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George Throop

George Lynford Throop

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 24, 1950 in Pasadena, CA
Schools: Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA), California State University Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 16th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1975
Teams (by GP): Royals/Astros 1975-1979

Final Game: August 21, 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
1975 24 KCR AL 0 0 4.00 7 0 4 0 0 2 9.0 8 5 4 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 36 101 1.111 8.0 1.0 2.0 8.0 4.00
1977 26 KCR AL 0 0 3.38 4 0 1 0 0 1 5.1 1 2 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 21 129 0.938 1.7 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25
1978 27 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 13 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
1979 28 TOT MLB 1 0 1.000 4.32 18 0 4 0 0 0 25.0 30 14 12 4 16 2 16 1 0 1 120 86 1.840 10.8 1.4 5.8 5.8 1.00
1979 28 KCR AL 0 0 13.50 4 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 7 4 4 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 20 36 4.500 23.6 0.0 16.9 3.4 0.20
1979 28 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 3.22 14 0 2 0 0 0 22.1 23 10 8 4 11 0 15 1 0 1 100 111 1.522 9.3 1.6 4.4 6.0 1.36
4 Yrs 2 0 1.000 3.83 30 0 9 0 0 3 42.1 41 21 18 6 25 2 27 1 0 1 190 102 1.559 8.7 1.3 5.3 5.7 1.08
162 Game Avg. 5 0 1.000 3.83 68 0 20 0 0 7 96 93 48 41 14 57 5 61 2 0 2 431 102 1.559 8.7 1.3 5.3 5.7 1.08
KCR (4 yrs) 1 0 1.000 4.50 16 0 7 0 0 3 20.0 18 11 10 2 14 2 12 0 0 0 90 95 1.600 8.1 0.9 6.3 5.4 0.86
HOU (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.22 14 0 2 0 0 0 22.1 23 10 8 4 11 0 15 1 0 1 100 111 1.522 9.3 1.6 4.4 6.0 1.36
AL (4 yrs) 1 0 1.000 4.50 16 0 7 0 0 3 20.0 18 11 10 2 14 2 12 0 0 0 90 95 1.600 8.1 0.9 6.3 5.4 0.86
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.22 14 0 2 0 0 0 22.1 23 10 8 4 11 0 15 1 0 1 100 111 1.522 9.3 1.6 4.4 6.0 1.36

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
1975 24 KCR AL 9.0 7 0 5 5.00 4.52 0.08 -0.37 100.7 4.10 -1 -0.1 1.7 -0.0 -0.1 0 .486 .499 $
1977 26 KCR AL 5.1 4 0 2 3.38 4.19 0.17 -0.34 95.0 3.50 0 0.0 2.1 -0.0 0.0 1 .502 .500 $
1978 27 KCR AL 3.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.01 0.28 -0.33 102.0 3.47 1 0.1 1.1 0.0 0.2 1 .638 .501 $
1979 28 KCR AL 2.2 4 0 4 13.50 5.09 0.34 -0.41 106.4 4.61 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .437 .498 $
1979 28 HOU NL 22.1 14 0 10 4.03 4.06 0.21 -0.32 97.0 3.42 -2 -0.2 .5 0.0 0.0 1 .487 .499 $
4 Seasons 42.1 30 0 21 4.46 4.24 0.19 -0.34 98.5 3.65 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 0 .487 .500 $
KCR (4 yrs) 20.0 16 0 11 4.95 4.43 0.17 -0.36 100.1 3.91 -2 -0.2 1.6 -0.1 -0.1 -0 .487 .500 $
HOU (1 yr) 22.1 14 0 10 4.03 4.06 0.21 -0.32 97.0 3.42 -2 -0.2 .5 0.0 0.0 1 .487 .499 $

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
1975 24 KCR AL 7 36 32 5 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 8 .250 .286 .469 .754 .292 15 0 0 1 1 0 0
1977 26 KCR AL 4 21 17 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 .059 .238 .235 .473 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 27 KCR AL 1 13 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .222 .417 .222 .639 .286 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
1979 28 HOU NL 14 100 85 10 23 5 0 4 4 1 11 15 .271 .357 .471 .828 .284 40 1 1 2 1 0 1
1979 28 KCR AL 4 20 15 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 .467 .600 .600 1.200 .500 9 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 28 TOT MLB 18 120 100 14 30 7 0 4 4 1 16 16 .300 .398 .490 .888 .321 49 1 1 2 1 2 1
4 Yrs 30 190 158 21 41 9 1 6 6 1 25 27 .259 .360 .443 .803 .276 70 2 1 4 2 2 1
162 Game Avg. 68 431 358 48 93 20 2 14 14 2 57 61 .259 .360 .443 .803 .276 159 5 2 9 5 5 2
MLB Averages .260 .326 .383 .709 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1975 24 KCR AL -0.2 -0.0 37 0.8 1.2 -0.4 1.45 -0.0 0.6 -0.1 -0.0 1.45 0.7 1 2 4
1977 26 KCR AL 0.7 0.1 22 0.3 0.5 -0.2 1.15 0.1 0.2 1.4 0.1 1.15 1.2 4 0 0
1978 27 KCR AL 1.4 0.2 14 0.2 0.4 -0.2 1.60 0.0 0.1 1.5 0.2 1.60 0.4 0 1 0
1979 28 TOT MLB -1.8 -0.2 127 -0.4 1.0 -1.4 .57 -0.9 0.3 -9.2 -0.9 0.57 -7.2 3 1 11
1979 28 KCR AL -2.3 -0.2 21 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .82 -0.3 -0.2 -5.4 -0.5 0.82 -3.8 2 0 2
1979 28 HOU NL 0.5 0.0 106 -0.0 0.9 -0.9 .52 -0.7 0.6 -3.8 -0.4 0.52 -3.4 1 1 9
4 Yrs 0.1 0.0 200 1.0 3.1 -2.2 .87 -0.9 2.0 -6.5 -0.6 0.87 -5.0 8 4 15

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
1975 24 KCR AL 7 7 4 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 10 3 30% 6 1.446 1 2 4 2 0 5 6 1 3 3 4 1 3.9
1977 26 KCR AL 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 0 0% 7 1.148 4 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 4.0
1978 27 KCR AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.604 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1979 28 TOT MLB 18 18 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 8 53% .570 3 1 11 3 1 14 10 8 9 5 11 3 4.2
1979 28 KCR AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 3 60% 8 .824 2 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 1 2 2 1 2.0
1979 28 HOU NL 14 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 5 50% 6 .519 1 1 9 1 1 12 6 8 8 3 9 2 4.8
4 Yrs 30 30 9 2 0 3 3 0 100% 5 2 30 11 37% .871 8 4 15 8 3 19 18 12 15 10 18 4 4.2

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%
1975 24 KCR AL 36 69% 2.8% 22.2% 5.6% 11.1% 50% 1.25 67% 4 0 0%
1977 26 KCR AL 21 81% 4.8% 4.8% 19.1% 4.8% 100% 0.67 71% 3 0 0%
1978 27 KCR AL 13 85% 0.0% 15.4% 23.1% 0.0% 0% 2.50 54% 3 1 33%
1979 28 TOT MLB 120 62% 3.3% 13.3% 13.3% 9.2% 37% 1.23 68% 27 1 4%
1979 28 KCR AL 20 60% 0.0% 5.0% 25.0% 10.0% 29% 1.33 70% 10 0 0%
1979 28 HOU NL 100 62% 4.0% 15.0% 11.0% 9.0% 39% 1.22 67% 17 1 6%
4 Yrs 190 67% 3.2% 14.2% 13.2% 8.4% 39% 1.18 67% 37 2 5%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 12.9% 8.6% 6.4% 28% 1.09 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
1975 24 KCR AL 36 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 3 1 50% 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1977 26 KCR AL 21 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 27 KCR AL 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 4 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 28 TOT MLB 120 30 4 0 6 4 0 1 3 13 9 0 69% 1 1 1 55 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1979 28 KCR AL 20 7 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 71% 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 28 HOU NL 100 23 4 0 1 4 0 1 3 6 4 0 67% 1 1 0 46 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Yrs 190 41 6 0 8 6 0 2 4 23 12 1 52% 1 1 2 80 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

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+
1975 24 0 0 4.00 7 0 4 0 0 2 9.0 8 5 4 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 36 101 1.111 8.0 1.0 2.0 8.0 4.00 101
1976 25 0 0 4.00 7 0 4 0 0 2 9.0 8 5 4 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 36 101 1.111 8.0 1.0 2.0 8.0 4.00 101
1977 26 0 0 3.77 11 0 5 0 0 3 14.1 9 7 6 2 6 0 9 0 0 0 57 110 1.047 5.7 1.3 3.8 5.7 1.50 110
1978 27 1 0 1.000 3.12 12 0 5 0 0 3 17.1 11 7 6 2 9 0 11 0 0 0 70 134 1.154 5.7 1.0 4.7 5.7 1.22 134
1979 28 2 0 1.000 3.83 30 0 9 0 0 3 42.1 41 21 18 6 25 2 27 1 0 1 190 102 1.559 8.7 1.3 5.3 5.7 1.08 102

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
1975 24 0 0 5.63 8.0 9 6 5 1 2 7 0 1.375 10.1 2.3 7.9 3.50 1.1 7
1977 26 0 0 3.60 5.0 1 2 2 1 4 1 0 1.000 1.8 7.2 1.8 0.25 1.8 4
1978 27 0 0 0.00 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 1.667 6.0 9.0 6.0 0.67 0.0 1
1979 28 1 1 .500 5.09 23.0 32 14 13 4 17 15 1 2.130 12.5 6.7 5.9 0.88 1.6 18
4 Yrs 1 1 .500 4.62 39.0 44 22 20 6 26 25 1 1.795 10.2 5.8 0.96 1.4 30

* 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.

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