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Jim Abbott

James Anthony Abbott

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left , Fields Left as well
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 19, 1967 in Flint, MI
High School: Central HS (Flint, MI)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed August 3, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1989
Teams (by GP): Angels/Yankees/WhiteSox/Brewers 1989-1999
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: July 21, 1999
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1989 21 CAL AL 12 12 .500 3.92 29 29 0 4 2 0 181.1 190 95 79 13 74 3 115 4 2 8 788 98 1.456 9.4 0.6 3.7 5.7 1.55 RoY-5
1990 22 CAL AL 10 14 .417 4.51 33 33 0 4 1 0 211.2 246 116 106 16 72 6 105 5 3 4 925 84 1.502 10.5 0.7 3.1 4.5 1.46
1991 23 CAL AL 18 11 .621 2.89 34 34 0 5 1 0 243.0 222 85 78 14 73 6 158 5 4 1 1002 142 1.214 8.2 0.5 2.7 5.9 2.16 CYA-3
1992 24 CAL AL 7 15 .318 2.77 29 29 0 7 0 0 211.0 208 73 65 12 68 3 130 4 0 2 874 143 1.308 8.9 0.5 2.9 5.5 1.91
1993 25 NYY AL 11 14 .440 4.37 32 32 0 4 1 0 214.0 221 115 104 22 73 4 95 3 0 9 906 95 1.374 9.3 0.9 3.1 4.0 1.30
1994 26 NYY AL 9 8 .529 4.55 24 24 0 2 0 0 160.1 167 88 81 24 64 1 90 2 1 8 692 101 1.441 9.4 1.3 3.6 5.1 1.41
1995 27 TOT AL 11 8 .579 3.70 30 30 0 4 1 0 197.0 209 93 81 14 64 1 86 2 0 1 842 124 1.386 9.5 0.6 2.9 3.9 1.34
1995 27 CHW AL 6 4 .600 3.36 17 17 0 3 0 0 112.1 116 50 42 10 35 1 45 1 0 0 474 134 1.344 9.3 0.8 2.8 3.6 1.29
1995 27 CAL AL 5 4 .556 4.15 13 13 0 1 1 0 84.2 93 43 39 4 29 0 41 1 0 1 368 113 1.441 9.9 0.4 3.1 4.4 1.41
1996 28 CAL AL 2 18 .100 7.48 27 23 2 1 0 0 142.0 171 128 118 23 78 3 58 4 1 13 654 66 1.754 10.8 1.5 4.9 3.7 0.74
1997 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1998 30 CHW AL 5 0 1.000 4.55 5 5 0 0 0 0 31.2 35 16 16 2 12 0 14 1 0 0 134 101 1.484 9.9 0.6 3.4 4.0 1.17
1999 31 MIL NL 2 8 .200 6.91 20 15 3 0 0 0 82.0 110 71 63 14 42 3 37 2 0 7 394 66 1.854 12.1 1.5 4.6 4.1 0.88
10 Yrs 87 108 .446 4.25 263 254 5 31 6 0 1674.0 1779 880 791 154 620 30 888 32 11 53 7211 99 1.433 9.6 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.43
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .446 4.25 35 33 1 4 1 0 220 234 116 104 20 82 4 117 4 1 7 948 99 1.433 9.6 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.43
CAL (6 yrs) 54 74 .422 4.07 165 161 2 22 5 0 1073.2 1130 540 485 82 394 21 607 23 10 29 4611 101 1.419 9.5 0.7 3.3 5.1 1.54
NYY (2 yrs) 20 22 .476 4.45 56 56 0 6 1 0 374.1 388 203 185 46 137 5 185 5 1 17 1598 98 1.402 9.3 1.1 3.3 4.4 1.35
CHW (2 yrs) 11 4 .733 3.63 22 22 0 3 0 0 144.0 151 66 58 12 47 1 59 2 0 0 608 125 1.375 9.4 0.8 2.9 3.7 1.26
MIL (1 yr) 2 8 .200 6.91 20 15 3 0 0 0 82.0 110 71 63 14 42 3 37 2 0 7 394 66 1.854 12.1 1.5 4.6 4.1 0.88
AL (9 yrs) 85 100 .459 4.12 243 239 2 31 6 0 1592.0 1669 809 728 140 578 27 851 30 11 46 6817 102 1.411 9.4 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.47
NL (1 yr) 2 8 .200 6.91 20 15 3 0 0 0 82.0 110 71 63 14 42 3 37 2 0 7 394 66 1.854 12.1 1.5 4.6 4.1 0.88

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1989 21 CAL AL 181.1 29 29 95 4.72 4.38 0.30 0.15 98.3 4.16 -12 -1.2 -0.1 0.1 7 .457 .492 $68,000 RoY-5
1990 22 CAL AL 211.2 33 33 116 4.93 4.34 -0.29 0.16 97.2 4.65 -5 -0.5 -0.1 1.2 17 .484 .497 $185,000
1991 23 CAL AL 243.0 34 34 85 3.15 4.53 -0.17 0.17 100.4 4.89 47 5.4 -0.2 7.4 75 .659 .533 $357,500 CYA-3
1992 24 CAL AL 211.0 29 29 73 3.11 4.36 0.07 0.15 100.7 4.47 32 3.7 -0.1 5.4 55 .629 .523 $1,850,000
1993 25 NYY AL 214.0 32 32 115 4.84 4.79 0.26 0.17 96.9 4.56 -5 -0.5 -0.1 1.3 19 .485 .497 $2,350,000
1994 26 NYY AL 160.1 24 24 88 4.94 5.30 -0.02 0.19 93.6 5.15 3 0.3 -0.1 1.6 19 .513 .502 $2,775,000
1995 27 CHW AL 112.1 17 17 50 4.01 5.07 -0.14 0.19 96.6 5.23 15 1.6 -0.1 2.5 28 .592 .510 $2,775,000
1995 27 CAL AL 84.2 13 13 43 4.57 5.02 0.13 0.19 99.0 5.03 4 0.4 -0.1 1.1 14 .534 .503 $
1996 28 CAL AL 142.0 27 23 128 8.11 5.35 -0.04 0.14 99.4 5.51 -43 -3.5 .6 -0.0 -2.3 -21 .370 .478 $2,200,000
1998 30 CHW AL 31.2 5 5 16 4.55 4.99 0.03 0.18 100.8 5.18 2 0.2 -0.0 0.5 6 .544 .501 $
1999 31 MIL NL 82.0 20 15 71 7.79 5.05 -0.22 0.14 103.3 5.59 -21 -1.8 .4 -0.0 -1.2 -11 .408 .489 $400,000
10 Seasons 1674.0 263 254 880 4.73 4.74 -0.01 0.16 98.4 4.83 19 4.1 .5 -1.0 17.6 208 .516 .502 $12,960,500
CAL (6 yrs) 1073.2 165 161 540 4.53 4.58 -0.03 0.16 99.2 4.73 24 4.3 .6 -0.6 12.9 147 .526 .504 $4,660,500
NYY (2 yrs) 374.1 56 56 203 4.88 5.01 0.14 0.18 95.5 4.81 -1 -0.2 -0.2 2.9 38 .497 .500 $5,125,000
CHW (2 yrs) 144.0 22 22 66 4.13 5.06 -0.10 0.19 97.5 5.22 18 1.8 -0.1 3.0 34 .581 .505 $2,775,000
MIL (1 yr) 82.0 20 15 71 7.79 5.05 -0.22 0.14 103.3 5.59 -21 -1.8 .4 -0.0 -1.2 -11 .408 .489 $400,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1989 21 CAL AL 29 788 694 95 190 26 4 13 29 8 74 115 .274 .345 .379 .724 .310 263 23 4 11 5 3 13
1990 22 CAL AL 33 925 833 116 246 36 2 16 15 4 72 105 .295 .353 .401 .754 .320 334 27 5 9 6 6 13
1991 23 CAL AL 34 1002 909 85 222 35 3 14 12 14 73 158 .244 .302 .336 .637 .280 305 22 5 7 7 6 10
1992 24 CAL AL 29 874 790 73 208 28 2 12 14 13 68 130 .263 .323 .349 .673 .301 276 22 4 8 4 3 9
1993 25 NYY AL 32 906 814 115 221 39 0 22 16 6 73 95 .271 .332 .400 .733 .284 326 29 3 12 4 4 13
1994 26 NYY AL 24 692 612 88 167 36 2 24 13 7 64 90 .273 .341 .456 .797 .284 279 19 2 9 5 1 8
1995 27 TOT AL 30 842 764 93 209 33 1 14 15 9 64 86 .274 .330 .374 .704 .292 286 25 2 8 4 1 16
1995 27 CAL AL 13 368 332 43 93 16 0 4 5 1 29 41 .280 .337 .364 .701 .307 121 12 1 3 3 0 7
1995 27 CHW AL 17 474 432 50 116 17 1 10 10 8 35 45 .269 .324 .382 .706 .280 165 13 1 5 1 1 9
1996 28 CAL AL 27 654 558 128 171 36 3 23 16 8 78 58 .306 .389 .505 .895 .304 282 17 4 4 10 3 10
1998 30 CHW AL 5 134 120 16 35 6 0 2 8 2 12 14 .292 .358 .392 .750 .314 47 7 1 0 1 0 0
1999 31 MIL NL 20 394 347 71 110 18 1 14 15 7 42 37 .317 .393 .496 .889 .323 172 9 2 2 1 3 9
10 Yrs 263 7211 6441 880 1779 293 18 154 153 78 620 888 .276 .340 .399 .739 .298 2570 200 32 70 47 30 101
162 Game Avg. 35 948 847 116 234 39 2 20 20 10 82 117 .276 .340 .399 .739 .298 338 26 4 9 6 4 13
MLB Averages .264 .333 .407 .739 .294

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1989 21 CAL AL -5.2 -0.5 832 -0.9 13.1 -14.0 1.00 -1.4 0.5 -3.7 -0.4 1.00 -14.1 0 0 0
1990 22 CAL AL -16.2 -1.6 954 -0.8 16.1 -16.9 1.04 -1.2 0.5 -14.6 -1.5 1.04 -12.8 0 0 0
1991 23 CAL AL 33.1 3.5 1037 3.5 18.1 -14.6 .99 3.5 0.0 36.3 3.9 0.99 36.8 0 0 0
1992 24 CAL AL 27.7 3.0 904 1.6 15.7 -14.1 1.01 2.5 -0.9 25.8 2.8 1.01 27.3 0 0 0
1993 25 NYY AL -5.6 -0.5 935 -0.9 15.3 -16.2 .97 0.8 -1.7 -3.1 -0.3 0.97 9.7 0 0 0
1994 26 NYY AL 1.8 0.2 724 0.4 12.1 -11.7 .93 -0.2 0.6 4.0 0.4 0.93 -3.1 0 0 0
1995 27 TOT AL 17.6 1.7 869 1.2 15.7 -14.4 1.03 1.5 -0.3 16.2 1.6 1.03 17.4 0 0 0
1995 27 CHW AL 12.7 1.2 493 0.8 9.3 -8.6 1.08 1.0 -0.3 11.0 1.1 1.08 10.2 0 0 0
1995 27 CAL AL 4.9 0.5 376 0.5 6.3 -5.8 .96 0.5 -0.0 5.3 0.5 0.96 7.3 0 0 0
1996 28 CAL AL -41.4 -3.5 693 -4.3 10.1 -14.3 .95 -2.5 -2.1 -41.2 -3.5 0.95 -29.4 0 2 2
1998 30 CHW AL 0.9 0.1 142 0.3 2.7 -2.4 1.05 0.2 0.1 2.5 0.2 1.05 1.7 0 0 0
1999 31 MIL NL -22.8 -2.0 423 -2.2 6.4 -8.6 .96 -1.8 -0.5 -25.6 -2.3 0.96 -19.9 0 1 4
10 Yrs -10.1 0.2 7513 -2.2 125.2 -127.3 .99 1.4 -3.5 -3.3 0.9 0.99 13.5 0 3 6

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1989 21 CAL AL 29 29 12 12 5 1 5 16 13 .552 1 4 4 2 17 59% 49.4 82 18 28 15 0 15 4.1 4.2 6.3 100 4 12 10 3 129
1990 22 CAL AL 33 33 10 14 9 1 4 12 21 .364 5 3 4 1 17 52% 46.5 82 11 36 12 1 10 4.0 3.9 6.4 97 4 14 11 3 124
1991 23 CAL AL 34 34 18 11 5 3 7 20 14 .588 4 1 5 1 25 74% 57.2 84 24 20 5 3 12 4.3 4.6 7.1 106 0 10 18 6 132
1992 24 CAL AL 29 29 7 15 7 0 9 10 19 .345 3 5 7 0 19 66% 56.4 76 26 16 3 0 12 2.5 2.5 7.3 107 4 6 8 11 143
1993 25 NYY AL 32 32 11 14 7 1 8 13 19 .406 2 4 4 1 20 63% 48.6 85 12 20 6 0 14 4.7 4.6 6.7 96 3 14 11 2 121
1994 26 NYY AL 24 24 9 8 7 4 2 13 11 .542 3 6 2 0 11 46% 48.1 77 16 10 2 0 7 5.1 3.9 6.7 105 0 8 11 3 135
1995 27 TOT AL 30 30 11 8 11 1 2 13 17 .433 5 4 4 1 16 53% 49.8 82 23 26 7 1 11 4.9 4.9 6.6 96 3 16 8 2 131
1995 27 CHW AL 17 17 6 4 7 1 2 7 10 .412 5 2 3 0 10 59% 51.1 70 27 13 1 0 8 5.5 5.7 6.6 91 2 11 3 0 119
1995 27 CAL AL 13 13 5 4 4 0 0 6 7 .462 0 2 1 1 6 46% 48.2 82 23 13 6 1 3 4.2 4.0 6.5 103 1 5 5 2 131
1996 28 CAL AL 27 23 2 18 3 0 2 4 19 .174 1 1 1 0 4 17% 35.5 65 6 30 16 0 8 3.5 3.3 5.6 90 5 12 6 0 114
1998 30 CHW AL 5 5 5 0 0 3 0 5 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 2 40% 47.0 62 27 2 1 0 2 8.6 6.7 6.3 91 0 5 0 0 96
1999 31 MIL NL 20 15 2 8 5 0 1 3 12 .200 2 3 0 0 4 27% 36.4 66 11 23 5 2 3 4.7 3.9 5.0 85 5 9 1 0 104
10 Yrs 263 254 87 108 59 14 40 109 145 .429 26 32 31 6 135 53% 49 85 6 211 72 7 94 4.3 4.1 6.5 99 28 106 84 30 143
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 105 -21 4.7 4.6 6.0 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1996 28 CAL AL 27 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 1 .949 0 2 2 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 3 0 10.8 70
1999 31 MIL NL 20 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 .961 0 1 4 1 0 4 1 4 2 1 3 0 4.2 27
2 Yrs 47 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% .954 0 3 6 1 0 8 4 5 5 1 6 0 7.1 46

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1989 21 CAL AL 788 18% 1.7% 14.6% 9.4% 5.5% 23% 1.20 1.59 72% 19% 5.9% 16% 156 23 15%
1990 22 CAL AL 925 14% 1.7% 11.4% 7.8% 5.8% 22% 1.14 1.60 78% 20% 5.7% 17% 180 27 15%
1991 23 CAL AL 1002 16% 1.4% 15.8% 7.3% 5.2% 23% 1.26 1.75 74% 17% 5.4% 22% 164 22 13%
1992 24 CAL AL 874 16% 1.4% 14.9% 7.8% 4.8% 20% 1.03 1.45 75% 21% 4.4% 16% 172 22 13%
1993 25 NYY AL 906 13% 2.4% 10.5% 8.1% 6.7% 28% 1.31 1.86 77% 19% 8.4% 15% 180 29 16%
1994 26 NYY AL 692 16% 3.5% 13.0% 9.3% 9.0% 37% 0.95 1.51 73% 19% 10.0% 10% 119 19 16%
1995 27 TOT AL 842 19% 1.7% 10.2% 7.6% 5.7% 23% 1.13 1.51 79% 20% 5.2% 15% 175 25 14%
1995 27 CHW AL 474 19% 2.1% 9.5% 7.4% 5.9% 24% 1.11 1.50 80% 19% 6.8% 18% 102 13 13%
1995 27 CAL AL 368 19% 1.1% 11.1% 7.9% 5.4% 22% 1.15 1.51 79% 22% 3.3% 12% 73 12 16%
1996 28 CAL AL 654 22% 3.5% 8.9% 11.9% 9.5% 36% 0.95 1.37 74% 23% 10.0% 12% 140 17 12%
1998 30 CHW AL 134 23% 1.5% 10.5% 9.0% 6.0% 23% 1.63 2.43 78% 17% 5.9% 15% 27 7 26%
1999 31 MIL NL 394 25% 3.6% 9.4% 10.7% 8.4% 30% 0.97 1.36 75% 19% 10.2% 11% 69 9 13%
10 Yrs 7211 17% 2.1% 12.3% 8.6% 6.5% 26% 1.13 1.59 76% 20% 7.0% 15% 1382 200 14%
MLB Averages 43% 2.4% 15.8% 8.8% 7.3% 31% 0.81 1.08 71% 21% 7.2% 16% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 21 CAL AL 789 2896 3.67 1793 62% 24% 14% 28% 33% 76% 1% 47% 81% 58% 6% 50 34 18% 140 62 11 16% 16 14 -1 3 7
1990 22 CAL AL 897 3109 3.47 1920 62% 24% 13% 26% 38% 76% 2% 47% 83% 58% 6% 53 27 17% 156 80 9 25% 13 20 28 0 2
1991 23 CAL AL 1005 3598 3.58 2328 65% 24% 13% 30% 33% 76% 2% 49% 83% 61% 4% 43 21 21% 216 106 13 28% 31 17 -3 0 0
1992 24 CAL AL 877 3093 3.53 1976 64% 25% 12% 29% 34% 75% 1% 48% 84% 58% 4% 35 17 19% 167 88 6 21% 29 15 -3 0 0
1993 25 NYY AL 849 2886 3.40 1829 63% 22% 11% 30% 38% 78% 2% 50% 86% 62% 5% 41 18 17% 143 65 6 13% 11 19 57 0 0
1994 26 NYY AL 667 2399 3.60 1439 60% 22% 13% 28% 36% 78% 0% 47% 83% 56% 6% 37 23 14% 96 39 3 12% 11 13 25 2 0
1995 27 TOT AL 807 2798 3.47 1726 62% 25% 10% 27% 38% 75% 0% 46% 87% 61% 5% 37 23 15% 119 38 4 15% 7 13 35 0 0
1995 27 CHW AL 438 1463 3.34 914 62% 24% 10% 27% 39% 76% 1% 48% 87% 61% 4% 18 10 14% 61 19 3 14% 6 7 36 0 0
1995 27 CAL AL 369 1335 3.62 812 61% 27% 10% 27% 37% 73% 0% 44% 87% 60% 5% 19 13 16% 58 19 1 17% 1 6 -1 0 0
1996 28 CAL AL 657 2346 3.57 1410 60% 26% 12% 26% 36% 74% 1% 45% 84% 57% 8% 51 25 16% 104 51 3 16% 12 23 -3 0 0
1998 30 CHW AL 135 455 3.37 289 64% 24% 11% 28% 37% 76% 0% 49% 86% 61% 5% 7 3 17% 23 16 3 7% 3 4 -1 0 0
1999 31 MIL NL 394 1412 3.58 842 60% 25% 11% 26% 37% 75% 2% 45% 85% 54% 8% 30 17 14% 55 25 6 11% 5 11 0 0 0
10 Yrs 7077 24992 3.53 15552 62% 24% 12% 28% 36% 76% 1% 47% 84% 59% 5% 384 208 17% 1219 570 64 19% 138 149 134 5 9
MLB Averages 3.68 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1989 21 CAL AL 788 190 27 4 13 0 21 11 2 9 4 47 25 4 53% 13 8 3 295 29 8 78% 22 7 7 0 0 1 3 3 22 0
1990 22 CAL AL 925 246 33 4 16 0 19 13 3 9 7 54 31 4 57% 13 4 4 345 15 4 79% 11 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 23 0
1991 23 CAL AL 1002 222 99 3 14 1 13 11 3 7 7 42 23 5 55% 10 1 3 355 12 14 46% 9 13 3 1 0 0 2 0 16 0
1992 24 CAL AL 874 208 76 3 12 0 17 12 0 6 6 29 12 8 41% 9 2 0 329 14 13 52% 13 13 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
1993 25 NYY AL 906 221 32 2 22 0 18 22 0 12 10 42 27 5 64% 13 9 2 328 16 6 73% 14 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 20 0
1994 26 NYY AL 692 167 11 3 24 0 9 21 3 13 11 35 18 4 51% 8 8 4 260 13 7 65% 10 7 3 0 0 0 5 4 25 0
1995 27 TOT AL 842 209 24 2 14 0 10 12 2 7 7 46 26 3 57% 16 1 1 316 15 9 63% 12 7 3 2 0 0 5 4 9 0
1995 27 CHW AL 474 116 15 2 10 0 6 8 2 4 6 25 14 1 56% 9 0 1 179 10 8 56% 8 6 2 2 0 0 3 3 3 0
1995 27 CAL AL 368 93 9 0 4 0 4 4 0 3 1 21 12 2 57% 7 1 0 137 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 0
1996 28 CAL AL 654 171 15 1 23 2 23 11 12 14 9 50 32 7 64% 10 13 1 243 16 8 67% 13 5 3 3 0 0 3 3 28 0
1998 30 CHW AL 134 35 11 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 10 4 2 40% 0 0 0 48 8 2 80% 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
1999 31 MIL NL 394 110 9 2 14 1 10 11 3 5 9 18 10 3 56% 9 7 1 156 15 7 68% 10 7 5 0 0 0 6 6 9 0
10 Yrs 7211 1779 337 26 154 4 141 125 29 84 70 373 208 45 56% 101 53 19 2675 153 78 66% 119 69 34 8 0 1 29 23 163 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1989 21 12 12 .500 3.92 29 29 0 4 2 0 181.1 190 95 79 13 74 3 115 4 2 8 788 98 1.456 9.4 0.6 3.7 5.7 1.55 98
1990 22 22 26 .458 4.24 62 62 0 8 3 0 393.0 436 211 185 29 146 9 220 9 5 12 1713 90 1.481 10.0 0.7 3.3 5.0 1.51 90
1991 23 40 37 .519 3.72 96 96 0 13 4 0 636.0 658 296 263 43 219 15 378 14 9 13 2715 106 1.379 9.3 0.6 3.1 5.3 1.73 106
1992 24 47 52 .475 3.49 125 125 0 20 4 0 847.0 866 369 328 55 287 18 508 18 9 15 3589 113 1.361 9.2 0.6 3.0 5.4 1.77 113
1993 25 58 66 .468 3.66 157 157 0 24 5 0 1061.0 1087 484 432 77 360 22 603 21 9 24 4495 109 1.364 9.2 0.7 3.1 5.1 1.68 109
1994 26 67 74 .475 3.78 181 181 0 26 5 0 1221.1 1254 572 513 101 424 23 693 23 10 32 5187 107 1.374 9.2 0.7 3.1 5.1 1.63 107
1995 27 78 82 .488 3.77 211 211 0 30 6 0 1418.1 1463 665 594 115 488 24 779 25 10 33 6029 110 1.376 9.3 0.7 3.1 4.9 1.60 110
1996 28 80 100 .444 4.11 238 234 2 31 6 0 1560.1 1634 793 712 138 566 27 837 29 11 46 6683 102 1.410 9.4 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.48 102
1997 29 80 100 .444 4.11 238 234 2 31 6 0 1560.1 1634 793 712 138 566 27 837 29 11 46 6683 102 1.410 9.4 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.48 102
1998 30 85 100 .459 4.12 243 239 2 31 6 0 1592.0 1669 809 728 140 578 27 851 30 11 46 6817 102 1.411 9.4 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.47 102
1999 31 87 108 .446 4.25 263 254 5 31 6 0 1674.0 1779 880 791 154 620 30 888 32 11 53 7211 99 1.433 9.6 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.43 99

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1989 21 7 11 .389 4.71 168.0 201 98 88 14 78 107 4 1.661 10.8 4.2 5.7 1.37 0.8 29
1990 22 7 14 .333 5.57 194.0 262 133 120 17 77 96 5 1.747 12.2 3.6 4.5 1.25 0.8 33
1991 23 15 10 .600 3.19 231.0 228 91 82 14 75 150 5 1.312 8.9 2.9 5.8 2.00 0.5 34
1992 24 12 9 .571 3.29 194.0 218 79 71 13 71 119 4 1.490 10.1 3.3 5.5 1.68 0.6 29
1993 25 9 13 .409 4.84 201.0 225 120 108 22 74 89 3 1.488 10.1 3.3 4.0 1.20 1.0 32
1994 26 11 13 .458 4.46 220.0 231 121 109 33 89 123 3 1.455 9.5 3.6 5.0 1.38 1.4 24
1995 27 12 11 .522 3.64 215.0 230 97 87 15 70 94 2 1.395 9.6 2.9 3.9 1.34 0.6 30
1996 28 4 11 .267 6.91 138.0 162 118 106 22 74 56 4 1.710 10.6 4.8 3.7 0.76 1.4 27
1998 30 1 2 .333 4.66 29.0 34 17 15 2 12 13 1 1.586 10.6 3.7 4.0 1.08 0.6 5
1999 31 3 6 .333 6.07 83.0 104 62 56 13 40 37 2 1.735 11.3 4.3 4.0 0.93 1.4 20
10 Yrs 81 100 .448 4.53 1673.0 1895 936 842 165 660 884 33 1.527 10.2 4.8 1.34 0.9 263

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2005 BBWAA ( 2.5%)

Awards (yr lg award)
1995 ML Hutch Award

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1991 AL (3, 19%)
0.19 Career Shares (157th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1991 AL  7.4 (3rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1991 AL  7.4 (2nd)
1992 AL  5.4 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1991 AL  2.89 (4th)
1992 AL  2.77 (5th)
1995 AL  3.70 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1991 AL  18 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1991 AL  243.0 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1990 AL  33 (8th)
1991 AL  34 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1992 AL  7 (8th)
1995 AL  4 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1989 AL  2 (7th)
1993 AL  1 (10th)
1995 AL  1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1994 AL  24 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1990 AL  246 (1st)
1991 AL  222 (10th)
1995 AL  209 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1991 AL  0.519 (5th)
1992 AL  0.512 (8th)
1995 AL  0.640 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1990 AL  14 (8th)
1992 AL  15 (3rd)
1993 AL  14 (4th)
1996 AL  18 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1990 AL  106 (3rd)
1993 AL  104 (10th)
1996 AL  118 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1996 AL  13 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1991 AL  1,002 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1991 AL  142 (4th)
1992 AL  144 (5th)
1995 AL  124 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1991 AL  33 (4th)
1992 AL  28 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1991 AL  3.5 (4th)
1992 AL  3.0 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1991 AL  36.32 (4th)
1992 AL  25.82 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1991 AL  3.5 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1991 AL  3.5 (3rd)
1992 AL  2.5 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1991 AL  3.9 (4th)
1992 AL  2.8 (9th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 28 (847), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Jim Deshaies (956)
  2. Steve Trout (953)
  3. Steve Hargan (951)
  4. Andy Hawkins (947)
  5. Sheriff Blake (942)
  6. Tim Leary (942)
  7. Doug Davis (940)
  8. Rick Waits (940)
  9. Lloyd Brown (938)
  10. Frank Castillo (935)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Brett Anderson (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jerry Reuss (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Trevor Cahill (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave McNally (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Kaat (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Underwood (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Billy Hoeft (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Clancy (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Steve Trout (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Steve Trachsel (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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