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Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP +--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+ 1968 22 CAL AL 4 2 28 5 2 1 9 4 81.3 44 21 20 3 35 74 1 3 321 4 1 2.21 2.89 131 0.971 1969 23 CAL AL 16 11 40 33 10 2 5 2 250.0 169 81 70 17 100 211 5 16 1008 7 1 2.52 3.45 137 1.076 MVP-29 1970 24 CAL AL 11 10 37 26 6 1 8 5 194.7 144 75 65 21 78 162 6 2 795 6 0 3.01 3.61 120 1.140 1971 25 CAL AL 20 13 38 38 14 4 0 0 276.7 224 112 92 16 121 179 7 9 1170 6 0 2.99 3.22 108 1.247 CYA-5,AS 1972 26 CAL AL 8 11 25 21 10 3 4 2 169.7 125 56 53 5 68 142 2 2 690 8 1 2.81 2.92 104 1.138 1973 27 LAD NL 14 10 33 33 10 3 0 0 249.7 196 90 75 24 77 177 6 6 1015 3 1 2.70 3.49 129 1.093 1974 28 LAD NL 20 6 39 39 13 3 0 0 292.3 227 93 84 24 94 221 3 6 1179 0 3 2.59 3.41 132 1.098 MVP-16,CYA-2,AS 1975 29 LAD NL 19 14 42 40 19 7 2 1 321.7 244 92 82 22 96 213 5 8 1276 2 0 2.29 3.41 149 1.057 MVP-24,CYA-5,AS 1976 30 ATL NL 11 11 29 28 12 3 1 1 207.3 166 83 70 14 74 135 2 10 847 1 0 3.04 3.79 125 1.158 AS 1977 31 ATL NL 5 4 16 16 1 0 0 0 102.3 101 54 50 12 39 69 2 5 447 5 0 4.40 4.46 101 1.368 1978 32 NYY AL 0 3 6 5 0 0 1 0 22.3 24 21 14 7 15 16 1 0 106 0 0 5.64 3.63 64 1.746 1979 33 LAD NL 2 4 11 11 1 0 0 0 62.3 55 34 34 9 34 26 0 3 266 2 0 4.91 3.67 75 1.428 +--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+ 12 Yr WL% .568 130 99 344 295 98 27 30 15 2230.3 1719 812 709 174 831 1625 40 70 9120 44 7 2.86 3.45 121 1.143 +--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+ 162 Game Avg 13 10 36 31 10 2 3 1 237.3 182 86 75 18 88 172 4 7 970 4 0 2.86 3.45 121 1.143 Career High 20 14 42 40 19 7 9 5 321.7 244 112 92 24 121 221 7 16 1276 8 3 2.21 4.46 149 0.971 * indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG *OPS+ TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+ 1968 22 CAL AL 29 20 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .100 .100 .150 -23 3 4 0 0 0 0 1969 23 CAL AL 42 77 5 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 8 28 .156 .235 .182 22 14 6 0 0 0 1 MVP-29 1970 24 CAL AL 38 70 4 11 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 28 .157 .157 .243 11 17 5 0 0 0 0 1971 25 CAL AL 39 93 8 16 2 0 2 5 0 0 5 30 .172 .214 .258 38 24 6 0 0 0 0 AS 1972 26 CAL AL 26 53 2 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 13 .189 .232 .245 46 13 2 0 0 0 0 1973 27 LAD NL 34 89 3 15 3 0 0 6 0 0 5 16 .169 .213 .202 17 18 5 0 0 0 1 1974 28 LAD NL 39 96 12 23 8 0 1 11 0 0 11 28 .240 .312 .354 90 34 4 2 0 0 1 MVP-16,AS 1975 29 LAD NL 44 108 8 17 4 0 0 9 0 0 7 25 .157 .212 .194 16 21 5 2 0 1 2 MVP-24,AS 1976 30 ATL NL 29 67 3 12 1 0 0 10 0 0 4 19 .179 .225 .194 17 13 6 0 0 0 1 AS 1977 31 ATL NL 16 34 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 9 .118 .189 .265 15 9 2 0 0 0 0 1979 33 LAD NL 11 22 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .136 -38 3 1 0 0 0 0 +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+ 12 Seasons 353 729 49 124 30 0 5 54 1 0 46 212 .170 .219 .232 29 169 46 4 0 1 6 +--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+ 162 Game Avg 335 22 57 14 0 2 25 0 0 21 97 .170 .219 .232 29 78 21 2 0 0 3 Career High 44 108 12 23 8 0 2 11 1 0 11 30 34 6 2 0 1 2
Year Ag Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BA *lgBA OBP *lgOBP SLG *lgSLG OPS *lgOPS*OPS+ OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% +--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+ 1968 22 CAL AL 24 22 0 0.0 76| .100 .232| .100 .301| .150 .344| .250 .645| -23 .000 -2.9 -0.3 0% 1969 23 CAL AL 91 72 4 1.5 90| .156 .247| .235 .323| .182 .373| .417 .696| 22 .131 -7.8 -0.8 0% 1970 24 CAL AL 75 64 3 1.3 94| .157 .253| .157 .327| .243 .386| .400 .713| 11 .096 -8.6 -0.9 0% 1971 25 CAL AL 104 83 6 1.9 86| .172 .247| .214 .318| .258 .366| .472 .684| 38 .209 -7.7 -0.8 0% 1972 26 CAL AL 58 45 3 1.8 78| .189 .240| .232 .307| .245 .346| .477 .653| 46 .215 -3.4 -0.4 100% 1973 27 LAD NL 99 80 4 1.4 94| .169 .259| .213 .328| .202 .385| .415 .713| 17 .108 -10.0 -1.0 0% 1974 28 LAD NL 113 80 12 4.0 91| .240 .258| .312 .329| .354 .372| .666 .701| 90 .477 -0.8 -0.1 0% 1975 29 LAD NL 123 100 5 1.4 93| .157 .261| .212 .331| .194 .376| .406 .707| 16 .106 -12.1 -1.3 0% 1976 30 ATL NL 77 62 3 1.3 97| .179 .269| .225 .337| .194 .384| .419 .721| 17 .109 -7.6 -0.8 0% 1977 31 ATL NL 39 32 2 1.7 113| .118 .283| .189 .352| .265 .431| .454 .783| 15 .137 -4.5 -0.4 0% 1979 33 LAD NL 23 21 0 0.0 99| .091 .268| .091 .333| .136 .397| .227 .730| -38 .000 -4.2 -0.4 0% +--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+ 12 Seasons 826 661 42 1.7 92| .170 .256| .219 .326| .232 .377| .451 .704| 29 .163 -69.6 -7.2 100% * indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Year Ag Tm Lg Pos G PO A E DP FP lgFP RFg lgRFg RF9 lgRF9 GS Inn +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ +---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+1968 22 CAL AL P 28 6 12 1 0 .947 .957 0.64 0.73 1.99 1.89 5 81.3 1969 23 CAL AL P 40 17 29 5 2 .902 .950 1.15 0.69 1.66 1.88 33 250.0 1970 24 CAL AL P 37 12 23 4 3 .897 .951 0.95 0.67 1.62 1.86 26 194.7 1971 25 CAL AL P 38 18 49 5 2 .931 .959 1.76 0.77 2.18 1.98 38 276.7 AS 1972 26 CAL AL P 25 9 24 0 0 1.000 .951 1.32 0.75 1.75 1.86 21 169.7 1973 27 LAD NL P 33 19 35 5 0 .915 .951 1.64 0.73 1.95 1.88 33 249.7 1974 28 LAD NL P 39 18 44 9 3 .873 .944 1.59 0.71 1.91 1.88 39 292.3 GG,AS 1975 29 LAD NL P 42 11 43 5 1 .915 .946 1.29 0.72 1.51 1.86 40 321.7 GG,AS 1976 30 ATL NL P 29 14 33 5 2 .904 .949 1.62 0.72 2.04 1.88 28 207.3 AS 1977 31 ATL NL P 16 5 15 2 1 .909 .948 1.25 0.67 1.76 1.85 16 102.3 1978 32 NYY AL P 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.85 1.61 1.90 5 22.3 1979 33 LAD NL P 11 5 9 0 1 1.000 .952 1.27 0.66 2.02 1.81 11 62.3+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+1968 22 CAL AL P 28 6 12 1 0 .947 .957 0.64 0.73 1.99 1.89 5 81.3 1969 23 CAL AL P 40 17 29 5 2 .902 .950 1.15 0.69 1.66 1.88 33 250.0 1970 24 CAL AL P 37 12 23 4 3 .897 .951 0.95 0.67 1.62 1.86 26 194.7 1971 25 CAL AL P 38 18 49 5 2 .931 .959 1.76 0.77 2.18 1.98 38 276.7 1972 26 CAL AL P 25 9 24 0 0 1.000 .951 1.32 0.75 1.75 1.86 21 169.7 1973 27 LAD NL P 33 19 35 5 0 .915 .951 1.64 0.73 1.95 1.88 33 249.7 1974 28 LAD NL P 39 18 44 9 3 .873 .944 1.59 0.71 1.91 1.88 39 292.3 1975 29 LAD NL P 42 11 43 5 1 .915 .946 1.29 0.72 1.51 1.86 40 321.7 1976 30 ATL NL P 29 14 33 5 2 .904 .949 1.62 0.72 2.04 1.88 28 207.3 1977 31 ATL NL P 16 5 15 2 1 .909 .948 1.25 0.67 1.76 1.85 16 102.3 1978 32 NYY AL P 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.85 1.61 1.90 5 22.3 1979 33 LAD NL P 11 5 9 0 1 1.000 .952 1.27 0.66 2.02 1.81 11 62.3+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 344 136 318 41 15 .917 .950 1.32 0.72 1.83 1.88 295 2230.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 344 136 318 41 15 .917 .950 1.32 0.72 1.83 1.88 295 2230
Year Round Tm Opp WLser G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO +------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ 1974 NLCS LAD PIT W 1 1 2.57 1 0 0 0 7 8 2 3 0 WS LAD OAK L 2 2 4.50 0 2 0 0 14 11 7 7 12 +------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ 2 Postseason Ser 1-1 3 3 3.86 1 2 0 0 21 19 9 10 12 +--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Year Round Tm Opp WLser G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS SH SF HBP +------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+ 1974 NLCS LAD PIT W 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 WS LAD OAK L 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 0 0 1 0 0 +------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+ 2 Postseason Series 1-1 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 0 0 1 0 0 +--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+ WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Year Tm Lg GS W L S IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP WP SB CS 2B 3B BK +------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+ 1971 CAL AL Was selected, but did not play in the game. 1974 LAD NL * 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1975 LAD NL Was selected, but did not play in the game. 1976 ATL NL Was selected, but did not play in the game. +------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
Year Tm Lg GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SH SF HBP +------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+ 1971 CAL AL Was selected, but did not play in the game. 1974 LAD NL * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Starting P 1975 LAD NL Was selected, but did not play in the game. 1976 ATL NL Was selected, but did not play in the game. +------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+ Played 1/4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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Black Ink: Pitching - 17 (118) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 92 (236) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 30.0 (141) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 65.5 (180) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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