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John Costello

John Reilly Costello

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 24, 1960 in Bronx, NY
School: Mercyhurst College (Erie, PA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 24th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 1988
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Padres/Expos 1988-1991

Final Game: October 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
1988 27 STL NL 5 2 .714 1.81 36 0 15 0 0 1 49.2 44 15 10 3 25 4 38 0 1 0 214 194 1.389 8.0 0.5 4.5 6.9 1.52
1989 28 STL NL 5 4 .556 3.32 48 0 11 0 0 3 62.1 48 24 23 5 20 7 40 2 0 0 252 109 1.091 6.9 0.7 2.9 5.8 2.00
1990 29 TOT NL 0 0 5.91 8 0 4 0 0 0 10.2 12 8 7 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 47 68 1.313 10.1 2.5 1.7 1.7 1.00
1990 29 STL NL 0 0 6.23 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.1 7 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 21 67 1.846 14.5 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.00
1990 29 MON NL 0 0 5.68 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 5 5 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 26 68 0.947 7.1 2.8 1.4 1.4 1.00
1991 30 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 3.09 27 0 6 0 0 0 35.0 37 15 12 2 17 3 24 0 0 2 157 124 1.543 9.5 0.5 4.4 6.2 1.41
4 Yrs 11 6 .647 2.97 119 0 36 0 0 4 157.2 141 62 52 13 64 15 104 3 2 2 670 124 1.300 8.0 0.7 3.7 5.9 1.63
162 Game Avg. 6 3 .647 2.97 68 0 21 0 0 2 90 81 35 30 7 37 9 59 2 1 1 383 124 1.300 8.0 0.7 3.7 5.9 1.63
STL (3 yrs) 10 6 .625 2.79 88 0 29 0 0 4 116.1 99 42 36 9 46 12 79 3 1 0 487 129 1.246 7.7 0.7 3.6 6.1 1.72
SDP (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.09 27 0 6 0 0 0 35.0 37 15 12 2 17 3 24 0 0 2 157 124 1.543 9.5 0.5 4.4 6.2 1.41
MON (1 yr) 0 0 5.68 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 5 5 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 26 68 0.947 7.1 2.8 1.4 1.4 1.00

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
1988 27 STL NL 49.2 36 0 15 2.72 3.89 -0.01 -0.31 102.3 3.67 5 0.6 1.1 -0.0 1.0 10 .516 .504 $62,500
1989 28 STL NL 62.1 48 0 24 3.47 3.99 0.45 -0.31 104.1 3.36 -1 -0.1 1.6 -0.2 0.2 5 .498 .499 $85,000
1990 29 STL NL 4.1 4 0 3 6.23 4.22 0.27 -0.32 100.0 3.62 -1 -0.1 .6 0.0 -0.1 -1 .465 .499 $105,000
1990 29 MON NL 6.1 4 0 5 7.11 3.87 -0.14 -0.30 98.2 3.65 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .435 .498 $
1991 30 SDP NL 35.0 27 0 15 3.86 4.12 0.41 -0.32 103.5 3.51 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.0 0.1 2 .493 .499 $
4 Seasons 157.2 119 0 62 3.54 3.99 0.27 -0.31 103.0 3.51 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.3 1.0 14 .499 .500 $252,500
STL (3 yrs) 116.1 88 0 42 3.25 3.96 0.25 -0.31 103.2 3.50 3 0.4 1.4 -0.2 1.1 14 .504 .501 $252,500
SDP (1 yr) 35.0 27 0 15 3.86 4.12 0.41 -0.32 103.5 3.51 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.0 0.1 2 .493 .499 $
MON (1 yr) 6.1 4 0 5 7.11 3.87 -0.14 -0.30 98.2 3.65 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .435 .498 $

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
1988 27 STL NL 36 214 187 15 44 7 1 3 6 3 25 38 .235 .324 .332 .655 .279 62 2 0 1 1 4 2
1989 28 STL NL 48 252 225 24 48 12 2 5 9 3 20 40 .213 .278 .351 .629 .232 79 2 2 0 5 7 2
1990 29 TOT NL 8 47 43 8 12 5 0 3 1 1 2 2 .279 .319 .605 .924 .231 26 0 1 0 1 1 1
1990 29 MON NL 4 26 24 5 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 .208 .231 .542 .772 .136 13 0 0 0 1 0 1
1990 29 STL NL 4 21 19 3 7 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .368 .429 .684 1.113 .353 13 0 1 0 0 1 0
1991 30 SDP NL 27 157 134 15 37 4 1 2 4 0 17 24 .276 .353 .366 .719 .318 49 5 0 4 2 3 3
4 Yrs 119 670 589 62 141 28 4 13 20 7 64 104 .239 .313 .367 .680 .266 216 9 3 5 9 15 8
162 Game Avg. 68 383 337 35 81 16 2 7 11 4 37 59 .239 .313 .367 .680 .266 123 5 2 3 5 9 5
MLB Averages .255 .321 .381 .702 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1988 27 STL NL 7.7 0.8 224 0.6 3.9 -3.3 1.01 0.3 0.3 4.5 0.5 1.01 2.0 9 10 15
1989 28 STL NL 2.9 0.3 263 0.4 5.0 -4.7 1.14 0.7 -0.4 3.4 0.4 1.14 5.2 18 15 15
1990 29 TOT NL -2.4 -0.2 49 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 .58 -0.3 -0.7 -4.8 -0.5 0.58 -4.5 3 0 5
1990 29 STL NL -0.8 -0.1 22 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .65 -0.2 0.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.65 -2.7 1 0 3
1990 29 MON NL -1.6 -0.2 27 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .51 -0.1 -0.9 -3.7 -0.4 0.51 -1.8 2 0 2
1991 30 SDP NL 2.2 0.2 163 -0.0 1.3 -1.3 .55 -0.1 0.0 -1.5 -0.2 0.55 -1.8 7 5 14
4 Yrs 10.3 1.1 699 0.4 10.6 -10.2 .92 0.6 -0.2 1.6 0.2 0.92 0.9 37 30 49

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
1988 27 STL NL 36 36 15 5 2 2 1 1 50% 5 3 23 5 22% 8 1.015 9 10 15 9 6 21 15 21 17 12 19 7 4.1 24
1989 28 STL NL 48 48 11 5 4 6 3 3 50% 18 11 37 12 32% 7 1.138 18 15 15 19 9 20 23 25 19 19 24 7 3.9 19
1990 29 TOT NL 8 8 4 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 2 2 100% .577 3 0 5 2 1 5 1 7 3 1 3 1 4.0 16
1990 29 STL NL 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .655 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 4 1 0 1 1 3.3 16
1990 29 MON NL 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 2 2 100% 7 .514 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 2 1 2 0 4.8 17
1991 30 SDP NL 27 27 6 1 0 1 0 1 0% 8 6 13 4 31% 7 .553 7 5 14 11 1 15 7 20 11 6 12 2 3.9 21
4 Yrs 119 119 36 11 6 10 4 6 40% 33 21 75 23 31% .922 37 30 49 41 17 61 46 73 50 38 58 17 4.0 21

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%
1988 27 STL NL 214 60% 1.4% 17.8% 11.7% 5.1% 25% 0.46 0.44 69% 22% 4.5% 35% 25 2 8%
1989 28 STL NL 252 60% 2.0% 15.9% 7.9% 7.5% 40% 0.37 0.43 73% 23% 4.8% 24% 37 2 5%
1990 29 TOT NL 47 49% 6.4% 4.3% 4.3% 17.0% 67% 0.29 0.38 83% 17% 12.0% 19% 4 0 0%
1990 29 STL NL 21 48% 4.8% 4.8% 4.8% 19.1% 57% 0.31 0.57 81% 22% 12.5% 38% 2 0 0%
1990 29 MON NL 26 50% 7.7% 3.9% 3.9% 15.4% 80% 0.28 0.29 85% 13% 11.8% 6% 2 0 0%
1991 30 SDP NL 157 52% 1.3% 15.3% 10.8% 4.5% 19% 0.65 0.93 70% 28% 3.3% 9% 37 5 14%
4 Yrs 670 57% 1.9% 15.5% 9.6% 6.7% 32% 0.44 0.51 72% 23% 5.1% 24% 103 9 9%
MLB Averages 40% 2.0% 14.9% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 0.80 1.05 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 27 STL NL 214 876 4.09 543 62% 25% 14% 33% 28% 75% 4% 46% 81% 56% 6% 12 8 30% 65 37 3 29% 3 1 0 1 0
1989 28 STL NL 243 893 3.67 582 65% 22% 17% 29% 32% 78% 9% 51% 78% 58% 5% 11 2 22% 54 34 2 14% 7 3 9 0 1
1990 29 TOT NL 37 114 3.08 76 67% 22% 8% 28% 42% 78% 11% 52% 90% 59% 5% 2 1 11% 4 2 0 0% 1 0 10 0 0
1990 29 STL NL 21 63 3.00 40 63% 18% 8% 30% 45% 83% 17% 52% 91% 67% 5% 1 0 14% 3 2 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0
1990 29 MON NL 16 51 3.19 36 71% 28% 8% 25% 39% 72% 0% 51% 88% 50% 6% 1 1 6% 1 0 0 0% 0 0 10 0 0
1991 30 SDP NL 157 563 3.59 350 62% 26% 12% 29% 33% 74% 5% 46% 84% 59% 8% 12 5 15% 24 10 1 38% 5 4 0 0 0
4 Yrs 651 2446 3.76 1551 63% 24% 14% 30% 31% 76% 6% 48% 81% 58% 6% 37 16 23% 147 83 6 25% 16 8 19 1 1
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
1988 27 STL NL 214 44 5 1 3 0 10 2 1 0 3 13 3 3 23% 2 0 0 73 6 3 67% 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 28 STL NL 252 48 3 0 5 0 9 4 1 2 3 19 10 3 53% 2 0 0 80 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1990 29 TOT NL 47 12 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 15 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 29 STL NL 21 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 MON NL 26 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1991 30 SDP NL 157 37 16 1 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 10 8 0 80% 3 2 0 66 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
4 Yrs 670 141 25 2 13 0 25 8 5 5 8 43 22 6 51% 8 2 0 234 20 7 74% 16 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 19 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+
1988 27 5 2 .714 1.81 36 0 15 0 0 1 49.2 44 15 10 3 25 4 38 0 1 0 214 194 1.389 8.0 0.5 4.5 6.9 1.52 194
1989 28 10 6 .625 2.65 84 0 26 0 0 4 112.0 92 39 33 8 45 11 78 2 1 0 466 135 1.223 7.4 0.6 3.6 6.3 1.73 135
1990 29 10 6 .625 2.93 92 0 30 0 0 4 122.2 104 47 40 11 47 12 80 3 2 0 513 123 1.231 7.6 0.8 3.4 5.9 1.70 123
1991 30 11 6 .647 2.97 119 0 36 0 0 4 157.2 141 62 52 13 64 15 104 3 2 2 670 124 1.300 8.0 0.7 3.7 5.9 1.63 124

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
1988 27 4 1 .800 2.11 47.0 47 12 11 3 27 36 0 1.574 9.0 5.2 6.9 1.33 0.6 36
1989 28 3 3 .500 3.75 60.0 50 28 25 5 21 38 2 1.183 7.5 3.2 5.7 1.81 0.8 48
1990 29 0 1 .000 6.55 11.0 12 9 8 3 2 2 1 1.273 9.8 1.6 1.6 1.00 2.5 8
1991 30 2 1 .667 3.44 34.0 38 14 13 2 17 23 0 1.618 10.1 4.5 6.1 1.35 0.5 27
4 Yrs 9 6 .600 3.38 152.0 147 63 57 13 67 99 3 1.408 8.7 5.9 1.48 0.8 119

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