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Andy Benes

Andrew Charles Benes

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: August 20, 1967 in Evansville, IN
High School: Central HS (Evansville, IN)
School: University of Evansville (Evansville, IN)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1989
Teams (by GP): Padres/Cardinals/Diamondbacks/Mariners 1989-2002
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: September 29, 2002
Relatives: Brother of Alan Benes
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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
1989 21 SDP NL 6 3 .667 3.51 10 10 0 0 0 0 66.2 51 28 26 7 31 0 66 1 3 0 280 100 1.230 6.9 0.9 4.2 8.9 2.13 RoY-5
1990 22 SDP NL 10 11 .476 3.60 32 31 1 2 0 0 192.1 177 87 77 18 69 5 140 1 5 2 811 107 1.279 8.3 0.8 3.2 6.6 2.03
1991 23 SDP NL 15 11 .577 3.03 33 33 0 4 1 0 223.0 194 76 75 23 59 7 167 4 4 3 908 126 1.135 7.8 0.9 2.4 6.7 2.83 CYA-6
1992 24 SDP NL 13 14 .481 3.35 34 34 0 2 2 0 231.1 230 90 86 14 61 6 169 5 1 1 961 107 1.258 8.9 0.5 2.4 6.6 2.77
1993 25 SDP NL 15 15 .500 3.78 34 34 0 4 2 0 230.2 200 111 97 23 86 7 179 4 2 14 968 109 1.240 7.8 0.9 3.4 7.0 2.08 AS
1994 26 SDP NL 6 14 .300 3.86 25 25 0 2 2 0 172.1 155 82 74 20 51 2 189 1 0 4 717 107 1.195 8.1 1.0 2.7 9.9 3.71 MVP-22
1995 27 TOT MLB 11 9 .550 4.76 31 31 0 1 1 0 181.2 193 107 96 18 78 5 171 6 0 5 809 91 1.492 9.6 0.9 3.9 8.5 2.19
1995 27 SDP NL 4 7 .364 4.17 19 19 0 1 1 0 118.2 121 65 55 10 45 3 126 4 0 3 518 98 1.399 9.2 0.8 3.4 9.6 2.80
1995 27 SEA AL 7 2 .778 5.86 12 12 0 0 0 0 63.0 72 42 41 8 33 2 45 2 0 2 291 82 1.667 10.3 1.1 4.7 6.4 1.36
1996 28 STL NL 18 10 .643 3.83 36 34 1 3 1 1 230.1 215 107 98 28 77 7 160 6 0 6 963 109 1.268 8.4 1.1 3.0 6.3 2.08 CYA-3
1997 29 STL NL 10 7 .588 3.10 26 26 0 0 0 0 177.0 149 64 61 9 61 4 175 5 0 7 727 135 1.186 7.6 0.5 3.1 8.9 2.87
1998 30 ARI NL 14 13 .519 3.97 34 34 0 1 0 0 231.1 221 111 102 25 74 3 164 6 1 9 979 106 1.275 8.6 1.0 2.9 6.4 2.22
1999 31 ARI NL 13 12 .520 4.81 33 32 0 0 0 0 198.1 216 117 106 34 82 3 141 4 0 10 886 95 1.503 9.8 1.5 3.7 6.4 1.72
2000 32 STL NL 12 9 .571 4.88 30 27 1 1 0 0 166.0 174 95 90 30 68 0 137 1 0 1 719 96 1.458 9.4 1.6 3.7 7.4 2.01
2001 33 STL NL 7 7 .500 7.38 27 19 3 0 0 0 107.1 122 92 88 30 61 0 78 6 0 1 500 59 1.705 10.2 2.5 5.1 6.5 1.28
2002 34 STL NL 5 4 .556 2.78 18 17 0 1 0 0 97.0 80 39 30 10 51 3 64 5 0 0 417 144 1.351 7.4 0.9 4.7 5.9 1.25
14 Yrs 155 139 .527 3.97 403 387 6 21 9 1 2505.1 2377 1206 1106 289 909 52 2000 55 16 63 10645 104 1.312 8.5 1.0 3.3 7.2 2.20
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .527 3.97 35 33 1 2 1 0 216 205 104 95 25 78 4 172 5 1 5 916 104 1.312 8.5 1.0 3.3 7.2 2.20
SDP (7 yrs) 69 75 .479 3.57 187 186 1 15 8 0 1235.0 1128 539 490 115 402 30 1036 20 15 27 5163 109 1.239 8.2 0.8 2.9 7.5 2.58
STL (5 yrs) 52 37 .584 4.25 137 123 5 5 1 1 777.2 740 397 367 107 318 14 614 23 0 15 3326 101 1.360 8.6 1.2 3.7 7.1 1.93
ARI (2 yrs) 27 25 .519 4.36 67 66 0 1 0 0 429.2 437 228 208 59 156 6 305 10 1 19 1865 100 1.380 9.2 1.2 3.3 6.4 1.96
SEA (1 yr) 7 2 .778 5.86 12 12 0 0 0 0 63.0 72 42 41 8 33 2 45 2 0 2 291 82 1.667 10.3 1.1 4.7 6.4 1.36
NL (14 yrs) 148 137 .519 3.92 391 375 6 21 9 1 2442.1 2305 1164 1065 281 876 50 1955 53 16 61 10354 105 1.302 8.5 1.0 3.2 7.2 2.23
AL (1 yr) 7 2 .778 5.86 12 12 0 0 0 0 63.0 72 42 41 8 33 2 45 2 0 2 291 82 1.667 10.3 1.1 4.7 6.4 1.36

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
1989 21 SDP NL 66.2 10 10 28 3.78 3.74 -0.42 0.13 100.5 4.32 4 0.5 -0.0 1.0 10 .547 .503 $68,000 RoY-5
1990 22 SDP NL 192.1 32 31 87 4.07 4.30 -0.28 0.15 101.3 4.79 12 1.3 .5 -0.1 2.6 33 .542 .508 $130,000
1991 23 SDP NL 223.0 33 33 76 3.07 4.14 0.37 0.15 102.3 4.01 22 2.5 -0.1 4.1 43 .577 .516 $235,000 CYA-6
1992 24 SDP NL 231.1 34 34 90 3.50 3.88 0.25 0.14 102.2 3.85 8 0.9 -0.2 2.4 28 .527 .506 $475,000
1993 25 SDP NL 230.2 34 34 111 4.33 4.59 -0.75 0.16 100.9 5.55 27 3.0 -0.1 4.6 53 .589 .519 $2,050,000 AS
1994 26 SDP NL 172.1 25 25 82 4.28 4.74 -0.74 0.17 97.1 5.49 22 2.4 -0.1 3.5 35 .596 .515 $3,005,000 MVP-22
1995 27 SDP NL 118.2 19 19 65 4.93 4.77 -0.56 0.18 96.2 5.30 4 0.4 -0.1 1.2 15 .521 .502 $3,400,000
1995 27 SEA AL 63.0 12 12 42 6.00 5.19 0.08 0.20 101.1 5.37 -4 -0.4 -0.0 0.1 3 .467 .498 $
1996 28 STL NL 230.1 36 34 107 4.18 4.66 0.48 0.17 100.3 4.36 7 0.7 3.1 -0.2 2.2 27 .518 .504 $3,375,000 CYA-3
1997 29 STL NL 177.0 26 26 64 3.25 4.69 0.32 0.17 99.9 4.53 25 2.7 -0.1 3.9 42 .605 .517 $4,850,000
1998 30 ARI NL 231.1 34 34 111 4.32 4.74 0.11 0.17 99.8 4.79 12 1.3 -0.2 2.8 35 .538 .508 $6,450,000
1999 31 ARI NL 198.1 33 32 117 5.31 5.06 0.28 0.18 100.1 4.96 -9 -0.8 .5 -0.1 0.5 13 .475 .495 $6,000,000
2000 32 STL NL 166.0 30 27 95 5.15 5.10 0.27 0.18 100.2 5.02 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.1 0.8 15 .491 .498 $2,867,542
2001 33 STL NL 107.1 27 19 92 7.71 4.73 0.41 0.13 102.6 4.57 -38 -3.4 .6 -0.0 -2.6 -27 .375 .479 $6,666,667
2002 34 STL NL 97.0 18 17 39 3.62 4.36 0.30 0.15 98.7 4.16 6 0.6 .0 -0.1 1.2 15 .533 .504 $6,367,542
14 Seasons 2505.1 403 387 1206 4.33 4.57 0.02 0.16 100.3 4.71 94 11.5 1.0 -1.5 28.3 341 .528 .505 $45,939,751
SDP (7 yrs) 1235.0 187 186 539 3.93 4.32 -0.25 0.15 100.4 4.74 99 11.1 .5 -0.7 19.4 216 .559 .510 $9,363,000
STL (5 yrs) 777.2 137 123 397 4.59 4.73 0.37 0.16 100.3 4.54 -4 0.3 1.0 -0.5 5.5 73 .502 .500 $24,126,751
ARI (2 yrs) 429.2 67 66 228 4.78 4.89 0.19 0.18 99.9 4.87 4 0.5 .5 -0.3 3.3 48 .507 .501 $12,450,000
SEA (1 yr) 63.0 12 12 42 6.00 5.19 0.08 0.20 101.1 5.37 -4 -0.4 -0.0 0.1 3 .467 .498 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1995 27 SEA AL ALDS W NYY 0 0 5.40 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 10 7 7 3 9 1 8 0 0 0 52 1.629 7.7 2.3 6.9 6.2 0.89
1995 27 SEA AL ALCS L CLE 0 1 .000 23.14 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 6 6 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 15 3.429 23.1 7.7 7.7 11.6 1.50
1996 28 STL NL NLDS W SDP 0 0 5.14 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 4 4 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 28 1.000 7.7 1.3 1.3 11.6 9.00
1996 28 STL NL NLCS L ATL 0 0 5.28 3 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 19 9 9 3 3 0 9 0 0 0 67 1.435 11.2 1.8 1.8 5.3 3.00
2000 32 STL NL NLCS L NYM 1 0 1.000 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 2 2 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 31 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 5.6 1.67
2002 34 STL NL NLDS W ARI 0 0 5.79 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 2 3 3 2 4 0 5 0 1 0 20 1.286 3.9 3.9 7.7 9.6 1.25
2002 34 STL NL NLCS L SFG 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 2 2 2 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 22 1.125 3.4 0.0 6.8 8.4 1.25
4 Yrs (7 Series) 1 1 .500 5.47 10 9 0 0 0 0 54.1 51 33 33 11 26 1 44 0 1 0 235 1.417 8.4 1.8 4.3 7.3 1.69
1 ALDS 0 0 5.40 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 10 7 7 3 9 1 8 0 0 0 52 1.629 7.7 2.3 6.9 6.2 0.89
2 NLDS 0 0 5.40 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 8 7 7 3 5 0 14 0 1 0 48 1.114 6.2 2.3 3.9 10.8 2.80
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 23.14 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 6 6 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 15 3.429 23.1 7.7 7.7 11.6 1.50
3 NLCS 1 0 1.000 4.08 5 4 0 0 0 0 28.2 27 13 13 3 10 0 19 0 0 0 120 1.291 8.5 0.9 3.1 6.0 1.90

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1993 SDP NL 25 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 9.0

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
1989 21 SDP NL 10 280 240 28 51 10 1 7 3 1 31 66 .213 .303 .350 .653 .260 84 4 1 6 2 0 4
1990 22 SDP NL 32 811 730 87 177 24 9 18 23 5 69 140 .242 .306 .374 .680 .275 273 14 1 5 6 5 9
1991 23 SDP NL 33 908 836 76 194 24 6 23 10 11 59 167 .232 .285 .358 .642 .263 299 11 4 5 4 7 10
1992 24 SDP NL 34 961 870 90 230 39 6 14 20 11 61 169 .264 .314 .371 .685 .312 323 12 5 19 6 6 5
1993 25 SDP NL 34 968 862 111 200 37 7 23 21 7 86 179 .232 .303 .371 .674 .266 320 15 4 10 6 7 12
1994 26 SDP NL 25 717 653 82 155 35 6 20 12 9 51 189 .237 .293 .401 .694 .303 262 7 1 11 1 2 12
1995 27 SEA AL 12 291 251 42 72 12 6 8 4 4 33 45 .287 .369 .478 .847 .317 120 0 2 1 4 2 1
1995 27 SDP NL 19 518 462 65 121 23 1 10 6 7 45 126 .262 .330 .381 .711 .336 176 5 4 3 4 3 5
1995 27 TOT MLB 31 809 713 107 193 35 7 18 10 11 78 171 .271 .344 .415 .759 .329 296 5 6 4 8 5 6
1996 28 STL NL 36 963 872 107 215 38 3 28 21 4 77 160 .247 .310 .393 .703 .271 343 21 6 2 6 7 10
1997 29 STL NL 26 727 648 64 149 28 5 9 22 9 61 175 .230 .298 .330 .628 .297 214 10 5 6 7 4 5
1998 30 ARI NL 34 979 880 111 221 49 8 25 24 11 74 164 .251 .311 .410 .721 .280 361 9 6 11 8 3 6
1999 31 ARI NL 33 886 791 117 216 38 4 34 21 7 82 141 .273 .343 .460 .803 .294 364 11 4 6 3 3 13
2000 32 STL NL 30 719 633 95 174 40 6 30 15 7 68 137 .275 .342 .499 .841 .304 316 16 1 9 8 0 8
2001 33 STL NL 27 500 426 92 122 20 4 30 6 5 61 78 .286 .380 .563 .944 .286 240 7 6 3 4 0 5
2002 34 STL NL 18 417 351 39 80 16 1 10 5 7 51 64 .228 .330 .365 .695 .248 128 2 5 5 5 3 4
14 Yrs 403 10645 9505 1206 2377 433 73 289 213 105 909 2000 .250 .317 .402 .719 .286 3823 144 55 102 74 52 109
162 Game Avg. 35 916 818 104 205 37 6 25 18 9 78 172 .250 .317 .402 .719 .286 329 12 5 9 6 4 9
MLB Averages .264 .333 .411 .745 .295

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1989 21 SDP NL 0.9 0.1 287 0.1 5.0 -4.9 1.04 -0.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 1.04 -1.3 0 0 0
1990 22 SDP NL 4.6 0.5 843 1.3 15.0 -13.7 1.03 0.8 0.4 9.0 0.9 1.03 7.9 0 0 1
1991 23 SDP NL 22.1 2.4 933 3.3 17.0 -13.7 1.04 2.5 0.6 24.0 2.6 1.04 22.5 0 0 0
1992 24 SDP NL 8.3 0.9 996 1.1 17.2 -16.1 1.02 1.1 -0.0 6.2 0.7 1.02 9.7 0 0 0
1993 25 SDP NL 7.6 0.8 1012 2.0 17.3 -15.3 1.00 2.0 0.0 9.0 0.9 1.00 18.6 0 0 0
1994 26 SDP NL 5.3 0.5 741 1.0 13.0 -12.0 .99 1.4 -0.5 11.9 1.2 0.99 17.1 0 0 0
1995 27 TOT MLB -9.4 -0.9 835 -0.7 13.9 -14.6 1.02 -0.0 -0.6 -11.3 -1.1 1.02 -2.8 0 0 0
1995 27 SDP NL -3.2 -0.3 534 0.1 9.4 -9.4 1.07 0.4 -0.3 -4.3 -0.4 1.07 2.3 0 0 0
1995 27 SEA AL -6.3 -0.6 301 -0.7 4.5 -5.2 .92 -0.4 -0.4 -7.0 -0.6 0.92 -5.1 0 0 0
1996 28 STL NL 11.3 1.1 992 2.5 17.0 -14.5 .96 1.4 1.2 15.4 1.5 0.96 14.1 1 0 1
1997 29 STL NL 22.7 2.4 759 2.0 14.0 -12.0 1.06 2.5 -0.6 26.1 2.7 1.06 31.1 0 0 0
1998 30 ARI NL 6.2 0.6 1020 1.2 17.2 -16.0 .96 1.0 0.2 6.2 0.6 0.96 10.1 0 0 0
1999 31 ARI NL -4.6 -0.4 925 -0.8 16.3 -17.1 1.04 -1.2 0.4 -3.8 -0.4 1.04 -10.8 0 0 1
2000 32 STL NL -1.8 -0.2 743 -0.0 13.1 -13.2 .99 -1.3 1.3 -2.0 -0.2 0.99 -15.8 1 1 1
2001 33 STL NL -34.9 -3.2 512 -3.6 7.3 -10.8 .94 -2.7 -1.1 -32.6 -3.0 0.94 -32.6 1 2 4
2002 34 STL NL 10.7 1.1 429 1.3 7.0 -5.7 .91 0.3 1.1 9.1 1.0 0.91 3.2 0 0 1
14 Yrs 48.8 5.7 11027 10.7 190.3 -179.7 1.00 7.9 2.7 67.4 7.6 1.00 71.1 3 3 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
1989 21 SDP NL 10 10 6 3 1 2 0 7 3 .700 0 1 0 0 5 50% 56.9 76 30 12 1 0 4 4.6 4.2 6.7 110 0 2 6 2 125
1990 22 SDP NL 32 31 10 11 10 0 3 15 16 .484 4 4 2 0 21 68% 53.4 80 25 21 12 2 13 3.8 3.4 6.1 97 6 13 8 4 144
1991 23 SDP NL 33 33 15 11 7 1 6 17 16 .515 4 2 4 1 25 76% 57.9 92 18 20 4 0 14 3.2 3.2 6.8 105 2 11 14 6 154
1992 24 SDP NL 34 34 13 14 7 0 5 14 20 .412 2 1 2 2 23 68% 55.0 88 15 21 3 0 9 2.9 2.9 6.8 103 2 14 13 5 136
1993 25 SDP NL 34 34 15 15 4 3 5 15 19 .441 4 0 4 2 20 59% 54.4 86 13 29 15 0 6 4.0 4.0 6.8 106 2 5 24 3 125
1994 26 SDP NL 25 25 6 14 5 2 7 10 15 .400 2 0 2 2 14 56% 56.9 97 15 16 11 0 7 4.0 4.4 6.9 109 1 2 19 3 136
1995 27 TOT MLB 31 31 11 9 11 2 2 17 14 .548 3 6 1 1 17 55% 0.0 81 12 24 9 2 9 5.7 5.7 5.9 103 4 6 14 5 150
1995 27 SDP NL 19 19 4 7 8 1 2 7 12 .368 3 2 1 1 11 58% 51.9 81 18 13 5 1 5 4.6 4.8 6.2 106 1 5 8 3 130
1995 27 SEA AL 12 12 7 2 3 1 0 10 2 .833 0 4 0 0 6 50% 44.8 72 12 11 4 1 4 7.4 7.2 5.3 98 3 1 6 2 150
1996 28 STL NL 36 34 18 10 6 1 2 22 12 .647 6 2 3 1 23 68% 53.8 84 1 17 4 3 9 5.1 5.4 6.7 104 3 7 14 4 132
1997 29 STL NL 26 26 10 7 9 2 4 14 12 .538 3 0 0 0 20 77% 59.2 83 25 9 2 1 7 4.4 4.7 6.8 111 0 2 19 5 131
1998 30 ARI NL 34 34 14 13 7 2 2 16 18 .471 3 4 1 0 18 53% 52.9 82 17 19 3 0 12 4.5 4.5 6.8 108 1 8 21 4 138
1999 31 ARI NL 33 32 13 12 7 3 3 18 14 .563 2 2 0 0 16 50% 47.1 74 10 18 6 0 16 5.6 5.6 6.1 105 4 3 22 3 127
2000 32 STL NL 30 27 12 8 7 1 2 14 13 .519 5 1 1 0 18 67% 49.7 66 4 9 3 1 12 5.9 6.3 6.0 102 3 6 17 1 123
2001 33 STL NL 27 19 6 6 7 2 1 10 9 .526 2 2 0 0 7 37% 40.9 66 0 27 9 0 11 6.1 6.9 5.1 95 2 10 7 0 117
2002 34 STL NL 18 17 5 4 8 1 1 11 6 .647 3 2 1 0 8 47% 53.5 78 17 14 6 1 8 5.1 4.5 5.5 95 4 6 6 1 122
14 Yrs 403 387 154 137 96 22 43 200 187 .517 43 27 21 9 235 61% 53 97 0 256 88 10 137 4.5 4.6 6.4 104 34 95 204 46 154
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 105 -21 4.7 4.7 6.0 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1990 22 SDP NL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.031 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 40
1996 28 STL NL 36 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 8 .961 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.5 15
1999 31 ARI NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.045 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 24
2000 32 STL NL 30 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 .993 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 3.0 26
2001 33 STL NL 27 8 3 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 .940 1 2 4 2 1 5 1 7 4 3 4 0 3.6 26
2002 34 STL NL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 .911 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 48
6 Yrs 176 16 6 1 2 2 1 1 50% 3 1 6 1 17% .990 3 3 9 7 2 7 3 13 8 7 8 0 3.9 27

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%
1989 21 SDP NL 280 43% 2.5% 23.6% 11.1% 6.4% 35% 0.60 0.67 60% 14% 8.2% 20% 54 4 7%
1990 22 SDP NL 811 41% 2.2% 17.3% 8.5% 6.3% 29% 0.72 0.74 71% 14% 6.7% 21% 134 14 10%
1991 23 SDP NL 908 44% 2.5% 18.4% 6.5% 5.8% 27% 0.55 0.69 72% 24% 6.7% 19% 156 11 7%
1992 24 SDP NL 961 39% 1.5% 17.6% 6.4% 6.1% 26% 0.61 0.74 72% 25% 3.9% 17% 179 12 7%
1993 25 SDP NL 968 49% 2.4% 18.5% 8.9% 6.9% 34% 0.60 0.68 69% 18% 6.4% 15% 167 15 9%
1994 26 SDP NL 717 50% 2.8% 26.4% 7.1% 8.5% 39% 0.62 0.82 62% 21% 8.2% 13% 101 7 7%
1995 27 TOT MLB 809 45% 2.2% 21.1% 9.6% 7.4% 31% 0.55 0.60 66% 21% 6.3% 20% 138 5 4%
1995 27 SDP NL 518 52% 1.9% 24.3% 8.7% 6.6% 28% 0.65 0.76 64% 22% 6.3% 22% 88 5 6%
1995 27 SEA AL 291 33% 2.8% 15.5% 11.3% 8.9% 36% 0.41 0.40 69% 20% 6.5% 16% 50 0 0%
1996 28 STL NL 963 57% 2.9% 16.6% 8.0% 7.2% 32% 0.76 0.99 72% 24% 8.9% 22% 170 21 12%
1997 29 STL NL 727 48% 1.2% 24.1% 8.4% 5.8% 28% 0.74 0.90 65% 24% 3.8% 13% 121 10 8%
1998 30 ARI NL 979 49% 2.6% 16.8% 7.6% 8.4% 37% 0.80 1.01 71% 19% 7.3% 14% 131 9 7%
1999 31 ARI NL 886 54% 3.8% 15.9% 9.3% 8.6% 35% 0.81 1.03 70% 17% 10.9% 12% 157 11 7%
2000 32 STL NL 719 58% 4.2% 19.1% 9.5% 10.6% 44% 0.51 0.82 66% 29% 10.8% 12% 111 16 14%
2001 33 STL NL 500 57% 6.0% 15.6% 12.2% 10.8% 44% 0.62 0.87 64% 25% 17.8% 14% 90 7 8%
2002 34 STL NL 417 55% 2.4% 15.4% 12.2% 6.5% 34% 0.48 0.62 68% 24% 6.2% 15% 71 2 3%
14 Yrs 10645 49% 2.7% 18.8% 8.5% 7.5% 33% 0.65 0.80 68% 21% 7.7% 16% 1780 144 8%
MLB Averages 44% 2.5% 16.1% 8.9% 7.5% 32% 0.79 1.07 71% 22% 7.5% 16% 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
1989 21 SDP NL 280 1101 3.93 672 61% 31% 13% 27% 27% 67% 0% 41% 79% 49% 6% 16 9 20% 55 28 2 52% 7 7 0 2 13
1990 22 SDP NL 811 3055 3.77 1906 62% 26% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 80% 55% 6% 48 29 21% 170 82 11 35% 23 14 0 1 17
1991 23 SDP NL 912 3466 3.80 2209 64% 26% 16% 28% 31% 74% 1% 47% 79% 59% 4% 34 20 22% 203 94 4 28% 20 8 -4 0 0
1992 24 SDP NL 967 3488 3.61 2240 64% 25% 16% 26% 32% 75% 2% 48% 78% 60% 4% 40 26 19% 186 109 11 24% 32 8 -6 0 0
1993 25 SDP NL 972 3619 3.72 2298 64% 25% 17% 27% 30% 75% 2% 48% 77% 61% 5% 53 26 22% 216 119 15 25% 27 20 -4 1 6
1994 26 SDP NL 720 2728 3.79 1766 65% 25% 19% 29% 27% 75% 1% 49% 74% 60% 5% 33 15 24% 176 103 7 31% 35 16 -3 0 5
1995 27 TOT MLB 751 2980 3.97 1802 60% 28% 16% 27% 28% 72% 1% 43% 78% 55% 5% 39 19 20% 151 70 3 35% 26 15 58 0 1
1995 27 SDP NL 459 1805 3.93 1111 62% 29% 18% 26% 27% 71% 1% 44% 75% 59% 6% 26 13 22% 99 49 2 36% 19 10 59 0 1
1995 27 SEA AL 292 1175 4.02 691 59% 27% 13% 29% 31% 73% 1% 43% 82% 50% 4% 13 6 18% 52 21 1 33% 7 5 -1 0 0
1996 28 STL NL 840 3168 3.77 1929 61% 26% 14% 27% 33% 74% 2% 45% 81% 54% 6% 48 30 15% 125 59 4 32% 18 13 123 3 3
1997 29 STL NL 729 2893 3.97 1771 61% 31% 17% 25% 27% 69% 1% 42% 76% 57% 5% 39 23 19% 137 55 6 33% 25 13 -2 0 0
1998 30 ARI NL 983 3676 3.74 2229 61% 29% 14% 24% 33% 71% 1% 43% 80% 54% 5% 52 33 17% 169 67 4 30% 25 16 -4 0 0
1999 31 ARI NL 888 3376 3.80 2058 61% 26% 16% 26% 32% 74% 1% 45% 79% 58% 6% 52 31 16% 140 74 7 22% 22 18 -2 0 0
2000 32 STL NL 722 2840 3.93 1715 60% 32% 13% 26% 30% 68% 0% 41% 82% 58% 6% 40 23 19% 134 53 4 43% 19 17 -3 0 0
2001 33 STL NL 502 2022 4.03 1192 59% 32% 11% 28% 30% 68% 0% 40% 84% 55% 6% 29 16 19% 96 48 4 42% 14 13 -2 0 0
2002 34 STL NL 420 1657 3.95 982 59% 30% 14% 27% 30% 70% 1% 42% 81% 55% 7% 28 13 21% 88 40 2 36% 16 12 -3 0 0
14 Yrs 10497 40069 3.82 24769 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 1% 45% 79% 57% 5% 551 313 19% 2046 1001 84 32% 309 190 148 7 45
MLB Averages 3.69 62% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 57% 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
1989 21 SDP NL 280 51 7 2 7 0 6 3 4 5 2 13 5 2 38% 4 0 1 97 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1990 22 SDP NL 811 177 21 3 18 0 13 9 9 8 10 38 19 6 50% 9 2 0 269 23 5 82% 21 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 16 0
1991 23 SDP NL 908 194 62 5 23 2 12 10 13 13 10 34 19 1 56% 10 3 1 300 10 11 48% 9 8 1 2 0 1 0 0 16 0
1992 24 SDP NL 961 230 92 8 14 0 10 4 10 8 6 53 23 14 43% 5 1 1 352 20 11 65% 18 10 2 1 0 0 3 0 12 0
1993 25 SDP NL 968 200 26 1 23 0 21 13 10 13 10 45 24 7 53% 12 14 4 334 21 7 75% 19 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
1994 26 SDP NL 717 155 16 5 20 0 13 15 5 11 9 27 9 9 33% 12 4 1 243 12 9 57% 11 8 1 1 0 0 2 2 7 0
1995 27 TOT MLB 809 193 20 0 18 0 23 11 7 12 6 41 23 5 56% 6 5 1 296 10 11 48% 10 8 0 2 0 1 1 1 18 0
1995 27 SDP NL 518 121 15 0 10 0 11 8 2 6 4 24 16 3 67% 5 3 1 195 6 7 46% 6 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 10 0
1995 27 SEA AL 291 72 5 0 8 0 12 3 5 6 2 17 7 2 41% 1 2 0 101 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
1996 28 STL NL 963 215 14 0 28 1 14 17 11 13 15 34 20 1 59% 10 6 1 352 21 4 84% 21 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1997 29 STL NL 727 149 17 2 9 0 5 3 6 5 4 33 15 5 45% 5 7 0 254 22 9 71% 20 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
1998 30 ARI NL 979 221 34 1 25 2 13 14 11 11 14 48 24 9 50% 6 9 1 333 24 11 69% 22 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 27 0
1999 31 ARI NL 886 216 25 3 34 0 17 20 14 14 20 32 16 6 50% 13 10 2 329 21 7 75% 19 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 16 0
2000 32 STL NL 719 174 6 0 30 0 8 15 15 11 19 38 17 4 45% 8 1 0 257 15 7 68% 15 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
2001 33 STL NL 500 122 7 1 30 0 19 17 13 14 16 29 19 4 66% 5 1 0 164 6 5 55% 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2002 34 STL NL 417 80 6 1 10 0 13 7 3 6 4 15 7 1 47% 4 0 0 144 5 7 42% 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
14 Yrs 10645 2377 353 32 289 5 187 158 131 144 145 480 240 74 50% 109 63 13 3724 213 105 67% 199 93 13 7 1 5 12 3 207 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+
1989 21 6 3 .667 3.51 10 10 0 0 0 0 66.2 51 28 26 7 31 0 66 1 3 0 280 100 1.230 6.9 0.9 4.2 8.9 2.13 100
1990 22 16 14 .533 3.58 42 41 1 2 0 0 259.0 228 115 103 25 100 5 206 2 8 2 1091 105 1.266 7.9 0.9 3.5 7.2 2.06 105
1991 23 31 25 .554 3.32 75 74 1 6 1 0 482.0 422 191 178 48 159 12 373 6 12 5 1999 114 1.205 7.9 0.9 3.0 7.0 2.35 114
1992 24 44 39 .530 3.33 109 108 1 8 3 0 713.1 652 281 264 62 220 18 542 11 13 6 2960 112 1.222 8.2 0.8 2.8 6.8 2.46 112
1993 25 59 54 .522 3.44 143 142 1 12 5 0 944.0 852 392 361 85 306 25 721 15 15 20 3928 111 1.227 8.1 0.8 2.9 6.9 2.36 111
1994 26 65 68 .489 3.51 168 167 1 14 7 0 1116.1 1007 474 435 105 357 27 910 16 15 24 4645 110 1.222 8.1 0.8 2.9 7.3 2.55 110
1995 27 76 77 .497 3.68 199 198 1 15 8 0 1298.0 1200 581 531 123 435 32 1081 22 15 29 5454 107 1.260 8.3 0.9 3.0 7.5 2.49 107
1996 28 94 87 .519 3.70 235 232 2 18 9 1 1528.1 1415 688 629 151 512 39 1241 28 15 35 6417 107 1.261 8.3 0.9 3.0 7.3 2.42 107
1997 29 104 94 .525 3.64 261 258 2 18 9 1 1705.1 1564 752 690 160 573 43 1416 33 15 42 7144 110 1.253 8.3 0.8 3.0 7.5 2.47 110
1998 30 118 107 .524 3.68 295 292 2 19 9 1 1936.2 1785 863 792 185 647 46 1580 39 16 51 8123 109 1.256 8.3 0.9 3.0 7.3 2.44 109
1999 31 131 119 .524 3.79 328 324 2 19 9 1 2135.0 2001 980 898 219 729 49 1721 43 16 61 9009 107 1.279 8.4 0.9 3.1 7.3 2.36 107
2000 32 143 128 .528 3.86 358 351 3 20 9 1 2301.0 2175 1075 988 249 797 49 1858 44 16 62 9728 106 1.292 8.5 1.0 3.1 7.3 2.33 106
2001 33 150 135 .526 4.02 385 370 6 20 9 1 2408.1 2297 1167 1076 279 858 49 1936 50 16 63 10228 103 1.310 8.6 1.0 3.2 7.2 2.26 103
2002 34 155 139 .527 3.97 403 387 6 21 9 1 2505.1 2377 1206 1106 289 909 52 2000 55 16 63 10645 104 1.312 8.5 1.0 3.3 7.2 2.20 104

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
1989 21 3 4 .429 4.22 64.0 54 33 30 7 33 63 1 1.359 7.6 4.6 8.9 1.91 1.0 10
1990 22 10 10 .500 3.87 186.0 181 89 80 18 71 135 1 1.355 8.8 3.4 6.5 1.90 0.9 32
1991 23 14 9 .609 3.31 215.0 199 88 79 24 61 161 4 1.209 8.3 2.6 6.7 2.64 1.0 33
1992 24 12 12 .500 4.00 216.0 243 107 96 15 64 158 5 1.421 10.1 2.7 6.6 2.47 0.6 34
1993 25 13 12 .520 3.73 227.0 197 104 94 23 85 176 4 1.242 7.8 3.4 7.0 2.07 0.9 34
1994 26 14 12 .538 3.77 241.0 215 112 101 28 71 264 1 1.187 8.0 2.7 9.9 3.72 1.0 25
1995 27 9 13 .409 4.66 201.0 213 116 104 20 86 190 7 1.488 9.5 3.9 8.5 2.21 0.9 31
1996 28 13 11 .542 3.74 224.0 210 103 93 27 75 156 6 1.272 8.4 3.0 6.3 2.08 1.1 36
1997 29 12 7 .632 3.14 172.0 147 67 60 9 60 170 5 1.203 7.7 3.1 8.9 2.83 0.5 26
1998 30 13 12 .520 3.93 227.0 218 110 99 25 73 161 6 1.282 8.6 2.9 6.4 2.21 1.0 34
1999 31 10 12 .455 4.21 201.0 203 104 94 32 77 143 4 1.393 9.1 3.4 6.4 1.86 1.4 33
2000 32 8 10 .444 4.34 164.0 163 88 79 28 64 135 1 1.384 8.9 3.5 7.4 2.11 1.5 30
2001 33 3 8 .273 7.11 105.0 119 92 83 29 60 76 6 1.705 10.2 5.1 6.5 1.27 2.5 27
2002 34 6 4 .600 3.00 93.0 81 34 31 10 52 61 5 1.430 7.8 5.0 5.9 1.17 1.0 18
14 Yrs 140 136 .507 3.99 2536.0 2443 1247 1123 295 932 2049 56 1.331 8.7 7.3 2.20 1.0 403

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1993 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1994 NL (22, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1991 NL (6, 1%)
1996 NL (3, 6%)
0.07 Career Shares (200th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1991 NL  4.1 (9th)
1993 NL  4.6 (4th)
1994 NL  3.5 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1991 NL  3.03 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1991 NL  15 (7th)
1996 NL  18 (2nd)
Career  155 (233rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1996 NL  .643 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1991 NL  1.135 (6th)
1994 NL  1.195 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL  7.804 (6th)
1997 NL  7.576 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 NL  6.551 (9th)
1991 NL  6.740 (7th)
1992 NL  6.575 (10th)
1993 NL  6.984 (8th)
1994 NL  9.870 (1st)
1997 NL  8.898 (4th)
Career  7.185 (83rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1992 NL  231.3 (7th)
1993 NL  230.7 (9th)
1994 NL  172.3 (4th)
1996 NL  230.3 (8th)
1998 NL  231.3 (8th)
Career  2,505.3 (238th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1991 NL  167 (6th)
1992 NL  169 (7th)
1993 NL  179 (6th)
1994 NL  189 (1st)
1997 NL  175 (10th)
Career  2,000 (66th)

Games Started s c a p y
1992 NL  34 (4th)
1993 NL  34 (7th)
1994 NL  25 (2nd)
1996 NL  34 (7th)
1998 NL  34 (5th)
Career  387 (137th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1993 NL  4 (9th)
1994 NL  2 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1993 NL  2 (3rd)
1994 NL  2 (3rd)
1996 NL  1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1991 NL  23 (5th)
1993 NL  23 (8th)
1994 NL  20 (4th)
1996 NL  28 (5th)
1999 NL  34 (3rd)
Career  289 (57th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 NL  86 (5th)
Career  909 (151st)

Hits s c a p y
1992 NL  230 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1991 NL  2.831 (7th)
1992 NL  2.771 (8th)
1994 NL  3.706 (5th)
Career  2.200 (187th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1997 NL  0.458 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1992 NL  14 (3rd)
1993 NL  15 (6th)
1994 NL  14 (1st)
Career  139 (205th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1992 NL  86 (5th)
1993 NL  97 (8th)
1994 NL  74 (10th)
1999 NL  106 (10th)
Career  1,106 (170th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1993 NL  14 (2nd)
1998 NL  9 (10th)
1999 NL  10 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1992 NL  961 (6th)
1993 NL  968 (8th)
1994 NL  717 (6th)
1996 NL  963 (9th)
1998 NL  979 (8th)
Career  10,645 (236th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1991 NL  126 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1991 NL  22 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1991 NL  2.4 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1991 NL  24.02 (5th)
Career  67.43 (241st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1991 NL  3.3 (6th)
Career  10.7 (170th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1991 NL  2.5 (6th)
Career  7.9 (198th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1991 NL  2.6 (5th)
Career  7.6 (224th)

Youngest s c a p y
1989 NL  born 1967-08-20 (9th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 66 (387), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (660), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Ron Darling (933)
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  4. John Smoltz (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Burt Hooton (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Smoltz (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. John Smoltz (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mark Gubicza (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mark Gubicza (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Livan Hernandez (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Barry Zito (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Livan Hernandez (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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