Bob Buchanan

Robert Gordon Buchanan

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

Born: May 3, 1961 in Ridley Park, PA
High School: Riverview HS (Sarasota, FL)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 1985
Teams (by GP): Reds/Royals 1985-1989

Final Game: July 16, 1989
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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
1979	18	CIN-min	Rk	7	5	.583	3.36	14	14					91.0	82	42	34	6	25								1.176	8.1	0.6	2.5			BIL · PION
1980	19	CIN-min	A	7	7	.500	4.28	27	18		3	2	2	101.0	102	53	48	6	40	7	62	1	0	6			1.406	9.1	0.5	3.6	5.5	1.55	TAM · FLOR
1981	20	CIN-min	A	10	11	.476	3.21	25	25	0	9	3	0	171.0	174	81	61	13	64	1	125	1	0	8			1.392	9.2	0.7	3.4	6.6	1.95	CDR · MIDW
1982	21	CIN-min	AA	10	8	.556	3.86	27	26	1	4	2	0	165.1	174	90	71	12	68	1	78	1	1	11			1.464	9.5	0.7	3.7	4.2	1.15	WBY · EL
1983	22	CIN-min	AAA,AA	1	7	.125	6.58	44	1	22	0	0	3	67.0	88	55	49	9	40	3	34	1	1	2			1.910	11.8	1.2	5.4	4.6	0.85	INA,WBY · AA,EL
1984	23	CIN-min	AAA,AA	2	4	.333	2.84	53	0	43	0	0	17	79.1	65	29	25	4	42	3	53	0	1	2			1.349	7.4	0.5	4.8	6.0	1.26	WCH,VMT · AA,EL
1985	24	CIN-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.18	29	0	22	0	0	12	41.1	45	20	10	3	13	1	36	0	1	3			1.403	9.8	0.7	2.8	7.8	2.77	DEN · AA
1985	24	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	8.44	14	0	3	0	0	0	16.0	25	15	15	4	9	1	3	0	0	1	77	45	2.125	14.1	2.3	5.1	1.7	0.33

1986	25	CIN-min	AAA	3	7	.300	5.38	36	6	12	1	0	3	77.0	95	53	46	7	37	1	29	0	1	4			1.714	11.1	0.8	4.3	3.4	0.78	DEN · AA
1987	26	NYM-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.60	29	4	11	0	0	2	60.0	60	25	24	4	16	0	37	1	0	5			1.267	9.0	0.6	2.4	5.6	2.31	TID · IL
1988	27	KCR-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.37	47	0	25	0	0	6	76.0	70	21	20	3	29	1	44	1	0	3			1.303	8.3	0.4	3.4	5.2	1.52	OMA · AA
1989	28	KCR-min	AAA	8	9	.471	3.35	27	24	1	3	2	0	164.0	150	70	61	8	49	2	104	0	2	8			1.213	8.2	0.4	2.7	5.7	2.12	OMA · AA
1989	28	KCR	AL	0	0		16.20	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	5	6	6	1	3	2	3	0	0	1	18	27	2.400	13.5	2.7	8.1	8.1	1.00
1990	29	TOR-HOU-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.86	33	6	17	1	0	6	77.0	76	40	33	6	34	0	29	1	0	5			1.429	8.9	0.7	4.0	3.4	0.85	SYR,TUC · IL,PCL
1991	30	KCR-min	AAA	11	7	.611	3.26	32	22	2	2	0	0	157.1	147	67	57	12	66	0	79	4	0	9	664		1.354	8.4	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.20	OMA · AA
1992	31	CIN-min	AAA	0	4	.000	4.96	10	9	0	0	0	0	49.0	63	34	27	3	21	1	19	1	0	1	218		1.714	11.6	0.6	3.9	3.5	0.90	NVL · AA
2 Yrs				1	0	1.000	9.78	16	0	4	0	0	0	19.1	30	21	21	5	12	3	6	0	0	2	95	40	2.172	14.0	2.3	5.6	2.8	0.50
162 Game Avg.				4	0	1.000	9.78	68	0	17	0	0	0	82	128	89	89	21	51	13	26	0	0	9	404	40	2.172	14.0	2.3	5.6	2.8	0.50

KCR (1 yr)				0	0		16.20	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	5	6	6	1	3	2	3	0	0	1	18	27	2.400	13.5	2.7	8.1	8.1	1.00
CIN (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	8.44	14	0	3	0	0	0	16.0	25	15	15	4	9	1	3	0	0	1	77	45	2.125	14.1	2.3	5.1	1.7	0.33

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
1985	24	CIN	NL	16.0	14	0	15	8.44	4.28	0.10	-0.34	103.6	3.98	-8	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-6	.439	.495	$

1989	28	KCR	AL	3.1	2	0	6	16.20	4.47	-0.27	-0.35	100.0	4.40	-4	-0.4	.2	0.1	-0.2	-4	.308	.498	$
2 Seasons				19.1	16	0	21	9.78	4.31	0.04	-0.34	103.0	4.05	-12	-1.2	.9	0.1	-0.9	-10	.423	.496	$

KCR (1 yr)				3.1	2	0	6	16.20	4.47	-0.27	-0.35	100.0	4.40	-4	-0.4	.2	0.1	-0.2	-4	.308	.498	$
CIN (1 yr)				16.0	14	0	15	8.44	4.28	0.10	-0.34	103.6	3.98	-8	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-6	.439	.495	$

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
1985	24	CIN	NL	14	77	68	15	25	3	1	4	0	0	9	3	.368	.442	.618	1.059	.344	42	2	0	0	0	1	0

1989	28	KCR	AL	2	18	15	6	5	2	0	1	0	0	3	3	.333	.444	.667	1.111	.364	10	0	0	0	0	2	0
2 Yrs				16	95	83	21	30	5	1	5	0	0	12	6	.361	.442	.627	1.069	.347	52	2	0	0	0	3	0
162 Game Avg.				68	404	353	89	128	21	4	21	0	0	51	26	.361	.442	.627	1.069	.347	221	9	0	0	0	13	0
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.391	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1985	24	CIN	NL	-6.9	-0.7	78	-0.6	1.0	-1.6	.92	-0.9	0.3	-9.4	-0.9	0.92	-10.4	3	4	6

1989	28	KCR	AL	-4.1	-0.4	20	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.12	-0.1	-0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.12	-2.9	0	0	1
2 Yrs				-11.0	-1.1	98	-0.6	1.0	-1.7	.76	-1.0	0.2	-12.4	-1.2	0.76	-13.2	3	4	7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1985	24	CIN	NL	14	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	7	47%	6	.919	3	4	6	0	4	10	7	7	7	5	7	3	3.4

1989	28	KCR	AL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	.124	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	5.0	34
2 Yrs				16	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	8	47%		.768	3	4	7	1	4	11	8	8	8	5	8	3	3.6	34

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%
1985	24	CIN	NL	77	34%	5.2%	3.9%	11.7%	10.4%	32%		1.80	79%				19	2	11%

1989	28	KCR	AL	18	44%	5.6%	16.7%	16.7%	16.7%	60%	1.00	1.33	61%	33%	20.0%	17%	2	0	0%
2 Yrs				95	36%	5.3%	6.3%	12.6%	11.6%	37%	1.00	1.72	76%	33%	20.0%	17%	21	2	10%
MLB Averages					40%	2.3%	14.9%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	6.8%	29%			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
1989	28	KCR	AL	18	68	3.78	39	57%	26%	13%	31%	31%	74%	28%	43%	83%	50%	17%	3	1	22%	4	3	1	33%	2	0	0	0	0
1 Yr				18	68	3.78	39	57%	26%	13%	31%	31%	74%	28%	43%	83%	50%	17%	3	1	22%	4	3	1	33%	2	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				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
1985	24	CIN	NL	77	25			4	0	2	3	1	3	1	6	5	0	83%	0	1	0	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1989	28	KCR	AL	18	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	200%	0	1	1	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2 Yrs				95	30	0	0	5	0	2	4	1	3	2	7	7	0	100%	0	2	1	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1985	24	1	1.000	8.44	14	3	16.0	25	15	15	4	9	1	3	1	77	45	2.125	14.1	2.3	5.1	1.7	0.33	45
1986	25	1	1.000	8.44	14	3	16.0	25	15	15	4	9	1	3	1	77	45	2.125	14.1	2.3	5.1	1.7	0.33	45
1987	26	1	1.000	8.44	14	3	16.0	25	15	15	4	9	1	3	1	77	45	2.125	14.1	2.3	5.1	1.7	0.33	45
1988	27	1	1.000	8.44	14	3	16.0	25	15	15	4	9	1	3	1	77	45	2.125	14.1	2.3	5.1	1.7	0.33	45
1989	28	1	1.000	9.78	16	4	19.1	30	21	21	5	12	3	6	2	95	40	2.172	14.0	2.3	5.6	2.8	0.50	40

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
1985	24	0	1	.000	10.29	14.0	26	18	16	4	9	3	0	2.500	16.7	5.8	1.9	0.33	2.6	14

1989	28	0	0		18.00	3.0	5	7	6	1	3	3	0	2.667	15.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	3.0	2
2 Yrs		0	1	.000	11.65	17.0	31	25	22	5	12	6	0	2.529	16.4		3.2	0.50	2.6	16

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