Chuck Seelbach
Charles Frederick Seelbach
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 20, 1948 in Lakewood, OH
School: Dartmouth College
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1971
Final Game: May 23, 1974
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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
1971 23 DET AL 0 0 13.50 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 6 6 2 7 0 1 1 0 0 24 27 3.250 13.5 4.5 15.8 2.3 0.14
1972 24 DET AL 9 8 .529 2.89 61 3 34 0 0 14 112.0 96 39 36 6 39 4 76 3 0 6 455 109 1.205 7.7 0.5 3.1 6.1 1.95
1973 25 DET AL 1 0 1.000 3.86 5 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 3 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 31 106 1.286 9.0 1.3 2.6 2.6 1.00
1974 26 DET AL 0 0 4.70 4 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 9 4 4 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 34 80 1.565 10.6 2.3 3.5 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons 10 8 .556 3.38 75 3 36 0 0 14 130.2 118 52 49 11 51 5 79 5 0 6 544 97 1.293 8.1 0.8 3.5 5.4 1.55
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .556 3.38 65 3 31 0 0 12 114 103 45 43 10 44 4 69 4 0 5 474 97 1.293 8.1 0.8 3.5 5.4 1.55

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 24 DET AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 18.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.000 36.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 ALCS 0 0 18.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.000 36.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1971 23 DET AL 5 24 16 6 6 1 0 2 1 1 7 1 .375 .583 .813 1.396 .308 13 1 1 0 0 0
1972 24 DET AL 61 455 403 39 96 13 1 6 6 6 39 76 .238 .308 .320 .628 .278 129 11 3 7 3 4
1973 25 DET AL 5 31 28 3 7 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 .250 .300 .393 .693 .240 11 0 0 1 0 1
1974 26 DET AL 4 34 30 4 9 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 .300 .382 .567 .949 .250 17 1 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 75 544 477 52 118 17 1 11 8 8 51 79 .247 .325 .356 .681 .274 170 13 5 8 3 5
162 Game Avg. 65 474 416 45 103 15 1 10 7 7 44 69 .247 .325 .356 .681 .274 148 11 4 7 3 4
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
1972 24 DET AL 61 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 43 28 23 8 3 0 2.7 4.2 4.9
1 Season 61 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 43 28 23 8 3 0 2.7 4.2 4.9
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
1971 23 DET AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 8 0.175 1 0 4 0 0 5 4 1 1 3 1 0 2.4
1972 24 DET AL 61 58 34 9 5 17 14 3 82% 19 1 45 14 31% 9 1.446 26 19 11 20 10 28 26 32 31 10 32 15 5.0
1973 25 DET AL 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 8 1.069 3 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 0 4.2
1974 26 DET AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 8 0.123 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 1 2 1 2 0 5.8
4 Seasons 75 72 36 10 5 17 14 3 82% 20 2 58 21 36% 1.286 30 19 21 21 12 39 35 37 37 16 39 15 4.8

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%
1971 23 DET AL 24 8% 8.3% 4.2% 29.2% 12.5% 50% 1.00 54% 6 1 17%
1972 24 DET AL 455 39% 1.3% 16.7% 8.6% 4.4% 21% 1.25 71% 86 11 13%
1973 25 DET AL 31 29% 3.2% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 29% 2.80 81% 6 0 0%
1974 26 DET AL 34 29% 5.9% 0.0% 8.8% 11.8% 44% 0.83 82% 9 1 11%
4 Seasons 544 36% 2.0% 14.5% 9.4% 5.3% 25% 1.26 72% 107 13 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
1971 23 DET AL 24 6 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 1 13 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1972 24 DET AL 455 96 6 0 6 4 2 2 4 31 14 6 45% 4 6 0 174 6 6 50% 6 4 0 2 0 0 4 0 12 0
1973 25 DET AL 31 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 26 DET AL 34 9 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 5 2 0 40% 0 0 0 10 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 544 118 11 0 11 8 3 3 8 38 18 6 47% 5 6 1 211 8 8 50% 8 5 0 3 0 0 4 0 15 0
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+
1971 23 0 0 13.50 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 6 6 2 7 0 1 1 0 0 24 27 3.250 13.5 4.5 15.8 2.3 0.14 27
1972 24 9 8 .529 3.26 66 3 34 0 0 14 116.0 102 45 42 8 46 4 77 4 0 6 479 98 1.276 7.9 0.6 3.6 6.0 1.67 98
1973 25 10 8 .556 3.29 71 3 34 0 0 14 123.0 109 48 45 9 48 5 79 4 0 6 510 98 1.276 8.0 0.7 3.5 5.8 1.65 98
1974 26 10 8 .556 3.38 75 3 36 0 0 14 130.2 118 52 49 11 51 5 79 5 0 6 544 97 1.293 8.1 0.8 3.5 5.4 1.55 97

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
1971 23 0 0 18.00 3.0 6 7 6 2 7 1 1 4.333 18.0 21.0 3.0 0.14 6.0 5
1972 24 5 6 .455 3.99 106.0 111 52 47 7 45 72 3 1.472 9.4 3.8 6.1 1.60 0.6 61
1973 25 0 0 3.86 7.0 7 3 3 1 2 2 0 1.286 9.0 2.6 2.6 1.00 1.3 5
1974 26 0 0 5.14 7.0 9 4 4 2 3 0 1 1.714 11.6 3.9 0.0 0.00 2.6 4
4 Seasons 5 6 .455 4.39 123.0 133 66 60 12 57 75 5 1.545 9.7 5.5 1.32 0.9 75

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1972 AL--61--7th

Saves s c a p y
1972 AL--14--7th

Games Finished s c a p y
1972 AL--34--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1673), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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