Randy Lerch was born on Saturday, October 9, 1954, in Sacramento, California. Lerch was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 14, 1975, with the Philadelphia Phillies. 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 Randy Lerch baseball stats page.
"Randy Lerch is not exactly a household name. He pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies during one of their most prolific eras when they won the National League East four times from 1976-80 and the World Series for the first time ever in 1980... It was a wild and wooly period in Major League Baseball rife with the use of amphetamines and cocaine. Lerch was right in the middle of it, as he explains in his recent expose of an independently published book entitled, God in the Bullpen. It’s perhaps the greatest tell-all baseball book since the late Jim Bouton wrote Ball Four in 1970." - Bloom, Barry M. Forbes: Former Phillies Pitcher Randy Lerch Tells All About His Addictions In New Book. 9 May 2020.
Randy LerchRandy Lerch Autograph on a 1982 Topps Baseball Card (#466) |
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Randy LerchRandy Lerch Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1975 | 21 | Phillies | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1976 | 22 | Phillies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1977 | 23 | Phillies | 32 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 5.07 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 168.2 | 761 | 207 | 95 | 102 | 20 | 75 | 3 | 81 | 8 | 1 | 2 | - |
1978 | 24 | Phillies | 33 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.96 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 184.0 | 784 | 183 | 81 | 89 | 15 | 70 | 3 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - |
1979 | 25 | Phillies | 37 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.74 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 214.0 | 899 | 228 | 89 | 98 | 20 | 60 | 4 | 92 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - |
1980 | 26 | Phillies | 30 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 14 | .222 | 5.16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150.0 | 664 | 178 | 86 | 98 | 15 | 55 | 5 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 2 | - |
1981 | 27 | Brewers | 23 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 110.2 | 495 | 134 | 53 | 63 | 8 | 43 | 2 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - |
1982 | 28 | Brewers | 21 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.97 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 108.2 | 493 | 123 | 60 | 68 | 12 | 51 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - |
1982 | 28 | Expos | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 102 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1983 | 29 | Expos | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.2 | 176 | 45 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
1983 | 29 | Giants | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1984 | 30 | Giants | 37 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72.1 | 326 | 80 | 34 | 36 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - |
1986 | 32 | Phillies | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 42 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
11 Years | 253 | 164 | 31 | 60 | 64 | .484 | 4.53 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1,099.1 | 4,829 | 1,232 | 553 | 612 | 101 | 432 | 26 | 507 | 39 | 10 | 7 | - |
Randy LerchRandy Lerch Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1975 | 21 | Phillies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1976 | 22 | Phillies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
1977 | 23 | Phillies | 33 | 54 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .196 | .204 |
1978 | 24 | Phillies | 36 | 60 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .303 | .450 |
1979 | 25 | Phillies | 38 | 72 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .153 | .184 | .250 |
1980 | 26 | Phillies | 34 | 45 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 | .340 | .311 |
1981 | 27 | Brewers | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1982 | 28 | Brewers | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1982 | 28 | Expos | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
1983 | 29 | Expos | 19 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .300 | .333 |
1983 | 29 | Giants | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1984 | 30 | Giants | 37 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .278 | .133 |
1986 | 32 | Phillies | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
11 Years | 262 | 267 | 27 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .206 | .257 | .303 |
Randy LerchRandy Lerch Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1975 Phillies | P | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1976 Phillies | P | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1977 Phillies | P | 32 | 28 | 506 | 51 | 1.6 | 49 | 16 | 33 | 2 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .961 | 2.61 |
1978 Phillies | P | 33 | 28 | 552 | 43 | 1.3 | 41 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .953 | 2.01 |
1979 Phillies | P | 37 | 35 | 642 | 52 | 1.4 | 51 | 13 | 38 | 1 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 2.14 |
1980 Phillies | P | 30 | 22 | 450 | 38 | 1.3 | 37 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .974 | 2.22 |
1981 Brewers | P | 23 | 18 | 332 | 26 | 1.1 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 2.03 |
1982 Brewers | P | 21 | 20 | 326 | 19 | 0.9 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .895 | 1.41 |
1982 Expos | P | 6 | 4 | 71 | 5 | 0.8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.90 |
1983 Expos | P | 19 | 5 | 116 | 6 | 0.3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.40 |
1983 Giants | P | 7 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.53 |
1984 Giants | P | 37 | 4 | 217 | 17 | 0.5 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.12 |
1986 Phillies | P | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.13 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 253 | 164 | 3,298 | 261 | 1.0 | 252 | 63 | 189 | 9 | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .966 | 2.06 | |
11 Years | 253 | 164 | 3,298 | 261 | 1.0 | 252 | 63 | 189 | 9 | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .966 | 2.06 |
Randy LerchRandy Lerch Miscellaneous Stats |
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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 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.00 | 10.29 | 1.29 |
1976 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
1977 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.9 | 10.8 | 1.08 | 4.32 | 4.00 |
1978 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | n/a | 20.0 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 1.37 | 4.70 | 3.42 |
1979 Phillies | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 72.0 | 9.0 | 14.4 | 1.53 | 3.87 | 2.52 |
1980 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 3 | n/a | 0.0 | 7.5 | 15.0 | 1.04 | 3.42 | 3.30 |
1981 Brewers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.23 | 4.31 | 3.50 |
1982 Brewers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.65 | 2.73 | 4.22 |
1982 Expos | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.50 | 1.52 | 3.04 |
1983 Expos | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.33 | 5.59 | 4.19 |
1983 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.75 | 5.06 | 6.75 |
1984 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 1.33 | 5.97 | 4.48 |
1986 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.71 | 5.63 | 7.88 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
11 Years | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 66.8 | 6.1 | 11.6 | 1.17 | 4.15 | 3.54 |
Randy LerchRandy Lerch Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1975 Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | $15,000.00 | - | - |
1976 Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | $19,250.00 | - | - |
1977 Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | $20,500.00 | - | - |
1978 Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | Undetermined | - | - |
1979 Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | Undetermined | - | - |
1980 Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | Undetermined | - | - |
1981 Milwaukee Brewers | 35 | Undetermined | - | - |
1982 Milwaukee Brewers | 35 | Undetermined | - | - |
1982 Montreal Expos | 47 | Undetermined | - | - |
1983 Montreal Expos | 47 | Undetermined | - | - |
1983 San Francisco Giants | 29 | Undetermined | - | - |
1984 San Francisco Giants | 29 | Undetermined | - | - |
1986 Philadelphia Phillies | 35 | Undetermined | - | - |
Randy Lerch Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Randy Louis Lerch was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies (1975-1980), Milwaukee Brewers (1981-1982), Montreal Expos (1982-1983), San Francisco Giants (1983-1984), and Philadelphia Phillies (1986).
On June 24, 1926, Jack Knight hit two home runs in a game. Why mention this here? Knight was the first Phillies pitcher with a multi-homer game, a rare feat duplicated by Phil Collins (1930), Rick Wise (twice in 1971), Larry Christenson (1976), and Randy Lerch — on September 30, 1978, in the second to last game of the season, which also happened to be when Philadelphia clinched the East Division!
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