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: 16-13 / in Starts: 15-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	283	8	Apr 18	ATL		LAD	W,7-6	GS-4		99	4.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.25	3.38	17	2	6	0	0	3	52			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.117	1.39	0.11%	0.88	1t start tie	4t 3 out a2
2	284	10	Apr 21	ATL		SFG	W,3-0	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	3.13	5	4	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.185	1.66	0.19%	1.92	8t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
3	285	12	Apr 24	ATL	@	PHI	L,5-10	GS-5		2	5.0	6	5	5	2	6	1	0	4.91	3.54	23	5	4	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.345	1.38	-0.33%	-2.72	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
4	286	16	Apr 28	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	3	7.0	6	3	3	4	7	1	0	4.50	3.80	29	4	8	1	0	6	56			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.172	.51	-0.15%	-0.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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
5	287	20	May 2	ATL		PHI	L,2-8	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	7.0	4	4	4	6	4	0	0	4.68	3.87	30	5	11	0	2	4	51			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.211	.85	-0.15%	-0.71	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
6	288	24	May 7	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-3)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	4.50	3.41	30	10	5	0	0	7	55			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.089	.41	-0.04%	0.10	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	289	28	May 12	ATL		NYM	L,3-6	GS-5	L(0-4)	4	5.0	6	5	5	5	3	2	0	5.11	4.25	25	8	3	0	0	6	33			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	0	.96	-0.240	.50	-0.08%	-2.65	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
8	290	32	May 17(1)	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	W(1-4)	4	9.0	7	2	1	1	4	0	0	4.30	3.83	35	14	9	1	0	7	70			0	1	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.45	0.401	.60	0.10%	1.63	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
9	291	37	May 21	ATL	@	SFG	W,8-0	SHO	W(2-4)	3	9.0	3	0	0	4	4	0	1	3.60	3.76	34	10	12	0	0	3	81			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	2	0	1	.21	0.070	.06	0.01%	4.07	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a8
10	292	42	May 26	ATL	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.0	5	2	1	2	5	0	1	3.34	3.62	28	3	12	1	2	5	64			0	2	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.19	0.072	.51	0.02%	1.79	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a1
11	293	44	May 30(1)	ATL		HOU	L,2-5	GS-8	L(2-5)	3	8.0	8	5	3	1	8	0	0	3.34	3.32	32	9	8	1	1	6	57			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	1	.73	-0.220	.23	-0.04%	-1.24	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
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
12	294	48	Jun 4	ATL	@	MON	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-5)	4	9.0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.96	3.10	30	10	11	0	5	1	91			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	0.592	.23	0.08%	4.19	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
13	295	52	Jun 9	ATL	@	CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-5)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.66	2.95	31	14	8	2	2	2	86			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.638	.51	0.13%	4.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
14	296	57	Jun 14	ATL	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.60	2.93	37	13	11	2	1	6	66			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.255	.16	0.02%	2.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
15	297	61	Jun 19(1)	ATL		CHC	W,9-3	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	10	3	3	5	5	0	0	2.63	2.95	40	9	20	7	0	1	55			0	2	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.137	.12	0.01%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
16	298	66	Jun 23(1)	ATL		MON	W,5-2	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	5	2	2	0	7	1	0	2.58	2.92	31	11	8	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	.80	0.294	.14	0.03%	2.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	299	72	Jun 27	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	L(7-6)	3	8.2	8	3	2	3	7	0	0	2.55	2.86	38	14	14	4	0	0	62			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.62	-0.167	1.00	-0.06%	0.28	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
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
18	300	76	Jul 2	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-2	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	6	2	0	4	8	0	0	2.37	2.81	39	16	11	0	0	0	75			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	2	.93	0.179	.30	0.03%	2.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
19	301	80	Jul 6	ATL		PIT	W,4-2	GS-8	W(9-6)	3	7.2	5	2	2	2	8	0	0	2.37	2.73	29	9	5	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.219	.32	0.05%	1.45	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a2
20	302	84	Jul 10	ATL		NYM	L,2-4	GS-8	L(9-7)	3	8.0	6	4	3	4	4	3	0	2.43	3.02	36	15	7	1	0	6	56			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.04	-0.191	.20	-0.02%	-0.24	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
21	303	87	Jul 16	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-7	GS-2	L(9-8)	5	2.0	6	7	7	2	1	2	0	2.81	3.21	14	4	1	0	0	6	15			1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.403	.17	-0.06%	-6.11	1b start tie	2b 3 out d7
22	304	91	Jul 20	ATL	@	MON	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(9-9)	3	8.0	9	4	4	2	5	0	0	2.90	3.16	33	9	8	0	0	9	51			0	1	0	30	2	1	0	0	1	0	.72	-0.154	.11	-0.02%	-0.28	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	305	95	Jul 24(1)	ATL		CIN	W,5-4	GS-6		3	6.0	3	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.90	3.19	23	6	7	0	1	3	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.025	.09	0.00%	0.82	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
24	306	100	Jul 30	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	W(10-9)	5	9.0	5	2	1	2	7	0	0	2.80	3.12	34	15	5	0	1	5	76			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.428	.03	0.01%	1.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
25	307	106	Aug 3	ATL		SDP	W,7-3	CG	W(11-9)	3	9.0	9	3	1	1	1	1	0	2.71	3.17	35	12	12	0	0	9	61			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	.64	0.026	.00	0.00%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
26	308	110	Aug 7	ATL		SFG	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	9	3	3	3	3	1	0	2.76	3.24	28	10	3	1	0	9	47			0	0	1	25	4	0	0	2	0	0	.93	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
27	309	117	Aug 14	ATL		STL	L,0-4	GS-8	L(11-10)	6	8.0	6	4	3	3	4	0	0	2.78	3.22	33	8	12	2	1	6	57			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	1	0	.77	-0.149	.00	0.00%	-0.24	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
28	310	122	Aug 19	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.77	3.22	30	10	8	1	1	7	54			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.110	.00	0.00%	1.16	1b start a 2	7b 3 out tie
29	311	127	Aug 24	ATL		PHI	L,3-14	GS-3	L(11-11)	4	3.0	6	8	7	3	1	1	0	3.04	3.31	18	6	2	1	0	6	15			0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.497	.00	0.00%	-6.59	1t start tie	3t 3 out d7
							16-13		W-L:11-11,Sv:1	3.6	207.1	166	83	70	74	135	14	2	3.04	3.31	847	1.14		5%	3%	139	58	2	0%	9	9	1	759	28	6	1	11	7	14	.94	0.906	.34	-0.14%	12.39

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