170	154	28	35	7	2	7	4	0	14	23	.227	.296	.435	.731	.226	67	1	1	1	0	2	3
1970	26	CHW	AL	9	71	57	9	19	1	0	2	1	0	12	9	.333	.437	.456	.893	.354	26	3	0	0	2	0	1
2 Yrs				28	241	211	37	54	8	2	9	5	0	26	32	.256	.338	.441	.778	.262	93	4	1	1	2	2	4
162 Game Avg.				68	585	512	90	131	19	5	22	12	0	63	78	.256	.338	.441	.778	.262	226	10	2	2	5	5	10
MLB Averages																.251	.323	.377	.700	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1969	25	CHW	AL	-7.9	-0.8	177	-1.0	1.1	-2.1	.41	-0.3	-2.3	-7.6	-0.8	0.41	-3.4	1	2	14
1970	26	CHW	AL	-2.1	-0.2	72	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.06	-0.4	-0.5	-3.8	-0.4	0.06	-4.4	0	0	6
2 Yrs				-10.0	-1.0	249	-1.1	1.1	-2.2	.31	-0.7	-2.9	-11.4	-1.1	0.31	-7.7	1	2	20

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1969	25	CHW	AL	19	19	7	1	11	2	18%	3	.411	1	2	14	1	18	8	11	12	2	12	5	6.3
1970	26	CHW	AL	9	9	5	0	5	3	60%	7	.059	0	0	6	0	9	3	6	6	1	6	1	4.9
2 Yrs				28	28	12	1	16	5	31%		.307	1	2	20	1	27	11	17	18	3	18	6	5.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1969	25	CHW	AL	170	38%	4.1%	13.5%	8.2%	9.4%	46%	1.00	73%	21	1	5%
1970	26	CHW	AL	71	28%	2.8%	12.7%	16.9%	4.2%	16%	1.13	68%	27	3	11%
2 Yrs				241	35%	3.7%	13.3%	10.8%	7.9%	35%	1.03	71%	48	4	8%
MLB Averages					47%	2.2%	15.2%	9.2%	6.2%	28%	1.10	72%			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
1969	25	CHW	AL	170	35			7	0	5	4	3	4	3	5	0	1	0%	3	1	0	57	4	0	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1970	26	CHW	AL	71	19			2	0	2	0	2	1	1	3	3	0	100%	1	0	0	42	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2 Yrs				241	54			9	0	7	4	5	5	4	8	3	1	38%	4	1	0	99	5	0	100%	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MLB Averages																		49%							63%

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+
1969	25	0	1	.000	6.08	19	0	7	0	0	0	40.0	35	28	27	7	14	2	23	1	0	1	170	65	1.225	7.9	1.6	3.2	5.2	1.64	65
1970	26	0	1	.000	5.93	28	0	12	0	0	0	54.2	54	37	36	9	26	2	32	1	0	1	241	66	1.463	8.9	1.5	4.3	5.3	1.23	66

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1969	25	1	3	.250	6.30	40.0	35	31	28	7	14	23	1	1.225	7.9	3.2	5.2	1.64	1.6	19
1970	26	0	1	.000	6.23	13.0	19	10	9	2	12	8	0	2.385	13.2	8.3	5.5	0.67	1.4	9
2 Yrs		1	4	.200	6.28	53.0	54	41	37	9	26	31	1	1.509	9.2		5.3	1.19	1.5	28

* 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.

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