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Mel Stottlemyre

Melvin Leon Stottlemyre Sr.

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: November 13, 1941 in Hazleton, MO
High School: Mabton HS (Mabton, WA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1964
Team: Yankees 1964-1974

Final Game: August 16, 1974
Relatives: Father of Mel Stottlemyre and Father of Todd Stottlemyre
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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
1964 22 NYY AL 9 3 .750 2.06 13 12 0 5 2 0 96.0 77 26 22 3 35 3 49 2 0 1 390 177 1.167 7.2 0.3 3.3 4.6 1.40 MVP-25
1965 23 NYY AL 20 9 .690 2.63 37 37 0 18 4 0 291.0 250 99 85 18 88 3 155 7 0 5 1188 129 1.162 7.7 0.6 2.7 4.8 1.76 AS,MVP-14
1966 24 NYY AL 12 20 .375 3.80 37 35 2 9 3 1 251.0 239 116 106 18 82 7 146 1 0 8 1042 87 1.279 8.6 0.6 2.9 5.2 1.78 AS
1967 25 NYY AL 15 15 .500 2.96 36 36 0 10 4 0 255.0 235 96 84 20 88 11 151 2 0 5 1063 105 1.267 8.3 0.7 3.1 5.3 1.72
1968 26 NYY AL 21 12 .636 2.45 36 36 0 19 6 0 278.2 243 86 76 21 65 7 140 3 1 3 1123 117 1.105 7.8 0.7 2.1 4.5 2.15 AS,MVP-10
1969 27 NYY AL 20 14 .588 2.82 39 39 0 24 3 0 303.0 267 105 95 19 97 11 113 6 0 6 1244 124 1.201 7.9 0.6 2.9 3.4 1.16 AS,MVP-18
1970 28 NYY AL 15 13 .536 3.09 37 37 0 14 0 0 271.0 262 110 93 23 84 8 126 6 0 10 1136 115 1.277 8.7 0.8 2.8 4.2 1.50 AS
1971 29 NYY AL 16 12 .571 2.87 35 35 0 19 7 0 269.2 234 100 86 16 69 6 132 4 0 5 1091 114 1.124 7.8 0.5 2.3 4.4 1.91
1972 30 NYY AL 14 18 .438 3.22 36 36 0 9 7 0 260.0 250 99 93 13 85 13 110 4 0 6 1088 92 1.288 8.7 0.5 2.9 3.8 1.29
1973 31 NYY AL 16 16 .500 3.07 38 38 0 19 4 0 273.0 259 112 93 13 79 3 95 5 0 5 1122 120 1.238 8.5 0.4 2.6 3.1 1.20
1974 32 NYY AL 6 7 .462 3.58 16 15 1 6 0 0 113.0 119 54 45 7 37 3 40 4 0 3 485 99 1.381 9.5 0.6 2.9 3.2 1.08
11 Yrs 164 139 .541 2.97 360 356 3 152 40 1 2661.1 2435 1003 878 171 809 75 1257 44 1 57 10972 112 1.219 8.2 0.6 2.7 4.3 1.55
162 Game Avg. 16 13 .541 2.97 34 34 0 14 4 0 253 231 95 83 16 77 7 119 4 0 5 1042 112 1.219 8.2 0.6 2.7 4.3 1.55

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
1964 22 NYY AL 96.0 13 12 26 2.44 4.07 0.30 0.07 100.3 3.85 16 2.0 1.3 -0.1 2.7 23 .655 .512 $ MVP-25
1965 23 NYY AL 291.0 37 37 99 3.06 3.98 -0.19 0.07 98.3 4.16 37 4.6 -0.1 6.6 60 .623 .528 $18,000 AS,MVP-14
1966 24 NYY AL 251.0 37 35 116 4.16 3.89 0.03 0.07 97.2 3.82 -6 -0.6 1.2 -0.1 1.1 11 .483 .496 $26,000 AS
1967 25 NYY AL 255.0 36 36 96 3.39 3.76 -0.14 0.07 96.7 3.83 16 2.0 -0.1 3.8 32 .556 .512 $
1968 26 NYY AL 278.2 36 36 86 2.78 3.45 0.01 0.06 97.1 3.39 22 3.0 -0.2 4.9 39 .583 .518 $ AS,MVP-10
1969 27 NYY AL 303.0 39 39 105 3.12 4.23 0.29 0.07 95.6 3.83 26 3.1 -0.1 5.2 50 .579 .519 $55,000 AS,MVP-18
1970 28 NYY AL 271.0 37 37 110 3.65 4.18 0.16 0.07 94.5 3.87 9 1.0 -0.1 3.1 34 .526 .506 $ AS
1971 29 NYY AL 269.2 35 35 100 3.34 3.86 -0.00 0.06 94.1 3.69 11 1.3 -0.1 3.5 36 .537 .508 $
1972 30 NYY AL 260.0 36 36 99 3.43 3.43 -0.02 0.05 97.8 3.43 2 0.3 -0.2 2.3 21 .507 .502 $
1973 31 NYY AL 273.0 38 38 112 3.69 4.32 0.09 0.13 97.6 4.25 15 1.7 -0.2 3.8 46 .544 .510 $
1974 32 NYY AL 113.0 16 15 54 4.30 4.11 0.15 0.11 98.5 4.01 -4 -0.4 .1 -0.1 0.5 8 .476 .498 $87,500
11 Seasons 2661.1 360 356 1003 3.39 3.92 0.04 0.07 96.8 3.82 145 17.8 1.0 -1.3 37.5 361 .550 .510 $186,500

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
1964 22 NYY AL WS L STL 1 1 .500 3.15 3 3 0 1 0 0 20.0 18 8 7 0 6 0 12 0 0 0 84 1.200 8.1 0.0 2.7 5.4 2.00
1 WS 1 1 .500 3.15 3 3 0 1 0 0 20.0 18 8 7 0 6 0 12 0 0 0 84 1.200 8.1 0.0 2.7 5.4 2.00

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
1965 NYY AL 23
1966 NYY AL 24 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1968 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
1969 NYY AL 27 1 0 1 .000 9.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 2.000 18.0 4.5 0.0 4.5
1970 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.8
5 Yrs (4 GP) 1 0 1 .000 3.00 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 3 2 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 25 1.000 7.5 1.5 1.5 6.0 4.00

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
1964 22 NYY AL 13 390 351 26 77 10 3 3 4 3 35 49 .219 .294 .291 .584 .247 102 16 2 2 0 3 7
1965 23 NYY AL 37 1189 1073 99 250 44 10 18 12 11 88 155 .233 .294 .343 .637 .256 368 29 7 15 5 3 17
1966 24 NYY AL 37 1042 945 116 239 41 4 18 10 5 82 146 .253 .311 .362 .673 .280 342 29 1 7 7 7 7
1967 25 NYY AL 36 1063 948 96 235 35 9 20 12 6 88 151 .248 .311 .367 .678 .274 348 28 2 18 7 11 16
1968 26 NYY AL 36 1123 1040 86 243 30 5 21 10 5 65 140 .234 .280 .333 .613 .252 346 22 3 12 3 7 18
1969 27 NYY AL 39 1244 1119 105 267 36 2 19 7 8 97 113 .239 .301 .325 .626 .249 364 39 6 15 7 11 19
1970 28 NYY AL 37 1136 1028 110 262 36 8 23 8 4 84 126 .255 .313 .373 .686 .270 383 22 6 12 6 8 17
1971 29 NYY AL 35 1091 1003 100 234 29 2 16 6 6 69 132 .233 .284 .314 .598 .253 315 28 4 9 6 6 12
1972 30 NYY AL 36 1088 983 99 250 27 11 13 8 4 85 110 .254 .314 .344 .658 .273 338 31 4 9 7 13 16
1973 31 NYY AL 38 1122 1023 112 259 36 4 13 12 10 79 95 .253 .307 .334 .642 .266 342 38 5 6 9 3 17
1974 32 NYY AL 16 485 437 54 119 22 3 7 5 3 37 40 .272 .333 .384 .717 .285 168 11 4 4 3 3 8
11 Yrs 360 10973 9950 1003 2435 346 61 171 94 65 809 1257 .245 .303 .343 .646 .264 3416 293 44 109 60 75 154
162 Game Avg. 34 1042 945 95 231 33 6 16 9 6 77 119 .245 .303 .343 .646 .264 324 28 4 10 6 7 15
MLB Averages .249 .315 .368 .683 .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
1964 22 NYY AL 16.3 1.9 399 1.1 7.5 -6.4 1.04 1.3 -0.2 13.9 1.6 1.04 13.2 0 1 0
1965 23 NYY AL 24.5 2.7 1219 3.8 24.4 -20.5 1.11 2.3 1.1 26.8 3.0 1.11 22.0 0 0 0
1966 24 NYY AL -12.5 -1.3 1068 -2.2 15.4 -17.6 .90 -0.5 -2.0 -9.7 -1.0 0.90 -5.7 1 0 1
1967 25 NYY AL 4.2 0.5 1088 0.9 19.0 -18.1 1.07 -0.5 1.3 5.4 0.6 1.07 -6.6 0 0 0
1968 26 NYY AL 13.8 1.6 1145 3.9 20.0 -16.0 1.01 1.5 2.4 20.3 2.5 1.01 15.1 0 0 0
1969 27 NYY AL 24.4 2.7 1273 2.9 24.0 -21.0 1.11 2.4 0.2 28.0 3.1 1.11 26.1 0 0 0
1970 28 NYY AL 11.7 1.2 1168 1.1 19.8 -18.6 1.01 0.8 0.4 11.5 1.2 1.01 3.7 0 0 0
1971 29 NYY AL 10.9 1.2 1114 0.3 21.4 -21.1 1.17 2.4 -2.2 15.2 1.7 1.17 19.8 0 0 0
1972 30 NYY AL -5.0 -0.6 1111 -0.5 17.7 -18.2 .98 0.3 -0.9 -0.1 -0.0 0.98 1.4 0 0 0
1973 31 NYY AL 15.8 1.7 1153 1.3 18.5 -17.1 .94 2.4 -1.0 20.0 2.2 0.94 24.8 0 0 0
1974 32 NYY AL -1.6 -0.2 497 0.7 8.9 -8.3 1.04 -0.0 0.7 -0.4 -0.0 1.04 -3.5 0 0 1
11 Yrs 102.6 11.4 11235 13.4 196.4 -183.0 1.04 12.5 0.5 131.0 14.9 1.04 110.4 1 1 2

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
1964 22 NYY AL 13 12 9 3 0 0 2 9 3 .750 0 0 5 2 11 92% 61.7 83 29 12 1 6 2 4.7 4.9 7.9
1965 23 NYY AL 37 37 20 9 8 3 5 24 13 .649 0 6 18 4 28 76% 59.7 84 29 5 1 19 8 4.1 4.5 7.9
1966 24 NYY AL 37 35 12 19 4 2 6 12 23 .343 0 4 9 3 19 54% 53.2 88 19 9 3 18 5 3.7 3.8 7.1
1967 25 NYY AL 36 36 15 15 6 2 8 17 19 .472 1 3 10 4 23 64% 56.0 86 24 20 7 11 4 3.4 3.4 7.1
1968 26 NYY AL 36 36 21 12 3 2 6 22 14 .611 1 2 19 6 27 75% 60.4 87 10 10 5 12 7 3.7 4.0 7.7
1969 27 NYY AL 39 39 20 14 5 1 7 23 15 .605 1 3 24 3 30 77% 57.3 88 20 13 4 20 4 3.8 3.6 7.8
1970 28 NYY AL 37 37 15 13 9 1 7 19 17 .528 1 7 14 0 28 76% 54.8 81 19 18 6 8 2 4.2 3.6 7.3
1971 29 NYY AL 35 35 16 12 7 0 6 19 16 .543 1 3 19 7 24 69% 58.2 85 14 13 5 13 10 4.1 4.3 7.7
1972 30 NYY AL 36 36 14 18 4 1 8 17 19 .472 2 2 9 7 23 64% 54.2 83 12 18 5 18 7 3.0 2.9 7.2
1973 31 NYY AL 38 38 16 16 6 1 7 18 20 .474 3 0 19 4 25 66% 54.1 81 15 24 10 12 3 4.0 4.0 7.2
1974 32 NYY AL 16 15 6 7 2 0 2 7 8 .467 1 1 6 0 9 60% 50.8 72 30 13 6 7 4 3.4 3.3 7.4
11 Yrs 360 356 164 138 54 13 64 187 167 .528 11 31 152 40 247 69% 56 88 10 155 53 144 56 3.8 3.8 7.5
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 116 -3 4.0 3.9 6.5

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
1964 22 NYY AL 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.045 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1966 24 NYY AL 37 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 8 .900 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 5.5
1974 32 NYY AL 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.041 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
3 Yrs 66 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 .965 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 4 3 0 3 0 5.0

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%
1964 22 NYY AL 390 59% 0.8% 12.6% 9.0% 4.1% 21% 2.58 77% 75 16 21%
1965 23 NYY AL 1189 55% 1.5% 13.0% 7.4% 6.1% 29% 1.73 76% 232 29 13%
1966 24 NYY AL 1042 55% 1.7% 14.0% 7.9% 6.1% 26% 2.15 76% 206 29 14%
1967 25 NYY AL 1063 54% 1.9% 14.2% 8.3% 6.0% 27% 1.85 74% 192 28 15%
1968 26 NYY AL 1123 54% 1.9% 12.5% 5.8% 5.0% 23% 1.96 79% 189 22 12%
1969 27 NYY AL 1244 53% 1.5% 9.1% 7.8% 4.6% 21% 1.64 80% 258 39 15%
1970 28 NYY AL 1136 57% 2.0% 11.1% 7.4% 5.9% 26% 1.46 78% 226 22 10%
1971 29 NYY AL 1091 55% 1.5% 12.1% 6.3% 4.3% 20% 1.43 79% 187 28 15%
1972 30 NYY AL 1088 57% 1.2% 10.1% 7.8% 4.7% 20% 1.17 80% 219 31 14%
1973 31 NYY AL 1122 55% 1.2% 8.5% 7.0% 4.7% 21% 1.44 82% 235 38 16%
1974 32 NYY AL 485 61% 1.4% 8.3% 7.6% 6.6% 27% 1.26 81% 91 11 12%
11 Yrs 10973 55% 1.6% 11.5% 7.4% 5.3% 24% 1.62 78% 2110 293 14%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 15.0% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.10 73% 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
1964 22 NYY AL 390 77 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 18 11 1 61% 7 1 2 135 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1965 23 NYY AL 1189 250 18 0 17 5 13 8 10 50 22 5 44% 17 5 1 447 12 11 52% 11 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1966 24 NYY AL 1042 239 18 0 22 7 11 8 10 62 33 6 53% 7 8 3 366 10 5 67% 10 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 24 0
1967 25 NYY AL 1063 235 20 1 18 11 9 12 8 53 27 8 51% 16 5 0 381 12 6 67% 12 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 0
1968 26 NYY AL 1123 243 21 0 9 7 14 9 12 46 21 5 46% 18 3 0 386 10 5 67% 10 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0
1969 27 NYY AL 1244 267 19 0 12 9 10 8 11 56 27 3 48% 19 6 4 491 7 8 47% 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 0
1970 28 NYY AL 1136 262 23 0 19 11 12 8 15 54 27 7 50% 17 10 2 417 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 0
1971 29 NYY AL 1091 234 16 0 16 2 14 11 5 37 23 1 62% 12 5 3 379 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
1972 30 NYY AL 1088 250 13 1 30 7 6 8 5 70 27 8 39% 16 6 2 394 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 0
1973 31 NYY AL 1122 259 13 1 16 3 10 7 6 49 32 0 65% 17 5 1 422 12 10 55% 10 9 1 1 1 0 2 0 16 0
1974 32 NYY AL 485 119 7 0 6 2 5 4 3 20 11 1 55% 8 3 0 202 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
11 Yrs 10973 2435 171 3 170 67 104 84 87 515 261 45 51% 154 57 18 4020 94 65 59% 90 61 3 1 1 3 9 1 175 0
MLB Averages 49% 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+
1964 22 9 3 .750 2.06 13 12 0 5 2 0 96.0 77 26 22 3 35 3 49 2 0 1 390 177 1.167 7.2 0.3 3.3 4.6 1.40 177
1965 23 29 12 .707 2.49 50 49 0 23 6 0 387.0 327 125 107 21 123 6 204 9 0 6 1578 139 1.163 7.6 0.5 2.9 4.7 1.66 139
1966 24 41 32 .562 3.00 87 84 2 32 9 1 638.0 566 241 213 39 205 13 350 10 0 14 2620 113 1.208 8.0 0.6 2.9 4.9 1.71 113
1967 25 56 47 .544 2.99 123 120 2 42 13 1 893.0 801 337 297 59 293 24 501 12 0 19 3683 111 1.225 8.1 0.6 3.0 5.0 1.71 111
1968 26 77 59 .566 2.87 159 156 2 61 19 1 1171.2 1044 423 373 80 358 31 641 15 1 22 4806 112 1.197 8.0 0.6 2.7 4.9 1.79 112
1969 27 97 73 .571 2.86 198 195 2 85 22 1 1474.2 1311 528 468 99 455 42 754 21 1 28 6050 114 1.198 8.0 0.6 2.8 4.6 1.66 114
1970 28 112 86 .566 2.89 235 232 2 99 22 1 1745.2 1573 638 561 122 539 50 880 27 1 38 7186 114 1.210 8.1 0.6 2.8 4.5 1.63 114
1971 29 128 98 .566 2.89 270 267 2 118 29 1 2015.1 1807 738 647 138 608 56 1012 31 1 43 8277 114 1.198 8.1 0.6 2.7 4.5 1.66 114
1972 30 142 116 .550 2.93 306 303 2 127 36 1 2275.1 2057 837 740 151 693 69 1122 35 1 49 9365 111 1.209 8.1 0.6 2.7 4.4 1.62 111
1973 31 158 132 .545 2.94 344 341 2 146 40 1 2548.1 2316 949 833 164 772 72 1217 40 1 54 10487 112 1.212 8.2 0.6 2.7 4.3 1.58 112
1974 32 164 139 .541 2.97 360 356 3 152 40 1 2661.1 2435 1003 878 171 809 75 1257 44 1 57 10972 112 1.219 8.2 0.6 2.7 4.3 1.55 112

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
1964 22 7 3 .700 2.40 90.0 79 27 24 3 36 46 2 1.278 7.9 3.6 4.6 1.28 0.3 13
1965 23 18 12 .600 3.20 273.0 267 108 97 19 94 146 7 1.322 8.8 3.1 4.8 1.55 0.6 37
1966 24 10 15 .400 4.89 232.0 261 140 126 20 90 135 1 1.513 10.1 3.5 5.2 1.50 0.8 37
1967 25 12 13 .480 4.04 234.0 262 117 105 22 98 138 2 1.538 10.1 3.8 5.3 1.41 0.8 36
1968 26 15 13 .536 3.61 254.0 282 113 102 24 75 128 3 1.406 10.0 2.7 4.5 1.71 0.9 36
1969 27 18 13 .581 3.39 284.0 283 119 107 20 103 106 6 1.359 9.0 3.3 3.4 1.03 0.6 39
1970 28 15 13 .536 3.67 255.0 276 116 104 24 88 119 6 1.427 9.7 3.1 4.2 1.35 0.8 37
1971 29 15 13 .536 3.74 253.0 259 117 105 18 76 124 4 1.324 9.2 2.7 4.4 1.63 0.6 35
1972 30 11 16 .407 4.78 243.0 301 143 129 16 102 103 5 1.658 11.1 3.8 3.8 1.01 0.6 36
1973 31 15 13 .536 3.79 252.0 277 118 106 14 84 88 5 1.433 9.9 3.0 3.1 1.05 0.5 38
1974 32 5 6 .455 4.59 104.0 129 59 53 8 40 37 4 1.625 11.2 3.5 3.2 0.93 0.7 16
11 Yrs 141 130 .520 3.85 2474.0 2676 1177 1058 188 886 1170 45 1.440 9.7 4.3 1.32 0.7 360

* 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

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

All-Star Games
1965
1966 *
1968 *
1969 (P)
1970 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 AL (25, 1%)
1965 AL (14, 6%)
1968 AL (10, 15%)
1969 AL (18, 2%)
0.24 Career Shares (686th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1965 AL  6.7 (4th)
1969 AL  5.6 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1965 AL  6.6 (2nd)
1967 AL  3.8 (10th)
1968 AL  4.9 (8th)
1969 AL  5.2 (4th)
Career  37.5 (163rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1965 AL  2.63 (8th)
1968 AL  2.45 (10th)
1969 AL  2.82 (9th)
1971 AL  2.87 (6th)
1973 AL  3.07 (7th)
Career  2.97 (160th)

Wins s c a p y
1965 AL  20 (2nd)
1967 AL  15 (9th)
1968 AL  21 (3rd)
1969 AL  20 (3rd)
Career  164 (206th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1965 AL  .690 (3rd)
1968 AL  .636 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1971 AL  1.124 (9th)
Career  1.219 (183rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  8.235 (201st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 AL  2.099 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1965 AL  291.0 (1st)
1966 AL  251.0 (6th)
1967 AL  255.0 (8th)
1968 AL  278.7 (3rd)
1969 AL  303.0 (2nd)
1970 AL  271.0 (7th)
Career  2,661.3 (195th)

Games Started s c a p y
1965 AL  37 (3rd)
1966 AL  35 (6th)
1967 AL  36 (9th)
1968 AL  36 (4th)
1969 AL  39 (3rd)
Career  356 (185th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1965 AL  18 (1st)
1968 AL  19 (2nd)
1969 AL  24 (1st)
1970 AL  14 (6th)
1971 AL  19 (6th)
1973 AL  19 (7th)
Career  152 (222nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1965 AL  4 (2nd)
1966 AL  3 (7th)
1967 AL  4 (9th)
1968 AL  6 (2nd)
1969 AL  3 (10th)
1971 AL  7 (2nd)
1972 AL  7 (3rd)
1973 AL  4 (4th)
Career  40 (44th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1968 AL  21 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 AL  88 (7th)
1966 AL  82 (7th)
1967 AL  88 (8th)
1972 AL  85 (6th)
Career  809 (235th)

Hits s c a p y
1965 AL  250 (3rd)
1966 AL  239 (3rd)
1967 AL  235 (3rd)
1968 AL  243 (1st)
1969 AL  267 (2nd)
1970 AL  262 (5th)
1972 AL  250 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 AL  0.557 (7th)
1966 AL  0.645 (9th)
1969 AL  0.564 (9th)
1971 AL  0.534 (6th)
1972 AL  0.450 (8th)
1973 AL  0.429 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1966 AL  20 (1st)
1967 AL  15 (8th)
1969 AL  14 (10th)
1972 AL  18 (1st)
1973 AL  16 (8th)
Career  139 (205th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1966 AL  106 (3rd)
1967 AL  84 (10th)
1968 AL  76 (8th)
1972 AL  93 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1970 AL  10 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 AL  7 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1965 AL  1,188 (1st)
1966 AL  1,042 (5th)
1967 AL  1,063 (5th)
1968 AL  1,123 (3rd)
1969 AL  1,244 (2nd)
1970 AL  1,136 (7th)
1972 AL  1,088 (9th)
Career  10,972 (211th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1965 AL  129 (10th)
1973 AL  120 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1965 AL  24 (2nd)
1969 AL  24 (8th)
Career  103 (236th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1965 AL  2.7 (2nd)
1969 AL  2.7 (8th)
Career  11.4 (215th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1965 AL  26.84 (4th)
1968 AL  20.32 (8th)
1969 AL  28.03 (9th)
Career  130.99 (100th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1965 AL  3.8 (5th)
1968 AL  3.9 (5th)
Career  13.4 (129th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1965 AL  2.3 (8th)
1971 AL  2.4 (5th)
Career  12.5 (107th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1965 AL  3.0 (4th)
1968 AL  2.5 (9th)
1969 AL  3.1 (9th)
Career  14.9 (87th)

             

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (336), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 87 (272), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 71 (165), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 27 (174), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bill Doak (938)
  2. Steve Rogers (927)
  3. Burt Hooton (926)
  4. Earl Moore (923)
  5. Claude Passeau (922)
  6. Hippo Vaughn (922)
  7. Rick Rhoden (919)
  8. Hal Schumacher (918)
  9. Jim Lonborg (914)
  10. Guy Hecker (912)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Mark Fidrych (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Kevin Appier (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Nash (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gary Nolan (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Claude Hendrix (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Hooks Dauss (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Hooks Dauss (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hooks Dauss (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hooks Dauss (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hooks Dauss (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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