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Pedro
Borbon		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 2, 1946 in D.R., , VALVERDE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1971    1975   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 22 STL NL   6 3 3 3 9 9 9 8 8 8
1970 23 STL NL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 8 8
1971 24 STL NL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 8 8
1972 25 STL NL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 8 8
1973 26 STL NL $ 3,328,571 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1974 27 STL NL $ 6,014,286 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 8 8
1975 28 CLN NL $ 6,014,286 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 8 8
1976 29 CLN NL $ 6,500,000 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1977 30 CLN NL $ 6,500,000 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
1978 31 CLN NL $ 6,500,000 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1979 32 DET AL $ 6,500,000 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7
1980 33 DET AL $ 1,250,000 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1981 34 DET AL $ 1,250,000 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 6 6 6
1982 35 DET AL $ 1,250,000 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5
1983 36 PIT NL $ 1,250,000 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1969 22 AAA   10 8 .556 32 24 1 0 4 185.7 205 62 14 41 96 3.01 .278 .316 .366 .682  
1970 23 STL NL 13 10 .565 26 26 0 0 0 173.0 215 88 19 33 74 4.58 .301 .332 .445 .776 8.0
1971 24 STL NL 21 7 .750 32 32 0 0 0 237.3 249 87 10 45 104 3.30 .273 .309 .364 .673 21.4
1972 25 STL NL 14 9 .609 34 34 4 2 0 234.7 271 94 12 53 125 3.61 .290 .328 .389 .717 16.4
1973 26 STL NL 18 4 .818 33 33 4 1 0 244.7 214 68 11 46 131 2.50 .237 .275 .336 .611 25.0
1974 27 STL NL 15 9 .625 35 35 4 0 0 255.7 264 94 24 27 125 3.31 .264 .285 .385 .669 22.0
1975 28 CLN NL 18 8 .692 33 33 4 0 0 243.7 225 89 24 36 133 3.29 .242 .272 .372 .644 19.3
1976 29 CLN NL 11 16 .407 37 37 3 2 0 257.7 285 98 20 45 153 3.42 .278 .311 .378 .688 16.9
1977 30 CLN NL 6 9 .400 20 20 2 1 0 132.7 159 78 16 27 70 5.29 .290 .328 .442 .769 1.3
1978 31 CLN NL 8 6 .571 45 5 0 0 11 110.3 102 38 10 29 48 3.10 .246 .296 .360 .656 12.3
1979 32 DET AL 5 10 .333 59 3 0 0 7 98.7 128 60 16 25 39 5.47 .311 .354 .484 .838 2.7
1980 33 DET AL 11 3 .786 20 20 2 0 0 146.0 134 52 16 23 71 3.21 .238 .270 .368 .639 11.7
1981 34 DET AL 11 13 .458 32 32 3 1 0 217.0 243 105 30 53 93 4.35 .284 .325 .443 .768 8.9
1982 35 DET AL 1 1 .500 14 0 0 0 1 19.7 27 14 2 11 7 6.41 .329 .415 .476 .891 0.0
1983 36 AAA   4 3 .571 40 0 0 0 0 73.0 60 24 4 16 45 2.96 .225 .269 .307 .576  
13 Years Sim 152 105 .591 420 310 26 7 19 2370.9 2516 965 210 453 1173 3.66 .271 .306 .393 .699 165.8
2 Years AAA 14 11 .560 72 24 1 0 4 258.7 265 86 18 57 141 2.99 .264 .303 .350 .653  
Season Average 11 8 .579 32 23 2 0 1 182.4 193 74 16 34 90 3.66 .271 .306 .393 .699  
Career Highs 21 16 .818 59 37 4 2 11 257.7 285 105 30 53 153 6.41 .329 .415 .484 .891  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1311 548 115 216 657   .267 .298 .392 .689
vs LH   1205 417 95 237 516   .275 .312 .394 .706
Home 72 50 .590 206 147 9 5 11 1152.3 1193 447 93 225 537 3.49 .265 .300 .380 .680
Away 80 55 .593 214 163 17 2 8 1218.6 1323 518 117 228 636 3.83 .276 .309 .405 .714
Mar/Apr 23 18 .561 68 46 3 1 5 351.6 389 160 34 74 173 4.10 .278 .314 .401 .715
May 17 21 .447 68 45 3 1 1 338.3 388 163 33 77 166 4.34 .286 .324 .412 .737
June 27 15 .643 75 52 4 1 8 406.6 427 163 41 68 198 3.61 .270 .300 .397 .697
July 30 15 .667 65 52 5 1 2 406.0 402 133 31 69 210 2.95 .258 .290 .366 .656
August 26 19 .578 77 55 2 0 2 430.0 456 182 44 77 226 3.81 .270 .302 .406 .708
Sep/Oct 29 17 .630 67 60 10 4 1 438.3 454 164 27 88 200 3.37 .266 .302 .378 .680
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1970 23 STL NL P 26 26 173.0 17 38 3 4 .948 2.86    
1971 24 STL NL P 32 32 237.3 11 53 2 5 .970 2.43    
1972 25 STL NL P 34 34 234.7 22 43 3 4 .956 2.49    
1973 26 STL NL P 33 33 244.7 17 37 6 6 .900 1.99    
1974 27 STL NL P 35 35 255.7 16 38 2 4 .964 1.90    
1975 28 CLN NL P 33 33 243.7 14 42 4 2 .933 2.07    
1976 29 CLN NL P 37 37 257.7 20 51 5 6 .934 2.48    
1977 30 CLN NL P 20 20 132.7 9 17 2 2 .929 1.76    
1978 31 CLN NL P 45 5 110.3 8 25 0 1 1.000 2.69    
1979 32 DET AL P 59 3 98.7 12 22 4 1 .895 3.10    
1980 33 DET AL P 20 20 146.0 12 17 0 1 1.000 1.79    
1981 34 DET AL P 32 32 217.0 21 46 2 1 .971 2.78    
1982 35 DET AL P 14 0 19.7 3 6 0 0 1.000 4.12    
Career Totals   420 310 2370.9 182 435 33 37 .949 2.34    
Career Highs   59 37 257.7 22 53 6 6 1.000 4.12    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1971 24 STL NL 1 2 .333 4 4 0 0 0 24.7 29 15 1 5 10 5.47 .284 .318 .431 .749
1972 25 STL NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 2 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
1975 28 CLN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 15.7 21 7 1 1 5 4.02 .323 .333 .508 .841
1977 30 CLN NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 15.3 15 6 3 3 6 3.52 .259 .295 .500 .795
1978 31 CLN NL 0 2 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 0 6.00 .231 .286 .692 .978
1980 33 DET AL 2 2 .500 5 5 1 1 0 38.3 39 19 4 7 16 4.46 .264 .297 .392 .689
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 8 .333 16 14 1 1 0 101.0 111 49 11 17 39 4.37 .276 .305 .440 .746
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1971-9-3.30
1973-2-2.50
1974-8-3.31
1975-5-3.29
1976-8-3.42
 Wins
1971-2-21
1973-6-18
1974-10-15
1975-4-18
 Losses
1976-7-16
 Winning Pct
1971-2-.750
1973-2-.818
1975-7-.692
 Saves
1978-5-11
 Games Started
1972-9-34
1974-5-35
1975-10-33
1976-1-37
Shutouts
1972-7-2
1976-1-2
 Innings Pitched
1976-9-257.7
 Hits Allowed
1971-10-249
1972-7-271
1976-3-285
 Homeruns Allowed
1981-1-30
 Strikeouts
1976-9-153
 Walks per 9IP
1970-4-1.7
1971-3-1.7
1972-3-2.0
1973-2-1.7
1974-1-1.0
1975-3-1.3
1976-6-1.6
CAR-36-1.7
Hits per 9IP
1973-7-7.9
1975-10-8.3
 WHiP
1971-9-1.24
1973-2-1.06
1974-4-1.14
1975-2-1.07
 OAVG
1973-8-.237
1975-10-.242
 OOBP
1973-2-.275
1974-3-.285
1975-2-.272
 OSLG
1973-10-.336
 OOPS
1973-2-.611
1974-10-.669
1975-7-.644
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 79    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1969
Injured on 7/25/1969 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Earned first career win on 4/4/1970
Injured on 4/20/1970 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 4 weeks
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Injured on 10/5/1972 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1973, going 4-0, 2.01
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,014,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,014,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from St. Louis to Cleveland (N) on 2/1/1975 (Going to STL: C Art Kusnyer. Going to CLN: P Pedro Borbon, SS Denis Menke)
6/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Injured on 3/10/1977 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 9 weeks
Injured on 7/15/1977 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2-3 weeks
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Detroit on 4/3/1979 (Going to CLN: SS Dale Berra, 2B Julio Cruz, P Kip Young. Going to DET: RF Rick Monday, 1B Andre Thornton, C Earl Williams, P Pedro Borbon)
9/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/6/1979 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 4/23/1980 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 2/8/1983 (Going to PIT: P Pedro Borbon, CF Amos Otis, P Ron Guidry, P Bob Stanley. Going to DET: C Biff Pocoroba)
 
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