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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:07AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #239. Adonis Terry… #240. Bill Dinneen… #241. Brad Radke… #242. MARK GUBICZA… #243. Hal Schumacher… #244. Claude Hendrix… #245. Bruce Hurst… 

Standard Pitching

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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 3 800 100 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 12 760 102 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 5 470 110 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 98 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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1984 21 KCR AL 189.0 29 90 105 8 .9 15 1.5 $ RoY-7
1985 22 KCR AL 177.1 28 88 108 0 1.0 20 2.1 $115,000
1986 23 KCR AL 180.2 24 77 112 1 .9 35 3.3 $250,000
1987 24 KCR AL 241.2 35 114 163 -1 1.0 49 4.6 $450,000
1988 25 KCR AL 269.2 35 94 162 -3 1.0 68 7.3 $635,000 AS,CYA-3
1989 26 KCR AL 255.0 36 100 153 -7 1.0 53 5.8 $1,375,000 AS
1990 27 KCR AL 94.0 16 48 58 -4 1.0 10 1.0 $2,066,667
1991 28 KCR AL 133.0 26 90 85 -3 .9 -5 -0.5 $2,166,667
1992 29 KCR AL 111.1 18 47 71 -1 1.1 24 2.5 $2,950,000
1993 30 KCR AL 104.1 6 61 70 2 1.2 9 0.4 $1,250,000
1994 31 KCR AL 130.0 22 74 97 -1 .9 23 2.0 $610,000
1995 32 KCR AL 213.1 33 97 141 8 1.0 44 4.1 $750,000
1996 33 KCR AL 119.1 19 70 88 0 .9 18 1.5 $1,600,000
1997 34 ANA AL 4.2 2 13 3 0 .9 -10 -0.8 $1,600,000
14 Seasons 2223.1 329 1063 1416 -1 1.0 353 34.8 $15,818,334
KCR (13 yrs) 2218.2 327 1050 1413 -1 1.0 363 35.6 $14,218,334
ANA (1 yr) 4.2 2 13 3 0 .9 -10 -0.8 $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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1984 21 KCR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-7
1985 22 KCR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 23 KCR AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 24 KCR AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 25 KCR AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3
1989 26 KCR AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1990 27 KCR AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 28 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 29 KCR AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 30 KCR AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 31 KCR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 32 KCR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 33 KCR AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 34 ANA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
14 Seasons 384 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KCR (13 yrs) 382 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANA (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1984 KCR AL 21 P 29 189.0 52 19 31 2 1 .962 2.38 1.72 .958 1.79 1.78 RoY-7
1985 KCR AL 22 P 29 177.1 49 23 26 0 4 1.000 2.49 1.69 .953 1.86 1.84
1986 KCR AL 23 P 35 180.2 49 17 32 0 3 1.000 2.44 1.40 .957 1.83 1.81
1987 KCR AL 24 P 35 241.2 74 32 40 2 7 .973 2.68 2.06 .955 1.84 1.82
1988 KCR AL 25 P 35 269.2 74 29 44 1 3 .986 2.44 2.09 .961 1.78 1.77 AS,CYA-3
1989 KCR AL 26 P 36 255.0 72 18 49 5 0 .931 2.36 1.86 .960 1.87 1.85 AS
1990 KCR AL 27 P 16 94.0 20 9 10 1 3 .950 1.82 1.19 .953 1.78 1.76
1991 KCR AL 28 P 26 133.0 40 8 29 3 5 .925 2.50 1.42 .956 1.80 1.80
1992 KCR AL 29 P 18 111.1 22 10 12 0 2 1.000 1.78 1.22 .953 1.72 1.71
1993 KCR AL 30 P 49 104.1 19 11 7 1 0 .947 1.55 0.37 .953 1.79 1.78
1994 KCR AL 31 P 22 130.0 40 17 20 3 1 .925 2.56 1.68 .956 1.72 1.71
1995 KCR AL 32 P 33 213.1 64 28 36 0 2 1.000 2.70 1.94 .960 1.79 1.77
1996 KCR AL 33 P 19 119.1 32 15 16 1 1 .969 2.34 1.63 .960 1.77 1.76
1997 ANA AL 34 P 2 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.50 .960 1.74 1.70
14 Seasons P 384 2223.1 608 237 352 19 32 .969 2.38 1.53 .957 1.80 1.79
14 Seasons TOT 384 2223.1 608 237 352 19 32 .969 2.38 1.53 .957 1.80 1.79
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  7.3 (3rd)
1989 AL  5.8 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1987 AL  4.6 (9th)
1988 AL  7.3 (1st)
1989 AL  5.8 (2nd)
1995 AL  4.1 (10th)
Career  34.8 (173rd)

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 (232nd)

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 (233rd)

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  111.78 (146th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1988 AL  2.6 (7th)
1989 AL  2.9 (8th)
Career  8.2 (247th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1988 AL  3.2 (3rd)
1989 AL  2.9 (6th)
Career  12.3 (108th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1988 AL  3.9 (4th)
1989 AL  2.8 (5th)
Career  11.8 (139th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1987 AL  32 (1st)
1988 AL  29 (2nd)
1995 AL  28 (2nd)
Career  237 (47th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1988 AL  44 (2nd)
1989 AL  49 (2nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1989 AL  5 (1st)
1991 AL  3 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1987 AL  2.06 (1st)
1988 AL  2.09 (1st)
1995 AL  1.94 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1986 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 62 (407), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (658), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (835), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Floyd Bannister (944)
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  9. Darryl Kile (940)
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  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
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  12. Mike Witt (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198522Kansas City Royals$115,0001985 USA Today survey
198623Kansas City Royals$250,0001986 USA Today survey
198724Kansas City Royals$450,000Scully, Business of MLB, p. 164
198825Kansas City Royals$635,000USA Today, 4/1/88Arbitration win; $525,000 offer
198926Kansas City Royals$1,375,0001989 USA Today survey
199027Kansas City Royals$2,066,667USA Today
199128Kansas City Royals$2,166,667USA Today survey
199229Kansas City Royals$2,950,0004/2/92 USA Today
199330Kansas City Royals$1,250,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $250,000 signing bonus
199431Kansas City Royals$610,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $60,000 earned bonus
199532Kansas City Royals$750,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $100,000 earned bonus
199633Kansas City Royals$1,600,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199734Anaheim Angels$1,600,0001997 AP survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$15,818,334
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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