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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
Schools: 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

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
1975 24 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 25 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1977 26 NYY AL 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-7,MVP-18
1978 27 NYY AL 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1979 28 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/8 AS,CYA-3,MVP-26
1980 29 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 32 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/8 AS,CYA-5,MVP-21,GG
1984 33 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 GG
1988 37 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Seasons 14 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 25 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 26 NYY AL WS LAD W 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1981 30 NYY AL WS LAD L 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 4 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 NYY AL 24 P 10 1 15.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.90 0.85
1976 NYY AL 25 P 7 0 16.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.57 .950 1.86 0.86
1977 NYY AL 26 P 31 25 210.2 35 7 27 1 2 .971 1.45 1.10 .946 1.95 0.84 CYA-7,MVP-18
1978 NYY AL 27 P 35 35 273.2 60 14 44 2 1 .967 1.91 1.66 .953 1.90 0.85 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1979 NYY AL 28 P 33 30 236.1 41 11 29 1 1 .976 1.52 1.21 .949 1.92 0.81 AS,CYA-3,MVP-26
1979 NYY AL 28 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60 AS,CYA-3,MVP-26
1979 NYY AL 28 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10 AS,CYA-3,MVP-26
1980 NYY AL 29 P 37 29 219.2 54 16 36 2 4 .963 2.13 1.41 .957 1.85 0.77
1981 NYY AL 30 P 23 21 127.0 30 13 17 0 1 1.000 2.13 1.30 .960 1.98 0.81 CYA-7
1982 NYY AL 31 P 34 33 222.0 26 7 19 0 1 1.000 1.05 0.76 .958 1.80 0.73 AS,GG
1983 NYY AL 32 P 31 31 250.1 42 9 33 0 2 1.000 1.51 1.35 .957 1.80 0.73 AS,CYA-5,MVP-21,GG
1983 NYY AL 32 CF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60 AS,CYA-5,MVP-21,GG
1983 NYY AL 32 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20 AS,CYA-5,MVP-21,GG
1984 NYY AL 33 P 29 28 195.2 32 8 24 0 3 1.000 1.47 1.10 .956 1.79 0.70 GG
1985 NYY AL 34 P 34 33 259.0 41 6 34 1 3 .976 1.39 1.18 .951 1.86 0.70 CYA-2,MVP-15,GG
1986 NYY AL 35 P 30 30 192.1 31 9 21 1 0 .968 1.40 1.00 .958 1.83 0.68 GG
1987 NYY AL 36 P 22 17 117.2 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.38 0.82 .956 1.84 0.67
1988 NYY AL 37 P 12 10 56.0 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.67 .962 1.78 0.67
14 Seasons P 368 323 2392.0 422 107 307 8 19 .981 1.56 1.13 .955 1.86 0.76
2 Seasons CF 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
2 Seasons OF 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.15
14 Seasons TOT 370 323 2393.1 422 107 307 8 19 .981 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.56 1.12 .936 1.86 0.76
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

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

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 (285th)

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)

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--100th

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--208th

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 (112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 106 (86), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 38 (78), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

May 1, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

December 20, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985New York Yankees$900,000
1986New York Yankees$975,000
1987New York Yankees$850,000
1988New York Yankees$825,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,550,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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