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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
8 536 29 23 33 261 3.79 2.4
Birth Date4-29-1947
Height5' 11"
Weight190 lbs
BatsL
ThrowsL

Standard

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
1971 ATL 24 11 1 20.7 7.0 11.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 76 20 8 7 2 27 3 3 1 11 3.05 3.32 4.75 0.7 0.1
1972 ATL 25 8 0 9.3 0.0 9.3 0 0 2 0 0 0 38 7 3 3 1 11 6 6 1 7 2.89 4.67 5.85 -1.0 -0.1
1973 ATL 26 52 0 67.3 0.0 67.3 4 2 4 4 0 0 282 58 37 35 13 109 31 24 2 42 4.68 5.28 6.30 -6.6 -0.8
1974 ATL 27 56 0 102.7 0.0 102.7 6 2 11 6 0 0 404 74 26 22 5 104 27 19 3 64 1.93 2.85 3.67 12.8 1.5
1975 ATL 28 58 0 79.3 0.0 79.3 7 7 11 4 0 0 351 79 39 28 2 98 36 26 2 36 3.18 3.47 3.69 7.0 0.7
1976 BOS 29 36 0 43.7 0.0 43.7 1 3 4 3 0 0 186 39 22 21 4 58 19 15 2 27 4.33 4.01 4.85 -0.4 -0.0
1977 BOS 30 8 0 7.7 0.0 7.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 43 15 11 11 0 22 6 6 0 6 12.91 3.52 3.09 3.2 0.3
1977 SEA 30 26 11 89.3 59.7 29.7 4 5 1 1 4 1 377 94 42 39 12 152 19 17 4 39 3.93 4.39 5.03 1.2 0.1
1978 SEA 31 34 9 116.0 49.0 67.0 5 4 0 2 4 0 506 130 70 60 10 196 35 33 5 29 4.66 4.21 4.64 5.7 0.6
Career28921536.0115.7418.32923332091226351625822649777182149202613.793.954.5822.62.4

Advanced

'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
1971 ATL MLB 11 1 20.7 4.75 82 .264 .266 .326 .398 .275 .274 102 -0.3 -0.0 0.7 0.1
1972 ATL MLB 8 0 9.3 5.85 58 .260 .272 .329 .409 .290 .261 106 -0.9 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1
1973 ATL MLB 52 0 67.3 6.30 60 .273 .268 .338 .402 .273 .232 108 -6.7 -0.7 -6.6 -0.8
1974 ATL MLB 56 0 102.7 3.67 113 .216 .271 .340 .394 .275 .226 102 11.0 1.2 12.8 1.5
1975 ATL MLB 58 0 79.3 3.69 111 .257 .269 .335 .394 .272 .280 100 8.2 0.9 7.0 0.7
1976 BOS MLB 36 0 43.7 4.85 86 .254 .271 .332 .389 .274 .261 106 -0.4 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0
1977 BOS MLB 8 0 7.7 3.09 147 .311 .279 .336 .408 .268 .484 129 3.2 0.3 3.2 0.3
1977 SEA MLB 26 11 89.3 5.03 89 .267 .275 .339 .428 .273 .272 99 1.2 0.1 1.2 0.1
1978 SEA MLB 34 9 116.0 4.64 95 .284 .272 .336 .401 .274 .281 104 5.7 0.6 5.7 0.6
1983 LVG AAA 2 0 3.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB21536.04.5894.260.271.336.403.274.26610321.12.322.62.4

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
1971 ATL MLB 1 0 0 11 1 20.7 20 3 11 2 49% .274 8.7 1.3 0.9 4.8 1.11 3.05 0.7 0.1
1972 ATL MLB 0 0 2 8 0 9.3 7 6 7 1 59% .261 6.8 5.8 1.0 6.8 1.39 2.89 -1.0 -0.1
1973 ATL MLB 4 2 4 52 0 67.3 58 31 42 13 52% .232 7.8 4.1 1.7 5.6 1.32 4.68 -6.6 -0.8
1974 ATL MLB 6 2 11 56 0 102.7 74 27 64 5 54% .226 6.5 2.4 0.4 5.6 0.98 1.93 12.8 1.5
1975 ATL MLB 7 7 11 58 0 79.3 79 36 36 2 56% .280 9.0 4.1 0.2 4.1 1.45 3.18 7.0 0.7
1976 BOS MLB 1 3 4 36 0 43.7 39 19 27 4 53% .261 8.0 3.9 0.8 5.6 1.33 4.33 -0.4 -0.0
1977 SEA MLB 4 5 1 26 11 89.3 94 19 39 12 51% .272 9.5 1.9 1.2 3.9 1.26 3.93 1.2 0.1
1977 BOS MLB 1 0 0 8 0 7.7 15 6 6 0 38% .484 17.6 7.0 0.0 7.0 2.74 12.91 3.2 0.3
1978 SEA MLB 5 4 0 34 9 116.0 130 35 29 10 42% .281 10.1 2.7 0.8 2.2 1.42 4.66 5.7 0.6
1983 LVG AAA 0 0 0 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 0% .000 3.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 3.00 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
1977-08-08 1977-09-03 26 24 Right Forearm Contusion Batted Ball - -
1976-07-26 1976-08-29 15-DL 34 34 Left Knee Inflammation - -

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  Title Author Date
This article requires BP Premium accessRaising Aces: Jose Fernandez, the Debut AnteDoug Thorburn2013-04-12
The Lineup Card: 10 Memories of Hall of Fame CandidatesBaseball Prospectus2013-01-09
This article requires BP Premium accessRaising Aces: The Good Old Days: Randy JohnsonDoug Thorburn2012-11-02
This article requires BP Premium accessThe Stats Go Marching In: Scoring Runs, RevisitedMax Marchi2012-04-27
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Game of the Week: The Accounts and Descriptions of this GameR.J. Anderson2012-04-24
Raising Aces: Pitchology 101Doug Thorburn2012-04-04
The Lineup Card: Commissioner for a DayBaseball Prospectus2011-09-14
BP Unfiltered: Framing Ball Four to CanoMike Fast2011-08-24
This article requires BP Premium accessThe Asian Equation: Finding Relief from NPBMichael Street2011-08-04
This article requires BP Premium accessPitching Workloads: Is 120 the New 100?Christina Kahrl2009-07-28
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Bombed OutWill Carroll2009-07-06
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessTeam Health Reports: Cleveland IndiansWill Carroll2009-03-05
This article requires BP Premium accessOn the Beat: Programming Diversity and Other GracesJohn Perrotto2008-11-26
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: Penning a New RecipeJay Jaffe2008-10-21
UTK Wrap: Big StridesWill Carroll2008-09-12
This article requires BP Premium accessYou Could Look It Up: Love in the Temperate Zone, Part OneSteven Goldman2008-09-09
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to WatchCaleb Peiffer2008-07-22
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Fashionably HurtWill Carroll2008-05-08
Wait 'Til Next Year: Other Programs to FollowBryan Smith2008-02-19
This article requires BP Premium accessYou Could Look It Up: Topping the Twins?Steven Goldman2008-02-11
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Q&A: Dan GieseDavid Laurila2007-12-09
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Marshall's LawWill Carroll2007-05-11
This article requires BP Premium accessUnder The Knife: Hard EightWill Carroll2007-03-27
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessPositional Health Reports: Starting Pitchers, Part TwoWill Carroll2007-02-23
Developing Pitchers: A Progressive ApproachWill Carroll2006-02-08
Under The Knife: Another Pitcher in the SpotlightWill Carroll2005-05-04
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Q&A: Tom House, Part IJonah Keri2004-09-21
Transaction Analysis: April 23-24, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-04-26
Field General or Backstop?: Evaluating the catcher's influence on pitcher performanceKeith Woolner2000-01-10


BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2008-07-09 13:00:00Good answer, Will, thanks. Chris Lincecum seemed very dogmatic to me, reminding me of Mike Marshall a bit, though the latter's ideas are much more heterodox, of course. Do you feel that there is a particularly high amount of rigid thinking in and around the biomechanics area - clearly there is too much, but do you think it somehow lends itself to individual orthodoxies? Given the amount of scientific or semi-scientific inputs within the field, I would expect a moe circumspect attitude in general (like yours).
(Mike W from Chicago)		Yeah, I agree. No one has the right answers, but Chris Lincecum at least has one major leaguer he can point to and say "see, my stuff works." I owe so much of what I know to Tom House, who took time out of his busy schedule to help someone like me when I knew next to nothing, that it will always form the base of what I know. But Tom changes when he learns something new and I think I learned that as well. I think what Ron Wolforth does might be the closest to what I teach, though he's far more concerned with velocity than I am. I'm always willing to listen and learn. Mike Marshall has a lot of solid science behind what he does and as I wrote in my book, I think certain parts of his motion can be used, especially the simple driveline. (Will Carroll)
2008-07-09 13:00:00Will, if a pitcher wanted to develop or work on a new pitch, how would they go about doing so? Do they just throw it more? Are there certain arm exercises they do?
(Chris from Chicago)		This is a really broad question. I always say I can teach someone to throw a new pitch in about ten minutes. Patrick Hruby proved that to be something of an exaggeration when he watched me teach a group of kids the gyroball for an ESPN article. Took me about half an hour. To MASTER a pitch takes a lot longer. I'm relatively sure that it was Tom House that said it takes 1000 pitches in practice to master a pitch. Then again, some guys will never get a pitch for various reasons. I killed myself to teach a kid a breaking ball, but then I noticed something in his delivery, tried teaching him a screwball, and it worked like that. (Will Carroll)


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