Doug Rau

Full Name: Douglas James Rau	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/175	First Game: September 2, 1972
Birthdate: December 15, 1948	Final Game: May 26, 1981
Birthplace: Columbus, Texas	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on December 15, 1948 in Columbus, Texas, Doug Rau (Douglas James Rau) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels over the course of his 9 year career. Rau broke into the bigs on September 2, 1972 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 3.96 ERA in 63.2 innings pitched in 1973, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Doug Rau's best season was 1975, when he posted a 3.11 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 151 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1972	LA	N	7	3	2	2	2.20	19	11	8	2	0	0	32.2	18	1	11	2	0	1
1973	LA	N	31	3	4	2	3.96	51	28	28	0	0	3	63.2	64	5	28	2	0	1
1974	LA	N	36	35	13	11	3.72	126	90	82	3	1	0	198.1	191	20	70	1	3	4
1975	LA	N	38	38	15	9	3.11	151	96	89	8	2	0	257.2	227	18	61	1	1	3
1976	LA	N	34	32	16	12	2.57	98	71	66	8	3	0	231	221	18	69	1	2	7
1977	LA	N	32	32	14	8	3.43	126	87	81	4	2	0	212.1	232	15	49	2	3	6
1978	LA	N	30	30	15	9	3.26	95	82	72	7	2	0	199	219	17	68	5	0	2
1979	LA	N	11	11	1	5	5.30	28	37	33	1	1	0	56	73	3	22	0	1	4
1981	CAL	A	3	3	1	2	8.71	3	10	10	0	0	0	10.1	14	2	4	0	0	0
Total	NL		219	184	80	58	3.30	694	502	459	33	11	3	1250.2	1245	97	378	14	10	28
Total	AL		3	3	1	2	8.71	3	10	10	0	0	0	10.1	14	2	4	0	0	0
Total			222	187	81	60	3.35	697	512	469	33	11	3	1261	1259	99	382	14	10	28

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1972	LA	N	P	7	3	32.2	0	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.000
1973	LA	N	P	31	3	63.2	1	8	0	0	0	4	1	0	1.000
1974	LA	N	P	36	35	198.1	8	27	0	3	1	12	9	0	1.000
1975	LA	N	P	38	38	257.2	6	40	5	1	2	6	6	1	.902
1976	LA	N	P	34	32	231	5	39	1	1	2	14	10	5	.978
1977	LA	N	P	32	32	212.1	3	30	0	0	1	13	13	1	1.000
1978	LA	N	P	30	30	199	3	24	1	2	1	6	10	0	.964
1979	LA	N	P	11	11	56	2	10	0	0	0	3	6	0	1.000
1981	CAL	A	P	3	3	10.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
Total			P	222	187	1261	29	184	7	8	8	59	56	7	.968

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1972	LA	N	7	7	0	1	1	.143	.250	.429	0	1	1	2	0	1	0
1973	LA	N	31	11	0	1	1	.091	.091	.091	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
1974	LA	N	36	64	3	9	4	.141	.214	.141	0	0	6	22	0	8	0
1975	LA	N	38	87	5	17	6	.195	.239	.195	0	0	5	28	0	10	3
1976	LA	N	34	60	5	9	2	.150	.235	.150	0	0	7	15	0	8	4
1977	LA	N	32	71	4	10	2	.141	.205	.155	1	0	5	11	1	3	2
1978	LA	N	30	63	3	9	5	.143	.169	.159	1	0	2	13	0	13	1
1979	LA	N	11	14	1	2	0	.143	.250	.214	1	0	2	2	0	1	0
1981	CAL	A	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		219	377	21	58	21	.154	.213	.167	3	1	28	95	1	46	10
Total	AL		3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			222	377	21	58	21	.154	.213	.167	3	1	28	95	1	46	10

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Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1967).
Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (7th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 4, 1970).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (February 12, 1981).
Signed by California Angels (April 22, 1981).
Released by California Angels (September 25, 1981).

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