Jeff Sellers

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: May 11, 1964 in Compton, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Paramount HS (Paramount, CA).

High School: Paramount HS (Paramount, CA)

Debut: September 15, 1985 (Age 21-127d, 15,108th in major league history)
vs. MIL 6.1 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: October 1, 1988 (Age 24-143d)
vs. CLE 7.1 IP, 1 H, 10 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Full Name: Jeffrey Doyle Sellers

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Relatives: Father of Justin Sellers

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.0

ERA

4.97

329.2

226

WHIP

1.602

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 33 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 11 go ahead

1 Tm
BOS	33

Platoon
vs RHB	22
vs LHB	11

Home/Road
Home	20
Away	13

Outs
0	12
2	11
1	10

13 Opps
MIN	5
SEA	4
BAL	4
OAK	3
CLE	3
KCR	2
CAL	2
NYY	2
DET	2
MIL	2
TOR	2
TEX	1
CHW	1

32 Batters
Gary Gaetti	2
Dick Schofield	1
Robin Yount	1
Henry Cotto	1
Roy Smalley	1
Frank White	1
Dave Parker	1
Rick Dempsey	1
Alan Trammell	1
Danny Tartabull	1
Scott Bradley	1
Kirby Puckett	1
Dave Kingman	1
Lee Lacy	1
Harold Reynolds	1
Luis Salazar	1
Ron Kittle	1
Jesse Barfield	1
Steve Buechele	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Jay Buhner	1
Luis Medina	1
Ben Oglivie	1
Cory Snyder	1
Joe Carter	1
Don Mattingly	1
Kent Hrbek	1
Willie Upshaw	1
Larry Sheets	1
Alfredo Griffin	1
Brian Downing	1
George Brett	1

9 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	20
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	13
9	9
78	5
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	24
1	3
3	2
5	2
6	1
4	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	22
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	18
1--	8
-2-	5
12-	2

50 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	18
1 on	13
2 on	2
Any on	15

Inning
1	2
2	7
3	8
4	4
5	4
6	3
7	1
8	4

1-3	17
4-6	11
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	3
+2	5
+1	5
Tied	9
-1	2
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	13
Tied	9
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	24
0-0	3
2-2	2
1-1	1
2-1	1
3-1	1
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	5
RF	5
DH	5
CF	4
SS	4
3B	4
2B	2
LF	2
PH	1
C	1

OrderPos
5th	6
6th	5
9th	4
2nd	4
3rd	3
7th	3
4th	3
8th	3
1st	2

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	20
Low Lev	10

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1985-10-03 (2)	Larry Sheets	BAL		BOS	tied 1-1	b 4	1	1--		2	7	DH	21%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Young Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1986-06-15	Robin Yount	MIL	@	BOS	behind 0-2	t 3	1	1--		2	2	8	18%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Gantner Scores
3	3	2	2	1986-06-15	Ben Oglivie	MIL	@	BOS	tied 2-2	t 5	2	1--		2	4	7	26%	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to RF Line); C. Cooper Scores
4	4	3	1	1986-06-29	Lee Lacy	BAL		BOS	behind 0-4	b 3	2	---		1	2	9	6%	19%		Home Run
5	5	4	2	1986-06-29	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		BOS	behind 1-4	b 6	1	---		1	5	6	9%	22%		Home Run
6	6	5	1	1986-07-04	Danny Tartabull	SEA	@	BOS	behind 0-6	t 8	1	12-		3	5	9	3%	5%		Home Run (LF-CF); P. Bradley Scores; K. Phelps Scores
7	7	6	1	1986-07-09	Dave Kingman	OAK	@	BOS	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	-2-		2	5	DH	14%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bochte Scores/unER; D. Kingman Scores/unER
8	8	7	2	1986-07-09	Alfredo Griffin	OAK	@	BOS	behind 5-7	t 7	0	---		1	9	6	12%	31%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	8	1	1986-07-13	Dick Schofield	CAL	@	BOS	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---		1	8	6	12%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	9	1	1986-07-20	Scott Bradley	SEA		BOS	behind 1-3	b 4	1	12-		3	8	PH	30%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Tartabull Scores; S. Owen Scores
11	11	10	1	1986-07-29	Ron Kittle	CHW		BOS	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	-2-		2	5	DH	11%	88%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Walker Scores
12	12	11	1	1986-09-30	Rick Dempsey	BAL	@	BOS	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---		1	9	2	10%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	12	1	1986-10-05	Don Mattingly	NYY	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	3	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
14	14	13	2	1986-10-05	Henry Cotto	NYY	@	BOS	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	-2-		2	2	8	14%	82%		Home Run; B. Little Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1987-04-18	Willie Upshaw	TOR		BOS	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--		2	6	3	18%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Leach Scores
16	16	2	1	1987-05-17	Kirby Puckett	MIN		BOS	tied 1-1	b 5	0	1--		2	3	8	19%	80%		Home Run (LF-CF); R. Bush Scores
17	17	3	1	1987-07-27	Jesse Barfield	TOR		BOS	behind 1-5	b 2	0	---		1	6	9	7%	27%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	4	1	1987-08-01	George Brett	KCR		BOS	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	-2-		2	3	3	11%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Seitzer Scores
19	19	5	1	1987-08-07	Frank White	KCR	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	6	4	10%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	6	1	1987-08-23	Gary Gaetti	MIN	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	5	5	10%	60%		Home Run (LF-CF)
21	21	7	2	1987-08-23	Roy Smalley	MIN	@	BOS	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---		1	6	DH	9%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	8	3	1987-08-23	Kent Hrbek	MIN	@	BOS	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--		2	4	3	15%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Gagne Scores
23	23	9	1	1987-09-06	Cory Snyder	CLE	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	7	9	10%	56%		Home Run (LF-CF)
24	24	10	1	1987-09-16	Alan Trammell	DET		BOS	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	---		1	4	6	8%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1988-04-15	Steve Buechele	TEX	@	BOS	behind 1-2	t 8	0	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	8	5	25%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	2	1	1988-05-01	Gary Gaetti	MIN	@	BOS	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	5	5	11%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	3	1	1988-05-16	Dave Parker	OAK	@	BOS	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	2	7	19%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); W. Weiss Scores
28	28	4	1	1988-05-22	Brian Downing	CAL	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	6,(2-2) CBBCFX	1	1	DH	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	5	1	1988-05-24	Harold Reynolds	SEA		BOS	ahead 7-1	b 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	4	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Quiñones Scores
30	30	6	1	1988-06-21	Joe Carter	CLE		BOS	behind 0-4	b 1	1	1--	3,(0-2) FMX	2	3	8	13%	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF Line); W. Upshaw Scores
31	31	7	1	1988-08-14	Luis Salazar	DET	@	BOS	ahead 14-2	t 6	2	---	5,(2-2) BCBSX	1	9	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	8	1	1988-08-18	Jay Buhner	SEA	@	BOS	ahead 5-0	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	7	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	9	1	1988-10-01	Luis Medina	CLE		BOS	tied 0-0	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	29%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)