Keith Comstock

Keith Martin Comstock

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 174 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
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Padres/Giants/Twins 1984-1991

Final Game: August 5, 1991
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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
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 52 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 87 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 87 130 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 73 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 54 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 2 111 146 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 2 228 136 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 16 9.000 54.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
6 Yrs 10 7 .588 4.06 144 0 46 0 0 3 153.0 134 74 69 14 75 13 142 0 3 12 650 99 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 99 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 4 343 131 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 69 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 52 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 87 130 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 81 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 4 371 117 1.302 7.5 0.8 4.2 7.5 1.80

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
1984 28 MIN AL 6.1 4 0 6 8.53 4.67 0.63 -0.37 110.0 4.03 -3 -0.3 .3 0.1 -0.2 -3 .423 .498 $
1987 31 SFG NL 20.2 15 0 8 3.48 4.45 0.08 -0.34 95.6 3.86 1 0.1 1.5 -0.0 0.2 3 .505 .500 $62,500
1987 31 SDP NL 36.0 26 0 22 5.50 4.58 0.17 -0.35 97.8 3.97 -6 -0.7 .7 0.0 -0.3 -2 .475 .496 $
1988 32 SDP NL 8.0 7 0 6 6.75 4.06 0.17 -0.32 99.4 3.54 -3 -0.3 .6 0.0 -0.2 -2 .454 .498 $
1989 33 SEA AL 25.2 31 0 8 2.81 4.49 0.03 -0.35 104.9 4.31 4 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.7 7 .515 .503 $80,000
1990 34 SEA AL 56.0 60 0 22 3.54 4.55 0.28 -0.35 99.5 3.91 3 0.3 1.9 0.0 0.8 9 .505 .502 $114,000
1991 35 SEA AL 0.1 1 0 2 54.00 5.05 -0.54 -0.38 86.0 4.48 -2 -0.2 .5 0.0 -0.1 -2 .337 .499 $
6 Seasons 153.0 144 0 74 4.35 4.51 0.19 -0.35 99.9 3.97 -7 -0.6 1.4 0.2 0.9 10 .496 .499 $256,500
SEA (3 yrs) 82.0 92 0 32 3.51 4.53 0.20 -0.35 101.2 4.04 5 0.6 1.7 0.1 1.4 14 .506 .501 $194,000
SDP (2 yrs) 44.0 33 0 28 5.73 4.48 0.17 -0.34 98.1 3.89 -9 -1.0 .7 0.1 -0.5 -4 .470 .497 $
MIN (1 yr) 6.1 4 0 6 8.53 4.67 0.63 -0.37 110.0 4.03 -3 -0.3 .3 0.1 -0.2 -3 .423 .498 $
SFG (1 yr) 20.2 15 0 8 3.48 4.45 0.08 -0.34 95.6 3.86 1 0.1 1.5 -0.0 0.2 3 .505 .500 $62,500

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
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 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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 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 1
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 0
6 Yrs 144 650 555 74 134 20 1 14 11 10 75 142 .241 .327 .357 .684 .294 198 11 0 11 9 13 3
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 1
MLB Averages .257 .324 .389 .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
1984 28 MIN AL -2.4 -0.2 28 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .23 -0.2 -0.3 -2.9 -0.3 0.23 -1.5 0 0 4
1987 31 TOT NL -2.9 -0.3 258 -0.7 2.5 -3.1 .62 -0.1 -1.0 -2.2 -0.2 0.62 1.1 8 10 21
1987 31 SFG NL 2.1 0.2 94 -0.1 1.4 -1.5 .90 0.1 -0.2 2.7 0.3 0.90 2.8 5 4 5
1987 31 SDP NL -5.0 -0.5 164 -0.6 1.1 -1.6 .46 -0.2 -1.1 -5.0 -0.5 0.46 -1.7 3 6 16
1988 32 SDP NL -2.5 -0.3 39 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .36 -0.5 -0.4 -1.6 -0.2 0.36 -3.0 1 1 5
1989 33 SEA AL 4.0 0.4 116 -0.9 1.4 -2.3 .97 -0.1 -0.8 -1.8 -0.2 0.97 0.3 12 2 16
1990 34 SEA AL 5.8 0.6 242 0.2 4.3 -4.0 1.23 1.2 -1.0 7.2 0.7 1.23 9.7 32 11 16
1991 35 SEA AL -1.6 -0.2 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .44 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.44 -1.5 0 0 1
6 Yrs 0.3 0.1 687 -1.8 8.4 -10.2 .86 0.2 -2.3 -2.8 -0.2 0.86 5.2 53 24 63

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
1984 28 MIN AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 .227 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% .618 8 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 .904 5 4 5 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 .460 3 6 16 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 .358 1 1 5 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 .972 12 2 16 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 1.232 32 11 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 .438 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 15
6 Yrs 144 144 46 10 7 11 3 8 27% 28 12 141 40 28% .862 53 24 63 38 25 81 83 61 52 65 58 34 3.2 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%
1984 28 MIN AL 28 43% 7.1% 7.1% 14.3% 7.1% 33% 0.89 68% 5 0 0%
1987 31 TOT NL 244 32% 2.1% 24.2% 12.7% 4.9% 23% 0.95 60% 58 6 10%
1987 31 SFG NL 87 34% 1.2% 24.1% 11.5% 2.3% 11% 1.38 62% 20 2 10%
1987 31 SDP NL 157 31% 2.6% 24.2% 13.4% 6.4% 30% 0.77 59% 38 4 11%
1988 32 SDP NL 35 31% 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 47% 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 37% 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 25% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 50% 0.00 0.00 75% 67% 0.0% 0% 2 0 0%
6 Yrs 650 37% 2.2% 21.9% 11.5% 5.4% 26% 0.55 0.77 63% 19% 5.5% 18% 158 11 7%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.8% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.5% 24% 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 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 229 864 3.77 516 60% 23% 25% 23% 29% 77% 6% 46% 68% 51% 8% 18 8 21% 47 31 3 12% 11 5 -1 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 Yrs 373 1443 3.87 888 62% 23% 23% 25% 28% 77% 6% 47% 69% 53% 7% 27 13 23% 86 57 5 13% 14 6 5 0 2
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 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
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 Yrs 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 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+
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 52 1.579 8.5 2.8 5.7 2.8 0.50 52
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 52 1.579 8.5 2.8 5.7 2.8 0.50 52
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 52 1.579 8.5 2.8 5.7 2.8 0.50 52
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 81 1.476 8.3 1.0 5.0 8.7 1.74 81
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 77 1.465 8.4 1.0 4.8 8.9 1.84 77
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 88 1.448 8.6 0.9 4.5 8.6 1.92 88
1990 34 10 7 .588 3.95 143 0 46 0 0 3 152.2 132 72 67 14 74 13 142 0 3 12 646 101 1.349 7.8 0.8 4.4 8.4 1.92 101
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 99 1.366 7.9 0.8 4.4 8.4 1.89 99

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
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 7.88 8.0 9 8 7 1 3 9 0 1.500 10.1 3.4 10.1 3.00 1.1 7
1989 33 1 1 .500 2.88 25.0 27 9 8 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 41 21 19 4 27 48 0 1.283 7.0 4.6 8.2 1.78 0.7 60
1991 35 0 0 inf 0.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0.00 1
6 Yrs 6 6 .500 4.38 146.0 137 79 71 14 76 136 0 1.459 8.4 8.4 1.79 0.9 144

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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