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Gary Wheelock

Gary Richard Wheelock

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 29, 1951 in Bakersfield, CA
High School: Troy HS (Fullerton, CA)
School: University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1976
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Angels 1976-1980

Final Game: April 18, 1980
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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 24 CAL AL 0 0 27.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 14 15 3.500 27.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1977 25 SEA AL 6 9 .400 4.89 17 17 0 2 0 0 88.1 94 58 48 16 26 0 47 2 0 3 382 84 1.358 9.6 1.6 2.6 4.8 1.81
1980 28 SEA AL 0 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 13 77 1.667 12.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
3 Yrs 6 9 .400 5.40 20 18 2 2 0 0 93.1 104 66 56 16 28 0 50 3 1 4 409 77 1.414 10.0 1.5 2.7 4.8 1.79
162 Game Avg. 11 16 .400 5.40 36 32 4 4 0 0 167 186 118 100 29 50 0 89 5 2 7 732 77 1.414 10.0 1.5 2.7 4.8 1.79
SEA (2 yrs) 6 9 .400 4.93 18 18 0 2 0 0 91.1 98 60 50 16 27 0 48 2 1 4 395 84 1.369 9.7 1.6 2.7 4.7 1.78
CAL (1 yr) 0 0 27.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 14 15 3.500 27.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 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
1976 24 CAL AL 2.0 2 0 6 27.00 4.46 0.02 -0.37 94.9 3.86 -5 -0.5 .0 0.2 -0.2 -5 .274 .497 $
1977 25 SEA AL 88.1 17 17 58 5.91 4.61 0.02 0.15 101.1 4.78 -11 -1.1 -0.0 -0.4 -1 .435 .493 $
1980 28 SEA AL 3.0 1 1 2 6.00 3.88 -0.08 0.13 104.0 4.24 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 -0 .441 .500 $
3 Seasons 93.1 20 18 66 6.36 4.58 0.02 0.13 101.0 4.74 -17 -1.6 .0 0.2 -0.6 -6 .420 .497 $
SEA (2 yrs) 91.1 18 18 60 5.91 4.58 0.02 0.15 101.2 4.76 -12 -1.2 -0.0 -0.4 -2 .436 .496 $
CAL (1 yr) 2.0 2 0 6 27.00 4.46 0.02 -0.37 94.9 3.86 -5 -0.5 .0 0.2 -0.2 -5 .274 .497 $

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 24 CAL AL 2 14 12 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .500 .571 .667 1.238 .600 8 0 1 0 0 0 0
1977 25 SEA AL 17 382 351 58 94 17 2 16 8 0 26 47 .268 .321 .464 .785 .270 163 11 2 2 1 0 8
1980 28 SEA AL 1 13 12 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .385 .417 .801 .364 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 20 409 375 66 104 20 2 16 8 0 28 50 .277 .332 .469 .801 .284 176 12 3 2 1 0 8
162 Game Avg. 36 732 671 118 186 36 4 29 14 0 50 89 .277 .332 .469 .801 .284 315 21 5 4 2 0 14
MLB Averages .262 .326 .386 .712 .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 24 CAL AL -5.0 -0.5 14 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .03 -0.3 -0.1 -5.1 -0.5 0.03 -3.0 0 0 2
1977 25 SEA AL -9.3 -0.9 396 -0.6 7.0 -7.6 1.04 -1.1 0.5 -11.4 -1.1 1.04 -12.2 0 0 0
1980 28 SEA AL -0.3 -0.0 15 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .99 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.0 0.99 0.0 0 0 0
3 Yrs -14.6 -1.4 425 -0.7 7.2 -7.9 1.00 -1.4 0.7 -17.0 -1.6 1.00 -15.2 0 0 2

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 25 SEA AL 17 17 6 9 2 1 2 7 10 .412 0 0 2 0 8 47% 47.2 65 20 13 8 1 8 4.0 4.8 5.2
1980 28 SEA AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 43.0 43 43 0 0 0 1 3.4 0.0 3.0
2 Yrs 18 18 6 9 3 1 2 8 10 .444 0 1 2 0 8 44% 47 65 20 13 8 1 9 4.0 4.7 5.1
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 104 -13 4.3 4.2 6.4

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 24 CAL AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .028 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0
1 Yr 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .028 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0

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 24 CAL AL 14 50% 0.0% 14.3% 7.1% 14.3% 33% 1.00 71% 2 0 0%
1977 25 SEA AL 382 52% 4.2% 12.3% 6.8% 9.2% 37% 1.54 76% 54 11 20%
1980 28 SEA AL 13 8% 0.0% 7.7% 7.7% 7.7% 25% 1.67 85% 2 1 50%
3 Yrs 409 50% 3.9% 12.2% 6.9% 9.3% 37% 1.53 76% 58 12 21%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 12.8% 8.4% 6.5% 28% 1.09 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 24 CAL AL 14 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 25 SEA AL 382 94 16 0 7 11 5 9 7 10 6 2 60% 8 3 1 123 8 0 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1980 28 SEA AL 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 Yrs 409 104 16 0 8 11 5 9 7 12 7 3 58% 8 4 1 133 8 0 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 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 24 0 0 27.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 14 15 3.500 27.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00 15
1977 25 6 9 .400 5.38 19 17 2 2 0 0 90.1 100 64 54 16 27 0 49 3 0 3 396 77 1.406 10.0 1.6 2.7 4.9 1.81 77
1978 26 6 9 .400 5.38 19 17 2 2 0 0 90.1 100 64 54 16 27 0 49 3 0 3 396 77 1.406 10.0 1.6 2.7 4.9 1.81 77
1979 27 6 9 .400 5.38 19 17 2 2 0 0 90.1 100 64 54 16 27 0 49 3 0 3 396 77 1.406 10.0 1.6 2.7 4.9 1.81 77
1980 28 6 9 .400 5.40 20 18 2 2 0 0 93.1 104 66 56 16 28 0 50 3 1 4 409 77 1.414 10.0 1.5 2.7 4.8 1.79 77

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 24 0 0 31.50 2.0 7 8 7 0 1 2 1 4.000 31.5 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 2
1977 25 3 6 .333 5.13 86.0 95 54 49 16 26 46 2 1.407 9.9 2.7 4.8 1.77 1.7 17
1980 28 0 0 6.00 3.0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 1.667 12.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 0.0 1
3 Yrs 3 6 .333 5.74 91.0 106 64 58 16 28 49 3 1.473 10.5 4.8 1.75 1.6 20

* 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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