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Denny
Lemaster		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: February 25, 1939 in Usa, CA, CORONA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 23 CLN NL   7 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1963 24 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1964 25 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6
1965 26 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6
1966 27 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
1967 28 CLN NL $ 435,000 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
1968 29 CLN NL $ 788,571 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
1969 30 COL NL $ 788,571 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
1970 31 PIT NL $ 2,508,571 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5
1971 32 PIT NL $ 600,000 7 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
1972 33 PIT NL $ 600,000 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,508,571 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 23 CLN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 28 CLN NL $ 435,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 29 CLN NL $ 788,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 30 COL NL $ 788,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 31 PIT NL $ 2,508,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 32 PIT NL $ 600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 33 PIT NL $ 600,000   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 $ 2,508,571   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
1962 23 AAA   7 5 .583 13 13 2 0 0 92.3 81 31 7 26 85 3.02 .233 .287 .340 .627  
1963 24 CLN NL 2 9 .182 69 6 0 0 5 80.3 88 43 17 34 39 4.82 .276 .344 .492 .836 0.7
    AAA   2 4 .333 6 6 1 1 0 36.7 48 25 3 11 29 6.14 .314 .360 .471 .830  
1964 25 CLN NL 3 0 1.000 53 1 0 0 4 30.0 25 14 2 12 19 4.20 .221 .296 .327 .623 3.6
1965 26 CLN NL 2 7 .222 39 5 0 0 4 55.0 62 29 8 24 44 4.75 .277 .347 .464 .811 0.0
    AAA   2 1 .667 10 0 0 0 0 14.3 19 6 0 4 14 3.77 .328 .371 .397 .768  
1966 27 CLN NL 0 1 .000 28 0 0 0 3 28.0 22 5 2 5 18 1.61 .227 .257 .330 .587 3.6
    AAA   0 1 .000 15 0 0 0 0 14.3 14 5 3 5 10 3.14 .255 .317 .455 .771  
1967 28 CLN NL 3 0 1.000 6 4 1 0 0 33.7 26 5 3 9 24 1.34 .213 .267 .328 .595 4.5
    AAA   14 7 .667 29 29 2 1 0 193.3 204 88 20 76 180 4.10 .268 .335 .390 .725  
1968 29 CLN NL 1 2 .333 6 6 0 0 0 40.3 49 21 8 15 34 4.69 .297 .359 .521 .880 0.4
    AAA   6 8 .429 22 22 2 1 0 144.3 145 71 27 50 128 4.43 .256 .316 .464 .780  
1969 30 COL NL 15 10 .600 47 14 1 0 10 162.3 132 48 9 56 113 2.66 .221 .286 .304 .590 17.4
1970 31 COL NL 2 4 .333 6 6 1 0 0 42.7 47 19 6 12 26 4.01 .281 .328 .437 .765 1.9
  PIT NL 11 11 .500 28 28 6 2 0 195.0 216 115 26 77 116 5.31 .281 .345 .431 .776 4.9
  TOT   13 15 .464 34 34 7 2 0 237.7 263 134 32 89 142 5.07 .281 .342 .432 .774 6.7
1971 32 PIT NL 6 20 .231 33 33 4 0 0 226.0 253 130 31 90 133 5.18 .282 .346 .435 .782 4.5
1972 33 AAA   0 5 .000 45 3 2 0 4 60.7 60 31 8 17 31 4.60 .260 .310 .416 .726  
1973 34 AAA   4 2 .667 41 1 0 0 4 48.0 39 13 7 20 37 2.44 .223 .303 .360 .663  
9 Years Sim 45 64 .413 315 103 13 2 26 893.3 920 429 112 334 566 4.32 .265 .328 .413 .741 41.3
8 Years AAA 35 33 .515 181 74 9 3 8 604.0 610 270 75 209 514 4.02 .260 .320 .408 .728  
Season Average 5 7 .417 35 11 1 0 2 99.3 102 47 12 37 62 4.32 .265 .328 .413 .741  
Career Highs 15 20 1.000 69 34 7 2 10 237.7 263 134 32 90 142 5.18 .297 .359 .521 .880  
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   684 301 80 257 374   .274 .342 .425 .766
vs LH   236 128 32 77 192   .242 .298 .383 .680
Home 18 30 .375 161 49 4 1 15 439.6 448 186 59 154 279 3.81 .262 .323 .418 .741
Away 27 34 .443 154 54 9 1 11 453.6 472 243 53 180 287 4.82 .268 .336 .407 .743
Mar/Apr 6 8 .429 46 11 1 1 4 111.0 110 43 8 51 63 3.49 .256 .335 .342 .677
May 7 14 .333 59 10 1 0 6 101.7 110 58 15 30 67 5.14 .275 .326 .450 .776
June 4 11 .267 54 12 1 1 7 122.7 141 67 21 52 66 4.92 .291 .359 .482 .842
July 7 8 .467 53 15 0 0 4 125.6 134 71 11 54 91 5.09 .271 .342 .390 .732
August 8 10 .444 51 18 6 0 2 153.7 133 63 16 51 91 3.69 .231 .293 .368 .662
Sep/Oct 13 13 .500 52 37 4 0 3 278.6 292 127 41 96 188 4.10 .269 .329 .430 .759
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
1963 24 CLN NL 69 19 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .105 .150 .158 .308 0.0 0.0
1965 26 CLN NL 39 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.9 0.0
1966 27 CLN NL 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1967 28 CLN NL 6 12 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.4 0.0
1968 29 CLN NL 6 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .067 .067 .067 .133 -1.1 0.0
5 Years Sim 148 61 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 13 .098 .127 .115 .242 -1.9 0.0
162 Game Average 66 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .098 .127 .115 .242 -2.0  
Career Highs 69 19 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.4  
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   44 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .091 .091 .091 .182 -1.8
vs LH   17 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .118 .211 .176 .387 0.5
Home 80 44 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .091 .091 .091 .182 -1.8
Away 56 17 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .118 .211 .176 .387 0.5
RISP   18 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .111 .158 .111 .269 -0.2
Close/Late   4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4
May 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 23 54 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 11 .111 .143 .130 .272 -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    
1963 24 CLN NL P 69 6 80.3 9 11 0 2 1.000 2.24    
1964 25 CLN NL P 53 1 30.0 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1965 26 CLN NL P 39 5 55.0 3 5 2 0 .800 1.31    
1966 27 CLN NL P 28 0 28.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.61    
1967 28 CLN NL P 6 4 33.7 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.34    
1968 29 CLN NL P 6 6 40.3 5 5 0 1 1.000 2.23    
1969 30 COL NL P 47 14 162.3 11 22 3 7 .917 1.83    
1970 31 COL NL P 6 6 42.7 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.90    
  PIT NL P 28 28 195.0 16 25 2 3 .953 1.89    
  TOT   P 34 34 237.7 19 31 2 4 .962 1.89    
1971 32 PIT NL P 33 33 226.0 11 35 1 4 .979 1.83    
Career Totals   315 103 893.3 65 121 8 18 .959 1.87    
Career Highs   69 34 237.7 19 35 3 7 1.000 2.70    
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
1969 30 COL NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 6.3 7 3 2 4 5 4.27 .269 .367 .500 .867
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 6.3 7 3 2 4 5 4.27 .269 .367 .500 .867
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1969-2-2.66
 Wins
1969-9-15
 Losses
1971-2-20
 Saves
1969-6-10
 Games Started
1970-7-34
1971-4-33
 Shutouts
1970-6-2
Hits Allowed
1970-10-263
1971-9-253
 Homeruns Allowed
1970-5-32
1971-8-31
 Hits per 9IP
1969-5-7.3
 WHiP
1969-5-1.16
 OAVG
1969-6-.221
 OOBP
1969-5-.286
OSLG
1969-2-.304
 OOPS
1969-2-.590
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Pete Burnside (962)
  5. Fernando Valenzuela (960)
  6. Hal Wiltse (959)
  7. Pedro Ramos (959)
  8. Johnny Podres (959)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1962
Injured on 4/3/1962 with a Fractured Socket Eye, out for 9-10 weeks
Earned first career win on 5/29/1963
Had first career hit on 9/1/1963, off Herb Score (BOS)
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,000 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1967, going 3-0, 1.34
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $788,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/19/1968 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 8/17/1968 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $788,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Colorado on 2/21/1969 (Going to COL: P Ron Perranoski, P Denny Lemaster, C Bob Barton, RF Mike White. Going to CLN: P Darrell Sutherland)
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,508,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Colorado to Pittsburgh on 5/1/1970 (Going to PIT: P Denny Lemaster. Going to COL: C Hal King, P Chuck Hartenstein, P Jackie Brown)
10/20/1970: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $600,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/22/1971 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Released by Pittsburgh on 10/14/1973
 
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