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Career Summary

Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
12	2128	138	119	1	1136	3.46	10

Birth Date	3-11-1945
Height	6' 3"
Weight	210 lbs

Bats	B
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	GS	IP	IP-SP	IP-RP	W	L	SV	BS	QS	BQS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
1968	PIT	23	26	10	104.3	62.0	28.3	6	5	0	2	9	0	368	82	35	29	4	91	38	34	1	52	2.50	3.17	4.01	-4.6	-0.6
1969	PIT	24	35	33	218.7	216.0	2.7	11	17	0	0	18	2	917	206	101	87	14	291	76	69	4	173	3.58	3.00	4.54	2.6	0.2
1970	PIT	25	30	30	201.7	201.7	0.0	13	10	0	0	19	1	863	194	81	72	9	263	87	76	10	128	3.21	3.60	4.22	18.7	2.1
1971	PIT	26	31	31	226.7	226.7	0.0	19	9	0	0	22	2	943	207	93	77	15	290	63	58	2	137	3.06	3.05	3.55	26.0	2.8
1972	PIT	27	25	25	163.3	163.3	0.0	15	7	0	0	17	0	663	156	60	49	6	201	33	29	3	96	2.70	2.49	3.09	20.2	1.9
1973	PIT	28	28	28	192.0	192.0	0.0	12	14	0	0	20	2	803	176	86	65	7	217	55	48	6	122	3.05	2.71	3.57	24.9	2.8
1974	PIT	29	26	26	176.7	176.7	0.0	12	9	0	0	16	1	731	163	71	62	13	233	41	36	7	91	3.16	3.33	4.26	15.0	1.6
1975	PIT	30	27	24	140.0	136.0	4.0	8	9	0	0	12	1	621	163	69	59	9	226	43	34	3	69	3.79	3.45	3.79	16.2	1.6
1976	NYA	31	32	32	211.7	211.7	0.0	17	8	0	0	20	4	886	195	83	75	14	275	76	75	4	65	3.19	4.00	4.98	-13.9	-1.6
1977	NYA	32	3	3	19.7	19.7	0.0	1	1	0	0	2	0	85	18	9	4	1	30	8	8	0	5	1.83	4.11	4.80	0.9	0.1
1977	OAK	32	7	7	26.0	26.0	0.0	1	5	0	0	2	0	128	35	33	28	5	60	14	14	1	11	9.69	6.13	7.54	-4.3	-0.4
1977	TEX	32	23	22	167.3	165.0	2.3	10	6	1	0	15	3	685	158	60	54	13	229	42	41	0	90	2.90	3.43	4.31	12.6	1.3
1978	TEX	33	22	22	141.3	141.3	0.0	9	7	0	0	11	2	592	131	81	66	15	211	46	46	2	45	4.20	4.31	5.35	-6.2	-0.7
1979	NYN	34	17	14	85.0	79.3	5.7	3	7	0	0	4	2	391	110	60	57	9	158	34	24	1	41	6.04	4.34	5.25	-7.3	-0.8
1979	PIT	34	3	1	7.0	4.0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	9	2	2	1	13	2	2	0	1	2.57	5.12	5.53	-0.4	-0.0
1979	TEX	34	10	9	46.7	46.3	0.3	1	5	0	0	3	0	215	64	34	31	5	92	16	14	0	10	5.98	4.76	6.28	-3.2	-0.3
Career			345	317	2128.0	2067.7	46.3	138	119	1	2	190	20	8920	2067	958	817	140	2880	674	608	44	1136	3.46	3.43	4.29	97.3	10.0

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	FRA	FRA+	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	PPF	PVORP	PWARP	VORP	WARP
1968	PIT	MLB	26	10	104.3	4.01	77	.230	.262	.315	.375	.272	.228	95	-2.7	-0.3	-4.6	-0.6
1969	PIT	MLB	35	33	218.7	4.54	89	.256	.263	.331	.396	.274	.295	100	6.1	0.7	2.6	0.2
1970	PIT	MLB	30	30	201.7	4.22	105	.252	.273	.344	.421	.278	.295	98	21.2	2.2	18.7	2.1
1971	PIT	MLB	31	31	226.7	3.55	107	.247	.265	.326	.386	.270	.264	97	20.9	2.4	26.0	2.8
1972	PIT	MLB	25	25	163.3	3.09	118	.238	.265	.330	.392	.279	.286	97	22.7	2.7	20.2	1.9
1973	PIT	MLB	28	28	192.0	3.57	114	.231	.269	.338	.397	.272	.276	100	25.5	2.8	24.9	2.8
1974	PIT	MLB	26	26	176.7	4.26	98	.244	.269	.337	.388	.272	.259	100	11.2	1.2	15.0	1.6
1975	PIT	MLB	27	24	140.0	3.79	106	.277	.272	.338	.391	.270	.310	97	13.9	1.5	16.2	1.6
1976	NYA	MLB	32	32	211.7	4.98	68	.259	.259	.321	.366	.263	.249	94	-13.9	-1.6	-13.9	-1.6
1977	NYA	MLB	3	3	19.7	4.80	96	.258	.274	.331	.421	.266	.239	102	0.9	0.1	0.9	0.1
1977	OAK	MLB	7	7	26.0	7.54	35	.342	.278	.333	.425	.266	.309	100	-4.3	-0.4	-4.3	-0.4
1977	TEX	MLB	23	22	167.3	4.31	102	.242	.272	.333	.415	.269	.269	97	12.6	1.3	12.6	1.3
1978	TEX	MLB	22	22	141.3	5.35	71	.262	.266	.327	.394	.267	.240	98	-6.2	-0.7	-6.2	-0.7
1979	NYN	MLB	17	14	85.0	5.25	70	.304	.277	.336	.417	.268	.330	95	-4.9	-0.5	-7.3	-0.8
1979	PIT	MLB	3	1	7.0	5.53	79	.275	.282	.332	.434	.272	.320	108	-0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0
1979	TEX	MLB	10	9	46.7	6.28	68	.293	.279	.341	.432	.273	.321	101	-3.2	-0.3	-3.2	-0.3
Career		MLB		317	2128.0	4.29	94	.254	.268	.332	.396	.271	.276	98	99.7	11.0	97.3	10.0

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	WHIP	ERA	VORP	WARP
1968	PIT	MLB	6	5	0	26	10	104.3	82	38	52	4	64%	.228	7.1	3.3	0.3	4.5	1.15	2.50	-4.6	-0.6
1969	PIT	MLB	11	17	0	35	33	218.7	206	76	173	14	70%	.295	8.5	3.1	0.6	7.1	1.29	3.58	2.6	0.2
1970	PIT	MLB	13	10	0	30	30	201.7	194	87	128	9	63%	.295	8.7	3.9	0.4	5.7	1.39	3.21	18.7	2.1
1971	PIT	MLB	19	9	0	31	31	226.7	207	63	137	15	54%	.264	8.2	2.5	0.6	5.4	1.19	3.06	26.0	2.8
1972	PIT	MLB	15	7	0	25	25	163.3	156	33	96	6	54%	.286	8.6	1.8	0.3	5.3	1.16	2.70	20.2	1.9
1973	PIT	MLB	12	14	0	28	28	192.0	176	55	122	7	61%	.276	8.2	2.6	0.3	5.7	1.20	3.05	24.9	2.8
1974	PIT	MLB	12	9	0	26	26	176.7	163	41	91	13	54%	.259	8.3	2.1	0.7	4.6	1.15	3.16	15.0	1.6
1975	PIT	MLB	8	9	0	27	24	140.0	163	43	69	9	52%	.310	10.5	2.8	0.6	4.4	1.47	3.79	16.2	1.6
1976	NYA	MLB	17	8	0	32	32	211.7	195	76	65	14	59%	.249	8.3	3.2	0.6	2.8	1.28	3.19	-13.9	-1.6
1977	NYA	MLB	1	1	0	3	3	19.7	18	8	5	1	54%	.239	8.2	3.7	0.5	2.3	1.32	1.83	0.9	0.1
1977	OAK	MLB	1	5	0	7	7	26.0	35	14	11	5	55%	.309	12.1	4.8	1.7	3.8	1.88	9.69	-4.3	-0.4
1977	TEX	MLB	10	6	1	23	22	167.3	158	42	90	13	61%	.269	8.5	2.3	0.7	4.8	1.20	2.90	12.6	1.3
1978	TEX	MLB	9	7	0	22	22	141.3	131	46	45	15	60%	.240	8.3	2.9	1.0	2.9	1.25	4.20	-6.2	-0.7
1979	TEX	MLB	1	5	0	10	9	46.7	64	16	10	5	69%	.321	12.3	3.1	1.0	1.9	1.71	5.98	-3.2	-0.3
1979	NYN	MLB	3	7	0	17	14	85.0	110	34	41	9	60%	.330	11.6	3.6	1.0	4.3	1.69	6.04	-7.3	-0.8
1979	PIT	MLB	0	0	0	3	1	7.0	9	2	1	1	76%	.320	11.6	2.6	1.3	1.3	1.57	2.57	-0.4	-0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1970-08-11	1970-09-17		37	32	Right	Elbow	Strain		-	-

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	Title	Author	Date
	The Lineup Card: 10 Memories of Hall of Fame Candidates	Baseball Prospectus	2013-01-09
	Punk Hits: Why Do We Fear The Beard?	Ian Miller	2012-12-11
	Wezen-Ball: The SPBA's Short Life	Larry Granillo	2012-11-28
	The Lineup Card: 9 Off-Season Moves That Excited Us Most as Kids	Baseball Prospectus	2012-11-28
	Baseball ProGUESTus: No No-No, No Cry	Craig Glaser	2012-05-29
	On the Beat: The Prince and the Pauper Numbers	John Perrotto	2012-05-03
	Sobsequy: Do We Care About Characters?	Adam Sobsey	2012-03-07
	The Lineup Card: 12 Favorite Baseball Songs that are NOT by The Baseball Project	Baseball Prospectus	2011-08-03
	Prospectus Perspective: Baseball and Christmas Loot	Christina Kahrl	2010-12-27
	Prospectus Matchups: The Best Rookie Pitching Duos of These Modern Times	Jim Baker	2006-08-02
	You Could Look It Up: The Infinity Edition	Steven Goldman	2005-04-27
	Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2003-05-19

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-01-19 15:30:00	Have you heard the Todd Snider song on Dock Ellis? I suppose PEDs can theoretically come in many different varieties. (ChuckR from Addison, IL)	I haven't and I've meant to, but this is a point I've been trying to make about PEDs when I say, Joe DiMaggio calmed his nerves during his '41 hitting streak by chain smoking in the dugout tunnel. Yes, he was taking a drug, nicotine. And readers go, "ARE YOU KIDDING, COMPARING CIGARETTES TO STEROIDS?" and miss the point. I'm not saying that nicotine can help you get a hit or a home run, though I would argue it probably did in DiMaggio's case. Rather, I am arguing in the specific case that taking a drug to help you stay on the field is cheating, when there are ALL kinds of drugs, be they PEDs or aspirin or antibiotics. We just choose which ones are in and which are out. That was the whole point of this week's You Could Look It Up. (Steven Goldman)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-10-13 17:00:00	NLCS Game Four	Sticking with music, I'll take Sonic Youth over Randy Newman any day. Regarding music-meets-baseball, the old SF Seals (one of Barabara Manning's old bands)CD, "Baseball Trilogy" is a great record. The song "Dock Ellis" is killer. Barbara, by the way, is a big Giants fan. (David Laurila)