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John
Gelnar		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 25, 1943 in Usa, OK, GRANITE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1976    1977   
Platinum Arm 1967    1969    1971   
Bronze Rookie 1966   
All-Star Selections 1970    1971    1976   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 21 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 7 7
1965 22 TOR AL   6 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1966 23 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 9 9
1967 24 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 7
1968 25 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 8 9 9 10 10 10 7 8 8
1969 26 TOR AL $ 5,392,857 6 8 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7
1970 27 TOR AL $ 5,964,286 6 9 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7
1971 28 TOR AL $ 6,385,714 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 7 8 7
1972 29 TOR AL $ 11,660,000 6 8 9 9 9 10 9 7 7 7
1973 30 TOR AL $ 11,660,000 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 7 7 7
1974 31 DET AL $ 11,660,000 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 7 7 7
1975 32 KCR AL $ 11,660,000 7 8 9 9 9 10 9 7 7 7
1976 33 KCR AL $ 11,660,000 7 8 9 9 9 10 9 7 7 7
1977 34 KCR AL $ 11,660,000 7 8 9 9 9 10 9 7 7 7
1978 35 DET AL $ 12,000,000 7 8 9 9 9 10 9 6 7 7
1979 36 DET AL $ 12,000,000 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 5 5 5
1980 37 KCR AL $ 3,666,666 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 3 3 3
1981 38 KCR AL $ 3,666,666 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1982 39 LAD NL $ 3,666,666 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,000,000 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 21 TOR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 22 TOR AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 23 TOR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 24 TOR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 25 TOR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 26 TOR AL $ 5,392,857   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 27 TOR AL $ 5,964,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 28 TOR AL $ 6,385,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 29 TOR AL $ 11,660,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 30 TOR AL $ 11,660,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 31 DET AL $ 11,660,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 32 KCR AL $ 11,660,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 33 KCR AL $ 11,660,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1977 34 KCR AL $ 11,660,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1978 35 DET AL $ 12,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 36 DET AL $ 12,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1980 37 KCR AL $ 3,666,666   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1981 38 KCR AL $ 3,666,666   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1982 39 LAD NL $ 3,666,666   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1964 21 AAA   1 1 .500 6 6 0 0 0 34.3 33 14 1 16 30 3.67 .248 .329 .338 .667  
    A   11 8 .579 24 24 6 2 0 185.7 149 37 2 32 174 1.79 .218 .253 .284 .536  
1965 22 AAA   15 7 .682 30 30 4 2 0 219.7 209 63 13 45 183 2.58 .246 .283 .336 .620  
1966 23 TOR AL 15 21 .417 44 44 3 2 0 304.3 289 99 15 39 230 2.93 .250 .281 .357 .638 23.3
1967 24 TOR AL 14 11 .560 37 37 2 1 0 268.3 203 67 10 34 207 2.25 .205 .238 .300 .537 29.3
1968 25 TOR AL 17 15 .531 42 42 7 3 0 311.3 242 94 24 27 266 2.72 .212 .238 .343 .581 27.5
1969 26 TOR AL 16 13 .552 36 36 11 3 0 273.0 191 78 17 34 233 2.57 .192 .227 .303 .530 26.0
1970 27 TOR AL 16 5 .762 28 28 6 0 0 222.0 168 61 14 18 180 2.47 .206 .231 .330 .561 21.1
1971 28 TOR AL 19 5 .792 36 36 3 2 0 275.7 211 63 15 36 224 2.06 .210 .241 .314 .555 33.0
1972 29 TOR AL 15 14 .517 36 36 5 2 0 261.7 236 95 23 45 231 3.27 .239 .277 .365 .642 22.4
1973 30 TOR AL 7 8 .467 21 21 7 1 0 158.7 142 63 18 20 132 3.57 .235 .265 .396 .661 12.8
1974 31 DET AL 11 15 .423 30 30 7 2 0 221.3 209 100 23 37 188 4.07 .243 .280 .402 .681 15.4
1975 32 KCR AL 18 9 .667 32 32 10 0 0 249.7 228 93 17 38 201 3.35 .239 .276 .374 .649 22.3
1976 33 KCR AL 20 8 .714 35 35 6 1 0 263.3 252 108 19 50 197 3.69 .246 .284 .366 .650 17.9
1977 34 KCR AL 11 5 .688 21 20 6 2 0 159.0 146 63 15 21 99 3.57 .240 .270 .385 .655 11.9
1978 35 DET AL 13 12 .520 31 31 6 1 0 232.7 236 102 18 39 148 3.95 .263 .297 .403 .700 12.9
1979 36 DET AL 11 16 .407 32 32 6 3 0 235.7 212 89 27 40 142 3.40 .237 .275 .394 .669 17.4
1980 37 KCR AL 13 11 .542 31 31 0 0 0 217.3 201 80 19 49 137 3.31 .244 .294 .359 .654 15.2
1981 38 KCR AL 3 2 .600 27 0 0 0 0 36.7 34 16 5 14 25 3.93 .239 .316 .366 .683 2.2
1982 39 AAA   2 1 .667 75 0 0 0 8 53.7 56 19 7 20 36 3.19 .277 .342 .406 .748  
16 Years Sim 219 170 .563 519 491 85 23 0 3690.6 3200 1271 279 541 2840 3.10 .230 .265 .357 .622 310.6
3 Years AAA 18 9 .667 111 36 4 2 8 307.7 298 96 21 81 249 2.81 .251 .299 .348 .647  
1 Years A 11 8 .579 24 24 6 2 0 185.7 149 37 2 32 174 1.79 .218 .253 .284 .536  
4 Years Minors 29 17 .630 135 60 10 4 8 493.3 447 133 23 113 423 2.43 .239 .282 .325 .607  
Season Average 13 10 .565 32 30 5 1 0 230.7 200 79 17 33 177 3.10 .230 .265 .357 .622  
Career Highs 20 21 .792 44 44 11 3 0 311.3 289 108 27 50 266 4.07 .263 .316 .403 .700  
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   1462 588 131 219 1534   .217 .241 .340 .581
vs LH   1738 683 148 322 1306   .243 .276 .373 .649
Home 100 85 .541 247 231 36 13 0 1754.6 1549 636 156 258 1334 3.26 .234 .263 .373 .636
Away 119 85 .583 272 260 49 10 0 1936.0 1651 635 123 283 1506 2.95 .227 .256 .342 .598
Mar/Apr 41 34 .547 89 86 11 4 0 631.9 535 206 42 89 506 2.93 .225 .253 .346 .600
May 37 34 .521 91 83 16 2 0 633.0 544 215 43 109 478 3.06 .229 .263 .357 .620
June 34 24 .586 78 78 13 5 0 585.0 507 208 54 70 436 3.20 .229 .253 .365 .618
July 32 22 .593 78 76 10 4 0 565.3 503 195 40 65 440 3.10 .235 .257 .353 .610
August 43 27 .614 88 83 21 4 0 633.3 554 223 49 96 460 3.17 .232 .261 .364 .625
Sep/Oct 32 29 .525 95 85 18 5 0 642.0 557 224 51 112 520 3.14 .232 .266 .357 .622
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1966 23 TOR AL 44 98 8 16 0 0 1 9 0 0 2 37 .163 .176 .194 .370 2.3 0.0
1967 24 TOR AL 37 91 4 12 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 28 .132 .160 .165 .324 0.9 0.0
1968 25 TOR AL 42 101 8 12 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 44 .119 .144 .158 .303 -0.3 0.0
3 Years Sim 123 290 20 40 2 1 2 16 0 0 7 109 .138 .160 .172 .332 3.0 0.0
162 Game Average 381 26 52 2 1 2 21 0 0 9 143 .138 .160 .172 .332 4.0  
Career Highs 44 101 8 16 2 1 1 9 0 0 3 44 .163 .176 .194 .370 2.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   181 10 26 1 0 1 9 0 0 5 68 .144 .171 .166 .337 1.0
vs LH   109 10 14 1 1 1 7 0 0 2 41 .128 .142 .183 .325 0.3
Home 58 124 5 16 0 0 2 7 0 0 4 45 .129 .156 .177 .334 0.9
Away 65 166 15 24 2 1 0 9 0 0 3 64 .145 .163 .169 .331 0.4
RISP   63 0 8 1 0 0 13 0 0 3 27 .127 .162 .143 .305 0.0
Close/Late   27 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .222 .250 .259 .509 1.5
Mar/Apr 23 46 4 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .217 .245 .217 .462 1.9
May 22 57 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 20 .105 .136 .175 .311 -0.1
June 21 49 6 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 20 .184 .216 .245 .461 2.1
July 21 49 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18 .061 .098 .061 .159 -2.2
August 16 46 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .130 .130 .130 .261 -0.8
Sep/Oct 20 43 3 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 16 .140 .136 .209 .346 0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1966 23 TOR AL P 44 44 304.3 13 53 2 4 .971 1.95    
1967 24 TOR AL P 37 37 268.3 16 47 2 5 .969 2.11    
1968 25 TOR AL P 42 42 311.3 29 57 1 3 .989 2.49    
1969 26 TOR AL P 36 36 273.0 17 49 1 4 .985 2.18    
1970 27 TOR AL P 28 28 222.0 21 32 0 3 1.000 2.15    
1971 28 TOR AL P 36 36 275.7 25 37 1 6 .984 2.02    
1972 29 TOR AL P 36 36 261.7 10 25 0 2 1.000 1.20    
1973 30 TOR AL P 21 21 158.7 10 32 0 2 1.000 2.38    
1974 31 DET AL P 30 30 221.3 14 33 2 0 .959 1.91    
1975 32 KCR AL P 32 32 249.7 22 37 0 3 1.000 2.13    
1976 33 KCR AL P 35 35 263.3 17 47 1 1 .985 2.19    
1977 34 KCR AL P 21 20 159.0 10 32 3 3 .933 2.38    
1978 35 DET AL P 31 31 232.7 24 31 0 2 1.000 2.13    
1979 36 DET AL P 32 32 235.7 12 40 0 3 1.000 1.99    
1980 37 KCR AL P 31 31 217.3 20 26 1 6 .979 1.90    
1981 38 KCR AL P 27 0 36.7 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.47    
Career Totals   519 491 3690.6 260 584 14 47 .984 2.06    
Career Highs   44 44 311.3 29 57 3 6 1.000 2.49    
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
1968 25 TOR AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 16 4 2 1 14 2.57 .276 .288 .466 .754
1969 26 TOR AL 1 1 .500 3 3 1 1 0 21.3 21 11 1 5 22 4.64 .256 .299 .390 .689
1971 28 TOR AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 16.3 14 7 2 5 16 3.86 .226 .284 .403 .687
1975 32 KCR AL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 22.3 26 9 4 5 14 3.63 .302 .341 .477 .817
1976 33 KCR AL 3 2 .600 6 6 1 0 0 47.7 43 18 6 6 32 3.40 .247 .272 .425 .698
1977 34 KCR AL 3 2 .600 6 6 1 0 0 39.0 32 18 7 9 26 4.15 .219 .265 .404 .669
Career Post-Season Pitching 9 7 .563 22 22 4 1 0 160.7 152 67 22 31 124 3.75 .250 .286 .424 .711
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1968 25 TOR AL 2 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1966-6-2.93
1967-1-2.25
1968-5-2.72
1969-3-2.57
1970-2-2.47
1971-1-2.06
1972-4-3.27
1975-7-3.35
1980-5-3.31
CAR-20-3.10
 Wins
1971-2-19
1975-4-18
1976-2-20
CAR-50-219
 Losses
1966-5-21
1972-9-14
1974-7-15
1979-10-16
 Winning Pct
1970-5-.762
1971-3-.792
1975-8-.667
1976-6-.714
1977-6-.688
 Games Started
1966-2-44
1968-7-42
1969-1-36
1971-1-36
1972-4-36
1976-5-35
CAR-45-491
 Complete Games
1969-9-11
1974-9-7
1975-8-10
Shutouts
1966-6-2
1968-6-3
1969-2-3
1971-8-2
1972-1-2
1973-8-1
1974-3-2
1977-6-2
1979-6-3
CAR-39-23
 Innings Pitched
1969-6-273.0
1971-4-275.7
1972-9-261.7
1975-8-249.7
1976-5-263.3
 Hits Allowed
1976-9-252
 Homeruns Allowed
1979-5-27
 Strikeouts
1966-10-230
1968-7-266
1969-6-233
1971-5-224
1972-6-231
1974-5-188
1975-3-201
1976-1-197
1979-9-142
CAR-25-2840
 Walks per 9IP
1966-3-1.2
1967-2-1.1
1968-1-0.8
1969-1-1.1
1970-1-0.7
1971-3-1.2
1972-3-1.5
1974-2-1.5
1975-1-1.4
1976-2-1.7
1978-5-1.5
1979-3-1.5
1980-9-2.0
CAR-16-1.3
Hits per 9IP
1967-1-6.8
1969-2-6.3
1970-3-6.8
1971-5-6.9
1974-9-8.5
1975-10-8.2
1979-8-8.1
CAR-46-7.8
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1969-9-7.7
1970-9-7.3
1972-6-7.9
1974-3-7.6
1975-6-7.2
1976-8-6.7
1979-8-5.4
1980-10-5.7
 WHiP
1966-6-1.08
1967-1-0.88
1968-1-0.86
1969-1-0.82
1970-1-0.84
1971-1-0.90
1972-1-1.07
1974-3-1.11
1975-3-1.07
1976-6-1.15
1978-5-1.18
1979-5-1.07
1980-6-1.15
CAR-4-1.01
 OAVG
1967-1-.205
1969-2-.192
1970-2-.206
1971-3-.210
1974-9-.243
1975-10-.239
1979-8-.237
CAR-38-.230
 OOBP
1966-9-.281
1967-1-.238
1968-2-.238
1969-1-.227
1970-1-.231
1971-1-.241
1972-2-.277
1974-3-.280
1975-3-.276
1976-5-.284
1978-8-.297
1979-6-.275
1980-9-.294
CAR-7-.265
 OSLG
1967-2-.300
1969-3-.303
1971-8-.314
OOPS
1967-1-.537
1968-5-.581
1969-2-.530
1970-3-.561
1971-3-.555
1972-5-.642
1974-9-.681
1975-6-.649
1976-9-.650
1980-7-.654
CAR-19-.622
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 25    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 191    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 56    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Toronto in 1964
Injured on 8/30/1964 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week
Earned first career win on 4/2/1966
Had first career hit on 4/6/1966, off Tom Qualters (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/21/1966, off Frank Baumann (DET)
Injured on 7/30/1967 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,392,857 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1969, going 4-1, 2.54
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,964,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1970, winning 2 games with a 2.20 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1970, going 5-1, 1.56
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Injured on 7/8/1970 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 6 weeks
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,385,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
7/31/1971: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $11,660,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1971, going 4-1, 1.34
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1972, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Injured on 4/12/1973 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 9-10 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1973, winning 2 games with a 2.50 ERA
Traded from Toronto to Detroit on 2/13/1974 (Going to TOR: RF Jeff Burroughs, CF Cesar Cedeno, CF Jose Cruz, CF Vada Pinson, P Jim Ray. Going to DET: P John Gelnar)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1974, winning 2 games with a 1.56 ERA
Injured on 9/12/1974 with a Broken Finger, out for 4-5 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 2/1/1975 (Going to DET: P Burt Hooton. Going to KCR: P John Gelnar)
Injured on 6/27/1975 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1976, going 6-0, 4.05
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976
Injured on 5/10/1977 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/7/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $12,000,000 per year
Injured on 6/9/1978 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1979, going 4-0, 0.91
Injured on 9/26/1979 with a Fractured Elbow, out for 7 weeks
Released by Detroit on 2/8/1980
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/21/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $3,666,666 per year
Injured on 4/11/1980 with a Spasms Back, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 5/23/1981 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 9/26/1981 with a Strained Back, out for one week
 
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