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Cal Eldred

Calvin John Eldred

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 24, 1967 in Cedar Rapids, IA
High School: Urbana Community HS (Center Point, IA)
School: University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1991
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Cardinals/WhiteSox 1991-2005
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: October 1, 2005
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1991 23 MIL AL 2 0 1.000 4.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.0 20 9 8 2 6 0 10 0 0 0 73 91 1.625 11.3 1.1 3.4 5.6 1.67
1992 24 MIL AL 11 2 .846 1.79 14 14 0 2 1 0 100.1 76 21 20 4 23 0 62 2 0 3 394 217 0.987 6.8 0.4 2.1 5.6 2.70 RoY-4
1993 25 MIL AL 16 16 .500 4.01 36 36 0 8 1 0 258.0 232 120 115 32 91 5 180 10 0 2 1087 106 1.252 8.1 1.1 3.2 6.3 1.98
1994 26 MIL AL 11 11 .500 4.68 25 25 0 6 0 0 179.0 158 96 93 23 84 0 98 4 0 2 769 107 1.352 7.9 1.2 4.2 4.9 1.17
1995 27 MIL AL 1 1 .500 3.42 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.2 24 10 9 4 10 0 18 1 1 1 104 147 1.437 9.1 1.5 3.8 6.8 1.80
1996 28 MIL AL 4 4 .500 4.46 15 15 0 0 0 0 84.2 82 43 42 8 38 0 50 4 0 1 363 117 1.417 8.7 0.9 4.0 5.3 1.32
1997 29 MIL AL 13 15 .464 4.99 34 34 0 1 1 0 202.0 207 118 112 31 89 0 122 9 0 5 885 94 1.465 9.2 1.4 4.0 5.4 1.37
1998 30 MIL NL 4 8 .333 4.80 23 23 0 0 0 0 133.0 157 82 71 14 61 3 86 4 0 6 602 89 1.639 10.6 0.9 4.1 5.8 1.41
1999 31 MIL NL 2 8 .200 7.79 20 15 2 0 0 0 82.0 101 75 71 19 46 0 60 1 1 8 392 58 1.793 11.1 2.1 5.0 6.6 1.30
2000 32 CHW AL 10 2 .833 4.58 20 20 0 2 1 0 112.0 103 61 57 12 59 0 97 5 0 4 492 110 1.446 8.3 1.0 4.7 7.8 1.64
2001 33 CHW AL 0 1 .000 13.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 12 9 9 1 3 1 6 3 0 0 34 36 2.500 18.0 1.5 4.5 9.0 2.00
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2003 35 STL NL 7 4 .636 3.74 62 0 18 0 0 8 67.1 62 32 28 9 31 4 67 4 0 4 293 111 1.381 8.3 1.2 4.1 9.0 2.16
2004 36 STL NL 4 2 .667 3.76 52 0 10 0 0 1 67.0 71 31 28 11 17 1 54 1 0 3 282 113 1.313 9.5 1.5 2.3 7.3 3.18
2005 37 STL NL 1 0 1.000 2.19 31 1 15 0 0 0 37.0 35 9 9 3 18 3 29 2 0 0 160 195 1.432 8.5 0.7 4.4 7.1 1.61
14 Yrs 86 74 .538 4.42 341 192 45 19 4 9 1368.0 1340 716 672 173 576 17 939 50 2 39 5930 103 1.401 8.8 1.1 3.8 6.2 1.63
162 Game Avg. 11 9 .538 4.42 44 24 6 2 1 1 175 171 91 86 22 73 2 120 6 0 5 757 103 1.401 8.8 1.1 3.8 6.2 1.63
MIL (9 yrs) 64 65 .496 4.51 174 169 2 17 3 0 1078.2 1057 574 541 137 448 8 686 35 2 28 4669 101 1.395 8.8 1.1 3.7 5.7 1.53
STL (3 yrs) 12 6 .667 3.41 145 1 43 0 0 9 171.1 168 72 65 23 66 8 150 7 0 7 735 123 1.366 8.8 1.2 3.5 7.9 2.27
CHW (2 yrs) 10 3 .769 5.03 22 22 0 2 1 0 118.0 115 70 66 13 62 1 103 8 0 4 526 100 1.500 8.8 1.0 4.7 7.9 1.66
AL (9 yrs) 68 52 .567 4.26 153 153 0 19 4 0 981.2 914 487 465 117 403 6 643 38 1 18 4201 109 1.342 8.4 1.1 3.7 5.9 1.60
NL (5 yrs) 18 22 .450 4.82 188 39 45 0 0 9 386.1 426 229 207 56 173 11 296 12 1 21 1729 89 1.550 9.9 1.3 4.0 6.9 1.71

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
1991 23 MIL AL 16.0 3 3 9 5.06 4.30 -0.20 0.16 101.2 4.70 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.1 1 .478 .500 $
1992 24 MIL AL 100.1 14 14 21 1.88 4.36 0.07 0.15 97.0 4.31 27 3.3 -0.1 4.1 38 .735 .520 $ RoY-4
1993 25 MIL AL 258.0 36 36 120 4.19 4.82 0.14 0.17 97.9 4.75 18 1.9 -0.1 4.0 47 .553 .512 $175,000
1994 26 MIL AL 179.0 25 25 96 4.83 5.32 0.28 0.19 103.3 5.41 11 1.1 -0.1 2.5 28 .543 .507 $375,000
1995 27 MIL AL 23.2 4 4 10 3.80 4.83 0.02 0.18 103.7 5.18 4 0.4 -0.0 0.6 6 .592 .502 $450,000
1996 28 MIL AL 84.2 15 15 43 4.57 5.49 0.04 0.21 104.4 5.90 11 1.1 -0.1 1.8 24 .572 .507 $712,000
1997 29 MIL AL 202.0 34 34 118 5.26 5.04 0.33 0.19 101.8 4.99 -7 -0.7 -0.1 1.0 20 .481 .496 $766,667
1998 30 MIL NL 133.0 23 23 82 5.55 4.57 0.16 0.16 99.9 4.56 -14 -1.4 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .439 .491 $3,266,667
1999 31 MIL NL 82.0 20 15 75 8.23 4.99 -0.20 0.13 96.5 5.14 -29 -2.5 .2 0.0 -1.8 -20 .376 .485 $4,766,667
2000 32 CHW AL 112.0 20 20 61 4.90 5.47 0.03 0.21 100.2 5.66 9 0.8 -0.1 1.7 25 .541 .505 $5,400,000
2001 33 CHW AL 6.0 2 2 9 13.50 5.65 0.05 0.21 101.4 5.90 -5 -0.4 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .298 .498 $750,000
2003 35 STL NL 67.1 62 0 32 4.28 4.70 -0.05 -0.35 97.5 4.29 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.1 0.4 7 .500 .500 $500,000
2004 36 STL NL 67.0 52 0 31 4.16 4.66 0.19 -0.34 98.5 4.06 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.3 6 .498 .499 $900,000
2005 37 STL NL 37.0 31 1 9 2.19 4.52 0.36 -0.30 99.8 3.85 7 0.7 .5 -0.2 0.8 10 .523 .504 $600,000
14 Seasons 1368.0 341 192 716 4.71 4.94 0.14 0.11 100.0 4.92 30 4.1 1.1 -1.2 14.6 188 .512 .502 $18,662,001
MIL (9 yrs) 1078.2 174 169 574 4.79 4.93 0.15 0.17 100.3 4.97 21 3.1 .2 -0.6 11.8 144 .518 .502 $10,512,001
STL (3 yrs) 171.1 145 1 72 3.78 4.65 0.13 -0.34 98.4 4.11 6 0.6 1.1 -0.5 1.5 23 .504 .501 $2,000,000
CHW (2 yrs) 118.0 22 22 70 5.34 5.48 0.03 0.21 100.3 5.67 3 0.4 -0.1 1.3 20 .519 .501 $6,150,000

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
2004 36 STL NL NLDS W LAD 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.500 13.5 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
2004 36 STL NL NLCS W HOU 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
2004 36 STL NL WS L BOS 0 0 10.80 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 10 2.400 21.6 0.0 0.0 10.8
2005 37 STL NL NLDS W SDP 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
2 Yrs (4 Series) 0 0 10.80 6 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 7 4 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 22 3.300 18.9 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
2 NLDS 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.500 20.3 0.0 20.3 0.0 0.00
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 10.80 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 10 2.400 21.6 0.0 0.0 10.8

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
1991 23 MIL AL 3 73 67 9 20 1 0 2 3 1 6 10 .299 .356 .403 .759 .327 27 1 0 0 0 0 1
1992 24 MIL AL 14 394 367 21 76 10 3 4 8 4 23 62 .207 .258 .283 .541 .239 104 5 2 1 0 0 2
1993 25 MIL AL 36 1087 969 120 232 47 7 32 21 9 91 180 .239 .308 .401 .709 .260 389 13 10 5 12 5 8
1994 26 MIL AL 25 769 669 96 158 38 1 23 28 5 84 98 .236 .322 .399 .721 .243 267 10 4 5 7 0 4
1995 27 MIL AL 4 104 92 10 24 1 1 4 2 1 10 18 .261 .340 .424 .764 .286 39 0 1 1 0 0 1
1996 28 MIL AL 15 363 317 43 82 19 1 8 7 1 38 50 .259 .342 .401 .742 .281 127 11 4 0 4 0 2
1997 29 MIL AL 34 885 777 118 207 41 4 31 16 8 89 122 .266 .346 .449 .795 .279 349 17 9 4 6 0 7
1998 30 MIL NL 23 602 529 82 157 36 3 14 9 6 61 86 .297 .372 .456 .827 .331 241 13 4 5 3 3 9
1999 31 MIL NL 20 392 340 75 101 13 6 19 10 3 46 60 .297 .379 .538 .918 .311 183 6 1 2 3 0 6
2000 32 CHW AL 20 492 423 61 103 23 3 12 11 4 59 97 .243 .342 .397 .739 .288 168 10 5 3 2 0 6
2001 33 CHW AL 2 34 28 9 12 2 0 1 0 0 3 6 .429 .529 .607 1.137 .524 17 0 3 0 0 1 0
2003 35 STL NL 62 293 250 32 62 10 2 9 5 1 31 67 .248 .337 .412 .749 .299 103 7 4 5 3 4 3
2004 36 STL NL 52 282 257 31 71 13 1 11 1 4 17 54 .276 .321 .463 .784 .309 119 6 1 5 2 1 1
2005 37 STL NL 31 160 135 9 35 4 0 3 0 1 18 29 .259 .353 .356 .708 .308 48 4 2 4 1 3 0
14 Yrs 341 5930 5220 716 1340 258 32 173 121 48 576 939 .257 .334 .418 .752 .281 2181 103 50 40 43 17 50
162 Game Avg. 44 757 666 91 171 33 4 22 15 6 73 120 .257 .334 .418 .752 .281 278 13 6 5 5 2 6
MLB Averages .265 .335 .418 .752 .296

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1991 23 MIL AL -0.8 -0.1 77 0.0 1.4 -1.3 1.07 -0.1 0.2 -0.5 -0.1 1.07 -1.1 0 0 0
1992 24 MIL AL 24.2 2.8 409 3.5 7.9 -4.4 .98 2.4 1.1 29.1 3.4 0.98 27.3 0 0 0
1993 25 MIL AL 11.1 1.1 1118 0.7 19.3 -18.6 .99 1.8 -1.1 17.6 1.8 0.99 19.4 0 0 0
1994 26 MIL AL 9.8 0.9 803 -0.1 12.6 -12.7 .92 1.9 -2.1 9.7 0.9 0.92 20.5 0 0 0
1995 27 MIL AL 3.9 0.4 111 0.3 2.2 -1.9 1.06 0.1 0.1 3.9 0.4 1.06 0.8 0 0 0
1996 28 MIL AL 7.9 0.7 373 0.8 7.5 -6.7 1.10 1.0 -0.2 10.3 0.9 1.10 12.4 0 0 0
1997 29 MIL AL -5.2 -0.5 915 -0.0 15.8 -15.9 1.00 -0.4 0.4 -0.6 -0.1 1.00 -5.4 0 0 0
1998 30 MIL NL -9.6 -0.9 622 -1.2 10.6 -11.8 1.03 -2.0 0.8 -14.3 -1.4 1.03 -21.1 0 0 0
1999 31 MIL NL -28.7 -2.6 414 -2.2 5.4 -7.6 .82 -2.8 0.1 -25.6 -2.3 0.82 -30.4 0 0 5
2000 32 CHW AL 5.9 0.6 508 0.8 8.6 -7.9 .94 0.5 0.3 7.6 0.7 0.94 8.3 0 0 0
2001 33 CHW AL -5.2 -0.4 35 -0.4 0.5 -1.0 1.09 -0.4 -0.0 -5.7 -0.5 1.09 -4.1 0 0 0
2003 35 STL NL 2.3 0.2 303 -0.3 7.8 -8.1 1.58 0.4 -0.6 1.5 0.2 1.58 0.8 26 15 22
2004 36 STL NL 3.7 0.4 291 0.4 3.9 -3.5 .77 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 -0.1 0.77 1.6 17 12 22
2005 37 STL NL 8.9 0.9 163 0.6 2.1 -1.5 .73 0.5 0.4 8.6 0.9 0.73 4.9 4 3 21
14 Yrs 28.2 3.4 6142 2.8 105.6 -102.8 .99 2.9 -0.1 40.9 4.8 0.99 33.8 47 30 70

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
1991 23 MIL AL 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 1 33% 44.7 56 37 3 1 0 1 4.7 3.9 5.3 90 1 1 1 0 101
1992 24 MIL AL 14 14 11 2 1 0 0 12 2 .857 2 0 2 1 12 86% 63.7 86 39 11 6 0 7 6.0 6.4 7.2 113 0 1 9 4 146
1993 25 MIL AL 36 36 16 16 4 1 3 19 17 .528 2 1 8 1 21 58% 54.1 89 19 26 8 4 8 4.6 4.6 7.2 118 0 7 11 16 154
1994 26 MIL AL 25 25 11 11 3 0 1 14 11 .560 0 0 6 0 13 52% 50.4 79 18 16 5 0 6 4.7 4.7 7.2 114 0 4 13 8 135
1995 27 MIL AL 4 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 2 50% 51.8 62 27 0 0 0 3 5.1 1.6 5.9 97 1 0 1 0 115
1996 28 MIL AL 15 15 4 4 7 3 3 9 6 .600 1 3 0 0 6 40% 48.5 75 21 5 3 0 6 5.7 5.2 5.6 93 0 12 3 0 105
1997 29 MIL AL 34 34 13 15 6 5 6 17 17 .500 4 1 1 1 15 44% 46.9 88 18 25 16 0 5 4.8 5.3 5.9 102 3 8 20 2 126
1998 30 MIL NL 23 23 4 8 11 3 2 11 12 .478 2 5 0 0 9 39% 45.0 70 19 16 4 0 8 4.9 4.4 5.8 96 1 11 10 1 120
1999 31 MIL NL 20 15 2 8 5 0 0 5 10 .333 1 4 0 0 5 33% 38.1 70 7 8 6 0 7 5.4 3.9 5.0 92 3 7 4 1 131
2000 32 CHW AL 20 20 10 2 8 2 0 14 6 .700 2 5 2 1 8 40% 49.8 85 13 17 7 0 10 6.8 6.4 5.6 96 3 8 9 0 119
2001 33 CHW AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 30.5 49 12 0 0 0 2 5.8 3.0 3.0 60 1 1 0 0 85
2005 37 STL NL 31 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 56.0 56 56 5 1 0 0 6.0 0.0 3.0 49 1 0 0 0 49
12 Yrs 227 192 74 68 50 16 15 108 84 .563 14 22 19 4 92 48% 49 89 7 132 57 4 63 5.2 4.9 6.2 103 14 60 81 32 154
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 105 -21 4.8 4.7 6.0 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
1999 31 MIL NL 20 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 .825 0 0 5 2 0 3 1 4 3 0 3 0 4.4 28
2003 35 STL NL 62 62 18 7 4 14 8 6 57% 25 11 34 12 35% 8 1.578 26 15 22 35 10 18 24 39 18 19 21 8 3.2 19
2004 36 STL NL 52 52 10 4 2 3 1 2 33% 13 8 15 6 40% 7 .775 17 12 22 21 7 24 11 41 22 10 22 7 3.9 22
2005 37 STL NL 31 30 15 1 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 13 5 38% 7 .730 4 3 21 9 2 19 9 21 9 9 10 7 3.4 20
4 Yrs 165 149 45 12 6 18 9 9 50% 41 21 64 23 36% .995 47 30 70 67 19 64 45 105 52 38 56 22 3.5 20

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%
1991 23 MIL AL 73 49% 2.7% 13.7% 8.2% 4.1% 15% 0.47 0.54 75% 23% 6.1% 13% 17 1 6%
1992 24 MIL AL 394 57% 1.0% 15.7% 5.8% 4.3% 22% 0.61 0.65 76% 14% 3.0% 27% 72 5 7%
1993 25 MIL AL 1087 47% 2.9% 16.6% 8.4% 7.9% 37% 0.60 0.73 71% 19% 8.3% 22% 171 13 8%
1994 26 MIL AL 769 46% 3.0% 12.7% 10.9% 8.1% 39% 0.72 0.90 72% 19% 8.2% 16% 116 10 9%
1995 27 MIL AL 104 50% 3.9% 17.3% 9.6% 5.8% 25% 0.58 0.59 67% 23% 15.4% 42% 13 0 0%
1996 28 MIL AL 363 46% 2.2% 13.8% 10.5% 7.7% 34% 0.63 0.83 72% 21% 6.0% 18% 75 11 15%
1997 29 MIL AL 885 47% 3.5% 13.8% 10.1% 8.6% 37% 0.57 0.70 71% 23% 9.0% 17% 173 17 10%
1998 30 MIL NL 602 52% 2.3% 14.3% 10.1% 8.8% 34% 0.63 0.74 72% 24% 6.1% 16% 123 13 11%
1999 31 MIL NL 392 55% 4.9% 15.3% 11.7% 9.7% 38% 0.59 0.74 67% 25% 12.3% 13% 80 6 8%
2000 32 CHW AL 492 51% 2.4% 19.7% 12.0% 7.7% 37% 0.61 0.90 64% 28% 7.1% 13% 98 10 10%
2001 33 CHW AL 34 29% 2.9% 17.7% 8.8% 8.8% 25% 0.62 0.83 62% 36% 9.1% 15% 16 0 0%
2003 35 STL NL 293 69% 3.1% 22.9% 10.6% 7.2% 34% 0.63 0.91 60% 23% 9.4% 15% 63 7 11%
2004 36 STL NL 282 64% 3.9% 19.2% 6.0% 8.9% 35% 0.61 0.96 69% 19% 9.9% 11% 53 6 11%
2005 37 STL NL 160 54% 1.9% 18.1% 11.3% 4.4% 20% 0.91 1.31 65% 18% 6.4% 13% 31 4 13%
14 Yrs 5930 51% 2.9% 15.8% 9.7% 7.8% 35% 0.62 0.78 70% 21% 8.0% 18% 1101 103 9%
MLB Averages 45% 2.7% 16.3% 8.8% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 70% 21% 7.8% 14% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1991 23 MIL AL 74 269 3.64 159 59% 21% 14% 30% 36% 79% 0% 47% 83% 47% 5% 4 1 18% 13 8 1 30% 2 3 -1 0 0
1992 24 MIL AL 396 1580 3.99 962 61% 26% 12% 30% 32% 74% 0% 45% 84% 53% 6% 22 17 19% 74 30 3 31% 5 5 -2 0 0
1993 25 MIL AL 1060 4106 3.87 2534 62% 28% 11% 30% 31% 72% 1% 44% 84% 57% 4% 46 31 20% 207 113 5 45% 34 10 27 1 9
1994 26 MIL AL 770 2856 3.71 1715 60% 27% 11% 28% 34% 73% 0% 44% 85% 55% 6% 48 26 18% 135 73 5 33% 13 22 -1 2 3
1995 27 MIL AL 55 193 3.51 115 60% 31% 13% 22% 34% 69% 0% 41% 81% 47% 11% 6 3 13% 7 3 0 40% 3 3 49 0 0
1996 28 MIL AL 364 1400 3.85 832 59% 26% 11% 30% 33% 74% 0% 44% 85% 55% 6% 22 14 18% 64 30 2 28% 9 8 -1 0 0
1997 29 MIL AL 869 3350 3.86 2001 60% 29% 12% 26% 33% 71% 0% 42% 83% 56% 4% 39 20 18% 156 58 7 39% 14 19 16 0 2
1998 30 MIL NL 605 2215 3.66 1335 60% 26% 13% 28% 34% 74% 1% 45% 83% 54% 6% 38 24 15% 93 56 4 34% 11 11 -3 0 0
1999 31 MIL NL 394 1521 3.86 934 61% 24% 14% 31% 31% 76% 0% 47% 81% 56% 7% 29 18 19% 73 46 3 27% 10 11 -2 0 1
2000 32 CHW AL 494 1912 3.87 1139 60% 27% 15% 29% 29% 73% 0% 43% 80% 57% 6% 31 19 20% 97 58 8 26% 12 12 -2 0 0
2001 33 CHW AL 35 119 3.40 71 60% 24% 20% 25% 31% 76% 4% 45% 74% 63% 6% 2 0 31% 11 6 0 17% 3 1 -1 0 0
2003 35 STL NL 293 1179 4.02 747 63% 28% 16% 30% 26% 72% 4% 45% 78% 57% 6% 18 7 25% 72 42 5 34% 14 7 0 0 0
2004 36 STL NL 282 1144 4.06 709 62% 28% 15% 28% 30% 72% 1% 45% 80% 50% 3% 9 6 19% 53 23 1 31% 8 2 0 0 0
2005 37 STL NL 160 635 3.97 389 61% 28% 15% 28% 29% 72% 5% 44% 79% 53% 6% 10 5 26% 41 22 1 14% 7 1 0 0 0
14 Yrs 5851 22479 3.84 13642 61% 27% 13% 29% 31% 73% 1% 44% 82% 55% 6% 324 191 19% 1096 568 45 34% 145 115 79 3 15
MLB Averages 3.71 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 57% 5% 20% 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
1991 23 MIL AL 73 20 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 6 2 1 33% 1 0 0 26 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 24 MIL AL 394 76 29 3 4 0 2 2 2 2 2 12 4 4 33% 2 3 0 131 8 4 67% 8 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
1993 25 MIL AL 1087 232 26 6 32 0 16 20 12 11 21 56 29 8 52% 8 2 3 356 21 9 70% 20 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 22 0
1994 26 MIL AL 769 158 13 1 23 1 11 12 11 8 15 36 19 1 53% 4 2 2 272 28 5 85% 26 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1995 27 MIL AL 104 24 2 0 4 0 1 1 3 3 1 4 1 2 25% 1 1 0 37 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1996 28 MIL AL 363 82 8 2 8 0 9 3 5 5 3 27 14 5 52% 2 1 1 137 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1997 29 MIL AL 885 207 13 2 31 0 26 17 14 17 14 50 26 8 52% 7 5 2 318 16 8 67% 14 7 2 0 0 1 3 0 13 0
1998 30 MIL NL 602 157 37 1 14 0 25 10 4 6 8 46 23 7 50% 9 6 1 228 9 6 60% 9 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1999 31 MIL NL 392 101 5 0 19 0 8 14 5 10 9 26 15 4 58% 6 8 1 156 10 3 77% 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2000 32 CHW AL 492 103 4 1 12 0 11 5 7 5 7 17 8 3 47% 6 4 0 190 11 4 73% 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
2001 33 CHW AL 34 12 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 8 3 3 38% 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 35 STL NL 293 62 5 1 9 0 10 7 2 2 7 22 8 4 36% 3 4 0 121 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2004 36 STL NL 282 71 3 2 11 0 8 6 5 4 7 18 11 3 61% 1 3 1 99 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
2005 37 STL NL 160 35 4 1 3 0 9 1 2 2 1 13 4 2 31% 0 0 1 64 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
14 Yrs 5930 1340 153 20 173 1 142 99 74 77 96 341 167 55 49% 50 39 12 2153 121 48 72% 113 43 8 3 0 2 6 0 119 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1991 23 2 0 1.000 4.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.0 20 9 8 2 6 0 10 0 0 0 73 91 1.625 11.3 1.1 3.4 5.6 1.67 91
1992 24 13 2 .867 2.17 17 17 0 2 1 0 116.1 96 30 28 6 29 0 72 2 0 3 467 181 1.074 7.4 0.5 2.2 5.6 2.48 181
1993 25 29 18 .617 3.44 53 53 0 10 2 0 374.1 328 150 143 38 120 5 252 12 0 5 1554 121 1.197 7.9 0.9 2.9 6.1 2.10 121
1994 26 40 29 .580 3.84 78 78 0 16 2 0 553.1 486 246 236 61 204 5 350 16 0 7 2323 115 1.247 7.9 1.0 3.3 5.7 1.72 115
1995 27 41 30 .577 3.82 82 82 0 16 2 0 577.0 510 256 245 65 214 5 368 17 1 8 2427 116 1.255 8.0 1.0 3.3 5.7 1.72 116
1996 28 45 34 .570 3.90 97 97 0 16 2 0 661.2 592 299 287 73 252 5 418 21 1 9 2790 117 1.276 8.1 1.0 3.4 5.7 1.66 117
1997 29 58 49 .542 4.16 131 131 0 17 3 0 863.2 799 417 399 104 341 5 540 30 1 14 3675 110 1.320 8.3 1.1 3.6 5.6 1.58 110
1998 30 62 57 .521 4.24 154 154 0 17 3 0 996.2 956 499 470 118 402 8 626 34 1 20 4277 107 1.363 8.6 1.1 3.6 5.7 1.56 107
1999 31 64 65 .496 4.51 174 169 2 17 3 0 1078.2 1057 574 541 137 448 8 686 35 2 28 4669 101 1.395 8.8 1.1 3.7 5.7 1.53 101
2000 32 74 67 .525 4.52 194 189 2 19 4 0 1190.2 1160 635 598 149 507 8 783 40 2 32 5161 101 1.400 8.8 1.1 3.8 5.9 1.54 101
2001 33 74 68 .521 4.57 196 191 2 19 4 0 1196.2 1172 644 607 150 510 9 789 43 2 32 5195 100 1.406 8.8 1.1 3.8 5.9 1.55 100
2002 34 74 68 .521 4.57 196 191 2 19 4 0 1196.2 1172 644 607 150 510 9 789 43 2 32 5195 100 1.406 8.8 1.1 3.8 5.9 1.55 100
2003 35 81 72 .529 4.52 258 191 20 19 4 8 1264.0 1234 676 635 159 541 13 856 47 2 36 5488 101 1.404 8.8 1.1 3.9 6.1 1.58 101
2004 36 85 74 .535 4.48 310 191 30 19 4 9 1331.0 1305 707 663 170 558 14 910 48 2 39 5770 101 1.400 8.8 1.1 3.8 6.2 1.63 101
2005 37 86 74 .538 4.42 341 192 45 19 4 9 1368.0 1340 716 672 173 576 17 939 50 2 39 5930 103 1.401 8.8 1.1 3.8 6.2 1.63 103

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
1991 23 0 1 .000 5.40 15.0 21 10 9 2 6 10 0 1.800 12.6 3.6 6.0 1.67 1.2 3
1992 24 8 2 .800 2.06 96.0 80 24 22 4 24 59 2 1.083 7.5 2.3 5.5 2.46 0.4 14
1993 25 13 14 .481 4.21 250.0 234 130 117 32 92 175 10 1.304 8.4 3.3 6.3 1.90 1.2 36
1994 26 14 14 .500 4.01 256.0 208 127 114 30 111 140 5 1.246 7.3 3.9 4.9 1.26 1.1 25
1995 27 2 1 .667 3.00 27.0 25 10 9 4 10 21 1 1.296 8.3 3.3 7.0 2.10 1.3 4
1996 28 5 4 .556 3.90 83.0 75 40 36 7 35 49 4 1.325 8.1 3.8 5.3 1.40 0.8 15
1997 29 9 12 .429 4.80 197.0 200 117 105 30 86 119 9 1.452 9.1 3.9 5.4 1.38 1.4 34
1998 30 6 8 .429 4.78 128.0 154 76 68 14 60 83 4 1.672 10.8 4.2 5.8 1.38 1.0 23
1999 31 2 7 .222 6.75 84.0 95 70 63 18 43 62 1 1.643 10.2 4.6 6.6 1.44 1.9 20
2000 32 6 6 .500 4.02 112.0 96 56 50 11 55 97 5 1.348 7.7 4.4 7.8 1.76 0.9 20
2001 33 0 0 16.20 5.0 12 10 9 1 3 5 3 3.000 21.6 5.4 9.0 1.67 1.8 2
2003 35 4 3 .571 3.88 65.0 62 31 28 9 31 65 4 1.431 8.6 4.3 9.0 2.10 1.2 62
2004 36 4 3 .571 3.88 65.0 70 31 28 11 17 52 1 1.338 9.7 2.4 7.2 3.06 1.5 52
2005 37 2 1 .667 2.31 35.0 35 10 9 3 18 27 2 1.514 9.0 4.6 6.9 1.50 0.8 31
14 Yrs 75 76 .497 4.23 1418.0 1367 742 667 176 591 964 51 1.381 8.7 6.1 1.63 1.1 341

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1993 AL  16 (7th)
1994 AL  11 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 AL  8.093 (10th)
1994 AL  7.944 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  6.178 (209th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1993 AL  258.0 (1st)
1994 AL  179.0 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1993 AL  180 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1993 AL  36 (1st)
1994 AL  25 (1st)
1997 AL  34 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1993 AL  8 (5th)
1994 AL  6 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1993 AL  1 (10th)
1997 AL  1 (9th)
2000 AL  1 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1993 AL  32 (2nd)
1994 AL  23 (10th)
1997 AL  31 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 AL  91 (5th)
1994 AL  84 (4th)
1997 AL  89 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1993 AL  232 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1993 AL  16 (2nd)
1994 AL  11 (3rd)
1997 AL  15 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1993 AL  115 (4th)
1994 AL  93 (3rd)
1997 AL  112 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1993 AL  10 (5th)
1997 AL  9 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1993 AL  1,087 (1st)
1994 AL  769 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1992 AL  24 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1992 AL  2.8 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1992 AL  29.05 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1992 AL  3.5 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1992 AL  2.4 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1992 AL  3.4 (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 InkPitching - 5 (430), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 32 (754), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Gil Meche (959)
  2. Rick Helling (953)
  3. Paul Foytack (950)
  4. Jake Westbrook (949)
  5. Matt Clement (948)
  6. Oral Hildebrand (948)
  7. Cory Lidle (948)
  8. Vicente Padilla (946)
  9. Jose Contreras (945)
  10. Lynn McGlothen (943)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Red Witt (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Erik Hanson (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Russ Meyer (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Burkett (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Wickersham (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mark Clark (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kris Benson (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Vic Sorrell (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joey Hamilton (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kris Benson (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Paul Byrd (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mark Gardner (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Mark Gardner (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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