John Candelaria

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Full Name: John Robert Candelaria	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 7"/205	First Game: June 8, 1975
Birthdate: November 6, 1953	Final Game: July 7, 1993
Birthplace: New York, New York	MLB Experience: 19 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on November 6, 1953 in New York, New York, John Candelaria (John Robert Candelaria) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos, Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 19 year career. Candelaria broke into the bigs on June 8, 1975 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 2.76 ERA in 120.2 innings pitched in 1975, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Candelaria's best season was 1977, when he posted a 2.34 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 133 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1975	PIT	N	18	18	8	6	2.76	95	47	37	4	1	0	120.2	95	8	36	9	1	2
1976	PIT	N	32	31	16	7	3.15	138	87	77	11	4	1	220	173	22	60	5	0	2
1977	PIT	N	33	33	20	5	2.34	133	64	60	6	1	0	230.2	197	29	50	2	1	2
1978	PIT	N	30	29	12	11	3.24	94	73	68	3	1	1	189	191	15	49	6	3	5
1979	PIT	N	33	30	14	9	3.22	101	83	74	8	0	0	207	201	25	41	6	2	3
1980	PIT	N	35	34	11	14	4.01	97	114	104	7	0	1	233.1	246	14	50	4	0	3
1981	PIT	N	6	6	2	2	3.54	14	17	16	0	0	0	40.2	42	3	11	1	0	0
1982	PIT	N	31	30	12	7	2.94	133	62	57	1	1	1	174.2	166	13	37	3	1	4
1983	PIT	N	33	32	15	8	3.23	157	73	71	2	0	0	197.2	191	15	45	3	3	2
1984	PIT	N	33	28	12	11	2.72	133	69	56	3	1	2	185.1	179	19	34	3	1	1
1985	PIT	N	37	0	2	4	3.64	47	23	22	0	0	9	54.1	57	7	14	2	0	1
1985	CAL	A	13	13	7	3	3.80	53	33	30	1	1	0	71	70	7	24	1	2	3
1985	Total		50	13	9	7	3.73	100	56	52	1	1	9	125.1	127	14	38	3	2	4
1986	CAL	A	16	16	10	2	2.55	81	30	26	1	1	0	91.2	68	4	26	2	2	3
1987	NY	N	3	3	2	0	5.84	10	8	8	0	0	0	12.1	17	1	3	0	0	0
1987	CAL	A	20	20	8	6	4.71	74	70	61	0	0	0	116.2	127	17	20	0	0	1
1987	Total		23	23	10	6	4.81	84	78	69	0	0	0	129	144	18	23	0	0	1
1988	NY	A	25	24	13	7	3.38	121	69	59	6	2	1	157	150	18	23	2	2	2
1989	NY	A	10	6	3	3	5.14	37	28	28	1	0	0	49	49	8	12	1	2	0
1989	MON	N	12	0	0	2	3.31	14	8	6	0	0	0	16.1	17	3	4	2	0	0
1989	Total		22	6	3	5	4.68	51	36	34	1	0	0	65.1	66	11	16	3	2	0
1990	TOR	A	13	2	0	3	5.48	19	13	13	0	0	1	21.1	32	2	11	3	2	2
1990	MIN	A	34	1	7	3	3.39	44	23	22	0	0	4	58.1	55	9	9	2	3	0
1990	TOT	A	47	3	7	6	3.95	63	36	35	0	0	5	79.2	87	11	20	5	5	2
1991	LA	N	59	0	1	1	3.74	38	16	14	0	0	2	33.2	31	3	11	2	1	0
1992	LA	N	50	0	2	5	2.84	23	9	8	0	0	5	25.1	20	1	13	3	1	0
1993	PIT	N	24	0	0	3	8.24	17	19	18	0	0	1	19.2	25	2	9	1	1	1
Total	NL		469	274	129	95	3.19	1244	772	696	45	9	23	1960.2	1848	180	467	52	15	26
Total	AL		131	82	48	27	3.81	429	266	239	9	4	6	565	551	65	125	11	13	11
Total			600	356	177	122	3.33	1673	1038	935	54	13	29	2525.2	2399	245	592	63	28	37

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1975	PIT	N	P	18	18	120.2	3	13	4	0	0	1	4	4	1	.800
1976	PIT	N	P	32	31	220	3	31	0	2	0	0	6	11	3	1.000
1977	PIT	N	P	33	33	230.2	6	30	1	3	0	0	5	12	2	.973
1978	PIT	N	P	30	29	189	4	25	0	0	0	1	8	9	3	1.000
1979	PIT	N	P	33	30	207	2	36	0	3	0	0	5	5	0	1.000
1980	PIT	N	P	35	34	233.1	8	38	2	3	0	1	8	7	1	.958
1981	PIT	N	P	6	6	40.2	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1982	PIT	N	P	31	30	174.2	1	23	1	1	0	0	7	7	1	.960
1983	PIT	N	P	33	32	197.2	5	20	0	1	0	0	10	13	0	1.000
1984	PIT	N	P	33	28	185.1	3	21	0	1	0	1	6	8	1	1.000
1985	PIT	N	P	37	0	54.1	1	8	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	.900
1985	CAL	A	P	13	13	71	2	8	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	.909
1985	Total		P	50	13	125.1	3	16	2	0	0	1	2	5	0	.905
1986	CAL	A	P	16	16	91.2	3	10	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1.000
1987	NY	N	P	3	3	12.1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1987	CAL	A	P	20	20	116.2	4	23	0	1	0	3	3	7	1	1.000
1987	Total		P	23	23	129	6	24	0	1	0	3	3	8	1	1.000
1988	NY	A	P	25	24	157	4	22	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	1.000
1989	NY	A	P	10	6	49	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1989	MON	N	P	12	0	16.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.667
1989	Total		P	22	6	65.1	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	.900
1990	TOR	A	P	13	2	21.1	1	6	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1.000
1990	MIN	A	P	34	1	58.1	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1990	TOT	A	P	47	3	79.2	4	9	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1.000
1991	LA	N	P	59	0	33.2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1.000
1992	LA	N	P	50	0	25.1	0	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.000
1993	PIT	N	P	24	0	19.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	.000
Total			P	600	356	2525.2	58	339	11	16	0	12	80	106	14	.973

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1975	PIT	N	18	43	2	6	0	2	.140	.196	.140	0	0	3	12	0	0	0	0	0
1976	PIT	N	32	76	5	14	0	5	.184	.253	.237	2	1	7	17	0	5	0	0	4
1977	PIT	N	33	80	5	18	0	11	.225	.262	.313	3	2	4	18	0	4	0	0	0
1978	PIT	N	31	52	6	9	0	1	.173	.317	.231	3	0	9	19	2	7	0	0	2
1979	PIT	N	33	68	0	9	0	6	.132	.145	.191	4	0	1	18	0	8	0	0	4
1980	PIT	N	35	77	5	15	0	7	.195	.232	.234	3	0	4	14	0	3	0	0	2
1981	PIT	N	6	13	0	3	0	3	.231	.214	.231	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
1982	PIT	N	33	54	6	12	0	9	.222	.295	.259	2	0	6	20	0	3	0	0	1
1983	PIT	N	33	65	4	9	0	2	.138	.200	.154	1	0	5	17	0	5	0	0	3
1984	PIT	N	33	62	6	8	1	2	.129	.182	.210	2	0	4	25	0	4	0	0	3
1985	PIT	N	37	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
1985	CAL	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	Total		50	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
1986	CAL	A	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	NY	N	3	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	CAL	A	20	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	Total		23	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	NY	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	NY	A	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	MON	N	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	Total		22	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	TOR	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	MIN	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	TOT	A	47	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	LA	N	59	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	LA	N	50	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	PIT	N	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		472	596	39	104	1	48	.174	.233	.223	20	3	44	162	2	43	0	0	19
Total	AL		131	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			603	596	39	104	1	48	.174	.233	.223	20	3	44	162	2	43	0	0	19

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1972).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Al Holland and George Hendrick to California Angels in exchange for Pat Clements, Mike Brown and a player to be named later (August 2, 1985); Pittsburgh Pirates received Bob Kipper (August 16, 1985).
Traded by California Angels to New York Mets in exchange for Shane Young and Jeff Richardson (September 15, 1987).
Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).
Signed by New York Yankees (January 15, 1988).
Traded by New York Yankees to Montreal Expos in exchange for Mike Blowers (August 29, 1989).
Released by Montreal Expos (January 24, 1990).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (February 28, 1990).
Traded by Minnesota Twins to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Nelson Liriano and Pedro Munoz (July 27, 1990).
Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (March 25, 1991).
Granted free agency (November 3, 1992).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (December 16, 1992).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (July 9, 1993).

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