Barnstorming
Andy Messersmith
John Alexander Messersmith Born: 8/6/1945 in Toms River, NJ USA
Weight: 200 lb.      Height: 6'1"
Bats: R                 Throws: R
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | DP | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1968 | 22 | CAL | AL | 29 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .150 | .250 |
| 1969 | 23 | CAL | AL | 42 | 77 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .156 | .235 | .182 | .417 |
| 1970 | 24 | CAL | AL | 38 | 70 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .157 | .157 | .243 | .400 |
| 1971 | 25 | CAL | AL | 39 | 93 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .214 | .258 | .472 |
| 1972 | 26 | CAL | AL | 26 | 53 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .232 | .245 | .477 |
| 1973 | 27 | LAN | NL | 34 | 89 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .169 | .213 | .202 | .415 |
| 1974 | 28 | LAN | NL | 39 | 96 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .240 | .312 | .354 | .666 |
| 1975 | 29 | LAN | NL | 44 | 108 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .157 | .212 | .194 | .406 |
| 1976 | 30 | ATL | NL | 29 | 67 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .179 | .225 | .194 | .419 |
| 1977 | 31 | ATL | NL | 16 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .189 | .265 | .454 |
| 1978 | 32 | NYA | AL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1979 | 33 | LAN | NL | 11 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .136 | .227 |
| 12 Seasons | 353 | 729 | 49 | 124 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 212 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 6 | .170 | .219 | .232 | .451 | |||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | DP | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1974 | 28 | LAN | NLCS | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1974 | 28 | LAN | WS | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| 1 Post Seasons | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | |||
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | R |
| 1968 | 22 | CAL | AL | 4 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 81.1 | 44 | 20 | 3 | 35 | 74 | 2.21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 321 | 9 | 21 |
| 1969 | 23 | CAL | AL | 16 | 11 | 40 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 250 | 169 | 70 | 17 | 100 | 211 | 2.52 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1008 | 5 | 81 |
| 1970 | 24 | CAL | AL | 11 | 10 | 37 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 194.2 | 144 | 65 | 21 | 78 | 162 | 3.01 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 795 | 8 | 75 |
| 1971 | 25 | CAL | AL | 20 | 13 | 38 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 276.2 | 224 | 92 | 16 | 121 | 179 | 2.99 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1170 | 0 | 112 |
| 1972 | 26 | CAL | AL | 8 | 11 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 169.2 | 125 | 53 | 5 | 68 | 142 | 2.81 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 690 | 4 | 56 |
| 1973 | 27 | LAN | NL | 14 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 249.2 | 196 | 75 | 24 | 77 | 177 | 2.70 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1015 | 0 | 90 |
| 1974 | 28 | LAN | NL | 20 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 292.1 | 227 | 84 | 24 | 94 | 221 | 2.59 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1179 | 0 | 93 |
| 1975 | 29 | LAN | NL | 19 | 14 | 42 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 321.2 | 244 | 82 | 22 | 96 | 213 | 2.29 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1276 | 2 | 92 |
| 1976 | 30 | ATL | NL | 11 | 11 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 207.1 | 166 | 70 | 14 | 74 | 135 | 3.04 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 847 | 1 | 83 |
| 1977 | 31 | ATL | NL | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102.1 | 101 | 50 | 12 | 39 | 69 | 4.40 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 447 | 0 | 54 |
| 1978 | 32 | NYA | AL | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 5.64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 1 | 21 |
| 1979 | 33 | LAN | NL | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.1 | 55 | 34 | 9 | 34 | 26 | 4.91 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 Seasons | 130 | 99 | 344 | 295 | 98 | 27 | 15 | 2230.1 | 1719 | 709 | 174 | 831 | 1625 | 2.86 | 44 | 70 | 40 | 7 | 9120 | 30 | 812 | |||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | R |
| 1974 | 28 | LAN | WS | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 8 |
| 1974 | 28 | LAN | NLCS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 Post Seasons | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3.86 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB | FP |
| 1968 | 22 | CAL | AL | P | 28 | 5 | 81.1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.947 | |
| 1969 | 23 | CAL | AL | P | 40 | 33 | 250 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0.902 | |
| 1970 | 24 | CAL | AL | P | 37 | 26 | 195 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0.897 | |
| 1971 | 25 | CAL | AL | P | 38 | 38 | 277 | 18 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 0.931 | |
| 1972 | 26 | CAL | AL | P | 25 | 21 | 170 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1973 | 27 | LAN | NL | P | 33 | 33 | 249.2 | 19 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0.915 | |
| 1974 | 28 | LAN | NL | P | 39 | 39 | 292.1 | 18 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 0.873 | |
| 1975 | 29 | LAN | NL | P | 42 | 40 | 321.2 | 11 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0.915 | |
| 1976 | 30 | ATL | NL | P | 29 | 28 | 207.1 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0.904 | |
| 1977 | 31 | ATL | NL | P | 16 | 16 | 102.1 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0.909 | |
| 1978 | 32 | NYA | AL | P | 6 | 5 | 22.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1979 | 33 | LAN | NL | P | 11 | 11 | 62.1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| 12 Seasons | 344 | 295 | 2231.1 | 136 | 318 | 41 | 15 | 0.917 | |||||
Post Season
| Year | Age | Team | Round | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB | FP |
| 1974 | 28 | LAN | NLCS | P | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| 1974 | 28 | LAN | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | |
| 1 Post Seasons | 3 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.889 | |||||
| Year | Age | Team | League | Salary |
| Year | Age | League | Award |
| 1974 | 28 | NL | Gold Glove - P |
| 1974 | 28 | NL | TSN All-Star - RHP |
| 1974 | 28 | NL | Player of the Week - Week of 1974-09-20 |
| 1975 | 29 | NL | Gold Glove - P |
| 1975 | 29 | NL | Player of the Week - Week of 1975-09-12 |
| 1976 | 30 | NL | Pitcher of the Month - June |
| Year | Age | Voters | Ballots | Required | Votes | Pct. | Inducted | Category |
| 1985 | 39 | BBWAA | 395 | 297 | 3.0 | 0.00759 | N | Player |
| 1986 | 40 | BBWAA | 425 | 319 | 3.0 | 0.00706 | N | Player |
| 2003 | 57 | Veterans - Players | N | Player | ||||
| 2005 | 59 | Veterans - Players | N | Player | ||||
| 2007 | 61 | Veterans - Players | N | Player |
| Year | Age | Team | Lg | Div | # | G | W | L | Pct. | Div Rank | Ply/Mgr |
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