John Candelaria
1975–1993 · bats L / throws L · California Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Montreal Expos, NLS, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates
506G
.174AVG
.233OBP
.223SLG
More career statistics
104H
1HR
48RBI
0SB
177–122W–L
2,525.2IP
1,673K
3.33ERA
356GS
29SV
8Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 506 | 603 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 506 | 688 | 596 | 39 | 104 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 44 | 162 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 133 | .174 | .233 | .223 | .456 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,525.7 | 600 | 356 | 54 | 177 | 122 | 29 | 2,399 | 1,038 | 935 | 245 | 592 | 1,673 | 0 | 0 | 3.33 | 1.184 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1976-06-24 to 1976-07-10
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1982-07-25 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1976-08-09 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | 1988-04-06 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 299 | 329 | 48 | 1 | 24 | 27 | 72 | .170 | .228 | .230 |
| Away | 304 | 359 | 56 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 90 | .178 | .203 | .217 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 90 | 79 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 21 | .174 | .190 | .188 |
| May | 106 | 120 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 30 | .204 | .258 | .245 |
| June | 103 | 116 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 39 | .119 | .155 | .158 |
| July | 105 | 137 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 26 | .171 | .204 | .244 |
| August | 101 | 128 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 23 | .209 | .258 | .245 |
| September | 88 | 103 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 22 | .176 | .214 | .253 |
| October | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 48 | 71 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | .138 | .169 | .215 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 48 | 72 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 | .172 | .208 | .203 |
| san-diego-padres | 45 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | .135 | .156 | .243 |
| san-francisco-giants | 44 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | .231 | .274 | .269 |
| chicago-cubs | 44 | 73 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 10 | .222 | .274 | .286 |
| cincinnati-reds | 41 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | .179 | .169 | .232 |
| houston-astros | 41 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .125 | .200 | .125 |
| new-york-mets | 40 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | .196 | .212 | .286 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 18 | 43 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .140 | 120 | 95 |
| 1976 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 32 | 76 | 14 | – | 5 | – | .184 | 220 | 138 |
| 1977 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 80 | 18 | – | 11 | – | .225 | 230 | 133 |
| 1978 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 31 | 52 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .173 | 189 | 94 |
| 1979 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 68 | 9 | – | 6 | – | .132 | 207 | 101 |
| 1980 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 77 | 15 | – | 7 | – | .195 | 233 | 97 |
| 1981 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 13 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .231 | 40 | 14 |
| 1982 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 54 | 12 | – | 9 | – | .222 | 174 | 133 |
| 1983 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 65 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .138 | 197 | 157 |
| 1984 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | .129 | 185 | 133 |
| 1985 | California Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 125 | 100 |
| 1986 |  California Angels | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 91 | 81 |
| 1987 | California Angels, New York Mets | 23 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | 129 | 84 |
| 1988 |  New York Yankees | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 157 | 121 |
| 1989 | Montreal Expos, New York Yankees | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 65 | 51 |
| 1990 | Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 79 | 63 |
| 1991 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33 | 38 |
| 1992 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 23 |
| 1993 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 17 |