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Ron Davis

Ronald Gene Davis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 6, 1955 in Houston, TX
High School: Milby HS (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1978
Teams (by GP): Twins/Yankees/Cubs/Giants/Dodgers 1978-1988
Agents: Nick Buoniconti [*]
Final Game: September 24, 1988
Relatives: Father of Ike Davis
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All-Star

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
1978 22 NYY AL 0 0 11.57 4 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 37 2.571 11.6 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.00
1979 23 NYY AL 14 2 .875 2.85 44 0 21 0 0 9 85.1 84 29 27 5 28 9 43 1 0 1 357 143 1.313 8.9 0.5 3.0 4.5 1.54 RoY-4
1980 24 NYY AL 9 3 .750 2.95 53 0 29 0 0 7 131.0 121 50 43 9 32 3 65 5 1 5 544 133 1.168 8.3 0.6 2.2 4.5 2.03
1981 25 NYY AL 4 5 .444 2.71 43 0 22 0 0 6 73.0 47 22 22 6 25 3 83 0 1 1 285 132 0.986 5.8 0.7 3.1 10.2 3.32 AS
1982 26 MIN AL 3 9 .250 4.42 63 0 53 0 0 22 106.0 106 53 52 16 47 12 89 1 1 5 458 96 1.443 9.0 1.4 4.0 7.6 1.89
1983 27 MIN AL 5 8 .385 3.34 66 0 61 0 0 30 89.0 89 34 33 6 33 3 84 3 1 4 382 128 1.371 9.0 0.6 3.3 8.5 2.55
1984 28 MIN AL 7 11 .389 4.55 64 0 57 0 0 29 83.0 79 44 42 11 41 9 74 2 0 8 364 93 1.446 8.6 1.2 4.4 8.0 1.80
1985 29 MIN AL 2 6 .250 3.48 57 0 50 0 0 25 64.2 55 28 25 7 35 6 72 4 1 8 285 126 1.392 7.7 1.0 4.9 10.0 2.06
1986 30 TOT MLB 2 8 .200 8.59 53 0 33 0 0 2 58.2 86 60 56 10 32 8 40 4 1 4 289 49 2.011 13.2 1.5 4.9 6.1 1.25
1986 30 MIN AL 2 6 .250 9.08 36 0 28 0 0 2 38.2 55 42 39 7 29 8 30 4 0 4 198 47 2.172 12.8 1.6 6.8 7.0 1.03
1986 30 CHC NL 0 2 .000 7.65 17 0 5 0 0 0 20.0 31 18 17 3 3 0 10 0 1 0 91 54 1.700 14.0 1.4 1.4 4.5 3.33
1987 31 TOT NL 0 0 5.94 25 0 8 0 0 0 36.1 50 27 24 8 18 3 32 1 2 3 169 72 1.872 12.4 2.0 4.5 7.9 1.78
1987 31 CHC NL 0 0 5.85 21 0 6 0 0 0 32.1 43 23 21 8 12 1 31 0 2 1 144 74 1.701 12.0 2.2 3.3 8.6 2.58
1987 31 LAD NL 0 0 6.75 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 3 0 6 2 1 1 0 2 25 65 3.250 15.8 0.0 13.5 2.3 0.17
1988 32 SFG NL 1 1 .500 4.67 9 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 15 10 9 4 6 0 15 1 0 0 72 72 1.212 7.8 2.1 3.1 7.8 2.50
11 Yrs 47 53 .470 4.05 481 0 340 0 0 130 746.2 735 361 336 82 300 56 597 22 8 39 3217 101 1.386 8.9 1.0 3.6 7.2 1.99
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .470 4.05 68 0 48 0 0 18 106 104 51 48 12 42 8 84 3 1 6 455 101 1.386 8.9 1.0 3.6 7.2 1.99
MIN (5 yrs) 19 40 .322 4.51 286 0 249 0 0 108 381.1 384 201 191 47 185 38 349 14 3 29 1687 95 1.492 9.1 1.1 4.4 8.2 1.89
NYY (4 yrs) 27 10 .730 2.93 144 0 74 0 0 22 291.2 255 105 95 20 88 15 191 6 2 7 1198 133 1.176 7.9 0.6 2.7 5.9 2.17
CHC (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 6.54 38 0 11 0 0 0 52.1 74 41 38 11 15 1 41 0 3 1 235 65 1.701 12.7 1.9 2.6 7.1 2.73
SFG (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.67 9 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 15 10 9 4 6 0 15 1 0 0 72 72 1.212 7.8 2.1 3.1 7.8 2.50
LAD (1 yr) 0 0 6.75 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 3 0 6 2 1 1 0 2 25 65 3.250 15.8 0.0 13.5 2.3 0.17
AL (9 yrs) 46 50 .479 3.82 430 0 323 0 0 130 673.0 639 306 286 67 273 53 540 20 5 36 2885 107 1.355 8.5 0.9 3.7 7.2 1.98
NL (3 yrs) 1 3 .250 6.11 51 0 17 0 0 0 73.2 96 55 50 15 27 3 57 2 3 3 332 66 1.670 11.7 1.8 3.3 7.0 2.11

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
1978 22 NYY AL 2.1 4 0 4 15.43 4.74 0.35 -0.39 99.8 4.00 -3 -0.3 .1 0.1 -0.2 -3 .425 .498 $
1979 23 NYY AL 85.1 44 0 29 3.06 4.77 0.14 -0.38 95.1 4.04 9 0.9 2.2 0.4 2.1 19 .521 .506 $ RoY-4
1980 24 NYY AL 131.0 53 0 50 3.44 4.59 -0.09 -0.37 98.1 4.23 11 1.2 1.1 -0.2 2.1 25 .522 .507 $
1981 25 NYY AL 73.0 43 0 22 2.71 4.21 0.15 -0.34 97.7 3.64 8 0.9 1.4 0.1 1.5 12 .520 .505 $200,000 AS
1982 26 MIN AL 106.0 63 0 53 4.50 4.53 0.31 -0.36 104.0 4.02 -5 -0.5 1.8 -0.4 0.0 6 .492 .497 $
1983 27 MIN AL 89.0 66 0 34 3.44 4.47 0.08 -0.36 105.1 4.24 8 0.8 2.1 0.3 1.9 17 .512 .505 $475,000
1984 28 MIN AL 83.0 64 0 44 4.77 4.48 0.57 -0.36 105.4 3.74 -9 -1.0 2.3 -0.8 -1.0 -1 .485 .494 $
1985 29 MIN AL 64.2 57 0 28 3.90 4.71 0.20 -0.37 104.9 4.35 3 0.3 2.0 0.1 1.0 10 .506 .502 $650,000
1986 30 MIN AL 38.2 36 0 42 9.78 4.75 -0.16 -0.37 102.2 4.64 -22 -2.1 1.2 -0.3 -2.1 -18 .440 .487 $725,000
1986 30 CHC NL 20.0 17 0 18 8.10 4.12 -0.46 -0.32 108.8 4.64 -8 -0.8 .9 -0.0 -0.7 -6 .452 .495 $
1987 31 CHC NL 32.1 21 0 23 6.40 4.57 -0.45 -0.35 102.2 4.78 -6 -0.6 .5 0.1 -0.2 -2 .470 .496 $285,027
1987 31 LAD NL 4.0 4 0 4 9.00 4.42 -0.43 -0.34 96.4 4.36 -2 -0.2 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .448 .499 $
1988 32 SFG NL 17.1 9 0 10 5.19 3.82 0.07 -0.30 97.2 3.34 -4 -0.4 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .455 .497 $
11 Seasons 746.2 481 0 361 4.35 4.53 0.11 -0.36 101.4 4.11 -20 -1.8 1.7 -0.5 4.2 56 .496 .499 $2,335,027
MIN (5 yrs) 381.1 286 0 201 4.74 4.56 0.25 -0.36 104.5 4.13 -25 -2.5 2.0 -1.1 -0.2 14 .491 .497 $1,850,000
NYY (4 yrs) 291.2 144 0 105 3.24 4.55 0.04 -0.36 97.1 4.02 25 2.7 1.5 0.4 5.5 54 .519 .504 $200,000
CHC (2 yrs) 52.1 38 0 41 7.05 4.40 -0.45 -0.34 104.7 4.72 -14 -1.4 .7 0.1 -0.9 -8 .462 .496 $285,027
SFG (1 yr) 17.1 9 0 10 5.19 3.82 0.07 -0.30 97.2 3.34 -4 -0.4 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .455 .497 $
LAD (1 yr) 4.0 4 0 4 9.00 4.42 -0.43 -0.34 96.4 4.36 -2 -0.2 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .448 .499 $

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
1980 24 NYY AL ALCS L KCR 0 0 2.25 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 15 1.000 6.8 2.3 2.3 6.8 3.00
1981 25 NYY AL ALDS W MIL 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 21 0.500 1.5 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1981 25 NYY AL ALCS W OAK 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 12 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
1981 25 NYY AL WS L LAD 0 0 23.14 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 4 8 6 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 17 3.857 15.4 3.9 19.3 15.4 0.80
2 Yrs (4 Series) 1 0 1.000 4.02 10 0 2 0 0 0 15.2 8 9 7 2 10 0 17 1 0 1 65 1.149 4.6 1.1 5.7 9.8 1.70
1 ALDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 21 0.500 1.5 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
2 ALCS 0 0 1.23 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 3 1 1 1 3 0 7 1 0 0 27 0.818 3.7 1.2 3.7 8.6 2.33
1 WS 0 0 23.14 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 4 8 6 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 17 3.857 15.4 3.9 19.3 15.4 0.80

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1981 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 9.0

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
1978 22 NYY AL 4 12 9 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 .333 .500 .667 1.167 .333 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
1979 23 NYY AL 44 357 321 29 84 16 3 5 9 2 28 43 .262 .320 .377 .697 .286 121 11 1 4 3 9 1
1980 24 NYY AL 53 544 491 50 121 15 6 9 4 4 32 65 .246 .296 .356 .652 .265 175 8 5 10 6 3 10
1981 25 NYY AL 43 285 253 22 47 8 0 6 4 3 25 83 .186 .256 .289 .545 .246 73 3 0 4 3 3 1
1982 26 MIN AL 63 458 406 53 106 12 7 16 19 3 47 89 .261 .338 .443 .781 .297 180 8 1 2 2 12 3
1983 27 MIN AL 66 382 334 34 89 19 1 6 16 5 33 84 .266 .332 .383 .716 .332 128 6 3 6 6 3 3
1984 28 MIN AL 64 364 312 44 79 11 3 11 6 0 41 74 .253 .338 .413 .751 .292 129 4 2 3 6 9 2
1985 29 MIN AL 57 285 239 28 55 6 4 7 9 0 35 72 .230 .333 .377 .710 .293 90 4 4 3 4 6 3
1986 30 MIN AL 36 198 162 42 55 14 2 7 2 1 29 30 .340 .449 .580 1.029 .381 94 3 4 2 1 8 1
1986 30 CHC NL 17 91 87 18 31 3 0 3 6 1 3 10 .356 .374 .494 .868 .373 43 1 0 0 1 0 0
1986 30 TOT MLB 53 289 249 60 86 17 2 10 8 2 32 40 .345 .425 .550 .975 .378 137 4 4 2 2 8 1
1987 31 TOT NL 25 169 148 27 50 7 1 8 1 4 18 32 .338 .408 .561 .969 .382 83 7 1 0 2 3 2
1987 31 CHC NL 21 144 131 23 43 6 1 8 0 4 12 31 .328 .382 .573 .954 .376 75 5 0 0 1 1 1
1987 31 LAD NL 4 25 17 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 .412 .560 .471 1.031 .412 8 2 1 0 1 2 1
1988 32 SFG NL 9 72 64 10 15 0 0 4 0 1 6 15 .234 .310 .422 .732 .244 27 0 1 1 0 0 0
11 Yrs 481 3217 2826 361 735 112 28 82 76 24 300 597 .260 .332 .407 .739 .299 1149 56 22 35 34 56 26
162 Game Avg. 68 455 400 51 104 16 4 12 11 3 42 84 .260 .332 .407 .739 .299 162 8 3 5 5 8 4
MLB Averages .260 .325 .389 .714 .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
1978 22 NYY AL -2.3 -0.2 13 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .17 -0.2 -0.3 -1.4 -0.1 0.17 -1.7 0 0 3
1979 23 NYY AL 12.7 1.3 371 2.2 11.2 -9.0 1.67 1.0 0.3 11.6 1.2 1.67 10.7 26 9 9
1980 24 NYY AL 13.8 1.4 563 0.7 8.5 -7.9 .85 0.8 -0.0 10.0 1.0 0.85 9.3 14 12 26
1981 25 NYY AL 8.4 0.9 293 1.2 7.3 -6.1 1.35 1.4 -0.5 15.7 1.7 1.35 17.2 16 14 12
1982 26 MIN AL 0.1 0.0 489 -0.5 11.9 -12.4 1.48 -0.2 -0.2 -0.4 -0.0 1.48 -3.1 33 16 13
1983 27 MIN AL 10.1 1.0 407 1.8 14.0 -12.2 1.99 0.0 0.9 6.6 0.6 1.99 1.6 42 10 14
1984 28 MIN AL -1.8 -0.2 377 -3.5 12.1 -15.5 2.09 -0.6 -1.0 -2.4 -0.2 2.09 -4.0 45 10 8
1985 29 MIN AL 6.0 0.6 305 0.1 9.0 -8.9 1.68 -0.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 1.68 0.6 33 13 9
1986 30 TOT MLB -26.4 -2.6 304 -3.2 4.4 -7.6 1.02 -2.3 -0.9 -26.7 -2.6 1.02 -25.1 14 8 26
1986 30 MIN AL -19.5 -1.9 206 -2.7 3.3 -6.0 1.18 -1.5 -0.7 -17.0 -1.6 1.18 -19.1 10 5 16
1986 30 CHC NL -6.9 -0.7 98 -0.5 1.1 -1.6 .68 -0.8 -0.0 -9.7 -0.9 0.68 -6.1 4 3 10
1987 31 TOT NL -6.6 -0.6 178 0.0 0.8 -0.8 .29 -1.4 1.5 -12.1 -1.2 0.29 -14.4 2 3 18
1987 31 CHC NL -5.2 -0.5 149 0.3 0.8 -0.5 .26 -1.1 2.1 -9.9 -0.9 0.26 -11.3 2 2 15
1987 31 LAD NL -1.4 -0.1 29 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 .50 -0.3 -0.2 -2.1 -0.2 0.50 -3.1 0 1 3
1988 32 SFG NL -2.6 -0.3 74 -0.3 0.3 -0.7 .35 0.1 -1.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.35 0.5 1 0 7
11 Yrs 11.6 1.3 3374 -1.6 79.6 -81.2 1.40 -1.6 0.4 -0.4 0.3 1.40 -8.4 226 95 145

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
1978 22 NYY AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 7 .167 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 2 1 3 1 0 1.8
1979 23 NYY AL 44 44 21 14 2 19 9 10 47% 21 2 47 16 34% 6 1.671 26 9 9 25 10 9 27 17 34 7 35 12 5.8
1980 24 NYY AL 53 53 29 9 3 9 7 2 78% 11 2 52 25 48% 6 .851 14 12 26 18 6 29 31 22 41 4 44 6 7.4
1981 25 NYY AL 43 43 22 4 5 8 6 2 75% 16 7 31 8 26% 7 1.352 16 14 12 23 8 12 24 19 28 6 29 7 5.1
1982 26 MIN AL 63 63 53 3 9 27 22 5 81% 28 1 68 24 35% 8 1.484 33 16 13 31 13 19 45 18 42 9 43 14 5.0
1983 27 MIN AL 66 66 61 5 8 33 30 3 91% 34 1 73 26 36% 8 1.986 42 10 14 35 16 15 51 15 35 16 36 18 4.0
1984 28 MIN AL 64 64 57 7 11 43 29 14 67% 44 1 67 20 30% 8 2.093 45 10 8 47 11 6 46 18 31 16 34 14 3.9
1985 29 MIN AL 57 57 50 2 6 28 25 3 89% 29 0 63 22 35% 9 1.678 33 13 9 32 9 16 41 16 20 21 24 14 3.4
1986 30 TOT MLB 53 53 33 2 8 6 2 4 33% 9 3 65 21 32% 1.024 14 8 26 9 6 38 31 22 21 21 24 10 3.3
1986 30 MIN AL 36 36 28 2 6 6 2 4 33% 8 2 51 15 29% 8 1.181 10 5 16 8 3 25 24 12 14 15 16 5 3.2
1986 30 CHC NL 17 17 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 14 6 43% 6 .681 4 3 10 1 3 13 7 10 7 6 8 5 3.5
1987 31 TOT NL 25 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 5 56% .292 2 3 18 2 1 22 4 21 13 5 13 1 4.4
1987 31 CHC NL 21 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 5 56% 6 .256 2 2 15 2 1 18 4 17 12 3 12 1 4.6
1987 31 LAD NL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .496 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 4 1 2 1 0 3.0
1988 32 SFG NL 9 9 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 .351 1 0 7 2 1 6 2 7 7 0 7 1 5.8 31
11 Yrs 481 481 340 47 53 173 130 43 75% 193 18 482 167 35% 1.397 226 95 145 226 81 174 304 177 273 108 290 97 4.7 31

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%
1978 22 NYY AL 12 50% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 16.7% 67% 2.50 75% 3 1 33%
1979 23 NYY AL 357 62% 1.4% 12.0% 7.8% 6.7% 29% 1.60 77% 65 11 17%
1980 24 NYY AL 544 51% 1.7% 12.0% 5.9% 5.5% 25% 1.08 78% 100 8 8%
1981 25 NYY AL 285 54% 2.1% 29.1% 8.8% 4.9% 30% 0.65 59% 52 3 6%
1982 26 MIN AL 458 52% 3.5% 19.4% 10.3% 7.6% 33% 0.65 66% 86 8 9%
1983 27 MIN AL 382 54% 1.6% 22.0% 8.6% 6.8% 29% 0.58 65% 82 6 7%
1984 28 MIN AL 364 47% 3.0% 20.3% 11.3% 6.9% 32% 0.62 64% 89 4 4%
1985 29 MIN AL 285 51% 2.5% 25.3% 12.3% 6.0% 31% 1.37 58% 67 4 6%
1986 30 TOT MLB 289 52% 3.5% 13.8% 11.1% 10.0% 34% 1.28 70% 77 4 5%
1986 30 MIN AL 198 47% 3.5% 15.2% 14.7% 11.6% 42% 1.00 64% 56 3 5%
1986 30 CHC NL 91 62% 3.3% 11.0% 3.3% 6.6% 19% 2.00 82% 21 1 5%
1987 31 TOT NL 169 52% 4.7% 18.9% 10.7% 9.5% 32% 1.64 65% 38 7 18%
1987 31 CHC NL 144 51% 5.6% 21.5% 8.3% 10.4% 35% 1.52 65% 31 5 16%
1987 31 LAD NL 25 60% 0.0% 4.0% 24.0% 4.0% 14% 2.67 68% 7 2 29%
1988 32 SFG NL 72 58% 5.6% 20.8% 8.3% 5.6% 27% 0.92 1.25 63% 12% 25.0% 36% 15 0 0%
11 Yrs 3217 53% 2.6% 18.6% 9.3% 6.9% 30% 0.92 0.95 68% 12% 25.0% 36% 674 56 8%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 13.7% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 8.2% 41% 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 32 SFG NL 72 282 3.92 178 63% 29% 15% 28% 28% 71% 0% 45% 79% 54% 3% 2 1 25% 18 13 1 13% 6 1 0 0 0
1 Yr 72 282 3.92 178 63% 29% 15% 28% 28% 71% 0% 45% 79% 54% 3% 2 1 25% 18 13 1 13% 6 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 57% 5% 19% 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
1978 22 NYY AL 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 23 NYY AL 357 84 5 0 9 4 1 3 2 31 12 3 39% 1 1 2 125 9 2 82% 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1980 24 NYY AL 544 121 9 0 15 2 7 2 7 28 15 4 54% 10 5 6 211 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 24 0
1981 25 NYY AL 285 47 6 0 7 5 1 1 5 17 5 4 29% 1 1 0 106 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1982 26 MIN AL 458 106 16 2 16 9 7 10 6 26 8 6 31% 3 5 1 207 19 3 86% 17 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 10 0
1983 27 MIN AL 382 89 6 0 16 3 3 3 3 27 12 5 44% 3 4 1 202 16 5 76% 14 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 15 0
1984 28 MIN AL 364 79 11 0 10 4 7 5 6 33 16 8 48% 2 8 0 189 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1985 29 MIN AL 285 55 7 1 14 4 3 2 5 21 11 4 52% 3 8 3 147 9 0 100% 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1986 30 TOT MLB 289 86 10 0 24 4 6 5 5 38 19 5 50% 1 4 0 130 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1986 30 MIN AL 198 55 7 0 24 2 5 4 3 28 13 4 46% 1 4 0 93 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1986 30 CHC NL 91 31 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 10 6 1 60% 0 0 0 37 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1987 31 TOT NL 169 50 8 0 7 3 5 5 3 16 6 1 38% 2 3 1 64 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1987 31 CHC NL 144 43 8 0 4 3 5 5 3 9 4 1 44% 1 1 0 55 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1987 31 LAD NL 25 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 29% 1 2 1 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1988 32 SFG NL 72 15 2 0 4 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 1 0 50% 0 0 1 26 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Yrs 3217 735 2 0 82 3 118 42 40 38 44 242 106 40 44% 26 39 16 1411 76 24 76% 66 22 10 0 0 2 4 2 121 0
MLB Averages 53% 67%

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+
1978 22 0 0 11.57 4 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 37 2.571 11.6 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.00 37
1979 23 14 2 .875 3.08 48 0 23 0 0 9 87.2 87 33 30 5 31 9 43 1 0 1 369 133 1.346 8.9 0.5 3.2 4.4 1.39 133
1980 24 23 5 .821 3.00 101 0 52 0 0 16 218.2 208 83 73 14 63 12 108 6 1 6 913 133 1.239 8.6 0.6 2.6 4.4 1.71 133
1981 25 27 10 .730 2.93 144 0 74 0 0 22 291.2 255 105 95 20 88 15 191 6 2 7 1198 133 1.176 7.9 0.6 2.7 5.9 2.17 133
1982 26 30 19 .612 3.33 207 0 127 0 0 44 397.2 361 158 147 36 135 27 280 7 3 12 1656 120 1.247 8.2 0.8 3.1 6.3 2.07 120
1983 27 35 27 .565 3.33 273 0 188 0 0 74 486.2 450 192 180 42 168 30 364 10 4 16 2038 121 1.270 8.3 0.8 3.1 6.7 2.17 121
1984 28 42 38 .525 3.51 337 0 245 0 0 103 569.2 529 236 222 53 209 39 438 12 4 24 2402 116 1.295 8.4 0.8 3.3 6.9 2.10 116
1985 29 44 44 .500 3.50 394 0 295 0 0 128 634.1 584 264 247 60 244 45 510 16 5 32 2687 117 1.305 8.3 0.9 3.5 7.2 2.09 117
1986 30 46 52 .469 3.94 447 0 328 0 0 130 693.0 670 324 303 70 276 53 550 20 6 36 2976 104 1.365 8.7 0.9 3.6 7.1 1.99 104
1987 31 46 52 .469 4.04 472 0 336 0 0 130 729.1 720 351 327 78 294 56 582 21 8 39 3145 102 1.390 8.9 1.0 3.6 7.2 1.98 102
1988 32 47 53 .470 4.05 481 0 340 0 0 130 746.2 735 361 336 82 300 56 597 22 8 39 3217 101 1.386 8.9 1.0 3.6 7.2 1.99 101

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
1978 22 0 0 13.50 2.0 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 3.000 13.5 13.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 4
1979 23 5 3 .625 3.22 81.0 87 32 29 5 29 41 1 1.432 9.7 3.2 4.6 1.41 0.6 44
1980 24 8 6 .571 3.26 127.0 125 51 46 9 33 63 5 1.244 8.9 2.3 4.5 1.91 0.6 53
1981 25 6 5 .545 3.46 104.0 78 44 40 10 41 118 0 1.144 6.8 3.5 10.2 2.88 0.9 43
1982 26 5 6 .455 4.72 101.0 107 59 53 16 47 85 1 1.525 9.5 4.2 7.6 1.81 1.4 63
1983 27 5 4 .556 3.45 86.0 89 37 33 6 33 81 3 1.419 9.3 3.5 8.5 2.45 0.6 66
1984 28 3 5 .375 4.84 80.0 80 48 43 11 42 71 2 1.525 9.0 4.7 8.0 1.69 1.2 64
1985 29 4 3 .571 3.52 64.0 55 28 25 7 35 71 4 1.406 7.7 4.9 10.0 2.03 1.0 57
1986 30 1 5 .167 9.00 56.0 86 62 56 10 32 38 4 2.107 13.8 5.1 6.1 1.19 1.6 53
1987 31 1 2 .333 6.09 34.0 49 26 23 8 18 30 1 1.971 13.0 4.8 7.9 1.67 2.1 25
1988 32 0 1 .000 6.19 16.0 16 12 11 4 6 14 1 1.375 9.0 3.4 7.9 2.33 2.3 9
11 Yrs 38 40 .487 4.34 751.0 775 402 362 86 319 612 22 1.457 9.3 7.3 1.92 1.0 481

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1981 *

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1979 AL  .875 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1981 AL  43 (5th)
1982 AL  63 (6th)
1983 AL  66 (3rd)
1984 AL  64 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1982 AL  22 (5th)
1983 AL  30 (3rd)
1984 AL  29 (5th)
1985 AL  25 (7th)
Career  130 (91st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1984 AL  8 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1982 AL  53 (4th)
1983 AL  61 (2nd)
1984 AL  57 (4th)
1985 AL  50 (9th)
Career  340 (82nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 19 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (639), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Danys Baez (956)
  2. Danny Graves (951)
  3. Ricky Bottalico (949)
  4. Randy Moffitt (948)
  5. Claude Raymond (947)
  6. Antonio Alfonseca (946)
  7. Don Elston (945)
  8. Ron Taylor (945)
  9. Tim Stoddard (944)
  10. Jack Baldschun (942)
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  1. Turk Farrell (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Roger McDowell (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Turk Farrell (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Steve Foucault (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Larry Sherry (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Baldschun (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Danny Graves (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Danys Baez (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Danys Baez (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: Ronald Gene Ron ronnie Davis

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