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Cris Carpenter

Cris Howell Carpenter

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 5, 1965 in St. Augustine, FL
High School: Gainesville HS (Gainesville, GA)
Schools: Piedmont College (Demorest, GA), University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 1988
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Rangers/Marlins/Brewers 1988-1996

Final Game: April 26, 1996
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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
1988 23 STL NL 2 3 .400 4.72 8 8 0 1 0 0 47.2 56 27 25 3 9 2 24 1 0 1 203 75 1.364 10.6 0.6 1.7 4.5 2.67
1989 24 STL NL 4 4 .500 3.18 36 5 10 0 0 0 68.0 70 30 24 4 26 9 35 2 0 1 303 114 1.412 9.3 0.5 3.4 4.6 1.35
1990 25 STL NL 0 0 4.50 4 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 5 4 4 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 32 89 0.875 5.6 2.3 2.3 6.8 3.00
1991 26 STL NL 10 4 .714 4.23 59 0 19 0 0 0 66.0 53 31 31 6 20 9 47 0 0 1 266 88 1.106 7.2 0.8 2.7 6.4 2.35
1992 27 STL NL 5 4 .556 2.97 73 0 21 0 0 1 88.0 69 29 29 10 27 8 46 4 0 5 355 115 1.091 7.1 1.0 2.8 4.7 1.70
1993 28 TOT MLB 4 2 .667 3.50 56 0 17 0 0 1 69.1 64 30 27 5 25 3 53 4 0 7 293 121 1.284 8.3 0.6 3.2 6.9 2.12
1993 28 FLA NL 0 1 .000 2.89 29 0 9 0 0 0 37.1 29 15 12 1 13 2 26 2 0 5 154 148 1.125 7.0 0.2 3.1 6.3 2.00
1993 28 TEX AL 4 1 .800 4.22 27 0 8 0 0 1 32.0 35 15 15 4 12 1 27 2 0 2 139 100 1.469 9.8 1.1 3.4 7.6 2.25
1994 29 TEX AL 2 5 .286 5.03 47 0 16 0 0 5 59.0 69 35 33 7 20 7 39 0 0 1 263 96 1.508 10.5 1.1 3.1 5.9 1.95
1996 31 MIL AL 0 0 7.56 8 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 12 8 7 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 39 71 1.680 13.0 1.1 2.2 2.2 1.00
8 Yrs 27 22 .551 3.91 291 13 86 1 0 7 414.1 398 194 180 38 131 39 252 11 0 16 1754 100 1.277 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.5 1.92
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .551 3.91 65 3 19 0 0 2 93 89 43 40 9 29 9 56 2 0 4 392 100 1.277 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.5 1.92
STL (5 yrs) 21 15 .583 3.66 180 13 51 1 0 1 277.2 253 121 113 25 84 29 158 7 0 8 1159 98 1.214 8.2 0.8 2.7 5.1 1.88
TEX (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 4.75 74 0 24 0 0 6 91.0 104 50 48 11 32 8 66 2 0 3 402 97 1.495 10.3 1.1 3.2 6.5 2.06
FLA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 2.89 29 0 9 0 0 0 37.1 29 15 12 1 13 2 26 2 0 5 154 148 1.125 7.0 0.2 3.1 6.3 2.00
MIL (1 yr) 0 0 7.56 8 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 12 8 7 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 39 71 1.680 13.0 1.1 2.2 2.2 1.00
NL (6 yrs) 21 16 .568 3.57 209 13 60 1 0 1 315.0 282 136 125 26 97 31 184 9 0 13 1313 102 1.203 8.1 0.7 2.8 5.3 1.90
AL (3 yrs) 6 6 .500 4.98 82 0 26 0 0 6 99.1 116 58 55 12 34 8 68 2 0 3 441 94 1.510 10.5 1.1 3.1 6.2 2.00

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
1988 23 STL NL 47.2 8 8 27 5.10 3.81 -0.01 0.13 101.7 4.02 -6 -0.6 -0.0 -0.3 -1 .420 .496 $
1989 24 STL NL 68.0 36 5 30 3.97 3.94 0.53 -0.13 105.1 3.45 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.2 0.0 2 .488 .497 $
1990 25 STL NL 8.0 4 0 4 4.50 4.49 0.19 -0.34 95.0 3.75 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.0 0.0 0 .478 .499 $100,000
1991 26 STL NL 66.0 59 0 31 4.23 4.17 0.15 -0.32 99.9 3.70 -4 -0.5 1.2 -0.1 -0.1 2 .492 .497 $120,000
1992 27 STL NL 88.0 73 0 29 2.97 3.88 -0.01 -0.30 97.3 3.49 5 0.5 1.2 -0.1 1.1 12 .507 .503 $170,000
1993 28 FLA NL 37.1 29 0 15 3.62 4.81 -0.13 -0.37 105.5 4.83 4 0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.7 9 .516 .503 $725,000
1993 28 TEX AL 32.0 27 0 15 4.22 4.70 0.04 -0.36 95.2 4.09 -0 -0.0 1.7 -0.1 0.2 3 .499 .500 $
1994 29 TEX AL 59.0 47 0 35 5.34 5.35 -0.39 -0.41 99.2 5.28 -1 -0.0 1.6 -0.1 0.4 5 .499 .500 $1,000,000
1996 31 MIL AL 8.1 8 0 8 8.64 5.34 0.06 -0.40 103.4 5.05 -3 -0.3 .6 0.0 -0.2 -2 .462 .498 $150,000
8 Seasons 414.1 291 13 194 4.21 4.33 0.05 -0.26 100.4 4.04 -10 -1.0 1.3 -0.6 1.8 30 .496 .499 $2,265,000
STL (5 yrs) 277.2 180 13 121 3.92 3.97 0.17 -0.19 100.5 3.63 -10 -1.1 1.2 -0.4 0.7 15 .494 .499 $390,000
TEX (2 yrs) 91.0 74 0 50 4.95 5.12 -0.24 -0.39 97.8 4.86 -1 -0.1 1.6 -0.2 0.6 9 .499 .500 $1,000,000
FLA (1 yr) 37.1 29 0 15 3.62 4.81 -0.13 -0.37 105.5 4.83 4 0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.7 9 .516 .503 $725,000
MIL (1 yr) 8.1 8 0 8 8.64 5.34 0.06 -0.40 103.4 5.05 -3 -0.3 .6 0.0 -0.2 -2 .462 .498 $150,000

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
1988 23 STL NL 8 203 188 27 56 10 3 3 2 2 9 24 .298 .327 .431 .758 .321 81 4 1 1 4 2 1
1989 24 STL NL 36 303 267 30 70 15 4 4 8 3 26 35 .262 .328 .393 .721 .284 105 2 2 4 4 9 6
1990 25 STL NL 4 32 30 4 5 0 0 2 1 0 2 6 .167 .219 .367 .585 .136 11 0 0 0 0 1 1
1991 26 STL NL 59 266 241 31 53 17 0 6 3 4 20 47 .220 .278 .365 .643 .247 88 2 0 3 2 9 1
1992 27 STL NL 73 355 313 29 69 13 2 10 11 3 27 46 .220 .288 .371 .659 .227 116 7 4 8 3 8 2
1993 28 FLA NL 29 154 137 15 29 8 1 1 5 0 13 26 .212 .288 .307 .594 .252 42 2 2 1 1 2 2
1993 28 TEX AL 27 139 121 15 35 5 1 4 0 1 12 27 .289 .355 .446 .801 .333 54 2 2 1 3 1 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 56 293 258 30 64 13 2 5 5 1 25 53 .248 .320 .372 .692 .289 96 4 4 2 4 3 2
1994 29 TEX AL 47 263 237 35 69 10 1 7 2 3 20 39 .291 .342 .430 .773 .320 102 4 0 3 3 7 6
1996 31 MIL AL 8 39 36 8 12 1 1 1 3 0 2 2 .333 .359 .500 .859 .324 18 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 Yrs 291 1754 1570 194 398 79 13 38 35 16 131 252 .254 .312 .393 .705 .277 617 23 11 21 21 39 20
162 Game Avg. 65 392 351 43 89 18 3 9 8 4 29 56 .254 .312 .393 .705 .277 138 5 2 5 5 9 4
MLB Averages .261 .328 .396 .725 .290

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1988 23 STL NL -5.8 -0.6 208 -0.6 3.3 -3.9 .98 -0.3 -0.3 -4.7 -0.5 0.98 -3.9 0 0 0
1989 24 STL NL 2.0 0.2 314 -0.3 4.1 -4.4 .90 -0.5 0.1 -9.8 -1.0 0.90 -5.7 9 4 16
1990 25 STL NL -0.2 -0.0 33 -0.2 0.1 -0.4 .35 0.1 -0.7 -1.9 -0.2 0.35 0.7 0 4 0
1991 26 STL NL -2.2 -0.2 274 -0.0 4.5 -4.5 .92 0.8 -0.8 6.0 0.6 0.92 8.9 20 12 25
1992 27 STL NL 6.0 0.6 375 -0.6 6.9 -7.5 1.14 0.1 -0.6 8.1 0.9 1.14 2.3 23 15 32
1993 28 TOT MLB 5.6 0.6 311 0.2 5.7 -5.5 1.05 0.4 -0.2 6.4 0.6 1.04 2.9 25 12 17
1993 28 FLA NL 5.0 0.5 165 -0.1 1.9 -2.0 .73 0.5 -0.6 5.5 0.5 0.72 5.1 9 5 13
1993 28 TEX AL 0.6 0.1 146 0.3 3.8 -3.5 1.41 -0.1 0.3 1.0 0.1 1.41 -2.2 16 7 4
1994 29 TEX AL -0.5 -0.0 270 -0.7 5.3 -6.0 1.22 -0.0 -0.6 -1.4 -0.1 1.22 1.4 22 8 15
1996 31 MIL AL -2.1 -0.2 42 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .67 -0.2 -0.1 -2.6 -0.2 0.67 -1.3 0 3 5
8 Yrs 2.8 0.3 1827 -2.4 30.2 -32.7 1.02 0.4 -2.8 0.2 0.1 1.02 5.4 99 58 110

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
1988 23 STL NL 8 8 2 3 3 0 0 3 5 .375 2 1 1 0 3 38% 46.5 78 24 4 3 0 4 3.4 4.2 6.0 86 2 5 1 0 116
1989 24 STL NL 36 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 .400 1 0 0 0 2 40% 49.6 73 36 18 2 3 1 4.3 5.4 5.4 78 3 2 0 0 87
2 Yrs 44 13 3 5 5 0 0 5 8 .385 3 1 1 0 5 38% 48 78 24 22 5 3 5 3.7 4.6 5.7 83 5 7 1 0 116
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 103 -14 4.5 4.5 6.1 95

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
1989 24 STL NL 36 31 10 3 2 2 0 2 0% 4 2 17 10 59% 7 .903 9 4 16 5 7 19 9 22 14 11 16 7 4.0 22
1990 25 STL NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 .347 0 4 0 0 0 4 2 2 3 1 3 0 6.0 26
1991 26 STL NL 59 59 19 10 4 0 0 0 12 11 37 8 22% 8 .915 20 12 25 15 12 32 20 39 19 20 20 14 3.4 17
1992 27 STL NL 73 73 21 5 4 8 1 7 13% 15 7 64 19 30% 7 1.145 23 15 32 18 14 41 36 37 27 22 31 19 3.6 17
1993 28 TOT MLB 56 56 17 4 2 4 1 3 25% 19 14 45 14 31% 1.049 25 12 17 22 6 28 28 28 25 17 27 7 3.7 20
1993 28 FLA NL 29 29 9 0 1 2 0 2 0% 6 3 17 5 29% 7 .726 9 5 13 6 1 22 11 18 12 8 13 3 3.9 20
1993 28 TEX AL 27 27 8 4 1 2 1 1 50% 13 11 28 9 32% 8 1.407 16 7 4 16 5 6 17 10 13 9 14 4 3.6 20
1994 29 TEX AL 47 47 16 2 5 11 5 6 45% 16 5 44 19 43% 8 1.222 22 8 15 22 7 18 27 20 22 16 28 10 3.8 20
1996 31 MIL AL 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 7 .668 0 3 5 4 1 3 6 2 3 2 5 1 3.1 16
7 Yrs 283 278 86 24 17 25 7 18 28% 66 39 219 76 35% 1.025 99 58 110 86 47 145 128 150 113 89 130 58 3.7 19

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%
1988 23 STL NL 203 55% 1.5% 11.8% 4.4% 7.9% 29% 0.76 1.00 81% 25% 4.8% 35% 37 4 11%
1989 24 STL NL 303 49% 1.3% 11.6% 8.6% 7.6% 33% 0.67 0.80 77% 21% 3.6% 22% 50 2 4%
1990 25 STL NL 32 59% 6.3% 18.8% 6.3% 6.3% 40% 0.29 0.38 69% 29% 12.5% 6% 2 0 0%
1991 26 STL NL 266 48% 2.3% 17.7% 7.5% 8.7% 43% 0.59 0.81 71% 19% 6.3% 21% 39 2 5%
1992 27 STL NL 355 49% 2.8% 13.0% 7.6% 7.0% 36% 0.65 0.90 73% 16% 8.4% 26% 73 7 10%
1993 28 TOT MLB 293 56% 1.7% 18.1% 8.5% 6.8% 31% 0.63 0.88 70% 22% 4.7% 17% 67 4 6%
1993 28 FLA NL 154 56% 0.7% 16.9% 8.4% 6.5% 35% 0.79 0.93 72% 12% 2.0% 21% 33 2 6%
1993 28 TEX AL 139 55% 2.9% 19.4% 8.6% 7.2% 29% 0.48 0.81 67% 33% 7.0% 14% 34 2 6%
1994 29 TEX AL 263 56% 2.7% 14.8% 7.6% 6.8% 26% 0.77 0.88 74% 22% 7.2% 14% 52 4 8%
1996 31 MIL AL 39 67% 2.6% 5.1% 5.1% 7.7% 25% 0.48 0.35 87% 29% 5.9% 26% 4 0 0%
8 Yrs 1754 52% 2.2% 14.4% 7.5% 7.4% 33% 0.66 0.84 74% 21% 6.1% 22% 324 23 7%
MLB Averages 42% 2.3% 15.3% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.9% 19% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 23 STL NL 204 685 3.36 458 67% 27% 7% 29% 37% 73% 3% 49% 90% 57% 2% 5 2 17% 35 24 2 46% 6 1 -1 0 0
1989 24 STL NL 301 1048 3.48 660 63% 24% 12% 27% 36% 75% 8% 48% 83% 56% 7% 21 7 16% 49 33 4 38% 8 6 2 0 4
1990 25 STL NL 32 104 3.25 74 71% 30% 15% 23% 32% 70% 13% 50% 79% 63% 6% 2 0 38% 12 9 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0
1991 26 STL NL 267 994 3.72 626 63% 23% 14% 31% 32% 77% 9% 48% 82% 55% 4% 12 3 15% 40 18 1 32% 7 1 -1 0 0
1992 27 STL NL 356 1259 3.54 801 64% 20% 15% 30% 35% 80% 7% 51% 81% 58% 5% 18 7 21% 73 36 3 15% 10 3 -1 0 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 288 1092 3.79 686 63% 22% 16% 32% 30% 78% 3% 49% 80% 63% 7% 20 11 27% 78 41 1 17% 19 6 5 0 0
1993 28 FLA NL 148 559 3.78 351 63% 24% 14% 32% 31% 76% 3% 48% 82% 62% 5% 7 3 28% 42 24 1 24% 10 2 6 0 0
1993 28 TEX AL 140 533 3.81 335 63% 21% 18% 32% 29% 79% 2% 50% 78% 63% 9% 13 8 26% 36 17 0 11% 9 4 -1 0 0
1994 29 TEX AL 247 897 3.63 594 66% 22% 15% 31% 32% 78% 8% 52% 81% 65% 5% 12 2 32% 79 50 7 15% 9 3 16 0 0
1996 31 MIL AL 31 111 3.58 73 67% 15% 14% 34% 37% 85% 0% 56% 84% 67% 0% 0 0 26% 8 5 1 0% 0 0 8 2 0
8 Yrs 1726 6190 3.59 3972 64% 23% 14% 30% 34% 77% 6% 50% 82% 59% 5% 90 32 22% 374 216 20 26% 60 21 28 2 4
MLB Averages 3.65 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 27%

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
1988 23 STL NL 203 56 6 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 13 10 1 77% 1 1 1 75 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 24 STL NL 303 70 6 2 4 0 11 3 1 2 2 23 14 0 61% 6 1 0 107 8 3 73% 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1990 25 STL NL 32 5 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 STL NL 266 53 18 4 6 0 15 6 0 2 4 19 8 2 42% 1 1 0 86 3 4 43% 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
1992 27 STL NL 355 69 21 5 10 0 13 4 6 5 5 27 10 3 37% 2 5 1 145 11 3 79% 10 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 293 64 5 0 5 0 12 2 3 3 2 27 10 5 37% 2 7 0 121 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1993 28 FLA NL 154 29 3 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 12 5 2 42% 2 5 0 59 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1993 28 TEX AL 139 35 2 0 4 0 5 1 3 3 1 15 5 3 33% 0 2 0 62 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1994 29 TEX AL 263 69 8 0 7 0 11 3 4 3 4 19 12 2 63% 6 1 0 110 2 3 40% 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1996 31 MIL AL 39 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 17 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Yrs 1754 398 65 11 38 0 63 19 19 15 23 132 67 13 51% 20 16 2 668 35 16 69% 32 11 3 3 0 2 0 0 43 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1988 23 2 3 .400 4.72 8 8 0 1 0 0 47.2 56 27 25 3 9 2 24 1 0 1 203 75 1.364 10.6 0.6 1.7 4.5 2.67 75
1989 24 6 7 .462 3.81 44 13 10 1 0 0 115.2 126 57 49 7 35 11 59 3 0 2 506 94 1.392 9.8 0.5 2.7 4.6 1.69 94
1990 25 6 7 .462 3.86 48 13 11 1 0 0 123.2 131 61 53 9 37 12 65 3 0 2 538 94 1.358 9.5 0.7 2.7 4.7 1.76 94
1991 26 16 11 .593 3.99 107 13 30 1 0 0 189.2 184 92 84 15 57 21 112 3 0 3 804 91 1.271 8.7 0.7 2.7 5.3 1.96 91
1992 27 21 15 .583 3.66 180 13 51 1 0 1 277.2 253 121 113 25 84 29 158 7 0 8 1159 98 1.214 8.2 0.8 2.7 5.1 1.88 98
1993 28 25 17 .595 3.63 236 13 68 1 0 2 347.0 317 151 140 30 109 32 211 11 0 15 1452 102 1.228 8.2 0.8 2.8 5.5 1.94 102
1994 29 27 22 .551 3.83 283 13 84 1 0 7 406.0 386 186 173 37 129 39 250 11 0 16 1715 101 1.268 8.6 0.8 2.9 5.5 1.94 101
1995 30 27 22 .551 3.83 283 13 84 1 0 7 406.0 386 186 173 37 129 39 250 11 0 16 1715 101 1.268 8.6 0.8 2.9 5.5 1.94 101
1996 31 27 22 .551 3.91 291 13 86 1 0 7 414.1 398 194 180 38 131 39 252 11 0 16 1754 100 1.277 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.5 1.92 100

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
1988 23 1 3 .250 5.73 44.0 60 31 28 3 10 22 1 1.591 12.3 2.0 4.5 2.20 0.6 8
1989 24 4 3 .571 3.49 67.0 73 29 26 4 27 34 2 1.493 9.8 3.6 4.6 1.26 0.5 36
1990 25 0 0 5.63 8.0 5 6 5 2 2 6 0 0.875 5.6 2.3 6.8 3.00 2.3 4
1991 26 3 4 .429 4.86 63.0 56 38 34 6 21 45 0 1.222 8.0 3.0 6.4 2.14 0.9 59
1992 27 5 4 .556 3.73 82.0 75 38 34 11 29 43 4 1.268 8.2 3.2 4.7 1.48 1.2 73
1993 28 4 3 .571 3.49 67.0 63 29 26 5 25 51 4 1.313 8.5 3.4 6.9 2.04 0.7 56
1994 29 4 5 .444 4.45 85.0 93 47 42 9 27 56 0 1.412 9.8 2.9 5.9 2.07 1.0 47
1996 31 0 0 5.00 9.0 11 6 5 1 2 2 0 1.444 11.0 2.0 2.0 1.00 1.0 8
8 Yrs 21 22 .488 4.24 425.0 436 224 200 41 143 259 11 1.362 9.2 5.5 1.81 0.9 291

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1992 NL  73 (6th)
1994 AL  47 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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