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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
15 2492.3 141 134 14 2453 3.17 36.4
Birth Date9-21-1942
Height6' 5"
Weight218 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
1961 CLE 18 1 1 6.3 6.3 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 3 0 0 0 3 5 5 0 5 0.00 3.29 3.38 0.8 0.1
1962 CLE 19 25 13 87.7 62.0 25.7 3 7 1 0 2 1 409 81 64 59 9 131 70 69 4 70 6.06 4.78 5.54 -1.3 -0.1
1963 CLE 20 14 12 65.0 63.0 2.0 3 5 0 0 4 1 292 63 37 35 6 85 44 44 0 63 4.85 3.75 4.42 6.2 0.7
1964 CLE 21 31 24 173.3 161.0 12.3 11 6 1 0 17 0 761 148 60 52 8 197 100 94 3 177 2.70 2.80 3.17 30.6 3.2
1965 CLE 22 42 35 273.0 259.3 13.7 17 11 4 1 26 3 1116 178 80 66 9 235 132 125 6 325 2.18 1.96 2.73 50.5 5.8
1966 CLE 23 35 28 194.3 185.0 9.3 9 8 3 0 16 3 806 130 66 62 12 196 102 99 6 225 2.87 2.59 3.10 34.1 4.1
1967 CLE 24 37 37 236.3 236.3 0.0 13 15 0 0 17 6 1014 201 112 101 21 292 123 120 7 236 3.85 3.23 3.73 15.5 1.8
1968 CLE 25 38 37 269.0 267.0 2.0 15 14 0 0 28 1 1099 181 78 54 13 252 110 101 10 283 1.81 2.09 2.76 33.3 4.2
1969 CLE 26 39 38 285.0 282.0 3.0 18 14 1 0 25 5 1166 222 111 93 13 309 102 93 7 279 2.94 2.14 2.76 57.5 6.5
1970 CLE 27 39 39 305.0 305.0 0.0 20 12 0 0 26 6 1258 236 108 99 25 354 131 121 7 304 2.92 2.86 3.32 55.9 5.9
1971 CLE 28 35 31 214.7 203.3 11.3 13 17 1 1 22 0 943 160 89 81 22 256 153 140 3 192 3.40 4.08 4.57 6.6 0.8
1972 SFN 29 28 25 164.3 160.0 4.3 10 8 0 1 9 5 718 155 86 79 12 228 86 80 6 122 4.33 3.67 3.67 14.5 1.7
1973 NYA 30 16 15 95.7 94.0 1.7 5 8 0 0 9 2 417 73 47 42 4 100 64 62 0 75 3.95 3.56 3.85 10.4 1.1
1973 SFN 30 18 3 40.0 15.7 24.3 1 2 3 0 2 0 190 45 23 20 4 66 29 29 0 35 4.50 4.28 4.22 2.5 0.3
1974 NYA 31 13 7 48.0 32.7 15.3 1 6 0 0 2 0 224 42 27 25 6 68 41 39 0 33 4.69 5.38 6.19 -4.3 -0.5
1975 PIT 32 14 1 34.7 5.0 29.7 2 1 0 0 0 0 149 30 11 11 0 38 20 17 0 29 2.86 2.67 2.61 7.5 0.8
Career4253462492.32337.7154.7141134143206331058919489998791642810131212385924533.172.953.46320.236.4

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
1961 CLE MLB 1 1 6.3 3.38 123 .191 .263 .348 .424 .278 .176 96 1.3 0.1 0.8 0.1
1962 CLE MLB 25 13 87.7 5.54 75 .283 .269 .340 .422 .275 .281 100 -0.2 -0.0 -1.3 -0.1
1963 CLE MLB 14 12 65.0 4.42 89 .271 .255 .318 .402 .272 .318 97 3.9 0.4 6.2 0.7
1964 CLE MLB 31 24 173.3 3.17 121 .248 .259 .328 .409 .274 .297 99 29.6 3.3 30.6 3.2
1965 CLE MLB 42 35 273.0 2.73 129 .215 .252 .320 .391 .268 .262 97 53.5 6.0 50.5 5.8
1966 CLE MLB 35 28 194.3 3.10 120 .232 .253 .315 .396 .268 .256 99 31.4 3.5 34.1 4.1
1967 CLE MLB 37 37 236.3 3.73 97 .263 .250 .319 .377 .273 .287 98 13.4 1.6 15.5 1.8
1968 CLE MLB 38 37 269.0 2.76 113 .230 .243 .309 .361 .271 .246 93 30.1 3.8 33.3 4.2
1969 CLE MLB 39 38 285.0 2.76 130 .230 .260 .333 .395 .274 .273 96 58.6 6.5 57.5 6.5
1970 CLE MLB 39 39 305.0 3.32 122 .228 .266 .338 .406 .272 .267 102 58.5 6.2 55.9 5.9
1971 CLE MLB 35 31 214.7 4.57 87 .259 .259 .328 .385 .271 .241 104 6.0 0.7 6.6 0.8
1972 SFN MLB 28 25 164.3 3.67 105 .276 .267 .329 .392 .282 .291 100 16.4 1.9 14.5 1.7
1973 NYA MLB 16 15 95.7 3.85 107 .243 .264 .329 .394 .269 .252 97 10.4 1.1 10.4 1.1
1973 SFN MLB 18 3 40.0 4.22 101 .299 .272 .337 .415 .276 .336 103 3.5 0.4 2.5 0.3
1974 NYA MLB 13 7 48.0 6.19 53 .292 .266 .331 .386 .267 .250 102 -4.3 -0.5 -4.3 -0.5
1975 PIT MLB 14 1 34.7 2.61 138 .244 .274 .343 .400 .270 .300 101 8.5 0.9 7.5 0.8
CareerMLB3462492.33.46111.245.258.326.392.272.27099320.535.9320.236.4

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
1961 CLE MLB 0 0 0 1 1 6.3 3 5 5 0 50% .176 4.3 7.1 0.0 7.1 1.26 0.00 0.8 0.1
1962 CLE MLB 3 7 1 25 13 87.7 81 70 70 9 57% .281 8.3 7.2 0.9 7.2 1.72 6.06 -1.3 -0.1
1963 CLE MLB 3 5 0 14 12 65.0 63 44 63 6 55% .318 8.7 6.1 0.8 8.7 1.65 4.85 6.2 0.7
1964 CLE MLB 11 6 1 31 24 173.3 148 100 177 8 54% .297 7.7 5.2 0.4 9.2 1.43 2.70 30.6 3.2
1965 CLE MLB 17 11 4 42 35 273.0 178 132 325 9 61% .262 5.9 4.4 0.3 10.7 1.14 2.18 50.5 5.8
1966 CLE MLB 9 8 3 35 28 194.3 130 102 225 12 57% .256 6.0 4.7 0.6 10.4 1.19 2.87 34.1 4.1
1967 CLE MLB 13 15 0 37 37 236.3 201 123 236 21 54% .287 7.7 4.7 0.8 9.0 1.37 3.85 15.5 1.8
1968 CLE MLB 15 14 0 38 37 269.0 181 110 283 13 51% .246 6.1 3.7 0.4 9.5 1.08 1.81 33.3 4.2
1969 CLE MLB 18 14 1 39 38 285.0 222 102 279 13 48% .273 7.0 3.2 0.4 8.8 1.14 2.94 57.5 6.5
1970 CLE MLB 20 12 0 39 39 305.0 236 131 304 25 48% .267 7.0 3.9 0.7 9.0 1.20 2.92 55.9 5.9
1971 CLE MLB 13 17 1 35 31 214.7 160 153 192 22 52% .241 6.7 6.4 0.9 8.0 1.46 3.40 6.6 0.8
1972 SFN MLB 10 8 0 28 25 164.3 155 86 122 12 45% .291 8.5 4.7 0.7 6.7 1.47 4.33 14.5 1.7
1973 SFN MLB 1 2 3 18 3 40.0 45 29 35 4 44% .336 10.1 6.5 0.9 7.9 1.85 4.50 2.5 0.3
1973 NYA MLB 5 8 0 16 15 95.7 73 64 75 4 43% .252 6.9 6.0 0.4 7.1 1.43 3.95 10.4 1.1
1974 NYA MLB 1 6 0 13 7 48.0 42 41 33 6 54% .250 7.9 7.7 1.1 6.2 1.73 4.69 -4.3 -0.5
1975 PIT MLB 2 1 0 14 1 34.7 30 20 29 0 51% .300 7.8 5.2 0.0 7.5 1.44 2.86 7.5 0.8

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
1974-08-20 1974-09-08 19 17 - - - -
1974-05-22 1974-07-14 53 45 - Low Back Soreness - -
1972-08-04 1972-08-23 19 18 Left Shoulder Soreness - -

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  Title Author Date
Transaction Analysis: The Tigers Make Justin Verlander Baseball's Highest-Paid PitcherBen Lindbergh2013-04-01
The Lineup Card: 12 Stats We Wish Were Readily AvailableBaseball Prospectus2012-09-05
BP Unfiltered: Double Double, Arms in TroubleGeoff Young2012-08-23
Inside The Park Blog: Big 3s: The Complete ListBradford Doolittle2012-05-24
Prospectus Hit and Run: Sizzling StartsJay Jaffe2012-04-18
The BP Wayback Machine: Improvement RatioRany Jazayerli2012-03-16
The BP Wayback Machine: Don Mincher, Part 2David Laurila2012-03-07
The BP Wayback Machine: Don Mincher, Part 1David Laurila2012-03-06
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Preview: AL Central 2012 Preseason Preview, Part OneSteven Goldman2012-02-28
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Preview: AL Central 2012 Preseason Preview, Part OneBen Lindbergh2012-02-28
This article requires BP Premium accessWestern Front: Fixing a Bug in the MarinersGeoff Young2012-01-31
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Q&A: Don Mincher, Part IIDavid Laurila2011-01-12
Prospectus Q&A: Don Mincher, Part IDavid Laurila2011-01-11
Game Story: White Sox Home OpenerChristina Kahrl2010-04-05
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Hit and Run: The PitchersJay Jaffe2009-01-12
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Q&A: Tom BradleyDavid Laurila2008-10-29
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Preview: Saturday's Games to WatchCaleb Peiffer2008-07-12
Prospectus Preview: Friday's Games to WatchCaleb Peiffer2008-04-18
UTK Wrap: Red and GreenWill Carroll2008-02-15
Prospectus Q&A: Willie HortonDavid Laurila2007-12-23
Prospectus Q&A: Andy EtchebarrenDavid Laurila2007-11-18
Prospectus Toolbox: Non-Contact Part IV: Take, Jive, and FlailDerek Jacques2007-08-21
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: The King?Joe Sheehan2005-08-15
This article requires BP Premium accessLies, Damned Lies: Evaluating the Trade BaitNate Silver2005-07-28
This article requires BP Premium accessDoctoring The Numbers: Doctoring the Numbers: Improvement RatioRany Jazayerli2002-03-06


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