Joaquin Andujar



         


Joaquin Andujar (born December 21, 1952 in San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.) was a professional baseball player for the Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, and Oakland Athletics.

Andujar was a tempermental and inconsistant pitcher who nevertheless exhibited moments of brilliance. He was signed by the Cincinnati Reds in 1969 and was traded to the Astros in October 1975. He made his major league debut in 1976. With the Astros, he made the all star team twice in five years (1977, 1979) but never finished a season with a winning record or an ERA under 3.41. Andujar was traded to the Cardinals in June 1981 and responded by going 6-1 for the rest of the season. The next year, he went 15-10 with a 2.47 ERA for the division winning Cardinals. He started and won Game 3 of the NLCS and then went 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in the Cardinals World Series triumph over the Milwaukee Brewers. Andujar enjoyed his best season in 1984, leading the league in wins (20), innings pitched (261.3), and shutouts (4), while being named to the all star team and winning a gold glove, but the Cardinals missed the postseason. In 1985, Andujar went 21-12 and made his fourth all star team as the Cardinals returned to the World Series. The World Series against the Kansas City Royals was a disaster for Andujar. He started and lost Game 3 and then came into Game 7 and gave up four runs in three and two-thirds innings of work, extending the Royals lead to 10-0. He exploded twice over ball calls from umpire Don Dekinger and ended up being ejected and suspended. He demanded a trade to Oakland after the series and the Cardinals obliged him. He never recovered his all star form and was out of baseball after 1988. He tried to make a comeback and negotiated a non-guaranteed one $1 million contract with the Montreal Expos in 1989, but he failed to make the team.

YEAR TEAM AGE W L PCT G GS CG SV GF IP H R ER BB SO ERA RSAA 1976 Astros 23 9 10 .474 28 25 9 0 1 172.1 163 74 69 75 59 3.60 -12 1977 Astros 24 11 8 .579 26 25 4 0 1 158.2 149 80 65 64 69 3.69 -2 1978 Astros 25 5 7 .417 35 13 2 1 11 110.2 88 45 42 58 55 3.42 -1 1979 Astros 26 12 12 .500 46 23 8 4 9 194 168 86 74 88 77 3.43 -3 1980 Astros 27 3 8 .273 35 14 0 2 5 122 132 59 53 43 75 3.91 -6 1981 Astros 28 2 3 .400 9 3 0 0 0 23.2 29 17 13 12 18 4.94 -5 Cardinals 28 6 1 .857 11 8 1 0 0 55.1 56 24 23 11 19 3.74 -1 TOTALS 8 4 .667 20 11 1 0 0 79 85 41 36 23 37 4.10 -6 1982 Cardinals 29 15 10 .600 38 37 9 0 1 265.2 237 85 73 50 137 2.47 36 1983 Cardinals 30 6 16 .273 39 34 5 1 3 225 215 112 104 75 125 4.16 -14 1984 Cardinals 31 20 14 .588 36 36 12 0 0 261.1 218 104 97 70 147 3.34 6 1985 Cardinals 32 21 12 .636 38 38 10 0 0 269.2 265 113 102 82 112 3.40 -1 1986 A's 33 12 7 .632 28 26 7 1 2 155.1 139 70 66 56 72 3.82 2 1987 A's 34 3 5 .375 13 13 1 0 0 60.2 63 43 41 26 32 6.08 -14 1988 Astros 35 2 5 .286 23 10 0 0 4 78.2 94 43 35 21 35 4.00 -7 TOTALS 127 118 .518 405 305 68 9 37 2153 2016 955 857 731 1032 3.58 -22 LG AVERAGE 120 120 .500 48 10 2153 2091 994 883 771 1289 3.69 0
YEAR TEAM HR H/9 BR/9 SO/9 BB/9 SO/BB SHO WP IBB HBP BFP BK NW NL 1976 Astros 8 8.51 12.48 3.08 3.92 0.79 4 1 2 1 729 5 8 11 1977 Astros 11 8.45 12.31 3.91 3.63 1.08 1 2 3 4 678 2 9 10 1978 Astros 3 7.16 12.20 4.47 4.72 0.95 0 3 6 4 470 5 6 6 1979 Astros 7 7.79 11.97 3.57 4.08 0.88 0 5 6 2 825 0 12 12 1980 Astros 8 9.74 12.91 5.53 3.17 1.74 0 2 2 0 529 0 5 6 1981 Astros 2 11.03 15.59 6.85 4.56 1.50 0 0 0 0 113 0 1 4 Cardinals 4 9.11 10.90 3.09 1.79 1.73 0 2 1 0 223 1 3 4 TOTALS 6 9.68 12.30 4.22 2.62 1.61 0 2 1 0 336 1 4 8 1982 Cardinals 11 8.03 9.96 4.64 1.69 2.74 5 3 7 7 1056 2 17 8 1983 Cardinals 23 8.60 11.72 5.00 3.00 1.67 2 5 7 3 943 6 10 12 1984 Cardinals 20 7.51 10.16 5.06 2.41 2.10 4 6 13 7 1052 4 18 16 1985 Cardinals 15 8.84 11.95 3.74 2.74 1.37 2 2 12 11 1127 0 16 17 1986 A's 23 8.05 11.53 4.17 3.24 1.29 1 2 1 4 647 4 10 9 1987 A's 11 9.35 13.65 4.75 3.86 1.23 0 0 0 3 265 1 3 5 1988 Astros 9 10.75 13.73 4.00 2.40 1.67 0 0 5 5 351 3 3 4 TOTALS 155 8.43 11.70 4.31 3.06 1.41 19 33 65 51 9008 33 121 124 LG AVERAGE 173 8.74 12.12 5.39 3.22 1.67 11 65 91 38 9130 19

JOAQUIN ANDUJAR LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS

1976 NL SHUTOUTS T5TH 4; BALKS T1ST 5

1978 NL BALKS T5TH 5

1979 NL WALKS 9TH 88; HITS/9 IP 5TH 7.79

1982 NL WINS T10TH 15; GAMES STARTED T2ND 37; COMPLETE GAMES T7TH 9; INNINGS PITCHED 5TH 265.2; HITS 6TH 237; ERA 3RD 2.47; RSAA 2ND 36; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 3RD 9.96; WALKS/9 IP 3RD 1.69; STRIKEOUTS/WALKS 8TH 2.74; SHUTOUTS T2ND 5; HIT BY PITCHES 2ND 7; BATTERS FACED 5TH 1056; NEUTRAL WINS T5TH 17

1983 NL LOSSES T2ND 16; GAMES STARTED T9TH 34; RUNS 5TH 112; EARNED RUNS 3RD 104; HOMERUNS T3RD 23; BALKS T3RD 6

1984 NL WINS 1ST 20; LOSSES T8TH 14; GAMES STARTED 2ND 36; COMPLETE GAMES T2ND 12; INNINGS PITCHED 1ST 261.1; HITS T9TH 218; RUNS T5TH 104; EARNED RUNS 4TH 97; STRIKEOUTS 10TH 147; HOMERUNS T7TH 20; HITS/9 IP 5TH 7.51; BASERUNNERS/9 IP 3RD 10.16; SHUTOUTS T1ST 4; INTENTIONAL WALKS T3RD 13; HIT BY PITCHES T1ST 7; BATTERS FACED 2ND 1052; BALKS T6TH 4; NEUTRAL WINS 1ST 18; NEUTRAL LOSSES 1ST 16

1985 NL WINS T2ND 21; GAMES STARTED T2ND 38; COMPLETE GAMES T4TH 10; INNINGS PITCHED 4TH 269.2; HITS 2ND 265; RUNS 4TH 113; EARNED RUNS T4TH 102; INTENTIONAL WALKS T5TH 12; HIT BY PITCHES 1ST 11; BATTERS FACED 1ST 1127; NEUTRAL WINS T5TH 16; NEUTRAL LOSSES 1ST 17

1986 AL BALKS T3RD 4


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