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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
11 1483 81 86 7 932 3.65 17.1
Birth Date12-9-1943
Height6' 2"
Weight180 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
1965 MIN 21 16 9 76.7 63.3 13.3 5 4 2 0 6 1 311 68 29 27 11 114 20 19 0 61 3.17 3.46 4.21 6.0 0.7
1966 MIN 22 31 18 144.0 125.7 18.3 7 14 3 2 12 2 570 112 57 54 17 185 33 30 0 124 3.38 2.93 3.84 13.8 1.5
1967 MIN 23 37 28 227.7 213.7 14.0 13 7 0 2 21 3 911 196 72 64 21 298 30 24 7 161 2.53 2.69 3.57 23.4 2.7
1968 MIN 24 38 34 238.3 230.3 8.0 12 16 1 0 21 0 968 207 102 86 21 307 52 51 7 181 3.25 2.59 3.25 18.1 2.4
1969 CIN 25 42 36 251.0 246.3 4.7 17 9 0 0 16 8 1072 269 127 122 33 432 61 53 5 144 4.37 4.01 3.57 41.4 4.6
1970 CIN 26 35 35 234.0 234.0 0.0 20 12 0 0 19 3 984 248 114 106 21 395 53 41 1 136 4.08 3.55 4.23 32.5 3.1
1971 CIN 27 28 11 107.0 61.3 45.7 1 11 0 0 5 2 456 115 55 52 14 183 31 23 3 38 4.37 4.49 4.35 2.5 0.1
1972 CIN 28 4 1 8.0 3.0 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 38 13 4 4 1 19 2 1 0 4 4.50 3.90 4.00 0.5 0.1
1973 TEX 29 35 19 160.0 118.7 41.3 5 13 1 0 8 4 694 191 79 72 18 283 34 31 1 65 4.05 3.89 4.13 14.2 1.5
1974 TEX 30 26 1 32.7 3.3 29.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 149 46 17 15 3 64 6 4 0 18 4.13 3.21 4.01 3.7 0.4
1975 TEX 31 5 0 3.7 0.0 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0.00 3.38 4.90 -0.1 -0.0
Career2971921483.01299.7183.381867510823616814686576021602283322277259323.653.373.81156.017.1

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
1965 MIN MLB 16 9 76.7 4.21 100 .257 .253 .318 .386 .268 .260 106 4.9 0.5 6.0 0.7
1966 MIN MLB 31 18 144.0 3.84 104 .226 .254 .314 .396 .270 .240 102 15.2 1.7 13.8 1.5
1967 MIN MLB 37 28 227.7 3.57 106 .241 .247 .313 .369 .268 .253 102 21.6 2.5 23.4 2.7
1968 MIN MLB 38 34 238.3 3.25 103 .256 .242 .310 .364 .273 .263 98 17.9 2.2 18.1 2.4
1969 CIN MLB 42 36 251.0 3.57 117 .273 .263 .331 .394 .274 .285 106 38.7 4.3 41.4 4.6
1970 CIN MLB 35 35 234.0 4.23 108 .259 .273 .341 .418 .278 .294 101 29.5 3.1 32.5 3.1
1971 CIN MLB 28 11 107.0 4.35 86 .287 .268 .332 .397 .277 .273 97 2.6 0.3 2.5 0.1
1972 CIN MLB 4 1 8.0 4.00 102 .321 .284 .343 .431 .290 .387 105 0.7 0.1 0.5 0.1
1973 TEX MLB 35 19 160.0 4.13 105 .286 .265 .330 .389 .268 .300 101 14.2 1.5 14.2 1.5
1974 TEX MLB 26 1 32.7 4.01 103 .309 .264 .327 .382 .266 .352 101 3.7 0.4 3.7 0.4
1975 TEX MLB 5 0 3.7 4.90 86 .189 .269 .331 .387 .270 .214 100 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0
CareerMLB1921483.03.81105.262.258.325.389.272.277102149.116.7156.017.1

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
1965 MIN MLB 5 4 2 16 9 76.7 68 20 61 11 43% .260 8.0 2.3 1.3 7.2 1.15 3.17 6.0 0.7
1966 MIN MLB 7 14 3 31 18 144.0 112 33 124 17 43% .240 7.0 2.1 1.1 7.8 1.01 3.38 13.8 1.5
1967 MIN MLB 13 7 0 37 28 227.7 196 30 161 21 44% .253 7.7 1.2 0.8 6.4 0.99 2.53 23.4 2.7
1968 MIN MLB 12 16 1 38 34 238.3 207 52 181 21 49% .263 7.8 2.0 0.8 6.8 1.09 3.25 18.1 2.4
1969 CIN MLB 17 9 0 42 36 251.0 269 61 144 33 38% .285 9.6 2.2 1.2 5.2 1.31 4.37 41.4 4.6
1970 CIN MLB 20 12 0 35 35 234.0 248 53 136 21 46% .294 9.5 2.0 0.8 5.2 1.29 4.08 32.5 3.1
1971 CIN MLB 1 11 0 28 11 107.0 115 31 38 14 43% .273 9.7 2.6 1.2 3.2 1.36 4.37 2.5 0.1
1972 CIN MLB 1 0 0 4 1 8.0 13 2 4 1 32% .387 14.6 2.2 1.1 4.5 1.88 4.50 0.5 0.1
1973 TEX MLB 5 13 1 35 19 160.0 191 34 65 18 47% .300 10.7 1.9 1.0 3.7 1.41 4.05 14.2 1.5
1974 TEX MLB 0 0 0 26 1 32.7 46 6 18 3 55% .352 12.7 1.7 0.8 5.0 1.59 4.13 3.7 0.4
1975 TEX MLB 0 0 0 5 0 3.7 3 0 0 0 36% .214 7.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.82 0.00 -0.1 -0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
1975-04-20 1975-05-23 33 28 - - - -
1974-05-29 1974-07-02 34 32 - - - -

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  Title Author Date
The BP Wayback Machine: Opening Day GoodbyesJim Baker2013-03-29
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Q&A: Johnny GorylDavid Laurila2010-02-05
Prospectus Matchups: Opening Day GoodbyesJim Baker2008-03-28
Prospectus Notebook: ARI, MIN, TEXBaseball Prospectus2005-09-14
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Matchups: Balking At WalksJim Baker2005-06-03


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