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Jerry Ujdur

Gerald Raymond Ujdur

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 5, 1957 in Duluth, MN
High School: Hermantown HS (Hermantown, MN)
School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1980
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians 1980-1984

Final Game: September 28, 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
1978	21	DET-min	A	5	2	.714	2.39	13	9		4	2	1	64.0	54	22	17	1	20	1	23	1	0	2			1.156	7.6	0.1	2.8	3.2	1.15	LAK · FLOR
1979	22	DET-min	AA	2	5	.286	5.59	19	3		0	0	5	37.0	48	27	23	8	16	2	30	1	0	5			1.730	11.7	1.9	3.9	7.3	1.88	MTG · SOUL
1980	23	DET-min	AAA	9	4	.692	3.37	29	13		7	3	3	115.0	103	54	43	8	38	4	62	1	2	7			1.226	8.1	0.6	3.0	4.9	1.63	EVN · AA
1980	23	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	7.59	9	2	2	0	0	0	21.1	36	20	18	5	10	2	8	1	0	0	107	55	2.156	15.2	2.1	4.2	3.4	0.80
1981	24	DET-min	AAA	7	10	.412	4.09	25	25	0	6	2	0	163.0	170	94	74	9	60	3	88	2	0	8			1.411	9.4	0.5	3.3	4.9	1.47	EVN · AA
1981	24	DET	AL	0	0		6.43	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.0	19	12	10	2	5	0	5	0	1	0	65	60	1.714	12.2	1.3	3.2	3.2	1.00
1982	25	DET-min	AAA	2	4	.333	3.80	8	7	1	1	0	0	47.1	42	23	20	5	14	0	30	0	0	5			1.183	8.0	1.0	2.7	5.7	2.14	EVN · AA
1982	25	DET	AL	10	10	.500	3.69	25	25	0	7	0	0	178.0	150	76	73	29	69	4	86	3	1	5	732	110	1.230	7.6	1.5	3.5	4.3	1.25
1983	26	DET-min	AAA	3	7	.300	6.24	18	18	0	3	0	0	106.2	122	87	74	12	59	1	46	3	0	1			1.697	10.3	1.0	5.0	3.9	0.78	EVN · AA
1983	26	DET	AL	0	4	.000	7.15	11	6	4	0	0	0	34.0	41	33	27	6	20	1	13	1	0	2	161	55	1.794	10.9	1.6	5.3	3.4	0.65
1984	27	CLE-min	AAA	14	8	.636	3.69	26	26	0	7	3	0	166.0	171	82	68	11	60	0	77	4	2	4			1.392	9.3	0.6	3.3	4.2	1.28	MAI · IL
1984	27	CLE	AL	1	2	.333	6.91	4	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	22	14	11	1	6	0	6	2	0	1	72	61	1.953	13.8	0.6	3.8	3.8	1.00
5 Yrs				12	16	.429	4.78	53	40	6	7	0	0	261.2	268	155	139	43	110	7	118	7	2	8	1137	85	1.445	9.2	1.5	3.8	4.1	1.07
162 Game Avg.				9	12	.429	4.78	39	29	4	5	0	0	191	196	113	102	31	80	5	86	5	1	6	831	85	1.445	9.2	1.5	3.8	4.1	1.07

DET (4 yrs)				11	14	.440	4.66	49	37	6	7	0	0	247.1	246	141	128	42	104	7	112	5	2	7	1065	87	1.415	9.0	1.5	3.8	4.1	1.08
CLE (1 yr)				1	2	.333	6.91	4	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	22	14	11	1	6	0	6	2	0	1	72	61	1.953	13.8	0.6	3.8	3.8	1.00

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
1980	23	DET	AL	21.1	9	2	20	8.44	4.94	-0.14	-0.18	100.5	4.93	-8	-0.8	.9	0.0	-0.6	-6	.410	.495	$
1981	24	DET	AL	14.0	4	4	12	7.71	4.57	0.68	0.15	96.7	3.91	-6	-0.6		-0.0	-0.5	-5	.357	.496	$
1982	25	DET	AL	178.0	25	25	76	3.84	4.49	0.46	0.15	99.0	4.14	7	0.7		-0.1	2.1	25	.529	.504	$
1983	26	DET	AL	34.0	11	6	33	8.74	4.63	0.58	0.02	97.8	3.99	-18	-1.6	.3	0.1	-1.2	-14	.352	.490	$
1984	27	CLE	AL	14.1	4	3	14	8.79	4.33	-0.06	0.05	101.3	4.49	-7	-0.6	2.8	-0.1	-0.6	-5	.346	.496	$
5 Seasons				261.2	53	40	155	5.33	4.54	0.41	0.10	99.0	4.19	-32	-2.9	.8	-0.1	-0.8	-6	.445	.496	$

DET (4 yrs)				247.1	49	37	141	5.13	4.55	0.44	0.11	98.8	4.17	-26	-2.3	.6	0.0	-0.2	-1	.453	.496	$
CLE (1 yr)				14.1	4	3	14	8.79	4.33	-0.06	0.05	101.3	4.49	-7	-0.6	2.8	-0.1	-0.6	-5	.346	.496	$

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
1980	23	DET	AL	9	107	94	20	36	7	4	5	0	1	10	8	.383	.443	.702	1.146	.378	66	2	1	1	1	2	0
1981	24	DET	AL	4	65	59	12	19	3	0	2	1	0	5	5	.322	.369	.475	.844	.321	28	0	0	0	1	0	0
1982	25	DET	AL	25	732	653	76	150	29	1	29	13	12	69	86	.230	.304	.410	.715	.223	268	14	3	2	5	4	9
1983	26	DET	AL	11	161	140	33	41	6	3	6	0	6	20	13	.293	.385	.507	.892	.289	71	3	1	0	0	1	6
1984	27	CLE	AL	4	72	62	14	22	5	2	1	0	1	6	6	.355	.423	.548	.971	.375	34	1	2	1	1	0	2
5 Yrs				53	1137	1008	155	268	50	10	43	14	20	110	118	.266	.340	.463	.803	.263	467	20	7	4	8	7	17
162 Game Avg.				39	831	737	113	196	37	7	31	10	15	80	86	.266	.340	.463	.803	.263	341	15	5	3	6	5	12
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.385	.709	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1980	23	DET	AL	-7.8	-0.8	110	-1.1	1.0	-2.1	.65	-1.4	-0.3	-17.2	-1.5	0.65	-14.5	2	1	4
1981	24	DET	AL	-4.2	-0.4	67	-0.8	0.9	-1.8	1.04	-0.3	-0.5	-5.6	-0.5	1.04	-3.4	0	0	0
1982	25	DET	AL	9.2	0.9	763	0.8	14.0	-13.2	1.03	0.8	0.0	11.6	1.2	1.03	8.3	0	0	0
1983	26	DET	AL	-14.0	-1.3	169	-1.4	2.0	-3.4	.81	-1.3	-0.4	-13.2	-1.3	0.81	-14.6	0	1	4
1984	27	CLE	AL	-4.9	-0.5	73	-0.3	1.1	-1.5	1.04	-0.5	0.2	-5.9	-0.5	1.04	-5.8	1	0	0
5 Yrs				-21.8	-2.0	1182	-2.8	19.1	-21.9	.96	-2.7	-0.3	-30.3	-2.7	0.96	-30.0	3	2	8

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
1980	23	DET	AL	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	1	50%	37.5	46	29	11	3	1	1	6.5	9.9	4.2
1981	24	DET	AL	4	4	0	0	4	0	0	3	1	.750	0	4	0	0	0	0%	41.0	48	35	7	2	1	3	4.6	2.3	3.5
1982	25	DET	AL	25	25	10	10	5	2	4	13	12	.520	0	0	7	0	17	68%	54.2	79	15	17	3	7	4	4.0	4.4	7.1
1983	26	DET	AL	11	6	0	4	2	0	0	1	5	.167	0	1	0	0	0	0%	37.0	41	33	6	3	3	3	3.5	5.3	4.3
1984	27	CLE	AL	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	32.0	42	24	5	3	1	0	5.1	0.7	3.9
5 Yrs				53	40	11	16	13	2	4	20	20	.500	0	7	7	0	18	45%	48	79	15	46	14	13	11	4.2	4.4	5.9
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	98	-12					4.3	4.2	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1980	23	DET	AL	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	7	.649	2	1	4	2	0	5	4	3	5	2	5	0	5.6

1983	26	DET	AL	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0%	8	.808	0	1	4	0	0	5	1	4	2	1	2	0	5.0
1984	27	CLE	AL	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	6	1.038	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	8.0
3 Yrs				24	13	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	7	50%		.807	3	2	8	2	1	10	6	7	8	3	8	0	5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	23	DET	AL	107	59%	4.7%	7.5%	9.4%	15.0%	44%	1.50	77%	22	2	9%
1981	24	DET	AL	65	57%	3.1%	7.7%	7.7%	7.7%	26%	1.47	82%	11	0	0%
1982	25	DET	AL	732	45%	4.0%	11.8%	9.4%	8.1%	39%	0.77	74%	126	14	11%
1983	26	DET	AL	161	52%	3.7%	8.1%	12.4%	9.3%	37%	0.73	75%	37	3	8%
1984	27	CLE	AL	72	65%	1.4%	8.3%	8.3%	11.1%	36%	0.62	78%	17	1	6%
5 Yrs				1137	50%	3.8%	10.4%	9.7%	9.1%	38%	0.83	75%	213	20	9%
MLB Averages					42%	2.0%	13.2%	8.3%	6.5%	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
1980	23	DET	AL	107	36			5	0	1	4	1	3	2	8	5	0	63%	0	0	1	43	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1981	24	DET	AL	65	19			2	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	0	50%	0	0	0	21	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1982	25	DET	AL	732	150			29	0	10	11	18	21	8	23	15	1	65%	9	5	1	241	13	12	52%	12	8	1	4	0	0	2	2	18	0
1983	26	DET	AL	161	41			6	0	6	4	2	2	4	5	3	1	60%	6	2	0	70	0	6	0%	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1984	27	CLE	AL	72	22			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	0	75%	2	1	0	29	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5 Yrs				1137	268			43	0	17	20	23	26	17	44	28	2	64%	17	8	2	404	14	20	41%	13	16	1	4	0	0	2	2	27	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1980	23	1	0	1.000	7.59	9	2	2	0	21.1	36	20	18	5	10	2	8	1	0	0	107	55	2.156	15.2	2.1	4.2	3.4	0.80	55
1981	24	1	0	1.000	7.13	13	6	2	0	35.1	55	32	28	7	15	2	13	1	1	0	172	57	1.981	14.0	1.8	3.8	3.3	0.87	57
1982	25	11	10	.524	4.26	38	31	2	7	213.1	205	108	101	36	84	6	99	4	2	5	904	95	1.355	8.6	1.5	3.5	4.2	1.18	95
1983	26	11	14	.440	4.66	49	37	6	7	247.1	246	141	128	42	104	7	112	5	2	7	1065	87	1.415	9.0	1.5	3.8	4.1	1.08	87
1984	27	12	16	.429	4.78	53	40	6	7	261.2	268	155	139	43	110	7	118	7	2	8	1137	85	1.445	9.2	1.5	3.8	4.1	1.07	85

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
1980	23	0	2	.000	8.55	20.0	37	21	19	5	10	7	1	2.350	16.7	4.5	3.2	0.70	2.3	9
1981	24	0	2	.000	7.65	20.0	30	19	17	3	8	7	0	1.900	13.5	3.6	3.2	0.88	1.4	4
1982	25	9	9	.500	4.13	168.0	154	86	77	30	71	81	3	1.339	8.3	3.8	4.3	1.14	1.6	25
1983	26	1	2	.333	8.44	32.0	43	33	30	6	21	12	1	2.000	12.1	5.9	3.4	0.57	1.7	11
1984	27	0	1	.000	7.07	14.0	22	12	11	1	6	6	2	2.000	14.1	3.9	3.9	1.00	0.6	4
5 Yrs		10	16	.385	5.46	254.0	286	171	154	45	116	113	7	1.583	10.1		4.0	0.97	1.6	53

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1982 AL 1.230 (7th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1982 AL 7.584 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1982 AL 1.230 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 AL 7.584 (2nd)

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Similarity Scores

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