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Tom Gordon

Thomas Gordon (Flash)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 18, 1967 in Sebring, FL
High School: Avon Park (Avon Park, FL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1988
Teams (by GP): Royals/RedSox/Yankees/Phillies/WhiteSox/... 1988-2009
Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council [*]
Final Game: May 3, 2009   vs. MIL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Father of Dee Gordon
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #279. Chris Short… #280. Sadie McMahon… #281. Tom Candiotti… #282. TOM GORDON… #283. Charlie Leibrandt… #284. Red Lucas… #285. Ice Box Chamberlain… 

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
1988 20 KCR AL 0 2 .000 5.17 5 2 0 0 0 0 15.2 16 9 9 1 7 0 18 0 0 0 67 80 1.468 9.2 0.6 4.0 10.3 2.57
1989 21 KCR AL 17 9 .654 3.64 49 16 16 1 1 1 163.0 122 67 66 10 86 4 153 1 0 12 677 107 1.276 6.7 0.6 4.7 8.4 1.78 RoY-2
1990 22 KCR AL 12 11 .522 3.73 32 32 0 6 1 0 195.1 192 99 81 17 99 1 175 3 0 11 858 103 1.490 8.8 0.8 4.6 8.1 1.77
1991 23 KCR AL 9 14 .391 3.87 45 14 11 1 0 1 158.0 129 76 68 16 87 6 167 4 0 5 684 107 1.367 7.3 0.9 5.0 9.5 1.92
1992 24 KCR AL 6 10 .375 4.59 40 11 13 0 0 0 117.2 116 67 60 9 55 4 98 4 2 5 516 89 1.453 8.9 0.7 4.2 7.5 1.78
1993 25 KCR AL 12 6 .667 3.58 48 14 18 2 0 1 155.2 125 65 62 11 77 5 143 1 0 17 651 128 1.298 7.2 0.6 4.5 8.3 1.86
1994 26 KCR AL 11 7 .611 4.35 24 24 0 0 0 0 155.1 136 79 75 15 87 3 126 3 1 12 675 115 1.436 7.9 0.9 5.0 7.3 1.45
1995 27 KCR AL 12 12 .500 4.43 31 31 0 2 0 0 189.0 204 110 93 12 89 4 119 4 0 9 843 108 1.550 9.7 0.6 4.2 5.7 1.34
1996 28 BOS AL 12 9 .571 5.59 34 34 0 4 1 0 215.2 249 143 134 28 105 5 171 4 1 6 998 90 1.641 10.4 1.2 4.4 7.1 1.63
1997 29 BOS AL 6 10 .375 3.74 42 25 16 2 1 11 182.2 155 85 76 10 78 1 159 3 0 5 774 125 1.276 7.6 0.5 3.8 7.8 2.04
1998 30 BOS AL 7 4 .636 2.72 73 0 69 0 0 46 79.1 55 24 24 2 25 1 78 0 0 9 317 173 1.008 6.2 0.2 2.8 8.8 3.12 AS,MVP-13
1999 31 BOS AL 0 2 .000 5.60 21 0 15 0 0 11 17.2 17 11 11 2 12 2 24 1 0 0 82 91 1.642 8.7 1.0 6.1 12.2 2.00
2001 33 CHC NL 1 2 .333 3.38 47 0 40 0 0 27 45.1 32 18 17 4 16 1 67 1 0 2 187 124 1.059 6.4 0.8 3.2 13.3 4.19
2002 34 TOT NL 1 3 .250 3.38 34 0 10 0 0 0 42.2 42 19 16 3 16 3 48 1 0 0 181 125 1.359 8.9 0.6 3.4 10.1 3.00
2002 34 CHC NL 1 1 .500 3.42 19 0 7 0 0 0 23.2 27 12 9 1 10 1 31 1 0 0 104 120 1.563 10.3 0.4 3.8 11.8 3.10
2002 34 HOU NL 0 2 .000 3.32 15 0 3 0 0 0 19.0 15 7 7 2 6 2 17 0 0 0 77 133 1.105 7.1 0.9 2.8 8.1 2.83
2003 35 CHW AL 7 6 .538 3.16 66 0 35 0 0 12 74.0 57 29 26 4 31 3 91 4 0 5 310 147 1.189 6.9 0.5 3.8 11.1 2.94
2004 36 NYY AL 9 4 .692 2.21 80 0 15 0 0 4 89.2 56 23 22 5 23 5 96 1 0 3 342 204 0.881 5.6 0.5 2.3 9.6 4.17 AS
2005 37 NYY AL 5 4 .556 2.57 79 0 17 0 0 2 80.2 59 25 23 8 29 4 69 0 1 1 324 166 1.091 6.6 0.9 3.2 7.7 2.38
2006 38 PHI NL 3 4 .429 3.34 59 0 53 0 0 34 59.1 53 23 22 9 22 4 68 1 0 3 253 141 1.264 8.0 1.4 3.3 10.3 3.09 AS
2007 39 PHI NL 3 2 .600 4.73 44 0 11 0 0 6 40.0 40 21 21 7 13 0 32 2 0 1 170 98 1.325 9.0 1.6 2.9 7.2 2.46
2008 40 PHI NL 5 4 .556 5.16 34 0 7 0 0 2 29.2 31 19 17 3 17 1 26 0 0 4 139 86 1.618 9.4 0.9 5.2 7.9 1.53
2009 41 ARI NL 0 1 .000 21.60 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 3 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 10 25 3.600 16.2 0.0 16.2 0.0 0.00
21 Seasons 138 126 .523 3.96 890 203 347 18 4 158 2108.0 1889 1016 927 176 977 57 1928 38 5 112 9058 113 1.360 8.1 0.8 4.2 8.2 1.97
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .523 3.96 55 13 22 1 0 10 131 118 63 58 11 61 4 120 2 0 7 564 113 1.360 8.1 0.8 4.2 8.2 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
KCR (8 yrs) 79 71 .527 4.02 274 144 58 12 2 3 1149.2 1040 572 514 91 587 27 999 20 3 71 4971 108 1.415 8.1 0.7 4.6 7.8 1.70
BOS (4 yrs) 25 25 .500 4.45 170 59 100 6 2 68 495.1 476 263 245 42 220 9 432 8 1 20 2171 109 1.405 8.6 0.8 4.0 7.8 1.96
PHI (3 yrs) 11 10 .524 4.19 137 0 71 0 0 42 129.0 124 63 60 19 52 5 126 3 0 8 562 110 1.364 8.7 1.3 3.6 8.8 2.42
CHC (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.39 66 0 47 0 0 27 69.0 59 30 26 5 26 2 98 2 0 2 291 122 1.232 7.7 0.7 3.4 12.8 3.77
NYY (2 yrs) 14 8 .636 2.38 159 0 32 0 0 6 170.1 115 48 45 13 52 9 165 1 1 4 666 185 0.980 6.1 0.7 2.7 8.7 3.17
ARI (1 yr) 0 1 .000 21.60 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 3 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 10 25 3.600 16.2 0.0 16.2 0.0 0.00
HOU (1 yr) 0 2 .000 3.32 15 0 3 0 0 0 19.0 15 7 7 2 6 2 17 0 0 0 77 133 1.105 7.1 0.9 2.8 8.1 2.83
CHW (1 yr) 7 6 .538 3.16 66 0 35 0 0 12 74.0 57 29 26 4 31 3 91 4 0 5 310 147 1.189 6.9 0.5 3.8 11.1 2.94
AL (15 yrs) AL 125 110 .532 3.95 669 203 225 18 4 89 1889.1 1688 912 830 150 890 48 1687 33 5 100 8118 114 1.365 8.0 0.7 4.2 8.0 1.90
NL (6 yrs) NL 13 16 .448 3.99 221 0 122 0 0 69 218.2 201 104 97 26 87 9 241 5 0 12 940 112 1.317 8.3 1.1 3.6 9.9 2.77

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
1988 20 KCR AL 15.2 2 9 10 0 .8 1 0.0 $
1989 21 KCR AL 163.0 16 67 98 -4 1.3 31 3.4 $68,000 RoY-2
1990 22 KCR AL 195.1 32 99 118 -7 1.0 19 2.1 $185,000
1991 23 KCR AL 158.0 14 76 101 -3 1.1 25 2.3 $325,000
1992 24 KCR AL 117.2 11 67 73 -1 1.0 6 0.3 $815,000
1993 25 KCR AL 155.2 14 65 104 3 .9 39 3.2 $890,000
1994 26 KCR AL 155.1 24 79 112 -1 1.0 33 3.1 $2,635,000
1995 27 KCR AL 189.0 31 110 125 6 1.0 15 1.4 $3,300,000
1996 28 BOS AL 215.2 34 143 168 -11 1.0 25 2.3 $3,050,000
1997 29 BOS AL 182.2 25 85 120 2 1.1 35 3.4 $2,900,000
1998 30 BOS AL 79.1 0 24 50 3 2.0 26 2.8 $3,300,000 AS,MVP-13
1999 31 BOS AL 17.2 0 11 13 0 1.9 2 0.0 $3,750,000
2001 33 CHC NL 45.1 0 18 27 0 1.6 9 0.8 $2,000,000
2002 34 CHC NL 23.2 0 12 15 -1 .9 3 0.1 $2,800,000
2002 34 HOU NL 19.0 0 7 12 -1 1.4 5 0.4 $
2003 35 CHW AL 74.0 0 29 47 1 1.6 18 1.6 $1,400,000
2004 36 NYY AL 89.2 0 23 61 -3 1.6 38 4.0 $3,500,000 AS
2005 37 NYY AL 80.2 0 25 53 -3 1.3 28 2.5 $3,750,000
2006 38 PHI NL 59.1 0 23 39 -1 2.1 16 1.7 $4,500,000 AS
2007 39 PHI NL 40.0 0 21 25 0 1.7 4 0.1 $7,000,000
2008 40 PHI NL 29.2 0 19 17 1 1.9 -2 -0.6 $5,500,000
2009 41 ARI NL 1.2 0 4 1 0 2.1 -3 -0.5 $500,000
21 Seasons 2108.0 203 1016 1389 -20 1.2 373 34.4 $52,168,000
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
KCR (8 yrs) 1149.2 144 572 741 -7 1.0 169 15.8 $8,218,000
BOS (4 yrs) 495.1 59 263 351 -6 1.2 88 8.5 $13,000,000
PHI (3 yrs) 129.0 0 63 81 0 1.9 18 1.2 $17,000,000
CHC (2 yrs) 69.0 0 30 42 -1 1.4 12 0.9 $4,800,000
NYY (2 yrs) 170.1 0 48 114 -6 1.5 66 6.5 $7,250,000
ARI (1 yr) 1.2 0 4 1 0 2.1 -3 -0.5 $500,000
HOU (1 yr) 19.0 0 7 12 -1 1.4 5 0.4 $
CHW (1 yr) 74.0 0 29 47 1 1.6 18 1.6 $1,400,000

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
1998 30 BOS AL ALDS L CLE 0 1 .000 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 16 2.667 12.0 0.0 12.0 3.0 0.25
1999 31 BOS AL ALDS W CLE 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 9 1.000 4.5 4.5 4.5 13.5 3.00
1999 31 BOS AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 13.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 2.000 13.5 9.0 4.5 13.5 3.00
2004 36 NYY AL ALDS W MIN 0 0 4.91 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 0.545 4.9 0.0 0.0 7.4
2004 36 NYY AL ALCS L BOS 0 0 8.10 6 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 10 6 6 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 31 1.800 13.5 2.7 2.7 4.1 1.50
2005 37 NYY AL ALDS L LAA 0 0 3.86 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11 0.857 7.7 0.0 0.0 7.7
2007 39 PHI NL NLDS L COL 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 18.0 4.00
5 Seasons (7 Series) 0 1 .000 7.06 21 0 6 0 0 0 21.2 24 18 17 6 9 1 19 2 0 3 100 1.523 10.0 2.5 3.7 7.9 2.11
1 NLDS 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 18.0 4.00
4 ALDS 0 1 .000 5.73 10 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 9 8 7 1 5 0 9 2 0 2 50 1.273 7.4 0.8 4.1 7.4 1.80
2 ALCS 0 0 9.35 9 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 13 9 9 4 3 0 6 0 0 1 41 1.846 13.5 4.2 3.1 6.2 2.00

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
1988 20 KCR AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1989 21 KCR AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-2
1990 22 KCR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 23 KCR AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 24 KCR AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 25 KCR AL 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 26 KCR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 27 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 28 BOS AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 29 BOS AL 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 30 BOS AL 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,MVP-13
1999 31 BOS AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 33 CHC NL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 34 TOT NL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 34 CHC NL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 34 HOU NL 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 35 CHW AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 36 NYY AL 80 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2005 37 NYY AL 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 38 PHI NL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2007 39 PHI NL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 40 PHI NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 41 ARI NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
21 Seasons 893 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
KCR (8 yrs) 277 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (4 yrs) 170 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (3 yrs) 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 159 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARI (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (15 yrs) 672 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 221 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
2002 34 HOU NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2004 36 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $3,500,000 1 AS
2 Seasons 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $3,500,000
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $3,500,000
HOU (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

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 31 BOS AL ALDS CLE W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 39 PHI NL NLDS COL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 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
1988 KCR AL 20 P 5 15.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.30 0.80 .960 1.78 1.76
1989 KCR AL 21 P 49 163.0 41 15 26 0 7 1.000 2.26 0.84 .960 1.87 1.85 RoY-2
1990 KCR AL 22 P 32 195.1 42 17 24 1 1 .976 1.89 1.28 .953 1.78 1.76
1991 KCR AL 23 P 45 158.0 31 12 17 2 1 .935 1.65 0.64 .956 1.80 1.80
1992 KCR AL 24 P 40 117.2 26 11 14 1 1 .962 1.91 0.63 .953 1.72 1.71
1993 KCR AL 25 P 48 155.2 41 18 21 2 0 .951 2.25 0.81 .953 1.79 1.78
1994 KCR AL 26 P 24 155.1 39 12 25 2 3 .949 2.14 1.54 .956 1.72 1.71
1995 KCR AL 27 P 31 189.0 53 25 26 2 3 .962 2.43 1.65 .960 1.79 1.77
1996 BOS AL 28 P 34 215.2 47 14 30 3 3 .936 1.84 1.29 .960 1.77 1.76
1997 BOS AL 29 P 42 182.2 40 18 20 2 1 .950 1.87 0.90 .955 1.71 1.69
1998 BOS AL 30 P 73 79.1 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.91 0.11 .958 1.78 1.76 AS,MVP-13
1999 BOS AL 31 P 21 17.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.51 0.05 .950 1.68 1.66
2001 CHC NL 33 P 47 45.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.40 0.04 .960 1.75 1.73
2002 TOT NL 34 P 34 0 0 42.2 8 1 6 1 1 .875 1.48 0.21 .964 1.84 1.81 3 2 40% 1
2002 CHC NL 34 P 19 0 0 23.2 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.90 0.26 .964 1.83 1.81 2 1 33% 1
2002 HOU NL 34 P 15 0 0 19.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.95 0.13 .963 1.85 1.81 1 1 50% 0
2003 CHW AL 35 P 66 74.0 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 2 5 1.95 0.24 .957 1.73 1.71
2004 NYY AL 36 P 80 89.2 20 6 13 1 1 .950 2 4 1.91 0.24 .948 1.66 1.65 AS
2005 NYY AL 37 P 79 80.2 21 7 13 1 0 .952 2 5 2.23 0.25 .954 1.70 1.68
2006 PHI NL 38 P 59 59.1 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.97 0.22 .958 1.71 1.71 AS
2007 PHI NL 39 P 44 40.0 13 6 7 0 0 1.000 1 5 2.92 0.30 .965 1.69 1.67
2008 PHI NL 40 P 34 29.2 6 1 3 2 0 .667 0 0 1.21 0.12 .958 1.73 1.72
2009 ARI NL 41 P 3 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0.33 .960 1.62 1.70
21 Seasons P 890 0 0 2108.0 473 185 268 20 23 .958 7 3 1.93 0.51 .957 1.76 1.73 3 2 40% 1
21 Seasons TOT 890 0 0 2108.0 473 185 268 20 23 .958 7 22 1.93 0.51 .957 1.76 1.73 3 2 40% 1
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

All-Star Games
1998 *
2004 *
2006 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1998 AL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1998 AL (13, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
Career  34.4 (179th)

Wins s c a p y
1989 AL  17 (6th)
1994 AL  11 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1989 AL  .654 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1989 AL  6.736 (2nd)
1994 AL  7.880 (6th)
1997 AL  7.637 (5th)
Career  8.065 (134th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1989 AL  8.448 (2nd)
1990 AL  8.063 (4th)
1996 AL  7.136 (7th)
1997 AL  7.834 (6th)
Career  8.232 (27th)

Games Played s c a p y
1998 AL  73 (8th)
2004 AL  80 (2nd)
2005 AL  79 (3rd)
Career  890 (26th)

Saves s c a p y
1998 AL  46 (1st)
2001 NL  27 (9th)
2006 NL  34 (4th)
Career  158 (66th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1989 AL  153 (10th)
1990 AL  175 (9th)
1991 AL  167 (8th)
1994 AL  126 (9th)
1996 AL  171 (8th)
1997 AL  159 (10th)
Career  1,928 (79th)

Games Started s c a p y
1995 AL  31 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1990 AL  6 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 AL  1 (6th)
1997 AL  1 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1989 AL  86 (7th)
1990 AL  99 (6th)
1994 AL  87 (3rd)
1995 AL  89 (7th)
1996 AL  105 (3rd)
Career  977 (120th)

Hits s c a p y
1996 AL  249 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1989 AL  0.552 (9th)
1995 AL  0.571 (3rd)
1997 AL  0.493 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1991 AL  14 (4th)
1995 AL  12 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1996 AL  134 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1989 AL  12 (6th)
1990 AL  11 (7th)
1993 AL  17 (2nd)
1994 AL  12 (3rd)
Career  112 (76th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1996 AL  998 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1998 AL  69 (1st)
2006 NL  53 (6th)
Career  347 (78th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1997 AL  125 (9th)
Career  113 (249th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2004 AL  24 (6th)
Career  122 (179th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  2.3 (7th)
Career  11.9 (198th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2004 AL  32.34 (4th)
Career  151.99 (80th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1998 AL  5.8 (1st)
2004 AL  4.5 (5th)
Career  21.5 (53rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1998 AL  2.5 (8th)
2004 AL  2.7 (5th)
Career  14.9 (71st)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2004 AL  3.2 (4th)
Career  14.8 (96th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2004 AL  80 (2nd)
2005 AL  79 (3rd)
Career  890 (26th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1995 AL  25 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1996 AL  3 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
Career  1.93 (61st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1989 AL  1.000 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
2009 NL  born 1967-11-18 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1988 AL  born 1967-11-18 (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 - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 58 (434), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 47 (290), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (500), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Lindy McDaniel (884)
  2. Ron Reed (854)
  3. Johnny Klippstein (848)
  4. Gary Bell (847)
  5. Ron Kline (841)
  6. Jeff Fassero (838)
  7. Hoyt Wilhelm (832) *
  8. Gerry Staley (817)
  9. Don Robinson (816)
  10. Diego Segui (814)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. George Uhle (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gary Bell (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Witt (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Erv Palica (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lindy McDaniel (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lindy McDaniel (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mark Langston (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tony Cloninger (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mark Langston (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gary Bell (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Kelvim Escobar (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Kelvim Escobar (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Don Robinson (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Don Robinson (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Ron Kline (888)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Charlie Hough (888)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Charlie Hough (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Lindy McDaniel (879)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Ron Reed (851)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Ron Reed (854)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198921Kansas City Royals$68,0001989 USA Today survey
199022Kansas City Royals$185,000USA Today
199123Kansas City Royals$325,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199224Kansas City Royals$815,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199325Kansas City Royals$890,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199426Kansas City Royals$2,635,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Arbitration win; $1,400,000 offer
199527Kansas City Royals$3,300,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199628Boston Red Sox$3,050,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $150,000 earned bonus
199729Boston Red Sox$2,900,0001997 AP survey
199830Boston Red Sox$3,300,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $200,000 earned bonus
199931Boston Red Sox$3,750,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200032Boston Red Sox$3,750,000*
200133Chicago Cubs$2,000,0004/6/01 USA Today
200234Chicago Cubs$2,800,0004/3/02 AP
200335Chicago White Sox$1,400,0004/3/03 AP
200436New York Yankees$3,500,0004/7/04 AP
200537New York Yankees$3,750,000
200638Philadelphia Phillies$4,500,000
200739Philadelphia Phillies$7,000,000
200840Philadelphia Phillies$5,500,000
200941Arizona Diamondbacks$500,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$55,918,000
Disputed Salaries
*2000 - $4,250,000 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $500,000 buyout
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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