MLB / Players

Dick Drago

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 190 lb
BornJune 25, 1945 · Toledo, OH, USA
MLB debutApril 11, 1969
Final gameSeptember 30, 1981
Seasons13 (1969–1981)

Kansas City Royals 1969–1973; Boston Red Sox 1974–1975; California Angels 1976; Baltimore Orioles 1977; California Angels 1977; Boston Red Sox 1978–1980; Seattle Mariners 1981

Percentile snapshot

1974 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
15.5
GS
18
1.2
W
7
1.2
L
10
75
SV
3
98.8
CG
8
28.6
SHO
0
0
H
165
94
ER
68
89.3
BB
56
84.5
SO
90
17.9
HR
17
46.4
IP
175.7
8.3
ERA
3.48
47.6
WHIP
1.258
70.2
K/9
4.61
34.5
FIP
3.85
22.6
FIP-
100.6
36.9
ERA+
109.7
56
sWAR
2.4
44

of 85 qualified 1974 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
102.8
49.4
sWAR
19.5
93.3

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
196941645223100232500.058.109.077.186-62.0-47.2.0991.4
197035877624000124400.053.077.053.130-84.1-63.5.0671.6
1971359277310300484400.130.212.169.3816.310.3.1953.8
197235846844000583600.059.169.059.228-38.9-30.7.1372.5
1973380000000000001.5
1974330000000000002.4
1975400000000000000.9
197643000000000000-0.3
1977490000000000000.9
1978370000000000001.7
1979530000000000002.2
198043110000000000.000.000.000.000-127.2-100.0.0001.4
198139000000000000-0.6

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1969412611131102190846510819200.73.771.2714.843.5296.297.01.4
197035349150712391007212720240.03.751.2964.763.4492.699.11.6
1971353417110154251804610914241.32.981.2314.062.8984.8114.43.8
1972343312170112230805113522239.33.011.1745.083.0597.1104.52.5
1973373312140101252100769816212.74.231.5424.153.8195.294.61.5
1974331871038016568569017175.73.481.2584.613.85100.6109.72.4
197540222150069313143572.73.841.3765.333.5587.5105.60.9
19764307860080393143779.34.421.3994.884.04120.775.7-0.3
19774906450071231835560.73.411.4675.193.6093.1113.30.9
19783714470071263242577.33.031.3324.893.7090.8134.71.7
1979531106130085302167689.03.031.1916.782.9566.9145.12.2
19804377731012761446317132.74.141.2894.274.58109.2101.41.4
19813904650071331527453.75.531.6024.533.3487.768.8-0.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
521
PA
328
AB
274
R
11
H
21
2B
4
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
12
BB
21
SO
149
SB
0
BA
.0766
OBP
.1453
SLG
.0912
OPS
.2365

Pitching

G (P)
519
398th-most career G (P)
GS
189
W
108
L
117
364th-most career L
SV
58
315th-most career SV
CG
62
SHO
10
IP
1,875
SO (P)
987
BB allowed
558
ERA
3.624
WHIP
1.3115
K/9
4.74

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1971-08-24BOS @ KC Gameday302000002
1971-08-08MIL @ KC Gameday401100202
1969-09-04KC @ MIL Gameday301100102
1971-06-27KC @ ATH Gameday201100002
1971-07-20BAL @ KC Gameday301100012

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1972-05-24MIN @ KC Gameday12.06111130
1970-07-23BAL @ KC Gameday8.0755591
1969-05-09KC @ BAL Gameday9.0422280
1971-07-01KC @ LAA Gameday9.0644181
1972-09-22KC @ ATH Gameday9.0933380

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.