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Alan Wirth

Alan Lee Wirth

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 8, 1956 in Mesa, AZ
High School: St. Marys HS (Phoenix, AZ)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1978
Team: Athletics 1978-1980

Final Game: July 13, 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
1978 21 OAK AL 5 6 .455 3.43 16 14 0 2 1 0 81.1 72 39 31 6 34 0 31 3 1 4 332 106 1.303 8.0 0.7 3.8 3.4 0.91
1979 22 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 6.00 5 1 0 0 0 0 12.0 14 8 8 2 8 0 7 1 0 0 58 70 1.833 10.5 1.5 6.0 5.3 0.88
1980 23 OAK AL 0 0 4.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 101 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
3 Yrs 6 6 .500 3.78 23 15 2 2 1 0 95.1 89 48 40 8 42 0 39 4 1 4 399 99 1.374 8.4 0.8 4.0 3.7 0.93
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .500 3.78 41 27 4 4 2 0 171 159 86 72 14 75 0 70 7 2 7 714 99 1.374 8.4 0.8 4.0 3.7 0.93

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
1978 21 OAK AL 81.1 16 14 39 4.32 4.20 -0.24 0.07 95.5 4.31 0 0.0 1.6 -0.1 0.7 8 .502 .500 $
1979 22 OAK AL 12.0 5 1 8 6.00 4.85 -0.73 -0.07 93.7 5.16 -1 -0.1 .6 -0.0 0.0 0 .478 .499 $
1980 23 OAK AL 2.0 2 0 1 4.50 5.89 0.76 -0.47 86.9 4.05 -0 -0.0 2.2 -0.0 0.0 0 .494 .500 $
3 Seasons 95.1 23 15 48 4.53 4.32 -0.28 0.04 95.1 4.41 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.7 9 .496 .500 $

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
1978 21 OAK AL 16 332 286 39 72 9 1 6 7 10 34 31 .252 .333 .353 .686 .261 101 9 3 5 4 0 5
1979 22 OAK AL 5 58 47 8 14 1 2 2 1 1 8 7 .298 .404 .532 .935 .308 25 0 1 1 1 0 0
1980 23 OAK AL 2 9 9 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 .375 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 23 399 342 48 89 11 3 8 8 11 42 39 .260 .344 .380 .724 .270 130 9 4 6 5 0 5
162 Game Avg. 41 714 612 86 159 20 5 14 14 20 75 70 .260 .344 .380 .724 .270 233 16 7 11 9 0 9
MLB Averages .263 .327 .388 .715 .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
1978 21 OAK AL 0.1 0.0 356 -0.1 6.3 -6.3 1.04 -0.1 0.0 -3.7 -0.4 1.04 -0.4 1 1 0
1979 22 OAK AL -2.1 -0.2 60 -0.0 0.8 -0.8 .78 -0.3 0.2 -2.5 -0.2 0.78 -4.8 1 0 3
1980 23 OAK AL 0.1 0.0 9 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .49 -0.1 -0.5 -1.1 -0.1 0.49 -0.6 1 0 1
3 Yrs -1.9 -0.2 425 -0.4 7.0 -7.4 .99 -0.5 0.0 -7.2 -0.7 0.99 -5.8 3 1 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
1978 21 OAK AL 16 14 4 6 4 0 1 7 7 .500 0 1 2 1 7 50% 50.5 83 15 18 3 2 7 2.5 3.1 5.1
1979 22 OAK AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 57.0 57 57 5 2 0 0 5.6 6.4 7.0
2 Yrs 21 15 5 6 4 0 1 8 7 .533 0 1 2 1 8 53% 51 83 15 23 5 2 7 2.7 3.4 5.3
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 99 -2 4.3 4.3 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
1978 21 OAK AL 16 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 2 1.039 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
1979 22 OAK AL 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 5 .779 1 0 3 0 0 4 2 2 3 1 3 0 3.8
1980 23 OAK AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 .489 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.0
3 Yrs 23 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 45% .989 3 1 4 0 1 7 5 3 6 2 6 0 6.1

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%
1978 21 OAK AL 332 45% 1.8% 9.3% 10.2% 4.8% 22% 1.01 76% 68 9 13%
1979 22 OAK AL 58 52% 3.5% 12.1% 13.8% 8.6% 36% 1.33 67% 11 0 0%
1980 23 OAK AL 9 67% 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 11.1% 33% 1.50 89% 1 0 0%
3 Yrs 399 46% 2.0% 9.8% 10.5% 5.5% 25% 1.05 75% 80 9 11%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 12.5% 8.4% 6.6% 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
1978 21 OAK AL 332 72 6 1 5 5 1 3 3 16 12 0 75% 5 4 1 113 7 10 41% 6 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
1979 22 OAK AL 58 14 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 33% 0 0 0 21 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 23 OAK AL 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 399 89 8 1 6 7 1 5 3 19 13 2 68% 5 4 1 138 8 11 42% 7 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 14 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

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+
1978 21 5 6 .455 3.43 16 14 0 2 1 0 81.1 72 39 31 6 34 0 31 3 1 4 332 106 1.303 8.0 0.7 3.8 3.4 0.91 106
1979 22 6 6 .500 3.76 21 15 0 2 1 0 93.1 86 47 39 8 42 0 38 4 1 4 390 99 1.371 8.3 0.8 4.1 3.7 0.90 99
1980 23 6 6 .500 3.78 23 15 2 2 1 0 95.1 89 48 40 8 42 0 39 4 1 4 399 99 1.374 8.4 0.8 4.0 3.7 0.93 99

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
1978 21 3 4 .429 4.56 71.0 78 40 36 6 37 27 3 1.620 9.9 4.7 3.4 0.73 0.8 16
1979 22 0 1 .000 7.36 11.0 15 10 9 2 9 6 1 2.182 12.3 7.4 4.9 0.67 1.6 5
1980 23 0 0 3.00 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 2
3 Yrs 3 5 .375 4.87 85.0 93 51 46 8 46 35 4 1.635 9.8 3.7 0.76 0.8 23

* 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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