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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
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

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 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 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

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

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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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