Cal Koonce

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: November 18, 1940 in Fayetteville, NC us

Died: October 28, 1993 in Winston-Salem, NC

Buried: Lafayette Memorial Park, Fayetteville, NC

High School: Hope Mills HS (Hope Mills, NC)

School: Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC)

Debut: April 14, 1962 (Age 21-147d, 11,952nd in major league history)
vs. STL 3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 8, 1971 (Age 30-263d)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Calvin Lee Koonce

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1969 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.8

ERA

3.78

334

971.0

504

WHIP

1.380

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 85 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

5 leading off, 4 walk-off, 8 tying, 27 go ahead

3 Tms
CHC	59
NYM	16
BOS	10

Platoon
vs RHB	49
vs LHB	36

Home/Road
Away	44
Home	41

Outs
0	31
1	29
2	25

16 Opps
PIT	15
PHI	11
SFG	10
STL	10
CIN	9
ATL/MLN	7
HOU	6
DET	3
NYM	3
KCR	2
LAD	2
CLE	2
CHW	2
CHC	1
BAL	1
MON	1

68 Batters
Willie McCovey	3
Jerry Lynch	3
Mike Shannon	2
Dick Allen	2
Frank Robinson	2
Johnny Callison	2
Mack Jones	2
Bob Bailey	2
Al Oliver	2
Orlando Cepeda	2
Willie Mays	2
Henry Aaron	2
Vada Pinson	2
Tony Taylor	2
Jim Hickman	2
Lou Johnson	1
Donn Clendenon	1
Tommy Harper	1
Dave Watkins	1
Ken Boyer	1
Tim McCarver	1
Roger Maris	1
Julián Javier	1
Bill Mazeroski	1
Lee May	1
Eddie Mathews	1
Tommie Reynolds	1
Clay Dalrymple	1
Jesse Gonder	1
Gene Oliver	1
Don Demeter	1
Stan Musial	1
Gene Lamont	1
Bill Melton	1
Pete Runnels	1
Johnny Edwards	1
Bob Oliver	1
Jim Pagliaroni	1
Bob Skinner	1
Johnny Bench	1
Roberto Clemente	1
Pete Rose	1
Jim Ray Hart	1
John Roseboro	1
Rusty Staub	1
Lou Brock	1
Davey Johnson	1
Mike McCormick	1
Gene Alley	1
Willie Stargell	1
Joey Amalfitano	1
Phil Gagliano	1
Randy Hundley	1
Ollie Brown	1
Bill White	1
Bob Aspromonte	1
Ed Kirkpatrick	1
Bill Virdon	1
Clete Boyer	1
Denis Menke	1
Elliott Maddox	1
Felipe Alou	1
Dick Schofield	1
Ray Fosse	1
John Briggs	1
Jim Wynn	1
Bob Spence	1
Willie Horton	1

18 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	27
Shea Stad (NYC)	11
3Com Park (SFO)	8
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	6
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	5
Crosley Fld (CIN)	5
Forbes Fld (PIT)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
County Stad (MIL)	3
Astrodome (HOU)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
Munic. Stad (KAN)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Parc Jarry (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	34
9	28
8	7
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	66
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	15
-2-	9
12-	7
123	3
-23	2
1-3	2
--3	1

141 Runs
RISP	24
0 on	46
1 on	25
2 on	11
3 on	3
Any on	39

Inning
1	8
2	4
3	9
4	12
5	10
6	9
7	9
8	15
9	5
Extra	4

1-3	21
4-6	31
7-end	33

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	7
+2	9
+1	9
Tied	24
-1	10
-2	4
-3	6
-4..	7

Ahead	34
Tied	24
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	14
LF	14
1B	11
C	11
2B	9
CF	9
3B	9
PH	4
SS	3
P	1

OrderPos
4th	17
3rd	12
1st	12
5th	11
6th	9
7th	8
2nd	8
9th	4
8th	4

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	32
Low Lev	37

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1962-04-27	Orlando Cepeda	SFG		CHC	behind 1-3	b 4	0	---	1	4	3	12%	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	1962-04-27	Willie McCovey	SFG		CHC	behind 2-4	b 7	2	1--	2	9	PH	35%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Davenport Scores/unER; W. McCovey Scores/unER
3	3	3	1	1962-05-05	Willie Mays	SFG	@	CHC	tied 1-1	t 3	0	-2-	2	2	8	14%	71%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Hiller Scores
4	4	4	1	1962-05-20 (1)	Tony Taylor	PHI		CHC	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	2	1962-05-20 (1)	Johnny Callison	PHI		CHC	behind 1-6	b 8	0	---	1	2	9	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	3	1962-05-20 (1)	Clay Dalrymple	PHI		CHC	behind 2-6	b 8	2	-2-	2	6	2	6%	9%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Demeter Scores
7	7	7	1	1962-05-30	Joey Amalfitano	HOU	@	CHC	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	1--	2	2	4	14%	85%		Home Run; A. Spangler Scores
8	8	8	1	1962-06-03	Jerry Lynch	CIN	@	CHC	behind 1-5	t 6	1	---	1	4	7	5%	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	9	1	1962-06-13	Bill Virdon	PIT	@	CHC	tied 2-2	t 6	1	-23	3	1	8	22%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Hoak Scores; B. Mazeroski Scores
10	10	10	1	1962-06-24 (2)	Dick Schofield	PIT		CHC	behind 1-8	b 7	0	-2-	2	9	PH	2%	4%		Home Run; H. Goss Scores
11	11	11	1	1962-06-28	Ken Boyer	STL	@	CHC	behind 0-4	t 7	0	---	1	5	5	5%	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	12	1	1962-07-02 (1)	Frank Robinson	CIN		CHC	behind 1-4	b 6	0	1--	2	4	9	19%	40%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. Pinson Scores
13	13	13	1	1962-07-23	Don Demeter	PHI	@	CHC	behind 0-3	t 7	0	---	1	7	5	8%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	14	1	1962-08-07	Henry Aaron	MLN		CHC	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	-2-	2	4	9	17%	83%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. McMillan Scores
15	15	15	1	1962-08-12	Bob Skinner	PIT	@	CHC	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	1	3	7	16%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	16	1	1962-09-04	Stan Musial	STL		CHC	tied 0-0	b 3	1	12-	3	2	7	22%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Maxvill Scores; J. Javier Scores
17	17	17	2	1962-09-04	Gene Oliver	STL		CHC	ahead 3-0	b 4	1	---	1	7	2	6%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1963-04-21 (2)	Willie McCovey	SFG		CHC	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	2	2	1963-04-21 (2)	Willie Mays	SFG		CHC	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	1	3	8	15%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	3	1	1963-08-02	Orlando Cepeda	SFG	@	CHC	ahead 8-5	t 8	2	12-	3	5	3	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Bowman Scores; W. Mays Scores
21	21	4	1	1963-08-16 (2)	Pete Rose	CIN		CHC	ahead 7-1	b 5	0	---	1	1	4	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
22	22	5	1	1963-08-24	Jim Hickman	NYM	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5	11%	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	6	1	1963-08-30	Pete Runnels	HOU	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-2-	2	2	4	14%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Spangler Scores
24	24	7	1	1963-09-09	Julián Javier	STL		CHC	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	4	8%	85%		Home Run
25	25	8	1	1963-09-18	Bob Bailey	PIT		CHC	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	11%	66%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	9	1	1963-09-27	Eddie Mathews	MLN		CHC	behind 0-1	b 6	1	---	1	4	7	21%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1964-09-17	Vada Pinson	CIN	@	CHC	ahead 5-1	t 7	2	---	1	3	8	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1965-04-17	Mack Jones	MLN		CHC	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	11%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (RF Line)
29	29	2	1	1965-04-22	Johnny Edwards	CIN	@	CHC	behind 1-2	t 8	1	---	1	9	PH	27%	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	3	1	1965-04-29	Frank Robinson	CIN		CHC	behind 0-5	b 8	1	12-	3	4	9	8%	11%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Rose Scores; T. Harper Scores
31	31	4	1	1965-05-04	Jerry Lynch	PIT	@	CHC	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1	5	7	11%	48%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	5	2	1965-05-04	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	CHC	behind 1-2	t 6	2	---	1	4	9	18%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	6	3	1965-05-04	Jerry Lynch	PIT	@	CHC	tied 2-2	t 6	2	---	1	5	7	19%	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
34	34	7	1	1965-05-08	Rusty Staub	HOU	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	9	12%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	8	1	1965-05-12	Willie McCovey	SFG		CHC	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	1	3	3	10%	29%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	9	1	1965-05-31 (1)	Jim Hickman	NYM	@	CHC	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	8	23%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Kranepool Scores; C. Hiller Scores
37	37	10	1	1965-06-09	Felipe Alou	MLN	@	CHC	behind 1-4	t 8	2	---	1	1	3	4%	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	11	1	1965-06-18	Tommy Harper	CIN		CHC	tied 0-0	b 3	2	--3	2	1	7	20%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Cárdenas Scores
39	39	12	1	1965-06-26	Phil Gagliano	STL		CHC	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	13	2	1965-06-26	Tim McCarver	STL		CHC	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	1--	2	7	2	17%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Skinner Scores
41	41	14	3	1965-06-26	Mike Shannon	STL		CHC	ahead 4-1	b 4	1	---	1	8	8	5%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	15	1	1965-07-17	Lou Johnson	LAD		CHC	behind 1-2	b 4	1	1--	2	6	7	27%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Fairly Scores
43	43	16	1	1965-07-25 (1)	Bill Mazeroski	PIT	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	4	11%	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
44	44	17	1	1965-09-26	Jim Pagliaroni	PIT	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 6	1	-23	3	7	2	23%	87%		Home Run; W. Stargell Scores; D. Clendenon Scores
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1966-04-30	Tony Taylor	PHI	@	CHC	ahead 8-0	t 5	2	12-	3	1	4	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Wine Scores; B. Uecker Scores
46	46	2	1	1966-06-14	Ollie Brown	SFG		CHC	ahead 4-1	b 4	0	---	1	7	9	5%	92%		Home Run (LF-CF)
47	47	3	2	1966-06-14	Jim Ray Hart	SFG		CHC	ahead 5-4	b 5	2	-2-	2	5	5	18%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Gabrielson Scores
48	48	4	1	1966-07-01	Bill White	PHI		CHC	ahead 6-0	b 5	2	---	1	4	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	5	1	1966-07-02	Dick Allen	PHI		CHC	ahead 11-8	b 8	1	---	1	4	7	2%	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
50	50	6	1	1966-07-04 (1)	Gene Alley	PIT	@	CHC	ahead 4-2	t 7	1	-2-	2	2	6	10%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. Law Scores
51	51	7	1	1966-07-14	Donn Clendenon	PIT		CHC	ahead 8-4	b 4	1	1--	2	4	3	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Clemente Scores
52	52	8	1	1966-07-24 (2)	Lou Brock	STL	@	CHC	tied 4-4	t 10	1	1-3	3	1	7	28%	97%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Maxvill Scores/unER; T. Francona Scores
53	53	9	1	1966-08-21	Roberto Clemente	PIT	@	CHC	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	1--	2	3	9	15%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Mota Scores
54	54	10	2	1966-08-21	Jesse Gonder	PIT	@	CHC	ahead 5-1	t 5	2	---	1	8	2	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	11	1	1966-08-26	Bob Aspromonte	HOU		CHC	behind 3-4	b 9	1	123	4	3	5	48%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); R. Brand Scores; J. Morgan Scores; S. Jackson Scores
56	56	12	1	1966-09-05 (1)	Johnny Callison	PHI	@	CHC	behind 1-2	t 3	2	1--	2	3	9	24%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. González Scores/unER; J. Callison Scores/unER
57	57	13	1	1966-09-23 (2)	John Roseboro	LAD	@	CHC	tied 2-2	t 9	0	1--	2	8	2	35%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Schofield Scores
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1967-05-03	Mack Jones	ATL		CHC	ahead 2-0	b 8	2	1--	2	4	8	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Aaron Scores
59	59	2	1	1967-06-18 (1)	Tommie Reynolds	NYM		CHC	tied 3-3	b 10	0	---	1	5	9	38%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	3	1	1967-08-23	John Briggs	PHI	@	NYM	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	-2-	2	2	8	17%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Ellsworth Scores
61	61	4	1	1967-09-07	Roger Maris	STL	@	NYM	tied 1-1	t 3	2	1--	2	3	9	24%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Flood Scores
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1968-06-01	Mike Shannon	STL	@	NYM	tied 5-5	t 10	1	---	1	6	5	41%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	2	1	1968-07-28	Lee May	CIN	@	NYM	ahead 4-3	t 8	1	---	1	4	3	12%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	3	1	1968-08-11 (2)	Mike McCormick	SFG		NYM	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	1--	2	9	1	7%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Lanier Scores
65	65	4	1	1968-09-29	Dick Allen	PHI	@	NYM	ahead 4-3	t 8	1	---	1	4	7	12%	89%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1969-04-17	Al Oliver	PIT		NYM	ahead 1-0	b 8	1	12-	3	5	3	9%	99%		Home Run; R. Hebner Scores; W. Stargell Scores
67	67	2	1	1969-04-27 (1)	Randy Hundley	CHC	@	NYM	tied 6-6	t 9	2	1--	2	6	2	49%	92%		Home Run; E. Banks Scores/unER; R. Hundley Scores/unER
68	68	3	1	1969-05-15	Henry Aaron	ATL	@	NYM	ahead 5-2	t 7	2	---	1	3	9	5%	94%		Home Run
69	69	4	1	1969-05-16	Johnny Bench	CIN		NYM	behind 8-10	b 7	2	---	1	7	2	13%	27%		Home Run
70	70	5	1	1969-05-22	Clete Boyer	ATL		NYM	ahead 9-0	b 7	0	---	1	5	5	0%	100%		Home Run
71	71	6	1	1969-05-25	Jim Wynn	HOU		NYM	ahead 5-3	b 8	2	---	1	3	8	4%	97%		Home Run
72	72	7	1	1969-06-25	Dave Watkins	PHI	@	NYM	behind 4-5	t 8	1	---	1	2	5	27%	45%		Home Run
73	73	8	1	1969-07-30 (1)	Denis Menke	HOU	@	NYM	ahead 5-3	t 9	1	123	4	4	6	4%	100%		Home Run; N. Miller Scores; J. Morgan Scores; J. Wynn Scores
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
74	74	1	1	1970-04-16	Al Oliver	PIT	@	NYM	ahead 6-4	t 8	0	---	1	5	3	7%	93%		Home Run
75	75	2	1	1970-05-18	Bob Bailey	MON		NYM	tied 4-4	b 9	1	123	4	5	PH	17%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; A. Phillips Scores; R. Staub Scores; R. Fairly Scores
76	76	3	1	1970-07-07 (2)	Elliott Maddox	DET		BOS	tied 3-3	b 10	0	---	1	8	6	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	4	1	1970-08-12 (2)	Bob Oliver	KCR	@	BOS	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	3	9%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	5	1	1970-08-17	Bill Melton	CHW	@	BOS	behind 0-7	t 8	0	-2-	2	4	9	1%	2%		Home Run (LF Line); C. May Scores
79	79	6	1	1970-08-23	Ed Kirkpatrick	KCR		BOS	behind 1-3	b 5	0	---	1	5	2	13%	40%		Home Run (Deep RF)
80	80	7	1	1970-08-29	Bob Spence	CHW		BOS	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	1	6	3	10%	29%		Home Run (Deep RF)
81	81	8	1	1970-09-02 (2)	Gene Lamont	DET	@	BOS	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	8%	28%		Home Run (Deep RF)
82	82	9	1	1970-09-07 (2)	Vada Pinson	CLE		BOS	ahead 3-2	b 5	0	1-3	3	3	9	11%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Nettles Scores; E. Leon Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
83	83	1	1	1971-04-10	Ray Fosse	CLE		BOS	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	2	19%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. Pinson Scores
84	84	2	1	1971-05-23 (1)	Davey Johnson	BAL		BOS	ahead 10-2	b 5	0	1--	2	7	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Rettenmund Scores
85	85	3	1	1971-08-08	Willie Horton	DET	@	BOS	ahead 5-1	t 6	1	12-	3	3	7	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. McAuliffe Scores; A. Kaline Scores

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