Bryan Clark

Bryan Donald Clark

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

Born: July 12, 1956 in Madera, CA
High School: Madera HS (Madera, CA)
Drafted
by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1981
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Indians/BlueJays/WhiteSox 1981-1990
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: May 30, 1990
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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
1981 24 SEA AL 2 5 .286 4.34 29 9 5 1 0 2 93.1 92 54 45 3 55 4 52 1 3 7 421 90 1.575 8.9 0.3 5.3 5.0 0.95
1982 25 SEA AL 5 2 .714 2.75 37 5 2 1 1 0 114.2 104 44 35 6 58 2 70 0 0 4 491 155 1.413 8.2 0.5 4.6 5.5 1.21
1983 26 SEA AL 7 10 .412 3.94 41 17 7 2 0 0 162.1 160 82 71 14 72 6 76 3 0 10 697 109 1.429 8.9 0.8 4.0 4.2 1.06
1984 27 TOR AL 1 2 .333 5.91 20 3 8 0 0 0 45.2 66 33 30 6 22 2 21 1 0 7 221 70 1.927 13.0 1.2 4.3 4.1 0.95
1985 28 CLE AL 3 4 .429 6.32 31 3 10 0 0 2 62.2 78 47 44 8 34 2 24 0 0 5 290 66 1.787 11.2 1.1 4.9 3.4 0.71
1986 29 CHW AL 0 0 4.50 5 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 8 4 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 31 101 1.250 9.0 0.0 2.3 5.6 2.50
1987 30 CHW AL 0 0 2.41 11 0 5 0 0 0 18.2 19 5 5 1 8 0 8 0 0 2 77 194 1.446 9.2 0.5 3.9 3.9 1.00
1990 33 SEA AL 2 0 1.000 3.27 12 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 9 4 4 0 10 0 3 0 0 1 48 124 1.727 7.4 0.0 8.2 2.5 0.30
8 Yrs 20 23 .465 4.15 186 37 41 4 1 4 516.1 536 273 238 38 261 16 259 5 3 36 2276 101 1.544 9.3 0.7 4.5 4.5 0.99
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .465 4.15 57 11 13 1 0 1 157 163 83 73 12 80 5 79 2 1 11 694 101 1.544 9.3 0.7 4.5 4.5 0.99
SEA (4 yrs) 16 17 .485 3.66 119 31 16 4 1 2 381.1 365 184 155 23 195 12 201 4 3 22 1657 114 1.469 8.6 0.5 4.6 4.7 1.03
CHW (2 yrs) 0 0 3.04 16 0 7 0 0 0 26.2 27 9 9 1 10 0 13 0 0 2 108 153 1.388 9.1 0.3 3.4 4.4 1.30
CLE (1 yr) 3 4 .429 6.32 31 3 10 0 0 2 62.2 78 47 44 8 34 2 24 0 0 5 290 66 1.787 11.2 1.1 4.9 3.4 0.71
TOR (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.91 20 3 8 0 0 0 45.2 66 33 30 6 22 2 21 1 0 7 221 70 1.927 13.0 1.2 4.3 4.1 0.95

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
1981 24 SEA AL 93.1 29 9 54 5.21 4.22 -0.14 -0.06 107.4 4.62 -6 -0.7 2.2 -0.3 -0.2 -0 .477 .496 $
1982 25 SEA AL 114.2 37 5 44 3.45 4.60 0.02 -0.21 102.8 4.49 14 1.5 .9 -0.2 2.2 25 .540 .509 $
1983 26 SEA AL 162.1 41 17 82 4.55 4.67 -0.21 -0.08 107.1 5.14 10 1.1 1.0 -0.2 2.3 28 .527 .507 $
1984 27 TOR AL 45.2 20 3 33 6.50 4.54 0.21 -0.22 104.1 4.28 -11 -1.1 1.2 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .444 .493 $
1985 28 CLE AL 62.2 31 3 47 6.75 4.63 -0.32 -0.26 99.9 4.69 -14 -1.4 2.1 -0.7 -1.6 -8 .454 .491 $
1986 29 CHW AL 8.0 5 0 4 4.50 4.71 0.38 -0.37 105.7 4.19 -0 -0.0 .4 -0.0 0.0 1 .494 .500 $
1987 30 CHW AL 18.2 11 0 5 2.41 4.96 0.61 -0.38 102.6 4.07 3 0.3 1.1 -0.0 0.5 6 .531 .502 $
1990 33 SEA AL 11.0 12 0 4 3.27 4.75 0.33 -0.36 100.8 4.09 1 0.1 1.3 -0.0 0.2 2 .510 .501 $
8 Seasons 516.1 186 37 273 4.76 4.57 -0.07 -0.16 104.7 4.69 -3 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 2.5 47 .499 .500 $
SEA (4 yrs) 381.1 119 31 184 4.34 4.54 -0.11 -0.12 105.7 4.79 19 2.0 1.3 -0.7 4.5 55 .517 .503 $
CHW (2 yrs) 26.2 16 0 9 3.04 4.88 0.54 -0.38 103.6 4.11 3 0.3 .9 -0.0 0.5 6 .520 .501 $
CLE (1 yr) 62.2 31 3 47 6.75 4.63 -0.32 -0.26 99.9 4.69 -14 -1.4 2.1 -0.7 -1.6 -8 .454 .491 $
TOR (1 yr) 45.2 20 3 33 6.50 4.54 0.21 -0.22 104.1 4.28 -11 -1.1 1.2 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .444 .493 $

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
1981 24 SEA AL 29 421 352 54 92 23 2 3 5 3 55 52 .261 .359 .364 .723 .296 128 9 1 9 4 4 6
1982 25 SEA AL 37 491 431 44 104 17 5 6 6 3 58 70 .241 .330 .346 .676 .275 149 16 0 0 2 2 9
1983 26 SEA AL 41 697 613 82 160 31 5 14 11 9 72 76 .261 .340 .396 .736 .278 243 22 3 6 3 6 12
1984 27 TOR AL 20 221 193 33 66 11 1 6 3 2 22 21 .342 .410 .503 .913 .359 97 5 1 4 1 2 4
1985 28 CLE AL 31 290 251 47 78 12 2 8 2 2 34 24 .311 .390 .470 .860 .317 118 10 0 3 2 2 3
1986 29 CHW AL 5 31 29 4 8 2 1 0 1 1 2 5 .276 .323 .414 .736 .333 12 2 0 0 0 0 0
1987 30 CHW AL 11 77 64 5 19 3 0 1 1 0 8 8 .297 .365 .391 .755 .316 25 5 0 3 2 0 0
1990 33 SEA AL 12 48 38 4 9 1 0 0 1 2 10 3 .237 .396 .263 .659 .257 10 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 186 2276 1971 273 536 100 16 38 30 22 261 259 .272 .356 .397 .753 .295 782 70 5 25 14 16 34
162 Game Avg. 57 694 601 83 163 30 5 12 9 7 80 79 .272 .356 .397 .753 .295 238 21 2 8 4 5 10
MLB Averages .258 .324 .388 .711 .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
1981 24 SEA AL -5.9 -0.6 444 -0.2 7.9 -8.1 1.13 -0.7 0.5 -8.3 -0.8 1.13 -7.9 8 5 6
1982 25 SEA AL 16.5 1.7 509 0.2 5.5 -5.3 .64 0.3 0.1 9.0 0.9 0.64 8.6 7 9 16
1983 26 SEA AL 4.6 0.5 728 0.0 12.3 -12.3 1.02 -0.1 0.2 2.1 0.2 1.02 1.8 7 3 14
1984 27 TOR AL -8.5 -0.8 233 -0.1 2.2 -2.3 .54 -1.3 1.2 -14.2 -1.4 0.54 -14.8 4 3 10
1985 28 CLE AL -14.1 -1.4 301 -2.0 4.2 -6.2 .96 -1.4 -0.6 -17.1 -1.6 0.96 -13.4 14 6 7
1986 29 CHW AL 0.2 0.0 34 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .21 0.1 -0.4 -0.4 -0.0 0.21 1.5 0 2 3
1987 30 CHW AL 4.8 0.5 81 0.0 0.8 -0.7 .53 0.0 0.1 4.6 0.4 0.53 2.2 3 2 6
1990 33 SEA AL 1.2 0.1 51 -0.2 0.7 -0.8 .92 0.2 -0.4 1.9 0.2 0.92 2.0 5 2 4
8 Yrs -1.2 -0.0 2381 -2.2 33.7 -35.9 .88 -3.1 0.5 -22.4 -2.1 0.88 -20.1 48 32 66

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
1981 24 SEA AL 29 9 1 3 5 0 0 2 7 .222 2 1 1 0 5 56% 47.1 70 22 30 16 1 3 3.6 3.5 6.0
1982 25 SEA AL 37 5 3 1 1 2 0 4 1 .800 0 0 1 1 2 40% 51.8 76 33 32 4 1 3 4.9 5.3 6.7
1983 26 SEA AL 41 17 3 8 6 0 1 4 13 .235 2 0 2 0 6 35% 46.0 78 15 37 14 3 7 3.7 4.2 5.4
1984 27 TOR AL 20 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 33% 43.3 63 29 10 2 1 2 5.0 2.1 4.2
1985 28 CLE AL 31 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34.0 41 30 31 11 1 1 3.7 3.8 3.9
5 Yrs 158 37 7 15 15 2 1 11 26 .297 4 3 4 1 14 38% 46 78 15 140 47 7 16 3.9 4.0 5.5
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -12 4.3 4.3 6.2 94

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
1981 24 SEA AL 29 20 5 1 2 5 2 3 40% 6 1 27 9 33% 6 1.134 8 5 6 7 1 12 16 4 13 6 16 3 5.9
1982 25 SEA AL 37 32 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 41 9 22% 5 .640 7 9 16 6 2 24 26 6 24 8 24 5 7.6
1983 26 SEA AL 41 24 7 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 31 10 32% 3 1.020 7 3 14 2 3 19 19 5 18 5 22 4 8.9
1984 27 TOR AL 20 17 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 18 10 56% 7 .539 4 3 10 1 3 13 10 7 10 5 11 3 5.8
1985 28 CLE AL 31 28 10 3 2 4 2 2 50% 7 2 35 11 31% 7 .964 14 6 7 8 7 13 18 10 12 11 18 3 5.5
1986 29 CHW AL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 .210 0 2 3 0 0 5 4 1 3 1 3 0 4.8
1987 30 CHW AL 11 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 4 25% 7 .530 3 2 6 1 2 8 10 1 6 4 7 0 5.1
1990 33 SEA AL 12 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 3 23% 7 .921 5 2 4 2 4 6 10 2 5 6 6 4 2.8 15
8 Yrs 186 149 41 13 8 9 4 5 44% 21 7 185 58 31% .876 48 32 66 27 22 100 113 36 91 46 107 22 6.3 15

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%
1981 24 SEA AL 421 31% 0.7% 12.4% 13.1% 6.7% 30% 1.60 72% 86 9 10%
1982 25 SEA AL 491 27% 1.2% 14.3% 11.8% 5.7% 27% 1.75 73% 92 16 17%
1983 26 SEA AL 697 26% 2.0% 10.9% 10.3% 7.2% 31% 1.59 75% 122 22 18%
1984 27 TOR AL 221 38% 2.7% 9.5% 10.0% 8.1% 27% 1.73 76% 62 5 8%
1985 28 CLE AL 290 32% 2.8% 8.3% 11.7% 7.6% 28% 1.44 76% 65 10 15%
1986 29 CHW AL 31 45% 0.0% 16.1% 6.5% 9.7% 38% 3.50 77% 7 2 29%
1987 30 CHW AL 77 26% 1.3% 10.4% 10.4% 5.2% 21% 1.56 74% 18 5 28%
1990 33 SEA AL 48 48% 0.0% 6.3% 20.8% 2.1% 11% 1.33 1.55 73% 20% 0.0% 13% 10 1 10%
8 Yrs 2276 30% 1.7% 11.4% 11.5% 6.8% 29% 1.33 1.63 74% 20% 0.0% 13% 462 70 15%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 14.3% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 6.6% 26% 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
1990 33 SEA AL 48 177 3.69 88 50% 27% 15% 16% 40% 70% 0% 35% 77% 52% 13% 6 3 6% 3 1 0 0% 0 3 0 0 2
1 Yr 48 177 3.69 88 50% 27% 15% 16% 40% 70% 0% 35% 77% 52% 13% 6 3 6% 3 1 0 0% 0 3 0 0 2
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 57% 6% 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
1981 24 SEA AL 421 92 3 0 8 3 0 2 1 37 17 3 46% 6 7 4 172 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 3 22 0
1982 25 SEA AL 491 104 6 0 11 5 1 4 2 24 13 4 54% 9 4 2 200 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 5 3 12 0
1983 26 SEA AL 697 160 14 0 19 12 2 10 4 27 16 3 59% 12 10 2 263 11 9 55% 8 8 3 0 0 1 2 2 20 0
1984 27 TOR AL 221 66 6 0 10 2 4 4 2 24 14 3 58% 4 7 0 108 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1985 28 CLE AL 290 78 8 1 4 4 4 3 5 12 7 0 58% 3 5 1 127 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1986 29 CHW AL 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 0 0 2 11 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1987 30 CHW AL 77 19 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 6 2 0 33% 0 2 0 37 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
1990 33 SEA AL 48 9 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 22 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Yrs 2276 536 1 0 38 1 56 27 11 23 15 137 74 13 54% 34 36 11 940 30 22 58% 23 19 7 2 0 1 12 8 82 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1981 24 2 5 .286 4.34 29 9 5 1 0 2 93.1 92 54 45 3 55 4 52 1 3 7 421 90 1.575 8.9 0.3 5.3 5.0 0.95 90
1982 25 7 7 .500 3.46 66 14 7 2 1 2 208.0 196 98 80 9 113 6 122 1 3 11 912 118 1.486 8.5 0.4 4.9 5.3 1.08 118
1983 26 14 17 .452 3.67 107 31 14 4 1 2 370.1 356 180 151 23 185 12 198 4 3 21 1609 114 1.461 8.7 0.6 4.5 4.8 1.07 114
1984 27 15 19 .441 3.92 127 34 22 4 1 2 416.0 422 213 181 29 207 14 219 5 3 28 1830 107 1.512 9.1 0.6 4.5 4.7 1.06 107
1985 28 18 23 .439 4.23 158 37 32 4 1 4 478.2 500 260 225 37 241 16 243 5 3 33 2120 99 1.548 9.4 0.7 4.5 4.6 1.01 99
1986 29 18 23 .439 4.23 163 37 34 4 1 4 486.2 508 264 229 37 243 16 248 5 3 33 2151 99 1.543 9.4 0.7 4.5 4.6 1.02 99
1987 30 18 23 .439 4.17 174 37 39 4 1 4 505.1 527 269 234 38 251 16 256 5 3 35 2228 101 1.540 9.4 0.7 4.5 4.6 1.02 101
1988 31 18 23 .439 4.17 174 37 39 4 1 4 505.1 527 269 234 38 251 16 256 5 3 35 2228 101 1.540 9.4 0.7 4.5 4.6 1.02 101
1989 32 18 23 .439 4.17 174 37 39 4 1 4 505.1 527 269 234 38 251 16 256 5 3 35 2228 101 1.540 9.4 0.7 4.5 4.6 1.02 101
1990 33 20 23 .465 4.15 186 37 41 4 1 4 516.1 536 273 238 38 261 16 259 5 3 36 2276 101 1.544 9.3 0.7 4.5 4.5 0.99 101

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
1981 24 6 8 .429 4.97 134.0 145 82 74 5 87 75 2 1.731 9.7 5.8 5.0 0.86 0.3 29
1982 25 8 4 .667 2.89 109.0 105 39 35 6 59 67 0 1.505 8.7 4.9 5.5 1.14 0.5 37
1983 26 8 9 .471 4.15 154.0 160 79 71 14 72 72 3 1.506 9.4 4.2 4.2 1.00 0.8 41
1984 27 1 3 .250 6.34 44.0 67 34 31 6 22 20 1 2.023 13.7 4.5 4.1 0.91 1.2 20
1985 28 1 5 .167 7.02 59.0 79 51 46 8 34 23 0 1.915 12.1 5.2 3.5 0.68 1.2 31
1986 29 0 0 5.14 7.0 8 4 4 0 2 4 0 1.429 10.3 2.6 5.1 2.00 0.0 5
1987 30 1 0 1.000 2.65 17.0 19 6 5 1 8 7 0 1.588 10.1 4.2 3.7 0.88 0.5 11
1990 33 1 0 1.000 4.00 9.0 10 4 4 0 11 2 0 2.333 10.0 11.0 2.0 0.18 0.0 12
8 Yrs 26 29 .473 4.56 533.0 593 299 270 40 295 270 6 1.666 10.0 4.6 0.92 0.7 186

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1981 AL  7 (6th)
1983 AL  10 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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