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Stan Bahnsen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: December 15, 1944 in Council Bluffs, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE).

High School: Abraham Lincoln HS (Council Bluffs, IA)

School: University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)

Debut: September 9, 1966 (Age 21-268d, 12,522nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 0 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Last Game: October 2, 1982 (Age 37-291d)
vs. NYM 1.1 IP, 0 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: Stanley Raymond Bahnsen

Nicknames: Bahnsen Burner or Bonce

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Rookie of the Year

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.7

146

149

ERA

3.60

574

327

2529.0

1359

WHIP

1.330

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1965	20	NYY-min	WRk,AA	8	5	.615	2.34	22	17		2	1		123.0	98	39	32	1	49	6	98	2	0	10				1.195	7.2	0.1	3.6	7.2	2.00	YAN,CBS FLIL,SOUL
1966	21	NYY-min	AAA	10	7	.588	2.91	26	26		7	3		170.0	141	67	55	8	71	4	151	1	0	3				1.247	7.5	0.4	3.8	8.0	2.13	TOL IL
1966	21	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	3.52	4	3	1	1	0	1	23.0	15	9	9	3	7	0	16	0	0	3	90	96	3.77	0.957	5.9	1.2	2.7	6.3	2.29

1967	22	NYY-min	AAA	9	11	.450	3.52	26	23		9	1		138.0	122	64	54	12	41	4	115	3	0	7				1.181	8.0	0.8	2.7	7.5	2.80	SYR IL
1968	23	NYY	AL	17	12	.586	2.05	37	34	3	10	1	0	267.1	216	72	61	14	68	6	162	2	1	4	1070	140	2.64	1.062	7.3	0.5	2.3	5.5	2.38	RoY-1
1969	24	NYY	AL	9	16	.360	3.83	40	33	4	5	2	1	220.2	222	102	94	28	90	9	130	0	0	10	956	91	4.20	1.414	9.1	1.1	3.7	5.3	1.44
1970	25	NYY	AL	14	11	.560	3.33	36	35	0	6	2	0	232.2	227	100	86	23	75	4	116	2	0	3	977	106	3.92	1.298	8.8	0.9	2.9	4.5	1.55
1971	26	NYY	AL	14	12	.538	3.35	36	34	2	14	3	0	242.0	221	99	90	20	72	8	110	5	1	9	993	98	3.57	1.211	8.2	0.7	2.7	4.1	1.53
1972	27	CHW	AL	21	16	.568	3.60	43	41	1	5	1	0	252.1	263	107	101	22	73	1	157	6	0	8	1075	88	3.23	1.332	9.4	0.8	2.6	5.6	2.15
1973	28	CHW	AL	18	21	.462	3.57	42	42	0	14	4	0	282.1	290	128	112	20	117	2	120	5	0	10	1218	113	3.93	1.442	9.2	0.6	3.7	3.8	1.03
1974	29	CHW	AL	12	15	.444	4.70	38	35	2	10	1	0	216.1	230	128	113	17	110	6	102	4	1	8	958	80	4.24	1.572	9.6	0.7	4.6	4.2	0.93
1975	30	TOT	AL	10	13	.435	4.36	33	28	4	4	0	0	167.1	166	91	81	11	77	1	80	6	0	10	734	86	3.97	1.452	8.9	0.6	4.1	4.3	1.04
1975	30	CHW	AL	4	6	.400	6.01	12	12	0	2	0	0	67.1	78	49	45	9	40	0	31	3	0	1	313	65	5.32	1.752	10.4	1.2	5.3	4.1	0.78
1975	30	OAK	AL	6	7	.462	3.24	21	16	4	2	0	0	100.0	88	42	36	2	37	1	49	3	0	9	421	113	3.07	1.250	7.9	0.2	3.3	4.4	1.32
1976	31	OAK	AL	8	7	.533	3.34	35	14	10	1	1	0	143.0	124	55	53	13	43	3	82	2	0	7	589	101	3.61	1.168	7.8	0.8	2.7	5.2	1.91
1977	32	TOT	MLB	9	11	.450	5.00	34	24	3	3	1	1	149.1	166	92	83	19	51	7	79	1	0	6	647	77	4.38	1.453	10.0	1.1	3.1	4.8	1.55
1977	32	OAK	AL	1	2	.333	6.14	11	2	3	0	0	1	22.0	24	16	15	5	13	5	21	1	0	2	100	66	5.69	1.682	9.8	2.0	5.3	8.6	1.62
1977	32	MON	NL	8	9	.471	4.81	23	22	0	3	1	0	127.1	142	76	68	14	38	2	58	0	0	4	547	79	4.15	1.414	10.0	1.0	2.7	4.1	1.53
1978	33	MON	NL	1	5	.167	3.84	44	1	22	0	0	7	75.0	74	35	32	9	31	2	44	0	0	2	317	92	4.21	1.400	8.9	1.1	3.7	5.3	1.42
1979	34	MON	NL	3	1	.750	3.15	55	0	15	0	0	5	94.1	80	34	33	10	42	4	71	0	0	2	388	117	3.94	1.293	7.6	1.0	4.0	6.8	1.69
1980	35	MON	NL	7	6	.538	3.05	57	0	19	0	0	4	91.1	80	40	31	7	33	4	48	0	0	6	383	118	3.78	1.237	7.9	0.7	3.3	4.7	1.45
1981	36	MON	NL	2	1	.667	4.96	25	3	4	0	0	1	49.0	45	27	27	7	24	0	28	1	0	1	208	71	4.84	1.408	8.3	1.3	4.4	5.1	1.17
1982	37	PHI-min	AAA	4	3	.571	4.89	23	1	11	0	0	1	46.0	42	26	25	7	28	5	31	0	0	1				1.522	8.2	1.4	5.5	6.1	1.11	OKC AA
1982	37	TOT	MLB	0	1	.000	2.74	15	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	21	8	7	0	11	2	14	0	0	0	98	145	2.93	1.391	8.2	0.0	4.3	5.5	1.27
1982	37	CAL	AL	0	1	.000	4.66	7	0	0	0	0	0	9.2	13	6	5	0	8	1	5	0	0	0	50	90	4.17	2.172	12.1	0.0	7.4	4.7	0.63
1982	37	PHI	NL	0	0		1.35	8	0	0	0	0	0	13.1	8	2	2	0	3	1	9	0	0	0	48	281	2.04	0.825	5.4	0.0	2.0	6.1	3.00
1983	38	PHI-min	AAA	0	3	.000	9.59	15	2	4	0	0	0	25.1	41	32	27	8	11	0	10	1	0	3				2.053	14.6	2.8	3.9	3.6	0.91	POR PCL
16 Yrs				146	149	.495	3.60	574	327	90	73	16	20	2529.0	2440	1127	1013	223	924	59	1359	34	3	89	10701	97	3.76	1.330	8.7	0.8	3.3	4.8	1.47
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.495	3.60	43	25	7	6	1	2	191	184	85	76	17	70	4	103	3	0	7	808	97	3.76	1.330	8.7	0.8	3.3	4.8	1.47
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
MON (5 yrs)				21	22	.488	3.93	204	26	60	3	1	17	437.0	421	212	191	47	168	12	249	1	0	15	1843	93	4.12	1.348	8.7	1.0	3.5	5.1	1.48
NYY (5 yrs)				55	52	.514	3.10	153	139	10	36	8	2	985.2	901	382	340	88	312	27	534	9	2	29	4086	105	3.55	1.231	8.2	0.8	2.8	4.9	1.71
CHW (4 yrs)				55	58	.487	4.08	135	130	3	31	6	0	818.1	861	412	371	68	340	9	410	18	1	27	3564	90	3.91	1.468	9.5	0.7	3.7	4.5	1.21
OAK (3 yrs)				15	16	.484	3.53	67	32	17	3	1	1	265.0	236	113	104	20	93	9	152	6	0	18	1110	100	3.58	1.242	8.0	0.7	3.2	5.2	1.63
PHI (1 yr)				0	0		1.35	8	0	0	0	0	0	13.1	8	2	2	0	3	1	9	0	0	0	48	281	2.04	0.825	5.4	0.0	2.0	6.1	3.00
CAL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.66	7	0	0	0	0	0	9.2	13	6	5	0	8	1	5	0	0	0	50	90	4.17	2.172	12.1	0.0	7.4	4.7	0.63

AL (12 yrs)				125	127	.496	3.55	362	301	30	70	15	3	2078.2	2011	913	820	176	753	46	1101	33	3	74	8810	98	3.70	1.330	8.7	0.8	3.3	4.8	1.46
NL (6 yrs)				21	22	.488	3.86	212	26	60	3	1	17	450.1	429	214	193	47	171	13	258	1	0	15	1891	95	4.06	1.332	8.6	0.9	3.4	5.2	1.51