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Dennis Eckersley

Dennis Lee Eckersley (Eck)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 3, 1954 in Oakland, CA
High School: Washington Union HS (Fremont, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1975 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox/Cardinals/Indians/Cubs 1975-1998
Agents: Ed Keating [*]
Final Game: September 26, 1998 (Age 43)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2004 (421/506 ballots).
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Standard Batting

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
1975 20 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 21 CLE AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 22 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D AS
1978 23 BOS AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-4,MVP-31
1979 24 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-7
1980 25 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 26 BOS AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 27 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1983 28 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 29 TOT MLB 33 57 55 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 .109 .125 .109 .234 -36 6 1 0 1 0 0 1
1984 29 BOS AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 29 CHC NL 24 57 55 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 .109 .125 .109 .234 -36 6 1 0 1 0 0 1
1985 30 CHC NL 26 65 56 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 25 .125 .222 .179 .401 9 10 0 0 2 0 0 1
1986 31 CHC NL 33 73 69 7 11 3 0 2 10 0 0 1 34 .159 .169 .290 .459 21 20 0 0 2 1 0 1
1987 32 OAK AL 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 33 OAK AL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1989 34 OAK AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-6,MVP-5
1990 35 OAK AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-6
1991 36 OAK AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1992 37 OAK AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1993 38 OAK AL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 39 OAK AL 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 40 OAK AL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 41 STL NL 63 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 42 STL NL 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 43 BOS AL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 Yrs 1073 196 181 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .173 .199 .372 0 36 1 0 5 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 30 27 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .133 .173 .199 .372 0 5 0 0 1 0 0
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
OAK (9 yrs) 525 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (8 yrs) 241 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (3 yrs) 83 195 180 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .174 .200 .374 1 36 1 0 5 1 0
CLE (3 yrs) 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (2 yrs) 120 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (20 yrs) 870 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 203 196 181 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .173 .199 .372 0 36 1 0 5 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1975 20 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1976 21 CLE AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1977 22 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $152,333 1/D AS
1978 23 BOS AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $152,333 1 CYA-4,MVP-31
1979 24 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $152,333 1 CYA-7
1980 25 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1981 26 BOS AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1982 27 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1 AS
1983 28 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1984 29 BOS AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1984 29 CHC NL 24 57 -10 -1 0 0 7 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .481 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 1
1985 30 CHC NL 26 65 -6 -0 0 0 7 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .505 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $750,000 1
1986 31 CHC NL 33 73 -7 -0 0 0 9 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $783,333 1
1987 32 OAK AL 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $833,333 1
1988 33 OAK AL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $650,000 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1989 34 OAK AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,062,500 1 CYA-6,MVP-5
1990 35 OAK AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $787,500 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-6
1991 36 OAK AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $3,000,000 1 AS
1992 37 OAK AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $3,150,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1993 38 OAK AL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,800,000 1
1994 39 OAK AL 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,800,000 1
1995 40 OAK AL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,861,113 1
1996 41 STL NL 63 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $2,250,000 1
1997 42 STL NL 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $1,625,000 1
1998 43 BOS AL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,500,000 1
24 Seasons 1073 196 -24 -1 0 0 29 5 0.4 7 11 0.4 .500 .500 0.4 0.7 11 $27,309,778
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
OAK (9 yrs) 525 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3 0 3 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 0.4 3 $19,944,446
BOS (8 yrs) 241 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.2 1 $1,804,666
CHC (3 yrs) 83 195 -24 -1 0 0 24 -1 -0.1 7 6 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 6 $1,533,333
CLE (3 yrs) 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 1 $152,333
STL (2 yrs) 120 1 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $3,875,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1984 29 TOT MLB 57 51 1 0.5 100 .200 .109 .272 .125 .339 .109 .396 .234 .735 -36 .022 -10.4 -1.1 .140 .018 .000
1984 29 CHC NL 57 51 1 0.5 100 .200 .109 .272 .125 .339 .109 .396 .234 .735 -36 .022 -10.4 -1.1 .140 .018 .000
1985 30 CHC NL 65 51 3 1.6 103 .200 .125 .271 .222 .341 .179 .404 .401 .745 9 .144 -7.3 -0.8 .347 .179 .054 .0
1986 31 CHC NL 73 61 4 1.8 103 .265 .159 .269 .169 .341 .290 .406 .459 .747 21 .163 -8.0 -0.8 .362 .145 .130 .0
1996 41 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .269 .000 .338 .000 .420 .000 .758 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
24 Yrs 196 164 8 1.3 102 .221 .133 .271 .173 .340 .199 .403 .372 .743 0 .105 -26.0 -2.7 .285 .116 .066 .0
162 Game Avg. 30 25 1 1.3 102 .221 .133 .271 .173 .340 .199 .403 .372 .743 0 .105 -26.0 -2.7 .285 .116 .066
CHC (3 yrs) 195 163 8 1.3 102 .223 .133 .271 .174 .340 .200 .402 .374 .742 1 .106 -25.7 -2.7 .287 .117 .067 .0
STL (2 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .269 .000 .338 .000 .420 .000 .758 -100 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (5 yrs) 196 164 8 1.3 102 .221 .133 .271 .173 .340 .199 .403 .372 .743 0 .105 -26.0 -2.7 .285 .116 .066 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1984 29 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 33 OAK AL ALCS BOS W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 33 OAK AL WS LAD L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 34 OAK AL ALCS TOR W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 34 OAK AL WS SFG W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 35 OAK AL ALCS BOS W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 35 OAK AL WS CIN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 37 OAK AL ALCS TOR L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 41 STL NL NLDS SDP W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 41 STL NL NLCS ATL L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 43 BOS AL ALDS CLE L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (11 Series) 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ALCS 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 BOS AL 27 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 OAK AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 OAK AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 OAK AL 36
1992 OAK AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (5 GP) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1984 29 TOT MLB 57 0.0% 43.9% 1.8% 0.0% 0% 25.00 2.2 55.0 4.20 53%
1984 29 CHC NL 57 0.0% 43.9% 1.8% 0.0% 0% 25.00 2.2 55.0 4.20 53%
1985 30 CHC NL 65 1.5% 38.5% 10.8% 1.5% 14% 3.57 2.2 56.0 56.0 1.55 46%
1986 31 CHC NL 73 2.7% 46.6% 1.4% 6.9% 46% 34.00 2.0 34.5 6.9 1.89 47%
1996 41 STL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 0.0% 0%
24 Yrs 196 1.5% 42.9% 4.6% 3.1% 25% 9.33 2.2 60.3 15.1 0.00 2.12 48% 0% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.5% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 1.68 6.1 40.5 8.2 0.81 1.08 73% 21% 7.2% 18%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1975 20 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1976 21 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1977 22 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1978 23 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1979 24 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1980 25 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1981 26 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1982 27 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1983 28 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1984 29 TOT MLB -10.4 -1.1 57 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 .83 -1.0 0.0 -8.4 -0.9 0.82 -10.4 0
1984 29 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1984 29 CHC NL -10.4 -1.1 57 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 .83 -1.0 0.0 -8.4 -0.9 0.82 -10.4 0
1985 30 CHC NL -7.3 -0.8 65 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 .85 -0.5 -0.2 -7.6 -0.8 0.88 -5.8 0
1986 31 CHC NL -8.0 -0.8 74 -0.2 1.2 -1.4 .96 -0.4 0.3 -2.6 -0.3 0.90 -4.5 0
1987 32 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 33 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1989 34 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 35 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 36 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 37 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1993 38 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 39 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 40 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 41 STL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .06 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.39 -0.3 0
1997 42 STL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 43 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
24 Yrs -26.0 -2.7 197 -1.6 2.0 -3.6 .88 -2.0 0.2 -18.7 -1.9 0.87 -21.0 0
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1984 29 TOT MLB 0 0 14% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1984 29 CHC NL 0 0 14% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1985 30 CHC NL 1 0 0% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14% 5 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
1986 31 CHC NL 1 0 50% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 17% 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0
1996 41 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Yrs 2 0 20% 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 11% 10 8 2 4 3 0 4 3 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1984 29 TOT MLB 57 44% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 1 14% 5 0 0% 28 1 4% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1984 29 CHC NL 57 44% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 1 14% 5 0 0% 28 1 4% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1985 30 CHC NL 65 31% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 40% 8 0 0% 13 1 8% 33 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1986 31 CHC NL 73 22% 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 67% 6 0 0% 9 2 22% 40 8 20% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1996 41 STL NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Yrs 196 31% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 10 5 50% 21 1 5% 27 3 11% 101 9 9% 7 2 29% 1 1 100% 0
MLB Averages 58% 76% 11% 35% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1996 41 STL NL 1 5 5.00 3 60% 33% 33% 0% 33% 67% 0% 40% 50% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr 1 5 5.00 3 60% 33% 33% 0% 33% 67% 0% 40% 50% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 29 319 57 55 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 .109 .125 .109 .234 -36 6 1 0 1 0 0
1985 30 345 122 111 2 13 0 0 1 2 0 0 8 50 .117 .176 .144 .321 -12 16 1 0 3 0 0
1986 31 378 195 180 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .174 .200 .374 1 36 1 0 5 1 0
1987 32 432 195 180 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .174 .200 .374 1 36 1 0 5 1 0
1988 33 492 195 180 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .174 .200 .374 1 36 1 0 5 1 0
1989 34 543 195 180 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .174 .200 .374 1 36 1 0 5 1 0
1990 35 606 195 180 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .174 .200 .374 1 36 1 0 5 1 0
1991 36 673 195 180 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .174 .200 .374 1 36 1 0 5 1 0
1992 37 742 195 180 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .174 .200 .374 1 36 1 0 5 1 0
1993 38 806 195 180 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .174 .200 .374 1 36 1 0 5 1 0
1994 39 851 195 180 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .174 .200 .374 1 36 1 0 5 1 0
1995 40 903 195 180 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .174 .200 .374 1 36 1 0 5 1 0
1996 41 966 196 181 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .173 .199 .372 0 36 1 0 5 1 0
1997 42 1023 196 181 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .173 .199 .372 0 36 1 0 5 1 0
1998 43 1073 196 181 9 24 3 0 3 12 0 0 9 84 .133 .173 .199 .372 0 36 1 0 5 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1984 29 33 58 56 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 25 .125 .140 .125 .265 1 33
1985 30 26 65 56 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 7 25 .125 .222 .179 .401 2 26
1986 31 33 72 68 6 10 3 0 2 9 0 1 34 .147 .157 .279 .437 3 33
1996 41 63 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 63
4 Yrs 155 196 181 8 24 3 0 3 11 0 9 84 .133 .173 .199 .372 6 155
162 Game Avg. 162 205 189 8 25 3 0 3 11 0 9 88 .133 .173 .199 .372 6 155

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Hall of Fame
2004 BBWAA (83.2%)
Selected to HOF in 2004 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1977 *
1982 (P)
1988 *
1990 *
1991 *
1992 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1988 AL ALCS MVP
1988 AL Rolaids Relief
1992 AL Cy Young
1992 AL MVP
1992 AL Rolaids Relief
1992 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (31, 1%)
1988 AL (5, 40%)
1989 AL (5, 30%)
1990 AL (6, 28%)
1992 AL (1, 78%)
1 MVP
1.78 Career Shares (117th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (4, 7%)
1979 AL (7, 1%)
1988 AL (2, 37%)
1989 AL (6, 2%)
1990 AL (5, 1%)
1992 AL (1, 76%)
1 Cy Young
1.24 Career Shares (42nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 AL  7.3 (4th)
1979 AL  7.3 (4th)
Career  63.0 (151st)

Oldest s c a p y
1993 AL  born 1954-10-03 (10th)
1994 AL  born 1954-10-03 (6th)
1995 AL  born 1954-10-03 (4th)
1996 NL  born 1954-10-03 (3rd)
1997 NL  born 1954-10-03 (2nd)
1998 AL  born 1954-10-03 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1975 AL  born 1954-10-03 (6th)

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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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