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Cecil Upshaw

Cecil Lee Upshaw

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

Born: October 22, 1942 in Spearsville, LA
High School: Bossier City HS (Bossier City, LA)
School: Centenary College of Louisiana (Shreveport, LA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1966
Teams (by GP): Braves/Yankees/Astros/WhiteSox/Indians 1966-1975

Final Game: September 28, 1975
Died: February 7, 1995 in Lawrenceville, GA
Buried: Eternal Hills Memory Gardens, Snellville, GA
Relatives: Cousin of George Stone
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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
1966 23 ATL NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 11 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
1967 24 ATL NL 2 3 .400 2.58 30 0 20 0 0 8 45.1 42 14 13 4 8 4 31 4 0 1 185 131 1.103 8.3 0.8 1.6 6.2 3.88
1968 25 ATL NL 8 7 .533 2.47 52 0 35 0 0 13 116.2 98 41 32 6 24 7 74 4 0 2 467 123 1.046 7.6 0.5 1.9 5.7 3.08
1969 26 ATL NL 6 4 .600 2.91 62 0 47 0 0 27 105.1 102 36 34 7 29 6 57 1 0 5 437 126 1.244 8.7 0.6 2.5 4.9 1.97
1970 Did not play in major leagues (Disabled List)
1971 28 ATL NL 11 6 .647 3.51 49 0 41 0 0 17 82.0 95 33 32 5 28 12 56 2 1 2 364 106 1.500 10.4 0.5 3.1 6.1 2.00
1972 29 ATL NL 3 5 .375 3.69 42 0 29 0 0 13 53.2 50 22 22 5 19 9 23 1 0 2 227 103 1.286 8.4 0.8 3.2 3.9 1.21
1973 30 TOT NL 2 4 .333 4.93 40 0 21 0 0 1 42.0 46 26 23 3 17 5 24 1 0 3 187 75 1.500 9.9 0.6 3.6 5.1 1.41
1973 30 ATL NL 0 1 .000 9.82 5 0 4 0 0 0 3.2 8 5 4 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 21 45 2.727 19.6 0.0 4.9 7.4 1.50
1973 30 HOU NL 2 3 .400 4.46 35 0 17 0 0 1 38.1 38 21 19 3 15 4 21 1 0 3 166 82 1.383 8.9 0.7 3.5 4.9 1.40
1974 31 TOT AL 1 6 .143 3.06 43 0 22 0 0 6 67.2 63 29 23 2 28 4 34 3 0 0 276 118 1.345 8.4 0.3 3.7 4.5 1.21
1974 31 CLE AL 0 1 .000 3.38 7 0 5 0 0 0 8.0 10 4 3 1 4 1 7 0 0 0 36 113 1.750 11.3 1.1 4.5 7.9 1.75
1974 31 NYY AL 1 5 .167 3.02 36 0 17 0 0 6 59.2 53 25 20 1 24 3 27 3 0 0 240 119 1.291 8.0 0.2 3.6 4.1 1.13
1975 32 CHW AL 1 1 .500 3.23 29 0 14 0 0 1 47.1 49 19 17 5 21 3 22 4 0 2 208 122 1.479 9.3 1.0 4.0 4.2 1.05
9 Yrs 34 36 .486 3.13 348 0 229 0 0 86 563.0 545 220 196 37 177 50 323 20 1 18 2362 113 1.282 8.7 0.6 2.8 5.2 1.82
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .486 3.13 68 0 45 0 0 17 110 106 43 38 7 35 10 63 4 0 4 462 113 1.282 8.7 0.6 2.8 5.2 1.82
ATL (7 yrs) 30 26 .536 3.01 241 0 176 0 0 78 409.2 395 151 137 27 113 39 246 12 1 13 1712 116 1.240 8.7 0.6 2.5 5.4 2.18
CLE (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.38 7 0 5 0 0 0 8.0 10 4 3 1 4 1 7 0 0 0 36 113 1.750 11.3 1.1 4.5 7.9 1.75
NYY (1 yr) 1 5 .167 3.02 36 0 17 0 0 6 59.2 53 25 20 1 24 3 27 3 0 0 240 119 1.291 8.0 0.2 3.6 4.1 1.13
HOU (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.46 35 0 17 0 0 1 38.1 38 21 19 3 15 4 21 1 0 3 166 82 1.383 8.9 0.7 3.5 4.9 1.40
CHW (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.23 29 0 14 0 0 1 47.1 49 19 17 5 21 3 22 4 0 2 208 122 1.479 9.3 1.0 4.0 4.2 1.05
NL (7 yrs) 32 29 .525 3.13 276 0 193 0 0 79 448.0 433 172 156 30 128 43 267 13 1 16 1878 112 1.252 8.7 0.6 2.6 5.4 2.09
AL (2 yrs) 2 7 .222 3.13 72 0 36 0 0 7 115.0 112 48 40 7 49 7 56 7 0 2 484 120 1.400 8.8 0.5 3.8 4.4 1.14

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
1966 23 ATL NL 3.0 1 0 0 0.00 3.93 -0.05 -0.16 118.0 4.50 1 0.2 .0 -0.1 0.1 2 .682 .501 $
1967 24 ATL NL 45.1 30 0 14 2.78 4.03 -0.12 -0.17 100.1 3.98 6 0.7 1.7 0.1 1.2 11 .522 .504 $
1968 25 ATL NL 116.2 52 0 41 3.16 3.39 0.01 -0.15 101.8 3.29 0 0.0 1.5 -0.2 0.9 12 .500 .500 $
1969 26 ATL NL 105.1 62 0 36 3.08 4.01 0.32 -0.17 99.6 3.50 4 0.4 1.7 0.0 1.5 16 .507 .503 $
1971 28 ATL NL 82.0 49 0 33 3.62 3.93 -0.34 -0.17 106.9 4.38 6 0.7 2.0 0.2 1.6 14 .515 .504 $30,000
1972 29 ATL NL 53.2 42 0 22 3.69 3.99 -0.25 -0.17 108.2 4.41 4 0.4 1.8 0.0 0.9 9 .510 .503 $
1973 30 ATL NL 3.2 5 0 5 12.27 4.39 -0.04 -0.36 105.9 4.31 -3 -0.3 .8 0.0 -0.3 -3 .432 .498 $37,000
1973 30 HOU NL 38.1 35 0 21 4.93 4.32 0.00 -0.35 102.1 4.04 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0 .488 .497 $
1974 31 CLE AL 8.0 7 0 4 4.50 4.11 0.21 -0.34 104.9 3.73 -1 -0.1 2.0 -0.1 -0.1 0 .489 .500 $38,000
1974 31 NYY AL 59.2 36 0 25 3.77 4.08 0.13 -0.34 100.8 3.64 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.2 0.3 5 .497 .499 $
1975 32 CHW AL 47.1 29 0 19 3.61 4.42 -0.25 -0.37 102.2 4.40 4 0.4 .8 -0.1 0.8 9 .516 .503 $
9 Seasons 563.0 348 0 220 3.52 3.94 -0.03 -0.22 102.7 3.85 16 2.0 1.5 -0.2 6.7 74 .506 .501 $105,000
ATL (7 yrs) 409.2 241 0 151 3.32 3.82 -0.03 -0.17 103.1 3.81 18 2.1 1.7 0.2 5.9 60 .509 .502 $67,000
CLE (1 yr) 8.0 7 0 4 4.50 4.11 0.21 -0.34 104.9 3.73 -1 -0.1 2.0 -0.1 -0.1 0 .489 .500 $38,000
NYY (1 yr) 59.2 36 0 25 3.77 4.08 0.13 -0.34 100.8 3.64 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.2 0.3 5 .497 .499 $
HOU (1 yr) 38.1 35 0 21 4.93 4.32 0.00 -0.35 102.1 4.04 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0 .488 .497 $
CHW (1 yr) 47.1 29 0 19 3.61 4.42 -0.25 -0.37 102.2 4.40 4 0.4 .8 -0.1 0.8 9 .516 .503 $

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
1969 26 ATL NL NLCS L NYM 0 0 2.84 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 24 0.947 7.1 1.4 1.4 5.7 4.00
1 NLCS 0 0 2.84 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 24 0.947 7.1 1.4 1.4 5.7 4.00

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
1966 23 ATL NL 1 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .273 .000 .273 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 24 ATL NL 30 185 170 14 42 4 2 4 5 1 8 31 .247 .295 .365 .660 .279 62 2 4 2 1 4 1
1968 25 ATL NL 52 436 428 41 98 13 6 6 12 2 24 74 .229 .275 .329 .605 .263 141 10 4 9 2 7 7
1969 26 ATL NL 62 403 394 36 102 8 1 7 3 2 29 57 .259 .309 .338 .647 .285 133 10 1 10 3 6 5
1971 28 ATL NL 49 364 325 33 95 16 2 5 9 0 28 56 .292 .349 .400 .749 .337 130 8 2 6 3 12 5
1972 29 ATL NL 42 224 201 22 50 8 2 5 6 0 19 23 .249 .315 .383 .698 .259 77 2 1 5 1 9 2
1973 30 TOT NL 40 184 165 26 46 8 1 3 8 2 17 24 .279 .348 .394 .742 .309 65 3 1 3 1 5 3
1973 30 ATL NL 5 21 18 5 8 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 .444 .476 .556 1.032 .500 10 0 0 0 1 1 0
1973 30 HOU NL 35 163 147 21 38 6 1 3 7 2 15 21 .259 .331 .374 .705 .285 55 3 1 3 0 4 3
1974 31 TOT AL 43 276 238 29 63 8 2 2 8 4 28 34 .265 .347 .340 .687 .299 81 11 3 5 2 4 2
1974 31 CLE AL 7 36 29 4 10 2 0 1 3 0 4 7 .345 .400 .517 .917 .391 15 1 0 1 2 1 0
1974 31 NYY AL 36 240 209 25 53 6 2 1 5 4 24 27 .254 .339 .316 .655 .287 66 10 3 4 0 3 2
1975 32 CHW AL 29 208 181 19 49 2 0 5 11 2 21 22 .271 .359 .365 .724 .286 66 7 4 2 0 3 4
9 Yrs 348 2291 2110 220 545 67 16 37 62 13 177 323 .258 .320 .358 .678 .288 755 54 20 42 13 50 29
162 Game Avg. 68 448 412 43 106 13 3 7 12 3 35 63 .258 .320 .358 .678 .288 148 11 4 8 3 10 6
MLB Averages .250 .317 .367 .685 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1966 23 ATL NL 1.4 0.2 12 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .01 0.1 -0.1 1.1 0.1 0.01 1.2 0 0 1
1967 24 ATL NL 4.4 0.5 191 1.1 5.1 -4.0 1.57 0.6 0.2 3.3 0.4 1.57 3.7 13 3 14
1968 25 ATL NL 5.3 0.6 457 1.6 9.7 -8.1 1.24 0.6 0.7 8.9 1.0 1.24 3.3 22 8 18
1969 26 ATL NL 9.8 1.0 450 1.5 12.4 -10.9 1.74 1.0 -0.1 11.4 1.2 1.68 10.2 32 12 18
1971 28 ATL NL 3.2 0.3 380 0.1 13.1 -13.0 2.23 -0.4 0.4 -1.2 -0.1 2.23 -4.2 30 7 12
1972 29 ATL NL 1.9 0.2 233 -0.2 5.7 -5.9 1.53 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 1.53 -0.9 20 5 16
1973 30 TOT NL -5.4 -0.6 196 -0.7 2.2 -2.9 .76 -0.1 -0.8 -11.4 -1.1 0.77 -4.7 10 2 25
1973 30 ATL NL -2.2 -0.2 22 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .63 -0.2 -0.5 -5.5 -0.5 0.63 -3.1 1 1 2
1973 30 HOU NL -3.2 -0.3 174 -0.3 2.0 -2.3 .78 0.1 -0.5 -5.9 -0.6 0.78 -1.6 9 1 23
1974 31 TOT AL 2.9 0.3 289 -0.0 5.7 -5.7 1.16 0.5 -0.6 4.0 0.4 1.16 4.8 17 9 16
1974 31 CLE AL 0.1 0.0 38 -0.9 0.6 -1.5 1.41 -0.1 -0.5 -2.9 -0.3 1.41 -1.5 3 2 1
1974 31 NYY AL 2.8 0.3 251 0.9 5.1 -4.3 1.12 0.7 0.1 6.9 0.7 1.12 6.2 14 7 15
1975 32 CHW AL 3.7 0.4 222 -1.4 2.4 -3.8 .77 -0.7 -1.1 3.1 0.3 0.77 -2.7 6 5 17
9 Yrs 27.1 2.9 2430 1.9 56.3 -54.4 1.44 1.4 -0.1 18.7 2.2 1.43 10.7 150 51 137

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
1966 23 ATL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 .010 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0
1967 24 ATL NL 30 30 20 2 3 10 8 2 80% 10 0 27 10 37% 8 1.571 13 3 14 11 7 12 16 14 15 6 16 6 4.5
1968 25 ATL NL 52 52 35 8 7 13 13 2 100% 14 0 38 11 29% 8 1.235 22 8 18 15 12 21 24 24 36 6 35 4 6.7
1969 26 ATL NL 62 62 47 6 4 32 27 5 84% 34 1 59 19 32% 8 1.735 32 12 18 36 9 17 36 26 37 11 39 12 5.1
1971 28 ATL NL 49 49 41 11 6 26 17 9 65% 26 0 39 13 33% 8 2.233 30 7 12 30 9 10 25 24 27 13 27 9 5.0
1972 29 ATL NL 42 42 29 3 5 15 13 2 87% 15 0 41 16 39% 8 1.526 20 5 16 15 8 18 22 19 19 13 20 6 3.8
1973 30 TOT NL 40 40 21 2 4 1 1 0 100% 3 0 34 17 50% .765 10 2 25 3 7 29 20 19 11 20 11 10 3.2
1973 30 ATL NL 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 8 .629 1 1 2 0 1 4 2 3 0 3 0 0 2.2
1973 30 HOU NL 35 35 17 2 3 1 1 0 100% 3 0 30 13 43% 9 .783 9 1 23 3 6 25 18 16 11 17 11 10 3.3
1974 31 TOT AL 43 43 22 1 6 10 6 4 60% 14 4 49 17 35% 1.159 17 9 16 16 6 21 30 13 24 12 27 8 4.7
1974 31 CLE AL 7 7 5 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 10 5 50% 7 1.406 3 2 1 3 1 3 6 1 3 3 4 2 3.4
1974 31 NYY AL 36 36 17 1 5 9 6 3 67% 12 3 39 12 31% 7 1.122 14 7 15 13 5 18 24 12 21 9 23 6 5.0
1975 32 CHW AL 29 29 14 1 1 3 1 2 33% 6 2 39 10 26% 7 .767 6 5 17 8 1 20 22 7 15 10 18 6 4.9
9 Yrs 348 348 229 34 36 110 86 26 78% 122 7 327 114 35% 1.442 150 51 137 134 59 149 196 146 185 91 194 61 4.9

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%
1966 23 ATL NL 11 82% 0.0% 18.2% 27.3% 0.0% 2.50 55% 2 1 50%
1967 24 ATL NL 185 61% 2.2% 16.8% 4.3% 5.4% 24% 1.40 74% 39 2 5%
1968 25 ATL NL 467 66% 1.4% 17.0% 5.5% 5.7% 26% 1.75 80% 86 10 12%
1969 26 ATL NL 437 60% 1.7% 14.1% 7.2% 4.0% 16% 1.75 83% 106 10 9%
1971 28 ATL NL 364 57% 1.4% 15.4% 7.7% 6.3% 24% 1.44 73% 78 8 10%
1972 29 ATL NL 227 66% 2.2% 10.3% 8.5% 6.7% 30% 1.53 78% 45 2 4%
1973 30 TOT NL 187 60% 1.6% 13.0% 9.2% 6.5% 26% 1.39 76% 36 3 8%
1973 30 ATL NL 21 67% 0.0% 14.3% 9.5% 9.5% 25% 0.60 76% 6 0 0%
1973 30 HOU NL 166 59% 1.8% 12.9% 9.2% 6.1% 26% 1.50 75% 30 3 10%
1974 31 TOT AL 276 66% 0.7% 12.3% 10.1% 4.4% 19% 1.69 74% 71 11 15%
1974 31 CLE AL 36 56% 2.8% 19.4% 11.1% 8.3% 30% 1.67 64% 9 1 11%
1974 31 NYY AL 240 68% 0.4% 11.3% 10.0% 3.8% 17% 1.70 75% 62 10 16%
1975 32 CHW AL 208 65% 2.4% 10.6% 10.1% 3.4% 14% 1.80 74% 53 7 13%
9 Yrs 2362 63% 1.6% 14.1% 7.7% 5.2% 22% 1.62 77% 516 54 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.6% 8.6% 6.0% 27% 1.10 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
1966 23 ATL NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 24 ATL NL 185 42 4 1 6 1 3 1 3 18 6 5 33% 1 1 0 78 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 25 ATL NL 436 98 6 0 6 3 3 4 2 20 11 2 55% 7 2 1 172 12 2 86% 10 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 31
1969 26 ATL NL 403 102 7 0 20 3 4 2 5 34 14 3 41% 5 5 1 186 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 10 34
1971 28 ATL NL 364 95 5 0 22 2 3 2 3 32 16 4 50% 5 2 3 159 9 0 100% 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1972 29 ATL NL 224 50 5 0 12 4 1 4 1 25 10 3 40% 2 2 1 88 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
1973 30 TOT NL 184 46 3 0 8 2 1 0 3 19 8 3 42% 3 3 0 74 8 2 80% 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 3
1973 30 ATL NL 21 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 30 HOU NL 163 38 3 0 7 2 1 0 3 16 6 3 38% 3 3 0 62 7 2 78% 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 3
1974 31 TOT AL 276 63 2 1 8 1 1 2 0 20 8 2 40% 2 0 0 122 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1974 31 CLE AL 36 10 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 75% 0 0 0 18 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 31 NYY AL 240 53 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 16 5 1 31% 2 0 0 104 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1975 32 CHW AL 208 49 5 0 11 2 3 2 3 14 6 2 43% 4 2 1 97 11 2 85% 8 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
9 Yrs 2291 545 37 2 93 18 19 17 20 184 80 24 43% 29 18 7 981 62 13 83% 50 9 11 1 1 3 4 0 56 71
MLB Averages 49% 63%

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+
1966 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 11 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
1967 24 2 3 .400 2.42 31 0 20 0 0 8 48.1 42 14 13 4 11 4 33 4 0 2 196 142 1.097 7.8 0.7 2.0 6.1 3.00 142
1968 25 10 10 .500 2.45 83 0 55 0 0 21 165.0 140 55 45 10 35 11 107 8 0 4 663 128 1.061 7.6 0.5 1.9 5.8 3.06 128
1969 26 16 14 .533 2.63 145 0 102 0 0 48 270.1 242 91 79 17 64 17 164 9 0 9 1100 127 1.132 8.1 0.6 2.1 5.5 2.56 127
1970 27 16 14 .533 2.63 145 0 102 0 0 48 270.1 242 91 79 17 64 17 164 9 0 9 1100 127 1.132 8.1 0.6 2.1 5.5 2.56 127
1971 28 27 20 .574 2.84 194 0 143 0 0 65 352.1 337 124 111 22 92 29 220 11 1 11 1464 121 1.218 8.6 0.6 2.4 5.6 2.39 121
1972 29 30 25 .545 2.95 236 0 172 0 0 78 406.0 387 146 133 27 111 38 243 12 1 13 1691 118 1.227 8.6 0.6 2.5 5.4 2.19 118
1973 30 32 29 .525 3.13 276 0 193 0 0 79 448.0 433 172 156 30 128 43 267 13 1 16 1878 112 1.252 8.7 0.6 2.6 5.4 2.09 112
1974 31 33 35 .485 3.12 319 0 215 0 0 85 515.2 496 201 179 32 156 47 301 16 1 16 2154 113 1.264 8.7 0.6 2.7 5.3 1.93 113
1975 32 34 36 .486 3.13 348 0 229 0 0 86 563.0 545 220 196 37 177 50 323 20 1 18 2362 113 1.282 8.7 0.6 2.8 5.2 1.82 113

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
1966 23 0 0 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1.000 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67 0.0 1
1967 24 2 2 .500 3.21 42.0 46 17 15 4 9 29 4 1.310 9.9 1.9 6.2 3.22 0.9 30
1968 25 6 5 .545 3.42 108.0 110 46 41 7 27 68 4 1.269 9.2 2.3 5.7 2.52 0.6 52
1969 26 6 5 .545 3.33 100.0 106 41 37 7 30 54 1 1.360 9.5 2.7 4.9 1.80 0.6 62
1971 28 4 4 .500 3.92 78.0 98 38 34 5 29 53 2 1.628 11.3 3.3 6.1 1.83 0.6 49
1972 29 3 3 .500 3.83 54.0 53 26 23 5 20 23 1 1.352 8.8 3.3 3.8 1.15 0.8 42
1973 30 1 3 .250 5.27 41.0 47 27 24 3 17 23 1 1.561 10.3 3.7 5.0 1.35 0.7 40
1974 31 3 3 .500 4.19 58.0 69 30 27 2 31 29 3 1.724 10.7 4.8 4.5 0.94 0.3 43
1975 32 2 2 .500 3.60 45.0 50 20 18 5 21 21 4 1.578 10.0 4.2 4.2 1.00 1.0 29
9 Yrs 27 27 .500 3.73 529.0 579 245 219 38 187 302 20 1.448 9.9 5.1 1.62 0.6 348

* 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

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1971 NL  .647 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1968 NL  52 (10th)
1969 NL  62 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1968 NL  13 (5th)
1969 NL  27 (2nd)
1971 NL  17 (5th)
1972 NL  13 (9th)
Career  86 (157th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1968 NL  35 (8th)
1969 NL  47 (3rd)
1971 NL  41 (5th)
Career  229 (191st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 17 (1180), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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