Dwight Bernard

Dwight Vern Bernard

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 31, 1952 in Mount Vernon, IL
School: Belmont University (Nashville, TN)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1978
Teams (by GP): Mets/Brewers 1978-1982

Final Game: October 2, 1982
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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
1974	22	NYM-min	AA	7	4	.636	3.06	14	14					103.0	85	43	35	4	58								1.388	7.4	0.3	5.1			VCT · TL
1975	23	NYM-min	AAA	9	9	.500	3.29	27	22		6	3	0	126.0	96	51	46	5	77	4	70	3	0	2			1.373	6.9	0.4	5.5	5.0	0.91	TID · IL
1976	24	NYM-min	AAA,AA	3	14	.176	5.56	24	22		4	0	0	144.0	157	102	89	12	93	4	80	2	0	3			1.736	9.8	0.8	5.8	5.0	0.86	TID,JAC · IL,TL
1977	25	NYM-min	AAA	9	13	.409	4.32	29	29		5	1	0	173.0	181	98	83	13	79	5	88	3	1	8			1.503	9.4	0.7	4.1	4.6	1.11	TID · IL
1978	26	NYM-min	AAA	5	3	.625	1.64	25	1		0	0	2	44.0	36	13	8	1	15	2	21	1	0	0			1.159	7.4	0.2	3.1	4.3	1.40	TID · IL
1978	26	NYM	NL	1	4	.200	4.31	30	1	10	0	0	0	48.0	54	25	23	4	27	3	26	0	0	2	213	81	1.688	10.1	0.8	5.1	4.9	0.96
1979	27	NYM-min	AAA	1	3	.250	1.77	33	0		0	0	16	61.0	39	12	12	3	29	5	49	2	0	6			1.115	5.8	0.4	4.3	7.2	1.69	TID · IL
1979	27	NYM	NL	0	3	.000	4.70	32	1	6	0	0	0	44.0	59	26	23	2	26	4	20	0	0	1	208	78	1.932	12.1	0.4	5.3	4.1	0.77

1980	28	MIL-min	AAA,AA	1	1	.500	7.36	21	0		0	0	0	33.0	54	33	27	2	26	2	16	1	0	5			2.424	14.7	0.5	7.1	4.4	0.62	VAN,HLY · PCL,EL
1981	29	MIL-min	AAA	3	5	.375	3.35	49	0	44	0	0	11	51.0	45	23	19	2	29	1	42	1	0	5			1.451	7.9	0.4	5.1	7.4	1.45	VAN · PCL
1981	29	MIL	AL	0	0		3.60	6	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	5	3	2	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	27	104	2.200	9.0	0.0	10.8	1.8	0.17
1982	30	MIL	AL	3	1	.750	3.76	47	0	19	0	0	6	79.0	78	39	33	4	27	0	45	1	0	1	335	102	1.329	8.9	0.5	3.1	5.1	1.67
1983	31	HOU-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	2.73	28	1	12	0	0	3	62.2	64	27	19	0	31	4	25	0	0	2			1.516	9.2	0.0	4.5	3.6	0.81	TUC · PCL
1984	32	HOU-min	AAA	6	3	.667	4.57	41	0	24	0	0	2	65.0	63	39	33	3	35	4	33	2	0	2			1.508	8.7	0.4	4.8	4.6	0.94	TUC · PCL
1985	33	BAL-min	AA	2	3	.400	2.79	22	0	15	0	0	4	29.0	28	13	9	1	18	5	18	1	0	1			1.586	8.7	0.3	5.6	5.6	1.00	CHR · SOUL
4 Yrs				4	8	.333	4.14	115	2	36	0	0	6	176.0	196	93	81	10	86	8	92	1	0	4	783	89	1.602	10.0	0.5	4.4	4.7	1.07
162 Game Avg.				2	5	.333	4.14	67	1	21	0	0	3	102	114	54	47	6	50	5	53	1	0	2	455	89	1.602	10.0	0.5	4.4	4.7	1.07

NYM (2 yrs)				1	7	.125	4.50	62	2	16	0	0	0	92.0	113	51	46	6	53	7	46	0	0	3	421	80	1.804	11.1	0.6	5.2	4.5	0.87
MIL (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	3.75	53	0	20	0	0	6	84.0	83	42	35	4	33	1	46	1	0	1	362	102	1.381	8.9	0.4	3.5	4.9	1.39

AL (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	3.75	53	0	20	0	0	6	84.0	83	42	35	4	33	1	46	1	0	1	362	102	1.381	8.9	0.4	3.5	4.9	1.39
NL (2 yrs)				1	7	.125	4.50	62	2	16	0	0	0	92.0	113	51	46	6	53	7	46	0	0	3	421	80	1.804	11.1	0.6	5.2	4.5	0.87

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
1978	26	NYM	NL	48.0	30	1	25	4.69	4.15	-0.12	-0.30	96.3	3.83	-5	-0.6	.8	-0.0	-0.2	-0	.481	.497	$
1979	27	NYM	NL	44.0	32	1	26	5.32	4.43	-0.22	-0.31	98.1	4.26	-6	-0.6	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.481	.496	$

1981	29	MIL	AL	5.0	6	0	3	5.40	4.48	0.03	-0.36	99.7	4.09	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.0	0.0	-0	.487	.500	$
1982	30	MIL	AL	79.0	47	0	39	4.44	4.34	0.10	-0.34	92.7	3.62	-7	-0.7	1.5	-0.3	-0.4	1	.485	.496	$
4 Seasons				176.0	115	2	93	4.76	4.32	-0.05	-0.32	95.2	3.85	-18	-1.9	1.1	-0.4	-0.9	-1	.483	.497	$

NYM (2 yrs)				92.0	62	2	51	4.99	4.28	-0.17	-0.30	97.2	4.04	-11	-1.2	.8	-0.0	-0.5	-1	.481	.496	$
MIL (2 yrs)				84.0	53	0	42	4.50	4.35	0.09	-0.34	93.1	3.65	-8	-0.8	1.4	-0.3	-0.4	1	.485	.498	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	G	GF	IP	SO	BF	SO/9
1981	29	MIL	AL	ALDS	L	NYY	2	0	2.1	0	7	0.0
1982	30	MIL	AL	ALCS	W	CAL	1	1	1.0	0	3	0.0
1982	30	MIL	AL	WS	L	STL	1	1	1.0	1	4	9.0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							4	2	4.1	1	14	2.1
1 ALDS							2	0	2.1	0	7	0.0
1 ALCS							1	1	1.0	0	3	0.0
1 WS							1	1	1.0	1	4	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
1978	26	NYM	NL	30	213	182	25	54	13	2	4	2	4	27	26	.297	.386	.456	.842	.327	83	8	0	3	1	3	3
1979	27	NYM	NL	32	208	178	26	59	7	1	2	3	3	26	20	.331	.411	.416	.826	.358	74	4	0	1	3	4	0

1981	29	MIL	AL	6	27	19	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	1	.263	.407	.316	.723	.250	6	0	0	0	2	1	1
1982	30	MIL	AL	47	335	297	39	78	12	3	4	6	5	27	45	.263	.321	.364	.685	.292	108	6	1	5	5	0	6
4 Yrs				115	783	676	93	196	33	6	10	12	12	86	92	.290	.366	.401	.767	.318	271	18	1	9	11	8	10
162 Game Avg.				67	455	393	54	114	19	3	6	7	7	50	53	.290	.366	.401	.767	.318	158	10	1	5	6	5	6
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.385	.710	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1978	26	NYM	NL	-4.1	-0.4	223	-1.8	2.2	-4.0	.69	-0.9	-1.7	-2.5	-0.3	0.69	-7.8	5	6	18
1979	27	NYM	NL	-5.2	-0.5	216	0.0	2.4	-2.4	.72	-0.3	0.3	-11.6	-1.2	0.72	-9.1	7	6	17

1981	29	MIL	AL	-0.3	-0.0	28	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.49	-0.2	-0.2	-3.9	-0.4	0.49	-1.8	2	1	2
1982	30	MIL	AL	-0.8	-0.1	348	0.0	4.8	-4.8	.86	0.2	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	0.86	-0.7	19	6	19
4 Yrs				-10.3	-1.1	815	-1.9	9.6	-11.6	.76	-1.2	-1.3	-21.6	-2.2	0.76	-19.5	33	19	56

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
1978	26	NYM	NL	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	47.0	47	47	12	5	1	0	4.4	4.5	4.0
1979	27	NYM	NL	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	39.0	39	39	14	4	1	0	5.0	3.0	4.0
2 Yrs				62	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	43	47	39	26	9	2	0	4.7	3.9	4.0
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	99	-12					4.3	4.2	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1978	26	NYM	NL	30	29	10	1	4	2	0	2	0%	3	1	24	8	33%	5	.691	5	6	18	6	3	20	11	18	15	5	17	8	4.6
1979	27	NYM	NL	32	31	6	0	2	0	0	0		1	1	27	14	52%	5	.723	7	6	17	3	5	23	13	18	13	12	14	7	3.9

1981	29	MIL	AL	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	4	57%	7	.492	2	1	2	1	0	5	4	2	2	3	2	1	2.5
1982	30	MIL	AL	47	47	19	3	1	9	6	3	67%	16	6	47	21	45%	8	.859	19	6	19	21	6	20	26	21	25	9	31	7	5.0
4 Yrs				115	113	36	4	7	11	6	5	55%	20	8	105	47	45%		.765	33	19	56	31	14	68	54	59	55	29	64	23	4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1978	26	NYM	NL	213	53%	1.9%	12.2%	12.7%	8.9%	35%	1.07	72%	47	8	17%
1979	27	NYM	NL	208	59%	1.0%	9.6%	12.5%	4.8%	17%	0.91	76%	46	4	9%

1981	29	MIL	AL	27	74%	0.0%	3.7%	22.2%	3.7%	20%	1.00	74%	8	0	0%
1982	30	MIL	AL	335	64%	1.2%	13.4%	8.1%	5.7%	24%	0.88	76%	67	6	9%
4 Yrs				783	60%	1.3%	11.8%	11.0%	6.3%	25%	0.94	75%	168	18	11%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.7%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.10	75%			11%

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
1978	26	NYM	NL	213	54			4	0	14	3	1	3	1	18	8	4	44%	3	2	1	79	2	4	33%	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
1979	27	NYM	NL	208	59			2	0	15	2	0	1	1	22	10	2	45%	0	1	1	89	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0

1981	29	MIL	AL	27	5			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	100%	1	0	0	16	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1982	30	MIL	AL	335	78			4	0	8	3	1	1	3	17	12	1	71%	6	1	0	139	6	5	55%	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	0
4 Yrs				783	196			10	0	39	8	2	5	5	60	33	7	55%	10	4	2	323	12	12	50%	10	11	2	1	0	0	1	0	27	0
MLB Averages																		53%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1978	26	1	4	.200	4.31	30	1	10	0	48.0	54	25	23	4	27	3	26	0	2	213	81	1.688	10.1	0.8	5.1	4.9	0.96	81
1979	27	1	7	.125	4.50	62	2	16	0	92.0	113	51	46	6	53	7	46	0	3	421	80	1.804	11.1	0.6	5.2	4.5	0.87	80
1980	28	1	7	.125	4.50	62	2	16	0	92.0	113	51	46	6	53	7	46	0	3	421	80	1.804	11.1	0.6	5.2	4.5	0.87	80
1981	29	1	7	.125	4.45	68	2	17	0	97.0	118	54	48	6	59	8	47	0	3	448	81	1.825	10.9	0.6	5.5	4.4	0.80	81
1982	30	4	8	.333	4.14	115	2	36	6	176.0	196	93	81	10	86	8	92	1	4	783	89	1.602	10.0	0.5	4.4	4.7	1.07	89

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1978	26	1	3	.250	5.57	42.0	58	29	26	4	29	23	0	2.071	12.4	6.2	4.9	0.79	0.9	30
1979	27	1	3	.250	5.63	40.0	61	28	25	2	27	18	0	2.200	13.7	6.1	4.1	0.67	0.5	32

1981	29	0	0		4.50	8.0	8	4	4	0	10	2	0	2.250	9.0	11.3	2.3	0.20	0.0	6
1982	30	4	4	.500	4.50	74.0	83	41	37	4	29	42	1	1.514	10.1	3.5	5.1	1.45	0.5	47
4 Yrs		6	10	.375	5.05	164.0	210	102	92	10	95	85	1	1.860	11.5		4.7	0.89	0.5	115

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