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Joe Borowski

Joseph Thomas Borowski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: May 4, 1971 in Bayonne, NJ
High School: Marist (Bayonne, NJ)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 32nd round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed August 13, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 9, 1995
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Indians/Marlins/Braves/DevilRays/... 1995-2008
Agents: Michael Maas,Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: July 1, 2008
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1990	19	CHW-min	Rk	2	8	.200	5.58	12	11	0	0	0	0	61.1	74	47	38	3	25	0	67	2	2	2			1.614	10.9	0.4	3.7	9.8	2.68	WHS · GULF
1991	20	BAL-min	A	7	2	.778	2.56	49	0	28	0	0	13	81.0	60	26	23	2	43	2	76	3	0	4	344		1.272	6.7	0.2	4.8	8.4	1.77	KNC · MIDW
1992	21	BAL-min	A+	5	6	.455	3.70	48	0	36	0	0	10	80.1	71	40	33	3	50	3	85	3	0	2	362		1.506	8.0	0.3	5.6	9.5	1.70	FDK · CARL
1993	22	BAL-min	A+,AA	4	1	.800	2.81	51	2	32	0	0	11	80.0	72	30	25	5	48	3	87	3	1	8	355		1.500	8.1	0.6	5.4	9.8	1.81	FDK,BOW · CARL,EL
1994	23	BAL-min	AA	3	4	.429	1.91	49	0	37	0	0	14	66.0	52	14	14	3	28	3	73	0	0	4	277		1.212	7.1	0.4	3.8	10.0	2.61	BOW · EL
1995	24	BAL-min	AAA,AA	3	5	.375	3.99	44	0	36	0	0	13	56.1	48	25	25	5	25	3	64	0	0	2	232		1.296	7.7	0.8	4.0	10.2	2.56	ROC,BOW · IL,EL
1995	24	BAL	AL	0	0		1.23	6	0	3	0	0	0	7.1	5	1	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	30	406	1.227	6.1	0.0	4.9	3.7	0.75
1996	25	ATL-min	AAA	1	5	.167	3.71	34	0	19	0	0	7	53.1	42	25	22	4	30	1	40	0	0	1	224		1.350	7.1	0.7	5.1	6.8	1.33	RMD · IL
1996	25	ATL	NL	2	4	.333	4.85	22	0	8	0	0	0	26.0	33	15	14	4	13	4	15	1	0	1	121	92	1.769	11.4	1.4	4.5	5.2	1.15
1997	26	ATL-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.58	21	0	4	0	0	2	37.2	32	16	15	3	19	2	34	1	0	4	159		1.354	7.6	0.7	4.5	8.1	1.79	RMD · IL
1997	26	TOT	MLB	2	3	.400	4.15	21	0	9	0	0	0	26.0	29	13	12	2	20	5	8	0	0	0	123	104	1.885	10.0	0.7	6.9	2.8	0.40
1997	26	ATL	NL	2	2	.500	3.75	20	0	8	0	0	0	24.0	27	11	10	2	16	4	6	0	0	0	111	113	1.792	10.1	0.8	6.0	2.3	0.38
1997	26	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	12	58	3.000	9.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
1998	27	NYY-min	AAA	3	3	.500	2.93	45	0	10	0	0	4	73.2	66	25	24	6	39	1	67	2	0	3	320		1.425	8.1	0.7	4.8	8.2	1.72	CLB · IL
1998	27	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	6.52	8	0	6	0	0	0	9.2	11	7	7	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	42	70	1.552	10.2	0.0	3.7	6.5	1.75

2001	30	CHC-min	AAA	8	7	.533	2.62	39	12	7	1	1	1	110.0	87	35	32	10	26	3	131	2	0	1	433		1.027	7.1	0.8	2.1	10.7	5.04	IWA · PCL
2001	30	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	32.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	6	6	6	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	13	16	5.400	32.4	5.4	16.2	5.4	0.33
2002	31	CHC	NL	4	4	.500	2.73	73	0	25	0	0	2	95.2	84	31	29	10	29	6	97	1	0	1	391	148	1.181	7.9	0.9	2.7	9.1	3.34
2003	32	CHC	NL	2	2	.500	2.63	68	0	59	0	0	33	68.1	53	23	20	5	19	1	66	1	0	0	280	165	1.054	7.0	0.7	2.5	8.7	3.47
2004	33	CHC-min	AAA	0	3	.000	8.22	7	3	0	0	0	0	7.2	9	8	7	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	36		1.696	10.6	1.2	4.7	2.3	0.50	IWA · PCL
2004	33	CHC	NL	2	4	.333	8.02	22	0	19	0	0	9	21.1	27	19	19	3	15	2	17	0	0	0	106	56	1.969	11.4	1.3	6.3	7.2	1.13
2005	34	CHC-min	AAA	0	0		2.25	7	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	3	4	2	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	31		0.750	3.4	2.2	3.4	4.5	1.33	IWA · PCL
2005	34	TOT	MLB	1	5	.167	4.47	43	0	7	0	0	0	46.1	38	23	23	8	12	1	27	0	0	1	184	99	1.079	7.4	1.6	2.3	5.2	2.25
2005	34	CHC	NL	0	0		6.55	11	0	3	0	0	0	11.0	12	8	8	5	1	0	11	0	0	0	47	69	1.182	9.8	4.1	0.8	9.0	11.00
2005	34	TBD	AL	1	5	.167	3.82	32	0	4	0	0	0	35.1	26	15	15	3	11	1	16	0	0	1	137	115	1.047	6.6	0.8	2.8	4.1	1.45
2006	35	FLA	NL	3	3	.500	3.75	72	0	60	0	0	36	69.2	63	31	29	7	33	7	64	2	0	1	304	116	1.378	8.1	0.9	4.3	8.3	1.94
2007	36	CLE	AL	4	5	.444	5.07	69	0	58	0	0	45	65.2	77	39	37	9	17	4	58	2	0	2	292	89	1.431	10.6	1.2	2.3	7.9	3.41
2008	37	CLE-min	A,AA	0	0		0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7		0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5		LCO,AKR · SALL,EL
2008	37	CLE	AL	1	3	.250	7.56	18	0	14	0	0	6	16.2	24	14	14	4	8	2	9	0	0	0	82	58	1.920	13.0	2.2	4.3	4.9	1.13
12 Seasons				22	34	.393	4.18	423	1	268	0	0	131	454.1	450	222	211	53	177	32	372	7	0	6	1968	104	1.380	8.9	1.0	3.5	7.4	2.10
162 Game Avg.				4	5	.393	4.18	68	0	43	0	0	21	73	72	36	34	9	28	5	60	1	0	1	316	104	1.380	8.9	1.0	3.5	7.4	2.10

CHC (5 yrs)				8	11	.421	3.73	175	1	106	0	0	44	198.0	182	87	82	24	67	9	192	2	0	1	837	114	1.258	8.3	1.1	3.0	8.7	2.87
ATL (2 yrs)				4	6	.400	4.32	42	0	16	0	0	0	50.0	60	26	24	6	29	8	21	1	0	1	232	101	1.780	10.8	1.1	5.2	3.8	0.72
CLE (2 yrs)				5	8	.385	5.57	87	0	72	0	0	51	82.1	101	53	51	13	25	6	67	2	0	2	374	81	1.530	11.0	1.4	2.7	7.3	2.68
NYY (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	6.94	9	0	7	0	0	0	11.2	13	9	9	0	8	1	9	0	0	0	54	68	1.800	10.0	0.0	6.2	6.9	1.13
TBD (1 yr)				1	5	.167	3.82	32	0	4	0	0	0	35.1	26	15	15	3	11	1	16	0	0	1	137	115	1.047	6.6	0.8	2.8	4.1	1.45
FLA (1 yr)				3	3	.500	3.75	72	0	60	0	0	36	69.2	63	31	29	7	33	7	64	2	0	1	304	116	1.378	8.1	0.9	4.3	8.3	1.94
BAL (1 yr)				0	0		1.23	6	0	3	0	0	0	7.1	5	1	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	30	406	1.227	6.1	0.0	4.9	3.7	0.75

NL (8 yrs)			NL	15	20	.429	3.82	289	1	182	0	0	80	317.2	305	144	135	37	129	24	277	5	0	3	1373	112	1.366	8.6	1.0	3.7	7.8	2.15
AL (6 yrs)			AL	7	14	.333	5.00	134	0	86	0	0	51	136.2	145	78	76	16	48	8	95	2	0	3	595	90	1.412	9.5	1.1	3.2	6.3	1.98

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1995	24	BAL	AL	7.1	0	1	5	0	.4	4	0.2	$109,000
1996	25	ATL	NL	26.0	0	15	16	1	1.2	1	-0.1	$111,500
1997	26	ATL	NL	24.0	0	11	13	1	.7	2	0.0	$157,500
1997	26	NYY	AL	2.0	0	2	1	0	3.3	-1	-0.2	$
1998	27	NYY	AL	9.2	0	7	6	0	.5	-1	-0.1	$188,800

2001	30	CHC	NL	1.2	1	6	1	0	1.2	-5	-0.6	$
2002	31	CHC	NL	95.2	0	31	58	-3	.9	27	2.0	$235,000
2003	32	CHC	NL	68.1	0	23	42	1	1.7	19	1.9	$410,000
2004	33	CHC	NL	21.1	0	19	13	0	1.7	-6	-1.0	$2,000,000
2005	34	CHC	NL	11.0	0	8	7	0	.3	-1	-0.1	$2,300,000
2005	34	TBD	AL	35.1	0	15	24	-1	1.6	9	0.8	$
2006	35	FLA	NL	69.2	0	31	43	0	1.8	12	0.9	$327,000
2007	36	CLE	AL	65.2	0	39	44	-1	2.3	5	0.0	$4,000,000
2008	37	CLE	AL	16.2	0	14	11	0	2.0	-3	-0.7	$4,000,000
12 Seasons				454.1	1	222	284	-2	1.5	62	3.0	$13,838,800

CHC (5 yrs)				198.0	1	87	121	-2	1.2	34	2.2	$4,945,000
ATL (2 yrs)				50.0	0	26	29	2	1.0	3	-0.1	$269,000
CLE (2 yrs)				82.1	0	53	55	-1	2.2	2	-0.7	$8,000,000
NYY (2 yrs)				11.2	0	9	7	0	1.0	-2	-0.3	$188,800
TBD (1 yr)				35.1	0	15	24	-1	1.6	9	0.8	$
FLA (1 yr)				69.2	0	31	43	0	1.8	12	0.9	$327,000
BAL (1 yr)				7.1	0	1	5	0	.4	4	0.2	$109,000

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
2003	32	CHC	NL	NLDS	W	ATL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	22.5
2003	32	CHC	NL	NLCS	L	FLA	1	0	1.000	1.59	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	5	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	26	1.412	7.9	0.0	4.8	1.6	0.33

2007	36	CLE	AL	ALDS	W	NYY	0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0	1	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	1.500	4.5	4.5	9.0	4.5	0.50
2007	36	CLE	AL	ALCS	L	BOS	0	0		4.50	4	0	4	0	0	1	4.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	20	2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33
2 Seasons (4 Series)							1	0	1.000	2.63	11	0	9	0	0	3	13.2	13	5	4	1	8	1	8	0	0	0	62	1.537	8.6	0.7	5.3	5.3	1.00
1 ALDS							0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0	1	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	1.500	4.5	4.5	9.0	4.5	0.50
1 NLDS							0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	22.5
1 ALCS							0	0		4.50	4	0	4	0	0	1	4.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	20	2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33
1 NLCS							1	0	1.000	1.59	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	5	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	26	1.412	7.9	0.0	4.8	1.6	0.33

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1990	19	CHW-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	WHS · GULF
1991	20	BAL-min	A	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	KNC · MIDW
1992	21	BAL-min	A+	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	FDK · CARL
1993	22	BAL-min	AA,A+	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BOW,FDK · EL,CARL
1994	23	BAL-min	AA	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BOW · EL
1995	24	BAL-min	AAA,AA	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ROC,BOW · IL,EL
1995	24	BAL	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1996	25	ATL-min	AAA	34	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	RMD · IL
1996	25	ATL	NL	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1997	26	ATL-min	AAA	21	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	RMD · IL
1997	26	TOT	MLB	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	26	ATL	NL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	26	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1998	27	NYY-min	AAA	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
1998	27	NYY	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2001	30	CHC-min	AAA	42	19	16	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.188	.235	.313	.548		5	0	0	2	0	0	IWA · PCL
2001	30	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2002	31	CHC	NL	73	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.286	.286	.286	.571	53	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	32	CHC	NL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	33	CHC-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	IWA · PCL
2004	33	CHC	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	34	CHC-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	IWA · PCL
2005	34	TOT	MLB	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	34	CHC	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	34	TBD	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	35	FLA	NL	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	36	CLE	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	37	CLE-min	A,AA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LCO,AKR · SALL,EL
2008	37	CLE	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Seasons				423	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	1	0	0	0	0	0

CHC (5 yrs)				175	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.286	.286	.286	.571	53	2	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (2 yrs)				42	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
CLE (2 yrs)				87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (2 yrs)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD (1 yr)				32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				289	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	18	2	0	0	1	0	0
AL (6 yrs)				134	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1996	25	ATL	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$111,500	1

2002	31	CHC	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$235,000	1
2 Seasons				10	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$346,500

ATL (1 yr)				3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$111,500
CHC (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$235,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2003	32	CHC	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	2
2003	32	CHC	NL	NLCS	FLA	L	3
1 Season (2 Series)							5
1 NLDS							2
1 NLCS							3

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1995	BAL	AL	24	P	6	0	7.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000			3.68	0.50	.960	1.84	1.77	0	1	100%	1
1996	ATL	NL	25	P	22	0	26.0	12	0	12	0	1	1.000			4.15	0.55	.954	1.83	1.83	2	1	33%	0
1997	TOT	MLB	26	P	21	0	26.0	7	4	3	0	2	1.000			2.42	0.33	.953	1.83	1.83	2	0	0%	0
1997	ATL	NL	26	P	20	0	24.0	7	4	3	0	2	1.000			2.62	0.35	.953	1.84	1.84	2	0	0%	0
1997	NYY	AL	26	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.70	0	0		0
1998	NYY	AL	27	P	8	0	9.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000			1.86	0.25	.960	1.77	1.76	0	0		0
2001	CHC	NL	30	P	1	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.62	1.70	1	0	0%	0
2002	CHC	NL	31	P	73	0	95.2	15	5	9	1	3	.933			1.32	0.19	.963	1.83	1.81	13	4	24%	0
2003	CHC	NL	32	P	68	0	68.1	16	5	11	0	0	1.000	-1	-3	2.11	0.24	.957	1.84	1.83	8	0	0%	1
2004	CHC	NL	33	P	22	0	21.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.42	0.05	.960	1.86	1.82	2	0	0%	0
2005	TOT	MLB	34	P	43	0	46.1	8	5	3	0	0	1.000	1	4	1.55	0.19	.955	1.71	1.69	4	4	50%	0
2005	CHC	NL	34	P	11	0	11.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000			1.64	0.18	.960	1.72	1.73	2	0	0%	0
2005	TBD	AL	34	P	32	0	35.1	6	3	3	0	0	1.000	1	6	1.53	0.19	.953	1.71	1.68	2	4	67%	0
2006	FLA	NL	35	P	72	0	69.2	5	1	3	1	0	.800	-1	-3	0.52	0.06	.958	1.72	1.71	4	1	20%	0
2007	CLE	AL	36	P	69	0	65.2	10	4	6	0	1	1.000	-1	-3	1.37	0.14	.955	1.60	1.59	9	2	18%	1
2008	CLE	AL	37	P	18	0	16.2	0	0	0	0	0		-2	-24	0.00	0.00		1.62	1.59	6	0	0%	0
	12 Seasons			P	423	1	454.1	79	25	52	2	7	.975	-4	-2	1.53	0.18	.957	1.76	1.74	51	13	20%	3
	12 Seasons			TOT	423	1	454.1	79	25	52	2	7	.975	-4	-16	1.53	0.18	.957	1.76	1.74	51	13	20%	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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 2003 NL 33 (6th) 2006 NL 36 (3rd) 2007 AL 45 (1st) Career 131 (89th)	Games Finished s c a p y 2003 NL 59 (5th) 2006 NL 60 (2nd) 2007 AL 58 (5th) Career 268 (144th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2003 NL 3.1 (10th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2005 AL 1.000 (1st)

Saves s c a p y
2003 NL  33 (6th)
2006 NL  36 (3rd)
2007 AL  45 (1st)
Career  131 (89th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2003 NL  59 (5th)
2006 NL  60 (2nd)
2007 AL  58 (5th)
Career  268 (144th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2003 NL 3.1 (10th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2005 AL 1.000 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1531), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 19 (638), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Rick Lysander (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Hughes (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Hughes (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Hughes (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Anthony Telford (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Anthony Telford (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Taylor (939) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 32nd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 13, 1989.
March 31, 1991: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Pete Rose.
December 17, 1995: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Rachaad Stewart (minors) to the Atlanta Braves for Kent Mercker.
September 15, 1997: Selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Atlanta Braves.
October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
November 9, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
March 21, 2000: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
December 11, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
October 10, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
November 20, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
June 29, 2005: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
July 14, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
December 19, 2005: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
January 3, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
October 30, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
December 6, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
July 10, 2008: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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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
1995	24	Baltimore Orioles	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	25	Atlanta Braves	$111,500	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	26	Atlanta Braves	$157,500	1997 AP survey
1998	27	New York Yankees	$188,800	11/23/98 USA Today

2002	31	Chicago Cubs	$235,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	32	Chicago Cubs	$410,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	33	Chicago Cubs	$2,000,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	34	Chicago Cubs	$2,300,000
2006	35	Florida Marlins	$327,000
2007	36	Cleveland Indians	$4,000,000
2008	37	Cleveland Indians	$4,000,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$13,838,800

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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