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Jim Gott

James William Gott

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 3, 1959 in Hollywood, CA
High School: San Marino HS (San Marino, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1982
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates/BlueJays/Giants 1982-1995

Final Game: August 3, 1995
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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
1982 22 TOR AL 5 10 .333 4.43 30 23 4 1 1 0 136.0 134 76 67 15 66 0 82 3 0 8 600 102 1.471 8.9 1.0 4.4 5.4 1.24
1983 23 TOR AL 9 14 .391 4.74 34 30 2 6 1 0 176.2 195 103 93 15 68 5 121 5 0 2 776 91 1.489 9.9 0.8 3.5 6.2 1.78
1984 24 TOR AL 7 6 .538 4.02 35 12 11 1 1 2 109.2 93 54 49 7 49 3 73 3 0 1 464 103 1.295 7.6 0.6 4.0 6.0 1.49
1985 25 SFG NL 7 10 .412 3.88 26 26 0 2 0 0 148.1 144 73 64 10 51 3 78 1 2 3 629 89 1.315 8.7 0.6 3.1 4.7 1.53
1986 26 SFG NL 0 0 7.62 9 2 3 0 0 1 13.0 16 12 11 0 13 2 9 0 1 1 66 48 2.231 11.1 0.0 9.0 6.2 0.69
1987 27 TOT NL 1 2 .333 3.41 55 3 30 0 0 13 87.0 81 43 33 4 40 7 90 2 0 5 382 117 1.391 8.4 0.4 4.1 9.3 2.25
1987 27 SFG NL 1 0 1.000 4.50 30 3 8 0 0 0 56.0 53 32 28 4 32 5 63 2 0 3 253 87 1.518 8.5 0.6 5.1 10.1 1.97
1987 27 PIT NL 0 2 .000 1.45 25 0 22 0 0 13 31.0 28 11 5 0 8 2 27 0 0 2 129 285 1.161 8.1 0.0 2.3 7.8 3.38
1988 28 PIT NL 6 6 .500 3.49 67 0 59 0 0 34 77.1 68 30 30 9 22 5 76 2 6 1 314 98 1.164 7.9 1.0 2.6 8.8 3.45
1989 29 PIT NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00
1990 30 LAD NL 3 5 .375 2.90 50 0 24 0 0 3 62.0 59 27 20 5 34 7 44 0 0 4 270 128 1.500 8.6 0.7 4.9 6.4 1.29
1991 31 LAD NL 4 3 .571 2.96 55 0 26 0 0 2 76.0 63 28 25 5 32 7 73 1 3 6 322 121 1.250 7.5 0.6 3.8 8.6 2.28
1992 32 LAD NL 3 3 .500 2.45 68 0 28 0 0 6 88.0 72 27 24 4 41 13 75 1 3 9 369 142 1.284 7.4 0.4 4.2 7.7 1.83
1993 33 LAD NL 4 8 .333 2.32 62 0 45 0 0 25 77.2 71 23 20 6 17 5 67 1 0 5 313 165 1.133 8.2 0.7 2.0 7.8 3.94
1994 34 LAD NL 5 3 .625 5.94 37 0 17 0 0 2 36.1 46 24 24 3 20 4 29 3 0 4 172 67 1.817 11.4 0.7 5.0 7.2 1.45
1995 35 PIT NL 2 4 .333 6.03 25 0 12 0 0 3 31.1 38 26 21 2 12 2 19 1 0 3 147 72 1.596 10.9 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.58
14 Yrs 56 74 .431 3.87 554 96 261 10 3 91 1120.0 1081 546 481 85 466 63 837 23 15 52 4828 101 1.381 8.7 0.7 3.7 6.7 1.80
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .431 3.87 58 10 27 1 0 10 117 113 57 50 9 49 7 88 2 2 5 505 101 1.381 8.7 0.7 3.7 6.7 1.80
LAD (5 yrs) 19 22 .463 2.99 272 0 140 0 0 38 340.0 311 129 113 23 144 36 288 6 6 28 1446 123 1.338 8.2 0.6 3.8 7.6 2.00
PIT (4 yrs) 8 12 .400 3.59 118 0 93 0 0 50 140.1 135 67 56 11 43 9 123 3 6 6 594 105 1.268 8.7 0.7 2.8 7.9 2.86
SFG (3 yrs) 8 10 .444 4.27 65 31 11 2 0 1 217.1 213 117 103 14 96 10 150 3 3 7 948 84 1.422 8.8 0.6 4.0 6.2 1.56
TOR (3 yrs) 21 30 .412 4.45 99 65 17 8 3 2 422.1 422 233 209 37 183 8 276 11 0 11 1840 97 1.433 9.0 0.8 3.9 5.9 1.51
NL (11 yrs) 35 44 .443 3.51 455 31 244 2 0 89 697.2 659 313 272 48 283 55 561 12 15 41 2988 105 1.350 8.5 0.6 3.7 7.2 1.98
AL (3 yrs) 21 30 .412 4.45 99 65 17 8 3 2 422.1 422 233 209 37 183 8 276 11 0 11 1840 97 1.433 9.0 0.8 3.9 5.9 1.51

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
1982 22 TOR AL 136.0 30 23 76 5.03 4.64 0.14 0.10 109.9 5.07 1 0.1 .2 -0.1 1.2 15 .504 .501 $
1983 23 TOR AL 176.2 34 30 103 5.25 4.54 0.27 0.13 105.8 4.66 -12 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 0.2 7 .465 .493 $
1984 24 TOR AL 109.2 35 12 54 4.43 4.52 0.17 -0.01 104.3 4.53 2 0.2 1.7 -0.1 1.0 13 .505 .501 $
1985 25 SFG NL 148.1 26 26 73 4.43 4.11 -0.28 0.14 97.0 4.40 -1 -0.2 -0.1 1.0 14 .494 .499 $170,000
1986 26 SFG NL 13.0 9 2 12 8.31 4.10 0.45 -0.13 92.2 3.25 -7 -0.8 1.2 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .416 .495 $375,000
1987 27 SFG NL 56.0 30 3 32 5.14 4.47 0.08 -0.21 97.1 4.07 -7 -0.7 .6 0.0 -0.2 -1 .476 .495 $317,000
1987 27 PIT NL 31.0 25 0 11 3.19 4.58 0.40 -0.35 101.5 3.89 2 0.2 2.2 0.1 0.6 6 .509 .501 $
1988 28 PIT NL 77.1 67 0 30 3.49 3.86 0.15 -0.31 99.3 3.38 -1 -0.2 1.8 -0.2 0.3 6 .498 .499 $500,000
1989 29 PIT NL 0.2 1 0 0 0.00 3.83 0.16 -0.30 102.0 3.44 0 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.1 0 .530 .500 $600,000
1990 30 LAD NL 62.0 50 0 27 3.92 4.22 -0.12 -0.32 97.6 3.92 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.2 6 .498 .499 $300,000
1991 31 LAD NL 76.0 55 0 28 3.32 4.14 -0.15 -0.32 96.5 3.82 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.9 11 .508 .503 $1,725,000
1992 32 LAD NL 88.0 68 0 27 2.76 3.91 -0.54 -0.30 99.7 4.13 13 1.5 1.5 0.3 2.5 21 .522 .509 $2,125,000
1993 33 LAD NL 77.2 62 0 23 2.67 4.53 -0.55 -0.35 92.9 4.40 14 1.4 2.3 0.8 2.9 22 .523 .509 $1,800,000
1994 34 LAD NL 36.1 37 0 24 5.94 4.65 -0.64 -0.35 99.8 4.92 -4 -0.4 1.4 -0.2 -0.3 -2 .488 .497 $1,800,000
1995 35 PIT NL 31.1 25 0 26 7.47 4.62 -0.31 -0.35 99.7 4.57 -10 -1.0 1.2 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .459 .494 $900,000
14 Seasons 1120.0 554 96 546 4.39 4.35 -0.06 -0.10 101.0 4.35 -10 -0.7 1.5 0.1 8.8 103 .499 .500 $10,612,000
LAD (5 yrs) 340.0 272 0 129 3.41 4.24 -0.39 -0.33 97.0 4.17 25 2.8 1.5 0.7 6.2 58 .510 .503 $7,750,000
PIT (4 yrs) 140.1 118 0 67 4.30 4.19 0.10 -0.32 99.9 3.76 -9 -0.9 1.7 -0.2 0.1 5 .492 .499 $2,000,000
SFG (3 yrs) 217.1 65 31 117 4.85 4.20 -0.15 0.03 96.8 4.24 -16 -1.6 .7 -0.1 0.1 7 .475 .497 $862,000
TOR (3 yrs) 422.1 99 65 233 4.97 4.57 0.20 0.09 106.7 4.75 -9 -0.9 1.3 -0.3 2.4 34 .491 .498 $

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
1982 22 TOR AL 30 600 526 76 134 19 2 15 12 5 66 82 .255 .340 .384 .724 .276 202 14 3 3 2 0 9
1983 23 TOR AL 34 776 696 103 195 32 6 15 15 8 68 121 .280 .347 .408 .755 .320 284 16 5 4 3 5 9
1984 24 TOR AL 35 464 399 54 93 20 7 7 6 3 49 73 .233 .317 .371 .688 .265 148 6 3 7 6 3 4
1985 25 SFG NL 26 629 567 73 144 36 2 10 7 8 51 78 .254 .315 .377 .692 .277 214 10 1 6 4 3 11
1986 26 SFG NL 9 66 51 12 16 2 0 0 0 0 13 9 .314 .446 .353 .799 .372 18 2 0 1 1 2 0
1987 27 TOT NL 55 382 337 43 81 9 2 4 9 6 40 90 .240 .324 .315 .638 .316 106 3 2 2 1 7 7
1987 27 PIT NL 25 129 120 11 28 3 0 0 3 2 8 27 .233 .281 .258 .540 .301 31 1 0 1 0 2 4
1987 27 SFG NL 30 253 217 32 53 6 2 4 6 4 32 63 .244 .345 .346 .691 .325 75 2 2 1 1 5 3
1988 28 PIT NL 67 314 280 30 68 9 2 9 3 3 22 76 .243 .300 .386 .685 .298 108 4 2 7 3 5 1
1989 29 PIT NL 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 30 LAD NL 50 270 230 27 59 9 1 5 2 2 34 44 .257 .347 .370 .717 .292 85 5 0 2 4 7 5
1991 31 LAD NL 55 322 282 28 63 6 2 5 8 0 32 73 .223 .304 .312 .616 .283 88 6 1 6 1 7 8
1992 32 LAD NL 68 369 320 27 72 6 1 4 6 5 41 75 .225 .314 .288 .602 .281 92 6 1 6 1 13 3
1993 33 LAD NL 62 313 286 23 71 8 0 6 4 2 17 67 .248 .291 .339 .630 .302 97 8 1 7 2 5 3
1994 34 LAD NL 37 172 143 24 46 7 0 3 2 2 20 29 .322 .413 .434 .847 .384 62 4 3 5 1 4 1
1995 35 PIT NL 25 147 132 26 38 10 2 2 4 1 12 19 .288 .349 .439 .789 .321 58 0 1 1 1 2 3
14 Yrs 554 4828 4252 546 1081 173 27 85 78 45 466 837 .254 .329 .368 .697 .296 1563 84 23 57 30 63 64
162 Game Avg. 58 505 445 57 113 18 3 9 8 5 49 88 .254 .329 .368 .697 .296 164 9 2 6 3 7 7
MLB Averages .260 .326 .393 .719 .287

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1982 22 TOR AL 0.0 0.0 625 0.1 10.5 -10.4 .98 -0.6 0.7 -0.8 -0.1 0.98 -3.1 0 1 4
1983 23 TOR AL -7.6 -0.7 802 -0.9 13.3 -14.2 1.00 -0.6 -0.3 -2.5 -0.2 1.00 -5.8 1 1 1
1984 24 TOR AL 1.5 0.2 474 -0.8 7.5 -8.3 1.00 0.5 -1.2 2.3 0.2 1.00 3.7 12 2 7
1985 25 SFG NL -7.5 -0.8 651 -0.5 10.7 -11.2 1.02 0.2 -0.7 -3.1 -0.3 1.02 -1.7 0 0 0
1986 26 SFG NL -5.9 -0.6 69 -0.6 1.0 -1.6 1.35 -0.2 -0.2 -3.8 -0.4 1.35 -3.6 2 1 4
1987 27 TOT NL 2.5 0.3 403 0.0 7.4 -7.4 1.16 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.0 1.16 1.9 19 12 19
1987 27 SFG NL -4.3 -0.4 268 -1.3 2.6 -3.9 .71 -0.2 -1.7 -2.1 -0.2 0.71 -2.1 4 6 17
1987 27 PIT NL 6.8 0.7 135 1.3 4.8 -3.5 2.05 0.4 0.3 1.8 0.2 2.05 4.1 15 6 2
1988 28 PIT NL 0.9 0.1 328 -0.1 9.2 -9.2 1.73 0.1 -0.2 2.5 0.3 1.73 1.7 41 7 18
1989 29 PIT NL 0.4 0.0 4 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 2.46 -0.0 -0.0 -0.5 -0.1 2.46 -0.4 1 0 0
1990 30 LAD NL 3.5 0.4 279 0.4 5.0 -4.5 1.07 -0.2 0.6 2.2 0.2 1.07 -0.7 16 11 22
1991 31 LAD NL 5.5 0.6 342 -1.6 4.0 -5.6 .91 0.6 -2.3 4.0 0.4 0.91 5.2 14 8 32
1992 32 LAD NL 10.0 1.1 391 1.1 8.0 -6.9 1.25 1.0 -0.1 10.2 1.1 1.25 10.9 28 11 27
1993 33 LAD NL 13.7 1.4 326 3.3 12.5 -9.2 2.07 1.2 0.4 10.6 1.1 2.07 14.4 44 8 9
1994 34 LAD NL -7.1 -0.7 181 -0.9 3.3 -4.2 1.27 -0.3 -0.5 -2.8 -0.3 1.27 -5.1 14 8 13
1995 35 PIT NL -6.8 -0.7 156 -0.4 3.4 -3.7 1.53 -0.6 0.4 -6.0 -0.6 1.53 -4.8 9 2 12
14 Yrs 3.4 0.6 5031 -0.9 95.8 -96.8 1.18 1.3 -2.1 12.0 1.4 1.18 12.8 201 72 168

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
1982 22 TOR AL 30 23 5 10 8 2 3 9 14 .391 3 2 1 1 9 39% 46.8 81 24 29 15 14 5 3.2 3.3 5.3
1983 23 TOR AL 34 30 9 13 8 2 2 14 16 .467 5 2 6 1 13 43% 47.4 78 14 34 21 6 6 4.8 4.3 5.7
1984 24 TOR AL 35 12 5 5 2 1 0 6 6 .500 1 0 1 1 6 50% 51.4 91 24 31 7 1 7 4.5 5.2 6.4
1985 25 SFG NL 26 26 7 10 9 1 4 9 17 .346 3 0 2 0 14 54% 50.2 78 19 20 11 0 14 3.9 4.4 5.7
1986 26 SFG NL 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 26.0 32 20 8 5 1 1 6.3 6.0 2.7
1987 27 TOT NL 55 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .333 0 2 0 0 0 0% 48 38 14 5 2 1 7.0 3.6 4.9
1987 27 SFG NL 30 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .333 0 2 0 0 0 0% 41.7 48 38 14 5 2 1 7.0 3.6 4.9
6 Yrs 164 96 26 38 32 6 9 40 56 .417 12 7 10 3 42 44% 48 91 14 136 64 24 34 4.2 4.2 5.6
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 103 -14 4.4 4.4 6.2 95

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
1982 22 TOR AL 30 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 3 60% 8 .981 0 1 4 1 0 6 3 4 4 0 4 0 6.3
1983 23 TOR AL 34 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 0 0% 7 .995 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 4.0
1984 24 TOR AL 35 23 11 2 1 5 2 3 40% 6 1 22 6 27% 7 1.002 12 2 7 8 6 9 13 10 9 11 11 5 4.3
1986 26 SFG NL 9 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 4 0 0% 9 1.352 2 1 4 2 0 5 2 5 2 3 2 3 3.3
1987 27 TOT NL 55 52 30 1 2 17 13 4 76% 17 0 36 12 33% 1.160 19 12 19 21 5 26 19 33 26 9 27 10 4.2
1987 27 SFG NL 30 27 8 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 15 3 20% 6 .706 4 6 17 2 1 24 7 20 16 4 17 3 4.6
1987 27 PIT NL 25 25 22 0 2 16 13 3 81% 16 0 21 9 43% 8 2.050 15 6 2 19 4 2 12 13 10 5 10 7 3.7
1988 28 PIT NL 67 67 59 6 6 40 34 6 85% 40 0 35 8 23% 9 1.730 41 7 18 46 8 13 20 47 22 16 22 15 3.5 17
1989 29 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 2.465 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 17
1990 30 LAD NL 50 50 24 3 5 5 3 2 60% 11 6 22 6 27% 8 1.070 16 11 22 18 10 22 13 37 18 8 20 16 3.7 20
1991 31 LAD NL 55 55 26 4 3 5 2 3 40% 11 4 21 6 29% 8 .912 14 8 32 18 7 30 11 44 27 9 33 16 4.1 21
1992 32 LAD NL 68 68 28 3 3 7 6 1 86% 19 10 38 12 32% 8 1.248 28 11 27 23 12 33 24 44 32 18 35 15 3.9 20
1993 33 LAD NL 62 62 45 4 8 29 25 4 86% 36 7 35 12 34% 9 2.074 44 8 9 45 15 2 20 42 26 10 26 20 3.8 18
1994 34 LAD NL 37 37 17 5 3 7 2 5 29% 14 6 19 9 47% 7 1.267 14 8 13 19 6 12 11 26 9 13 10 13 2.9 16
1995 35 PIT NL 25 25 12 2 4 3 3 0 100% 6 3 6 0 0% 8 1.532 9 2 12 9 3 13 4 21 10 7 11 3 3.8 21
13 Yrs 528 458 261 30 36 120 91 29 76% 164 39 247 75 30% 1.202 201 72 168 211 73 174 142 316 187 105 203 116 3.8 19

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%
1982 22 TOR AL 600 54% 2.5% 13.7% 11.0% 6.0% 27% 1.31 72% 118 14 12%
1983 23 TOR AL 776 56% 1.9% 15.6% 8.8% 6.8% 27% 1.38 73% 143 16 11%
1984 24 TOR AL 464 53% 1.5% 15.7% 10.6% 7.3% 37% 1.02 70% 92 6 7%
1985 25 SFG NL 629 47% 1.6% 12.4% 8.1% 7.6% 33% 1.14 77% 108 10 9%
1986 26 SFG NL 66 47% 0.0% 13.6% 19.7% 3.0% 13% 1.73 65% 19 2 11%
1987 27 TOT NL 382 49% 1.1% 23.6% 10.5% 3.9% 19% 1.68 64% 82 3 4%
1987 27 SFG NL 253 51% 1.6% 24.9% 12.7% 4.7% 23% 1.68 60% 50 2 4%
1987 27 PIT NL 129 47% 0.0% 20.9% 6.2% 2.3% 11% 1.67 72% 32 1 3%
1988 28 PIT NL 314 53% 2.9% 24.2% 7.0% 6.4% 29% 0.87 0.94 63% 18% 12.5% 33% 55 4 7%
1989 29 PIT NL 4 100% 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0% 50% 0% 3 0 0%
1990 30 LAD NL 270 43% 1.9% 16.3% 12.6% 5.6% 25% 0.77 0.90 69% 22% 5.4% 14% 47 5 11%
1991 31 LAD NL 322 50% 1.6% 22.7% 9.9% 4.0% 21% 1.03 1.33 64% 18% 5.8% 15% 52 6 12%
1992 32 LAD NL 369 51% 1.1% 20.3% 11.1% 3.0% 15% 1.26 1.82 66% 20% 4.2% 11% 84 6 7%
1993 33 LAD NL 313 46% 1.9% 21.4% 5.4% 4.5% 20% 0.91 1.05 69% 17% 5.9% 11% 64 8 13%
1994 34 LAD NL 172 54% 1.7% 16.9% 11.6% 5.8% 22% 0.97 1.39 65% 21% 6.1% 16% 47 4 9%
1995 35 PIT NL 147 58% 1.4% 12.9% 8.2% 9.5% 37% 1.31 1.64 76% 16% 4.9% 16% 18 0 0%
14 Yrs 4828 51% 1.8% 17.3% 9.7% 5.9% 26% 1.00 1.26 70% 19% 6.3% 17% 932 84 9%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 14.8% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 0.81 1.07 73% 21% 6.7% 20% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 28 PIT NL 310 1103 3.56 723 66% 24% 19% 28% 29% 76% 5% 50% 75% 61% 3% 10 5 24% 74 47 4 20% 24 0 4 1 1
1989 29 PIT NL 4 17 4.25 10 59% 20% 20% 40% 20% 80% 0% 47% 75% 50% 0% 0 0 25% 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 30 LAD NL 198 741 3.74 436 59% 26% 15% 26% 32% 73% 6% 43% 79% 54% 7% 13 5 15% 29 17 3 26% 5 3 72 0 2
1991 31 LAD NL 323 1177 3.64 716 61% 27% 19% 24% 30% 73% 5% 44% 74% 53% 6% 20 11 20% 63 29 2 27% 14 3 -1 0 0
1992 32 LAD NL 371 1377 3.71 864 63% 21% 22% 28% 29% 79% 10% 50% 72% 59% 6% 24 8 26% 95 51 4 17% 13 4 -2 0 0
1993 33 LAD NL 306 1091 3.57 724 66% 23% 16% 30% 31% 77% 4% 51% 79% 61% 4% 13 7 24% 73 30 5 24% 11 2 7 0 0
1994 34 LAD NL 164 568 3.46 357 63% 22% 16% 31% 32% 78% 8% 49% 80% 62% 4% 7 2 21% 34 21 1 26% 13 1 8 0 0
1995 35 PIT NL 138 488 3.54 297 61% 26% 16% 21% 36% 74% 4% 45% 78% 62% 7% 9 4 24% 33 18 0 26% 6 3 9 0 0
8 Yrs 1814 6562 3.62 4127 63% 24% 18% 27% 31% 76% 6% 48% 76% 58% 5% 96 42 22% 402 213 19 23% 86 16 97 1 3
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 19% 27%

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
1982 22 TOR AL 600 134 15 0 14 9 6 7 8 42 21 6 50% 9 8 0 216 12 5 71% 11 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 0
1983 23 TOR AL 776 195 15 0 9 9 6 9 6 35 23 1 66% 9 2 1 292 15 8 65% 13 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1984 24 TOR AL 464 93 7 0 10 5 2 6 1 29 15 4 52% 4 1 0 168 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1985 25 SFG NL 629 144 10 0 7 6 4 4 6 33 22 3 67% 11 3 2 236 7 8 47% 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0
1986 26 SFG NL 66 16 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 11 4 1 36% 0 1 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1987 27 TOT NL 382 81 4 0 9 0 4 1 3 33 21 6 64% 7 5 2 162 9 6 60% 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1987 27 SFG NL 253 53 4 0 6 0 4 1 3 17 9 5 53% 3 3 2 100 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1987 27 PIT NL 129 28 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 16 12 1 75% 4 2 0 62 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1988 28 PIT NL 314 68 8 1 9 0 10 3 6 3 6 31 15 6 48% 1 1 0 104 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
1989 29 PIT NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 30 LAD NL 270 59 7 0 5 0 3 4 1 3 2 19 10 5 53% 5 4 0 108 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1991 31 LAD NL 322 63 26 4 5 0 8 3 2 2 3 9 3 0 33% 8 6 2 119 8 0 100% 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1992 32 LAD NL 369 72 28 1 4 0 12 1 3 1 3 25 12 4 48% 3 9 0 162 6 5 55% 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1993 33 LAD NL 313 71 7 0 6 0 9 1 5 5 1 20 9 6 45% 3 5 1 121 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1994 34 LAD NL 172 46 4 0 3 0 7 2 1 2 1 22 10 6 45% 1 4 0 73 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1995 35 PIT NL 147 38 5 0 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 7 2 0 29% 3 3 1 52 4 1 80% 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
14 Yrs 4828 1081 85 6 85 0 109 45 40 44 41 316 167 48 53% 64 52 10 1841 78 45 63% 71 40 7 4 0 1 2 0 135 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1982 22 5 10 .333 4.43 30 23 4 1 1 0 136.0 134 76 67 15 66 0 82 3 0 8 600 102 1.471 8.9 1.0 4.4 5.4 1.24 102
1983 23 14 24 .368 4.61 64 53 6 7 2 0 312.2 329 179 160 30 134 5 203 8 0 10 1376 96 1.481 9.5 0.9 3.9 5.8 1.51 96
1984 24 21 30 .412 4.45 99 65 17 8 3 2 422.1 422 233 209 37 183 8 276 11 0 11 1840 97 1.433 9.0 0.8 3.9 5.9 1.51 97
1985 25 28 40 .412 4.31 125 91 17 10 3 2 570.2 566 306 273 47 234 11 354 12 2 14 2469 95 1.402 8.9 0.7 3.7 5.6 1.51 95
1986 26 28 40 .412 4.38 134 93 20 10 3 3 583.2 582 318 284 47 247 13 363 12 3 15 2535 94 1.420 9.0 0.7 3.8 5.6 1.47 94
1987 27 29 42 .408 4.25 189 96 50 10 3 16 670.2 663 361 317 51 287 20 453 14 3 20 2917 96 1.417 8.9 0.7 3.9 6.1 1.58 96
1988 28 35 48 .422 4.18 256 96 109 10 3 50 748.0 731 391 347 60 309 25 529 16 9 21 3231 96 1.390 8.8 0.7 3.7 6.4 1.71 96
1989 29 35 48 .422 4.17 257 96 109 10 3 50 748.2 732 391 347 60 310 25 530 16 9 21 3235 96 1.392 8.8 0.7 3.7 6.4 1.71 96
1990 30 38 53 .418 4.07 307 96 133 10 3 53 810.2 791 418 367 65 344 32 574 16 9 25 3505 98 1.400 8.8 0.7 3.8 6.4 1.67 98
1991 31 42 56 .429 3.98 362 96 159 10 3 55 886.2 854 446 392 70 376 39 647 17 12 31 3827 99 1.387 8.7 0.7 3.8 6.6 1.72 99
1992 32 45 59 .433 3.84 430 96 187 10 3 61 974.2 926 473 416 74 417 52 722 18 15 40 4196 102 1.378 8.6 0.7 3.9 6.7 1.73 102
1993 33 49 67 .422 3.73 492 96 232 10 3 86 1052.1 997 496 436 80 434 57 789 19 15 45 4509 105 1.360 8.5 0.7 3.7 6.7 1.82 105
1994 34 54 70 .435 3.80 529 96 249 10 3 88 1088.2 1043 520 460 83 454 61 818 22 15 49 4681 103 1.375 8.6 0.7 3.8 6.8 1.80 103
1995 35 56 74 .431 3.87 554 96 261 10 3 91 1120.0 1081 546 481 85 466 63 837 23 15 52 4828 101 1.381 8.7 0.7 3.7 6.7 1.80 101

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
1982 22 6 8 .429 4.30 134.0 131 71 64 15 65 81 3 1.463 8.8 4.4 5.4 1.25 1.0 30
1983 23 7 11 .389 4.87 170.0 194 102 92 15 68 116 5 1.541 10.3 3.6 6.1 1.71 0.8 34
1984 24 5 6 .455 4.37 105.0 95 57 51 7 50 70 3 1.381 8.1 4.3 6.0 1.40 0.6 35
1985 25 6 9 .400 4.63 140.0 153 80 72 11 54 74 1 1.479 9.8 3.5 4.8 1.37 0.7 26
1986 26 0 1 .000 9.00 12.0 17 13 12 0 14 8 0 2.583 12.8 10.5 6.0 0.57 0.0 9
1987 27 5 4 .556 3.56 86.0 82 38 34 4 40 89 2 1.419 8.6 4.2 9.3 2.23 0.4 55
1988 28 3 4 .429 4.25 72.0 73 38 34 10 24 70 2 1.347 9.1 3.0 8.8 2.92 1.3 67
1989 29 0 0 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 0.0 1
1990 30 3 3 .500 3.47 57.0 62 24 22 5 36 41 0 1.719 9.8 5.7 6.5 1.14 0.8 50
1991 31 5 3 .625 3.45 73.0 67 31 28 5 34 70 1 1.384 8.3 4.2 8.6 2.06 0.6 55
1992 32 6 3 .667 3.07 82.0 77 31 28 4 44 70 1 1.476 8.5 4.8 7.7 1.59 0.4 68
1993 33 6 2 .750 2.55 74.0 72 23 21 6 17 64 1 1.203 8.8 2.1 7.8 3.76 0.7 62
1994 34 1 4 .200 6.56 48.0 66 39 35 4 29 38 4 1.979 12.4 5.4 7.1 1.31 0.8 37
1995 35 1 3 .250 5.35 37.0 41 24 22 2 13 22 1 1.459 10.0 3.2 5.4 1.69 0.5 25
14 Yrs 54 61 .470 4.25 1091.0 1131 571 515 88 489 814 24 1.485 9.3 6.7 1.66 0.7 554

* 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
1983 AL  6.164 (5th)
Career  6.726 (131st)

Games Played s c a p y
1988 NL  67 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1988 NL  34 (2nd)
1993 NL  25 (9th)
Career  91 (148th)

Losses s c a p y
1983 AL  14 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1982 AL  8 (10th)
1992 NL  9 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1988 NL  59 (2nd)
1993 NL  45 (10th)
Career  261 (158th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Tom Hume (971)
  2. Neil Allen (955)
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  4. Ryan Franklin (948)
  5. Jeff Russell (946)
  6. Don Aase (946)
  7. Orlando Pena (943)
  8. Turk Lown (937)
  9. Skip Lockwood (937)
  10. Tim Worrell (934)
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  1. Randy Tate (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Danny MacFayden (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jeff Russell (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Mays (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Champion (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Diego Segui (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jeff Russell (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tex Clevenger (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lerrin LaGrow (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jeff Robinson (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tom Hume (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tom Hume (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Tom Hume (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Greg Harris (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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