Marty Bystrom

Martin Eugene Bystrom

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

Born: July 26, 1958 in Coral Gables, FL
Signed
by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1980
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Yankees 1980-1985

Final Game: September 9, 1985
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1980 21 PHI NL 6 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .071 .133 .071 .205 -42 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1981 22 PHI NL 9 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 .118 .118 .118 .235 -34 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1982 23 PHI NL 19 28 24 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .125 .160 .167 .327 -9 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1983 24 PHI NL 24 42 38 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 .237 .268 .263 .531 49 10 1 0 1 1 0 1
1984 25 TOT MLB 18 22 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .158 .158 .211 .368 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1984 25 PHI NL 11 22 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .158 .158 .211 .368 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1984 25 NYY AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1985 26 NYY AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Yrs 84 125 112 6 18 3 0 0 5 0 1 4 52 .161 .188 .188 .376 5 21 1 0 8 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 241 216 12 35 6 0 0 10 0 2 8 100 .161 .188 .188 .376 5 41 2 0 15 2 0
PHI (5 yrs) 69 125 112 6 18 3 0 0 5 0 1 4 52 .161 .188 .188 .376 5 21 1 0 8 1 0
NYY (2 yrs) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 69 125 112 6 18 3 0 0 5 0 1 4 52 .161 .188 .188 .376 5 21 1 0 8 1 0
AL (2 yrs) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1980 21 PHI NL 6 15 -3 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1981 22 PHI NL 9 18 -3 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .483 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /1
1982 23 PHI NL 19 28 -4 -0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1983 24 PHI NL 24 42 -3 -0 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .510 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1984 25 PHI NL 11 22 -2 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .509 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1984 25 NYY AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $375,000 /1
1985 26 NYY AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $250,000 /1
6 Seasons 84 125 -14 -1 1 0 14 0 0.1 4 4 0.0 .500 .500 -0.1 0.1 4 $625,000
PHI (5 yrs) 69 125 -14 -1 1 0 14 0 0.1 4 4 0.0 .500 .500 -0.1 0.0 4 $
NYY (2 yrs) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $625,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1980 21 PHI NL 15 13 0 0.0 99 .200 .071 .272 .133 .336 .071 .396 .205 .731 -42 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .154 .071 .000
1981 22 PHI NL 18 17 0 0.0 96 .286 .118 .268 .118 .334 .118 .384 .235 .719 -34 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .063 -.059 .000
1982 23 PHI NL 28 24 1 1.1 97 .250 .125 .269 .160 .332 .167 .391 .327 .723 -9 .082 -3.6 -0.4 .238 .083 .042
1983 24 PHI NL 42 32 3 2.5 96 .360 .237 .262 .268 .330 .263 .388 .531 .719 49 .278 -2.6 -0.3 .400 .079 .026
1984 25 TOT MLB 22 19 1 1.4 95 .250 .158 .266 .158 .331 .211 .386 .368 .717 2 .122 -2.5 -0.3 .250 .053 .053
1984 25 PHI NL 22 19 1 1.4 95 .250 .158 .266 .158 .331 .211 .386 .368 .717 2 .122 -2.5 -0.3 .250 .053 .053
6 Yrs 125 105 5 1.3 96 .295 .161 .266 .188 .332 .188 .389 .376 .721 5 .102 -14.6 -1.5 .250 .054 .027
162 Game Avg. 241 203 10 1.3 96 .295 .161 .266 .188 .332 .188 .389 .376 .721 5 .102 -14.6 -1.5 .250 .054 .027
NL (5 yrs) 125 105 5 1.3 96 .295 .161 .266 .188 .332 .188 .389 .376 .721 5 .102 -14.6 -1.5 .250 .054 .027

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 21 PHI NL NLCS HOU W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 21 PHI NL WS KCR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 24 PHI NL WS BAL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1980 21 PHI NL 15 0.0% 60.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 9.00 1.6 14.0 1.50 33%
1981 22 PHI NL 18 0.0% 55.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.7 5.00 39%
1982 23 PHI NL 28 0.0% 42.9% 3.6% 3.6% 33% 12.00 2.0 3.33 43%
1983 24 PHI NL 42 0.0% 33.3% 4.8% 2.4% 11% 7.00 2.7 9.5 3.50 60%
1984 25 TOT MLB 22 0.0% 31.8% 0.0% 4.6% 33% 2.7 1.20 55%
1984 25 PHI NL 22 0.0% 31.8% 0.0% 4.6% 33% 2.7 1.20 55%
6 Yrs 125 0.0% 41.6% 3.2% 2.4% 17% 13.00 2.2 22.4 2.53 49%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.3% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.60 6.7 44.2 8.5 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1980 21 PHI NL -2.8 -0.3 15 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 .49 -0.3 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 1.11 -2.6 0
1981 22 PHI NL -3.1 -0.3 19 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .78 -0.4 0.0 -3.1 -0.3 0.86 -3.5 0
1982 23 PHI NL -3.6 -0.4 28 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .92 -0.4 -0.0 -4.1 -0.4 0.88 -4.1 0
1983 24 PHI NL -2.6 -0.3 42 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .88 -0.4 -0.2 -3.8 -0.4 0.97 -4.5 0
1984 25 TOT MLB -2.5 -0.3 22 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .90 -0.3 -0.0 -3.6 -0.4 0.96 -2.8 0
1984 25 PHI NL -2.5 -0.3 22 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .90 -0.3 -0.0 -3.6 -0.4 0.96 -2.8 0
1984 25 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
1985 26 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
6 Yrs -14.6 -1.5 126 -1.6 0.6 -2.2 .83 -1.7 -0.2 -16.7 -1.7 0.95 -17.4 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1980 21 PHI NL 0 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1981 22 PHI NL 0 0 0% 4 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 23 PHI NL 0 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1983 24 PHI NL 0 0 18% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 25 TOT MLB 1 0 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1984 25 PHI NL 1 0 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
6 Yrs 1 0 27% 38 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18% 8 8 0 0 0 0 3 1 2

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1980 21 PHI NL 15 7% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 11 1 9% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1981 22 PHI NL 18 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 23 PHI NL 28 29% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 5 0 0% 5 2 40% 16 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1983 24 PHI NL 42 17% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 1 13% 9 3 33% 30 4 13% 6 2 33% 4 2 50% 0
1984 25 TOT MLB 22 14% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 0 0% 7 2 29% 16 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1984 25 PHI NL 22 14% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 0 0% 7 2 29% 16 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 125 20% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 24 1 4% 27 8 30% 79 5 6% 8 2 25% 6 3 50% 0
MLB Averages 58% 84% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 21 6 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .071 .133 .071 .205 -42 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 22 15 33 31 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19 .097 .125 .097 .222 -38 3 0 0 1 0 0
1982 23 34 61 55 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 31 .109 .140 .127 .268 -25 7 0 0 4 0 0
1983 24 58 103 93 5 15 2 0 0 5 0 1 4 45 .161 .194 .183 .377 5 17 1 0 5 1 0
1984 25 76 125 112 6 18 3 0 0 5 0 1 4 52 .161 .188 .188 .376 5 21 1 0 8 1 0
1985 26 84 125 112 6 18 3 0 0 5 0 1 4 52 .161 .188 .188 .376 5 21 1 0 8 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1980 21 6 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 6
1981 22 14 28 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1982 23 19 29 25 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 .160 .192 .200 .392 1 19
1983 24 24 42 38 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 2 14 .237 .268 .263 .531 3 24
1984 25 18 23 20 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 .200 .200 .250 .450 1 18
5 Yrs 81 137 123 7 17 3 0 0 4 0 4 57 .138 .164 .163 .327 5 76
162 Game Avg. 162 274 246 14 34 6 0 0 8 0 8 114 .138 .164 .163 .327 10 76

* 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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