Dick Drago

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: June 25, 1945 in Toledo, OH us

Died: November 3, 2023 in Tampa, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Woodward HS (Toledo, OH)

School: University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI)

Debut: April 11, 1969 (Age 23-290d, 12,790th in major league 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

108

117

ERA

3.62

519

189

1875.0

987

WHIP

1.311

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Team Record in Appearances: 32-21 / in Starts: 1-0

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 33

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	385	1	Apr 5	BOS		CLE	W,7-1	8-GF		99	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.50	2.23	8	3	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.10	0.005	.14	0.00%	0.11	8t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 6
2	386	2	Apr 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	2.30	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.008	.41	0.01%	0.62	8b -23 2 out d3	8b end d 3
3	387	3	Apr 8	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-6	11-GF(12)	W(1-0)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.08	1.58	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	0.350	3.39	0.31%	1.05	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 1
4	388	5	Apr 12	BOS	@	MIL	W,12-10	5-8	W(2-0)	3	3.1	3	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.52	2.99	13	5	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.117	1.63	-0.11%	-0.32	5b --- 2 out d2	8b 3 out tie
5	389	6	Apr 15	BOS		CLE	W,14-4	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.53	2.36	10	4	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.08	0.020	.12	0.02%	1.67	7t --- 0 out a5	9t end a10
6	390	8	Apr 17	BOS		MIL	W,6-5	8-9		1	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.31	2.73	6	0	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.029	1.95	0.03%	0.09	8t -2- 2 out d1	9t 123 2 out d1
7	391	10	Apr 19	BOS		MIL	W,5-3	8-GF	S(2)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.08	2.42	4	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.120	2.65	0.13%	0.81	8t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
8	392	14	Apr 24	BOS	@	SEA	W,4-3	8-12	W(3-0)	4	4.2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.53	2.62	20	9	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	2	3.12	0.586	5.69	0.64%	2.30	8b --- 0 out tie	12b --3 2 out a1
9	393	19	Apr 29	BOS	@	CAL	W,2-0	9-9	H(1)	4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	2.62	2	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.66	0.016	6.84	0.02%	0.09	9b 1-- 1 out a2	9b 12- 2 out a2
10	394	20	Apr 30	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-5	10-GF(11)	L(3-1)	0	1.2	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.83	2.73	8	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.54	-0.228	5.06	-0.27%	-0.45	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	395	21	May 1	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-7	7-7	BS(1)	0	0.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.21	2.78	4	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.39	0.040	8.13	0.05%	0.21	7b -23 0 out a1	7b 123 2 out tie
12	396	24	May 5	BOS		SEA	W,11-4	7-GF	S(3)	3	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.93	2.65	12	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.104	1.72	0.12%	1.67	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 7
13	397	28	May 9	BOS		CAL	W,9-8	7-9		3	2.0	7	4	4	0	0	1	0	3.20	3.17	13	4	2	0	0	7		0	0	1	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.47	-0.765	4.26	-0.79%	-2.89	7t --- 0 out tie	9t --- 0 out d1
14	398	35	May 17	BOS		BAL	W,6-2	7-GF	S(4)	7	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.89	2.98	9	3	3	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.247	3.93	0.42%	1.68	7t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 4
15	399	37	May 19	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	S(5)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.86	2.91	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	0.084	6.97	0.12%	0.25	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
16	400	39	May 22	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-5	6-7	H(2)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.76	2.77	5	0	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.08	0.008	6.25	0.01%	0.00	6b -23 1 out a3	7b 12- 1 out a2
17	401	41	May 24	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-5	6-GF(8)		1	2.1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.56	2.61	8	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.053	1.09	0.09%	1.25	6b 1-- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
18	402	45	May 30	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-3	8-GF(10)	L(3-2)	5	2.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.65	2.70	10	5	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.40	-0.111	4.35	-0.12%	-0.38	8b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
19	403	46	May 31	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-2	11-GF(12)	W(4-2)	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.52	2.65	5	3	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	0.540	6.96	0.56%	2.11	11b 123 1 out tie	12b end a 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	404	52	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	L,5-8	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	2.65	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.010	.33	0.01%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
21	405	58	Jun 12	BOS	@	KCR	L,6-7	8-GF(10)	BL(4-3)	5	2.1	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	2.54	2.99	12	1	8	0	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.64	-0.663	3.80	-0.92%	-2.10	8b --- 0 out a2	10b end d 1
22	406	59	Jun 13	BOS	@	KCR	W,11-3	8-GF		0	1.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.66	2.93	9	1	4	0	3	3		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.033	.60	0.05%	0.09	8b 1-- 1 out a4	9b end a 8
23	407	63	Jun 18	BOS		DET	W,9-8	6-9	W(5-3)	4	3.1	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.86	2.85	17	4	2	0	0	7		0	0	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.163	3.28	-0.22%	-0.75	6t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 1 out a1
24	408	68	Jun 23	BOS		TOR	W,4-3	10-GF(11)	W(6-3)	4	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.74	2.82	9	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	0.297	6.38	0.37%	1.11	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
25	409	70	Jun 26	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	8-8	BS(3)	2	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2.93	2.88	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.43	-0.546	14.47	-0.74%	-2.00	8b 1-3 2 out a1	8b 1-3 2 out d1
26	410	73	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	11-GF(13)	W(7-3)	2	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.79	2.79	8	2	3	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	0.505	6.37	0.65%	1.81	11b 123 2 out tie	13b end a 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	411	76	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	7-7		2	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.98	2.86	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.41	-0.046	.75	-0.05%	-2.39	7b 1-- 1 out d3	7b 12- 1 out d5
28	412	80	Jul 6	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-5	6-7		3	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	3.10	2.83	6	0	1	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	-0.174	3.69	-0.24%	-1.01	6b 123 2 out tie	7b -2- 2 out d2
29	413	84	Jul 10	BOS	@	CAL	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	2.83	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	-0.087	4.71	-0.12%	0.19	8b 1-3 1 out tie	8b end d 1
30	414	87	Jul 14	BOS	@	OAK	W,8-7	9-9	H(3)	3	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.02	2.89	3	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	0.101	6.74	0.16%	0.27	9b --- 0 out a1	9b 1-- 2 out a1
31	415	91	Jul 21	BOS		SEA	L,5-13	7-9		6	1.1	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	3.29	2.94	8	3	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.158	1.85	-0.24%	-1.50	7t -2- 2 out d3	9t 1-- 0 out d3
32	416	93	Jul 23	BOS		CAL	L,2-9	1-3		1	2.0	5	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.50	3.25	12	1	3	0	0	5		3	3	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	1	0	.38	-0.174	.83	-0.23%	-3.89	1t 123 1 out d2	3t 123 1 out d7
33	417	99	Jul 29	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-2	8-GF	S(6)	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.40	3.20	4	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.31	0.448	6.29	0.51%	1.44	8b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
34	418	100	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	3.19	2	0	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.98	-0.006	1.79	-0.01%	0.60	8b 123 1 out d1	8b end d 2
35	419	101	Jul 31(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,10-11	11-GF(11)		0	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.34	3.16	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	-0.298	5.70	-0.29%	-0.63	11b -2- 1 out tie	11b end d 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	420	106	Aug 4	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-6	8-GF	S(7)	3	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.26	3.11	5	1	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.084	1.37	0.06%	-0.10	8b --3 2 out a3	9b end a 2
37	421	108	Aug 5(2)	BOS	@	MIL	W,19-5	GS-3		0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	3.09	9	3	5	0	1	1	57			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.097	.53	0.07%	1.57	1b start a 3	3b 3 out a8
38	422	110	Aug 8(1)	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	7-GF		2	2.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.11	3.12	9	3	3	0	1	2		1	1	0	1	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.102	1.29	-0.12%	-0.16	7t -2- 1 out d1	9t end d 2
39	423	113	Aug 10	BOS		MIL	W,5-4	7-GF	W(8-3)	1	3.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.11	3.02	14	2	4	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.46	0.180	4.54	0.20%	0.67	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
40	424	115	Aug 13	BOS		MIN	W,6-5	9-GF	S(8)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.06	2.98	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	0.175	3.55	0.17%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
41	425	117	Aug 15	BOS		MIN	W,9-5	8-GF	W(9-3)	1	1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.00	3.04	7	1	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.070	2.21	0.08%	0.81	8t 1-- 2 out tie	9t end a 4
42	426	124	Aug 22	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-4	8-GF(8)		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	3.03	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.70	0.017	1.39	0.02%	0.23	8b 1-3 1 out a6	8b end a 5
43	427	128	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	8-GF	S(9)	4	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.90	3.00	6	0	4	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	0.359	2.88	0.20%	1.07	8b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
44	428	132	Sep 1	BOS		TEX	L,4-5	6-GF	L(9-4)	4	3.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.88	2.91	13	3	4	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.062	.58	0.02%	1.24	6t 1-- 1 out tie	9t end d 1
45	429	133	Sep 2	BOS		TEX	L,6-7	10-GF(11)	L(9-5)	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.92	3.02	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.133	.73	-0.04%	0.11	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
46	430	137	Sep 7	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	9-GF		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.91	2.99	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.043	.12	0.00%	0.53	9t 1-3 2 out d1	9t end d 1
47	431	140	Sep 10	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(10)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.87	2.96	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.02	0.290	.00	0.00%	0.95	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
48	432	141	Sep 11	BOS		NYY	L,3-8	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.84	3.00	4	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.88	0.027	.00	0.00%	1.06	8t -23 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
49	433	145	Sep 15	BOS	@	BAL	W,10-2	6-GF	S(11)	3	3.2	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.82	2.89	14	1	6	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.138	.00	0.00%	1.06	6b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 8
50	434	147	Sep 17(1)	BOS	@	TOR	L,4-5	8-GF	BL(9-6)	1	1.1	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	2.99	2.86	7	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	-0.811	.00	0.00%	-2.23	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
51	435	156	Sep 26	BOS		TOR	W,6-4	8-GF	S(12)	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.93	2.84	5	1	3	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.73	0.186	.00	0.00%	1.28	8t -2- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
52	436	157	Sep 27	BOS		TOR	W,6-5	8-GF	W(10-6)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.89	2.81	5	3	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.164	.00	0.00%	0.81	8t 1-- 2 out d2	9t end tie
53	437	159	Sep 29	BOS	@	DET	W,8-5	8-GF	S(13)	1	1.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.93	2.91	6	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.17	8b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 3
							32-21		W-L:10-6,Sv:13,BSv:4,Hld:3	2.4	89.0	85	33	29	21	67	6	3	2.93	2.91	367	0.95		4%	5%	83	57	52	31%	3	2	0	334	13	2	6	13	5	7	1.63	1.017	2.76	0.58%	10.96

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