John Franco
John Anthony Franco
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 17, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Lafayette (Brooklyn, NY)
School: St. John's University
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 5th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1984
Final Game: July 1, 2005
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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
1984 23 CIN NL 6 2 .750 2.61 54 0 30 0 0 4 79.1 74 28 23 3 36 4 55 2 0 2 335 145 1.387 8.4 0.3 4.1 6.2 1.53
1985 24 CIN NL 12 3 .800 2.18 67 0 33 0 0 12 99.0 83 27 24 5 40 8 61 1 0 4 407 173 1.242 7.5 0.5 3.6 5.5 1.53
1986 25 CIN NL 6 6 .500 2.94 74 0 52 0 0 29 101.0 90 40 33 7 44 12 84 2 2 4 429 132 1.327 8.0 0.6 3.9 7.5 1.91 AS
1987 26 CIN NL 8 5 .615 2.52 68 0 60 0 0 32 82.0 76 26 23 6 27 6 61 0 0 1 344 167 1.256 8.3 0.7 3.0 6.7 2.26 AS
1988 27 CIN NL 6 6 .500 1.57 70 0 61 0 0 39 86.0 60 18 15 3 27 3 46 0 2 1 336 229 1.012 6.3 0.3 2.8 4.8 1.70 MVP-12
1989 28 CIN NL 4 8 .333 3.12 60 0 50 0 0 32 80.2 77 35 28 3 36 8 60 0 2 3 345 115 1.401 8.6 0.3 4.0 6.7 1.67 AS
1990 29 NYM NL 5 3 .625 2.53 55 0 48 0 0 33 67.2 66 22 19 4 21 2 56 0 2 7 287 149 1.286 8.8 0.5 2.8 7.4 2.67 AS
1991 30 NYM NL 5 9 .357 2.93 52 0 48 0 0 30 55.1 61 27 18 2 18 4 45 1 0 6 247 125 1.428 9.9 0.3 2.9 7.3 2.50
1992 31 NYM NL 6 2 .750 1.64 31 0 30 0 0 15 33.0 24 6 6 1 11 2 20 0 0 0 128 212 1.061 6.5 0.3 3.0 5.5 1.82
1993 32 NYM NL 4 3 .571 5.20 35 0 30 0 0 10 36.1 46 24 21 6 19 3 29 1 0 5 172 78 1.789 11.4 1.5 4.7 7.2 1.53
1994 33 NYM NL 1 4 .200 2.70 47 0 43 0 0 30 50.0 47 20 15 2 19 0 42 1 0 1 216 155 1.320 8.5 0.4 3.4 7.6 2.21 CYA-7,MVP-20
1995 34 NYM NL 5 3 .625 2.44 48 0 41 0 0 29 51.2 48 17 14 4 17 2 41 0 0 0 213 166 1.258 8.4 0.7 3.0 7.1 2.41
1996 35 NYM NL 4 3 .571 1.83 51 0 44 0 0 28 54.0 54 15 11 2 21 0 48 0 0 2 235 219 1.389 9.0 0.3 3.5 8.0 2.29
1997 36 NYM NL 5 3 .625 2.55 59 0 53 0 0 36 60.0 49 18 17 3 20 2 53 1 0 6 244 160 1.150 7.4 0.5 3.0 8.0 2.65
1998 37 NYM NL 0 8 .000 3.62 61 0 54 0 0 38 64.2 66 28 26 4 29 7 59 4 0 2 289 116 1.469 9.2 0.6 4.0 8.2 2.03
1999 38 NYM NL 0 2 .000 2.88 46 0 34 0 0 19 40.2 40 14 13 1 19 1 41 2 0 0 182 154 1.451 8.9 0.2 4.2 9.1 2.16
2000 39 NYM NL 5 4 .556 3.40 62 0 14 0 0 4 55.2 46 24 21 6 26 6 56 2 0 2 239 131 1.293 7.4 1.0 4.2 9.1 2.15
2001 40 NYM NL 6 2 .750 4.05 58 0 16 0 0 2 53.1 55 25 24 8 19 2 50 2 1 4 232 103 1.388 9.3 1.4 3.2 8.4 2.63
2003 42 NYM NL 0 3 .000 2.62 38 0 13 0 0 2 34.1 35 11 10 5 13 2 16 1 0 2 148 160 1.398 9.2 1.3 3.4 4.2 1.23
2004 43 NYM NL 2 7 .222 5.28 52 0 16 0 0 0 46.0 46 28 27 6 24 2 36 1 0 2 207 81 1.522 9.0 1.2 4.7 7.0 1.50
2005 44 HOU NL 0 1 .000 7.20 31 0 4 0 0 0 15.0 23 13 12 0 9 2 16 1 0 0 77 59 2.133 13.8 0.0 5.4 9.6 1.78
21 Seasons 90 87 .508 2.89 1119 0 774 0 0 424 1245.2 1166 466 400 81 495 78 975 22 9 54 5312 137 1.333 8.4 0.6 3.6 7.0 1.97
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .508 2.89 68 0 47 0 0 26 76 71 28 24 5 30 5 59 1 1 3 323 137 1.333 8.4 0.6 3.6 7.0 1.97
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
NYM (14 yrs) 48 56 .462 3.10 695 0 484 0 0 276 702.2 683 279 242 54 276 35 592 16 3 39 3039 131 1.365 8.7 0.7 3.5 7.6 2.14
CIN (6 yrs) 42 30 .583 2.49 393 0 286 0 0 148 528.0 460 174 146 27 210 41 367 5 6 15 2196 153 1.269 7.8 0.5 3.6 6.3 1.75
HOU (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.20 31 0 4 0 0 0 15.0 23 13 12 0 9 2 16 1 0 0 77 59 2.133 13.8 0.0 5.4 9.6 1.78

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
1999 38 NYM NL NLDS W ARI 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0.273 2.5 0.0 0.0 4.9
1999 38 NYM NL NLCS L ATL 0 0 3.38 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 12 1.500 10.1 0.0 3.4 10.1 3.00
2000 39 NYM NL NLDS W SFG 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
2000 39 NYM NL NLCS W STL 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 13 1.875 10.1 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
2000 39 NYM NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0.900 8.1 0.0 0.0 2.7
2 Seasons (5 Series) 2 0 1.000 1.88 15 0 4 0 0 1 14.1 11 3 3 0 3 0 10 0 0 1 54 0.977 6.9 0.0 1.9 6.3 3.33
2 NLDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 5 0 3 0 0 1 5.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 0.353 3.2 0.0 0.0 6.4
2 NLCS 0 0 5.06 6 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 3 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 1 25 1.688 10.1 0.0 5.1 8.4 1.67
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0.900 8.1 0.0 0.0 2.7

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1986 CIN NL 25
1987 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 CIN NL 28
1990 NYM NL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1984 23 CIN NL 54 335 289 28 74 10 1 3 7 9 36 55 .256 .338 .329 .667 .302 95 8 2 4 4 4
1985 24 CIN NL 67 407 354 27 83 10 3 5 4 5 40 61 .234 .313 .322 .635 .270 114 8 1 11 1 8
1986 25 CIN NL 74 428 371 40 90 10 1 7 4 5 44 84 .243 .324 .332 .655 .293 123 8 2 8 3 12
1987 26 CIN NL 68 344 310 26 76 13 0 6 4 3 27 61 .245 .304 .345 .649 .286 107 8 0 5 2 6
1988 27 CIN NL 70 336 303 18 60 4 0 3 1 4 27 46 .198 .263 .241 .504 .224 73 8 0 5 1 3
1989 28 CIN NL 60 345 299 35 77 7 0 3 2 3 36 60 .258 .334 .311 .645 .310 93 8 0 7 3 8
1990 29 NYM NL 55 287 262 22 66 11 1 4 6 1 21 56 .252 .306 .347 .654 .305 91 5 0 3 1 2
1991 30 NYM NL 52 247 225 27 61 8 3 2 4 2 18 45 .271 .328 .360 .688 .331 81 6 1 3 0 4
1992 31 NYM NL 31 128 115 6 24 6 1 1 2 3 11 20 .209 .273 .304 .578 .240 35 6 0 0 2 2
1993 32 NYM NL 35 172 147 24 46 4 0 6 4 0 19 29 .313 .393 .463 .855 .354 68 2 1 4 1 3
1994 33 NYM NL 47 216 193 20 47 7 1 2 1 1 19 42 .244 .313 .321 .634 .300 62 6 1 2 1 0
1995 34 NYM NL 48 213 191 17 48 11 0 4 1 1 17 41 .251 .311 .372 .683 .299 71 6 0 4 1 2
1996 35 NYM NL 51 235 208 15 54 4 0 2 1 1 21 48 .260 .328 .308 .635 .329 64 4 0 6 0 0
1997 36 NYM NL 59 244 217 18 49 11 0 3 2 0 20 53 .226 .293 .318 .611 .284 69 9 1 5 1 2
1998 37 NYM NL 61 289 247 28 66 8 2 4 2 1 29 59 .267 .347 .364 .712 .328 90 6 4 4 5 7
1999 38 NYM NL 46 182 157 14 40 9 1 1 10 0 19 41 .255 .341 .344 .685 .336 54 2 2 3 1 1
2000 39 NYM NL 62 239 208 24 46 4 0 6 7 1 26 56 .221 .314 .327 .640 .274 68 3 2 3 0 6
2001 40 NYM NL 58 232 208 25 55 7 1 8 2 1 19 50 .264 .330 .423 .754 .311 88 4 2 2 1 2
2003 42 NYM NL 38 148 132 11 35 6 0 5 2 1 13 16 .265 .333 .424 .758 .268 56 5 1 1 1 2
2004 43 NYM NL 52 207 178 28 46 7 2 6 1 0 24 36 .258 .346 .421 .768 .290 75 4 1 2 2 2
2005 44 HOU NL 31 77 67 13 23 4 0 0 0 1 9 16 .343 .429 .403 .832 .451 27 0 1 0 0 2
21 Seasons 1119 5311 4681 466 1166 161 17 81 67 43 495 975 .249 .322 .343 .665 .297 1604 116 22 82 31 78
162 Game Avg. 68 323 284 28 71 10 1 5 4 3 30 59 .249 .322 .343 .665 .297 97 7 1 5 2 5
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

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
1984 23 CIN NL 54 54 30 6 2 9 4 5 44% 10 1 29 11 38% 8 1.295 23 10 20 11 15 28 17 37 29 9 31 11 4.4
1985 24 CIN NL 67 67 33 12 3 15 12 3 80% 26 11 34 10 29% 7 1.548 38 16 12 29 16 22 20 47 36 15 41 18 4.4
1986 25 CIN NL 74 74 52 6 6 38 29 9 76% 39 1 52 20 38% 9 2.092 47 12 15 46 14 14 34 40 33 11 35 20 4.1
1987 26 CIN NL 68 68 60 8 5 41 32 9 78% 41 0 23 7 30% 9 2.227 40 14 14 50 10 8 15 53 18 7 19 22 3.6
1988 27 CIN NL 70 70 61 6 6 42 39 3 93% 43 0 29 6 21% 9 2.110 48 11 11 47 15 8 17 53 27 9 27 18 3.7 17
1989 28 CIN NL 60 60 50 4 8 39 32 7 82% 40 0 17 4 24% 9 2.253 47 7 5 44 12 4 12 48 23 5 23 9 4.0 23
1990 29 NYM NL 55 55 48 5 3 39 33 6 85% 39 0 29 10 34% 9 2.092 35 13 5 44 7 4 19 36 23 9 23 6 3.7 19
1991 30 NYM NL 52 52 48 5 9 35 30 5 86% 35 0 25 8 32% 9 2.659 41 5 6 37 12 3 15 37 11 9 11 12 3.2 18
1992 31 NYM NL 31 31 30 6 2 17 15 2 88% 18 0 12 5 42% 9 2.220 22 5 4 20 9 2 8 23 7 3 7 8 3.2 16
1993 32 NYM NL 35 35 30 4 3 17 10 7 59% 17 0 12 6 50% 9 2.262 17 5 13 23 4 8 8 27 7 7 8 2 3.1 18
1994 33 NYM NL 47 47 43 1 4 36 30 6 83% 36 0 11 3 27% 9 2.101 26 13 8 40 2 5 7 40 7 3 7 11 3.2 17
1995 34 NYM NL 48 48 41 5 3 36 29 7 81% 36 0 21 5 24% 9 2.153 32 8 8 38 6 4 11 37 9 7 10 14 3.2 16
1996 35 NYM NL 51 51 44 4 3 36 28 8 78% 36 0 20 12 60% 9 2.212 28 14 9 40 5 6 11 40 10 9 10 10 3.2 18
1997 36 NYM NL 59 59 53 5 3 42 36 6 86% 42 0 18 3 17% 9 2.164 34 16 8 47 8 4 10 49 8 9 9 16 3.1 16
1998 37 NYM NL 61 61 54 0 8 46 38 8 83% 46 0 20 3 15% 9 2.583 42 10 8 52 6 3 11 50 8 5 8 14 3.2 18
1999 38 NYM NL 46 46 34 0 2 21 19 2 90% 23 1 8 5 63% 9 1.529 17 14 13 34 4 8 5 41 0 9 1 15 2.7 15
2000 39 NYM NL 62 62 14 5 4 4 4 0 100% 26 20 23 5 22% 8 1.788 34 9 16 36 14 12 14 48 6 16 10 17 2.7 16
2001 40 NYM NL 58 58 16 6 2 7 2 5 29% 25 17 18 8 44% 8 1.602 36 9 12 28 16 14 10 48 2 11 2 7 2.8 15
2003 42 NYM NL 38 38 13 0 3 3 2 1 67% 8 4 13 4 31% 7 1.046 11 8 16 11 6 21 9 29 3 10 5 6 2.7 14
2004 43 NYM NL 52 52 16 2 7 1 0 1 0% 12 11 17 4 24% 8 0.905 15 16 20 17 12 23 11 41 7 18 7 13 2.7 17
2005 44 HOU NL 31 31 4 0 1 1 0 1 0% 7 6 26 8 31% 8 0.887 9 3 19 13 2 16 16 15 0 27 0 6 1.5 9
21 Seasons 1119 1119 774 90 87 525 424 101 81% 605 72 457 147 32% 1.946 642 218 242 707 195 217 280 839 274 208 294 255 3.3 17
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

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%
1984 23 CIN NL 335 73% 0.9% 16.4% 10.8% 4.2% 19% 1.22 70% 67 8 12%
1985 24 CIN NL 407 76% 1.2% 15.0% 9.8% 4.4% 22% 1.87 71% 71 8 11%
1986 25 CIN NL 429 81% 1.6% 19.6% 10.3% 4.2% 20% 1.83 66% 96 8 8%
1987 26 CIN NL 344 85% 1.7% 17.7% 7.9% 5.5% 25% 1.36 71% 69 8 12%
1988 27 CIN NL 336 84% 0.9% 13.7% 8.0% 2.1% 12% 1.49 2.09 76% 18% 5.5% 46% 69 8 12%
1989 28 CIN NL 345 84% 0.9% 17.4% 10.4% 2.9% 13% 1.25 1.77 69% 20% 3.2% 12% 78 8 10%
1990 29 NYM NL 287 77% 1.4% 19.5% 7.3% 5.6% 24% 1.33 1.58 71% 17% 6.2% 25% 55 5 9%
1991 30 NYM NL 247 76% 0.8% 18.2% 7.3% 5.3% 21% 1.51 2.16 72% 21% 3.1% 10% 59 6 10%
1992 31 NYM NL 128 72% 0.8% 15.6% 8.6% 6.3% 33% 1.38 2.04 75% 18% 2.9% 15% 20 6 30%
1993 32 NYM NL 172 73% 3.5% 16.9% 11.1% 5.8% 22% 1.25 2.29 66% 23% 14.0% 17% 37 2 5%
1994 33 NYM NL 216 75% 0.9% 19.4% 8.8% 4.6% 21% 1.00 1.14 69% 16% 3.0% 12% 37 6 16%
1995 34 NYM NL 213 84% 1.9% 19.3% 8.0% 7.0% 31% 1.10 1.31 69% 15% 6.3% 11% 41 6 15%
1996 35 NYM NL 235 77% 0.9% 20.4% 8.9% 2.6% 11% 1.17 1.67 67% 20% 3.1% 11% 38 4 11%
1997 36 NYM NL 244 78% 1.2% 21.7% 8.2% 5.7% 29% 1.38 2.43 66% 15% 5.9% 19% 54 9 17%
1998 37 NYM NL 289 80% 1.4% 20.4% 10.0% 4.8% 21% 1.17 1.44 65% 17% 5.6% 18% 70 6 9%
1999 38 NYM NL 182 80% 0.6% 22.5% 10.4% 6.0% 28% 1.21 1.89 64% 21% 2.0% 4% 23 2 9%
2000 39 NYM NL 239 69% 2.5% 23.4% 10.9% 4.2% 22% 1.39 1.92 61% 21% 11.8% 16% 40 3 8%
2001 40 NYM NL 232 75% 3.5% 21.6% 8.2% 6.9% 29% 1.10 1.63 65% 22% 11.9% 7% 39 4 10%
2003 42 NYM NL 148 68% 3.4% 10.8% 8.8% 7.4% 31% 1.78 2.78 76% 9% 14.3% 15% 30 5 17%
2004 43 NYM NL 207 61% 2.9% 17.4% 11.6% 7.3% 33% 1.19 1.49 67% 16% 10.7% 13% 36 4 11%
2005 44 HOU NL 77 42% 0.0% 20.8% 11.7% 5.2% 17% 0.96 1.33 66% 22% 0.0% 19% 20 0 0%
21 Seasons 5312 77% 1.5% 18.4% 9.3% 4.9% 22% 1.27 1.71 69% 18% 6.3% 17% 1049 116 11%
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 27 CIN NL 322 1157 3.59 707 61% 19% 21% 24% 36% 81% 3% 50% 74% 50% 5% 17 10 11% 35 20 4 7% 5 4 14 0 0
1989 28 CIN NL 345 1362 3.95 800 59% 22% 19% 27% 31% 77% 6% 45% 75% 51% 8% 28 13 17% 59 28 2 23% 8 7 0 0 6
1990 29 NYM NL 271 991 3.66 616 62% 20% 22% 26% 32% 80% 2% 50% 73% 55% 6% 16 9 22% 60 33 4 21% 10 5 16 0 1
1991 30 NYM NL 247 934 3.78 585 63% 24% 19% 25% 31% 76% 4% 48% 74% 57% 7% 17 11 20% 50 22 5 27% 5 2 0 0 0
1992 31 NYM NL 128 490 3.83 295 60% 22% 19% 26% 33% 78% 3% 47% 76% 59% 5% 6 1 16% 20 9 1 15% 4 3 0 0 0
1993 32 NYM NL 158 585 3.70 335 57% 21% 24% 22% 33% 79% 3% 45% 70% 54% 8% 12 6 18% 28 11 1 17% 4 4 14 0 0
1994 33 NYM NL 216 784 3.63 490 63% 23% 21% 24% 31% 77% 0% 48% 73% 55% 5% 10 6 19% 41 18 3 24% 7 4 0 0 0
1995 34 NYM NL 207 773 3.73 472 61% 29% 18% 21% 32% 71% 3% 43% 75% 52% 6% 12 9 17% 35 17 2 44% 6 1 6 0 0
1996 35 NYM NL 226 862 3.81 533 62% 28% 16% 26% 29% 72% 0% 44% 77% 59% 4% 8 5 17% 38 21 1 46% 10 3 9 0 0
1997 36 NYM NL 205 784 3.82 475 61% 27% 19% 25% 30% 73% 2% 44% 75% 53% 6% 13 10 22% 46 25 2 44% 11 1 39 0 0
1998 37 NYM NL 289 1119 3.87 647 58% 31% 18% 20% 30% 69% 5% 40% 74% 49% 9% 27 15 15% 44 23 1 42% 9 5 0 0 0
1999 38 NYM NL 182 706 3.88 420 59% 35% 15% 22% 29% 65% 1% 39% 77% 53% 10% 18 13 20% 36 13 0 61% 9 4 0 0 0
2000 39 NYM NL 239 974 4.08 575 59% 32% 18% 23% 27% 68% 6% 40% 73% 53% 6% 14 7 17% 41 19 2 43% 11 2 0 0 0
2001 40 NYM NL 232 842 3.63 512 61% 28% 17% 24% 31% 72% 2% 44% 77% 56% 6% 14 8 17% 40 19 3 38% 10 4 0 0 0
2003 42 NYM NL 148 542 3.66 320 59% 31% 11% 22% 37% 69% 2% 41% 84% 56% 7% 10 4 11% 16 8 2 44% 1 4 0 0 0
2004 43 NYM NL 207 865 4.18 488 56% 32% 17% 22% 30% 68% 2% 38% 75% 50% 9% 19 11 13% 27 6 1 42% 4 6 0 0 0
2005 44 HOU NL 77 292 3.79 166 57% 33% 19% 17% 31% 67% 4% 38% 71% 47% 13% 10 6 19% 15 9 1 38% 6 2 0 0 0
17 Seasons 3699 14062 3.80 8436 60% 26% 19% 24% 31% 74% 3% 44% 75% 53% 7% 251 144 17% 631 301 35 34% 120 61 98 0 7
MLB Averages
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

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
1984 23 CIN NL 335 74 3 0 17 2 1 3 0 28 13 5 46% 5 2 1 126 7 9 44% 7 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
1985 24 CIN NL 406 83 5 0 8 4 1 1 4 23 10 2 43% 3 4 0 149 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 1
1986 25 CIN NL 429 90 7 1 17 7 0 5 2 27 14 8 52% 3 4 2 185 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1987 26 CIN NL 344 76 6 0 14 6 0 4 2 23 6 3 26% 7 1 1 134 4 3 57% 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1988 27 CIN NL 336 60 13 0 3 0 11 2 1 0 3 12 6 1 50% 6 1 0 130 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0
1989 28 CIN NL 345 77 12 0 3 0 13 3 0 1 2 23 12 5 52% 3 3 2 145 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 0
1990 29 NYM NL 287 66 17 0 4 0 6 4 0 0 4 19 11 1 58% 4 7 3 128 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 0
1991 30 NYM NL 247 61 28 0 2 0 11 2 0 2 0 30 13 5 43% 10 6 0 111 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1992 31 NYM NL 128 24 10 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 8 5 1 63% 3 0 0 45 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1993 32 NYM NL 172 46 8 0 6 0 7 4 2 3 3 11 9 0 82% 2 5 0 74 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1994 33 NYM NL 216 47 8 1 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 10 6 1 60% 6 1 0 90 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
1995 34 NYM NL 213 48 10 1 4 0 7 4 0 2 2 9 5 0 56% 1 0 0 87 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
1996 35 NYM NL 235 54 14 2 2 0 13 2 0 2 0 12 6 3 50% 4 2 0 95 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1997 36 NYM NL 244 49 8 2 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 13 7 1 54% 3 6 3 108 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1998 37 NYM NL 289 66 18 2 4 0 17 4 0 1 3 16 9 4 56% 6 2 1 125 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 0
1999 38 NYM NL 182 40 3 0 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 12 4 2 33% 1 0 1 55 10 0 100% 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2000 39 NYM NL 239 46 9 0 6 0 6 6 0 3 3 6 2 2 33% 2 2 1 84 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0
2001 40 NYM NL 232 55 8 0 8 1 4 7 1 2 6 10 5 3 50% 3 4 0 89 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
2003 42 NYM NL 148 35 8 1 5 0 3 3 2 2 3 7 3 1 43% 3 2 0 59 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
2004 43 NYM NL 207 46 10 1 6 0 5 3 3 3 3 8 7 0 88% 2 2 0 82 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2005 44 HOU NL 77 23 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 9 2 3 22% 0 0 0 33 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Seasons 5311 1166 186 10 81 2 187 70 11 36 45 316 155 51 49% 77 54 15 2134 67 43 61% 62 39 5 2 0 2 21 11 128 1
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+
1984 23 6 2 .750 2.61 54 0 30 0 0 4 79.1 74 28 23 3 36 4 55 2 0 2 335 145 1.387 8.4 0.3 4.1 6.2 1.53 145
1985 24 18 5 .783 2.37 121 0 63 0 0 16 178.1 157 55 47 8 76 12 116 3 0 6 742 159 1.307 7.9 0.4 3.8 5.9 1.53 159
1986 25 24 11 .686 2.58 195 0 115 0 0 45 279.1 247 95 80 15 120 24 200 5 2 10 1171 148 1.314 8.0 0.5 3.9 6.4 1.67 148
1987 26 32 16 .667 2.57 263 0 175 0 0 77 361.1 323 121 103 21 147 30 261 5 2 11 1515 152 1.301 8.0 0.5 3.7 6.5 1.78 152
1988 27 38 22 .633 2.37 333 0 236 0 0 116 447.1 383 139 118 24 174 33 307 5 4 12 1851 162 1.245 7.7 0.5 3.5 6.2 1.76 162
1989 28 42 30 .583 2.49 393 0 286 0 0 148 528.0 460 174 146 27 210 41 367 5 6 15 2196 153 1.269 7.8 0.5 3.6 6.3 1.75 153
1990 29 47 33 .588 2.49 448 0 334 0 0 181 595.2 526 196 165 31 231 43 423 5 8 22 2483 152 1.271 7.9 0.5 3.5 6.4 1.83 152
1991 30 52 42 .553 2.53 500 0 382 0 0 211 651.0 587 223 183 33 249 47 468 6 8 28 2730 150 1.284 8.1 0.5 3.4 6.5 1.88 150
1992 31 58 44 .569 2.49 531 0 412 0 0 226 684.0 611 229 189 34 260 49 488 6 8 28 2858 152 1.273 8.0 0.4 3.4 6.4 1.88 152
1993 32 62 47 .569 2.62 566 0 442 0 0 236 720.1 657 253 210 40 279 52 517 7 8 33 3030 144 1.299 8.2 0.5 3.5 6.5 1.85 144
1994 33 63 51 .553 2.63 613 0 485 0 0 266 770.1 704 273 225 42 298 52 559 8 8 34 3246 145 1.301 8.2 0.5 3.5 6.5 1.88 145
1995 34 68 54 .557 2.62 661 0 526 0 0 295 822.0 752 290 239 46 315 54 600 8 8 34 3459 146 1.298 8.2 0.5 3.4 6.6 1.90 146
1996 35 72 57 .558 2.57 712 0 570 0 0 323 876.0 806 305 250 48 336 54 648 8 8 36 3694 149 1.304 8.3 0.5 3.5 6.7 1.93 149
1997 36 77 60 .562 2.57 771 0 623 0 0 359 936.0 855 323 267 51 356 56 701 9 8 42 3938 150 1.294 8.2 0.5 3.4 6.7 1.97 150
1998 37 77 68 .531 2.64 832 0 677 0 0 397 1000.2 921 351 293 55 385 63 760 13 8 44 4227 147 1.305 8.3 0.5 3.5 6.8 1.97 147
1999 38 77 70 .524 2.64 878 0 711 0 0 416 1041.1 961 365 306 56 404 64 801 15 8 44 4409 147 1.311 8.3 0.5 3.5 6.9 1.98 147
2000 39 82 74 .526 2.68 940 0 725 0 0 420 1097.0 1007 389 327 62 430 70 857 17 8 46 4648 146 1.310 8.3 0.5 3.5 7.0 1.99 146
2001 40 88 76 .537 2.75 998 0 741 0 0 422 1150.1 1062 414 351 70 449 72 907 19 9 50 4880 143 1.314 8.3 0.5 3.5 7.1 2.02 143
2002 41 88 76 .537 2.75 998 0 741 0 0 422 1150.1 1062 414 351 70 449 72 907 19 9 50 4880 143 1.314 8.3 0.5 3.5 7.1 2.02 143
2003 42 88 79 .527 2.74 1036 0 754 0 0 424 1184.2 1097 425 361 75 462 74 923 20 9 52 5028 144 1.316 8.3 0.6 3.5 7.0 2.00 144
2004 43 90 86 .511 2.84 1088 0 770 0 0 424 1230.2 1143 453 388 81 486 76 959 21 9 54 5235 139 1.324 8.4 0.6 3.6 7.0 1.97 139
2005 44 90 87 .508 2.89 1119 0 774 0 0 424 1245.2 1166 466 400 81 495 78 975 22 9 54 5312 137 1.333 8.4 0.6 3.6 7.0 1.97 137

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
1984 23 5 3 .625 2.92 74.0 74 27 24 3 36 51 2 1.486 9.0 4.4 6.2 1.42 0.4 54
1985 24 7 3 .700 2.39 94.0 84 28 25 5 40 58 1 1.319 8.0 3.8 5.6 1.45 0.5 67
1986 25 6 4 .600 3.15 97.0 91 38 34 7 44 81 2 1.392 8.4 4.1 7.5 1.84 0.6 74
1987 26 6 2 .750 2.44 81.0 75 24 22 6 27 60 0 1.259 8.3 3.0 6.7 2.22 0.7 68
1988 27 7 2 .778 1.87 82.0 63 19 17 3 28 44 0 1.110 6.9 3.1 4.8 1.57 0.3 70
1989 28 4 4 .500 3.67 76.0 80 34 31 3 37 57 0 1.539 9.5 4.4 6.8 1.54 0.4 60
1990 29 5 2 .714 2.73 66.0 68 22 20 4 22 55 0 1.364 9.3 3.0 7.5 2.50 0.5 55
1991 30 4 2 .667 3.17 54.0 64 21 19 2 19 44 1 1.537 10.7 3.2 7.3 2.32 0.3 52
1992 31 2 1 .667 2.03 31.0 25 8 7 1 11 19 0 1.161 7.3 3.2 5.5 1.73 0.3 31
1993 32 1 2 .333 5.40 35.0 47 23 21 6 19 28 1 1.886 12.1 4.9 7.2 1.47 1.5 35
1994 33 5 2 .714 2.54 71.0 65 22 20 3 26 60 1 1.282 8.2 3.3 7.6 2.31 0.4 47
1995 34 4 2 .667 2.57 56.0 54 18 16 4 19 44 0 1.304 8.7 3.1 7.1 2.32 0.6 48
1996 35 4 1 .800 1.87 53.0 54 12 11 2 21 47 0 1.415 9.2 3.6 8.0 2.24 0.3 51
1997 36 4 2 .667 2.64 58.0 49 19 17 3 20 51 1 1.190 7.6 3.1 7.9 2.55 0.5 59
1998 37 4 3 .571 3.52 64.0 65 28 25 4 29 58 4 1.469 9.1 4.1 8.2 2.00 0.6 61
1999 38 3 1 .750 2.41 41.0 38 12 11 1 18 41 2 1.366 8.3 4.0 9.0 2.28 0.2 46
2000 39 4 2 .667 3.05 56.0 44 21 19 6 25 56 2 1.232 7.1 4.0 9.0 2.24 1.0 62
2001 40 2 3 .400 4.15 52.0 55 27 24 8 19 49 2 1.423 9.5 3.3 8.5 2.58 1.4 58
2003 42 2 1 .667 2.73 33.0 35 11 10 5 13 15 1 1.455 9.5 3.5 4.1 1.15 1.4 38
2004 43 2 3 .400 4.89 46.0 45 28 25 6 23 36 1 1.478 8.8 4.5 7.0 1.57 1.2 52
2005 44 0 1 .000 7.20 15.0 23 13 12 0 9 16 1 2.133 13.8 5.4 9.6 1.78 0.0 31
21 Seasons 81 46 .638 2.99 1235.0 1198 455 410 82 505 970 22 1.379 8.7 7.1 1.92 0.6 1119
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

* 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

All-Star Games
1986
1987 *
1989
1990 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1988-NL-Rolaids Relief
1990-NL-Rolaids Relief
2001-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1988-NL-12-7%
1994-NL-20-1%
0.08 Career Shares (949th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1994-NL--7--1%
0.01 Career Shares (264th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career--2.890--133rd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--7.044--84th

Games Played s c a p y
1985 NL--67--6th
1986 NL--74--3rd
1987 NL--68--10th
1988 NL--70--4th
Career--1119--3rd

Saves s c a p y
1986 NL--29--5th
1987 NL--32--4th
1988 NL--39--1st
1989 NL--32--3rd
1990 NL--33--1st
1991 NL--30--3rd
1992 NL--15--10th
1994 NL--30--1st
1995 NL--29--8th
1996 NL--28--10th
1997 NL--36--4th
1998 NL--38--5th
Career--424--4th

Games Finished s c a p y
1986 NL--52--4th
1987 NL--60--1st
1988 NL--61--1st
1989 NL--50--7th
1990 NL--48--4th
1991 NL--48--5th
1994 NL--43--2nd
1997 NL--53--9th
1998 NL--54--7th
Career--774--3rd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career--137--19th

Oldest s c a p y
1999 NL--born 1960-09-17--7th
2000 NL--born 1960-09-17--7th
2001 NL--born 1960-09-17--7th
2003 NL--born 1960-09-17--4th
2004 NL--born 1960-09-17--2nd
2005 NL--born 1960-09-17--2nd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (260), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 40 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 124 (63), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Lee Smith (891)
  2. Sparky Lyle (881)
  3. Jeff Reardon (868)
  4. Kent Tekulve (866)
  5. Rollie Fingers (856) *
  6. Roberto Hernandez (855)
  7. Jesse Orosco (851)
  8. Tug McGraw (843)
  9. Ron Perranoski (840)
  10. Dave Righetti (836)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Sparky Lyle (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Al Hrabosky (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Al Hrabosky (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sparky Lyle (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Sparky Lyle (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sparky Lyle (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Sparky Lyle (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Sparky Lyle (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Sparky Lyle (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bruce Sutter (926) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bruce Sutter (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bruce Sutter (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jeff Reardon (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jeff Reardon (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jeff Reardon (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Lee Smith (872)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Kent Tekulve (868)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Roberto Hernandez (863)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Jesse Orosco (865)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Jesse Orosco (867)  2 3 4 5 6 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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