Marty Bystrom
Martin Eugene Bystrom
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
Final Game: September 9, 1985
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Standard Pitching

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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 1 142 253 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 0 227 108 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 78 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 1 423 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 71 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 1 165 128 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 Seasons 29 26 .527 4.26 84 79 1 4 2 0 435.0 454 236 206 28 158 9 258 15 7 7 1899 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 86 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 1 345 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 86 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 1 345 90 1.369 8.7 1.2 3.6 4.5 1.25

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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*

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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
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
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
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
1983 24 PHI NL 24 539 477 75 136 26 5 6 25 4 44 87 .285 .349 .398 .747 .332 190 5 7 3 8 2
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
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
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
1985 26 NYY AL 8 179 156 29 44 2 1 8 7 1 19 16 .282 .362 .462 .823 .271 72 9 1 2 1 0
6 Seasons 84 1896 1691 236 454 78 11 28 72 14 158 258 .268 .333 .377 .711 .300 638 32 15 15 17 9
162 Game Avg. 35 791 705 98 189 33 5 12 30 6 66 108 .268 .333 .377 .711 .300 266 13 6 6 7 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 64 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 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 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% 47 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% 49 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 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 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% 44 58 20 8 4 0 5 4.7 4.4 5.1
6 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.819 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 1.016 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 0.994 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
3 Seasons 49 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.979 0 1 4 0 0 5 0 5 2 0 2 0 4.0

Ratio Pitching*

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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 52% 0.7% 14.8% 6.3% 2.8% 15% 1.15 78% 23 2 9%
1981 22 PHI NL 227 41% 1.3% 10.6% 7.1% 5.7% 24% 1.20 80% 23 1 4%
1982 23 PHI NL 387 45% 0.5% 12.9% 9.0% 6.5% 27% 1.12 74% 68 10 15%
1983 24 PHI NL 540 52% 1.1% 16.1% 8.2% 6.9% 27% 0.93 73% 89 5 6%
1984 25 TOT MLB 422 53% 1.9% 14.2% 8.3% 6.4% 27% 1.06 75% 69 5 7%
1984 25 PHI NL 258 54% 1.9% 14.0% 8.5% 6.6% 26% 0.88 76% 42 0 0%
1984 25 NYY AL 164 51% 1.8% 14.6% 7.9% 6.1% 29% 1.38 74% 27 5 19%
1985 26 NYY AL 180 57% 4.5% 8.9% 10.6% 6.2% 25% 1.69 74% 33 9 27%
6 Seasons 1898 50% 1.5% 13.6% 8.3% 6.2% 26% 1.11 75% 305 32 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 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 2 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 Seasons 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 6 2 40 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 1 142 253 0.972 6.5 0.3 2.3 5.3 2.33 253
1981 22 9 3 .750 2.61 15 14 1 2 1 0 89.2 81 27 26 4 25 1 45 1 1 1 369 142 1.182 8.1 0.4 2.5 4.5 1.80 142
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 99 1.310 8.8 0.3 3.0 4.8 1.58 99
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 1719 89 1.393 9.4 0.5 3.2 5.5 1.74 89
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 1899 87 1.407 9.4 0.6 3.3 5.3 1.63 87

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
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 3.97 77.0 87 38 34 5 25 34 2 1.455 10.2 2.9 4.0 1.36 0.6 9
1982 23 3 6 .333 5.46 84.0 95 57 51 2 36 47 5 1.560 10.2 3.9 5.0 1.31 0.2 19
1983 24 4 8 .333 5.17 115.0 142 73 66 6 46 84 7 1.635 11.1 3.6 6.6 1.83 0.5 24
1984 25 4 6 .400 4.74 93.0 106 54 49 8 37 58 1 1.538 10.3 3.6 5.6 1.57 0.8 18
1985 26 1 3 .250 6.39 38.0 45 30 27 8 19 15 1 1.684 10.7 4.5 3.6 0.79 1.9 8
6 Seasons 19 27 .413 4.73 443.0 501 259 233 30 172 259 16 1.519 10.2 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 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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