Gary Serum
Gary Wayne Serum
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 24, 1956 in Fargo, ND
High School: Alexandria (Alexandria, MN)
School: St. Cloud State University
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 1977
Final Game: September 29, 1979
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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
1977 20 MIN AL 0 0 4.37 8 0 2 0 0 0 22.2 22 11 11 4 10 1 14 2 0 1 97 92 1.412 8.7 1.6 4.0 5.6 1.40
1978 21 MIN AL 9 9 .500 4.10 34 23 4 6 1 1 184.1 188 88 84 14 44 2 80 3 3 5 774 94 1.259 9.2 0.7 2.1 3.9 1.82
1979 22 MIN AL 1 3 .250 6.61 20 5 7 0 0 0 64.0 93 47 47 10 20 2 31 0 0 1 287 67 1.766 13.1 1.4 2.8 4.4 1.55
3 Seasons 10 12 .455 4.72 62 28 13 6 1 1 271.0 303 146 142 28 74 5 125 5 3 7 1158 85 1.391 10.1 0.9 2.5 4.2 1.69
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .455 4.72 47 21 10 5 1 1 205 229 110 107 21 56 4 94 4 2 5 875 85 1.391 10.1 0.9 2.5 4.2 1.69

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
1977 20 MIN AL 8 97 82 11 22 1 1 4 1 3 10 14 .268 .362 .451 .813 .281 37 1 2 3 0 1
1978 21 MIN AL 34 774 708 88 188 39 8 14 17 8 44 80 .266 .308 .403 .711 .280 285 14 3 11 8 2
1979 22 MIN AL 20 287 263 47 93 19 3 10 4 3 20 31 .354 .398 .563 .961 .372 148 13 0 3 1 2
3 Seasons 62 1158 1053 146 303 59 12 28 22 14 74 125 .288 .335 .446 .781 .303 470 28 5 17 9 5
162 Game Avg. 47 875 796 110 229 45 9 21 17 11 56 94 .288 .335 .446 .781 .303 355 21 4 13 7 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
1978 21 MIN AL 34 23 8 8 7 0 2 10 13 .435 1 3 6 1 14 61% 51 88 20 17 5 10 9 4.5 4.7 6.9
1979 22 MIN AL 20 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 4 .200 0 1 0 0 1 20% 30 48 7 7 3 1 3 5.1 3.4 4.5
2 Seasons 54 28 8 11 9 0 3 11 17 .393 1 4 6 1 15 54% 47 88 7 24 8 11 12 4.6 4.5 6.5
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
1977 20 MIN AL 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 2 1.103 1 2 5 1 1 6 4 4 6 2 6 0 8.5
1978 21 MIN AL 34 11 4 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 16 5 31% 1 1.002 6 0 5 2 3 6 9 2 9 1 9 1 6.8
1979 22 MIN AL 20 15 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 45% 6 0.679 1 4 10 1 1 13 7 8 11 1 12 2 8.3
3 Seasons 62 34 13 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 36 12 33% 0.930 8 6 20 4 5 25 20 14 26 4 27 3 7.9

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%
1977 20 MIN AL 97 37% 4.1% 14.4% 10.3% 6.2% 27% 1.27 66% 18 1 6%
1978 21 MIN AL 774 45% 1.8% 10.3% 5.7% 7.9% 32% 1.28 80% 117 14 12%
1979 22 MIN AL 287 32% 3.5% 10.8% 7.0% 11.2% 34% 1.80 78% 61 13 21%
3 Seasons 1158 41% 2.4% 10.8% 6.4% 8.6% 33% 1.38 79% 196 28 14%
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
1977 20 MIN AL 97 22 4 0 4 2 2 1 3 3 1 2 33% 0 1 0 37 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 21 MIN AL 774 188 14 1 5 7 7 3 11 44 26 4 59% 12 5 0 280 17 8 68% 17 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 0
1979 22 MIN AL 287 93 10 0 1 3 7 6 4 12 7 0 58% 2 1 0 126 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 Seasons 1158 303 28 1 10 12 16 10 18 59 34 6 58% 14 7 0 443 22 14 61% 21 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 22 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+
1977 20 0 0 4.37 8 0 2 0 0 0 22.2 22 11 11 4 10 1 14 2 0 1 97 92 1.412 8.7 1.6 4.0 5.6 1.40 92
1978 21 9 9 .500 4.13 42 23 6 6 1 1 207.0 210 99 95 18 54 3 94 5 3 6 871 94 1.275 9.1 0.8 2.3 4.1 1.74 94
1979 22 10 12 .455 4.72 62 28 13 6 1 1 271.0 303 146 142 28 74 5 125 5 3 7 1158 85 1.391 10.1 0.9 2.5 4.2 1.69 85

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1977 20 1 1 .500 5.14 21.0 23 13 12 4 10 13 2 1.571 9.9 4.3 5.6 1.30 1.7 8
1978 21 8 11 .421 4.70 176.0 198 102 92 15 46 76 3 1.386 10.1 2.4 3.9 1.65 0.8 34
1979 22 1 5 .167 7.02 59.0 91 51 46 10 20 29 0 1.881 13.9 3.1 4.4 1.45 1.5 20
3 Seasons 10 17 .370 5.27 256.0 312 166 150 29 76 118 5 1.516 11.0 4.1 1.55 1.0 62

* 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

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL--2.148--8th

Youngest s c a p y
1977 AL--born 1956-10-24--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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