Vaughn Eshelman

Vaughn Michael Eshelman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 22, 1969 in Philadelphia, PA
School: University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 4th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1995
Team: RedSox 1995-1997

Final Game: July 11, 1997
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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	22	BAL-min	A,Rk	6	3	.667	2.06	14	14	0	2	1	0	91.2	67	27	21	4	44	0	105	3	2	3	378		1.211	6.6	0.4	4.3	10.3	2.39	KNC,BLD · MIDW,APPY
1992		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1993	24	BAL-min	A+	7	10	.412	3.89	24	24	0	2	1	0	143.1	128	70	62	10	59	0	122	7	1	7	608		1.305	8.0	0.6	3.7	7.7	2.07	FDK · CARL
1994	25	BAL-min	AA	11	9	.550	4.00	27	25	0	2	2	0	166.1	175	81	74	13	60	1	133	3	0	8	713		1.413	9.5	0.7	3.2	7.2	2.22	BOW · EL
1995	26	BOS-min	AA	0	1	.000	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	25		0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	9.0		TRE · EL
1995	26	BOS	AL	6	3	.667	4.85	23	14	4	0	0	0	81.2	86	47	44	3	36	0	41	1	0	4	356	101	1.494	9.5	0.3	4.0	4.5	1.14
1996	27	BOS-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.33	7	7	0	1	0	0	43.2	40	21	21	6	19	1	28	3	0	1	190		1.351	8.2	1.2	3.9	5.8	1.47	PAW · IL
1996	27	BOS	AL	6	3	.667	7.08	39	10	1	0	0	0	87.2	112	79	69	13	58	4	59	2	0	4	428	72	1.939	11.5	1.3	6.0	6.1	1.02
1997	28	BOS-min	AAA	3	4	.429	4.86	14	13	1	0	0	1	66.2	63	38	36	4	22	0	57	5	0	3	281		1.275	8.5	0.5	3.0	7.7	2.59	PAW · IL
1997	28	BOS	AL	3	3	.500	6.33	21	6	6	0	0	0	42.2	58	32	30	3	17	5	18	2	0	2	198	74	1.758	12.2	0.6	3.6	3.8	1.06
1998		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1999		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2000	31	CIN-min	Rk,A,AAA	0	3	.000	4.79	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.2	16	14	11	0	11	0	12	1	0	1	88		1.306	7.0	0.0	4.8	5.2	1.09	RDL,DAY,LOU · GULF,MIDW,IL
2001	32	NYM-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.18	7	1	4	0	0	0	11.1	13	6	4	0	7	1	4	3	0	0	56		1.765	10.3	0.0	5.6	3.2	0.57	NFK · IL
3 Yrs				15	9	.625	6.07	83	30	11	0	0	0	212.0	256	158	143	19	111	9	118	5	0	10	982	81	1.731	10.9	0.8	4.7	5.0	1.06
162 Game Avg.				9	5	.625	6.07	50	18	7	0	0	0	128	154	95	86	11	67	5	71	3	0	6	591	81	1.731	10.9	0.8	4.7	5.0	1.06

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
1995	26	BOS	AL	81.2	23	14	47	5.18	5.20	0.57	0.11	102.1	4.84	-3	-0.3	.6	-0.1	0.4	6	.488	.498	$109,000
1996	27	BOS	AL	87.2	39	10	79	8.11	5.47	-0.52	-0.04	101.1	6.02	-22	-1.9	1.2	-0.2	-1.3	-8	.451	.488	$140,000
1997	28	BOS	AL	42.2	21	6	32	6.75	5.14	0.17	-0.03	100.5	4.97	-9	-0.8	1.5	-0.1	-0.6	-3	.461	.495	$182,000
3 Seasons				212.0	83	30	158	6.71	5.30	0.04	0.02	101.4	5.35	-33	-3.0	1.2	-0.4	-1.5	-5	.464	.494	$431,000

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
1995	26	BOS	AL	23	356	316	47	86	20	2	3	0	2	36	41	.272	.346	.377	.722	.302	119	12	1	0	3	0	4
1996	27	BOS	AL	39	428	360	79	112	18	1	13	3	3	58	59	.311	.405	.475	.880	.338	171	11	2	3	5	4	9
1997	28	BOS	AL	21	198	176	32	58	18	0	3	10	1	17	18	.330	.391	.483	.874	.350	85	8	2	1	2	5	4
3 Yrs				83	982	852	158	256	56	3	19	13	6	111	118	.300	.380	.440	.821	.327	375	31	5	4	10	9	17
162 Game Avg.				50	591	513	95	154	34	2	11	8	4	67	71	.300	.380	.440	.821	.327	226	19	3	2	6	5	10
MLB Averages																.268	.338	.421	.760	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1995	26	BOS	AL	0.6	0.1	365	-0.0	5.7	-5.8	.92	0.3	-0.4	0.2	0.0	0.92	6.5	2	0	6
1996	27	BOS	AL	-21.4	-1.9	439	-0.6	7.1	-7.7	.97	-1.9	1.4	-16.8	-1.5	0.97	-23.5	12	7	10
1997	28	BOS	AL	-7.3	-0.7	211	-1.6	3.0	-4.6	.99	-0.8	-0.8	-10.8	-1.0	0.99	-8.4	8	2	5
3 Yrs				-28.0	-2.5	1015	-2.2	15.9	-18.1	.95	-2.4	0.1	-27.3	-2.5	0.95	-25.3	22	9	21

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
1995	26	BOS	AL	23	14	5	3	6	2	0	8	6	.571	2	2	0	0	5	36%	45.2	72	22	11	4	2	5	5.8	6.8	5.0	84	5	6	3	0	106
1996	27	BOS	AL	39	10	4	2	4	1	0	6	4	.600	0	2	0	0	3	30%	41.4	71	20	28	18	2	1	7.3	7.1	5.3	91	1	5	2	1	124
1997	28	BOS	AL	21	6	2	3	1	1	1	2	4	.333	0	1	0	0	2	33%	41.2	68	17	12	5	1	2	6.1	5.9	4.3	66	2	0	1	0	101
3 Yrs				83	30	11	8	11	4	1	16	14	.533	2	5	0	0	10	33%	43	72	17	51	27	5	8	6.3	6.8	5.0	85	8	11	6	1	124
MLB Averages													.500						47%	49	97	-11					4.9	4.9	6.0	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1995	26	BOS	AL	23	9	4	1	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	0%	7	.915	2	0	6	4	2	3	1	8	2	1	2	0	3.9	20
1996	27	BOS	AL	39	29	1	2	1	0	0		9	8	26	8	31%	7	.967	12	7	10	12	2	15	14	15	7	18	11	9	3.6	23
1997	28	BOS	AL	21	15	6	1	0	1	1	0%	3	0	15	6	40%	7	.986	8	2	5	5	4	6	9	6	4	6	6	4	3.3	17
3 Yrs				83	53	11	4	1	1	1	0%	13	9	42	14	33%		.952	22	9	21	21	8	24	24	29	13	25	19	13	3.6	21

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%
1995	26	BOS	AL	356	15%	0.8%	11.5%	10.1%	7.0%	29%	0.96	1.42	77%	29%	2.4%	12%	71	12	17%
1996	27	BOS	AL	428	22%	3.0%	13.8%	13.6%	7.5%	29%	1.10	1.75	68%	25%	10.0%	11%	107	11	10%
1997	28	BOS	AL	198	22%	1.5%	9.1%	8.6%	10.6%	36%	1.20	1.79	79%	19%	6.1%	23%	50	8	16%
3 Yrs				982	20%	1.9%	12.0%	11.3%	7.9%	31%	1.07	1.62	74%	25%	6.3%	14%	228	31	14%
MLB Averages					44%	2.7%	16.6%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	0.83	1.11	70%	22%	8.3%	17%			10%

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
1995	26	BOS	AL	357	1361	3.81	805	59%	24%	11%	31%	35%	76%	0%	45%	86%	53%	7%	25	16	20%	72	39	4	32%	2	9	-1	0	1
1996	27	BOS	AL	403	1503	3.73	892	59%	23%	14%	31%	33%	77%	2%	46%	82%	53%	8%	34	17	18%	71	45	4	13%	12	14	25	0	0
1997	28	BOS	AL	138	456	3.30	276	61%	25%	14%	20%	40%	74%	9%	45%	81%	60%	8%	11	4	17%	24	14	5	33%	2	2	60	0	1
3 Yrs				898	3320	3.70	1973	59%	23%	12%	30%	35%	76%	2%	45%	84%	54%	8%	70	37	19%	167	98	13	22%	16	25	84	0	2
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			19%				28%

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
1995	26	BOS	AL	356	86	16	1	3	0	5	3	0	1	2	17	14	1	82%	4	4	1	133	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	0
1996	27	BOS	AL	428	112	8	0	13	0	16	10	3	7	6	29	17	5	59%	9	4	2	200	3	3	50%	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	12	0
1997	28	BOS	AL	198	58	9	2	3	0	6	2	1	1	2	25	12	0	48%	4	2	0	74	10	1	91%	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
3 Yrs				982	256	33	3	19	0	27	15	4	9	10	71	43	6	61%	17	10	3	407	13	6	68%	9	5	4	1	0	0	1	1	29	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1995	26	6	3	.667	4.85	23	14	4	81.2	86	47	44	3	36	0	41	1	4	356	101	1.494	9.5	0.3	4.0	4.5	1.14	101
1996	27	12	6	.667	6.01	62	24	5	169.1	198	126	113	16	94	4	100	3	8	784	83	1.724	10.5	0.9	5.0	5.3	1.06	83
1997	28	15	9	.625	6.07	83	30	11	212.0	256	158	143	19	111	9	118	5	10	982	81	1.731	10.9	0.8	4.7	5.0	1.06	81

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
1995	26	4	5	.444	4.45	89.0	92	49	44	3	39	45	1	1.472	9.3	3.9	4.6	1.15	0.3	23
1996	27	3	6	.333	6.07	89.0	104	67	60	12	54	60	2	1.775	10.5	5.5	6.1	1.11	1.2	39
1997	28	1	3	.250	6.15	41.0	56	31	28	3	16	17	2	1.756	12.3	3.5	3.7	1.06	0.7	21
3 Yrs		8	14	.364	5.42	219.0	252	147	132	18	109	122	5	1.648	10.4		5.0	1.12	0.7	83

* 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.

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