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Gordon Seyfried

Gordon Clay Seyfried

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 4, 1937 in Long Beach, CA
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1963
Team: Indians 1963-1964

Final Game: April 28, 1964
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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
1956	18	DET-min	C	11	7	.611	3.58	22	18					151.0	162	83	60	9	50								1.404	9.7	0.5	3.0			IDF · PION
1957	19	DET-min	C,B	6	4	.600	4.11	31	10					114.0	125	70	52	6	62								1.640	9.9	0.5	4.9			IDF,DHM · PION,CARL
1958	20	DET-min	A	17	8	.680	3.51	36	26					223.0	237	117	87	18	56								1.314	9.6	0.7	2.3			LNC · EL
1959	21	DET-min	AA	14	7	.667	3.26	33	31		13	2		235.0	219	97	85	19	67	7	114	1	2	5			1.217	8.4	0.7	2.6	4.4	1.70	BIR · SOUA
1960	22	DET-min	AAA	12	9	.571	4.46	31	28					202.0	233	116	100	32	38								1.342	10.4	1.4	1.7			DEN · AA
1961	23	DET-min	AAA	14	8	.636	4.36	30	27					198.0	244	107	96	16	38								1.424	11.1	0.7	1.7			DEN · AA
1962	24	DET-min	AAA	14	7	.667	3.85	32	31		12	2		213.0	220	114	91	14	43	3	98	2	1	4			1.235	9.3	0.6	1.8	4.1	2.28	DEN · AA
1963	25	CHC-min	AAA	12	14	.462	3.50	32	31					229.0	245	103	89	24	29		110						1.197	9.6	0.9	1.1	4.3	3.79	SLC · PCL
1963	25	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	1.23	3	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	9	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	34	313	1.636	11.0	0.0	3.7	1.2	0.33
1964	26	MIN-min	AAA	4	6	.400	5.14	11	11		3	2		63.0	71	42	36	11	16	0	29	0	0	1			1.381	10.1	1.6	2.3	4.1	1.81	ATA · IL
1964	26	CLE	AL	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10		1.714	15.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
1965	27	CLE-min	AAA	10	14	.417	4.17	35	29		11	0		218.0	230	115	101	31	54	10	94	1	0	4			1.303	9.5	1.3	2.2	3.9	1.74	POR · PCL
1966	28	CHW-CLE-min	AAA	2	8	.200	4.99	29	12		3	0		119.0	133	72	66	18	27	7	62	2	0	1			1.345	10.1	1.4	2.0	4.7	2.30	INA,POR · PCL
1967	29	CLE-min	AAA	1	2	.333	2.84	20	0		0	0		38.0	36	14	12	1	12	3	16	1	0	2			1.263	8.5	0.2	2.8	3.8	1.33	POR · PCL
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	0.93	5	1	0	0	0	0	9.2	13	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	44	424	1.655	12.1	0.0	2.8	0.9	0.33
162 Game Avg.				0	11	.000	0.93	57	11	0	0	0	0	110	147	23	11	0	34	11	11	0	0	11	499	424	1.655	12.1	0.0	2.8	0.9	0.33

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
1963	25	CLE	AL	7.1	3	1	2	2.45	3.64	-0.10	0.01	110.9	4.16	1	0.2	.2	-0.0	0.2	2	.557	.501	$
1964	26	CLE	AL	2.1	2	0	0	0.00	3.85	-0.47	-0.15	85.2	3.55	1	0.1	.5	-0.0	0.1	1	.555	.501	$
2 Seasons				9.2	5	1	2	1.86	3.69	-0.19	-0.03	104.7	4.01	2	0.3	.3	-0.1	0.3	3	.557	.501	$

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
1963	25	CLE	AL	3	34	30	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.300	.364	.300	.664	.310	9	0	0	1	0	1	1
1964	26	CLE	AL	2	10	9	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.400	.556	.956	.400	5	1	0	0	1	0	0
2 Yrs				5	44	39	2	13	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	.333	.372	.359	.731	.333	14	1	0	1	1	1	1
162 Game Avg.				57	499	442	23	147	11	0	0	0	0	34	11	.333	.372	.359	.731	.333	159	11	0	11	11	11	11
MLB Averages																.248	.311	.375	.686	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1963	25	CLE	AL	1.7	0.2	36	0.0	0.6	-0.5	1.03	0.0	1.1	0.1	1.03	0.4	0	2
1964	26	CLE	AL	1.1	0.1	10	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.33	-0.0	0.5	0.1	0.33	-0.1	1	1
2 Yrs				2.8	0.3	46	0.0	0.6	-0.6	.88	-0.0	1.6	0.2	0.88	0.3	1	3

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
1963	25	CLE	AL	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	47.0	47	47	2	0	0	1	1.0	0.0	5.7
1 Yr				3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	47	47	47	2	0	0	1	1.0	0.0	5.7
MLB Averages													.500						55%	53	116	0					4.0	3.9	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1963	25	CLE	AL	3	2	0	0		7	1.026	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	2.5
1964	26	CLE	AL	2	2	3	2	67%	3	.334	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	3.5
2 Yrs				5	4	3	2	67%		.869	1	3	4	2	2	1	2	1	3.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1963	25	CLE	AL	34	38%	0.0%	2.9%	8.8%	0.0%	0%	1.22	85%	8	0	0%
1964	26	CLE	AL	10	50%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	10.0%	25%	2.50	100%	2	1	50%
2 Yrs				44	41%	0.0%	2.3%	6.8%	2.3%	8%	1.45	89%	10	1	10%
MLB Averages					48%	2.2%	15.5%	7.9%	6.3%	28%	1.08	73%			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
1963	25	CLE	AL	34	9			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
1964	26	CLE	AL	10	4			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2 Yrs				44	13			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	1	1	0	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
MLB Averages																		50%							62%

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+
1963	25	0	1	.000	1.23	3	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	9	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	34	313	1.636	11.0	0.0	3.7	1.2	0.33	313
1964	26	0	1	.000	0.93	5	1	0	0	0	0	9.2	13	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	44	424	1.655	12.1	0.0	2.8	0.9	0.33	424

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	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Gact
1963	25	1.29	7.0	9	1	1	3	1	1.714	11.6	3.9	1.3	0.33	3
1964	26	0.00	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		2
2 Yrs		0.90	10.0	9	1	1	3	1	1.200	8.1		0.9	0.33	5

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