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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:25AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #589. Don Robinson… #590. Hank Aguirre… #591. Dummy Taylor… #592. GEOFF ZAHN… #593. Tex Carleton… #594. Ismael Valdez… #595. Bill Hoffer… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 83 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 87 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 86 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 Seasons 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 75 1.563 10.5 0.3 3.5 3.2 0.89
AL (9 yrs) AL 105 95 .525 3.77 256 247 3 78 20 0 1682.0 1810 809 705 142 475 23 637 16 3 28 7091 108 1.359 9.7 0.8 2.5 3.4 1.34
NL (4 yrs) NL 6 14 .300 3.45 48 23 10 1 0 1 167.0 168 80 64 7 51 5 68 3 1 4 707 106 1.311 9.1 0.4 2.7 3.7 1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1973 27 LAD NL 13.1 1 2 6 0 .6 4 0.3 $
1974 28 LAD NL 79.2 10 28 39 2 1.1 11 1.2 $
1975 29 LAD NL 3.0 0 3 1 0 .9 -2 -0.2 $
1975 29 CHC NL 62.2 10 37 39 -4 1.0 2 0.2 $
1976 30 CHC NL 8.1 2 10 5 0 1.3 -5 -0.7 $
1977 31 MIN AL 198.0 32 116 118 -1 1.0 2 0.2 $
1978 32 MIN AL 252.1 35 101 142 2 1.1 41 4.7 $
1979 33 MIN AL 169.0 24 74 108 0 1.0 34 3.4 $
1980 34 MIN AL 232.2 35 138 142 6 1.0 4 0.4 $
1981 35 CAL AL 161.1 25 93 85 0 .9 -8 -0.9 $
1982 36 CAL AL 229.1 34 100 124 8 .9 24 2.5 $ CYA-6
1983 37 CAL AL 203.0 28 90 125 -6 1.0 35 3.8 $
1984 38 CAL AL 199.1 27 78 114 0 1.0 36 3.8 $
1985 39 CAL AL 37.0 7 19 21 1 .8 2 0.1 $550,000
13 Seasons 1849.0 270 889 1069 8 1.0 180 18.8 $550,000
CAL (5 yrs) 830.0 121 380 469 3 .9 89 9.3 $550,000
MIN (4 yrs) 852.0 126 429 510 7 1.0 81 8.7 $
LAD (3 yrs) 96.0 11 33 46 2 1.0 13 1.3 $
CHC (2 yrs) 71.0 12 47 44 -4 1.0 -3 -0.5 $

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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
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 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 Awards
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 $

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1973 LAD NL 27 P 6 13.1 5 0 4 1 0 .800 2.70 0.67 .950 1.89 1.88
1974 LAD NL 28 P 21 79.2 19 2 15 2 1 .895 1.92 0.81 .944 1.88 1.88
1975 TOT NL 29 P 18 10 0 65.2 24 6 16 2 0 .917 3.02 1.22 .946 1.86 1.86 4 4 50% 0
1975 LAD NL 29 P 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.85 0 1 100% 0
1975 CHC NL 29 P 16 10 0 62.2 24 6 16 2 0 .917 3.16 1.38 .946 1.87 1.86 4 3 43% 0
1976 CHC NL 30 P 3 8.1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 3.24 1.00 .950 1.84 1.87
1977 MIN AL 31 P 34 198.0 58 16 40 2 5 .966 2.55 1.65 .948 1.95 1.93
1978 MIN AL 32 P 35 252.1 52 9 41 2 2 .962 1.78 1.43 .954 1.90 1.88
1979 MIN AL 33 P 26 169.0 49 8 37 4 2 .918 2.40 1.73 .949 1.92 1.89
1980 MIN AL 34 P 38 232.2 50 12 37 1 3 .980 1.90 1.29 .957 1.85 1.85
1981 CAL AL 35 P 25 161.1 41 7 31 3 2 .927 2.12 1.52 .963 1.98 1.98
1982 CAL AL 36 P 34 229.1 40 3 35 2 1 .950 1.49 1.12 .958 1.80 1.80 CYA-6
1983 CAL AL 37 P 29 203.0 37 9 25 3 2 .919 1.51 1.17 .958 1.80 1.78
1984 CAL AL 38 P 28 199.1 48 14 33 1 1 .979 2.12 1.68 .958 1.79 1.78
1985 CAL AL 39 P 7 37.0 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 2.43 1.43 .953 1.85 1.84
13 Seasons P 304 10 0 1849.0 437 87 326 24 19 .945 2.01 1.36 .954 1.87 1.86 4 4 50% 0
13 Seasons TOT 304 10 0 1849.0 437 87 326 24 19 .945 2.01 1.36 .954 1.87 1.86 4 4 50% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1978 AL  4.7 (10th)
1983 AL  3.8 (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 (7th)

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)

Assists as P s c a p y
1981 AL  31 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1981 AL  3 (1st)
1983 AL  3 (2nd)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 50 (513), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  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
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197832Minnesota Twins$45,000Tom Timmerman databasePlayer loss; $59,000 requested
198034Minnesota Twins$200,0001981 TSN GuidePlayer win; team offered $130K
198135California Angels$416,6671981 TSN Guide3 years, $1.25M
198539California Angels$550,0003/3/86 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,211,667
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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