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Jason Grimsley

Jason Alan Grimsley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 7, 1967 in Cleveland, TX
High School: Tarkington HS (Cleveland, TX)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1989
Teams (by GP): Royals/Yankees/Orioles/Indians/Angels/... 1989-2006
Agents: Joe Bick [*]
Final Game: May 31, 2006
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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
1989 21 PHI NL 1 3 .250 5.89 4 4 0 0 0 0 18.1 19 13 12 2 19 1 7 0 0 2 91 61 2.073 9.3 1.0 9.3 3.4 0.37
1990 22 PHI NL 3 2 .600 3.30 11 11 0 0 0 0 57.1 47 21 21 1 43 0 41 2 1 6 255 116 1.570 7.4 0.2 6.8 6.4 0.95
1991 23 PHI NL 1 7 .125 4.87 12 12 0 0 0 0 61.0 54 34 33 4 41 3 42 3 0 14 272 75 1.557 8.0 0.6 6.0 6.2 1.02
1993 25 CLE AL 3 4 .429 5.31 10 6 1 0 0 0 42.1 52 26 25 3 20 1 27 1 0 2 194 82 1.701 11.1 0.6 4.3 5.7 1.35
1994 26 CLE AL 5 2 .714 4.57 14 13 0 1 0 0 82.2 91 47 42 7 34 1 59 6 1 6 368 102 1.512 9.9 0.8 3.7 6.4 1.74
1995 27 CLE AL 0 0 6.09 15 2 2 0 0 1 34.0 37 24 23 4 32 1 25 2 0 7 165 77 2.029 9.8 1.1 8.5 6.6 0.78
1996 28 CAL AL 5 7 .417 6.84 35 20 4 2 1 0 130.1 150 110 99 14 74 5 82 13 0 11 620 72 1.719 10.4 1.0 5.1 5.7 1.11
1999 31 NYY AL 7 2 .778 3.60 55 0 25 0 0 1 75.0 66 39 30 7 40 5 49 4 0 8 336 130 1.413 7.9 0.8 4.8 5.9 1.23
2000 32 NYY AL 3 2 .600 5.04 63 4 18 0 0 1 96.1 100 58 54 10 42 1 53 5 0 16 428 96 1.474 9.3 0.9 3.9 5.0 1.26
2001 33 KCR AL 1 5 .167 3.02 73 0 24 0 0 0 80.1 71 32 27 8 28 5 61 2 0 4 327 159 1.232 8.0 0.9 3.1 6.8 2.18
2002 34 KCR AL 4 7 .364 3.91 70 0 26 0 0 1 71.1 64 32 31 4 37 8 59 1 0 8 310 127 1.416 8.1 0.5 4.7 7.4 1.59
2003 35 KCR AL 2 6 .250 5.16 76 0 5 0 0 0 75.0 88 47 43 6 36 5 58 5 0 4 346 95 1.653 10.6 0.7 4.3 7.0 1.61
2004 36 TOT AL 5 7 .417 3.86 73 0 7 0 0 0 63.0 61 36 27 4 35 6 39 3 0 6 285 122 1.524 8.7 0.6 5.0 5.6 1.11
2004 36 KCR AL 3 3 .500 3.38 32 0 4 0 0 0 26.2 24 11 10 1 15 3 18 1 0 4 118 143 1.463 8.1 0.3 5.1 6.1 1.20
2004 36 BAL AL 2 4 .333 4.21 41 0 3 0 0 0 36.1 37 25 17 3 20 3 21 2 0 2 167 109 1.569 9.2 0.7 5.0 5.2 1.05
2005 37 BAL AL 1 2 .333 5.73 22 0 9 0 0 0 22.0 24 15 14 5 9 2 10 0 0 1 93 77 1.500 9.8 2.0 3.7 4.1 1.11
2006 38 ARI NL 1 2 .333 4.88 19 0 6 0 0 0 27.2 30 15 15 4 8 2 10 0 0 1 118 98 1.373 9.8 1.3 2.6 3.3 1.25
15 Yrs 42 58 .420 4.77 552 72 127 3 1 4 936.2 954 549 496 83 498 46 622 47 2 96 4208 97 1.550 9.2 0.8 4.8 6.0 1.25
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .420 4.77 60 8 14 0 0 0 102 104 60 54 9 54 5 68 5 0 10 459 97 1.550 9.2 0.8 4.8 6.0 1.25
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 (4 yrs) 10 21 .323 3.94 251 0 59 0 0 1 253.1 247 122 111 19 116 21 196 9 0 20 1101 124 1.433 8.8 0.7 4.1 7.0 1.69
PHI (3 yrs) 5 12 .294 4.35 27 27 0 0 0 0 136.2 120 68 66 7 103 4 90 5 1 22 618 86 1.632 7.9 0.5 6.8 5.9 0.87
CLE (3 yrs) 8 6 .571 5.09 39 21 3 1 0 1 159.0 180 97 90 14 86 3 111 9 1 15 727 90 1.673 10.2 0.8 4.9 6.3 1.29
NYY (2 yrs) 10 4 .714 4.41 118 4 43 0 0 2 171.1 166 97 84 17 82 6 102 9 0 24 764 108 1.447 8.7 0.9 4.3 5.4 1.24
BAL (2 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.78 63 0 12 0 0 0 58.1 61 40 31 8 29 5 31 2 0 3 260 94 1.543 9.4 1.2 4.5 4.8 1.07
ARI (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.88 19 0 6 0 0 0 27.2 30 15 15 4 8 2 10 0 0 1 118 98 1.373 9.8 1.3 2.6 3.3 1.25
CAL (1 yr) 5 7 .417 6.84 35 20 4 2 1 0 130.1 150 110 99 14 74 5 82 13 0 11 620 72 1.719 10.4 1.0 5.1 5.7 1.11
AL (11 yrs) 36 44 .450 4.84 506 45 121 3 1 4 772.1 804 466 415 72 387 40 522 42 1 73 3472 99 1.542 9.4 0.8 4.5 6.1 1.35
NL (4 yrs) 6 14 .300 4.44 46 27 6 0 0 0 164.1 150 83 81 11 111 6 100 5 1 23 736 88 1.588 8.2 0.6 6.1 5.5 0.90

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
1989 21 PHI NL 18.1 4 4 13 6.38 4.18 -0.54 0.15 96.0 4.68 -3 -0.4 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .408 .498 $
1990 22 PHI NL 57.1 11 11 21 3.30 4.26 0.15 0.15 97.3 4.14 4 0.5 -0.0 0.9 11 .544 .503 $105,000
1991 23 PHI NL 61.0 12 12 34 5.02 4.16 -0.10 0.15 99.1 4.37 -5 -0.5 -0.0 -0.1 1 .457 .497 $118,000
1993 25 CLE AL 42.1 10 6 26 5.53 4.57 0.02 0.09 101.6 4.72 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.0 1 .466 .498 $125,000
1994 26 CLE AL 82.2 14 13 47 5.12 5.21 -0.04 0.18 99.0 5.38 2 0.2 .4 -0.1 0.9 10 .515 .501 $
1995 27 CLE AL 34.0 15 2 24 6.35 5.06 -0.05 -0.28 100.6 4.86 -6 -0.5 .9 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .466 .497 $325,000
1996 28 CAL AL 130.1 35 20 110 7.60 5.47 -0.04 0.09 97.0 5.44 -33 -2.8 .5 0.0 -1.6 -13 .419 .483 $425,000
1999 31 NYY AL 75.0 55 0 39 4.68 5.31 -0.13 -0.39 97.0 4.90 2 0.2 1.0 -0.2 0.7 12 .504 .501 $350,000
2000 32 NYY AL 96.1 63 4 58 5.42 5.38 -0.14 -0.29 97.9 5.13 -4 -0.3 .6 -0.2 0.4 10 .495 .498 $750,000
2001 33 KCR AL 80.1 73 0 32 3.59 5.03 0.28 -0.38 107.2 4.69 9 0.9 1.5 0.1 1.7 20 .513 .506 $750,000
2002 34 KCR AL 71.1 70 0 32 4.04 4.93 -0.11 -0.37 112.2 5.24 9 0.9 1.2 -0.1 1.5 18 .513 .506 $1,900,000
2003 35 KCR AL 75.0 76 0 47 5.64 4.88 -0.30 -0.36 108.4 5.22 -3 -0.3 1.5 -0.3 0.1 6 .496 .498 $2,000,000
2004 36 KCR AL 26.2 32 0 11 3.71 5.19 -0.09 -0.39 102.3 5.00 4 0.3 1.3 -0.0 0.6 7 .511 .502 $1,000,000
2004 36 BAL AL 36.1 41 0 25 6.19 5.07 -0.19 -0.38 99.0 4.84 -6 -0.6 1.6 -0.2 -0.5 -1 .486 .497 $
2005 37 BAL AL 22.0 22 0 15 6.14 5.09 0.18 -0.38 100.2 4.53 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .482 .498 $2,000,000
2006 38 ARI NL 27.2 19 0 15 4.88 4.91 -0.01 -0.36 106.7 4.87 0 0.0 .8 -0.1 0.2 3 .500 .500 $825,000
15 Seasons 936.2 552 72 549 5.28 5.01 -0.06 -0.15 101.3 4.97 -37 -3.1 1.2 -1.1 4.2 80 .494 .499 $10,673,000
KCR (4 yrs) 253.1 251 0 122 4.33 4.97 -0.04 -0.37 108.4 5.04 19 1.9 1.4 -0.3 3.9 51 .507 .503 $5,650,000
PHI (3 yrs) 136.2 27 27 68 4.48 4.20 -0.05 0.15 97.9 4.31 -4 -0.4 -0.1 0.6 10 .485 .499 $223,000
CLE (3 yrs) 159.0 39 21 97 5.49 5.01 -0.03 0.06 100.1 5.09 -7 -0.6 .9 -0.1 0.7 10 .483 .499 $450,000
NYY (2 yrs) 171.1 118 4 97 5.10 5.35 -0.14 -0.33 97.5 5.03 -2 -0.1 .8 -0.3 1.1 22 .499 .500 $1,100,000
BAL (2 yrs) 58.1 63 0 40 6.17 5.08 -0.05 -0.38 99.4 4.72 -10 -1.0 1.3 -0.3 -0.7 -2 .485 .497 $2,000,000
ARI (1 yr) 27.2 19 0 15 4.88 4.91 -0.01 -0.36 106.7 4.87 0 0.0 .8 -0.1 0.2 3 .500 .500 $825,000
CAL (1 yr) 130.1 35 20 110 7.60 5.47 -0.04 0.09 97.0 5.44 -33 -2.8 .5 0.0 -1.6 -13 .419 .483 $425,000

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 31 NYY AL WS W ATL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.714 7.7 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.00
2000 32 NYY AL ALCS W SEA 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 8 5.000 18.0 0.0 27.0 9.0 0.33
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 18 2.700 10.8 0.0 13.5 2.7 0.20
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 8 5.000 18.0 0.0 27.0 9.0 0.33
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.714 7.7 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.00

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
1989 21 PHI NL 4 91 71 13 19 4 2 2 0 1 19 7 .268 .422 .465 .887 .274 33 2 0 1 0 1 2
1990 22 PHI NL 11 255 207 21 47 6 1 1 5 4 43 41 .227 .364 .280 .644 .277 58 4 2 2 1 0 0
1991 23 PHI NL 12 272 223 34 54 12 2 4 14 1 41 42 .242 .364 .368 .732 .279 82 5 3 3 2 3 2
1993 25 CLE AL 10 194 172 26 52 6 0 3 7 1 20 27 .302 .378 .390 .768 .345 67 7 1 1 0 1 3
1994 26 CLE AL 14 368 322 47 91 20 2 7 7 2 34 59 .283 .360 .422 .782 .326 136 8 6 4 2 1 3
1995 27 CLE AL 15 165 128 24 37 11 1 4 7 0 32 25 .289 .433 .484 .917 .327 62 8 2 1 2 1 2
1996 28 CAL AL 35 620 524 110 150 29 5 14 16 3 74 82 .286 .385 .441 .826 .314 231 15 13 4 5 5 12
1999 31 NYY AL 55 336 286 39 66 12 1 7 5 0 40 49 .231 .330 .353 .683 .253 101 5 4 3 3 5 7
2000 32 NYY AL 63 428 373 58 100 25 0 10 3 1 42 53 .268 .345 .416 .761 .285 155 10 5 2 6 1 5
2001 33 KCR AL 73 327 294 32 71 10 0 8 8 6 28 61 .241 .311 .357 .668 .279 105 15 2 2 1 5 8
2002 34 KCR AL 70 310 271 32 64 12 2 4 4 1 37 59 .236 .330 .339 .670 .288 92 7 1 1 0 8 4
2003 35 KCR AL 76 346 294 47 88 15 5 6 7 2 36 58 .299 .379 .446 .825 .349 131 7 5 6 5 5 4
2004 36 TOT AL 73 285 243 36 61 7 1 4 13 2 35 39 .251 .351 .337 .689 .284 82 6 3 3 1 6 5
2004 36 BAL AL 41 167 142 25 37 3 0 3 8 2 20 21 .261 .358 .345 .703 .286 49 2 2 2 1 3 3
2004 36 KCR AL 32 118 101 11 24 4 1 1 5 0 15 18 .238 .342 .327 .669 .280 33 4 1 1 0 3 2
2005 37 BAL AL 22 93 83 15 24 4 1 5 2 1 9 10 .289 .355 .542 .897 .275 45 6 0 0 1 2 1
2006 38 ARI NL 19 118 107 15 30 5 0 4 0 0 8 10 .280 .330 .439 .770 .280 47 5 0 3 0 2 1
15 Yrs 552 4208 3598 549 954 178 23 83 98 25 498 622 .265 .359 .397 .756 .298 1427 110 47 36 29 46 59
162 Game Avg. 60 459 392 60 104 19 3 9 11 3 54 68 .265 .359 .397 .756 .298 156 12 5 4 3 5 6
MLB Averages .265 .333 .415 .748 .295
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1989 21 PHI NL -4.4 -0.4 95 -0.4 1.8 -2.2 1.21 -0.7 0.4 -2.3 -0.2 1.21 -6.6 0 0 0
1990 22 PHI NL 4.4 0.5 266 0.6 4.6 -4.0 1.10 0.3 0.2 5.4 0.6 1.10 3.9 0 0 0
1991 23 PHI NL -6.9 -0.7 304 -0.8 4.2 -5.0 1.01 -1.0 0.2 -4.7 -0.5 1.01 -9.2 0 0 0
1993 25 CLE AL -3.6 -0.3 203 -0.1 3.9 -4.0 1.15 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.15 -1.1 1 1 2
1994 26 CLE AL 0.6 0.0 385 0.5 7.1 -6.6 1.05 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.1 1.05 4.0 0 0 1
1995 27 CLE AL -4.8 -0.4 178 -0.4 2.1 -2.5 .76 -0.8 0.3 -6.0 -0.6 0.76 -9.4 2 4 7
1996 28 CAL AL -29.7 -2.6 655 -1.3 9.2 -10.5 .87 -2.1 0.7 -34.8 -3.1 0.87 -25.0 0 4 10
1999 31 NYY AL 6.9 0.6 354 0.8 5.3 -4.5 .85 0.1 0.9 7.0 0.7 0.85 3.4 13 11 29
2000 32 NYY AL -2.0 -0.2 452 -0.2 4.5 -4.7 .63 -0.2 -0.2 -4.7 -0.4 0.63 -1.1 10 10 37
2001 33 KCR AL 14.1 1.4 344 0.0 8.5 -8.4 1.46 1.1 -1.1 12.6 1.2 1.46 13.1 36 14 21
2002 34 KCR AL 8.3 0.8 325 0.1 7.3 -7.2 1.38 0.6 -0.5 5.5 0.5 1.38 9.3 30 12 25
2003 35 KCR AL -2.0 -0.2 360 -0.8 7.9 -8.7 1.35 -0.7 0.1 -18.1 -1.6 1.35 -7.7 36 16 23
2004 36 TOT AL 2.8 0.3 311 -0.0 6.9 -7.0 1.52 0.1 -0.1 3.1 0.3 1.52 0.9 37 16 19
2004 36 KCR AL 4.1 0.4 130 0.1 3.0 -2.9 1.48 0.0 0.1 3.2 0.3 1.48 1.5 15 7 10
2004 36 BAL AL -1.3 -0.1 181 -0.1 4.0 -4.1 1.55 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.0 1.55 -0.6 22 9 9
2005 37 BAL AL -3.2 -0.3 96 -0.7 1.5 -2.2 .96 -0.4 -0.4 -4.6 -0.4 0.96 -2.9 6 3 12
2006 38 ARI NL 0.3 0.0 120 -0.6 0.9 -1.5 .60 0.0 -1.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.59 0.6 4 3 12
15 Yrs -19.1 -1.6 4448 -3.3 75.7 -79.0 1.06 -3.3 0.2 -42.5 -3.7 1.06 -27.8 175 94 198
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1989 21 PHI NL 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.8 49 34 5 5 0 2 2.5 3.3 4.6 83 1 3 0 0 92
1990 22 PHI NL 11 11 3 2 6 2 0 7 4 .636 1 3 0 0 4 36% 52.0 69 34 8 3 0 3 4.1 4.2 5.2 91 3 3 2 2 121
1991 23 PHI NL 12 12 1 7 4 0 2 2 10 .167 1 2 0 0 5 42% 47.7 71 27 10 5 1 4 2.9 2.4 5.1 87 5 2 5 0 117
1993 25 CLE AL 10 6 2 2 2 1 0 4 2 .667 1 0 0 0 3 50% 46.5 58 27 12 7 1 1 2.5 2.4 6.1 98 0 2 3 0 106
1994 26 CLE AL 14 13 5 2 6 1 0 8 5 .615 3 1 1 0 7 54% 47.7 78 24 15 4 2 3 6.4 6.3 6.3 113 0 3 2 4 137
1995 27 CLE AL 15 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31.0 49 13 6 2 0 1 5.9 1.8 2.8 89 0 1 0 0 89
1996 28 CAL AL 35 20 5 7 8 2 1 9 11 .450 1 2 2 1 6 30% 40.5 77 11 41 18 1 7 5.5 5.0 5.3 93 4 5 6 2 132
2000 32 NYY AL 63 4 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 .750 1 2 0 0 0 0% 45.0 57 25 23 9 4 0 7.4 4.8 4.3 68 4 0 0 0 77
8 Yrs 164 72 18 23 31 8 3 36 36 .500 8 11 3 1 25 35% 45 78 11 120 53 9 21 4.7 4.3 5.3 93 17 19 18 8 137
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 105 -21 4.7 4.7 6.0 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
1993 25 CLE AL 10 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 6 1.153 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 3 0 4.3 27
1994 26 CLE AL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.051 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 18
1995 27 CLE AL 15 13 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 15 5 33% 4 .761 2 4 7 3 0 10 8 5 11 1 12 1 6.5 37
1996 28 CAL AL 35 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 13 68% 6 .873 0 4 10 3 0 12 9 6 7 2 10 2 4.9 27
1999 31 NYY AL 55 55 25 7 2 4 1 3 25% 12 8 43 11 26% 8 .849 13 11 29 25 4 26 23 32 28 13 28 6 4.1 22
2000 32 NYY AL 63 59 18 2 2 4 1 3 25% 8 4 47 19 40% 7 .634 10 10 37 20 2 37 28 31 29 13 31 14 4.0 21
2001 33 KCR AL 73 73 24 1 5 7 0 7 0% 33 26 37 10 27% 8 1.461 36 14 21 44 9 20 24 49 18 14 19 21 3.3 17
2002 34 KCR AL 70 70 26 4 7 3 1 2 33% 16 13 35 14 40% 8 1.384 30 12 25 24 17 29 21 49 16 21 17 21 3.1 17
2003 35 KCR AL 76 76 5 2 6 7 0 7 0% 35 28 56 28 50% 7 1.354 36 16 23 49 10 17 35 41 20 30 21 20 3.0 18
2004 36 TOT AL 73 73 7 5 7 9 0 9 0% 29 16 58 19 33% 1.518 37 16 19 38 15 20 39 34 11 29 14 17 2.6 15
2004 36 KCR AL 32 32 4 3 3 3 0 3 0% 10 5 27 11 41% 7 1.476 15 7 10 12 8 12 20 12 5 15 5 5 2.5 14
2004 36 BAL AL 41 41 3 2 4 6 0 6 0% 19 11 31 8 26% 8 1.548 22 9 9 26 7 8 19 22 6 14 9 12 2.7 15
2005 37 BAL AL 22 22 9 1 2 3 0 3 0% 6 3 14 5 36% 8 .959 6 3 12 8 2 12 8 14 4 8 6 1 3.0 15
2006 38 ARI NL 19 19 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 5 29% 8 .596 4 3 12 4 3 12 9 10 8 5 8 3 4.4 21
12 Yrs 525 480 127 24 35 38 4 34 11% 142 100 342 129 38% 1.059 175 94 198 220 63 197 205 275 154 137 169 106 3.5 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%
1989 21 PHI NL 91 44% 2.2% 7.7% 20.9% 8.8% 42% 1.27 1.94 68% 15% 8.3% 8% 21 2 10%
1990 22 PHI NL 255 38% 0.4% 16.1% 16.9% 3.1% 17% 1.04 1.21 65% 20% 1.9% 37% 50 4 8%
1991 23 PHI NL 272 40% 1.5% 15.4% 15.1% 6.6% 33% 1.22 1.75 66% 17% 5.3% 9% 48 5 10%
1993 25 CLE AL 194 62% 1.6% 13.9% 10.3% 4.6% 17% 1.00 1.36 73% 21% 5.6% 23% 37 7 19%
1994 26 CLE AL 368 54% 1.9% 16.0% 9.2% 7.9% 32% 0.91 1.20 70% 20% 6.5% 22% 80 8 10%
1995 27 CLE AL 165 49% 2.4% 15.2% 19.4% 9.7% 43% 1.00 1.81 61% 23% 8.3% 8% 34 8 24%
1996 28 CAL AL 620 49% 2.3% 13.2% 11.9% 7.7% 32% 1.22 1.81 70% 21% 7.8% 11% 142 15 11%
1999 31 NYY AL 336 61% 2.1% 14.6% 11.9% 6.0% 30% 1.40 1.63 69% 14% 8.1% 13% 80 5 6%
2000 32 NYY AL 428 57% 2.3% 12.4% 9.8% 8.2% 35% 1.09 1.57 74% 23% 7.5% 11% 91 10 11%
2001 33 KCR AL 327 45% 2.5% 18.7% 8.6% 5.5% 25% 1.57 2.78 69% 21% 9.8% 5% 77 15 19%
2002 34 KCR AL 310 52% 1.3% 19.0% 11.9% 5.8% 28% 1.42 2.28 67% 22% 5.5% 14% 64 7 11%
2003 35 KCR AL 346 49% 1.7% 16.8% 10.4% 7.5% 30% 1.74 3.15 68% 16% 7.4% 6% 74 7 9%
2004 36 TOT AL 285 58% 1.4% 13.7% 12.3% 4.2% 20% 2.44 4.10 71% 13% 7.3% 7% 71 6 8%
2004 36 KCR AL 118 56% 0.9% 15.3% 12.7% 5.1% 25% 2.90 7.86 69% 13% 5.0% 5% 26 4 15%
2004 36 BAL AL 167 60% 1.8% 12.6% 12.0% 3.6% 16% 2.18 2.91 71% 12% 8.6% 8% 45 2 4%
2005 37 BAL AL 93 57% 5.4% 10.8% 9.7% 10.8% 42% 1.61 2.67 74% 18% 19.2% 7% 15 6 40%
2006 38 ARI NL 118 55% 3.4% 8.5% 6.8% 7.6% 30% 1.09 2.04 79% 18% 9.8% 13% 23 5 22%
15 Yrs 4208 51% 2.0% 14.8% 11.8% 6.8% 30% 1.28 1.90 69% 19% 7.4% 13% 907 110 12%
MLB Averages 44% 2.6% 16.2% 8.8% 7.6% 32% 0.80 1.08 71% 21% 7.6% 14% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1989 21 PHI NL 91 332 3.65 169 51% 24% 11% 26% 38% 76% 1% 39% 85% 46% 13% 12 4 7% 6 2 0 0% 1 7 0 0 0
1990 22 PHI NL 234 912 3.90 500 55% 26% 17% 26% 31% 74% 0% 40% 77% 51% 9% 21 9 18% 41 18 4 13% 7 12 21 0 2
1991 23 PHI NL 273 1045 3.83 562 54% 27% 17% 24% 33% 73% 1% 39% 77% 47% 10% 27 13 13% 35 13 4 14% 5 11 -1 0 0
1993 25 CLE AL 167 601 3.60 352 59% 24% 18% 23% 36% 76% 1% 45% 77% 51% 6% 10 6 15% 25 13 0 9% 6 3 27 0 0
1994 26 CLE AL 305 1122 3.68 688 61% 24% 19% 25% 33% 76% 1% 47% 76% 55% 6% 17 10 20% 60 29 3 35% 11 6 63 0 0
1995 27 CLE AL 163 593 3.64 316 53% 24% 18% 25% 34% 76% 1% 41% 77% 45% 13% 22 10 13% 22 11 0 12% 5 11 2 0 0
1996 28 CAL AL 564 2048 3.63 1176 57% 25% 14% 26% 35% 75% 1% 43% 81% 52% 6% 35 22 13% 75 38 4 24% 9 9 56 0 0
1999 31 NYY AL 336 1197 3.56 708 59% 23% 16% 27% 34% 77% 4% 46% 80% 52% 8% 27 10 18% 59 32 6 27% 11 12 0 0 0
2000 32 NYY AL 428 1483 3.46 878 59% 23% 13% 27% 37% 77% 1% 45% 84% 51% 6% 25 12 18% 75 41 2 25% 11 11 0 0 0
2001 33 KCR AL 330 1234 3.74 766 62% 22% 19% 29% 31% 78% 4% 48% 76% 56% 6% 21 11 21% 68 34 1 15% 8 5 -3 0 0
2002 34 KCR AL 311 1204 3.87 719 60% 24% 18% 29% 30% 76% 6% 46% 77% 50% 6% 19 6 21% 65 31 1 15% 11 5 -1 0 0
2003 35 KCR AL 347 1335 3.85 820 61% 25% 17% 27% 30% 75% 3% 46% 77% 56% 7% 23 15 21% 72 34 5 17% 11 4 -1 0 0
2004 36 TOT AL 286 1072 3.75 649 61% 26% 16% 26% 32% 74% 5% 45% 78% 55% 8% 23 7 23% 65 41 3 18% 9 10 -1 0 0
2004 36 KCR AL 118 445 3.77 266 60% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 5% 44% 79% 61% 9% 11 3 19% 23 12 0 22% 4 5 0 0 0
2004 36 BAL AL 168 627 3.73 383 61% 25% 16% 26% 32% 75% 5% 46% 78% 51% 7% 12 4 25% 42 29 3 14% 5 5 -1 0 0
2005 37 BAL AL 93 327 3.52 197 60% 24% 9% 29% 38% 76% 6% 46% 88% 49% 8% 7 2 4% 4 2 0 20% 0 3 0 0 0
2006 38 ARI NL 118 393 3.33 257 65% 19% 11% 31% 39% 81% 6% 53% 86% 58% 3% 3 1 14% 16 6 1 10% 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 4046 14898 3.68 8757 59% 24% 16% 27% 33% 76% 2% 45% 79% 52% 7% 292 138 17% 688 345 34 19% 105 109 162 0 2
MLB Averages 3.70 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 57% 5% 20% 27%
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*

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
1989 21 PHI NL 91 19 2 1 2 0 4 0 2 2 0 11 3 2 27% 2 2 1 36 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0
1990 22 PHI NL 255 47 5 0 1 0 11 1 0 0 1 7 4 2 57% 0 6 0 98 5 4 56% 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1991 23 PHI NL 272 54 26 0 4 0 5 2 2 2 2 14 13 0 93% 2 14 2 109 14 1 93% 14 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 19 0
1993 25 CLE AL 194 52 14 4 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 33% 3 2 0 80 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1994 26 CLE AL 368 91 16 2 7 1 6 4 3 4 3 20 9 4 45% 3 6 0 143 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1995 27 CLE AL 165 37 4 1 4 0 11 1 3 2 2 13 6 6 46% 2 7 0 74 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1996 28 CAL AL 620 150 13 1 14 0 19 9 5 7 7 52 36 5 69% 12 11 3 254 16 3 84% 16 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 22 0
1999 31 NYY AL 336 66 8 1 7 0 28 5 2 5 2 38 21 7 55% 7 8 5 120 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
2000 32 NYY AL 428 100 12 0 10 2 12 5 5 7 3 31 26 3 84% 5 16 1 181 3 1 75% 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 33 0
2001 33 KCR AL 327 71 10 3 8 0 9 4 4 2 6 16 9 3 56% 8 4 1 132 8 6 57% 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 11 0
2002 34 KCR AL 310 64 11 0 4 0 14 1 3 2 2 23 8 3 35% 4 8 1 121 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2003 35 KCR AL 346 88 14 3 6 1 19 4 2 3 3 26 16 2 62% 4 4 1 154 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2004 36 TOT AL 285 61 4 1 4 0 21 2 2 1 3 25 12 5 48% 5 6 2 121 13 2 87% 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2004 36 KCR AL 118 24 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 7 3 2 43% 2 4 2 54 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2004 36 BAL AL 167 37 4 1 3 0 14 1 2 1 2 18 9 3 50% 3 2 0 67 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2005 37 BAL AL 93 24 5 1 5 0 5 3 2 1 4 5 3 1 60% 1 1 0 28 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2006 38 ARI NL 118 30 0 0 4 0 3 4 0 4 0 10 6 0 60% 1 1 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 Yrs 4208 954 144 18 83 4 171 47 36 43 40 294 173 43 59% 59 96 17 1697 98 25 80% 90 22 8 1 0 2 8 3 188 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%
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

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+
1989 21 1 3 .250 5.89 4 4 0 0 0 0 18.1 19 13 12 2 19 1 7 0 0 2 91 61 2.073 9.3 1.0 9.3 3.4 0.37 61
1990 22 4 5 .444 3.93 15 15 0 0 0 0 75.2 66 34 33 3 62 1 48 2 1 8 346 96 1.692 7.9 0.4 7.4 5.7 0.77 96
1991 23 5 12 .294 4.35 27 27 0 0 0 0 136.2 120 68 66 7 103 4 90 5 1 22 618 86 1.632 7.9 0.5 6.8 5.9 0.87 86
1992 24 5 12 .294 4.35 27 27 0 0 0 0 136.2 120 68 66 7 103 4 90 5 1 22 618 86 1.632 7.9 0.5 6.8 5.9 0.87 86
1993 25 8 16 .333 4.58 37 33 1 0 0 0 179.0 172 94 91 10 123 5 117 6 1 24 812 85 1.648 8.6 0.5 6.2 5.9 0.95 85
1994 26 13 18 .419 4.57 51 46 1 1 0 0 261.2 263 141 133 17 157 6 176 12 2 30 1180 90 1.605 9.0 0.6 5.4 6.1 1.12 90
1995 27 13 18 .419 4.75 66 48 3 1 0 1 295.2 300 165 156 21 189 7 201 14 2 37 1345 88 1.654 9.1 0.6 5.8 6.1 1.06 88
1996 28 18 25 .419 5.39 101 68 7 3 1 1 426.0 450 275 255 35 263 12 283 27 2 48 1965 82 1.674 9.5 0.7 5.6 6.0 1.08 82
1997 29 18 25 .419 5.39 101 68 7 3 1 1 426.0 450 275 255 35 263 12 283 27 2 48 1965 82 1.674 9.5 0.7 5.6 6.0 1.08 82
1998 30 18 25 .419 5.39 101 68 7 3 1 1 426.0 450 275 255 35 263 12 283 27 2 48 1965 82 1.674 9.5 0.7 5.6 6.0 1.08 82
1999 31 25 27 .481 5.12 156 68 32 3 1 2 501.0 516 314 285 42 303 17 332 31 2 56 2301 87 1.635 9.3 0.8 5.4 6.0 1.10 87
2000 32 28 29 .491 5.11 219 72 50 3 1 3 597.1 616 372 339 52 345 18 385 36 2 72 2729 89 1.609 9.3 0.8 5.2 5.8 1.12 89
2001 33 29 34 .460 4.86 292 72 74 3 1 3 677.2 687 404 366 60 373 23 446 38 2 76 3056 94 1.564 9.1 0.8 5.0 5.9 1.20 94
2002 34 33 41 .446 4.77 362 72 100 3 1 4 749.0 751 436 397 64 410 31 505 39 2 84 3366 96 1.550 9.0 0.8 4.9 6.1 1.23 96
2003 35 35 47 .427 4.81 438 72 105 3 1 4 824.0 839 483 440 70 446 36 563 44 2 88 3712 96 1.559 9.2 0.8 4.9 6.1 1.26 96
2004 36 40 54 .426 4.74 511 72 112 3 1 4 887.0 900 519 467 74 481 42 602 47 2 94 3997 98 1.557 9.1 0.8 4.9 6.1 1.25 98
2005 37 41 56 .423 4.76 533 72 121 3 1 4 909.0 924 534 481 79 490 44 612 47 2 95 4090 97 1.556 9.1 0.8 4.9 6.1 1.25 97
2006 38 42 58 .420 4.77 552 72 127 3 1 4 936.2 954 549 496 83 498 46 622 47 2 96 4208 97 1.550 9.2 0.8 4.8 6.0 1.25 97

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
1989 21 0 1 .000 7.41 17.0 20 16 14 2 20 6 0 2.353 10.6 10.6 3.2 0.30 1.1 4
1990 22 3 2 .600 3.67 54.0 48 24 22 1 44 38 2 1.704 8.0 7.3 6.3 0.86 0.2 11
1991 23 2 4 .333 5.68 57.0 56 40 36 4 43 39 3 1.737 8.8 6.8 6.2 0.91 0.6 12
1993 25 1 3 .250 5.63 40.0 52 28 25 3 20 26 1 1.800 11.7 4.5 5.9 1.30 0.7 10
1994 26 6 6 .500 4.34 114.0 125 61 55 10 47 82 8 1.509 9.9 3.7 6.5 1.74 0.8 14
1995 27 1 3 .250 6.00 36.0 40 27 24 4 35 27 2 2.083 10.0 8.8 6.8 0.77 1.0 15
1996 28 4 10 .286 6.00 132.0 142 98 88 13 70 83 12 1.606 9.7 4.8 5.7 1.19 0.9 35
1999 31 5 3 .625 3.43 76.0 65 32 29 7 39 50 4 1.368 7.7 4.6 5.9 1.28 0.8 55
2000 32 4 6 .400 4.59 96.0 96 54 49 10 40 53 5 1.417 9.0 3.8 5.0 1.33 0.9 63
2001 33 5 3 .625 2.81 77.0 68 27 24 8 27 58 2 1.234 7.9 3.2 6.8 2.15 0.9 73
2002 34 4 3 .571 3.42 71.0 60 30 27 4 35 59 1 1.338 7.6 4.4 7.5 1.69 0.5 70
2003 35 3 5 .375 4.56 75.0 83 42 38 6 34 58 5 1.560 10.0 4.1 7.0 1.71 0.7 76
2004 36 3 3 .500 3.71 63.0 60 29 26 4 34 39 3 1.492 8.6 4.9 5.6 1.15 0.6 73
2005 37 1 1 .500 6.30 20.0 24 16 14 5 9 9 0 1.650 10.8 4.1 4.1 1.00 2.3 22
2006 38 1 2 .333 4.18 28.0 28 14 13 4 7 10 0 1.250 9.0 2.3 3.2 1.43 1.3 19
15 Yrs 43 55 .439 4.56 956.0 967 538 484 85 504 637 48 1.539 9.1 6.0 1.26 0.8 552

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
2001 AL  73 (3rd)
2002 AL  70 (8th)
2003 AL  76 (3rd)
2004 AL  73 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 AL  1 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1991 NL  14 (3rd)
1996 AL  11 (7th)
2000 AL  16 (2nd)
Career  96 (116th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1994 AL  6 (10th)
1996 AL  13 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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