#4 Dennis Ragsdale, Starting Pitcher, 35 yrs, Oakland Athletics

#4 Dennis Ragsdale, Starting Pitcher, 35 yrs, Oakland Athletics
Thursday, 10/30/1981

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Dennis Ragsdale

12/23/1945
35
Rochester, NY
5"9
190

Starting Pitcher
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Minimal
Minimal
Some ability
2 / 6 (Fair)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
Good
Normal
Prone
1.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 300,000
1981
14 Year(s), 133 Days (2541 total Days)
172 Day(s)
19 Year(s)

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	0	0	0	87-90 Mph
Versus LHB	0	0	0
Versus RHB	0	0	0
Talent	10	7	5

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

6
44
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Sinker
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	0	0	0	0	0
Versus LHP	0	0	0	0	0
Versus RHP	0	0	0	0	0
Talent	1	5	1	2	1

Running & Bunting Ratings
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5
4
3
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 10 (Range), .989 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
6/10	@BOS	L 3-4	*	6.2	7	3	3	2	5
6/16	BOS	W 5-3	*	8	12	3	3	0	5
8/16	@NYA	W 2-1	*	9	7	1	1	3	5	W	PoG
8/22	@BOS	L 3-7	*	5.2	6	6	6	4	2	L
8/28	DET	L 2-7	*	5.2	8	7	4	2	2	L
9/3	@CAL	W 11-6	*	3.2	5	6	5	5	2
9/8	CHA	L 3-5	*	7.1	5	3	3	4	3
9/13	@MIL	L 0-1	*	8	7	1	1	2	4	L
9/19	MIN	L 1-7		1.1	1	0	0	0	3
9/29	KCR	W 4-3		1	1	0	0	0	0	SV

Pitching Stats 1981

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	21	19	2	10	1	5.07	120.2	129	76	68	63	68	1	5.3	0	9	47.4
Projected	30	27	3	14	1	5.07	172.0	185	109	97	90	97

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	1	0	100.0	2	2	14.3	9.6	5.1	4.7	15	6	40.0	1	0	.0	5.18

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	83	22	5	0	5	11	16	12	16	0	0	0	.265	.354	.506	.860
vs. RHB	378	107	16	3	11	56	60	51	52	0	0	0	.283	.360	.429	.788

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	11	9	0	4	1	3.97	65.2	62	32	29	32	30
Road	10	10	2	6	0	6.38	55.0	67	44	39	31	38
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	4	4	0	4	0	7.97	20.1	30	22	18	14	10
May	6	6	0	3	0	5.15	36.2	31	21	21	25	18
June	3	3	1	0	0	3.68	22.0	28	9	9	4	19
July	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
August	3	3	1	2	0	4.87	20.1	21	14	11	9	9
Sept./Oct.	5	3	0	1	1	3.80	21.1	19	10	9	11	12

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1968	35	35	19	5	0	2.59	260.2	209	87	75	10	68	155	4	2	1.06	.251	SEA CHA
1969	19	19	7	5	0	2.62	134.0	111	45	39	6	34	88	1	0	1.08	.261	CHA NYA
1970	37	37	16	12	0	3.18	260.0	241	108	92	18	60	179	3	3	1.16	.279	NYA OAK
1971	41	41	17	11	0	3.50	275.0	233	114	107	21	69	199	2	0	1.10	.264	OAK
1972	37	37	19	11	0	2.34	284.1	219	80	74	7	48	255	5	1	0.94	.272	OAK NYA,AL
1973	40	40	18	16	0	4.05	268.2	279	144	121	22	76	180	6	3	1.32	.304	NYA
1974	56	23	11	8	2	4.11	212.2	200	108	97	14	77	123	1	0	1.30	.278	NYA
1975	48	2	7	5	2	4.11	96.1	83	50	44	4	29	70	0	0	1.16	.275	NYA
1976	40	40	23	9	0	3.07	281.2	224	103	96	9	76	184	6	4	1.07	.255	NYA MIL,AL
1977	28	28	16	7	0	4.06	184.0	174	93	83	12	74	126	1	0	1.35	.286	MIL
1978	39	39	11	16	0	4.00	250.0	223	126	111	16	137	127	4	2	1.44	.260	MIL
1979	17	6	3	3	1	5.13	52.2	55	32	30	6	36	29	0	0	1.73	.285	MIL OAK
1980	27	0	3	1	1	7.14	40.1	47	36	32	5	25	25	0	0	1.79	.318	OAK
1981	21	19	2	10	1	5.07	120.2	129	76	68	16	63	68	1	0	1.59	.300	OAK
Total	485	366	172	119	7	3.54	2721.0	2427	1202	1069	166	872	1808	34	15	1.21	.274

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1965, A	32	32	14	10	0	2.69	247.2	203	77	74	10	56	104	5	1	1.05	.236
1966, A	31	31	14	8	0	2.11	243.1	183	68	57	11	57	169	8	3	0.99	.245
1967, AA	32	32	10	12	0	2.17	248.2	197	65	60	9	55	179	4	0	1.01	.258

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1968	2	2	1	0	0	0.59	15.1	11	1	1	9	10	1	1
1974	2	0	0	0	1	3.38	5.1	6	2	2	2	4	0	0
1975	3	0	1	0	0	0.00	5.0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0
Total	7	2	2	0	1	1.05	25.2	18	3	3	13	18	1	1

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1968	35	92	9	3	1	0	6	2	2	36	0	0	.098	.116	.152	.268	SEA CHA
1969	19	41	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	15	0	0	.049	.114	.049	.162	CHA NYA
1970	37	79	9	2	0	0	6	4	5	29	0	0	.114	.176	.139	.316	NYA OAK
1971	41	95	6	1	0	0	3	2	2	31	1	0	.063	.082	.074	.156	OAK
1972	37	102	12	1	1	0	6	5	2	34	0	0	.118	.135	.147	.282	OAK NYA,AL
1973	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYA
1974	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYA
1975	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYA
1976	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYA MIL,AL
1977	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MIL
1978	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MIL
1979	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MIL OAK
1980	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	OAK
Total	464	409	38	7	2	0	21	14	14	145	1	0	.093	.125	.120	.245

Fielding Stats 1981

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.963

120.2

2.01

Player History

Traded from Seattle to Chicago (A) on 2/1/1968 (Going to CHA: P Dennis Ragsdale, SS Brandon Teixeira. Going to SEA: P Robert Howard, 3B Theodore Kaluza)...
Earned first career win on 5/6/1968...
Had first career hit (triple) on 5/20/1968, off Dong Gun Lee (BOS)...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1968, going 4-0, 0.91...
Won ROOKIE OF THE YEAR in 1968, going 19-5, 2.59 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1969, going 3-0, 0.86...
Injured on 5/14/1969 with a Sore Back, out for one week...
Traded from Chicago (A) to New York (A) on 5/16/1969 (Going to CHA: P Fredrick Reed, P Walter White. Going to NYA: P Dennis Ragsdale, P Boyce Nealon, P Orel Funke)...
Injured on 7/11/1969 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season...
Traded from New York (A) to Oakland on 6/16/1970 (Going to OAK: P Dennis Ragsdale, P Nuke LaLoosh. Going to NYA: P Justino Gavilan, RF Sam Mead, 3B Pedro Navaja)...
Traded from Oakland to New York (A) on 3/1/1972 (Going to NYA: P Dennis Ragsdale, LF Milo Cavic, LF Boomer Farley. Going to OAK: P Mel Troy, P Rob Hertenstein, 3B Colan Rumpff)...
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game...
Pitched NO-HITTER against Seattle on 7/8/1973, striking out 6...
Injured on 7/2/1975 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
Traded from New York (A) to Milwaukee on 3/4/1976 (Going to MIL: LF Whit Davies, P Dennis Ragsdale, P Mike Hardwick. Going to NYA: CF Jake Kienzle)...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1976, going 7-0, 1.68...
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game...
Injured on 10/2/1976 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks...
Injured on 6/27/1978 with a Broken Nose, out for one week...
Traded from Milwaukee to Oakland on 3/8/1979 (Going to MIL: 1B Dan Sweet, P Otto Scanlon. Going to OAK: P Dennis Ragsdale)...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA 1968 - 2.59 - 9th 1972 - 2.34 - 4th	WHIP 1972 - 0.94 - 2nd 1976 - 1.07 - 5th	Wins 1968 - 19 - 8th 1972 - 19 - 9th 1976 - 23 - 6th	Losses 1973 - 16 - 10th	IP 1972 - 284.1 - 7th
K's 1971 - 199 - 7th 1972 - 255 - 3rd 1973 - 180 - 10th 1976 - 184 - 7th	BB 1978 - 137 - 3rd	SHO 1976 - 4 - 8th

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