Gary Lavelle stats
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1974
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1974
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 745
- W
- 80
- L
- 77
- ERA
- 2.93
- IP
- 1085.0
- K
- 769
- BB
- 440
- WHIP
- 1.33
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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 | SF | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2.16 | 16.2 | 12 | 10 | 1.44 |
| 1975 | SF | 65 | 6 | 3 | 2.95 | 82.1 | 51 | 48 | 1.55 |
| 1976 | SF | 65 | 10 | 6 | 2.69 | 110.1 | 71 | 52 | 1.40 |
| 1977 | SF | 73 | 7 | 7 | 2.05 | 118.1 | 93 | 37 | 1.21 |
| 1978 | SF | 67 | 13 | 10 | 3.32 | 97.2 | 63 | 44 | 1.43 |
| 1979 | SF | 70 | 7 | 9 | 2.51 | 96.2 | 80 | 42 | 1.32 |
| 1980 | SF | 62 | 6 | 8 | 3.42 | 100.0 | 66 | 36 | 1.42 |
| 1981 | SF | 34 | 2 | 6 | 3.84 | 65.2 | 45 | 23 | 1.23 |
| 1982 | SF | 68 | 10 | 7 | 2.67 | 104.2 | 76 | 29 | 1.20 |
| 1983 | SF | 56 | 7 | 4 | 2.59 | 87.0 | 68 | 19 | 1.06 |
| 1984 | SF | 77 | 5 | 4 | 2.76 | 101.0 | 71 | 42 | 1.33 |
| 1985 | TOR | 69 | 5 | 7 | 3.10 | 72.2 | 50 | 36 | 1.24 |
| 1987 |  TOR/ATH | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5.91 | 32.0 | 23 | 22 | 1.94 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- IP
- 0.0
- K
- 0
- BB
- 1
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 6.4
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | TOR/ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Gary Lavelle's career stats?
Gary Lavelle played 13 seasons for the Giants and the Blue Jays. He had 80 wins and 769 strikeouts with a 2.93 ERA over 1,085.0 innings. His best season was 1978: 13 wins, a 3.32 ERA and 63 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 1 postseason, 1974 to 1987
Gary Lavelle finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.
All-time career rank
- 107th in saves (136)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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