Floyd Chiffer
Floyd John Chiffer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 20, 1956 in Glen Cove, NY
High School: Lakewood (Lakewood, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 5th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1982
Final Game: September 24, 1984
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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
1982 26 SDP NL 4 3 .571 2.95 51 0 18 0 0 4 79.1 73 33 26 9 34 1 48 4 1 0 340 117 1.349 8.3 1.0 3.9 5.4 1.41
1983 27 SDP NL 0 2 .000 3.18 15 0 3 0 0 1 22.2 17 10 8 0 10 1 15 0 1 0 94 111 1.191 6.8 0.0 4.0 6.0 1.50
1984 28 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 7.71 15 1 6 0 0 0 28.0 42 24 24 1 16 2 20 0 0 4 139 47 2.071 13.5 0.3 5.1 6.4 1.25
3 Seasons 5 5 .500 4.02 81 1 27 0 0 5 130.0 132 67 58 10 60 4 83 4 2 4 573 87 1.477 9.1 0.7 4.2 5.7 1.38
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .500 4.02 67 1 22 0 0 4 108 109 56 48 8 50 3 69 3 2 3 475 87 1.477 9.1 0.7 4.2 5.7 1.38

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
1982 26 SDP NL 51 340 295 33 73 9 1 9 9 1 34 48 .247 .330 .376 .707 .266 111 6 4 4 3 1
1983 27 SDP NL 15 93 80 10 17 3 1 0 4 1 10 15 .213 .300 .275 .575 .262 22 2 0 3 0 1
1984 28 SDP NL 15 139 121 24 42 6 3 1 7 0 16 20 .347 .417 .471 .888 .402 57 2 0 0 2 2
3 Seasons 81 572 496 67 132 18 5 10 20 2 60 83 .266 .347 .383 .730 .299 190 10 4 7 5 4
162 Game Avg. 67 474 411 56 109 15 4 8 17 2 50 69 .266 .347 .383 .730 .299 158 8 3 6 4 3
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
1984 28 SDP NL 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 28 28 28 3 0 0 1 6.5 2.3 4.0
1 Season 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 28 28 28 3 0 0 1 6.5 2.3 4.0
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
1982 26 SDP NL 51 51 18 4 3 11 4 7 36% 18 5 50 23 46% 6 1.152 24 11 16 20 9 22 26 25 30 8 31 8 4.7
1983 27 SDP NL 15 15 3 0 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 11 3 27% 7 1.026 4 6 5 1 4 10 6 9 8 2 9 1 4.5
1984 28 SDP NL 15 14 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 9% 8 0.524 2 3 9 1 1 12 5 9 9 3 9 3 5.1
3 Seasons 81 80 27 5 5 12 5 7 42% 20 6 72 27 38% 0.979 30 20 30 22 14 44 37 43 47 13 49 12 4.7

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%
1982 26 SDP NL 340 39% 2.7% 14.1% 10.0% 5.6% 26% 0.86 71% 76 6 8%
1983 27 SDP NL 94 40% 0.0% 16.1% 10.8% 4.3% 24% 1.04 70% 17 2 12%
1984 28 SDP NL 139 47% 0.7% 14.4% 11.5% 7.2% 24% 0.55 73% 26 2 8%
3 Seasons 573 41% 1.8% 14.5% 10.5% 5.8% 25% 0.81 71% 119 10 8%
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
1982 26 SDP NL 340 73 9 0 15 5 4 5 4 22 15 1 68% 4 0 1 145 9 1 90% 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
1983 27 SDP NL 94 17 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 40% 2 0 0 41 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 28 SDP NL 139 42 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 15 6 3 40% 1 4 0 59 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
3 Seasons 573 132 10 0 26 6 4 5 5 42 23 5 55% 7 4 1 245 20 2 91% 18 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 15 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+
1982 26 4 3 .571 2.95 51 0 18 0 0 4 79.1 73 33 26 9 34 1 48 4 1 0 340 117 1.349 8.3 1.0 3.9 5.4 1.41 117
1983 27 4 5 .444 3.00 66 0 21 0 0 5 102.0 90 43 34 9 44 2 63 4 2 0 434 116 1.314 7.9 0.8 3.9 5.6 1.43 116
1984 28 5 5 .500 4.02 81 1 27 0 0 5 130.0 132 67 58 10 60 4 83 4 2 4 573 87 1.477 9.1 0.7 4.2 5.7 1.38 87

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
1982 26 4 4 .500 3.65 74.0 78 33 30 10 36 45 4 1.541 9.5 4.4 5.5 1.25 1.2 51
1983 27 1 1 .500 3.68 22.0 18 10 9 0 11 15 0 1.318 7.4 4.5 6.1 1.36 0.0 15
1984 28 0 2 .000 8.67 27.0 43 29 26 1 16 19 0 2.185 14.3 5.3 6.3 1.19 0.3 15
3 Seasons 5 7 .417 4.76 123.0 139 72 65 11 63 79 4 1.642 10.2 5.8 1.25 0.8 81

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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