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Kirk
Dirt		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 165
 
Born: July 25, 1944 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1977    1978   
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 28 MRQ JL $ 1,800,000   5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 7 6 8 8 8
1974 29 MRQ JL $ 1,800,000   5 4 5 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1975 30 MRQ JL $ 1,800,000   5 4 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
1976 31 MRQ JL $ 2,100,000   6 4 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8
1977 32 MRQ JL $ 2,100,000   5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 8
1978 33 MRQ JL $ 2,100,000   5 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 8
1979 34 MRQ JL $ 1,210,000   5 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 9 8 8 8 8
1980 35 MRQ JL $ 1,210,000   4 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,210,000   4 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 7 7
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000   6 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 36 PHX JL   66 8 9 9 12 12 12 12 12 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings   66 8 9 9 12 12 12 12 12 12
OOTP6 Max Ratings   66 8 9 9 12 12 12 12 12 12
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 28 MRQ JL $ 1,800,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1974 29 MRQ JL $ 1,800,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1975 30 MRQ JL $ 1,800,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1976 31 MRQ JL $ 2,100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1977 32 MRQ JL $ 2,100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 33 MRQ JL $ 2,100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1979 34 MRQ JL $ 1,210,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1980 35 MRQ JL $ 1,210,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,210,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  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 36 PHX JL     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2
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 28 MRQ JL 13 5 .722 29 29 1 1 0 187.3 190 71 13 52 168 3.41 .264 .317 .355 .672 13.8
1974 29 MRQ JL 13 14 .481 33 33 9 4 0 243.3 201 90 20 66 218 3.33 .223 .280 .329 .609 14.7
1975 30 MRQ JL 10 9 .526 25 25 4 2 0 179.3 160 64 11 68 166 3.21 .237 .310 .329 .639 12.1
1976 31 MRQ JL 14 9 .609 34 29 3 0 0 215.0 209 89 23 60 183 3.73 .256 .309 .379 .688 11.6
1977 32 MRQ JL 17 4 .810 28 25 10 3 0 204.7 160 47 9 37 168 2.07 .215 .254 .273 .527 21.0
1978 33 MRQ JL 16 10 .615 30 30 12 2 0 232.7 200 73 19 31 173 2.82 .230 .258 .325 .583 16.9
1979 34 MRQ JL 8 6 .571 35 14 6 0 0 141.0 143 39 12 14 109 2.49 .256 .283 .351 .634 11.4
1980 35 MRQ JL 11 11 .500 28 28 2 0 0 177.7 199 77 14 29 127 3.90 .283 .310 .382 .692 10.5
1981 36 PHX JL 1 0 1.000 23 0 0 0 0 31.3 42 21 6 8 17 6.03 .316 .352 .526 .878 0.5
9 Years Sim 103 68 .602 265 213 47 12 0 1612.3 1504 571 127 365 1329 3.19 .246 .291 .344 .634 112.5
Season Average 11 7 .611 29 23 5 1 0 179.1 167 63 14 40 147 3.19 .246 .291 .344 .634  
Career Highs 17 14 1.000 35 33 12 4 0 243.3 209 90 23 68 218 6.03 .316 .352 .526 .878  
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   741 278 60 163 702   .231 .269 .322 .591
vs LH   763 293 67 202 627   .261 .309 .367 .676
Home 52 30 .634 128 107 21 6 0 818.6 740 266 61 195 691 2.92 .240 .286 .335 .621
Away 51 38 .573 137 106 26 6 0 793.6 764 305 66 170 638 3.46 .251 .291 .353 .643
Mar/Apr 21 8 .724 53 34 9 3 0 259.6 254 111 21 76 215 3.85 .256 .309 .356 .665
May 18 12 .600 59 39 7 2 0 294.3 299 126 17 71 250 3.85 .260 .304 .348 .652
June 16 13 .552 41 33 9 3 0 263.7 224 77 19 60 237 2.63 .227 .272 .313 .584
July 16 11 .593 36 31 6 0 0 226.0 224 66 16 40 180 2.63 .257 .289 .357 .646
August 17 11 .607 39 39 5 0 0 290.3 270 100 28 63 230 3.10 .247 .288 .363 .651
Sep/Oct 15 13 .536 37 37 11 4 0 278.3 233 91 26 55 217 2.94 .226 .266 .325 .590
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 28 MRQ JL 29 63 5 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 28 .079 .108 .111 .219 -1.8 0.0
1974 29 MRQ JL 33 82 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 38 .073 .126 .073 .200 -2.0 0.0
1975 30 MRQ JL 25 65 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 29 .062 .076 .138 .214 -1.7 0.0
1976 31 MRQ JL 34 78 5 11 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 32 .141 .173 .179 .352 0.7 0.0
1977 32 MRQ JL 28 72 5 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 34 .069 .093 .069 .163 -2.9 0.0
1978 33 MRQ JL 30 87 7 8 0 1 0 4 0 1 4 33 .092 .129 .115 .244 -1.6 0.0
1979 34 MRQ JL 35 47 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .085 .137 .128 .265 -0.2 0.0
1980 35 MRQ JL 28 51 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 27 .059 .111 .059 .170 -1.7 0.0
1981 36 PHX JL 23 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 0.9 0.2
9 Years Sim 265 548 37 47 7 3 1 22 0 1 23 245 .086 .122 .115 .237 -10.3 0.2
162 Game Average 335 22 28 4 1 0 13 0 0 14 149 .086 .122 .115 .237 -6.3  
Career Highs 35 87 7 11 3 1 1 6 0 1 5 38 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 0.9  
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   376 27 33 5 2 0 14 0 0 17 170 .088 .126 .112 .238 -8.5
vs LH   172 10 14 2 1 1 8 0 1 6 75 .081 .112 .122 .234 -4.5
Home 128 263 15 23 2 1 1 11 0 1 9 120 .087 .118 .114 .232 -6.9
Away 137 285 22 24 5 2 0 11 0 0 14 125 .084 .125 .116 .241 -6.1
RISP   135 0 12 3 0 0 21 0 0 7 49 .089 .130 .111 .241 -2.8
Close/Late   50 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 .060 .096 .060 .156 -2.3
Mar/Apr 42 88 6 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 35 .057 .098 .057 .155 -4.4
May 52 96 10 14 2 2 0 8 0 0 3 34 .146 .172 .208 .380 1.7
June 41 92 5 6 2 1 1 4 0 0 2 39 .065 .084 .141 .226 -2.7
July 36 71 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 41 .042 .093 .042 .136 -3.7
August 39 105 8 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 58 .095 .142 .105 .246 -1.9
Sep/Oct 37 96 2 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 38 .094 .129 .115 .243 -2.1
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 28 MRQ JL P 29 29 187.3 7 17 2 2 .923 1.15    
1974 29 MRQ JL P 33 33 243.3 14 19 0 0 1.000 1.22    
1975 30 MRQ JL P 25 25 179.3 5 16 1 0 .955 1.05    
1976 31 MRQ JL P 34 29 215.0 11 28 2 1 .951 1.63    
1977 32 MRQ JL P 28 25 204.7 7 22 3 1 .906 1.28    
1978 33 MRQ JL P 30 30 232.7 13 38 2 3 .962 1.97    
1979 34 MRQ JL P 35 14 141.0 11 18 0 2 1.000 1.85    
1980 35 MRQ JL P 28 28 177.7 9 22 1 2 .969 1.57    
1981 36 PHX JL P 23 0 31.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.57    
Career Totals   265 213 1612.3 77 182 11 11 .959 1.45    
Career Highs   35 33 243.3 14 38 3 3 1.000 1.97    
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
1974 29 MRQ JL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .500 .000 .500
1975 30 MRQ JL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.7 9 4 0 5 6 4.16 .265 .359 .294 .653
1977 32 MRQ JL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 16.0 11 2 0 2 12 1.13 .193 .220 .211 .431
1978 33 MRQ JL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 4.7 6 3 0 0 1 5.79 .333 .333 .500 .833
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 9 3 0 0 0 29.7 26 9 0 8 19 2.73 .236 .288 .282 .570
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
1975 30 MRQ JL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1977 32 MRQ JL 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .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.
ERA
1973-10-3.41
1974-10-3.33
1977-2-2.07
1978-8-2.82
CAR-20-3.19
 Wins
1977-4-17
1978-10-16
 Winning Pct
1973-2-.722
1977-2-.810
CAR-32-.602
 Complete Games
1977-7-10
1978-5-12
CAR-22-47
 Shutouts
1973-1-1
1974-2-4
1975-9-2
1977-4-3
1978-10-2
CAR-29-12
 Strikeouts
1974-10-218
Walks per 9IP
1978-1-1.2
1980-4-1.5
 Hits per 9IP
1974-6-7.4
1977-5-7.0
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1974-10-8.1
 WHiP
1974-10-1.10
1977-4-0.96
1978-2-0.99
CAR-42-1.16
 OAVG
1974-5-.223
1977-6-.215
 OOBP
1974-9-.280
1977-4-.254
1978-2-.258
CAR-45-.291
OSLG
1973-5-.355
1974-4-.329
1975-5-.329
1977-2-.273
1978-6-.325
CAR-15-.344
 OOPS
1974-4-.609
1975-10-.639
1977-2-.527
1978-5-.583
CAR-17-.634
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 53    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Felix Pan (946)
  2. Jeff Rosenrosen (942)
  3. Ebby Calvin Laloosh (933)
  4. Pablo Verlohi (932)
  5. Hi Brown (931)
  6. Ivan Aguilera (931)
  7. Luke Nastay (920)
  8. Alonso Cruz (913)
  9. Andy Messersmith (912)
  10. Billy Chapel (911)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Terrence Williams (992)
  2. Burt Grossman (992)
  3. Billy Winters (991)
  4. Hank Davidson (991)
  5. Felix Pan (989)
  6. Daniel Kinard (989)
  7. Todd Adams (989)
  8. Luke Nastay (988)
  9. Ray Fontenot (988)
  10. Dennis Eckersley (988)
History
Drafted in 9th round, 210th overall pick, by Marquette in 1973
Earned first career win on 4/4/1973
Had first career hit on 5/8/1973, off Rosario Capotosto (LOU)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1973, going 3-0, 0.92
Injured on 8/22/1974 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 6/16/1975, off Scott Blundon (LOU)
Injured on 9/25/1976 with a Broken Hand, out for 4-5 weeks
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Phoenix on 2/4/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $1,111,111 per year
Released by Phoenix on 6/1/1981
 
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