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Kelly Downs

Kelly Robert Downs

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 25, 1960 in Ogden, UT
High School: Viewmont HS (Bountiful, UT)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 26th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Signed August 24, 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1986
Teams (by GP): Giants/Athletics 1986-1993

Final Game: September 29, 1993
Relatives: Brother of Dave Downs
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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
1986 25 SFG NL 4 4 .500 2.75 14 14 0 1 0 0 88.1 78 29 27 5 30 7 64 3 2 3 372 129 1.223 7.9 0.5 3.1 6.5 2.13
1987 26 SFG NL 12 9 .571 3.63 41 28 4 4 3 1 186.0 185 83 75 14 67 11 137 4 4 12 797 107 1.355 9.0 0.7 3.2 6.6 2.04
1988 27 SFG NL 13 9 .591 3.32 27 26 0 6 3 0 168.0 140 67 62 11 47 8 118 3 4 7 685 99 1.113 7.5 0.6 2.5 6.3 2.51
1989 28 SFG NL 4 8 .333 4.79 18 15 1 0 0 0 82.2 82 47 44 7 26 4 49 1 3 3 349 71 1.306 8.9 0.8 2.8 5.3 1.88
1990 29 SFG NL 3 2 .600 3.43 13 9 1 0 0 0 63.0 56 26 24 2 20 4 31 2 1 2 265 107 1.206 8.0 0.3 2.9 4.4 1.55
1991 30 SFG NL 10 4 .714 4.19 45 11 4 0 0 0 111.2 99 59 52 12 53 9 62 3 1 4 479 86 1.361 8.0 1.0 4.3 5.0 1.17
1992 31 TOT MLB 6 7 .462 3.37 37 20 7 0 0 0 144.1 137 63 54 8 70 3 71 7 1 7 636 106 1.434 8.5 0.5 4.4 4.4 1.01
1992 31 SFG NL 1 2 .333 3.47 19 7 5 0 0 0 62.1 65 27 24 4 24 0 33 3 0 4 272 97 1.428 9.4 0.6 3.5 4.8 1.38
1992 31 OAK AL 5 5 .500 3.29 18 13 2 0 0 0 82.0 72 36 30 4 46 3 38 4 1 3 364 113 1.439 7.9 0.4 5.0 4.2 0.83
1993 32 OAK AL 5 10 .333 5.64 42 12 12 0 0 0 119.2 135 80 75 14 60 8 66 2 1 4 539 72 1.630 10.2 1.1 4.5 5.0 1.10
8 Yrs 57 53 .518 3.86 237 135 29 11 6 1 963.2 912 454 413 73 373 54 598 25 17 42 4122 94 1.333 8.5 0.7 3.5 5.6 1.60
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .518 3.86 43 25 5 2 1 0 176 167 83 75 13 68 10 109 5 3 8 753 94 1.333 8.5 0.7 3.5 5.6 1.60
SFG (7 yrs) 47 38 .553 3.64 177 110 15 11 6 1 762.0 705 338 308 55 267 43 494 19 15 35 3219 98 1.276 8.3 0.6 3.2 5.8 1.85
OAK (2 yrs) 10 15 .400 4.69 60 25 14 0 0 0 201.2 207 116 105 18 106 11 104 6 2 7 903 84 1.552 9.2 0.8 4.7 4.6 0.98
NL (7 yrs) 47 38 .553 3.64 177 110 15 11 6 1 762.0 705 338 308 55 267 43 494 19 15 35 3219 98 1.276 8.3 0.6 3.2 5.8 1.85
AL (2 yrs) 10 15 .400 4.69 60 25 14 0 0 0 201.2 207 116 105 18 106 11 104 6 2 7 903 84 1.552 9.2 0.8 4.7 4.6 0.98

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
1986 25 SFG NL 88.1 14 14 29 2.95 4.18 0.41 0.15 95.4 3.74 7 0.8 -0.0 1.5 16 .560 .505 $60,000
1987 26 SFG NL 186.0 41 28 83 4.02 4.47 0.09 0.11 95.4 4.29 4 0.4 1.4 -0.1 1.9 25 .510 .503 $75,000
1988 27 SFG NL 168.0 27 26 67 3.59 3.81 0.08 0.12 94.8 3.66 1 0.1 1.7 -0.1 1.4 16 .502 .500 $160,000
1989 28 SFG NL 82.2 18 15 47 5.12 3.72 0.25 0.10 96.1 3.44 -15 -1.6 .9 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .409 .490 $315,000
1990 29 SFG NL 63.0 13 9 26 3.71 4.10 -0.18 0.09 96.9 4.24 3 0.3 .2 -0.1 0.7 9 .521 .502 $425,000
1991 30 SFG NL 111.2 45 11 59 4.76 4.05 0.09 -0.08 97.6 3.78 -13 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -2 .469 .491 $525,000
1992 31 SFG NL 62.1 19 7 27 3.90 3.88 0.05 -0.03 95.9 3.64 -2 -0.2 .5 -0.0 0.2 3 .487 .498 $925,000
1992 31 OAK AL 82.0 18 13 36 3.95 4.23 0.08 0.06 95.4 4.02 1 0.1 .9 -0.1 0.7 10 .504 .500 $
1993 32 OAK AL 119.2 42 12 80 6.02 4.67 -0.27 -0.10 93.7 4.54 -19 -1.8 .7 0.0 -0.7 -5 .457 .489 $675,000
8 Seasons 963.2 237 135 454 4.24 4.16 0.06 0.05 95.5 3.96 -34 -3.4 .9 -0.5 4.1 65 .486 .498 $3,160,000
SFG (7 yrs) 762.0 177 110 338 3.99 4.07 0.12 0.08 95.9 3.86 -16 -1.7 .9 -0.5 4.1 61 .491 .499 $2,485,000
OAK (2 yrs) 201.2 60 25 116 5.18 4.49 -0.13 -0.03 94.4 4.33 -18 -1.7 .7 -0.1 0.0 5 .471 .495 $675,000

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
1987 26 SFG NL NLCS L STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 28 SFG NL NLCS W CHC 1 0 1.000 3.12 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.2 8 3 3 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 37 1.615 8.3 0.0 6.2 6.2 1.00
1989 28 SFG NL WS L OAK 0 0 7.71 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 3 4 4 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 18 1.071 5.8 3.9 3.9 7.7 2.00
1992 31 OAK AL ALCS L TOR 0 1 .000 3.86 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
3 Yrs (4 Series) 1 1 .500 4.24 8 0 1 0 0 0 17.0 15 10 8 2 9 1 10 0 0 0 72 1.412 7.9 1.1 4.8 5.3 1.11
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 3.86 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
2 NLCS 1 0 1.000 2.70 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 9 3 3 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 42 1.500 8.1 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1 WS 0 0 7.71 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 3 4 4 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 18 1.071 5.8 3.9 3.9 7.7 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
1986 25 SFG NL 14 372 331 29 78 12 1 5 7 1 30 64 .236 .302 .323 .625 .274 107 6 3 4 4 7 5
1987 26 SFG NL 41 797 718 83 185 33 1 14 18 9 67 137 .258 .324 .365 .689 .301 262 15 4 7 1 11 12
1988 27 SFG NL 27 685 622 67 140 32 1 11 7 3 47 118 .225 .279 .333 .612 .257 207 13 3 4 9 8 10
1989 28 SFG NL 18 349 314 47 82 22 2 7 1 4 26 49 .261 .316 .411 .727 .286 129 7 1 4 4 4 4
1990 29 SFG NL 13 265 240 26 56 14 0 2 11 1 20 31 .233 .297 .317 .613 .260 76 3 2 2 1 4 4
1991 30 SFG NL 45 479 415 59 99 16 2 12 15 4 53 62 .239 .326 .373 .700 .252 155 10 3 4 4 9 6
1992 31 OAK AL 18 364 304 36 72 13 1 4 12 4 46 38 .237 .341 .326 .666 .256 99 6 4 6 4 3 6
1992 31 SFG NL 19 272 236 27 65 10 1 4 5 4 24 33 .275 .347 .377 .724 .303 89 3 3 7 2 0 2
1992 31 TOT MLB 37 636 540 63 137 23 2 8 17 8 70 71 .254 .343 .348 .692 .276 188 9 7 13 6 3 8
1993 32 OAK AL 42 539 470 80 135 20 0 14 13 4 60 66 .287 .368 .419 .787 .307 197 15 2 3 4 8 3
8 Yrs 237 4122 3650 454 912 172 9 73 89 34 373 598 .250 .321 .362 .683 .279 1321 78 25 41 33 54 52
162 Game Avg. 43 753 667 83 167 31 2 13 16 6 68 109 .250 .321 .362 .683 .279 241 14 5 7 6 10 10
MLB Averages .258 .325 .389 .714 .286

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1986 25 SFG NL 8.9 1.0 387 0.6 7.0 -6.4 1.09 0.7 -0.1 10.2 1.1 1.09 7.7 0 0 0
1987 26 SFG NL 5.8 0.6 843 1.1 16.5 -15.4 1.15 1.0 -0.0 9.1 0.9 1.15 10.6 4 5 4
1988 27 SFG NL 0.6 0.1 712 0.2 11.0 -10.9 .93 0.9 -0.7 1.5 0.2 0.93 9.3 1 0 0
1989 28 SFG NL -12.3 -1.3 361 -1.2 5.8 -7.0 1.00 -0.8 -0.3 -10.0 -1.1 1.00 -8.3 1 0 2
1990 29 SFG NL 2.1 0.2 278 0.2 4.9 -4.7 1.08 0.4 -0.2 4.0 0.4 1.08 4.6 0 0 4
1991 30 SFG NL -8.1 -0.8 503 -0.6 7.1 -7.8 .86 -0.3 -0.4 -4.8 -0.5 0.86 -5.8 7 13 13
1992 31 TOT MLB 1.8 0.2 669 0.3 10.0 -9.8 .96 -0.5 0.8 -2.1 -0.2 0.96 -6.8 2 3 11
1992 31 SFG NL -1.3 -0.1 285 -0.1 3.3 -3.4 .75 -0.4 0.3 -5.1 -0.5 0.75 -5.3 1 1 9
1992 31 OAK AL 3.1 0.3 384 0.3 6.7 -6.4 1.11 -0.1 0.4 3.0 0.3 1.11 -1.5 1 2 2
1993 32 OAK AL -20.9 -2.0 564 -1.6 7.8 -9.5 .89 -0.8 -1.0 -11.2 -1.1 0.89 -7.2 3 9 18
8 Yrs -22.1 -2.1 4317 -1.1 70.3 -71.4 .99 0.5 -1.6 -3.3 -0.2 0.99 4.0 18 30 52

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
1986 25 SFG NL 14 14 4 4 6 1 1 6 8 .429 1 4 1 0 9 64% 56.5 73 40 8 1 3 3 3.1 2.5 6.3
1987 26 SFG NL 41 28 11 8 9 1 2 14 14 .500 3 4 4 3 15 54% 51.5 87 22 30 7 5 11 3.9 4.1 6.0
1988 27 SFG NL 27 26 13 9 4 1 3 15 11 .577 0 3 6 3 17 65% 56.6 89 14 8 0 4 11 5.6 5.3 6.4 92 6 13 3 4 132
1989 28 SFG NL 18 15 4 8 3 0 3 5 10 .333 1 2 0 0 8 53% 48.7 73 22 11 6 1 5 3.0 2.8 5.2 70 8 3 2 0 112
1990 29 SFG NL 13 9 3 2 4 1 0 7 2 .778 1 2 0 0 4 44% 50.8 77 34 4 2 1 2 3.9 3.8 6.1 90 2 3 2 0 109
1991 30 SFG NL 45 11 3 4 4 1 1 3 8 .273 2 2 0 0 3 27% 46.9 65 23 23 9 1 6 2.7 3.5 5.1 80 5 3 3 0 113
1992 31 TOT MLB 37 20 4 7 9 1 1 8 12 .400 1 4 0 0 7 35% 0.0 77 20 30 9 0 7 3.8 2.9 5.3 87 7 9 2 2 127
1992 31 SFG NL 19 7 0 2 5 0 1 3 4 .429 1 3 0 0 2 29% 48.3 77 20 10 2 0 3 3.4 0.9 5.5 82 3 3 1 0 101
1992 31 OAK AL 18 13 4 5 4 1 0 5 8 .385 0 1 0 0 5 38% 48.4 74 21 20 7 0 4 4.1 4.0 5.2 89 4 6 1 2 127
1993 32 OAK AL 42 12 0 6 6 0 2 4 8 .333 1 1 0 0 3 25% 39.4 65 10 19 11 4 3 4.1 4.3 4.9 77 6 4 2 0 112
8 Yrs 237 135 42 48 45 6 13 62 73 .459 10 22 11 6 66 49% 51 89 10 133 45 19 48 3.9 3.8 5.8 84 34 35 14 6 132
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.4 4.3 6.2 95

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
1987 26 SFG NL 41 13 4 1 1 1 1 0 100% 3 1 13 0 0% 6 1.151 4 5 4 5 3 5 7 6 7 3 8 4 4.2
1988 27 SFG NL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 .933 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 11
1989 28 SFG NL 18 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.000 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 5.3 22
1990 29 SFG NL 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.078 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 6.0 24
1991 30 SFG NL 45 34 4 7 0 2 0 2 0% 3 1 32 10 31% 6 .864 7 13 13 5 2 27 17 17 20 5 24 6 4.9 24
1992 31 TOT MLB 37 17 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 5 56% .958 2 3 11 4 0 13 5 12 13 0 13 2 6.8 34
1992 31 SFG NL 19 12 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 5 63% 7 .753 1 1 9 1 0 11 4 8 9 0 9 2 6.0 29
1992 31 OAK AL 18 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 5 1.111 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 4 4 0 4 0 8.6 48
1993 32 OAK AL 42 30 12 5 4 1 0 1 0% 3 1 26 3 12% 6 .886 3 9 18 6 3 21 16 14 20 4 22 2 6.1 33
7 Yrs 223 102 29 15 5 4 1 3 25% 11 5 81 18 22% .984 18 30 52 21 10 71 46 56 66 13 73 14 5.5 29

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%
1986 25 SFG NL 372 48% 1.3% 17.2% 8.1% 4.8% 23% 1.46 72% 60 6 10%
1987 26 SFG NL 797 41% 1.8% 17.2% 8.4% 6.0% 26% 1.28 71% 134 15 11%
1988 27 SFG NL 685 48% 1.6% 17.2% 6.9% 6.4% 31% 0.98 1.22 73% 15% 8.2% 47% 99 13 13%
1989 28 SFG NL 349 44% 2.0% 14.0% 7.5% 8.9% 38% 0.73 1.03 75% 18% 6.3% 27% 64 7 11%
1990 29 SFG NL 265 38% 0.8% 11.7% 7.6% 6.0% 29% 0.86 1.01 78% 22% 2.4% 27% 38 3 8%
1991 30 SFG NL 479 48% 2.5% 12.9% 11.1% 6.3% 30% 0.79 1.00 72% 17% 7.7% 21% 91 10 11%
1992 31 TOT MLB 636 51% 1.3% 11.2% 11.0% 5.2% 24% 0.63 0.79 73% 19% 3.5% 21% 137 9 7%
1992 31 SFG NL 272 46% 1.5% 12.1% 8.8% 5.5% 23% 0.69 0.84 74% 20% 4.3% 23% 65 3 5%
1992 31 OAK AL 364 55% 1.1% 10.4% 12.6% 5.0% 25% 0.58 0.75 73% 18% 3.0% 21% 72 6 8%
1993 32 OAK AL 539 51% 2.6% 12.2% 11.1% 6.3% 25% 0.74 0.91 73% 22% 7.1% 15% 112 15 13%
8 Yrs 4122 47% 1.8% 14.5% 9.1% 6.2% 28% 0.78 1.07 73% 19% 5.9% 27% 735 78 11%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 15.0% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.3% 21% 10%

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 27 SFG NL 686 2394 3.49 1538 64% 19% 18% 29% 34% 81% 4% 52% 77% 61% 6% 38 24 20% 134 69 3 15% 19 6 -1 1 0
1989 28 SFG NL 288 958 3.33 609 64% 20% 18% 26% 37% 80% 3% 51% 78% 59% 4% 12 6 15% 42 26 3 28% 5 3 61 0 3
1990 29 SFG NL 209 724 3.46 438 60% 18% 16% 27% 38% 82% 3% 49% 80% 56% 4% 9 6 15% 31 10 1 16% 4 1 56 0 1
1991 30 SFG NL 480 1690 3.52 992 59% 22% 17% 25% 36% 78% 4% 46% 78% 54% 9% 43 24 14% 65 30 2 24% 12 11 -1 0 0
1992 31 TOT MLB 641 2314 3.61 1390 60% 22% 14% 28% 35% 78% 1% 47% 82% 57% 7% 44 28 18% 113 52 7 21% 11 13 -5 0 0
1992 31 SFG NL 275 922 3.35 568 62% 20% 15% 28% 37% 80% 0% 50% 81% 56% 7% 20 14 20% 54 34 5 12% 10 6 -3 0 0
1992 31 OAK AL 366 1392 3.80 822 59% 24% 14% 29% 34% 76% 2% 45% 82% 57% 7% 24 14 16% 59 18 2 29% 1 7 -2 0 0
1993 32 OAK AL 531 1875 3.53 1142 61% 20% 14% 30% 35% 80% 4% 49% 82% 58% 6% 34 13 21% 112 61 7 22% 13 13 8 0 3
6 Yrs 2835 9955 3.51 6109 61% 20% 16% 28% 35% 79% 3% 49% 80% 58% 6% 180 101 18% 497 248 23 20% 64 47 118 1 7
MLB Averages 3.63 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 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
1986 25 SFG NL 372 78 5 0 4 3 2 3 2 18 4 7 22% 5 3 1 141 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1987 26 SFG NL 797 185 14 1 10 9 5 6 8 35 17 9 49% 12 12 4 295 18 9 67% 16 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 24 0
1988 27 SFG NL 685 140 13 0 11 0 4 6 5 3 8 39 26 8 67% 10 7 3 218 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 29 0
1989 28 SFG NL 349 82 7 2 7 0 5 3 4 5 2 16 7 0 44% 4 3 0 127 1 4 20% 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
1990 29 SFG NL 265 56 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 14 7 1 50% 4 2 0 99 11 1 92% 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1991 30 SFG NL 479 99 36 2 12 0 12 6 6 5 7 25 12 5 48% 6 4 3 192 15 4 79% 15 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0
1992 31 TOT MLB 636 137 53 3 8 0 20 7 1 2 6 38 22 3 58% 8 7 1 246 17 8 68% 15 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 17 0
1992 31 SFG NL 272 65 24 1 4 0 7 3 1 0 4 13 9 1 69% 2 4 0 115 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1992 31 OAK AL 364 72 29 2 4 0 13 4 0 2 2 25 13 2 52% 6 3 1 131 12 4 75% 10 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1993 32 OAK AL 539 135 18 2 14 2 21 7 7 4 10 41 20 6 49% 3 4 3 215 13 4 76% 12 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 13 0
8 Yrs 4122 912 130 10 73 3 79 42 31 28 45 226 115 39 51% 52 42 15 1533 89 34 72% 83 28 6 4 0 2 2 0 124 0
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+
1986 25 4 4 .500 2.75 14 14 0 1 0 0 88.1 78 29 27 5 30 7 64 3 2 3 372 129 1.223 7.9 0.5 3.1 6.5 2.13 129
1987 26 16 13 .552 3.35 55 42 4 5 3 1 274.1 263 112 102 19 97 18 201 7 6 15 1169 113 1.312 8.6 0.6 3.2 6.6 2.07 113
1988 27 29 22 .569 3.34 82 68 4 11 6 1 442.1 403 179 164 30 144 26 319 10 10 22 1854 108 1.237 8.2 0.6 2.9 6.5 2.22 108
1989 28 33 30 .524 3.57 100 83 5 11 6 1 525.0 485 226 208 37 170 30 368 11 13 25 2203 100 1.248 8.3 0.6 2.9 6.3 2.16 100
1990 29 36 32 .529 3.55 113 92 6 11 6 1 588.0 541 252 232 39 190 34 399 13 14 27 2468 101 1.243 8.3 0.6 2.9 6.1 2.10 101
1991 30 46 36 .561 3.65 158 103 10 11 6 1 699.2 640 311 284 51 243 43 461 16 15 31 2947 98 1.262 8.2 0.7 3.1 5.9 1.90 98
1992 31 52 43 .547 3.60 195 123 17 11 6 1 844.0 777 374 338 59 313 46 532 23 16 38 3583 99 1.291 8.3 0.6 3.3 5.7 1.70 99
1993 32 57 53 .518 3.86 237 135 29 11 6 1 963.2 912 454 413 73 373 54 598 25 17 42 4122 94 1.333 8.5 0.7 3.5 5.6 1.60 94

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
1986 25 6 3 .667 3.18 85.0 82 33 30 5 32 62 3 1.341 8.7 3.4 6.6 1.94 0.5 14
1987 26 10 9 .526 3.87 179.0 187 86 77 14 68 132 4 1.425 9.4 3.4 6.6 1.94 0.7 41
1988 27 8 9 .471 4.19 159.0 153 82 74 12 51 112 3 1.283 8.7 2.9 6.3 2.20 0.7 27
1989 28 2 6 .250 5.96 77.0 88 57 51 8 28 46 1 1.506 10.3 3.3 5.4 1.64 0.9 18
1990 29 3 3 .500 3.84 61.0 58 29 26 2 21 30 2 1.295 8.6 3.1 4.4 1.43 0.3 13
1991 30 4 7 .364 4.89 105.0 104 63 57 13 56 58 3 1.524 8.9 4.8 5.0 1.04 1.1 45
1992 31 6 8 .429 4.30 134.0 149 71 64 9 76 66 8 1.679 10.0 5.1 4.4 0.87 0.6 37
1993 32 3 9 .250 6.43 112.0 140 89 80 15 62 62 2 1.804 11.3 5.0 5.0 1.00 1.2 42
8 Yrs 42 54 .438 4.53 912.0 961 510 459 78 394 568 26 1.486 9.5 5.6 1.44 0.8 237

* 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

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 NL  6.629 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1987 NL  3 (3rd)
1988 NL  3 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 NL  0.677 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1987 NL  12 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Kelly kelley Kelly Robert Downs

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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 or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') 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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