Ernie Camacho

Q: When was Ernie Camacho born?

Ernie Camacho was born on February 1, 1955.

Q: Where was Ernie Camacho born?

Ernie Camacho was born in Salinas, CA .

Q: How tall is Ernie Camacho?

Ernie Camacho is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Ernie Camacho weigh when playing?

Ernie Camacho weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Ernie Camacho play?

Ernie Camacho played 10 seasons.

Q: Is Ernie Camacho in the Hall of Fame?

Ernie Camacho has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Ernie Camacho drafted?

Ernie Camacho was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hartnell College (Salinas, CA) , the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Hartnell College (Salinas, CA) and the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (17th) of the 1976 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Hartnell College (Salinas, CA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Ernie Camacho have?

Ernie Camacho had 159 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Ernie Camacho played for?

Ernie Camacho played for 6 teams; the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals.

Q: When did Ernie Camacho retire?

Ernie Camacho last played in 1990.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: February 1, 1955 in Salinas, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hartnell College (Salinas, CA), the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Hartnell College (Salinas, CA) and the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (17th) of the 1976 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Hartnell College (Salinas, CA).

School: Hartnell College (Salinas, CA)

Debut: May 22, 1980 (Age 25-111d, 14,299th in major league history)
vs. KCR 3.2 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: October 3, 1990 (Age 35-244d)
vs. MON 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Full Name: Ernest Carlos Camacho

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

4.21

193

262.2

159

WHIP

1.508

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1976	21	OAK-min	A	3	4	.429	5.62	10	10		0	0	0	56.0	69	47	35	3	39	1	29	2	3	7				1.929	11.1	0.5	6.3	4.7	0.74	MOD CALL
1977	22	OAK-min	AA,A	5	9	.357	5.58	16	16		4	0	0	92.0	104	69	57	4	51	0	41	1	1	2				1.685	10.2	0.4	5.0	4.0	0.80	CNG,MOD SOUL,CALL
1978	23	OAK-min	A	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0				1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	MOD CALL
1979	24	OAK-min	AAA	7	9	.438	6.59	21	17		2	0	0	97.0	102	86	71	14	70	5	60	2	2	10				1.773	9.5	1.3	6.5	5.6	0.86	OGD PCL
1980	25	OAK-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.94	33	1		0	0	6	64.0	60	29	28	1	26	1	58	2	1	3				1.344	8.4	0.1	3.7	8.2	2.23	OGD PCL
1980	25	OAK	AL	0	0		6.94	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	20	9	9	2	5	0	9	1	0	2	61	56	4.98	2.143	15.4	1.5	3.9	6.9	1.80
1981	26	PIT-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.74	18	0	9	0	0	0	38.0	45	24	20	2	22	1	31	1	0	6				1.763	10.7	0.5	5.2	7.3	1.41	POR PCL
1981	26	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	4.98	7	3	2	0	0	0	21.2	23	13	12	0	15	1	11	0	3	2	96	74	3.66	1.754	9.6	0.0	6.2	4.6	0.73

1982	27	CHW-BAL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	2.65	15	0	4	0	0	1	37.1	26	15	11	2	26	0	29	5	1	5				1.393	6.3	0.5	6.3	7.0	1.12	EDM,ROC PCL,IL
1983	28	CLE-MIL-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.63	35	3	20	0	0	4	57.0	50	26	23	2	29	3	43	2	1	3				1.386	7.9	0.3	4.6	6.8	1.48	CHL,VAN IL,PCL
1983	28	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	5.06	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	5	3	3	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	23	90	6.13	1.313	8.4	1.7	3.4	3.4	1.00
1984	29	CLE	AL	5	9	.357	2.43	69	0	49	0	0	23	100.0	83	31	27	6	37	5	48	1	1	3	411	170	3.73	1.200	7.5	0.5	3.3	4.3	1.30
1985	30	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	8.10	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	4	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	15	57	2.38	1.500	10.8	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00
1986	31	CLE	AL	2	4	.333	4.08	51	0	37	0	0	20	57.1	60	26	26	1	31	6	36	2	1	3	267	102	3.47	1.587	9.4	0.2	4.9	5.7	1.16
1987	32	CLE-min	AAA	1	3	.250	1.84	23	0	20	0	0	6	29.1	33	14	6	0	16	2	18	2	0	7				1.670	10.1	0.0	4.9	5.5	1.13	BFL AA
1987	32	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	9.22	15	0	10	0	0	1	13.2	21	14	14	1	5	1	9	3	0	4	69	50	4.26	1.902	13.8	0.7	3.3	5.9	1.80
1988	33	HOU-min	AAA	1	5	.167	4.25	36	1	23	0	0	5	42.1	47	24	20	0	27	7	26	0	1	2				1.748	10.0	0.0	5.7	5.5	0.96	TUC PCL
1988	33	HOU	NL	0	3	.000	7.64	13	0	6	0	0	1	17.2	25	15	15	1	12	2	13	0	3	4	85	45	4.07	2.094	12.7	0.5	6.1	6.6	1.08
1989	34	SFG-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	1.47	40	0	24	0	0	13	55.0	33	10	9	3	16	2	59	5	2	2				0.891	5.4	0.5	2.6	9.7	3.69	PHX PCL
1989	34	SFG	NL	3	0	1.000	2.76	13	0	5	0	0	0	16.1	10	5	5	1	11	2	14	0	1	3	70	125	3.87	1.286	5.5	0.6	6.1	7.7	1.27
1990	35	STL-SFG-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.16	28	0	15	0	0	6	31.1	28	14	11	0	18	1	32	0	2	2				1.468	8.0	0.0	5.2	9.2	1.78	LOU,PHX AA,PCL
1990	35	TOT	NL	0	0		5.17	14	0	6	0	0	0	15.2	17	10	9	3	9	1	15	0	0	2	72	75	5.11	1.660	9.8	1.7	5.2	8.6	1.67
1990	35	SFG	NL	0	0		3.60	8	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	10	4	4	1	3	0	8	0	0	1	42	106	3.41	1.300	9.0	0.9	2.7	7.2	2.67
1990	35	STL	NL	0	0		7.94	6	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	7	6	5	2	6	1	7	0	0	1	30	51	8.10	2.294	11.1	3.2	9.5	11.1	1.17
10 Yrs				10	20	.333	4.21	193	3	119	0	0	45	262.2	268	129	123	16	128	18	159	8	9	24	1169	96	3.89	1.508	9.2	0.5	4.4	5.4	1.24
162 Game Avg.				3	7	.333	4.21	67	1	41	0	0	16	91	93	45	43	6	44	6	55	3	3	8	406	96	3.89	1.508	9.2	0.5	4.4	5.4	1.24

CLE (5 yrs)				7	16	.304	3.66	141	0	98	0	0	44	179.2	173	77	73	9	76	12	97	7	2	11	785	115	3.73	1.386	8.7	0.5	3.8	4.9	1.28
SFG (2 yrs)				3	0	1.000	3.08	21	0	8	0	0	0	26.1	20	9	9	2	14	2	22	0	1	4	112	117	3.69	1.291	6.8	0.7	4.8	7.5	1.57
PIT (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.98	7	3	2	0	0	0	21.2	23	13	12	0	15	1	11	0	3	2	96	74	3.66	1.754	9.6	0.0	6.2	4.6	0.73
STL (1 yr)				0	0		7.94	6	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	7	6	5	2	6	1	7	0	0	1	30	51	8.10	2.294	11.1	3.2	9.5	11.1	1.17
OAK (1 yr)				0	0		6.94	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	20	9	9	2	5	0	9	1	0	2	61	56	4.98	2.143	15.4	1.5	3.9	6.9	1.80
HOU (1 yr)				0	3	.000	7.64	13	0	6	0	0	1	17.2	25	15	15	1	12	2	13	0	3	4	85	45	4.07	2.094	12.7	0.5	6.1	6.6	1.08

NL (4 yrs)				3	4	.429	5.17	47	3	19	0	0	1	71.1	75	43	41	5	47	6	53	0	7	11	323	70	4.13	1.710	9.5	0.6	5.9	6.7	1.13
AL (6 yrs)				7	16	.304	3.86	146	0	100	0	0	44	191.1	193	86	82	11	81	12	106	8	2	13	846	109	3.81	1.432	9.1	0.5	3.8	5.0	1.31

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1981	26	PIT	NL	0.0	7	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.235	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1

1988	33	HOU	NL	0.0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-140	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	34	SFG	NL	0.0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-140	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	35	2TM	NL	0.0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	35	SFG	NL	0.0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1990	35	STL	NL	0.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
4 Yrs				0.0	47	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.157	-43	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
162 Game Avg				0.0	162	24	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.157	-43	0	0	0	3	0	0

SFG (2 Yrs)				0.0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-140	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
HOU (1 Yr)				0.0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-140	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
PIT (1 Yr)				0.0	7	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.235	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
STL (1 Yr)				0.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1980	25	OAK	AL	P	5	0	0	11.2	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	1.85	0.00	1.86	2	0	0			0
1981	26	PIT	NL	P	7	3	0	21.2	3	0	3	0	1	1.000	.960	1.25	1.95	0.43	1.99	2	7	1	12.5	32.9	0

1983	28	CLE	AL	P	4	0	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	1.86	0.00	1.78	0	1	0	0.0	33.0	0
1984	29	CLE	AL	P	69	0	0	100.0	16	1	15	0	0	1.000	.958	1.44	1.79	0.23	1.78	3	6	2	25.0	36.1	0
1985	30	CLE	AL	P	2	0	0	3.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	.950	2.70	1.89	0.50	1.85	1	2	0	0.0	33.0	0
1986	31	CLE	AL	P	51	0	0	57.1	17	5	11	1	0	.941	.957	2.51	1.84	0.31	1.81	3	8	0	0.0	34.1	0
1987	32	CLE	AL	P	15	0	0	13.2	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	.955	3.95	1.84	0.40	1.82	4	2	0	0.0	31.0	0
1988	33	HOU	NL	P	13	0	0	17.2	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	.955	2.04	1.99	0.31	1.96	4	1	1	50.0	29.0	0
1989	34	SFG	NL	P	13	0	0	16.1	7	2	5	0	0	1.000	.947	3.86	1.87	0.54	1.87	3	0	0			0
1990	35	2TM	NL	P	14	0	0	15.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	.960	0.57	1.78	0.07	1.79	2	1	0	0.0	29.0	0
1990	35	SFG	NL	P	8	0	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	1.80	0.00	1.79	1	1	0	0.0	29.0	0
1990	35	STL	NL	P	6	0	0	5.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	.960	1.59	1.75	0.17	1.78	1	0	0			0
10 Yrs					193	3	0	262.2	55	10	44	1	1	.982	.956	1.85	1.84	0.28	1.82	24	28	4	12.5	33.5	0

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ernie Camacho?

Ernie Camacho is 69 years old.

When was Ernie Camacho born?

Ernie Camacho was born on February 1, 1955.

Where was Ernie Camacho born?

Ernie Camacho was born in Salinas, CA.

How tall is Ernie Camacho?

Ernie Camacho is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Ernie Camacho weigh when playing?

Ernie Camacho weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Ernie Camacho play?

Ernie Camacho played 10 seasons.

Is Ernie Camacho in the Hall of Fame?

Ernie Camacho has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Ernie Camacho drafted?

Ernie Camacho was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hartnell College (Salinas, CA), the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Hartnell College (Salinas, CA) and the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (17th) of the 1976 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Hartnell College (Salinas, CA).

What position did Ernie Camacho play?

Ernie Camacho was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Ernie Camacho have?

Ernie Camacho had 159 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Ernie Camacho played for?

Ernie Camacho played for 6 teams; the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals.

When did Ernie Camacho retire?

Ernie Camacho last played in 1990.

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