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Pedro Borbón

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: December 2, 1946 in Mao, Dominican Republic do

Died: June 4, 2012 in Pharr, TX

Buried: Cremated

Debut: April 9, 1969 (Age 22-128d, 12,780th in major league history)
vs. SEP 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: May 25, 1980 (Age 33-175d)
vs. SDP 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Pedro Borbón

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Relatives: Father of Pedro Borbón

2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.2

ERA

3.52

593

1026.2

409

WHIP

1.314

Summary of 63 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 5 tying, 11 go ahead

4 Tms
CIN	48
SFG	7
CAL	5
STL	3

Platoon
vs RHB	47
vs LHB	16

Home/Road
Away	40
Home	23

Outs
2	25
0	20
1	18

15 Opps
LAD	14
HOU	8
PHI	7
ATL	7
SDP	5
MON	5
NYM	4
CHC	4
MIN	2
SFG	2
KCR	1
PIT	1
STL	1
BOS	1
WSA	1

47 Batters
Steve Garvey	4
Gary Matthews	3
Dave Kingman	3
Greg Luzinski	3
Mike Schmidt	2
Lee May	2
Ron Cey	2
Bob Watson	2
Jim Wynn	2
Harmon Killebrew	2
Bill Buckner	2
Del Unser	1
Willie Davis	1
Ken Singleton	1
Bob Horner	1
Reggie Smith	1
Gene Tenace	1
John Milner	1
George Mitterwald	1
Ellis Valentine	1
Wayne Garrett	1
Bobby Tolan	1
Cito Gaston	1
Ivan Murrell	1
Oscar Brown	1
Barry Evans	1
Mike Ryan	1
Milt May	1
Dusty Baker	1
Gary Thomasson	1
Dale Murphy	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Steve Yeager	1
Frank Howard	1
Bob Oliver	1
Willie Crawford	1
Frank Robinson	1
John Mayberry	1
Joe Ferguson	1
Ray Culp	1
Bob Robertson	1
Ed Goodson	1
Henry Aaron	1
Mack Jones	1
George Hendrick	1
Andre Dawson	1
José Cruz	1

16 Parks
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	17
Dodger Stad (LOS)	9
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	7
VeteransStad (PHI)	5
Shea Stad (NYC)	4
Astrodome (HOU)	3
3Com Park (SFO)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Parc Jarry (MON)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
Crosley Fld (CIN)	1

Where Hit
7	25
9	16
78	8
8	7
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	55
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	38
1--	9
12-	6
123	3
1-3	3
-23	2
-2-	2

105 Runs
RISP	16
0 on	38
1 on	11
2 on	11
3 on	3
Any on	25

Inning
1	1
3	3
4	1
5	6
6	6
7	18
8	14
9	11
Extra	3

1-3	4
4-6	13
7-end	46

RelScore
+4..	15
+3	6
+2	3
+1	6
Tied	9
-1	7
-2	5
-3	4
-4..	8

Ahead	30
Tied	9
Behind	24

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	16
RF	11
LF	11
CF	9
3B	7
C	6
PH	2
P	1

OrderPos
4th	19
3rd	11
5th	9
6th	8
8th	6
9th	4
7th	2
1st	2
2nd	2

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1969-04-13	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	@	CAL	tied 3-3	t 8	0	---	1	4	5	27%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1969-05-04	Bob Oliver	KCR	@	CAL	ahead 5-1	t 5	1	1--	2	6	8	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Harrison Scores
3	3	3	1	1969-06-13	Frank Howard	WSA		CAL	ahead 4-1	b 7	1	---	1	3	7	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1969-06-16	Harmon Killebrew	MIN		CAL	ahead 6-1	b 7	2	---	1	4	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1969-08-09	Ray Culp	BOS		CAL	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	9	1	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1970-05-26 (2)	Cito Gaston	SDP		CIN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	12-	3	3	8	18%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Campbell Scores/unER; S. Huntz Scores
7	7	2	1	1970-05-29	Mack Jones	MON	@	CIN	ahead 3-2	t 7	1	---	1	2	7	13%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1971-09-11	John Mayberry	HOU	@	CIN	ahead 4-1	t 9	2	---	1	8	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1972-04-22	Oscar Brown	ATL		CIN	ahead 4-0	b 3	1	12-	3	6	8	6%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Carty Scores; E. Williams Scores
10	10	2	1	1972-06-02	Mike Ryan	PHI		CIN	behind 2-6	b 17	1	---	1	8	2	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	3	1	1972-06-24	Lee May	HOU	@	CIN	ahead 3-0	t 8	2	---	1	4	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	1972-08-02	Lee May	HOU		CIN	ahead 9-1	b 8	1	---	1	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF)
13	13	5	1	1972-09-04 (2)	Frank Robinson	LAD		CIN	behind 2-8	b 8	2	1--	2	5	9	1%	1%		Home Run (LF-CF); W. Davis Scores
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1973-05-09	Del Unser	PHI		CIN	behind 6-7	b 8	0	---	1	9	PH	31%	60%		Home Run
15	15	2	1	1973-07-31 (1)	Henry Aaron	ATL		CIN	behind 4-9	b 9	1	---	1	4	7	0%	1%		Home Run (LF-CF)
16	16	3	1	1973-09-22	Joe Ferguson	LAD		CIN	behind 8-11	b 9	0	---	1	4	2	4%	8%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	4	1	1973-09-24	Ivan Murrell	SDP	@	CIN	behind 0-2	t 9	2	---	1	7	8	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1974-04-16	Jim Wynn	LAD	@	CIN	behind 1-3	t 9	0	---	1	3	8	9%	15%		Home Run (CF-RF)
19	19	2	1	1974-05-31	Bob Robertson	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 4-3	t 5	2	---	1	6	3	13%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	3	1	1974-06-06	John Milner	NYM		CIN	tied 3-3	b 8	0	---	1	5	3	27%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	4	1	1974-06-09	Mike Schmidt	PHI		CIN	behind 4-10	b 7	0	12-	3	3	5	7%	12%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Cash Scores; L. Bowa Scores
22	22	5	1	1974-06-11	Willie Davis	MON		CIN	tied 5-5	b 7	2	12-	3	3	8	36%	94%		Home Run; M. Jorgensen Scores; T. Foli Scores
23	23	6	1	1974-07-20	George Mitterwald	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 9-4	t 9	2	-2-	2	9	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Madlock Scores
24	24	7	1	1974-08-01	Bobby Bonds	SFG		CIN	behind 3-4	b 6	2	123	4	1	9	48%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Speier Scores/unER; B. Miller Scores/unER; S. Ontiveros Scores/unER; B. Bonds Scores/Team unER
25	25	8	1	1974-08-31	Ken Singleton	MON	@	CIN	behind 2-10	t 9	0	---	1	6	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	9	1	1974-09-15	Jim Wynn	LAD		CIN	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	123	4	3	8	11%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Yeager Scores; D. Lopes Scores; B. Buckner Scores
27	27	10	2	1974-09-15	Steve Garvey	LAD		CIN	ahead 6-1	b 7	1	---	1	4	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
28	28	11	1	1974-09-21	Ed Goodson	SFG		CIN	tied 6-6	b 10	2	1--	2	5	3	44%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Thomasson Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1975-04-19	Milt May	HOU	@	CIN	ahead 7-3	t 6	2	---	1	4	2	4%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	2	1	1975-05-09	Dave Kingman	NYM		CIN	behind 1-4	b 8	1	---	1	5	7	6%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	3	2	1975-05-09	Wayne Garrett	NYM		CIN	behind 2-4	b 9	0	---	1	8	PH	10%	18%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	4	1	1975-06-30	Bob Watson	HOU	@	CIN	ahead 4-2	t 7	0	1--	2	4	3	10%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Cabell Scores
33	33	5	1	1975-07-04	Bobby Tolan	SDP		CIN	behind 3-7	b 6	2	-23	3	1	9	22%	30%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Hundley Scores; T. Kubiak Scores
34	34	6	1	1975-08-01	Ron Cey	LAD		CIN	tied 3-3	b 10	1	1--	2	6	5	38%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); W. Crawford Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1976-04-24	Ellis Valentine	MON		CIN	behind 3-4	b 7	0	---	1	8	9	24%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	2	1	1976-05-04	Dave Kingman	NYM		CIN	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	1--	2	4	9	15%	86%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Torre Scores
37	37	3	1	1976-05-30 (1)	Steve Garvey	LAD	@	CIN	behind 4-5	t 7	0	---	1	3	3	21%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	4	1	1976-06-25	Bob Watson	HOU		CIN	behind 5-8	b 8	1	---	1	4	3	5%	9%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1977-06-05	Willie Crawford	HOU	@	CIN	behind 1-14	t 8	2	1-3	3	4	7	0%	0%		Home Run; C. Cedeño Scores; J. Cruz Scores
40	40	2	1	1977-06-10	Andre Dawson	MON	@	CIN	behind 0-10	t 7	2	---	1	8	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	3	1	1977-06-26 (2)	Steve Garvey	LAD	@	CIN	ahead 7-3	t 8	2	---	1	5	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep CF)
42	42	4	1	1977-07-06	Gary Matthews	ATL		CIN	behind 6-9	b 5	2	---	1	5	7	9%	24%		Home Run
43	43	5	1	1977-07-10	José Cruz	HOU		CIN	behind 4-5	b 8	0	---	1	5	9	32%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	6	1	1977-08-01	Bill Buckner	CHC	@	CIN	behind 5-7	t 9	2	---	1	3	3	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
45	45	7	1	1977-09-14	Steve Yeager	LAD		CIN	ahead 6-3	b 7	0	-2-	2	8	2	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Burke Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1978-04-26	Reggie Smith	LAD	@	CIN	ahead 11-2	t 9	2	12-	3	3	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Rau Scores; D. Lopes Scores
47	47	2	1	1978-05-14	Greg Luzinski	PHI		CIN	ahead 6-1	b 7	1	---	1	4	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
48	48	3	1	1978-07-28 (1)	Greg Luzinski	PHI	@	CIN	ahead 6-1	t 4	2	1-3	3	4	7	5%	99%		Home Run (LF-CF); L. Bowa Scores/unER; M. Schmidt Scores/Team unER; G. Luzinski Scores/Team unER
49	49	4	2	1978-07-28 (1)	Greg Luzinski	PHI	@	CIN	ahead 10-2	t 8	1	1--	2	4	7	0%	100%		Home Run (CF-RF); M. Schmidt Scores
50	50	5	1	1978-08-01	Bob Horner	ATL		CIN	tied 4-4	b 5	2	-23	3	5	5	29%	87%		Home Run (LF-CF); B. Bonnell Scores; J. Burroughs Scores
51	51	6	2	1978-08-01	Dale Murphy	ATL		CIN	ahead 7-4	b 5	2	---	1	6	3	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1979-05-10	Dave Kingman	CHC		CIN	behind 6-7	b 7	0	---	1	4	7	22%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	2	1	1979-05-27	Dusty Baker	LAD		CIN	behind 6-7	b 7	2	1--	2	6	7	47%	77%		Home Run (LF-CF); R. Smith Scores
54	54	3	1	1979-07-04	Gary Matthews	ATL		SFG	behind 4-6	b 7	1	---	1	2	9	13%	31%		Home Run
55	55	4	1	1979-07-07	Mike Schmidt	PHI		SFG	ahead 5-4	b 6	0	---	1	5	5	11%	85%		Home Run (LF-CF)
56	56	5	1	1979-08-11	Gary Thomasson	LAD	@	SFG	ahead 6-2	t 8	2	---	1	7	8	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Thomasson Scores/unER
57	57	6	1	1979-08-15	Bill Buckner	CHC		SFG	tied 5-5	b 7	0	---	1	3	3	20%	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
58	58	7	1	1979-08-19	George Hendrick	STL		SFG	ahead 2-0	b 8	1	1--	2	4	9	4%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); K. Hernandez Scores
59	59	8	1	1979-09-19	Ron Cey	LAD		SFG	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	1-3	3	4	5	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Russell Scores; S. Garvey Scores
60	60	9	1	1979-09-22	Gary Matthews	ATL		SFG	ahead 5-1	b 6	2	---	1	3	9	3%	97%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1980-05-19	Steve Garvey	LAD		STL	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	---	1	4	3	4%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	2	1	1980-05-24	Gene Tenace	SDP	@	STL	ahead 5-4	t 7	1	12-	3	6	2	20%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Winfield Scores; W. Montañez Scores
63	63	3	1	1980-05-25	Barry Evans	SDP	@	STL	ahead 7-5	t 9	2	123	4	9	5	6%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Fahey Scores; V. Joshua Scores; D. Cash Scores