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Mark Clear

Mark Alan Clear

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 27, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Northview HS (Covina, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 8th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 1979
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Brewers/Angels 1979-1990

Final Game: May 16, 1990
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All-Star

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
1979 23 CAL AL 11 5 .688 3.63 52 0 37 0 0 14 109.0 87 48 44 6 68 5 98 3 1 9 481 112 1.422 7.2 0.5 5.6 8.1 1.44 AS,MVP-19,RoY-3
1980 24 CAL AL 11 11 .500 3.30 58 0 41 0 0 9 106.1 82 51 39 2 65 9 105 5 0 4 461 119 1.382 6.9 0.2 5.5 8.9 1.62
1981 25 BOS AL 8 3 .727 4.11 34 0 20 0 0 9 76.2 69 36 35 11 51 2 82 2 0 6 346 95 1.565 8.1 1.3 6.0 9.6 1.61
1982 26 BOS AL 14 9 .609 3.00 55 0 44 0 0 14 105.0 92 39 35 11 61 6 109 7 1 1 467 145 1.457 7.9 0.9 5.2 9.3 1.79 AS
1983 27 BOS AL 4 5 .444 6.28 48 0 33 0 0 4 96.0 101 71 67 10 68 5 81 3 0 2 448 70 1.760 9.5 0.9 6.4 7.6 1.19
1984 28 BOS AL 8 3 .727 4.03 47 0 27 0 0 8 67.0 47 38 30 2 70 3 76 2 0 6 318 104 1.746 6.3 0.3 9.4 10.2 1.09
1985 29 BOS AL 1 3 .250 3.72 41 0 30 0 0 3 55.2 45 26 23 1 50 10 55 5 0 8 259 116 1.707 7.3 0.2 8.1 8.9 1.10
1986 30 MIL AL 5 5 .500 2.20 59 0 52 0 0 16 73.2 53 23 18 4 36 2 85 1 2 8 306 199 1.208 6.5 0.5 4.4 10.4 2.36
1987 31 MIL AL 8 5 .615 4.48 58 1 37 0 0 6 78.1 70 46 39 9 55 3 81 5 0 3 360 102 1.596 8.0 1.0 6.3 9.3 1.47
1988 32 MIL AL 1 0 1.000 2.79 25 0 16 0 0 0 29.0 23 12 9 4 21 0 26 0 4 1 130 144 1.517 7.1 1.2 6.5 8.1 1.24
1990 34 CAL AL 0 0 5.87 4 0 1 0 0 0 7.2 5 7 5 0 9 0 6 2 0 1 38 68 1.826 5.9 0.0 10.6 7.0 0.67
11 Yrs 71 49 .592 3.85 481 1 338 0 0 83 804.1 674 397 344 60 554 45 804 35 8 49 3614 109 1.527 7.5 0.7 6.2 9.0 1.45
162 Game Avg. 10 7 .592 3.85 68 0 48 0 0 12 113 95 56 49 8 78 6 113 5 1 7 510 109 1.527 7.5 0.7 6.2 9.0 1.45
BOS (5 yrs) 35 23 .603 4.27 225 0 154 0 0 38 400.1 354 210 190 35 300 26 403 19 1 23 1838 99 1.634 8.0 0.8 6.7 9.1 1.34
CAL (3 yrs) 22 16 .579 3.55 114 0 79 0 0 23 223.0 174 106 88 8 142 14 209 10 1 14 980 113 1.417 7.0 0.3 5.7 8.4 1.47
MIL (3 yrs) 14 10 .583 3.28 142 1 105 0 0 22 181.0 146 81 66 17 112 5 192 6 6 12 796 134 1.425 7.3 0.8 5.6 9.5 1.71

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
1979 23 CAL AL 109.0 52 0 48 3.96 4.67 -0.28 -0.38 98.1 4.49 6 0.6 1.8 0.1 1.7 19 .512 .504 $21,000 AS,MVP-19,RoY-3
1980 24 CAL AL 106.1 58 0 51 4.32 4.54 -0.32 -0.36 96.8 4.36 0 0.0 1.7 -0.2 0.7 12 .500 .500 $
1981 25 BOS AL 76.2 34 0 36 4.23 4.18 0.03 -0.33 105.9 4.04 -2 -0.2 1.6 -0.2 0.3 3 .495 .499 $
1982 26 BOS AL 105.0 55 0 39 3.34 4.45 0.00 -0.35 107.5 4.41 13 1.4 2.3 0.7 2.9 23 .525 .508 $ AS
1983 27 BOS AL 96.0 48 0 71 6.66 4.59 -0.07 -0.37 106.1 4.55 -23 -2.3 1.2 -0.4 -1.8 -12 .453 .486 $
1984 28 BOS AL 67.0 47 0 38 5.10 4.48 -0.12 -0.36 103.8 4.41 -5 -0.5 1.5 -0.2 -0.2 2 .489 .497 $
1985 29 BOS AL 55.2 41 0 26 4.20 4.69 -0.04 -0.37 102.1 4.46 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 0.5 8 .504 .501 $580,000
1986 30 MIL AL 73.2 59 0 23 2.81 4.74 -0.27 -0.37 104.1 4.83 16 1.7 1.4 0.2 2.5 25 .529 .510 $671,560
1987 31 MIL AL 78.1 58 1 46 5.29 4.97 -0.23 -0.36 101.9 4.93 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.3 6 .495 .498 $685,000
1988 32 MIL AL 29.0 25 0 12 3.72 4.56 0.14 -0.36 99.9 4.06 1 0.1 .6 -0.1 0.3 4 .504 .501 $535,000
1990 34 CAL AL 7.2 4 0 7 8.22 4.45 -0.23 -0.34 95.9 4.16 -3 -0.3 .4 0.1 -0.2 -3 .416 .498 $
11 Seasons 804.1 481 1 397 4.44 4.58 -0.14 -0.36 102.6 4.47 3 0.4 1.4 -0.3 7.0 86 .501 .500 $2,492,560
BOS (5 yrs) 400.1 225 0 210 4.72 4.47 -0.03 -0.35 105.5 4.38 -15 -1.4 1.5 -0.2 1.7 24 .494 .498 $580,000
CAL (3 yrs) 223.0 114 0 106 4.28 4.60 -0.30 -0.37 97.4 4.42 3 0.3 1.7 -0.1 2.2 28 .503 .501 $21,000
MIL (3 yrs) 181.0 142 1 81 4.03 4.81 -0.19 -0.37 102.5 4.75 14 1.5 1.1 -0.0 3.1 35 .511 .503 $1,891,560

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
1979 23 CAL AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 4.76 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 4 3 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 23 1.059 6.4 1.6 3.2 4.8 1.50
1 ALCS 0 0 4.76 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 4 3 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 23 1.059 6.4 1.6 3.2 4.8 1.50

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1979 CAL AL 23 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1982 BOS AL 26

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
1979 23 CAL AL 52 481 398 48 87 8 1 6 20 3 68 98 .219 .333 .289 .622 .271 115 4 3 7 5 5 3
1980 24 CAL AL 58 461 380 51 82 14 3 2 19 6 65 105 .216 .336 .284 .620 .290 108 5 5 8 3 9 6
1981 25 BOS AL 34 346 289 36 69 15 0 11 15 0 51 82 .239 .357 .405 .762 .296 117 2 2 4 0 2 1
1982 26 BOS AL 55 467 387 39 92 18 1 11 21 3 61 109 .238 .348 .375 .723 .298 145 7 7 7 5 6 5
1983 27 BOS AL 48 448 370 71 101 24 1 10 33 1 68 81 .273 .385 .424 .809 .319 157 9 3 1 6 5 4
1984 28 BOS AL 47 318 237 38 47 10 0 2 23 0 70 76 .198 .378 .266 .644 .273 63 6 2 3 6 3 4
1985 29 BOS AL 41 259 200 26 45 7 0 1 11 2 50 55 .225 .389 .275 .664 .301 55 8 5 2 2 10 4
1986 30 MIL AL 59 306 264 23 53 5 2 4 4 4 36 85 .201 .295 .280 .575 .274 74 5 1 1 4 2 5
1987 31 MIL AL 58 360 293 46 70 15 3 9 9 4 55 81 .239 .363 .403 .766 .293 118 4 5 2 5 3 5
1988 32 MIL AL 25 130 107 12 23 2 0 4 2 0 21 26 .215 .338 .346 .684 .241 37 3 0 0 2 0 3
1990 34 CAL AL 4 38 25 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 9 6 .200 .421 .320 .741 .238 8 1 2 0 2 0 0
11 Yrs 481 3614 2950 397 674 119 12 60 157 23 554 804 .228 .353 .338 .691 .289 997 54 35 35 40 45 40
162 Game Avg. 68 510 416 56 95 17 2 8 22 3 78 113 .228 .353 .338 .691 .289 141 8 5 5 6 6 6
MLB Averages .259 .324 .389 .713 .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
1979 23 CAL AL 6.1 0.6 518 -0.0 11.7 -11.7 1.43 0.7 -0.7 3.4 0.3 1.43 9.0 33 7 12
1980 24 CAL AL 4.3 0.4 490 -0.3 12.7 -13.1 1.69 0.7 -0.9 3.8 0.4 1.69 9.0 30 15 12
1981 25 BOS AL -0.4 -0.0 367 1.3 9.5 -8.2 1.55 -0.3 1.1 4.3 0.4 1.55 -2.4 14 13 7
1982 26 BOS AL 14.6 1.5 492 3.0 17.8 -14.9 2.09 0.9 0.5 12.5 1.2 2.09 5.5 36 8 10
1983 27 BOS AL -17.6 -1.7 486 -2.8 5.4 -8.2 .88 -1.7 -1.5 -20.9 -2.0 0.88 -21.1 13 11 24
1984 28 BOS AL -0.6 -0.1 349 0.6 9.0 -8.4 1.80 -0.4 0.7 1.8 0.2 1.80 -2.9 16 10 20
1985 29 BOS AL 3.5 0.4 284 -0.7 2.4 -3.1 .60 -0.1 -1.0 -1.5 -0.1 0.60 -0.5 8 6 24
1986 30 MIL AL 15.8 1.6 324 2.4 8.0 -5.7 1.38 1.1 0.6 10.2 1.0 1.38 13.0 27 3 25
1987 31 MIL AL -0.0 0.0 375 -1.0 6.0 -7.0 .98 -0.7 -0.3 -3.2 -0.3 0.98 -4.8 16 8 31
1988 32 MIL AL 3.0 0.3 136 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 .38 -0.1 -1.4 -5.5 -0.6 0.38 -2.5 2 4 18
1990 34 CAL AL -2.3 -0.2 39 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .20 -0.1 -0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.20 -1.4 0 0 4
11 Yrs 26.4 2.7 3860 1.8 83.3 -81.5 1.36 0.2 1.2 1.5 0.3 1.36 0.9 195 85 187

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
1987 31 MIL AL 58 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25.0 25 25 21 4 1 0 5.0 3.0 3.3
1 Yr 58 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25 25 25 21 4 1 0 5.0 3.0 3.3
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
1979 23 CAL AL 52 52 37 11 5 21 14 7 67% 22 1 59 20 34% 7 1.433 33 7 12 25 11 16 32 20 37 10 40 12 6.3
1980 24 CAL AL 58 58 41 11 11 16 9 7 56% 21 4 53 17 32% 8 1.689 30 15 12 23 13 22 35 23 38 8 42 10 5.5
1981 25 BOS AL 34 34 20 8 3 14 9 5 64% 18 3 28 7 25% 7 1.547 14 13 7 22 6 6 18 16 25 3 28 0 6.8
1982 26 BOS AL 55 55 44 14 9 23 14 9 61% 24 1 53 22 42% 8 2.093 36 8 10 27 18 10 33 22 36 8 36 4 5.7
1983 27 BOS AL 48 48 33 4 5 5 4 1 80% 6 0 46 13 28% 8 .877 13 11 24 10 6 32 28 20 30 9 33 2 6.0
1984 28 BOS AL 47 47 27 8 3 10 8 2 80% 11 1 52 14 27% 8 1.805 16 10 20 16 7 24 32 15 21 10 23 1 4.3
1985 29 BOS AL 41 41 30 1 3 6 3 3 50% 7 1 43 17 40% 8 .603 8 6 24 11 2 28 25 16 19 7 20 1 4.1
1986 30 MIL AL 59 59 52 5 5 19 16 3 84% 20 1 36 17 47% 9 1.376 27 3 25 26 9 24 21 38 22 11 22 10 3.7
1987 31 MIL AL 58 57 37 8 4 9 6 3 67% 14 5 31 10 32% 8 .981 16 8 31 20 7 30 20 37 22 11 25 6 3.9
1988 32 MIL AL 25 25 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 73% 9 .378 2 4 18 6 2 17 6 19 8 6 9 2 3.5 21
1990 34 CAL AL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 2 .201 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 2 0 5.8 41
11 Yrs 481 480 338 71 48 123 83 40 67% 143 17 415 148 36% 1.365 195 85 187 186 81 213 252 228 260 84 280 48 5.0 24

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%
1979 23 CAL AL 481 54% 1.3% 20.4% 14.1% 3.1% 17% 0.60 62% 92 4 4%
1980 24 CAL AL 461 52% 0.4% 22.8% 14.1% 4.1% 23% 0.61 60% 83 5 6%
1981 25 BOS AL 346 52% 3.2% 23.7% 14.7% 7.5% 38% 0.67 57% 69 2 3%
1982 26 BOS AL 467 52% 2.4% 23.3% 13.1% 6.4% 33% 1.08 58% 102 7 7%
1983 27 BOS AL 448 56% 2.2% 18.1% 15.2% 7.8% 35% 0.88 64% 96 9 9%
1984 28 BOS AL 318 45% 0.6% 23.9% 22.0% 3.8% 26% 0.88 52% 89 6 7%
1985 29 BOS AL 259 54% 0.4% 21.2% 19.3% 3.1% 18% 1.04 56% 71 8 11%
1986 30 MIL AL 306 56% 1.3% 27.8% 11.8% 3.6% 21% 0.97 59% 69 5 7%
1987 31 MIL AL 360 51% 2.5% 22.5% 15.3% 7.5% 39% 0.82 58% 84 4 5%
1988 32 MIL AL 130 55% 3.1% 20.0% 16.2% 4.6% 26% 0.70 0.56 61% 10% 22.2% 62% 31 3 10%
1990 34 CAL AL 38 79% 0.0% 15.8% 23.7% 5.3% 40% 0.40 0.70 55% 14% 0.0% 27% 10 1 10%
11 Yrs 3614 53% 1.7% 22.3% 15.3% 5.3% 28% 0.63 0.79 59% 11% 13.8% 53% 796 54 7%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 14.0% 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
1988 32 MIL AL 130 536 4.12 308 58% 34% 14% 25% 27% 66% 0% 38% 79% 45% 12% 15 4 19% 25 15 0 35% 5 11 0 2 0
1990 34 CAL AL 38 165 4.34 90 55% 34% 13% 29% 23% 66% 0% 36% 80% 47% 5% 2 2 11% 4 1 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 168 701 4.17 398 57% 34% 14% 26% 26% 66% 0% 37% 79% 46% 10% 17 6 17% 29 16 0 34% 5 11 0 2 0
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
1979 23 CAL AL 481 87 6 0 26 1 5 0 6 34 14 12 41% 3 9 3 197 20 3 87% 19 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 26 0
1980 24 CAL AL 461 82 2 0 23 1 1 1 1 33 15 7 45% 6 4 2 200 19 6 76% 16 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 11 0
1981 25 BOS AL 346 69 11 0 14 5 6 6 5 25 8 8 32% 1 6 0 160 15 0 100% 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1982 26 BOS AL 467 92 11 1 35 7 4 5 6 41 14 11 34% 5 1 1 189 21 3 88% 17 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1983 27 BOS AL 448 101 10 0 19 4 6 3 7 44 27 6 61% 4 2 1 202 33 1 97% 31 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1984 28 BOS AL 318 47 2 0 23 2 0 1 1 42 20 15 48% 4 6 4 160 23 0 100% 19 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1985 29 BOS AL 259 45 1 1 16 1 0 0 1 24 11 5 46% 4 8 4 120 11 2 85% 10 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 19 0
1986 30 MIL AL 306 53 4 0 10 3 1 2 2 21 13 7 62% 5 8 1 132 4 4 50% 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 0
1987 31 MIL AL 360 70 9 0 10 4 5 6 3 29 14 4 48% 5 3 1 163 9 4 69% 8 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 11 0
1988 32 MIL AL 130 23 8 2 4 0 8 3 1 2 2 11 8 1 73% 3 1 0 52 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1990 34 CAL AL 38 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 50% 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 Yrs 3614 674 8 2 60 2 187 31 29 26 34 310 147 77 47% 40 49 17 1589 157 23 87% 138 16 19 5 0 2 4 1 155 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+
1979 23 11 5 .688 3.63 52 0 37 0 0 14 109.0 87 48 44 6 68 5 98 3 1 9 481 112 1.422 7.2 0.5 5.6 8.1 1.44 112
1980 24 22 16 .579 3.47 110 0 78 0 0 23 215.1 169 99 83 8 133 14 203 8 1 13 942 115 1.402 7.1 0.3 5.6 8.5 1.53 115
1981 25 30 19 .612 3.64 144 0 98 0 0 32 292.0 238 135 118 19 184 16 285 10 1 19 1288 109 1.445 7.3 0.6 5.7 8.8 1.55 109
1982 26 44 28 .611 3.47 199 0 142 0 0 46 397.0 330 174 153 30 245 22 394 17 2 20 1755 117 1.448 7.5 0.7 5.6 8.9 1.61 117
1983 27 48 33 .593 4.02 247 0 175 0 0 50 493.0 431 245 220 40 313 27 475 20 2 22 2203 103 1.509 7.9 0.7 5.7 8.7 1.52 103
1984 28 56 36 .609 4.02 294 0 202 0 0 58 560.0 478 283 250 42 383 30 551 22 2 28 2521 103 1.538 7.7 0.7 6.2 8.9 1.44 103
1985 29 57 39 .594 3.99 335 0 232 0 0 61 615.2 523 309 273 43 433 40 606 27 2 36 2780 104 1.553 7.6 0.6 6.3 8.9 1.40 104
1986 30 62 44 .585 3.80 394 0 284 0 0 77 689.1 576 332 291 47 469 42 691 28 4 44 3086 110 1.516 7.5 0.6 6.1 9.0 1.47 110
1987 31 70 49 .588 3.87 452 1 321 0 0 83 767.2 646 378 330 56 524 45 772 33 4 47 3446 109 1.524 7.6 0.7 6.1 9.1 1.47 109
1988 32 71 49 .592 3.83 477 1 337 0 0 83 796.2 669 390 339 60 545 45 798 33 8 48 3576 110 1.524 7.6 0.7 6.2 9.0 1.46 110
1989 33 71 49 .592 3.83 477 1 337 0 0 83 796.2 669 390 339 60 545 45 798 33 8 48 3576 110 1.524 7.6 0.7 6.2 9.0 1.46 110
1990 34 71 49 .592 3.85 481 1 338 0 0 83 804.1 674 397 344 60 554 45 804 35 8 49 3614 109 1.527 7.5 0.7 6.2 9.0 1.45 109

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
1979 23 6 5 .545 3.87 107.0 89 51 46 6 70 97 3 1.486 7.5 5.9 8.2 1.39 0.5 52
1980 24 6 5 .545 3.74 101.0 85 47 42 2 67 100 5 1.505 7.6 6.0 8.9 1.49 0.2 58
1981 25 5 7 .417 4.75 110.0 109 64 58 17 81 118 3 1.727 8.9 6.6 9.7 1.46 1.4 34
1982 26 7 4 .636 2.97 103.0 91 38 34 11 60 107 7 1.466 8.0 5.2 9.3 1.78 1.0 55
1983 27 3 7 .300 6.39 93.0 100 73 66 10 67 78 3 1.796 9.7 6.5 7.5 1.16 1.0 48
1984 28 3 4 .429 4.23 66.0 48 34 31 2 71 74 2 1.803 6.5 9.7 10.1 1.04 0.3 47
1985 29 3 2 .600 3.91 53.0 45 26 23 1 50 52 5 1.792 7.6 8.5 8.8 1.04 0.2 41
1986 30 6 2 .750 2.10 73.0 52 19 17 4 35 84 1 1.192 6.4 4.3 10.4 2.40 0.5 59
1987 31 4 4 .500 4.27 78.0 68 41 37 9 53 81 5 1.551 7.8 6.1 9.3 1.53 1.0 58
1988 32 2 1 .667 3.21 28.0 24 11 10 4 22 25 0 1.643 7.7 7.1 8.0 1.14 1.3 25
1990 34 0 0 7.71 7.0 5 7 6 0 9 6 2 2.000 6.4 11.6 7.7 0.67 0.0 4
11 Yrs 45 41 .523 4.07 819.0 716 411 370 66 585 822 36 1.589 7.9 9.0 1.41 0.7 481

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1979 *
1982

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (19, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1979 AL  .688 (8th)
1981 AL  .727 (5th)
Career  .592 (142nd)

Saves s c a p y
1979 AL  14 (7th)
1982 AL  14 (9th)
1986 AL  16 (8th)
Career  83 (166th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1981 AL  6 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1982 AL  7 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1979 AL  37 (10th)
1980 AL  41 (8th)
1982 AL  44 (6th)
1986 AL  52 (6th)
Career  338 (84th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Mark Alan mac manny Mark Clear

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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