Gary Lavelle

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: January 3, 1949 in Scranton, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 20th round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bethlehem Liberty HS (Bethlehem, PA).

High School: Bethlehem Liberty HS (Bethlehem, PA)

Debut: September 10, 1974 (Age 25-250d, 13,572nd in major league history)
vs. HOU 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 3, 1987 (Age 38-273d)
vs. CHW 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Arn Tellem • Previously: Steve Greenberg

Full Name: Gary Robert Lavelle

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.0

ERA

2.93

745

136

1085.0

769

WHIP

1.331

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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
1967	18	SFG-min	Rk	3	2	.600	2.92	17	4		0	0		37.0	37	18	12	2	23	0	32	2	1	3				1.622	9.0	0.5	5.6	7.8	1.39	SLC PION
1968	19	SFG-min	A-	3	3	.500	3.45	13	12		1	0		60.0	53	33	23	4	42	2	67	4	0	1				1.583	8.0	0.6	6.3	10.1	1.60	MED NORW
1969	20	SFG-min	A,WRk	6	4	.600	2.20	18	12		4	2	2	94.0	76	35	23	2	40	0	60	3	1	2				1.234	7.3	0.2	3.8	5.7	1.50	DEC,GIA MIDW,AZIL
1970	21	SFG-min	AA	6	12	.333	5.40	22	18		2	1	0	100.0	99	75	60	12	72	6	64	2	2	9				1.710	8.9	1.1	6.5	5.8	0.89	AMA TL
1971	22	SFG-min	AA	11	8	.579	3.51	23	23		8	2	0	136.0	132	65	53	7	56	0	77	4	1	6				1.382	8.7	0.5	3.7	5.1	1.38	AMA DIXA
1972	23	SFG-min	AAA	11	14	.440	4.22	37	21		4	0	3	147.0	161	91	69	11	55	7	107	1	2	3				1.469	9.9	0.7	3.4	6.6	1.95	PHX PCL
1973	24	SFG-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.54	36	9		3	1	4	101.0	112	56	51	1	43	3	61	0	0	2				1.535	10.0	0.1	3.8	5.4	1.42	PHX PCL
1974	25	SFG-min	AAA	8	16	.333	5.24	35	27		6	3	0	182.0	228	119	106	12	76	5	105	1	0	6				1.670	11.3	0.6	3.8	5.2	1.38	PHX PCL
1974	25	SFG	NL	0	3	.000	2.16	10	0	4	0	0	0	16.2	14	7	4	1	10	2	12	0	0	0	75	181	3.72	1.440	7.6	0.5	5.4	6.5	1.20
1975	26	SFG	NL	6	3	.667	2.95	65	0	29	0	0	8	82.1	80	30	27	3	48	12	51	3	3	2	370	130	3.68	1.555	8.7	0.3	5.2	5.6	1.06
1976	27	SFG	NL	10	6	.625	2.69	65	0	40	0	0	12	110.1	102	37	33	6	52	10	71	2	0	1	478	135	3.52	1.396	8.3	0.5	4.2	5.8	1.37
1977	28	SFG	NL	7	7	.500	2.05	73	0	49	0	0	20	118.1	106	35	27	4	37	18	93	0	0	2	485	191	2.54	1.208	8.1	0.3	2.8	7.1	2.51	AS
1978	29	SFG	NL	13	10	.565	3.32	67	0	39	0	0	14	97.2	96	41	36	3	44	11	63	2	1	2	424	104	3.11	1.433	8.8	0.3	4.1	5.8	1.43
1979	30	SFG	NL	7	9	.438	2.51	70	0	55	0	0	20	96.2	86	31	27	5	42	15	80	2	4	2	407	141	3.11	1.324	8.0	0.5	3.9	7.4	1.90
1980	31	SFG	NL	6	8	.429	3.42	62	0	28	0	0	9	100.0	106	43	38	4	36	11	66	0	3	1	434	104	3.03	1.420	9.5	0.4	3.2	5.9	1.83
1981	32	SFG	NL	2	6	.250	3.84	34	3	10	0	0	4	65.2	58	33	28	3	23	4	45	2	2	1	269	90	2.97	1.234	7.9	0.4	3.2	6.2	1.96
1982	33	SFG	NL	10	7	.588	2.67	68	0	35	0	0	8	104.2	97	35	31	6	29	12	76	1	2	2	432	135	2.87	1.204	8.3	0.5	2.5	6.5	2.62
1983	34	SFG	NL	7	4	.636	2.59	56	0	38	0	0	20	87.0	73	33	25	4	19	8	68	0	1	3	349	138	2.44	1.057	7.6	0.4	2.0	7.0	3.58	AS
1984	35	SFG	NL	5	4	.556	2.76	77	0	42	0	0	12	101.0	92	34	31	5	42	14	71	1	0	2	426	128	3.28	1.327	8.2	0.4	3.7	6.3	1.69
1985	36	TOR	AL	5	7	.417	3.10	69	0	19	0	0	8	72.2	54	30	25	5	36	5	50	0	1	0	298	137	3.69	1.239	6.7	0.6	4.5	6.2	1.39

1987	38	TOR-min	A	0	1	.000	8.25	9	8	0	0	0	0	12.0	18	12	11	2	2	0	8	0	0	1				1.667	13.5	1.5	1.5	6.0	4.00	DUN FLOR
1987	38	TOT	AL	2	3	.400	5.91	29	0	11	0	0	1	32.0	40	24	21	2	22	4	23	0	1	1	157	77	4.31	1.938	11.3	0.6	6.2	6.5	1.05
1987	38	TOR	AL	2	3	.400	5.53	23	0	9	0	0	1	27.2	36	20	17	2	19	4	17	0	1	1	138	83	4.64	1.988	11.7	0.7	6.2	5.5	0.89
1987	38	OAK	AL	0	0		8.31	6	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	4	4	4	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	19	54	2.18	1.615	8.3	0.0	6.2	12.5	2.00
13 Yrs				80	77	.510	2.93	745	3	399	0	0	136	1085.0	1004	413	353	51	440	126	769	13	18	19	4604	126	3.14	1.331	8.3	0.4	3.6	6.4	1.75
162 Game Avg.				7	7	.510	2.93	68	0	36	0	0	12	99	91	38	32	5	40	11	70	1	2	2	419	126	3.14	1.331	8.3	0.4	3.6	6.4	1.75

SFG (11 yrs)				73	67	.521	2.82	647	3	369	0	0	127	980.1	910	359	307	44	382	117	696	13	16	18	4149	128	3.06	1.318	8.4	0.4	3.5	6.4	1.82
TOR (2 yrs)				7	10	.412	3.77	92	0	28	0	0	9	100.1	90	50	42	7	55	9	67	0	2	1	436	115	3.95	1.445	8.1	0.6	4.9	6.0	1.22
OAK (1 yr)				0	0		8.31	6	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	4	4	4	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	19	54	2.18	1.615	8.3	0.0	6.2	12.5	2.00

NL (11 yrs)				73	67	.521	2.82	647	3	369	0	0	127	980.1	910	359	307	44	382	117	696	13	16	18	4149	128	3.06	1.318	8.4	0.4	3.5	6.4	1.82
AL (2 yrs)				7	10	.412	3.96	98	0	30	0	0	9	104.2	94	54	46	7	58	9	73	0	2	1	455	110	3.88	1.452	8.1	0.6	5.0	6.3	1.26

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