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Ray Burris

Bertram Ray Burris

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 22, 1950 in Idabel, OK
High School: Duke HS (Duke, OK)
School: Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Weatherford, OK)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the 1972 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1973
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Expos/Brewers/Athletics/Mets/... 1973-1987

Final Game: September 27, 1987
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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
1973 22 CHC NL 1 1 .500 2.92 31 1 12 0 0 0 64.2 65 22 21 2 27 7 57 0 0 3 282 135 1.423 9.0 0.3 3.8 7.9 2.11
1974 23 CHC NL 3 5 .375 6.60 40 5 14 0 0 1 75.0 91 61 55 8 26 6 40 4 3 10 344 58 1.560 10.9 1.0 3.1 4.8 1.54
1975 24 CHC NL 15 10 .600 4.12 36 35 1 8 2 0 238.1 259 121 109 25 73 6 108 4 2 2 1020 93 1.393 9.8 0.9 2.8 4.1 1.48
1976 25 CHC NL 15 13 .536 3.11 37 36 0 10 4 0 249.0 251 102 86 22 70 5 112 5 1 7 1053 123 1.289 9.1 0.8 2.5 4.0 1.60
1977 26 CHC NL 14 16 .467 4.72 39 39 0 5 1 0 221.0 270 132 116 29 67 9 105 3 0 8 970 93 1.525 11.0 1.2 2.7 4.3 1.57
1978 27 CHC NL 7 13 .350 4.75 40 32 3 4 1 1 199.0 210 112 105 15 79 11 94 10 3 6 870 85 1.452 9.5 0.7 3.6 4.3 1.19
1979 28 TOT MLB 1 5 .167 5.32 33 4 10 0 0 0 71.0 84 49 42 7 31 5 43 2 0 2 323 76 1.620 10.6 0.9 3.9 5.5 1.39
1979 28 TOT NL 0 2 .000 4.78 18 4 3 0 0 0 43.1 44 27 23 2 21 4 24 2 0 1 191 83 1.500 9.1 0.4 4.4 5.0 1.14
1979 28 CHC NL 0 0 6.23 14 0 3 0 0 0 21.2 23 17 15 0 15 1 14 1 0 0 98 68 1.754 9.6 0.0 6.2 5.8 0.93
1979 28 NYY AL 1 3 .250 6.18 15 0 7 0 0 0 27.2 40 22 19 5 10 1 19 0 0 1 132 67 1.807 13.0 1.6 3.3 6.2 1.90
1979 28 NYM NL 0 2 .000 3.32 4 4 0 0 0 0 21.2 21 10 8 2 6 3 10 1 0 1 93 111 1.246 8.7 0.8 2.5 4.2 1.67
1980 29 NYM NL 7 13 .350 4.02 29 29 0 1 0 0 170.1 181 86 76 20 54 5 83 4 2 5 726 88 1.380 9.6 1.1 2.9 4.4 1.54
1981 30 MON NL 9 7 .563 3.05 22 21 0 4 0 0 135.2 117 56 46 9 41 3 52 3 1 6 554 115 1.165 7.8 0.6 2.7 3.4 1.27
1982 31 MON NL 4 14 .222 4.73 37 15 9 2 0 2 123.2 143 77 65 14 53 7 55 2 0 3 550 77 1.585 10.4 1.0 3.9 4.0 1.04
1983 32 MON NL 4 7 .364 3.68 40 17 6 2 1 0 154.0 139 68 63 13 56 4 100 2 1 2 641 97 1.266 8.1 0.8 3.3 5.8 1.79
1984 33 OAK AL 13 10 .565 3.15 34 28 3 5 1 0 211.2 193 84 74 15 90 1 93 8 1 6 900 118 1.337 8.2 0.6 3.8 4.0 1.03
1985 34 MIL AL 9 13 .409 4.81 29 28 0 6 0 0 170.1 182 95 91 25 53 0 81 3 0 7 738 86 1.380 9.6 1.3 2.8 4.3 1.53
1986 35 STL NL 4 5 .444 5.60 23 10 5 0 0 0 82.0 92 52 51 13 32 4 34 4 0 0 361 66 1.512 10.1 1.4 3.5 3.7 1.06
1987 36 MIL AL 2 2 .500 5.87 10 2 2 0 0 0 23.0 33 16 15 4 12 3 8 0 0 2 109 79 1.957 12.9 1.6 4.7 3.1 0.67
15 Yrs 108 134 .446 4.17 480 302 65 47 10 4 2188.2 2310 1133 1015 221 764 76 1065 54 14 69 9441 92 1.405 9.5 0.9 3.1 4.4 1.39
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .446 4.17 42 26 6 4 1 0 190 201 99 88 19 66 7 93 5 1 6 821 92 1.405 9.5 0.9 3.1 4.4 1.39
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
CHC (7 yrs) 55 58 .487 4.27 237 148 33 27 8 2 1068.2 1169 567 507 101 357 45 530 27 9 36 4637 94 1.428 9.8 0.9 3.0 4.5 1.48
MON (3 yrs) 17 28 .378 3.79 99 53 15 8 1 2 413.1 399 201 174 36 150 14 207 7 2 11 1745 94 1.328 8.7 0.8 3.3 4.5 1.38
NYM (2 yrs) 7 15 .318 3.94 33 33 0 1 0 0 192.0 202 96 84 22 60 8 93 5 2 6 819 90 1.365 9.5 1.0 2.8 4.4 1.55
MIL (2 yrs) 11 15 .423 4.93 39 30 2 6 0 0 193.1 215 111 106 29 65 3 89 3 0 9 847 85 1.448 10.0 1.4 3.0 4.1 1.37
STL (1 yr) 4 5 .444 5.60 23 10 5 0 0 0 82.0 92 52 51 13 32 4 34 4 0 0 361 66 1.512 10.1 1.4 3.5 3.7 1.06
OAK (1 yr) 13 10 .565 3.15 34 28 3 5 1 0 211.2 193 84 74 15 90 1 93 8 1 6 900 118 1.337 8.2 0.6 3.8 4.0 1.03
NYY (1 yr) 1 3 .250 6.18 15 0 7 0 0 0 27.2 40 22 19 5 10 1 19 0 0 1 132 67 1.807 13.0 1.6 3.3 6.2 1.90
NL (12 yrs) 83 106 .439 4.18 392 244 53 36 9 4 1756.0 1862 916 816 172 599 71 864 43 13 53 7562 92 1.401 9.5 0.9 3.1 4.4 1.44
AL (4 yrs) 25 28 .472 4.14 88 58 12 11 1 0 432.2 448 217 199 49 165 5 201 11 1 16 1879 96 1.417 9.3 1.0 3.4 4.2 1.22

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
1973 22 CHC NL 64.2 31 1 22 3.06 4.15 -0.26 -0.30 109.4 4.50 10 1.2 .7 -0.2 1.5 16 .538 .507 $
1974 23 CHC NL 75.0 40 5 61 7.32 4.15 -0.91 -0.20 106.3 5.17 -18 -1.9 1.0 -0.1 -1.4 -11 .451 .488 $
1975 24 CHC NL 238.1 36 35 121 4.57 3.98 -0.53 0.12 105.2 4.87 6 0.7 .4 -0.1 2.4 30 .518 .504 $
1976 25 CHC NL 249.0 37 36 102 3.69 3.93 -0.26 0.12 109.1 4.70 26 3.1 .2 -0.1 4.9 50 .585 .519 $
1977 26 CHC NL 221.0 39 39 132 5.38 4.49 -0.30 0.16 110.5 5.47 1 0.1 -0.1 1.6 24 .502 .500 $75,000
1978 27 CHC NL 199.0 40 32 112 5.07 4.01 -0.10 0.10 112.9 4.76 -9 -1.0 1.6 -0.1 0.5 11 .475 .494 $
1979 28 CHC NL 21.2 14 0 17 7.06 4.20 -0.29 -0.33 118.4 4.93 -5 -0.6 .7 0.1 -0.3 -3 .460 .497 $
1979 28 NYY AL 27.2 15 0 22 7.16 4.85 0.16 -0.39 98.7 4.25 -9 -0.9 1.9 -0.4 -1.0 -6 .443 .495 $
1979 28 NYM NL 21.2 4 4 10 4.15 4.34 -0.21 0.14 94.6 4.44 1 0.1 -0.0 0.2 3 .514 .500 $
1980 29 NYM NL 170.1 29 29 86 4.54 4.09 -0.19 0.14 98.8 4.36 -4 -0.4 -0.1 0.9 13 .485 .497 $
1981 30 MON NL 135.2 22 21 56 3.71 3.89 0.27 0.13 101.8 3.82 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.1 1.0 10 .499 .500 $
1982 31 MON NL 123.2 37 15 77 5.60 4.08 0.02 -0.00 101.1 4.10 -22 -2.3 1.3 -0.2 -1.6 -9 .437 .486 $600,000
1983 32 MON NL 154.0 40 17 68 3.97 4.09 0.24 -0.00 98.7 3.80 -3 -0.4 .9 -0.1 0.8 12 .491 .498 $600,000
1984 33 OAK AL 211.2 34 28 84 3.57 4.36 -0.15 0.10 92.3 4.26 17 1.8 1.0 -0.1 3.4 38 .554 .511 $600,000
1985 34 MIL AL 170.1 29 28 95 5.02 4.65 -0.21 0.16 99.9 5.01 0 0.0 .0 -0.1 1.3 18 .500 .500 $581,250
1986 35 STL NL 82.0 23 10 52 5.71 4.17 0.62 0.02 99.4 3.55 -20 -2.0 .5 0.1 -1.3 -12 .411 .487 $
1987 36 MIL AL 23.0 10 2 16 6.26 4.75 -0.31 -0.12 104.3 5.15 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .473 .498 $100,000
15 Seasons 2188.2 480 302 1133 4.66 4.18 -0.16 0.07 103.7 4.57 -34 -2.9 1.0 -1.9 12.8 183 .494 .499 $2,556,250
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
CHC (7 yrs) 1068.2 237 148 567 4.78 4.11 -0.34 0.07 109.2 4.93 10 1.5 .9 -0.8 9.2 117 .507 .501 $75,000
MON (3 yrs) 413.1 99 53 201 4.38 4.02 0.19 0.04 100.4 3.90 -26 -2.7 1.1 -0.5 0.2 13 .472 .494 $1,200,000
NYM (2 yrs) 192.0 33 33 96 4.50 4.11 -0.19 0.14 98.3 4.37 -3 -0.4 -0.1 1.1 15 .488 .499 $
MIL (2 yrs) 193.1 39 30 111 5.17 4.66 -0.22 0.13 100.4 5.03 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.2 18 .493 .499 $681,250
STL (1 yr) 82.0 23 10 52 5.71 4.17 0.62 0.02 99.4 3.55 -20 -2.0 .5 0.1 -1.3 -12 .411 .487 $
OAK (1 yr) 211.2 34 28 84 3.57 4.36 -0.15 0.10 92.3 4.26 17 1.8 1.0 -0.1 3.4 38 .554 .511 $600,000
NYY (1 yr) 27.2 15 0 22 7.16 4.85 0.16 -0.39 98.7 4.25 -9 -0.9 1.9 -0.4 -1.0 -6 .443 .495 $

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
1981 30 MON NL NLDS W PHI 0 1 .000 5.06 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 4 3 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 26 2.063 11.8 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1981 30 MON NL NLCS L LAD 1 0 1.000 0.53 2 2 0 1 1 0 17.0 10 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 63 0.765 5.3 0.0 1.6 2.1 1.33
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 1 .500 1.61 3 3 0 1 1 0 22.1 17 5 4 0 7 1 8 0 0 1 89 1.075 6.9 0.0 2.8 3.2 1.14
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 5.06 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 4 3 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 26 2.063 11.8 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 0.53 2 2 0 1 1 0 17.0 10 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 63 0.765 5.3 0.0 1.6 2.1 1.33

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
1973 22 CHC NL 31 282 249 22 65 10 1 2 1 0 27 57 .261 .331 .333 .664 .328 83 3 0 4 2 7 1
1974 23 CHC NL 40 344 303 61 91 17 3 8 11 0 26 40 .300 .359 .455 .814 .320 138 3 4 7 4 6 1
1975 24 CHC NL 36 1020 921 121 259 51 5 25 14 12 73 108 .281 .334 .429 .763 .294 395 19 4 13 9 6 13
1976 25 CHC NL 37 1053 955 102 251 38 13 22 12 12 70 112 .263 .315 .399 .714 .277 381 16 5 18 5 5 18
1977 26 CHC NL 39 970 885 132 270 49 4 29 12 17 67 105 .305 .355 .468 .822 .319 414 17 3 11 4 9 12
1978 27 CHC NL 40 870 767 112 210 34 12 15 7 6 79 94 .274 .346 .408 .755 .293 313 18 10 7 7 11 11
1979 28 CHC NL 14 98 81 17 23 5 4 0 1 4 15 14 .284 .398 .444 .842 .338 36 3 1 0 1 1 2
1979 28 NYM NL 4 93 85 10 21 3 2 2 3 1 6 10 .247 .304 .400 .704 .260 34 2 1 1 0 3 4
1979 28 NYY AL 15 132 117 22 40 5 1 5 3 0 10 19 .342 .388 .530 .918 .368 62 3 0 3 2 1 2
1979 28 TOT NL 18 191 166 27 44 8 6 2 4 5 21 24 .265 .353 .422 .774 .298 70 5 2 1 1 4 6
1979 28 TOT MLB 33 323 283 49 84 13 7 7 7 5 31 43 .297 .367 .466 .833 .326 132 8 2 4 3 5 8
1980 29 NYM NL 29 726 653 86 181 28 7 20 16 9 54 83 .277 .333 .433 .766 .289 283 12 4 8 7 5 8
1981 30 MON NL 22 554 498 56 117 18 8 9 7 7 41 52 .235 .294 .357 .651 .244 178 7 3 6 6 3 9
1982 31 MON NL 37 550 481 77 143 31 2 14 14 12 53 55 .297 .365 .457 .823 .309 220 9 2 8 6 7 10
1983 32 MON NL 40 641 569 68 139 24 6 13 12 10 56 100 .244 .312 .376 .688 .273 214 11 2 9 5 4 7
1984 33 OAK AL 34 900 792 84 193 34 10 15 4 12 90 93 .244 .325 .369 .693 .258 292 18 8 4 6 1 10
1985 34 MIL AL 29 738 670 95 182 32 10 25 14 6 53 81 .272 .325 .461 .786 .275 309 9 3 6 6 0 6
1986 35 STL NL 23 361 321 52 92 24 0 13 4 2 32 34 .287 .359 .483 .841 .288 155 9 4 4 0 4 3
1987 36 MIL AL 10 109 94 16 33 3 1 4 2 3 12 8 .351 .417 .532 .949 .345 50 2 0 1 2 3 1
15 Yrs 480 9441 8441 1133 2310 406 89 221 137 113 764 1065 .274 .335 .421 .757 .289 3557 161 54 110 72 76 118
162 Game Avg. 42 821 734 99 201 35 8 19 12 10 66 93 .274 .335 .421 .757 .289 309 14 5 10 6 7 10
MLB Averages .260 .325 .386 .711 .284
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1973 22 CHC NL 7.6 0.8 287 0.5 2.7 -2.2 .57 0.6 0.3 5.7 0.6 0.57 5.9 4 6 20
1974 23 CHC NL -21.2 -2.1 371 -1.5 4.1 -5.6 .75 -1.5 -0.4 -28.5 -2.8 0.75 -18.1 10 2 20
1975 24 CHC NL -5.2 -0.5 1052 -0.5 17.4 -17.9 .98 -1.4 0.9 -8.8 -0.9 0.98 -13.3 0 0 1
1976 25 CHC NL 16.6 1.8 1089 1.0 21.5 -20.5 1.16 -0.3 1.1 7.1 0.7 1.16 -1.7 0 0 1
1977 26 CHC NL -8.0 -0.8 1013 -1.4 16.1 -17.6 .95 -1.8 0.3 -13.8 -1.3 0.95 -17.4 0 0 0
1978 27 CHC NL -12.1 -1.3 900 -2.2 17.2 -19.4 1.23 -1.1 -0.7 -12.2 -1.2 1.23 -13.2 5 0 3
1979 28 TOT MLB -10.8 -1.0 340 -1.9 4.7 -6.6 .91 -1.2 -0.9 -15.1 -1.5 0.91 -13.8 7 6 15
1979 28 TOT NL -3.9 -0.4 203 -0.3 2.7 -3.0 .83 -0.4 0.1 -4.6 -0.4 0.83 -4.8 2 2 10
1979 28 CHC NL -4.4 -0.4 104 -0.3 1.1 -1.4 .70 -0.3 -0.1 -4.1 -0.4 0.70 -3.1 2 2 10
1979 28 NYY AL -7.0 -0.7 137 -1.7 1.9 -3.6 1.03 -0.8 -0.9 -10.5 -1.0 1.03 -9.1 5 4 5
1979 28 NYM NL 0.5 0.0 99 -0.0 1.6 -1.6 .97 -0.1 0.1 -0.5 -0.0 0.97 -1.7 0 0 0
1980 29 NYM NL -9.6 -1.0 765 -1.0 13.8 -14.7 1.09 -1.0 0.1 -12.2 -1.3 1.09 -11.6 0 0 0
1981 30 MON NL 4.7 0.5 580 0.4 8.4 -8.0 .87 0.9 -0.5 4.3 0.5 0.87 10.8 0 1 0
1982 31 MON NL -16.2 -1.7 581 -2.9 9.1 -11.9 1.03 -1.7 -1.1 -23.0 -2.3 1.03 -17.1 9 2 10
1983 32 MON NL 0.3 0.0 669 -0.7 10.2 -10.9 .95 0.4 -1.1 1.1 0.1 0.95 3.0 4 4 15
1984 33 OAK AL 13.8 1.4 924 0.9 16.1 -15.1 1.03 1.1 -0.2 16.3 1.7 1.03 10.2 1 3 2
1985 34 MIL AL -8.8 -0.8 766 -0.7 12.3 -13.1 .97 -1.6 0.9 -6.9 -0.7 0.97 -17.9 0 0 1
1986 35 STL NL -15.1 -1.5 368 -0.6 4.8 -5.4 .76 -0.9 0.1 -15.8 -1.6 0.76 -10.4 1 1 11
1987 36 MIL AL -2.7 -0.2 115 -0.6 1.7 -2.4 1.03 -0.4 -0.2 -2.2 -0.2 1.03 -4.8 2 3 3
15 Yrs -66.6 -6.5 9820 -11.2 160.1 -171.3 1.00 -9.9 -1.4 -104.0 -10.0 1.00 -109.4 43 28 102
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1973 22 CHC NL 31 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 58.0 58 58 8 1 0 1 1.0 1.5 5.0
1974 23 CHC NL 40 5 0 4 1 0 0 1 4 .200 1 0 0 0 0 0% 32.2 58 6 10 4 3 2 2.3 2.9 4.4
1975 24 CHC NL 36 35 15 10 10 3 2 19 16 .543 4 5 8 2 18 51% 49.0 79 24 24 8 18 9 5.0 4.8 6.8
1976 25 CHC NL 37 36 15 13 8 1 6 20 16 .556 3 2 10 4 24 67% 53.1 85 20 25 7 15 7 3.6 3.3 6.8
1977 26 CHC NL 39 39 14 16 9 3 5 21 18 .538 3 4 5 1 19 49% 45.1 82 11 37 18 19 7 4.8 4.8 5.7
1978 27 CHC NL 40 32 6 12 14 1 3 18 14 .563 5 8 4 1 17 53% 46.0 76 16 30 18 14 7 4.4 3.2 5.8
1979 28 TOT MLB 33 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 2 50% 74 41 21 7 0 2 2.8 2.8 5.4
1979 28 TOT NL 18 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 2 50% 74 41 12 4 0 2 2.8 2.8 5.4
1979 28 NYM NL 4 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 2 50% 51.2 74 41 2 0 0 2 2.8 2.8 5.4
1980 29 NYM NL 29 29 7 13 9 1 4 12 17 .414 1 6 1 0 16 55% 49.0 78 12 15 3 1 6 3.4 2.7 5.9
1981 30 MON NL 22 21 9 7 5 2 3 12 9 .571 2 3 4 0 12 57% 53.6 83 20 13 5 1 8 4.5 4.7 6.4
1982 31 MON NL 37 15 0 11 4 0 5 4 11 .267 1 3 2 0 7 47% 43.9 64 19 9 2 4 5 3.2 2.0 5.6
1983 32 MON NL 40 17 3 5 9 1 1 5 12 .294 1 6 2 1 7 41% 50.6 82 29 19 8 1 5 3.2 3.2 6.2
1984 33 OAK AL 34 28 12 10 6 2 2 16 12 .571 1 2 5 1 16 57% 52.9 84 24 29 8 1 14 4.5 3.9 7.0
1985 34 MIL AL 29 28 9 13 6 1 3 12 16 .429 2 1 6 0 14 50% 47.4 74 13 22 9 2 9 4.5 4.2 6.0
1986 35 STL NL 23 10 4 4 2 0 0 4 6 .400 0 1 0 0 5 50% 46.7 72 22 14 4 1 2 4.3 4.7 6.0
1987 36 MIL AL 10 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.5 41 26 8 3 1 1 4.0 4.1 5.3
15 Yrs 451 302 96 121 85 17 35 146 156 .483 24 41 47 10 157 52% 49 85 6 265 98 81 85 4.1 3.8 6.2
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 106 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3
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

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
1973 22 CHC NL 31 30 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 8 36% 6 .567 4 6 20 0 4 26 12 18 22 1 23 5 6.0
1974 23 CHC NL 40 35 14 3 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 35 15 43% 8 .749 10 2 20 3 7 25 17 18 21 11 22 8 4.5
1975 24 CHC NL 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 9 .983 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1976 25 CHC NL 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 1.159 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 13.0
1978 27 CHC NL 40 8 3 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 1 1 100% 8 1.227 5 0 3 4 2 2 1 7 5 0 5 0 4.9
1979 28 TOT MLB 33 29 10 1 3 2 0 2 0% 6 2 29 11 38% .914 7 6 15 9 1 19 16 13 18 6 20 5 5.1
1979 28 TOT NL 18 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 2 22% .834 2 2 10 3 0 11 5 9 9 2 9 2 4.6
1979 28 CHC NL 14 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 2 22% 5 .704 2 2 10 3 0 11 5 9 9 2 9 2 4.6
1979 28 NYY AL 15 15 7 1 3 2 0 2 0% 4 0 20 9 45% 8 1.031 5 4 5 6 1 8 11 4 9 4 11 3 5.5
1981 30 MON NL 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .868 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1982 31 MON NL 37 22 9 4 3 5 2 3 40% 5 0 11 5 45% 6 1.034 9 2 10 7 6 9 6 16 16 4 16 2 5.3
1983 32 MON NL 40 23 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 14 4 29% 6 .952 4 4 15 4 5 14 10 13 18 3 18 4 6.3
1984 33 OAK AL 34 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 13% 7 1.027 1 3 2 2 0 4 4 2 5 0 6 0 8.2
1985 34 MIL AL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .967 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1986 35 STL NL 23 13 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 50% 4 .763 1 1 11 1 0 12 7 6 5 5 6 0 5.2
1987 36 MIL AL 10 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 2 29% 5 1.035 2 3 3 2 2 4 5 3 5 2 7 0 4.6
13 Yrs 408 178 65 12 13 11 4 7 36% 21 7 143 55 38% .993 43 28 102 32 27 119 80 98 117 33 125 24 5.4

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%
1973 22 CHC NL 282 60% 0.7% 20.2% 9.6% 4.6% 20% 1.47 68% 61 3 5%
1974 23 CHC NL 344 52% 2.3% 11.6% 7.6% 8.1% 31% 0.74 75% 56 3 5%
1975 24 CHC NL 1020 51% 2.5% 10.6% 7.2% 7.9% 31% 1.00 78% 160 19 12%
1976 25 CHC NL 1053 53% 2.1% 10.6% 6.7% 6.9% 29% 0.79 78% 177 16 9%
1977 26 CHC NL 970 58% 3.0% 10.8% 6.9% 8.5% 30% 1.38 78% 177 17 10%
1978 27 CHC NL 870 53% 1.7% 10.8% 9.1% 7.0% 29% 1.13 76% 168 18 11%
1979 28 TOT MLB 323 62% 2.2% 13.3% 9.6% 8.4% 32% 0.88 73% 79 8 10%
1979 28 TOT NL 191 62% 1.1% 12.6% 11.0% 8.4% 36% 0.90 74% 43 5 12%
1979 28 CHC NL 98 57% 0.0% 14.3% 15.3% 9.2% 39% 1.00 69% 28 3 11%
1979 28 NYY AL 132 62% 3.8% 14.4% 7.6% 8.3% 28% 0.85 72% 36 3 8%
1979 28 NYM NL 93 67% 2.2% 10.8% 6.5% 7.5% 33% 0.83 78% 15 2 13%
1980 29 NYM NL 726 52% 2.8% 11.4% 7.4% 7.6% 30% 0.93 77% 117 12 10%
1981 30 MON NL 554 51% 1.6% 9.4% 7.4% 6.3% 30% 0.92 80% 83 7 8%
1982 31 MON NL 550 55% 2.6% 10.0% 9.6% 8.6% 33% 0.84 76% 107 9 8%
1983 32 MON NL 641 50% 2.0% 15.6% 8.7% 6.7% 31% 0.80 72% 104 11 11%
1984 33 OAK AL 900 46% 1.7% 10.3% 10.0% 6.6% 31% 0.56 77% 160 18 11%
1985 34 MIL AL 738 46% 3.4% 11.0% 7.2% 9.1% 37% 0.76 77% 106 9 8%
1986 35 STL NL 361 56% 3.6% 9.4% 8.9% 10.3% 40% 1.02 76% 69 9 13%
1987 36 MIL AL 109 51% 3.7% 7.3% 11.0% 7.3% 24% 0.57 77% 27 2 7%
15 Yrs 9441 52% 2.3% 11.3% 8.1% 7.6% 31% 0.90 77% 1651 161 10%
MLB Averages 43% 2.1% 13.5% 8.6% 6.5% 28% 1.09 74% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1973 22 CHC NL 282 65 2 0 10 2 0 1 1 17 5 4 29% 1 3 0 119 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1974 23 CHC NL 344 91 8 1 11 3 5 4 4 30 21 4 70% 1 10 2 135 11 0 100% 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1975 24 CHC NL 1020 259 25 0 13 11 14 14 11 40 23 4 58% 13 2 1 377 14 12 54% 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1976 25 CHC NL 1053 251 22 0 11 10 12 14 8 52 22 7 42% 18 7 1 379 12 12 50% 12 9 0 2 0 1 2 1 17 0
1977 26 CHC NL 970 270 29 0 16 16 13 21 8 40 21 8 53% 12 8 2 356 12 17 41% 11 15 1 1 0 1 8 0 14 0
1978 27 CHC NL 870 210 15 0 21 5 10 8 7 53 28 3 53% 11 6 3 319 7 6 54% 7 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 24 0
1979 28 TOT MLB 323 84 7 0 13 5 2 4 3 41 21 2 51% 8 2 2 134 7 5 58% 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1979 28 TOT NL 191 44 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 21 9 0 43% 6 1 1 79 4 5 44% 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1979 28 CHC NL 98 23 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 15 6 0 40% 2 0 0 40 1 4 20% 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 28 NYY AL 132 40 5 0 7 4 1 3 2 20 12 2 60% 2 1 1 55 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1979 28 NYM NL 93 21 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 3 0 50% 4 1 1 39 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
1980 29 NYM NL 726 181 20 0 8 9 11 13 7 41 19 8 46% 8 5 0 253 16 9 64% 16 9 0 0 0 0 6 1 19 0
1981 30 MON NL 554 117 9 0 6 3 6 3 6 17 11 0 65% 9 6 0 187 7 7 50% 7 4 0 2 0 1 7 1 17 0
1982 31 MON NL 550 143 14 1 18 8 6 8 6 32 16 6 50% 10 3 1 215 14 12 54% 13 11 0 1 1 0 3 0 13 0
1983 32 MON NL 641 139 13 0 14 3 10 5 8 28 16 3 57% 7 2 1 216 12 10 55% 11 10 1 0 0 0 3 1 13 0
1984 33 OAK AL 900 193 15 0 26 7 8 9 6 44 21 4 48% 10 6 1 315 4 12 25% 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 0
1985 34 MIL AL 738 182 25 0 5 12 13 12 13 33 22 3 67% 6 7 1 250 14 6 70% 13 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 17 0
1986 35 STL NL 361 92 13 1 12 8 5 5 8 19 8 3 42% 3 0 0 131 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 36 MIL AL 109 33 4 0 7 2 2 2 2 14 4 2 29% 1 2 0 39 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
15 Yrs 9441 2310 221 3 191 104 117 123 98 501 258 61 52% 118 69 15 3425 137 113 55% 131 101 4 7 2 5 34 4 213 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%
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

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+
1973 22 1 1 .500 2.92 31 1 12 0 0 0 64.2 65 22 21 2 27 7 57 0 0 3 282 135 1.423 9.0 0.3 3.8 7.9 2.11 135
1974 23 4 6 .400 4.90 71 6 26 0 0 1 139.2 156 83 76 10 53 13 97 4 3 13 626 79 1.496 10.1 0.6 3.4 6.3 1.83 79
1975 24 19 16 .543 4.40 107 41 27 8 2 1 378.0 415 204 185 35 126 19 205 8 5 15 1646 87 1.431 9.9 0.8 3.0 4.9 1.63 87
1976 25 34 29 .540 3.89 144 77 27 18 6 1 627.0 666 306 271 57 196 24 317 13 6 22 2699 99 1.375 9.6 0.8 2.8 4.6 1.62 99
1977 26 48 45 .516 4.11 183 116 27 23 7 1 848.0 936 438 387 86 263 33 422 16 6 30 3669 97 1.414 9.9 0.9 2.8 4.5 1.60 97
1978 27 55 58 .487 4.23 223 148 30 27 8 2 1047.0 1146 550 492 101 342 44 516 26 9 36 4539 94 1.421 9.9 0.9 2.9 4.4 1.51 94
1979 28 56 63 .471 4.30 256 152 40 27 8 2 1118.0 1230 599 534 108 373 49 559 28 9 38 4862 93 1.434 9.9 0.9 3.0 4.5 1.50 93
1980 29 63 76 .453 4.26 285 181 40 28 8 2 1288.1 1411 685 610 128 427 54 642 32 11 43 5588 92 1.427 9.9 0.9 3.0 4.5 1.50 92
1981 30 72 83 .465 4.15 307 202 40 32 8 2 1424.0 1528 741 656 137 468 57 694 35 12 49 6142 94 1.402 9.7 0.9 3.0 4.4 1.48 94
1982 31 76 97 .439 4.19 344 217 49 34 8 4 1547.2 1671 818 721 151 521 64 749 37 12 52 6692 92 1.416 9.7 0.9 3.0 4.4 1.44 92
1983 32 80 104 .435 4.15 384 234 55 36 9 4 1701.2 1810 886 784 164 577 68 849 39 13 54 7333 93 1.403 9.6 0.9 3.1 4.5 1.47 93
1984 33 93 114 .449 4.04 418 262 58 41 10 4 1913.1 2003 970 858 179 667 69 942 47 14 60 8233 95 1.395 9.4 0.8 3.1 4.4 1.41 95
1985 34 102 127 .445 4.10 447 290 58 47 10 4 2083.2 2185 1065 949 204 720 69 1023 50 14 67 8971 94 1.394 9.4 0.9 3.1 4.4 1.42 94
1986 35 106 132 .445 4.16 470 300 63 47 10 4 2165.2 2277 1117 1000 217 752 73 1057 54 14 67 9332 93 1.399 9.5 0.9 3.1 4.4 1.41 93
1987 36 108 134 .446 4.17 480 302 65 47 10 4 2188.2 2310 1133 1015 221 764 76 1065 54 14 69 9441 92 1.405 9.5 0.9 3.1 4.4 1.39 92

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
1973 22 5 2 .714 3.00 63.0 65 23 21 2 27 56 0 1.460 9.3 3.9 8.0 2.07 0.3 31
1974 23 2 6 .250 6.69 74.0 91 61 55 8 26 40 4 1.581 11.1 3.2 4.9 1.54 1.0 40
1975 24 11 14 .440 4.40 227.0 262 123 111 25 74 103 4 1.480 10.4 2.9 4.1 1.39 1.0 36
1976 25 16 10 .615 3.25 241.0 253 97 87 22 71 109 5 1.344 9.4 2.7 4.1 1.54 0.8 37
1977 26 11 13 .458 4.33 216.0 255 116 104 27 63 103 3 1.472 10.6 2.6 4.3 1.63 1.1 39
1978 27 8 13 .381 4.85 191.0 208 114 103 15 78 90 10 1.497 9.8 3.7 4.2 1.15 0.7 40
1979 28 2 5 .286 5.61 69.0 85 48 43 7 31 42 2 1.681 11.1 4.0 5.5 1.35 0.9 33
1980 29 7 10 .412 4.84 158.0 192 94 85 21 57 77 4 1.576 10.9 3.2 4.4 1.35 1.2 29
1981 30 11 10 .524 3.64 193.0 188 87 78 14 66 74 5 1.316 8.8 3.1 3.5 1.12 0.7 22
1982 31 4 8 .333 5.48 115.0 148 78 70 14 55 51 2 1.765 11.6 4.3 4.0 0.93 1.1 37
1983 32 7 9 .438 4.28 145.0 146 77 69 14 59 94 2 1.414 9.1 3.7 5.8 1.59 0.9 40
1984 33 11 10 .524 3.90 196.0 207 94 85 16 97 86 9 1.551 9.5 4.5 3.9 0.89 0.7 34
1985 34 7 11 .389 5.13 165.0 185 104 94 25 54 79 3 1.448 10.1 2.9 4.3 1.46 1.4 29
1986 35 2 6 .250 6.51 76.0 96 61 55 14 33 32 4 1.697 11.4 3.9 3.8 0.97 1.7 23
1987 36 1 1 .500 5.73 22.0 32 16 14 4 12 8 0 2.000 13.1 4.9 3.3 0.67 1.6 10
15 Yrs 105 128 .451 4.49 2151.0 2413 1193 1074 228 803 1044 57 1.495 10.1 4.4 1.30 1.0 480

* 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
1976 NL  4.9 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1984 AL  3.15 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1975 NL  15 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1975 NL  35 (10th)
1976 NL  36 (6th)
1977 NL  39 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1976 NL  4 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1975 NL  25 (2nd)
1976 NL  22 (2nd)
1977 NL  29 (1st)
1980 NL  20 (6th)
Career  221 (160th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 NL  79 (10th)
1984 AL  90 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1975 NL  259 (4th)
1976 NL  251 (5th)
1977 NL  270 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL  0.638 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1977 NL  16 (5th)
1980 NL  13 (9th)
1982 NL  14 (4th)
Career  134 (238th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1975 NL  109 (2nd)
1977 NL  116 (3rd)
1978 NL  105 (3rd)
Career  1,015 (218th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1974 NL  10 (8th)
1977 NL  8 (10th)
1981 NL  6 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1978 NL  10 (2nd)
1980 NL  4 (10th)
1981 NL  3 (10th)
1984 AL  8 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1976 NL  1,053 (9th)
1977 NL  970 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1976 NL  123 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1976 NL  17 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1976 NL  1.8 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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