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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 (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-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1976	20	CHC-min	A	8	8	.500	3.76	18	17					115.0	110	62	48	1	51								1.400	8.6	0.1	4.0			POM · FLOR
1977	21	CHC-min	A	8	7	.533	4.14	21	18		5	0	0	111.0	119	63	51	4	59	3	58	4	1	7			1.604	9.6	0.3	4.8	4.7	0.98	POM · FLOR
1978	22	CHC-NYY-min	AA	12	5	.706	4.08	33	11		3	0	5	128.0	121	65	58	9	65	3	84	4	1	9			1.453	8.5	0.6	4.6	5.9	1.29	MDL,WHA · TL,EL
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-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.26	11	0		0	0	5	19.0	13	9	9	1	15	2	10	1	0	2			1.474	6.2	0.5	7.1	4.7	0.67	CLB · IL
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	129	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	LAD-CHC-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.76	8	1	2	0	0	0	11.1	8	7	6	1	10	0	8	2	0	0			1.588	6.4	0.8	7.9	6.4	0.80	ABQ,IWA · PCL,AA
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-min	AAA	7	3	.700	2.72	42	0	25	0	0	6	43.0	35	19	13	3	26	0	38	8	1	4			1.419	7.3	0.6	5.4	8.0	1.46	PHX · PCL
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
1989	33	SFG-min	AAA	0	1	.000	2.96	17	0	0	0	0	0	24.1	18	8	8	0	16	0	27	1	0	1			1.397	6.7	0.0	5.9	10.0	1.69	PHX · PCL
1990	34	NYY-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.76	10	0	3	0	0	1	11.1	6	6	6	2	6	1	6	1	0	0			1.059	4.8	1.6	4.8	4.8	1.00	CLB · IL
11 Seasons				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)			AL	46	50	.479	3.82	430	0	323	0	0	130	673.0	639	306	286	67	273	53	540	20	5	36	2885	108	1.355	8.5	0.9	3.7	7.2	1.98
NL (3 yrs)			NL	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1978	22	NYY	AL	2.1	0	4	1	0	.2	-3	-0.2	$
1979	23	NYY	AL	85.1	0	29	50	2	1.6	21	2.0	$	RoY-4
1980	24	NYY	AL	131.0	0	50	79	-1	.9	29	1.8	$
1981	25	NYY	AL	73.0	0	22	38	1	1.3	16	1.5	$	AS
1982	26	MIN	AL	106.0	0	53	62	4	1.5	9	0.2	$
1983	27	MIN	AL	89.0	0	34	55	1	2.0	21	2.1	$
1984	28	MIN	AL	83.0	0	44	46	5	2.1	2	-0.6	$
1985	29	MIN	AL	64.2	0	28	40	2	1.7	12	0.9	$650,000
1986	30	MIN	AL	38.2	0	42	25	-1	1.2	-17	-2.2	$725,000
1986	30	CHC	NL	20.0	0	18	13	-1	.7	-5	-0.6	$
1987	31	CHC	NL	32.1	0	23	22	-2	.3	-1	-0.2	$
1987	31	LAD	NL	4.0	0	4	2	0	.5	-2	-0.1	$
1988	32	SFG	NL	17.1	0	10	8	0	.4	-2	-0.2	$
11 Seasons				746.2	0	361	441	10	1.4	80	4.4	$1,375,000

MIN (5 yrs)				381.1	0	201	228	11	1.8	27	0.4	$1,375,000
NYY (4 yrs)				291.2	0	105	168	2	1.2	63	5.1	$
CHC (2 yrs)				52.1	0	41	35	-3	.5	-6	-0.8	$
SFG (1 yr)				17.1	0	10	8	0	.4	-2	-0.2	$
LAD (1 yr)				4.0	0	4	2	0	.5	-2	-0.1	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1980	24	NYY	AL	ALCS	L	KCR	0		2.25	1	0	4.0	3	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	15	1.000	6.8	2.3	2.3	6.8	3.00
1981	25	NYY	AL	ALDS	W	MIL	1	1.000	0.00	3	1	6.0	1	0	0	0	2	6	0	1	21	0.500	1.5	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
1981	25	NYY	AL	ALCS	W	OAK	0		0.00	2	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	12	0.600	0.0	0.0	5.4	10.8	2.00
1981	25	NYY	AL	WS	L	LAD	0		23.14	4	1	2.1	4	8	6	1	5	4	0	0	17	3.857	15.4	3.9	19.3	15.4	0.80
2 Seasons (4 Series)							1	1.000	4.02	10	2	15.2	8	9	7	2	10	17	1	1	65	1.149	4.6	1.1	5.7	9.8	1.70
1 ALDS							1	1.000	0.00	3	1	6.0	1	0	0	0	2	6	0	1	21	0.500	1.5	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
2 ALCS							0		1.23	3	0	7.1	3	1	1	1	3	7	1	0	27	0.818	3.7	1.2	3.7	8.6	2.33
1 WS							0		23.14	4	1	2.1	4	8	6	1	5	4	0	0	17	3.857	15.4	3.9	19.3	15.4	0.80

Standard Batting

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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
1976	20	CHC-min	A	1	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0						POM · FLOR
1977	21	CHC-min	A	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		POM · FLOR
1978	22	NYY-CHC-min	AA	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0		WHA,MDL · EL,TL
1978	22	NYY	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1979	23	NYY-min	AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		CLB · IL
1979	23	NYY	AL	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	RoY-4
1980	24	NYY	AL	53	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	25	NYY	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1982	26	MIN	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	27	MIN	AL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	28	MIN	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	29	MIN	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	30	TOT	MLB	53	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	30	MIN	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	30	CHC	NL	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	31	LAD-CHC-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	ABQ,IWA · PCL,AA
1987	31	TOT	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	31	CHC	NL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	31	LAD	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1988	32	SFG-min	AAA	42	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250		0		0	0	0	0	PHX · PCL
1988	32	SFG	NL	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1989	33	SFG-min	AAA	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	PHX · PCL
1990	34	NYY-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
11 Seasons				481	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

MIN (5 yrs)				286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (4 yrs)				144	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				38	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				430	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				51	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1979	23	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1	RoY-4
1980	24	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1

1986	30	CHC	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1

1988	32	SFG	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
4 Seasons				6	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

NYY (2 yrs)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
SFG (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
CHC (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

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
1981	25	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1978	NYY	AL	22	P	4	2.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.86	0.25	.950	1.93	1.88	0	0		0
1979	NYY	AL	23	P	44	85.1	20	5	15	0	2	1.000	2.11	0.45	.949	1.92	1.89	9	2	18%	0	RoY-4
1980	NYY	AL	24	P	53	131.0	28	4	23	1	0	.964	1.85	0.51	.957	1.85	1.85	4	4	50%	1
1981	NYY	AL	25	P	43	73.0	9	4	5	0	0	1.000	1.11	0.21	.963	1.98	1.98	4	3	43%	1	AS
1982	MIN	AL	26	P	63	106.0	16	6	10	0	1	1.000	1.36	0.25	.958	1.80	1.80	19	3	14%	2
1983	MIN	AL	27	P	66	89.0	5	0	4	1	0	.800	0.40	0.06	.958	1.80	1.78	16	5	24%	0
1984	MIN	AL	28	P	64	83.0	12	4	8	0	0	1.000	1.30	0.19	.958	1.79	1.78	6	0	0%	0
1985	MIN	AL	29	P	57	64.2	8	3	5	0	1	1.000	1.11	0.14	.952	1.86	1.84	9	0	0%	0
1986	TOT	MLB	30	P	53	58.2	13	6	6	1	1	.923	1.84	0.23	.956	1.87	1.85	8	2	20%	0
1986	MIN	AL	30	P	36	38.2	10	5	5	0	1	1.000	2.33	0.28	.957	1.84	1.81	2	1	33%	0
1986	CHC	NL	30	P	17	20.0	3	1	1	1	0	.667	0.90	0.12	.953	1.93	1.94	6	1	14%	0
1987	TOT	NL	31	P	25	36.1	4	1	3	0	2	1.000	0.99	0.16	.955	1.91	1.90	1	4	80%	0
1987	CHC	NL	31	P	21	32.1	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	0.56	0.10	.955	1.92	1.90	0	4	100%	0
1987	LAD	NL	31	P	4	4.0	2	0	2	0	1	1.000	4.50	0.50	.955	1.80	1.90	1	0	0%	0
1988	SFG	NL	32	P	9	17.1	6	1	4	1	0	.833	2.60	0.56	.955	1.97	1.96	0	1	100%	0
	11 Seasons			P	481	746.2	122	35	83	4	7	.967	1.42	0.25	.956	1.86	1.84	76	24	24%	4
	11 Seasons			TOT	481	746.2	122	35	83	4	7	.967	1.42	0.25	.956	1.86	1.84	76	24	24%	4

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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 (90th)
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 (81st)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1981 AL 20.70 (5th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1981 AL 2.3 (5th)
Def. Games as P s c a p y 1981 AL 43 (5th) 1983 AL 66 (3rd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1979 AL 1.000 (1st) 1982 AL 1.000 (1st) 1984 AL 1.000 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 Ink	Pitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1104), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 19 (638), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Roger McDowell (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Turk Farrell (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Foucault (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Sherry (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Baldschun (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny Graves (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danys Baez (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danys Baez (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

January 7, 1976: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January).
June 12, 1978: the Chicago Cubs sent Ron Davis to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on June 10, 1978. June 10, 1978: The Chicago Cubs sent a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Ken Holtzman.
April 10, 1982: Traded by the New York Yankees with Paul Boris and Greg Gagne to the Minnesota Twins for Roy Smalley.
August 13, 1986: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Dewayne Coleman (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Julius McDougal (minors), Ray Fontenot and George Frazier.
August 4, 1987: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
August 13, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
March 19, 1988: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
May 11, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1981	25	New York Yankees	$200,000	2/14/81 TSN
1982	26	New York Yankees	$300,000	1983 TSN Guide	Player loss; asked $575K
1983	27	Minnesota Twins	$475,000	1984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database	Player win; $360,000 offer

1985	29	Minnesota Twins	$650,000	3/3/86 TSN
1986	30	Minnesota Twins	$725,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	31	Chicago Cubs	$285,027	Proofing corrections	Released in August 1987

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,635,027

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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