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Dave Dravecky

David Francis Dravecky

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 14, 1956 in Youngstown, OH
School: Youngstown State University (Youngstown, OH)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 21st round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1982
Teams (by GP): Padres/Giants 1982-1989
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: August 15, 1989
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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
1982 26 SDP NL 5 3 .625 2.57 31 10 11 0 0 2 105.0 86 37 30 8 33 3 59 1 1 0 426 135 1.133 7.4 0.7 2.8 5.1 1.79
1983 27 SDP NL 14 10 .583 3.58 28 28 0 9 1 0 183.2 181 78 73 18 44 4 74 3 1 2 756 99 1.225 8.9 0.9 2.2 3.6 1.68 AS
1984 28 SDP NL 9 8 .529 2.93 50 14 17 3 2 8 156.2 125 53 51 12 51 0 71 4 2 3 631 123 1.123 7.2 0.7 2.9 4.1 1.39
1985 29 SDP NL 13 11 .542 2.93 34 31 1 7 2 0 214.2 200 79 70 18 57 5 105 1 2 2 876 120 1.197 8.4 0.8 2.4 4.4 1.84
1986 30 SDP NL 9 11 .450 3.07 26 26 0 3 1 0 161.1 149 68 55 17 54 7 87 1 1 0 677 119 1.258 8.3 0.9 3.0 4.9 1.61
1987 31 TOT NL 10 12 .455 3.43 48 28 8 5 3 0 191.1 186 82 73 18 64 7 138 5 1 2 801 114 1.307 8.7 0.8 3.0 6.5 2.16
1987 31 SDP NL 3 7 .300 3.76 30 10 8 1 0 0 79.0 71 39 33 10 31 4 60 3 1 1 335 106 1.291 8.1 1.1 3.5 6.8 1.94
1987 31 SFG NL 7 5 .583 3.20 18 18 0 4 3 0 112.1 115 43 40 8 33 3 78 2 0 1 466 122 1.318 9.2 0.6 2.6 6.2 2.36
1988 32 SFG NL 2 2 .500 3.16 7 7 0 1 0 0 37.0 33 19 13 4 8 0 19 0 2 0 151 105 1.108 8.0 1.0 1.9 4.6 2.38
1989 33 SFG NL 2 0 1.000 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 8 5 5 2 4 0 5 1 0 1 50 101 0.923 5.5 1.4 2.8 3.5 1.25
8 Yrs 64 57 .529 3.13 226 146 37 28 9 10 1062.2 968 421 370 97 315 26 558 16 10 10 4368 116 1.207 8.2 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.77
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .529 3.13 41 27 7 5 2 2 194 177 77 68 18 58 5 102 3 2 2 798 116 1.207 8.2 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.77
SDP (6 yrs) 53 50 .515 3.12 199 119 37 23 6 10 900.1 812 354 312 83 270 23 456 13 8 8 3701 115 1.202 8.1 0.8 2.7 4.6 1.69
SFG (3 yrs) 11 7 .611 3.22 27 27 0 5 3 0 162.1 156 67 58 14 45 3 102 3 2 2 667 116 1.238 8.6 0.8 2.5 5.7 2.27

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
1982 26 SDP NL 105.0 31 10 37 3.17 4.07 0.32 -0.02 96.4 3.60 4 0.4 1.1 -0.1 1.2 15 .514 .503 $
1983 27 SDP NL 183.2 28 28 78 3.82 4.14 0.18 0.14 96.7 3.97 2 0.3 -0.1 1.7 21 .510 .502 $ AS
1984 28 SDP NL 156.2 50 14 53 3.04 3.97 0.20 -0.07 100.6 3.73 10 1.2 1.3 -0.1 2.4 27 .523 .507 $
1985 29 SDP NL 214.2 34 31 79 3.31 4.08 0.08 0.13 97.5 4.02 16 1.8 1.5 -0.1 3.4 37 .553 .511 $240,000
1986 30 SDP NL 161.1 26 26 68 3.79 4.16 -0.22 0.15 96.2 4.35 9 1.0 -0.1 2.3 26 .540 .506 $350,000
1987 31 SDP NL 79.0 30 10 39 4.44 4.64 0.20 0.01 95.1 4.23 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.3 7 .491 .498 $575,000
1987 31 SFG NL 112.1 18 18 43 3.45 4.38 0.09 0.16 95.1 4.23 9 1.0 -0.0 1.8 22 .553 .506 $
1988 32 SFG NL 37.0 7 7 19 4.62 3.88 0.09 0.13 95.7 3.75 -4 -0.4 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .441 .497 $700,000
1989 33 SFG NL 13.0 2 2 5 3.46 3.76 0.23 0.13 96.2 3.53 0 0.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .505 .500 $750,000
8 Seasons 1062.2 226 146 421 3.57 4.15 0.10 0.08 97.0 4.00 44 5.0 1.2 -0.6 13.1 155 .522 .503 $2,615,000
SDP (6 yrs) 900.1 199 119 354 3.54 4.13 0.10 0.07 97.3 3.99 39 4.5 1.2 -0.5 11.3 132 .522 .505 $1,165,000
SFG (3 yrs) 162.1 27 27 67 3.71 4.22 0.10 0.15 95.3 4.07 5 0.5 -0.1 1.8 23 .520 .501 $1,450,000

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
1984 28 SDP NL NLCS W CHC 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 19 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 7.5
1984 28 SDP NL WS L DET 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 16 0.857 5.8 0.0 1.9 9.6 5.00
1987 31 SFG NL NLCS L STL 1 1 .500 0.60 2 2 0 1 1 0 15.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 14 0 0 0 53 0.733 4.2 0.0 2.4 8.4 3.50
2 Yrs (3 Series) 1 1 .500 0.35 7 2 1 1 1 0 25.2 12 1 1 0 5 0 24 0 0 0 88 0.662 4.2 0.0 1.8 8.4 4.80
2 NLCS 1 1 .500 0.43 5 2 0 1 1 0 21.0 9 1 1 0 4 0 19 0 0 0 72 0.619 3.9 0.0 1.7 8.1 4.75
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 16 0.857 5.8 0.0 1.9 9.6 5.00

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
1983 SDP NL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
1982 26 SDP NL 31 425 383 37 86 9 4 8 5 5 33 59 .225 .288 .332 .619 .247 127 8 1 9 0 3 9
1983 27 SDP NL 28 756 692 78 181 34 8 18 14 7 44 74 .262 .307 .412 .719 .270 285 17 3 13 4 4 5
1984 28 SDP NL 50 630 563 53 125 23 1 12 12 9 51 71 .222 .289 .330 .620 .233 186 14 4 9 4 0 7
1985 29 SDP NL 34 876 802 79 200 28 1 18 15 5 57 105 .249 .299 .354 .653 .267 284 20 1 13 3 5 6
1986 30 SDP NL 26 677 605 68 149 28 3 17 10 10 54 87 .246 .307 .387 .694 .261 234 9 1 12 5 7 10
1987 31 TOT NL 48 799 719 82 186 30 1 18 20 10 64 138 .259 .321 .378 .699 .295 272 18 5 7 6 7 7
1987 31 SDP NL 30 335 296 39 71 11 1 10 9 2 31 60 .240 .315 .385 .700 .266 114 6 3 2 3 4 3
1987 31 SFG NL 18 464 423 43 115 19 0 8 11 8 33 78 .272 .325 .374 .699 .315 158 12 2 5 3 3 4
1988 32 SFG NL 7 151 136 19 33 6 1 4 1 1 8 19 .243 .279 .390 .669 .250 53 4 0 4 3 0 4
1989 33 SFG NL 2 50 44 5 8 2 0 2 0 0 4 5 .182 .265 .364 .629 .162 16 1 1 1 0 0 0
8 Yrs 226 4364 3944 421 968 160 19 97 77 47 315 558 .245 .302 .369 .672 .263 1457 91 16 68 25 26 48
162 Game Avg. 41 798 721 77 177 29 3 18 14 9 58 102 .245 .302 .369 .672 .263 266 17 3 12 5 5 9
MLB Averages .259 .324 .390 .713 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1982 26 SDP NL 9.6 1.0 438 2.1 8.5 -6.4 1.08 1.2 0.7 17.4 1.9 1.08 12.9 6 4 11
1983 27 SDP NL 1.3 0.1 784 0.2 14.2 -14.0 1.02 -0.1 0.3 5.3 0.6 1.02 2.2 0 0 0
1984 28 SDP NL 13.9 1.5 658 2.8 13.2 -10.4 1.09 2.1 0.5 24.5 2.7 1.09 22.0 13 11 12
1985 29 SDP NL 15.4 1.7 901 1.8 15.1 -13.4 .97 1.7 0.1 19.4 2.1 0.97 15.9 2 1 0
1986 30 SDP NL 7.9 0.8 699 1.3 12.7 -11.4 1.04 0.5 0.7 6.3 0.7 1.04 6.5 0 0 0
1987 31 TOT NL 10.7 1.1 834 0.6 13.5 -12.9 .94 1.0 -0.3 10.7 1.1 0.93 12.5 4 8 8
1987 31 SDP NL 1.0 0.1 348 -0.3 5.0 -5.3 .86 0.1 -0.4 -1.4 -0.1 0.86 1.8 4 8 8
1987 31 SFG NL 9.8 1.0 486 0.9 8.5 -7.6 .99 0.9 0.1 12.0 1.3 0.99 10.7 0 0 0
1988 32 SFG NL -1.4 -0.2 155 -0.4 2.5 -2.9 .97 -0.3 -0.1 -3.4 -0.4 0.97 -3.6 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL 0.3 0.0 51 0.3 0.9 -0.7 .98 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.98 2.0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 57.7 6.1 4520 8.7 80.8 -72.1 1.01 6.4 2.2 80.9 8.8 1.01 70.4 25 24 31

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
1982 26 SDP NL 31 10 4 2 4 1 0 6 4 .600 1 0 0 0 6 60% 54.8 84 35 14 7 0 5 3.5 3.5 6.8
1983 27 SDP NL 28 28 14 10 4 3 4 15 13 .536 1 3 9 1 16 57% 52.5 85 22 13 5 0 8 4.0 4.0 6.6
1984 28 SDP NL 50 14 5 5 4 0 3 9 5 .643 1 2 3 2 8 57% 53.6 85 11 17 8 2 6 5.2 3.6 5.9
1985 29 SDP NL 34 31 13 10 8 1 6 14 17 .452 1 2 7 2 24 77% 56.1 85 12 11 7 6 8 3.5 3.8 6.8
1986 30 SDP NL 26 26 9 11 6 1 2 13 13 .500 2 1 3 1 14 54% 53.3 82 23 18 7 3 10 3.5 3.8 6.2
1987 31 TOT NL 48 28 10 8 10 3 2 14 14 .500 3 4 5 3 13 46% 53.3 84 23 26 7 3 8 4.3 4.3 6.0
1987 31 SDP NL 30 10 3 3 4 0 1 3 7 .300 1 2 1 0 5 50% 52.5 77 23 13 3 1 2 3.5 3.2 5.4
1987 31 SFG NL 18 18 7 5 6 3 1 11 7 .611 2 2 4 3 8 44% 53.7 84 25 13 4 2 6 4.7 4.9 6.2
1988 32 SFG NL 7 7 2 2 3 0 0 2 5 .286 1 1 1 0 3 43% 52.6 79 29 0 0 0 5 3.5 5.0 5.3 75 3 2 1 0 106
1989 33 SFG NL 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 57.0 66 48 1 1 0 1 3.7 4.8 6.5 79 1 1 0 0 92
8 Yrs 226 146 59 48 39 10 17 75 71 .514 10 13 28 9 85 58% 54 85 11 100 42 14 51 3.9 3.9 6.3 76 4 3 1 0 106
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 103 -12 4.3 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
1982 26 SDP NL 31 21 11 1 1 2 2 0 100% 4 1 18 1 6% 7 1.082 6 4 11 5 2 14 10 11 12 5 12 8 5.3
1984 28 SDP NL 50 36 17 4 3 10 8 2 80% 13 2 17 2 12% 7 1.086 13 11 12 17 8 11 9 27 24 5 25 5 6.1
1985 29 SDP NL 34 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 100% 8 .970 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 3.7
1987 31 TOT NL 48 20 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 16 8 50% .936 4 8 8 3 4 13 9 11 8 5 8 8 3.7
1987 31 SDP NL 30 20 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 16 8 50% 6 .856 4 8 8 3 4 13 9 11 8 5 8 8 3.7
4 Yrs 145 80 37 5 9 12 10 2 83% 19 5 53 13 25% 1.006 25 24 31 26 15 39 29 51 45 15 47 21 5.2

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%
1982 26 SDP NL 426 26% 1.9% 13.9% 7.8% 4.9% 24% 1.18 74% 82 8 10%
1983 27 SDP NL 756 18% 2.4% 9.8% 5.8% 7.9% 33% 0.93 80% 100 17 17%
1984 28 SDP NL 631 18% 1.9% 11.3% 8.1% 5.7% 29% 0.89 77% 103 14 14%
1985 29 SDP NL 876 11% 2.1% 12.0% 6.5% 5.4% 24% 1.13 78% 160 20 13%
1986 30 SDP NL 677 14% 2.5% 12.9% 8.0% 7.1% 32% 1.00 75% 95 9 9%
1987 31 TOT NL 801 15% 2.3% 17.3% 8.0% 6.1% 26% 1.26 71% 134 18 13%
1987 31 SDP NL 335 18% 3.0% 17.9% 9.3% 6.6% 31% 1.32 68% 52 6 12%
1987 31 SFG NL 466 12% 1.7% 16.8% 7.1% 5.8% 24% 1.23 73% 82 12 15%
1988 32 SFG NL 151 17% 2.7% 12.6% 5.3% 7.3% 33% 0.51 0.82 77% 18% 8.2% 38% 25 4 16%
1989 33 SFG NL 50 0% 4.0% 10.0% 8.0% 8.0% 50% 0.73 1.13 74% 15% 10.5% 14% 8 1 13%
8 Yrs 4368 16% 2.2% 12.8% 7.2% 6.3% 29% 0.55 1.04 76% 17% 8.8% 33% 707 91 13%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 14.4% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.8% 29% 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 32 SFG NL 144 499 3.47 322 65% 23% 11% 30% 37% 77% 0% 50% 86% 54% 5% 7 5 18% 26 15 0 44% 4 2 7 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL 50 158 3.16 96 61% 27% 9% 22% 42% 73% 0% 44% 87% 54% 2% 1 0 16% 8 4 0 60% 0 1 0 0 0
2 Yrs 194 657 3.39 418 64% 24% 10% 28% 38% 76% 0% 49% 87% 54% 4% 8 5 18% 34 19 0 48% 4 3 7 0 0
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
1982 26 SDP NL 425 86 8 0 9 7 1 5 3 13 6 2 46% 9 0 2 152 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1
1983 27 SDP NL 756 181 18 0 2 17 1 12 6 35 16 6 46% 5 2 3 261 14 7 67% 14 7 0 0 0 0 3 3 10 0
1984 28 SDP NL 630 125 12 0 11 11 1 6 6 25 5 8 20% 7 3 2 213 12 9 57% 10 8 2 0 0 1 1 1 11 1
1985 29 SDP NL 876 200 18 0 9 17 1 11 7 36 18 5 50% 6 2 3 311 15 5 75% 12 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1986 30 SDP NL 677 149 17 0 8 16 1 9 8 29 11 5 38% 10 0 1 229 10 10 50% 9 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1987 31 TOT NL 799 186 18 0 15 15 3 10 8 30 14 9 47% 7 2 1 290 20 10 67% 17 9 2 1 1 0 2 0 11 2
1987 31 SDP NL 335 71 10 0 7 8 2 6 4 14 9 2 64% 3 1 0 115 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1987 31 SFG NL 464 115 8 0 8 7 1 4 4 16 5 7 31% 4 1 1 175 11 8 58% 8 7 2 1 1 0 2 0 6 2
1988 32 SFG NL 151 33 1 0 4 0 1 4 0 1 3 11 7 1 64% 4 0 0 49 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 33 SFG NL 50 8 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0% 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Yrs 4364 968 2 0 97 0 55 89 8 55 42 180 77 37 43% 48 10 12 1517 77 47 62% 67 45 9 1 1 1 7 5 65 4
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+
1982 26 5 3 .625 2.57 31 10 11 0 0 2 105.0 86 37 30 8 33 3 59 1 1 0 426 135 1.133 7.4 0.7 2.8 5.1 1.79 135
1983 27 19 13 .594 3.21 59 38 11 9 1 2 288.2 267 115 103 26 77 7 133 4 2 2 1182 109 1.192 8.3 0.8 2.4 4.1 1.73 109
1984 28 28 21 .571 3.11 109 52 28 12 3 10 445.1 392 168 154 38 128 7 204 8 4 5 1813 114 1.168 7.9 0.8 2.6 4.1 1.59 114
1985 29 41 32 .562 3.05 143 83 29 19 5 10 660.0 592 247 224 56 185 12 309 9 6 7 2689 116 1.177 8.1 0.8 2.5 4.2 1.67 116
1986 30 50 43 .538 3.06 169 109 29 22 6 10 821.1 741 315 279 73 239 19 396 10 7 7 3366 117 1.193 8.1 0.8 2.6 4.3 1.66 117
1987 31 60 55 .522 3.13 217 137 37 27 9 10 1012.2 927 397 352 91 303 26 534 15 8 9 4167 116 1.215 8.2 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.76 116
1988 32 62 57 .521 3.13 224 144 37 28 9 10 1049.2 960 416 365 95 311 26 553 15 10 9 4318 116 1.211 8.2 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.78 116
1989 33 64 57 .529 3.13 226 146 37 28 9 10 1062.2 968 421 370 97 315 26 558 16 10 10 4368 116 1.207 8.2 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.77 116

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
1982 26 7 4 .636 3.06 100.0 91 38 34 8 35 56 1 1.260 8.2 3.2 5.0 1.60 0.7 31
1983 27 9 10 .474 4.24 172.0 190 90 81 19 46 69 3 1.372 9.9 2.4 3.6 1.50 1.0 28
1984 28 9 7 .563 3.41 148.0 131 62 56 13 53 67 4 1.243 8.0 3.2 4.1 1.26 0.8 50
1985 29 12 10 .545 3.49 201.0 211 87 78 19 60 98 1 1.348 9.4 2.7 4.4 1.63 0.9 34
1986 30 10 7 .588 3.43 155.0 155 66 59 18 56 84 1 1.361 9.0 3.3 4.9 1.50 1.0 26
1987 31 11 9 .550 3.73 181.0 188 83 75 18 65 131 5 1.398 9.3 3.2 6.5 2.02 0.9 48
1988 32 1 2 .333 4.11 35.0 36 18 16 4 9 18 0 1.286 9.3 2.3 4.6 2.00 1.0 7
1989 33 0 1 .000 4.50 12.0 9 7 6 2 4 5 1 1.083 6.8 3.0 3.8 1.25 1.5 2
8 Yrs 59 50 .541 3.63 1004.0 1011 451 405 101 328 528 16 1.334 9.1 4.7 1.61 0.9 226

* 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
1983 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1989 ML Hutch Award

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1987 NL  3.43 (8th)
Career  3.13 (217th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1983 NL  1.225 (9th)
Career  1.207 (150th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  8.198 (184th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 NL  2.156 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1983 NL  9 (4th)
1987 NL  5 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 NL  2 (8th)
1987 NL  3 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL  4 (10th)
1987 NL  5 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1985 NL  122 (10th)
1987 NL  114 (10th)
Career  116 (194th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1984 NL  24.47 (5th)
1985 NL  19.40 (10th)
Career  80.92 (191st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1984 NL  2.8 (3rd)
Career  8.7 (233rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1984 NL  2.1 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1984 NL  2.7 (5th)
1985 NL  2.1 (10th)
Career  8.8 (182nd)

                           

† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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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