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: 18-15 / in Starts: 18-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	169	2	Apr 7	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-7		99	7.0	2	3	0	1	6	1	0	0.00	3.14	24	7	8	1	0	2	72			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.239	1.56	-0.22%	-0.06	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
2	170	7	Apr 12	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	GS-9	L(0-1)	4	8.2	12	5	4	3	10	0	1	2.30	2.31	41	11	5	0	1	11	49			1	0	0	37	3	0	0	1	0	1	.79	-0.224	.90	-0.15%	-1.49	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out d3
3	171	12	Apr 17	LAD		HOU	W,7-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	8	2	1	1	9	0	0	1.82	1.80	35	8	9	1	3	8	73			0	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	1	1	.47	0.214	.66	0.18%	1.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
4	172	17	Apr 22	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	5.2	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	2.67	2.50	25	6	7	0	1	4	45			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	-0.259	1.38	-0.21%	-2.08	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d3
5	173	21	Apr 29(1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-8	GS-8		6	7.0	8	6	5	2	2	1	0	3.38	2.91	29	10	7	0	0	8	39			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	3	0	1	1.08	-0.135	.91	-0.07%	-2.21	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
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	174	25	May 3	LAD		CHC	L,1-4	GS-9	L(1-3)	3	8.0	9	3	3	0	4	0	0	3.38	2.68	33	10	16	6	3	3	56			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.066	1.33	0.04%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out a1
7	175	30	May 8	LAD		PIT	W,7-4	GS-7	W(2-3)	4	6.0	6	4	4	1	1	3	0	3.68	3.44	24	11	5	2	0	6	44			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.193	.62	-0.10%	-2.81	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out a3
8	176	34	May 13	LAD	@	SFG	W,15-3	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	6	3	2	6	4	0	1	3.43	3.53	39	10	12	1	0	6	63			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.159	.88	-0.14%	1.32	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a12
9	177	38	May 18	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(4-3)	4	7.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.34	3.67	30	12	6	0	1	6	57			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	1	1	.78	0.047	1.16	0.04%	1.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
10	178	43	May 23	LAD		SDP	L,3-4	GS-8	L(4-4)	4	7.2	5	4	4	5	4	1	0	3.48	3.82	31	10	7	1	2	5	52			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.080	1.69	-0.08%	0.13	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
11	179	48	May 28	LAD		PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	12	0	0	3.21	3.44	37	5	12	0	2	7	80			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	1	0	.89	0.227	1.61	0.25%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 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
12	180	52	Jun 2	LAD		MON	L,3-6	GS-7	L(5-5)	4	6.1	8	6	5	5	6	2	0	3.49	3.70	32	8	5	1	0	8	36			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.11	-0.270	2.46	-0.36%	-1.75	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d1
13	181	56	Jun 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-5)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.17	3.61	34	12	12	2	1	1	82			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.555	1.81	0.58%	4.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
14	182	61	Jun 12	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS-6		4	6.0	7	5	4	3	3	1	0	3.33	3.71	28	6	9	0	1	7	40			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.320	2.68	-0.43%	-2.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
15	183	66	Jun 18	LAD		ATL	W,13-3	CG	W(7-5)	5	9.0	7	3	3	1	8	2	0	3.31	3.73	34	8	10	2	0	7	68			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.094	.55	0.14%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
16	184	71	Jun 23(1)	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	GS-8	L(7-6)	4	8.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.31	3.77	32	10	10	1	1	5	61			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.021	2.65	-0.04%	0.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
17	185	76	Jun 28(1)	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	2	2	1	2	4	1	0	3.23	3.80	23	7	8	0	0	2	64			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.70	0.018	1.68	0.03%	0.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
18	186	82	Jul 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-6		3	5.1	3	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.23	3.73	20	3	11	2	0	2	56			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.038	2.67	-0.06%	0.29	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out a1
19	187	87	Jul 7	LAD		PIT	W,8-6	GS-7		4	6.1	9	6	5	1	6	2	0	3.41	3.79	29	6	7	0	1	9	38			0	2	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.13	-0.386	3.17	-0.65%	-3.54	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out tie
20	188	91	Jul 12	LAD		STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-6)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.20	3.63	32	7	12	4	2	6	80			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.468	3.04	0.77%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	189	96	Jul 17	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-4	GS-9	W(9-6)	4	8.2	6	4	4	2	10	2	0	3.25	3.64	34	7	9	0	0	6	64			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.25	0.070	.55	0.09%	-0.34	1b start a 4	9b 12- 2 out a4
22	190	101	Jul 22	LAD	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.22	3.54	27	6	9	2	1	5	64			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.123	2.98	0.16%	1.23	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
23	191	105	Jul 29	LAD		SFG	W,6-2	CG	W(10-6)	6	9.0	3	2	0	5	3	0	0	3.06	3.54	36	15	10	0	2	3	75			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.32	0.260	5.58	0.66%	1.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
24	192	110	Aug 3	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-0	SHO	W(11-6)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.91	3.49	32	14	7	0	0	3	83			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.478	3.60	1.08%	4.32	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
25	193	115	Aug 8	LAD		NYM	L,0-1	GS-8	L(11-7)	4	8.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.83	3.43	31	7	8	1	2	6	70			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.256	2.54	0.40%	2.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
26	194	119	Aug 12	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	GS-8		3	8.0	7	1	1	3	5	1	0	2.76	3.45	34	9	10	1	3	7	66			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.247	3.55	0.50%	2.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
27	195	123	Aug 17	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-5	L(11-8)	4	5.0	8	5	5	2	3	1	0	2.92	3.49	25	10	8	3	0	2	32			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.201	2.64	-0.39%	-2.53	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
28	196	127	Aug 22	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	0	1	5	0	1	2.82	3.44	30	8	9	1	2	6	63			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.49	0.140	5.30	0.30%	1.16	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
29	197	132	Aug 27	LAD	@	MON	L,0-4	GS-7	L(11-9)	4	7.0	3	2	2	4	5	1	1	2.81	3.50	29	9	7	1	1	3	64			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.020	1.93	0.03%	1.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
30	198	137	Sep 1	LAD		HOU	L,0-2	GS-6	L(11-10)	4	6.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	1	2.82	3.53	27	8	6	0	3	8	50			1	0	1	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.006	2.82	0.01%	0.65	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
31	199	145	Sep 9	LAD		SDP	W,5-3	CG	W(12-10)	7	9.0	7	3	3	1	9	0	0	2.82	3.43	34	7	10	0	2	7	69			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.068	4.28	0.14%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
32	200	149	Sep 14	LAD	@	HOU	W,13-1	CG	W(13-10)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.76	3.37	31	5	16	3	3	4	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.146	.71	0.15%	3.11	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a12
33	201	154	Sep 19	LAD		ATL	W,4-1	GS-8	W(14-10)	4	8.0	5	1	1	3	6	1	1	2.70	3.40	33	9	9	1	1	5	71			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.247	.54	0.09%	2.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
							18-15		W-L:14-10	4.2	249.2	196	90	75	77	177	24	6	2.70	3.40	1015	0.95		6%	7%	178	61		---%	14	8	1	918	40	1	3	14	4	15	.92	1.225	2.12	2.73%	24.16

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