John Candelaria Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac

John Candelaria Stats

John Candelaria was born on Friday, November 6, 1953, in New York, New York. Candelaria was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 8, 1975, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive John Candelaria baseball stats page.

"This young man (John Candelaria) I predict is going to be heard from for many years. I don't know if I've ever seen a pitcher with more talent at his age (21). He has remarkable poise not only for a youngster, but for anyone." - Pittsburgh Pirates Manager Danny Murtaugh in Young Lefty Pitching Talent Flourishes in the Majors (Baseball Digest : May 1976)

John Candelaria

John Candelaria Autograph on a 1983 Fleer (#304)

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Birth Name:	John Robert Candelaria
Nickname:	Candy Man
Born On:	11-06-1953
Born In:	New York, New York
Zodiac:	Scorpio
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Left
Height:	6-07
Weight:	232
First Game:	06-08-1975 (Age 21)
Last Game:	07-07-1993
Draft:	1972 : 2nd Round (47th)

John Candelaria John Candelaria Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1975	Pirates	18	18	0	8	6	.571	2.76	4	1	0	120.2	497	95	37	47	8	36	9	95	1	2	0	-
1976	Pirates	32	31	1	16	7	.696	3.15	11	4	1	220.0	881	173	77	87	22	60	5	138	0	2	0	-
1977	Pirates	33	33	0	20	5	.800	2.34	6	1	0	230.2	917	197	60	64	29	50	2	133	1	2	2	-
1978	Pirates	30	29	1	12	11	.522	3.24	3	1	1	189.0	796	191	68	73	15	49	6	94	3	5	3	-
1979	Pirates	33	30	2	14	9	.609	3.22	8	0	0	207.0	850	201	74	83	25	41	6	101	2	3	0	-
1980	Pirates	35	34	1	11	14	.440	4.01	7	0	1	233.1	969	246	104	114	14	50	4	97	0	3	2	-
1981	Pirates	6	6	0	2	2	.500	3.54	0	0	0	40.2	168	42	16	17	3	11	1	14	0	0	0	-
1982	Pirates	31	30	1	12	7	.632	2.94	1	1	1	174.2	704	166	57	62	13	37	3	133	1	4	0	-
1983	Pirates	33	32	0	15	8	.652	3.23	2	0	0	197.2	797	191	71	73	15	45	3	157	3	2	2	-
1984	Pirates	33	28	4	12	11	.522	2.72	3	1	2	185.1	751	179	56	69	19	34	3	133	1	1	1	-
1985	Pirates	37	0	26	2	4	.333	3.64	0	0	9	54.1	229	57	22	23	7	14	2	47	0	1	0	-
1985	Angels	13	13	0	7	3	.700	3.80	1	1	0	71.0	301	70	30	33	7	24	1	53	2	3	0	-
1986	Angels	16	16	0	10	2	.833	2.55	1	1	0	91.2	365	68	26	30	4	26	2	81	2	3	1	-
1987	Angels	20	20	0	8	6	.571	4.71	0	0	0	116.2	487	127	61	70	17	20	0	74	0	1	0	-
1987	Mets	3	3	0	2	0	1.000	5.84	0	0	0	12.1	57	17	8	8	1	3	0	10	0	0	1	-
1988	Yankees	25	24	1	13	7	.650	3.38	6	2	1	157.0	640	150	59	69	18	23	2	121	2	2	12	-
1989	Yankees	10	6	1	3	3	.500	5.14	1	0	0	49.0	206	49	28	28	8	12	1	37	2	0	1	-
1989	Expos	12	0	2	0	2	.000	3.31	0	0	0	16.1	68	17	6	8	3	4	2	14	0	0	0	-
1990	Twins	34	1	10	7	3	.700	3.39	0	0	4	58.1	239	55	22	23	9	9	2	44	3	0	0	-
1990	Blue Jays	13	2	5	0	3	.000	5.48	0	0	1	21.1	106	32	13	13	2	11	3	19	2	2	0	-
1991	Dodgers	59	0	10	1	1	.500	3.74	0	0	2	33.2	138	31	14	16	3	11	2	38	1	0	1	-
1992	Dodgers	50	0	11	2	5	.286	2.84	0	0	5	25.1	108	20	8	9	1	13	3	23	1	0	0	-
1993	Pirates	24	0	6	0	3	.000	8.24	0	0	1	19.2	92	25	18	19	2	9	1	17	1	1	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
19 Years		600	356	82	177	122	.592	3.33	54	13	29	2,525.2	10,366	2,399	935	1,038	245	592	63	1,673	28	37	26	-

John Candelaria John Candelaria Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1975	Pirates	18	43	2	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	12	0	0	0	0	.140	.196	.140
1976	Pirates	32	76	5	14	2	1	0	0	5	7	0	17	5	0	0	4	.184	.253	.237
1977	Pirates	33	80	5	18	3	2	0	0	11	4	0	18	4	0	0	0	.225	.262	.313
1978	Pirates	31	52	6	9	3	0	0	0	1	9	0	19	7	0	2	2	.173	.317	.231
1979	Pirates	33	68	0	9	4	0	0	0	6	1	0	18	8	0	0	4	.132	.145	.191
1980	Pirates	35	77	5	15	3	0	0	0	7	4	0	14	3	1	0	2	.195	.232	.234
1981	Pirates	6	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	.231	.214	.231
1982	Pirates	33	54	6	12	2	0	0	0	9	6	0	20	3	1	0	1	.222	.295	.259
1983	Pirates	33	65	4	9	1	0	0	0	2	5	0	17	5	0	0	3	.138	.200	.154
1984	Pirates	33	62	6	8	2	0	1	0	2	4	0	25	4	0	0	3	.129	.182	.210
1985	Pirates	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1985	Angels	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1986	Angels	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1987	Angels	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1987	Mets	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200
1988	Yankees	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1989	Yankees	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1989	Expos	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1990	Twins	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1990	Blue Jays	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1991	Dodgers	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1992	Dodgers	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000
1993	Pirates	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
19 Years		603	596	39	104	20	3	1	0	48	44	0	162	43	3	2	19	.174	.233	.223

John Candelaria John Candelaria Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1975 Pirates	P	18	18	362	20	1.1	16	3	13	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.800	1.19	-
1976 Pirates	P	32	31	660	34	1.1	34	3	31	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.39	-
1977 Pirates	P	33	33	692	37	1.1	36	6	30	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	1.40	-
1978 Pirates	P	30	29	567	29	1.0	29	4	25	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.38	-
1979 Pirates	P	33	30	621	38	1.2	38	2	36	0	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.65	-
1980 Pirates	P	35	34	700	48	1.4	46	8	38	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	1.77	-
1981 Pirates	P	6	6	122	8	1.3	8	1	7	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.77	-
1982 Pirates	P	31	30	524	25	0.8	24	1	23	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.960	1.24	-
1983 Pirates	P	33	32	593	25	0.8	25	5	20	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.14	-
1984 Pirates	P	33	28	556	24	0.7	24	3	21	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.17	-
1985 Pirates	P	37	0	163	10	0.3	9	1	8	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.900	1.49	-
1985 Angels	P	13	13	213	11	0.8	10	2	8	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.909	1.27	-
1986 Angels	P	16	16	275	13	0.8	13	3	10	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.28	-
1987 Angels	P	20	20	350	27	1.4	27	4	23	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.08	-
1987 Mets	P	3	3	37	3	1.0	3	2	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.19	-
1988 Yankees	P	25	24	471	26	1.0	26	4	22	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.49	-
1989 Yankees	P	10	6	147	7	0.7	7	1	6	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.29	-
1989 Expos	P	12	0	49	3	0.3	2	1	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.667	1.10	-
1990 Twins	P	34	1	175	6	0.2	6	3	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.93	-
1990 Blue Jays	P	13	2	64	7	0.5	7	1	6	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.95	-
1991 Dodgers	P	59	0	101	2	0.0	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.53	-
1992 Dodgers	P	50	0	76	5	0.1	5	0	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.78	-
1993 Pirates	P	24	0	59	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		600	356	7,577	408	0.7	397	58	339	11	16	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	1.41	--
19 Years		600	356	7,577	408	0.7	397	58	339	11	16	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	1.41	--

John Candelaria John Candelaria Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1975 Pirates	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.6	21.5	2.64	7.09	2.69
1976 Pirates	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.5	15.2	2.30	5.65	2.45
1977 Pirates	0	1	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.4	7.3	2.66	5.19	1.95
1978 Pirates	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.7	52.0	1.92	4.48	2.33
1979 Pirates	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.8	11.3	2.46	4.39	1.78
1980 Pirates	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	5.5	11.0	1.94	3.74	1.93
1981 Pirates	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	13.0	4.3	1.27	3.10	2.43
1982 Pirates	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.7	6.0	3.59	6.85	1.91
1983 Pirates	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.8	32.5	3.49	7.15	2.05
1984 Pirates	0	1	.000	-	-	n/a	62.0	2.5	31.0	3.91	6.46	1.65
1985 Pirates	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.36	7.79	2.32
1985 Angels	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.21	6.72	3.04
1986 Angels	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.12	7.95	2.55
1987 Angels	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.70	5.71	1.54
1987 Mets	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.33	7.30	2.19
1988 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.26	6.94	1.32
1989 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.08	6.80	2.20
1989 Expos	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.50	7.71	2.20
1990 Twins	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.89	6.79	1.39
1990 Blue Jays	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.73	8.02	4.64
1991 Dodgers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.45	10.16	2.94
1992 Dodgers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.77	8.17	4.62
1993 Pirates	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.89	7.78	4.12
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
19 Years	0	2	.000	-	-	0	596.0	3.7	12.4	2.83	5.96	2.11

John Candelaria John Candelaria Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1975 Pittsburgh Pirates	45	Undetermined	-	-
1976 Pittsburgh Pirates	45	$35,000.00	-	-
1977 Pittsburgh Pirates	45	$222,000.00	Stats	-
1978 Pittsburgh Pirates	45	Undetermined	-	-
1979 Pittsburgh Pirates	45	Undetermined	-	Stats
1980 Pittsburgh Pirates	45	Undetermined	-	-
1981 Pittsburgh Pirates	45	Undetermined	-	-
1982 Pittsburgh Pirates	45	Undetermined	-	-
1983 Pittsburgh Pirates	45	Undetermined	-	-
1984 Pittsburgh Pirates	45	Undetermined	-	-
1985 Pittsburgh Pirates	45	Undetermined	-	-
1985 California Angels	45	$612,500.00	-	-
1986 California Angels	45	$800,000.00	-	-
1987 California Angels	45	$800,000.00	-	-
1987 New York Mets	45	Undetermined	-	-
1988 New York Yankees	45	$700,000.00	-	-
1989 New York Yankees	45	$800,000.00	-	-
1989 Montreal Expos	45	Undetermined	-	-
1990 Minnesota Twins	35	$500,000.00	-	-
1990 Toronto Blue Jays	48	Undetermined	-	-
1991 Los Angeles Dodgers	54	$830,000.00	-	-
1992 Los Angeles Dodgers	54	$1,250,000.00	-	-
1993 Pittsburgh Pirates	45	$760,000.00	-	-
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