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Dick Tidrow

Richard William Tidrow (Dirt)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 14, 1947 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Mount Eden HS (Hayward, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 13, 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1972
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Yankees/Indians/WhiteSox/Mets 1972-1984

Final Game: May 7, 1984
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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
1967	20	CLE-min	A	0	2	.000	6.17	11	5					35.0	35	26	24	2	19		18						1.543	9.0	0.5	4.9	4.6	0.95	REN,RKH · CALL,WCRS
1968	21	CLE-min	A	1	0	1.000	0.00	6	0					8.0	3	0	0	0	4								0.875	3.4	0.0	4.5			REN · CALL
1969	22	CLE-min	A	15	6	.714	2.65	25	25				0	187.0	170	71	55	9	48		189						1.166	8.2	0.4	2.3	9.1	3.94	REN · CALL
1970	23	CLE-min	AAA,A	5	6	.455	4.35	24	19		2	0	0	118.0	134	65	57	11	41	3	104	5	0	3			1.483	10.2	0.8	3.1	7.9	2.54	WCH,REN · AA,CALL
1971	24	CLE-min	AAA,A	12	6	.667	3.94	27	24		3	1	0	162.0	161	77	71	26	56	5	81	8	0	5			1.340	8.9	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.45	WCH,REN · AA,CALL
1972	25	CLE	AL	14	15	.483	2.77	39	34	2	10	3	0	237.1	200	83	73	21	70	13	123	6	1	3	968	117	1.138	7.6	0.8	2.7	4.7	1.76
1973	26	CLE	AL	14	16	.467	4.42	42	40	2	13	2	0	274.2	289	150	135	31	95	10	138	8	1	6	1194	89	1.398	9.5	1.0	3.1	4.5	1.45
1974	27	TOT	AL	12	12	.500	4.16	37	29	4	5	0	1	209.2	226	116	97	18	66	8	108	6	0	4	905	86	1.393	9.7	0.8	2.8	4.6	1.64
1974	27	CLE	AL	1	3	.250	7.11	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.0	21	17	15	4	13	1	8	2	0	0	94	52	1.789	9.9	1.9	6.2	3.8	0.62
1974	27	NYY	AL	11	9	.550	3.87	33	25	4	5	0	1	190.2	205	99	82	14	53	7	100	4	0	4	811	92	1.353	9.7	0.7	2.5	4.7	1.89
1975	28	NYY	AL	6	3	.667	3.12	37	0	23	0	0	5	69.1	65	27	24	5	31	6	38	3	0	2	294	120	1.385	8.4	0.6	4.0	4.9	1.23
1976	29	NYY	AL	4	5	.444	2.63	47	2	24	0	0	10	92.1	80	29	27	5	24	1	65	1	0	0	375	132	1.126	7.8	0.5	2.3	6.3	2.71
1977	30	NYY	AL	11	4	.733	3.16	49	7	26	0	0	5	151.0	143	57	53	20	41	11	83	2	0	2	624	125	1.219	8.5	1.2	2.4	4.9	2.02
1978	31	NYY	AL	7	11	.389	3.84	31	25	1	4	0	0	185.1	191	87	79	13	53	3	73	5	0	5	787	95	1.317	9.3	0.6	2.6	3.5	1.38
1979	32	TOT	MLB	13	6	.684	3.66	77	0	37	0	0	6	125.1	124	55	51	10	46	11	75	2	0	5	526	114	1.356	8.9	0.7	3.3	5.4	1.63
1979	32	NYY	AL	2	1	.667	7.94	14	0	10	0	0	2	22.2	38	20	20	5	4	0	7	0	0	2	101	52	1.853	15.1	2.0	1.6	2.8	1.75
1979	32	CHC	NL	11	5	.688	2.72	63	0	27	0	0	4	102.2	86	35	31	5	42	11	68	2	0	3	425	153	1.247	7.5	0.4	3.7	6.0	1.62
1980	33	CHC	NL	6	5	.545	2.79	84	0	38	0	0	6	116.0	97	44	36	10	53	16	97	5	0	1	495	141	1.293	7.5	0.8	4.1	7.5	1.83
1981	34	CHC	NL	3	10	.231	5.06	51	0	30	0	0	9	74.2	73	45	42	6	30	15	39	1	0	1	328	74	1.379	8.8	0.7	3.6	4.7	1.30
1982	35	CHC	NL	8	3	.727	3.39	65	0	25	0	0	6	103.2	106	45	39	6	29	10	62	3	0	1	441	110	1.302	9.2	0.5	2.5	5.4	2.14
1983	36	CHW	AL	2	4	.333	4.22	50	1	27	0	0	7	91.2	86	50	43	13	34	8	66	1	0	1	397	100	1.309	8.4	1.3	3.3	6.5	1.94
1984	37	NYM	NL	0	0		9.19	11	0	5	0	0	0	15.2	25	19	16	5	7	0	8	0	0	1	78	40	2.043	14.4	2.9	4.0	4.6	1.14
13 Yrs				100	94	.515	3.68	620	138	244	32	5	55	1746.2	1705	807	715	163	579	112	975	43	2	32	7412	102	1.308	8.8	0.8	3.0	5.0	1.68
162 Game Avg.				9	8	.515	3.68	56	12	22	3	0	5	157	153	72	64	15	52	10	87	4	0	3	665	102	1.308	8.8	0.8	3.0	5.0	1.68
				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
NYY (6 yrs)				41	33	.554	3.61	211	59	88	9	0	23	711.1	722	319	285	62	206	28	366	15	0	15	2992	102	1.305	9.1	0.8	2.6	4.6	1.78
CHC (4 yrs)				28	23	.549	3.36	263	0	120	0	0	25	397.0	362	169	148	27	154	52	266	11	0	6	1689	116	1.300	8.2	0.6	3.5	6.0	1.73
CLE (3 yrs)				29	34	.460	3.78	85	78	4	23	5	0	531.0	510	250	223	56	178	24	269	16	2	9	2256	96	1.296	8.6	0.9	3.0	4.6	1.51
NYM (1 yr)				0	0		9.19	11	0	5	0	0	0	15.2	25	19	16	5	7	0	8	0	0	1	78	40	2.043	14.4	2.9	4.0	4.6	1.14
CHW (1 yr)				2	4	.333	4.22	50	1	27	0	0	7	91.2	86	50	43	13	34	8	66	1	0	1	397	100	1.309	8.4	1.3	3.3	6.5	1.94

AL (9 yrs)				72	71	.503	3.72	346	138	119	32	5	30	1334.0	1318	619	551	131	418	60	701	32	2	25	5645	99	1.301	8.9	0.9	2.8	4.7	1.68
NL (5 yrs)				28	23	.549	3.58	274	0	125	0	0	25	412.2	387	188	164	32	161	52	274	11	0	7	1767	109	1.328	8.4	0.7	3.5	6.0	1.70

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
1972	25	CLE	AL	237.1	39	34	83	3.15	3.50	0.31	0.04	105.1	3.39	8	1.1	.4	-0.2	2.9	26	.527	.507	$
1973	26	CLE	AL	274.2	42	40	150	4.92	4.32	-0.35	0.12	102.9	4.93	-2	-0.2	.4	-0.2	2.0	29	.496	.499	$
1974	27	CLE	AL	19.0	4	4	17	8.05	4.29	0.25	0.12	101.9	4.24	-8	-0.7		-0.0	-0.6	-6	.316	.495	$
1974	27	NYY	AL	190.2	33	25	99	4.67	4.09	0.14	0.04	97.4	3.88	-17	-1.8	1.2	-0.2	-0.3	2	.446	.489	$
1975	28	NYY	AL	69.1	37	0	27	3.50	4.45	0.25	-0.37	99.7	3.82	2	0.3	1.8	-0.0	0.9	10	.507	.502	$
1976	29	NYY	AL	92.1	47	2	29	2.83	4.05	0.55	-0.26	98.2	3.18	4	0.4	1.7	-0.0	1.2	13	.509	.503	$
1977	30	NYY	AL	151.0	49	7	57	3.40	4.49	0.27	-0.21	97.4	3.91	8	0.9	1.3	-0.1	2.1	25	.518	.505	$
1978	31	NYY	AL	185.1	31	25	87	4.22	4.34	0.32	0.07	96.1	3.92	-6	-0.6	.6	-0.1	0.9	13	.481	.496	$
1979	32	NYY	AL	22.2	14	0	20	7.94	5.22	0.16	-0.42	96.6	4.48	-9	-0.8	2.6	-0.7	-1.3	-6	.440	.495	$
1979	32	CHC	NL	102.2	63	0	35	3.07	4.26	-0.28	-0.34	109.5	4.60	17	1.9	1.4	0.3	2.9	27	.529	.511	$
1980	33	CHC	NL	116.0	84	0	44	3.41	4.09	-0.28	-0.32	108.5	4.40	12	1.4	1.2	-0.0	2.4	24	.517	.509	$
1981	34	CHC	NL	74.2	51	0	45	5.42	3.88	-0.63	-0.30	106.9	4.51	-9	-1.0	1.7	-0.5	-0.8	-3	.481	.494	$
1982	35	CHC	NL	103.2	65	0	45	3.91	4.10	-0.18	-0.32	103.7	4.11	1	0.1	1.0	-0.2	0.8	12	.502	.501	$
1983	36	CHW	AL	91.2	50	1	50	4.91	4.64	0.27	-0.35	101.9	4.09	-8	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	-0.2	1	.483	.495	$
1984	37	NYM	NL	15.2	11	0	19	10.91	4.25	-0.16	-0.33	99.1	4.05	-12	-1.2	.5	0.3	-0.8	-10	.389	.492	$
13 Seasons				1746.2	620	138	807	4.16	4.17	0.04	-0.11	101.8	4.09	-17	-1.1	1.3	-1.9	12.1	157	.498	.500	$

NYY (6 yrs)				711.1	211	59	319	4.04	4.30	0.28	-0.10	97.4	3.82	-16	-1.6	1.6	-1.2	3.5	57	.492	.498	$
CHC (4 yrs)				397.0	263	0	169	3.83	4.10	-0.32	-0.32	107.2	4.40	22	2.4	1.3	-0.5	5.3	60	.509	.504	$
CLE (3 yrs)				531.0	85	78	250	4.24	3.95	-0.03	0.09	103.8	4.22	-1	0.2	.4	-0.4	4.3	49	.502	.500	$
NYM (1 yr)				15.2	11	0	19	10.91	4.25	-0.16	-0.33	99.1	4.05	-12	-1.2	.5	0.3	-0.8	-10	.389	.492	$
CHW (1 yr)				91.2	50	1	50	4.91	4.64	0.27	-0.35	101.9	4.09	-8	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	-0.2	1	.483	.495	$

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
1976	29	NYY	AL	ALCS	W	KCR	1	0	1.000	3.68	3	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	6	4	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	33	1.364	7.4	0.0	4.9	0.0	0.00
1976	29	NYY	AL	WS	L	CIN	0	0		7.71	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	5	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	11	2.571	19.3	3.9	3.9	3.9	1.00
1977	30	NYY	AL	ALCS	W	KCR	0	0		3.86	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	30	1.286	7.7	2.6	3.9	3.9	1.00
1977	30	NYY	AL	WS	W	LAD	0	0		4.91	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	1.364	12.3	2.5	0.0	2.5
1978	31	NYY	AL	ALCS	W	KCR	0	0		4.76	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	8	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	26	1.765	12.7	1.6	3.2	1.6	0.50
1978	31	NYY	AL	WS	W	LAD	0	0		1.93	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	4	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	17	0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	9.6

1983	36	CHW	AL	ALCS	L	BAL	0	0		3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	13	1.333	3.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
4 Yrs (7 Series)							1	0	1.000	4.01	13	0	4	0	0	0	33.2	35	16	15	5	13	2	14	0	0	0	144	1.426	9.4	1.3	3.5	3.7	1.08
4 ALCS							1	0	1.000	3.91	7	0	2	0	0	0	23.0	21	11	10	3	12	1	7	0	0	0	102	1.435	8.2	1.2	4.7	2.7	0.58
3 WS							0	0		4.22	6	0	2	0	0	0	10.2	14	5	5	2	1	1	7	0	0	0	42	1.406	11.8	1.7	0.8	5.9	7.00

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
1972	25	CLE	AL	39	968	871	83	200	28	4	21	29	3	70	123	.230	.289	.343	.632	.243	299	20	6	12	9	13	12
1973	26	CLE	AL	42	1193	1070	150	289	42	9	31	26	3	95	138	.270	.332	.413	.745	.284	442	25	8	12	8	10	18
1974	27	TOT	AL	37	905	810	116	226	30	8	18	16	4	66	108	.279	.333	.402	.736	.299	326	19	6	11	12	8	12
1974	27	CLE	AL	4	94	76	17	21	3	1	4	6	1	13	8	.276	.387	.500	.887	.258	38	1	2	1	2	1	3
1974	27	NYY	AL	33	811	734	99	205	27	7	14	10	3	53	100	.279	.327	.392	.719	.303	288	18	4	10	10	7	9
1975	28	NYY	AL	37	294	253	27	65	11	1	5	4	0	31	38	.257	.343	.368	.710	.283	93	14	3	4	2	6	3
1976	29	NYY	AL	47	375	344	29	80	15	1	5	5	3	24	65	.233	.282	.326	.608	.271	112	6	1	3	3	1	4
1977	30	NYY	AL	49	624	571	57	143	29	0	20	6	2	41	83	.250	.300	.406	.706	.259	232	11	2	3	7	11	3
1978	31	NYY	AL	31	787	716	87	191	40	5	13	12	6	53	73	.267	.320	.391	.711	.281	280	10	5	9	4	3	3
1979	32	TOT	MLB	77	526	465	55	124	20	2	10	9	3	46	75	.267	.332	.383	.715	.296	178	16	2	8	5	11	3
1979	32	CHC	NL	63	425	372	35	86	14	2	5	9	3	42	68	.231	.310	.320	.630	.268	119	8	2	6	3	11	3
1979	32	NYY	AL	14	101	93	20	38	6	0	5	0	0	4	7	.409	.424	.634	1.059	.398	59	8	0	2	2	0	0
1980	33	CHC	NL	84	495	424	44	97	14	2	10	15	4	53	97	.229	.319	.342	.661	.271	145	6	5	9	4	16	7
1981	34	CHC	NL	51	328	285	45	73	10	4	6	8	0	30	39	.256	.328	.382	.711	.278	109	4	1	11	1	15	5
1982	35	CHC	NL	65	441	399	45	106	17	1	6	8	5	29	62	.266	.319	.358	.677	.300	143	6	3	7	2	10	6
1983	36	CHW	AL	50	397	354	50	86	20	1	13	8	2	34	66	.243	.309	.415	.724	.263	147	6	1	4	3	8	10
1984	37	NYM	NL	11	78	70	19	25	5	1	5	2	0	7	8	.357	.410	.671	1.082	.345	47	0	0	0	1	0	1
13 Yrs				620	7411	6632	807	1705	281	39	163	148	35	579	975	.257	.318	.385	.703	.278	2553	143	43	93	61	112	87
162 Game Avg.				56	665	595	72	153	25	3	15	13	3	52	87	.257	.318	.385	.703	.278	229	13	4	8	5	10	8
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.380	.704	.283
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1972	25	CLE	AL	12.2	1.4	1009	1.3	17.5	-16.2	1.06	1.0	0.2	10.7	1.2	1.06	4.2	0	1	4
1973	26	CLE	AL	-12.2	-1.2	1238	-0.9	19.4	-20.3	.96	-1.8	0.9	-13.8	-1.4	0.96	-19.1	0	1	1
1974	27	TOT	AL	-16.6	-1.6	935	-3.1	12.6	-15.7	.88	-1.2	-2.3	-22.0	-2.2	0.88	-17.9	4	1	3
1974	27	CLE	AL	-7.2	-0.7	102	-0.6	1.0	-1.7	.77	-1.0	0.1	-9.1	-0.8	0.77	-9.6	0	0	0
1974	27	NYY	AL	-9.4	-1.0	833	-2.4	11.5	-14.0	.89	-0.3	-2.5	-12.9	-1.3	0.89	-8.3	4	1	3
1975	28	NYY	AL	5.0	0.5	302	-0.7	5.0	-5.7	1.00	0.1	-0.8	7.1	0.7	1.00	3.0	17	6	13
1976	29	NYY	AL	9.5	1.0	386	1.2	8.2	-6.9	1.20	1.5	-0.4	11.5	1.3	1.20	12.4	20	10	15
1977	30	NYY	AL	15.0	1.5	639	1.0	9.6	-8.6	.84	1.2	-0.0	16.2	1.7	0.84	9.1	12	15	15
1978	31	NYY	AL	-3.5	-0.4	812	-0.3	10.8	-11.1	.80	-0.0	-0.4	-2.0	-0.2	0.80	-1.3	0	2	4
1979	32	TOT	MLB	6.0	0.7	546	0.6	11.0	-10.4	1.16	0.9	-0.4	0.8	0.1	1.16	5.2	38	17	21
1979	32	NYY	AL	-8.9	-0.8	104	0.1	2.5	-2.4	1.14	-0.6	0.7	-7.5	-0.7	1.14	-10.2	9	1	3
1979	32	CHC	NL	14.9	1.6	442	0.5	8.5	-8.1	1.17	1.5	-1.1	8.3	0.8	1.17	15.3	29	16	18
1980	33	CHC	NL	12.1	1.3	516	-1.4	8.4	-9.8	1.13	0.6	-1.9	8.5	0.9	1.13	7.9	26	22	35
1981	34	CHC	NL	-9.7	-1.0	339	-1.1	8.6	-9.7	1.56	-0.1	-0.6	-4.3	-0.4	1.56	-5.6	30	6	15
1982	35	CHC	NL	3.5	0.4	455	1.2	6.6	-5.4	.85	0.7	0.7	4.6	0.5	0.85	2.7	16	17	32
1983	36	CHW	AL	-1.1	-0.1	408	-1.3	5.5	-6.8	.82	-0.4	-1.2	-12.9	-1.2	0.82	-6.8	10	15	24
1984	37	NYM	NL	-10.1	-1.0	83	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	.44	-1.0	0.3	-13.7	-1.3	0.44	-12.6	2	1	5
13 Yrs				10.0	1.4	7668	-3.9	123.4	-127.3	.98	1.3	-5.3	-9.2	-0.5	0.98	-18.9	175	114	187
				PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo

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
1972	25	CLE	AL	39	34	13	15	6	0	5	17	17	.500	1	3	10	3	21	62%	56.6	84	21	23	7	22	7	3.0	3.2	6.5
1973	26	CLE	AL	42	40	14	16	10	6	4	20	20	.500	4	4	13	2	15	38%	48.5	83	11	39	16	30	3	4.1	4.3	6.7
1974	27	TOT	AL	37	29	10	12	7	3	5	14	15	.483	2	2	5	0	13	45%	46.6	79	23	38	11	8	10	4.5	4.5	6.1
1974	27	CLE	AL	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	1	3	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.0	45	28	4	0	0	3	3.6	5.0	4.8
1974	27	NYY	AL	33	25	9	9	7	2	5	13	12	.520	2	2	5	0	13	52%	48.0	79	23	34	11	8	7	4.7	4.4	6.3

1976	29	NYY	AL	47	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	2	100%	60.0	61	59	30	8	1	1	9.6	4.8	7.3
1977	30	NYY	AL	49	7	5	0	2	1	0	7	0	1.000	2	0	0	0	6	86%	59.4	72	45	16	4	1	4	7.6	6.3	6.7
1978	31	NYY	AL	31	25	7	10	8	0	5	10	15	.400	2	2	4	0	15	60%	50.0	81	30	30	8	2	15	3.9	4.0	6.4

1983	36	CHW	AL	50	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	43.0	43	43	26	11	1	0	5.0	11.3	3.0
7 Yrs				295	138	50	53	35	10	19	71	67	.514	11	11	32	5	72	52%	51	84	11	202	65	65	40	4.1	4.1	6.5
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	106	-13					4.2	4.2	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
1972	25	CLE	AL	39	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0%	7	1.060	0	1	4	0	1	4	2	3	4	1	4	1	8.8
1973	26	CLE	AL	42	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	6	.961	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	1	7.5
1974	27	TOT	AL	37	8	4	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	13	4	31%		.876	4	1	3	2	1	5	7	1	7	1	7	0	12.4
1974	27	NYY	AL	33	8	4	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	13	4	31%	3	.889	4	1	3	2	1	5	7	1	7	1	7	0	12.4
1975	28	NYY	AL	37	37	23	6	3	9	5	4	56%	11	1	50	17	34%	8	1.003	17	6	13	14	8	15	30	7	22	12	25	7	5.6
1976	29	NYY	AL	47	45	24	3	5	13	10	3	77%	17	3	54	12	22%	8	1.196	20	10	15	19	5	21	31	14	24	14	26	12	5.2
1977	30	NYY	AL	49	42	26	6	4	7	5	2	71%	10	3	41	15	37%	7	.843	12	15	15	14	9	19	27	15	30	10	33	11	7.5
1978	31	NYY	AL	31	6	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	5	2	40%	3	.796	0	2	4	0	0	6	4	2	5	0	6	0	12.7
1979	32	TOT	MLB	77	77	37	13	6	8	6	2	75%	18	10	74	31	42%		1.164	38	17	21	26	17	34	35	42	43	14	47	30	4.9
1979	32	NYY	AL	14	14	10	2	1	3	2	1	67%	5	2	29	10	34%	8	1.142	9	1	3	6	3	5	12	2	9	3	9	5	4.9
1979	32	CHC	NL	63	63	27	11	5	5	4	1	80%	13	8	45	21	47%	8	1.169	29	16	18	20	14	29	23	40	34	11	38	25	4.9
1980	33	CHC	NL	84	84	38	6	5	12	6	6	50%	21	9	46	13	28%	7	1.130	26	22	35	21	13	50	26	58	42	12	45	28	4.1
1981	34	CHC	NL	51	51	30	3	10	13	9	4	69%	15	2	43	15	35%	8	1.559	30	6	15	16	17	18	24	27	29	13	31	18	4.4
1982	35	CHC	NL	65	65	25	8	3	7	6	1	86%	12	5	38	11	29%	7	.849	16	17	32	16	11	38	22	43	38	8	40	13	4.8
1983	36	CHW	AL	50	49	27	2	4	9	7	2	78%	15	4	46	23	50%	7	.825	10	15	24	20	5	24	29	20	27	12	29	5	5.4
1984	37	NYM	NL	11	11	5	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	6	3	50%	6	.444	2	1	5	1	0	10	2	9	4	2	4	4	4.3
13 Yrs				616	482	244	50	41	79	55	24	70%	121	38	422	146	35%		.985	175	114	187	149	87	246	240	242	277	99	299	130	5.3

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%
1972	25	CLE	AL	968	56%	2.2%	12.7%	7.2%	5.5%	27%		1.07	76%				155	20	13%
1973	26	CLE	AL	1193	54%	2.6%	11.6%	8.0%	6.9%	28%		1.16	76%				221	25	11%
1974	27	TOT	AL	905	60%	2.0%	11.9%	7.3%	6.2%	25%		1.16	77%				157	19	12%
1974	27	CLE	AL	94	35%	4.3%	8.5%	13.8%	8.5%	38%		1.29	70%				19	1	5%
1974	27	NYY	AL	811	62%	1.7%	12.3%	6.5%	5.9%	23%		1.14	78%				138	18	13%
1975	28	NYY	AL	294	69%	1.7%	12.9%	10.5%	5.8%	26%		1.15	72%				64	14	22%
1976	29	NYY	AL	375	65%	1.3%	17.3%	6.4%	5.6%	26%		1.40	74%				64	6	9%
1977	30	NYY	AL	624	51%	3.2%	13.3%	6.6%	7.9%	34%		1.27	76%				79	11	14%
1978	31	NYY	AL	787	48%	1.7%	9.3%	6.7%	7.4%	30%		1.12	81%				112	10	9%
1979	32	TOT	MLB	526	56%	1.9%	14.3%	8.8%	6.1%	26%		1.14	73%				98	16	16%
1979	32	NYY	AL	101	51%	5.0%	6.9%	4.0%	10.9%	29%		2.59	82%				28	8	29%
1979	32	CHC	NL	425	57%	1.2%	16.0%	9.9%	4.9%	24%		0.93	71%				70	8	11%
1980	33	CHC	NL	495	63%	2.0%	19.6%	10.7%	5.3%	27%		0.83	65%				84	6	7%
1981	34	CHC	NL	328	59%	1.8%	11.9%	9.2%	6.1%	27%		0.79	73%				67	4	6%
1982	35	CHC	NL	441	55%	1.4%	14.1%	6.6%	5.4%	23%		1.19	76%				83	6	7%
1983	36	CHW	AL	397	64%	3.3%	16.6%	8.6%	8.6%	40%		1.02	70%				83	6	7%
1984	37	NYM	NL	78	47%	6.4%	10.3%	9.0%	14.1%	44%		0.58	74%				13	0	0%
13 Yrs				7411	57%	2.2%	13.2%	7.8%	6.5%	28%		1.11	75%				1280	143	11%
MLB Averages					44%	1.9%	13.2%	8.5%	6.3%	28%		1.09	75%						11%
				PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%

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
1972	25	CLE	AL	968	200			21	0	12	12	9	15	6	50	20	9	40%	12	3	0	315	29	3	91%	27	3	2	0	0	0	3	0	16	0
1973	26	CLE	AL	1193	289			31	0	17	18	13	21	10	62	30	3	48%	18	6	6	430	26	3	90%	24	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	25	0
1974	27	TOT	AL	905	226			18	1	15	10	8	11	7	55	33	9	60%	12	4	1	319	16	4	80%	16	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	21	0
1974	27	CLE	AL	94	21			4	0	3	2	2	2	2	9	5	1	56%	3	0	0	36	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1974	27	NYY	AL	811	205			14	1	12	8	6	9	5	46	28	8	61%	9	4	1	283	10	3	77%	10	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	19	0
1975	28	NYY	AL	294	65			5	0	14	3	2	2	3	29	10	4	34%	3	2	1	124	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1976	29	NYY	AL	375	80			5	0	10	1	4	3	2	19	8	3	42%	4	0	2	140	5	3	63%	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0
1977	30	NYY	AL	624	143			20	0	10	5	15	7	13	31	15	5	48%	3	2	5	223	6	2	75%	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
1978	31	NYY	AL	787	191			13	0	5	4	9	4	9	37	19	3	51%	3	5	1	289	12	6	67%	11	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
1979	32	TOT	MLB	526	124			10	0	29	5	5	6	4	39	22	4	56%	3	5	3	188	9	3	75%	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
1979	32	NYY	AL	101	38			5	0	8	2	3	1	4	14	9	1	64%	0	2	1	42	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1979	32	CHC	NL	425	86			5	0	21	3	2	5	0	25	13	3	52%	3	3	2	146	9	3	75%	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1980	33	CHC	NL	495	97			10	0	25	6	4	5	5	38	14	7	37%	7	1	1	168	15	4	79%	13	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	12	0
1981	34	CHC	NL	328	73			6	0	17	4	2	3	3	29	9	8	31%	5	1	1	132	8	0	100%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1982	35	CHC	NL	441	106			6	0	9	1	5	3	3	30	13	2	43%	6	1	0	176	8	5	62%	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1983	36	CHW	AL	397	86			13	1	14	8	5	3	10	32	15	2	47%	10	1	1	146	8	2	80%	7	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
1984	37	NYM	NL	78	25			5	0	5	1	4	2	3	5	4	0	80%	1	1	2	27	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
13 Yrs				7411	1705			163	2	182	78	85	85	78	456	212	59	46%	87	32	24	2677	148	35	81%	138	33	9	1	1	1	10	1	160	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%
				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

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+
1972	25	14	15	.483	2.77	39	34	2	10	3	0	237.1	200	83	73	21	70	13	123	6	1	3	968	117	1.138	7.6	0.8	2.7	4.7	1.76	117
1973	26	28	31	.475	3.66	81	74	4	23	5	0	512.0	489	233	208	52	165	23	261	14	2	9	2162	99	1.277	8.6	0.9	2.9	4.6	1.58	99
1974	27	40	43	.482	3.80	118	103	8	28	5	1	721.2	715	349	305	70	231	31	369	20	2	13	3067	95	1.311	8.9	0.9	2.9	4.6	1.60	95
1975	28	46	46	.500	3.74	155	103	31	28	5	6	791.0	780	376	329	75	262	37	407	23	2	15	3361	97	1.317	8.9	0.9	3.0	4.6	1.55	97
1976	29	50	51	.495	3.63	202	105	55	28	5	16	883.1	860	405	356	80	286	38	472	24	2	15	3736	99	1.297	8.8	0.8	2.9	4.8	1.65	99
1977	30	61	55	.526	3.56	251	112	81	28	5	21	1034.1	1003	462	409	100	327	49	555	26	2	17	4360	103	1.286	8.7	0.9	2.8	4.8	1.70	103
1978	31	68	66	.507	3.60	282	137	82	32	5	21	1219.2	1194	549	488	113	380	52	628	31	2	22	5147	101	1.291	8.8	0.8	2.8	4.6	1.65	101
1979	32	81	72	.529	3.61	359	137	119	32	5	27	1345.0	1318	604	539	123	426	63	703	33	2	27	5673	102	1.297	8.8	0.8	2.9	4.7	1.65	102
1980	33	87	77	.530	3.54	443	137	157	32	5	33	1461.0	1415	648	575	133	479	79	800	38	2	28	6168	105	1.296	8.7	0.8	3.0	4.9	1.67	105
1981	34	90	87	.508	3.62	494	137	187	32	5	42	1535.2	1488	693	617	139	509	94	839	39	2	29	6496	103	1.300	8.7	0.8	3.0	4.9	1.65	103
1982	35	98	90	.521	3.60	559	137	212	32	5	48	1639.1	1594	738	656	145	538	104	901	42	2	30	6937	103	1.301	8.8	0.8	3.0	4.9	1.67	103
1983	36	100	94	.515	3.63	609	138	239	32	5	55	1731.0	1680	788	699	158	572	112	967	43	2	31	7334	103	1.301	8.7	0.8	3.0	5.0	1.69	103
1984	37	100	94	.515	3.68	620	138	244	32	5	55	1746.2	1705	807	715	163	579	112	975	43	2	32	7412	102	1.308	8.8	0.8	3.0	5.0	1.68	102

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
1972	25	14	11	.560	3.62	231.0	231	103	93	24	81	120	7	1.351	9.0	3.2	4.7	1.48	0.9	39
1973	26	11	18	.379	4.93	263.0	299	160	144	32	98	132	8	1.510	10.2	3.4	4.5	1.35	1.1	42
1974	27	8	13	.381	5.22	195.0	244	126	113	19	71	100	6	1.615	11.3	3.3	4.6	1.41	0.9	37
1975	28	4	3	.571	3.80	64.0	69	30	27	5	33	35	3	1.594	9.7	4.6	4.9	1.06	0.7	37
1976	29	5	4	.556	3.31	87.0	88	36	32	6	26	61	1	1.310	9.1	2.7	6.3	2.35	0.6	47
1977	30	9	7	.563	3.56	144.0	148	63	57	21	42	79	2	1.319	9.3	2.6	4.9	1.88	1.3	49
1978	31	8	11	.421	4.84	173.0	207	103	93	14	57	68	5	1.526	10.8	3.0	3.5	1.19	0.7	31
1979	32	7	6	.538	3.78	119.0	122	56	50	10	45	71	2	1.403	9.2	3.4	5.4	1.58	0.8	77
1980	33	8	4	.667	2.87	113.0	97	40	36	10	53	95	5	1.327	7.7	4.2	7.6	1.79	0.8	84
1981	34	4	8	.333	5.38	112.0	113	74	67	9	46	58	2	1.420	9.1	3.7	4.7	1.26	0.7	51
1982	35	6	5	.545	3.69	100.0	109	46	41	6	30	60	3	1.390	9.8	2.7	5.4	2.00	0.5	65
1983	36	5	5	.500	4.30	92.0	87	49	44	13	34	66	1	1.315	8.5	3.3	6.5	1.94	1.3	50
1984	37	0	1	.000	10.20	15.0	26	19	17	5	7	8	0	2.200	15.6	4.2	4.8	1.14	3.0	11
13 Yrs		89	96	.481	4.29	1708.0	1840	905	814	174	623	953	45	1.442	9.7		5.0	1.53	0.9	620

* 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 1990 BBWAA ()	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1979 NL .688 (4th)	Games Played s c a p y 1979 NL 63 (9th) 1980 NL 84 (1st) 1981 NL 51 (3rd) Career 620 (165th)	Saves s c a p y 1976 AL 10 (8th) 1981 NL 9 (9th)
Games Started s c a p y 1973 AL 40 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1972 AL 21 (9th) 1973 AL 31 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1973 AL 95 (10th)	Hits s c a p y 1973 AL 289 (7th)
Losses s c a p y 1973 AL 16 (8th) 1981 NL 10 (4th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1973 AL 135 (2nd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1973 AL 8 (4th) 1980 NL 5 (7th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1981 NL 30 (10th) Career 244 (171st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 13 (1324), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Charles Nagy (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wayne Garland (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Colborn (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Wickersham (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Bouton (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Niekro (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Bolin (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ken Forsch (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Giusti (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Hough (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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