Bert Blyleven
Rik Aalbert Blyleven
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 207 lb.

Born: April 6, 1951 in Zeist, Netherlands
High School: Santiago (Garden Grove, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1970
Final Game: October 4, 1992
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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 Awards
1970 19 MIN AL 10 9 .526 3.18 27 25 1 5 1 0 164.0 143 66 58 17 47 6 135 2 3 2 675 119 1.159 7.8 0.9 2.6 7.4 2.87
1971 20 MIN AL 16 15 .516 2.81 38 38 0 17 5 0 278.1 267 95 87 21 59 1 224 5 1 5 1126 126 1.171 8.6 0.7 1.9 7.2 3.80
1972 21 MIN AL 17 17 .500 2.73 39 38 1 11 3 0 287.1 247 93 87 22 69 7 228 10 1 7 1158 118 1.100 7.7 0.7 2.2 7.1 3.30
1973 22 MIN AL 20 17 .541 2.52 40 40 0 25 9 0 325.0 296 109 91 16 67 4 258 9 2 7 1321 158 1.117 8.2 0.4 1.9 7.1 3.85 AS,CYA-7,MVP-26
1974 23 MIN AL 17 17 .500 2.66 37 37 0 19 3 0 281.0 244 99 83 14 77 3 249 9 0 3 1149 142 1.142 7.8 0.4 2.5 8.0 3.23
1975 24 MIN AL 15 10 .600 3.00 35 35 0 20 3 0 275.2 219 104 92 24 84 2 233 4 0 7 1104 129 1.099 7.1 0.8 2.7 7.6 2.77
1976 25 TOT AL 13 16 .448 2.87 36 36 0 18 6 0 297.2 283 106 95 14 81 6 219 12 2 7 1225 125 1.223 8.6 0.4 2.4 6.6 2.70
1976 25 MIN AL 4 5 .444 3.12 12 12 0 4 0 0 95.1 101 39 33 3 35 5 75 4 2 0 406 115 1.427 9.5 0.3 3.3 7.1 2.14
1976 25 TEX AL 9 11 .450 2.76 24 24 0 14 6 0 202.1 182 67 62 11 46 1 144 8 0 7 819 130 1.127 8.1 0.5 2.0 6.4 3.13
1977 26 TEX AL 14 12 .538 2.72 30 30 0 15 5 0 234.2 181 81 71 20 69 1 182 7 0 8 935 151 1.065 6.9 0.8 2.6 7.0 2.64
1978 27 PIT NL 14 10 .583 3.03 34 34 0 11 4 0 243.2 217 94 82 17 66 5 182 6 2 6 1011 123 1.161 8.0 0.6 2.4 6.7 2.76
1979 28 PIT NL 12 5 .706 3.60 37 37 0 4 0 0 237.1 238 102 95 21 92 8 172 6 0 9 1018 109 1.390 9.0 0.8 3.5 6.5 1.87
1980 29 PIT NL 8 13 .381 3.82 34 32 1 5 2 0 216.2 219 102 92 20 59 5 168 0 1 2 907 96 1.283 9.1 0.8 2.5 7.0 2.85
1981 30 CLE AL 11 7 .611 2.88 20 20 0 9 1 0 159.1 145 52 51 9 40 1 107 5 1 3 644 127 1.161 8.2 0.5 2.3 6.0 2.68
1982 31 CLE AL 2 2 .500 4.87 4 4 0 0 0 0 20.1 16 14 11 2 11 0 19 0 0 0 89 85 1.328 7.1 0.9 4.9 8.4 1.73
1983 32 CLE AL 7 10 .412 3.91 24 24 0 5 0 0 156.1 160 74 68 8 44 4 123 10 1 5 660 109 1.305 9.2 0.5 2.5 7.1 2.80
1984 33 CLE AL 19 7 .731 2.87 33 32 0 12 4 0 245.0 204 86 78 19 74 4 170 6 0 6 1004 144 1.135 7.5 0.7 2.7 6.2 2.30 CYA-3
1985 34 TOT AL 17 16 .515 3.16 37 37 0 24 5 0 293.2 264 121 103 23 75 1 206 9 1 4 1203 134 1.154 8.1 0.7 2.3 6.3 2.75 AS,CYA-3
1985 34 CLE AL 9 11 .450 3.26 23 23 0 15 4 0 179.2 163 76 65 14 49 1 129 7 1 1 743 127 1.180 8.2 0.7 2.5 6.5 2.63
1985 34 MIN AL 8 5 .615 3.00 14 14 0 9 1 0 114.0 101 45 38 9 26 0 77 2 0 3 460 145 1.114 8.0 0.7 2.1 6.1 2.96
1986 35 MIN AL 17 14 .548 4.01 36 36 0 16 3 0 271.2 262 134 121 50 58 4 215 10 0 4 1126 107 1.178 8.7 1.7 1.9 7.1 3.71
1987 36 MIN AL 15 12 .556 4.01 37 37 0 8 1 0 267.0 249 132 119 46 101 4 196 9 0 13 1122 115 1.311 8.4 1.6 3.4 6.6 1.94
1988 37 MIN AL 10 17 .370 5.43 33 33 0 7 0 0 207.1 240 128 125 21 51 1 145 16 3 5 895 75 1.404 10.4 0.9 2.2 6.3 2.84
1989 38 CAL AL 17 5 .773 2.73 33 33 0 8 5 0 241.0 225 76 73 14 44 2 131 8 0 2 973 140 1.116 8.4 0.5 1.6 4.9 2.98 CYA-4,MVP-13
1990 39 CAL AL 8 7 .533 5.24 23 23 0 2 0 0 134.0 163 85 78 15 25 0 69 7 0 6 578 73 1.403 10.9 1.0 1.7 4.6 2.76
1992 41 CAL AL 8 12 .400 4.74 25 24 0 1 0 0 133.0 150 76 70 17 29 2 70 5 1 3 568 84 1.346 10.2 1.2 2.0 4.7 2.41
22 Seasons 287 250 .534 3.31 692 685 3 242 60 0 4970.0 4632 2029 1830 430 1322 71 3701 155 19 114 20491 118 1.198 8.4 0.8 2.4 6.7 2.80
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .534 3.31 34 34 0 12 3 0 245 229 100 90 21 65 4 183 8 1 6 1012 118 1.198 8.4 0.8 2.4 6.7 2.80
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
MIN (11 yrs) 149 138 .519 3.28 348 345 2 141 29 0 2566.2 2369 1044 934 243 674 37 2035 80 12 56 10542 119 1.186 8.3 0.9 2.4 7.1 3.02
CLE (5 yrs) 48 37 .565 3.23 104 103 0 41 9 0 760.2 688 302 273 52 218 10 548 28 3 15 3140 126 1.191 8.1 0.6 2.6 6.5 2.51
PIT (3 yrs) 34 28 .548 3.47 105 103 1 20 6 0 697.2 674 298 269 58 217 18 522 12 3 17 2936 109 1.277 8.7 0.7 2.8 6.7 2.41
CAL (3 yrs) 33 24 .579 3.92 81 80 0 11 5 0 508.0 538 237 221 46 98 4 270 20 1 11 2119 98 1.252 9.5 0.8 1.7 4.8 2.76
TEX (2 yrs) 23 23 .500 2.74 54 54 0 29 11 0 437.0 363 148 133 31 115 2 326 15 0 15 1754 141 1.094 7.5 0.6 2.4 6.7 2.83
AL (19 yrs) 253 222 .533 3.29 587 582 2 222 54 0 4272.1 3958 1731 1561 372 1105 53 3179 143 16 97 17555 119 1.185 8.3 0.8 2.3 6.7 2.88
NL (3 yrs) 34 28 .548 3.47 105 103 1 20 6 0 697.2 674 298 269 58 217 18 522 12 3 17 2936 109 1.277 8.7 0.7 2.8 6.7 2.41

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
1970 19 MIN AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1979 28 PIT NL NLCS W CIN 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 1 1 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 35 0.889 8.0 1.0 0.0 9.0
1979 28 PIT NL WS W BAL 1 0 1.000 1.80 2 1 1 0 0 0 10.0 8 2 2 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 40 1.100 7.2 0.9 2.7 3.6 1.33
1987 36 MIN AL ALCS W DET 2 0 1.000 4.05 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 12 6 6 3 3 0 9 2 0 0 56 1.125 8.1 2.0 2.0 6.1 3.00
1987 36 MIN AL WS W STL 1 1 .500 2.77 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 13 5 4 0 2 1 12 0 0 0 53 1.154 9.0 0.0 1.4 8.3 6.00
3 Seasons (5 Series) 5 1 .833 2.47 8 6 1 1 0 0 47.1 43 15 13 5 8 1 36 2 0 0 193 1.077 8.2 1.0 1.5 6.8 4.50
2 ALCS 2 0 1.000 3.52 3 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 14 7 6 3 3 0 11 2 0 0 65 1.109 8.2 1.8 1.8 6.5 3.67
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 1 1 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 35 0.889 8.0 1.0 0.0 9.0
2 WS 2 1 .667 2.35 4 3 1 0 0 0 23.0 21 7 6 1 5 1 16 0 0 0 93 1.130 8.2 0.4 2.0 6.3 3.20

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1973 MIN AL 22 0 0 1 .000 18.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
1985 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 1 .000 12.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 4 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 16 2.667 15.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33

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
1970 19 MIN AL 27 675 616 66 143 23 3 17 6 8 47 135 .232 .288 .362 .650 .270 223 5 2 8 2 6
1971 20 MIN AL 38 1126 1047 95 267 39 5 21 13 12 59 224 .255 .297 .362 .659 .306 379 25 5 12 3 1
1972 21 MIN AL 39 1158 1059 93 247 37 6 22 18 9 69 228 .233 .285 .342 .627 .276 362 21 10 14 6 7
1973 22 MIN AL 40 1321 1221 109 296 42 11 16 18 11 67 258 .242 .284 .334 .618 .292 408 15 9 11 13 4
1974 23 MIN AL 37 1149 1045 99 244 34 7 14 26 17 77 249 .233 .290 .320 .610 .292 334 22 9 13 5 3
1975 24 MIN AL 35 1104 998 104 219 30 6 24 25 18 84 233 .219 .281 .334 .614 .260 333 17 4 10 8 2
1976 25 MIN AL 12 406 357 39 101 14 5 3 14 6 35 75 .283 .351 .375 .726 .348 134 11 4 7 3 5
1976 25 TEX AL 24 819 751 67 182 19 5 11 20 5 46 144 .242 .292 .325 .617 .285 244 24 8 11 3 1
1976 25 TOT AL 36 1225 1108 106 283 33 10 14 34 11 81 219 .255 .312 .341 .653 .305 378 35 12 18 6 6
1977 26 TEX AL 30 934 843 81 181 22 2 20 16 10 69 182 .215 .278 .317 .595 .249 267 20 7 10 5 1
1978 27 PIT NL 34 1010 923 94 217 38 6 17 28 5 66 182 .235 .290 .345 .634 .275 318 16 6 13 2 5
1979 28 PIT NL 37 1018 897 102 238 39 7 21 28 11 92 172 .265 .335 .395 .729 .304 354 18 6 14 9 8
1980 29 PIT NL 34 907 836 102 219 39 5 20 17 8 59 168 .262 .310 .392 .702 .306 328 12 0 10 2 5
1981 30 CLE AL 20 644 593 52 145 23 1 9 9 10 40 107 .245 .296 .332 .629 .283 197 14 5 3 3 1
1982 31 CLE AL 4 89 76 14 16 6 0 2 3 1 11 19 .211 .303 .368 .672 .246 28 0 0 0 2 0
1983 32 CLE AL 24 660 599 74 160 28 6 8 13 6 44 123 .267 .325 .374 .699 .321 224 17 10 2 5 4
1984 33 CLE AL 33 1004 910 86 204 21 9 19 17 3 74 170 .224 .285 .330 .614 .254 300 18 6 6 8 4
1985 34 CLE AL 23 743 679 76 163 29 5 14 20 8 49 129 .240 .296 .359 .656 .276 244 11 7 4 4 1
1985 34 MIN AL 14 460 427 45 101 16 1 9 14 6 26 77 .237 .281 .342 .623 .267 146 10 2 1 4 0
1985 34 TOT AL 37 1203 1106 121 264 45 6 23 34 14 75 206 .239 .290 .353 .643 .272 390 21 9 5 8 1
1986 35 MIN AL 36 1126 1049 134 262 42 8 50 26 7 58 215 .250 .294 .448 .742 .269 470 19 10 5 4 4
1987 36 MIN AL 37 1122 1002 132 249 45 1 46 33 9 101 196 .249 .321 .433 .754 .265 434 31 9 4 6 4
1988 37 MIN AL 33 895 816 128 240 39 6 21 28 8 51 145 .294 .345 .434 .779 .334 354 17 16 6 6 1
1989 38 CAL AL 33 973 907 76 225 30 4 14 18 5 44 131 .248 .287 .336 .623 .274 305 25 8 7 7 2
1990 39 CAL AL 23 578 538 85 163 33 4 15 4 9 25 69 .303 .339 .463 .801 .322 249 10 7 2 6 0
1992 41 CAL AL 25 568 526 76 150 24 3 17 10 4 29 70 .285 .326 .439 .765 .300 231 11 5 3 5 2
22 Seasons 692 20489 18715 2029 4632 712 116 430 424 196 1322 3701 .248 .301 .367 .668 .286 6866 389 155 176 121 71
162 Game Avg. 34 1012 924 100 229 35 6 21 21 10 65 183 .248 .301 .367 .668 .286 339 19 8 9 6 4
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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
1970 19 MIN AL 27 25 9 8 8 2 4 13 12 .520 3 4 5 1 17 68% 57 86 28 11 4 15 4 4.0 4.1 6.3
1971 20 MIN AL 38 38 16 15 7 2 6 18 20 .474 2 2 17 5 23 61% 59 87 23 14 4 17 5 3.5 3.3 7.3
1972 21 MIN AL 39 38 17 16 5 2 12 19 19 .500 0 1 11 3 31 82% 62 88 30 12 3 21 5 3.8 3.6 7.5
1973 22 MIN AL 40 40 20 17 3 0 8 22 18 .550 0 1 25 9 29 73% 62 90 27 17 8 25 6 4.2 4.2 8.1
1974 23 MIN AL 37 37 17 17 3 3 8 19 18 .514 2 2 19 3 24 65% 61 88 22 27 14 15 7 4.1 4.2 7.6
1975 24 MIN AL 35 35 15 10 10 6 6 19 16 .543 4 3 20 3 19 54% 62 97 26 14 5 24 5 4.7 4.7 7.9
1976 25 TOT AL 36 36 13 16 7 1 9 17 19 .472 3 1 18 6 26 72% 60 94 7 23 9 7 7 2.7 2.6 8.3
1976 25 MIN AL 12 12 4 5 3 1 4 6 6 .500 1 0 4 0 10 83% 56 79 7 10 2 6 3 2.8 3.2 7.9
1976 25 TEX AL 24 24 9 11 4 0 5 11 13 .458 2 1 14 6 16 67% 62 94 25 13 7 1 4 2.6 2.4 8.4
1977 26 TEX AL 30 30 14 12 4 1 5 18 12 .600 1 2 15 5 20 67% 62 93 29 15 6 7 9 4.9 4.8 7.8
1978 27 PIT NL 34 34 14 10 10 1 5 20 14 .588 5 2 11 4 24 71% 58 89 15 18 8 7 9 4.2 4.3 7.2
1979 28 PIT NL 37 37 12 5 20 0 2 23 14 .622 1 13 4 0 23 62% 53 80 24 30 6 13 7 4.4 3.7 6.4
1980 29 PIT NL 34 32 8 13 11 0 8 14 18 .438 4 2 5 2 20 63% 54 94 9 14 6 8 10 3.3 3.6 6.7
1981 30 CLE AL 20 20 11 7 2 0 2 11 9 .550 1 2 9 1 15 75% 60 87 21 9 1 7 8 4.0 4.2 8.0
1982 31 CLE AL 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 50 75 29 3 1 0 2 5.7 8.5 5.1
1983 32 CLE AL 24 24 7 10 7 0 1 11 13 .458 1 3 5 0 12 50% 53 89 14 11 3 1 12 3.8 3.8 6.5
1984 33 CLE AL 33 32 19 7 6 4 4 21 11 .656 2 3 12 4 21 66% 60 89 22 21 7 4 4 5.3 5.1 7.6
1985 34 TOT AL 37 37 17 16 4 1 2 18 19 .486 1 2 24 5 19 51% 59 91 23 15 6 4 3 4.2 4.4 7.9
1985 34 CLE AL 23 23 9 11 3 1 2 10 13 .435 1 1 15 4 10 43% 58 91 23 9 4 2 3 4.3 4.6 7.8
1985 34 MIN AL 14 14 8 5 1 0 0 8 6 .571 0 1 9 1 9 64% 60 85 24 6 2 2 0 4.0 4.1 8.1
1986 35 MIN AL 36 36 17 14 5 3 5 20 16 .556 3 3 16 3 21 58% 55 93 7 17 5 4 6 4.7 4.7 7.5
1987 36 MIN AL 37 37 15 12 10 1 4 23 14 .622 3 3 8 1 23 62% 53 83 17 21 9 3 3 5.2 4.5 7.2
1988 37 MIN AL 33 33 10 17 6 2 2 14 19 .424 2 3 7 0 12 36% 46 71 18 20 4 6 7 4.3 3.9 6.3 93 9 11 10 3 136
1989 38 CAL AL 33 33 17 5 11 2 1 23 10 .697 2 3 8 5 25 76% 58 84 18 12 4 0 13 4.8 4.9 7.3 99 2 17 11 3 134
1990 39 CAL AL 23 23 8 7 8 3 1 11 12 .478 2 2 2 0 10 43% 44 69 17 18 7 1 8 4.6 5.0 5.8 81 12 7 2 0 116
1992 41 CAL AL 25 24 8 12 4 1 4 8 16 .333 1 1 1 0 13 54% 47 76 19 11 2 0 13 3.1 3.7 5.5 80 12 10 2 0 111
22 Seasons 692 685 286 248 151 35 99 364 321 .531 43 58 242 60 429 63% 57 97 7 353 122 189 153 4.2 4.2 7.2 90 35 45 25 6 136
MLB Averages
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*

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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
1970 19 MIN AL 27 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0.989 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0
1972 21 MIN AL 39 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1.078 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1980 29 PIT NL 34 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0% 2 0 2 2 100% 8 1.028 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3.0
1984 33 CLE AL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0.946 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 8.0
1992 41 CAL AL 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.917 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 15
5 Seasons 158 7 3 1 2 2 0 2 0% 3 1 4 2 50% 1.002 5 2 0 3 3 1 2 5 3 2 3 2 5.4 15

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%
1970 19 MIN AL 675 46% 2.5% 20.0% 7.0% 6.4% 30% 0.97 69% 101 5 5%
1971 20 MIN AL 1126 48% 1.9% 19.9% 5.2% 5.8% 24% 1.03 71% 218 25 11%
1972 21 MIN AL 1159 46% 1.9% 19.7% 6.0% 5.6% 26% 0.99 70% 189 21 11%
1973 22 MIN AL 1321 47% 1.2% 19.5% 5.1% 5.2% 23% 0.88 73% 224 15 7%
1974 23 MIN AL 1149 45% 1.2% 21.7% 6.7% 4.8% 23% 1.30 68% 189 22 12%
1975 24 MIN AL 1104 54% 2.2% 21.1% 7.6% 5.4% 27% 1.10 68% 161 17 11%
1976 25 TOT AL 1225 51% 1.1% 17.9% 6.6% 4.7% 20% 1.46 72% 238 35 15%
1976 25 MIN AL 406 48% 0.7% 18.5% 8.6% 5.4% 22% 1.02 69% 87 11 13%
1976 25 TEX AL 819 53% 1.3% 17.6% 5.6% 4.3% 19% 1.72 73% 151 24 16%
1977 26 TEX AL 935 52% 2.1% 19.5% 7.4% 4.7% 24% 1.38 69% 163 20 12%
1978 27 PIT NL 1011 46% 1.7% 18.0% 6.5% 6.0% 28% 1.11 72% 148 16 11%
1979 28 PIT NL 1018 44% 2.1% 16.9% 9.0% 6.6% 28% 1.00 70% 171 18 11%
1980 29 PIT NL 907 46% 2.2% 18.5% 6.5% 7.1% 29% 1.36 72% 139 12 9%
1981 30 CLE AL 644 53% 1.4% 16.6% 6.2% 5.1% 23% 1.21 75% 112 14 13%
1982 31 CLE AL 89 39% 2.3% 21.4% 12.4% 9.0% 50% 1.16 64% 10 0 0%
1983 32 CLE AL 660 46% 1.2% 18.6% 6.7% 6.4% 26% 1.60 72% 126 17 13%
1984 33 CLE AL 1004 53% 1.9% 16.9% 7.4% 4.9% 24% 0.96 73% 167 18 11%
1985 34 TOT AL 1203 58% 1.9% 17.1% 6.2% 6.2% 28% 0.89 74% 195 21 11%
1985 34 CLE AL 743 56% 1.9% 17.4% 6.6% 6.5% 29% 0.92 73% 116 11 9%
1985 34 MIN AL 460 61% 2.0% 16.7% 5.7% 5.7% 26% 0.85 75% 79 10 13%
1986 35 MIN AL 1126 61% 4.4% 19.1% 5.2% 8.9% 38% 0.98 70% 193 19 10%
1987 36 MIN AL 1122 56% 4.1% 17.5% 9.0% 8.2% 37% 1.40 68% 188 31 16%
1988 37 MIN AL 895 53% 2.4% 16.2% 5.7% 7.4% 28% 0.69 1.00 73% 22% 6.8% 21% 168 17 10%
1989 38 CAL AL 973 53% 1.4% 13.5% 4.5% 4.9% 21% 0.82 1.13 79% 21% 3.8% 13% 169 25 15%
1990 39 CAL AL 578 50% 2.6% 11.9% 4.3% 9.0% 32% 0.75 1.12 80% 22% 6.6% 15% 106 10 9%
1992 41 CAL AL 568 49% 3.0% 12.3% 5.1% 7.8% 29% 0.62 0.87 78% 26% 6.7% 11% 99 11 11%
22 Seasons 20492 50% 2.1% 18.1% 6.5% 6.1% 27% 0.73 1.11 72% 23% 5.8% 15% 3474 389 11%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1988 37 MIN AL 895 3060 3.42 1987 65% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 0% 48% 82% 59% 4% 36 28 21% 184 119 14 34% 24 8 0 2 0
1989 38 CAL AL 973 3274 3.36 2158 66% 28% 10% 25% 37% 72% 0% 47% 86% 63% 3% 27 15 19% 183 100 10 28% 19 10 0 0 8
1990 39 CAL AL 527 1703 3.23 1093 64% 29% 11% 21% 40% 71% 0% 46% 84% 62% 3% 18 13 16% 85 46 6 31% 12 5 51 0 2
1992 41 CAL AL 568 1944 3.42 1257 65% 34% 7% 22% 37% 66% 1% 42% 90% 62% 3% 19 11 20% 114 72 8 49% 16 6 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2963 9981 3.37 6495 65% 29% 10% 24% 36% 71% 0% 46% 85% 61% 3% 100 67 19% 566 337 38 34% 71 29 51 2 10
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
1970 19 MIN AL 675 143 17 1 11 4 13 6 11 27 7 7 26% 11 2 1 220 6 8 43% 4 7 2 0 0 1 2 0 11 0
1971 20 MIN AL 1126 267 21 0 9 11 10 10 11 47 16 13 34% 11 5 3 425 13 12 52% 12 12 1 0 0 0 4 2 14 0
1972 21 MIN AL 1159 247 22 0 9 13 9 14 8 48 19 14 40% 8 7 2 393 18 9 67% 17 8 1 0 0 1 5 1 18 0
1973 22 MIN AL 1321 296 16 0 10 13 3 7 9 48 27 10 56% 10 7 3 468 18 11 62% 18 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 31 0
1974 23 MIN AL 1149 244 14 0 14 10 4 5 9 49 23 14 47% 18 3 3 411 26 17 60% 23 13 2 2 1 2 5 2 15 0
1975 24 MIN AL 1104 219 24 0 21 15 9 15 9 53 30 11 57% 14 7 2 357 25 18 58% 25 16 0 2 0 0 2 0 22 0
1976 25 TOT AL 1225 283 14 0 26 8 6 7 7 60 29 12 48% 11 7 4 474 34 11 76% 30 8 4 2 0 1 3 1 25 0
1976 25 MIN AL 406 101 3 0 9 2 1 1 2 27 14 5 52% 1 0 2 170 14 6 70% 12 3 2 2 0 1 2 1 10 0
1976 25 TEX AL 819 182 11 0 17 6 5 6 5 33 15 7 45% 10 7 2 304 20 5 80% 18 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1977 26 TEX AL 935 181 20 0 16 9 11 17 3 35 15 11 43% 14 8 2 300 16 10 62% 14 9 2 0 0 1 3 0 25 0
1978 27 PIT NL 1011 217 17 0 18 9 8 11 6 47 18 11 38% 14 6 2 322 28 5 85% 26 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1979 28 PIT NL 1018 238 21 1 23 15 6 16 5 57 28 13 49% 7 9 1 367 28 11 72% 26 10 2 1 0 0 4 3 24 0
1980 29 PIT NL 907 219 20 0 12 11 9 9 11 48 27 4 56% 8 2 1 296 17 8 68% 16 7 1 0 0 1 4 0 7 0
1981 30 CLE AL 644 145 9 0 8 4 5 6 3 22 9 4 41% 7 3 2 225 9 10 47% 9 7 0 2 0 1 3 2 12 0
1982 31 CLE AL 89 16 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 6 4 1 67% 2 0 0 30 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1983 32 CLE AL 660 160 8 1 13 3 5 5 3 45 24 6 53% 6 5 3 232 13 6 68% 12 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 21 0
1984 33 CLE AL 1004 204 19 0 15 12 7 10 9 46 20 11 43% 10 6 1 339 17 3 85% 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1985 34 TOT AL 1203 264 23 2 24 12 11 7 16 54 29 9 54% 15 4 2 401 34 14 71% 32 10 2 4 0 0 3 0 18 0
1985 34 CLE AL 743 163 14 0 16 7 7 5 9 31 14 5 45% 8 1 1 249 20 8 71% 19 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 10 0
1985 34 MIN AL 460 101 9 2 8 5 4 2 7 23 15 4 65% 7 3 1 152 14 6 70% 13 3 1 3 0 0 2 0 8 0
1986 35 MIN AL 1126 262 50 2 25 24 26 31 19 49 18 11 37% 15 4 2 345 26 7 79% 24 6 1 0 1 1 4 0 13 0
1987 36 MIN AL 1122 249 46 0 12 14 32 25 21 47 22 7 47% 12 13 2 381 33 9 79% 32 7 1 2 0 0 3 0 24 0
1988 37 MIN AL 895 240 22 6 21 1 16 11 10 9 12 52 28 10 54% 4 5 1 325 28 8 78% 26 6 2 2 0 0 2 0 18 0
1989 38 CAL AL 973 225 31 6 14 0 15 10 4 11 3 47 28 5 60% 9 2 1 339 18 5 78% 15 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 0
1990 39 CAL AL 578 163 13 3 15 0 8 7 8 4 11 33 23 5 70% 6 6 0 208 4 9 31% 4 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 16 0
1992 41 CAL AL 568 150 50 3 17 0 9 11 6 5 12 31 15 4 48% 5 3 0 196 10 4 71% 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
22 Seasons 20492 4632 116 18 430 8 316 227 203 230 200 951 459 193 48% 217 114 38 7054 424 196 68% 395 167 26 20 3 9 55 12 375 0
MLB Averages
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

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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+
1970 19 10 9 .526 3.18 27 25 1 5 1 0 164.0 143 66 58 17 47 6 135 2 3 2 675 119 1.159 7.8 0.9 2.6 7.4 2.87 119
1971 20 26 24 .520 2.95 65 63 1 22 6 0 442.1 410 161 145 38 106 7 359 7 4 7 1801 123 1.167 8.3 0.8 2.2 7.3 3.39 123
1972 21 43 41 .512 2.86 104 101 2 33 9 0 729.2 657 254 232 60 175 14 587 17 5 14 2959 121 1.140 8.1 0.7 2.2 7.2 3.35 121
1973 22 63 58 .521 2.76 144 141 2 58 18 0 1054.2 953 363 323 76 242 18 845 26 7 21 4280 132 1.133 8.1 0.6 2.1 7.2 3.49 132
1974 23 80 75 .516 2.74 181 178 2 77 21 0 1335.2 1197 462 406 90 319 21 1094 35 7 24 5429 134 1.135 8.1 0.6 2.1 7.4 3.43 134
1975 24 95 85 .528 2.78 216 213 2 97 24 0 1611.1 1416 566 498 114 403 23 1327 39 7 31 6533 133 1.129 7.9 0.6 2.3 7.4 3.29 133
1976 25 108 101 .517 2.80 252 249 2 115 30 0 1909.0 1699 672 593 128 484 29 1546 51 9 38 7758 132 1.144 8.0 0.6 2.3 7.3 3.19 132
1977 26 122 113 .519 2.79 282 279 2 130 35 0 2143.2 1880 753 664 148 553 30 1728 58 9 46 8693 134 1.135 7.9 0.6 2.3 7.3 3.12 134
1978 27 136 123 .525 2.81 316 313 2 141 39 0 2387.1 2097 847 746 165 619 35 1910 64 11 52 9704 132 1.138 7.9 0.6 2.3 7.2 3.09 132
1979 28 148 128 .536 2.88 353 350 2 145 39 0 2624.2 2335 949 841 186 711 43 2082 70 11 61 10722 130 1.161 8.0 0.6 2.4 7.1 2.93 130
1980 29 156 141 .525 2.96 387 382 3 150 41 0 2841.1 2554 1051 933 206 770 48 2250 70 12 63 11629 126 1.170 8.1 0.7 2.4 7.1 2.92 126
1981 30 167 148 .530 2.95 407 402 3 159 42 0 3000.2 2699 1103 984 215 810 49 2357 75 13 66 12273 127 1.169 8.1 0.6 2.4 7.1 2.91 127
1982 31 169 150 .530 2.96 411 406 3 159 42 0 3021.0 2715 1117 995 217 821 49 2376 75 13 66 12362 126 1.170 8.1 0.6 2.4 7.1 2.89 126
1983 32 176 160 .524 3.01 435 430 3 164 42 0 3177.1 2875 1191 1063 225 865 53 2499 85 14 71 13022 125 1.177 8.1 0.6 2.5 7.1 2.89 125
1984 33 195 167 .539 3.00 468 462 3 176 46 0 3422.1 3079 1277 1141 244 939 57 2669 91 14 77 14026 126 1.174 8.1 0.6 2.5 7.0 2.84 126
1985 34 212 183 .537 3.01 505 499 3 200 51 0 3716.0 3343 1398 1244 267 1014 58 2875 100 15 81 15229 127 1.172 8.1 0.6 2.5 7.0 2.84 127
1986 35 229 197 .538 3.08 541 535 3 216 54 0 3987.2 3605 1532 1365 317 1072 62 3090 110 15 85 16355 125 1.173 8.1 0.7 2.4 7.0 2.88 125
1987 36 244 209 .539 3.14 578 572 3 224 55 0 4254.2 3854 1664 1484 363 1173 66 3286 119 15 98 17477 124 1.182 8.2 0.8 2.5 7.0 2.80 124
1988 37 254 226 .529 3.25 611 605 3 231 55 0 4462.0 4094 1792 1609 384 1224 67 3431 135 18 103 18372 120 1.192 8.3 0.8 2.5 6.9 2.80 120
1989 38 271 231 .540 3.22 644 638 3 239 60 0 4703.0 4319 1868 1682 398 1268 69 3562 143 18 105 19345 121 1.188 8.3 0.8 2.4 6.8 2.81 121
1990 39 279 238 .540 3.27 667 661 3 241 60 0 4837.0 4482 1953 1760 413 1293 69 3631 150 18 111 19923 119 1.194 8.3 0.8 2.4 6.8 2.81 119
1991 40 279 238 .540 3.27 667 661 3 241 60 0 4837.0 4482 1953 1760 413 1293 69 3631 150 18 111 19923 119 1.194 8.3 0.8 2.4 6.8 2.81 119
1992 41 287 250 .534 3.31 692 685 3 242 60 0 4970.0 4632 2029 1830 430 1322 71 3701 155 19 114 20491 118 1.198 8.4 0.8 2.4 6.7 2.80 118

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
1970 19 10 7 .588 3.40 159.0 148 67 60 18 49 131 2 1.239 8.4 2.8 7.4 2.67 1.0 27
1971 20 16 12 .571 3.38 261.0 283 109 98 22 63 210 5 1.326 9.8 2.2 7.2 3.33 0.8 38
1972 21 17 13 .567 3.56 278.0 285 122 110 25 80 221 12 1.313 9.2 2.6 7.2 2.76 0.8 39
1973 22 23 11 .676 2.76 313.0 304 107 96 16 69 248 9 1.192 8.7 2.0 7.1 3.59 0.5 40
1974 23 18 11 .621 3.06 268.0 256 101 91 15 81 237 9 1.257 8.6 2.7 8.0 2.93 0.5 37
1975 24 17 12 .586 3.39 263.0 229 110 99 25 88 222 4 1.205 7.8 3.0 7.6 2.52 0.9 35
1976 25 17 13 .567 3.57 277.0 303 122 110 15 87 204 13 1.408 9.8 2.8 6.6 2.34 0.5 36
1977 26 15 9 .625 2.97 224.0 185 82 74 20 71 174 7 1.143 7.4 2.9 7.0 2.45 0.8 30
1978 27 15 11 .577 3.30 237.0 226 97 87 18 69 177 6 1.245 8.6 2.6 6.7 2.57 0.7 34
1979 28 13 12 .520 3.77 227.0 238 106 95 21 92 165 6 1.454 9.4 3.6 6.5 1.79 0.8 37
1980 29 10 12 .455 4.33 206.0 227 110 99 21 61 160 0 1.398 9.9 2.7 7.0 2.62 0.9 34
1981 30 13 11 .542 3.65 222.0 235 100 90 15 65 149 8 1.351 9.5 2.6 6.0 2.29 0.6 20
1982 31 1 1 .500 5.40 20.0 17 13 12 2 12 19 0 1.450 7.7 5.4 8.6 1.58 0.9 4
1983 32 8 8 .500 4.08 150.0 158 76 68 8 43 118 10 1.340 9.5 2.6 7.1 2.74 0.5 24
1984 33 16 10 .615 3.08 237.0 210 90 81 20 76 164 6 1.207 8.0 2.9 6.2 2.16 0.8 33
1985 34 18 13 .581 3.33 284.0 267 117 105 23 76 199 9 1.208 8.5 2.4 6.3 2.62 0.7 37
1986 35 14 15 .483 4.14 263.0 267 134 121 51 59 208 10 1.240 9.1 2.0 7.1 3.53 1.7 36
1987 36 14 14 .500 3.89 257.0 243 123 111 45 99 189 9 1.331 8.5 3.5 6.6 1.91 1.6 37
1988 37 6 15 .286 6.12 194.0 246 147 132 22 52 136 16 1.536 11.4 2.4 6.3 2.62 1.0 33
1989 38 15 10 .600 3.25 227.0 238 91 82 15 47 123 8 1.256 9.4 1.9 4.9 2.62 0.6 33
1990 39 4 9 .308 6.39 124.0 173 98 88 16 27 64 7 1.613 12.6 2.0 4.6 2.37 1.2 23
1992 41 5 8 .385 5.47 125.0 157 84 76 18 30 66 5 1.496 11.3 2.2 4.8 2.20 1.3 25
22 Seasons 285 237 .546 3.71 4816.0 4895 2206 1985 451 1396 3584 161 1.306 9.1 6.7 2.57 0.8 692
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

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1999 BBWAA (14.1%)
2000 BBWAA (17.4%)
2001 BBWAA (23.4%)
2002 BBWAA (26.3%)
2003 BBWAA (29.2%)
2004 BBWAA (35.4%)
2005 BBWAA (40.9%)
2006 BBWAA (53.3%)
2007 BBWAA (47.7%)
2008 BBWAA (61.9%)
2009 BBWAA (62.7%)

All-Star Games
1973 *
1985 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1973 AL (26, 1%)
1989 AL (13, 8%)
0.09 Career Shares (926th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1973 AL (7, 1%)
1984 AL (3, 32%)
1985 AL (3, 6%)
1989 AL (4, 6%)
0.45 Career Shares (103rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1971 AL  2.813 (5th)
1973 AL  2.520 (2nd)
1974 AL  2.658 (4th)
1975 AL  3.004 (6th)
1976 AL  2.872 (9th)
1977 AL  2.723 (2nd)
1981 AL  2.881 (9th)
1984 AL  2.865 (3rd)
1985 AL  3.157 (5th)
1989 AL  2.726 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1973 AL  20 (7th)
1981 AL  11 (10th)
1984 AL  19 (2nd)
1985 AL  17 (5th)
1986 AL  17 (6th)
1989 AL  17 (6th)
Career  287 (27th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 NL  .583 (10th)
1979 NL  .706 (2nd)
1984 AL  .731 (2nd)
1989 AL  .773 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1970 AL  1.159 (5th)
1973 AL  1.117 (2nd)
1974 AL  1.142 (4th)
1975 AL  1.099 (3rd)
1977 AL  1.065 (1st)
1978 NL  1.161 (8th)
1981 AL  1.161 (9th)
1984 AL  1.135 (2nd)
1985 AL  1.154 (7th)
1986 AL  1.178 (7th)
1989 AL  1.116 (3rd)
Career  1.198 (127th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL  7.848 (10th)
1973 AL  8.197 (8th)
1974 AL  7.815 (6th)
1975 AL  7.150 (5th)
1977 AL  6.942 (2nd)
1984 AL  7.494 (2nd)
1985 AL  8.091 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL  2.579 (10th)
1971 AL  1.908 (6th)
1972 AL  2.161 (10th)
1973 AL  1.855 (2nd)
1985 AL  2.299 (6th)
1986 AL  1.922 (3rd)
1989 AL  1.643 (3rd)
Career  2.394 (234th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL  7.409 (6th)
1971 AL  7.243 (6th)
1972 AL  7.141 (5th)
1973 AL  7.145 (3rd)
1974 AL  7.975 (2nd)
1975 AL  7.607 (3rd)
1976 AL  6.622 (4th)
1977 AL  6.980 (5th)
1978 NL  6.722 (4th)
1979 NL  6.523 (4th)
1980 NL  6.978 (4th)
1981 AL  6.044 (6th)
1984 AL  6.245 (7th)
1985 AL  6.313 (7th)
Career  6.702 (115th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  692 (96th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1971 AL  278.3 (9th)
1972 AL  287.3 (5th)
1973 AL  325.0 (4th)
1975 AL  275.7 (7th)
1976 AL  297.7 (4th)
1978 NL  243.7 (10th)
1979 NL  237.3 (10th)
1985 AL  293.7 (1st)
1986 AL  271.7 (1st)
1987 AL  267.0 (4th)
1989 AL  241.0 (7th)
Career  4970.0 (14th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1971 AL  224 (4th)
1972 AL  228 (4th)
1973 AL  258 (2nd)
1974 AL  249 (2nd)
1975 AL  233 (2nd)
1976 AL  219 (3rd)
1977 AL  182 (7th)
1978 NL  182 (4th)
1979 NL  172 (4th)
1980 NL  168 (5th)
1981 AL  107 (3rd)
1984 AL  170 (4th)
1985 AL  206 (1st)
1986 AL  215 (4th)
1987 AL  196 (8th)
Career  3701 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1971 AL  38 (6th)
1972 AL  38 (8th)
1973 AL  40 (5th)
1976 AL  36 (7th)
1979 NL  37 (5th)
1985 AL  37 (1st)
1986 AL  36 (3rd)
1987 AL  37 (2nd)
1989 AL  33 (10th)
Career  685 (11th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1971 AL  17 (8th)
1973 AL  25 (3rd)
1974 AL  19 (10th)
1975 AL  20 (5th)
1976 AL  18 (9th)
1977 AL  15 (10th)
1978 NL  11 (7th)
1981 AL  9 (9th)
1984 AL  12 (4th)
1985 AL  24 (1st)
1986 AL  16 (2nd)
1989 AL  8 (4th)
Career  242 (91st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1971 AL  5 (5th)
1973 AL  9 (1st)
1975 AL  3 (9th)
1976 AL  6 (2nd)
1977 AL  5 (2nd)
1978 NL  4 (2nd)
1984 AL  4 (3rd)
1985 AL  5 (1st)
1986 AL  3 (4th)
1989 AL  5 (1st)
Career  60 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 AL  22 (6th)
1979 NL  21 (10th)
1980 NL  20 (6th)
1986 AL  50 (1st)
1987 AL  46 (1st)
Career  430 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  81 (10th)
1979 NL  92 (7th)
1987 AL  101 (7th)
Career  1322 (29th)

Hits s c a p y
1971 AL  267 (6th)
1972 AL  247 (7th)
1973 AL  296 (5th)
1976 AL  283 (2nd)
1979 NL  238 (7th)
1985 AL  264 (3rd)
1986 AL  262 (2nd)
1987 AL  249 (4th)
1988 AL  240 (5th)
1989 AL  225 (10th)
Career  4632 (15th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1970 AL  2.872 (3rd)
1971 AL  3.797 (1st)
1972 AL  3.304 (3rd)
1973 AL  3.851 (1st)
1974 AL  3.234 (2nd)
1975 AL  2.774 (4th)
1976 AL  2.704 (5th)
1977 AL  2.638 (8th)
1978 NL  2.758 (3rd)
1980 NL  2.848 (2nd)
1981 AL  2.675 (3rd)
1984 AL  2.297 (8th)
1985 AL  2.747 (4th)
1986 AL  3.707 (1st)
1988 AL  2.843 (7th)
1989 AL  2.977 (5th)
Career  2.800 (50th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 AL  .443 (4th)
1974 AL  .448 (5th)
1976 AL  .423 (9th)
1981 AL  .508 (10th)
1985 AL  .705 (7th)
1989 AL  .523 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1971 AL  15 (10th)
1972 AL  17 (3rd)
1973 AL  17 (5th)
1974 AL  17 (8th)
1976 AL  16 (4th)
1980 NL  13 (9th)
1985 AL  16 (5th)
1986 AL  14 (6th)
1988 AL  17 (1st)
Career  250 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1972 AL  87 (8th)
1979 NL  95 (10th)
1986 AL  121 (4th)
1987 AL  119 (3rd)
1988 AL  125 (1st)
Career  1830 (11th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1972 AL  7 (10th)
1976 AL  7 (9th)
1979 NL  9 (7th)
1987 AL  13 (4th)
Career  114 (53rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1972 AL  10 (5th)
1973 AL  9 (2nd)
1974 AL  9 (2nd)
1976 AL  12 (1st)
1977 AL  7 (9th)
1978 NL  6 (9th)
1979 NL  6 (6th)
1981 AL  5 (8th)
1983 AL  10 (2nd)
1985 AL  9 (2nd)
1986 AL  10 (7th)
1987 AL  9 (5th)
1988 AL  16 (1st)
1989 AL  8 (5th)
1990 AL  7 (8th)
Career  155 (13th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1972 AL  1158 (4th)
1973 AL  1321 (5th)
1976 AL  1225 (3rd)
1978 NL  1011 (9th)
1979 NL  1018 (10th)
1985 AL  1203 (1st)
1986 AL  1126 (2nd)
1987 AL  1122 (4th)
1989 AL  973 (9th)
Career  20491 (13th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1970 AL  119 (10th)
1971 AL  126 (5th)
1973 AL  158 (1st)
1974 AL  142 (2nd)
1975 AL  129 (5th)
1976 AL  125 (8th)
1977 AL  151 (2nd)
1978 NL  123 (10th)
1981 AL  127 (9th)
1984 AL  144 (2nd)
1985 AL  134 (6th)
1989 AL  140 (4th)
Career  118 (146th)

Salary s c a p y
1986 AL  $1,450,000 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1990 AL  born 1951-04-06 (10th)
1992 AL  born 1951-04-06 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1970 AL  born 1951-04-06 (1st)
1971 AL  born 1951-04-06 (5th)
1972 AL  born 1951-04-06 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 16 (134), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 240 (25), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 120 (69), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 50 (38), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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