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Jim Strickland

James Michael Strickland

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

Born: June 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Lakewood HS (Lakewood, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 19, 1971
Teams (by GP): Twins/Indians 1971-1975

Final Game: September 28, 1975
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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
1964	18	LAD-min	Rk,A	6	7	.462	4.46	16	15					107.0	121	73	53	8	59								1.682	10.2	0.7	5.0			PCT,SNB · PION,CALL
1965	19	LAD-min	Rk,A	5	11	.313	5.23	29	20					117.0	134	93	68	3	64								1.692	10.3	0.2	4.9			PCT,SNB,SLM · PION,CALL,NORW
1966	20	LAD-min	AA	9	15	.375	5.94	38	27					159.0	191	120	105	18	92		145						1.780	10.8	1.0	5.2	8.2	1.58	ABQ · TL
1969	23	LAD-min	AA	11	10	.524	3.83	34	29				0	174.0	193	89	74	4	83		137						1.586	10.0	0.2	4.3	7.1	1.65	ABQ · TL
1970	24	LAD-min	AA	5	1	.833	2.93	38	0					46.0	39	18	15	2	21								1.304	7.6	0.4	4.1			ABQ · TL
1971	25	MIN-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.00	13	0		0	0	1	18.0	12	8	6	2	11	0	17	0	1	2			1.278	6.0	1.0	5.5	8.5	1.55	POR · PCL
1971	25	MIN	AL	1	0	1.000	1.44	24	0	8	0	0	1	31.1	20	14	5	2	18	2	21	2	0	3	133	250	1.213	5.7	0.6	5.2	6.0	1.17
1972	26	MIN-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.81	42	0		0	0	11	64.0	58	23	20	6	30	4	65	0	0	8			1.375	8.2	0.8	4.2	9.1	2.17	TAC · PCL
1972	26	MIN	AL	3	1	.750	2.50	25	0	14	0	0	3	36.0	28	16	10	7	19	2	30	0	1	2	152	131	1.306	7.0	1.8	4.8	7.5	1.58
1973	27	MIN-min	AAA	5	3	.625	5.06	25	0		0	0	0	48.0	67	35	27	3	30	7	22	1	0	8			2.021	12.6	0.6	5.6	4.1	0.73	TAC · PCL
1973	27	MIN	AL	0	1	.000	11.81	7	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	11	8	7	0	5	0	6	0	0	2	31	36	3.000	18.6	0.0	8.4	10.1	1.20

1974	28	CLE-min	AA,AAA	11	9	.550	3.21	28	17		0	0	0	146.0	149	75	52	6	42	0	1	0	0	0			1.308	9.2	0.4	2.6	0.1	0.02	SAN,OKC · TL,AA
1975	29	CLE-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.27	50	3		0	0	12	110.0	98	51	40	2	73	10	114	4	2	12			1.555	8.0	0.2	6.0	9.3	1.56	OKC · AA
1975	29	CLE	AL	0	0		1.93	4	0	2	0	0	1	4.2	4	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	21	212	1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	5.8	1.50
1976	30	CLE-min	AAA	4	7	.364	6.52	46	1		0	0	5	87.0	98	74	63	11	58	2	60	3	0	9			1.793	10.1	1.1	6.0	6.2	1.03	TOL · IL
4 Yrs				4	2	.667	2.68	60	0	26	0	0	5	77.1	63	39	23	9	44	4	60	3	1	7	337	131	1.384	7.3	1.0	5.1	7.0	1.36
162 Game Avg.				5	2	.667	2.68	68	0	29	0	0	6	88	71	44	26	10	50	5	68	3	1	8	382	131	1.384	7.3	1.0	5.1	7.0	1.36

MIN (3 yrs)				4	2	.667	2.72	56	0	24	0	0	4	72.2	59	38	22	9	42	4	57	2	1	7	316	128	1.390	7.3	1.1	5.2	7.1	1.36
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		1.93	4	0	2	0	0	1	4.2	4	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	21	212	1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	5.8	1.50

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
1971	25	MIN	AL	31.1	24	0	14	4.02	3.98	-0.19	-0.17	102.7	4.10	0	0.0	1.0	-0.1	0.3	3	.502	.500	$
1972	26	MIN	AL	36.0	25	0	16	4.00	3.56	0.32	-0.15	103.5	3.19	-3	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	-0.1	-0	.485	.498	$
1973	27	MIN	AL	5.1	7	0	8	13.50	4.40	-0.13	-0.36	102.7	4.28	-5	-0.6	.6	0.1	-0.4	-5	.421	.497	$11,000

1975	29	CLE	AL	4.2	4	0	1	1.93	4.53	-0.05	-0.37	111.3	4.68	1	0.2	1.9	0.1	0.3	2	.539	.501	$
4 Seasons				77.1	60	0	39	4.54	3.84	0.06	-0.19	103.6	3.72	-7	-0.7	1.1	-0.0	0.1	-0	.488	.499	$11,000

MIN (3 yrs)				72.2	56	0	38	4.71	3.80	0.07	-0.18	103.1	3.66	-8	-0.9	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	-2	.484	.498	$11,000
CLE (1 yr)				4.2	4	0	1	1.93	4.53	-0.05	-0.37	111.3	4.68	1	0.2	1.9	0.1	0.3	2	.539	.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
1971	25	MIN	AL	24	133	109	14	20	3	1	2	0	1	18	21	.183	.303	.284	.587	.202	31	5	2	1	3	2	5
1972	26	MIN	AL	25	152	131	16	28	3	1	7	1	0	19	30	.214	.313	.412	.726	.223	54	6	0	2	0	2	3
1973	27	MIN	AL	7	31	25	8	11	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	.440	.516	.440	.956	.550	11	0	0	0	1	0	1

1975	29	CLE	AL	4	21	18	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.222	.333	.222	.556	.267	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				60	337	283	39	63	6	2	9	1	2	44	60	.223	.329	.353	.683	.248	100	11	3	3	4	4	9
162 Game Avg.				68	382	321	44	71	7	2	10	1	2	50	68	.223	.329	.353	.683	.248	113	12	3	3	5	5	10
MLB Averages																.253	.321	.368	.689	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1971	25	MIN	AL	3.7	0.4	138	0.3	1.6	-1.3	.65	0.2	0.3	-2.5	-0.3	0.65	2.9	5	4	15
1972	26	MIN	AL	1.0	0.1	160	-0.3	2.1	-2.4	.79	-0.4	0.1	-6.0	-0.7	0.79	-9.5	8	5	12
1973	27	MIN	AL	-4.4	-0.4	34	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.37	-0.2	-0.5	-6.0	-0.6	0.37	-3.7	2	0	4

1975	29	CLE	AL	1.2	0.1	22	-0.0	0.3	-0.4	1.02	0.0	-0.1	1.4	0.1	1.02	1.4	2	1	0
4 Yrs				1.5	0.2	354	-0.2	4.1	-4.3	.71	-0.4	0.0	-13.1	-1.4	0.71	-8.9	17	10	31

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
1971	25	MIN	AL	24	24	8	1	0	2	1	1	50%	3	0	29	12	41%	8	.651	5	4	15	3	2	19	15	9	11	7	11	2	3.9
1972	26	MIN	AL	25	25	14	3	1	4	3	1	75%	5	0	28	11	39%	7	.794	8	5	12	5	2	18	14	11	13	8	13	8	4.3
1973	27	MIN	AL	7	7	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	6	4	67%	7	.371	2	0	4	0	1	6	3	4	1	4	1	2	2.3

1975	29	CLE	AL	4	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	3	1	33%	7	1.025	2	1	0	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	3.5
4 Yrs				60	60	26	4	2	7	5	2	71%	10	1	66	28	42%		.713	17	10	31	10	6	44	34	26	26	21	26	13	3.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1971	25	MIN	AL	133	33%	1.5%	15.8%	13.5%	4.5%	30%	1.77	67%	26	5	19%
1972	26	MIN	AL	152	36%	4.6%	19.7%	12.5%	7.2%	39%	1.60	62%	37	6	16%
1973	27	MIN	AL	31	55%	0.0%	19.4%	16.1%	0.0%	0%	0.60	65%	8	0	0%

1975	29	CLE	AL	21	43%	0.0%	14.3%	9.5%	0.0%	0%	0.83	71%	4	0	0%
4 Yrs				337	37%	2.7%	17.8%	13.1%	5.0%	27%	1.52	65%	75	11	15%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.8%	8.7%	5.9%	26%	1.10	74%			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
1971	25	MIN	AL	133	20			2	1	5	1	1	2	0	14	11	4	79%	5	3	0	49	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1972	26	MIN	AL	152	28			7	0	7	5	2	1	6	17	4	3	24%	3	2	1	62	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1973	27	MIN	AL	31	11			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	9	7	0	78%	1	2	0	11	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

1975	29	CLE	AL	21	4			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4 Yrs				337	63			9	1	17	6	3	3	6	40	22	7	55%	9	7	2	131	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
1971	25	1	0	1.000	1.44	24	8	1	31.1	20	14	5	2	18	2	21	2	0	3	133	250	1.213	5.7	0.6	5.2	6.0	1.17	250
1972	26	4	1	.800	2.00	49	22	4	67.1	48	30	15	9	37	4	51	2	1	5	285	170	1.262	6.4	1.2	4.9	6.8	1.38	170
1973	27	4	2	.667	2.72	56	24	4	72.2	59	38	22	9	42	4	57	2	1	7	316	128	1.390	7.3	1.1	5.2	7.1	1.36	128
1974	28	4	2	.667	2.72	56	24	4	72.2	59	38	22	9	42	4	57	2	1	7	316	128	1.390	7.3	1.1	5.2	7.1	1.36	128
1975	29	4	2	.667	2.68	60	26	5	77.1	63	39	23	9	44	4	60	3	1	7	337	131	1.384	7.3	1.0	5.1	7.0	1.36	131

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1971	25	3	0	1.000	1.45	31.0	21	6	5	2	19	21	2	1.290	6.1	5.5	6.1	1.11	0.6	24
1972	26	2	1	.667	3.09	35.0	32	13	12	8	22	29	0	1.543	8.2	5.7	7.5	1.32	2.1	25
1973	27	0	0		14.40	5.0	12	9	8	0	5	5	0	3.400	21.6	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	7

1975	29	0	0		1.80	5.0	4	1	1	0	2	3	1	1.200	7.2	3.6	5.4	1.50	0.0	4
4 Yrs		5	1	.833	3.08	76.0	69	29	26	10	48	58	3	1.539	8.2		6.9	1.21	1.2	60

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