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: 2-4 / in Starts: 2-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	328	44	May 29	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	GS-5		99	5.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	0.00	2.59	16	4	6	2	0	1	67			2	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	0.272	2.15	0.33%	2.33	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
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
2	329	49	Jun 3	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	5.0	6	5	4	3	2	3	0	3.60	6.99	24	9	4	0	0	6	36			1	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.165	1.62	-0.18%	-3.15	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d5
3	330	59	Jun 14	NYY		SEA	W,11-9	GS-2		10	2.0	3	5	1	2	2	1	0	3.75	7.50	12	4	1	0	0	3	38			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.73	-0.405	2.40	-0.34%	-4.09	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
4	331	61	Jun 16	NYY		CAL	L,7-10	7-GF		1	2.2	6	5	5	0	1	2	0	6.14	8.24	14	1	6	1	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.019	.20	-0.02%	-3.60	7t 1-- 1 out d4	9t end d 6
5	332	71	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	GS-7	L(0-2)	9	6.1	6	3	1	4	6	1	0	4.71	7.16	29	4	9	1	1	6	55			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	-0.150	2.31	-0.18%	-0.67	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 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
6	333	76	Jul 1	NYY		DET	L,4-8	GS-2	L(0-3)	4	1.1	2	3	3	5	2	0	0	5.64	7.38	11	1	1	0	0	2	35			1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.215	1.44	-0.13%	-2.23	1t start tie	2t 1-3 1 out d2
							2-4		W-L:0-3	4.5	22.1	24	21	14	15	16	7	1	5.64	7.38	106	0.85		8%	2%	24	46	1	0%	4	1	0	90	4	0	0	3	0	3	1.04	-0.682	1.77	-0.51%	-11.41

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