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

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

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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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