Jim Acker
James Justin Acker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 212 lb.

Born: September 24, 1958 in Freer, TX
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1983
Final Game: June 14, 1992
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Standard Pitching

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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
1983 24 TOR AL 5 1 .833 4.33 38 5 8 0 0 1 97.2 103 52 47 7 38 1 44 8 0 1 426 100 1.444 9.5 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.16
1984 25 TOR AL 3 5 .375 4.38 32 3 9 0 0 1 72.0 79 39 35 3 25 3 33 6 0 5 312 94 1.444 9.9 0.4 3.1 4.1 1.32
1985 26 TOR AL 7 2 .778 3.23 61 0 26 0 0 10 86.1 86 35 31 7 43 1 42 3 0 2 370 132 1.494 9.0 0.7 4.5 4.4 0.98
1986 27 TOT MLB 5 12 .294 4.01 44 19 9 0 0 0 155.0 163 81 69 13 48 6 69 3 1 5 661 102 1.361 9.5 0.8 2.8 4.0 1.44
1986 27 TOR AL 2 4 .333 4.35 23 5 6 0 0 0 60.0 63 34 29 6 22 3 32 2 1 3 259 98 1.417 9.5 0.9 3.3 4.8 1.45
1986 27 ATL NL 3 8 .273 3.79 21 14 3 0 0 0 95.0 100 47 40 7 26 3 37 1 0 2 402 104 1.326 9.5 0.7 2.5 3.5 1.42
1987 28 ATL NL 4 9 .308 4.16 68 0 41 0 0 14 114.2 109 57 53 11 51 4 68 4 0 1 491 104 1.395 8.6 0.9 4.0 5.3 1.33
1988 29 ATL NL 0 4 .000 4.71 21 1 7 0 0 0 42.0 45 26 22 6 14 3 25 1 0 2 184 78 1.405 9.6 1.3 3.0 5.4 1.79
1989 30 TOT MLB 2 7 .222 2.43 73 0 26 0 0 2 126.0 108 36 34 6 32 11 92 2 0 3 499 150 1.111 7.7 0.4 2.3 6.6 2.88
1989 30 ATL NL 0 6 .000 2.67 59 0 23 0 0 2 97.2 84 29 29 5 20 8 68 1 0 2 383 136 1.065 7.7 0.5 1.8 6.3 3.40
1989 30 TOR AL 2 1 .667 1.59 14 0 3 0 0 0 28.1 24 7 5 1 12 3 24 1 0 1 116 230 1.271 7.6 0.3 3.8 7.6 2.00
1990 31 TOR AL 4 4 .500 3.83 59 0 19 0 0 1 91.2 103 49 39 9 30 5 54 3 1 4 403 107 1.451 10.1 0.9 2.9 5.3 1.80
1991 32 TOR AL 3 5 .375 5.20 54 4 11 0 0 1 88.1 77 53 51 16 36 5 44 2 0 7 374 81 1.279 7.8 1.6 3.7 4.5 1.22
1992 33 SEA AL 0 0 5.28 17 0 3 0 0 0 30.2 45 19 18 4 12 1 11 0 0 1 148 75 1.859 13.2 1.2 3.5 3.2 0.92
10 Seasons 33 49 .402 3.97 467 32 159 0 0 30 904.1 918 447 399 82 329 40 482 32 2 31 3868 103 1.379 9.1 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.47
162 Game Avg. 4 7 .402 3.97 64 4 22 0 0 4 123 125 61 54 11 45 5 66 4 0 4 527 103 1.379 9.1 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.47
TOR (7 yrs) 26 22 .542 4.07 281 17 82 0 0 14 524.1 535 269 237 49 206 21 273 25 2 23 2260 103 1.413 9.2 0.8 3.5 4.7 1.33
ATL (4 yrs) 7 27 .206 3.71 169 15 74 0 0 16 349.1 338 159 144 29 111 18 198 7 0 7 1460 107 1.285 8.7 0.7 2.9 5.1 1.78
SEA (1 yr) 0 0 5.28 17 0 3 0 0 0 30.2 45 19 18 4 12 1 11 0 0 1 148 75 1.859 13.2 1.2 3.5 3.2 0.92
AL (8 yrs) 26 22 .542 4.14 298 17 85 0 0 14 555.0 580 288 255 53 218 22 284 25 2 24 2408 101 1.438 9.4 0.9 3.5 4.6 1.30
NL (4 yrs) 7 27 .206 3.71 169 15 74 0 0 16 349.1 338 159 144 29 111 18 198 7 0 7 1460 107 1.285 8.7 0.7 2.9 5.1 1.78

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1985 26 TOR AL ALCS L KCR 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 21 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 7.5
1989 30 TOR AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 1.42 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 25 0.789 5.7 0.0 1.4 5.7 4.00
1991 32 TOR AL ALCS L MIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 0.69 8 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 7 2 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 0 49 0.615 4.8 0.0 0.7 6.9 10.00
3 ALCS 0 0 0.69 8 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 7 2 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 0 49 0.615 4.8 0.0 0.7 6.9 10.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1983 24 TOR AL 38 426 377 52 103 23 1 7 7 4 38 44 .273 .351 .395 .746 .293 149 17 8 1 2 1
1984 25 TOR AL 32 312 276 39 79 14 1 3 3 3 25 33 .286 .357 .377 .734 .315 104 14 6 4 1 3
1985 26 TOR AL 61 370 321 35 86 8 2 7 4 3 43 42 .268 .358 .371 .728 .288 119 16 3 1 2 1
1986 27 ATL NL 21 402 365 47 100 14 4 7 10 5 26 37 .274 .321 .392 .712 .286 143 8 1 6 4 3
1986 27 TOR AL 23 259 224 34 63 12 1 6 8 3 22 32 .281 .344 .424 .768 .298 95 6 2 6 5 3
1986 27 TOT MLB 44 661 589 81 163 26 5 13 18 8 48 69 .277 .330 .404 .734 .291 238 14 3 12 9 6
1987 28 ATL NL 68 491 430 57 109 21 1 11 13 4 51 68 .253 .336 .384 .720 .277 165 16 4 3 3 4
1988 29 ATL NL 21 184 161 26 45 5 1 6 9 2 14 25 .280 .335 .435 .770 .293 70 2 1 5 3 3
1989 30 ATL NL 59 383 354 29 84 14 2 5 5 7 20 68 .237 .278 .331 .608 .278 117 7 1 5 3 8
1989 30 TOR AL 14 116 102 7 24 8 0 1 1 2 12 24 .235 .322 .343 .665 .299 35 2 1 1 0 3
1989 30 TOT MLB 73 499 456 36 108 22 2 6 6 9 32 92 .237 .288 .333 .621 .283 152 9 2 6 3 11
1990 31 TOR AL 59 403 366 49 103 21 1 9 6 7 30 54 .281 .340 .418 .758 .309 153 6 3 3 1 5
1991 32 TOR AL 54 373 323 53 77 10 1 16 10 3 36 44 .238 .314 .424 .738 .228 137 5 2 7 5 5
1992 33 SEA AL 17 148 133 19 45 11 0 4 1 1 12 11 .338 .388 .511 .899 .342 68 1 0 1 2 1
10 Seasons 467 3867 3432 447 918 161 15 82 77 44 329 482 .267 .334 .395 .729 .288 1355 100 32 43 31 40
162 Game Avg. 64 527 468 61 125 22 2 11 10 6 45 66 .267 .334 .395 .729 .288 185 14 4 6 4 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1983 24 TOR AL 38 5 3 0 2 2 0 4 1 .800 1 1 0 0 1 20% 41 60 23 16 4 1 3 10.3 12.7 5.0
1984 25 TOR AL 32 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 46 67 20 15 11 1 2 2.9 1.2 4.8
1986 27 TOT MLB 44 19 3 10 6 0 5 5 14 .263 2 2 0 0 11 58% 51 73 22 17 6 3 8 2.7 2.5 6.0
1986 27 TOR AL 23 5 0 2 3 0 2 1 4 .200 1 1 0 0 3 60% 54 73 27 10 4 1 3 3.1 2.6 5.7
1986 27 ATL NL 21 14 3 8 3 0 3 4 10 .286 1 1 0 0 8 57% 50 68 22 7 2 2 5 2.5 2.4 6.1
1988 29 ATL NL 21 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 52 52 52 8 2 1 0 0.0 0.0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 32 TOR AL 54 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39 52 22 21 9 3 0 5.3 5.4 5.1 84 2 1 1 0 102
5 Seasons 189 32 7 14 11 3 5 10 22 .313 3 3 0 0 13 41% 48 73 20 77 32 9 13 4.1 3.9 5.6 84 2 1 1 0 102
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1983 24 TOR AL 38 33 8 2 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 38 19 50% 5 0.660 7 4 21 6 1 26 23 10 25 3 25 5 6.6
1984 25 TOR AL 32 29 9 3 4 3 1 2 33% 4 1 32 15 47% 8 0.915 7 5 15 7 3 19 16 13 19 4 21 2 6.0
1985 26 TOR AL 61 61 26 7 2 13 10 3 77% 27 12 56 14 25% 7 1.255 28 16 17 34 11 16 32 29 26 19 33 14 4.2
1986 27 TOT MLB 44 25 9 2 2 3 0 3 0% 3 0 21 8 38% 1.034 6 7 12 3 2 20 13 12 16 6 16 4 4.8
1986 27 TOR AL 23 18 6 2 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 17 6 35% 7 1.080 6 6 6 2 2 14 10 8 12 4 12 2 5.2
1986 27 ATL NL 21 7 3 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 2 50% 5 1.005 0 1 6 1 0 6 3 4 4 2 4 2 3.9
1987 28 ATL NL 68 68 41 4 9 16 14 2 88% 21 5 56 20 36% 8 1.104 29 9 30 24 12 32 28 40 41 11 42 19 5.1
1988 29 ATL NL 21 20 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 6 0.872 3 5 11 0 4 16 3 17 13 2 13 2 5.6 28
1989 30 TOT MLB 73 73 26 2 7 5 2 3 40% 18 13 44 12 27% 0.955 23 16 34 23 8 42 24 49 50 7 51 21 5.2 24
1989 30 ATL NL 59 59 23 0 6 5 2 3 40% 13 8 34 11 32% 7 0.835 17 11 31 16 4 39 18 41 39 6 39 20 5.0 22
1989 30 TOR AL 14 14 3 2 1 0 0 0 5 5 10 1 10% 6 1.352 6 5 3 7 4 3 6 8 11 1 12 1 6.1 31
1990 31 TOR AL 59 59 19 4 4 3 1 2 33% 10 7 41 16 39% 8 0.860 14 16 28 22 7 30 21 38 29 11 31 8 4.7 24
1991 32 TOR AL 54 50 11 2 3 3 1 2 33% 10 6 31 14 45% 8 0.990 16 13 21 12 7 31 17 33 21 14 21 10 4.1 20
1992 33 SEA AL 17 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 8 62% 6 0.258 1 2 13 2 1 14 7 10 10 3 10 3 5.4 28
10 Seasons 467 435 159 26 35 48 30 18 63% 97 46 339 129 38% 0.943 134 93 202 133 56 246 184 251 250 80 263 88 5.0 24

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1983 24 TOR AL 426 43% 1.6% 10.3% 8.9% 7.3% 30% 2.39 77% 92 17 18%
1984 25 TOR AL 312 48% 1.0% 10.6% 8.0% 5.8% 23% 2.00 77% 61 14 23%
1985 26 TOR AL 370 46% 1.9% 11.4% 11.6% 4.6% 20% 1.90 74% 92 16 17%
1986 27 TOT MLB 661 56% 2.0% 10.4% 7.3% 6.7% 27% 1.80 78% 125 14 11%
1986 27 TOR AL 259 49% 2.3% 12.4% 8.5% 7.3% 30% 1.59 74% 46 6 13%
1986 27 ATL NL 402 61% 1.7% 9.2% 6.5% 6.2% 25% 1.94 81% 79 8 10%
1987 28 ATL NL 491 54% 2.2% 13.9% 10.4% 6.7% 30% 1.63 72% 86 16 19%
1988 29 ATL NL 184 47% 3.3% 13.6% 7.6% 6.5% 27% 1.11 1.27 72% 15% 15.0% 38% 24 2 8%
1989 30 TOT MLB 499 49% 1.2% 18.4% 6.4% 6.0% 28% 1.19 1.69 72% 18% 4.3% 16% 75 9 12%
1989 30 ATL NL 383 52% 1.3% 17.8% 5.2% 5.5% 25% 1.27 1.70 74% 15% 4.6% 14% 60 7 12%
1989 30 TOR AL 116 41% 0.9% 20.7% 10.3% 7.8% 38% 0.95 1.64 66% 28% 3.1% 20% 15 2 13%
1990 31 TOR AL 403 41% 2.2% 13.4% 7.4% 7.7% 30% 1.03 1.18 75% 19% 7.1% 17% 76 6 8%
1991 32 TOR AL 374 40% 4.3% 11.8% 9.7% 7.2% 35% 0.92 1.20 72% 16% 13.1% 17% 51 5 10%
1992 33 SEA AL 148 43% 2.7% 7.4% 8.1% 10.1% 33% 0.77 1.16 81% 23% 6.3% 9% 30 1 3%
10 Seasons 3868 48% 2.1% 12.5% 8.5% 6.7% 28% 1.02 1.64 75% 18% 8.3% 18% 712 100 14%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1988 29 ATL NL 156 541 3.47 333 62% 22% 15% 26% 38% 78% 4% 48% 81% 65% 4% 7 1 21% 32 12 1 30% 6 3 28 0 0
1989 30 TOT MLB 479 1683 3.51 1055 63% 21% 18% 26% 34% 79% 6% 49% 76% 57% 7% 32 15 16% 79 44 2 19% 20 7 20 0 1
1989 30 ATL NL 373 1280 3.43 812 63% 21% 18% 26% 35% 79% 6% 50% 77% 58% 6% 24 11 16% 59 31 1 20% 15 5 10 0 1
1989 30 TOR AL 106 403 3.80 243 60% 22% 20% 28% 30% 78% 6% 47% 74% 54% 8% 8 4 19% 20 13 1 15% 5 2 10 0 0
1990 31 TOR AL 399 1388 3.48 834 60% 24% 16% 23% 37% 76% 2% 46% 79% 55% 6% 24 12 14% 55 23 2 24% 9 7 4 1 1
1991 32 TOR AL 374 1322 3.53 785 59% 27% 13% 23% 37% 73% 3% 43% 82% 51% 7% 26 17 14% 53 27 3 23% 4 6 0 0 0
1992 33 SEA AL 148 478 3.23 280 59% 24% 10% 21% 45% 76% 2% 45% 86% 55% 10% 15 9 15% 22 9 1 36% 3 5 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1556 5412 3.48 3287 61% 24% 16% 24% 37% 76% 4% 46% 80% 55% 7% 104 54 15% 241 115 9 23% 42 28 52 1 2
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1983 24 TOR AL 426 103 7 0 17 6 1 6 1 32 21 0 66% 8 1 3 177 7 4 64% 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0
1984 25 TOR AL 312 79 3 0 14 2 1 0 3 18 16 1 89% 5 5 1 116 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0
1985 26 TOR AL 370 86 7 0 9 5 2 4 3 13 8 1 62% 4 2 0 162 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1986 27 TOT MLB 661 163 13 2 16 5 8 7 6 51 29 5 57% 11 5 1 246 18 8 69% 16 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 19 0
1986 27 TOR AL 259 63 6 1 7 0 6 4 2 19 12 1 63% 3 3 1 103 8 3 73% 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1986 27 ATL NL 402 100 7 1 9 5 2 3 4 32 17 4 53% 8 2 0 143 10 5 67% 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1987 28 ATL NL 491 109 11 0 21 8 3 6 5 29 18 1 62% 3 1 1 194 13 4 76% 12 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 0
1988 29 ATL NL 184 45 5 0 6 0 3 4 2 5 1 9 5 1 56% 3 2 1 62 9 2 82% 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
1989 30 TOT MLB 499 108 13 1 6 0 15 3 3 3 3 35 15 5 43% 3 3 1 178 6 9 40% 6 6 0 1 0 2 3 1 12 0
1989 30 ATL NL 383 84 10 1 5 0 9 2 3 3 2 29 14 4 48% 3 2 1 138 5 7 42% 5 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 10 0
1989 30 TOR AL 116 24 3 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 6 1 1 17% 0 1 0 40 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0
1990 31 TOR AL 403 103 13 1 9 1 15 7 2 3 6 28 14 1 50% 7 4 1 155 6 7 46% 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1991 32 TOR AL 374 77 23 1 16 1 7 11 5 11 5 25 13 3 52% 6 7 0 117 10 3 77% 8 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 16 0
1992 33 SEA AL 148 45 14 2 4 2 5 2 2 2 2 14 8 0 57% 1 1 0 65 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 Seasons 3868 918 68 5 82 6 122 53 29 47 35 254 147 18 58% 51 31 9 1472 77 44 64% 70 33 7 7 0 4 7 3 91 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1983 24 5 1 .833 4.33 38 5 8 0 0 1 97.2 103 52 47 7 38 1 44 8 0 1 426 100 1.444 9.5 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.16 100
1984 25 8 6 .571 4.35 70 8 17 0 0 2 169.2 182 91 82 10 63 4 77 14 0 6 738 97 1.444 9.7 0.5 3.3 4.1 1.22 97
1985 26 15 8 .652 3.97 131 8 43 0 0 12 256.0 268 126 113 17 106 5 119 17 0 8 1108 107 1.461 9.4 0.6 3.7 4.2 1.12 107
1986 27 20 20 .500 3.99 175 27 52 0 0 12 411.0 431 207 182 30 154 11 188 20 1 13 1769 105 1.423 9.4 0.7 3.4 4.1 1.22 105
1987 28 24 29 .453 4.02 243 27 93 0 0 26 525.2 540 264 235 41 205 15 256 24 1 14 2260 105 1.417 9.2 0.7 3.5 4.4 1.25 105
1988 29 24 33 .421 4.07 264 28 100 0 0 26 567.2 585 290 257 47 219 18 281 25 1 16 2444 102 1.416 9.3 0.7 3.5 4.5 1.28 102
1989 30 26 40 .394 3.78 337 28 126 0 0 28 693.2 693 326 291 53 251 29 373 27 1 19 2943 108 1.361 9.0 0.7 3.3 4.8 1.49 108
1990 31 30 44 .405 3.78 396 28 145 0 0 29 785.1 796 375 330 62 281 34 427 30 2 23 3346 108 1.371 9.1 0.7 3.2 4.9 1.52 108
1991 32 33 49 .402 3.92 450 32 156 0 0 30 873.2 873 428 381 78 317 39 471 32 2 30 3720 104 1.362 9.0 0.8 3.3 4.9 1.49 104
1992 33 33 49 .402 3.97 467 32 159 0 0 30 904.1 918 447 399 82 329 40 482 32 2 31 3868 103 1.379 9.1 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.47 103

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1983 24 4 6 .400 4.45 93.0 102 51 46 7 38 42 8 1.505 9.9 3.7 4.1 1.11 0.7 38
1984 25 3 4 .429 4.84 67.0 79 40 36 3 25 31 6 1.552 10.6 3.4 4.2 1.24 0.4 32
1985 26 5 3 .625 3.49 80.0 85 34 31 7 42 39 3 1.588 9.6 4.7 4.4 0.93 0.8 61
1986 27 8 8 .500 4.17 149.0 163 77 69 13 48 66 3 1.416 9.8 2.9 4.0 1.38 0.8 44
1987 28 6 6 .500 3.97 111.0 105 54 49 11 49 66 4 1.387 8.5 4.0 5.4 1.35 0.9 68
1988 29 1 3 .250 5.18 40.0 47 26 23 6 15 24 1 1.550 10.6 3.4 5.4 1.60 1.4 21
1989 30 9 4 .692 2.82 118.0 111 41 37 6 33 86 2 1.220 8.5 2.5 6.6 2.61 0.5 73
1990 31 4 5 .444 4.19 88.0 106 46 41 9 31 52 3 1.557 10.8 3.2 5.3 1.68 0.9 59
1991 32 3 6 .333 5.51 85.0 79 58 52 16 37 42 2 1.365 8.4 3.9 4.4 1.14 1.7 54
1992 33 1 2 .333 6.21 29.0 48 22 20 4 13 10 0 2.103 14.9 4.0 3.1 0.77 1.2 17
10 Seasons 44 47 .484 4.23 860.0 925 449 404 82 331 458 32 1.460 9.7 4.8 1.38 0.9 467

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1987 NL  68 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 AL  8 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1987 NL  41 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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