George Stone
George Heard Stone Jr.
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 9, 1946 in Ruston, LA
School: Louisiana Tech University
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 5th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1967
Final Game: September 27, 1975
Relatives: Cousin of Cecil Upshaw
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Standard Pitching

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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
1967 20 ATL NL 0 0 4.91 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 8 4 4 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 31 68 1.227 9.8 0.0 1.2 6.1 5.00
1968 21 ATL NL 7 4 .636 2.76 17 10 5 2 0 0 75.0 63 27 23 9 19 4 52 0 0 1 305 109 1.093 7.6 1.1 2.3 6.2 2.74
1969 22 ATL NL 13 10 .565 3.65 36 20 9 3 0 3 165.1 166 82 67 20 48 5 102 5 1 1 702 100 1.294 9.0 1.1 2.6 5.6 2.13
1970 23 ATL NL 11 11 .500 3.86 35 30 1 9 2 0 207.1 218 111 89 27 50 7 131 6 0 2 890 111 1.293 9.5 1.2 2.2 5.7 2.62
1971 24 ATL NL 6 8 .429 3.60 27 24 0 4 2 0 172.2 186 80 69 19 35 4 110 6 1 2 737 103 1.280 9.7 1.0 1.8 5.7 3.14
1972 25 ATL NL 6 11 .353 5.51 31 16 7 2 1 1 111.0 143 72 68 18 44 11 63 4 0 3 511 69 1.685 11.6 1.5 3.6 5.1 1.43
1973 26 NYM NL 12 3 .800 2.80 27 20 5 2 0 1 148.0 157 53 46 16 31 3 77 0 1 0 621 130 1.270 9.5 1.0 1.9 4.7 2.48
1974 27 NYM NL 2 7 .222 5.03 15 13 2 1 0 0 77.0 103 57 43 10 21 4 29 0 1 0 349 71 1.610 12.0 1.2 2.5 3.4 1.38
1975 28 NYM NL 3 3 .500 5.05 13 11 0 1 0 0 57.0 75 38 32 3 21 3 21 0 1 4 261 68 1.684 11.8 0.5 3.3 3.3 1.00
9 Seasons 60 57 .513 3.89 203 145 29 24 5 5 1020.2 1119 524 441 122 270 41 590 21 5 13 4407 96 1.361 9.9 1.1 2.4 5.2 2.19
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .513 3.89 40 28 6 5 1 1 199 219 102 86 24 53 8 115 4 1 3 861 96 1.361 9.9 1.1 2.4 5.2 2.19
ATL (6 yrs) 43 44 .494 3.90 148 101 22 20 5 4 738.2 784 376 320 93 197 31 463 21 2 9 3176 97 1.328 9.6 1.1 2.4 5.6 2.35
NYM (3 yrs) 17 13 .567 3.86 55 44 7 4 0 1 282.0 335 148 121 29 73 10 127 0 3 4 1231 93 1.447 10.7 0.9 2.3 4.1 1.74

Postseason Pitching

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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
1969 22 ATL NL NLCS L NYM 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1973 26 NYM NL NLCS W CIN 0 0 1.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 3 1 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 23 0.750 4.1 1.4 2.7 5.4 2.00
1973 26 NYM NL WS L OAK 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 14 1.667 12.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
2 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 1.69 4 1 2 0 0 1 10.2 9 2 2 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 42 1.125 7.6 0.8 2.5 5.9 2.33
2 NLCS 0 0 2.35 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 28 0.913 5.9 1.2 2.3 4.7 2.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 14 1.667 12.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1967 20 ATL NL 2 31 30 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 .267 .290 .367 .657 .320 11 0 0 0 0 0
1968 21 ATL NL 17 305 284 27 63 13 2 9 4 0 19 52 .222 .271 .377 .647 .242 107 4 0 2 0 4
1969 22 ATL NL 36 702 638 82 166 16 4 20 8 4 48 102 .260 .316 .392 .707 .281 250 12 5 8 3 5
1970 23 ATL NL 35 889 815 111 218 39 7 27 13 5 50 131 .267 .313 .432 .745 .289 352 16 6 13 5 7
1971 24 ATL NL 27 737 680 80 186 24 3 19 7 4 35 110 .274 .313 .401 .715 .301 273 14 6 12 4 4
1972 25 ATL NL 31 511 454 72 143 18 4 18 4 1 44 63 .315 .378 .491 .869 .332 223 9 4 6 3 11
1973 26 NYM NL 27 621 574 53 157 23 1 16 3 4 31 77 .274 .308 .401 .709 .290 230 11 0 11 5 3
1974 27 NYM NL 15 349 320 57 103 23 1 10 6 4 21 29 .322 .362 .494 .855 .329 158 3 0 6 2 4
1975 28 NYM NL 13 261 232 38 75 11 3 3 7 2 21 21 .323 .378 .435 .813 .344 101 4 0 7 1 3
9 Seasons 203 4406 4027 524 1119 168 26 122 52 24 270 590 .278 .325 .423 .748 .299 1705 73 21 65 23 41
162 Game Avg. 40 861 787 102 219 33 5 24 10 5 53 115 .278 .325 .423 .748 .299 333 14 4 13 4 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1967 20 ATL NL 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 67 67 67 1 1 0 1 0.8 1.5 7.0
1968 21 ATL NL 17 10 6 3 1 0 0 7 3 .700 0 1 2 0 6 60% 56 72 40 10 5 1 5 5.0 5.8 6.1
1969 22 ATL NL 36 20 9 7 4 0 3 12 8 .600 2 1 3 0 13 65% 52 80 19 15 10 8 5 4.9 5.3 6.7
1970 23 ATL NL 35 30 11 11 8 3 4 13 17 .433 2 2 9 2 15 50% 52 86 21 22 6 6 10 5.4 5.3 6.5
1971 24 ATL NL 27 24 6 8 10 1 2 12 12 .500 2 4 4 2 16 67% 53 82 21 22 8 0 14 3.7 3.4 6.8
1972 25 ATL NL 31 16 4 9 3 1 2 6 10 .375 0 3 2 1 6 38% 41 79 14 27 8 4 6 4.1 2.6 5.5
1973 26 NYM NL 27 20 11 3 6 1 2 14 6 .700 0 4 2 0 16 80% 54 76 21 16 3 3 8 4.7 4.3 6.7
1974 27 NYM NL 15 13 2 7 4 2 1 3 10 .231 1 2 1 0 4 31% 42 66 19 15 6 1 10 3.9 3.6 5.7
1975 28 NYM NL 13 11 3 3 5 0 1 6 5 .545 0 2 1 0 5 45% 43 72 23 13 3 0 5 5.3 5.5 4.8
9 Seasons 203 145 52 51 42 8 15 73 72 .503 7 19 24 5 82 57% 50 86 14 141 50 23 64 4.6 4.4 6.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1967 20 ATL NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.133 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0
1968 21 ATL NL 17 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 5 0.815 1 0 6 0 1 6 3 4 4 1 4 0 5.9
1969 22 ATL NL 36 16 9 4 3 4 3 1 75% 4 0 15 7 47% 8 0.956 5 8 2 5 3 8 9 7 11 3 11 0 5.8
1970 23 ATL NL 35 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 33% 9 0.880 1 2 2 1 0 4 3 2 3 1 3 1 6.6
1971 24 ATL NL 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 1.036 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 8.7
1972 25 ATL NL 31 15 7 2 2 1 1 0 100% 2 0 7 2 29% 7 1.056 5 3 6 2 4 9 5 10 6 4 7 1 4.7
1973 26 NYM NL 27 7 5 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 8 1.096 1 0 6 1 1 5 0 7 4 0 4 1 6.4
1974 27 NYM NL 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0.913 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 4.5
1975 28 NYM NL 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.059 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
9 Seasons 203 58 29 8 6 6 5 1 83% 8 1 34 13 38% 0.980 13 15 28 10 9 39 23 35 33 10 35 4 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1967 20 ATL NL 31 74% 0.0% 16.1% 3.2% 6.5% 25% 1.83 81% 7 0 0%
1968 21 ATL NL 305 87% 3.0% 17.1% 6.2% 7.9% 38% 0.80 73% 38 4 11%
1969 22 ATL NL 702 80% 2.9% 14.5% 6.8% 5.7% 24% 0.68 74% 129 12 9%
1970 23 ATL NL 890 83% 3.0% 14.7% 5.6% 8.2% 34% 1.18 74% 168 16 10%
1971 24 ATL NL 737 82% 2.6% 14.9% 4.8% 6.2% 25% 0.80 75% 118 14 12%
1972 25 ATL NL 511 77% 3.5% 12.3% 8.6% 7.8% 28% 0.98 74% 97 9 9%
1973 26 NYM NL 621 80% 2.6% 12.4% 5.0% 6.4% 26% 1.19 78% 109 11 10%
1974 27 NYM NL 349 83% 2.9% 8.3% 6.0% 9.7% 33% 1.11 81% 54 3 6%
1975 28 NYM NL 261 86% 1.2% 8.1% 8.1% 6.5% 23% 1.18 80% 50 4 8%
9 Seasons 4407 82% 2.8% 13.4% 6.1% 7.2% 28% 0.97 76% 770 73 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1967 20 ATL NL 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 21 ATL NL 305 63 9 0 6 9 0 3 6 8 2 1 25% 4 1 0 96 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1969 22 ATL NL 679 166 20 1 11 18 2 12 8 23 14 2 61% 8 1 0 251 8 4 67% 6 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 7 23
1970 23 ATL NL 836 218 27 0 8 27 0 22 5 48 28 7 58% 15 2 1 309 13 5 72% 7 5 5 0 1 0 4 3 8 54
1971 24 ATL NL 724 186 19 0 12 15 4 11 8 22 9 2 41% 13 2 3 256 7 4 64% 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 13
1972 25 ATL NL 483 143 18 0 14 13 3 10 6 26 13 4 50% 4 3 0 185 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 28
1973 26 NYM NL 621 157 16 0 7 15 1 12 4 20 12 2 60% 9 0 0 228 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
1974 27 NYM NL 349 103 10 0 9 10 0 3 7 19 6 3 32% 5 0 1 124 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
1975 28 NYM NL 261 75 3 0 4 2 1 2 1 22 10 2 45% 2 4 0 107 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 0
9 Seasons 4289 1119 122 1 71 109 11 75 45 189 95 23 50% 60 13 5 1568 52 24 68% 40 22 11 1 1 1 11 7 52 118
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1967 20 0 0 4.91 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 8 4 4 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 31 68 1.227 9.8 0.0 1.2 6.1 5.00 68
1968 21 7 4 .636 2.95 19 11 5 2 0 0 82.1 71 31 27 9 20 4 57 0 0 1 336 103 1.105 7.8 1.0 2.2 6.2 2.85 103
1969 22 20 14 .588 3.42 55 31 14 5 0 3 247.2 237 113 94 29 68 9 159 5 1 2 1038 101 1.231 8.6 1.1 2.5 5.8 2.34 101
1970 23 31 25 .554 3.62 90 61 15 14 2 3 455.0 455 224 183 56 118 16 290 11 1 4 1928 106 1.259 9.0 1.1 2.3 5.7 2.46 106
1971 24 37 33 .529 3.61 117 85 15 18 4 3 627.2 641 304 252 75 153 20 400 17 2 6 2665 105 1.265 9.2 1.1 2.2 5.7 2.61 105
1972 25 43 44 .494 3.90 148 101 22 20 5 4 738.2 784 376 320 93 197 31 463 21 2 9 3176 97 1.328 9.6 1.1 2.4 5.6 2.35 97
1973 26 55 47 .539 3.72 175 121 27 22 5 5 886.2 941 429 366 109 228 34 540 21 3 9 3797 101 1.318 9.6 1.1 2.3 5.5 2.37 101
1974 27 57 54 .514 3.82 190 134 29 23 5 5 963.2 1044 486 409 119 249 38 569 21 4 9 4146 98 1.342 9.8 1.1 2.3 5.3 2.29 98
1975 28 60 57 .513 3.89 203 145 29 24 5 5 1020.2 1119 524 441 122 270 41 590 21 5 13 4407 96 1.361 9.9 1.1 2.4 5.2 2.19 96

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1967 20 0 0 6.43 7.0 9 6 5 0 1 5 0 1.429 11.6 1.3 6.4 5.00 0.0 2
1968 21 4 3 .571 3.73 70.0 72 32 29 10 22 49 0 1.343 9.3 2.8 6.3 2.23 1.3 17
1969 22 8 9 .471 4.10 158.0 174 80 72 21 50 97 5 1.418 9.9 2.8 5.5 1.94 1.2 36
1970 23 13 10 .565 3.57 207.0 213 91 82 26 49 131 6 1.266 9.3 2.1 5.7 2.67 1.1 35
1971 24 9 9 .500 3.88 167.0 193 80 72 20 36 106 6 1.371 10.4 1.9 5.7 2.94 1.1 27
1972 25 4 8 .333 5.97 110.0 152 81 73 19 47 62 4 1.809 12.4 3.8 5.1 1.32 1.6 31
1973 26 9 6 .600 3.17 142.0 164 56 50 17 32 74 0 1.380 10.4 2.0 4.7 2.31 1.1 27
1974 27 3 5 .375 5.67 73.0 108 51 46 10 22 27 0 1.781 13.3 2.7 3.3 1.23 1.2 15
1975 28 2 3 .400 6.11 53.0 79 40 36 3 22 20 0 1.906 13.4 3.7 3.4 0.91 0.5 13
9 Seasons 52 53 .495 4.24 987.0 1164 517 465 126 281 571 21 1.464 10.6 5.2 2.03 1.1 203

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL  2.170 (8th)
1971 NL  1.824 (3rd)
Career  2.381 (225th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  27 (9th)
1972 NL  18 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1970 NL  2.620 (6th)
1971 NL  3.143 (4th)
Career  2.185 (176th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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