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John Strohmayer

John Emery Strohmayer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 181 lb.

Born: October 13, 1946 in Belle Fourche, SD
High School: Central Valley HS (Central Valley, CA)
School: University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 26th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1970
Teams (by GP): Expos/Mets 1970-1974

Final Game: September 14, 1974
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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
1968	21	OAK-min	Rk,A	8	3	.727	1.24	13	11					80.0	64	27	11	6	30								1.175	7.2	0.7	3.4			ALT,PNS · GULF,CARL
1969	22	OAK-min	A,AA	5	6	.455	2.06	30	8				5	105.0	82	37	24	4	38		94						1.143	7.0	0.3	3.3	8.1	2.47	LOD,BIR · CALL,SOUL
1970	23	MON	NL	3	1	.750	4.86	42	0	11	0	0	0	76.0	85	48	41	7	39	3	74	2	1	9	349	85	1.632	10.1	0.8	4.6	8.8	1.90
1971	24	WSN-min	A	2	0	1.000	1.29	2	2				0	14.0	14	5	2	0	1		8						1.071	9.0	0.0	0.6	5.1	8.00	WPB · FLOR
1971	24	MON	NL	7	5	.583	4.34	27	14	8	2	0	1	114.0	124	63	55	16	31	2	56	4	0	0	483	81	1.360	9.8	1.3	2.4	4.4	1.81
1972	25	MON	NL	1	2	.333	3.52	48	0	20	0	0	3	76.2	73	32	30	6	31	3	50	1	1	3	323	101	1.357	8.6	0.7	3.6	5.9	1.61
1973	26	TOT	NL	0	1	.000	5.84	24	3	9	0	0	0	44.2	47	30	29	6	26	3	20	1	0	1	202	65	1.634	9.5	1.2	5.2	4.0	0.77
1973	26	MON	NL	0	1	.000	5.19	17	3	6	0	0	0	34.2	34	20	20	4	22	2	15	1	0	0	156	74	1.615	8.8	1.0	5.7	3.9	0.68
1973	26	NYM	NL	0	0		8.10	7	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	13	10	9	2	4	1	5	0	0	1	46	47	1.700	11.7	1.8	3.6	4.5	1.25
1974	27	NYM-min	AAA	2	4	.333	3.45	39	1		0	0	2	73.0	89	37	28	5	47	9	33	2	0	9			1.863	11.0	0.6	5.8	4.1	0.70	TID · IL
1974	27	NYM	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
5 Yrs				11	9	.550	4.47	142	17	49	2	0	4	312.1	329	173	155	35	128	11	200	8	2	13	1361	83	1.463	9.5	1.0	3.7	5.8	1.56
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.550	4.47	61	7	21	1	0	2	134	141	74	66	15	55	5	86	3	1	6	582	83	1.463	9.5	1.0	3.7	5.8	1.56

MON (4 yrs)				11	9	.550	4.36	134	17	45	2	0	4	301.1	316	163	146	33	123	10	195	8	2	12	1311	85	1.457	9.4	1.0	3.7	5.8	1.59
NYM (2 yrs)				0	0		7.36	8	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	13	10	9	2	5	1	5	0	0	1	50	53	1.636	10.6	1.6	4.1	4.1	1.00

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
1970	23	MON	NL	76.0	42	0	48	5.68	4.58	0.13	-0.19	100.9	4.29	-13	-1.3	.8	0.0	-0.7	-4	.469	.492	$
1971	24	MON	NL	114.0	27	14	63	4.97	3.94	0.03	0.01	104.2	4.10	-12	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-1	.450	.492	$
1972	25	MON	NL	76.2	48	0	32	3.76	3.95	0.14	-0.17	102.7	3.74	-1	-0.1	.6	-0.2	0.3	6	.497	.499	$
1973	26	MON	NL	34.2	17	3	20	5.19	4.29	0.25	-0.15	103.4	4.03	-5	-0.5	.7	0.0	-0.2	-1	.471	.497	$
1973	26	NYM	NL	10.0	7	0	10	9.00	4.17	-0.02	-0.34	101.2	3.90	-6	-0.6	.3	0.2	-0.3	-5	.417	.496	$
1974	27	NYM	NL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.95	-0.36	-0.32	98.0	3.92	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.549	.500	$
5 Seasons				312.1	142	17	173	4.99	4.15	0.10	-0.11	102.8	4.04	-36	-3.8	.7	-0.1	-1.4	-5	.473	.496	$

MON (4 yrs)				301.1	134	17	163	4.87	4.15	0.11	-0.10	102.9	4.05	-31	-3.3	.7	-0.2	-1.1	-0	.476	.495	$
NYM (2 yrs)				11.0	8	0	10	8.18	4.15	-0.05	-0.34	100.9	3.90	-5	-0.5	.2	0.2	-0.3	-4	.433	.498	$

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
1970	23	MON	NL	42	349	305	48	85	12	1	7	3	4	39	74	.279	.364	.393	.758	.348	120	4	2	3	0	3	6
1971	24	MON	NL	27	483	442	63	124	14	3	16	6	7	31	56	.281	.331	.434	.765	.289	192	13	4	2	4	2	7
1972	25	MON	NL	48	323	285	32	73	8	1	6	3	3	31	50	.256	.328	.354	.683	.289	101	11	1	3	3	3	3
1973	26	MON	NL	17	156	131	20	34	8	0	4	1	3	22	15	.260	.370	.412	.782	.268	54	2	1	2	0	2	0
1973	26	NYM	NL	7	46	42	10	13	4	0	2	0	0	4	5	.310	.370	.548	.917	.314	23	0	0	0	0	1	0
1973	26	TOT	NL	24	202	173	30	47	12	0	6	1	3	26	20	.272	.370	.445	.815	.279	77	2	1	2	0	3	0
1974	27	NYM	NL	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				142	1361	1208	173	329	46	5	35	14	17	128	200	.272	.344	.406	.750	.300	490	30	8	10	7	11	16
162 Game Avg.				61	582	517	74	141	20	2	15	6	7	55	86	.272	.344	.406	.750	.300	210	13	3	4	3	5	7
MLB Averages																.252	.321	.371	.691	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1970	23	MON	NL	-7.1	-0.7	366	-1.3	3.9	-5.2	.72	-0.7	-1.1	-11.4	-1.1	0.72	-7.7	5	8	29
1971	24	MON	NL	-10.8	-1.1	495	-0.6	7.6	-8.2	.93	-1.0	0.3	-13.8	-1.4	0.93	-10.7	2	1	8
1972	25	MON	NL	1.0	0.1	334	-0.2	3.0	-3.1	.49	0.1	-0.4	-4.1	-0.4	0.49	-3.1	5	8	34
1973	26	TOT	NL	-8.6	-0.9	207	-0.3	2.0	-2.3	.60	-0.4	-0.1	-9.7	-1.0	0.60	-7.3	2	1	17
1973	26	MON	NL	-3.8	-0.4	160	-0.4	1.7	-2.1	.69	-0.1	-0.5	-4.3	-0.4	0.69	-5.9	2	0	11
1973	26	NYM	NL	-4.8	-0.5	47	0.1	0.2	-0.2	.29	-0.3	0.6	-5.4	-0.5	0.29	-1.4	0	1	6
1974	27	NYM	NL	0.6	0.1	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00			0.5	0.0	0.00	0.2	0	0	0
5 Yrs				-24.9	-2.5	1407	-2.3	16.5	-18.8	.72	-2.0	-1.3	-38.6	-3.9	0.72	-28.5	14	18	88

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
1971	24	MON	NL	27	14	6	4	4	5	1	7	8	.467	3	1	2	0	4	29%	48.1	76	33	9	1	5	6	6.0	6.5	6.5

1973	26	TOT	NL	24	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	.667	1	1	0	0	1	33%		71	21	8	3	0	2	5.0	1.9	4.9
1973	26	MON	NL	17	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	.667	1	1	0	0	1	33%	47.3	71	21	8	3	0	2	5.0	1.9	4.9
2 Yrs				44	17	6	5	6	5	1	9	9	.500	4	2	2	0	5	29%	48	76	21	17	4	5	8	5.8	5.9	6.3
MLB Averages													.500						56%	53	109	-3					4.1	4.0	6.6

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
1970	23	MON	NL	42	42	11	3	1	2	0	2	0%	3	1	19	6	32%	6	.723	5	8	29	4	2	36	12	30	28	6	28	6	5.4
1971	24	MON	NL	27	13	8	1	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	9	3	33%	7	.934	2	1	8	1	1	10	4	8	8	2	8	2	5.2
1972	25	MON	NL	48	48	20	1	2	3	3	0	100%	3	0	28	15	54%	7	.485	5	8	34	4	3	41	15	33	22	10	23	11	4.8
1973	26	TOT	NL	24	21	9	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	7	1	14%		.603	2	1	17	1	2	18	4	17	11	4	11	3	4.3
1973	26	MON	NL	17	14	6	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	7	1	14%	8	.695	2	0	11	1	1	12	4	10	8	4	8	2	4.3
1973	26	NYM	NL	7	7	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.292	0	1	6	0	1	6	0	7	3	0	3	1	4.3
1974	27	NYM	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
5 Yrs				142	125	49	5	4	7	4	3	57%	8	1	63	25	40%		.721	14	18	88	10	8	106	35	89	69	22	70	22	4.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1970	23	MON	NL	349	64%	2.0%	21.2%	11.2%	5.7%	24%	1.06	64%	71	4	6%
1971	24	MON	NL	483	53%	3.3%	11.6%	6.4%	6.8%	27%	1.60	77%	97	13	13%
1972	25	MON	NL	323	59%	1.9%	15.5%	9.6%	4.6%	21%	1.71	72%	59	11	19%
1973	26	TOT	NL	202	62%	3.0%	9.9%	12.9%	8.9%	38%	1.36	73%	33	2	6%
1973	26	MON	NL	156	60%	2.6%	9.6%	14.1%	7.7%	35%	1.35	72%	26	2	8%
1973	26	NYM	NL	46	67%	4.4%	10.9%	8.7%	13.0%	46%	1.40	76%	7	0	0%
1974	27	NYM	NL	4	75%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%		0.50	75%	1	0	0%
5 Yrs				1361	59%	2.6%	14.7%	9.4%	6.3%	26%	1.45	72%	261	30	11%
MLB Averages					45%	2.0%	14.2%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	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
1970	23	MON	NL	349	85			7	0	13	5	2	6	1	22	10	6	45%	6	9	1	139	3	4	43%	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	15	0
1971	24	MON	NL	483	124			16	1	9	10	6	10	6	21	11	3	52%	7	0	1	182	6	7	46%	6	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	7	0
1972	25	MON	NL	323	73			6	0	6	4	2	2	4	20	13	2	65%	3	3	1	130	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1973	26	TOT	NL	202	47			6	1	7	5	1	3	3	14	5	3	36%	0	1	1	67	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1973	26	MON	NL	156	34			4	0	6	3	1	3	1	11	4	2	36%	0	0	1	52	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1973	26	NYM	NL	46	13			2	1	1	2	0	0	2	3	1	1	33%	0	1	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1974	27	NYM	NL	4	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	2	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1361	329			35	2	35	24	11	21	14	77	39	14	51%	16	13	4	520	14	17	45%	14	14	0	3	0	0	2	1	36	0
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1970	23	3	1	.750	4.86	42	0	11	0	0	76.0	85	48	41	7	39	3	74	2	1	9	349	85	1.632	10.1	0.8	4.6	8.8	1.90	85
1971	24	10	6	.625	4.55	69	14	19	2	1	190.0	209	111	96	23	70	5	130	6	1	9	832	83	1.468	9.9	1.1	3.3	6.2	1.86	83
1972	25	11	8	.579	4.25	117	14	39	2	4	266.2	282	143	126	29	101	8	180	7	2	12	1155	87	1.436	9.5	1.0	3.4	6.1	1.78	87
1973	26	11	9	.550	4.48	141	17	48	2	4	311.1	329	173	155	35	127	11	200	8	2	13	1357	83	1.465	9.5	1.0	3.7	5.8	1.57	83
1974	27	11	9	.550	4.47	142	17	49	2	4	312.1	329	173	155	35	128	11	200	8	2	13	1361	83	1.463	9.5	1.0	3.7	5.8	1.56	83

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
1970	23	3	5	.375	4.80	75.0	84	44	40	7	39	73	2	1.640	10.1	4.7	8.8	1.87	0.8	42
1971	24	4	7	.364	5.23	105.0	131	68	61	17	33	52	4	1.562	11.2	2.8	4.5	1.58	1.5	27
1972	25	4	4	.500	4.26	74.0	80	39	35	7	34	48	1	1.541	9.7	4.1	5.8	1.41	0.9	48
1973	26	1	3	.250	6.43	42.0	48	33	30	6	27	19	1	1.786	10.3	5.8	4.1	0.70	1.3	24
1974	27	0	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
5 Yrs		12	19	.387	5.03	297.0	343	184	166	37	134	192	8	1.606	10.4		5.8	1.43	1.1	142

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