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Dick Stigman

Richard Lewis Stigman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 24, 1936 in Nimrod, MN
High School: Sebeka HS (Sebeka, MN)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1960
Teams (by GP): Twins/Indians/RedSox 1960-1966

Final Game: September 10, 1966
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All-Star

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
1954	18	CLE-min	D,C	0	6	.000	7.42	19	7					74.0	92	70	61	1	51								1.932	11.2	0.1	6.2			TFT,FMH · GAFL,NORL
1955	19	OLE	D	5	12	.294	5.52	22	19					145.0	150	105	89	1	91								1.662	9.3	0.1	5.6			OLE · PONY
1956	20	CLE-min	D	17	9	.654	1.44	33	24					213.0	138	54	34	3	97								1.103	5.8	0.1	4.1			VID · GASL
1957	21	CLE-min	AA	8	14	.364	3.81	37	24					182.0	139	94	77	9	110								1.368	6.9	0.4	5.4			MOB · SOUA
1958	22	CLE-min	AA,AAA	17	9	.654	2.44	30	24					192.0	156	62	52	9	73								1.193	7.3	0.4	3.4			MOB,SDG · SOUA,PCL
1959	23	CLE-min	AAA	9	17	.346	4.01	45	25		8	2		191.0	160	104	85	21	100		181	2	0	14			1.361	7.5	1.0	4.7	8.5	1.81	SDG · PCL
1960	24	CLE	AL	5	11	.313	4.51	41	18	16	3	0	9	133.2	118	78	67	13	87	1	104	0	0	7	597	84	1.534	7.9	0.9	5.9	7.0	1.20	AS
1961	25	CLE	AL	2	5	.286	4.62	22	6	5	0	0	0	64.1	65	35	33	9	25	1	48	0	0	3	279	85	1.399	9.1	1.3	3.5	6.7	1.92
1962	26	MIN	AL	12	5	.706	3.66	40	15	14	6	0	3	142.2	122	60	58	19	64	3	116	2	1	10	596	112	1.304	7.7	1.2	4.0	7.3	1.81
1963	27	MIN	AL	15	15	.500	3.25	33	33	0	15	3	0	241.0	210	90	87	32	81	2	193	0	0	10	998	112	1.207	7.8	1.2	3.0	7.2	2.38
1964	28	MIN	AL	6	15	.286	4.03	32	29	2	5	1	0	190.0	160	94	85	31	70	7	159	5	1	9	794	89	1.211	7.6	1.5	3.3	7.5	2.27
1965	29	MIN	AL	4	2	.667	4.37	33	8	12	0	0	4	70.0	59	34	34	14	33	3	70	0	0	5	296	82	1.314	7.6	1.8	4.2	9.0	2.12
1966	30	BOS	AL	2	1	.667	5.44	34	10	4	1	1	0	81.0	85	51	49	15	46	5	65	1	0	4	370	70	1.617	9.4	1.7	5.1	7.2	1.41
1967	31	CIN-PHI-min	AAA	8	13	.381	3.92	23	23		5	1		140.0	132	69	61	15	58	5	119	1	1	6			1.357	8.5	1.0	3.7	7.6	2.05	BFL,SDG · IL,PCL
7 Yrs				46	54	.460	4.03	235	119	53	30	5	16	922.2	819	442	413	133	406	22	755	8	2	48	3930	93	1.328	8.0	1.3	4.0	7.4	1.86
162 Game Avg.				9	10	.460	4.03	45	23	10	6	1	3	177	157	85	79	26	78	4	145	2	0	9	755	93	1.328	8.0	1.3	4.0	7.4	1.86

MIN (4 yrs)				37	37	.500	3.69	138	85	28	26	4	7	643.2	551	278	264	96	248	15	538	7	2	34	2684	101	1.241	7.7	1.3	3.5	7.5	2.17
CLE (2 yrs)				7	16	.304	4.55	63	24	21	3	0	9	198.0	183	113	100	22	112	2	152	0	0	10	876	84	1.490	8.3	1.0	5.1	6.9	1.36
BOS (1 yr)				2	1	.667	5.44	34	10	4	1	1	0	81.0	85	51	49	15	46	5	65	1	0	4	370	70	1.617	9.4	1.7	5.1	7.2	1.41

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
1960	24	CLE	AL	133.2	41	18	78	5.25	4.57	0.20	0.01	95.5	4.19	-15	-1.5	1.6	-0.2	-0.7	-4	.463	.491	$	AS
1961	25	CLE	AL	64.1	22	6	35	4.90	4.73	0.08	-0.06	94.7	4.35	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.1	0.1	2	.484	.498	$
1962	26	MIN	AL	142.2	40	15	60	3.79	4.51	0.14	0.02	101.3	4.44	12	1.3	1.8	0.0	2.4	24	.533	.508	$
1963	27	MIN	AL	241.0	33	33	90	3.36	4.07	0.21	0.07	99.7	3.91	18	2.1		-0.1	3.7	36	.562	.513	$
1964	28	MIN	AL	190.0	32	29	94	4.45	4.09	0.08	0.06	98.0	3.99	-7	-0.8	4.4	-0.2	0.4	7	.476	.495	$
1965	29	MIN	AL	70.0	33	8	34	4.37	3.91	0.36	-0.06	101.7	3.55	-6	-0.7	1.5	-0.2	-0.4	-1	.479	.496	$
1966	30	BOS	AL	81.0	34	10	51	5.67	3.79	0.14	-0.01	104.9	3.81	-15	-1.7	1.4	-0.2	-1.3	-10	.450	.489	$
7 Seasons				922.2	235	119	442	4.31	4.22	0.17	0.02	99.2	4.04	-17	-1.7	1.5	-1.0	4.2	54	.493	.499	$

MIN (4 yrs)				643.2	138	85	278	3.89	4.15	0.17	0.04	99.8	4.01	17	1.9	1.8	-0.5	6.1	65	.514	.503	$
CLE (2 yrs)				198.0	63	24	113	5.14	4.62	0.16	-0.01	95.2	4.24	-18	-1.9	1.3	-0.3	-0.6	-2	.470	.494	$
BOS (1 yr)				81.0	34	10	51	5.67	3.79	0.14	-0.01	104.9	3.81	-15	-1.7	1.4	-0.2	-1.3	-10	.450	.489	$

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	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
1960	CLE	AL	24
1960	CLE	AL	24

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
1960	24	CLE	AL	41	597	496	78	118	12	2	13	10	3	87	104	.238	.347	.349	.696	.272	173	13	0	8	7	1	10
1961	25	CLE	AL	22	265	246	35	65	17	2	9	0	1	25	48	.264	.327	.459	.787	.290	113	4	0	4	4	1	1
1962	26	MIN	AL	40	596	523	60	122	19	0	19	2	3	64	116	.233	.318	.379	.697	.264	198	16	2	5	2	3	3
1963	27	MIN	AL	33	997	907	90	210	25	4	32	10	3	81	193	.232	.293	.374	.667	.259	339	16	0	4	5	2	6
1964	28	MIN	AL	32	794	711	94	160	26	3	31	7	8	70	159	.225	.298	.401	.699	.247	285	8	5	6	2	7	8
1965	29	MIN	AL	33	296	260	34	59	9	1	14	5	4	33	70	.227	.312	.431	.743	.253	112	4	0	1	2	3	3
1966	30	BOS	AL	34	369	317	51	85	19	6	15	16	1	46	65	.268	.361	.508	.869	.293	161	8	1	4	2	5	7
7 Yrs				235	3914	3460	442	819	127	18	133	50	23	406	755	.237	.316	.399	.715	.264	1381	69	8	32	24	22	38
162 Game Avg.				45	752	665	85	157	24	3	26	10	4	78	145	.237	.316	.399	.715	.264	265	13	2	6	5	4	7
MLB Averages																.251	.317	.382	.699	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1960	24	CLE	AL	-12.3	-1.2	619	-0.1	12.3	-12.4	1.24	-0.5	0.4	-8.1	-0.8	1.24	-6.1	11	5	7
1961	25	CLE	AL	-3.6	-0.4	284	-0.7	3.2	-3.9	.71	-1.0	-0.1	-3.4	-0.3	0.70	-7.8	2	4	10
1962	26	MIN	AL	9.0	0.9	612	-0.7	9.8	-10.5	.95	1.0	-1.7	6.8	0.7	0.95	9.4	13	3	9
1963	27	MIN	AL	14.7	1.6	1020	1.4	18.2	-16.9	1.02	1.1	0.3	19.3	2.1	1.02	14.1	0	0	0
1964	28	MIN	AL	-8.5	-0.9	824	-0.9	15.5	-16.5	1.15	0.0	-0.8	-9.3	-1.0	1.15	-1.0	2	1	0
1965	29	MIN	AL	-3.9	-0.4	310	-1.0	5.2	-6.2	1.03	-0.6	-0.4	-6.1	-0.6	1.03	-5.9	9	8	8
1966	30	BOS	AL	-10.9	-1.2	393	-0.3	6.0	-6.3	.96	-1.7	1.3	-16.6	-1.6	0.96	-24.5	9	2	11
7 Yrs				-15.5	-1.5	4062	-2.4	70.3	-72.7	1.04	-1.7	-0.6	-17.4	-1.6	1.04	-21.8	46	23	45

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
1960	24	CLE	AL	41	18	3	8	7	0	2	7	11	.389	2	3	3	0	6	33%	45.8	83	19	26	14	8	7	3.4	3.5	5.4
1961	25	CLE	AL	22	6	1	4	1	0	0	1	5	.167	0	1	0	0	2	33%	47.7	68	27	13	3	1	3	2.2	1.5	5.4
1962	26	MIN	AL	40	15	9	3	3	3	1	12	3	.800	1	3	6	0	8	53%	55.0	74	26	16	2	6	4	7.1	6.8	7.4
1963	27	MIN	AL	33	33	15	15	3	2	8	16	17	.485	2	0	15	3	22	67%	58.7	87	12	18	4	12	8	4.5	4.7	7.3
1964	28	MIN	AL	32	29	5	15	9	0	5	9	20	.310	1	6	5	1	10	34%	53.2	87	30	22	6	10	9	3.3	2.7	6.2
1965	29	MIN	AL	33	8	0	0	8	0	0	2	6	.250	2	4	0	0	3	38%	45.8	64	25	18	5	3	3	4.5	5.8	3.8
1966	30	BOS	AL	34	10	1	1	8	0	0	3	7	.300	2	5	1	1	4	40%	50.8	78	34	21	7	5	3	3.3	2.9	5.1
7 Yrs				235	119	34	46	39	5	16	50	69	.420	10	22	30	5	55	46%	53	87	12	134	41	45	37	4.1	4.1	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						53%	52	116	-14					4.2	4.1	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
1960	24	CLE	AL	41	23	16	2	3	9	9	0	100%	9	0	21	8	38%	8	1.238	11	5	7	9	5	9	12	11	11	4	12	4	4.7
1961	25	CLE	AL	22	16	5	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	10	2	20%	6	.706	2	4	10	2	1	13	6	10	8	5	8	2	6.0
1962	26	MIN	AL	40	25	14	3	2	5	3	2	60%	7	2	12	6	50%	7	.951	13	3	9	7	7	11	8	17	10	8	12	6	3.8

1964	28	MIN	AL	32	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	5	2	40%	5	1.148	2	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	2	1	2	0	9.7
1965	29	MIN	AL	33	25	12	4	2	6	4	2	67%	8	2	21	9	43%	6	1.030	9	8	8	8	2	15	13	12	13	8	14	3	4.7
1966	30	BOS	AL	34	24	4	1	0	2	0	2	0%	2	0	17	7	41%	5	.965	9	2	11	2	6	16	9	15	10	8	10	3	3.8
6 Yrs				202	116	53	12	8	23	16	7	70%	29	5	86	34	40%		1.051	46	23	45	29	23	64	50	66	54	34	58	18	4.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1960	24	CLE	AL	598	21%	2.2%	17.4%	14.6%	4.5%	23%	0.89	65%	126	13	10%
1961	25	CLE	AL	279	27%	3.4%	18.1%	9.4%	10.6%	43%	0.83	73%	49	4	8%
1962	26	MIN	AL	596	28%	3.2%	19.5%	10.7%	6.4%	31%	0.66	65%	135	16	12%
1963	27	MIN	AL	997	22%	3.2%	19.4%	8.1%	6.1%	29%	0.64	69%	166	16	10%
1964	28	MIN	AL	794	27%	3.9%	20.0%	8.8%	7.6%	38%	0.64	66%	128	8	6%
1965	29	MIN	AL	296	26%	4.7%	23.7%	11.2%	8.1%	41%	0.57	60%	43	4	9%
1966	30	BOS	AL	370	26%	4.1%	17.6%	12.5%	10.8%	47%	0.71	65%	70	8	11%
7 Yrs				3930	25%	3.4%	19.3%	10.4%	7.1%	34%	0.69	66%	717	69	10%
MLB Averages					48%	2.3%	14.9%	8.3%	6.4%	29%	1.07	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
1960	24	CLE	AL	597	118			13	1	23	11	2	5	8	36	19	7	53%	10	7	0	237	10	3	77%	8	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	17	1
1961	25	CLE	AL	265	65			9	0	6	6	3	6	3	16	10	2	63%	1	3	0	103	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14
1962	26	MIN	AL	596	122			19	1	7	15	4	13	6	20	8	5	40%	3	10	0	257	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	17	0
1963	27	MIN	AL	997	210			32	0	22	28	4	23	9	30	12	8	40%	6	10	1	341	10	3	77%	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	19	0
1964	28	MIN	AL	794	160			31	0	9	22	9	14	17	27	18	4	67%	8	9	2	264	7	8	47%	5	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	21	0
1965	29	MIN	AL	296	59			14	0	7	12	2	7	7	16	7	4	44%	3	5	0	87	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	0
1966	30	BOS	AL	369	85			15	0	10	12	3	9	6	31	11	8	35%	7	4	1	143	16	1	94%	12	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	9	1
7 Yrs				3914	819			133	2	84	106	27	77	56	176	85	38	48%	38	48	4	1432	50	23	68%	41	18	7	3	2	2	5	3	99	16
MLB Averages																		51%							63%

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+
1960	24	5	11	.313	4.51	41	18	16	3	0	9	133.2	118	78	67	13	87	1	104	0	0	7	597	84	1.534	7.9	0.9	5.9	7.0	1.20	84
1961	25	7	16	.304	4.55	63	24	21	3	0	9	198.0	183	113	100	22	112	2	152	0	0	10	876	84	1.490	8.3	1.0	5.1	6.9	1.36	84
1962	26	19	21	.475	4.17	103	39	35	9	0	12	340.2	305	173	158	41	176	5	268	2	1	20	1472	94	1.412	8.1	1.1	4.6	7.1	1.52	94
1963	27	34	36	.486	3.79	136	72	35	24	3	12	581.2	515	263	245	73	257	7	461	2	1	30	2470	101	1.327	8.0	1.1	4.0	7.1	1.79	101
1964	28	40	51	.440	3.85	168	101	37	29	4	12	771.2	675	357	330	104	327	14	620	7	2	39	3264	98	1.298	7.9	1.2	3.8	7.2	1.90	98
1965	29	44	53	.454	3.89	201	109	49	29	4	16	841.2	734	391	364	118	360	17	690	7	2	44	3560	96	1.300	7.8	1.3	3.8	7.4	1.92	96
1966	30	46	54	.460	4.03	235	119	53	30	5	16	922.2	819	442	413	133	406	22	755	8	2	48	3930	93	1.328	8.0	1.3	4.0	7.4	1.86	93

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
1960	24	6	9	.400	4.83	136.0	126	81	73	14	93	106	0	1.610	8.3	6.2	7.0	1.14	0.9	41
1961	25	3	4	.429	4.71	63.0	65	37	33	9	25	47	0	1.429	9.3	3.6	6.7	1.88	1.3	22
1962	26	8	7	.533	3.65	138.0	119	62	56	19	62	112	2	1.312	7.8	4.0	7.3	1.81	1.2	40
1963	27	14	11	.560	3.65	232.0	219	104	94	33	84	186	0	1.306	8.5	3.3	7.2	2.21	1.3	33
1964	28	9	11	.450	4.62	181.0	167	103	93	32	73	152	5	1.326	8.3	3.6	7.6	2.08	1.6	32
1965	29	3	4	.429	5.05	66.0	62	41	37	15	35	66	0	1.470	8.5	4.8	9.0	1.89	2.0	33
1966	30	3	5	.375	5.81	79.0	87	57	51	15	47	63	1	1.696	9.9	5.4	7.2	1.34	1.7	34
7 Yrs		46	51	.474	4.39	895.0	845	485	437	137	419	732	8	1.412	8.5		7.4	1.75	1.4	235

* 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

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All-Star Games 1960-1 1960-2	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1963 AL 3.7 (8th)	Wins s c a p y 1963 AL 15 (10th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1962 AL .706 (1st)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1964 AL 7.579 (8th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1963 AL 7.208 (4th) 1964 AL 7.532 (4th)	Saves s c a p y 1960 AL 9 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1963 AL 193 (3rd)
Complete Games s c a p y 1963 AL 15 (3rd)	Shutouts s c a p y 1963 AL 3 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1963 AL 32 (4th) 1964 AL 31 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1960 AL 87 (7th) 1963 AL 81 (8th)
Losses s c a p y 1963 AL 15 (5th) 1964 AL 15 (2nd)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1960 AL 7 (9th) 1962 AL 10 (5th) 1963 AL 10 (2nd) 1964 AL 9 (9th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1963 AL 19.33 (10th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1963 AL 2.1 (10th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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

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Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Tim Lollar (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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