Bio
- Debut
- 1974
Bio
- Debut
- 1974
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 120
- W
- 18
- L
- 23
- ERA
- 4.37
- IP
- 374.2
- K
- 194
- BB
- 135
- WHIP
- 1.45
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | LAA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.59 | 7.1 | 4 | 6 | 2.45 |
| 1975 | LAA | 44 | 6 | 5 | 3.11 | 84.0 | 49 | 28 | 1.35 |
| 1976 | LAA | 28 | 6 | 12 | 4.62 | 157.2 | 78 | 57 | 1.42 |
| 1977 |  LAA/CHW | 29 | 2 | 1 | 5.15 | 57.2 | 34 | 19 | 1.53 |
| 1978 | TOR | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4.24 | 68.0 | 29 | 25 | 1.49 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 7
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 4.7
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | LAA | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | LAA/CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | TOR | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Don Kirkwood's career stats?
Don Kirkwood played 5 seasons for the Angels and the Blue Jays. He had 18 wins and 194 strikeouts with a 4.37 ERA over 374.2 innings. His best season was 1975: 6 wins, a 3.11 ERA and 49 strikeouts.
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