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Willie Banks

Willie Anthony Banks

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

Born: February 27, 1969 in Jersey City, NJ
High School: St.Anthony's HS (Jersey City, NJ)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1991
Teams (by GP): Twins/RedSox/Diamondbacks/Cubs/Yankees/... 1991-2002

Final Game: September 26, 2002
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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
1991 22 MIN AL 1 1 .500 5.71 5 3 2 0 0 0 17.1 21 15 11 1 12 0 16 0 0 3 85 76 1.904 10.9 0.5 6.2 8.3 1.33
1992 23 MIN AL 4 4 .500 5.70 16 12 2 0 0 0 71.0 80 46 45 6 37 0 37 2 1 5 324 71 1.648 10.1 0.8 4.7 4.7 1.00
1993 24 MIN AL 11 12 .478 4.04 31 30 1 0 0 0 171.1 186 91 77 17 78 2 138 3 5 9 754 107 1.541 9.8 0.9 4.1 7.2 1.77
1994 25 CHC NL 8 12 .400 5.40 23 23 0 1 1 0 138.1 139 88 83 16 56 3 91 2 1 8 598 78 1.410 9.0 1.0 3.6 5.9 1.63
1995 26 TOT NL 2 6 .250 5.66 25 15 2 0 0 0 90.2 106 71 57 14 58 7 62 2 1 9 430 72 1.809 10.5 1.4 5.8 6.2 1.07
1995 26 CHC NL 0 1 .000 15.43 10 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 27 23 20 5 12 4 9 0 0 3 73 27 3.343 20.8 3.9 9.3 6.9 0.75
1995 26 LAD NL 0 2 .000 4.03 6 6 0 0 0 0 29.0 36 21 13 2 16 2 23 1 1 4 138 95 1.793 11.2 0.6 5.0 7.1 1.44
1995 26 FLA NL 2 3 .400 4.32 9 9 0 0 0 0 50.0 43 27 24 7 30 1 30 1 0 2 219 98 1.460 7.7 1.3 5.4 5.4 1.00
1996 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1997 28 NYY AL 3 0 1.000 1.93 5 1 1 0 0 0 14.0 9 3 3 0 6 0 8 1 0 0 57 238 1.071 5.8 0.0 3.9 5.1 1.33
1998 29 TOT MLB 2 3 .400 4.81 42 0 13 0 0 1 58.0 54 37 31 6 37 4 40 2 1 5 265 89 1.569 8.4 0.9 5.7 6.2 1.08
1998 29 NYY AL 1 1 .500 10.05 9 0 5 0 0 0 14.1 20 16 16 4 12 2 8 1 0 1 77 45 2.233 12.6 2.5 7.5 5.0 0.67
1998 29 ARI NL 1 2 .333 3.09 33 0 8 0 0 1 43.2 34 21 15 2 25 2 32 1 1 4 188 137 1.351 7.0 0.4 5.2 6.6 1.28
2001 32 BOS AL 0 0 0.84 5 0 1 0 0 0 10.2 5 4 1 0 4 0 10 0 1 1 42 548 0.844 4.2 0.0 3.4 8.4 2.50
2002 33 BOS AL 2 1 .667 3.23 29 0 18 0 0 1 39.0 32 15 14 5 14 0 26 3 0 1 162 142 1.179 7.4 1.2 3.2 6.0 1.86
9 Yrs 33 39 .458 4.75 181 84 40 1 1 2 610.1 632 370 322 65 302 16 428 15 10 41 2717 90 1.530 9.3 1.0 4.5 6.3 1.42
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .458 4.75 46 22 10 0 0 1 157 162 95 83 17 77 4 110 4 3 11 697 90 1.530 9.3 1.0 4.5 6.3 1.42
MIN (3 yrs) 16 17 .485 4.61 52 45 5 0 0 0 259.2 287 152 133 24 127 2 191 5 6 17 1163 93 1.594 9.9 0.8 4.4 6.6 1.50
BOS (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 2.72 34 0 19 0 0 1 49.2 37 19 15 5 18 0 36 3 1 2 204 169 1.107 6.7 0.9 3.3 6.5 2.00
CHC (2 yrs) 8 13 .381 6.18 33 23 2 1 1 0 150.0 166 111 103 21 68 7 100 2 1 11 671 68 1.560 10.0 1.3 4.1 6.0 1.47
NYY (2 yrs) 4 1 .800 6.04 14 1 6 0 0 0 28.1 29 19 19 4 18 2 16 2 0 1 134 76 1.659 9.2 1.3 5.7 5.1 0.89
ARI (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.09 33 0 8 0 0 1 43.2 34 21 15 2 25 2 32 1 1 4 188 137 1.351 7.0 0.4 5.2 6.6 1.28
LAD (1 yr) 0 2 .000 4.03 6 6 0 0 0 0 29.0 36 21 13 2 16 2 23 1 1 4 138 95 1.793 11.2 0.6 5.0 7.1 1.44
FLA (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.32 9 9 0 0 0 0 50.0 43 27 24 7 30 1 30 1 0 2 219 98 1.460 7.7 1.3 5.4 5.4 1.00
AL (7 yrs) 22 19 .537 4.45 100 46 30 0 0 1 337.2 353 190 167 33 163 4 243 10 7 20 1501 97 1.528 9.4 0.9 4.3 6.5 1.49
NL (3 yrs) 11 20 .355 5.12 81 38 10 1 1 1 272.2 279 180 155 32 139 12 185 5 3 21 1216 81 1.533 9.2 1.1 4.6 6.1 1.33

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
1991 22 MIN AL 17.1 5 3 15 7.79 4.34 0.22 0.02 104.7 4.34 -7 -0.6 .0 0.1 -0.4 -5 .376 .496 $
1992 23 MIN AL 71.0 16 12 46 5.83 4.21 0.23 0.11 101.0 4.13 -13 -1.3 .3 -0.0 -0.7 -6 .417 .492 $110,000
1993 24 MIN AL 171.1 31 30 91 4.78 4.79 -0.25 0.16 99.4 5.17 9 0.9 .1 -0.1 2.4 28 .529 .506 $126,000
1994 25 CHC NL 138.1 23 23 88 5.73 4.65 0.10 0.17 100.5 4.75 -16 -1.5 -0.1 -0.6 -6 .434 .491 $190,000
1995 26 CHC NL 11.2 10 0 23 17.74 4.68 0.15 -0.35 103.3 4.32 -17 -1.5 .9 0.1 -1.4 -16 .347 .491 $240,000
1995 26 LAD NL 29.0 6 6 21 6.52 4.88 -0.19 0.18 85.7 4.50 -7 -0.6 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .396 .496 $
1995 26 FLA NL 50.0 9 9 27 4.86 4.68 0.04 0.18 103.8 4.99 0 0.0 -0.0 0.4 5 .504 .500 $
1997 28 NYY AL 14.0 5 1 3 1.93 5.05 -0.38 -0.11 98.7 5.25 5 0.5 1.2 0.0 0.7 7 .606 .503 $
1998 29 NYY AL 14.1 9 0 16 10.05 5.30 0.22 -0.40 98.4 4.60 -9 -0.8 .7 0.1 -0.6 -7 .414 .495 $342,500
1998 29 ARI NL 43.2 33 0 21 4.33 4.80 0.10 -0.37 100.7 4.36 0 0.0 .8 -0.1 0.2 4 .501 .500 $
2001 32 BOS AL 10.2 5 0 4 3.38 4.53 -0.27 -0.34 96.1 4.29 1 0.1 .3 -0.1 0.1 2 .520 .501 $
2002 33 BOS AL 39.0 29 0 15 3.46 4.71 0.39 -0.36 99.2 3.93 2 0.2 .4 -0.1 0.4 7 .506 .501 $450,000
9 Seasons 610.1 181 84 370 5.46 4.68 0.01 0.05 99.8 4.70 -51 -4.6 .6 -0.4 0.1 11 .474 .498 $1,458,500
MIN (3 yrs) 259.2 52 45 152 5.27 4.60 -0.09 0.14 100.2 4.83 -11 -1.0 .2 -0.1 1.3 18 .480 .498 $236,000
BOS (2 yrs) 49.2 34 0 19 3.44 4.67 0.25 -0.35 98.6 4.01 3 0.3 .4 -0.2 0.5 9 .508 .501 $450,000
CHC (2 yrs) 150.0 33 23 111 6.66 4.65 0.10 0.13 100.8 4.71 -33 -3.1 .9 -0.0 -2.0 -22 .407 .491 $430,000
NYY (2 yrs) 28.1 14 1 19 6.04 5.17 -0.08 -0.26 98.6 4.92 -4 -0.2 .9 0.1 0.1 0 .483 .499 $342,500
ARI (1 yr) 43.2 33 0 21 4.33 4.80 0.10 -0.37 100.7 4.36 0 0.0 .8 -0.1 0.2 4 .501 .500 $
LAD (1 yr) 29.0 6 6 21 6.52 4.88 -0.19 0.18 85.7 4.50 -7 -0.6 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .396 .496 $
FLA (1 yr) 50.0 9 9 27 4.86 4.68 0.04 0.18 103.8 4.99 0 0.0 -0.0 0.4 5 .504 .500 $

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
1991 22 MIN AL 5 85 73 15 21 2 0 1 2 0 12 16 .288 .388 .356 .744 .357 26 2 0 0 0 0 2
1992 23 MIN AL 16 324 278 46 80 15 3 6 8 4 37 37 .288 .370 .428 .798 .308 119 2 2 2 5 0 1
1993 24 MIN AL 31 754 665 91 186 38 1 17 6 6 78 138 .280 .356 .417 .773 .329 277 21 3 4 4 2 10
1994 25 CHC NL 23 598 533 88 139 21 4 16 6 7 56 91 .261 .332 .405 .737 .287 216 15 2 5 2 3 8
1995 26 TOT NL 25 430 361 71 106 14 1 14 10 1 58 62 .294 .392 .454 .846 .319 164 9 2 6 3 7 6
1995 26 CHC NL 10 73 59 23 27 4 0 5 3 0 12 9 .458 .542 .780 1.321 .478 46 2 0 1 1 4 2
1995 26 FLA NL 9 219 183 27 43 6 1 7 0 0 30 30 .235 .344 .393 .738 .245 72 4 1 4 1 1 1
1995 26 LAD NL 6 138 119 21 36 4 0 2 7 1 16 23 .303 .387 .387 .773 .358 46 3 1 1 1 2 3
1997 28 NYY AL 5 57 48 3 9 2 1 0 0 0 6 8 .188 .291 .271 .562 .225 13 3 1 2 0 0 2
1998 29 NYY AL 9 77 62 16 20 4 0 4 2 1 12 8 .323 .440 .581 1.021 .320 36 1 1 2 0 2 1
1998 29 ARI NL 33 188 157 21 34 5 2 2 2 3 25 32 .217 .326 .312 .638 .258 49 3 1 4 1 2 3
1998 29 TOT MLB 42 265 219 37 54 9 2 6 4 4 37 40 .247 .359 .388 .747 .276 85 4 2 6 1 4 4
2001 32 BOS AL 5 42 38 4 5 3 0 0 1 0 4 10 .132 .214 .211 .425 .179 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 33 BOS AL 29 162 144 15 32 7 0 5 3 2 14 26 .222 .302 .375 .677 .237 54 3 3 0 1 0 1
9 Yrs 181 2717 2359 370 632 111 12 65 40 24 302 428 .268 .353 .408 .760 .301 962 59 15 25 16 16 35
162 Game Avg. 46 697 605 95 162 28 3 17 10 6 77 110 .268 .353 .408 .760 .301 247 15 4 6 4 4 9
MLB Averages .265 .335 .416 .751 .296

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1991 22 MIN AL -3.8 -0.4 90 -0.4 1.0 -1.4 .79 -0.3 -0.2 -6.0 -0.6 0.79 -4.9 0 0 2
1992 23 MIN AL -11.2 -1.1 340 -0.6 4.9 -5.4 .89 -1.1 0.5 -13.4 -1.3 0.89 -11.5 0 1 3
1993 24 MIN AL 2.7 0.3 781 -0.1 14.1 -14.2 1.06 -0.4 0.4 -1.2 -0.1 1.06 -5.7 0 0 1
1994 25 CHC NL -17.2 -1.6 623 -1.2 9.7 -10.9 .95 -0.4 -0.9 -13.1 -1.3 0.95 -3.5 0 0 0
1995 26 TOT NL -19.5 -1.8 450 -1.3 7.2 -8.5 1.06 -1.5 0.2 -23.9 -2.2 1.06 -23.6 2 3 4
1995 26 CHC NL -15.2 -1.4 81 -0.8 0.9 -1.7 1.06 -0.9 0.1 -18.6 -1.7 1.06 -17.1 2 3 4
1995 26 LAD NL -3.9 -0.4 147 -0.7 2.4 -3.2 1.12 -0.5 -0.1 -7.6 -0.7 1.12 -5.7 0 0 0
1995 26 FLA NL -0.5 -0.1 222 0.2 3.9 -3.6 1.02 -0.1 0.3 2.3 0.2 1.02 -0.9 0 0 0
1997 28 NYY AL 4.4 0.4 57 0.5 1.6 -1.1 1.49 0.3 0.1 4.5 0.5 1.49 3.0 2 0 2
1998 29 TOT MLB -5.1 -0.4 277 -0.2 3.9 -4.1 .98 -0.3 0.1 -7.8 -0.7 0.98 -6.8 7 11 23
1998 29 NYY AL -8.6 -0.8 81 -0.3 1.4 -1.7 1.21 -0.7 0.5 -8.1 -0.8 1.21 -9.3 2 1 6
1998 29 ARI NL 3.4 0.3 196 0.1 2.5 -2.4 .88 0.5 -0.4 0.3 0.0 0.88 2.5 5 10 17
2001 32 BOS AL 3.2 0.3 44 0.1 0.2 -0.1 .19 0.3 0.3 2.6 0.3 0.19 3.5 0 0 5
2002 33 BOS AL 5.9 0.6 170 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 .32 0.3 -1.3 4.1 0.4 0.32 3.9 2 3 22
9 Yrs -40.8 -3.8 2832 -3.5 43.6 -47.1 .95 -3.2 -0.5 -54.2 -5.0 0.95 -45.7 13 18 62

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
1991 22 MIN AL 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 41.0 54 26 2 1 0 2 5.5 4.9 4.1 76 2 0 1 0 104
1992 23 MIN AL 16 12 4 4 4 1 2 5 7 .417 1 3 0 0 5 42% 47.8 67 24 14 4 0 5 3.9 3.0 5.4 92 3 4 5 0 111
1993 24 MIN AL 31 30 11 12 7 6 3 15 15 .500 2 2 0 0 12 40% 49.7 75 24 31 9 1 14 4.5 4.4 5.6 95 9 7 12 2 151
1994 25 CHC NL 23 23 8 12 3 2 1 9 14 .391 2 3 1 1 8 35% 46.4 83 16 17 10 0 9 3.7 3.9 6.0 98 4 9 5 4 132
1995 26 TOT NL 25 15 2 5 8 0 1 5 10 .333 2 4 0 0 6 40% 64 21 22 7 0 6 4.3 3.4 5.3 87 6 3 4 0 117
1995 26 LAD NL 6 6 0 2 4 0 1 3 3 .500 1 2 0 0 1 17% 43.7 63 30 5 1 0 3 6.2 5.3 4.8 83 3 1 1 0 117
1995 26 FLA NL 9 9 2 3 4 0 0 2 7 .222 1 2 0 0 5 56% 48.9 64 21 6 4 0 3 3.1 2.3 5.6 89 3 2 3 0 111
1997 28 NYY AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 55.0 55 55 2 0 0 1 4.5 6.0 6.7 95 0 1 0 0 95
6 Yrs 95 84 27 34 23 9 7 37 47 .440 7 13 1 1 33 39% 48 83 16 77 29 1 37 4.2 3.9 5.6 93 24 24 27 6 151
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 105 -21 4.8 4.7 6.0 96

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
1991 22 MIN AL 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .789 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5 54
1992 23 MIN AL 16 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 8 .891 0 1 3 0 0 4 3 1 3 1 3 0 4.5 37
1993 24 MIN AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.057 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 47
1995 26 TOT NL 25 10 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 4 3 75% 1.056 2 3 4 5 1 4 3 7 4 4 4 0 3.5 28
1995 26 CHC NL 10 10 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 4 3 75% 8 1.061 2 3 4 5 1 4 3 7 4 4 4 0 3.5 28
1997 28 NYY AL 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 4 1.489 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 0 3 0 5.5 27
1998 29 TOT MLB 42 42 13 2 3 2 1 1 50% 7 5 21 9 43% .978 7 11 23 13 6 23 12 30 22 7 23 4 4.1 23
1998 29 NYY AL 9 9 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.212 2 1 6 3 3 3 0 9 5 0 6 0 4.8 32
1998 29 ARI NL 33 33 8 1 2 2 1 1 50% 7 5 21 9 43% 8 .882 5 10 17 10 3 20 12 21 17 7 17 4 4.0 21
2001 32 BOS AL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .188 0 0 5 1 0 4 0 5 5 0 5 0 6.4 34
2002 33 BOS AL 29 29 18 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 4 40% 9 .323 2 3 22 11 2 16 8 21 9 6 9 4 4.0 23
8 Yrs 143 97 40 6 5 5 2 3 40% 11 6 42 19 45% .928 13 18 62 33 10 54 27 70 49 18 50 8 4.3 26

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%
1991 22 MIN AL 85 60% 1.2% 18.8% 14.1% 3.5% 14% 0.78 1.57 66% 32% 3.6% 13% 29 2 7%
1992 23 MIN AL 324 50% 1.9% 11.4% 11.4% 7.4% 30% 0.70 0.95 74% 21% 4.7% 10% 57 2 4%
1993 24 MIN AL 754 42% 2.3% 18.3% 10.3% 7.4% 30% 0.90 1.15 68% 18% 6.8% 10% 166 21 13%
1994 25 CHC NL 598 55% 2.7% 15.2% 9.4% 6.9% 30% 1.07 1.38 72% 19% 8.6% 11% 113 15 13%
1995 26 TOT NL 430 55% 3.3% 14.4% 13.5% 6.7% 27% 1.00 1.52 67% 20% 10.9% 15% 83 9 11%
1995 26 CHC NL 73 52% 6.9% 12.3% 16.4% 12.3% 33% 1.32 2.71 63% 21% 22.7% 0% 18 2 11%
1995 26 LAD NL 138 56% 1.5% 16.7% 11.6% 4.4% 17% 1.29 2.15 69% 19% 5.4% 12% 33 3 9%
1995 26 FLA NL 219 56% 3.2% 13.7% 13.7% 6.4% 33% 0.78 1.14 67% 20% 10.1% 20% 32 4 13%
1997 28 NYY AL 57 49% 0.0% 14.0% 10.5% 5.3% 33% 0.90 1.27 70% 19% 0.0% 24% 11 3 27%
1998 29 TOT MLB 265 53% 2.3% 15.1% 14.0% 6.4% 32% 1.20 1.73 66% 20% 8.1% 9% 60 4 7%
1998 29 NYY AL 77 42% 5.2% 10.4% 15.6% 10.4% 40% 0.96 1.62 65% 20% 15.4% 4% 17 1 6%
1998 29 ARI NL 188 57% 1.1% 17.0% 13.3% 4.8% 27% 1.31 1.77 66% 20% 4.2% 11% 43 3 7%
2001 32 BOS AL 42 69% 0.0% 23.8% 9.5% 7.1% 60% 0.47 0.38 67% 14% 0.0% 26% 3 0 0%
2002 33 BOS AL 162 53% 3.1% 16.1% 8.6% 7.4% 38% 1.04 1.62 70% 18% 9.8% 9% 31 3 10%
9 Yrs 2717 51% 2.4% 15.8% 11.1% 6.9% 30% 0.94 1.29 69% 20% 7.4% 11% 553 59 11%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 16.3% 8.9% 7.6% 32% 0.79 1.08 70% 22% 7.7% 15% 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
1991 22 MIN AL 85 337 3.96 190 56% 26% 17% 27% 30% 74% 0% 42% 77% 48% 13% 11 4 18% 15 4 0 25% 1 7 0 0 0
1992 23 MIN AL 325 1246 3.83 712 57% 28% 10% 28% 35% 72% 0% 41% 86% 48% 7% 22 10 12% 38 19 3 41% 4 12 -1 0 0
1993 24 MIN AL 756 2902 3.84 1685 58% 24% 18% 26% 32% 76% 0% 44% 76% 47% 7% 51 27 13% 97 39 6 18% 12 22 -2 2 2
1994 25 CHC NL 567 2147 3.79 1263 59% 26% 17% 24% 33% 74% 1% 44% 77% 54% 7% 37 15 14% 82 36 3 22% 13 19 31 0 3
1995 26 TOT NL 378 1408 3.72 783 56% 24% 14% 28% 35% 76% 3% 42% 82% 45% 8% 32 13 12% 46 17 1 30% 5 14 52 0 0
1995 26 CHC NL 73 281 3.85 149 53% 24% 15% 26% 35% 76% 10% 40% 80% 40% 12% 9 3 15% 11 5 1 22% 3 3 0 0 0
1995 26 LAD NL 113 416 3.68 242 58% 26% 16% 26% 33% 74% 5% 43% 79% 53% 4% 4 1 12% 14 4 0 22% 1 1 25 0 0
1995 26 FLA NL 192 711 3.70 392 55% 22% 12% 30% 36% 78% 0% 43% 85% 42% 10% 19 9 11% 21 8 0 38% 1 10 27 0 0
1997 28 NYY AL 57 203 3.56 125 62% 26% 14% 26% 34% 74% 0% 45% 80% 53% 5% 3 1 12% 7 7 0 13% 3 2 0 0 0
1998 29 TOT MLB 266 978 3.68 557 57% 27% 15% 24% 33% 73% 2% 42% 79% 47% 8% 20 13 12% 33 18 2 33% 5 4 -1 0 0
1998 29 NYY AL 77 285 3.70 154 54% 34% 10% 19% 36% 66% 2% 36% 84% 43% 6% 5 4 6% 5 2 2 38% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 29 ARI NL 189 693 3.67 403 58% 24% 17% 26% 32% 76% 3% 44% 77% 48% 8% 15 9 15% 28 16 0 31% 5 4 -1 0 0
2001 32 BOS AL 42 169 4.02 97 57% 26% 20% 26% 29% 74% 0% 43% 74% 40% 2% 1 0 12% 5 2 0 20% 0 1 0 0 0
2002 33 BOS AL 163 655 4.02 406 62% 24% 18% 28% 29% 76% 0% 47% 76% 56% 8% 13 10 28% 46 32 2 23% 8 3 -1 0 0
9 Yrs 2639 10045 3.81 5818 58% 25% 16% 26% 33% 75% 1% 43% 79% 49% 7% 190 93 14% 369 174 17 24% 51 84 78 2 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
1991 22 MIN AL 85 21 12 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 6 2 60% 2 3 0 41 2 0 100% 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1992 23 MIN AL 324 80 30 1 6 0 8 3 3 0 6 19 13 2 68% 1 5 1 121 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1993 24 MIN AL 754 186 29 4 17 1 21 7 10 9 8 50 24 9 48% 10 9 1 284 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1994 25 CHC NL 598 139 23 6 16 0 6 11 5 8 8 24 16 3 67% 8 8 4 208 6 7 46% 6 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 18 0
1995 26 TOT NL 430 106 13 1 14 1 14 6 8 7 7 24 13 3 54% 6 9 2 171 10 1 91% 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 19 0
1995 26 CHC NL 73 27 2 0 5 1 6 3 2 2 3 14 8 1 57% 2 3 2 30 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1995 26 LAD NL 138 36 6 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 7 3 1 43% 3 4 0 62 7 1 88% 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1995 26 FLA NL 219 43 5 1 7 0 6 2 5 4 3 3 2 1 67% 1 2 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1997 28 NYY AL 57 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 25% 2 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 29 TOT MLB 265 54 8 1 6 0 10 4 2 2 4 19 11 1 58% 4 5 0 107 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1998 29 NYY AL 77 20 2 0 4 0 3 2 2 1 3 9 4 1 44% 1 1 0 32 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 29 ARI NL 188 34 6 1 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 10 7 0 70% 3 4 0 75 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2001 32 BOS AL 42 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 1 1 0 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2002 33 BOS AL 162 32 3 0 5 0 2 2 3 4 1 5 3 1 60% 1 1 2 63 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
9 Yrs 2717 632 120 13 65 2 62 34 31 31 34 157 88 22 56% 35 41 10 1028 40 24 63% 34 23 6 1 0 0 2 2 99 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+
1991 22 1 1 .500 5.71 5 3 2 0 0 0 17.1 21 15 11 1 12 0 16 0 0 3 85 76 1.904 10.9 0.5 6.2 8.3 1.33 76
1992 23 5 5 .500 5.71 21 15 4 0 0 0 88.1 101 61 56 7 49 0 53 2 1 8 409 72 1.698 10.3 0.7 5.0 5.4 1.08 72
1993 24 16 17 .485 4.61 52 45 5 0 0 0 259.2 287 152 133 24 127 2 191 5 6 17 1163 93 1.594 9.9 0.8 4.4 6.6 1.50 93
1994 25 24 29 .453 4.88 75 68 5 1 1 0 398.0 426 240 216 40 183 5 282 7 7 25 1761 87 1.530 9.6 0.9 4.1 6.4 1.54 87
1995 26 26 35 .426 5.03 100 83 7 1 1 0 488.2 532 311 273 54 241 12 344 9 8 34 2191 84 1.582 9.8 1.0 4.4 6.3 1.43 84
1996 27 26 35 .426 5.03 100 83 7 1 1 0 488.2 532 311 273 54 241 12 344 9 8 34 2191 84 1.582 9.8 1.0 4.4 6.3 1.43 84
1997 28 29 35 .453 4.94 105 84 8 1 1 0 502.2 541 314 276 54 247 12 352 10 8 34 2248 85 1.568 9.7 1.0 4.4 6.3 1.43 85
1998 29 31 38 .449 4.93 147 84 21 1 1 1 560.2 595 351 307 60 284 16 392 12 9 39 2513 86 1.568 9.6 1.0 4.6 6.3 1.38 86
1999 30 31 38 .449 4.93 147 84 21 1 1 1 560.2 595 351 307 60 284 16 392 12 9 39 2513 86 1.568 9.6 1.0 4.6 6.3 1.38 86
2000 31 31 38 .449 4.93 147 84 21 1 1 1 560.2 595 351 307 60 284 16 392 12 9 39 2513 86 1.568 9.6 1.0 4.6 6.3 1.38 86
2001 32 31 38 .449 4.85 152 84 22 1 1 1 571.1 600 355 308 60 288 16 402 12 10 40 2555 87 1.554 9.5 0.9 4.5 6.3 1.40 87
2002 33 33 39 .458 4.75 181 84 40 1 1 2 610.1 632 370 322 65 302 16 428 15 10 41 2717 90 1.530 9.3 1.0 4.5 6.3 1.42 90

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1991 22 0 1 .000 5.82 17.0 21 12 11 1 12 16 0 1.941 11.1 6.4 8.5 1.33 0.5 5
1992 23 2 5 .286 6.45 67.0 83 53 48 6 38 35 2 1.806 11.1 5.1 4.7 0.92 0.8 16
1993 24 8 10 .444 4.28 162.0 186 86 77 17 78 131 3 1.630 10.3 4.3 7.3 1.68 0.9 31
1994 25 8 13 .381 5.31 190.0 192 124 112 22 77 125 3 1.416 9.1 3.6 5.9 1.62 1.0 23
1995 26 4 7 .364 5.67 100.0 118 70 63 16 65 68 2 1.830 10.6 5.9 6.1 1.05 1.4 25
1997 28 1 0 1.000 1.93 14.0 9 3 3 0 6 8 1 1.071 5.8 3.9 5.1 1.33 0.0 5
1998 29 3 3 .500 4.74 57.0 54 33 30 6 37 40 2 1.596 8.5 5.8 6.3 1.08 0.9 42
2001 32 1 0 1.000 0.75 12.0 4 1 1 0 3 11 0 0.583 3.0 2.3 8.3 3.67 0.0 5
2002 33 2 2 .500 3.32 38.0 32 16 14 5 14 25 3 1.211 7.6 3.3 5.9 1.79 1.2 29
9 Yrs 29 41 .414 4.92 657.0 699 398 359 73 330 459 16 1.566 9.6 6.3 1.39 1.0 181

* 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

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 AL  7.249 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1994 NL  1 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1994 NL  56 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1994 NL  12 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1994 NL  83 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1994 NL  8 (8th)
1995 NL  9 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Todd Wellemeyer (985)
  2. Scott Feldman (982)
  3. Johnny Welch (974)
  4. Jim Bullinger (973)
  5. Chad Gaudin (971)
  6. Don Johnson (970)
  7. Scott Sanders (969)
  8. Marvin Freeman (969)
  9. Earl Caldwell (968)
  10. Jack Hamilton (967)
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  1. Jason Isringhausen (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Matt Clement (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jesus Sanchez (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Claudio Vargas (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Sean Bergman (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jose Mercedes (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Marvin Freeman (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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