Steve Cummings

Steven Brent Cummings

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 15, 1964 in Houston, TX
School: University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1989
Team: BlueJays 1989-1990

Final Game: May 30, 1990
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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
1986	21	TOR-min	A-	9	5	.643	2.04	18	18	0	2	0	0	110.1	80	36	25	2	34	0	86	6	1	0			1.033	6.5	0.2	2.8	7.0	2.53	STC · NYPL
1987	22	TOR-min	A	18	8	.692	2.94	32	29	1	2	2	0	186.2	189	80	61	8	60	0	111	2	1	12			1.334	9.1	0.4	2.9	5.4	1.85	DUN · FLOR
1988	23	TOR-min	AA	14	11	.560	2.75	35	33	0	3	1	0	212.2	206	88	65	5	64	3	131	5	6	10			1.270	8.7	0.2	2.7	5.5	2.05	KNX · SOUL
1989	24	TOR-min	AAA	7	5	.583	3.14	19	17	1	3	1	0	106.0	97	46	37	7	41	2	60	1	3	6			1.302	8.2	0.6	3.5	5.1	1.46	SYR · IL
1989	24	TOR	AL	2	0	1.000	3.00	5	2	2	0	0	0	21.0	18	9	7	1	11	0	8	1	0	1	90	124	1.381	7.7	0.4	4.7	3.4	0.73
1990	25	TOR-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.11	16	13	0	4	0	0	81.0	76	31	28	3	37	0	34	1	0	1			1.395	8.4	0.3	4.1	3.8	0.92	SYR · IL
1990	25	TOR	AL	0	0		5.11	6	2	2	0	0	0	12.1	22	7	7	4	5	0	4	1	0	0	58	83	2.189	16.1	2.9	3.6	2.9	0.80
1991	26	DET-CLE-min	AAA	5	9	.357	5.05	35	12	15	0	0	5	101.2	108	66	57	7	35	3	56	6	3	3	446		1.407	9.6	0.6	3.1	5.0	1.60	TOL,CSP · IL,PCL
1992	27	DET-min	AAA	0	2	.000	8.10	5	3	0	0	0	0	20.0	26	19	18	4	8	1	6	0	0	1	96		1.700	11.7	1.8	3.6	2.7	0.75	TOL · IL
2 Yrs				2	0	1.000	3.78	11	4	4	0	0	0	33.1	40	16	14	5	16	0	12	2	0	1	148	104	1.680	10.8	1.4	4.3	3.2	0.75
162 Game Avg.				9	0	1.000	3.78	50	18	18	0	0	0	151	181	73	63	23	73	0	54	9	0	5	671	104	1.680	10.8	1.4	4.3	3.2	0.75

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
1989	24	TOR	AL	21.0	5	2	9	3.86	4.44	0.05	-0.05	91.1	3.95	0	0.0	.2	-0.0	0.2	2	.503	.500	$
1990	25	TOR	AL	12.1	6	2	7	5.11	4.23	0.21	0.05	107.2	4.36	-1	-0.1	.3	-0.0	0.0	0	.484	.499	$102,500
2 Seasons				33.1	11	4	16	4.32	4.36	0.11	-0.01	97.0	4.11	-1	-0.1	.3	-0.0	0.2	3	.492	.500	$102,500

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
1989	24	TOR	AL	5	90	78	9	18	5	0	1	1	0	11	8	.231	.333	.333	.667	.246	26	5	1	0	0	0	2
1990	25	TOR	AL	6	58	51	7	22	3	0	4	0	3	5	4	.431	.491	.725	1.217	.419	37	3	1	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				11	148	129	16	40	8	0	5	1	3	16	12	.310	.395	.488	.883	.313	63	8	2	1	0	0	2
162 Game Avg.				50	671	585	73	181	36	0	23	5	14	73	54	.310	.395	.488	.883	.313	286	36	9	5	0	0	9
MLB Averages																.256	.322	.380	.702	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1989	24	TOR	AL	1.2	0.1	93	-0.3	0.9	-1.2	.62	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.0	0.62	-1.4	0	3
1990	25	TOR	AL	-0.8	-0.1	62	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	.83	-0.7	0.4	-1.0	-0.1	0.83	-6.8	1	3
2 Yrs				0.4	0.1	155	-0.5	1.9	-2.4	.70	-0.7	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.70	-8.2	1	6

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1989	24	TOR	AL	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.000	1	0	0	0	1	50%	53.5	58	49	3	1	1	0	8.5	10.5	6.2	93	0	2	0	0	98
1990	25	TOR	AL	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	0	2	0	0	0	0%	39.5	46	33	5	1	0	2	3.5	0.0	4.8	78	1	1	0	0	96
2 Yrs				11	4	1	0	3	0	0	3	1	.750	1	2	0	0	1	25%	46	58	33	8	2	1	2	5.9	6.0	5.5	85	1	3	0	0	98
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	103	-1					4.2	4.2	6.1	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	IR	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1989	24	TOR	AL	5	3	2	1	1	0%	5	.616	0	3	0	3	1	2	3	0	3	8.7	41
1990	25	TOR	AL	6	4	2	0	3	0%	8	.834	1	3	1	3	1	3	0	2	0	2.0	10
2 Yrs				11	7	4	1	4	0%		.701	1	6	1	6	2	5	3	2	3	4.9	23

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%
1989	24	TOR	AL	90	52%	1.1%	8.9%	12.2%	6.7%	33%	0.71	1.04	77%	21%	3.0%	20%	25	5	20%
1990	25	TOR	AL	58	59%	6.9%	6.9%	8.6%	12.1%	32%	0.67	1.31	74%	42%	15.4%	4%	12	3	25%
2 Yrs				148	55%	3.4%	8.1%	10.8%	8.8%	33%	0.69	1.13	76%	30%	8.5%	13%	37	8	22%
MLB Averages					39%	2.0%	14.8%	8.6%	6.5%	29%	0.80	1.04	73%	20%	6.0%	19%			10%

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
1989	24	TOR	AL	90	310	3.44	189	61%	23%	10%	31%	37%	77%	0%	47%	88%	57%	9%	8	4	23%	21	14	1	38%	2	4	0	0	0
1990	25	TOR	AL	59	195	3.31	107	55%	16%	10%	29%	45%	84%	0%	46%	88%	48%	8%	5	3	12%	7	5	1	0%	0	2	-1	1	0
2 Yrs				149	505	3.39	296	59%	20%	10%	30%	40%	80%	0%	47%	88%	53%	9%	13	7	19%	28	19	2	25%	2	6	-1	1	0
MLB Averages						3.61		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	57%	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
1989	24	TOR	AL	90	18	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	6	0	1	0%	2	1	1	34	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1990	25	TOR	AL	58	22	1	0	4	0	1	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	0%	0	0	1	21	0	3	0%	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				148	40	1	0	5	0	5	3	2	4	1	7	0	1	0%	2	1	2	55	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
MLB Averages																		53%							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+
1989	24	2	0	1.000	3.00	5	2	2	0	0	0	21.0	18	9	7	1	11	0	8	1	0	1	90	124	1.381	7.7	0.4	4.7	3.4	0.73	124
1990	25	2	0	1.000	3.78	11	4	4	0	0	0	33.1	40	16	14	5	16	0	12	2	0	1	148	104	1.680	10.8	1.4	4.3	3.2	0.75	104

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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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
1989	24	1	1	.500	3.79	19.0	20	9	8	1	12	7	1	1.684	9.5	5.7	3.3	0.58	0.5	5
1990	25	0	1	.000	6.30	10.0	22	8	7	4	5	3	1	2.700	19.8	4.5	2.7	0.60	3.6	6
2 Yrs		1	2	.333	4.66	29.0	42	17	15	5	17	10	2	2.034	13.0		3.1	0.59	1.6	11

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