Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > U Listing > John Urrea > Pitching

News: s-r blog:Subscribe to the Play Index!

 

John Urrea

John Goody Urrea

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 9, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1977
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Padres 1977-1981

Final Game: October 4, 1981
    About biographical information

38
38
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

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
1977 22 STL NL 7 6 .538 3.16 41 12 15 2 1 4 139.2 126 56 49 13 35 3 81 0 1 5 560 123 1.153 8.1 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.31
1978 23 STL NL 4 9 .308 5.38 27 12 3 1 0 0 98.2 108 75 59 4 47 4 61 7 1 5 445 66 1.571 9.9 0.4 4.3 5.6 1.30
1979 24 STL NL 0 0 3.97 3 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 13 7 5 0 9 0 5 0 0 1 51 99 1.941 10.3 0.0 7.1 4.0 0.56
1980 25 STL NL 4 1 .800 3.48 30 1 8 0 0 3 64.2 57 28 25 2 41 9 36 2 2 3 287 108 1.515 7.9 0.3 5.7 5.0 0.88
1981 26 SDP NL 2 2 .500 2.39 38 0 16 0 0 2 49.0 43 14 13 1 28 0 19 3 0 4 215 139 1.449 7.9 0.2 5.1 3.5 0.68
5 Yrs 17 18 .486 3.74 139 27 42 3 1 9 363.1 347 180 151 20 160 16 202 12 4 18 1558 99 1.395 8.6 0.5 4.0 5.0 1.26
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .486 3.74 57 11 17 1 0 4 149 142 74 62 8 66 7 83 5 2 7 638 99 1.395 8.6 0.5 4.0 5.0 1.26
STL (4 yrs) 15 16 .484 3.95 101 27 26 3 1 7 314.1 304 166 138 19 132 16 183 9 4 14 1343 95 1.387 8.7 0.5 3.8 5.2 1.39
SDP (1 yr) 2 2 .500 2.39 38 0 16 0 0 2 49.0 43 14 13 1 28 0 19 3 0 4 215 139 1.449 7.9 0.2 5.1 3.5 0.68

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
1977 22 STL NL 139.2 41 12 56 3.61 4.28 0.20 -0.05 98.8 3.98 5 0.5 1.1 -0.2 1.4 19 .512 .503 $
1978 23 STL NL 98.2 27 12 75 6.84 4.04 -0.10 -0.02 98.0 4.03 -32 -3.2 .9 -0.0 -2.4 -22 .381 .480 $
1979 24 STL NL 11.1 3 2 7 5.56 3.89 0.13 -0.03 101.1 3.77 -2 -0.2 2.7 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .421 .499 $
1980 25 STL NL 64.2 30 1 28 3.90 3.99 0.14 -0.28 104.2 3.73 -1 -0.2 1.2 -0.1 0.3 5 .495 .499 $
1981 26 SDP NL 49.0 38 0 14 2.57 3.98 -0.20 -0.30 95.8 3.71 6 0.6 1.4 0.0 1.1 9 .517 .504 $
5 Seasons 363.1 139 27 180 4.46 4.11 0.05 -0.12 99.2 3.91 -25 -2.5 1.2 -0.3 0.2 10 .482 .497 $
STL (4 yrs) 314.1 101 27 166 4.75 4.13 0.09 -0.09 99.8 3.94 -31 -3.1 1.1 -0.4 -0.9 1 .469 .495 $
SDP (1 yr) 49.0 38 0 14 2.57 3.98 -0.20 -0.30 95.8 3.71 6 0.6 1.4 0.0 1.1 9 .517 .504 $

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
1977 22 STL NL 41 560 517 56 126 21 4 13 14 6 35 81 .244 .291 .375 .666 .266 194 18 0 6 2 3 6
1978 23 STL NL 27 445 380 75 108 19 8 4 21 5 47 61 .284 .369 .408 .777 .325 155 12 7 6 5 4 7
1979 24 STL NL 3 51 42 7 13 1 0 0 3 2 9 5 .310 .431 .333 .765 .351 14 0 0 0 0 0 2
1980 25 STL NL 30 287 238 28 57 12 2 2 3 1 41 36 .239 .352 .332 .684 .271 79 7 2 3 3 9 3
1981 26 SDP NL 38 215 179 14 43 8 2 1 5 1 28 19 .240 .347 .324 .671 .259 58 3 3 1 3 0 1
5 Yrs 139 1558 1356 180 347 61 16 20 46 15 160 202 .256 .337 .369 .706 .285 500 40 12 16 13 16 19
162 Game Avg. 57 638 555 74 142 25 7 8 19 6 66 83 .256 .337 .369 .706 .285 205 16 5 7 5 7 8
MLB Averages .262 .326 .388 .714 .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
1977 22 STL NL 11.0 1.1 586 1.5 11.7 -10.2 1.09 1.4 -0.0 10.8 1.1 1.09 14.5 8 9 12
1978 23 STL NL -24.1 -2.4 481 -2.6 6.4 -9.0 .91 -1.7 -1.2 -26.9 -2.7 0.91 -19.1 2 3 10
1979 24 STL NL -0.6 -0.1 56 -0.0 1.3 -1.3 1.52 -0.2 0.2 -1.9 -0.2 1.52 -2.5 1 0 0
1980 25 STL NL 1.8 0.2 299 0.3 4.4 -4.2 .93 0.0 0.2 -1.8 -0.2 0.93 -0.5 9 10 9
1981 26 SDP NL 5.6 0.6 226 -0.6 3.7 -4.3 1.15 0.3 -0.8 1.9 0.2 1.15 -0.8 13 5 15
5 Yrs -6.4 -0.6 1648 -1.6 27.5 -29.1 1.03 -0.2 -1.3 -17.9 -1.7 1.03 -8.4 33 27 46

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1977 22 STL NL 41 12 5 3 4 0 1 8 4 .667 1 0 2 1 10 83% 56.2 83 22 13 2 0 6 4.5 5.1 6.8
1978 23 STL NL 27 12 4 7 1 0 2 4 8 .333 0 1 1 0 6 50% 44.7 79 13 18 12 4 5 3.6 3.7 5.5
1979 24 STL NL 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 35.5 39 32 3 0 0 0 5.6 6.4 3.7
1980 25 STL NL 30 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 14 4 0 1 9.0 12.0 5.3
4 Yrs 101 27 10 10 7 1 3 14 13 .519 1 2 3 1 16 59% 49 83 13 48 18 4 12 4.3 4.8 5.9
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 99 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3

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
1977 22 STL NL 41 29 15 2 3 7 4 3 57% 7 0 18 6 33% 6 1.089 8 9 12 7 3 19 12 17 18 6 18 2 6.1
1978 23 STL NL 27 15 3 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 2 25% 7 .913 2 3 10 2 1 12 5 10 13 1 13 2 6.5
1979 24 STL NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 1.521 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 12.0
1980 25 STL NL 30 29 8 3 1 3 3 0 100% 5 2 30 11 37% 7 .931 9 10 9 7 5 17 18 11 18 6 22 5 6.1
1981 26 SDP NL 38 38 16 2 2 3 2 1 67% 11 8 26 10 38% 9 1.151 13 5 15 12 4 22 14 24 14 14 16 11 3.9
5 Yrs 139 112 42 7 8 14 9 5 64% 24 10 84 29 35% 1.032 33 27 46 28 14 70 50 62 64 27 70 20 5.4

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%
1977 22 STL NL 560 66% 2.3% 14.5% 6.3% 6.8% 30% 1.55 76% 98 18 18%
1978 23 STL NL 445 61% 0.9% 13.7% 10.6% 7.0% 29% 1.52 72% 73 12 16%
1979 24 STL NL 51 49% 0.0% 9.8% 17.7% 2.0% 8% 1.08 73% 16 0 0%
1980 25 STL NL 287 62% 0.7% 12.5% 14.3% 5.6% 28% 0.88 71% 55 7 13%
1981 26 SDP NL 215 64% 0.5% 8.8% 13.0% 5.1% 26% 1.43 75% 44 3 7%
5 Yrs 1558 63% 1.3% 13.0% 10.3% 6.2% 28% 1.36 74% 286 40 14%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 12.7% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.10 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
1977 22 STL NL 560 126 13 0 5 8 5 7 6 31 15 4 48% 6 5 1 197 14 6 70% 12 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 14 0
1978 23 STL NL 445 108 4 0 9 2 2 0 4 41 20 6 49% 7 5 1 159 21 5 81% 19 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
1979 24 STL NL 51 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 50% 2 1 0 22 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 25 STL NL 287 57 2 0 18 1 1 0 2 31 18 3 58% 3 3 1 110 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1981 26 SDP NL 215 43 1 0 10 1 0 1 0 14 5 2 36% 1 4 0 90 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
5 Yrs 1558 347 20 0 42 12 8 8 12 123 61 15 50% 19 18 3 578 46 15 75% 41 14 5 0 0 1 4 0 53 0
MLB Averages 53% 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+
1977 22 7 6 .538 3.16 41 12 15 2 1 4 139.2 126 56 49 13 35 3 81 0 1 5 560 123 1.153 8.1 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.31 123
1978 23 11 15 .423 4.08 68 24 18 3 1 4 238.1 234 131 108 17 82 7 142 7 2 10 1005 92 1.326 8.8 0.6 3.1 5.4 1.73 92
1979 24 11 15 .423 4.07 71 26 18 3 1 4 249.2 247 138 113 17 91 7 147 7 2 11 1056 92 1.354 8.9 0.6 3.3 5.3 1.62 92
1980 25 15 16 .484 3.95 101 27 26 3 1 7 314.1 304 166 138 19 132 16 183 9 4 14 1343 95 1.387 8.7 0.5 3.8 5.2 1.39 95
1981 26 17 18 .486 3.74 139 27 42 3 1 9 363.1 347 180 151 20 160 16 202 12 4 18 1558 99 1.395 8.6 0.5 4.0 5.0 1.26 99

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
1977 22 8 6 .571 3.32 133.0 126 54 49 13 35 77 0 1.211 8.5 2.4 5.2 2.20 0.9 41
1978 23 3 7 .300 6.63 91.0 115 74 67 4 50 56 7 1.813 11.4 4.9 5.5 1.12 0.4 27
1979 24 0 1 .000 4.50 10.0 13 6 5 0 9 4 0 2.200 11.7 8.1 3.6 0.44 0.0 3
1980 25 3 3 .500 3.77 62.0 58 29 26 2 42 34 2 1.613 8.4 6.1 4.9 0.81 0.3 30
1981 26 4 3 .571 3.04 68.0 71 26 23 2 46 26 5 1.721 9.4 6.1 3.4 0.57 0.3 38
5 Yrs 18 20 .474 4.20 364.0 383 189 170 21 182 197 14 1.552 9.5 4.9 1.08 0.5 139

* 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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1978 NL  7 (6th)
1981 NL  3 (10th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Jim York (984)
  2. Ad Liska (983)
  3. Bill Fleming (980)
  4. Max Leon (980)
  5. Harry Parker (979)
  6. Tom Earley (979)
  7. Dave Jolly (978)
  8. Ed Sprague (977)
  9. Gary Wagner (977)
  10. Tom Hausman (977)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Johnny Ruffin (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joey McLaughlin (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Kelly (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ike Delock (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Steve Ridzik (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: John Urrea    

Viewed 5,170 times through June 1, 2012.
Name and misspellings: John Goody james jim jimmy John jon Urrea

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.