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Geoff Zahn

Geoffrey Clayton Zahn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 19, 1945 in Baltimore, MD
High School: DeVilbiss (Toledo, OH)
School: University of Michigan
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 5th round of the 1968 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed February 15, 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1973
Teams (by GP): Twins/Angels/Dodgers/Cubs 1973-1985

Final Game: August 14, 1985
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1968	22	LAD-min	A	21	41	41		10	0	0	0						.244	.244	.244	.488		10						DYB · FLOR
1969	23	LAD-min	AA	15	44	42	6	12	0	0	0	6	0	1	2	14	.286	.318	.286	.604		12						ABQ · TL
1970	24	LAD-min	AAA	27	22	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.150	.227	.150	.377		3		1	0	0		SPO · PCL
1971	25	LAD-min	AA	30	62	51	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	19	.157	.237	.157	.394		8		0	3	2		ABQ · TL
1972	26	LAD-min	AAA,AA	27	79	70	9	19	1	0	0	9	0	0	4	23	.271	.307	.286	.592		20		0	4	1		ABQ,ELP · PCL,TL
1973	27	LAD-min	AAA	25	16	14	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.071	.071	.143	.214		2		0	2	0		ABQ · PCL
1973	27	LAD	NL	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1974	28	LAD	NL	21	26	23	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.174	.174	.174	.348	-0	4	0	0	3	0	0	1
1975	29	TOT	NL	18	22	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.133	.133	.133	.267	-27	2	1	0	7	0	0	1
1975	29	LAD	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1975	29	CHC	NL	16	22	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.133	.133	.133	.267	-27	2	1	0	7	0	0	1
1976	30	CHC-min	AAA	21	56	47	5	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	7	.128	.226	.149	.375		7		0	3	0		WCH · AA
1976	30	CHC	NL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1977	31	MIN	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	32	MIN	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	33	MIN	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	34	MIN	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	35	CAL	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	36	CAL	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	CYA-6
1983	37	CAL	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	38	CAL	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	39	CAL	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
13 Seasons				304	53	43	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.140	.140	.140	.279	-22	6	1	0	10	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	28	23	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.140	.140	.140	.279	-22	3	1	0	5	0	0

CAL (5 yrs)				123	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (4 yrs)				133	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (3 yrs)				29	28	25	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.160	.160	.160	.320	-9	4	0	0	3	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				19	25	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-39	2	1	0	7	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				256	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (4 yrs)				48	53	43	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.140	.140	.140	.279	-22	6	1	0	10	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1973	27	LAD	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1974	28	LAD	NL	26	-3	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1975	29	CHC	NL	22	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1976	30	CHC	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
4 Seasons				53	-8	0	0	1	0	3	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$

LAD (2 yrs)				28	-4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
CHC (2 yrs)				25	-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1973	27	LAD	NL	2	2	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.259	.000	.328	.000	.385	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1974	28	LAD	NL	26	22	1	1.2	91	.222	.174	.258	.174	.329	.174	.372	.348	.701	-0	.093	-3.1	-0.3	.211	.000	.000
1975	29	TOT	NL	22	21	0	0.0	100	.167	.133	.270	.133	.342	.133	.390	.267	.732	-27	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.143	.000	.000
1975	29	CHC	NL	22	21	0	0.0	100	.167	.133	.270	.133	.342	.133	.390	.267	.732	-27	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.143	.000	.000
1976	30	CHC	NL	3	3	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.272	.000	.339	.000	.387	.000	.727	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
13 Seasons				53	48	1	0.6	95	.176	.140	.263	.140	.334	.140	.380	.279	.714	-22	.024	-7.2	-0.7	.158	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				28	26	1	0.6	95	.176	.140	.263	.140	.334	.140	.380	.279	.714	-22	.024	-7.2	-0.7	.158	.000	.000

LAD (3 yrs)				28	24	1	1.1	92	.211	.160	.258	.160	.329	.160	.373	.320	.702	-9	.080	-3.7	-0.4	.190	.000	.000
CHC (2 yrs)				25	24	0	0.0	99	.133	.111	.270	.111	.341	.111	.390	.222	.731	-39	.000	-3.5	-0.4	.118	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1973	27	LAD	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1974	28	LAD	NL	26	0.0%	19.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.6			1.83	69%
1975	29	TOT	NL	22	0.0%	13.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0		15.0	5.00	55%
1975	29	CHC	NL	22	0.0%	13.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0		15.0	5.00	55%
1976	30	CHC	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						2.00	100%
13 Seasons				53	0.0%	17.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.8		43.0	2.90	64%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.2%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.55	6.8	45.2	8.6	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1973	27	LAD	NL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.65	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.73	-0.5	0
1974	28	LAD	NL	-3.1	-0.3	26	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.92	-0.3	-0.1	-4.8	-0.5	1.06	-3.6	0
1975	29	TOT	NL	-2.7	-0.3	22	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.32	-0.4	0.1	-3.6	-0.4	1.15	-3.7	0
1975	29	LAD	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1975	29	CHC	NL	-2.7	-0.3	22	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.32	-0.4	0.1	-3.6	-0.4	1.15	-3.7	0
1976	30	CHC	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.85	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	1.22	-0.8	0
1977	31	MIN	AL	0.0
1978	32	MIN	AL	0.0
1979	33	MIN	AL	0.0
1980	34	MIN	AL	0.0
1981	35	CAL	AL	0.0
1982	36	CAL	AL	0.0
1983	37	CAL	AL	0.0
1984	38	CAL	AL	0.0
1985	39	CAL	AL	0.0
13 Seasons				-7.2	-0.7	53	-0.8	0.2	-1.1	1.07	-0.8	-0.0	-9.8	-1.0	1.10	-8.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1973	27	LAD	NL	0		0		0	0	0	0	0
1974	28	LAD	NL	1	50%	6	33%	2	1	1	1	1
1975	29	TOT	NL	0	50%	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1
1975	29	CHC	NL	0	50%	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1
1976	30	CHC	NL	0		0		0	0	0	0	0
13 Seasons				1	50%	7	20%	3	2	1	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1973	27	LAD	NL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1974	28	LAD	NL	26	73%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	9	0	0%	8	5	63%	18	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1975	29	TOT	NL	22	64%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	9	1	11%	8	6	75%	19	1	5%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1975	29	CHC	NL	22	64%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	9	1	11%	8	6	75%	19	1	5%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1976	30	CHC	NL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
13 Seasons				53	70%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	10	77%	18	1	6%	16	11	69%	42	1	2%	2	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			80%			11%			35%			14%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1973	27	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1974	28	27	28	25	2	4	0	6	.160	.160	.160	.320	-9	4	0	3
1975	29	45	50	40	3	6	1	9	.150	.150	.150	.300	-16	6	1	10
1976	30	48	53	43	3	6	1	9	.140	.140	.140	.279	-22	6	1	10
1977	31	82	53	43	3	6	1	9	.140	.140	.140	.279	-22	6	1	10
1978	32	117	53	43	3	6	1	9	.140	.140	.140	.279	-22	6	1	10
1979	33	143	53	43	3	6	1	9	.140	.140	.140	.279	-22	6	1	10
1980	34	181	53	43	3	6	1	9	.140	.140	.140	.279	-22	6	1	10
1981	35	206	53	43	3	6	1	9	.140	.140	.140	.279	-22	6	1	10
1982	36	240	53	43	3	6	1	9	.140	.140	.140	.279	-22	6	1	10
1983	37	269	53	43	3	6	1	9	.140	.140	.140	.279	-22	6	1	10
1984	38	297	53	43	3	6	1	9	.140	.140	.140	.279	-22	6	1	10
1985	39	304	53	43	3	6	1	9	.140	.140	.140	.279	-22	6	1	10

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1973	27	6	2	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1974	28	21	24	24	3	5	5	.208	.208	.208	.417	1	21
1975	29	18	15	15	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	18
1976	30	3	3	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
4 Seasons		48	44	44	3	5	9	.114	.114	.114	.227	1	48
162 Game Avg.		162	149	149	10	17	30	.114	.114	.114	.227	3	48

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1991 BBWAA ()	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1982 AL (6, 5%) 0.05 Career Shares (219th)	Oldest s c a p y 1985 AL born 1945-12-19 (8th)

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA ()

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1982 AL (6, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (219th)

Oldest s c a p y
1985 AL born 1945-12-19 (8th)

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