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Bill Singer

William Robert Singer (Sing Sing or The Singer Throwing Machine)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 184 lb.

Born: April 24, 1944 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Pomona HS (Pomona, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1964
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Angels/Twins/BlueJays/Rangers 1964-1977

Final Game: July 16, 1977
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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 20 LAD NL 0 1 .000 3.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 11 5 5 0 12 1 3 0 0 1 64 103 1.643 7.1 0.0 7.7 1.9 0.25
1965 21 LAD NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
1966 22 LAD NL 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 16 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1967 23 LAD NL 12 8 .600 2.64 32 29 1 7 3 0 204.1 185 68 60 5 61 11 169 8 3 10 854 117 1.204 8.1 0.2 2.7 7.4 2.77
1968 24 LAD NL 13 17 .433 2.88 37 36 0 12 6 0 256.1 227 97 82 14 78 10 227 5 1 12 1061 96 1.190 8.0 0.5 2.7 8.0 2.91
1969 25 LAD NL 20 12 .625 2.34 41 40 1 16 2 1 315.2 244 96 82 22 74 4 247 10 0 9 1263 142 1.007 7.0 0.6 2.1 7.0 3.34 AS
1970 26 LAD NL 8 5 .615 3.13 16 16 0 5 3 0 106.1 79 39 37 10 32 3 93 2 1 1 428 122 1.044 6.7 0.8 2.7 7.9 2.91
1971 27 LAD NL 10 17 .370 4.16 31 31 0 8 1 0 203.1 195 103 94 19 71 1 144 4 0 3 863 78 1.308 8.6 0.8 3.1 6.4 2.03
1972 28 LAD NL 6 16 .273 3.67 26 25 0 4 3 0 169.1 148 84 69 8 60 4 101 5 0 5 708 92 1.228 7.9 0.4 3.2 5.4 1.68
1973 29 CAL AL 20 14 .588 3.22 40 40 0 19 2 0 315.2 280 124 113 15 130 5 241 9 1 7 1348 109 1.299 8.0 0.4 3.7 6.9 1.85 AS
1974 30 CAL AL 7 4 .636 2.98 14 14 0 8 0 0 108.2 102 48 36 3 43 0 77 1 1 4 462 115 1.334 8.4 0.2 3.6 6.4 1.79
1975 31 CAL AL 7 15 .318 4.98 29 27 2 8 0 1 179.0 171 107 99 18 81 5 78 6 1 6 770 71 1.408 8.6 0.9 4.1 3.9 0.96
1976 32 TOT AL 13 10 .565 3.69 36 36 0 7 4 0 236.2 233 119 97 13 96 4 97 11 2 6 1011 98 1.390 8.9 0.5 3.7 3.7 1.01
1976 32 TEX AL 4 1 .800 3.48 10 10 0 2 1 0 64.2 56 31 25 4 27 0 34 5 1 2 274 104 1.284 7.8 0.6 3.8 4.7 1.26
1976 32 MIN AL 9 9 .500 3.77 26 26 0 5 3 0 172.0 177 88 72 9 69 4 63 6 1 4 737 96 1.430 9.3 0.5 3.6 3.3 0.91
1977 33 TOR AL 2 8 .200 6.79 13 12 1 0 0 0 59.2 71 54 45 5 39 2 33 2 0 3 288 62 1.844 10.7 0.8 5.9 5.0 0.85
14 Yrs 118 127 .482 3.39 322 308 7 94 24 2 2174.0 1952 944 819 132 781 50 1515 63 11 67 9143 99 1.257 8.1 0.5 3.2 6.3 1.94
162 Game Avg. 13 14 .482 3.39 35 33 1 10 3 0 235 211 102 88 14 84 5 164 7 1 7 987 99 1.257 8.1 0.5 3.2 6.3 1.94
LAD (9 yrs) 69 76 .476 3.03 190 179 4 52 18 1 1274.1 1095 492 429 78 392 34 989 34 6 41 5264 106 1.167 7.7 0.6 2.8 7.0 2.52
CAL (3 yrs) 34 33 .507 3.70 83 81 2 35 2 1 603.1 553 279 248 36 254 10 396 16 3 17 2580 95 1.338 8.2 0.5 3.8 5.9 1.56
MIN (1 yr) 9 9 .500 3.77 26 26 0 5 3 0 172.0 177 88 72 9 69 4 63 6 1 4 737 96 1.430 9.3 0.5 3.6 3.3 0.91
TEX (1 yr) 4 1 .800 3.48 10 10 0 2 1 0 64.2 56 31 25 4 27 0 34 5 1 2 274 104 1.284 7.8 0.6 3.8 4.7 1.26
TOR (1 yr) 2 8 .200 6.79 13 12 1 0 0 0 59.2 71 54 45 5 39 2 33 2 0 3 288 62 1.844 10.7 0.8 5.9 5.0 0.85
NL (9 yrs) 69 76 .476 3.03 190 179 4 52 18 1 1274.1 1095 492 429 78 392 34 989 34 6 41 5264 106 1.167 7.7 0.6 2.8 7.0 2.52
AL (5 yrs) 49 51 .490 3.90 132 129 3 42 6 1 899.2 857 452 390 54 389 16 526 29 5 26 3879 92 1.385 8.6 0.5 3.9 5.3 1.35

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 20 LAD NL 14.0 2 2 5 3.21 3.87 0.04 0.06 93.8 3.66 1 0.1 -0.0 0.2 2 .531 .500 $
1965 21 LAD NL 1.0 2 0 0 0.00 5.77 0.49 -0.24 90.9 4.58 1 0.1 .6 -0.0 0.1 1 .529 .500 $
1966 22 LAD NL 4.0 3 0 0 0.00 4.39 -0.07 -0.18 82.0 3.51 2 0.2 .4 -0.1 0.2 2 .558 .501 $9,000
1967 23 LAD NL 204.1 32 29 68 3.00 3.84 -0.28 0.05 88.7 3.70 13 1.6 .8 -0.1 3.3 36 .551 .510 $
1968 24 LAD NL 256.1 37 36 97 3.41 3.46 -0.17 0.05 92.8 3.41 -3 -0.4 1.2 -0.1 1.7 23 .489 .497 $
1969 25 LAD NL 315.2 41 40 96 2.74 4.09 0.12 0.06 92.3 3.73 32 3.8 1.9 -0.2 6.4 68 .592 .523 $ AS
1970 26 LAD NL 106.1 16 16 39 3.30 4.52 0.23 0.07 94.5 4.12 8 0.9 -0.0 1.7 20 .556 .506 $47,500
1971 27 LAD NL 203.1 31 31 103 4.56 3.85 -0.00 0.06 91.8 3.59 -24 -2.5 -0.1 -1.1 -4 .418 .484 $
1972 28 LAD NL 169.1 26 25 84 4.46 3.75 0.06 0.05 97.7 3.66 -17 -1.9 1.5 -0.1 -0.7 -1 .428 .488 $50,000
1973 29 CAL AL 315.2 40 40 124 3.54 4.31 -0.30 0.13 92.7 4.38 28 3.1 -0.2 5.6 63 .578 .519 $48,000 AS
1974 30 CAL AL 108.2 14 14 48 3.98 4.15 -0.16 0.12 95.6 4.24 3 0.4 -0.1 1.2 14 .526 .502 $
1975 31 CAL AL 179.0 29 27 107 5.38 4.37 -0.33 0.12 92.0 4.44 -19 -1.9 3.2 -0.1 -0.5 0 .435 .488 $
1976 32 TEX AL 64.2 10 10 31 4.31 3.86 -0.01 0.12 103.5 4.12 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.4 5 .486 .499 $
1976 32 MIN AL 172.0 26 26 88 4.60 3.97 0.11 0.12 101.3 4.03 -10 -1.1 -0.1 0.2 6 .456 .493 $
1977 33 TOR AL 59.2 13 12 54 8.15 4.61 -0.23 0.13 104.1 5.18 -20 -1.8 .1 -0.0 -1.3 -13 .362 .489 $90,000
14 Seasons 2174.0 322 308 944 3.91 4.02 -0.09 0.08 94.1 3.94 -8 0.3 1.1 -1.3 17.4 221 .501 .500 $244,500
LAD (9 yrs) 1274.1 190 179 492 3.47 3.88 -0.02 0.06 92.6 3.66 12 1.8 .9 -0.8 11.8 146 .509 .501 $106,500
CAL (3 yrs) 603.1 83 81 279 4.16 4.30 -0.28 0.13 93.0 4.37 12 1.6 3.2 -0.4 6.3 77 .519 .503 $48,000
MIN (1 yr) 172.0 26 26 88 4.60 3.97 0.11 0.12 101.3 4.03 -10 -1.1 -0.1 0.2 6 .456 .493 $
TEX (1 yr) 64.2 10 10 31 4.31 3.86 -0.01 0.12 103.5 4.12 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.4 5 .486 .499 $
TOR (1 yr) 59.2 13 12 54 8.15 4.61 -0.23 0.13 104.1 5.18 -20 -1.8 .1 -0.0 -1.3 -13 .362 .489 $90,000

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
1969 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1973 CAL AL 29 0 0 0 13.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.000 13.5 9.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
2 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 6.75 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 16 1.000 6.8 4.5 2.3 4.5 2.00

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 20 LAD NL 2 64 51 5 11 5 1 0 3 1 12 3 .216 .365 .353 .718 .229 18 1 0 1 0 1 1
1965 21 LAD NL 2 7 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .400 .571 .600 1.171 .500 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 LAD NL 3 16 14 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 2 4 .286 .375 .357 .732 .400 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 23 LAD NL 32 854 773 68 185 17 5 5 9 5 61 169 .239 .300 .294 .594 .299 227 10 8 7 4 11 13
1968 24 LAD NL 37 1060 959 97 227 18 5 14 13 13 78 227 .237 .295 .310 .605 .293 297 13 5 10 9 10 17
1969 25 LAD NL 41 1263 1164 96 244 42 6 22 7 7 74 247 .210 .261 .313 .574 .246 364 13 10 8 7 4 19
1970 26 LAD NL 16 428 389 39 79 9 1 10 8 3 32 93 .203 .267 .308 .576 .241 120 1 2 5 0 3 3
1971 27 LAD NL 31 863 775 103 195 32 7 19 10 6 71 144 .252 .315 .385 .700 .284 298 12 4 6 7 1 8
1972 28 LAD NL 26 708 625 84 148 24 6 8 7 4 60 101 .237 .306 .333 .639 .269 208 13 5 13 5 4 8
1973 29 CAL AL 40 1348 1194 124 280 40 8 15 22 7 130 241 .235 .314 .319 .633 .282 381 22 9 13 2 5 23
1974 30 CAL AL 14 462 408 48 102 21 3 3 3 4 43 77 .250 .319 .338 .658 .297 138 4 1 5 5 0 5
1975 31 CAL AL 29 770 666 107 171 22 2 18 17 12 81 78 .257 .340 .377 .717 .266 251 16 6 11 6 5 8
1976 32 TOT AL 36 1011 881 119 233 41 5 13 18 22 96 97 .264 .340 .367 .707 .281 323 21 11 12 11 4 12
1976 32 MIN AL 26 737 647 88 177 28 4 9 14 17 69 63 .274 .345 .371 .716 .288 240 16 6 6 9 4 9
1976 32 TEX AL 10 274 234 31 56 13 1 4 4 5 27 34 .239 .328 .355 .683 .263 83 5 5 6 2 0 3
1977 33 TOR AL 13 288 240 54 71 12 4 5 5 6 39 33 .296 .392 .442 .833 .319 106 5 2 2 5 2 6
14 Yrs 322 9142 8144 944 1952 285 53 132 124 91 781 1515 .240 .309 .336 .645 .278 2739 132 63 93 61 50 123
162 Game Avg. 35 987 879 102 211 31 6 14 13 10 84 164 .240 .309 .336 .645 .278 296 14 7 10 7 5 13
MLB Averages .251 .318 .371 .688 .278

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 20 LAD NL 0.6 0.1 69 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 1.26 -0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.26 -1.6 0 0 0
1965 21 LAD NL 0.6 0.1 7 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.08 -0.1 0.1 -1.0 -0.1 1.08 -1.2 0 1 1
1966 22 LAD NL 1.8 0.2 20 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .25 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.25 -0.2 0 1 2
1967 23 LAD NL 11.0 1.2 892 2.3 17.2 -14.9 1.19 1.7 0.2 10.8 1.3 1.19 15.0 1 0 2
1968 24 LAD NL -5.4 -0.6 1108 -2.5 18.5 -21.0 1.10 1.2 -3.4 -2.8 -0.3 1.10 7.8 0 1 0
1969 25 LAD NL 35.9 4.0 1291 4.0 23.5 -19.6 1.03 4.5 -0.6 41.2 4.8 1.03 46.9 1 0 0
1970 26 LAD NL 9.8 1.0 444 1.1 7.1 -6.0 .90 2.2 -1.0 13.9 1.5 0.90 20.8 0 0 0
1971 27 LAD NL -21.0 -2.2 884 -1.5 14.7 -16.2 1.04 -1.0 -0.4 -17.0 -1.8 1.04 -14.3 0 0 0
1972 28 LAD NL -8.8 -0.9 726 -0.5 12.6 -13.1 1.10 1.3 -1.7 -9.5 -1.0 1.10 10.2 1 0 0
1973 29 CAL AL 13.0 1.4 1390 4.3 27.7 -23.4 1.16 2.4 1.3 23.6 2.6 1.16 26.7 0 0 0
1974 30 CAL AL 2.3 0.2 477 0.1 7.2 -7.1 .95 0.4 -0.3 2.7 0.3 0.95 3.5 0 0 0
1975 31 CAL AL -28.2 -2.7 811 -0.8 14.4 -15.1 1.10 -0.9 0.2 -17.1 -1.8 1.10 -8.4 1 0 1
1976 32 TOT AL -6.0 -0.6 1064 -1.3 19.7 -21.0 1.15 -1.6 0.4 -14.2 -1.5 1.15 -14.8 0 0 0
1976 32 TEX AL -0.2 -0.0 286 -0.1 5.1 -5.2 1.10 -0.6 0.6 -2.6 -0.3 1.10 -5.7 0 0 0
1976 32 MIN AL -5.8 -0.6 778 -1.2 14.6 -15.9 1.17 -0.9 -0.1 -11.5 -1.2 1.17 -9.1 0 0 0
1977 33 TOR AL -18.1 -1.7 306 -1.6 4.4 -6.0 .95 -1.6 -0.1 -22.0 -2.0 0.95 -18.2 0 0 1
14 Yrs -12.6 -0.6 9489 3.5 168.7 -165.2 1.09 8.1 -4.9 8.8 2.1 1.09 72.3 4 3 7

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 20 LAD NL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 1 50% 50.5 57 44 3 0 0 1 3.0 3.9 7.0
1967 23 LAD NL 32 29 12 7 10 0 3 15 14 .517 2 7 7 3 18 62% 59.8 91 25 22 6 16 7 3.2 2.7 6.9
1968 24 LAD NL 37 36 13 16 7 1 8 18 18 .500 0 7 12 6 24 67% 59.3 90 28 17 4 19 6 3.4 2.9 7.1
1969 25 LAD NL 41 40 20 12 8 3 7 24 16 .600 1 3 16 2 30 75% 64.2 93 29 17 5 25 1 3.8 3.7 7.8
1970 26 LAD NL 16 16 8 5 3 2 1 10 6 .625 0 2 5 3 8 50% 60.0 97 23 6 3 7 6 5.1 4.7 6.6
1971 27 LAD NL 31 31 10 17 4 0 2 13 18 .419 1 1 8 1 13 42% 51.8 82 24 20 9 12 7 3.4 3.4 6.6
1972 28 LAD NL 26 25 6 15 4 0 7 8 17 .320 2 1 4 3 17 68% 53.4 84 13 25 12 1 11 2.7 2.4 6.7
1973 29 CAL AL 40 40 20 14 6 4 5 23 17 .575 4 1 19 2 25 63% 58.4 97 17 29 11 26 5 4.0 3.7 7.9
1974 30 CAL AL 14 14 7 4 3 1 2 7 6 .538 2 1 8 0 10 71% 56.4 82 23 11 5 7 1 5.0 5.3 7.8
1975 31 CAL AL 29 27 7 15 5 0 3 11 16 .407 2 2 8 0 14 52% 47.9 94 16 31 20 11 9 3.4 3.6 6.5
1976 32 TOT AL 36 36 13 10 13 2 2 22 14 .611 4 4 7 4 19 53% 49.8 80 25 39 10 12 9 4.4 4.3 6.6
1976 32 TEX AL 10 10 4 1 5 1 1 7 3 .700 1 2 2 1 5 50% 52.1 75 25 12 2 1 5 4.5 4.4 6.5
1976 32 MIN AL 26 26 9 9 8 1 1 15 11 .577 3 2 5 3 14 54% 48.9 80 26 27 8 11 4 4.4 4.3 6.6
1977 33 TOR AL 13 12 2 8 2 0 0 3 9 .250 1 0 0 0 2 17% 39.7 55 23 12 5 0 4 3.9 4.1 4.8
12 Yrs 317 308 118 124 66 13 40 154 153 .502 20 29 94 24 181 59% 56 97 13 232 90 136 67 3.8 3.6 7.0
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 116 -13 4.0 4.0 6.5

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
1965 21 LAD NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 100% 6 1.080 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.5
1966 22 LAD NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 3 .253 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 1 4.0
1967 23 LAD NL 32 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.194 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 5.7
1968 24 LAD NL 37 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.100 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1969 25 LAD NL 41 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 7 1.028 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1972 28 LAD NL 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.101 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1975 31 CAL AL 29 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 8 1.095 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1977 33 TOR AL 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 .946 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
8 Yrs 183 14 7 0 3 2 2 0 100% 3 1 9 5 56% 1.086 4 3 7 3 3 8 6 8 9 4 9 1 4.8

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 20 LAD NL 64 48% 0.0% 4.7% 18.8% 9.4% 55% 1.38 75% 9 1 11%
1965 21 LAD NL 7 71% 0.0% 14.3% 28.6% 14.3% 50% 57% 3 0 0%
1966 22 LAD NL 16 69% 0.0% 25.0% 12.5% 6.3% 25% 0.60 63% 3 1 33%
1967 23 LAD NL 854 60% 0.6% 19.8% 7.1% 3.2% 15% 1.04 71% 166 10 6%
1968 24 LAD NL 1061 60% 1.3% 21.4% 7.4% 3.5% 16% 0.96 69% 197 13 7%
1969 25 LAD NL 1263 60% 1.7% 19.6% 5.9% 5.5% 29% 0.87 71% 209 13 6%
1970 26 LAD NL 428 61% 2.3% 21.7% 7.5% 4.7% 25% 0.88 67% 61 1 2%
1971 27 LAD NL 863 57% 2.2% 16.7% 8.2% 6.7% 30% 1.17 72% 159 12 8%
1972 28 LAD NL 708 54% 1.1% 14.3% 8.5% 5.4% 26% 1.13 74% 123 13 11%
1973 29 CAL AL 1348 54% 1.1% 17.9% 9.6% 4.7% 23% 0.99 70% 263 22 8%
1974 30 CAL AL 462 61% 0.7% 16.7% 9.3% 5.8% 27% 0.85 72% 80 4 5%
1975 31 CAL AL 770 50% 2.3% 10.1% 10.5% 5.5% 25% 1.05 75% 147 16 11%
1976 32 TOT AL 1011 54% 1.3% 9.6% 9.5% 5.8% 25% 1.04 77% 210 21 10%
1976 32 TEX AL 274 55% 1.5% 12.4% 9.9% 6.6% 32% 0.85 72% 52 5 10%
1976 32 MIN AL 737 54% 1.2% 8.6% 9.4% 5.6% 23% 1.12 79% 158 16 10%
1977 33 TOR AL 288 52% 1.7% 11.5% 13.5% 7.3% 30% 1.21 72% 60 5 8%
14 Yrs 9143 57% 1.4% 16.6% 8.5% 5.1% 24% 1.00 72% 1690 132 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.5% 8.5% 6.1% 27% 1.10 74% 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
1964 20 LAD NL 64 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0% 1 1 0 26 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 21 LAD NL 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 LAD NL 16 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 6 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 23 LAD NL 854 185 5 0 12 5 0 3 2 46 25 10 54% 13 10 1 309 9 5 64% 9 4 0 0 0 1 9 1 23 0
1968 24 LAD NL 1060 227 14 1 19 8 6 5 9 65 33 9 51% 17 12 4 373 13 13 50% 12 11 1 1 0 0 7 2 30 1
1969 25 LAD NL 1263 244 22 0 14 11 11 11 11 44 23 4 52% 19 9 2 426 7 7 50% 6 7 1 0 0 0 7 2 25 0
1970 26 LAD NL 428 79 10 0 8 7 3 7 3 22 9 5 41% 3 1 2 130 8 3 73% 7 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 5 0
1971 27 LAD NL 863 195 19 0 15 11 8 13 6 32 22 5 69% 8 3 2 313 10 6 63% 10 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 15 0
1972 28 LAD NL 708 148 8 0 19 5 3 4 4 37 22 6 59% 8 5 0 235 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1973 29 CAL AL 1348 280 15 1 29 7 8 4 11 65 35 17 54% 23 7 2 529 22 7 76% 22 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 16 0
1974 30 CAL AL 462 102 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 25 14 1 56% 5 4 0 176 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1975 31 CAL AL 770 171 18 1 15 5 13 11 7 32 17 3 53% 8 6 0 282 17 12 59% 17 10 0 2 0 0 6 2 16 0
1976 32 TOT AL 1011 233 13 0 18 5 8 11 2 57 36 5 63% 12 6 2 399 18 22 45% 17 20 1 1 0 1 0 0 27 0
1976 32 TEX AL 274 56 4 0 5 2 2 3 1 14 8 2 57% 3 2 2 110 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1976 32 MIN AL 737 177 9 0 13 3 6 8 1 43 28 3 65% 9 4 0 289 14 17 45% 13 15 1 1 0 1 0 0 20 0
1977 33 TOR AL 288 71 5 0 5 3 2 5 0 18 13 1 72% 6 3 1 123 5 6 45% 4 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
14 Yrs 9142 1952 132 3 157 69 63 75 57 446 249 66 56% 123 67 16 3333 124 91 58% 118 81 6 5 0 4 42 10 193 1
MLB Averages 50% 63%

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 20 0 1 .000 3.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 11 5 5 0 12 1 3 0 0 1 64 103 1.643 7.1 0.0 7.7 1.9 0.25 103
1965 21 0 1 .000 3.00 4 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 13 5 5 0 14 1 4 0 0 1 71 114 1.800 7.8 0.0 8.4 2.4 0.29 114
1966 22 0 1 .000 2.37 7 2 2 0 0 0 19.0 17 5 5 0 16 1 8 0 1 1 87 147 1.737 8.1 0.0 7.6 3.8 0.50 147
1967 23 12 9 .571 2.62 39 31 3 7 3 0 223.1 202 73 65 5 77 12 177 8 4 11 941 119 1.249 8.1 0.2 3.1 7.1 2.30 119
1968 24 25 26 .490 2.76 76 67 3 19 9 0 479.2 429 170 147 19 155 22 404 13 5 23 2002 106 1.218 8.0 0.4 2.9 7.6 2.61 106
1969 25 45 38 .542 2.59 117 107 4 35 11 1 795.1 673 266 229 41 229 26 651 23 5 32 3265 119 1.134 7.6 0.5 2.6 7.4 2.84 119
1970 26 53 43 .552 2.66 133 123 4 40 14 1 901.2 752 305 266 51 261 29 744 25 6 33 3693 119 1.123 7.5 0.5 2.6 7.4 2.85 119
1971 27 63 60 .512 2.93 164 154 4 48 15 1 1105.0 947 408 360 70 332 30 888 29 6 36 4556 108 1.157 7.7 0.6 2.7 7.2 2.67 108
1972 28 69 76 .476 3.03 190 179 4 52 18 1 1274.1 1095 492 429 78 392 34 989 34 6 41 5264 106 1.167 7.7 0.6 2.8 7.0 2.52 106
1973 29 89 90 .497 3.07 230 219 4 71 20 1 1590.0 1375 616 542 93 522 39 1230 43 7 48 6612 106 1.193 7.8 0.5 3.0 7.0 2.36 106
1974 30 96 94 .505 3.06 244 233 4 79 20 1 1698.2 1477 664 578 96 565 39 1307 44 8 52 7074 107 1.202 7.8 0.5 3.0 6.9 2.31 107
1975 31 103 109 .486 3.24 273 260 6 87 20 2 1877.2 1648 771 677 114 646 44 1385 50 9 58 7844 102 1.222 7.9 0.5 3.1 6.6 2.14 102
1976 32 116 119 .494 3.29 309 296 6 94 24 2 2114.1 1881 890 774 127 742 48 1482 61 11 64 8855 101 1.241 8.0 0.5 3.2 6.3 2.00 101
1977 33 118 127 .482 3.39 322 308 7 94 24 2 2174.0 1952 944 819 132 781 50 1515 63 11 67 9143 99 1.257 8.1 0.5 3.2 6.3 1.94 99

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 20 0 1 .000 4.15 13.0 12 7 6 0 13 3 0 1.923 8.3 9.0 2.1 0.23 0.0 2
1965 21 0 0 0.00 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 4.000 18.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 0.0 2
1966 22 0 0 0.00 3.0 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 2.000 12.0 6.0 9.0 1.50 0.0 3
1967 23 12 9 .571 3.62 189.0 208 84 76 6 69 157 9 1.466 9.9 3.3 7.5 2.28 0.3 32
1968 24 11 14 .440 4.46 230.0 267 127 114 16 92 203 6 1.561 10.4 3.6 7.9 2.21 0.6 37
1969 25 21 12 .636 2.92 302.0 266 109 98 24 81 236 11 1.149 7.9 2.4 7.0 2.91 0.7 41
1970 26 6 5 .545 3.38 104.0 81 43 39 10 33 91 2 1.096 7.0 2.9 7.9 2.76 0.9 16
1971 27 7 13 .350 5.48 189.0 215 128 115 21 78 134 4 1.550 10.2 3.7 6.4 1.72 1.0 31
1972 28 8 10 .444 4.55 166.0 167 93 84 9 68 99 6 1.416 9.1 3.7 5.4 1.46 0.5 26
1973 29 15 17 .469 4.10 296.0 307 150 135 16 143 226 10 1.520 9.3 4.3 6.9 1.58 0.5 40
1974 30 6 5 .545 3.96 100.0 113 49 44 3 48 71 1 1.610 10.2 4.3 6.4 1.48 0.3 14
1975 31 5 13 .278 6.42 164.0 187 130 117 20 89 71 7 1.683 10.3 4.9 3.9 0.80 1.1 29
1976 32 10 14 .417 4.71 216.0 252 126 113 14 104 89 12 1.648 10.5 4.3 3.7 0.86 0.6 36
1977 33 1 5 .167 6.86 59.0 71 50 45 5 39 32 2 1.864 10.8 5.9 4.9 0.82 0.8 13
14 Yrs 102 118 .464 4.37 2032.0 2152 1096 986 144 861 1416 70 1.483 9.5 6.3 1.64 0.6 322

* 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
1983 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1969 *
1973 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1969 NL  6.4 (8th)
1973 AL  5.6 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1967 NL  2.64 (6th)
1969 NL  2.34 (7th)
1973 AL  3.22 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1969 NL  20 (5th)
1973 AL  20 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1969 NL  1.007 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 NL  6.957 (3rd)
1973 AL  7.983 (7th)
Career  8.081 (138th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 NL  2.110 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL  7.444 (7th)
1968 NL  7.970 (1st)
1971 NL  6.374 (10th)
1973 AL  6.871 (5th)
Career  6.272 (193rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1968 NL  256.3 (10th)
1969 NL  315.7 (3rd)
1973 AL  315.7 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1967 NL  169 (9th)
1968 NL  227 (3rd)
1969 NL  247 (3rd)
1973 AL  241 (3rd)
Career  1,515 (176th)

Games Started s c a p y
1968 NL  36 (4th)
1969 NL  40 (5th)
1973 AL  40 (5th)
1976 AL  36 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1969 NL  16 (9th)
1973 AL  19 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1967 NL  3 (6th)
1968 NL  6 (5th)
1970 NL  3 (6th)
1976 AL  4 (5th)
Career  24 (187th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 NL  78 (6th)
1973 AL  130 (2nd)
1976 AL  96 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1969 NL  244 (9th)
1973 AL  280 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1969 NL  3.338 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL  0.220 (1st)
1972 NL  0.425 (2nd)
1973 AL  0.428 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1968 NL  17 (3rd)
1971 NL  17 (4th)
1972 NL  16 (2nd)
1975 AL  15 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1973 AL  113 (7th)
1976 AL  97 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1967 NL  10 (6th)
1968 NL  12 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 NL  8 (2nd)
1969 NL  10 (4th)
1973 AL  9 (2nd)
1976 AL  11 (2nd)
Career  63 (249th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1968 NL  1,061 (7th)
1969 NL  1,263 (5th)
1973 AL  1,348 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1969 NL  142 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1969 NL  36 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1969 NL  4.0 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1969 NL  41.16 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1969 NL  4.0 (10th)
1973 AL  4.3 (5th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1969 NL  4.5 (4th)
Career  8.1 (188th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1969 NL  4.8 (6th)

                           

† 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 - 63 (402), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (483), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Van Mungo (946)
  2. Earl Wilson (945)
  3. Pat Dobson (944)
  4. Mike Witt (941)
  5. Toad Ramsey (941)
  6. John Denny (938)
  7. Ray Culp (933)
  8. Jon Matlack (933)
  9. Mike Scott (931)
  10. Mike Krukow (929)
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  1. Frank Corridon (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Burleigh Grimes (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Fergie Jenkins (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Hippo Vaughn (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ray Caldwell (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Steve Rogers (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Steve Rogers (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ray Caldwell (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Steve Rogers (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mike Witt (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rudy May (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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