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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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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
1986 23 KCR AL 0 0 5.56 11 0 5 0 0 0 22.2 29 14 14 2 13 1 21 1 0 3 108 77 1.853 11.5 0.8 5.2 8.3 1.62
1987 24 NYM NL 5 6 .455 3.71 21 13 3 1 0 1 99.1 87 46 41 11 44 1 68 5 4 2 420 103 1.319 7.9 1.0 4.0 6.2 1.55
1988 25 NYM NL 20 3 .870 2.22 35 28 0 8 4 0 231.1 178 67 57 10 80 7 213 4 10 10 936 147 1.115 6.9 0.4 3.1 8.3 2.66 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1989 26 NYM NL 14 8 .636 3.52 34 33 0 7 2 0 219.2 183 92 86 20 74 6 190 4 4 14 910 93 1.170 7.5 0.8 3.0 7.8 2.57
1990 27 NYM NL 14 10 .583 3.23 31 30 1 6 2 0 211.2 177 84 76 21 65 1 233 1 4 10 860 117 1.143 7.5 0.9 2.8 9.9 3.58
1991 28 NYM NL 14 14 .500 3.29 34 34 0 5 2 0 232.2 204 95 85 13 73 2 241 5 1 17 966 111 1.191 7.9 0.5 2.8 9.3 3.30
1992 29 TOT MLB 17 10 .630 2.81 35 34 0 7 5 0 249.2 201 91 78 15 111 7 261 12 1 12 1055 129 1.250 7.2 0.5 4.0 9.4 2.35 AS
1992 29 NYM NL 13 7 .650 2.88 27 27 0 7 5 0 196.2 162 75 63 12 82 5 214 9 1 9 831 121 1.241 7.4 0.5 3.8 9.8 2.61
1992 29 TOR AL 4 3 .571 2.55 8 7 0 0 0 0 53.0 39 16 15 3 29 2 47 3 0 3 224 162 1.283 6.6 0.5 4.9 8.0 1.62
1993 30 KCR AL 11 14 .440 3.33 34 34 0 6 1 0 254.0 205 102 94 20 114 2 191 10 2 14 1060 138 1.256 7.3 0.7 4.0 6.8 1.68
1994 31 KCR AL 16 5 .762 2.94 23 23 0 4 3 0 171.2 130 60 56 15 54 0 132 7 1 5 690 171 1.072 6.8 0.8 2.8 6.9 2.44 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1995 32 TOT AL 18 8 .692 3.57 30 30 0 6 2 0 229.1 195 95 91 24 88 2 191 6 1 11 954 131 1.234 7.7 0.9 3.5 7.5 2.17 CYA-4
1995 32 TOR AL 9 6 .600 3.38 17 17 0 5 2 0 130.1 113 53 49 12 41 2 102 5 1 6 537 140 1.182 7.8 0.8 2.8 7.0 2.49
1995 32 NYY AL 9 2 .818 3.82 13 13 0 1 0 0 99.0 82 42 42 12 47 0 89 1 0 5 417 122 1.303 7.5 1.1 4.3 8.1 1.89
1996 33 NYY AL 7 2 .778 2.88 11 11 0 1 0 0 72.0 50 25 23 3 34 0 71 2 1 4 295 175 1.167 6.3 0.4 4.3 8.9 2.09
1997 34 NYY AL 12 6 .667 2.82 29 29 0 1 0 0 195.0 155 67 61 17 86 2 222 4 2 14 805 159 1.236 7.2 0.8 4.0 10.2 2.58 AS
1998 35 NYY AL 20 7 .741 3.55 31 31 0 3 0 0 207.2 186 89 82 20 59 1 209 15 0 6 866 125 1.180 8.1 0.9 2.6 9.1 3.54 CYA-4
1999 36 NYY AL 12 9 .571 3.44 31 31 0 1 1 0 193.1 164 84 74 21 90 2 177 11 1 7 827 137 1.314 7.6 1.0 4.2 8.2 1.97 AS,CYA-6
2000 37 NYY AL 4 14 .222 6.91 30 29 0 0 0 0 155.0 192 124 119 25 82 3 120 9 0 11 733 70 1.768 11.1 1.5 4.8 7.0 1.46
2001 38 BOS AL 9 7 .563 4.31 25 25 0 0 0 0 135.2 148 74 65 17 57 4 115 10 0 9 614 105 1.511 9.8 1.1 3.8 7.6 2.02
2003 40 NYM NL 1 3 .250 6.50 5 4 0 0 0 0 18.0 20 13 13 4 13 1 13 0 0 0 85 66 1.833 10.0 2.0 6.5 6.5 1.00
17 Seasons 194 126 .606 3.46 450 419 9 56 22 1 2898.2 2504 1222 1115 258 1137 42 2668 106 32 149 12184 121 1.256 7.8 0.8 3.5 8.3 2.35
162 Game Avg. 15 10 .606 3.46 35 33 1 4 2 0 227 196 96 87 20 89 3 209 8 3 12 953 121 1.256 7.8 0.8 3.5 8.3 2.35
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
NYM (7 yrs) 81 51 .614 3.13 187 169 4 34 15 1 1209.1 1011 472 421 91 431 23 1172 28 24 62 5008 112 1.192 7.5 0.7 3.2 8.7 2.72
NYY (6 yrs) 64 40 .615 3.91 145 144 0 7 1 0 922.0 829 431 401 98 398 8 888 42 4 47 3943 119 1.331 8.1 1.0 3.9 8.7 2.23
KCR (3 yrs) 27 19 .587 3.29 68 57 5 10 4 0 448.1 364 176 164 37 181 3 344 18 3 22 1858 144 1.216 7.3 0.7 3.6 6.9 1.90
TOR (2 yrs) 13 9 .591 3.14 25 24 0 5 2 0 183.1 152 69 64 15 70 4 149 8 1 9 761 145 1.211 7.5 0.7 3.4 7.3 2.13
BOS (1 yr) 9 7 .563 4.31 25 25 0 0 0 0 135.2 148 74 65 17 57 4 115 10 0 9 614 105 1.511 9.8 1.1 3.8 7.6 2.02
AL (11 yrs) 113 75 .601 3.70 263 250 5 22 7 0 1689.1 1493 750 694 167 706 19 1496 78 8 87 7176 126 1.302 8.0 0.9 3.8 8.0 2.12
NL (7 yrs) 81 51 .614 3.13 187 169 4 34 15 1 1209.1 1011 472 421 91 431 23 1172 28 24 62 5008 112 1.192 7.5 0.7 3.2 8.7 2.72

Player Value--Pitchers

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Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1986 23 KCR AL 22.2 0 14 14 0 .3 0 -0.1 $60,000
1987 24 NYM NL 99.1 13 46 56 -1 .9 10 1.0 $62,500
1988 25 NYM NL 231.1 28 67 115 -5 1.0 48 5.8 $92,500 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1989 26 NYM NL 219.2 33 92 102 4 1.0 10 1.2 $332,500
1990 27 NYM NL 211.2 30 84 119 -5 .9 35 3.7 $1,300,000
1991 28 NYM NL 232.2 34 95 132 -9 1.0 37 4.2 $2,350,000
1992 29 NYM NL 196.2 27 75 104 -5 1.0 29 3.3 $4,250,000 AS
1992 29 TOR AL 53.0 7 16 30 1 1.1 14 1.6 AS
1993 30 KCR AL 254.0 34 102 168 5 1.1 66 6.6 $5,000,000
1994 31 KCR AL 171.2 23 60 128 -1 1.0 68 6.1 $5,000,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1995 32 TOR AL 130.1 17 53 94 -5 .9 41 3.7 $8,000,000 CYA-4
1995 32 NYY AL 99.0 13 42 68 1 1.0 26 2.5 CYA-4
1996 33 NYY AL 72.0 11 25 55 -2 .9 30 2.6 $4,666,667
1997 34 NYY AL 195.0 29 67 130 -7 1.1 63 6.7 $6,666,667 AS
1998 35 NYY AL 207.2 31 89 126 4 1.0 37 3.7 $6,666,667 CYA-4
1999 36 NYY AL 193.1 31 84 132 -2 1.0 48 4.6 $9,500,000 AS,CYA-6
2000 37 NYY AL 155.0 29 124 110 -3 .9 -14 -1.3 $12,000,000
2001 38 BOS AL 135.2 25 74 92 -5 1.0 18 1.8 $1,000,000
2003 40 NYM NL 18.0 4 13 11 0 .8 -2 -0.2
17 Seasons 2898.8 419 1222 1786 -35 1.0 564 57.5 $66,947,501
IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
NYM (7 yrs) 1209.4 169 472 639 -21 1.0 167 19.0 $8,387,500
NYY (6 yrs) 922.0 144 431 621 -9 1.0 190 18.8 $39,500,001
KCR (3 yrs) 448.4 57 176 310 4 1.0 134 12.6 $10,060,000
TOR (2 yrs) 183.1 24 69 124 -4 1.0 55 5.3 $8,000,000
BOS (1 yr) 135.2 25 74 92 -5 1.0 18 1.8 $1,000,000

Postseason Pitching

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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
1988 25 NYM NL NLCS L LAD 1 1 .500 4.50 3 2 1 1 0 0 12.0 10 6 6 0 5 1 9 1 1 1 52 1.250 7.5 0.0 3.8 6.8 1.80
1992 29 TOR AL ALCS W OAK 1 1 .500 3.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 11 7 4 1 5 0 9 0 0 0 51 1.333 8.3 0.8 3.8 6.8 1.80
1992 29 TOR AL WS W ATL 0 0 3.48 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 9 5 4 0 8 0 8 0 0 1 47 1.645 7.8 0.0 7.0 7.0 1.00
1995 32 NYY AL ALDS L SEA 1 0 1.000 4.60 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.2 15 8 8 4 9 0 14 0 0 2 71 1.532 8.6 2.3 5.2 8.0 1.56
1996 33 NYY AL ALDS W TEX 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 6 6 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 27 1.667 12.0 3.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
1996 33 NYY AL ALCS W BAL 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 0 5 0 0 1 28 1.667 7.5 1.5 7.5 7.5 1.00
1996 33 NYY AL WS W ATL 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 24 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 4.5 0.75
1997 34 NYY AL ALDS L CLE 0 0 16.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 6 6 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 20 2.700 18.9 2.7 5.4 5.4 1.00
1998 35 NYY AL ALDS W TEX 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 20 0.529 3.2 0.0 1.6 9.5 6.00
1998 35 NYY AL ALCS W CLE 1 0 1.000 4.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 6 6 2 6 0 13 0 0 0 56 1.385 8.3 1.4 4.2 9.0 2.17
1998 35 NYY AL WS W SDP 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 3 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 23 0.833 3.0 0.0 4.5 6.0 1.33
1999 36 NYY AL ALCS W BOS 1 0 1.000 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 2 1 3 0 9 0 0 0 31 1.429 9.0 1.3 3.9 11.6 3.00
1999 36 NYY AL WS W ATL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 26 0.857 1.3 0.0 6.4 5.1 0.80
2000 37 NYY AL ALCS W SEA 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 37 NYY AL WS W NYM 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Seasons (15 Series) 8 3 .727 3.80 21 18 2 1 0 0 111.1 93 52 47 12 58 1 94 2 1 6 480 1.356 7.5 1.0 4.7 7.6 1.62
4 ALDS 2 1 .667 5.87 5 5 0 0 0 0 30.2 32 20 20 7 14 0 30 1 0 3 138 1.500 9.4 2.1 4.1 8.8 2.14
5 ALCS 3 1 .750 3.23 7 6 1 0 0 0 39.0 35 17 14 5 19 0 36 0 0 1 169 1.385 8.1 1.2 4.4 8.3 1.89
1 NLCS 1 1 .500 4.50 3 2 1 1 0 0 12.0 10 6 6 0 5 1 9 1 1 1 52 1.250 7.5 0.0 3.8 6.8 1.80
5 WS 2 0 1.000 2.12 6 5 0 0 0 0 29.2 16 9 7 0 20 0 19 0 0 1 121 1.213 4.9 0.0 6.1 5.8 0.95

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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
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 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 AS
1997 34 NYY AL 1 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 1 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 1 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 1 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 1 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
19 Seasons 193 470 412 28 64 9 0 0 22 0 1 16 91 .155 .192 .177 .369 6 73 8 3 38 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 395 346 24 54 8 0 0 18 0 1 13 76 .155 .192 .177 .369 6 61 7 3 32 1 0
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) 4 13 12 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .250 .417 6 3 1 0 1 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 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
AL (11 yrs) 5 15 13 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .231 .385 -2 3 1 0 2 0 0

Player Value--Batters

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

Postseason Batting

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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 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 KCR AL 23 P 11 0 22.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.36 .950 1.83 1.81
1987 NYM NL 24 P 21 13 99.1 23 12 10 1 0 .957 1.99 1.05 .957 1.91 1.90
1988 NYM NL 25 P 35 28 231.1 41 17 23 1 0 .976 1.56 1.14 .954 1.96 1.96 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1989 NYM NL 26 P 34 33 219.2 36 21 14 1 0 .972 1.43 1.03 .944 1.87 1.87
1990 NYM NL 27 P 31 30 211.2 40 17 20 3 1 .925 1.57 1.19 .957 1.80 1.79
1991 NYM NL 28 P 34 34 232.2 48 18 26 4 2 .917 1.70 1.29 .956 1.86 1.85
1992 TOT MLB 29 P 35 34 249.2 42 18 22 2 1 .952 1.44 1.14 .955 1.89 1.89 AS
1992 NYM NL 29 P 27 27 196.2 38 16 20 2 1 .947 1.65 1.33 .955 1.94 1.94
1992 TOR AL 29 P 8 7 53.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.68 0.50 .950 1.72 1.71
1993 KCR AL 30 P 34 34 254.0 49 24 24 1 3 .980 1.70 1.41 .951 1.79 1.78
1994 KCR AL 31 P 23 23 171.2 41 20 18 3 3 .927 1.99 1.65 .959 1.72 1.71 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1995 TOT AL 32 P 30 30 229.1 42 12 27 3 2 .929 1.53 1.30 .960 1.79 1.77 CYA-4
1995 TOR AL 32 P 17 17 130.1 25 5 18 2 2 .920 1.59 1.35 .960 1.79 1.77
1995 NYY AL 32 P 13 13 99.0 17 7 9 1 0 .941 1.45 1.23 .959 1.79 1.77
1996 NYY AL 33 P 11 11 72.0 12 6 5 1 1 .917 1.38 1.00 .958 1.78 1.76
1997 NYY AL 34 P 29 29 195.0 24 9 13 2 0 .917 1.02 0.76 .958 1.71 1.69 AS
1998 NYY AL 35 P 31 31 207.2 38 12 25 1 3 .974 1.60 1.19 .958 1.78 1.76 CYA-4
1999 NYY AL 36 P 31 31 193.1 20 7 12 1 1 .950 0.88 0.61 .950 1.69 1.66 AS,CYA-6
2000 NYY AL 37 P 30 29 155.0 31 9 20 2 0 .935 1.68 0.97 .958 1.62 1.60
2001 BOS AL 38 P 25 25 135.2 25 14 9 2 0 .920 1.53 0.92 .956 1.75 1.74
2003 NYM NL 40 P 5 4 18.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.50 0.60 .967 1.85 1.84
17 Seasons P 450 419 2898.2 519 220 271 28 17 .946 0 0 1.52 1.09 .955 1.80 1.79
17 Seasons TOT 450 419 2898.2 519 220 271 28 17 .946 0 0 1.52 1.09 .955 1.80 1.79
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (713th)

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 (31st)

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 (181st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1988 NL  5.8 (2nd)
1993 AL  6.6 (3rd)
1994 AL  6.1 (1st)
1995 AL  6.2 (2nd)
1997 AL  6.7 (5th)
1999 AL  4.6 (5th)
Career  57.5 (47th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1988 NL  2.22 (2nd)
1993 AL  3.33 (10th)
1994 AL  2.94 (3rd)
1995 AL  3.57 (6th)
1997 AL  2.82 (3rd)
1998 AL  3.55 (8th)
1999 AL  3.44 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1988 NL  20 (3rd)
1990 NL  14 (7th)
1994 AL  16 (2nd)
1995 AL  18 (2nd)
1998 AL  20 (1st)
Career  194 (123rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1988 NL  .870 (1st)
1989 NL  .636 (9th)
1992 NL  .650 (5th)
1994 AL  .762 (5th)
1995 AL  .692 (7th)
1997 AL  .667 (8th)
1998 AL  .741 (4th)
Career  .606 (95th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1990 NL  1.143 (9th)
1994 AL  1.072 (2nd)
1995 AL  1.234 (8th)
1997 AL  1.236 (9th)
1998 AL  1.180 (6th)
1999 AL  1.314 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL  6.925 (5th)
1990 NL  7.526 (6th)
1992 NL  7.414 (5th)
1993 AL  7.264 (3rd)
1994 AL  6.816 (2nd)
1995 AL  7.653 (5th)
1997 AL  7.154 (3rd)
1998 AL  8.061 (4th)
1999 AL  7.635 (2nd)
Career  7.775 (64th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL  8.287 (5th)
1989 NL  7.785 (4th)
1990 NL  9.907 (1st)
1991 NL  9.322 (1st)
1992 NL  9.793 (1st)
1995 AL  7.496 (6th)
1997 AL  10.246 (2nd)
1998 AL  9.058 (3rd)
1999 AL  8.240 (3rd)
Career  8.284 (21st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1991 NL  232.7 (5th)
1993 AL  254.0 (5th)
1994 AL  171.7 (8th)
1995 AL  229.3 (1st)
Career  2898.7 (148th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1988 NL  213 (2nd)
1989 NL  190 (4th)
1990 NL  233 (1st)
1991 NL  241 (1st)
1992 NL  214 (2nd)
1993 AL  191 (4th)
1994 AL  132 (6th)
1995 AL  191 (4th)
1997 AL  222 (3rd)
1998 AL  209 (5th)
1999 AL  177 (4th)
Career  2668 (22nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1989 NL  33 (7th)
1991 NL  34 (9th)
1993 AL  34 (6th)
Career  419 (100th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1988 NL  8 (9th)
1989 NL  7 (9th)
1990 NL  6 (8th)
1991 NL  5 (7th)
1992 NL  7 (6th)
1993 AL  6 (9th)
1995 AL  6 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1988 NL  4 (6th)
1990 NL  2 (9th)
1991 NL  2 (6th)
1992 NL  5 (1st)
1993 AL  1 (10th)
1994 AL  3 (2nd)
1995 AL  2 (3rd)
1999 AL  1 (6th)
Career  22 (216th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1989 NL  20 (10th)
1990 NL  21 (5th)
1995 AL  24 (8th)
Career  258 (84th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1988 NL  80 (7th)
1991 NL  73 (10th)
1992 NL  82 (1st)
1993 AL  114 (2nd)
1995 AL  88 (9th)
1997 AL  86 (4th)
1999 AL  90 (5th)
Career  1137 (65th)

Hits s c a p y
Career  2504 (224th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1989 NL  2.568 (8th)
1990 NL  3.585 (1st)
1991 NL  3.301 (2nd)
1994 AL  2.444 (6th)
1997 AL  2.581 (10th)
1998 AL  3.542 (5th)
Career  2.347 (126th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL  .389 (6th)
1991 NL  .503 (7th)
1994 AL  .786 (10th)
1997 AL  .785 (6th)
1998 AL  .867 (10th)
1999 AL  .978 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1991 NL  14 (3rd)
1993 AL  14 (4th)
2000 AL  14 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1989 NL  86 (9th)
2000 AL  119 (2nd)
Career  1115 (166th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1988 NL  10 (7th)
1989 NL  14 (3rd)
1990 NL  10 (6th)
1991 NL  17 (2nd)
1992 NL  9 (8th)
1993 AL  14 (3rd)
1995 AL  11 (4th)
1997 AL  14 (1st)
2000 AL  11 (5th)
2001 AL  9 (8th)
Career  149 (36th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1987 NL  5 (10th)
1992 NL  9 (2nd)
1993 AL  10 (5th)
1994 AL  7 (5th)
1998 AL  15 (2nd)
1999 AL  11 (6th)
2000 AL  9 (8th)
Career  106 (67th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1991 NL  966 (6th)
1993 AL  1060 (4th)
1995 AL  954 (1st)
Career  12184 (149th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1988 NL  147 (6th)
1993 AL  138 (8th)
1994 AL  171 (2nd)
1995 AL  131 (7th)
1997 AL  159 (3rd)
1998 AL  125 (10th)
1999 AL  137 (2nd)
Career  121 (110th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1988 NL  27 (2nd)
1993 AL  34 (4th)
1994 AL  39 (2nd)
1995 AL  31 (6th)
1997 AL  37 (5th)
1999 AL  27 (7th)
Career  233 (58th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1988 NL  3.1 (2nd)
1993 AL  3.5 (4th)
1994 AL  3.9 (1st)
1995 AL  3.0 (6th)
1997 AL  3.7 (5th)
1999 AL  2.6 (7th)
Career  24.4 (57th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1988 NL  26.85 (3rd)
1993 AL  38.91 (3rd)
1994 AL  45.38 (1st)
1995 AL  36.51 (3rd)
1997 AL  39.13 (5th)
1998 AL  29.18 (9th)
Career  280.93 (27th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1988 NL  3.6 (5th)
1993 AL  3.3 (8th)
1994 AL  3.7 (2nd)
1995 AL  4.1 (4th)
1997 AL  3.2 (10th)
Career  25.6 (37th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1988 NL  3.0 (3rd)
1991 NL  2.4 (8th)
1993 AL  3.4 (4th)
1994 AL  3.9 (1st)
1995 AL  3.4 (3rd)
1997 AL  3.1 (7th)
1998 AL  3.4 (4th)
Career  26.8 (31st)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1988 NL  3.2 (2nd)
1993 AL  3.9 (5th)
1994 AL  4.5 (1st)
1995 AL  3.7 (3rd)
1997 AL  4.0 (5th)
1998 AL  3.0 (7th)
Career  29.5 (31st)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1994 AL  20 (2nd)
Career  220 (73rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1991 NL  4 (5th)
1995 AL  3 (3rd)

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)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 19 (105), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 168 (74), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 103 (92), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 39 (75), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Dwight Gooden (945)
  2. Tommy Bridges (921)
  3. Bob Welch (908)
  4. Orel Hershiser (903)
  5. Dave Stieb (902)
  6. Kevin Brown (898)
  7. Dazzy Vance (893) *
  8. Jack Stivetts (891)
  9. Bob Lemon (889) *
  10. Dave McNally (882)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Joe Bowman (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Juan Guzman (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Juan Guzman (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rich Harden (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Brandon Webb (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brandon Webb (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Sid Fernandez (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jose Rijo (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ramon Martinez (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ramon Martinez (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Randy Johnson (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Randy Johnson (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Randy Johnson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Kevin Brown (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Tommy Bridges (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Orel Hershiser (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1981.

March 27, 1987: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Chris Jelic to the New York Mets for Rick Anderson, Mauro Gozzo and Ed Hearn.

August 27, 1992: Traded by the New York Mets to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later and Jeff Kent. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Ryan Thompson (September 1, 1992) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

October 30, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

April 6, 1995: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Toronto Blue Jays for David Sinnes (minors), Tony Medrano (minors) and Chris Stynes.

July 28, 1995: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Jason Jarvis (minors), Mike Gordon (minors) and Marty Janzen.

November 3, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 5, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

November 11, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 3, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 7, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

January 11, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 6, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

February 13, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198623Kansas City Royals$60,0001986 USA Today survey
198724New York Mets$62,5001987 USA Today survey
198825New York Mets$92,500USA Today, 4/1/88
198926New York Mets$332,5001991 TSN Guide 28; T. Timmerman database
199027New York Mets$1,300,000USA TodayArbitration win; $815,000 offer
199128New York Mets$2,350,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199229New York Mets$4,250,0004/2/92 USA TodayArbitration win; $3,000,000 offer
199330Kansas City Royals$5,000,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $3,000,000 signing bonus
199431Kansas City Royals$5,000,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $3,000,000 signing bonus
199532Toronto Blue Jays$8,000,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $3,000,000 signing bonus
199633New York Yankees$4,666,6671997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $666,667 signing bonuns
199734New York Yankees$6,666,6671997 AP survey
199835New York Yankees$6,666,6674/3/98 USA Today
199936New York Yankees$9,500,00011/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $1,500,000 earned bonus
200037New York Yankees$12,000,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200138Boston Red Sox$1,000,0004/6/01 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$66,947,501
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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