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Ron Darling

Ronald Maurice Darling

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 19, 1960 in Honolulu, HI
High School: St. John's HS (Shrewsbury, MA)
School: Yale University (New Haven, CT)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1983 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Mets/Athletics/Expos 1983-1995
Agents: Steve Kaufman [*]
Final Game: August 15, 1995 (Age 34)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 4:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #451. Nelson Briles… #452. Bob Ojeda… #453. Pete Donohue… #454. RON DARLING… #455. Randy Jones… #456. Sherry Smith… #457. Mike McCormick… 

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 3 148 131 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 94 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 99 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 88 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 84 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 95 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 50 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 Yrs 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 50 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 100 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1983 22 NYM NL 35.1 5 5 11 2.80 4.18 0.03 0.15 100.6 4.32 6 0.7 -0.0 1.0 9 .641 .504
1984 23 NYM NL 205.2 33 33 97 4.24 4.09 -0.14 0.14 100.0 4.37 1 0.1 -0.1 1.9 20 .502 .500 $60,000 RoY-5
1985 24 NYM NL 248.0 36 35 93 3.38 4.03 0.01 0.13 97.4 4.04 17 1.9 .2 -0.2 4.1 39 .553 .512 $230,000 AS
1986 25 NYM NL 237.0 34 34 84 3.19 4.10 0.05 0.14 97.1 4.07 22 2.5 -0.1 4.6 44 .575 .516 $440,000 CYA-5
1987 26 NYM NL 207.2 32 32 111 4.81 4.40 -0.13 0.16 95.5 4.47 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.9 12 .470 .494 $1,050,000
1988 27 NYM NL 240.2 34 34 97 3.63 3.80 -0.22 0.13 94.7 3.93 7 0.8 -0.1 2.9 27 .523 .505 $1,000,000
1989 28 NYM NL 217.1 33 33 100 4.14 3.92 0.18 0.14 92.9 3.60 -14 -1.5 -0.1 0.3 4 .455 .491 $1,966,666 GG
1990 29 NYM NL 126.0 33 18 73 5.21 4.09 -0.24 0.04 100.1 4.38 -14 -1.5 1.2 -0.1 -0.5 -1 .456 .491 $1,566,667
1991 30 NYM NL 102.1 17 17 50 4.40 4.12 -0.42 0.15 98.6 4.62 2 0.2 -0.1 1.0 11 .511 .501 $1,966,667
1991 30 MON NL 17.0 3 3 16 8.47 4.08 0.08 0.15 99.4 4.12 -8 -0.7 -0.0 -0.6 -7 .264 .496
1991 30 OAK AL 75.0 12 12 34 4.08 4.56 0.10 0.17 91.1 4.22 1 0.1 -0.1 0.8 9 .510 .501
1992 31 OAK AL 206.1 33 33 98 4.27 4.30 0.08 0.15 95.9 4.20 -2 -0.2 -0.1 1.8 19 .493 .499 $2,200,000
1993 32 OAK AL 178.0 31 29 107 5.41 4.73 -0.28 0.15 94.8 4.89 -9 -0.9 .9 -0.1 0.8 9 .470 .494 $2,250,000
1994 33 OAK AL 160.0 25 25 89 5.01 5.08 0.25 0.18 93.4 4.68 -6 -0.6 -0.1 0.9 14 .476 .496 $2,250,000
1995 34 OAK AL 104.0 21 21 79 6.84 4.93 -0.28 0.19 92.4 4.99 -21 -1.9 -0.1 -0.9 -9 .412 .489 $3,000,000
13 Seasons 2360.1 382 364 1139 4.34 4.26 -0.06 0.14 96.0 4.27 -30 -1.9 1.1 -1.4 19.0 198 .495 .499 $17,980,000
NYM (9 yrs) 1620.0 257 241 716 3.98 4.06 -0.08 0.13 96.8 4.14 16 2.3 1.2 -0.9 16.1 164 .509 .502 $8,280,000
OAK (5 yrs) 723.1 122 120 407 5.06 4.70 -0.02 0.16 94.1 4.59 -38 -3.5 .9 -0.5 3.4 41 .472 .496 $9,700,000
MON (1 yr) 17.0 3 3 16 8.47 4.08 0.08 0.15 99.4 4.12 -8 -0.7 -0.0 -0.6 -7 .264 .496

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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
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
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 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

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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
1983 22 NYM NL 5 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -44 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1984 23 NYM NL 39 75 67 7 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 19 .149 .159 .164 .324 -8 11 1 0 6 1 0 1 RoY-5
1985 24 NYM NL 42 93 76 9 13 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 25 .171 .213 .224 .436 23 17 0 0 13 0 0 1 AS
1986 25 NYM NL 34 94 81 4 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 29 .099 .131 .123 .254 -29 10 0 0 10 0 0 1 CYA-5
1987 26 NYM NL 32 77 65 5 8 5 0 0 4 0 0 2 22 .123 .149 .200 .349 -6 13 0 0 10 0 0 1
1988 27 NYM NL 34 92 82 4 18 4 2 0 4 0 0 1 21 .220 .229 .317 .546 59 26 1 0 9 0 0 1
1989 28 NYM NL 35 80 73 8 9 1 0 2 5 0 0 1 28 .123 .147 .219 .366 6 16 0 1 5 0 0 1 GG
1990 29 NYM NL 34 39 31 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 12 .129 .206 .129 .335 -5 4 0 0 5 0 0 1
1991 30 TOT MLB 32 46 40 0 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .125 .125 .225 .350 -3 9 0 0 6 0 0 1
1991 30 TOT NL 20 46 40 0 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .125 .125 .225 .350 -3 9 0 0 6 0 0 1
1991 30 NYM NL 17 39 34 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .118 .118 .206 .324 -10 7 0 0 5 0 0 1
1991 30 MON NL 3 7 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 38 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1991 30 OAK AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 31 OAK AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1993 32 OAK AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 33 OAK AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 34 OAK AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Yrs 402 608 526 39 76 21 2 2 21 1 0 15 175 .144 .169 .203 .373 5 107 2 1 65 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 245 212 16 31 8 1 1 8 0 0 6 71 .144 .169 .203 .373 5 43 1 0 26 0 0
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
NYM (9 yrs) 272 600 519 39 75 20 2 2 19 1 0 15 173 .145 .170 .202 .372 5 105 2 1 64 1 0
OAK (5 yrs) 127 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 3 7 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 38 2 0 0 1 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 275 607 525 39 76 21 2 2 21 1 0 15 175 .145 .170 .204 .374 5 107 2 1 65 1 0
AL (5 yrs) 127 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1983 22 NYM NL 5 11 -1 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1984 23 NYM NL 39 75 -10 -0 -0 0 9 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 2 $60,000 1 RoY-5
1985 24 NYM NL 42 93 -7 0 0 0 11 5 0.5 3 8 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 0.0 8 $230,000 1 AS
1986 25 NYM NL 34 94 -13 -1 0 0 12 -2 -0.3 3 1 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 0.0 1 $440,000 1 CYA-5
1987 26 NYM NL 32 77 -10 0 0 0 11 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 4 $1,050,000 1
1988 27 NYM NL 34 92 -4 -0 -0 0 11 7 0.7 3 10 0.7 .522 .505 0.7 0.0 10 $1,000,000 1
1989 28 NYM NL 35 80 -9 0 0 0 9 0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $1,966,666 1 GG
1990 29 NYM NL 34 39 -4 0 0 0 5 1 0.2 1 3 0.2 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $1,566,667 1
1991 30 NYM NL 17 39 -6 -0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $1,966,667 1
1991 30 MON NL 3 7 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .515 .500 0.0 0.0 1 /1
1991 30 OAK AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1992 31 OAK AL 34 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,200,000 1/D
1993 32 OAK AL 32 0 0 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $2,250,000 1
1994 33 OAK AL 27 1 -0 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $2,250,000 1
1995 34 OAK AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,000,000 1
13 Seasons 402 608 -65 -1 1 0 76 11 1.2 20 31 1.2 .503 .500 1.0 0.2 31 $17,980,000
NYM (9 yrs) 272 600 -64 -0 1 0 74 10 1.1 20 31 1.1 .504 .501 1.0 0.1 31 $8,280,000
OAK (5 yrs) 127 1 -0 -1 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.1 -0 $9,700,000
MON (1 yr) 3 7 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .515 .500 0.0 0.0 1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1986 25 NYM NL NLCS HOU W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 25 NYM NL WS BOS W 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 27 NYM NL NLCS LAD L 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 31 OAK AL ALCS TOR L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1983 NYM NL 22 P 5 5 1 35.1 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.04 1.60 .952 1.91 1.92 5 3 38% 33% 3
1984 NYM NL 23 P 33 33 2 205.2 58 17 38 3 3 .948 2.41 1.67 .954 1.88 1.87 24 13 35% 31% 7 RoY-5
1985 NYM NL 24 P 36 35 4 248.0 73 24 47 2 5 .973 2.58 1.97 .953 1.92 1.92 12 14 54% 30% 7 AS
1986 NYM NL 25 P 34 34 4 237.0 78 24 47 7 7 .910 2.70 2.09 .955 1.94 1.94 24 15 38% 32% 3 CYA-5
1987 NYM NL 26 P 32 32 2 207.2 63 17 43 3 5 .952 2.60 1.88 .955 1.91 1.90 33 4 11% 29% 3
1988 NYM NL 27 P 34 34 7 240.2 55 17 35 3 4 .945 1.94 1.53 .955 1.96 1.96 20 6 23% 29% 5
1989 NYM NL 28 P 33 33 4 217.1 56 15 37 4 5 .929 2.15 1.58 .947 1.87 1.87 26 11 30% 32% 2 GG
1990 NYM NL 29 P 33 18 1 126.0 31 7 22 2 0 .935 2.07 0.88 .957 1.80 1.79 24 4 14% 29% 4
1991 TOT MLB 30 P 32 32 0 194.1 51 18 27 6 2 .882 2.08 1.41 .955 1.83 1.83 24 3 11% 33% 4
1991 TOT NL 30 P 20 20 0 119.1 34 10 18 6 1 .824 2.11 1.40 .955 1.86 1.85 17 2 11% 33% 3
1991 NYM NL 30 P 17 17 0 102.1 29 7 17 5 0 .828 2.11 1.41 .955 1.86 1.85 12 2 14% 33% 3
1991 MON NL 30 P 3 3 0 17.0 5 3 1 1 1 .800 2.12 1.33 .956 1.85 1.87 5 0 0% 33% 0
1991 OAK AL 30 P 12 12 0 75.0 17 8 9 0 1 1.000 2.04 1.42 .956 1.80 1.80 7 1 13% 34% 1
1992 OAK AL 31 P 33 33 4 206.1 41 11 26 4 2 .902 1.61 1.12 .953 1.72 1.71 10 13 57% 34% 1
1992 OAK AL 31 DH 1 0
1993 OAK AL 32 P 31 29 3 178.0 30 12 17 1 0 .967 1.47 0.94 .953 1.79 1.78 14 11 44% 36% 1
1994 OAK AL 33 P 25 25 4 160.0 31 3 26 2 1 .935 1.63 1.16 .956 1.72 1.71 7 6 46% 31% 2
1995 OAK AL 34 P 21 21 1 104.0 30 10 20 0 2 1.000 2.60 1.43 .960 1.79 1.77 3 4 57% 31% 1
13 Seasons P 382 364 37 2360.1 605 177 391 37 37 .939 2.17 1.49 .954 1.86 1.85 226 107 32% 31% 43
13 Seasons TOT 382 364 37 2360.1 605 177 391 37 37 .939 2.17 1.49 .954 1.86 1.85 226 107 32% 31% 43
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2001 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1985

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 NL (5, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (270th)

Gold Gloves
1989 NL (P)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1985 NL  4.1 (9th)
1986 NL  4.6 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1985 NL  2.90 (9th)
1986 NL  2.81 (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)

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 (231st)

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  1,590 (158th)

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 (175th)

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 (125th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1984 NL  104 (3rd)
1985 NL  114 (1st)
1987 NL  96 (4th)
Career  906 (153rd)

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

Losses s c a p y
1989 NL  14 (4th)
1991 ML  15 (4th)
1994 AL  11 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1987 NL  99 (10th)
1989 NL  85 (10th)
Career  1,016 (219th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1989 NL  12 (6th)
1991 NL  13 (4th)
1992 AL  13 (3rd)
Career  97 (107th)

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  1,043 (8th)
1987 NL  891 (10th)
1988 NL  971 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1985 NL  120 (10th)
1986 NL  128 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1986 NL  21 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1986 NL  2.2 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1986 NL  25.23 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1986 NL  3.8 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1986 NL  2.8 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1985 NL  13 (3rd)
1986 NL  10 (10th)
1987 NL  10 (6th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1985 NL  24 (2nd)
1986 NL  24 (5th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1985 NL  47 (1st)
1986 NL  47 (1st)
1987 NL  43 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1986 NL  7 (1st)
1991 NL  6 (1st)
1992 AL  4 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1985 NL  2.58 (2nd)
1986 NL  2.70 (3rd)
1987 NL  2.60 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1985 NL  1.97 (2nd)
1986 NL  2.09 (3rd)
1987 NL  1.88 (5th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 1 (873), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 61 (420), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (509), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (504), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (505th), 20.2 career WAR/18.1 7yr-peak WAR/19.1 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Darryl Kile (962)
  2. Todd Stottlemyre (953)
  3. A.J. Burnett (953)
  4. Mike Krukow (948)
  5. Mike Boddicker (947)
  6. Randy Wolf (944)
  7. Woody Williams (940)
  8. Mark Gubicza (940)
  9. Mike Hampton (938)
  10. Jim Lonborg (938)
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
Similar Batters 
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  1. Andy Benes (984)
  2. Jack Kramer (983)
  3. Jim Hearn (983)
  4. John Smiley (982)
  5. Bill Gullickson (981)
  6. Shane Reynolds (981)
  7. George Blaeholder (980)
  8. Bill Dietrich (980)
  9. Bob Walk (978)
  10. Fritz Peterson (978)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Danny MacFayden (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Andy Benes (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. John Smiley (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Kramer (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Andy Benes (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198423New York Mets$60,0001/4/85 TSN
198524New York Mets$230,000Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163
198625New York Mets$440,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration loss; $615,000 request
198726New York Mets$1,050,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration win; $800,000 offer
198827New York Mets$1,000,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198928New York Mets$1,966,666*
199029New York Mets$1,566,667USA Today
199130New York Mets$1,966,667USA Today survey
199231Oakland Athletics$2,200,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $100,000 earned bonus
199332Oakland Athletics$2,250,000USA Today; USABW (duration)
199433Oakland Athletics$2,250,0004/5/94 USA Today; USABW (duration)
199534Oakland Athletics$3,000,0007/7/95 USA Today; USABW (duration)
Career to date (may be incomplete)$17,980,000
Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $1,881,667 - 11/1/89 NYT -
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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