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Doug Bair

Charles Douglas Bair

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 22, 1949 in Defiance, OH
School: Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1976
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cardinals/Tigers/Athletics/Pirates/... 1976-1990
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1990
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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
1976 26 PIT NL 0 0 5.68 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 4 4 4 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 28 65 1.421 5.7 0.0 7.1 5.7 0.80
1977 27 OAK AL 4 6 .400 3.46 45 0 28 0 0 8 83.1 78 39 32 11 57 9 68 0 0 6 377 116 1.620 8.4 1.2 6.2 7.3 1.19
1978 28 CIN NL 7 6 .538 1.97 70 0 56 0 0 28 100.1 87 23 22 6 38 3 91 0 0 1 416 180 1.246 7.8 0.5 3.4 8.2 2.39
1979 29 CIN NL 11 7 .611 4.29 65 0 42 0 0 16 94.1 93 47 45 7 51 12 86 3 0 3 430 88 1.527 8.9 0.7 4.9 8.2 1.69
1980 30 CIN NL 3 6 .333 4.24 61 0 38 0 0 6 85.0 91 42 40 7 39 10 62 1 0 5 377 86 1.529 9.6 0.7 4.1 6.6 1.59
1981 31 TOT NL 4 2 .667 5.10 35 0 20 0 0 1 54.2 55 34 31 5 19 4 30 0 0 3 234 71 1.354 9.1 0.8 3.1 4.9 1.58
1981 31 CIN NL 2 2 .500 5.77 24 0 12 0 0 0 39.0 42 28 25 5 17 4 16 0 0 3 174 62 1.513 9.7 1.2 3.9 3.7 0.94
1981 31 STL NL 2 0 1.000 3.45 11 0 8 0 0 1 15.2 13 6 6 0 2 0 14 0 0 0 60 106 0.957 7.5 0.0 1.1 8.0 7.00
1982 32 STL NL 5 3 .625 2.55 63 0 33 0 0 8 91.2 69 27 26 7 36 13 68 1 0 2 372 143 1.145 6.8 0.7 3.5 6.7 1.89
1983 33 TOT MLB 8 4 .667 3.59 53 1 19 0 0 5 85.1 75 38 34 12 32 7 60 1 0 1 355 107 1.254 7.9 1.3 3.4 6.3 1.88
1983 33 STL NL 1 1 .500 3.03 26 0 9 0 0 1 29.2 24 11 10 4 13 3 21 0 0 1 122 122 1.247 7.3 1.2 3.9 6.4 1.62
1983 33 DET AL 7 3 .700 3.88 27 1 10 0 0 4 55.2 51 27 24 8 19 4 39 1 0 0 233 102 1.257 8.2 1.3 3.1 6.3 2.05
1984 34 DET AL 5 3 .625 3.75 47 1 12 0 0 4 93.2 82 42 39 10 36 2 57 0 0 3 388 105 1.260 7.9 1.0 3.5 5.5 1.58
1985 35 TOT MLB 2 0 1.000 6.00 23 3 5 0 0 0 51.0 55 38 34 3 27 5 30 1 1 6 232 68 1.608 9.7 0.5 4.8 5.3 1.11
1985 35 DET AL 2 0 1.000 6.24 21 3 4 0 0 0 49.0 54 38 34 3 25 5 30 1 1 6 224 66 1.612 9.9 0.6 4.6 5.5 1.20
1985 35 STL NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1986 36 OAK AL 2 3 .400 3.00 31 0 17 0 0 4 45.0 37 15 15 5 18 0 40 0 0 2 189 130 1.222 7.4 1.0 3.6 8.0 2.22
1987 37 PHI NL 2 0 1.000 5.93 11 0 2 0 0 0 13.2 17 9 9 4 5 0 10 0 0 0 61 74 1.610 11.2 2.6 3.3 6.6 2.00
1988 38 TOR AL 0 0 4.05 10 0 4 0 0 0 13.1 14 6 6 2 3 0 8 0 0 1 55 99 1.275 9.5 1.4 2.0 5.4 2.67
1989 39 PIT NL 2 3 .400 2.27 44 0 17 0 0 1 67.1 52 19 17 4 28 10 56 0 0 7 276 149 1.188 7.0 0.5 3.7 7.5 2.00
1990 40 PIT NL 0 0 4.81 22 0 5 0 0 0 24.1 30 15 13 3 11 1 19 0 1 3 112 76 1.685 11.1 1.1 4.1 7.0 1.73
15 Yrs 55 43 .561 3.63 584 5 299 0 0 81 909.1 839 398 367 86 405 77 689 7 2 43 3902 104 1.368 8.3 0.9 4.0 6.8 1.70
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .561 3.63 67 1 35 0 0 9 105 97 46 42 10 47 9 80 1 0 5 450 104 1.368 8.3 0.9 4.0 6.8 1.70
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
STL (4 yrs) 8 4 .667 2.72 102 0 51 0 0 10 139.0 107 44 42 11 53 16 103 1 0 3 562 135 1.151 6.9 0.7 3.4 6.7 1.94
CIN (4 yrs) 23 21 .523 3.73 220 0 148 0 0 50 318.2 313 140 132 25 145 29 255 4 0 12 1397 98 1.437 8.8 0.7 4.1 7.2 1.76
PIT (3 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.12 70 0 23 0 0 1 98.0 86 38 34 7 44 12 79 0 1 10 416 111 1.327 7.9 0.6 4.0 7.3 1.80
DET (3 yrs) 14 6 .700 4.40 95 5 26 0 0 8 198.1 187 107 97 21 80 11 126 2 1 9 845 90 1.346 8.5 1.0 3.6 5.7 1.58
OAK (2 yrs) 6 9 .400 3.30 76 0 45 0 0 12 128.1 115 54 47 16 75 9 108 0 0 8 566 120 1.481 8.1 1.1 5.3 7.6 1.44
PHI (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 5.93 11 0 2 0 0 0 13.2 17 9 9 4 5 0 10 0 0 0 61 74 1.610 11.2 2.6 3.3 6.6 2.00
TOR (1 yr) 0 0 4.05 10 0 4 0 0 0 13.1 14 6 6 2 3 0 8 0 0 1 55 99 1.275 9.5 1.4 2.0 5.4 2.67
NL (11 yrs) 35 28 .556 3.43 403 0 224 0 0 61 569.1 523 231 217 47 247 57 447 5 1 25 2436 106 1.352 8.3 0.7 3.9 7.1 1.81
AL (6 yrs) 20 15 .571 3.97 181 5 75 0 0 20 340.0 316 167 150 39 158 20 242 2 1 18 1466 100 1.394 8.4 1.0 4.2 6.4 1.53

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
1976 26 PIT NL 6.1 4 0 4 5.68 4.03 0.07 -0.33 95.4 3.47 -2 -0.2 .4 0.0 -0.1 -1 .456 .499 $
1977 27 OAK AL 83.1 45 0 39 4.21 4.86 -0.11 -0.39 98.0 4.49 2 0.3 1.8 -0.0 1.0 12 .506 .502 $
1978 28 CIN NL 100.1 70 0 23 2.06 4.07 -0.16 -0.33 98.8 3.85 19 2.2 2.0 0.9 3.9 29 .531 .513 $
1979 29 CIN NL 94.1 65 0 47 4.48 4.29 0.03 -0.34 103.0 4.03 -6 -0.6 1.5 -0.3 -0.1 4 .491 .496 $
1980 30 CIN NL 85.0 61 0 42 4.45 3.96 0.01 -0.31 99.4 3.62 -8 -0.9 1.1 -0.2 -0.4 0 .485 .494 $
1981 31 CIN NL 39.0 24 0 28 6.46 3.95 -0.02 -0.30 102.4 3.76 -12 -1.3 .9 0.0 -1.0 -9 .444 .492 $
1981 31 STL NL 15.2 11 0 6 3.45 4.05 0.24 -0.31 103.3 3.61 0 0.0 1.3 -0.0 0.1 1 .501 .500 $
1982 32 STL NL 91.2 63 0 27 2.65 4.11 0.28 -0.32 101.2 3.55 8 0.9 1.3 -0.0 1.6 18 .515 .506 $200,000
1983 33 STL NL 29.2 26 0 11 3.34 4.28 0.02 -0.33 100.7 3.95 2 0.2 1.2 -0.0 0.4 5 .508 .501 $450,000
1983 33 DET AL 55.2 27 1 27 4.37 4.54 0.48 -0.31 95.2 3.57 -5 -0.5 1.6 -0.2 -0.3 1 .481 .497 $
1984 34 DET AL 93.2 47 1 42 4.04 4.48 0.31 -0.34 98.5 3.76 -2 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.4 7 .495 .498 $
1985 35 DET AL 49.0 21 3 38 6.98 4.48 0.25 -0.23 99.5 3.98 -16 -1.6 1.3 -0.3 -1.4 -11 .425 .490 $
1985 35 STL NL 2.0 2 0 0 0.00 3.78 0.29 -0.30 98.0 3.13 1 0.1 .0 -0.0 0.1 1 .539 .500 $
1986 36 OAK AL 45.0 31 0 15 3.00 4.73 0.21 -0.37 93.1 3.86 4 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.8 9 .514 .503 $96,000
1987 37 PHI NL 13.2 11 0 9 5.93 4.62 0.08 -0.35 108.1 4.54 -2 -0.2 1.5 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .479 .499 $
1988 38 TOR AL 13.1 10 0 6 4.05 4.48 0.17 -0.36 97.3 3.84 -0 -0.0 .3 -0.0 0.1 1 .497 .500 $
1989 39 PIT NL 67.1 44 0 19 2.54 3.96 0.15 -0.31 95.5 3.34 6 0.7 1.4 -0.1 1.2 12 .516 .504 $150,000
1990 40 PIT NL 24.1 22 0 15 5.55 4.42 0.11 -0.34 94.4 3.75 -5 -0.6 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .474 .497 $325,000
15 Seasons 909.1 584 5 398 3.94 4.30 0.11 -0.33 99.0 3.82 -17 -1.4 1.4 -0.5 5.7 75 .498 .500 $1,221,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
STL (4 yrs) 139.0 102 0 44 2.85 4.13 0.22 -0.32 101.3 3.64 11 1.2 1.3 -0.1 2.2 25 .512 .502 $650,000
CIN (4 yrs) 318.2 220 0 140 3.95 4.09 -0.04 -0.32 100.6 3.83 -7 -0.7 1.5 0.5 2.4 24 .497 .499 $
PIT (3 yrs) 98.0 70 0 38 3.49 4.08 0.14 -0.32 95.2 3.45 -1 -0.0 1.2 -0.0 0.7 9 .499 .500 $475,000
DET (3 yrs) 198.1 95 5 107 4.86 4.50 0.34 -0.31 97.8 3.76 -24 -2.3 1.3 -0.6 -1.3 -3 .475 .495 $
OAK (2 yrs) 128.1 76 0 54 3.79 4.81 -0.00 -0.38 96.3 4.27 7 0.7 1.6 -0.0 1.8 21 .509 .502 $96,000
PHI (1 yr) 13.2 11 0 9 5.93 4.62 0.08 -0.35 108.1 4.54 -2 -0.2 1.5 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .479 .499 $
TOR (1 yr) 13.1 10 0 6 4.05 4.48 0.17 -0.36 97.3 3.84 -0 -0.0 .3 -0.0 0.1 1 .497 .500 $

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
1979 29 CIN NL NLCS L PIT 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1982 32 STL NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 8 5.000 18.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1982 32 STL NL WS W MIL 0 1 .000 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
1984 34 DET AL WS W SDP 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
3 Yrs (4 Series) 0 2 .000 5.79 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 6 3 3 0 6 3 4 0 0 0 25 2.571 11.6 0.0 11.6 7.7 0.67
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 14 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
2 WS 0 1 .000 6.75 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 11 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 13.5 2.00

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
1976 26 PIT NL 4 28 23 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 5 4 .174 .321 .217 .539 .211 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 27 OAK AL 45 377 308 39 78 8 3 11 14 6 57 68 .253 .364 .406 .770 .285 125 1 0 6 6 9 3
1978 28 CIN NL 70 416 369 23 87 8 2 6 1 0 38 91 .236 .305 .317 .622 .295 117 11 0 6 3 3 3
1979 29 CIN NL 65 430 363 47 93 20 4 7 10 1 51 86 .256 .350 .391 .741 .315 142 3 3 10 3 12 1
1980 30 CIN NL 61 377 329 42 91 15 4 7 11 3 39 62 .277 .351 .410 .762 .318 135 4 1 4 4 10 1
1981 31 TOT NL 35 234 212 34 55 11 3 5 6 1 19 30 .259 .320 .410 .731 .282 87 5 0 2 0 4 4
1981 31 CIN NL 24 174 155 28 42 7 3 5 4 0 17 16 .271 .343 .452 .795 .276 70 4 0 2 0 4 4
1981 31 STL NL 11 60 57 6 13 4 0 0 2 1 2 14 .228 .254 .298 .552 .302 17 1 0 0 0 0 0
1982 32 STL NL 63 372 327 27 69 12 3 7 14 2 36 68 .211 .288 .330 .618 .242 108 6 1 4 4 13 1
1983 33 TOT MLB 53 355 318 38 75 8 4 12 6 2 32 60 .236 .307 .399 .706 .255 127 6 1 3 1 7 1
1983 33 DET AL 27 233 211 27 51 6 4 8 4 1 19 39 .242 .307 .422 .729 .262 89 3 1 2 0 4 1
1983 33 STL NL 26 122 107 11 24 2 0 4 2 1 13 21 .224 .306 .355 .661 .241 38 3 0 1 1 3 0
1984 34 DET AL 47 387 345 42 82 12 2 10 5 3 36 57 .238 .306 .371 .678 .255 128 12 0 3 4 2 5
1985 35 TOT MLB 23 232 198 38 55 14 3 3 3 0 27 30 .278 .361 .424 .785 .308 84 5 1 2 4 5 4
1985 35 DET AL 21 224 192 38 54 14 3 3 3 0 25 30 .281 .360 .432 .793 .313 83 4 1 2 4 5 4
1985 35 STL NL 2 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .167 .375 .167 .542 .167 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986 36 OAK AL 31 189 165 15 37 4 4 5 4 1 18 40 .224 .296 .388 .684 .260 64 1 0 3 3 0 1
1987 37 PHI NL 11 61 55 9 17 1 0 4 4 0 5 10 .309 .361 .545 .906 .310 30 3 0 0 1 0 1
1988 38 TOR AL 10 55 50 6 14 2 1 2 0 1 3 8 .280 .321 .480 .801 .300 24 1 0 2 0 0 0
1989 39 PIT NL 44 276 246 19 52 10 0 4 13 3 28 56 .211 .291 .301 .592 .257 74 4 0 1 1 10 5
1990 40 PIT NL 22 112 98 15 30 5 1 3 6 1 11 19 .306 .376 .469 .846 .355 46 2 0 3 0 1 1
15 Yrs 584 3901 3406 398 839 131 34 86 99 24 405 689 .246 .325 .381 .705 .283 1296 64 7 49 34 77 31
162 Game Avg. 67 450 393 46 97 15 4 10 11 3 47 80 .246 .325 .381 .705 .283 150 7 1 6 4 9 4
MLB Averages .259 .324 .387 .711 .284
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1976 26 PIT NL -1.2 -0.1 30 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .36 0.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.1 0.36 0.6 0 1 3
1977 27 OAK AL 3.8 0.4 406 -0.5 8.1 -8.6 1.39 -0.9 0.6 -5.7 -0.6 1.39 -12.6 25 2 18
1978 28 CIN NL 18.8 2.0 419 3.6 13.2 -9.6 1.73 1.1 1.0 20.6 2.2 1.73 14.6 37 13 17
1979 29 CIN NL -3.5 -0.4 443 0.1 12.0 -11.9 1.65 -0.4 0.4 -8.8 -0.9 1.65 -7.2 35 10 19
1980 30 CIN NL -4.6 -0.5 397 0.4 5.8 -5.5 .88 -0.7 1.1 -6.3 -0.7 0.88 -8.1 21 5 34
1981 31 TOT NL -8.6 -0.9 244 -0.5 3.0 -3.5 .87 -0.4 -0.2 -11.9 -1.2 0.87 -5.2 11 3 20
1981 31 CIN NL -9.3 -1.0 181 -0.9 1.8 -2.7 .82 -0.7 -0.4 -12.3 -1.3 0.82 -7.7 7 2 15
1981 31 STL NL 0.7 0.1 63 0.4 1.2 -0.8 1.01 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.0 1.01 2.5 4 1 5
1982 32 STL NL 12.2 1.3 391 1.2 7.4 -6.2 1.09 0.7 0.3 17.0 1.8 1.09 10.5 25 13 25
1983 33 TOT MLB 2.5 0.3 368 0.5 7.5 -6.9 1.21 0.6 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1 1.21 1.0 22 13 16
1983 33 STL NL 2.3 0.2 126 -0.2 2.0 -2.2 .90 0.2 -0.4 1.2 0.1 0.90 1.9 10 5 10
1983 33 DET AL 0.2 0.0 242 0.8 5.5 -4.7 1.37 0.4 0.2 -2.7 -0.3 1.37 -0.9 12 8 6
1984 34 DET AL 2.6 0.3 402 1.1 5.2 -4.2 .75 0.5 1.0 5.7 0.6 0.75 0.5 12 11 23
1985 35 TOT MLB -11.1 -1.0 244 -0.8 2.1 -2.9 .63 -1.0 -0.3 -15.5 -1.5 0.63 -10.2 8 1 11
1985 35 DET AL -12.1 -1.2 236 -0.8 2.1 -2.9 .65 -1.0 -0.2 -16.4 -1.6 0.65 -10.6 8 1 9
1985 35 STL NL 1.0 0.1 8 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.05 0.4 0 0 2
1986 36 OAK AL 5.6 0.6 195 -0.3 3.3 -3.7 1.03 0.1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.0 1.03 3.5 13 6 11
1987 37 PHI NL -1.8 -0.2 65 -0.1 0.8 -1.0 .68 -0.3 0.1 -5.1 -0.5 0.68 -3.6 3 5 3
1988 38 TOR AL 0.3 0.0 56 0.0 0.2 -0.2 .19 -0.1 0.3 2.3 0.2 0.19 1.1 0 2 7
1989 39 PIT NL 8.7 0.9 302 1.5 6.2 -4.7 1.18 0.4 0.8 8.3 0.9 1.18 4.5 19 11 12
1990 40 PIT NL -3.5 -0.4 122 0.2 1.4 -1.2 .67 -0.5 0.8 -4.4 -0.5 0.67 -5.2 5 4 13
15 Yrs 20.4 2.3 4084 6.2 76.4 -70.1 1.13 -0.7 6.3 -6.1 -0.2 1.13 -15.9 236 100 232
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1983 33 TOT MLB 53 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 63 63 19 6 0 1 2.0 1.5 6.0
1983 33 DET AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 63.0 63 63 9 2 0 1 2.0 1.5 6.0
1984 34 DET AL 47 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 18.0 18 18 16 6 1 0 7.0 0.0 2.7
1985 35 TOT MLB 23 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 0 0% 55 23 9 6 1 1 7.1 9.8 3.8
1985 35 DET AL 21 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 0 0% 36.0 55 23 9 6 1 1 7.1 9.8 3.8
3 Yrs 95 5 2 1 2 1 0 3 2 .600 0 2 0 0 1 20% 38 63 18 34 14 2 2 6.1 5.9 4.0
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 104 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3 94

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
1976 26 PIT NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 6 .358 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 3 1 3 1 4.8
1977 27 OAK AL 45 45 28 4 6 14 8 6 57% 14 0 50 22 44% 9 1.395 25 2 18 14 7 24 29 16 26 13 27 12 5.6
1978 28 CIN NL 70 70 56 7 6 33 28 5 85% 36 2 44 11 25% 9 1.725 37 13 17 42 12 16 26 44 35 14 37 17 4.3
1979 29 CIN NL 65 65 42 11 7 23 16 7 70% 23 0 30 13 43% 8 1.646 35 10 19 26 16 23 20 45 35 14 37 21 4.4
1980 30 CIN NL 61 61 38 3 6 6 6 0 100% 9 3 24 10 42% 8 .880 21 5 34 11 11 39 12 49 31 11 31 18 4.2
1981 31 TOT NL 35 35 20 4 2 3 1 2 33% 6 3 17 8 47% .866 11 3 20 8 6 21 9 26 21 5 22 9 4.7
1981 31 CIN NL 24 24 12 2 2 2 0 2 0% 3 1 13 6 46% 7 .817 7 2 15 4 3 17 6 18 17 3 17 4 4.9
1981 31 STL NL 11 11 8 2 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 4 2 50% 8 1.010 4 1 5 4 3 4 3 8 4 2 5 5 4.3
1982 32 STL NL 63 63 33 5 3 9 8 1 89% 16 7 48 9 19% 8 1.089 25 13 25 19 11 33 24 39 31 16 33 14 4.4
1983 33 TOT MLB 53 52 19 7 4 11 5 6 45% 13 2 48 21 44% 1.211 22 13 16 17 8 27 25 27 27 18 29 10 4.6
1983 33 STL NL 26 26 9 1 1 3 1 2 33% 4 1 14 7 50% 7 .901 10 5 10 5 6 15 9 17 10 10 12 7 3.4
1983 33 DET AL 27 26 10 6 3 8 4 4 50% 9 1 34 14 41% 7 1.374 12 8 6 12 2 12 16 10 17 8 17 3 5.7
1984 34 DET AL 47 46 12 5 2 7 4 3 57% 12 5 43 15 35% 7 .753 12 11 23 21 4 21 25 21 30 6 30 3 5.9
1985 35 TOT MLB 23 20 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 23 13 57% .629 8 1 11 1 4 15 11 9 12 1 13 1 6.0
1985 35 DET AL 21 18 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 23 13 57% 7 .650 8 1 9 1 4 13 11 7 12 1 13 1 6.3
1985 35 STL NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .048 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0
1986 36 OAK AL 31 31 17 2 3 8 4 4 50% 9 0 31 18 58% 7 1.030 13 6 11 12 5 14 19 12 17 10 18 2 4.4
1987 37 PHI NL 11 11 2 2 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 15 8 53% 5 .683 3 5 3 5 0 6 8 3 5 3 5 4 3.7
1988 38 TOR AL 10 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0% 7 .194 0 2 7 0 0 10 9 1 4 5 6 2 4.0 19
1989 39 PIT NL 44 44 17 2 3 2 1 1 50% 15 13 30 13 43% 7 1.176 19 11 12 16 8 20 16 28 23 8 26 10 4.6 22
1990 40 PIT NL 22 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 11 2 18% 6 .674 5 4 13 7 1 14 7 15 8 8 9 1 3.3 17
15 Yrs 584 579 299 53 42 117 81 36 69% 161 42 430 163 38% 1.132 236 100 232 199 93 287 242 337 308 133 326 125 4.6 20
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

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%
1976 26 PIT NL 28 50% 0.0% 14.3% 17.9% 3.6% 25% 1.14 68% 5 0 0%
1977 27 OAK AL 377 50% 2.9% 18.0% 15.1% 5.8% 28% 0.80 62% 77 1 1%
1978 28 CIN NL 416 58% 1.4% 21.9% 9.1% 3.9% 18% 1.32 66% 98 11 11%
1979 29 CIN NL 430 59% 1.6% 20.0% 11.9% 7.2% 33% 0.71 63% 75 3 4%
1980 30 CIN NL 377 58% 1.9% 16.5% 10.3% 6.9% 29% 1.03 70% 61 4 7%
1981 31 TOT NL 234 55% 2.1% 12.8% 8.1% 8.1% 35% 1.13 76% 35 5 14%
1981 31 CIN NL 174 53% 2.9% 9.2% 9.8% 8.6% 36% 1.06 77% 27 4 15%
1981 31 STL NL 60 60% 0.0% 23.3% 3.3% 6.7% 31% 1.38 72% 8 1 13%
1982 32 STL NL 372 59% 1.9% 18.3% 9.7% 5.9% 32% 1.03 69% 67 6 9%
1983 33 TOT MLB 355 56% 3.4% 16.9% 9.0% 6.8% 32% 0.77 70% 59 6 10%
1983 33 STL NL 122 62% 3.3% 17.2% 10.7% 4.9% 25% 0.76 68% 16 3 19%
1983 33 DET AL 233 52% 3.4% 16.7% 8.2% 7.7% 35% 0.77 70% 43 3 7%
1984 34 DET AL 388 46% 2.6% 14.7% 9.3% 6.2% 29% 1.29 73% 83 12 14%
1985 35 TOT MLB 232 53% 1.3% 12.9% 11.6% 8.6% 36% 0.94 73% 43 5 12%
1985 35 DET AL 224 52% 1.3% 13.4% 11.2% 8.9% 37% 0.90 73% 40 4 10%
1985 35 STL NL 8 88% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 75% 3 1 33%
1986 36 OAK AL 189 57% 2.7% 21.2% 9.5% 6.9% 35% 0.77 65% 39 1 3%
1987 37 PHI NL 61 57% 6.6% 16.4% 8.2% 8.2% 29% 1.58 69% 12 3 25%
1988 38 TOR AL 55 75% 3.6% 14.6% 5.5% 9.1% 36% 0.74 1.07 73% 20% 14.3% 39% 13 1 8%
1989 39 PIT NL 276 49% 1.5% 20.3% 10.1% 5.1% 27% 1.07 1.22 68% 18% 5.1% 12% 39 4 10%
1990 40 PIT NL 112 56% 2.7% 17.0% 9.8% 8.0% 30% 0.64 0.96 68% 26% 8.6% 26% 23 2 9%
15 Yrs 3902 55% 2.2% 17.7% 10.4% 6.4% 30% 0.89 1.00 68% 20% 7.0% 20% 729 64 9%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 13.8% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.6% 26% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1988 38 TOR AL 55 194 3.53 122 63% 25% 12% 26% 36% 75% 0% 47% 84% 55% 11% 6 4 22% 12 6 1 38% 1 2 0 0 0
1989 39 PIT NL 265 920 3.47 564 61% 24% 21% 22% 33% 76% 10% 46% 72% 56% 9% 23 10 18% 49 31 1 16% 15 4 11 0 3
1990 40 PIT NL 88 315 3.58 200 64% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 0% 47% 79% 63% 1% 1 0 27% 24 13 1 21% 3 1 24 1 1
3 Yrs 408 1429 3.50 886 62% 24% 18% 24% 33% 75% 6% 47% 75% 57% 7% 30 14 21% 85 50 3 19% 19 7 35 1 4
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 57% 6% 19% 26%

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
1976 26 PIT NL 28 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 13 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 27 OAK AL 377 78 11 0 19 8 3 5 6 30 16 6 53% 3 6 0 155 14 6 70% 12 5 2 1 0 0 2 1 21 0
1978 28 CIN NL 416 87 6 1 16 5 1 3 3 25 8 8 32% 3 1 1 177 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1979 29 CIN NL 430 93 7 0 20 6 1 5 2 29 12 10 41% 1 3 2 165 10 1 91% 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1980 30 CIN NL 377 91 7 1 9 3 4 5 2 20 13 2 65% 1 5 1 143 11 3 79% 10 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1981 31 TOT NL 234 55 5 1 8 4 1 4 1 14 9 2 64% 4 3 0 81 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1981 31 CIN NL 174 42 5 1 7 4 1 4 1 11 7 1 64% 4 3 0 63 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1981 31 STL NL 60 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 67% 0 0 0 18 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1982 32 STL NL 372 69 7 0 13 6 1 4 3 22 10 2 45% 1 2 1 132 14 2 88% 13 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1983 33 TOT MLB 355 75 12 1 17 9 3 2 10 26 17 3 65% 1 1 2 117 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1983 33 STL NL 122 24 4 0 6 3 1 1 3 9 5 1 56% 0 1 0 32 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1983 33 DET AL 233 51 8 1 11 6 2 1 7 17 12 2 71% 1 0 2 85 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1984 34 DET AL 387 82 10 0 11 5 5 5 5 23 16 0 70% 5 3 2 157 5 3 63% 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
1985 35 TOT MLB 232 55 3 0 12 1 2 2 1 16 14 0 88% 4 6 1 90 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
1985 35 DET AL 224 54 3 0 12 1 2 2 1 16 14 0 88% 4 6 1 85 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
1985 35 STL NL 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 36 OAK AL 189 37 5 1 8 5 0 2 3 19 10 4 53% 1 2 0 66 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1987 37 PHI NL 61 17 4 2 4 3 1 0 4 6 4 1 67% 1 0 0 27 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 38 TOR AL 55 14 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 25% 0 1 0 29 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1989 39 PIT NL 276 52 7 0 4 0 8 3 1 1 3 18 8 2 44% 5 7 3 101 13 3 81% 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1990 40 PIT NL 112 30 4 1 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 5 3 0 60% 1 3 0 51 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
15 Yrs 3901 839 15 1 86 7 147 61 25 42 44 259 142 40 55% 31 43 13 1504 99 24 80% 87 21 12 3 0 0 7 1 122 1
MLB Averages 53% 67%
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

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+
1976 26 0 0 5.68 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 4 4 4 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 28 65 1.421 5.7 0.0 7.1 5.7 0.80 65
1977 27 4 6 .400 3.61 49 0 29 0 0 8 89.2 82 43 36 11 62 10 72 0 0 6 405 110 1.606 8.2 1.1 6.2 7.2 1.16 110
1978 28 11 12 .478 2.75 119 0 85 0 0 36 190.0 169 66 58 17 100 13 163 0 0 7 821 137 1.416 8.0 0.8 4.7 7.7 1.63 137
1979 29 22 19 .537 3.26 184 0 127 0 0 52 284.1 262 113 103 24 151 25 249 3 0 10 1251 116 1.453 8.3 0.8 4.8 7.9 1.65 116
1980 30 25 25 .500 3.48 245 0 165 0 0 58 369.1 353 155 143 31 190 35 311 4 0 15 1628 107 1.470 8.6 0.8 4.6 7.6 1.64 107
1981 31 29 27 .518 3.69 280 0 185 0 0 59 424.0 408 189 174 36 209 39 341 4 0 18 1862 101 1.455 8.7 0.8 4.4 7.2 1.63 101
1982 32 34 30 .531 3.49 343 0 218 0 0 67 515.2 477 216 200 43 245 52 409 5 0 20 2234 106 1.400 8.3 0.8 4.3 7.1 1.67 106
1983 33 42 34 .553 3.50 396 1 237 0 0 72 601.0 552 254 234 55 277 59 469 6 0 21 2589 107 1.379 8.3 0.8 4.1 7.0 1.69 107
1984 34 47 37 .560 3.54 443 2 249 0 0 76 694.2 634 296 273 65 313 61 526 6 0 24 2977 106 1.363 8.2 0.8 4.1 6.8 1.68 106
1985 35 49 37 .570 3.71 466 5 254 0 0 76 745.2 689 334 307 68 340 66 556 7 1 30 3209 102 1.380 8.3 0.8 4.1 6.7 1.64 102
1986 36 51 40 .560 3.67 497 5 271 0 0 80 790.2 726 349 322 73 358 66 596 7 1 32 3398 103 1.371 8.3 0.8 4.1 6.8 1.66 103
1987 37 53 40 .570 3.70 508 5 273 0 0 80 804.1 743 358 331 77 363 66 606 7 1 32 3459 103 1.375 8.3 0.9 4.1 6.8 1.67 103
1988 38 53 40 .570 3.71 518 5 277 0 0 80 817.2 757 364 337 79 366 66 614 7 1 33 3514 103 1.373 8.3 0.9 4.0 6.8 1.68 103
1989 39 55 43 .561 3.60 562 5 294 0 0 81 885.0 809 383 354 83 394 76 670 7 1 40 3790 105 1.359 8.2 0.8 4.0 6.8 1.70 105
1990 40 55 43 .561 3.63 584 5 299 0 0 81 909.1 839 398 367 86 405 77 689 7 2 43 3902 104 1.368 8.3 0.9 4.0 6.8 1.70 104

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
1976 26 0 0 7.50 6.0 4 6 5 0 5 4 0 1.500 6.0 7.5 6.0 0.80 0.0 4
1977 27 4 4 .500 3.87 79.0 81 38 34 11 59 64 0 1.772 9.2 6.7 7.3 1.08 1.3 45
1978 28 7 3 .700 2.37 95.0 92 28 25 6 40 86 0 1.389 8.7 3.8 8.1 2.15 0.6 70
1979 29 4 6 .400 4.55 93.0 95 52 47 7 52 85 3 1.581 9.2 5.0 8.2 1.63 0.7 65
1980 30 3 5 .375 4.95 80.0 96 49 44 7 41 58 1 1.713 10.8 4.6 6.5 1.41 0.8 61
1981 31 2 6 .250 5.92 79.0 88 58 52 8 30 43 0 1.494 10.0 3.4 4.9 1.43 0.9 35
1982 32 6 3 .667 2.86 88.0 71 31 28 7 37 65 1 1.227 7.3 3.8 6.6 1.76 0.7 63
1983 33 4 5 .444 4.11 81.0 78 41 37 12 33 57 1 1.370 8.7 3.7 6.3 1.73 1.3 53
1984 34 4 5 .444 4.25 89.0 85 47 42 10 37 54 0 1.371 8.6 3.7 5.5 1.46 1.0 47
1985 35 1 4 .200 6.61 49.0 56 40 36 3 27 29 1 1.694 10.3 5.0 5.3 1.07 0.6 23
1986 36 2 2 .500 3.27 44.0 39 18 16 5 19 39 0 1.318 8.0 3.9 8.0 2.05 1.0 31
1987 37 0 1 .000 6.23 13.0 17 10 9 4 5 10 0 1.692 11.8 3.5 6.9 2.00 2.8 11
1988 38 0 1 .000 5.25 12.0 15 8 7 2 3 7 0 1.500 11.3 2.3 5.3 2.33 1.5 10
1989 39 5 2 .714 2.86 63.0 56 22 20 4 30 53 0 1.365 8.0 4.3 7.6 1.77 0.6 44
1990 40 1 1 .500 5.87 23.0 32 17 15 3 12 18 0 1.913 12.5 4.7 7.0 1.50 1.2 22
15 Yrs 43 48 .473 4.20 894.0 905 465 417 89 430 672 7 1.493 9.1 6.8 1.56 0.9 584

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1978 NL  70 (4th)
1979 NL  65 (7th)
Career  584 (209th)

Saves s c a p y
1978 NL  28 (3rd)
1979 NL  16 (8th)
Career  81 (173rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1978 NL  56 (3rd)
1979 NL  42 (7th)
Career  299 (103rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1978 NL  20.64 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1978 NL  3.6 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1978 NL  2.2 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1989 NL  born 1949-08-22 (4th)
1990 NL  born 1949-08-22 (3rd)

             

† 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 - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Don Elston (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Don Elston (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tim Stoddard (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Aurelio Lopez (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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