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John Verhoeven

John C. Verhoeven

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 3, 1952 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Valley Christian HS (Cerritos, CA)
Schools: Westmont College (Santa Barbara, CA), University of La Verne (La Verne, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1976
Teams (by GP): Twins/Angels/WhiteSox 1976-1981

Final Game: October 4, 1981
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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
1976 23 CAL AL 0 2 .000 3.38 21 0 13 0 0 4 37.1 35 15 14 2 14 8 23 0 0 1 156 99 1.313 8.4 0.5 3.4 5.5 1.64
1977 24 TOT AL 0 2 .000 3.00 9 0 5 0 0 0 15.0 13 6 5 0 6 1 9 1 0 0 65 142 1.267 7.8 0.0 3.6 5.4 1.50
1977 24 CAL AL 0 2 .000 3.86 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 4 3 2 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 23 110 1.714 7.7 0.0 7.7 5.8 0.75
1977 24 CHW AL 0 0 2.61 6 0 4 0 0 0 10.1 9 3 3 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 42 163 1.065 7.8 0.0 1.7 5.2 3.00
1980 27 MIN AL 3 4 .429 3.97 44 0 13 0 0 0 99.2 109 53 44 10 29 5 42 3 2 1 425 110 1.385 9.8 0.9 2.6 3.8 1.45
1981 28 MIN AL 0 0 3.98 25 0 15 0 0 0 52.0 57 27 23 4 14 4 16 2 0 2 223 100 1.365 9.9 0.7 2.4 2.8 1.14
4 Yrs 3 8 .273 3.79 99 0 46 0 0 4 204.0 214 101 86 16 63 18 90 6 2 4 869 108 1.358 9.4 0.7 2.8 4.0 1.43
162 Game Avg. 2 5 .273 3.79 68 0 32 0 0 3 140 147 69 59 11 43 12 62 4 1 3 597 108 1.358 9.4 0.7 2.8 4.0 1.43
MIN (2 yrs) 3 4 .429 3.98 69 0 28 0 0 0 151.2 166 80 67 14 43 9 58 5 2 3 648 107 1.378 9.9 0.8 2.6 3.4 1.35
CAL (2 yrs) 0 4 .000 3.43 24 0 14 0 0 4 42.0 39 18 16 2 18 9 26 1 0 1 179 101 1.357 8.4 0.4 3.9 5.6 1.44
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 2.61 6 0 4 0 0 0 10.1 9 3 3 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 42 163 1.065 7.8 0.0 1.7 5.2 3.00

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 Awards
1976 23 CAL AL 37.1 21 0 15 3.62 4.14 0.01 -0.34 92.2 3.49 -0 -0.1 2.1 -0.1 0.2 3 .498 .500 $
1977 24 CAL AL 4.2 3 0 3 5.79 3.86 -0.21 -0.31 97.3 3.65 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .463 .499 $
1977 24 CHW AL 10.1 6 0 3 2.61 4.55 -0.58 -0.37 100.4 4.78 2 0.3 .8 -0.0 0.3 4 .544 .502 $
1980 27 MIN AL 99.2 44 0 53 4.79 4.71 0.24 -0.38 108.7 4.45 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.2 0.2 7 .490 .497 $
1981 28 MIN AL 52.0 25 0 27 4.67 4.26 -0.19 -0.34 111.0 4.57 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.1 0.3 3 .498 .500 $
4 Seasons 204.0 99 0 101 4.46 4.46 0.03 -0.36 105.6 4.30 -4 -0.4 1.2 -0.5 0.9 16 .496 .500 $
MIN (2 yrs) 151.2 69 0 80 4.75 4.56 0.09 -0.36 109.5 4.49 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.3 0.5 10 .493 .498 $
CAL (2 yrs) 42.0 24 0 18 3.86 4.10 -0.01 -0.34 92.7 3.51 -2 -0.2 2.0 -0.1 0.1 3 .493 .499 $
CHW (1 yr) 10.1 6 0 3 2.61 4.55 -0.58 -0.37 100.4 4.78 2 0.3 .8 -0.0 0.3 4 .544 .502 $

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
1976 23 CAL AL 21 156 139 15 35 3 0 2 6 2 14 23 .252 .320 .317 .637 .289 44 4 0 3 0 8 2
1977 24 CAL AL 3 23 18 3 4 3 0 0 1 0 4 3 .222 .391 .389 .780 .267 7 0 1 0 0 1 1
1977 24 CHW AL 6 42 39 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .231 .268 .231 .499 .273 9 1 0 1 0 0 1
1977 24 TOT AL 9 65 57 6 13 3 0 0 1 0 6 9 .228 .313 .281 .593 .271 16 1 1 1 0 1 2
1980 27 MIN AL 44 425 377 53 109 15 3 10 12 4 29 42 .289 .337 .424 .762 .296 160 13 3 7 9 5 4
1981 28 MIN AL 25 223 198 27 57 6 2 4 2 4 14 16 .288 .335 .399 .734 .291 79 3 2 5 4 4 4
4 Yrs 99 869 771 101 214 27 5 16 21 10 63 90 .278 .332 .388 .720 .292 299 21 6 16 13 18 12
162 Game Avg. 68 597 530 69 147 19 3 11 14 7 43 62 .278 .332 .388 .720 .292 205 14 4 11 9 12 8
MLB Averages .261 .325 .384 .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
1976 23 CAL AL 0.3 0.0 165 0.1 3.8 -3.8 1.53 0.2 -0.2 -3.3 -0.4 1.53 -0.3 11 3 6
1977 24 TOT AL 1.9 0.2 67 -0.8 0.8 -1.6 .94 0.2 -1.0 2.5 0.3 0.95 2.5 2 3 4
1977 24 CAL AL -0.2 -0.0 25 -0.8 0.3 -1.0 1.17 -0.1 -0.6 -0.4 -0.0 1.17 -0.9 1 1 1
1977 24 CHW AL 2.0 0.2 42 -0.0 0.5 -0.6 .82 0.3 -0.3 2.9 0.3 0.82 3.4 1 2 3
1980 27 MIN AL 2.6 0.3 449 0.2 5.9 -5.7 .77 -0.3 0.5 -1.2 -0.1 0.77 -5.5 12 8 23
1981 28 MIN AL -0.5 -0.1 231 -0.2 1.2 -1.5 .36 -0.3 -0.3 -0.6 -0.1 0.36 0.8 6 3 15
4 Yrs 4.2 0.4 912 -0.8 11.7 -12.5 .82 -0.1 -0.8 -2.6 -0.3 0.82 -2.5 31 17 48

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
1976 23 CAL AL 21 21 13 0 2 7 4 3 57% 7 0 32 13 41% 7 1.527 11 3 6 8 4 9 17 4 13 5 13 2 5.3
1977 24 TOT AL 9 9 5 0 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 6 1 17% .941 2 3 4 3 1 5 4 5 5 1 6 0 5.0
1977 24 CAL AL 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 5 1.170 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 4.7
1977 24 CHW AL 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 25% 8 .816 1 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 5.2
1980 27 MIN AL 44 44 13 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 50 22 44% 4 .767 12 8 23 3 5 36 28 16 29 10 30 4 6.8
1981 28 MIN AL 25 25 15 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 39 13 33% 8 .362 6 3 15 3 1 21 19 6 16 6 18 4 6.2
4 Yrs 99 99 46 3 8 9 4 5 44% 13 4 127 49 39% .813 31 17 48 17 11 71 68 31 63 22 67 10 6.2

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%
1976 23 CAL AL 156 67% 1.3% 14.7% 9.0% 3.2% 14% 1.61 73% 34 4 12%
1977 24 TOT AL 65 42% 0.0% 13.9% 9.2% 4.6% 23% 4.83 74% 13 1 8%
1977 24 CAL AL 23 61% 0.0% 13.0% 17.4% 13.0% 75% 1.50 65% 6 0 0%
1977 24 CHW AL 42 31% 0.0% 14.3% 4.8% 0.0% 0% 11.50 79% 7 1 14%
1980 27 MIN AL 425 59% 2.4% 9.9% 6.8% 6.6% 26% 1.34 79% 81 13 16%
1981 28 MIN AL 223 59% 1.8% 7.2% 6.3% 5.4% 21% 0.88 82% 44 3 7%
4 Yrs 869 59% 1.8% 10.4% 7.3% 5.5% 22% 1.32 78% 172 21 12%
MLB Averages 44% 1.9% 12.7% 8.4% 6.4% 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
1976 23 CAL AL 156 35 2 0 8 1 1 0 2 12 7 0 58% 2 1 0 59 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 24 TOT AL 65 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 0 0 32 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1977 24 CAL AL 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1977 24 CHW AL 42 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 27 MIN AL 425 109 10 0 14 7 3 6 4 35 23 1 66% 4 1 1 170 12 4 75% 12 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 17 0
1981 28 MIN AL 223 57 4 0 13 3 1 2 2 22 15 2 68% 4 2 0 84 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
4 Yrs 869 214 16 0 35 11 5 8 8 70 45 4 64% 12 4 1 345 21 10 68% 20 10 1 0 0 0 4 1 27 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+
1976 23 0 2 .000 3.38 21 0 13 0 0 4 37.1 35 15 14 2 14 8 23 0 0 1 156 99 1.313 8.4 0.5 3.4 5.5 1.64 99
1977 24 0 4 .000 3.27 30 0 18 0 0 4 52.1 48 21 19 2 20 9 32 1 0 1 221 111 1.299 8.3 0.3 3.4 5.5 1.60 111
1978 25 0 4 .000 3.27 30 0 18 0 0 4 52.1 48 21 19 2 20 9 32 1 0 1 221 111 1.299 8.3 0.3 3.4 5.5 1.60 111
1979 26 0 4 .000 3.27 30 0 18 0 0 4 52.1 48 21 19 2 20 9 32 1 0 1 221 111 1.299 8.3 0.3 3.4 5.5 1.60 111
1980 27 3 8 .273 3.73 74 0 31 0 0 4 152.0 157 74 63 12 49 14 74 4 2 2 646 110 1.355 9.3 0.7 2.9 4.4 1.51 110
1981 28 3 8 .273 3.79 99 0 46 0 0 4 204.0 214 101 86 16 63 18 90 6 2 4 869 108 1.358 9.4 0.7 2.8 4.0 1.43 108

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
1976 23 1 2 .333 4.50 34.0 39 19 17 2 16 21 0 1.618 10.3 4.2 5.6 1.31 0.5 21
1977 24 1 0 1.000 3.00 15.0 13 6 5 0 6 9 1 1.267 7.8 3.6 5.4 1.50 0.0 9
1980 27 5 5 .500 4.07 95.0 108 48 43 10 29 40 3 1.442 10.2 2.7 3.8 1.38 0.9 44
1981 28 4 4 .500 4.50 74.0 90 41 37 6 22 23 3 1.514 10.9 2.7 2.8 1.05 0.7 25
4 Yrs 11 11 .500 4.21 218.0 250 114 102 18 73 93 7 1.482 10.3 3.8 1.27 0.7 99

* 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.

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