John Candelaria | Major Leaguer 1975-1993

Full Name: John Robert Candelaria
Born: November 6,1953 in Brooklyn, New York
Height: 6-6 Weight: 225 Bats: Right Throws: Left
High School: La Salle Academy (New York,NY)
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Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in 2nd Round (47th overall) of 1972 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Aug 2,1985] - Traded by Pirates with George Hendrick and Al Holland to Angels for Bob Kipper, Mike Brown and Pat Clements. [Sep 15,1987] - Traded by Angels to Mets for Jeff Richardson and Shane Young. [Nov 9,1987] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 15,1988] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Aug 29,1989] - Traded by Yankees to Expos for Mike Blowers. [Jan 24,1990] - Released by Expos. [Feb 28,1990] - Signed as Free Agent by Twins. [Jul 27,1990] - Traded by Twins to Blue Jays for Pedro Munoz and Nelson Liriano. [Nov 5,1990] - Granted Free Agency. [Mar 25,1991] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Nov 3,1992] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 16,1992] - Signed as Free Agent by Pirates. [Jul 9,1993] - Released by Pirates.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1973	charlst-sc	Wcar	19	Pit	A	10	2	3.79	18	17	2	1		0	95.0	84	45	40		38	60			7.96	---	3.60	5.68	1.28	--
1974	Salem	Caro	20	Pit	A+	11	8	3.68	25	24	9	2		1	154.0	146	80	63		63	147			8.53	---	3.68	8.59	1.36	--
	Charleston	IL	20	Pit	AAA	0	0	1.64	1	1	0	0		0	11.0	7	2	2		1	10			5.73	---	0.82	8.18	0.73	--
1975	Charleston	IL	21	Pit	AAA	7	1	1.77	10	9	4	3		1	61.0	53	15	12		17	48			7.82	---	2.51	7.08	1.15	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	21	Pit	MLB	8	6	2.76	18	18	4	1	0	0	120.2	95	47	37	8	36	95	1	0	7.09	0.60	2.69	7.09	1.09	51%
1976	Pittsburgh	NL	22	Pit	MLB	16	7	3.15	32	31	11	4	1	1	220.0	173	87	77	22	60	138	0	0	7.08	0.90	2.45	5.65	1.06	39%
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	23	Pit	MLB	20	5	2.34	33	33	6	1	0	0	230.2	197	64	60	29	50	133	1	2	7.69	1.13	1.95	5.19	1.07	43%
1978	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	12	11	3.24	30	29	3	1	1	1	189.0	191	73	68	15	49	94	3	3	9.10	0.71	2.33	4.48	1.27	41%
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	14	9	3.22	33	30	8	0	2	0	207.0	201	83	74	25	41	101	2	0	8.74	1.09	1.78	4.39	1.17	46%
1980	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	11	14	4.01	35	34	7	0	1	1	233.1	246	114	104	14	50	97	0	2	9.49	0.54	1.93	3.74	1.27	52%
1981	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	2	2	3.54	6	6	0	0	0	0	40.2	42	17	16	3	11	14	0	0	9.30	0.66	2.43	3.10	1.30	50%
1982	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	12	7	2.94	31	30	1	1	1	1	174.2	166	62	57	13	37	133	1	0	8.55	0.67	1.91	6.85	1.16	46%
1983	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	15	8	3.23	33	32	2	0	0	0	197.2	191	73	71	15	45	157	3	2	8.70	0.68	2.05	7.15	1.19	48%
1984	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	12	11	2.72	33	28	3	1	4	2	185.1	179	69	56	19	34	133	1	1	8.69	0.92	1.65	6.46	1.15	41%
1985	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	2	4	3.64	37	0	0	0	26	9	54.1	57	23	22	7	14	47	0	0	9.44	1.16	2.32	7.79	1.31	47%
	California	AL	31	Cal	MLB	7	3	3.80	13	13	1	1	0	0	71.0	70	33	30	7	24	53	2	0	8.87	0.89	3.04	6.72	1.32	44%
1986	Palm Sprng	Calif	32	Cal	A+	0	0	2.57	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	2	2	0	2	8	0		5.14	0.00	2.57	10.29	0.86	--
	California	AL	32	Cal	MLB	10	2	2.55	16	16	1	1	0	0	91.2	68	30	26	4	26	81	2	1	6.68	0.39	2.55	7.95	1.03	44%
1987	California	AL	33	Cal	MLB	8	6	4.71	20	20	0	0	0	0	116.2	127	70	61	17	20	74	0	0	9.80	1.31	1.54	5.71	1.26	44%
	NY Mets	NL	33	Nym	MLB	2	0	5.84	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	17	8	8	1	3	10	0	1	12.41	0.73	2.19	7.30	1.62	23%
1988	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	13	7	3.38	25	24	6	2	1	1	157.0	150	69	59	18	23	121	2	12	8.60	1.03	1.32	6.94	1.10	34%
1989	GCL Yanks	GCL	35	Nyy	Rk	1	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	0	0	0	1	12	0		6.75	0.00	1.13	13.50	0.88	--
	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	3	3	5.14	10	6	1	0	1	0	49.0	49	28	28	8	12	37	2	1	9.00	1.47	2.20	6.80	1.24	48%
	Montreal	NL	35	Mtl	MLB	0	2	3.31	12	0	0	0	2	0	16.1	17	8	6	3	4	14	0	0	9.37	1.65	2.20	7.72	1.29	39%
1990	Toronto	AL	36	Tor	MLB	0	3	5.49	13	2	0	0	5	1	21.1	32	13	13	2	11	19	2	0	13.50	0.84	4.64	8.02	2.02	38%
	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	MLB	7	3	3.39	34	1	0	0	10	4	58.1	55	23	22	9	9	44	3	0	8.49	1.39	1.39	6.79	1.10	36%
1991	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	1	1	3.74	59	0	0	0	10	2	33.2	31	16	14	3	11	38	1	1	8.29	0.80	2.94	10.16	1.25	47%
1992	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	MLB	2	5	2.84	50	0	0	0	11	5	25.1	20	9	8	1	13	23	1	0	7.11	0.36	4.62	8.17	1.30	50%
1993	Pittsburgh	NL	39	Pit	MLB	0	3	8.24	24	0	0	0	6	1	19.2	25	19	18	2	9	17	1	0	11.44	0.92	4.12	7.78	1.73	47%

Major League Totals - 19 Season(s)						177	122	3.33	600	356	54	13	82	29	2,525.2	2399	1038	935	245	592	1673	28	26	8.55	0.87	2.11	5.96	1.18	44%
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)						29	11	3.19	58	55	15	6		2	336.0	300	144	119		122	285			8.04	---	3.27	7.63	1.26	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1967	Bluefield	App	13	Bal	Rk			67	246	50	85	10	8	8	47	26		35	52						.346	*.430	.549	*979	--
1968	Stockton	Calif	14	Bal	A+			68	244	52	90	6	3	7	40	14		35	65						.369	*.450	.504	*954	--
	Elmira	East	14	Bal	AA			6	24	4	8	1	1	1	3	1		3	4						.333	*.410	.583	*993	--
	Rochester	IL	14	Bal	AAA			15	46	4	10	2	0	0	4	1		3	17						.217	*.271	.261	*532	--
1969	Miami	FSL	15	Bal	A+			17	56	13	21	5	4	3	24	3		7	8						.375	*.447	.768	*1215	--
	Dallas-fw	Tex	15	Bal	AA			109	406	71	122	17	10	11	57	19		48	77						.300	*.378	.473	*851	--
1970	Rochester	IL	16	Bal	AAA			140	508	127	166	34	15	22	107	26		76	99						.327	*.417	.583	*1000	--
1971	Rochester	IL	17	Bal	AAA			136	492	104	154	31	10	20	95	25		79	73						.313	*.411	.539	*950	--
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	21	Pit	MLB	p	9	18	43	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.196	.140	336	64%
1976	Pittsburgh	NL	22	Pit	MLB	p	9	32	76	5	14	2	1	0	5	0	0	7	17	0	0	5	0	4	.184	.253	.237	490	68%
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	23	Pit	MLB	p	9	33	80	5	18	3	2	0	11	0	1	4	18	0	0	4	0	0	.225	.262	.313	575	64%
1978	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	p	9	31	52	6	9	3	0	0	1	0	0	9	19	2	0	7	0	2	.173	.317	.231	548	58%
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	p	9	33	68	0	9	4	0	0	6	0	0	1	18	0	0	8	0	4	.132	.145	.191	336	61%
1980	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	p	9	35	77	5	15	3	0	0	7	0	0	4	14	0	0	3	1	2	.195	.232	.234	466	65%
1981	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	p	9	6	13	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	.231	.214	.231	445	67%
1982	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	p	9	33	54	6	12	2	0	0	9	0	0	6	20	0	0	3	1	1	.222	.295	.259	554	61%
1983	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	p	9	33	65	4	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	17	0	0	5	0	3	.138	.200	.154	354	58%
1984	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	p	9	33	62	6	8	2	0	1	2	0	1	4	25	0	0	4	0	3	.129	.182	.210	392	65%
1985	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	p	9	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
	California	AL	31	Cal	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	California	AL	32	Cal	MLB	p	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	California	AL	33	Cal	MLB	p	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Mets	NL	33	Nym	MLB	p	9	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	100%
1988	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	p	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	p	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Montreal	NL	35	Mtl	MLB	p	9	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1990	Toronto	AL	36	Tor	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1991	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	p	9	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1992	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	MLB	p	9	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---	--
1993	Pittsburgh	NL	39	Pit	MLB	p	9	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 19 Season(s)								603	596	39	104	20	3	1	48	0	2	44	162	2	0	43	3	19	.174	.233	.223	456	63%
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)								558	2022	425	656	106	51	72	377	115		286	395						.324	*.411	.534	*945	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	21		Ch	0	0	3.52	1		0			0	7.2	3		3		2	14			3.52	---	2.35	16.45	0.65	--
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	25		Ch	0	0	2.57	1		0			0	7.0	5		2		1	4			6.43	---	1.29	5.14	0.86	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	25		Ws	1	1	5.00	2		0			0	9.0	14		5		2	4			14.00	---	2.00	4.00	1.78	--
1986	California	AL	32		Ch	1	1	0.84	2		0			0	10.2	11		1		6	7			9.29	---	5.07	5.91	1.59	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						2	2	2.88	6		0			0	34.1	33		11		11	29			8.65	---	2.88	7.60	1.28	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	21	Pit	Ch	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	Ch	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	Ws	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--
1986	California	AL	32	Cal	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						6	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	222	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	21	Pit	MLB	P	18		120.2	3	13	4	20	0	-	-	-	.800	1.19

1976	Pittsburgh	NL	22	Pit	MLB	P	32		220	3	31	0	34	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.39

1977	Pittsburgh	NL	23	Pit	MLB	P	33		230.2	6	30	1	37	3	-	-	-	.973	1.40

1978	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	P	30		189	4	25	0	29	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.38

1979	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	P	33		207	2	36	0	38	3	-	-	-	1.000	1.65

1980	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	P	35		233.1	8	38	2	48	3	-	-	-	.958	1.77

1981	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	P	6		40.2	1	7	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.77

1982	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	P	31		174.2	1	23	1	25	1	-	-	-	.960	1.24

1983	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	P	33		197.2	5	20	0	25	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.14

1984	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	P	33		185.1	3	21	0	24	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.17

1985	California	AL	31	Cal	MLB	P	13		71	2	8	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	1.27
1985	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	P	37		54.1	1	8	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	1.49

1986	Palm Sprng	Calif	32	Cal	A+	P	2			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1986	California	AL	32	Cal	MLB	P	16		91.2	3	10	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.28

1987	California	AL	33	Cal	MLB	P	20		116.2	4	23	0	27	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.08
1987	NY Mets	NL	33	Nym	MLB	P	3		12.1	2	1	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.19

1988	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	P	25		157	4	22	0	26	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.49

1989	GCL Yanks	GCL	35	Nyy	Rk	P	2			2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1989	Montreal	NL	35	Mtl	MLB	P	12		16.1	1	1	1	3	0	-	-	-	.667	1.10
1989	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	P	10		49	1	6	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.29

1990	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	MLB	P	34		58.1	3	3	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	.93
1990	Toronto	AL	36	Tor	MLB	P	13		21.1	1	6	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.95

1991	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	P	59		33.2	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	.53

1992	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	MLB	P	50		25.1	0	5	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.78

1993	Pittsburgh	NL	39	Pit	MLB	P	24		19.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Awards

[1977] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #18), NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #5), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1986] - Sporting News AL Comeback Player of the Year [1999] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (1 votes - 0.2%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	612,500		299,108	18
1986	800,000		325,466	14
1987	800,000		292,853	12
1988	700,000		325,305	19
1989	800,000		375,257	17
1990	500,000		426,358	32
1991	830,000		617,627	25
1992	1,250,000		798,185	24
1993	760,000		815,723	28

Career:	$7,052,500	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 1 all-star game during his career (1977)....Member of the World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates in 1979.

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