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: 22-20 / in Starts: 21-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 41, Entered with runners on base: 1

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 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	241	2	Apr 9	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-7		99	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.00	2.42	23	8	6	1	1	6	53			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	-0.013	1.72	-0.01%	0.33	1b start a 1	7b -23 0 out a2
2	242	6	Apr 13	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	9	4	4	0	9	0	0	3.60	1.32	34	9	7	0	0	9	62			0	1	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.032	1.21	-0.03%	-0.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
3	243	10	Apr 17	LAD		CIN	W,5-4	GS-9		3	8.0	9	4	4	2	6	2	0	3.91	2.63	33	10	6	0	4	9	52			1	0	1	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	-0.332	2.66	-0.35%	0.12	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out tie
4	244	14	Apr 21	LAD	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	7	1	0	3.09	2.77	34	7	12	2	1	6	76			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.525	2.81	0.57%	3.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
5	245	18	Apr 25	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS-8	W(3-0)	3	8.0	7	4	4	5	7	0	1	3.38	2.84	37	7	10	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.33	0.045	2.43	0.05%	-0.18	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a2
6	246	22	Apr 29	LAD		ATL	W,8-0	SHO	W(4-0)	3	9.0	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.76	2.51	33	10	9	1	0	7	80			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.292	1.64	0.41%	3.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
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
7	247	25	May 3	LAD		SDP	L,1-3	GS-9		3	9.0	6	1	1	4	7	0	0	2.48	2.48	36	14	7	1	0	4	74			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.27	0.351	3.25	0.54%	2.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
8	248	29	May 7	LAD		HOU	W,5-1	CG	W(5-0)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.28	2.39	33	9	12	1	3	6	75			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.19	0.428	2.64	0.57%	2.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	249	33	May 12	LAD	@	STL	W,6-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	1	1	3	0	0	2.22	2.37	24	7	8	0	0	5	58			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	0.160	2.73	0.22%	0.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
10	250	37	May 17	LAD		PIT	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(6-0)	4	10.0	9	3	1	4	7	0	0	2.06	2.37	45	15	10	0	5	9	69			2	0	0	41	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.68	0.306	3.99	0.44%	1.35	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
11	251	41	May 21	LAD		CHC	W,10-0	SHO	W(7-0)	3	9.0	7	0	0	3	6	0	0	1.86	2.36	35	8	11	1	3	7	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.69	0.277	1.64	0.39%	3.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
12	252	46	May 26	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	L(7-1)	4	8.1	6	6	6	5	2	3	0	2.24	2.88	36	10	14	0	3	5	44			0	0	0	31	0	1	1	1	0	1	1.23	-0.340	2.86	-0.47%	-2.31	1b start a 1	9b --- 1 out d3
13	253	48	May 28	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.23	2.90	4	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2.96	-0.205	6.83	-0.28%	-0.37	8b -2- 1 out tie	8b end d 1
14	254	49	May 30 susp	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.18	2.86	6	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.171	3.40	0.24%	0.96	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
15	255	50	May 31	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-7	L(7-2)	0	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	2	0	2.21	3.06	27	8	8	1	2	5	59			0	1	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	.78	0.053	1.89	0.08%	1.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
16	256	54	Jun 4	LAD	@	MON	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-2)	3	9.0	8	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.04	2.96	36	7	12	0	3	8	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.451	2.74	0.61%	4.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
17	257	58	Jun 9	LAD		MON	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	12	0	0	1.90	2.81	34	7	8	1	0	4	88			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.314	1.63	0.42%	3.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
18	258	62	Jun 13	LAD		PHI	L,1-5	GS-8	L(9-3)	3	8.0	4	5	5	2	4	1	1	2.12	2.90	30	12	7	2	0	4	56			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.302	2.74	-0.38%	-1.52	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
19	259	66	Jun 17	LAD		HOU	W,6-1	CG	W(10-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.05	2.86	33	9	11	0	2	4	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.231	.92	0.28%	2.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	260	70	Jun 21	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	W(11-3)	3	9.0	3	3	3	1	7	2	0	2.10	2.94	30	8	11	2	0	3	75			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.166	2.60	0.24%	0.88	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
21	261	75	Jun 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-2	GS-7	L(11-4)	4	7.0	10	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.12	2.90	31	8	8	0	0	10	52			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.019	1.42	0.02%	1.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
22	262	79	Jun 30	LAD		SDP	W,4-1	CG	W(12-4)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.06	2.85	32	15	7	2	0	2	75			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.359	1.50	0.32%	2.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
23	263	83	Jul 4	LAD		SFG	L,0-1	GS-7	L(12-5)	3	7.0	6	1	1	4	2	0	1	2.03	2.90	30	8	9	0	0	6	59			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.192	2.07	0.18%	2.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
24	264	87	Jul 9	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-7	L(12-6)	4	7.0	6	3	2	2	2	0	0	2.05	2.90	28	10	8	1	2	6	55			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.043	.89	-0.03%	0.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
25	265	91	Jul 13	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-7		3	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.03	2.87	23	13	3	1	0	3	69			0	1	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.188	.54	0.07%	2.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
26	266	92	Jul 17	LAD		PIT	L,2-5	GS-8	L(12-7)	3	8.0	7	5	5	2	8	3	0	2.17	3.00	33	11	6	0	1	6	54			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.169	.30	-0.05%	-1.52	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
27	267	96	Jul 21	LAD		CHC	L,0-1	CG	L(12-8)	3	9.0	6	1	0	0	8	0	1	2.08	2.92	34	11	11	3	0	3	81			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	0.194	.70	0.06%	2.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
28	268	100	Jul 25(1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	W(13-8)	3	7.0	7	3	2	3	5	1	0	2.09	2.97	29	7	7	2	0	7	55			1	1	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.048	.65	-0.02%	0.27	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
29	269	105	Jul 29	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(13-9)	3	7.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.11	3.00	28	8	9	1	0	7	57			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.039	.16	0.00%	1.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
30	270	109	Aug 2	LAD		CIN	L,0-1	GS-8	L(13-10)	3	8.0	2	1	1	4	7	1	0	2.07	3.03	31	10	8	0	2	2	77			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.235	.27	0.04%	2.48	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
31	271	113	Aug 6	LAD		ATL	L,4-5	CG	L(13-11)	3	9.0	9	5	5	2	7	2	0	2.18	3.09	37	13	6	1	3	9	54			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.78	-0.482	.07	-0.01%	-1.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
32	272	117	Aug 11	LAD	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	W(14-11)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	7	1	0	2.14	3.11	34	9	11	1	1	4	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.221	.02	0.00%	3.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
33	273	121	Aug 16	LAD	@	MON	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.14	3.08	29	11	11	0	2	5	66			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.102	.02	0.00%	1.82	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
34	274	125	Aug 21	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-7	GS-7	L(14-12)	4	6.1	8	7	6	4	4	1	0	2.30	3.13	31	7	10	3	1	6	31			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.299	.01	0.00%	-4.32	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d7
35	275	130	Aug 25	LAD		PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	L(14-13)	3	8.0	10	4	4	3	4	1	0	2.36	3.16	36	9	10	2	2	10	47			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-0.52	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
36	276	135	Aug 30	LAD		NYM	W,7-0	SHO	W(15-13)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	8	0	0	2.29	3.12	32	6	10	0	2	5	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	.39	0.215	.00	0.00%	3.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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
37	277	139	Sep 3	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-13	GS-4	L(15-14)	3	3.2	6	9	7	6	2	0	0	2.48	3.16	24	5	5	2	1	6	13			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	2	.92	-0.286	.00	0.00%	-5.55	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d7
38	278	144	Sep 8	LAD		SFG	W,4-0	SHO	W(16-14)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.40	3.13	30	10	13	2	1	3	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.549	.00	0.00%	3.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
39	279	149	Sep 13	LAD		ATL	W,6-0	SHO	W(17-14)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.33	3.08	33	11	9	0	1	5	83			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.464	.00	0.00%	3.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
40	280	153	Sep 17	LAD		SDP	W,7-1	GS-8	W(18-14)	3	7.0	5	1	1	9	4	0	1	2.31	3.14	35	7	12	3	0	2	58			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.192	.00	0.00%	1.09	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a6
41	281	157	Sep 22	LAD	@	SDP	L,5-6	GS-5		4	4.2	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.36	3.13	21	11	6	1	0	3	39			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.21	-0.192	.00	0.00%	-0.93	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d1
42	282	161	Sep 27	LAD		HOU	W,5-1	CG	W(19-14)	4	9.0	3	1	0	2	6	0	0	2.29	3.09	32	7	14	2	1	3	83			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.48	0.231	.00	0.00%	2.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
							22-20		W-L:19-14,Sv:1	3.2	321.2	244	92	82	96	213	22	5	2.29	3.09	1276	1.03		5%	6%	223	64	1	100%	14	7	2	1148	29	3	2	24	7	10	1.04	4.054	1.35	4.09%	52.03

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