Ed Figueroa
Eduardo (Padilla) Figueroa
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 14, 1948 in Ciales, P.R.
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1974
Final Game: September 27, 1981
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Standard Pitching

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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
1974 25 CAL AL 2 8 .200 3.67 25 12 4 5 1 0 105.1 119 46 43 3 36 2 49 4 1 0 455 93 1.472 10.2 0.3 3.1 4.2 1.36
1975 26 CAL AL 16 13 .552 2.91 33 32 1 16 2 0 244.2 213 96 79 14 84 6 139 5 2 5 1014 121 1.214 7.8 0.5 3.1 5.1 1.65
1976 27 NYY AL 19 10 .655 3.02 34 34 0 14 4 0 256.2 237 101 86 13 94 0 119 3 0 6 1081 114 1.290 8.3 0.5 3.3 4.2 1.27 CYA-4,MVP-21
1977 28 NYY AL 16 11 .593 3.57 32 32 0 12 2 0 239.1 228 102 95 19 75 1 104 3 0 3 999 111 1.266 8.6 0.7 2.8 3.9 1.39
1978 29 NYY AL 20 9 .690 2.99 35 35 0 12 2 0 253.0 233 96 84 22 77 4 92 3 1 6 1038 121 1.225 8.3 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.19 CYA-7
1979 30 NYY AL 4 6 .400 4.13 16 16 0 4 1 0 104.2 109 49 48 6 35 1 42 0 0 1 437 98 1.376 9.4 0.5 3.0 3.6 1.20
1980 31 TOT AL 3 10 .231 6.54 23 17 4 0 0 1 97.2 152 76 71 12 36 2 25 1 1 4 462 60 1.925 14.0 1.1 3.3 2.3 0.69
1980 31 NYY AL 3 3 .500 6.98 15 9 4 0 0 1 58.0 90 47 45 3 24 2 16 1 0 1 276 56 1.966 14.0 0.5 3.7 2.5 0.67
1980 31 TEX AL 0 7 .000 5.90 8 8 0 0 0 0 39.2 62 29 26 9 12 0 9 0 1 3 186 66 1.866 14.1 2.0 2.7 2.0 0.75
1981 32 OAK AL 0 0 5.40 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 8 5 5 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 37 64 1.680 8.6 1.1 6.5 1.1 0.17
8 Seasons 80 67 .544 3.51 200 179 9 63 12 1 1309.2 1299 571 511 90 443 16 571 19 5 25 5523 104 1.330 8.9 0.6 3.0 3.9 1.29
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .544 3.51 36 32 2 11 2 0 235 233 102 92 16 79 3 102 3 1 4 991 104 1.330 8.9 0.6 3.0 3.9 1.29
NYY (5 yrs) 62 39 .614 3.53 132 126 4 42 9 1 911.2 897 395 358 63 305 8 373 10 1 17 3831 106 1.318 8.9 0.6 3.0 3.7 1.22
CAL (2 yrs) 18 21 .462 3.14 58 44 5 21 3 0 350.0 332 142 122 17 120 8 188 9 3 5 1469 111 1.291 8.5 0.4 3.1 4.8 1.57
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 5.40 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 8 5 5 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 37 64 1.680 8.6 1.1 6.5 1.1 0.17
TEX (1 yr) 0 7 .000 5.90 8 8 0 0 0 0 39.2 62 29 26 9 12 0 9 0 1 3 186 66 1.866 14.1 2.0 2.7 2.0 0.75

Postseason Pitching

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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
1976 27 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 0 1 .000 5.84 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 14 8 8 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 52 1.297 10.2 0.7 1.5 3.6 2.50
1976 27 NYY AL WS L CIN 0 1 .000 5.62 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 5 5 1 5 0 2 0 0 1 32 1.375 6.8 1.1 5.6 2.3 0.40
1977 28 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 0 0 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 17 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 8.1 1.50
1978 29 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 0 1 .000 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5.000 45.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1978 29 NYY AL WS W LAD 0 1 .000 8.10 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.2 9 6 6 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 32 2.100 12.2 4.1 6.8 2.7 0.40
3 Seasons (5 Series) 0 4 .000 7.47 7 7 0 0 0 0 31.1 39 28 26 5 14 0 12 0 0 1 142 1.691 11.2 1.4 4.0 3.4 0.86
3 ALCS 0 2 .000 8.10 4 4 0 0 0 0 16.2 24 17 15 1 4 0 8 0 0 0 78 1.680 13.0 0.5 2.2 4.3 2.00
2 WS 0 2 .000 6.75 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.2 15 11 11 4 10 0 4 0 0 1 64 1.705 9.2 2.5 6.1 2.5 0.40

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1974 25 CAL AL 25 456 406 46 119 14 0 3 15 11 36 49 .293 .354 .350 .704 .325 142 9 4 7 3 2
1975 26 CAL AL 33 1013 914 96 213 37 3 14 34 4 84 139 .233 .299 .326 .625 .259 298 23 5 4 6 6
1976 27 NYY AL 34 1081 962 101 237 34 6 13 22 16 94 119 .246 .312 .335 .647 .266 322 16 3 11 11 0
1977 28 NYY AL 32 999 904 102 228 41 9 19 23 8 75 104 .252 .308 .381 .689 .264 344 23 3 7 10 1
1978 29 NYY AL 35 1038 939 96 233 44 4 22 18 10 77 92 .248 .305 .374 .679 .254 351 21 3 13 6 4
1979 30 NYY AL 16 437 397 49 109 23 5 6 4 5 35 42 .275 .333 .403 .736 .294 160 10 0 4 1 1
1980 31 TOT AL 23 462 418 76 152 25 2 12 10 4 36 25 .364 .410 .519 .929 .362 217 12 1 1 6 2
1980 31 NYY AL 15 276 248 47 90 16 1 3 4 0 24 16 .363 .417 .472 .888 .375 117 10 1 0 3 2
1980 31 TEX AL 8 186 170 29 62 9 1 9 6 4 12 9 .365 .400 .588 .988 .342 100 2 0 1 3 0
1981 32 OAK AL 2 37 31 5 8 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 .258 .378 .419 .798 .241 13 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 200 5523 4971 571 1299 220 29 90 127 59 443 571 .261 .322 .372 .693 .278 1847 114 19 47 43 16
162 Game Avg. 36 991 892 102 233 39 5 16 23 11 79 102 .261 .322 .372 .693 .278 331 20 3 8 8 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1974 25 CAL AL 25 12 2 8 2 0 4 4 8 .333 0 1 5 1 7 58% 52 76 30 18 7 5 4 3.2 2.6 6.4
1975 26 CAL AL 33 32 16 13 3 2 5 17 15 .531 1 0 16 2 21 66% 58 87 28 21 12 16 5 4.0 4.0 7.6
1976 27 NYY AL 34 34 19 10 5 3 4 24 10 .706 1 3 14 4 21 62% 55 86 21 21 8 9 8 5.1 5.0 7.5
1977 28 NYY AL 32 32 16 11 5 3 3 20 12 .625 2 2 12 2 18 56% 53 80 23 24 8 8 14 4.6 4.8 7.5
1978 29 NYY AL 35 35 20 9 6 1 4 23 12 .657 1 2 12 2 26 74% 55 80 18 14 3 17 8 4.7 4.6 7.2
1979 30 NYY AL 16 16 4 6 6 2 3 6 10 .375 2 2 4 1 6 38% 49 76 22 8 4 5 4 4.5 3.9 6.5
1980 31 TOT AL 23 17 3 10 4 2 1 7 10 .412 1 2 0 0 3 18% 39 71 22 22 9 1 11 3.7 3.1 4.6
1980 31 NYY AL 15 9 3 3 3 2 0 6 3 .667 0 2 0 0 1 11% 39 71 25 14 5 0 6 4.7 4.5 4.2
1980 31 TEX AL 8 8 0 7 1 0 1 1 7 .125 1 0 0 0 2 25% 38 61 22 8 4 1 5 2.5 1.8 5.0
1981 32 OAK AL 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44 44 44 1 0 0 1 4.0 7.2 4.0
8 Seasons 200 179 80 67 32 13 24 101 78 .564 8 12 63 12 102 57% 53 87 18 129 51 61 55 4.4 4.3 7.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1974 25 CAL AL 25 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 40% 5 0.941 0 4 9 0 0 13 10 3 8 2 9 1 6.5
1975 26 CAL AL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.083 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1980 31 TOT AL 23 6 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 1 33% 0.820 0 1 5 1 0 5 1 5 6 0 6 0 10.0
1980 31 NYY AL 15 6 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 1 33% 3 0.714 0 1 5 1 0 5 1 5 6 0 6 0 10.0
1981 32 OAK AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0.789 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 13.0
4 Seasons 75 21 9 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 19 7 37% 0.983 0 6 15 1 0 20 12 9 16 2 17 1 7.7

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1974 25 CAL AL 456 41% 0.7% 10.8% 7.9% 3.7% 14% 1.21 78% 92 9 10%
1975 26 CAL AL 1014 47% 1.4% 13.7% 8.3% 5.3% 25% 1.16 76% 161 23 14%
1976 27 NYY AL 1081 47% 1.2% 11.0% 8.7% 4.9% 22% 0.95 78% 204 16 8%
1977 28 NYY AL 999 51% 1.9% 10.4% 7.5% 6.9% 30% 0.96 79% 155 23 15%
1978 29 NYY AL 1038 54% 2.1% 8.9% 7.4% 6.7% 30% 1.02 80% 163 21 13%
1979 30 NYY AL 437 51% 1.4% 9.6% 8.0% 7.8% 31% 1.78 80% 70 10 14%
1980 31 TOT AL 462 52% 2.6% 5.4% 7.8% 8.4% 26% 1.32 84% 94 12 13%
1980 31 NYY AL 276 53% 1.1% 5.8% 8.7% 7.3% 22% 1.42 84% 65 10 15%
1980 31 TEX AL 186 52% 4.8% 4.8% 6.5% 10.2% 31% 1.19 83% 29 2 7%
1981 32 OAK AL 37 46% 2.7% 2.7% 16.2% 8.1% 38% 0.38 78% 6 0 0%
8 Seasons 5524 49% 1.6% 10.3% 8.0% 6.1% 26% 1.09 79% 945 114 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1974 25 CAL AL 456 119 3 0 6 1 2 1 2 14 6 1 43% 7 0 1 204 15 11 58% 13 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 0
1975 26 CAL AL 1014 213 14 0 29 4 10 6 8 58 22 8 38% 13 5 2 326 34 4 89% 33 4 1 0 0 0 5 0 19 0
1976 27 NYY AL 1081 237 13 0 15 8 5 6 7 51 33 6 65% 16 6 1 412 22 16 58% 19 15 3 1 0 0 2 0 21 0
1977 28 NYY AL 999 228 19 0 14 7 12 10 9 45 25 6 56% 11 3 1 351 23 8 74% 23 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 15 0
1978 29 NYY AL 1038 233 22 0 10 8 14 17 5 45 21 2 47% 11 6 0 354 18 10 64% 17 9 1 1 0 0 8 1 17 0
1979 30 NYY AL 437 109 6 0 3 1 5 4 2 23 16 0 70% 2 1 0 151 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1980 31 TOT AL 462 152 12 0 10 4 8 7 5 39 29 0 74% 2 4 0 185 10 4 71% 8 4 2 0 0 0 5 0 13 0
1980 31 NYY AL 276 90 3 0 9 1 2 2 1 30 21 0 70% 1 1 0 115 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
1980 31 TEX AL 186 62 9 0 1 3 6 5 4 9 8 0 89% 1 3 0 70 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 9 0
1981 32 OAK AL 37 8 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 5524 1299 90 0 88 34 56 52 38 275 152 23 55% 62 25 5 1999 127 59 68% 118 56 8 2 1 1 27 1 94 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1974 25 2 8 .200 3.67 25 12 4 5 1 0 105.1 119 46 43 3 36 2 49 4 1 0 455 93 1.472 10.2 0.3 3.1 4.2 1.36 93
1975 26 18 21 .462 3.14 58 44 5 21 3 0 350.0 332 142 122 17 120 8 188 9 3 5 1469 111 1.291 8.5 0.4 3.1 4.8 1.57 111
1976 27 37 31 .544 3.09 92 78 5 35 7 0 606.2 569 243 208 30 214 8 307 12 3 11 2550 113 1.291 8.4 0.4 3.2 4.6 1.43 113
1977 28 53 42 .558 3.22 124 110 5 47 9 0 846.0 797 345 303 49 289 9 411 15 3 14 3549 112 1.284 8.5 0.5 3.1 4.4 1.42 112
1978 29 73 51 .589 3.17 159 145 5 59 11 0 1099.0 1030 441 387 71 366 13 503 18 4 20 4587 114 1.270 8.4 0.6 3.0 4.1 1.37 114
1979 30 77 57 .575 3.25 175 161 5 63 12 0 1203.2 1139 490 435 77 401 14 545 18 4 21 5024 112 1.279 8.5 0.6 3.0 4.1 1.36 112
1980 31 80 67 .544 3.50 198 178 9 63 12 1 1301.1 1291 566 506 89 437 16 570 19 5 25 5486 105 1.328 8.9 0.6 3.0 3.9 1.30 105
1981 32 80 67 .544 3.51 200 179 9 63 12 1 1309.2 1299 571 511 90 443 16 571 19 5 25 5523 104 1.330 8.9 0.6 3.0 3.9 1.29 104

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
1974 25 4 6 .400 5.07 94.0 129 59 53 3 39 44 4 1.787 12.4 3.7 4.2 1.13 0.3 25
1975 26 14 11 .560 3.68 230.0 233 104 94 15 92 131 5 1.413 9.1 3.6 5.1 1.42 0.6 33
1976 27 13 13 .500 3.90 240.0 261 116 104 14 104 111 3 1.521 9.8 3.9 4.2 1.07 0.5 34
1977 28 12 13 .480 4.04 227.0 236 113 102 20 78 99 3 1.383 9.4 3.1 3.9 1.27 0.8 32
1978 29 13 12 .520 3.77 234.0 251 109 98 24 83 85 3 1.427 9.7 3.2 3.3 1.02 0.9 35
1979 30 4 6 .400 4.68 98.0 111 57 51 6 36 39 0 1.500 10.2 3.3 3.6 1.08 0.6 16
1980 31 2 7 .222 7.79 89.0 157 86 77 12 37 23 1 2.180 15.9 3.7 2.3 0.62 1.2 23
1981 32 0 1 .000 7.36 11.0 13 10 9 2 10 1 0 2.091 10.6 8.2 0.8 0.10 1.6 2
8 Seasons 62 69 .473 4.33 1223.0 1391 654 588 96 479 533 19 1.529 10.2 3.9 1.11 0.7 200

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1976-AL-21-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1976-AL--4--10%
1978-AL--7--1%
0.11 Career Shares (167th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1975 AL--2.906--5th
1978 AL--2.988--8th

Wins s c a p y
1976 AL--19--4th
1977 AL--16--9th
1978 AL--20--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1976 AL--.655--5th
1978 AL--.690--7th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1975 AL--1.214--8th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 AL--7.835--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1978 AL--35--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1976 AL--4--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 AL--94--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 AL--.515--4th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1976 AL--1081--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1975 AL--121--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 14 (1029), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (551), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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