Randy Bockus

Randy Walter Bockus

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 5, 1960 in Canton, OH
School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 34th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1986
Teams (by GP): Giants/Tigers 1986-1989

Final Game: May 27, 1989
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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
1982	21	SFG-min	Rk	2	0	1.000	4.58	18	0	3	0	0	0	53.0	60	38	27	4	22	1	42	0	1	5			1.547	10.2	0.7	3.7	7.1	1.91	GRF · PION
1983	22	SFG-min	A	14	6	.700	3.58	30	30	0	6	3	0	196.0	185	89	78	8	78	2	144	8	1	13			1.342	8.5	0.4	3.6	6.6	1.85	FRE · CALL
1984	23	SFG-min	AA,AAA	8	9	.471	3.77	26	26	0	4	3	0	164.2	166	83	69	13	82	4	116	5	0	5			1.506	9.1	0.7	4.5	6.3	1.41	SHV,PHX · TL,PCL
1985	24	SFG-min	AA	14	11	.560	2.73	28	27	1	15	2	0	201.0	196	85	61	13	44	0	126	3	4	11			1.194	8.8	0.6	2.0	5.6	2.86	SHV · TL
1986	25	SFG-min	AAA	11	6	.647	4.26	42	16	21	2	0	12	122.2	139	69	58	5	54	6	55	2	2	3			1.573	10.2	0.4	4.0	4.0	1.02	PHX · PCL
1986	25	SFG	NL	0	0		2.57	5	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	7	5	2	1	6	1	4	0	0	0	36	146	1.857	9.0	1.3	7.7	5.1	0.67
1987	26	SFG-min	AAA	7	5	.583	4.49	36	13	19	2	0	7	108.1	133	60	54	7	41	4	64	2	1	4			1.606	11.0	0.6	3.4	5.3	1.56	PHX · PCL
1987	26	SFG	NL	1	0	1.000	3.63	12	0	2	0	0	0	17.1	17	8	7	2	4	1	9	0	0	0	68	109	1.212	8.8	1.0	2.1	4.7	2.25
1988	27	SFG-min	AAA	4	3	.571	5.96	23	3	10	0	0	2	51.1	63	36	34	2	22	0	27	0	0	0			1.656	11.0	0.4	3.9	4.7	1.23	PHX · PCL
1988	27	SFG	NL	1	1	.500	4.78	20	0	4	0	0	0	32.0	35	19	17	2	13	2	18	1	0	2	138	70	1.500	9.8	0.6	3.7	5.1	1.38
1989	28	DET-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.91	32	14	10	1	0	3	119.2	124	63	52	9	52	4	58	5	2	7			1.471	9.3	0.7	3.9	4.4	1.12	TOL · IL
1989	28	DET	AL	0	0		5.06	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	7	3	3	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	23	82	1.688	11.8	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00
1990	29	ANA-min	AA,AAA	2	0	1.000	1.85	9	4	2	0	0	1	34.0	30	9	7	2	9	0	10	1	2	1			1.147	7.9	0.5	2.4	2.6	1.11	MDL,EDM · TL,PCL
1991	30	ANA-min	AA,AAA	3	0	1.000	9.14	16	0	10	0	0	0	21.2	41	25	22	5	9	2	13	1	0	1			2.308	17.0	2.1	3.7	5.4	1.44	MDL,EDM · TL,PCL
4 Yrs				2	1	.667	4.23	39	0	7	0	0	0	61.2	66	35	29	5	25	5	33	1	0	2	265	86	1.476	9.6	0.7	3.6	4.8	1.32
162 Game Avg.				3	2	.667	4.23	68	0	12	0	0	0	108	115	61	51	9	44	9	58	2	0	3	462	86	1.476	9.6	0.7	3.6	4.8	1.32

SFG (3 yrs)				2	1	.667	4.15	37	0	7	0	0	0	56.1	59	32	26	5	23	4	31	1	0	2	242	86	1.456	9.4	0.8	3.7	5.0	1.35
DET (1 yr)				0	0		5.06	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	7	3	3	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	23	82	1.688	11.8	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00

NL (3 yrs)				2	1	.667	4.15	37	0	7	0	0	0	56.1	59	32	26	5	23	4	31	1	0	2	242	86	1.456	9.4	0.8	3.7	5.0	1.35
AL (1 yr)				0	0		5.06	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	7	3	3	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	23	82	1.688	11.8	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00

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
1986	25	SFG	NL	7.0	5	0	5	6.43	4.15	0.47	-0.32	90.4	3.04	-3	-0.3	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.444	.498	$
1987	26	SFG	NL	17.1	12	0	8	4.15	4.50	0.09	-0.34	92.6	3.77	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.0	0.0	1	.492	.499	$
1988	27	SFG	NL	32.0	20	0	19	5.34	3.83	0.09	-0.30	93.4	3.21	-8	-0.9	1.1	-0.1	-0.7	-5	.457	.495	$
1989	28	DET	AL	5.1	2	0	3	5.06	3.76	-0.15	-0.29	98.6	3.57	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.453	.499	$
4 Seasons				61.2	39	0	35	5.11	4.05	0.11	-0.32	93.3	3.38	-12	-1.3	.9	-0.0	-0.9	-6	.466	.498	$

SFG (3 yrs)				56.1	37	0	32	5.11	4.07	0.13	-0.32	92.8	3.36	-11	-1.2	.9	-0.0	-0.8	-6	.467	.497	$
DET (1 yr)				5.1	2	0	3	5.06	3.76	-0.15	-0.29	98.6	3.57	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.453	.499	$

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
1986	25	SFG	NL	5	36	29	5	7	1	0	1	2	0	6	4	.241	.371	.379	.751	.250	11	0	0	1	0	1	2
1987	26	SFG	NL	12	68	64	8	17	3	1	2	6	5	4	9	.266	.309	.438	.746	.283	28	2	0	0	0	1	2
1988	27	SFG	NL	20	138	118	19	35	2	1	2	5	1	13	18	.297	.368	.381	.750	.333	45	6	1	5	1	2	0
1989	28	DET	AL	2	23	21	3	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	.333	.391	.476	.867	.368	10	2	0	0	0	1	0
4 Yrs				39	265	232	35	66	7	3	5	13	6	25	33	.284	.355	.405	.760	.313	94	10	1	6	1	5	4
162 Game Avg.				68	462	405	61	115	12	5	9	23	10	44	58	.284	.355	.405	.760	.313	164	17	2	10	2	9	7
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.391	.715	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1986	25	SFG	NL	-0.3	-0.0	38	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.14	-0.3	0.3	-1.9	-0.2	0.14	-2.4	0	0	5
1987	26	SFG	NL	0.6	0.1	80	0.2	1.0	-0.8	.63	0.1	0.2	2.8	0.3	0.63	0.3	2	3	7
1988	27	SFG	NL	-5.4	-0.6	146	-0.6	1.4	-2.1	.82	-0.6	-0.2	-7.9	-0.9	0.82	-4.5	7	2	11
1989	28	DET	AL	-0.4	-0.0	23	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.46	-0.1	-0.3	-1.7	-0.2	0.46	-0.4	1	0	1
4 Yrs				-5.6	-0.6	287	-0.7	2.6	-3.3	.65	-0.8	-0.2	-8.8	-0.9	0.65	-7.0	10	5	24

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	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
1986	25	SFG	NL	5	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	7	.145	0	0	5	1	0	4	1	4	1	0	2	0	4.2
1987	26	SFG	NL	12	12	2	1	0	1	1	0%	1	0	7	2	29%	7	.635	2	3	7	2	1	9	4	8	6	3	6	1	4.3
1988	27	SFG	NL	20	20	4	1	1	1	1	0%	3	2	23	11	48%	8	.820	7	2	11	5	4	11	13	7	9	7	10	4	4.8	24
1989	28	DET	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	3	.461	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	0	8.0	44
4 Yrs				39	39	7	2	1	2	2	0%	4	2	36	14	39%		.650	10	5	24	8	5	26	20	19	17	11	20	5	4.7	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%
1986	25	SFG	NL	36	42%	2.8%	11.1%	16.7%	5.6%	29%		3.25	67%				10	0	0%
1987	26	SFG	NL	68	50%	2.9%	13.2%	5.9%	8.8%	35%		1.92	78%				5	2	40%
1988	27	SFG	NL	138	59%	1.5%	13.0%	9.4%	3.6%	14%	1.73	2.67	72%	14%	7.4%	27%	31	6	19%
1989	28	DET	AL	23	61%	0.0%	8.7%	8.7%	8.7%	29%	0.90	1.80	83%	26%	0.0%	20%	6	2	33%
4 Yrs				265	54%	1.9%	12.5%	9.4%	5.7%	23%	1.55	2.40	74%	16%	5.7%	26%	52	10	19%
MLB Averages					40%	2.3%	15.1%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.8%	29%			11%

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	27	SFG	NL	131	445	3.40	264	59%	21%	14%	27%	38%	79%	4%	47%	82%	54%	7%	9	3	15%	19	11	2	41%	6	4	7	0	0
1989	28	DET	AL	23	88	3.83	48	55%	27%	4%	29%	40%	73%	10%	40%	94%	43%	13%	3	2	13%	3	1	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				154	533	3.46	312	59%	22%	13%	28%	38%	78%	5%	46%	84%	53%	8%	12	5	14%	22	12	2	42%	6	4	7	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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
1986	25	SFG	NL	36	7			1	0	3	1	0	0	1	3	2	1	67%	2	0	0	18	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	26	SFG	NL	68	17			2	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	33%	2	0	1	23	6	5	55%	6	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
1988	27	SFG	NL	138	35	1	0	2	1	7	0	2	1	1	16	11	2	69%	0	2	0	60	5	1	83%	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0
1989	28	DET	AL	23	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33%	0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				265	66	1	0	5	1	11	3	2	1	4	25	15	4	60%	4	2	1	109	13	6	68%	13	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1986	25	0	0		2.57	5	1	7.0	7	5	2	1	6	1	4	0	0	36	146	1.857	9.0	1.3	7.7	5.1	0.67	146
1987	26	1	0	1.000	3.33	17	3	24.1	24	13	9	3	10	2	13	0	0	104	117	1.397	8.9	1.1	3.7	4.8	1.30	117
1988	27	2	1	.667	4.15	37	7	56.1	59	32	26	5	23	4	31	1	2	242	86	1.456	9.4	0.8	3.7	5.0	1.35	86
1989	28	2	1	.667	4.23	39	7	61.2	66	35	29	5	25	5	33	1	2	265	86	1.476	9.6	0.7	3.6	4.8	1.32	86

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1986	25	0	0		2.57	7.0	8	2	2	1	7	4	0	2.143	10.3	9.0	5.1	0.57	1.3	5
1987	26	0	1	.000	4.80	15.0	18	9	8	2	4	8	0	1.467	10.8	2.4	4.8	2.00	1.2	12
1988	27	1	2	.333	6.43	28.0	38	22	20	2	14	16	1	1.857	12.2	4.5	5.1	1.14	0.6	20
1989	28	0	0		6.75	4.0	8	3	3	0	2	2	0	2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	2
4 Yrs		1	3	.250	5.50	54.0	72	36	33	5	27	30	1	1.833	12.0		5.0	1.11	0.8	39

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