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Dick Drago
Richard Anthony Drago

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut April 11, 1969
Final Game September 30, 1981
Born June 25, 1945 in Toledo, OH
Died November 2, 2023 (age 78)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1969 24 KCA AL   8  19  .296  36  36   4   0   0   0  230.2  250   982  143  125  33   53   1   6  137  14  1  4.88  
 1970 25 KCA AL  15  15  .500  39  39   5   0   0   2  251.1  249  1079  133  127  25  107   2   6  143   3  0  4.55  
 1971 26 KCA AL  15  12  .556  41  41   3   0   0   1  264.1  254  1091  105   91  18   64   3   5  124   4  0  3.10  
 1972 27 KCA AL  22  11  .667  40  39   2   1   0   0  271.0  250  1123  107  101  26   70   1   9  155   8  0  3.35  CY-5
 1973 28 KCA AL   5  11  .312  28  24   0   3   0   0  152.2  195   705   91   79  19   60   5   5   73   2  3  4.66  
 1974 29 MNA AL   9   8  .529  43  17   2   8   0   0  168.1  181   744   97   87  10   68   5   3   79   3  0  4.65  
 1975 30 LAN NL   1   7  .125  58   2   0  42  12   0   74.2   88   345   51   47   5   43   1   3   36   0  0  5.67  
 1976 31 OAA AL   9   4  .692  49   0   0  34   6   0   78.2   65   326   23   20   6   24   2   2   46   3  0  2.29  
 1977 32 LAN NL   1   1  .500  13   0   0   3   1   0   21.1   34   102   21   15   3    5   0   0   14   1  0  6.33  
         BOA AL   2   3  .400  22   0   0  15   4   0   37.1   57   173   21   18   2    9   0   0   22   0  0  4.34  
         TOT      3   4  .429  35   0   0  18   5   0   58.2   91   275   42   33   5   14   0   0   36   1  0  5.06 
 1978 33 BOA AL   1   3  .250  35   0   0  25  14   0   48.1   44   193   16   14   3   12   0   1   25   0  0  2.61  
 1979 34 BOA AL   2   1  .667  38   0   0  32  21   0   44.2   30   166    7    7   3    8   0   0   33   2  0  1.41  
 1980 35 BOA AL  13   5  .722  52   6   0  31  10   0  119.1  104   492   44   37  12   34   0   0   66   0  0  2.79  CY-13
 1981 36 MNA AL   2   3  .400  47   0   0  19   1   0   77.1  103   345   49   43   5   16   4   2   39   5  0  5.00  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 13 Seasons     105 103  .505 541 204  16 213  69   3 1840.0 1904  7866  908  811 170  573  24  42  992  45  4  3.97
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With KCA      65  68  .489 184 179  14   4   0   3 1170.0 1198  4980  579  523 121  354  12  31  632  31  4  4.02
   With BOA      18  12  .600 147   6   0 103  49   0  249.2  235  1024   88   76  20   63   0   1  146   2  0  2.74
   With MNA      11  11  .500  90  17   2  27   1   0  245.2  284  1089  146  130  15   84   9   5  118   8  0  4.76
   With LAN       2   8  .200  71   2   0  45  13   0   96.0  122   447   72   62   8   48   1   3   50   1  0  5.81
   With OAA       9   4  .692  49   0   0  34   6   0   78.2   65   326   23   20   6   24   2   2   46   3  0  2.29
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     108 117  .480 519 189  62 216  58  10 1875.0 1901  7899  827  755 157  558  75  54  987  34  3  3.62
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1969 24 KCA AL  51  126   4.9   0  4.78   69   3   0  .043   1    8    6  .750   34   13  .723   42   
 1970 25 KCA AL  48  134   4.9   0  4.31   77   5   0  .065   0    6    6 1.000   15    8  .652    6   
 1971 26 KCA AL  46   99   3.4   0  4.00   79   6   0  .076   3    7    1  .143   10    4  .714  -56   
 1972 27 KCA AL  49  116   3.8   0  4.79   89   8   0  .090   0    5    4  .800   15    3  .833  -35   
 1973 28 KCA AL  53  108   6.3   0  4.71    0   0   0  .000   2    4    2  .500   12    6  .667   35   
 1974 29 MNA AL  54   95   5.1   1  4.76    0   0   0  .000   0    8    7  .875   27    4  .871   -1   
 1975 30 LAN NL  48   49   6.0  18  4.50    5   0   0  .000   0    6    6 1.000    4    2  .667   68   
 1976 31 OAA AL  47   28   3.2   8          1   0   0  .000   1    6    5  .833    7    2  .778 -115   
 1977 32 LAN NL  37   17   7.4   2          3   0   0  .000   2    2    0  .000    0    0  .000  106   
         BOA AL  48   28   7.0   8          0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    2    2  .500   82   
         TOT          46   7.1  10          3   0   0  .000   2    3    1  .333    2    2  .500
 1978 33 BOA AL  48   15   2.9  17          0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    1    1  .500  -80   
 1979 34 BOA AL  40    9   2.0  24          0   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000 -149   
 1980 35 BOA AL  50   48   3.6  14  5.00    0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    9    1  .900  -97   
 1981 36 MNA AL  40   54   6.4   3          0   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    8    3  .727  -34   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 13 Seasons          934   4.5  95        323  22   0  .068   9   58   43  .741  144   49  .746  -17   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 25.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1972 ALCS  KCA NYA   L    1  0.00   1-0   0  1   5.0   2   0   0   2
 1975 WS    LAN OAA   W    2  6.00   0-0   0  0   3.0   4   2   3   1
 1977 ALCS  BOA KCA   W    1  0.00   0-0   0  0    .1   0   0   0   0
      WS    BOA CIN   L    2  2.70   0-0   0  0   3.1   3   1   2   1
 1978 ALCS  BOA KCA   W    1  0.00   0-0   0  0    .2   0   0   0   0
      WS    BOA PIN   W    3  4.26   0-0   0  0   6.1   6   3   1   2
 1979 ALCS  BOA CHA   W    1  0.00   0-0   1  0   1.0   0   0   1   1
      WS    BOA CIN   W    3  3.38   0-0   1  0   5.1   4   2   1   6
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1969  KCA   44-118  Mike Rodriguez
 1970  KCA   91-71   Mike Rodriguez
 1971  KCA   69-93   Mike Rodriguez
 1972  KCA  100-62   Mike Rodriguez
 1973  KCA   88-74   Mike Rodriguez
 1974  MNA   78-84   Rick Ramacier
 1975  LAN  102-60   Billy Vanson
 1976  OAA   91-71   Drew Kennedy
 1977  LAN   81-81   Billy Vanson
 1977  BOA  110-52   Mike Tomeo
 1978  BOA  108-54   Mike Tomeo
 1979  BOA  106-56   Mike Tomeo
 1980  BOA   84-78   Mike Tomeo
 1981  MNA   50-112  Tom Austad

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