José Guzmán

Jose Alberto (Mirabel) Guzman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 9, 1963 in Santa Isabel, P.R.
High School: John F. Kennedy HS (Santa Isabel, PR)
Signed
by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1985
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Cubs 1985-1994
Agents: Barry Meister [*]
Final Game: May 23, 1994
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Standard Pitching

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 1 140 155 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 96 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 10 876 110 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 Yrs 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 106 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 106 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1985 22 TEX AL 32.2 5 5 13 3.58 4.66 -0.10 0.16 100.1 4.92 5 0.5 -0.0 0.8 8 .608 .503 $
1986 23 TEX AL 172.1 29 29 101 5.27 4.63 -0.01 0.16 103.2 4.95 -7 -0.7 -0.1 0.7 12 .477 .496 $75,000
1987 24 TEX AL 208.1 37 30 115 4.97 4.92 -0.17 0.12 100.1 5.21 6 0.5 .9 -0.1 2.1 30 .515 .503 $107,500
1988 25 TEX AL 206.2 30 30 99 4.31 4.35 0.19 0.14 101.8 4.38 1 0.2 -0.1 1.7 23 .505 .501 $170,000
1991 28 TEX AL 169.2 25 25 67 3.55 4.43 -0.21 0.16 99.7 4.78 23 2.6 -0.1 4.0 43 .604 .516 $
1992 29 TEX AL 224.0 33 33 103 4.14 4.36 -0.28 0.15 97.7 4.68 14 1.5 -0.1 3.4 38 .546 .509 $1,405,000
1993 30 CHC NL 191.0 30 30 98 4.62 4.54 0.26 0.16 95.5 4.24 -11 -1.1 -0.1 0.2 10 .462 .493 $3,500,000
1994 31 CHC NL 19.2 4 4 20 9.15 4.72 0.10 0.17 95.5 4.58 -10 -0.8 -0.0 -0.7 -9 .294 .495 $3,500,000
8 Seasons 1224.1 193 186 616 4.53 4.54 -0.04 0.15 99.5 4.71 21 2.7 .9 -0.7 12.2 156 .514 .502 $8,757,500
TEX (6 yrs) 1013.2 159 152 498 4.42 4.54 -0.10 0.15 100.4 4.80 42 4.7 .9 -0.6 12.7 154 .530 .505 $1,757,500
CHC (2 yrs) 210.2 34 34 118 5.04 4.56 0.25 0.16 95.5 4.27 -21 -2.0 -0.1 -0.5 2 .443 .494 $7,000,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 3
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 10
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 8
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 19
1991 28 TEX AL 25 730 636 67 152 33 1 10 12 13 84 125 .239 .330 .341 .671 .282 217 11 4 2 3 1 9
1992 29 TEX AL 33 947 853 103 229 52 4 17 16 15 73 179 .268 .327 .399 .725 .319 340 20 4 9 7 0 11
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 10
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 0
8 Yrs 193 5242 4660 616 1193 242 15 129 123 54 482 889 .256 .327 .397 .724 .289 1852 105 26 38 34 13 70
162 Game Avg. 35 941 836 111 214 43 3 23 22 10 86 160 .256 .327 .397 .724 .289 332 19 5 7 6 2 13
MLB Averages .259 .326 .392 .718 .287

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1985 22 TEX AL 4.6 0.5 146 0.4 2.3 -1.9 .85 0.1 0.3 3.3 0.3 0.85 1.3 0 0 0
1986 23 TEX AL -6.0 -0.6 783 -0.8 14.3 -15.1 1.07 -0.9 0.1 -6.2 -0.6 1.07 -13.7 0 0 0
1987 24 TEX AL -1.2 -0.1 925 0.4 14.4 -14.0 .90 -0.0 0.4 1.6 0.2 0.90 1.7 2 1 4
1988 25 TEX AL 6.7 0.7 923 1.5 17.1 -15.6 1.09 0.8 0.6 8.0 0.8 1.09 8.5 0 0 0
1991 28 TEX AL 17.3 1.8 768 2.5 14.9 -12.4 1.11 1.1 1.2 21.3 2.3 1.11 11.5 0 0 0
1992 29 TEX AL 3.2 0.3 986 1.4 17.8 -16.5 1.05 0.1 1.2 9.7 1.0 1.05 1.1 0 0 0
1993 30 CHC NL -5.6 -0.6 857 0.4 13.9 -13.6 .94 -0.4 0.8 -1.3 -0.1 0.94 -4.3 0 0 0
1994 31 CHC NL -9.9 -0.9 95 -0.7 1.2 -1.9 .88 -0.2 -0.6 -6.9 -0.6 0.88 -3.1 0 0 0
8 Yrs 9.2 1.2 5483 4.9 95.8 -90.9 1.02 0.6 4.2 29.5 3.2 1.02 3.1 2 1 4

Starting Pitching*

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% 56.4 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% 45.7 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% 48.8 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% 54.4 85 18 25 12 0 13 3.9 3.8 6.9 103 4 7 9 8 135
1991 28 TEX AL 25 25 13 7 5 0 3 15 10 .600 3 1 5 1 19 76% 55.3 87 15 22 10 2 10 5.0 4.8 6.8 111 2 3 12 8 135
1992 29 TEX AL 33 33 16 11 6 3 4 17 16 .515 6 0 5 0 21 64% 53.4 84 21 23 13 0 12 4.5 5.4 6.8 105 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% 51.2 90 26 22 7 1 11 5.5 5.0 6.4 103 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% 35.8 53 19 5 5 0 3 5.4 8.5 4.9 81 1 3 0 0 96
8 Yrs 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 6.5 104 13 28 49 29 142
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.4 4.4 6.2 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 .898 2 1 4 1 0 6 6 1 7 0 7 1 8.6
1 Yr 37 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 33% .898 2 1 4 1 0 6 6 1 7 0 7 1 8.6

Ratio Pitching*

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 47% 2.1% 17.1% 10.0% 5.7% 30% 1.11 71% 17 3 18%
1986 23 TEX AL 757 45% 3.0% 11.5% 7.9% 7.7% 29% 1.27 76% 142 19 13%
1987 24 TEX AL 880 49% 3.4% 16.3% 9.3% 8.1% 36% 1.21 70% 147 23 16%
1988 25 TEX AL 876 51% 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 55% 1.4% 17.1% 11.5% 6.0% 29% 0.89 1.17 69% 20% 4.4% 17% 137 11 8%
1992 29 TEX AL 947 54% 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 45% 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 52% 1.1% 11.8% 14.0% 6.5% 27% 1.03 1.35 70% 24% 3.7% 16% 18 1 6%
8 Yrs 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 40% 2.2% 15.0% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 0.81 1.07 73% 20% 6.5% 20% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 835 2936 3.52 1801 61% 27% 15% 24% 33% 73% 1% 45% 79% 60% 5% 39 19 18% 147 66 5 16% 33 17 41 1 0
1991 28 TEX AL 734 2763 3.76 1599 58% 26% 18% 24% 32% 74% 0% 43% 76% 52% 7% 55 32 13% 96 44 4 13% 15 22 -4 0 0
1992 29 TEX AL 953 3453 3.62 2097 61% 27% 16% 23% 33% 73% 0% 44% 77% 57% 5% 49 37 17% 158 83 10 15% 32 12 -6 0 0
1993 30 CHC NL 791 2974 3.76 1775 60% 27% 17% 24% 31% 72% 2% 43% 77% 55% 6% 51 26 18% 141 68 7 23% 29 19 28 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 Yrs 3406 12450 3.66 7450 60% 27% 16% 24% 33% 73% 1% 44% 77% 56% 6% 202 120 16% 557 268 26 16% 113 72 59 1 2
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 Yrs 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 10 1 141 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

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 1 140 155 1.255 7.4 0.8 3.9 6.6 1.71 155
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 106 1.359 8.7 0.9 3.5 6.3 1.81 106
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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 2.73 33.0 27 11 10 3 14 24 0 1.242 7.4 3.8 6.5 1.71 0.8 5
1986 23 7 11 .389 4.77 164.0 199 97 87 23 60 83 6 1.579 10.9 3.3 4.6 1.38 1.3 29
1987 24 9 13 .409 4.66 201.0 193 116 104 30 81 138 3 1.363 8.6 3.6 6.2 1.70 1.3 37
1988 25 11 11 .500 4.10 200.0 186 101 91 21 85 152 5 1.355 8.4 3.8 6.8 1.79 0.9 30
1991 28 10 7 .588 3.47 161.0 157 69 62 10 87 118 4 1.516 8.8 4.9 6.6 1.36 0.6 25
1992 29 10 13 .435 4.41 208.0 243 113 102 18 77 166 4 1.538 10.5 3.3 7.2 2.16 0.8 33
1993 30 9 11 .450 4.60 184.0 190 104 94 25 75 157 3 1.440 9.3 3.7 7.7 2.09 1.2 30
1994 31 1 2 .333 8.67 27.0 30 29 26 1 18 15 1 1.778 10.0 6.0 5.0 0.83 0.3 4
8 Yrs 59 69 .461 4.40 1178.0 1225 640 576 131 497 853 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 (10th)

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 (155th)

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  0.531 (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 (1146), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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