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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 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
1980 21 PHI NL 5 0 1.000 1.50 6 5 1 1 1 0 36.0 26 6 6 1 9 0 21 0 0 1 142 255 0.972 6.5 0.3 2.3 5.3 2.33
1981 22 PHI NL 4 3 .571 3.35 9 9 0 1 0 0 53.2 55 21 20 3 16 1 24 1 1 0 227 109 1.323 9.2 0.5 2.7 4.0 1.50
1982 23 PHI NL 5 6 .455 4.85 19 16 0 1 0 0 89.0 93 53 48 2 35 4 50 5 1 3 387 76 1.438 9.4 0.2 3.5 5.1 1.43
1983 24 PHI NL 6 9 .400 4.60 24 23 0 1 1 0 119.1 136 75 61 6 44 2 87 7 1 2 540 79 1.508 10.3 0.5 3.3 6.6 1.98
1984 25 TOT MLB 6 6 .500 4.22 18 18 0 0 0 0 96.0 100 52 45 8 35 2 60 1 4 1 422 88 1.406 9.4 0.8 3.3 5.6 1.71
1984 25 PHI NL 4 4 .500 5.08 11 11 0 0 0 0 56.2 66 36 32 5 22 1 36 0 4 0 258 72 1.553 10.5 0.8 3.5 5.7 1.64
1984 25 NYY AL 2 2 .500 2.97 7 7 0 0 0 0 39.1 34 16 13 3 13 1 24 1 0 1 164 129 1.195 7.8 0.7 3.0 5.5 1.85
1985 26 NYY AL 3 2 .600 5.71 8 8 0 0 0 0 41.0 44 29 26 8 19 0 16 1 0 0 180 71 1.537 9.7 1.8 4.2 3.5 0.84
6 Yrs 29 26 .527 4.26 84 79 1 4 2 0 435.0 454 236 206 28 158 9 258 15 7 7 1898 87 1.407 9.4 0.6 3.3 5.3 1.63
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .527 4.26 35 33 0 2 1 0 181 189 98 86 12 66 4 108 6 3 3 792 87 1.407 9.4 0.6 3.3 5.3 1.63
PHI (5 yrs) 24 22 .522 4.24 69 64 1 4 2 0 354.2 376 191 167 17 126 8 218 13 7 6 1554 87 1.415 9.5 0.4 3.2 5.5 1.73
NYY (2 yrs) 5 4 .556 4.37 15 15 0 0 0 0 80.1 78 45 39 11 32 1 40 2 0 1 344 90 1.369 8.7 1.2 3.6 4.5 1.25
NL (5 yrs) 24 22 .522 4.24 69 64 1 4 2 0 354.2 376 191 167 17 126 8 218 13 7 6 1554 87 1.415 9.5 0.4 3.2 5.5 1.73
AL (2 yrs) 5 4 .556 4.37 15 15 0 0 0 0 80.1 78 45 39 11 32 1 40 2 0 1 344 90 1.369 8.7 1.2 3.6 4.5 1.25

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
1980 21 PHI NL 36.0 6 5 6 1.50 3.84 0.02 0.12 107.9 4.25 11 1.4 .0 -0.0 1.7 14 .733 .509 $
1981 22 PHI NL 53.2 9 9 21 3.52 3.85 -0.31 0.14 105.4 4.53 5 0.6 -0.0 1.1 9 .572 .504 $
1982 23 PHI NL 89.0 19 16 53 5.36 4.05 -0.08 0.12 103.2 4.39 -11 -1.1 .1 -0.0 -0.4 -1 .441 .493 $
1983 24 PHI NL 119.1 24 23 75 5.66 4.09 -0.40 0.14 99.4 4.59 -15 -1.5 .9 -0.1 -0.6 -3 .436 .491 $
1984 25 PHI NL 56.2 11 11 36 5.72 4.20 -0.10 0.15 102.3 4.55 -8 -0.8 -0.0 -0.4 -2 .424 .495 $
1984 25 NYY AL 39.1 7 7 16 3.66 4.10 -0.24 0.13 99.6 4.46 4 0.4 -0.0 0.7 8 .557 .502 $375,000
1985 26 NYY AL 41.0 8 8 29 6.37 4.48 0.18 0.16 98.6 4.39 -9 -0.8 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .395 .495 $250,000
6 Seasons 435.0 84 79 236 4.88 4.08 -0.18 0.13 101.9 4.48 -22 -1.9 .2 -0.2 1.6 21 .478 .498 $625,000
PHI (5 yrs) 354.2 69 64 191 4.85 4.04 -0.21 0.13 102.6 4.49 -17 -1.4 .2 -0.2 1.4 18 .479 .498 $
NYY (2 yrs) 80.1 15 15 45 5.04 4.29 -0.03 0.14 99.1 4.42 -5 -0.4 -0.0 0.2 3 .471 .499 $625,000

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
1980 21 PHI NL NLCS W HOU 0 0 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 25 1.688 11.8 0.0 3.4 1.7 0.50
1980 21 PHI NL WS W KCR 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 10 3 3 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 26 2.200 18.0 1.8 1.8 7.2 4.00
1983 24 PHI NL WS L BAL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 0 0 3.18 3 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 17 5 4 1 3 0 6 0 0 1 55 1.765 13.5 0.8 2.4 4.8 2.00
1 NLCS 0 0 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 25 1.688 11.8 0.0 3.4 1.7 0.50
2 WS 0 0 4.50 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 3 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 30 1.833 15.0 1.5 1.5 7.5 5.00

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
1980 21 PHI NL 6 142 133 6 26 3 0 1 2 1 9 21 .195 .246 .241 .487 .225 32 2 0 0 0 0 2
1981 22 PHI NL 9 227 208 21 55 10 0 3 11 3 16 24 .264 .319 .356 .674 .286 74 1 1 1 1 1 1
1982 23 PHI NL 19 387 336 53 93 20 3 2 17 2 35 50 .277 .350 .372 .722 .316 125 10 5 7 4 4 3
1983 24 PHI NL 24 540 477 75 136 26 5 6 25 4 44 87 .285 .349 .398 .747 .332 190 5 7 3 8 2 8
1984 25 NYY AL 7 164 148 16 34 5 2 3 4 1 13 24 .230 .296 .351 .648 .256 52 5 1 2 0 1 3
1984 25 PHI NL 11 258 233 36 66 12 0 5 6 2 22 36 .283 .341 .399 .740 .313 93 0 0 0 3 1 5
1984 25 TOT MLB 18 422 381 52 100 17 2 8 10 3 35 60 .262 .324 .381 .704 .291 145 5 1 2 3 2 8
1985 26 NYY AL 8 180 156 29 44 2 1 8 7 1 19 16 .282 .362 .462 .823 .271 72 9 1 2 1 0 3
6 Yrs 84 1898 1691 236 454 78 11 28 72 14 158 258 .268 .333 .377 .711 .300 638 32 15 15 17 9 25
162 Game Avg. 35 792 705 98 189 33 5 12 30 6 66 108 .268 .333 .377 .711 .300 266 13 6 6 7 4 10
MLB Averages .260 .324 .386 .710 .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
1980 21 PHI NL 9.2 1.1 146 0.8 2.1 -1.4 .79 1.1 -0.2 9.4 1.1 0.79 11.5 0 0 1
1981 22 PHI NL 2.3 0.2 245 0.3 3.9 -3.6 .96 0.4 -0.2 2.1 0.2 0.96 3.6 0 0 0
1982 23 PHI NL -10.7 -1.1 410 -0.9 6.6 -7.4 1.02 -0.6 -0.3 -12.8 -1.3 1.02 -6.3 0 0 3
1983 24 PHI NL -15.8 -1.6 573 -1.5 8.3 -9.8 .99 -1.4 -0.1 -18.6 -1.9 0.99 -15.1 0 1 0
1984 25 TOT MLB -5.5 -0.6 440 -0.5 6.9 -7.4 .99 -0.5 0.0 -6.0 -0.6 0.99 -5.6 0 0 0
1984 25 PHI NL -8.8 -0.9 270 -0.8 4.1 -4.8 1.00 -0.5 -0.3 -9.2 -0.9 1.00 -6.2 0 0 0
1984 25 NYY AL 3.2 0.3 170 0.3 2.8 -2.5 .98 0.0 0.3 3.2 0.3 0.98 0.6 0 0 0
1985 26 NYY AL -7.8 -0.7 188 -0.7 3.3 -4.1 1.08 -0.9 0.3 -6.2 -0.6 1.08 -9.2 0 0 0
6 Yrs -28.4 -2.6 2002 -2.6 31.1 -33.7 .99 -1.9 -0.7 -32.1 -3.0 0.99 -21.0 0 1 4

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
1980 21 PHI NL 6 5 5 0 0 1 0 5 0 1.000 0 0 1 1 4 80% 63.8 80 40 4 0 2 1 7.7 7.9 7.0
1981 22 PHI NL 9 9 4 3 2 0 1 5 4 .556 0 2 1 0 6 67% 52.1 86 26 5 1 0 6 4.4 4.6 6.0
1982 23 PHI NL 19 16 5 6 5 1 0 7 9 .438 1 2 1 0 7 44% 46.0 73 14 13 2 1 7 4.1 3.5 5.3
1983 24 PHI NL 24 23 6 9 8 1 2 11 11 .500 1 5 1 1 9 39% 46.6 80 17 25 10 8 6 4.4 4.1 5.1
1984 25 TOT MLB 18 18 6 6 6 1 0 8 10 .444 1 3 0 0 10 56% 0.0 75 13 9 4 0 9 4.1 4.2 5.3
1984 25 PHI NL 11 11 4 4 3 1 0 6 5 .545 1 1 0 0 5 45% 45.3 75 13 8 4 0 6 4.7 5.2 5.2
1984 25 NYY AL 7 7 2 2 3 0 0 2 5 .286 0 2 0 0 5 71% 54.4 69 32 1 0 0 3 3.2 2.6 5.6
1985 26 NYY AL 8 8 3 2 3 2 0 4 4 .500 0 2 0 0 3 38% 42.8 57 20 8 4 0 5 4.7 4.4 5.1
6 Yrs 84 79 29 26 24 6 3 40 38 .513 3 14 4 2 39 49% 48 86 13 64 21 11 34 4.5 4.4 5.4
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 98 -12 4.3 4.3 6.3

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
1980 21 PHI NL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .788 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1982 23 PHI NL 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.018 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 4.0
1983 24 PHI NL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .988 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
3 Yrs 49 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .972 0 1 4 0 0 5 0 5 2 0 2 0 4.0

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%
1980 21 PHI NL 142 48% 0.7% 14.8% 6.3% 2.8% 15% 1.15 78% 23 2 9%
1981 22 PHI NL 227 59% 1.3% 10.6% 7.1% 5.7% 24% 1.20 80% 23 1 4%
1982 23 PHI NL 387 55% 0.5% 12.9% 9.0% 6.5% 27% 1.12 74% 68 10 15%
1983 24 PHI NL 540 48% 1.1% 16.1% 8.2% 6.9% 27% 0.93 73% 89 5 6%
1984 25 TOT MLB 422 47% 1.9% 14.2% 8.3% 6.4% 27% 1.06 75% 69 5 7%
1984 25 PHI NL 258 46% 1.9% 14.0% 8.5% 6.6% 26% 0.88 76% 42 0 0%
1984 25 NYY AL 164 49% 1.8% 14.6% 7.9% 6.1% 29% 1.38 74% 27 5 19%
1985 26 NYY AL 180 43% 4.4% 8.9% 10.6% 6.1% 25% 1.69 74% 33 9 27%
6 Yrs 1898 50% 1.5% 13.6% 8.3% 6.2% 26% 1.11 75% 305 32 10%
MLB Averages 42% 2.0% 13.3% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.09 75% 11%

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
1980 21 PHI NL 142 26 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 5 3 1 60% 2 1 0 46 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 22 PHI NL 227 55 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 7 4 1 57% 1 0 0 81 11 3 79% 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1982 23 PHI NL 387 93 2 0 9 0 2 2 0 28 14 5 50% 3 3 0 141 17 2 89% 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1983 24 PHI NL 540 136 6 0 9 4 2 4 2 29 19 4 66% 8 2 1 211 25 4 86% 25 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 13 0
1984 25 TOT MLB 422 100 8 0 7 4 4 3 5 21 14 4 67% 8 1 0 156 10 3 77% 10 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0
1984 25 PHI NL 258 66 5 0 5 2 3 3 2 15 9 3 60% 5 0 0 93 6 2 75% 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
1984 25 NYY AL 164 34 3 0 2 2 1 0 3 6 5 1 83% 3 1 0 63 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 26 NYY AL 180 44 8 0 5 4 4 5 3 9 6 1 67% 3 0 0 59 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
6 Yrs 1898 454 28 0 35 14 14 15 13 99 60 16 61% 25 7 1 694 72 14 84% 71 11 1 2 0 1 2 2 40 0
MLB Averages 54% 67%

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+
1980 21 5 0 1.000 1.50 6 5 1 1 1 0 36.0 26 6 6 1 9 0 21 0 0 1 142 255 0.972 6.5 0.3 2.3 5.3 2.33 255
1981 22 9 3 .750 2.61 15 14 1 2 1 0 89.2 81 27 26 4 25 1 45 1 1 1 369 143 1.182 8.1 0.4 2.5 4.5 1.80 143
1982 23 14 9 .609 3.73 34 30 1 3 1 0 178.2 174 80 74 6 60 5 95 6 2 4 756 100 1.310 8.8 0.3 3.0 4.8 1.58 100
1983 24 20 18 .526 4.08 58 53 1 4 2 0 298.0 310 155 135 12 104 7 182 13 3 6 1296 90 1.389 9.4 0.4 3.1 5.5 1.75 90
1984 25 26 24 .520 4.11 76 71 1 4 2 0 394.0 410 207 180 20 139 9 242 14 7 7 1718 90 1.393 9.4 0.5 3.2 5.5 1.74 90
1985 26 29 26 .527 4.26 84 79 1 4 2 0 435.0 454 236 206 28 158 9 258 15 7 7 1898 87 1.407 9.4 0.6 3.3 5.3 1.63 87

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
1980 21 3 0 1.000 1.50 36.0 26 7 6 1 9 21 0 0.972 6.5 2.3 5.3 2.33 0.3 6
1981 22 4 4 .500 3.86 77.0 87 37 33 5 25 34 2 1.455 10.2 2.9 4.0 1.36 0.6 9
1982 23 3 6 .333 5.36 84.0 95 56 50 2 36 47 5 1.560 10.2 3.9 5.0 1.31 0.2 19
1983 24 5 7 .417 5.17 115.0 141 73 66 6 46 84 7 1.626 11.0 3.6 6.6 1.83 0.5 24
1984 25 4 6 .400 4.74 93.0 105 54 49 8 37 58 1 1.527 10.2 3.6 5.6 1.57 0.8 18
1985 26 1 3 .250 6.63 38.0 45 31 28 8 19 15 1 1.684 10.7 4.5 3.6 0.79 1.9 8
6 Yrs 20 26 .435 4.71 443.0 499 258 232 30 172 259 16 1.515 10.1 5.3 1.51 0.6 84

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1982 NL  5 (7th)
1983 NL  7 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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