Oil Can Boyd
Dennis Ray Boyd
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: October 6, 1959 in Meridian, MS
School: Jackson State University
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1982
Final Game: October 1, 1991
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 80 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 96 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 117 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 77 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 77 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 93 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 Seasons 78 77 .503 4.04 214 207 4 43 10 0 1389.2 1427 680 624 166 368 25 799 15 17 20 5831 102 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 3 942 102 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 99 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

Postseason Pitching

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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 Season (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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
1987 27 BOS AL 7 166 148 31 47 7 4 6 3 2 9 12 .318 .358 .541 .899 .308 80 3 2 4 3 1
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
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
1990 30 MON NL 31 773 702 64 164 39 2 19 25 6 52 113 .234 .288 .376 .664 .253 264 9 3 12 4 10
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
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
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
10 Seasons 214 5829 5361 680 1427 280 36 166 108 76 368 799 .266 .313 .425 .737 .284 2277 89 15 40 45 25
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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% 52 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% 53 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% 55 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% 53 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 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 81 15 21 9 1 6 5.2 5.3 5.6 84 9 10 2 2 133
1989 29 BOS AL 10 10 3 2 5 2 0 5 5 .500 1 2 0 0 3 30% 49 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 2 5 3 3 22 71% 56 87 27 8 1 0 11 4.4 3.8 6.2 83 11 11 5 0 116
1991 31 TOT MLB 31 31 8 15 8 2 3 11 20 .355 1 3 1 1 13 42% 48 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 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 0 1 0 0 3 25% 41 70 13 8 7 0 6 3.1 3.2 5.2 82 5 5 2 0 115
10 Seasons 214 207 78 76 53 16 21 104 103 .502 14 18 43 10 110 53% 51 87 13 131 52 5 73 4.8 4.9 6.6 85 32 43 13 3 133
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.739 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 0.912 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 0.964 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 8.7
3 Seasons 47 7 4 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 4 80% 0.941 2 1 3 2 0 5 3 4 4 1 4 0 7.4

Ratio Pitching*

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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 49% 5.4% 5.4% 5.4% 8.1% 27% 0.92 84% 7 1 14%
1983 23 BOS AL 413 48% 2.2% 10.4% 5.6% 7.5% 30% 1.02 81% 57 8 14%
1984 24 BOS AL 835 58% 2.2% 16.1% 6.4% 8.3% 33% 0.91 75% 143 15 10%
1985 25 BOS AL 1132 55% 2.3% 13.6% 5.9% 7.4% 31% 1.05 77% 198 16 8%
1986 26 BOS AL 893 52% 3.6% 14.5% 5.0% 7.6% 31% 1.04 76% 151 15 10%
1987 27 BOS AL 167 57% 3.6% 7.2% 5.4% 10.2% 36% 1.18 80% 37 3 8%
1988 28 BOS AL 561 49% 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 53% 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 61% 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 52% 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 59% 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 39% 4.3% 11.9% 6.1% 10.1% 35% 0.73 0.92 77% 19% 10.8% 14% 50 3 6%
10 Seasons 5831 54% 2.9% 13.7% 6.3% 8.3% 34% 0.62 0.91 76% 20% 8.7% 25% 958 89 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 561 1926 3.43 1224 64% 23% 14% 26% 37% 77% 1% 49% 82% 61% 4% 25 13 16% 92 57 12 34% 13 10 0 0 0
1989 29 BOS AL 246 831 3.38 521 63% 25% 14% 22% 39% 75% 0% 47% 81% 60% 4% 9 5 13% 31 18 1 19% 2 4 0 0 1
1990 30 MON NL 678 2249 3.32 1463 65% 24% 15% 24% 36% 75% 4% 49% 80% 60% 5% 35 17 23% 153 93 11 32% 29 9 96 0 7
1991 31 TOT MLB 773 2726 3.53 1750 64% 26% 14% 25% 34% 74% 1% 48% 81% 58% 5% 37 21 20% 158 97 17 28% 23 13 0 0 0
1991 31 MON NL 496 1746 3.52 1116 64% 27% 14% 25% 34% 73% 1% 47% 80% 58% 5% 24 13 20% 100 62 10 32% 15 9 0 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 Seasons 2258 7732 3.42 4958 64% 25% 14% 25% 36% 75% 2% 48% 81% 60% 5% 106 56 19% 434 265 41 30% 67 36 96 0 8
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 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 1 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 1 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 1 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 Seasons 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 8 0 123 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 80 1.560 11.9 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.00 80
1983 23 4 9 .308 3.45 18 14 2 5 0 0 107.0 114 51 41 11 25 0 45 1 1 4 450 126 1.299 9.6 0.9 2.1 3.8 1.80 126
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 102 1.292 9.2 1.1 2.4 5.2 2.17 102

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1982 22 0 0 5.62 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 3.41 95.0 103 40 36 9 23 41 1 1.326 9.8 2.2 3.9 1.78 0.9 15
1984 24 9 12 .429 4.64 190.0 209 109 98 18 54 129 1 1.384 9.9 2.6 6.1 2.39 0.9 29
1985 25 15 14 .517 3.80 263.0 273 123 111 26 67 149 4 1.293 9.3 2.3 5.1 2.22 0.9 35
1986 26 11 11 .500 4.02 206.0 227 102 92 33 46 124 2 1.325 9.9 2.0 5.4 2.70 1.4 30
1987 27 1 3 .250 5.75 36.0 47 26 23 6 9 12 2 1.556 11.8 2.3 3.0 1.33 1.5 7
1988 28 4 9 .308 5.90 122.0 151 89 80 26 42 67 2 1.582 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 3.38 181.0 173 76 68 20 55 107 3 1.260 8.6 2.7 5.3 1.95 1.0 31
1991 31 7 11 .389 5.29 170.0 203 111 100 22 59 107 0 1.541 10.7 3.1 5.7 1.81 1.2 31
10 Seasons 67 76 .469 4.36 1327.0 1455 715 643 170 376 763 15 1.380 9.9 5.2 2.03 1.2 214

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1990 NL--2.927--8th

Wins s c a p y
1986 AL--16--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--227th

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--2.299--6th
1986 AL--2.867--5th
Career--2.171--184th

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

Batters Faced s c a p y
1985 AL--1132--2nd

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 29 (803), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1037), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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