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Mike Caldwell

Ralph Michael Caldwell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 22, 1949 in Tarboro, NC
School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1971 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Giants/Padres/Reds 1971-1984
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: September 25, 1984 (Age 35)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 25, 2013 6:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #450. Clay Carroll… #451. Dave Goltz… #452. Troy Percival… #453. MIKE CALDWELL… #454. Roy Face… #455. Bob Tewksbury… #456. Rudy May… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1971 22 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 6 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 4 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 0 2 26 1.050 5.4 0.0 4.1 6.8 1.67
1972 23 SDP NL 7 11 .389 4.01 42 20 10 4 2 2 163.2 183 92 73 10 49 14 102 4 0 5 714 82 1.418 10.1 0.5 2.7 5.6 2.08
1973 24 SDP NL 5 14 .263 3.74 55 13 27 3 1 10 149.0 146 77 62 8 53 10 86 2 0 10 632 92 1.336 8.8 0.5 3.2 5.2 1.62
1974 25 SFG NL 14 5 .737 2.95 31 27 3 6 2 0 189.1 176 80 62 17 63 1 83 4 0 2 788 130 1.262 8.4 0.8 3.0 3.9 1.32
1975 26 SFG NL 7 13 .350 4.79 38 21 4 4 0 1 163.1 194 102 87 16 48 7 57 5 0 1 723 80 1.482 10.7 0.9 2.6 3.1 1.19
1976 27 SFG NL 1 7 .125 4.86 50 9 19 0 0 2 107.1 145 74 58 5 20 2 55 2 0 7 480 75 1.537 12.2 0.4 1.7 4.6 2.75
1977 28 TOT MLB 5 8 .385 4.46 35 12 10 2 0 1 119.0 126 69 59 7 44 8 49 2 2 5 522 91 1.429 9.5 0.5 3.3 3.7 1.11
1977 28 CIN NL 0 0 4.01 14 0 5 0 0 1 24.2 25 11 11 1 8 1 11 0 0 1 105 99 1.338 9.1 0.4 2.9 4.0 1.38
1977 28 MIL AL 5 8 .385 4.58 21 12 5 2 0 0 94.1 101 58 48 6 36 7 38 2 2 4 417 89 1.452 9.6 0.6 3.4 3.6 1.06
1978 29 MIL AL 22 9 .710 2.36 37 34 1 23 6 1 293.1 258 90 77 14 54 3 131 7 1 8 1176 160 1.064 7.9 0.4 1.7 4.0 2.43 CYA-2,MVP-12
1979 30 MIL AL 16 6 .727 3.29 30 30 0 16 4 0 235.0 252 96 86 18 39 2 89 4 0 5 967 127 1.238 9.7 0.7 1.5 3.4 2.28
1980 31 MIL AL 13 11 .542 4.03 34 33 1 11 2 1 225.1 248 112 101 29 56 2 74 2 2 3 940 96 1.349 9.9 1.2 2.2 3.0 1.32
1981 32 MIL AL 11 9 .550 3.93 24 23 0 3 0 0 144.1 151 70 63 18 38 4 41 1 1 3 609 88 1.309 9.4 1.1 2.4 2.6 1.08
1982 33 MIL AL 17 13 .567 3.91 35 34 0 12 3 0 258.0 269 119 112 30 58 3 75 0 1 9 1064 97 1.267 9.4 1.0 2.0 2.6 1.29
1983 34 MIL AL 12 11 .522 4.53 32 32 0 10 2 0 228.1 269 125 115 35 51 1 58 1 1 3 970 83 1.401 10.6 1.4 2.0 2.3 1.14
1984 35 MIL AL 6 13 .316 4.64 26 19 0 4 1 0 126.0 160 76 65 11 21 2 34 1 1 2 545 84 1.437 11.4 0.8 1.5 2.4 1.62
14 Yrs 137 130 .513 3.81 475 307 77 98 23 18 2408.2 2581 1182 1020 218 597 62 939 35 9 65 10156 99 1.319 9.6 0.8 2.2 3.5 1.57
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .513 3.81 41 27 7 9 2 2 209 224 103 89 19 52 5 82 3 1 6 883 99 1.319 9.6 0.8 2.2 3.5 1.57
MIL (8 yrs) 102 80 .560 3.74 239 217 7 81 18 2 1604.2 1708 746 667 161 353 24 540 18 9 37 6688 103 1.284 9.6 0.9 2.0 3.0 1.53
SDP (3 yrs) 13 25 .342 3.80 103 33 39 7 3 12 319.1 333 169 135 18 105 27 193 6 0 17 1372 89 1.372 9.4 0.5 3.0 5.4 1.84
SFG (3 yrs) 22 25 .468 4.05 119 57 26 10 2 3 460.0 515 256 207 38 131 10 195 11 0 10 1991 93 1.404 10.1 0.7 2.6 3.8 1.49
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 4.01 14 0 5 0 0 1 24.2 25 11 11 1 8 1 11 0 0 1 105 99 1.338 9.1 0.4 2.9 4.0 1.38
AL (8 yrs) 102 80 .560 3.74 239 217 7 81 18 2 1604.2 1708 746 667 161 353 24 540 18 9 37 6688 103 1.284 9.6 0.9 2.0 3.0 1.53
NL (7 yrs) 35 50 .412 3.95 236 90 70 17 5 16 804.0 873 436 353 57 244 38 399 17 0 28 3468 92 1.389 9.8 0.6 2.7 4.5 1.64

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1971 22 SDP NL 6.2 6 0 0 0.00 3.83 -0.22 -0.17 102.0 3.96 3 0.3 .7 -0.1 0.3 3 .557 .502
1972 23 SDP NL 163.2 42 20 92 5.06 3.97 -0.46 0.00 95.9 4.25 -17 -1.9 1.3 -0.3 -0.7 -2 .455 .488
1973 24 SDP NL 149.0 55 13 77 4.65 4.21 -0.32 -0.08 95.6 4.25 -7 -0.7 1.7 -0.2 0.4 6 .486 .495
1974 25 SFG NL 189.1 31 27 80 3.80 4.22 -0.02 0.12 104.9 4.57 15 1.7 1.2 -0.1 3.3 32 .555 .511
1975 26 SFG NL 163.1 38 21 102 5.62 4.04 -0.35 0.05 106.1 4.70 -18 -1.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -3 .450 .488
1976 27 SFG NL 107.1 50 9 74 6.20 4.20 -0.42 -0.15 101.3 4.53 -21 -2.3 .9 -0.0 -1.4 -12 .454 .486
1977 28 CIN NL 24.2 14 0 11 4.01 4.44 -0.01 -0.34 102.8 4.22 0 0.0 .6 -0.1 0.2 3 .503 .500
1977 28 MIL AL 94.1 21 12 58 5.53 4.78 -0.02 0.01 100.8 4.84 -8 -0.8 .8 -0.1 0.1 2 .464 .495
1978 29 MIL AL 293.1 37 34 90 2.76 4.19 0.15 0.11 100.1 4.16 45 5.4 1.2 -0.1 8.1 73 .646 .533 CYA-2,MVP-12
1979 30 MIL AL 235.0 30 30 96 3.68 4.61 0.04 0.15 98.2 4.63 25 2.6 -0.1 4.8 49 .588 .516
1980 31 MIL AL 225.1 34 33 112 4.47 4.54 0.15 0.15 96.2 4.36 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.1 1.6 18 .488 .498
1981 32 MIL AL 144.1 24 23 70 4.36 3.80 0.02 0.12 97.4 3.80 -9 -1.0 1.5 -0.1 0.3 3 .460 .494
1982 33 MIL AL 258.0 35 34 119 4.15 4.35 0.10 0.15 92.5 4.07 -1 -0.1 5.1 -0.1 2.1 22 .496 .499
1983 34 MIL AL 228.1 32 32 125 4.93 4.35 -0.09 0.14 92.4 4.23 -18 -1.8 -0.1 0.2 4 .444 .489
1984 35 MIL AL 126.0 26 19 76 5.43 4.45 -0.25 0.10 97.1 4.66 -10 -1.1 1.7 -0.1 0.0 1 .459 .493
14 Seasons 2408.2 475 307 1182 4.42 4.29 -0.07 0.08 98.0 4.35 -25 -1.8 1.2 -1.7 19.0 198 .496 .499
MIL (8 yrs) 1604.2 239 217 746 4.18 4.37 0.04 0.12 96.5 4.30 20 3.0 1.4 -0.8 17.3 172 .512 .502
SDP (3 yrs) 319.1 103 33 169 4.76 4.08 -0.39 -0.04 95.9 4.24 -21 -2.3 1.5 -0.6 0.0 7 .478 .495
SFG (3 yrs) 460.0 119 57 256 5.01 4.15 -0.23 0.03 104.5 4.61 -24 -2.5 .9 -0.2 1.4 17 .479 .495
CIN (1 yr) 24.2 14 0 11 4.01 4.44 -0.01 -0.34 102.8 4.22 0 0.0 .6 -0.1 0.2 3 .503 .500

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 32 MIL AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 4.32 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 9 4 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 33 1.080 9.7 2.2 0.0 4.3
1982 33 MIL AL ALCS W CAL 0 1 .000 15.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 6 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 18 2.667 21.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1982 33 MIL AL WS L STL 2 0 1.000 2.04 3 2 1 1 1 0 17.2 19 4 4 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 74 1.245 9.7 0.0 1.5 3.1 2.00
2 Yrs (3 Series) 2 2 .500 4.03 6 4 1 1 1 0 29.0 35 14 13 2 4 0 12 0 0 1 125 1.345 10.9 0.6 1.2 3.7 3.00
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 4.32 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 9 4 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 33 1.080 9.7 2.2 0.0 4.3
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 15.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 6 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 18 2.667 21.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1 WS 2 0 1.000 2.04 3 2 1 1 1 0 17.2 19 4 4 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 74 1.245 9.7 0.0 1.5 3.1 2.00

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1971 22 SDP NL 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 760 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 23 SDP NL 42 55 50 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 .140 .137 .140 .277 -18 7 3 0 4 1 0 1
1973 24 SDP NL 56 39 35 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .143 .167 .143 .310 -10 5 2 0 3 0 0 1
1974 25 SFG NL 31 72 63 4 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .143 .169 .143 .312 -13 9 1 0 7 0 0 1
1975 26 SFG NL 38 51 44 2 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .159 .159 .227 .386 5 10 2 0 7 0 0 1
1976 27 SFG NL 50 20 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .158 .158 .211 .368 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
1977 28 TOT MLB 35 5 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 1.000 1.600 318 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 28 CIN NL 14 5 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 1.000 1.600 318 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 28 MIL AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 29 MIL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-2,MVP-12
1979 30 MIL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 31 MIL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 32 MIL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 33 MIL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 34 MIL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 35 MIL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Yrs 476 243 216 11 34 7 0 0 8 0 0 4 62 .157 .172 .190 .362 2 41 8 0 22 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 83 74 4 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 21 .157 .172 .190 .362 2 14 3 0 7 0 0
MIL (8 yrs) 239 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 119 143 126 7 19 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 30 .151 .164 .183 .347 -5 23 3 0 15 0 0
SDP (3 yrs) 104 95 86 3 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 32 .151 .159 .163 .322 -6 14 5 0 7 1 0
CIN (1 yr) 14 5 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 1.000 1.600 318 4 0 0 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 239 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 237 243 216 11 34 7 0 0 8 0 0 4 62 .157 .172 .190 .362 2 41 8 0 22 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1971 22 SDP NL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .516 .501 0.1 0.0 1 /1
1972 23 SDP NL 42 55 -7 0 -0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 1
1973 24 SDP NL 56 39 -5 -0 -0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 -0.0 0 1
1974 25 SFG NL 31 72 -10 -0 0 0 7 -2 -0.3 2 0 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 0.0 0 1
1975 26 SFG NL 38 51 -7 -0 -0 0 6 -1 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 1
1976 27 SFG NL 50 20 -3 -0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 1
1977 28 CIN NL 14 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .515 .501 0.2 0.0 2 1
1977 28 MIL AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1978 29 MIL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1 CYA-2,MVP-12
1979 30 MIL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1980 31 MIL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1981 32 MIL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1982 33 MIL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1983 34 MIL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1984 35 MIL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
14 Seasons 476 243 -30 -0 -1 0 28 -2 -0.3 8 5 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.3 0.3 6
MIL (8 yrs) 239 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.2 1
SFG (3 yrs) 119 143 -19 -1 0 0 16 -4 -0.4 5 1 -0.4 .496 .499 -0.5 0.0 1
SDP (3 yrs) 104 95 -12 0 -1 0 10 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .498 .500 -0.2 0.0 1
CIN (1 yr) 14 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .515 .501 0.2 0.0 2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1981 32 MIL AL ALDS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 33 MIL AL ALCS CAL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 33 MIL AL WS STL L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1971 SDP NL 22 P 6 0 0 6.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.05 0.50 .953 1.89 1.90 2 1 33% 35% 0
1972 SDP NL 23 P 42 20 4 163.2 58 9 47 2 3 .966 3.08 1.33 .950 1.78 1.78 6 6 50% 37% 4
1973 SDP NL 24 P 55 13 3 149.0 43 12 29 2 1 .953 2.48 0.75 .950 1.88 1.88 2 5 71% 36% 2
1974 SFG NL 25 P 31 27 6 189.1 59 11 48 0 7 1.000 2.80 1.90 .944 1.88 1.88 12 5 29% 33% 0
1975 SFG NL 26 P 38 21 4 163.1 44 10 33 1 2 .977 2.37 1.13 .946 1.86 1.86 7 3 30% 32% 1
1976 SFG NL 27 P 50 9 0 107.1 31 8 22 1 2 .968 2.52 0.60 .950 1.88 1.87 5 4 44% 33% 1
1977 TOT MLB 28 P 35 12 2 119.0 38 7 31 0 3 1.000 2.87 1.09 .948 1.93 1.90 7 0 0% 38% 0
1977 CIN NL 28 P 14 0 0 24.2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.29 .950 1.86 1.85 2 0 0% 35% 0
1977 MIL AL 28 P 21 12 2 94.1 34 7 27 0 3 1.000 3.24 1.62 .948 1.95 1.93 5 0 0% 39% 0
1978 MIL AL 29 P 37 34 23 293.1 64 14 50 0 2 1.000 1.96 1.73 .954 1.90 1.88 11 7 39% 38% 1 CYA-2,MVP-12
1979 MIL AL 30 P 30 30 16 235.0 73 7 64 2 3 .973 2.72 2.37 .949 1.92 1.89 9 9 50% 36% 2
1980 MIL AL 31 P 34 33 11 225.1 46 8 37 1 5 .978 1.80 1.32 .957 1.85 1.85 9 10 53% 35% 1
1981 MIL AL 32 P 24 23 3 144.1 31 5 26 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.29 .963 1.98 1.98 4 1 20% 38% 0
1982 MIL AL 33 P 35 34 12 258.0 62 13 48 1 5 .984 2.13 1.74 .958 1.80 1.80 8 6 43% 36% 2
1983 MIL AL 34 P 32 32 10 228.1 44 4 38 2 4 .955 1.66 1.31 .958 1.80 1.78 10 10 50% 33% 3
1984 MIL AL 35 P 26 19 4 126.0 34 7 24 3 2 .912 2.21 1.19 .958 1.79 1.78 3 0 0% 36% 0
14 Seasons P 475 307 98 2408.2 630 116 499 15 39 .976 2.30 1.29 .952 1.86 1.86 95 67 41% 35% 17
14 Seasons TOT 475 307 98 2408.2 630 116 499 15 39 .976 2.30 1.29 .952 1.86 1.86 95 67 41% 35% 17
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1990 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (12, 10%)
0.10 Career Shares (924th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (2, 54%)
0.54 Career Shares (98th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 AL  8.1 (2nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1978 AL  8.1 (2nd)
1979 AL  4.8 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1974 NL  2.95 (10th)
1978 AL  2.36 (3rd)
1979 AL  3.29 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1978 AL  22 (2nd)
1979 AL  16 (8th)
1981 AL  11 (10th)
1982 AL  17 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1974 NL  .737 (3rd)
1978 AL  .710 (5th)
1979 AL  .727 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1978 AL  1.064 (2nd)
1979 AL  1.238 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  7.916 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  1.657 (3rd)
1979 AL  1.494 (2nd)
1982 AL  2.023 (7th)
1983 AL  2.010 (6th)
Career  2.231 (172nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1978 AL  293.3 (3rd)
1982 AL  258.0 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1981 AL  23 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1978 AL  23 (1st)
1979 AL  16 (5th)
1982 AL  12 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1978 AL  6 (2nd)
1979 AL  4 (4th)
1980 AL  2 (10th)
1982 AL  3 (4th)
1983 AL  2 (9th)
Career  23 (203rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  29 (2nd)
1981 AL  18 (1st)
1982 AL  30 (9th)
1983 AL  35 (2nd)
Career  218 (173rd)

Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  258 (7th)
1979 AL  252 (6th)
1982 AL  269 (2nd)
1983 AL  269 (3rd)
Career  2,581 (212th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1978 AL  2.426 (4th)
1979 AL  2.282 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  0.430 (3rd)
1979 AL  0.689 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1982 AL  112 (6th)
1983 AL  115 (4th)
Career  1,020 (216th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1973 NL  10 (5th)
1982 AL  9 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1978 AL  1,176 (3rd)
1982 AL  1,064 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1974 NL  130 (8th)
1978 AL  160 (3rd)
1979 AL  127 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1978 AL  45 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1978 AL  5.0 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1978 AL  46.35 (2nd)
1979 AL  27.55 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1978 AL  6.1 (1st)
1979 AL  3.6 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1978 AL  4.9 (2nd)
1979 AL  2.8 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1978 AL  5.2 (2nd)
1979 AL  2.8 (9th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1972 NL  47 (5th)
1974 NL  48 (3rd)
1978 AL  50 (2nd)
1979 AL  64 (1st)
1982 AL  48 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1984 AL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1972 NL  3.08 (1st)
1974 NL  2.80 (3rd)
1975 NL  2.37 (4th)
1979 AL  2.72 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1974 NL  1.90 (3rd)
1979 AL  2.37 (1st)
1982 AL  1.74 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1974 NL  1.000 (1st)
1978 AL  1.000 (1st)
1981 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (769), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 65 (394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 28 (487), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (752), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (490th), 18.7 career WAR/20.6 7yr-peak WAR/19.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Mike McCormick (947)
  2. Charlie Leibrandt (940)
  3. Buddy Black (933)
  4. Harvey Haddix (932)
  5. Larry Benton (930)
  6. Joe Nuxhall (929)
  7. Scott McGregor (928)
  8. Harry Staley (928)
  9. Ed Whitson (927)
  10. Vern Law (925)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bob Miller (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tug McGraw (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. John Henry Johnson (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Henry Johnson (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bobby Burke (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Andy Hassler (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Danny Darwin (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Larry Jackson (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Lee (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bill Lee (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Vern Law (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Vern Law (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Vern Law (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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