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Rocky Childress

Rodney Osborne Childress

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

Born: February 18, 1962 in Santa Rosa, CA
High School: Santa Rosa HS (Santa Rosa, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 21st round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1985
Teams (by GP): Astros/Phillies 1985-1988

Final Game: October 1, 1988
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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 23 PHI NL 0 1 .000 6.21 16 1 3 0 0 0 33.1 45 23 23 3 9 3 14 0 0 1 151 60 1.620 12.2 0.8 2.4 3.8 1.56
1986 24 PHI NL 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 66 1.875 13.5 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
1987 25 HOU NL 1 2 .333 2.98 32 0 12 0 0 0 48.1 46 17 16 4 18 6 26 0 0 0 201 133 1.324 8.6 0.7 3.4 4.8 1.44
1988 26 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 6.17 11 0 3 0 0 0 23.1 26 17 16 3 9 2 24 1 0 0 103 55 1.500 10.0 1.2 3.5 9.3 2.67
4 Yrs 2 3 .400 4.76 61 1 18 0 0 0 107.2 121 60 57 10 37 11 65 1 0 1 467 79 1.467 10.1 0.8 3.1 5.4 1.76
162 Game Avg. 2 3 .400 4.76 67 1 20 0 0 0 118 133 66 63 11 41 12 71 1 0 1 512 79 1.467 10.1 0.8 3.1 5.4 1.76
PHI (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 6.25 18 1 3 0 0 0 36.0 49 26 25 3 10 3 15 0 0 1 163 61 1.639 12.3 0.8 2.5 3.8 1.50
HOU (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 4.02 43 0 15 0 0 0 71.2 72 34 32 7 27 8 50 1 0 0 304 94 1.381 9.0 0.9 3.4 6.3 1.85

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 23 PHI NL 33.1 16 1 23 6.21 4.09 -0.30 -0.24 105.4 4.37 -7 -0.8 .6 0.1 -0.4 -4 .453 .495 $
1986 24 PHI NL 2.2 2 0 3 10.13 4.24 -0.15 -0.33 95.5 3.88 -2 -0.2 .2 0.1 -0.1 -2 .406 .499 $
1987 25 HOU NL 48.1 32 0 17 3.17 4.56 -0.16 -0.34 96.7 4.23 5 0.6 .9 -0.1 0.8 11 .517 .503 $
1988 26 HOU NL 23.1 11 0 17 6.56 3.91 -0.20 -0.31 96.1 3.65 -8 -0.8 .3 0.2 -0.4 -5 .425 .495 $
4 Seasons 107.2 61 1 60 5.02 4.26 -0.21 -0.30 99.2 4.14 -11 -1.2 .7 0.3 -0.1 0 .480 .498 $
PHI (2 yrs) 36.0 18 1 26 6.50 4.10 -0.29 -0.25 104.6 4.34 -9 -0.9 .5 0.1 -0.5 -5 .447 .497 $
HOU (2 yrs) 71.2 43 0 34 4.27 4.35 -0.18 -0.33 96.5 4.04 -2 -0.3 .7 0.1 0.4 5 .494 .499 $

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 23 PHI NL 16 151 138 23 45 12 3 3 4 1 9 14 .326 .362 .522 .884 .341 72 3 0 2 2 3 1
1986 24 PHI NL 2 12 11 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 .364 .417 .545 .962 .400 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
1987 25 HOU NL 32 201 177 17 46 6 2 4 3 1 18 26 .260 .323 .384 .707 .280 68 3 0 3 3 6 0
1988 26 HOU NL 11 103 93 17 26 5 0 3 2 0 9 24 .280 .350 .430 .780 .348 40 3 1 0 0 2 2
4 Yrs 61 467 419 60 121 25 5 10 10 2 37 65 .289 .344 .444 .788 .318 186 10 1 5 5 11 3
162 Game Avg. 67 512 460 66 133 27 5 11 11 2 41 71 .289 .344 .444 .788 .318 204 11 1 5 5 12 3
MLB Averages .258 .325 .395 .719 .284

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 23 PHI NL -7.6 -0.8 156 -0.2 1.6 -1.8 .61 -0.4 0.1 -3.4 -0.3 0.61 -7.1 0 6 8
1986 24 PHI NL -1.0 -0.1 13 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .14 -0.1 -0.2 -1.6 -0.2 0.15 -1.1 0 0 2
1987 25 HOU NL 5.8 0.6 205 -1.4 2.1 -3.5 .82 0.1 -1.9 1.2 0.1 0.82 1.8 7 6 17
1988 26 HOU NL -7.1 -0.7 105 0.0 0.4 -0.4 .23 -0.4 0.6 -8.7 -0.9 0.23 -5.7 0 1 9
4 Yrs -9.8 -1.0 479 -1.6 4.1 -5.7 .61 -0.8 -1.9 -12.5 -1.3 0.61 -12.1 7 13 36

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 23 PHI NL 16 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 53.0 53 53 7 5 0 1 0.0 0.0 6.0
1 Yr 16 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 53 53 53 7 5 0 1 0.0 0.0 6.0
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 98 -3 4.4 4.4 6.2 96

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 23 PHI NL 16 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 4 27% 8 .609 0 6 8 4 1 10 8 7 9 3 9 2 5.5
1986 24 PHI NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 .145 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1987 25 HOU NL 32 32 12 1 2 4 0 4 0% 4 0 23 14 61% 7 .824 7 6 17 7 3 22 13 19 19 5 21 5 4.5
1988 26 HOU NL 11 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 6 .233 0 1 9 1 0 10 3 8 8 0 8 0 6.4 35
4 Yrs 61 60 18 2 2 4 0 4 0% 6 2 45 21 47% .607 7 13 36 12 4 44 25 35 37 9 39 7 5.1 35

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 23 PHI NL 151 51% 2.0% 9.3% 6.0% 11.9% 40% 1.50 81% 25 3 12%
1986 24 PHI NL 12 42% 0.0% 8.3% 8.3% 16.7% 50% 0.75 83% 1 1 100%
1987 25 HOU NL 201 52% 2.0% 12.9% 9.0% 6.0% 26% 1.27 75% 44 3 7%
1988 26 HOU NL 103 53% 2.9% 23.3% 8.7% 7.8% 31% 0.82 1.09 64% 23% 12.5% 37% 18 3 17%
4 Yrs 467 52% 2.1% 13.9% 7.9% 8.6% 33% 0.82 1.29 75% 23% 12.5% 37% 88 10 11%
MLB Averages 40% 2.3% 14.9% 8.6% 7.0% 30% 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 8.2% 41% 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 26 HOU NL 103 389 3.78 245 63% 22% 19% 31% 28% 78% 4% 49% 76% 56% 3% 3 2 23% 24 12 1 33% 5 0 0 0 0
1 Yr 103 389 3.78 245 63% 22% 19% 31% 28% 78% 4% 49% 76% 56% 3% 3 2 23% 24 12 1 33% 5 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 57% 5% 19% 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 23 PHI NL 151 45 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 14 7 1 50% 1 1 0 59 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1986 24 PHI NL 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 5 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 25 HOU NL 201 46 4 0 5 1 3 1 3 17 10 0 59% 0 0 0 81 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1988 26 HOU NL 103 26 2 0 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 9 5 1 56% 2 0 0 29 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 467 121 2 0 10 0 13 7 3 4 6 42 23 2 55% 3 1 0 174 10 2 83% 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
MLB Averages 53% 69%

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 23 0 1 .000 6.21 16 1 3 0 0 0 33.1 45 23 23 3 9 3 14 0 0 1 151 60 1.620 12.2 0.8 2.4 3.8 1.56 60
1986 24 0 1 .000 6.25 18 1 3 0 0 0 36.0 49 26 25 3 10 3 15 0 0 1 163 61 1.639 12.3 0.8 2.5 3.8 1.50 61
1987 25 1 3 .250 4.38 50 1 15 0 0 0 84.1 95 43 41 7 28 9 41 0 0 1 364 89 1.458 10.1 0.7 3.0 4.4 1.46 89
1988 26 2 3 .400 4.76 61 1 18 0 0 0 107.2 121 60 57 10 37 11 65 1 0 1 467 79 1.467 10.1 0.8 3.1 5.4 1.76 79

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 23 1 2 .333 6.75 32.0 46 27 24 3 9 13 0 1.719 12.9 2.5 3.7 1.44 0.8 16
1986 24 0 0 9.00 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 2
1987 25 3 2 .600 3.13 46.0 46 18 16 4 18 25 0 1.391 9.0 3.5 4.9 1.39 0.8 32
1988 26 0 2 .000 8.14 21.0 28 21 19 3 10 22 1 1.810 12.0 4.3 9.4 2.20 1.3 11
4 Yrs 4 6 .400 5.44 101.0 124 68 61 10 38 61 1 1.604 11.0 5.4 1.61 0.9 61

* 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.

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