Keith Comstock
Keith Martin Comstock
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 23, 1955 in San Francisco, CA
Drafted by the California Angels in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1984
Final Game: August 5, 1991
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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
1984 28 MIN AL 0 0 8.53 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 6 6 6 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 28 49 1.579 8.5 2.8 5.7 2.8 0.50
1987 31 TOT NL 2 1 .667 4.61 41 0 15 0 0 1 56.2 52 30 29 5 31 5 59 0 1 6 244 85 1.465 8.3 0.8 4.9 9.4 1.90
1987 31 SFG NL 2 0 1.000 3.05 15 0 3 0 0 1 20.2 19 8 7 1 10 2 21 0 1 3 87 127 1.403 8.3 0.4 4.4 9.1 2.10
1987 31 SDP NL 0 1 .000 5.50 26 0 12 0 0 0 36.0 33 22 22 4 21 3 38 0 0 3 157 72 1.500 8.3 1.0 5.3 9.5 1.81
1988 32 SDP NL 0 0 6.75 7 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 8 6 6 1 3 1 9 0 1 2 35 51 1.375 9.0 1.1 3.4 10.1 3.00
1989 33 SEA AL 1 2 .333 2.81 31 0 7 0 0 0 25.2 26 8 8 2 10 2 22 0 0 2 111 144 1.403 9.1 0.7 3.5 7.7 2.20
1990 34 SEA AL 7 4 .636 2.89 60 0 19 0 0 2 56.0 40 22 18 4 26 5 50 0 1 2 228 137 1.179 6.4 0.6 4.2 8.0 1.92
1991 35 SEA AL 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 9.000 54.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
6 Seasons 10 7 .588 4.06 144 0 46 0 0 3 153.0 134 74 69 14 75 13 142 0 3 12 650 97 1.366 7.9 0.8 4.4 8.4 1.89
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .588 4.06 68 0 22 0 0 1 72 63 35 33 7 35 6 67 0 1 6 307 97 1.366 7.9 0.8 4.4 8.4 1.89
SEA (3 yrs) 8 6 .571 3.07 92 0 26 0 0 2 82.0 68 32 28 6 37 7 72 0 1 4 343 130 1.280 7.5 0.7 4.1 7.9 1.95
SDP (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 5.73 33 0 15 0 0 0 44.0 41 28 28 5 24 4 47 0 1 5 192 67 1.477 8.4 1.0 4.9 9.6 1.96
MIN (1 yr) 0 0 8.53 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 6 6 6 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 28 49 1.579 8.5 2.8 5.7 2.8 0.50
SFG (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 3.05 15 0 3 0 0 1 20.2 19 8 7 1 10 2 21 0 1 3 87 127 1.403 8.3 0.4 4.4 9.1 2.10
NL (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 4.87 48 0 18 0 0 1 64.2 60 36 35 6 34 6 68 0 2 8 279 79 1.454 8.4 0.8 4.7 9.5 2.00
AL (4 yrs) 8 6 .571 3.46 96 0 28 0 0 2 88.1 74 38 34 8 41 7 74 0 1 4 371 115 1.302 7.5 0.8 4.2 7.5 1.80

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
1984 28 MIN AL 4 28 23 6 6 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .261 .370 .522 .892 .211 12 0 0 1 0 0
1987 31 SDP NL 26 157 131 22 33 5 1 4 2 1 21 38 .252 .348 .397 .745 .315 52 4 0 2 3 3
1987 31 SFG NL 15 87 75 8 19 1 0 1 1 2 10 21 .253 .337 .307 .644 .333 23 2 0 1 1 2
1987 31 TOT NL 41 244 206 30 52 6 1 5 3 3 31 59 .252 .344 .364 .708 .322 75 6 0 3 4 5
1988 32 SDP NL 7 35 32 6 8 4 0 1 1 0 3 9 .250 .314 .469 .783 .318 15 0 0 0 0 1
1989 33 SEA AL 31 111 97 8 26 3 0 2 1 2 10 22 .268 .330 .361 .691 .320 35 2 0 2 2 2
1990 34 SEA AL 60 228 194 22 40 6 0 4 6 5 26 50 .206 .296 .299 .595 .252 58 3 0 5 3 5
1991 35 SEA AL 1 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 1.000 1.750 .667 3 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 144 650 555 74 134 20 1 14 11 10 75 142 .241 .327 .357 .684 .294 198 11 0 11 9 13
162 Game Avg. 68 307 262 35 63 9 0 7 5 5 35 67 .241 .327 .357 .684 .294 94 5 0 5 4 6
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
1984 28 MIN AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0.246 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 3 3 1 3 1 4.8
1987 31 TOT NL 41 41 15 2 1 2 1 1 50% 4 1 25 12 48% 0.655 9 10 21 6 5 30 13 28 22 11 23 9 4.1
1987 31 SFG NL 15 15 3 2 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 16 7 44% 7 0.945 5 4 6 3 2 10 8 7 8 5 9 2 4.1
1987 31 SDP NL 26 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 9 5 56% 8 0.494 4 6 15 3 3 20 5 21 14 6 14 7 4.2
1988 32 SDP NL 7 7 3 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 2 40% 7 0.391 1 2 4 1 0 6 4 3 3 3 4 3 3.4 22
1989 33 SEA AL 31 31 7 1 2 1 0 1 0% 3 2 30 8 27% 8 0.993 12 3 15 6 8 17 20 11 7 18 8 7 2.5 14
1990 34 SEA AL 60 60 19 7 4 7 2 5 29% 20 9 80 17 21% 7 1.251 33 10 16 25 12 23 45 15 17 31 20 14 2.8 14
1991 35 SEA AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.500 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 15
6 Seasons 144 144 46 10 7 11 3 8 27% 28 12 141 40 28% 0.889 55 25 61 38 25 81 83 61 52 65 58 34 3.2 15

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%
1984 28 MIN AL 28 57% 7.1% 7.1% 14.3% 7.1% 33% 0.89 68% 5 0 0%
1987 31 TOT NL 244 68% 2.1% 24.2% 12.7% 4.9% 23% 0.95 60% 58 6 10%
1987 31 SFG NL 87 66% 1.2% 24.1% 11.5% 2.3% 11% 1.38 62% 20 2 10%
1987 31 SDP NL 157 69% 2.6% 24.2% 13.4% 6.4% 30% 0.77 59% 38 4 11%
1988 32 SDP NL 35 69% 2.9% 25.7% 8.6% 14.3% 63% 0.83 1.14 63% 22% 12.5% 33% 1 0 0%
1989 33 SEA AL 111 53% 1.8% 19.8% 9.0% 4.5% 19% 0.62 0.66 68% 20% 4.9% 13% 29 2 7%
1990 34 SEA AL 228 63% 1.8% 21.9% 11.4% 4.4% 25% 0.51 0.65 63% 17% 5.3% 20% 63 3 5%
1991 35 SEA AL 4 75% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 50% 0.00 0.00 75% 67% 0.0% 0% 2 0 0%
6 Seasons 650 63% 2.2% 21.9% 11.5% 5.4% 26% 0.55 0.77 63% 19% 5.5% 18% 158 11 7%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 SDP NL 35 157 4.49 100 64% 19% 23% 35% 23% 81% 7% 52% 72% 51% 9% 3 1 40% 14 10 0 0% 2 1 0 0 0
1989 33 SEA AL 105 407 3.88 264 65% 24% 21% 26% 28% 75% 6% 49% 71% 57% 6% 6 4 24% 25 16 2 19% 1 0 6 0 2
1990 34 SEA AL 228 862 3.78 516 60% 23% 25% 23% 29% 77% 6% 46% 68% 51% 8% 18 8 21% 47 31 3 12% 11 5 0 0 0
1991 35 SEA AL 4 15 3.75 8 53% 25% 13% 25% 38% 75% 0% 40% 83% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 372 1441 3.87 888 62% 23% 23% 25% 28% 77% 6% 47% 69% 53% 7% 27 13 23% 86 57 5 13% 14 6 6 0 2
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
1984 28 MIN AL 28 6 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 31 TOT NL 244 52 5 0 8 4 1 2 3 12 8 3 67% 0 6 1 98 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 0
1987 31 SFG NL 87 19 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 6 3 2 50% 0 3 0 34 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
1987 31 SDP NL 157 33 4 0 5 3 1 1 3 6 5 1 83% 0 3 1 64 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1988 32 SDP NL 35 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 2 0 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1989 33 SEA AL 111 26 2 0 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 8 4 1 50% 2 2 0 48 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1990 34 SEA AL 228 40 4 1 4 0 10 4 0 2 2 25 12 3 48% 1 2 1 102 6 5 55% 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
1991 35 SEA AL 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 650 134 9 1 14 0 23 10 4 9 5 46 25 7 54% 3 12 2 273 11 10 52% 10 9 1 1 0 0 2 2 30 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+
1984 28 0 0 8.53 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 6 6 6 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 28 49 1.579 8.5 2.8 5.7 2.8 0.50 49
1985 29 0 0 8.53 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 6 6 6 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 28 49 1.579 8.5 2.8 5.7 2.8 0.50 49
1986 30 0 0 8.53 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 6 6 6 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 28 49 1.579 8.5 2.8 5.7 2.8 0.50 49
1987 31 2 1 .667 5.00 45 0 17 0 0 1 63.0 58 36 35 7 35 5 61 0 1 6 272 79 1.476 8.3 1.0 5.0 8.7 1.74 79
1988 32 2 1 .667 5.20 52 0 20 0 0 1 71.0 66 42 41 8 38 6 70 0 2 8 307 75 1.465 8.4 1.0 4.8 8.9 1.84 75
1989 33 3 3 .500 4.56 83 0 27 0 0 1 96.2 92 50 49 10 48 8 92 0 2 10 418 86 1.448 8.6 0.9 4.5 8.6 1.92 86
1990 34 10 7 .588 3.95 143 0 46 0 0 3 152.2 132 72 67 14 74 13 142 0 3 12 646 100 1.349 7.8 0.8 4.4 8.4 1.92 100
1991 35 10 7 .588 4.06 144 0 46 0 0 3 153.0 134 74 69 14 75 13 142 0 3 12 650 97 1.366 7.9 0.8 4.4 8.4 1.89 97

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
1984 28 0 0 9.00 6.0 6 7 6 2 4 2 0 1.667 9.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 3.0 4
1987 31 2 3 .400 4.83 54.0 52 32 29 5 31 56 0 1.537 8.7 5.2 9.3 1.81 0.8 41
1988 32 0 0 6.75 8.0 8 7 6 1 3 9 0 1.375 9.0 3.4 10.1 3.00 1.1 7
1989 33 1 1 .500 3.24 25.0 27 10 9 2 10 21 0 1.480 9.7 3.6 7.6 2.10 0.7 31
1990 34 3 2 .600 3.23 53.0 42 21 19 4 27 47 0 1.302 7.1 4.6 8.0 1.74 0.7 60
1991 35 0 0 0.00 0.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0.00 1
6 Seasons 6 6 .500 4.38 146.0 137 79 71 14 76 135 0 1.459 8.4 8.3 1.78 0.9 144

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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

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