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Eddie Solomon

Eddie Solomon (Buddy J)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 9, 1951 in Perry, GA
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1973
Teams (by GP): Braves/Pirates/Cardinals/Dodgers/WhiteSox/... 1973-1982

Final Game: July 1, 1982
Died: January 12, 1986 in Macon, GA
Buried: King Chapel Cemetery, Perry, GA
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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
1973 22 LAD NL 0 0 7.11 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 10 5 5 3 4 0 6 1 0 1 33 52 2.211 14.2 4.3 5.7 8.5 1.50
1974 23 LAD NL 0 0 1.50 4 0 4 0 0 1 6.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 25 244 1.167 7.5 1.5 3.0 3.0 1.00
1975 24 CHC NL 0 0 1.35 6 0 3 0 0 0 6.2 7 6 1 1 6 2 3 0 0 2 34 300 1.950 9.5 1.4 8.1 4.1 0.50
1976 25 STL NL 1 1 .500 4.86 26 2 7 0 0 0 37.0 45 24 20 2 16 1 19 1 2 1 170 74 1.649 10.9 0.5 3.9 4.6 1.19
1977 26 ATL NL 6 6 .500 4.57 18 16 0 0 0 0 88.2 110 64 45 10 34 2 54 2 2 3 403 98 1.624 11.2 1.0 3.5 5.5 1.59
1978 27 ATL NL 4 6 .400 4.08 37 8 13 0 0 2 106.0 98 52 48 12 50 11 64 2 1 5 459 101 1.396 8.3 1.0 4.2 5.4 1.28
1979 28 ATL NL 7 14 .333 4.21 31 30 1 4 0 0 186.0 184 98 87 19 51 4 96 6 0 2 792 96 1.263 8.9 0.9 2.5 4.6 1.88
1980 29 PIT NL 7 3 .700 2.69 26 12 1 2 0 0 100.1 96 44 30 8 37 5 35 4 1 1 428 137 1.326 8.6 0.7 3.3 3.1 0.95
1981 30 PIT NL 8 6 .571 3.12 22 17 5 2 0 1 127.0 133 49 44 10 27 3 38 3 2 3 521 117 1.260 9.4 0.7 1.9 2.7 1.41
1982 31 TOT MLB 3 6 .333 6.33 17 10 5 0 0 0 54.0 76 43 38 10 20 0 20 1 0 1 252 61 1.778 12.7 1.7 3.3 3.3 1.00
1982 31 PIT NL 2 6 .250 6.75 11 10 1 0 0 0 46.2 69 38 35 9 18 0 18 1 0 1 221 56 1.864 13.3 1.7 3.5 3.5 1.00
1982 31 CHW AL 1 0 1.000 3.68 6 0 4 0 0 0 7.1 7 5 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 31 115 1.227 8.6 1.2 2.5 2.5 1.00
10 Yrs 36 42 .462 4.00 191 95 40 8 0 4 718.0 764 386 319 76 247 28 337 20 8 21 3117 99 1.408 9.6 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.36
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .462 4.00 45 23 10 2 0 1 171 182 92 76 18 59 7 80 5 2 5 741 99 1.408 9.6 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.36
PIT (3 yrs) 17 15 .531 3.58 59 39 7 4 0 1 274.0 298 131 109 27 82 8 91 8 3 5 1170 103 1.387 9.8 0.9 2.7 3.0 1.11
ATL (3 yrs) 17 26 .395 4.26 86 54 14 4 0 2 380.2 392 214 180 41 135 17 214 10 3 10 1654 98 1.384 9.3 1.0 3.2 5.1 1.59
LAD (2 yrs) 0 0 4.38 8 0 5 0 0 1 12.1 15 6 6 4 6 0 8 1 0 3 58 84 1.703 10.9 2.9 4.4 5.8 1.33
STL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.86 26 2 7 0 0 0 37.0 45 24 20 2 16 1 19 1 2 1 170 74 1.649 10.9 0.5 3.9 4.6 1.19
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 1.35 6 0 3 0 0 0 6.2 7 6 1 1 6 2 3 0 0 2 34 300 1.950 9.5 1.4 8.1 4.1 0.50
CHW (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.68 6 0 4 0 0 0 7.1 7 5 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 31 115 1.227 8.6 1.2 2.5 2.5 1.00
NL (10 yrs) 35 42 .455 4.00 185 95 36 8 0 4 710.2 757 381 316 75 245 28 335 20 8 21 3086 98 1.410 9.6 0.9 3.1 4.2 1.37
AL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.68 6 0 4 0 0 0 7.1 7 5 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 31 115 1.227 8.6 1.2 2.5 2.5 1.00

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
1973 22 LAD NL 6.1 4 0 5 7.11 4.48 0.36 -0.37 104.5 3.92 -2 -0.2 .4 0.1 -0.1 -2 .441 .499 $
1974 23 LAD NL 6.0 4 0 1 1.50 4.22 0.25 -0.34 92.3 3.36 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.2 2 .534 .501 $
1975 24 CHC NL 6.2 6 0 6 8.10 4.55 -0.55 -0.37 97.3 4.60 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .453 .498 $
1976 25 STL NL 37.0 26 2 24 5.84 3.91 -0.04 -0.19 99.6 3.74 -9 -1.0 .5 0.1 -0.5 -5 .462 .494 $
1977 26 ATL NL 88.2 18 16 64 6.50 4.37 -0.90 0.13 113.2 6.10 -5 -0.5 2.4 -0.1 0.1 5 .474 .497 $
1978 27 ATL NL 106.0 37 8 52 4.42 4.16 -0.34 -0.12 111.8 4.89 4 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.3 15 .514 .503 $
1979 28 ATL NL 186.0 31 30 98 4.74 4.26 -0.55 0.14 106.2 5.26 9 1.0 .1 -0.1 2.4 28 .533 .506 $
1980 29 PIT NL 100.1 26 12 44 3.95 3.98 0.18 0.01 104.9 4.00 0 0.0 .9 -0.1 0.8 10 .501 .500 $
1981 30 PIT NL 127.0 22 17 49 3.47 3.95 -0.27 0.12 105.0 4.56 14 1.7 1.5 -0.1 2.7 23 .576 .510 $
1982 31 PIT NL 46.2 11 10 38 7.33 4.01 -0.02 0.13 103.5 4.31 -16 -1.6 2.3 -0.0 -1.2 -11 .357 .490 $
1982 31 CHW AL 7.1 6 0 5 6.14 4.09 -0.29 -0.32 102.5 4.16 -2 -0.2 .3 0.0 -0.1 -1 .473 .499 $
10 Seasons 718.0 191 95 386 4.84 4.13 -0.33 0.04 106.7 4.82 -7 -0.3 .9 -0.2 5.4 62 .498 .500 $
PIT (3 yrs) 274.0 59 39 131 4.30 3.97 -0.07 0.08 104.7 4.31 -2 0.1 1.2 -0.2 2.3 22 .502 .500 $
ATL (3 yrs) 380.2 86 54 214 5.06 4.26 -0.57 0.06 109.4 5.35 9 1.1 1.1 -0.3 3.8 48 .512 .502 $
LAD (2 yrs) 12.1 8 0 6 4.38 4.35 0.31 -0.35 98.6 3.64 -1 -0.1 .7 0.0 0.1 0 .488 .500 $
STL (1 yr) 37.0 26 2 24 5.84 3.91 -0.04 -0.19 99.6 3.74 -9 -1.0 .5 0.1 -0.5 -5 .462 .494 $
CHC (1 yr) 6.2 6 0 6 8.10 4.55 -0.55 -0.37 97.3 4.60 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .453 .498 $
CHW (1 yr) 7.1 6 0 5 6.14 4.09 -0.29 -0.32 102.5 4.16 -2 -0.2 .3 0.0 -0.1 -1 .473 .499 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS 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
1974 23 LAD NL NLCS W PIT 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00

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
1973 22 LAD NL 4 33 28 5 10 0 1 3 2 0 4 6 .357 .455 .750 1.205 .368 21 1 1 0 0 0 0
1974 23 LAD NL 4 25 23 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .217 .280 .391 .671 .200 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 24 CHC NL 6 34 26 6 7 0 1 1 0 0 6 3 .269 .406 .462 .868 .273 12 0 0 2 0 2 2
1976 25 STL NL 26 170 147 24 45 5 1 2 4 2 16 19 .306 .369 .395 .764 .331 58 4 1 2 4 1 4
1977 26 ATL NL 18 403 361 64 110 20 4 10 6 8 34 54 .305 .365 .465 .830 .333 168 9 2 3 3 2 10
1978 27 ATL NL 37 459 396 52 98 12 1 12 18 4 50 64 .247 .334 .374 .708 .268 148 3 2 10 1 11 5
1979 28 ATL NL 31 791 725 98 184 20 5 19 34 6 51 96 .254 .307 .374 .681 .269 271 9 6 7 3 4 13
1980 29 PIT NL 26 428 380 44 96 21 2 8 9 5 37 35 .253 .322 .382 .704 .258 145 13 4 3 4 5 12
1981 30 PIT NL 22 521 478 49 133 16 8 10 3 6 27 38 .278 .320 .408 .728 .285 195 12 3 11 2 3 5
1982 31 TOT MLB 17 252 228 43 76 10 3 10 2 3 20 20 .333 .386 .535 .922 .330 122 6 1 1 2 0 5
1982 31 CHW AL 6 31 29 5 7 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .241 .290 .379 .670 .231 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
1982 31 PIT NL 11 221 199 38 69 9 3 9 2 3 18 18 .347 .400 .558 .958 .345 111 5 1 1 2 0 4
10 Yrs 191 3116 2792 386 764 105 26 76 78 34 247 337 .274 .335 .412 .746 .287 1149 57 20 39 19 28 56
162 Game Avg. 45 741 664 92 182 25 6 18 19 8 59 80 .274 .335 .412 .746 .287 273 14 5 9 5 7 13
MLB Averages .260 .325 .381 .706 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1973 22 LAD NL -2.2 -0.2 35 -0.2 0.3 -0.6 .56 -0.8 0.4 -3.9 -0.4 0.56 -9.4 0 1 3
1974 23 LAD NL 1.6 0.2 27 0.2 0.7 -0.5 1.47 0.0 0.1 1.7 0.2 1.47 0.7 1 0 1
1975 24 CHC NL -0.1 -0.0 39 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .51 -0.4 -0.1 -5.1 -0.5 0.51 -4.4 2 1 3
1976 25 STL NL -5.8 -0.6 178 -0.5 1.5 -2.0 .53 -0.5 -0.4 -12.4 -1.3 0.53 -7.4 2 6 14
1977 26 ATL NL -6.0 -0.6 422 -1.6 7.5 -9.1 1.10 -1.2 -0.2 -19.9 -1.8 1.10 -14.3 1 0 1
1978 27 ATL NL 1.0 0.1 489 -0.8 6.5 -7.3 .87 -0.3 -0.6 -3.2 -0.3 0.87 -4.7 5 6 18
1979 28 ATL NL -2.2 -0.2 837 -1.0 13.2 -14.2 .98 0.1 -1.1 -7.5 -0.7 0.98 2.1 0 0 1
1980 29 PIT NL 6.4 0.7 447 0.3 8.0 -7.7 1.02 -0.5 0.7 -0.1 -0.0 1.02 -5.4 3 5 6
1981 30 PIT NL 7.2 0.8 540 0.2 9.7 -9.5 1.01 0.2 -0.0 8.9 1.0 1.01 0.4 3 0 2
1982 31 TOT MLB -14.4 -1.4 258 -1.8 3.8 -5.6 .94 -1.6 -0.3 -17.1 -1.6 0.94 -15.4 1 1 4
1982 31 PIT NL -14.1 -1.4 227 -1.9 3.5 -5.5 1.02 -1.5 -0.4 -16.7 -1.6 1.02 -16.1 1 0 0
1982 31 CHW AL -0.3 -0.0 31 0.2 0.3 -0.1 .40 -0.1 0.6 -0.3 -0.0 0.40 0.8 0 1 4
10 Yrs -14.7 -1.3 3272 -5.4 51.5 -56.9 .96 -4.9 -0.7 -58.6 -5.5 0.96 -57.8 18 20 53

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
1976 25 STL NL 26 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 41 31 14 7 1 0 7.0 11.5 5.3
1977 26 ATL NL 18 16 6 6 4 2 1 9 7 .563 1 3 0 0 7 44% 45.7 66 17 20 8 7 4 4.7 4.3 5.2
1978 27 ATL NL 37 8 3 3 2 0 0 3 5 .375 1 1 0 0 4 50% 51.5 74 28 9 2 2 3 2.9 2.8 6.2
1979 28 ATL NL 31 30 7 14 9 1 5 11 19 .367 5 4 4 0 17 57% 50.0 79 12 26 13 7 14 4.0 3.3 6.2
1980 29 PIT NL 26 12 5 3 4 0 0 6 6 .500 2 2 2 0 7 58% 51.9 68 34 18 6 1 4 3.9 4.4 6.0
1981 30 PIT NL 22 17 7 5 5 2 3 7 10 .412 2 2 2 0 13 76% 52.4 71 34 6 4 0 4 4.6 5.4 7.0
1982 31 TOT MLB 17 10 1 6 3 1 0 3 7 .300 1 2 0 0 1 10% 53 20 8 3 2 2 4.4 4.5 4.6
1982 31 PIT NL 11 10 1 6 3 1 0 3 7 .300 1 2 0 0 1 10% 36.7 53 20 6 2 2 2 4.4 4.5 4.6
7 Yrs 171 95 30 37 28 7 9 40 55 .421 13 14 8 0 49 52% 48 79 12 99 42 20 31 4.2 4.2 5.9
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.2 4.2 6.4

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
1973 22 LAD NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 .559 0 1 3 0 1 3 1 3 2 1 3 0 4.8
1974 23 LAD NL 4 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 8 1.466 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 4 2 0 2 0 4.5
1975 24 CHC NL 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 7 .513 2 1 3 0 0 6 3 3 3 2 3 0 3.3
1976 25 STL NL 26 24 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 21 14 67% 8 .529 2 6 14 1 1 22 11 13 8 10 8 3 3.3
1977 26 ATL NL 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 2 1.100 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 7.5
1978 27 ATL NL 37 29 13 1 3 4 2 2 50% 4 0 22 6 27% 8 .874 5 6 18 5 3 21 14 15 19 2 20 3 5.9
1979 28 ATL NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .979 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1980 29 PIT NL 26 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 4 1.024 3 5 6 2 3 9 5 9 10 1 10 0 6.1
1981 30 PIT NL 22 5 5 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 7 1.013 3 0 2 1 2 2 0 5 3 0 3 1 4.8
1982 31 TOT MLB 17 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% .942 1 1 4 2 2 3 3 4 4 1 4 0 3.6
1982 31 PIT NL 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.019 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1982 31 CHW AL 6 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 7 .397 0 1 4 2 1 3 3 3 4 1 4 0 3.7
10 Yrs 191 96 40 6 5 6 4 2 67% 7 1 66 32 48% .958 18 20 53 12 13 71 39 57 52 18 54 8 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%
1973 22 LAD NL 33 67% 9.1% 18.2% 12.1% 12.1% 40% 0.86 58% 4 1 25%
1974 23 LAD NL 25 60% 4.0% 8.0% 8.0% 8.0% 40% 1.00 80% 0 0
1975 24 CHC NL 34 50% 2.9% 8.8% 17.7% 5.9% 29% 1.29 65% 6 0 0%
1976 25 STL NL 170 59% 1.2% 11.2% 9.4% 4.7% 18% 0.93 76% 50 4 8%
1977 26 ATL NL 403 57% 2.5% 13.4% 8.4% 8.4% 31% 0.91 74% 77 9 12%
1978 27 ATL NL 459 58% 2.6% 13.9% 10.9% 5.5% 26% 1.45 70% 72 3 4%
1979 28 ATL NL 792 54% 2.4% 12.1% 6.5% 5.6% 24% 0.94 78% 104 9 9%
1980 29 PIT NL 428 54% 1.9% 8.2% 8.6% 7.2% 32% 1.13 80% 72 13 18%
1981 30 PIT NL 521 53% 1.9% 7.3% 5.2% 6.5% 26% 0.95 83% 85 12 14%
1982 31 TOT MLB 252 57% 4.0% 7.9% 7.9% 9.1% 30% 1.09 79% 53 6 11%
1982 31 PIT NL 221 53% 4.1% 8.1% 8.1% 9.5% 30% 1.00 79% 45 5 11%
1982 31 CHW AL 31 81% 3.2% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 29% 1.86 84% 8 1 13%
10 Yrs 3117 55% 2.4% 10.8% 7.9% 6.6% 27% 1.04 77% 523 57 11%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 12.9% 8.5% 6.3% 27% 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
1973 22 LAD NL 33 10 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 11 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 23 LAD NL 25 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1975 24 CHC NL 34 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 3 0 43% 2 2 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1976 25 STL NL 170 45 2 0 11 0 2 0 2 23 12 2 52% 4 1 0 78 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1977 26 ATL NL 403 110 10 0 8 5 5 8 2 18 12 3 67% 10 3 0 154 6 8 43% 6 8 0 0 0 0 4 2 10 0
1978 27 ATL NL 459 98 12 0 14 9 3 5 7 25 9 4 36% 5 5 0 166 18 4 82% 15 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1979 28 ATL NL 791 184 19 0 10 11 8 15 4 30 17 4 57% 13 2 1 249 34 6 85% 32 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1980 29 PIT NL 428 96 8 0 11 5 3 4 4 29 9 5 31% 12 1 0 155 9 5 64% 9 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 0
1981 30 PIT NL 521 133 10 0 5 4 6 5 5 22 9 3 41% 5 3 2 184 3 6 33% 3 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 11 0
1982 31 TOT MLB 252 76 10 0 5 4 6 3 7 25 12 1 48% 5 1 0 98 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1982 31 PIT NL 221 69 9 0 5 3 6 3 6 24 11 1 46% 4 1 0 83 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1982 31 CHW AL 31 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 3116 764 76 0 65 40 36 41 35 182 83 24 46% 56 21 5 1112 78 34 70% 72 31 6 2 0 1 9 4 73 1
MLB Averages 52% 65%

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+
1973 22 0 0 7.11 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 10 5 5 3 4 0 6 1 0 1 33 52 2.211 14.2 4.3 5.7 8.5 1.50 52
1974 23 0 0 4.38 8 0 5 0 0 1 12.1 15 6 6 4 6 0 8 1 0 3 58 84 1.703 10.9 2.9 4.4 5.8 1.33 84
1975 24 0 0 3.32 14 0 8 0 0 1 19.0 22 12 7 5 12 2 11 1 0 5 92 115 1.789 10.4 2.4 5.7 5.2 0.92 115
1976 25 1 1 .500 4.34 40 2 15 0 0 1 56.0 67 36 27 7 28 3 30 2 2 6 262 84 1.696 10.8 1.1 4.5 4.8 1.07 84
1977 26 7 7 .500 4.48 58 18 15 0 0 1 144.2 177 100 72 17 62 5 84 4 4 9 665 93 1.652 11.0 1.1 3.9 5.2 1.35 93
1978 27 11 13 .458 4.31 95 26 28 0 0 3 250.2 275 152 120 29 112 16 148 6 5 14 1124 96 1.544 9.9 1.0 4.0 5.3 1.32 96
1979 28 18 27 .400 4.27 126 56 29 4 0 3 436.2 459 250 207 48 163 20 244 12 5 16 1916 96 1.424 9.5 1.0 3.4 5.0 1.50 96
1980 29 25 30 .455 3.97 152 68 30 6 0 3 537.0 555 294 237 56 200 25 279 16 6 17 2344 101 1.406 9.3 0.9 3.4 4.7 1.40 101
1981 30 33 36 .478 3.81 174 85 35 8 0 4 664.0 688 343 281 66 227 28 317 19 8 20 2865 104 1.378 9.3 0.9 3.1 4.3 1.40 104
1982 31 36 42 .462 4.00 191 95 40 8 0 4 718.0 764 386 319 76 247 28 337 20 8 21 3117 99 1.408 9.6 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.36 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
1973 22 0 0 9.00 6.0 11 7 6 3 4 5 1 2.500 16.5 6.0 7.5 1.25 4.5 4
1974 23 0 0 1.50 6.0 5 1 1 1 2 2 0 1.167 7.5 3.0 3.0 1.00 1.5 4
1975 24 0 0 1.29 7.0 7 1 1 1 6 3 0 1.857 9.0 7.7 3.9 0.50 1.3 6
1976 25 1 2 .333 5.66 35.0 47 24 22 2 17 18 1 1.829 12.1 4.4 4.6 1.06 0.5 26
1977 26 4 5 .444 4.09 88.0 104 44 40 9 32 54 2 1.545 10.6 3.3 5.5 1.69 0.9 18
1978 27 6 5 .545 3.98 104.0 96 51 46 12 49 63 2 1.394 8.3 4.2 5.5 1.29 1.0 37
1979 28 10 10 .500 4.09 185.0 181 93 84 19 50 95 6 1.249 8.8 2.4 4.6 1.90 0.9 31
1980 29 6 4 .600 3.03 95.0 100 36 32 8 39 33 4 1.463 9.5 3.7 3.1 0.85 0.8 26
1981 30 10 9 .526 3.66 177.0 210 80 72 16 43 53 5 1.429 10.7 2.2 2.7 1.23 0.8 22
1982 31 1 4 .200 6.88 51.0 77 43 39 10 20 19 1 1.902 13.6 3.5 3.4 0.95 1.8 17
10 Yrs 38 39 .494 4.09 754.0 838 380 343 81 262 345 22 1.459 10.0 4.1 1.32 1.0 191

* 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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1981 NL  2.7 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 NL  1.913 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1979 NL  14 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 NL  6 (6th)
1980 NL  4 (10th)
1981 NL  3 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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