Andy Messersmith
Born: August 6, 1945, Toms River, NJHeight: 6'1" Weight: 200 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: California
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1968 California AL 22 4 2 2.21 28 5 2 14 9 3 1 81.1 44 321 21 20 3 31 4 1 74 1969 California AL 23 16 11 2.52 40 33 10 2 5 2 2 250.0 169 1008 81 70 17 93 7 5 211 1970 California AL 24 11 10 3.01 37 26 6 3 8 5 1 194.2 144 795 75 65 21 72 6 6 162 1971 California AL 25 20 13 2.99 38 38 14 0 0 0 4 276.2 224 1170 112 92 16 115 6 7 179 1972 California AL 26 8 11 2.81 25 21 10 0 4 2 3 169.2 125 690 56 53 5 60 8 2 142 1973 Los Angeles NL 27 14 10 2.70 33 33 10 0 0 0 3 249.2 196 1015 90 75 24 74 3 6 177 1974 Los Angeles NL 28 20 6 2.59 39 39 13 0 0 0 3 292.1 227 1179 93 84 24 94 0 3 221 1975 Los Angeles NL 29 19 14 2.29 42 40 19 0 2 1 7 321.2 244 1276 92 82 22 94 2 5 213 1976 Atlanta NL 30 11 11 3.04 29 28 12 0 1 1 3 207.1 166 847 83 70 14 73 1 2 135 1977 Atlanta NL 31 5 4 4.40 16 16 1 0 0 0 0 102.1 101 447 54 50 12 34 5 2 69 1978 New York AL 32 0 3 5.64 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 22.1 24 106 21 14 7 15 0 1 16 1979 Los Angeles NL 33 2 4 4.91 11 11 1 0 0 0 0 62.1 55 266 34 34 9 32 2 0 26 TOTALS 130 99 2.86 344 295 98 19 30 14 27 2230.1 1719 9120 812 709 174 787 44 40 1625
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1968 California AL 28 280 21 44 67 10 2 3 3 2 1 2 31 4 1 74 2 .157 .239 .252 1969 California AL 40 888 81 169 252 28 2 17 9 6 15 5 93 7 5 211 14 .190 .284 .274 1970 California AL 37 702 75 144 231 18 3 21 7 2 11 7 72 6 6 162 15 .205 .329 .289 1971 California AL 38 1028 112 224 317 33 6 16 9 5 26 5 115 6 7 179 18 .218 .308 .303 1972 California AL 25 603 56 125 171 25 3 5 13 4 13 5 60 8 2 142 9 .207 .284 .288 1973 Los Angeles NL 33 918 90 196 310 40 1 24 10 4 14 8 74 3 6 177 14 .214 .338 .278 1974 Los Angeles NL 39 1070 93 227 332 27 3 24 9 3 13 11 94 0 3 221 16 .212 .310 .277 1975 Los Angeles NL 42 1148 92 244 345 29 3 22 20 7 14 7 94 2 5 213 24 .213 .301 .275 1976 Atlanta NL 29 759 83 166 248 28 6 14 5 7 9 9 73 1 2 135 11 .219 .327 .287 1977 Atlanta NL 16 395 54 101 171 24 5 12 8 3 14 1 34 5 2 69 7 .256 .433 .323 1978 New York AL 6 90 21 24 49 4 0 7 0 0 4 1 15 0 1 16 3 .267 .544 .377 1979 Los Angeles NL 11 225 34 55 94 10 1 9 6 1 3 2 32 2 0 26 5 .244 .418 .342
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1968 California AL 22 29 20 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 .100 .150 .100 1969 California AL 23 42 77 5 12 14 2 0 0 5 6 0 0 0 8 0 0 28 1 .156 .182 .235 1970 California AL 24 38 70 4 11 17 3 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 .157 .243 .157 1971 California AL 25 39 93 8 16 24 2 0 2 5 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 30 0 .172 .258 .214 1972 California AL 26 26 53 2 10 13 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 13 0 .189 .245 .232 1973 Los Angeles NL 27 34 89 3 15 18 3 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 16 1 .169 .202 .213 1974 Los Angeles NL 28 39 96 12 23 34 8 0 1 11 4 2 0 0 11 0 0 28 1 .240 .354 .312 1975 Los Angeles NL 29 44 108 8 17 21 4 0 0 9 5 2 0 0 7 0 1 25 2 .157 .194 .212 1976 Atlanta NL 30 29 67 3 12 13 1 0 0 10 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 19 1 .179 .194 .225 1977 Atlanta NL 31 16 34 2 4 9 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 .118 .265 .189 1978 New York AL 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 Los Angeles NL 33 11 22 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 .091 .136 .091 TOTALS 353 729 49 124 169 30 0 5 54 46 4 1 0 46 0 1 212 6 .170 .232 .219
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1968 California AL P 81.1 5 28 6 12 1 0 .947 1.99 1 2 0 1969 California AL P 250.0 33 40 17 29 5 2 .902 1.66 15 5 2 1970 California AL P 194.2 26 37 12 23 4 3 .897 1.62 11 7 2 1971 California AL P 276.2 38 38 18 49 5 2 .931 2.18 26 5 2 1972 California AL P 169.2 21 25 9 24 0 0 1.000 1.75 13 5 0 1973 Los Angeles NL P 249.2 33 33 19 35 5 0 .915 1.95 14 8 1 1974 Los Angeles NL P 292.1 39 39 18 44 9 3 .873 1.91 13 11 3 1975 Los Angeles NL P 321.2 40 42 11 43 5 1 .915 1.51 14 7 2 1976 Atlanta NL P 207.1 28 29 14 33 5 2 .904 2.04 9 9 1 1977 Atlanta NL P 102.1 16 16 5 15 2 1 .909 1.76 14 1 1 1978 New York AL P 22.1 5 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.61 4 1 0 1979 Los Angeles NL P 62.1 11 11 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.02 3 2 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1965).
- Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (12th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 7, 1966).
- Placed on disabled list by California Angels (September 10, 1970)
- Activated by California Angels (October 2, 1970)
- Placed on disabled list by California Angels (May 31, 1972)
- Activated by California Angels (July 19, 1972)
- Traded by California Angels with Ken McMullen to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Frank Robinson, Bill Singer, Mike Strahler, Billy Grabarkewitz and Bobby Valentine (November 28, 1972).
- Granted free agency (March 16, 1976).
- Signed by Atlanta Braves (April 10, 1976).
- Placed on disabled list by Atlanta Braves (July 4, 1977)
- Activated by Atlanta Braves (September 1, 1977)
- Sold by Atlanta Braves to New York Yankees (December 7, 1977).
- Placed on disabled list by New York Yankees (March 22, 1978)
- Activated by New York Yankees (May 29, 1978)
- Placed on disabled list by New York Yankees (July 2, 1978)
- Activated by New York Yankees (September 5, 1978)
- Released by New York Yankees (November 6, 1978).
- Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (February 7, 1979).
- Placed on disabled list by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 3, 1979)
- Activated by Los Angeles Dodgers (August 28, 1979)
- Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (August 28, 1979).
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