Andy Messersmith | Baseball Prospectus

Andy Messersmith PDodgers

Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
12	2230.3	130	99	15	1625	2.86	16.5

Bats	R
Throws	R

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	CAL	22	28	5	81.3	33.0	48.3	4	2	4	4	4	1	321	44	21	20	3	67	35	31	1	74	2.21	2.21	3.04	6.5	0.9
1969	CAL	23	40	33	250.0	240.7	9.3	16	11	2	0	25	2	1007	169	81	70	17	252	100	93	5	211	2.52	2.82	3.60	24.1	2.6
1970	CAL	24	37	26	194.7	171.3	23.3	11	10	5	1	14	2	795	144	75	65	21	231	78	72	6	162	3.01	3.46	4.66	-0.2	-0.3
1971	CAL	25	38	38	276.7	276.7	0.0	20	13	0	0	24	4	1170	224	112	92	16	317	121	115	7	179	2.99	3.20	3.96	11.9	1.7
1972	CAL	26	25	21	169.7	161.0	8.7	8	11	2	0	13	4	690	125	56	53	5	171	68	60	2	142	2.81	2.22	3.03	12.3	1.6
1973	LAN	27	33	33	249.7	249.7	0.0	14	10	0	0	22	5	1015	196	90	75	24	310	77	74	6	177	2.70	3.38	3.96	20.2	2.1
1974	LAN	28	39	39	292.3	292.3	0.0	20	6	0	0	26	4	1179	227	93	84	24	332	94	94	3	221	2.59	3.14	3.88	32.1	3.4
1975	LAN	29	42	40	321.7	319.0	2.7	19	14	1	0	29	7	1276	244	92	82	22	345	96	94	5	213	2.29	3.12	3.82	27.1	2.9
1976	ATL	30	29	28	207.3	205.3	2.0	11	11	1	0	21	0	847	166	83	70	14	248	74	73	2	135	3.04	3.32	4.18	17.8	2.3
1977	ATL	31	16	16	102.3	102.3	0.0	5	4	0	0	10	0	447	101	54	50	12	171	39	34	2	69	4.40	4.11	4.45	10.5	1.0
1978	NYA	32	6	5	22.3	19.7	2.7	0	3	0	0	1	0	106	24	21	14	7	49	15	15	1	16	5.64	7.34	8.32	-7.3	-0.8
1979	LAN	33	11	11	62.3	62.3	0.0	2	4	0	0	6	1	266	55	34	34	9	94	34	32	0	26	4.91	5.37	6.14	-8.2	-0.9
Career			344	295	2230.3	2133.3	97.0	130	99	15	5	195	30	9119	1719	812	709	174	2587	831	787	40	1625	2.86	3.23	3.99	146.9	16.5

'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	CAL	MLB	28	5	81.3	3.04	103	.203	.244	.314	.366	.274	.197	92	5.5	0.7	6.5	0.9
1969	CAL	MLB	40	33	250.0	3.60	105	.222	.262	.339	.402	.278	.226	93	20.8	2.3	24.1	2.6
1970	CAL	MLB	37	26	194.7	4.66	80	.238	.262	.335	.401	.270	.233	93	1.6	0.2	-0.2	-0.3
1971	CAL	MLB	38	38	276.7	3.96	93	.247	.263	.335	.398	.277	.246	95	7.1	0.8	11.9	1.7
1972	CAL	MLB	25	21	169.7	3.03	100	.230	.249	.321	.355	.263	.254	87	8.9	1.1	12.3	1.6
1973	LAN	MLB	33	33	249.7	3.96	101	.236	.270	.337	.409	.275	.235	96	18.4	2.0	20.2	2.1
1974	LAN	MLB	39	39	292.3	3.88	101	.227	.266	.337	.389	.274	.243	95	20.9	2.3	32.1	3.4
1975	LAN	MLB	42	40	321.7	3.82	103	.216	.274	.342	.395	.272	.236	95	25.6	2.8	27.1	2.9
1976	ATL	MLB	29	28	207.3	4.18	99	.238	.269	.334	.386	.273	.244	104	13.0	1.5	17.8	2.3
1977	ATL	MLB	16	16	102.3	4.45	105	.265	.273	.341	.425	.275	.274	107	10.2	1.1	10.5	1.0
1978	NYA	MLB	6	5	22.3	8.32	-18	.363	.264	.325	.390	.262	.254	90	-7.3	-0.8	-7.3	-0.8
1979	LAN	MLB	11	11	62.3	6.14	56	.265	.269	.335	.397	.263	.234	100	-7.0	-0.7	-8.2	-0.9
Career		MLB		295	2230.3	3.99	96	.234	.265	.335	.394	.273	.240	95	117.7	13.0	146.9	16.5

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	CAL	MLB	4	2	4	28	5	81.3	44	35	74	3	47%	.197	4.9	3.9	0.3	8.2	0.97	2.21	6.5	0.9
1969	CAL	MLB	16	11	2	40	33	250.0	169	100	211	17	44%	.226	6.1	3.6	0.6	7.6	1.08	2.52	24.1	2.6
1970	CAL	MLB	11	10	5	37	26	194.7	144	78	162	21	45%	.233	6.7	3.6	1.0	7.5	1.14	3.01	-0.2	-0.3
1971	CAL	MLB	20	13	0	38	38	276.7	224	121	179	16	55%	.246	7.3	3.9	0.5	5.8	1.25	2.99	11.9	1.7
1972	CAL	MLB	8	11	2	25	21	169.7	125	68	142	5	53%	.254	6.6	3.6	0.3	7.5	1.14	2.81	12.3	1.6
1973	LAN	MLB	14	10	0	33	33	249.7	196	77	177	24	49%	.235	7.1	2.8	0.9	6.4	1.09	2.70	20.2	2.1
1974	LAN	MLB	20	6	0	39	39	292.3	227	94	221	24	55%	.243	7.0	2.9	0.7	6.8	1.10	2.59	32.1	3.4
1975	LAN	MLB	19	14	1	42	40	321.7	244	96	213	22	50%	.236	6.8	2.7	0.6	6.0	1.06	2.29	27.1	2.9
1976	ATL	MLB	11	11	1	29	28	207.3	166	74	135	14	53%	.244	7.2	3.2	0.6	5.9	1.16	3.04	17.8	2.3
1977	ATL	MLB	5	4	0	16	16	102.3	101	39	69	12	50%	.274	8.9	3.4	1.1	6.1	1.37	4.40	10.5	1.0
1978	NYA	MLB	0	3	0	6	5	22.3	24	15	16	7	46%	.254	9.7	6.0	2.8	6.4	1.75	5.64	-7.3	-0.8
1979	LAN	MLB	2	4	0	11	11	62.3	55	34	26	9	59%	.234	7.9	4.9	1.3	3.8	1.43	4.91	-8.2	-0.9

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1979-06-02	1979-08-29		88	78	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Radial Nerve	-	-
1978-07-02	1978-09-01	60-DL	61	55	Right	Shoulder	Separation		-	-
1978-04-08	1978-05-29		51	43	-	-			-	-
1977-07-04	1977-09-02		60	54	Right	Shoulder	Strain		-	-
1977-05-01	1977-05-22	DTD	21	19	-	Trunk	Soreness		-	-
1972-05-27	1972-07-19		53	51	Right	Fingers	Surgery	Tendon Sheath Middle Finger	1972-06-16	-

Year	Team	Salary

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status

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Andy Messersmith is referenced in the following articles.

Title	Author	Date
In A Pickle: What the Arbitrators Will Hear	Jason Wojciechowski	2013-06-13
In A Pickle: The Four-Tool Teams	Jason Wojciechowski	2012-12-20
Manufactured Runs: Tragedy of the Commons	Colin Wyers	2012-04-04
Western Front: They Slugged Like Ed Brinkman	Geoff Young	2012-03-20
Western Front: A Haphazard History of Halos at the Hot Corner	Geoff Young	2012-01-17
Future Shock: Oakland Athletics Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2011-01-11
Checking the Numbers: The Trade-Me Clause	Eric Seidman	2010-05-24
On the Beat: Dark Clouds in Cleveland	John Perrotto	2009-05-17
Prospectus Preview: Wednesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-05-14
Every Given Sunday: Harvesting Pirates	John Perrotto	2007-05-27
Every Given Sunday: Records Big and Small	John Perrotto	2007-05-20
The Annuity That Changed Baseball: Hunter v. Finley	Brent Gambill	2006-08-24
The Ledger Domain: Walter O'Malley and Marvin Miller For the Hall of Fame	Maury Brown	2006-06-05

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