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Mark Gubicza

Mark Steven Gubicza

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

Born: August 14, 1962 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: William Penn Charter School (Philadelphia, PA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1984
Teams (by GP): Royals/Angels 1984-1997

Final Game: April 11, 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
1984 21 KCR AL 10 14 .417 4.05 29 29 0 4 2 0 189.0 172 90 85 13 75 0 111 5 1 3 800 99 1.307 8.2 0.6 3.6 5.3 1.48 RoY-7
1985 22 KCR AL 14 10 .583 4.06 29 28 0 0 0 0 177.1 160 88 80 14 77 0 99 5 0 12 760 101 1.336 8.1 0.7 3.9 5.0 1.29
1986 23 KCR AL 12 6 .667 3.64 35 24 2 3 2 0 180.2 155 77 73 8 84 2 118 5 0 15 765 116 1.323 7.7 0.4 4.2 5.9 1.40
1987 24 KCR AL 13 18 .419 3.98 35 35 0 10 2 0 241.2 231 114 107 18 120 3 166 6 1 14 1036 115 1.452 8.6 0.7 4.5 6.2 1.38
1988 25 KCR AL 20 8 .714 2.70 35 35 0 8 4 0 269.2 237 94 81 11 83 3 183 6 4 12 1111 149 1.187 7.9 0.4 2.8 6.1 2.20 AS,CYA-3
1989 26 KCR AL 15 11 .577 3.04 36 36 0 8 2 0 255.0 252 100 86 10 63 8 173 5 0 9 1060 128 1.235 8.9 0.4 2.2 6.1 2.75 AS
1990 27 KCR AL 4 7 .364 4.50 16 16 0 2 0 0 94.0 101 48 47 5 38 4 71 4 1 2 409 86 1.479 9.7 0.5 3.6 6.8 1.87
1991 28 KCR AL 9 12 .429 5.68 26 26 0 0 0 0 133.0 168 90 84 10 42 1 89 6 0 5 601 73 1.579 11.4 0.7 2.8 6.0 2.12
1992 29 KCR AL 7 6 .538 3.72 18 18 0 2 1 0 111.1 110 47 46 8 36 3 81 1 1 5 470 109 1.311 8.9 0.6 2.9 6.5 2.25
1993 30 KCR AL 5 8 .385 4.66 49 6 12 0 0 2 104.1 128 61 54 2 43 8 80 2 0 12 474 99 1.639 11.0 0.2 3.7 6.9 1.86
1994 31 KCR AL 7 9 .438 4.50 22 22 0 0 0 0 130.0 158 74 65 11 26 5 59 0 2 9 561 111 1.415 10.9 0.8 1.8 4.1 2.27
1995 32 KCR AL 12 14 .462 3.75 33 33 0 3 2 0 213.1 222 97 89 21 62 2 81 6 1 4 898 127 1.331 9.4 0.9 2.6 3.4 1.31
1996 33 KCR AL 4 12 .250 5.13 19 19 0 2 1 0 119.1 132 70 68 22 34 0 55 7 0 5 512 97 1.391 10.0 1.7 2.6 4.1 1.62
1997 34 ANA AL 0 1 .000 25.07 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.2 13 13 13 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 30 20 3.429 25.1 3.9 5.8 9.6 1.67
14 Yrs 132 136 .493 3.96 384 329 14 42 16 2 2223.1 2239 1063 978 155 786 39 1371 58 11 107 9487 109 1.361 9.1 0.6 3.2 5.5 1.74
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .493 3.96 37 31 1 4 2 0 212 214 101 93 15 75 4 131 6 1 10 905 109 1.361 9.1 0.6 3.2 5.5 1.74
KCR (13 yrs) 132 135 .494 3.91 382 327 14 42 16 2 2218.2 2226 1050 965 153 783 39 1366 58 11 107 9457 110 1.356 9.0 0.6 3.2 5.5 1.74
ANA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 25.07 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.2 13 13 13 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 30 20 3.429 25.1 3.9 5.8 9.6 1.67

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
1984 21 KCR AL 189.0 29 29 90 4.29 4.47 0.37 0.15 99.9 4.24 -0 -0.0 -0.1 1.4 19 .499 .500 $ RoY-7
1985 22 KCR AL 177.1 29 28 88 4.47 4.59 -0.02 0.15 99.6 4.75 6 0.6 1.3 -0.1 2.0 25 .521 .504 $115,000
1986 23 KCR AL 180.2 35 24 77 3.84 4.71 0.07 0.06 101.3 4.77 18 1.9 .5 -0.2 3.2 38 .556 .512 $250,000
1987 24 KCR AL 241.2 35 35 114 4.25 4.99 -0.06 0.17 101.5 5.30 28 2.9 -0.1 4.7 56 .583 .518 $450,000
1988 25 KCR AL 269.2 35 35 94 3.14 4.41 -0.11 0.14 100.9 4.71 47 5.4 -0.2 7.5 75 .656 .534 $635,000 AS,CYA-3
1989 26 KCR AL 255.0 36 36 100 3.53 4.38 -0.24 0.15 100.3 4.79 35 4.0 -0.2 5.9 62 .610 .525 $1,375,000 AS
1990 27 KCR AL 94.0 16 16 48 4.60 4.39 -0.33 0.16 99.1 4.83 3 0.3 -0.1 1.1 13 .521 .502 $2,066,667
1991 28 KCR AL 133.0 26 26 90 6.09 4.51 -0.20 0.17 101.8 4.96 -17 -1.6 -0.1 -0.5 -1 .437 .490 $2,166,667
1992 29 KCR AL 111.1 18 18 47 3.80 4.55 -0.09 0.16 102.1 4.90 14 1.6 -0.1 2.5 26 .586 .510 $2,950,000
1993 30 KCR AL 104.1 49 6 61 5.26 4.91 0.18 -0.21 106.3 4.81 -4 -0.4 1.4 -0.2 0.3 7 .491 .497 $1,250,000
1994 31 KCR AL 130.0 22 22 74 5.12 5.34 -0.10 0.19 104.2 5.86 10 1.0 -0.1 2.1 23 .545 .506 $610,000
1995 32 KCR AL 213.1 33 33 97 4.09 5.19 0.34 0.20 100.8 5.08 24 2.4 -0.1 4.1 48 .572 .515 $750,000
1996 33 KCR AL 119.1 19 19 70 5.28 5.43 0.04 0.21 100.2 5.60 3 0.2 -0.1 1.2 21 .512 .501 $1,600,000
1997 34 ANA AL 4.2 2 2 13 25.07 5.32 0.19 0.20 104.0 5.55 -10 -0.6 -0.0 -0.6 -10 .179 .496 $1,600,000
14 Seasons 2223.1 384 329 1063 4.30 4.73 -0.00 0.14 101.2 4.94 156 17.6 1.3 -1.6 34.9 401 .546 .508 $15,818,334
KCR (13 yrs) 2218.2 382 327 1050 4.26 4.73 -0.01 0.14 101.2 4.94 166 18.3 1.3 -1.6 35.5 410 .548 .509 $14,218,334
ANA (1 yr) 4.2 2 2 13 25.07 5.32 0.19 0.20 104.0 5.55 -10 -0.6 -0.0 -0.6 -10 .179 .496 $1,600,000

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
1985 22 KCR AL ALCS W TOR 1 0 1.000 3.24 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 4 3 3 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 32 0.960 4.3 0.0 4.3 4.3 1.00
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 3.24 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 4 3 3 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 32 0.960 4.3 0.0 4.3 4.3 1.00

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 KCR AL 25 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1989 KCR AL 26 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
2 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 1.000 9.0 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
1984 21 KCR AL 29 799 707 90 172 32 5 13 18 9 75 111 .243 .317 .358 .674 .269 253 17 5 4 9 0 8
1985 22 KCR AL 29 760 671 88 160 29 8 14 19 6 77 99 .238 .319 .368 .687 .259 247 14 5 1 6 0 11
1986 23 KCR AL 35 765 664 77 155 31 3 8 15 7 84 118 .233 .321 .325 .646 .269 216 12 5 4 8 2 3
1987 24 KCR AL 35 1036 893 114 231 38 10 18 23 15 120 166 .259 .347 .384 .731 .296 343 35 6 6 11 3 9
1988 25 KCR AL 35 1111 1012 94 237 38 8 11 23 7 83 183 .234 .294 .320 .615 .274 324 24 6 3 6 3 13
1989 26 KCR AL 36 1060 973 100 252 42 5 10 9 8 63 173 .259 .305 .343 .648 .303 334 20 5 11 8 8 10
1990 27 KCR AL 16 409 357 48 101 19 2 5 11 2 38 71 .283 .355 .389 .744 .337 139 12 4 6 4 4 1
1991 28 KCR AL 26 601 545 90 168 27 3 10 18 6 42 89 .308 .361 .424 .785 .350 231 14 6 3 5 1 7
1992 29 KCR AL 18 470 425 47 110 19 3 8 4 4 36 81 .259 .316 .374 .690 .301 159 10 1 5 3 3 5
1993 30 KCR AL 49 474 417 61 128 24 3 2 11 2 43 80 .307 .370 .393 .763 .370 164 12 2 6 6 8 6
1994 31 KCR AL 22 561 525 74 158 33 2 11 7 4 26 59 .301 .331 .434 .765 .320 228 10 0 5 5 5 5
1995 32 KCR AL 33 898 815 97 222 43 3 21 10 5 62 81 .272 .326 .410 .736 .280 334 21 6 9 6 2 8
1996 33 KCR AL 19 512 464 70 132 17 3 22 3 3 34 55 .284 .339 .476 .816 .281 221 13 7 2 5 0 3
1997 34 ANA AL 2 30 27 13 13 3 0 2 1 0 3 5 .481 .533 .815 1.348 .550 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 384 9486 8495 1063 2239 395 58 155 172 78 786 1371 .264 .327 .378 .706 .296 3215 214 58 65 82 39 89
162 Game Avg. 37 905 810 101 214 38 6 15 16 7 75 131 .264 .327 .378 .706 .296 307 20 6 6 8 4 8
MLB Averages .261 .328 .398 .727 .290

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1984 21 KCR AL 2.0 0.2 831 -0.2 12.7 -12.9 .92 1.0 -1.2 5.0 0.5 0.92 11.8 0 0 0
1985 22 KCR AL 2.2 0.2 798 0.9 13.8 -12.9 1.04 0.7 0.2 4.4 0.4 1.04 3.3 0 1 0
1986 23 KCR AL 13.8 1.4 806 1.3 12.3 -11.0 .93 1.5 -0.1 17.3 1.7 0.93 16.8 1 2 8
1987 24 KCR AL 17.3 1.7 1095 0.9 18.2 -17.3 .98 1.4 -0.5 23.1 2.3 0.98 15.9 0 0 0
1988 25 KCR AL 37.1 4.0 1163 2.6 21.0 -18.5 1.05 3.2 -0.8 36.0 3.9 1.05 37.4 0 0 0
1989 26 KCR AL 22.6 2.4 1091 2.8 19.7 -16.9 1.03 2.9 -0.2 26.6 2.8 1.03 33.3 0 0 0
1990 27 KCR AL -5.0 -0.5 429 -0.2 7.1 -7.3 1.01 -0.3 0.1 -1.3 -0.1 1.01 -2.3 0 0 0
1991 28 KCR AL -21.5 -2.1 631 -1.7 9.3 -11.0 .93 -1.5 -0.3 -22.9 -2.2 0.93 -16.7 0 0 0
1992 29 KCR AL 5.9 0.6 485 1.0 8.9 -7.8 1.06 1.1 -0.1 7.4 0.8 1.06 10.3 0 0 0
1993 30 KCR AL -1.3 -0.1 498 0.1 10.2 -10.1 1.24 0.2 -0.1 -5.3 -0.5 1.24 1.2 22 10 11
1994 31 KCR AL 5.9 0.6 587 0.4 9.8 -9.4 .95 0.6 -0.2 1.3 0.1 0.95 4.7 0 0 0
1995 32 KCR AL 23.7 2.3 914 1.6 15.9 -14.3 .95 1.6 0.1 25.4 2.5 0.95 19.9 0 0 0
1996 33 KCR AL 0.2 0.0 525 -0.6 8.0 -8.6 .87 0.5 -1.2 1.6 0.1 0.87 6.8 0 0 0
1997 34 ANA AL -9.7 -0.8 31 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 .90 -0.5 -0.2 -8.3 -0.7 0.90 -6.2 0 0 0
14 Yrs 93.3 9.9 9884 8.2 167.3 -159.0 .99 12.3 -4.0 110.2 11.6 0.99 136.2 23 13 19

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
1984 21 KCR AL 29 29 10 14 5 2 6 14 15 .483 1 3 4 2 14 48% 51.8 82 25 17 8 0 11 4.1 4.1 6.5
1985 22 KCR AL 29 28 13 10 5 3 3 14 14 .500 2 1 0 0 16 57% 50.9 82 24 32 11 1 13 4.7 4.8 6.3
1986 23 KCR AL 35 24 11 5 8 1 1 17 7 .708 2 4 3 2 13 54% 53.4 89 20 31 11 3 6 5.6 4.9 6.1
1987 24 KCR AL 35 35 13 18 4 3 6 15 20 .429 1 2 10 2 16 46% 51.8 87 16 33 13 1 9 4.1 4.3 6.9
1988 25 KCR AL 35 35 20 8 7 2 4 25 10 .714 1 3 8 4 26 74% 59.5 91 28 24 6 3 9 5.0 4.8 7.7 116 0 5 16 14 143
1989 26 KCR AL 36 36 15 11 10 3 3 21 15 .583 0 5 8 2 22 61% 56.2 87 18 17 10 8 5 4.3 4.1 7.1 103 6 6 12 11 155
1990 27 KCR AL 16 16 4 7 5 2 2 7 9 .438 1 2 2 0 8 50% 49.4 74 13 9 4 0 4 4.2 3.6 5.9 95 4 4 5 3 139
1991 28 KCR AL 26 26 9 12 5 7 1 11 15 .423 1 2 0 0 6 23% 43.1 70 10 21 5 0 12 4.1 4.3 5.1 84 8 16 2 0 106
1992 29 KCR AL 18 18 7 6 5 0 0 10 8 .556 1 3 2 1 8 44% 52.9 83 15 7 1 0 7 4.1 3.4 6.2 97 4 2 9 3 129
1993 30 KCR AL 49 6 0 4 2 0 0 2 4 .333 0 1 0 0 2 33% 36.5 49 12 27 10 1 3 4.4 3.2 5.3 92 2 0 3 0 114
1994 31 KCR AL 22 22 7 9 6 3 4 11 11 .500 2 2 0 0 11 50% 45.9 79 8 15 3 0 9 5.1 4.6 5.9 92 4 12 5 0 116
1995 32 KCR AL 33 33 12 14 7 2 6 16 17 .485 1 4 3 2 20 61% 49.8 89 14 24 5 11 4 4.1 4.1 6.5 97 4 10 17 1 120
1996 33 KCR AL 19 19 4 12 3 0 3 6 13 .316 1 1 2 1 7 37% 45.9 81 1 11 2 2 5 3.7 3.7 6.3 98 2 6 7 3 124
1997 34 ANA AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 19.0 21 17 3 3 0 1 5.5 16.2 2.3 56 2 0 0 0 75
14 Yrs 384 329 125 131 73 28 39 169 160 .514 14 33 42 16 169 51% 51 91 1 271 92 30 98 4.4 4.3 6.4 99 36 61 76 35 155
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
1985 22 KCR AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.045 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 7.0
1986 23 KCR AL 35 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 50% 8 .927 1 2 8 1 1 9 6 5 9 0 9 0 9.3
1993 30 KCR AL 49 43 12 5 4 3 2 1 67% 12 8 33 15 45% 8 1.236 22 10 11 16 12 15 20 23 29 5 31 0 5.0 28
3 Yrs 113 55 14 7 5 3 2 1 67% 12 8 43 20 47% 1.045 23 13 19 18 13 24 26 29 39 5 41 0 5.9 28

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%
1984 21 KCR AL 800 48% 1.6% 13.9% 9.4% 6.3% 29% 1.57 74% 140 17 12%
1985 22 KCR AL 760 44% 1.8% 13.0% 10.1% 6.7% 32% 1.32 74% 139 14 10%
1986 23 KCR AL 765 46% 1.1% 15.4% 11.0% 5.5% 27% 1.24 71% 143 12 8%
1987 24 KCR AL 1036 43% 1.7% 16.0% 11.6% 6.4% 29% 1.72 70% 192 35 18%
1988 25 KCR AL 1111 48% 1.0% 16.5% 7.5% 5.1% 24% 1.17 1.64 74% 19% 4.2% 32% 182 24 13%
1989 26 KCR AL 1060 47% 0.9% 16.3% 5.9% 5.4% 23% 1.35 1.93 75% 19% 3.3% 11% 174 20 11%
1990 27 KCR AL 409 54% 1.2% 17.4% 9.3% 6.4% 26% 1.17 1.77 70% 20% 4.1% 8% 77 12 16%
1991 28 KCR AL 601 51% 1.7% 14.8% 7.0% 6.7% 24% 1.20 1.96 75% 24% 5.6% 13% 111 14 13%
1992 29 KCR AL 470 49% 1.7% 17.2% 7.7% 6.4% 27% 0.84 1.08 72% 22% 4.7% 10% 79 10 13%
1993 30 KCR AL 474 54% 0.4% 16.9% 9.1% 6.1% 23% 1.19 1.66 72% 23% 1.5% 12% 110 12 11%
1994 31 KCR AL 561 50% 2.0% 10.5% 4.6% 8.2% 29% 1.26 1.76 82% 20% 5.9% 11% 86 10 12%
1995 32 KCR AL 898 44% 2.3% 9.0% 6.9% 7.5% 30% 1.13 1.53 80% 20% 7.0% 13% 154 21 14%
1996 33 KCR AL 512 43% 4.3% 10.7% 6.6% 8.2% 32% 1.04 1.36 77% 19% 12.2% 10% 97 13 13%
1997 34 ANA AL 30 53% 6.7% 16.7% 10.0% 16.7% 39% 0.29 0.50 67% 41% 12.5% 6% 9 0 0%
14 Yrs 9487 47% 1.6% 14.5% 8.3% 6.4% 27% 1.15 1.57 74% 20% 5.5% 15% 1693 214 13%
MLB Averages 41% 2.3% 15.3% 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 25 KCR AL 1111 4068 3.66 2425 60% 25% 16% 24% 35% 75% 1% 45% 79% 55% 5% 55 35 12% 131 41 3 17% 16 17 0 5 0
1989 26 KCR AL 1029 3604 3.50 2251 62% 22% 16% 25% 35% 77% 2% 48% 77% 60% 4% 41 23 16% 166 78 9 16% 27 10 31 0 31
1990 27 KCR AL 409 1526 3.73 930 61% 24% 17% 27% 32% 75% 3% 46% 77% 61% 5% 20 9 19% 78 32 2 20% 8 7 0 1 5
1991 28 KCR AL 603 2193 3.64 1312 60% 23% 16% 26% 35% 77% 0% 46% 79% 52% 4% 24 15 16% 96 36 6 10% 7 8 -2 0 0
1992 29 KCR AL 472 1751 3.71 1074 61% 24% 16% 27% 33% 76% 2% 47% 78% 58% 4% 21 9 18% 86 36 6 19% 6 9 -2 0 0
1993 30 KCR AL 465 1746 3.75 1014 58% 26% 15% 25% 34% 74% 4% 43% 79% 56% 4% 19 7 15% 72 16 0 29% 6 4 9 0 1
1994 31 KCR AL 541 1929 3.57 1170 61% 26% 12% 23% 39% 74% 3% 45% 84% 54% 3% 16 8 12% 66 27 4 16% 3 3 20 0 0
1995 32 KCR AL 871 3106 3.57 1804 58% 24% 11% 25% 40% 76% 1% 44% 85% 52% 5% 41 28 10% 83 27 4 15% 4 11 27 2 2
1996 33 KCR AL 490 1756 3.58 1061 60% 29% 10% 24% 37% 71% 0% 43% 86% 58% 3% 13 7 15% 75 21 2 28% 7 6 22 1 0
1997 34 ANA AL 30 112 3.73 63 56% 35% 14% 16% 35% 65% 0% 37% 78% 40% 0% 0 0 17% 5 3 0 40% 1 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 6021 21791 3.62 13104 60% 24% 15% 25% 36% 75% 2% 45% 80% 56% 4% 250 141 14% 858 317 36 18% 85 75 105 9 39
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
1984 21 KCR AL 799 172 13 1 6 4 9 4 9 43 30 5 70% 8 3 1 301 18 9 67% 15 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 18 1
1985 22 KCR AL 760 160 14 0 23 5 9 5 9 45 26 7 58% 11 12 3 251 19 6 76% 18 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1986 23 KCR AL 765 155 8 0 10 4 4 5 3 37 20 7 54% 3 15 8 295 15 7 68% 15 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 34 0
1987 24 KCR AL 1036 231 18 0 25 8 10 7 11 57 31 11 54% 9 14 5 364 23 15 61% 23 13 0 1 0 1 2 0 43 0
1988 25 KCR AL 1111 237 24 3 11 0 18 4 7 5 6 40 26 5 65% 13 12 6 401 23 7 77% 23 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 31 0
1989 26 KCR AL 1060 252 39 3 10 0 18 6 4 3 7 67 38 11 57% 10 9 2 365 9 8 53% 9 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 0
1990 27 KCR AL 409 101 15 2 5 0 7 2 3 3 2 25 13 6 52% 1 2 3 172 11 2 85% 11 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
1991 28 KCR AL 601 168 56 0 10 1 10 7 3 2 8 33 21 6 64% 7 5 2 234 18 6 75% 17 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 14 0
1992 29 KCR AL 470 110 40 2 8 0 11 3 5 2 6 27 12 5 44% 5 5 2 158 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1993 30 KCR AL 474 128 20 2 2 0 12 1 1 1 1 40 23 9 58% 6 12 0 205 11 2 85% 9 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 23 0
1994 31 KCR AL 561 158 26 2 11 0 7 7 4 5 6 33 18 4 55% 5 9 1 193 7 4 64% 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 0
1995 32 KCR AL 898 222 28 5 21 0 6 12 9 14 7 37 24 2 65% 8 4 1 326 10 5 67% 9 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 14 0
1996 33 KCR AL 512 132 15 3 22 1 5 13 9 12 10 31 21 2 68% 3 5 1 175 3 3 50% 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 14 0
1997 34 ANA AL 30 13 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 9486 2239 263 22 155 3 158 77 78 69 86 515 303 80 59% 89 107 35 3457 172 78 69% 163 66 9 7 0 5 10 1 289 1
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+
1984 21 10 14 .417 4.05 29 29 0 4 2 0 189.0 172 90 85 13 75 0 111 5 1 3 800 99 1.307 8.2 0.6 3.6 5.3 1.48 99
1985 22 24 24 .500 4.05 58 57 0 4 2 0 366.1 332 178 165 27 152 0 210 10 1 15 1560 100 1.321 8.2 0.7 3.7 5.2 1.38 100
1986 23 36 30 .545 3.92 93 81 2 7 4 0 547.0 487 255 238 35 236 2 328 15 1 30 2325 105 1.322 8.0 0.6 3.9 5.4 1.39 105
1987 24 49 48 .505 3.94 128 116 2 17 6 0 788.2 718 369 345 53 356 5 494 21 2 44 3361 108 1.362 8.2 0.6 4.1 5.6 1.39 108
1988 25 69 56 .552 3.62 163 151 2 25 10 0 1058.1 955 463 426 64 439 8 677 27 6 56 4472 116 1.317 8.1 0.5 3.7 5.8 1.54 116
1989 26 84 67 .556 3.51 199 187 2 33 12 0 1313.1 1207 563 512 74 502 16 850 32 6 65 5532 118 1.301 8.3 0.5 3.4 5.8 1.69 118
1990 27 88 74 .543 3.57 215 203 2 35 12 0 1407.1 1308 611 559 79 540 20 921 36 7 67 5941 115 1.313 8.4 0.5 3.5 5.9 1.71 115
1991 28 97 86 .530 3.76 241 229 2 35 12 0 1540.1 1476 701 643 89 582 21 1010 42 7 72 6542 110 1.336 8.6 0.5 3.4 5.9 1.74 110
1992 29 104 92 .531 3.75 259 247 2 37 13 0 1651.2 1586 748 689 97 618 24 1091 43 8 77 7012 110 1.334 8.6 0.5 3.4 5.9 1.77 110
1993 30 109 100 .522 3.81 308 253 14 37 13 2 1756.0 1714 809 743 99 661 32 1171 45 8 89 7486 109 1.353 8.8 0.5 3.4 6.0 1.77 109
1994 31 116 109 .516 3.86 330 275 14 37 13 2 1886.0 1872 883 808 110 687 37 1230 45 10 98 8047 109 1.357 8.9 0.5 3.3 5.9 1.79 109
1995 32 128 123 .510 3.85 363 308 14 40 15 2 2099.1 2094 980 897 131 749 39 1311 51 11 102 8945 111 1.354 9.0 0.6 3.2 5.6 1.75 111
1996 33 132 135 .494 3.91 382 327 14 42 16 2 2218.2 2226 1050 965 153 783 39 1366 58 11 107 9457 110 1.356 9.0 0.6 3.2 5.5 1.74 110
1997 34 132 136 .493 3.96 384 329 14 42 16 2 2223.1 2239 1063 978 155 786 39 1371 58 11 107 9487 109 1.361 9.1 0.6 3.2 5.5 1.74 109

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
1984 21 9 11 .450 4.50 180.0 177 100 90 13 77 106 5 1.411 8.9 3.9 5.3 1.38 0.7 29
1985 22 9 10 .474 4.37 171.0 163 92 83 14 78 96 5 1.409 8.6 4.1 5.1 1.23 0.7 29
1986 23 10 9 .526 3.85 173.0 156 82 74 8 85 113 5 1.393 8.1 4.4 5.9 1.33 0.4 35
1987 24 13 12 .520 3.95 230.0 224 112 101 17 116 158 6 1.478 8.8 4.5 6.2 1.36 0.7 35
1988 25 18 10 .643 3.03 258.0 246 97 87 11 86 175 6 1.287 8.6 3.0 6.1 2.03 0.4 35
1989 26 14 12 .538 3.53 242.0 264 106 95 10 66 164 5 1.364 9.8 2.5 6.1 2.48 0.4 36
1990 27 3 6 .333 5.55 86.0 107 59 53 5 40 65 4 1.709 11.2 4.2 6.8 1.63 0.5 16
1991 28 4 10 .286 6.17 127.0 171 97 87 10 43 85 6 1.685 12.1 3.0 6.0 1.98 0.7 26
1992 29 5 6 .455 4.16 106.0 113 54 49 8 37 77 1 1.415 9.6 3.1 6.5 2.08 0.7 18
1993 30 5 6 .455 4.50 102.0 124 57 51 2 42 78 2 1.627 10.9 3.7 6.9 1.86 0.2 49
1994 31 10 10 .500 3.89 185.0 209 89 80 15 34 84 0 1.314 10.2 1.7 4.1 2.47 0.7 22
1995 32 14 11 .560 3.57 232.0 240 102 92 23 67 88 6 1.323 9.3 2.6 3.4 1.31 0.9 33
1996 33 5 7 .417 4.66 116.0 124 67 60 21 32 54 7 1.345 9.6 2.5 4.2 1.69 1.6 19
1997 34 0 0 21.60 5.0 13 13 12 2 3 5 0 3.200 23.4 5.4 9.0 1.67 3.6 2
14 Yrs 119 120 .498 4.12 2213.0 2331 1127 1014 159 806 1348 58 1.418 9.5 5.5 1.67 0.6 384

* 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 *
1989 *

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1988 AL (3, 19%)
0.19 Career Shares (157th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1988 AL  7.5 (3rd)
1989 AL  5.9 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1987 AL  4.7 (9th)
1988 AL  7.5 (1st)
1989 AL  5.9 (2nd)
1995 AL  4.1 (10th)
Career  34.9 (180th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1988 AL  2.70 (4th)
1989 AL  3.04 (8th)
1995 AL  3.75 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1988 AL  20 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1986 AL  .667 (5th)
1988 AL  .714 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1988 AL  1.187 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL  8.120 (10th)
1986 AL  7.721 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1989 AL  2.224 (7th)
1994 AL  1.800 (1st)
1995 AL  2.616 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1988 AL  269.7 (2nd)
1989 AL  255.0 (3rd)
1995 AL  213.3 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1988 AL  183 (6th)
1989 AL  173 (4th)
Career  1,371 (233rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1987 AL  35 (9th)
1988 AL  35 (3rd)
1989 AL  36 (1st)
1995 AL  33 (1st)
Career  329 (234th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1989 AL  8 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 AL  2 (9th)
1986 AL  2 (9th)
1987 AL  2 (9th)
1988 AL  4 (2nd)
1989 AL  2 (7th)
1995 AL  2 (3rd)
1996 AL  1 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1987 AL  120 (3rd)
1988 AL  83 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1988 AL  237 (7th)
1989 AL  252 (2nd)
1995 AL  222 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1989 AL  2.746 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL  0.619 (6th)
1985 AL  0.711 (8th)
1986 AL  0.399 (1st)
1987 AL  0.670 (4th)
1988 AL  0.367 (1st)
1989 AL  0.353 (1st)
1994 AL  0.762 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1984 AL  14 (9th)
1987 AL  18 (2nd)
1995 AL  14 (4th)
Career  136 (225th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1985 AL  12 (3rd)
1986 AL  15 (4th)
1987 AL  14 (2nd)
1988 AL  12 (6th)
1993 AL  12 (6th)
1994 AL  9 (9th)
Career  107 (85th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1988 AL  1,111 (2nd)
1989 AL  1,060 (2nd)
1995 AL  898 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1986 AL  116 (10th)
1988 AL  149 (4th)
1989 AL  128 (8th)
1995 AL  127 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1988 AL  37 (3rd)
1989 AL  23 (8th)
1995 AL  24 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1988 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1989 AL  2.4 (8th)
1995 AL  2.3 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1988 AL  36.01 (4th)
1989 AL  26.56 (5th)
Career  110.21 (131st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1988 AL  2.6 (7th)
1989 AL  2.9 (8th)
Career  8.2 (249th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1988 AL  3.2 (3rd)
1989 AL  2.9 (6th)
Career  12.3 (109th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1988 AL  3.9 (4th)
1989 AL  2.8 (5th)
Career  11.6 (134th)

                                         

† 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 - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 62 (410), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (660), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Dick Ruthven (959)
  2. Mike Krukow (957)
  3. Ed Whitson (949)
  4. Woody Williams (947)
  5. Mike Boddicker (947)
  6. Floyd Bannister (944)
  7. Mike McCormick (941)
  8. Mike Witt (941)
  9. Darryl Kile (940)
  10. Ron Darling (940)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Cal Koonce (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Richard Dotson (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Gary Bell (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gary Bell (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Richard Dotson (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Stieb (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Monbouquette (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Alex Fernandez (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Andy Benes (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dan Petry (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mike Witt (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mike Witt (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Slaton (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Floyd Bannister (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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