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Bob Stoddard

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: March 8, 1957 in San Jose, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 19th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Live Oak HS (Morgan Hill, CA), the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Gavilan College (Gilroy, CA), the Oakland Athletics in the 3rd round of the 1976 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Gavilan College (Gilroy, CA) and the Seattle Mariners in the 10th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA).

High School: Live Oak HS (Morgan Hill, CA)

Schools: Gavilan College (Gilroy, CA), California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA)

Debut: September 4, 1981 (Age 24-180d, 14,520th in major league history)
vs. BOS 6.2 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: September 19, 1987 (Age 30-195d)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Full Name: Robert Lyle Stoddard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.2

ERA

4.03

119

433.1

223

WHIP

1.378

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
1978	21	SEA-min	A	1	6	.143	5.47	10	9		2	0	0	51.0	46	36	31	2	39	2	47	1	0	7				1.667	8.1	0.4	6.9	8.3	1.21	STK CALL
1979	22	SEA-min	A	7	5	.583	3.00	20	16		3	1	0	120.0	78	45	40	6	58	1	104	2	1	7				1.133	5.9	0.5	4.4	7.8	1.79	SJO CALL
1980	23	SEA-min	AAA	4	9	.308	4.94	21	20		1	0	0	124.0	147	84	68	9	53	4	84	1	1	6				1.613	10.7	0.7	3.8	6.1	1.58	SPO PCL
1981	24	SEA-min	AAA	10	4	.714	2.90	19	19	0	3	0	0	121.0	117	47	39	6	41	0	70	2	2	7				1.306	8.7	0.4	3.0	5.2	1.71	SPO PCL
1981	24	SEA	AL	2	1	.667	2.60	5	5	0	1	0	0	34.2	35	10	10	3	9	0	22	1	0	2	141	151	3.32	1.269	9.1	0.8	2.3	5.7	2.44
1982	25	SEA-min	AAA	7	11	.389	5.20	24	23	0	8	0	0	147.0	158	91	85	12	65	0	86	3	0	5				1.517	9.7	0.7	4.0	5.3	1.32	SLC PCL
1982	25	SEA	AL	3	3	.500	2.41	9	9	0	2	1	0	67.1	48	22	18	7	18	0	24	3	0	2	259	177	4.29	0.980	6.4	0.9	2.4	3.2	1.33
1983	26	SEA	AL	9	17	.346	4.41	35	23	4	2	1	0	175.2	182	95	86	29	58	0	87	4	4	5	739	97	4.97	1.366	9.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.50
1984	27	SEA-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.91	9	9	0	3	1	0	58.2	47	34	32	7	20	0	29	1	0	2				1.142	7.2	1.1	3.1	4.4	1.45	SLC PCL
1984	27	SEA	AL	2	3	.400	5.13	27	6	7	0	0	0	79.0	86	51	45	10	37	3	39	2	1	6	352	78	4.91	1.557	9.8	1.1	4.2	4.4	1.05
1985	28	SEA-DET-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.58	29	7	17	0	0	6	70.1	70	34	28	3	27	4	64	2	1	3				1.379	9.0	0.4	3.5	8.2	2.37	CGY,NVL PCL,AA
1985	28	DET	AL	0	0		6.75	8	0	3	0	0	1	13.1	15	11	10	3	5	0	11	0	0	2	61	62	5.08	1.500	10.1	2.0	3.4	7.4	2.20
1986	29	OAK-SDP-min	AAA					39																										TAC,LVG PCL
1986	29	SDP	NL	1	0	1.000	2.31	18	0	5	0	0	1	23.1	20	7	6	1	11	1	17	1	0	2	102	161	3.41	1.329	7.7	0.4	4.2	6.6	1.55
1987	30	KCR-min	AAA	5	1	.833	3.84	12	11	0	1	1	0	63.1	62	28	27	3	27	2	36	0	1	2				1.405	8.8	0.4	3.8	5.1	1.33	OMA AA
1987	30	KCR	AL	1	3	.250	4.28	17	2	4	0	0	1	40.0	51	26	19	3	22	2	23	3	0	4	190	108	4.57	1.825	11.5	0.7	5.0	5.2	1.05
1988	31	OAK-MIL-min	AAA	0	4	.000	6.27	39	3	15	0	0	3	84.2	102	70	59	11	44	1	48	0	6	8				1.724	10.8	1.2	4.7	5.1	1.09	TAC,DEN PCL,AA
1989	32	MIL-min	AAA	6	2	.750	3.92	42	1	23	0	0	9	80.1	77	39	35	8	31	4	56	4	2	6				1.344	8.6	0.9	3.5	6.3	1.81	DEN AA
1995	38	NYM-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.75	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	14			2.250	16.9	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00	NFK IL
7 Yrs				18	27	.400	4.03	119	45	23	5	2	3	433.1	437	222	194	56	160	6	223	14	5	23	1844	104	4.60	1.378	9.1	1.2	3.3	4.6	1.39
162 Game Avg.				7	11	.400	4.03	49	19	10	2	1	1	180	181	92	80	23	66	2	92	6	2	10	765	104	4.60	1.378	9.1	1.2	3.3	4.6	1.39

SEA (4 yrs)				16	24	.400	4.01	76	43	11	5	2	0	356.2	351	178	159	49	122	3	172	10	5	15	1491	104	4.67	1.326	8.9	1.2	3.1	4.3	1.41
KCR (1 yr)				1	3	.250	4.28	17	2	4	0	0	1	40.0	51	26	19	3	22	2	23	3	0	4	190	108	4.57	1.825	11.5	0.7	5.0	5.2	1.05
SDP (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.31	18	0	5	0	0	1	23.1	20	7	6	1	11	1	17	1	0	2	102	161	3.41	1.329	7.7	0.4	4.2	6.6	1.55
DET (1 yr)				0	0		6.75	8	0	3	0	0	1	13.1	15	11	10	3	5	0	11	0	0	2	61	62	5.08	1.500	10.1	2.0	3.4	7.4	2.20

AL (6 yrs)				17	27	.386	4.13	101	45	18	5	2	2	410.0	417	215	188	55	149	5	206	13	5	21	1742	102	4.67	1.380	9.2	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.38
NL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.31	18	0	5	0	0	1	23.1	20	7	6	1	11	1	17	1	0	2	102	161	3.41	1.329	7.7	0.4	4.2	6.6	1.55

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