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Bob Veale

Robert Andrew Veale

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 212 lb.

Born: October 28, 1935 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Holy Family HS (Emsley, AL)
School: Benedictine College (Atchison, KS)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1962
Teams (by GP): Pirates/RedSox 1962-1974

Final Game: September 8, 1974
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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
1962 26 PIT NL 2 2 .500 3.74 11 6 1 2 0 1 45.2 39 25 19 2 25 1 42 0 1 2 195 106 1.401 7.7 0.4 4.9 8.3 1.68
1963 27 PIT NL 5 2 .714 1.04 34 7 10 3 2 3 77.2 59 15 9 1 40 2 68 1 1 5 321 317 1.275 6.8 0.1 4.6 7.9 1.70
1964 28 PIT NL 18 12 .600 2.74 40 38 1 14 1 0 279.2 222 100 85 8 124 9 250 3 1 18 1161 128 1.237 7.1 0.3 4.0 8.0 2.02
1965 29 PIT NL 17 12 .586 2.84 39 37 2 14 7 0 266.0 221 98 84 5 119 7 276 7 0 17 1126 123 1.278 7.5 0.2 4.0 9.3 2.32 AS
1966 30 PIT NL 16 12 .571 3.02 38 37 0 12 3 0 268.1 228 99 90 18 102 6 229 5 0 10 1111 118 1.230 7.6 0.6 3.4 7.7 2.25 AS
1967 31 PIT NL 16 8 .667 3.64 33 31 0 6 1 0 203.0 184 90 82 12 119 10 179 5 3 11 891 92 1.493 8.2 0.5 5.3 7.9 1.50
1968 32 PIT NL 13 14 .481 2.05 36 33 2 13 4 0 245.1 187 67 56 13 94 5 171 2 1 9 997 141 1.145 6.9 0.5 3.4 6.3 1.82
1969 33 PIT NL 13 14 .481 3.23 34 34 0 9 1 0 225.2 232 93 81 8 91 4 213 3 1 5 980 108 1.431 9.3 0.3 3.6 8.5 2.34
1970 34 PIT NL 10 15 .400 3.92 34 32 0 5 1 0 202.0 189 99 88 15 94 11 178 3 1 9 882 99 1.401 8.4 0.7 4.2 7.9 1.89
1971 35 PIT NL 6 0 1.000 6.99 37 0 12 0 0 2 46.1 59 38 36 5 24 2 40 0 0 3 218 50 1.791 11.5 1.0 4.7 7.8 1.67
1972 36 TOT MLB 2 0 1.000 3.18 11 0 6 0 0 2 17.0 12 7 6 0 10 2 16 0 0 1 69 109 1.294 6.4 0.0 5.3 8.5 1.60
1972 36 PIT NL 0 0 6.00 5 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 10 7 6 0 7 2 6 0 0 1 42 59 1.889 10.0 0.0 7.0 6.0 0.86
1972 36 BOS AL 2 0 1.000 0.00 6 0 3 0 0 2 8.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 27 0.625 2.3 0.0 3.4 11.3 3.33
1973 37 BOS AL 2 3 .400 3.47 32 0 24 0 0 11 36.1 37 16 14 2 12 2 25 0 0 1 154 117 1.349 9.2 0.5 3.0 6.2 2.08
1974 38 BOS AL 0 1 .000 5.54 18 0 5 0 0 2 13.0 15 8 8 2 4 1 16 0 0 1 58 72 1.462 10.4 1.4 2.8 11.1 4.00
13 Yrs 120 95 .558 3.07 397 255 63 78 20 21 1926.0 1684 755 658 91 858 62 1703 29 9 92 8163 113 1.320 7.9 0.4 4.0 8.0 1.98
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .558 3.07 41 27 7 8 2 2 201 176 79 69 9 89 6 178 3 1 10 851 113 1.320 7.9 0.4 4.0 8.0 1.98
PIT (11 yrs) 116 91 .560 3.06 341 255 31 78 20 6 1868.2 1630 731 636 87 839 59 1652 29 9 90 7924 113 1.321 7.9 0.4 4.0 8.0 1.97
BOS (3 yrs) 4 4 .500 3.45 56 0 32 0 0 15 57.1 54 24 22 4 19 3 51 0 0 2 239 114 1.273 8.5 0.6 3.0 8.0 2.68
NL (11 yrs) 116 91 .560 3.06 341 255 31 78 20 6 1868.2 1630 731 636 87 839 59 1652 29 9 90 7924 113 1.321 7.9 0.4 4.0 8.0 1.97
AL (3 yrs) 4 4 .500 3.45 56 0 32 0 0 15 57.1 54 24 22 4 19 3 51 0 0 2 239 114 1.273 8.5 0.6 3.0 8.0 2.68

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
1962 26 PIT NL 45.2 11 6 25 4.93 4.63 0.05 -0.00 97.3 4.45 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.0 0.1 3 .475 .498 $
1963 27 PIT NL 77.2 34 7 15 1.74 4.14 0.01 -0.01 98.4 4.05 19 2.4 1.6 0.2 3.3 28 .570 .515 $
1964 28 PIT NL 279.2 40 38 100 3.22 4.01 -0.12 0.06 99.2 4.16 27 3.2 .3 -0.2 5.5 58 .579 .520 $
1965 29 PIT NL 266.0 39 37 98 3.32 4.03 0.28 0.07 98.5 3.76 13 1.5 5.2 -0.1 3.7 41 .538 .509 $ AS
1966 30 PIT NL 268.1 38 37 99 3.32 4.10 0.06 0.07 99.4 4.08 19 2.2 1.0 -0.2 4.4 51 .559 .514 $ AS
1967 31 PIT NL 203.0 33 31 90 3.99 3.74 -0.02 0.06 99.0 3.78 -7 -0.8 1.4 -0.1 0.8 15 .475 .495 $
1968 32 PIT NL 245.1 36 33 67 2.46 3.37 0.33 0.05 96.9 2.99 11 1.5 2.2 -0.1 3.5 36 .541 .509 $
1969 33 PIT NL 225.2 34 34 93 3.71 4.02 -0.01 0.06 98.6 4.03 6 0.7 -0.1 2.6 32 .520 .504 $
1970 34 PIT NL 202.0 34 32 99 4.41 4.48 0.19 0.07 95.7 4.17 -8 -0.8 1.4 -0.1 0.7 15 .476 .495 $
1971 35 PIT NL 46.1 37 0 38 7.38 4.01 0.09 -0.17 99.9 3.74 -19 -2.1 1.4 -0.5 -2.2 -15 .443 .487 $
1972 36 PIT NL 9.0 5 0 7 7.00 3.92 0.11 -0.17 97.0 3.53 -4 -0.4 .3 0.1 -0.2 -3 .423 .498 $
1972 36 BOS AL 8.0 6 0 0 0.00 3.42 -0.15 -0.15 103.6 3.55 3 0.4 2.8 0.4 0.9 4 .571 .503 $35,000
1973 37 BOS AL 36.1 32 0 16 3.96 4.35 0.35 -0.36 103.9 3.78 -1 -0.1 2.1 -0.2 0.1 3 .497 .499 $
1974 38 BOS AL 13.0 18 0 8 5.54 4.40 0.24 -0.37 110.9 4.21 -2 -0.2 1.8 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .488 .499 $
13 Seasons 1926.0 397 255 755 3.53 3.99 0.10 0.04 98.5 3.87 55 7.1 1.7 -1.1 23.0 267 .518 .503 $35,000
PIT (11 yrs) 1868.2 341 255 731 3.52 3.98 0.10 0.05 98.3 3.87 54 7.0 1.5 -1.2 22.2 260 .520 .504 $
BOS (3 yrs) 57.1 56 0 24 3.77 4.23 0.25 -0.33 105.5 3.85 0 0.1 2.1 0.1 0.8 6 .502 .500 $35,000

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
1971 35 PIT NL WS W BAL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.500 13.5 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.500 13.5 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00

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
1965 PIT NL 29
1966 PIT NL 30

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
1962 26 PIT NL 11 192 166 25 39 1 0 2 7 3 25 42 .235 .332 .277 .609 .298 46 3 0 2 2 1 1
1963 27 PIT NL 34 319 274 15 59 12 0 1 7 4 40 68 .215 .314 .270 .585 .279 74 9 1 3 3 2 7
1964 28 PIT NL 40 1120 1025 100 222 29 2 8 12 8 124 250 .217 .302 .272 .574 .278 279 33 3 7 4 9 21
1965 29 PIT NL 39 1034 983 98 221 27 5 5 6 4 119 276 .225 .312 .278 .589 .306 273 19 7 13 4 7 16
1966 30 PIT NL 38 961 984 99 228 27 1 18 8 5 102 229 .232 .306 .316 .622 .283 311 27 5 15 5 6 10
1967 31 PIT NL 33 834 752 90 184 27 8 12 17 8 119 179 .245 .350 .350 .699 .304 263 17 5 10 5 10 13
1968 32 PIT NL 36 908 886 67 187 32 5 13 11 9 94 171 .211 .287 .302 .590 .246 268 17 2 11 4 5 12
1969 33 PIT NL 34 938 870 93 232 38 8 8 13 9 91 213 .267 .336 .356 .693 .343 310 18 3 11 5 4 13
1970 34 PIT NL 34 882 768 99 189 32 8 15 14 7 94 178 .246 .329 .367 .696 .301 282 18 3 13 4 11 18
1971 35 PIT NL 37 218 188 38 59 6 2 5 1 3 24 40 .314 .388 .447 .835 .372 84 4 0 4 2 2 2
1972 36 BOS AL 6 27 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 .083 .185 .083 .269 .143 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 36 PIT NL 5 42 32 7 10 2 0 0 0 2 7 6 .313 .425 .375 .800 .370 12 1 0 2 1 2 1
1972 36 TOT MLB 11 69 56 7 12 2 0 0 0 3 10 16 .214 .328 .250 .578 .293 14 2 0 2 1 2 1
1973 37 BOS AL 32 154 138 16 37 4 0 2 4 1 12 25 .268 .327 .341 .667 .315 47 6 0 4 0 2 2
1974 38 BOS AL 18 58 53 8 15 0 0 2 0 0 4 16 .283 .328 .396 .724 .361 21 0 0 0 1 1 0
13 Yrs 397 7687 7143 755 1684 237 39 91 100 64 858 1703 .236 .319 .318 .637 .296 2272 173 29 95 40 62 116
162 Game Avg. 41 802 745 79 176 25 4 9 10 7 89 178 .236 .319 .318 .637 .296 237 18 3 10 4 6 12
MLB Averages .249 .316 .370 .686 .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
1962 26 PIT NL -0.2 -0.0 214 -0.4 2.6 -3.0 .86 0.4 -0.8 -6.0 -0.6 0.85 2.3 2 0 3
1963 27 PIT NL 17.6 2.0 340 1.4 5.7 -4.3 .95 0.8 0.7 7.8 0.9 0.95 6.8 8 7 10
1964 28 PIT NL 22.9 2.5 1175 2.0 19.5 -17.5 .99 2.7 -0.7 23.3 2.6 0.99 28.7 0 0 2
1965 29 PIT NL 18.9 2.1 1074 2.7 18.7 -16.0 1.03 2.8 -0.2 18.7 2.1 1.03 24.5 2 0 0
1966 30 PIT NL 18.2 2.0 986 2.2 19.4 -17.2 1.16 2.0 -0.1 14.1 1.5 1.16 20.3 0 0 0
1967 31 PIT NL -5.1 -0.6 872 -0.5 16.6 -17.1 1.19 -0.7 0.3 -8.3 -0.9 1.19 -7.7 1 0 1
1968 32 PIT NL 22.5 2.7 968 0.8 18.0 -17.2 1.08 0.9 -0.2 21.0 2.6 1.08 10.1 2 1 0
1969 33 PIT NL 6.4 0.7 1012 0.2 17.3 -17.2 1.02 0.4 -0.3 7.1 0.8 1.03 4.8 0 0 0
1970 34 PIT NL -0.8 -0.1 917 0.3 16.8 -16.5 1.09 -0.2 0.5 2.7 0.3 1.09 -2.6 1 1 0
1971 35 PIT NL -16.8 -1.8 227 -0.0 2.4 -2.4 .75 -0.7 0.7 -13.5 -1.4 0.75 -10.3 13 7 17
1972 36 TOT MLB 0.2 0.1 70 0.7 1.3 -0.6 1.02 0.3 0.4 1.7 0.3 1.01 0.9 5 0 6
1972 36 PIT NL -2.7 -0.3 43 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .32 -0.2 -0.0 -4.1 -0.4 0.32 -3.0 0 0 5
1972 36 BOS AL 2.9 0.3 27 0.8 1.2 -0.4 2.11 0.4 -0.1 5.7 0.7 2.11 3.8 5 0 1
1973 37 BOS AL 2.3 0.2 159 0.4 4.5 -4.2 1.76 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.1 1.76 1.9 14 6 11
1974 38 BOS AL -1.6 -0.2 60 0.2 1.1 -0.9 1.15 0.2 0.0 -4.2 -0.4 1.15 -1.3 8 3 7
13 Yrs 84.5 9.6 8074 9.9 143.9 -134.0 1.07 8.9 0.4 65.7 7.7 1.07 78.5 56 25 57

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
1962 26 PIT NL 11 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 .667 0 2 2 0 3 50% 49.3 79 24 10 2 1 4 4.4 4.2 5.4
1963 27 PIT NL 34 7 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 .571 1 0 3 2 6 86% 67.0 91 26 14 1 1 3 3.6 3.9 7.4
1964 28 PIT NL 40 38 18 12 8 2 6 22 16 .579 1 7 14 1 26 68% 60.4 97 21 24 6 21 5 4.4 4.4 7.3
1965 29 PIT NL 39 37 17 12 8 2 4 21 16 .568 4 2 14 7 22 59% 60.5 97 21 36 13 19 9 3.6 3.7 7.2
1966 30 PIT NL 38 37 16 12 9 1 6 21 16 .568 5 2 12 3 24 65% 59.3 91 16 27 6 20 4 4.2 4.3 7.2
1967 31 PIT NL 33 31 16 8 7 1 2 21 10 .677 3 5 6 1 20 65% 54.1 86 23 22 4 8 13 4.7 4.1 6.4
1968 32 PIT NL 36 33 13 13 7 0 8 18 15 .545 2 3 13 4 26 79% 62.7 87 29 13 6 11 8 2.7 2.8 7.4
1969 33 PIT NL 34 34 13 14 7 1 3 19 15 .559 0 7 9 1 21 62% 54.9 88 16 30 10 10 11 3.9 3.4 6.6
1970 34 PIT NL 34 32 10 15 7 0 6 15 17 .469 3 2 5 1 20 63% 53.4 85 18 32 13 11 10 4.1 3.9 6.3
9 Yrs 299 255 109 90 56 7 36 145 110 .569 19 30 78 20 168 66% 58 97 16 208 61 102 67 3.9 3.8 6.9
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 116 -14 4.0 3.9 6.5

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
1962 26 PIT NL 11 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 2 67% 7 .856 2 0 3 1 0 4 2 3 3 1 3 0 7.8
1963 27 PIT NL 34 27 10 1 0 5 3 2 60% 8 2 42 18 43% 8 .946 8 7 10 8 1 17 21 5 6 17 7 7 2.9
1964 28 PIT NL 40 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .989 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 4.5
1965 29 PIT NL 39 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 9 1.028 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1.0
1966 30 PIT NL 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1967 31 PIT NL 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.194 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 6.0
1968 32 PIT NL 36 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 100% 9 1.083 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0.7
1970 34 PIT NL 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 6 1.089 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2.5
1971 35 PIT NL 37 37 12 6 0 2 2 0 100% 7 4 37 6 16% 8 .748 13 7 17 8 4 25 19 18 14 16 16 9 3.8
1972 36 TOT MLB 11 11 6 2 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 8 0 0% 1.020 5 0 6 3 2 6 4 7 5 1 6 0 4.6
1972 36 PIT NL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .321 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 3 0 4 0 5.4
1972 36 BOS AL 6 6 3 2 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 8 0 0% 9 2.108 5 0 1 3 2 1 4 2 2 1 2 0 4.0
1973 37 BOS AL 32 32 24 2 3 15 11 4 73% 17 1 50 13 26% 9 1.763 14 6 11 18 1 13 27 5 14 13 14 6 3.4
1974 38 BOS AL 18 18 5 0 1 4 2 2 50% 8 3 20 10 50% 8 1.148 8 3 7 10 2 6 13 5 4 13 5 3 2.2
12 Yrs 363 142 63 11 5 29 21 8 72% 46 11 170 57 34% 1.076 56 25 57 50 14 76 91 49 50 68 55 30 3.4

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%
1962 26 PIT NL 195 23% 1.0% 21.9% 13.0% 1.6% 8% 1.14 65% 34 3 9%
1963 27 PIT NL 321 33% 0.3% 21.3% 12.5% 4.1% 22% 1.60 65% 61 9 15%
1964 28 PIT NL 1163 18% 0.7% 22.3% 11.1% 3.5% 18% 1.71 69% 221 33 15%
1965 29 PIT NL 1126 19% 0.5% 26.7% 11.5% 3.6% 17% 1.25 68% 215 19 9%
1966 30 PIT NL 1111 15% 1.9% 23.8% 10.6% 4.8% 20% 1.15 77% 186 27 15%
1967 31 PIT NL 891 15% 1.4% 21.5% 14.3% 5.6% 26% 1.37 68% 176 17 10%
1968 32 PIT NL 997 17% 1.4% 18.8% 10.4% 5.5% 27% 1.23 78% 134 17 13%
1969 33 PIT NL 980 17% 0.9% 22.7% 9.7% 5.8% 23% 1.26 70% 186 18 10%
1970 34 PIT NL 882 16% 1.7% 20.2% 10.7% 6.2% 29% 1.44 66% 156 18 12%
1971 35 PIT NL 218 37% 2.3% 18.4% 11.0% 6.0% 22% 1.18 67% 58 4 7%
1972 36 TOT MLB 69 41% 0.0% 23.2% 14.5% 2.9% 17% 1.00 59% 26 2 8%
1972 36 PIT NL 42 38% 0.0% 14.3% 16.7% 4.8% 20% 1.71 64% 16 1 6%
1972 36 BOS AL 27 44% 0.0% 37.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 0.50 52% 10 1 10%
1973 37 BOS AL 154 28% 1.3% 16.2% 7.8% 3.9% 16% 1.40 72% 49 6 12%
1974 38 BOS AL 58 48% 3.5% 27.6% 6.9% 3.5% 13% 0.28 62% 11 0 0%
13 Yrs 8165 19% 1.2% 22.2% 11.2% 4.8% 22% 1.32 70% 1513 173 11%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 15.0% 8.4% 6.1% 27% 1.10 73% 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
1962 26 PIT NL 192 39 2 0 9 2 0 1 1 17 10 3 59% 1 2 4 54 7 3 70% 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 3
1963 27 PIT NL 319 59 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 22 12 5 55% 7 5 1 130 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 2
1964 28 PIT NL 1120 222 8 0 15 7 1 2 6 46 26 8 57% 21 18 4 419 12 8 60% 9 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 33 43
1965 29 PIT NL 1034 221 5 0 17 4 0 1 3 49 25 16 51% 16 17 1 422 6 4 60% 5 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 23 92
1966 30 PIT NL 961 228 18 2 22 15 1 8 8 50 21 7 42% 10 10 5 337 8 5 62% 6 4 2 0 0 1 2 1 18 150
1967 31 PIT NL 834 184 12 1 19 10 2 3 9 63 28 9 44% 13 11 2 337 17 8 68% 14 6 2 0 1 2 4 2 29 57
1968 32 PIT NL 908 187 13 0 19 11 1 2 10 46 17 8 37% 12 9 2 304 11 9 55% 9 9 2 0 0 0 7 2 15 89
1969 33 PIT NL 938 232 8 0 14 6 2 1 7 41 17 10 41% 13 5 5 379 13 9 59% 10 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 19 42
1970 34 PIT NL 882 189 15 0 21 13 2 5 10 41 18 10 44% 18 9 3 329 14 7 67% 12 7 2 0 0 0 4 4 23 0
1971 35 PIT NL 218 59 5 0 8 4 1 1 4 18 13 1 72% 2 3 1 105 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1972 36 TOT MLB 69 12 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 33% 1 1 0 36 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 36 PIT NL 42 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 1 1 0 23 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 36 BOS AL 27 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0% 0 0 0 13 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 37 BOS AL 154 37 2 0 10 2 0 0 2 14 4 1 29% 2 1 1 83 4 1 80% 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
1974 38 BOS AL 58 15 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 7 6 0 86% 0 1 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
13 Yrs 7687 1684 91 3 170 75 12 26 61 420 199 80 47% 116 92 30 2959 100 64 61% 82 51 16 4 2 6 22 9 198 478
MLB Averages 50% 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+
1962 26 2 2 .500 3.74 11 6 1 2 0 1 45.2 39 25 19 2 25 1 42 0 1 2 195 106 1.401 7.7 0.4 4.9 8.3 1.68 106
1963 27 7 4 .636 2.04 45 13 11 5 2 4 123.1 98 40 28 3 65 3 110 1 2 7 516 174 1.322 7.2 0.2 4.7 8.0 1.69 174
1964 28 25 16 .610 2.52 85 51 12 19 3 4 403.0 320 140 113 11 189 12 360 4 3 25 1677 140 1.263 7.1 0.2 4.2 8.0 1.90 140
1965 29 42 28 .600 2.65 124 88 14 33 10 4 669.0 541 238 197 16 308 19 636 11 3 42 2803 133 1.269 7.3 0.2 4.1 8.6 2.06 133
1966 30 58 40 .592 2.76 162 125 14 45 13 4 937.1 769 337 287 34 410 25 865 16 3 52 3914 128 1.258 7.4 0.3 3.9 8.3 2.11 128
1967 31 74 48 .607 2.91 195 156 14 51 14 4 1140.1 953 427 369 46 529 35 1044 21 6 63 4805 120 1.300 7.5 0.4 4.2 8.2 1.97 120
1968 32 87 62 .584 2.76 231 189 16 64 18 4 1385.2 1140 494 425 59 623 40 1215 23 7 72 5802 123 1.272 7.4 0.4 4.0 7.9 1.95 123
1969 33 100 76 .568 2.83 265 223 16 73 19 4 1611.1 1372 587 506 67 714 44 1428 26 8 77 6782 121 1.295 7.7 0.4 4.0 8.0 2.00 121
1970 34 110 91 .547 2.95 299 255 16 78 20 4 1813.1 1561 686 594 82 808 55 1606 29 9 86 7664 117 1.306 7.7 0.4 4.0 8.0 1.99 117
1971 35 116 91 .560 3.05 336 255 28 78 20 6 1859.2 1620 724 630 87 832 57 1646 29 9 89 7882 114 1.319 7.8 0.4 4.0 8.0 1.98 114
1972 36 118 91 .565 3.05 347 255 34 78 20 8 1876.2 1632 731 636 87 842 59 1662 29 9 90 7951 114 1.318 7.8 0.4 4.0 8.0 1.97 114
1973 37 120 94 .561 3.06 379 255 58 78 20 19 1913.0 1669 747 650 89 854 61 1687 29 9 91 8105 114 1.319 7.9 0.4 4.0 7.9 1.98 114
1974 38 120 95 .558 3.07 397 255 63 78 20 21 1926.0 1684 755 658 91 858 62 1703 29 9 92 8163 113 1.320 7.9 0.4 4.0 8.0 1.98 113

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
1962 26 2 2 .500 3.89 44.0 39 21 19 2 25 40 0 1.455 8.0 5.1 8.2 1.60 0.4 11
1963 27 6 1 .857 1.39 71.0 64 12 11 1 43 62 1 1.507 8.1 5.5 7.9 1.44 0.1 34
1964 28 18 11 .621 3.20 264.0 234 104 94 8 131 236 3 1.383 8.0 4.5 8.0 1.80 0.3 40
1965 29 17 11 .607 3.29 252.0 231 102 92 5 124 262 7 1.409 8.3 4.4 9.4 2.11 0.2 39
1966 30 16 12 .571 3.47 254.0 238 109 98 19 106 217 5 1.354 8.4 3.8 7.7 2.05 0.7 38
1967 31 9 11 .450 4.60 186.0 199 106 95 13 129 164 5 1.763 9.6 6.2 7.9 1.27 0.6 33
1968 32 15 9 .625 3.00 222.0 214 82 74 15 108 155 2 1.450 8.7 4.4 6.3 1.44 0.6 36
1969 33 12 11 .522 3.86 212.0 246 101 91 8 96 200 3 1.613 10.4 4.1 8.5 2.08 0.3 34
1970 34 10 11 .476 4.09 198.0 191 100 90 15 95 174 3 1.444 8.7 4.3 7.9 1.83 0.7 34
1971 35 1 3 .250 8.58 43.0 63 46 41 5 26 37 0 2.070 13.2 5.4 7.7 1.42 1.0 37
1972 36 0 1 .000 4.80 15.0 14 9 8 0 12 14 0 1.733 8.4 7.2 8.4 1.17 0.0 11
1973 37 2 1 .667 3.60 35.0 38 16 14 2 12 24 0 1.429 9.8 3.1 6.2 2.00 0.5 32
1974 38 0 1 .000 6.23 13.0 16 10 9 2 4 16 0 1.538 11.1 2.8 11.1 4.00 1.4 18
13 Yrs 108 85 .560 3.66 1809.0 1787 818 736 95 911 1601 29 1.491 8.9 8.0 1.76 0.5 397

* 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

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1965
1966

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1964 NL  5.5 (7th)
1965 NL  3.7 (10th)
1966 NL  4.4 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1964 NL  2.74 (8th)
1968 NL  2.05 (3rd)
Career  3.07 (187th)

Wins s c a p y
1964 NL  18 (8th)
1965 NL  17 (10th)
1966 NL  16 (8th)
1967 NL  16 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1967 NL  .667 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL  7.144 (4th)
1965 NL  7.477 (6th)
1966 NL  7.647 (9th)
1968 NL  6.860 (3rd)
Career  7.869 (83rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL  8.045 (3rd)
1965 NL  9.338 (2nd)
1966 NL  7.681 (4th)
1967 NL  7.936 (2nd)
1969 NL  8.495 (5th)
1970 NL  7.931 (3rd)
Career  7.958 (36th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1964 NL  279.7 (5th)
1965 NL  266.0 (9th)
1966 NL  268.3 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1964 NL  250 (1st)
1965 NL  276 (2nd)
1966 NL  229 (3rd)
1967 NL  179 (7th)
1969 NL  213 (8th)
Career  1,703 (116th)

Games Started s c a p y
1964 NL  38 (3rd)
1965 NL  37 (9th)
1966 NL  37 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1964 NL  14 (8th)
1965 NL  14 (9th)
1966 NL  12 (7th)
1968 NL  13 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1965 NL  7 (3rd)
Career  20 (244th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 NL  124 (1st)
1965 NL  119 (1st)
1966 NL  102 (2nd)
1967 NL  119 (1st)
1968 NL  94 (1st)
Career  858 (185th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL  0.257 (1st)
1965 NL  0.169 (1st)
1966 NL  0.604 (5th)
1969 NL  0.319 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1970 NL  15 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1964 NL  18 (2nd)
1965 NL  17 (3rd)
1966 NL  10 (7th)
1967 NL  11 (5th)
1968 NL  9 (7th)
Career  92 (126th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 NL  7 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1964 NL  1,161 (4th)
1965 NL  1,126 (9th)
1966 NL  1,111 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1964 NL  128 (9th)
1965 NL  123 (9th)
1966 NL  118 (10th)
1968 NL  141 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1964 NL  23 (8th)
1965 NL  19 (10th)
1968 NL  23 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1964 NL  2.5 (8th)
1965 NL  2.1 (10th)
1968 NL  2.7 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1964 NL  23.32 (10th)
1968 NL  20.96 (6th)
Career  65.71 (249th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1965 NL  2.7 (7th)
Career  9.9 (195th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1964 NL  2.7 (10th)
1965 NL  2.8 (6th)
Career  8.9 (176th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1964 NL  2.6 (10th)
1968 NL  2.6 (6th)
Career  7.7 (222nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1972 AL  born 1935-10-28 (7th)
1973 AL  born 1935-10-28 (7th)
1974 AL  born 1935-10-28 (6th)

             

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 76 (328), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 32 (418), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (282), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Al Downing (940)
  2. Andy Messersmith (938)
  3. Juan Pizarro (938)
  4. Jose Rijo (935)
  5. Gary Peters (934)
  6. Steve Barber (934)
  7. Sid Fernandez (927)
  8. Ray Culp (917)
  9. Van Mungo (917)
  10. Dean Chance (916)
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  1. Jack Bentley (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ernie White (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Harry Coveleski (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ferdie Schupp (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Max Lanier (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gary Peters (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gary Peters (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Sid Fernandez (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jose Rijo (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jose Rijo (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jose Rijo (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Sonny Siebert (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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