Ralph
Lumenti
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 21, 1936 in Usa, MA, MILFORD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1962   
All-Star Selections 1972   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 20 MON NL   6 9 8 8 1 1 1 4 4 4
1958 21 MON NL   6 8 7 8 1 1 1 4 4 4
1959 22 MON NL   6 9 8 8 2 2 2 6 5 5
1960 23 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 10 9 9 3 3 3 6 5 5
1961 24 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 10 9 9 5 5 5 5 4 4
1962 25 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 10 9 9 7 7 7 5 4 4
1963 26 TAM AL $ 300,000 7 10 9 9 7 7 7 4 3 4
1964 27 TAM AL $ 3,664,286 7 10 9 9 7 7 7 4 4 4
1965 28 KCR AL $ 3,664,286 7 10 9 9 6 6 6 3 3 3
1966 29 NYA AL $ 3,664,286 7 9 8 9 6 6 6 3 3 3
1967 30 NYA AL $ 1,500,000 7 10 9 9 6 6 6 3 3 3
1968 31 NYA AL $ 1,500,000 7 10 9 9 6 6 6 3 3 3
1969 32 NYA AL $ 1,500,000 7 10 9 9 6 6 6 3 3 3
1970 33 SDP NL $ 1,500,000 6 9 8 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1971 34 DET AL $ 1,000,000 6 10 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1972 35 DET AL $ 1,000,000 6 10 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1973 36 DET AL $ 1,000,000 5 10 9 9 5 5 5 3 3 3
1974 37 DET AL $ 1,000,000 4 9 8 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1975 38 OAK AL $ 300,000 4 9 8 8 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 8 7 8 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,664,286 7 10 9 9 7 7 7 6 5 5
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 20 MON NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 21 MON NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 22 MON NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 23 TAM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 27 TAM AL $ 3,664,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 28 KCR AL $ 3,664,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 29 NYA AL $ 3,664,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 30 NYA AL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 31 NYA AL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 32 NYA AL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 33 SDP NL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 34 DET AL $ 1,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 35 DET AL $ 1,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 36 DET AL $ 1,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 37 DET AL $ 1,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 38 OAK AL $ 300,000   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 $ 3,664,286   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
1957 20 AA   11 8 .579 29 29 1 0 0 195.3 144 72 20 90 279 3.32 .199 .287 .304 .591  
1958 21 AA   6 7 .462 18 18 0 0 0 103.7 96 57 14 72 148 4.95 .242 .358 .375 .734  
    A   7 4 .636 12 12 0 0 0 80.7 54 19 5 35 134 2.12 .187 .275 .263 .538  
1959 22 AAA   0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 19.0 25 19 7 12 28 9.00 .313 .402 .625 1.027  
    AA   7 10 .412 23 23 0 0 0 144.0 110 56 18 87 204 3.50 .208 .319 .345 .665  
1960 23 TAM AL 4 8 .333 15 15 0 0 0 96.0 91 57 9 53 109 5.34 .253 .356 .400 .756 0.6
    AAA   11 4 .733 22 22 0 0 0 155.0 91 42 14 73 241 2.44 .167 .266 .267 .532  
1961 24 TAM AL 18 13 .581 48 34 0 0 3 237.0 186 92 30 102 275 3.49 .214 .305 .367 .672 18.1
1962 25 TAM AL 10 10 .500 41 31 1 0 1 207.7 210 101 28 73 201 4.38 .259 .324 .410 .734 7.0
1963 26 TAM AL 17 9 .654 42 42 3 1 0 291.0 231 112 31 100 275 3.46 .215 .286 .346 .633 16.6
1964 27 TAM AL 22 12 .647 41 38 2 0 0 286.0 217 99 33 73 275 3.12 .209 .269 .353 .622 21.9
1965 28 TAM AL 1 2 .333 5 5 1 0 0 30.0 24 9 4 11 25 2.70 .222 .298 .389 .686 3.0
  KCR AL 7 9 .438 21 21 3 1 0 148.3 139 67 25 41 148 4.07 .248 .304 .432 .736 4.3
  TOT   8 11 .421 26 26 4 1 0 178.3 163 76 29 52 173 3.84 .244 .303 .425 .728 7.3
    AAA   4 1 .800 7 7 0 0 0 43.7 42 17 9 8 64 3.50 .249 .282 .497 .780  
1966 29 NYA AL 11 12 .478 29 29 2 0 0 206.7 189 99 31 63 205 4.31 .243 .303 .417 .720 8.7
    AAA   1 5 .167 6 6 2 0 0 41.3 38 17 8 12 48 3.70 .241 .294 .437 .731  
1967 30 NYA AL 10 12 .455 33 33 2 0 0 226.0 210 114 36 85 209 4.54 .246 .320 .435 .755 5.9
1968 31 NYA AL 11 20 .355 40 40 2 1 0 281.0 260 124 28 111 254 3.97 .247 .320 .394 .714 14.1
1969 32 NYA AL 7 16 .304 33 33 4 2 0 231.7 201 95 22 89 213 3.69 .233 .305 .363 .669 17.0
1970 33 SDP NL 9 11 .450 32 22 0 0 2 169.3 139 66 22 54 144 3.51 .222 .287 .380 .667 11.4
1971 34 DET AL 13 6 .684 33 26 1 1 0 182.7 139 67 23 72 168 3.30 .210 .294 .365 .659 16.0
1972 35 DET AL 5 2 .714 41 0 0 0 8 80.3 45 6 0 40 81 0.67 .167 .273 .216 .489 13.2
1973 36 DET AL 5 12 .294 42 0 0 0 5 78.0 67 46 11 43 71 5.31 .233 .339 .401 .740 2.5
1974 37 DET AL 0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 1 25.3 37 22 4 14 25 7.82 .346 .429 .598 1.027 0.0
1975 38 OAK AL 0 1 .000 14 0 0 0 0 4.0 0 1 0 2 1 2.25 .000 .143 .000 .143 0.8
    AA   0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 3 9.0 5 1 0 12 11 1.00 .161 .395 .161 .557  
16 Years Sim 150 155 .492 527 369 21 6 20 2781.0 2385 1177 337 1026 2679 3.81 .231 .305 .383 .688 161.2
4 Years AAA 16 12 .571 39 39 2 0 0 259.0 196 95 38 105 381 3.30 .206 .285 .366 .651  
4 Years AA 24 25 .490 78 70 1 0 3 452.0 355 186 52 261 642 3.70 .211 .317 .331 .648  
1 Years A 7 4 .636 12 12 0 0 0 80.7 54 19 5 35 134 2.12 .187 .275 .263 .538  
9 Years Minors 47 41 .534 129 121 3 0 3 791.6 605 300 95 401 1157 3.41 .207 .303 .336 .638  
Season Average 9 9 .500 32 23 1 0 1 173.8 149 73 21 64 167 3.81 .231 .305 .383 .688  
Career Highs 22 20 .714 48 42 4 2 8 291.0 260 124 36 111 275 7.82 .346 .429 .598 1.027  
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   1740 815 251 697 1777   .242 .309 .399 .709
vs LH   645 361 86 329 902   .204 .280 .347 .626
Home 73 74 .497 266 184 6 3 12 1425.3 1203 562 161 507 1379 3.55 .228 .296 .376 .672
Away 77 81 .487 261 185 15 3 8 1355.6 1182 615 176 519 1300 4.08 .233 .305 .391 .696
Mar/Apr 19 22 .463 84 48 3 1 9 386.6 328 140 39 129 377 3.26 .227 .290 .359 .650
May 32 23 .582 85 67 4 0 1 494.6 423 206 56 176 478 3.75 .230 .297 .380 .677
June 26 31 .456 82 64 3 1 2 449.3 391 208 61 177 446 4.17 .234 .307 .393 .700
July 33 24 .579 85 67 3 1 4 473.3 438 208 72 170 444 3.96 .246 .311 .425 .736
August 21 28 .429 90 64 3 1 1 483.0 401 205 56 187 463 3.82 .224 .298 .377 .675
Sep/Oct 19 27 .413 101 59 5 2 3 494.0 404 210 53 187 471 3.83 .224 .297 .360 .658
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
1960 23 TAM AL 15 32 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .156 .182 .156 .338 0.0 0.0
    AAA   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1961 24 TAM AL 48 77 5 12 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 25 .156 .154 .182 .336 0.4 0.0
1962 25 TAM AL 41 70 4 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 19 .157 .169 .171 .340 0.5 0.0
1963 26 TAM AL 42 102 6 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 3 31 .118 .142 .137 .279 -1.3 0.0
1964 27 TAM AL 41 98 9 15 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 37 .153 .162 .153 .315 0.7 0.0
1965 28 TAM AL 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.2 0.0
  KCR AL 21 46 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 .065 .104 .065 .169 -1.8 0.0
  TOT   26 52 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21 .058 .125 .058 .183 -1.6 0.0
1966 29 NYA AL 29 74 2 8 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 27 .108 .120 .122 .242 -1.5 0.0
1967 30 NYA AL 34 73 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 24 .068 .092 .082 .174 -2.6 0.0
1968 31 NYA AL 40 86 8 18 2 0 0 5 1 1 3 26 .209 .233 .233 .466 5.0 0.0
1975 38 OAK AL 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.0 0.0
10 Years Sim 319 664 46 89 9 0 0 42 2 3 16 223 .134 .155 .148 .302 -0.4 0.0
1 Years AAA 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 337 23 45 4 0 0 21 1 1 8 113 .134 .155 .148 .302 -0.2  
Career Highs 48 102 9 18 2 0 0 9 1 1 4 37 .209 1.000 .233 1.000 5.0  
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   431 32 56 5 0 0 32 1 2 10 136 .130 .151 .142 .292 -4.0
vs LH   233 13 33 4 0 0 10 1 1 6 87 .142 .163 .159 .321 0.1
Home 154 305 16 40 5 0 0 17 1 1 7 108 .131 .153 .148 .300 -2.1
Away 165 359 30 49 4 0 0 25 1 2 9 115 .136 .156 .148 .304 -1.8
RISP   165 0 24 4 0 0 41 0 0 5 47 .145 .167 .170 .336 1.0
Close/Late   36 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .167 .211 .167 .377 0.8
Mar/Apr 39 89 8 7 1 0 0 6 1 1 3 37 .079 .109 .090 .199 -3.3
May 54 131 8 20 1 0 0 9 1 1 2 37 .153 .164 .160 .324 0.1
June 48 112 9 16 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 39 .143 .149 .179 .328 0.0
July 53 107 9 14 0 0 0 7 0 1 5 36 .131 .168 .131 .299 -0.5
August 53 117 3 15 0 0 0 8 0 0 3 42 .128 .149 .128 .277 -1.3
Sep/Oct 57 108 9 17 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 32 .157 .180 .185 .365 1.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1960 23 TAM AL P 15 15 96.0 4 17 1 3 .955 1.97    
1961 24 TAM AL P 48 34 237.0 14 35 1 3 .980 1.86    
1962 25 TAM AL P 41 31 207.7 21 39 0 3 1.000 2.60    
1963 26 TAM AL P 42 42 291.0 18 58 0 2 1.000 2.35    
1964 27 TAM AL P 41 38 286.0 17 44 2 1 .968 1.92    
1965 28 TAM AL P 5 5 30.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.80    
  KCR AL P 21 21 148.3 9 22 0 0 1.000 1.88    
  TOT   P 26 26 178.3 11 26 0 0 1.000 1.87    
1966 29 NYA AL P 29 29 206.7 18 32 0 2 1.000 2.18    
1967 30 NYA AL P 33 33 226.0 9 37 0 5 1.000 1.83    
1968 31 NYA AL P 40 40 281.0 17 49 0 4 1.000 2.11    
1969 32 NYA AL P 33 33 231.7 21 31 0 3 1.000 2.02    
1970 33 SDP NL P 32 22 169.3 12 26 1 2 .974 2.02    
1971 34 DET AL P 33 26 182.7 14 29 0 3 1.000 2.12    
1972 35 DET AL P 41 0 80.3 2 9 1 1 .917 1.23    
1973 36 DET AL P 42 0 78.0 4 12 1 0 .941 1.85    
1974 37 DET AL P 17 0 25.3 0 7 0 1 1.000 2.49    
1975 38 OAK AL CF 1 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    P 14 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  P 527 369 2781.0 182 452 7 33 .989 2.05    
  CF 1 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   528 369 2785.6 182 452 7 33 .989 2.05    
Career Highs   48 42 291.0 21 58 2 5 1.000 2.60    
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
1962 25 TAM AL 0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 20.0 19 8 3 5 17 3.60 .247 .293 .416 .708
1963 26 TAM AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 11 3 1 6 10 1.80 .216 .298 .314 .612
1964 27 TAM AL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 8 1 0 0 7 1.50 .333 .333 .375 .708
1966 29 NYA AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 6 2 1 3 6 2.57 .250 .333 .458 .792
1967 30 NYA AL 0 2 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 5 2 2 1 9.00 .350 .409 .700 1.109
1972 35 DET AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 2 2 0 2 2 4.92 .154 .267 .231 .497
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 5 .375 13 7 0 0 0 56.7 53 21 7 18 43 3.34 .254 .313 .407 .719
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
1962 25 TAM AL 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .286 .000 .286
1963 26 TAM AL 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
1964 27 TAM AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1966 29 NYA AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
1967 30 NYA AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 12 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .091 .286 .091 .377
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1964-10-3.12
Wins
1961-9-18
1963-9-17
1964-3-22
Losses
1968-4-20
1969-6-16
Winning Pct
1963-9-.654
1964-8-.647
1971-9-.684
Games Started
1963-9-42
Shutouts
1969-6-2
Homeruns Allowed
1963-4-31
1964-5-33
1965-8-29
1966-10-31
1967-7-36
CAR-50-337
Strikeouts
1961-9-275
1963-3-275
1964-4-275
1969-10-213
CAR-32-2679
Walks Allowed
1961-10-102
1963-9-100
1968-9-111
Hits per 9IP
1961-9-7.1
1963-5-7.1
1964-5-6.8
1970-4-7.4
1971-4-6.8
CAR-39-7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP
1961-4-10.4
1962-4-8.7
1963-2-8.5
1964-5-8.7
1965-5-8.7
1966-5-8.9
1967-8-8.3
1968-9-8.1
1969-6-8.3
1970-5-7.7
1971-6-8.3
CAR-13-8.7
WHiP
1964-3-1.01
1970-5-1.14
1971-10-1.16
OAVG
1961-9-.214
1963-5-.215
1964-5-.209
1970-4-.222
1971-6-.210
CAR-39-.231
OOBP
1964-4-.269
1970-7-.287
OOPS
1964-9-.622
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 75    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by Montreal in 1957
Injured on 8/15/1959 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Montreal to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1960 (Going to TAM: P Ralph Lumenti, P Stan Williams, CF Gary Geiger, 2B Julio Gotay, C Ozzie Virgil. Going to MON: RF Steve Bilko, C Stan Lopata, P Diomedes Olivo)
Earned first career win on 8/4/1960
Had first career hit on 8/12/1960, off Ike Delock (CLE)
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1962
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1964, going 7-0, 2.05
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/12/1965 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Traded from Tampa Bay to Kansas City on 5/1/1965 (Going to KCR: P Ralph Lumenti, SS Wayne Causey, 2B Fred Valentine. Going to TAM: P Al Downing, 2B Dalton Jones, 1B Tommy Mccraw)
Injured on 9/2/1965 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Kansas City to New York (A) on 2/1/1966 (Going to NYA: SS Phil Linz, P Ralph Lumenti. Going to KCR: RF Sandy Valdespino)
9/1/1966: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (A) to San Diego on 2/7/1970 (Going to SDP: P Dennis Bennett, P Ralph Lumenti, CF Joe Gaines. Going to NYA: P Earl Francis, P Clyde Wright)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/10/1971 to a 4-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 6/1/1975 to a minor league deal