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Moe
Drabowsky		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 21, 1935 in Poland, , OZANNA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1966   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 20 MON NL   6 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6
1957 21 MON NL   6 8 9 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1958 22 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 8 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6
1959 23 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 7 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 6
1960 24 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 7 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 7
1961 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 7 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 7
1962 26 CLE AL $ 2,692,857 6 7 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6
1963 27 CLE AL $ 2,692,857 6 7 8 8 6 7 6 6 7 7
1964 28 CLE AL $ 1,240,000 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
1965 29 CLE AL $ 1,240,000 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 5 6 6
1966 30 SDP NL $ 1,200,000 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 5 6 6
1967 31 SDP NL $ 1,200,000 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 5
1968 32 SDP NL $ 1,200,000 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 5
1969 33 SDP NL $ 1,200,000 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5
1970 34 OAK AL $ 436,000 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 5 4
1971 35 BSN NL $ 750,000 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 3 3 3
1972 36 BSN NL $ 750,000 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 4 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,692,857 6 8 9 8 6 7 7 6 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 20 MON NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 21 MON NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 26 CLE AL $ 2,692,857   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 27 CLE AL $ 2,692,857   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 28 CLE AL $ 1,240,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 29 CLE AL $ 1,240,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 30 SDP NL $ 1,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 31 SDP NL $ 1,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 32 SDP NL $ 1,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 33 SDP NL $ 1,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 34 OAK AL $ 436,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 35 BSN NL $ 750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 36 BSN NL $ 750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,692,857   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1956 20 AAA   3 6 .333 13 13 1 1 0 67.7 66 31 5 47 65 4.12 .253 .367 .349 .716  
    AA   2 3 .400 6 6 0 0 0 41.7 41 20 6 13 51 4.32 .252 .307 .417 .724  
1957 21 AAA   9 7 .563 25 25 2 2 0 169.0 169 63 18 65 161 3.36 .260 .327 .399 .726  
1958 22 CLE AL 5 7 .417 16 16 1 0 0 111.0 106 43 12 36 96 3.49 .247 .303 .406 .709 8.6
    AAA   9 6 .600 22 22 2 2 0 151.7 114 46 11 57 210 2.73 .204 .277 .293 .570  
1959 23 CLE AL 17 12 .586 43 43 2 1 0 290.0 267 136 37 95 250 4.22 .243 .306 .400 .706 16.1
1960 24 CLE AL 12 8 .600 38 28 3 0 0 195.7 187 105 19 66 171 4.83 .251 .315 .394 .709 6.8
1961 25 CLE AL 14 17 .452 39 39 3 3 0 259.0 244 114 37 84 231 3.96 .247 .307 .410 .717 8.9
1962 26 CLE AL 16 15 .516 42 42 5 1 0 287.3 277 127 35 101 244 3.98 .250 .314 .415 .729 15.1
1963 27 CLE AL 8 12 .400 40 22 1 0 0 160.3 165 91 28 49 136 5.11 .266 .318 .457 .775 1.1
1964 28 CLE AL 3 6 .333 38 10 0 0 3 103.0 96 47 19 34 84 4.11 .245 .312 .449 .761 3.2
1965 29 CLE AL 1 4 .200 21 3 0 0 0 39.0 37 20 6 11 35 4.62 .248 .298 .409 .708 0.0
1966 30 CLE AL 2 1 .667 24 1 0 0 1 47.7 24 12 3 16 35 2.27 .154 .234 .250 .484 6.9
  SDP NL 1 3 .250 39 2 0 0 11 44.0 49 23 6 19 37 4.71 .288 .361 .459 .820 1.0
  TOT   3 4 .429 63 3 0 0 12 91.7 73 35 9 35 72 3.44 .224 .301 .359 .659 8.0
1967 31 SDP NL 10 9 .526 54 3 0 0 18 72.0 68 30 11 35 52 3.75 .247 .335 .411 .746 7.3
1968 32 SDP NL 5 8 .385 77 0 0 0 14 143.7 125 65 20 50 108 4.07 .234 .298 .382 .680 7.2
1969 33 SDP NL 5 7 .417 50 2 0 0 5 77.0 76 39 13 33 56 4.56 .257 .329 .436 .765 3.7
1970 34 OAK AL 0 2 .000 8 1 0 0 0 20.3 19 13 4 12 11 5.76 .238 .337 .425 .762 0.0
    AAA   3 3 .500 25 2 0 0 7 45.7 40 16 5 16 59 3.15 .231 .296 .382 .678  
1971 35 BSN NL 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 0 18.7 14 9 3 6 9 4.34 .203 .276 .362 .639 1.2
    AAA   4 1 .800 53 0 0 0 4 52.0 39 16 4 28 44 2.77 .210 .313 .306 .620  
14 Years Sim 100 111 .474 539 212 15 5 52 1868.6 1754 874 253 647 1555 4.21 .247 .311 .410 .721 87.2
5 Years AAA 28 23 .549 138 62 5 5 11 486.0 428 172 43 213 539 3.19 .234 .314 .348 .662  
1 Years AA 2 3 .400 6 6 0 0 0 41.7 41 20 6 13 51 4.32 .252 .307 .417 .724  
6 Years Minors 30 26 .536 144 68 5 5 11 527.6 469 192 49 226 590 3.27 .235 .313 .354 .667  
Season Average 7 7 .500 38 15 1 0 3 133.5 125 62 18 46 111 4.21 .247 .311 .410 .721  
Career Highs 17 17 1.000 77 43 5 3 18 290.0 277 136 37 101 250 5.76 .266 .337 .457 .775  
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   858 454 129 276 920   .226 .279 .381 .660
vs LH   896 420 124 371 635   .270 .343 .443 .786
Home 50 54 .481 266 98 6 2 25 895.0 827 426 123 302 767 4.28 .244 .305 .407 .712
Away 50 57 .467 273 114 9 3 31 973.6 927 448 130 345 788 4.14 .249 .313 .413 .726
Mar/Apr 18 17 .514 73 34 3 1 6 283.6 285 151 41 93 229 4.79 .262 .320 .428 .748
May 15 23 .395 96 33 2 0 5 327.3 297 158 46 110 250 4.34 .238 .299 .398 .698
June 22 19 .537 96 40 4 2 9 376.6 332 151 51 134 327 3.61 .237 .304 .409 .713
July 14 17 .452 82 33 2 2 10 278.6 247 123 32 90 250 3.97 .237 .297 .377 .675
August 17 21 .447 94 37 3 0 8 314.3 275 129 44 116 257 3.69 .232 .301 .391 .691
Sep/Oct 14 14 .500 98 35 1 0 18 288.0 318 162 39 104 242 5.06 .277 .338 .456 .794
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
1958 22 CLE AL 16 31 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 .194 .235 .194 .429 1.9 0.0
1959 23 CLE AL 43 91 5 14 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 38 .154 .161 .176 .337 1.6 0.0
1960 24 CLE AL 38 64 7 14 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 29 .219 .215 .266 .481 3.6 0.0
1961 25 CLE AL 39 84 2 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 30 .107 .116 .131 .247 -1.2 0.0
1962 26 CLE AL 42 86 5 12 1 1 0 5 0 0 4 30 .140 .178 .174 .352 2.0 0.0
1963 27 CLE AL 40 47 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 20 .149 .167 .170 .337 0.5 0.0
1964 28 CLE AL 38 19 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .211 .250 .263 .513 1.4 0.0
1965 29 CLE AL 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1966 30 CLE AL 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
  SDP NL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   63 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1967 31 SDP NL 54 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0
1968 32 SDP NL 77 29 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .034 .034 .034 .069 -2.0 0.0
11 Years Sim 471 473 28 68 6 3 0 32 0 0 10 188 .144 .160 .169 .329 6.3 0.0
162 Game Average 162 9 23 2 1 0 11 0 0 3 64 .144 .160 .169 .329 2.2  
Career Highs 77 91 7 14 2 1 0 9 0 0 4 38 .219 .250 .266 .513 3.6  
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   296 21 53 5 3 0 23 0 0 5 107 .179 .191 .216 .407 7.6
vs LH   177 7 15 1 0 0 9 0 0 5 81 .085 .109 .090 .200 -6.1
Home 232 196 14 32 2 2 0 13 0 0 3 67 .163 .174 .194 .368 2.8
Away 239 277 14 36 4 1 0 19 0 0 7 121 .130 .150 .152 .302 -1.3
RISP   113 0 20 4 2 0 32 0 0 1 37 .177 .178 .248 .426 3.4
Close/Late   24 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .167 .231 .208 .439 1.0
Mar/Apr 62 77 3 16 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 32 .208 .228 .247 .475 3.5
May 59 83 3 9 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 40 .108 .108 .145 .253 -1.8
June 57 97 4 16 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 35 .165 .188 .175 .363 1.5
July 53 64 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 24 .109 .119 .109 .229 -1.6
August 55 84 8 12 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 30 .143 .170 .167 .337 0.6
Sep/Oct 47 68 7 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 27 .118 .130 .162 .292 -0.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1958 22 CLE AL P 16 16 111.0 7 18 0 1 1.000 2.03    
1959 23 CLE AL P 43 43 290.0 22 45 1 3 .985 2.08    
1960 24 CLE AL P 38 28 195.7 20 25 0 2 1.000 2.07    
1961 25 CLE AL P 39 39 259.0 10 47 0 4 1.000 1.98    
1962 26 CLE AL P 42 42 287.3 15 59 0 5 1.000 2.32    
1963 27 CLE AL P 40 22 160.3 20 32 0 0 1.000 2.92    
1964 28 CLE AL P 38 10 103.0 6 20 0 3 1.000 2.27    
1965 29 CLE AL P 21 3 39.0 5 4 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1966 30 CLE AL P 24 1 47.7 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.27    
  SDP NL P 39 2 44.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.25    
  TOT   P 63 3 91.7 6 17 0 2 1.000 2.26    
1967 31 SDP NL P 54 3 72.0 11 12 0 1 1.000 2.88    
1968 32 SDP NL P 77 0 143.7 8 25 0 1 1.000 2.07    
1969 33 SDP NL P 50 2 77.0 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.45    
1970 34 OAK AL P 8 1 20.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.44    
1971 35 BSN NL P 10 0 18.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.93    
Career Totals   539 212 1868.6 138 322 1 23 .998 2.22    
Career Highs   77 43 290.0 22 59 1 5 1.000 2.92    
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
1960 24 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 1 2.3 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 .125 .125 .125 .250
1964 28 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 1 5.0 5 2 0 1 4 3.60 .250 .286 .300 .586
1965 29 CLE AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1966 30 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 1 6.7 3 0 0 2 6 0.00 .143 .217 .143 .360
1967 31 SDP NL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 1 9.7 7 4 2 0 8 3.73 .212 .212 .424 .636
1968 32 SDP NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 1 .750 16 0 0 0 4 26.0 16 6 2 3 20 2.08 .180 .207 .270 .476
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
1966 30 SDP NL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1967 31 SDP NL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1959-9-17
 Losses
1961-7-17
 Saves
1966-8-11
1967-1-18
1968-7-14
 Games Started
1959-3-43
1962-6-42
 Shutouts
1959-7-1
1961-1-3
 Hits Allowed
1959-7-267
Homeruns Allowed
1959-5-37
1961-5-37
1962-6-35
 Strikeouts
1959-8-250
1962-5-244
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1959-9-7.8
1960-10-7.9
1961-10-8.0
1962-8-7.6
CAR-28-7.5
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 33    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Larry Dierker (941)
  2. Don Kaiser (938)
  3. Paul Derringer (935)
  4. Ken Sanders (926)
  5. Rick Rhoden (923)
  6. Lynn McGlothen (923)
  7. Buster Narum (922)
  8. Russ Kemmerer (919)
  9. John Butcher (915)
  10. John Verhoeven (914)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bunny Hearn (994)
  2. Newt Kimball (993)
  3. Dick Drott (992)
  4. Roy Sherid (989)
  5. Pat Caraway (989)
  6. Frank Barrett (988)
  7. Bill Voiselle (987)
  8. Bob Muncrief (987)
  9. Vic Keen (987)
  10. Allie Reynolds (986)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by Montreal in 1956
Injured on 5/17/1956 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/12/1956 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/14/1957 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland on 7/31/1958 (Going to CLE: P Moe Drabowsky, P Gus Keriazakos. Going to MON: CF Bobby Del greco, SS Ken Hamlin)
Earned first career win on 7/31/1958
Had first career hit on 8/4/1958, off Ken Lehman (SDP)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1959, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1961, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,692,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,692,857 through salary arbitration
7/31/1963: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $1,240,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 3/27/1965 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
10/22/1965: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $1,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/22/1966 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Traded from Cleveland (A) to San Diego on 7/1/1966 (Going to CLE: P Ray Sadecki. Going to SDP: P Moe Drabowsky)
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1970 to a 1-year deal worth $436,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/3/1971 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
3/3/1972: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
 
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