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Robert
Armstrong		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 24, 1942 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1975   
Owner's Choice - Reliever Award 1974   
All-Star Selections 1974   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 31 WAS JL $ 2,990,000   7 6 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 11 10 10
1974 32 WAS JL $ 2,990,000   8 6 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 11 10 11
1975 33 WAS JL $ 2,990,000   8 6 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 11 11 11
1976 34 WAS JL $ 2,990,000   7 6 7 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 11 11 11
1977 35 CHI JL $ 2,990,000   7 6 6 6 3 4 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 11 10 11
1978 36 VAL JL $ 3,750,000   7 6 7 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 11 11 11
1979 37 LOU JL $ 3,750,000   6 6 6 6 3 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
1980 38 LOU JL $ 3,750,000   6 6 6 6 3 4 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 2,990,000   6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,750,000   8 6 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 11 11 11
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 31 WAS JL $ 2,990,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1974 32 WAS JL $ 2,990,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1975 33 WAS JL $ 2,990,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1976 34 WAS JL $ 2,990,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1977 35 CHI JL $ 2,990,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1978 36 VAL JL $ 3,750,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1979 37 LOU JL $ 3,750,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1980 38 LOU JL $ 3,750,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 2,990,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,750,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 31 WAS JL 7 6 .538 78 0 0 0 41 75.0 58 24 6 28 82 2.88 .212 .292 .352 .643 16.5
1974 32 WAS JL 4 5 .444 61 0 0 0 41 57.7 43 17 1 33 64 2.65 .203 .313 .307 .620 13.1
1975 33 WAS JL 5 6 .455 58 0 0 0 15 55.0 48 18 4 21 83 2.95 .231 .300 .389 .689 10.0
1976 34 WAS JL 4 1 .800 35 0 0 0 2 35.7 28 8 1 16 44 2.02 .217 .308 .302 .611 5.4
1977 35 WAS JL 3 1 .750 29 0 0 0 0 25.7 24 16 2 16 28 5.61 .247 .348 .392 .740 0.7
  CHI JL 0 3 .000 32 0 0 0 2 37.0 32 12 2 13 40 2.92 .234 .301 .358 .658 3.3
  TOT   3 4 .429 61 0 0 0 2 62.7 56 28 4 29 68 4.02 .239 .321 .372 .693 4.0
1978 36 VAL JL 5 3 .625 71 0 0 0 0 73.0 84 46 5 32 77 5.67 .290 .367 .431 .798 1.5
1979 37 VAL JL 2 0 1.000 27 0 0 0 1 22.7 16 10 1 16 22 3.97 .205 .344 .333 .677 2.1
  LOU JL 0 3 .000 10 0 0 0 0 12.3 8 5 1 9 13 3.65 .190 .333 .333 .667 0.6
  TOT   2 3 .400 37 0 0 0 1 35.0 24 15 2 25 35 3.86 .200 .340 .333 .673 2.8
    AAA   0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 2 0 3 5 3.00 .158 .273 .211 .483  
1980 38 LOU JL 2 4 .333 57 0 0 0 1 75.3 64 31 8 20 65 3.70 .230 .284 .392 .676 5.3
8 Years Sim 32 32 .500 458 0 0 0 103 469.3 405 187 31 204 518 3.59 .232 .315 .368 .684 58.4
1 Years AAA 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 2 0 3 5 3.00 .158 .273 .211 .483  
Season Average 4 4 .500 57 0 0 0 12 58.7 50 23 3 25 64 3.59 .232 .315 .368 .684  
Career Highs 7 6 .800 78 0 0 0 41 75.3 84 46 8 33 83 5.67 .290 .367 .431 .798  
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   221 90 15 102 293   .225 .297 .358 .655
vs LH   184 97 16 102 225   .242 .332 .382 .713
Home 17 18 .486 236 0 0 0 57 252.0 221 120 18 121 273 4.29 .237 .325 .385 .710
Away 15 14 .517 222 0 0 0 52 217.3 184 67 13 83 245 2.77 .227 .298 .349 .647
Mar/Apr 4 8 .333 74 0 0 0 19 76.6 61 28 4 51 75 3.29 .221 .343 .326 .669
May 6 3 .667 75 0 0 0 23 69.7 66 36 4 29 91 4.65 .247 .321 .382 .703
June 6 4 .600 74 0 0 0 15 79.0 66 33 8 34 86 3.76 .230 .312 .397 .709
July 5 3 .625 75 0 0 0 17 76.0 56 15 1 22 79 1.78 .202 .261 .282 .542
August 6 6 .500 87 0 0 0 18 98.6 85 36 7 40 102 3.28 .234 .309 .376 .686
Sep/Oct 5 8 .385 73 0 0 0 17 69.3 71 39 7 28 85 5.06 .260 .329 .443 .772
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 31 WAS JL 78 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1974 32 WAS JL 61 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1975 33 WAS JL 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1977 35 WAS JL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  CHI JL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   61 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1978 36 VAL JL 71 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.2 0.0
1979 37 VAL JL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  LOU JL 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  TOT   37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1980 38 LOU JL 57 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0
7 Years Sim 423 23 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .087 .087 .130 .217 -0.8 0.0
162 Game Average 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .087 .087 .130 .217 -0.3  
Career Highs 78 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.2  
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   15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.4
vs LH   8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.6
Home 219 15 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .067 .067 .133 .200 -0.6
Away 114 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
RISP   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Close/Late   10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
Mar/Apr 21 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5
May 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
June 30 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
July 25 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
August 43 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Sep/Oct 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1973 31 WAS JL P 78 0 75.0 3 4 1 0 .875 0.84    
1974 32 WAS JL P 61 0 57.7 2 13 0 1 1.000 2.34    
1975 33 WAS JL P 58 0 55.0 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1976 34 WAS JL P 35 0 35.7 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.77    
1977 35 WAS JL P 29 0 25.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.05    
  CHI JL P 32 0 37.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.97    
  TOT   P 61 0 62.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.01    
1978 36 VAL JL P 71 0 73.0 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.60    
1979 37 VAL JL P 27 0 22.7 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.99    
  LOU JL P 10 0 12.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.19    
  TOT   P 37 0 35.0 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.06    
1980 38 LOU JL P 57 0 75.3 2 6 1 1 .889 0.96    
Career Totals   458 0 469.3 22 54 2 3 .974 1.46    
Career Highs   78 0 75.3 6 13 1 1 1.000 2.34    
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
1973 31 WAS JL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 2 3.0 1 0 0 1 4 0.00 .100 .182 .100 .282
1974 32 WAS JL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 4 5.3 4 3 0 4 7 5.07 .211 .348 .263 .611
1975 33 WAS JL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 4.7 1 1 0 1 3 1.93 .067 .125 .133 .258
1976 34 WAS JL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 1 3 0.00 .400 .500 .400 .900
1980 38 LOU JL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.3 1 0 0 1 5 0.00 .091 .167 .182 .348
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 17 0 0 0 6 17.3 9 4 0 8 22 2.08 .150 .250 .200 .450
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
1974 32 WAS JL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 0 1 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.
Saves
1973-3-41
1974-1-41
 Games Pitched
1974-9-61
1978-3-71
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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  5. Deangelo Munoz (948)
  6. Billy Wells (947)
  7. Sean Fielding (947)
  8. Cedric Larosa (945)
  9. Steve Olin (943)
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History
Drafted in 11th round, 244th overall pick, by Washington in 1973
Earned first career win on 4/6/1973
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won Johnson League Reliever of the Year Award in 1974
Won Landis Memorial Series with Washington in 1975
Traded from Washington to Chicago on 7/21/1977 (Going to WAS: P A. Leacher, CF L. Castello. Going to CHI: P R. Armstrong, CF R. Ostrin, P B. Cavallaro, 1B S. Perreault)
Signed as a free agent by Valencia on 2/7/1978 to a 3-year deal worth $3,750,000 per year
Had first career hit (double) on 4/10/1978, off Nicholas Marrero (HON)
Traded from Valencia to Louisville on 7/11/1979 (Going to VAL: P H. Horton, P G. Aranda, P M. Mandoon. Going to LOU: RF J. Pease, P N. Fordham, 1B J. Sixpack, P R. Armstrong)
 
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