Dennis Lamp

Q: When was Dennis Lamp born?

Dennis Lamp was born on September 23, 1952.

Q: Where was Dennis Lamp born?

Dennis Lamp was born in Los Angeles, CA .

Q: How tall is Dennis Lamp?

Dennis Lamp is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Dennis Lamp weigh when playing?

Dennis Lamp weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Dennis Lamp in the Hall of Fame?

Dennis Lamp has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Dennis Lamp drafted?

Dennis Lamp was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. John Bosco HS (Bellflower, CA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Dennis Lamp have?

Dennis Lamp had 857 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Dennis Lamp played for?

Dennis Lamp played for 6 teams; the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Q: When did Dennis Lamp retire?

Dennis Lamp last played in 1992.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: September 23, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. John Bosco HS (Bellflower, CA).

High School: St. John Bosco HS (Bellflower, CA)

Debut: August 21, 1977 (Age 24-332d, 13,927th in major league history)
vs. LAD 5.2 IP, 9 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: June 6, 1992 (Age 39-257d)
vs. NYM 3.2 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Dennis Patrick Lamp

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.6

ERA

3.93

639

163

1830.2

857

WHIP

1.379

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1971	18	CHC-min	Rk	1	2	.333	6.46	14	8		0	0	0	46.0	51	39	33	3	32	0	43	2	0	5				1.804	10.0	0.6	6.3	8.4	1.34	CDW PION
1972	19	CHC-min	Rk	7	2	.778	1.93	14	6		3	1	4	70.0	56	20	15	0	21	1	56	4	0	4				1.100	7.2	0.0	2.7	7.2	2.67	CBF GULF
1973	20	CHC-min	A,AA	8	8	.500	3.35	22	20		5	1	0	137.0	121	61	51	13	40	0	94	6	0	5				1.175	7.9	0.9	2.6	6.2	2.35	QUI,MDL MIDW,TL
1974	21	CHC-min	AA,A	2	6	.250	3.22	32	6		3	0	0	109.0	109	53	39	5	36	6	62	4	0	6				1.330	9.0	0.4	3.0	5.1	1.72	MDL,KEY TL,FLOR
1975	22	CHC-min	AA	7	5	.583	3.33	37	9		5	2	5	127.0	112	52	47	7	54	7	71	5	0	8				1.307	7.9	0.5	3.8	5.0	1.31	MDL TL
1976	23	CHC-min	AAA	8	14	.364	4.06	30	25		6	0	1	153.0	182	94	69	15	52	10	98	6	0	7				1.529	10.7	0.9	3.1	5.8	1.88	WCH AA
1977	24	CHC-min	AAA	11	4	.733	2.93	20	17		6	2	0	129.0	116	54	42	8	23	1	52	4	1	0				1.078	8.1	0.6	1.6	3.6	2.26	WCH AA
1977	24	CHC	NL	0	2	.000	6.30	11	3	4	0	0	0	30.0	43	21	21	3	8	4	12	2	1	0	137	70	4.24	1.700	12.9	0.9	2.4	3.6	1.50
1978	25	CHC	NL	7	15	.318	3.30	37	36	0	6	3	0	223.2	221	96	82	16	56	8	73	4	2	2	928	122	3.67	1.238	8.9	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.30
1979	26	CHC	NL	11	10	.524	3.50	38	32	3	6	1	0	200.1	223	96	78	14	46	9	86	5	0	1	843	119	3.55	1.343	10.0	0.6	2.1	3.9	1.87
1980	27	CHC	NL	10	14	.417	5.20	41	37	3	2	1	0	202.2	259	123	117	16	82	7	83	1	0	10	921	76	4.19	1.683	11.5	0.7	3.6	3.7	1.01
1981	28	CHW	AL	7	6	.538	2.41	27	10	5	3	0	0	127.0	103	41	34	4	43	1	71	1	1	4	514	148	2.93	1.150	7.3	0.3	3.0	5.0	1.65
1982	29	CHW	AL	11	8	.579	3.99	44	27	11	3	2	5	189.2	206	96	84	9	59	3	78	6	0	5	817	102	3.54	1.397	9.8	0.4	2.8	3.7	1.32
1983	30	CHW	AL	7	7	.500	3.71	49	5	31	1	0	15	116.1	123	52	48	6	29	7	44	4	0	0	483	113	3.52	1.307	9.5	0.5	2.2	3.4	1.52
1984	31	TOR	AL	8	8	.500	4.55	56	4	37	0	0	9	85.0	97	53	43	9	38	7	45	1	0	2	387	91	4.46	1.588	10.3	1.0	4.0	4.8	1.18
1985	32	TOR	AL	11	0	1.000	3.32	53	1	11	0	0	2	105.2	96	42	39	7	27	3	68	0	0	5	426	128	3.02	1.164	8.2	0.6	2.3	5.8	2.52	MVP-21
1986	33	TOR	AL	2	6	.250	5.05	40	2	11	0	0	2	73.0	93	50	41	5	23	6	30	0	0	2	329	84	3.78	1.589	11.5	0.6	2.8	3.7	1.30
1987	34	OAK-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.92	6	0	0	0	0	0	12.1	9	4	4	0	8	0	10	1	1	0				1.378	6.6	0.0	5.8	7.3	1.25	TAC PCL
1987	34	OAK	AL	1	3	.250	5.08	36	5	10	0	0	0	56.2	76	38	32	5	22	3	36	1	0	4	262	82	3.97	1.729	12.1	0.8	3.5	5.7	1.64
1988	35	BOS	AL	7	6	.538	3.48	46	0	14	0	0	0	82.2	92	39	32	3	19	3	49	2	8	5	350	119	2.82	1.343	10.0	0.3	2.1	5.3	2.58
1989	36	BOS	AL	4	2	.667	2.32	42	0	14	0	0	2	112.1	96	37	29	4	27	6	61	0	1	1	445	178	2.86	1.095	7.7	0.3	2.2	4.9	2.26
1990	37	BOS	AL	3	5	.375	4.68	47	1	5	0	0	0	105.2	114	61	55	10	30	8	49	3	0	2	453	87	4.05	1.363	9.7	0.9	2.6	4.2	1.63
1991	38	BOS	AL	6	3	.667	4.70	51	0	12	0	0	0	92.0	100	54	48	8	31	7	57	3	0	1	403	92	3.86	1.424	9.8	0.8	3.0	5.6	1.84
1992	39	PIT-min	AAA	0	0		6.75	3	0	1	0	0	1	5.1	6	5	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	22			1.125	10.1	1.7	0.0	5.1		BFL AA
1992	39	PIT	NL	1	1	.500	5.14	21	0	2	0	0	0	28.0	33	16	16	3	9	4	15	2	1	0	125	69	4.28	1.500	10.6	1.0	2.9	4.8	1.67
16 Yrs				96	96	.500	3.93	639	163	173	21	7	35	1830.2	1975	915	799	122	549	86	857	35	14	44	7823	104	3.61	1.379	9.7	0.6	2.7	4.2	1.56
162 Game Avg.				8	8	.500	3.93	54	14	15	2	1	3	155	167	78	68	10	47	7	73	3	1	4	663	104	3.61	1.379	9.7	0.6	2.7	4.2	1.56

BOS (4 yrs)				20	16	.556	3.76	186	1	45	0	0	2	392.2	402	191	164	25	107	24	216	8	9	9	1651	111	3.40	1.296	9.2	0.6	2.5	5.0	2.02
CHC (4 yrs)				28	41	.406	4.08	127	108	10	14	5	0	656.2	746	336	298	49	192	28	254	12	3	13	2829	99	3.82	1.428	10.2	0.7	2.6	3.5	1.32
TOR (3 yrs)				21	14	.600	4.20	149	7	59	0	0	13	263.2	286	145	123	21	88	16	143	1	0	9	1142	100	3.70	1.418	9.8	0.7	3.0	4.9	1.63
CHW (3 yrs)				25	21	.543	3.45	120	42	47	7	2	20	433.0	432	189	166	19	131	11	193	11	1	9	1814	115	3.36	1.300	9.0	0.4	2.7	4.0	1.47
PIT (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.14	21	0	2	0	0	0	28.0	33	16	16	3	9	4	15	2	1	0	125	69	4.28	1.500	10.6	1.0	2.9	4.8	1.67
OAK (1 yr)				1	3	.250	5.08	36	5	10	0	0	0	56.2	76	38	32	5	22	3	36	1	0	4	262	82	3.97	1.729	12.1	0.8	3.5	5.7	1.64

AL (11 yrs)				67	54	.554	3.81	491	55	161	7	2	35	1146.0	1196	563	485	70	348	54	588	21	10	31	4869	108	3.48	1.347	9.4	0.5	2.7	4.6	1.69
NL (5 yrs)				29	42	.408	4.13	148	108	12	14	5	0	684.2	779	352	314	52	201	32	269	14	4	13	2954	98	3.84	1.431	10.2	0.7	2.6	3.5	1.34

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1977	24	CHC	NL	0.1	11	8	8	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	94	.340	88	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	25	CHC	NL	0.1	37	76	73	1	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	.205	.205	.233	.438	17	.211	-4	17	1	0	3	0	0	1
1979	26	CHC	NL	-0.1	38	67	58	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.155	.183	.172	.356	-6	.167	-49	10	0	0	7	0	0	1
1980	27	CHC	NL	-0.4	41	72	61	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	.098	.154	.098	.252	-30	.142	-64	6	4	0	7	0	0	1

1982	29	CHW	AL	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	30	CHW	AL	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1987	34	OAK	AL	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1992	39	PIT	NL	0.0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-140	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8 Yrs				-0.4	152	224	201	6	33	3	0	0	7	0	0	6	37	.164	.188	.179	.368	-1	.181	-33	36	5	0	17	0	0	1
162 Game Avg				-0.4	162	239	214	6	35	3	0	0	7	0	0	6	39	.164	.188	.179	.368	-1	.181	-33	38	5	0	18	0	0

CHC (4 Yrs)				-0.4	127	223	200	6	33	3	0	0	7	0	0	6	37	.165	.189	.180	.369	-1	.182	-32	36	5	0	17	0	0	1
CHW (2 Yrs)				0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
PIT (1 Yr)				0.0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-140	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
OAK (1 Yr)				0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1

NL (5 Yrs)				-0.4	148	224	201	6	33	3	0	0	7	0	0	6	37	.164	.188	.179	.368	-1	.181	-33	36	5	0	17	0	0	1
AL (3 Yrs)				0.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1983	30	CHW	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1985	32	TOR	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1990	37	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

CHW (1 Yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 Yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 Yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1977	24	CHC	NL	P	11	3	0	30.0	10	1	8	1	0	.900	.950	2.70	1.86	0.82	1.85	0	1	1	50.0	35.0	0
1978	25	CHC	NL	P	37	36	6	223.2	70	18	51	1	1	.986	.951	2.78	1.91	1.86	1.89	2	28	9	24.3	32.1	1
1979	26	CHC	NL	P	38	32	6	200.1	65	17	45	3	3	.954	.951	2.79	1.80	1.63	1.80	1	17	12	41.4	34.0	3
1980	27	CHC	NL	P	41	37	2	202.2	57	8	47	2	3	.965	.952	2.44	1.91	1.34	1.91	10	25	20	44.4	31.2	2
1981	28	CHW	AL	P	27	10	3	127.0	29	5	23	1	4	.966	.963	1.98	1.98	1.04	1.98	4	18	8	30.8	37.9	0
1982	29	CHW	AL	P	44	27	3	189.2	53	9	39	5	1	.906	.958	2.28	1.80	1.09	1.80	5	13	6	31.6	36.3	1
1983	30	CHW	AL	P	49	5	1	116.1	25	9	16	0	2	1.000	.958	1.93	1.80	0.51	1.78	0	6	4	40.0	32.7	1
1984	31	TOR	AL	P	56	4	0	85.0	26	9	15	2	3	.923	.958	2.54	1.79	0.43	1.78	2	5	0	0.0	36.2	1
1985	32	TOR	AL	P	53	1	0	105.2	32	11	21	0	3	1.000	.953	2.73	1.86	0.60	1.84	5	10	2	16.7	32.8	1	MVP-21
1986	33	TOR	AL	P	40	2	0	73.0	17	5	11	1	2	.941	.957	1.97	1.82	0.40	1.81	2	11	0	0.0	34.2	0
1987	34	OAK	AL	P	36	5	0	56.2	10	1	9	0	0	1.000	.955	1.59	1.84	0.28	1.82	4	9	2	18.2	30.8	0
1988	35	BOS	AL	P	46	0	0	82.2	24	5	18	1	0	.958	.961	2.50	1.79	0.50	1.77	5	11	1	8.3	31.3	1
1989	36	BOS	AL	P	42	0	0	112.1	32	12	20	0	3	1.000	.960	2.56	1.87	0.76	1.85	1	23	5	17.9	31.4	1
1990	37	BOS	AL	P	47	1	0	105.2	26	12	14	0	0	1.000	.953	2.21	1.78	0.55	1.76	2	12	4	25.0	34.3	0
1991	38	BOS	AL	P	51	0	0	92.0	15	2	12	1	2	.933	.956	1.37	1.80	0.27	1.80	1	10	0	0.0	34.0	0
1992	39	PIT	NL	P	21	0	0	28.0	8	4	4	0	0	1.000	.954	2.57	1.93	0.38	1.94	0	2	2	50.0	32.3	0
16 Yrs					639	163	21	1830.2	499	128	353	18	27	.964	.955	2.36	1.85	0.75	1.83	44	201	76	27.4	33.3	12

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					Standard									Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1983	30	CHW	AL	P	3	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0	0

1985	32	TOR	AL	P	3	0	9.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.89	1.00	0	0

1990	37	BOS	AL	P	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0.0
3 Yrs					7	0	11.2	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.31	0.43	2	0	0.0

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How old is Dennis Lamp?

Dennis Lamp is 72 years old.

When was Dennis Lamp born?

Dennis Lamp was born on September 23, 1952.

Where was Dennis Lamp born?

Dennis Lamp was born in Los Angeles, CA.

How tall is Dennis Lamp?

Dennis Lamp is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

How much did Dennis Lamp weigh when playing?

Dennis Lamp weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Dennis Lamp play?

Dennis Lamp played 16 seasons.

Is Dennis Lamp in the Hall of Fame?

Dennis Lamp has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Dennis Lamp drafted?

Dennis Lamp was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. John Bosco HS (Bellflower, CA).

What position did Dennis Lamp play?

Dennis Lamp was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Dennis Lamp have?

Dennis Lamp had 857 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Dennis Lamp played for?

Dennis Lamp played for 6 teams; the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates.

When did Dennis Lamp retire?

Dennis Lamp last played in 1992.

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