Jose Guzman
Jose Alberto (Mirabal) Guzman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 9, 1963 in Santa Isabel, P.R.
High School: JFK (Santa Isabel, PR)
Signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1985
Final Game: May 23, 1994
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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
1985 22 TEX AL 3 2 .600 2.76 5 5 0 0 0 0 32.2 27 13 10 3 14 1 24 0 0 1 140 154 1.255 7.4 0.8 3.9 6.6 1.71
1986 23 TEX AL 9 15 .375 4.54 29 29 0 2 0 0 172.1 199 101 87 23 60 2 87 6 0 3 757 95 1.503 10.4 1.2 3.1 4.5 1.45
1987 24 TEX AL 14 14 .500 4.67 37 30 1 6 0 0 208.1 196 115 108 30 82 0 143 3 5 6 880 97 1.334 8.5 1.3 3.5 6.2 1.74
1988 25 TEX AL 11 13 .458 3.70 30 30 0 6 2 0 206.2 180 99 85 20 82 3 157 5 12 10 876 111 1.268 7.8 0.9 3.6 6.8 1.91
1991 28 TEX AL 13 7 .650 3.08 25 25 0 5 1 0 169.2 152 67 58 10 84 1 125 4 1 8 730 132 1.391 8.1 0.5 4.5 6.6 1.49
1992 29 TEX AL 16 11 .593 3.66 33 33 0 5 0 0 224.0 229 103 91 17 73 0 179 4 0 6 947 105 1.348 9.2 0.7 2.9 7.2 2.45
1993 30 CHC NL 12 10 .545 4.34 30 30 0 2 1 0 191.0 188 98 92 25 74 6 163 3 5 6 819 91 1.372 8.9 1.2 3.5 7.7 2.20
1994 31 CHC NL 2 2 .500 9.15 4 4 0 0 0 0 19.2 22 20 20 1 13 0 11 1 0 1 93 46 1.780 10.1 0.5 5.9 5.0 0.85
8 Seasons 80 74 .519 4.05 193 186 1 26 4 0 1224.1 1193 616 551 129 482 13 889 26 23 41 5242 102 1.368 8.8 0.9 3.5 6.5 1.84
162 Game Avg. 14 13 .519 4.05 35 33 0 5 1 0 220 214 111 99 23 86 2 160 5 4 7 941 102 1.368 8.8 0.9 3.5 6.5 1.84
TEX (6 yrs) 66 62 .516 3.90 159 152 1 24 3 0 1013.2 983 498 439 103 395 7 715 22 18 34 4330 107 1.359 8.7 0.9 3.5 6.3 1.81
CHC (2 yrs) 14 12 .538 4.78 34 34 0 2 1 0 210.2 210 118 112 26 87 6 174 4 5 7 912 83 1.410 9.0 1.1 3.7 7.4 2.00
AL (6 yrs) 66 62 .516 3.90 159 152 1 24 3 0 1013.2 983 498 439 103 395 7 715 22 18 34 4330 107 1.359 8.7 0.9 3.5 6.3 1.81
NL (2 yrs) 14 12 .538 4.78 34 34 0 2 1 0 210.2 210 118 112 26 87 6 174 4 5 7 912 83 1.410 9.0 1.1 3.7 7.4 2.00

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
1985 22 TEX AL 5 140 126 13 27 5 0 3 4 0 14 24 .214 .293 .325 .618 .242 41 3 0 0 0 1
1986 23 TEX AL 29 757 680 101 199 35 0 23 17 5 60 87 .293 .353 .446 .799 .307 303 19 6 7 4 2
1987 24 TEX AL 37 880 781 115 196 40 1 30 32 3 82 143 .251 .322 .420 .741 .269 328 23 3 6 8 0
1988 25 TEX AL 30 876 779 99 180 34 3 20 23 7 82 157 .231 .306 .359 .666 .263 280 18 5 4 6 3
1991 28 TEX AL 25 729 636 67 152 33 1 10 12 13 84 125 .239 .330 .341 .671 .282 217 11 4 2 3 1
1992 29 TEX AL 33 946 853 103 229 52 4 17 16 15 73 179 .268 .327 .399 .725 .319 340 20 4 9 7 0
1993 30 CHC NL 30 819 729 98 188 39 5 25 19 10 74 163 .258 .327 .428 .755 .299 312 10 3 8 5 6
1994 31 CHC NL 4 93 76 20 22 4 1 1 0 1 13 11 .289 .396 .408 .803 .323 31 1 1 2 1 0
8 Seasons 193 5240 4660 616 1193 242 15 129 123 54 482 889 .256 .327 .397 .724 .289 1852 105 26 38 34 13
162 Game Avg. 35 940 836 111 214 43 3 23 22 10 86 160 .256 .327 .397 .724 .289 332 19 5 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
1985 22 TEX AL 5 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 .600 0 0 0 0 3 60% 56 76 35 4 1 0 2 4.3 3.5 6.5
1986 23 TEX AL 29 29 9 15 5 2 3 12 17 .414 4 3 2 0 13 45% 46 71 23 35 15 0 12 3.9 3.9 5.9
1987 24 TEX AL 37 30 11 14 5 3 1 12 18 .400 3 0 6 0 11 37% 49 80 13 29 11 2 15 4.7 4.9 6.3
1988 25 TEX AL 30 30 11 13 6 1 5 14 16 .467 3 0 6 2 17 57% 54 85 18 25 12 0 13 3.9 3.8 6.9 101 5 7 9 8 135
1991 28 TEX AL 25 25 13 7 5 0 3 15 10 .600 3 1 5 1 19 76% 55 87 15 22 10 2 10 5.0 4.8 6.8 110 2 3 12 8 132
1992 29 TEX AL 33 33 16 11 6 3 4 17 16 .515 6 0 5 0 21 64% 53 84 21 23 13 0 12 4.5 5.4 6.8 104 3 7 16 7 128
1993 30 CHC NL 30 30 12 10 8 2 4 17 13 .567 4 2 2 1 16 53% 51 90 26 22 7 1 11 5.5 5.0 6.4 102 3 8 12 6 142
1994 31 CHC NL 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 36 53 19 5 5 0 3 5.4 8.5 4.9 81 1 3 0 0 96
8 Seasons 193 186 77 74 35 11 20 92 94 .495 23 6 26 4 102 55% 51 90 13 165 74 5 78 4.6 4.7 6.5 103 14 28 49 29 142
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
1987 24 TEX AL 37 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 33% 3 0.900 2 1 4 1 0 6 6 1 7 0 7 1 8.6
1 Season 37 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 33% 0.900 2 1 4 1 0 6 6 1 7 0 7 1 8.6

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%
1985 22 TEX AL 140 53% 2.1% 17.1% 10.0% 5.7% 30% 1.11 71% 17 3 18%
1986 23 TEX AL 757 55% 3.0% 11.5% 7.9% 7.7% 29% 1.27 76% 142 19 13%
1987 24 TEX AL 880 51% 3.4% 16.3% 9.3% 8.1% 36% 1.21 70% 147 23 16%
1988 25 TEX AL 876 49% 2.3% 17.9% 9.4% 6.5% 32% 0.92 1.13 69% 21% 11.0% 43% 133 18 14%
1991 28 TEX AL 730 45% 1.4% 17.2% 11.5% 6.0% 29% 0.89 1.17 69% 20% 4.4% 17% 137 11 8%
1992 29 TEX AL 947 46% 1.8% 18.9% 7.7% 7.7% 32% 0.72 1.12 70% 24% 5.1% 14% 163 20 12%
1993 30 CHC NL 819 54% 3.1% 19.9% 9.0% 8.4% 37% 0.83 1.17 67% 25% 9.2% 12% 116 10 9%
1994 31 CHC NL 93 48% 1.1% 11.8% 14.0% 6.5% 27% 1.03 1.35 70% 24% 3.7% 16% 18 1 6%
8 Seasons 5242 50% 2.5% 17.0% 9.2% 7.4% 32% 0.84 1.18 70% 23% 7.0% 21% 873 105 12%
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 25 TEX AL 832 2928 3.52 1797 61% 27% 15% 24% 33% 73% 1% 45% 79% 60% 5% 39 19 18% 147 66 5 16% 33 17 44 1 0
1991 28 TEX AL 730 2751 3.77 1594 58% 26% 18% 24% 32% 74% 0% 43% 76% 52% 8% 55 32 13% 96 44 4 13% 15 22 0 0 0
1992 29 TEX AL 947 3439 3.63 2093 61% 27% 16% 23% 33% 73% 0% 44% 77% 58% 5% 49 37 17% 158 83 10 15% 32 12 0 0 0
1993 30 CHC NL 790 2971 3.76 1773 60% 27% 17% 24% 32% 72% 2% 43% 77% 55% 6% 51 26 18% 140 68 7 23% 29 19 29 0 2
1994 31 CHC NL 93 324 3.48 178 55% 28% 17% 17% 38% 72% 0% 40% 77% 52% 9% 8 6 16% 15 7 0 0% 4 2 0 0 0
5 Seasons 3392 12413 3.66 7435 60% 27% 17% 24% 33% 73% 1% 44% 77% 56% 6% 202 120 16% 556 268 26 16% 113 72 73 1 2
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
1985 22 TEX AL 140 27 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 5 2 1 40% 3 1 1 46 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 23 TEX AL 757 199 23 0 11 10 13 8 15 44 22 3 50% 10 3 0 270 17 5 77% 14 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1987 24 TEX AL 880 196 30 0 13 19 11 18 12 41 27 5 66% 8 6 2 298 32 3 91% 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
1988 25 TEX AL 876 180 24 4 20 0 15 12 8 13 7 38 23 3 61% 19 10 0 291 23 7 77% 20 7 3 0 0 0 2 1 39 0
1991 28 TEX AL 730 152 53 3 10 0 13 4 6 5 5 31 15 8 48% 9 8 0 276 12 13 48% 11 13 1 0 0 0 4 0 17 0
1992 29 TEX AL 947 229 88 3 17 0 13 11 6 12 5 53 29 8 55% 11 6 2 354 16 15 52% 14 14 1 0 1 1 3 0 19 0
1993 30 CHC NL 819 188 21 2 25 1 13 9 16 19 6 32 16 9 50% 10 6 1 276 19 10 66% 12 10 6 0 1 0 4 0 23 0
1994 31 CHC NL 93 22 6 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 7 4 1 57% 0 1 0 33 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Seasons 5242 1193 192 13 129 1 84 67 62 76 53 251 138 38 55% 70 41 6 1844 123 54 69% 107 53 14 0 2 1 15 1 141 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+
1985 22 3 2 .600 2.76 5 5 0 0 0 0 32.2 27 13 10 3 14 1 24 0 0 1 140 154 1.255 7.4 0.8 3.9 6.6 1.71 154
1986 23 12 17 .414 4.26 34 34 0 2 0 0 205.0 226 114 97 26 74 3 111 6 0 4 897 101 1.463 9.9 1.1 3.2 4.9 1.50 101
1987 24 26 31 .456 4.46 71 64 1 8 0 0 413.1 422 229 205 56 156 3 254 9 5 10 1777 99 1.398 9.2 1.2 3.4 5.5 1.63 99
1988 25 37 44 .457 4.21 101 94 1 14 2 0 620.0 602 328 290 76 238 6 411 14 17 20 2653 102 1.355 8.7 1.1 3.5 6.0 1.73 102
1989 26 37 44 .457 4.21 101 94 1 14 2 0 620.0 602 328 290 76 238 6 411 14 17 20 2653 102 1.355 8.7 1.1 3.5 6.0 1.73 102
1990 27 37 44 .457 4.21 101 94 1 14 2 0 620.0 602 328 290 76 238 6 411 14 17 20 2653 102 1.355 8.7 1.1 3.5 6.0 1.73 102
1991 28 50 51 .495 3.97 126 119 1 19 3 0 789.2 754 395 348 86 322 7 536 18 18 28 3383 107 1.363 8.6 1.0 3.7 6.1 1.66 107
1992 29 66 62 .516 3.90 159 152 1 24 3 0 1013.2 983 498 439 103 395 7 715 22 18 34 4330 107 1.359 8.7 0.9 3.5 6.3 1.81 107
1993 30 78 72 .520 3.97 189 182 1 26 4 0 1204.2 1171 596 531 128 469 13 878 25 23 40 5149 104 1.361 8.7 1.0 3.5 6.6 1.87 104
1994 31 80 74 .519 4.05 193 186 1 26 4 0 1224.1 1193 616 551 129 482 13 889 26 23 41 5242 102 1.368 8.8 0.9 3.5 6.5 1.84 102

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1985 22 2 1 .667 2.81 32.0 28 11 10 3 15 23 0 1.344 7.9 4.2 6.5 1.53 0.8 5
1986 23 7 11 .389 4.72 164.0 199 96 86 23 60 83 6 1.579 10.9 3.3 4.6 1.38 1.3 29
1987 24 9 13 .409 4.59 202.0 192 114 103 29 80 139 3 1.347 8.6 3.6 6.2 1.74 1.3 37
1988 25 11 11 .500 4.05 200.0 187 100 90 21 85 152 5 1.360 8.4 3.8 6.8 1.79 0.9 30
1991 28 10 7 .588 3.47 161.0 157 69 62 10 87 119 4 1.516 8.8 4.9 6.7 1.37 0.6 25
1992 29 10 13 .435 4.41 208.0 242 113 102 18 77 166 4 1.534 10.5 3.3 7.2 2.16 0.8 33
1993 30 9 11 .450 4.55 184.0 190 103 93 25 75 157 3 1.440 9.3 3.7 7.7 2.09 1.2 30
1994 31 1 2 .333 9.00 27.0 30 30 27 1 18 15 1 1.778 10.0 6.0 5.0 0.83 0.3 4
8 Seasons 59 69 .461 4.38 1178.0 1225 636 573 130 497 854 26 1.462 9.4 6.5 1.72 1.0 193

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1992 AL--16--10th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1991 AL--.650--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 AL--7.839--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 AL--6.837--7th
1991 AL--6.631--10th
1992 AL--7.192--5th
1993 NL--7.681--3rd
Career--6.535--139th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1992 AL--179--4th
1993 NL--163--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1988 AL--2--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
1993 NL--25--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1988 AL--82--9th

Hits s c a p y
1992 AL--229--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1992 AL--2.452--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1991 AL--.531--6th

Losses s c a p y
1986 AL--15--3rd
1987 AL--14--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1987 AL--108--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1988 AL--10--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 18 (1117), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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