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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 HS (Toledo, OH)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
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 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Twins/Angels/Dodgers/Cubs 1973-1985

Final Game: August 14, 1985 (Age 39)
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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
1973 27 LAD NL 1 0 1.000 1.35 6 1 2 0 0 0 13.1 5 2 2 2 2 0 9 0 0 1 48 267 0.525 3.4 1.4 1.4 6.1 4.50
1974 28 LAD NL 3 5 .375 2.03 21 10 3 1 0 0 79.2 78 28 18 3 16 1 33 2 0 2 330 169 1.180 8.8 0.3 1.8 3.7 2.06
1975 29 TOT NL 2 8 .200 4.66 18 10 5 0 0 1 65.2 69 40 34 2 31 4 22 0 0 1 286 82 1.523 9.5 0.3 4.2 3.0 0.71
1975 29 LAD NL 0 1 .000 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 2 3 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 14 44 2.333 6.0 0.0 15.0 3.0 0.20
1975 29 CHC NL 2 7 .222 4.45 16 10 3 0 0 1 62.2 67 37 31 2 26 3 21 0 0 0 272 86 1.484 9.6 0.3 3.7 3.0 0.81
1976 30 CHC NL 0 1 .000 10.80 3 2 0 0 0 0 8.1 16 10 10 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 43 37 2.160 17.3 0.0 2.2 4.3 2.00
1977 31 MIN AL 12 14 .462 4.68 34 32 0 7 1 0 198.0 234 116 103 20 66 4 88 5 0 5 870 85 1.515 10.6 0.9 3.0 4.0 1.33
1978 32 MIN AL 14 14 .500 3.03 35 35 0 12 1 0 252.1 260 101 85 18 81 2 106 4 0 7 1056 127 1.351 9.3 0.6 2.9 3.8 1.31
1979 33 MIN AL 13 7 .650 3.57 26 24 1 4 0 0 169.0 181 74 67 13 41 1 58 0 0 1 702 124 1.314 9.6 0.7 2.2 3.1 1.41
1980 34 MIN AL 14 18 .438 4.41 38 35 0 13 5 0 232.2 273 138 114 17 66 3 96 2 1 3 993 99 1.457 10.6 0.7 2.6 3.7 1.45
1981 35 CAL AL 10 11 .476 4.41 25 25 0 9 0 0 161.1 181 93 79 18 43 2 52 0 2 2 689 82 1.388 10.1 1.0 2.4 2.9 1.21
1982 36 CAL AL 18 8 .692 3.73 34 34 0 12 4 0 229.1 225 100 95 18 65 5 81 4 0 2 944 109 1.265 8.8 0.7 2.6 3.2 1.25 CYA-6
1983 37 CAL AL 9 11 .450 3.33 29 28 1 11 3 0 203.0 212 90 75 22 51 2 81 0 0 4 852 122 1.296 9.4 1.0 2.3 3.6 1.59
1984 38 CAL AL 13 10 .565 3.12 28 27 1 9 5 0 199.1 200 78 69 11 48 4 61 1 0 3 821 129 1.244 9.0 0.5 2.2 2.8 1.27
1985 39 CAL AL 2 2 .500 4.38 7 7 0 1 1 0 37.0 44 19 18 5 14 0 14 0 0 1 164 96 1.568 10.7 1.2 3.4 3.4 1.00
13 Yrs 111 109 .505 3.74 304 270 13 79 20 1 1849.0 1978 889 769 149 526 28 705 19 4 32 7798 107 1.354 9.6 0.7 2.6 3.4 1.34
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .505 3.74 36 32 2 9 2 0 219 234 105 91 18 62 3 84 2 0 4 924 107 1.354 9.6 0.7 2.6 3.4 1.34
CAL (5 yrs) 52 42 .553 3.64 123 121 2 42 13 0 830.0 862 380 336 74 221 13 289 5 2 12 3470 109 1.305 9.3 0.8 2.4 3.1 1.31
MIN (4 yrs) 53 53 .500 3.90 133 126 1 36 7 0 852.0 948 429 369 68 254 10 348 11 1 16 3621 106 1.411 10.0 0.7 2.7 3.7 1.37
LAD (3 yrs) 4 6 .400 2.16 29 11 7 1 0 0 96.0 85 33 23 5 23 2 43 2 0 4 392 161 1.125 8.0 0.5 2.2 4.0 1.87
CHC (2 yrs) 2 8 .200 5.20 19 12 3 0 0 1 71.0 83 47 41 2 28 3 25 1 1 0 315 74 1.563 10.5 0.3 3.5 3.2 0.89
AL (9 yrs) 105 95 .525 3.77 256 247 3 78 20 0 1682.0 1810 809 705 142 475 23 637 16 3 28 7091 107 1.359 9.7 0.8 2.5 3.4 1.34
NL (4 yrs) 6 14 .300 3.45 48 23 10 1 0 1 167.0 168 80 64 7 51 5 68 3 1 4 707 105 1.311 9.1 0.4 2.7 3.7 1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1973 27 LAD NL 13.1 6 1 2 1.35 4.12 0.30 -0.16 90.7 3.31 3 0.3 .2 -0.1 0.4 4 .555 .502
1974 28 LAD NL 79.2 21 10 28 3.16 4.11 0.26 0.04 96.0 3.73 5 0.5 1.1 -0.0 1.2 12 .524 .503
1975 29 LAD NL 3.0 2 0 3 9.00 3.72 0.45 -0.30 89.7 2.66 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .393 .499
1975 29 CHC NL 62.2 16 10 37 5.31 4.12 -0.55 0.05 107.2 5.06 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 0.3 3 .484 .498
1976 30 CHC NL 8.1 3 2 10 10.80 3.70 -0.34 0.05 109.4 4.47 -6 -0.6 1.2 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .315 .497
1977 31 MIN AL 198.0 34 32 116 5.27 4.53 -0.04 0.12 98.8 4.63 -15 -1.5 1.6 -0.1 0.3 6 .457 .491
1978 32 MIN AL 252.1 35 35 101 3.60 4.19 0.06 0.13 101.6 4.32 20 2.3 -0.1 4.6 44 .565 .514 $45,000
1979 33 MIN AL 169.0 26 24 74 3.94 4.66 -0.02 0.13 103.4 4.97 19 2.1 .3 -0.1 3.6 37 .579 .513
1980 34 MIN AL 232.2 38 35 138 5.34 4.45 0.24 0.13 109.1 4.74 -17 -1.7 .9 -0.1 0.4 6 .456 .490 $200,000
1981 35 CAL AL 161.1 25 25 93 5.19 3.98 -0.02 0.13 99.7 4.12 -19 -2.0 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .422 .488 $416,667
1982 36 CAL AL 229.1 34 34 100 3.92 4.42 0.32 0.15 98.2 4.17 7 0.8 -0.1 2.8 28 .523 .505 CYA-6
1983 37 CAL AL 203.0 29 28 90 3.99 4.56 -0.28 0.15 98.3 4.90 20 2.2 .0 -0.1 4.0 40 .575 .513
1984 38 CAL AL 199.1 28 27 78 3.52 4.33 0.02 0.14 100.6 4.48 22 2.4 5.6 -0.1 4.2 40 .587 .515
1985 39 CAL AL 37.0 7 7 19 4.62 4.33 0.25 0.15 103.8 4.38 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.2 3 .486 .499 $550,000
13 Seasons 1849.0 304 270 889 4.33 4.36 0.04 0.13 101.3 4.50 34 4.3 1.0 -1.1 20.7 208 .514 .502 $1,211,667
CAL (5 yrs) 830.0 123 121 380 4.12 4.34 0.03 0.14 99.4 4.42 29 3.3 2.8 -0.4 10.6 104 .527 .504 $966,667
MIN (4 yrs) 852.0 133 126 429 4.53 4.43 0.07 0.13 103.3 4.64 8 1.2 .9 -0.5 9.0 92 .509 .502 $245,000
LAD (3 yrs) 96.0 29 11 33 3.09 4.10 0.27 -0.00 95.1 3.64 5 0.6 .9 -0.1 1.3 14 .522 .501
CHC (2 yrs) 71.0 19 12 47 5.96 4.07 -0.52 0.05 107.4 4.99 -8 -0.8 1.1 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .458 .498

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS 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
1982 36 CAL AL ALCS L MIL 0 1 .000 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 16 1.364 9.8 0.0 2.5 4.9 2.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 16 1.364 9.8 0.0 2.5 4.9 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
1973 27 LAD NL 6 48 43 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .116 .156 .256 .411 .094 11 0 0 3 0 0 1
1974 28 LAD NL 21 330 307 28 78 9 0 3 2 2 16 33 .254 .295 .313 .608 .277 96 11 2 5 0 1 11
1975 29 CHC NL 16 272 238 37 67 16 4 2 4 3 26 21 .282 .348 .408 .756 .298 97 7 0 5 3 3 3
1975 29 LAD NL 2 14 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 .222 .500 .222 .722 .250 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
1975 29 TOT NL 18 286 247 40 69 16 4 2 4 4 31 22 .279 .356 .401 .757 .296 99 8 0 5 3 4 3
1976 30 CHC NL 3 43 39 10 16 2 0 0 1 0 2 4 .410 .452 .462 .914 .457 18 2 1 1 0 0 1
1977 31 MIN AL 34 870 782 116 234 43 10 20 9 8 66 88 .299 .355 .457 .811 .314 357 28 5 10 7 4 15
1978 32 MIN AL 35 1056 949 101 260 42 7 18 10 15 81 106 .274 .331 .390 .721 .290 370 38 4 13 9 2 15
1979 33 MIN AL 26 702 648 74 181 22 5 13 2 9 41 58 .279 .319 .389 .708 .288 252 26 0 7 6 1 15
1980 34 MIN AL 38 993 903 138 273 45 6 17 9 10 66 96 .302 .347 .422 .769 .320 381 37 2 11 11 3 13
1981 35 CAL AL 25 689 636 93 181 25 0 18 4 6 43 52 .285 .329 .409 .738 .287 260 18 0 8 2 2 11
1982 36 CAL AL 34 944 868 100 225 48 8 18 2 12 65 81 .259 .313 .395 .708 .268 343 32 4 4 3 5 10
1983 37 CAL AL 29 852 787 90 212 30 2 22 5 11 51 81 .269 .311 .396 .707 .275 312 17 0 6 8 2 19
1984 38 CAL AL 28 821 760 78 200 28 4 11 0 7 48 61 .263 .306 .354 .659 .272 269 27 1 6 6 4 16
1985 39 CAL AL 7 164 147 19 44 13 1 5 0 4 14 14 .299 .358 .503 .861 .302 74 5 0 2 1 0 4
13 Yrs 304 7798 7116 889 1978 323 47 149 48 88 526 705 .278 .327 .399 .726 .289 2842 249 19 81 56 28 134
162 Game Avg. 36 924 843 105 234 38 6 18 6 10 62 84 .278 .327 .399 .726 .289 337 29 2 10 7 3 16
MLB Averages .260 .325 .383 .708 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1973 27 LAD NL 3.6 0.4 49 0.3 0.6 -0.3 .58 0.4 0.0 3.9 0.4 0.58 3.9 0 1 4
1974 28 LAD NL 9.7 1.0 342 0.3 6.3 -6.0 1.08 0.9 -0.6 8.1 0.9 1.08 9.8 3 1 7
1975 29 TOT NL -6.4 -0.6 297 -1.2 4.4 -5.6 1.01 -0.6 -0.6 -7.4 -0.7 1.01 -4.5 2 0 6
1975 29 LAD NL -1.6 -0.2 16 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 1.07 -0.1 -0.3 -1.7 -0.2 1.07 -0.7 1 0 1
1975 29 CHC NL -4.8 -0.5 281 -0.7 4.4 -5.1 1.01 -0.4 -0.3 -5.7 -0.6 1.01 -3.8 1 0 5
1976 30 CHC NL -5.2 -0.5 45 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 1.29 -0.4 -0.0 -4.4 -0.4 1.29 -4.0 0 1 0
1977 31 MIN AL -15.6 -1.5 896 -2.3 14.6 -16.9 1.00 -1.8 -0.6 -14.5 -1.4 1.00 -18.3 1 0 1
1978 32 MIN AL 20.4 2.2 1090 1.2 20.9 -19.7 1.10 1.5 -0.4 19.8 2.1 1.10 15.7 0 0 0
1979 33 MIN AL 15.5 1.6 717 2.2 13.8 -11.7 1.03 1.6 0.5 15.9 1.6 1.03 13.6 0 0 2
1980 34 MIN AL -5.3 -0.5 1014 0.4 17.0 -16.6 .96 -0.5 0.9 -15.2 -1.4 0.96 -1.9 0 2 1
1981 35 CAL AL -16.2 -1.6 711 -2.1 9.9 -12.0 .90 -1.3 -1.0 -18.1 -1.8 0.90 -14.7 0 0 0
1982 36 CAL AL 10.4 1.1 962 0.8 16.0 -15.2 .93 1.1 -0.3 13.9 1.4 0.93 13.0 0 0 0
1983 37 CAL AL 13.2 1.4 873 -0.1 15.3 -15.4 1.02 1.1 -1.2 11.1 1.1 1.02 12.1 0 0 1
1984 38 CAL AL 19.2 2.0 832 1.6 15.0 -13.4 1.01 2.1 -0.5 20.3 2.1 1.01 23.4 1 0 0
1985 39 CAL AL -0.3 -0.0 169 0.1 2.5 -2.5 .81 -0.4 0.5 -1.7 -0.2 0.81 -5.5 0 0 0
13 Yrs 43.0 4.7 7997 0.6 137.1 -136.5 1.00 3.7 -3.1 31.6 3.7 1.00 42.6 7 5 22

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
1973 27 LAD NL 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 61.0 61 61 0 0 0 1 3.0 3.6 5.0
1974 28 LAD NL 21 10 3 4 3 0 1 4 6 .400 1 1 1 0 6 60% 56.5 75 38 8 2 1 5 3.7 3.8 6.3
1975 29 TOT NL 18 10 0 7 3 0 1 2 8 .200 0 0 0 0 2 20% 81 30 17 8 5 4 3.1 3.1 5.2
1975 29 CHC NL 16 10 0 7 3 0 1 2 8 .200 0 0 0 0 2 20% 43.7 81 30 17 8 5 4 3.1 3.1 5.2
1976 30 CHC NL 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.5 42 31 2 2 0 2 7.0 7.5 3.5
1977 31 MIN AL 34 32 10 14 8 2 4 15 17 .469 0 6 7 1 15 47% 45.6 86 13 27 8 11 11 4.9 5.3 5.9
1978 32 MIN AL 35 35 14 14 7 2 7 18 17 .514 2 2 12 1 23 66% 53.0 78 23 27 10 11 9 4.0 3.9 7.2
1979 33 MIN AL 26 24 13 7 4 4 3 14 10 .583 1 0 4 0 14 58% 50.2 84 23 18 7 7 8 5.0 5.6 6.7
1980 34 MIN AL 38 35 14 17 4 0 4 17 18 .486 0 2 13 5 19 54% 46.8 88 3 30 13 13 8 4.7 4.4 6.5
1981 35 CAL AL 25 25 10 11 4 3 3 11 14 .440 1 2 9 0 10 40% 46.6 72 21 18 6 7 6 5.6 6.4 6.5
1982 36 CAL AL 34 34 18 8 8 3 0 24 10 .706 3 4 12 4 16 47% 51.2 82 24 28 9 1 10 5.6 5.7 6.7
1983 37 CAL AL 29 28 9 11 8 2 6 13 15 .464 3 3 11 3 17 61% 52.0 83 21 29 8 2 8 4.2 4.0 7.2
1984 38 CAL AL 28 27 13 10 4 1 3 16 11 .593 2 2 9 5 17 63% 53.4 84 11 22 8 0 9 4.6 4.8 7.4
1985 39 CAL AL 7 7 2 2 3 0 0 4 3 .571 1 1 1 1 3 43% 45.6 77 19 6 1 0 4 5.1 6.2 5.3
13 Yrs 302 270 107 106 57 18 32 140 130 .519 14 23 79 20 142 53% 50 88 3 232 82 58 85 4.7 4.9 6.6
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -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
1973 27 LAD NL 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 .582 0 1 4 0 0 5 1 4 4 0 4 0 5.0
1974 28 LAD NL 21 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 14 4 29% 3 1.075 3 1 7 3 1 7 7 4 5 2 6 1 4.5
1975 29 TOT NL 18 8 5 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 0 0% 1.015 2 0 6 2 1 5 2 6 5 2 6 1 5.1
1975 29 LAD NL 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.068 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1975 29 CHC NL 16 6 3 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 0 0% 9 1.012 1 0 5 2 0 4 2 4 4 2 5 1 5.3
1976 30 CHC NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 1.293 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1977 31 MIN AL 34 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 .996 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 12.5
1979 33 MIN AL 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1.030 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 11.0
1980 34 MIN AL 38 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 .958 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 4.7
1983 37 CAL AL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.025 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1984 38 CAL AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 10 1.008 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
9 Yrs 203 34 13 4 3 1 1 0 100% 2 1 29 5 17% 1.005 7 5 22 7 4 23 16 18 21 6 23 2 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%
1973 27 LAD NL 48 15% 4.2% 18.8% 4.2% 4.2% 40% 1.82 67% 6 0 0%
1974 28 LAD NL 330 25% 0.9% 10.0% 4.9% 3.6% 15% 1.74 82% 69 11 16%
1975 29 TOT NL 286 29% 0.7% 7.7% 10.8% 7.7% 32% 1.64 79% 53 8 15%
1975 29 LAD NL 14 36% 0.0% 7.1% 35.7% 0.0% 0% 6.00 57% 5 1 20%
1975 29 CHC NL 272 29% 0.7% 7.7% 9.6% 8.1% 33% 1.57 80% 48 7 15%
1976 30 CHC NL 43 26% 0.0% 9.3% 4.7% 4.7% 13% 6.00 81% 15 2 13%
1977 31 MIN AL 870 30% 2.3% 10.1% 7.6% 8.4% 31% 1.66 78% 161 28 17%
1978 32 MIN AL 1056 26% 1.7% 10.0% 7.7% 6.3% 26% 1.42 79% 209 38 18%
1979 33 MIN AL 702 27% 1.9% 8.3% 5.8% 5.7% 22% 1.62 83% 149 26 17%
1980 34 MIN AL 993 23% 1.7% 9.7% 6.7% 6.9% 25% 1.86 81% 203 37 18%
1981 35 CAL AL 689 18% 2.6% 7.6% 6.2% 6.2% 24% 1.74 82% 135 18 13%
1982 36 CAL AL 944 18% 1.9% 8.6% 6.9% 7.8% 33% 1.74 82% 165 32 19%
1983 37 CAL AL 852 16% 2.6% 9.5% 6.0% 6.3% 26% 1.22 81% 177 17 10%
1984 38 CAL AL 821 19% 1.3% 7.4% 5.9% 5.2% 22% 1.44 85% 154 27 18%
1985 39 CAL AL 164 12% 3.1% 8.5% 8.5% 11.6% 43% 1.51 79% 27 5 19%
13 Yrs 7798 22% 1.9% 9.0% 6.8% 6.7% 26% 1.59 81% 1523 249 16%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 13.2% 8.5% 6.4% 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
1973 27 LAD NL 48 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0% 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 28 LAD NL 330 78 3 1 10 3 0 2 1 20 6 5 30% 11 2 2 128 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
1975 29 TOT NL 286 69 2 0 6 1 1 0 2 20 12 1 60% 3 1 0 106 4 4 50% 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1975 29 LAD NL 14 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 1 0 5 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1975 29 CHC NL 272 67 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 17 10 1 59% 3 0 0 101 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1976 30 CHC NL 43 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 75% 1 0 0 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 31 MIN AL 870 234 20 1 21 13 7 12 8 62 38 5 61% 15 5 1 299 9 8 53% 7 8 1 0 1 0 4 2 16 0
1978 32 MIN AL 1056 260 18 1 23 15 3 9 9 60 27 9 45% 15 7 1 371 10 15 40% 9 14 1 1 0 0 3 3 23 0
1979 33 MIN AL 702 181 13 0 13 10 3 7 6 42 22 5 52% 15 1 0 259 2 9 18% 2 7 0 2 0 0 4 4 9 0
1980 34 MIN AL 993 273 17 1 20 11 6 9 8 60 36 3 60% 13 3 2 366 9 10 47% 7 9 2 0 0 1 2 0 17 0
1981 35 CAL AL 689 181 18 0 18 15 3 4 14 36 25 0 69% 11 2 3 246 4 6 40% 4 4 0 0 0 2 3 1 9 0
1982 36 CAL AL 944 225 18 0 12 15 3 10 8 33 18 3 55% 10 2 0 324 2 12 14% 2 10 0 2 0 0 2 2 7 0
1983 37 CAL AL 852 212 22 0 15 19 3 11 11 36 20 3 56% 19 4 0 309 5 11 31% 4 8 1 1 0 2 1 0 12 0
1984 38 CAL AL 821 200 11 0 10 9 2 7 4 41 24 2 59% 16 3 0 293 0 7 0% 0 6 0 1 0 0 3 1 10 0
1985 39 CAL AL 164 44 5 0 4 4 1 3 2 8 3 1 38% 4 1 0 60 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
13 Yrs 7798 1978 149 4 153 117 32 75 74 423 234 38 55% 134 32 9 2797 48 88 35% 42 74 5 9 1 5 24 14 119 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+
1973 27 1 0 1.000 1.35 6 1 2 0 0 0 13.1 5 2 2 2 2 0 9 0 0 1 48 267 0.525 3.4 1.4 1.4 6.1 4.50 267
1974 28 4 5 .444 1.94 27 11 5 1 0 0 93.0 83 30 20 5 18 1 42 2 0 3 378 179 1.086 8.0 0.5 1.7 4.1 2.33 179
1975 29 6 13 .316 3.06 45 21 10 1 0 1 158.2 152 70 54 7 49 5 64 2 0 4 664 118 1.267 8.6 0.4 2.8 3.6 1.31 118
1976 30 6 14 .300 3.45 48 23 10 1 0 1 167.0 168 80 64 7 51 5 68 3 1 4 707 105 1.311 9.1 0.4 2.7 3.7 1.33 105
1977 31 18 28 .391 4.12 82 55 10 8 1 1 365.0 402 196 167 27 117 9 156 8 1 9 1577 93 1.422 9.9 0.7 2.9 3.8 1.33 93
1978 32 32 42 .432 3.67 117 90 10 20 2 1 617.1 662 297 252 45 198 11 262 12 1 16 2633 105 1.393 9.7 0.7 2.9 3.8 1.32 105
1979 33 45 49 .479 3.65 143 114 11 24 2 1 786.1 843 371 319 58 239 12 320 12 1 17 3335 109 1.376 9.6 0.7 2.7 3.7 1.34 109
1980 34 59 67 .468 3.82 181 149 11 37 7 1 1019.0 1116 509 433 75 305 15 416 14 2 20 4328 106 1.395 9.9 0.7 2.7 3.7 1.36 106
1981 35 69 78 .469 3.90 206 174 11 46 7 1 1180.1 1297 602 512 93 348 17 468 14 4 22 5017 102 1.394 9.9 0.7 2.7 3.6 1.34 102
1982 36 87 86 .503 3.88 240 208 11 58 11 1 1409.2 1522 702 607 111 413 22 549 18 4 24 5961 103 1.373 9.7 0.7 2.6 3.5 1.33 103
1983 37 96 97 .497 3.81 269 236 12 69 14 1 1612.2 1734 792 682 133 464 24 630 18 4 28 6813 105 1.363 9.7 0.7 2.6 3.5 1.36 105
1984 38 109 107 .505 3.73 297 263 13 78 19 1 1812.0 1934 870 751 144 512 28 691 19 4 31 7634 108 1.350 9.6 0.7 2.5 3.4 1.35 108
1985 39 111 109 .505 3.74 304 270 13 79 20 1 1849.0 1978 889 769 149 526 28 705 19 4 32 7798 107 1.354 9.6 0.7 2.6 3.4 1.34 107

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
1973 27 1 0 1.000 1.29 14.0 5 2 2 2 2 9 0 0.500 3.2 1.3 5.8 4.50 1.3 6
1974 28 6 2 .750 2.37 76.0 83 22 20 3 17 31 2 1.316 9.8 2.0 3.7 1.82 0.4 21
1975 29 2 4 .333 5.08 62.0 70 39 35 2 31 21 0 1.629 10.2 4.5 3.0 0.68 0.3 18
1976 30 0 0 11.25 8.0 16 11 10 0 2 4 1 2.250 18.0 2.3 4.5 2.00 0.0 3
1977 31 7 13 .350 5.35 185.0 242 122 110 21 68 82 5 1.676 11.8 3.3 4.0 1.21 1.0 34
1978 32 14 11 .560 3.66 231.0 273 104 94 19 85 97 4 1.550 10.6 3.3 3.8 1.14 0.7 35
1979 33 9 8 .529 3.67 162.0 180 73 66 13 41 55 0 1.364 10.0 2.3 3.1 1.34 0.7 26
1980 34 11 13 .458 4.52 219.0 268 122 110 17 65 90 2 1.521 11.0 2.7 3.7 1.38 0.7 38
1981 35 8 17 .320 5.58 226.0 296 156 140 29 70 73 0 1.619 11.8 2.8 2.9 1.04 1.2 25
1982 36 11 12 .478 4.25 214.0 232 112 101 19 67 75 4 1.397 9.8 2.8 3.2 1.12 0.8 34
1983 37 11 10 .524 3.73 193.0 219 89 80 23 53 77 0 1.409 10.2 2.5 3.6 1.45 1.1 29
1984 38 11 9 .550 3.54 188.0 207 82 74 11 50 57 1 1.367 9.9 2.4 2.7 1.14 0.5 28
1985 39 1 2 .333 4.63 35.0 45 20 18 5 14 13 0 1.686 11.6 3.6 3.3 0.93 1.3 7
13 Yrs 92 101 .477 4.27 1813.0 2136 954 860 164 565 684 19 1.490 10.6 3.4 1.21 0.8 304

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA ()

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1982 AL (6, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (226th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1978 AL  4.6 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1978 AL  3.03 (9th)
1979 AL  3.57 (10th)
1983 AL  3.33 (9th)
1984 AL  3.12 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1982 AL  18 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1979 AL  .650 (10th)
1982 AL  .692 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL  2.183 (9th)
1983 AL  2.261 (10th)
1984 AL  2.167 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1981 AL  161.3 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1978 AL  35 (9th)
1980 AL  35 (9th)
1981 AL  25 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1980 AL  13 (9th)
1981 AL  9 (9th)
1982 AL  12 (5th)
1983 AL  11 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1980 AL  5 (2nd)
1982 AL  4 (2nd)
1983 AL  3 (4th)
1984 AL  5 (1st)
Career  20 (244th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 AL  18 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  260 (6th)
1980 AL  273 (3rd)
1981 AL  181 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL  0.692 (9th)
1984 AL  0.497 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1978 AL  14 (10th)
1980 AL  18 (2nd)
1981 AL  11 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  114 (5th)
1981 AL  79 (1st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1981 AL  689 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1978 AL  127 (8th)
1979 AL  124 (8th)
1983 AL  122 (9th)
1984 AL  129 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1984 AL  19 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1984 AL  2.0 (10th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (873), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 50 (519), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1323), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1136), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (455th), 20.7 career WAR/20.9 7yr-peak WAR/20.8 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Bill Monbouquette (954)
  2. Watty Clark (949)
  3. Jarrod Washburn (944)
  4. Al Smith (944)
  5. Jack Scott (943)
  6. Dave Goltz (942)
  7. Clyde Wright (940)
  8. Billy Rhines (939)
  9. Zane Smith (938)
  10. Ralph Terry (937)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Pablo Torrealba (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Don Rudolph (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Don Rudolph (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lee Grissom (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jesse Petty (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Atlee Hammaker (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jesse Petty (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Frank Foreman (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Al Smith (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Thornton Lee (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Fritz Ostermueller (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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