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Andy Messersmith

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Full Name: John Alexander Messersmith Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/200 First Game: July 4, 1968
Birthdate: August 6, 1945 Final Game: June 1, 1979
Birthplace: Toms River, New Jersey MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on August 6, 1945 in Toms River, New Jersey, Andy Messersmith (John Alexander Messersmith) played for the California Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees over the course of his 12 year career. Messersmith broke into the bigs on July 4, 1968 with the California Angels, and put up a 2.21 ERA in 81.1 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Andy Messersmith's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1974, when he posted a 2.59 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 221 batters. However, others believe that it was 1975, when he posted a 2.29 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 213 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1968 CAL A 28 5 4 2 2.21 74 21 20 2 1 4 81.1 44 3 35 4 3 1
1969 CAL A 40 33 16 11 2.52 211 81 70 10 2 2 250 169 17 100 7 16 5
1970 CAL A 37 26 11 10 3.01 162 75 65 6 1 5 194.2 144 21 78 6 2 6
1971 CAL A 38 38 20 13 2.99 179 112 92 14 4 0 276.2 224 16 121 6 9 7
1972 CAL A 25 21 8 11 2.81 142 56 53 10 3 2 169.2 125 5 68 8 2 2
1973 LA N 33 33 14 10 2.70 177 90 75 10 3 0 249.2 196 24 77 3 6 6
1974 LA N 39 39 20 6 2.59 221 93 84 13 3 0 292.1 227 24 94 0 6 3
1975 LA N 42 40 19 14 2.29 213 92 82 19 7 1 321.2 244 22 96 2 8 5
1976 ATL N 29 28 11 11 3.04 135 83 70 12 3 1 207.1 166 14 74 1 10 2
1977 ATL N 16 16 5 4 4.40 69 54 50 1 0 0 102.1 101 12 39 5 5 2
1978 NY A 6 5 0 3 5.64 16 21 14 0 0 0 22.1 24 7 15 0 0 1
1979 LA N 11 11 2 4 4.91 26 34 34 1 0 0 62.1 55 9 34 2 3 0
Total NL 170 167 71 49 2.88 841 446 395 56 16 2 1235.2 989 105 414 13 38 18
Total AL 174 128 59 50 2.84 784 366 314 42 11 13 994.2 730 69 417 31 32 22
Total 344 295 130 99 2.86 1625 812 709 98 27 15 2230.1 1719 174 831 44 70 40

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1968 CAL A P 28 5 81.1 6 12 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 .947
1969 CAL A P 40 33 250 17 29 5 2 0 1 15 5 2 .902
1970 CAL A P 37 26 194.2 12 23 4 3 0 1 11 7 2 .897
1971 CAL A P 38 38 276.2 18 49 5 2 0 1 26 5 2 .931
1972 CAL A P 25 21 169.2 9 24 0 0 0 0 13 5 0 1.000
1973 LA N P 33 33 249.2 19 35 5 0 0 4 14 8 1 .915
1974 LA N P 39 39 292.1 18 44 9 3 0 3 13 11 3 .873
1975 LA N P 42 40 321.2 11 43 5 1 0 1 14 7 2 .915
1976 ATL N P 29 28 207.1 14 33 5 2 0 1 9 9 1 .904
1977 ATL N P 16 16 102.1 5 15 2 1 0 0 14 1 1 .909
1978 NY A P 6 5 22.1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1.000
1979 LA N P 11 11 62.1 5 9 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1.000
Total P 344 295 2230.1 136 318 41 15 0 14 137 63 14 .917

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1968 CAL A 29 20 1 2 0 1 .100 .100 .150 1 0 0 10 0 4 0 0 0
1969 CAL A 42 77 5 12 0 5 .156 .235 .182 2 0 8 28 0 6 0 0 1
1970 CAL A 38 70 4 11 1 2 .157 .157 .243 3 0 0 28 0 5 0 0 0
1971 CAL A 39 93 8 16 2 5 .172 .214 .258 2 0 5 30 0 6 0 0 0
1972 CAL A 26 53 2 10 0 0 .189 .232 .245 3 0 3 13 0 2 1 0 0
1973 LA N 34 89 3 15 0 6 .169 .213 .202 3 0 5 16 0 5 0 0 1
1974 LA N 39 96 12 23 1 11 .240 .312 .354 8 0 11 28 0 4 0 0 1
1975 LA N 44 108 8 17 0 9 .157 .212 .194 4 0 7 25 1 5 0 0 2
1976 ATL N 29 67 3 12 0 10 .179 .225 .194 1 0 4 19 0 6 0 0 1
1977 ATL N 16 34 2 4 1 3 .118 .189 .265 2 0 3 9 0 2 0 0 0
1978 NY A 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 LA N 11 22 1 2 0 2 .091 .091 .136 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0
Total NL 173 416 29 73 2 41 .175 .231 .236 19 0 30 103 1 23 0 0 5
Total AL 180 313 20 51 3 13 .163 .204 .227 11 0 16 109 0 23 1 0 1
Total 353 729 49 124 5 54 .170 .219 .232 30 0 46 212 1 46 1 0 6

[edit] 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).
  • 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).
  • Sold by Atlanta Braves to New York Yankees (December 7, 1977).
  • Released by New York Yankees (November 6, 1978).
  • Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (February 7, 1979).
  • Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (August 28, 1979).

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