Andy Messersmith
[edit] Biography
Born on August 6, 1945 in Toms River, New Jersey, Andy Messersmith (John Alexander Messersmith) played for the California Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees over the course of his 12 year career. Messersmith broke into the bigs on July 4, 1968 with the California Angels, and put up a 2.21 ERA in 81.1 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Andy Messersmith's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1974, when he posted a 2.59 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 221 batters. However, others believe that it was 1975, when he posted a 2.29 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 213 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1968
| CAL
| A
| 28
| 5
| 4
| 2
| 2.21
| 74
| 21
| 20
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 81.1
| 44
| 3
| 35
| 4
| 3
| 1
|
| 1969
| CAL
| A
| 40
| 33
| 16
| 11
| 2.52
| 211
| 81
| 70
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 250
| 169
| 17
| 100
| 7
| 16
| 5
|
| 1970
| CAL
| A
| 37
| 26
| 11
| 10
| 3.01
| 162
| 75
| 65
| 6
| 1
| 5
| 194.2
| 144
| 21
| 78
| 6
| 2
| 6
|
| 1971
| CAL
| A
| 38
| 38
| 20
| 13
| 2.99
| 179
| 112
| 92
| 14
| 4
| 0
| 276.2
| 224
| 16
| 121
| 6
| 9
| 7
|
| 1972
| CAL
| A
| 25
| 21
| 8
| 11
| 2.81
| 142
| 56
| 53
| 10
| 3
| 2
| 169.2
| 125
| 5
| 68
| 8
| 2
| 2
|
| 1973
| LA
| N
| 33
| 33
| 14
| 10
| 2.70
| 177
| 90
| 75
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 249.2
| 196
| 24
| 77
| 3
| 6
| 6
|
| 1974
| LA
| N
| 39
| 39
| 20
| 6
| 2.59
| 221
| 93
| 84
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 292.1
| 227
| 24
| 94
| 0
| 6
| 3
|
| 1975
| LA
| N
| 42
| 40
| 19
| 14
| 2.29
| 213
| 92
| 82
| 19
| 7
| 1
| 321.2
| 244
| 22
| 96
| 2
| 8
| 5
|
| 1976
| ATL
| N
| 29
| 28
| 11
| 11
| 3.04
| 135
| 83
| 70
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 207.1
| 166
| 14
| 74
| 1
| 10
| 2
|
| 1977
| ATL
| N
| 16
| 16
| 5
| 4
| 4.40
| 69
| 54
| 50
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 102.1
| 101
| 12
| 39
| 5
| 5
| 2
|
| 1978
| NY
| A
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 5.64
| 16
| 21
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22.1
| 24
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1979
| LA
| N
| 11
| 11
| 2
| 4
| 4.91
| 26
| 34
| 34
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 62.1
| 55
| 9
| 34
| 2
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 170
| 167
| 71
| 49
| 2.88
| 841
| 446
| 395
| 56
| 16
| 2
| 1235.2
| 989
| 105
| 414
| 13
| 38
| 18
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 174
| 128
| 59
| 50
| 2.84
| 784
| 366
| 314
| 42
| 11
| 13
| 994.2
| 730
| 69
| 417
| 31
| 32
| 22
|
| Total
|
|
| 344
| 295
| 130
| 99
| 2.86
| 1625
| 812
| 709
| 98
| 27
| 15
| 2230.1
| 1719
| 174
| 831
| 44
| 70
| 40
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1968
| CAL
| A
| P
| 28
| 5
| 81.1
| 6
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| .947
|
| 1969
| CAL
| A
| P
| 40
| 33
| 250
| 17
| 29
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 5
| 2
| .902
|
| 1970
| CAL
| A
| P
| 37
| 26
| 194.2
| 12
| 23
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 7
| 2
| .897
|
| 1971
| CAL
| A
| P
| 38
| 38
| 276.2
| 18
| 49
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 26
| 5
| 2
| .931
|
| 1972
| CAL
| A
| P
| 25
| 21
| 169.2
| 9
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1973
| LA
| N
| P
| 33
| 33
| 249.2
| 19
| 35
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 14
| 8
| 1
| .915
|
| 1974
| LA
| N
| P
| 39
| 39
| 292.1
| 18
| 44
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 11
| 3
| .873
|
| 1975
| LA
| N
| P
| 42
| 40
| 321.2
| 11
| 43
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 7
| 2
| .915
|
| 1976
| ATL
| N
| P
| 29
| 28
| 207.1
| 14
| 33
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 9
| 1
| .904
|
| 1977
| ATL
| N
| P
| 16
| 16
| 102.1
| 5
| 15
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 1
| 1
| .909
|
| 1978
| NY
| A
| P
| 6
| 5
| 22.1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| LA
| N
| P
| 11
| 11
| 62.1
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 344
| 295
| 2230.1
| 136
| 318
| 41
| 15
| 0
| 14
| 137
| 63
| 14
| .917
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1968
| CAL
| A
| 29
| 20
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .100
| .100
| .150
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| CAL
| A
| 42
| 77
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 5
| .156
| .235
| .182
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 28
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1970
| CAL
| A
| 38
| 70
| 4
| 11
| 1
| 2
| .157
| .157
| .243
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| CAL
| A
| 39
| 93
| 8
| 16
| 2
| 5
| .172
| .214
| .258
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 30
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| CAL
| A
| 26
| 53
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| .189
| .232
| .245
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| LA
| N
| 34
| 89
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 6
| .169
| .213
| .202
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 16
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1974
| LA
| N
| 39
| 96
| 12
| 23
| 1
| 11
| .240
| .312
| .354
| 8
| 0
| 11
| 28
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1975
| LA
| N
| 44
| 108
| 8
| 17
| 0
| 9
| .157
| .212
| .194
| 4
| 0
| 7
| 25
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1976
| ATL
| N
| 29
| 67
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 10
| .179
| .225
| .194
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 19
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1977
| ATL
| N
| 16
| 34
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 3
| .118
| .189
| .265
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| NY
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| LA
| N
| 11
| 22
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .091
| .091
| .136
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 173
| 416
| 29
| 73
| 2
| 41
| .175
| .231
| .236
| 19
| 0
| 30
| 103
| 1
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 180
| 313
| 20
| 51
| 3
| 13
| .163
| .204
| .227
| 11
| 0
| 16
| 109
| 0
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 353
| 729
| 49
| 124
| 5
| 54
| .170
| .219
| .232
| 30
| 0
| 46
| 212
| 1
| 46
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1965).
- Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (12th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 7, 1966).
- Traded by California Angels with Ken McMullen to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Frank Robinson, Bill Singer, Mike Strahler, Billy Grabarkewitz and Bobby Valentine (November 28, 1972).
- Granted free agency (March 16, 1976).
- Signed by Atlanta Braves (April 10, 1976).
- Sold by Atlanta Braves to New York Yankees (December 7, 1977).
- Released by New York Yankees (November 6, 1978).
- Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (February 7, 1979).
- Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (August 28, 1979).
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