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Steve Farr

Steven Michael Farr

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: December 12, 1956 in Cheverly, MD
School: American University (Washington, DC)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1984
Teams (by GP): Royals/Yankees/Indians/RedSox 1984-1994
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: August 8, 1994
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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
1984 27 CLE AL 3 11 .214 4.58 31 16 4 0 0 1 116.0 106 61 59 14 46 3 83 5 2 2 488 90 1.310 8.2 1.1 3.6 6.4 1.80
1985 28 KCR AL 2 1 .667 3.11 16 3 5 0 0 1 37.2 34 15 13 2 20 4 36 2 0 2 164 134 1.434 8.1 0.5 4.8 8.6 1.80
1986 29 KCR AL 8 4 .667 3.13 56 0 33 0 0 8 109.1 90 39 38 10 39 8 83 4 1 4 443 136 1.180 7.4 0.8 3.2 6.8 2.13
1987 30 KCR AL 4 3 .571 4.15 47 0 19 0 0 1 91.0 97 47 42 9 44 4 88 2 0 2 408 110 1.549 9.6 0.9 4.4 8.7 2.00
1988 31 KCR AL 5 4 .556 2.50 62 1 49 0 0 20 82.2 74 25 23 5 30 6 72 2 2 4 344 161 1.258 8.1 0.5 3.3 7.8 2.40
1989 32 KCR AL 2 5 .286 4.12 51 2 40 0 0 18 63.1 75 35 29 5 22 5 56 1 0 2 279 95 1.532 10.7 0.7 3.1 8.0 2.55
1990 33 KCR AL 13 7 .650 1.98 57 6 20 1 1 1 127.0 99 32 28 6 48 9 94 5 0 2 515 194 1.157 7.0 0.4 3.4 6.7 1.96
1991 34 NYY AL 5 5 .500 2.19 60 0 48 0 0 23 70.0 57 19 17 4 20 3 60 5 0 2 285 191 1.100 7.3 0.5 2.6 7.7 3.00
1992 35 NYY AL 2 2 .500 1.56 50 0 42 0 0 30 52.0 34 10 9 2 19 0 37 2 0 0 207 253 1.019 5.9 0.3 3.3 6.4 1.95
1993 36 NYY AL 2 2 .500 4.21 49 0 37 0 0 25 47.0 44 22 22 8 28 4 39 2 0 2 211 100 1.532 8.4 1.5 5.4 7.5 1.39
1994 37 TOT AL 2 1 .667 5.72 30 0 16 0 0 4 28.1 41 21 18 5 18 1 20 2 0 2 143 86 2.082 13.0 1.6 5.7 6.4 1.11
1994 37 CLE AL 1 1 .500 5.28 19 0 12 0 0 4 15.1 17 12 9 3 15 1 12 2 0 2 79 90 2.087 10.0 1.8 8.8 7.0 0.80
1994 37 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 6.23 11 0 4 0 0 0 13.0 24 9 9 2 3 0 8 0 0 0 64 82 2.077 16.6 1.4 2.1 5.5 2.67
11 Yrs 48 45 .516 3.25 509 28 313 1 1 132 824.1 751 326 298 70 334 47 668 32 5 24 3487 127 1.316 8.2 0.8 3.6 7.3 2.00
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .516 3.25 64 4 40 0 0 17 104 95 41 38 9 42 6 85 4 1 3 442 127 1.316 8.2 0.8 3.6 7.3 2.00
KCR (6 yrs) 34 24 .586 3.05 289 12 166 1 1 49 511.0 469 193 173 37 203 36 429 16 3 16 2153 135 1.315 8.3 0.7 3.6 7.6 2.11
NYY (3 yrs) 9 9 .500 2.56 159 0 127 0 0 78 169.0 135 51 48 14 67 7 136 9 0 4 703 161 1.195 7.2 0.7 3.6 7.2 2.03
CLE (2 yrs) 4 12 .250 4.66 50 16 16 0 0 5 131.1 123 73 68 17 61 4 95 7 2 4 567 90 1.401 8.4 1.2 4.2 6.5 1.56
BOS (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.23 11 0 4 0 0 0 13.0 24 9 9 2 3 0 8 0 0 0 64 82 2.077 16.6 1.4 2.1 5.5 2.67

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
1984 27 CLE AL 116.0 31 16 61 4.73 4.54 -0.04 0.01 104.5 4.80 1 0.1 1.6 -0.1 1.0 13 .504 .501 $
1985 28 KCR AL 37.2 16 3 15 3.58 4.38 -0.02 -0.17 99.8 4.23 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.6 7 .518 .502 $
1986 29 KCR AL 109.1 56 0 39 3.21 4.71 0.06 -0.37 101.7 4.35 14 1.4 1.3 0.0 2.4 26 .525 .509 $85,000
1987 30 KCR AL 91.0 47 0 47 4.65 5.00 -0.06 -0.39 102.7 4.80 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.8 12 .503 .501 $
1988 31 KCR AL 82.2 62 1 25 2.72 4.44 -0.10 -0.32 101.1 4.27 14 1.5 1.8 0.4 2.7 23 .525 .509 $225,000
1989 32 KCR AL 63.1 51 2 35 4.97 4.40 -0.24 -0.25 100.4 4.41 -4 -0.4 1.3 -0.2 -0.1 2 .491 .497 $605,000
1990 33 KCR AL 127.0 57 6 32 2.27 4.31 -0.30 -0.19 98.1 4.35 30 3.4 1.3 0.1 4.7 43 .559 .521 $775,000
1991 34 NYY AL 70.0 60 0 19 2.44 4.63 -0.21 -0.35 100.9 4.53 16 1.7 1.6 0.4 2.7 24 .529 .511 $2,400,000
1992 35 NYY AL 52.0 50 0 10 1.73 4.26 -0.09 -0.33 99.4 4.00 13 1.4 2.1 0.6 2.6 19 .529 .509 $2,400,000
1993 36 NYY AL 47.0 49 0 22 4.21 4.68 0.23 -0.36 96.1 3.93 -1 -0.1 2.1 -0.1 0.2 4 .498 .499 $1,500,000
1994 37 CLE AL 15.1 19 0 12 7.04 5.42 -0.04 -0.42 96.4 4.86 -4 -0.3 1.2 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .482 .498 $900,000
1994 37 BOS AL 13.0 11 0 9 6.23 5.23 0.13 -0.40 103.4 4.86 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .483 .499 $
11 Seasons 824.1 509 28 326 3.56 4.58 -0.09 -0.26 100.8 4.44 82 9.0 1.5 0.9 17.2 170 .518 .505 $8,890,000
KCR (6 yrs) 511.0 289 12 193 3.40 4.56 -0.12 -0.29 100.6 4.41 58 6.3 1.4 0.2 11.1 113 .522 .506 $1,690,000
NYY (3 yrs) 169.0 159 0 51 2.72 4.53 -0.05 -0.35 99.1 4.20 28 3.1 1.9 0.9 5.5 47 .519 .506 $6,300,000
CLE (2 yrs) 131.1 50 16 73 5.00 4.64 -0.04 -0.04 103.5 4.81 -2 -0.2 1.4 -0.1 0.7 11 .496 .499 $900,000
BOS (1 yr) 13.0 11 0 9 6.23 5.23 0.13 -0.40 103.4 4.86 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .483 .499 $

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
1985 28 KCR AL ALCS W TOR 1 0 1.000 1.42 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 22 0.789 5.7 0.0 1.4 4.3 3.00
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 1.42 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 22 0.789 5.7 0.0 1.4 4.3 3.00

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
1984 27 CLE AL 31 488 432 61 106 16 0 14 6 7 46 83 .245 .323 .380 .703 .272 164 13 5 2 3 3 7
1985 28 KCR AL 16 164 139 15 34 5 2 2 3 4 20 36 .245 .344 .353 .696 .311 49 4 2 1 2 4 4
1986 29 KCR AL 56 443 395 39 90 14 4 10 4 7 39 83 .228 .302 .359 .662 .263 142 10 4 3 2 8 2
1987 30 KCR AL 47 408 358 47 97 19 3 9 18 7 44 88 .271 .351 .416 .768 .333 149 5 2 0 3 4 7
1988 31 KCR AL 62 344 308 25 74 20 2 5 2 4 30 72 .240 .309 .367 .676 .295 113 7 2 1 3 6 1
1989 32 KCR AL 51 279 253 35 75 15 2 5 3 4 22 56 .296 .351 .431 .782 .359 109 6 1 0 3 5 4
1990 33 KCR AL 57 515 451 32 99 12 2 6 8 3 48 94 .220 .301 .295 .596 .264 133 13 5 10 1 9 5
1991 34 NYY AL 60 285 260 19 57 12 0 4 2 2 20 60 .219 .288 .312 .599 .270 81 8 5 0 0 3 2
1992 35 NYY AL 50 207 183 10 34 4 0 2 7 0 19 37 .186 .267 .240 .507 .219 44 3 2 1 2 0 0
1993 36 NYY AL 49 211 174 22 44 10 2 8 4 1 28 39 .253 .356 .471 .827 .275 82 3 2 3 4 4 0
1994 37 TOT AL 30 143 119 21 41 7 0 5 2 2 18 20 .345 .436 .529 .965 .379 63 2 2 2 1 1 0
1994 37 BOS AL 11 64 58 9 24 4 0 2 2 1 3 8 .414 .443 .586 1.029 .458 34 2 0 2 0 0 0
1994 37 CLE AL 19 79 61 12 17 3 0 3 0 1 15 12 .279 .430 .475 .906 .298 29 0 2 0 1 1 0
11 Yrs 509 3487 3072 326 751 134 17 70 59 41 334 668 .244 .323 .368 .690 .289 1129 74 32 23 24 47 32
162 Game Avg. 64 442 389 41 95 17 2 9 7 5 42 85 .244 .323 .368 .690 .289 143 9 4 3 3 6 4
MLB Averages .259 .325 .392 .717 .287

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1984 27 CLE AL -3.6 -0.4 507 -0.7 8.3 -9.0 .98 0.0 -0.7 0.2 0.0 0.98 1.3 6 6 3
1985 28 KCR AL 4.3 0.4 172 0.5 2.7 -2.3 .93 0.3 0.2 3.6 0.4 0.93 4.0 2 6 5
1986 29 KCR AL 14.8 1.5 459 2.7 8.4 -5.7 .97 1.9 1.0 18.5 1.8 0.97 19.8 20 13 22
1987 30 KCR AL 4.0 0.4 433 -1.5 4.6 -6.0 .68 -0.4 -1.8 -3.5 -0.3 0.67 -3.1 12 11 24
1988 31 KCR AL 14.1 1.4 355 0.7 8.7 -8.0 1.41 0.7 -0.2 7.8 0.8 1.41 7.2 27 12 21
1989 32 KCR AL -2.6 -0.3 291 -0.7 6.1 -6.8 1.25 -0.6 -0.0 -5.3 -0.5 1.25 -6.2 15 15 14
1990 33 KCR AL 26.4 2.8 528 1.8 10.6 -8.7 1.16 2.0 -0.4 33.1 3.5 1.16 26.5 19 7 25
1991 34 NYY AL 15.1 1.5 292 1.2 9.2 -8.0 1.80 1.3 -0.7 14.6 1.5 1.80 15.4 31 11 17
1992 35 NYY AL 13.9 1.4 215 1.7 7.2 -5.4 1.89 1.4 -0.5 11.4 1.2 1.89 15.3 25 14 11
1993 36 NYY AL 0.9 0.1 219 -0.1 6.8 -7.0 2.08 -0.3 0.2 -7.0 -0.7 2.08 -6.6 29 11 9
1994 37 TOT AL -3.0 -0.3 149 -0.7 2.5 -3.2 1.18 -0.8 0.3 -8.8 -0.8 1.18 -10.2 10 4 15
1994 37 CLE AL -1.9 -0.2 83 -0.5 1.6 -2.0 1.37 -0.4 0.1 -5.4 -0.5 1.37 -5.2 7 1 10
1994 37 BOS AL -1.1 -0.1 66 -0.2 1.0 -1.2 .94 -0.4 0.2 -3.5 -0.3 0.94 -5.0 3 3 5
11 Yrs 84.4 8.7 3620 4.9 75.1 -70.1 1.23 5.6 -1.6 64.7 6.8 1.22 63.3 196 110 166

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
1984 27 CLE AL 31 16 2 9 5 0 2 3 13 .188 1 2 0 0 6 38% 47.6 75 30 24 10 3 6 3.1 2.5 5.3
1985 28 KCR AL 16 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 0 0% 47.7 54 42 3 0 0 3 4.7 5.7 4.4
1988 31 KCR AL 62 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 62.0 62 62 6 2 1 0 2.3 3.6 6.0 86 0 1 0 0 86
1989 32 KCR AL 51 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 2 100% 59.5 63 56 11 5 1 0 3.7 4.9 6.0 89 0 2 0 0 92
1990 33 KCR AL 57 6 5 1 0 3 0 5 1 .833 0 0 1 1 2 33% 60.5 77 49 12 3 4 1 3.0 3.6 6.1 93 1 4 0 1 129
5 Yrs 217 28 10 11 7 4 2 12 16 .429 1 3 1 1 11 39% 52 77 30 56 20 9 10 3.2 3.2 5.5 91 1 7 0 1 129
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.4 4.4 6.2 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
1984 27 CLE AL 31 15 4 1 2 2 1 1 50% 4 1 21 6 29% 2 .978 6 6 3 4 2 9 11 4 8 4 11 2 6.3
1985 28 KCR AL 16 13 5 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 11 3 27% 6 .932 2 6 5 4 1 8 9 4 11 1 11 1 5.6
1986 29 KCR AL 56 56 33 8 4 9 8 1 89% 12 2 51 14 27% 8 .966 20 13 22 20 10 26 29 27 37 8 37 8 5.9
1987 30 KCR AL 47 47 19 4 3 5 1 4 20% 7 1 43 21 49% 8 .676 12 11 24 10 6 31 29 18 33 8 35 6 5.8
1988 31 KCR AL 62 61 49 4 4 26 20 6 77% 29 3 52 18 35% 9 1.411 27 12 21 37 4 20 30 31 21 17 24 16 3.8 20
1989 32 KCR AL 51 49 40 1 5 22 18 4 82% 24 2 11 4 36% 9 1.254 15 15 14 33 2 14 8 41 7 8 9 8 3.1 19
1990 33 KCR AL 57 51 20 8 6 2 1 1 50% 9 7 45 9 20% 7 1.159 19 7 25 14 13 24 22 29 33 4 34 3 5.3 27
1991 34 NYY AL 60 60 48 5 5 29 23 6 79% 32 2 31 8 26% 9 1.805 31 11 17 40 8 12 20 40 16 17 19 13 3.5 19
1992 35 NYY AL 50 50 42 2 2 36 30 6 83% 36 0 18 8 44% 9 1.890 25 14 11 40 4 6 7 43 7 7 8 7 3.1 16
1993 36 NYY AL 49 49 37 2 2 31 25 6 81% 32 1 28 17 61% 9 2.080 29 11 9 35 6 8 14 35 5 14 7 8 2.9 19
1994 37 TOT AL 30 30 16 2 1 7 4 3 57% 8 1 25 5 20% 1.182 10 4 15 15 3 12 14 16 8 11 12 5 2.8 18
1994 37 CLE AL 19 19 12 1 1 6 4 2 67% 7 1 14 2 14% 9 1.374 7 1 10 11 1 7 8 11 2 7 3 3 2.4 15
1994 37 BOS AL 11 11 4 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 11 3 27% 8 .945 3 3 5 4 2 5 6 5 6 4 9 2 3.5 23
11 Yrs 509 481 313 38 34 170 132 38 78% 195 21 336 113 34% 1.227 196 110 166 252 59 170 193 288 186 99 207 77 4.2 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%
1984 27 CLE AL 488 47% 2.9% 17.0% 9.4% 6.2% 28% 1.20 69% 96 13 14%
1985 28 KCR AL 164 54% 1.2% 22.0% 12.2% 5.5% 27% 0.85 63% 29 4 14%
1986 29 KCR AL 443 49% 2.3% 18.7% 8.8% 6.3% 31% 1.02 69% 81 10 12%
1987 30 KCR AL 408 59% 2.2% 21.6% 10.8% 7.6% 32% 0.79 65% 87 5 6%
1988 31 KCR AL 344 49% 1.5% 20.9% 8.7% 7.9% 37% 0.72 1.05 68% 24% 5.6% 35% 70 7 10%
1989 32 KCR AL 279 52% 1.8% 20.1% 7.9% 7.9% 29% 0.82 1.00 70% 24% 5.3% 14% 55 6 11%
1990 33 KCR AL 515 54% 1.2% 18.3% 9.3% 3.9% 20% 0.67 0.95 68% 21% 3.3% 15% 106 13 12%
1991 34 NYY AL 285 54% 1.4% 21.1% 7.0% 5.6% 28% 0.83 1.18 69% 17% 4.5% 16% 51 8 16%
1992 35 NYY AL 207 51% 1.0% 17.9% 9.2% 2.9% 18% 0.66 0.71 71% 17% 3.2% 28% 38 3 8%
1993 36 NYY AL 211 59% 3.8% 18.5% 13.3% 9.5% 46% 0.59 0.77 62% 24% 10.8% 15% 48 3 6%
1994 37 TOT AL 143 58% 3.5% 14.0% 12.6% 8.4% 29% 0.61 0.80 66% 17% 9.6% 15% 45 2 4%
1994 37 CLE AL 79 52% 3.8% 15.2% 19.0% 7.6% 35% 0.63 0.74 59% 16% 12.5% 20% 26 0 0%
1994 37 BOS AL 64 66% 3.1% 12.5% 4.7% 9.4% 25% 0.58 0.88 75% 17% 7.1% 10% 19 2 11%
11 Yrs 3487 52% 2.0% 19.2% 9.6% 6.3% 29% 0.71 0.96 68% 21% 5.5% 20% 706 74 10%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 0.81 1.06 73% 20% 6.5% 20% 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
1988 31 KCR AL 345 1304 3.78 840 64% 33% 13% 25% 29% 67% 5% 43% 80% 63% 3% 12 4 25% 85 52 3 38% 12 3 -1 0 0
1989 32 KCR AL 276 1071 3.88 692 65% 31% 14% 26% 29% 68% 5% 44% 79% 63% 5% 13 6 24% 66 34 4 33% 9 3 3 0 8
1990 33 KCR AL 516 1943 3.77 1229 63% 31% 12% 26% 30% 69% 5% 43% 81% 61% 4% 23 10 24% 122 72 8 32% 16 3 -1 3 8
1991 34 NYY AL 286 1139 3.98 722 63% 33% 12% 27% 28% 67% 3% 42% 82% 63% 3% 9 5 23% 66 32 4 32% 7 1 -1 0 0
1992 35 NYY AL 207 822 3.97 510 62% 37% 11% 23% 29% 63% 0% 39% 83% 59% 3% 6 3 16% 34 19 0 62% 7 3 0 0 0
1993 36 NYY AL 205 874 4.26 518 59% 33% 10% 31% 26% 67% 5% 40% 85% 55% 8% 17 9 21% 43 16 2 39% 3 4 6 1 0
1994 37 TOT AL 138 513 3.72 310 60% 32% 12% 24% 32% 68% 2% 41% 82% 61% 5% 7 4 20% 27 10 2 56% 0 2 5 0 0
1994 37 CLE AL 79 286 3.62 164 57% 37% 13% 19% 30% 63% 3% 36% 79% 59% 8% 6 3 18% 14 5 2 58% 0 2 0 0 0
1994 37 BOS AL 59 227 3.85 146 64% 26% 11% 29% 34% 74% 0% 48% 85% 63% 2% 1 1 22% 13 5 0 50% 0 0 5 0 0
7 Yrs 1973 7666 3.89 4821 63% 33% 12% 26% 29% 67% 4% 42% 81% 61% 4% 87 41 22% 443 235 23 38% 54 19 11 4 16
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 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
1984 27 CLE AL 488 106 14 0 9 5 9 9 5 23 12 3 52% 7 2 2 165 6 7 46% 5 7 1 0 0 0 2 1 11 0
1985 28 KCR AL 164 34 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 13 5 2 38% 4 2 0 66 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1986 29 KCR AL 443 90 10 1 23 8 2 3 7 27 9 6 33% 2 4 1 152 4 7 36% 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 15 0
1987 30 KCR AL 408 97 9 1 18 5 4 3 6 39 17 7 44% 7 2 0 168 18 7 72% 15 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1988 31 KCR AL 344 74 6 1 5 0 12 3 2 0 5 25 11 5 44% 1 4 0 145 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1989 32 KCR AL 279 75 8 1 5 0 9 5 0 0 5 15 8 3 53% 4 2 2 108 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1990 33 KCR AL 515 99 5 1 6 0 23 4 2 2 4 35 10 13 29% 5 2 0 201 8 3 73% 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1991 34 NYY AL 285 57 21 3 4 1 17 2 2 3 1 20 4 6 20% 2 2 0 101 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1992 35 NYY AL 207 34 14 1 2 0 14 1 1 1 1 13 5 1 38% 0 0 0 64 7 0 100% 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
1993 36 NYY AL 211 44 6 0 8 0 14 5 3 4 4 15 10 1 67% 0 2 0 79 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1994 37 TOT AL 143 41 6 2 5 0 6 3 2 4 1 11 7 2 64% 0 2 0 75 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1994 37 CLE AL 79 17 2 1 3 0 4 2 1 3 0 8 6 1 75% 0 2 0 39 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1994 37 BOS AL 64 24 4 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 36 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
11 Yrs 3487 751 66 9 70 3 153 42 28 30 40 236 98 49 42% 32 24 5 1324 59 41 59% 51 36 7 4 1 1 5 1 80 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1984 27 3 11 .214 4.58 31 16 4 0 0 1 116.0 106 61 59 14 46 3 83 5 2 2 488 90 1.310 8.2 1.1 3.6 6.4 1.80 90
1985 28 5 12 .294 4.22 47 19 9 0 0 2 153.2 140 76 72 16 66 7 119 7 2 4 652 98 1.341 8.2 0.9 3.9 7.0 1.80 98
1986 29 13 16 .448 3.76 103 19 42 0 0 10 263.0 230 115 110 26 105 15 202 11 3 8 1095 111 1.274 7.9 0.9 3.6 6.9 1.92 111
1987 30 17 19 .472 3.86 150 19 61 0 0 11 354.0 327 162 152 35 149 19 290 13 3 10 1503 111 1.345 8.3 0.9 3.8 7.4 1.95 111
1988 31 22 23 .489 3.61 212 20 110 0 0 31 436.2 401 187 175 40 179 25 362 15 5 14 1847 117 1.328 8.3 0.8 3.7 7.5 2.02 117
1989 32 24 28 .462 3.67 263 22 150 0 0 49 500.0 476 222 204 45 201 30 418 16 5 16 2126 114 1.354 8.6 0.8 3.6 7.5 2.08 114
1990 33 37 35 .514 3.33 320 28 170 1 1 50 627.0 575 254 232 51 249 39 512 21 5 18 2641 124 1.314 8.3 0.7 3.6 7.3 2.06 124
1991 34 42 40 .512 3.22 380 28 218 1 1 73 697.0 632 273 249 55 269 42 572 26 5 20 2926 128 1.293 8.2 0.7 3.5 7.4 2.13 128
1992 35 44 42 .512 3.10 430 28 260 1 1 103 749.0 666 283 258 57 288 42 609 28 5 20 3133 133 1.274 8.0 0.7 3.5 7.3 2.11 133
1993 36 46 44 .511 3.17 479 28 297 1 1 128 796.0 710 305 280 65 316 46 648 30 5 22 3344 130 1.289 8.0 0.7 3.6 7.3 2.05 130
1994 37 48 45 .516 3.25 509 28 313 1 1 132 824.1 751 326 298 70 334 47 668 32 5 24 3487 127 1.316 8.2 0.8 3.6 7.3 2.00 127

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
1984 27 5 7 .417 5.04 109.0 108 68 61 14 47 78 5 1.422 8.9 3.9 6.4 1.66 1.2 31
1985 28 2 1 .667 3.34 35.0 35 14 13 2 21 34 2 1.600 9.0 5.4 8.7 1.62 0.5 16
1986 29 6 5 .545 3.41 103.0 91 43 39 10 39 78 4 1.262 8.0 3.4 6.8 2.00 0.9 56
1987 30 5 4 .556 3.90 90.0 94 43 39 9 43 87 2 1.522 9.4 4.3 8.7 2.02 0.9 47
1988 31 5 3 .625 2.88 78.0 76 28 25 5 31 68 2 1.372 8.8 3.6 7.8 2.19 0.6 62
1989 32 2 4 .333 4.88 59.0 79 36 32 5 23 52 1 1.729 12.1 3.5 7.9 2.26 0.8 51
1990 33 10 3 .769 2.34 119.0 104 34 31 6 50 88 5 1.294 7.9 3.8 6.7 1.76 0.5 57
1991 34 5 2 .714 2.42 67.0 59 20 18 4 21 57 5 1.194 7.9 2.8 7.7 2.71 0.5 60
1992 35 4 1 .800 1.80 50.0 36 11 10 2 20 35 2 1.120 6.5 3.6 6.3 1.75 0.4 50
1993 36 2 3 .400 4.60 45.0 45 26 23 8 29 37 2 1.644 9.0 5.8 7.4 1.28 1.6 49
1994 37 1 3 .250 5.18 40.0 55 26 23 7 24 28 3 1.975 12.4 5.4 6.3 1.17 1.6 30
11 Yrs 47 36 .566 3.55 795.0 782 349 314 72 348 642 33 1.421 8.9 7.3 1.84 0.8 509

* 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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1990 AL  4.7 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1990 AL  .650 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1988 AL  62 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1988 AL  20 (10th)
1991 AL  23 (10th)
1992 AL  30 (6th)
1993 AL  25 (9th)
Career  132 (87th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1988 AL  49 (7th)
1991 AL  48 (10th)
1992 AL  42 (10th)
Career  313 (95th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1990 AL  26 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1990 AL  2.8 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1990 AL  33.13 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1986 AL  2.7 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1986 AL  1.9 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1990 AL  3.5 (4th)

             

† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 16 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (660), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Jack Aker (973)
  2. Jay Howell (960)
  3. Dick Radatz (954)
  4. Jeff Brantley (952)
  5. John Wyatt (948)
  6. Duane Ward (943)
  7. Fred Gladding (942)
  8. Alejandro Pena (941)
  9. Elias Sosa (941)
  10. Bill Henry (941)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. John Ericks (995)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jake Mooty (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Gary Wagner (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Steve Ontiveros (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tom Gorman (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Roy Lee Jackson (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Vicente Romo (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Don McMahon (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Don McMahon (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jay Howell (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jay Howell (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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