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Neal Heaton

Neal Heaton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: March 3, 1960 in South Ozone Park, NY
High School: Sachem HS (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY)
School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1982
Teams (by GP): Indians/Pirates/Expos/Royals/Twins/... 1982-1993
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: June 26, 1993
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All-Star

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
1982 22 CLE AL 0 2 .000 5.23 8 4 0 0 0 0 31.0 32 21 18 1 16 0 14 0 0 4 142 80 1.548 9.3 0.3 4.6 4.1 0.88
1983 23 CLE AL 11 7 .611 4.16 39 16 19 4 3 7 149.1 157 79 69 11 44 10 75 1 0 1 637 103 1.346 9.5 0.7 2.7 4.5 1.70
1984 24 CLE AL 12 15 .444 5.21 38 34 2 4 1 0 198.2 231 128 115 21 75 5 75 0 1 3 880 79 1.540 10.5 1.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
1985 25 CLE AL 9 17 .346 4.90 36 33 2 5 1 0 207.2 244 119 113 19 80 2 82 7 2 2 921 85 1.560 10.6 0.8 3.5 3.6 1.03
1986 26 TOT AL 7 15 .318 4.08 33 29 2 5 0 1 198.2 201 102 90 26 81 8 90 2 0 4 850 104 1.419 9.1 1.2 3.7 4.1 1.11
1986 26 CLE AL 3 6 .333 4.24 12 12 0 2 0 0 74.1 73 42 35 8 34 4 24 1 0 2 324 98 1.439 8.8 1.0 4.1 2.9 0.71
1986 26 MIN AL 4 9 .308 3.98 21 17 2 3 0 1 124.1 128 60 55 18 47 4 66 1 0 2 526 108 1.408 9.3 1.3 3.4 4.8 1.40
1987 27 MON NL 13 10 .565 4.52 32 32 0 3 1 0 193.1 207 103 97 25 37 3 105 3 5 2 807 93 1.262 9.6 1.2 1.7 4.9 2.84
1988 28 MON NL 3 10 .231 4.99 32 11 7 0 0 2 97.1 98 54 54 14 43 5 43 3 5 1 415 72 1.449 9.1 1.3 4.0 4.0 1.00
1989 29 PIT NL 6 7 .462 3.05 42 18 5 1 0 0 147.1 127 55 50 12 55 12 67 6 5 4 620 110 1.235 7.8 0.7 3.4 4.1 1.22
1990 30 PIT NL 12 9 .571 3.45 30 24 2 0 0 0 146.0 143 66 56 17 38 1 68 2 1 4 599 105 1.240 8.8 1.0 2.3 4.2 1.79 AS
1991 31 PIT NL 3 3 .500 4.33 42 1 5 0 0 0 68.2 72 37 33 6 21 2 34 4 1 0 293 83 1.354 9.4 0.8 2.8 4.5 1.62
1992 32 TOT AL 3 1 .750 4.07 32 0 9 0 0 0 42.0 43 21 19 5 23 2 31 1 1 3 189 101 1.571 9.2 1.1 4.9 6.6 1.35
1992 32 KCR AL 3 1 .750 4.17 31 0 8 0 0 0 41.0 43 21 19 5 22 2 29 1 1 3 185 97 1.585 9.4 1.1 4.8 6.4 1.32
1992 32 MIL AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
1993 33 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 6.00 18 0 9 0 0 0 27.0 34 19 18 6 11 1 15 3 0 2 128 70 1.667 11.3 2.0 3.7 5.0 1.36
12 Yrs 80 96 .455 4.37 382 202 62 22 6 10 1507.0 1589 804 732 163 524 51 699 32 21 30 6481 91 1.402 9.5 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.33
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .455 4.37 44 24 7 3 1 1 175 185 94 85 19 61 6 81 4 2 3 755 91 1.402 9.5 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.33
CLE (5 yrs) 35 47 .427 4.77 133 99 23 15 5 7 661.0 737 389 350 60 249 21 270 9 3 12 2904 88 1.492 10.0 0.8 3.4 3.7 1.08
PIT (3 yrs) 21 19 .525 3.46 114 43 12 1 0 0 362.0 342 158 139 35 114 15 169 12 7 8 1512 102 1.260 8.5 0.9 2.8 4.2 1.48
MON (2 yrs) 16 20 .444 4.68 64 43 7 3 1 2 290.2 305 157 151 39 80 8 148 6 10 3 1222 86 1.325 9.4 1.2 2.5 4.6 1.85
KCR (1 yr) 3 1 .750 4.17 31 0 8 0 0 0 41.0 43 21 19 5 22 2 29 1 1 3 185 97 1.585 9.4 1.1 4.8 6.4 1.32
MIN (1 yr) 4 9 .308 3.98 21 17 2 3 0 1 124.1 128 60 55 18 47 4 66 1 0 2 526 108 1.408 9.3 1.3 3.4 4.8 1.40
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.00 18 0 9 0 0 0 27.0 34 19 18 6 11 1 15 3 0 2 128 70 1.667 11.3 2.0 3.7 5.0 1.36
MIL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
AL (7 yrs) 43 57 .430 4.66 204 116 43 18 5 8 854.1 942 489 442 89 330 28 382 14 4 19 3747 90 1.489 9.9 0.9 3.5 4.0 1.16
NL (5 yrs) 37 39 .487 4.00 178 86 19 4 1 2 652.2 647 315 290 74 194 23 317 18 17 11 2734 93 1.289 8.9 1.0 2.7 4.4 1.63

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
1982 22 CLE AL 31.0 8 4 21 6.10 4.48 -0.14 -0.04 102.4 4.70 -5 -0.5 .5 0.0 -0.2 -2 .442 .497 $
1983 23 CLE AL 149.1 39 16 79 4.76 4.59 -0.32 0.01 103.5 5.09 5 0.6 1.7 -0.1 1.7 21 .514 .503 $
1984 24 CLE AL 198.2 38 34 128 5.80 4.36 -0.05 0.12 102.9 4.66 -24 -2.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.9 -5 .436 .485 $
1985 25 CLE AL 207.2 36 33 119 5.16 4.55 -0.32 0.14 100.7 5.04 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 1.3 20 .493 .498 $225,000
1986 26 CLE AL 74.1 12 12 42 5.09 4.62 -0.28 0.16 99.8 5.05 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.5 8 .496 .500 $310,000
1986 26 MIN AL 124.1 21 17 60 4.34 4.50 -0.15 0.11 102.3 4.87 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.7 21 .535 .505 $
1987 27 MON NL 193.1 32 32 103 4.79 4.49 -0.12 0.17 103.0 4.93 1 0.1 -0.1 1.6 23 .504 .501 $400,000
1988 28 MON NL 97.1 32 11 54 4.99 3.92 0.26 -0.03 102.2 3.71 -14 -1.6 1.2 -0.1 -0.9 -5 .450 .490 $625,000
1989 29 PIT NL 147.1 42 18 55 3.36 3.94 0.18 0.01 96.5 3.64 4 0.5 1.1 -0.2 1.6 18 .512 .503 $650,000
1990 30 PIT NL 146.0 30 24 66 4.07 4.18 0.11 0.12 95.1 3.98 -4 -0.4 .8 -0.1 0.6 12 .485 .497 $700,000 AS
1991 31 PIT NL 68.2 42 1 37 4.85 4.05 -0.09 -0.28 97.4 3.75 -9 -1.0 .8 -0.0 -0.4 -2 .477 .494 $1,000,000
1992 32 KCR AL 41.0 31 0 21 4.61 4.53 -0.10 -0.35 99.9 4.28 -1 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.1 3 .495 .499 $1,100,000
1992 32 MIL AL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.31 0.02 -0.33 96.0 3.80 0 0.0 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .547 .500 $
1993 33 NYY AL 27.0 18 0 19 6.33 4.76 0.28 -0.37 97.6 4.02 -7 -0.7 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .464 .496 $250,000
12 Seasons 1507.0 382 202 804 4.80 4.36 -0.08 0.05 100.6 4.54 -49 -5.0 1.1 -1.0 6.4 109 .487 .498 $5,260,000
CLE (5 yrs) 661.0 133 99 389 5.30 4.50 -0.23 0.10 102.0 4.92 -27 -2.6 1.5 -0.3 2.4 43 .480 .497 $535,000
PIT (3 yrs) 362.0 114 43 158 3.93 4.06 0.10 -0.00 96.1 3.80 -9 -0.9 .9 -0.3 1.8 27 .492 .498 $2,350,000
MON (2 yrs) 290.2 64 43 157 4.86 4.30 0.00 0.10 102.7 4.52 -13 -1.5 1.2 -0.2 0.7 18 .477 .495 $1,025,000
KCR (1 yr) 41.0 31 0 21 4.61 4.53 -0.10 -0.35 99.9 4.28 -1 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.1 3 .495 .499 $1,100,000
MIN (1 yr) 124.1 21 17 60 4.34 4.50 -0.15 0.11 102.3 4.87 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.7 21 .535 .505 $
NYY (1 yr) 27.0 18 0 19 6.33 4.76 0.28 -0.37 97.6 4.02 -7 -0.7 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .464 .496 $250,000
MIL (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.31 0.02 -0.33 96.0 3.80 0 0.0 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .547 .500 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1990 PIT NL 30

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
1982 22 CLE AL 8 142 123 21 32 7 0 1 2 0 16 14 .260 .340 .341 .682 .282 42 1 0 1 2 0 2
1983 23 CLE AL 39 637 584 79 157 30 1 11 8 4 44 75 .269 .319 .380 .699 .290 222 13 1 3 5 10 9
1984 24 CLE AL 38 880 789 128 231 48 3 21 18 9 75 75 .293 .350 .441 .791 .299 348 18 0 6 10 5 14
1985 25 CLE AL 36 921 819 119 244 48 7 19 19 10 80 82 .298 .362 .443 .805 .310 363 20 7 7 8 2 8
1986 26 CLE AL 12 324 287 42 73 8 0 8 7 4 34 24 .254 .335 .366 .701 .255 105 8 1 2 0 4 7
1986 26 MIN AL 21 526 469 60 128 26 5 18 10 6 47 66 .273 .337 .465 .802 .282 218 13 1 4 5 4 6
1986 26 TOT AL 33 850 756 102 201 34 5 26 17 10 81 90 .266 .336 .427 .764 .271 323 21 2 6 5 8 13
1987 27 MON NL 32 807 756 103 207 34 3 25 23 11 37 105 .274 .308 .426 .734 .288 322 11 3 5 5 3 11
1988 28 MON NL 32 415 361 54 98 19 5 14 5 4 43 43 .271 .351 .468 .819 .274 169 14 3 5 3 5 3
1989 29 PIT NL 42 620 544 55 127 25 4 12 12 3 55 67 .233 .309 .360 .670 .246 196 9 6 12 3 12 12
1990 30 PIT NL 30 599 543 66 143 26 2 17 15 13 38 68 .263 .311 .413 .723 .272 224 10 2 10 6 1 5
1991 31 PIT NL 42 293 262 37 72 15 0 6 9 2 21 34 .275 .334 .401 .735 .293 105 6 4 3 3 2 3
1992 32 KCR AL 31 185 157 21 43 6 0 5 9 0 22 29 .274 .361 .408 .768 .302 64 5 1 2 3 2 1
1992 32 MIL AL 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 32 TOT AL 32 189 160 21 43 6 0 5 9 0 23 31 .269 .358 .400 .758 .299 64 5 1 2 3 2 1
1993 33 NYY AL 18 128 113 19 34 5 0 6 2 0 11 15 .301 .375 .504 .879 .301 57 3 3 0 1 1 3
12 Yrs 382 6481 5810 804 1589 297 30 163 139 66 524 699 .273 .334 .419 .753 .285 2435 131 32 60 54 51 84
162 Game Avg. 44 755 677 94 185 35 3 19 16 8 61 81 .273 .334 .419 .753 .285 284 15 4 7 6 6 10
MLB Averages .259 .324 .389 .714 .286

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1982 22 CLE AL -4.1 -0.4 147 0.2 2.3 -2.1 .97 0.0 0.2 -1.5 -0.2 0.97 -0.2 0 2 2
1983 23 CLE AL 1.0 0.1 651 1.4 13.2 -11.8 1.14 0.9 0.4 -0.5 -0.1 1.14 10.4 11 4 8
1984 24 CLE AL -23.2 -2.3 913 -2.8 13.9 -16.7 .93 -2.3 -0.7 -25.4 -2.4 0.93 -26.0 1 0 3
1985 25 CLE AL -14.2 -1.4 956 -1.1 16.2 -17.3 1.02 -1.7 0.6 -6.2 -0.6 1.02 -16.1 1 0 1
1986 26 TOT AL 2.6 0.3 889 -0.3 13.6 -13.9 .92 -0.0 -0.4 -2.0 -0.2 0.92 -1.8 1 0 3
1986 26 CLE AL -2.0 -0.2 338 -0.2 5.2 -5.4 .98 0.5 -0.7 -2.4 -0.2 0.98 1.8 0 0 0
1986 26 MIN AL 4.6 0.5 551 -0.1 8.3 -8.5 .88 -0.5 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.88 -3.5 1 0 3
1987 27 MON NL -4.1 -0.4 856 -0.4 13.6 -14.1 .94 0.3 -0.7 -1.8 -0.2 0.94 3.1 0 0 0
1988 28 MON NL -11.6 -1.2 435 -1.7 7.7 -9.4 1.17 -2.2 0.7 -7.1 -0.7 1.17 -20.1 9 4 8
1989 29 PIT NL 6.0 0.6 646 0.1 10.3 -10.2 .98 0.3 -0.2 9.1 1.0 0.98 3.0 8 5 11
1990 30 PIT NL 1.1 0.1 631 -0.6 9.6 -10.1 .92 -0.1 -0.5 -0.4 -0.0 0.92 -0.6 1 1 3
1991 31 PIT NL -5.4 -0.6 304 -0.6 3.7 -4.2 .76 -0.1 -0.6 -5.6 -0.6 0.76 -0.9 9 7 25
1992 32 TOT AL 0.3 0.0 201 0.5 4.0 -3.5 1.19 -0.8 1.2 0.3 0.0 1.19 -6.9 10 9 13
1992 32 KCR AL -0.4 -0.0 197 0.5 4.0 -3.5 1.21 -0.8 1.2 -0.2 -0.0 1.21 -7.3 10 9 12
1992 32 MIL AL 0.6 0.1 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.0 -0.0 0.5 0.1 0.00 0.5 0 0 1
1993 33 NYY AL -5.2 -0.5 132 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .43 -1.0 -0.2 -12.8 -1.2 0.43 -11.6 2 3 12
12 Yrs -57.0 -5.6 6761 -5.8 108.8 -114.6 .97 -6.8 0.7 -53.9 -5.2 0.97 -67.4 53 35 89

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
1982 22 CLE AL 8 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 .000 2 0 0 0 2 50% 45.5 52 38 10 7 1 1 1.9 3.4 4.8
1983 23 CLE AL 39 16 7 5 4 1 0 9 7 .563 2 2 4 3 9 56% 48.7 84 17 24 14 3 3 4.7 4.1 6.8
1984 24 CLE AL 38 34 12 14 8 6 0 17 17 .500 5 1 4 1 11 32% 43.1 81 24 35 14 4 7 5.0 5.9 5.6
1985 25 CLE AL 36 33 9 16 8 1 4 11 22 .333 6 1 5 1 16 48% 44.8 78 22 33 17 5 8 4.0 3.8 6.1
1986 26 TOT AL 33 29 7 15 7 3 6 11 18 .379 1 1 5 0 13 45% 48.0 76 6 26 8 0 11 3.7 3.7 6.4
1986 26 CLE AL 12 12 3 6 3 1 4 5 7 .417 1 1 2 0 7 58% 46.8 72 25 14 6 0 6 4.6 4.7 6.2
1986 26 MIN AL 21 17 4 9 4 2 2 6 11 .353 0 0 3 0 6 35% 48.8 76 6 12 2 0 5 3.2 3.0 6.6
1987 27 MON NL 32 32 13 10 9 3 1 19 13 .594 3 5 3 1 15 47% 49.1 87 20 20 8 0 11 4.9 4.9 6.0
1988 28 MON NL 32 11 2 6 3 1 0 5 6 .455 1 1 0 0 4 36% 42.8 59 18 17 9 0 5 3.8 3.6 5.7 88 2 5 1 1 121
1989 29 PIT NL 42 18 4 7 7 2 2 5 12 .294 2 4 1 0 8 44% 51.3 71 30 14 4 3 4 3.7 3.5 5.9 85 10 4 3 1 123
1990 30 PIT NL 30 24 12 8 4 5 3 15 9 .625 2 1 0 0 13 54% 50.8 68 19 12 2 0 10 4.4 4.8 5.7 79 8 6 3 0 101
1991 31 PIT NL 42 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.0 39 39 15 6 1 0 1.0 3.0 4.0 63 1 0 0 0 63
10 Yrs 332 202 66 84 52 22 16 92 109 .458 24 16 22 6 91 45% 47 87 6 206 89 17 60 4.3 4.4 6.0 83 21 15 7 2 123
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 4.3 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
1982 22 CLE AL 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 4 .969 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 4 0 8.8
1983 23 CLE AL 39 23 19 4 2 9 7 2 78% 9 0 20 9 45% 8 1.138 11 4 8 11 5 7 12 11 11 6 12 1 5.3
1984 24 CLE AL 38 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 .927 1 0 3 0 1 3 3 1 3 1 3 0 6.5
1985 25 CLE AL 36 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 1 50% 1 1.021 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 7.7
1986 26 TOT AL 33 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 3 100% .917 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 8.8
1986 26 MIN AL 21 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 3 100% 2 .878 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 8.8
1988 28 MON NL 32 21 7 1 4 2 2 0 100% 3 1 8 0 0% 7 1.169 9 4 8 3 7 11 4 17 13 2 14 2 5.0 25
1989 29 PIT NL 42 24 5 2 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 11 2 18% 7 .983 8 5 11 5 5 14 9 15 16 2 16 6 5.2 26
1990 30 PIT NL 30 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 0 0 6 .921 1 1 3 2 0 4 0 6 4 0 4 0 5.0 23
1991 31 PIT NL 42 41 5 3 2 1 0 1 0% 7 5 12 6 50% 7 .761 9 7 25 16 3 22 7 34 21 3 22 3 4.7 23
1992 32 TOT AL 32 32 9 3 1 2 0 2 0% 11 8 22 7 32% 1.187 10 9 13 13 3 16 15 17 14 8 17 7 3.9 21
1992 32 KCR AL 31 31 8 3 1 2 0 2 0% 11 8 22 7 32% 8 1.213 10 9 12 12 3 16 15 16 14 8 17 7 4.0 21
1992 32 MIL AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .002 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 19
1993 33 NYY AL 18 18 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 16 11 69% 6 .433 2 3 12 3 1 14 10 8 11 5 12 2 4.5 26
11 Yrs 338 180 62 14 12 18 10 8 56% 39 19 98 39 40% .977 53 35 89 56 25 99 63 117 100 28 108 21 5.0 24

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%
1982 22 CLE AL 142 18% 0.7% 9.9% 11.3% 5.6% 25% 0.72 77% 30 1 3%
1983 23 CLE AL 637 19% 1.7% 11.8% 6.9% 6.6% 27% 0.74 79% 121 13 11%
1984 24 CLE AL 880 18% 2.4% 8.5% 8.5% 8.2% 31% 0.77 80% 164 18 11%
1985 25 CLE AL 921 20% 2.1% 8.9% 8.7% 8.0% 30% 1.01 79% 183 20 11%
1986 26 TOT AL 850 18% 3.1% 10.6% 9.5% 7.7% 32% 0.98 76% 164 21 13%
1986 26 CLE AL 324 18% 2.5% 7.4% 10.5% 4.9% 22% 1.04 79% 73 8 11%
1986 26 MIN AL 526 18% 3.4% 12.6% 8.9% 9.3% 38% 0.94 74% 91 13 14%
1987 27 MON NL 807 16% 3.1% 13.0% 4.6% 7.7% 30% 0.91 78% 121 11 9%
1988 28 MON NL 415 24% 3.4% 10.4% 10.4% 9.2% 39% 0.70 0.99 74% 16% 14.7% 48% 63 14 22%
1989 29 PIT NL 620 21% 1.9% 10.8% 8.9% 6.6% 32% 0.71 0.90 75% 19% 5.5% 21% 102 9 9%
1990 30 PIT NL 599 17% 2.8% 11.4% 6.3% 7.5% 32% 0.87 1.20 77% 20% 8.9% 25% 87 10 11%
1991 31 PIT NL 293 31% 2.1% 11.6% 7.2% 7.2% 29% 0.68 0.88 77% 17% 5.7% 22% 58 6 10%
1992 32 TOT AL 189 34% 2.7% 16.4% 12.2% 5.8% 26% 0.65 0.96 67% 26% 7.0% 11% 32 5 16%
1992 32 KCR AL 185 35% 2.7% 15.7% 11.9% 6.0% 26% 0.66 0.98 68% 26% 7.1% 11% 32 5 16%
1992 32 MIL AL 4 0% 0.0% 50.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 25% 0% 0.0% 0% 0 0
1993 33 NYY AL 128 30% 4.7% 11.7% 8.6% 8.6% 32% 0.92 1.36 73% 21% 13.0% 10% 31 3 10%
12 Yrs 6481 20% 2.5% 10.8% 8.1% 7.6% 31% 0.75 0.92 77% 19% 8.3% 26% 1156 131 11%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 14.6% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.3% 21% 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 28 MON NL 377 1289 3.42 775 60% 24% 10% 28% 38% 76% 4% 46% 86% 55% 8% 31 19 14% 54 30 3 29% 8 7 38 0 0
1989 29 PIT NL 620 2149 3.47 1349 63% 23% 10% 31% 36% 77% 5% 48% 87% 60% 6% 39 13 18% 114 66 7 25% 9 14 0 1 7
1990 30 PIT NL 452 1488 3.29 921 62% 19% 15% 26% 40% 81% 1% 50% 81% 57% 6% 29 17 14% 64 33 1 16% 10 11 147 1 7
1991 31 PIT NL 294 988 3.36 612 62% 21% 13% 27% 38% 79% 2% 49% 83% 54% 6% 19 7 17% 50 27 2 12% 7 10 -1 0 0
1992 32 TOT AL 189 671 3.55 406 61% 23% 18% 25% 33% 77% 2% 46% 76% 49% 6% 12 4 12% 22 12 2 23% 4 6 0 0 0
1992 32 KCR AL 185 652 3.52 396 61% 24% 18% 25% 34% 76% 2% 46% 77% 50% 6% 11 4 12% 22 12 2 24% 4 5 0 0 0
1992 32 MIL AL 4 19 4.75 10 53% 0% 40% 50% 10% 100% 0% 53% 60% 25% 25% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0% 0 1 0 0 0
1993 33 NYY AL 128 470 3.67 288 61% 22% 14% 31% 34% 78% 2% 48% 83% 46% 7% 9 4 17% 22 14 2 20% 3 4 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2060 7055 3.42 4351 62% 22% 12% 28% 37% 78% 3% 48% 84% 56% 7% 139 64 16% 326 182 17 21% 41 52 184 2 14
MLB Averages 3.63 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

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
1982 22 CLE AL 142 32 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 2 1 40% 2 4 0 61 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1983 23 CLE AL 637 157 11 1 13 9 2 9 2 39 19 3 49% 9 1 1 225 8 4 67% 6 4 2 0 0 0 4 3 8 0
1984 24 CLE AL 880 231 21 0 17 18 3 9 12 50 29 5 58% 14 3 2 336 18 9 67% 15 9 3 0 0 0 2 1 21 0
1985 25 CLE AL 921 244 19 1 12 17 2 11 8 51 29 5 57% 8 2 1 369 19 10 66% 14 8 5 0 0 2 2 1 15 0
1986 26 TOT AL 850 201 26 1 15 20 6 13 13 41 19 4 46% 13 4 2 307 17 10 63% 16 8 1 2 0 0 7 0 10 0
1986 26 CLE AL 324 73 8 0 8 7 1 5 3 13 9 2 69% 7 2 1 127 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1986 26 MIN AL 526 128 18 1 7 13 5 8 10 28 10 2 36% 6 2 1 180 10 6 63% 10 4 0 2 0 0 6 0 7 0
1987 27 MON NL 807 207 25 0 12 21 4 14 11 40 26 3 65% 11 2 2 247 23 11 68% 18 9 4 1 1 1 5 1 17 0
1988 28 MON NL 415 98 10 0 14 0 12 10 4 6 8 18 8 1 44% 3 1 2 126 5 4 56% 2 4 3 0 0 0 5 3 11 0
1989 29 PIT NL 620 127 11 2 12 0 13 12 0 4 8 23 10 4 43% 12 4 3 219 12 3 80% 10 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 18 0
1990 30 PIT NL 599 143 21 1 17 0 6 13 4 8 9 19 12 3 63% 5 4 1 197 15 13 54% 11 11 4 2 0 0 7 7 18 0
1991 31 PIT NL 293 72 17 1 6 0 6 4 2 2 4 20 12 4 60% 3 0 0 113 9 2 82% 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1992 32 TOT AL 189 43 13 0 5 0 3 4 1 2 3 4 3 0 75% 1 3 0 83 9 0 100% 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1992 32 KCR AL 185 43 13 0 5 0 3 4 1 2 3 4 3 0 75% 1 3 0 82 9 0 100% 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1992 32 MIL AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 33 NYY AL 128 34 6 1 6 0 4 6 0 3 3 10 7 1 70% 3 2 0 56 2 0 100% 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
12 Yrs 6481 1589 78 5 163 3 113 135 28 82 81 320 176 34 55% 84 30 14 2339 139 66 68% 107 57 30 6 2 3 34 16 141 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+
1982 22 0 2 .000 5.23 8 4 0 0 0 0 31.0 32 21 18 1 16 0 14 0 0 4 142 80 1.548 9.3 0.3 4.6 4.1 0.88 80
1983 23 11 9 .550 4.34 47 20 19 4 3 7 180.1 189 100 87 12 60 10 89 1 0 5 779 98 1.381 9.4 0.6 3.0 4.4 1.48 98
1984 24 23 24 .489 4.80 85 54 21 8 4 7 379.0 420 228 202 33 135 15 164 1 1 8 1659 87 1.464 10.0 0.8 3.2 3.9 1.21 87
1985 25 32 41 .438 4.83 121 87 23 13 5 7 586.2 664 347 315 52 215 17 246 8 3 10 2580 87 1.498 10.2 0.8 3.3 3.8 1.14 87
1986 26 39 56 .411 4.64 154 116 25 18 5 8 785.1 865 449 405 78 296 25 336 10 3 14 3430 90 1.478 9.9 0.9 3.4 3.9 1.14 90
1987 27 52 66 .441 4.62 186 148 25 21 6 8 978.2 1072 552 502 103 333 28 441 13 8 16 4237 91 1.436 9.9 0.9 3.1 4.1 1.32 91
1988 28 55 76 .420 4.65 218 159 32 21 6 10 1076.0 1170 606 556 117 376 33 484 16 13 17 4652 89 1.437 9.8 1.0 3.1 4.0 1.29 89
1989 29 61 83 .424 4.46 260 177 37 22 6 10 1223.1 1297 661 606 129 431 45 551 22 18 21 5272 91 1.413 9.5 0.9 3.2 4.1 1.28 91
1990 30 73 92 .442 4.35 290 201 39 22 6 10 1369.1 1440 727 662 146 469 46 619 24 19 25 5871 92 1.394 9.5 1.0 3.1 4.1 1.32 92
1991 31 76 95 .444 4.35 332 202 44 22 6 10 1438.0 1512 764 695 152 490 48 653 28 20 25 6164 92 1.392 9.5 1.0 3.1 4.1 1.33 92
1992 32 79 96 .451 4.34 364 202 53 22 6 10 1480.0 1555 785 714 157 513 50 684 29 21 28 6353 92 1.397 9.5 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.33 92
1993 33 80 96 .455 4.37 382 202 62 22 6 10 1507.0 1589 804 732 163 524 51 699 32 21 30 6481 91 1.402 9.5 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.33 91

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
1982 22 1 2 .333 5.52 31.0 33 21 19 1 16 14 0 1.581 9.6 4.6 4.1 0.88 0.3 8
1983 23 7 9 .438 4.28 145.0 157 77 69 11 44 73 1 1.386 9.7 2.7 4.5 1.66 0.7 39
1984 24 7 14 .333 5.64 190.0 235 132 119 21 76 72 0 1.637 11.1 3.6 3.4 0.95 1.0 38
1985 25 7 14 .333 5.40 195.0 248 130 117 19 81 77 7 1.687 11.4 3.7 3.6 0.95 0.9 36
1986 26 9 11 .450 4.40 188.0 203 102 92 26 82 85 2 1.516 9.7 3.9 4.1 1.04 1.2 33
1987 27 10 11 .476 4.38 189.0 201 102 92 24 36 103 3 1.254 9.6 1.7 4.9 2.86 1.1 32
1988 28 3 6 .333 6.03 88.0 102 66 59 15 45 39 3 1.670 10.4 4.6 4.0 0.87 1.5 32
1989 29 8 7 .533 3.76 139.0 137 64 58 13 59 63 6 1.410 8.9 3.8 4.1 1.07 0.8 42
1990 30 7 8 .467 4.10 136.0 150 69 62 18 40 63 2 1.397 9.9 2.6 4.2 1.58 1.2 30
1991 31 3 4 .429 5.06 64.0 76 40 36 6 22 32 4 1.531 10.7 3.1 4.5 1.45 0.8 42
1992 32 2 2 .500 4.73 40.0 45 23 21 5 24 29 1 1.725 10.1 5.4 6.5 1.21 1.1 32
1993 33 1 1 .500 6.58 26.0 35 21 19 6 11 15 3 1.769 12.1 3.8 5.2 1.36 2.1 18
12 Yrs 65 89 .422 4.80 1431.0 1622 847 763 165 536 665 32 1.508 10.2 4.2 1.24 1.0 382

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1990

Wins s c a p y
1987 NL  13 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1987 NL  1.262 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 NL  1.722 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1983 AL  3 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1985 AL  244 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1987 NL  2.838 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1984 AL  15 (5th)
1985 AL  17 (3rd)
1986 AL  15 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1984 AL  115 (5th)
1985 AL  113 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 AL  7 (9th)
1989 NL  6 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Rick Waits (968)
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  5. Dave LaPoint (950)
  6. Steve Trout (945)
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  8. Jim Deshaies (941)
  9. Ken Heintzelman (940)
  10. Andy Hawkins (940)
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  1. Gerry Arrigo (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Vern Law (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Brandt (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Randy Lerch (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Randy Lerch (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Randy Lerch (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rick Waits (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ray Burris (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rick Waits (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rick Waits (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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