Nickname:
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: 08-06-1945
Birthplace: Toms River, NJ, USA
Career Positions Played: P
All-Star: 1971,1974,1975,1976
Gold Glove Award: 1974,1975
Height: 6 ft., 1 in. Weight: 200 lbs.
(Andy Messersmith at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Pitching Rank: 70 / 4825
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1968 ANA:A P 22 28 24 20 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 .100 .230 .100 .150 0 0 10 4 0 0 1968 ANA:A
1969 ANA:A P 23 40 91 77 12 10 2 0 0 5 5 .156 .246 .235 .182 8 0 28 6 0 0 1969 ANA:A
1970 ANA:A P 24 37 75 70 11 7 3 0 1 2 4 .157 .250 .157 .243 0 0 28 5 0 0 1970 ANA:A
1971 ANA:A P 25 38 104 93 16 12 2 0 2 5 8 .172 .247 .214 .258 5 0 30 6 0 0 1971 ANA:A
1972 ANA:A P 26 25 58 53 10 7 3 0 0 0 2 .189 .239 .232 .245 3 0 13 2 0 0 1972 ANA:A
1973 LA:N P 27 33 100 89 15 12 3 0 0 6 3 .169 .254 .213 .202 5 0 16 6 0 0 1973 LA:N
1974 LA:N P 28 39 114 96 23 14 8 0 1 11 12 .240 .255 .318 .354 11 0 28 5 2 0 1974 LA:N
1975 LA:N P 29 42 123 108 17 13 4 0 0 9 8 .157 .257 .216 .194 7 0 25 5 2 1 1975 LA:N
1976 ATL:N P 30 29 77 67 12 11 1 0 0 10 3 .179 .255 .225 .194 4 0 19 6 0 0 1976 ATL:N
1977 ATL:N P 31 16 39 34 4 1 2 0 1 3 2 .118 .262 .189 .265 3 0 9 2 0 0 1977 ATL:N
1978 NY:A P 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .261 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1978 NY:A
1979 LA:N P 33 11 23 22 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 .091 .261 .091 .136 0 0 6 1 0 0 1979 LA:N
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1968 ANA:A 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .01 .00 1 0 0 0 3 22 9 0 3 1.24 0 8 1968 ANA:A
1969 ANA:A 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .50 0 0 0 0 14 72 25 17 1 1.47 1 21 1969 ANA:A
1970 ANA:A 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 1.00 1 0 0 0 17 64 23 14 0 1.64 0 16 1970 ANA:A
1971 ANA:A 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .50 0 0 0 0 24 83 30 24 0 1.25 0 12 1971 ANA:A
1972 ANA:A 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 .11 .00 .00 1.00 0 0 0 0 13 45 17 14 1 1.21 0 7 1972 ANA:A
1973 LA:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .33 .00 0 0 0 0 18 81 36 28 0 1.29 1 14 1973 LA:N
1974 LA:N 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .67 0 0 0 0 34 81 29 23 0 1.26 1 21 1974 LA:N
1975 LA:N 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .40 .50 2 0 0 0 21 100 44 27 3 1.63 2 27 1975 LA:N
1976 ATL:N 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 1.00 1 0 0 0 13 62 29 17 1 1.71 1 16 1976 ATL:N
1977 ATL:N 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 9 32 10 13 0 .77 0 8 1977 ATL:N
1978 NY:A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 .06 .06 .01 .01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.20 0 0 1978 NY:A
1979 LA:N 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 1.00 0 0 0 0 3 21 8 5 2 1.60 0 3 1979 LA:N
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1968 ANA:A 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1969 ANA:A 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1970 ANA:A 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
1971 ANA:A 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
1972 ANA:A 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1973 LA:N 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1974 LA:N 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1975 LA:N 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1976 ATL:N 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1977 ATL:N 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1978 NY:A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1979 LA:N 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1968 ANA:A 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 11 2 1 0 0 0 7 .182 .273 1968 ANA:A
1969 ANA:A 23 47 7 1 0 0 6 17 .149 .170 30 5 1 0 0 2 11 .167 .200 1969 ANA:A
1970 ANA:A 24 35 5 1 0 1 0 14 .143 .257 35 6 2 0 0 0 14 .171 .229 1970 ANA:A
1971 ANA:A 25 43 9 1 0 1 1 13 .209 .302 50 7 1 0 1 4 17 .140 .220 1971 ANA:A
1972 ANA:A 26 29 7 2 0 0 2 4 .241 .310 24 3 1 0 0 1 9 .125 .167 1972 ANA:A
1973 LA:N 27 47 10 1 0 0 2 8 .213 .234 42 5 2 0 0 3 8 .119 .167 1973 LA:N
1974 LA:N 28 51 11 4 0 0 6 13 .216 .294 45 12 4 0 1 5 15 .267 .422 1974 LA:N
1975 LA:N 29 61 8 0 0 0 3 17 .131 .131 47 9 4 0 0 4 8 .191 .277 1975 LA:N
1976 ATL:N 30 27 3 0 0 0 3 7 .111 .111 40 9 1 0 0 1 12 .225 .250 1976 ATL:N
1977 ATL:N 31 18 4 2 0 1 1 6 .222 .500 16 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .000 1977 ATL:N
1978 NY:A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1978 NY:A
1979 LA:N 33 14 2 1 0 0 0 5 .143 .214 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 1979 LA:N
Bats: R AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1968 ANA:A 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 14 2 1 0 0 0 6 .143 .214 1968 ANA:A
1969 ANA:A 23 28 4 2 0 0 2 11 .143 .214 49 8 0 0 0 6 17 .163 .163 1969 ANA:A
1970 ANA:A 24 27 5 1 0 1 0 10 .185 .333 43 6 2 0 0 0 18 .140 .186 1970 ANA:A
1971 ANA:A 25 33 6 2 0 0 1 10 .182 .242 60 10 0 0 2 4 20 .167 .267 1971 ANA:A
1972 ANA:A 26 17 3 0 0 0 1 3 .176 .176 36 7 3 0 0 2 10 .194 .278 1972 ANA:A
1973 LA:N 27 27 4 1 0 0 3 4 .148 .185 62 11 2 0 0 2 12 .177 .210 1973 LA:N
1974 LA:N 28 17 5 1 0 0 3 3 .294 .353 79 18 7 0 1 8 25 .228 .354 1974 LA:N
1975 LA:N 29 17 5 2 0 0 2 3 .294 .412 91 12 2 0 0 5 22 .132 .154 1975 LA:N
1976 ATL:N 30 22 4 0 0 0 2 6 .182 .182 45 8 1 0 0 2 13 .178 .200 1976 ATL:N
1977 ATL:N 31 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 .143 .286 27 3 1 0 1 2 8 .111 .259 1977 ATL:N
1978 NY:A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1978 NY:A
1979 LA:N 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 17 2 1 0 0 0 4 .118 .176 1979 LA:N
PITCHING STATS
YEAR CITY AGE G ERA OAV LAV W L SV BS HD GF GS GR QS CG SH IP H HR W IW SO G/F HB WP BK PK GDP GDPO YEAR
1968 ANA:A 22 28 2.21 .157 .230 4 2 4 0 2 9 5 23 3 2 1 81.1 44 3 35 4 74 .96 1 2 1 1 2 57 1968
1969 ANA:A 23 40 2.52 .191 .246 16 11 2 0 0 5 33 7 25 10 2 250.0 169 17 100 7 211 .86 5 16 1 5 14 179 1969
1970 ANA:A 24 37 3.01 .205 .250 11 10 5 0 0 8 26 11 14 6 1 194.2 144 21 78 6 162 .87 6 2 0 3 15 174 1970
1971 ANA:A 25 38 2.99 .218 .247 20 13 0 0 0 0 38 0 24 14 4 276.2 224 16 121 6 179 1.42 7 8 0 5 18 233 1971
1972 ANA:A 26 25 2.81 .207 .239 8 11 2 0 0 4 21 4 13 10 3 169.2 125 5 68 8 142 1.27 2 2 1 0 9 126 1972
1973 LA:N 27 33 2.70 .214 .254 14 10 0 0 0 0 33 0 22 10 3 249.2 196 24 77 3 177 1.08 6 5 1 4 14 175 1973
1974 LA:N 28 39 2.59 .212 .255 20 6 0 0 0 0 39 0 26 13 3 292.1 227 24 94 0 221 1.38 3 6 3 11 16 206 1974
1975 LA:N 29 42 2.29 .213 .257 19 14 1 0 0 2 40 2 30 19 7 321.2 244 22 96 2 213 1.13 5 7 0 5 24 243 1975
1976 ATL:N 30 29 3.04 .219 .255 11 11 1 0 0 1 28 1 21 12 3 207.1 166 14 74 1 135 1.29 2 10 0 2 11 159 1976
1977 ATL:N 31 16 4.40 .256 .262 5 4 0 0 0 0 16 0 10 1 0 102.1 101 12 39 5 69 1.09 2 4 0 2 7 81 1977
1978 NY:A 32 6 5.64 .267 .261 0 3 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 22.1 24 7 15 0 16 1.00 1 0 0 0 3 29 1978
1979 LA:N 33 11 4.91 .244 .261 2 4 0 0 0 0 11 0 6 1 0 62.1 55 9 34 2 26 1.53 0 3 0 0 5 47 1979
PITCHING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 AT2 SERA IPS RERA IPR R ER SUP BFP SH SF IR IRS S<6 S6 S7 S8 S9 R<6 R6 R7 R8 R9 RX YEAR
1968 ANA:A 22 1 2 0 0 .05 2.73 33.0 1.86 48.1 21 20 2.4 321 3 2 29 15 1 2 0 0 2 9 2 2 4 5 1 1968
1969 ANA:A 23 15 5 2 0 .09 2.58 240.2 .96 9.1 81 70 4.0 1007 9 6 5 2 4 1 8 8 11 1 0 2 0 3 1 1969
1970 ANA:A 24 11 7 0 0 .09 3.31 171.1 .77 23.1 75 65 3.9 796 8 2 11 1 7 5 5 2 7 0 1 5 2 3 0 1970
1971 ANA:A 25 26 5 0 1 .11 2.99 276.2 - - 112 92 3.6 1171 10 5 0 0 6 5 5 7 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1971
1972 ANA:A 26 13 5 0 0 .12 2.96 161.0 .00 8.2 56 53 1.8 691 14 4 4 2 1 3 7 1 9 1 1 0 0 2 0 1972
1973 LA:N 27 14 8 1 0 .10 2.70 249.2 - - 90 75 4.5 1016 11 4 0 0 1 6 8 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1973
1974 LA:N 28 13 11 2 0 .10 2.59 292.1 - - 93 84 4.6 1180 11 3 0 0 5 3 11 5 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1974
1975 LA:N 29 14 7 0 1 .07 2.31 319.0 .00 2.2 92 82 3.0 1276 20 7 1 1 2 2 9 7 20 0 0 0 2 0 0 1975
1976 ATL:N 30 9 9 0 0 .10 3.07 205.1 .00 2.0 83 70 3.3 847 5 7 2 0 5 1 6 5 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 1976
1977 ATL:N 31 14 1 1 1 .14 4.31 102.1 - - 54 50 4.8 447 8 3 0 0 2 4 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1977
1978 NY:A 32 4 1 0 0 .19 4.12 19.2 16.87 2.2 21 14 .9 106 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1978
1979 LA:N 33 3 2 0 0 .08 4.91 62.1 - - 34 34 4.8 266 6 1 0 0 3 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1979
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1968 ANA:A 22 142 20 3 1 0 24 43 .141 .145 138 24 7 1 3 11 31 .174 .074 1968 ANA:A
1969 ANA:A 23 538 103 18 1 10 57 122 .191 .096 349 66 10 1 7 43 89 .189 .110 1969 ANA:A
1970 ANA:A 24 351 62 5 0 10 40 96 .177 .102 351 82 13 3 11 38 66 .234 .098 1970 ANA:A
1971 ANA:A 25 518 113 13 3 7 60 77 .218 .104 510 111 20 3 9 61 102 .218 .107 1971 ANA:A
1972 ANA:A 26 352 68 8 2 3 28 91 .193 .074 251 57 17 1 2 40 51 .227 .137 1972 ANA:A
1973 LA:N 27 526 123 25 0 15 41 108 .234 .072 392 73 15 1 9 36 69 .186 .084 1973 LA:N
1974 LA:N 28 594 115 9 1 12 45 130 .194 .070 475 112 18 2 12 49 91 .236 .094 1974 LA:N
1975 LA:N 29 634 123 10 0 10 55 130 .194 .080 514 121 19 3 12 41 83 .235 .074 1975 LA:N
1976 ATL:N 30 339 80 18 0 10 38 56 .236 .101 420 86 10 6 4 36 79 .205 .079 1976 ATL:N
1977 ATL:N 31 196 50 8 1 6 18 25 .255 .084 199 51 16 4 6 21 44 .256 .095 1977 ATL:N
1978 NY:A 32 55 17 3 0 4 11 11 .309 .167 35 7 1 0 3 4 5 .200 .103 1978 NY:A
1979 LA:N 33 136 36 9 0 6 15 17 .265 .099 89 19 1 1 3 19 9 .213 .176 1979 LA:N
Throws: R AGAINST LHB AGAINST RHB
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1968 ANA:A 22 123 19 3 0 2 14 33 .154 .102 157 25 7 2 1 21 41 .159 .118 1968 ANA:A
1969 ANA:A 23 393 77 15 1 8 47 91 .196 .107 494 92 13 1 9 53 120 .186 .097 1969 ANA:A
1970 ANA:A 24 324 61 6 1 7 43 85 .188 .117 378 83 12 2 14 35 77 .220 .085 1970 ANA:A
1971 ANA:A 25 457 106 14 3 7 65 71 .232 .125 571 118 19 3 9 56 108 .207 .089 1971 ANA:A
1972 ANA:A 26 294 53 9 1 3 35 72 .180 .106 309 72 16 2 2 33 70 .233 .096 1972 ANA:A
1973 LA:N 27 471 109 17 0 13 37 101 .231 .073 447 87 23 1 11 40 76 .195 .082 1973 LA:N
1974 LA:N 28 530 108 14 0 10 50 112 .204 .086 539 119 13 3 14 44 109 .221 .075 1974 LA:N
1975 LA:N 29 610 137 15 1 12 46 124 .225 .070 538 107 14 2 10 50 89 .199 .085 1975 LA:N
1976 ATL:N 30 357 77 6 3 4 44 74 .216 .110 402 89 22 3 10 30 61 .221 .069 1976 ATL:N
1977 ATL:N 31 130 32 7 3 4 20 29 .246 .133 265 69 17 2 8 19 40 .260 .067 1977 ATL:N
1978 NY:A 32 48 14 0 0 5 10 7 .292 .172 42 10 4 0 2 5 9 .238 .106 1978 NY:A
1979 LA:N 33 89 26 6 1 3 13 14 .292 .127 136 29 4 0 6 21 12 .213 .134 1979 LA:N
FIELDING STATS - PITCHER
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1968 ANA:A 22 .952 .957 28 5 81.1 8 12 1 0 0
1969 ANA:A 23 .900 .951 40 33 250.0 16 29 5 2 2
1970 ANA:A 24 .897 .951 37 26 194.2 13 22 4 1 3
1971 ANA:A 25 .932 .958 38 38 276.2 20 48 5 1 2
1972 ANA:A 26 1.000 .949 25 21 169.2 9 26 0 0 0
1973 LA:N 27 .915 .950 33 33 249.2 19 35 5 2 0
1974 LA:N 28 .871 .944 39 39 292.1 17 44 9 1 3
1975 LA:N 29 .914 .946 42 40 321.2 12 41 5 0 1
1976 ATL:N 30 .906 .950 29 28 207.1 13 35 5 0 2
1977 ATL:N 31 .909 .950 16 16 102.1 5 15 2 0 1
1978 NY:A 32 1.000 .954 6 5 22.1 2 2 0 0 0
1979 LA:N 33 1.000 .951 11 11 62.1 5 9 0 0 1
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 357 335 343 1,062 2,774 2,800 3,963 2,263 389
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