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Brian Anderson

Brian James Anderson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 26, 1972 in Portsmouth, VA
High School: Geneva (Geneva, OH)
School: Wright State University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed July 30, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1993
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Royals/Indians/Angels 1993-2005

Final Game: May 8, 2005
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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:59PM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #918. Johnny Cueto… #919. Dave Veres… #920. Bill Wight… #921. BRIAN ANDERSON… #922. Bob Bruce… #923. Scott Bankhead… #924. Greg Harris…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #918. Johnny Cueto… #919. Dave Veres… #920. Bill Wight… #921. BRIAN ANDERSON… #922. Bob Bruce… #923. Scott Bankhead… #924. Greg Harris…

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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
1993	21	ANA-min	AA,AAA	0	2	.000	7.23	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.2	29	17	15	5	6	0	11	1	1	1	89		1.875	14.0	2.4	2.9	5.3	1.83	MDL,VAN · TL,PCL
1993	21	CAL	AL	0	0		3.97	4	1	3	0	0	0	11.1	11	5	5	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	45	117	1.147	8.7	0.8	1.6	3.2	2.00
1994	22	ANA-min	A+	0	1	.000	3.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	6	4	4	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	42		0.500	4.5	0.8	0.0	6.8		LEL · CALL
1994	22	CAL	AL	7	5	.583	5.22	18	18	0	0	0	0	101.2	120	63	59	13	27	0	47	5	5	5	441	93	1.446	10.6	1.2	2.4	4.2	1.74	RoY-6
1995	23	ANA-min	A+	1	1	.500	1.93	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	10	3	3	0	1	0	13	0	0	1	51		0.786	6.4	0.0	0.6	8.4	13.00	LEL · CALL
1995	23	CAL	AL	6	8	.429	5.87	18	17	0	1	0	0	99.2	110	66	65	24	30	2	45	3	3	1	433	80	1.405	9.9	2.2	2.7	4.1	1.50
1996	24	CLE-min	AAA	11	5	.688	3.59	19	19	0	2	0	0	128.0	125	57	51	14	28	0	85	2	3	4	531		1.195	8.8	1.0	2.0	6.0	3.04	BFL · AA
1996	24	CLE	AL	3	1	.750	4.91	10	9	0	0	0	0	51.1	58	29	28	9	14	1	21	0	0	2	215	100	1.403	10.2	1.6	2.5	3.7	1.50
1997	25	CLE-min	AAA	7	1	.875	3.05	15	15	0	1	1	0	85.2	78	33	29	13	15	0	60	1	1	1	348		1.086	8.2	1.4	1.6	6.3	4.00	BFL · AA
1997	25	CLE	AL	4	2	.667	4.69	8	8	0	0	0	0	48.0	55	28	25	7	11	0	22	0	0	1	199	100	1.375	10.3	1.3	2.1	4.1	2.00
1998	26	ARI	NL	12	13	.480	4.33	32	32	0	2	1	0	208.0	221	109	100	39	24	2	95	4	6	3	845	97	1.178	9.6	1.7	*1.0*	4.1	3.96
1999	27	ARI-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.40	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	9	5	4	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	30		1.500	12.2	1.4	1.4	10.8	8.00	TUC · PCL
1999	27	ARI	NL	8	2	.800	4.57	31	19	4	2	1	1	130.0	144	69	66	18	28	3	75	1	2	0	549	101	1.323	10.0	1.2	1.9	5.2	2.68
2000	28	ARI	NL	11	7	.611	4.05	33	32	0	2	0	0	213.1	226	101	96	38	39	7	104	3	4	1	876	118	1.242	9.5	1.6	1.6	4.4	2.67
2001	29	ARI-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	44		0.750	5.2	0.0	1.5	6.0	4.00	TUC · PCL
2001	29	ARI	NL	4	9	.308	5.20	29	22	1	1	0	0	133.1	156	93	77	25	30	2	55	1	1	2	571	90	1.395	10.5	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.83
2002	30	ARI	NL	6	11	.353	4.79	35	24	1	0	0	0	156.0	174	86	83	23	32	3	81	1	5	2	659	96	1.321	10.0	1.3	1.8	4.7	2.53
2003	31	TOT	AL	14	11	.560	3.78	32	31	0	2	1	0	197.2	212	110	83	27	43	3	87	4	1	3	821	120	1.290	9.7	1.2	2.0	4.0	2.02
2003	31	CLE	AL	9	10	.474	3.71	25	24	0	0	0	0	148.0	162	88	61	21	32	3	72	4	1	2	623	119	1.311	9.9	1.3	1.9	4.4	2.25
2003	31	KCR	AL	5	1	.833	3.99	7	7	0	2	1	0	49.2	50	22	22	6	11	0	15	0	0	1	198	123	1.228	9.1	1.1	2.0	2.7	1.36
2004	32	KCR	AL	6	12	.333	5.64	35	26	2	2	1	0	166.0	217	123	104	33	53	4	70	1	0	2	745	85	1.627	11.8	1.8	2.9	3.8	1.32
2005	33	KCR-min	AAA,AA	0	0		7.94	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.2	8	6	5	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	28		1.588	12.7	3.2	1.6	6.4	4.00	OMA,WCH · PCL,TL
2005	33	KCR	AL	1	2	.333	6.75	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.2	39	24	23	7	4	1	17	0	1	0	133	66	1.402	11.4	2.1	1.2	5.0	4.25
13 Seasons				82	83	.497	4.74	291	245	11	12	4	1	1547.0	1743	906	814	264	337	28	723	23	28	22	6532	98	1.345	10.1	1.5	2.0	4.2	2.15
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.497	4.74	37	31	1	2	1	0	196	221	115	103	33	43	4	92	3	4	3	829	98	1.345	10.1	1.5	2.0	4.2	2.15

ARI (5 yrs)				41	42	.494	4.52	160	129	6	7	2	1	840.2	921	458	422	143	153	17	410	10	18	8	3500	101	1.278	9.9	1.5	1.6	4.4	2.68
KCR (3 yrs)				12	15	.444	5.44	48	39	2	4	2	0	246.1	306	169	149	46	68	5	102	1	1	3	1076	88	1.518	11.2	1.7	2.5	3.7	1.50
CLE (3 yrs)				16	13	.552	4.15	43	41	0	0	0	0	247.1	275	145	114	37	57	4	115	4	1	5	1037	110	1.342	10.0	1.3	2.1	4.2	2.02
CAL (3 yrs)				13	13	.500	5.46	40	36	3	1	0	0	212.2	241	134	129	38	59	2	96	8	8	6	919	87	1.411	10.2	1.6	2.5	4.1	1.63

AL (8 yrs)			AL	41	41	.500	4.99	131	116	5	5	2	0	706.1	822	448	392	121	184	11	313	13	10	14	3032	94	1.424	10.5	1.5	2.3	4.0	1.70
NL (5 yrs)			NL	41	42	.494	4.52	160	129	6	7	2	1	840.2	921	458	422	143	153	17	410	10	18	8	3500	101	1.278	9.9	1.5	1.6	4.4	2.68

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1993	21	CAL	AL	11.1	1	5	8	0	.5	3	0.2	$109,000
1994	22	CAL	AL	101.2	18	63	73	1	.9	10	0.8	$120,000	RoY-6
1995	23	CAL	AL	99.2	17	66	65	2	.8	-1	-0.1	$135,000
1996	24	CLE	AL	51.1	9	29	38	-1	1.0	9	0.8	$
1997	25	CLE	AL	48.0	8	28	31	0	1.0	3	0.3	$
1998	26	ARI	NL	208.0	32	100	123	3	.9	23	2.2	$775,000
1999	27	ARI	NL	130.0	19	69	82	4	.8	13	1.1	$1,800,000
2000	28	ARI	NL	213.1	32	101	144	2	1.0	43	3.9	$2,250,000
2001	29	ARI	NL	133.1	22	93	85	6	.9	-8	-0.8	$4,125,000
2002	30	ARI	NL	156.0	24	86	103	-1	.9	17	1.4	$5,375,000
2003	31	CLE	AL	148.0	24	88	91	1	1.0	3	0.2	$1,500,000
2003	31	KCR	AL	49.2	7	22	34	-1	.9	12	1.1	$
2004	32	KCR	AL	166.0	26	123	126	-8	.8	3	0.2	$3,250,000
2005	33	KCR	AL	30.2	6	24	21	-2	.9	-3	-0.3	$3,250,000
13 Seasons				1547.0	245	897	1024	6	.9	127	11.0	$22,689,000

ARI (5 yrs)				840.2	129	449	537	14	.9	88	7.8	$14,325,000
KCR (3 yrs)				246.1	39	169	181	-11	.8	12	1.0	$6,500,000
CLE (3 yrs)				247.1	41	145	160	0	1.0	15	1.3	$1,500,000
CAL (3 yrs)				212.2	36	134	146	3	.8	12	0.9	$364,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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
1997	25	CLE	AL	ALCS	W	BAL	1	0	1.000	1.42	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	1	1	1	0	3	1	7	0	0	0	24	0.632	1.4	0.0	4.3	9.9	2.33
1997	25	CLE	AL	WS	L	FLA	0	0		2.45	3	0	1	0	0	1	3.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	0.545	4.9	0.0	0.0	4.9

1999	27	ARI	NL	NLDS	L	NYM	0	0		2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	28	1.000	9.0	1.3	0.0	5.1

2001	29	ARI	NL	NLDS	W	STL	0	0		2.25	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	16	0.750	6.8	2.3	0.0	6.8
2001	29	ARI	NL	NLCS	W	ATL	1	0	1.000	2.70	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	1.500	10.8	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.00
2001	29	ARI	NL	WS	W	NYY	0	1	.000	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	5	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	24	1.500	8.4	1.7	5.1	1.7	0.33
3 Seasons (6 Series)							2	1	.667	2.43	11	2	2	0	0	1	29.2	22	8	8	3	7	1	17	1	0	1	119	0.978	6.7	0.9	2.1	5.2	2.43
2 NLDS							0	0		2.45	3	1	0	0	0	0	11.0	10	3	3	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	44	0.909	8.2	1.6	0.0	5.7
1 NLCS							1	0	1.000	2.70	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	1.500	10.8	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.00
1 ALCS							1	0	1.000	1.42	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	1	1	1	0	3	1	7	0	0	0	24	0.632	1.4	0.0	4.3	9.9	2.33
2 WS							0	1	.000	3.00	4	1	1	0	0	1	9.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	37	1.111	7.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1993	21	ANA-min	AA,AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MDL,VAN · TL,PCL
1993	21	CAL	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1994	22	ANA-min	A+	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LEL · CALL
1994	22	CAL	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	RoY-6
1995	23	ANA-min	A+	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LEL · CALL
1995	23	CAL	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	24	CLE-min	AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BFL · AA
1996	24	CLE	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	25	CLE-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BFL · AA
1997	25	CLE	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1998	26	ARI	NL	35	75	66	6	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	19	.106	.145	.106	.251	-32	7	1	0	6	0	0	1
1999	27	ARI-min	AAA	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1	0	0	1	0	0	TUC · PCL
1999	27	ARI	NL	32	42	38	4	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	10	.132	.171	.263	.434	7	10	1	0	1	1	0	1
2000	28	ARI	NL	37	81	69	4	13	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	10	.188	.194	.232	.426	5	16	1	0	9	2	0	1
2001	29	ARI-min	AAA	2	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1	0	0	0	1	0	TUC · PCL
2001	29	ARI	NL	33	37	37	1	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	9	.135	.135	.216	.351	-14	8	2	0	0	0	0	1
2002	30	ARI	NL	38	49	43	0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	9	.116	.136	.186	.322	-19	8	0	1	5	0	0	1
2003	31	TOT	AL	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	31	CLE	AL	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	31	KCR	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	32	KCR	AL	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2005	33	KCR-min	AA,AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
2005	33	KCR	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
13 Seasons				308	288	255	15	35	5	3	1	10	2	0	7	57	.137	.162	.192	.354	-11	49	5	1	22	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	151	134	8	18	3	2	1	5	1	0	4	30	.137	.162	.192	.354	-11	26	3	1	12	2	0

ARI (5 yrs)				175	284	253	15	35	5	3	1	10	2	0	6	57	.138	.160	.194	.353	-11	49	5	1	21	3	0
KCR (3 yrs)				48	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
CLE (3 yrs)				45	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	52	0	0	0	0	0	0
CAL (3 yrs)				40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (8 yrs)				133	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
NL (5 yrs)				175	284	253	15	35	5	3	1	10	2	0	6	57	.138	.160	.194	.353	-11	49	5	1	21	3	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1998	26	ARI	NL	75	-13	0	-1	0	0	8	2	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$775,000	1
1999	27	ARI	NL	42	-6	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,800,000	1
2000	28	ARI	NL	81	-10	0	-1	1	0	9	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$2,250,000	1
2001	29	ARI	NL	37	-6	-1	-1	0	0	4	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$4,125,000	1
2002	30	ARI	NL	49	-7	0	-1	1	0	5	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$5,375,000	1
2003	31	CLE	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,500,000	1
2004	32	KCR	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$3,250,000	1
7 Seasons				288	-42	-1	-4	2	0	31	7	-7	-0.7	-7	-0.7	0.0	$19,075,000

ARI (5 yrs)				284	-42	-1	-4	2	0	31	7	-7	-0.7	-7	-0.7	0.0	$14,325,000
KCR (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$3,250,000
CLE (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,500,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1997	25	CLE	AL	WS	FLA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1999	27	ARI	NL	NLDS	NYM	L	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

2001	29	ARI	NL	NLDS	STL	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2001	29	ARI	NL	NLCS	ATL	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (4 Series)							5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLDS							3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1993	CAL	AL	21	P	4			11.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000			0.79	0.25	.950	1.75	1.78
1994	CAL	AL	22	P	18			101.2	17	6	10	1	0	.941			1.42	0.89	.956	1.72	1.71					RoY-6
1995	CAL	AL	23	P	18			99.2	22	4	16	2	0	.909			1.81	1.11	.960	1.79	1.77
1996	CLE	AL	24	P	10			51.1	18	3	13	2	1	.889			2.81	1.60	.960	1.77	1.76
1997	CLE	AL	25	P	8			48.0	11	0	11	0	0	1.000			2.06	1.38	.955	1.71	1.69
1998	ARI	NL	26	P	32			208.0	59	11	46	2	4	.966			2.47	1.78	.961	1.85	1.84
1999	ARI	NL	27	P	31			130.0	48	10	36	2	1	.958			3.18	1.48	.951	1.72	1.71
2000	ARI	NL	28	P	33			213.1	61	13	47	1	4	.984			2.53	1.82	.962	1.74	1.72
2001	ARI	NL	29	P	29			133.1	43	9	32	2	2	.953			2.77	1.41	.959	1.75	1.73
2002	ARI	NL	30	P	35			156.0	43	5	36	2	4	.953			2.37	1.17	.963	1.83	1.81
2003	TOT	AL	31	P	32	31	2	197.2	47	8	37	2	2	.957	8	8	2.05	1.41	.957	1.73	1.71	1	8	89%	5
2003	CLE	AL	31	P	25	24	0	148.0	37	6	30	1	2	.973	7	9	2.19	1.44	.957	1.73	1.71	1	7	88%	4
2003	KCR	AL	31	P	7	7	2	49.2	10	2	7	1	0	.900	1	4	1.63	1.29	.957	1.74	1.71	0	1	100%	1
2004	KCR	AL	32	P	35			166.0	31	5	24	2	2	.935	4	5	1.57	0.83	.948	1.66	1.65
2005	KCR	AL	33	P	6			30.2	6	2	4	0	1	1.000	-1	-7	1.76	1.00	.953	1.70	1.68
	13 Seasons			P	291	31	2	1547.0	407	76	313	18	21	.956	11	5	2.26	1.34	.958	1.75	1.74	1	8	89%	5
	13 Seasons			TOT	291	31	2	1547.0	407	76	313	18	21	.956	11	33	2.26	1.34	.958	1.75	1.74	1	8	89%	5

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1998 NL 1.178 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1998 NL 1.039 (1st) 2000 NL 1.645 (2nd) 2003 AL 1.958 (6th) Career 1.961 (80th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2004 AL 2 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1999 NL 1 (8th) 2003 AL 1 (6th) 2004 AL 1 (4th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1995 AL 24 (8th) 1998 NL 39 (1st) 2000 NL 38 (2nd) 2004 AL 33 (5th) Career 264 (77th)	Hits s c a p y 2000 NL 226 (8th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1998 NL 3.958 (7th) Career 2.145 (204th)	Assists as P s c a p y 1998 NL 46 (4th) 2000 NL 47 (2nd)
Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1999 NL 3.18 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 2000 NL 1.82 (4th)	Youngest s c a p y 1993 AL born 1972-04-26 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1143), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Pitchers

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Jeff Francis (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Francis (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Francis (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Clark (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sterling Hitchcock (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Mulholland (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 30, 1993.
February 15, 1996: Traded by the California Angels to the Cleveland Indians for Jason Grimsley and Pep Harris.
November 18, 1997: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Cleveland Indians as the 2nd pick in the 1997 expansion draft.
October 28, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
December 23, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
August 25, 2003: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with a player to be named later to the Kansas City Royals for Kieran Mattison (minors), Trey Dyson (minors) and cash. The Cleveland Indians sent Chris White (minors) (November 6, 2003) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.
October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
December 1, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
February 7, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1993	21	California Angels	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	22	California Angels	$120,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	23	California Angels	$135,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $15,000 earned bonus

1998	26	Arizona Diamondbacks	$775,000	11/23/98 USA Today	Includes $75,000 earned bonus
1999	27	Arizona Diamondbacks	$1,800,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	28	Arizona Diamondbacks	$2,250,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	29	Arizona Diamondbacks	$4,125,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	30	Arizona Diamondbacks	$5,375,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	31	Cleveland Indians	$1,500,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	32	Kansas City Royals	$3,250,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	33	Kansas City Royals	$3,250,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$22,689,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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