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Player Notes: � Opening day starter for Detroit Tigers in 1967,1969

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Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1962		null	Rk	-	-	Rel	18	1	1	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	18.0	9	2	0	0	10	32	0	0	0	1.06	4.50	--	5.00	16.00	3.20	.500	-
1962		null	A	-	-	Rel	18	4	7	3.56	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	91.0	92	54	36	0	37	93	0	0	0	1.42	9.10	--	3.66	9.20	2.51	.364	-
1962	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor	MLB	-	-	Rel	0	5	8	2.97	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	109.0	101	56	36	0	47	125	0	0	0	1.36	8.34	--	3.88	10.32	2.66	.385	1.62
1963		null	Ind	-	-	Rel	19	13	2	2.55	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	141.0	117	47	40	0	51	157	0	0	0	1.19	7.47	--	3.26	10.02	3.08	.867	-
1963		null	A	-	-	Rel	19	5	4	3.51	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	77.0	61	34	30	0	28	82	0	0	0	1.16	7.13	--	3.27	9.58	2.93	.556	-
1963	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	34	ST	19	2	1	4.29	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	21.0	20	12	10	2	16	22	1	1	0	1.71	8.57	0.86	6.86	9.43	1.38	.667	3.91
1964		null	AAA	-	-	Rel	20	3	1	1.53	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	59.0	38	13	10	0	18	56	0	0	0	0.95	5.80	--	2.75	8.54	3.11	.750	-
1964	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	S/R	20	4	5	4.05	19	16	3	3	0	0	0	100.0	84	48	45	16	37	70	0	0	1	1.21	7.56	1.44	3.33	6.30	1.89	.444	4.43
1965	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	ST	21	16	6	2.61	33	29	4	13	4	2	1	220.0	174	73	64	25	62	192	3	2	2	1.07	7.11	1.02	2.53	7.84	3.10	.727	3.12
1966	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	ST	22	20	14	3.92	38	38	0	14	4	0	0	264.0	205	120	115	42	104	192	6	0	3	1.17	6.98	1.43	3.54	6.54	1.85	.588	4.38
1967	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	ST	23	17	16	3.79	37	37	0	10	3	0	0	235.0	209	110	99	35	73	161	4	0	3	1.20	8.00	1.34	2.80	6.17	2.21	.515	4.08
1968	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	ST	24	31	6	1.96	41	41	0	28	6	0	0	336.0	241	86	73	31	63	280	3	0	6	0.90	6.46	0.83	1.69	7.50	4.44	.838	2.53
1969	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	ST	25	24	9	2.80	42	41	1	23	9	0	0	325.0	288	105	101	25	67	181	5	2	4	1.09	7.98	0.69	1.86	5.01	2.70	.727	3.05
1970	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	ST	26	3	5	4.63	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	91.0	100	51	47	19	28	52	0	1	3	1.40	9.85	1.87	2.76	5.12	1.86	.375	5.22
1971	Washington Senators II	AL	MLB	ws2	17	ST	27	10	22	4.28	33	32	1	9	3	1	0	216.2	233	115	103	31	72	103	4	1	3	1.41	9.68	1.29	2.99	4.28	1.43	.313	4.40
1972		null	AA	-	-	Rel	28	3	3	6.32	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	57.0	63	40	40	0	19	37	0	0	0	1.44	9.95	--	3.00	5.84	1.95	.500	-
1972	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	17	ST	28	1	2	6.04	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	32	17	15	4	8	8	0	0	0	1.79	12.90	1.61	3.22	3.22	1.00	.333	5.09
1972	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	30	S/R	28	3	5	6.50	15	8	7	2	0	5	1	54.0	60	41	39	12	18	21	1	2	1	1.44	10.00	2.00	3.00	3.50	1.17	.375	5.57
MLB Totals - 10 Season(s)Filter								131	91	3.39	280	264	16	105	29	8	2	1884.0	1646	778	711	242	548	1282	27	9	26	1.16	7.85	1.15	2.62	6.12	2.34	.590	1.22
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)Filter								16	16	3.46	45	0	45	0	0	0	0	302.0	263	143	116	0	112	300	0	0	0	1.24	7.84	--	3.34	8.94	2.68	.500	-
AAA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								3	1	1.53	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	59.0	38	13	10	0	18	56	0	0	0	0.95	5.80	--	2.75	8.54	3.11	.750	-
AA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								3	3	6.32	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	57.0	63	40	40	0	19	37	0	0	0	1.44	9.95	--	3.00	5.84	1.95	.500	-
A Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								9	11	3.54	27	0	27	0	0	0	0	168.0	153	88	66	0	65	175	0	0	0	1.30	8.20	--	3.48	9.38	2.69	.450	-
Rk Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								1	1	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	18.0	9	2	0	0	10	32	0	0	0	1.06	4.50	--	5.00	16.00	3.20	.500	-
Ind Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								13	2	2.55	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	141.0	117	47	40	0	51	157	0	0	0	1.19	7.47	--	3.26	10.02	3.08	.867	-
Detroit Tigers Totals - 8 Season(s)Filter								117	62	3.13	227	219	8	94	26	2	1	1592.1	1321	605	554	195	450	1150	22	6	22	1.11	7.46	1.10	2.54	6.50	2.56	.654	-
Washington Senators II Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								10	22	4.28	33	32	1	9	3	1	0	216.2	233	115	103	31	72	103	4	1	3	1.41	9.68	1.29	2.99	4.28	1.43	.313	-
Atlanta Braves Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								3	5	6.50	15	8	7	2	0	5	1	54.0	60	41	39	12	18	21	1	2	1	1.44	10.00	2.00	3.00	3.50	1.17	.375	-
Oakland Athletics Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								1	2	6.04	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	32	17	15	4	8	8	0	0	0	1.79	12.90	1.61	3.22	3.22	1.00	.333	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								15	11	3.39	33	31	2	12	3	1	0	220.0	192	91	83	28	64	150	3	1	3	1.16	7.85	1.15	2.62	6.12	2.34	.577	1.22
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								12	12	3.46	33	0	33	0	0	0	0	220.0	192	104	85	0	82	219	0	0	0	1.24	7.84	--	3.34	8.94	2.68	.500	-

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1963	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	34	p	19	3	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	.200	.167	.800	.967	4	1	7	.000	.600	.600	.363	0.00	14.29	0.00	14.29	5.00	100.00
1964	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	p	20	20	37	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	15	0	4	0	0	1	.135	.158	.135	.293	5	0	42	.227	.000	.027	.136	2.38	35.71	15.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1965	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	p	21	33	74	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	32	0	4	1	0	0	.054	.123	.054	.177	4	0	85	.093	.000	.081	.095	7.06	37.65	5.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
1966	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	p	22	38	93	10	17	2	0	0	5	1	0	5	39	0	5	0	0	3	.183	.224	.204	.428	19	2	103	.315	.021	.086	.198	4.85	37.86	7.80	0.00	0.00	11.76
1967	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	p	23	38	85	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	37	0	5	0	0	3	.118	.138	.118	.256	10	0	92	.208	.000	.024	.119	2.17	40.22	18.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
1968	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	p	24	44	111	7	18	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	37	0	16	0	0	1	.162	.170	.189	.359	21	2	128	.243	.027	.036	.163	0.78	28.91	37.00	0.00	0.00	11.11
1969	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	p	25	42	106	5	17	0	0	0	8	0	0	4	41	0	13	2	0	2	.160	.188	.160	.348	17	0	125	.254	.000	.038	.164	3.20	32.80	10.25	0.00	0.00	0.00
1970	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	17	p	26	14	31	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	3	0	0	0	.065	.065	.097	.162	3	1	34	.111	.032	.032	.071	0.00	38.24	0.00	0.00	0.00	50.00
1971	Washington Senators II	AL	MLB	ws2	17	p	27	33	58	0	6	1	1	0	7	0	0	4	22	0	9	0	0	0	.103	.161	.155	.316	9	2	71	.167	.052	.121	.153	5.63	30.99	5.50	0.00	0.00	33.33
1972	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	17	p	28	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1972	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	30	p-p	28	15	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.453	2	0	16	.250	.000	.167	.230	12.50	25.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1972	Totals for MLB	-	MLB	�	�	�	�	20	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	4	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	2	0	22	.222	.000	.125	.179	9.09	31.82	3.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Totals - 10 Season(s)Filter								285	616	32	82	5	2	1	31	1	0	25	244	0	64	4	0	10	.133	.166	.153	.319	94	8	709	.216	.020	.062	.000	3.53	34.41	9.76	0.14	616.00	9.76
Detroit Tigers Totals - 8 Season(s)Filter								232	542	32	74	4	1	1	24	1	0	19	215	0	51	4	0	10	.137	.165	.153	.318	83	6	616	.221	.016	.054	.000	3.08	34.90	11.32	0.16	542.00	8.11
Washington Senators II Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								33	58	0	6	1	1	0	7	0	0	4	22	0	9	0	0	0	.103	.161	.155	.316	9	2	71	.167	.052	.121	.000	5.63	30.99	5.50	0.00	0.00	33.33
Atlanta Braves Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								15	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.453	2	0	16	.250	.000	.167	.000	12.50	25.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Oakland Athletics Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	350	18	47	3	1	1	18	1	0	14	139	0	36	2	0	6	.133	.166	.153	.319	53	5	403	.216	.020	.062	.000	3.53	34.41	9.76	0.14	616.00	9.76

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1963	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	19	P	3	-	21	-	6	2	2	8	6	.750	2.00	0.29	-	-	--	-	3	100.0	1.9
1964	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	20	P	19	-	100	4	6	1	-	11	10	.909	0.53	0.10	-	-	--	-	20	95.0	11.7
1965	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	21	P	33	-	220	17	30	1	1	48	47	.979	1.42	0.21	-	-	--	-	33	100.0	20.4
1966	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	22	P	38	-	264	14	34	-	2	48	48	1.000	1.26	0.18	-	-	--	-	38	100.0	23.5
1967	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	P	37	-	235	21	22	5	4	48	43	.896	1.16	0.18	-	-	--	-	38	97.4	22.8
1968	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	24	P	41	-	336	36	40	1	3	77	76	.987	1.85	0.23	-	-	--	-	44	93.2	25.3
1969	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	25	P	42	-	325	26	24	2	1	52	50	.962	1.19	0.15	-	-	--	-	42	100.0	25.9
1970	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	26	P	14	-	91	7	14	-	1	21	21	1.000	1.50	0.23	-	-	--	-	14	100.0	8.6
1971	Washington Senators II	AL	MLB	ws2	27	P	33	-	216	27	26	-	1	53	53	1.000	1.61	0.25	-	-	--	-	33	100.0	20.8
1972	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	28	P	15	-	54	2	5	1	-	8	7	.875	0.47	0.13	-	-	--	-	15	100.0	9.7
1972	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	28	P	15	-	54	2	5	1	-	8	7	.875	0.47	0.13	4	2	66.7	-	15	100.0	9.7
1972	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	28	P	5	-	22	-	5	-	-	5	5	1.000	1.00	0.23	-	-	--	-	5	100.0	3.2
MLB Totals for P - 10 season(s)				-	�	P	295	-	1938	156	217	14	15	387	373	.964	1.26	0.19	4	2	66.7	-	295	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1963	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	19	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1965	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	21	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	22	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1967	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	24	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	25	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	26	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1971	Washington Senators II	AL	MLB	ws2	27	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	28	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	28	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	RA9	WPct
1968	Detroit Tigers	World Series	MLB	24	1	2	3.24	3			1			0	16.2	18		6		4	13			0	1.36	9.72	0.00	2.16	7.02	3.25	0.00	.333
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 1 yrs					1	2	3.24	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	16.7	18	0	6	0	4	13	0	0		1.32	9.72	0.00	2.16	7.02	3.25	0.00	.333

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1968	Detroit Tigers	World Series	MLB	24	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 1 yrs					3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1973-03-26							Released by Braves.		�
1972-06-29						Trade	Traded by Athletics to Braves for Orlando Cepeda.		�
1972-03-04						Trade	Traded by Rangers to Athletics for Don Stanhouse and Jim Panther.		�
1970-10-09						Trade	Traded by Tigers with Elliott Maddox, Norm McRae and Don Wert to Senators for Jim Hannan, Joe Coleman, Aurelio Rodriguez and Ed Brinkman.		�
1963-04-08							Claimed on first-year waivers by Tigers from White Sox.		�
1962-01-01						Contract	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by White Sox.		�

Year	Awards (Notes)	# Awards
1968	American League Cy Young Award ... American League Most Valuable Player	2
1969	American League Cy Young Award	1

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