#21 Walter "Mad Scientist" Bishop, Reliever, 36 yrs, Houston Astros

#21 Walter "Mad Scientist" Bishop, Reliever, 36 yrs, Houston Astros
Monday, 10/20/1980

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Walter Bishop
Mad Scientist
3/11/1944
36
Boston, MA
5"10
186

Reliever
R
L

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Average
Loyal
None at all
3 / 6 (Well Known)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
Good
Normal
Prone
1.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 430,000
1980
16 Year(s), 55 Days (2807 total Days)
172 Day(s)
17 Year(s)

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	0	0	0	86-89 Mph
Versus LHB	0	0	0
Versus RHB	0	0	0
Talent	6	6	4

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
Groundball Pct. :
Holding Runners :

5
69
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Splitfinger-Fastball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	0	0	0	0	0
Versus LHP	0	0	0	0	0
Versus RHP	0	0	0	0	0
Talent	5	5	3	2	1

Running & Bunting Ratings
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Hitter Type :

2
1
2
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
P : 8 (Range), .961 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 3

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
6/4	@MON	L 3-4		0.1	0	0	0	0	0
7/3	SDP	W 14-3		0.2	0	0	0	0	1
7/16	@PIT	L 5-6		0.1	1	3	3	1	0
7/17	@PIT	W 1-0		1	0	0	0	0	0	SV
7/31	LAD	W 1-0		1	1	0	0	0	1	W
8/10	@MON	W 12-3		1.1	6	3	3	0	1
9/3	@LAD	W 8-6		1	2	0	0	0	0	SV
9/11	CHN	L 1-11		2	2	3	2	3	0
9/20	@SLN	W 19-2		1	0	0	0	1	0
9/26	LAD	W 10-3		1	2	1	1	0	0

Pitching Stats 1980

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	14	0	1	1	2	9.88	13.2	22	16	15	10	5	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	14	0	1	1	2	9.88	13.0	22	16	15	10	5

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	2	0	100.0	14	8	22.4	14.5	3.3	6.6	10	2	20.0	6	0	.0	10.93

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	17	6	0	0	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	1	.353	.476	.529	1.006
vs. RHB	45	16	3	0	2	10	14	7	4	0	0	1	.356	.429	.556	.984

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	4	0	1	0	0	5.79	4.2	5	4	3	3	2
Road	10	0	0	1	2	12.00	9.0	17	12	12	7	3
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	3	0	0	1	0	13.50	4.0	7	6	6	5	2
May	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
June	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
July	4	0	1	0	1	9.00	3.0	2	3	3	1	2
August	1	0	0	0	0	20.26	1.1	6	3	3	0	1
Sept./Oct.	4	0	0	0	1	5.40	5.0	6	4	3	4	0

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1965	5	5	0	4	0	6.60	30.0	40	23	22	1	5	12	0	0	1.50	.355	HOU
1966	28	26	11	9	0	2.73	194.2	161	63	59	6	53	87	3	1	1.10	.255	HOU
1967	38	38	12	18	0	2.72	281.1	264	98	85	4	79	157	4	2	1.22	.284	HOU
1968	41	41	17	15	0	2.35	298.2	236	94	78	9	108	160	5	2	1.15	.247	HOU
1969	33	33	10	11	0	2.99	226.0	198	89	75	4	81	140	4	1	1.23	.277	HOU
1970	38	38	19	9	0	3.04	275.2	265	107	93	9	84	159	5	3	1.27	.296	HOU
1971	37	37	16	14	0	3.17	264.1	233	113	93	7	89	113	7	1	1.22	.263	HOU
1972	35	35	23	5	0	2.73	263.1	251	87	80	5	52	131	9	2	1.15	.288	HOU,NL
1973	35	35	19	8	0	2.23	262.2	217	74	65	8	70	130	6	2	1.09	.256	HOU,NL
1974	34	34	17	10	0	3.44	243.2	251	104	93	4	78	106	5	4	1.35	.301	HOU
1975	33	33	20	7	0	2.68	242.0	196	79	72	8	69	99	10	5	1.10	.240	HOU,NL
1976	40	40	16	10	0	3.64	282.0	285	134	114	5	98	134	6	2	1.36	.299	HOU,NL
1977	1	1	0	1	0	4.26	6.1	7	3	3	0	1	4	0	0	1.26	.318	HOU
1978	55	9	3	8	2	4.41	104.0	108	59	51	8	55	48	0	0	1.57	.287	HOU
1979	33	0	0	4	0	12.18	27.1	47	38	37	5	23	11	0	0	2.56	.389	HOU
1980	14	0	1	1	2	9.88	13.2	22	16	15	3	10	5	0	0	2.34	.352	HOU
Total	500	405	184	134	4	3.09	3015.2	2781	1181	1035	86	955	1496	64	25	1.24	.277

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1965, A	15	15	7	6	0	1.85	111.2	85	26	23	2	19	108	4	2	0.93	.284
1965, AA	14	14	6	4	0	2.42	108.0	78	29	29	2	30	101	0	0	1.00	.268
1966, AA	8	8	4	1	0	1.05	60.0	45	8	7	0	9	51	1	1	0.90	.278

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1965	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	HOU
1966	28	65	13	0	0	0	7	7	2	18	0	0	.200	.224	.200	.424	HOU
1967	38	94	26	4	0	1	9	9	1	28	0	1	.277	.292	.351	.643	HOU
1968	41	100	19	3	0	0	7	13	2	36	0	0	.190	.206	.220	.426	HOU
1969	33	78	19	1	0	0	6	3	4	26	0	0	.244	.280	.256	.537	HOU
1970	38	101	20	3	1	0	13	8	3	30	0	0	.198	.219	.248	.467	HOU
1971	37	88	20	3	0	0	5	6	5	29	0	1	.227	.269	.261	.530	HOU
1972	35	96	21	2	0	0	8	7	1	32	0	0	.219	.235	.240	.474	HOU,NL
1973	35	92	15	1	0	2	10	11	0	37	0	0	.163	.170	.239	.409	HOU,NL
1974	34	85	23	2	0	1	9	11	7	19	1	0	.271	.326	.329	.655	HOU
1975	33	95	16	3	0	0	6	7	1	34	0	0	.168	.186	.200	.386	HOU,NL
1976	40	99	23	3	0	0	7	7	2	39	1	0	.232	.248	.263	.510	HOU,NL
1977	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	HOU
1978	55	21	7	0	0	0	6	1	0	5	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	HOU
1979	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	HOU
Total	500	1026	222	25	1	4	93	91	28	338	2	2	.216	.240	.254	.494

Fielding Stats 1980

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

13.2

3.29

Player History

Had first career hit on 6/25/1966, off Benicio Camacho (SLN)...
Earned first career win on 6/25/1966...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Pitcher in 1966...
Hit first career homerun on 6/25/1967, off Bob Bisby (CIN)...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Pitcher in 1967...
Injured on 6/23/1969 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5-6 weeks...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Pitcher in 1970...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Pitcher in 1971...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1972, going 3-0, 0.92...
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1972, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1972, going 5-0, 0.54...
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1973, going 6-0, 1.16...
Injured on 5/13/1974 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3 weeks...
Injured on 6/25/1975 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week...
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game...
Injured on 4/5/1977 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA 1973 - 2.23 - 1st 1975 - 2.68 - 4th	WHIP 1975 - 1.10 - 9th	Wins 1972 - 23 - 3rd 1973 - 19 - 6th 1975 - 20 - 5th	Losses 1967 - 18 - 3rd 1968 - 15 - 9th	IP 1968 - 298.2 - 8th 1976 - 282.0 - 6th
BB 1967 - 79 - 9th 1968 - 108 - 3rd 1971 - 89 - 8th	CG 1972 - 9 - 10th 1975 - 10 - 5th	SHO 1970 - 3 - 7th 1974 - 4 - 4th 1975 - 5 - 1st

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