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

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-17 / in Starts: 20-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 4

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	29	2	Apr 9	CAL		SEP	W,7-3	GS-4		99	4.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	6.75	5.51	19	3	6	0	1	7	37			1	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.180	1.47	-0.16%	-1.29	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
2	30	5	Apr 13	CAL		MIN	L,4-5	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	4.51	4	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.013	.30	0.01%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
3	31	6	Apr 14	CAL		CHW	L,3-4	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.68	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.030	.92	0.03%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
4	32	10	Apr 20	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-12	GS-1	L(0-1)	5	0.0	3	5	4	2	0	0	0	10.50	5.68	5	0	0	0	0	3	24			0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.314	1.56	-0.24%	-3.98	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out d3
5	33	12	Apr 23	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-7	7-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.95	5.51	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.22	7b 1-- 2 out d6	7b 3 out d6
6	34	13	Apr 25	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-3	5-6		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.56	4.55	7	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.72	0.087	.90	0.07%	0.91	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
7	35	14	Apr 27	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-2	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	5.56	3.57	11	2	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.94	0.248	2.49	0.19%	1.70	7b 1-3 0 out a3	9b end a 4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	36	19	May 2(2)	CAL		KCR	L,2-3	GS-8	L(0-2)	4	8.0	3	3	3	1	9	0	1	4.66	2.51	29	5	10	1	1	3	72			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.082	.86	-0.05%	0.41	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
9	37	22	May 6	CAL		NYY	L,1-2	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.43	2.51	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.25	0.022	.18	0.01%	0.79	9t 1-- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
10	38	24	May 9	CAL		BOS	L,2-7	GS-7		2	7.0	8	2	2	3	8	1	1	3.95	2.84	30	8	10	5	1	0	58			2	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.149	.78	0.06%	0.99	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
11	39	28	May 13	CAL		WSA	L,1-2	GS-8		3	8.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	1	3.31	3.02	28	10	7	2	0	4	74			0	0	1	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.299	.38	0.08%	2.41	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
12	40	32	May 18(1)	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-3)	4	7.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.40	3.24	26	5	11	2	0	5	56			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.178	.46	-0.04%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
13	41	37	May 23	CAL	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-4	L(0-4)	4	3.2	4	4	4	5	5	1	0	3.91	3.57	20	2	4	1	0	4	37			0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	-0.306	.33	-0.05%	-2.31	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d1
14	42	42	May 30	CAL		BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-5)	6	6.0	5	3	3	0	4	2	0	3.98	3.80	23	5	9	1	2	5	54			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.215	.25	-0.03%	-0.44	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	43	46	Jun 3	CAL		DET	W,4-2	CG	W(1-5)	3	9.0	6	2	1	3	9	0	0	3.54	3.46	35	7	10	0	0	6	75			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	1	1	1.38	0.317	.29	0.04%	1.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	44	57	Jun 17	CAL	@	MIN	W,13-1	CG	W(2-5)	13	9.0	3	1	1	2	9	1	0	3.21	3.35	32	3	15	2	4	3	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.180	.17	0.03%	3.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
17	45	62	Jun 21	CAL		CHW	W,4-1	GS-7	W(3-5)	3	7.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.04	3.15	27	4	9	0	0	4	71			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.233	.16	0.02%	1.99	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
18	46	66	Jun 25	CAL		MIN	L,2-3	GS-8	L(3-6)	3	7.2	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.08	3.08	32	11	5	0	1	8	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	2	1	1	0	1.11	-0.198	.16	-0.02%	0.02	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d1
19	47	71	Jun 29	CAL		SEP	W,8-2	GS-8	W(4-6)	3	7.2	5	2	0	4	4	0	0	2.83	3.07	32	13	6	0	0	5	65			2	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.66	0.218	.02	0.00%	1.21	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	48	75	Jul 3	CAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS-9	W(5-6)	3	8.0	5	3	3	2	9	0	0	2.87	2.91	31	4	11	2	0	5	67			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.220	.02	0.00%	1.26	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 0 out a2
21	49	80	Jul 7	CAL	@	SEP	W,5-1	CG	W(6-6)	3	9.0	4	1	0	4	5	0	0	2.63	2.89	34	10	11	0	3	4	78			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	1	.92	0.258	.02	0.00%	2.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
22	50	85	Jul 12	CAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS-7	L(6-7)	4	7.0	6	4	4	2	8	0	0	2.79	2.78	29	4	9	0	0	6	55			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	.91	-0.087	.01	0.00%	-0.98	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
23	51	90	Jul 16	CAL		KCR	W,4-2	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	10	1	0	2.73	2.78	37	11	9	2	5	4	74			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	0.353	.01	0.00%	1.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	52	93	Jul 20(1)	CAL		OAK	W,7-3	GS-8	W(8-7)	3	7.0	5	3	1	3	5	0	0	2.65	2.76	29	7	9	0	0	5	61			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	.93	0.211	.00	0.00%	1.03	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a6
25	53	96	Jul 25	CAL		NYY	W,6-0	SHO	W(9-7)	4	9.0	2	0	0	6	6	0	0	2.48	2.78	32	7	11	3	0	2	83			0	2	0	25	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.29	0.546	.00	0.00%	3.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
26	54	100	Jul 30	CAL		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.39	2.74	33	8	13	2	3	2	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.290	.00	0.00%	2.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	55	104	Aug 3	CAL		WSA	W,3-2	GS-9		3	9.0	9	2	1	4	3	1	0	2.32	2.84	39	15	9	1	0	8	62			1	0	0	34	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.20	0.039	.00	0.00%	1.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
28	56	107	Aug 8	CAL	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS-5		4	4.2	5	6	6	3	4	1	0	2.58	2.92	22	7	3	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.00	-0.316	.00	0.00%	-2.81	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out tie
29	57	111	Aug 12	CAL	@	DET	L,1-7	GS-4	L(10-8)	3	3.2	7	5	5	2	5	0	0	2.79	2.88	20	1	5	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	.83	-0.317	.00	0.00%	-3.52	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d4
30	58	114	Aug 16	CAL		CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(11-8)	3	9.0	5	0	0	4	7	0	0	2.65	2.85	36	6	14	2	0	5	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.311	.00	0.00%	3.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
31	59	118	Aug 20	CAL		BAL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(12-8)	3	7.0	4	2	2	6	5	1	0	2.65	2.96	31	9	8	0	0	3	60			1	0	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.198	.00	0.00%	0.99	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
32	60	125	Aug 29(1)	CAL	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS-8	W(13-8)	8	8.0	5	2	1	3	6	0	0	2.58	2.92	32	6	12	0	0	5	69			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.249	.00	0.00%	1.67	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	61	131	Sep 2(1)	CAL	@	WSA	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(13-9)	3	8.0	4	2	2	6	5	2	0	2.57	3.07	34	10	9	0	0	4	65			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	.56	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.41	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
34	62	135	Sep 6	CAL		CHW	W,2-1	GS-10		3	10.0	5	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.49	3.08	35	11	13	0	0	5	82			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.538	.00	0.00%	3.26	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
35	63	139	Sep 10	CAL		KCR	W,11-4	CG	W(14-9)	3	9.0	8	4	4	7	8	0	1	2.55	3.09	42	8	14	2	4	4	56			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-0.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
36	64	145	Sep 14	CAL	@	SEP	W,4-2	CG	W(15-9)	3	9.0	3	2	2	3	11	0	1	2.53	3.02	34	6	10	0	1	3	81			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.331	.00	0.00%	1.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
37	65	150	Sep 18	CAL	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS-7	W(16-9)	3	6.1	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.50	2.99	26	7	7	1	0	5	62			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	2	.98	0.172	.00	0.00%	0.77	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a4
38	66	154	Sep 22	CAL		SEP	L,4-5	GS-8	L(16-10)	3	8.0	4	5	4	1	11	1	0	2.57	2.95	30	7	11	2	4	0	66			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.79	-0.382	.00	0.00%	-1.59	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
39	67	158	Sep 26	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-3	GS-7	L(16-11)	3	7.0	4	2	1	3	7	1	0	2.53	2.97	29	7	8	0	0	4	67			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.027	.00	0.00%	1.02	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
40	68	160	Sep 28	CAL	@	OAK	W,6-5	11-GF(11)	S(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.52	2.97	5	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	5.01	0.162	.00	0.00%	-0.20	11b 1-- 0 out a2	11b end a 1
							23-17		W-L:16-11,Sv:2	3.2	250.0	169	81	70	100	211	17	5	2.52	2.97	1007	0.77		6%	6%	147	63	5	40%	15	5	2	887	28	2	7	14	6	14	1.02	2.957	.19	-0.05%	29.87

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