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Willie Blair

William Allen Blair

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

Born: December 18, 1965 in Paintsville, KY
High School: Johnson Central HS (Paintsville, KY)
School: Morehead State University (Morehead, KY)
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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Padres/Rockies/Astros/BlueJays/... 1990-2001

Final Game: July 26, 2001 (Age 35)
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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
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 3 297 102 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 63 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 85 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 94 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 85 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 1 116 135 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 71 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 Yrs 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 1 116 135 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 63 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 85 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 3 297 102 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1990 24 TOR AL 68.2 27 6 33 4.33 4.23 0.17 -0.12 105.2 4.14 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.1 0.5 5 .496 .499 $100,000
1991 25 CLE AL 36.0 11 5 27 6.75 4.76 -0.09 0.09 103.2 5.10 -7 -0.7 1.8 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .440 .496
1992 26 HOU NL 78.2 29 8 47 5.38 3.83 0.05 -0.09 95.7 3.53 -16 -1.8 .8 0.0 -1.1 -11 .438 .489 $138,500
1993 27 COL NL 146.0 46 18 90 5.55 4.60 -0.16 0.04 113.0 5.42 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.1 0.6 10 .489 .497 $172,500
1994 28 COL NL 77.2 47 1 57 6.61 4.77 -0.27 -0.33 119.6 5.64 -9 -0.9 .9 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .481 .494 $325,000
1995 29 SDP NL 114.0 40 12 60 4.74 4.65 -0.61 -0.03 96.3 5.04 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 1.1 14 .506 .501 $400,000
1996 30 SDP NL 88.0 60 0 52 5.32 4.76 -0.17 -0.36 97.9 4.47 -8 -0.8 .9 -0.1 -0.1 -1 .487 .495 $750,000
1997 31 DET AL 175.0 29 27 85 4.37 4.92 -0.39 0.17 100.2 5.49 21 2.1 1.1 -0.1 3.8 42 .574 .513 $800,000
1998 32 ARI NL 146.2 23 23 91 5.58 4.72 0.12 0.17 98.9 4.72 -14 -1.4 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .441 .492 $3,250,000
1998 32 NYM NL 28.2 11 2 10 3.14 4.54 0.05 -0.09 103.9 4.57 5 0.5 .5 -0.1 0.6 7 .544 .503
1999 33 DET AL 134.0 39 16 107 7.19 5.30 0.23 -0.03 102.8 5.18 -30 -2.6 .7 0.0 -1.2 -13 .433 .484 $3,750,000
2000 34 DET AL 156.2 47 17 89 5.11 5.38 0.03 -0.01 95.0 5.08 -2 -0.1 .9 -0.2 1.3 19 .497 .499 $4,500,000
2001 35 DET AL 24.0 9 4 30 11.25 4.86 -0.25 0.02 104.4 5.36 -16 -1.4 .9 -0.0 -1.1 -13 .350 .492
12 Seasons 1274.0 418 139 778 5.50 4.79 -0.11 -0.01 102.1 4.98 -79 -7.4 .9 -1.2 3.4 53 .482 .496 $14,186,000
DET (4 yrs) 489.2 124 64 311 5.72 5.17 -0.08 0.05 99.4 5.27 -26 -2.0 .8 -0.3 2.8 34 .484 .497 $9,050,000
COL (2 yrs) 223.2 93 19 147 5.92 4.66 -0.20 -0.09 115.3 5.49 -14 -1.4 1.0 -0.2 0.3 8 .485 .496 $497,500
SDP (2 yrs) 202.0 100 12 112 4.99 4.70 -0.41 -0.17 97.0 4.79 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.3 0.9 13 .495 .498 $1,150,000
ARI (1 yr) 146.2 23 23 91 5.58 4.72 0.12 0.17 98.9 4.72 -14 -1.4 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .441 .492 $3,250,000
NYM (1 yr) 28.2 11 2 10 3.14 4.54 0.05 -0.09 103.9 4.57 5 0.5 .5 -0.1 0.6 7 .544 .503
CLE (1 yr) 36.0 11 5 27 6.75 4.76 -0.09 0.09 103.2 5.10 -7 -0.7 1.8 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .440 .496
HOU (1 yr) 78.2 29 8 47 5.38 3.83 0.05 -0.09 95.7 3.53 -16 -1.8 .8 0.0 -1.1 -11 .438 .489 $138,500
TOR (1 yr) 68.2 27 6 33 4.33 4.23 0.17 -0.12 105.2 4.14 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.1 0.5 5 .496 .499 $100,000

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
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*

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
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 3
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 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 7
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 12
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 7
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 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 4
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 4
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 7
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 7
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 0
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 6
2000 34 DET AL 47 671 625 89 185 35 6 20 2 1 35 74 .296 .332 .467 .799 .307 292 20 2 1 7 0 5
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 1
12 Yrs 418 5572 5021 778 1438 269 43 170 79 49 415 759 .286 .342 .459 .801 .306 2303 103 36 53 46 28 59
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 7
MLB Averages .265 .335 .414 .748 .296

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1990 24 TOR AL 1.1 0.1 306 -0.5 4.5 -5.0 .91 -0.1 -0.5 3.1 0.3 0.91 0.4 4 2 13
1991 25 CLE AL -8.8 -0.8 171 -1.0 2.5 -3.5 .88 -1.1 -0.0 -11.6 -1.1 0.88 -11.1 2 2 1
1992 26 HOU NL -9.5 -1.0 344 -1.4 4.2 -5.6 .80 -0.4 -1.4 -15.2 -1.6 0.80 -6.7 3 6 12
1993 27 COL NL -1.0 -0.1 683 -1.4 10.2 -11.6 .95 -1.1 -0.4 -20.2 -1.8 0.95 -16.8 7 5 14
1994 28 COL NL -6.5 -0.6 381 -1.5 3.9 -5.4 .64 -1.0 -1.4 -13.7 -1.2 0.64 -14.5 9 9 27
1995 29 SDP NL -3.0 -0.3 503 0.4 8.5 -8.1 .98 0.1 0.3 -4.2 -0.4 0.98 0.4 7 6 15
1996 30 SDP NL -7.2 -0.7 389 -1.5 4.8 -6.3 .85 0.5 -2.3 -5.9 -0.6 0.85 4.0 13 8 38
1997 31 DET AL 9.6 0.9 760 1.4 14.3 -12.9 1.03 1.6 -0.2 11.3 1.1 1.03 16.7 0 2 0
1998 32 TOT NL -12.8 -1.2 785 -1.2 12.3 -13.5 .88 -2.1 0.8 -9.9 -0.9 0.88 -18.5 0 1 7
1998 32 ARI NL -16.8 -1.6 662 -1.2 10.9 -12.1 .92 -2.1 0.8 -11.8 -1.1 0.92 -21.2 0 0 0
1998 32 NYM NL 4.0 0.4 123 0.0 1.4 -1.4 .67 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.2 0.68 2.6 0 1 7
1999 33 DET AL -27.3 -2.4 624 -2.4 8.3 -10.7 .81 -2.5 -0.5 -24.8 -2.2 0.81 -25.1 6 0 17
2000 34 DET AL -2.0 -0.2 678 -0.3 9.7 -10.1 .79 -0.2 -0.2 4.2 0.4 0.79 -5.0 8 4 16
2001 35 DET AL -17.0 -1.5 125 -1.3 1.0 -2.4 .68 -1.3 -0.7 -14.9 -1.3 0.68 -12.8 1 1 1
12 Yrs -84.6 -7.9 5749 -10.8 84.1 -94.9 .87 -7.5 -4.8 -101.8 -9.5 0.87 -89.0 60 46 161

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
1990 24 TOR AL 27 6 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 .500 0 2 0 0 2 33% 42.2 62 16 13 5 1 1 3.3 3.0 5.0 83 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% 42.8 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% 42.9 75 23 12 4 2 3 3.1 2.1 4.8 77 4 4 0 0 97
1993 27 COL NL 46 18 4 10 4 1 3 6 12 .333 0 2 1 0 9 50% 43.3 76 7 20 4 2 7 3.1 2.9 6.2 97 2 7 5 3 130
1994 28 COL NL 47 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.0 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% 51.0 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% 49.7 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% 46.9 76 24 16 8 1 8 3.0 3.3 6.4 98 2 11 11 1 125
1998 32 ARI NL 23 23 4 15 4 2 5 5 18 .217 3 0 0 0 10 43% 44.7 65 24 12 7 0 8 3.2 3.6 6.4 99 1 10 11 1 125
1998 32 NYM NL 11 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 2 100% 72.5 76 69 4 1 1 0 0.5 0.6 7.2 88 1 1 0 0 97
1999 33 DET AL 39 16 3 8 5 2 0 6 10 .375 0 4 0 0 3 19% 35.8 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% 43.7 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% 26.0 53 15 6 5 1 2 3.8 2.0 4.3 81 2 0 2 0 104
11 Yrs 358 139 41 64 34 14 13 60 79 .432 6 16 3 0 57 41% 44 80 7 188 78 14 49 4.1 4.3 5.9 92 27 67 33 7 130
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 105 -21 4.8 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 24 TOR AL 27 21 8 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 20 6 30% 7 .913 4 2 13 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 .881 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 .800 3 6 12 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 .949 7 5 14 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 .639 9 9 27 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 .975 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 .845 13 8 38 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% .885 0 1 7 1 0 8 4 5 6 2 6 2 4.8 29
1998 32 NYM NL 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 6 .673 0 1 7 1 0 8 4 5 6 2 6 2 4.8 29
1999 33 DET AL 39 23 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 12 2 17% 7 .807 6 0 17 2 4 17 7 16 17 4 17 3 6.9 35
2000 34 DET AL 47 30 8 2 3 2 0 2 0% 4 2 29 12 41% 6 .790 8 4 16 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 .682 1 1 1 0 1 4 2 3 3 1 3 1 4.2 20
12 Yrs 395 279 75 19 22 14 4 10 29% 31 15 200 77 39% .866 60 46 161 72 32 175 102 177 157 57 163 38 4.9 26

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%
1990 24 TOR AL 297 52% 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 52% 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 47% 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 48% 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 56% 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 61% 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 61% 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 49% 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 52% 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 51% 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 56% 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 49% 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 53% 3.0% 11.0% 5.2% 9.1% 33% 0.59 0.91 80% 27% 6.2% 7% 128 20 16%
2001 35 DET AL 121 56% 2.5% 12.4% 9.1% 14.1% 45% 0.73 1.48 72% 30% 6.1% 4% 24 1 4%
12 Yrs 5572 52% 3.1% 13.6% 7.5% 8.7% 34% 0.73 0.99 74% 22% 7.9% 13% 1017 103 10%
MLB Averages 44% 2.6% 16.1% 8.9% 7.5% 32% 0.79 1.08 71% 22% 7.5% 15% 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
1990 24 TOR AL 298 1054 3.54 650 62% 24% 13% 28% 35% 76% 3% 47% 82% 55% 6% 19 8 20% 61 33 4 23% 4 7 -1 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 332 1213 3.65 756 62% 22% 17% 27% 34% 78% 2% 49% 78% 59% 4% 14 6 18% 59 33 3 19% 9 6 -1 0 0
1993 27 COL NL 636 2182 3.43 1375 63% 23% 15% 25% 37% 77% 2% 49% 81% 58% 5% 30 18 18% 112 60 7 25% 10 8 28 0 1
1994 28 COL NL 321 1206 3.76 724 60% 23% 22% 24% 31% 77% 2% 46% 71% 58% 8% 27 19 20% 63 36 3 23% 15 6 44 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 756 2711 3.59 1639 60% 25% 15% 23% 36% 75% 0% 45% 80% 56% 5% 37 20 17% 131 54 5 34% 12 15 -6 0 0
1998 32 ARI NL 638 2279 3.57 1375 60% 25% 14% 24% 37% 75% 1% 45% 81% 58% 5% 32 17 17% 110 43 5 37% 9 13 -4 0 0
1998 32 NYM NL 118 432 3.66 264 61% 24% 22% 22% 32% 76% 0% 46% 72% 48% 4% 5 3 18% 21 11 0 24% 3 2 -2 0 0
1999 33 DET AL 606 2143 3.54 1336 62% 29% 12% 24% 35% 71% 0% 44% 83% 59% 5% 32 21 15% 89 39 5 39% 12 11 -2 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 Yrs 5375 19239 3.58 11907 62% 25% 15% 25% 35% 75% 1% 46% 81% 58% 5% 266 153 18% 941 457 51 28% 110 85 197 0 8
MLB Averages 3.69 62% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 57% 6% 19% 28%

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
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 0 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 1 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 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 Yrs 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 2 0 121 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+
1990 24 3 5 .375 4.06 27 6 8 0 0 0 68.2 66 33 31 4 28 4 43 1 0 3 297 102 1.369 8.7 0.5 3.7 5.6 1.54 102
1991 25 5 8 .385 4.99 38 11 9 0 0 0 104.2 124 60 58 11 38 4 56 2 0 4 465 84 1.548 10.7 0.9 3.3 4.8 1.47 84
1992 26 10 15 .400 4.57 67 19 10 0 0 0 183.1 198 107 93 16 63 6 104 4 0 6 796 84 1.424 9.7 0.8 3.1 5.1 1.65 84
1993 27 16 25 .390 4.65 113 37 15 1 0 0 329.1 382 197 170 36 105 10 188 7 1 12 1460 92 1.479 10.4 1.0 2.9 5.1 1.79 92
1994 28 16 30 .348 4.86 160 38 28 1 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 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 88

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
1990 24 3 4 .429 4.30 67.0 67 36 32 4 28 42 1 1.418 9.0 3.8 5.6 1.50 0.5 27
1991 25 1 2 .333 7.64 33.0 59 31 28 7 10 12 1 2.091 16.1 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 3.79 152.0 168 71 64 18 38 87 3 1.355 9.9 2.3 5.2 2.29 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 4.66 87.0 80 50 45 13 29 66 7 1.253 8.3 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 5.07 167.0 185 104 94 31 60 88 4 1.467 10.0 3.2 4.7 1.47 1.7 34
1999 33 4 10 .286 6.34 132.0 161 103 93 28 42 81 4 1.538 11.0 2.9 5.5 1.93 1.9 39
2000 34 7 9 .438 4.74 152.0 179 89 80 19 34 72 2 1.401 10.6 2.0 4.3 2.12 1.1 47
2001 35 0 2 .000 10.96 23.0 38 31 28 3 11 14 3 2.130 14.9 4.3 5.5 1.27 1.2 9
12 Yrs 57 79 .419 4.89 1292.0 1449 780 702 169 423 782 37 1.449 10.1 5.4 1.85 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 1916 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

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 InkPitching - 9 (1561), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1738), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (573rd), 2.5 career WAR/7.5 7yr-peak WAR/5.0 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Ricky Bones (963)
  2. Mark Leiter (929)
  3. Elmer Dessens (925)
  4. Chief Hogsett (925)
  5. Brian Meadows (920)
  6. Omar Daal (915)
  7. Shawn Chacon (912)
  8. Albie Lopez (910)
  9. Dick Coffman (910)
  10. Jason Grimsley (905)
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  1. Larry Benton (995)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Golden (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Steve Karsay (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Gardiner (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Carlos Reyes (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Miguel Batista (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jorge Sosa (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kent Bottenfield (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. LaTroy Hawkins (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Miguel Batista (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mark Leiter (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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