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Wayne Twitchell

Wayne Lee Twitchell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 10, 1948 in Portland, OR
High School: Woodrow Wilson HS (Portland, OR)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1970
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Expos/Mets/Mariners/Brewers 1970-1979

Final Game: September 27, 1979
Died: September 16, 2010 in Portland, OR
Buried: Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Mausoleum, Portland, OR
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All-Star

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
1966	18	HOU-min	A-,AAA	4	3	.571	2.09	16	13		0	0		69.0	58	31	16	1	30	0	5	1	0	1			1.275	7.6	0.1	3.9	0.7	0.17	BMA,OKC · NORL,PCL
1967	19	HOU-min	A	2	4	.333	3.49	16	11					67.0	60	34	26	6	42		65						1.522	8.1	0.8	5.6	8.7	1.55	AVL · CARL
1968	20	HOU-min	A,AA	10	9	.526	2.65	27	23					156.0	116	63	46	4	82		47						1.269	6.7	0.2	4.7	2.7	0.57	GBO,DFW · CARL,TL
1969	21	HOU-min	AAA	2	5	.286	4.76	19	13		2	0	0	68.0	65	50	36	6	55	0	54	5	1	10			1.765	8.6	0.8	7.3	7.1	0.98	OKC · AA
1970	22	MIL-min	AAA	9	12	.429	5.44	27	26		4	2	0	144.0	163	106	87	13	93	2	103	6	1	10			1.778	10.2	0.8	5.8	6.4	1.11	POR · PCL
1970	22	MIL	AL	0	0		10.80	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	10	43	2.400	16.2	0.0	5.4	27.0	5.00
1971	23	PHI-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.83	37	7		1	1	6	95.0	83	58	51	9	56	6	116	3	1	8			1.463	7.9	0.9	5.3	11.0	2.07	EUG · PCL
1971	23	PHI	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	6	1	2	0	0	0	16.0	8	4	0	1	10	0	15	1	0	0	69		1.125	4.5	0.6	5.6	8.4	1.50
1972	24	PHI	NL	5	9	.357	4.06	49	15	17	1	1	1	139.2	138	72	63	6	56	6	112	2	1	4	602	89	1.389	8.9	0.4	3.6	7.2	2.00
1973	25	PHI	NL	13	9	.591	2.50	34	28	0	10	5	0	223.1	172	71	62	16	99	9	169	10	0	13	921	152	1.213	6.9	0.6	4.0	6.8	1.71	AS
1974	26	PHI	NL	6	9	.400	5.21	25	18	2	2	0	0	112.1	122	71	65	11	65	7	72	7	1	4	526	73	1.665	9.8	0.9	5.2	5.8	1.11
1975	27	PHI	NL	5	10	.333	4.42	36	20	5	0	0	0	134.1	132	82	66	10	78	3	101	1	4	10	602	85	1.563	8.8	0.7	5.2	6.8	1.29
1976	28	PHI	NL	3	1	.750	1.75	26	2	7	0	0	1	61.2	55	18	12	3	18	1	67	3	0	5	254	204	1.184	8.0	0.4	2.6	9.8	3.72
1977	29	TOT	NL	6	10	.375	4.29	34	30	3	2	0	0	184.2	166	98	88	21	74	4	130	5	0	7	776	90	1.300	8.1	1.0	3.6	6.3	1.76
1977	29	PHI	NL	0	5	.000	4.53	12	8	3	0	0	0	45.2	50	27	23	3	25	1	37	0	0	3	203	90	1.642	9.9	0.6	4.9	7.3	1.48
1977	29	MON	NL	6	5	.545	4.21	22	22	0	2	0	0	139.0	116	71	65	18	49	3	93	5	0	4	573	90	1.187	7.5	1.2	3.2	6.0	1.90
1978	30	MON	NL	4	12	.250	5.38	33	15	3	0	0	0	112.0	121	68	67	16	71	5	69	5	0	11	510	65	1.714	9.7	1.3	5.7	5.5	0.97
1979	31	TOT	MLB	5	5	.500	5.24	37	4	9	0	0	0	77.1	66	55	45	8	65	8	49	6	1	4	358	73	1.694	7.7	0.9	7.6	5.7	0.75
1979	31	NYM	NL	5	3	.625	5.23	33	2	9	0	0	0	63.2	55	44	37	6	55	8	44	4	1	1	294	70	1.728	7.8	0.8	7.8	6.2	0.80
1979	31	SEA	AL	0	2	.000	5.27	4	2	0	0	0	0	13.2	11	11	8	2	10	0	5	2	0	3	64	86	1.537	7.2	1.3	6.6	3.3	0.50
10 Yrs				48	65	.425	3.98	282	133	48	15	6	2	1063.0	983	541	470	92	537	43	789	40	7	58	4628	94	1.430	8.3	0.8	4.5	6.7	1.47
162 Game Avg.				8	11	.425	3.98	46	22	8	2	1	0	174	161	89	77	15	88	7	129	7	1	10	758	94	1.430	8.3	0.8	4.5	6.7	1.47

PHI (7 yrs)				33	43	.434	3.57	188	92	36	13	6	2	733.0	677	345	291	50	351	27	573	24	6	39	3177	105	1.402	8.3	0.6	4.3	7.0	1.63
MON (2 yrs)				10	17	.370	4.73	55	37	3	2	0	0	251.0	237	139	132	34	120	8	162	10	0	15	1083	78	1.422	8.5	1.2	4.3	5.8	1.35
NYM (1 yr)				5	3	.625	5.23	33	2	9	0	0	0	63.2	55	44	37	6	55	8	44	4	1	1	294	70	1.728	7.8	0.8	7.8	6.2	0.80
SEA (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.27	4	2	0	0	0	0	13.2	11	11	8	2	10	0	5	2	0	3	64	86	1.537	7.2	1.3	6.6	3.3	0.50
MIL (1 yr)				0	0		10.80	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	10	43	2.400	16.2	0.0	5.4	27.0	5.00

NL (9 yrs)				48	63	.432	3.95	276	131	48	15	6	2	1047.2	969	528	460	90	526	43	779	38	7	55	4554	94	1.427	8.3	0.8	4.5	6.7	1.48
AL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	5.87	6	2	0	0	0	0	15.1	14	13	10	2	11	0	10	2	0	3	74	77	1.630	8.2	1.2	6.5	5.9	0.91

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
1970	22	MIL	AL	1.2	2	0	2	10.80	4.22	-0.17	-0.17	102.0	4.30	-1	-0.1	.3	0.0	-0.1	-1	.438	.499	$
1971	23	PHI	NL	16.0	6	1	4	2.25	3.73	0.04	-0.11	102.2	3.67	2	0.3	.7	-0.1	0.4	4	.547	.502	$10,200
1972	24	PHI	NL	139.2	49	15	72	4.64	4.01	-0.02	-0.02	102.7	4.11	-10	-1.1	.9	-0.2	-0.2	3	.477	.493	$
1973	25	PHI	NL	223.1	34	28	71	2.86	4.18	-0.06	0.10	103.4	4.49	40	4.9	.7	-0.2	6.4	61	.643	.530	$	AS
1974	26	PHI	NL	112.1	25	18	71	5.69	4.16	0.11	0.09	103.7	4.29	-18	-1.9	1.4	-0.1	-1.1	-7	.425	.488	$
1975	27	PHI	NL	134.1	36	20	82	5.49	4.11	0.24	0.04	103.3	4.04	-23	-2.4	.4	0.1	-1.3	-9	.433	.485	$
1976	28	PHI	NL	61.2	26	2	18	2.63	4.09	0.15	-0.24	99.8	3.69	7	0.8	.6	-0.2	1.1	13	.530	.505	$
1977	29	PHI	NL	45.2	12	8	27	5.32	4.45	0.36	0.10	99.1	4.15	-6	-0.6	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.447	.496	$
1977	29	MON	NL	139.0	22	22	71	4.60	4.44	0.15	0.16	97.0	4.31	-5	-0.6		-0.1	0.4	9	.474	.497	$
1978	30	MON	NL	112.0	33	15	68	5.46	4.08	0.44	-0.01	97.7	3.55	-25	-2.6	1.3	-0.2	-1.9	-14	.420	.484	$
1979	31	NYM	NL	63.2	33	2	44	6.22	4.32	-0.18	-0.32	99.3	4.16	-15	-1.6	.9	-0.0	-1.1	-9	.452	.490	$
1979	31	SEA	AL	13.2	4	2	11	7.24	4.53	-0.04	0.02	101.1	4.64	-4	-0.4	.2	0.0	-0.2	-2	.408	.498	$
10 Seasons				1063.0	282	133	541	4.58	4.18	0.11	0.02	101.2	4.15	-58	-5.4	.8	-0.9	2.1	46	.481	.497	$10,200

PHI (7 yrs)				733.0	188	92	345	4.24	4.13	0.07	0.03	102.7	4.20	-8	-0.1	.7	-0.7	5.0	63	.500	.500	$10,200
MON (2 yrs)				251.0	55	37	139	4.98	4.28	0.28	0.08	97.3	3.97	-30	-3.2	1.3	-0.3	-1.5	-5	.442	.490	$
NYM (1 yr)				63.2	33	2	44	6.22	4.32	-0.18	-0.32	99.3	4.16	-15	-1.6	.9	-0.0	-1.1	-9	.452	.490	$
SEA (1 yr)				13.2	4	2	11	7.24	4.53	-0.04	0.02	101.1	4.64	-4	-0.4	.2	0.0	-0.2	-2	.408	.498	$
MIL (1 yr)				1.2	2	0	2	10.80	4.22	-0.17	-0.17	102.0	4.30	-1	-0.1	.3	0.0	-0.1	-1	.438	.499	$

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	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
1973	PHI	NL	25	0	0	0		0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

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	22	MIL	AL	2	10	9	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.333	.400	.444	.844	.750	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1971	23	PHI	NL	6	69	55	4	8	0	0	1	0	0	10	15	.145	.284	.200	.484	.175	11	1	1	2	1	0	3
1972	24	PHI	NL	49	601	530	72	138	27	8	6	14	7	56	112	.260	.330	.375	.705	.316	199	9	2	6	6	6	3
1973	25	PHI	NL	34	920	787	71	172	26	6	16	14	13	99	169	.219	.312	.328	.640	.257	258	18	10	20	4	9	10
1974	26	PHI	NL	25	526	441	71	122	19	4	11	11	1	65	72	.277	.375	.413	.788	.307	182	8	7	8	4	7	8
1975	27	PHI	NL	36	601	503	82	132	14	3	10	13	10	78	101	.262	.359	.362	.721	.307	182	9	1	12	6	3	10
1976	28	PHI	NL	26	254	228	18	55	6	3	3	11	3	18	67	.241	.302	.333	.635	.323	76	4	3	2	3	1	6
1977	29	TOT	NL	34	776	678	98	166	29	7	21	15	11	74	130	.245	.322	.401	.723	.273	272	8	5	13	5	4	5
1977	29	MON	NL	22	573	504	71	116	17	4	18	11	6	49	93	.230	.302	.387	.689	.246	195	6	5	9	5	3	4
1977	29	PHI	NL	12	203	174	27	50	12	3	3	4	5	25	37	.287	.377	.443	.819	.351	77	2	0	4	0	1	1
1978	30	MON	NL	33	510	423	68	121	18	6	16	14	8	71	69	.286	.392	.470	.862	.307	199	8	5	7	4	5	2
1979	31	TOT	MLB	37	357	275	55	66	9	3	8	4	8	65	49	.240	.391	.382	.773	.261	105	6	6	7	4	8	4
1979	31	NYM	NL	33	293	226	44	55	8	2	6	4	6	55	44	.243	.396	.376	.772	.274	85	6	4	6	3	8	3
1979	31	SEA	AL	4	64	49	11	11	1	1	2	0	2	10	5	.224	.371	.408	.779	.209	20	0	2	1	1	0	1
10 Yrs				282	4624	3929	541	983	149	40	92	96	61	537	789	.250	.343	.379	.722	.289	1488	71	40	77	37	43	52
162 Game Avg.				46	758	644	89	161	24	7	15	16	10	88	129	.250	.343	.379	.722	.289	244	12	7	13	6	7	9
MLB Averages																.256	.323	.377	.700	.281

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	22	MIL	AL	-1.0	-0.1	10	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.25	-0.1	0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.25	-1.7	0	0	2
1971	23	PHI	NL	4.6	0.5	73	-0.0	0.6	-0.6	.52	0.1	-0.2	3.4	0.4	0.52	2.0	0	2	3
1972	24	PHI	NL	-7.2	-0.8	628	-1.8	8.1	-9.9	.85	-0.8	-1.4	-8.6	-0.9	0.85	-6.8	8	1	24
1973	25	PHI	NL	30.7	3.4	965	4.2	17.9	-13.7	1.06	1.9	2.1	31.1	3.4	1.06	20.3	1	0	5
1974	26	PHI	NL	-15.6	-1.6	547	-2.0	9.1	-11.1	1.10	-1.8	0.0	-17.1	-1.7	1.10	-18.8	3	1	3
1975	27	PHI	NL	-12.6	-1.3	644	-2.2	9.6	-11.8	.96	-1.4	-1.0	-18.2	-1.8	0.96	-15.0	1	1	14
1976	28	PHI	NL	10.6	1.2	275	0.7	3.5	-2.9	.79	0.5	0.3	9.1	1.0	0.79	4.7	3	2	18
1977	29	TOT	NL	-8.3	-0.8	810	-1.5	13.9	-15.3	1.04	-0.1	-1.3	-9.1	-0.9	1.04	-0.1	1	1	2
1977	29	PHI	NL	-2.8	-0.3	215	-1.3	2.9	-4.2	.91	-0.5	-0.9	-6.2	-0.6	0.91	-4.9	1	1	2
1977	29	MON	NL	-5.5	-0.5	595	-0.2	11.0	-11.2	1.09	0.4	-0.6	-2.8	-0.3	1.09	4.8	0	0	0
1978	30	MON	NL	-20.4	-2.1	547	-3.3	7.7	-11.0	1.00	-2.3	-0.9	-20.1	-2.1	1.00	-22.1	6	5	7
1979	31	TOT	MLB	-14.5	-1.4	379	-0.8	4.9	-5.8	.88	-0.8	-0.1	-13.5	-1.4	0.89	-9.5	5	8	19
1979	31	NYM	NL	-12.5	-1.3	311	-0.5	3.9	-4.4	.86	-0.6	-0.0	-11.1	-1.1	0.86	-6.8	5	8	17
1979	31	SEA	AL	-2.0	-0.2	68	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	1.02	-0.2	-0.1	-2.4	-0.2	1.02	-2.7	0	0	2
10 Yrs				-33.8	-3.0	4878	-6.7	75.5	-82.2	.97	-4.8	-2.1	-45.7	-4.2	0.97	-46.8	28	21	97

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	23	PHI	NL	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	45.0	45	45	2	0	0	1	4.5	6.0	4.0
1972	24	PHI	NL	49	15	3	8	4	0	2	4	11	.267	0	3	1	1	7	47%	52.9	85	20	26	11	6	2	2.1	1.5	6.1
1973	25	PHI	NL	34	28	13	9	6	2	6	16	12	.571	0	3	10	5	21	75%	61.4	85	17	12	2	11	5	3.5	3.2	7.5
1974	26	PHI	NL	25	18	5	8	5	2	3	8	10	.444	0	1	2	0	7	39%	44.8	78	18	22	11	5	3	4.4	5.2	5.6
1975	27	PHI	NL	36	20	5	10	5	2	1	9	11	.450	2	3	0	0	6	30%	45.5	74	22	19	8	8	4	4.6	4.2	5.4
1976	28	PHI	NL	26	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	59.0	72	46	0	0	0	1	2.5	2.5	6.0
1977	29	TOT	NL	34	30	6	9	15	2	3	15	15	.500	3	8	2	0	15	50%	51.5	77	16	23	6	8	7	3.8	3.3	6.0
1977	29	PHI	NL	12	8	0	4	4	0	2	2	6	.250	0	4	0	0	4	50%	47.8	63	30	8	2	0	3	3.1	1.6	5.1
1977	29	MON	NL	22	22	6	5	11	2	1	13	9	.591	3	4	2	0	11	50%	52.8	77	16	15	4	8	4	4.1	3.7	6.3
1978	30	MON	NL	33	15	3	8	4	0	1	4	11	.267	1	3	0	0	7	47%	44.4	69	25	17	8	7	7	3.9	3.2	5.3
1979	31	TOT	MLB	37	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	1	25%	0.0	56	35	26	15	1	2	3.5	4.8	3.5
1979	31	NYM	NL	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35.5	36	35	22	12	0	1	4.0	11.3	1.8
1979	31	SEA	AL	4	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%	47.0	56	38	4	3	1	1	3.0	2.5	5.2
9 Yrs				280	133	36	56	41	8	17	57	76	.429	6	22	15	6	65	49%	51	85	16	147	61	46	32	3.7	3.5	6.0
MLB Averages													.500						54%	52	109	-13					4.2	4.1	6.5

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	22	MIL	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	5	.247	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.5
1971	23	PHI	NL	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	2	25%	6	.519	0	2	3	1	0	4	4	1	4	1	4	1	7.2
1972	24	PHI	NL	49	34	17	2	1	2	1	1	50%	5	2	20	5	25%	9	.851	8	1	24	5	3	26	11	23	13	8	16	7	4.3
1973	25	PHI	NL	34	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	1	25%	1	1.056	1	0	5	0	1	5	3	3	5	0	5	0	6.8
1974	26	PHI	NL	25	7	2	1	1	2	0	2	0%	2	0	5	3	60%	7	1.095	3	1	3	2	0	5	2	5	6	1	6	0	4.6
1975	27	PHI	NL	36	16	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	3	60%	6	.962	1	1	14	0	1	15	3	13	10	2	10	4	5.0
1976	28	PHI	NL	26	24	7	2	0	1	1	0	100%	2	0	5	3	60%	4	.794	3	2	18	2	2	20	4	20	19	1	19	2	6.2
1977	29	TOT	NL	34	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0			1.040	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	4	2	1	2	0	3.8
1977	29	PHI	NL	12	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		7	.914	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	4	2	1	2	0	3.8
1978	30	MON	NL	33	18	3	1	4	1	0	1	0%	2	0	18	7	39%	5	1.001	6	5	7	3	4	11	9	9	11	4	11	1	5.4
1979	31	TOT	MLB	37	33	9	5	2	1	0	1	0%	3	1	14	6	43%		.885	5	8	19	5	5	23	9	24	20	5	22	4	5.8
1979	31	NYM	NL	33	31	9	5	2	1	0	1	0%	3	1	14	6	43%	5	.855	5	8	17	5	5	21	9	22	19	5	21	4	5.8
1979	31	SEA	AL	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		3	1.025	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	5.0
10 Yrs				260	149	48	12	9	7	2	5	29%	15	4	81	32	40%		.960	28	21	97	19	17	113	46	103	90	24	95	19	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1970	22	MIL	AL	10	90%	0.0%	50.0%	10.0%	10.0%	33%		40%	3	0	0%
1971	23	PHI	NL	69	61%	1.5%	21.7%	14.5%	1.5%	13%	2.00	58%	12	1	8%
1972	24	PHI	NL	601	57%	1.0%	18.6%	9.3%	6.8%	30%	1.04	70%	109	9	8%
1973	25	PHI	NL	920	52%	1.7%	18.4%	10.8%	5.2%	28%	0.96	66%	172	18	10%
1974	26	PHI	NL	526	52%	2.1%	13.7%	12.4%	6.5%	28%	0.90	69%	108	8	7%
1975	27	PHI	NL	601	52%	1.7%	16.8%	13.0%	4.5%	21%	0.78	66%	106	9	8%
1976	28	PHI	NL	254	58%	1.2%	26.4%	7.1%	4.7%	22%	0.98	63%	40	4	10%
1977	29	TOT	NL	776	52%	2.7%	16.8%	9.5%	7.4%	34%	1.20	69%	117	8	7%
1977	29	PHI	NL	203	65%	1.5%	18.2%	12.3%	8.9%	36%	1.07	66%	39	2	5%
1977	29	MON	NL	573	47%	3.1%	16.2%	8.6%	6.8%	34%	1.24	69%	78	6	8%
1978	30	MON	NL	510	56%	3.1%	13.5%	13.9%	7.8%	33%	0.82	67%	82	8	10%
1979	31	TOT	MLB	358	53%	2.2%	13.7%	18.2%	5.6%	30%	0.60	62%	64	6	9%
1979	31	NYM	NL	294	55%	2.1%	15.0%	18.8%	5.5%	29%	0.67	61%	50	6	12%
1979	31	SEA	AL	64	47%	3.1%	7.8%	15.6%	6.3%	36%	0.36	67%	14	0	0%
10 Yrs				4625	54%	2.0%	17.1%	11.6%	6.1%	29%	0.94	67%	813	71	9%
MLB Averages					45%	2.0%	13.5%	8.7%	6.2%	27%	1.09	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	22	MIL	AL	10	3			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	23	PHI	NL	69	8			1	0	4	1	0	1	0	6	3	2	50%	3	0	4	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1972	24	PHI	NL	601	138			6	1	11	6	0	4	2	39	24	6	62%	3	4	1	219	14	7	67%	12	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	16	0
1973	25	PHI	NL	920	172			16	0	12	6	10	8	8	51	20	11	39%	10	13	2	334	14	13	52%	13	11	1	2	0	0	1	0	23	0
1974	26	PHI	NL	526	122			11	0	18	3	8	7	4	33	19	2	58%	8	4	1	218	11	1	92%	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1975	27	PHI	NL	601	132			10	0	12	3	7	4	6	31	15	5	48%	10	10	2	238	13	10	57%	13	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	30	0
1976	28	PHI	NL	254	55			3	0	8	1	2	2	1	16	4	7	25%	6	5	1	94	11	3	79%	11	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	0
1977	29	TOT	NL	776	166			21	2	19	7	14	13	8	46	25	7	54%	5	7	0	246	15	11	58%	15	10	0	0	0	1	2	0	16	0
1977	29	PHI	NL	203	50			3	0	10	0	3	2	1	17	8	4	47%	1	3	0	74	4	5	44%	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0
1977	29	MON	NL	573	116			18	2	9	7	11	11	7	29	17	3	59%	4	4	0	172	11	6	65%	11	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
1978	30	MON	NL	510	121			16	0	18	7	9	8	8	39	16	6	41%	2	11	1	191	14	8	64%	14	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	20	0
1979	31	TOT	MLB	357	66			8	0	14	4	4	4	4	21	9	3	43%	4	4	3	143	4	8	33%	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	1
1979	31	NYM	NL	293	55			6	0	12	3	3	4	2	16	8	3	50%	3	1	3	119	4	6	40%	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
1979	31	SEA	AL	64	11			2	0	2	1	1	0	2	5	1	0	20%	1	3	0	24	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
10 Yrs				4624	983			92	3	116	38	54	51	41	282	135	49	48%	52	58	15	1714	96	61	61%	93	55	3	4	0	2	6	1	155	1
MLB Averages																		51%							64%

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+
1970	22	0	0		10.80	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	10	43	2.400	16.2	0.0	5.4	27.0	5.00	43
1971	23	1	0	1.000	1.02	8	1	2	0	0	0	17.2	11	6	2	1	11	0	20	1	0	0	79	366	1.245	5.6	0.5	5.6	10.2	1.82	366
1972	24	6	9	.400	3.72	57	16	19	1	1	1	157.1	149	78	65	7	67	6	132	3	1	4	681	97	1.373	8.5	0.4	3.8	7.6	1.97	97
1973	25	19	18	.514	3.00	91	44	19	11	6	1	380.2	321	149	127	23	166	15	301	13	1	17	1602	124	1.279	7.6	0.5	3.9	7.1	1.81	124
1974	26	25	27	.481	3.51	116	62	21	13	6	1	493.0	443	220	192	34	231	22	373	20	2	21	2128	107	1.367	8.1	0.6	4.2	6.8	1.61	107
1975	27	30	37	.448	3.70	152	82	26	13	6	1	627.1	575	302	258	44	309	25	474	21	6	31	2730	101	1.409	8.2	0.6	4.4	6.8	1.53	101
1976	28	33	38	.465	3.53	178	84	33	13	6	2	689.0	630	320	270	47	327	26	541	24	6	36	2984	106	1.389	8.2	0.6	4.3	7.1	1.65	106
1977	29	39	48	.448	3.69	212	114	36	15	6	2	873.2	796	418	358	68	401	30	671	29	6	43	3760	102	1.370	8.2	0.7	4.1	6.9	1.67	102
1978	30	43	60	.417	3.88	245	129	39	15	6	2	985.2	917	486	425	84	472	35	740	34	6	54	4270	96	1.409	8.4	0.8	4.3	6.8	1.57	96
1979	31	48	65	.425	3.98	282	133	48	15	6	2	1063.0	983	541	470	92	537	43	789	40	7	58	4628	94	1.430	8.3	0.8	4.5	6.7	1.47	94

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	22	0	0		13.50	2.0	3	3	3	0	1	6	0	2.000	13.5	4.5	27.0	6.00	0.0	2
1971	23	1	0	1.000	0.00	16.0	9	0	0	1	11	15	1	1.250	5.1	6.2	8.4	1.36	0.6	6
1972	24	6	9	.400	4.66	139.0	150	80	72	7	61	111	2	1.518	9.7	3.9	7.2	1.82	0.5	49
1973	25	16	7	.696	2.72	212.0	175	71	64	16	101	160	10	1.302	7.4	4.3	6.8	1.58	0.7	34
1974	26	4	8	.333	5.40	110.0	123	73	66	11	66	71	7	1.718	10.1	5.4	5.8	1.08	0.9	25
1975	27	6	8	.429	4.74	129.0	134	76	68	10	79	97	1	1.651	9.3	5.5	6.8	1.23	0.7	36
1976	28	5	1	.833	2.02	58.0	57	14	13	3	19	63	3	1.310	8.8	2.9	9.8	3.32	0.5	26
1977	29	8	11	.421	4.53	177.0	167	99	89	21	74	124	5	1.362	8.5	3.8	6.3	1.68	1.1	34
1978	30	3	8	.273	6.68	101.0	128	83	75	17	75	62	5	2.010	11.4	6.7	5.5	0.83	1.5	33
1979	31	3	5	.375	5.88	72.0	68	52	47	8	67	46	6	1.875	8.5	8.4	5.8	0.69	1.0	37
10 Yrs		52	57	.477	4.40	1016.0	1014	551	497	94	554	755	40	1.543	9.0		6.7	1.36	0.8	282

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1973 *	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1973 NL 5.8 (8th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1973 NL 6.4 (2nd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1973 NL 2.50 (3rd)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1973 NL 6.931 (3rd) 1977 NL 8.090 (9th) Career 8.323 (246th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1973 NL 6.810 (6th) 1977 NL 6.336 (7th) Career 6.680 (138th)	Games Played s c a p y 1972 NL 49 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1973 NL 169 (8th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1973 NL 5 (3rd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1973 NL 99 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1973 NL 13 (2nd) 1975 NL 10 (8th) 1978 NL 11 (4th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1973 NL 10 (3rd) 1974 NL 7 (3rd)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1973 NL 152 (2nd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1973 NL 31 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1973 NL 3.4 (4th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1973 NL 31.11 (4th)
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1973 NL 4.2 (3rd)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1973 NL 3.4 (4th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 14 (1286), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Ron Schueler (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Marcelino Lopez (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Billingham (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ken McBride (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Monty Kennedy (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Diego Segui (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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