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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
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:51AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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 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 8 616 103 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 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 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 106 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1985 25 TOR AL 6.2 1 7 4 0 .7 -3 -0.2 $
1986 26 TOR AL 145.1 20 73 90 1 .9 17 1.5 $90,000
1987 27 TOR AL 151.1 21 75 93 6 .8 18 1.4 $115,000
1988 28 TOR AL 123.2 12 56 67 2 .9 11 0.8 $230,000
1989 29 TOR AL 205.1 31 90 110 1 1.0 20 2.2 $417,000
1990 30 TOR AL 140.0 23 77 82 3 1.0 5 0.4 $762,500
1991 31 DET AL 88.2 8 49 51 3 1.0 2 -0.1 $800,000
7 Seasons 861.0 116 427 497 16 .9 70 6.0 $2,414,500
TOR (6 yrs) 772.1 108 378 446 13 .9 68 6.1 $1,614,500
DET (1 yr) 88.2 8 49 51 3 1.0 2 -0.1 $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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1985 25 TOR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1986 26 TOR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 27 TOR AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 28 TOR AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 29 TOR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 30 TOR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 31 DET AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 229 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (6 yrs) 191 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1985 TOR AL 25 P 4 1 0 6.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.25 .950 1.89 1.85 0 0 0
1986 TOR AL 26 P 34 20 2 145.1 29 8 21 0 2 1.000 1.80 0.85 .957 1.83 1.81 6 8 57% 1
1987 TOR AL 27 P 44 21 2 151.1 21 5 15 1 1 .952 1.19 0.45 .955 1.84 1.82 8 5 38% 3
1988 TOR AL 28 P 46 12 0 123.2 40 13 27 0 2 1.000 2.91 0.87 .961 1.78 1.77 12 7 37% 2
1989 TOR AL 29 P 33 31 3 205.1 62 16 45 1 3 .984 2.67 1.85 .960 1.87 1.85 12 14 54% 9
1990 TOR AL 30 P 30 23 0 140.0 29 11 18 0 2 1.000 1.86 0.97 .953 1.78 1.76 6 3 33% 3
1991 DET AL 31 P 38 8 1 88.2 24 1 20 3 0 .875 2.13 0.55 .956 1.80 1.80 5 2 29% 0
7 Seasons P 229 116 8 861.0 206 54 147 5 10 .976 2.10 0.88 .958 1.82 1.80 49 39 44% 18
7 Seasons TOT 229 116 8 861.0 206 54 147 5 10 .976 2.10 0.88 .958 1.82 1.80 49 39 44% 18
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Assists as P s c a p y
1989 AL  45 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1991 AL  3 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1988 AL  2.91 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1990 AL  1.000 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1763), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Bob Kuzava (970)
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  5. Greg Hibbard (966)
  6. Saul Rogovin (961)
  7. Allan Anderson (958)
  8. Bill McGee (957)
  9. Nick Strincevich (956)
  10. Gene Bearden (956)
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  3. Brian Duensing (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Gibbon (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Kuzava (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Kuzava (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1981 amateur draft.
  • December 20, 1990: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 14, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • October 31, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198626Toronto Blue Jays$90,0001986 USA Today survey
198727Toronto Blue Jays$115,0001987 USA Today survey
198828Toronto Blue Jays$230,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198929Toronto Blue Jays$417,0001989 USA Today survey
199030Toronto Blue Jays$762,500AP in Toronto Star
199131Detroit Tigers$800,000USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,414,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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