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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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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
1975 20 CLE AL 13 7 .650 2.60 34 24 5 6 2 2 186.2 147 61 54 16 90 8 152 7 2 4 794 144 1.270 7.1 0.8 4.3 7.3 1.69
1976 21 CLE AL 13 12 .520 3.43 36 30 3 9 3 1 199.1 155 82 76 13 78 2 200 5 1 6 821 101 1.169 7.0 0.6 3.5 9.0 2.56
1977 22 CLE AL 14 13 .519 3.53 33 33 0 12 3 0 247.1 214 100 97 31 54 11 191 7 0 3 1006 112 1.084 7.8 1.1 2.0 7.0 3.54 AS
1978 23 BOS AL 20 8 .714 2.99 35 35 0 16 3 0 268.1 258 99 89 30 71 8 162 7 0 3 1121 139 1.226 8.7 1.0 2.4 5.4 2.28 CYA-4,MVP-31
1979 24 BOS AL 17 10 .630 2.99 33 33 0 17 2 0 246.2 234 89 82 29 59 4 150 6 1 1 1018 149 1.188 8.5 1.1 2.2 5.5 2.54 CYA-7
1980 25 BOS AL 12 14 .462 4.28 30 30 0 8 0 0 197.2 188 101 94 25 44 7 121 2 0 0 818 99 1.174 8.6 1.1 2.0 5.5 2.75
1981 26 BOS AL 9 8 .529 4.27 23 23 0 8 2 0 154.0 160 82 73 9 35 2 79 3 0 0 649 91 1.266 9.4 0.5 2.0 4.6 2.26
1982 27 BOS AL 13 13 .500 3.73 33 33 0 11 3 0 224.1 228 101 93 31 43 3 127 2 0 1 926 116 1.208 9.1 1.2 1.7 5.1 2.95 AS
1983 28 BOS AL 9 13 .409 5.61 28 28 0 2 0 0 176.1 223 119 110 27 39 4 77 6 0 1 787 78 1.486 11.4 1.4 2.0 3.9 1.97
1984 29 TOT MLB 14 12 .538 3.60 33 33 0 4 0 0 225.0 223 97 90 21 49 9 114 5 2 3 932 110 1.209 8.9 0.8 2.0 4.6 2.33
1984 29 BOS AL 4 4 .500 5.01 9 9 0 2 0 0 64.2 71 38 36 10 13 2 33 1 0 2 270 83 1.299 9.9 1.4 1.8 4.6 2.54
1984 29 CHC NL 10 8 .556 3.03 24 24 0 2 0 0 160.1 152 59 54 11 36 7 81 4 2 1 662 128 1.173 8.5 0.6 2.0 4.5 2.25
1985 30 CHC NL 11 7 .611 3.08 25 25 0 6 2 0 169.1 145 61 58 15 19 4 117 3 3 0 664 129 0.969 7.7 0.8 1.0 6.2 6.16
1986 31 CHC NL 6 11 .353 4.57 33 32 0 1 0 0 201.0 226 109 102 21 43 3 137 3 5 2 862 88 1.338 10.1 0.9 1.9 6.1 3.19
1987 32 OAK AL 6 8 .429 3.03 54 2 33 0 0 16 115.2 99 41 39 11 17 3 113 3 0 1 460 137 1.003 7.7 0.9 1.3 8.8 6.65
1988 33 OAK AL 4 2 .667 2.35 60 0 53 0 0 45 72.2 52 20 19 5 11 2 70 1 2 0 279 163 0.867 6.4 0.6 1.4 8.7 6.36 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1989 34 OAK AL 4 0 1.000 1.56 51 0 46 0 0 33 57.2 32 10 10 5 3 0 55 1 0 0 206 239 0.607 5.0 0.8 0.5 8.6 18.33 CYA-6,MVP-5
1990 35 OAK AL 4 2 .667 0.61 63 0 61 0 0 48 73.1 41 9 5 2 4 1 73 0 0 0 262 603 0.614 5.0 0.2 0.5 9.0 18.25 AS,CYA-5,MVP-6
1991 36 OAK AL 5 4 .556 2.96 67 0 59 0 0 43 76.0 60 26 25 11 9 3 87 1 0 1 299 130 0.908 7.1 1.3 1.1 10.3 9.67 AS
1992 37 OAK AL 7 1 .875 1.91 69 0 65 0 0 51 80.0 62 17 17 5 11 6 93 1 0 0 309 195 0.913 7.0 0.6 1.2 10.5 8.45 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1993 38 OAK AL 2 4 .333 4.16 64 0 52 0 0 36 67.0 67 32 31 7 13 4 80 2 0 0 276 98 1.194 9.0 0.9 1.7 10.7 6.15
1994 39 OAK AL 5 4 .556 4.26 45 0 39 0 0 19 44.1 49 26 21 5 13 2 47 1 0 0 193 105 1.398 9.9 1.0 2.6 9.5 3.62
1995 40 OAK AL 4 6 .400 4.83 52 0 48 0 0 29 50.1 53 29 27 5 11 0 40 1 0 0 212 90 1.272 9.5 0.9 2.0 7.2 3.64
1996 41 STL NL 0 6 .000 3.30 63 0 53 0 0 30 60.0 65 26 22 8 6 2 49 4 0 0 251 127 1.183 9.8 1.2 0.9 7.4 8.17
1997 42 STL NL 1 5 .167 3.91 57 0 47 0 0 36 53.0 49 24 23 9 8 0 45 2 0 2 218 107 1.075 8.3 1.5 1.4 7.6 5.63
1998 43 BOS AL 4 1 .800 4.76 50 0 13 0 0 1 39.2 46 21 21 6 8 3 22 2 0 0 171 99 1.361 10.4 1.4 1.8 5.0 2.75
24 Yrs 197 171 .535 3.50 1071 361 577 100 20 390 3285.2 3076 1382 1278 347 738 91 2401 75 16 28 13534 116 1.161 8.4 1.0 2.0 6.6 3.25
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .535 3.50 51 17 27 5 1 19 156 146 66 61 16 35 4 114 4 1 1 643 116 1.161 8.4 1.0 2.0 6.6 3.25
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
OAK (9 yrs) 41 31 .569 2.74 525 2 456 0 0 320 637.0 515 210 194 56 92 21 658 11 2 2 2496 145 0.953 7.3 0.8 1.3 9.3 7.15
BOS (8 yrs) 88 71 .553 3.92 241 191 13 64 10 1 1371.2 1408 650 598 167 312 33 771 29 1 8 5760 109 1.254 9.2 1.1 2.0 5.1 2.47
CHC (3 yrs) 27 26 .509 3.63 82 81 0 9 2 0 530.2 523 229 214 47 98 14 335 10 10 3 2188 109 1.170 8.9 0.8 1.7 5.7 3.42
CLE (3 yrs) 40 32 .556 3.23 103 87 8 27 8 3 633.1 516 243 227 60 222 21 543 19 3 13 2621 116 1.165 7.3 0.9 3.2 7.7 2.45
STL (2 yrs) 1 11 .083 3.58 120 0 100 0 0 66 113.0 114 50 45 17 14 2 94 6 0 2 469 117 1.133 9.1 1.4 1.1 7.5 6.71
AL (20 yrs) 169 134 .558 3.47 869 280 477 91 18 324 2642.0 2439 1103 1019 283 626 75 1972 59 6 23 10877 117 1.160 8.3 1.0 2.1 6.7 3.15
NL (5 yrs) 28 37 .431 3.62 202 81 100 9 2 66 643.2 637 279 259 64 112 16 429 16 10 5 2657 111 1.164 8.9 0.9 1.6 6.0 3.83

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1975 20 CLE AL 186.2 34 24 61 2.94 4.29 -0.04 0.09 98.6 4.36 29 3.4 2.4 0.1 5.3 47 .600 .521
1976 21 CLE AL 199.1 36 30 82 3.70 4.00 -0.15 0.09 96.8 4.10 9 1.1 1.4 -0.1 2.9 26 .530 .507
1977 22 CLE AL 247.1 33 33 100 3.64 4.45 -0.05 0.14 99.1 4.60 26 2.8 -0.1 5.1 51 .585 .517 $152,333 AS
1978 23 BOS AL 268.1 35 35 99 3.32 4.23 0.06 0.13 109.0 4.69 41 4.8 -0.1 7.3 66 .638 .530 $152,333 CYA-4,MVP-31
1979 24 BOS AL 246.2 33 33 89 3.25 4.69 0.22 0.15 106.3 4.91 45 5.0 -0.1 7.3 71 .652 .531 $152,333 CYA-7
1980 25 BOS AL 197.2 30 30 101 4.60 4.56 0.05 0.15 103.4 4.82 4 0.4 -0.1 2.1 23 .513 .502
1981 26 BOS AL 154.0 23 23 82 4.79 4.18 0.04 0.14 104.6 4.48 -5 -0.6 -0.1 0.8 8 .476 .497
1982 27 BOS AL 224.1 33 33 101 4.05 4.48 0.00 0.15 106.3 4.92 23 2.5 -0.1 4.5 43 .576 .515 AS
1983 28 BOS AL 176.1 28 28 119 6.07 4.44 -0.08 0.14 109.0 5.09 -20 -1.9 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .431 .488
1984 29 BOS AL 64.2 9 9 38 5.29 4.32 -0.16 0.14 106.3 4.91 -3 -0.3 -0.0 0.3 3 .471 .498
1984 29 CHC NL 160.1 24 24 59 3.31 4.04 -0.12 0.14 106.7 4.59 21 2.5 -0.1 3.9 36 .604 .515
1985 30 CHC NL 169.1 25 25 61 3.24 4.09 -0.14 0.14 107.7 4.70 26 3.2 -0.1 4.6 42 .627 .520 $750,000
1986 31 CHC NL 201.0 33 32 109 4.88 4.19 -0.41 0.15 105.3 4.99 1 0.1 .6 -0.1 1.9 20 .504 .501 $783,333
1987 32 OAK AL 115.2 54 2 41 3.19 4.90 -0.10 -0.32 94.2 4.40 15 1.5 1.7 0.3 3.0 28 .528 .509 $833,333
1988 33 OAK AL 72.2 60 0 20 2.48 4.40 0.08 -0.35 96.6 3.83 11 1.2 1.9 0.4 2.2 18 .519 .507 $650,000 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1989 34 OAK AL 57.2 51 0 10 1.56 4.33 0.10 -0.33 95.2 3.71 14 1.5 1.8 0.5 2.6 19 .529 .509 $1,062,500 CYA-6,MVP-5
1990 35 OAK AL 73.1 63 0 9 1.10 4.32 0.52 -0.33 95.4 3.31 18 2.0 1.7 0.5 3.3 25 .532 .512 $787,500 AS,CYA-5,MVP-6
1991 36 OAK AL 76.0 67 0 26 3.08 4.45 0.09 -0.34 94.2 3.79 6 0.6 1.9 0.1 1.5 13 .509 .504 $3,000,000 AS
1992 37 OAK AL 80.0 69 0 17 1.91 4.26 0.06 -0.33 95.1 3.68 16 1.7 1.6 0.3 2.9 24 .525 .510 $3,150,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1993 38 OAK AL 67.0 64 0 32 4.30 4.69 -0.22 -0.36 94.9 4.32 1 0.1 1.9 -0.1 0.7 7 .501 .500 $3,800,000
1994 39 OAK AL 44.1 45 0 26 5.28 5.34 0.24 -0.41 92.4 4.33 -5 -0.4 1.7 -0.2 -0.2 1 .490 .497 $3,800,000
1995 40 OAK AL 50.1 52 0 29 5.19 5.08 -0.25 -0.38 91.0 4.51 -4 -0.3 1.6 -0.2 0.0 2 .493 .498 $2,861,113
1996 41 STL NL 60.0 63 0 26 3.90 4.67 0.50 -0.35 100.1 3.82 -0 -0.0 1.7 -0.1 0.4 5 .500 .500 $2,250,000
1997 42 STL NL 53.0 57 0 24 4.08 4.67 0.36 -0.36 99.5 3.94 -1 -0.1 1.8 -0.1 0.2 4 .498 .499 $1,625,000
1998 43 BOS AL 39.2 50 0 21 4.76 5.38 0.43 -0.41 100.7 4.57 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.2 4 .498 .500 $1,500,000
24 Seasons 3285.2 1071 361 1382 3.79 4.40 -0.00 0.02 102.3 4.53 268 30.6 1.7 0.2 62.5 582 .529 .508 $27,309,778
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
OAK (9 yrs) 637.0 525 2 210 2.97 4.61 0.05 -0.35 94.5 3.98 72 7.7 1.8 1.6 15.9 137 .515 .505 $19,944,446
BOS (8 yrs) 1371.2 241 191 650 4.26 4.46 0.06 0.13 106.4 4.82 84 9.9 1.3 -0.8 22.2 214 .541 .508 $1,804,666
CHC (3 yrs) 530.2 82 81 229 3.88 4.11 -0.23 0.14 106.5 4.78 48 5.8 .6 -0.3 10.5 98 .571 .512 $1,533,333
CLE (3 yrs) 633.1 103 87 243 3.45 4.26 -0.08 0.11 98.2 4.37 64 7.3 2.1 -0.2 13.3 124 .571 .515 $152,333
STL (2 yrs) 113.0 120 0 50 3.98 4.67 0.43 -0.35 99.8 3.88 -1 -0.1 1.7 -0.3 0.6 8 .499 .500 $3,875,000

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 29 CHC NL NLCS L SDP 0 1 .000 8.44 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 9 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1.688 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 33 OAK AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 0.00 4 0 4 0 0 4 6.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 21 0.500 1.5 0.0 3.0 7.5 2.50
1988 33 OAK AL WS L LAD 0 1 .000 10.80 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 1.800 10.8 5.4 5.4 10.8 2.00
1989 34 OAK AL ALCS W TOR 0 0 1.59 4 0 4 0 0 3 5.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 0.706 6.4 0.0 0.0 3.2
1989 34 OAK AL WS W SFG 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 35 OAK AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 2 3.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 8.1
1990 35 OAK AL WS L CIN 0 1 .000 6.75 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 6.8
1992 37 OAK AL ALCS L TOR 0 0 6.00 3 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 8 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 2.667 24.0 3.0 0.0 6.0
1996 41 STL NL NLDS W SDP 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 3 3.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 0.818 7.4 0.0 0.0 4.9
1996 41 STL NL NLCS L ATL 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 10.8
1998 43 BOS AL ALDS L CLE 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 9.0
7 Yrs (11 Series) 1 3 .250 3.00 28 1 26 0 0 15 36.0 35 12 12 3 3 0 22 0 0 0 141 1.056 8.8 0.8 0.8 5.5 7.33
1 ALDS 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 9.0
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 3 3.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 0.818 7.4 0.0 0.0 4.9
4 ALCS 0 0 1.50 14 0 13 0 0 10 18.0 15 3 3 1 2 0 12 0 0 0 70 0.944 7.5 0.5 1.0 6.0 6.00
2 NLCS 1 1 .500 5.19 4 1 3 0 0 1 8.2 11 5 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 34 1.269 11.4 0.0 0.0 4.2
3 WS 0 2 .000 5.79 6 0 6 0 0 1 4.2 5 3 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 19 1.286 9.6 1.9 1.9 5.8 3.00

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
1977 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1982 BOS AL 27 1 0 1 .000 9.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 1.333 6.0 3.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
1988 OAK AL 33 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1990 OAK AL 35 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1991 OAK AL 36 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1992 OAK AL 37 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0.2 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 4.500 40.5 0.0 0.0 27.0
6 Yrs (6 GP) 1 0 1 .000 3.12 4 0 0 3 8.2 6 5 3 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 35 0.923 6.2 1.0 2.1 7.3 3.50

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
1975 20 CLE AL 34 794 684 61 147 21 2 16 20 3 90 152 .215 .310 .322 .631 .250 220 6 7 6 7 8 5
1976 21 CLE AL 36 821 724 82 155 19 6 13 38 7 78 200 .214 .293 .311 .604 .276 225 5 5 10 4 2 2
1977 22 CLE AL 33 1006 928 100 214 43 11 31 34 1 54 191 .231 .276 .401 .677 .257 372 8 7 11 6 11 8
1978 23 BOS AL 35 1121 1028 99 258 38 4 30 26 5 71 162 .251 .302 .383 .685 .270 394 19 7 7 8 8 12
1979 24 BOS AL 33 1018 936 89 234 39 4 29 31 4 59 150 .250 .297 .393 .690 .269 368 8 6 10 6 4 7
1980 25 BOS AL 30 818 757 101 188 35 2 25 25 3 44 121 .248 .289 .399 .687 .263 302 9 2 7 8 7 6
1981 26 BOS AL 23 649 600 82 160 29 2 9 23 4 35 79 .267 .308 .367 .675 .292 220 8 3 6 5 2 6
1982 27 BOS AL 33 926 873 101 228 45 7 31 20 5 43 127 .261 .296 .435 .731 .274 380 12 2 4 4 3 4
1983 28 BOS AL 28 787 736 119 223 48 7 27 18 8 39 77 .303 .341 .497 .838 .308 366 5 6 1 5 4 6
1984 29 BOS AL 9 270 250 38 71 19 0 10 10 4 13 33 .284 .318 .480 .798 .290 120 4 1 3 3 2 4
1984 29 CHC NL 24 662 608 59 152 29 3 11 24 4 36 81 .250 .294 .362 .655 .270 220 10 4 8 6 7 8
1984 29 TOT MLB 33 932 858 97 223 48 3 21 34 8 49 114 .260 .301 .396 .697 .276 340 14 5 11 9 9 12
1985 30 CHC NL 25 664 634 61 145 25 4 15 13 8 19 117 .229 .254 .352 .606 .258 223 7 3 6 2 4 7
1986 31 CHC NL 33 862 793 109 226 58 7 21 16 8 43 137 .285 .320 .455 .776 .318 361 6 3 13 10 3 9
1987 32 OAK AL 54 460 434 41 99 23 1 11 9 1 17 113 .228 .260 .362 .622 .281 157 6 3 3 3 3 3
1988 33 OAK AL 60 279 263 20 52 4 0 5 3 1 11 70 .198 .230 .270 .500 .246 71 3 1 1 3 2 1
1989 34 OAK AL 51 206 198 10 32 4 0 5 3 0 3 55 .162 .175 .258 .432 .190 51 2 1 0 4 0 0
1990 35 OAK AL 63 262 257 9 41 9 1 2 1 2 4 73 .160 .172 .226 .397 .213 58 3 0 0 1 1 2
1991 36 OAK AL 67 299 288 26 60 8 2 11 8 1 9 87 .208 .235 .365 .599 .258 105 0 1 1 0 3 3
1992 37 OAK AL 69 309 294 17 62 11 1 5 9 1 11 93 .211 .242 .306 .548 .291 90 3 1 3 0 6 0
1993 38 OAK AL 64 276 257 32 67 8 4 7 12 2 13 80 .261 .299 .405 .704 .349 104 3 2 2 2 4 2
1994 39 OAK AL 45 193 178 26 49 11 3 5 4 1 13 47 .275 .328 .455 .783 .349 81 4 1 1 0 2 2
1995 40 OAK AL 52 212 197 29 53 12 0 5 9 1 11 40 .269 .308 .406 .714 .312 80 5 1 1 2 0 3
1996 41 STL NL 63 251 237 26 65 12 0 8 6 1 6 49 .274 .300 .426 .726 .311 101 6 4 1 3 2 5
1997 42 STL NL 57 218 206 24 49 12 0 9 6 2 8 45 .238 .273 .427 .700 .263 88 0 2 2 0 0 1
1998 43 BOS AL 50 171 158 21 46 9 0 6 12 1 8 22 .291 .331 .462 .793 .305 73 4 2 2 1 3 3
24 Yrs 1071 13534 12518 1382 3076 571 71 347 380 78 738 2401 .246 .290 .386 .676 .277 4830 146 75 109 93 91 109
162 Game Avg. 51 643 594 66 146 27 3 16 18 4 35 114 .246 .290 .386 .676 .277 229 7 4 5 4 4 5
MLB Averages .261 .328 .394 .722 .288
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1975 20 CLE AL 24.4 2.6 828 2.2 13.4 -11.2 .96 1.5 0.7 23.4 2.5 0.96 16.4 4 4 2
1976 21 CLE AL 2.5 0.3 874 0.6 14.4 -13.8 1.01 1.6 -1.0 6.8 0.7 1.01 16.9 2 1 3
1977 22 CLE AL 16.1 1.6 1045 4.1 18.5 -14.4 .97 2.9 1.4 25.9 2.7 0.97 26.4 0 0 0
1978 23 BOS AL 32.3 3.5 1156 2.7 19.5 -16.8 .96 1.8 1.1 32.7 3.4 0.96 18.6 0 0 0
1979 24 BOS AL 39.1 4.1 1059 4.7 20.8 -16.1 1.05 2.7 1.8 43.5 4.4 1.05 35.3 0 0 0
1980 25 BOS AL 1.1 0.1 848 0.0 13.8 -13.8 .93 0.9 -0.9 4.3 0.4 0.93 11.2 0 0 0
1981 26 BOS AL -6.3 -0.6 675 -0.5 11.0 -11.5 1.03 0.6 -1.0 -9.8 -1.0 1.03 7.1 0 0 0
1982 27 BOS AL 14.8 1.5 955 1.1 16.7 -15.6 .96 1.0 0.1 14.5 1.4 0.96 14.9 0 0 0
1983 28 BOS AL -21.6 -2.1 815 -1.7 12.7 -14.4 .93 -2.2 0.4 -25.1 -2.3 0.93 -21.6 0 0 0
1984 29 TOT MLB 10.3 1.2 982 1.0 16.8 -15.8 1.01 0.5 0.5 11.4 1.2 1.01 5.6 0 0 0
1984 29 BOS AL -4.8 -0.5 287 -0.2 4.3 -4.5 .83 -0.6 0.4 -5.0 -0.5 0.83 -7.7 0 0 0
1984 29 CHC NL 15.1 1.6 695 1.2 12.5 -11.3 1.09 1.1 0.0 16.3 1.7 1.09 13.3 0 0 0
1985 30 CHC NL 17.0 1.9 691 2.5 11.9 -9.4 .95 2.8 -0.2 18.3 1.9 0.95 30.2 0 0 0
1986 31 CHC NL -8.9 -0.9 897 -2.2 14.8 -17.0 1.01 -1.1 -1.1 -17.0 -1.7 1.01 -12.6 0 0 1
1987 32 OAK AL 16.8 1.6 476 2.0 11.2 -9.2 1.26 1.8 -0.3 26.1 2.7 1.26 21.4 21 15 16
1988 33 OAK AL 13.0 1.3 287 3.2 10.3 -7.1 1.96 2.2 -0.6 15.9 1.7 1.96 21.5 36 17 7
1989 34 OAK AL 15.1 1.6 208 3.2 6.6 -3.5 1.59 2.1 -0.1 16.0 1.7 1.59 22.0 28 9 13
1990 35 OAK AL 25.1 2.6 266 5.1 9.1 -3.9 1.62 3.1 0.1 27.9 3.0 1.62 30.8 30 18 15
1991 36 OAK AL 8.6 0.9 312 2.0 11.2 -9.2 1.96 1.2 -0.2 10.6 1.1 1.96 11.6 37 20 10
1992 37 OAK AL 18.0 1.9 322 4.6 10.1 -5.5 1.64 2.1 0.7 26.7 2.9 1.64 23.4 39 16 14
1993 38 OAK AL 0.4 0.0 286 -0.7 9.6 -10.2 2.03 0.0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.0 2.03 2.7 33 19 11
1994 39 OAK AL -0.4 -0.0 201 -0.2 6.4 -6.6 1.83 0.1 -0.2 0.6 0.1 1.83 -1.3 26 6 11
1995 40 OAK AL -2.9 -0.3 225 -2.6 6.1 -8.6 1.70 -0.4 -1.2 -0.2 -0.0 1.70 -0.3 23 17 10
1996 41 STL NL 5.4 0.5 258 0.1 8.7 -8.6 1.85 0.1 -0.0 2.6 0.3 1.85 2.1 35 8 19
1997 42 STL NL 2.3 0.2 229 -0.1 8.3 -8.4 2.18 0.4 -0.4 1.8 0.2 2.18 4.4 36 12 7
1998 43 BOS AL 0.7 0.1 185 -0.4 3.4 -3.8 1.12 -0.1 -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 1.12 -2.4 19 10 19
24 Yrs 223.0 23.6 14080 30.8 285.5 -254.7 1.15 25.8 1.0 255.9 27.3 1.15 284.4 369 172 158
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1975 20 CLE AL 34 24 12 7 5 1 1 14 10 .583 2 1 6 2 16 67% 59.1 85 23 29 6 5 11 4.8 4.6 7.2
1976 21 CLE AL 36 30 12 12 6 2 5 15 15 .500 3 3 9 3 17 57% 57.8 91 21 29 12 8 9 3.8 3.9 6.2
1977 22 CLE AL 33 33 14 13 6 3 5 18 15 .545 4 0 12 3 17 52% 58.5 98 21 17 7 6 10 4.0 4.0 7.5
1978 23 BOS AL 35 35 20 8 7 2 3 25 10 .714 2 2 16 3 23 66% 57.1 82 21 22 3 5 7 5.2 5.3 7.7
1979 24 BOS AL 33 33 17 10 6 3 4 19 14 .576 4 0 17 2 23 70% 57.7 83 28 7 2 5 8 5.3 5.2 7.5
1980 25 BOS AL 30 30 12 14 4 1 3 15 15 .500 0 3 8 0 15 50% 52.2 89 16 21 10 1 6 4.2 3.9 6.6
1981 26 BOS AL 23 23 9 8 6 2 0 12 11 .522 3 3 8 2 11 48% 50.3 90 17 11 5 1 7 4.8 4.0 6.7
1982 27 BOS AL 33 33 13 13 7 3 5 15 18 .455 0 1 11 3 19 58% 53.2 81 17 18 8 2 11 3.9 4.1 6.8
1983 28 BOS AL 28 28 9 13 6 1 2 12 16 .429 2 2 2 0 13 46% 42.5 72 16 20 9 0 15 3.9 4.1 6.3
1984 29 TOT MLB 33 33 14 12 7 3 4 18 15 .545 2 2 4 0 20 61% 0.1 79 18 15 4 2 13 4.8 4.6 6.8
1984 29 BOS AL 9 9 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 .556 0 0 2 0 4 44% 47.6 64 24 4 1 0 5 5.7 5.1 7.2
1984 29 CHC NL 24 24 10 8 6 2 3 13 11 .542 2 2 2 0 16 67% 55.2 79 18 11 3 2 8 4.5 4.4 6.7
1985 30 CHC NL 25 25 11 7 7 2 1 16 9 .640 2 3 6 2 15 60% 58.6 92 36 5 2 2 9 4.0 3.3 6.8
1986 31 CHC NL 33 32 6 11 15 4 6 10 22 .313 5 5 1 0 16 50% 48.7 77 19 19 4 3 11 3.8 4.3 6.3
1987 32 OAK AL 54 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 40.0 45 35 15 5 0 1 3.5 2.1 5.8
13 Yrs 430 361 149 130 82 27 40 189 172 .524 29 25 100 20 206 57% 54 98 16 228 77 40 118 4.4 4.3 6.9
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 105 -21 4.4 4.4 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
1975 20 CLE AL 34 10 5 1 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 15 7 47% 7 .960 4 4 2 4 2 4 8 2 6 3 6 2 4.3
1976 21 CLE AL 36 6 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 0 0% 9 1.012 2 1 3 2 0 4 3 3 3 1 3 0 7.0
1986 31 CHC NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 1.015 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1987 32 OAK AL 54 52 33 6 6 20 16 4 80% 22 2 50 11 22% 8 1.261 21 15 16 32 5 15 28 24 33 7 35 5 6.0
1988 33 OAK AL 60 60 53 4 2 53 45 8 85% 54 1 32 11 34% 9 1.957 36 17 7 57 2 1 22 38 23 12 24 13 3.6 18
1989 34 OAK AL 51 51 46 4 0 39 33 6 85% 40 1 24 9 38% 9 1.592 28 9 13 47 2 2 16 35 17 8 17 11 3.4 15
1990 35 OAK AL 63 63 61 4 2 50 48 2 96% 50 0 29 4 14% 9 1.625 30 18 15 57 5 1 19 44 23 6 23 16 3.5 16
1991 36 OAK AL 67 67 59 5 4 51 43 8 84% 51 0 31 9 29% 9 1.962 37 20 10 56 8 3 18 49 22 13 24 17 3.4 18
1992 37 OAK AL 69 69 65 7 1 54 51 3 94% 54 0 31 2 6% 9 1.645 39 16 14 58 9 2 22 47 22 7 22 21 3.5 17
1993 38 OAK AL 64 64 52 2 4 46 36 10 78% 46 0 32 13 41% 9 2.031 33 19 11 49 7 8 19 45 13 11 14 22 3.1 16
1994 39 OAK AL 45 45 39 5 4 25 19 6 76% 25 0 21 5 24% 9 1.829 26 6 11 30 6 9 13 32 5 6 6 14 3.0 17
1995 40 OAK AL 52 52 48 4 6 38 29 9 76% 38 0 19 1 5% 9 1.695 23 17 10 46 2 4 14 38 6 11 6 14 2.9 15
1996 41 STL NL 63 63 53 0 6 34 30 4 88% 38 4 21 6 29% 9 1.848 35 8 19 48 7 8 14 49 9 14 9 19 2.9 14
1997 42 STL NL 57 57 47 1 5 43 36 7 84% 44 0 13 3 23% 9 2.184 36 12 7 47 4 6 10 47 3 11 4 10 2.8 14
1998 43 BOS AL 50 50 13 4 1 4 1 3 25% 14 9 24 8 33% 8 1.120 19 10 19 21 9 20 15 35 3 20 5 8 2.4 12
15 Yrs 798 710 577 48 41 461 390 71 85% 480 17 349 91 26% 1.398 369 172 158 554 68 88 222 488 188 130 198 172 3.4 16

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%
1975 20 CLE AL 794 52% 2.0% 19.1% 11.3% 4.9% 27% 0.54 66% 117 6 5%
1976 21 CLE AL 821 52% 1.6% 24.4% 9.5% 4.6% 25% 0.57 63% 108 5 5%
1977 22 CLE AL 1006 48% 3.1% 19.0% 5.4% 8.5% 40% 0.47 71% 110 8 7%
1978 23 BOS AL 1121 43% 2.7% 14.5% 6.3% 6.4% 28% 0.75 75% 191 19 10%
1979 24 BOS AL 1018 50% 2.9% 14.7% 5.8% 7.1% 31% 0.63 75% 178 8 4%
1980 25 BOS AL 818 45% 3.1% 14.8% 5.4% 7.6% 33% 0.65 76% 114 9 8%
1981 26 BOS AL 649 44% 1.4% 12.2% 5.4% 6.2% 25% 0.72 80% 116 8 7%
1982 27 BOS AL 926 45% 3.4% 13.7% 4.6% 9.0% 36% 0.70 78% 132 12 9%
1983 28 BOS AL 787 50% 3.4% 9.8% 5.0% 10.4% 37% 0.65 81% 141 5 4%
1984 29 TOT MLB 932 47% 2.3% 12.2% 5.3% 7.7% 32% 0.71 79% 132 14 11%
1984 29 BOS AL 270 46% 3.7% 12.2% 4.8% 10.7% 41% 0.80 78% 34 4 12%
1984 29 CHC NL 662 47% 1.7% 12.2% 5.4% 6.5% 28% 0.68 79% 98 10 10%
1985 30 CHC NL 664 49% 2.3% 17.6% 2.9% 6.6% 30% 0.78 76% 90 7 8%
1986 31 CHC NL 862 46% 2.4% 15.9% 5.0% 10.0% 38% 0.81 75% 126 6 5%
1987 32 OAK AL 460 57% 2.4% 24.6% 3.7% 7.6% 35% 0.98 68% 66 6 9%
1988 33 OAK AL 279 53% 1.8% 25.1% 3.9% 3.2% 17% 0.64 0.77 68% 22% 8.3% 49% 36 3 8%
1989 34 OAK AL 206 51% 2.4% 26.7% 1.5% 4.4% 28% 0.55 0.71 69% 22% 7.8% 32% 26 2 8%
1990 35 OAK AL 262 53% 0.8% 27.9% 1.5% 4.6% 29% 0.50 0.61 70% 22% 2.2% 24% 39 3 8%
1991 36 OAK AL 299 47% 3.7% 29.1% 3.0% 7.0% 35% 0.43 0.56 64% 26% 9.9% 21% 45 0 0%
1992 37 OAK AL 309 49% 1.6% 30.1% 3.6% 5.5% 27% 0.46 0.66 63% 22% 4.5% 19% 48 3 6%
1993 38 OAK AL 276 49% 2.5% 29.0% 4.7% 6.9% 28% 0.39 0.45 62% 26% 6.7% 18% 50 3 6%
1994 39 OAK AL 193 49% 2.6% 24.4% 6.7% 9.8% 39% 0.52 0.63 65% 22% 6.7% 14% 37 4 11%
1995 40 OAK AL 212 37% 2.4% 18.9% 5.2% 8.0% 32% 0.59 0.67 73% 26% 6.3% 21% 42 5 12%
1996 41 STL NL 251 59% 3.2% 19.5% 2.4% 8.0% 31% 0.60 0.76 73% 29% 8.9% 24% 44 6 14%
1997 42 STL NL 218 49% 4.1% 20.6% 3.7% 9.6% 43% 0.47 0.55 70% 22% 10.0% 18% 34 0 0%
1998 43 BOS AL 171 68% 3.5% 12.9% 4.7% 8.8% 33% 0.61 0.78 77% 26% 8.7% 18% 31 4 13%
24 Yrs 13534 49% 2.6% 17.7% 5.5% 7.3% 32% 0.52 0.67 73% 24% 7.2% 24% 2053 146 7%
MLB Averages 42% 2.2% 14.5% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 0.81 1.08 73% 21% 7.2% 19% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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 33 OAK AL 279 1050 3.76 748 71% 26% 20% 27% 26% 74% 3% 53% 72% 68% 1% 4 2 36% 100 58 7 24% 18 0 0 0 0
1989 34 OAK AL 201 730 3.63 558 76% 24% 21% 29% 26% 76% 0% 58% 72% 83% 1% 2 2 53% 106 70 4 28% 18 0 5 0 0
1990 35 OAK AL 256 960 3.75 715 74% 22% 18% 34% 25% 78% 2% 58% 76% 72% 1% 3 1 47% 121 79 1 27% 16 1 6 0 3
1991 36 OAK AL 299 1184 3.96 824 70% 25% 20% 30% 25% 75% 3% 52% 73% 69% 2% 5 3 37% 110 60 2 21% 14 0 0 0 0
1992 37 OAK AL 309 1195 3.87 881 74% 25% 20% 31% 23% 75% 8% 55% 73% 67% 3% 9 4 48% 147 105 4 16% 28 0 0 0 0
1993 38 OAK AL 258 959 3.72 683 71% 25% 20% 31% 25% 75% 4% 54% 74% 72% 3% 9 4 44% 114 72 7 33% 24 2 18 0 0
1994 39 OAK AL 190 742 3.91 500 67% 29% 17% 28% 26% 71% 2% 48% 75% 68% 3% 6 3 36% 68 36 2 36% 10 1 3 0 2
1995 40 OAK AL 199 736 3.70 508 69% 26% 14% 30% 30% 74% 0% 51% 81% 65% 4% 8 6 28% 55 32 0 22% 9 2 13 3 0
1996 41 STL NL 232 796 3.43 559 70% 26% 15% 27% 31% 74% 3% 52% 80% 63% 3% 7 4 19% 43 28 5 33% 10 1 19 0 0
1997 42 STL NL 211 762 3.61 551 72% 27% 13% 31% 29% 73% 0% 53% 82% 72% 2% 4 1 43% 90 62 7 33% 11 3 7 0 0
1998 43 BOS AL 171 594 3.47 413 70% 30% 14% 23% 34% 70% 7% 49% 80% 70% 4% 6 2 35% 59 29 7 32% 5 1 0 0 0
11 Yrs 2605 9708 3.73 6940 72% 26% 18% 30% 27% 74% 3% 53% 76% 70% 2% 63 32 39% 1013 631 46 26% 163 11 71 3 5
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 27%

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
1975 20 CLE AL 794 147 16 0 14 5 11 12 4 30 15 2 50% 5 4 3 289 20 3 87% 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1976 21 CLE AL 821 155 13 0 6 7 6 8 5 31 12 8 39% 2 6 1 279 38 7 84% 36 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 14 0
1977 22 CLE AL 1006 214 31 0 8 13 18 19 12 33 14 8 42% 8 3 0 312 34 1 97% 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1978 23 BOS AL 1121 258 30 0 6 11 19 15 15 49 24 6 49% 12 3 2 409 26 5 84% 24 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 19 0
1979 24 BOS AL 1018 234 29 0 14 10 19 9 20 43 17 10 40% 7 1 1 372 31 4 89% 29 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 10 0
1980 25 BOS AL 818 188 25 1 9 9 16 13 12 33 18 6 55% 6 0 0 259 25 3 89% 24 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1981 26 BOS AL 649 160 9 0 6 5 4 2 7 38 31 3 82% 6 0 0 234 23 4 85% 21 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1982 27 BOS AL 926 228 31 0 14 12 19 17 14 40 20 2 50% 4 1 3 286 20 5 80% 17 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 10 0
1983 28 BOS AL 787 223 27 0 14 12 15 18 9 57 30 11 53% 6 1 0 277 18 8 69% 16 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1984 29 TOT MLB 932 223 21 0 12 10 11 13 8 56 28 3 50% 12 3 1 313 34 8 81% 31 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
1984 29 BOS AL 270 71 10 0 1 4 6 5 5 18 10 3 56% 4 2 0 87 10 4 71% 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1984 29 CHC NL 662 152 11 0 11 6 5 8 3 38 18 0 47% 8 1 1 226 24 4 86% 22 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1985 30 CHC NL 664 145 15 0 6 4 11 7 8 25 17 5 68% 7 0 2 201 13 8 62% 12 7 1 1 0 0 3 2 7 0
1986 31 CHC NL 862 226 21 0 3 12 9 13 8 46 28 8 61% 9 2 0 309 16 8 67% 13 7 3 1 0 0 3 0 20 0
1987 32 OAK AL 460 99 11 0 11 6 5 4 7 23 13 7 57% 3 1 2 162 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1988 33 OAK AL 279 52 3 0 5 0 2 2 3 3 2 13 7 3 54% 1 0 0 96 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 34 OAK AL 206 32 2 0 5 1 4 4 1 3 2 10 8 0 80% 0 0 0 61 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1990 35 OAK AL 262 41 4 1 2 0 7 1 1 2 0 6 2 2 33% 2 0 0 86 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1991 36 OAK AL 299 60 12 0 11 0 9 6 5 3 8 16 5 5 31% 3 1 1 100 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1992 37 OAK AL 309 62 24 0 5 0 1 2 3 4 1 10 1 7 10% 0 0 0 120 9 1 90% 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 38 OAK AL 276 67 1 0 7 0 10 2 5 4 3 22 10 8 45% 2 0 0 103 12 2 86% 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1994 39 OAK AL 193 49 4 0 5 0 7 3 2 2 3 8 6 0 75% 2 0 0 86 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 40 OAK AL 212 53 7 0 5 0 1 2 3 3 2 8 3 3 38% 3 0 0 96 9 1 90% 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1996 41 STL NL 251 65 8 1 8 0 5 4 4 5 3 12 5 0 42% 5 0 0 97 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1997 42 STL NL 218 49 3 0 9 0 1 7 2 5 4 6 3 0 50% 1 2 0 86 6 2 75% 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1998 43 BOS AL 171 46 11 1 6 0 7 2 4 5 1 15 8 4 53% 3 0 2 57 12 1 92% 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
24 Yrs 13534 3076 79 3 347 2 177 151 196 189 158 630 325 111 52% 109 28 18 4690 380 78 83% 349 68 30 9 1 1 14 2 186 0
MLB Averages 53% 67%
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

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+
1975 20 13 7 .650 2.60 34 24 5 6 2 2 186.2 147 61 54 16 90 8 152 7 2 4 794 144 1.270 7.1 0.8 4.3 7.3 1.69 144
1976 21 26 19 .578 3.03 70 54 8 15 5 3 386.0 302 143 130 29 168 10 352 12 3 10 1615 119 1.218 7.0 0.7 3.9 8.2 2.10 119
1977 22 40 32 .556 3.23 103 87 8 27 8 3 633.1 516 243 227 60 222 21 543 19 3 13 2621 116 1.165 7.3 0.9 3.2 7.7 2.45 116
1978 23 60 40 .600 3.15 138 122 8 43 11 3 901.2 774 342 316 90 293 29 705 26 3 16 3742 123 1.183 7.7 0.9 2.9 7.0 2.41 123
1979 24 77 50 .606 3.12 171 155 8 60 13 3 1148.1 1008 431 398 119 352 33 855 32 4 17 4760 128 1.184 7.9 0.9 2.8 6.7 2.43 128
1980 25 89 64 .582 3.29 201 185 8 68 13 3 1346.0 1196 532 492 144 396 40 976 34 4 17 5578 123 1.183 8.0 1.0 2.6 6.5 2.46 123
1981 26 98 72 .576 3.39 224 208 8 76 15 3 1500.0 1356 614 565 153 431 42 1055 37 4 17 6227 118 1.191 8.1 0.9 2.6 6.3 2.45 118
1982 27 111 85 .566 3.43 257 241 8 87 18 3 1724.1 1584 715 658 184 474 45 1182 39 4 18 7153 118 1.194 8.3 1.0 2.5 6.2 2.49 118
1983 28 120 98 .550 3.64 285 269 8 89 18 3 1900.2 1807 834 768 211 513 49 1259 45 4 19 7940 112 1.221 8.6 1.0 2.4 6.0 2.45 112
1984 29 134 110 .549 3.63 318 302 8 93 18 3 2125.2 2030 931 858 232 562 58 1373 50 6 22 8872 112 1.219 8.6 1.0 2.4 5.8 2.44 112
1985 30 145 117 .553 3.59 343 327 8 99 20 3 2295.0 2175 992 916 247 581 62 1490 53 9 22 9536 113 1.201 8.5 1.0 2.3 5.8 2.56 113
1986 31 151 128 .541 3.67 376 359 8 100 20 3 2496.0 2401 1101 1018 268 624 65 1627 56 14 24 10398 111 1.212 8.7 1.0 2.3 5.9 2.61 111
1987 32 157 136 .536 3.64 430 361 41 100 20 19 2611.2 2500 1142 1057 279 641 68 1740 59 14 25 10858 112 1.203 8.6 1.0 2.2 6.0 2.71 112
1988 33 161 138 .538 3.61 490 361 94 100 20 64 2684.1 2552 1162 1076 284 652 70 1810 60 16 25 11137 113 1.194 8.6 1.0 2.2 6.1 2.78 113
1989 34 165 138 .545 3.56 541 361 140 100 20 97 2742.0 2584 1172 1086 289 655 70 1865 61 16 25 11343 114 1.181 8.5 0.9 2.1 6.1 2.85 114
1990 35 169 140 .547 3.49 604 361 201 100 20 145 2815.1 2625 1181 1091 291 659 71 1938 61 16 25 11605 116 1.166 8.4 0.9 2.1 6.2 2.94 116
1991 36 174 144 .547 3.47 671 361 260 100 20 188 2891.1 2685 1207 1116 302 668 74 2025 62 16 26 11904 116 1.160 8.4 0.9 2.1 6.3 3.03 116
1992 37 181 145 .555 3.43 740 361 325 100 20 239 2971.1 2747 1224 1133 307 679 80 2118 63 16 26 12213 117 1.153 8.3 0.9 2.1 6.4 3.12 117
1993 38 183 149 .551 3.45 804 361 377 100 20 275 3038.1 2814 1256 1164 314 692 84 2198 65 16 26 12489 117 1.154 8.3 0.9 2.0 6.5 3.18 117
1994 39 188 153 .551 3.46 849 361 416 100 20 294 3082.2 2863 1282 1185 319 705 86 2245 66 16 26 12682 117 1.157 8.4 0.9 2.1 6.6 3.18 117
1995 40 192 159 .547 3.48 901 361 464 100 20 323 3133.0 2916 1311 1212 324 716 86 2285 67 16 26 12894 116 1.159 8.4 0.9 2.1 6.6 3.19 116
1996 41 192 165 .538 3.48 964 361 517 100 20 353 3193.0 2981 1337 1234 332 722 88 2334 71 16 26 13145 116 1.160 8.4 0.9 2.0 6.6 3.23 116
1997 42 193 170 .532 3.49 1021 361 564 100 20 389 3246.0 3030 1361 1257 341 730 88 2379 73 16 28 13363 116 1.158 8.4 0.9 2.0 6.6 3.26 116
1998 43 197 171 .535 3.50 1071 361 577 100 20 390 3285.2 3076 1382 1278 347 738 91 2401 75 16 28 13534 116 1.161 8.4 1.0 2.0 6.6 3.25 116

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
1975 20 13 7 .650 3.00 180.0 156 67 60 17 96 147 7 1.400 7.8 4.8 7.4 1.53 0.9 34
1976 21 9 11 .450 4.40 188.0 171 102 92 14 86 188 6 1.367 8.2 4.1 9.0 2.19 0.7 36
1977 22 13 13 .500 3.94 240.0 222 117 105 32 56 186 7 1.158 8.3 2.1 7.0 3.32 1.2 33
1978 23 17 11 .607 3.15 260.0 261 101 91 30 72 157 7 1.281 9.0 2.5 5.4 2.18 1.0 35
1979 24 17 10 .630 2.93 243.0 231 88 79 29 58 148 6 1.189 8.6 2.1 5.5 2.55 1.1 33
1980 25 10 11 .476 4.34 195.0 188 104 94 25 44 119 2 1.190 8.7 2.0 5.5 2.70 1.2 30
1981 26 10 14 .417 4.88 223.0 253 134 121 14 55 115 5 1.381 10.2 2.2 4.6 2.09 0.6 23
1982 27 12 12 .500 3.84 218.0 228 103 93 31 43 123 2 1.243 9.4 1.8 5.1 2.86 1.3 33
1983 28 6 13 .316 5.59 174.0 221 120 108 27 39 76 6 1.494 11.4 2.0 3.9 1.95 1.4 28
1984 29 13 11 .542 3.76 218.0 224 101 91 21 49 110 5 1.252 9.2 2.0 4.5 2.24 0.9 33
1985 30 11 7 .611 3.09 166.0 144 63 57 15 19 115 3 0.982 7.8 1.0 6.2 6.05 0.8 25
1986 31 10 12 .455 4.55 198.0 223 111 100 21 42 135 3 1.338 10.1 1.9 6.1 3.21 1.0 33
1987 32 7 5 .583 3.19 113.0 100 44 40 11 17 111 3 1.035 8.0 1.4 8.8 6.53 0.9 54
1988 33 5 2 .714 2.70 70.0 55 23 21 5 12 68 1 0.957 7.1 1.5 8.7 5.67 0.6 60
1989 34 5 1 .833 1.93 56.0 35 13 12 5 3 53 1 0.679 5.6 0.5 8.5 17.67 0.8 51
1990 35 7 0 1.000 0.76 71.0 44 7 6 2 4 71 0 0.676 5.6 0.5 9.0 17.75 0.3 63
1991 36 5 3 .625 3.36 75.0 64 31 28 12 10 85 1 0.987 7.7 1.2 10.2 8.50 1.4 67
1992 37 6 2 .750 2.22 77.0 66 21 19 5 12 89 1 1.013 7.7 1.4 10.4 7.42 0.6 69
1993 38 3 4 .429 4.71 63.0 70 37 33 7 14 76 2 1.333 10.0 2.0 10.9 5.43 1.0 64
1994 39 3 3 .500 4.21 62.0 69 32 29 7 18 66 1 1.403 10.0 2.6 9.6 3.67 1.0 45
1995 40 2 4 .333 5.07 55.0 60 34 31 6 12 44 1 1.309 9.8 2.0 7.2 3.67 1.0 52
1996 41 4 2 .667 3.20 59.0 63 23 21 8 6 48 4 1.169 9.6 0.9 7.3 8.00 1.2 63
1997 42 3 2 .600 3.91 53.0 49 26 23 9 8 45 2 1.075 8.3 1.4 7.6 5.63 1.5 57
1998 43 2 2 .500 4.62 39.0 45 22 20 6 8 21 2 1.359 10.4 1.8 4.8 2.63 1.4 50
24 Yrs 193 162 .544 3.75 3296.0 3242 1524 1374 359 783 2396 78 1.221 8.9 6.5 3.06 1.0 1071
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

* 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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1975 AL  5.3 (10th)
1977 AL  5.1 (8th)
1978 AL  7.3 (3rd)
1979 AL  7.3 (1st)
1982 AL  4.5 (9th)
1984 NL  3.9 (8th)
1985 NL  4.6 (7th)
Career  62.5 (46th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1975 AL  2.60 (3rd)
1977 AL  3.53 (10th)
1978 AL  2.99 (7th)
1979 AL  2.99 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1978 AL  20 (5th)
1979 AL  17 (5th)
Career  197 (116th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 AL  .650 (7th)
1978 AL  .714 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1976 AL  1.169 (9th)
1977 AL  1.084 (2nd)
1979 AL  1.188 (4th)
1980 AL  1.174 (5th)
1982 AL  1.208 (3rd)
1985 NL  0.969 (3rd)
Career  1.161 (76th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 AL  7.088 (4th)
1976 AL  6.998 (3rd)
1977 AL  7.787 (7th)
1985 NL  7.707 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL  1.965 (4th)
1979 AL  2.153 (7th)
1980 AL  2.003 (8th)
1981 AL  2.046 (7th)
1982 AL  1.725 (2nd)
1983 AL  1.991 (5th)
1984 ML  1.960 (5th)
1985 NL  1.010 (2nd)
1986 NL  1.925 (1st)
Career  2.022 (95th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 AL  7.329 (4th)
1976 AL  9.030 (2nd)
1977 AL  6.950 (6th)
1978 AL  5.434 (9th)
1979 AL  5.473 (6th)
1980 AL  5.509 (10th)
1985 NL  6.219 (10th)
Career  6.577 (157th)

Games Played s c a p y
1991 AL  67 (10th)
1992 AL  69 (6th)
Career  1,071 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1987 AL  16 (6th)
1988 AL  45 (1st)
1989 AL  33 (3rd)
1990 AL  48 (2nd)
1991 AL  43 (2nd)
1992 AL  51 (1st)
1993 AL  36 (5th)
1994 AL  19 (4th)
1995 AL  29 (7th)
1996 NL  30 (9th)
1997 NL  36 (4th)
Career  390 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1977 AL  247.3 (9th)
1978 AL  268.3 (9th)
1979 AL  246.7 (9th)
Career  3,285.7 (92nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1975 AL  152 (10th)
1976 AL  200 (4th)
1977 AL  191 (5th)
1978 AL  162 (5th)
1979 AL  150 (6th)
Career  2,401 (38th)

Games Started s c a p y
1978 AL  35 (9th)
1981 AL  23 (9th)
Career  361 (181st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1978 AL  16 (7th)
1979 AL  17 (2nd)
1982 AL  11 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1977 AL  3 (8th)
1978 AL  3 (10th)
1981 AL  2 (8th)
1982 AL  3 (4th)
Career  20 (244th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  31 (3rd)
1978 AL  30 (1st)
1979 AL  29 (6th)
1980 AL  25 (8th)
1982 AL  31 (6th)
1983 AL  27 (7th)
1986 NL  21 (9th)
Career  347 (28th)

Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  258 (7th)
1981 AL  160 (7th)
1986 NL  226 (7th)
Career  3,076 (114th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  2.564 (7th)
1977 AL  3.537 (1st)
1978 AL  2.282 (7th)
1979 AL  2.542 (4th)
1980 AL  2.750 (3rd)
1981 AL  2.257 (7th)
1982 AL  2.954 (1st)
1985 NL  6.158 (1st)
1986 NL  3.186 (5th)
Career  3.253 (31st)

Losses s c a p y
Career  171 (91st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1981 AL  73 (2nd)
1983 AL  110 (6th)
1986 NL  102 (4th)
Career  1,278 (90th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 AL  7 (8th)
1977 AL  7 (9th)
1984 NL  4 (10th)
Career  75 (175th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1978 AL  1,121 (7th)
Career  13,534 (102nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1988 AL  53 (4th)
1990 AL  61 (3rd)
1991 AL  59 (4th)
1992 AL  65 (1st)
1993 AL  52 (6th)
1994 AL  39 (4th)
1995 AL  48 (7th)
1996 NL  53 (10th)
Career  577 (17th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1975 AL  144 (2nd)
1978 AL  139 (7th)
1979 AL  149 (1st)
1982 AL  116 (10th)
1985 NL  129 (7th)
Career  116 (187th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1975 AL  24 (8th)
1978 AL  32 (5th)
1979 AL  39 (1st)
1985 NL  17 (8th)
1990 AL  25 (6th)
Career  223 (66th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1975 AL  2.6 (8th)
1978 AL  3.5 (5th)
1979 AL  4.1 (1st)
1985 NL  1.9 (7th)
1990 AL  2.6 (6th)
Career  23.6 (59th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1975 AL  23.38 (9th)
1977 AL  25.90 (10th)
1978 AL  32.67 (5th)
1979 AL  43.50 (1st)
1984 NL  16.33 (10th)
1990 AL  27.91 (6th)
1992 AL  26.72 (8th)
Career  255.87 (36th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1977 AL  4.1 (5th)
1979 AL  4.7 (2nd)
1988 AL  3.2 (5th)
1989 AL  3.2 (5th)
1990 AL  5.1 (2nd)
1992 AL  4.6 (5th)
Career  30.8 (27th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1977 AL  2.9 (7th)
1979 AL  2.7 (6th)
1985 NL  2.9 (6th)
1988 AL  2.2 (8th)
1989 AL  2.1 (8th)
1990 AL  3.1 (5th)
Career  25.8 (33rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1975 AL  2.5 (9th)
1977 AL  2.7 (10th)
1978 AL  3.4 (5th)
1979 AL  4.4 (1st)
1984 NL  1.7 (10th)
1990 AL  3.0 (5th)
1992 AL  2.9 (8th)
Career  27.3 (35th)

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)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (310), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 130 (130), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 172 (33), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (108), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (1st), 63.0 career WAR/37.8 7yr-peak WAR/50.4 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Lindy McDaniel (722)
  2. Rich Gossage (720) *
  3. Hoyt Wilhelm (717) *
  4. Ron Reed (715)
  5. Tom Gordon (694)
  6. Rollie Fingers (671) *
  7. Ron Kline (635)
  8. Firpo Marberry (616)
  9. Jose Mesa (613)
  10. Gary Bell (607)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Willie Mitchell (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Stemmyer (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jack Stivetts (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gary Nolan (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gary Nolan (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bret Saberhagen (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Greg Maddux (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Greg Maddux (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Kaat (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rick Wise (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rick Wise (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Rick Wise (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Frank Viola (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Bill Sherdel (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Larry Jackson (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Larry Jackson (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. John Smoltz (870)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. John Smoltz (868)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Lindy McDaniel (787)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Lindy McDaniel (785)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Ron Reed (761)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  22. Ron Reed (754)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  23. Rich Gossage (733) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  24. Hoyt Wilhelm (610) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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