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Elias Sosa

Elias (Martinez) Sosa

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: June 10, 1950 in La Vega, La Vega, Dominican Republic
High School: La Vega (La Vega, DO)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1972 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Expos/Giants/Dodgers/Athletics/Braves/... 1972-1983

Final Game: September 18, 1983 (Age 33)
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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
1972 22 SFG NL 0 1 .000 2.30 8 0 4 0 0 3 15.2 10 4 4 0 12 0 10 0 0 0 67 156 1.404 5.7 0.0 6.9 5.7 0.83
1973 23 SFG NL 10 4 .714 3.28 71 1 46 0 0 18 107.0 95 42 39 7 41 8 70 4 1 8 449 118 1.271 8.0 0.6 3.4 5.9 1.71 RoY-3
1974 24 SFG NL 9 7 .563 3.48 68 0 30 0 0 6 101.0 94 54 39 8 45 5 48 1 0 4 435 110 1.376 8.4 0.7 4.0 4.3 1.07
1975 25 TOT NL 2 5 .286 4.32 57 1 25 0 0 2 89.2 92 49 43 6 43 9 46 4 1 4 395 88 1.506 9.2 0.6 4.3 4.6 1.07
1975 25 STL NL 0 3 .000 3.95 14 1 4 0 0 0 27.1 22 14 12 3 14 2 15 1 0 1 116 97 1.317 7.2 1.0 4.6 4.9 1.07
1975 25 ATL NL 2 2 .500 4.48 43 0 21 0 0 2 62.1 70 35 31 3 29 7 31 3 1 3 279 85 1.588 10.1 0.4 4.2 4.5 1.07
1976 26 TOT NL 6 8 .429 4.43 45 0 24 0 0 4 69.0 71 42 34 3 25 6 52 1 0 2 302 82 1.391 9.3 0.4 3.3 6.8 2.08
1976 26 ATL NL 4 4 .500 5.35 21 0 10 0 0 3 35.1 41 26 21 3 13 2 32 1 0 1 161 72 1.528 10.4 0.8 3.3 8.2 2.46
1976 26 LAD NL 2 4 .333 3.48 24 0 14 0 0 1 33.2 30 16 13 0 12 4 20 0 0 1 141 98 1.248 8.0 0.0 3.2 5.3 1.67
1977 27 LAD NL 2 2 .500 1.98 44 0 20 0 0 1 63.2 42 15 14 7 12 3 47 1 0 1 239 195 0.848 5.9 1.0 1.7 6.6 3.92
1978 28 OAK AL 8 2 .800 2.64 68 0 44 0 0 14 109.0 106 37 32 5 44 10 61 1 3 4 459 138 1.376 8.8 0.4 3.6 5.0 1.39
1979 29 MON NL 8 7 .533 1.96 62 0 41 0 0 18 96.2 77 24 21 2 37 11 59 2 0 1 396 188 1.179 7.2 0.2 3.4 5.5 1.59
1980 30 MON NL 9 6 .600 3.07 67 0 43 0 0 9 93.2 104 33 32 5 19 3 58 1 1 1 394 117 1.313 10.0 0.5 1.8 5.6 3.05
1981 31 MON NL 1 2 .333 3.66 32 0 17 0 0 3 39.1 46 16 16 3 8 0 18 1 0 1 170 96 1.373 10.5 0.7 1.8 4.1 2.25
1982 32 DET AL 3 3 .500 4.43 38 0 27 0 0 4 61.0 64 31 30 11 18 3 24 2 0 1 260 92 1.344 9.4 1.6 2.7 3.5 1.33
1983 33 SDP NL 1 4 .200 4.35 41 1 9 0 0 1 72.1 72 41 35 7 30 5 45 3 0 4 314 81 1.410 9.0 0.9 3.7 5.6 1.50
12 Yrs 59 51 .536 3.32 601 3 330 0 0 83 918.0 873 388 339 64 334 63 538 21 6 31 3880 112 1.315 8.6 0.6 3.3 5.3 1.61
162 Game Avg. 7 6 .536 3.32 68 0 37 0 0 9 103 98 44 38 7 38 7 61 2 1 3 437 112 1.315 8.6 0.6 3.3 5.3 1.61
SFG (3 yrs) 19 12 .613 3.30 147 1 80 0 0 27 223.2 199 100 82 15 98 13 128 5 1 12 951 116 1.328 8.0 0.6 3.9 5.2 1.31
MON (3 yrs) 18 15 .545 2.70 161 0 101 0 0 30 229.2 227 73 69 10 64 14 135 4 1 3 960 134 1.267 8.9 0.4 2.5 5.3 2.11
ATL (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 4.79 64 0 31 0 0 5 97.2 111 61 52 6 42 9 63 4 1 4 440 80 1.567 10.2 0.6 3.9 5.8 1.50
LAD (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 2.50 68 0 34 0 0 2 97.1 72 31 27 7 24 7 67 1 0 2 380 148 0.986 6.7 0.6 2.2 6.2 2.79
STL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 3.95 14 1 4 0 0 0 27.1 22 14 12 3 14 2 15 1 0 1 116 97 1.317 7.2 1.0 4.6 4.9 1.07
OAK (1 yr) 8 2 .800 2.64 68 0 44 0 0 14 109.0 106 37 32 5 44 10 61 1 3 4 459 138 1.376 8.8 0.4 3.6 5.0 1.39
SDP (1 yr) 1 4 .200 4.35 41 1 9 0 0 1 72.1 72 41 35 7 30 5 45 3 0 4 314 81 1.410 9.0 0.9 3.7 5.6 1.50
DET (1 yr) 3 3 .500 4.43 38 0 27 0 0 4 61.0 64 31 30 11 18 3 24 2 0 1 260 92 1.344 9.4 1.6 2.7 3.5 1.33
NL (10 yrs) 48 46 .511 3.33 495 3 259 0 0 65 748.0 703 320 277 48 272 50 453 18 3 26 3161 112 1.303 8.5 0.6 3.3 5.5 1.67
AL (2 yrs) 11 5 .688 3.28 106 0 71 0 0 18 170.0 170 68 62 16 62 13 85 3 3 5 719 116 1.365 9.0 0.8 3.3 4.5 1.37

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1972 22 SFG NL 15.2 8 0 4 2.30 4.39 -0.02 -0.19 95.3 4.02 3 0.3 .8 -0.1 0.4 4 .541 .502
1973 23 SFG NL 107.0 71 1 42 3.53 4.22 -0.05 -0.33 105.6 4.16 7 0.8 1.7 0.2 1.9 16 .511 .505 RoY-3
1974 24 SFG NL 101.0 68 0 54 4.81 4.28 -0.02 -0.34 104.6 4.13 -8 -0.9 1.6 -0.4 -0.4 1 .487 .494
1975 25 STL NL 27.1 14 1 14 4.61 4.19 -0.20 -0.27 105.0 4.33 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.0 0.1 1 .492 .499
1975 25 ATL NL 62.1 43 0 35 5.05 4.16 -0.53 -0.34 105.0 4.58 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.1 2 .490 .497
1976 26 ATL NL 35.1 21 0 26 6.62 3.97 -0.59 -0.32 110.5 4.68 -8 -0.9 1.9 -0.4 -1.0 -5 .458 .495
1976 26 LAD NL 33.2 24 0 16 4.28 3.82 0.37 -0.31 101.3 3.18 -4 -0.5 1.5 -0.2 -0.4 -1 .479 .497
1977 27 LAD NL 63.2 44 0 15 2.12 4.45 0.06 -0.34 100.3 4.06 13 1.4 .9 -0.2 1.8 19 .533 .509
1978 28 OAK AL 109.0 68 0 37 3.06 4.22 -0.24 -0.35 97.0 3.99 11 1.2 1.8 0.3 2.7 21 .518 .508
1979 29 MON NL 96.2 62 0 24 2.23 4.19 0.18 -0.33 99.5 3.66 14 1.6 1.9 0.6 3.1 23 .526 .510 $202,000
1980 30 MON NL 93.2 67 0 33 3.17 3.99 -0.05 -0.31 100.1 3.73 6 0.6 1.8 0.1 1.6 14 .509 .504 $232,000
1981 31 MON NL 39.1 32 0 16 3.66 4.05 0.29 -0.31 102.3 3.53 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.2 3 .496 .499 $232,000
1982 32 DET AL 61.0 38 0 31 4.57 4.58 0.51 -0.36 98.6 3.67 -6 -0.6 1.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0 .484 .496 $272,000
1983 33 SDP NL 72.1 41 1 41 5.10 4.17 0.17 -0.29 96.8 3.59 -12 -1.3 .9 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .467 .492 $282,000
12 Seasons 918.0 601 3 388 3.80 4.20 -0.01 -0.33 101.4 3.94 9 1.1 1.5 -0.5 9.3 92 .502 .502 $1,220,000
SFG (3 yrs) 223.2 147 1 100 4.02 4.25 -0.03 -0.33 104.5 4.14 2 0.2 1.6 -0.3 2.0 21 .502 .500
MON (3 yrs) 229.2 161 0 73 2.86 4.08 0.10 -0.32 100.2 3.67 19 2.1 1.7 0.6 4.8 40 .513 .505 $666,000
ATL (2 yrs) 97.2 64 0 61 5.62 4.09 -0.55 -0.33 107.0 4.62 -12 -1.3 1.3 -0.5 -0.9 -3 .480 .496
LAD (2 yrs) 97.1 68 0 31 2.87 4.23 0.17 -0.33 100.6 3.76 9 0.9 1.1 -0.4 1.5 18 .514 .505
STL (1 yr) 27.1 14 1 14 4.61 4.19 -0.20 -0.27 105.0 4.33 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.0 0.1 1 .492 .499
OAK (1 yr) 109.0 68 0 37 3.06 4.22 -0.24 -0.35 97.0 3.99 11 1.2 1.8 0.3 2.7 21 .518 .508
SDP (1 yr) 72.1 41 1 41 5.10 4.17 0.17 -0.29 96.8 3.59 -12 -1.3 .9 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .467 .492 $282,000
DET (1 yr) 61.0 38 0 31 4.57 4.58 0.51 -0.36 98.6 3.67 -6 -0.6 1.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0 .484 .496 $272,000

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
1977 27 LAD NL NLCS W PHI 0 1 .000 10.13 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 1.875 16.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 27 LAD NL WS L NYY 0 0 11.57 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 1.714 11.6 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
1981 31 MON NL NLDS W PHI 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.333 12.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1981 31 MON NL NLCS L LAD 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 27.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
2 Yrs (4 Series) 0 1 .000 7.56 7 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 13 9 7 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 40 1.800 14.0 1.1 2.2 2.2 1.00
1 NLDS 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.333 12.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 2.333 18.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 11.57 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 1.714 11.6 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1972 22 SFG NL 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1973 23 SFG NL 71 17 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .071 .188 .071 .259 -26 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 RoY-3
1974 24 SFG NL 68 17 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .067 .067 .067 .133 -63 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1975 25 TOT NL 57 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 .267 -27 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1975 25 STL NL 14 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 25 ATL NL 43 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1976 26 TOT NL 45 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1976 26 ATL NL 21 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 26 LAD NL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1977 27 LAD NL 45 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 36 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1978 28 OAK AL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 29 MON NL 62 15 13 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 6 .154 .214 .231 .445 22 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
1980 30 MON NL 67 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1981 31 MON NL 32 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 469 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 32 DET AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 33 SDP NL 41 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -19 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Yrs 602 103 92 2 12 1 0 0 6 0 2 3 35 .130 .158 .141 .299 -17 13 1 0 8 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 28 25 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 9 .130 .158 .141 .299 -17 3 0 0 2 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 147 38 33 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .061 .114 .061 .175 -51 2 0 0 3 0 0
MON (3 yrs) 161 29 26 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 12 .192 .222 .231 .453 26 6 1 0 2 0 0
ATL (2 yrs) 64 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 2 0 0 1 0 0
LAD (2 yrs) 69 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 36 1 0 0 2 0 0
STL (1 yr) 14 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 41 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -19 1 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 496 103 92 2 12 1 0 0 6 0 2 3 35 .130 .158 .141 .299 -17 13 1 0 8 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1972 22 SFG NL 8 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .492 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 /1
1973 23 SFG NL 71 17 -3 -0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 1 RoY-3
1974 24 SFG NL 68 17 -4 -0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
1975 25 STL NL 14 8 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 1
1975 25 ATL NL 43 8 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1976 26 ATL NL 21 7 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .498 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 1
1976 26 LAD NL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1977 27 LAD NL 45 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 0.0 2 1
1978 28 OAK AL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 1
1979 29 MON NL 62 15 -1 -1 -0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $202,000 1
1980 30 MON NL 67 12 -2 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $232,000 1
1981 31 MON NL 32 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 1 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 1 $232,000 1
1982 32 DET AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $272,000 1
1983 33 SDP NL 41 7 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $282,000 1
12 Seasons 602 103 -14 -1 0 0 15 -0 -0.0 3 3 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.3 3 $1,220,000
SFG (3 yrs) 147 38 -7 -0 0 0 5 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .498 .499 -0.3 0.0 -1
MON (3 yrs) 161 29 -2 -1 -0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.1 2 $666,000
ATL (2 yrs) 64 15 -2 -0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 0
LAD (2 yrs) 69 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 0.0 2
STL (1 yr) 14 8 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0
OAK (1 yr) 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0
SDP (1 yr) 41 7 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $282,000
DET (1 yr) 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $272,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 27 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 27 LAD NL WS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 31 MON NL NLDS PHI W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 31 MON NL NLCS LAD L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1972 SFG NL 22 P 8 0 0 15.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.15 0.25 .950 1.78 1.78 2 0 0% 37% 0
1973 SFG NL 23 P 71 1 0 107.0 19 7 12 0 0 1.000 1.60 0.27 .950 1.88 1.88 5 4 44% 36% 0 RoY-3
1974 SFG NL 24 P 68 0 0 101.0 21 4 14 3 2 .857 1.60 0.26 .944 1.88 1.88 5 3 38% 33% 0
1975 TOT NL 25 P 57 1 0 89.2 19 3 14 2 1 .895 1.71 0.30 .946 1.86 1.86 4 4 50% 32% 2
1975 STL NL 25 P 14 1 0 27.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.36 .946 1.84 1.86 1 1 50% 32% 2
1975 ATL NL 25 P 43 0 0 62.1 14 2 10 2 1 .857 1.73 0.28 .946 1.86 1.86 3 3 50% 32% 0
1976 TOT NL 26 P 45 0 0 69.0 13 1 10 2 0 .846 1.43 0.24 .950 1.88 1.87 3 2 40% 33% 0
1976 ATL NL 26 P 21 0 0 35.1 5 0 4 1 0 .800 1.02 0.19 .950 1.88 1.87 3 1 25% 33% 0
1976 LAD NL 26 P 24 0 0 33.2 8 1 6 1 0 .875 1.87 0.29 .950 1.87 1.87 0 1 100% 33% 0
1977 LAD NL 27 P 44 0 0 63.2 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.70 0.27 .950 1.85 1.85 7 4 36% 35% 0
1978 OAK AL 28 P 68 0 0 109.0 24 9 15 0 1 1.000 1.98 0.35 .954 1.90 1.88 7 6 46% 38% 1
1979 MON NL 29 P 62 0 0 96.2 18 8 8 2 0 .889 1.49 0.26 .951 1.80 1.80 3 6 67% 34% 0
1980 MON NL 30 P 67 0 0 93.2 18 4 13 1 0 .944 1.63 0.25 .952 1.91 1.91 3 2 40% 31% 0
1981 MON NL 31 P 32 0 0 39.1 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.52 0.34 .959 1.97 1.98 1 0 0% 33% 0
1982 DET AL 32 P 38 0 0 61.0 16 3 13 0 0 1.000 2.36 0.42 .958 1.80 1.80 4 3 43% 36% 0
1983 SDP NL 33 P 41 1 0 72.1 12 7 5 0 0 1.000 1.49 0.29 .952 1.92 1.91 18 1 5% 33% 1
12 Seasons P 601 3 0 918.0 185 52 123 10 4 .946 1.72 0.29 .951 1.87 1.87 62 35 36% 34% 4
12 Seasons TOT 601 3 0 918.0 185 52 123 10 4 .946 1.72 0.29 .951 1.87 1.87 62 35 36% 34% 4
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1973 NL  71 (3rd)
1974 NL  68 (5th)
1978 AL  68 (3rd)
1980 NL  67 (9th)
Career  601 (196th)

Saves s c a p y
1973 NL  18 (5th)
1978 AL  14 (8th)
1979 NL  18 (6th)
Career  83 (171st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1973 NL  46 (3rd)
1978 AL  44 (8th)
1979 NL  41 (8th)
1980 NL  43 (8th)
Career  330 (89th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  19 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1979 NL  2.0 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1973 NL  3.2 (5th)
1979 NL  2.8 (6th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1973 NL  71 (3rd)
1974 NL  68 (5th)
1978 AL  68 (3rd)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 13 (1339), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1033), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (754), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (209th), 9.3 career WAR/11.9 7yr-peak WAR/10.6 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/28.2 7yr-peak WAR/34.4 JAWS

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  3. Joey McLaughlin (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joey McLaughlin (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dale Murray (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Baldschun (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Clay Carroll (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Clay Carroll (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Clay Carroll (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Eddie Fisher (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Eddie Fisher (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197828Minnesota Twins$75,000Tom Timmerman databasePlayer loss; $95,000 requested
197929Montreal Expos$202,0001979 TSN GuideIncl. $210K bonus, $200K deferred; $10K for 65 gms
198030Montreal Expos$232,0001979 TSN GuideIncl. $210K bonus, $200K deferred; $10K for 65 gms
198131Montreal Expos$232,0001979 TSN GuideIncl. $210K bonus, $200K deferred; $10K for 65 gms
198232Detroit Tigers$272,0001979 TSN GuideIncl. $210K bonus, $200K deferred; $10K for 65 gms
198333San Diego Padres$282,0001979 TSN GuideIncl. $210K bonus, $200K deferred; $10K for 65 gms
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,295,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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