Herm Starrette

Herman Paul Starrette

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 20, 1938 in Statesville, NC
High School: Cool Spring HS (Cleveland, NC)
School: Lenoir-Rhyne College (Hickory, NC)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1963
Team: Orioles 1963-1965

Final Game: May 10, 1965
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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
1958	19	BAL-min	C	7	9	.438	3.50	21	17					144.0	136	70	56	13	58								1.347	8.5	0.8	3.6			ABD · NORL
1959	20	BAL-min	C	17	7	.708	3.49	32	25					196.0	208	94	76	14	54								1.337	9.6	0.6	2.5			ABD · NORL
1960	21	BAL-min	C,AAA	9	9	.500	3.94	35	23					169.0	194	87	74	12	44								1.408	10.3	0.6	2.3			STK,VAN · CALL,PCL
1961	22	BAL-min	B	11	7	.611	3.64	35	17					146.0	153	64	59	7	54								1.418	9.4	0.4	3.3			FOX · IIIL
1962	23	BAL-min	A	14	10	.583	2.65	61	7		4	0		163.0	155	61	48	6	29	5	133	2	0	8			1.129	8.6	0.3	1.6	7.3	4.59	ELM · EL
1963	24	BAL-min	AAA	6	2	.750	1.12	24	0					48.0	40	11	6	0	14		28						1.125	7.5	0.0	2.6	5.2	2.00	ROC · IL
1963	24	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	3.46	18	0	9	0	0	0	26.0	26	10	10	1	7	0	13	2	0	1	109	101	1.269	9.0	0.3	2.4	4.5	1.86
1964	25	BAL-min	AAA	5	2	.714	1.96	30	0		0	0		55.0	46	14	12	3	11	5	46	3	0	0			1.036	7.5	0.5	1.8	7.5	4.18	ROC · IL
1964	25	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	1.64	5	0	3	0	0	0	11.0	9	3	2	0	6	0	5	0	0	0	45	228	1.364	7.4	0.0	4.9	4.1	0.83
1965	26	BAL-min	AAA	3	3	.500	2.88	44	0		0	0		78.0	79	29	25	6	14	5	43	0	0	1			1.192	9.1	0.7	1.6	5.0	3.07	ROC · IL
1965	26	BAL	AL	0	0		1.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	8	3	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	36	363	1.222	8.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
1966	27	BAL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	8.57	14	0		0	0		21.0	36	23	20	1	5	3	8	1	0	0			1.952	15.4	0.4	2.1	3.4	1.60	ROC · IL
3 Yrs				1	1	.500	2.54	27	0	13	0	0	0	46.0	43	16	13	1	16	0	21	2	0	1	190	141	1.283	8.4	0.2	3.1	4.1	1.31
162 Game Avg.				3	3	.500	2.54	68	0	33	0	0	0	116	108	40	33	3	40	0	53	5	0	3	479	141	1.283	8.4	0.2	3.1	4.1	1.31

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1963	24	BAL	AL	26.0	18	10	3.46	4.23	0.14	-0.18	96.6	3.77	1	0.1	.6	-0.1	0.3	3	.507	.501	$
1964	25	BAL	AL	11.0	5	3	2.45	4.09	0.46	-0.16	101.0	3.49	1	0.2	.5	-0.1	0.2	2	.533	.501	$
1965	26	BAL	AL	9.0	4	3	3.00	4.23	0.47	-0.17	105.9	3.80	1	0.1	.7	-0.0	0.1	2	.524	.501	$
3 Seasons				46.0	27	16	3.13	4.19	0.29	-0.17	99.4	3.71	3	0.4	.6	-0.2	0.6	7	.515	.501	$

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
1963	24	BAL	AL	18	109	96	10	26	6	0	1	0	0	7	13	.271	.327	.365	.692	.298	35	2	2	2	2	0	1
1964	25	BAL	AL	5	45	36	3	9	1	0	0	0	1	6	5	.250	.349	.278	.627	.281	10	1	0	2	1	0	1
1965	26	BAL	AL	4	36	31	3	8	2	0	0	0	1	3	3	.258	.324	.323	.646	.286	10	1	0	2	0	0	1
3 Yrs				27	190	163	16	43	9	0	1	0	2	16	21	.264	.332	.337	.669	.292	55	4	2	6	3	0	3
162 Game Avg.				68	479	411	40	108	23	0	3	0	5	40	53	.264	.332	.337	.669	.292	139	10	5	15	8	0	8
MLB Averages																.247	.311	.374	.684	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1963	24	BAL	AL	0.7	0.1	112	0.1	0.9	-0.8	.50	0.1	0.1	2.0	0.2	0.50	0.4	2	1	11
1964	25	BAL	AL	2.2	0.2	46	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.46	0.2	-0.1	1.3	0.1	0.46	0.7	1	0	4
1965	26	BAL	AL	1.8	0.2	37	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.49	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.1	0.49	0.1	0	3	1
3 Yrs				4.8	0.5	195	0.3	1.7	-1.4	.49	0.4	0.2	4.2	0.5	0.49	1.2	3	4	16

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1963	24	BAL	AL	18	18	9	0	1	12	5	42%	8	.501	2	1	11	0	1	17	6	12	8	2	9	2	4.3
1964	25	BAL	AL	5	5	3	1	0	0	0		7	.458	1	0	4	1	1	3	0	5	3	0	3	0	6.6
1965	26	BAL	AL	4	4	1	0	0	4	1	25%	3	.488	0	3	1	0	0	4	2	2	4	0	4	0	6.8
3 Yrs				27	27	13	1	1	16	6	38%		.488	3	4	16	1	2	24	8	19	15	2	16	2	5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1963	24	BAL	AL	109	55%	0.9%	11.9%	6.4%	6.4%	27%	0.56	77%	31	2	6%
1964	25	BAL	AL	45	67%	0.0%	11.1%	13.3%	2.2%	11%	0.86	71%	11	1	9%
1965	26	BAL	AL	36	67%	0.0%	8.3%	8.3%	5.6%	25%	0.92	78%	10	1	10%
3 Yrs				190	60%	0.5%	11.1%	8.4%	5.3%	23%	0.69	76%	52	4	8%
MLB Averages					47%	2.2%	15.6%	8.0%	6.3%	28%	1.09	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
1963	24	BAL	AL	109	26			1	0	4	1	0	0	1	10	6	2	60%	1	1	1	50	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1964	25	BAL	AL	45	9			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	1	0	0	22	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1965	26	BAL	AL	36	8			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0%	1	0	0	21	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				190	43			1	0	4	1	0	0	1	14	7	2	50%	3	1	1	93	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1963	24	0	1	.000	3.46	18	9	26.0	26	10	10	1	7	13	2	1	109	101	1.269	9.0	0.3	2.4	4.5	1.86	101
1964	25	1	1	.500	2.92	23	12	37.0	35	13	12	1	13	18	2	1	154	122	1.297	8.5	0.2	3.2	4.4	1.38	122
1965	26	1	1	.500	2.54	27	13	46.0	43	16	13	1	16	21	2	1	190	141	1.283	8.4	0.2	3.1	4.1	1.31	141

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1963	24	1	1	.500	4.13	24.0	28	12	11	1	8	12	2	1.500	10.5	3.0	4.5	1.50	0.4	18
1964	25	1	0	1.000	1.80	10.0	9	2	2	0	6	5	0	1.500	8.1	5.4	4.5	0.83	0.0	5
1965	26	0	0		1.13	8.0	8	1	1	0	3	3	0	1.375	9.0	3.4	3.4	1.00	0.0	4
3 Yrs		2	1	.667	3.00	42.0	45	15	14	1	17	20	2	1.476	9.6		4.3	1.18	0.2	27

* 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.

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