Floyd Chiffer

Floyd John Chiffer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 20, 1956 in Glen Cove, NY
High School: Lakewood HS (Lakewood, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 5th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1982
Team: Padres 1982-1984

Final Game: September 24, 1984
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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
1978	22	SDP-min	A	6	5	.545	5.33	15	14		4	1	0	103.0	127	76	61	7	38	3	80	3	0	9			1.602	11.1	0.6	3.3	7.0	2.11	REN · CALL
1979	23	SDP-min	AA	3	2	.600	7.02	43	0		0	0	4	82.0	121	72	64	8	38	1	62	4	1	9			1.939	13.3	0.9	4.2	6.8	1.63	AMA · TL
1980	24	SDP-min	AA	4	5	.444	2.18	39	0		0	0	9	62.0	41	17	15	2	28	2	61	4	0	1			1.113	6.0	0.3	4.1	8.9	2.18	AMA · TL
1981	25	SDP-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.44	42	0	39	0	0	14	68.0	63	33	26	5	22	3	51	3	0	7			1.250	8.3	0.7	2.9	6.8	2.32	HAW · PCL
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	118	1.349	8.3	1.0	3.9	5.4	1.41
1983	27	SDP-min	AAA	10	4	.714	3.22	42	0	32	0	0	14	78.1	74	38	28	6	33	2	62	2	0	7			1.366	8.5	0.7	3.8	7.1	1.88	LVG · PCL
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	113	1.191	6.8	0.0	4.0	6.0	1.50
1984	28	SDP-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.91	36	0	25	0	0	5	55.0	59	31	30	5	27	3	50	1	0	3			1.564	9.7	0.8	4.4	8.2	1.85	LVG · PCL
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
1985	29	MIN-min	AAA	9	7	.563	2.49	51	0	40	0	0	13	79.2	83	26	22	9	19	1	49	3	1	7			1.280	9.4	1.0	2.1	5.5	2.58	TOL · IL
1986	30	ATL-WSN-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.66	42	0	24	0	0	5	83.2	81	39	34	5	32	4	57	0	1	1			1.351	8.7	0.5	3.4	6.1	1.78	RMD,INA · IL,AA
1987	31	ATL-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.66	43	0	17	0	0	4	56.0	65	34	29	6	19	2	34	4	1	1			1.500	10.4	1.0	3.1	5.5	1.79	RMD · IL
3 Yrs				5	5	.500	4.02	81	1	27	0	0	5	130.0	132	67	58	10	60	4	83	4	2	4	573	88	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	88	1.477	9.1	0.7	4.2	5.7	1.38

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
1982	26	SDP	NL	79.1	51	0	33	3.74	4.06	0.32	-0.31	96.5	3.30	-5	-0.5	1.8	-0.4	-0.3	4	.489	.497	$
1983	27	SDP	NL	22.2	15	0	10	3.97	4.24	0.16	-0.33	100.5	3.77	-1	-0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.1	2	.496	.500	$
1984	28	SDP	NL	28.0	15	1	24	7.71	4.11	0.22	-0.25	97.7	3.55	-13	-1.4	.6	0.2	-0.9	-10	.409	.492	$
3 Seasons				130.0	81	1	67	4.64	4.10	0.27	-0.30	97.5	3.44	-19	-2.0	1.5	-0.3	-1.1	-5	.476	.496	$

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
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	4
1983	27	SDP	NL	15	94	80	10	17	3	1	0	4	1	10	15	.213	.300	.275	.575	.262	22	2	0	3	0	1	2
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	1
3 Yrs				81	573	496	67	132	18	5	10	20	2	60	83	.266	.347	.383	.730	.299	190	10	4	7	5	4	7
162 Game Avg.				67	475	411	56	109	15	4	8	17	2	50	69	.266	.347	.383	.730	.299	158	8	3	6	4	3	6
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.388	.712	.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
1982	26	SDP	NL	3.2	0.3	353	-2.1	5.9	-8.0	1.11	-0.4	-1.5	-5.5	-0.6	1.11	-1.7	25	9	17
1983	27	SDP	NL	0.7	0.1	100	-0.3	1.5	-1.8	.97	0.2	-0.4	0.8	0.1	0.97	1.5	4	4	7
1984	28	SDP	NL	-11.2	-1.1	150	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	.47	-0.8	0.2	-9.8	-1.0	0.47	-10.6	2	2	10
3 Yrs				-7.3	-0.7	603	-2.7	8.4	-11.0	.93	-1.0	-1.8	-14.5	-1.5	0.93	-10.8	31	15	34

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
1984	28	SDP	NL	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	28.0	28	28	3	0	0	1	6.5	2.3	4.0
1 Yr				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													.500						51%	50	97	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1982	26	SDP	NL	51	51	18	4	3	11	4	7	36%	18	5	50	23	46%	6	1.106	25	9	17	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	.971	4	4	7	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	.470	2	2	10	1	1	12	5	9	9	3	9	3	5.1
3 Yrs				81	80	27	5	5	12	5	7	42%	20	6	72	27	38%		.930	31	15	34	22	14	44	37	43	47	13	49	12	4.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1982	26	SDP	NL	340	61%	2.7%	14.1%	10.0%	5.6%	26%	0.86	71%	76	6	8%
1983	27	SDP	NL	94	60%	0.0%	16.0%	10.6%	4.3%	24%	1.04	69%	17	2	12%
1984	28	SDP	NL	139	53%	0.7%	14.4%	11.5%	7.2%	24%	0.55	73%	26	2	8%
3 Yrs				573	59%	1.8%	14.5%	10.5%	5.8%	25%	0.81	71%	119	10	8%
MLB Averages					42%	2.1%	13.6%	8.3%	6.6%	28%	1.07	75%			11%

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
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 Yrs				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																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	4	79.1	73	33	26	9	34	1	48	4	1	0	340	118	1.349	8.3	1.0	3.9	5.4	1.41	118
1983	27	4	5	.444	3.00	66	0	21	5	102.0	90	43	34	9	44	2	63	4	2	0	434	117	1.314	7.9	0.8	3.9	5.6	1.43	117
1984	28	5	5	.500	4.02	81	1	27	5	130.0	132	67	58	10	60	4	83	4	2	4	573	88	1.477	9.1	0.7	4.2	5.7	1.38	88

Neutralized Pitching

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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	5	3	.625	3.53	74.0	78	32	29	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	14	0	1.318	7.4	4.5	5.7	1.27	0.0	15
1984	28	0	2	.000	9.00	26.0	44	29	26	1	17	19	0	2.346	15.2	5.9	6.6	1.12	0.3	15
3 Yrs		6	6	.500	4.72	122.0	140	71	64	11	64	78	4	1.672	10.3		5.8	1.22	0.8	81

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