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Tommie Sisk

Tommie Wayne Sisk

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 12, 1942 in Ardmore, OK
High School: Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1962
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Padres/WhiteSox 1962-1970

Final Game: June 14, 1970
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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
1960	18	PIT-min	B	6	7	.462	4.50	15	14					96.0	97	71	48	8	87								1.917	9.1	0.8	8.2			BUR · IIIL
1961	19	PIT-min	A,AAA	14	6	.700	4.04	30	23					178.0	171	97	80	12	76								1.388	8.6	0.6	3.8			AVL,CLB · SALL,IL
1962	20	PIT-min	AAA	10	12	.455	4.50	28	25		8	0		160.0	158	88	80	16	60	3	89	3	0	4			1.362	8.9	0.9	3.4	5.0	1.48	CLB · IL
1962	20	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	4.08	5	3	0	1	0	0	17.2	18	9	8	1	8	1	6	1	0	0	79	99	1.472	9.2	0.5	4.1	3.1	0.75
1963	21	PIT	NL	1	3	.250	2.92	57	4	13	1	0	1	108.0	85	42	35	6	45	10	73	1	0	6	436	113	1.204	7.1	0.5	3.8	6.1	1.62
1964	22	PIT-min	AAA	3	4	.429	2.47	10	4		2	1		62.0	44	18	17	2	18	1	55	0	0	2			1.000	6.4	0.3	2.6	8.0	3.06	CLB · IL
1964	22	PIT	NL	1	4	.200	6.16	42	1	9	0	0	0	61.1	91	47	42	4	29	5	35	3	0	2	294	57	1.957	13.4	0.6	4.3	5.1	1.21
1965	23	PIT	NL	7	3	.700	3.40	38	12	9	1	1	0	111.1	103	48	42	6	50	7	66	1	0	7	477	104	1.374	8.3	0.5	4.0	5.3	1.32
1966	24	PIT	NL	10	5	.667	4.14	34	23	3	4	1	1	150.0	146	74	69	14	52	6	60	4	0	4	632	86	1.320	8.8	0.8	3.1	3.6	1.15
1967	25	PIT	NL	13	13	.500	3.34	37	31	3	11	2	1	207.2	196	88	77	6	78	10	85	3	0	8	872	100	1.319	8.5	0.3	3.4	3.7	1.09
1968	26	PIT	NL	5	5	.500	3.28	33	11	7	0	0	1	96.0	101	40	35	3	35	8	41	3	0	8	404	89	1.417	9.5	0.3	3.3	3.8	1.17
1969	27	SDP	NL	2	13	.133	4.78	53	13	17	1	0	6	143.0	160	81	76	11	48	8	59	1	0	3	628	74	1.455	10.1	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.23
1970	28	CLE-min	AAA	3	8	.273	5.07	20	9		1	0	2	55.0	63	38	31	2	33	5	25	1	0	3			1.745	10.3	0.3	5.4	4.1	0.76	WCH · AA
1970	28	CHW	AL	1	1	.500	5.40	17	1	2	0	0	0	33.1	37	28	20	6	13	5	16	0	0	1	150	71	1.500	10.0	1.6	3.5	4.3	1.23
1971	29	WSN-min	AAA	1	2	.333	5.54	8	5		1	0	0	26.0	32	27	16	4	18	1	15	2	0	3			1.923	11.1	1.4	6.2	5.2	0.83	WPG · IL
9 Yrs				40	49	.449	3.92	316	99	63	19	4	10	928.1	937	457	404	57	358	60	441	17	0	39	3972	88	1.395	9.1	0.6	3.5	4.3	1.23
162 Game Avg.				7	8	.449	3.92	52	16	10	3	1	2	152	154	75	66	9	59	10	72	3	0	6	651	88	1.395	9.1	0.6	3.5	4.3	1.23

PIT (7 yrs)				37	35	.514	3.69	246	85	44	18	4	4	752.0	740	348	308	40	297	47	366	16	0	35	3194	92	1.379	8.9	0.5	3.6	4.4	1.23
SDP (1 yr)				2	13	.133	4.78	53	13	17	1	0	6	143.0	160	81	76	11	48	8	59	1	0	3	628	74	1.455	10.1	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.23
CHW (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.40	17	1	2	0	0	0	33.1	37	28	20	6	13	5	16	0	0	1	150	71	1.500	10.0	1.6	3.5	4.3	1.23

NL (8 yrs)				39	48	.448	3.86	299	98	61	19	4	10	895.0	900	429	384	51	345	55	425	17	0	38	3822	88	1.391	9.1	0.5	3.5	4.3	1.23
AL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.40	17	1	2	0	0	0	33.1	37	28	20	6	13	5	16	0	0	1	150	71	1.500	10.0	1.6	3.5	4.3	1.23

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
1962	20	PIT	NL	17.2	5	3	9	4.58	4.76	0.07	0.01	100.1	4.71	0	0.0	.7	-0.0	0.2	2	.502	.500	$
1963	21	PIT	NL	108.0	57	4	42	3.50	3.92	0.01	-0.11	99.3	3.77	2	0.3	1.0	-0.2	1.1	14	.505	.502	$
1964	22	PIT	NL	61.1	42	1	47	6.90	4.17	-0.16	-0.18	101.2	4.21	-19	-2.0	.8	0.1	-1.4	-12	.451	.487	$
1965	23	PIT	NL	111.1	38	12	48	3.88	4.06	0.33	-0.01	97.6	3.63	-3	-0.4	.9	-0.1	0.6	8	.491	.498	$
1966	24	PIT	NL	150.0	34	23	74	4.44	4.01	0.07	0.04	99.8	3.97	-10	-1.1	1.6	-0.1	0.2	8	.469	.493	$
1967	25	PIT	NL	207.2	37	31	88	3.81	3.70	-0.02	0.05	100.3	3.79	-3	-0.4	1.1	-0.1	1.4	20	.490	.498	$
1968	26	PIT	NL	96.0	33	11	40	3.75	3.43	0.38	-0.03	98.6	2.98	-10	-1.2	.8	-0.0	-0.3	0	.465	.493	$
1969	27	SDP	NL	143.0	53	13	81	5.10	4.27	-0.22	-0.06	98.7	4.37	-13	-1.4	1.1	-0.2	-0.3	3	.473	.491	$
1970	28	CHW	AL	33.1	17	1	28	7.56	4.26	-0.44	-0.15	101.9	4.63	-11	-1.1	.7	0.1	-0.7	-7	.435	.493	$22,500
9 Seasons				928.1	316	99	457	4.43	3.95	0.03	-0.03	99.5	3.88	-66	-7.2	.9	-0.6	0.8	36	.477	.495	$22,500

PIT (7 yrs)				752.0	246	85	348	4.16	3.88	0.10	-0.01	99.5	3.75	-42	-4.7	.9	-0.5	1.8	40	.481	.496	$
SDP (1 yr)				143.0	53	13	81	5.10	4.27	-0.22	-0.06	98.7	4.37	-13	-1.4	1.1	-0.2	-0.3	3	.473	.491	$
CHW (1 yr)				33.1	17	1	28	7.56	4.26	-0.44	-0.15	101.9	4.63	-11	-1.1	.7	0.1	-0.7	-7	.435	.493	$22,500

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
1962	20	PIT	NL	5	79	70	9	18	0	2	1	1	0	8	6	.257	.342	.357	.699	.270	25	2	1	0	0	1	1
1963	21	PIT	NL	57	429	382	42	85	18	1	6	6	7	45	73	.223	.303	.322	.625	.257	123	15	1	3	4	10	6
1964	22	PIT	NL	42	281	250	47	91	15	4	4	4	1	29	35	.364	.432	.504	.936	.407	126	13	3	9	3	5	7
1965	23	PIT	NL	38	447	416	48	103	18	3	6	4	5	50	66	.248	.328	.349	.676	.280	145	10	1	7	3	7	6
1966	24	PIT	NL	34	594	570	74	146	16	6	14	8	2	52	60	.256	.321	.379	.700	.264	216	18	4	2	4	6	8
1967	25	PIT	NL	37	763	774	88	196	26	9	6	10	3	78	85	.253	.321	.333	.654	.275	258	17	3	9	8	10	10
1968	26	PIT	NL	33	346	358	40	101	11	5	3	5	4	35	41	.282	.351	.366	.717	.312	131	15	3	8	0	8	4
1969	27	SDP	NL	53	569	562	81	160	26	9	11	8	8	48	59	.285	.339	.422	.761	.300	237	6	1	12	5	8	11
1970	28	CHW	AL	17	150	134	28	37	7	1	6	4	2	13	16	.276	.338	.478	.815	.274	64	3	0	2	1	5	8
9 Yrs				316	3658	3516	457	937	137	40	57	50	32	358	441	.266	.335	.377	.712	.289	1325	99	17	52	28	60	61
162 Game Avg.				52	599	576	75	154	22	7	9	8	5	59	72	.266	.335	.377	.712	.289	217	16	3	9	5	10	10
MLB Averages																.248	.314	.372	.685	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1962	20	PIT	NL	-0.0	0.0	80	-0.2	1.4	-1.6	1.12	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	-0.0	1.12	0.1	0	1	1
1963	21	PIT	NL	4.1	0.4	447	-0.4	5.7	-6.1	.81	1.5	-2.0	10.2	1.1	0.81	13.5	8	18	22
1964	22	PIT	NL	-17.7	-1.8	294	-1.9	2.7	-4.6	.68	-1.5	-1.3	-20.1	-2.1	0.68	-16.5	8	7	23
1965	23	PIT	NL	1.5	0.2	463	-0.6	6.8	-7.4	.96	0.0	-0.7	-2.6	-0.3	0.96	1.6	5	8	10
1966	24	PIT	NL	-7.5	-0.8	625	-1.1	10.8	-11.9	1.03	-0.6	-0.5	-7.6	-0.8	1.03	-5.1	3	2	4
1967	25	PIT	NL	0.1	0.0	804	-0.1	14.1	-14.1	1.07	0.4	-0.4	1.9	0.2	1.06	4.3	2	0	4
1968	26	PIT	NL	-4.0	-0.5	362	-0.2	5.5	-5.7	.91	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.91	-3.2	2	6	12
1969	27	SDP	NL	-17.8	-1.8	647	-1.4	9.2	-10.6	.88	-1.2	-0.3	-16.8	-1.7	0.92	-14.9	7	10	23
1970	28	CHW	AL	-8.1	-0.8	158	-0.9	1.3	-2.2	.54	-0.6	-1.0	-13.6	-1.3	0.54	-8.5	2	3	11
9 Yrs				-49.5	-5.1	3880	-6.8	57.4	-64.2	.92	-2.4	-5.0	-49.0	-4.9	0.93	-28.7	37	55	110

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
1962	20	PIT	NL	5	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	.333	0	0	1	0	1	33%	43.3	65	28	3	1	0	3	3.2	3.5	4.4
1963	21	PIT	NL	57	4	0	2	2	0	2	1	3	.250	1	2	1	0	3	75%	56.8	69	36	18	5	4	0	3.1	0.7	6.8
1964	22	PIT	NL	42	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	24.0	24	24	23	5	0	1	6.2		0.0
1965	23	PIT	NL	38	12	4	3	5	2	0	7	5	.583	0	2	1	1	6	50%	56.2	84	21	25	5	3	7	3.7	3.5	6.3
1966	24	PIT	NL	34	23	8	5	10	0	1	15	8	.652	2	5	4	1	10	43%	48.7	78	26	26	7	11	8	5.8	5.4	5.7
1967	25	PIT	NL	37	31	13	13	5	1	5	14	17	.452	2	2	11	2	21	68%	52.8	83	23	12	5	10	10	4.3	4.4	6.5
1968	26	PIT	NL	33	11	2	4	5	0	0	3	8	.273	3	2	0	0	4	36%	47.5	70	32	17	11	5	5	3.9	3.1	5.3
1969	27	SDP	NL	53	13	1	10	2	0	6	1	12	.077	1	1	1	0	8	62%	47.6	72	27	28	12	8	2	2.9	2.2	5.3
1970	28	CHW	AL	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	17.0	17	17	11	5	0	1	2.0	0.0	3.0
9 Yrs				316	99	28	40	31	3	15	43	56	.434	9	15	19	4	53	54%	50	84	17	163	56	41	37	4.2	3.9	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						55%	53	116	-14					4.0	4.0	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1962	20	PIT	NL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	2	1.117	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	6.5
1963	21	PIT	NL	57	53	13	1	1	4	1	3	25%	6	2	47	7	15%	7	.808	8	18	22	7	3	41	26	25	27	22	28	12	4.6
1964	22	PIT	NL	42	41	9	1	4	0	0	0		1	1	28	9	32%	7	.680	8	7	23	3	5	32	18	22	23	11	23	12	4.5
1965	23	PIT	NL	38	26	9	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	25	17	68%	8	.962	5	8	10	2	2	20	13	11	13	8	11	4	4.2
1966	24	PIT	NL	34	11	3	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	8	3	38%		1.033	3	2	4	2	1	6	4	5	5	3	4	1	5.4
1967	25	PIT	NL	37	6	3	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	6	3	50%	2	1.070	2	0	4	1	1	4	3	3	2	1	2	2	3.7
1968	26	PIT	NL	33	22	7	3	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	17	4	24%	8	.907	2	6	12	1	3	16	10	10	15	5	14	1	5.1
1969	27	SDP	NL	53	40	17	1	3	7	6	1	86%	8	1	16	9	56%	8	.885	7	10	23	8	5	27	7	33	25	8	26	3	5.6
1970	28	CHW	AL	17	16	2	1	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	14	7	50%	3	.538	2	3	11	1	1	14	8	8	12	2	12	2	5.7
9 Yrs				316	217	63	12	9	15	10	5	67%	21	4	163	59	36%		.925	37	55	110	25	21	162	90	118	124	60	122	37	4.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1962	20	PIT	NL	79	63%	1.3%	7.6%	10.1%	3.8%	17%	1.61	80%	20	2	10%
1963	21	PIT	NL	436	57%	1.4%	17.0%	10.5%	5.8%	29%	1.87	72%	82	15	18%
1964	22	PIT	NL	294	69%	1.4%	12.5%	10.3%	8.2%	25%	2.41	76%	80	13	16%
1965	23	PIT	NL	477	51%	1.3%	14.8%	11.2%	6.0%	26%	1.64	78%	69	10	14%
1966	24	PIT	NL	632	55%	2.4%	10.1%	8.8%	6.1%	25%	1.58	84%	120	18	15%
1967	25	PIT	NL	872	53%	0.8%	11.1%	10.2%	5.4%	21%	1.85	91%	150	17	11%
1968	26	PIT	NL	404	56%	0.9%	11.9%	10.1%	5.5%	19%	2.50	91%	64	15	23%
1969	27	SDP	NL	628	61%	1.9%	10.4%	8.4%	8.1%	29%	1.28	87%	104	6	6%
1970	28	CHW	AL	150	60%	4.0%	10.7%	8.7%	9.3%	38%	1.67	75%	33	3	9%
9 Yrs				3972	57%	1.6%	12.1%	9.8%	6.4%	25%	1.75	83%	722	99	14%
MLB Averages					47%	2.2%	15.4%	8.3%	6.2%	28%	1.10	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
1962	20	PIT	NL	79	18			1	0	3	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	50%	1	0	0	36	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	21	PIT	NL	429	85			6	0	18	0	5	1	4	37	16	8	43%	6	6	1	153	6	7	46%	6	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	13	7
1964	22	PIT	NL	281	91			4	0	10	2	2	2	2	30	20	3	67%	7	2	2	133	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	10	13
1965	23	PIT	NL	447	103			6	0	16	2	3	3	2	25	13	1	52%	6	7	0	148	4	5	44%	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	30
1966	24	PIT	NL	594	146			14	0	10	5	8	2	11	39	18	6	46%	8	4	2	210	8	2	80%	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	38
1967	25	PIT	NL	763	196			6	0	16	3	3	2	4	60	26	8	43%	10	8	3	274	10	3	77%	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	109
1968	26	PIT	NL	346	101			3	0	6	1	1	0	2	26	9	2	35%	4	8	0	123	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	58
1969	27	SDP	NL	569	160			11	0	12	9	2	3	8	24	17	2	71%	11	3	1	211	8	8	50%	8	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	59
1970	28	CHW	AL	150	37			6	0	6	4	2	5	1	13	5	1	38%	8	1	1	58	4	2	67%	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	3	0
9 Yrs				3658	937			57	0	97	27	26	19	34	258	126	31	49%	61	39	10	1346	50	32	61%	46	25	4	2	0	1	7	2	92	314
MLB Averages																		49%							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	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1962	20	0	2	.000	4.08	5	3	0	1	0	0	17.2	18	9	8	1	8	1	6	1	0	79	99	1.472	9.2	0.5	4.1	3.1	0.75	99
1963	21	1	5	.167	3.08	62	7	13	2	0	1	125.2	103	51	43	7	53	11	79	2	6	515	111	1.241	7.4	0.5	3.8	5.7	1.49	111
1964	22	2	9	.182	4.09	104	8	22	2	0	1	187.0	194	98	85	11	82	16	114	5	8	809	84	1.476	9.3	0.5	3.9	5.5	1.39	84
1965	23	9	12	.429	3.83	142	20	31	3	1	1	298.1	297	146	127	17	132	23	180	6	15	1286	91	1.438	9.0	0.5	4.0	5.4	1.36	91
1966	24	19	17	.528	3.93	176	43	34	7	2	2	448.1	443	220	196	31	184	29	240	10	19	1918	89	1.399	8.9	0.6	3.7	4.8	1.30	89
1967	25	32	30	.516	3.75	213	74	37	18	4	3	656.0	639	308	273	37	262	39	325	13	27	2790	92	1.373	8.8	0.5	3.6	4.5	1.24	92
1968	26	37	35	.514	3.69	246	85	44	18	4	4	752.0	740	348	308	40	297	47	366	16	35	3194	92	1.379	8.9	0.5	3.6	4.4	1.23	92
1969	27	39	48	.448	3.86	299	98	61	19	4	10	895.0	900	429	384	51	345	55	425	17	38	3822	88	1.391	9.1	0.5	3.5	4.3	1.23	88
1970	28	40	49	.449	3.92	316	99	63	19	4	10	928.1	937	457	404	57	358	60	441	17	39	3972	88	1.395	9.1	0.6	3.5	4.3	1.23	88

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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
1962	20	0	1	.000	4.24	17.0	18	9	8	1	8	6	1	1.529	9.5	4.2	3.2	0.75	0.5	5
1963	21	5	5	.500	3.77	98.0	92	46	41	6	49	66	1	1.439	8.4	4.5	6.1	1.35	0.6	57
1964	22	1	5	.167	7.69	55.0	96	52	47	4	31	31	3	2.309	15.7	5.1	5.1	1.00	0.7	42
1965	23	6	5	.545	3.98	104.0	108	51	46	6	52	62	1	1.538	9.3	4.5	5.4	1.19	0.5	38
1966	24	6	9	.400	4.79	141.0	152	83	75	15	54	56	4	1.461	9.7	3.4	3.6	1.04	1.0	34
1967	25	10	11	.476	4.24	191.0	212	100	90	6	84	78	3	1.550	10.0	4.0	3.7	0.93	0.3	37
1968	26	3	6	.333	5.22	81.0	116	52	47	3	40	35	3	1.926	12.9	4.4	3.9	0.88	0.3	33
1969	27	5	10	.333	5.56	136.0	168	93	84	12	50	56	1	1.603	11.1	3.3	3.7	1.12	0.8	53
1970	28	1	2	.333	5.73	33.0	38	23	21	6	13	16	0	1.545	10.4	3.5	4.4	1.23	1.6	17
9 Yrs		37	54	.407	4.83	856.0	1000	509	459	59	381	406	17	1.613	10.5		4.3	1.07	0.6	316

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1963 NL 57 (4th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1967 NL 11 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1967 NL 78 (5th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1967 NL 0.260 (2nd)
Losses s c a p y 1967 NL 13 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1962 NL born 1942-04-12 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Don Nottebart (960)
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Eduardo Rodriguez (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eduardo Rodriguez (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Cal Koonce (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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