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Sonny Siebert

Wilfred Charles Siebert

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 14, 1937 in St. Mary, MO
High School: Bayless HS (Bayless, MO)
School: University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1964
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox/Cardinals/Rangers/Athletics/... 1964-1975

Final Game: September 25, 1975
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All-Star

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
1964 27 CLE AL 7 9 .438 3.23 41 14 10 3 1 3 156.0 142 61 56 15 57 4 144 2 2 6 653 113 1.276 8.2 0.9 3.3 8.3 2.53
1965 28 CLE AL 16 8 .667 2.43 39 27 5 4 1 1 188.2 139 58 51 14 46 2 191 5 1 3 742 144 0.981 6.6 0.7 2.2 9.1 4.15
1966 29 CLE AL 16 8 .667 2.80 34 32 1 11 1 1 241.0 193 89 75 25 62 3 163 6 1 8 957 123 1.058 7.2 0.9 2.3 6.1 2.63 AS,MVP-28
1967 30 CLE AL 10 12 .455 2.38 34 26 4 7 1 4 185.1 136 59 49 17 54 2 136 6 1 3 743 139 1.025 6.6 0.8 2.6 6.6 2.52
1968 31 CLE AL 12 10 .545 2.97 31 30 0 8 4 0 206.0 145 76 68 12 88 10 146 8 0 7 844 101 1.131 6.3 0.5 3.8 6.4 1.66
1969 32 TOT AL 14 11 .560 3.76 45 24 13 2 0 5 177.1 161 98 74 22 76 1 133 4 0 4 758 103 1.336 8.2 1.1 3.9 6.8 1.75
1969 32 CLE AL 0 1 .000 3.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 10 5 5 1 8 0 6 0 0 0 60 120 1.286 6.4 0.6 5.1 3.9 0.75
1969 32 BOS AL 14 10 .583 3.80 43 22 13 2 0 5 163.1 151 93 69 21 68 1 127 4 0 4 698 101 1.341 8.3 1.2 3.7 7.0 1.87
1970 33 BOS AL 15 8 .652 3.44 33 33 0 7 2 0 222.2 207 98 85 29 60 2 142 6 1 9 916 116 1.199 8.4 1.2 2.4 5.7 2.37
1971 34 BOS AL 16 10 .615 2.91 32 32 0 12 4 0 235.1 220 84 76 20 60 5 131 3 0 4 975 128 1.190 8.4 0.8 2.3 5.0 2.18 AS
1972 35 BOS AL 12 12 .500 3.80 32 30 0 7 3 0 196.1 204 105 83 17 59 4 123 7 0 4 852 85 1.340 9.4 0.8 2.7 5.6 2.08
1973 36 TOT AL 7 12 .368 4.06 27 20 4 1 1 2 122.0 125 70 55 12 38 1 81 3 0 3 524 92 1.336 9.2 0.9 2.8 6.0 2.13
1973 36 BOS AL 0 1 .000 7.71 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 5 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 13 61 2.571 19.3 3.9 3.9 19.3 5.00
1973 36 TEX AL 7 11 .389 3.99 25 20 3 1 1 2 119.2 120 68 53 11 37 1 76 3 0 3 511 93 1.312 9.0 0.8 2.8 5.7 2.05
1974 37 STL NL 8 8 .500 3.84 28 20 4 5 3 0 133.2 150 66 57 8 51 14 68 3 1 2 586 94 1.504 10.1 0.5 3.4 4.6 1.33
1975 38 TOT MLB 7 6 .538 3.90 23 19 1 0 0 0 87.2 97 43 38 6 41 7 54 1 1 7 401 93 1.574 10.0 0.6 4.2 5.5 1.32
1975 38 SDP NL 3 2 .600 4.39 6 6 0 0 0 0 26.2 37 15 13 2 10 4 10 1 1 0 126 81 1.763 12.5 0.7 3.4 3.4 1.00
1975 38 OAK AL 4 4 .500 3.69 17 13 1 0 0 0 61.0 60 28 25 4 31 3 44 0 0 7 275 99 1.492 8.9 0.6 4.6 6.5 1.42
12 Yrs 140 114 .551 3.21 399 307 42 67 21 16 2152.0 1919 907 767 197 692 55 1512 54 8 60 8951 110 1.213 8.0 0.8 2.9 6.3 2.19
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .551 3.21 38 30 4 6 2 2 207 185 87 74 19 67 5 146 5 1 6 862 110 1.213 8.0 0.8 2.9 6.3 2.19
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
CLE (6 yrs) 61 48 .560 2.76 181 131 20 33 8 9 991.0 765 348 304 84 315 21 786 27 5 27 3999 122 1.090 6.9 0.8 2.9 7.1 2.50
BOS (5 yrs) 57 41 .582 3.46 142 117 14 28 9 5 820.0 787 382 315 88 248 12 528 20 1 21 3454 107 1.262 8.6 1.0 2.7 5.8 2.13
STL (1 yr) 8 8 .500 3.84 28 20 4 5 3 0 133.2 150 66 57 8 51 14 68 3 1 2 586 94 1.504 10.1 0.5 3.4 4.6 1.33
OAK (1 yr) 4 4 .500 3.69 17 13 1 0 0 0 61.0 60 28 25 4 31 3 44 0 0 7 275 99 1.492 8.9 0.6 4.6 6.5 1.42
TEX (1 yr) 7 11 .389 3.99 25 20 3 1 1 2 119.2 120 68 53 11 37 1 76 3 0 3 511 93 1.312 9.0 0.8 2.8 5.7 2.05
SDP (1 yr) 3 2 .600 4.39 6 6 0 0 0 0 26.2 37 15 13 2 10 4 10 1 1 0 126 81 1.763 12.5 0.7 3.4 3.4 1.00
AL (11 yrs) 129 104 .554 3.15 365 281 38 62 18 16 1991.2 1732 826 697 187 631 37 1434 50 6 58 8239 112 1.186 7.8 0.8 2.9 6.5 2.27
NL (2 yrs) 11 10 .524 3.93 34 26 4 5 3 0 160.1 187 81 70 10 61 18 78 4 2 2 712 91 1.547 10.5 0.6 3.4 4.4 1.28

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 Awards
1964 27 CLE AL 156.0 41 14 61 3.52 4.02 -0.31 -0.03 100.5 4.32 16 1.9 1.0 -0.2 2.8 27 .545 .511 $
1965 28 CLE AL 188.2 39 27 58 2.77 3.94 -0.07 0.05 101.3 4.11 29 3.5 1.7 0.0 4.9 44 .590 .522 $8,000
1966 29 CLE AL 241.0 34 32 89 3.32 3.89 -0.04 0.07 99.9 4.00 22 2.7 1.0 -0.1 4.3 38 .579 .517 $10,000 AS,MVP-28
1967 30 CLE AL 185.1 34 26 59 2.87 3.66 -0.11 0.05 101.5 3.88 24 3.0 1.7 -0.0 4.4 35 .589 .519 $
1968 31 CLE AL 205.2 31 30 76 3.33 3.44 0.23 0.06 100.8 3.29 1 0.2 .7 -0.1 1.6 14 .506 .501 $38,000
1969 32 CLE AL 14.0 2 2 5 3.21 4.26 -0.30 0.07 106.0 4.91 3 0.3 -0.0 0.4 4 .670 .502 $34,000
1969 32 BOS AL 163.1 43 22 93 5.12 4.10 -0.01 0.02 104.0 4.29 -14 -1.5 2.2 -0.3 -0.6 -1 .465 .491 $
1970 33 BOS AL 222.2 33 33 98 3.96 4.22 0.08 0.07 105.4 4.44 13 1.5 -0.1 3.3 35 .547 .509 $
1971 34 BOS AL 235.1 32 32 84 3.21 3.99 0.10 0.06 106.6 4.21 26 3.3 -0.1 5.2 49 .603 .520 $ AS
1972 35 BOS AL 196.1 32 30 105 4.81 3.44 -0.30 0.05 105.2 3.98 -17 -2.0 .7 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .438 .488 $
1973 36 BOS AL 2.1 2 0 2 7.71 3.82 0.28 -0.32 109.4 3.53 -1 -0.1 3.4 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .443 .499 $77,500
1973 36 TEX AL 119.2 25 20 68 5.11 4.39 -0.51 0.08 95.2 4.75 -6 -0.6 1.5 -0.1 0.3 8 .476 .496 $
1974 37 STL NL 133.2 28 20 66 4.44 4.13 0.19 0.09 100.5 4.04 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.2 6 .474 .496 $
1975 38 SDP NL 26.2 6 6 15 5.06 3.96 -0.30 0.12 100.2 4.39 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.0 0 .460 .499 $
1975 38 OAK AL 61.0 17 13 28 4.13 4.32 0.26 0.07 97.4 4.01 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.0 0.4 6 .495 .499 $
12 Seasons 2151.2 399 307 907 3.79 3.92 -0.04 0.05 102.1 4.10 88 11.2 1.5 -1.5 26.6 262 .528 .505 $167,500
CLE (6 yrs) 990.2 181 131 348 3.16 3.79 -0.05 0.04 100.8 3.91 95 11.6 1.3 -0.5 18.4 162 .564 .512 $90,000
BOS (5 yrs) 820.0 142 117 382 4.19 3.94 -0.02 0.05 105.4 4.23 8 1.2 2.2 -0.8 7.3 79 .509 .502 $77,500
STL (1 yr) 133.2 28 20 66 4.44 4.13 0.19 0.09 100.5 4.04 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.2 6 .474 .496 $
OAK (1 yr) 61.0 17 13 28 4.13 4.32 0.26 0.07 97.4 4.01 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.0 0.4 6 .495 .499 $
TEX (1 yr) 119.2 25 20 68 5.11 4.39 -0.51 0.08 95.2 4.75 -6 -0.6 1.5 -0.1 0.3 8 .476 .496 $
SDP (1 yr) 26.2 6 6 15 5.06 3.96 -0.30 0.12 100.2 4.39 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.0 0 .460 .499 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1966 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1971 BOS AL 34

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
1964 27 CLE AL 41 653 584 61 142 20 3 15 5 6 57 144 .243 .310 .365 .675 .295 213 13 2 5 5 4 8
1965 28 CLE AL 39 742 675 58 139 24 3 14 8 3 46 191 .206 .259 .313 .571 .261 211 13 5 7 9 2 8
1966 29 CLE AL 34 958 873 89 193 26 4 25 8 12 62 163 .221 .276 .346 .622 .243 302 12 6 12 5 3 12
1967 30 CLE AL 34 743 672 59 136 18 5 17 16 4 54 136 .202 .266 .320 .586 .228 215 9 6 7 4 2 12
1968 31 CLE AL 31 844 734 76 145 27 6 12 9 4 88 146 .198 .288 .300 .588 .228 220 14 8 7 7 10 11
1969 32 TOT AL 45 758 668 98 161 18 4 22 9 7 76 133 .241 .320 .379 .699 .268 253 16 4 5 5 1 11
1969 32 BOS AL 43 698 617 93 151 16 4 21 9 7 68 127 .245 .321 .386 .707 .274 238 16 4 4 5 1 11
1969 32 CLE AL 2 60 51 5 10 2 0 1 0 0 8 6 .196 .305 .294 .599 .205 15 0 0 1 0 0 0
1970 33 BOS AL 33 916 835 98 207 28 3 29 21 3 60 142 .248 .302 .393 .694 .266 328 21 6 11 4 2 12
1971 34 BOS AL 32 976 898 84 220 31 4 20 22 2 60 131 .245 .292 .355 .648 .265 319 18 3 7 7 5 13
1972 35 BOS AL 32 852 772 105 204 32 4 17 15 1 59 123 .264 .321 .382 .703 .294 295 13 7 11 3 4 10
1973 36 TOT AL 27 524 477 70 125 17 3 12 7 4 38 81 .262 .318 .386 .704 .291 184 8 3 2 4 1 7
1973 36 BOS AL 2 13 12 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 .417 .462 .750 1.212 .667 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 36 TEX AL 25 511 465 68 120 16 3 11 7 4 37 76 .258 .314 .376 .691 .285 175 8 3 2 4 1 7
1974 37 STL NL 28 586 521 66 150 16 2 8 18 4 51 68 .288 .353 .372 .725 .317 194 15 3 8 3 14 7
1975 38 OAK AL 17 275 237 28 60 11 0 4 9 0 31 44 .253 .336 .350 .686 .292 83 1 0 3 3 3 3
1975 38 SDP NL 6 126 112 15 37 6 1 2 4 0 10 10 .330 .387 .455 .842 .347 51 3 1 2 1 4 2
1975 38 TOT MLB 23 401 349 43 97 17 1 6 13 0 41 54 .278 .352 .384 .736 .311 134 4 1 5 4 7 5
12 Yrs 399 8953 8058 907 1919 274 42 197 151 50 692 1512 .238 .301 .356 .657 .269 2868 156 54 87 60 55 116
162 Game Avg. 38 862 776 87 185 26 4 19 15 5 67 146 .238 .301 .356 .657 .269 276 15 5 8 6 5 11
MLB Averages .250 .316 .368 .685 .277
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1964 27 CLE AL 7.3 0.8 676 0.6 10.2 -9.6 .89 1.1 -0.4 6.5 0.7 0.89 8.3 9 3 15
1965 28 CLE AL 22.3 2.5 765 1.7 12.4 -10.7 .92 2.9 -1.0 24.3 2.7 0.92 29.0 6 3 3
1966 29 CLE AL 15.4 1.7 997 1.5 19.2 -17.7 1.13 1.9 -0.6 17.1 1.9 1.13 17.2 0 2 0
1967 30 CLE AL 17.4 2.0 772 1.0 15.1 -14.1 1.15 2.1 -1.2 15.4 1.7 1.15 20.1 5 3 0
1968 31 CLE AL 1.3 0.2 869 0.3 14.8 -14.5 1.06 0.9 -0.7 3.7 0.4 1.06 8.5 0 1 0
1969 32 TOT AL -4.2 -0.4 784 -0.0 13.9 -13.9 1.06 -0.8 0.8 -9.7 -1.0 1.06 -5.5 13 2 5
1969 32 CLE AL 1.2 0.1 60 0.3 1.2 -1.0 1.19 0.1 0.2 1.5 0.2 1.19 0.9 0 0 0
1969 32 BOS AL -5.4 -0.6 724 -0.3 12.7 -13.0 1.05 -0.9 0.6 -11.2 -1.1 1.05 -6.4 13 2 5
1970 33 BOS AL 11.7 1.2 953 1.8 17.3 -15.5 1.00 0.4 1.4 11.4 1.2 1.00 4.3 0 0 0
1971 34 BOS AL 21.0 2.4 1009 2.5 17.9 -15.4 1.02 1.3 1.2 21.3 2.3 1.02 12.3 0 0 0
1972 35 BOS AL -15.7 -1.7 878 -3.0 12.3 -15.3 .92 -1.6 -1.6 -24.9 -2.6 0.92 -19.8 0 1 1
1973 36 TOT AL -8.1 -0.8 539 -1.6 9.3 -10.9 1.04 -0.1 -1.5 -13.7 -1.4 1.04 0.1 4 0 3
1973 36 BOS AL -0.6 -0.1 13 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 1.69 -0.3 -0.3 -3.5 -0.3 1.69 -1.8 2 0 0
1973 36 TEX AL -7.5 -0.8 526 -0.7 9.0 -9.7 1.02 0.2 -0.9 -10.2 -1.0 1.02 1.9 2 0 3
1974 37 STL NL -3.3 -0.3 613 0.7 10.1 -9.4 1.01 0.0 0.7 -2.0 -0.2 1.01 0.1 2 1 5
1975 38 TOT MLB -2.7 -0.3 425 -0.1 7.1 -7.2 1.09 -0.5 0.4 -3.0 -0.3 1.08 -4.2 1 1 2
1975 38 SDP NL -2.7 -0.3 132 -0.4 2.4 -2.8 1.26 -0.6 0.3 -4.8 -0.5 1.26 -5.3 0 0 0
1975 38 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 293 0.3 4.6 -4.4 1.01 0.1 0.2 1.8 0.2 1.01 1.1 1 1 2
12 Yrs 62.4 7.1 9280 5.2 159.7 -154.5 1.02 7.5 -2.4 46.6 5.5 1.02 70.5 40 17 34
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1964 27 CLE AL 41 14 6 7 1 1 2 7 7 .500 1 0 3 1 8 57% 53.4 82 27 14 4 5 6 3.6 3.3 6.2
1965 28 CLE AL 39 27 12 8 7 1 4 15 12 .556 1 2 4 1 17 63% 61.1 95 34 21 4 13 6 4.1 4.1 6.2
1966 29 CLE AL 34 32 16 8 8 2 4 20 12 .625 1 1 11 1 24 75% 60.2 93 32 15 7 19 7 4.3 4.0 7.4
1967 30 CLE AL 34 26 9 11 6 2 4 11 15 .423 2 2 7 1 13 50% 60.8 92 29 18 6 10 11 2.9 2.8 6.6
1968 31 CLE AL 31 30 12 10 8 1 3 16 13 .552 1 5 8 4 19 63% 58.9 88 17 18 6 11 7 3.9 3.9 6.9
1969 32 TOT AL 45 24 9 10 5 2 2 9 15 .375 3 2 2 0 11 46% 48.6 81 26 31 17 11 5 4.4 4.9 5.9
1969 32 CLE AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 56.0 74 38 0 0 0 1 1.1 0.8 7.0
1969 32 BOS AL 43 22 9 9 4 2 2 9 13 .409 3 2 2 0 10 45% 47.9 81 26 31 17 11 4 4.8 5.3 5.8
1970 33 BOS AL 33 33 15 8 10 4 4 20 13 .606 0 7 7 2 20 61% 54.5 90 16 27 11 7 9 4.6 4.4 6.7
1971 34 BOS AL 32 32 16 10 6 2 4 19 13 .594 4 3 12 4 22 69% 56.9 86 24 19 7 8 9 4.4 3.8 7.4
1972 35 BOS AL 32 30 12 12 6 3 5 15 15 .500 3 3 7 3 16 53% 50.7 83 13 31 13 10 9 4.9 5.1 6.5
1973 36 TOT AL 27 20 7 11 2 2 6 7 13 .350 0 1 1 1 11 55% 81 20 14 5 4 4 4.1 4.8 5.4
1973 36 TEX AL 25 20 7 11 2 2 6 7 13 .350 0 1 1 1 11 55% 50.5 81 20 12 5 4 4 4.1 4.8 5.4
1974 37 STL NL 28 20 7 8 5 0 2 11 9 .550 3 2 5 3 12 60% 50.2 83 8 14 5 0 12 4.0 4.1 6.0
1975 38 TOT MLB 23 19 7 6 6 5 0 11 8 .579 2 4 0 0 2 11% 0.0 68 27 21 4 3 9 3.7 3.1 4.2
1975 38 SDP NL 6 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 3 .500 1 0 0 0 2 33% 44.0 63 28 8 1 1 3 3.3 4.2 4.4
1975 38 OAK AL 17 13 4 4 5 4 0 8 5 .615 1 4 0 0 0 0% 49.5 68 27 13 3 2 6 3.9 2.5 4.1
12 Yrs 397 307 128 109 70 25 40 161 145 .526 21 32 67 21 175 57% 55 95 8 241 89 101 94 4.1 4.1 6.4
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 116 -3 4.0 3.9 6.5
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

Reliever Pitching*

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
1964 27 CLE AL 41 27 10 1 2 5 3 2 60% 5 0 24 10 42% 3 .890 9 3 15 7 3 17 11 16 21 3 21 2 7.7
1965 28 CLE AL 39 12 5 4 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 12 3 25% 7 .922 6 3 3 4 3 5 6 6 5 6 5 1 5.5
1966 29 CLE AL 34 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 0 0 7 1.127 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1967 30 CLE AL 34 8 4 1 1 6 4 2 67% 6 0 6 2 33% 8 1.146 5 3 0 6 1 1 5 3 4 2 4 2 5.1
1968 31 CLE AL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 1.064 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
1969 32 TOT AL 45 21 13 5 1 8 5 3 63% 9 0 30 9 30% 1.057 13 2 5 9 6 6 18 3 11 8 12 5 5.2
1969 32 BOS AL 43 21 13 5 1 8 5 3 63% 9 0 30 9 30% 8 1.046 13 2 5 9 6 6 18 3 11 8 12 5 5.2
1972 35 BOS AL 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 .924 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3.0
1973 36 TOT AL 27 7 4 0 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 9 5 56% 1.039 4 0 3 4 0 3 4 3 5 1 5 0 6.0
1973 36 BOS AL 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 4 80% 4 1.686 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 3.5
1973 36 TEX AL 25 5 3 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 4 1 25% 7 1.023 2 0 3 3 0 2 2 3 4 0 4 0 7.0
1974 37 STL NL 28 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 7 1.013 2 1 5 0 2 6 2 6 5 2 5 1 5.0
1975 38 TOT MLB 23 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1.085 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 4 0 4 0 5.8
1975 38 OAK AL 17 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 5 1.006 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 4 0 4 0 5.8
10 Yrs 326 92 42 12 5 25 16 9 64% 28 2 93 31 33% 1.022 40 17 34 33 15 44 50 42 56 23 58 11 5.9

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1964 27 CLE AL 653 58% 2.3% 22.1% 8.7% 5.8% 27% 1.06 66% 118 13 11%
1965 28 CLE AL 742 49% 1.9% 25.7% 6.2% 5.5% 30% 0.93 65% 111 13 12%
1966 29 CLE AL 958 55% 2.6% 17.0% 6.5% 5.7% 29% 0.78 72% 146 12 8%
1967 30 CLE AL 743 54% 2.3% 18.3% 7.3% 5.4% 29% 0.85 70% 97 9 9%
1968 31 CLE AL 844 52% 1.4% 17.3% 10.4% 5.3% 31% 1.05 69% 135 14 10%
1969 32 TOT AL 758 63% 2.9% 17.6% 10.0% 5.8% 27% 1.12 68% 137 16 12%
1969 32 CLE AL 60 65% 1.7% 10.0% 13.3% 5.0% 30% 0.50 73% 7 0 0%
1969 32 BOS AL 698 62% 3.0% 18.2% 9.7% 5.9% 27% 1.21 68% 130 16 12%
1970 33 BOS AL 916 55% 3.2% 15.5% 6.6% 6.6% 29% 0.81 73% 159 21 13%
1971 34 BOS AL 976 52% 2.1% 13.4% 6.2% 5.6% 25% 1.03 77% 153 18 12%
1972 35 BOS AL 852 55% 2.0% 14.4% 6.9% 6.2% 26% 1.37 75% 144 13 9%
1973 36 TOT AL 524 55% 2.3% 15.5% 7.3% 6.1% 26% 1.34 74% 104 8 8%
1973 36 BOS AL 13 85% 7.7% 38.5% 7.7% 15.4% 40% 1.00 46% 6 0 0%
1973 36 TEX AL 511 54% 2.2% 14.9% 7.2% 5.9% 25% 1.34 75% 98 8 8%
1974 37 STL NL 586 54% 1.4% 11.6% 8.7% 4.4% 17% 0.87 76% 128 15 12%
1975 38 TOT MLB 401 53% 1.5% 13.5% 10.2% 6.0% 25% 0.78 73% 66 4 6%
1975 38 SDP NL 126 54% 1.6% 7.9% 7.9% 7.1% 24% 0.92 80% 26 3 12%
1975 38 OAK AL 275 52% 1.5% 16.0% 11.3% 5.5% 25% 0.72 70% 40 1 3%
12 Yrs 8953 54% 2.2% 16.9% 7.7% 5.7% 27% 0.98 72% 1498 156 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.8% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.10 73% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1964 27 CLE AL 653 142 15 1 21 9 6 10 5 32 16 8 50% 8 6 2 230 5 6 45% 5 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 19 0
1965 28 CLE AL 742 139 14 0 6 7 7 7 7 36 18 9 50% 8 3 4 220 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 23 0
1966 29 CLE AL 958 193 25 0 3 15 10 11 14 34 20 5 59% 12 8 1 299 8 12 40% 8 10 0 2 0 0 7 1 18 0
1967 30 CLE AL 743 136 17 0 11 8 9 8 9 26 12 3 46% 12 3 3 219 16 4 80% 15 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1968 31 CLE AL 844 145 12 1 17 6 6 7 5 38 19 6 50% 11 7 1 279 9 4 69% 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1969 32 TOT AL 758 161 22 0 11 12 10 12 10 28 20 2 71% 11 4 3 276 9 7 56% 8 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
1969 32 CLE AL 60 10 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 32 BOS AL 698 151 21 0 11 12 9 11 10 28 20 2 71% 11 4 3 252 9 7 56% 8 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
1970 33 BOS AL 916 207 29 1 15 18 11 13 16 36 14 7 39% 12 9 1 302 21 3 88% 19 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 19 0
1971 34 BOS AL 976 220 20 0 8 11 9 11 9 31 18 6 58% 13 4 3 360 22 2 92% 20 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 18 0
1972 35 BOS AL 852 204 17 0 11 11 6 8 9 24 14 1 58% 10 4 3 320 15 1 94% 13 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
1973 36 TOT AL 524 125 12 1 16 6 6 8 4 35 15 7 43% 7 3 1 189 7 4 64% 7 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 12 0
1973 36 BOS AL 13 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 50% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 36 TEX AL 511 120 11 0 14 5 6 8 3 33 14 6 42% 7 3 1 181 7 4 64% 7 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 12 0
1974 37 STL NL 586 150 8 0 14 3 5 3 5 39 21 4 54% 7 2 1 237 18 4 82% 17 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1975 38 TOT MLB 401 97 6 0 13 3 3 5 1 25 13 5 52% 5 7 0 144 13 0 100% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1975 38 SDP NL 126 37 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 12 5 1 42% 2 0 0 43 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1975 38 OAK AL 275 60 4 0 6 2 2 4 0 13 8 4 62% 3 7 0 101 9 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
12 Yrs 8953 1919 197 4 146 109 88 103 94 384 200 63 52% 116 60 23 3075 151 50 75% 140 44 10 4 1 2 22 1 196 0
MLB Averages 50% 63%
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

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+
1964 27 7 9 .438 3.23 41 14 10 3 1 3 156.0 142 61 56 15 57 4 144 2 2 6 653 113 1.276 8.2 0.9 3.3 8.3 2.53 113
1965 28 23 17 .575 2.79 80 41 15 7 2 4 344.2 281 119 107 29 103 6 335 7 3 9 1395 127 1.114 7.3 0.8 2.7 8.7 3.25 127
1966 29 39 25 .609 2.80 114 73 16 18 3 5 585.2 474 208 182 54 165 9 498 13 4 17 2352 126 1.091 7.3 0.8 2.5 7.7 3.02 126
1967 30 49 37 .570 2.70 148 99 20 25 4 9 771.0 610 267 231 71 219 11 634 19 5 20 3095 128 1.075 7.1 0.8 2.6 7.4 2.90 128
1968 31 61 47 .565 2.75 179 129 20 33 8 9 977.0 755 343 299 83 307 21 780 27 5 27 3939 122 1.087 7.0 0.8 2.8 7.2 2.54 122
1969 32 75 58 .564 2.91 224 153 33 35 8 14 1154.1 916 441 373 105 383 22 913 31 5 31 4697 118 1.125 7.1 0.8 3.0 7.1 2.38 118
1970 33 90 66 .577 2.99 257 186 33 42 10 14 1377.0 1123 539 458 134 443 24 1055 37 6 40 5613 118 1.137 7.3 0.9 2.9 6.9 2.38 118
1971 34 106 76 .582 2.98 289 218 33 54 14 14 1612.1 1343 623 534 154 503 29 1186 40 6 44 6588 119 1.145 7.5 0.9 2.8 6.6 2.36 119
1972 35 118 88 .573 3.07 321 248 33 61 17 14 1808.2 1547 728 617 171 562 33 1309 47 6 48 7440 115 1.166 7.7 0.9 2.8 6.5 2.33 115
1973 36 125 100 .556 3.13 348 268 37 62 18 16 1930.2 1672 798 672 183 600 34 1390 50 6 51 7964 113 1.177 7.8 0.9 2.8 6.5 2.32 113
1974 37 133 108 .552 3.18 376 288 41 67 21 16 2064.1 1822 864 729 191 651 48 1458 53 7 53 8550 111 1.198 7.9 0.8 2.8 6.4 2.24 111
1975 38 140 114 .551 3.21 399 307 42 67 21 16 2152.0 1919 907 767 197 692 55 1512 54 8 60 8951 110 1.213 8.0 0.8 2.9 6.3 2.19 110

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1964 27 9 7 .563 3.67 147.0 147 67 60 16 59 136 2 1.401 9.0 3.6 8.3 2.31 1.0 41
1965 28 13 7 .650 2.78 181.0 146 62 56 15 48 183 5 1.072 7.3 2.4 9.1 3.81 0.7 39
1966 29 14 11 .560 3.39 228.0 207 96 86 27 66 154 6 1.197 8.2 2.6 6.1 2.33 1.1 34
1967 30 12 7 .632 2.90 177.0 147 63 57 18 58 130 6 1.158 7.5 2.9 6.6 2.24 0.9 34
1968 31 10 11 .476 4.17 190.0 165 98 88 14 100 135 9 1.395 7.8 4.7 6.4 1.35 0.7 31
1969 32 10 9 .526 4.00 171.0 163 84 76 22 77 128 4 1.404 8.6 4.1 6.7 1.66 1.2 45
1970 33 13 10 .565 3.52 215.0 206 93 84 29 60 137 6 1.237 8.6 2.5 5.7 2.28 1.2 33
1971 34 15 10 .600 3.18 229.0 228 90 81 21 62 128 3 1.266 9.0 2.4 5.0 2.06 0.8 32
1972 35 8 13 .381 4.90 193.0 235 117 105 20 68 121 8 1.570 11.0 3.2 5.6 1.78 0.9 32
1973 36 5 7 .417 4.81 116.0 133 69 62 13 40 77 3 1.491 10.3 3.1 6.0 1.93 1.0 27
1974 37 6 7 .462 4.46 125.0 156 69 62 8 53 63 3 1.672 11.2 3.8 4.5 1.19 0.6 28
1975 38 4 5 .444 4.55 85.0 104 48 43 6 44 52 1 1.741 11.0 4.7 5.5 1.18 0.6 23
12 Yrs 119 104 .534 3.76 2057.0 2037 956 860 209 735 1444 56 1.348 8.9 6.3 1.96 0.9 399

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1981 BBWAA ( 0.2%)
1982 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1966 *
1971

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1966 AL (28, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1965 AL  4.8 (8th)
1971 AL  6.4 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1965 AL  4.9 (3rd)
1966 AL  4.3 (6th)
1967 AL  4.4 (4th)
1971 AL  5.2 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1965 AL  2.43 (3rd)
1966 AL  2.80 (7th)
1967 AL  2.38 (3rd)
1971 AL  2.91 (9th)
Career  3.21 (250th)

Wins s c a p y
1965 AL  16 (5th)
1966 AL  16 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1965 AL  .667 (5th)
1966 AL  .667 (3rd)
1970 AL  .652 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1965 AL  0.981 (2nd)
1966 AL  1.058 (2nd)
1967 AL  1.025 (3rd)
1970 AL  1.199 (8th)
Career  1.213 (164th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 AL  6.631 (3rd)
1966 AL  7.208 (8th)
1967 AL  6.604 (4th)
1968 AL  6.335 (4th)
Career  8.026 (122nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 AL  2.194 (8th)
1966 AL  2.315 (9th)
1970 AL  2.425 (8th)
1971 AL  2.295 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 AL  9.111 (2nd)
1969 AL  6.750 (7th)
Career  6.323 (189th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1966 AL  241.0 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1965 AL  191 (4th)
1966 AL  163 (10th)
Career  1,512 (178th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1966 AL  11 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1968 AL  4 (9th)
1970 AL  2 (10th)
1971 AL  4 (7th)
1974 NL  3 (8th)
Career  21 (230th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1966 AL  25 (6th)
1970 AL  29 (6th)
Career  197 (220th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 AL  88 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1965 AL  4.152 (1st)
1966 AL  2.629 (7th)
1967 AL  2.519 (9th)
1970 AL  2.367 (8th)
Career  2.185 (190th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 AL  0.524 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 AL  6 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1966 AL  957 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1965 AL  144 (2nd)
1966 AL  123 (6th)
1967 AL  139 (2nd)
1971 AL  129 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1965 AL  22 (5th)
1966 AL  15 (10th)
1967 AL  17 (4th)
1971 AL  21 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1965 AL  2.5 (4th)
1966 AL  1.7 (10th)
1967 AL  2.0 (4th)
1971 AL  2.4 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1965 AL  24.34 (7th)
1967 AL  15.42 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1965 AL  2.9 (4th)
1967 AL  2.1 (8th)
Career  7.5 (214th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1965 AL  2.7 (7th)
1967 AL  1.7 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1974 NL  born 1937-01-14 (6th)
1975 AL  born 1937-01-14 (7th)
1975 NL  born 1937-01-14 (4th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 66 (387), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 20 (623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (239), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Larry Dierker (960)
  2. Gary Peters (947)
  3. Dean Chance (947)
  4. Dock Ellis (947)
  5. Mike Garcia (944)
  6. Ray Caldwell (935)
  7. Harvey Haddix (934)
  8. Johnny Antonelli (934)
  9. Mike Scott (933)
  10. Dutch Leonard (932)
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  1. Gary Wagner (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Slow Joe Doyle (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Virgil Trucks (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Phil Niekro (963) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Al Demaree (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Cuellar (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Cuellar (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Cuellar (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jose Rijo (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jose Rijo (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jose Rijo (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jack Sanford (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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