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Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	ERA	FIP	WAR
1964	Braves	0	0	0	10	0	15.0	4.80	4.20	0.60	.286	60.2 %	4.80	4.00	0.0
1965	Braves	2	3	6	41	1	74.2	5.91	3.13	0.60	.282	73.7 %	2.89	3.24	0.5
1966	Braves	4	3	2	28	0	50.1	3.04	4.11	0.72	.247	60.8 %	4.11	4.40	-0.3
1967	Braves	11	9	9	46	20	207.0	5.61	2.39	0.39	.247	75.9 %	1.87	2.76	3.4
1968	Braves	14	12	2	37	34	257.0	4.90	1.58	0.56	.261	76.3 %	2.59	2.69	4.3
1969	Braves	23	13	1	40	35	284.1	6.11	1.80	0.66	.247	76.2 %	2.56	2.77	6.9
1969	Braves	0	1	0	1	1	8.0	4.50	4.50	0.00	.321	30.8 %	4.50	3.01
1970	Braves	12	18	0	34	32	229.2	6.58	2.66	1.57	.261	71.7 %	4.27	4.41	2.5
1971	Braves	15	14	2	42	36	268.2	5.80	2.34	0.90	.267	73.8 %	2.98	3.28	4.7
1972	Braves	16	12	0	38	36	282.1	5.23	1.69	0.70	.256	71.1 %	3.06	2.87	6.7
1973	Braves	13	10	4	42	30	245.0	4.81	3.27	0.77	.248	73.6 %	3.31	3.76	2.9
1974	Braves	20	13	1	41	39	302.1	5.80	2.62	0.57	.252	79.7 %	2.38	3.04	6.7
1975	Braves	15	15	0	39	37	275.2	4.70	2.35	0.95	.283	77.3 %	3.20	3.81	3.6
1976	Braves	17	11	0	38	37	270.2	5.75	3.36	0.60	.270	72.7 %	3.29	3.43	4.4
1977	Braves	16	20	0	44	43	330.1	7.14	4.47	0.71	.299	71.2 %	4.03	3.74	5.9
1978	Braves	19	18	1	44	42	334.1	6.68	2.75	0.43	.276	72.5 %	2.88	2.76	8.9
1979	Braves	21	20	0	44	44	342.0	5.47	2.97	1.08	.254	72.8 %	3.39	4.16	3.6
1980	Braves	15	18	1	40	38	275.0	5.76	2.78	0.98	.268	74.5 %	3.63	3.85	3.2
1981	Braves	7	7	0	22	22	139.1	4.00	3.62	0.39	.252	71.8 %	3.10	3.50	1.9
1982	Braves	17	4	0	35	35	234.1	5.53	2.80	0.88	.278	72.5 %	3.61	3.74	2.9
1982	Braves	0	0	0	1	1	6.0	7.50	6.00	0.00	.333	80.0 %	3.00	3.05
1983	Braves	11	10	0	34	33	201.2	5.71	4.69	0.80	.306	76.6 %	3.97	4.24	1.6
1984	Yankees	16	8	0	32	31	215.2	5.68	3.17	0.63	.297	76.9 %	3.09	3.51	3.5
1985	Yankees	16	12	0	33	33	220.0	6.10	4.91	1.19	.266	75.6 %	4.09	4.71	1.0
1986	Indians	11	11	0	34	32	210.1	3.47	4.06	1.03	.291	70.0 %	4.32	4.92	1.0
1987	3 Teams	7	13	0	26	26	138.2	4.15	4.28	1.43	.293	66.3 %	6.30	5.52	0.3
1987	Indians	7	11	0	22	22	123.2	4.15	3.86	1.31	.289	66.7 %	5.89	5.22	0.6
1987	Blue Jays	0	2	0	3	3	12.0	5.25	5.25	3.00	.289	67.1 %	8.25	7.79	-0.2
1987	Braves	0	0	0	1	1	3.0	0.00	18.00	0.00	.429	58.3 %	15.00	8.87	-0.1
Total	- - -	318	274	29	864	716	5404.1	5.57	3.01	0.80	.270	73.6 %	3.35	3.62	80.0
Postseason	- - -	0	1	0	2	2	14.0	5.79	5.14	0.00	.326	52.2 %	3.86	3.03

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Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
1964	Braves	0	0	4.80	10	0	0	0	0	15.0	66	15	10	8	1	7	0	1	1	0	8
1965	Braves	2	3	2.89	41	1	0	0	6	74.2	324	73	32	24	5	26	3	3	9	0	49
1966	Braves	4	3	4.11	28	0	0	0	2	50.1	224	48	32	23	4	23	5	2	3	0	17
1967	Braves	11	9	1.87	46	20	10	1	9	207.0	827	164	64	43	9	55	3	7	19	1	129
1968	Braves	14	12	2.59	37	34	15	5	2	257.0	1019	228	83	74	16	45	3	5	16	3	140
1969	Braves	23	13	2.56	40	35	21	4	1	284.1	1143	235	93	81	21	57	7	5	15	0	193
1969	Braves	0	1	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	36	9	9	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	4
1970	Braves	12	18	4.27	34	32	10	3	0	229.2	980	222	124	109	40	68	2	6	6	2	168
1971	Braves	15	14	2.98	42	36	18	4	2	268.2	1101	248	112	89	27	70	6	3	8	1	173
1972	Braves	16	12	3.06	38	36	17	1	0	282.1	1150	254	112	96	22	53	3	5	10	3	164
1973	Braves	13	10	3.31	42	30	9	1	4	245.0	1023	214	103	90	21	89	4	5	11	0	131
1974	Braves	20	13	2.38	41	39	18	6	1	302.1	1219	249	91	80	19	88	3	6	6	4	195
1975	Braves	15	15	3.20	39	37	13	1	0	275.2	1160	285	115	98	29	72	3	11	15	2	144
1976	Braves	17	11	3.29	38	37	10	2	0	270.2	1157	249	116	99	18	101	7	8	14	4	173
1977	Braves	16	20	4.03	44	43	20	2	0	330.1	1428	315	166	148	26	164	12	8	17	3	262
1978	Braves	19	18	2.88	44	42	22	4	1	334.1	1389	295	129	107	16	102	5	13	11	3	248
1979	Braves	21	20	3.39	44	44	23	1	0	342.0	1436	311	160	129	41	113	8	11	18	4	208
1980	Braves	15	18	3.63	40	38	11	3	1	275.0	1137	256	119	111	30	85	3	3	9	1	176
1981	Braves	7	7	3.10	22	22	3	3	0	139.1	578	120	56	48	6	56	2	1	2	0	62
1982	Braves	17	4	3.61	35	35	4	2	0	234.1	969	225	106	94	23	73	1	3	4	1	144
1982	Braves	0	0	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	27	6	2	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	5
1983	Braves	11	10	3.97	34	33	2	0	0	201.2	888	212	94	89	18	105	3	2	6	3	128
1984	Yankees	16	8	3.09	32	31	5	1	0	215.2	916	219	85	74	15	76	0	3	2	0	136
1985	Yankees	16	12	4.09	33	33	7	1	0	220.0	955	203	110	100	29	120	1	2	5	2	149
1986	Indians	11	11	4.32	34	32	5	0	0	210.1	951	241	126	101	24	95	1	6	9	2	81
1987	3 Teams	7	13	6.30	26	26	2	0	0	138.2	637	163	99	97	22	66	1	4	10	3	64
1987	Indians	7	11	5.89	22	22	2	0	0	123.2	561	142	83	81	18	53	1	4	9	2	57
1987	Blue Jays	0	2	8.25	3	3	0	0	0	12.0	56	15	11	11	4	7	0	0	1	1	7
1987	Braves	0	0	15.00	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	20	6	5	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Total	- - -	318	274	3.35	864	716	245	45	29	5404.1	22677	5044	2337	2012	482	1809	86	123	226	42	3342
Postseason	- - -	0	1	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	14.0	63	15	11	6	0	8	1	0	1	0	9

Advanced

Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
1964	Braves	4.80	4.20	1.14	0.60	12.1 %	10.6 %	.259	1.47	.286	60.2 %	138	119	4.00
1964	Average	5.93	2.97	2.00	0.85	15.6 %	7.8 %	.246	1.28	.275	72.9 %			4.18
1965	Braves	5.91	3.13	1.88	0.60	15.1 %	8.0 %	.247	1.33	.282	73.7 %	83	97	3.24
1965	Average	5.95	3.10	1.92	0.83	15.7 %	8.2 %	.241	1.27	.269	72.9 %			4.18
1966	Braves	3.04	4.11	0.74	0.72	7.6 %	10.3 %	.241	1.41	.247	60.8 %	113	124	4.40
1966	Average	5.83	2.89	2.02	0.85	15.5 %	7.7 %	.244	1.26	.271	72.9 %			4.17
1967	Braves	5.61	2.39	2.35	0.39	15.6 %	6.7 %	.214	1.06	.247	75.9 %	55	84	2.76
1967	Average	5.99	2.98	2.01	0.71	15.9 %	7.9 %	.237	1.24	.269	73.3 %			3.96
1968	Braves	4.90	1.58	3.11	0.56	13.7 %	4.4 %	.235	1.06	.261	76.3 %	86	95	2.69
1968	Average	5.89	2.82	2.09	0.61	15.8 %	7.6 %	.232	1.19	.264	74.7 %			3.80
1969	Braves	6.11	1.80	3.39	0.66	16.9 %	5.0 %	.217	1.03	.247	76.2 %	69	78	2.77
1969	Braves	4.50	4.50	1.00	0.00	11.1 %	11.1 %	.281	1.63	.321	30.8 %	121	85	3.01
1969	Average	5.80	3.46	1.67	0.80	15.2 %	9.1 %	.243	1.32	.272	73.0 %			4.30
1970	Braves	6.58	2.66	2.47	1.57	17.1 %	6.9 %	.245	1.26	.261	71.7 %	102	110	4.41
1970	Average	5.78	3.54	1.63	0.89	15.0 %	9.2 %	.249	1.36	.276	72.1 %			4.45
1971	Braves	5.80	2.34	2.47	0.90	15.7 %	6.4 %	.241	1.18	.267	73.8 %	80	91	3.28
1971	Average	5.42	3.25	1.67	0.74	14.3 %	8.6 %	.244	1.30	.271	73.6 %			4.22
1972	Braves	5.23	1.69	3.09	0.70	14.3 %	4.6 %	.233	1.09	.256	71.1 %	82	81	2.87
1972	Average	5.57	3.16	1.77	0.68	14.8 %	8.4 %	.239	1.26	.268	74.2 %			4.07
1973	Braves	4.81	3.27	1.47	0.77	12.8 %	8.7 %	.230	1.24	.248	73.6 %	85	97	3.76
1973	Average	5.25	3.38	1.55	0.80	13.7 %	8.8 %	.252	1.35	.277	72.4 %			4.38
1974	Braves	5.80	2.62	2.22	0.57	16.0 %	7.2 %	.221	1.11	.252	79.7 %	62	79	3.04
1974	Average	5.02	3.34	1.50	0.68	13.1 %	8.7 %	.251	1.34	.277	72.0 %			4.25
1975	Braves	4.70	2.35	2.00	0.95	12.4 %	6.2 %	.265	1.30	.283	77.3 %	82	99	3.81
1975	Average	5.00	3.47	1.44	0.70	13.0 %	9.0 %	.252	1.36	.277	71.7 %			4.32
1976	Braves	5.75	3.36	1.71	0.60	15.0 %	8.7 %	.238	1.29	.270	72.7 %	88	92	3.43
1976	Average	4.83	3.19	1.51	0.58	12.7 %	8.4 %	.250	1.32	.276	71.6 %			4.08
1977	Braves	7.14	4.47	1.60	0.71	18.3 %	11.5 %	.251	1.45	.299	71.2 %	95	88	3.74
1977	Average	5.18	3.28	1.58	0.87	13.5 %	8.5 %	.259	1.37	.283	71.1 %			4.46
1978	Braves	6.68	2.75	2.43	0.43	17.9 %	7.3 %	.232	1.19	.276	72.5 %	74	71	2.76
1978	Average	4.81	3.26	1.48	0.71	12.6 %	8.5 %	.252	1.34	.275	71.9 %			4.30
1979	Braves	5.47	2.97	1.84	1.08	14.5 %	7.9 %	.237	1.24	.254	72.8 %	85	103	4.16
1979	Average	4.81	3.27	1.47	0.82	12.5 %	8.5 %	.260	1.37	.281	70.7 %			4.47
1980	Braves	5.76	2.78	2.07	0.98	15.5 %	7.5 %	.244	1.24	.268	74.5 %	96	101	3.85
1980	Average	4.80	3.14	1.53	0.73	12.5 %	8.2 %	.259	1.36	.283	71.2 %			4.29
1981	Braves	4.00	3.62	1.11	0.39	10.7 %	9.7 %	.230	1.26	.252	71.8 %	86	99	3.50
1981	Average	4.75	3.18	1.49	0.64	12.5 %	8.4 %	.250	1.32	.274	72.1 %			4.18
1982	Braves	5.53	2.80	1.97	0.88	14.9 %	7.5 %	.252	1.27	.278	72.5 %	97	101	3.74
1982	Braves	7.50	6.00	1.25	0.00	18.5 %	14.8 %	.261	1.67	.333	80.0 %	81	83	3.05
1982	Average	5.04	3.16	1.60	0.80	13.2 %	8.3 %	.256	1.35	.280	71.5 %			4.35
1983	Braves	5.71	4.69	1.22	0.80	14.4 %	11.8 %	.271	1.57	.306	76.6 %	104	109	4.24
1983	Average	5.18	3.22	1.61	0.79	13.5 %	8.4 %	.256	1.35	.281	71.2 %			4.32
1984	Yankees	5.68	3.17	1.79	0.63	14.8 %	8.3 %	.262	1.37	.297	76.9 %	80	90	3.51
1984	Average	5.37	3.18	1.69	0.78	14.0 %	8.3 %	.255	1.34	.282	71.5 %			4.24
1985	Yankees	6.10	4.91	1.24	1.19	15.6 %	12.6 %	.244	1.47	.266	75.6 %	102	118	4.71
1985	Average	5.37	3.31	1.62	0.86	14.0 %	8.6 %	.252	1.34	.277	71.5 %			4.41
1986	Indians	3.47	4.06	0.85	1.03	8.5 %	10.0 %	.284	1.60	.291	70.0 %	102	117	4.92
1986	Average	5.90	3.40	1.74	0.91	15.4 %	8.8 %	.253	1.36	.282	71.6 %			4.40
1987	3 Teams	4.15	4.28	0.97	1.43	10.0 %	10.4 %	.287	1.65	.293	66.3 %	140	123	5.52
1987	Indians	4.15	3.86	1.08	1.31	10.2 %	9.4 %	.282	1.58	.289	66.7 %	131	116	5.22
1987	Blue Jays	5.25	5.25	1.00	3.00	12.5 %	12.5 %	.306	1.83	.289	67.1 %	184	174	7.79
1987	Braves	0.00	18.00	0.00	0.00	0.0 %	30.0 %	.429	4.00	.429	58.3 %	348	206	8.87
1987	Average	6.01	3.45	1.74	1.07	15.5 %	8.9 %	.258	1.39	.285	70.9 %			4.62
Total	- - -	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7 %	8.0 %	.243	1.27	.270	73.6 %	87	95	3.62
Postseason	- - -	5.79	5.14	1.13	0.00	14.3 %	12.7 %	.273	1.64	.326	52.2 %	104	84	3.03

Win Probability

Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
1974	Braves	2.16	-19.96	22.12	39.20	4.40	1.01	0.91	0.93	1.55	22	3.40	-1.27	1	1
1975	Braves	0.59	-21.96	22.55	7.83	0.87	1.10	0.97	0.97	1.16	24	-0.65	1.19	0	1
1976	Braves	1.90	-18.51	20.42	8.04	0.83	1.03	0.94	0.97	1.43	27	1.16	0.69	0	1
1977	Braves	-0.13	-29.89	29.75	17.32	1.31	1.17	1.03	0.92	1.26	23	1.10	-1.21	0	1
1978	Braves	2.36	-24.91	27.27	34.09	3.58	1.10	0.96	0.93	1.75	21	4.03	-1.89	2	0
1979	Braves	0.45	-24.52	24.97	14.36	1.43	0.98	0.91	0.88	1.04	21	1.16	-0.70	0	0
1980	Braves	0.30	-19.85	20.15	2.75	0.40	1.00	0.92	0.94	1.08	27	0.09	0.21	2	0
1981	Braves	-0.03	-10.78	10.75	2.67	0.28	1.10	0.97	0.86	1.49	19	0.50	-0.53	0	0
1982	Braves	0.67	-16.40	17.08	13.13	1.53	0.98	0.89	0.87	1.76	31	1.74	-1.05	0	0
1983	Braves	-0.62	-16.68	16.06	-2.64	-0.26	1.06	0.91	0.87	1.36	32	-0.66	0.07	0	0
1984	Yankees	2.07	-15.37	17.43	14.47	1.42	1.06	0.94	0.85	1.41	26	0.42	1.53	0	0
1985	Yankees	-0.42	-16.61	16.19	-2.69	-0.21	0.95	0.83	0.88	1.16	26	-1.18	0.74	0	0
1986	Indians	-1.01	-17.54	16.54	-10.89	-1.19	1.02	0.92	0.95	1.69	28	-1.54	0.56	2	0
1987	3 Teams	-1.30	-12.34	11.04	-18.41	-1.69	0.99	0.92	0.86	1.47	24	-1.48	0.17	0	0
1987	Indians	-0.63	-10.10	9.48	-11.68	-1.03	0.97	0.91	0.86	1.59	20	-0.75	0.11	0	0
1987	Blue Jays	-0.55	-1.72	1.17	-4.70	-0.48	1.10	1.06	0.87	0.30	3	-0.52	0.02	0	0
1987	Braves	-0.12	-0.51	0.39	-2.03	-0.18	1.20	0.84	0.87	2.50	1	-0.21	0.11	0	0
Total	- - -	6.99	-265.33	272.31	119.24	12.69	1.04	0.93	0.91	1.40	351	8.08	-1.39	7	4

Fielding

Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	FP
1964	Braves	P	10	0	15.0	0	2	0	1	1.000
1965	Braves	P	41	1	74.2	6	17	1	2	.958
1966	Braves	P	28	0	50.1	2	18	0	1	1.000
1967	Braves	P	46	20	207.0	10	40	4	4	.926
1968	Braves	P	37	34	256.2	18	59	4	4	.951
1969	Braves	P	40	35	284.1	24	51	3	4	.962
1970	Braves	P	34	32	229.2	14	38	1	4	.981
1971	Braves	P	42	36	268.2	19	44	2	6	.969
1972	Braves	P	38	36	282.1	26	40	4	4	.943
1973	Braves	P	42	30	245.0	30	41	4	4	.947
1974	Braves	P	41	39	302.1	22	42	0	3	1.000
1975	Braves	P	39	37	275.2	21	41	0	2	1.000
1976	Braves	P	38	37	270.2	19	41	2	2	.968
1977	Braves	P	44	43	330.1	20	51	0	5	1.000
1978	Braves	P	44	42	334.1	17	65	2	4	.976
1979	Braves	P	44	44	342.0	31	56	1	3	.989
1980	Braves	P	40	38	275.0	18	40	1	6	.983
1981	Braves	P	22	22	139.1	10	22	0	2	1.000
1982	Braves	P	35	35	234.1	18	38	1	4	.983
1983	Braves	P	34	33	201.2	15	27	2	6	.955
1984	Yankees	P	32	31	215.2	13	36	1	4	.980
1985	Yankees	P	33	33	220.0	11	20	0	5	1.000
1986	Indians	P	34	32	210.1	9	32	4	2	.911
1987	3 Teams	P	26	26	138.2	13	17	0	1	1.000
1987	Indians	P	22	22	123.2	12	17	0	1	1.000
1987	Blue Jays	P	3	3	12.0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1987	Braves	P	1	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total	- - -	P	864	716	5404.0	386	878	37	83	.972

Value

Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
1964	Braves	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	0.0
1965	Braves	0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	4.4	0.5
1966	Braves	-0.8	0.5	-1.0	-0.5	-2.5	-0.3
1967	Braves	4.5	1.5	-0.3	1.2	28.6	3.4
1968	Braves	5.0	0.8	-0.1	0.7	34.0	4.3
1969	Braves	8.0	2.3	-1.2	1.1	59.1	6.9
1970	Braves	2.5	1.1	-1.2	0.0	24.9	2.5
1971	Braves	4.5	0.5	-0.7	-0.2	40.1	4.7
1972	Braves	5.5	1.2	-2.3	-1.1	55.4	6.7
1973	Braves	4.1	1.6	-0.4	1.2	26.7	2.9
1974	Braves	9.8	1.9	1.3	3.2	57.7	6.7
1975	Braves	5.2	-0.4	2.0	1.6	33.3	3.6
1976	Braves	4.4	0.3	-0.3	0.0	38.3	4.4
1977	Braves	4.6	-0.9	-0.5	-1.4	55.2	5.9
1978	Braves	7.5	-0.2	-1.2	-1.4	74.3	8.9
1979	Braves	5.1	2.1	-0.7	1.4	34.3	3.6
1980	Braves	4.3	1.0	0.2	1.2	28.6	3.2
1981	Braves	2.3	0.9	-0.6	0.4	16.7	1.9
1982	Braves	3.0	0.3	-0.2	0.1	26.6	2.9
1983	Braves	2.6	-1.2	2.2	1.0	14.7	1.6
1984	Yankees	4.5	-0.8	1.8	1.0	33.5	3.5
1985	Yankees	2.4	0.8	0.7	1.5	9.8	1.0
1986	Indians	1.0	-0.6	0.5	-0.1	10.6	1.0
1987	3 Teams	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.6	2.8	0.3
1987	Indians	0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.5	6.6	0.6
1987	Blue Jays	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	-2.7	-0.2
1987	Braves	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1
Total	- - -	89.9	12.2	-2.3	9.9	706.9	80.0	$0.0

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