Chuck Cary
Charles Douglas Cary
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 3, 1960 in Whittier, CA
School: University of California
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1985
Final Game: October 2, 1993
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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
1985 25 DET AL 0 1 .000 3.42 16 0 6 0 0 2 23.2 16 9 9 2 8 1 22 2 0 0 95 119 1.014 6.1 0.8 3.0 8.4 2.75
1986 26 DET AL 1 2 .333 3.41 22 0 6 0 0 0 31.2 33 18 12 3 15 4 21 0 1 1 140 122 1.516 9.4 0.9 4.3 6.0 1.40
1987 27 ATL NL 1 1 .500 3.78 13 0 6 0 0 1 16.2 17 7 7 3 4 3 15 1 0 1 70 115 1.260 9.2 1.6 2.2 8.1 3.75
1988 28 ATL NL 0 0 6.48 7 0 1 0 0 0 8.1 8 6 6 1 4 0 7 1 0 1 39 57 1.440 8.6 1.1 4.3 7.6 1.75
1989 29 NYY AL 4 4 .500 3.26 22 11 4 2 0 0 99.1 78 42 36 13 29 6 79 0 1 6 404 118 1.077 7.1 1.2 2.6 7.2 2.72
1990 30 NYY AL 6 12 .333 4.19 28 27 1 2 0 0 156.2 155 77 73 21 55 1 134 1 2 11 661 95 1.340 8.9 1.2 3.2 7.7 2.44
1991 31 NYY AL 1 6 .143 5.91 10 9 0 0 0 0 53.1 61 35 35 6 32 2 34 0 1 2 247 70 1.744 10.3 1.0 5.4 5.7 1.06
1993 33 CHW AL 1 0 1.000 5.23 16 0 4 0 0 0 20.2 22 12 12 1 11 0 10 3 0 4 96 80 1.597 9.6 0.4 4.8 4.4 0.91
8 Seasons 14 26 .350 4.17 134 47 28 4 0 3 410.1 390 206 190 50 158 17 322 8 5 26 1752 96 1.335 8.6 1.1 3.5 7.1 2.04
162 Game Avg. 5 10 .350 4.17 50 18 11 2 0 1 154 147 77 71 19 59 6 121 3 2 10 658 96 1.335 8.6 1.1 3.5 7.1 2.04
NYY (3 yrs) 11 22 .333 4.19 60 47 5 4 0 0 309.1 294 154 144 40 116 9 247 1 4 19 1312 95 1.325 8.6 1.2 3.4 7.2 2.13
ATL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.68 20 0 7 0 0 1 25.0 25 13 13 4 8 3 22 2 0 2 109 88 1.320 9.0 1.4 2.9 7.9 2.75
DET (2 yrs) 1 3 .250 3.42 38 0 12 0 0 2 55.1 49 27 21 5 23 5 43 2 1 1 235 120 1.301 8.0 0.8 3.7 7.0 1.87
CHW (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.23 16 0 4 0 0 0 20.2 22 12 12 1 11 0 10 3 0 4 96 80 1.597 9.6 0.4 4.8 4.4 0.91
AL (6 yrs) 13 25 .342 4.13 114 47 21 4 0 2 385.1 365 193 177 46 150 14 300 6 5 24 1643 97 1.337 8.5 1.1 3.5 7.0 2.00
NL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.68 20 0 7 0 0 1 25.0 25 13 13 4 8 3 22 2 0 2 109 88 1.320 9.0 1.4 2.9 7.9 2.75

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
1985 25 DET AL 16 95 84 9 16 2 1 2 0 1 8 22 .190 .274 .310 .583 .230 26 1 2 0 1 1
1986 26 DET AL 22 140 121 18 33 8 0 3 3 0 15 21 .273 .348 .413 .761 .303 50 3 0 2 2 4
1987 27 ATL NL 13 70 64 7 17 3 0 3 0 1 4 15 .266 .319 .453 .772 .304 29 1 1 1 0 3
1988 28 ATL NL 7 39 32 6 8 1 1 1 3 0 4 7 .250 .351 .438 .789 .292 14 0 1 2 0 0
1989 29 NYY AL 22 404 373 42 78 21 2 13 6 1 29 79 .209 .266 .381 .646 .230 142 3 0 1 1 6
1990 30 NYY AL 28 661 597 77 155 33 5 21 14 10 55 134 .260 .321 .437 .758 .300 261 7 1 3 5 1
1991 31 NYY AL 10 247 214 35 61 13 1 6 7 1 32 34 .285 .378 .439 .817 .316 94 7 0 1 0 2
1993 33 CHW AL 16 96 77 12 22 6 1 1 0 2 11 10 .286 .379 .429 .808 .300 33 0 3 1 4 0
8 Seasons 134 1752 1562 206 390 87 11 50 33 16 158 322 .250 .319 .415 .735 .283 649 22 8 11 13 17
162 Game Avg. 50 658 587 77 147 33 4 19 12 6 59 121 .250 .319 .415 .735 .283 244 8 3 4 5 6
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
1989 29 NYY AL 22 11 4 3 4 0 1 6 5 .545 1 1 2 0 7 64% 58 80 14 11 3 1 5 4.4 3.7 6.8 104 2 3 3 3 142
1990 30 NYY AL 28 27 6 12 9 1 5 11 16 .407 1 4 2 0 15 56% 52 82 15 19 3 0 4 3.4 3.1 5.7 92 9 5 10 3 134
1991 31 NYY AL 10 9 1 6 2 0 0 3 6 .333 0 1 0 0 3 33% 43 75 7 7 3 0 6 3.4 3.3 5.3 90 1 5 3 0 101
3 Seasons 60 47 11 21 15 1 6 20 27 .426 2 6 4 0 25 53% 52 82 7 37 9 1 15 3.6 3.3 5.9 94 12 13 16 6 142
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
1985 25 DET AL 16 16 6 0 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 14 4 29% 8 0.658 6 3 6 5 1 10 7 9 7 5 7 4 4.4
1986 26 DET AL 22 22 6 1 2 1 0 1 0% 3 2 21 11 52% 6 0.838 3 7 12 5 2 15 14 8 10 10 10 3 4.3
1987 27 ATL NL 13 13 6 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 0 8 7 88% 8 0.564 4 2 7 4 1 8 4 9 5 3 5 2 3.8
1988 28 ATL NL 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 6 0.632 2 0 5 1 1 5 2 5 3 2 4 1 3.6 22
1989 29 NYY AL 22 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 9 56% 5 0.799 3 1 7 0 1 10 8 3 8 2 8 2 6.7 36
1990 30 NYY AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.996 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0 17
1991 31 NYY AL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0.916 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 17.0 103
1993 33 CHW AL 16 16 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 8 57% 6 0.749 4 4 8 2 2 12 8 8 7 3 7 4 3.9 20
8 Seasons 134 87 28 3 5 6 3 3 50% 10 3 79 43 54% 0.869 22 18 46 17 8 62 44 43 42 25 43 16 4.6 28

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%
1985 25 DET AL 95 64% 2.1% 23.2% 8.4% 5.3% 31% 0.26 64% 13 1 8%
1986 26 DET AL 140 72% 2.1% 15.0% 10.7% 7.9% 33% 0.83 71% 25 3 12%
1987 27 ATL NL 70 71% 4.3% 21.4% 5.7% 8.6% 35% 1.06 66% 13 1 8%
1988 28 ATL NL 39 56% 2.6% 18.0% 10.3% 7.7% 38% 0.92 1.25 62% 19% 16.7% 54% 7 0 0%
1989 29 NYY AL 404 82% 3.2% 19.6% 7.2% 8.9% 46% 0.51 0.55 70% 17% 8.8% 23% 48 3 6%
1990 30 NYY AL 661 81% 3.2% 20.3% 8.3% 8.9% 38% 0.41 0.45 68% 25% 7.9% 17% 106 7 7%
1991 31 NYY AL 247 80% 2.4% 13.8% 13.0% 8.1% 33% 0.69 0.88 70% 18% 7.1% 19% 54 7 13%
1993 33 CHW AL 96 63% 1.0% 10.4% 11.5% 8.3% 36% 0.97 1.08 73% 26% 3.2% 11% 19 0 0%
8 Seasons 1752 78% 2.9% 18.4% 9.0% 8.5% 38% 0.52 0.59 69% 21% 7.8% 20% 285 22 8%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 28 ATL NL 36 134 3.72 78 58% 22% 19% 27% 32% 78% 0% 46% 75% 56% 3% 1 0 19% 7 1 0 50% 0 1 3 0 0
1989 29 NYY AL 404 1540 3.81 962 62% 20% 18% 30% 31% 80% 4% 50% 77% 59% 6% 23 14 17% 69 31 3 22% 11 3 0 0 2
1990 30 NYY AL 661 2491 3.77 1509 61% 20% 17% 31% 31% 80% 0% 48% 78% 51% 5% 31 20 16% 109 50 5 25% 15 10 0 0 1
1991 31 NYY AL 247 912 3.69 523 57% 24% 15% 27% 35% 76% 2% 44% 81% 51% 8% 20 12 13% 33 10 0 26% 5 6 0 0 0
1993 33 CHW AL 96 325 3.39 189 58% 18% 16% 28% 38% 82% 0% 48% 81% 51% 4% 4 3 15% 14 7 1 20% 1 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1444 5402 3.74 3261 60% 21% 17% 30% 32% 79% 2% 48% 78% 54% 5% 79 49 16% 232 99 9 25% 32 21 3 0 3
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
1985 25 DET AL 95 16 2 0 6 2 0 2 0 6 4 1 67% 0 0 0 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 26 DET AL 140 33 3 0 6 2 1 0 3 17 8 3 47% 1 1 2 59 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1987 27 ATL NL 70 17 3 1 1 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 125% 0 1 1 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1988 28 ATL NL 39 8 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 100% 1 1 0 17 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 29 NYY AL 404 78 5 2 13 1 6 11 2 7 6 20 14 3 70% 5 6 1 125 6 1 86% 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1990 30 NYY AL 661 155 13 7 21 0 10 17 4 10 11 38 16 9 42% 5 11 1 208 14 10 58% 12 9 2 0 0 1 4 3 19 0
1991 31 NYY AL 247 61 20 1 6 0 6 4 2 3 3 12 4 2 33% 2 2 2 108 7 1 88% 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1993 33 CHW AL 96 22 3 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 12 10 2 83% 1 4 0 39 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
8 Seasons 1752 390 41 10 50 2 41 41 9 26 24 110 62 21 56% 15 26 7 604 33 16 67% 24 14 9 1 0 1 7 3 60 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+
1985 25 0 1 .000 3.42 16 0 6 0 0 2 23.2 16 9 9 2 8 1 22 2 0 0 95 119 1.014 6.1 0.8 3.0 8.4 2.75 119
1986 26 1 3 .250 3.42 38 0 12 0 0 2 55.1 49 27 21 5 23 5 43 2 1 1 235 120 1.301 8.0 0.8 3.7 7.0 1.87 120
1987 27 2 4 .333 3.50 51 0 18 0 0 3 72.0 66 34 28 8 27 8 58 3 1 2 305 119 1.292 8.3 1.0 3.4 7.3 2.15 119
1988 28 2 4 .333 3.81 58 0 19 0 0 3 80.1 74 40 34 9 31 8 65 4 1 3 344 108 1.307 8.3 1.0 3.5 7.3 2.10 108
1989 29 6 8 .429 3.51 80 11 23 2 0 3 179.2 152 82 70 22 60 14 144 4 2 9 748 113 1.180 7.6 1.1 3.0 7.2 2.40 113
1990 30 12 20 .375 3.83 108 38 24 4 0 3 336.1 307 159 143 43 115 15 278 5 4 20 1409 104 1.255 8.2 1.2 3.1 7.4 2.42 104
1991 31 13 26 .333 4.11 118 47 24 4 0 3 389.2 368 194 178 49 147 17 312 5 5 22 1656 97 1.322 8.5 1.1 3.4 7.2 2.12 97
1992 32 13 26 .333 4.11 118 47 24 4 0 3 389.2 368 194 178 49 147 17 312 5 5 22 1656 97 1.322 8.5 1.1 3.4 7.2 2.12 97
1993 33 14 26 .350 4.17 134 47 28 4 0 3 410.1 390 206 190 50 158 17 322 8 5 26 1752 96 1.335 8.6 1.1 3.5 7.1 2.04 96

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
1985 25 1 1 .500 3.91 23.0 17 11 10 2 8 21 2 1.087 6.7 3.1 8.2 2.63 0.8 16
1986 26 2 1 .667 3.90 30.0 34 14 13 3 15 20 0 1.633 10.2 4.5 6.0 1.33 0.9 22
1987 27 0 1 .000 3.94 16.0 17 8 7 3 4 14 1 1.313 9.6 2.3 7.9 3.50 1.7 13
1988 28 0 0 6.00 9.0 8 7 6 1 4 8 1 1.333 8.0 4.0 8.0 2.00 1.0 7
1989 29 5 5 .500 3.75 96.0 85 44 40 14 32 76 0 1.219 8.0 3.0 7.1 2.38 1.3 22
1990 30 6 10 .375 4.84 147.0 162 88 79 22 57 126 1 1.490 9.9 3.5 7.7 2.21 1.3 28
1991 31 1 4 .200 6.66 50.0 63 41 37 6 33 32 0 1.920 11.3 5.9 5.8 0.97 1.1 10
1993 33 1 1 .500 5.40 20.0 22 13 12 1 11 10 3 1.650 9.9 5.0 4.5 0.91 0.5 16
8 Seasons 16 23 .410 4.70 391.0 408 226 204 52 164 307 8 1.463 9.4 7.1 1.87 1.2 134

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Losses s c a p y
1990 AL--12--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1990 AL--11--7th

                           

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