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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 9	CAL		SEP	W,7-3	GS	19	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
2	5 (2)	Apr 13	CAL		MIN	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	6	Apr 14	CAL		CHW	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10 (3)	Apr 20	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-12	GS	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	12 (1)	Apr 23	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	13	Apr 25	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-3		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	14	Apr 27	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-2	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	19 (4)	May 2 (2)	CAL		KCR	L,2-3	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	22 (2)	May 6	CAL		NYY	L,1-2	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	24 (1)	May 9	CAL		BOS	L,2-7	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	28 (3)	May 13	CAL		WSA	L,1-2	GS	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
12	32 (3)	May 18 (1)	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS	26	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
13	37 (4)	May 23	CAL	@	DET	L,3-6	GS	20	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	42 (4)	May 30	CAL		BAL	L,1-3	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	46 (3)	Jun 3	CAL		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
16	57 (10)	Jun 17	CAL	@	MIN	W,13-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	62 (4)	Jun 21	CAL		CHW	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	66 (3)	Jun 25	CAL		MIN	L,2-3	GS	32	7.2	1	3	0	4	0	P
19	71 (4)	Jun 29	CAL		SEP	W,8-2	GS	32	7.2	2	2	0	4	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	75 (3)	Jul 3	CAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
21	80 (4)	Jul 7	CAL	@	SEP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
22	85 (4)	Jul 12	CAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	90 (4)	Jul 16	CAL		KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
24	93 (2)	Jul 20 (1)	CAL		OAK	W,7-3	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
25	96 (2)	Jul 25	CAL		NYY	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	100 (3)	Jul 30	CAL		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	104 (3)	Aug 3	CAL		WSA	W,3-2	GS	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	P
28	107 (2)	Aug 8	CAL	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	22	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	111 (3)	Aug 12	CAL	@	DET	L,1-7	GS	20	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	114 (2)	Aug 16	CAL		CLE	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	118 (3)	Aug 20	CAL		BAL	W,3-2	GS	31	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
32	125 (6)	Aug 29 (1)	CAL	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	131 (5)	Sep 2 (1)	CAL	@	WSA	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
34	135 (3)	Sep 6	CAL		CHW	W,2-1	GS	35	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
35	139 (3)	Sep 10	CAL		KCR	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
36	145 (5)	Sep 14	CAL	@	SEP	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	150 (4)	Sep 18	CAL	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS	26	6.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	154 (3)	Sep 22	CAL		SEP	L,4-5	GS	30	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	P
39	158 (3)	Sep 26	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	160 (1)	Sep 28	CAL	@	OAK	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							40gm		250.0	17	29	5	51	2