Bob Forsch
Robert Herbert Forsch
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 13, 1950 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Hiram Johnson (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1974
Final Game: September 25, 1989
Relatives: Brother of Ken Forsch
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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 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 10 958 134 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 9 915 111 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 91 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 7 939 114 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 96 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 80 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 51 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 Seasons 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

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
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 Seasons (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*

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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 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
1975 25 STL NL 34 956 870 89 213 28 4 14 13 0 70 108 .245 .301 .334 .636 .264 291 26 3 6 7 8
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
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
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
1979 29 STL NL 33 893 819 102 215 32 12 16 19 11 52 92 .263 .304 .389 .694 .275 319 21 3 6 13 1
1980 30 STL NL 31 876 822 102 225 40 11 12 15 6 33 87 .274 .302 .393 .695 .291 323 30 4 8 9 6
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
16 Seasons 498 11710 10626 1319 2777 494 84 216 218 104 832 1133 .261 .315 .385 .700 .273 4087 270 45 106 101 84
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
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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 24 STL NL 19 14 7 4 3 0 3 9 5 .643 0 2 5 2 12 86% 57 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 1 2 7 4 26 76% 55 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 1 8 2 0 17 53% 48 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 3 4 8 2 18 51% 52 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 0 4 7 3 20 59% 53 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% 52 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 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 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% 52 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% 48 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 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% 51 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 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 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% 49 78 18 29 12 1 5 3.4 3.8 5.4 80 8 6 3 0 116
1988 38 STL NL 30 12 5 2 5 0 1 5 7 .417 3 1 1 1 7 58% 53 78 30 23 12 1 3 3.9 4.4 5.8 80 6 4 2 0 116
1988 38 HOU NL 6 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 5 .167 0 1 0 0 2 33% 40 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% 44 69 13 19 6 2 8 3.9 2.5 4.7 70 7 6 0 0 91
16 Seasons 498 422 160 132 130 34 49 213 208 .506 37 58 67 19 234 55% 51 93 0 337 134 42 144 4.4 4.5 6.3 76 15 12 3 0 116
MLB Averages
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*

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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 24 STL NL 19 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 0 0% 2 0.990 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 1.019 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 1.036 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 1.045 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 0.854 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 0.949 0 2 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 0.851 5 3 6 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 0.897 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% 1.016 6 5 7 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 1.068 6 5 7 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 0.875 3 7 12 0 3 19 9 13 14 6 15 5 5.2 28
10 Seasons 305 76 19 8 4 5 3 2 60% 8 3 38 10 26% 0.964 20 17 37 11 14 51 20 56 44 14 47 9 5.2 29

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 24 STL NL 408 47% 1.2% 9.6% 8.3% 5.4% 26% 1.61 80% 75 14 19%
1975 25 STL NL 958 47% 1.5% 11.3% 7.3% 4.8% 22% 1.38 79% 183 26 14%
1976 26 STL NL 844 44% 2.0% 9.0% 8.4% 7.0% 28% 1.46 79% 154 22 14%
1977 27 STL NL 915 43% 2.2% 10.4% 7.5% 6.0% 26% 1.66 79% 143 21 15%
1978 28 STL NL 981 43% 1.5% 11.6% 9.9% 6.4% 31% 1.56 76% 151 22 15%
1979 29 STL NL 894 44% 1.8% 10.3% 5.8% 6.7% 28% 1.55 81% 138 21 15%
1980 30 STL NL 878 41% 1.4% 9.9% 3.8% 7.2% 28% 1.78 84% 146 30 21%
1981 31 STL NL 501 48% 1.4% 8.2% 5.8% 7.0% 33% 1.36 82% 66 10 15%
1982 32 STL NL 962 47% 1.7% 7.2% 5.6% 7.4% 30% 1.33 84% 144 18 13%
1983 33 STL NL 790 47% 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 39% 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 55% 2.0% 11.8% 6.0% 7.8% 31% 0.98 79% 126 11 9%
1988 38 TOT NL 596 45% 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 41% 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 61% 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 59% 2.0% 8.1% 9.3% 7.1% 26% 0.91 1.26 80% 21% 5.8% 17% 106 8 8%
16 Seasons 11715 46% 1.8% 9.7% 7.1% 6.8% 29% 0.87 1.35 80% 22% 5.5% 22% 1953 270 14%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 578 1921 3.32 1167 61% 24% 9% 26% 41% 76% 5% 46% 88% 55% 6% 37 20 13% 75 43 10 29% 8 8 18 1 1
1988 38 STL NL 463 1522 3.29 917 60% 24% 9% 25% 42% 76% 5% 46% 88% 55% 7% 33 17 13% 59 33 7 30% 6 8 0 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 443 1525 3.44 915 60% 23% 11% 26% 40% 76% 3% 46% 86% 53% 7% 32 18 11% 47 23 3 32% 4 9 51 0 1
2 Seasons 1021 3446 3.38 2082 60% 24% 10% 26% 41% 76% 4% 46% 87% 54% 7% 69 38 12% 122 66 13 30% 12 17 69 1 2
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 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 3 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 4 1 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 3 1 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 1 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 1 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 1 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 Seasons 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 38 10 303 0
MLB Averages
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

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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 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 130 1.215 8.1 0.5 2.8 4.0 1.41 130
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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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
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 2.99 223.0 215 82 74 14 71 105 3 1.283 8.7 2.9 4.2 1.48 0.6 34
1976 26 8 12 .400 4.65 182.0 220 104 94 18 75 71 3 1.621 10.9 3.7 3.5 0.95 0.9 33
1977 27 12 11 .522 3.69 210.0 213 96 86 20 70 92 3 1.348 9.1 3.0 3.9 1.31 0.9 35
1978 28 11 13 .458 4.44 219.0 217 120 108 16 103 107 5 1.461 8.9 4.2 4.4 1.04 0.7 34
1979 29 11 12 .478 4.17 207.0 217 107 96 16 52 87 3 1.300 9.4 2.3 3.8 1.67 0.7 33
1980 30 10 12 .455 4.26 203.0 231 107 96 12 34 82 4 1.305 10.2 1.5 3.6 2.41 0.5 31
1981 31 10 9 .526 3.72 179.0 170 82 74 11 47 59 6 1.212 8.5 2.4 3.0 1.26 0.6 20
1982 32 12 12 .500 3.93 220.0 244 107 96 16 55 65 4 1.359 10.0 2.3 2.7 1.18 0.7 36
1983 33 8 11 .421 4.88 177.0 199 107 96 24 57 53 3 1.446 10.1 2.9 2.7 0.93 1.2 34
1984 34 1 4 .200 7.16 49.0 67 43 39 6 20 20 0 1.776 12.3 3.7 3.7 1.00 1.1 16
1985 35 6 8 .429 4.57 126.0 137 71 64 11 49 44 2 1.476 9.8 3.5 3.1 0.90 0.8 34
1986 36 13 11 .542 3.71 216.0 218 99 89 20 70 98 2 1.333 9.1 2.9 4.1 1.40 0.8 33
1987 37 9 10 .474 4.29 174.0 185 92 83 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 Seasons 140 155 .475 4.25 2707.0 2927 1420 1278 226 878 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Silver Sluggers
1980-NL-P
1987-NL-P
All multiple winners

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1975 NL--2.857--5th

Wins s c a p y
1975 NL--15--9th
1977 NL--20--3rd
1982 NL--15--10th
Career--168--184th

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--2794.7--167th

Games Started s c a p y
1977 NL--35--9th
Career--422--96th

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--162nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 NL--97--3rd
Career--832--210th

Hits s c a p y
1982 NL--238--5th
Career--2777--162nd

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--220th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1978 NL--96--6th
1982 NL--90--9th
Career--1169--136th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1975 NL--10--8th
1977 NL--9--6th
1980 NL--7--10th
Career--93--102nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL--4--10th
1981 NL--4--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
Career--11715--141st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1975 NL--134--5th

Oldest s c a p y
1989 NL--born 1950-01-13--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 21 (754), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 33 (392), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Paul Splittorff (949)
  2. Mike Flanagan (949)
  3. Guy Bush (939)
  4. Jim Lonborg (935)
  5. Rick Rhoden (934)
  6. Kevin Appier (933)
  7. Vern Law (933)
  8. Bill Gullickson (933)
  9. Bill Lee (933)
  10. Bob Buhl (930)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill Butland (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Charlie Case (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bill Mountjoy (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Johnny Morrison (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Johnny Morrison (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Chuck Dobson (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rick Rhoden (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Charley Root (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Doc Medich (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Charley Root (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bob Purkey (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Charlie Leibrandt (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Charlie Leibrandt (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Charley Root (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Mike Flanagan (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Mike Flanagan (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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