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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
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox/Cardinals/Indians/Cubs 1975-1998
Agents: Ed Keating [*]
Final Game: September 26, 1998
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2004 (421/506 ballots).
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Fine Details · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 12:17AM

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #24. Roy Halladay… #25. Red Faber… #26. Mordecai Brown… #27. DENNIS ECKERSLEY… #28. Pedro Martinez… #29. Fergie Jenkins… #30. Bob Feller…

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #24. Roy Halladay… #25. Red Faber… #26. Mordecai Brown… #27. DENNIS ECKERSLEY… #28. Pedro Martinez… #29. Fergie Jenkins… #30. Bob Feller…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1972	17	CLE-min	A	5	5	.500	4.80	12	12		3	1	0	75.0	87	46	40	6	33	1	56	6	0	3			1.600	10.4	0.7	4.0	6.7	1.70	REN · CALL
1973	18	CLE-min	A	12	8	.600	3.65	31	31		11	5	0	202.0	182	97	82	15	91	3	218	6	0	12			1.351	8.1	0.7	4.1	9.7	2.40	REN · CALL
1974	19	CLE-min	AA	14	3	.824	3.40	23	23		10	2	0	167.0	141	66	63	14	60	4	163	10	0	6			1.204	7.6	0.8	3.2	8.8	2.72	SAN · TL
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-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8		1.000	9.0	4.5	0.0	9.0		PAW · IL
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 (v2.1): 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
1975	20	CLE	AL	186.2	34	24	61	2.94	4.30	-0.04	0.09	98.5	4.36	30	3.4	2.4	0.1	5.1	49	.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	2.7	28	.530	.507	$
1977	22	CLE	AL	247.1	33	33	100	3.64	4.46	-0.05	0.14	98.8	4.59	26	2.8		-0.1	4.8	54	.585	.517	$152,333	AS
1978	23	BOS	AL	268.1	35	35	99	3.32	4.23	0.06	0.13	108.5	4.67	41	4.9		-0.1	7.0	68	.640	.530	$152,333	CYA-4,MVP-31
1979	24	BOS	AL	246.2	33	33	89	3.25	4.70	0.22	0.15	105.1	4.87	44	4.9		-0.1	6.9	73	.648	.530	$152,333	CYA-7
1980	25	BOS	AL	197.2	30	30	101	4.60	4.57	0.05	0.15	103.3	4.83	4	0.4		-0.1	1.9	26	.514	.503	$
1981	26	BOS	AL	154.0	23	23	82	4.79	4.22	0.04	0.14	104.3	4.50	-5	-0.5		-0.1	0.6	5	.477	.497	$
1982	27	BOS	AL	224.1	33	33	101	4.05	4.49	0.00	0.15	106.2	4.92	23	2.5		-0.1	4.2	45	.576	.516	$	AS
1983	28	BOS	AL	176.1	28	28	119	6.07	4.45	-0.08	0.14	108.8	5.08	-20	-1.9		-0.1	-0.6	-1	.431	.488	$
1984	29	BOS	AL	64.2	9	9	38	5.29	4.33	-0.16	0.14	105.0	4.86	-3	-0.3		-0.0	0.2	4	.468	.498	$
1984	29	CHC	NL	160.1	24	24	59	3.31	4.04	-0.12	0.14	106.6	4.59	21	2.5		-0.1	3.7	38	.605	.516	$
1985	30	CHC	NL	169.1	25	25	61	3.24	4.09	-0.14	0.14	107.5	4.69	26	3.2		-0.1	4.4	43	.627	.520	$750,000
1986	31	CHC	NL	201.0	33	32	109	4.88	4.19	-0.41	0.15	105.1	4.99	1	0.2	.6	-0.1	1.7	22	.505	.501	$783,333
1987	32	OAK	AL	115.2	54	2	41	3.19	4.91	-0.10	-0.32	94.1	4.41	16	1.5	1.7	0.3	2.9	29	.529	.510	$833,333
1988	33	OAK	AL	72.2	60	0	20	2.48	4.41	0.08	-0.35	96.2	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	95.3	3.71	14	1.5	1.8	0.5	2.5	20	.529	.509	$1,062,500	CYA-6,MVP-5
1990	35	OAK	AL	73.1	63	0	9	1.10	4.33	0.52	-0.33	93.9	3.27	18	2.0	1.7	0.5	3.2	26	.531	.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	15	.509	.504	$3,000,000	AS
1992	37	OAK	AL	80.0	69	0	17	1.91	4.28	0.06	-0.33	93.6	3.64	15	1.7	1.7	0.3	2.8	24	.524	.510	$3,150,000	AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1993	38	OAK	AL	67.0	64	0	32	4.30	4.70	-0.22	-0.36	94.6	4.30	1	0.1	1.9	-0.1	0.6	8	.501	.500	$3,800,000
1994	39	OAK	AL	44.1	45	0	26	5.28	5.37	0.24	-0.41	91.9	4.34	-5	-0.4	1.7	-0.2	-0.3	-0	.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	-0.1	2	.493	.498	$2,861,113
1996	41	STL	NL	60.0	63	0	26	3.90	4.69	0.50	-0.35	98.6	3.79	-0	-0.0	1.7	-0.1	0.3	5	.500	.500	$2,250,000
1997	42	STL	NL	53.0	57	0	24	4.08	4.68	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	5.39	0.43	-0.41	100.6	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	4.41	-0.00	0.02	101.9	4.52	268	30.7	1.7	0.2	58.6	609	.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	4.62	0.05	-0.35	94.0	3.97	72	7.8	1.8	1.7	15.3	141	.515	.505	$19,944,446
BOS (8 yrs)				1371.2	241	191	650	4.26	4.47	0.06	0.13	106.0	4.81	84	9.9	1.3	-0.8	20.4	224	.541	.508	$1,804,666
CHC (3 yrs)				530.2	82	81	229	3.88	4.11	-0.23	0.14	106.3	4.77	48	5.9	.6	-0.3	9.8	103	.571	.512	$1,533,333
CLE (3 yrs)				633.1	103	87	243	3.45	4.27	-0.08	0.11	98.1	4.37	65	7.3	2.1	-0.2	12.6	131	.571	.515	$152,333
STL (2 yrs)				113.0	120	0	50	3.98	4.68	0.43	-0.35	99.0	3.86	-1	-0.1	1.7	-0.3	0.5	10	.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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1972	17	CLE-min	A	12	32	30	2	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	16	.200	.250	.233	.483		7		0	0	0			REN · CALL
1973	18	CLE-min	A	31	89	76	3	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	28	.184	.271	.197	.468		15		1	4	0			REN · CALL
1974	19	CLE-min	AA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SAN · TL
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-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
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 (v2.1): 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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1984	29	CHC	NL	24	57	-10	-1	0	0	7	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.5	.481	.497	-0.5	0.0	-2	$	1
1985	30	CHC	NL	26	65	-6	0	0	0	7	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.504	.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	.505	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.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	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,500,000	1
24 Seasons				1073	196	-24	-1	1	0	23	-2	-0.2	6	4	-0.2	.500	.500	-0.2	0.7	4	$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	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.4	0	$19,944,446
BOS (8 yrs)				241	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$1,804,666
CHC (3 yrs)				83	195	-24	-1	1	0	23	-1	-0.2	6	4	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	5	$1,533,333
CLE (3 yrs)				104	0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$152,333
STL (2 yrs)				120	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$3,875,000

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

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1975	CLE	AL	20	P	34	24	6	186.2	20	7	12	1	0	.950	0.92	0.56	.940	1.87	1.86	20	3	13%	38%	0
1976	CLE	AL	21	P	36	30	9	199.1	30	9	20	1	1	.967	1.31	0.81	.950	1.87	1.88	38	7	16%	34%	1
1977	CLE	AL	22	P	33	33	12	247.1	30	6	22	2	1	.933	1.02	0.85	.948	1.95	1.93	34	1	3%	39%	0	AS
1977	CLE	AL	22	DH	1	0																			AS
1978	BOS	AL	23	P	35	35	16	268.1	48	19	29	0	1	1.000	1.61	1.37	.954	1.90	1.88	26	5	16%	38%	0	CYA-4,MVP-31
1979	BOS	AL	24	P	33	33	17	246.2	60	12	42	6	3	.900	1.97	1.64	.949	1.92	1.89	31	4	11%	36%	4	CYA-7
1980	BOS	AL	25	P	30	30	8	197.2	37	10	24	3	0	.919	1.55	1.13	.957	1.85	1.85	25	3	11%	35%	0
1981	BOS	AL	26	P	23	23	8	154.0	32	12	19	1	1	.969	1.81	1.35	.963	1.98	1.98	23	4	15%	38%	1
1982	BOS	AL	27	P	33	33	11	224.1	43	21	21	1	2	.977	1.68	1.27	.958	1.80	1.80	20	5	20%	36%	0	AS
1983	BOS	AL	28	P	28	28	2	176.1	38	19	18	1	0	.974	1.89	1.32	.958	1.80	1.78	18	8	31%	33%	0
1984	TOT	MLB	29	P	33	33	4	225.0	70	27	38	5	3	.929	2.60	1.97	.955	1.86	1.85	34	8	19%	33%	1
1984	BOS	AL	29	P	9	9	2	64.2	23	11	11	1	2	.957	3.06	2.44	.958	1.80	1.78	10	4	29%	36%	0
1984	CHC	NL	29	P	24	24	2	160.1	47	16	27	4	1	.915	2.41	1.79	.954	1.88	1.87	24	4	14%	31%	1
1985	CHC	NL	30	P	25	25	6	169.1	39	10	26	3	1	.923	1.91	1.44	.953	1.92	1.92	13	8	38%	30%	4
1986	CHC	NL	31	P	33	32	1	201.0	47	16	28	3	3	.936	1.97	1.33	.955	1.94	1.94	16	8	33%	32%	3
1987	OAK	AL	32	P	54	2	0	115.2	18	4	13	1	0	.944	1.32	0.31	.955	1.84	1.82	9	1	10%	31%	0
1988	OAK	AL	33	P	60	0	0	72.2	10	7	3	0	0	1.000	1.24	0.17	.961	1.78	1.77	3	1	25%	31%	0	AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1989	OAK	AL	34	P	51	0	0	57.2	8	4	4	0	1	1.000	1.25	0.16	.960	1.87	1.85	3	0	0%	31%	0	CYA-6,MVP-5
1990	OAK	AL	35	P	63	0	0	73.1	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	0.49	0.06	.952	1.78	1.76	1	2	67%	34%	0	AS,CYA-5,MVP-6
1991	OAK	AL	36	P	67	0	0	76.0	15	6	9	0	0	1.000	1.78	0.22	.956	1.80	1.80	8	1	11%	34%	1	AS
1992	OAK	AL	37	P	69	0	0	80.0	13	3	10	0	1	1.000	1.46	0.19	.953	1.72	1.71	9	1	10%	34%	0	AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1993	OAK	AL	38	P	64	0	0	67.0	5	0	5	0	0	1.000	0.67	0.08	.952	1.79	1.78	12	2	14%	36%	0
1994	OAK	AL	39	P	45	0	0	44.1	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.61	0.07	.957	1.73	1.71	4	1	20%	31%	0
1995	OAK	AL	40	P	52	0	0	50.1	9	3	5	1	2	.889	1.43	0.15	.960	1.79	1.77	9	1	10%	31%	0
1996	STL	NL	41	P	63	0	0	60.0	10	3	6	1	0	.900	1.35	0.14	.954	1.85	1.83	6	1	14%	28%	0
1997	STL	NL	42	P	57	0	0	53.0	8	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.36	0.14	.952	1.85	1.84	6	2	25%	32%	0
1998	BOS	AL	43	P	50	0	0	39.2	7	2	4	1	0	.857	1.36	0.12	.959	1.79	1.76	12	1	8%	31%	0
	24 Seasons			P	1071	361	100	3285.2	604	208	365	31	20	.949	1.57	0.54	.954	1.87	1.82	380	78	17%	34%	15
	24 Seasons			TOT	1071	361	100	3285.2	604	208	365	31	20	.949	1.57	0.54	.954	1.87	1.82	380	78	17%	34%	15
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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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 7.0 (5th) 1979 AL 6.9 (4th) Career 58.4 (161st)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1975 AL 5.1 (10th) 1977 AL 4.8 (8th) 1978 AL 7.0 (3rd) 1979 AL 6.9 (1st) 1984 NL 3.7 (8th) 1985 NL 4.4 (6th) Career 58.6 (49th)	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 (115th)	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) 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 (65th)	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 23.49 (9th) 1977 AL 25.94 (10th) 1978 AL 32.73 (5th) 1979 AL 43.62 (1st) 1990 AL 28.15 (6th) 1992 AL 26.83 (8th) Career 258.82 (35th)	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 5.2 (2nd) 1992 AL 4.6 (5th) Career 31.1 (25th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1977 AL 2.9 (7th) 1979 AL 2.8 (6th) 1985 NL 2.9 (6th) 1988 AL 2.2 (8th) 1989 AL 2.1 (8th) 1990 AL 3.1 (5th) Career 26.0 (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 4.5 (1st) 1990 AL 3.0 (5th) 1992 AL 2.9 (8th) Career 27.6 (35th)
Def. Games as P s c a p y Career 1,071 (4th)	Putouts as P s c a p y Career 208 (95th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1979 AL 6 (2nd) 1984 NL 4 (4th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1978 AL 1.000 (1st)
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)

† 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 (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 8 (301), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 130 (130), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 172 (33), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 34 (108), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (1st), 58.4 career WAR/35.7 7yr-peak WAR/47.1 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Lindy McDaniel (722)
Rich Gossage (720) *
Hoyt Wilhelm (717) *
Ron Reed (715)
Tom Gordon (694)
Rollie Fingers (671) *
Ron Kline (635)
Firpo Marberry (616)
Jose Mesa (613)
Gary Bell (607)

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Bill Stemmyer (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Gary Nolan (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Nolan (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bret Saberhagen (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Greg Maddux (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Greg Maddux (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Kaat (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Wise (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Wise (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Wise (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Viola (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Sherdel (915) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Jackson (912) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Jackson (904) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Smoltz (870) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Smoltz (868) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lindy McDaniel (787) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lindy McDaniel (785) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Reed (761) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Reed (754) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Hoyt Wilhelm (610) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1972.
March 30, 1978: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Fred Kendall to the Boston Red Sox for Ted Cox, Bo Diaz, Mike Paxton and Rick Wise.
May 25, 1984: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Mike Brumley to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Buckner.
November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.
November 28, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
April 3, 1987: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Dan Rohn to the Oakland Athletics for Brian Guinn (minors), Dave Wilder (minors) and Mark Leonette (minors).
October 25, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
April 3, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
February 13, 1996: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Steve Montgomery.
October 29, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
December 9, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
November 3, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1977	22	Cleveland Indians	$152,333	3/26/77 TSN	3/$475k; 4/23/77 TSN salary survey says $45K
1978	23	Boston Red Sox	$152,333	3/26/77 TSN	3/$475k; 4/23/77 TSN salary survey says $45K
1979	24	Boston Red Sox	$152,333	3/26/77 TSN	3/$475k; Gammons, Beyond...says $175K

1985	30	Chicago Cubs	$750,000	1985 USA Today survey
1986	31	Chicago Cubs	$783,333	1986 USA Today survey
1987	32	Oakland Athletics	$833,333	1987 USA Today survey
1988	33	Oakland Athletics	$650,000*
1989	34	Oakland Athletics	$1,062,500*
1990	35	Oakland Athletics	$787,500	USA Today
1991	36	Oakland Athletics	$3,000,000	USA Today survey
1992	37	Oakland Athletics	$3,150,000	11/4/92 Toronto Sun	Includes $150,000 earned bonus
1993	38	Oakland Athletics	$3,800,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Incl $375,000 signing bonus, $50,000 earned bonus
1994	39	Oakland Athletics	$3,800,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Incl $375,000 signing bonus, $50,000 earned bonus
1995	40	Oakland Athletics	$2,861,113	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Incl $300K sign bon, $111,113 earned, $300K buyout
1996	41	St. Louis Cardinals	$2,250,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $125,000 earned bonus
	41	Oakland Athletics	$300,000
1997	42	St. Louis Cardinals	$1,625,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1998	43	Boston Red Sox	$1,500,000	4/3/98 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$27,609,778

Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $875,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1989 - $937,500 - 11/1/89 NYT -

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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