Ron Darling
Ronald Maurice Darling
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 19, 1960 in Honolulu, HI
School: Yale University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1983
Final Game: August 15, 1995
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Standard Pitching

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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
1983 22 NYM NL 1 3 .250 2.80 5 5 0 1 0 0 35.1 31 11 11 0 17 1 23 3 2 3 148 130 1.358 7.9 0.0 4.3 5.9 1.35
1984 23 NYM NL 12 9 .571 3.81 33 33 0 2 2 0 205.2 179 97 87 17 104 2 136 5 1 7 884 93 1.376 7.8 0.7 4.6 6.0 1.31 RoY-5
1985 24 NYM NL 16 6 .727 2.90 36 35 1 4 2 0 248.0 214 93 80 21 114 1 167 3 1 7 1043 120 1.323 7.8 0.8 4.1 6.1 1.46 AS
1986 25 NYM NL 15 6 .714 2.81 34 34 0 4 2 0 237.0 203 84 74 21 81 2 184 3 3 7 967 127 1.198 7.7 0.8 3.1 7.0 2.27 CYA-5
1987 26 NYM NL 12 8 .600 4.29 32 32 0 2 0 0 207.2 183 111 99 24 96 3 167 3 3 6 891 89 1.343 7.9 1.0 4.2 7.2 1.74
1988 27 NYM NL 17 9 .654 3.25 34 34 0 7 4 0 240.2 218 97 87 24 60 2 161 5 2 7 971 100 1.155 8.2 0.9 2.2 6.0 2.68
1989 28 NYM NL 14 14 .500 3.52 33 33 0 4 0 0 217.1 214 100 85 19 70 7 153 3 4 12 922 93 1.307 8.9 0.8 2.9 6.3 2.19 GG
1990 29 NYM NL 7 9 .438 4.50 33 18 3 1 0 0 126.0 135 73 63 20 44 4 99 5 1 5 554 84 1.421 9.6 1.4 3.1 7.1 2.25
1991 30 TOT MLB 8 15 .348 4.26 32 32 0 0 0 0 194.1 185 100 92 22 71 3 129 9 5 16 827 87 1.317 8.6 1.0 3.3 6.0 1.82
1991 30 TOT NL 5 8 .385 4.37 20 20 0 0 0 0 119.1 121 66 58 15 33 1 69 7 4 13 508 83 1.291 9.1 1.1 2.5 5.2 2.09
1991 30 NYM NL 5 6 .455 3.87 17 17 0 0 0 0 102.1 96 50 44 9 28 1 58 6 4 9 427 94 1.212 8.4 0.8 2.5 5.1 2.07
1991 30 MON NL 0 2 .000 7.41 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.0 25 16 14 6 5 0 11 1 0 4 81 49 1.765 13.2 3.2 2.6 5.8 2.20
1991 30 OAK AL 3 7 .300 4.08 12 12 0 0 0 0 75.0 64 34 34 7 38 2 60 2 1 3 319 94 1.360 7.7 0.8 4.6 7.2 1.58
1992 31 OAK AL 15 10 .600 3.66 33 33 0 4 3 0 206.1 198 98 84 15 72 5 99 4 0 13 866 102 1.309 8.6 0.7 3.1 4.3 1.38
1993 32 OAK AL 5 9 .357 5.16 31 29 1 3 0 0 178.0 198 107 102 22 72 5 95 5 1 3 793 79 1.517 10.0 1.1 3.6 4.8 1.32
1994 33 OAK AL 10 11 .476 4.50 25 25 0 4 0 0 160.0 162 89 80 18 59 3 108 7 1 6 682 98 1.381 9.1 1.0 3.3 6.1 1.83
1995 34 OAK AL 4 7 .364 6.23 21 21 0 1 0 0 104.0 124 79 72 16 46 2 69 4 0 5 484 69 1.635 10.7 1.4 4.0 6.0 1.50
13 Seasons 136 116 .540 3.87 382 364 5 37 13 0 2360.1 2244 1139 1016 239 906 40 1590 59 24 97 10032 95 1.335 8.6 0.9 3.5 6.1 1.76
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .540 3.87 35 33 0 3 1 0 215 205 104 93 22 83 4 145 5 2 9 914 95 1.335 8.6 0.9 3.5 6.1 1.76
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 (9 yrs) 99 70 .586 3.50 257 241 4 25 10 0 1620.0 1473 716 630 155 614 23 1148 36 21 63 6807 101 1.288 8.2 0.9 3.4 6.4 1.87
OAK (5 yrs) 37 44 .457 4.63 122 120 1 12 3 0 723.1 746 407 372 78 287 17 431 22 3 30 3144 88 1.428 9.3 1.0 3.6 5.4 1.50
MON (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.41 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.0 25 16 14 6 5 0 11 1 0 4 81 49 1.765 13.2 3.2 2.6 5.8 2.20
NL (9 yrs) 99 72 .579 3.54 260 244 4 25 10 0 1637.0 1498 732 644 161 619 23 1159 37 21 67 6888 99 1.293 8.2 0.9 3.4 6.4 1.87
AL (5 yrs) 37 44 .457 4.63 122 120 1 12 3 0 723.1 746 407 372 78 287 17 431 22 3 30 3144 88 1.428 9.3 1.0 3.6 5.4 1.50

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
1986 25 NYM NL NLCS W HOU 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 4 4 1 2 0 5 1 0 1 23 1.600 10.8 1.8 3.6 9.0 2.50
1986 25 NYM NL WS W BOS 1 1 .500 1.53 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.2 13 4 3 2 10 1 12 1 0 2 75 1.302 6.6 1.0 5.1 6.1 1.20
1988 27 NYM NL NLCS L LAD 0 1 .000 7.71 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 11 9 6 0 4 0 7 0 0 0 37 2.143 14.1 0.0 5.1 9.0 1.75
1992 31 OAK AL ALCS L TOR 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 3 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 2 22 1.000 6.0 3.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
3 Seasons (4 Series) 1 3 .250 3.79 7 7 0 0 0 0 35.2 34 20 15 5 18 1 27 2 0 5 157 1.458 8.6 1.3 4.5 6.8 1.50
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 7.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.0 17 13 10 1 6 0 12 1 0 1 60 1.917 12.8 0.8 4.5 9.0 2.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 3 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 2 22 1.000 6.0 3.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
1 WS 1 1 .500 1.53 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.2 13 4 3 2 10 1 12 1 0 2 75 1.302 6.6 1.0 5.1 6.1 1.20

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1985 NYM NL 24

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1983 22 NYM NL 5 147 124 11 31 6 0 0 5 3 17 23 .250 .354 .298 .653 .307 37 6 3 3 0 1
1984 23 NYM NL 33 883 761 97 179 30 6 17 24 13 104 136 .235 .329 .357 .686 .264 272 11 5 7 6 2
1985 24 NYM NL 36 1043 909 93 214 44 3 21 12 14 114 167 .235 .321 .360 .681 .266 327 23 3 13 4 1
1986 25 NYM NL 34 967 867 84 203 35 3 21 24 15 81 184 .234 .300 .354 .654 .272 307 18 3 10 6 2
1987 26 NYM NL 32 891 784 111 183 31 6 24 33 4 96 167 .233 .318 .380 .698 .267 298 14 3 5 3 3
1988 27 NYM NL 34 971 888 97 218 38 6 24 20 6 60 161 .245 .294 .383 .677 .273 340 20 5 10 8 2
1989 28 NYM NL 33 922 829 100 214 40 4 19 26 11 70 153 .258 .314 .385 .698 .291 319 10 3 7 13 7
1990 29 NYM NL 33 554 495 73 135 18 5 20 24 4 44 99 .273 .336 .451 .787 .303 223 3 5 7 3 4
1991 30 OAK AL 12 319 270 34 64 12 2 7 7 1 38 60 .237 .331 .374 .705 .275 101 5 2 5 4 2
1991 30 TOT NL 20 508 457 66 121 18 8 15 17 2 33 69 .265 .321 .438 .759 .281 200 5 7 7 4 1
1991 30 MON NL 3 81 75 16 25 2 2 6 5 0 5 11 .333 .383 .653 1.036 .328 49 1 1 0 0 0
1991 30 NYM NL 17 427 382 50 96 16 6 9 12 2 28 58 .251 .310 .395 .705 .273 151 4 6 7 4 1
1991 30 TOT MLB 32 827 727 100 185 30 10 22 24 3 71 129 .254 .325 .414 .739 .279 301 10 9 12 8 3
1992 31 OAK AL 33 866 783 98 198 44 5 15 10 13 72 99 .253 .318 .379 .697 .272 297 15 4 4 3 5
1993 32 OAK AL 31 793 705 107 198 39 4 22 14 11 72 95 .281 .349 .441 .790 .296 311 10 5 5 6 5
1994 33 OAK AL 25 682 606 89 162 28 3 18 7 6 59 108 .267 .337 .413 .749 .297 250 21 7 5 5 3
1995 34 OAK AL 21 484 419 79 124 22 3 16 3 4 46 69 .296 .365 .477 .842 .316 200 5 4 7 8 2
13 Seasons 382 10030 8897 1139 2244 405 58 239 226 107 906 1590 .252 .323 .391 .714 .281 3482 166 59 95 73 40
162 Game Avg. 35 914 811 104 205 37 5 22 21 10 83 145 .252 .323 .391 .714 .281 317 15 5 9 7 4
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Starting Pitching*

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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
1983 22 NYM NL 5 5 1 3 1 0 3 1 4 .200 1 0 1 0 5 100% 57 66 46 1 0 0 3 2.6 2.9 7.1
1984 23 NYM NL 33 33 12 9 12 1 1 19 14 .576 4 5 2 2 22 67% 52 83 15 18 4 0 17 4.5 4.2 6.2
1985 24 NYM NL 36 35 16 6 13 4 3 23 12 .657 3 5 4 2 23 66% 57 85 17 21 8 2 9 4.0 3.6 7.1
1986 25 NYM NL 34 34 15 6 13 1 2 26 8 .765 3 5 4 2 26 76% 59 83 25 12 4 1 13 5.0 4.3 7.0
1987 26 NYM NL 32 32 12 8 12 4 1 17 15 .531 5 6 2 0 16 50% 52 83 30 23 8 5 5 5.0 4.5 6.5
1988 27 NYM NL 34 34 17 9 8 3 6 23 11 .676 2 3 7 4 26 76% 57 84 13 19 6 1 13 4.4 4.2 7.1 100 5 12 11 6 130
1989 28 NYM NL 33 33 14 14 5 0 7 16 17 .485 0 3 4 0 24 73% 53 76 18 19 5 2 12 4.0 4.0 6.6 95 3 12 18 0 115
1990 29 NYM NL 33 18 6 7 5 2 1 10 8 .556 0 3 1 0 6 33% 48 81 26 8 1 0 8 4.4 3.9 5.4 85 6 9 3 0 116
1991 30 TOT MLB 32 32 8 15 9 0 7 12 20 .375 4 3 0 0 21 66% 51 79 9 13 3 0 10 3.4 3.8 6.1 96 6 13 9 4 137
1991 30 TOT NL 20 20 5 8 7 0 3 8 12 .400 3 2 0 0 13 65% 50 79 19 8 3 0 8 3.8 4.4 6.0 90 5 9 6 0 119
1991 30 NYM NL 17 17 5 6 6 0 3 8 9 .471 2 2 0 0 12 71% 52 79 19 8 3 0 7 3.8 4.1 6.0 88 5 7 5 0 113
1991 30 MON NL 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 1 0 0 0 1 33% 36 45 22 0 0 0 1 3.7 6.2 5.7 104 0 2 1 0 119
1991 30 OAK AL 12 12 3 7 2 0 4 4 8 .333 1 1 0 0 8 67% 53 77 9 5 0 0 2 2.6 2.8 6.3 105 1 4 3 4 137
1992 31 OAK AL 33 33 15 10 8 4 4 17 16 .515 3 3 4 3 19 58% 51 86 17 21 9 1 12 4.3 4.9 6.3 98 5 11 14 3 130
1993 32 OAK AL 31 29 5 9 15 0 2 15 14 .517 3 8 3 0 12 41% 46 80 13 15 4 3 12 5.2 3.5 5.9 96 6 9 9 4 136
1994 33 OAK AL 25 25 10 11 4 3 4 13 12 .520 0 4 4 0 13 52% 50 78 10 15 7 1 8 4.4 4.5 6.4 99 5 6 9 5 142
1995 34 OAK AL 21 21 4 7 10 3 2 8 13 .381 1 6 1 0 6 29% 42 79 14 18 5 1 8 5.9 4.7 5.0 89 5 7 7 0 113
13 Seasons 382 364 135 114 115 25 43 200 164 .549 29 54 37 13 219 60% 52 86 9 203 64 17 130 4.5 4.1 6.4 96 41 79 80 22 142
MLB Averages
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

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1985 24 NYM NL 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1.126 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1990 29 NYM NL 33 15 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 10 4 40% 7 0.953 6 2 7 3 4 8 6 9 11 2 11 1 5.9 30
1993 32 OAK AL 31 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 5 0.903 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 10.5 46
3 Seasons 100 18 5 1 2 1 0 1 0% 3 2 10 4 40% 1.012 6 3 9 5 4 9 6 12 13 2 13 1 6.2 32

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1983 22 NYM NL 148 55% 0.0% 15.7% 11.6% 4.1% 19% 1.05 69% 26 6 23%
1984 23 NYM NL 884 48% 1.9% 15.4% 11.8% 6.0% 30% 0.97 70% 151 11 7%
1985 24 NYM NL 1043 50% 2.0% 16.0% 10.9% 6.5% 32% 1.12 70% 183 23 13%
1986 25 NYM NL 967 58% 2.2% 19.0% 8.4% 6.1% 29% 1.06 69% 165 18 11%
1987 26 NYM NL 891 56% 2.7% 18.7% 10.8% 6.9% 33% 1.05 67% 153 14 9%
1988 27 NYM NL 971 51% 2.5% 16.6% 6.2% 7.0% 31% 0.65 0.86 73% 22% 9.0% 38% 163 20 12%
1989 28 NYM NL 922 58% 2.1% 16.6% 7.6% 6.8% 29% 0.64 0.81 73% 25% 5.5% 14% 148 10 7%
1990 29 NYM NL 554 57% 3.6% 17.9% 7.9% 7.8% 32% 0.83 1.12 68% 22% 11.2% 15% 91 3 3%
1991 30 TOT MLB 827 53% 2.7% 15.6% 8.6% 7.5% 34% 0.82 1.05 71% 20% 7.9% 16% 141 10 7%
1991 30 TOT NL 508 52% 3.0% 13.6% 6.5% 8.1% 34% 0.93 1.14 74% 19% 8.9% 16% 82 5 6%
1991 30 NYM NL 427 55% 2.1% 13.6% 6.6% 7.3% 32% 0.96 1.13 75% 19% 6.6% 16% 73 4 5%
1991 30 MON NL 81 41% 7.4% 13.6% 6.2% 12.4% 40% 0.80 1.22 72% 22% 19.4% 11% 9 1 11%
1991 30 OAK AL 319 55% 2.2% 18.8% 11.9% 6.6% 33% 0.65 0.90 65% 22% 6.4% 16% 59 5 8%
1992 31 OAK AL 866 48% 1.7% 11.4% 8.3% 7.4% 32% 0.70 0.90 78% 20% 4.3% 13% 133 15 11%
1993 32 OAK AL 793 49% 2.8% 12.0% 9.1% 8.2% 33% 0.71 0.85 75% 23% 7.1% 13% 123 10 8%
1994 33 OAK AL 682 49% 2.6% 15.8% 8.7% 7.2% 30% 0.89 1.26 71% 20% 8.0% 12% 115 21 18%
1995 34 OAK AL 484 57% 3.3% 14.3% 9.5% 8.5% 33% 0.79 1.17 71% 23% 9.4% 14% 95 5 5%
13 Seasons 10032 53% 2.4% 15.9% 9.0% 7.0% 31% 0.74 0.99 71% 22% 7.3% 18% 1687 166 10%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 NYM NL 971 3394 3.50 2172 64% 25% 15% 25% 34% 75% 1% 48% 79% 58% 5% 44 27 22% 214 116 13 25% 38 15 0 2 6
1989 28 NYM NL 922 3149 3.42 2012 64% 24% 15% 26% 35% 76% 2% 48% 80% 62% 5% 47 27 19% 176 108 11 28% 28 13 0 1 5
1990 29 NYM NL 548 1944 3.55 1193 61% 22% 17% 27% 34% 78% 2% 48% 78% 57% 5% 25 14 16% 87 43 7 21% 16 7 6 0 3
1991 30 TOT MLB 827 3062 3.70 1826 60% 25% 18% 23% 34% 75% 1% 45% 76% 53% 5% 42 27 16% 132 69 6 16% 19 12 0 0 0
1991 30 TOT NL 508 1806 3.56 1111 62% 24% 18% 23% 36% 76% 1% 47% 77% 55% 5% 24 17 17% 86 43 4 12% 12 6 0 0 0
1991 30 NYM NL 427 1494 3.50 923 62% 23% 18% 23% 36% 77% 1% 47% 77% 55% 5% 20 13 16% 67 35 3 10% 11 6 0 0 0
1991 30 MON NL 81 312 3.85 188 60% 26% 17% 23% 34% 74% 0% 45% 77% 56% 5% 4 4 23% 19 8 1 18% 1 0 0 0 0
1991 30 OAK AL 319 1256 3.94 715 57% 26% 19% 23% 31% 74% 1% 42% 74% 50% 6% 18 10 14% 46 26 2 22% 7 6 0 0 0
1992 31 OAK AL 866 3239 3.74 1928 60% 27% 12% 25% 36% 73% 1% 44% 84% 56% 5% 46 30 14% 121 47 5 23% 6 11 0 0 0
1993 32 OAK AL 762 2779 3.65 1634 59% 27% 12% 23% 37% 72% 1% 43% 83% 55% 6% 46 30 15% 116 48 4 26% 9 11 31 1 5
1994 33 OAK AL 672 2473 3.68 1472 60% 26% 18% 23% 34% 74% 1% 44% 76% 57% 6% 37 20 14% 96 42 3 14% 13 14 10 3 1
1995 34 OAK AL 440 1691 3.84 1014 60% 26% 15% 26% 33% 74% 1% 44% 80% 58% 5% 22 13 12% 52 21 4 38% 7 7 44 0 1
8 Seasons 6008 21731 3.62 13251 61% 25% 15% 25% 35% 75% 1% 46% 79% 57% 5% 309 188 17% 994 494 53 23% 136 90 91 7 21
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1983 22 NYM NL 148 31 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 40% 4 3 0 60 5 3 63% 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 5 0
1984 23 NYM NL 884 179 17 1 18 13 4 4 13 45 21 8 47% 11 7 3 319 24 13 65% 23 13 1 0 0 0 9 0 25 0
1985 24 NYM NL 1043 214 21 0 14 13 8 12 9 35 16 5 46% 16 7 2 389 12 14 46% 12 12 0 1 0 1 9 4 19 0
1986 25 NYM NL 967 203 21 0 10 9 12 10 11 42 26 6 62% 13 7 1 332 24 15 62% 24 14 0 1 0 0 3 0 17 0
1987 26 NYM NL 891 183 24 1 13 14 10 10 14 49 22 6 45% 9 6 4 313 33 4 89% 32 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 20 0
1988 27 NYM NL 971 218 26 7 24 0 8 12 12 11 13 41 24 6 59% 5 7 0 326 20 6 77% 19 5 1 1 0 0 8 0 22 0
1989 28 NYM NL 922 214 27 7 19 0 16 10 9 11 8 57 32 9 56% 15 12 2 306 26 11 70% 26 9 0 1 0 1 4 0 36 0
1990 29 NYM NL 554 135 20 4 20 1 4 10 10 7 13 41 21 8 51% 8 5 2 193 24 4 86% 23 4 1 0 0 0 6 0 19 0
1991 30 TOT MLB 827 185 48 3 22 0 11 14 8 10 12 49 25 6 51% 6 16 0 290 24 3 89% 19 3 4 0 1 0 9 0 37 0
1991 30 TOT NL 508 121 26 2 15 0 6 10 5 6 9 32 15 4 47% 5 13 0 174 17 2 89% 14 2 2 0 1 0 8 0 27 0
1991 30 NYM NL 427 96 21 2 9 0 6 6 3 4 5 26 10 3 38% 5 9 0 147 12 2 86% 10 2 1 0 1 0 7 0 22 0
1991 30 MON NL 81 25 5 0 6 0 0 4 2 2 4 6 5 1 83% 0 4 0 27 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1991 30 OAK AL 319 64 22 1 7 0 5 4 3 4 3 17 10 2 59% 1 3 0 116 7 1 88% 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1992 31 OAK AL 866 198 70 1 15 0 13 9 6 7 8 43 20 5 47% 6 13 0 286 10 13 43% 10 11 0 2 0 0 4 0 18 0
1993 32 OAK AL 793 198 25 2 22 0 18 10 12 14 8 30 18 1 60% 9 3 3 301 14 11 56% 13 10 0 1 1 0 4 0 17 0
1994 33 OAK AL 677 162 17 5 18 1 9 6 12 7 11 33 21 3 64% 7 6 0 239 7 6 54% 7 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 17 5
1995 34 OAK AL 484 124 14 0 16 1 11 6 10 7 9 28 20 4 71% 6 5 0 180 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 16 0
13 Seasons 10027 2244 247 29 239 5 148 126 113 110 129 498 268 67 54% 115 97 17 3534 226 107 68% 214 97 9 8 3 2 68 7 268 5
MLB Averages
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

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1983 22 1 3 .250 2.80 5 5 0 1 0 0 35.1 31 11 11 0 17 1 23 3 2 3 148 130 1.358 7.9 0.0 4.3 5.9 1.35 130
1984 23 13 12 .520 3.66 38 38 0 3 2 0 241.0 210 108 98 17 121 3 159 8 3 10 1032 98 1.373 7.8 0.6 4.5 5.9 1.31 98
1985 24 29 18 .617 3.28 74 73 1 7 4 0 489.0 424 201 178 38 235 4 326 11 4 17 2075 108 1.348 7.8 0.7 4.3 6.0 1.39 108
1986 25 44 24 .647 3.12 108 107 1 11 6 0 726.0 627 285 252 59 316 6 510 14 7 24 3042 113 1.299 7.8 0.7 3.9 6.3 1.61 113
1987 26 56 32 .636 3.38 140 139 1 13 6 0 933.2 810 396 351 83 412 9 677 17 10 30 3933 106 1.309 7.8 0.8 4.0 6.5 1.64 106
1988 27 73 41 .640 3.36 174 173 1 20 10 0 1174.1 1028 493 438 107 472 11 838 22 12 37 4904 105 1.277 7.9 0.8 3.6 6.4 1.78 105
1989 28 87 55 .613 3.38 207 206 1 24 10 0 1391.2 1242 593 523 126 542 18 991 25 16 49 5826 103 1.282 8.0 0.8 3.5 6.4 1.83 103
1990 29 94 64 .595 3.48 240 224 4 25 10 0 1517.2 1377 666 586 146 586 22 1090 30 17 54 6380 101 1.293 8.2 0.9 3.5 6.5 1.86 101
1991 30 102 79 .564 3.56 272 256 4 25 10 0 1712.0 1562 766 678 168 657 25 1219 39 22 70 7207 99 1.296 8.2 0.9 3.5 6.4 1.86 99
1992 31 117 89 .568 3.57 305 289 4 29 13 0 1918.1 1760 864 762 183 729 30 1318 43 22 83 8073 99 1.297 8.3 0.9 3.4 6.2 1.81 99
1993 32 122 98 .555 3.71 336 318 5 32 13 0 2096.1 1958 971 864 205 801 35 1413 48 23 86 8866 97 1.316 8.4 0.9 3.4 6.1 1.76 97
1994 33 132 109 .548 3.77 361 343 5 36 13 0 2256.1 2120 1060 944 223 860 38 1521 55 24 92 9548 97 1.321 8.5 0.9 3.4 6.1 1.77 97
1995 34 136 116 .540 3.87 382 364 5 37 13 0 2360.1 2244 1139 1016 239 906 40 1590 59 24 97 10032 95 1.335 8.6 0.9 3.5 6.1 1.76 95

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1983 22 2 1 .667 3.38 32.0 31 13 12 0 17 21 3 1.500 8.7 4.8 5.9 1.24 0.0 5
1984 23 9 12 .429 4.45 194.0 188 107 96 18 109 128 5 1.531 8.7 5.1 5.9 1.17 0.8 33
1985 24 14 11 .560 3.47 231.0 226 99 89 22 120 156 3 1.498 8.8 4.7 6.1 1.30 0.9 36
1986 25 14 10 .583 3.32 222.0 213 91 82 22 85 172 3 1.342 8.6 3.4 7.0 2.02 0.9 34
1987 26 9 13 .409 4.75 199.0 190 117 105 25 100 160 3 1.457 8.6 4.5 7.2 1.60 1.1 32
1988 27 11 13 .458 4.34 220.0 240 118 106 26 66 147 6 1.391 9.8 2.7 6.0 2.23 1.1 34
1989 28 10 12 .455 4.54 202.0 236 113 102 21 77 142 3 1.550 10.5 3.4 6.3 1.84 0.9 33
1990 29 5 8 .385 4.91 121.0 141 73 66 21 46 95 5 1.545 10.5 3.4 7.1 2.07 1.6 33
1991 30 8 12 .400 4.97 183.0 195 112 101 23 75 121 9 1.475 9.6 3.7 6.0 1.61 1.1 32
1992 31 9 12 .429 4.52 191.0 211 107 96 16 77 92 4 1.508 9.9 3.6 4.3 1.19 0.8 33
1993 32 6 12 .333 5.80 169.0 206 121 109 23 75 90 5 1.663 11.0 4.0 4.8 1.20 1.2 31
1994 33 10 14 .417 4.67 216.0 228 124 112 25 83 146 10 1.440 9.5 3.5 6.1 1.76 1.0 25
1995 34 3 9 .250 6.55 114.0 144 92 83 19 53 76 5 1.728 11.4 4.2 6.0 1.43 1.5 21
13 Seasons 110 139 .442 4.55 2294.0 2449 1287 1159 261 983 1546 64 1.496 9.6 6.1 1.57 1.0 382

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1985

Gold Gloves
1989-NL-P

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1986-NL--5--2%
0.02 Career Shares (240th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1985 NL--2.903--9th
1986 NL--2.810--3rd

Wins s c a p y
1986 NL--15--8th
1988 NL--17--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1985 NL--.727--5th
1986 NL--.714--4th
1987 NL--.600--10th
1988 NL--.654--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL--7.833--10th
1987 NL--7.931--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 NL--6.987--9th
1987 NL--7.238--5th
Career--6.063--211th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1985 NL--248.0--8th
1988 NL--240.7--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1985 NL--167--7th
1986 NL--184--7th
1987 NL--167--7th
1988 NL--161--10th
Career--1590--143rd

Games Started s c a p y
1984 NL--33--7th
1985 NL--35--8th
1986 NL--34--10th
1988 NL--34--4th
1989 NL--33--7th
1994 AL--25--1st
Career--364--167th

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 NL--2--8th
1986 NL--2--5th
1988 NL--4--6th
1992 AL--3--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 NL--21--7th
1986 NL--21--9th
1988 NL--24--3rd
1990 NL--20--10th
Career--239--116th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1984 NL--104--3rd
1985 NL--114--1st
1987 NL--96--4th
Career--906--149th

Hits s c a p y
1988 NL--218--7th
1989 NL--214--8th

Losses s c a p y
1989 NL--14--4th
1994 AL--11--3rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1987 NL--99--10th
1989 NL--85--10th
Career--1016--211th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1989 NL--12--6th
1991 NL--13--4th
1992 AL--13--3rd
Career--97--85th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL--5--5th
1990 NL--5--10th
1991 NL--7--4th
1994 AL--7--5th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1985 NL--1043--8th
1987 NL--891--10th
1988 NL--971--9th
Career--10032--229th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1986 NL--127--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 64 (386), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (489), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Darryl Kile (962)
  2. Todd Stottlemyre (953)
  3. Mike Krukow (948)
  4. Mike Boddicker (947)
  5. Woody Williams (940)
  6. Mark Gubicza (940)
  7. Mike Hampton (939)
  8. Jim Lonborg (938)
  9. Dan Petry (936)
  10. Bruce Hurst (935)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Boardwalk Brown (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Donovan (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bill Donovan (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack McDowell (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dennis Leonard (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack McDowell (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Gibson (959) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kevin Appier (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kevin Appier (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mudcat Grant (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rick Sutcliffe (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Chuck Finley (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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