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Willie Blair
William Allen Blair

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 18, 1965 in Paintsville, KY
High School: Johnson Central (Paintsville, KY)
School: Morehead State University
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1990
Final Game: July 26, 2001
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Standard Pitching

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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
1990	24	TOR	AL	3	5	.375	4.06	27	6	8	0	0	0	68.2	66	33	31	4	28	4	43	1	0	3	297	101	1.369	8.7	0.5	3.7	5.6	1.54
1991	25	CLE	AL	2	3	.400	6.75	11	5	1	0	0	0	36.0	58	27	27	7	10	0	13	1	0	1	168	62	1.889	14.5	1.8	2.5	3.3	1.30
1992	26	HOU	NL	5	7	.417	4.00	29	8	1	0	0	0	78.2	74	47	35	5	25	2	48	2	0	2	331	83	1.258	8.5	0.6	2.9	5.5	1.92
1993	27	COL	NL	6	10	.375	4.75	46	18	5	1	0	0	146.0	184	90	77	20	42	4	84	3	1	6	664	101	1.548	11.3	1.2	2.6	5.2	2.00
1994	28	COL	NL	0	5	.000	5.79	47	1	13	0	0	3	77.2	98	57	50	9	39	3	68	4	0	4	365	86	1.764	11.4	1.0	4.5	7.9	1.74
1995	29	SDP	NL	7	5	.583	4.34	40	12	11	0	0	0	114.0	112	60	55	11	45	3	83	2	0	4	485	93	1.377	8.8	0.9	3.6	6.6	1.84
1996	30	SDP	NL	2	6	.250	4.60	60	0	17	0	0	1	88.0	80	52	45	13	29	5	67	7	0	2	377	87	1.239	8.2	1.3	3.0	6.9	2.31
1997	31	DET	AL	16	8	.667	4.17	29	27	0	2	0	0	175.0	186	85	81	18	46	2	90	3	1	6	739	110	1.326	9.6	0.9	2.4	4.6	1.96
1998	32	TOT	NL	5	16	.238	4.98	34	25	2	0	0	0	175.1	188	101	97	31	61	2	92	4	0	6	750	84	1.420	9.7	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.51
1998	32	ARI	NL	4	15	.211	5.34	23	23	0	0	0	0	146.2	165	91	87	27	51	2	71	3	0	5	634	79	1.473	10.1	1.7	3.1	4.4	1.39
1998	32	NYM	NL	1	1	.500	3.14	11	2	2	0	0	0	28.2	23	10	10	4	10	0	21	1	0	1	116	134	1.151	7.2	1.3	3.1	6.6	2.10
1999	33	DET	AL	3	11	.214	6.85	39	16	8	0	0	0	134.0	169	107	102	29	44	0	82	4	0	5	604	72	1.590	11.4	1.9	3.0	5.5	1.86
2000	34	DET	AL	10	6	.625	4.88	47	17	8	0	0	0	156.2	185	89	85	20	35	0	74	2	0	2	671	96	1.404	10.6	1.1	2.0	4.3	2.11
2001	35	DET	AL	1	4	.200	10.50	9	4	1	0	0	0	24.0	38	30	28	3	11	3	15	3	1	0	121	41	2.042	14.3	1.1	4.1	5.6	1.36
12 Seasons				60	86	.411	5.04	418	139	75	3	0	4	1274.0	1438	778	713	170	415	28	759	36	3	41	5572	88	1.454	10.2	1.2	2.9	5.4	1.83
162 Game Avg.				7	10	.411	5.04	51	17	9	0	0	0	156	176	95	87	21	51	3	93	4	0	5	680	88	1.454	10.2	1.2	2.9	5.4	1.83

DET (4 yrs)				30	29	.508	5.44	124	64	17	2	0	0	489.2	578	311	296	70	136	5	261	12	2	13	2135	86	1.458	10.6	1.3	2.5	4.8	1.92
COL (2 yrs)				6	15	.286	5.11	93	19	18	1	0	3	223.2	282	147	127	29	81	7	152	7	1	10	1029	95	1.623	11.3	1.2	3.3	6.1	1.88
SDP (2 yrs)				9	11	.450	4.46	100	12	28	0	0	1	202.0	192	112	100	24	74	8	150	9	0	6	862	91	1.317	8.6	1.1	3.3	6.7	2.03
ARI (1 yr)				4	15	.211	5.34	23	23	0	0	0	0	146.2	165	91	87	27	51	2	71	3	0	5	634	79	1.473	10.1	1.7	3.1	4.4	1.39
NYM (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.14	11	2	2	0	0	0	28.2	23	10	10	4	10	0	21	1	0	1	116	134	1.151	7.2	1.3	3.1	6.6	2.10
CLE (1 yr)				2	3	.400	6.75	11	5	1	0	0	0	36.0	58	27	27	7	10	0	13	1	0	1	168	62	1.889	14.5	1.8	2.5	3.3	1.30
HOU (1 yr)				5	7	.417	4.00	29	8	1	0	0	0	78.2	74	47	35	5	25	2	48	2	0	2	331	83	1.258	8.5	0.6	2.9	5.5	1.92
TOR (1 yr)				3	5	.375	4.06	27	6	8	0	0	0	68.2	66	33	31	4	28	4	43	1	0	3	297	101	1.369	8.7	0.5	3.7	5.6	1.54

NL (6 yrs)				25	49	.338	4.75	256	64	49	1	0	4	679.2	736	407	359	89	241	19	442	22	1	24	2972	90	1.437	9.7	1.2	3.2	5.9	1.83
AL (6 yrs)				35	37	.486	5.36	162	75	26	2	0	0	594.1	702	371	354	81	174	9	317	14	2	17	2600	86	1.474	10.6	1.2	2.6	4.8	1.82

Postseason Pitching

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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
1996	30	SDP	NL	NLDS	L	STL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	8	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	13.5	1.50
1 NLDS							0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	8	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	13.5	1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1990	24	TOR	AL	27	297	264	33	66	15	4	4	5	2	28	43	.250	.320	.383	.702	.281	101	2	1	0	4	4
1991	25	CLE	AL	11	168	154	27	58	8	0	7	1	1	10	13	.377	.413	.565	.978	.375	87	7	1	1	2	0
1992	26	HOU	NL	29	331	297	47	74	16	3	5	6	4	25	48	.249	.309	.374	.683	.279	111	6	2	4	3	2
1993	27	COL	NL	46	664	601	90	184	30	6	20	8	4	42	84	.306	.350	.476	.826	.325	286	8	3	10	8	4
1994	28	COL	NL	47	365	318	57	98	16	5	9	3	5	39	68	.308	.390	.475	.864	.368	151	8	4	3	1	3
1995	29	SDP	NL	40	485	428	60	112	14	6	11	6	8	45	83	.262	.333	.400	.733	.301	171	5	2	8	2	3
1996	30	SDP	NL	60	377	334	52	80	10	0	13	9	2	29	67	.240	.311	.386	.697	.261	129	3	7	4	3	5
1997	31	DET	AL	29	739	681	85	186	38	4	18	12	5	46	90	.273	.319	.420	.739	.290	286	15	3	3	6	2
1998	32	ARI	NL	23	634	566	91	165	28	4	27	14	10	51	71	.292	.352	.498	.850	.293	282	17	3	11	3	2
1998	32	NYM	NL	11	116	101	10	23	5	2	4	3	1	10	21	.228	.301	.436	.737	.247	44	2	1	3	1	0
1998	32	TOT	NL	34	750	667	101	188	33	6	31	17	11	61	92	.282	.344	.489	.833	.286	326	19	4	14	4	2
1999	33	DET	AL	39	604	549	107	169	41	2	29	7	6	44	82	.308	.361	.548	.909	.317	301	9	4	3	4	0
2000	34	DET	AL	47	670	625	89	185	35	6	20	2	1	35	74	.296	.332	.467	.799	.307	292	20	2	1	7	0
2001	35	DET	AL	9	121	103	30	38	13	1	3	3	0	11	15	.369	.437	.602	1.039	.402	62	1	3	2	2	3
12 Seasons				418	5571	5021	778	1438	269	43	170	79	49	415	759	.286	.342	.459	.801	.306	2303	103	36	53	46	28
162 Game Avg.				51	680	613	95	176	33	5	21	10	6	51	93	.286	.342	.459	.801	.306	281	13	4	6	6	3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1990	24	TOR	AL	27	6	0	3	3	0	0	3	3	.500	0	2	0	0	2	33%	42	62	16	13	5	1	1	3.3	3.0	5.0	82	2	4	0	0	95
1991	25	CLE	AL	11	5	2	2	1	0	1	2	3	.400	0	1	0	0	3	60%	43	59	16	13	4	0	4	3.5	3.7	6.1	93	1	3	0	1	122
1992	26	HOU	NL	29	8	1	5	2	0	0	3	5	.375	0	1	0	0	2	25%	43	75	23	12	4	2	3	3.1	2.1	4.8	77	4	4	0	0	95
1993	27	COL	NL	46	18	4	10	4	1	3	6	12	.333	0	2	1	0	9	50%	43	76	7	20	4	2	7	3.1	2.9	6.2	97	2	8	5	3	130
1994	28	COL	NL	47	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37	37	37	14	7	1	0	2.0	0.0	5.0		0	0	0	0	0
1995	29	SDP	NL	40	12	4	4	4	1	1	6	6	.500	0	2	0	0	7	58%	51	78	23	11	6	1	2	3.7	2.5	5.8	89	4	4	2	1	126

1997	31	DET	AL	29	27	14	8	5	5	1	17	10	.630	2	2	2	0	12	44%	50	79	16	29	9	0	12	5.2	5.5	6.3	97	3	11	10	1	128
1998	32	TOT	NL	34	25	5	16	4	2	6	6	19	.240	3	0	0	0	12	48%	47	76	24	16	8	1	8	3.0	3.3	6.4	96	3	10	10	1	125
1998	32	ARI	NL	23	23	4	15	4	2	5	5	18	.217	3	0	0	0	10	43%	45	65	24	12	7	0	8	3.2	3.6	6.4	97	2	9	10	1	125
1998	32	NYM	NL	11	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	2	100%	73	76	69	4	1	1	0	0.5	0.6	7.2	84	1	1	0	0	89
1999	33	DET	AL	39	16	3	8	5	2	0	6	10	.375	0	4	0	0	3	19%	36	80	11	28	13	1	7	4.5	4.9	5.1	83	5	11	0	0	97
2000	34	DET	AL	47	17	8	3	6	3	0	11	6	.647	1	2	0	0	6	35%	44	62	23	26	13	4	3	6.6	8.0	5.9	90	2	12	3	0	109
2001	35	DET	AL	9	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	1	25%	26	53	15	6	5	1	2	3.8	2.0	4.3	81	2	0	2	0	104
11 Seasons				358	139	41	64	34	14	13	60	79	.432	6	16	3	0	57	41%	45	80	7	188	78	14	49	4.1	4.3	5.9	91	28	67	32	7	130
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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	Pit/GR
1990	24	TOR	AL	27	21	8	3	2	0	0	0		1	1	20	6	30%	7	0.923	4	3	11	3	2	16	9	12	12	4	12	1	5.5	27
1991	25	CLE	AL	11	6	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	8	4	50%	7	0.900	2	2	1	2	1	3	3	3	1	3	3	0	2.8	22
1992	26	HOU	NL	29	21	1	4	2	0	0	0		1	1	14	5	36%	6	0.846	3	7	11	3	4	14	7	14	14	2	14	2	5.8	28
1993	27	COL	NL	46	28	5	2	0	0	0	0		4	3	18	8	44%	8	0.953	7	5	15	10	3	15	11	17	11	9	11	5	3.8	18
1994	28	COL	NL	47	46	13	0	4	6	3	3	50%	8	2	29	11	38%	7	0.634	9	9	28	13	5	28	13	33	28	8	30	6	4.7	28
1995	29	SDP	NL	40	28	11	3	1	0	0	0		3	3	22	10	45%	7	0.981	7	6	15	7	3	18	11	17	14	4	14	4	4.8	26
1996	30	SDP	NL	60	60	17	2	6	5	1	4	20%	8	3	38	13	34%	7	0.873	14	9	36	21	6	33	16	44	34	12	35	8	4.4	23
1997	31	DET	AL	29	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	4	1.027	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	6.5	47
1998	32	TOT	NL	34	9	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	4	67%		0.896	0	2	6	1	0	8	4	5	6	2	6	2	4.8	31
1998	32	NYM	NL	11	9	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	4	67%	6	0.689	0	2	6	1	0	8	4	5	6	2	6	2	4.8	31
1999	33	DET	AL	39	23	8	0	3	0	0	0		1	0	12	2	17%	7	0.804	6	0	17	2	4	17	7	16	17	4	17	3	6.9	34
2000	34	DET	AL	47	30	8	2	3	2	0	2	0%	4	2	29	12	41%	6	0.786	8	4	17	9	3	18	18	12	15	8	16	6	5.6	27
2001	35	DET	AL	9	5	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	7	0.688	1	1	2	0	1	4	2	3	3	1	3	1	4.2	20
12 Seasons				395	279	75	19	22	14	4	10	29%	31	15	200	77	39%		0.873	61	50	159	72	32	175	102	177	157	57	163	38	4.9	26

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1990	24	TOR	AL	297	48%	1.4%	14.5%	9.4%	7.7%	35%	0.72	0.83	74%	24%	3.6%	15%	44	2	5%
1991	25	CLE	AL	168	48%	4.2%	7.7%	6.0%	8.9%	26%	0.61	1.09	81%	30%	9.1%	13%	45	7	16%
1992	26	HOU	NL	331	53%	1.5%	14.5%	7.6%	7.3%	32%	0.74	0.93	75%	20%	4.1%	13%	61	6	10%
1993	27	COL	NL	664	52%	3.0%	12.7%	6.3%	8.4%	30%	0.72	0.97	76%	19%	7.6%	12%	129	8	6%
1994	28	COL	NL	365	44%	2.5%	18.6%	10.7%	8.2%	31%	0.89	1.19	66%	29%	7.9%	14%	80	8	10%
1995	29	SDP	NL	485	39%	2.3%	17.1%	9.3%	6.4%	28%	0.87	1.14	69%	17%	7.2%	16%	88	5	6%
1996	30	SDP	NL	377	39%	3.5%	17.8%	7.7%	6.1%	29%	0.83	0.93	68%	16%	11.7%	23%	68	3	4%
1997	31	DET	AL	739	51%	2.4%	12.2%	6.2%	8.1%	32%	0.71	0.93	78%	22%	6.4%	17%	125	15	12%
1998	32	TOT	NL	750	48%	4.1%	12.3%	8.1%	9.3%	37%	0.75	1.07	73%	19%	10.7%	12%	114	19	17%
1998	32	ARI	NL	634	49%	4.3%	11.2%	8.0%	9.3%	36%	0.76	1.08	74%	19%	10.6%	9%	99	17	17%
1998	32	NYM	NL	116	44%	3.5%	18.1%	8.6%	9.5%	48%	0.70	1.03	66%	20%	11.4%	26%	15	2	13%
1999	33	DET	AL	604	51%	4.8%	13.6%	7.3%	11.9%	43%	0.70	0.93	73%	21%	11.9%	12%	111	9	8%
2000	34	DET	AL	671	47%	3.0%	11.0%	5.2%	9.1%	33%	0.63	0.91	80%	27%	6.6%	8%	128	20	16%
2001	35	DET	AL	121	44%	2.5%	12.4%	9.1%	14.1%	45%	0.77	1.48	72%	30%	6.5%	4%	24	1	4%
12 Seasons				5572	48%	3.1%	13.6%	7.5%	8.7%	34%	0.73	0.99	74%	22%	8.0%	13%	1017	103	10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1990	24	TOR	AL	297	1052	3.54	650	62%	24%	13%	28%	35%	76%	3%	47%	82%	55%	6%	19	8	21%	61	33	4	23%	4	7	0	0	3
1991	25	CLE	AL	168	597	3.55	366	61%	25%	10%	26%	39%	75%	0%	46%	87%	50%	5%	9	7	8%	13	5	0	15%	0	2	0	0	0
1992	26	HOU	NL	331	1211	3.66	756	62%	22%	17%	27%	34%	78%	2%	49%	78%	59%	4%	14	6	18%	59	33	3	19%	9	6	0	0	0
1993	27	COL	NL	634	2180	3.44	1375	63%	23%	15%	25%	37%	77%	2%	49%	81%	59%	5%	30	18	18%	112	60	7	25%	10	8	30	0	1
1994	28	COL	NL	319	1197	3.75	720	60%	23%	22%	24%	31%	77%	2%	46%	71%	58%	8%	27	19	20%	63	36	3	23%	15	6	46	0	1
1995	29	SDP	NL	438	1609	3.67	992	62%	25%	19%	24%	32%	75%	2%	46%	75%	59%	5%	24	11	22%	96	47	2	19%	14	10	47	0	3
1996	30	SDP	NL	350	1265	3.61	782	62%	23%	18%	26%	33%	77%	4%	48%	76%	57%	5%	19	9	19%	65	34	6	20%	7	4	27	0	0
1997	31	DET	AL	678	2508	3.70	1585	63%	26%	12%	27%	35%	74%	1%	47%	84%	59%	3%	20	14	18%	123	58	5	28%	15	4	61	0	0
1998	32	TOT	NL	750	2692	3.59	1628	60%	25%	15%	23%	36%	75%	0%	45%	80%	56%	5%	37	20	17%	127	53	5	34%	12	15	0	0	0
1998	32	ARI	NL	634	2268	3.58	1368	60%	26%	14%	23%	37%	74%	1%	45%	82%	57%	5%	32	17	17%	108	42	5	37%	9	13	0	0	0
1998	32	NYM	NL	116	424	3.66	260	61%	24%	21%	23%	32%	76%	0%	47%	72%	47%	4%	5	3	16%	19	11	0	24%	3	2	0	0	0
1999	33	DET	AL	604	2140	3.54	1334	62%	29%	12%	24%	36%	71%	0%	44%	83%	59%	5%	32	21	15%	89	39	5	39%	12	11	0	0	0
2000	34	DET	AL	671	2327	3.47	1440	62%	27%	11%	24%	39%	73%	0%	45%	86%	58%	4%	26	16	15%	100	41	6	39%	11	10	0	0	0
2001	35	DET	AL	121	424	3.50	262	62%	28%	12%	25%	35%	72%	7%	44%	84%	59%	7%	9	4	24%	29	17	5	47%	1	2	0	0	0
12 Seasons				5361	19202	3.58	11890	62%	25%	14%	25%	35%	75%	1%	46%	81%	58%	5%	266	153	17%	937	456	51	28%	110	85	211	0	8
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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					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
1990	24	TOR	AL	297	66	3	0	4	0	9	2	2	1	3	17	6	4	35%	3	3	0	107	5	2	71%	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
1991	25	CLE	AL	168	58	13	0	7	0	2	4	3	3	4	9	9	0	100%	0	1	0	70	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1992	26	HOU	NL	331	74	30	4	5	0	6	4	1	0	5	25	19	2	76%	7	2	0	113	6	4	60%	6	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
1993	27	COL	NL	664	184	18	2	20	2	14	12	8	12	8	38	25	4	66%	12	6	0	260	8	4	67%	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	19	0
1994	28	COL	NL	365	98	14	0	9	0	19	7	2	8	1	21	13	5	62%	7	4	4	151	3	5	38%	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1995	29	SDP	NL	485	112	14	4	11	2	18	6	5	4	7	21	11	6	52%	3	4	1	169	6	8	43%	5	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	9	0
1996	30	SDP	NL	377	80	8	0	13	1	16	7	6	6	7	22	13	3	59%	4	2	0	129	9	2	82%	8	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	6	0
1997	31	DET	AL	739	186	21	5	18	1	14	10	8	7	11	33	15	9	45%	4	6	0	262	12	5	71%	12	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	15	0
1998	32	TOT	NL	750	188	25	3	31	1	9	21	10	14	17	33	15	5	45%	7	6	1	255	17	11	61%	17	8	0	2	0	1	1	0	12	0
1998	32	ARI	NL	634	165	23	3	27	1	6	17	10	12	15	23	13	3	57%	7	5	0	222	14	10	58%	14	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	9	0
1998	32	NYM	NL	116	23	2	0	4	0	3	4	0	2	2	10	2	2	20%	0	1	1	33	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
1999	33	DET	AL	604	169	12	2	29	0	10	16	13	16	13	30	18	3	60%	6	5	2	223	7	6	54%	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	15	0
2000	34	DET	AL	671	185	15	2	20	1	13	9	11	7	13	31	21	3	68%	5	2	0	250	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
2001	35	DET	AL	121	38	2	0	3	0	1	1	2	0	3	9	7	2	78%	1	0	0	57	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
12 Seasons				5572	1438	175	22	170	8	131	99	71	78	92	289	172	46	60%	59	41	8	2046	79	49	62%	75	41	3	6	1	2	10	2	121	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1990	24	3	5	.375	4.06	27	6	8	0	0	68.2	66	33	31	4	28	4	43	1	0	3	297	101	1.369	8.7	0.5	3.7	5.6	1.54	101
1991	25	5	8	.385	4.99	38	11	9	0	0	104.2	124	60	58	11	38	4	56	2	0	4	465	83	1.548	10.7	0.9	3.3	4.8	1.47	83
1992	26	10	15	.400	4.57	67	19	10	0	0	183.1	198	107	93	16	63	6	104	4	0	6	796	83	1.424	9.7	0.8	3.1	5.1	1.65	83
1993	27	16	25	.390	4.65	113	37	15	1	0	329.1	382	197	170	36	105	10	188	7	1	12	1460	91	1.479	10.4	1.0	2.9	5.1	1.79	91
1994	28	16	30	.348	4.86	160	38	28	1	3	407.0	480	254	220	45	144	13	256	11	1	16	1825	90	1.533	10.6	1.0	3.2	5.7	1.78	90
1995	29	23	35	.397	4.75	200	50	39	1	3	521.0	592	314	275	56	189	16	339	13	1	20	2310	91	1.499	10.2	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.79	91
1996	30	25	41	.379	4.73	260	50	56	1	4	609.0	672	366	320	69	218	21	406	20	1	22	2687	90	1.461	9.9	1.0	3.2	6.0	1.86	90
1997	31	41	49	.456	4.60	289	77	56	3	4	784.0	858	451	401	87	264	23	496	23	2	28	3426	94	1.431	9.8	1.0	3.0	5.7	1.88	94
1998	32	46	65	.414	4.67	323	102	58	3	4	959.1	1046	552	498	118	325	25	588	27	2	34	4176	92	1.429	9.8	1.1	3.0	5.5	1.81	92
1999	33	49	76	.392	4.94	362	118	66	3	4	1093.1	1215	659	600	147	369	25	670	31	2	39	4780	89	1.449	10.0	1.2	3.0	5.5	1.82	89
2000	34	59	82	.418	4.93	409	135	74	3	4	1250.0	1400	748	685	167	404	25	744	33	2	41	5451	90	1.443	10.1	1.2	2.9	5.4	1.84	90
2001	35	60	86	.411	5.04	418	139	75	3	4	1274.0	1438	778	713	170	415	28	759	36	3	41	5572	88	1.454	10.2	1.2	2.9	5.4	1.83	88

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
1990	24	3	4	.429	4.36	66.0	68	36	32	4	29	41	1	1.470	9.3	4.0	5.6	1.41	0.5	27
1991	25	1	2	.333	7.64	33.0	58	31	28	7	10	12	1	2.061	15.8	2.7	3.3	1.20	1.9	11
1992	26	3	5	.375	5.11	74.0	81	47	42	5	27	45	2	1.459	9.9	3.3	5.5	1.67	0.6	29
1993	27	8	8	.500	3.81	151.0	170	71	64	18	39	87	3	1.384	10.1	2.3	5.2	2.23	1.1	46
1994	28	5	7	.417	4.58	112.0	124	63	57	11	49	98	5	1.545	10.0	3.9	7.9	2.00	0.9	47
1995	29	6	7	.462	4.46	123.0	125	68	61	12	50	90	2	1.423	9.1	3.7	6.6	1.80	0.9	40
1996	30	4	5	.444	4.55	87.0	81	49	44	13	29	66	7	1.264	8.4	3.0	6.8	2.28	1.3	60
1997	31	9	9	.500	4.13	170.0	182	87	78	18	45	87	3	1.335	9.6	2.4	4.6	1.93	1.0	29
1998	32	7	11	.389	5.07	167.0	186	104	94	31	60	88	4	1.473	10.0	3.2	4.7	1.47	1.7	34
1999	33	4	10	.286	6.27	132.0	162	102	92	28	42	81	4	1.545	11.0	2.9	5.5	1.93	1.9	39
2000	34	7	9	.438	4.68	152.0	179	88	79	19	34	72	2	1.401	10.6	2.0	4.3	2.12	1.1	47
2001	35	0	2	.000	11.35	23.0	39	32	29	3	11	14	3	2.174	15.3	4.3	5.5	1.27	1.2	9
12 Seasons		57	79	.419	4.88	1290.0	1455	778	700	169	425	781	37	1.457	10.2		5.4	1.84	1.2	418

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1997 AL--16--6th	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1997 AL--.667--8th	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1997 AL--2.366--8th	Home Runs s c a p y 1998 NL--31--5th 1999 AL--29--8th
Losses s c a p y 1998 NL--16--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Pitching - 4 (1673), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Larry Benton (995) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Golden (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Karsay (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Gardiner (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carlos Reyes (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Miguel Batista (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jorge Sosa (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kent Bottenfield (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
LaTroy Hawkins (927) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Miguel Batista (929) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Leiter (931) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1673), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50