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Doug
Rau		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 180
 
Born: December 15, 1948 in Columbus, TX, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1979   
All-Star Selections 1982    1983   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1977 28 LAD NL 11 8 .579 35 35 9 3 0 264.7 258 80 9 49 116 2.72 .259 .303 .332 .635 18.2
1978 29 PHI NL 15 10 .600 34 34 13 4 0 256.3 210 88 17 50 132 3.09 .219 .266 .324 .590 16.0
1979 30 PHI NL 15 13 .536 35 35 12 3 0 266.0 253 91 13 59 138 3.08 .255 .299 .350 .649 15.5
1980 31 PHI NL 9 9 .500 34 34 2 2 0 207.3 223 91 18 44 138 3.95 .273 .314 .403 .717 6.7
1981 32 PHI NL 11 9 .550 31 30 3 2 0 186.0 221 99 11 50 109 4.79 .293 .340 .423 .763 4.6
1982 33 PHI NL 13 3 .813 21 21 0 0 0 140.3 136 47 13 32 83 3.01 .252 .293 .383 .677 11.4
  KCR AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 13 11 1 4 8 8.74 .283 .340 .391 .731 0.0
  TOT   13 4 .765 23 23 0 0 0 151.7 149 58 14 36 91 3.44 .254 .297 .384 .681 11.4
1983 34 KCR AL 12 6 .667 22 21 2 0 0 137.7 131 57 12 43 69 3.73 .247 .304 .375 .679 7.7
7 Years Sim 86 59 .593 214 212 41 14 0 1469.6 1445 564 94 331 793 3.45 .257 .302 .366 .668 80.1
Season Average 12 8 .600 30 30 5 2 0 209.9 206 80 13 47 113 3.45 .257 .302 .366 .668  
Career Highs 15 13 .765 35 35 13 4 0 266.0 258 99 18 59 138 4.79 .293 .340 .423 .763  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 28 LAD NL 35 87 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37 .126 .136 .126 .263 -0.9 0.0
1978 29 PHI NL 34 90 3 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 41 .122 .122 .122 .244 -2.9 0.0
1979 30 PHI NL 35 86 2 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 39 .093 .103 .116 .220 -2.1 0.0
1980 31 PHI NL 34 70 8 12 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 31 .171 .167 .214 .381 1.8 0.0
1981 32 PHI NL 31 61 5 10 1 1 0 3 1 1 4 30 .164 .215 .213 .428 2.0 0.0
1982 33 PHI NL 21 50 2 11 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 25 .220 .235 .320 .555 3.4 0.3
6 Years Sim 190 444 22 63 9 2 0 17 3 1 7 203 .142 .155 .171 .326 1.2 0.3
162 Game Average 378 18 53 7 1 0 14 2 0 5 173 .142 .155 .171 .326 1.1  
Career Highs 35 90 8 12 3 1 0 7 2 1 4 41 .220 .235 .320 .555 3.4  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1977 28 LAD NL P 35 35 264.7 9 52 0 4 1.000 2.07    
1978 29 PHI NL P 34 34 256.3 20 45 1 3 .985 2.28    
1979 30 PHI NL P 35 35 266.0 20 47 0 2 1.000 2.27    
1980 31 PHI NL P 34 34 207.3 8 32 0 4 1.000 1.74    
1981 32 PHI NL P 31 30 186.0 11 33 0 0 1.000 2.13    
1982 33 PHI NL P 21 21 140.3 8 18 0 1 1.000 1.67    
  KCR AL P 2 2 11.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.59    
  TOT   P 23 23 151.7 9 19 0 1 1.000 1.66    
1983 34 KCR AL P 22 21 137.7 11 20 0 1 1.000 2.03    
Career Totals   214 212 1469.6 88 248 1 15 .997 2.06    
Career Highs   35 35 266.0 20 52 1 4 1.000 2.28    
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
1978 29 PHI NL 3 0 1.000 3 3 1 0 0 23.7 20 8 2 9 11 3.04 .227 .299 .364 .663
1979 30 PHI NL 1 2 .333 3 3 1 1 0 19.3 24 13 0 8 12 6.05 .300 .364 .350 .714
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 2 .667 6 6 2 1 0 43.0 44 21 2 17 23 4.40 .262 .330 .357 .687
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
1978 29 PHI NL 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286
1979 30 PHI NL 3 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 5 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .200 .200 .200 .400
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1977-2-2.72
 Winning Pct
1982-4-.813
1983-5-.667
CAR-50-.593
 Complete Games
1977-4-9
1978-4-13
1979-6-12
1980-10-2
1981-5-3
CAR-35-41
 Shutouts
1977-2-3
1978-2-4
1979-6-3
1980-3-2
1981-2-2
CAR-19-14
 Innings Pitched
1977-3-264.7
1979-9-266.0
 Hits Allowed
1977-9-258
1979-6-253
1980-5-223
Walks per 9IP
1977-1-1.7
1978-4-1.8
1979-5-2.0
1980-8-1.9
 WHiP
1977-8-1.16
1978-3-1.01
 OAVG
1978-8-.219
 OOBP
1978-4-.266
 OSLG
1977-6-.332
1978-9-.324
 OOPS
1977-7-.635
1978-3-.590
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 22)
   Gray Ink Test: 39    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 96)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 33)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ken Brett (985)
  2. Gary Lucas (954)
  3. Ed Figueroa (931)
  4. John Smiley (928)
  5. Jeff Fischer (921)
  6. Andy Messersmith (919)
  7. Mike Lacoss (913)
  8. Rick Reuschel (907)
  9. Don Sutton (905)
  10. Larry Pashnick (899)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. John Montefusco (987)
  2. Jeff Robinson (978)
  3. Tom Seaver (977)
  4. Kevin Rogers (976)
  5. Steve Rogers (975)
  6. Jon Matlack (970)
  7. Nino Espinosa (969)
  8. Marc Wilkins (968)
  9. Bob Walk (968)
  10. Eric Gagne (967)
History
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/13/1978 to a 6-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Injured on 5/27/1980 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/9/1981 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1981, winning 2 games with a 2.08 ERA
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Traded from Philadelphia to Kansas City on 7/31/1982 (Going to KCR: P D. Rau, P D. Ford, CF G. Richards. Going to PHI: P T. Seaver)
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 3/1/1984 to a minor league contract.Released by Kansas City on 10/27/1984
 
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