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John Franco

John Anthony Franco

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 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
Teams (by GP): Mets/Reds/Astros 1984-2005
Agents: Dennis Gilbert,Dan Horwits,??? Giordano [*]
Final Game: July 1, 2005
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:06AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #288. Ned Garver… #289. Teddy Higuera… #290. Orval Overall… #291. JOHN FRANCO… #292. David Price… #293. Gary Peters… #294. Mike Torrez… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 4 407 174 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 1 336 230 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 3 345 116 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 7 287 150 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 6 247 126 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 0 128 215 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 79 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 1 216 156 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 0 213 168 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 2 235 220 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 6 244 161 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 2 289 117 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 0 182 155 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 2 239 132 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 4 232 104 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 2 148 162 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 60 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 138 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 3 323 138 1.333 8.4 0.6 3.6 7.0 1.97
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
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 132 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 154 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 60 2.133 13.8 0.0 5.4 9.6 1.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1984 23 CIN NL 79.1 0 28 48 -3 1.3 20 1.7 $
1985 24 CIN NL 99.0 0 27 56 1 1.5 29 2.9 $75,000
1986 25 CIN NL 101.0 0 40 59 -2 2.0 19 1.9 $195,000 AS
1987 26 CIN NL 82.0 0 26 50 -1 2.2 24 2.9 $300,000 AS
1988 27 CIN NL 86.0 0 18 42 4 2.0 24 3.2 $675,000 MVP-12
1989 28 CIN NL 80.2 0 35 46 -2 2.1 11 0.9 $1,067,500 AS
1990 29 NYM NL 67.2 0 22 38 -2 2.0 16 1.9 $1,633,333 AS
1991 30 NYM NL 55.1 0 27 32 -3 2.5 5 0.2 $2,633,333
1992 31 NYM NL 33.0 0 6 17 -1 2.1 11 1.7 $3,333,334
1993 32 NYM NL 36.1 0 24 22 -1 2.3 -2 -0.8 $4,000,000
1994 33 NYM NL 50.0 0 20 31 -1 2.0 11 1.0 $4,000,000 CYA-7,MVP-20
1995 34 NYM NL 51.2 0 17 31 -1 2.1 14 1.7 $2,550,000
1996 35 NYM NL 54.0 0 15 29 3 2.2 14 1.7 $2,600,000
1997 36 NYM NL 60.0 0 18 33 2 2.1 15 1.8 $3,000,000
1998 37 NYM NL 64.2 0 28 38 0 2.5 10 1.0 $2,900,000
1999 38 NYM NL 40.2 0 14 25 1 1.5 11 1.0 $2,950,000
2000 39 NYM NL 55.2 0 24 35 0 1.8 11 0.9 $3,350,000
2001 40 NYM NL 53.1 0 25 31 0 1.6 6 0.3 $3,583,333
2003 42 NYM NL 34.1 0 11 22 -1 1.0 11 0.8 $3,833,333
2004 43 NYM NL 46.0 0 28 28 0 .9 0 -0.4 $1,000,000
2005 44 HOU NL 15.0 0 13 9 1 .9 -4 -0.5 $700,000
21 Seasons 1245.2 0 466 722 -6 1.9 256 25.8 $44,379,166
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
NYM (14 yrs) 702.2 0 279 412 -4 1.9 133 12.8 $41,366,666
CIN (6 yrs) 528.0 0 174 301 -3 1.8 127 13.5 $2,312,500
HOU (1 yr) 15.0 0 13 9 1 .9 -4 -0.5 $700,000

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
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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1984 23 CIN NL 54 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1985 24 CIN NL 67 8 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 85 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1986 25 CIN NL 74 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1987 26 CIN NL 68 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1988 27 CIN NL 70 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-12
1989 28 CIN NL 60 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 89 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1990 29 NYM NL 55 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1991 30 NYM NL 52 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 31 NYM NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 32 NYM NL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 33 NYM NL 47 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-7,MVP-20
1995 34 NYM NL 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 35 NYM NL 51 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 36 NYM NL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 37 NYM NL 61 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 38 NYM NL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 39 NYM NL 62 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 40 NYM NL 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 42 NYM NL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 43 NYM NL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 44 HOU NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 Seasons 1119 37 34 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .088 .088 .088 .176 -52 3 0 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .088 .088 .088 .176 -52 0 0 0 0 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYM (14 yrs) 695 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (6 yrs) 393 22 19 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .158 .158 .158 .316 -13 3 0 0 3 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1984 23 CIN NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1985 24 CIN NL 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $75,000 1
1986 25 CIN NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $195,000 1 AS
1987 26 CIN NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $300,000 1 AS
1988 27 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $675,000 1 MVP-12
1989 28 CIN NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,067,500 1 AS
1990 29 NYM NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,633,333 1 AS
1991 30 NYM NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,633,333 1
1992 31 NYM NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $3,333,334 1
1993 32 NYM NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $4,000,000 1
1994 33 NYM NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $4,000,000 1 CYA-7,MVP-20
1996 35 NYM NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,600,000 1
1998 37 NYM NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $2,900,000 1
2000 39 NYM NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $3,350,000 1
14 Seasons 37 -6 0 1 0 0 2 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $26,762,500
NYM (8 yrs) 15 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $24,450,000
CIN (6 yrs) 22 -3 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $2,312,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 38 NYM NL NLDS ARI W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 38 NYM NL NLCS ATL L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 39 NYM NL NLDS SFG W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 39 NYM NL NLCS STL W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 39 NYM NL WS NYY L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (5 Series) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1984 CIN NL 23 P 54 79.1 20 5 15 0 0 1.000 2.27 0.37 .954 1.88 1.87
1985 CIN NL 24 P 67 99.0 31 9 21 1 1 .968 2.73 0.45 .953 1.92 1.92
1986 CIN NL 25 P 74 101.0 32 6 22 4 2 .875 2.50 0.38 .955 1.94 1.94 AS
1987 CIN NL 26 P 68 82.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.21 0.16 .955 1.91 1.90 AS
1988 CIN NL 27 P 70 86.0 22 3 18 1 1 .955 2.20 0.30 .955 1.96 1.96 MVP-12
1989 CIN NL 28 P 60 80.2 22 2 19 1 1 .955 2.34 0.35 .947 1.87 1.87 AS
1990 NYM NL 29 P 55 67.2 18 4 13 1 0 .944 2.26 0.31 .957 1.80 1.79 AS
1991 NYM NL 30 P 52 55.1 14 3 10 1 1 .929 2.11 0.25 .955 1.85 1.85
1992 NYM NL 31 P 31 33.0 14 2 12 0 2 1.000 3.82 0.45 .954 1.94 1.94
1993 NYM NL 32 P 35 36.1 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.97 0.34 .953 1.83 1.83
1994 NYM NL 33 P 47 50.0 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.98 0.23 .958 1.85 1.85 CYA-7,MVP-20
1995 NYM NL 34 P 48 51.2 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.92 0.23 .956 1.85 1.83
1996 NYM NL 35 P 51 54.0 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.18 .954 1.83 1.83
1997 NYM NL 36 P 59 60.0 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 2.70 0.31 .953 1.85 1.84
1998 NYM NL 37 P 61 64.2 20 4 16 0 2 1.000 2.78 0.33 .961 1.85 1.84
1999 NYM NL 38 P 46 40.2 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.77 0.17 .951 1.73 1.71
2000 NYM NL 39 P 62 55.2 10 1 8 1 0 .900 1.46 0.15 .962 1.75 1.72
2001 NYM NL 40 P 58 53.1 9 1 7 1 0 .889 1.35 0.14 .959 1.76 1.73
2003 NYM NL 42 P 38 34.1 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.62 0.26 .957 1.83 1.83
2004 NYM NL 43 P 52 46.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.17 0.12 .965 1.84 1.82
2005 HOU NL 44 P 31 15.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -13 0.00 0.00 1.74 1.73
21 Seasons P 1119 1245.2 308 63 234 11 13 .964 -1 -2 2.15 0.27 .955 1.86 1.84
21 Seasons TOT 1119 1245.2 308 63 234 11 13 .964 -1 -12 2.15 0.27 .955 1.86 1.84
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2011 BBWAA ( 4.6%)

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 (972nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1994 NL (7, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  2.89 (133rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  7.044 (96th)

Games Played s c a p y
1985 NL  67 (6th)
1986 NL  74 (3rd)
1987 NL  68 (10th)
1988 NL  70 (4th)
Career  1,119 (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 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career  138 (20th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1985 NL  17 (9th)
1988 NL  18 (8th)
Career  141 (139th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1985 NL  1.8 (9th)
1988 NL  2.0 (8th)
Career  14.5 (145th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1988 NL  24.14 (5th)
Career  143.05 (94th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1985 NL  3.8 (5th)
1986 NL  3.0 (10th)
1988 NL  3.6 (4th)
Career  19.3 (65th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Career  10.4 (136th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1988 NL  2.6 (6th)
Career  14.7 (101st)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1986 NL  74 (3rd)
1988 NL  70 (4th)
Career  1,119 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1992 NL  3.82 (1st)
Career  2.15 (39th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1994 NL  1.000 (1st)
1995 NL  1.000 (1st)
1996 NL  1.000 (1st)
1998 NL  1.000 (1st)

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)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 9 (266), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 40 (628), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 124 (65), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (737), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Jesse Orosco (851)
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  9. Ron Perranoski (840)
  10. Dave Righetti (836)
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  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 (916) * 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

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198524Cincinnati Reds$75,0003/3/86 TSN
198625Cincinnati Reds$195,0001986 USA Today surveyIncludes $10,000 earned bonus
198726Cincinnati Reds$300,000Scully, Business of MLB, p. 164
198827Cincinnati Reds$675,000USA Today, 4/1/88Arbitration loss; $925,000 request
198928Cincinnati Reds$1,067,5001989 USA Today survey
199029New York Mets$1,633,333*
199130New York Mets$2,633,333USA Today survey
199231New York Mets$3,333,3344/2/92 USA Today
199332New York Mets$4,000,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $500,000 signing bonus
199433New York Mets$4,000,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $500,000 signing bonus
199534New York Mets$2,550,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $50,000 earned bonus
199635New York Mets$2,600,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $100,000 earned bonus
199736New York Mets$3,000,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1; 1997 postseason APIncludes $250,000 earned bonus
199837New York Mets$2,900,00011/23/98 USA TodayIncludes $300,000 earned bonus
199938New York Mets$2,950,00011/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $150,000 earned bonus
200039New York Mets$3,350,0004/5/00 AP
200140New York Mets$3,583,3334/6/01 USA Today
200241New York Mets$3,083,3334/3/02 AP
200342New York Mets$3,833,3334/3/03 AP
200443New York Mets$1,000,000*
200544Houston Astros$700,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$47,462,499
Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $1,708,333 - 11/21/90 NYT -
*2004 - $1,100,000 - 4/7/04 AP -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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