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Lou
Marone		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 3, 1945 in Usa, CA, SAN DIEGO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 23 SDP NL   4 6 5 5 7 6 6 3 3 3
1970 24 SDP NL   4 6 5 5 7 6 6 3 3 3
1971 25 SDP NL   4 6 5 5 7 6 6 3 3 3
1972 26 SDP NL   4 6 5 5 7 6 6 3 3 3
1973 27 SDP NL   4 6 5 5 7 6 6 3 3 3
1974 28 SDP NL   4 6 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1975 29 DET AL $ 300,000 3 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 3
1976 30 DET AL $ 300,000 3 6 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 4
1977 31 DET AL $ 300,000 3 6 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 3
1978 32 DET AL $ 350,000 4 6 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 3
1979 33 DET AL $ 794,286 4 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 5 5 5 7 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 794,286 4 6 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 4
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 23 AAA   6 4 .600 81 0 0 0 10 96.7 90 44 8 36 80 4.10 .243 .310 .357 .667  
1970 24 AA   4 5 .444 78 0 0 0 6 94.0 76 26 8 29 85 2.49 .222 .283 .336 .619  
1971 25 AA   4 2 .667 63 0 0 0 3 76.0 68 33 11 28 63 3.91 .245 .314 .410 .724  
1972 26 AA   4 4 .500 42 0 0 0 3 54.7 39 20 7 13 50 3.29 .201 .251 .371 .622  
1973 27 AA   2 0 1.000 59 0 0 0 3 69.0 66 15 3 21 54 1.96 .258 .314 .363 .677  
1974 28 AA   3 6 .333 66 5 0 0 2 112.0 89 38 12 45 106 3.05 .221 .300 .373 .673  
1975 29 DET AL 5 6 .455 39 0 0 0 2 69.7 82 41 8 22 23 5.30 .300 .353 .432 .786 2.7
1976 30 DET AL 5 4 .556 41 0 0 0 6 56.7 59 28 6 19 28 4.45 .268 .325 .414 .739 4.8
1977 31 DET AL 6 7 .462 58 0 0 0 8 80.3 101 45 11 24 35 5.04 .310 .356 .475 .831 4.6
1978 32 DET AL 3 3 .500 47 0 0 0 10 72.7 52 20 7 20 33 2.48 .198 .259 .317 .576 8.4
1979 33 AAA   1 4 .200 53 0 0 0 6 36.3 40 25 10 11 17 6.19 .280 .331 .538 .870  
4 Years Sim 19 20 .487 185 0 0 0 26 279.3 294 134 32 85 119 4.32 .272 .325 .414 .739 20.6
2 Years AAA 7 8 .467 134 0 0 0 16 133.0 130 69 18 47 97 4.67 .253 .316 .407 .723  
5 Years AA 17 17 .500 308 5 0 0 17 405.7 338 132 41 136 358 2.93 .230 .295 .370 .664  
7 Years Minors 24 25 .490 442 5 0 0 33 538.7 468 201 59 183 455 3.36 .236 .300 .379 .680  
Season Average 4 5 .444 46 0 0 0 6 69.8 73 33 8 21 29 4.32 .272 .325 .414 .739  
Career Highs 6 7 .556 58 0 0 0 10 80.3 101 45 11 24 35 5.30 .310 .356 .475 .831  
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   202 93 23 59 68   .285 .339 .430 .769
vs LH   92 41 9 26 51   .248 .297 .383 .680
Home 14 8 .636 96 0 0 0 10 167.0 164 75 17 40 77 4.04 .258 .302 .392 .694
Away 5 12 .294 89 0 0 0 16 112.3 130 59 15 45 42 4.73 .291 .356 .444 .800
Mar/Apr 2 1 .667 25 0 0 0 3 39.3 32 15 5 11 15 3.43 .224 .279 .350 .629
May 3 3 .500 31 0 0 0 3 38.7 48 24 7 15 16 5.59 .316 .377 .507 .884
June 8 6 .571 35 0 0 0 1 72.0 63 23 3 31 35 2.88 .236 .315 .333 .649
July 1 4 .200 28 0 0 0 3 39.7 39 21 7 11 14 4.77 .252 .301 .413 .714
August 4 2 .667 33 0 0 0 7 43.0 55 25 6 7 21 5.23 .311 .337 .469 .806
Sep/Oct 1 4 .200 33 0 0 0 9 46.7 57 26 4 10 18 5.02 .305 .340 .449 .789
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1975 29 DET AL P 39 0 69.7 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.55    
1976 30 DET AL P 41 0 56.7 5 16 0 3 1.000 3.34    
1977 31 DET AL P 58 0 80.3 5 16 0 2 1.000 2.35    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 32 DET AL P 47 0 72.7 5 16 1 0 .955 2.60    
  P 185 0 279.3 18 57 1 6 .987 2.42    
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   186 0 281.3 18 57 1 6 .987 2.40    
Career Highs   59 0 82.3 5 16 1 3 1.000 3.34    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1978-7-10
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 6th round, 115th overall pick, by San Diego in 1969
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 2/1/1975 (Going to SDP: P Steve Kline, C Tim Talton, P Al Fitzmorris. Going to DET: P Lou Marone)
Earned first career win on 6/1/1975
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $794,286 through salary arbitration
 
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