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DeWayne Buice

DeWayne Allison Buice

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 20, 1957 in Lynwood, CA
High School: Carson HS (Torrance, CA)
School: California State University Dominguez Hills (Carson, CA)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1987
Teams (by GP): Angels/BlueJays 1987-1989

Final Game: June 27, 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
1977	19	SFG-min	Rk	1	4	.200	3.65	15	3		1	0	5	37.0	48	34	15	2	24	2	30	1	1	7			1.946	11.7	0.5	5.8	7.3	1.25	GRF · PION
1978	20	SFG-min	A	3	5	.375	1.70	36	0					74.0	58	30	14	1	41								1.338	7.1	0.1	5.0			CDR · MIDW
1979	21	SFG-min	A	7	5	.583	3.71	46	0					97.0	83	51	40	9	44								1.309	7.7	0.8	4.1			FRE · CALL
1980	22	SFG-min	A	7	4	.636	3.33	36	6		2	0	4	100.0	101	42	37	6	38	0	88	2	1	7			1.390	9.1	0.5	3.4	7.9	2.32	FRE · CALL
1981	23	OAK-min	AA,AAA	9	3	.750	2.01	60	1	43	0	0	15	85.0	75	24	19	6	44	9	90	2	0	7			1.400	7.9	0.6	4.7	9.5	2.05	WHA,TAC · EL,PCL
1982	24	OAK-min	AAA,AA	5	3	.625	3.90	27	7	11	1	0	2	64.2	69	33	28	5	27	0	76	0	0	2			1.485	9.6	0.7	3.8	10.6	2.81	TAC,WHA · PCL,EL
1983	25	OAK-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.44	32	0	16	0	0	3	52.1	44	27	20	8	22	2	41	1	0	1			1.261	7.6	1.4	3.8	7.1	1.86	TAC · PCL
1986	28	ANA-min	AA,AAA	10	7	.588	3.08	53	0	49	0	0	15	90.2	76	36	31	3	25	4	84	1	1	6			1.114	7.5	0.3	2.5	8.3	3.36	MDL,EDM · TL,PCL
1987	29	ANA-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.08	5	0	4	0	0	2	8.1	4	5	1	0	7	1	7	0	0	0			1.320	4.3	0.0	7.6	7.6	1.00	EDM · PCL
1987	29	CAL	AL	6	7	.462	3.39	57	0	44	0	0	17	114.0	87	45	43	12	40	3	109	2	0	3	457	128	1.114	6.9	0.9	3.2	8.6	2.73
1988	30	ANA-min	AAA	0	0		2.31	9	0	5	0	0	0	11.2	9	4	3	0	2	1	17	1	0	2			0.943	6.9	0.0	1.5	13.1	8.50	EDM · PCL
1988	30	CAL	AL	2	4	.333	5.88	32	0	18	0	0	3	41.1	45	29	27	5	19	3	38	0	2	3	183	66	1.548	9.8	1.1	4.1	8.3	2.00
1989	31	TOR-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.47	31	1	16	0	0	5	51.0	34	15	14	3	28	5	59	0	1	1			1.216	6.0	0.5	4.9	10.4	2.11	SYR · IL
1989	31	TOR	AL	1	0	1.000	5.82	7	0	3	0	0	0	17.0	13	12	11	2	13	1	10	0	0	1	74	64	1.529	6.9	1.1	6.9	5.3	0.77
3 Yrs				9	11	.450	4.23	96	0	65	0	0	20	172.1	145	86	81	19	72	7	157	2	2	7	714	99	1.259	7.6	1.0	3.8	8.2	2.18
162 Game Avg.				6	8	.450	4.23	68	0	46	0	0	14	122	103	61	57	13	51	5	111	1	1	5	506	99	1.259	7.6	1.0	3.8	8.2	2.18

CAL (2 yrs)				8	11	.421	4.06	89	0	62	0	0	20	155.1	132	74	70	17	59	6	147	2	2	6	640	104	1.230	7.6	1.0	3.4	8.5	2.49
TOR (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.82	7	0	3	0	0	0	17.0	13	12	11	2	13	1	10	0	0	1	74	64	1.529	6.9	1.1	6.9	5.3	0.77

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
1987	29	CAL	AL	114.0	57	0	45	3.55	4.96	0.19	-0.38	98.0	4.29	9	0.9	1.5	0.1	2.0	22	.516	.506	$62,500
1988	30	CAL	AL	41.1	32	0	29	6.31	4.50	-0.14	-0.36	97.6	4.18	-10	-1.0	1.4	-0.3	-0.9	-6	.468	.494	$150,000
1989	31	TOR	AL	17.0	7	0	12	6.35	4.24	0.04	-0.33	91.8	3.56	-5	-0.5	.6	0.1	-0.3	-4	.423	.497	$
3 Seasons				172.1	96	0	86	4.49	4.78	0.10	-0.37	97.3	4.19	-6	-0.6	1.4	-0.1	0.8	13	.493	.499	$212,500

CAL (2 yrs)				155.1	89	0	74	4.29	4.84	0.10	-0.38	97.9	4.26	-1	-0.1	1.5	-0.2	1.1	17	.499	.500	$212,500
TOR (1 yr)				17.0	7	0	12	6.35	4.24	0.04	-0.33	91.8	3.56	-5	-0.5	.6	0.1	-0.3	-4	.423	.497	$

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
1987	29	CAL	AL	57	455	408	45	87	17	1	12	8	3	40	109	.213	.285	.348	.633	.260	142	11	2	5	2	3	4
1988	30	CAL	AL	32	183	157	29	45	8	1	5	0	2	19	38	.287	.360	.446	.805	.345	70	3	0	5	2	3	2
1989	31	TOR	AL	7	74	59	12	13	2	0	2	3	1	13	10	.220	.351	.356	.707	.224	21	4	0	0	2	1	2
3 Yrs				96	712	624	86	145	27	2	19	11	6	72	157	.232	.311	.373	.684	.278	233	18	2	10	6	7	8
162 Game Avg.				68	504	442	61	103	19	1	13	8	4	51	111	.232	.311	.373	.684	.278	165	13	1	7	4	5	6
MLB Averages																.257	.323	.390	.712	.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
1987	29	CAL	AL	13.7	1.3	471	0.7	12.2	-11.5	1.47	1.7	-1.3	18.0	1.8	1.47	25.1	26	15	15
1988	30	CAL	AL	-9.0	-0.9	189	-1.9	3.8	-5.7	1.46	-0.6	-0.7	-9.6	-1.0	1.46	-3.9	12	5	12
1989	31	TOR	AL	-4.0	-0.4	79	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.44	-0.2	-0.7	-5.9	-0.6	0.44	-3.0	1	1	5
3 Yrs				0.7	0.0	739	-1.6	16.5	-18.1	1.36	1.0	-2.1	2.4	0.2	1.35	18.1	39	21	32

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
1987	29	CAL	AL	57	57	44	6	7	21	17	4	81%	22	1	44	13	30%	8	1.474	26	15	15	28	10	19	27	30	40	5	42	7	6.0
1988	30	CAL	AL	32	32	18	2	4	7	3	4	43%	10	3	27	11	41%	8	1.457	12	5	12	11	4	17	17	15	13	6	13	4	3.9	21
1989	31	TOR	AL	7	7	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	5	.437	1	1	5	1	1	5	3	4	5	0	5	0	7.3	37
3 Yrs				96	96	65	9	11	28	20	8	71%	32	4	75	26	35%		1.362	39	21	32	40	15	41	47	49	58	11	60	11	5.4	24

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%
1987	29	CAL	AL	457	52%	2.6%	24.0%	8.8%	6.6%	35%		1.18	64%				81	11	14%
1988	30	CAL	AL	183	52%	2.7%	20.8%	10.4%	7.7%	31%	0.77	1.05	63%	20%	13.5%	43%	37	3	8%
1989	31	TOR	AL	74	62%	2.7%	13.5%	17.6%	5.4%	31%	0.59	0.90	66%	16%	8.3%	25%	20	4	20%
3 Yrs				714	53%	2.7%	22.1%	10.1%	6.7%	33%	0.71	1.11	64%	19%	11.5%	37%	138	18	13%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	15.0%	8.5%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	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
1988	30	CAL	AL	185	664	3.59	401	60%	25%	24%	20%	31%	75%	5%	45%	68%	53%	9%	16	9	18%	33	19	2	16%	6	4	-2	1	0
1989	31	TOR	AL	74	260	3.51	159	61%	24%	19%	24%	32%	75%	4%	46%	74%	54%	9%	7	4	32%	24	20	3	0%	5	2	0	0	1
2 Yrs				259	924	3.57	560	61%	25%	23%	21%	32%	75%	4%	46%	70%	53%	9%	23	13	22%	57	39	5	13%	11	6	-2	1	1
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
1987	29	CAL	AL	455	87			12	0	17	6	6	4	8	24	12	3	50%	4	3	1	160	8	3	73%	7	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	2
1988	30	CAL	AL	183	45	5	2	5	1	7	4	1	3	2	12	7	2	58%	2	3	0	84	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1989	31	TOR	AL	74	13	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	6	4	2	67%	2	1	0	26	3	1	75%	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				712	145	5	2	19	1	27	10	9	7	12	42	23	7	55%	8	7	1	270	11	6	65%	9	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	19	2
MLB Averages																		54%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
1987	29	6	7	.462	3.39	57	44	17	114.0	87	45	43	12	40	3	109	2	0	3	457	128	1.114	6.9	0.9	3.2	8.6	2.73	128
1988	30	8	11	.421	4.06	89	62	20	155.1	132	74	70	17	59	6	147	2	2	6	640	104	1.230	7.6	1.0	3.4	8.5	2.49	104
1989	31	9	11	.450	4.23	96	65	20	172.1	145	86	81	19	72	7	157	2	2	7	714	99	1.259	7.6	1.0	3.8	8.2	2.18	99

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
1987	29	7	5	.583	3.55	109.0	87	48	43	12	40	105	2	1.165	7.2	3.3	8.7	2.63	1.0	57
1988	30	1	3	.250	6.92	39.0	47	33	30	5	20	36	0	1.718	10.8	4.6	8.3	1.80	1.2	32
1989	31	0	1	.000	7.80	15.0	14	14	13	2	14	9	0	1.867	8.4	8.4	5.4	0.64	1.2	7
3 Yrs		8	9	.471	4.75	163.0	148	95	86	19	74	150	2	1.362	8.2		8.3	2.03	1.0	96

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Similarity Scores

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