John Cerutti
John Joseph Cerutti
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 28, 1960 in Albany, NY
School: Amherst College
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1985
Final Game: October 5, 1991
Died: October 3, 2004 in Toronto, ON, CAN
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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 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 79 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 8 616 103 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 7 524 126 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 86 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 Seasons 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

Postseason Pitching

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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*

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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 229 3668 3302 427 894 145 28 119 49 39 291 398 .271 .331 .440 .771 .276 1452 89 18 34 23 27
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
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
1985 25 TOR AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 52 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% 48 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 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% 49 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% 51 85 25 29 9 2 14 4.5 4.1 6.5 92 9 10 10 2 124
1990 30 TOR AL 30 23 8 9 6 5 2 10 13 .435 2 2 0 0 7 30% 45 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 64 30 18 3 0 5 4.4 3.7 5.1 81 2 3 3 0 107
7 Seasons 229 116 41 37 38 10 13 59 57 .509 12 16 8 2 55 47% 48 85 9 165 40 22 43 5.0 4.7 5.7 89 18 31 22 2 124
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 TOR AL 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 4 0.743 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 0.917 4 5 5 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 0.844 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 0.869 11 10 12 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 1.036 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 0.979 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 0.974 14 7 9 10 4 16 19 11 15 9 17 3 4.8 25
7 Seasons 229 113 33 8 6 9 4 5 44% 16 5 134 54 40% 0.940 38 31 43 31 15 67 70 43 54 38 58 11 5.2 25

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 TOR AL 36 67% 2.8% 13.9% 11.1% 13.9% 50% 0.36 69% 2 0 0%
1986 26 TOR AL 616 77% 4.1% 14.5% 7.6% 8.1% 33% 0.86 73% 115 14 12%
1987 27 TOR AL 638 76% 4.7% 14.4% 9.3% 9.9% 44% 0.61 71% 102 13 13%
1988 28 TOR AL 524 76% 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 84% 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 80% 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 79% 2.3% 7.5% 9.5% 6.2% 26% 0.87 1.17 78% 20% 6.3% 13% 74 7 9%
7 Seasons 3668 79% 3.2% 10.9% 7.9% 8.0% 33% 0.83 0.97 77% 21% 7.5% 18% 661 89 13%
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 TOR AL 524 1933 3.69 1177 61% 25% 11% 28% 35% 75% 3% 46% 85% 52% 6% 31 12 14% 74 25 1 28% 9 13 0 4 0
1989 29 TOR AL 856 2915 3.41 1782 61% 29% 9% 21% 41% 71% 1% 43% 88% 59% 5% 47 31 13% 110 48 10 33% 7 14 0 1 4
1990 30 TOR AL 584 2111 3.61 1273 60% 24% 9% 28% 38% 75% 1% 46% 87% 58% 5% 32 17 11% 66 32 7 19% 5 12 25 1 5
1991 31 DET AL 389 1389 3.57 807 58% 27% 9% 25% 40% 73% 4% 43% 88% 52% 8% 31 16 11% 44 12 1 17% 3 7 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2353 8348 3.55 5039 60% 26% 9% 25% 39% 73% 2% 44% 87% 56% 6% 141 76 12% 294 117 19 26% 24 46 25 6 9
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 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 4 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 10 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 3 1 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 Seasons 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 22 13 86 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 2 .000 5.40 4 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 10 7 4 1 4 0 5 1 0 2 36 79 2.100 13.5 1.4 5.4 6.8 1.25 79
1986 26 9 6 .600 4.20 38 21 4 2 1 1 152.0 160 80 71 26 51 2 94 2 0 10 652 102 1.388 9.5 1.5 3.0 5.6 1.84 102
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 108 1.349 8.9 1.4 3.2 5.3 1.65 108
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

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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 4.37 138.0 152 74 67 25 48 85 1 1.449 9.9 3.1 5.5 1.77 1.6 34
1987 27 7 9 .438 4.32 146.0 142 78 70 30 58 89 1 1.370 8.8 3.6 5.5 1.53 1.8 44
1988 28 7 6 .538 3.62 117.0 126 52 47 13 44 61 3 1.453 9.7 3.4 4.7 1.39 1.0 46
1989 29 10 10 .500 3.88 188.0 230 90 81 20 57 63 6 1.527 11.0 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 4.93 84.0 96 51 46 9 38 27 2 1.595 10.3 4.1 2.9 0.71 1.0 38
7 Seasons 40 47 .460 4.36 810.0 921 435 392 121 299 376 18 1.506 10.2 4.2 1.26 1.3 229

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1989 AL--3.068--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 (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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