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David Cone

David Brian Cone

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 2, 1963 in Kansas City, MO
High School: Rockhurst (Kansas City, MO)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 1986
Teams (by GP): Mets/Yankees/Royals/RedSox/BlueJays 1986-2003
Agents: Steve Fehr [*]
Final Game: May 28, 2003
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1986 23 KCR AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 24 NYM NL 21 35 31 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .065 .094 .097 .191 -48 3 0 1 3 0 0 1
1988 25 NYM NL 35 88 80 2 12 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 14 .150 .181 .188 .368 9 15 0 0 5 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1989 26 NYM NL 34 85 77 9 18 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 13 .234 .253 .260 .513 51 20 1 0 6 0 0 1
1990 27 NYM NL 32 84 70 7 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 12 .200 .253 .214 .468 31 15 2 0 9 0 0 1
1991 28 NYM NL 34 84 72 3 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 14 .125 .179 .125 .304 -12 9 3 2 6 1 0 1
1992 29 TOT MLB 35 75 65 5 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 19 .092 .132 .108 .240 -31 7 1 0 7 0 0 1 AS
1992 29 NYM NL 27 75 65 5 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 19 .092 .132 .108 .240 -31 7 1 0 7 0 0 1
1992 29 TOR AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1993 30 KCR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 31 KCR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1995 32 TOT AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-4
1995 32 TOR AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 32 NYY AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 33 NYY AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 34 NYY AL 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1998 35 NYY AL 31 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 CYA-4
1999 36 NYY AL 31 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 149 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-6
2000 37 NYY AL 30 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 71 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 38 BOS AL 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2003 40 NYM NL 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
17 Seasons 451 470 412 28 64 9 0 0 22 0 1 16 91 .155 .192 .177 .369 6 73 8 3 38 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 169 148 10 23 3 0 0 8 0 0 6 33 .155 .192 .177 .369 6 26 3 1 14 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYM (7 yrs) 188 455 399 26 62 8 0 0 20 0 1 16 87 .155 .193 .175 .369 6 70 7 3 36 1 0
NYY (6 yrs) 145 13 12 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .250 .417 6 3 1 0 1 0 0
KCR (3 yrs) 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (2 yrs) 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 263 15 13 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .231 .385 -2 3 1 0 2 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 188 455 399 26 62 8 0 0 20 0 1 16 87 .155 .193 .175 .369 6 70 7 3 36 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1987 24 NYM NL 35 -7 -1 0 0 0 4 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $62,500 1
1988 25 NYM NL 88 -10 0 -1 1 0 8 3 1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $92,500 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1989 26 NYM NL 85 -5 0 0 0 0 7 3 5 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $332,500 1
1990 27 NYM NL 84 -6 0 0 0 0 8 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $1,300,000 1
1991 28 NYM NL 84 -10 0 -1 0 0 7 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $2,350,000 1
1992 29 NYM NL 75 -11 0 -1 0 0 6 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $4,250,000 1 AS
1997 34 NYY AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $6,666,667 1 AS
1998 35 NYY AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $6,666,667 1 CYA-4
1999 36 NYY AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $9,500,000 1 AS,CYA-6
2000 37 NYY AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $12,000,000 1
2001 38 BOS AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,000,000 1
2003 40 NYM NL 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
12 Seasons 470 -51 -1 -2 1 0 40 13 0 -0.6 0 -0.0 -0.6 $44,220,834
NYM (7 yrs) 455 -49 -1 -2 1 0 40 13 2 -0.4 2 0.2 -0.6 $8,387,500
NYY (4 yrs) 13 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $34,833,334
BOS (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,000,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1987 24 NYM NL 35 32 0 0.0 102 .118 .065 .263 .094 .332 .097 .410 .191 .742 -48 .000 -6.5 -0.6 .138 .032 .032
1988 25 NYM NL 88 74 3 1.1 85 .182 .150 .250 .181 .313 .188 .368 .368 .681 9 .086 -9.3 -1.0 .246 .063 .038
1989 26 NYM NL 85 66 5 2.0 86 .281 .234 .248 .253 .315 .260 .370 .513 .684 51 .223 -5.0 -0.5 .367 .052 .026
1990 27 NYM NL 84 67 4 1.6 98 .241 .200 .264 .253 .331 .214 .397 .468 .728 31 .136 -6.8 -0.7 .345 .086 .014
1991 28 NYM NL 84 73 2 0.7 93 .153 .125 .256 .179 .324 .125 .384 .304 .708 -12 .040 -10.8 -1.1 .212 .042 .000
1992 29 TOT MLB 75 67 1 0.4 91 .130 .092 .258 .132 .323 .108 .380 .240 .703 -31 .014 -11.3 -1.2 .167 .062 .015
1992 29 NYM NL 75 67 1 0.4 91 .130 .092 .258 .132 .323 .108 .380 .240 .703 -31 .014 -11.3 -1.2 .167 .062 .015
1997 34 NYY AL 3 3 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .271 .000 .341 .000 .429 .000 .770 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1998 35 NYY AL 4 4 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .268 .000 .336 .000 .427 .000 .763 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1999 36 NYY AL 3 3 0 0.0 112 .333 .333 .273 .333 .345 .667 .436 1.000 .781 149 .000 0.2 0.0 .667 .333 .333
2000 37 NYY AL 3 2 0 0.0 115 .500 .333 .275 .333 .348 .333 .443 .667 .791 71 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
2001 38 BOS AL 2 2 0 0.0 109 .000 .270 .000 .337 .000 .433 .000 .770 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2003 40 NYM NL 4 3 0 0.0 107 .333 .250 .265 .250 .336 .250 .425 .500 .762 33 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
17 Seasons 470 396 15 1.0 92 .199 .155 .256 .192 .323 .177 .384 .369 .706 6 .069 -52.2 -5.4 .255 .058 .022
162 Game Avg. 169 142 5 1.0 92 .199 .155 .256 .192 .323 .177 .384 .369 .706 6 .069 -52.2 -5.4 .255 .058 .022
NYM (7 yrs) 455 382 15 1.1 92 .198 .155 .256 .193 .322 .175 .382 .369 .704 6 .074 -50.2 -5.3 .255 .058 .020
NYY (6 yrs) 13 12 0 0.0 111 .222 .167 .272 .167 .342 .250 .434 .417 .776 6 .000 -1.7 -0.1 .273 .083 .083
BOS (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 109 .000 .270 .000 .337 .000 .433 .000 .770 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (7 yrs) 455 382 15 1.1 92 .198 .155 .256 .193 .322 .175 .382 .369 .704 6 .074 -50.2 -5.3 .255 .058 .020
AL (11 yrs) 15 14 0 0.0 111 .222 .154 .272 .154 .342 .231 .434 .385 .776 -2 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .250 .077 .077

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 25 NYM NL NLCS LAD L 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 1 0 0
1992 29 TOR AL WS ATL W 2 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 2 1 0 0 0 0
1996 33 NYY AL WS ATL W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 35 NYY AL WS SDP W 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 36 NYY AL WS ATL W 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 37 NYY AL WS NYM W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (6 Series) 9 18 16 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .188 .235 .188 .423 3 2 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 1 0 0
5 WS 6 13 12 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .308 .250 .558 3 1 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 NYM NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 NYM NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 KCR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 NYY AL 34
1999 NYY AL 36
5 Seasons (3 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1987 24 NYM NL 35 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 2.9% 50% 2.2 5.00 49%
1988 25 NYM NL 88 0.0% 15.9% 3.4% 3.4% 25% 4.67 5.7 40.0 1.46 2.47 75% 17% 0.0% 42%
1989 26 NYM NL 85 0.0% 15.3% 2.4% 2.4% 11% 6.50 5.9 19.3 1.74 3.25 75% 19% 0.0% 9%
1990 27 NYM NL 84 0.0% 14.3% 6.0% 1.2% 7% 2.40 5.8 14.0 1.39 2.06 69% 18% 0.0% 9%
1991 28 NYM NL 84 0.0% 16.7% 3.6% 0.0% 0% 4.67 5.1 14.4 1.08 1.73 70% 15% 0.0% 12%
1992 29 NYM NL 75 0.0% 25.3% 4.0% 1.3% 17% 6.33 3.4 16.3 2.38 2.62 61% 8% 0.0% 0%
1997 34 NYY AL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 33% 0%
1998 35 NYY AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 75% 0%
1999 36 NYY AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 3.0 2.00 100% 33% 0.0% 0%
2000 37 NYY AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 0.00 0.00 67% 50% 0.0% 0%
2001 38 BOS AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0% 0%
2003 40 NYM NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 0.50 0.00 75% 33% 0.0% 0%
17 Seasons 470 0.0% 19.4% 3.4% 1.9% 14% 5.69 4.5 18.7 1.53 2.45 69% 16% 0.0% 15%
MLB Averages 2.5% 16.0% 8.8% 7.4% 32% 1.81 5.6 35.2 7.8 0.80 1.07 71% 21% 7.6% 17%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1986 23 KCR AL 0.0
1987 24 NYM NL -6.5 -0.6 35 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 .78 -0.7 -0.0 -6.1 -0.6 0.86 -7.1 0
1988 25 NYM NL -9.3 -1.0 90 -0.8 0.8 -1.6 .92 -1.1 0.2 -10.4 -1.2 1.00 -10.2 0
1989 26 NYM NL -5.0 -0.5 88 -0.2 1.0 -1.1 .83 -0.6 0.4 -1.6 -0.2 0.93 -4.6 0
1990 27 NYM NL -6.8 -0.7 85 -0.8 0.7 -1.5 .88 -0.7 -0.2 -7.0 -0.7 0.96 -7.4 2.23 1
1991 28 NYM NL -10.8 -1.1 86 -1.1 0.6 -1.8 1.03 -1.1 0.0 -12.3 -1.3 1.00 -12.2 0
1992 29 NYM NL -11.3 -1.2 75 -1.0 0.4 -1.4 .86 -1.0 -0.1 -8.5 -0.9 0.94 -10.3 0
1992 29 TOR AL 0.0
1993 30 KCR AL 0.0
1994 31 KCR AL 0.0
1995 32 TOR AL 0.0
1995 32 NYY AL 0.0
1996 33 NYY AL 0.0
1997 34 NYY AL -0.9 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .59 -0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.46 -0.8 0
1998 35 NYY AL -0.9 -0.1 4 0.1 0.1 -0.1 1.03 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 1.24 0.1 0
1999 36 NYY AL 0.2 0.0 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .99 -0.0 -0.0 0.3 0.0 1.24 -0.1 0
2000 37 NYY AL -0.2 -0.0 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 1.06 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.77 -0.3 0
2001 38 BOS AL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.00 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.89 -0.4 0
2003 40 NYM NL -0.4 -0.0 4 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .85 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.68 0.3 0
17 Seasons -52.2 -5.4 478 -4.5 3.8 -8.2 .90 -5.4 0.4 -46.2 -4.9 0.96 -52.9 2.23 1
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1987 24 NYM NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1988 25 NYM NL 0 0 13% 28 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1989 26 NYM NL 1 0 45% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 40% 6 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 2
1990 27 NYM NL 2 0 37% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22% 4 4 0 2 2 0 3 1 2
1991 28 NYM NL 1 0 21% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 29% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1992 29 NYM NL 0 0 56% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1997 34 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 35 NYY AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 36 NYY AL 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2000 37 NYY AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2001 38 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 40 NYM NL 1 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 5 0 34% 136 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 8 29% 17 15 2 5 5 0 13 5 8

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1987 24 NYM NL 35 49% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 0 0% 8 2 25% 17 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1988 25 NYM NL 88 69% 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 42% 16 0 0% 22 5 23% 55 2 4% 4 0 0% 3 3 100% 0
1989 26 NYM NL 85 80% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 14 1 7% 12 3 25% 50 5 10% 4 1 25% 3 3 100% 0
1990 27 NYM NL 84 52% 14 2 0 1 1 0 0 2.23 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 75% 19 2 11% 20 4 20% 53 7 13% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1991 28 NYM NL 84 62% 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 20 3 15% 26 9 35% 57 5 9% 7 3 43% 5 3 60% 0
1992 29 NYM NL 75 68% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 16 1 6% 14 3 21% 48 5 10% 6 3 50% 3 2 67% 0
1997 34 NYY AL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 35 NYY AL 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 5 2 40% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1999 36 NYY AL 3 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
2000 37 NYY AL 3 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2001 38 BOS AL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 40 NYM NL 4 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 470 66% 64 13 1 1 1 0 0 2.23 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 60 38 63% 96 8 8% 107 28 26% 291 27 9% 25 10 40% 18 13 72% 0
MLB Averages 57% 72% 11% 34% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 25 NYM NL 85 260 3.06 180 69% 19% 17% 27% 38% 81% 0% 56% 79% 54% 0% 0 0 13% 11 6 6% 5 1 21% 3 0 0
1989 26 NYM NL 85 289 3.40 207 72% 12% 17% 37% 34% 88% 0% 63% 81% 54% 4% 3 0 13% 11 5 4% 3 2 8% 0 0 0
1990 27 NYM NL 80 261 3.26 187 72% 20% 15% 30% 34% 80% 0% 57% 81% 59% 5% 4 0 8% 6 0 6% 5 3 18% 4 0 0
1991 28 NYM NL 84 256 3.05 187 73% 20% 16% 29% 35% 80% 0% 58% 80% 57% 2% 2 0 2% 2 0 5% 4 3 14% 0 0 0
1992 29 NYM NL 75 233 3.11 168 72% 18% 23% 28% 32% 82% 0% 59% 72% 55% 5% 4 0 7% 5 1 3% 2 1 16% 0 0 0
1997 34 NYY AL 3 14 4.67 10 71% 30% 20% 40% 10% 70% 0% 50% 71% 33% 0% 0 0 33% 1 0 33% 1 0 50% 0 0 0
1998 35 NYY AL 4 13 3.25 10 77% 10% 20% 30% 40% 90% 0% 69% 78% 75% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 36 NYY AL 3 13 4.33 8 62% 25% 13% 25% 38% 75% 0% 46% 83% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2000 37 NYY AL 3 9 3.00 6 67% 33% 0% 33% 33% 67% 0% 44% 100% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2001 38 BOS AL 2 5 2.50 4 80% 0% 50% 25% 25% 100% 0% 80% 50% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2003 40 NYM NL 4 14 3.50 11 79% 36% 9% 27% 27% 64% 0% 50% 86% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
11 Seasons 428 1367 3.19 978 72% 18% 17% 30% 34% 82% 0% 59% 79% 56% 3% 13 0 8% 36 12 5% 20 10 17% 7 0 0
MLB Averages 3.69 62% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 30% 5% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 24 32 35 31 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .065 .094 .097 .191 -48 3 0 1 3 0 0
1988 25 67 123 111 2 14 4 0 0 2 0 1 3 28 .126 .157 .162 .319 -8 18 0 1 8 0 0
1989 26 101 208 188 11 32 6 0 0 6 0 1 5 41 .170 .196 .202 .398 16 38 1 1 14 0 0
1990 27 133 292 258 18 46 7 0 0 11 0 1 10 53 .178 .212 .205 .417 20 53 3 1 23 0 0
1991 28 167 376 330 21 55 7 0 0 16 0 1 13 67 .167 .205 .188 .392 13 62 6 3 29 1 0
1992 29 202 451 395 26 61 8 0 0 20 0 1 16 86 .154 .193 .175 .367 6 69 7 3 36 1 0
1993 30 236 451 395 26 61 8 0 0 20 0 1 16 86 .154 .193 .175 .367 6 69 7 3 36 1 0
1994 31 259 451 395 26 61 8 0 0 20 0 1 16 86 .154 .193 .175 .367 6 69 7 3 36 1 0
1995 32 289 451 395 26 61 8 0 0 20 0 1 16 86 .154 .193 .175 .367 6 69 7 3 36 1 0
1996 33 300 451 395 26 61 8 0 0 20 0 1 16 86 .154 .193 .175 .367 6 69 7 3 36 1 0
1997 34 329 454 398 26 61 8 0 0 20 0 1 16 88 .153 .191 .173 .365 5 69 7 3 36 1 0
1998 35 360 458 401 27 61 8 0 0 21 0 1 16 88 .152 .190 .172 .362 4 69 7 3 37 1 0
1999 36 391 461 404 28 62 9 0 0 22 0 1 16 88 .153 .191 .176 .367 5 71 8 3 37 1 0
2000 37 421 464 407 28 63 9 0 0 22 0 1 16 89 .155 .192 .177 .369 6 72 8 3 37 1 0
2001 38 446 466 408 28 63 9 0 0 22 0 1 16 90 .154 .192 .176 .368 5 72 8 3 38 1 0
2002 39 446 466 408 28 63 9 0 0 22 0 1 16 90 .154 .192 .176 .368 5 72 8 3 38 1 0
2003 40 451 470 412 28 64 9 0 0 22 0 1 16 91 .155 .192 .177 .369 6 73 8 3 38 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1987 24 21 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .000 .031 .000 .031 0 21
1988 25 35 84 81 2 13 3 0 0 2 0 3 14 .160 .190 .198 .388 3 35
1989 26 34 81 79 11 20 2 0 0 5 0 2 13 .253 .272 .278 .550 6 34
1990 27 32 75 70 7 14 1 0 0 5 0 5 12 .200 .253 .214 .468 4 32
1991 28 34 81 74 4 11 0 0 0 7 0 4 14 .149 .210 .149 .359 2 34
1992 29 35 68 65 5 6 1 0 0 4 0 3 19 .092 .132 .108 .240 1 35
1997 34 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29
1998 35 31 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
1999 36 31 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 1 31
2000 37 30 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30
2001 38 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 25
2003 40 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
12 Seasons 342 438 417 31 65 8 0 0 25 0 17 91 .156 .194 .175 .369 17 342
162 Game Avg. 162 207 198 15 31 4 0 0 12 0 8 43 .156 .194 .175 .369 8 342

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

Hall of Fame
2009 BBWAA ( 3.9%)

All-Star Games
1988 *
1992 *
1994 *
1997 *
1999 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1994 AL Cy Young
1998 ML Hutch Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1988 NL (10, 11%)
1994 AL (9, 10%)
0.21 Career Shares (727th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1988 NL (3, 35%)
1994 AL (1, 77%)
1995 AL (4, 13%)
1998 AL (4, 11%)
1999 AL (6, 2%)
1 Cy Young
1.38 Career Shares (34th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1988 NL  5.7 (9th)
1994 AL  6.1 (4th)
1995 AL  6.2 (7th)
1997 AL  6.6 (7th)
Career  56.9 (183rd)

Salary s c a p y
1992 NL  $4,250,000 (9th)
1993 AL  $5,000,000 (7th)
1995 AL  $8,000,000 (2nd)
1999 AL  $9,500,000 (4th)
2000 AL  $12,000,000 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
2003 NL  born 1963-01-02 (7th)

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

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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