Doc Medich

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 5 in · 225 lb

BornDecember 9, 1948 · Aliquippa, PA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 5, 1972

Final gameOctober 2, 1982

Seasons11 (1972–1982)

New York Yankees 1972–1975; Pittsburgh Pirates 1976; New York Mets 1977; Oakland Athletics 1977; Seattle Mariners 1977; Texas Rangers 1978–1981; Milwaukee Brewers 1982; Texas Rangers 1982

Percentile snapshot

1982 season — qualified pitchers

12.4

41.6

6.7

11.2

SHO

203

53.9

104

16.9

10.1

7.9

185.7

32.6

ERA

5.04

5.6

WHIP

1.594

3.4

K/9

3.54

13.5

FIP

4.31

FIP-

110.5

19.1

ERA+

77.3

6.7

sWAR

-0.6

5.6

of 90 qualified 1982 pitchers (min 163 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

99.5

36.5

sWAR

19.2

93.2

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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1972	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2
1973	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.4
1974	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.6
1975	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.4
1976	29	64	52	3	5	1	4	21	.096	.161	.096	.257	-31.8	-25.1	.138	1.5
1977	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-121.5	-100.0	.000	0.7
1978	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.7
1979	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5
1980	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1981	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.2
1982	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1972	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	-0.2
1973	34	32	14	9	0	11	3	217	77	74	145	20	235.0	2.95	1.238	5.55	3.44	93.3	124.9	4.4
1974	38	38	19	15	0	17	4	275	112	91	154	24	279.7	3.60	1.309	4.96	3.65	102.5	98.7	2.6
1975	38	37	16	16	0	15	2	271	106	72	132	25	272.3	3.50	1.259	4.36	3.59	96.6	105.9	3.4
1976	29	26	8	11	0	3	0	193	70	48	86	10	179.3	3.51	1.344	4.32	3.25	93.5	98.9	1.5
1977	30	29	12	7	0	2	0	187	89	54	80	20	177.0	4.53	1.362	4.07	4.31	107.2	88.8	0.7
1978	28	22	9	8	2	6	2	166	71	52	71	10	171.0	3.74	1.275	3.74	3.45	91.8	100.5	1.7
1979	29	19	10	7	0	4	1	156	69	49	58	9	149.0	4.17	1.376	3.50	3.84	92.0	100.2	1.5
1980	34	32	14	11	0	6	0	230	89	56	91	13	204.3	3.92	1.400	4.01	3.56	90.0	100.9	2.1
1981	20	20	10	6	0	4	4	136	49	33	65	8	143.3	3.08	1.179	4.08	3.09	87.7	114.5	2.2
1982	31	31	12	15	0	3	0	203	104	93	73	12	185.7	5.04	1.594	3.54	4.31	110.5	77.3	-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

314

RBI

.0926

OBP

.1552

SLG

.0926

OPS

.2478

Pitching

G (P)

312

287

393rd-most career GS

124

412th-most career W

105

498th-most career L

SHO

354th-most career SHO

1,997

455th-most career IP

SO (P)

955

BB allowed

624

ERA

3.777

WHIP

1.3322

K/9

4.30

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

Date	Game	AB	R	H	RBI	TB
1976-08-15	PIT @ HOU Gameday	5	1	1	1	1
1976-04-26	PIT @ LAD Gameday	1	0	1	0	1
1976-05-31	PIT @ NYM Gameday	3	0	1	0	1
1976-08-07	NYM @ PIT Gameday	2	0	1	0	1
1976-09-28	CHC @ PIT Gameday	3	1	1	0	1

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1974-06-10	LAA @ NYY Gameday	6.1	8	5	5	1	10	1
1974-06-19	NYY @ LAA Gameday	9.0	7	1	0	3	9	0
1973-06-14	NYY @ ATH Gameday	8.0	7	3	3	1	9	2
1973-09-08	MIL @ NYY Gameday	9.0	3	1	0	4	8	0
1974-07-11	NYY @ KC Gameday	9.0	7	1	1	2	8	0

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.