MLB / Players

Geoff Zahn

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 180 lb
BornDecember 19, 1945 · Baltimore, MD, USA
MLB debutSeptember 2, 1973
Final gameAugust 14, 1985
Seasons13 (1973–1985)

Los Angeles Dodgers 1973–1974; Chicago Cubs 1975; Los Angeles Dodgers 1975; Chicago Cubs 1976; Minnesota Twins 1977–1980; California Angels 1981–1985

Percentile snapshot

1984 season — qualified pitchers

G
28
0
GS
27
8.6
W
13
51.6
L
10
62.4
SV
0
0
CG
9
73.1
SHO
5
98.9
H
200
60.2
ER
69
88.2
BB
48
91.4
SO
61
2.2
HR
11
87.1
IP
199.3
41.9
ERA
3.12
79.6
WHIP
1.244
68.8
K/9
2.75
1.1
FIP
3.59
60.2
FIP-
90.5
74.2
ERA+
127.3
88.2
sWAR
3.9
77.4

of 94 qualified 1984 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
106.7
63.5
sWAR
23.3
94.8

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
19736220000000100.000.000.000.000-121.3-100.0.0000.4
19742126232400000500.174.174.174.348-10.30.5.1642.1
19751822151200010300.133.133.133.267-49.5-27.4.126-0.1
19763330000000000.000.000.000.000-137.3-100.0.000-0.7
1977340000000000000.5
1978350000000000004.9
1979260000000000003.2
1980380000000000001.9
1981250000000000000.1
1982340000000000003.1
1983290000000000003.7
1984280000000000003.9
198570000000000000.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
197361100005229213.31.35.5256.083.60103.4257.90.4
197421103501078181633379.72.031.1803.732.9284.9169.32.1
197518102810069343122265.74.661.5233.023.7699.481.5-0.1
1976320100016102408.310.802.1604.322.7772.935.1-0.7
197734321214071234103668820198.04.681.5154.004.24105.086.30.5
1978353514140121260858110618252.33.031.3513.783.6595.1126.54.9
1979262413704018167415813169.03.571.3143.093.8187.5122.03.2
1980383514180135273114669617232.74.411.4573.713.7687.897.11.9
19812525101109018179435218161.34.411.3882.904.15113.782.70.1
19823434188012422595658118229.33.731.2653.183.9196.3108.83.1
19832928911011321275518122203.03.331.2963.594.19103.9121.33.7
19842827131009520069486111199.33.121.2442.753.5990.5127.33.9
1985772201144181414537.04.381.5683.414.88118.893.80.3

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
304
PA
53
AB
43
R
3
H
6
2B
0
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
1
BB
0
SO
9
SB
0
BA
.1395
OBP
.1395
SLG
.1395
OPS
.2790

Pitching

G (P)
304
GS
270
455th-most career GS
W
111
L
109
450th-most career L
SV
1
CG
79
SHO
20
246th-most career SHO
IP
1,849
SO (P)
705
BB allowed
526
ERA
3.743
WHIP
1.3542
K/9
3.43

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
1975-06-27CHC @ PIT Gameday201000101
1974-08-18LAD @ PIT Gameday101000001
1974-08-31PIT @ LAD Gameday211000001
1974-09-04SF @ LAD Gameday201000001
1974-09-09LAD @ ATL Gameday401000001

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1980-07-25BOS @ MIN Gameday9.0900180
1980-09-26KC @ MIN Gameday9.0600180
1977-04-30DET @ MIN Gameday9.01233271
1978-06-13MIN @ TOR Gameday9.0722370
1979-04-08MIN @ ATH Gameday9.0311070

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.