Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1973
- College
- Michigan
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1973
- College
- Michigan
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 304
- W
- 111
- L
- 109
- ERA
- 3.74
- IP
- 1849.0
- K
- 705
- BB
- 526
- WHIP
- 1.35
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | LAD | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1.35 | 13.1 | 9 | 2 | 0.53 |
| 1974 | LAD | 21 | 3 | 5 | 2.03 | 79.2 | 33 | 16 | 1.18 |
| 1975 |  LAD/CHC | 18 | 2 | 8 | 4.66 | 65.2 | 22 | 31 | 1.52 |
| 1976 | CHC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 8.1 | 4 | 2 | 2.16 |
| 1977 | MIN | 34 | 12 | 14 | 4.68 | 198.0 | 88 | 66 | 1.52 |
| 1978 | MIN | 35 | 14 | 14 | 3.03 | 252.1 | 106 | 81 | 1.35 |
| 1979 | MIN | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3.57 | 169.0 | 58 | 41 | 1.31 |
| 1980 | MIN | 38 | 14 | 18 | 4.41 | 232.2 | 96 | 66 | 1.46 |
| 1981 | LAA | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4.41 | 161.1 | 52 | 43 | 1.39 |
| 1982 | LAA | 34 | 18 | 8 | 3.73 | 229.1 | 81 | 65 | 1.26 |
| 1983 | LAA | 29 | 9 | 11 | 3.33 | 203.0 | 81 | 51 | 1.30 |
| 1984 | LAA | 28 | 13 | 10 | 3.12 | 199.1 | 61 | 48 | 1.24 |
| 1985 | LAA | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4.38 | 37.0 | 14 | 14 | 1.57 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 9.00
- IP
- 3.0
- K
- 2
- BB
- 1
- WHIP
- 1.67
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 79
- SHO
- 20
- K/9
- 3.4
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | LAD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | LAD/CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | MIN | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | MIN | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | MIN | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | MIN | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | LAA | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | LAA | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | LAA | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | LAA | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | LAA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Geoff Zahn's career stats?
Geoff Zahn played 13 seasons for the Dodgers, the Cubs, the Twins and the Angels. He had 111 wins and 705 strikeouts with a 3.74 ERA over 1,849.0 innings. His best season was 1982: 18 wins, a 3.73 ERA and 81 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 1 postseason, 1973 to 1985
Geoff Zahn finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
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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