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Richard Dotson

Richard Elliott Dotson (Rich)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 10, 1959 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Anderson HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1979
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Yankees/Royals 1979-1990

Final Game: June 5, 1990
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All-Star

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
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 0 107 117 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 3.23 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 80 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 5 900 111 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 79 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 87 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 70 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 99 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 46 1.988 13.5 0.9 4.4 2.8 0.64
12 Yrs 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 46 1.988 13.5 0.9 4.4 2.8 0.64

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
1979 20 CHW AL 24.1 5 5 13 4.81 4.08 0.08 0.13 99.7 4.12 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.0 1 .464 .499 $
1980 21 CHW AL 198.0 33 32 105 4.77 4.53 -0.07 0.14 100.9 4.79 -1 -0.1 .1 -0.1 1.5 21 .498 .500 $ RoY-7
1981 22 CHW AL 141.0 24 24 67 4.28 4.09 -0.03 0.13 97.0 4.13 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.8 7 .490 .499 $
1982 23 CHW AL 196.2 34 31 97 4.44 4.45 -0.27 0.14 99.6 4.86 10 1.1 .2 -0.1 2.6 30 .532 .507 $
1983 24 CHW AL 240.0 35 35 92 3.45 4.44 0.27 0.14 103.9 4.49 27 3.0 -0.1 4.8 53 .586 .519 $340,000 CYA-4,MVP-20
1984 25 CHW AL 245.2 32 32 110 4.03 4.42 0.07 0.14 104.8 4.71 19 2.1 -0.1 4.0 44 .567 .513 $ AS
1985 26 CHW AL 52.1 9 9 30 5.16 4.51 0.00 0.16 106.4 4.96 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.3 4 .488 .499 $900,000
1986 27 CHW AL 197.0 34 34 125 5.71 4.76 0.42 0.16 104.1 4.68 -23 -2.2 -0.1 -0.7 -1 .435 .486 $975,000
1987 28 CHW AL 211.1 31 31 109 4.64 4.99 0.60 0.17 103.5 4.72 2 0.2 -0.1 1.8 26 .505 .501 $1,075,000
1988 29 NYY AL 171.0 32 29 103 5.42 4.29 -0.20 0.12 99.4 4.58 -16 -1.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 2 .449 .490 $900,000
1989 30 NYY AL 51.2 11 9 33 5.75 4.41 0.16 0.13 97.8 4.27 -9 -0.9 .0 -0.0 -0.5 -3 .421 .495 $68,000
1989 30 CHW AL 99.2 17 17 51 4.61 4.30 -0.20 0.15 96.8 4.50 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.6 9 .490 .499 $
1990 31 KCR AL 28.2 8 7 29 9.10 4.50 -0.42 0.13 97.1 4.90 -13 -1.2 .0 0.0 -0.9 -10 .348 .492 $550,000
12 Seasons 1857.1 305 295 964 4.67 4.49 0.09 0.15 101.6 4.63 -10 -0.3 .4 -1.0 14.0 182 .499 .500 $4,808,000
CHW (10 yrs) 1606.0 254 250 799 4.48 4.52 0.13 0.15 102.1 4.64 28 3.4 .1 -0.8 15.7 194 .513 .502 $3,290,000
NYY (2 yrs) 222.2 43 38 136 5.50 4.32 -0.11 0.12 99.1 4.51 -25 -2.5 .7 -0.1 -0.8 -2 .442 .492 $968,000
KCR (1 yr) 28.2 8 7 29 9.10 4.50 -0.42 0.13 97.1 4.90 -13 -1.2 .0 0.0 -0.9 -10 .348 .492 $550,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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 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*

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
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 4
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 13
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 8
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 9
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 5
1984 25 CHW AL 32 1034 907 110 216 33 12 24 21 8 103 120 .238 .317 .380 .698 .248 345 29 7 8 10 5 16
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 3
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 7
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 15
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 9
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 7
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 4
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 11
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 0
12 Yrs 305 8033 7135 964 1884 313 62 194 162 59 740 973 .264 .334 .407 .741 .280 2903 178 40 58 61 24 100
162 Game Avg. 35 910 809 109 214 35 7 22 18 7 84 110 .264 .334 .407 .741 .280 329 20 5 7 7 3 11
MLB Averages .259 .324 .389 .713 .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
1979 20 CHW AL 0.9 0.1 111 -0.3 1.8 -2.1 1.01 0.1 -0.4 -1.6 -0.1 1.01 1.3 0 0 0
1980 21 CHW AL -4.9 -0.5 903 -0.5 15.1 -15.6 1.04 -0.5 0.0 -4.2 -0.4 1.04 -6.7 0 0 1
1981 22 CHW AL -3.2 -0.3 623 -0.5 10.4 -10.9 .99 -0.1 -0.4 -2.8 -0.3 0.99 -0.2 0 0 0
1982 23 CHW AL 2.5 0.2 903 -0.5 16.0 -16.4 1.04 -1.2 0.8 -1.9 -0.2 1.04 -12.0 0 0 3
1983 24 CHW AL 26.8 2.8 1040 3.2 20.3 -17.1 1.09 1.8 1.2 31.2 3.2 1.09 23.2 0 0 0
1984 25 CHW AL 14.7 1.5 1069 1.6 20.6 -19.0 1.09 0.2 1.2 15.3 1.6 1.09 6.4 0 0 0
1985 26 CHW AL -1.2 -0.1 233 -0.3 3.9 -4.2 1.01 -0.1 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 1.01 -1.5 0 0 0
1986 27 CHW AL -20.0 -1.9 899 -1.1 15.0 -16.1 .99 -0.9 -0.2 -14.1 -1.3 0.99 -9.6 0 0 0
1987 28 CHW AL 9.8 1.0 915 1.8 17.5 -15.7 1.04 1.1 0.6 14.6 1.4 1.04 10.4 0 0 0
1988 29 NYY AL -18.4 -1.8 773 -2.2 10.4 -12.6 .85 -2.3 -0.3 -20.7 -2.0 0.85 -21.7 1 1 1
1989 30 TOT AL -10.6 -1.0 701 -1.2 12.1 -13.3 1.04 -1.7 0.6 -12.3 -1.2 1.04 -21.9 0 0 1
1989 30 NYY AL -8.6 -0.8 243 -0.3 3.9 -4.3 .96 -0.7 0.4 -8.1 -0.8 0.96 -12.0 0 0 1
1989 30 CHW AL -2.0 -0.2 458 -0.9 8.2 -9.0 1.08 -1.0 0.2 -4.2 -0.4 1.08 -9.9 0 0 0
1990 31 KCR AL -14.5 -1.3 146 -1.2 1.5 -2.8 .81 -1.1 -0.4 -16.4 -1.5 0.81 -13.0 0 0 1
12 Yrs -18.0 -1.4 8316 -1.2 144.6 -145.8 1.02 -4.7 3.6 -14.9 -1.2 1.02 -45.5 1 1 7

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
1979 20 CHW AL 5 5 2 0 3 0 0 4 1 .800 1 2 1 1 2 40% 49.2 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% 49.4 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% 49.9 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 1 4 3 1 16 52% 49.1 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% 54.8 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% 54.4 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% 48.8 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% 44.6 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% 50.7 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% 45.1 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% 46.3 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% 42.8 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% 48.1 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% 35.1 49 24 11 2 1 5 4.1 2.4 3.8 66 4 3 0 0 93
12 Yrs 305 295 111 113 71 22 29 154 141 .522 18 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 .500 52% 51 103 -12 4.3 4.3 6.2 94

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.043 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 1.044 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 .845 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 1.041 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 .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 .812 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 27
5 Yrs 118 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% .973 1 1 7 1 2 7 3 7 6 2 6 0 5.0 34

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%
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 43% 2.3% 12.6% 10.1% 6.1% 29% 1.30 73% 145 14 10%
1981 22 CHW AL 599 47% 2.2% 12.2% 8.2% 6.3% 26% 0.99 76% 117 16 14%
1982 23 CHW AL 867 53% 2.2% 12.6% 8.4% 7.4% 29% 1.07 75% 154 16 10%
1983 24 CHW AL 997 47% 1.9% 13.7% 10.6% 5.6% 27% 1.52 73% 189 33 17%
1984 25 CHW AL 1035 47% 2.3% 11.6% 10.0% 6.7% 32% 1.26 75% 175 29 17%
1985 26 CHW AL 226 46% 2.2% 14.6% 7.5% 5.3% 23% 1.02 74% 41 2 5%
1986 27 CHW AL 861 48% 2.8% 12.8% 8.0% 7.2% 27% 1.38 76% 170 20 12%
1987 28 CHW AL 900 47% 2.7% 12.7% 9.6% 7.3% 33% 1.04 75% 182 19 10%
1988 29 NYY AL 755 49% 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 49% 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 52% 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 48% 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 56% 2.2% 6.5% 10.1% 13.0% 42% 0.76 1.05 81% 25% 5.4% 15% 25 2 8%
12 Yrs 8034 48% 2.4% 12.1% 9.2% 7.1% 30% 0.70 1.16 75% 23% 8.6% 27% 1496 178 12%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 14.0% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 6.6% 26% 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 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 687 2441 3.55 1484 61% 22% 13% 27% 38% 77% 1% 47% 83% 54% 6% 40 23 15% 105 51 5 28% 9 15 -2 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 448 1606 3.58 986 61% 23% 14% 27% 35% 77% 1% 47% 81% 55% 6% 26 17 17% 74 35 2 31% 6 7 -2 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 Yrs 1581 5598 3.54 3354 60% 22% 13% 27% 38% 78% 1% 47% 83% 51% 6% 99 57 13% 207 97 12 28% 18 36 -2 0 5
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 57% 6% 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
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 3 2 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 3 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 0 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 Yrs 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 14 5 158 1
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

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 0 107 117 1.397 10.4 0.0 2.2 4.8 2.17 117
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 109 1.362 8.6 0.8 3.6 4.9 1.35 109
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 103 1.383 8.9 0.9 3.5 4.9 1.38 103
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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 4.62 193.0 190 110 99 21 89 106 6 1.446 8.9 4.2 4.9 1.19 1.0 33
1981 22 8 13 .381 4.99 193.0 240 119 107 22 81 100 7 1.663 11.2 3.8 4.7 1.23 1.0 24
1982 23 9 11 .450 4.28 187.0 226 99 89 20 75 104 5 1.610 10.9 3.6 5.0 1.39 1.0 34
1983 24 13 11 .542 3.54 224.0 211 98 88 19 107 128 8 1.420 8.5 4.3 5.1 1.20 0.8 35
1984 25 13 13 .500 3.87 235.0 219 112 101 24 104 115 7 1.374 8.4 4.0 4.4 1.11 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 14 .333 5.62 189.0 224 131 118 24 68 106 2 1.545 10.7 3.2 5.0 1.56 1.1 34
1987 28 11 12 .478 4.00 207.0 195 102 92 23 83 112 0 1.343 8.5 3.6 4.9 1.35 1.0 31
1988 29 6 12 .333 5.74 163.0 186 116 104 28 75 74 4 1.601 10.3 4.1 4.1 0.99 1.5 32
1989 30 6 10 .375 5.19 144.0 190 92 83 17 61 66 1 1.743 11.9 3.8 4.1 1.08 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 Yrs 85 114 .427 4.64 1837.0 2007 1052 947 206 781 964 43 1.518 9.8 4.7 1.23 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (1497th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 AL (4, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (205th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1983 AL  4.8 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1983 AL  3.23 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1983 AL  22 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1983 AL  .759 (2nd)

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 (225th)

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  1,035 (9th)

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

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1983 AL  27 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1983 AL  2.8 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1983 AL  31.20 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1983 AL  3.2 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1983 AL  3.2 (3rd)

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

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 36 (684), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Walt Terrell (977)
  2. Kirk McCaskill (959)
  3. Bronson Arroyo (952)
  4. Jarrod Washburn (950)
  5. Pete Harnisch (949)
  6. Milt Wilcox (949)
  7. Sam Gray (948)
  8. Denny Galehouse (948)
  9. Dick Ruthven (947)
  10. Ismael Valdez (946)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jim Bagby (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mark Gubicza (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mark Gubicza (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Storm Davis (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mark Gubicza (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Storm Davis (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Viola (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tom Brewer (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dan Petry (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Livan Hernandez (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jim Slaton (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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