Dick Drago

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: June 25, 1945 in Toledo, OH us

High School: Woodward HS (Toledo, OH)

School: University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI)

Debut: April 11, 1969 (Age 23-290d, 10,399th in MLB history)
vs. OAK 4.2 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 30, 1981 (Age 36-097d)
vs. TEX 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Richard Anthony Drago

Pronunciation: \DRAY-go\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.1

W

108

L

117

ERA

3.62

G

519

GS

189

SV

IP

1875.0

SO

987

WHIP

1.311

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
1964	19	DET-min	WRk	1	2	.333	2.19	15	0		0	0		37.0	34	17	9	2	12	1	14	4	0	2				1.243	8.3	0.5	2.9	3.4	1.17	TGR FLIL
1965	20	DET-min	A	5	14	.263	3.36	27	19		9	3		142.0	150	78	53	3	58	8	105	3	0	9				1.465	9.5	0.2	3.7	6.7	1.81	DYB,RKM FLOR,CARL
1966	21	DET-min	A,WRk	18	12	.600	2.06	42	30		15	7		231.0	181	61	53	12	66	5	173	2	0	3				1.069	7.1	0.5	2.6	6.7	2.62	RKM,TGR CARL,FLIL
1967	22	DET-min	AA,WRk,AAA	18	12	.600	2.63	39	35		15	4		233.0	224	88	68	7	74	2	167	3	0	6				1.279	8.7	0.3	2.9	6.5	2.26	MTG,TGR,TOL SOUL,FLIL,IL
1968	23	DET-min	AAA	15	8	.652	3.36	27	27		9	3		182.0	163	77	68	15	43	4	146	3	0	0				1.132	8.1	0.7	2.1	7.2	3.40	TOL IL
1969	24	KCR	AL	11	13	.458	3.77	41	26	10	10	2	1	200.2	190	95	84	19	65	6	108	2	0	0	848	97	3.67	1.271	8.5	0.9	2.9	4.8	1.66
1970	25	KCR	AL	9	15	.375	3.75	35	34	1	7	1	0	240.0	239	110	100	20	72	5	127	7	1	3	1002	99	3.65	1.296	9.0	0.8	2.7	4.8	1.76
1971	26	KCR	AL	17	11	.607	2.98	35	34	0	15	4	0	241.1	251	84	80	14	46	1	109	9	0	4	977	114	2.99	1.231	9.4	0.5	1.7	4.1	2.37	CYA-5
1972	27	KCR	AL	12	17	.414	3.01	34	33	1	11	2	0	239.1	230	88	80	22	51	4	135	6	0	5	974	100	3.18	1.174	8.6	0.8	1.9	5.1	2.65
1973	28	KCR	AL	12	14	.462	4.23	37	33	2	10	1	0	212.2	252	116	100	16	76	10	98	7	2	4	937	96	3.79	1.542	10.7	0.7	3.2	4.1	1.29
1974	29	BOS	AL	7	10	.412	3.48	33	18	10	8	0	3	175.2	165	71	68	17	56	9	90	5	0	5	729	112	3.85	1.258	8.5	0.9	2.9	4.6	1.61
1975	30	BOS	AL	2	2	.500	3.84	40	2	34	0	0	15	72.2	69	31	31	5	31	3	43	0	0	1	313	108	3.58	1.376	8.5	0.6	3.8	5.3	1.39
1976	31	CAL	AL	7	8	.467	4.42	43	0	27	0	0	6	79.1	80	42	39	7	31	8	43	5	0	3	346	75	4.06	1.399	9.1	0.8	3.5	4.9	1.39
1977	32	TOT	AL	6	4	.600	3.41	49	0	28	0	0	5	60.2	71	27	23	5	18	6	35	1	0	1	269	114	3.60	1.467	10.5	0.7	2.7	5.2	1.94
1977	32	CAL	AL	0	1	.000	3.00	13	0	6	0	0	2	21.0	22	8	7	3	3	2	15	0	0	1	87	133	3.60	1.190	9.4	1.3	1.3	6.4	5.00
1977	32	BAL	AL	6	3	.667	3.63	36	0	22	0	0	3	39.2	49	19	16	2	15	4	20	1	0	0	182	105	3.60	1.613	11.1	0.5	3.4	4.5	1.33
1978	33	BOS	AL	4	4	.500	3.03	37	1	24	0	0	7	77.1	71	30	26	5	32	5	42	4	0	2	333	138	3.74	1.332	8.3	0.6	3.7	4.9	1.31
1979	34	BOS	AL	10	6	.625	3.03	53	1	37	0	0	13	89.0	85	33	30	6	21	6	67	3	0	4	367	147	2.91	1.191	8.6	0.6	2.1	6.8	3.19
1980	35	BOS	AL	7	7	.500	4.14	43	7	18	1	0	3	132.2	127	67	61	17	44	7	63	5	0	0	564	103	4.58	1.289	8.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	1.43
1981	36	SEA	AL	4	6	.400	5.53	39	0	24	0	0	5	53.2	71	33	33	4	15	5	27	0	0	2	240	71	3.40	1.602	11.9	0.7	2.5	4.5	1.80
13 Yrs				108	117	.480	3.62	519	189	216	62	10	58	1875.0	1901	827	755	157	558	75	987	54	3	34	7899	103	3.58	1.311	9.1	0.8	2.7	4.7	1.77
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.480	3.62	50	18	21	6	1	6	180	183	79	73	15	54	7	95	5	0	3	759	103	3.58	1.311	9.1	0.8	2.7	4.7	1.77

KCR (5 yrs)				61	70	.466	3.52	182	160	14	53	10	1	1134.0	1162	493	444	91	310	26	577	31	3	16	4738	101	3.44	1.298	9.2	0.7	2.5	4.6	1.86
BOS (5 yrs)				30	29	.508	3.55	206	29	123	9	0	41	547.1	517	232	216	50	184	30	305	17	0	12	2306	117	3.82	1.281	8.5	0.8	3.0	5.0	1.66
CAL (2 yrs)				7	9	.438	4.13	56	0	33	0	0	8	100.1	102	50	46	10	34	10	58	5	0	4	433	84	3.96	1.355	9.1	0.9	3.0	5.2	1.71
SEA (1 yr)				4	6	.400	5.53	39	0	24	0	0	5	53.2	71	33	33	4	15	5	27	0	0	2	240	71	3.40	1.602	11.9	0.7	2.5	4.5	1.80
BAL (1 yr)				6	3	.667	3.63	36	0	22	0	0	3	39.2	49	19	16	2	15	4	20	1	0	0	182	105	3.60	1.613	11.1	0.5	3.4	4.5	1.33

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Postseason Pitching

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Games by Position

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Postseason Batting

Postseason Game Log

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