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Paul Thormodsgard

Paul Gayton Thormodsgard

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 10, 1953 in San Francisco, CA
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1977
Team: Twins 1977-1979

Final Game: September 8, 1979
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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
1972	18	CIN-min	Rk	2	2	.500	3.60	12	4					45.0	47	27	18	0	19								1.467	9.4	0.0	3.8			RDL · GULF
1973	19	CIN-min	A	7	7	.500	2.36	18	17					107.0	112	48	28	0	29								1.318	9.4	0.0	2.4			TAM · FLOR
1974	20	CIN-min	A	6	15	.286	4.67	26	18		6	0	0	135.0	152	80	70	5	45	2	54	6	1	5			1.459	10.1	0.3	3.0	3.6	1.20	TAM · FLOR
1976	22	REN	A	6	8	.429	4.24	16	15					104.0	119	58	49	5	42								1.548	10.3	0.4	3.6			REN · CALL
1977	23	MIN	AL	11	15	.423	4.62	37	37	0	8	1	0	218.0	236	122	112	25	65	1	94	3	0	6	926	86	1.381	9.7	1.0	2.7	3.9	1.45
1978	24	MIN-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	2.00	5	4		3	0	0	36.0	28	8	8	4	10	0	26	0	0	1			1.056	7.0	1.0	2.5	6.5	2.60	TOL · IL
1978	24	MIN	AL	1	6	.143	5.05	12	12	0	1	0	0	66.0	81	40	37	7	17	0	23	1	0	3	286	77	1.485	11.0	1.0	2.3	3.1	1.35
1979	25	MIN-min	AAA	7	13	.350	2.94	28	28		11	2	0	196.0	186	86	64	17	61	3	108	12	1	5			1.260	8.5	0.8	2.8	5.0	1.77	TOL · IL
1979	25	MIN	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	66	3.000	27.0	9.0	0.0	9.0
1980	26	PHI-min	AAA	5	5	.500	2.95	35	8		2	1	9	113.0	105	46	37	6	37	4	68	3	1	2			1.257	8.4	0.5	2.9	5.4	1.84	OKC · AA
3 Yrs				12	21	.364	4.74	50	49	0	9	1	0	285.0	320	163	150	33	82	1	118	4	0	9	1218	84	1.411	10.1	1.0	2.6	3.7	1.44
162 Game Avg.				8	14	.364	4.74	34	34	0	6	1	0	196	220	112	103	23	56	1	81	3	0	6	837	84	1.411	10.1	1.0	2.6	3.7	1.44

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
1977	23	MIN	AL	218.0	37	37	122	5.04	4.38	-0.03	0.14	98.8	4.50	-13	-1.4		-0.1	0.4	11	.463	.492	$
1978	24	MIN	AL	66.0	12	12	40	5.45	4.23	0.07	0.13	100.9	4.34	-8	-0.8		-0.0	-0.3	-1	.432	.495	$
1979	25	MIN	AL	1.0	1	0	1	9.00	4.80	-0.02	-0.39	108.0	4.78	-0	-0.0	.3	0.0	0.0	-0	.454	.500	$
3 Seasons				285.0	50	49	163	5.15	4.34	-0.01	0.14	99.3	4.46	-22	-2.2	.3	-0.1	0.1	9	.456	.495	$

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
1977	23	MIN	AL	37	925	843	122	236	40	16	25	22	6	65	94	.280	.332	.454	.786	.289	383	27	3	8	6	1	11
1978	24	MIN	AL	12	286	263	40	81	14	2	7	6	5	17	23	.308	.347	.456	.804	.312	120	5	1	0	4	0	2
1979	25	MIN	AL	1	6	6	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	.500	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				50	1217	1112	163	320	54	18	33	28	11	82	118	.288	.336	.458	.794	.296	509	32	4	8	10	1	13
162 Game Avg.				34	836	764	112	220	37	12	23	19	8	56	81	.288	.336	.458	.794	.296	350	22	3	5	7	1	9
MLB Averages																.263	.328	.392	.720	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1977	23	MIN	AL	-12.8	-1.2	962	-2.7	14.9	-17.7	.90	-1.8	-1.2	-13.0	-1.3	0.90	-14.3	0
1978	24	MIN	AL	-7.7	-0.8	302	-1.1	4.2	-5.3	.89	-0.9	-0.3	-8.9	-0.9	0.89	-8.7	0
1979	25	MIN	AL	-0.3	-0.0	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.25	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.25	-1.0	1
3 Yrs				-20.8	-2.0	1270	-3.8	19.2	-23.0	.89	-2.8	-1.4	-22.3	-2.2	0.89	-23.9	1

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
1977	23	MIN	AL	37	37	11	15	11	1	3	20	17	.541	2	4	8	1	15	41%	47.2	78	11	25	5	16	8	5.1	5.0	5.9
1978	24	MIN	AL	12	12	1	6	5	0	1	1	11	.083	1	4	1	0	4	33%	43.8	77	14	8	2	5	4	2.9	2.3	5.5
2 Yrs				49	49	12	21	16	1	4	21	28	.429	3	8	9	1	19	39%	46	78	11	33	7	21	12	4.5	4.4	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	99	-13					4.4	4.3	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	Pit/GR
1979	25	MIN	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.245	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
1 Yr				1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.245	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	23	MIN	AL	925	51%	2.7%	10.2%	7.0%	8.8%	34%	1.47	79%	155	27	17%
1978	24	MIN	AL	286	48%	2.5%	8.0%	5.9%	8.0%	28%	1.15	83%	51	5	10%
1979	25	MIN	AL	6	50%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	16.7%	33%	0.00	67%	0	0
3 Yrs				1217	51%	2.7%	9.7%	6.7%	8.6%	33%	1.38	80%	206	32	16%
MLB Averages					45%	2.1%	12.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.10	75%			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
1977	23	MIN	AL	925	236			25	0	5	14	11	18	7	46	22	3	48%	11	6	0	318	22	6	79%	20	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	16	0
1978	24	MIN	AL	286	81			7	0	5	3	4	4	3	27	17	2	63%	2	3	0	98	6	5	55%	6	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	9	0
1979	25	MIN	AL	6	3			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1217	320			33	0	10	17	16	23	10	73	39	5	53%	13	9	0	418	28	11	72%	26	7	2	3	0	1	3	0	25	0
MLB Averages																		52%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1977	23	11	15	.423	4.62	37	37	8	1	218.0	236	122	112	25	65	1	94	3	6	926	86	1.381	9.7	1.0	2.7	3.9	1.45	86
1978	24	12	21	.364	4.72	49	49	9	1	284.0	317	162	149	32	82	1	117	4	9	1212	84	1.405	10.0	1.0	2.6	3.7	1.43	84
1979	25	12	21	.364	4.74	50	49	9	1	285.0	320	163	150	33	82	1	118	4	9	1218	84	1.411	10.1	1.0	2.6	3.7	1.44	84

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
1977	23	8	14	.364	5.25	204.0	243	132	119	26	67	88	3	1.520	10.7	3.0	3.9	1.31	1.1	37
1978	24	2	4	.333	6.05	61.0	85	46	41	7	18	21	1	1.689	12.5	2.7	3.1	1.17	1.0	12
1979	25	0	0		4.50	2.0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	9.0		0.0	1
3 Yrs		10	18	.357	5.43	267.0	328	179	161	33	85	111	4	1.547	11.1		3.7	1.31	1.1	50

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Started s c a p y 1977 AL 37 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1977 AL 25 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 1977 AL 15 (10th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1977 AL 112 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1977 AL 37 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL 25 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1977 AL 15 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1977 AL 112 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Dan Griner (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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