Dennis Eckersley
Dennis Lee Eckersley (Eck)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 3, 1954 in Oakland, CA
High School: Washington (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
Final Game: September 26, 1998
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2004 (421/497 ballots).
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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
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 150 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 84 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 0 664 128 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 0 279 162 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 0 206 237 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 0 262 606 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 1 299 129 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 0 309 196 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 0 193 104 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 89 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 0 251 128 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 Seasons 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 144 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 110 1.164 8.9 0.9 1.6 6.0 3.83

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
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 Seasons (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 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
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
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

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1977 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0.00 0 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 1 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 Seasons (6 Appearances) 1 0 1 .000 3.12 1 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*

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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
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
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
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
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
1979 24 BOS AL 33 1017 936 89 234 39 4 29 31 4 59 150 .250 .297 .393 .690 .269 368 8 6 10 6 4
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
24 Seasons 1071 13533 12518 1382 3076 571 71 347 380 78 738 2401 .246 .290 .386 .676 .277 4830 146 75 109 93 91
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
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Starting Pitching*

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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 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% 58 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 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 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% 58 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 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 2 3 8 2 11 48% 50 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 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 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 0 2 4 0 20 61% 53 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% 48 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 0 2 2 0 16 67% 55 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% 59 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 4 5 1 0 16 50% 49 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 45 35 15 5 0 1 3.5 2.1 5.8
13 Seasons 430 361 149 130 82 27 40 189 172 .524 25 25 100 20 206 57% 54 98 16 228 77 40 118 4.4 4.3 6.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.980 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 1.030 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 1.017 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 1.273 23 14 15 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 2.041 38 15 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 1.687 31 8 11 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 1.734 37 16 10 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 2.035 39 18 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 1.758 44 17 8 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 2.068 37 16 10 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 1.818 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 1.705 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 1.897 35 9 18 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 2.231 36 14 6 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 1.114 19 10 20 21 9 20 15 35 3 20 5 8 2.4 11
15 Seasons 798 710 577 48 41 461 390 71 85% 480 17 349 91 26% 1.433 394 165 142 554 68 88 222 488 188 130 198 172 3.4 16

Ratio Pitching*

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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 48% 2.0% 19.1% 11.3% 4.9% 27% 0.54 66% 117 6 5%
1976 21 CLE AL 821 48% 1.6% 24.4% 9.5% 4.6% 25% 0.57 63% 108 5 5%
1977 22 CLE AL 1006 52% 3.1% 19.0% 5.4% 8.5% 40% 0.47 71% 110 8 7%
1978 23 BOS AL 1121 57% 2.7% 14.5% 6.3% 6.4% 28% 0.75 75% 191 19 10%
1979 24 BOS AL 1018 50% 2.9% 14.8% 5.8% 7.1% 31% 0.63 75% 178 8 4%
1980 25 BOS AL 818 55% 3.1% 14.8% 5.4% 7.6% 33% 0.65 76% 114 9 8%
1981 26 BOS AL 649 56% 1.4% 12.2% 5.4% 6.2% 25% 0.72 80% 116 8 7%
1982 27 BOS AL 926 55% 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 53% 2.3% 12.2% 5.3% 7.7% 32% 0.71 79% 132 14 11%
1984 29 BOS AL 270 54% 3.7% 12.2% 4.8% 10.7% 41% 0.80 78% 34 4 12%
1984 29 CHC NL 662 53% 1.7% 12.2% 5.4% 6.5% 28% 0.68 79% 98 10 10%
1985 30 CHC NL 664 51% 2.3% 17.6% 2.9% 6.6% 30% 0.78 76% 90 7 8%
1986 31 CHC NL 862 54% 2.4% 15.9% 5.0% 10.0% 38% 0.81 75% 126 6 5%
1987 32 OAK AL 460 43% 2.4% 24.6% 3.7% 7.6% 35% 0.98 68% 66 6 9%
1988 33 OAK AL 279 47% 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 49% 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 47% 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 53% 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 51% 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 51% 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 51% 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 63% 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 41% 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 51% 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 32% 3.5% 12.9% 4.7% 8.8% 33% 0.61 0.78 77% 26% 8.7% 18% 31 4 13%
24 Seasons 13534 51% 2.6% 17.7% 5.5% 7.3% 32% 0.52 0.67 73% 24% 7.2% 24% 2053 146 7%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 255 956 3.75 712 74% 22% 18% 34% 25% 78% 2% 58% 76% 72% 1% 3 1 47% 119 78 1 27% 16 1 7 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 198 734 3.71 507 69% 25% 14% 30% 30% 75% 0% 51% 81% 65% 4% 8 6 28% 55 32 0 22% 9 2 14 3 0
1996 41 STL NL 231 793 3.43 558 70% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 3% 52% 80% 63% 3% 7 4 19% 43 28 5 33% 10 1 20 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 Seasons 2602 9699 3.73 6935 72% 26% 18% 30% 27% 74% 3% 53% 76% 70% 2% 63 32 39% 1011 630 46 26% 163 11 74 3 5
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 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 2 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 1 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 8 1 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 3 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 2 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 1 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 3 1 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 2 1 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 5 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 5 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 1 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 Seasons 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 33 4 186 0
MLB Averages
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

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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 122 1.183 7.7 0.9 2.9 7.0 2.41 122
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

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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 12 7 .632 3.02 179.0 158 67 60 17 97 146 8 1.425 7.9 4.9 7.3 1.51 0.9 34
1976 21 9 11 .450 4.43 187.0 172 102 92 14 87 188 6 1.385 8.3 4.2 9.0 2.16 0.7 36
1977 22 13 13 .500 3.92 239.0 225 116 104 33 57 185 7 1.180 8.5 2.1 7.0 3.25 1.2 33
1978 23 17 11 .607 3.12 260.0 262 100 90 30 72 157 7 1.285 9.1 2.5 5.4 2.18 1.0 35
1979 24 17 9 .654 2.93 243.0 232 88 79 29 58 148 6 1.193 8.6 2.1 5.5 2.55 1.1 33
1980 25 10 11 .476 4.38 193.0 191 104 94 25 45 118 2 1.223 8.9 2.1 5.5 2.62 1.2 30
1981 26 10 14 .417 4.88 223.0 253 134 121 14 55 114 5 1.381 10.2 2.2 4.6 2.07 0.6 23
1982 27 12 12 .500 3.86 217.0 230 103 93 31 43 123 2 1.258 9.5 1.8 5.1 2.86 1.3 33
1983 28 6 13 .316 5.62 173.0 224 120 108 27 39 76 6 1.520 11.7 2.0 4.0 1.95 1.4 28
1984 29 13 11 .542 3.76 218.0 225 101 91 21 49 110 5 1.257 9.3 2.0 4.5 2.24 0.9 33
1985 30 11 7 .611 3.09 166.0 145 63 57 15 19 115 3 0.988 7.9 1.0 6.2 6.05 0.8 25
1986 31 9 12 .429 4.57 197.0 225 111 100 21 43 134 3 1.360 10.3 2.0 6.1 3.12 1.0 33
1987 32 7 5 .583 3.29 112.0 102 46 41 11 18 109 3 1.071 8.2 1.4 8.8 6.06 0.9 54
1988 33 5 2 .714 2.83 70.0 56 24 22 5 12 67 1 0.971 7.2 1.5 8.6 5.58 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 3.41 74.0 65 31 28 12 10 85 1 1.014 7.9 1.2 10.3 8.50 1.5 67
1992 37 6 2 .750 2.37 76.0 67 22 20 5 12 88 1 1.039 7.9 1.4 10.4 7.33 0.6 69
1993 38 3 4 .429 4.64 64.0 69 37 33 7 13 76 2 1.281 9.7 1.8 10.7 5.85 1.0 64
1994 39 3 3 .500 4.43 61.0 70 33 30 7 19 65 1 1.459 10.3 2.8 9.6 3.42 1.0 45
1995 40 2 4 .333 5.24 55.0 61 36 32 6 13 44 1 1.345 10.0 2.1 7.2 3.38 1.0 52
1996 41 4 2 .667 3.20 59.0 64 23 21 8 6 48 4 1.186 9.8 0.9 7.3 8.00 1.2 63
1997 42 3 2 .600 3.74 53.0 49 24 22 9 8 45 2 1.075 8.3 1.4 7.6 5.63 1.5 57
1998 43 2 2 .500 4.38 39.0 44 21 19 6 8 22 2 1.333 10.2 1.8 5.1 2.75 1.4 50
24 Seasons 191 161 .543 3.77 3285.0 3268 1526 1375 360 790 2387 79 1.235 9.0 6.5 3.02 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

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (113th)

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 (34th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1975 AL--2.604--3rd
1977 AL--3.530--10th
1978 AL--2.985--7th
1979 AL--2.992--3rd

Wins s c a p y
1978 AL--20--5th
1979 AL--17--5th
Career--197--113th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 AL--.650--7th
1978 AL--.714--4th
1979 AL--.630--10th

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--.969--3rd
Career--1.161--74th

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
1985 NL--1.010--2nd
1986 NL--1.925--1st
Career--2.022--96th

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--6.218--10th
Career--6.577--134th

Games Played s c a p y
1991 AL--67--10th
1992 AL--69--6th
Career--1071--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--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1977 AL--247.3--9th
1978 AL--268.3--9th
1979 AL--246.7--9th
Career--3285.7--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--2401--36th

Games Started s c a p y
1978 AL--35--9th
1981 AL--23--9th
Career--361--173rd

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--26th

Hits s c a p y
1978 AL--258--7th
1981 AL--160--7th
1986 NL--226--7th
Career--3076--110th

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--25th

Losses s c a p y
Career--171--89th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1981 AL--73--2nd
1983 AL--110--6th
1986 NL--102--4th
Career--1278--87th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 AL--7--8th
1977 AL--7--9th
1984 NL--4--10th
Career--75--134th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1978 AL--1121--7th
Career--13534--87th

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--150--1st
1982 AL--116--10th
1985 NL--128--7th
Career--116--183rd

Oldest s c a p y
1993 AL--born 1954-10-03--10th
1994 AL--born 1954-10-03--5th
1995 AL--born 1954-10-03--3rd
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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (249), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 84 (129), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 172 (30), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (104), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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