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Terry Forster

Terry Jay Forster

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 14, 1952 in Sioux Falls, SD
High School: Santana HS (Santee, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1971
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Dodgers/Braves/Angels/Pirates 1971-1986
Agents: Mark Polan [*]
Final Game: October 2, 1986
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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
1971 19 CHW AL 2 3 .400 3.99 45 3 15 0 0 1 49.2 46 23 22 5 23 3 48 1 1 1 219 91 1.389 8.3 0.9 4.2 8.7 2.09
1972 20 CHW AL 6 5 .545 2.25 62 0 45 0 0 29 100.0 75 31 25 0 44 3 104 3 0 5 419 141 1.190 6.8 0.0 4.0 9.4 2.36
1973 21 CHW AL 6 11 .353 3.23 51 12 29 4 0 16 172.2 174 69 62 7 78 6 120 0 1 6 744 124 1.459 9.1 0.4 4.1 6.3 1.54
1974 22 CHW AL 7 8 .467 3.62 59 1 49 0 0 24 134.1 120 57 54 6 48 3 105 8 0 9 561 105 1.251 8.0 0.4 3.2 7.0 2.19
1975 23 CHW AL 3 3 .500 2.19 17 1 12 0 0 4 37.0 30 12 9 0 24 4 32 0 0 2 155 180 1.459 7.3 0.0 5.8 7.8 1.33
1976 24 CHW AL 2 12 .143 4.37 29 16 8 1 0 1 111.1 126 61 54 7 41 4 70 1 0 7 486 83 1.500 10.2 0.6 3.3 5.7 1.71
1977 25 PIT NL 6 4 .600 4.43 33 6 7 0 0 1 87.1 90 47 43 7 32 3 58 2 1 3 378 90 1.397 9.3 0.7 3.3 6.0 1.81
1978 26 LAD NL 5 4 .556 1.93 47 0 40 0 0 22 65.1 56 19 14 2 23 4 46 0 1 2 266 183 1.209 7.7 0.3 3.2 6.3 2.00
1979 27 LAD NL 1 2 .333 5.51 17 0 8 0 0 2 16.1 18 11 10 0 11 4 8 0 0 1 73 68 1.776 9.9 0.0 6.1 4.4 0.73
1980 28 LAD NL 0 0 3.09 9 0 7 0 0 0 11.2 10 4 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 49 119 1.200 7.7 0.0 3.1 1.5 0.50
1981 29 LAD NL 0 1 .000 4.11 21 0 6 0 0 0 30.2 37 14 14 1 15 3 17 0 0 3 137 83 1.696 10.9 0.3 4.4 5.0 1.13
1982 30 LAD NL 5 6 .455 3.04 56 0 13 0 0 3 83.0 66 38 28 3 31 9 52 4 0 2 349 116 1.169 7.2 0.3 3.4 5.6 1.68
1983 31 ATL NL 3 2 .600 2.16 56 0 29 0 0 13 79.1 60 19 19 3 31 9 54 2 0 2 316 181 1.147 6.8 0.3 3.5 6.1 1.74
1984 32 ATL NL 2 0 1.000 2.70 25 0 14 0 0 5 26.2 30 9 8 1 7 3 10 0 0 2 113 145 1.388 10.1 0.3 2.4 3.4 1.43
1985 33 ATL NL 2 3 .400 2.28 46 0 19 0 0 1 59.1 49 22 15 7 28 4 37 0 0 1 253 169 1.298 7.4 1.1 4.2 5.6 1.32
1986 34 CAL AL 4 1 .800 3.51 41 0 17 0 0 5 41.0 47 18 16 2 17 1 28 3 0 0 182 118 1.561 10.3 0.4 3.7 6.1 1.65
16 Yrs 54 65 .454 3.23 614 39 318 5 0 127 1105.2 1034 454 397 51 457 63 791 24 4 46 4700 116 1.349 8.4 0.4 3.7 6.4 1.73
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .454 3.23 64 4 33 1 0 13 115 108 47 41 5 48 7 82 2 0 5 489 116 1.349 8.4 0.4 3.7 6.4 1.73
CHW (6 yrs) 26 42 .382 3.36 263 33 158 5 0 75 605.0 571 253 226 25 258 23 479 13 2 30 2584 111 1.370 8.5 0.4 3.8 7.1 1.86
LAD (5 yrs) 11 13 .458 3.04 150 0 74 0 0 27 207.0 187 86 70 6 84 20 125 4 1 8 874 116 1.309 8.1 0.3 3.7 5.4 1.49
ATL (3 yrs) 7 5 .583 2.29 127 0 62 0 0 19 165.1 139 50 42 11 66 16 101 2 0 5 682 170 1.240 7.6 0.6 3.6 5.5 1.53
PIT (1 yr) 6 4 .600 4.43 33 6 7 0 0 1 87.1 90 47 43 7 32 3 58 2 1 3 378 90 1.397 9.3 0.7 3.3 6.0 1.81
CAL (1 yr) 4 1 .800 3.51 41 0 17 0 0 5 41.0 47 18 16 2 17 1 28 3 0 0 182 118 1.561 10.3 0.4 3.7 6.1 1.65
NL (9 yrs) 24 22 .522 3.03 310 6 143 0 0 47 459.2 416 183 155 24 182 39 284 8 2 16 1934 123 1.301 8.1 0.5 3.6 5.6 1.56
AL (7 yrs) 30 43 .411 3.37 304 33 175 5 0 80 646.0 618 271 242 27 275 24 507 16 2 30 2766 111 1.382 8.6 0.4 3.8 7.1 1.84

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
1971 19 CHW AL 49.2 45 3 23 4.17 3.97 -0.28 -0.11 103.7 4.28 1 0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.5 5 .502 .501 $
1972 20 CHW AL 100.0 62 0 31 2.79 3.47 -0.37 -0.15 101.4 3.74 11 1.4 2.3 0.8 3.1 19 .523 .509 $
1973 21 CHW AL 172.2 51 12 69 3.60 4.38 -0.41 -0.13 102.6 4.78 21 2.4 2.2 0.4 4.4 41 .547 .515 $
1974 22 CHW AL 134.1 59 1 57 3.82 4.19 -0.22 -0.34 101.9 4.16 5 0.6 2.4 0.1 1.9 19 .510 .503 $
1975 23 CHW AL 37.0 17 1 12 2.92 4.38 -0.20 -0.35 100.3 4.25 5 0.6 2.1 0.3 1.2 9 .535 .504 $
1976 24 CHW AL 111.1 29 16 61 4.93 4.19 -0.29 0.00 102.3 4.59 -4 -0.4 1.8 -0.2 0.4 7 .485 .497 $
1977 25 PIT NL 87.1 33 6 47 4.84 4.40 0.29 -0.13 102.0 4.07 -8 -0.9 1.2 -0.2 -0.3 1 .474 .495 $50,000
1978 26 LAD NL 65.1 47 0 19 2.62 3.89 0.03 -0.32 99.2 3.52 6 0.7 2.4 0.4 1.6 12 .514 .504 $170,000
1979 27 LAD NL 16.1 17 0 11 6.06 4.34 -0.22 -0.34 98.4 4.15 -4 -0.4 1.9 -0.2 -0.5 -2 .477 .498 $170,000
1980 28 LAD NL 11.2 9 0 4 3.09 4.13 0.16 -0.32 98.2 3.59 1 0.1 .1 -0.0 0.1 2 .508 .500 $170,000
1981 29 LAD NL 30.2 21 0 14 4.11 4.04 -0.05 -0.31 96.0 3.64 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.0 0.0 0 .489 .499 $170,000
1982 30 LAD NL 83.0 56 0 38 4.12 4.09 0.01 -0.32 96.9 3.65 -5 -0.6 1.7 -0.4 -0.3 4 .489 .496 $170,000
1983 31 ATL NL 79.1 56 0 19 2.16 4.14 -0.09 -0.32 104.7 4.10 17 1.9 1.8 0.7 3.3 25 .534 .512 $483,333
1984 32 ATL NL 26.2 25 0 9 3.04 4.21 0.02 -0.33 108.4 4.20 3 0.4 1.5 0.1 0.6 6 .514 .502 $483,333
1985 33 ATL NL 59.1 46 0 22 3.34 4.32 -0.16 -0.34 106.4 4.40 7 0.7 1.3 -0.0 1.2 13 .516 .505 $483,333
1986 34 CAL AL 41.0 41 0 18 3.95 4.65 0.45 -0.36 100.0 3.84 -1 -0.1 1.4 -0.1 0.2 4 .499 .500 $170,000
16 Seasons 1105.2 614 39 454 3.70 4.16 -0.15 -0.22 101.8 4.16 53 6.3 1.8 1.5 17.4 164 .510 .502 $2,519,999
CHW (6 yrs) 605.0 263 33 253 3.76 4.12 -0.31 -0.17 102.2 4.36 40 4.6 2.1 1.4 11.5 99 .518 .505 $
LAD (5 yrs) 207.0 150 0 86 3.74 4.04 -0.00 -0.32 97.7 3.64 -5 -0.5 1.7 -0.3 0.9 16 .497 .499 $850,000
ATL (3 yrs) 165.1 127 0 50 2.72 4.22 -0.10 -0.33 105.9 4.22 27 3.0 1.6 0.7 5.1 43 .524 .506 $1,449,999
PIT (1 yr) 87.1 33 6 47 4.84 4.40 0.29 -0.13 102.0 4.07 -8 -0.9 1.2 -0.2 -0.3 1 .474 .495 $50,000
CAL (1 yr) 41.0 41 0 18 3.95 4.65 0.45 -0.36 100.0 3.84 -1 -0.1 1.4 -0.1 0.2 4 .499 .500 $170,000

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
1978 26 LAD NL NLCS W PHI 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1978 26 LAD NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 18 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.3 13.5 6.00
1981 29 LAD NL NLDS W HOU 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 29 LAD NL NLCS W MON 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
1981 29 LAD NL WS W NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 9 2.000 4.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
2 Yrs (5 Series) 1 0 1.000 0.00 8 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 7 0 0 0 4 1 9 1 0 0 33 1.435 8.2 0.0 4.7 10.6 2.25
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 NLCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 20.3
2 WS 0 0 0.00 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 0 0 0 4 1 6 1 0 0 27 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50

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
1971 19 CHW AL 45 219 191 23 46 5 2 5 2 1 23 48 .241 .323 .366 .689 .293 70 2 1 2 2 3 2
1972 20 CHW AL 62 419 360 31 75 7 5 0 3 3 44 104 .208 .296 .256 .552 .287 92 7 3 7 5 3 10
1973 21 CHW AL 51 745 655 69 174 21 0 7 14 5 78 120 .266 .341 .330 .671 .313 216 22 0 7 5 6 10
1974 22 CHW AL 59 562 491 57 120 15 3 6 9 2 48 105 .244 .318 .324 .642 .295 159 16 8 9 6 3 6
1975 23 CHW AL 17 155 127 12 30 2 2 0 9 2 24 32 .236 .358 .283 .641 .316 36 5 0 4 0 4 1
1976 24 CHW AL 29 486 437 61 126 17 3 7 21 6 41 70 .288 .350 .389 .739 .330 170 8 1 6 1 4 5
1977 25 PIT NL 33 378 334 47 90 9 7 7 9 5 32 58 .269 .332 .401 .734 .303 134 8 2 5 5 3 6
1978 26 LAD NL 47 266 240 19 56 5 0 2 1 2 23 46 .233 .300 .279 .580 .281 67 8 0 3 0 4 4
1979 27 LAD NL 17 73 61 11 18 4 1 0 0 1 11 8 .295 .397 .393 .791 .333 24 2 0 0 1 4 0
1980 28 LAD NL 9 49 45 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 .222 .286 .244 .530 .233 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
1981 29 LAD NL 21 137 120 14 37 7 0 1 1 0 15 17 .308 .385 .392 .777 .353 47 5 0 2 0 3 1
1982 30 LAD NL 56 349 299 38 66 10 1 3 11 5 31 52 .221 .298 .291 .589 .253 87 1 4 10 5 9 6
1983 31 ATL NL 56 316 276 19 60 11 2 3 4 5 31 54 .217 .301 .304 .605 .260 84 9 2 7 0 9 5
1984 32 ATL NL 25 113 101 9 30 6 2 1 1 2 7 10 .297 .339 .426 .765 .319 43 4 0 4 1 3 2
1985 33 ATL NL 46 253 221 22 49 9 0 7 10 0 28 37 .222 .307 .357 .664 .235 79 7 0 2 2 4 5
1986 34 CAL AL 41 182 158 18 47 9 1 2 1 1 17 28 .297 .374 .405 .779 .349 64 4 3 3 1 1 0
16 Yrs 614 4702 4116 454 1034 138 29 51 96 40 457 791 .251 .327 .336 .663 .297 1383 109 24 71 34 63 64
162 Game Avg. 64 490 429 47 108 14 3 5 10 4 48 82 .251 .327 .336 .663 .297 144 11 2 7 4 7 7
MLB Averages .258 .324 .381 .705 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1971 19 CHW AL -1.1 -0.1 226 -0.0 3.3 -3.4 .97 0.1 -0.2 -1.0 -0.1 0.97 -0.3 15 6 20
1972 20 CHW AL 8.9 1.0 432 2.0 13.7 -11.7 1.94 0.8 0.2 11.1 1.3 1.94 9.6 42 9 11
1973 21 CHW AL 14.8 1.5 776 1.2 18.8 -17.6 1.45 0.9 -0.1 14.6 1.5 1.45 9.9 26 8 4
1974 22 CHW AL 4.2 0.4 583 1.4 18.7 -17.3 1.92 0.7 -0.0 3.8 0.4 1.92 7.0 39 9 10
1975 23 CHW AL 6.3 0.6 168 0.2 5.0 -4.7 1.84 0.5 -0.4 7.2 0.7 1.84 5.4 11 3 2
1976 24 CHW AL -9.1 -1.0 519 -1.3 8.9 -10.1 1.11 -0.6 -0.5 -10.2 -1.1 1.11 -7.1 7 3 3
1977 25 PIT NL -3.8 -0.4 397 -0.8 5.6 -6.4 .85 -0.5 -0.5 -7.8 -0.8 0.85 -2.1 10 5 11
1978 26 LAD NL 10.4 1.1 275 2.6 9.6 -7.0 1.97 1.1 0.2 12.9 1.4 1.97 8.8 30 6 10
1979 27 LAD NL -3.1 -0.3 75 0.2 2.1 -1.9 1.82 -0.2 0.3 -4.0 -0.4 1.82 -1.9 11 1 3
1980 28 LAD NL 1.0 0.1 50 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .10 0.2 -0.7 -0.5 -0.1 0.10 2.0 0 0 8
1981 29 LAD NL -1.8 -0.2 141 -0.7 1.3 -2.0 .62 -0.2 -0.9 -2.4 -0.3 0.62 -3.3 4 4 11
1982 30 LAD NL 1.7 0.2 365 1.5 7.1 -5.7 1.19 0.8 0.4 6.9 0.7 1.19 6.7 26 7 22
1983 31 ATL NL 15.5 1.6 326 2.0 7.8 -5.8 1.33 1.5 0.0 23.0 2.4 1.33 17.6 27 11 18
1984 32 ATL NL 3.4 0.4 118 1.7 3.2 -1.5 1.30 0.2 1.1 6.0 0.6 1.30 0.6 10 4 10
1985 33 ATL NL 7.6 0.8 260 -1.5 3.6 -5.2 .94 -0.0 -1.6 -6.7 -0.7 0.94 -3.5 20 6 18
1986 34 CAL AL 3.0 0.3 186 0.5 4.4 -3.8 1.30 -0.3 0.8 3.9 0.4 1.30 -3.3 17 6 16
16 Yrs 57.7 6.2 4897 8.9 113.2 -104.3 1.39 5.0 1.4 56.7 6.1 1.39 46.2 295 88 177

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
1971 19 CHW AL 45 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 .000 1 1 0 0 1 33% 54.0 65 34 18 3 1 2 3.0 2.1 4.0
1973 21 CHW AL 51 12 3 7 2 0 1 4 8 .333 1 0 4 0 6 50% 46.2 70 24 22 8 8 1 3.0 3.2 6.8
1974 22 CHW AL 59 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 17.0 17 17 17 5 1 0 1.0 2.3 3.3
1975 23 CHW AL 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46.0 46 46 3 2 0 1 6.8 0.0 1.0
1976 24 CHW AL 29 16 2 7 7 0 2 4 12 .250 4 1 1 0 6 38% 46.2 67 7 27 11 4 11 3.4 3.6 5.1
1977 25 PIT NL 33 6 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 3 50% 47.7 65 33 13 5 0 3 3.7 4.0 6.3
6 Yrs 234 39 7 19 13 1 5 12 27 .308 6 3 5 0 16 41% 46 70 7 100 34 14 18 3.3 3.4 5.6
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 109 -13 4.2 4.2 6.4

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
1971 19 CHW AL 45 42 15 2 2 1 1 0 100% 6 4 43 8 19% 7 .967 15 6 20 6 11 25 24 18 12 20 13 11 2.7
1972 20 CHW AL 62 62 45 6 5 35 29 6 83% 38 2 64 15 23% 8 1.937 42 9 11 39 12 11 44 18 39 13 42 17 4.8
1973 21 CHW AL 51 39 29 3 4 19 16 3 84% 23 3 49 14 29% 7 1.445 26 8 4 23 7 9 33 6 28 6 29 10 7.0
1974 22 CHW AL 59 58 49 7 7 34 24 10 71% 38 3 77 25 32% 7 1.921 39 9 10 41 6 11 47 11 39 13 41 11 6.8
1975 23 CHW AL 17 16 12 3 3 7 4 3 57% 7 0 19 5 26% 7 1.837 11 3 2 7 3 6 11 5 11 3 11 1 6.8
1976 24 CHW AL 29 13 8 0 5 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 5 56% 8 1.113 7 3 3 1 7 5 6 7 7 2 8 2 6.8
1977 25 PIT NL 33 27 7 4 1 3 1 2 33% 5 2 22 12 55% 7 .852 10 5 11 6 4 17 13 14 16 8 17 1 5.5
1978 26 LAD NL 47 47 40 5 4 26 22 4 85% 27 1 40 8 20% 9 1.965 30 6 10 31 9 7 23 24 24 11 27 8 4.2
1979 27 LAD NL 17 17 8 1 2 2 2 0 100% 5 3 15 5 33% 8 1.818 11 1 3 7 6 4 9 8 4 7 6 1 2.9
1980 28 LAD NL 9 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 8 .101 0 0 8 0 0 9 1 8 4 2 4 1 3.9
1981 29 LAD NL 21 21 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 4 2 19 6 32% 6 .620 4 4 11 7 1 13 9 12 13 5 13 4 4.4
1982 30 LAD NL 56 56 13 5 6 5 3 2 60% 10 5 49 12 24% 6 1.187 26 7 22 15 15 26 26 30 35 11 35 8 4.4
1983 31 ATL NL 56 56 29 3 2 16 13 3 81% 24 6 59 11 19% 8 1.328 27 11 18 27 10 19 32 24 28 17 29 12 4.3
1984 32 ATL NL 25 25 14 2 0 5 5 0 100% 8 3 18 4 22% 8 1.300 10 4 10 9 5 11 10 15 5 12 6 5 3.2
1985 33 ATL NL 46 46 19 2 3 3 1 2 33% 9 4 33 16 48% 8 .936 20 6 18 10 9 27 20 26 23 15 23 9 3.9
1986 34 CAL AL 41 41 17 4 1 8 5 3 63% 15 3 30 9 30% 8 1.300 17 6 16 18 4 19 21 20 13 20 16 17 3.0
16 Yrs 614 575 318 47 46 166 127 39 77% 220 41 549 157 29% 1.388 295 88 177 247 109 219 329 246 301 165 320 118 4.6

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%
1971 19 CHW AL 219 35% 2.3% 21.9% 10.5% 5.5% 26% 1.00 64% 51 2 4%
1972 20 CHW AL 419 25% 0.0% 24.8% 10.5% 2.9% 16% 1.91 62% 92 7 8%
1973 21 CHW AL 745 15% 0.9% 16.1% 10.5% 3.8% 16% 1.76 72% 160 22 14%
1974 22 CHW AL 562 21% 1.1% 18.7% 8.5% 4.3% 20% 1.41 69% 138 16 12%
1975 23 CHW AL 155 30% 0.0% 20.7% 15.5% 2.6% 13% 1.70 61% 33 5 15%
1976 24 CHW AL 486 22% 1.4% 14.4% 8.4% 5.6% 21% 1.92 74% 88 8 9%
1977 25 PIT NL 378 24% 1.9% 15.3% 8.5% 6.1% 26% 1.68 72% 78 8 10%
1978 26 LAD NL 266 22% 0.8% 17.3% 8.7% 2.6% 13% 2.04 72% 62 8 13%
1979 27 LAD NL 73 21% 0.0% 11.0% 15.1% 6.9% 28% 1.79 74% 19 2 11%
1980 28 LAD NL 49 33% 0.0% 4.1% 8.2% 2.0% 10% 3.13 88% 9 1 11%
1981 29 LAD NL 137 32% 0.7% 12.4% 11.0% 5.8% 22% 3.35 74% 26 5 19%
1982 30 LAD NL 349 28% 0.9% 14.9% 8.9% 4.0% 21% 1.55 71% 67 1 1%
1983 31 ATL NL 316 28% 1.0% 17.1% 9.8% 5.1% 27% 1.58 69% 67 9 13%
1984 32 ATL NL 113 22% 0.9% 8.9% 6.2% 8.0% 30% 2.35 81% 23 4 17%
1985 33 ATL NL 253 32% 2.8% 14.6% 11.1% 6.3% 33% 2.53 71% 44 7 16%
1986 34 CAL AL 182 41% 1.1% 15.4% 9.3% 6.6% 26% 1.97 71% 42 4 10%
16 Yrs 4702 25% 1.1% 16.8% 9.7% 4.6% 21% 1.77 70% 999 109 11%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 13.5% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.09 74% 11%

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
1971 19 CHW AL 219 46 5 0 9 4 1 4 1 18 8 5 44% 2 1 1 94 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1972 20 CHW AL 419 75 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 29 11 7 38% 10 5 2 196 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 17 0
1973 21 CHW AL 745 174 7 0 18 7 0 1 6 42 18 10 43% 10 6 4 336 14 5 74% 13 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 22 0
1974 22 CHW AL 562 120 6 1 23 6 0 2 4 42 29 4 69% 6 9 1 250 9 2 82% 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 20 0
1975 23 CHW AL 155 30 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 14 5 3 36% 1 2 1 61 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1976 24 CHW AL 486 126 7 2 6 5 2 3 4 28 13 6 46% 5 7 0 198 21 6 78% 21 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 11 0
1977 25 PIT NL 378 90 7 0 16 3 4 4 3 32 16 4 50% 6 3 2 138 9 5 64% 7 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 14 0
1978 26 LAD NL 266 56 2 1 9 2 0 1 1 16 8 4 50% 4 2 2 121 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1979 27 LAD NL 73 18 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 11 5 1 45% 0 1 0 29 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1980 28 LAD NL 49 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 25% 1 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 29 LAD NL 137 37 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 8 5 3 63% 1 3 0 61 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1982 30 LAD NL 349 66 3 0 16 2 1 1 2 36 14 9 39% 6 2 1 127 11 5 69% 8 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
1983 31 ATL NL 316 60 3 0 12 2 1 3 0 22 8 7 36% 5 2 0 136 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 5 0
1984 32 ATL NL 113 30 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 11 3 4 27% 2 2 0 51 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1985 33 ATL NL 253 49 7 0 9 5 2 5 2 13 5 2 38% 5 1 0 101 10 0 100% 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1986 34 CAL AL 182 47 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 12 7 1 58% 0 0 2 93 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
16 Yrs 4702 1034 51 4 165 39 12 27 24 338 156 71 46% 64 46 16 2008 96 40 71% 87 32 9 3 0 5 9 6 131 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

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+
1971 19 2 3 .400 3.99 45 3 15 0 0 1 49.2 46 23 22 5 23 3 48 1 1 1 219 91 1.389 8.3 0.9 4.2 8.7 2.09 91
1972 20 8 8 .500 2.83 107 3 60 0 0 30 149.2 121 54 47 5 67 6 152 4 1 6 638 118 1.256 7.3 0.3 4.0 9.1 2.27 118
1973 21 14 19 .424 3.04 158 15 89 4 0 46 322.1 295 123 109 12 145 12 272 4 2 12 1382 122 1.365 8.2 0.3 4.0 7.6 1.88 122
1974 22 21 27 .438 3.21 217 16 138 4 0 70 456.2 415 180 163 18 193 15 377 12 2 21 1943 116 1.331 8.2 0.4 3.8 7.4 1.95 116
1975 23 24 30 .444 3.14 234 17 150 4 0 74 493.2 445 192 172 18 217 19 409 12 2 23 2098 119 1.341 8.1 0.3 4.0 7.5 1.88 119
1976 24 26 42 .382 3.36 263 33 158 5 0 75 605.0 571 253 226 25 258 23 479 13 2 30 2584 111 1.370 8.5 0.4 3.8 7.1 1.86 111
1977 25 32 46 .410 3.50 296 39 165 5 0 76 692.1 661 300 269 32 290 26 537 15 3 33 2962 107 1.374 8.6 0.4 3.8 7.0 1.85 107
1978 26 37 50 .425 3.36 343 39 205 5 0 98 757.2 717 319 283 34 313 30 583 15 4 35 3228 111 1.359 8.5 0.4 3.7 6.9 1.86 111
1979 27 38 52 .422 3.41 360 39 213 5 0 100 774.0 735 330 293 34 324 34 591 15 4 36 3301 109 1.368 8.5 0.4 3.8 6.9 1.82 109
1980 28 38 52 .422 3.40 369 39 220 5 0 100 785.2 745 334 297 34 328 34 593 15 4 36 3350 110 1.366 8.5 0.4 3.8 6.8 1.81 110
1981 29 38 53 .418 3.43 390 39 226 5 0 100 816.1 782 348 311 35 343 37 610 15 4 39 3487 108 1.378 8.6 0.4 3.8 6.7 1.78 108
1982 30 43 59 .422 3.39 446 39 239 5 0 103 899.1 848 386 339 38 374 46 662 19 4 41 3836 109 1.359 8.5 0.4 3.7 6.6 1.77 109
1983 31 46 61 .430 3.29 502 39 268 5 0 116 978.2 908 405 358 41 405 55 716 21 4 43 4152 113 1.342 8.4 0.4 3.7 6.6 1.77 113
1984 32 48 61 .440 3.28 527 39 282 5 0 121 1005.1 938 414 366 42 412 58 726 21 4 45 4265 114 1.343 8.4 0.4 3.7 6.5 1.76 114
1985 33 50 64 .439 3.22 573 39 301 5 0 122 1064.2 987 436 381 49 440 62 763 21 4 46 4518 116 1.340 8.3 0.4 3.7 6.4 1.73 116
1986 34 54 65 .454 3.23 614 39 318 5 0 127 1105.2 1034 454 397 51 457 63 791 24 4 46 4700 116 1.349 8.4 0.4 3.7 6.4 1.73 116

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
1971 19 2 3 .400 4.41 49.0 48 27 24 5 24 47 1 1.469 8.8 4.4 8.6 1.96 0.9 45
1972 20 7 4 .636 2.91 99.0 87 36 32 0 51 103 3 1.394 7.9 4.6 9.4 2.02 0.0 62
1973 21 10 8 .556 3.61 162.0 178 72 65 7 80 113 0 1.593 9.9 4.4 6.3 1.41 0.4 51
1974 22 6 7 .462 4.29 126.0 126 67 60 6 50 98 8 1.397 9.0 3.6 7.0 1.96 0.4 59
1975 23 2 1 .667 2.73 33.0 31 11 10 0 25 29 0 1.697 8.5 6.8 7.9 1.16 0.0 17
1976 24 4 7 .364 5.56 102.0 137 70 63 8 45 64 1 1.784 12.1 4.0 5.6 1.42 0.7 29
1977 25 4 5 .444 4.55 85.0 90 48 43 7 32 56 2 1.435 9.5 3.4 5.9 1.75 0.7 33
1978 26 4 2 .667 2.36 61.0 59 18 16 2 24 43 0 1.361 8.7 3.5 6.3 1.79 0.3 47
1979 27 0 1 .000 7.07 14.0 19 12 11 0 12 7 0 2.214 12.2 7.7 4.5 0.58 0.0 17
1980 28 1 0 1.000 3.27 11.0 11 4 4 0 4 2 0 1.364 9.0 3.3 1.6 0.50 0.0 9
1981 29 1 3 .250 5.63 40.0 61 28 25 2 25 22 0 2.150 13.7 5.6 5.0 0.88 0.5 21
1982 30 5 4 .556 3.44 81.0 69 34 31 3 32 51 4 1.247 7.7 3.6 5.7 1.59 0.3 56
1983 31 6 2 .750 2.31 74.0 61 21 19 3 32 50 2 1.257 7.4 3.9 6.1 1.56 0.4 56
1984 32 1 1 .500 2.88 25.0 30 9 8 1 7 10 0 1.480 10.8 2.5 3.6 1.43 0.4 25
1985 33 4 2 .667 2.29 59.0 49 17 15 7 28 37 0 1.305 7.5 4.3 5.6 1.32 1.1 46
1986 34 2 2 .500 4.03 38.0 48 19 17 2 17 26 3 1.711 11.4 4.0 6.2 1.53 0.5 41
16 Yrs 59 52 .532 3.76 1059.0 1104 493 443 53 488 758 24 1.503 9.4 6.4 1.55 0.5 614

* 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

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  6.439 (168th)

Games Played s c a p y
1972 AL  62 (4th)
1973 AL  51 (5th)
1974 AL  59 (6th)
Career  614 (177th)

Saves s c a p y
1972 AL  29 (2nd)
1973 AL  16 (6th)
1974 AL  24 (1st)
1978 NL  22 (6th)
Career  127 (95th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 AL  0.365 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1974 AL  9 (9th)
1976 AL  7 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 AL  8 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1972 AL  45 (3rd)
1974 AL  49 (7th)
1978 NL  40 (9th)
Career  318 (91st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1973 AL  124 (5th)
Career  116 (188th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1983 NL  23.04 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1978 NL  2.6 (10th)
Career  8.9 (225th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1983 NL  2.4 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1971 AL  born 1952-01-14 (2nd)
1972 AL  born 1952-01-14 (3rd)


† 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 InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Dave LaRoche (951)
  2. Jim Brewer (946)
  3. Craig Lefferts (945)
  4. Darold Knowles (944)
  5. Tippy Martinez (937)
  6. Norm Charlton (936)
  7. Paul Lindblad (929)
  8. Willie Hernandez (928)
  9. Greg Minton (925)
  10. Bill Henry (925)
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  1. Harry Harper (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Billy McCool (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Billy McCool (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Billy McCool (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Billy McCool (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Billy McCool (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mitch Williams (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mitch Williams (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tug McGraw (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tug McGraw (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tug McGraw (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dave LaRoche (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dave LaRoche (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Darold Knowles (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Darold Knowles (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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