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, 12,720th 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

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
1966	20	CAL-min	AAA	4	6	.400	3.36	18	12		3	1		83.0	68	36	31	6	36	2	59	4	0	1				1.253	7.4	0.7	3.9	6.4	1.64	SLE PCL
1967	21	CAL-min	AA	9	7	.563	4.34	25	18		6	0		139.0	144	73	67	15	56	0	118	10	0	9				1.439	9.3	1.0	3.6	7.6	2.11	ELP TL
1968	22	CAL-min	AAA	6	7	.462	2.96	20	11		2	1		85.0	70	34	28	7	32	4	86	2	0	7				1.200	7.4	0.7	3.4	9.1	2.69	SLE PCL
1968	22	CAL	AL	4	2	.667	2.21	28	5	9	2	1	3	81.1	44	21	20	3	35	4	74	1	1	3	321	131	2.37	0.971	4.9	0.3	3.9	8.2	2.11
1969	23	CAL	AL	16	11	.593	2.52	40	33	5	10	2	2	250.0	169	81	70	17	100	7	211	5	1	16	1008	137	2.97	1.076	*6.1*	0.6	3.6	7.6	2.11	MVP-29
1970	24	CAL	AL	11	10	.524	3.01	37	26	8	6	1	5	194.2	144	75	65	21	78	6	162	6	0	2	795	120	3.67	1.140	6.7	1.0	3.6	7.5	2.08
1971	25	CAL	AL	20	13	.606	2.99	38	38	0	14	4	0	276.2	224	112	92	16	121	6	179	7	0	9	1170	108	3.30	1.247	7.3	0.5	3.9	5.8	1.48	AS,CYA-5
1972	26	CAL	AL	8	11	.421	2.81	25	21	4	10	3	2	169.2	125	56	53	5	68	8	142	2	1	2	690	104	2.35	1.138	6.6	0.3	3.6	7.5	2.09
1973	27	LAD	NL	14	10	.583	2.70	33	33	0	10	3	0	249.2	196	90	75	24	77	3	177	6	1	6	1015	129	3.40	1.093	7.1	0.9	2.8	6.4	2.30
1974	28	LAD	NL	20	6	.769	2.59	39	39	0	13	3	0	292.1	227	93	84	24	94	0	221	3	3	6	1179	132	3.13	1.098	7.0	0.7	2.9	6.8	2.35	AS,CYA-2,MVP-16,GG
1975	29	LAD	NL	19	14	.576	2.29	42	40	2	19	7	1	321.2	244	92	82	22	96	2	213	5	0	8	1276	149	3.09	1.057	6.8	0.6	2.7	6.0	2.22	AS,CYA-5,MVP-24,GG
1976	30	ATL	NL	11	11	.500	3.04	29	28	1	12	3	1	207.1	166	83	70	14	74	1	135	2	0	10	847	125	3.31	1.158	7.2	0.6	3.2	5.9	1.82	AS
1977	31	ATL	NL	5	4	.556	4.40	16	16	0	1	0	0	102.1	101	54	50	12	39	5	69	2	0	5	447	102	4.12	1.368	8.9	1.1	3.4	6.1	1.77
1978	32	NYY	AL	0	3	.000	5.64	6	5	1	0	0	0	22.1	24	21	14	7	15	0	16	1	0	0	106	66	7.38	1.746	9.7	2.8	6.0	6.4	1.07
1979	33	LAD	NL	2	4	.333	4.91	11	11	0	1	0	0	62.1	55	34	34	9	34	2	26	0	0	3	266	74	5.41	1.428	7.9	1.3	4.9	3.8	0.76
12 Yrs				130	99	.568	2.86	344	295	30	98	27	14	2230.1	1719	812	709	174	831	44	1625	40	7	70	9120	121	3.28	1.143	6.9	0.7	3.4	6.6	1.96
162 Game Avg.				14	11	.568	2.86	37	31	3	10	3	1	237	183	86	75	19	88	5	173	4	1	7	971	121	3.28	1.143	6.9	0.7	3.4	6.6	1.96

CAL (5 yrs)				59	47	.557	2.78	168	123	26	42	11	12	972.1	706	345	300	62	402	31	768	21	3	32	3984	118	3.04	1.140	6.5	0.6	3.7	7.1	1.91
LAD (4 yrs)				55	34	.618	2.67	125	123	2	43	13	1	926.0	722	309	275	79	301	7	637	14	4	23	3736	129	3.34	1.105	7.0	0.8	2.9	6.2	2.12
ATL (2 yrs)				16	15	.516	3.49	45	44	1	13	3	1	309.2	267	137	120	26	113	6	204	4	0	15	1294	115	3.58	1.227	7.8	0.8	3.3	5.9	1.81
NYY (1 yr)				0	3	.000	5.64	6	5	1	0	0	0	22.1	24	21	14	7	15	0	16	1	0	0	106	66	7.38	1.746	9.7	2.8	6.0	6.4	1.07

NL (6 yrs)				71	49	.592	2.88	170	167	3	56	16	2	1235.2	989	446	395	105	414	13	841	18	4	38	5030	125	3.40	1.135	7.2	0.8	3.0	6.1	2.03
AL (6 yrs)				59	50	.541	2.84	174	128	27	42	11	12	994.2	730	366	314	69	417	31	784	22	3	32	4090	116	3.14	1.153	6.6	0.6	3.8	7.1	1.88

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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