Ron Guidry
Ronald Ames Guidry (Louisiana Lightning and Gator)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 162 lb.

Born: August 28, 1950 in Lafayette, LA
School: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1975
Final Game: September 27, 1988
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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
1975 24 NYY AL 0 1 .000 3.45 10 1 6 0 0 0 15.2 15 6 6 0 9 0 15 1 0 1 69 108 1.532 8.6 0.0 5.2 8.6 1.67
1976 25 NYY AL 0 0 5.62 7 0 2 0 0 0 16.0 20 12 10 1 4 0 12 0 0 0 72 61 1.500 11.3 0.6 2.3 6.8 3.00
1977 26 NYY AL 16 7 .696 2.82 31 25 4 9 5 1 210.2 174 72 66 12 65 2 176 0 0 6 850 140 1.134 7.4 0.5 2.8 7.5 2.71 CYA-7,MVP-18
1978 27 NYY AL 25 3 .893 1.74 35 35 0 16 9 0 273.2 187 61 53 13 72 1 248 1 1 7 1057 208 0.946 6.1 0.4 2.4 8.2 3.44 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1979 28 NYY AL 18 8 .692 2.78 33 30 3 15 2 2 236.1 203 83 73 20 71 0 201 0 0 9 946 146 1.159 7.7 0.8 2.7 7.7 2.83 AS,CYA-3,MVP-26
1980 29 NYY AL 17 10 .630 3.56 37 29 4 5 3 1 219.2 215 97 87 19 80 1 166 1 0 5 929 110 1.343 8.8 0.8 3.3 6.8 2.08
1981 30 NYY AL 11 5 .688 2.76 23 21 1 0 0 0 127.0 100 41 39 12 26 0 104 1 0 6 497 129 0.992 7.1 0.9 1.8 7.4 4.00 CYA-7
1982 31 NYY AL 14 8 .636 3.81 34 33 0 6 1 0 222.0 216 104 94 22 69 3 162 1 1 6 935 104 1.284 8.8 0.9 2.8 6.6 2.35 AS,GG
1983 32 NYY AL 21 9 .700 3.42 31 31 0 21 3 0 250.1 232 99 95 26 60 3 156 2 2 4 1024 113 1.166 8.3 0.9 2.2 5.6 2.60 AS,CYA-5,MVP-21,GG
1984 33 NYY AL 10 11 .476 4.51 29 28 1 5 1 0 195.2 223 102 98 24 44 3 127 2 0 1 841 84 1.365 10.3 1.1 2.0 5.8 2.89 GG
1985 34 NYY AL 22 6 .786 3.27 34 33 0 11 2 0 259.0 243 104 94 28 42 3 143 0 1 3 1033 123 1.100 8.4 1.0 1.5 5.0 3.40 CYA-2,MVP-15,GG
1986 35 NYY AL 9 12 .429 3.98 30 30 0 5 0 0 192.1 202 94 85 28 38 2 140 1 0 3 809 103 1.248 9.5 1.3 1.8 6.6 3.68 GG
1987 36 NYY AL 5 8 .385 3.67 22 17 2 2 0 0 117.2 111 50 48 14 38 3 96 1 1 3 493 121 1.266 8.5 1.1 2.9 7.3 2.53
1988 37 NYY AL 2 3 .400 4.18 12 10 1 0 0 0 56.0 57 28 26 7 15 3 32 2 2 2 239 95 1.286 9.2 1.1 2.4 5.1 2.13
14 Seasons 170 91 .651 3.29 368 323 24 95 26 4 2392.0 2198 953 874 226 633 24 1778 13 8 56 9794 119 1.184 8.3 0.9 2.4 6.7 2.81
162 Game Avg. 17 9 .651 3.29 36 32 2 9 3 0 235 216 94 86 22 62 2 175 1 1 6 964 119 1.184 8.3 0.9 2.4 6.7 2.81

Postseason Pitching

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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
1977 26 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 1 0 1.000 3.97 2 2 0 1 0 0 11.1 9 5 5 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 45 1.059 7.1 0.0 2.4 6.4 2.67
1977 26 NYY AL WS W LAD 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 4 2 2 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 33 0.778 4.0 1.0 3.0 7.0 2.33
1978 27 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 1 0 1.000 1.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 1 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 30 1.000 7.9 0.0 1.1 7.9 7.00
1978 27 NYY AL WS W LAD 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 1 1 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 39 1.667 8.0 0.0 7.0 4.0 0.57
1980 29 NYY AL ALCS L KCR 0 1 .000 12.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 4 4 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 17 3.000 15.0 0.0 12.0 6.0 0.50
1981 30 NYY AL ALDS W MIL 0 0 5.40 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.1 11 5 5 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 39 1.680 11.9 1.1 3.2 8.6 2.67
1981 30 NYY AL WS L LAD 1 1 .500 1.93 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 8 3 3 3 4 0 15 0 0 0 53 0.857 5.1 1.9 2.6 9.6 3.75
4 Seasons (7 Series) 5 2 .714 3.02 10 10 0 3 0 0 62.2 52 21 21 5 25 1 51 0 0 1 256 1.229 7.5 0.7 3.6 7.3 2.04
1 ALDS 0 0 5.40 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.1 11 5 5 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 39 1.680 11.9 1.1 3.2 8.6 2.67
3 ALCS 2 1 .667 4.03 4 4 0 1 0 0 22.1 21 10 10 0 8 1 17 0 0 1 92 1.299 8.5 0.0 3.2 6.9 2.13
3 WS 3 1 .750 1.69 4 4 0 2 0 0 32.0 20 6 6 4 14 0 26 0 0 0 125 1.063 5.6 1.1 3.9 7.3 1.86

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1978 NYY AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1979 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1982 NYY AL 31
1983 NYY AL 32
4 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1975 24 NYY AL 10 69 58 6 15 3 0 0 0 2 9 15 .259 .362 .310 .673 .341 18 0 1 0 1 0
1976 25 NYY AL 7 72 68 12 20 2 2 1 1 0 4 12 .294 .333 .426 .760 .345 29 0 0 0 0 0
1977 26 NYY AL 31 850 777 72 174 24 7 12 7 10 65 176 .224 .283 .319 .602 .274 248 12 0 5 3 2
1978 27 NYY AL 35 1057 969 61 187 34 5 13 9 14 72 248 .193 .249 .279 .528 .245 270 15 1 13 2 1
1979 28 NYY AL 33 946 861 83 203 45 5 20 6 14 71 201 .236 .292 .369 .662 .284 318 24 0 9 5 0
1980 29 NYY AL 37 929 827 97 215 38 8 19 5 13 80 166 .260 .322 .394 .716 .300 326 18 1 9 12 1
1981 30 NYY AL 23 497 468 41 100 16 1 12 5 3 26 104 .214 .256 .329 .585 .249 154 8 1 1 1 0
1982 31 NYY AL 34 935 850 104 216 46 4 22 12 8 69 162 .254 .309 .395 .704 .289 336 15 1 9 6 3
1983 32 NYY AL 31 1024 949 99 232 53 6 26 19 10 60 156 .244 .288 .395 .683 .265 375 18 2 4 9 3
1984 33 NYY AL 29 841 777 102 223 38 10 24 12 10 44 127 .287 .323 .454 .777 .312 353 14 2 7 11 3
1985 34 NYY AL 34 1033 980 104 243 47 5 28 7 10 42 143 .248 .277 .392 .669 .263 384 30 0 3 8 3
1986 35 NYY AL 30 809 761 94 202 27 5 28 18 7 38 140 .265 .300 .424 .724 .291 323 10 1 5 4 2
1987 36 NYY AL 22 493 448 50 111 26 4 14 14 4 38 96 .248 .307 .417 .724 .285 187 6 1 4 2 3
1988 37 NYY AL 12 239 220 28 57 20 1 7 6 2 15 32 .259 .311 .455 .765 .275 100 2 2 1 1 3
14 Seasons 368 9794 9013 953 2198 419 63 226 121 107 633 1778 .244 .292 .380 .672 .279 3421 172 13 70 65 24
162 Game Avg. 36 964 887 94 216 41 6 22 12 11 62 175 .244 .292 .380 .672 .279 337 17 1 7 6 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1975 24 NYY AL 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 36 36 6 1 0 1 4.0 3.6 5.3
1977 26 NYY AL 31 25 15 7 3 0 0 17 8 .680 2 0 9 5 17 68% 62 91 23 23 9 2 14 4.8 4.7 7.9
1978 27 NYY AL 35 35 25 3 7 1 1 30 5 .857 4 1 16 9 29 83% 69 95 28 20 5 3 8 4.8 5.2 7.8
1979 28 NYY AL 33 30 17 8 5 4 4 20 10 .667 2 3 15 2 21 70% 60 89 42 12 3 2 11 4.7 4.5 7.7
1980 29 NYY AL 37 29 16 9 4 5 2 17 12 .586 0 0 5 3 15 52% 53 87 9 19 6 2 10 5.2 5.5 6.9
1981 30 NYY AL 23 21 11 5 5 4 1 13 8 .619 2 1 0 0 12 57% 58 75 24 21 7 2 7 4.1 4.4 5.9
1982 31 NYY AL 34 33 14 8 11 2 3 20 13 .606 2 3 6 1 21 64% 53 89 16 24 10 1 11 5.3 5.1 6.7
1983 32 NYY AL 31 31 21 9 1 3 1 21 10 .677 0 2 21 3 19 61% 58 87 28 10 3 0 11 4.8 4.8 8.1
1984 33 NYY AL 29 28 10 11 7 1 1 15 13 .536 5 1 5 1 13 46% 49 92 22 18 11 0 5 4.6 4.5 7.0
1985 34 NYY AL 34 33 22 6 5 5 2 23 10 .697 2 3 11 2 22 67% 57 85 27 16 7 1 13 5.8 5.9 7.8
1986 35 NYY AL 30 30 9 12 9 3 6 14 16 .467 4 3 5 0 16 53% 52 80 23 11 5 0 13 4.1 3.7 6.4
1987 36 NYY AL 22 17 5 7 5 2 2 7 10 .412 2 1 2 0 8 47% 54 75 17 15 2 0 5 4.0 3.4 6.5
1988 37 NYY AL 12 10 2 3 5 1 0 4 6 .400 3 2 0 0 2 20% 48 66 17 9 2 1 4 4.1 4.9 5.0 81 4 5 1 0 102
13 Seasons 361 323 167 89 67 31 23 201 122 .622 28 20 95 26 195 60% 57 95 9 204 71 14 113 4.8 4.8 7.1 81 4 5 1 0 102
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1975 24 NYY AL 10 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 8 0.590 0 1 6 0 0 9 4 5 3 3 4 1 3.4
1976 25 NYY AL 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 7 0.262 0 2 5 0 0 7 5 2 6 1 7 2 6.9
1977 26 NYY AL 31 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 3 60% 7 0.959 1 2 3 1 1 4 3 3 4 0 4 0 7.0
1979 28 NYY AL 33 3 3 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 3 0 0% 7 1.061 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 6.3
1980 29 NYY AL 37 8 4 1 1 2 1 1 50% 4 2 3 1 33% 7 1.020 4 3 1 4 2 2 3 5 6 1 6 0 6.9
1981 30 NYY AL 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.944 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 5.0
1982 31 NYY AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.079 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1984 33 NYY AL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.061 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1985 34 NYY AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 8 0.927 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1987 36 NYY AL 22 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 50% 9 0.906 1 2 2 4 0 1 1 4 3 0 3 1 4.4
1988 37 NYY AL 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0.941 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 9.5 51
11 Seasons 272 45 24 3 2 5 4 1 80% 9 4 38 12 32% 0.989 10 10 23 13 5 27 22 23 27 8 29 4 5.6 51

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1975 24 NYY AL 69 62% 0.0% 21.7% 13.0% 4.4% 20% 0.53 64% 18 0 0%
1976 25 NYY AL 72 65% 1.4% 16.7% 5.6% 6.9% 25% 1.00 76% 19 0 0%
1977 26 NYY AL 850 71% 1.4% 20.7% 7.7% 5.1% 25% 0.84 70% 149 12 8%
1978 27 NYY AL 1057 78% 1.2% 23.5% 6.8% 4.9% 28% 1.04 67% 150 15 10%
1979 28 NYY AL 946 82% 2.1% 21.3% 7.5% 7.4% 35% 1.09 68% 155 24 15%
1980 29 NYY AL 929 78% 2.1% 17.9% 8.6% 7.0% 30% 0.90 70% 157 18 11%
1981 30 NYY AL 497 79% 2.4% 20.9% 5.2% 5.8% 29% 0.90 71% 58 8 14%
1982 31 NYY AL 935 80% 2.4% 17.3% 7.4% 7.7% 33% 0.68 72% 167 15 9%
1983 32 NYY AL 1024 85% 2.5% 15.2% 5.9% 8.3% 37% 0.83 76% 173 18 10%
1984 33 NYY AL 841 84% 2.9% 15.1% 5.2% 8.6% 32% 0.69 76% 169 14 8%
1985 34 NYY AL 1033 81% 2.7% 13.8% 4.1% 7.7% 33% 0.83 79% 160 30 19%
1986 35 NYY AL 809 82% 3.5% 17.3% 4.7% 7.4% 30% 0.92 74% 125 10 8%
1987 36 NYY AL 493 81% 2.8% 19.5% 7.7% 8.9% 40% 0.59 69% 67 6 9%
1988 37 NYY AL 239 78% 2.9% 13.4% 6.3% 11.7% 49% 0.50 0.60 76% 20% 9.1% 38% 36 2 6%
14 Seasons 9794 80% 2.3% 18.2% 6.5% 7.2% 32% 0.50 0.84 72% 20% 9.1% 38% 1603 172 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 37 NYY AL 239 910 3.81 574 63% 24% 14% 29% 33% 76% 3% 48% 82% 59% 5% 13 8 24% 57 26 6 13% 2 2 0 1 0
1 Season 239 910 3.81 574 63% 24% 14% 29% 33% 76% 3% 48% 82% 59% 5% 13 8 24% 57 26 6 13% 2 2 0 1 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1975 24 NYY AL 69 15 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 50% 0 1 0 33 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1976 25 NYY AL 72 20 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 5 0 100% 2 0 1 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 26 NYY AL 850 174 12 1 15 9 3 4 8 33 16 9 48% 8 6 0 291 7 10 41% 7 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
1978 27 NYY AL 1057 187 13 0 4 11 2 5 8 30 13 7 43% 11 7 3 342 9 14 39% 7 12 2 1 0 1 3 3 15 0
1979 28 NYY AL 946 203 20 0 10 17 3 9 11 38 18 7 47% 10 9 1 315 6 14 30% 6 13 0 1 0 0 6 5 19 0
1980 29 NYY AL 929 215 19 0 14 13 6 11 8 49 28 3 57% 10 5 1 327 5 13 28% 4 12 1 0 0 1 6 6 21 0
1981 30 NYY AL 497 100 12 0 1 12 0 3 9 8 6 1 75% 3 6 1 137 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 9 0
1982 31 NYY AL 935 216 22 0 17 17 5 8 14 38 20 5 53% 10 6 1 324 12 8 60% 11 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 17 0
1983 32 NYY AL 1024 232 26 0 4 24 2 11 15 42 21 6 50% 14 4 1 382 19 10 66% 16 8 3 2 0 0 4 4 20 0
1984 33 NYY AL 841 223 24 1 11 22 2 7 17 39 21 6 54% 14 1 0 327 12 10 55% 10 9 1 1 1 0 1 1 13 0
1985 34 NYY AL 1033 243 28 0 6 20 8 12 16 42 24 1 57% 15 3 1 341 7 10 41% 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1986 35 NYY AL 809 202 28 0 9 24 4 19 9 24 15 3 63% 15 3 2 281 18 7 72% 17 7 0 0 1 0 1 1 11 0
1987 36 NYY AL 493 111 14 0 7 11 3 7 7 14 7 1 50% 3 3 3 164 14 4 78% 12 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 14 0
1988 37 NYY AL 239 57 7 2 7 0 3 5 2 0 7 6 4 0 67% 3 2 0 90 6 2 75% 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 0
14 Seasons 9794 2198 7 2 226 2 103 185 41 97 129 372 200 51 54% 118 56 15 3390 121 107 53% 108 94 11 11 2 2 25 23 176 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1975 24 0 1 .000 3.45 10 1 6 0 0 0 15.2 15 6 6 0 9 0 15 1 0 1 69 108 1.532 8.6 0.0 5.2 8.6 1.67 108
1976 25 0 1 .000 4.55 17 1 8 0 0 0 31.2 35 18 16 1 13 0 27 1 0 1 141 79 1.516 9.9 0.3 3.7 7.7 2.08 79
1977 26 16 8 .667 3.05 48 26 12 9 5 1 242.1 209 90 82 13 78 2 203 1 0 7 991 128 1.184 7.8 0.5 2.9 7.5 2.60 128
1978 27 41 11 .788 2.35 83 61 12 25 14 1 516.0 396 151 135 26 150 3 451 2 1 14 2048 160 1.058 6.9 0.5 2.6 7.9 3.01 160
1979 28 59 19 .756 2.49 116 91 15 40 16 3 752.1 599 234 208 46 221 3 652 2 1 23 2994 155 1.090 7.2 0.6 2.6 7.8 2.95 155
1980 29 76 29 .724 2.73 153 120 19 45 19 4 972.0 814 331 295 65 301 4 818 3 1 28 3923 142 1.147 7.5 0.6 2.8 7.6 2.72 142
1981 30 87 34 .719 2.74 176 141 20 45 19 4 1099.0 914 372 334 77 327 4 922 4 1 34 4420 140 1.129 7.5 0.6 2.7 7.6 2.82 140
1982 31 101 42 .706 2.92 210 174 20 51 20 4 1321.0 1130 476 428 99 396 7 1084 5 2 40 5355 132 1.155 7.7 0.7 2.7 7.4 2.74 132
1983 32 122 51 .705 3.00 241 205 20 72 23 4 1571.1 1362 575 523 125 456 10 1240 7 4 44 6379 129 1.157 7.8 0.7 2.6 7.1 2.72 129
1984 33 132 62 .680 3.16 270 233 21 77 24 4 1767.0 1585 677 621 149 500 13 1367 9 4 45 7220 122 1.180 8.1 0.8 2.5 7.0 2.73 122
1985 34 154 68 .694 3.18 304 266 21 88 26 4 2026.0 1828 781 715 177 542 16 1510 9 5 48 8253 122 1.170 8.1 0.8 2.4 6.7 2.79 122
1986 35 163 80 .671 3.25 334 296 21 93 26 4 2218.1 2030 875 800 205 580 18 1650 10 5 51 9062 120 1.177 8.2 0.8 2.4 6.7 2.84 120
1987 36 168 88 .656 3.27 356 313 23 95 26 4 2336.0 2141 925 848 219 618 21 1746 11 6 54 9555 120 1.181 8.2 0.8 2.4 6.7 2.83 120
1988 37 170 91 .651 3.29 368 323 24 95 26 4 2392.0 2198 953 874 226 633 24 1778 13 8 56 9794 119 1.184 8.3 0.9 2.4 6.7 2.81 119

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1975 24 0 1 .000 4.50 14.0 16 8 7 0 10 13 1 1.857 10.3 6.4 8.4 1.30 0.0 10
1976 25 0 1 .000 7.20 15.0 22 13 12 1 4 11 0 1.733 13.2 2.4 6.6 2.75 0.6 7
1977 26 14 8 .636 3.13 201.0 180 78 70 12 67 168 0 1.229 8.1 3.0 7.5 2.51 0.5 31
1978 27 22 6 .786 2.15 259.0 202 69 62 14 78 235 1 1.081 7.0 2.7 8.2 3.01 0.5 35
1979 28 15 9 .625 3.09 224.0 208 86 77 20 73 191 0 1.254 8.4 2.9 7.7 2.62 0.8 33
1980 29 11 12 .478 4.09 207.0 224 104 94 20 83 156 1 1.483 9.7 3.6 6.8 1.88 0.9 37
1981 30 11 9 .550 3.55 180.0 167 79 71 20 43 147 2 1.167 8.4 2.2 7.4 3.42 1.0 23
1982 31 11 12 .478 4.33 212.0 226 113 102 23 72 155 1 1.406 9.6 3.1 6.6 2.15 1.0 34
1983 32 13 13 .500 3.99 237.0 246 117 105 28 64 148 2 1.308 9.3 2.4 5.6 2.31 1.1 31
1984 33 7 13 .350 5.35 185.0 238 122 110 26 47 120 2 1.541 11.6 2.3 5.8 2.55 1.3 29
1985 34 15 12 .556 3.66 246.0 252 111 100 29 44 136 0 1.203 9.2 1.6 5.0 3.09 1.1 34
1986 35 9 11 .450 4.28 187.0 209 99 89 29 39 136 1 1.326 10.1 1.9 6.5 3.49 1.4 30
1987 36 6 6 .500 3.71 114.0 111 52 47 14 38 93 1 1.307 8.8 3.0 7.3 2.45 1.1 22
1988 37 2 3 .400 4.67 54.0 60 31 28 7 16 31 2 1.407 10.0 2.7 5.2 1.94 1.2 12
14 Seasons 136 116 .540 3.75 2335.0 2361 1082 974 243 678 1740 14 1.301 9.1 6.7 2.57 0.9 368

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA ( 5.3%)
1995 BBWAA ( 5.4%)
1996 BBWAA ( 7.9%)
1997 BBWAA ( 6.6%)
1998 BBWAA ( 7.8%)
1999 BBWAA ( 6.2%)
2000 BBWAA ( 8.8%)
2001 BBWAA ( 5.2%)
2002 BBWAA ( 4.9%)

All-Star Games
1978 *
1979 *
1982
1983

Awards (yr lg award)
1978 AL Cy Young
1978 ML Major League Player of the Year
1978 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1984 ML Roberto Clemente Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (18, 3%)
1978 AL (2, 74%)
1979 AL (26, 0%)
1983 AL (21, 1%)
1985 AL (15, 4%)
0.82 Career Shares (291st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (7, 4%)
1978 AL (1, 100%)
1979 AL (3, 19%)
1981 AL (7, 1%)
1983 AL (5, 4%)
1985 AL (2, 63%)
1 Cy Young
1.91 Career Shares (15th)

Gold Gloves
1982 AL (P)
1983 AL (P)
1984 AL (P)
1985 AL (P)
1986 AL (P)
All multiple winners

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1977 AL  2.820 (4th)
1978 AL  1.743 (1st)
1979 AL  2.780 (1st)
1981 AL  2.764 (8th)
1985 AL  3.266 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1977 AL  16 (9th)
1978 AL  25 (1st)
1979 AL  18 (4th)
1980 AL  17 (9th)
1981 AL  11 (10th)
1983 AL  21 (3rd)
1985 AL  22 (1st)
Career  170 (178th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1977 AL  .696 (4th)
1978 AL  .893 (1st)
1979 AL  .692 (6th)
1981 AL  .688 (7th)
1982 AL  .636 (6th)
1983 AL  .700 (5th)
1985 AL  .786 (1st)
Career  .651 (26th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1977 AL  1.135 (5th)
1978 AL  .946 (1st)
1979 AL  1.159 (2nd)
1981 AL  .992 (1st)
1983 AL  1.166 (5th)
1985 AL  1.100 (2nd)
Career  1.184 (101st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL  7.434 (4th)
1978 AL  6.150 (1st)
1979 AL  7.731 (3rd)
1981 AL  7.087 (4th)
Career  8.270 (207th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  2.368 (10th)
1981 AL  1.843 (5th)
1983 AL  2.157 (8th)
1984 AL  2.024 (3rd)
1985 AL  1.460 (2nd)
1986 AL  1.778 (1st)
Career  2.382 (226th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL  7.519 (3rd)
1978 AL  8.156 (2nd)
1979 AL  7.654 (2nd)
1980 AL  6.801 (3rd)
1981 AL  7.370 (3rd)
1982 AL  6.568 (6th)
1984 AL  5.842 (10th)
Career  6.690 (116th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1978 AL  273.7 (7th)
1983 AL  250.3 (7th)
1985 AL  259.0 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1977 AL  176 (9th)
1978 AL  248 (2nd)
1979 AL  201 (2nd)
1980 AL  166 (3rd)
1981 AL  104 (5th)
1982 AL  162 (4th)
1983 AL  156 (6th)
Career  1778 (87th)

Games Started s c a p y
1978 AL  35 (9th)
Career  323 (240th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1978 AL  16 (7th)
1979 AL  15 (8th)
1983 AL  21 (1st)
1985 AL  11 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1977 AL  5 (2nd)
1978 AL  9 (1st)
1980 AL  3 (6th)
1983 AL  3 (4th)
1985 AL  2 (9th)
Career  26 (161st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 AL  26 (9th)
1985 AL  28 (9th)
Career  226 (137th)

Hits s c a p y
1985 AL  243 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1977 AL  2.708 (6th)
1978 AL  3.444 (2nd)
1979 AL  2.831 (2nd)
1981 AL  4.000 (1st)
1982 AL  2.348 (6th)
1983 AL  2.600 (4th)
1984 AL  2.886 (2nd)
1985 AL  3.405 (2nd)
1986 AL  3.684 (2nd)
Career  2.809 (49th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL  .513 (3rd)
1978 AL  .428 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1981 AL  6 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1983 AL  1024 (8th)
1985 AL  1033 (9th)
Career  9794 (239th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1977 AL  140 (4th)
1978 AL  208 (1st)
1979 AL  146 (2nd)
1981 AL  129 (8th)
1985 AL  123 (9th)
Career  119 (125th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 29 (53), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 140 (110), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 106 (86), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 38 (78), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ed Lopat (919)
  2. Bret Saberhagen (917)
  3. Tim Hudson (911)
  4. Sandy Koufax (905) *
  5. Lefty Gomez (905) *
  6. Jimmy Key (898)
  7. Roy Halladay (897)
  8. John Candelaria (897)
  9. Dave McNally (894)
  10. Don Newcombe (891)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Cyclone Miller (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gary Peters (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tex Hughson (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Vean Gregg (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gary Peters (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mort Cooper (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mort Cooper (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mort Cooper (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jimmy Key (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. John Candelaria (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. John Candelaria (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mike Cuellar (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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