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Juan Pizarro

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: February 7, 1937 in Santurce, Puerto Rico pr

Died: February 18, 2021 in Carolina, Puerto Rico

Buried: Del Pilar Cemetery, Canovanas, Puerto Rico

Debut: May 4, 1957 (Age 20-086d, 11,455th in major league history)
vs. PIT 7.0 IP, 7 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: September 26, 1974 (Age 37-231d)
vs. NYM 8.0 IP, 10 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Juan Ramon Pizarro

Nicknames: Ter

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.6

131

105

ERA

3.43

488

245

2034.1

1522

WHIP

1.325

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
1956	19	MLN-min	A	23	6	.793	1.77	31	31		27	6		274.0	149	74	54	8	149	2	318	9	3	7				1.088	4.9	0.3	4.9	10.4	2.13	JCK SALL
1957	20	MLN-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	4.25	5	5		2	0		36.0	35	17	17	3	13	0	24	3	0	2				1.333	8.8	0.8	3.3	6.0	1.85	WCH AA
1957	20	MLN	NL	5	6	.455	4.62	24	10	7	3	0	0	99.1	99	58	51	16	51	2	68	1	0	2	440	76	4.75	1.510	9.0	1.4	4.6	6.2	1.33
1958	21	MLN-min	AAA	9	10	.474	2.84	23	20		16	3		165.0	127	63	52	9	69	1	158	4	1	10				1.188	6.9	0.5	3.8	8.6	2.29	WCH AA
1958	21	MLN	NL	6	4	.600	2.70	16	10	4	7	1	1	96.2	75	36	29	12	47	0	84	4	1	6	408	132	3.93	1.262	7.0	1.1	4.4	7.8	1.79
1959	22	MLN-min	AAA	4	1	.800	1.07	5	5		5	3		42.0	22	6	5	0	22	1	50	1	0	1				1.048	4.7	0.0	4.7	10.7	2.27	LOU AA
1959	22	MLN	NL	6	2	.750	3.77	29	14	4	6	2	0	133.2	117	61	56	13	70	3	126	8	0	4	578	93	3.67	1.399	7.9	0.9	4.7	8.5	1.80
1960	23	MLN	NL	6	7	.462	4.55	21	17	2	3	0	0	114.2	105	63	58	13	72	1	88	4	0	5	514	76	4.45	1.544	8.2	1.0	5.7	6.9	1.22
1961	24	CHW	AL	14	7	.667	3.05	39	25	8	12	1	2	194.2	164	73	66	17	89	1	188	4	0	5	832	128	3.21	1.300	7.6	0.8	4.1	8.7	2.11
1962	25	CHW	AL	12	14	.462	3.81	36	32	4	9	1	1	203.1	182	97	86	16	97	3	173	1	1	5	890	103	3.38	1.372	8.1	0.7	4.3	7.7	1.78
1963	26	CHW	AL	16	8	.667	2.39	32	28	3	10	3	1	214.2	177	69	57	14	63	1	163	3	0	5	874	146	2.73	1.118	7.4	0.6	2.6	6.8	2.59	AS
1964	27	CHW	AL	19	9	.679	2.56	33	33	0	11	4	0	239.0	193	78	68	23	55	5	162	3	0	10	952	135	3.23	1.038	7.3	0.9	2.1	6.1	2.95	AS,MVP-19
1965	28	CHW	AL	6	3	.667	3.43	18	18	0	2	1	0	97.0	96	42	37	9	37	3	65	1	0	4	419	92	3.56	1.371	8.9	0.8	3.4	6.0	1.76
1966	29	CHW	AL	8	6	.571	3.76	34	9	12	1	0	3	88.2	91	49	37	9	39	7	42	1	0	2	386	85	4.28	1.466	9.2	0.9	4.0	4.3	1.08
1967	30	PIT	NL	8	10	.444	3.95	50	9	21	1	1	9	107.0	99	55	47	10	52	15	96	2	0	2	464	85	3.47	1.411	8.3	0.8	4.4	8.1	1.85
1968	31	TOT	MLB	7	9	.438	3.56	31	12	11	6	0	2	118.2	111	53	47	17	54	6	90	1	0	6	513	89	4.12	1.390	8.4	1.3	4.1	6.8	1.67
1968	31	PIT	NL	1	1	.500	3.27	12	0	6	0	0	0	11.0	14	7	4	2	10	2	6	1	0	2	59	93	6.66	2.182	11.5	1.6	8.2	4.9	0.60
1968	31	BOS	AL	6	8	.429	3.59	19	12	5	6	0	2	107.2	97	46	43	15	44	4	84	0	0	4	454	89	3.86	1.310	8.1	1.3	3.7	7.0	1.91
1969	32	TOT	AL	4	5	.444	3.35	57	4	30	1	0	7	99.1	84	43	37	9	58	7	52	2	0	2	429	112	4.45	1.430	7.6	0.8	5.3	4.7	0.90
1969	32	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	6.00	6	0	4	0	0	2	9.0	14	7	6	2	6	0	4	0	0	0	46	67	6.51	2.222	14.0	2.0	6.0	4.0	0.67
1969	32	CLE	AL	3	3	.500	3.16	48	4	23	1	0	4	82.2	67	34	29	6	49	7	44	2	0	2	355	119	4.24	1.403	7.3	0.7	5.3	4.8	0.90
1969	32	OAK	AL	1	1	.500	2.35	3	0	3	0	0	1	7.2	3	2	2	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	28	154	4.34	0.783	3.5	1.2	3.5	4.7	1.33
1970	33	CAL-OAK-min	AAA	11	2	.846	3.71	18	17		5	1	0	126.0	126	60	52	13	34	2	92	0	0	1				1.270	9.0	0.9	2.4	6.6	2.71	HAW,IWA PCL,AA
1970	33	CHC	NL	0	0		4.60	12	0	4	0	0	1	15.2	16	9	8	2	9	0	14	1	0	0	73	99	4.43	1.596	9.2	1.1	5.2	8.0	1.56
1971	34	CHC-min	AAA	9	6	.600	3.61	17	17		9	1	0	127.0	119	60	51	11	45	4	116	1	0	2				1.291	8.4	0.8	3.2	8.2	2.58	TAC PCL
1971	34	CHC	NL	7	6	.538	3.46	16	14	0	6	3	0	101.1	78	43	39	10	40	3	67	2	0	3	419	113	3.65	1.164	6.9	0.9	3.6	6.0	1.68
1972	35	CHC	NL	4	5	.444	3.94	16	7	4	1	0	1	59.1	66	28	26	7	32	5	24	1	0	2	264	96	4.79	1.652	10.0	1.1	4.9	3.6	0.75
1973	36	CHC-min	AAA	6	1	.857	3.52	9	9		4	0	0	69.0	76	38	27	7	24	1	68	2	0	2				1.449	9.9	0.9	3.1	8.9	2.83	WCH AA
1973	36	TOT	NL	2	3	.400	7.24	17	1	3	0	0	0	27.1	34	22	22	2	12	3	13	2	0	2	130	52	4.10	1.683	11.2	0.7	4.0	4.3	1.08
1973	36	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	11.25	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	21	38	5.82	1.750	13.5	2.3	2.3	6.8	3.00
1973	36	HOU	NL	2	2	.500	6.56	15	1	3	0	0	0	23.1	28	17	17	1	11	3	10	1	0	1	109	56	3.81	1.671	10.8	0.4	4.2	3.9	0.91
1974	37	PIT	NL	1	1	.500	1.88	7	2	2	0	0	0	24.0	20	11	5	2	11	2	7	0	0	0	105	187	4.45	1.292	7.5	0.8	4.1	2.6	0.64
18 Yrs				131	105	.555	3.43	488	245	119	79	17	28	2034.1	1807	890	776	201	888	67	1522	41	2	65	8690	104	3.68	1.325	8.0	0.9	3.9	6.7	1.71
162 Game Avg.				12	10	.555	3.43	45	23	11	7	2	3	189	168	83	72	19	82	6	141	4	0	6	806	104	3.68	1.325	8.0	0.9	3.9	6.7	1.71
				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
CHW (6 yrs)				75	47	.615	3.05	192	145	27	45	10	7	1037.1	903	408	351	88	380	20	793	13	1	31	4353	118	3.27	1.237	7.8	0.8	3.3	6.9	2.09
MLN (4 yrs)				23	19	.548	3.93	90	51	17	19	3	1	444.1	396	218	194	54	240	6	366	17	1	17	1940	89	4.17	1.431	8.0	1.1	4.9	7.4	1.53
CHC (4 yrs)				11	12	.478	3.89	46	21	8	7	3	2	180.1	166	85	78	20	82	8	108	5	0	6	777	101	4.14	1.375	8.3	1.0	4.1	5.4	1.32
PIT (3 yrs)				10	12	.455	3.55	69	11	29	1	1	9	142.0	133	73	56	14	73	19	109	3	0	4	628	95	3.89	1.451	8.4	0.9	4.6	6.9	1.49
BOS (2 yrs)				6	9	.400	3.78	25	12	9	6	0	4	116.2	111	53	49	17	50	4	88	0	0	4	500	86	4.07	1.380	8.6	1.3	3.9	6.8	1.76
OAK (1 yr)				1	1	.500	2.35	3	0	3	0	0	1	7.2	3	2	2	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	28	154	4.34	0.783	3.5	1.2	3.5	4.7	1.33
CLE (1 yr)				3	3	.500	3.16	48	4	23	1	0	4	82.2	67	34	29	6	49	7	44	2	0	2	355	119	4.24	1.403	7.3	0.7	5.3	4.8	0.90
HOU (1 yr)				2	2	.500	6.56	15	1	3	0	0	0	23.1	28	17	17	1	11	3	10	1	0	1	109	56	3.81	1.671	10.8	0.4	4.2	3.9	0.91

NL (11 yrs)				46	45	.505	3.93	220	84	57	27	7	12	790.0	723	393	345	89	406	36	593	26	1	28	3454	91	4.10	1.429	8.2	1.0	4.6	6.8	1.46
AL (8 yrs)				85	60	.586	3.12	268	161	62	52	10	16	1244.1	1084	497	431	112	482	31	929	15	1	37	5236	115	3.42	1.259	7.8	0.8	3.5	6.7	1.93