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Dwight Gooden

Dwight Eugene Gooden (Doc and Dr. K.)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 16, 1964 in Tampa, FL
High School: Hillsborough (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1984
Teams (by GP): Mets/Yankees/Indians/DevilRays/Astros 1984-2000
Agents: Tom Reich, previously: Bill Goodstein,Jim Neader,Ray Negron [?]
Final Game: September 29, 2000
Relatives: Uncle of Gary Sheffield
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Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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 19 NYM NL 17 9 .654 2.60 31 31 0 7 3 0 218.0 161 72 63 7 73 2 276 2 7 3 879 137 1.073 6.6 0.3 3.0 11.4 3.78 AS,CYA-2,MVP-15,RoY-1
1985 20 NYM NL 24 4 .857 1.53 35 35 0 16 8 0 276.2 198 51 47 13 69 4 268 2 2 6 1065 229 0.965 6.4 0.4 2.2 8.7 3.88 AS,CYA-1,MVP-4
1986 21 NYM NL 17 6 .739 2.84 33 33 0 12 2 0 250.0 197 92 79 17 80 3 200 4 4 4 1020 126 1.108 7.1 0.6 2.9 7.2 2.50 AS,CYA-7
1987 22 NYM NL 15 7 .682 3.21 25 25 0 7 3 0 179.2 162 68 64 11 53 2 148 2 1 1 730 119 1.197 8.1 0.6 2.7 7.4 2.79 CYA-5
1988 23 NYM NL 18 9 .667 3.19 34 34 0 10 3 0 248.1 242 98 88 8 57 4 175 6 5 5 1024 102 1.204 8.8 0.3 2.1 6.3 3.07 AS
1989 24 NYM NL 9 4 .692 2.89 19 17 1 0 0 1 118.1 93 42 38 9 47 2 101 2 5 7 497 113 1.183 7.1 0.7 3.6 7.7 2.15
1990 25 NYM NL 19 7 .731 3.83 34 34 0 2 1 0 232.2 229 106 99 10 70 3 223 7 3 6 983 98 1.285 8.9 0.4 2.7 8.6 3.19 CYA-4,MVP-14
1991 26 NYM NL 13 7 .650 3.60 27 27 0 3 1 0 190.0 185 80 76 12 56 2 150 3 2 5 789 102 1.268 8.8 0.6 2.7 7.1 2.68
1992 27 NYM NL 10 13 .435 3.67 31 31 0 3 0 0 206.0 197 93 84 11 70 7 145 3 1 3 863 95 1.296 8.6 0.5 3.1 6.3 2.07 SS
1993 28 NYM NL 12 15 .444 3.45 29 29 0 7 2 0 208.2 188 89 80 16 61 1 149 9 2 5 866 117 1.193 8.1 0.7 2.6 6.4 2.44
1994 29 NYM NL 3 4 .429 6.31 7 7 0 0 0 0 41.1 46 32 29 9 15 1 40 1 0 2 182 67 1.476 10.0 2.0 3.3 8.7 2.67
1996 31 NYY AL 11 7 .611 5.01 29 29 0 1 1 0 170.2 169 101 95 19 88 4 126 9 1 9 756 100 1.506 8.9 1.0 4.6 6.6 1.43
1997 32 NYY AL 9 5 .643 4.91 20 19 0 0 0 0 106.1 116 61 58 14 53 1 66 7 0 8 472 92 1.589 9.8 1.2 4.5 5.6 1.25
1998 33 CLE AL 8 6 .571 3.76 23 23 0 0 0 0 134.0 135 59 56 13 51 0 83 9 0 3 580 127 1.388 9.1 0.9 3.4 5.6 1.63
1999 34 CLE AL 3 4 .429 6.26 26 22 0 0 0 0 115.0 127 90 80 18 67 3 88 9 0 4 532 80 1.687 9.9 1.4 5.2 6.9 1.31
2000 35 TOT MLB 6 5 .545 4.71 27 14 3 0 0 2 105.0 119 64 55 23 44 3 55 3 0 5 467 104 1.552 10.2 2.0 3.8 4.7 1.25
2000 35 TOT AL 6 5 .545 4.54 26 13 3 0 0 2 101.0 113 60 51 22 41 3 54 3 0 3 447 108 1.525 10.1 2.0 3.7 4.8 1.32
2000 35 HOU NL 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 20 59 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 2.3 0.33
2000 35 TBD AL 2 3 .400 6.63 8 8 0 0 0 0 36.2 47 32 27 14 20 0 23 3 0 2 173 75 1.827 11.5 3.4 4.9 5.6 1.15
2000 35 NYY AL 4 2 .667 3.36 18 5 3 0 0 2 64.1 66 28 24 8 21 3 31 0 0 1 274 144 1.352 9.2 1.1 2.9 4.3 1.48
16 Seasons 194 112 .634 3.51 430 410 4 68 24 3 2800.2 2564 1198 1091 210 954 42 2293 78 33 76 11705 111 1.256 8.2 0.7 3.1 7.4 2.40
162 Game Avg. 16 9 .634 3.51 35 33 0 6 2 0 227 208 97 88 17 77 3 186 6 3 6 948 111 1.256 8.2 0.7 3.1 7.4 2.40
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 (11 yrs) 157 85 .649 3.10 305 303 1 67 23 1 2169.2 1898 823 747 123 651 31 1875 41 32 47 8898 116 1.175 7.9 0.5 2.7 7.8 2.88
NYY (3 yrs) 24 14 .632 4.67 67 53 3 1 1 2 341.1 351 190 177 41 162 8 223 16 1 18 1502 103 1.503 9.3 1.1 4.3 5.9 1.38
CLE (2 yrs) 11 10 .524 4.92 49 45 0 0 0 0 249.0 262 149 136 31 118 3 171 18 0 7 1112 99 1.526 9.5 1.1 4.3 6.2 1.45
TBD (1 yr) 2 3 .400 6.63 8 8 0 0 0 0 36.2 47 32 27 14 20 0 23 3 0 2 173 75 1.827 11.5 3.4 4.9 5.6 1.15
HOU (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 20 59 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 2.3 0.33
NL (12 yrs) 157 85 .649 3.11 306 304 1 67 23 1 2173.2 1904 827 751 124 654 31 1876 41 32 49 8918 116 1.177 7.9 0.5 2.7 7.8 2.87
AL (5 yrs) 37 27 .578 4.88 124 106 3 1 1 2 627.0 660 371 340 86 300 11 417 37 1 27 2787 99 1.531 9.5 1.2 4.3 6.0 1.39

Player Value--Pitchers

Glossary · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1984 19 NYM NL 218.0 31 72 119 -3 1.0 47 5.4 $40,000 AS,CYA-2,MVP-15,RoY-1
1985 20 NYM NL 276.2 35 51 149 0 1.1 98 11.7 $450,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-4
1986 21 NYM NL 250.0 33 92 129 1 1.1 37 4.4 $1,320,000 AS,CYA-7
1987 22 NYM NL 179.2 25 68 102 -2 1.0 34 3.8 $1,500,000 CYA-5
1988 23 NYM NL 248.1 34 98 126 -6 1.0 28 3.3 $1,400,000 AS
1989 24 NYM NL 118.1 17 42 55 2 1.1 13 1.6 $2,416,667
1990 25 NYM NL 232.2 34 106 130 -6 1.0 24 2.7 $1,866,667 CYA-4,MVP-14
1991 26 NYM NL 190.0 27 80 107 -8 1.0 27 3.1 $2,466,667
1992 27 NYM NL 206.0 31 93 112 -6 1.0 19 2.2 $5,166,667 SS
1993 28 NYM NL 208.2 29 89 125 -3 1.0 36 3.7 $5,916,667
1994 29 NYM NL 41.1 7 32 25 -1 .9 -7 -0.7 $4,616,667
1996 31 NYY AL 170.2 29 101 132 -6 1.0 31 2.9 $950,000
1997 32 NYY AL 106.1 19 61 73 -5 1.0 12 1.2 $2,000,000
1998 33 CLE AL 134.0 23 59 84 3 1.1 25 2.6 $2,787,500
1999 34 CLE AL 115.0 22 90 79 3 .9 -11 -1.0 $2,637,500
2000 35 HOU NL 4.0 1 4 3 0 1.2 -1 -0.1 $500,000
2000 35 TBD AL 36.2 8 32 26 0 1.0 -6 -0.5
2000 35 NYY AL 64.1 5 28 44 -1 .8 16 1.3
16 Seasons 2800.2 410 1198 1620 -38 1.0 422 47.6 $36,035,002
IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
NYM (11 yrs) 2169.2 303 823 1179 -32 1.0 356 41.2 $27,160,002
NYY (3 yrs) 341.1 53 190 249 -12 1.0 59 5.4 $2,950,000
CLE (2 yrs) 249.0 45 149 163 6 1.0 14 1.6 $5,425,000
TBD (1 yr) 36.2 8 32 26 0 1.0 -6 -0.5
HOU (1 yr) 4.0 1 4 3 0 1.2 -1 -0.1 $500,000

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
1986 21 NYM NL NLCS W HOU 0 1 .000 1.06 2 2 0 0 0 0 17.0 16 2 2 1 5 0 9 0 0 0 68 1.235 8.5 0.5 2.6 4.8 1.80
1986 21 NYM NL WS W BOS 0 2 .000 8.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 17 10 8 2 4 0 9 1 0 0 50 2.333 17.0 2.0 4.0 9.0 2.25
1988 23 NYM NL NLCS L LAD 0 0 2.95 3 2 0 0 0 0 18.1 10 6 6 1 8 2 20 1 1 2 74 0.982 4.9 0.5 3.9 9.8 2.50
1997 32 NYY AL ALDS L CLE 0 0 1.59 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 5 1 1 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 25 1.412 7.9 1.6 4.8 7.9 1.67
1998 33 CLE AL ALDS W BOS 0 0 54.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 27.0 0.50
1998 33 CLE AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 5.79 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 3 3 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 20 1.286 5.8 1.9 5.8 5.8 1.00
2000 35 NYY AL ALDS W OAK 0 0 21.60 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 4 4 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 11 3.000 21.6 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
2000 35 NYY AL ALCS W SEA 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 3.9
5 Seasons (8 Series) 0 4 .000 3.97 12 9 1 0 0 0 59.0 57 28 26 6 26 2 49 4 1 2 260 1.407 8.7 0.9 4.0 7.5 1.88
3 ALDS 0 0 8.22 3 2 1 0 0 0 7.2 10 7 7 1 6 0 7 2 0 0 40 2.087 11.7 1.2 7.0 8.2 1.17
2 ALCS 0 1 .000 3.86 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 3 3 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 28 1.000 5.1 1.3 3.9 5.1 1.33
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 2.04 5 4 0 0 0 0 35.1 26 8 8 2 13 2 29 1 1 2 142 1.104 6.6 0.5 3.3 7.4 2.23
1 WS 0 2 .000 8.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 17 10 8 2 4 0 9 1 0 0 50 2.333 17.0 2.0 4.0 9.0 2.25

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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 19 NYM NL 31 83 70 5 14 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .200 .205 .200 .405 15 14 3 0 10 2 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-15,RoY-1
1985 20 NYM NL 35 107 93 11 21 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 15 .226 .265 .280 .545 54 26 1 0 9 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-4
1986 21 NYM NL 33 97 81 5 7 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 16 .086 .119 .111 .230 -35 9 3 1 13 0 0 1 AS,CYA-7
1987 22 NYM NL 25 71 64 4 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 9 .219 .227 .219 .446 22 14 1 0 5 1 0 1 CYA-5
1988 23 NYM NL 34 101 90 8 16 1 0 1 9 0 0 1 18 .178 .185 .222 .407 19 20 1 0 9 1 0 1 AS
1989 24 NYM NL 19 44 40 1 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .200 .195 .275 .470 36 11 1 0 3 1 0 1
1990 25 NYM NL 35 94 75 4 14 1 1 1 9 0 0 2 15 .187 .225 .267 .492 35 20 0 2 14 1 0 1 CYA-4,MVP-14
1991 26 NYM NL 27 71 63 7 15 3 0 1 6 1 1 0 9 .238 .238 .333 .571 60 21 1 0 8 0 0 1
1992 27 NYM NL 33 77 72 8 19 3 1 1 9 0 0 1 16 .264 .274 .375 .649 84 27 1 0 4 0 0 1 SS
1993 28 NYM NL 30 76 70 5 14 2 2 2 9 0 0 0 11 .200 .200 .371 .571 50 26 1 0 6 0 0 1
1994 29 NYM NL 7 16 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -12 2 0 0 4 0 0 /1
1997 32 NYY AL 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 33 CLE AL 1 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 34 CLE AL 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 2.000 2.667 535 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 35 TOT MLB 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 35 HOU NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2000 35 NYY AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 318 849 741 60 145 15 5 8 67 1 1 14 135 .196 .212 .262 .474 32 194 13 3 85 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 433 377 31 74 8 3 4 34 1 1 7 69 .196 .212 .262 .474 32 99 7 2 43 3 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 (11 yrs) 309 837 730 59 144 15 5 7 65 1 1 13 131 .197 .213 .260 .473 32 190 13 3 85 6 0
CLE (2 yrs) 4 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 1.000 1.400 240 4 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (3 yrs) 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 310 838 731 59 144 15 5 7 65 1 1 13 131 .197 .212 .260 .472 32 190 13 3 85 6 0
AL (5 yrs) 8 11 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 .100 .182 .400 .582 44 4 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1984 19 NYM NL 83 -8 0 1 -1 0 7 2 1 0.0 $40,000 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-15,RoY-1
1985 20 NYM NL 107 -6 0 1 1 0 9 3 8 0.8 $450,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-4
1986 21 NYM NL 97 -16 0 0 0 0 8 3 -5 -0.7 $1,320,000 1 AS,CYA-7
1987 22 NYM NL 71 -7 0 0 0 0 8 2 3 0.3 $1,500,000 1 CYA-5
1988 23 NYM NL 101 -10 0 0 0 0 9 3 2 0.0 $1,400,000 1 AS
1989 24 NYM NL 44 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 $2,416,667 1
1990 25 NYM NL 94 -6 0 0 1 0 8 2 5 0.5 $1,866,667 1 CYA-4,MVP-14
1991 26 NYM NL 71 -3 -1 -1 0 0 6 2 3 0.2 $2,466,667 1
1992 27 NYM NL 77 -1 0 -1 0 0 7 2 7 0.7 $5,166,667 1 SS
1993 28 NYM NL 76 -5 1 1 0 0 8 2 7 0.7 $5,916,667 1
1994 29 NYM NL 16 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 $4,616,667 /1
1997 32 NYY AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $2,000,000 1
1998 33 CLE AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $2,787,500 1
1999 34 CLE AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 $2,637,500 1
2000 35 HOU NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $500,000 /1
2000 35 NYY AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 1
15 Seasons 849 -69 0 1 1 0 74 22 29 2.3 $35,085,002
NYM (11 yrs) 837 -67 0 1 1 0 74 22 31 2.5 $27,160,002
CLE (2 yrs) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $5,425,000
NYY (2 yrs) 6 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 $2,000,000
HOU (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $500,000

Postseason Batting

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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
1986 21 NYM NL NLCS HOU W 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 21 NYM NL WS BOS W 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1988 23 NYM NL NLCS LAD L 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 6 12 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 2 1 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 5 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 NYM NL 19 P 31 31 218.0 45 21 22 2 0 .956 1.78 1.39 .953 1.88 1.87 AS,CYA-2,MVP-15,RoY-1
1985 NYM NL 20 P 35 35 276.2 65 25 38 2 6 .969 2.05 1.80 .952 1.92 1.92 AS,CYA-1,MVP-4
1986 NYM NL 21 P 33 33 250.0 74 36 36 2 5 .973 2.59 2.18 .954 1.94 1.94 AS,CYA-7
1987 NYM NL 22 P 25 25 179.2 40 15 22 3 3 .925 1.85 1.48 .957 1.91 1.90 CYA-5
1988 NYM NL 23 P 34 34 248.1 88 27 56 5 3 .943 3.01 2.44 .956 1.96 1.96 AS
1989 NYM NL 24 P 19 17 118.1 27 8 16 3 0 .889 1.83 1.26 .952 1.87 1.87
1990 NYM NL 25 P 34 34 232.2 54 15 35 4 5 .926 1.93 1.47 .959 1.80 1.79 CYA-4,MVP-14
1991 NYM NL 26 P 27 27 190.0 45 15 28 2 3 .956 2.04 1.59 .956 1.86 1.85
1992 NYM NL 27 P 31 31 206.0 55 9 40 6 1 .891 2.14 1.58 .956 1.94 1.94 SS
1993 NYM NL 28 P 29 29 208.2 45 19 24 2 1 .956 1.85 1.48 .953 1.84 1.83
1994 NYM NL 29 P 7 7 41.1 13 1 11 1 1 .923 2.61 1.71 .962 1.85 1.86
1996 NYY AL 31 P 29 29 170.2 36 9 26 1 1 .972 1.85 1.21 .958 1.77 1.76
1997 NYY AL 32 P 20 19 106.1 27 9 18 0 1 1.000 2.29 1.35 .952 1.71 1.69
1998 CLE AL 33 P 23 23 134.0 24 6 18 0 1 1.000 1.61 1.04 .954 1.78 1.76
1999 CLE AL 34 P 26 22 115.0 21 5 16 0 1 1.000 1.64 0.81 .948 1.69 1.66
2000 TOT MLB 35 P 27 14 105.0 22 4 17 1 3 .955 1.80 0.78 .959 1.63 1.60
2000 TOT AL 35 P 26 13 101.0 21 4 16 1 3 .952 1.78 0.77 .957 1.62 1.60
2000 HOU NL 35 P 1 1 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.70
2000 TBD AL 35 P 8 8 36.2 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.49 0.25 .967 1.62 1.60
2000 NYY AL 35 P 18 5 64.1 18 4 14 0 3 1.000 2.52 1.00 .956 1.62 1.60
16 Seasons P 430 410 2800.2 681 224 423 34 35 .950 2.08 1.50 .955 1.86 1.83
16 Seasons TOT 430 410 2800.2 681 224 423 34 35 .950 2.08 1.50 .955 1.86 1.83
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
2006 BBWAA ( 3.3%)

All-Star Games
1984 *
1985
1986 (P)
1988 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1984 NL Rookie of the Year
1985 NL Cy Young
1985 NL Triple Crown
1985 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1984 NL (15, 8%)
1985 NL (4, 48%)
1990 NL (14, 3%)
0.59 Career Shares (379th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1984 NL (2, 38%)
1985 NL (1, 100%)
1986 NL (7, 1%)
1987 NL (5, 10%)
1990 NL (4, 7%)
1 Cy Young
1.56 Career Shares (22nd)

Silver Sluggers
1992 NL (P)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1984 NL  5.4 (10th)
1985 NL  12.5 (1st)
Career  49.9 (245th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1984 NL  5.4 (1st)
1985 NL  11.7 (1st)
1986 NL  4.4 (7th)
1987 NL  3.8 (8th)
Career  47.6 (83rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1984 NL  2.60 (2nd)
1985 NL  1.53 (1st)
1986 NL  2.84 (5th)
1987 NL  3.21 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1984 NL  17 (3rd)
1985 NL  24 (1st)
1986 NL  17 (5th)
1987 NL  15 (5th)
1988 NL  18 (5th)
1990 NL  19 (4th)
Career  194 (123rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1984 NL  .654 (4th)
1985 NL  .857 (2nd)
1986 NL  .739 (2nd)
1987 NL  .682 (2nd)
1988 NL  .667 (10th)
1990 NL  .731 (4th)
1991 NL  .650 (6th)
Career  .634 (46th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1984 NL  1.073 (1st)
1985 NL  .965 (2nd)
1986 NL  1.108 (4th)
1987 NL  1.197 (6th)
1993 NL  1.193 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL  6.647 (1st)
1985 NL  6.441 (2nd)
1986 NL  7.092 (5th)
1987 NL  8.115 (6th)
1996 AL  8.912 (7th)
Career  8.240 (198th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 NL  2.245 (8th)
1987 NL  2.655 (8th)
1988 NL  2.066 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL  11.395 (1st)
1985 NL  8.718 (2nd)
1986 NL  7.200 (7th)
1987 NL  7.414 (4th)
1988 NL  6.342 (10th)
1990 NL  8.626 (3rd)
1991 NL  7.105 (4th)
Career  7.369 (63rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1985 NL  276.7 (1st)
1986 NL  250.0 (5th)
1988 NL  248.3 (6th)
1990 NL  232.7 (4th)
Career  2800.7 (167th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1984 NL  276 (1st)
1985 NL  268 (1st)
1986 NL  200 (4th)
1987 NL  148 (9th)
1988 NL  175 (8th)
1990 NL  223 (2nd)
1991 NL  150 (9th)
Career  2293 (46th)

Games Started s c a p y
1985 NL  35 (8th)
1988 NL  34 (4th)
1990 NL  34 (4th)
Career  410 (106th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1984 NL  7 (9th)
1985 NL  16 (1st)
1986 NL  12 (2nd)
1987 NL  7 (6th)
1988 NL  10 (5th)
1993 NL  7 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 NL  3 (4th)
1985 NL  8 (2nd)
1986 NL  2 (5th)
1987 NL  3 (3rd)
1988 NL  3 (8th)
1993 NL  2 (3rd)
1996 AL  1 (6th)
Career  24 (187th)

Home Runs s c a p y
Career  210 (174th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1990 NL  70 (10th)
Career  954 (127th)

Hits s c a p y
1988 NL  242 (2nd)
1990 NL  229 (4th)
Career  2564 (210th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1984 NL  3.781 (2nd)
1985 NL  3.884 (3rd)
1986 NL  2.500 (8th)
1987 NL  2.793 (4th)
1988 NL  3.070 (6th)
1990 NL  3.186 (4th)
1991 NL  2.679 (9th)
Career  2.404 (110th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL  .289 (1st)
1985 NL  .423 (4th)
1987 NL  .551 (3rd)
1988 NL  .290 (3rd)
1990 NL  .387 (1st)
1991 NL  .568 (8th)
1992 NL  .481 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1992 NL  13 (8th)
1993 NL  15 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1988 NL  88 (9th)
1990 NL  99 (3rd)
1992 NL  84 (9th)
Career  1091 (176th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
Career  76 (204th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1990 NL  7 (4th)
1993 NL  9 (4th)
Career  78 (153rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1985 NL  1065 (5th)
1986 NL  1020 (6th)
1988 NL  1024 (5th)
1990 NL  983 (3rd)
Career  11705 (167th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1984 NL  137 (2nd)
1985 NL  229 (1st)
1986 NL  126 (7th)
1987 NL  119 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1984 NL  23 (3rd)
1985 NL  63 (1st)
1986 NL  20 (5th)
Career  129 (165th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1984 NL  2.6 (3rd)
1985 NL  7.6 (1st)
1986 NL  2.1 (5th)
Career  14.9 (136th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1984 NL  28.08 (3rd)
1985 NL  75.60 (1st)
1986 NL  22.99 (6th)
Career  172.17 (60th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1984 NL  4.3 (2nd)
1985 NL  9.9 (1st)
1986 NL  3.2 (5th)
Career  21.1 (56th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1984 NL  4.0 (1st)
1985 NL  6.9 (2nd)
1986 NL  2.6 (3rd)
1987 NL  2.0 (7th)
Career  17.4 (54th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1984 NL  3.1 (2nd)
1985 NL  9.5 (1st)
1986 NL  2.6 (6th)
Career  20.4 (54th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1984 NL  10 (10th)
1986 NL  13 (4th)
1990 NL  14 (2nd)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1984 NL  21 (2nd)
1985 NL  25 (1st)
1986 NL  36 (1st)
1988 NL  27 (4th)
Career  224 (67th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1988 NL  56 (2nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1988 NL  5 (4th)
1990 NL  4 (2nd)
1992 NL  6 (2nd)

Salary s c a p y
1989 NL  $2,416,667 (2nd)
1992 NL  $5,166,667 (2nd)
1993 NL  $5,916,667 (3rd)
1994 NL  $4,616,667 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1984 NL  born 1964-11-16 (1st)
1985 NL  born 1964-11-16 (2nd)
1986 NL  born 1964-11-16 (9th)

             

† 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 - 23 (77), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 139 (112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 88 (130), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 40 (71), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. David Cone (945)
  2. Tommy Bridges (909)
  3. Dazzy Vance (907) *
  4. Dave McNally (901)
  5. Orel Hershiser (900)
  6. Jimmy Key (899)
  7. Bob Welch (898)
  8. Kevin Brown (896)
  9. Dave Stieb (895)
  10. Lefty Gomez (892) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Gary Nolan (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Larry Corcoran (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kid Nichols (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Caruthers (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Smoky Joe Wood (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Charlie Buffinton (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Denny McLain (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Denny McLain (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Don Drysdale (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bob Feller (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dave McNally (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Roger Clemens (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Roger Clemens (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Roger Clemens (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Bob Welch (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Bob Welch (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Hugh McQuillan (983)
  2. Mort Cooper (983)
  3. Elden Auker (981)
  4. Milt Gaston (980)
  5. Thornton Lee (980)
  6. Woody Williams (980)
  7. Tony Cloninger (979)
  8. Rip Sewell (978)
  9. Bob Ewing (978)
  10. Jim Rooker (978)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Doc McJames (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Larry French (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Fernando Valenzuela (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Camilo Pascual (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Fernando Valenzuela (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Fernando Valenzuela (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pat Malone (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pat Malone (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Claude Passeau (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Claude Passeau (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1982.

October 24, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

February 20, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 1, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

November 4, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

January 6, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

April 13, 2000: Purchased by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from the Houston Astros.

May 25, 2000: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

June 11, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 10, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198419New York Mets$40,0001/4/85 TSN
198520New York Mets$450,0003/3/86 TSN1985 USA Today survey: $390,000
198621New York Mets$1,320,0002/24/86 TSN
198722New York Mets$1,500,0003/2/87 TSN and 1987 USA Today surveyScully, Business of Baseball, $1,400,000
198823New York Mets$1,400,000USA Today, 4/1/88Arbitration loss; $1,650,000 request
198924New York Mets$2,416,6672/27/89 TSN
199025New York Mets$1,866,667USA Today
199126New York Mets$2,466,6674/5/91 USA Today
199227New York Mets$5,166,66711/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $250,000 incentives
199328New York Mets$5,916,667USA Today
199429New York Mets$4,616,6674/5/94 USA Today
199631New York Yankees$950,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $100,000 earned bonus
199732New York Yankees$2,000,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199833Cleveland Indians$2,787,500*
199934Cleveland Indians$2,637,500*
200035Houston Astros$500,0004/5/00 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$36,035,002
Disputed Salaries
*1998 - $2,637,500 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 -
*1999 - $3,037,500 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $400,000 buyout
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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