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Tim Belcher

Timothy Wayne Belcher

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 19, 1961 in Mount Gilead, OH
High School: Highland HS (Sparta, OH)
School: Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Mount Vernon, OH)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed February 2, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1987
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Royals/Reds/Angels/Mariners/... 1987-2000
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: September 30, 2000
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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
1987 25 LAD NL 4 2 .667 2.38 6 5 1 0 0 0 34.0 30 11 9 2 7 0 23 0 1 0 135 170 1.088 7.9 0.5 1.9 6.1 3.29
1988 26 LAD NL 12 6 .667 2.91 36 27 5 4 1 4 179.2 143 65 58 8 51 7 152 2 0 4 719 116 1.080 7.2 0.4 2.6 7.6 2.98 RoY-3
1989 27 LAD NL 15 12 .556 2.82 39 30 6 10 8 1 230.0 182 81 72 20 80 5 200 7 2 7 937 122 1.139 7.1 0.8 3.1 7.8 2.50 CYA-6
1990 28 LAD NL 9 9 .500 4.00 24 24 0 5 2 0 153.0 136 76 68 17 48 0 102 2 1 6 627 92 1.203 8.0 1.0 2.8 6.0 2.13
1991 29 LAD NL 10 9 .526 2.62 33 33 0 2 1 0 209.1 189 76 61 10 75 3 156 2 0 7 880 137 1.261 8.1 0.4 3.2 6.7 2.08
1992 30 CIN NL 15 14 .517 3.91 35 34 1 2 1 0 227.2 201 104 99 17 80 2 149 3 1 3 949 93 1.234 7.9 0.7 3.2 5.9 1.86
1993 31 TOT MLB 12 11 .522 4.44 34 33 0 5 3 0 208.2 198 108 103 19 74 4 135 8 0 6 886 92 1.304 8.5 0.8 3.2 5.8 1.82
1993 31 CIN NL 9 6 .600 4.47 22 22 0 4 2 0 137.0 134 72 68 11 47 4 101 7 0 6 590 90 1.321 8.8 0.7 3.1 6.6 2.15
1993 31 CHW AL 3 5 .375 4.40 12 11 0 1 1 0 71.2 64 36 35 8 27 0 34 1 0 0 296 96 1.270 8.0 1.0 3.4 4.3 1.26
1994 32 DET AL 7 15 .318 5.89 25 25 0 3 0 0 162.0 192 124 106 21 78 10 76 4 1 6 750 83 1.667 10.7 1.2 4.3 4.2 0.97
1995 33 SEA AL 10 12 .455 4.52 28 28 0 1 0 0 179.1 188 101 90 19 88 5 96 5 0 6 802 106 1.539 9.4 1.0 4.4 4.8 1.09
1996 34 KCR AL 15 11 .577 3.92 35 35 0 4 1 0 238.2 262 117 104 28 68 4 113 6 0 7 1021 126 1.383 9.9 1.1 2.6 4.3 1.66
1997 35 KCR AL 13 12 .520 5.02 32 32 0 3 1 0 213.1 242 128 119 31 70 2 113 5 1 7 927 93 1.463 10.2 1.3 3.0 4.8 1.61
1998 36 KCR AL 14 14 .500 4.27 34 34 0 2 0 0 234.0 247 127 111 37 73 0 130 7 1 6 1003 111 1.368 9.5 1.4 2.8 5.0 1.78
1999 37 ANA AL 6 8 .429 6.73 24 24 0 0 0 0 132.1 168 104 99 27 46 0 52 5 1 7 600 72 1.617 11.4 1.8 3.1 3.5 1.13
2000 38 ANA AL 4 5 .444 6.86 9 9 0 1 0 0 40.2 45 31 31 8 22 1 22 2 1 1 186 74 1.648 10.0 1.8 4.9 4.9 1.00
14 Yrs 146 140 .510 4.16 394 373 13 42 18 5 2442.2 2423 1253 1130 264 860 43 1519 58 10 73 10422 101 1.344 8.9 1.0 3.2 5.6 1.77
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .510 4.16 35 33 1 4 2 0 217 215 111 100 23 76 4 135 5 1 6 924 101 1.344 8.9 1.0 3.2 5.6 1.77
LAD (5 yrs) 50 38 .568 2.99 138 119 12 21 12 5 806.0 680 309 268 57 261 15 633 13 4 24 3298 118 1.167 7.6 0.6 2.9 7.1 2.43
KCR (3 yrs) 42 37 .532 4.38 101 101 0 9 2 0 686.0 751 372 334 96 211 6 356 18 2 20 2951 110 1.402 9.9 1.3 2.8 4.7 1.69
ANA (2 yrs) 10 13 .435 6.76 33 33 0 1 0 0 173.0 213 135 130 35 68 1 74 7 2 8 786 72 1.624 11.1 1.8 3.5 3.8 1.09
CIN (2 yrs) 24 20 .545 4.12 57 56 1 6 3 0 364.2 335 176 167 28 127 6 250 10 1 9 1539 92 1.267 8.3 0.7 3.1 6.2 1.97
SEA (1 yr) 10 12 .455 4.52 28 28 0 1 0 0 179.1 188 101 90 19 88 5 96 5 0 6 802 106 1.539 9.4 1.0 4.4 4.8 1.09
DET (1 yr) 7 15 .318 5.89 25 25 0 3 0 0 162.0 192 124 106 21 78 10 76 4 1 6 750 83 1.667 10.7 1.2 4.3 4.2 0.97
CHW (1 yr) 3 5 .375 4.40 12 11 0 1 1 0 71.2 64 36 35 8 27 0 34 1 0 0 296 96 1.270 8.0 1.0 3.4 4.3 1.26
AL (8 yrs) 72 82 .468 4.92 199 198 0 15 3 0 1272.0 1408 768 695 179 472 22 636 35 5 40 5585 97 1.478 10.0 1.3 3.3 4.5 1.35
NL (7 yrs) 74 58 .561 3.34 195 175 13 27 15 5 1170.2 1015 485 435 85 388 21 883 23 5 33 4837 108 1.198 7.8 0.7 3.0 6.8 2.28

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
1987 25 LAD NL 34.0 6 5 11 2.91 4.59 -0.29 0.14 97.5 4.89 7 0.8 2.3 0.0 1.1 11 .635 .505 $
1988 26 LAD NL 179.2 36 27 65 3.26 3.87 0.07 0.08 98.1 3.81 10 1.2 1.1 -0.1 2.6 27 .534 .508 $78,000 RoY-3
1989 27 LAD NL 230.0 39 30 81 3.17 3.92 0.05 0.10 99.0 3.93 19 2.3 1.1 -0.2 4.0 41 .559 .514 $225,000 CYA-6
1990 28 LAD NL 153.0 24 24 76 4.47 4.18 -0.12 0.15 98.2 4.36 -5 -0.5 -0.1 0.6 12 .479 .497 $450,000
1991 29 LAD NL 209.1 33 33 76 3.27 4.15 -0.16 0.15 96.4 4.29 22 2.6 -0.1 4.0 42 .580 .516 $900,000
1992 30 CIN NL 227.2 35 34 104 4.11 3.85 -0.18 0.13 104.6 4.35 5 0.6 2.2 -0.2 2.1 25 .516 .503 $2,100,000
1993 31 CIN NL 137.0 22 22 72 4.73 4.64 -0.32 0.17 98.0 5.02 2 0.2 -0.1 1.2 18 .510 .501 $3,825,000
1993 31 CHW AL 71.2 12 11 36 4.52 4.59 0.39 0.15 95.3 4.16 -2 -0.2 .6 -0.0 0.4 6 .481 .499 $
1994 32 DET AL 162.0 25 25 124 6.89 5.23 -0.35 0.19 101.8 5.88 -19 -1.6 -0.1 -0.3 -3 .434 .490 $3,400,000
1995 33 SEA AL 179.1 28 28 101 5.07 5.21 0.08 0.20 100.0 5.33 5 0.5 -0.1 2.0 26 .519 .503 $580,000
1996 34 KCR AL 238.2 35 35 117 4.41 5.43 0.04 0.21 99.0 5.54 26 2.5 -0.2 4.5 63 .572 .516 $1,400,000
1997 35 KCR AL 213.1 32 32 128 5.40 5.06 0.35 0.19 102.4 5.02 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.8 18 .470 .494 $2,300,000
1998 36 KCR AL 234.0 34 34 127 4.88 4.96 -0.06 0.18 101.8 5.30 11 1.1 -0.1 3.0 41 .531 .507 $2,300,000
1999 37 ANA AL 132.1 24 24 104 7.07 5.29 0.52 0.21 98.1 4.89 -32 -2.7 -0.1 -1.5 -14 .389 .484 $4,650,000
2000 38 ANA AL 40.2 9 9 31 6.86 5.28 0.45 0.21 99.1 4.99 -9 -0.8 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .416 .495 $4,600,000
14 Seasons 2442.2 394 373 1253 4.62 4.64 0.01 0.16 99.8 4.79 33 5.2 1.2 -1.5 24.1 309 .513 .502 $26,808,000
LAD (5 yrs) 806.0 138 119 309 3.45 4.05 -0.05 0.12 97.9 4.12 55 6.5 1.1 -0.5 12.3 133 .547 .508 $1,653,000
KCR (3 yrs) 686.0 101 101 372 4.88 5.15 0.10 0.19 101.0 5.30 27 2.6 -0.4 8.3 122 .526 .505 $6,000,000
ANA (2 yrs) 173.0 33 33 135 7.02 5.29 0.50 0.21 98.4 4.91 -40 -3.4 -0.1 -1.9 -17 .397 .489 $9,250,000
CIN (2 yrs) 364.2 57 56 176 4.34 4.15 -0.23 0.15 102.1 4.60 7 0.8 2.2 -0.2 3.3 42 .514 .502 $5,925,000
SEA (1 yr) 179.1 28 28 101 5.07 5.21 0.08 0.20 100.0 5.33 5 0.5 -0.1 2.0 26 .519 .503 $580,000
DET (1 yr) 162.0 25 25 124 6.89 5.23 -0.35 0.19 101.8 5.88 -19 -1.6 -0.1 -0.3 -3 .434 .490 $3,400,000
CHW (1 yr) 71.2 12 11 36 4.52 4.59 0.39 0.15 95.3 4.16 -2 -0.2 .6 -0.0 0.4 6 .481 .499 $

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
1988 26 LAD NL NLCS W NYM 2 0 1.000 4.11 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 12 7 7 2 4 0 16 0 0 0 59 1.043 7.0 1.2 2.3 9.4 4.00
1988 26 LAD NL WS W OAK 1 0 1.000 6.23 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 10 7 6 1 6 0 10 1 0 0 43 1.846 10.4 1.0 6.2 10.4 1.67
1993 31 CHW AL ALCS L TOR 1 0 1.000 2.45 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 16 1.636 7.4 0.0 7.4 2.5 0.33
1995 33 SEA AL ALDS W NYY 0 1 .000 6.23 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 4 3 3 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 20 2.077 8.3 2.1 10.4 0.0 0.00
1995 33 SEA AL ALCS L CLE 0 1 .000 6.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 9 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 27 1.941 14.3 1.6 3.2 1.6 0.50
3 Yrs (5 Series) 4 2 .667 5.02 8 5 1 0 0 0 37.2 38 22 21 5 20 2 28 1 0 1 165 1.540 9.1 1.2 4.8 6.7 1.40
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 6.23 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 4 3 3 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 20 2.077 8.3 2.1 10.4 0.0 0.00
2 ALCS 1 1 .500 4.82 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.1 12 5 5 1 5 1 2 0 0 1 43 1.821 11.6 1.0 4.8 1.9 0.40
1 NLCS 2 0 1.000 4.11 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 12 7 7 2 4 0 16 0 0 0 59 1.043 7.0 1.2 2.3 9.4 4.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 6.23 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 10 7 6 1 6 0 10 1 0 0 43 1.846 10.4 1.0 6.2 10.4 1.67

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
1987 25 LAD NL 6 135 125 11 30 4 0 2 3 2 7 23 .240 .278 .320 .598 .277 40 2 0 2 1 0 2
1988 26 LAD NL 36 719 659 65 143 22 3 8 12 11 51 152 .217 .275 .296 .571 .270 195 9 2 6 1 7 7
1989 27 LAD NL 39 937 838 81 182 24 2 20 22 14 80 200 .217 .289 .322 .611 .260 270 9 7 6 6 5 6
1990 28 LAD NL 24 627 566 76 136 19 5 17 11 7 48 102 .240 .299 .382 .681 .263 216 11 2 5 6 0 5
1991 29 LAD NL 33 880 789 76 189 26 3 10 17 10 75 156 .240 .306 .318 .624 .286 251 15 2 11 3 3 13
1992 30 CIN NL 35 949 843 104 201 42 8 17 6 11 80 149 .238 .303 .368 .671 .267 310 9 3 12 11 2 6
1993 31 CHW AL 12 296 265 36 64 10 1 8 0 5 27 34 .242 .313 .377 .690 .250 100 7 1 2 1 0 1
1993 31 CIN NL 22 590 527 72 134 23 6 11 11 3 47 101 .254 .322 .383 .705 .294 202 8 7 6 3 4 6
1993 31 TOT MLB 34 886 792 108 198 33 7 19 11 8 74 135 .250 .319 .381 .700 .279 302 15 8 8 4 4 7
1994 32 DET AL 25 750 662 124 192 40 7 21 17 5 78 76 .290 .367 .467 .834 .301 309 12 4 3 3 10 12
1995 33 SEA AL 28 802 700 101 188 38 9 19 4 11 88 96 .269 .352 .430 .782 .286 301 13 5 4 5 5 10
1996 34 KCR AL 35 1021 931 117 262 44 8 28 9 8 68 113 .281 .331 .436 .767 .293 406 31 6 6 10 4 15
1997 35 KCR AL 32 927 841 128 242 53 4 31 5 6 70 113 .288 .345 .471 .815 .301 396 19 5 7 4 2 4
1998 36 KCR AL 34 1003 909 127 247 40 5 37 7 10 73 130 .272 .328 .449 .777 .280 408 20 7 5 9 0 12
1999 37 ANA AL 24 600 534 104 168 32 5 27 2 5 46 52 .315 .369 .545 .914 .304 291 10 5 6 9 0 7
2000 38 ANA AL 9 186 160 31 45 10 2 8 0 1 22 22 .281 .373 .519 .892 .282 83 5 2 1 1 1 1
14 Yrs 394 10422 9349 1253 2423 427 68 264 126 109 860 1519 .259 .323 .404 .727 .283 3778 180 58 82 73 43 107
162 Game Avg. 35 924 829 111 215 38 6 23 11 10 76 135 .259 .323 .404 .727 .283 335 16 5 7 6 4 9
MLB Averages .264 .332 .408 .740 .293

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1987 25 LAD NL 6.0 0.6 142 0.8 3.1 -2.3 1.24 0.6 0.1 6.0 0.6 1.24 5.8 1 0 0
1988 26 LAD NL 9.4 1.0 746 0.9 11.5 -10.6 .92 2.9 -1.9 11.5 1.3 0.92 24.8 2 3 4
1989 27 LAD NL 16.2 1.8 981 3.6 17.4 -13.8 1.02 2.6 0.9 23.9 2.7 1.02 23.7 4 1 4
1990 28 LAD NL -5.5 -0.6 656 -0.2 10.1 -10.3 .92 0.6 -0.8 -3.4 -0.4 0.92 7.3 0 0 0
1991 29 LAD NL 19.4 2.1 911 2.0 17.1 -15.1 1.12 1.3 0.6 15.0 1.6 1.12 12.8 0 0 0
1992 30 CIN NL -4.8 -0.5 968 -0.5 16.5 -17.0 1.04 1.2 -1.7 -0.7 -0.1 1.04 10.5 1 0 0
1993 31 TOT MLB -4.7 -0.5 915 -1.1 15.0 -16.1 .98 0.8 -1.9 -0.7 -0.1 0.98 8.3 0 0 1
1993 31 CIN NL -4.4 -0.4 612 -1.4 9.6 -10.9 .98 0.4 -1.8 -4.6 -0.5 0.98 3.0 0 0 0
1993 31 CHW AL -0.3 -0.0 303 0.3 5.5 -5.2 .97 0.5 -0.1 3.9 0.4 0.97 5.4 0 0 1
1994 32 DET AL -21.8 -1.9 783 -3.1 11.8 -15.0 .95 -2.2 -1.1 -27.1 -2.4 0.95 -24.7 0 0 0
1995 33 SEA AL 3.6 0.3 823 0.8 14.9 -14.1 1.01 -0.0 0.8 4.0 0.4 1.01 1.0 0 0 0
1996 34 KCR AL 26.8 2.5 1047 2.9 20.6 -17.7 1.04 1.4 1.4 25.8 2.5 1.04 18.0 0 0 0
1997 35 KCR AL -7.4 -0.7 945 -1.0 16.2 -17.1 .99 -0.3 -0.7 -9.0 -0.8 0.99 -3.1 0 0 0
1998 36 KCR AL 9.5 0.9 1029 0.2 18.5 -18.3 1.02 -0.2 0.4 4.9 0.5 1.02 0.9 0 0 0
1999 37 ANA AL -25.4 -2.2 614 -1.2 11.0 -12.2 1.05 -2.0 0.9 -25.3 -2.2 1.05 -26.1 0 0 0
2000 38 ANA AL -6.5 -0.6 189 -0.5 2.9 -3.4 .90 -0.3 -0.2 -7.8 -0.7 0.90 -4.2 0 0 0
14 Yrs 14.7 2.4 10749 3.8 186.6 -182.9 1.01 6.4 -2.6 17.1 2.9 1.01 55.1 8 4 9

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
1987 25 LAD NL 6 5 3 2 0 0 1 3 2 .600 0 0 0 0 4 80% 58.0 68 47 0 0 1 1 3.0 3.9 6.4
1988 26 LAD NL 36 27 11 6 10 2 2 17 10 .630 4 3 4 1 15 56% 57.0 80 33 22 6 5 9 4.1 4.1 6.0 92 5 10 10 1 125
1989 27 LAD NL 39 30 14 10 6 1 4 16 14 .533 3 2 10 8 19 63% 61.2 89 17 22 11 2 12 3.5 4.0 7.0 108 4 7 7 10 141
1990 28 LAD NL 24 24 9 9 6 0 1 12 12 .500 1 4 5 2 12 50% 53.0 90 23 8 5 1 8 3.9 3.4 6.4 101 2 7 9 1 135
1991 29 LAD NL 33 33 10 9 14 0 3 19 14 .576 3 4 2 1 24 73% 56.8 89 20 28 3 1 13 3.7 3.2 6.3 100 5 8 14 6 139
1992 30 CIN NL 35 34 15 13 6 2 4 19 15 .559 4 3 2 1 21 62% 54.1 86 12 18 12 2 9 4.4 4.2 6.7 99 3 14 12 4 132
1993 31 TOT MLB 34 33 12 11 10 3 2 19 14 .576 1 5 5 3 16 48% 0.1 92 19 26 12 0 11 4.8 4.7 6.3 97 2 17 11 1 129
1993 31 CIN NL 22 22 9 6 7 2 2 14 8 .636 0 5 4 2 11 50% 50.8 92 19 13 4 0 4 5.5 5.4 6.2 98 1 11 7 1 129
1993 31 CHW AL 12 11 3 5 3 1 0 5 6 .455 1 0 1 1 5 45% 50.0 87 22 13 8 0 7 3.6 3.3 6.4 96 1 6 4 0 115
1994 32 DET AL 25 25 7 15 3 3 2 9 16 .360 1 1 3 0 6 24% 40.6 80 4 21 9 2 6 5.6 5.7 6.5 110 3 4 8 10 143
1995 33 SEA AL 28 28 10 12 6 4 4 12 16 .429 3 2 1 0 13 46% 46.9 81 19 28 11 5 4 4.8 3.8 6.4 104 2 10 10 5 129
1996 34 KCR AL 35 35 15 11 9 2 2 19 16 .543 4 5 4 1 20 57% 49.5 84 16 22 5 1 9 5.0 4.9 6.8 106 3 7 14 7 137
1997 35 KCR AL 32 32 13 12 7 1 2 14 18 .438 3 2 3 1 18 56% 45.8 85 9 17 6 0 12 5.6 6.3 6.7 105 1 10 16 5 127
1998 36 KCR AL 34 34 14 14 6 4 5 17 17 .500 1 5 2 0 19 56% 49.5 77 9 3 1 0 13 4.7 4.9 6.9 104 2 10 19 3 133
1999 37 ANA AL 24 24 6 8 10 2 1 12 12 .500 3 3 0 0 9 38% 38.9 73 16 20 9 1 12 5.1 5.3 5.5 87 6 15 3 0 115
2000 38 ANA AL 9 9 4 5 0 1 1 4 5 .444 0 1 1 0 4 44% 42.4 73 10 10 3 0 3 4.9 4.0 4.5 77 4 3 2 0 115
14 Yrs 394 373 143 137 93 25 34 192 181 .515 31 40 42 18 200 54% 51 92 4 245 93 21 122 4.6 4.5 6.4 101 42 122 135 53 143
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 105 -21 4.7 4.6 6.1 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
1987 25 LAD NL 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1.236 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1988 26 LAD NL 36 9 5 1 0 5 4 1 80% 5 0 2 0 0% 7 .916 2 3 4 7 0 2 1 8 7 0 7 1 6.0 34
1989 27 LAD NL 39 9 6 1 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 4 2 50% 7 1.024 4 1 4 3 4 2 2 7 6 1 6 5 6.2 34
1992 30 CIN NL 35 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.040 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 35
1993 31 TOT MLB 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 8
1993 31 CHW AL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .969 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 8
5 Yrs 128 21 13 3 3 6 5 1 83% 7 1 6 2 33% 1.007 8 4 9 11 6 4 3 18 14 1 14 6 5.8 32

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%
1987 25 LAD NL 135 47% 1.5% 17.0% 5.2% 4.4% 20% 0.88 75% 21 2 10%
1988 26 LAD NL 719 48% 1.1% 21.1% 7.1% 4.6% 23% 0.68 0.76 70% 18% 5.6% 51% 120 9 8%
1989 27 LAD NL 937 43% 2.1% 21.3% 8.5% 4.9% 25% 0.59 0.68 67% 20% 7.0% 28% 169 9 5%
1990 28 LAD NL 627 47% 2.7% 16.3% 7.7% 6.5% 30% 0.59 0.70 72% 20% 7.7% 24% 106 11 10%
1991 29 LAD NL 880 43% 1.1% 17.7% 8.5% 4.4% 21% 0.78 1.07 71% 21% 3.5% 17% 171 15 9%
1992 30 CIN NL 949 39% 1.8% 15.7% 8.4% 7.1% 33% 0.64 0.81 73% 19% 5.1% 22% 165 9 5%
1993 31 TOT MLB 886 49% 2.1% 15.2% 8.4% 6.7% 30% 0.61 0.72 72% 21% 5.8% 19% 169 15 9%
1993 31 CIN NL 590 45% 1.9% 17.1% 8.0% 6.8% 30% 0.67 0.74 71% 19% 5.6% 23% 117 8 7%
1993 31 CHW AL 296 56% 2.7% 11.5% 9.1% 6.4% 30% 0.51 0.68 76% 24% 6.1% 14% 52 7 13%
1994 32 DET AL 750 48% 2.8% 10.1% 10.4% 9.1% 35% 0.62 0.79 76% 22% 6.8% 14% 151 12 8%
1995 33 SEA AL 802 40% 2.4% 12.0% 11.0% 8.2% 35% 0.66 0.82 74% 24% 6.6% 20% 135 13 10%
1996 34 KCR AL 1021 45% 2.7% 11.1% 6.7% 7.8% 31% 0.73 1.10 78% 22% 7.1% 17% 188 31 16%
1997 35 KCR AL 927 51% 3.3% 12.2% 7.6% 9.5% 36% 0.76 1.06 76% 23% 8.5% 11% 169 19 11%
1998 36 KCR AL 1003 49% 3.7% 13.0% 7.3% 8.2% 33% 0.69 0.90 75% 21% 9.2% 13% 178 20 11%
1999 37 ANA AL 600 47% 4.5% 8.7% 7.7% 10.7% 38% 0.58 0.84 77% 24% 10.2% 14% 132 10 8%
2000 38 ANA AL 186 53% 4.3% 11.8% 11.8% 10.8% 44% 0.47 0.77 70% 24% 11.1% 18% 42 5 12%
14 Yrs 10422 46% 2.5% 14.6% 8.3% 7.3% 31% 0.66 0.85 73% 21% 7.1% 20% 1916 180 9%
MLB Averages 43% 2.5% 15.8% 8.9% 7.3% 31% 0.80 1.08 71% 21% 7.4% 18% 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
1988 26 LAD NL 688 2703 3.93 1799 67% 24% 17% 33% 27% 76% 3% 51% 78% 62% 5% 31 20 27% 187 104 9 27% 29 5 31 1 0
1989 27 LAD NL 888 3395 3.82 2170 64% 26% 17% 28% 28% 74% 1% 47% 77% 61% 5% 45 22 26% 235 126 10 25% 36 20 49 0 5
1990 28 LAD NL 520 1920 3.69 1198 62% 25% 15% 26% 33% 74% 0% 46% 79% 58% 4% 21 12 23% 119 59 6 33% 20 9 107 0 6
1991 29 LAD NL 885 3291 3.72 2078 63% 24% 15% 30% 31% 76% 1% 48% 81% 58% 5% 43 25 20% 176 101 8 27% 26 15 -5 0 0
1992 30 CIN NL 930 3354 3.61 2128 63% 25% 14% 28% 33% 75% 0% 48% 81% 62% 5% 43 30 20% 189 95 11 35% 29 11 19 0 0
1993 31 TOT MLB 837 3026 3.62 1903 63% 24% 13% 30% 33% 76% 1% 48% 83% 59% 5% 45 28 21% 179 104 11 31% 19 14 49 0 3
1993 31 CIN NL 540 1961 3.63 1231 63% 24% 13% 29% 33% 75% 1% 47% 82% 62% 5% 25 16 22% 120 68 7 30% 14 6 50 0 2
1993 31 CHW AL 297 1065 3.59 672 63% 22% 13% 31% 35% 78% 0% 49% 84% 55% 7% 20 12 20% 59 36 4 33% 5 8 -1 0 1
1994 32 DET AL 751 2757 3.67 1649 60% 24% 12% 28% 36% 76% 3% 46% 84% 54% 7% 54 28 18% 136 69 5 28% 13 17 -1 0 2
1995 33 SEA AL 802 2919 3.64 1737 60% 24% 13% 27% 35% 76% 1% 45% 82% 55% 7% 55 29 17% 138 78 8 28% 21 21 0 5 6
1996 34 KCR AL 905 3292 3.64 2101 64% 24% 11% 31% 35% 76% 1% 49% 86% 58% 4% 37 26 21% 192 102 15 30% 17 7 116 1 0
1997 35 KCR AL 930 3352 3.60 2097 63% 26% 11% 28% 35% 74% 1% 47% 85% 61% 4% 36 22 20% 188 110 17 36% 21 12 -3 0 1
1998 36 KCR AL 1005 3548 3.53 2256 64% 24% 12% 30% 35% 76% 0% 49% 85% 61% 4% 44 24 19% 194 111 8 32% 26 20 -2 0 0
1999 37 ANA AL 602 2098 3.49 1302 62% 22% 10% 29% 38% 78% 0% 48% 87% 59% 4% 26 19 21% 127 59 9 21% 2 7 -2 0 1
2000 38 ANA AL 186 690 3.71 410 59% 28% 8% 30% 34% 72% 1% 43% 89% 55% 6% 11 5 18% 34 16 2 32% 2 5 0 0 0
13 Yrs 9929 36345 3.66 22828 63% 24% 13% 29% 33% 76% 1% 47% 82% 59% 5% 491 290 21% 2094 1134 119 30% 261 163 358 7 24
MLB Averages 3.68 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 27%

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
1987 25 LAD NL 135 30 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 2 50% 2 0 0 45 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1988 26 LAD NL 719 143 15 1 8 0 7 3 5 1 7 24 16 3 67% 7 4 0 238 12 11 52% 12 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1989 27 LAD NL 937 182 21 3 20 2 19 13 7 10 10 33 16 7 48% 6 7 0 319 22 14 61% 19 13 3 1 0 0 1 1 18 0
1990 28 LAD NL 627 136 14 2 17 0 9 9 8 6 11 33 21 5 64% 5 6 3 197 11 7 61% 9 6 2 0 0 1 2 0 23 0
1991 29 LAD NL 880 189 62 6 10 0 20 6 4 9 1 38 21 7 55% 13 7 2 330 17 10 63% 15 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 0
1992 30 CIN NL 949 201 70 2 17 1 12 8 9 10 7 52 30 8 58% 6 3 3 321 6 11 35% 6 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
1993 31 TOT MLB 886 198 21 1 19 0 7 11 8 14 5 41 25 4 61% 7 6 4 314 11 8 58% 10 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 18 0
1993 31 CIN NL 590 134 17 1 11 0 6 6 5 9 2 34 20 3 59% 6 6 3 215 11 3 79% 10 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 16 0
1993 31 CHW AL 296 64 4 0 8 0 1 5 3 5 3 7 5 1 71% 1 0 1 99 0 5 0% 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1994 32 DET AL 750 192 12 5 21 0 18 13 8 10 11 47 31 1 66% 12 6 1 305 17 5 77% 17 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1995 33 SEA AL 802 188 13 5 19 0 13 10 9 13 6 43 20 9 47% 10 6 0 300 4 11 27% 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 0
1996 34 KCR AL 1021 262 20 2 28 0 9 16 12 15 13 51 30 7 59% 15 7 0 367 9 8 53% 8 7 0 1 1 0 2 0 22 0
1997 35 KCR AL 927 242 23 2 31 1 13 14 17 15 16 48 27 6 56% 4 7 2 344 5 6 45% 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 0
1998 36 KCR AL 1003 247 55 6 37 2 20 15 22 19 18 39 22 2 56% 12 6 1 378 7 10 41% 7 8 0 2 0 0 2 0 21 0
1999 37 ANA AL 600 168 16 4 27 1 18 14 13 15 12 46 27 3 59% 7 7 1 203 2 5 29% 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 25 0
2000 38 ANA AL 186 45 2 1 8 0 5 6 2 4 4 12 7 1 58% 1 1 1 69 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
14 Yrs 10422 2423 344 40 264 7 170 139 125 143 121 511 295 65 58% 107 73 18 3730 126 109 54% 117 96 7 11 2 2 13 3 213 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1987 25 4 2 .667 2.38 6 5 1 0 0 0 34.0 30 11 9 2 7 0 23 0 1 0 135 170 1.088 7.9 0.5 1.9 6.1 3.29 170
1988 26 16 8 .667 2.82 42 32 6 4 1 4 213.2 173 76 67 10 58 7 175 2 1 4 854 123 1.081 7.3 0.4 2.4 7.4 3.02 123
1989 27 31 20 .608 2.82 81 62 12 14 9 5 443.2 355 157 139 30 138 12 375 9 3 11 1791 122 1.111 7.2 0.6 2.8 7.6 2.72 122
1990 28 40 29 .580 3.12 105 86 12 19 11 5 596.2 491 233 207 47 186 12 477 11 4 17 2418 113 1.135 7.4 0.7 2.8 7.2 2.56 113
1991 29 50 38 .568 2.99 138 119 12 21 12 5 806.0 680 309 268 57 261 15 633 13 4 24 3298 118 1.167 7.6 0.6 2.9 7.1 2.43 118
1992 30 65 52 .556 3.20 173 153 13 23 13 5 1033.2 881 413 367 74 341 17 782 16 5 27 4247 111 1.182 7.7 0.6 3.0 6.8 2.29 111
1993 31 77 63 .550 3.40 207 186 13 28 16 5 1242.1 1079 521 470 93 415 21 917 24 5 33 5133 107 1.203 7.8 0.7 3.0 6.6 2.21 107
1994 32 84 78 .519 3.69 232 211 13 31 16 5 1404.1 1271 645 576 114 493 31 993 28 6 39 5883 103 1.256 8.1 0.7 3.2 6.4 2.01 103
1995 33 94 90 .511 3.78 260 239 13 32 16 5 1583.2 1459 746 666 133 581 36 1089 33 6 45 6685 103 1.288 8.3 0.8 3.3 6.2 1.87 103
1996 34 109 101 .519 3.80 295 274 13 36 17 5 1822.1 1721 863 770 161 649 40 1202 39 6 52 7706 106 1.301 8.5 0.8 3.2 5.9 1.85 106
1997 35 122 113 .519 3.93 327 306 13 39 18 5 2035.2 1963 991 889 192 719 42 1315 44 7 59 8633 104 1.318 8.7 0.8 3.2 5.8 1.83 104
1998 36 136 127 .517 3.97 361 340 13 41 18 5 2269.2 2210 1118 1000 229 792 42 1445 51 8 65 9636 105 1.323 8.8 0.9 3.1 5.7 1.82 105
1999 37 142 135 .513 4.12 385 364 13 41 18 5 2402.0 2378 1222 1099 256 838 42 1497 56 9 72 10236 102 1.339 8.9 1.0 3.1 5.6 1.79 102
2000 38 146 140 .510 4.16 394 373 13 42 18 5 2442.2 2423 1253 1130 264 860 43 1519 58 10 73 10422 101 1.344 8.9 1.0 3.2 5.6 1.77 101

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
1987 25 2 1 .667 2.45 33.0 30 10 9 2 7 22 0 1.121 8.2 1.9 6.0 3.14 0.5 6
1988 26 10 8 .556 3.62 169.0 155 76 68 9 55 143 2 1.243 8.3 2.9 7.6 2.60 0.5 36
1989 27 14 10 .583 3.42 216.0 195 91 82 21 86 188 8 1.301 8.1 3.6 7.8 2.19 0.9 39
1990 28 7 9 .438 4.63 144.0 142 82 74 18 50 96 2 1.333 8.9 3.1 6.0 1.92 1.1 24
1991 29 14 8 .636 3.06 200.0 200 76 68 11 79 149 2 1.395 9.0 3.6 6.7 1.89 0.5 33
1992 30 10 14 .417 4.52 217.0 211 121 109 18 84 142 3 1.359 8.8 3.5 5.9 1.69 0.7 35
1993 31 9 13 .409 4.59 202.0 198 114 103 19 74 131 8 1.347 8.8 3.3 5.8 1.77 0.8 34
1994 32 9 16 .360 5.18 233.0 258 149 134 28 105 109 5 1.558 10.0 4.1 4.2 1.04 1.1 25
1995 33 10 12 .455 4.19 200.0 203 103 93 21 95 107 5 1.490 9.1 4.3 4.8 1.13 0.9 28
1996 34 15 11 .577 3.52 235.0 247 102 92 26 64 111 6 1.323 9.5 2.5 4.3 1.73 1.0 35
1997 35 9 13 .409 4.83 207.0 234 123 111 30 68 109 5 1.459 10.2 3.0 4.7 1.60 1.3 32
1998 36 12 13 .480 4.05 229.0 238 114 103 36 70 127 7 1.345 9.4 2.8 5.0 1.81 1.4 34
1999 37 4 10 .286 6.37 130.0 162 102 92 26 44 51 5 1.585 11.2 3.0 3.5 1.16 1.8 24
2000 38 1 3 .250 6.08 40.0 42 30 27 7 21 22 2 1.575 9.5 4.7 5.0 1.05 1.6 9
14 Yrs 126 141 .472 4.27 2455.0 2515 1293 1165 272 902 1507 60 1.392 9.2 5.5 1.67 1.0 394

* 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

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1989 NL (6, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (239th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1989 NL  4.0 (10th)
1991 NL  4.0 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1989 NL  2.82 (8th)
1991 NL  2.62 (4th)
1996 AL  3.92 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1989 NL  15 (10th)
1992 NL  15 (7th)
1996 AL  15 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1988 NL  .667 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1988 NL  1.080 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL  7.163 (9th)
1989 NL  7.122 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1996 AL  2.564 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL  7.614 (7th)
1989 NL  7.826 (3rd)
1991 NL  6.707 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1989 NL  230.0 (9th)
1992 NL  227.7 (9th)
1996 AL  238.7 (6th)
1998 AL  234.0 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1989 NL  200 (2nd)
1991 NL  156 (7th)
Career  1,519 (174th)

Games Started s c a p y
1992 NL  34 (4th)
1994 AL  25 (1st)
1996 AL  35 (2nd)
1998 AL  34 (2nd)
Career  373 (154th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1989 NL  10 (1st)
1993 NL  4 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1989 NL  8 (1st)
1990 NL  2 (9th)
1993 AL  1 (10th)
1993 NL  2 (3rd)
1996 AL  1 (6th)
1997 AL  1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1989 NL  20 (10th)
1992 NL  17 (8th)
1997 AL  31 (5th)
1998 AL  37 (1st)
Career  264 (79th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1989 NL  80 (9th)
1991 NL  75 (8th)
1992 NL  80 (3rd)
1994 AL  78 (6th)
1995 AL  88 (9th)
Career  860 (181st)

Hits s c a p y
1994 AL  192 (2nd)
1996 AL  262 (3rd)
1997 AL  242 (5th)
1998 AL  247 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1988 NL  2.980 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL  0.401 (7th)
1991 NL  0.430 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1992 NL  14 (3rd)
1994 AL  15 (1st)
1995 AL  12 (9th)
1997 AL  12 (10th)
1998 AL  14 (8th)
Career  140 (201st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1992 NL  99 (1st)
1994 AL  106 (2nd)
1997 AL  119 (2nd)
1998 AL  111 (7th)
Career  1,130 (153rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
Career  73 (227th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1989 NL  7 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1992 NL  949 (7th)
1994 AL  750 (5th)
1996 AL  1,021 (7th)
1997 AL  927 (9th)
1998 AL  1,003 (2nd)
Career  10,422 (250th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1989 NL  122 (10th)
1991 NL  137 (4th)
1996 AL  128 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1991 NL  19 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1991 NL  2.1 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1989 NL  23.85 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1989 NL  3.6 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1988 NL  2.9 (5th)
1989 NL  2.6 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1989 NL  2.7 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
2000 AL  born 1961-10-19 (8th)


† 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 - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 67 (377), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (593), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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