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Floyd Bannister

Floyd Franklin Bannister

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

Born: June 10, 1955 in Pierre, SD
High Schools: Kennedy HS (Seattle, WA), Kennedy HS (Burien, WA)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1977 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Mariners/Astros/Royals/Rangers/... 1977-1992
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: August 10, 1992 (Age 37)
Relatives: Father of Brian Bannister
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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
1977 22 HOU NL 8 9 .471 4.04 24 23 0 4 1 0 142.2 138 70 64 11 68 1 112 4 2 6 622 88 1.444 8.7 0.7 4.3 7.1 1.65 RoY-4
1978 23 HOU NL 3 9 .250 4.81 28 16 3 2 2 0 110.1 120 59 59 13 63 4 94 1 2 7 502 69 1.659 9.8 1.1 5.1 7.7 1.49
1979 24 SEA AL 10 15 .400 4.05 30 30 0 6 2 0 182.1 185 92 82 25 68 4 115 4 0 1 792 109 1.388 9.1 1.2 3.4 5.7 1.69
1980 25 SEA AL 9 13 .409 3.47 32 32 0 8 0 0 217.2 200 96 84 24 66 6 155 2 0 7 918 119 1.222 8.3 1.0 2.7 6.4 2.35
1981 26 SEA AL 9 9 .500 4.45 21 20 0 5 2 0 121.1 128 62 60 14 39 0 85 3 1 7 522 88 1.376 9.5 1.0 2.9 6.3 2.18
1982 27 SEA AL 12 13 .480 3.43 35 35 0 5 3 0 247.0 225 112 94 32 77 0 209 3 0 6 1022 124 1.223 8.2 1.2 2.8 7.6 2.71 AS
1983 28 CHW AL 16 10 .615 3.35 34 34 0 5 2 0 217.1 191 88 81 19 71 3 193 2 1 8 902 125 1.206 7.9 0.8 2.9 8.0 2.72
1984 29 CHW AL 14 11 .560 4.83 34 33 0 4 0 0 218.0 211 127 117 30 80 2 152 6 0 10 936 86 1.335 8.7 1.2 3.3 6.3 1.90
1985 30 CHW AL 10 14 .417 4.87 34 34 0 4 1 0 210.2 211 121 114 30 100 5 198 4 0 11 928 89 1.476 9.0 1.3 4.3 8.5 1.98
1986 31 CHW AL 10 14 .417 3.54 28 27 0 6 1 0 165.1 162 81 65 17 48 0 92 2 0 5 688 123 1.270 8.8 0.9 2.6 5.0 1.92
1987 32 CHW AL 16 11 .593 3.58 34 34 0 11 2 0 228.2 216 100 91 38 49 0 124 0 1 5 939 129 1.159 8.5 1.5 1.9 4.9 2.53
1988 33 KCR AL 12 13 .480 4.33 31 31 0 2 0 0 189.1 182 102 91 22 68 6 113 5 2 6 816 93 1.320 8.7 1.0 3.2 5.4 1.66
1989 34 KCR AL 4 1 .800 4.66 14 14 0 0 0 0 75.1 87 40 39 8 18 1 35 1 0 1 323 84 1.394 10.4 1.0 2.2 4.2 1.94
1991 36 CAL AL 0 0 3.96 16 0 2 0 0 0 25.0 25 12 11 5 10 1 16 0 0 1 104 105 1.400 9.0 1.8 3.6 5.8 1.60
1992 37 TEX AL 1 1 .500 6.32 36 0 8 0 0 0 37.0 39 27 26 3 21 6 30 3 0 3 173 61 1.622 9.5 0.7 5.1 7.3 1.43
15 Yrs 134 143 .484 4.06 431 363 13 62 16 0 2388.0 2320 1189 1078 291 846 39 1723 40 9 84 10187 102 1.326 8.7 1.1 3.2 6.5 2.04
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .484 4.06 37 31 1 5 1 0 205 199 102 92 25 72 3 148 3 1 7 872 102 1.326 8.7 1.1 3.2 6.5 2.04
CHW (5 yrs) 66 60 .524 4.05 164 162 0 30 6 0 1040.0 991 517 468 134 348 10 759 14 2 39 4393 107 1.288 8.6 1.2 3.0 6.6 2.18
SEA (4 yrs) 40 50 .444 3.75 118 117 0 24 7 0 768.1 738 362 320 95 250 10 564 12 1 21 3254 112 1.286 8.6 1.1 2.9 6.6 2.26
KCR (2 yrs) 16 14 .533 4.42 45 45 0 2 0 0 264.2 269 142 130 30 86 7 148 6 2 7 1139 90 1.341 9.1 1.0 2.9 5.0 1.72
HOU (2 yrs) 11 18 .379 4.38 52 39 3 6 3 0 253.0 258 129 123 24 131 5 206 5 4 13 1124 79 1.538 9.2 0.9 4.7 7.3 1.57
TEX (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.32 36 0 8 0 0 0 37.0 39 27 26 3 21 6 30 3 0 3 173 61 1.622 9.5 0.7 5.1 7.3 1.43
CAL (1 yr) 0 0 3.96 16 0 2 0 0 0 25.0 25 12 11 5 10 1 16 0 0 1 104 105 1.400 9.0 1.8 3.6 5.8 1.60
AL (13 yrs) 123 125 .496 4.03 379 324 10 56 13 0 2135.0 2062 1060 955 267 715 34 1517 35 5 71 9063 105 1.301 8.7 1.1 3.0 6.4 2.12
NL (2 yrs) 11 18 .379 4.38 52 39 3 6 3 0 253.0 258 129 123 24 131 5 206 5 4 13 1124 79 1.538 9.2 0.9 4.7 7.3 1.57

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1977 22 HOU NL 142.2 24 23 70 4.42 4.41 0.11 0.15 90.1 4.01 -7 -0.8 1.8 -0.1 0.4 6 .468 .495 $23,000 RoY-4
1978 23 HOU NL 110.1 28 16 59 4.81 4.08 -0.27 0.03 91.4 4.00 -11 -1.2 .7 -0.0 -0.3 -1 .457 .493 $26,000
1979 24 SEA AL 182.1 30 30 92 4.54 4.72 -0.04 0.15 105.3 5.17 13 1.3 -0.1 3.0 32 .544 .508 $50,000
1980 25 SEA AL 217.2 32 32 96 3.97 4.48 -0.06 0.15 104.9 4.92 22 2.4 -0.1 4.3 43 .575 .515
1981 26 SEA AL 121.1 21 20 62 4.60 4.12 -0.13 0.13 106.7 4.68 1 0.1 1.3 -0.1 1.2 11 .507 .501
1982 27 SEA AL 247.0 35 35 112 4.08 4.55 0.02 0.16 105.0 4.92 24 2.7 -0.1 4.8 46 .576 .517 $290,000 AS
1983 28 CHW AL 217.1 34 34 88 3.64 4.44 0.25 0.14 103.1 4.47 19 2.1 -0.1 4.0 40 .562 .513 $930,000
1984 29 CHW AL 218.0 34 33 127 5.24 4.52 0.07 0.14 103.9 4.78 -11 -1.1 4.5 -0.1 0.8 9 .468 .493 $950,000
1985 30 CHW AL 210.2 34 34 121 5.17 4.64 0.00 0.16 103.3 4.96 -5 -0.5 -0.1 1.3 15 .485 .497 $811,250
1986 31 CHW AL 165.1 28 27 81 4.41 4.67 0.41 0.16 104.5 4.62 4 0.4 1.1 -0.1 1.8 20 .513 .502 $930,000
1987 32 CHW AL 228.2 34 34 100 3.94 5.01 0.60 0.18 102.1 4.67 18 1.9 -0.1 3.8 42 .555 .511 $930,000
1988 33 KCR AL 189.1 31 31 102 4.85 4.32 -0.11 0.14 101.8 4.65 -5 -0.5 -0.1 1.2 13 .484 .497 $900,000
1989 34 KCR AL 75.1 14 14 40 4.78 4.31 -0.27 0.15 101.6 4.81 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.7 7 .500 .500 $900,000
1991 36 CAL AL 25.0 16 0 12 4.32 4.64 -0.17 -0.35 100.2 4.47 0 0.0 .9 -0.1 0.2 3 .503 .500 $250,000
1992 37 TEX AL 37.0 36 0 27 6.57 4.49 -0.30 -0.35 96.7 4.30 -9 -1.0 1.2 -0.2 -0.8 -6 .473 .494 $225,000
15 Seasons 2388.0 431 363 1189 4.48 4.53 0.07 0.13 102.3 4.70 54 5.9 1.1 -1.5 26.7 281 .514 .503 $7,215,250
CHW (5 yrs) 1040.0 164 162 517 4.47 4.66 0.26 0.16 103.3 4.70 26 2.7 2.8 -0.6 11.9 127 .517 .503 $4,551,250
SEA (4 yrs) 768.1 118 117 362 4.24 4.50 -0.04 0.15 105.3 4.94 60 6.5 1.3 -0.4 13.4 133 .555 .511 $340,000
KCR (2 yrs) 264.2 45 45 142 4.83 4.32 -0.16 0.14 101.8 4.70 -5 -0.5 -0.2 1.9 21 .489 .498 $1,800,000
HOU (2 yrs) 253.0 52 39 129 4.59 4.26 -0.05 0.10 90.7 4.00 -19 -2.0 .8 -0.1 0.1 4 .462 .494 $49,000
TEX (1 yr) 37.0 36 0 27 6.57 4.49 -0.30 -0.35 96.7 4.30 -9 -1.0 1.2 -0.2 -0.8 -6 .473 .494 $225,000
CAL (1 yr) 25.0 16 0 12 4.32 4.64 -0.17 -0.35 100.2 4.47 0 0.0 .9 -0.1 0.2 3 .503 .500 $250,000

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
1983 28 CHW AL ALCS L BAL 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 4 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 25 1.000 7.5 1.5 1.5 7.5 5.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 4 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 25 1.000 7.5 1.5 1.5 7.5 5.00

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
1982 SEA AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PAu G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1977 22 HOU NL 24 622 544 70 138 30 5 11 19 7 68 112 .254 .339 .388 .727 .299 211 9 4 2 4 1 7
1978 23 HOU NL 28 502 428 59 120 30 5 13 18 4 63 94 .280 .372 .465 .837 .330 199 9 1 7 3 4 3
1979 24 SEA AL 30 792 711 92 185 36 9 25 23 7 68 115 .260 .327 .442 .769 .279 314 10 4 5 3 4 9
1980 25 SEA AL 32 918 837 96 200 45 5 24 18 3 66 155 .239 .295 .391 .685 .265 327 13 2 8 5 6 19
1981 26 SEA AL 21 522 478 62 128 25 4 14 9 2 39 85 .268 .327 .425 .752 .301 203 9 3 2 0 0 2
1982 27 SEA AL 35 1022 927 112 225 45 3 32 18 12 77 209 .243 .301 .401 .703 .279 372 17 3 10 5 0 13
1983 28 CHW AL 34 902 821 88 191 34 7 19 16 7 71 193 .233 .294 .361 .655 .281 296 12 2 4 4 3 7
1984 29 CHW AL 34 936 835 127 211 43 4 30 11 8 80 152 .253 .319 .422 .741 .273 352 15 6 3 10 2 9
1985 30 CHW AL 34 928 806 121 211 46 6 30 18 7 100 198 .262 .343 .445 .789 .309 359 20 4 9 8 5 8
1986 31 CHW AL 28 688 626 81 162 26 5 17 11 8 48 92 .259 .311 .398 .709 .278 249 16 2 7 5 0 11
1987 32 CHW AL 34 939 878 100 216 34 5 38 12 4 49 124 .246 .285 .426 .711 .248 374 15 0 9 3 0 13
1988 33 KCR AL 31 816 733 102 182 39 5 22 21 0 68 113 .248 .316 .405 .721 .267 297 12 5 8 2 6 11
1989 34 KCR AL 14 323 300 40 87 14 2 8 13 4 18 35 .290 .330 .430 .760 .305 129 8 1 2 2 1 5
1991 36 CAL AL 16 104 94 12 25 3 2 5 0 1 10 16 .266 .337 .500 .837 .274 47 5 0 0 0 1 1
1992 37 TEX AL 36 173 139 27 39 11 0 3 3 1 21 30 .281 .371 .424 .795 .319 59 1 3 3 7 6 2
15 Yrs 431 10187 9157 1189 2320 461 67 291 210 75 846 1723 .253 .317 .414 .731 .282 3788 171 40 79 61 39 120
162 Game Avg. 37 872 784 102 199 39 6 25 18 6 72 148 .253 .317 .414 .731 .282 324 15 3 7 5 3 10
MLB Averages .259 .324 .388 .712 .284

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1977 22 HOU NL -7.2 -0.7 659 -1.2 10.0 -11.2 .96 -0.5 -0.7 -5.3 -0.6 0.96 -5.4 1 0 0
1978 23 HOU NL -16.6 -1.7 533 -1.7 7.5 -9.1 .92 -2.0 0.2 -10.2 -1.1 0.92 -18.0 1 4 6
1979 24 SEA AL 6.8 0.7 823 0.5 13.8 -13.3 .95 -0.1 0.6 6.3 0.6 0.95 1.4 0 0 0
1980 25 SEA AL 14.6 1.5 949 0.9 15.7 -14.8 .95 1.4 -0.4 15.1 1.5 0.95 15.7 0 0 0
1981 26 SEA AL -5.0 -0.5 542 0.3 9.2 -8.8 1.00 -0.2 0.5 -6.5 -0.7 1.00 -3.7 0 1 0
1982 27 SEA AL 18.1 1.9 1058 0.5 18.4 -17.9 .99 0.8 -0.2 13.2 1.3 0.99 12.3 0 0 0
1983 28 CHW AL 20.7 2.1 936 2.6 17.0 -14.4 1.02 2.8 -0.2 25.0 2.6 1.02 30.3 0 0 0
1984 29 CHW AL -14.1 -1.4 968 -1.0 15.4 -16.4 .93 -0.6 -0.5 -13.9 -1.3 0.93 -6.9 1 0 0
1985 30 CHW AL -10.0 -1.0 966 -2.0 17.1 -19.1 1.08 -0.8 -1.1 -16.2 -1.5 1.08 -7.5 0 0 0
1986 31 CHW AL 10.8 1.1 716 0.4 11.8 -11.4 .96 0.4 0.1 4.1 0.4 0.96 4.9 0 1 0
1987 32 CHW AL 25.8 2.6 962 3.0 17.3 -14.3 .94 2.1 1.1 30.1 3.0 0.94 19.2 0 0 0
1988 33 KCR AL -6.9 -0.7 845 -0.6 13.2 -13.8 .93 -0.6 -0.1 -9.3 -0.9 0.93 -6.1 0 0 0
1989 34 KCR AL -4.7 -0.5 340 -0.4 6.2 -6.6 1.09 -0.5 0.2 -4.0 -0.4 1.09 -5.6 0 0 0
1991 36 CAL AL 0.6 0.1 110 -0.4 0.8 -1.2 .42 -0.4 -0.6 -0.9 -0.1 0.42 -6.5 2 5 9
1992 37 TEX AL -9.7 -1.0 184 -0.8 1.8 -2.6 .76 -0.5 -0.6 -7.7 -0.8 0.76 -6.0 12 7 15
15 Yrs 23.4 2.5 10591 0.1 175.1 -175.0 .97 1.2 -1.1 19.7 2.0 0.97 18.1 17 18 30

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
1977 22 HOU NL 24 23 8 8 7 0 1 11 12 .478 1 3 4 1 12 52% 51.7 84 13 16 3 1 9 5.9 4.9 6.1
1978 23 HOU NL 28 16 3 9 4 0 1 4 12 .250 0 0 2 2 5 31% 44.7 83 12 12 4 4 7 3.0 3.5 5.4
1979 24 SEA AL 30 30 10 15 5 0 5 11 19 .367 3 3 6 2 16 53% 50.4 82 19 15 6 2 10 4.0 4.5 6.1
1980 25 SEA AL 32 32 9 13 10 2 5 16 16 .500 4 4 8 0 16 50% 55.0 81 27 22 8 1 8 3.4 3.1 6.8
1981 26 SEA AL 21 20 9 9 2 1 1 11 9 .550 1 1 5 2 10 50% 50.0 87 13 16 5 3 8 3.3 3.5 6.1
1982 27 SEA AL 35 35 12 13 10 2 6 20 15 .571 1 2 5 3 25 71% 56.3 89 26 21 7 1 10 4.4 4.2 7.1
1983 28 CHW AL 34 34 16 10 8 4 4 20 14 .588 3 6 5 2 19 56% 56.4 93 13 23 8 4 11 4.8 4.2 6.4
1984 29 CHW AL 34 33 14 11 8 3 2 18 15 .545 5 2 4 0 15 45% 49.2 82 17 25 13 1 12 4.7 4.8 6.6
1985 30 CHW AL 34 34 10 14 10 6 3 14 19 .424 3 3 4 1 12 35% 49.3 83 24 26 3 4 10 4.7 5.1 6.2
1986 31 CHW AL 28 27 9 14 4 2 5 11 16 .407 3 2 6 1 14 52% 51.8 76 18 21 5 2 10 3.3 3.6 6.1
1987 32 CHW AL 34 34 16 11 7 2 4 19 15 .559 2 2 11 2 20 59% 53.8 95 6 23 10 0 13 4.6 4.7 6.7
1988 33 KCR AL 31 31 12 13 6 4 5 17 14 .548 0 3 2 0 14 45% 49.6 73 23 23 6 3 10 4.2 4.2 6.1 95 7 11 10 3 130
1989 34 KCR AL 14 14 4 1 9 2 0 11 3 .786 4 3 0 0 6 43% 46.8 75 14 14 3 2 3 5.0 4.6 5.4 79 8 4 2 0 108
13 Yrs 379 363 132 141 90 28 42 183 179 .506 30 34 62 16 184 51% 52 95 6 257 81 28 121 4.3 4.3 6.3 90 15 15 12 3 130
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 4.3 6.2 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
1977 22 HOU NL 24 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 .964 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1978 23 HOU NL 28 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 2 18% 6 .923 1 4 6 2 0 10 6 6 10 1 10 1 5.8
1981 26 SEA AL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 .995 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1984 29 CHW AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 23 .931 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1986 31 CHW AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 .959 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1991 36 CAL AL 16 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 20% 5 .419 2 5 9 1 1 14 10 6 9 5 10 0 4.7 27
1992 37 TEX AL 36 36 8 1 1 2 0 2 0% 5 3 32 12 38% 7 .758 12 7 15 9 7 20 17 19 11 17 13 5 3.1 19
7 Yrs 187 68 13 2 2 2 0 2 0% 6 4 65 18 28% .927 17 18 30 12 9 47 37 31 33 24 36 6 4.0 22

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%
1977 22 HOU NL 622 16% 1.8% 18.0% 10.9% 7.4% 33% 0.79 68% 98 9 9%
1978 23 HOU NL 502 21% 2.6% 18.7% 12.6% 9.6% 40% 0.88 65% 81 9 11%
1979 24 SEA AL 792 23% 3.2% 14.5% 8.6% 8.8% 38% 0.77 72% 122 10 8%
1980 25 SEA AL 918 22% 2.6% 16.9% 7.2% 8.1% 37% 0.80 72% 130 13 10%
1981 26 SEA AL 522 20% 2.7% 16.3% 7.5% 8.2% 34% 0.81 73% 96 9 9%
1982 27 SEA AL 1022 15% 3.1% 20.5% 7.5% 7.8% 36% 0.95 68% 169 17 10%
1983 28 CHW AL 902 14% 2.1% 21.4% 7.9% 6.7% 31% 0.90 68% 126 12 10%
1984 29 CHW AL 936 18% 3.2% 16.2% 8.6% 8.2% 37% 0.77 71% 164 15 9%
1985 30 CHW AL 928 17% 3.2% 21.3% 10.8% 8.8% 39% 0.82 63% 158 20 13%
1986 31 CHW AL 688 15% 2.5% 13.4% 7.0% 7.0% 30% 0.92 76% 122 16 13%
1987 32 CHW AL 939 15% 4.1% 13.2% 5.2% 8.2% 36% 0.81 77% 143 15 10%
1988 33 KCR AL 816 19% 2.7% 13.9% 8.3% 8.1% 36% 0.62 0.80 74% 22% 10.3% 43% 123 12 10%
1989 34 KCR AL 323 16% 2.5% 10.8% 5.6% 7.4% 28% 0.66 0.87 80% 22% 5.6% 11% 58 8 14%
1991 36 CAL AL 104 34% 4.8% 15.4% 9.6% 9.6% 40% 0.59 0.93 70% 17% 12.2% 16% 13 5 38%
1992 37 TEX AL 173 35% 1.7% 17.3% 12.1% 8.1% 36% 0.55 0.78 65% 19% 5.0% 18% 37 1 3%
15 Yrs 10187 18% 2.9% 16.9% 8.3% 8.0% 35% 0.62 0.83 71% 21% 8.3% 31% 1640 171 10%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 14.0% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.2% 22% 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
1988 33 KCR AL 816 2948 3.61 1800 61% 25% 14% 26% 35% 75% 1% 46% 82% 55% 6% 47 31 16% 132 70 6 26% 14 10 0 4 0
1989 34 KCR AL 325 1107 3.41 703 64% 22% 11% 28% 38% 77% 1% 49% 86% 56% 5% 15 8 15% 48 30 3 31% 9 6 -2 0 2
1991 36 CAL AL 104 437 4.20 277 63% 31% 10% 31% 28% 69% 3% 44% 85% 59% 5% 5 4 29% 30 15 4 44% 3 0 0 0 0
1992 37 TEX AL 173 692 4.00 386 56% 29% 16% 25% 31% 71% 7% 40% 78% 45% 10% 17 6 16% 27 13 2 20% 3 5 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1418 5184 3.66 3166 61% 25% 13% 27% 35% 75% 2% 46% 82% 54% 6% 84 49 17% 237 128 15 27% 29 21 -2 4 2
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 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
1977 22 HOU NL 622 138 11 0 15 11 0 4 7 35 14 10 40% 7 6 0 227 19 7 73% 16 7 3 0 0 0 4 2 14 0
1978 23 HOU NL 502 120 13 0 15 10 3 3 10 33 13 5 39% 3 7 0 201 18 4 82% 14 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
1979 24 SEA AL 792 185 25 0 15 19 6 15 10 43 17 6 40% 9 1 1 281 23 7 77% 18 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1980 25 SEA AL 918 200 24 0 12 20 4 18 6 24 16 5 67% 19 7 2 309 18 3 86% 14 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 19 0
1981 26 SEA AL 522 128 14 0 7 10 4 10 4 24 17 2 71% 2 7 1 185 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1982 27 SEA AL 1022 225 32 1 16 26 6 14 18 30 17 7 57% 13 6 0 342 18 12 60% 16 10 2 2 0 0 2 1 13 0
1983 28 CHW AL 902 191 19 0 9 18 1 15 4 33 16 9 48% 7 8 0 303 16 7 70% 14 5 2 2 0 0 3 3 15 0
1984 29 CHW AL 936 211 30 1 16 24 6 10 20 45 29 7 64% 9 10 3 322 11 8 58% 6 6 5 1 0 1 0 0 31 0
1985 30 CHW AL 928 211 30 3 22 24 6 13 17 48 27 10 56% 8 11 4 334 18 7 72% 18 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 24 0
1986 31 CHW AL 688 162 17 0 4 15 2 9 8 28 22 1 79% 11 5 2 239 11 8 58% 9 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 14 0
1987 32 CHW AL 939 216 38 0 7 35 3 12 26 33 15 6 45% 13 5 2 289 12 4 75% 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1988 33 KCR AL 816 182 14 0 22 1 11 22 0 7 15 32 20 0 63% 11 6 1 295 21 0 100% 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1989 34 KCR AL 323 87 5 1 8 0 2 7 1 2 6 14 7 3 50% 5 1 0 113 13 4 76% 12 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 0
1991 36 CAL AL 104 25 6 0 5 0 0 3 2 1 4 4 0 0 0% 1 1 3 35 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1992 37 TEX AL 173 39 12 2 3 0 10 1 2 1 2 15 9 3 60% 2 3 2 77 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
15 Yrs 10187 2320 37 3 291 6 161 245 46 134 157 441 239 74 54% 120 84 21 3552 210 75 74% 175 62 35 10 0 3 12 8 212 0
MLB Averages 53% 67%

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+
1977 22 8 9 .471 4.04 24 23 0 4 1 0 142.2 138 70 64 11 68 1 112 4 2 6 622 88 1.444 8.7 0.7 4.3 7.1 1.65 88
1978 23 11 18 .379 4.38 52 39 3 6 3 0 253.0 258 129 123 24 131 5 206 5 4 13 1124 79 1.538 9.2 0.9 4.7 7.3 1.57 79
1979 24 21 33 .389 4.24 82 69 3 12 5 0 435.1 443 221 205 49 199 9 321 9 4 14 1916 91 1.475 9.2 1.0 4.1 6.6 1.61 91
1980 25 30 46 .395 3.98 114 101 3 20 5 0 653.0 643 317 289 73 265 15 476 11 4 21 2834 99 1.391 8.9 1.0 3.7 6.6 1.80 99
1981 26 39 55 .415 4.06 135 121 3 25 7 0 774.1 771 379 349 87 304 15 561 14 5 28 3356 97 1.388 9.0 1.0 3.5 6.5 1.85 97
1982 27 51 68 .429 3.90 170 156 3 30 10 0 1021.1 996 491 443 119 381 15 770 17 5 34 4378 103 1.348 8.8 1.0 3.4 6.8 2.02 103
1983 28 67 78 .462 3.81 204 190 3 35 12 0 1238.2 1187 579 524 138 452 18 963 19 6 42 5280 106 1.323 8.6 1.0 3.3 7.0 2.13 106
1984 29 81 89 .476 3.96 238 223 3 39 12 0 1456.2 1398 706 641 168 532 20 1115 25 6 52 6216 103 1.325 8.6 1.0 3.3 6.9 2.10 103
1985 30 91 103 .469 4.08 272 257 3 43 13 0 1667.1 1609 827 755 198 632 25 1313 29 6 63 7144 101 1.344 8.7 1.1 3.4 7.1 2.08 101
1986 31 101 117 .463 4.03 300 284 3 49 14 0 1832.2 1771 908 820 215 680 25 1405 31 6 68 7832 102 1.337 8.7 1.1 3.3 6.9 2.07 102
1987 32 117 128 .478 3.98 334 318 3 60 16 0 2061.1 1987 1008 911 253 729 25 1529 31 7 73 8771 105 1.318 8.7 1.1 3.2 6.7 2.10 105
1988 33 129 141 .478 4.01 365 349 3 62 16 0 2250.2 2169 1110 1002 275 797 31 1642 36 9 79 9587 104 1.318 8.7 1.1 3.2 6.6 2.06 104
1989 34 133 142 .484 4.03 379 363 3 62 16 0 2326.0 2256 1150 1041 283 815 32 1677 37 9 80 9910 103 1.320 8.7 1.1 3.2 6.5 2.06 103
1990 35 133 142 .484 4.03 379 363 3 62 16 0 2326.0 2256 1150 1041 283 815 32 1677 37 9 80 9910 103 1.320 8.7 1.1 3.2 6.5 2.06 103
1991 36 133 142 .484 4.03 395 363 5 62 16 0 2351.0 2281 1162 1052 288 825 33 1693 37 9 81 10014 103 1.321 8.7 1.1 3.2 6.5 2.05 103
1992 37 134 143 .484 4.06 431 363 13 62 16 0 2388.0 2320 1189 1078 291 846 39 1723 40 9 84 10187 102 1.326 8.7 1.1 3.2 6.5 2.04 102

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
1977 22 6 8 .429 4.77 134.0 145 79 71 12 71 105 4 1.612 9.7 4.8 7.1 1.48 0.8 24
1978 23 3 8 .273 6.39 100.0 132 79 71 14 69 85 1 2.010 11.9 6.2 7.7 1.23 1.3 28
1979 24 10 10 .500 4.00 180.0 184 89 80 25 68 114 4 1.400 9.2 3.4 5.7 1.68 1.3 30
1980 25 13 10 .565 3.60 215.0 203 96 86 24 67 153 2 1.256 8.5 2.8 6.4 2.28 1.0 32
1981 26 7 12 .368 5.20 173.0 203 111 100 22 62 121 5 1.532 10.6 3.2 6.3 1.95 1.1 21
1982 27 14 12 .538 3.59 238.0 227 106 95 32 78 201 3 1.282 8.6 2.9 7.6 2.58 1.2 35
1983 28 13 10 .565 3.52 212.0 193 92 83 19 72 188 2 1.250 8.2 3.1 8.0 2.61 0.8 34
1984 29 9 14 .391 5.09 212.0 214 133 120 30 81 148 6 1.392 9.1 3.4 6.3 1.83 1.3 34
1985 30 9 13 .409 4.96 205.0 210 126 113 30 100 192 4 1.512 9.2 4.4 8.4 1.92 1.3 34
1986 31 9 8 .529 3.62 159.0 161 71 64 17 48 88 2 1.314 9.1 2.7 5.0 1.83 1.0 28
1987 32 15 10 .600 3.36 228.0 209 94 85 37 47 123 0 1.123 8.3 1.9 4.9 2.62 1.5 34
1988 33 8 12 .400 4.79 184.0 189 109 98 23 71 110 5 1.413 9.2 3.5 5.4 1.55 1.1 31
1989 34 2 5 .286 5.45 71.0 91 48 43 8 19 33 1 1.549 11.5 2.4 4.2 1.74 1.0 14
1991 36 1 1 .500 4.70 23.0 26 13 12 5 10 15 0 1.565 10.2 3.9 5.9 1.50 2.0 16
1992 37 1 2 .333 7.25 36.0 41 32 29 3 22 29 3 1.750 10.3 5.5 7.3 1.32 0.8 36
15 Yrs 120 135 .471 4.37 2370.0 2428 1278 1150 301 885 1705 42 1.398 9.2 6.5 1.93 1.1 431



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* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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
1982 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1982 AL  4.9 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1982 AL  3.43 (8th)
1986 AL  3.54 (9th)
1987 AL  3.58 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1983 AL  16 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1980 AL  1.222 (7th)
1982 AL  1.223 (5th)
1983 AL  1.206 (10th)
1987 AL  1.159 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 AL  8.270 (10th)
1982 AL  8.198 (10th)
1983 AL  7.909 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 AL  1.929 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL  5.676 (5th)
1980 AL  6.409 (4th)
1981 AL  6.305 (4th)
1982 AL  7.615 (2nd)
1983 AL  7.992 (1st)
1984 AL  6.275 (6th)
1985 AL  8.459 (1st)
Career  6.494 (169th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1982 AL  247.0 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1980 AL  155 (4th)
1982 AL  209 (1st)
1983 AL  193 (2nd)
1984 AL  152 (7th)
1985 AL  198 (2nd)
Career  1,723 (113th)

Games Started s c a p y
1982 AL  35 (8th)
1983 AL  34 (9th)
Career  363 (178th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1987 AL  11 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 AL  2 (8th)
1982 AL  3 (4th)
1983 AL  2 (9th)
1987 AL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  24 (10th)
1981 AL  14 (6th)
1982 AL  32 (4th)
1984 AL  30 (3rd)
1985 AL  30 (4th)
1987 AL  38 (3rd)
Career  291 (58th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1985 AL  100 (3rd)
Career  846 (203rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1980 AL  2.349 (7th)
1981 AL  2.180 (9th)
1982 AL  2.714 (2nd)
1983 AL  2.718 (3rd)
1987 AL  2.531 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1979 AL  15 (7th)
1985 AL  14 (9th)
1986 AL  14 (6th)
Career  143 (188th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1984 AL  117 (2nd)
1985 AL  114 (5th)
Career  1,078 (185th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1981 AL  7 (6th)
1983 AL  8 (10th)
1984 AL  10 (8th)
1985 AL  11 (4th)
Career  84 (166th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1982 AL  1,022 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1982 AL  124 (7th)
1983 AL  125 (7th)
1986 AL  123 (7th)
1987 AL  129 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1983 AL  21 (10th)
1987 AL  26 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1983 AL  2.1 (9th)
1987 AL  2.6 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1983 AL  24.97 (8th)
1987 AL  30.11 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1987 AL  3.0 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1983 AL  2.8 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1983 AL  2.6 (9th)
1987 AL  3.0 (8th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 4 (474), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 55 (465), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (976), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (628), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (346th), 26.9 career WAR/23.4 7yr-peak WAR/25.1 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  5. Kevin Gross (939)
  6. Ray Sadecki (936)
  7. Mike McCormick (935)
  8. Darryl Kile (931)
  9. Bob Knepper (930)
  10. Ron Darling (929)
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  3. Happy Townsend (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bruce Ruffin (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Lannan (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dick Ruthven (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dave LaPoint (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kevin Gross (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kevin Gross (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kevin Gross (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mike Witt (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mark Gubicza (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Mark Gubicza (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Tim Belcher (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Steve Renko (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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