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Buddy Black

Harry Ralston Black

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 30, 1957 in San Mateo, CA
High School: Mark Morris HS (Longview, WA)
School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1981
Teams (by GP): Royals/Indians/Giants/BlueJays/Mariners 1981-1995
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: July 9, 1995
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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
1981 24 SEA AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 7 5.000 18.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1982 25 KCR AL 4 6 .400 4.58 22 14 2 0 0 0 88.1 92 48 45 10 34 6 40 3 7 4 386 89 1.426 9.4 1.0 3.5 4.1 1.18
1983 26 KCR AL 10 7 .588 3.79 24 24 0 3 0 0 161.1 159 75 68 19 43 1 58 2 0 4 672 108 1.252 8.9 1.1 2.4 3.2 1.35
1984 27 KCR AL 17 12 .586 3.12 35 35 0 8 1 0 257.0 226 99 89 22 64 2 140 4 2 2 1045 128 1.128 7.9 0.8 2.2 4.9 2.19
1985 28 KCR AL 10 15 .400 4.33 33 33 0 5 2 0 205.2 216 111 99 17 59 4 122 8 1 9 885 95 1.337 9.5 0.7 2.6 5.3 2.07
1986 29 KCR AL 5 10 .333 3.20 56 4 26 0 0 9 121.0 100 49 43 14 43 5 68 7 2 2 503 133 1.182 7.4 1.0 3.2 5.1 1.58
1987 30 KCR AL 8 6 .571 3.60 29 18 4 0 0 1 122.1 126 63 49 16 35 2 61 5 0 6 520 127 1.316 9.3 1.2 2.6 4.5 1.74
1988 31 TOT AL 4 4 .500 5.00 33 7 9 0 0 1 81.0 82 47 45 8 34 3 63 4 6 5 358 82 1.432 9.1 0.9 3.8 7.0 1.85
1988 31 KCR AL 2 1 .667 4.91 17 0 5 0 0 0 22.0 23 12 12 2 11 2 19 0 2 0 98 83 1.545 9.4 0.8 4.5 7.8 1.73
1988 31 CLE AL 2 3 .400 5.03 16 7 4 0 0 1 59.0 59 35 33 6 23 1 44 4 4 5 260 82 1.390 9.0 0.9 3.5 6.7 1.91
1989 32 CLE AL 12 11 .522 3.36 33 32 0 6 3 0 222.1 213 95 83 14 52 0 88 1 5 13 912 118 1.192 8.6 0.6 2.1 3.6 1.69
1990 33 TOT AL 13 11 .542 3.57 32 31 1 5 2 0 206.2 181 86 82 19 61 1 106 5 1 6 857 111 1.171 7.9 0.8 2.7 4.6 1.74
1990 33 CLE AL 11 10 .524 3.53 29 29 0 5 2 0 191.0 171 79 75 17 58 1 103 4 1 6 796 111 1.199 8.1 0.8 2.7 4.9 1.78
1990 33 TOR AL 2 1 .667 4.02 3 2 1 0 0 0 15.2 10 7 7 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 61 105 0.830 5.7 1.1 1.7 1.7 1.00
1991 34 SFG NL 12 16 .429 3.99 34 34 0 3 3 0 214.1 201 104 95 25 71 8 104 4 6 6 893 90 1.269 8.4 1.0 3.0 4.4 1.46
1992 35 SFG NL 10 12 .455 3.97 28 28 0 2 1 0 177.0 178 88 78 23 59 11 82 1 7 3 749 84 1.339 9.1 1.2 3.0 4.2 1.39
1993 36 SFG NL 8 2 .800 3.56 16 16 0 0 0 0 93.2 89 44 37 13 33 2 45 2 4 0 394 110 1.302 8.6 1.2 3.2 4.3 1.36
1994 37 SFG NL 4 2 .667 4.47 10 10 0 0 0 0 54.1 50 31 27 9 16 1 28 3 1 3 227 89 1.215 8.3 1.5 2.7 4.6 1.75
1995 38 CLE AL 4 2 .667 6.85 11 10 0 0 0 0 47.1 63 42 36 8 16 2 34 0 1 1 219 69 1.669 12.0 1.5 3.0 6.5 2.13
15 Yrs 121 116 .511 3.84 398 296 42 32 12 11 2053.1 1978 982 876 217 623 49 1039 49 43 65 8627 104 1.267 8.7 1.0 2.7 4.6 1.67
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .511 3.84 39 29 4 3 1 1 201 194 96 86 21 61 5 102 5 4 6 845 104 1.267 8.7 1.0 2.7 4.6 1.67
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
KCR (7 yrs) 56 57 .496 3.73 216 128 37 16 3 10 977.2 942 457 405 100 289 22 508 29 14 27 4109 111 1.259 8.7 0.9 2.7 4.7 1.76
SFG (4 yrs) 34 32 .515 3.95 88 88 0 5 4 0 539.1 518 267 237 70 179 22 259 10 18 12 2263 91 1.292 8.6 1.2 3.0 4.3 1.45
CLE (4 yrs) 29 26 .527 3.93 89 78 4 11 5 1 519.2 506 251 227 45 149 4 269 9 11 25 2187 103 1.260 8.8 0.8 2.6 4.7 1.81
SEA (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 7 5.000 18.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
TOR (1 yr) 2 1 .667 4.02 3 2 1 0 0 0 15.2 10 7 7 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 61 105 0.830 5.7 1.1 1.7 1.7 1.00
AL (11 yrs) 87 84 .509 3.80 310 208 42 27 8 11 1514.0 1460 715 639 147 444 27 780 39 25 53 6364 108 1.258 8.7 0.9 2.6 4.6 1.76
NL (4 yrs) 34 32 .515 3.95 88 88 0 5 4 0 539.1 518 267 237 70 179 22 259 10 18 12 2263 91 1.292 8.6 1.2 3.0 4.3 1.45

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
1981 24 SEA AL 1.0 2 0 0 0.00 5.83 -0.17 -0.47 112.0 6.20 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.1 1 .540 .500 $
1982 25 KCR AL 88.1 22 14 48 4.89 4.40 0.23 0.06 99.5 4.21 -6 -0.6 .4 -0.0 0.1 3 .471 .496 $
1983 26 KCR AL 161.1 24 24 75 4.18 4.43 -0.15 0.14 99.7 4.71 9 1.0 -0.1 2.2 26 .541 .506 $
1984 27 KCR AL 257.0 35 35 99 3.47 4.42 0.37 0.14 99.3 4.17 21 2.3 -0.1 4.2 47 .566 .514 $
1985 28 KCR AL 205.2 33 33 111 4.86 4.62 -0.02 0.16 98.4 4.72 -3 -0.3 -0.1 1.3 19 .491 .498 $465,000
1986 29 KCR AL 121.0 56 4 49 3.64 4.73 0.07 -0.30 100.6 4.40 10 1.0 1.4 -0.0 2.0 23 .518 .506 $645,000
1987 30 KCR AL 122.1 29 18 63 4.63 5.06 -0.07 0.07 102.4 5.32 9 0.9 1.4 -0.1 1.9 23 .532 .506 $600,000
1988 31 KCR AL 22.0 17 0 12 4.91 4.66 -0.11 -0.37 100.7 4.42 -1 -0.1 1.4 -0.1 0.0 1 .493 .499 $635,000
1988 31 CLE AL 59.0 16 7 35 5.34 4.41 -0.26 -0.04 104.3 4.83 -3 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.1 3 .478 .498 $
1989 32 CLE AL 222.1 33 32 95 3.85 4.34 -0.01 0.14 102.7 4.61 18 2.0 .6 -0.2 3.7 41 .561 .512 $600,000
1990 33 CLE AL 191.0 29 29 79 3.72 4.29 0.10 0.15 99.7 4.33 14 1.6 -0.1 3.2 34 .555 .510 $775,000
1990 33 TOR AL 15.2 3 2 7 4.02 4.34 0.18 0.09 97.7 4.15 0 0.0 2.2 -0.0 0.2 2 .512 .500 $
1991 34 SFG NL 214.1 34 34 104 4.37 4.19 0.10 0.15 98.0 4.16 -6 -0.7 -0.1 0.8 14 .480 .496 $1,750,000
1992 35 SFG NL 177.0 28 28 88 4.47 3.88 0.05 0.14 94.7 3.75 -15 -1.7 -0.1 -0.5 0 .440 .490 $2,750,000
1993 36 SFG NL 93.2 16 16 44 4.23 4.46 0.24 0.16 97.4 4.26 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.5 9 .492 .499 $2,250,000
1994 37 SFG NL 54.1 10 10 31 5.13 4.75 0.32 0.17 93.6 4.31 -5 -0.5 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .449 .497 $3,250,000
1995 38 CLE AL 47.1 11 10 42 7.99 4.98 -0.05 0.17 100.1 5.21 -15 -1.2 .5 -0.0 -0.8 -9 .387 .492 $350,000
15 Seasons 2053.1 398 296 982 4.30 4.43 0.08 0.10 99.3 4.43 26 3.3 1.3 -1.2 18.8 236 .508 .501 $14,070,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
KCR (7 yrs) 977.2 216 128 457 4.21 4.58 0.09 0.06 99.8 4.56 39 4.2 1.3 -0.5 11.7 142 .519 .504 $2,345,000
SFG (4 yrs) 539.1 88 88 267 4.46 4.19 0.13 0.15 96.4 4.06 -28 -3.0 -0.3 0.6 22 .466 .495 $10,000,000
CLE (4 yrs) 519.2 89 78 251 4.35 4.39 -0.00 0.13 101.5 4.59 14 2.0 1.0 -0.4 6.2 69 .522 .503 $1,725,000
SEA (1 yr) 1.0 2 0 0 0.00 5.83 -0.17 -0.47 112.0 6.20 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.1 1 .540 .500 $
TOR (1 yr) 15.2 3 2 7 4.02 4.34 0.18 0.09 97.7 4.15 0 0.0 2.2 -0.0 0.2 2 .512 .500 $

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
1984 27 KCR AL ALCS L DET 0 1 .000 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 4 4 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.600 12.6 3.6 1.8 5.4 3.00
1985 28 KCR AL ALCS W TOR 0 0 1.69 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.2 11 3 2 0 4 0 8 1 0 2 47 1.406 9.3 0.0 3.4 6.8 2.00
1985 28 KCR AL WS W STL 0 1 .000 5.06 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 4 3 3 2 5 2 4 0 0 0 23 1.688 6.8 3.4 8.4 6.8 0.80
2 Yrs (3 Series) 0 2 .000 3.86 6 3 1 0 0 0 21.0 22 10 9 4 10 2 15 1 0 2 93 1.524 9.4 1.7 4.3 6.4 1.50
2 ALCS 0 1 .000 3.45 4 2 0 0 0 0 15.2 18 7 6 2 5 0 11 1 0 2 70 1.468 10.3 1.1 2.9 6.3 2.20
1 WS 0 1 .000 5.06 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 4 3 3 2 5 2 4 0 0 0 23 1.688 6.8 3.4 8.4 6.8 0.80

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
1981 24 SEA AL 2 7 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 .500 .714 .750 1.464 .500 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 25 KCR AL 22 386 342 48 92 16 3 10 7 1 34 40 .269 .338 .421 .759 .278 144 7 3 4 3 6 4
1983 26 KCR AL 24 672 618 75 159 23 3 19 7 6 43 58 .257 .305 .396 .702 .256 245 20 2 4 5 1 11
1984 27 KCR AL 35 1045 969 99 226 30 7 22 11 14 64 140 .233 .283 .347 .630 .252 336 13 4 6 1 2 12
1985 28 KCR AL 33 885 805 111 216 45 4 17 13 6 59 122 .268 .323 .398 .721 .297 320 13 8 8 4 4 11
1986 29 KCR AL 56 503 445 49 100 18 3 14 6 6 43 68 .225 .301 .373 .674 .234 166 9 7 4 4 5 7
1987 30 KCR AL 29 520 475 63 126 19 6 16 16 4 35 61 .265 .320 .432 .752 .274 205 13 5 1 3 2 6
1988 31 TOT AL 33 358 311 47 82 10 0 8 3 2 34 63 .264 .341 .373 .714 .305 116 5 4 6 3 3 4
1988 31 CLE AL 16 260 225 35 59 8 0 6 3 2 23 44 .262 .337 .378 .715 .298 85 4 4 5 3 1 4
1988 31 KCR AL 17 98 86 12 23 2 0 2 0 0 11 19 .267 .351 .360 .711 .323 31 1 0 1 0 2 0
1989 32 CLE AL 33 912 844 95 213 37 7 14 15 8 52 88 .252 .295 .363 .657 .266 306 19 1 9 5 0 18
1990 33 TOT AL 32 857 778 86 181 30 2 19 12 8 61 106 .233 .290 .350 .640 .245 272 9 5 6 7 1 10
1990 33 CLE AL 29 796 725 79 171 28 2 17 11 7 58 103 .236 .294 .350 .645 .252 254 9 4 4 5 1 10
1990 33 TOR AL 3 61 53 7 10 2 0 2 1 1 3 3 .189 .237 .340 .577 .160 18 0 1 2 2 0 0
1991 34 SFG NL 34 893 800 104 201 31 5 25 14 11 71 104 .251 .313 .396 .709 .260 317 20 4 11 7 8 7
1992 35 SFG NL 28 749 677 88 178 27 6 23 7 14 59 82 .263 .321 .422 .744 .269 286 17 1 8 4 11 11
1993 36 SFG NL 16 393 347 44 89 10 2 13 9 8 33 45 .256 .321 .409 .730 .259 142 10 2 8 4 2 7
1994 37 SFG NL 10 227 204 31 50 14 1 9 4 3 16 28 .245 .307 .456 .763 .243 93 2 3 2 2 1 3
1995 38 CLE AL 11 219 199 42 63 19 0 8 5 2 16 34 .317 .362 .533 .895 .344 106 3 0 1 3 2 4
15 Yrs 398 8626 7818 982 1978 330 49 217 129 94 623 1039 .253 .310 .391 .701 .266 3057 160 49 78 55 49 115
162 Game Avg. 39 845 766 96 194 32 5 21 13 9 61 102 .253 .310 .391 .701 .266 300 16 5 8 5 5 11
MLB Averages .260 .326 .392 .718 .287
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1981 24 SEA AL 0.6 0.1 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .44 -0.2 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.44 -1.1 1 0 1
1982 25 KCR AL -4.0 -0.4 405 -0.3 5.4 -5.7 .82 -0.8 0.5 -3.9 -0.4 0.82 -6.5 1 0 6
1983 26 KCR AL 5.4 0.6 688 0.7 11.7 -11.0 .97 0.7 0.0 6.0 0.6 0.97 5.7 0 0 0
1984 27 KCR AL 26.2 2.8 1077 3.5 20.2 -16.7 1.02 3.8 -0.4 30.1 3.2 1.02 40.9 0 0 0
1985 28 KCR AL -4.6 -0.4 911 0.0 17.8 -17.8 1.13 0.5 -0.5 2.3 0.2 1.13 6.0 0 0 0
1986 29 KCR AL 13.4 1.3 521 1.7 10.4 -8.7 1.09 0.7 0.9 16.3 1.6 1.09 9.4 22 6 24
1987 30 KCR AL 9.0 0.9 547 0.4 10.3 -10.0 1.05 0.5 -0.1 6.4 0.6 1.05 4.3 5 1 5
1988 31 TOT AL -6.6 -0.6 376 -0.6 5.8 -6.4 1.07 -0.2 -0.3 -5.6 -0.6 1.07 -2.4 7 11 8
1988 31 KCR AL -1.4 -0.1 100 -0.5 1.3 -1.8 1.07 0.1 -0.6 -3.7 -0.4 1.07 1.0 6 6 5
1988 31 CLE AL -5.2 -0.5 276 -0.1 4.6 -4.6 1.07 -0.3 0.3 -1.9 -0.2 1.07 -3.4 1 5 3
1989 32 CLE AL 13.9 1.4 954 1.3 17.3 -16.0 1.05 1.7 -0.5 15.5 1.6 1.05 18.5 0 0 1
1990 33 TOT AL 10.8 1.1 880 2.0 14.9 -12.9 .98 1.8 0.3 19.6 2.1 0.98 20.5 1 0 0
1990 33 CLE AL 10.2 1.1 817 2.2 13.5 -11.3 .95 1.6 0.7 19.3 2.0 0.95 18.9 0 0 0
1990 33 TOR AL 0.6 0.1 63 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 1.40 0.2 -0.3 0.3 0.0 1.40 1.7 1 0 0
1991 34 SFG NL -9.0 -0.9 930 -0.3 14.9 -15.2 .97 0.1 -0.4 -9.5 -1.0 0.97 -2.2 0 0 0
1992 35 SFG NL -14.7 -1.5 783 -0.9 12.1 -13.0 .93 -1.9 0.9 -11.6 -1.2 0.93 -20.8 0 0 0
1993 36 SFG NL 2.5 0.2 412 0.8 7.0 -6.2 .95 -0.2 1.1 5.8 0.6 0.95 -0.7 0 0 0
1994 37 SFG NL -3.7 -0.4 241 0.2 3.9 -3.7 .95 -0.4 0.6 -1.6 -0.2 0.95 -3.8 0 0 0
1995 38 CLE AL -12.7 -1.1 229 -0.9 3.3 -4.2 .91 -1.3 0.3 -15.6 -1.4 0.91 -16.4 0 0 1
15 Yrs 26.6 3.0 8963 7.6 155.1 -147.5 1.00 4.7 2.9 52.8 5.7 1.00 51.4 37 18 46
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1982 25 KCR AL 22 14 4 6 4 1 0 6 8 .429 3 1 0 0 6 43% 46.4 71 21 17 6 1 8 3.6 4.1 5.2
1983 26 KCR AL 24 24 10 7 7 1 3 16 8 .667 2 3 3 0 16 67% 50.6 72 23 18 4 0 10 5.6 5.2 6.7
1984 27 KCR AL 35 35 17 12 6 2 7 21 14 .600 3 4 8 1 25 71% 57.1 84 7 25 11 3 7 3.9 3.5 7.3
1985 28 KCR AL 33 33 10 15 8 0 2 15 18 .455 2 3 5 2 17 52% 49.3 84 20 30 16 1 15 3.8 3.7 6.2
1986 29 KCR AL 56 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.2 50 26 25 4 0 3 4.4 4.7 4.3
1987 30 KCR AL 29 18 7 5 6 0 0 11 7 .611 1 2 0 0 10 56% 47.3 74 20 15 5 1 10 5.6 5.4 5.5
1988 31 TOT AL 33 7 1 2 4 0 0 3 4 .429 1 0 0 0 3 43% 65 20 24 12 0 6 4.1 3.4 5.3 78 4 2 1 0 103
1988 31 CLE AL 16 7 1 2 4 0 0 3 4 .429 1 0 0 0 3 43% 48.1 65 20 13 8 0 6 4.1 3.4 5.3 78 4 2 1 0 103
1989 32 CLE AL 33 32 11 11 10 2 5 12 20 .375 2 4 6 3 22 69% 52.5 81 19 25 12 1 16 3.7 3.7 6.8 100 2 10 14 2 147
1990 33 TOT AL 32 31 12 11 8 0 3 14 17 .452 1 3 5 2 19 61% 54.3 85 14 24 13 1 9 4.5 4.0 6.6 99 6 10 7 6 151
1990 33 CLE AL 29 29 11 10 8 0 3 13 16 .448 1 3 5 2 18 62% 54.2 85 14 23 13 1 7 4.6 4.1 6.6 100 5 10 6 6 151
1990 33 TOR AL 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 55.0 72 38 1 0 0 2 3.0 2.6 6.8 89 1 0 1 0 103
1991 34 SFG NL 34 34 12 16 6 0 5 15 19 .441 2 3 3 3 19 56% 51.1 82 20 25 5 2 8 3.8 4.0 6.3 94 5 15 11 3 136
1992 35 SFG NL 28 28 10 12 6 0 3 11 17 .393 3 3 2 1 16 57% 49.7 79 19 27 13 0 9 3.2 3.2 6.3 94 6 10 9 3 127
1993 36 SFG NL 16 16 8 2 6 4 0 11 5 .688 2 0 0 0 6 38% 50.4 72 28 9 4 0 8 6.2 6.7 5.9 89 3 9 2 0 112
1994 37 SFG NL 10 10 4 2 4 1 0 6 4 .600 2 2 0 0 6 60% 49.3 65 25 8 5 0 3 5.4 5.7 5.4 85 3 5 2 0 107
1995 38 CLE AL 11 10 4 2 4 3 0 6 4 .600 0 2 0 0 3 30% 41.3 74 13 4 0 0 5 6.4 6.9 4.5 82 4 3 2 0 106
14 Yrs 379 296 111 106 79 15 28 148 148 .500 24 30 32 12 168 57% 51 85 7 265 106 10 117 4.3 4.2 6.3 94 33 64 48 14 151
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 103 -14 4.4 4.4 6.2 95
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

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
1981 24 SEA AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 .438 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1.5
1982 25 KCR AL 22 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 6 .817 1 0 6 1 1 6 4 4 5 1 5 1 6.0
1986 29 KCR AL 56 52 26 4 7 11 9 2 82% 18 6 45 13 29% 8 1.094 22 6 24 22 7 23 29 23 35 9 38 6 6.0
1987 30 KCR AL 29 11 4 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 12 3 25% 9 1.048 5 1 5 5 1 5 7 4 6 2 6 2 6.5
1988 31 TOT AL 33 26 9 3 2 2 1 1 50% 8 5 28 9 32% 1.068 7 11 8 10 1 15 16 10 16 10 17 5 5.1 30
1988 31 KCR AL 17 17 5 2 1 1 0 1 0% 5 3 18 7 39% 7 1.067 6 6 5 7 1 9 11 6 9 8 9 5 3.9 23
1988 31 CLE AL 16 9 4 1 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 10 2 20% 8 1.068 1 5 3 3 0 6 5 4 7 2 8 0 7.3 43
1989 32 CLE AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1.051 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 13.0 45
1990 33 TOT AL 32 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 .983 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 35
1990 33 TOR AL 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 8 1.402 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 35
1995 38 CLE AL 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .910 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 42
8 Yrs 189 102 42 10 10 16 11 5 69% 30 12 93 28 30% 1.025 37 18 46 39 10 53 59 43 65 23 70 15 5.8 31

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%
1981 24 SEA AL 7 29% 0.0% 0.0% 42.9% 14.3% 50% 1.00 57% 0 0
1982 25 KCR AL 386 17% 2.6% 10.4% 8.8% 7.5% 32% 0.96 76% 68 7 10%
1983 26 KCR AL 672 13% 2.8% 8.6% 6.4% 6.7% 28% 0.96 81% 134 20 15%
1984 27 KCR AL 1045 22% 2.1% 13.4% 6.1% 5.7% 26% 1.06 77% 182 13 7%
1985 28 KCR AL 885 21% 1.9% 13.8% 6.7% 7.5% 31% 1.01 76% 169 13 8%
1986 29 KCR AL 503 31% 2.8% 13.5% 8.6% 7.0% 35% 0.95 73% 100 9 9%
1987 30 KCR AL 520 24% 3.1% 11.7% 6.7% 7.9% 33% 1.13 77% 90 13 14%
1988 31 TOT AL 358 24% 2.2% 17.6% 9.5% 5.0% 22% 0.90 1.19 68% 23% 10.3% 40% 68 5 7%
1988 31 KCR AL 98 22% 2.0% 19.4% 11.2% 4.1% 17% 0.76 0.96 66% 24% 8.7% 38% 20 1 5%
1988 31 CLE AL 260 24% 2.3% 16.9% 8.9% 5.4% 24% 0.96 1.28 68% 22% 10.9% 40% 48 4 8%
1989 32 CLE AL 912 14% 1.5% 9.7% 5.7% 6.4% 27% 0.83 1.02 82% 21% 4.3% 21% 149 19 13%
1990 33 TOT AL 857 19% 2.2% 12.4% 7.1% 6.0% 28% 0.82 0.98 77% 19% 6.4% 19% 140 9 6%
1990 33 CLE AL 796 18% 2.1% 12.9% 7.3% 5.9% 28% 0.83 1.01 77% 20% 6.3% 20% 133 9 7%
1990 33 TOR AL 61 30% 3.3% 4.9% 4.9% 6.6% 40% 0.68 0.72 82% 11% 7.7% 16% 7 0 0%
1991 34 SFG NL 893 22% 2.8% 11.7% 8.0% 6.8% 30% 0.72 1.01 76% 20% 7.6% 17% 148 20 14%
1992 35 SFG NL 749 21% 3.1% 11.0% 7.9% 7.5% 32% 0.66 0.96 77% 19% 7.9% 18% 139 17 12%
1993 36 SFG NL 394 14% 3.3% 11.5% 8.4% 6.4% 28% 0.64 0.85 75% 20% 8.0% 12% 55 10 18%
1994 37 SFG NL 227 16% 4.0% 12.3% 7.1% 10.6% 48% 0.54 0.70 74% 23% 9.5% 17% 27 2 7%
1995 38 CLE AL 219 17% 3.7% 15.5% 7.3% 12.3% 43% 0.85 1.14 73% 22% 10.7% 15% 36 3 8%
15 Yrs 8627 20% 2.5% 12.0% 7.2% 6.9% 30% 0.75 1.00 77% 20% 7.2% 19% 1505 160 11%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 14.7% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.81 1.07 73% 21% 6.7% 20% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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 31 TOT AL 358 1329 3.71 804 60% 25% 16% 27% 32% 75% 2% 45% 79% 59% 4% 14 7 21% 76 20 1 16% 3 4 0 0 0
1988 31 KCR AL 98 393 4.01 232 59% 25% 17% 29% 29% 75% 4% 45% 77% 56% 5% 5 1 18% 18 5 0 16% 0 2 0 0 0
1988 31 CLE AL 260 936 3.60 572 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 1% 46% 80% 61% 3% 9 6 22% 58 15 1 16% 3 2 0 0 0
1989 32 CLE AL 824 2898 3.52 1813 63% 22% 11% 28% 38% 78% 0% 49% 85% 56% 4% 30 21 17% 137 51 3 22% 6 9 88 0 5
1990 33 TOT AL 798 2918 3.66 1824 63% 24% 11% 30% 35% 76% 0% 47% 85% 60% 4% 32 19 17% 138 46 3 29% 19 12 59 3 1
1990 33 CLE AL 737 2706 3.67 1697 63% 24% 11% 30% 34% 76% 0% 48% 85% 61% 4% 29 17 18% 130 44 3 29% 19 11 59 3 1
1990 33 TOR AL 61 212 3.48 127 60% 26% 9% 23% 43% 74% 0% 44% 88% 59% 5% 3 2 13% 8 2 0 33% 0 1 0 0 0
1991 34 SFG NL 896 3211 3.58 2002 62% 24% 12% 28% 36% 76% 2% 47% 84% 59% 5% 41 18 19% 169 67 7 33% 16 15 -3 0 0
1992 35 SFG NL 754 2630 3.49 1600 61% 24% 12% 27% 38% 77% 4% 47% 85% 53% 5% 38 18 15% 115 44 5 24% 16 9 -5 0 0
1993 36 SFG NL 384 1370 3.57 837 61% 22% 10% 32% 36% 78% 1% 48% 87% 55% 6% 22 11 13% 50 16 2 33% 3 9 10 0 0
1994 37 SFG NL 228 854 3.75 512 60% 27% 12% 26% 35% 73% 1% 44% 84% 51% 5% 12 7 14% 32 9 1 32% 1 4 -1 0 0
1995 38 CLE AL 193 781 4.05 465 60% 25% 14% 29% 33% 75% 3% 45% 82% 48% 5% 10 5 12% 24 7 3 31% 1 3 26 0 0
8 Yrs 4435 15991 3.61 9857 62% 24% 12% 28% 36% 76% 2% 47% 84% 57% 4% 199 106 17% 741 260 25 27% 65 65 174 3 6
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 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
1981 24 SEA AL 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 3 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
1982 25 KCR AL 386 92 10 0 4 9 1 2 8 20 12 3 60% 4 4 1 151 7 1 88% 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1983 26 KCR AL 672 159 19 0 6 17 2 7 12 28 20 3 71% 11 4 0 240 7 6 54% 5 4 2 1 0 1 5 4 9 0
1984 27 KCR AL 1045 226 22 0 14 18 4 9 13 47 20 7 43% 12 2 0 333 11 14 44% 9 9 2 5 0 0 8 5 8 0
1985 28 KCR AL 885 216 17 1 16 15 2 4 13 51 23 10 45% 11 9 1 334 13 6 68% 9 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 17 0
1986 29 KCR AL 503 100 14 0 16 11 3 4 10 33 10 4 30% 7 2 0 203 6 6 50% 5 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 12 0
1987 30 KCR AL 520 126 16 0 5 12 4 7 9 32 16 6 50% 6 6 4 188 16 4 80% 11 4 5 0 0 0 2 2 17 0
1988 31 TOT AL 358 82 7 1 8 1 9 7 1 3 5 22 13 3 59% 4 5 1 138 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
1988 31 KCR AL 98 23 1 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 6 2 1 33% 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1988 31 CLE AL 260 59 6 1 6 0 5 5 1 3 3 16 11 2 69% 4 5 1 98 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1989 32 CLE AL 912 213 26 1 14 0 15 12 2 10 4 39 23 3 59% 18 13 1 301 15 8 65% 10 6 5 0 0 2 5 4 32 0
1990 33 TOT AL 857 181 20 2 19 0 17 12 7 11 8 40 25 7 63% 10 6 1 272 12 8 60% 8 8 4 0 0 0 4 4 20 0
1990 33 CLE AL 796 171 20 2 17 0 17 11 6 10 7 38 23 7 61% 10 6 1 256 11 7 61% 7 7 4 0 0 0 3 3 17 0
1990 33 TOR AL 61 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 16 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
1991 34 SFG NL 893 201 72 5 25 0 14 19 6 8 17 42 24 5 57% 7 6 1 285 14 11 56% 9 9 5 0 0 2 1 0 22 0
1992 35 SFG NL 749 178 72 4 23 1 16 19 4 13 10 37 19 4 51% 11 3 1 248 7 14 33% 4 14 3 0 0 0 2 0 21 0
1993 36 SFG NL 393 89 9 2 13 0 7 12 1 5 8 17 8 2 47% 7 0 1 125 9 8 53% 6 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
1994 37 SFG NL 227 50 2 0 9 0 1 9 0 8 1 6 6 0 100% 3 3 1 62 4 3 57% 2 2 2 1 0 0 3 2 7 0
1995 38 CLE AL 219 63 8 3 8 1 2 5 3 6 2 16 11 2 69% 4 1 0 76 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0
15 Yrs 8626 1978 216 18 217 4 142 177 40 97 120 431 231 59 54% 115 65 13 2959 129 94 58% 89 78 40 8 0 8 37 23 221 1
MLB Averages 54% 68%
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

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+
1981 24 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 7 5.000 18.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1982 25 4 6 .400 4.53 24 14 2 0 0 0 89.1 94 48 45 10 37 7 40 3 7 5 393 91 1.466 9.5 1.0 3.7 4.0 1.08 91
1983 26 14 13 .519 4.06 48 38 2 3 0 0 250.2 253 123 113 29 80 8 98 5 7 9 1065 101 1.328 9.1 1.0 2.9 3.5 1.23 101
1984 27 31 25 .554 3.58 83 73 2 11 1 0 507.2 479 222 202 51 144 10 238 9 9 11 2110 113 1.227 8.5 0.9 2.6 4.2 1.65 113
1985 28 41 40 .506 3.80 116 106 2 16 3 0 713.1 695 333 301 68 203 14 360 17 10 20 2995 107 1.259 8.8 0.9 2.6 4.5 1.77 107
1986 29 46 50 .479 3.71 172 110 28 16 3 9 834.1 795 382 344 82 246 19 428 24 12 22 3498 110 1.248 8.6 0.9 2.7 4.6 1.74 110
1987 30 54 56 .491 3.70 201 128 32 16 3 10 956.2 921 445 393 98 281 21 489 29 12 28 4018 112 1.256 8.7 0.9 2.6 4.6 1.74 112
1988 31 58 60 .492 3.80 234 135 41 16 3 11 1037.2 1003 492 438 106 315 24 552 33 18 33 4376 109 1.270 8.7 0.9 2.7 4.8 1.75 109
1989 32 70 71 .496 3.72 267 167 41 22 6 11 1260.0 1216 587 521 120 367 24 640 34 23 46 5288 111 1.256 8.7 0.9 2.6 4.6 1.74 111
1990 33 83 82 .503 3.70 299 198 42 27 8 11 1466.2 1397 673 603 139 428 25 746 39 24 52 6145 111 1.244 8.6 0.9 2.6 4.6 1.74 111
1991 34 95 98 .492 3.74 333 232 42 30 11 11 1681.0 1598 777 698 164 499 33 850 43 30 58 7038 108 1.247 8.6 0.9 2.7 4.6 1.70 108
1992 35 105 110 .488 3.76 361 260 42 32 12 11 1858.0 1776 865 776 187 558 44 932 44 37 61 7787 105 1.256 8.6 0.9 2.7 4.5 1.67 105
1993 36 113 112 .502 3.75 377 276 42 32 12 11 1951.2 1865 909 813 200 591 46 977 46 41 61 8181 106 1.258 8.6 0.9 2.7 4.5 1.65 106
1994 37 117 114 .506 3.77 387 286 42 32 12 11 2006.0 1915 940 840 209 607 47 1005 49 42 64 8408 105 1.257 8.6 0.9 2.7 4.5 1.66 105
1995 38 121 116 .511 3.84 398 296 42 32 12 11 2053.1 1978 982 876 217 623 49 1039 49 43 65 8627 104 1.267 8.7 1.0 2.7 4.6 1.67 104

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
1981 24 0 0 0.00 1.0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 7.000 27.0 36.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
1982 25 4 5 .444 4.98 85.0 94 52 47 10 35 38 3 1.518 10.0 3.7 4.0 1.09 1.1 22
1983 26 8 9 .471 4.15 154.0 163 79 71 19 44 55 2 1.344 9.5 2.6 3.2 1.25 1.1 24
1984 27 15 12 .556 3.46 247.0 233 106 95 23 66 135 4 1.211 8.5 2.4 4.9 2.05 0.8 35
1985 28 9 13 .409 4.66 199.0 221 114 103 17 60 118 8 1.412 10.0 2.7 5.3 1.97 0.8 33
1986 29 8 5 .615 3.28 118.0 100 48 43 14 43 66 7 1.212 7.6 3.3 5.0 1.53 1.1 56
1987 30 7 6 .538 3.48 119.0 123 51 46 16 34 60 5 1.319 9.3 2.6 4.5 1.76 1.2 29
1988 31 3 5 .375 5.42 78.0 84 52 47 8 35 61 4 1.526 9.7 4.0 7.0 1.74 0.9 33
1989 32 12 11 .522 3.82 212.0 221 100 90 15 54 84 1 1.297 9.4 2.3 3.6 1.56 0.6 33
1990 33 11 11 .500 4.05 200.0 189 100 90 20 64 102 5 1.265 8.5 2.9 4.6 1.59 0.9 32
1991 34 9 13 .409 4.75 201.0 212 118 106 26 75 97 4 1.428 9.5 3.4 4.3 1.29 1.2 34
1992 35 7 11 .389 5.19 163.0 195 104 94 25 65 75 1 1.595 10.8 3.6 4.1 1.15 1.4 28
1993 36 5 4 .556 3.80 90.0 90 42 38 13 33 43 2 1.367 9.0 3.3 4.3 1.30 1.3 16
1994 37 3 5 .375 4.74 74.0 71 43 39 13 23 38 4 1.270 8.6 2.8 4.6 1.65 1.6 10
1995 38 1 4 .200 6.45 53.0 69 42 38 9 18 38 0 1.642 11.7 3.1 6.5 2.11 1.5 11
15 Yrs 102 114 .472 4.27 1994.0 2068 1051 947 228 653 1010 50 1.365 9.3 4.6 1.55 1.0 398

* 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

Awards (yr lg award)
2010 NL Mgr of the year

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1984 AL  4.2 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1984 AL  3.12 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1984 AL  17 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1984 AL  1.128 (1st)
1989 AL  1.192 (10th)
1990 AL  1.171 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL  7.914 (9th)
1990 AL  7.882 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1989 AL  2.105 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1984 AL  257.0 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1984 AL  35 (4th)
1991 NL  34 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1985 AL  2 (9th)
1989 AL  3 (4th)
1990 AL  2 (6th)
1991 NL  3 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1991 NL  25 (2nd)
1992 NL  23 (1st)
Career  217 (168th)

Losses s c a p y
1985 AL  15 (7th)
1991 NL  16 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1991 NL  95 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1989 AL  13 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 AL  8 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1984 AL  1,045 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1984 AL  130 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1984 AL  26 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1984 AL  2.8 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1984 AL  30.10 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1984 AL  3.5 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1984 AL  3.8 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1984 AL  3.2 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1994 NL  born 1957-06-30 (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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 23 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Woodie Fryman (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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