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John Cerutti

John Joseph Cerutti

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 28, 1960 in Albany, NY
School: Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1985
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Tigers 1985-1991
Agents: Craig Fenech [*]
Final Game: October 5, 1991
Died: October 3, 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN
Cremated
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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 TOR AL 0 2 .000 5.40 4 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 10 7 4 1 4 0 5 1 0 2 36 83 2.100 13.5 1.4 5.4 6.8 1.25
1986 26 TOR AL 9 4 .692 4.15 34 20 3 2 1 1 145.1 150 73 67 25 47 2 89 1 0 8 616 102 1.356 9.3 1.5 2.9 5.5 1.89
1987 27 TOR AL 11 4 .733 4.40 44 21 6 2 0 0 151.1 144 75 74 30 59 5 92 1 1 5 638 103 1.341 8.6 1.8 3.5 5.5 1.56
1988 28 TOR AL 6 7 .462 3.13 46 12 11 0 0 1 123.2 120 56 43 12 42 6 65 3 3 7 524 125 1.310 8.7 0.9 3.1 4.7 1.55
1989 29 TOR AL 11 11 .500 3.07 33 31 1 3 1 0 205.1 214 90 70 19 53 2 69 6 2 4 856 119 1.300 9.4 0.8 2.3 3.0 1.30
1990 30 TOR AL 9 9 .500 4.76 30 23 1 0 0 0 140.0 162 77 74 23 49 3 49 4 1 4 609 87 1.507 10.4 1.5 3.2 3.2 1.00
1991 31 DET AL 3 6 .333 4.57 38 8 10 1 0 2 88.2 94 49 45 9 37 9 29 2 1 4 389 92 1.477 9.5 0.9 3.8 2.9 0.78
7 Yrs 49 43 .533 3.94 229 116 33 8 2 4 861.0 894 427 377 119 291 27 398 18 8 34 3668 104 1.376 9.3 1.2 3.0 4.2 1.37
162 Game Avg. 10 8 .533 3.94 45 23 7 2 0 1 170 176 84 74 23 57 5 78 4 2 7 723 104 1.376 9.3 1.2 3.0 4.2 1.37
TOR (6 yrs) 46 37 .554 3.87 191 108 23 7 2 2 772.1 800 378 332 110 254 18 369 16 7 30 3279 105 1.365 9.3 1.3 3.0 4.3 1.45
DET (1 yr) 3 6 .333 4.57 38 8 10 1 0 2 88.2 94 49 45 9 37 9 29 2 1 4 389 92 1.477 9.5 0.9 3.8 2.9 0.78

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 TOR AL 6.2 4 1 7 9.45 5.13 0.55 -0.05 104.6 4.73 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .417 .498 $
1986 26 TOR AL 145.1 34 20 73 4.52 4.69 0.07 0.05 101.2 4.72 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.4 19 .509 .502 $90,000
1987 27 TOR AL 151.1 44 21 75 4.46 4.92 0.32 0.01 101.1 4.66 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 1.5 21 .507 .502 $115,000
1988 28 TOR AL 123.2 46 12 56 4.08 4.36 0.18 -0.10 97.8 4.00 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.2 0.8 12 .497 .499 $230,000
1989 29 TOR AL 205.1 33 31 90 3.94 4.35 0.05 0.14 94.2 4.18 5 0.5 .9 -0.1 2.0 26 .515 .503 $417,000
1990 30 TOR AL 140.0 30 23 77 4.95 4.35 0.19 0.13 104.5 4.48 -6 -0.7 .7 -0.1 0.5 8 .478 .496 $762,500
1991 31 DET AL 88.2 38 8 49 4.97 4.43 0.34 -0.11 102.3 4.08 -9 -0.9 1.5 -0.3 -0.3 1 .476 .494 $800,000
7 Seasons 861.0 229 116 427 4.46 4.52 0.18 0.04 99.7 4.37 -9 -0.9 1.2 -0.9 5.6 85 .496 .499 $2,414,500
TOR (6 yrs) 772.1 191 108 378 4.40 4.53 0.16 0.06 99.4 4.41 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.6 5.9 83 .500 .500 $1,614,500
DET (1 yr) 88.2 38 8 49 4.97 4.43 0.34 -0.11 102.3 4.08 -9 -0.9 1.5 -0.3 -0.3 1 .476 .494 $800,000

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
1989 29 TOR AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.125 0.0 0.0 10.1 3.4 0.33
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.125 0.0 0.0 10.1 3.4 0.33

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 TOR AL 4 36 31 7 10 2 2 1 0 0 4 5 .323 .417 .613 1.030 .360 19 0 1 0 0 0 1
1986 26 TOR AL 34 616 559 73 150 24 1 25 6 8 47 89 .268 .324 .449 .773 .278 251 14 1 4 5 2 7
1987 27 TOR AL 44 638 573 75 144 27 6 30 8 5 59 92 .251 .321 .476 .798 .252 273 13 1 3 2 5 3
1988 28 TOR AL 46 524 468 56 120 22 4 12 12 7 42 65 .256 .320 .397 .717 .274 186 12 3 8 3 6 7
1989 29 TOR AL 33 856 785 90 214 33 6 19 12 14 53 69 .273 .322 .403 .724 .278 316 22 6 7 5 2 10
1990 30 TOR AL 30 609 546 77 162 26 5 23 6 3 49 49 .297 .356 .489 .845 .290 267 21 4 5 5 3 6
1991 31 DET AL 38 389 340 49 94 11 4 9 5 2 37 29 .276 .348 .412 .760 .279 140 7 2 7 3 9 3
7 Yrs 229 3668 3302 427 894 145 28 119 49 39 291 398 .271 .331 .440 .771 .276 1452 89 18 34 23 27 37
162 Game Avg. 45 723 651 84 176 29 6 23 10 8 57 78 .271 .331 .440 .771 .276 286 18 4 7 5 5 7
MLB Averages .257 .324 .389 .713 .285

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 TOR AL -1.8 -0.2 38 -0.6 0.3 -0.8 .74 -0.2 -0.6 -4.9 -0.5 0.74 -2.2 1 0 2
1986 26 TOR AL 2.7 0.3 635 -0.6 10.0 -10.6 .91 -0.5 -0.1 0.9 0.1 0.91 -3.1 3 6 4
1987 27 TOR AL 5.2 0.5 659 1.1 10.7 -9.7 .85 0.1 1.1 13.8 1.3 0.85 1.5 6 6 11
1988 28 TOR AL 7.5 0.8 550 -0.7 7.7 -8.4 .85 0.2 -1.0 -4.3 -0.4 0.85 0.5 10 10 13
1989 29 TOR AL 8.8 0.9 895 0.9 15.8 -14.9 1.03 0.3 0.6 7.9 0.8 1.03 2.6 0 2 0
1990 30 TOR AL -7.2 -0.7 625 -1.2 10.5 -11.7 .97 -2.2 1.0 -12.3 -1.2 0.97 -22.0 2 1 4
1991 31 DET AL -3.4 -0.3 403 -0.4 6.3 -6.7 .96 -0.5 0.1 -12.3 -1.2 0.96 -5.4 13 8 8
7 Yrs 11.8 1.2 3805 -1.4 61.4 -62.7 .93 -2.7 1.2 -11.2 -1.0 0.93 -28.1 35 33 42

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
1985 25 TOR AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 52.0 52 52 2 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 4.0
1986 26 TOR AL 34 20 7 4 9 2 2 12 8 .600 3 4 2 1 9 45% 47.6 77 25 25 7 9 5 5.7 5.4 5.7
1987 27 TOR AL 44 21 9 4 8 1 0 13 8 .619 1 5 2 0 10 48% 48.2 72 9 36 13 7 4 6.0 5.8 5.1
1988 28 TOR AL 46 12 5 4 3 0 1 6 6 .500 0 2 0 0 6 50% 48.7 64 24 29 6 3 3 4.6 4.1 5.3 83 4 6 2 0 112
1989 29 TOR AL 33 31 11 11 9 2 5 16 15 .516 5 2 3 1 18 58% 50.8 85 25 29 9 2 14 4.5 4.1 6.5 93 8 11 10 2 124
1990 30 TOR AL 30 23 8 9 6 5 2 10 13 .435 3 2 0 0 7 30% 45.3 66 21 26 2 1 11 4.9 4.9 5.8 91 3 12 7 0 112
1991 31 DET AL 38 8 1 4 3 0 3 2 6 .250 1 1 1 0 5 63% 44.0 64 30 18 3 0 5 4.4 3.7 5.1 81 2 3 3 0 107
7 Yrs 229 116 41 37 38 10 13 59 57 .509 13 16 8 2 55 47% 48 85 9 165 40 22 43 5.0 4.7 5.7 89 17 32 22 2 124
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -4 4.4 4.3 6.2 94

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 TOR AL 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 4 .737 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 2.7
1986 26 TOR AL 34 14 3 2 0 1 1 0 100% 4 2 10 5 50% 7 .913 3 6 4 8 3 3 7 7 8 4 9 0 6.6
1987 27 TOR AL 44 23 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 33 8 24% 6 .845 6 6 11 4 2 17 17 6 13 7 14 1 5.7
1988 28 TOR AL 46 34 11 1 3 2 1 1 50% 4 2 40 19 48% 7 .854 10 10 13 8 4 22 22 12 15 14 15 7 5.3 28
1989 29 TOR AL 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 1.027 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 29
1990 30 TOR AL 30 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 8 .970 2 1 4 0 1 6 2 5 1 3 1 0 3.0 17
1991 31 DET AL 38 30 10 2 2 6 2 4 33% 7 1 39 18 46% 7 .959 13 8 8 10 4 16 19 11 15 9 17 3 4.8 25
7 Yrs 229 113 33 8 6 9 4 5 44% 16 5 134 54 40% .932 35 33 42 31 15 67 70 43 54 38 58 11 5.2 25

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 TOR AL 36 33% 2.8% 13.9% 11.1% 13.9% 50% 0.36 69% 2 0 0%
1986 26 TOR AL 616 23% 4.1% 14.5% 7.6% 8.1% 33% 0.86 73% 115 14 12%
1987 27 TOR AL 638 24% 4.7% 14.4% 9.3% 9.9% 44% 0.61 71% 102 13 13%
1988 28 TOR AL 524 24% 2.3% 12.4% 8.0% 7.3% 32% 0.85 1.10 75% 19% 9.2% 39% 92 12 13%
1989 29 TOR AL 856 16% 2.2% 8.1% 6.2% 6.8% 27% 0.82 1.12 82% 22% 5.7% 13% 140 22 16%
1990 30 TOR AL 609 20% 3.8% 8.1% 8.1% 8.9% 33% 0.80 1.15 79% 21% 9.8% 14% 136 21 15%
1991 31 DET AL 389 21% 2.3% 7.5% 9.5% 6.2% 26% 0.87 1.17 78% 20% 6.3% 13% 74 7 9%
7 Yrs 3668 21% 3.2% 10.9% 7.9% 8.0% 33% 0.83 0.97 77% 21% 7.5% 18% 661 89 13%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.5% 24% 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 TOR AL 528 1943 3.68 1180 61% 25% 12% 28% 35% 75% 3% 45% 85% 52% 6% 31 12 14% 75 25 1 28% 9 13 -4 4 0
1989 29 TOR AL 861 2926 3.40 1788 61% 29% 9% 21% 41% 71% 1% 43% 88% 59% 5% 47 31 13% 110 48 10 33% 7 14 -5 1 4
1990 30 TOR AL 585 2114 3.61 1274 60% 24% 9% 28% 38% 76% 1% 46% 87% 58% 5% 32 17 11% 66 32 7 19% 5 12 24 1 5
1991 31 DET AL 390 1390 3.56 808 58% 27% 9% 25% 40% 73% 4% 43% 88% 52% 8% 31 16 11% 44 12 1 17% 3 7 -1 0 0
4 Yrs 2364 8373 3.54 5050 60% 27% 9% 25% 39% 73% 2% 44% 87% 56% 6% 141 76 12% 295 117 19 26% 24 46 14 6 9
MLB Averages 3.62 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 TOR AL 36 10 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 20% 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 26 TOR AL 616 150 25 0 8 20 5 14 11 32 18 4 56% 7 8 0 218 6 8 43% 6 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
1987 27 TOR AL 638 144 30 2 11 24 6 17 13 28 13 6 46% 3 5 1 207 8 5 62% 6 4 2 1 0 0 3 1 8 0
1988 28 TOR AL 524 120 28 2 12 0 17 10 2 5 7 39 16 4 41% 7 7 0 185 12 7 63% 9 6 2 1 1 0 3 3 18 0
1989 29 TOR AL 856 214 29 6 19 0 10 16 3 9 10 36 20 0 56% 10 4 3 279 12 14 46% 12 14 0 0 0 0 11 8 17 0
1990 30 TOR AL 609 162 14 2 23 0 9 20 3 14 9 26 12 6 46% 6 4 1 234 6 3 67% 6 1 0 2 0 0 4 2 16 0
1991 31 DET AL 389 94 37 3 9 0 14 7 2 6 3 25 13 1 52% 3 4 0 150 5 2 71% 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
7 Yrs 3668 894 108 13 119 2 74 97 22 66 53 191 93 22 49% 37 34 5 1281 49 39 56% 42 34 6 5 1 0 23 14 86 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 2 .000 5.40 4 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 10 7 4 1 4 0 5 1 0 2 36 83 2.100 13.5 1.4 5.4 6.8 1.25 83
1986 26 9 6 .600 4.20 38 21 4 2 1 1 152.0 160 80 71 26 51 2 94 2 0 10 652 101 1.388 9.5 1.5 3.0 5.6 1.84 101
1987 27 20 10 .667 4.30 82 42 10 4 1 1 303.1 304 155 145 56 110 7 186 3 1 15 1290 102 1.365 9.0 1.7 3.3 5.5 1.69 102
1988 28 26 17 .605 3.96 128 54 21 4 1 2 427.0 424 211 188 68 152 13 251 6 4 22 1814 107 1.349 8.9 1.4 3.2 5.3 1.65 107
1989 29 37 28 .569 3.67 161 85 22 7 2 2 632.1 638 301 258 87 205 15 320 12 6 26 2670 111 1.333 9.1 1.2 2.9 4.6 1.56 111
1990 30 46 37 .554 3.87 191 108 23 7 2 2 772.1 800 378 332 110 254 18 369 16 7 30 3279 105 1.365 9.3 1.3 3.0 4.3 1.45 105
1991 31 49 43 .533 3.94 229 116 33 8 2 4 861.0 894 427 377 119 291 27 398 18 8 34 3668 104 1.376 9.3 1.2 3.0 4.2 1.37 104

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 0 0 5.14 7.0 10 4 4 1 4 5 1 2.000 12.9 5.1 6.4 1.25 1.3 4
1986 26 7 8 .467 4.40 139.0 151 76 68 25 47 85 1 1.424 9.8 3.0 5.5 1.81 1.6 34
1987 27 7 9 .438 4.32 146.0 141 78 70 29 58 89 1 1.363 8.7 3.6 5.5 1.53 1.8 44
1988 28 7 6 .538 3.69 117.0 126 53 48 13 44 61 3 1.453 9.7 3.4 4.7 1.39 1.0 46
1989 29 10 10 .500 3.95 187.0 231 91 82 21 57 63 6 1.540 11.1 2.7 3.0 1.11 1.0 33
1990 30 5 9 .357 5.33 130.0 165 86 77 23 50 46 4 1.654 11.4 3.5 3.2 0.92 1.6 30
1991 31 4 5 .444 4.87 85.0 95 51 46 9 37 28 2 1.553 10.1 3.9 3.0 0.76 1.0 38
7 Yrs 40 47 .460 4.38 811.0 919 439 395 121 297 377 18 1.499 10.2 4.2 1.27 1.3 229

* 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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1989 AL  3.07 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1989 AL  2.323 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1990 AL  23 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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