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Buddy Groom

Wedsel Gary Groom

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 10, 1965 in Dallas, TX
High School: Red Oak HS (Dallas, TX)
School: University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 12th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1992
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Athletics/Tigers/Yankees/Diamondbacks/... 1992-2005

Final Game: September 24, 2005
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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
1992 26 DET AL 0 5 .000 5.82 12 7 3 0 0 1 38.2 48 28 25 4 22 4 15 0 1 0 177 69 1.810 11.2 0.9 5.1 3.5 0.68
1993 27 DET AL 0 2 .000 6.14 19 3 8 0 0 0 36.2 48 25 25 4 13 5 15 2 1 2 170 71 1.664 11.8 1.0 3.2 3.7 1.15
1994 28 DET AL 0 1 .000 3.94 40 0 10 0 0 1 32.0 31 14 14 4 13 2 27 2 0 0 139 125 1.375 8.7 1.1 3.7 7.6 2.08
1995 29 TOT MLB 2 5 .286 7.44 37 4 11 0 0 1 55.2 81 47 46 8 32 4 35 2 0 3 274 63 2.030 13.1 1.3 5.2 5.7 1.09
1995 29 DET AL 1 3 .250 7.52 23 4 6 0 0 1 40.2 55 35 34 6 26 4 23 2 0 3 203 64 1.992 12.2 1.3 5.8 5.1 0.88
1995 29 FLA NL 1 2 .333 7.20 14 0 5 0 0 0 15.0 26 12 12 2 6 0 12 0 0 0 71 60 2.133 15.6 1.2 3.6 7.2 2.00
1996 30 OAK AL 5 0 1.000 3.84 72 1 16 0 0 2 77.1 85 37 33 8 34 3 57 3 0 5 341 133 1.539 9.9 0.9 4.0 6.6 1.68
1997 31 OAK AL 2 2 .500 5.15 78 0 7 0 0 3 64.2 75 38 37 9 24 1 45 0 0 3 285 87 1.531 10.4 1.3 3.3 6.3 1.88
1998 32 OAK AL 3 1 .750 4.24 75 0 13 0 0 0 57.1 62 30 27 4 20 1 36 1 0 1 251 107 1.430 9.7 0.6 3.1 5.7 1.80
1999 33 OAK AL 3 2 .600 5.09 76 0 6 0 0 0 46.0 48 29 26 1 18 5 32 1 1 2 196 91 1.435 9.4 0.2 3.5 6.3 1.78
2000 34 BAL AL 6 3 .667 4.85 70 0 14 0 0 4 59.1 63 37 32 5 21 2 44 0 0 1 260 98 1.416 9.6 0.8 3.2 6.7 2.10
2001 35 BAL AL 1 4 .200 3.55 70 0 35 0 0 11 66.0 64 28 26 4 9 0 54 1 0 2 265 122 1.106 8.7 0.5 1.2 7.4 6.00
2002 36 BAL AL 3 2 .600 1.60 70 0 17 0 0 2 62.0 44 11 11 4 12 3 48 2 0 0 239 270 0.903 6.4 0.6 1.7 7.0 4.00
2003 37 BAL AL 1 3 .250 5.36 60 0 20 0 0 1 45.1 58 27 27 7 14 2 34 3 0 1 207 84 1.588 11.5 1.4 2.8 6.8 2.43
2004 38 BAL AL 4 1 .800 4.78 60 0 22 0 0 0 52.2 67 30 28 6 16 1 32 1 1 0 236 96 1.576 11.4 1.0 2.7 5.5 2.00
2005 39 TOT MLB 1 1 .500 4.83 47 0 13 0 0 1 41.0 51 22 22 5 12 3 20 3 0 0 186 90 1.537 11.2 1.1 2.6 4.4 1.67
2005 39 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 4.91 24 0 8 0 0 0 25.2 32 14 14 3 7 2 13 3 0 0 116 87 1.519 11.2 1.1 2.5 4.6 1.86
2005 39 ARI NL 0 1 .000 4.70 23 0 5 0 0 1 15.1 19 8 8 2 5 1 7 0 0 0 70 96 1.565 11.2 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.40
14 Yrs 31 32 .492 4.64 786 15 195 0 0 27 734.2 825 403 379 73 260 36 494 21 4 20 3226 98 1.477 10.1 0.9 3.2 6.1 1.90
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .492 4.64 67 1 17 0 0 2 62 70 34 32 6 22 3 42 2 0 2 274 98 1.477 10.1 0.9 3.2 6.1 1.90
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
BAL (5 yrs) 15 13 .536 3.91 330 0 108 0 0 18 285.1 296 133 124 26 72 8 212 7 1 4 1207 115 1.290 9.3 0.8 2.3 6.7 2.94
OAK (4 yrs) 13 5 .722 4.51 301 1 42 0 0 5 245.1 270 134 123 22 96 10 170 5 1 11 1073 104 1.492 9.9 0.8 3.5 6.2 1.77
DET (4 yrs) 1 11 .083 5.96 94 14 27 0 0 3 148.0 182 102 98 18 74 15 80 6 2 5 689 76 1.730 11.1 1.1 4.5 4.9 1.08
ARI (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.70 23 0 5 0 0 1 15.1 19 8 8 2 5 1 7 0 0 0 70 96 1.565 11.2 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.40
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.91 24 0 8 0 0 0 25.2 32 14 14 3 7 2 13 3 0 0 116 87 1.519 11.2 1.1 2.5 4.6 1.86
FLA (1 yr) 1 2 .333 7.20 14 0 5 0 0 0 15.0 26 12 12 2 6 0 12 0 0 0 71 60 2.133 15.6 1.2 3.6 7.2 2.00
AL (14 yrs) 30 29 .508 4.59 749 15 185 0 0 26 704.1 780 383 359 69 249 35 475 21 4 20 3085 99 1.461 10.0 0.9 3.2 6.1 1.91
NL (2 yrs) 1 3 .250 5.93 37 0 10 0 0 1 30.1 45 20 20 4 11 1 19 0 0 0 141 74 1.846 13.4 1.2 3.3 5.6 1.73

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
1992 26 DET AL 38.2 12 7 28 6.52 4.15 0.17 0.10 101.3 4.14 -10 -1.0 1.6 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .416 .494 $
1993 27 DET AL 36.2 19 3 25 6.14 4.70 -0.23 -0.16 98.7 4.70 -6 -0.5 .7 0.0 -0.2 -1 .472 .497 $120,000
1994 28 DET AL 32.0 40 0 14 3.94 5.48 -0.29 -0.42 100.8 5.39 5 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.8 8 .512 .503 $147,500
1995 29 DET AL 40.2 23 4 35 7.75 5.37 -0.38 -0.14 102.9 5.77 -9 -0.8 1.5 -0.2 -0.6 -4 .465 .495 $190,000
1995 29 FLA NL 15.0 14 0 12 7.20 4.80 0.05 -0.36 99.6 4.38 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .466 .497 $
1996 30 OAK AL 77.1 72 1 37 4.31 5.55 -0.31 -0.39 101.9 5.58 10 0.9 1.2 -0.1 1.5 22 .513 .506 $195,000
1997 31 OAK AL 64.2 78 0 38 5.29 5.34 -0.54 -0.40 97.0 5.31 -0 -0.0 1.3 -0.2 0.4 8 .500 .500 $390,000
1998 32 OAK AL 57.1 75 0 30 4.71 5.29 -0.42 -0.40 99.2 5.26 4 0.3 1.3 -0.1 0.8 11 .504 .502 $595,000
1999 33 OAK AL 46.0 76 0 29 5.67 5.43 -0.29 -0.40 94.3 5.02 -3 -0.3 1.5 -0.2 0.0 3 .496 .498 $850,000
2000 34 BAL AL 59.1 70 0 37 5.61 5.45 -0.13 -0.40 96.7 5.01 -4 -0.4 1.7 -0.3 -0.1 4 .494 .497 $1,750,000
2001 35 BAL AL 66.0 70 0 28 3.82 4.93 -0.07 -0.37 95.9 4.44 4 0.4 1.6 -0.0 1.0 13 .506 .503 $2,000,000
2002 36 BAL AL 62.0 70 0 11 1.60 4.97 0.23 -0.38 95.3 4.15 17 1.7 1.6 0.4 2.7 25 .525 .511 $2,500,000
2003 37 BAL AL 45.1 60 0 27 5.36 5.24 -0.01 -0.39 99.9 4.85 -2 -0.2 1.5 -0.2 0.0 3 .496 .499 $3,000,000
2004 38 BAL AL 52.2 60 0 30 5.13 5.16 -0.20 -0.38 98.6 4.91 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.2 5 .497 .499 $3,000,000
2005 39 NYY AL 25.2 24 0 14 4.91 4.89 -0.76 -0.37 96.4 5.10 0 0.0 .5 -0.1 0.2 4 .501 .500 $
2005 39 ARI NL 15.1 23 0 8 4.70 4.60 -0.09 -0.35 105.3 4.57 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .499 .500 $
14 Seasons 734.2 786 15 403 4.94 5.16 -0.21 -0.34 98.6 4.96 -1 -0.1 1.3 -1.0 5.7 93 .500 .500 $14,737,500
BAL (5 yrs) 285.1 330 0 133 4.20 5.14 -0.03 -0.38 97.1 4.65 13 1.3 1.5 -0.2 3.8 51 .504 .502 $12,250,000
OAK (4 yrs) 245.1 301 1 134 4.92 5.41 -0.39 -0.40 98.5 5.33 10 0.9 1.3 -0.5 2.7 44 .503 .501 $2,030,000
DET (4 yrs) 148.0 94 14 102 6.20 4.91 -0.18 -0.14 101.0 5.00 -19 -1.9 1.2 -0.2 -0.7 -3 .480 .497 $457,500
ARI (1 yr) 15.1 23 0 8 4.70 4.60 -0.09 -0.35 105.3 4.57 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .499 .500 $
NYY (1 yr) 25.2 24 0 14 4.91 4.89 -0.76 -0.37 96.4 5.10 0 0.0 .5 -0.1 0.2 4 .501 .500 $
FLA (1 yr) 15.0 14 0 12 7.20 4.80 0.05 -0.36 99.6 4.38 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .466 .497 $

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
1992 26 DET AL 12 177 150 28 48 10 2 4 0 2 22 15 .320 .402 .493 .896 .331 74 4 0 3 2 4 1
1993 27 DET AL 19 170 149 25 48 12 0 4 4 2 13 15 .322 .375 .483 .858 .328 72 2 2 2 4 5 1
1994 28 DET AL 40 139 121 14 31 3 1 4 2 0 13 27 .256 .331 .397 .728 .290 48 3 2 0 3 2 1
1995 29 DET AL 23 203 171 35 55 8 0 6 2 1 26 23 .322 .413 .474 .887 .340 81 4 2 2 2 4 3
1995 29 FLA NL 14 71 65 12 26 4 1 2 1 1 6 12 .400 .451 .585 1.035 .471 38 2 0 0 0 0 0
1995 29 TOT MLB 37 274 236 47 81 12 1 8 3 2 32 35 .343 .423 .504 .927 .374 119 6 2 2 2 4 3
1996 30 OAK AL 72 341 302 37 85 11 0 8 10 1 34 57 .281 .360 .397 .757 .325 120 12 3 2 0 3 4
1997 31 OAK AL 78 285 257 38 75 13 1 9 6 4 24 45 .292 .347 .455 .803 .319 117 6 0 0 4 1 3
1998 32 OAK AL 75 251 226 30 62 13 0 4 8 2 20 36 .274 .332 .385 .717 .307 87 6 1 1 3 1 7
1999 33 OAK AL 76 196 175 29 48 7 0 1 3 3 18 32 .274 .345 .331 .677 .331 58 8 1 2 0 5 4
2000 34 BAL AL 70 260 229 37 63 8 2 5 2 1 21 44 .275 .329 .393 .722 .314 90 4 0 5 5 2 7
2001 35 BAL AL 70 265 254 28 64 14 3 4 1 2 9 54 .252 .279 .378 .657 .305 96 8 1 0 1 0 4
2002 36 BAL AL 70 239 224 11 44 5 1 4 1 0 12 48 .196 .243 .281 .524 .231 63 6 2 0 1 3 4
2003 37 BAL AL 60 207 188 27 58 8 3 7 3 0 14 34 .309 .364 .495 .859 .345 93 4 3 1 1 2 2
2004 38 BAL AL 60 236 217 30 67 8 2 6 1 2 16 32 .309 .356 .447 .803 .337 97 3 1 0 2 1 2
2005 39 NYY AL 24 116 105 14 32 7 3 3 2 1 7 13 .305 .362 .514 .876 .322 54 3 3 0 1 2 1
2005 39 ARI NL 23 70 63 8 19 2 0 2 0 0 5 7 .302 .348 .429 .776 .309 27 0 0 1 1 1 0
2005 39 TOT MLB 47 186 168 22 51 9 3 5 2 1 12 20 .304 .357 .482 .839 .317 81 3 3 1 2 3 1
14 Yrs 786 3226 2896 403 825 133 19 73 46 22 260 494 .285 .345 .420 .764 .319 1215 75 21 19 30 36 44
162 Game Avg. 67 274 246 34 70 11 2 6 4 2 22 42 .285 .345 .420 .764 .319 103 6 2 2 3 3 4
MLB Averages .266 .335 .420 .755 .297
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
1992 26 DET AL -8.1 -0.8 179 -1.5 2.4 -3.9 .97 -1.0 -0.5 -12.6 -1.2 0.97 -10.2 2 0 2
1993 27 DET AL -6.3 -0.6 177 -0.5 1.6 -2.1 .66 -0.7 0.0 -6.4 -0.6 0.66 -7.2 2 2 11
1994 28 DET AL 4.0 0.4 141 0.2 2.1 -1.9 .83 -0.0 0.3 2.4 0.2 0.83 4.3 17 4 16
1995 29 TOT MLB -15.5 -1.4 281 -2.0 3.7 -5.8 .93 -1.3 -0.9 -23.7 -2.2 0.93 -16.6 13 5 13
1995 29 DET AL -11.3 -1.0 208 -1.5 3.0 -4.5 1.04 -0.9 -0.6 -16.7 -1.5 1.04 -11.4 9 3 5
1995 29 FLA NL -4.2 -0.4 73 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .62 -0.5 -0.4 -7.0 -0.7 0.62 -5.1 4 2 8
1996 30 OAK AL 10.2 0.9 355 0.7 6.0 -5.3 .92 0.4 0.3 5.5 0.5 0.92 6.6 25 17 28
1997 31 OAK AL -4.0 -0.4 296 -0.1 4.5 -4.6 .89 -0.6 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.89 -4.6 24 20 34
1998 32 OAK AL 1.7 0.2 262 -0.6 3.8 -4.5 .90 -0.1 -0.6 0.9 0.1 0.90 0.6 27 18 28
1999 33 OAK AL -2.9 -0.3 204 0.6 4.3 -3.7 1.26 0.4 0.0 1.4 0.1 1.26 4.2 36 18 21
2000 34 BAL AL -1.8 -0.2 264 0.9 6.8 -5.9 1.51 0.5 0.1 2.1 0.2 1.51 4.3 37 11 20
2001 35 BAL AL 6.2 0.6 272 1.7 7.3 -5.6 1.32 0.9 0.4 15.5 1.5 1.32 13.0 29 16 24
2002 36 BAL AL 19.9 2.0 240 3.4 7.9 -4.5 1.56 1.8 0.4 19.7 2.0 1.56 21.2 32 14 20
2003 37 BAL AL -3.2 -0.3 213 -0.1 4.3 -4.5 1.16 -0.5 0.3 4.3 0.4 1.16 -4.1 21 12 22
2004 38 BAL AL -0.8 -0.1 240 -0.1 3.0 -3.1 .83 -0.0 -0.1 0.9 0.1 0.83 -0.0 16 7 34
2005 39 TOT MLB -1.2 -0.1 190 0.3 1.5 -1.2 .50 0.4 0.2 2.2 0.2 0.49 -0.2 7 9 25
2005 39 NYY AL -1.2 -0.1 120 0.3 0.7 -0.4 .28 0.1 0.9 -1.7 -0.2 0.28 -0.9 2 3 14
2005 39 ARI NL 0.0 0.0 70 -0.0 0.8 -0.9 .85 0.2 -0.3 3.9 0.4 0.85 0.7 5 6 11
14 Yrs -1.8 -0.1 3314 2.7 59.3 -56.5 1.03 -0.0 2.7 12.4 1.4 1.03 11.5 288 153 298
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
1992 26 DET AL 12 7 0 5 2 0 1 1 6 .143 1 0 0 0 2 29% 39.9 53 30 12 2 1 2 3.3 4.0 5.0 82 1 5 1 0 100
1993 27 DET AL 19 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40.0 50 33 10 3 0 3 5.3 2.1 4.7 75 2 1 0 0 98
1995 29 TOT MLB 37 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 65 17 26 6 1 0 5.4 7.5 4.4 76 1 3 0 0 91
1995 29 DET AL 23 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 38.5 65 17 20 4 1 0 5.4 7.5 4.4 76 1 3 0 0 91
1996 30 OAK AL 72 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 30 8 1 0 3.0 6.8 3.3 57 1 0 0 0 57
4 Yrs 126 15 1 7 7 1 1 4 11 .267 2 1 0 0 2 13% 39 65 17 72 17 3 5 4.3 4.7 4.7 77 5 9 1 0 100
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 105 -21 4.8 4.8 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
1992 26 DET AL 12 5 3 0 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 7 3 43% 8 .971 2 0 2 3 0 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 2.0 17
1993 27 DET AL 19 16 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 25% 7 .659 2 2 11 3 1 12 3 13 6 8 6 1 4.3 22
1994 28 DET AL 40 40 10 0 1 1 1 0 100% 15 11 26 4 15% 8 .826 17 4 16 19 5 16 21 19 6 23 8 8 2.4 13
1995 29 TOT MLB 37 33 11 1 4 3 1 2 33% 5 0 27 13 48% .933 13 5 13 8 8 17 15 18 10 14 14 7 3.5 24
1995 29 DET AL 23 19 6 0 2 3 1 2 33% 5 0 20 8 40% 8 1.041 9 3 5 6 4 9 11 8 6 8 9 4 3.6 27
1995 29 FLA NL 14 14 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 6 .623 4 2 8 2 4 8 4 10 4 6 5 3 3.2 20
1996 30 OAK AL 72 71 16 5 0 4 2 2 50% 18 10 66 21 32% 7 .920 25 17 28 29 8 34 39 32 23 23 29 18 3.1 18
1997 31 OAK AL 78 78 7 2 2 5 3 2 60% 21 12 72 15 21% 7 .890 24 20 34 27 13 38 47 31 18 42 26 22 2.5 14
1998 32 OAK AL 75 75 13 3 1 6 0 6 0% 26 16 74 24 32% 8 .902 27 18 28 36 6 33 49 26 12 42 22 22 2.3 12
1999 33 OAK AL 76 76 6 3 2 3 0 3 0% 31 27 69 20 29% 8 1.260 36 18 21 39 14 23 48 28 8 56 13 25 1.8 10
2000 34 BAL AL 70 70 14 6 3 11 4 7 36% 38 27 59 13 22% 8 1.512 37 11 20 46 7 17 33 37 11 34 17 18 2.5 14
2001 35 BAL AL 70 70 35 1 4 13 11 2 85% 30 16 50 9 18% 8 1.320 29 16 24 42 9 19 28 42 17 22 18 18 2.8 14
2002 36 BAL AL 70 70 17 3 2 4 2 2 50% 25 19 41 12 29% 8 1.561 32 14 20 37 15 18 26 44 14 30 16 22 2.7 13
2003 37 BAL AL 60 60 20 1 3 3 1 2 33% 20 16 48 7 15% 8 1.164 21 12 22 27 10 23 25 35 7 31 12 12 2.3 13
2004 38 BAL AL 60 60 22 4 1 2 0 2 0% 12 8 39 12 31% 7 .832 16 7 34 20 9 31 24 36 12 24 14 13 2.6 14
2005 39 TOT MLB 47 47 13 1 1 1 1 0 100% 8 7 39 8 21% .496 7 9 25 15 3 29 22 25 10 21 13 13 2.6 15
2005 39 NYY AL 24 24 8 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 20 7 35% 8 .285 2 3 14 7 0 17 10 14 8 7 9 5 3.2 18
2005 39 ARI NL 23 23 5 0 1 1 1 0 100% 5 4 19 1 5% 8 .846 5 6 11 8 3 12 12 11 2 14 4 8 2.0 12
14 Yrs 786 771 195 30 25 58 27 31 47% 253 171 621 162 26% 1.036 288 153 298 351 108 312 383 388 155 373 210 200 2.6 14
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

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%
1992 26 DET AL 177 21% 2.3% 8.5% 12.4% 9.0% 33% 0.88 1.54 75% 29% 6.3% 13% 34 4 12%
1993 27 DET AL 170 29% 2.4% 8.8% 7.7% 9.4% 33% 0.72 0.94 79% 25% 5.6% 9% 30 2 7%
1994 28 DET AL 139 34% 2.9% 19.4% 9.4% 5.8% 26% 1.09 1.38 67% 14% 10.0% 13% 32 3 9%
1995 29 TOT MLB 274 30% 2.9% 12.8% 11.7% 7.7% 26% 1.04 1.26 71% 24% 9.1% 11% 71 6 8%
1995 29 DET AL 203 28% 3.0% 11.3% 12.8% 6.9% 26% 0.94 1.15 71% 22% 9.0% 13% 53 4 8%
1995 29 FLA NL 71 35% 2.8% 16.9% 8.5% 9.9% 27% 1.41 1.67 72% 28% 9.5% 5% 18 2 11%
1996 30 OAK AL 341 38% 2.4% 16.7% 10.0% 5.6% 22% 1.15 1.60 70% 23% 8.3% 15% 77 12 16%
1997 31 OAK AL 285 47% 3.2% 15.8% 8.4% 8.1% 31% 0.87 1.16 73% 24% 9.6% 14% 64 6 9%
1998 32 OAK AL 251 49% 1.6% 14.3% 8.0% 6.8% 27% 0.81 0.93 75% 25% 4.2% 10% 60 6 10%
1999 33 OAK AL 196 57% 0.5% 16.3% 9.2% 4.1% 17% 1.49 2.12 72% 14% 2.2% 18% 61 8 13%
2000 34 BAL AL 260 37% 1.9% 16.9% 8.1% 5.8% 24% 0.96 1.39 71% 26% 6.1% 13% 65 4 6%
2001 35 BAL AL 265 40% 1.5% 20.4% 3.4% 7.9% 33% 1.00 1.29 74% 24% 4.8% 14% 49 8 16%
2002 36 BAL AL 239 42% 1.7% 20.1% 5.0% 4.2% 23% 0.98 1.34 72% 20% 5.6% 17% 51 6 12%
2003 37 BAL AL 207 47% 3.4% 16.4% 6.8% 8.7% 31% 0.88 1.32 72% 21% 9.0% 6% 36 4 11%
2004 38 BAL AL 236 41% 2.5% 13.6% 6.8% 6.8% 24% 0.83 0.82 77% 18% 6.6% 11% 67 3 4%
2005 39 TOT MLB 186 44% 2.7% 10.8% 6.5% 9.1% 33% 0.88 1.22 78% 17% 6.7% 6% 37 3 8%
2005 39 NYY AL 116 44% 2.6% 11.2% 6.0% 11.2% 41% 0.79 1.17 78% 17% 5.9% 2% 23 3 13%
2005 39 ARI NL 70 44% 2.9% 10.0% 7.1% 5.7% 21% 1.04 1.29 79% 16% 8.3% 14% 14 0 0%
14 Yrs 3226 40% 2.3% 15.3% 8.1% 7.0% 27% 0.95 1.27 73% 22% 6.8% 12% 734 75 10%
MLB Averages 45% 2.7% 16.4% 8.8% 7.8% 33% 0.80 1.08 70% 21% 7.9% 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
1992 26 DET AL 177 657 3.71 372 57% 26% 10% 26% 38% 74% 6% 42% 86% 53% 7% 13 4 11% 19 5 0 27% 1 5 0 0 0
1993 27 DET AL 171 580 3.39 365 63% 21% 8% 32% 38% 79% 6% 49% 89% 57% 5% 9 2 16% 27 11 1 27% 3 2 -1 0 0
1994 28 DET AL 133 505 3.80 312 62% 22% 18% 30% 29% 78% 4% 48% 77% 58% 6% 8 4 16% 21 11 1 15% 3 2 6 0 0
1995 29 TOT MLB 270 1025 3.80 606 59% 25% 13% 29% 33% 75% 3% 44% 83% 51% 10% 26 10 17% 47 13 3 26% 5 12 4 0 0
1995 29 DET AL 199 764 3.84 444 58% 24% 12% 30% 34% 76% 4% 44% 84% 49% 10% 19 7 16% 31 8 2 26% 3 8 4 0 0
1995 29 FLA NL 71 261 3.68 162 62% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 0% 44% 82% 58% 10% 7 3 23% 16 5 1 27% 2 4 0 0 0
1996 30 OAK AL 313 1225 3.91 757 62% 25% 16% 29% 30% 75% 2% 46% 78% 58% 4% 12 5 23% 71 32 2 25% 10 5 28 0 0
1997 31 OAK AL 267 1008 3.78 635 63% 27% 12% 30% 32% 73% 1% 46% 84% 65% 3% 9 5 22% 58 20 2 52% 9 3 18 0 0
1998 32 OAK AL 252 909 3.61 577 63% 24% 13% 29% 34% 76% 1% 48% 83% 59% 4% 9 6 19% 49 23 6 36% 3 2 -1 0 0
1999 33 OAK AL 198 770 3.89 484 63% 26% 14% 29% 30% 74% 6% 46% 80% 59% 7% 13 6 25% 49 14 2 47% 4 2 -2 0 0
2000 34 BAL AL 260 955 3.67 614 64% 21% 16% 31% 32% 79% 2% 51% 79% 60% 5% 13 8 20% 52 28 5 16% 7 3 0 0 0
2001 35 BAL AL 266 963 3.62 652 68% 25% 16% 28% 31% 75% 0% 51% 79% 64% 2% 5 1 26% 70 29 2 26% 7 4 -1 0 0
2002 36 BAL AL 239 912 3.82 596 65% 30% 16% 25% 30% 70% 2% 46% 78% 62% 5% 12 8 22% 52 27 4 42% 8 1 0 0 0
2003 37 BAL AL 207 766 3.70 489 64% 28% 14% 26% 32% 72% 1% 46% 80% 65% 4% 9 6 22% 45 17 5 26% 5 2 0 0 0
2004 38 BAL AL 237 820 3.46 512 62% 26% 11% 27% 37% 74% 1% 46% 85% 57% 3% 8 4 16% 39 19 2 25% 5 3 -1 0 0
2005 39 TOT MLB 186 714 3.84 446 62% 23% 13% 30% 34% 77% 4% 48% 83% 63% 3% 6 3 17% 31 8 1 40% 1 0 0 0 0
2005 39 NYY AL 116 431 3.72 257 60% 22% 14% 28% 36% 78% 5% 46% 83% 61% 3% 3 1 10% 12 3 0 46% 1 0 0 0 0
2005 39 ARI NL 70 283 4.04 189 67% 25% 12% 32% 31% 75% 4% 50% 84% 66% 4% 3 2 27% 19 5 1 29% 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 3176 11809 3.72 7417 63% 25% 14% 29% 32% 75% 3% 47% 82% 59% 5% 152 72 20% 630 257 36 31% 71 46 50 0 0
MLB Averages 3.71 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
1992 26 DET AL 177 48 16 1 4 0 8 4 0 2 2 11 7 0 64% 1 0 0 61 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1993 27 DET AL 170 48 4 1 4 0 2 2 2 1 3 13 9 1 69% 1 2 0 66 4 2 67% 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1994 28 DET AL 139 31 5 1 4 0 4 3 1 1 3 10 7 0 70% 1 0 0 57 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1995 29 TOT MLB 274 81 6 1 8 2 17 6 2 4 4 20 9 1 45% 3 3 0 118 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 0
1995 29 DET AL 203 55 5 1 6 1 16 4 2 3 3 17 8 0 47% 3 3 0 85 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
1995 29 FLA NL 71 26 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 33 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1996 30 OAK AL 341 85 16 0 8 0 18 6 2 5 3 23 9 4 39% 4 5 0 150 10 1 91% 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
1997 31 OAK AL 285 75 3 0 9 0 5 6 3 6 3 14 10 1 71% 3 3 0 127 6 4 60% 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 7 0
1998 32 OAK AL 251 62 11 1 4 0 8 2 2 3 1 16 10 2 63% 7 1 0 125 8 2 80% 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
1999 33 OAK AL 196 48 6 3 1 0 10 1 0 1 0 18 13 1 72% 4 2 0 93 3 3 50% 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 3 4 0
2000 34 BAL AL 260 63 5 0 5 1 13 3 2 1 4 22 16 0 73% 7 1 0 113 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2001 35 BAL AL 265 64 9 0 4 0 3 1 3 2 2 16 9 3 56% 4 2 1 107 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
2002 36 BAL AL 239 44 4 2 4 1 6 2 2 3 1 13 7 1 54% 4 0 0 87 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 37 BAL AL 207 58 5 0 7 0 11 5 2 1 6 13 5 2 38% 2 1 0 78 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004 38 BAL AL 236 67 9 0 6 0 15 2 4 4 2 19 11 4 58% 2 0 0 106 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
2005 39 TOT MLB 186 51 4 0 5 1 10 3 2 3 2 15 4 1 27% 1 0 0 79 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
2005 39 NYY AL 116 32 2 0 3 1 8 1 2 1 2 11 2 1 18% 1 0 0 47 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
2005 39 ARI NL 70 19 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 Yrs 3226 825 103 10 73 5 130 46 27 37 36 223 126 21 57% 44 20 1 1367 46 22 68% 35 18 9 3 2 1 9 9 66 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+
1992 26 0 5 .000 5.82 12 7 3 0 0 1 38.2 48 28 25 4 22 4 15 0 1 0 177 69 1.810 11.2 0.9 5.1 3.5 0.68 69
1993 27 0 7 .000 5.97 31 10 11 0 0 1 75.1 96 53 50 8 35 9 30 2 2 2 347 70 1.739 11.5 1.0 4.2 3.6 0.86 70
1994 28 0 8 .000 5.37 71 10 21 0 0 2 107.1 127 67 64 12 48 11 57 4 2 2 486 82 1.630 10.6 1.0 4.0 4.8 1.19 82
1995 29 2 13 .133 6.07 108 14 32 0 0 3 163.0 208 114 110 20 80 15 92 6 2 5 760 74 1.767 11.5 1.1 4.4 5.1 1.15 74
1996 30 7 13 .350 5.36 180 15 48 0 0 5 240.1 293 151 143 28 114 18 149 9 2 10 1101 88 1.693 11.0 1.0 4.3 5.6 1.31 88
1997 31 9 15 .375 5.31 258 15 55 0 0 8 305.0 368 189 180 37 138 19 194 9 2 13 1386 87 1.659 10.9 1.1 4.1 5.7 1.41 87
1998 32 12 16 .429 5.14 333 15 68 0 0 8 362.1 430 219 207 41 158 20 230 10 2 14 1637 90 1.623 10.7 1.0 3.9 5.7 1.46 90
1999 33 15 18 .455 5.14 409 15 74 0 0 8 408.1 478 248 233 42 176 25 262 11 3 16 1833 90 1.602 10.5 0.9 3.9 5.8 1.49 90
2000 34 21 21 .500 5.10 479 15 88 0 0 12 467.2 541 285 265 47 197 27 306 11 3 17 2093 91 1.578 10.4 0.9 3.8 5.9 1.55 91
2001 35 22 25 .468 4.91 549 15 123 0 0 23 533.2 605 313 291 51 206 27 360 12 3 19 2358 94 1.520 10.2 0.9 3.5 6.1 1.75 94
2002 36 25 27 .481 4.56 619 15 140 0 0 25 595.2 649 324 302 55 218 30 408 14 3 19 2597 100 1.456 9.8 0.8 3.3 6.2 1.87 100
2003 37 26 30 .464 4.62 679 15 160 0 0 26 641.0 707 351 329 62 232 32 442 17 3 20 2804 99 1.465 9.9 0.9 3.3 6.2 1.91 99
2004 38 30 31 .492 4.63 739 15 182 0 0 26 693.2 774 381 357 68 248 33 474 18 4 20 3040 99 1.473 10.0 0.9 3.2 6.1 1.91 99
2005 39 31 32 .492 4.64 786 15 195 0 0 27 734.2 825 403 379 73 260 36 494 21 4 20 3226 98 1.477 10.1 0.9 3.2 6.1 1.90 98

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
1992 26 1 2 .333 7.20 35.0 50 31 28 4 23 13 0 2.086 12.9 5.9 3.3 0.57 1.0 12
1993 27 1 2 .333 6.69 35.0 49 29 26 4 13 14 2 1.771 12.6 3.3 3.6 1.08 1.0 19
1994 28 3 2 .600 3.60 45.0 42 20 18 5 18 38 3 1.333 8.4 3.6 7.6 2.11 1.0 40
1995 29 1 5 .167 7.08 61.0 88 53 48 9 35 38 2 2.016 13.0 5.2 5.6 1.09 1.3 37
1996 30 5 3 .625 3.32 76.0 78 31 28 7 31 56 3 1.434 9.2 3.7 6.6 1.81 0.8 72
1997 31 2 4 .333 5.37 62.0 75 41 37 9 24 43 0 1.597 10.9 3.5 6.2 1.79 1.3 78
1998 32 3 3 .500 4.18 56.0 61 29 26 4 20 35 1 1.446 9.8 3.2 5.6 1.75 0.6 75
1999 33 1 3 .250 5.23 43.0 47 28 25 1 18 30 1 1.512 9.8 3.8 6.3 1.67 0.2 76
2000 34 3 3 .500 4.50 60.0 61 33 30 5 20 44 0 1.350 9.2 3.0 6.6 2.20 0.8 70
2001 35 4 3 .571 3.86 63.0 65 30 27 4 9 52 1 1.175 9.3 1.3 7.4 5.78 0.6 70
2002 36 5 1 .833 1.65 60.0 44 12 11 4 12 47 2 0.933 6.6 1.8 7.1 3.92 0.6 70
2003 37 1 3 .250 5.52 44.0 58 30 27 7 14 33 3 1.636 11.9 2.9 6.8 2.36 1.4 60
2004 38 2 3 .400 4.76 51.0 65 30 27 6 16 31 1 1.588 11.5 2.8 5.5 1.94 1.1 60
2005 39 2 2 .500 4.95 40.0 51 24 22 5 12 20 3 1.575 11.5 2.7 4.5 1.67 1.1 47
14 Yrs 34 39 .466 4.68 731.0 834 421 380 74 265 494 22 1.503 10.3 6.1 1.86 0.9 786

* 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
1996 AL  72 (7th)
1997 AL  78 (2nd)
1998 AL  75 (7th)
1999 AL  76 (1st)
2001 AL  70 (8th)
2002 AL  70 (8th)
Career  786 (48th)

Games Finished s c a p y
Career  195 (247th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2002 AL  3.4 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
2005 NL  born 1965-07-10 (9th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Gabe White (927)
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  9. Bob Patterson (921)
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  7. Mike Munoz (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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