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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Team Record in Appearances: 19-18 / in Starts: 11-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 6

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	69	1	Apr 7	CAL	@	MIL	W,12-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	4	11	0	0	0.00	1.53	35	6	10	0	0	4	86			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.45	0.152	.70	0.14%	4.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
2	70	4	Apr 11	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-3	GS-7	W(2-0)	3	7.0	6	3	3	0	6	1	0	1.69	2.08	27	6	9	2	0	6	59			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	.82	0.167	1.58	0.19%	0.22	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a3
3	71	7	Apr 15	CAL		MIN	L,2-8	GS-6	L(2-1)	3	5.0	4	6	5	2	6	2	1	3.43	3.30	24	6	5	1	0	4	41			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.11	-0.367	2.41	-0.48%	-3.78	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d5
4	72	11	Apr 19	CAL		KCR	L,1-4	GS-9		3	8.0	2	1	0	2	8	0	0	2.48	2.78	28	5	11	1	0	2	82			1	1	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.30	0.407	2.60	0.49%	3.19	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
5	73	15	Apr 24	CAL	@	WSA	L,3-5	GS-5	L(2-2)	4	4.2	6	5	5	4	6	2	0	3.48	3.53	22	3	3	0	0	6	34			0	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.376	1.36	-0.42%	-3.26	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d2
6	74	19	Apr 29	CAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-6	W(3-2)	4	6.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.18	3.42	25	4	9	1	0	5	59			1	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.232	2.76	0.28%	1.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
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
7	75	23	May 5	CAL		WSA	L,1-6	GS-5	L(3-3)	5	4.1	6	5	3	5	2	0	0	3.48	3.59	24	6	5	1	1	6	32			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.20	-0.344	2.35	-0.41%	-3.90	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d4
8	76	27	May 9	CAL		NYY	W,11-3	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	6	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.40	3.24	34	10	8	0	0	6	69			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	.82	-0.086	1.66	-0.11%	1.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
9	77	31	May 13	CAL		BOS	W,5-3	GS-5		3	5.0	3	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.41	3.40	19	6	2	0	0	3	55			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.026	2.03	0.03%	0.23	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
10	78	36	May 18	CAL	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	1	3.09	3.29	36	11	10	0	0	5	76			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	.70	0.333	1.66	0.47%	3.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
11	79	40	May 23	CAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	8	4	1	1	5	0	1	2.92	3.18	30	9	6	1	0	8	55			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.44	-0.072	5.32	-0.16%	-0.65	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
12	80	42	May 26	CAL		OAK	W,4-2	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.87	3.06	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.097	2.45	0.15%	0.65	8t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
13	81	45	May 29	CAL		BAL	L,0-2	CG	L(5-4)	2	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	1	0	2.77	3.11	36	12	8	0	0	6	71			1	0	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.14	0.080	2.29	0.10%	2.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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
14	82	49	Jun 3	CAL		DET	L,4-5	GS-9		4	8.1	4	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.72	3.21	30	8	13	0	0	4	68			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	0.430	2.16	0.55%	2.53	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
15	83	53	Jun 7	CAL		CLE	L,4-6	GS-8	L(5-5)	3	7.1	8	5	5	5	4	1	1	2.97	3.40	35	8	9	0	0	8	41			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.307	2.55	-0.39%	-1.78	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d2
16	84	57	Jun 12	CAL	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.89	3.49	34	9	15	0	0	7	64			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.304	2.17	0.38%	2.22	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
17	85	61	Jun 16	CAL	@	CLE	L,2-9	GS-4	L(6-6)	3	3.1	6	6	4	2	3	1	0	3.12	3.58	18	4	3	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	1	1	.94	-0.352	1.65	-0.37%	-4.24	1b start a 1	4b 1-3 1 out d4
18	86	62	Jun 19	CAL		MIL	L,2-5	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.10	3.54	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.26	0.01%	0.45	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
19	87	65	Jun 23	CAL		CHW	L,3-7	GS-7	L(6-7)	3	7.0	4	3	3	1	8	1	0	3.14	3.49	25	7	5	0	0	4	64			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	.99	-0.054	1.68	-0.06%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
20	88	70	Jun 27	CAL	@	KCR	L,0-2	GS-6	L(6-8)	3	5.1	6	2	2	5	3	0	0	3.15	3.52	26	5	7	1	0	6	46			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.063	3.03	-0.08%	-0.76	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d2
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
21	89	75	Jul 1	CAL	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-6		3	5.2	8	2	1	4	4	1	0	3.08	3.61	28	5	7	0	2	8	47			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.015	2.20	0.02%	0.57	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d1
22	90	79	Jul 5	CAL		OAK	W,5-1	GS-7	W(7-8)	3	7.0	4	0	0	5	7	0	0	2.93	3.57	28	5	7	0	3	4	71			1	1	1	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.299	3.07	0.44%	3.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
23	91	84	Jul 10	CAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	13	0	1	2.81	3.42	36	3	10	0	2	6	81			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.597	4.20	1.05%	3.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	92	86	Jul 12	CAL		MIN	W,6-2	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.79	3.39	3	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.063	2.63	0.11%	1.41	9t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
25	93	87	Jul 16	CAL	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS-5		3	4.2	4	2	2	4	1	2	0	2.82	3.60	22	5	8	0	1	4	45			0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	.76	-0.067	1.32	-0.07%	-0.20	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d1
26	94	92	Jul 20	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-7	L(8-9)	3	6.0	5	6	6	2	2	2	0	3.06	3.74	24	7	8	1	1	5	38			1	0	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.241	1.79	-0.31%	-3.36	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out d5
27	95	97	Jul 24	CAL		WSA	L,8-9	GS-6		3	5.2	4	5	5	2	5	1	1	3.22	3.77	25	5	8	0	3	4	44			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.43	0.020	.81	0.02%	-0.74	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a3
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
28	96	109	Aug 6	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS-7		12	7.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.09	3.70	26	9	7	0	4	5	70			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.435	2.49	0.56%	3.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
29	97	114	Aug 11	CAL		BAL	L,0-7	GS-4	L(8-10)	4	3.0	3	4	4	3	1	2	0	3.25	3.87	15	3	5	0	0	3	35			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.321	.64	-0.27%	-3.63	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d4
30	98	117	Aug 14	CAL		DET	W,7-3	7-GF	S(3)	2	2.2	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.20	3.82	9	1	3	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.112	1.61	0.11%	1.39	7t 123 1 out a4	9t end a 4
31	99	124	Aug 22	CAL	@	BAL	W,3-2	7-9	W(9-10)	7	3.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.14	3.81	11	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.199	1.72	0.17%	1.41	7b --- 0 out d1	9b 3 out tie
32	100	126	Aug 25(1)	CAL	@	DET	W,6-4	9-11	W(10-10)	2	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.09	3.77	9	2	5	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.393	3.48	0.46%	1.41	9b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
33	101	129	Aug 28(1)	CAL	@	CLE	W,3-2	9-GF	S(4)	2	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.09	3.76	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.01	0.095	12.54	0.14%	0.22	9b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
34	102	132	Aug 30	CAL	@	CLE	W,10-9	6-GF	W(11-10)	1	3.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.07	3.71	15	4	5	0	1	3		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	2.51	0.434	6.27	0.65%	1.34	6b 12- 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
35	103	134	Sep 2	CAL		KCR	W,3-1	7-GF	S(5)	2	2.1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.04	3.65	7	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.194	2.46	0.26%	1.30	7t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
36	104	137	Sep 5	CAL		MIN	L,3-4	7-GF		2	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.99	3.62	11	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	.93	0.126	4.00	0.33%	1.34	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
37	105	142	Sep 9(2)	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.01	3.67	9	1	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.018	.11	0.00%	-0.06	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
							19-18		W-L:11-10,Sv:5	3.1	194.2	144	75	65	78	162	21	6	3.01	3.67	795	0.85		2%	5%	144	56	11	9%	11	7	2	702	18	3	6	15	2	15	1.06	2.554	2.34	3.98%	15.16

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