Ron Guidry Stats

Ron Guidry was born on Monday, August 28, 1950, in Lafayette, Louisiana. Guidry was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 27, 1975, with the New York Yankees. 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 Ron Guidry baseball stats page.
"He is 5 feet 11 inches tall and he weighs 162 pounds; he looks like an alter boy with a mustache. It is almost impossible to accept that his scrawny body is capable of generating a 92-mile-per-hour fastball, but that is how Guidry's heat comes at a hitter. The bigger pitchers on the Yankees, like Dick Tidrow and Ken Clay , marvel at Guidry's speed. Guidry cannot remember not being fast, and he doesn't attempt to analyze how he does it; just calls it 'a gift' and every so often thanks God for it." - Sports Writer Tony Kornheiser in The Index-Journal (06/20/1978, 'Confidence formula for Guidry's success', Page7)
Ron Guidry

Ron 'Louisiana Lightning' Guidry Autograph on a 1983 Fleer Baseball Card (#383 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1983fle01' title='1983 Fleer Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)
Ron 'Louisiana Lightning' Guidry Autograph on a 1983 Fleer Baseball Card (#383 | Checklist )

Birth Name:
Ronald Ames Guidry
Nickname:
Louisiana Lightning or Ron
Born On:
08-28-1950  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:
Lafayette, Louisiana
Year of Death Data Died On:
Still Living ( 500 Oldest Living )
Place of Death Data Died In:
Still Living
Cemetery:
n/a
High School:
Carencro High School (Lafayette, LA)
College:
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Batting Stances Chart Bats:
Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:
Left
Player Height Chart Height:
5-11
Player Weight Chart Weight:
162
First Game:
07-27-1975 (Age 24)
Last Game:
09-27-1988
Draft:
1971 : 3rd Round (65th)
Ron Guidry

Ron Guidry Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HB BK HLD
1975 25 Yankees 10 1 6 0 1 .000 3.45 0 0 0 15.2 69 15 6 6 0 9 0 15 1 1 0 -
1976 26 Yankees 7 0 2 0 0 .000 5.63 0 0 0 16.0 72 20 10 12 1 4 0 12 0 0 0 -
1977 27 Yankees 31 25 4 16 7 .696 2.82 9 5 1 210.2 850 174 66 72 12 65 2 176 6 0 0 -
1978 28 Yankees 35 35 0 25 3 .893 1.74 16 9 0 273.2 1,057 187 53 61 13 72 1 248 7 1 1 -
1979 29 Yankees 33 30 3 18 8 .692 2.78 15 2 2 236.1 946 203 73 83 20 71 0 201 9 0 0 -
1980 30 Yankees 37 29 4 17 10 .630 3.56 5 3 1 219.2 929 215 87 97 19 80 1 166 5 1 0 -
1981 31 Yankees 23 21 1 11 5 .688 2.76 0 0 0 127.0 497 100 39 41 12 26 0 104 6 1 0 -
1982 32 Yankees 34 33 0 14 8 .636 3.81 6 1 0 222.0 935 216 94 104 22 69 3 162 6 1 1 -
1983 33 Yankees 31 31 0 21 9 .700 3.42 21 3 0 250.1 1,024 232 95 99 26 60 3 156 4 2 2 -
1984 34 Yankees 29 28 1 10 11 .476 4.51 5 1 0 195.2 841 223 98 102 24 44 3 127 1 2 0 -
1985 35 Yankees 34 33 0 22 6 .786 3.27 11 2 0 259.0 1,033 243 94 104 28 42 3 143 3 0 1 -
1986 36 Yankees 30 30 0 9 12 .429 3.98 5 0 0 192.1 809 202 85 94 28 38 2 140 3 1 0 -
1987 37 Yankees 22 17 2 5 8 .385 3.67 2 0 0 117.2 493 111 48 50 14 38 3 96 3 1 1 -
1988 38 Yankees 12 10 1 2 3 .400 4.18 0 0 0 56.0 239 57 26 28 7 15 3 32 2 2 2 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HB BK HLD
14 Years 368 323 24 170 91 .651 3.29 95 26 4 2,392.0 9,794 2,198 874 953 226 633 24 1,778 56 13 8 -
Ron Guidry

Ron Guidry Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1975 25 Yankees 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1976 26 Yankees 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1977 27 Yankees 36 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1978 28 Yankees 37 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1979 29 Yankees 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1980 30 Yankees 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1981 31 Yankees 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1982 32 Yankees 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1983 33 Yankees 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1984 34 Yankees 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1985 35 Yankees 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1986 36 Yankees 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1987 37 Yankees 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1988 38 Yankees 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
14 Years 379 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Ron Guidry

Ron Guidry Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1975 Yankees P 10 1 47 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1976 Yankees P 7 0 48 4 0.6 4 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1977 Yankees P 31 25 632 35 1.1 34 7 27 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .971 1.45
1978 Yankees P 35 35 821 60 1.7 58 14 44 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .967 1.91
1979 Yankees CF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1979 Yankees P 33 30 709 41 1.2 40 11 29 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.52
1980 Yankees P 37 29 659 54 1.5 52 16 36 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.13
1981 Yankees P 23 21 381 30 1.3 30 13 17 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.13
1982 Yankees P 34 33 666 26 0.8 26 7 19 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.05
1983 Yankees CF 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1983 Yankees P 31 31 751 42 1.4 42 9 33 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.51
1984 Yankees P 29 28 587 32 1.1 32 8 24 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.47
1985 Yankees P 34 33 777 41 1.2 40 6 34 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.39
1986 Yankees P 30 30 577 31 1.0 30 9 21 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .968 1.40
1987 Yankees P 22 17 353 18 0.8 18 4 14 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.38
1988 Yankees P 12 10 168 8 0.7 8 3 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.29
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 368 323 7,176 422 1.1 414 107 307 8 19 n/a n/a n/a .981 1.56
CF Totals 2 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
14 Years 370 323 7,180 422 1.1 414 107 307 8 19 n/a n/a n/a .981 1.56
Ron Guidry

Ron Guidry Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1975 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.67 8.62 5.17
1976 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.00 6.75 2.25
1977 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.71 7.52 2.78
1978 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.44 8.16 2.37
1979 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.83 7.65 2.70
1980 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.08 6.80 3.28
1981 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.00 7.37 1.84
1982 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.35 6.57 2.80
1983 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.60 5.61 2.16
1984 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.89 5.84 2.02
1985 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.40 4.97 1.46
1986 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.68 6.55 1.78
1987 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.53 7.34 2.91
1988 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.13 5.14 2.41
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
14 Years 0 0 .000 0 10 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.81 6.69 2.38
Ron Guidry

Ron Guidry Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1975 New York Yankees 49 $19,500.00 - -
1976 New York Yankees 49 $29,000.00 - -
1977 New York Yankees 49 $37,000.00 - Stats
1978 New York Yankees 49 $47,000.00 Stats Stats
1979 New York Yankees 49 $233,791.00 Stats -
1980 New York Yankees 49 $233,791.00 - -
1981 New York Yankees 49 $233,791.00 - Stats
1982 New York Yankees 49 $987,500.00 Stats -
1983 New York Yankees 49 $987,500.00 Stats -
1984 New York Yankees 49 $925,000.00 - -
1985 New York Yankees 49 $900,000.00 - -
1986 New York Yankees 49 $975,000.00 - -
1987 New York Yankees 49 $850,000.00 - -
1988 New York Yankees 49 $825,000.00 - -


On June 17, 1978 , Ron Guidry mowed down eighteen California Angels ' hitters, a still-standing New York Yankees team record for strikeouts in a game, once held by Bob Shawkey (15 strikeouts on September 27, 1919 ) & Whitey Ford (15 strikeouts on April 22, 1959 ). A few more Louisiana Lightning "did you knows":
Ron Guidry 18 Strikeouts
Ron Guidry 18 Strikeouts | New York Daily News Front Page | June 18, 1978

Did you know Ron Guidry went 25-3 in 1978, finishing with a .893 winning percentage - one of the ten best single season winning percentages in Major League history?

Did you know Ron Guidry, during the three games he lost in 1978 (see the fact up above), lost each one of them to a left-handed pitcher whose first name was Mike? They were Mike Caldwell ( July 7, 1978 ), Mike Flanagan ( August 4, 1978 ), and Mike Willis ( September 20, 1978 ).

Did you know Ron Guidry was one of the few New York Yankee Team Captains ? From 1986 through 1989 Guidry, along with Willie Randolph shared the responsibility.

Did you know Ron Guidry won five Gold Gloves , all consecutively (1982 through 1986), and no other Yankee pitcher has ever won more ( Bobby Shantz is second all-time, with four, 1957-1960)?

Ron Guidry threw exactly three pitches to Carlton Fisk , all strikes, in the ninth inning of a game played on August 7, 1984 . The next batter, Tom Paciorek , saw exactly three pitches, all strikes as well. The final batter of the inning, Greg Luzinski , saw exactly three pitches also, and all three were also strikes. The first (discovered) immaculate inning to occur in the American League during the ninth inning.

Ron Guidry #49
Ron Guidry #49 | New York Yankees Retired Numbers Plaque
The New York Yankees retired #49 - the only number Ron Guidry wore during his entire Major League / Bronx Bombers career - on August 23, 2003. Prior to that date, the Yankees had retired sixteen numbers, but only one other pitcher, Whitey Ford , who had his #16 retired on August 3, 1974.

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