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Doug Drabek
Douglas Dean Drabek
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 25, 1962 in Victoria, TX
High School: St. Josephs (Victoria, TX)
School: University of Houston
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1986
Final Game: September 25, 1998
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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
1986 23 NYY AL 7 8 .467 4.10 27 21 2 0 0 0 131.2 126 64 60 13 50 1 76 3 0 2 561 100 1.337 8.6 0.9 3.4 5.2 1.52
1987 24 PIT NL 11 12 .478 3.88 29 28 0 1 1 0 176.1 165 86 76 22 46 2 120 0 1 5 721 105 1.197 8.4 1.1 2.3 6.1 2.61
1988 25 PIT NL 15 7 .682 3.08 33 32 0 3 1 0 219.1 194 83 75 21 50 4 127 6 1 4 880 110 1.112 8.0 0.9 2.1 5.2 2.54
1989 26 PIT NL 14 12 .538 2.80 35 34 1 8 5 0 244.1 215 83 76 21 69 3 123 3 0 3 994 120 1.162 7.9 0.8 2.5 4.5 1.78
1990 27 PIT NL 22 6 .786 2.76 33 33 0 9 3 0 231.1 190 78 71 15 56 2 131 3 0 6 918 131 1.063 7.4 0.6 2.2 5.1 2.34 CYA-1,MVP-8
1991 28 PIT NL 15 14 .517 3.07 35 35 0 5 2 0 234.2 245 92 80 16 62 6 142 3 0 5 977 118 1.308 9.4 0.6 2.4 5.4 2.29
1992 29 PIT NL 15 11 .577 2.77 34 34 0 10 4 0 256.2 218 84 79 17 54 8 177 6 1 11 1021 124 1.060 7.6 0.6 1.9 6.2 3.28 CYA-5
1993 30 HOU NL 9 18 .333 3.79 34 34 0 7 2 0 237.2 242 108 100 18 60 12 157 3 0 12 991 103 1.271 9.2 0.7 2.3 5.9 2.62
1994 31 HOU NL 12 6 .667 2.84 23 23 0 6 2 0 164.2 132 58 52 14 45 2 121 2 0 2 657 140 1.075 7.2 0.8 2.5 6.6 2.69 AS,CYA-4
1995 32 HOU NL 10 9 .526 4.77 31 31 0 2 1 0 185.0 205 104 98 18 54 4 143 8 1 8 797 82 1.400 10.0 0.9 2.6 7.0 2.65
1996 33 HOU NL 7 9 .438 4.57 30 30 0 1 0 0 175.1 208 102 89 21 60 5 137 7 0 9 786 85 1.529 10.7 1.1 3.1 7.0 2.28
1997 34 CHW AL 12 11 .522 5.74 31 31 0 0 0 0 169.1 170 109 108 30 69 5 85 4 2 12 731 76 1.411 9.0 1.6 3.7 4.5 1.23
1998 35 BAL AL 6 11 .353 7.29 23 21 1 1 0 0 108.2 138 90 88 20 29 2 55 5 0 1 484 62 1.537 11.4 1.7 2.4 4.6 1.90
13 Seasons 155 134 .536 3.73 398 387 4 53 21 0 2535.0 2448 1141 1052 246 704 56 1594 53 6 80 10518 101 1.243 8.7 0.9 2.5 5.7 2.26
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .536 3.73 34 34 0 5 2 0 220 212 99 91 21 61 5 138 5 1 7 911 101 1.243 8.7 0.9 2.5 5.7 2.26
PIT (6 yrs) 92 62 .597 3.02 199 196 1 36 16 0 1362.2 1227 506 457 112 337 25 820 21 3 34 5511 118 1.148 8.1 0.7 2.2 5.4 2.43
HOU (4 yrs) 38 42 .475 4.00 118 118 0 16 5 0 762.2 787 372 339 71 219 23 558 20 1 31 3231 98 1.319 9.3 0.8 2.6 6.6 2.55
NYY (1 yr) 7 8 .467 4.10 27 21 2 0 0 0 131.2 126 64 60 13 50 1 76 3 0 2 561 100 1.337 8.6 0.9 3.4 5.2 1.52
BAL (1 yr) 6 11 .353 7.29 23 21 1 1 0 0 108.2 138 90 88 20 29 2 55 5 0 1 484 62 1.537 11.4 1.7 2.4 4.6 1.90
CHW (1 yr) 12 11 .522 5.74 31 31 0 0 0 0 169.1 170 109 108 30 69 5 85 4 2 12 731 76 1.411 9.0 1.6 3.7 4.5 1.23
NL (10 yrs) 130 104 .556 3.37 317 314 1 52 21 0 2125.1 2014 878 796 183 556 48 1378 41 4 65 8742 109 1.209 8.5 0.8 2.4 5.8 2.48
AL (3 yrs) 25 30 .455 5.62 81 73 3 1 0 0 409.2 434 263 256 63 148 8 216 12 2 15 1776 77 1.421 9.5 1.4 3.3 4.7 1.46

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
1990 27 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 1 1 .500 1.65 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.1 12 4 3 0 3 1 13 1 0 1 63 0.918 6.6 0.0 1.7 7.2 4.33
1991 28 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 1 1 .500 0.60 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 10 1 1 0 5 1 10 0 0 0 59 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1992 29 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 0 3 .000 3.71 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.0 18 11 7 1 6 1 10 0 0 0 76 1.412 9.5 0.5 3.2 5.3 1.67
3 Seasons (3 Series) 2 5 .286 2.05 7 7 0 2 0 0 48.1 40 16 11 1 14 3 33 1 0 1 198 1.117 7.4 0.2 2.6 6.1 2.36
3 NLCS 2 5 .286 2.05 7 7 0 2 0 0 48.1 40 16 11 1 14 3 33 1 0 1 198 1.117 7.4 0.2 2.6 6.1 2.36

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1987 24 PIT NL 30 70 59 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 24 .119 .159 .136 .294 -21 8 1 1 7 1 0 1
1988 25 PIT NL 33 84 76 4 13 3 2 0 5 0 0 1 25 .171 .203 .263 .466 34 20 0 2 5 0 0 1
1989 26 PIT NL 40 87 77 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 14 .104 .148 .117 .265 -22 9 0 1 6 0 0 1
1990 27 PIT NL 33 96 84 8 18 2 0 1 6 0 0 4 25 .214 .258 .274 .532 50 23 0 1 7 0 0 1 CYA-1,MVP-8
1991 28 PIT NL 36 89 84 6 15 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 28 .179 .188 .190 .379 8 16 0 0 4 0 0 1
1992 29 PIT NL 35 99 89 5 14 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 28 .157 .176 .191 .367 5 17 0 0 8 0 0 1 CYA-5
1993 30 HOU NL 34 82 71 2 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 22 .085 .110 .155 .265 -29 11 3 0 9 0 0 1
1994 31 HOU NL 24 65 58 4 14 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 10 .241 .262 .276 .538 44 16 0 2 4 1 0 1 AS,CYA-4
1995 32 HOU NL 33 70 60 4 14 3 0 0 8 0 0 2 17 .233 .258 .283 .541 48 17 0 0 8 0 0 1
1996 33 HOU NL 32 63 56 5 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 .179 .179 .196 .375 3 11 1 0 7 0 0 1
1997 34 CHW AL 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1998 35 BAL AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 333 808 716 42 119 17 3 2 46 0 1 17 207 .166 .193 .207 .399 12 148 5 7 66 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 393 348 20 58 8 1 1 22 0 0 8 101 .166 .193 .207 .399 12 72 2 3 32 1 0
PIT (6 yrs) 207 525 469 26 75 11 2 1 26 0 1 13 144 .160 .191 .198 .389 10 93 1 5 37 1 0
HOU (4 yrs) 123 280 245 15 44 6 1 1 20 0 0 4 61 .180 .198 .224 .423 15 55 4 2 28 1 0
BAL (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 330 805 714 41 119 17 3 2 46 0 1 17 205 .167 .193 .207 .401 12 148 5 7 65 2 0
AL (3 yrs) 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 27 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1991 28 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 2 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 2 0 0 0 0 0
1992 29 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 3 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 7 19 17 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .118 .167 .176 .343 3 0 0 1 0 0
3 NLCS 7 19 17 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .118 .167 .176 .343 3 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 NYY AL 23 P 27 21 131.2 18 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.67 .956 1.83 0.68
1987 PIT NL 24 P 29 28 176.1 49 24 23 2 0 .959 2.40 1.62 .955 1.91 0.62
1988 PIT NL 25 P 33 32 219.1 56 29 21 6 6 .893 2.05 1.52 .957 1.96 0.69
1989 PIT NL 26 P 35 34 244.1 60 24 34 2 0 .967 2.14 1.66 .947 1.87 0.63
1990 PIT NL 27 P 33 33 231.1 62 25 36 1 1 .984 2.37 1.85 .956 1.80 0.58 CYA-1,MVP-8
1991 PIT NL 28 P 35 35 234.2 73 27 41 5 1 .932 2.61 1.94 .956 1.86 0.59
1992 PIT NL 29 P 34 34 256.2 68 29 36 3 4 .956 2.28 1.91 .954 1.94 0.60 CYA-5
1993 HOU NL 30 P 34 34 237.2 51 19 32 0 2 1.000 1.93 1.50 .951 1.84 0.54
1994 HOU NL 31 P 23 23 164.2 52 21 28 3 2 .942 2.68 2.13 .960 1.86 0.54 AS,CYA-4
1995 HOU NL 32 P 31 31 185.0 46 24 20 2 3 .957 2.14 1.42 .957 1.84 0.51
1996 HOU NL 33 P 30 30 175.1 43 17 23 3 0 .930 2.05 1.33 .956 1.84 0.52
1997 CHW AL 34 P 31 31 169.1 35 14 20 1 0 .971 1.81 1.10 .954 1.71 0.49
1998 BAL AL 35 P 23 21 108.2 24 8 15 1 1 .958 1.90 1.00 .958 1.78 0.50
13 Seasons P 398 387 2535.0 637 266 342 29 20 .954 2.16 1.53 .955 1.86 0.58
13 Seasons TOT 398 387 2535.0 637 266 342 29 20 .954 2.16 1.53 .909 1.86 0.58

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
2004 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1994 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1990 NL Cy Young
1990 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1990 NL (8, 18%)
0.18 Career Shares (761st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1990 NL (1, 98%)
1992 NL (5, 1%)
1994 NL (4, 3%)
1 Cy Young
1.02 Career Shares (45th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1989 NL  2.799 (6th)
1990 NL  2.762 (6th)
1991 NL  3.068 (10th)
1994 NL  2.842 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1990 NL  22 (1st)
1991 NL  15 (7th)
1992 NL  15 (7th)
1994 NL  12 (6th)
Career  155 (225th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1988 NL  .682 (7th)
1990 NL  .786 (1st)
1994 NL  .667 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1987 NL  1.197 (5th)
1990 NL  1.063 (3rd)
1992 NL  1.060 (5th)
1994 NL  1.075 (3rd)
Career  1.243 (243rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 NL  7.392 (4th)
1992 NL  7.644 (8th)
1994 NL  7.215 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 NL  2.348 (5th)
1988 NL  2.052 (9th)
1990 NL  2.179 (9th)
1992 NL  1.894 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1989 NL  244.3 (5th)
1990 NL  231.3 (5th)
1991 NL  234.7 (4th)
1992 NL  256.7 (2nd)
1993 NL  237.7 (5th)
1994 NL  164.7 (8th)
Career  2535.0 (224th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1992 NL  177 (5th)
1993 NL  157 (9th)
Career  1594 (139th)

Games Started s c a p y
1989 NL  34 (4th)
1990 NL  33 (7th)
1991 NL  35 (5th)
1992 NL  34 (4th)
1993 NL  34 (7th)
1995 NL  31 (1st)
Career  387 (136th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1989 NL  8 (6th)
1990 NL  9 (2nd)
1991 NL  5 (7th)
1992 NL  10 (2nd)
1993 NL  7 (2nd)
1994 NL  6 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1989 NL  5 (2nd)
1990 NL  3 (3rd)
1991 NL  2 (6th)
1992 NL  4 (3rd)
1993 NL  2 (3rd)
1994 NL  2 (3rd)
Career  21 (230th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1988 NL  21 (5th)
1989 NL  21 (6th)
1992 NL  17 (8th)
1997 AL  30 (9th)
Career  246 (105th)

Hits s c a p y
1989 NL  215 (7th)
1991 NL  245 (2nd)
1992 NL  218 (5th)
1993 NL  242 (2nd)
1995 NL  205 (6th)
Career  2448 (246th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1987 NL  2.609 (5th)
1992 NL  3.278 (5th)
Career  2.264 (151st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 NL  .584 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1991 NL  14 (3rd)
1993 NL  18 (1st)
Career  134 (236th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1993 NL  100 (4th)
1995 NL  98 (2nd)
1997 AL  108 (8th)
Career  1052 (189th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1992 NL  11 (3rd)
1993 NL  12 (5th)
1997 AL  12 (6th)
Career  80 (162nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1992 NL  6 (6th)
1995 NL  8 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1989 NL  994 (4th)
1990 NL  918 (8th)
1991 NL  977 (5th)
1992 NL  1021 (2nd)
1993 NL  991 (5th)
Career  10518 (205th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1990 NL  131 (6th)
1991 NL  118 (10th)
1994 NL  140 (5th)

Salary s c a p y
1991 NL  $3,350,000 (6th)
1992 NL  $4,500,000 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 105 (196), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 35 (380), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (267), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Scott Sanderson (956)
  3. Rick Rhoden (955)
  4. Bill Gullickson (953)
  5. Kevin Millwood (950)
  6. Andy Benes (942)
  7. Burt Hooton (941)
  8. Charlie Leibrandt (934)
  9. Paul Splittorff (934)
  10. Kevin Appier (933)
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  1. Roscoe Coughlin (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Matt Garza (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pedro Astacio (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Doc Medich (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dock Ellis (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frank Sullivan (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Welch (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dock Ellis (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Frank Lary (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dock Ellis (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Kevin Brown (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Doyle Alexander (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Lonborg (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  8. George Pipgras (984)
  9. Larry Benton (982)
  10. Jack Sanford (982)
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  1. Ken Holtzman (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Fritz Peterson (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Fred Toney (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fred Toney (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Steve Trachsel (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Steve Trachsel (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1983.

August 13, 1984: Sent by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on July 18, 1984. The Chicago White Sox sent players to be named later to the New York Yankees for Roy Smalley.

November 26, 1986: Traded by the New York Yankees with Logan Easley and Brian Fisher to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Pat Clements, Cecilio Guante and Rick Rhoden.

October 26, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 1, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

January 14, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

October 30, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 27, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986New York Yankees$60,000
1987New York Yankees$85,000
1988Pittsburgh Pirates$160,000
1989Pittsburgh Pirates$325,000
1990Pittsburgh Pirates$1,100,000
1991Pittsburgh Pirates$3,350,000
1992Pittsburgh Pirates$4,500,000
1993Houston Astros$4,250,000
1994Houston Astros$4,275,000
1995Houston Astros$5,000,000
1996Houston Astros$5,050,000
1997Chicago White Sox$1,300,000
1998Baltimore Orioles$1,663,162
Career (may be incomplete)$31,118,162
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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