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Sonny Siebert

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: January 14, 1937 in St. Mary, MO us

High School: Bayless HS (Bayless, MO)

School: University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)

Debut: April 26, 1964 (Age 27-103d, 12,249th in major league history)
vs. LAA 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1975 (Age 38-254d)
vs. CHW 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Wilfred Charles Siebert

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.1

W

140

L

114

ERA

3.21

G

399

GS

307

SV

IP

2152.0

SO

1512

WHIP

1.213

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
1958	21	CLE-min	D	0	0			1															0											BAT NYPL
1960	23	CLE-min	B	8	7	.533	3.92	30	22		2	1		149.1	102	82	65	13	114	1	142	7	2	11				1.446	6.1	0.8	6.9	8.6	1.25	BRL CARL
1961	24	CLE-min	A,AAA	6	9	.400	5.30	33	19		6	2		151.0	155	102	89	11	94	1	135	6	1	17				1.649	9.2	0.7	5.6	8.0	1.44	REA,SLC EL,PCL
1962	25	CLE-min	A	15	8	.652	2.91	29	28		10	1		204.0	161	85	66	6	77	3	192	6	0	10				1.167	7.1	0.3	3.4	8.5	2.49	CHL EL
1963	26	CLE-min	AAA	4	10	.286	4.83	36	12		4	0		110.0	106	66	59	15	45	4	85	4	1	6				1.373	8.7	1.2	3.7	7.0	1.89	JCK IL
1964	27	CLE	AL	7	9	.438	3.23	41	14	10	3	1	3	156.0	142	61	56	15	57	4	144	2	2	6	653	113	3.14	1.276	8.2	0.9	3.3	8.3	2.53
1965	28	CLE	AL	16	8	.667	2.43	39	27	5	4	1	1	188.2	139	58	51	14	46	2	191	5	1	3	742	144	2.27	0.981	6.6	0.7	2.2	9.1	4.15
1966	29	CLE	AL	16	8	.667	2.80	34	32	1	11	1	1	241.0	193	89	75	25	62	3	163	6	1	8	957	123	3.40	1.058	7.2	0.9	2.3	6.1	2.63	AS,MVP-28
1967	30	CLE	AL	10	12	.455	2.38	34	26	4	7	1	4	185.1	136	59	49	17	54	2	136	6	1	3	743	139	3.24	1.025	6.6	0.8	2.6	6.6	2.52
1968	31	CLE	AL	12	10	.545	2.97	31	30	0	8	4	0	206.0	145	76	68	12	88	10	146	8	0	7	844	101	3.12	1.131	6.3	0.5	3.8	6.4	1.66
1969	32	TOT	AL	14	11	.560	3.76	45	24	13	2	0	5	177.1	161	98	74	22	76	1	133	4	0	4	758	103	3.98	1.336	8.2	1.1	3.9	6.8	1.75
1969	32	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	3.21	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	10	5	5	1	8	0	6	0	0	0	60	120	4.29	1.286	6.4	0.6	5.1	3.9	0.75
1969	32	BOS	AL	14	10	.583	3.80	43	22	13	2	0	5	163.1	151	93	69	21	68	1	127	4	0	4	698	101	3.95	1.341	8.3	1.2	3.7	7.0	1.87
1970	33	BOS	AL	15	8	.652	3.44	33	33	0	7	2	0	222.2	207	98	85	29	60	2	142	6	1	9	916	116	3.95	1.199	8.4	1.2	2.4	5.7	2.37
1971	34	BOS	AL	16	10	.615	2.91	32	32	0	12	4	0	235.1	220	84	76	20	60	5	131	3	0	4	975	128	3.25	1.190	8.4	0.8	2.3	5.0	2.18	AS
1972	35	BOS	AL	12	12	.500	3.80	32	30	0	7	3	0	196.1	204	105	83	17	59	4	123	7	0	4	852	85	3.28	1.340	9.4	0.8	2.7	5.6	2.08
1973	36	TOT	AL	7	12	.368	4.06	27	20	4	1	1	2	122.0	125	70	55	12	38	1	81	3	0	3	524	92	3.53	1.336	9.2	0.9	2.8	6.0	2.13
1973	36	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	7.71	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	5	2	2	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	13	61	5.14	2.571	19.3	3.9	3.9	19.3	5.00
1973	36	TEX	AL	7	11	.389	3.99	25	20	3	1	1	2	119.2	120	68	53	11	37	1	76	3	0	3	511	93	3.49	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.7	2.05
1974	37	STL	NL	8	8	.500	3.84	28	20	4	5	3	0	133.2	150	66	57	8	51	14	68	3	1	2	586	94	3.55	1.504	10.1	0.5	3.4	4.6	1.33
1975	38	TOT	MLB	7	6	.538	3.90	23	19	1	0	0	0	87.2	97	43	38	6	41	7	54	1	1	7	401	93	3.68	1.574	10.0	0.6	4.2	5.5	1.32
1975	38	SDP	NL	3	2	.600	4.39	6	6	0	0	0	0	26.2	37	15	13	2	10	4	10	1	1	0	126	81	4.05	1.763	12.5	0.7	3.4	3.4	1.00
1975	38	OAK	AL	4	4	.500	3.69	17	13	1	0	0	0	61.0	60	28	25	4	31	3	44	0	0	7	275	99	3.52	1.492	8.9	0.6	4.6	6.5	1.42
12 Yrs				140	114	.551	3.21	399	307	42	67	21	16	2152.0	1919	907	767	197	692	55	1512	54	8	60	8951	110	3.34	1.213	8.0	0.8	2.9	6.3	2.19
162 Game Avg.				13	11	.551	3.21	38	30	4	6	2	2	207	185	87	74	19	67	5	146	5	1	6	862	110	3.34	1.213	8.0	0.8	2.9	6.3	2.19
				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
CLE (6 yrs)				61	48	.560	2.76	181	131	20	33	8	9	991.0	765	348	304	84	315	21	786	27	5	27	3999	122	3.07	1.090	6.9	0.8	2.9	7.1	2.50
BOS (5 yrs)				57	41	.582	3.46	142	117	14	28	9	5	820.0	787	382	315	88	248	12	528	20	1	21	3454	107	3.59	1.262	8.6	1.0	2.7	5.8	2.13
STL (1 yr)				8	8	.500	3.84	28	20	4	5	3	0	133.2	150	66	57	8	51	14	68	3	1	2	586	94	3.55	1.504	10.1	0.5	3.4	4.6	1.33
OAK (1 yr)				4	4	.500	3.69	17	13	1	0	0	0	61.0	60	28	25	4	31	3	44	0	0	7	275	99	3.52	1.492	8.9	0.6	4.6	6.5	1.42
TEX (1 yr)				7	11	.389	3.99	25	20	3	1	1	2	119.2	120	68	53	11	37	1	76	3	0	3	511	93	3.49	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.7	2.05
SDP (1 yr)				3	2	.600	4.39	6	6	0	0	0	0	26.2	37	15	13	2	10	4	10	1	1	0	126	81	4.05	1.763	12.5	0.7	3.4	3.4	1.00

AL (11 yrs)				129	104	.554	3.15	365	281	38	62	18	16	1991.2	1732	826	697	187	631	37	1434	50	6	58	8239	112	3.32	1.186	7.8	0.8	2.9	6.5	2.27
NL (2 yrs)				11	10	.524	3.93	34	26	4	5	3	0	160.1	187	81	70	10	61	18	78	4	2	2	712	91	3.63	1.547	10.5	0.6	3.4	4.4	1.28

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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