John Candelaria

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-7, 230lb (201cm, 104kg)

Born: November 6, 1953 in New York, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from La Salle Academy (New York, NY).

High School: La Salle Academy (New York, NY)

Last Game: July 7, 1993 (Age 39-243d)
vs. HOU 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Chuck Berry, Tom Reich

Full Name: John Robert Candelaria

Nicknames: Candy Man

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

41.9

177

122

ERA

3.33

600

356

2525.2

1673

WHIP

1.184

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1973	19	-1.2	Charleston	WCRS	A	PIT	10	2	.833	3.79	4.26	18	17		2	1	0	95.0	84	45	40	8	38	2	60	1	0	5		1.284	8.0	0.8	3.6	5.7	1.58
1974	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AAA	PIT	11	8	.579	3.55	4.47	26	25		9	2	1	165.0	153	82	65	18	64	3	157	7	0	2		1.315	8.3	1.0	3.5	8.6	2.45
1974	20	-5.3	Charleston	IL	AAA	PIT	0	0		1.64	1.64	1	1		0	0	0	11.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	10	0	0	0		0.727	5.7	0.8	0.8	8.2	10.00
1974	20	-1.4	Salem	CARL	A	PIT	11	8	.579	3.68	4.68	25	24		9	2	1	154.0	146	80	63	17	63	3	147	7	0	2		1.357	8.5	1.0	3.7	8.6	2.33
1975	21	-3.6	Charleston	IL	AAA	PIT	7	1	.875	1.77	2.21	10	9		4	3	1	61.0	53	15	12	5	17	0	48	1	0	1		1.148	7.8	0.7	2.5	7.1	2.82
1975	21	-6.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	8	6	.571	2.76	3.51	18	18	0	4	1	0	120.2	95	47	37	8	36	9	95	2	0	1	497	1.086	7.1	0.6	2.7	7.1	2.64
1976	22	-5.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	16	7	.696	3.15	3.56	32	31	1	11	4	1	220.0	173	87	77	22	60	5	138	2	0	0	881	1.059	7.1	0.9	2.5	5.6	2.30
1977	23	-4.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	20	5	.800	2.34	2.50	33	33	0	6	1	0	230.2	197	64	60	29	50	2	133	2	2	1	917	1.071	7.7	1.1	2.0	5.2	2.66
1978	24	-4.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	12	11	.522	3.24	3.48	30	29	1	3	1	1	189.0	191	73	68	15	49	6	94	5	3	3	796	1.270	9.1	0.7	2.3	4.5	1.92
1979	25	-3.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	14	9	.609	3.22	3.61	33	30	2	8	0	0	207.0	201	83	74	25	41	6	101	3	0	2	850	1.169	8.7	1.1	1.8	4.4	2.46
1980	26	-2.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	11	14	.440	4.01	4.40	35	34	1	7	0	1	233.1	246	114	104	14	50	4	97	3	2	0	969	1.269	9.5	0.5	1.9	3.7	1.94
1981	27	-1.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	2	.500	3.54	3.76	6	6	0	0	0	0	40.2	42	17	16	3	11	1	14	0	0	0	168	1.303	9.3	0.7	2.4	3.1	1.27
1982	28	-0.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	12	7	.632	2.94	3.19	31	30	1	1	1	1	174.2	166	62	57	13	37	3	133	4	0	1	704	1.162	8.6	0.7	1.9	6.9	3.59
1983	29	0.5	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	15	8	.652	3.23	3.32	33	32	0	2	0	0	197.2	191	73	71	15	45	3	157	2	2	3	797	1.194	8.7	0.7	2.0	7.1	3.49
1984	30	1.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	12	11	.522	2.72	3.35	33	28	4	3	1	2	185.1	179	69	56	19	34	3	133	1	1	1	751	1.149	8.7	0.9	1.7	6.5	3.91
1985	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	PIT	9	7	.563	3.73	4.02	50	13	26	1	1	9	125.1	127	56	52	14	38	3	100	4	0	2	530	1.316	9.1	1.0	2.7	7.2	2.63
1985	31	2.6	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	7	3	.700	3.80	4.18	13	13	0	1	1	0	71.0	70	33	30	7	24	1	53	3	0	2	301	1.324	8.9	0.9	3.0	6.7	2.21
1985	31	2.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	4	.333	3.64	3.81	37	0	26	0	0	9	54.1	57	23	22	7	14	2	47	1	0	0	229	1.307	9.4	1.2	2.3	7.8	3.36
1986	32	9.3	Palm Springs	CALL	A	CAL	0	0		2.57	2.57	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	8	0	0	0		0.857	5.1	0.0	2.6	10.3	4.00
1986	32	3.8	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	10	2	.833	2.55	2.95	16	16	0	1	1	0	91.2	68	30	26	4	26	2	81	3	1	2	365	1.025	6.7	0.4	2.6	8.0	3.12
1987	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYM	10	6	.625	4.81	5.44	23	23	0	0	0	0	129.0	144	78	69	18	23	0	84	1	1	0	544	1.295	10.0	1.3	1.6	5.9	3.65
1987	33	4.4	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	8	6	.571	4.71	5.40	20	20	0	0	0	0	116.2	127	70	61	17	20	0	74	1	0	0	487	1.260	9.8	1.3	1.5	5.7	3.70
1987	33	4.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	2	0	1.000	5.84	5.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	17	8	8	1	3	0	10	0	1	0	57	1.622	12.4	0.7	2.2	7.3	3.33
1988	34	5.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	13	7	.650	3.38	3.96	25	24	1	6	2	1	157.0	150	69	59	18	23	2	121	2	12	2	640	1.102	8.6	1.0	1.3	6.9	5.26
1989	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	MON	3	5	.375	4.68	4.96	22	6	3	1	0	0	65.1	66	36	34	11	16	3	51	0	1	2	274	1.255	9.1	1.5	2.2	7.0	3.19
1989	35	15.2	Yankees	GULF	Rk	NYY	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	12	0	1	0		0.875	6.8	0.0	1.1	13.5	12.00
1989	35	6.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	3	3	.500	5.14	5.14	10	6	1	1	0	0	49.0	49	28	28	8	12	1	37	0	1	2	206	1.245	9.0	1.5	2.2	6.8	3.08
1989	35	6.2	MON	NL	Maj	MON	0	2	.000	3.31	4.41	12	0	2	0	0	0	16.1	17	8	6	3	4	2	14	0	0	0	68	1.286	9.4	1.7	2.2	7.7	3.50
1990	36		2 Teams	AL	Maj	MIN-TOR	7	6	.538	3.95	4.07	47	3	15	0	0	5	79.2	87	36	35	11	20	5	63	2	0	5	345	1.343	9.8	1.2	2.3	7.1	3.15
1990	36	7.6	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	7	3	.700	3.39	3.55	34	1	10	0	0	4	58.1	55	23	22	9	9	2	44	0	0	3	239	1.097	8.5	1.4	1.4	6.8	4.89
1990	36	7.6	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	0	3	.000	5.48	5.48	13	2	5	0	0	1	21.1	32	13	13	2	11	3	19	2	0	2	106	2.016	13.5	0.8	4.6	8.0	1.73
1991	37	8.9	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	1	1	.500	3.74	4.28	59	0	10	0	0	2	33.2	31	16	14	3	11	2	38	0	1	1	138	1.248	8.3	0.8	2.9	10.2	3.45
1992	38	9.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	2	5	.286	2.84	3.20	50	0	11	0	0	5	25.1	20	9	8	1	13	3	23	0	0	1	108	1.303	7.1	0.4	4.6	8.2	1.77
1993	39	10.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	3	.000	8.24	8.69	24	0	6	0	0	1	19.2	25	19	18	2	9	1	17	1	0	1	92	1.729	11.4	0.9	4.1	7.8	1.89
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (19 seasons)					Majors		177	122	.592	3.33	3.70	600	356	82	54	13	29	2525.2	2399	1038	935	245	592	63	1673	37	26	28	10366	1.184	8.5	0.9	2.1	6.0	2.83
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		29	11	.725	3.19	3.86	58	55	0	15	6	2	336.0	300	144	119	31	122	5	285	9	1	8		1.256	8.0	0.8	3.3	7.6	2.34
All Levels (21 Seasons)							206	133	.608	3.31	3.72	658	411	82	69	19	31	2861.2	2699	1182	1054	276	714	68	1958	46	27	36	10366	1.193	8.5	0.9	2.2	6.2	2.74

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		7	1	.875	1.75	2.13	11	10		4	3	1	72.0	60	17	14	6	18	0	58	1	0	1		1.083	7.5	0.8	2.3	7.3	3.22
A (3 seasons)					Minors		21	10	.677	3.69	4.46	45	43	0	11	3	1	256.0	234	127	105	25	103	5	215	8	0	7		1.316	8.2	0.9	3.6	7.6	2.09
Rk (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	12	0	1	0		0.875	6.8	0.0	1.1	13.5	12.00