Andy Messersmith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: August 6, 1945 in Toms River, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) and the California Angels in the 1st round (12th) of the 1966 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA).

High Schools: Western HS (Anaheim, CA), Woodrow Wilson HS (Long Beach, CA)

School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: July 4, 1968 (Age 22-333d, 12,713th in major league history)
vs. DET 5.1 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: June 1, 1979 (Age 33-299d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: John Alexander Messersmith

Nicknames: Bluto or Channel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.2

130

ERA

2.86

344

295

2230.1

1625

WHIP

1.143

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-18 / in Starts: 11-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 75 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	55 (27-18-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 75 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	46 (24-14-7)

Most Driven In
K McMullen	1
Self	1
A RodrÃguez	0
J Tatum	0

Most Driven In By
J Fregosi	2
Self	1
S Alomar	1

1970 Batting Game Log

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1970 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	72	1	Apr 7	CAL	@	MIL	W,12-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.18	-0.018	.29	-0.02%	-0.48	P
2	73	4 (2)	Apr 11	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.51	-0.091	.98	-0.11%	-1.60	P
3	74	7 (2)	Apr 15	CAL		MIN	L,2-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.69	-0.034	1.50	-0.05%	-0.30	P
4	75	11 (3)	Apr 19	CAL		KCR	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	9	1.65	0.005	3.30	0.01%	-0.27	P
5	76	15 (3)	Apr 24	CAL	@	WSA	L,3-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	9	1.52	-0.069	2.81	-0.08%	-0.65	P
6	77	19 (3)	Apr 29	CAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.200	.333	9	.70	-0.036	1.38	-0.04%	-0.35	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	78	23 (3)	May 5	CAL		WSA	L,1-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.176	.294	9	2.16	-0.107	4.24	-0.13%	-0.80	P
8	79	27 (3)	May 9	CAL		NYY	W,11-3	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9	.44	0.196	.88	0.24%	2.13	P
9	80	29 (1)	May 11	CAL		BOS	W,2-1	15-16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.381	.571	3	2.20	-0.054	4.43	-0.07%	-0.21	PH
10	81	31 (1)	May 13	CAL		BOS	W,5-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.174	.348	.522	9	.96	-0.050	2.03	-0.06%	-0.51	P
11	82	36 (4)	May 18	CAL	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.185	.333	.519	9	.44	0.002	1.04	0.00%	-0.50	P
12	83	40 (3)	May 23	CAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.367	.567	9	1.16	0.031	4.31	0.07%	0.35	P
13	84	42 (1)	May 26	CAL		OAK	W,4-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.367	.567	9						P
14	85	45 (2)	May 29	CAL		BAL	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.333	.515	9	1.33	-0.103	2.67	-0.12%	-0.57	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	86	49 (3)	Jun 3	CAL		DET	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.162	.297	.459	9	.51	-0.064	1.08	-0.08%	-1.59	P
16	87	53 (3)	Jun 7	CAL		CLE	L,4-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.282	.436	9	1.14	-0.053	2.39	-0.07%	-0.36	P
17	88	57 (3)	Jun 12	CAL	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.140	.256	.395	9	.75	-0.115	1.56	-0.15%	-1.38	P
18	89	61 (3)	Jun 16	CAL	@	CLE	L,2-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.136	.250	.386	9	1.54	-0.039	2.70	-0.04%	-0.43	P
19	90	62	Jun 19	CAL		MIL	L,2-5	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.136	.250	.386	9						P
20	91	65 (2)	Jun 23	CAL		CHW	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.239	.370	9	1.59	-0.083	2.71	-0.08%	-0.61	P
21	92	70 (4)	Jun 27	CAL	@	KCR	L,0-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.229	.354	9	1.03	-0.050	2.24	-0.07%	-0.37	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	93	75 (4)	Jul 1	CAL	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.140	.240	.380	9	1.16	0.027	2.15	0.03%	0.15	P
23	94	79 (3)	Jul 5	CAL		OAK	W,5-1	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.250	.404	9	.47	0.022	1.14	0.03%	-0.02	P
24	95	84 (4)	Jul 10	CAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.145	.236	.382	9	.75	-0.054	2.21	-0.09%	-0.64	P
25	96	86 (1)	Jul 12	CAL		MIN	W,6-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.145	.236	.382	9						P
26	97	87	Jul 16	CAL	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS-5	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.263	.421	9	1.96	-0.026	3.40	-0.03%	-0.33	P
27	98	92 (4)	Jul 20	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.169	.271	.441	9	.45	0.003	.97	0.00%	0.03	P
28	99	97 (4)	Jul 24	CAL		WSA	L,8-9	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.177	.274	.452	9	.19	-0.017	.36	-0.02%	-0.76	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	100	109 (11)	Aug 6	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.169	.262	.431	9	2.53	-0.193	5.46	-0.25%	-1.33	P
30	101	114 (4)	Aug 11	CAL		BAL	L,0-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.258	.424	9	.45	-0.011	.63	-0.01%	-0.14	P
31	102	117 (2)	Aug 14	CAL		DET	W,7-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.164	.254	.418	9	.03	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.14	P
32	103	124 (6)	Aug 22	CAL	@	BAL	W,3-2	7-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.162	.250	.412	9	1.27	-0.032	1.77	-0.03%	-0.10	P
33	104	126 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	CAL	@	DET	W,6-4	9-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.159	.246	.406	8	3.63	-0.101	7.15	-0.12%	-0.31	P
34	105	129 (2)	Aug 28 (1)	CAL	@	CLE	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.159	.246	.406	9						P
35	106	132 (2)	Aug 30	CAL	@	CLE	W,10-9	6-GF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.159	.246	.406	7	1.01	-0.013	2.51	-0.02%	-0.28	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	107	134 (1)	Sep 2	CAL		KCR	W,3-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.157	.243	.400	9	.21	-0.006	.46	-0.01%	-0.21	P
37	108	137 (2)	Sep 5	CAL		MIN	L,3-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.157	.157	.243	.400	9						P
38	109	142 (4)	Sep 9 (2)	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	7-GF(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.157	.157	.243	.400	9						P
							20-18		75	70	4	11	3	0	1	2	0	0	28	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.157	.243	.400		.97	-1.134	2.04	-1.34%	-12.57

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