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Bob Forsch

Robert Herbert Forsch

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 13, 1950 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Hiram Johnson HS (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1974
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Astros 1974-1989
Agents: LaRue Harcourt [*]
Final Game: September 25, 1989
Died: November 3, 2011 in Weeki Wachee, FL
Relatives: Brother of Ken Forsch
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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
1970	20	STL-min	A-,A	2	3	.400	4.94	8	5					31.0	38	26	17	1	19								1.839	11.0	0.3	5.5			LEW,CDR · NORW,MIDW
1971	21	STL-min	A	11	7	.611	3.13	23	23				0	158.0	140	74	55	13	41		134						1.146	8.0	0.7	2.3	7.6	3.27	CDR · MIDW
1972	22	STL-min	AA	8	10	.444	4.35	24	24		7	2	0	153.0	158	85	74	10	47	5	109	10	0	9			1.340	9.3	0.6	2.8	6.4	2.32	ARK · TL
1973	23	STL-min	AAA	12	12	.500	4.39	27	27					166.0	169	91	81	7	66								1.416	9.2	0.4	3.6			TUL · AA
1974	24	STL-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.67	15	14		7	0	0	103.0	95	49	42	5	33	3	71	2	0	9			1.243	8.3	0.4	2.9	6.2	2.15	TUL · AA
1974	24	STL	NL	7	4	.636	2.97	19	14	0	5	2	0	100.0	84	38	33	5	34	4	39	1	0	6	408	122	1.180	7.6	0.5	3.1	3.5	1.15
1975	25	STL	NL	15	10	.600	2.86	34	34	0	7	4	0	230.0	213	89	73	14	70	8	108	3	1	10	958	132	1.230	8.3	0.5	2.7	4.2	1.54
1976	26	STL	NL	8	10	.444	3.94	33	32	0	2	0	0	194.0	209	112	85	17	71	8	76	3	0	9	844	90	1.443	9.7	0.8	3.3	3.5	1.07
1977	27	STL	NL	20	7	.741	3.48	35	35	0	8	2	0	217.1	210	97	84	20	69	2	95	3	1	9	915	112	1.284	8.7	0.8	2.9	3.9	1.38
1978	28	STL	NL	11	17	.393	3.70	34	34	0	7	3	0	233.2	205	110	96	15	97	9	114	5	3	8	981	96	1.292	7.9	0.6	3.7	4.4	1.18
1979	29	STL	NL	11	11	.500	3.83	33	32	0	7	1	0	218.2	215	102	93	16	52	1	92	3	0	6	894	100	1.221	8.8	0.7	2.1	3.8	1.77
1980	30	STL	NL	11	10	.524	3.77	31	31	0	8	0	0	214.2	225	102	90	12	33	6	87	4	0	7	878	99	1.202	9.4	0.5	*1.4*	3.6	2.64	SS
1981	31	STL	NL	10	5	.667	3.18	20	20	0	1	0	0	124.1	106	47	44	7	29	3	41	4	1	3	501	112	1.086	7.7	0.5	2.1	3.0	1.41
1982	32	STL	NL	15	9	.625	3.48	36	34	1	6	2	1	233.0	238	95	90	16	54	7	69	4	2	6	962	105	1.253	9.2	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.28
1983	33	STL	NL	10	12	.455	4.28	34	30	3	6	2	0	187.0	190	104	89	23	54	2	56	3	1	4	790	85	1.305	9.1	1.1	2.6	2.7	1.04
1984	34	STL	NL	2	5	.286	6.02	16	11	2	1	0	0	52.1	64	38	35	6	19	0	21	0	0	5	233	58	1.586	11.0	1.0	3.3	3.6	1.11
1985	35	STL	NL	9	6	.600	3.90	34	19	4	3	1	2	136.0	132	63	59	11	47	4	48	2	0	4	567	92	1.316	8.7	0.7	3.1	3.2	1.02
1986	36	STL	NL	14	10	.583	3.25	33	33	0	3	0	0	230.0	211	91	83	19	68	11	104	2	0	7	939	113	1.213	8.3	0.7	2.7	4.1	1.53
1987	37	STL	NL	11	7	.611	4.32	33	30	1	2	1	0	179.0	189	90	86	15	45	4	89	4	1	2	755	97	1.307	9.5	0.8	2.3	4.5	1.98	SS
1988	38	TOT	NL	10	8	.556	4.29	36	18	3	1	1	0	136.1	153	73	65	10	44	9	54	3	3	3	596	81	1.445	10.1	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.23
1988	38	STL	NL	9	4	.692	3.73	30	12	3	1	1	0	108.2	111	51	45	8	38	8	40	1	3	2	463	94	1.371	9.2	0.7	3.1	3.3	1.05
1988	38	HOU	NL	1	4	.200	6.51	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.2	42	22	20	2	6	1	14	2	0	1	133	52	1.735	13.7	0.7	2.0	4.6	2.33
1989	39	HOU	NL	4	5	.444	5.32	37	15	5	0	0	0	108.1	133	68	64	10	46	6	40	1	5	4	494	64	1.652	11.0	0.8	3.8	3.3	0.87
16 Yrs				168	136	.553	3.76	498	422	19	67	19	3	2794.2	2777	1319	1169	216	832	84	1133	45	18	93	11715	98	1.291	8.9	0.7	2.7	3.6	1.36
162 Game Avg.				12	10	.553	3.76	37	31	1	5	1	0	207	205	97	86	16	61	6	84	3	1	7	866	98	1.291	8.9	0.7	2.7	3.6	1.36
				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
STL (15 yrs)				163	127	.562	3.67	455	401	14	67	19	3	2658.2	2602	1229	1085	204	780	77	1079	42	13	88	11088	101	1.272	8.8	0.7	2.6	3.7	1.38
HOU (2 yrs)				5	9	.357	5.56	43	21	5	0	0	0	136.0	175	90	84	12	52	7	54	3	5	5	627	61	1.669	11.6	0.8	3.4	3.6	1.04

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
1974	24	STL	NL	100.0	19	14	38	3.42	4.06	0.19	0.10	101.8	4.05	6	0.7	.7	-0.1	1.5	16	.538	.505	$
1975	25	STL	NL	230.0	34	34	89	3.48	4.25	-0.21	0.13	103.3	4.75	30	3.6		-0.1	5.3	53	.606	.522	$
1976	26	STL	NL	194.0	33	32	112	5.20	3.98	-0.04	0.12	100.8	4.18	-23	-2.5	3.0	-0.1	-1.1	-5	.424	.485	$
1977	27	STL	NL	217.1	35	35	97	4.02	4.38	0.22	0.16	99.1	4.28	5	0.5		-0.1	2.0	28	.514	.503	$
1978	28	STL	NL	233.2	34	34	110	4.24	4.09	-0.09	0.13	98.6	4.25	-2	-0.2		-0.1	1.5	21	.493	.499	$
1979	29	STL	NL	218.2	33	32	102	4.20	4.21	0.13	0.14	104.0	4.38	2	0.3	1.5	-0.1	1.9	25	.508	.502	$
1980	30	STL	NL	214.2	31	31	102	4.28	4.03	0.15	0.14	104.1	4.18	-3	-0.3		-0.1	1.3	18	.490	.498	$	SS
1981	31	STL	NL	124.1	20	20	47	3.40	3.90	0.30	0.14	101.9	3.81	4	0.5		-0.1	1.4	13	.524	.503	$583,333
1982	32	STL	NL	233.0	36	34	95	3.67	4.08	0.35	0.14	100.5	3.89	3	0.3	2.4	-0.1	2.1	28	.509	.502	$583,333
1983	33	STL	NL	187.0	34	30	104	5.01	4.12	0.03	0.12	100.5	4.24	-17	-1.8	.2	-0.1	-0.3	2	.448	.489	$583,333
1984	34	STL	NL	52.1	16	11	38	6.54	4.02	0.09	0.10	96.6	3.88	-16	-1.6	.3	0.0	-1.2	-10	.398	.490	$583,333
1985	35	STL	NL	136.0	34	19	63	4.17	3.95	0.33	0.06	100.4	3.70	-8	-0.9	1.6	-0.2	0.1	6	.474	.495	$583,333
1986	36	STL	NL	230.0	33	33	91	3.56	4.26	0.59	0.15	98.4	3.76	4	0.4		-0.1	2.2	27	.513	.503	$527,235
1987	37	STL	NL	179.0	33	30	90	4.53	4.47	0.07	0.15	102.4	4.66	1	0.1	.8	-0.1	1.5	22	.503	.501	$750,000	SS
1988	38	STL	NL	108.2	30	12	51	4.22	3.82	-0.01	-0.03	102.8	3.90	-4	-0.5	1.1	-0.1	0.3	6	.483	.497	$400,000
1988	38	HOU	NL	27.2	6	6	22	7.16	3.94	-0.27	0.13	95.0	4.13	-9	-0.9		-0.0	-0.7	-7	.344	.494	$
1989	39	HOU	NL	108.1	37	15	68	5.65	3.89	0.18	-0.02	96.9	3.58	-25	-2.7	.7	-0.0	-1.8	-15	.427	.483	$975,000
16 Seasons				2794.2	498	422	1319	4.25	4.12	0.14	0.12	100.9	4.15	-52	-5.0	1.0	-1.4	16.0	228	.490	.498	$5,568,900
			Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
STL (15 yrs)				2658.2	455	401	1229	4.16	4.14	0.14	0.12	101.1	4.17	-18	-1.4	1.1	-1.4	18.5	250	.497	.499	$4,593,900
HOU (2 yrs)				136.0	43	21	90	5.96	3.90	0.09	0.01	96.5	3.69	-34	-3.6	.7	-0.0	-2.5	-22	.416	.489	$975,000

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
1982	32	STL	NL	NLCS	W	ATL	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	30	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
1982	32	STL	NL	WS	W	MIL	0	2	.000	4.97	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	18	10	7	2	3	0	4	1	0	0	59	1.658	12.8	1.4	2.1	2.8	1.33

1985	35	STL	NL	NLCS	W	LAD	0	0		5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	1.500	8.1	2.7	5.4	0.0	0.00
1985	35	STL	NL	WS	L	KCR	0	1	.000	12.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	15	2.333	18.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00

1987	37	STL	NL	NLCS	W	SFG	1	1	.500	12.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	4	4	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	16	1.667	12.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
1987	37	STL	NL	WS	L	MIN	1	0	1.000	9.95	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	8	7	7	2	5	1	3	1	0	0	34	2.053	11.4	2.8	7.1	4.3	0.60
3 Yrs (6 Series)							3	4	.429	5.79	12	5	1	1	1	0	37.1	42	27	24	5	12	1	19	3	0	1	169	1.446	10.1	1.2	2.9	4.6	1.58
3 NLCS							2	1	.667	3.52	5	2	1	1	1	0	15.1	10	6	6	1	3	0	9	1	0	0	61	0.848	5.9	0.6	1.8	5.3	3.00
3 WS							1	3	.250	7.36	7	3	0	0	0	0	22.0	32	21	18	4	9	1	10	2	0	1	108	1.864	13.1	1.6	3.7	4.1	1.11

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
1974	24	STL	NL	19	408	365	38	84	17	0	5	8	4	34	39	.230	.295	.318	.612	.243	116	14	1	4	4	4	9
1975	25	STL	NL	34	958	870	89	213	28	4	14	13	0	70	108	.245	.301	.334	.636	.264	291	26	3	6	7	8	13
1976	26	STL	NL	33	844	755	112	209	36	6	17	12	9	71	76	.277	.339	.408	.747	.287	308	22	3	9	6	8	20
1977	27	STL	NL	35	915	835	97	210	33	2	20	15	6	69	95	.251	.310	.368	.677	.262	307	21	3	4	4	2	18
1978	28	STL	NL	34	981	862	110	205	42	6	15	28	10	97	114	.238	.316	.353	.669	.256	304	22	5	9	8	9	12
1979	29	STL	NL	33	894	819	102	215	32	12	16	19	11	52	92	.263	.304	.389	.694	.275	319	21	3	6	13	1	9
1980	30	STL	NL	31	878	822	102	225	40	11	12	15	6	33	87	.274	.302	.393	.695	.291	323	30	4	8	9	6	10
1981	31	STL	NL	20	501	457	47	106	24	4	7	13	3	29	41	.232	.281	.348	.629	.240	159	10	4	7	4	3	7
1982	32	STL	NL	36	962	889	95	238	47	8	16	20	17	54	69	.268	.310	.393	.703	.274	349	18	4	8	7	7	5
1983	33	STL	NL	34	790	714	104	190	35	6	23	14	9	54	56	.266	.317	.429	.746	.260	306	12	3	11	8	2	12
1984	34	STL	NL	16	233	211	38	64	10	4	6	2	2	19	21	.303	.358	.474	.832	.312	100	3	0	1	2	0	3
1985	35	STL	NL	34	567	512	63	132	22	3	11	10	3	47	48	.258	.322	.377	.699	.267	193	12	2	5	1	4	3
1986	36	STL	NL	33	939	855	91	211	38	7	19	13	7	68	104	.247	.301	.374	.675	.259	320	28	2	5	9	11	8
1987	37	STL	NL	33	755	693	90	189	38	6	15	11	7	45	89	.273	.318	.410	.728	.292	284	11	4	7	6	4	3
1988	38	TOT	NL	36	596	528	73	153	30	2	10	13	6	44	54	.290	.342	.411	.753	.302	217	12	3	12	9	9	10
1988	38	HOU	NL	6	133	117	22	42	9	0	2	7	1	6	14	.359	.385	.487	.872	.377	57	3	2	3	5	1	3
1988	38	STL	NL	30	463	411	51	111	21	2	8	6	5	38	40	.270	.330	.389	.720	.281	160	9	1	9	4	8	7
1989	39	HOU	NL	37	494	439	68	133	22	3	10	12	4	46	40	.303	.367	.435	.802	.313	191	8	1	4	4	6	4
16 Yrs				498	11715	10626	1319	2777	494	84	216	218	104	832	1133	.261	.315	.385	.700	.273	4087	270	45	106	101	84	146
162 Game Avg.				37	866	785	97	205	37	6	16	16	8	61	84	.261	.315	.385	.700	.273	302	20	3	8	7	6	11
MLB Averages																.259	.325	.385	.710	.284
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1974	24	STL	NL	7.4	0.8	428	0.8	7.3	-6.5	.98	1.3	-0.5	8.1	0.9	0.98	13.7	1	0	4
1975	25	STL	NL	21.0	2.3	990	2.0	16.6	-14.7	.98	1.9	0.1	15.1	1.6	0.97	16.8	0	0	0
1976	26	STL	NL	-15.1	-1.6	885	-2.9	13.9	-16.7	1.02	-1.7	-1.2	-26.0	-2.6	1.02	-21.7	1	0	0
1977	27	STL	NL	8.6	0.9	952	2.9	15.7	-12.7	.91	0.7	2.5	9.4	1.0	0.91	7.3	0	0	0
1978	28	STL	NL	-4.8	-0.5	1034	-1.6	16.8	-18.4	1.03	0.5	-2.0	-4.5	-0.5	1.03	3.6	0	0	0
1979	29	STL	NL	1.2	0.1	936	0.8	16.4	-15.6	1.03	1.3	-0.5	4.1	0.4	1.03	10.9	1	0	0
1980	30	STL	NL	-1.8	-0.2	908	-0.6	15.0	-15.6	.98	1.4	-2.0	-3.4	-0.4	0.98	10.7	0	0	0
1981	31	STL	NL	6.2	0.7	523	1.3	8.8	-7.5	.97	1.0	0.3	9.3	1.0	0.97	9.7	0	0	0
1982	32	STL	NL	7.4	0.8	1010	1.3	17.8	-16.5	1.03	1.0	0.2	11.3	1.2	1.03	6.0	2	0	0
1983	33	STL	NL	-14.7	-1.5	822	-1.4	11.3	-12.8	.84	-1.0	-0.7	-15.8	-1.6	0.84	-9.3	0	0	4
1984	34	STL	NL	-13.9	-1.4	242	-1.5	3.2	-4.7	.95	-1.1	-0.5	-13.6	-1.4	0.95	-9.9	0	1	2
1985	35	STL	NL	-3.4	-0.4	587	0.2	8.4	-8.2	.84	0.5	-0.3	3.5	0.4	0.84	4.4	5	1	8
1986	36	STL	NL	12.4	1.3	966	1.9	16.5	-14.6	.97	1.9	0.1	19.6	2.1	0.97	17.5	0	0	0
1987	37	STL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	777	0.5	12.0	-11.5	.89	1.3	-0.7	3.2	0.3	0.89	9.7	1	0	2
1988	38	TOT	NL	-12.8	-1.3	619	0.6	9.8	-9.2	1.00	-0.9	1.5	-12.7	-1.2	1.00	-10.8	6	4	8
1988	38	STL	NL	-2.9	-0.3	479	1.5	8.4	-6.8	1.05	0.2	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.05	-0.3	6	4	8
1988	38	HOU	NL	-9.8	-1.0	140	-0.9	1.4	-2.4	.81	-1.1	-0.0	-13.5	-1.3	0.81	-10.4	0	0	0
1989	39	HOU	NL	-21.8	-2.2	517	-1.3	6.6	-7.9	.85	-2.0	0.5	-23.2	-2.4	0.85	-19.7	3	3	16
16 Yrs				-24.3	-2.2	12196	3.0	196.1	-193.1	.96	6.2	-3.1	-15.5	-1.2	0.96	38.8	20	9	44
				PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo

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
1974	24	STL	NL	19	14	7	4	3	0	3	9	5	.643	0	2	5	2	12	86%	56.8	84	12	9	2	2	5	4.5	4.5	6.6
1975	25	STL	NL	34	34	15	10	9	2	6	17	17	.500	3	2	7	4	26	76%	54.9	89	14	20	3	6	10	4.2	4.5	6.8
1976	26	STL	NL	33	32	8	9	15	3	4	13	19	.406	2	8	2	0	17	53%	47.6	69	11	25	9	3	13	4.6	4.8	6.1
1977	27	STL	NL	35	35	20	7	8	4	0	25	10	.714	4	4	8	2	18	51%	51.8	86	12	25	9	4	10	4.7	5.2	6.2
1978	28	STL	NL	34	34	11	17	6	2	8	14	20	.412	1	4	7	3	20	59%	52.6	88	10	26	12	8	7	3.4	3.2	6.9
1979	29	STL	NL	33	32	11	11	10	3	5	12	19	.387	4	4	7	1	18	56%	51.7	83	11	21	8	2	11	4.2	4.2	6.8
1980	30	STL	NL	31	31	11	10	10	4	5	15	16	.484	5	3	8	0	17	55%	51.5	78	0	14	4	2	12	5.6	5.3	6.9
1981	31	STL	NL	20	20	10	5	5	5	2	13	7	.650	3	4	1	0	11	55%	54.0	71	25	13	7	2	10	4.5	4.2	6.2
1982	32	STL	NL	36	34	15	9	10	1	4	20	14	.588	4	2	6	2	24	71%	51.5	78	20	27	12	1	7	4.5	4.3	6.8
1983	33	STL	NL	34	30	9	12	9	1	2	13	17	.433	4	4	6	2	12	40%	47.5	93	21	25	10	4	11	4.1	4.3	5.9
1984	34	STL	NL	16	11	1	5	5	1	0	4	7	.364	1	2	1	0	2	18%	41.0	64	18	9	6	2	5	3.2	3.2	4.3
1985	35	STL	NL	34	19	8	6	5	1	2	12	7	.632	2	3	3	1	9	47%	50.6	80	17	23	11	2	8	4.9	5.1	5.9
1986	36	STL	NL	33	33	14	10	9	3	6	16	17	.485	2	3	3	0	24	73%	54.4	75	17	25	11	0	11	4.1	4.2	7.0
1987	37	STL	NL	33	30	11	7	12	3	1	16	14	.533	3	6	2	1	12	40%	48.2	76	14	27	12	1	11	5.6	6.3	5.8
1988	38	TOT	NL	36	18	6	6	6	0	1	6	12	.333	3	2	1	1	9	50%	48.6	78	18	29	12	1	5	3.4	3.8	5.4	80	7	7	3	0	116
1988	38	STL	NL	30	12	5	2	5	0	1	5	7	.417	3	1	1	1	7	58%	53.2	78	30	23	12	1	3	3.9	4.4	5.8	81	5	5	2	0	116
1988	38	HOU	NL	6	6	1	4	1	0	0	1	5	.167	0	1	0	0	2	33%	39.5	76	18	6	0	0	2	2.4	2.3	4.6	79	2	2	1	0	107
1989	39	HOU	NL	37	15	3	4	8	1	0	8	7	.533	1	5	0	0	3	20%	43.5	69	13	19	6	2	8	3.9	2.5	4.7	70	7	6	0	0	91
16 Yrs				498	422	160	132	130	34	49	213	208	.506	42	58	67	19	234	55%	51	93	0	337	134	42	144	4.4	4.5	6.3	76	14	13	3	0	116
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	106	-13					4.3	4.3	6.3	95
				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

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	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
1974	24	STL	NL	19	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	3	0	0%	2	.982	1	0	4	1	0	4	2	3	3	1	3	1	4.4

1976	26	STL	NL	33	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	2	2	100%	7	1.020	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.0

1979	29	STL	NL	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	1.028	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0

1982	32	STL	NL	36	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	3	2	67%	5	1.034	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.0
1983	33	STL	NL	34	4	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.838	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	4	2	0	2	0	6.8
1984	34	STL	NL	16	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.950	0	1	2	1	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	3.0
1985	35	STL	NL	34	15	4	1	0	2	2	0	100%	2	0	9	1	11%	6	.837	5	1	8	2	2	11	4	11	7	4	8	2	4.6

1987	37	STL	NL	33	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	0%	7	.891	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	4.3
1988	38	TOT	NL	36	18	3	4	2	0	0	0		2	2	3	0	0%		.996	6	4	8	2	8	8	2	16	15	1	16	1	6.5	31
1988	38	STL	NL	30	18	3	4	2	0	0	0		2	2	3	0	0%	6	1.049	6	4	8	2	8	8	2	16	15	1	16	1	6.5	31
1989	39	HOU	NL	37	22	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	17	5	29%	6	.850	3	3	16	0	3	19	9	13	14	6	15	5	5.2	28
10 Yrs				305	76	19	8	4	5	3	2	60%	8	3	38	10	26%		.953	20	9	44	11	14	51	20	56	44	14	47	9	5.2	29

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%
1974	24	STL	NL	408	53%	1.2%	9.6%	8.3%	5.4%	26%		1.61	80%				75	14	19%
1975	25	STL	NL	958	53%	1.5%	11.3%	7.3%	4.8%	22%		1.38	79%				183	26	14%
1976	26	STL	NL	844	56%	2.0%	9.0%	8.4%	7.0%	28%		1.46	79%				154	22	14%
1977	27	STL	NL	915	57%	2.2%	10.4%	7.5%	6.0%	26%		1.66	79%				143	21	15%
1978	28	STL	NL	981	57%	1.5%	11.6%	9.9%	6.4%	31%		1.56	76%				151	22	15%
1979	29	STL	NL	894	56%	1.8%	10.3%	5.8%	6.7%	28%		1.55	81%				138	21	15%
1980	30	STL	NL	878	59%	1.4%	9.9%	3.8%	7.2%	28%		1.78	83%				146	30	21%
1981	31	STL	NL	501	53%	1.4%	8.2%	5.8%	7.0%	33%		1.36	82%				66	10	15%
1982	32	STL	NL	962	53%	1.7%	7.2%	5.6%	7.4%	30%		1.33	84%				144	18	13%
1983	33	STL	NL	790	53%	2.9%	7.1%	6.8%	8.1%	34%		1.07	81%				125	12	10%
1984	34	STL	NL	233	50%	2.6%	9.0%	8.2%	8.6%	31%		1.58	80%				37	3	8%
1985	35	STL	NL	567	61%	1.9%	8.5%	8.3%	6.4%	27%		1.07	80%				97	12	12%
1986	36	STL	NL	939	50%	2.0%	11.1%	7.2%	6.8%	30%		1.10	79%				151	28	19%
1987	37	STL	NL	755	45%	2.0%	11.8%	6.0%	7.8%	31%		0.98	79%				126	11	9%
1988	38	TOT	NL	596	55%	1.7%	9.1%	7.4%	7.1%	28%	0.83	1.21	79%	23%	5.2%	26%	111	12	11%
1988	38	STL	NL	463	59%	1.7%	8.6%	8.2%	6.7%	28%	0.82	1.15	79%	22%	5.2%	24%	88	9	10%
1988	38	HOU	NL	133	39%	1.5%	10.5%	4.5%	8.3%	26%	0.88	1.52	80%	23%	5.3%	33%	23	3	13%
1989	39	HOU	NL	494	41%	2.0%	8.1%	9.3%	7.1%	26%	0.91	1.26	80%	21%	5.8%	17%	106	8	8%
16 Yrs				11715	54%	1.8%	9.7%	7.1%	6.8%	29%	0.87	1.35	80%	22%	5.5%	22%	1953	270	14%
MLB Averages					43%	2.0%	13.6%	8.5%	6.6%	28%	0.80	1.08	74%	20%	6.8%	29%			11%
				PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%

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	38	TOT	NL	581	1931	3.32	1173	61%	24%	9%	26%	41%	76%	4%	46%	88%	55%	6%	37	20	13%	75	43	10	29%	8	8	15	1	1
1988	38	STL	NL	466	1532	3.29	923	60%	24%	9%	25%	42%	75%	5%	45%	88%	55%	7%	33	17	13%	59	33	7	30%	6	8	-3	1	1
1988	38	HOU	NL	115	399	3.47	250	63%	22%	11%	28%	38%	78%	3%	49%	86%	52%	3%	4	3	14%	16	10	3	25%	2	0	18	0	0
1989	39	HOU	NL	444	1527	3.44	915	60%	23%	11%	26%	40%	76%	3%	46%	86%	53%	7%	32	18	11%	47	23	3	32%	4	9	50	1	1
2 Yrs				1025	3458	3.37	2088	60%	24%	10%	26%	41%	76%	4%	46%	87%	54%	7%	69	38	12%	122	66	13	30%	12	17	65	2	2
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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
1974	24	STL	NL	408	84			5	0	5	2	3	2	3	24	10	3	42%	9	6	3	140	8	4	67%	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
1975	25	STL	NL	958	213			14	0	11	11	3	6	8	47	29	6	62%	13	10	5	354	13	0	100%	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	31	0
1976	26	STL	NL	844	209			17	0	12	8	9	8	9	53	35	3	66%	20	9	3	320	12	9	57%	12	8	0	0	0	1	7	0	23	0
1977	27	STL	NL	915	210			20	0	11	15	5	8	12	29	15	3	52%	18	9	2	321	15	6	71%	15	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	15	0
1978	28	STL	NL	981	205			15	1	27	11	4	4	11	54	35	4	65%	12	8	4	306	28	10	74%	26	10	2	0	0	0	3	2	29	0
1979	29	STL	NL	894	215			16	0	6	9	7	8	8	48	30	1	63%	9	6	3	292	19	11	63%	19	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	33	0
1980	30	STL	NL	878	225			12	1	12	8	4	7	5	59	37	2	63%	10	7	1	291	15	6	71%	13	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	23	0
1981	31	STL	NL	501	106			7	0	5	5	2	4	3	19	8	1	42%	7	3	1	151	13	3	81%	12	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	10	0
1982	32	STL	NL	962	238			16	0	12	8	8	7	9	47	28	2	60%	5	6	0	311	20	17	54%	18	15	2	0	0	2	5	2	16	0
1983	33	STL	NL	790	190			23	1	7	13	10	13	10	35	16	3	46%	12	4	3	271	14	9	61%	14	8	0	1	0	0	5	2	18	0
1984	34	STL	NL	233	64			6	1	3	4	2	2	4	13	10	1	77%	3	5	0	80	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1985	35	STL	NL	567	132			11	0	10	11	0	2	9	24	12	2	50%	3	4	1	188	10	3	77%	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0
1986	36	STL	NL	939	211			19	0	18	9	10	5	14	49	25	2	51%	8	7	2	290	13	7	65%	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
1987	37	STL	NL	755	189			15	0	6	11	4	6	9	36	21	3	58%	3	2	2	264	11	7	61%	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
1988	38	TOT	NL	596	153	15	3	10	0	10	9	1	2	8	36	22	0	61%	10	3	0	224	13	6	68%	10	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	18	0
1988	38	STL	NL	463	111	11	3	8	0	8	7	1	2	6	25	11	0	44%	7	2	0	170	6	5	55%	5	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	11	0
1988	38	HOU	NL	133	42	4	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	11	11	0	100%	3	1	0	54	7	1	88%	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	7	0
1989	39	HOU	NL	494	133	19	2	10	1	18	4	6	5	5	27	16	2	59%	4	4	1	205	12	4	75%	12	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	18	0
16 Yrs				11715	2777	34	5	216	5	173	138	78	89	127	600	349	38	58%	146	93	31	4008	218	104	68%	207	92	11	4	0	8	30	8	303	0
MLB Averages																		53%							67%
				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

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+
1974	24	7	4	.636	2.97	19	14	0	5	2	0	100.0	84	38	33	5	34	4	39	1	0	6	408	122	1.180	7.6	0.5	3.1	3.5	1.15	122
1975	25	22	14	.611	2.89	53	48	0	12	6	0	330.0	297	127	106	19	104	12	147	4	1	16	1366	129	1.215	8.1	0.5	2.8	4.0	1.41	129
1976	26	30	24	.556	3.28	86	80	0	14	6	0	524.0	506	239	191	36	175	20	223	7	1	25	2210	112	1.300	8.7	0.6	3.0	3.8	1.27	112
1977	27	50	31	.617	3.34	121	115	0	22	8	0	741.1	716	336	275	56	244	22	318	10	2	34	3125	112	1.295	8.7	0.7	3.0	3.9	1.30	112
1978	28	61	48	.560	3.42	155	149	0	29	11	0	975.0	921	446	371	71	341	31	432	15	5	42	4106	108	1.294	8.5	0.7	3.1	4.0	1.27	108
1979	29	72	59	.550	3.50	188	181	0	36	12	0	1193.2	1136	548	464	87	393	32	524	18	5	48	5000	106	1.281	8.6	0.7	3.0	4.0	1.33	106
1980	30	83	69	.546	3.54	219	212	0	44	12	0	1408.1	1361	650	554	99	426	38	611	22	5	55	5878	105	1.269	8.7	0.6	2.7	3.9	1.43	105
1981	31	93	74	.557	3.51	239	232	0	45	12	0	1532.2	1467	697	598	106	455	41	652	26	6	58	6379	105	1.254	8.6	0.6	2.7	3.8	1.43	105
1982	32	108	83	.565	3.51	275	266	1	51	14	1	1765.2	1705	792	688	122	509	48	721	30	8	64	7341	105	1.254	8.7	0.6	2.6	3.7	1.42	105
1983	33	118	95	.554	3.58	309	296	4	57	16	1	1952.2	1895	896	777	145	563	50	777	33	9	68	8131	103	1.259	8.7	0.7	2.6	3.6	1.38	103
1984	34	120	100	.545	3.64	325	307	6	58	16	1	2005.0	1959	934	812	151	582	50	798	33	9	73	8364	101	1.267	8.8	0.7	2.6	3.6	1.37	101
1985	35	129	106	.549	3.66	359	326	10	61	17	3	2141.0	2091	997	871	162	629	54	846	35	9	77	8931	100	1.270	8.8	0.7	2.6	3.6	1.35	100
1986	36	143	116	.552	3.62	392	359	10	64	17	3	2371.0	2302	1088	954	181	697	65	950	37	9	84	9870	102	1.265	8.7	0.7	2.6	3.6	1.36	102
1987	37	154	123	.556	3.67	425	389	11	66	18	3	2550.0	2491	1178	1040	196	742	69	1039	41	10	86	10625	101	1.268	8.8	0.7	2.6	3.7	1.40	101
1988	38	164	131	.556	3.70	461	407	14	67	19	3	2686.1	2644	1251	1105	206	786	78	1093	44	13	89	11221	100	1.277	8.9	0.7	2.6	3.7	1.39	100
1989	39	168	136	.553	3.76	498	422	19	67	19	3	2794.2	2777	1319	1169	216	832	84	1133	45	18	93	11715	98	1.291	8.9	0.7	2.7	3.6	1.36	98

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1974	24	6	4	.600	3.32	95.0	87	39	35	5	35	37	1	1.284	8.2	3.3	3.5	1.06	0.5	19
1975	25	15	9	.625	3.03	223.0	216	83	75	14	71	105	3	1.287	8.7	2.9	4.2	1.48	0.6	34
1976	26	9	11	.450	4.62	183.0	219	104	94	18	74	72	3	1.601	10.8	3.6	3.5	0.97	0.9	33
1977	27	13	10	.565	3.63	211.0	211	94	85	20	69	92	3	1.327	9.0	2.9	3.9	1.33	0.9	35
1978	28	11	13	.458	4.40	219.0	217	119	107	16	103	107	5	1.461	8.9	4.2	4.4	1.04	0.7	34
1979	29	11	11	.500	4.13	207.0	218	106	95	16	53	87	3	1.309	9.5	2.3	3.8	1.64	0.7	33
1980	30	10	12	.455	4.26	203.0	232	107	96	12	34	82	4	1.310	10.3	1.5	3.6	2.41	0.5	31
1981	31	10	9	.526	3.72	179.0	169	82	74	11	46	59	6	1.201	8.5	2.3	3.0	1.28	0.6	20
1982	32	12	12	.500	4.00	218.0	247	108	97	17	56	65	4	1.390	10.2	2.3	2.7	1.16	0.7	36
1983	33	8	11	.421	4.80	178.0	197	106	95	24	56	53	3	1.421	10.0	2.8	2.7	0.95	1.2	34
1984	34	1	4	.200	7.50	48.0	68	44	40	6	20	19	0	1.833	12.8	3.8	3.6	0.95	1.1	16
1985	35	6	8	.429	4.57	126.0	138	71	64	12	49	44	2	1.484	9.9	3.5	3.1	0.90	0.9	34
1986	36	12	11	.522	3.71	216.0	219	99	89	20	71	98	2	1.343	9.1	3.0	4.1	1.38	0.8	33
1987	37	9	10	.474	4.24	174.0	185	91	82	15	44	87	4	1.316	9.6	2.3	4.5	1.98	0.8	33
1988	38	5	9	.357	5.24	127.0	164	82	74	11	47	50	3	1.661	11.6	3.3	3.5	1.06	0.8	36
1989	39	3	8	.273	6.66	100.0	143	82	74	11	49	37	1	1.920	12.9	4.4	3.3	0.76	1.0	37
16 Yrs		141	152	.481	4.24	2707.0	2930	1417	1276	228	877	1094	47	1.406	9.7		3.6	1.25	0.8	498

* 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

Hall of Fame 1995 BBWAA ( 0.4%)	Silver Sluggers 1980 NL (P) 1987 NL (P) All multiple winners	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1975 NL 6.5 (5th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1975 NL 5.3 (8th)
Earned Run Average s c a p y 1975 NL 2.86 (5th)	Wins s c a p y 1975 NL 15 (9th) 1977 NL 20 (3rd) 1982 NL 15 (10th) Career 168 (189th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1977 NL .741 (4th) 1981 NL .667 (8th) 1982 NL .625 (7th) 1987 NL .611 (6th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1975 NL 1.230 (10th) 1980 NL 1.202 (10th) 1981 NL 1.086 (5th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1978 NL 7.896 (9th) 1981 NL 7.673 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1979 NL 2.140 (7th) 1980 NL 1.384 (1st) 1981 NL 2.099 (9th) 1982 NL 2.086 (9th) 1987 NL 2.263 (4th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y Career 2,794.7 (169th)	Games Started s c a p y 1977 NL 35 (9th) Career 422 (100th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1977 NL 8 (10th) 1980 NL 8 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1975 NL 4 (5th) 1977 NL 2 (9th) 1978 NL 3 (6th) 1982 NL 2 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1983 NL 23 (3rd) Career 216 (171st)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1978 NL 97 (3rd) Career 832 (216th)
Hits s c a p y 1982 NL 238 (5th) Career 2,777 (164th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1980 NL 2.636 (5th)	Losses s c a p y 1978 NL 17 (2nd) Career 136 (225th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1978 NL 96 (6th) 1982 NL 90 (9th) Career 1,169 (138th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1975 NL 10 (8th) 1977 NL 9 (6th) 1980 NL 7 (10th) Career 93 (123rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1980 NL 4 (10th) 1981 NL 4 (2nd)	Batters Faced s c a p y Career 11,715 (167th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1975 NL 134 (5th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1975 NL 21 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1975 NL 2.3 (7th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1977 NL 2.9 (10th)	Oldest s c a p y 1989 NL born 1950-01-13 (7th)

† 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 Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 51 (502), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 33 (406), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 20 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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