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Oil Can Boyd

Dennis Ray Boyd

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: October 6, 1959 in Meridian, MS
School: Jackson State University (Jackson, MS)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1982
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Expos/Rangers 1982-1991
Agents: George Kalafatis, previously: Dennis Coleman [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1991
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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 22 BOS AL 0 1 .000 5.40 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 11 5 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 37 84 1.560 11.9 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.00
1983 23 BOS AL 4 8 .333 3.28 15 13 2 5 0 0 98.2 103 46 36 9 23 0 43 1 1 3 413 133 1.277 9.4 0.8 2.1 3.9 1.87
1984 24 BOS AL 12 12 .500 4.37 29 26 2 10 3 0 197.2 207 109 96 18 53 5 134 1 1 5 835 95 1.315 9.4 0.8 2.4 6.1 2.53
1985 25 BOS AL 15 13 .536 3.70 35 35 0 13 3 0 272.1 273 117 112 26 67 3 154 4 1 1 1132 116 1.248 9.0 0.9 2.2 5.1 2.30
1986 26 BOS AL 16 10 .615 3.78 30 30 0 10 0 0 214.1 222 99 90 32 45 1 129 2 0 3 893 111 1.246 9.3 1.3 1.9 5.4 2.87
1987 27 BOS AL 1 3 .250 5.89 7 7 0 0 0 0 36.2 47 31 24 6 9 1 12 2 2 0 167 78 1.527 11.5 1.5 2.2 2.9 1.33
1988 28 BOS AL 9 7 .563 5.34 23 23 0 1 0 0 129.2 147 82 77 25 41 2 71 2 5 0 561 78 1.450 10.2 1.7 2.8 4.9 1.73
1989 29 BOS AL 3 2 .600 4.42 10 10 0 0 0 0 59.0 57 31 29 8 19 0 26 0 0 2 246 94 1.288 8.7 1.2 2.9 4.0 1.37
1990 30 MON NL 10 6 .625 2.93 31 31 0 3 3 0 190.2 164 64 62 19 52 10 113 3 3 3 774 125 1.133 7.7 0.9 2.5 5.3 2.17
1991 31 TOT MLB 8 15 .348 4.59 31 31 0 1 1 0 182.1 196 96 93 21 57 3 115 0 4 2 773 83 1.388 9.7 1.0 2.8 5.7 2.02
1991 31 MON NL 6 8 .429 3.52 19 19 0 1 1 0 120.1 115 49 47 9 40 2 82 0 3 2 496 104 1.288 8.6 0.7 3.0 6.1 2.05
1991 31 TEX AL 2 7 .222 6.68 12 12 0 0 0 0 62.0 81 47 46 12 17 1 33 0 1 0 277 61 1.581 11.8 1.7 2.5 4.8 1.94
10 Yrs 78 77 .503 4.04 214 207 4 43 10 0 1389.2 1427 680 624 166 368 25 799 15 17 20 5831 101 1.292 9.2 1.1 2.4 5.2 2.17
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .503 4.04 35 33 1 7 2 0 224 230 110 101 27 59 4 129 2 3 3 942 101 1.292 9.2 1.1 2.4 5.2 2.17
BOS (8 yrs) 60 56 .517 4.15 152 145 4 39 6 0 1016.2 1067 520 469 126 259 12 571 12 10 15 4284 102 1.304 9.4 1.1 2.3 5.1 2.20
MON (2 yrs) 16 14 .533 3.15 50 50 0 4 4 0 311.0 279 113 109 28 92 12 195 3 6 5 1270 116 1.193 8.1 0.8 2.7 5.6 2.12
TEX (1 yr) 2 7 .222 6.68 12 12 0 0 0 0 62.0 81 47 46 12 17 1 33 0 1 0 277 61 1.581 11.8 1.7 2.5 4.8 1.94
AL (9 yrs) 62 63 .496 4.30 164 157 4 39 6 0 1078.2 1148 567 515 138 276 13 604 12 11 15 4561 98 1.320 9.6 1.2 2.3 5.0 2.19
NL (2 yrs) 16 14 .533 3.15 50 50 0 4 4 0 311.0 279 113 109 28 92 12 195 3 6 5 1270 116 1.193 8.1 0.8 2.7 5.6 2.12

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
1982 22 BOS AL 8.1 3 1 5 5.40 4.27 0.01 -0.03 110.1 4.67 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .478 .500 $
1983 23 BOS AL 98.2 15 13 46 4.20 4.67 -0.08 0.12 106.5 5.19 11 1.2 1.1 -0.1 1.9 21 .578 .507 $
1984 24 BOS AL 197.2 29 26 109 4.96 4.42 -0.15 0.12 102.8 4.82 -2 -0.2 .5 -0.1 1.3 17 .492 .499 $
1985 25 BOS AL 272.1 35 35 117 3.87 4.65 -0.05 0.16 102.3 4.97 34 3.7 -0.1 5.8 63 .606 .523 $177,500
1986 26 BOS AL 214.1 30 30 99 4.16 4.64 -0.01 0.16 99.9 4.81 15 1.6 -0.1 3.2 39 .553 .510 $375,000
1987 27 BOS AL 36.2 7 7 31 7.61 5.03 -0.09 0.18 101.6 5.39 -9 -0.8 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .386 .495 $550,000
1988 28 BOS AL 129.2 23 23 82 5.69 4.32 0.03 0.14 104.1 4.61 -16 -1.6 -0.1 -0.6 -2 .432 .490 $550,000
1989 29 BOS AL 59.0 10 10 31 4.73 4.27 0.01 0.15 104.5 4.61 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.3 5 .489 .499 $550,000
1990 30 MON NL 190.2 31 31 64 3.02 4.17 -0.12 0.15 97.2 4.32 24 2.8 -0.1 4.1 44 .590 .517 $400,000
1991 31 MON NL 120.1 19 19 49 3.66 4.16 0.07 0.15 98.6 4.19 6 0.7 -0.1 1.5 17 .537 .504 $1,500,000
1991 31 TEX AL 62.0 12 12 47 6.82 4.56 -0.25 0.17 98.1 4.88 -13 -1.3 -0.0 -0.8 -6 .394 .492 $
10 Seasons 1389.2 214 207 680 4.40 4.47 -0.06 0.15 101.4 4.74 48 5.9 .8 -0.8 16.2 194 .528 .503 $4,102,500
BOS (8 yrs) 1016.2 152 145 520 4.60 4.55 -0.05 0.15 102.7 4.87 31 3.7 .8 -0.6 11.4 138 .524 .503 $2,202,500
MON (2 yrs) 311.0 50 50 113 3.27 4.17 -0.05 0.15 97.8 4.27 30 3.5 -0.2 5.6 62 .570 .511 $1,900,000
TEX (1 yr) 62.0 12 12 47 6.82 4.56 -0.25 0.17 98.1 4.88 -13 -1.3 -0.0 -0.8 -6 .394 .492 $

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
1986 26 BOS AL ALCS W CAL 1 1 .500 4.61 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 17 7 7 3 3 0 8 1 0 0 59 1.463 11.2 2.0 2.0 5.3 2.67
1986 26 BOS AL WS L NYM 0 1 .000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 6 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 31 1.429 11.6 1.3 1.3 3.9 3.00
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 2 .333 5.66 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.2 26 13 13 4 4 0 11 1 0 0 90 1.452 11.3 1.7 1.7 4.8 2.75
1 ALCS 1 1 .500 4.61 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 17 7 7 3 3 0 8 1 0 0 59 1.463 11.2 2.0 2.0 5.3 2.67
1 WS 0 1 .000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 6 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 31 1.429 11.6 1.3 1.3 3.9 3.00

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
1982 22 BOS AL 3 37 35 5 11 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .314 .351 .514 .866 .290 18 1 0 0 0 0 0
1983 23 BOS AL 15 413 383 46 103 22 0 9 9 4 23 43 .269 .308 .397 .705 .280 152 8 1 1 5 0 7
1984 24 BOS AL 29 835 769 109 207 45 6 18 10 11 53 134 .269 .314 .414 .728 .302 318 15 1 4 8 5 13
1985 25 BOS AL 35 1132 1045 117 273 52 6 26 15 18 67 154 .261 .306 .397 .703 .283 415 16 4 9 7 3 9
1986 26 BOS AL 30 893 837 99 222 30 6 32 14 10 45 129 .265 .302 .430 .732 .279 360 15 2 3 6 1 9
1987 27 BOS AL 7 167 148 31 47 7 4 6 3 2 9 12 .318 .358 .541 .899 .308 80 3 2 4 3 1 4
1988 28 BOS AL 23 561 509 82 147 30 5 25 10 9 41 71 .289 .341 .515 .855 .291 262 9 2 3 6 2 5
1989 29 BOS AL 10 246 225 31 57 10 0 8 8 4 19 26 .253 .309 .404 .713 .254 91 3 0 0 2 0 2
1990 30 MON NL 31 774 702 64 164 39 2 19 25 6 52 113 .234 .288 .376 .664 .253 264 9 3 12 4 10 4
1991 31 TEX AL 12 277 258 47 81 15 1 12 3 3 17 33 .314 .356 .519 .876 .324 134 3 0 2 0 1 1
1991 31 MON NL 19 496 450 49 115 29 6 9 11 9 40 82 .256 .314 .407 .720 .292 183 7 0 2 4 2 2
1991 31 TOT MLB 31 773 708 96 196 44 7 21 14 12 57 115 .277 .329 .448 .777 .304 317 10 0 4 4 3 3
10 Yrs 214 5831 5361 680 1427 280 36 166 108 76 368 799 .266 .313 .425 .737 .284 2277 89 15 40 45 25 56
162 Game Avg. 35 942 866 110 230 45 6 27 17 12 59 129 .266 .313 .425 .737 .284 368 14 2 6 7 4 9
MLB Averages .258 .324 .389 .713 .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
1982 22 BOS AL -0.6 -0.1 38 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 .73 -0.2 -0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.73 -1.5 1 0 1
1983 23 BOS AL 8.6 0.9 431 -0.2 6.8 -7.0 .90 -0.6 0.3 3.6 0.4 0.90 -3.2 1 0 0
1984 24 BOS AL -4.4 -0.4 863 -0.7 14.3 -14.9 .96 -0.1 -0.6 -8.9 -0.9 0.96 0.8 0 1 2
1985 25 BOS AL 21.1 2.2 1171 1.1 19.7 -18.6 .96 2.3 -1.1 23.8 2.4 0.96 22.3 0 0 0
1986 26 BOS AL 10.3 1.0 920 0.7 14.4 -13.7 .87 0.8 0.0 12.6 1.3 0.87 9.2 0 0 0
1987 27 BOS AL -7.1 -0.6 173 -1.4 2.5 -3.9 .95 -0.8 -0.7 -12.8 -1.1 0.95 -8.8 0 0 0
1988 28 BOS AL -15.2 -1.5 586 -1.2 9.4 -10.5 .95 -1.6 0.3 -15.6 -1.5 0.95 -19.6 0 0 0
1989 29 BOS AL -1.1 -0.1 260 -0.2 4.2 -4.4 .98 0.0 -0.2 -2.7 -0.3 0.98 0.4 0 0 0
1990 30 MON NL 18.4 2.0 812 1.6 14.1 -12.5 .99 1.3 0.3 23.3 2.6 0.99 16.3 0 0 0
1991 31 TOT MLB -12.9 -1.2 814 -0.9 13.6 -14.5 .98 -0.5 -0.4 -4.9 -0.4 0.98 -5.6 0 0 0
1991 31 MON NL 3.6 0.4 528 0.5 9.2 -8.7 1.00 0.3 0.2 7.8 0.8 1.00 4.9 0 0 0
1991 31 TEX AL -16.5 -1.5 286 -1.4 4.5 -5.8 .94 -0.8 -0.6 -12.7 -1.2 0.94 -10.4 0 0 0
10 Yrs 17.2 2.2 6068 -1.3 99.3 -100.7 .95 0.7 -2.1 17.3 2.4 0.95 10.3 2 1 3

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
1982 22 BOS AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45.0 45 45 2 0 0 1 1.0 0.0 5.3
1983 23 BOS AL 15 13 4 8 1 1 5 4 9 .308 0 0 5 0 9 69% 51.6 68 27 6 2 0 7 3.9 4.0 7.2
1984 24 BOS AL 29 26 12 11 3 5 3 13 13 .500 1 1 10 3 11 42% 52.7 85 16 18 7 3 8 5.2 5.5 7.3
1985 25 BOS AL 35 35 15 13 7 2 4 19 16 .543 5 1 13 3 21 60% 54.5 83 19 25 10 0 8 5.1 5.5 7.8
1986 26 BOS AL 30 30 16 10 4 2 3 17 13 .567 3 0 10 0 19 63% 52.8 84 19 23 10 0 12 5.7 6.0 7.1
1987 27 BOS AL 7 7 1 3 3 0 0 3 4 .429 0 2 0 0 1 14% 40.4 61 28 5 0 1 3 5.6 3.6 5.2
1988 28 BOS AL 23 23 9 7 7 2 2 13 10 .565 1 4 1 0 11 48% 45.3 81 15 21 9 1 6 5.2 5.3 5.6 84 8 11 2 2 133
1989 29 BOS AL 10 10 3 2 5 2 0 5 5 .500 3 2 0 0 3 30% 48.8 64 29 5 1 0 6 5.6 5.9 5.9 83 4 4 1 1 131
1990 30 MON NL 31 31 10 6 15 0 1 19 12 .613 3 5 3 3 22 71% 56.0 87 27 8 1 0 11 4.4 3.8 6.2 84 11 11 5 0 116
1991 31 TOT MLB 31 31 8 15 8 2 3 11 20 .355 2 3 1 1 13 42% 0.0 84 13 18 12 0 11 3.5 3.5 5.9 88 8 18 5 0 115
1991 31 MON NL 19 19 6 8 5 1 2 9 10 .474 1 2 1 1 10 53% 53.3 84 23 10 5 0 5 3.8 3.7 6.3 92 3 13 3 0 104
1991 31 TEX AL 12 12 2 7 3 1 1 2 10 .167 1 1 0 0 3 25% 40.5 70 13 8 7 0 6 3.1 3.2 5.2 82 5 5 2 0 115
10 Yrs 214 207 78 76 53 16 21 104 103 .502 18 18 43 10 110 53% 51 87 13 131 52 5 73 4.8 4.9 6.6 85 31 44 13 3 133
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -12 4.3 4.3 6.2 94

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
1982 22 BOS AL 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 6 .731 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1983 23 BOS AL 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 .903 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 8.5
1984 24 BOS AL 29 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 .961 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 8.7
3 Yrs 47 7 4 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 4 80% .936 2 1 3 2 0 5 3 4 4 1 4 0 7.4

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%
1982 22 BOS AL 37 51% 5.4% 5.4% 5.4% 8.1% 27% 0.92 84% 7 1 14%
1983 23 BOS AL 413 52% 2.2% 10.4% 5.6% 7.5% 30% 1.02 81% 57 8 14%
1984 24 BOS AL 835 42% 2.2% 16.1% 6.4% 8.3% 33% 0.91 75% 143 15 10%
1985 25 BOS AL 1132 45% 2.3% 13.6% 5.9% 7.4% 31% 1.05 77% 198 16 8%
1986 26 BOS AL 893 48% 3.6% 14.5% 5.0% 7.6% 31% 1.04 76% 151 15 10%
1987 27 BOS AL 167 43% 3.6% 7.2% 5.4% 10.2% 36% 1.18 80% 37 3 8%
1988 28 BOS AL 561 51% 4.5% 12.7% 7.3% 10.7% 41% 0.58 0.74 75% 22% 14.2% 35% 93 9 10%
1989 29 BOS AL 246 47% 3.3% 10.6% 7.7% 7.3% 32% 0.64 0.70 78% 20% 8.1% 18% 39 3 8%
1990 30 MON NL 774 39% 2.5% 14.6% 6.7% 7.8% 37% 0.60 0.73 74% 19% 7.2% 28% 116 9 8%
1991 31 TOT MLB 773 48% 2.7% 14.9% 7.4% 9.3% 37% 0.68 0.85 75% 19% 7.1% 16% 117 10 9%
1991 31 MON NL 496 41% 1.8% 16.5% 8.1% 8.9% 38% 0.65 0.81 73% 20% 4.9% 17% 67 7 10%
1991 31 TEX AL 277 61% 4.3% 11.9% 6.1% 10.1% 35% 0.73 0.92 77% 19% 10.8% 14% 50 3 6%
10 Yrs 5831 46% 2.9% 13.7% 6.3% 8.3% 34% 0.62 0.91 76% 20% 8.7% 25% 958 89 9%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.5% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.5% 24% 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 28 BOS AL 565 1935 3.42 1228 63% 24% 14% 26% 36% 76% 1% 49% 82% 62% 4% 25 13 16% 92 57 12 34% 13 10 -4 0 0
1989 29 BOS AL 248 834 3.36 523 63% 25% 14% 22% 38% 75% 0% 47% 81% 60% 4% 9 5 13% 31 18 1 19% 2 4 -2 0 1
1990 30 MON NL 681 2259 3.32 1469 65% 24% 15% 24% 36% 75% 4% 49% 80% 60% 5% 35 17 23% 155 94 11 32% 29 9 93 1 7
1991 31 TOT MLB 776 2732 3.52 1752 64% 26% 14% 25% 34% 74% 1% 48% 81% 58% 5% 37 21 20% 158 97 17 28% 23 13 -3 0 0
1991 31 MON NL 499 1752 3.51 1118 64% 27% 14% 25% 33% 73% 1% 47% 80% 58% 5% 24 13 20% 100 62 10 32% 15 9 -3 0 0
1991 31 TEX AL 277 980 3.54 634 65% 24% 15% 26% 36% 76% 1% 49% 81% 59% 5% 13 8 21% 58 35 7 18% 8 4 0 0 0
4 Yrs 2270 7760 3.42 4972 64% 25% 14% 25% 36% 75% 2% 48% 81% 60% 5% 106 56 19% 436 266 41 30% 67 36 84 1 8
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 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
1982 22 BOS AL 37 11 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 23 BOS AL 413 103 9 0 2 4 5 2 7 19 15 1 79% 7 3 1 155 9 4 69% 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1984 24 BOS AL 835 207 18 0 8 13 5 10 8 50 28 5 56% 13 5 0 287 10 11 48% 10 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 20 0
1985 25 BOS AL 1132 273 26 0 11 16 10 18 8 40 24 4 60% 9 1 3 394 15 18 45% 14 17 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 0
1986 26 BOS AL 893 222 32 0 9 14 18 13 19 33 18 4 55% 9 3 0 291 14 10 58% 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1987 27 BOS AL 167 47 6 0 1 4 2 0 6 14 11 0 79% 4 0 0 59 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1988 28 BOS AL 561 147 11 1 25 0 6 16 9 10 15 29 19 2 66% 5 0 1 189 10 9 53% 9 9 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 0
1989 29 BOS AL 246 57 7 1 8 0 1 5 3 5 3 9 7 0 78% 2 2 0 84 8 4 67% 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
1990 30 MON NL 774 164 13 2 19 0 7 10 9 9 10 32 15 3 47% 4 3 4 279 25 6 81% 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1991 31 TOT MLB 773 196 75 2 21 1 8 16 5 7 14 44 17 10 39% 3 2 7 266 14 12 54% 13 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 22 0
1991 31 MON NL 496 115 46 1 9 0 3 5 4 4 5 27 11 5 41% 2 2 5 168 11 9 55% 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1991 31 TEX AL 277 81 29 1 12 1 5 11 1 3 9 17 6 5 35% 1 0 2 98 3 3 50% 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 Yrs 5831 1427 106 6 166 1 53 98 68 75 91 270 154 29 57% 56 20 16 2019 108 76 59% 102 72 5 1 1 3 5 0 123 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+
1982 22 0 1 .000 5.40 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 11 5 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 37 84 1.560 11.9 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.00 84
1983 23 4 9 .308 3.45 18 14 2 5 0 0 107.0 114 51 41 11 25 0 45 1 1 4 450 127 1.299 9.6 0.9 2.1 3.8 1.80 127
1984 24 16 21 .432 4.05 47 40 4 15 3 0 304.2 321 160 137 29 78 5 179 2 2 9 1285 105 1.310 9.5 0.9 2.3 5.3 2.29 105
1985 25 31 34 .477 3.88 82 75 4 28 6 0 577.0 594 277 249 55 145 8 333 6 3 10 2417 110 1.281 9.3 0.9 2.3 5.2 2.30 110
1986 26 47 44 .516 3.86 112 105 4 38 6 0 791.1 816 376 339 87 190 9 462 8 3 13 3310 110 1.271 9.3 1.0 2.2 5.3 2.43 110
1987 27 48 47 .505 3.95 119 112 4 38 6 0 828.0 863 407 363 93 199 10 474 10 5 13 3477 108 1.283 9.4 1.0 2.2 5.2 2.38 108
1988 28 57 54 .514 4.14 142 135 4 39 6 0 957.2 1010 489 440 118 240 12 545 12 10 13 4038 103 1.305 9.5 1.1 2.3 5.1 2.27 103
1989 29 60 56 .517 4.15 152 145 4 39 6 0 1016.2 1067 520 469 126 259 12 571 12 10 15 4284 102 1.304 9.4 1.1 2.3 5.1 2.20 102
1990 30 70 62 .530 3.96 183 176 4 42 9 0 1207.1 1231 584 531 145 311 22 684 15 13 18 5058 105 1.277 9.2 1.1 2.3 5.1 2.20 105
1991 31 78 77 .503 4.04 214 207 4 43 10 0 1389.2 1427 680 624 166 368 25 799 15 17 20 5831 101 1.292 9.2 1.1 2.4 5.2 2.17 101

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
1982 22 0 0 5.63 8.0 11 6 5 2 2 2 0 1.625 12.4 2.3 2.3 1.00 2.3 3
1983 23 6 4 .600 3.28 96.0 102 39 35 9 23 42 1 1.302 9.6 2.2 3.9 1.83 0.8 15
1984 24 9 12 .429 4.69 190.0 210 110 99 18 54 129 1 1.389 9.9 2.6 6.1 2.39 0.9 29
1985 25 15 14 .517 3.83 263.0 273 124 112 26 67 149 4 1.293 9.3 2.3 5.1 2.22 0.9 35
1986 26 11 11 .500 4.00 207.0 225 102 92 32 46 124 2 1.309 9.8 2.0 5.4 2.70 1.4 30
1987 27 1 3 .250 5.59 37.0 46 26 23 6 9 12 2 1.486 11.2 2.2 2.9 1.33 1.5 7
1988 28 4 9 .308 5.90 122.0 150 89 80 26 42 67 2 1.574 11.1 3.1 4.9 1.60 1.9 23
1989 29 2 4 .333 4.82 56.0 58 33 30 8 19 25 0 1.375 9.3 3.1 4.0 1.32 1.3 10
1990 30 12 8 .600 3.38 181.0 172 76 68 20 55 107 3 1.254 8.6 2.7 5.3 1.95 1.0 31
1991 31 7 11 .389 5.29 170.0 204 111 100 22 59 107 0 1.547 10.8 3.1 5.7 1.81 1.2 31
10 Yrs 67 76 .469 4.36 1330.0 1451 716 644 169 376 764 15 1.374 9.8 5.2 2.03 1.1 214

* 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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1985 AL  5.8 (7th)
1990 NL  4.1 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1990 NL  2.93 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1986 AL  16 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1990 NL  .625 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1990 NL  1.133 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 NL  7.741 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL  2.214 (5th)
1986 AL  1.890 (2nd)
1990 NL  2.455 (10th)
Career  2.383 (232nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL  6.101 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1985 AL  272.3 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1985 AL  35 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1984 AL  10 (9th)
1985 AL  13 (4th)
1986 AL  10 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 AL  3 (7th)
1985 AL  3 (4th)
1990 NL  3 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1986 AL  32 (7th)
1988 AL  25 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1985 AL  273 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1984 AL  2.528 (5th)
1985 AL  2.298 (6th)
1986 AL  2.867 (5th)
Career  2.171 (199th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1985 AL  112 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1985 AL  1,132 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1990 NL  125 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1990 NL  23.31 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1990 NL  2.6 (7th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 32 (754), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ben McDonald (967)
  2. Jose Guzman (963)
  3. Larry Christenson (958)
  4. Bill Wegman (956)
  5. Zack Greinke (954)
  6. Luke Hamlin (953)
  7. Bob Muncrief (951)
  8. Jake Westbrook (950)
  9. Mark Clark (950)
  10. Wandy Rodriguez (950)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Farmer Ray (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Doug Drabek (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Silvio Martinez (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dan Haren (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Luis Leal (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Carl Pavano (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mark Clark (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mark Clark (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Wegman (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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