Tom Bolton

Thomas Edward Bolton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: May 6, 1962 in Nashville, TN
High School: Antioch HS (Antioch, TN)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 20th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1987
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers/Orioles/Reds 1987-1994

Final Game: July 30, 1994
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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
1980	18	BOS-min	A-	6	2	.750	2.41	23	1		1	1	5	56.0	43	26	15	4	22	1	43	0	0	2			1.161	6.9	0.6	3.5	6.9	1.95	ELM · NYPL
1981	19	BOS-min	A	2	9	.182	4.50	24	16	3	0	0	0	92.0	125	62	46	5	41	2	47	3	1	7			1.804	12.2	0.5	4.0	4.6	1.15	WHV · FLOR
1982	20	BOS-min	A	9	8	.529	2.99	28	25	1	4	0	0	162.2	161	67	54	3	63	3	77	2	4	7			1.377	8.9	0.2	3.5	4.3	1.22	WHV · FLOR
1983	21	BOS-min	AA,AAA	7	8	.467	3.71	22	22	0	2	1	0	128.2	126	62	53	11	66	0	82	2	1	6			1.492	8.8	0.8	4.6	5.7	1.24	NBR,PAW · EL,IL
1984	22	BOS-min	AA	4	5	.444	4.14	33	9	11	0	0	1	87.0	87	54	40	5	34	3	66	4	2	6			1.391	9.0	0.5	3.5	6.8	1.94	NBR · EL
1985	23	BOS-min	AA	5	6	.455	4.28	34	10	14	1	0	1	101.0	106	53	48	3	40	1	74	2	2	3			1.446	9.4	0.3	3.6	6.6	1.85	NBR · EL
1986	24	BOS-min	AAA	3	4	.429	2.72	29	7	11	1	0	2	86.0	80	30	26	6	25	2	58	0	1	1			1.221	8.4	0.6	2.6	6.1	2.32	PAW · IL
1987	25	BOS-min	AAA	2	1	.667	5.40	5	4	1	0	0	0	21.2	25	14	13	0	12	1	8	0	0	1			1.708	10.4	0.0	5.0	3.3	0.67	PAW · IL
1987	25	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	4.38	29	0	5	0	0	0	61.2	83	33	30	5	27	2	49	2	0	3	287	105	1.784	12.1	0.7	3.9	7.2	1.81
1988	26	BOS-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	2.79	18	1	8	0	0	0	19.1	17	7	6	0	10	0	15	0	0	2			1.397	7.9	0.0	4.7	7.0	1.50	PAW · IL
1988	26	BOS	AL	1	3	.250	4.75	28	0	8	0	0	1	30.1	35	17	16	1	14	1	21	0	1	2	140	88	1.615	10.4	0.3	4.2	6.2	1.50
1989	27	BOS-min	AAA	12	5	.706	2.89	25	22	2	5	2	1	143.1	140	57	46	13	47	2	99	4	1	0			1.305	8.8	0.8	3.0	6.2	2.11	PAW · IL
1989	27	BOS	AL	0	4	.000	8.31	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.1	21	18	16	1	10	1	9	0	0	1	83	51	1.788	10.9	0.5	5.2	4.7	0.90
1990	28	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.86	4	2	1	0	0	0	11.2	9	6	5	2	7	0	8	0	0	2			1.371	6.9	1.5	5.4	6.2	1.14	PAW · IL
1990	28	BOS	AL	10	5	.667	3.38	21	16	2	3	0	0	119.2	111	46	45	6	47	3	65	3	1	1	501	121	1.320	8.3	0.5	3.5	4.9	1.38
1991	29	BOS	AL	8	9	.471	5.24	25	19	4	0	0	0	110.0	136	72	64	16	51	2	64	1	0	3	499	83	1.700	11.1	1.3	4.2	5.2	1.25
1992	30	TOT	MLB	4	5	.444	4.54	37	9	9	0	0	0	75.1	86	39	38	9	37	3	50	4	2	5	345	86	1.633	10.3	1.1	4.4	6.0	1.35
1992	30	BOS	AL	1	2	.333	3.41	21	1	6	0	0	0	29.0	34	11	11	0	14	1	23	2	1	2	135	124	1.655	10.6	0.0	4.3	7.1	1.64
1992	30	CIN	NL	3	3	.500	5.24	16	8	3	0	0	0	46.1	52	28	27	9	23	2	27	2	1	3	210	70	1.619	10.1	1.7	4.5	5.2	1.17
1993	31	DET	AL	6	6	.500	4.47	43	8	9	0	0	0	102.2	113	57	51	5	45	10	66	7	1	5	462	96	1.539	9.9	0.4	3.9	5.8	1.47
1994	32	BAL-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	2.25	16	0	7	0	0	2	20.0	13	5	5	1	8	0	16	0	1	2	76		1.050	5.8	0.4	3.6	7.2	2.00	ROC · IL
1994	32	BAL	AL	1	2	.333	5.40	22	0	3	0	0	0	23.1	29	15	14	3	13	1	12	0	0	1	109	94	1.800	11.2	1.2	5.0	4.6	0.92
1995	33	CHW-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.43	19	17	1	1	1	0	101.2	106	52	50	10	31	0	82	3	2	3	433		1.348	9.4	0.9	2.7	7.3	2.65	NVL · AA
1996	34	PIT-min	AAA	12	5	.706	4.02	40	14	11	0	0	2	116.1	121	64	52	7	47	5	92	7	0	6	517		1.444	9.4	0.5	3.6	7.1	1.96	CGY · PCL
1997	35	MIL-PIT-min	AAA	5	10	.333	6.92	23	15	1	0	0	0	95.0	142	80	73	11	32	2	71	3	0	4	443		1.832	13.5	1.0	3.0	6.7	2.22	TUC,CGY · PCL
1998	36	PIT-min	AAA	1	1	.500	10.38	3	1	2	0	0	0	4.1	8	5	5	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	23		2.308	16.6	0.0	4.2	6.2	1.50	NVL · PCL
8 Yrs				31	34	.477	4.56	209	56	40	3	0	1	540.1	614	297	274	46	244	23	336	17	5	21	2426	93	1.588	10.2	0.8	4.1	5.6	1.38
162 Game Avg.				8	9	.477	4.56	54	14	10	1	0	0	139	158	76	70	12	63	6	86	4	1	5	623	93	1.588	10.2	0.8	4.1	5.6	1.38

BOS (6 yrs)				21	23	.477	4.45	128	40	25	3	0	1	368.0	420	197	182	29	163	10	231	8	3	12	1645	96	1.584	10.3	0.7	4.0	5.6	1.42
CIN (1 yr)				3	3	.500	5.24	16	8	3	0	0	0	46.1	52	28	27	9	23	2	27	2	1	3	210	70	1.619	10.1	1.7	4.5	5.2	1.17
BAL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	5.40	22	0	3	0	0	0	23.1	29	15	14	3	13	1	12	0	0	1	109	94	1.800	11.2	1.2	5.0	4.6	0.92
DET (1 yr)				6	6	.500	4.47	43	8	9	0	0	0	102.2	113	57	51	5	45	10	66	7	1	5	462	96	1.539	9.9	0.4	3.9	5.8	1.47

AL (8 yrs)				28	31	.475	4.50	193	48	37	3	0	1	494.0	562	269	247	37	221	21	309	15	4	18	2216	96	1.585	10.2	0.7	4.0	5.6	1.40
NL (1 yr)				3	3	.500	5.24	16	8	3	0	0	0	46.1	52	28	27	9	23	2	27	2	1	3	210	70	1.619	10.1	1.7	4.5	5.2	1.17

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
1987	25	BOS	AL	61.2	29	0	33	4.82	4.78	-0.08	-0.37	102.2	4.59	-2	-0.2	.7	-0.1	0.3	6	.495	.499	$62,500
1988	26	BOS	AL	30.1	28	0	17	5.04	4.51	0.03	-0.36	102.2	4.21	-3	-0.3	.9	-0.1	-0.1	0	.489	.498	$75,000
1989	27	BOS	AL	17.1	4	4	18	9.35	4.09	0.01	0.14	103.5	4.37	-10	-0.8		-0.0	-0.7	-8	.293	.495	$
1990	28	BOS	AL	119.2	21	16	46	3.46	4.29	-0.21	0.10	103.5	4.76	18	2.1	.5	-0.1	3.0	31	.599	.513	$135,000
1991	29	BOS	AL	110.0	25	19	72	5.89	4.59	0.24	0.09	105.1	4.67	-15	-1.5	.4	-0.0	-0.5	-2	.441	.491	$290,000
1992	30	BOS	AL	29.0	21	1	11	3.41	4.47	-0.13	-0.27	105.2	4.55	4	0.4	1.1	-0.1	0.6	7	.519	.502	$525,000
1992	30	CIN	NL	46.1	16	8	28	5.44	3.93	-0.19	0.09	105.8	4.46	-5	-0.6	1.2	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.463	.496	$
1993	31	DET	AL	102.2	43	8	57	5.00	4.75	-0.20	-0.15	99.1	4.75	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.6	10	.495	.499	$475,000
1994	32	BAL	AL	23.1	22	0	15	5.79	5.67	0.57	-0.44	103.5	4.83	-3	-0.2	1.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0	.489	.499	$
8 Seasons				540.1	209	56	297	4.95	4.54	-0.04	-0.07	103.1	4.64	-17	-1.3	.9	-0.6	2.8	41	.494	.499	$1,562,500

BOS (6 yrs)				368.0	128	40	197	4.82	4.48	-0.02	-0.05	103.8	4.62	-7	-0.3	.8	-0.4	2.6	33	.498	.500	$1,087,500
CIN (1 yr)				46.1	16	8	28	5.44	3.93	-0.19	0.09	105.8	4.46	-5	-0.6	1.2	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.463	.496	$
BAL (1 yr)				23.1	22	0	15	5.79	5.67	0.57	-0.44	103.5	4.83	-3	-0.2	1.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0	.489	.499	$
DET (1 yr)				102.2	43	8	57	5.00	4.75	-0.20	-0.15	99.1	4.75	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.6	10	.495	.499	$475,000

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
1990	28	BOS	AL	ALCS	L	OAK	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	12	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	9.0	1.50
1 ALCS							0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	12	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	9.0	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
1987	25	BOS	AL	29	287	251	33	83	11	1	5	4	3	27	49	.331	.396	.442	.838	.390	111	8	2	3	3	2	3
1988	26	BOS	AL	28	140	123	17	35	9	1	1	2	0	14	21	.285	.355	.398	.753	.333	49	2	0	2	1	1	2
1989	27	BOS	AL	4	83	72	18	21	3	0	1	2	0	10	9	.292	.373	.375	.748	.317	27	1	0	0	1	1	2
1990	28	BOS	AL	21	501	443	46	111	19	1	6	7	5	47	65	.251	.323	.339	.662	.279	150	16	3	3	5	3	5
1991	29	BOS	AL	25	499	441	72	136	22	4	16	5	2	51	64	.308	.378	.485	.864	.329	214	18	1	2	4	2	7
1992	30	TOT	MLB	37	345	302	39	86	12	2	9	5	1	37	50	.285	.369	.427	.796	.316	129	8	4	1	1	3	2
1992	30	BOS	AL	21	135	119	11	34	8	1	0	4	0	14	23	.286	.370	.370	.740	.354	44	3	2	0	0	1	1
1992	30	CIN	NL	16	210	183	28	52	4	1	9	1	1	23	27	.284	.368	.464	.833	.291	85	5	2	1	1	2	1
1993	31	DET	AL	43	462	401	57	113	22	2	5	7	5	45	66	.282	.363	.384	.747	.325	154	10	7	7	2	10	5
1994	32	BAL	AL	22	109	94	15	29	8	0	3	5	1	13	12	.309	.389	.489	.878	.325	46	3	0	1	1	1	1
8 Yrs				209	2426	2127	297	614	106	11	46	37	17	244	336	.289	.364	.414	.777	.322	880	66	17	19	18	23	27
162 Game Avg.				54	623	546	76	158	27	3	12	9	4	63	86	.289	.364	.414	.777	.322	226	17	4	5	5	6	7
MLB Averages																.259	.326	.392	.718	.288

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1987	25	BOS	AL	1.5	0.1	300	-0.2	2.4	-2.7	.51	-0.6	0.2	-3.0	-0.3	0.51	-6.4	3	9	17
1988	26	BOS	AL	-1.5	-0.2	146	-1.4	1.1	-2.5	.62	-0.2	-2.0	-4.2	-0.4	0.62	-2.8	6	7	14
1989	27	BOS	AL	-7.5	-0.7	86	-1.0	0.9	-1.9	.91	-0.3	-0.8	-10.2	-0.9	0.91	-3.9	0	0	0
1990	28	BOS	AL	11.1	1.2	515	1.1	8.9	-7.8	1.00	1.6	-0.5	11.8	1.2	1.00	13.4	0	2	3
1991	29	BOS	AL	-11.5	-1.1	510	-1.4	8.0	-9.5	.94	-1.5	0.0	-15.3	-1.5	0.94	-18.2	1	1	4
1992	30	TOT	MLB	-4.1	-0.4	358	-0.9	5.3	-6.2	.98	-1.2	0.3	-5.6	-0.6	0.98	-12.3	8	5	15
1992	30	BOS	AL	3.1	0.3	141	0.3	2.4	-2.2	1.01	0.0	0.2	4.3	0.4	1.01	-0.5	6	4	10
1992	30	CIN	NL	-7.2	-0.8	217	-1.1	2.8	-4.0	.95	-1.2	0.0	-9.9	-1.0	0.95	-11.8	2	1	5
1993	31	DET	AL	-2.4	-0.2	480	-0.9	5.8	-6.6	.78	0.2	-1.3	-6.7	-0.6	0.78	1.3	10	11	13
1994	32	BAL	AL	-0.7	-0.1	117	-0.3	1.8	-2.1	.91	-0.3	-0.0	-3.5	-0.3	0.91	-3.9	8	5	6
8 Yrs				-15.2	-1.4	2512	-5.0	34.1	-39.2	.86	-2.4	-3.5	-36.7	-3.4	0.86	-32.8	36	40	72

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
1989	27	BOS	AL	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.2	53	25	6	1	0	1	1.5	2.4	4.3	77	2	1	0	1	122
1990	28	BOS	AL	21	16	8	5	3	0	1	9	7	.563	0	2	3	0	11	69%	54.2	74	15	19	4	2	3	4.4	4.4	6.7	102	2	4	5	5	131
1991	29	BOS	AL	25	19	7	9	3	1	0	9	10	.474	1	1	0	0	6	32%	40.9	74	7	26	11	2	8	4.2	4.2	4.9	86	9	2	8	0	115
1992	30	TOT	MLB	37	9	2	4	3	2	0	4	5	.444	0	2	0	0	1	11%	0.0	57	37	29	9	1	5	4.2	4.4	5.0	81	3	5	1	0	108
1992	30	BOS	AL	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	50.0	50	50	17	7	0	1	1.0	0.0	4.3	67	1	0	0	0	67
1992	30	CIN	NL	16	8	2	3	3	2	0	4	4	.500	0	2	0	0	1	13%	44.4	57	37	12	2	1	4	4.7	5.0	5.1	83	2	5	1	0	108
1993	31	DET	AL	43	8	5	2	1	2	1	5	3	.625	0	1	0	0	4	50%	50.0	71	20	32	14	2	2	6.0	6.1	5.1	81	3	3	2	0	112
5 Yrs				130	56	22	24	10	5	2	27	29	.482	1	6	3	0	22	39%	46	74	7	112	39	7	19	4.3	4.4	5.4	88	19	15	16	6	131
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	103	-14					4.4	4.4	6.1	95

Reliever Pitching*

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
1987	25	BOS	AL	29	29	5	1	0	0	0	0		2	2	32	16	50%	7	.513	3	9	17	3	2	24	19	10	20	5	22	4	6.4
1988	26	BOS	AL	28	28	8	1	3	1	1	0	100%	7	2	30	9	30%	7	.623	6	7	14	9	2	17	19	9	12	12	15	11	3.3	18

1990	28	BOS	AL	21	5	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	3	38%	8	1.001	0	2	3	0	0	5	4	1	2	0	3	0	7.8	38
1991	29	BOS	AL	25	6	4	1	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	3	3	100%	5	.943	1	1	4	2	0	4	2	4	4	0	4	0	8.2	33
1992	30	TOT	MLB	37	28	9	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	21	5	24%		.975	8	5	15	3	6	19	12	16	8	13	12	1	3.2	19
1992	30	BOS	AL	21	20	6	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	13	3	23%	8	1.015	6	4	10	2	5	13	7	13	7	8	11	0	3.7	20
1992	30	CIN	NL	16	8	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	8	2	25%	7	.950	2	1	5	1	1	6	5	3	1	5	1	1	2.0	14
1993	31	DET	AL	43	35	9	1	4	0	0	0		2	2	33	15	45%	6	.782	10	11	13	5	6	24	20	15	18	14	21	5	5.3	30
1994	32	BAL	AL	22	22	3	1	2	0	0	0		4	3	24	7	29%	9	.911	8	5	6	7	3	12	15	7	6	11	7	1	3.2	19
7 Yrs				205	153	40	9	10	2	1	1	50%	18	9	151	58	38%		.855	36	40	72	29	19	105	91	62	70	55	84	22	4.6	23

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%
1987	25	BOS	AL	287	39%	1.7%	17.1%	9.4%	5.9%	21%		1.29	70%				69	8	12%
1988	26	BOS	AL	140	49%	0.7%	15.0%	10.0%	7.9%	31%	0.87	1.59	73%	23%	2.4%	24%	26	2	8%
1989	27	BOS	AL	83	13%	1.2%	10.8%	12.1%	4.8%	19%	1.03	1.53	76%	27%	3.2%	0%	24	1	4%
1990	28	BOS	AL	501	21%	1.2%	13.0%	9.4%	5.2%	23%	0.79	0.99	75%	22%	3.2%	11%	107	16	15%
1991	29	BOS	AL	499	18%	3.2%	12.8%	10.2%	8.4%	31%	1.09	1.75	73%	22%	9.8%	9%	104	18	17%
1992	30	TOT	MLB	345	27%	2.6%	14.5%	10.7%	6.7%	27%	1.34	1.78	71%	17%	9.8%	13%	83	8	10%
1992	30	BOS	AL	135	29%	0.0%	17.0%	10.4%	6.7%	27%	1.27	1.60	71%	20%	0.0%	12%	28	3	11%
1992	30	CIN	NL	210	26%	4.3%	12.9%	11.0%	6.7%	27%	1.38	1.89	70%	15%	16.1%	14%	55	5	9%
1993	31	DET	AL	462	24%	1.1%	14.3%	9.7%	6.3%	26%	0.90	1.13	72%	22%	3.2%	12%	111	10	9%
1994	32	BAL	AL	109	49%	2.8%	11.0%	11.9%	10.1%	38%	0.77	1.11	73%	25%	6.7%	4%	26	3	12%
8 Yrs				2426	26%	1.9%	13.9%	10.1%	6.7%	27%	0.97	1.33	73%	22%	5.7%	11%	550	66	12%
MLB Averages					41%	2.2%	15.1%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	0.81	1.06	73%	20%	6.5%	20%			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
1988	26	BOS	AL	133	489	3.68	298	61%	31%	10%	25%	34%	69%	2%	42%	85%	58%	7%	9	5	15%	20	8	2	39%	2	3	7	0	0
1989	27	BOS	AL	83	309	3.72	177	57%	28%	7%	29%	36%	72%	3%	41%	90%	49%	6%	5	3	10%	8	3	0	44%	0	1	0	0	0
1990	28	BOS	AL	503	1825	3.63	1124	62%	30%	11%	24%	34%	69%	2%	43%	84%	55%	8%	38	25	17%	86	44	5	45%	11	10	-2	0	5
1991	29	BOS	AL	499	1825	3.66	1090	60%	31%	10%	24%	35%	69%	1%	41%	85%	51%	6%	32	15	17%	84	39	6	42%	10	15	0	0	0
1992	30	TOT	MLB	346	1250	3.61	728	58%	31%	12%	22%	35%	69%	2%	40%	83%	51%	7%	24	13	13%	46	21	1	28%	8	8	-1	0	0
1992	30	BOS	AL	135	476	3.53	273	57%	35%	12%	18%	35%	65%	2%	37%	81%	44%	7%	9	8	7%	10	5	0	26%	3	0	0	0	0
1992	30	CIN	NL	211	774	3.67	455	59%	29%	12%	24%	35%	71%	2%	41%	83%	55%	7%	15	5	17%	36	16	1	30%	5	8	-1	0	0
1993	31	DET	AL	440	1652	3.75	968	59%	29%	10%	26%	34%	71%	4%	41%	86%	50%	8%	36	18	17%	76	34	6	30%	4	9	22	0	0
1994	32	BAL	AL	109	413	3.79	220	53%	27%	12%	22%	38%	73%	2%	39%	83%	40%	10%	11	8	9%	10	4	0	8%	1	2	0	0	0
7 Yrs				2113	7763	3.67	4605	59%	30%	11%	24%	35%	70%	2%	41%	85%	52%	7%	155	87	16%	330	153	20	36%	36	48	26	0	5
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				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
1987	25	BOS	AL	287	83			5	0	11	4	1	4	1	27	16	1	59%	3	3	3	128	4	3	57%	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	16	0
1988	26	BOS	AL	140	35	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	9	7	0	78%	2	2	1	70	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1989	27	BOS	AL	83	21	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	11	8	0	73%	2	1	0	31	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1990	28	BOS	AL	501	111	13	3	6	0	6	5	1	2	4	23	17	2	74%	5	1	1	188	7	5	58%	6	5	1	0	0	0	3	3	11	0
1991	29	BOS	AL	499	136	35	2	16	0	10	14	2	10	6	19	10	4	53%	7	3	1	194	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1992	30	TOT	MLB	345	86	31	2	9	0	16	8	1	6	3	23	9	4	39%	2	5	0	141	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1992	30	BOS	AL	135	34	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	29%	1	2	0	59	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1992	30	CIN	NL	210	52	19	0	9	0	11	8	1	6	3	16	7	3	44%	1	3	0	82	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1993	31	DET	AL	462	113	12	2	5	1	21	3	2	1	4	27	11	5	41%	5	5	1	190	7	5	58%	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1994	32	BAL	AL	109	29	3	0	3	0	6	2	1	2	1	9	5	0	56%	1	1	0	46	5	1	83%	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
8 Yrs				2426	614	97	10	46	1	77	38	8	25	21	148	83	16	56%	27	21	7	988	37	17	69%	32	16	5	1	0	0	4	3	69	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1987	25	1	0	1.000	4.38	29	0	5	0	0	61.2	83	33	30	5	27	2	49	2	0	3	287	105	1.784	12.1	0.7	3.9	7.2	1.81	105
1988	26	2	3	.400	4.50	57	0	13	0	1	92.0	118	50	46	6	41	3	70	2	1	5	427	99	1.728	11.5	0.6	4.0	6.8	1.71	99
1989	27	2	7	.222	5.10	61	4	13	0	1	109.1	139	68	62	7	51	4	79	2	1	6	510	87	1.738	11.4	0.6	4.2	6.5	1.55	87
1990	28	12	12	.500	4.21	82	20	15	3	1	229.0	250	114	107	13	98	7	144	5	2	7	1011	101	1.520	9.8	0.5	3.9	5.7	1.47	101
1991	29	20	21	.488	4.54	107	39	19	3	1	339.0	386	186	171	29	149	9	208	6	2	10	1510	94	1.578	10.2	0.8	4.0	5.5	1.40	94
1992	30	24	26	.480	4.54	144	48	28	3	1	414.1	472	225	209	38	186	12	258	10	4	15	1855	93	1.588	10.3	0.8	4.0	5.6	1.39	93
1993	31	30	32	.484	4.53	187	56	37	3	1	517.0	585	282	260	43	231	22	324	17	5	20	2317	93	1.578	10.2	0.7	4.0	5.6	1.40	93
1994	32	31	34	.477	4.56	209	56	40	3	1	540.1	614	297	274	46	244	23	336	17	5	21	2426	93	1.588	10.2	0.8	4.1	5.6	1.38	93

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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
1987	25	3	3	.500	4.20	60.0	80	31	28	5	26	47	2	1.767	12.0	3.9	7.1	1.81	0.8	29
1988	26	1	2	.333	5.10	30.0	36	19	17	1	14	21	0	1.667	10.8	4.2	6.3	1.50	0.3	28
1989	27	0	1	.000	8.47	17.0	21	18	16	1	10	9	0	1.824	11.1	5.3	4.8	0.90	0.5	4
1990	28	6	6	.500	3.86	112.0	114	53	48	6	48	61	3	1.446	9.2	3.9	4.9	1.27	0.5	21
1991	29	4	7	.364	5.54	104.0	136	71	64	16	51	60	1	1.798	11.8	4.4	5.2	1.18	1.4	25
1992	30	3	4	.429	5.20	71.0	89	46	41	9	38	47	4	1.789	11.3	4.8	6.0	1.24	1.1	37
1993	31	4	6	.400	4.73	99.0	114	58	52	5	45	63	7	1.606	10.4	4.1	5.7	1.40	0.5	43
1994	32	1	2	.333	4.64	33.0	39	19	17	4	17	17	0	1.697	10.6	4.6	4.6	1.00	1.1	22
8 Yrs		22	31	.415	4.84	526.0	629	315	283	47	249	325	17	1.669	10.8		5.6	1.31	0.8	209

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