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Kevin Gross

Kevin Frank Gross

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 203 lb.

Born: June 8, 1961 in Downey, CA
High School: Fillmore HS (Fillmore, CA)
School: California Lutheran University (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1983
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Dodgers/Expos/Rangers/Angels 1983-1997

Final Game: July 25, 1997
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All-Star

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
1983 22 PHI NL 4 6 .400 3.56 17 17 0 1 1 0 96.0 100 46 38 13 35 3 66 3 1 4 418 102 1.406 9.4 1.2 3.3 6.2 1.89
1984 23 PHI NL 8 5 .615 4.12 44 14 9 1 0 1 129.0 140 66 59 8 44 4 84 5 4 4 566 88 1.426 9.8 0.6 3.1 5.9 1.91
1985 24 PHI NL 15 13 .536 3.41 38 31 0 6 2 0 205.2 194 86 78 11 81 6 151 7 0 2 873 109 1.337 8.5 0.5 3.5 6.6 1.86
1986 25 PHI NL 12 12 .500 4.02 37 36 0 7 2 0 241.2 240 115 108 28 94 2 154 8 1 2 1040 96 1.382 8.9 1.0 3.5 5.7 1.64
1987 26 PHI NL 9 16 .360 4.35 34 33 1 3 1 0 200.2 205 107 97 26 87 7 110 10 7 3 878 98 1.455 9.2 1.2 3.9 4.9 1.26
1988 27 PHI NL 12 14 .462 3.69 33 33 0 5 1 0 231.2 209 101 95 18 89 5 162 11 7 5 989 97 1.286 8.1 0.7 3.5 6.3 1.82 AS
1989 28 MON NL 11 12 .478 4.38 31 31 0 4 3 0 201.1 188 105 98 20 88 6 158 6 5 5 867 81 1.371 8.4 0.9 3.9 7.1 1.80
1990 29 MON NL 9 12 .429 4.57 31 26 3 2 1 0 163.1 171 86 83 9 65 7 111 4 1 4 712 80 1.445 9.4 0.5 3.6 6.1 1.71
1991 30 LAD NL 10 11 .476 3.58 46 10 16 0 0 3 115.2 123 55 46 10 50 6 95 2 0 3 509 100 1.496 9.6 0.8 3.9 7.4 1.90
1992 31 LAD NL 8 13 .381 3.17 34 30 0 4 3 0 204.2 182 82 72 11 77 10 158 3 2 4 856 110 1.265 8.0 0.5 3.4 6.9 2.05
1993 32 LAD NL 13 13 .500 4.14 33 32 1 3 0 0 202.1 224 110 93 15 74 7 150 5 5 2 892 92 1.473 10.0 0.7 3.3 6.7 2.03
1994 33 LAD NL 9 7 .563 3.60 25 23 2 1 0 1 157.1 162 64 63 11 43 2 124 2 1 4 665 109 1.303 9.3 0.6 2.5 7.1 2.88
1995 34 TEX AL 9 15 .375 5.54 31 30 0 4 0 0 183.2 200 124 113 27 89 8 106 8 0 5 825 88 1.574 9.8 1.3 4.4 5.2 1.19
1996 35 TEX AL 11 8 .579 5.22 28 19 4 1 0 0 129.1 151 78 75 19 50 2 78 4 0 4 580 101 1.554 10.5 1.3 3.5 5.4 1.56
1997 36 ANA AL 2 1 .667 6.75 12 3 2 0 0 0 25.1 30 20 19 4 20 1 20 1 1 2 121 70 1.974 10.7 1.4 7.1 7.1 1.00
15 Yrs 142 158 .473 4.11 474 368 38 42 14 5 2487.2 2519 1245 1137 230 986 76 1727 79 35 53 10791 95 1.409 9.1 0.8 3.6 6.2 1.75
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .473 4.11 38 30 3 3 1 0 201 203 101 92 19 80 6 139 6 3 4 871 95 1.409 9.1 0.8 3.6 6.2 1.75
PHI (6 yrs) 60 66 .476 3.87 203 164 10 23 7 1 1104.2 1088 521 475 104 430 27 727 44 20 20 4764 98 1.374 8.9 0.8 3.5 5.9 1.69
LAD (4 yrs) 40 44 .476 3.63 138 95 19 8 3 4 680.0 691 311 274 47 244 25 527 12 8 13 2922 102 1.375 9.1 0.6 3.2 7.0 2.16
TEX (2 yrs) 20 23 .465 5.41 59 49 4 5 0 0 313.0 351 202 188 46 139 10 184 12 0 9 1405 93 1.565 10.1 1.3 4.0 5.3 1.32
MON (2 yrs) 20 24 .455 4.47 62 57 3 6 4 0 364.2 359 191 181 29 153 13 269 10 6 9 1579 80 1.404 8.9 0.7 3.8 6.6 1.76
ANA (1 yr) 2 1 .667 6.75 12 3 2 0 0 0 25.1 30 20 19 4 20 1 20 1 1 2 121 70 1.974 10.7 1.4 7.1 7.1 1.00
NL (12 yrs) 120 134 .472 3.89 403 316 32 37 14 5 2149.1 2138 1023 930 180 827 65 1523 66 34 42 9265 96 1.379 9.0 0.8 3.5 6.4 1.84
AL (3 yrs) 22 24 .478 5.51 71 52 6 5 0 0 338.1 381 222 207 50 159 11 204 13 1 11 1526 91 1.596 10.1 1.3 4.2 5.4 1.28

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
1983 22 PHI NL 96.0 17 17 46 4.31 4.08 -0.37 0.14 100.2 4.60 3 0.3 -0.0 1.1 12 .518 .502 $
1984 23 PHI NL 129.0 44 14 66 4.60 4.04 -0.10 -0.01 102.4 4.22 -7 -0.8 .9 -0.1 0.2 7 .483 .495 $
1985 24 PHI NL 205.2 38 31 86 3.76 4.09 -0.24 0.11 101.1 4.49 15 1.8 1.6 -0.1 3.3 36 .547 .511 $140,000
1986 25 PHI NL 241.2 37 36 115 4.28 4.18 -0.13 0.14 103.2 4.59 7 0.8 .8 -0.1 2.6 32 .521 .505 $355,000
1987 26 PHI NL 200.2 34 33 107 4.80 4.63 0.08 0.17 105.0 4.95 2 0.2 2.3 -0.1 1.7 25 .505 .501 $420,000
1988 27 PHI NL 231.2 33 33 101 3.92 3.91 -0.33 0.13 102.1 4.46 13 1.5 -0.1 3.3 35 .547 .509 $450,000 AS
1989 28 MON NL 201.1 31 31 105 4.69 3.95 -0.17 0.14 100.7 4.29 -9 -1.0 -0.1 0.5 9 .467 .494 $850,000
1990 29 MON NL 163.1 31 26 86 4.74 4.35 -0.12 0.11 97.1 4.45 -8 -0.9 .8 -0.1 0.2 9 .472 .495 $950,000
1991 30 LAD NL 115.2 46 10 55 4.28 4.14 -0.16 -0.11 97.8 4.10 -3 -0.3 1.6 -0.2 0.4 8 .492 .498 $2,166,667
1992 31 LAD NL 204.2 34 30 82 3.61 3.88 -0.56 0.13 99.4 4.55 20 2.5 1.4 -0.1 3.8 38 .573 .515 $2,216,667
1993 32 LAD NL 202.1 33 32 110 4.89 4.48 -0.61 0.16 94.4 4.96 -2 -0.2 1.8 -0.1 1.2 21 .494 .499 $1,966,667
1994 33 LAD NL 157.1 25 23 64 3.66 4.66 -0.61 0.16 93.4 5.07 24 2.6 3.9 -0.1 3.6 35 .603 .516 $2,700,000
1995 34 TEX AL 183.2 31 30 124 6.08 5.15 0.18 0.19 102.2 5.27 -16 -1.5 1.6 -0.1 0.0 5 .453 .491 $2,888,890
1996 35 TEX AL 129.1 28 19 78 5.43 5.48 0.15 0.11 104.4 5.69 2 0.2 1.4 -0.1 1.2 22 .506 .501 $3,300,000
1997 36 ANA AL 25.1 12 3 20 7.11 5.17 0.13 -0.13 106.9 5.25 -5 -0.5 .7 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .458 .497 $
15 Seasons 2487.2 474 368 1245 4.50 4.34 -0.22 0.12 100.4 4.70 35 4.6 1.3 -1.5 22.8 291 .510 .502 $18,403,891
PHI (6 yrs) 1104.2 203 164 521 4.24 4.16 -0.17 0.12 102.5 4.57 33 3.8 1.0 -0.6 12.2 147 .519 .504 $1,365,000
LAD (4 yrs) 680.0 138 95 311 4.12 4.28 -0.52 0.10 96.3 4.71 39 4.5 1.7 -0.5 9.0 102 .533 .507 $9,050,001
TEX (2 yrs) 313.0 59 49 202 5.81 5.29 0.16 0.16 103.1 5.45 -14 -1.3 1.4 -0.3 1.2 26 .478 .496 $6,188,890
MON (2 yrs) 364.2 62 57 191 4.71 4.13 -0.15 0.12 99.1 4.36 -17 -1.9 .8 -0.2 0.7 19 .469 .494 $1,800,000
ANA (1 yr) 25.1 12 3 20 7.11 5.17 0.13 -0.13 106.9 5.25 -5 -0.5 .7 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .458 .497 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1988 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
1983 22 PHI NL 17 418 377 46 100 15 3 13 16 6 35 66 .265 .332 .424 .756 .291 160 11 3 2 1 3 10
1984 23 PHI NL 44 566 504 66 140 16 7 8 15 4 44 84 .278 .340 .385 .725 .318 194 11 5 9 3 4 11
1985 24 PHI NL 38 873 773 86 194 32 10 11 27 11 81 151 .251 .326 .361 .687 .297 279 13 7 7 5 6 6
1986 25 PHI NL 37 1040 923 115 240 41 10 28 30 13 94 154 .260 .332 .417 .749 .284 385 12 8 8 5 2 9
1987 26 PHI NL 34 878 767 107 205 30 8 26 36 12 87 110 .267 .347 .429 .776 .281 329 15 10 8 6 7 11
1988 27 PHI NL 33 989 876 101 209 36 7 18 39 14 89 162 .239 .315 .357 .673 .273 313 8 11 9 4 5 11
1989 28 MON NL 31 867 760 105 188 33 7 20 34 13 88 158 .247 .329 .388 .717 .287 295 5 6 10 3 6 7
1990 29 MON NL 31 712 628 86 171 29 2 9 31 5 65 111 .272 .340 .368 .708 .313 231 8 4 6 9 7 4
1991 30 LAD NL 46 509 447 55 123 13 2 10 15 6 50 95 .275 .348 .380 .728 .327 170 6 2 6 4 6 5
1992 31 LAD NL 34 856 756 82 182 30 5 11 18 9 77 158 .241 .311 .337 .648 .288 255 12 3 14 6 10 9
1993 32 LAD NL 33 892 795 110 224 26 3 15 18 10 74 150 .282 .344 .379 .723 .329 301 14 5 11 6 7 14
1994 33 LAD NL 25 665 615 64 162 27 3 11 27 5 43 124 .263 .313 .371 .684 .314 228 11 2 4 1 2 7
1995 34 TEX AL 31 825 715 124 200 32 6 27 13 8 89 106 .280 .363 .455 .817 .294 325 20 8 6 7 8 10
1996 35 TEX AL 28 580 515 78 151 38 2 19 6 6 50 78 .293 .355 .485 .841 .310 250 10 4 3 8 2 5
1997 36 ANA AL 12 121 96 20 30 3 1 4 1 2 20 20 .313 .429 .490 .918 .351 47 2 1 2 2 1 0
15 Yrs 474 10791 9547 1245 2519 401 76 230 326 124 986 1727 .264 .336 .394 .730 .299 3762 158 79 105 70 76 119
162 Game Avg. 38 871 771 101 203 32 6 19 26 10 80 139 .264 .336 .394 .730 .299 304 13 6 8 6 6 10
MLB Averages .261 .328 .398 .726 .289

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1983 22 PHI NL -0.7 -0.1 446 -0.9 7.4 -8.3 1.03 -1.1 0.2 -2.1 -0.2 1.03 -9.5 0 0 0
1984 23 PHI NL -6.3 -0.7 595 -1.1 8.9 -10.0 .98 -0.4 -0.7 -9.5 -1.0 0.98 -6.5 8 6 15
1985 24 PHI NL 7.6 0.8 920 0.7 16.3 -15.6 1.07 0.3 0.4 3.6 0.4 1.07 0.9 3 3 1
1986 25 PHI NL -1.1 -0.1 1085 0.3 19.0 -18.7 1.03 -0.8 1.1 -0.7 -0.1 1.03 -9.3 0 1 0
1987 26 PHI NL -1.6 -0.2 937 -0.8 16.3 -17.1 1.06 -2.0 1.2 -6.2 -0.6 1.06 -18.1 1 0 0
1988 27 PHI NL -0.8 -0.1 1055 -0.3 16.3 -16.5 .94 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.0 0.94 -2.2 0 0 0
1989 28 MON NL -16.2 -1.7 923 -0.8 15.3 -16.1 1.03 -0.9 0.2 -9.5 -1.0 1.03 -11.7 0 0 0
1990 29 MON NL -14.3 -1.4 752 -0.4 11.8 -12.2 1.00 0.1 -0.5 -8.9 -0.9 1.00 -0.9 1 1 3
1991 30 LAD NL -1.5 -0.2 529 -1.3 8.9 -10.2 1.12 0.7 -1.8 -4.2 -0.4 1.12 3.1 20 7 9
1992 31 LAD NL 6.1 0.7 893 0.2 15.4 -15.2 1.07 0.6 -0.4 6.2 0.7 1.07 4.1 1 1 2
1993 32 LAD NL -9.6 -0.9 927 -1.2 14.7 -15.9 1.02 -1.0 -0.2 -12.7 -1.3 1.02 -11.5 1 0 0
1994 33 LAD NL 9.6 1.0 698 1.0 13.4 -12.4 1.11 1.6 -0.7 14.6 1.5 1.11 16.5 2 0 0
1995 34 TEX AL -13.9 -1.3 851 -1.6 12.5 -14.1 .90 -1.8 -0.0 -10.0 -0.9 0.90 -16.0 1 0 0
1996 35 TEX AL 2.0 0.2 592 0.1 9.3 -9.2 .88 -0.7 0.9 -1.0 -0.1 0.88 -5.2 4 2 2
1997 36 ANA AL -5.3 -0.5 127 -0.5 1.6 -2.1 .88 -0.6 -0.0 -4.9 -0.4 0.88 -6.7 2 2 4
15 Yrs -46.1 -4.4 11330 -6.4 187.1 -193.5 1.01 -6.3 -0.0 -44.9 -4.3 1.01 -72.9 44 23 36

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
1983 22 PHI NL 17 17 4 6 7 0 0 10 7 .588 4 3 1 1 6 35% 50.4 82 31 20 6 2 6 4.1 3.6 5.6
1984 23 PHI NL 44 14 4 5 5 1 1 6 8 .429 2 3 1 0 6 43% 48.7 69 16 16 4 4 3 3.8 3.7 6.1
1985 24 PHI NL 38 31 14 11 6 0 3 16 15 .516 4 2 6 2 21 68% 53.7 85 21 30 11 5 9 3.4 3.7 6.2
1986 25 PHI NL 37 36 12 12 12 2 5 19 17 .528 5 4 7 2 21 58% 51.3 80 18 27 8 5 5 4.5 4.5 6.6
1987 26 PHI NL 34 33 8 16 9 2 7 14 19 .424 0 5 3 1 19 58% 48.1 75 -1 24 4 7 11 3.6 3.5 6.1
1988 27 PHI NL 33 33 12 14 7 3 6 15 18 .455 1 4 5 1 19 58% 54.5 86 23 22 7 3 10 3.6 3.9 7.0 111 2 5 15 9 143
1989 28 MON NL 31 31 11 12 8 0 1 16 15 .516 2 3 4 3 17 55% 51.4 84 21 25 15 0 10 3.5 3.7 6.5 108 3 5 16 7 161
1990 29 MON NL 31 26 8 12 6 2 3 12 14 .462 0 3 2 1 12 46% 46.8 84 7 20 10 3 7 3.6 3.9 5.6 93 6 5 9 2 138
1991 30 LAD NL 46 10 4 5 1 0 1 5 5 .500 0 0 0 0 6 60% 49.7 69 20 19 9 2 5 4.0 5.7 5.2 85 3 5 2 0 118
1992 31 LAD NL 34 30 8 13 9 1 7 10 20 .333 5 3 4 3 21 70% 56.5 94 24 24 9 2 14 3.4 3.0 6.7 99 4 11 12 3 139
1993 32 LAD NL 33 32 13 12 7 6 5 14 18 .438 3 4 3 0 16 50% 49.3 80 22 25 8 1 18 5.2 5.7 6.3 98 5 9 15 3 128
1994 33 LAD NL 25 23 9 7 7 1 1 12 11 .522 2 4 1 0 14 61% 54.1 76 16 11 3 2 12 3.5 3.2 6.8 103 3 5 7 6 127
1995 34 TEX AL 31 30 9 15 6 4 4 11 19 .367 3 2 4 0 12 40% 44.1 77 8 33 20 3 9 4.8 4.9 6.0 103 3 9 11 6 138
1996 35 TEX AL 28 19 9 7 3 1 1 9 10 .474 2 1 1 0 10 53% 42.5 72 14 22 4 0 9 5.9 7.0 5.7 99 4 6 3 5 143
1997 36 ANA AL 12 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.3 55 12 8 4 2 1 6.9 8.2 3.8 70 2 1 0 0 95
15 Yrs 474 368 126 148 94 24 45 171 197 .465 33 41 42 14 200 54% 50 94 -1 326 122 41 129 4.1 4.2 6.3 101 35 61 90 41 161
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 103 -14 4.5 4.5 6.1 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
1984 23 PHI NL 44 30 9 4 0 3 1 2 33% 5 2 12 6 50% 7 .980 8 6 15 11 2 17 7 23 14 6 14 4 4.4
1985 24 PHI NL 38 7 0 1 2 1 0 1 0% 3 2 5 3 60% 7 1.071 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 4 5 1 5 0 5.4
1986 25 PHI NL 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.033 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1987 26 PHI NL 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.056 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.0
1990 29 MON NL 31 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 1.003 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 4 4 1 4 0 10.0 40
1991 30 LAD NL 46 36 16 6 6 7 3 4 43% 11 4 8 3 38% 7 1.120 20 7 9 14 12 10 5 31 22 5 22 6 5.3 29
1992 31 LAD NL 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0% 7 1.072 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 3.0 21
1993 32 LAD NL 33 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.016 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 33
1994 33 LAD NL 25 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 1 20% 8 1.109 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3.0 20
1995 34 TEX AL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .897 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 53
1996 35 TEX AL 28 9 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 8 1 13% 6 .880 4 2 2 4 2 3 4 5 7 0 7 1 6.8 32
1997 36 ANA AL 12 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 67% 7 .879 2 2 4 3 1 5 2 7 5 1 6 0 4.7 29
12 Yrs 393 106 38 16 10 12 5 7 42% 26 14 45 16 36% 1.021 44 23 36 39 23 44 25 81 63 16 65 14 5.3 30

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%
1983 22 PHI NL 418 48% 3.1% 15.8% 8.4% 7.4% 31% 1.87 72% 69 11 16%
1984 23 PHI NL 566 49% 1.4% 14.8% 7.8% 5.5% 22% 1.28 73% 98 11 11%
1985 24 PHI NL 873 44% 1.3% 17.3% 9.3% 6.1% 27% 0.95 71% 168 13 8%
1986 25 PHI NL 1040 41% 2.7% 14.8% 9.0% 7.6% 33% 0.70 72% 177 12 7%
1987 26 PHI NL 878 43% 3.0% 12.5% 9.9% 7.3% 31% 0.92 73% 159 15 9%
1988 27 PHI NL 989 42% 1.8% 16.4% 9.0% 6.2% 29% 0.59 0.72 71% 23% 7.2% 44% 128 8 6%
1989 28 MON NL 867 44% 2.3% 18.2% 10.2% 6.9% 32% 0.73 0.94 67% 20% 7.4% 22% 140 5 4%
1990 29 MON NL 712 40% 1.3% 15.6% 9.1% 5.6% 23% 0.68 0.78 73% 22% 4.0% 28% 133 8 6%
1991 30 LAD NL 509 47% 2.0% 18.7% 9.8% 4.9% 20% 0.90 1.29 68% 22% 6.6% 16% 97 6 6%
1992 31 LAD NL 856 45% 1.3% 18.5% 9.0% 5.4% 25% 0.98 1.38 69% 20% 4.0% 9% 156 12 8%
1993 32 LAD NL 892 49% 1.7% 16.8% 8.3% 4.9% 20% 1.18 1.45 71% 16% 5.7% 11% 194 14 7%
1994 33 LAD NL 665 46% 1.7% 18.7% 6.5% 6.2% 25% 1.03 1.42 72% 19% 5.5% 17% 105 11 10%
1995 34 TEX AL 825 48% 3.3% 12.9% 10.8% 7.9% 33% 0.70 0.96 71% 22% 8.7% 13% 168 20 12%
1996 35 TEX AL 580 48% 3.3% 13.5% 8.6% 10.2% 39% 0.69 1.01 73% 26% 8.9% 18% 113 10 9%
1997 36 ANA AL 121 55% 3.3% 16.5% 16.5% 6.6% 27% 0.52 0.69 61% 21% 9.1% 12% 27 2 7%
15 Yrs 10791 45% 2.1% 16.0% 9.1% 6.6% 28% 0.80 1.02 71% 21% 6.5% 21% 1932 158 8%
MLB Averages 41% 2.3% 15.2% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 7.1% 19% 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 27 PHI NL 927 3451 3.72 2130 62% 25% 14% 30% 31% 75% 2% 46% 82% 55% 5% 48 23 18% 170 97 12 32% 26 20 62 0 0
1989 28 MON NL 871 3343 3.84 1989 60% 31% 14% 24% 31% 68% 1% 41% 79% 54% 7% 65 39 17% 149 70 7 32% 20 21 -4 2 9
1990 29 MON NL 601 2206 3.67 1304 59% 30% 13% 23% 34% 69% 3% 41% 81% 52% 7% 45 27 13% 79 45 6 41% 13 12 111 0 12
1991 30 LAD NL 511 1887 3.69 1170 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 3% 45% 79% 55% 6% 30 16 19% 99 54 5 26% 15 8 -2 0 0
1992 31 LAD NL 857 3061 3.57 1930 63% 28% 15% 25% 32% 72% 3% 45% 79% 57% 5% 46 25 18% 157 100 12 28% 36 13 -1 0 0
1993 32 LAD NL 895 3166 3.54 1985 63% 30% 12% 24% 33% 70% 2% 44% 82% 58% 4% 39 20 18% 161 87 13 32% 32 12 -3 0 5
1994 33 LAD NL 631 2270 3.60 1414 62% 27% 15% 24% 34% 73% 1% 45% 79% 57% 5% 29 14 16% 101 49 5 25% 17 13 34 2 0
1995 34 TEX AL 813 3032 3.73 1782 59% 28% 12% 25% 34% 72% 2% 42% 83% 55% 5% 42 22 16% 127 68 7 25% 12 12 12 0 0
1996 35 TEX AL 554 2067 3.73 1265 61% 29% 11% 26% 34% 71% 1% 43% 85% 57% 5% 26 15 18% 99 44 8 32% 9 9 26 0 0
1997 36 ANA AL 121 470 3.88 247 53% 40% 10% 18% 32% 60% 0% 32% 84% 49% 12% 14 6 8% 10 4 0 35% 2 7 0 0 0
10 Yrs 6781 24953 3.68 15216 61% 29% 13% 25% 33% 71% 2% 43% 81% 55% 6% 384 207 17% 1152 618 75 30% 182 127 235 4 26
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 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
1983 22 PHI NL 418 100 13 0 6 6 7 8 5 17 8 3 47% 10 4 1 148 16 6 73% 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1984 23 PHI NL 566 140 8 0 12 2 6 4 4 38 24 2 63% 11 4 3 214 15 4 79% 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1985 24 PHI NL 873 194 11 0 14 7 4 2 9 46 25 8 54% 6 2 3 315 27 11 71% 26 9 1 2 0 0 4 1 15 0
1986 25 PHI NL 1040 240 28 0 9 12 16 14 14 40 18 10 45% 9 2 1 382 30 13 70% 28 11 2 2 0 0 2 0 11 0
1987 26 PHI NL 878 205 26 0 14 14 12 15 11 52 29 8 56% 11 3 0 337 36 12 75% 35 8 1 0 0 4 3 0 22 0
1988 27 PHI NL 989 209 31 2 18 0 14 8 10 9 9 45 19 12 42% 11 5 0 346 39 14 74% 36 12 2 1 1 1 3 1 16 0
1989 28 MON NL 867 188 15 1 20 1 20 10 10 6 14 47 22 11 47% 7 5 2 303 34 13 72% 32 9 2 2 0 2 3 1 17 0
1990 29 MON NL 712 171 20 1 9 0 18 2 7 4 5 50 26 6 52% 4 4 0 268 31 5 86% 29 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1991 30 LAD NL 509 123 41 4 10 0 12 4 6 5 5 34 21 4 62% 5 3 0 179 15 6 71% 13 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1992 31 LAD NL 856 182 72 1 11 0 8 6 5 4 7 42 19 9 45% 9 4 1 320 18 9 67% 18 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 16 0
1993 32 LAD NL 892 224 45 4 15 0 26 8 7 6 9 55 30 9 55% 14 2 2 350 18 10 64% 17 8 0 2 1 0 1 0 21 0
1994 33 LAD NL 665 162 18 1 11 0 16 3 8 6 5 33 13 9 39% 7 4 0 239 27 5 84% 26 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1995 34 TEX AL 825 200 20 5 27 1 18 16 11 10 17 38 25 5 66% 10 5 3 308 13 8 62% 11 6 2 2 0 0 2 1 15 0
1996 35 TEX AL 580 151 9 1 19 1 14 8 11 10 9 35 22 5 63% 5 4 0 213 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1997 36 ANA AL 121 30 4 1 4 0 3 2 2 0 4 5 4 1 80% 0 2 1 47 1 2 33% 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
15 Yrs 10791 2519 275 21 230 3 204 108 122 103 127 577 305 102 53% 119 53 17 3969 326 124 72% 308 104 16 13 2 7 20 4 213 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+
1983 22 4 6 .400 3.56 17 17 0 1 1 0 96.0 100 46 38 13 35 3 66 3 1 4 418 102 1.406 9.4 1.2 3.3 6.2 1.89 102
1984 23 12 11 .522 3.88 61 31 9 2 1 1 225.0 240 112 97 21 79 7 150 8 5 8 984 94 1.418 9.6 0.8 3.2 6.0 1.90 94
1985 24 27 24 .529 3.66 99 62 9 8 3 1 430.2 434 198 175 32 160 13 301 15 5 10 1857 100 1.379 9.1 0.7 3.3 6.3 1.88 100
1986 25 39 36 .520 3.79 136 98 9 15 5 1 672.1 674 313 283 60 254 15 455 23 6 12 2897 99 1.380 9.0 0.8 3.4 6.1 1.79 99
1987 26 48 52 .480 3.92 170 131 10 18 6 1 873.0 879 420 380 86 341 22 565 33 13 15 3775 99 1.397 9.1 0.9 3.5 5.8 1.66 99
1988 27 60 66 .476 3.87 203 164 10 23 7 1 1104.2 1088 521 475 104 430 27 727 44 20 20 4764 98 1.374 8.9 0.8 3.5 5.9 1.69 98
1989 28 71 78 .477 3.95 234 195 10 27 10 1 1306.0 1276 626 573 124 518 33 885 50 25 25 5631 95 1.374 8.8 0.9 3.6 6.1 1.71 95
1990 29 80 90 .471 4.02 265 221 13 29 11 1 1469.1 1447 712 656 133 583 40 996 54 26 29 6343 93 1.382 8.9 0.8 3.6 6.1 1.71 93
1991 30 90 101 .471 3.99 311 231 29 29 11 4 1585.0 1570 767 702 143 633 46 1091 56 26 32 6852 94 1.390 8.9 0.8 3.6 6.2 1.72 94
1992 31 98 114 .462 3.89 345 261 29 33 14 4 1789.2 1752 849 774 154 710 56 1249 59 28 36 7708 95 1.376 8.8 0.8 3.6 6.3 1.76 95
1993 32 111 127 .466 3.92 378 293 30 36 14 4 1992.0 1976 959 867 169 784 63 1399 64 33 38 8600 95 1.386 8.9 0.8 3.5 6.3 1.78 95
1994 33 120 134 .472 3.89 403 316 32 37 14 5 2149.1 2138 1023 930 180 827 65 1523 66 34 42 9265 96 1.379 9.0 0.8 3.5 6.4 1.84 96
1995 34 129 149 .464 4.02 434 346 32 41 14 5 2333.0 2338 1147 1043 207 916 73 1629 74 34 47 10090 95 1.395 9.0 0.8 3.5 6.3 1.78 95
1996 35 140 157 .471 4.09 462 365 36 42 14 5 2462.1 2489 1225 1118 226 966 75 1707 78 34 51 10670 95 1.403 9.1 0.8 3.5 6.2 1.77 95
1997 36 142 158 .473 4.11 474 368 38 42 14 5 2487.2 2519 1245 1137 230 986 76 1727 79 35 53 10791 95 1.409 9.1 0.8 3.6 6.2 1.75 95

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
1983 22 5 5 .500 4.01 92.0 104 46 41 14 36 63 3 1.522 10.2 3.5 6.2 1.75 1.4 17
1984 23 5 8 .385 4.68 123.0 145 71 64 8 46 80 5 1.553 10.6 3.4 5.9 1.74 0.6 44
1985 24 11 10 .524 3.78 195.0 199 91 82 11 83 143 7 1.446 9.2 3.8 6.6 1.72 0.5 38
1986 25 12 13 .480 4.27 232.0 242 122 110 28 95 148 8 1.453 9.4 3.7 5.7 1.56 1.1 37
1987 26 10 11 .476 4.20 195.0 199 101 91 25 84 107 10 1.451 9.2 3.9 4.9 1.27 1.2 34
1988 27 11 13 .458 4.26 222.0 219 117 105 19 93 155 12 1.405 8.9 3.8 6.3 1.67 0.8 33
1989 28 8 13 .381 5.16 190.0 198 121 109 21 93 149 6 1.532 9.4 4.4 7.1 1.60 1.0 31
1990 29 6 11 .353 5.32 154.0 179 101 91 9 68 104 4 1.604 10.5 4.0 6.1 1.53 0.5 31
1991 30 6 6 .500 4.21 109.0 129 57 51 10 52 89 2 1.661 10.7 4.3 7.3 1.71 0.8 46
1992 31 11 10 .524 3.89 192.0 195 92 83 12 82 148 3 1.443 9.1 3.8 6.9 1.80 0.6 34
1993 32 9 12 .429 4.50 194.0 229 108 97 15 76 144 5 1.572 10.6 3.5 6.7 1.89 0.7 33
1994 33 12 11 .522 3.89 213.0 232 102 92 16 62 168 3 1.380 9.8 2.6 7.1 2.71 0.7 25
1995 34 8 14 .364 5.10 203.0 214 128 115 29 95 117 9 1.522 9.5 4.2 5.2 1.23 1.3 31
1996 35 6 8 .429 4.26 131.0 138 69 62 17 46 79 4 1.405 9.5 3.2 5.4 1.72 1.2 28
1997 36 1 1 .500 6.75 24.0 29 20 18 4 19 19 1 2.000 10.9 7.1 7.1 1.00 1.5 12
15 Yrs 121 146 .453 4.41 2469.0 2651 1346 1211 238 1030 1713 82 1.491 9.7 6.2 1.66 0.9 474

* 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

All-Star Games
1988 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1994 NL  3.6 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 NL  6.608 (8th)
1989 NL  7.063 (8th)
1992 NL  6.948 (6th)
1993 NL  6.672 (10th)
Career  6.248 (195th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1986 NL  241.7 (9th)
Career  2,487.7 (245th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1985 NL  151 (10th)
1988 NL  162 (9th)
1992 NL  158 (9th)
1994 NL  124 (8th)
Career  1,727 (107th)

Games Started s c a p y
1986 NL  36 (6th)
Career  368 (165th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1986 NL  7 (8th)
1995 AL  4 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1986 NL  2 (5th)
1989 NL  3 (6th)
1992 NL  3 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1986 NL  28 (1st)
1987 NL  26 (8th)
1989 NL  20 (10th)
1995 AL  27 (2nd)
Career  230 (137th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 NL  94 (6th)
1987 NL  87 (6th)
1988 NL  89 (1st)
1989 NL  88 (4th)
1992 NL  77 (6th)
1995 AL  89 (7th)
Career  986 (116th)

Hits s c a p y
1986 NL  240 (3rd)
1993 NL  224 (7th)
1994 NL  162 (10th)
Career  2,519 (221st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 NL  0.481 (8th)
1990 NL  0.496 (6th)
1994 NL  0.629 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1985 NL  13 (10th)
1986 NL  12 (10th)
1987 NL  16 (2nd)
1988 NL  14 (6th)
1992 NL  13 (8th)
1995 AL  15 (1st)
Career  158 (127th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1986 NL  108 (2nd)
1988 NL  95 (5th)
1989 NL  98 (1st)
1995 AL  113 (2nd)
Career  1,137 (151st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL  5 (5th)
1985 NL  7 (3rd)
1986 NL  8 (1st)
1987 NL  10 (1st)
1988 NL  11 (1st)
1989 NL  6 (8th)
1995 AL  8 (5th)
Career  79 (155th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1986 NL  1,040 (5th)
1988 NL  989 (8th)
Career  10,791 (222nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1994 NL  1.6 (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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 27 (875), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Steve Trachsel (962)
  2. Jim Clancy (960)
  3. Steve Renko (959)
  4. Joe Coleman (944)
  5. Jim Slaton (941)
  6. Tom Candiotti (939)
  7. Floyd Bannister (939)
  8. Tim Belcher (938)
  9. Mike Morgan (917)
  10. Stan Bahnsen (915)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Mule Watson (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Darryl Kile (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Perry (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Reggie Cleveland (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pete Harnisch (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Melido Perez (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Floyd Bannister (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Floyd Bannister (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Floyd Bannister (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Floyd Bannister (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mark Gubicza (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Clancy (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Clancy (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Steve Trachsel (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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