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Don Wilson

Donald Edward Wilson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 12, 1945 in Monroe, LA
High School: Centennial HS (Compton, CA)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1966
Team: Astros 1966-1974

Final Game: September 28, 1974
Died: January 5, 1975 in Houston, TX
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Covina, CA
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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
1966 21 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 22 123 1.000 7.5 1.5 1.5 10.5 7.00
1967 22 HOU NL 10 9 .526 2.79 31 28 0 7 3 0 184.0 141 67 57 10 69 2 159 7 3 10 757 118 1.141 6.9 0.5 3.4 7.8 2.30
1968 23 HOU NL 13 16 .448 3.28 33 30 3 9 3 0 208.2 187 85 76 9 70 5 175 4 1 9 884 90 1.232 8.1 0.4 3.0 7.5 2.50
1969 24 HOU NL 16 12 .571 4.00 34 34 0 13 1 0 225.0 210 119 100 16 97 8 235 9 3 16 979 88 1.364 8.4 0.6 3.9 9.4 2.42
1970 25 HOU NL 11 6 .647 3.91 29 27 1 3 0 0 184.1 188 92 80 15 66 4 94 7 1 15 806 100 1.378 9.2 0.7 3.2 4.6 1.42
1971 26 HOU NL 16 10 .615 2.45 35 34 0 18 3 0 268.0 195 80 73 15 79 3 180 7 0 5 1067 138 1.022 6.5 0.5 2.7 6.0 2.28 AS
1972 27 HOU NL 15 10 .600 2.68 33 33 0 13 3 0 228.1 196 79 68 16 66 2 172 2 0 11 927 125 1.147 7.7 0.6 2.6 6.8 2.61
1973 28 HOU NL 11 16 .407 3.20 37 32 4 10 3 2 239.1 187 94 85 21 92 6 149 7 1 7 988 113 1.166 7.0 0.8 3.5 5.6 1.62
1974 29 HOU NL 11 13 .458 3.08 33 27 2 5 4 0 204.2 170 80 70 16 100 2 112 4 1 4 875 112 1.319 7.5 0.7 4.4 4.9 1.12
9 Yrs 104 92 .531 3.15 266 245 10 78 20 2 1748.1 1479 698 611 119 640 32 1283 47 10 77 7305 109 1.212 7.6 0.6 3.3 6.6 2.00
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .531 3.15 35 33 1 10 3 0 233 197 93 81 16 85 4 171 6 1 10 972 109 1.212 7.6 0.6 3.3 6.6 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
1966 21 HOU NL 6.0 1 0 2 3.00 3.93 -0.31 -0.16 118.0 4.82 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .638 .501 $
1967 22 HOU NL 184.0 31 28 67 3.28 3.81 -0.44 0.06 98.1 4.23 17 2.1 1.2 -0.1 3.6 37 .568 .513 $
1968 23 HOU NL 208.2 33 30 85 3.67 3.45 -0.61 0.05 100.0 4.11 7 1.0 1.0 -0.1 2.7 28 .529 .506 $
1969 24 HOU NL 225.0 34 34 119 4.76 4.05 -0.43 0.06 97.3 4.42 -11 -1.1 -0.1 0.7 15 .466 .493 $
1970 25 HOU NL 184.1 29 27 92 4.49 4.53 -0.41 0.07 95.1 4.77 3 0.3 .3 -0.1 1.7 24 .511 .502 $
1971 26 HOU NL 268.0 35 34 80 2.69 3.89 -0.01 0.06 95.6 3.79 30 3.8 .9 -0.1 5.7 56 .607 .523 $ AS
1972 27 HOU NL 228.1 33 33 79 3.11 3.87 -0.40 0.06 97.2 4.21 25 3.1 -0.1 4.7 47 .594 .519 $
1973 28 HOU NL 239.0 37 32 94 3.54 4.20 0.00 0.11 97.4 4.20 17 2.0 2.4 -0.1 3.7 40 .554 .512 $
1974 29 HOU NL 204.2 33 27 80 3.52 4.21 0.04 0.10 95.3 4.07 11 1.3 1.8 -0.1 2.8 31 .539 .508 $
9 Seasons 1748.0 266 245 698 3.59 4.00 -0.27 0.07 97.1 4.21 102 12.5 1.5 -0.9 25.8 281 .547 .509 $

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
1971 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00

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
1966 21 HOU NL 1 22 21 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .238 .273 .381 .654 .308 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 22 HOU NL 31 736 674 67 141 23 4 10 12 6 69 159 .209 .288 .300 .588 .258 202 8 7 4 3 2 6
1968 23 HOU NL 33 860 791 85 187 30 7 9 19 1 70 175 .236 .300 .326 .626 .290 258 5 4 13 6 5 9
1969 24 HOU NL 34 977 855 119 210 35 6 16 16 5 97 235 .246 .326 .357 .683 .318 305 12 9 10 7 8 11
1970 25 HOU NL 29 766 725 92 188 30 5 15 12 7 66 94 .259 .325 .377 .702 .279 273 8 7 3 5 4 13
1971 26 HOU NL 35 1067 963 80 195 31 8 15 14 8 79 180 .202 .266 .298 .564 .232 287 17 7 10 8 3 11
1972 27 HOU NL 33 893 841 79 196 33 3 16 16 6 66 172 .233 .289 .337 .625 .273 283 16 2 12 6 2 9
1973 28 HOU NL 37 987 878 94 187 37 2 21 23 3 92 149 .213 .291 .331 .623 .233 291 11 7 6 5 6 7
1974 29 HOU NL 33 875 749 80 170 37 3 16 18 11 100 112 .227 .318 .348 .667 .245 261 8 4 14 8 2 11
9 Yrs 266 7183 6497 698 1479 256 38 119 130 47 640 1283 .228 .300 .334 .633 .264 2168 86 47 72 48 32 77
162 Game Avg. 35 956 865 93 197 34 5 16 17 6 85 171 .228 .300 .334 .633 .264 289 11 6 10 6 4 10
MLB Averages .249 .316 .367 .683 .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
1966 21 HOU NL 0.6 0.1 22 0.3 0.6 -0.3 1.13 0.2 0.1 1.0 0.1 1.13 1.8 0 1 0
1967 22 HOU NL 9.4 1.0 770 0.3 12.9 -12.6 1.04 1.1 -0.8 9.8 1.1 1.04 11.3 1 1 1
1968 23 HOU NL -6.5 -0.7 894 0.7 15.5 -14.9 1.08 0.6 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.08 3.4 1 0 0
1969 24 HOU NL -14.4 -1.5 1022 -0.9 18.0 -18.9 1.08 -0.9 0.1 -8.8 -0.9 1.08 -7.8 0 0 0
1970 25 HOU NL -1.3 -0.1 843 -0.0 14.6 -14.6 1.05 0.2 -0.2 0.7 0.1 1.04 3.4 0 0 2
1971 26 HOU NL 29.3 3.3 1102 2.5 20.0 -17.5 1.07 4.3 -2.0 34.2 4.0 1.07 42.1 0 1 0
1972 27 HOU NL 16.7 1.8 931 3.0 16.3 -13.3 .99 2.3 0.7 18.0 2.0 0.99 22.3 0 0 0
1973 28 HOU NL 12.9 1.4 1027 2.3 18.9 -16.6 1.06 2.5 -0.3 17.1 1.9 1.06 21.4 3 2 0
1974 29 HOU NL 9.8 1.0 912 0.8 16.3 -15.5 1.08 0.7 0.0 5.9 0.6 1.08 5.2 2 3 1
9 Yrs 56.5 6.4 7523 8.9 133.0 -124.2 1.06 10.9 -2.6 77.7 8.9 1.06 103.1 7 8 4

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
1967 22 HOU NL 31 28 10 7 11 1 2 15 13 .536 3 3 7 3 16 57% 60.1 99 24 21 7 7 10 3.8 3.9 6.7
1968 23 HOU NL 33 30 13 14 3 0 4 15 15 .500 0 1 9 3 20 67% 58.6 89 22 17 6 9 12 3.0 3.4 6.8
1969 24 HOU NL 34 34 16 12 6 2 3 18 16 .529 2 3 13 1 18 53% 54.1 94 22 32 18 14 6 5.5 5.2 6.6
1970 25 HOU NL 29 27 11 6 10 3 2 17 10 .630 3 5 3 0 14 52% 50.5 86 17 33 11 6 12 5.1 4.7 6.7
1971 26 HOU NL 35 34 16 10 8 2 6 19 15 .559 3 3 18 3 26 76% 63.9 85 23 11 5 1 7 3.4 3.7 7.9
1972 27 HOU NL 33 33 15 10 8 1 4 19 14 .576 4 2 13 3 21 64% 59.4 88 26 20 5 11 11 4.4 4.2 6.9
1973 28 HOU NL 37 32 10 16 6 1 3 12 20 .375 3 2 10 3 16 50% 57.2 91 26 15 6 18 6 3.2 3.1 7.2
1974 29 HOU NL 33 27 10 13 4 1 7 12 15 .444 1 2 5 4 18 67% 56.4 80 14 21 4 3 11 3.2 3.0 7.1
8 Yrs 265 245 101 88 56 11 31 127 118 .518 19 21 78 20 149 61% 58 99 14 170 62 69 75 4.0 3.9 7.0
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 112 -3 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
1966 21 HOU NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.133 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 18.0
1967 22 HOU NL 31 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 100% 6 1.045 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2.8
1968 23 HOU NL 33 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.084 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3.7
1970 25 HOU NL 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.048 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 4.5
1971 26 HOU NL 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 1.074 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1973 28 HOU NL 37 5 4 1 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 3 0 0% 8 1.062 3 2 0 3 1 1 2 3 4 1 4 0 5.4
1974 29 HOU NL 33 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 3 100% 8 1.080 2 3 1 1 2 3 2 4 4 1 4 0 6.7
7 Yrs 199 21 10 3 4 3 2 1 67% 5 2 13 7 54% 1.067 7 8 4 5 6 9 7 13 13 6 13 3 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%
1966 21 HOU NL 22 55% 4.6% 31.8% 4.6% 4.6% 20% 1.50 59% 3 1 33%
1967 22 HOU NL 757 54% 1.4% 21.6% 9.4% 5.0% 26% 0.70 69% 123 8 7%
1968 23 HOU NL 884 56% 1.1% 20.4% 8.1% 5.4% 25% 0.64 71% 128 5 4%
1969 24 HOU NL 979 55% 1.6% 24.1% 9.9% 5.8% 27% 1.06 63% 201 12 6%
1970 25 HOU NL 806 59% 2.0% 12.3% 8.6% 6.5% 27% 0.79 81% 118 8 7%
1971 26 HOU NL 1067 54% 1.4% 16.9% 7.4% 5.1% 28% 0.77 73% 183 17 9%
1972 27 HOU NL 927 51% 1.8% 19.3% 7.4% 5.8% 27% 0.78 74% 133 16 12%
1973 28 HOU NL 988 51% 2.1% 15.1% 9.3% 6.1% 32% 0.58 72% 146 11 8%
1974 29 HOU NL 875 54% 1.8% 12.8% 11.4% 6.4% 33% 0.68 72% 145 8 6%
9 Yrs 7305 54% 1.7% 17.9% 8.9% 5.8% 28% 0.74 72% 1180 86 7%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.8% 8.5% 6.0% 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
1966 21 HOU NL 22 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 22 HOU NL 736 141 10 0 16 2 8 8 2 33 13 7 39% 6 10 3 248 12 6 67% 12 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 23 21
1968 23 HOU NL 860 187 9 0 11 6 3 6 3 45 21 6 47% 9 9 3 317 19 1 95% 15 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 20 24
1969 24 HOU NL 977 210 16 0 25 7 9 10 6 64 32 17 50% 11 16 3 372 16 5 76% 15 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 37 2
1970 25 HOU NL 766 188 15 0 14 8 7 11 4 34 16 2 47% 13 15 1 281 12 7 63% 11 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 28 40
1971 26 HOU NL 1067 195 15 0 22 7 8 6 9 46 21 9 46% 11 5 4 352 14 8 64% 14 8 0 0 0 0 2 1 21 0
1972 27 HOU NL 893 196 16 0 10 4 11 8 7 44 20 9 45% 9 11 0 296 16 6 73% 15 5 1 0 0 0 4 0 21 34
1973 28 HOU NL 987 187 21 0 15 10 11 11 10 37 16 6 43% 7 7 4 347 23 3 88% 19 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 19 1
1974 29 HOU NL 875 170 16 0 17 7 9 8 8 50 25 7 50% 11 4 3 323 18 11 62% 16 10 2 1 0 0 1 0 20 0
9 Yrs 7183 1479 119 0 130 51 67 68 50 353 164 63 46% 77 77 21 2541 130 47 73% 117 42 11 4 2 0 12 1 189 122
MLB Averages 49% 62%

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+
1966 21 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 22 123 1.000 7.5 1.5 1.5 10.5 7.00 123
1967 22 11 9 .550 2.79 32 28 0 7 3 0 190.0 146 69 59 11 70 2 166 7 3 10 779 118 1.137 6.9 0.5 3.3 7.9 2.37 118
1968 23 24 25 .490 3.05 65 58 3 16 6 0 398.2 333 154 135 20 140 7 341 11 4 19 1663 102 1.186 7.5 0.5 3.2 7.7 2.44 102
1969 24 40 37 .519 3.39 99 92 3 29 7 0 623.2 543 273 235 36 237 15 576 20 7 35 2642 96 1.251 7.8 0.5 3.4 8.3 2.43 96
1970 25 51 43 .543 3.51 128 119 4 32 7 0 808.0 731 365 315 51 303 19 670 27 8 50 3448 97 1.280 8.1 0.6 3.4 7.5 2.21 97
1971 26 67 53 .558 3.25 163 153 4 50 10 0 1076.0 926 445 388 66 382 22 850 34 8 55 4515 105 1.216 7.7 0.6 3.2 7.1 2.23 105
1972 27 82 63 .566 3.15 196 186 4 63 13 0 1304.1 1122 524 456 82 448 24 1022 36 8 66 5442 108 1.204 7.7 0.6 3.1 7.1 2.28 108
1973 28 93 79 .541 3.15 233 218 8 73 16 2 1543.2 1309 618 541 103 540 30 1171 43 9 73 6430 109 1.198 7.6 0.6 3.1 6.8 2.17 109
1974 29 104 92 .531 3.15 266 245 10 78 20 2 1748.1 1479 698 611 119 640 32 1283 47 10 77 7305 109 1.212 7.6 0.6 3.3 6.6 2.00 109

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
1966 21 0 0 3.60 5.0 6 2 2 1 1 6 0 1.400 10.8 1.8 10.8 6.00 1.8 1
1967 22 11 8 .579 3.47 174.0 153 74 67 11 75 150 8 1.310 7.9 3.9 7.8 2.00 0.6 31
1968 23 9 12 .429 4.55 194.0 212 109 98 10 79 163 5 1.500 9.8 3.7 7.6 2.06 0.5 33
1969 24 10 13 .435 4.63 216.0 221 123 111 17 102 225 9 1.495 9.2 4.3 9.4 2.21 0.7 34
1970 25 10 10 .500 4.03 181.0 189 90 81 15 66 92 7 1.409 9.4 3.3 4.6 1.39 0.7 29
1971 26 18 10 .643 3.01 254.0 211 94 85 16 85 171 8 1.165 7.5 3.0 6.1 2.01 0.6 35
1972 27 14 10 .583 3.33 224.0 221 92 83 18 74 169 2 1.317 8.9 3.0 6.8 2.28 0.7 33
1973 28 14 11 .560 3.64 230.0 195 103 93 22 96 143 7 1.265 7.6 3.8 5.6 1.49 0.9 37
1974 29 12 9 .571 3.60 195.0 180 87 78 17 106 107 4 1.467 8.3 4.9 4.9 1.01 0.8 33
9 Yrs 98 83 .541 3.75 1673.0 1588 774 698 127 684 1226 50 1.358 8.5 6.6 1.79 0.7 266

* 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

All-Star Games
1971 *

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1971 NL  5.7 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1971 NL  5.7 (4th)
1972 NL  4.7 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1971 NL  2.45 (3rd)
1972 NL  2.68 (8th)
Career  3.15 (224th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1970 NL  .647 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1971 NL  1.022 (2nd)
1973 NL  1.166 (9th)
Career  1.212 (160th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL  6.897 (2nd)
1971 NL  6.549 (1st)
1972 NL  7.726 (10th)
1973 NL  7.032 (4th)
1974 NL  7.476 (5th)
Career  7.614 (44th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL  7.777 (4th)
1968 NL  7.548 (5th)
1969 NL  9.400 (2nd)
1972 NL  6.780 (7th)
Career  6.605 (147th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1969 NL  235 (4th)
1971 NL  180 (7th)
1972 NL  172 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1972 NL  33 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1971 NL  18 (5th)
1972 NL  13 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1967 NL  3 (6th)
1973 NL  3 (7th)
1974 NL  4 (7th)
Career  20 (244th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 NL  97 (4th)
1974 NL  100 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL  0.489 (9th)
1968 NL  0.388 (8th)
1971 NL  0.504 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1968 NL  16 (5th)
1973 NL  16 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1969 NL  100 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1967 NL  10 (6th)
1968 NL  9 (7th)
1969 NL  16 (1st)
1970 NL  15 (2nd)
1972 NL  11 (3rd)
Career  77 (200th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 NL  7 (5th)
1969 NL  9 (6th)
1970 NL  7 (10th)
1971 NL  7 (5th)
1973 NL  7 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1971 NL  138 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1971 NL  29 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1971 NL  3.3 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1971 NL  34.17 (3rd)
Career  77.68 (199th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1971 NL  2.5 (7th)
Career  8.9 (226th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1971 NL  4.3 (2nd)
1972 NL  2.3 (7th)
1973 NL  2.5 (6th)
Career  10.9 (132nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1971 NL  4.0 (2nd)
Career  8.9 (180th)

                                         

† 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 - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 41 (614), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Eric Show (940)
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  6. Alex Fernandez (937)
  7. Joey Jay (931)
  8. Steve Blass (931)
  9. Jim O'Toole (930)
  10. Jose Rijo (929)
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  5. Jim Nash (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kevin Appier (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jose Rijo (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Burt Hooton (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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