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John Candelaria

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-7, 230lb (201cm, 104kg)

Born: November 6, 1953 in New York, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from LaSalle Academy (Brooklyn, NY).

High School: LaSalle Academy (Brooklyn, NY)

Debut: June 8, 1975 (Age 21-214d, 13,655th in major league history)
vs. SFG 6.0 IP, 6 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: July 7, 1993 (Age 39-243d)
vs. HOU 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Chuck Berry, Tom Reich

Full Name: John Robert Candelaria

Nicknames: Candy Man

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

41.9

177

122

ERA

3.33

600

356

2525.2

1673

WHIP

1.184

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
1973	19	PIT-min	A	10	2	.833	3.79	18	17		2	1	0	95.0	84	45	40	8	38	2	60	1	0	5				1.284	8.0	0.8	3.6	5.7	1.58	CHS WCRS
1974	20	PIT-min	A,AAA	11	8	.579	3.55	26	25		9	2	1	165.0	153	82	65	18	64	3	157	7	0	2				1.315	8.3	1.0	3.5	8.6	2.45	SAL,CHL CARL,IL
1975	21	PIT-min	AAA	7	1	.875	1.77	10	9		4	3	1	61.0	53	15	12	5	17	0	48	1	0	1				1.148	7.8	0.7	2.5	7.1	2.82	CHL IL
1975	21	PIT	NL	8	6	.571	2.76	18	18	0	4	1	0	120.2	95	47	37	8	36	9	95	2	0	1	497	128	2.82	1.086	7.1	0.6	2.7	7.1	2.64
1976	22	PIT	NL	16	7	.696	3.15	32	31	1	11	4	1	220.0	173	87	77	22	60	5	138	2	0	0	881	110	3.52	1.059	7.1	0.9	2.5	5.6	2.30
1977	23	PIT	NL	20	5	*.800*	*2.34*	33	33	0	6	1	0	230.2	197	64	60	29	50	2	133	2	2	1	917	*169*	3.90	1.071	7.7	1.1	2.0	5.2	2.66	AS,CYA-5,MVP-18
1978	24	PIT	NL	12	11	.522	3.24	30	29	1	3	1	1	189.0	191	73	68	15	49	6	94	5	3	3	796	115	3.48	1.270	9.1	0.7	2.3	4.5	1.92
1979	25	PIT	NL	14	9	.609	3.22	33	30	2	8	0	0	207.0	201	83	74	25	41	6	101	3	0	2	850	121	3.96	1.169	8.7	1.1	1.8	4.4	2.46
1980	26	PIT	NL	11	14	.440	4.01	35	34	1	7	0	1	233.1	246	114	104	14	50	4	97	3	2	0	969	92	3.38	1.269	9.5	0.5	1.9	3.7	1.94
1981	27	PIT	NL	2	2	.500	3.54	6	6	0	0	0	0	40.2	42	17	16	3	11	1	14	0	0	0	168	104	3.68	1.303	9.3	0.7	2.4	3.1	1.27
1982	28	PIT	NL	12	7	.632	2.94	31	30	1	1	1	1	174.2	166	62	57	13	37	3	133	4	0	1	704	128	2.87	1.162	8.6	0.7	1.9	6.9	3.59
1983	29	PIT	NL	15	8	.652	3.23	33	32	0	2	0	0	197.2	191	73	71	15	45	3	157	2	2	3	797	115	2.87	1.194	8.7	0.7	2.0	7.1	3.49
1984	30	PIT	NL	12	11	.522	2.72	33	28	4	3	1	2	185.1	179	69	56	19	34	3	133	1	1	1	751	134	3.23	1.149	8.7	0.9	1.7	6.5	*3.91*
1985	31	TOT	MLB	9	7	.563	3.73	50	13	26	1	1	9	125.1	127	56	52	14	38	3	100	4	0	2	530	105	3.55	1.316	9.1	1.0	2.7	7.2	2.63
1985	31	PIT	NL	2	4	.333	3.64	37	0	26	0	0	9	54.1	57	23	22	7	14	2	47	1	0	0	229	100	3.46	1.307	9.4	1.2	2.3	7.8	3.36
1985	31	CAL	AL	7	3	.700	3.80	13	13	0	1	1	0	71.0	70	33	30	7	24	1	53	3	0	2	301	110	3.61	1.324	8.9	0.9	3.0	6.7	2.21
1986	32	CAL-min	A	0	0		2.57	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	8	0	0	0				0.857	5.1	0.0	2.6	10.3	4.00	PSP CALL
1986	32	CAL	AL	10	2	.833	2.55	16	16	0	1	1	0	91.2	68	30	26	4	26	2	81	3	1	2	365	161	2.52	1.025	6.7	0.4	2.6	8.0	3.12
1987	33	TOT	MLB	10	6	.625	4.81	23	23	0	0	0	0	129.0	144	78	69	18	23	0	84	1	1	0	544	90	3.94	1.295	10.0	1.3	1.6	5.9	3.65
1987	33	CAL	AL	8	6	.571	4.71	20	20	0	0	0	0	116.2	127	70	61	17	20	0	74	1	0	0	487	92	4.04	1.260	9.8	1.3	1.5	5.7	3.70
1987	33	NYM	NL	2	0	1.000	5.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	17	8	8	1	3	0	10	0	1	0	57	67	3.03	1.622	12.4	0.7	2.2	7.3	3.33
1988	34	NYY	AL	13	7	.650	3.38	25	24	1	6	2	1	157.0	150	69	59	18	23	2	121	2	12	2	640	117	3.20	1.102	8.6	1.0	1.3	6.9	5.26
1989	35	NYY-min	Rk	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	12	0	1	0				0.875	6.8	0.0	1.1	13.5	12.00	YNK GULF
1989	35	TOT	MLB	3	5	.375	4.68	22	6	3	1	0	0	65.1	66	36	34	11	16	3	51	0	1	2	274	82	4.13	1.255	9.1	1.5	2.2	7.0	3.19
1989	35	NYY	AL	3	3	.500	5.14	10	6	1	1	0	0	49.0	49	28	28	8	12	1	37	0	1	2	206	76	4.11	1.245	9.0	1.5	2.2	6.8	3.08
1989	35	MON	NL	0	2	.000	3.31	12	0	2	0	0	0	16.1	17	8	6	3	4	2	14	0	0	0	68	110	4.17	1.286	9.4	1.7	2.2	7.7	3.50
1990	36	TOT	AL	7	6	.538	3.95	47	3	15	0	0	5	79.2	87	36	35	11	20	5	63	2	0	5	345	106	3.85	1.343	9.8	1.2	2.3	7.1	3.15
1990	36	MIN	AL	7	3	.700	3.39	34	1	10	0	0	4	58.1	55	23	22	9	9	2	44	0	0	3	239	123	3.77	1.097	8.5	1.4	1.4	6.8	4.89
1990	36	TOR	AL	0	3	.000	5.48	13	2	5	0	0	1	21.1	32	13	13	2	11	3	19	2	0	2	106	76	4.07	2.016	13.5	0.8	4.6	8.0	1.73
1991	37	LAD	NL	1	1	.500	3.74	59	0	10	0	0	2	33.2	31	16	14	3	11	2	38	0	1	1	138	97	2.74	1.248	8.3	0.8	2.9	10.2	3.45
1992	38	LAD	NL	2	5	.286	2.84	50	0	11	0	0	5	25.1	20	9	8	1	13	3	23	0	0	1	108	124	3.02	1.303	7.1	0.4	4.6	8.2	1.77
1993	39	PIT	NL	0	3	.000	8.24	24	0	6	0	0	1	19.2	25	19	18	2	9	1	17	1	0	1	92	50	4.11	1.729	11.4	0.9	4.1	7.8	1.89
19 Yrs				177	122	.592	3.33	600	356	82	54	13	29	2525.2	2399	1038	935	245	592	63	1673	37	26	28	10366	114	3.41	1.184	8.5	0.9	2.1	6.0	2.83
162 Game Avg.				13	9	.592	3.33	43	25	6	4	1	2	180	171	74	67	17	42	4	119	3	2	2	737	114	3.41	1.184	8.5	0.9	2.1	6.0	2.83
				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
PIT (12 yrs)				124	87	.588	3.17	345	271	42	45	9	16	1873.0	1763	731	660	172	436	45	1159	26	10	13	7651	117	3.40	1.174	8.5	0.8	2.1	5.6	2.66
CAL (3 yrs)				25	11	.694	3.77	49	49	0	2	2	0	279.1	265	133	117	28	70	3	208	7	1	4	1153	112	3.43	1.199	8.5	0.9	2.3	6.7	2.97
LAD (2 yrs)				3	6	.333	3.36	109	0	21	0	0	7	59.0	51	25	22	4	24	5	61	0	1	2	246	107	2.86	1.271	7.8	0.6	3.7	9.3	2.54
NYY (2 yrs)				16	10	.615	3.80	35	30	2	7	2	1	206.0	199	97	87	26	35	3	158	2	13	4	846	104	3.41	1.136	8.7	1.1	1.5	6.9	4.51
MIN (1 yr)				7	3	.700	3.39	34	1	10	0	0	4	58.1	55	23	22	9	9	2	44	0	0	3	239	123	3.77	1.097	8.5	1.4	1.4	6.8	4.89
NYM (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	5.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	17	8	8	1	3	0	10	0	1	0	57	67	3.03	1.622	12.4	0.7	2.2	7.3	3.33
MON (1 yr)				0	2	.000	3.31	12	0	2	0	0	0	16.1	17	8	6	3	4	2	14	0	0	0	68	110	4.17	1.286	9.4	1.7	2.2	7.7	3.50
TOR (1 yr)				0	3	.000	5.48	13	2	5	0	0	1	21.1	32	13	13	2	11	3	19	2	0	2	106	76	4.07	2.016	13.5	0.8	4.6	8.0	1.73

NL (16 yrs)				129	95	.576	3.19	469	274	65	45	9	23	1960.2	1848	772	696	180	467	52	1244	26	12	15	8022	116	3.39	1.181	8.5	0.8	2.1	5.7	2.66
AL (6 yrs)				48	27	.640	3.81	131	82	17	9	4	6	565.0	551	266	239	65	125	11	429	11	14	13	2344	108	3.48	1.196	8.8	1.0	2.0	6.8	3.43