ANDY MESSERSMITH

| Retired | Played: 1965-1979

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 6th in H9
Positions: P-344
Full Name: John Alexander Messersmith
Born: Aug 6, 1945 (67.291) in Toms River,New Jersey

MLB Debut: Jul 4, 1968 (22.332)

Control
50

K-Rating
83

Efficiency
83

vsPower
56

Ht/Wt: 6-1 / 200 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Western (Anaheim,CA)
College: University of California
Drafted: California Angels: 1966-1-12 (June-Sec)

Tags: 20-Win Season || All-star Game Starting Pitcher || College Hall of Famer || First Player Drafted from College || Gold Glove Award || Major League All-Star Game All Tags

TBC Player ID: 15319
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1965	California	NCAA	NCAA			19	-	8	2	1.63	13	11	7				83.0	60	20	15		24	97			1.01	6.51	--	2.60	10.52	0.25	--	--
1966	Seattle	PCL	AAA	-	cal	20	-	4	6	3.36	18						83.0	68	36	31		36	59			1.25	7.37	--	3.90	6.40	0.61	--	--
1967	El Paso	Tex	AA	-	cal	21	-	9	7	4.34	25						139.0	144	73	67		56	118			1.44	9.32	--	3.63	7.64	0.47	--	--
1968	Seattle	PCL	AAA	-	cal	22	-	6	7	2.96	20						85.0	70	34	28		32	86			1.20	7.41	--	3.39	9.11	0.37	--	--
1968	California	AL	MLB	47	cal	22	-	4	2	2.21	28	5	2	1	9	4	81.1	44	21	20	3	35	74	3	1	0.97	4.87	0.33	3.87	8.19	0.47	.202	0.88
1969	California	AL	MLB	47	cal	23	8	16	11	2.52	40	33	10	2	5	2	250.0	169	81	70	17	100	211	16	1	1.08	6.08	0.61	3.60	7.60	0.47	.231	0.78
1970	California	AL	MLB	47	cal	24	17	11	10	3.01	37	26	6	1	8	5	194.2	144	75	65	21	78	162	2	0	1.14	6.66	0.97	3.61	7.49	0.48	.237	0.83
1971	California	AL	MLB	47	cal	25	11	20	13	2.99	38	38	14	4	0	0	276.2	224	112	92	16	121	179	9	0	1.25	7.29	0.52	3.94	5.82	0.68	.250	1.21
1972	California	AL	MLB	47	cal	26	20	8	11	2.81	25	21	10	3	4	2	169.2	125	56	53	5	68	142	2	1	1.14	6.63	0.27	3.61	7.53	0.48	.263	1.12
1973	LA Dodgers	NL	MLB	47	lad	27	5	14	10	2.70	33	33	10	3	0	0	249.2	196	90	75	24	77	177	6	1	1.09	7.07	0.87	2.78	6.38	0.44	.240	0.94
1974	LA Dodgers	NL	MLB	47	lad	28	2	20	6	2.59	39	39	13	3	0	0	292.1	227	93	84	24	94	221	6	3	1.10	6.99	0.74	2.89	6.80	0.43	.246	1.22
1975	LA Dodgers	NL	MLB	47	lad	29	2	19	14	2.29	42	40	19	7	2	1	321.2	244	92	82	22	96	213	8	0	1.06	6.83	0.62	2.69	5.96	0.45	.243	0.99
1976	Atlanta	NL	MLB	17	atl	30	20	11	11	3.04	29	28	12	3	1	1	207.1	166	83	70	14	74	135	10	0	1.16	7.21	0.61	3.21	5.86	0.55	.249	1.13
1977	Atlanta	NL	MLB	17,27	atl	31	-	5	4	4.40	16	16	1	0	0	0	102.1	101	54	50	12	39	69	5	0	1.37	8.88	1.06	3.43	6.07	0.57	.283	0.98
1978	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	47	nyy	32	-	0	3	5.64	6	5	0	0	1	0	22.1	24	21	14	7	15	16	0	0	1.75	9.67	2.82	6.04	6.45	0.94	.254	0.85
1979	LA Dodgers	NL	MLB	47	lad	33	-	2	4	4.91	11	11	1	0	0	0	62.1	55	34	34	9	34	26	3	0	1.43	7.94	1.30	4.91	3.75	1.31	.242	1.45
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MLB Totals (12 years) Career Ranks								130	99	2.86	344	295	98	27	30	15	2230	1719	812	709	174	831	1625	70	7	1.14	6.94	0.70	3.35	6.56	0.51	.245	1.02
Minor League Totals (3 years)								19	20	3.69	63	0	0	0	0	0	307	282	143	126	0	124	263	0	0	1.32	8.27	0.00	3.64	7.71	0.47	--	--
College Totals (1 year)								8	2	1.63	13	11	7	0	0	0	83	60	20	15	0	24	97	0	0	1.01	6.51	0.00	2.60	10.52	0.25	--	--
AAA Totals (2 years)								10	13	3.16	38	0	0	0	0	0	168	138	70	59	0	68	145	0	0	1.23	7.39	0.00	3.64	7.77	0.47	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)								9	7	4.34	25	0	0	0	0	0	139	144	73	67	0	56	118	0	0	1.44	9.32	0.00	3.63	7.64	0.47	--	--
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1968	California	AL	MLB	47	cal	22	p	-	29	20	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	4	0	0	.100	.100	.150	250	6	21	3	24	22	-1	-1.5	.200
1969	California	AL	MLB	47	cal	23	p	-	42	77	5	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	8	28	0	0	6	0	1	.156	.235	.182	417	32	76	14	91	72	0	0.2	.245
1970	California	AL	MLB	47	cal	24	p	-	38	70	4	11	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	28	0	0	5	0	0	.157	.157	.243	400	26	68	17	75	64	0	-0.1	.244
1971	California	AL	MLB	47	cal	25	p	-	39	93	8	16	2	0	2	5	0	0	5	30	0	0	6	0	0	.172	.214	.258	472	37	95	24	104	83	3	0.9	.230
1972	California	AL	MLB	47	cal	26	p	-	26	53	2	10	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	13	0	0	2	0	0	.189	.232	.245	477	21	81	13	58	45	2	1.5	.250
1973	LA Dodgers	NL	MLB	47	lad	27	p	-	34	89	3	15	3	0	0	6	0	0	5	16	0	0	5	0	1	.169	.213	.202	415	33	97	18	99	80	2	0.7	.205
1974	LA Dodgers	NL	MLB	47	lad	28	p	-	39	96	12	23	8	0	1	11	0	0	11	28	0	0	4	2	1	.240	.312	.354	666	39	100	34	113	80	11	3.7	.319
1975	LA Dodgers	NL	MLB	47	lad	29	p	-	44	108	8	17	4	0	0	9	0	0	7	25	1	0	5	2	2	.157	.212	.194	406	41	93	21	123	100	2	0.4	.200
1976	Atlanta	NL	MLB	17	atl	30	p	-	29	67	3	12	1	0	0	10	0	0	4	19	0	0	6	0	1	.179	.225	.194	419	27	93	13	77	62	1	0.3	.250
1977	Atlanta	NL	MLB	17,27	atl	31	p	-	16	34	2	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	9	0	0	2	0	0	.118	.189	.265	454	15	94	9	39	32	1	1.1	.125
1979	LA Dodgers	NL	MLB	47	lad	33	p	-	11	22	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.136	227	9	82	3	23	21	-1	-1.4	.125
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MLB Totals (11 years) Career Ranks									347	729	49	124	30	0	5	54	1	0	46	212	1	0	46	4	6	.170	.219	.232	451	286	82	169	826	661	19.4	0.8	.231
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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1968	California	AL	MLB	P	28		19	6	12	1	0	81	.947	0.64	2.00
1969	California	AL	MLB	P	40		51	17	29	5	2	250	.902	1.15	1.66
1970	California	AL	MLB	P	37		39	12	23	4	3	194	.897	0.95	1.62
1971	California	AL	MLB	P	38		72	18	49	5	2	276	.931	1.76	2.18
1972	California	AL	MLB	P	25		33	9	24	0	0	169	1.000	1.32	1.76
1973	LA Dodgers	NL	MLB	P	33		59	19	35	5	0	249	.915	1.64	1.95
1974	LA Dodgers	NL	MLB	P	39		71	18	44	9	3	292	.873	1.59	1.91
1975	LA Dodgers	NL	MLB	P	42		59	11	43	5	1	321	.915	1.29	1.51
1976	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	29		52	14	33	5	2	207	.904	1.62	2.04
1977	Atlanta	NL	MLB	P	16		22	5	15	2	1	102	.909	1.25	1.76
1978	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	6		4	2	2	0	0	22	1.000	0.67	1.64
1979	LA Dodgers	NL	MLB	P	11		14	5	9	0	1	62	1.000	1.27	2.03

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