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Jim Deshaies

James Joseph Deshaies

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 222 lb.

Born: June 23, 1960 in Massena, NY
High School: Massena HS (Massena, NY)
School: LeMoyne College (Syracuse, NY)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 21st round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1984
Teams (by GP): Astros/Twins/Padres/Giants/Yankees/... 1984-1995

Final Game: July 30, 1995
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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
1982	22	NYY-min	A-	6	5	.545	3.32	15	14	0	6	1	0	108.1	93	50	40	10	40	1	137	3	0	3			1.228	7.7	0.8	3.3	11.4	3.43	ONE · NYPL
1983	23	NYY-min	A	11	3	.786	2.52	20	19	1	5	2	0	117.2	105	44	33	5	58	1	128	2	2	2			1.385	8.0	0.4	4.4	9.8	2.21	FTL · FLOR
1984	24	NYY-min	AAA,AA	13	7	.650	2.49	25	25	0	10	4	0	180.2	132	65	50	12	91	5	159	2	4	4			1.234	6.6	0.6	4.5	7.9	1.75	CLB,NVL · IL,SOUL
1984	24	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	11.57	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	14	9	9	1	7	0	5	0	0	0	40	35	3.000	18.0	1.3	9.0	6.4	0.71
1985	25	NYY-min	AAA	8	6	.571	4.31	21	21	0	3	0	0	131.2	124	67	63	16	59	1	106	1	4	3			1.390	8.5	1.1	4.0	7.2	1.80	CLB · IL
1985	25	HOU	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10		0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
1986	26	HOU	NL	12	5	.706	3.25	26	26	0	1	1	0	144.0	124	58	52	16	59	2	128	2	7	0	599	110	1.271	7.8	1.0	3.7	8.0	2.17	RoY-7
1987	27	HOU	NL	11	6	.647	4.62	26	25	0	1	0	0	152.0	149	81	78	22	57	7	104	0	5	4	648	85	1.355	8.8	1.3	3.4	6.2	1.82
1988	28	HOU	NL	11	14	.440	3.00	31	31	0	3	2	0	207.0	164	77	69	20	72	5	127	2	6	1	847	111	1.140	7.1	0.9	3.1	5.5	1.76
1989	29	HOU	NL	15	10	.600	2.91	34	34	0	6	3	0	225.2	180	80	73	15	79	8	153	4	1	8	928	117	1.148	7.2	0.6	3.2	6.1	1.94
1990	30	HOU	NL	7	12	.368	3.78	34	34	0	2	0	0	209.1	186	93	88	21	84	9	119	8	3	3	881	99	1.290	8.0	0.9	3.6	5.1	1.42
1991	31	HOU	NL	5	12	.294	4.98	28	28	0	1	0	0	161.0	156	90	89	19	72	5	98	1	5	0	686	70	1.416	8.7	1.1	4.0	5.5	1.36
1992	32	SDP-min	AAA	6	3	.667	4.03	18	8	2	0	0	1	58.0	60	28	26	6	17	0	46	2	2	3	242		1.328	9.3	0.9	2.6	7.1	2.71	LVG · PCL
1992	32	SDP	NL	4	7	.364	3.28	15	15	0	0	0	0	96.0	92	40	35	6	33	2	46	1	2	1	395	110	1.302	8.6	0.6	3.1	4.3	1.39
1993	33	TOT	MLB	13	15	.464	4.39	32	31	1	1	0	0	184.1	183	94	90	26	57	1	85	7	4	1	770	98	1.302	8.9	1.3	2.8	4.2	1.49
1993	33	MIN	AL	11	13	.458	4.41	27	27	0	1	0	0	167.1	159	85	82	24	51	1	80	6	4	0	693	99	1.255	8.6	1.3	2.7	4.3	1.57
1993	33	SFG	NL	2	2	.500	4.24	5	4	1	0	0	0	17.0	24	9	8	2	6	0	5	1	0	1	77	94	1.765	12.7	1.1	3.2	2.6	0.83
1994	34	MIN	AL	6	12	.333	7.39	25	25	0	0	0	0	130.1	170	109	*107*	30	54	0	78	2	2	1	596	66	1.719	11.7	2.1	3.7	5.4	1.44
1995	35	PHI-min	AAA	7	8	.467	3.45	19	19	0	2	1	0	117.1	105	51	45	8	26	0	79	5	1	2	476		1.116	8.1	0.6	2.0	6.1	3.04	SWB · IL
1995	35	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	20.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	15	12	12	3	1	0	6	0	0	0	32	22	3.000	25.3	5.1	1.7	10.1	6.00
12 Yrs				84	95	.469	4.14	257	253	1	15	6	0	1525.0	1434	743	702	179	575	39	951	27	35	19	6432	91	1.317	8.5	1.1	3.4	5.6	1.65
162 Game Avg.				11	13	.469	4.14	34	34	0	2	1	0	203	191	99	94	24	77	5	127	4	5	3	858	91	1.317	8.5	1.1	3.4	5.6	1.65

HOU (7 yrs)				61	59	.508	3.67	181	178	0	14	6	0	1102.0	960	479	449	113	423	36	731	17	27	16	4599	97	1.255	7.8	0.9	3.5	6.0	1.73
MIN (2 yrs)				17	25	.405	5.71	52	52	0	1	0	0	297.2	329	194	189	54	105	1	158	8	6	1	1289	80	1.458	9.9	1.6	3.2	4.8	1.50
SFG (1 yr)				2	2	.500	4.24	5	4	1	0	0	0	17.0	24	9	8	2	6	0	5	1	0	1	77	94	1.765	12.7	1.1	3.2	2.6	0.83
PHI (1 yr)				0	1	.000	20.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	15	12	12	3	1	0	6	0	0	0	32	22	3.000	25.3	5.1	1.7	10.1	6.00
SDP (1 yr)				4	7	.364	3.28	15	15	0	0	0	0	96.0	92	40	35	6	33	2	46	1	2	1	395	110	1.302	8.6	0.6	3.1	4.3	1.39
NYY (1 yr)				0	1	.000	11.57	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	14	9	9	1	7	0	5	0	0	0	40	35	3.000	18.0	1.3	9.0	6.4	0.71

NL (10 yrs)				67	69	.493	3.72	203	199	1	14	6	0	1220.1	1091	540	504	124	463	38	788	19	29	18	5103	96	1.273	8.0	0.9	3.4	5.8	1.70
AL (3 yrs)				17	26	.395	5.85	54	54	0	1	0	0	304.2	343	203	198	55	112	1	163	8	6	1	1329	78	1.493	10.1	1.6	3.3	4.8	1.46

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
1984	24	NYY	AL	7.0	2	2	9	11.57	4.23	-0.29	0.14	97.2	4.53	-5	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-5	.276	.497	$
1985	25	HOU	NL	3.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.21	-0.15	-0.33	101.6	4.09	1	0.2	.2	-0.1	0.1	2	.580	.501	$
1986	26	HOU	NL	144.0	26	26	58	3.63	4.11	0.17	0.14	94.8	3.87	3	0.4		-0.1	1.5	18	.514	.502	$65,000	RoY-7
1987	27	HOU	NL	152.0	26	25	81	4.80	4.66	-0.16	0.17	96.8	4.83	-1	-0.1	.4	-0.1	1.1	17	.497	.500	$110,000
1988	28	HOU	NL	207.0	31	31	77	3.35	3.85	-0.21	0.13	95.7	4.00	14	1.7		-0.1	3.3	34	.555	.511	$205,000
1989	29	HOU	NL	225.2	34	34	80	3.19	3.86	0.14	0.14	97.1	3.74	14	1.6		-0.1	3.3	35	.548	.510	$470,000
1990	30	HOU	NL	209.1	34	34	93	4.00	4.28	-0.24	0.16	99.4	4.65	11	1.3		-0.1	2.7	34	.537	.508	$1,050,000
1991	31	HOU	NL	161.0	28	28	90	5.03	4.07	0.05	0.15	96.8	4.04	-19	-2.0		-0.1	-0.9	-4	.430	.488	$2,100,000
1992	32	SDP	NL	96.0	15	15	40	3.75	3.87	0.26	0.14	103.4	3.87	1	0.1		-0.1	0.7	9	.505	.501	$
1993	33	MIN	AL	167.1	27	27	85	4.57	4.71	-0.26	0.17	99.6	5.12	12	1.2		-0.1	2.6	31	.545	.507	$700,000
1993	33	SFG	NL	17.0	5	4	9	4.76	4.77	0.28	0.15	91.8	4.26	-1	-0.1	.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.475	.499	$
1994	34	MIN	AL	130.1	25	25	109	7.53	5.30	0.08	0.19	101.3	5.48	-30	-2.6		-0.1	-1.5	-17	.398	.484	$575,000
1995	35	PHI	NL	5.1	2	2	12	20.25	4.47	0.05	0.17	98.1	4.50	-9	-0.6		-0.0	-0.6	-9	.185	.496	$
12 Seasons				1525.0	257	253	743	4.38	4.28	-0.04	0.15	97.9	4.38	-9	0.6	.2	-0.9	11.9	144	.502	.500	$5,275,000

HOU (7 yrs)				1102.0	181	178	479	3.91	4.11	-0.05	0.14	96.9	4.18	24	3.1	.2	-0.6	11.1	135	.517	.503	$4,000,000
MIN (2 yrs)				297.2	52	52	194	5.87	4.97	-0.11	0.18	100.4	5.28	-18	-1.3		-0.2	1.1	13	.474	.496	$1,275,000
SFG (1 yr)				17.0	5	4	9	4.76	4.77	0.28	0.15	91.8	4.26	-1	-0.1	.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.475	.499	$
PHI (1 yr)				5.1	2	2	12	20.25	4.47	0.05	0.17	98.1	4.50	-9	-0.6		-0.0	-0.6	-9	.185	.496	$
SDP (1 yr)				96.0	15	15	40	3.75	3.87	0.26	0.14	103.4	3.87	1	0.1		-0.1	0.7	9	.505	.501	$
NYY (1 yr)				7.0	2	2	9	11.57	4.23	-0.29	0.14	97.2	4.53	-5	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-5	.276	.497	$

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
1984	24	NYY	AL	2	40	32	9	14	2	1	1	0	0	7	5	.438	.525	.656	1.181	.481	21	1	0	0	1	0	0
1985	25	HOU	NL	2	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	.125	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	26	HOU	NL	26	599	531	58	124	27	1	16	14	9	59	128	.234	.311	.379	.689	.277	201	4	2	4	3	2	5
1987	27	HOU	NL	26	648	579	81	149	26	3	22	18	14	57	104	.257	.322	.427	.749	.279	247	5	0	9	3	7	7
1988	28	HOU	NL	31	847	752	77	164	35	8	20	33	13	72	127	.218	.284	.366	.649	.233	275	8	2	8	13	5	11
1989	29	HOU	NL	34	928	829	80	180	37	6	15	27	6	79	153	.217	.287	.331	.617	.248	274	12	4	11	5	8	11
1990	30	HOU	NL	34	881	760	93	186	34	5	21	21	9	84	119	.245	.322	.386	.707	.261	293	9	8	17	12	9	7
1991	31	HOU	NL	28	686	602	90	156	36	5	19	21	14	72	98	.259	.336	.430	.766	.278	259	12	1	4	7	5	7
1992	32	SDP	NL	15	395	356	40	92	16	1	6	6	10	33	46	.258	.321	.360	.681	.281	128	7	1	3	2	2	5
1993	33	TOT	MLB	32	770	694	94	183	39	4	26	8	18	57	85	.264	.323	.444	.767	.266	308	14	7	5	7	1	4
1993	33	MIN	AL	27	693	625	85	159	34	3	24	8	15	51	80	.254	.313	.434	.747	.256	271	11	6	4	7	1	4
1993	33	SFG	NL	5	77	69	9	24	5	1	2	0	3	6	5	.348	.408	.536	.944	.355	37	3	1	1	0	0	0
1994	34	MIN	AL	25	596	530	109	170	39	5	30	18	8	54	78	.321	.382	.583	.965	.328	309	10	2	5	5	0	3
1995	35	PHI	NL	2	32	31	12	15	3	0	3	1	0	1	6	.484	.500	.871	1.371	.545	27	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				257	6432	5706	743	1434	294	39	179	167	101	575	951	.251	.320	.411	.730	.271	2343	82	27	66	58	39	60
162 Game Avg.				34	858	761	99	191	39	5	24	22	13	77	127	.251	.320	.411	.730	.271	312	11	4	9	8	5	8
MLB Averages																.260	.326	.394	.720	.288

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1984	24	NYY	AL	-5.7	-0.5	40	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	1.05	-0.4	-0.1	-5.8	-0.5	1.05	-4.5	0
1985	25	HOU	NL	1.4	0.2	10	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.12	0.2	-0.0	2.0	0.2	0.12	2.2	2
1986	26	HOU	NL	5.7	0.6	629	1.1	11.3	-10.1	1.02	-0.2	1.3	7.3	0.8	1.02	-0.3	0
1987	27	HOU	NL	-9.4	-0.9	689	-0.2	11.0	-11.2	.94	-0.7	0.5	-1.8	-0.2	0.94	-8.8	1
1988	28	HOU	NL	7.9	0.9	901	0.3	15.1	-14.8	1.00	0.0	0.2	9.4	1.1	1.00	2.8	0
1989	29	HOU	NL	13.7	1.5	972	2.1	16.7	-14.6	1.00	1.9	0.2	20.8	2.4	1.00	18.9	0
1990	30	HOU	NL	1.0	0.1	920	1.0	16.1	-15.0	1.05	0.3	0.7	6.4	0.7	1.05	3.4	0
1991	31	HOU	NL	-24.1	-2.4	728	-1.5	11.2	-12.6	.98	-0.9	-0.6	-16.5	-1.7	0.98	-11.5	0
1992	32	SDP	NL	2.7	0.3	415	0.7	7.5	-6.8	1.05	0.3	0.4	7.0	0.8	1.05	2.9	0
1993	33	TOT	MLB	0.4	0.0	803	-0.1	14.2	-14.3	1.00	0.2	-0.2	5.5	0.5	1.00	1.0	0
1993	33	MIN	AL	1.0	0.1	723	-0.0	12.7	-12.8	.99	0.4	-0.4	7.5	0.7	0.99	4.8	0
1993	33	SFG	NL	-0.5	-0.1	80	-0.1	1.4	-1.5	1.02	-0.2	0.1	-2.0	-0.2	1.02	-3.8	0
1994	34	MIN	AL	-31.4	-2.7	624	-2.4	10.1	-12.5	.95	-3.0	0.5	-25.1	-2.2	0.95	-35.0	0
1995	35	PHI	NL	-8.6	-0.7	34	-0.8	0.4	-1.2	.92	-0.6	-0.2	-7.8	-0.6	0.92	-6.9	0
12 Yrs				-46.4	-3.7	6765	-0.1	114.0	-114.2	1.00	-2.8	2.7	1.3	1.1	1.00	-35.7	3

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	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1984	24	NYY	AL	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	27.5	30	25	4	2	0	2	3.6	4.5	3.5

1986	26	HOU	NL	26	26	12	5	9	7	1	18	8	.692	2	3	1	1	10	38%	54.5	92	30	16	5	2	11	4.3	4.3	5.5
1987	27	HOU	NL	26	25	11	6	8	3	1	13	12	.520	2	4	1	0	12	48%	50.3	77	19	12	9	1	9	4.7	5.2	6.1
1988	28	HOU	NL	31	31	11	14	6	2	7	15	16	.484	2	4	3	2	20	65%	57.0	86	32	12	2	0	14	2.8	2.9	6.7	104	3	6	17	5	136
1989	29	HOU	NL	34	34	15	10	9	2	3	22	12	.647	4	5	6	3	21	62%	57.7	88	29	20	11	0	7	4.2	3.9	6.6	103	2	15	10	6	139
1990	30	HOU	NL	34	34	7	12	15	3	3	15	19	.441	4	3	2	0	18	53%	52.1	82	18	20	9	0	8	3.9	3.4	6.2	96	6	6	10	2	124
1991	31	HOU	NL	28	28	5	12	11	2	1	10	18	.357	5	2	1	0	13	46%	48.1	80	12	19	7	0	10	3.3	2.7	5.8	98	6	5	11	6	135
1992	32	SDP	NL	15	15	4	7	4	1	3	7	8	.467	1	0	0	0	9	60%	52.2	69	31	14	10	0	8	2.9	2.8	6.4	102	0	7	6	2	125
1993	33	TOT	MLB	32	31	13	15	3	4	7	15	16	.484	3	3	1	0	16	52%	0.0	76	21	23	11	2	12	4.2	3.6	5.9	94	5	10	14	1	128
1993	33	MIN	AL	27	27	11	13	3	3	7	13	14	.481	3	3	1	0	15	56%	49.6	76	21	18	11	2	9	4.2	3.7	6.2	99	2	9	14	1	128
1993	33	SFG	NL	5	4	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	.500	0	0	0	0	1	25%	45.0	62	30	5	0	0	3	4.5	3.4	4.1	61	3	1	0	0	87
1994	34	MIN	AL	25	25	6	12	7	3	2	10	15	.400	4	4	0	0	5	20%	38.4	75	9	22	15	1	7	5.6	5.5	5.2	90	3	12	8	0	119
1995	35	PHI	NL	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	21.5	22	21	2	1	0	1	3.4	7.2	2.7	66	1	1	0	0	80
11 Yrs				255	253	84	95	74	27	28	126	127	.498	27	30	15	6	124	49%	51	92	9	164	82	6	89	4.0	3.8	6.0	98	26	62	76	22	139
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	103	-14					4.4	4.4	6.1	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1985	25	HOU	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0%	3	.125	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	4.5

1987	27	HOU	NL	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	.939	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.0

1993	33	TOT	MLB	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%		.997	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	12
1993	33	SFG	NL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	8	1.020	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	12
3 Yrs				33	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%		.936	0	0	3	0	0	4	3	1	2	2	3	0	3.0	12

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%
1984	24	NYY	AL	40	20%	2.5%	12.5%	17.5%	10.0%	29%		1.14	68%				8	1	13%
1985	25	HOU	NL	10	40%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		0.40	80%				0	0
1986	26	HOU	NL	599	17%	2.7%	21.4%	9.9%	7.4%	36%		0.52	65%				90	4	4%
1987	27	HOU	NL	648	18%	3.4%	16.1%	8.8%	7.9%	34%		0.63	70%				102	5	5%
1988	28	HOU	NL	847	17%	2.4%	15.0%	8.5%	7.4%	38%	0.48	0.52	73%	15%	8.3%	43%	123	8	7%
1989	29	HOU	NL	928	16%	1.6%	16.5%	8.5%	6.3%	32%	0.56	0.67	72%	17%	4.4%	20%	148	12	8%
1990	30	HOU	NL	881	16%	2.4%	13.5%	9.5%	6.8%	32%	0.50	0.59	72%	21%	6.9%	29%	155	9	6%
1991	31	HOU	NL	686	19%	2.8%	14.3%	10.5%	8.8%	39%	0.46	0.55	72%	24%	7.5%	27%	108	12	11%
1992	32	SDP	NL	395	18%	1.5%	11.7%	8.4%	5.8%	25%	0.42	0.51	77%	24%	3.7%	23%	72	7	10%
1993	33	TOT	MLB	770	18%	3.4%	11.0%	7.4%	9.0%	38%	0.47	0.60	77%	21%	7.8%	19%	123	14	11%
1993	33	MIN	AL	693	18%	3.5%	11.5%	7.4%	8.8%	38%	0.46	0.58	76%	21%	8.0%	20%	108	11	10%
1993	33	SFG	NL	77	17%	2.6%	6.5%	7.8%	10.4%	33%	0.49	0.83	81%	23%	5.6%	16%	15	3	20%
1994	34	MIN	AL	596	14%	5.0%	13.1%	9.1%	12.4%	44%	0.63	0.87	72%	21%	13.3%	18%	108	10	9%
1995	35	PHI	NL	32	13%	9.4%	18.8%	3.1%	18.8%	40%	0.71	1.00	69%	28%	27.3%	21%	4	0	0%
12 Yrs				6432	17%	2.8%	14.8%	8.9%	8.0%	36%	0.50	0.60	72%	20%	7.5%	26%	1041	82	8%
MLB Averages					41%	2.2%	15.0%	8.7%	6.9%	30%	0.81	1.07	73%	21%	6.7%	20%			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	HOU	NL	851	3232	3.80	1961	61%	24%	14%	29%	33%	76%	1%	46%	81%	59%	6%	51	36	17%	141	63	5	22%	10	10	-4	2	3
1989	29	HOU	NL	902	3410	3.78	2064	61%	23%	16%	28%	33%	77%	1%	46%	78%	57%	6%	51	28	15%	134	52	2	21%	15	17	26	0	4
1990	30	HOU	NL	634	2367	3.73	1385	59%	22%	15%	28%	35%	78%	2%	46%	81%	54%	6%	39	24	12%	76	32	2	21%	9	9	247	1	2
1991	31	HOU	NL	691	2740	3.97	1596	58%	25%	13%	30%	32%	75%	1%	44%	83%	52%	6%	40	20	12%	80	27	3	18%	4	15	-5	0	0
1992	32	SDP	NL	396	1523	3.85	938	62%	25%	11%	30%	34%	75%	1%	46%	85%	60%	4%	15	8	15%	61	24	0	22%	8	5	-1	0	0
1993	33	TOT	MLB	749	2821	3.77	1675	59%	27%	12%	25%	36%	73%	0%	43%	84%	57%	4%	29	18	13%	100	37	1	21%	7	10	21	0	0
1993	33	MIN	AL	671	2565	3.82	1526	59%	27%	12%	26%	35%	73%	0%	43%	84%	58%	4%	24	16	13%	89	31	1	23%	6	7	22	0	0
1993	33	SFG	NL	78	256	3.28	149	58%	27%	11%	19%	44%	73%	0%	43%	85%	47%	6%	5	2	14%	11	6	0	0%	1	3	-1	0	0
1994	34	MIN	AL	548	2073	3.78	1196	58%	27%	12%	26%	35%	73%	0%	42%	84%	53%	6%	35	24	11%	62	25	3	26%	11	11	48	0	2
1995	35	PHI	NL	32	132	4.13	83	63%	28%	13%	29%	30%	72%	0%	45%	82%	56%	6%	2	2	13%	4	1	1	17%	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				4803	18298	3.81	10898	60%	25%	14%	28%	34%	75%	1%	45%	82%	56%	5%	262	160	14%	658	261	17	21%	64	77	332	3	11
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			19%				27%

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
1984	24	NYY	AL	40	14			1	0	3	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	33%	0	0	0	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1985	25	HOU	NL	10	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	26	HOU	NL	599	124			16	0	8	13	3	11	5	26	13	5	50%	5	0	0	195	14	9	61%	11	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	13	0
1987	27	HOU	NL	648	149			22	0	4	20	2	4	18	23	10	7	43%	7	4	0	233	18	14	56%	16	11	2	2	0	1	5	4	14	0
1988	28	HOU	NL	847	164	16	5	20	0	9	14	6	13	7	39	20	4	51%	11	1	2	280	33	13	72%	26	12	7	1	0	0	5	3	23	0
1989	29	HOU	NL	928	180	26	1	15	0	21	15	0	9	6	44	15	12	34%	11	8	0	311	27	6	82%	20	6	6	0	1	0	6	4	17	0
1990	30	HOU	NL	881	186	28	4	21	0	19	20	1	8	13	55	26	6	47%	7	3	1	310	21	9	70%	18	9	3	0	0	0	6	3	27	0
1991	31	HOU	NL	686	156	53	4	19	1	12	15	4	4	15	41	16	4	39%	7	0	1	220	21	14	60%	17	13	3	0	1	1	2	0	17	0
1992	32	SDP	NL	395	92	48	6	6	0	8	5	1	5	1	19	10	1	53%	5	1	0	142	6	10	38%	5	7	1	3	0	0	2	0	6	0
1993	33	TOT	MLB	770	183	16	4	26	0	10	23	3	9	17	27	15	5	56%	4	1	2	240	8	18	31%	6	17	2	1	0	0	1	1	20	0
1993	33	MIN	AL	693	159	16	4	24	0	9	21	3	9	15	23	12	5	52%	4	0	2	211	8	15	35%	6	14	2	1	0	0	1	1	18	0
1993	33	SFG	NL	77	24	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	3	0	75%	0	1	0	29	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1994	34	MIN	AL	596	170	11	1	30	0	10	26	4	19	11	35	18	6	51%	3	1	0	217	18	8	69%	13	7	5	1	0	0	5	3	10	0
1995	35	PHI	NL	32	15	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	1	2	2	0	1	0%	0	0	1	14	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12 Yrs				6432	1434	199	26	179	1	104	154	25	84	95	314	144	51	46%	60	19	7	2182	167	101	62%	132	90	33	9	2	2	32	18	150	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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+
1984	24	0	1	.000	11.57	2	2	0	0	0	7.0	14	9	9	1	7	0	5	0	0	0	40	35	3.000	18.0	1.3	9.0	6.4	0.71	35
1985	25	0	1	.000	8.10	4	2	0	0	0	10.0	15	9	9	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	50	49	2.200	13.5	0.9	6.3	6.3	1.00	49
1986	26	12	6	.667	3.56	30	28	0	1	1	154.0	139	67	61	17	66	2	135	2	7	0	649	101	1.331	8.1	1.0	3.9	7.9	2.05	101
1987	27	23	12	.657	4.09	56	53	0	2	1	306.0	288	148	139	39	123	9	239	2	12	4	1297	92	1.343	8.5	1.1	3.6	7.0	1.94	92
1988	28	34	26	.567	3.65	87	84	0	5	3	513.0	452	225	208	59	195	14	366	4	18	5	2144	98	1.261	7.9	1.0	3.4	6.4	1.88	98
1989	29	49	36	.576	3.42	121	118	0	11	6	738.2	632	305	281	74	274	22	519	8	19	13	3072	103	1.227	7.7	0.9	3.3	6.3	1.89	103
1990	30	56	48	.538	3.50	155	152	0	13	6	948.0	818	398	369	95	358	31	638	16	22	16	3953	102	1.241	7.8	0.9	3.4	6.1	1.78	102
1991	31	61	60	.504	3.72	183	180	0	14	6	1109.0	974	488	458	114	430	36	736	17	27	16	4639	96	1.266	7.9	0.9	3.5	6.0	1.71	96
1992	32	65	67	.492	3.68	198	195	0	14	6	1205.0	1066	528	493	120	463	38	782	18	29	17	5034	97	1.269	8.0	0.9	3.5	5.8	1.69	97
1993	33	78	82	.488	3.78	230	226	1	15	6	1389.1	1249	622	583	146	520	39	867	25	33	18	5804	97	1.273	8.1	0.9	3.4	5.6	1.67	97
1994	34	84	94	.472	4.09	255	251	1	15	6	1519.2	1419	731	690	176	574	39	945	27	35	19	6400	92	1.311	8.4	1.0	3.4	5.6	1.65	92
1995	35	84	95	.469	4.14	257	253	1	15	6	1525.0	1434	743	702	179	575	39	951	27	35	19	6432	91	1.317	8.5	1.1	3.4	5.6	1.65	91

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
1984	24	0	0		15.00	6.0	15	11	10	1	8	4	0	3.833	22.5	12.0	6.0	0.50	1.5	2
1985	25	0	0		0.00	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	6.0		0.0	2
1986	26	8	7	.533	3.80	135.0	130	63	57	17	62	120	2	1.422	8.7	4.1	8.0	1.94	1.1	26
1987	27	6	10	.375	4.84	147.0	150	88	79	22	57	101	0	1.408	9.2	3.5	6.2	1.77	1.3	26
1988	28	11	10	.524	3.77	196.0	179	91	82	22	79	120	2	1.316	8.2	3.6	5.5	1.52	1.0	31
1989	29	13	10	.565	3.52	215.0	193	93	84	16	85	146	4	1.293	8.1	3.6	6.1	1.72	0.7	34
1990	30	10	12	.455	4.27	198.0	192	104	94	22	87	113	8	1.409	8.7	4.0	5.1	1.30	1.0	34
1991	31	5	11	.313	6.24	147.0	167	113	102	20	77	89	1	1.660	10.2	4.7	5.4	1.16	1.2	28
1992	32	4	5	.444	4.03	87.0	97	43	39	6	35	42	1	1.517	10.0	3.6	4.3	1.20	0.6	15
1993	33	8	11	.421	4.71	174.0	184	101	91	26	57	80	7	1.385	9.5	2.9	4.1	1.40	1.3	32
1994	34	5	15	.250	6.76	181.0	228	151	136	40	72	109	3	1.657	11.3	3.6	5.4	1.51	2.0	25
1995	35	0	0		19.50	6.0	17	14	13	3	1	7	0	3.000	25.5	1.5	10.5	7.00	4.5	2
12 Yrs		70	91	.435	4.74	1495.0	1552	872	787	195	620	933	28	1.453	9.3		5.6	1.50	1.2	257

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 2001 BBWAA ( 0.2%)	Wins s c a p y 1989 NL 15 (10th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1986 NL .706 (5th) 1987 NL .647 (3rd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1988 NL 7.130 (8th) 1989 NL 7.179 (9th)
Games Started s c a p y 1989 NL 34 (4th) 1990 NL 34 (4th) 1994 AL 25 (1st)	Shutouts s c a p y 1989 NL 3 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1988 NL 20 (7th) 1990 NL 21 (5th) 1991 NL 19 (7th) 1994 AL 30 (1st)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1990 NL 84 (4th)
Hits s c a p y 1994 AL 170 (9th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1989 NL 0.598 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1988 NL 14 (6th) 1994 AL 12 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1991 NL 89 (8th) 1994 AL 107 (1st)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1990 NL 8 (2nd)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1989 NL 20.83 (10th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1989 NL 2.4 (10th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 18 (1146), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Woodie Fryman (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Woodie Fryman (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry McWilliams (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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