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Steve Avery

Steven Thomas Avery

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 14, 1970 in Trenton, MI
High School: Kennedy HS (Taylor, MI)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1990
Teams (by GP): Braves/RedSox/Tigers/Reds 1990-2003
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: July 20, 2003
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All-Star

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
1990 20 ATL NL 3 11 .214 5.64 21 20 1 1 1 0 99.0 121 79 62 7 45 2 75 2 1 5 466 72 1.677 11.0 0.6 4.1 6.8 1.67
1991 21 ATL NL 18 8 .692 3.38 35 35 0 3 1 0 210.1 189 89 79 21 65 0 137 3 1 4 868 116 1.208 8.1 0.9 2.8 5.9 2.11 CYA-6
1992 22 ATL NL 11 11 .500 3.20 35 35 0 2 2 0 233.2 216 95 83 14 71 3 129 0 3 7 969 115 1.228 8.3 0.5 2.7 5.0 1.82
1993 23 ATL NL 18 6 .750 2.94 35 35 0 3 1 0 223.1 216 81 73 14 43 5 125 0 1 3 891 136 1.160 8.7 0.6 1.7 5.0 2.91 AS
1994 24 ATL NL 8 3 .727 4.04 24 24 0 1 0 0 151.2 127 71 68 15 55 4 122 4 2 5 628 105 1.200 7.5 0.9 3.3 7.2 2.22
1995 25 ATL NL 7 13 .350 4.67 29 29 0 3 1 0 173.1 165 92 90 22 52 4 141 6 0 3 724 91 1.252 8.6 1.1 2.7 7.3 2.71
1996 26 ATL NL 7 10 .412 4.47 24 23 0 1 0 0 131.0 146 70 65 10 40 8 86 4 0 5 567 99 1.420 10.0 0.7 2.7 5.9 2.15
1997 27 BOS AL 6 7 .462 6.42 22 18 1 0 0 0 96.2 127 76 69 15 49 0 51 2 0 4 453 73 1.821 11.8 1.4 4.6 4.7 1.04
1998 28 BOS AL 10 7 .588 5.02 34 23 4 0 0 0 123.2 128 74 69 14 64 0 57 4 0 7 546 94 1.553 9.3 1.0 4.7 4.1 0.89
1999 29 CIN NL 6 7 .462 5.16 19 19 0 0 0 0 96.0 75 62 55 11 78 0 51 1 1 4 426 91 1.594 7.0 1.0 7.3 4.8 0.65
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2003 33 DET AL 2 0 1.000 5.63 19 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 19 11 10 5 7 1 6 0 0 0 71 78 1.625 10.7 2.8 3.9 3.4 0.86
11 Yrs 96 83 .536 4.19 297 261 11 14 6 0 1554.2 1529 800 723 148 569 27 980 26 9 47 6609 100 1.349 8.9 0.9 3.3 5.7 1.72
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .536 4.19 36 32 1 2 1 0 189 186 97 88 18 69 3 119 3 1 6 805 100 1.349 8.9 0.9 3.3 5.7 1.72
ATL (7 yrs) 72 62 .537 3.83 203 201 1 14 6 0 1222.1 1180 577 520 103 371 26 815 19 8 32 5113 105 1.269 8.7 0.8 2.7 6.0 2.20
BOS (2 yrs) 16 14 .533 5.64 56 41 5 0 0 0 220.1 255 150 138 29 113 0 108 6 0 11 999 83 1.670 10.4 1.2 4.6 4.4 0.96
CIN (1 yr) 6 7 .462 5.16 19 19 0 0 0 0 96.0 75 62 55 11 78 0 51 1 1 4 426 91 1.594 7.0 1.0 7.3 4.8 0.65
DET (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 5.63 19 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 19 11 10 5 7 1 6 0 0 0 71 78 1.625 10.7 2.8 3.9 3.4 0.86
NL (8 yrs) 78 69 .531 3.93 222 220 1 14 6 0 1318.1 1255 639 575 114 449 26 866 20 9 36 5539 104 1.293 8.6 0.8 3.1 5.9 1.93
AL (3 yrs) 18 14 .563 5.64 75 41 10 0 0 0 236.1 274 161 148 34 120 1 114 6 0 11 1070 83 1.667 10.4 1.3 4.6 4.3 0.95

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
1990 20 ATL NL 99.0 21 20 79 7.18 4.29 -0.38 0.15 107.6 5.19 -24 -2.3 1.5 -0.1 -1.7 -13 .389 .486 $100,000
1991 21 ATL NL 210.1 35 35 89 3.81 4.10 -0.61 0.15 105.4 5.12 29 3.5 -0.1 4.9 49 .599 .521 $110,000 CYA-6
1992 22 ATL NL 233.2 35 35 95 3.66 3.86 0.25 0.14 104.2 3.90 5 0.6 -0.2 2.1 25 .516 .504 $355,000
1993 23 ATL NL 223.1 35 35 81 3.26 4.54 0.53 0.16 99.7 4.16 18 2.0 -0.1 3.5 43 .557 .512 $560,000 AS
1994 24 ATL NL 151.2 24 24 71 4.21 4.51 0.22 0.16 101.1 4.50 4 0.4 -0.1 1.4 15 .517 .503 $2,800,000
1995 25 ATL NL 173.1 29 29 92 4.78 4.67 0.13 0.18 101.0 4.77 -2 -0.2 -0.1 1.0 15 .495 .499 $4,000,000
1996 26 ATL NL 131.0 24 23 70 4.81 4.74 0.26 0.17 102.5 4.78 1 0.1 1.3 -0.1 1.0 13 .503 .500 $4,200,000
1997 27 BOS AL 96.2 22 18 76 7.08 5.18 0.16 0.17 100.6 5.22 -20 -1.8 1.2 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .416 .489 $4,850,000
1998 28 BOS AL 123.2 34 23 74 5.39 4.82 0.42 0.15 101.5 4.62 -10 -1.0 1.2 -0.1 0.1 5 .471 .494 $3,900,000
1999 29 CIN NL 96.0 19 19 62 5.81 5.28 0.60 0.20 100.2 4.89 -10 -1.0 -0.0 -0.3 0 .450 .494 $750,000
2003 33 DET AL 16.0 19 0 11 6.19 5.02 -0.20 -0.37 94.6 4.57 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .486 .498 $
11 Seasons 1554.2 297 261 800 4.63 4.51 0.14 0.15 102.3 4.62 -12 -0.0 1.3 -1.1 10.8 145 .500 .500 $21,625,000
ATL (7 yrs) 1222.1 203 201 577 4.25 4.35 0.08 0.16 102.8 4.55 32 4.0 1.4 -0.8 12.2 147 .520 .504 $12,125,000
BOS (2 yrs) 220.1 56 41 150 6.13 4.98 0.31 0.16 101.1 4.88 -31 -2.8 1.2 -0.2 -0.9 -2 .450 .491 $8,750,000
CIN (1 yr) 96.0 19 19 62 5.81 5.28 0.60 0.20 100.2 4.89 -10 -1.0 -0.0 -0.3 0 .450 .494 $750,000
DET (1 yr) 16.0 19 0 11 6.19 5.02 -0.20 -0.37 94.6 4.57 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .486 .498 $

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
1991 21 ATL NL NLCS W PIT 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 16.1 9 0 0 0 4 0 17 0 0 0 58 0.796 5.0 0.0 2.2 9.4 4.25
1991 21 ATL NL WS L MIN 0 0 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 10 6 5 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 51 0.846 6.9 0.7 0.7 5.5 8.00
1992 22 ATL NL NLCS W PIT 1 1 .500 9.00 3 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 13 8 8 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 38 1.875 14.6 0.0 2.3 3.4 1.50
1992 22 ATL NL WS L TOR 0 1 .000 3.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 11 5 5 3 3 0 11 0 0 0 48 1.167 8.3 2.3 2.3 8.3 3.67
1993 23 ATL NL NLCS L PHI 0 0 2.77 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 9 5 4 1 6 3 10 0 0 2 54 1.154 6.2 0.7 4.2 6.9 1.67
1995 25 ATL NL NLDS W COL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
1995 25 ATL NL NLCS W CIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 22 1.000 3.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1995 25 ATL NL WS W CLE 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 3 0 1 0 25 1.333 4.5 1.5 7.5 4.5 0.60
1996 26 ATL NL NLCS W STL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1996 26 ATL NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 6.000 13.5 0.0 40.5 0.0 0.00
5 Yrs (10 Series) 5 3 .625 2.90 18 12 2 0 0 0 77.2 61 28 25 6 29 5 60 0 1 3 312 1.159 7.1 0.7 3.4 7.0 2.07
1 NLDS 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
5 NLCS 4 1 .800 2.38 11 7 2 0 0 0 45.1 35 13 12 1 17 3 37 0 0 3 179 1.147 6.9 0.2 3.4 7.3 2.18
4 WS 1 2 .333 3.41 6 5 0 0 0 0 31.2 25 14 12 5 12 2 22 0 1 0 130 1.168 7.1 1.4 3.4 6.3 1.83

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1993 ATL NL 23 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00

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
1990 20 ATL NL 21 466 401 79 121 25 3 7 20 8 45 75 .302 .372 .431 .803 .353 173 5 2 14 4 2 13
1991 21 ATL NL 35 868 788 89 189 33 4 21 21 11 65 137 .240 .299 .372 .671 .265 293 17 3 8 4 0 14
1992 22 ATL NL 35 969 878 95 216 31 6 14 42 14 71 129 .246 .300 .343 .643 .272 301 16 0 12 8 3 13
1993 23 ATL NL 35 891 827 81 216 35 3 14 32 14 43 125 .261 .295 .362 .657 .290 299 26 0 12 8 5 10
1994 24 ATL NL 24 628 559 71 127 34 0 15 14 3 55 122 .227 .298 .369 .667 .262 206 8 4 4 6 4 1
1995 25 ATL NL 29 724 656 92 165 34 5 22 30 11 52 141 .252 .311 .419 .730 .288 275 6 6 6 4 4 4
1996 26 ATL NL 24 567 513 70 146 26 2 10 7 6 40 86 .285 .339 .402 .741 .324 206 9 4 7 3 8 5
1997 27 BOS AL 22 453 397 76 127 24 4 15 7 4 49 51 .320 .394 .514 .908 .334 204 14 2 1 4 0 5
1998 28 BOS AL 34 546 475 74 128 27 3 14 10 9 64 57 .269 .361 .427 .788 .282 203 17 4 3 0 0 7
1999 29 CIN NL 19 426 338 62 75 17 1 11 17 3 78 51 .222 .364 .376 .740 .227 127 10 1 3 6 0 3
2003 33 DET AL 19 71 63 11 19 2 1 5 1 0 7 6 .302 .371 .603 .975 .269 38 1 0 1 0 1 0
11 Yrs 297 6609 5895 800 1529 288 32 148 201 83 569 980 .259 .325 .394 .719 .287 2325 129 26 71 47 27 75
162 Game Avg. 36 805 718 97 186 35 4 18 24 10 69 119 .259 .325 .394 .719 .287 283 16 3 9 6 3 9
MLB Averages .265 .334 .415 .749 .295

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1990 20 ATL NL -20.8 -2.0 498 -3.1 8.3 -11.4 1.15 -2.4 -0.2 -29.2 -2.7 1.15 -25.8 1 0 0
1991 21 ATL NL 11.5 1.2 910 1.5 15.0 -13.4 .95 1.0 0.6 9.1 0.9 0.95 9.2 0 0 0
1992 22 ATL NL 10.8 1.2 1030 0.5 17.7 -17.3 1.06 1.3 -0.9 8.1 0.9 1.06 12.9 0 0 0
1993 23 ATL NL 27.8 2.9 943 3.7 17.8 -14.1 1.02 3.3 0.3 30.8 3.3 1.02 36.3 0 0 0
1994 24 ATL NL 5.1 0.5 655 1.0 11.4 -10.4 1.00 1.9 -0.9 10.1 1.0 1.00 20.4 0 0 0
1995 25 ATL NL -4.0 -0.4 770 -0.2 11.3 -11.5 .87 0.9 -1.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.87 8.6 0 0 0
1996 26 ATL NL 0.2 0.0 586 0.6 8.7 -8.1 .87 0.6 0.1 5.0 0.5 0.87 8.2 0 1 0
1997 27 BOS AL -18.8 -1.7 464 -2.0 7.8 -9.9 .99 -1.8 -0.3 -21.7 -2.0 0.99 -20.1 1 1 2
1998 28 BOS AL -3.7 -0.4 569 -0.4 9.7 -10.1 .99 -0.1 -0.3 -3.1 -0.3 0.99 -0.3 4 3 3
1999 29 CIN NL -5.4 -0.5 452 -0.1 7.6 -7.6 1.02 -0.3 0.2 -5.8 -0.5 1.02 -2.6 0 0 0
2003 33 DET AL -2.4 -0.2 72 -0.2 1.0 -1.2 .89 -0.5 0.3 -6.9 -0.7 0.89 -4.9 6 1 11
11 Yrs 0.5 0.7 6949 1.4 116.3 -115.0 .99 3.8 -2.5 -5.4 0.2 0.99 41.9 12 6 16

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
1990 20 ATL NL 21 20 3 10 7 0 2 6 14 .300 1 1 1 1 6 30% 43.5 81 9 19 10 1 7 4.2 3.4 4.9 83 7 6 2 2 126
1991 21 ATL NL 35 35 18 8 9 4 0 24 11 .686 3 2 3 1 17 49% 53.7 81 28 23 5 4 7 5.3 5.4 6.0 93 7 14 10 4 134
1992 22 ATL NL 35 35 11 11 13 1 5 17 18 .486 7 6 2 2 23 66% 54.3 81 29 26 9 1 7 3.9 3.6 6.7 98 5 13 15 2 127
1993 23 ATL NL 35 35 18 6 11 2 2 28 7 .800 2 6 3 1 25 71% 55.2 83 15 18 3 2 7 4.8 4.4 6.4 89 9 17 8 1 125
1994 24 ATL NL 24 24 8 3 13 0 0 15 9 .625 3 7 1 0 14 58% 54.2 84 21 16 8 1 8 5.7 4.7 6.3 96 4 9 8 1 120
1995 25 ATL NL 29 29 7 13 9 2 3 11 18 .379 4 3 3 1 11 38% 51.3 81 14 13 4 0 14 4.3 4.3 6.0 93 6 11 10 2 128
1996 26 ATL NL 24 23 7 9 7 1 2 10 13 .435 4 0 1 0 11 48% 49.8 80 14 23 10 1 5 4.8 5.8 5.7 88 6 8 7 1 123
1997 27 BOS AL 22 18 6 6 6 2 1 10 8 .556 2 3 0 0 6 33% 40.0 69 9 14 6 0 9 6.4 5.5 5.1 87 7 5 6 0 111
1998 28 BOS AL 34 23 10 7 6 5 0 15 8 .652 2 3 0 0 10 43% 45.9 74 15 23 9 1 10 6.0 5.1 5.1 80 10 13 0 0 98
1999 29 CIN NL 19 19 6 7 6 3 2 8 11 .421 2 5 0 0 8 42% 46.6 70 17 13 7 0 9 4.7 3.9 5.1 85 7 7 5 0 118
10 Yrs 278 261 94 80 87 20 17 144 117 .552 30 36 14 6 131 50% 50 84 9 188 71 11 83 4.9 4.6 5.8 90 68 103 71 13 134
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 105 -21 4.8 4.7 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
1990 20 ATL NL 21 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.152 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 33
1996 26 ATL NL 24 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 5 .874 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
1997 27 BOS AL 22 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0% 6 .985 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 3 2 0 3.0 18
1998 28 BOS AL 34 11 4 0 0 1 0 1 0% 3 1 8 1 13% 8 .987 4 3 3 4 1 6 5 6 1 6 1 3 1.8 10
2003 33 DET AL 19 19 5 2 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 17 7 41% 8 .895 6 1 11 3 5 11 9 10 3 11 3 2 2.5 13
5 Yrs 120 36 11 2 3 3 0 3 0% 8 3 27 8 30% .990 12 6 16 10 7 19 16 20 6 21 7 5 2.4 13

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%
1990 20 ATL NL 466 15% 1.5% 16.1% 9.7% 7.5% 29% 0.85 1.16 69% 22% 4.3% 9% 98 5 5%
1991 21 ATL NL 868 21% 2.4% 15.8% 7.5% 6.7% 31% 0.90 1.19 73% 17% 7.5% 18% 132 17 13%
1992 22 ATL NL 969 19% 1.4% 13.3% 7.3% 5.3% 24% 0.81 1.00 77% 19% 3.9% 14% 151 16 11%
1993 23 ATL NL 891 17% 1.6% 14.0% 4.8% 5.8% 24% 0.87 1.08 78% 23% 4.2% 12% 135 26 19%
1994 24 ATL NL 628 15% 2.4% 19.4% 8.8% 7.8% 39% 0.90 1.37 68% 22% 7.7% 15% 92 8 9%
1995 25 ATL NL 724 15% 3.0% 19.5% 7.2% 8.4% 37% 0.90 1.14 69% 19% 9.5% 14% 87 6 7%
1996 26 ATL NL 567 17% 1.8% 15.2% 7.1% 6.7% 26% 0.81 1.11 74% 26% 5.1% 16% 88 9 10%
1997 27 BOS AL 453 18% 3.3% 11.3% 10.8% 9.5% 34% 0.69 0.94 74% 27% 8.7% 16% 102 14 14%
1998 28 BOS AL 546 23% 2.6% 10.4% 11.7% 8.1% 34% 0.96 1.58 74% 22% 8.0% 16% 99 17 17%
1999 29 CIN NL 426 24% 2.6% 12.0% 18.3% 6.8% 39% 0.77 0.96 66% 18% 7.9% 14% 76 10 13%
2003 33 DET AL 71 37% 7.0% 8.5% 9.9% 11.3% 42% 1.15 1.47 73% 22% 20.0% 4% 16 1 6%
11 Yrs 6609 18% 2.2% 14.8% 8.6% 7.1% 31% 0.85 1.14 73% 21% 6.5% 14% 1076 129 12%
MLB Averages 44% 2.6% 16.2% 8.9% 7.6% 32% 0.80 1.08 71% 22% 7.7% 15% 11%

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
1990 20 ATL NL 398 1446 3.63 887 61% 22% 15% 29% 33% 78% 1% 48% 80% 51% 6% 25 16 18% 70 31 4 30% 6 7 68 0 0
1991 21 ATL NL 873 3254 3.73 2078 64% 24% 15% 29% 32% 76% 0% 48% 80% 59% 4% 38 22 24% 209 107 9 26% 25 16 -5 0 0
1992 22 ATL NL 969 3422 3.53 2187 64% 24% 13% 28% 35% 76% 1% 48% 83% 61% 5% 45 20 20% 193 107 12 27% 23 22 0 0 0
1993 23 ATL NL 896 3117 3.48 2044 66% 24% 15% 26% 35% 76% 1% 50% 80% 62% 4% 36 22 23% 204 121 14 34% 28 9 -5 0 0
1994 24 ATL NL 566 2110 3.73 1299 62% 26% 16% 26% 31% 74% 2% 45% 78% 57% 5% 29 11 17% 96 41 4 44% 18 14 62 0 0
1995 25 ATL NL 725 2705 3.73 1681 62% 26% 19% 25% 31% 74% 1% 46% 75% 57% 5% 37 21 19% 141 62 10 30% 23 13 -1 4 0
1996 26 ATL NL 528 1925 3.65 1192 62% 26% 14% 26% 34% 74% 4% 46% 81% 56% 5% 28 14 21% 113 64 9 32% 12 6 39 0 3
1997 27 BOS AL 453 1635 3.61 978 60% 26% 13% 25% 36% 73% 0% 44% 82% 53% 6% 29 23 17% 76 41 8 33% 8 6 0 0 2
1998 28 BOS AL 548 1955 3.57 1138 58% 29% 15% 19% 37% 71% 0% 41% 79% 52% 7% 41 24 13% 70 36 7 28% 10 17 -2 0 0
1999 29 CIN NL 427 1614 3.78 914 57% 27% 16% 25% 32% 73% 0% 41% 78% 51% 10% 43 21 19% 80 47 5 18% 10 22 -1 0 0
2003 33 DET AL 71 246 3.46 144 59% 28% 9% 22% 40% 72% 4% 42% 87% 55% 10% 7 3 20% 14 4 0 17% 0 3 0 0 0
11 Yrs 6454 23429 3.63 14542 62% 25% 15% 26% 34% 75% 1% 46% 80% 57% 6% 358 197 20% 1266 661 82 31% 163 135 155 4 5
MLB Averages 3.70 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 57% 5% 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
1990 20 ATL NL 466 121 13 1 7 1 7 7 0 4 3 38 23 5 61% 13 5 0 197 20 8 71% 16 7 4 1 0 0 3 3 16 0
1991 21 ATL NL 868 189 77 3 21 0 7 18 3 9 12 37 16 9 43% 14 4 2 277 21 11 66% 16 10 5 1 0 0 1 0 15 0
1992 22 ATL NL 969 216 90 3 14 1 15 11 3 5 9 49 26 7 53% 13 7 1 318 42 14 75% 35 11 7 3 0 0 0 0 21 0
1993 23 ATL NL 891 216 30 0 14 0 8 12 2 7 7 42 24 5 57% 10 3 1 283 32 14 70% 23 12 9 2 0 0 10 5 16 0
1994 24 ATL NL 628 127 15 1 15 0 8 14 1 7 8 34 16 5 47% 1 5 1 188 14 3 82% 10 3 4 0 0 0 4 1 18 0
1995 25 ATL NL 724 165 23 3 22 1 14 22 0 13 9 35 21 2 60% 4 3 0 219 30 11 73% 22 11 8 0 0 0 13 9 7 0
1996 26 ATL NL 567 146 15 1 10 0 10 10 0 5 5 18 11 2 61% 5 5 2 203 7 6 54% 5 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 15 0
1997 27 BOS AL 453 127 13 1 15 1 14 13 2 5 10 25 11 5 44% 5 4 0 182 7 4 64% 7 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 9 0
1998 28 BOS AL 546 128 22 5 14 0 12 13 1 7 7 29 12 6 41% 7 7 0 196 10 9 53% 8 9 2 0 0 0 3 3 9 0
1999 29 CIN NL 426 75 11 1 11 0 15 9 2 9 2 28 18 2 64% 3 4 0 156 17 3 85% 14 2 3 1 0 0 4 1 12 0
2003 33 DET AL 71 19 0 0 5 0 2 4 1 1 4 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 30 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 6609 1529 309 19 148 4 112 133 15 72 76 339 180 48 53% 75 47 7 2249 201 83 71% 156 72 44 11 1 0 44 24 138 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+
1990 20 3 11 .214 5.64 21 20 1 1 1 0 99.0 121 79 62 7 45 2 75 2 1 5 466 72 1.677 11.0 0.6 4.1 6.8 1.67 72
1991 21 21 19 .525 4.10 56 55 1 4 2 0 309.1 310 168 141 28 110 2 212 5 2 9 1334 96 1.358 9.0 0.8 3.2 6.2 1.93 96
1992 22 32 30 .516 3.71 91 90 1 6 4 0 543.0 526 263 224 42 181 5 341 5 5 16 2303 103 1.302 8.7 0.7 3.0 5.7 1.88 103
1993 23 50 36 .581 3.49 126 125 1 9 5 0 766.1 742 344 297 56 224 10 466 5 6 19 3194 112 1.261 8.7 0.7 2.6 5.5 2.08 112
1994 24 58 39 .598 3.58 150 149 1 10 5 0 918.0 869 415 365 71 279 14 588 9 8 24 3822 110 1.251 8.5 0.7 2.7 5.8 2.11 110
1995 25 65 52 .556 3.75 179 178 1 13 6 0 1091.1 1034 507 455 93 331 18 729 15 8 27 4546 106 1.251 8.5 0.8 2.7 6.0 2.20 106
1996 26 72 62 .537 3.83 203 201 1 14 6 0 1222.1 1180 577 520 103 371 26 815 19 8 32 5113 105 1.269 8.7 0.8 2.7 6.0 2.20 105
1997 27 78 69 .531 4.02 225 219 2 14 6 0 1319.0 1307 653 589 118 420 26 866 21 8 36 5566 102 1.309 8.9 0.8 2.9 5.9 2.06 102
1998 28 88 76 .537 4.10 259 242 6 14 6 0 1442.2 1435 727 658 132 484 26 923 25 8 43 6112 101 1.330 9.0 0.8 3.0 5.8 1.91 101
1999 29 94 83 .531 4.17 278 261 6 14 6 0 1538.2 1510 789 713 143 562 26 974 26 9 47 6538 100 1.347 8.8 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.73 100
2000 30 94 83 .531 4.17 278 261 6 14 6 0 1538.2 1510 789 713 143 562 26 974 26 9 47 6538 100 1.347 8.8 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.73 100
2001 31 94 83 .531 4.17 278 261 6 14 6 0 1538.2 1510 789 713 143 562 26 974 26 9 47 6538 100 1.347 8.8 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.73 100
2002 32 94 83 .531 4.17 278 261 6 14 6 0 1538.2 1510 789 713 143 562 26 974 26 9 47 6538 100 1.347 8.8 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.73 100
2003 33 96 83 .536 4.19 297 261 11 14 6 0 1554.2 1529 800 723 148 569 27 980 26 9 47 6609 100 1.349 8.9 0.9 3.3 5.7 1.72 100

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
1990 20 4 7 .364 5.49 100.0 120 68 61 7 45 76 2 1.650 10.8 4.1 6.8 1.69 0.6 21
1991 21 12 10 .545 3.59 203.0 191 90 81 21 66 132 3 1.266 8.5 2.9 5.9 2.00 0.9 35
1992 22 13 11 .542 3.63 223.0 225 100 90 15 74 123 0 1.341 9.1 3.0 5.0 1.66 0.6 35
1993 23 14 9 .609 3.07 211.0 215 80 72 14 43 118 0 1.223 9.2 1.8 5.0 2.74 0.6 35
1994 24 12 11 .522 3.96 209.0 175 102 92 21 76 168 6 1.201 7.5 3.3 7.2 2.21 0.9 24
1995 25 9 12 .429 4.55 190.0 181 107 96 24 57 155 7 1.253 8.6 2.7 7.3 2.72 1.1 29
1996 26 7 7 .500 4.12 129.0 139 66 59 10 38 84 4 1.372 9.7 2.7 5.9 2.21 0.7 24
1997 27 3 7 .300 6.22 94.0 123 72 65 15 47 49 2 1.809 11.8 4.5 4.7 1.04 1.4 22
1998 28 5 8 .385 4.84 119.0 123 71 64 13 62 55 4 1.555 9.3 4.7 4.2 0.89 1.0 34
1999 29 4 6 .400 4.60 94.0 70 53 48 10 73 50 1 1.521 6.7 7.0 4.8 0.68 1.0 19
2003 33 0 1 .000 6.00 15.0 19 11 10 5 7 6 0 1.733 11.4 4.2 3.6 0.86 3.0 19
11 Yrs 83 89 .483 4.19 1587.0 1581 820 738 155 588 1016 29 1.367 9.0 5.8 1.73 0.9 297

* 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

All-Star Games
1993 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1991 NL NLCS MVP

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1991 NL (6, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1991 NL  5.5 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1991 NL  4.9 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1993 NL  2.94 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1991 NL  18 (3rd)
1993 NL  18 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1991 NL  .692 (4th)
1993 NL  .750 (5th)
1994 NL  .727 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1993 NL  1.160 (7th)
1994 NL  1.200 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1994 NL  7.536 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL  1.733 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL  7.321 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1992 NL  233.7 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1994 NL  122 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1991 NL  35 (5th)
1992 NL  35 (1st)
1993 NL  35 (4th)
1994 NL  24 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1995 NL  3 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1991 NL  21 (6th)
1995 NL  22 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1992 NL  71 (10th)
1994 NL  55 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1992 NL  216 (7th)
1993 NL  216 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1993 NL  2.907 (8th)
1995 NL  2.712 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL  0.564 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1995 NL  13 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1995 NL  90 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1992 NL  969 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1993 NL  138 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1993 NL  28 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1993 NL  2.9 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1993 NL  30.79 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1993 NL  3.7 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1993 NL  3.3 (3rd)
1994 NL  1.9 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1993 NL  3.2 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1990 NL  born 1970-04-14 (1st)
1991 NL  born 1970-04-14 (3rd)
1992 NL  born 1970-04-14 (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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 38 (650), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 31 (429), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Dennis Rasmussen (967)
  2. Vicente Padilla (957)
  3. Rick Helling (954)
  4. Brett Myers (952)
  5. Steve Trout (950)
  6. Jim O'Toole (949)
  7. Erik Hanson (948)
  8. Jim Deshaies (947)
  9. Juan Guzman (946)
  10. Aaron Harang (942)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dave McNally (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ken Holtzman (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ken Holtzman (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dontrelle Willis (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dontrelle Willis (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Britt Burns (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Viola (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dennis Martinez (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dennis Martinez (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ted Lilly (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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