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Paul Splittorff

Paul William Splittorff

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 8, 1946 in Evansville, IN
School: Morningside College (Sioux City, IA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 25th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1970 (Age 23)
Team: Royals 1970-1984

Final Game: June 26, 1984 (Age 37)
Died: May 25, 2011 in Blue Springs, MO
Buried: Blue Springs Cemetery, Blue Springs, MO
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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
1970 23 KCR AL 0 1 .000 7.27 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 16 9 7 1 5 0 10 0 0 0 46 54 2.423 16.6 1.0 5.2 10.4 2.00
1971 24 KCR AL 8 9 .471 2.68 22 22 0 6 3 0 144.1 129 49 43 4 35 1 80 4 0 1 583 127 1.136 8.0 0.2 2.2 5.0 2.29 RoY-5
1972 25 KCR AL 12 12 .500 3.13 35 33 0 12 2 0 216.0 189 81 75 11 67 2 140 4 0 6 876 97 1.185 7.9 0.5 2.8 5.8 2.09
1973 26 KCR AL 20 11 .645 3.98 38 38 0 12 3 0 262.0 279 135 116 19 78 7 110 5 1 9 1119 102 1.363 9.6 0.7 2.7 3.8 1.41
1974 27 KCR AL 13 19 .406 4.10 36 36 0 8 1 0 226.0 252 122 103 23 75 8 90 1 1 1 985 93 1.447 10.0 0.9 3.0 3.6 1.20
1975 28 KCR AL 9 10 .474 3.17 35 23 5 6 3 1 159.0 156 75 56 10 56 10 76 1 0 6 682 122 1.333 8.8 0.6 3.2 4.3 1.36
1976 29 KCR AL 11 8 .579 3.97 26 23 1 5 1 0 158.2 169 79 70 11 59 0 59 3 1 4 686 89 1.437 9.6 0.6 3.3 3.3 1.00
1977 30 KCR AL 16 6 .727 3.69 37 37 0 6 2 0 229.0 243 104 94 11 83 2 99 2 0 5 980 110 1.424 9.6 0.4 3.3 3.9 1.19
1978 31 KCR AL 19 13 .594 3.40 39 38 0 13 2 0 262.0 244 113 99 22 60 2 76 3 0 3 1069 112 1.160 8.4 0.8 2.1 2.6 1.27 CYA-7
1979 32 KCR AL 15 17 .469 4.24 36 35 0 11 0 0 240.0 248 137 113 25 77 1 77 5 0 1 1026 101 1.354 9.3 0.9 2.9 2.9 1.00
1980 33 KCR AL 14 11 .560 4.15 34 33 0 4 0 0 204.0 236 101 94 17 43 1 53 1 0 1 861 97 1.368 10.4 0.8 1.9 2.3 1.23
1981 34 KCR AL 5 5 .500 4.36 21 15 1 1 0 0 99.0 111 48 48 12 23 4 48 1 2 0 419 83 1.354 10.1 1.1 2.1 4.4 2.09
1982 35 KCR AL 10 10 .500 4.28 29 28 0 0 0 0 162.0 166 83 77 14 57 1 74 3 0 1 692 96 1.377 9.2 0.8 3.2 4.1 1.30
1983 36 KCR AL 13 8 .619 3.63 27 27 0 4 0 0 156.0 159 77 63 9 52 2 61 1 0 3 667 112 1.353 9.2 0.5 3.0 3.5 1.17
1984 37 KCR AL 1 3 .250 7.71 12 3 6 0 0 0 28.0 47 30 24 3 10 0 4 0 0 0 138 53 2.036 15.1 1.0 3.2 1.3 0.40
15 Yrs 166 143 .537 3.81 429 392 13 88 17 1 2554.2 2644 1243 1082 192 780 41 1057 34 5 41 10829 101 1.340 9.3 0.7 2.7 3.7 1.36
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .537 3.81 36 32 1 7 1 0 212 219 103 90 16 65 3 88 3 0 3 897 101 1.340 9.3 0.7 2.7 3.7 1.36

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
1970 23 KCR AL 8.2 2 1 9 9.35 4.01 0.02 0.07 104.0 4.23 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .288 .497
1971 24 KCR AL 144.1 22 22 49 3.06 3.75 0.01 0.06 99.2 3.76 11 1.4 -0.1 2.7 23 .562 .508 RoY-5
1972 25 KCR AL 216.0 35 33 81 3.38 3.44 -0.10 0.05 97.9 3.51 5 0.6 1.4 -0.1 2.5 20 .516 .504
1973 26 KCR AL 262.0 38 38 135 4.64 4.31 -0.36 0.13 105.7 5.07 10 1.1 -0.2 3.5 37 .529 .507
1974 27 KCR AL 226.0 36 36 122 4.86 4.16 -0.16 0.12 103.6 4.61 -6 -0.7 -0.1 1.4 14 .481 .496
1975 28 KCR AL 159.0 35 23 75 4.25 4.45 0.09 0.06 100.2 4.43 3 0.3 1.2 -0.1 1.8 18 .510 .502
1976 29 KCR AL 158.2 26 23 79 4.48 4.00 0.26 0.11 101.8 3.92 -9 -1.0 .2 -0.1 0.4 4 .460 .494
1977 30 KCR AL 229.0 37 37 104 4.09 4.52 0.20 0.14 99.9 4.46 9 0.9 -0.1 3.0 32 .525 .506 $70,000
1978 31 KCR AL 262.0 39 38 113 3.88 4.14 0.35 0.13 103.1 4.03 4 0.5 .9 -0.1 2.9 29 .512 .503 CYA-7
1979 32 KCR AL 240.0 36 35 137 5.14 4.60 0.22 0.14 100.7 4.55 -16 -1.5 .6 -0.1 0.7 9 .457 .491
1980 33 KCR AL 204.0 34 33 101 4.46 4.42 0.15 0.14 100.2 4.42 -2 -0.2 .7 -0.1 1.6 18 .495 .499
1981 34 KCR AL 99.0 21 15 48 4.36 3.95 0.06 0.08 98.6 3.91 -5 -0.5 1.3 -0.1 0.3 3 .475 .497
1982 35 KCR AL 162.0 29 28 83 4.61 4.47 0.23 0.14 100.4 4.40 -3 -0.3 .1 -0.1 1.1 11 .490 .498
1983 36 KCR AL 156.0 27 27 77 4.44 4.44 -0.16 0.14 101.0 4.79 6 0.6 -0.1 2.0 21 .522 .504
1984 37 KCR AL 28.0 12 3 30 9.64 4.56 0.50 -0.18 101.9 3.95 -18 -1.6 .4 0.3 -1.1 -15 .364 .490
15 Seasons 2554.2 429 392 1243 4.38 4.22 0.06 0.11 101.3 4.33 -16 -0.9 .9 -1.1 22.8 221 .498 .500 $70,000

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
1976 29 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 1 0 1.000 1.93 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 7 2 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 40 1.286 6.8 0.0 4.8 1.9 0.40
1977 30 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 1 0 1.000 2.40 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 14 4 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 62 1.133 8.4 0.6 1.8 2.4 1.33
1978 31 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 4.91 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 9 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 1.227 11.0 1.2 0.0 2.5
1980 33 KCR AL ALCS W NYY 0 0 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 22 1.313 8.4 0.0 3.4 5.1 1.50
1980 33 KCR AL WS L PHI 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.400 21.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Yrs (5 Series) 2 0 1.000 2.79 7 4 0 0 0 0 38.2 39 13 12 2 10 0 11 0 1 0 161 1.267 9.1 0.5 2.3 2.6 1.10
4 ALCS 2 0 1.000 2.68 6 4 0 0 0 0 37.0 35 12 11 2 10 0 11 0 1 0 153 1.216 8.5 0.5 2.4 2.7 1.10
1 WS 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.400 21.6 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1970 23 KCR AL 2 46 41 9 16 2 0 1 1 2 5 10 .390 .457 .512 .969 .500 21 1 0 0 0 0 2
1971 24 KCR AL 22 583 530 49 129 23 5 4 8 8 35 80 .243 .292 .328 .620 .277 174 16 4 8 6 1 14
1972 25 KCR AL 35 876 785 81 189 30 10 11 14 11 67 140 .241 .301 .346 .648 .278 272 25 4 13 7 2 7
1973 26 KCR AL 38 1120 1026 135 279 51 6 19 11 5 78 110 .272 .325 .389 .714 .288 399 40 5 5 6 7 24
1974 27 KCR AL 36 985 884 122 252 34 3 23 14 6 75 90 .285 .338 .408 .747 .294 361 28 1 16 9 8 18
1975 28 KCR AL 35 683 612 75 156 23 4 10 16 8 56 76 .255 .316 .355 .671 .275 217 9 1 9 5 10 10
1976 29 KCR AL 26 686 611 79 169 30 7 11 17 9 59 59 .277 .341 .403 .743 .289 246 16 3 8 5 0 7
1977 30 KCR AL 37 980 874 104 243 48 6 11 14 6 83 99 .278 .340 .384 .724 .301 336 16 2 15 6 2 9
1978 31 KCR AL 39 1069 986 113 244 43 11 22 13 7 60 76 .247 .290 .380 .670 .247 375 26 3 11 9 2 17
1979 32 KCR AL 36 1026 924 137 248 39 9 25 21 4 77 77 .268 .324 .411 .736 .268 380 23 5 9 11 1 15
1980 33 KCR AL 34 861 798 101 236 39 5 17 13 8 43 53 .296 .329 .421 .750 .298 336 25 1 11 8 1 10
1981 34 KCR AL 21 419 377 48 111 15 4 12 9 4 23 48 .294 .331 .451 .782 .306 170 10 1 11 7 4 4
1982 35 KCR AL 29 692 624 83 166 31 1 14 12 9 57 74 .266 .328 .386 .714 .281 241 17 3 3 5 1 11
1983 36 KCR AL 27 667 606 77 159 28 5 9 11 5 52 61 .262 .319 .370 .689 .277 224 21 1 3 5 2 18
1984 37 KCR AL 12 138 125 30 47 9 3 3 2 0 10 4 .376 .413 .568 .981 .364 71 3 0 0 3 0 2
15 Yrs 429 10831 9803 1243 2644 445 79 192 176 92 780 1057 .270 .323 .390 .713 .284 3823 276 34 122 92 41 168
162 Game Avg. 36 897 812 103 219 37 7 16 15 8 65 88 .270 .323 .390 .713 .284 317 23 3 10 8 3 14
MLB Averages .258 .324 .380 .703 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1970 23 KCR AL -3.8 -0.4 49 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 .98 -0.5 0.1 -5.2 -0.5 0.98 -5.3 0 0 0
1971 24 KCR AL 11.6 1.3 601 1.5 10.1 -8.6 .96 1.2 0.4 14.5 1.7 0.96 11.8 0 0 0
1972 25 KCR AL -0.9 -0.1 913 -1.0 14.7 -15.7 .98 0.5 -1.6 -3.4 -0.4 0.98 2.7 1 0 1
1973 26 KCR AL 0.1 0.0 1150 0.8 19.6 -18.8 .98 -0.1 1.0 -3.3 -0.3 0.98 -3.3 0 0 0
1974 27 KCR AL -9.0 -0.9 1010 -1.5 17.7 -19.1 1.08 -1.0 -0.3 -15.8 -1.6 1.08 -14.3 0 0 0
1975 28 KCR AL 7.4 0.8 712 -0.5 11.2 -11.7 .98 0.3 -0.8 -2.5 -0.3 0.98 3.7 2 3 7
1976 29 KCR AL -7.6 -0.8 718 0.5 12.8 -12.3 1.04 -0.4 0.9 -5.5 -0.6 1.04 -9.6 0 0 1
1977 30 KCR AL 10.4 1.0 1009 0.5 18.0 -17.5 1.04 0.4 0.0 9.6 1.0 1.04 8.2 0 0 0
1978 31 KCR AL 11.4 1.2 1095 0.9 19.6 -18.7 1.00 1.9 -1.0 10.8 1.1 1.00 15.1 0 1 0
1979 32 KCR AL -3.7 -0.4 1055 -0.5 17.2 -17.7 .95 -0.2 -0.3 -2.5 -0.2 0.95 -1.1 0 0 1
1980 33 KCR AL -1.3 -0.1 881 0.2 15.3 -15.1 1.01 0.1 0.1 -2.8 -0.3 1.01 -0.8 0 1 0
1981 34 KCR AL -6.0 -0.6 434 0.1 7.5 -7.4 1.04 -1.3 1.4 -6.4 -0.7 1.04 -13.5 2 2 2
1982 35 KCR AL -2.5 -0.2 713 0.8 12.0 -11.2 .96 -0.1 0.9 6.0 0.6 0.96 -0.7 0 0 1
1983 36 KCR AL 4.6 0.5 686 0.7 12.3 -11.6 .99 1.0 -0.2 6.4 0.6 0.99 9.9 0 0 0
1984 37 KCR AL -12.9 -1.2 141 -0.9 1.6 -2.5 .79 -1.3 0.2 -15.4 -1.4 0.79 -14.0 1 0 8
15 Yrs -2.3 0.0 11167 1.4 190.3 -188.9 1.00 0.5 0.9 -15.6 -1.2 1.00 -11.4 6 7 21

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
1970 23 KCR AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 36.5 46 27 2 0 0 2 0.0 0.0 4.3
1971 24 KCR AL 22 22 8 9 5 1 5 11 11 .500 1 2 6 3 14 64% 56.8 80 20 17 7 3 4 3.2 3.2 6.6
1972 25 KCR AL 35 33 12 12 9 1 7 19 14 .576 2 3 12 2 21 64% 56.4 80 23 22 7 10 13 4.7 4.5 6.3
1973 26 KCR AL 38 38 20 11 7 5 4 25 13 .658 4 2 12 3 20 53% 49.4 85 9 25 11 27 4 5.8 6.1 6.9
1974 27 KCR AL 36 36 13 19 4 1 4 15 21 .417 1 1 8 1 18 50% 47.8 88 16 35 16 13 9 3.4 3.9 6.3
1975 28 KCR AL 35 23 8 10 5 0 3 11 12 .478 1 2 6 3 12 52% 50.1 87 19 26 5 5 6 3.9 4.5 5.9
1976 29 KCR AL 26 23 11 8 4 3 2 12 11 .522 0 2 5 1 13 57% 50.2 80 17 23 9 5 7 4.2 4.5 6.7
1977 30 KCR AL 37 37 16 6 15 5 1 26 11 .703 3 5 6 2 18 49% 49.8 91 19 43 12 14 5 5.5 5.8 6.2
1978 31 KCR AL 39 38 19 13 6 1 5 23 15 .605 1 3 13 2 27 71% 53.2 81 20 32 9 23 4 4.9 4.6 6.9
1979 32 KCR AL 36 35 15 17 3 5 5 17 18 .486 0 2 11 0 16 46% 47.7 72 18 29 14 12 7 5.2 4.8 6.7
1980 33 KCR AL 34 33 14 11 8 2 3 19 14 .576 1 4 4 0 18 55% 47.3 75 20 35 7 9 5 4.8 4.6 6.1
1981 34 KCR AL 21 15 4 5 6 3 3 6 9 .400 0 4 1 0 5 33% 48.5 89 24 15 3 5 7 4.5 3.6 5.8
1982 35 KCR AL 29 28 10 10 8 2 3 14 14 .500 3 2 0 0 15 54% 48.5 74 18 25 16 2 11 5.1 4.0 5.6
1983 36 KCR AL 27 27 13 8 6 1 1 14 12 .538 2 4 4 0 15 56% 49.6 78 19 11 7 0 15 4.5 4.3 5.8
1984 37 KCR AL 12 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.7 30 24 2 0 0 3 3.3 6.0 3.3
15 Yrs 429 392 163 143 86 30 47 212 179 .542 19 37 88 17 213 54% 50 91 9 342 123 128 102 4.6 4.6 6.3
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 109 -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
1972 25 KCR AL 35 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 3 .983 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0
1975 28 KCR AL 35 12 5 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 17 8 47% 6 .981 2 3 7 3 1 8 11 1 8 3 8 0 6.0
1976 29 KCR AL 26 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.042 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 4.3
1978 31 KCR AL 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 1.005 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1979 32 KCR AL 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 .951 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 12.0
1980 33 KCR AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 6 1.008 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0
1981 34 KCR AL 21 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 6 1.038 2 2 2 1 1 4 3 3 3 3 3 0 6.0
1982 35 KCR AL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .965 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1984 37 KCR AL 12 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 7 .790 1 0 8 0 1 8 2 7 6 1 6 0 6.0
9 Yrs 267 36 13 3 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 35 15 43% .988 6 7 21 6 3 27 20 16 23 10 23 1 6.3

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%
1970 23 KCR AL 46 24% 2.2% 21.7% 10.9% 6.5% 19% 1.80 65% 14 1 7%
1971 24 KCR AL 583 16% 0.7% 13.7% 6.0% 5.5% 25% 1.12 78% 107 16 15%
1972 25 KCR AL 876 17% 1.3% 16.0% 7.7% 5.8% 27% 1.48 73% 150 25 17%
1973 26 KCR AL 1120 15% 1.7% 9.8% 7.0% 6.8% 27% 1.14 81% 211 40 19%
1974 27 KCR AL 985 18% 2.3% 9.1% 7.6% 6.1% 24% 1.08 79% 202 28 14%
1975 28 KCR AL 683 24% 1.5% 11.1% 8.2% 5.4% 24% 1.13 78% 118 9 8%
1976 29 KCR AL 686 22% 1.6% 8.6% 8.6% 7.0% 28% 1.14 80% 137 16 12%
1977 30 KCR AL 980 24% 1.1% 10.1% 8.5% 6.6% 27% 0.95 79% 186 16 9%
1978 31 KCR AL 1069 28% 2.1% 7.1% 5.6% 7.1% 31% 0.97 84% 186 26 14%
1979 32 KCR AL 1026 21% 2.4% 7.5% 7.5% 7.1% 29% 0.95 81% 165 23 14%
1980 33 KCR AL 861 21% 2.0% 6.2% 5.0% 7.1% 26% 1.16 85% 153 25 16%
1981 34 KCR AL 419 24% 2.9% 11.5% 5.5% 7.4% 28% 0.91 77% 63 10 16%
1982 35 KCR AL 692 20% 2.0% 10.7% 8.2% 6.7% 28% 0.86 78% 123 17 14%
1983 36 KCR AL 667 14% 1.4% 9.2% 7.8% 6.3% 26% 0.92 81% 115 21 18%
1984 37 KCR AL 138 24% 2.2% 2.9% 7.3% 10.9% 32% 1.44 88% 33 3 9%
15 Yrs 10831 20% 1.8% 9.8% 7.2% 6.6% 27% 1.06 80% 1963 276 14%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 13.4% 8.6% 6.3% 28% 1.09 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
1970 23 KCR AL 46 16 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 0 26 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 KCR AL 583 129 4 0 9 4 0 3 1 28 14 4 50% 14 1 1 212 8 8 50% 6 8 2 0 0 0 4 2 9 0
1972 25 KCR AL 876 189 11 0 9 7 4 2 9 44 20 9 45% 7 6 5 300 14 11 56% 14 11 0 0 0 0 2 2 22 0
1973 26 KCR AL 1120 279 19 1 16 18 1 11 8 50 28 2 56% 24 9 2 420 11 5 69% 9 5 2 0 0 0 4 3 21 0
1974 27 KCR AL 985 252 23 1 17 20 3 10 13 47 30 3 64% 18 1 1 385 14 6 70% 12 6 2 0 0 0 3 3 16 0
1975 28 KCR AL 683 156 10 0 13 10 0 4 6 38 23 4 61% 10 6 1 249 16 8 67% 15 4 1 2 0 2 1 1 17 0
1976 29 KCR AL 686 169 11 0 10 7 4 4 7 33 16 4 48% 7 4 1 271 17 9 65% 15 6 2 2 0 1 3 3 13 0
1977 30 KCR AL 980 243 11 0 7 10 1 8 3 43 25 3 58% 9 5 2 379 14 6 70% 11 4 3 2 0 0 4 1 14 0
1978 31 KCR AL 1069 244 22 1 11 17 5 9 13 43 23 7 53% 17 3 2 364 13 7 65% 10 7 3 0 0 0 6 6 14 0
1979 32 KCR AL 1026 248 25 0 20 20 5 14 11 38 22 5 58% 15 1 2 368 21 4 84% 18 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 17 0
1980 33 KCR AL 861 236 17 0 11 15 2 8 9 40 27 4 68% 10 1 0 302 13 8 62% 11 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 9 0
1981 34 KCR AL 419 111 12 0 7 9 3 4 8 25 17 4 68% 4 0 0 143 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 13 0
1982 35 KCR AL 692 166 14 0 8 11 3 3 11 25 17 4 68% 11 1 0 255 12 9 57% 10 8 2 1 0 0 2 1 6 0
1983 36 KCR AL 667 159 9 1 9 9 0 8 1 34 21 4 62% 18 3 0 235 11 5 69% 8 5 3 0 0 0 4 3 8 0
1984 37 KCR AL 138 47 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 14 6 0 43% 2 0 1 65 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
15 Yrs 10831 2644 192 4 153 161 31 89 103 504 291 57 58% 168 41 18 3974 176 92 66% 151 79 25 9 0 4 37 29 183 0
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+
1970 23 0 1 .000 7.27 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 16 9 7 1 5 0 10 0 0 0 46 54 2.423 16.6 1.0 5.2 10.4 2.00 54
1971 24 8 10 .444 2.94 24 23 0 6 3 0 153.0 145 58 50 5 40 1 90 4 0 1 629 117 1.209 8.5 0.3 2.4 5.3 2.25 117
1972 25 20 22 .476 3.05 59 56 0 18 5 0 369.0 334 139 125 16 107 3 230 8 0 7 1505 105 1.195 8.1 0.4 2.6 5.6 2.15 105
1973 26 40 33 .548 3.44 97 94 0 30 8 0 631.0 613 274 241 35 185 10 340 13 1 16 2624 103 1.265 8.7 0.5 2.6 4.8 1.84 103
1974 27 53 52 .505 3.61 133 130 0 38 9 0 857.0 865 396 344 58 260 18 430 14 2 17 3609 100 1.313 9.1 0.6 2.7 4.5 1.65 100
1975 28 62 62 .500 3.54 168 153 5 44 12 1 1016.0 1021 471 400 68 316 28 506 15 2 23 4291 103 1.316 9.0 0.6 2.8 4.5 1.60 103
1976 29 73 70 .510 3.60 194 176 6 49 13 1 1174.2 1190 550 470 79 375 28 565 18 3 27 4977 101 1.332 9.1 0.6 2.9 4.3 1.51 101
1977 30 89 76 .539 3.62 231 213 6 55 15 1 1403.2 1433 654 564 90 458 30 664 20 3 32 5957 103 1.347 9.2 0.6 2.9 4.3 1.45 103
1978 31 108 89 .548 3.58 270 251 6 68 17 1 1665.2 1677 767 663 112 518 32 740 23 3 35 7026 104 1.318 9.1 0.6 2.8 4.0 1.43 104
1979 32 123 106 .537 3.66 306 286 6 79 17 1 1905.2 1925 904 776 137 595 33 817 28 3 36 8052 104 1.322 9.1 0.6 2.8 3.9 1.37 104
1980 33 137 117 .539 3.71 340 319 6 83 17 1 2109.2 2161 1005 870 154 638 34 870 29 3 37 8913 103 1.327 9.2 0.7 2.7 3.7 1.36 103
1981 34 142 122 .538 3.74 361 334 7 84 17 1 2208.2 2272 1053 918 166 661 38 918 30 5 37 9332 102 1.328 9.3 0.7 2.7 3.7 1.39 102
1982 35 152 132 .535 3.78 390 362 7 84 17 1 2370.2 2438 1136 995 180 718 39 992 33 5 38 10024 101 1.331 9.3 0.7 2.7 3.8 1.38 101
1983 36 165 140 .541 3.77 417 389 7 88 17 1 2526.2 2597 1213 1058 189 770 41 1053 34 5 41 10691 102 1.333 9.3 0.7 2.7 3.8 1.37 102
1984 37 166 143 .537 3.81 429 392 13 88 17 1 2554.2 2644 1243 1082 192 780 41 1057 34 5 41 10829 101 1.340 9.3 0.7 2.7 3.7 1.36 101

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
1970 23 0 0 7.88 8.0 16 8 7 1 5 10 0 2.625 18.0 5.6 11.3 2.00 1.1 2
1971 24 9 6 .600 3.33 135.0 140 56 50 4 38 75 4 1.319 9.3 2.5 5.0 1.97 0.3 22
1972 25 10 12 .455 4.54 202.0 225 113 102 13 80 131 5 1.510 10.0 3.6 5.8 1.64 0.6 35
1973 26 12 15 .444 4.36 250.0 284 134 121 19 79 105 5 1.452 10.2 2.8 3.8 1.33 0.7 38
1974 27 9 14 .391 4.75 214.0 264 126 113 24 79 85 1 1.603 11.1 3.3 3.6 1.08 1.0 36
1975 28 9 8 .529 3.56 154.0 163 68 61 10 59 74 1 1.442 9.5 3.4 4.3 1.25 0.6 35
1976 29 6 10 .375 5.12 146.0 185 92 83 12 65 54 3 1.712 11.4 4.0 3.3 0.83 0.7 26
1977 30 11 12 .478 4.10 215.0 248 109 98 11 85 93 2 1.549 10.4 3.6 3.9 1.09 0.5 37
1978 31 14 13 .519 3.98 249.0 257 122 110 23 63 72 3 1.285 9.3 2.3 2.6 1.14 0.8 39
1979 32 11 14 .440 4.40 233.0 250 127 114 25 78 75 5 1.408 9.7 3.0 2.9 0.96 1.0 36
1980 33 9 12 .429 4.71 191.0 243 111 100 18 44 50 1 1.503 11.5 2.1 2.4 1.14 0.8 34
1981 34 5 10 .333 5.58 137.0 182 94 85 20 38 67 2 1.606 12.0 2.5 4.4 1.76 1.3 21
1982 35 7 10 .412 4.76 153.0 171 90 81 14 59 70 3 1.503 10.1 3.5 4.1 1.19 0.8 29
1983 36 8 8 .500 3.96 150.0 163 73 66 9 53 59 1 1.440 9.8 3.2 3.5 1.11 0.5 27
1984 37 0 2 .000 9.00 26.0 49 29 26 3 10 4 0 2.269 17.0 3.5 1.4 0.40 1.0 12
15 Yrs 120 146 .451 4.45 2463.0 2840 1352 1217 206 835 1024 36 1.492 10.4 3.7 1.23 0.8 429

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
1990 BBWAA ()

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (7, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (292nd)

Wins s c a p y
1973 AL  20 (7th)
1977 AL  16 (9th)
1978 AL  19 (7th)
Career  166 (198th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1973 AL  .645 (5th)
1977 AL  .727 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1978 AL  1.160 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  2.061 (7th)
1980 AL  1.897 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
Career  2,554.7 (228th)

Games Started s c a p y
1977 AL  37 (5th)
1978 AL  38 (3rd)
1979 AL  35 (8th)
Career  392 (134th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1975 AL  3 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
Career  192 (236th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 AL  83 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1973 AL  279 (10th)
1977 AL  243 (9th)
1979 AL  248 (10th)
Career  2,644 (198th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 AL  0.458 (9th)
1977 AL  0.432 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1974 AL  19 (3rd)
1979 AL  17 (2nd)
Career  143 (187th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1973 AL  116 (5th)
1979 AL  113 (8th)
Career  1,082 (181st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1979 AL  1,026 (9th)
Career  10,829 (223rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (907), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (546), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (449), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (436th), 23.5 career WAR/19.1 7yr-peak WAR/21.3 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Bob Forsch (949)
  2. Mike Flanagan (948)
  3. Jim Lonborg (946)
  4. Bill Gullickson (943)
  5. Scott Sanderson (938)
  6. Frank Killen (938)
  7. Vern Law (935)
  8. Doug Drabek (934)
  9. Frank Viola (933)
  10. Bill Sherdel (932)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Carl Druhot (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bobby Mitchell (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Charlie Lea (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave Goltz (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bobby Shantz (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Forsch (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Doc Medich (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Doc Medich (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ross Grimsley (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Doyle Alexander (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jim Lonborg (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Doug Drabek (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Mike Flanagan (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Mike Flanagan (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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