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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Team Record in Appearances: 24-14 / in Starts: 24-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	106	3	Apr 8	CAL		KCR	L,2-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	7	3	0	4	6	0	0	0.00	2.45	37	13	7	1	0	7	64			0	0	0	33	1	0	2	0	0	2	.92	-0.028	1.41	-0.03%	0.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
2	107	7	Apr 13	CAL	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS-6		4	5.2	1	1	1	7	5	0	0	0.66	3.26	26	6	7	0	2	1	61			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	0.078	1.72	0.06%	1.27	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out tie
3	108	11	Apr 17	CAL	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	7	3	3	6	6	0	0	1.59	3.20	39	16	4	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.92	0.397	3.50	0.44%	1.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
4	109	15	Apr 22	CAL		OAK	L,3-7	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.2	6	7	5	5	3	0	0	2.96	3.40	25	7	4	0	3	6	26			0	1	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.33	-0.337	2.70	-0.41%	-3.39	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
5	110	20	Apr 27	CAL		CLE	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.55	3.50	30	10	9	1	1	5	70			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.215	1.20	0.17%	2.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	111	24	May 1	CAL		DET	W,9-1	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	1	2.23	3.24	36	10	11	2	1	4	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.39	0.168	.52	0.14%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
7	112	27	May 6(1)	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	7.0	5	3	3	4	4	0	1	2.45	3.27	31	10	7	0	2	5	55			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.151	1.40	-0.13%	-0.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
8	113	32	May 10	CAL	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-6	L(2-4)	3	5.1	6	5	4	2	7	1	0	2.86	3.28	25	5	5	0	0	6	43			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.218	.82	-0.18%	-2.80	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d3
9	114	36	May 15	CAL		MIL	W,4-1	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	1	2.60	3.17	35	11	10	1	2	4	78			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.495	1.33	0.37%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
10	115	40	May 19	CAL		MIN	L,6-12	GS-5	L(3-5)	3	4.0	8	7	7	2	1	1	0	3.36	3.37	22	6	5	0	1	8	17			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.644	1.87	-0.49%	-5.36	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out tie
11	116	44	May 23	CAL		CHW	W,10-5	GS-7	W(4-5)	3	6.2	5	4	4	5	2	0	0	3.54	3.43	30	6	12	0	3	5	45			2	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.35	0.112	.30	0.06%	-1.76	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out a5
12	117	47	May 28	CAL	@	NYY	W,9-6	GS-8	W(5-5)	4	7.1	7	5	5	4	3	1	1	3.76	3.61	32	10	11	4	0	3	43			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	2	0	.44	-0.126	.38	-0.07%	-2.19	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	118	53	Jun 4	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-10	GS-4	L(5-6)	6	3.0	6	4	4	5	2	0	0	4.05	3.70	19	7	3	2	0	2	28			1	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	-0.309	.89	-0.11%	-2.98	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d3
14	119	57	Jun 9	CAL		NYY	W,4-3	GS-9		4	8.0	8	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.90	3.58	31	13	9	1	0	6	57			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.009	.59	0.00%	0.86	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out a2
15	120	62	Jun 14	CAL		BOS	L,3-4	GS-10		4	10.0	10	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.78	3.61	42	18	15	9	0	2	61			2	0	0	38	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.46	0.362	.57	0.09%	0.98	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
16	121	67	Jun 19	CAL	@	KCR	W,7-4	GS-8	W(6-6)	4	8.0	8	4	4	3	2	1	1	3.83	3.71	36	7	15	0	2	8	49			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.117	.32	0.02%	-0.62	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a1
17	122	71	Jun 23(1)	CAL	@	MIL	L,0-6	GS-7	L(6-7)	3	6.0	8	6	3	4	6	0	0	3.87	3.65	32	9	5	0	0	8	40			2	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	3	.67	-0.193	.10	-0.02%	-3.79	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out d5
18	123	76	Jun 27(1)	CAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS-5	W(7-7)	3	5.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	1	3.71	3.54	19	6	4	1	0	3	66			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.267	.07	0.01%	2.23	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	124	81	Jul 1	CAL		KCR	L,4-9	GS-5	L(7-8)	3	5.0	7	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.92	3.59	25	4	8	1	1	7	35			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.413	.07	-0.02%	-3.01	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
20	125	86	Jul 6	CAL	@	MIN	W,7-5	GS-7		4	6.1	6	5	4	4	6	0	0	4.00	3.53	28	8	4	1	0	6	45			1	1	0	24	2	1	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.280	.04	-0.01%	-2.23	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d1
21	126	90	Jul 10	CAL	@	OAK	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-8)	3	9.0	6	0	0	3	8	0	0	3.75	3.42	36	10	9	0	2	6	80			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.388	.08	0.02%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
22	127	93	Jul 15	CAL		BAL	L,3-4	GS-7	L(8-9)	4	7.0	8	4	2	1	3	1	0	3.70	3.44	29	11	6	2	2	8	51			0	1	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.265	.06	-0.01%	-1.22	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
23	128	98	Jul 20	CAL		DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-9)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.49	3.36	31	10	11	0	3	3	84			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.551	.07	0.02%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	129	102	Jul 25(1)	CAL	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	W(10-9)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	8	1	0	3.41	3.34	35	8	11	1	1	5	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.141	.01	0.00%	1.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
25	130	107	Jul 30	CAL	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-8	L(10-10)	4	7.1	7	4	4	1	5	1	0	3.47	3.34	28	5	10	1	3	7	52			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.094	.11	0.01%	1.11	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	131	112	Aug 4	CAL		CHW	L,3-10	GS-2	L(10-11)	4	1.2	5	6	6	3	0	0	1	3.74	3.40	14	3	2	0	0	5	18			1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.420	.02	-0.01%	-5.59	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d6
27	132	114	Aug 6	CAL		MIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-11)	1	9.0	3	0	0	6	6	0	0	3.56	3.39	36	13	8	0	2	3	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	0.498	.00	0.00%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	133	120	Aug 13	CAL	@	WSA	L,0-4	GS-6	L(11-12)	6	6.0	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	3.59	3.37	25	13	2	0	1	4	50			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	2	.68	-0.253	.00	0.00%	-1.59	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
29	134	124	Aug 17	CAL	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(12-12)	3	9.0	9	3	3	1	6	2	0	3.56	3.42	37	18	3	1	0	9	62			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.68	0.425	.00	0.00%	1.20	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a1
30	135	128	Aug 22	CAL		NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(13-12)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.41	3.39	34	13	12	1	1	6	74			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.13	0.480	.00	0.00%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	136	132	Aug 27	CAL		BOS	W,1-0	GS-8	W(14-12)	4	7.2	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.29	3.32	27	11	5	2	2	4	76			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.384	.00	0.00%	2.64	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	137	136	Sep 1	CAL		OAK	L,0-7	GS-7	L(14-13)	4	6.0	8	6	5	4	2	1	0	3.41	3.39	30	10	6	1	1	8	32			2	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.225	.00	0.00%	-2.97	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d5
33	138	140	Sep 6	CAL	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	W(15-13)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.35	3.38	35	13	5	0	1	8	68			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.260	.00	0.00%	1.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
34	139	144	Sep 10	CAL		MIL	W,7-3	CG	W(16-13)	3	9.0	4	3	3	8	7	1	0	3.34	3.44	38	9	10	0	1	4	66			4	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.96	0.112	.00	0.00%	0.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
35	140	149	Sep 15	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	W(17-13)	4	9.0	4	2	0	3	5	0	0	3.22	3.40	36	12	12	1	1	4	77			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.09	0.183	.00	0.00%	1.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
36	141	153	Sep 19	CAL	@	CHW	W,2-0	GS-7	W(18-13)	3	7.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.13	3.33	22	4	8	2	2	2	79			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.473	.00	0.00%	3.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
37	142	157	Sep 24	CAL		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(19-13)	4	9.0	8	3	1	3	8	0	0	3.06	3.27	36	6	11	0	1	8	68			1	0	1	32	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.15	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
38	143	160	Sep 28	CAL	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	W(20-13)	3	9.0	9	2	1	5	7	1	0	2.99	3.30	41	10	10	0	2	9	65			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.26	0.356	.00	0.00%	2.01	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
							24-14		W-L:20-13	3.7	276.2	224	112	92	121	179	16	7	2.99	3.30	1170	1.22		5%	7%	206	57		---%	26	5	2	1028	33	6	6	18	5	22	1.07	2.696	.53	-0.10%	5.63

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