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David Cone
David Brian Cone
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 2, 1963 in 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
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 76 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 2 420 102 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 10 936 146 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 92 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 10 860 116 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 17 10 .630 2.81 35 34 0 7 5 0 249.2 201 91 78 15 111 7 261 12 1 12 1055 128 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 9 831 120 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 3 224 161 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 5 690 170 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 5 417 121 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 4 295 174 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 6 866 124 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 65 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 120 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 12 953 120 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 118 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

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
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 ALDS 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
3 ALDS 2 1 .667 4.61 4 4 0 0 0 0 27.1 25 14 14 6 12 0 28 0 0 2 118 1.354 8.2 2.0 4.0 9.2 2.33
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 TOT 27 75 65 5 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 .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
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
17 Seasons 193 470 412 28 64 9 0 0 22 0 1 16 72 .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 60 .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

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
8 Seasons (15 Series) 21 18 16 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .188 .235 .188 .423 3 2 0 1 0 0
5 ALCS 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALDS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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% Rtot Rtot/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 0.0 0.0 1.59 0.36 .950 1.83 0.68
1987 NYM NL 24 P 21 13 99.1 23 12 10 1 0 .957 0.0 0.0 1.99 1.05 .957 1.91 0.62
1988 NYM NL 25 P 35 28 231.1 41 17 23 1 0 .976 0.0 0.0 1.56 1.14 .954 1.96 0.69 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1989 NYM NL 26 P 34 33 219.2 36 21 14 1 0 .972 0.0 0.0 1.43 1.03 .944 1.87 0.63
1990 NYM NL 27 P 31 30 211.2 40 17 20 3 1 .925 0.0 0.0 1.57 1.19 .957 1.80 0.58
1991 NYM NL 28 P 34 34 232.2 48 18 26 4 2 .917 0.0 0.0 1.70 1.29 .956 1.86 0.59
1992 TOT 29 P 35 34 249.2 42 18 22 2 1 .952 0.0 0.0 1.44 1.14 .955 1.89 0.59 AS
1992 NYM NL 29 P 27 27 196.2 38 16 20 2 1 .947 0.0 0.0 1.65 1.33 .955 1.94 0.60
1992 TOR AL 29 P 8 7 53.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.68 0.50 .950 1.72 0.56
1993 KCR AL 30 P 34 34 254.0 49 24 24 1 3 .980 0.0 0.0 1.70 1.41 .951 1.79 0.56
1994 KCR AL 31 P 23 23 171.2 41 20 18 3 3 .927 0.0 0.0 1.99 1.65 .959 1.72 0.52 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1995 TOT AL 32 P 30 30 229.1 42 12 27 3 2 .929 0.0 0.0 1.53 1.30 .960 1.79 0.53 CYA-4
1995 TOR AL 32 P 17 17 130.1 25 5 18 2 2 .920 0.0 0.0 1.59 1.35 .960 1.79 0.53
1995 NYY AL 32 P 13 13 99.0 17 7 9 1 0 .941 0.0 0.0 1.45 1.23 .959 1.79 0.53
1996 NYY AL 33 P 11 11 72.0 12 6 5 1 1 .917 0.0 0.0 1.38 1.00 .958 1.78 0.52
1997 NYY AL 34 P 29 29 195.0 24 9 13 2 0 .917 0.0 0.0 1.02 0.76 .958 1.71 0.49 AS
1998 NYY AL 35 P 31 31 207.2 38 12 25 1 3 .974 0.0 0.0 1.60 1.19 .958 1.78 0.50 CYA-4
1999 NYY AL 36 P 31 31 193.1 20 7 12 1 1 .950 0.0 0.0 0.88 0.61 .950 1.69 0.47 AS,CYA-6
2000 NYY AL 37 P 30 29 155.0 31 9 20 2 0 .935 0.0 0.0 1.68 0.97 .958 1.62 0.46
2001 BOS AL 38 P 25 25 135.2 26 14 10 2 0 .923 0.0 0.0 1.59 0.96 .958 1.75 0.49
2003 NYM NL 40 P 5 4 18.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.50 0.60 .967 1.85 0.48
17 Seasons P 450 419 2898.2 520 220 272 28 17 .946 0.0 0.0 1.53 1.09 .955 1.80 0.56
17 Seasons TOT 450 419 2898.2 520 220 272 28 17 .946 0.0 0.0 1.53 1.09 .902 1.80 0.56
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (709th)

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 (29th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1988 NL--2.218--2nd
1993 AL--3.331--10th
1994 AL--2.936--3rd
1995 AL--3.571--6th
1997 AL--2.815--3rd
1998 AL--3.554--8th
1999 AL--3.445--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--4th
1995 AL--.692--7th
1997 AL--.667--8th
1998 AL--.741--3rd
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--62nd

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--20th

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--145th

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--99th

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--217th

Home Runs s c a p y
1989 NL--20--10th
1990 NL--21--5th
1995 AL--24--8th
Career--258--82nd

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--64th

Hits s c a p y
Career--2504--221st

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--116th

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--164th

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--26th

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--50th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1991 NL--966--6th
1993 AL--1060--4th
1995 AL--954--1st
Career--12184--121st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1988 NL--146--6th
1993 AL--138--8th
1994 AL--170--2nd
1995 AL--131--7th
1997 AL--159--3rd
1998 AL--124--10th
1999 AL--137--2nd
Career--120--109th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 19 (101), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 165 (81), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 103 (90), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 39 (73), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  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. Don Newcombe (962)  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 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.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Kansas City Royals$60,000
1987New York Mets$62,500
1988New York Mets$92,500
1989New York Mets$332,500
1990New York Mets$1,300,000
1991New York Mets$2,350,000
1992New York Mets$4,250,000
1993Kansas City Royals$5,000,000
1994Kansas City Royals$5,000,000
1995Toronto Blue Jays$8,000,000
1996New York Yankees$4,666,667
1997New York Yankees$6,666,667
1998New York Yankees$6,666,667
1999New York Yankees$9,500,000
2000New York Yankees$12,000,000
2001Boston Red Sox$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$66,947,501
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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