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Greg Booker

Gregory Scott Booker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: June 22, 1960 in Lynchburg, VA
High School: Cummings HS (Burlington, NC)
School: Elon University (Elon, NC)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 10th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1983 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Twins/Giants 1983-1990
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: May 26, 1990 (Age 29)
Relatives: Son-In-Law of Jack McKeon
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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
1981	21	SDP-min	A-	2	3	.400	5.26	11	11	0	0	0	0	53.0	55	41	31	1	35	1	25	4	0	6			1.698	9.3	0.2	5.9	4.2	0.71	WWA · NORW
1982	22	SDP-min	A	8	13	.381	6.35	27	27	0	4	0	0	161.2	160	133	114	15	157	0	81	3	3	20			1.961	8.9	0.8	8.7	4.5	0.52	REN · CALL
1983	23	SDP-min	AAA	5	6	.455	5.54	46	6	18	0	0	1	102.1	120	77	63	9	68	0	58	3	0	9			1.837	10.6	0.8	6.0	5.1	0.85	LVG · PCL
1983	23	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	7.71	6	1	1	0	0	0	11.2	18	10	10	2	9	0	5	0	0	0	58	47	2.314	13.9	1.5	6.9	3.9	0.56
1984	24	SDP-min	AAA	4	3	.571	5.50	9	9	0	2	0	0	55.2	66	39	34	4	24	2	23	0	2	3			1.617	10.7	0.6	3.9	3.7	0.96	LVG · PCL
1984	24	SDP	NL	1	1	.500	3.30	32	1	12	0	0	0	57.1	67	27	21	4	27	4	28	0	0	6	262	110	1.640	10.5	0.6	4.2	4.4	1.04
1985	25	SDP-min	AAA	1	1	.500	5.40	10	7	2	0	0	1	45.0	46	34	27	5	34	4	16	0	0	6			1.778	9.2	1.0	6.8	3.2	0.47	LVG · PCL
1985	25	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	6.85	17	0	9	0	0	0	22.1	20	17	17	3	17	2	7	1	0	5	102	52	1.657	8.1	1.2	6.9	2.8	0.41
1986	26	SDP-min	AAA	8	9	.471	5.25	36	16	9	2	0	4	128.2	148	89	75	4	65	1	71	2	1	4			1.655	10.4	0.3	4.5	5.0	1.09	LVG · PCL
1986	26	SDP	NL	1	0	1.000	1.64	9	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	10	5	2	0	4	2	7	0	0	0	47	232	1.273	8.2	0.0	3.3	5.7	1.75
1987	27	SDP	NL	1	1	.500	3.16	44	0	16	0	0	1	68.1	62	29	24	5	30	1	17	3	1	1	288	126	1.346	8.2	0.7	4.0	2.2	0.57
1988	28	SDP	NL	2	2	.500	3.39	34	2	11	0	0	0	63.2	68	31	24	5	19	2	43	1	0	2	272	102	1.366	9.6	0.7	2.7	6.1	2.26
1989	29	MIN-min	AAA	0	3	.000	6.07	14	11	0	0	0	0	46.0	57	35	31	4	22	0	23	2	2	1			1.717	11.2	0.8	4.3	4.5	1.05	POR · PCL
1989	29	TOT	MLB	0	1	.000	4.23	17	0	6	0	0	0	27.2	26	14	13	3	12	1	11	0	0	3	117	90	1.373	8.5	1.0	3.9	3.6	0.92
1989	29	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	4.26	11	0	4	0	0	0	19.0	15	10	9	2	10	1	8	0	0	1	79	84	1.316	7.1	0.9	4.7	3.8	0.80
1989	29	MIN	AL	0	0		4.15	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.2	11	4	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	2	38	105	1.500	11.4	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.50
1990	30	SFG-min	AAA	2	4	.333	4.58	49	0	28	0	0	10	72.2	83	46	37	3	36	3	29	2	4	7			1.638	10.3	0.4	4.5	3.6	0.81	PHX · PCL
1990	30	SFG	NL	0	0		13.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	7	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	13	33	3.500	31.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
8 Yrs				5	7	.417	3.89	161	4	60	0	0	1	264.0	278	136	114	22	118	12	119	5	2	17	1159	95	1.500	9.5	0.8	4.0	4.1	1.01
162 Game Avg.				2	3	.417	3.89	66	2	25	0	0	0	109	115	56	47	9	49	5	49	2	1	7	478	95	1.500	9.5	0.8	4.0	4.1	1.01

SDP (7 yrs)				5	7	.417	3.80	153	4	57	0	0	1	253.1	260	129	107	21	116	12	115	5	1	15	1108	97	1.484	9.2	0.7	4.1	4.1	0.99
MIN (1 yr)				0	0		4.15	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.2	11	4	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	2	38	105	1.500	11.4	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.50
SFG (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	7	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	13	33	3.500	31.5	0.0	0.0	4.5

NL (8 yrs)				5	7	.417	3.88	155	4	58	0	0	1	255.1	267	132	110	21	116	12	116	5	2	15	1121	95	1.500	9.4	0.7	4.1	4.1	1.00
AL (1 yr)				0	0		4.15	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.2	11	4	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	2	38	105	1.500	11.4	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.50

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
1983	23	SDP	NL	11.2	6	1	10	7.71	4.24	0.19	-0.15	93.9	3.66	-5	-0.5	.5	0.1	-0.4	-4	.410	.497
1984	24	SDP	NL	57.1	32	1	27	4.24	3.99	0.22	-0.27	102.3	3.58	-5	-0.5	.6	-0.0	0.0	1	.483	.497
1985	25	SDP	NL	22.1	17	0	17	6.85	4.12	0.08	-0.32	101.3	3.76	-8	-0.8	.6	0.1	-0.5	-6	.451	.495
1986	26	SDP	NL	11.0	9	0	5	4.09	4.40	-0.23	-0.34	99.2	4.25	0	0.0	.7	-0.0	0.1	1	.502	.500
1987	27	SDP	NL	68.1	44	0	29	3.82	4.45	0.23	-0.34	96.3	3.74	-1	-0.1	.4	-0.1	0.4	6	.497	.499	$100,000
1988	28	SDP	NL	63.2	34	2	31	4.38	3.91	0.19	-0.23	98.7	3.44	-7	-0.8	.4	0.1	-0.1	-2	.477	.495	$130,000
1989	29	SDP	NL	19.0	11	0	10	4.74	3.95	-0.49	-0.31	101.7	4.21	-1	-0.1	.3	-0.0	0.0	0	.488	.499
1989	29	MIN	AL	8.2	6	0	4	4.15	4.60	-0.15	-0.36	101.9	4.48	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.505	.500
1990	30	SFG	NL	2.0	2	0	3	13.50	5.46	-0.33	-0.42	90.0	4.84	-2	-0.2	.4	0.1	-0.1	-2	.402	.499
8 Seasons				264.0	161	4	136	4.64	4.16	0.12	-0.29	99.1	3.72	-29	-3.1	.5	0.2	-0.4	-4	.481	.498	$230,000

SDP (7 yrs)				253.1	153	4	129	4.58	4.13	0.13	-0.28	99.1	3.68	-27	-3.0	.5	0.2	-0.3	-4	.481	.497	$230,000
MIN (1 yr)				8.2	6	0	4	4.15	4.60	-0.15	-0.36	101.9	4.48	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.505	.500
SFG (1 yr)				2.0	2	0	3	13.50	5.46	-0.33	-0.42	90.0	4.84	-2	-0.2	.4	0.1	-0.1	-2	.402	.499

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1984	24	SDP	NL	NLCS	W	CHC	0.00	1	1	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	9	1.500	9.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
1984	24	SDP	NL	WS	L	DET	9.00	1	0	1.0	0	1	1	4	0	7	4.000	0.0	36.0	0.0	0.00
1 Yr (2 Series)							3.00	2	1	3.0	2	1	1	5	2	16	2.333	6.0	15.0	6.0	0.40
1 NLCS							0.00	1	1	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	9	1.500	9.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
1 WS							9.00	1	0	1.0	0	1	1	4	0	7	4.000	0.0	36.0	0.0	0.00

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1981	21	SDP-min	A-	31	73	64	8	12	0	0	4	15	1	0	8	18	.188	.274	.375	.649		24		0	0	1	0		WWA · NORW
1982	22	SDP-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		REN · CALL
1983	23	SDP-min	AAA	46	11	9	3	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.556	.778		5		0	2	0	0		LVG · PCL
1983	23	SDP	NL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1984	24	SDP-min	AAA	9	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286		1		0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
1984	24	SDP	NL	32	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.429	.714	99	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	25	SDP-min	AAA	10	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452		1		0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
1985	25	SDP	NL	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	26	SDP-min	AAA	36	19	17	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.235	.235	.353	.588		6		0	2	0	0		LVG · PCL
1986	26	SDP	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1987	27	SDP	NL	44	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	28	SDP	NL	34	8	8	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.375	.625	79	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	29	MIN-min	AAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1989	29	TOT	MLB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	29	SDP	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	29	MIN	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1990	30	SFG-min	AAA	49	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		PHX · PCL
1990	30	SFG	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
8 Yrs				161	23	23	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.174	.174	.261	.435	21	6	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	23	23	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.174	.174	.261	.435	21	6	0	0	0	0	0

SDP (7 yrs)				153	23	23	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.174	.174	.261	.435	21	6	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				155	23	23	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.174	.174	.261	.435	21	6	0	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1983	23	SDP	NL	6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.498	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0		/1
1984	24	SDP	NL	32	7	-0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	1		1
1985	25	SDP	NL	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	0.0	1		1
1986	26	SDP	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
1987	27	SDP	NL	44	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$100,000	1
1988	28	SDP	NL	34	8	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$130,000	1
1989	29	SDP	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1989	29	MIN	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
1990	30	SFG	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
8 Seasons				161	23	-2	0	0	0	4	2	0.3	1	3	0.3	.502	.500	0.3	0.1	3	$230,000

SDP (7 yrs)				153	23	-2	0	0	0	4	2	0.3	1	3	0.3	.502	.500	0.3	0.1	3	$230,000
MIN (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0
SFG (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	IBB
1984	24	SDP	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	1
1984	24	SDP	NL	WS	DET	L	1	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							2	0
1 NLCS							1
1 WS							1	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1983	SDP	NL	23	P	6	1	11.2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.31	0.50	.953	1.93	1.92	3	2	40%	33%	3
1984	SDP	NL	24	P	32	1	57.1	17	9	7	1	1	.941	2.51	0.50	.954	1.88	1.87	8	0	0%	31%	0
1985	SDP	NL	25	P	17	0	22.1	5	1	3	1	0	.800	1.61	0.24	.952	1.93	1.92	5	0	0%	30%	0
1986	SDP	NL	26	P	9	0	11.0	3	1	1	1	0	.667	1.64	0.22	.953	1.96	1.94	2	0	0%	32%	0
1987	SDP	NL	27	P	44	0	68.1	17	8	8	1	1	.941	2.11	0.36	.955	1.91	1.90	13	0	0%	29%	0
1988	SDP	NL	28	P	34	2	63.2	18	6	12	0	0	1.000	2.54	0.53	.955	1.96	1.96	7	1	13%	29%	0
1989	TOT	MLB	29	P	17	0	27.2	10	3	7	0	1	1.000	3.25	0.59	.954	1.85	1.86	1	0	0%	31%	0
1989	SDP	NL	29	P	11	0	19.0	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.37	0.45	.948	1.85	1.87	0	0			0
1989	MIN	AL	29	P	6	0	8.2	5	0	5	0	1	1.000	5.19	0.83	.960	1.87	1.85	1	0	0%	31%	0
1990	SFG	NL	30	P	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80	0	0			0
	8 Seasons			P	161	4	264.0	73	28	41	4	3	.945	2.35	0.43	.954	1.92	1.91	39	3	7%	30%	3
	8 Seasons			TOT	161	4	264.0	73	28	41	4	3	.945	2.35	0.43	.954	1.92	1.91	39	3	7%	30%	3

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1982), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (1830th), -0.1 career WAR/0.7 7yr-peak WAR/0.3 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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Travis Phelps (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Daryl Patterson (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cory Bailey (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 32nd round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 8, 1981: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 10th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
June 29, 1989: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Minnesota Twins for Freddie Toliver.
October 15, 1989: Granted Free Agency.
December 19, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
April 3, 1990: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
April 5, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1987	27	San Diego Padres	$100,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	28	San Diego Padres	$130,000	USA Today, 4/1/88

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$230,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

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