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Andy Messersmith Andy Messersmith

Full name: John Alexander Messersmith Born: August 6, 1945, Toms River, New Jersey First Game: July 4, 1968; Final Game: June 1, 1979 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 200 RHP on TSN NL All-Star Team (1974) NL Gold Glove as P (1974 to 1975) Andy Messersmith Collectibles! Andy Messersmith Memorabilia! Andy Messersmith Cards! Andy Messersmith Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week!

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1968 CAL A Daily Splits   29    20    1    2   1   0   0    1    0   0   10   0   4   0   0   1   0    0   0  .100  .100  .150   0.0 1968 CAL A
1969 CAL A Daily Splits   42    77    5   12   2   0   0    5    8   0   28   0   6   0   0   2   1    0   0  .156  .235  .182   0.0 1969 CAL A
1970 CAL A Daily Splits   38    70    4   11   3   0   1    2    0   0   28   0   5   0   0   0   0    0   0  .157  .157  .243   0.0 1970 CAL A
1971 CAL A Daily Splits   39    93    8   16   2   0   2    5    5   0   30   0   6   0   0   3   0    0   0  .172  .214  .258   0.0 1971 CAL A
1972 CAL A Daily Splits   26    53    2   10   3   0   0    0    3   0   13   0   2   0   0   1   0    1   0  .189  .232  .245   0.0 1972 CAL A
1973 LA  N Daily Splits   34    89    3   15   3   0   0    6    5   0   16   0   5   0   0   0   1    0   0  .169  .213  .202   0.0 1973 LA  N
1974 LA  N Daily Splits   39    96   12   23   8   0   1   11   11   0   28   0   4   2   0   2   1    0   0  .240  .312  .354   0.0 1974 LA  N
1975 LA  N Daily Splits   44   108    8   17   4   0   0    9    7   0   25   1   5   2   0   4   2    0   0  .157  .212  .194   0.0 1975 LA  N
1976 ATL N Daily Splits   29    67    3   12   1   0   0   10    4   0   19   0   6   0   0   1   1    0   0  .179  .225  .194   0.0 1976 ATL N
1977 ATL N Daily Splits   16    34    2    4   2   0   1    3    3   0    9   0   2   0   0   0   0    0   0  .118  .189  .265   0.0 1977 ATL N
1978 NY  A                 6     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1978 NY  A
1979 LA  N Daily Splits   11    22    1    2   1   0   0    2    0   0    6   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .091  .091  .136   0.0 1979 LA  N
Total NL                 173   416   29   73  19   0   2   41   30   0  103   1  23   4   0   7   5    0   0  .175  .231  .236   0.0 Total NL        
Total AL                 180   313   20   51  11   0   3   13   16   0  109   0  23   0   0   7   1    1   0  .163  .204  .227   0.0 Total AL        
Total            Splits  353   729   49  124  30   0   5   54   46   0  212   1  46   4   0  14   6    1   0  .170  .219  .232   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1974 LA  N Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1974 LA  N

World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1974 LA  N Daily Splits    2     4    0    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1974 LA  N

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1974 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1974 NL   

Pitching RecordPitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1968 CAL A Daily Splits   28   5   2   1   9   4   81.1   44   321   3   21   20   35   4   74   3   2   3   1   1  10   2   2   1   4   2   2.21   0.6 1968 CAL A
1969 CAL A Daily Splits   40  33  10   2   5   2  250    169  1008  17   81   70  100   7  211   9   6  16   5   1  28   2  14  13  16  11   2.52   3.2 1969 CAL A
1970 CAL A Daily Splits   37  26   6   1   8   5  194.2  144   795  21   75   65   78   6  162   7   2   2   6   0  18   3  15  15  11  10   3.01   1.4 1970 CAL A
1971 CAL A Daily Splits   38  38  14   4   0   0  276.2  224  1170  16  112   92  121   6  179   9   5   9   7   0  33   6  18  22  20  13   2.99   1.0 1971 CAL A
1972 CAL A Daily Splits   25  21  10   3   4   2  169.2  125   690   5   56   53   68   8  142  13   4   2   2   1  25   3   9   8   8  11   2.81   0.8 1972 CAL A
1973 LA  N Daily Splits   33  33  10   3   0   0  249.2  196  1015  24   90   75   77   3  177  10   4   6   6   1  40   1  14  14  14  10   2.70   2.0 1973 LA  N
1974 LA  N Daily Splits   39  39  13   3   0   0  292.1  227  1179  24   93   84   94   0  221   9   3   6   3   3  27   3  16  14  20   6   2.59   3.8 1974 LA  N
1975 LA  N Daily Splits   42  40  19   7   2   1  321.2  244  1276  22   92   82   96   2  213  20   7   8   5   0  29   3  24  11  19  14   2.29   4.5 1975 LA  N
1976 ATL N Daily Splits   29  28  12   3   1   1  207.1  166   847  14   83   70   74   1  135   5   7  10   2   0  28   6  11  15  11  11   3.04   1.6 1976 ATL N
1977 ATL N Daily Splits   16  16   1   0   0   0  102.1  101   447  12   54   50   39   5   69   8   3   5   2   0  24   5   7   9   5   4   4.40   0.2 1977 ATL N
1978 NY  A Daily Splits    6   5   0   0   1   0   22.1   24   106   7   21   14   15   0   16   0   0   0   1   0   4   0   3   3   0   3   5.64  -0.9 1978 NY  A
1979 LA  N Daily Splits   11  11   1   0   0   0   62.1   55   266   9   34   34   34   2   26   6   1   3   0   0  10   1   5   0   2   4   4.91  -0.7 1979 LA  N
Total NL                 170 167  56  16   3   2 1235.2  989  5030 105  446  395  414  13  841  58  25  38  18   4 158  19  77  63  71  49   2.88  11.4 Total NL        
Total AL                 174 128  42  11  27  13  994.2  730  4090  69  366  314  417  31  784  41  19  32  22   3 118  16  61  62  59  50   2.84   6.1 Total AL        
Total            Splits  344 295  98  27  30  15 2230.1 1719  9120 174  812  709  831  44 1625  99  44  70  40   7 276  35 138 125 130  99   2.86  17.5 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team

League Championship Series Pitching RecordLeague Championship Series Pitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1974 LA  N Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    7      8    31   0    2    2    3   0    0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   2.57 1974 LA  N

World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1974 LA  N Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0   14     11    58   2    8    7    7   1   12   5   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   1   0   2   4.50 1974 LA  N

All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1974 NL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    3      2    14   0    2    2    3   0    4   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   6.00 1974 NL   

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1968 CAL A Daily   P   28    5    2    81.1     6   12    1    0   0    2    2    1    0  .947
1969 CAL A Daily   P   40   33   10   250      17   29    5    2   0    1    5   15    2  .902
1970 CAL A Daily   P   37   26    6   194.2    12   23    4    3   0    1    7   11    2  .897
1971 CAL A Daily   P   38   38   14   276.2    18   49    5    2   0    1    5   26    2  .931
1972 CAL A Daily   P   25   21   10   169.2     9   24    0    0   0    0    5   13    0 1.000
1973 LA  N Daily   P   33   33   10   249.2    19   35    5    0   0    4    8   14    1  .915
1974 LA  N Daily   P   39   39   13   292.1    18   44    9    3   0    3   11   13    3  .873
1975 LA  N Daily   P   42   40   19   321.2    11   43    5    1   0    1    7   14    2  .915
1976 ATL N Daily   P   29   28   12   207.1    14   33    5    2   0    1    9    9    1  .904
1977 ATL N Daily   P   16   16    1   102.1     5   15    2    1   0    0    1   14    1  .909
1978 NY  A Daily   P    6    5    0    22.1     2    2    0    0   0    0    1    4    0 1.000
1979 LA  N Daily   P   11   11    1    62.1     5    9    0    1   0    0    2    3    0 1.000
Total              P  344  295   98  2230.1   136  318   41   15   0   14   63  137   14  .917
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1974 LA  N Daily   P    1    1    0     7       1    2    0    1   0    0    0    0    0 1.000

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1974 LA  N Daily   P    2    2    0    14       1    4    1    0   0    0    2    0    0  .833

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1974 NL    Daily   P    1    1    0     3       2    1    0    0   0    0    0    1    0 1.000

TransactionsTransactions

Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign
(June 8, 1965).

Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (12th pick overall) of the secondary
phase of free-agent draft (June 7, 1966).

Traded by California Angels with Ken McMullen to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for
Frank Robinson, Bill Singer, Mike Strahler, Billy Grabarkewitz and Bobby Valentine
(November 28, 1972).

Granted free agency (March 16, 1976).

Signed by Atlanta Braves (April 10, 1976).

Sold by Atlanta Braves to New York Yankees (December 7, 1977).

Released by New York Yankees (November 6, 1978).

Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (February 7, 1979).

Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (August 28, 1979).

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