Jim Bruske

James Scott Bruske

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 7, 1964 in East St. Louis, IL
High School: Palmdale HS (Palmdale, CA)
School: Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 22, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 1995
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Padres/Brewers/Yankees 1995-2000

Final Game: May 13, 2000
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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
1986	21	CLE-min	A-	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	2			4.000	9.0	0.0	27.0	27.0	1.00	BAT · NYPL
1989	24	CLE-min	AA	0	0		13.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	1			2.500	13.5	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50	CAK · EL
1990	25	CLE-min	AA	9	3	.750	3.28	32	13	6	3	2	0	118.0	118	53	43	6	42	2	62	4	0	5			1.356	9.0	0.5	3.2	4.7	1.48	CAK · EL
1991	26	CLE-min	AA,AAA	9	2	.818	3.23	24	12	6	0	0	3	106.0	92	45	38	6	35	3	48	2	1	3	437		1.198	7.8	0.5	3.0	4.1	1.37	CAK,CSP · EL,PCL
1992	27	HOU-CLE-min	AA,AAA	6	3	.667	3.06	20	9	2	1	0	0	79.1	78	34	27	4	20	2	56	6	1	3	341		1.235	8.8	0.5	2.3	6.4	2.80	JAC,CSP · TL,PCL
1993	28	HOU-min	AA,AAA	13	7	.650	2.91	27	24	1	1	0	1	164.0	163	70	53	10	40	3	125	2	0	5	681		1.238	8.9	0.5	2.2	6.9	3.13	JAC,TUC · TL,PCL
1994	29	HOU-min	AAA	3	1	.750	4.15	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.0	47	22	18	2	8	0	25	1	0	2	170		1.410	10.8	0.5	1.8	5.8	3.13	TUC · PCL
1995	30	LAD-min	AAA	7	5	.583	4.11	43	6	13	0	0	4	114.0	128	54	52	6	41	2	99	3	0	3	492		1.482	10.1	0.5	3.2	7.8	2.41	ABQ · PCL
1995	30	LAD	NL	0	0		4.50	9	0	3	0	0	1	10.0	12	7	5	0	4	0	5	1	0	1	45	87	1.600	10.8	0.0	3.6	4.5	1.25
1996	31	LAD-min	AAA	5	2	.714	4.06	36	0	21	0	0	4	62.0	63	34	28	3	21	6	51	3	0	1	270		1.355	9.1	0.4	3.0	7.4	2.43	ABQ · PCL
1996	31	LAD	NL	0	0		5.68	11	0	5	0	0	0	12.2	17	8	8	2	3	1	12	1	0	1	58	70	1.579	12.1	1.4	2.1	8.5	4.00
1997	32	SDP-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.90	16	9	0	0	0	0	68.0	73	41	37	8	22	1	67	3	0	2	294		1.397	9.7	1.1	2.9	8.9	3.05	LVG · PCL
1997	32	SDP	NL	4	1	.800	3.63	28	0	6	0	0	0	44.2	37	22	18	4	25	1	32	1	0	4	193	109	1.388	7.5	0.8	5.0	6.4	1.28
1998	33	NYY-SDP-min	AAA	0	1	.000	3.29	9	0	7	0	0	2	13.2	15	5	5	1	3	0	11	0	0	0	56		1.317	9.9	0.7	2.0	7.2	3.67	CLB,LVG · IL,PCL
1998	33	TOT	MLB	4	0	1.000	3.45	42	1	11	0	0	1	60.0	66	25	23	5	24	3	38	3	0	3	265	120	1.500	9.9	0.8	3.6	5.7	1.58
1998	33	TOT	NL	3	0	1.000	3.53	39	0	11	0	0	1	51.0	57	22	20	3	23	3	35	3	0	3	229	115	1.569	10.1	0.5	4.1	6.2	1.52
1998	33	LAD	NL	3	0	1.000	3.48	35	0	10	0	0	1	44.0	47	18	17	2	19	1	31	3	0	3	195	117	1.500	9.6	0.4	3.9	6.3	1.63
1998	33	SDP	NL	0	0		3.86	4	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	4	3	1	4	2	4	0	0	0	34	107	2.000	12.9	1.3	5.1	5.1	1.00
1998	33	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	3.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	153	1.111	9.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.00
1999		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2000	35	MIL-min	AAA	2	4	.333	9.28	19	2	4	0	0	1	32.0	47	36	33	9	14	2	22	3	0	2	159		1.906	13.2	2.5	3.9	6.2	1.57	INA · IL
2000	35	MIL	NL	1	0	1.000	6.48	15	0	1	0	0	0	16.2	22	15	12	5	12	1	8	2	0	0	85	72	2.040	11.9	2.7	6.5	4.3	0.67
2001	36	LAD-ANA-min	AAA	5	3	.625	5.16	37	13	9	0	0	1	106.1	129	66	61	15	25	0	107	9	0	4	475		1.448	10.9	1.3	2.1	9.1	4.28	LVG,SLK · PCL
5 Yrs				9	1	.900	4.13	105	1	26	0	0	2	144.0	154	77	66	16	68	6	95	8	0	9	646	100	1.542	9.6	1.0	4.3	5.9	1.40
162 Game Avg.				6	1	.900	4.13	67	1	17	0	0	1	92	99	49	42	10	44	4	61	5	0	6	414	100	1.542	9.6	1.0	4.3	5.9	1.40

LAD (3 yrs)				3	0	1.000	4.05	55	0	18	0	0	2	66.2	76	33	30	4	26	2	48	5	0	5	298	99	1.530	10.3	0.5	3.5	6.5	1.85
SDP (2 yrs)				4	1	.800	3.66	32	0	7	0	0	0	51.2	47	26	21	5	29	3	36	1	0	4	227	109	1.471	8.2	0.9	5.1	6.3	1.24
NYY (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	153	1.111	9.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.00
MIL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.48	15	0	1	0	0	0	16.2	22	15	12	5	12	1	8	2	0	0	85	72	2.040	11.9	2.7	6.5	4.3	0.67

NL (5 yrs)				8	1	.889	4.20	102	0	26	0	0	2	135.0	145	74	63	14	67	6	92	8	0	9	610	97	1.570	9.7	0.9	4.5	6.1	1.37
AL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	153	1.111	9.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.00

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
1995	30	LAD	NL	10.0	9	0	7	6.30	4.51	-0.19	-0.34	95.8	4.18	-2	-0.2	.6	0.0	-0.1	-1	.473	.498	$
1996	31	LAD	NL	12.2	11	0	8	5.68	4.79	-0.22	-0.36	94.7	4.40	-2	-0.2	.7	0.0	-0.1	-1	.485	.499	$
1997	32	SDP	NL	44.2	28	0	22	4.43	4.81	-0.75	-0.37	96.2	5.00	3	0.3	1.2	-0.1	0.6	7	.510	.502	$185,000
1998	33	LAD	NL	44.0	35	0	18	3.68	4.86	-0.10	-0.37	95.9	4.39	4	0.4	1.4	-0.0	0.7	8	.510	.502	$200,000
1998	33	SDP	NL	7.0	4	0	4	5.14	4.38	-0.40	-0.34	95.1	4.22	-1	-0.1	.7	-0.0	0.0	-0	.482	.500	$
1998	33	NYY	AL	9.0	3	1	3	3.00	4.46	0.20	-0.06	91.0	3.83	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.527	.501	$

2000	35	MIL	NL	16.2	15	0	15	8.10	5.08	0.21	-0.39	98.7	4.43	-7	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	-0.6	-5	.458	.496	$200,000
5 Seasons				144.0	105	1	77	4.81	4.79	-0.28	-0.35	95.9	4.53	-5	-0.4	1.1	-0.1	0.7	10	.496	.500	$585,000

LAD (3 yrs)				66.2	55	0	33	4.46	4.79	-0.13	-0.36	95.7	4.36	-1	-0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.5	6	.499	.500	$200,000
SDP (2 yrs)				51.2	32	0	26	4.53	4.75	-0.70	-0.36	96.1	4.90	2	0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.6	7	.507	.501	$185,000
NYY (1 yr)				9.0	3	1	3	3.00	4.46	0.20	-0.06	91.0	3.83	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.527	.501	$
MIL (1 yr)				16.2	15	0	15	8.10	5.08	0.21	-0.39	98.7	4.43	-7	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	-0.6	-5	.458	.496	$200,000

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
1995	30	LAD	NL	9	45	40	7	12	2	1	0	1	0	4	5	.300	.378	.400	.778	.343	16	1	1	0	0	0	0
1996	31	LAD	NL	11	58	54	8	17	2	0	2	0	0	3	12	.315	.362	.463	.825	.375	25	2	1	0	0	1	1
1997	32	SDP	NL	28	193	162	22	37	8	0	4	4	2	25	32	.228	.330	.352	.682	.256	57	4	1	2	3	1	3
1998	33	LAD	NL	35	195	173	18	47	12	1	2	7	0	19	31	.272	.354	.387	.741	.321	67	4	3	0	0	1	1
1998	33	NYY	AL	3	36	35	3	9	2	0	2	0	1	1	3	.257	.278	.486	.763	.233	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	33	SDP	NL	4	34	30	4	10	5	0	1	0	0	4	4	.333	.412	.600	1.012	.360	18	1	0	0	0	2	1
1998	33	TOT	NL	39	229	203	22	57	17	1	3	7	0	23	35	.281	.362	.419	.781	.327	85	5	3	0	0	3	2
1998	33	TOT	MLB	42	265	238	25	66	19	1	5	7	1	24	38	.277	.351	.429	.780	.313	102	5	3	0	0	3	2

2000	35	MIL	NL	15	85	70	15	22	4	0	5	2	0	12	8	.314	.424	.586	1.009	.293	41	2	2	0	1	1	1
5 Yrs				105	646	564	77	154	35	2	16	14	3	68	95	.273	.357	.427	.784	.302	241	14	8	2	4	6	7
162 Game Avg.				67	414	362	49	99	22	1	10	9	2	44	61	.273	.357	.427	.784	.302	155	9	5	1	3	4	4
MLB Averages																.269	.340	.426	.766	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1995	30	LAD	NL	-1.4	-0.1	47	0.1	0.2	-0.2	.36	0.1	0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.36	-0.2	1	1	7
1996	31	LAD	NL	-2.1	-0.2	59	0.2	0.5	-0.3	.50	-0.2	0.7	-1.7	-0.2	0.50	-1.3	1	1	9
1997	32	SDP	NL	0.6	0.1	204	0.2	2.9	-2.7	.88	-0.3	0.5	-1.3	-0.1	0.88	-4.4	8	4	16
1998	33	TOT	MLB	4.9	0.5	275	-0.1	3.6	-3.7	.74	0.0	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	0.74	-2.5	14	8	18
1998	33	TOT	NL	3.1	0.3	238	-0.4	3.0	-3.3	.71	-0.1	-0.4	-5.4	-0.5	0.71	-2.9	14	7	17
1998	33	LAD	NL	3.3	0.3	204	-0.2	2.7	-2.8	.74	0.1	-0.4	-4.7	-0.5	0.74	-0.6	14	5	15
1998	33	SDP	NL	-0.1	-0.0	34	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.58	-0.2	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.58	-2.3	0	2	2
1998	33	NYY	AL	1.8	0.2	37	0.3	0.7	-0.4	.93	0.1	0.2	1.9	0.2	0.93	0.4	0	1	1

2000	35	MIL	NL	-4.4	-0.4	88	-0.5	0.9	-1.4	.78	-0.7	0.0	-9.5	-0.9	0.78	-7.7	4	4	7
5 Yrs				-2.3	-0.2	673	-0.1	8.1	-8.2	.74	-1.0	0.9	-18.8	-1.8	0.74	-16.1	28	18	57

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
1998	33	TOT	MLB	42	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%		56	56	13	2	0	0	9.0	4.5	5.0	71	1	0	0	0	71
1998	33	NYY	AL	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	56.0	56	56	0	0	0	0	9.0	4.5	5.0	71	1	0	0	0	71
1 Yr				3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	56	56	56	0	0	0	0	9.0	4.5	5.0	71	1	0	0	0	71
MLB Averages													.500						47%	48	105	-21					5.0	4.9	6.0	96

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
1995	30	LAD	NL	9	9	3	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	10	5	50%	5	.361	1	1	7	1	1	7	5	4	4	3	4	2	3.3	18
1996	31	LAD	NL	11	11	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	2	40%	7	.497	1	1	9	0	1	10	3	8	2	2	4	1	3.5	21
1997	32	SDP	NL	28	28	6	4	1	2	0	2	0%	7	5	31	9	29%	7	.885	8	4	16	12	2	14	15	13	18	5	20	1	4.8	28
1998	33	TOT	MLB	42	41	11	3	0	2	1	1	50%	6	4	29	15	52%		.742	14	8	18	10	9	22	15	26	16	10	18	7	4.0	23
1998	33	TOT	NL	39	39	11	3	0	2	1	1	50%	5	3	29	15	52%		.713	14	7	17	9	9	21	15	24	15	10	17	7	3.9	22
1998	33	LAD	NL	35	35	10	3	0	2	1	1	50%	4	2	28	15	54%	7	.737	14	5	15	8	9	18	14	21	13	10	14	7	3.8	21
1998	33	SDP	NL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	0%	7	.576	0	2	2	1	0	3	1	3	2	0	3	0	5.3	31
1998	33	NYY	AL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		3	.929	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	6.0	30

2000	35	MIL	NL	15	15	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	2	12	6	50%	6	.784	4	4	7	4	3	8	6	9	6	6	7	3	3.3	23
5 Yrs				105	104	26	8	1	5	2	3	40%	16	11	87	37	43%		.742	28	18	57	27	16	61	44	60	46	26	53	14	4.0	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%
1995	30	LAD	NL	45	62%	0.0%	11.1%	8.9%	6.7%	25%	2.50	4.00	78%	14%	0.0%	0%	9	1	11%
1996	31	LAD	NL	58	64%	3.5%	20.7%	5.2%	6.9%	24%	1.16	1.89	69%	24%	12.5%	16%	11	2	18%
1997	32	SDP	NL	193	47%	2.1%	16.6%	13.0%	6.2%	32%	0.71	0.89	67%	19%	5.9%	11%	46	4	9%
1998	33	TOT	MLB	265	60%	1.9%	14.3%	9.1%	9.4%	38%	0.79	0.91	74%	17%	5.6%	19%	40	5	13%
1998	33	TOT	NL	229	61%	1.3%	15.3%	10.0%	9.2%	37%	0.82	0.87	72%	17%	4.2%	22%	36	5	14%
1998	33	LAD	NL	195	61%	1.0%	15.9%	9.7%	7.7%	32%	0.78	0.84	72%	16%	3.3%	23%	31	4	13%
1998	33	SDP	NL	34	62%	2.9%	11.8%	11.8%	17.7%	60%	1.00	1.13	74%	19%	9.1%	15%	5	1	20%
1998	33	NYY	AL	36	56%	5.6%	8.3%	2.8%	11.1%	44%	0.68	1.09	83%	19%	11.1%	5%	4	0	0%

2000	35	MIL	NL	85	53%	5.9%	9.4%	14.1%	10.6%	41%	1.04	1.33	68%	21%	20.0%	11%	24	2	8%
5 Yrs				646	56%	2.5%	14.7%	10.5%	8.2%	34%	0.89	1.10	71%	18%	7.7%	14%	130	14	11%
MLB Averages					45%	2.8%	16.6%	9.2%	7.9%	33%	0.80	1.09	70%	22%	8.3%	15%			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
1995	30	LAD	NL	45	160	3.56	99	62%	23%	8%	33%	35%	77%	0%	48%	89%	58%	2%	1	1	20%	9	3	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0
1996	31	LAD	NL	42	147	3.50	91	62%	35%	13%	15%	36%	65%	7%	40%	80%	57%	2%	1	0	5%	2	0	0	29%	0	0	16	0	0
1997	32	SDP	NL	181	706	3.90	415	59%	31%	14%	24%	30%	68%	1%	40%	79%	49%	6%	10	3	16%	29	20	1	32%	7	6	12	1	2
1998	33	TOT	MLB	266	994	3.74	602	61%	30%	13%	24%	33%	70%	3%	43%	81%	52%	5%	13	5	14%	36	19	2	26%	5	5	-1	0	0
1998	33	TOT	NL	229	864	3.77	515	60%	30%	14%	23%	33%	70%	3%	42%	79%	51%	6%	13	5	14%	31	16	2	26%	5	5	0	0	0
1998	33	LAD	NL	195	739	3.79	445	60%	30%	15%	23%	32%	70%	1%	42%	78%	52%	6%	11	5	15%	29	16	2	23%	5	5	0	0	0
1998	33	SDP	NL	34	125	3.68	70	56%	33%	9%	21%	37%	67%	15%	38%	87%	41%	6%	2	0	6%	2	0	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0
1998	33	NYY	AL	37	130	3.51	87	67%	26%	7%	30%	37%	74%	0%	49%	91%	59%	0%	0	0	14%	5	3	0	33%	0	0	-1	0	0

2000	35	MIL	NL	85	339	3.99	195	58%	33%	12%	22%	32%	67%	2%	38%	82%	56%	4%	3	1	18%	15	5	0	50%	2	1	0	0	0
5 Yrs				619	2346	3.79	1402	60%	31%	13%	24%	33%	69%	2%	41%	81%	53%	5%	28	10	15%	91	47	4	29%	14	12	27	1	2
MLB Averages						3.72		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	56%	6%			19%				28%

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
1995	30	LAD	NL	45	12	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	100%	0	1	0	17	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1996	31	LAD	NL	58	17	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	100%	1	1	0	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1997	32	SDP	NL	193	37	7	0	4	0	14	2	2	1	3	16	10	0	63%	3	4	0	76	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1998	33	TOT	MLB	265	66	15	0	5	0	10	3	2	1	4	17	6	4	35%	2	3	0	96	7	1	88%	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1998	33	TOT	NL	229	57	14	0	3	0	8	2	1	1	2	15	5	4	33%	2	3	0	89	7	0	100%	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1998	33	LAD	NL	195	47	13	0	2	0	8	2	0	1	1	13	5	4	38%	1	3	0	71	7	0	100%	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1998	33	SDP	NL	34	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0%	1	0	0	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	33	NYY	AL	36	9	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	7	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	35	MIL	NL	85	22	4	1	5	0	5	2	3	0	5	3	2	1	67%	1	0	1	37	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5 Yrs				646	154	28	1	16	0	33	8	8	3	13	42	24	5	57%	7	9	1	250	14	3	82%	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1995	30	0	0		4.50	9	0	3	1	10.0	12	7	5	0	4	0	5	1	1	45	87	1.600	10.8	0.0	3.6	4.5	1.25	87
1996	31	0	0		5.16	20	0	8	1	22.2	29	15	13	2	7	1	17	2	2	103	77	1.588	11.5	0.8	2.8	6.8	2.43	77
1997	32	4	1	.800	4.14	48	0	14	1	67.1	66	37	31	6	32	2	49	3	6	296	95	1.455	8.8	0.8	4.3	6.5	1.53	95
1998	33	8	1	.889	3.82	90	1	25	2	127.1	132	62	54	11	56	5	87	6	9	561	106	1.476	9.3	0.8	4.0	6.1	1.55	106
1999	34	8	1	.889	3.82	90	1	25	2	127.1	132	62	54	11	56	5	87	6	9	561	106	1.476	9.3	0.8	4.0	6.1	1.55	106
2000	35	9	1	.900	4.13	105	1	26	2	144.0	154	77	66	16	68	6	95	8	9	646	100	1.542	9.6	1.0	4.3	5.9	1.40	100

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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
1995	30	0	1	.000	5.40	10.0	14	7	6	0	5	5	1	1.900	12.6	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	9
1996	31	0	1	.000	6.00	12.0	17	9	8	2	3	12	1	1.667	12.8	2.3	9.0	4.00	1.5	11
1997	32	2	2	.500	3.77	43.0	37	20	18	4	25	31	1	1.442	7.7	5.2	6.5	1.24	0.8	28
1998	33	3	3	.500	3.63	57.0	66	26	23	5	24	36	3	1.579	10.4	3.8	5.7	1.50	0.8	42

2000	35	0	1	.000	5.82	17.0	21	12	11	5	11	8	2	1.882	11.1	5.8	4.2	0.73	2.6	15
5 Yrs		5	8	.385	4.27	139.0	155	74	66	16	68	92	8	1.604	10.0		6.0	1.35	1.0	105

* 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.

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