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Pablo Torrealba

Pablo Arnoldo (Torrealba) Torrealba

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 173 lb.

Born: April 28, 1948 in Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1975
Teams (by GP): Braves/Athletics/WhiteSox 1975-1979

Final Game: April 12, 1979
Relatives: Father of Steve Torrealba
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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	19	ATL-min	Rk,A	1	4	.200	4.50	10	7					52.0	65	34	26	8	19		11						1.615	11.2	1.4	3.3	1.9	0.58	BVS,WPB · GULF,FLOR
1968	20	ATL-min	A,AAA	10	8	.556	2.97	48	3		0	0		109.0	93	40	36	5	37	0	4	0	0	1			1.193	7.7	0.4	3.1	0.3	0.11	GRW,RMD · WCRS,IL
1969	21	ATL-min	A	8	5	.615	2.51	40	1					86.0	74	32	24	3	37								1.291	7.7	0.3	3.9			GRW · WCRS
1970	22	ATL-min	A	7	3	.700	3.91	40	0					76.0	65	41	33	6	22								1.145	7.7	0.7	2.6			GRW · WCRS
1972	24	ATL-min	AA	3	3	.500	2.08	20	1		0	0	4	39.0	33	13	9	2	15	2	31	1	0	1			1.231	7.6	0.5	3.5	7.2	2.07	SAV · SOUL
1973	25	ATL-min	AA,AAA	8	9	.471	2.04	51	6		1	0	0	163.0	144	60	37	6	40	0	44	2	0	2			1.129	8.0	0.3	2.2	2.4	1.10	SAV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1974	26	ATL-min	AAA	4	8	.333	3.42	53	3		1	0	6	113.0	115	53	43	4	35	5	115	3	0	3			1.327	9.2	0.3	2.8	9.2	3.29	RMD · IL
1975	27	ATL-min	AAA	12	9	.571	1.45	64	0		0	0	15	137.0	97	30	22	5	48	11	114	1	0	5			1.058	6.4	0.3	3.2	7.5	2.38	RMD · IL
1975	27	ATL	NL	0	1	.000	1.35	6	0	3	0	0	0	6.2	7	2	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	31	297	1.500	9.5	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67
1976	28	ATL	NL	0	2	.000	3.57	36	0	18	0	0	2	53.0	67	25	21	0	22	7	33	3	1	2	241	107	1.679	11.4	0.0	3.7	5.6	1.50
1977	29	OAK	AL	4	6	.400	2.62	41	10	10	3	0	2	116.2	127	45	34	5	38	2	51	2	2	3	507	153	1.414	9.8	0.4	2.9	3.9	1.34
1978	30	CHW	AL	2	4	.333	4.71	25	3	7	1	1	1	57.1	69	37	30	6	39	5	23	3	0	0	275	82	1.884	10.8	0.9	6.1	3.6	0.59
1979	31	CHW-min	AAA	2	3	.400	6.95	22	3		0	0		44.0	68	40	34	5	21	1	23	3	0	2			2.023	13.9	1.0	4.3	4.7	1.10	IWA · AA
1979	31	CHW	AL	0	0		1.59	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	5	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	24	286	1.235	7.9	1.6	3.2	1.6	0.50
5 Yrs				6	13	.316	3.27	111	13	40	4	1	5	239.1	275	110	87	12	104	14	113	8	3	6	1078	120	1.584	10.3	0.5	3.9	4.2	1.09
162 Game Avg.				3	7	.316	3.27	61	7	22	2	1	3	131	151	60	48	7	57	8	62	4	2	3	591	120	1.584	10.3	0.5	3.9	4.2	1.09

ATL (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	3.32	42	0	21	0	0	2	59.2	74	27	22	0	25	7	38	3	1	2	272	116	1.659	11.2	0.0	3.8	5.7	1.52
CHW (2 yrs)				2	4	.333	4.43	28	3	9	1	1	1	63.0	74	38	31	7	41	5	24	3	0	1	299	88	1.825	10.6	1.0	5.9	3.4	0.59
OAK (1 yr)				4	6	.400	2.62	41	10	10	3	0	2	116.2	127	45	34	5	38	2	51	2	2	3	507	153	1.414	9.8	0.4	2.9	3.9	1.34

AL (3 yrs)				6	10	.375	3.26	69	13	19	4	1	3	179.2	201	83	65	12	79	7	75	5	2	4	806	122	1.558	10.1	0.6	4.0	3.8	0.95
NL (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	3.32	42	0	21	0	0	2	59.2	74	27	22	0	25	7	38	3	1	2	272	116	1.659	11.2	0.0	3.8	5.7	1.52

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
1975	27	ATL	NL	6.2	6	0	2	2.70	4.72	-0.53	-0.38	106.7	5.19	2	0.2	.7	-0.0	0.2	2	.534	.501	$
1976	28	ATL	NL	53.0	36	0	25	4.25	4.14	-0.64	-0.34	106.0	4.72	2	0.3	.8	-0.1	0.6	7	.507	.502	$
1977	29	OAK	AL	116.2	41	10	45	3.47	4.77	-0.14	-0.09	98.2	4.73	16	1.7	1.1	-0.1	2.7	29	.542	.511	$
1978	30	CHW	AL	57.1	25	3	37	5.81	4.45	-0.07	-0.26	100.7	4.28	-10	-1.0	1.5	-0.3	-0.8	-4	.460	.494	$
1979	31	CHW	AL	5.2	3	0	1	1.59	4.29	0.08	-0.34	97.5	3.77	1	0.1	1.6	0.0	0.2	2	.548	.501	$
5 Seasons				239.1	111	13	110	4.14	4.54	-0.24	-0.20	100.7	4.61	12	1.3	1.1	-0.5	2.9	38	.512	.502	$

ATL (2 yrs)				59.2	42	0	27	4.07	4.21	-0.63	-0.34	106.1	4.77	4	0.5	.8	-0.1	0.8	10	.511	.501	$
CHW (2 yrs)				63.0	28	3	38	5.43	4.44	-0.05	-0.27	100.4	4.24	-8	-0.9	1.6	-0.3	-0.6	-2	.469	.497	$
OAK (1 yr)				116.2	41	10	45	3.47	4.77	-0.14	-0.09	98.2	4.73	16	1.7	1.1	-0.1	2.7	29	.542	.511	$

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	27	ATL	NL	6	31	28	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.250	.323	.250	.573	.304	7	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	28	ATL	NL	36	240	213	25	67	11	1	0	2	2	22	33	.315	.387	.376	.762	.372	80	10	3	3	0	7	5
1977	29	OAK	AL	41	507	456	45	127	16	4	5	11	10	38	51	.279	.335	.364	.699	.303	166	10	2	8	3	2	11
1978	30	CHW	AL	25	275	229	37	69	9	5	6	1	2	39	23	.301	.407	.463	.869	.312	106	6	3	2	2	5	3
1979	31	CHW	AL	3	24	20	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	.250	.318	.400	.718	.222	8	0	0	2	0	0	1
5 Yrs				111	1077	946	110	275	36	10	12	14	15	104	113	.291	.364	.388	.752	.318	367	26	8	15	5	14	21
162 Game Avg.				61	591	519	60	151	20	5	7	8	8	57	62	.291	.364	.388	.752	.318	201	14	4	8	3	8	12
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	27	ATL	NL	1.5	0.2	31	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	1.02	0.0	-0.2	1.3	0.1	1.02	1.1	1	1	4
1976	28	ATL	NL	0.9	0.1	250	-1.2	2.8	-4.0	.79	-0.1	-1.4	-4.6	-0.5	0.79	-3.2	8	3	23
1977	29	OAK	AL	15.1	1.5	537	-0.5	8.0	-8.5	.90	0.2	-0.7	9.9	1.0	0.90	4.0	8	5	18
1978	30	CHW	AL	-6.6	-0.7	281	-1.8	2.1	-4.0	.65	-1.2	-1.5	-18.7	-1.8	0.65	-13.5	8	5	8
1979	31	CHW	AL	1.9	0.2	26	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.52	0.1	-0.7	-0.4	-0.0	0.52	0.9	1	1	1
5 Yrs				12.8	1.3	1125	-4.0	13.5	-17.5	.81	-1.1	-3.9	-12.6	-1.2	0.81	-10.6	26	15	54

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	29	OAK	AL	41	10	0	5	5	0	4	2	8	.200	1	1	3	0	5	50%	51.4	68	28	32	7	2	3	2.5	2.1	6.5
1978	30	CHW	AL	25	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.667	0	1	1	1	1	33%	45.7	74	26	26	4	1	1	3.8	5.3	3.9
2 Yrs				66	13	1	6	6	0	4	4	9	.308	1	2	4	1	6	46%	50	74	26	58	11	3	4	2.8	2.6	5.9
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	105	-13					4.3	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
1975	27	ATL	NL	6	6	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0%	9	1.022	1	1	4	1	1	4	3	3	2	3	2	1	3.3
1976	28	ATL	NL	36	36	18	0	2	3	2	1	67%	4	1	35	13	37%	8	.787	8	3	23	6	4	26	20	16	19	9	21	10	4.4
1977	29	OAK	AL	41	31	10	4	1	2	2	0	100%	3	1	36	13	36%	4	.901	8	5	18	6	4	21	24	7	13	14	18	9	5.0
1978	30	CHW	AL	25	22	7	1	3	2	1	1	50%	6	0	30	13	43%	8	.654	8	5	8	7	1	14	16	6	14	6	15	3	6.2
1979	31	CHW	AL	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	5	4	80%	6	.523	1	1	1	1	0	2	3	0	3	0	3	0	5.7
5 Yrs				111	98	40	5	7	8	5	3	63%	14	2	110	43	39%		.808	26	15	54	21	10	67	66	32	51	32	59	23	5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1975	27	ATL	NL	31	19%	0.0%	16.1%	9.7%	0.0%	0%	1.14	74%	5	0	0%
1976	28	ATL	NL	241	30%	0.0%	13.8%	9.2%	5.0%	18%	2.00	75%	73	10	14%
1977	29	OAK	AL	507	29%	1.0%	10.1%	7.5%	4.9%	20%	1.03	79%	96	10	10%
1978	30	CHW	AL	275	37%	2.2%	8.4%	14.2%	7.3%	29%	1.22	73%	59	6	10%
1979	31	CHW	AL	24	33%	4.2%	4.2%	8.3%	4.2%	20%	4.00	75%	3	0	0%
5 Yrs				1078	31%	1.1%	10.5%	9.7%	5.4%	21%	1.27	77%	236	26	11%
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	27	ATL	NL	31	7			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	28	ATL	NL	240	67			0	0	18	0	0	0	0	27	11	7	41%	5	2	0	112	2	2	50%	2	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	4	1
1977	29	OAK	AL	507	127			5	0	10	5	0	4	1	32	22	1	69%	11	3	1	211	11	10	52%	10	6	1	2	0	2	4	3	9	0
1978	30	CHW	AL	275	69			6	0	9	2	4	2	4	20	11	1	55%	3	0	1	121	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	0
1979	31	CHW	AL	24	5			1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	1	0	11	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
5 Yrs				1077	275			12	0	39	8	4	7	5	80	45	9	56%	21	6	2	470	14	15	48%	13	7	1	4	0	4	9	6	20	1
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	27	0	1	.000	1.35	6	0	3	0	0	0	6.2	7	2	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	31	297	1.500	9.5	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67	297
1976	28	0	3	.000	3.32	42	0	21	0	0	2	59.2	74	27	22	0	25	7	38	3	1	2	272	116	1.659	11.2	0.0	3.8	5.7	1.52	116
1977	29	4	9	.308	2.86	83	10	31	3	0	4	176.1	201	72	56	5	63	9	89	5	3	5	779	138	1.497	10.3	0.3	3.2	4.5	1.41	138
1978	30	6	13	.316	3.31	108	13	38	4	1	5	233.2	270	109	86	11	102	14	112	8	3	5	1054	118	1.592	10.4	0.4	3.9	4.3	1.10	118
1979	31	6	13	.316	3.27	111	13	40	4	1	5	239.1	275	110	87	12	104	14	113	8	3	6	1078	120	1.584	10.3	0.5	3.9	4.2	1.09	120

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
1975	27	0	0		1.29	7.0	7	1	1	0	3	5	0	1.429	9.0	3.9	6.4	1.67	0.0	6
1976	28	3	2	.600	4.04	49.0	68	24	22	0	22	31	3	1.837	12.5	4.0	5.7	1.41	0.0	36
1977	29	8	4	.667	2.89	112.0	130	40	36	5	39	49	2	1.509	10.4	3.1	3.9	1.26	0.4	41
1978	30	2	3	.400	5.60	53.0	73	37	33	6	41	21	3	2.151	12.4	7.0	3.6	0.51	1.0	25
1979	31	0	0		1.50	6.0	5	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.167	7.5	3.0	1.5	0.50	1.5	3
5 Yrs		13	9	.591	3.69	227.0	283	103	93	12	107	107	8	1.718	11.2		4.2	1.00	0.5	111

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