Jeff Dedmon

Jeffrey Linden Dedmon

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

Born: March 4, 1960 in Torrance, CA
High School: Narbonne HS (Harbor City, CA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1983
Teams (by GP): Braves/Indians 1983-1988

Final Game: September 29, 1988
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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
1980	20	ATL-min	Rk,A	4	4	.500	2.64	12	10		3	0	0	75.0	65	29	22	1	14	2	36	3	1	7			1.053	7.8	0.1	1.7	4.3	2.57	BVS,AND · GULF,SALL
1981	21	ATL-min	A	7	8	.467	4.31	28	27	0	6	3	0	165.0	178	97	79	19	50	0	115	7	2	16			1.382	9.7	1.0	2.7	6.3	2.30	DHM · CARL
1982	22	ATL-min	A	5	6	.455	2.74	31	14	7	4	1	2	121.1	113	57	37	11	54	1	102	4	0	9			1.376	8.4	0.8	4.0	7.6	1.89	DHM · CARL
1983	23	ATL-min	AA,AAA	6	3	.667	2.41	42	0	30	0	0	13	86.0	74	27	23	4	30	1	59	2	0	4			1.209	7.7	0.4	3.1	6.2	1.97	SAV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1983	23	ATL	NL	0	0		13.50	5	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	10	6	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	23	32	2.500	22.5	2.3	0.0	6.8
1984	24	ATL-min	AAA	1	2	.333	8.10	6	0	5	0	0	0	10.0	11	10	9	0	13	2	10	0	1	1			2.400	9.9	0.0	11.7	9.0	0.77	RMD · IL
1984	24	ATL	NL	4	3	.571	3.78	54	0	19	0	0	4	81.0	86	39	34	5	35	9	51	2	0	3	354	102	1.494	9.6	0.6	3.9	5.7	1.46
1985	25	ATL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.50	10	0	10	0	0	5	12.0	12	2	2	0	3	0	7	0	0	1			1.250	9.0	0.0	2.2	5.2	2.33	RMD · IL
1985	25	ATL	NL	6	3	.667	4.08	60	0	15	0	0	0	86.0	84	52	39	5	49	14	41	1	1	2	377	94	1.547	8.8	0.5	5.1	4.3	0.84
1986	26	ATL	NL	6	6	.500	2.98	57	0	22	0	0	3	99.2	90	43	33	8	39	5	58	4	2	3	424	133	1.294	8.1	0.7	3.5	5.2	1.49
1987	27	ATL	NL	3	4	.429	3.91	53	3	14	0	0	4	89.2	82	46	39	8	42	1	40	1	1	2	384	111	1.383	8.2	0.8	4.2	4.0	0.95
1988	28	CLE-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.35	17	2	5	0	0	1	41.1	56	30	20	4	11	1	24	1	0	0			1.621	12.2	0.9	2.4	5.2	2.18	CSP · PCL
1988	28	CLE	AL	1	0	1.000	4.54	21	0	12	0	0	1	33.2	35	20	17	3	21	1	17	3	1	2	157	91	1.663	9.4	0.8	5.6	4.5	0.81
1989	29	WSN-min	AAA	8	6	.571	2.71	51	1	19	0	0	2	83.0	71	32	25	3	33	3	41	4	1	8			1.253	7.7	0.3	3.6	4.4	1.24	INA · AA
6 Yrs				20	16	.556	3.84	250	3	82	0	0	12	394.0	387	206	168	30	186	30	210	11	5	12	1719	105	1.454	8.8	0.7	4.2	4.8	1.13
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.556	3.84	67	1	22	0	0	3	106	104	55	45	8	50	8	56	3	1	3	462	105	1.454	8.8	0.7	4.2	4.8	1.13

ATL (5 yrs)				19	16	.543	3.77	229	3	70	0	0	11	360.1	352	186	151	27	165	29	193	8	4	10	1562	106	1.435	8.8	0.7	4.1	4.8	1.17
CLE (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.54	21	0	12	0	0	1	33.2	35	20	17	3	21	1	17	3	1	2	157	91	1.663	9.4	0.8	5.6	4.5	0.81

NL (5 yrs)				19	16	.543	3.77	229	3	70	0	0	11	360.1	352	186	151	27	165	29	193	8	4	10	1562	106	1.435	8.8	0.7	4.1	4.8	1.17
AL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.54	21	0	12	0	0	1	33.2	35	20	17	3	21	1	17	3	1	2	157	91	1.663	9.4	0.8	5.6	4.5	0.81

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
1983	23	ATL	NL	4.0	5	0	6	13.50	4.38	-0.15	-0.34	107.3	4.50	-4	-0.4	.9	0.0	-0.4	-4	.417	.497	$
1984	24	ATL	NL	81.0	54	0	39	4.33	4.14	0.02	-0.32	107.5	4.09	-3	-0.3	.9	-0.1	0.2	6	.494	.498	$
1985	25	ATL	NL	86.0	60	0	52	5.44	4.12	-0.17	-0.32	105.7	4.19	-13	-1.4	1.4	-0.4	-1.1	-4	.477	.492	$150,000
1986	26	ATL	NL	99.2	57	0	43	3.88	4.28	-0.31	-0.33	105.4	4.48	6	0.7	1.6	0.0	1.6	16	.512	.504	$200,000
1987	27	ATL	NL	89.2	53	3	46	4.62	4.45	-0.26	-0.29	106.3	4.70	0	0.0	1.2	-0.1	0.6	10	.500	.500	$300,000
1988	28	CLE	AL	33.2	21	0	20	5.35	4.69	-0.28	-0.37	102.1	4.69	-2	-0.3	.6	-0.0	0.0	1	.488	.498	$350,000
6 Seasons				394.0	250	3	206	4.71	4.29	-0.20	-0.32	105.8	4.41	-16	-1.7	1.2	-0.7	0.9	26	.493	.498	$1,000,000

ATL (5 yrs)				360.1	229	3	186	4.65	4.25	-0.19	-0.32	106.2	4.38	-13	-1.4	1.3	-0.7	0.9	25	.494	.498	$650,000
CLE (1 yr)				33.2	21	0	20	5.35	4.69	-0.28	-0.37	102.1	4.69	-2	-0.3	.6	-0.0	0.0	1	.488	.498	$350,000

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
1983	23	ATL	NL	5	23	22	6	10	4	0	1	2	0	0	3	.455	.455	.773	1.227	.500	17	0	0	1	0	0	1
1984	24	ATL	NL	54	354	310	39	86	11	0	5	8	1	35	51	.277	.352	.361	.714	.316	112	14	2	5	2	9	8
1985	25	ATL	NL	60	377	318	52	84	12	3	5	8	1	49	41	.264	.363	.368	.731	.289	117	17	1	8	1	14	8
1986	26	ATL	NL	57	424	372	43	90	12	1	8	16	4	39	58	.242	.319	.344	.663	.266	128	9	4	7	2	5	9
1987	27	ATL	NL	53	384	334	46	82	13	2	8	18	2	42	40	.246	.327	.368	.695	.254	123	9	1	2	5	1	6
1988	28	CLE	AL	21	157	127	20	35	4	3	3	2	0	21	17	.276	.383	.425	.808	.291	54	4	3	3	3	1	0
6 Yrs				250	1719	1483	206	387	56	9	30	54	8	186	210	.261	.345	.372	.716	.284	551	53	11	26	13	30	32
162 Game Avg.				67	462	399	55	104	15	2	8	15	2	50	56	.261	.345	.372	.716	.284	148	14	3	7	3	8	9
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.392	.717	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1983	23	ATL	NL	-3.5	-0.4	25	-1.1	0.3	-1.4	1.30	-0.5	-0.4	-5.9	-0.6	1.30	-4.9	1	1	3
1984	24	ATL	NL	0.6	0.1	367	0.1	4.6	-4.6	.78	-0.2	0.3	2.5	0.3	0.78	-1.6	14	9	31
1985	25	ATL	NL	-5.6	-0.6	392	-1.2	6.6	-7.8	1.12	-0.4	-0.7	-7.5	-0.8	1.12	-3.2	27	7	22
1986	26	ATL	NL	7.7	0.8	454	1.1	9.5	-8.5	1.30	0.3	0.6	6.5	0.7	1.30	3.5	28	8	21
1987	27	ATL	NL	3.0	0.3	407	-1.1	6.8	-7.8	1.04	0.1	-1.1	-5.5	-0.5	1.04	-0.4	16	13	21
1988	28	CLE	AL	-2.0	-0.2	162	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	.48	-0.6	0.0	-9.0	-0.9	0.48	-5.8	2	5	12
6 Yrs				0.2	0.0	1807	-2.6	28.9	-31.4	1.02	-1.3	-1.2	-18.9	-1.8	1.02	-12.5	88	43	110

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
1987	27	ATL	NL	53	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	33.7	41	22	24	8	2	1	8.1	8.0	2.8
1 Yr				53	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	34	41	22	24	8	2	1	8.1	8.0	2.8
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-5					4.4	4.4	6.2	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1983	23	ATL	NL	5	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	0%	2	0	0	0		8	1.300	1	1	3	2	0	3	0	5	1	3	2	1	2.4
1984	24	ATL	NL	54	54	19	4	3	6	4	2	67%	9	3	30	9	30%	6	.784	14	9	31	10	7	37	17	37	32	15	32	11	4.5
1985	25	ATL	NL	60	60	15	6	3	4	0	4	0%	13	9	56	16	29%	6	1.119	27	7	22	17	12	31	29	31	32	12	34	15	4.3
1986	26	ATL	NL	57	57	22	6	6	11	3	8	27%	18	7	50	15	30%	7	1.298	28	8	21	20	12	25	32	25	38	10	43	11	5.2
1987	27	ATL	NL	53	50	14	3	3	9	4	5	44%	13	3	38	17	45%	7	1.038	16	13	21	16	6	28	24	26	31	10	33	10	4.9
1988	28	CLE	AL	21	21	12	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	26	13	50%	7	.484	2	5	12	1	1	19	16	5	11	5	11	3	4.8	26
6 Yrs				250	247	82	20	15	33	12	21	36%	56	22	200	70	35%		1.020	88	43	110	66	38	143	118	129	145	55	155	51	4.7	26

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%
1983	23	ATL	NL	23	57%	4.4%	13.0%	0.0%	21.7%	50%		3.50	78%				3	0	0%
1984	24	ATL	NL	354	47%	1.4%	14.4%	9.9%	4.5%	19%		2.55	72%				72	14	19%
1985	25	ATL	NL	377	52%	1.3%	10.9%	13.0%	5.3%	24%		2.61	72%				95	17	18%
1986	26	ATL	NL	424	56%	1.9%	13.7%	9.2%	5.0%	23%		2.38	73%				80	9	11%
1987	27	ATL	NL	384	52%	2.1%	10.4%	10.9%	6.0%	28%		1.64	76%				67	9	13%
1988	28	CLE	AL	157	67%	1.9%	10.8%	13.4%	6.4%	29%	1.33	2.36	70%	16%	10.3%	40%	42	4	10%
6 Yrs				1719	53%	1.8%	12.2%	10.8%	5.5%	25%	1.33	2.24	73%	16%	10.3%	40%	359	53	15%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.5%	8.5%	6.9%	30%	0.80	1.07	73%	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	28	CLE	AL	157	542	3.45	322	59%	24%	12%	28%	36%	76%	1%	45%	84%	55%	10%	15	10	15%	24	14	1	24%	3	4	0	0	0
1 Yr				157	542	3.45	322	59%	24%	12%	28%	36%	76%	1%	45%	84%	55%	10%	15	10	15%	24	14	1	24%	3	4	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
1983	23	ATL	NL	23	10			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	11	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	24	ATL	NL	354	86			5	1	9	1	4	3	2	16	10	3	63%	8	3	1	154	8	1	89%	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1985	25	ATL	NL	377	84			5	0	18	4	1	2	3	32	17	2	53%	8	2	3	166	8	1	89%	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	10	0
1986	26	ATL	NL	424	90			8	0	17	3	5	8	0	36	16	3	44%	9	3	3	169	16	4	80%	16	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	0
1987	27	ATL	NL	384	82			8	0	9	4	4	3	5	25	13	4	52%	6	2	2	152	18	2	90%	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
1988	28	CLE	AL	157	35	5	0	3	0	11	1	2	1	2	17	10	1	59%	0	2	0	76	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
6 Yrs				1719	387	5	0	30	1	64	13	17	18	12	126	66	13	52%	32	12	9	728	54	8	87%	52	7	2	1	0	0	4	0	53	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	23	0	0		13.50	5	0	0	0	4.0	10	6	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	23	32	2.500	22.5	2.3	0.0	6.8		32
1984	24	4	3	.571	4.24	59	0	19	4	85.0	96	45	40	6	35	9	54	2	0	3	377	92	1.541	10.2	0.6	3.7	5.7	1.54	92
1985	25	10	6	.625	4.16	119	0	34	4	171.0	180	97	79	11	84	23	95	3	1	5	754	93	1.544	9.5	0.6	4.4	5.0	1.13	93
1986	26	16	12	.571	3.72	176	0	56	7	270.2	270	140	112	19	123	28	153	7	3	8	1178	105	1.452	9.0	0.6	4.1	5.1	1.24	105
1987	27	19	16	.543	3.77	229	3	70	11	360.1	352	186	151	27	165	29	193	8	4	10	1562	106	1.435	8.8	0.7	4.1	4.8	1.17	106
1988	28	20	16	.556	3.84	250	3	82	12	394.0	387	206	168	30	186	30	210	11	5	12	1719	105	1.454	8.8	0.7	4.2	4.8	1.13	105

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1983	23	0	0		6.75	8.0	0	7	6	0	0	6	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	6.8		0.0	5
1984	24	4	4	.500	4.09	77.0	87	39	35	5	35	48	2	1.584	10.2	4.1	5.6	1.37	0.6	54
1985	25	4	4	.500	4.50	80.0	85	44	40	5	50	38	1	1.688	9.6	5.6	4.3	0.76	0.6	60
1986	26	6	4	.600	3.06	97.0	90	37	33	8	39	56	4	1.330	8.4	3.6	5.2	1.44	0.7	57
1987	27	5	4	.556	3.68	88.0	78	40	36	8	40	39	1	1.341	8.0	4.1	4.0	0.98	0.8	53
1988	28	1	2	.333	5.06	32.0	36	20	18	3	22	16	3	1.813	10.1	6.2	4.5	0.73	0.8	21
6 Yrs		20	18	.526	3.96	382.0	376	187	168	29	186	203	11	1.471	8.9		4.8	1.09	0.7	250

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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