John Doherty
John Harold Doherty
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 11, 1967 in New York, NY
School: Concordia College
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 19th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1992
Final Game: April 15, 1996
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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
1992 25 DET AL 7 4 .636 3.88 47 11 9 0 0 3 116.0 131 61 50 4 25 5 37 4 0 5 491 102 1.345 10.2 0.3 1.9 2.9 1.48
1993 26 DET AL 14 11 .560 4.44 32 31 1 3 2 0 184.2 205 104 91 19 48 7 63 5 1 4 780 97 1.370 10.0 0.9 2.3 3.1 1.31
1994 27 DET AL 6 7 .462 6.48 18 17 1 2 0 0 101.1 139 75 73 13 26 6 28 3 0 4 454 75 1.628 12.3 1.2 2.3 2.5 1.08
1995 28 DET AL 5 9 .357 5.10 48 2 18 0 0 6 113.0 130 66 64 10 37 10 46 6 0 0 499 94 1.478 10.4 0.8 2.9 3.7 1.24
1996 29 BOS AL 0 0 5.68 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 8 10 4 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 34 89 1.895 11.4 1.4 5.7 4.3 0.75
5 Seasons 32 31 .508 4.87 148 61 30 5 2 9 521.1 613 316 282 47 140 28 177 19 1 13 2258 91 1.444 10.6 0.8 2.4 3.1 1.26
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .508 4.87 48 20 10 2 1 3 170 199 103 92 15 46 9 58 6 0 4 735 91 1.444 10.6 0.8 2.4 3.1 1.26
DET (4 yrs) 32 31 .508 4.86 145 61 29 5 2 9 515.0 605 306 278 46 136 28 174 18 1 13 2224 91 1.439 10.6 0.8 2.4 3.0 1.28
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 5.68 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 8 10 4 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 34 89 1.895 11.4 1.4 5.7 4.3 0.75

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1992 25 DET AL 47 491 457 61 131 13 1 4 4 4 25 37 .287 .328 .346 .674 .304 158 24 4 3 2 5
1993 26 DET AL 32 780 718 104 205 34 4 19 7 12 48 63 .286 .333 .423 .756 .291 304 25 5 5 4 7
1994 27 DET AL 18 454 413 75 139 30 0 13 0 4 26 28 .337 .374 .504 .878 .332 208 15 3 5 7 6
1995 28 DET AL 48 499 451 66 130 26 1 10 8 2 37 46 .288 .349 .417 .766 .302 188 13 6 3 2 10
1996 29 BOS AL 3 34 29 10 8 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 .276 .382 .414 .796 .280 12 1 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons 148 2258 2068 316 613 104 6 47 19 22 140 177 .296 .344 .421 .765 .304 870 78 19 16 15 28
162 Game Avg. 48 735 673 103 199 34 2 15 6 7 46 58 .296 .344 .421 .765 .304 283 25 6 5 5 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1992 25 DET AL 47 11 5 2 4 1 1 6 5 .545 0 1 0 0 7 64% 47 66 22 27 11 0 4 5.9 6.1 5.6 80 6 4 1 0 110
1993 26 DET AL 32 31 14 11 6 2 0 19 12 .613 1 2 3 2 14 45% 46 85 8 27 10 3 8 5.6 5.9 5.9 88 12 9 6 3 130
1994 27 DET AL 18 17 6 7 4 2 0 8 9 .471 0 3 2 0 6 35% 38 67 8 16 8 1 5 5.7 5.0 5.8 89 3 8 4 2 127
1995 28 DET AL 48 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 17 18 16 24 12 0 1 4.5 6.0 2.8 63 2 0 0 0 65
4 Seasons 145 61 25 22 14 5 1 33 28 .541 1 6 5 2 27 44% 43 85 8 94 41 4 18 5.6 5.7 5.7 86 23 21 11 5 130
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1992 25 DET AL 47 36 9 2 2 4 3 1 75% 14 10 33 11 33% 8 0.995 12 11 13 20 3 13 21 15 19 13 24 3 4.6 22
1993 26 DET AL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1.029 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 19
1994 27 DET AL 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.896 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 52
1995 28 DET AL 48 46 18 5 7 9 6 3 67% 14 5 27 7 26% 6 1.099 18 13 14 21 11 14 15 31 38 4 38 2 7.0 36
1996 29 BOS AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0.088 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 6.3 43
5 Seasons 148 87 30 7 9 13 9 4 69% 28 15 63 21 33% 0.996 30 25 31 41 14 32 38 49 62 17 67 5 6.0 30

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1992 25 DET AL 491 43% 0.8% 7.5% 5.1% 3.7% 14% 1.48 2.45 85% 20% 2.7% 12% 97 24 25%
1993 26 DET AL 780 53% 2.4% 8.1% 6.2% 7.3% 28% 1.33 2.11 82% 23% 7.5% 10% 148 25 17%
1994 27 DET AL 454 48% 2.9% 6.2% 5.7% 9.5% 31% 1.10 1.75 83% 23% 7.8% 10% 96 15 16%
1995 28 DET AL 499 52% 2.0% 9.2% 7.4% 7.4% 29% 0.96 1.24 80% 24% 5.9% 17% 97 13 13%
1996 29 BOS AL 34 56% 2.9% 8.8% 11.8% 5.9% 25% 1.17 1.67 74% 15% 10.0% 17% 4 1 25%
5 Seasons 2258 49% 2.1% 7.8% 6.2% 7.0% 26% 1.22 1.86 82% 22% 6.3% 12% 442 78 18%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1992 25 DET AL 491 1668 3.40 1043 63% 25% 8% 26% 41% 75% 2% 47% 89% 55% 5% 25 17 14% 67 22 5 51% 6 3 0 0 0
1993 26 DET AL 770 2646 3.44 1639 62% 27% 9% 24% 40% 72% 2% 45% 88% 54% 4% 34 14 17% 134 64 8 38% 10 14 10 0 2
1994 27 DET AL 454 1562 3.44 968 62% 26% 7% 27% 41% 74% 3% 46% 91% 56% 4% 19 7 14% 62 26 5 43% 3 7 0 0 0
1995 28 DET AL 490 1761 3.59 1083 61% 30% 6% 27% 37% 70% 6% 43% 91% 59% 6% 27 11 16% 76 33 3 70% 8 6 9 0 0
1996 29 BOS AL 25 85 3.40 49 58% 35% 4% 18% 43% 65% 0% 38% 94% 68% 12% 3 2 12% 3 2 0 50% 1 1 9 0 0
5 Seasons 2230 7722 3.46 4782 62% 27% 7% 25% 40% 73% 3% 45% 90% 56% 5% 108 51 15% 342 147 21 50% 28 31 28 0 2
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1992 25 DET AL 491 131 50 2 4 0 14 3 1 4 0 31 24 1 77% 13 5 1 182 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1993 26 DET AL 780 205 29 2 19 1 12 7 12 13 6 47 33 1 70% 11 4 0 267 7 12 37% 7 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 0
1994 27 DET AL 454 139 12 1 13 0 7 7 6 8 5 32 22 0 69% 5 4 1 185 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1995 28 DET AL 499 130 17 3 10 0 18 3 7 4 6 26 16 3 62% 3 0 0 194 8 2 80% 6 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 0
1996 29 BOS AL 34 8 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 3 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2258 613 108 8 47 1 54 21 26 30 17 137 96 5 70% 35 13 2 842 19 22 46% 17 20 2 1 0 1 3 1 39 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1992 25 7 4 .636 3.88 47 11 9 0 0 3 116.0 131 61 50 4 25 5 37 4 0 5 491 102 1.345 10.2 0.3 1.9 2.9 1.48 102
1993 26 21 15 .583 4.22 79 42 10 3 2 3 300.2 336 165 141 23 73 12 100 9 1 9 1271 99 1.360 10.1 0.7 2.2 3.0 1.37 99
1994 27 27 22 .551 4.79 97 59 11 5 2 3 402.0 475 240 214 36 99 18 128 12 1 13 1725 90 1.428 10.6 0.8 2.2 2.9 1.29 90
1995 28 32 31 .508 4.86 145 61 29 5 2 9 515.0 605 306 278 46 136 28 174 18 1 13 2224 91 1.439 10.6 0.8 2.4 3.0 1.28 91
1996 29 32 31 .508 4.87 148 61 30 5 2 9 521.1 613 316 282 47 140 28 177 19 1 13 2258 91 1.444 10.6 0.8 2.4 3.1 1.26 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
1992 25 5 7 .417 4.46 109.0 135 60 54 4 26 35 4 1.477 11.1 2.1 2.9 1.35 0.3 47
1993 26 8 11 .421 4.76 174.0 205 102 92 19 48 59 5 1.454 10.6 2.5 3.1 1.23 1.0 32
1994 27 5 10 .333 5.91 140.0 185 102 92 17 35 39 4 1.571 11.9 2.3 2.5 1.11 1.1 18
1995 28 5 8 .385 4.75 125.0 140 73 66 11 40 51 6 1.440 10.1 2.9 3.7 1.28 0.8 48
1996 29 0 0 3.86 7.0 8 3 3 1 4 3 1 1.714 10.3 5.1 3.9 0.75 1.3 3
5 Seasons 23 36 .390 4.98 555.0 673 340 307 52 153 187 20 1.488 10.9 3.0 1.22 0.8 148

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 AL--2.339--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
1993 AL--2--5th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Jason Davis (962)
  7. Bob McGraw (962)
  8. Joe Cascarella (961)
  9. Bill Long (961)
  10. Cy Moore (958)
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