Andy Messersmith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: August 6, 1945 in Toms River, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) and the California Angels in the 1st round (12th) of the 1966 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA).

High Schools: Western HS (Anaheim, CA), Woodrow Wilson HS (Long Beach, CA)

School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: July 4, 1968 (Age 22-333d, 12,713th in major league history)
vs. DET 5.1 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: June 1, 1979 (Age 33-299d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: John Alexander Messersmith

Nicknames: Bluto or Channel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.2

130

ERA

2.86

344

295

2230.1

1625

WHIP

1.143

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-15 / in Starts: 18-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 99 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	79 (33-27-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 99 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (31-19-10)

Most Driven In
B Russell	3
R Cey	2
S Garvey	1
D Lopes	0
V Joshua	0

Most Driven In By
D Lopes	1
B Buckner	1

1973 Batting Game Log

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1973 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	175	2 (1)	Apr 7	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.16	-0.056	1.75	-0.05%	-0.53	P
2	176	7 (4)	Apr 12	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.86	-0.033	.98	-0.02%	-0.06	P
3	177	12 (4)	Apr 17	LAD		HOU	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	.19	-0.019	.26	-0.02%	-0.19	P
4	178	17 (4)	Apr 22	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.64	-0.032	.86	-0.03%	-0.30	P
5	179	21 (3)	Apr 29 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-8	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	1.26	-0.131	1.06	-0.07%	-1.62	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	180	25 (3)	May 3	LAD		CHC	L,1-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	9	1.19	-0.067	1.11	-0.04%	-0.81	P
7	181	30 (4)	May 8	LAD		PIT	W,7-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	9	.77	0.042	.69	0.02%	0.33	P
8	182	34 (3)	May 13	LAD	@	SFG	W,15-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.69	-0.038	1.03	-0.03%	-0.17	P
9	183	38 (3)	May 18	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.148	.148	.296	9	1.61	-0.122	2.40	-0.11%	-1.11	P
10	184	43 (4)	May 23	LAD		SDP	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	.66	-0.048	1.06	-0.05%	-0.32	P
11	185	48 (4)	May 28	LAD		PHI	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	9	.53	0.008	.96	0.01%	-0.18	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	186	52 (3)	Jun 2	LAD		MON	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.194	.194	.389	9	.99	-0.022	2.18	-0.03%	-0.16	P
13	187	56 (3)	Jun 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.225	.425	9	.62	0.003	1.08	0.00%	-0.27	P
14	188	61 (4)	Jun 12	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.214	.405	9	.53	-0.026	1.18	-0.04%	-0.25	P
15	189	66 (4)	Jun 18	LAD		ATL	W,13-3	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.239	.261	.500	9	.42	0.071	1.05	0.11%	1.11	P
16	190	71 (4)	Jun 23 (1)	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.229	.250	.479	9	1.40	-0.073	4.46	-0.14%	-0.54	P
17	191	76 (4)	Jun 28 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.220	.240	.460	9	1.35	-0.072	3.22	-0.10%	-0.66	P
18	192	79 (2)	Jun 30	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-7	12-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.216	.235	.451	9	4.34	-0.114	11.75	-0.19%	-0.33	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	193	82 (2)	Jul 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.208	.226	.434	9	.81	-0.040	2.24	-0.07%	-0.42	P
20	194	87 (4)	Jul 7	LAD		PIT	W,8-6	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.218	.222	.440	9	1.59	-0.015	4.48	-0.03%	-0.26	P
21	195	91 (3)	Jul 12	LAD		STL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.220	.241	.462	9	.26	0.003	.72	0.01%	-0.43	P
22	196	96 (4)	Jul 17	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-4	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.238	.246	.484	9	.30	-0.013	.67	-0.02%	-0.21	P
23	197	101 (4)	Jul 22	LAD	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.258	.254	.512	9	.59	-0.002	1.30	0.00%	-0.07	P
24	198	105 (3)	Jul 29	LAD		SFG	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.212	.246	.242	.489	9	2.49	-0.246	10.52	-0.62%	-1.78	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	199	110 (4)	Aug 3	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.233	.229	.461	9	.81	-0.086	3.03	-0.19%	-1.43	P
26	200	115 (4)	Aug 8	LAD		NYM	L,0-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.240	.225	.465	9	1.17	0.048	3.05	0.07%	0.23	P
27	201	119 (3)	Aug 12	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.234	.219	.453	9	1.27	-0.067	4.29	-0.14%	-0.44	P
28	202	123 (3)	Aug 17	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.231	.216	.447	9	.72	-0.018	2.30	-0.03%	-0.16	P
29	203	127 (3)	Aug 22	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.225	.211	.436	9	1.61	-0.103	5.72	-0.22%	-0.73	P
30	204	132 (4)	Aug 27	LAD	@	MON	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.220	.205	.425	9	.94	-0.047	2.61	-0.08%	-0.38	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	205	137 (4)	Sep 1	LAD		HOU	L,0-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.217	.203	.419	9	1.90	-0.028	6.37	-0.06%	-0.21	P
32	206	145 (7)	Sep 9	LAD		SDP	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.207	.193	.400	9	.62	-0.064	2.10	-0.13%	-1.01	P
33	207	149 (3)	Sep 14	LAD	@	HOU	W,13-1	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.217	.207	.424	9	.28	0.013	.46	0.01%	0.13	P
34	208	154 (4)	Sep 19	LAD		ATL	W,4-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.213	.202	.415	9	1.63	-0.074	.95	-0.03%	-0.59	P
							19-15		99	89	3	15	3	0	0	6	5	0	16	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.169	.213	.202	.415		.92	-1.468	2.18	-2.28%	-13.83

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