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Joe Boever

Joseph Martin Boever (Boever the Saver)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 4, 1960 in Kirkwood, MO
High School: Lindberg HS (Sappington, MO)
School: University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1985
Teams (by GP): Braves/Tigers/Phillies/Astros/Athletics/... 1985-1996

Final Game: September 29, 1996
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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
1985 24 STL NL 0 0 4.41 13 0 5 0 0 0 16.1 17 8 8 3 4 1 20 0 0 1 69 83 1.286 9.4 1.7 2.2 11.0 5.00
1986 25 STL NL 0 1 .000 1.66 11 0 4 0 0 0 21.2 19 5 4 2 11 0 8 0 0 1 93 224 1.385 7.9 0.8 4.6 3.3 0.73
1987 26 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 7.36 14 0 10 0 0 0 18.1 29 15 15 4 12 1 18 0 0 1 93 60 2.236 14.2 2.0 5.9 8.8 1.50
1988 27 ATL NL 0 2 .000 1.77 16 0 13 0 0 1 20.1 12 4 4 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 70 211 0.639 5.3 0.4 0.4 3.1 7.00
1989 28 ATL NL 4 11 .267 3.94 66 0 53 0 0 21 82.1 78 37 36 6 34 5 68 1 0 5 349 92 1.360 8.5 0.7 3.7 7.4 2.00
1990 29 TOT NL 3 6 .333 3.36 67 0 34 0 0 14 88.1 77 35 33 6 51 12 75 0 2 3 388 117 1.449 7.8 0.6 5.2 7.6 1.47
1990 29 ATL NL 1 3 .250 4.68 33 0 21 0 0 8 42.1 40 23 22 6 35 10 35 0 0 2 198 87 1.772 8.5 1.3 7.4 7.4 1.00
1990 29 PHI NL 2 3 .400 2.15 34 0 13 0 0 6 46.0 37 12 11 0 16 2 40 0 2 1 190 178 1.152 7.2 0.0 3.1 7.8 2.50
1991 30 PHI NL 3 5 .375 3.84 68 0 27 0 0 0 98.1 90 45 42 10 54 11 89 0 1 6 431 95 1.464 8.2 0.9 4.9 8.1 1.65
1992 31 HOU NL 3 6 .333 2.51 81 0 26 0 0 2 111.1 103 38 31 3 45 9 67 4 0 4 479 135 1.329 8.3 0.2 3.6 5.4 1.49
1993 32 TOT AL 6 3 .667 3.61 61 0 22 0 0 3 102.1 101 50 41 9 44 7 63 4 0 1 449 115 1.417 8.9 0.8 3.9 5.5 1.43
1993 32 OAK AL 4 2 .667 3.86 42 0 19 0 0 0 79.1 87 40 34 8 33 4 49 4 0 1 353 106 1.513 9.9 0.9 3.7 5.6 1.48
1993 32 DET AL 2 1 .667 2.74 19 0 3 0 0 3 23.0 14 10 7 1 11 3 14 0 0 0 96 159 1.087 5.5 0.4 4.3 5.5 1.27
1994 33 DET AL 9 2 .818 3.98 46 0 27 0 0 3 81.1 80 40 36 12 37 12 49 2 0 4 349 122 1.439 8.9 1.3 4.1 5.4 1.32
1995 34 DET AL 5 7 .417 6.39 60 0 27 0 0 3 98.2 128 74 70 17 44 12 71 3 1 1 463 76 1.743 11.7 1.6 4.0 6.5 1.61
1996 35 PIT NL 0 2 .000 5.40 13 0 9 0 0 2 15.0 17 11 9 2 6 0 6 1 0 3 68 83 1.533 10.2 1.2 3.6 3.6 1.00
12 Yrs 34 45 .430 3.93 516 0 257 0 0 49 754.1 751 362 329 75 343 70 541 16 4 30 3301 103 1.450 9.0 0.9 4.1 6.5 1.58
162 Game Avg. 4 6 .430 3.93 68 0 34 0 0 6 99 99 48 43 10 45 9 71 2 1 4 435 103 1.450 9.0 0.9 4.1 6.5 1.58
ATL (4 yrs) 6 16 .273 4.24 129 0 97 0 0 30 163.1 159 79 77 17 82 16 128 2 0 8 710 91 1.476 8.8 0.9 4.5 7.1 1.56
DET (3 yrs) 16 10 .615 5.01 125 0 57 0 0 9 203.0 222 124 113 30 92 27 134 5 1 5 908 96 1.547 9.8 1.3 4.1 5.9 1.46
PHI (2 yrs) 5 8 .385 3.30 102 0 40 0 0 6 144.1 127 57 53 10 70 13 129 0 3 7 621 113 1.365 7.9 0.6 4.4 8.0 1.84
STL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 2.84 24 0 9 0 0 0 38.0 36 13 12 5 15 1 28 0 0 2 162 130 1.342 8.5 1.2 3.6 6.6 1.87
PIT (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.40 13 0 9 0 0 2 15.0 17 11 9 2 6 0 6 1 0 3 68 83 1.533 10.2 1.2 3.6 3.6 1.00
OAK (1 yr) 4 2 .667 3.86 42 0 19 0 0 0 79.1 87 40 34 8 33 4 49 4 0 1 353 106 1.513 9.9 0.9 3.7 5.6 1.48
HOU (1 yr) 3 6 .333 2.51 81 0 26 0 0 2 111.1 103 38 31 3 45 9 67 4 0 4 479 135 1.329 8.3 0.2 3.6 5.4 1.49
NL (9 yrs) 14 33 .298 3.47 349 0 181 0 0 40 472.0 442 198 182 37 218 39 358 7 3 24 2040 107 1.398 8.4 0.7 4.2 6.8 1.64
AL (3 yrs) 20 12 .625 4.69 167 0 76 0 0 9 282.1 309 164 147 38 125 31 183 9 1 6 1261 98 1.537 9.9 1.2 4.0 5.8 1.46

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
1985 24 STL NL 16.1 13 0 8 4.41 4.10 0.25 -0.32 103.7 3.66 -1 -0.2 .8 -0.0 0.0 0 .488 .499 $
1986 25 STL NL 21.2 11 0 5 2.08 4.25 0.60 -0.33 97.5 3.23 3 0.3 .9 -0.0 0.4 5 .527 .502 $
1987 26 ATL NL 18.1 14 0 15 7.36 4.26 -0.25 -0.32 103.2 4.33 -6 -0.6 .3 0.2 -0.3 -4 .455 .496 $625,000
1988 27 ATL NL 20.1 16 0 4 1.77 4.07 -0.34 -0.32 108.0 4.40 6 0.7 1.0 -0.0 0.9 8 .544 .504 $
1989 28 ATL NL 82.1 66 0 37 4.04 3.99 0.11 -0.31 103.9 3.71 -3 -0.4 1.7 -0.4 0.0 5 .495 .498 $167,000
1990 29 ATL NL 42.1 33 0 23 4.89 4.21 -0.33 -0.32 107.4 4.53 -2 -0.3 1.7 -0.2 -0.1 2 .492 .498 $215,000
1990 29 PHI NL 46.0 34 0 12 2.35 4.45 0.15 -0.34 98.6 3.90 7 0.8 1.5 0.1 1.2 12 .523 .505 $
1991 30 PHI NL 98.1 68 0 45 4.12 4.17 -0.09 -0.32 99.4 3.92 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.3 6 .495 .498 $725,000
1992 31 HOU NL 111.1 81 0 38 3.07 3.88 0.05 -0.30 95.9 3.38 3 0.4 1.2 -0.1 1.1 13 .505 .502 $725,000
1993 32 OAK AL 79.1 42 0 40 4.54 4.76 -0.27 -0.37 95.5 4.45 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.1 0.6 9 .500 .500 $585,500
1993 32 DET AL 23.0 19 0 10 3.91 4.64 -0.18 -0.36 99.2 4.43 2 0.2 1.4 -0.0 0.4 4 .508 .501 $109,000
1994 33 DET AL 81.1 46 0 40 4.43 5.21 -0.31 -0.40 101.8 5.21 7 0.6 1.1 -0.1 1.3 15 .514 .504 $800,000
1995 34 DET AL 98.2 60 0 74 6.75 5.23 -0.35 -0.39 102.6 5.33 -15 -1.4 1.2 -0.3 -0.9 -4 .476 .491 $600,000
1996 35 PIT NL 15.0 13 0 11 6.60 4.83 -0.31 -0.36 101.4 4.85 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .479 .498 $
12 Seasons 754.1 516 0 362 4.32 4.47 -0.11 -0.34 100.4 4.26 -7 -0.5 1.2 -1.3 4.7 69 .499 .500 $4,551,500
ATL (4 yrs) 163.1 129 0 79 4.35 4.08 -0.10 -0.32 105.2 4.08 -6 -0.6 1.5 -0.4 0.5 10 .496 .499 $1,007,000
DET (3 yrs) 203.0 125 0 124 5.50 5.16 -0.31 -0.39 101.9 5.18 -7 -0.6 1.2 -0.5 0.8 14 .495 .499 $1,509,000
PHI (2 yrs) 144.1 102 0 57 3.55 4.26 -0.02 -0.33 99.1 3.92 4 0.5 1.2 -0.0 1.5 18 .505 .501 $725,000
STL (2 yrs) 38.0 24 0 13 3.08 4.19 0.45 -0.33 100.1 3.42 1 0.1 .9 -0.1 0.4 5 .506 .500 $
PIT (1 yr) 15.0 13 0 11 6.60 4.83 -0.31 -0.36 101.4 4.85 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .479 .498 $
OAK (1 yr) 79.1 42 0 40 4.54 4.76 -0.27 -0.37 95.5 4.45 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.1 0.6 9 .500 .500 $585,500
HOU (1 yr) 111.1 81 0 38 3.07 3.88 0.05 -0.30 95.9 3.38 3 0.4 1.2 -0.1 1.1 13 .505 .502 $725,000

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
1985 24 STL NL 13 69 63 8 17 1 1 3 2 0 4 20 .270 .309 .460 .769 .341 29 2 0 1 1 1 1
1986 25 STL NL 11 93 82 5 19 1 0 2 2 1 11 8 .232 .323 .317 .640 .236 26 2 0 0 0 0 2
1987 26 ATL NL 14 93 79 15 29 5 1 4 6 1 12 18 .367 .446 .608 1.053 .431 48 0 0 1 1 1 0
1988 27 ATL NL 16 70 66 4 12 1 0 1 3 2 1 7 .182 .206 .242 .448 .190 16 1 1 2 0 0 0
1989 28 ATL NL 66 349 309 37 78 10 2 6 10 6 34 68 .252 .328 .356 .684 .306 110 6 1 5 0 5 2
1990 29 TOT NL 67 388 331 35 77 20 0 6 12 3 51 75 .233 .333 .347 .681 .282 115 4 0 4 2 12 4
1990 29 ATL NL 33 198 159 23 40 11 0 6 6 2 35 35 .252 .383 .434 .817 .283 69 2 0 2 2 10 1
1990 29 PHI NL 34 190 172 12 37 9 0 0 6 1 16 40 .215 .282 .267 .549 .280 46 2 0 2 0 2 3
1991 30 PHI NL 68 431 368 45 90 15 3 10 12 2 54 89 .245 .336 .383 .720 .291 141 2 0 3 6 11 1
1992 31 HOU NL 81 479 416 38 103 13 2 3 7 5 45 67 .248 .324 .310 .634 .286 129 7 4 10 4 9 7
1993 32 TOT AL 61 449 389 50 101 22 3 9 4 3 44 63 .260 .336 .401 .737 .284 156 8 4 5 7 7 5
1993 32 DET AL 19 96 78 10 14 3 1 1 0 0 11 14 .179 .269 .282 .551 .194 22 0 0 3 4 3 2
1993 32 OAK AL 42 353 311 40 87 19 2 8 4 3 33 49 .280 .353 .431 .784 .307 134 8 4 2 3 4 3
1994 33 DET AL 46 349 304 40 80 10 1 12 13 4 37 49 .263 .345 .421 .766 .278 128 8 2 4 2 12 1
1995 34 DET AL 60 463 401 74 128 24 3 17 8 3 44 71 .319 .384 .521 .905 .346 209 7 3 7 8 12 4
1996 35 PIT NL 13 68 59 11 17 0 0 2 1 1 6 6 .288 .364 .390 .753 .294 23 0 1 2 0 0 0
12 Yrs 516 3301 2867 362 751 122 16 75 80 31 343 541 .262 .341 .394 .735 .296 1130 47 16 44 31 70 27
162 Game Avg. 68 435 378 48 99 16 2 10 11 4 45 71 .262 .341 .394 .735 .296 149 6 2 6 4 9 4
MLB Averages .261 .328 .398 .726 .289

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1985 24 STL NL -0.9 -0.1 72 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 .43 -0.1 -1.3 -2.7 -0.3 0.43 -2.0 3 1 9
1986 25 STL NL 4.9 0.5 96 -0.2 1.0 -1.1 .57 0.2 -0.5 4.8 0.5 0.57 2.5 3 1 6
1987 26 ATL NL -5.0 -0.5 100 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 .30 -0.7 0.3 -4.7 -0.4 0.30 -11.0 1 1 10
1988 27 ATL NL 4.4 0.5 75 0.5 1.6 -1.1 1.14 0.6 -0.2 7.9 0.9 1.14 7.1 6 0 9
1989 28 ATL NL -0.9 -0.1 370 -0.5 11.2 -11.7 1.80 0.3 -0.6 1.1 0.1 1.80 3.4 38 6 18
1990 29 TOT NL 6.6 0.7 407 0.2 9.4 -9.2 1.51 0.2 -0.0 3.2 0.4 1.51 1.2 30 12 21
1990 29 ATL NL -2.1 -0.2 207 -1.9 4.2 -6.1 1.55 -0.5 -0.7 -7.8 -0.8 1.55 -6.6 15 5 12
1990 29 PHI NL 8.7 0.9 200 2.1 5.1 -3.0 1.48 0.7 0.7 11.0 1.2 1.48 7.8 15 7 9
1991 30 PHI NL -1.1 -0.1 452 -0.8 7.4 -8.2 1.08 -0.5 -0.3 -3.5 -0.4 1.08 -5.3 23 12 33
1992 31 HOU NL 9.2 1.0 496 0.4 7.4 -7.0 .95 0.8 -0.4 12.1 1.3 0.95 6.2 26 14 40
1993 32 TOT AL 4.0 0.4 455 -0.4 5.0 -5.4 .69 0.4 -1.0 -2.8 -0.3 0.69 3.9 17 14 28
1993 32 OAK AL 0.9 0.1 359 -0.8 3.5 -4.3 .63 -0.2 -1.1 -7.3 -0.7 0.63 -1.6 9 7 25
1993 32 DET AL 3.1 0.3 96 0.4 1.5 -1.1 .94 0.6 -0.1 4.5 0.4 0.94 5.5 8 7 3
1994 33 DET AL 7.7 0.7 365 0.5 5.8 -5.3 .92 0.1 0.5 -0.6 -0.1 0.92 4.4 14 7 24
1995 34 DET AL -16.5 -1.5 475 -1.2 7.4 -8.5 .99 -1.5 0.3 -24.3 -2.2 0.99 -17.0 26 9 22
1996 35 PIT NL -1.9 -0.2 74 -1.0 1.5 -2.5 1.29 -0.2 -0.6 -4.7 -0.4 1.29 -3.5 5 4 4
12 Yrs 10.5 1.3 3437 -3.2 58.3 -61.6 1.07 -0.4 -2.7 -14.0 -0.9 1.06 -10.0 192 81 224

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
1985 24 STL NL 13 13 5 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 5 63% 8 .432 3 1 9 1 1 11 4 9 6 3 6 2 3.8
1986 25 STL NL 11 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 5 .573 3 1 6 1 2 8 3 8 7 1 7 1 5.9
1987 26 ATL NL 14 14 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 .297 1 1 10 0 1 13 1 13 4 1 5 3 3.9
1988 27 ATL NL 16 16 13 0 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 0 0% 8 1.137 6 0 9 2 5 9 4 12 6 3 6 6 3.8 17
1989 28 ATL NL 66 66 53 4 11 30 21 9 70% 33 3 23 4 17% 9 1.799 38 6 18 38 12 16 14 52 23 11 24 20 3.7 21
1990 29 TOT NL 67 67 34 3 6 19 14 5 74% 25 5 38 14 37% 1.515 30 12 21 27 14 26 20 47 27 12 29 16 4.0 24
1990 29 ATL NL 33 33 21 1 3 12 8 4 67% 15 2 21 8 38% 9 1.550 15 5 12 16 4 13 11 22 14 5 14 5 3.8 23
1990 29 PHI NL 34 34 13 2 3 7 6 1 86% 10 3 17 6 35% 8 1.478 15 7 9 11 10 13 9 25 13 7 15 11 4.1 24
1991 30 PHI NL 68 68 27 3 5 2 0 2 0% 9 6 35 15 43% 8 1.078 23 12 33 19 16 33 22 46 36 14 38 14 4.3 25
1992 31 HOU NL 81 81 26 3 6 6 2 4 33% 14 7 61 10 16% 6 .953 26 14 40 19 18 44 37 44 41 20 48 26 4.1 20
1993 32 TOT AL 61 61 22 6 3 5 3 2 60% 14 8 36 14 39% .695 17 14 28 24 6 31 20 41 35 11 36 12 5.0 27
1993 32 OAK AL 42 42 19 4 2 1 0 1 0% 5 3 26 11 42% 7 .628 9 7 25 11 4 27 14 28 27 6 27 5 5.7 31
1993 32 DET AL 19 19 3 2 1 4 3 1 75% 9 5 10 3 30% 8 .940 8 7 3 13 2 4 6 13 8 5 9 7 3.6 19
1994 33 DET AL 46 46 27 9 2 6 3 3 50% 8 2 37 21 57% 7 .921 14 7 24 13 4 29 23 23 26 8 26 6 5.3 28
1995 34 DET AL 60 60 27 5 7 6 3 3 50% 11 4 53 24 45% 8 .991 26 9 22 16 12 32 27 33 36 14 37 11 4.9 29
1996 35 PIT NL 13 13 9 0 2 3 2 1 67% 4 1 9 4 44% 8 1.292 5 4 4 7 2 4 6 7 5 2 6 1 3.5 20
12 Yrs 516 516 257 34 45 79 49 30 62% 120 36 319 114 36% 1.062 192 81 224 167 93 256 181 335 252 100 268 118 4.4 24

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%
1985 24 STL NL 69 68% 4.4% 29.0% 5.8% 7.3% 29% 0.81 59% 17 2 12%
1986 25 STL NL 93 63% 2.2% 8.6% 11.8% 3.2% 16% 0.60 77% 17 2 12%
1987 26 ATL NL 93 44% 4.3% 19.4% 12.9% 10.8% 35% 0.52 62% 19 0 0%
1988 27 ATL NL 70 47% 1.4% 10.0% 1.4% 2.9% 17% 0.81 0.79 83% 11% 8.3% 63% 9 1 11%
1989 28 ATL NL 349 42% 1.7% 19.5% 9.7% 5.2% 23% 0.73 1.01 67% 19% 5.7% 23% 66 6 9%
1990 29 TOT NL 388 46% 1.6% 19.3% 13.1% 6.7% 34% 0.62 0.78 65% 22% 5.2% 26% 69 4 6%
1990 29 ATL NL 198 47% 3.0% 17.7% 17.7% 8.6% 43% 0.51 0.70 61% 20% 10.3% 28% 32 2 6%
1990 29 PHI NL 190 45% 0.0% 21.1% 8.4% 4.7% 24% 0.72 0.87 69% 24% 0.0% 25% 37 2 5%
1991 30 PHI NL 431 52% 2.3% 20.7% 12.5% 6.5% 31% 0.55 0.69 64% 23% 6.9% 19% 70 2 3%
1992 31 HOU NL 479 54% 0.6% 14.0% 9.4% 3.8% 18% 0.71 0.77 73% 20% 1.9% 23% 113 7 6%
1993 32 TOT AL 449 55% 2.0% 14.0% 9.8% 7.6% 34% 0.71 0.89 72% 19% 5.6% 17% 94 8 9%
1993 32 OAK AL 353 54% 2.3% 13.9% 9.4% 8.2% 33% 0.71 0.88 73% 20% 6.3% 17% 74 8 11%
1993 32 DET AL 96 61% 1.0% 14.6% 11.5% 5.2% 36% 0.72 0.93 70% 15% 3.0% 15% 20 0 0%
1994 33 DET AL 349 54% 3.4% 14.0% 10.6% 6.6% 29% 0.72 0.96 70% 20% 9.7% 15% 80 8 10%
1995 34 DET AL 463 44% 3.7% 15.3% 9.5% 9.5% 34% 0.56 0.75 69% 25% 8.9% 12% 96 7 7%
1996 35 PIT NL 68 57% 2.9% 8.8% 8.8% 2.9% 12% 0.71 0.90 75% 18% 8.0% 19% 13 0 0%
12 Yrs 3301 51% 2.3% 16.4% 10.4% 6.5% 28% 0.66 0.81 69% 21% 6.4% 20% 663 47 7%
MLB Averages 41% 2.3% 15.2% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.9% 19% 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 ATL NL 62 232 3.74 144 62% 23% 9% 31% 37% 77% 0% 48% 88% 66% 2% 1 1 21% 13 3 0 33% 0 0 8 0 0
1989 28 ATL NL 336 1305 3.88 812 62% 25% 16% 29% 29% 74% 4% 46% 77% 54% 7% 23 11 24% 80 46 4 34% 9 7 13 0 7
1990 29 TOT NL 321 1275 3.97 773 61% 27% 16% 29% 28% 73% 8% 44% 78% 53% 8% 27 13 21% 68 37 6 30% 13 4 67 0 3
1990 29 ATL NL 159 605 3.81 351 58% 32% 13% 26% 28% 67% 12% 39% 80% 55% 13% 20 9 24% 38 20 3 45% 7 3 39 0 3
1990 29 PHI NL 162 670 4.14 422 63% 23% 18% 32% 28% 77% 3% 49% 77% 51% 4% 7 4 19% 30 17 3 16% 6 1 28 0 0
1991 30 PHI NL 432 1683 3.90 1021 61% 26% 15% 31% 28% 74% 6% 45% 79% 53% 8% 35 13 21% 89 52 4 36% 15 13 -1 0 0
1992 31 HOU NL 480 1654 3.45 1025 62% 26% 12% 26% 35% 74% 5% 46% 84% 60% 6% 28 13 19% 90 52 6 33% 10 8 -1 0 0
1993 32 TOT AL 419 1560 3.72 970 62% 28% 11% 29% 32% 72% 4% 45% 85% 59% 8% 32 18 25% 105 66 5 42% 10 8 30 0 0
1993 32 OAK AL 323 1208 3.74 754 62% 28% 10% 29% 32% 72% 3% 45% 86% 58% 7% 22 13 25% 82 49 2 42% 8 6 30 0 0
1993 32 DET AL 96 352 3.67 216 61% 28% 12% 27% 33% 72% 7% 44% 84% 61% 10% 10 5 24% 23 17 3 43% 2 2 0 0 0
1994 33 DET AL 352 1286 3.65 774 60% 27% 14% 25% 34% 73% 8% 44% 81% 53% 6% 22 8 18% 64 44 8 33% 7 3 -3 0 0
1995 34 DET AL 458 1732 3.78 1061 61% 28% 13% 26% 32% 72% 6% 44% 81% 55% 6% 26 12 17% 79 34 6 32% 10 3 5 0 0
1996 35 PIT NL 69 256 3.71 159 62% 23% 13% 30% 35% 77% 0% 48% 84% 59% 0% 0 0 14% 10 3 1 0% 1 0 -1 0 0
9 Yrs 2929 10983 3.75 6739 61% 27% 14% 28% 32% 73% 5% 45% 81% 56% 7% 194 89 20% 598 337 40 34% 75 46 117 0 10
MLB Averages 3.65 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 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
1985 24 STL NL 69 17 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 9 7 0 78% 1 1 0 21 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 25 STL NL 93 19 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 20% 2 1 0 34 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 26 ATL NL 93 29 4 0 5 3 1 3 1 10 3 4 30% 0 1 0 39 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1988 27 ATL NL 70 12 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 21 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 ATL NL 349 78 8 0 6 0 6 5 1 2 4 21 6 6 29% 2 5 1 144 10 6 63% 9 5 1 0 0 1 3 1 10 0
1990 29 TOT NL 388 77 9 1 6 0 18 5 1 4 2 30 10 5 33% 4 3 0 160 12 3 80% 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1990 29 ATL NL 198 40 4 1 6 0 13 5 1 4 2 21 7 3 33% 1 2 0 75 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1990 29 PHI NL 190 37 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 9 3 2 33% 3 1 0 85 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1991 30 PHI NL 431 90 38 4 10 0 12 6 4 2 8 21 13 4 62% 1 6 0 167 12 2 86% 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1992 31 HOU NL 479 103 47 2 3 0 28 2 1 2 1 35 14 5 40% 7 4 1 214 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1993 32 TOT AL 449 101 12 2 9 1 24 5 4 3 6 26 15 2 58% 5 1 1 175 4 3 57% 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 11 0
1993 32 OAK AL 353 87 10 2 8 1 19 5 3 3 5 17 10 1 59% 3 1 0 143 4 3 57% 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 0
1993 32 DET AL 96 14 2 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 9 5 1 56% 2 0 1 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1994 33 DET AL 349 80 11 2 12 1 19 9 3 7 5 26 13 5 50% 1 4 0 144 13 4 76% 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1995 34 DET AL 463 128 9 0 17 3 22 7 10 8 9 41 26 6 63% 4 1 1 193 8 3 73% 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 0
1996 35 PIT NL 68 17 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 6 5 0 83% 0 3 1 32 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
12 Yrs 3301 751 140 11 75 5 149 48 27 34 41 231 113 38 49% 27 30 5 1344 80 31 72% 70 28 9 1 1 2 4 1 95 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+
1985 24 0 0 4.41 13 0 5 0 0 0 16.1 17 8 8 3 4 1 20 0 0 1 69 83 1.286 9.4 1.7 2.2 11.0 5.00 83
1986 25 0 1 .000 2.84 24 0 9 0 0 0 38.0 36 13 12 5 15 1 28 0 0 2 162 130 1.342 8.5 1.2 3.6 6.6 1.87 130
1987 26 1 1 .500 4.31 38 0 19 0 0 0 56.1 65 28 27 9 27 2 46 0 0 3 255 91 1.633 10.4 1.4 4.3 7.3 1.70 91
1988 27 1 3 .250 3.64 54 0 32 0 0 1 76.2 77 32 31 10 28 2 53 1 0 3 325 107 1.370 9.0 1.2 3.3 6.2 1.89 107
1989 28 5 14 .263 3.79 120 0 85 0 0 22 159.0 155 69 67 16 62 7 121 2 0 8 674 99 1.365 8.8 0.9 3.5 6.8 1.95 99
1990 29 8 20 .286 3.64 187 0 119 0 0 36 247.1 232 104 100 22 113 19 196 2 2 11 1062 105 1.395 8.4 0.8 4.1 7.1 1.73 105
1991 30 11 25 .306 3.70 255 0 146 0 0 36 345.2 322 149 142 32 167 30 285 2 3 17 1493 102 1.415 8.4 0.8 4.3 7.4 1.71 102
1992 31 14 31 .311 3.41 336 0 172 0 0 38 457.0 425 187 173 35 212 39 352 6 3 21 1972 108 1.394 8.4 0.7 4.2 6.9 1.66 108
1993 32 20 34 .370 3.44 397 0 194 0 0 41 559.1 526 237 214 44 256 46 415 10 3 22 2421 109 1.398 8.5 0.7 4.1 6.7 1.62 109
1994 33 29 36 .446 3.51 443 0 221 0 0 44 640.2 606 277 250 56 293 58 464 12 3 26 2770 111 1.403 8.5 0.8 4.1 6.5 1.58 111
1995 34 34 43 .442 3.90 503 0 248 0 0 47 739.1 734 351 320 73 337 70 535 15 4 27 3233 103 1.449 8.9 0.9 4.1 6.5 1.59 103
1996 35 34 45 .430 3.93 516 0 257 0 0 49 754.1 751 362 329 75 343 70 541 16 4 30 3301 103 1.450 9.0 0.9 4.1 6.5 1.58 103

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
1985 24 0 1 .000 5.06 16.0 18 10 9 3 4 19 0 1.375 10.1 2.3 10.7 4.75 1.7 13
1986 25 2 0 1.000 1.80 20.0 20 4 4 2 12 8 0 1.600 9.0 5.4 3.6 0.67 0.9 11
1987 26 0 1 .000 7.00 18.0 28 16 14 4 12 17 0 2.222 14.0 6.0 8.5 1.42 2.0 14
1988 27 1 1 .500 2.50 18.0 13 6 5 1 1 6 1 0.778 6.5 0.5 3.0 6.00 0.5 16
1989 28 4 4 .500 4.56 77.0 81 43 39 6 35 64 1 1.506 9.5 4.1 7.5 1.83 0.7 66
1990 29 5 4 .556 3.56 86.0 78 38 34 6 52 73 0 1.512 8.2 5.4 7.6 1.40 0.6 67
1991 30 4 6 .400 4.40 94.0 94 51 46 10 56 85 0 1.596 9.0 5.4 8.1 1.52 1.0 68
1992 31 7 4 .636 3.20 104.0 113 41 37 3 49 63 4 1.558 9.8 4.2 5.5 1.29 0.3 81
1993 32 5 5 .500 3.91 99.0 104 48 43 9 45 61 4 1.505 9.5 4.1 5.5 1.36 0.8 61
1994 33 6 6 .500 3.70 112.0 108 51 46 16 50 67 3 1.411 8.7 4.0 5.4 1.34 1.3 46
1995 34 4 8 .333 5.76 111.0 137 79 71 18 47 80 3 1.658 11.1 3.8 6.5 1.70 1.5 60
1996 35 0 1 .000 5.40 15.0 17 10 9 2 6 6 1 1.533 10.2 3.6 3.6 1.00 1.2 13
12 Yrs 38 41 .481 4.17 770.0 811 397 357 80 369 549 17 1.532 9.5 6.4 1.49 0.9 516

* 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

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1994 AL  .818 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1990 NL  67 (8th)
1992 NL  81 (1st)
1994 AL  46 (10th)
1995 AL  60 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1989 NL  53 (5th)
Career  257 (160th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Mike Fetters (960)
  6. Xavier Hernandez (957)
  7. George Frazier (956)
  8. Ricky Bottalico (955)
  9. Heathcliff Slocumb (955)
  10. Matt Herges (953)
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  3. Mike Timlin (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Horacio Pina (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. David Riske (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Vicente Romo (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Turk Wendell (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hector Carrasco (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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