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Hank Webb

Henry Gaylon Matthew Webb

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 21, 1950 in Copiague, NY
High School: Copaique HS (Copaique, NY)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 10th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1972
Teams (by GP): Mets/Dodgers 1972-1977

Final Game: October 2, 1977
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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
1972 22 NYM NL 0 0 4.42 6 2 1 0 0 0 18.1 18 9 9 1 9 1 15 0 0 0 79 78 1.473 8.8 0.5 4.4 7.4 1.67
1973 23 NYM NL 0 0 10.80 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 9 42 2.400 10.8 5.4 10.8 5.4 0.50
1974 24 NYM NL 0 2 .000 7.20 3 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 15 9 8 1 10 0 8 1 1 0 55 52 2.500 13.5 0.9 9.0 7.2 0.80
1975 25 NYM NL 7 6 .538 4.07 29 15 5 3 1 0 115.0 102 58 52 12 62 4 38 1 4 4 502 85 1.426 8.0 0.9 4.9 3.0 0.61
1976 26 NYM NL 0 1 .000 4.50 8 0 1 0 0 0 16.0 17 9 8 2 7 0 7 2 1 0 74 75 1.500 9.6 1.1 3.9 3.9 1.00
1977 27 LAD NL 0 0 2.25 5 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 29 179 0.750 5.6 1.1 1.1 2.3 2.00
6 Yrs 7 9 .438 4.31 53 19 11 3 1 0 169.0 159 89 81 18 91 5 71 5 6 5 748 81 1.479 8.5 1.0 4.8 3.8 0.78
162 Game Avg. 7 9 .438 4.31 50 18 10 3 1 0 160 150 84 77 17 86 5 67 5 6 5 706 81 1.479 8.5 1.0 4.8 3.8 0.78
NYM (5 yrs) 7 9 .438 4.42 48 19 8 3 1 0 161.0 154 87 79 17 90 5 69 4 6 5 719 79 1.516 8.6 1.0 5.0 3.9 0.77
LAD (1 yr) 0 0 2.25 5 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 29 179 0.750 5.6 1.1 1.1 2.3 2.00

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
1972 22 NYM NL 18.1 6 2 9 4.42 3.63 -0.34 -0.01 100.2 3.96 -1 -0.1 .5 -0.0 0.0 1 .478 .499 $
1973 23 NYM NL 1.2 2 0 2 10.80 4.35 -0.02 -0.36 98.0 3.93 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .434 .499 $
1974 24 NYM NL 10.0 3 2 9 8.10 4.01 -0.46 0.08 102.4 4.65 -4 -0.4 2.3 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .373 .498 $
1975 25 NYM NL 115.0 29 15 58 4.54 4.03 -0.00 0.03 94.9 3.85 -10 -1.1 .5 -0.0 -0.1 2 .464 .494 $
1976 26 NYM NL 16.0 8 0 9 5.06 4.11 0.08 -0.33 99.2 3.67 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.1 -1 .464 .498 $
1977 27 LAD NL 8.0 5 0 2 2.25 4.60 0.07 -0.35 96.7 4.04 2 0.2 .8 -0.0 0.2 2 .533 .501 $
6 Seasons 169.0 53 19 89 4.74 4.02 -0.05 -0.03 96.4 3.90 -17 -1.8 .7 -0.1 -0.4 -0 .466 .498 $
NYM (5 yrs) 161.0 48 19 87 4.86 3.99 -0.06 -0.01 96.4 3.90 -19 -2.0 .7 -0.0 -0.6 -3 .459 .498 $
LAD (1 yr) 8.0 5 0 2 2.25 4.60 0.07 -0.35 96.7 4.04 2 0.2 .8 -0.0 0.2 2 .533 .501 $

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
1972 22 NYM NL 6 79 69 9 18 5 0 1 1 0 9 15 .261 .342 .377 .719 .315 26 1 0 0 1 1 0
1973 23 NYM NL 2 9 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .286 .444 .714 1.159 .200 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 24 NYM NL 3 55 44 9 15 2 2 1 0 0 10 8 .341 .473 .545 1.018 .400 24 0 1 0 0 0 0
1975 25 NYM NL 29 502 433 58 102 19 2 12 14 2 62 38 .236 .331 .372 .703 .234 161 10 1 4 2 4 10
1976 26 NYM NL 8 74 62 9 17 4 1 2 2 0 7 7 .274 .366 .468 .834 .283 29 1 2 3 0 0 2
1977 27 LAD NL 5 29 26 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 .192 .250 .346 .596 .174 9 0 1 1 0 0 0
6 Yrs 53 748 641 89 159 31 5 18 17 3 91 71 .248 .345 .396 .741 .254 254 12 5 8 3 5 12
162 Game Avg. 50 706 605 84 150 29 5 17 16 3 86 67 .248 .345 .396 .741 .254 240 11 5 8 3 5 11
MLB Averages .256 .323 .374 .697 .281

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1972 22 NYM NL -1.6 -0.2 80 -0.2 1.3 -1.5 1.05 0.0 -0.2 -1.5 -0.2 1.05 -0.4 0 1 2
1973 23 NYM NL -1.0 -0.1 10 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 .29 -0.1 -1.1 -3.8 -0.4 0.29 -2.6 1 0 1
1974 24 NYM NL -3.8 -0.4 57 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 .90 -0.5 -0.3 -5.2 -0.5 0.91 -5.4 1 0 0
1975 25 NYM NL -7.6 -0.8 527 0.2 7.6 -7.3 .87 -0.4 0.6 -5.3 -0.6 0.87 -6.4 1 2 11
1976 26 NYM NL -2.0 -0.2 77 -0.6 0.4 -1.1 .45 -0.5 -0.9 -1.6 -0.2 0.45 -3.6 1 2 5
1977 27 LAD NL 1.7 0.2 30 0.5 0.6 -0.0 .75 0.2 0.5 2.5 0.3 0.75 2.8 1 0 4
6 Yrs -14.3 -1.4 781 -1.2 10.5 -11.6 .84 -1.3 -0.2 -14.8 -1.5 0.84 -15.5 5 5 23

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
1972 22 NYM NL 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 1 50% 50.0 51 49 4 2 1 1 2.9 4.8 6.5
1974 24 NYM NL 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33.0 43 23 3 1 1 1 3.5 2.0 4.5
1975 25 NYM NL 29 15 5 6 4 1 2 6 9 .400 0 4 3 1 7 47% 50.8 79 24 11 5 2 7 3.4 2.9 6.0
3 Yrs 38 19 5 7 7 1 2 7 12 .368 1 5 3 1 8 42% 49 79 23 18 8 4 9 3.3 3.1 5.9
MLB Averages .500 54% 52 106 -13 4.1 4.1 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
1972 22 NYM NL 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1.047 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 4.0
1973 23 NYM NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 .289 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2.5
1974 24 NYM NL 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 .905 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1975 25 NYM NL 29 14 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 4 .869 1 2 11 1 1 12 2 12 8 2 8 3 5.4
1976 26 NYM NL 8 8 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 1 25% 6 .453 1 2 5 1 0 7 3 5 7 1 7 1 6.0
1977 27 LAD NL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 9 .749 1 0 4 0 1 4 2 3 3 0 3 1 4.8
6 Yrs 53 34 11 2 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 14 6 43% .838 5 5 23 4 3 27 10 24 21 4 21 5 5.1

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%
1972 22 NYM NL 79 56% 1.3% 19.0% 11.4% 7.6% 33% 1.11 68% 16 1 6%
1973 23 NYM NL 9 67% 11.1% 11.1% 22.2% 11.1% 50% 0.33 56% 3 0 0%
1974 24 NYM NL 55 62% 1.8% 14.6% 18.2% 9.1% 33% 0.83 64% 13 0 0%
1975 25 NYM NL 502 53% 2.4% 7.6% 12.4% 6.6% 32% 0.71 77% 91 10 11%
1976 26 NYM NL 74 72% 2.7% 9.5% 9.5% 9.5% 41% 0.71 72% 15 1 7%
1977 27 LAD NL 29 52% 3.5% 6.9% 3.5% 6.9% 40% 2.00 79% 3 0 0%
6 Yrs 748 56% 2.4% 9.5% 12.2% 7.2% 34% 0.78 74% 141 12 9%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.4% 8.6% 6.1% 27% 1.09 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
1972 22 NYM NL 79 18 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 75% 0 0 0 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 23 NYM NL 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 24 NYM NL 55 15 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 25 NYM NL 502 102 12 0 9 8 4 6 6 21 9 2 43% 10 4 0 194 14 2 88% 11 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 12 0
1976 26 NYM NL 74 17 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 133% 2 0 0 33 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1977 27 LAD NL 29 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 10 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 748 159 18 0 12 12 6 10 8 32 18 3 56% 12 5 0 308 17 3 85% 14 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 17 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%

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+
1972 22 0 0 4.42 6 2 1 0 0 0 18.1 18 9 9 1 9 1 15 0 0 0 79 78 1.473 8.8 0.5 4.4 7.4 1.67 78
1973 23 0 0 4.95 8 2 1 0 0 0 20.0 20 11 11 2 11 1 16 0 0 1 88 71 1.550 9.0 0.9 5.0 7.2 1.45 71
1974 24 0 2 .000 5.70 11 4 2 0 0 0 30.0 35 20 19 3 21 1 24 1 1 1 143 63 1.867 10.5 0.9 6.3 7.2 1.14 63
1975 25 7 8 .467 4.41 40 19 7 3 1 0 145.0 137 78 71 15 83 5 62 2 5 5 645 79 1.517 8.5 0.9 5.2 3.8 0.75 79
1976 26 7 9 .438 4.42 48 19 8 3 1 0 161.0 154 87 79 17 90 5 69 4 6 5 719 79 1.516 8.6 1.0 5.0 3.9 0.77 79
1977 27 7 9 .438 4.31 53 19 11 3 1 0 169.0 159 89 81 18 91 5 71 5 6 5 748 81 1.479 8.5 1.0 4.8 3.8 0.78 81

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
1972 22 0 1 .000 5.50 18.0 20 12 11 1 10 14 0 1.667 10.0 5.0 7.0 1.40 0.5 6
1973 23 0 0 13.50 2.0 2 3 3 1 2 1 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 4.5 0.50 4.5 2
1974 24 0 1 .000 9.00 9.0 16 10 9 1 11 7 1 3.000 16.0 11.0 7.0 0.64 1.0 3
1975 25 5 7 .417 4.87 109.0 109 66 59 13 66 36 1 1.606 9.0 5.4 3.0 0.55 1.1 29
1976 26 0 1 .000 5.06 16.0 18 10 9 2 7 7 2 1.563 10.1 3.9 3.9 1.00 1.1 8
1977 27 0 0 2.57 7.0 5 2 2 1 1 2 1 0.857 6.4 1.3 2.6 2.00 1.3 5
6 Yrs 5 10 .333 5.20 161.0 170 103 93 19 97 67 5 1.658 9.5 3.7 0.69 1.1 53

* 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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