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Mark
Catron		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 225
 
Born: October 4, 1945 in Usa
 
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 27 SEA FL $ 495,000   0 2 4 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
1974 28 SEA FL $ 495,000   2 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 5
1975 29 PHX JL $ 495,000   6 5 7 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1976 30 PHX JL $ 300,000   7 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 10 9 9
1977 31 PHX JL $ 4,000,000   7 6 7 7 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 10 9 9
1978 32 PHX JL $ 4,000,000   7 6 8 7 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 10 9 9
1979 33 BUF FL $ 4,000,000   7 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 10 9 9
1980 34 BUF FL $ 3,250,000   6 6 7 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 10 9 9
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000   0 2 4 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   7 6 8 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 10 9 9
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 35 BUF FL $ 3,250,000 81 16 17 17 12 14 13 12 14 13
1982 36 CAL JL $ 5,100,000 77 16 17 17 12 14 13 13 15 14
1983 37 BIR FL $ 624,000 72 6 8 7 5 7 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 624,000 72 6 8 7 5 7 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,100,000 81 16 17 17 12 14 13 13 15 14
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 27 SEA FL $ 495,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1974 28 SEA FL $ 495,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1975 29 PHX JL $ 495,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1976 30 PHX JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1977 31 PHX JL $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1978 32 PHX JL $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1979 33 BUF FL $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1980 34 BUF FL $ 3,250,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
                                             
  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
1981 35 BUF FL $ 3,250,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1982 36 CAL JL $ 5,100,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1983 37 BIR FL $ 624,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 624,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,100,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
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 27 AA   6 3 .667 12 12 3 1 0 90.3 82 39 8 34 90 3.89 .243 .313 .383 .695  
    A   8 6 .571 16 16 7 2 0 122.7 94 47 8 41 91 3.45 .208 .274 .317 .591  
1974 28 AAA   10 12 .455 25 25 5 1 0 175.0 184 88 21 72 136 4.53 .266 .335 .435 .770  
1975 29 PHX JL 5 6 .455 11 11 5 1 0 86.7 79 31 11 27 91 3.22 .243 .308 .425 .733 4.2
    AAA   3 10 .231 17 17 3 0 0 122.7 127 60 11 55 137 4.40 .268 .344 .422 .766  
1976 30 PHX JL 14 12 .538 33 33 5 0 0 236.7 228 104 22 105 266 3.96 .251 .330 .402 .732 10.4
1977 31 PHX JL 12 16 .429 32 32 5 0 0 232.7 239 135 33 73 245 5.22 .264 .320 .470 .790 3.9
1978 32 PHX JL 6 20 .231 38 31 11 0 0 242.3 231 113 17 100 255 4.20 .251 .328 .372 .700 9.2
1979 33 PHX JL 4 7 .364 16 12 1 0 0 66.7 68 43 8 31 64 5.81 .258 .342 .436 .778 0.0
  BUF FL 6 5 .545 17 13 2 0 0 100.3 116 63 13 37 96 5.65 .283 .348 .478 .826 0.0
  TOT   10 12 .455 33 25 3 0 0 167.0 184 106 21 68 160 5.71 .273 .346 .461 .807 0.0
1980 34 BUF FL 6 9 .400 30 23 1 0 1 151.3 164 70 9 53 138 4.16 .279 .339 .414 .753 4.0
1981 35 BUF FL 8 9 .471 33 17 1 0 0 128.3 103 57 8 47 105 4.00 .221 .298 .323 .621 6.5
1982 36 CAL JL 12 14 .462 34 34 0 0 0 195.7 200 109 14 80 151 5.01 .262 .336 .404 .740 4.3
1983 37 CAL JL 0 1 .000 20 1 0 0 0 28.0 33 23 8 14 20 7.39 .303 .381 .596 .977 0.0
  MAN FL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 1 1 2 6.00 .250 .308 .583 .891 0.0
  CHI JL 0 2 .000 6 0 0 0 0 15.7 16 8 4 9 14 4.60 .271 .371 .525 .897 0.0
  TOT   0 3 .000 29 1 0 0 0 46.7 52 33 13 24 36 6.37 .289 .373 .572 .945 0.0
    AAA   1 2 .333 7 0 0 0 0 7.3 11 6 1 4 7 7.37 .355 .429 .516 .945  
10 Years Sim 73 101 .420 273 207 31 1 1 1487.3 1480 758 148 577 1447 4.59 .258 .329 .417 .746 42.4
3 Years AAA 14 24 .368 49 42 8 1 0 305.0 322 154 33 131 280 4.54 .269 .341 .432 .773  
1 Years AA 6 3 .667 12 12 3 1 0 90.3 82 39 8 34 90 3.89 .243 .313 .383 .695  
1 Years A 8 6 .571 16 16 7 2 0 122.7 94 47 8 41 91 3.45 .208 .274 .317 .591  
5 Years Minors 28 33 .459 77 70 18 4 0 518.0 498 240 49 206 461 4.17 .251 .321 .397 .719  
Season Average 8 11 .421 30 23 3 0 0 165.3 164 84 16 64 160 4.59 .258 .329 .417 .746  
Career Highs 14 20 .538 38 34 11 1 1 242.3 239 135 33 105 266 6.37 .289 .373 .572 .945  
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   653 332 65 222 675   .235 .291 .379 .670
vs LH   827 426 82 355 772   .281 .358 .451 .809
Home 37 45 .451 138 101 11 1 0 737.6 742 381 72 279 717 4.65 .261 .327 .417 .743
Away 36 56 .391 135 106 20 0 2 749.6 738 377 75 298 730 4.53 .256 .325 .415 .740
Mar/Apr 8 16 .333 51 34 7 0 0 250.3 264 132 30 94 242 4.75 .272 .336 .436 .772
May 13 15 .464 42 35 2 0 0 244.0 263 138 27 84 254 5.09 .274 .333 .449 .782
June 11 20 .355 44 35 5 0 0 242.0 212 104 22 102 234 3.87 .230 .307 .362 .669
July 14 15 .483 45 33 7 0 0 254.3 234 111 18 109 240 3.93 .246 .324 .372 .695
August 13 21 .382 45 41 4 0 0 270.6 293 151 32 103 257 5.02 .274 .337 .453 .790
Sep/Oct 14 14 .500 46 29 7 2 2 226.0 214 122 18 85 220 4.86 .249 .316 .416 .733
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
1975 29 PHX JL 11 31 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .097 .152 .097 .248 -0.3 0.0
1976 30 PHX JL 33 84 8 8 4 0 1 4 0 0 4 34 .095 .135 .179 .313 0.7 0.0
1977 31 PHX JL 32 82 3 8 4 1 1 8 0 0 2 31 .098 .118 .207 .325 0.8 0.0
1978 32 PHX JL 38 78 1 9 0 0 1 4 1 0 3 28 .115 .145 .154 .298 1.1 0.0
1979 33 PHX JL 16 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .167 .211 .167 .377 0.5 0.0
  BUF FL 17 31 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 19 .129 .270 .161 .432 1.8 0.0
  TOT   33 49 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 30 .143 .250 .163 .413 2.4 0.0
1980 34 BUF FL 30 45 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .067 .067 .089 .156 -2.0 0.0
1981 35 BUF FL 33 32 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 .094 .171 .094 .265 -0.3 0.0
1982 36 CAL JL 34 67 2 5 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 30 .075 .101 .119 .221 -1.8 0.0
1983 37 CAL JL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  MAN FL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  CHI JL 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
  TOT   29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
9 Years Sim 273 473 28 46 13 1 3 25 1 0 23 197 .097 .138 .148 .286 0.1 0.0
162 Game Average 280 16 27 7 0 1 14 0 0 13 116 .097 .138 .148 .286 0.0  
Career Highs 38 84 8 9 4 1 1 8 1 0 7 34 .143 .250 .207 .413 2.4  
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   307 18 29 9 1 2 20 1 0 15 131 .094 .136 .150 .286 -2.5
vs LH   166 10 17 4 0 1 5 0 0 8 66 .102 .141 .145 .286 -1.3
Home 138 216 16 25 5 1 3 17 0 0 12 87 .116 .162 .190 .351 2.7
Away 135 257 12 21 8 0 0 8 1 0 11 110 .082 .118 .113 .231 -6.5
RISP   126 0 9 3 1 1 22 0 0 6 53 .071 .110 .135 .245 -2.6
Close/Late   28 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .107 .107 .179 .286 -0.5
Mar/Apr 38 79 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 29 .089 .086 .101 .188 -3.2
May 35 80 9 10 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 28 .125 .145 .188 .332 0.3
June 41 71 3 7 5 1 0 4 0 0 3 37 .099 .135 .197 .332 0.0
July 45 83 5 9 0 0 1 3 1 0 7 36 .108 .178 .145 .322 0.9
August 45 93 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 41 .043 .091 .054 .145 -4.6
Sep/Oct 41 67 9 9 4 0 1 8 0 0 6 26 .134 .205 .239 .444 2.8
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    
1975 29 PHX JL P 11 11 86.7 5 15 0 2 1.000 2.08    
1976 30 PHX JL P 33 33 236.7 14 33 3 1 .940 1.79    
1977 31 PHX JL P 32 32 232.7 9 38 3 0 .940 1.82    
1978 32 PHX JL P 38 31 242.3 25 46 5 4 .934 2.64    
1979 33 PHX JL P 16 12 66.7 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.62    
  BUF FL P 17 13 100.3 4 16 1 0 .952 1.79    
  TOT   P 33 25 167.0 6 26 1 0 .970 1.72    
1980 34 BUF FL P 30 23 151.3 9 23 3 5 .914 1.90    
1981 35 BUF FL P 33 17 128.3 9 17 1 2 .963 1.82    
1982 36 CAL JL P 34 34 195.7 15 28 1 1 .977 1.98    
1983 37 CAL JL P 20 1 28.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.29    
  MAN FL P 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CHI JL P 6 0 15.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.15    
Career Totals   273 207 1487.3 95 229 17 15 .950 1.96    
Career Highs   38 34 242.3 25 46 5 5 1.000 2.64    
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
1976 30 PHX JL 1 0 1.000 3 2 1 1 0 10.3 4 5 0 4 12 4.36 .111 .200 .194 .394
1981 35 BUF FL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 3.3 3 1 1 0 2 2.70 .231 .231 .538 .769
1982 36 CAL JL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 6.7 5 0 0 1 3 0.00 .217 .250 .261 .511
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 11 2 1 1 1 20.3 12 6 1 5 17 2.66 .167 .221 .278 .499
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
1976 30 PHX JL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 3 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.
Losses
1977-4-16
1978-1-20
1982-8-14
 Complete Games
1978-7-11
 Hits Allowed
1977-8-239
 Homeruns Allowed
1977-5-33
 Strikeouts
1977-9-245
1978-8-255
 Walks Allowed
1976-7-105
1978-5-100
1982-4-80
Strikeouts per 9IP
1976-8-10.1
1978-8-9.5
CAR-34-8.8
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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  1. Samuel Smith (956)
  2. Burt Grossman (943)
  3. Albert Ramos (941)
  4. Hoyt Perea (940)
  5. Glenn Bowerman (935)
  6. Randy Scarbery (933)
  7. Tito Corbin (932)
  8. Frank Tanana (930)
  9. Bernie Crotchmeyer (929)
  10. Drew Triggs (928)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Arky Mooris (996)
  2. Filla Zerndillo (990)
  3. Albert Diaz (990)
  4. Pablo Verlohi (989)
  5. Haystack Duggeler (989)
  6. Frank Tanana (987)
  7. Bill Microsoft (987)
  8. Jacob Butler (987)
  9. Rudy Ramirez (986)
  10. Avagadro Pompeii (986)
History
Drafted in 42nd round, 990th overall pick, by Seattle in 1973
Injured on 4/10/1973 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/31/1973 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/5/1974 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Seattle to Phoenix on 7/21/1975 (Going to PHX: P M. Catron. Going to SEA: P D. Estrada)
Had first career hit on 8/8/1975, off Pete Bucher (MRQ)
Earned first career win on 8/24/1975
Hit first career homerun on 5/28/1976, off Ben Beguine (CAL)
Struck out 15 batters against Valencia on 5/5/1977
Injured on 4/14/1979 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Phoenix to Buffalo on 7/1/1979 (Going to BUF: P M. Catron. Going to PHX: CF W. Velazco)
Pitched NO-HITTER against Las Vegas on 5/25/1981, striking out 7
 
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