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Lance McCullers
Lance Graye McCullers

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 218 lb.

Debut August 12, 1985
  vs. CIN 2.7 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, Sv
Final Game June 4, 1992
Born March 8, 1964 in Tampa, FL

Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1982. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1985 21 SDP NL   0   2  21   0   0   0  11  5   35.0   23   15    9   3   16   27   1   0   142   3   1  2.31  3.56  154 1.114
 1986 22 SDP NL  10  10  70   7   0   0  29  5  136.0  103   46   42  12   58   92   4   5   550   9   3  2.78  3.65  131 1.184
 1987 23 SDP NL   8  10  78   0   0   0  41 16  123.3  115   60   51  11   59  126   2   5   540  11   1  3.72  3.96  106 1.411
 1988 24 SDP NL   3   6  60   0   0   0  39 10   97.7   70   29   27   8   55   81   0   4   407  12   2  2.49  3.42  137 1.280
 1989 25 NYY AL   4   3  52   1   0   0  20  3   84.7   83   46   43   9   37   82   3   2   373   4   0  4.57  3.85   84 1.417
 1990 26 TOT AL   2   0  20   1   0   0  14  0   44.7   32   19   15   4   19   31   0   5   186   3   0  3.02  3.99  132 1.142
         NYY AL   1   0  11   0   0   0   7  0   15.0   14    8    6   2    6   11   0   3    65   2   0  3.60  3.99  111 1.333
         DET AL   1   0   9   1   0   0   7  0   29.7   18   11    9   2   13   20   0   2   121   1   0  2.73  4.00  146 1.045
 1992 28 TEX AL   1   0   5   0   0   0   1  0    5.0    1    4    3   0    8    3   0   0    23   0   0  5.40  3.83   71 1.800
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .475  28  31 306   9   0   0 155 39  526.3  427  219  190  47  252  442  10  21  2221  42   7  3.25  3.74  115 1.290
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   6  66   1   0   0  33  8  113.3   92   47   41  10   54   95   2   4   479   9   1  3.25  3.74  115 1.290
 Career High     10  10  78   7   0   0  41 16  136.0  115   60   51  12   59  126   4   5   550  12   3  2.49  3.99  137 1.142

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 21 SDP NL  21    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
 1986 22 SDP NL  76   22    4    2   2  0   0    3   1  0   3  11  .091  .200  .182    7    4   3   0   0   0   0
 1987 23 SDP NL  78   14    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   5  .071  .133  .071  -43    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1988 24 SDP NL  60    8    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .250  .333  .250   71    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      312   48    5    5   2  0   0    4   1  0   5  23  .104  .189  .146   -5    7   6   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         25    3    3   1  0   0    2   1  0   3  12  .104  .189  .146   -5    4   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     78   22    4    2   2  0   0    3   1  0   3  11                           4   3   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1985 21 SDP NL    6    6    0   0.0    94| .000  .259| .000  .326| .000  .386| .000  .712|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1986 22 SDP NL   28   23    1   1.2    96| .091  .259| .200  .329| .182  .391| .382  .719|   7  .085  -2.7  -0.3 100%
 1987 23 SDP NL   16   14    0   0.0   102| .071  .264| .133  .333| .071  .412| .204  .745| -43  .000  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1988 24 SDP NL    9    6    1   4.5    89| .250  .255| .333  .319| .250  .374| .583  .693|  71  .555  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons        59   49    2   1.1    96| .104  .260| .189  .328| .146  .394| .335  .722|  -5  .074  -7.0  -0.7 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1985 21 SDP NL P 21 2 6 2 0 .800 .952 0.38 0.68 2.06 1.93 0 35.0 1986 22 SDP NL P 70 6 16 2 1 .917 .957 0.31 0.66 1.46 1.94 7 136.0 1987 23 SDP NL P 78 9 17 2 1 .929 .956 0.33 0.62 1.90 1.91 0 123.3 1988 24 SDP NL P 60 6 14 2 1 .909 .957 0.33 0.69 1.84 1.96 0 97.7 1989 25 NYY AL P 52 5 10 2 0 .882 .962 0.29 0.66 1.59 1.87 1 84.7 1990 26 TOT AL P 20 4 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.30 0.59 1.21 1.79 1 44.7 NYY AL P 11 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.27 0.59 1.80 1.80 0 15.0 DET AL P 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.33 0.59 0.91 1.79 1 29.7 1992 28 TEX AL P 5 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 0.60 0.56 5.40 1.80 0 5.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 21 SDP NL P 21 2 6 2 0 .800 .952 0.38 0.68 2.06 1.93 0 35.0 1986 22 SDP NL P 70 6 16 2 1 .917 .957 0.31 0.66 1.46 1.94 7 136.0 1987 23 SDP NL P 78 9 17 2 1 .929 .956 0.33 0.62 1.90 1.91 0 123.3 1988 24 SDP NL P 60 6 14 2 1 .909 .957 0.33 0.69 1.84 1.96 0 97.7 1989 25 NYY AL P 52 5 10 2 0 .882 .962 0.29 0.66 1.59 1.87 1 84.7 1990 26 TOT AL P 20 4 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.30 0.59 1.21 1.79 1 44.7 NYY AL P 11 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.27 0.59 1.80 1.80 0 15.0 DET AL P 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.33 0.59 0.91 1.79 1 29.7 1992 28 TEX AL P 5 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 0.60 0.56 5.40 1.80 0 5.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 306 33 67 10 4 .909 .958 0.33 0.65 1.71 1.91 9 526.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 306 33 67 10 4 .909 .958 0.33 0.65 1.71 1.91 9 526
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1986 NL-70-6
1987 NL-78-5

Saves
1987 NL-16-9

Games Finished
1987 NL-41-10
1988 NL-39-9

Youngest Player
1985 NL-21-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1832) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (705) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1587) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1982.

September 20, 1983: Sent by the Philadelphia Phillies to the San Diego Padres to complete an earlier deal made on August 31, 1983. The Philadelphia Phillies sent players to be named later to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later and Sixto Lezcano. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Marty Decker (September 20, 1983), Ed Wojna (September 20, 1983), Darren Burroughs (minors) (September 20, 1983), and Lance McCullers (September 20, 1983) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade. The San Diego Padres sent Steve Fireovid (October 11, 1983) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

October 24, 1988: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Stan Jefferson and Jimmy Jones to the New York Yankees for Jack Clark and Pat Clements.

June 4, 1990: Traded by the New York Yankees with Clay Parker to the Detroit Tigers for Matt Nokes.

December 20, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

February 10, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

June 8, 1992: Released by the Texas Rangers.

June 17, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986San Diego Padres$72,000
1987San Diego Padres$125,000
1988San Diego Padres$190,000
1989New York Yankees$460,000
1990New York Yankees$650,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,497,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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