Richard Dotson
Richard Elliott Dotson (Rich)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 204 lb.

Born: January 10, 1959 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Anderson (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1979
Final Game: June 5, 1990
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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
1979 20 CHW AL 2 0 1.000 3.70 5 5 0 1 1 0 24.1 28 13 10 0 6 0 13 0 0 0 107 116 1.397 10.4 0.0 2.2 4.8 2.17
1980 21 CHW AL 12 10 .545 4.27 33 32 1 8 0 0 198.0 185 105 94 20 87 2 109 6 2 6 863 95 1.374 8.4 0.9 4.0 5.0 1.25 RoY-7
1981 22 CHW AL 9 8 .529 3.77 24 24 0 5 4 0 141.0 145 67 59 13 49 0 73 4 2 3 599 95 1.376 9.3 0.8 3.1 4.7 1.49
1982 23 CHW AL 11 15 .423 3.84 34 31 3 3 1 0 196.2 219 97 84 19 73 4 109 5 1 2 867 105 1.485 10.0 0.9 3.3 5.0 1.49
1983 24 CHW AL 22 7 .759 3.22 35 35 0 8 1 0 240.0 209 92 86 19 106 1 137 8 0 7 997 130 1.313 7.8 0.7 4.0 5.1 1.29 CYA-4,MVP-20
1984 25 CHW AL 14 15 .483 3.59 32 32 0 14 1 0 245.2 216 110 98 24 103 5 120 7 1 4 1035 116 1.299 7.9 0.9 3.8 4.4 1.17 AS
1985 26 CHW AL 3 4 .429 4.47 9 9 0 0 0 0 52.1 53 30 26 5 17 1 33 3 0 0 226 97 1.338 9.1 0.9 2.9 5.7 1.94
1986 27 CHW AL 10 17 .370 5.48 34 34 0 3 1 0 197.0 226 125 120 24 69 2 110 2 0 10 861 79 1.497 10.3 1.1 3.2 5.0 1.59
1987 28 CHW AL 11 12 .478 4.17 31 31 0 7 2 0 211.1 201 109 98 24 86 2 114 0 0 5 900 110 1.358 8.6 1.0 3.7 4.9 1.33
1988 29 NYY AL 12 9 .571 5.00 32 29 0 4 0 0 171.0 178 103 95 27 72 3 77 4 3 3 755 80 1.462 9.4 1.4 3.8 4.1 1.07
1989 30 TOT AL 5 12 .294 4.46 28 26 2 2 0 0 151.1 181 84 75 16 58 3 69 1 3 2 685 86 1.579 10.8 1.0 3.4 4.1 1.19
1989 30 NYY AL 2 5 .286 5.57 11 9 2 1 0 0 51.2 69 33 32 8 17 0 14 1 3 0 239 69 1.665 12.0 1.4 3.0 2.4 0.82
1989 30 CHW AL 3 7 .300 3.88 17 17 0 1 0 0 99.2 112 51 43 8 41 3 55 0 0 2 446 98 1.535 10.1 0.7 3.7 5.0 1.34
1990 31 KCR AL 0 4 .000 8.48 8 7 1 0 0 0 28.2 43 29 27 3 14 1 9 0 0 4 139 45 1.988 13.5 0.9 4.4 2.8 0.64
12 Seasons 111 113 .496 4.23 305 295 7 55 11 0 1857.1 1884 964 872 194 740 24 973 40 12 46 8034 98 1.413 9.1 0.9 3.6 4.7 1.31
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .496 4.23 35 33 1 6 1 0 210 214 109 99 22 84 3 110 5 1 5 911 98 1.413 9.1 0.9 3.6 4.7 1.31
CHW (10 yrs) 97 95 .505 4.02 254 250 4 50 11 0 1606.0 1594 799 718 156 637 20 873 35 6 39 6901 103 1.389 8.9 0.9 3.6 4.9 1.37
NYY (2 yrs) 14 14 .500 5.13 43 38 2 5 0 0 222.2 247 136 127 35 89 3 91 5 6 3 994 77 1.509 10.0 1.4 3.6 3.7 1.02
KCR (1 yr) 0 4 .000 8.48 8 7 1 0 0 0 28.2 43 29 27 3 14 1 9 0 0 4 139 45 1.988 13.5 0.9 4.4 2.8 0.64

Postseason Pitching

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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
1983 24 CHW AL ALCS L BAL 0 1 .000 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 6 6 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 23 1.800 10.8 1.8 5.4 5.4 1.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 6 6 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 23 1.800 10.8 1.8 5.4 5.4 1.00

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1984 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00

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
1979 20 CHW AL 5 107 98 13 28 3 2 0 3 1 6 13 .286 .321 .357 .678 .322 35 3 0 1 2 0
1980 21 CHW AL 33 863 748 105 185 27 6 20 26 6 87 109 .247 .328 .380 .708 .264 284 14 6 15 7 2
1981 22 CHW AL 24 599 537 67 145 21 4 13 15 7 49 73 .270 .333 .397 .729 .289 213 16 4 4 5 0
1982 23 CHW AL 34 867 776 97 219 41 4 19 21 8 73 109 .282 .345 .419 .764 .306 325 16 5 7 6 4
1983 24 CHW AL 35 997 872 92 209 34 3 19 29 5 106 137 .240 .325 .351 .676 .263 306 33 8 4 7 1
1984 25 CHW AL 32 1035 907 110 216 33 12 24 21 8 103 120 .238 .317 .380 .698 .248 345 29 7 8 10 5
1985 26 CHW AL 9 226 203 30 53 4 3 5 5 3 17 33 .261 .324 .384 .709 .287 78 2 3 1 2 1
1986 27 CHW AL 34 861 782 125 226 34 4 24 20 6 69 110 .289 .347 .435 .781 .310 340 20 2 4 4 2
1987 28 CHW AL 31 900 807 109 201 35 7 24 2 9 86 114 .249 .320 .399 .719 .263 322 19 0 4 3 2
1988 29 NYY AL 32 755 669 103 178 37 4 27 10 2 72 77 .266 .338 .454 .792 .264 304 11 4 3 7 3
1989 30 CHW AL 17 446 397 51 112 21 5 8 7 3 41 55 .282 .348 .421 .768 .310 167 8 0 6 2 3
1989 30 NYY AL 11 239 218 33 69 11 5 8 2 0 17 14 .317 .366 .523 .888 .308 114 5 1 1 2 0
1989 30 TOT AL 28 685 615 84 181 32 10 16 9 3 58 69 .294 .354 .457 .811 .309 281 13 1 7 4 3
1990 31 KCR AL 8 139 121 29 43 12 3 3 1 1 14 9 .355 .410 .579 .989 .354 70 2 0 0 4 1
12 Seasons 305 8034 7135 964 1884 313 62 194 162 59 740 973 .264 .334 .407 .741 .280 2903 178 40 58 61 24
162 Game Avg. 35 911 809 109 214 35 7 22 18 7 84 110 .264 .334 .407 .741 .280 329 20 5 7 7 3
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
1979 20 CHW AL 5 5 2 0 3 0 0 4 1 .800 1 2 1 1 2 40% 49 79 20 6 2 0 3 6.0 5.3 4.9
1980 21 CHW AL 33 32 12 10 10 0 1 17 15 .531 1 3 8 0 14 44% 49 80 16 28 9 5 13 4.6 4.6 6.1
1981 22 CHW AL 24 24 9 8 7 3 1 14 10 .583 2 1 5 4 9 38% 50 80 23 20 6 3 6 5.7 5.5 5.9
1982 23 CHW AL 34 31 11 15 5 2 6 13 18 .419 0 4 3 1 16 52% 49 80 23 36 7 8 7 4.2 3.9 6.2
1983 24 CHW AL 35 35 22 7 6 5 4 27 8 .771 1 4 8 1 21 60% 55 80 21 26 8 2 5 6.0 4.8 6.9
1984 25 CHW AL 32 32 14 15 3 1 4 16 16 .500 1 1 14 1 17 53% 54 82 14 14 5 0 11 4.3 4.2 7.7
1985 26 CHW AL 9 9 3 4 2 0 0 4 5 .444 0 1 0 0 5 56% 49 66 19 6 1 0 6 3.2 3.4 5.8
1986 27 CHW AL 34 34 10 17 7 3 4 14 20 .412 4 3 3 1 14 41% 45 83 15 35 17 1 12 3.9 4.0 5.8
1987 28 CHW AL 31 31 11 12 8 3 3 12 19 .387 3 2 7 2 15 48% 51 79 21 28 15 0 9 4.0 3.9 6.8
1988 29 NYY AL 32 29 12 9 8 5 1 19 10 .655 1 2 4 0 11 38% 45 77 17 41 14 2 13 5.8 6.5 5.7 88 10 9 8 2 127
1989 30 TOT AL 28 26 5 12 9 0 5 11 15 .423 3 2 2 0 15 58% 46 77 22 24 8 1 15 4.3 4.0 5.7 91 8 6 8 4 123
1989 30 NYY AL 11 9 2 5 2 0 1 3 6 .333 2 0 1 0 5 56% 43 64 22 6 2 0 4 4.3 4.0 5.4 85 4 2 2 1 122
1989 30 CHW AL 17 17 3 7 7 0 4 8 9 .471 1 2 1 0 10 59% 48 77 22 18 6 1 11 4.3 3.9 5.9 94 4 4 6 3 123
1990 31 KCR AL 8 7 0 4 3 0 0 3 4 .429 0 2 0 0 0 0% 35 49 24 11 2 1 5 4.1 2.4 3.8 66 4 3 0 0 93
12 Seasons 305 295 111 113 71 22 29 154 141 .522 17 27 55 11 139 47% 49 83 14 275 94 23 105 4.7 4.5 6.2 87 22 18 16 6 127
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
1980 21 CHW AL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.046 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1982 23 CHW AL 34 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 1.045 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 3.0
1988 29 NYY AL 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0.857 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 6.7 34
1989 30 TOT AL 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.038 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 37
1989 30 NYY AL 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.960 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 37
1990 31 KCR AL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.820 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 27
5 Seasons 118 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 0.978 1 1 7 1 2 7 3 7 6 2 6 0 5.0 34

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%
1979 20 CHW AL 107 50% 0.0% 12.2% 5.6% 4.7% 18% 0.90 81% 24 3 13%
1980 21 CHW AL 863 57% 2.3% 12.6% 10.1% 6.1% 29% 1.30 73% 145 14 10%
1981 22 CHW AL 599 53% 2.2% 12.2% 8.2% 6.3% 26% 0.99 76% 117 16 14%
1982 23 CHW AL 867 47% 2.2% 12.6% 8.4% 7.4% 29% 1.07 75% 154 16 10%
1983 24 CHW AL 997 53% 1.9% 13.7% 10.6% 5.6% 27% 1.52 73% 189 33 17%
1984 25 CHW AL 1035 53% 2.3% 11.6% 10.0% 6.7% 32% 1.26 75% 175 29 17%
1985 26 CHW AL 226 54% 2.2% 14.6% 7.5% 5.3% 23% 1.02 74% 41 2 5%
1986 27 CHW AL 861 52% 2.8% 12.8% 8.0% 7.2% 27% 1.38 76% 170 20 12%
1987 28 CHW AL 900 53% 2.7% 12.7% 9.6% 7.3% 33% 1.04 75% 182 19 10%
1988 29 NYY AL 755 51% 3.6% 10.2% 9.5% 9.0% 38% 0.80 1.07 76% 19% 14.5% 43% 141 11 8%
1989 30 TOT AL 685 51% 2.3% 10.1% 8.5% 8.5% 32% 0.60 0.87 78% 26% 5.5% 14% 133 13 10%
1989 30 NYY AL 239 48% 3.4% 5.9% 7.1% 10.0% 35% 0.59 0.78 83% 22% 7.3% 16% 50 5 10%
1989 30 CHW AL 446 52% 1.8% 12.3% 9.2% 7.6% 30% 0.61 0.93 75% 28% 4.4% 13% 83 8 10%
1990 31 KCR AL 139 44% 2.2% 6.5% 10.1% 13.0% 42% 0.76 1.05 81% 25% 5.4% 15% 25 2 8%
12 Seasons 8034 52% 2.4% 12.1% 9.2% 7.1% 30% 0.70 1.16 75% 23% 8.6% 27% 1496 178 12%
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
1988 29 NYY AL 755 2668 3.53 1579 59% 22% 13% 27% 38% 78% 1% 46% 84% 48% 6% 49 26 11% 86 39 6 26% 7 20 0 0 0
1989 30 TOT AL 685 2435 3.55 1481 61% 22% 13% 27% 38% 77% 1% 47% 83% 54% 6% 40 23 15% 105 51 5 28% 9 15 0 0 4
1989 30 NYY AL 239 835 3.49 498 60% 21% 11% 26% 42% 79% 0% 47% 85% 51% 6% 14 6 13% 31 16 3 14% 3 8 0 0 1
1989 30 CHW AL 446 1600 3.59 983 61% 23% 14% 27% 36% 77% 1% 47% 81% 55% 6% 26 17 17% 74 35 2 31% 6 7 0 0 3
1990 31 KCR AL 139 489 3.52 291 60% 23% 10% 27% 40% 77% 2% 46% 87% 55% 7% 10 8 12% 16 7 1 44% 2 1 0 0 1
3 Seasons 1579 5592 3.54 3351 60% 22% 13% 27% 38% 78% 1% 47% 84% 51% 6% 99 57 13% 207 97 12 28% 18 36 0 0 5
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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
1979 20 CHW AL 107 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 38% 4 0 0 43 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 21 CHW AL 863 185 20 0 17 7 13 7 13 42 32 3 76% 13 6 0 306 26 6 81% 24 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 18 0
1981 22 CHW AL 599 145 13 0 10 4 9 11 2 35 16 7 46% 8 3 0 213 15 7 68% 13 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 11 0
1982 23 CHW AL 867 219 19 0 21 11 8 10 9 38 17 3 45% 9 2 1 329 21 8 72% 20 8 1 0 0 0 4 0 12 0
1983 24 CHW AL 997 209 19 0 4 8 11 10 9 46 26 10 57% 5 7 2 381 29 5 85% 27 5 2 0 0 0 3 1 19 0
1984 25 CHW AL 1034 216 24 0 20 7 17 14 10 57 31 4 54% 16 4 0 363 21 8 72% 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
1985 26 CHW AL 226 53 5 0 4 1 4 2 3 17 12 2 71% 3 0 0 72 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1986 27 CHW AL 861 226 24 2 13 10 14 13 11 42 25 3 60% 7 10 1 313 20 6 77% 19 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 0
1987 28 CHW AL 900 201 24 0 13 9 15 14 10 48 26 3 54% 15 5 1 321 2 9 18% 2 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 0
1988 29 NYY AL 755 178 14 0 27 0 8 16 11 14 13 45 23 7 51% 9 3 1 261 10 2 83% 9 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 20 0
1989 30 TOT AL 685 181 6 2 16 0 11 7 9 8 8 40 15 5 38% 11 2 0 272 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
1989 30 NYY AL 239 69 2 0 8 0 6 4 4 5 3 19 5 2 26% 4 0 0 91 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 30 CHW AL 446 112 4 2 8 0 5 3 5 3 5 21 10 3 48% 7 2 0 181 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
1990 31 KCR AL 139 43 5 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 15 11 1 73% 0 4 0 56 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
12 Seasons 8033 1884 25 3 194 2 122 80 114 104 90 433 237 50 55% 100 46 6 2930 162 59 73% 152 53 9 6 1 0 15 4 158 1
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+
1979 20 2 0 1.000 3.70 5 5 0 1 1 0 24.1 28 13 10 0 6 0 13 0 0 0 107 116 1.397 10.4 0.0 2.2 4.8 2.17 116
1980 21 14 10 .583 4.21 38 37 1 9 1 0 222.1 213 118 104 20 93 2 122 6 2 6 970 97 1.376 8.6 0.8 3.8 4.9 1.31 97
1981 22 23 18 .561 4.04 62 61 1 14 5 0 363.1 358 185 163 33 142 2 195 10 4 9 1569 96 1.376 8.9 0.8 3.5 4.8 1.37 96
1982 23 34 33 .507 3.97 96 92 4 17 6 0 560.0 577 282 247 52 215 6 304 15 5 11 2436 99 1.414 9.3 0.8 3.5 4.9 1.41 99
1983 24 56 40 .583 3.75 131 127 4 25 7 0 800.0 786 374 333 71 321 7 441 23 5 18 3433 107 1.384 8.8 0.8 3.6 5.0 1.37 107
1984 25 70 55 .560 3.71 163 159 4 39 8 0 1045.2 1002 484 431 95 424 12 561 30 6 22 4468 109 1.364 8.6 0.8 3.6 4.8 1.32 109
1985 26 73 59 .553 3.75 172 168 4 39 8 0 1098.0 1055 514 457 100 441 13 594 33 6 22 4694 108 1.362 8.6 0.8 3.6 4.9 1.35 108
1986 27 83 76 .522 4.01 206 202 4 42 9 0 1295.0 1281 639 577 124 510 15 704 35 6 32 5555 102 1.383 8.9 0.9 3.5 4.9 1.38 102
1987 28 94 88 .516 4.03 237 233 4 49 11 0 1506.1 1482 748 675 148 596 17 818 35 6 37 6455 104 1.380 8.9 0.9 3.6 4.9 1.37 104
1988 29 106 97 .522 4.13 269 262 4 53 11 0 1677.1 1660 851 770 175 668 20 895 39 9 40 7210 101 1.388 8.9 0.9 3.6 4.8 1.34 101
1989 30 111 109 .505 4.16 297 288 6 55 11 0 1828.2 1841 935 845 191 726 23 964 40 12 42 7895 99 1.404 9.1 0.9 3.6 4.7 1.33 99
1990 31 111 113 .496 4.23 305 295 7 55 11 0 1857.1 1884 964 872 194 740 24 973 40 12 46 8034 98 1.413 9.1 0.9 3.6 4.7 1.31 98

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
1979 20 1 1 .500 3.60 25.0 28 11 10 0 6 13 0 1.360 10.1 2.2 4.7 2.17 0.0 5
1980 21 9 12 .429 4.59 192.0 191 109 98 21 90 106 6 1.464 9.0 4.2 5.0 1.18 1.0 33
1981 22 8 13 .381 4.87 194.0 238 117 105 21 80 100 7 1.639 11.0 3.7 4.6 1.25 1.0 24
1982 23 9 11 .450 4.35 186.0 227 100 90 20 76 103 5 1.629 11.0 3.7 5.0 1.36 1.0 34
1983 24 13 11 .542 3.52 225.0 209 98 88 19 106 128 8 1.400 8.4 4.2 5.1 1.21 0.8 35
1984 25 13 13 .500 3.88 234.0 220 112 101 24 105 114 7 1.389 8.5 4.0 4.4 1.09 0.9 32
1985 26 2 3 .400 4.59 51.0 53 29 26 5 17 32 3 1.373 9.4 3.0 5.6 1.88 0.9 9
1986 27 7 13 .350 5.65 188.0 225 131 118 24 69 105 2 1.564 10.8 3.3 5.0 1.52 1.1 34
1987 28 11 11 .500 4.00 207.0 196 102 92 23 84 112 0 1.353 8.5 3.7 4.9 1.33 1.0 31
1988 29 6 12 .333 5.72 162.0 188 114 103 29 76 73 4 1.630 10.4 4.2 4.1 0.96 1.6 32
1989 30 5 10 .333 5.29 143.0 193 93 84 17 62 65 1 1.783 12.1 3.9 4.1 1.05 1.1 28
1990 31 0 2 .000 10.38 26.0 45 33 30 3 15 8 0 2.308 15.6 5.2 2.8 0.53 1.0 8
12 Seasons 84 112 .429 4.64 1833.0 2013 1049 945 206 786 959 43 1.527 9.9 4.7 1.22 1.0 305

* 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

All-Star Games
1984 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1983-AL-20-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1983-AL--4--6%
0.06 Career Shares (190th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1983 AL--3.225--6th

Wins s c a p y
1983 AL--22--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1983 AL--.759--1st

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 AL--7.838--5th
1984 AL--7.913--8th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1983 AL--240.0--10th
1984 AL--245.7--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1983 AL--137--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1981 AL--24--5th
1983 AL--35--6th
1986 AL--34--7th

Complete Games s c a p y
1984 AL--14--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 AL--4--1st
1987 AL--2--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1988 AL--27--4th
Career--194--206th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 AL--87--7th
1983 AL--106--1st
1984 AL--103--2nd

Losses s c a p y
1982 AL--15--6th
1984 AL--15--5th
1986 AL--17--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1986 AL--120--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1986 AL--10--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 AL--6--7th
1983 AL--8--4th
1984 AL--7--9th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1984 AL--1035--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1983 AL--130--5th

Youngest s c a p y
1979 AL--born 1959-01-10--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 21 (754), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (833), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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