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Gary Serum

Gary Wayne Serum

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 24, 1956 in Fargo, ND
High School: Alexandria HS (Alexandria, MN)
School: Saint Cloud State University (St. Cloud, MN)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 1977
Team: Twins 1977-1979

Final Game: September 29, 1979
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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
1975	18	MIN-min	Rk	0	0		8.10	7	0		0	0	0	10.0	17	10	9	3	5	0	2	0	0	1			2.200	15.3	2.7	4.5	1.8	0.40	ELZ · APPY
1976	19	MIN-min	A,Rk	2	6	.250	3.12	13	10		0	0	0	78.0	76	41	27	3	28	1	24	0	0	2			1.333	8.8	0.3	3.2	2.8	0.86	WRA,ELZ · MIDW,APPY
1977	20	MIN-min	AA,AAA	6	3	.667	3.00	35	0		0	0	14	63.0	53	25	21	5	24	5	34	2	0	1			1.222	7.6	0.7	3.4	4.9	1.42	ORL,TAC · SOUL,PCL
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	93	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-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.15	2	2		1	0	0	13.0	15	9	6	0	4	0	5	0	0	0			1.462	10.4	0.0	2.8	3.5	1.25	TOL · IL
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
1980	23	MIN-min	AAA	3	7	.300	3.66	38	2		1	0	2	91.0	96	47	37	10	27	3	48	3	0	2			1.352	9.5	1.0	2.7	4.7	1.78	TOL · IL
1981	24	MIN-min	AA	4	5	.444	5.37	45	0	36	0	0	20	62.0	69	41	37	2	32	6	51	0	0	4			1.629	10.0	0.3	4.6	7.4	1.59	ORL · SOUL
1982	25	NYY-min	AAA,AA	9	1	.900	4.42	46	1	23	0	0	6	106.0	113	61	52	9	47	5	55	2	0	1			1.509	9.6	0.8	4.0	4.7	1.17	CLB,NVL · IL,SOUL
3 Yrs				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

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	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1977	20	MIN	AL	22.2	8	0	11	4.37	4.38	-0.03	-0.35	97.3	3.94	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.1	0.0	1	.486	.499	$
1978	21	MIN	AL	184.1	34	23	88	4.30	4.27	0.06	0.07	101.8	4.35	2	0.2	1.7	-0.1	1.7	20	.505	.501	$
1979	22	MIN	AL	64.0	20	5	47	6.61	4.81	-0.02	-0.20	105.0	4.86	-12	-1.2	.5	0.1	-0.5	-5	.440	.493	$
3 Seasons				271.0	62	28	146	4.85	4.41	0.04	-0.03	102.2	4.43	-12	-1.1	1.1	-0.1	1.2	17	.482	.498	$

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
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	0
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	12
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	2
3 Yrs				62	1158	1053	146	303	59	12	28	22	14	74	125	.288	.335	.446	.781	.303	470	28	5	17	9	5	14
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	11
MLB Averages																.263	.328	.392	.720	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1977	20	MIN	AL	-0.1	-0.0	102	0.9	2.0	-1.1	1.08	-0.1	0.9	0.0	0.0	1.08	0.1	1	2	5
1978	21	MIN	AL	-2.0	-0.2	806	0.2	13.8	-13.6	.99	-0.2	0.4	-1.0	-0.1	0.99	-2.5	5	1	5
1979	22	MIN	AL	-12.6	-1.2	294	-1.5	3.1	-4.6	.68	-1.7	-0.6	-13.1	-1.2	0.68	-15.6	1	3	11
3 Yrs				-14.7	-1.4	1202	-0.4	18.9	-19.3	.92	-2.0	1.5	-14.1	-1.3	0.92	-18.0	7	6	21

Starting Pitching*

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
1978	21	MIN	AL	34	23	8	8	7	0	2	10	13	.435	1	3	6	1	14	61%	51.3	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%	29.8	48	7	7	3	1	3	5.1	3.4	4.5
2 Yrs				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													.500						52%	51	99	-13					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1977	20	MIN	AL	8	8	2	0	0	0	0		0	9	2	22%	2	1.079	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	100%	1	16	5	31%	1	.990	5	1	5	2	3	6	9	2	9	1	9	1	6.8
1979	22	MIN	AL	20	15	7	1	0	0	0		0	11	5	45%	6	.675	1	3	11	1	1	13	7	8	11	1	12	2	8.3
3 Yrs				62	34	13	2	1	1	1	100%	1	36	12	33%		.919	7	6	21	4	5	25	20	14	26	4	27	3	7.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	20	MIN	AL	97	63%	4.1%	14.4%	10.3%	6.2%	27%	1.27	66%	18	1	6%
1978	21	MIN	AL	774	55%	1.8%	10.3%	5.7%	7.9%	32%	1.28	80%	117	14	12%
1979	22	MIN	AL	287	68%	3.5%	10.8%	7.0%	11.2%	34%	1.80	78%	61	13	21%
3 Yrs				1158	59%	2.4%	10.8%	6.4%	8.6%	33%	1.38	79%	196	28	14%
MLB Averages					45%	2.1%	12.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.10	75%			11%

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
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 Yrs				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																		52%							64%

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+
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	93	1.412	8.7	1.6	4.0	5.6	1.40	93
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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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	4.71	21.0	22	12	11	4	10	13	2	1.524	9.4	4.3	5.6	1.30	1.7	8
1978	21	8	11	.421	4.70	176.0	197	102	92	15	46	76	3	1.381	10.1	2.4	3.9	1.65	0.8	34
1979	22	1	5	.167	7.02	59.0	92	51	46	10	20	29	0	1.898	14.0	3.1	4.4	1.45	1.5	20
3 Yrs		10	17	.370	5.24	256.0	311	165	149	29	76	118	5	1.512	10.9		4.1	1.55	1.0	62

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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)

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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Pitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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