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Chuck Cary

Charles Douglas Cary

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 3, 1960 in Whittier, CA
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted
by the Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1985
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Tigers/Braves/WhiteSox 1985-1993

Final Game: October 2, 1993
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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
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 95 121 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 1 140 123 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 70 117 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 59 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 6 404 120 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 71 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 82 1.597 9.6 0.4 4.8 4.4 0.91
8 Yrs 14 26 .350 4.17 134 47 28 4 0 3 410.1 390 206 190 50 158 17 322 8 5 26 1752 97 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 97 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 90 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 1 235 122 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 82 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 90 1.320 9.0 1.4 2.9 7.9 2.75

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
1985 25 DET AL 23.2 16 0 9 3.42 4.82 0.20 -0.37 97.4 4.13 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 0.4 4 .512 .501 $
1986 26 DET AL 31.2 22 0 18 5.12 4.76 0.37 -0.37 98.1 3.94 -4 -0.4 .7 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .481 .497 $
1987 27 ATL NL 16.2 13 0 7 3.78 4.61 -0.23 -0.35 105.6 4.74 2 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.3 4 .513 .501 $
1988 28 ATL NL 8.1 7 0 6 6.48 3.92 -0.36 -0.31 108.8 4.31 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .467 .499 $78,000
1989 29 NYY AL 99.1 22 11 42 3.81 4.38 0.12 0.03 100.0 4.30 5 0.5 .8 -0.1 1.3 15 .525 .503 $90,000
1990 30 NYY AL 156.2 28 27 77 4.42 4.40 0.22 0.15 101.1 4.38 0 0.0 .2 -0.1 1.4 17 .501 .500 $200,000
1991 31 NYY AL 53.1 10 9 35 5.91 4.54 -0.25 0.11 100.8 4.94 -6 -0.6 .9 -0.0 -0.1 0 .443 .496 $570,000
1993 33 CHW AL 20.2 16 0 12 5.23 4.80 0.41 -0.37 96.5 3.87 -3 -0.3 .8 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .482 .498 $250,000
8 Seasons 410.1 134 47 206 4.52 4.48 0.12 -0.01 100.5 4.37 -6 -0.6 .9 -0.4 2.9 38 .496 .500 $1,188,000
NYY (3 yrs) 309.1 60 47 154 4.48 4.42 0.11 0.11 100.7 4.45 -0 0.0 .8 -0.2 2.6 32 .500 .500 $860,000
ATL (2 yrs) 25.0 20 0 13 4.68 4.38 -0.27 -0.34 106.7 4.60 -0 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.1 2 .497 .500 $78,000
DET (2 yrs) 55.1 38 0 27 4.39 4.78 0.30 -0.37 97.8 4.02 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.1 0.3 4 .494 .499 $
CHW (1 yr) 20.2 16 0 12 5.23 4.80 0.41 -0.37 96.5 3.87 -3 -0.3 .8 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .482 .498 $250,000

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
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 0
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 1
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 0
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 1
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 5
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 5
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 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 1
8 Yrs 134 1752 1562 206 390 87 11 50 33 16 158 322 .250 .319 .415 .735 .283 649 22 8 11 13 17 15
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 6
MLB Averages .258 .325 .390 .714 .286

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1985 25 DET AL 2.4 0.2 96 -0.2 1.0 -1.2 .63 0.2 -0.6 3.8 0.4 0.63 4.9 5 4 5
1986 26 DET AL 0.7 0.1 147 -0.7 1.8 -2.5 .82 -0.1 -0.7 -3.5 -0.3 0.82 -0.6 3 7 12
1987 27 ATL NL 1.4 0.2 73 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 .55 0.0 -0.8 -2.8 -0.3 0.55 -0.5 4 2 5
1988 28 ATL NL -2.0 -0.2 43 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 .56 -0.4 -0.8 -5.4 -0.5 0.56 -3.1 2 0 5
1989 29 NYY AL 5.9 0.6 417 0.1 5.5 -5.3 .78 1.0 -0.8 1.0 0.1 0.78 8.4 2 2 7
1990 30 NYY AL -1.5 -0.2 695 -1.1 11.5 -12.6 .99 -0.9 -0.1 -3.9 -0.4 0.99 -8.8 0 0 1
1991 31 NYY AL -8.7 -0.8 258 -1.1 3.6 -4.7 .91 -0.6 -0.6 -8.7 -0.8 0.91 -6.3 0 1 0
1993 33 CHW AL -1.7 -0.2 102 0.4 1.2 -0.8 .73 -0.1 0.6 -3.6 -0.4 0.73 -3.0 4 4 8
8 Yrs -3.4 -0.3 1831 -3.6 25.4 -29.1 .86 -0.9 -3.3 -23.2 -2.2 0.86 -9.0 20 20 43

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
1989 29 NYY AL 22 11 4 3 4 0 1 6 5 .545 1 1 2 0 7 64% 57.8 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% 51.7 82 15 19 3 0 4 3.4 3.1 5.7 92 9 4 9 5 134
1991 31 NYY AL 10 9 1 6 2 0 0 3 6 .333 0 1 0 0 3 33% 43.1 75 7 7 3 0 6 3.4 3.3 5.3 90 1 5 3 0 101
3 Yrs 60 47 11 21 15 1 6 20 27 .426 2 6 4 0 25 53% 51 82 7 37 9 1 15 3.6 3.3 5.9 95 12 12 15 8 142
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.4 4.3 6.2 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
1985 25 DET AL 16 16 6 0 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 14 4 29% 8 .631 5 4 5 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 .819 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 .547 4 2 5 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 .556 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 .780 2 2 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 .993 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 .914 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 .731 4 4 8 2 2 12 8 8 7 3 7 4 3.9 20
8 Yrs 134 87 28 3 5 6 3 3 50% 10 3 79 43 54% .857 20 20 43 17 8 62 44 43 42 25 43 16 4.6 28

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%
1985 25 DET AL 95 36% 2.1% 23.2% 8.4% 5.3% 31% 0.26 64% 13 1 8%
1986 26 DET AL 140 28% 2.1% 15.0% 10.7% 7.9% 33% 0.83 71% 25 3 12%
1987 27 ATL NL 70 29% 4.3% 21.4% 5.7% 8.6% 35% 1.06 66% 13 1 8%
1988 28 ATL NL 39 44% 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 18% 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 19% 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 20% 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 38% 1.0% 10.4% 11.5% 8.3% 36% 0.97 1.08 73% 26% 3.2% 11% 19 0 0%
8 Yrs 1752 22% 2.9% 18.4% 9.0% 8.5% 38% 0.52 0.59 69% 21% 7.8% 20% 285 22 8%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.3% 21% 11%

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 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 405 1541 3.80 962 62% 20% 18% 30% 31% 80% 4% 50% 77% 59% 6% 23 14 17% 69 31 3 22% 11 3 -1 0 2
1990 30 NYY AL 669 2512 3.75 1519 60% 21% 17% 31% 31% 79% 0% 48% 78% 51% 5% 31 20 16% 109 50 5 25% 15 10 -8 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 Yrs 1453 5424 3.73 3271 60% 21% 17% 30% 32% 79% 2% 48% 78% 53% 5% 79 49 16% 232 99 9 25% 32 21 -6 0 3
MLB Averages 3.63 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

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
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 0 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 0 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 Yrs 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 5 3 60 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+
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 95 121 1.014 6.1 0.8 3.0 8.4 2.75 121
1986 26 1 3 .250 3.42 38 0 12 0 0 2 55.1 49 27 21 5 23 5 43 2 1 1 235 122 1.301 8.0 0.8 3.7 7.0 1.87 122
1987 27 2 4 .333 3.50 51 0 18 0 0 3 72.0 66 34 28 8 27 8 58 3 1 2 305 121 1.292 8.3 1.0 3.4 7.3 2.15 121
1988 28 2 4 .333 3.81 58 0 19 0 0 3 80.1 74 40 34 9 31 8 65 4 1 3 344 110 1.307 8.3 1.0 3.5 7.3 2.10 110
1989 29 6 8 .429 3.51 80 11 23 2 0 3 179.2 152 82 70 22 60 14 144 4 2 9 748 115 1.180 7.6 1.1 3.0 7.2 2.40 115
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 105 1.255 8.2 1.2 3.1 7.4 2.42 105
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 98 1.322 8.5 1.1 3.4 7.2 2.12 98
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 98 1.322 8.5 1.1 3.4 7.2 2.12 98
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 97 1.335 8.6 1.1 3.5 7.1 2.04 97

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
1985 25 1 1 .500 3.52 23.0 16 10 9 2 8 21 2 1.043 6.3 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 7.88 8.0 9 8 7 1 4 7 1 1.625 10.1 4.5 7.9 1.75 1.1 7
1989 29 5 5 .500 3.71 97.0 82 44 40 14 30 77 0 1.155 7.6 2.8 7.1 2.57 1.3 22
1990 30 6 10 .375 4.84 147.0 161 88 79 22 57 126 1 1.483 9.9 3.5 7.7 2.21 1.3 28
1991 31 1 4 .200 6.35 51.0 62 40 36 6 33 32 0 1.863 10.9 5.8 5.6 0.97 1.1 10
1993 33 1 1 .500 6.16 19.0 23 14 13 1 12 9 3 1.842 10.9 5.7 4.3 0.75 0.5 16
8 Yrs 16 23 .410 4.70 391.0 404 226 204 52 163 306 8 1.450 9.3 7.0 1.88 1.2 134

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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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