Dick Drago
[edit] Biography
Born on June 25, 1945 in Toledo, Ohio, Dick Drago (Richard Anthony Drago) played for the Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 13 year career. Drago broke into the bigs on April 11, 1969 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 3.77 ERA in 200.2 innings pitched in 1969, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Dick Drago's best season was 1971, when he posted a 2.98 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 109 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1969
| KC
| A
| 41
| 26
| 11
| 13
| 3.77
| 108
| 95
| 84
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 200.2
| 190
| 19
| 65
| 6
| 0
| 2
|
| 1970
| KC
| A
| 35
| 34
| 9
| 15
| 3.75
| 127
| 110
| 100
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 240
| 239
| 20
| 72
| 5
| 3
| 7
|
| 1971
| KC
| A
| 35
| 34
| 17
| 11
| 2.98
| 109
| 84
| 80
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 241.1
| 251
| 14
| 46
| 1
| 4
| 9
|
| 1972
| KC
| A
| 34
| 33
| 12
| 17
| 3.01
| 135
| 88
| 80
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 239.1
| 230
| 22
| 51
| 4
| 5
| 6
|
| 1973
| KC
| A
| 37
| 33
| 12
| 14
| 4.23
| 98
| 116
| 100
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 212.2
| 252
| 16
| 76
| 10
| 4
| 7
|
| 1974
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 18
| 7
| 10
| 3.48
| 90
| 71
| 68
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 175.2
| 165
| 17
| 56
| 9
| 5
| 5
|
| 1975
| BOS
| A
| 40
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 3.84
| 43
| 31
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 72.2
| 69
| 5
| 31
| 3
| 1
| 0
|
| 1976
| CAL
| A
| 43
| 0
| 7
| 8
| 4.42
| 43
| 42
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 79.1
| 80
| 7
| 31
| 8
| 3
| 5
|
| 1977
| CAL
| A
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3.00
| 15
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 21
| 22
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1977
| BAL
| A
| 36
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 3.63
| 20
| 19
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 39.2
| 49
| 2
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 1
|
| 1977
| TOT
| A
| 49
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 3.41
| 35
| 27
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 60.2
| 71
| 5
| 18
| 6
| 1
| 1
|
| 1978
| BOS
| A
| 37
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 3.03
| 42
| 30
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 77.1
| 71
| 5
| 32
| 5
| 2
| 4
|
| 1979
| BOS
| A
| 53
| 1
| 10
| 6
| 3.03
| 67
| 33
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 89
| 85
| 6
| 21
| 6
| 4
| 3
|
| 1980
| BOS
| A
| 43
| 7
| 7
| 7
| 4.14
| 63
| 67
| 61
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 132.2
| 127
| 17
| 44
| 7
| 0
| 5
|
| 1981
| SEA
| A
| 39
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 5.53
| 27
| 33
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 53.2
| 71
| 4
| 15
| 5
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 519
| 189
| 108
| 117
| 3.62
| 987
| 827
| 755
| 62
| 10
| 58
| 1875
| 1901
| 157
| 558
| 75
| 34
| 54
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1969
| KC
| A
| P
| 41
| 26
| 200.2
| 25
| 32
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 7
| 1
| .983
|
| 1970
| KC
| A
| P
| 35
| 34
| 240
| 10
| 33
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 14
| 0
| .977
|
| 1971
| KC
| A
| P
| 35
| 34
| 241.1
| 7
| 42
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 8
| 0
| .961
|
| 1972
| KC
| A
| P
| 34
| 33
| 239.1
| 4
| 28
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 8
| 2
| .941
|
| 1973
| KC
| A
| P
| 37
| 33
| 212.2
| 14
| 38
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 9
| 7
| .945
|
| 1974
| BOS
| A
| P
| 33
| 18
| 175.2
| 3
| 21
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 12
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| BOS
| A
| P
| 40
| 2
| 72.2
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1976
| CAL
| A
| P
| 43
| 0
| 79.1
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 6
| 0
| .875
|
| 1977
| CAL
| A
| P
| 13
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| BAL
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 39.2
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .875
|
| 1977
| TOT
| A
| P
| 49
| 0
| 60.2
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| .900
|
| 1978
| BOS
| A
| P
| 37
| 1
| 77.1
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| .923
|
| 1979
| BOS
| A
| P
| 53
| 1
| 89
| 5
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .941
|
| 1980
| BOS
| A
| P
| 43
| 7
| 132.2
| 6
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| SEA
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 53.2
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 519
| 189
| 1875
| 83
| 268
| 13
| 33
| 0
| 10
| 121
| 73
| 11
| .964
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1969
| KC
| A
| 41
| 52
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .058
| .109
| .077
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 25
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| KC
| A
| 35
| 76
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .053
| .077
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 44
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| KC
| A
| 35
| 77
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 4
| .130
| .212
| .169
| 3
| 0
| 8
| 44
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1972
| KC
| A
| 35
| 68
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 5
| .059
| .169
| .059
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 36
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| KC
| A
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| BOS
| A
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| CAL
| A
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| CAL
| A
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| BAL
| A
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| TOT
| A
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| BOS
| A
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| BOS
| A
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| BOS
| A
| 43
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| SEA
| A
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 521
| 274
| 11
| 21
| 0
| 12
| .077
| .145
| .091
| 4
| 0
| 21
| 149
| 1
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (September 16, 1964).
- Selected by Kansas City Royals from Detroit Tigers (31st pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
- Traded by Kansas City Royals to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Marty Pattin (October 24, 1973).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to California Angels in exchange for John Balaz, Dick Sharon and Dave Machemer (March 3, 1976).
- Traded by California Angels to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Dyar Miller (June 13, 1977).
- Granted free agency (October 25, 1977).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 27, 1977).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Manny Sarmiento (April 8, 1981).
- Released by Seattle Mariners (April 2, 1982).
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