Andy Messersmith - The Baseball Cube

PositionsP-344Position when DraftedPPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameJohn Alexander Messersmith
Height6-1Weight200BatsRightThrowsRight
Born DateAugust 6,1945 [72.316]PlaceToms River,New Jersey
High SchoolWestern (Anaheim,CA)
CollegeUniversity of California (Berkeley,CA)

DraftedSelected by the California Angels [Team Picks] in the 1st round (12th overall) of the 1966 Amateur Entry Draft [Signed] ... Selected by the Detroit Tigers [Team Picks] in the 3rd round (53rd overall) of the 1965 Amateur Entry Draft
MLB DebutJuly 4,1968 [22.332]
OrganizationsCAL [7] LAN [4] ATL [2] NYA [1] Awards5Awards Voting6-75
TBC Player ID15319Retrosheet IDmessa101MLBAM ID118990
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Player Notes: � First player ever drafted out of the University of California in 1965 ... Opening day starter for California Angels in 1970,1972 and for Atlanta Braves 1977

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Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1965	California	College	NCAA	So		S/R	19	8	2	1.63	13	11	2	7	0	0	0	83.0	60	20	15	0	24	97	0	0	0	1.01	6.51	--	2.60	10.52	4.04	.800	-
1966		null	AAA	-	-	Rel	20	4	6	3.36	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	83.0	68	36	31	0	36	59	0	0	0	1.25	7.37	--	3.90	6.40	1.64	.400	-
1967		null	AA	-	-	Rel	21	9	7	4.34	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	139.0	144	73	67	0	56	118	0	0	0	1.44	9.32	--	3.63	7.64	2.11	.563	-
1968		null	AAA	-	-	Rel	22	6	7	2.96	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	85.0	70	34	28	0	32	86	0	0	0	1.20	7.41	--	3.39	9.11	2.69	.462	-
1968	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	47	Rel	22	4	2	2.21	28	5	23	2	1	9	4	81.0	44	21	20	3	35	74	3	1	1	0.97	4.87	0.33	3.87	8.19	2.11	.667	2.37
1969	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	47	ST	23	16	11	2.52	40	33	7	10	2	5	2	250.0	169	81	70	17	100	211	16	1	5	1.08	6.08	0.61	3.60	7.60	2.11	.593	2.97
1970	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	47	ST	24	11	10	3.01	37	26	11	6	1	8	5	194.2	144	75	65	21	78	162	2	0	6	1.14	6.66	0.97	3.61	7.49	2.08	.524	3.67
1971	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	47	ST	25	20	13	2.99	38	38	0	14	4	0	0	276.2	224	112	92	16	121	179	9	0	7	1.25	7.29	0.52	3.94	5.82	1.48	.606	3.30
1972	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	47	S/R	26	8	11	2.81	25	21	4	10	3	4	2	169.2	125	56	53	5	68	142	2	1	2	1.14	6.63	0.27	3.61	7.53	2.09	.421	2.35
1973	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	47	ST	27	14	10	2.70	33	33	0	10	3	0	0	249.2	196	90	75	24	77	177	6	1	6	1.09	7.07	0.87	2.78	6.38	2.30	.583	3.39
1974	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	47	ST	28	20	6	2.59	39	39	0	13	3	0	0	292.0	227	93	84	24	94	221	6	3	3	1.10	6.99	0.74	2.89	6.80	2.35	.769	3.13
1975	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	47	ST	29	19	14	2.29	42	40	2	19	7	2	1	321.2	244	92	82	22	96	213	8	0	5	1.06	6.83	0.62	2.69	5.96	2.22	.576	3.09
1976	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	17	ST	30	11	11	3.04	29	28	1	12	3	1	1	207.0	166	83	70	14	74	135	10	0	2	1.16	7.21	0.61	3.21	5.86	1.82	.500	3.31
1977	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	17,27	ST	31	5	4	4.40	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	102.0	101	54	50	12	39	69	5	0	2	1.37	8.88	1.06	3.43	6.07	1.77	.556	4.12
1978	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	nya	47	S/R	32	0	3	5.64	6	5	1	0	0	1	0	22.0	24	21	14	7	15	16	0	0	1	1.75	9.67	2.82	6.04	6.45	1.07	.000	7.38
1979	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	47	ST	33	2	4	4.91	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	62.0	55	34	34	9	34	26	3	0	0	1.43	7.94	1.30	4.91	3.75	0.76	.333	5.41
MLB Totals - 12 Season(s)Filter								130	99	2.86	344	295	49	98	27	30	15	2226.0	1719	812	709	174	831	1625	70	7	40	1.14	6.94	0.70	3.35	6.56	1.96	.568	0.73
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								19	20	3.69	63	0	63	0	0	0	0	307.0	282	143	126	0	124	263	0	0	0	1.32	8.27	--	3.64	7.71	2.12	.487	-
AAA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								10	13	3.16	38	0	38	0	0	0	0	168.0	138	70	59	0	68	145	0	0	0	1.23	7.39	--	3.64	7.77	2.13	.435	-
AA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								9	7	4.34	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	139.0	144	73	67	0	56	118	0	0	0	1.44	9.32	--	3.63	7.64	2.11	.563	-
NCAA Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								8	2	1.63	13	11	2	7	0	0	0	83.0	60	20	15	0	24	97	0	0	0	1.01	6.51	--	2.60	10.52	4.04	.800	-
California Angels Totals - 5 Season(s)Filter								59	47	2.78	168	123	45	42	11	26	13	970.0	706	345	300	62	402	768	32	3	21	1.14	6.53	0.57	3.72	7.11	1.91	.557	-
Los Angeles Dodgers Totals - 4 Season(s)Filter								55	34	2.67	125	123	2	43	13	2	1	924.0	722	309	275	79	301	637	23	4	14	1.10	7.02	0.77	2.93	6.19	2.12	.618	-
Atlanta Braves Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								16	15	3.49	45	44	1	13	3	1	1	309.2	267	137	120	26	113	204	15	0	4	1.23	7.76	0.76	3.28	5.93	1.81	.516	-
New York Yankees Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	3	5.64	6	5	1	0	0	1	0	22.0	24	21	14	7	15	16	0	0	1	1.75	9.67	2.82	6.04	6.45	1.07	.000	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								13	10	2.86	34	29	5	10	3	3	1	220.0	170	80	70	17	82	160	7	1	4	1.14	6.94	0.70	3.35	6.56	1.96	.565	0.73
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								14	14	3.69	45	0	45	0	0	0	0	220.0	202	102	90	0	89	188	0	0	0	1.32	8.27	--	3.64	7.71	2.12	.500	-

Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1968	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	47	p	22	29	20	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	4	0	0	0	.100	.100	.150	.250	3	1	24	.200	.050	.050	.113	0.00	41.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	50.00
1969	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	47	p	23	42	77	5	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	8	28	0	6	0	0	1	.156	.235	.182	.417	14	2	91	.245	.026	.130	.205	8.79	30.77	3.50	0.00	0.00	16.67
1970	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	47	p	24	38	70	4	11	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	28	0	5	0	0	0	.157	.157	.243	.400	17	4	75	.244	.086	.086	.177	0.00	37.33	0.00	1.33	70.00	36.36
1971	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	47	p	25	39	93	8	16	2	0	2	5	0	0	5	30	0	6	0	0	0	.172	.214	.258	.472	24	4	104	.230	.086	.140	.220	4.81	28.85	6.00	1.92	46.50	25.00
1972	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	47	p	26	26	53	2	10	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	13	0	2	0	0	0	.189	.232	.245	.477	13	3	58	.250	.056	.132	.223	5.17	22.41	4.33	0.00	0.00	30.00
1973	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	47	p	27	34	89	3	15	3	0	0	6	0	0	5	16	0	5	0	0	1	.169	.213	.202	.415	18	3	99	.205	.033	.090	.196	5.05	16.16	3.20	0.00	0.00	20.00
1974	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	47	p	28	39	96	12	23	8	0	1	11	0	0	11	28	0	4	2	0	1	.240	.312	.354	.666	34	9	113	.319	.114	.229	.308	9.73	24.78	2.55	0.88	96.00	39.13
1975	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	47	p	29	44	108	8	17	4	0	0	9	0	0	7	25	1	5	2	0	2	.157	.212	.194	.406	21	4	123	.200	.037	.102	.195	5.69	20.33	3.57	0.00	0.00	23.53
1976	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	17	p	30	29	67	3	12	1	0	0	10	0	0	4	19	0	6	0	0	1	.179	.225	.194	.419	13	1	77	.250	.015	.075	.202	5.19	24.68	4.75	0.00	0.00	8.33
1977	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	17,27	p	31	16	34	2	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	9	0	2	0	0	0	.118	.189	.265	.454	9	3	39	.125	.147	.235	.207	7.69	23.08	3.00	2.56	34.00	75.00
1979	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	47	p	33	11	22	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	.091	.091	.136	.227	3	1	23	.125	.045	.045	.100	0.00	26.09	0.00	0.00	0.00	50.00
MLB Totals - 11 Season(s)Filter								347	729	49	124	30	0	5	54	1	0	46	212	1	46	4	0	6	.170	.219	.232	.451	169	35	826	.231	.062	.126	.000	5.57	25.67	4.61	0.61	145.80	28.23
Los Angeles Dodgers Totals - 4 Season(s)Filter								128	315	24	57	16	0	1	28	0	0	23	75	1	15	4	0	4	.181	.236	.241	.477	76	17	358	.230	.060	.133	.000	6.42	20.95	3.26	0.28	315.00	29.82
California Angels Totals - 5 Season(s)Filter								174	313	20	51	11	0	3	13	1	0	16	109	0	23	0	0	1	.163	.204	.227	.431	71	14	352	.239	.064	.118	.000	4.55	30.97	6.81	0.85	104.33	27.45
Atlanta Braves Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								45	101	5	16	3	0	1	13	0	0	7	28	0	8	0	0	1	.158	.213	.218	.431	22	4	116	.208	.060	.129	.000	6.03	24.14	4.00	0.86	101.00	25.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	340	23	58	14	0	2	25	0	0	21	99	0	21	2	0	3	.170	.219	.232	.451	79	16	386	.231	.062	.126	.000	5.57	25.67	4.61	0.61	145.80	28.23

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1968	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	22	P	28	-	81	6	12	1	-	19	18	.947	0.64	0.22	-	-	--	-	29	96.6	17.3
1969	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	23	P	40	-	250	17	29	5	2	51	46	.902	1.15	0.18	-	-	--	-	42	95.2	24.7
1970	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	24	P	37	-	194	12	23	4	3	39	35	.897	0.95	0.18	-	-	--	-	38	97.4	22.8
1971	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	25	P	38	-	276	18	49	5	2	72	67	.931	1.76	0.24	-	-	--	-	39	97.4	23.5
1972	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	26	P	25	-	169	9	24	-	-	33	33	1.000	1.32	0.20	13	5	72.2	-	26	96.2	16.1
1973	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	27	P	33	-	249	19	35	5	-	59	54	.915	1.64	0.22	14	8	63.6	4	34	97.1	20.5
1974	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	28	P	39	-	292	18	44	9	3	71	62	.873	1.59	0.21	-	-	--	-	39	100.0	24.1
1975	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	29	P	42	-	321	11	43	5	1	59	54	.915	1.29	0.17	-	-	--	-	44	95.5	25.9
1976	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	30	P	29	-	207	14	33	5	2	52	47	.904	1.62	0.23	-	-	--	-	29	100.0	17.9
1977	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	31	P	16	-	102	5	15	2	1	22	20	.909	1.25	0.20	-	-	--	-	16	100.0	9.9
1978	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	nya	32	P	6	-	22	2	2	-	-	4	4	1.000	0.67	0.18	-	-	--	-	6	100.0	3.7
1979	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	33	P	11	-	62	5	9	-	1	14	14	1.000	1.27	0.23	-	-	--	-	11	100.0	6.8
MLB Totals for P - 12 season(s)				-	�	P	344	-	2225	136	318	41	15	495	454	.917	1.32	0.20	27	13	67.5	4	344	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1968	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	22	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	23	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	24	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1971	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	25	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	California Angels	AL	MLB	cal	26	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	27	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	28	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	29	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	30	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	atl	31	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	nya	32	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1979	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	33	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	RA9	WPct
1974	Los Angeles Dodgers	Champ. Series	MLB	28	1	0	2.57	1			0			0	7.0	8		2		3	0			0	1.57	10.29	0.00	3.86	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.000
1974	Los Angeles Dodgers	World Series	MLB	28	0	2	4.50	2			0			0	14.0	11		7		7	12			0	1.29	7.07	0.00	4.50	7.71	1.71	0.00	.000
MLB Playoffs - Championship Series Totals - 1 yrs					1	0	2.57	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	0	2	0	3	0	0	0		1.57	10.29	0.00	3.86	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.000
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 1 yrs					0	2	4.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	11	0	7	0	7	12	0	0		1.29	7.07	0.00	4.50	7.71	1.71	0.00	.000

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1974	Los Angeles Dodgers	Champ. Series	MLB	28	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1974	Los Angeles Dodgers	World Series	MLB	28	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	4	1.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Playoffs - Championship Series Totals - 1 yrs					1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 1 yrs					2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	4	1.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Year	Awards (Notes)	# Awards
1974	National League Gold Glove (Pitcher) ... National League Player of the Week (September 16-September 22)	2
1975	National League Gold Glove (Pitcher) ... National League Player of the Week (September 8-September 14)	2
1976	NL Pitcher of the Month (June)	1

Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1979-08-28							Released by Dodgers.		�
1979-02-07						Contract	Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers.		�
1978-11-06							Released by Yankees.		�
1977-12-07							Purchased by Yankees from Braves.		�
1976-04-10						Contract	Signed as Free Agent by Braves.		�
1976-03-16						Free Agent	Granted Free Agency.		�
1972-11-28						Trade	Traded by Angels with Ken McMullen to Dodgers for Bobby Valentine, Billy Grabarkewitz, Mike Strahler, Bill Singer and Frank Robinson.		�

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