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Willie Hernández

Guillermo (Villanueva) Hernandez
as played as Guillermo

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 14, 1954 in Aguada, Puerto Rico
High School: Su Martin Hernandez HS (Aguada, PR)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1977 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Cubs/Phillies 1977-1989
Agents: Brian David [*]
Final Game: August 18, 1989 (Age 34)
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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
1977 22 CHC NL 8 7 .533 3.03 67 1 23 0 0 4 110.0 94 42 37 11 28 9 78 1 3 8 437 145 1.109 7.7 0.9 2.3 6.4 2.79
1978 23 CHC NL 8 2 .800 3.77 54 0 21 0 0 3 59.2 57 26 25 6 35 7 38 1 0 3 264 107 1.542 8.6 0.9 5.3 5.7 1.09
1979 24 CHC NL 4 4 .500 5.01 51 2 19 0 0 0 79.0 85 50 44 8 39 12 53 4 1 3 359 83 1.570 9.7 0.9 4.4 6.0 1.36
1980 25 CHC NL 1 9 .100 4.40 53 7 13 0 0 0 108.1 115 58 53 8 45 4 75 2 1 6 473 90 1.477 9.6 0.7 3.7 6.2 1.67
1981 26 CHC NL 0 0 3.95 12 0 3 0 0 2 13.2 14 7 6 0 8 2 13 0 0 2 62 96 1.610 9.2 0.0 5.3 8.6 1.63
1982 27 CHC NL 4 6 .400 3.00 75 0 30 0 0 10 75.0 74 26 25 3 24 11 54 1 0 0 312 125 1.307 8.9 0.4 2.9 6.5 2.25
1983 28 TOT NL 9 4 .692 3.28 74 1 31 0 0 8 115.1 109 47 42 9 32 8 93 1 0 5 478 112 1.223 8.5 0.7 2.5 7.3 2.91
1983 28 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 3.20 11 1 4 0 0 1 19.2 16 8 7 0 6 1 18 0 0 0 80 120 1.119 7.3 0.0 2.7 8.2 3.00
1983 28 PHI NL 8 4 .667 3.29 63 0 27 0 0 7 95.2 93 39 35 9 26 7 75 1 0 5 398 110 1.244 8.7 0.8 2.4 7.1 2.88
1984 29 DET AL 9 3 .750 1.92 80 0 68 0 0 32 140.1 96 30 30 6 36 8 112 4 0 2 548 204 0.941 6.2 0.4 2.3 7.2 3.11 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1985 30 DET AL 8 10 .444 2.70 74 0 64 0 0 31 106.2 82 38 32 13 14 2 76 1 0 2 415 151 0.900 6.9 1.1 1.2 6.4 5.43 AS
1986 31 DET AL 8 7 .533 3.55 64 0 53 0 0 24 88.2 87 35 35 13 21 1 77 5 1 2 376 117 1.218 8.8 1.3 2.1 7.8 3.67 AS
1987 32 DET AL 3 4 .429 3.67 45 0 31 0 0 8 49.0 53 27 20 8 20 7 30 0 0 1 217 116 1.490 9.7 1.5 3.7 5.5 1.50
1988 33 DET AL 6 5 .545 3.06 63 0 38 0 0 10 67.2 50 24 23 8 31 6 59 4 3 3 284 125 1.197 6.7 1.1 4.1 7.8 1.90
1989 34 DET AL 2 2 .500 5.74 32 0 25 0 0 15 31.1 36 21 20 4 16 2 30 1 1 0 141 68 1.660 10.3 1.1 4.6 8.6 1.88
13 Yrs 70 63 .526 3.38 744 11 419 0 0 147 1044.2 952 431 392 97 349 79 788 25 10 37 4366 119 1.245 8.2 0.8 3.0 6.8 2.26
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .526 3.38 67 1 38 0 0 13 94 86 39 35 9 31 7 71 2 1 3 393 119 1.245 8.2 0.8 3.0 6.8 2.26
CHC (7 yrs) 26 28 .481 3.81 323 11 113 0 0 20 465.1 455 217 197 36 185 46 329 9 5 22 1987 107 1.375 8.8 0.7 3.6 6.4 1.78
DET (6 yrs) 36 31 .537 2.98 358 0 279 0 0 120 483.2 404 175 160 52 138 26 384 15 5 10 1981 135 1.121 7.5 1.0 2.6 7.1 2.78
PHI (1 yr) 8 4 .667 3.29 63 0 27 0 0 7 95.2 93 39 35 9 26 7 75 1 0 5 398 110 1.244 8.7 0.8 2.4 7.1 2.88
NL (7 yrs) 34 32 .515 3.72 386 11 140 0 0 27 561.0 548 256 232 45 211 53 404 10 5 27 2385 107 1.353 8.8 0.7 3.4 6.5 1.91
AL (6 yrs) 36 31 .537 2.98 358 0 279 0 0 120 483.2 404 175 160 52 138 26 384 15 5 10 1981 135 1.121 7.5 1.0 2.6 7.1 2.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1977 22 CHC NL 110.0 67 1 42 3.44 4.47 -0.25 -0.31 112.9 4.98 18 2.0 1.5 0.2 3.2 28 .529 .512
1978 23 CHC NL 59.2 54 0 26 3.92 4.19 -0.09 -0.34 115.8 4.56 4 0.4 1.5 0.0 1.0 9 .508 .503
1979 24 CHC NL 79.0 51 2 50 5.70 4.30 -0.30 -0.29 110.1 4.74 -9 -1.0 .7 0.0 -0.3 -2 .481 .494
1980 25 CHC NL 108.1 53 7 58 4.82 4.12 -0.31 -0.19 109.6 4.65 -2 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.6 7 .495 .498
1981 26 CHC NL 13.2 12 0 7 4.61 3.94 -0.56 -0.30 107.0 4.49 -0 -0.0 1.6 -0.0 0.1 1 .496 .500
1982 27 CHC NL 75.0 75 0 26 3.12 4.28 -0.17 -0.33 103.3 4.25 9 1.0 1.8 0.2 1.9 16 .513 .506
1983 28 CHC NL 19.2 11 1 8 3.66 4.17 -0.14 -0.22 103.3 4.22 1 0.1 .6 -0.1 0.3 3 .512 .501
1983 28 PHI NL 95.2 63 0 39 3.67 4.14 -0.35 -0.32 99.9 4.17 5 0.5 1.4 -0.1 1.4 13 .509 .503
1984 29 DET AL 140.1 80 0 30 1.92 4.43 0.29 -0.35 98.5 3.73 29 3.1 1.3 0.3 4.8 41 .539 .519 $530,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1985 30 DET AL 106.2 74 0 38 3.21 4.61 0.22 -0.36 98.1 3.96 9 0.9 1.6 0.1 2.0 19 .512 .506 $660,000 AS
1986 31 DET AL 88.2 64 0 35 3.55 4.65 0.35 -0.36 99.1 3.91 3 0.3 1.7 -0.0 1.2 12 .505 .502 $960,000 AS
1987 32 DET AL 49.0 45 0 27 4.96 4.98 0.06 -0.39 97.2 4.41 -3 -0.3 2.0 -0.2 -0.0 2 .493 .498 $1,060,000
1988 33 DET AL 67.2 63 0 24 3.19 4.47 0.19 -0.36 97.1 3.82 5 0.5 1.8 0.0 1.2 11 .508 .503 $1,210,000
1989 34 DET AL 31.1 32 0 21 6.03 4.51 -0.12 -0.35 98.6 4.23 -6 -0.7 1.5 -0.2 -0.6 -3 .479 .496 $1,310,000
13 Seasons 1044.2 744 11 431 3.71 4.40 -0.04 -0.32 103.6 4.27 60 6.6 1.5 0.0 16.6 157 .509 .503 $5,730,000
CHC (7 yrs) 465.1 323 11 217 4.20 4.27 -0.24 -0.28 109.9 4.65 20 2.2 1.4 0.2 6.7 62 .507 .502
DET (6 yrs) 483.2 358 0 175 3.26 4.58 0.22 -0.36 98.2 3.93 36 3.9 1.6 -0.1 8.5 82 .511 .504 $5,730,000
PHI (1 yr) 95.2 63 0 39 3.67 4.14 -0.35 -0.32 99.9 4.17 5 0.5 1.4 -0.1 1.4 13 .509 .503

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1983 28 PHI NL WS L BAL 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 14 0.250 0.0 0.0 2.3 9.0 4.00
1984 29 DET AL ALCS W KCR 0 0 2.25 3 0 2 0 0 1 4.0 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 16 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 6.8 3.00
1984 29 DET AL WS W SDP 0 0 1.69 3 0 3 0 0 2 5.1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0.750 6.8 1.7 0.0 0.0
1987 32 DET AL ALCS L MIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 0 0 1.32 10 0 5 0 0 3 13.2 9 2 2 1 2 1 7 1 0 0 51 0.805 5.9 0.7 1.3 4.6 3.50
2 ALCS 0 0 2.08 4 0 2 0 0 1 4.1 5 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 18 1.385 10.4 0.0 2.1 6.2 3.00
2 WS 0 0 0.96 6 0 3 0 0 2 9.1 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 33 0.536 3.9 1.0 1.0 3.9 4.00

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
1984 DET AL 29 0 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 9.0
1985 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 27.0 2.00
1986 DET AL 31
3 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 0 1.2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 8 1.800 10.8 5.4 5.4 16.2 3.00

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
1977 22 CHC NL 67 436 402 42 94 15 3 11 10 5 28 78 .234 .284 .368 .652 .263 148 7 1 4 2 9 3
1978 23 CHC NL 54 264 217 26 57 10 1 6 7 4 35 38 .263 .363 .401 .764 .290 87 5 1 8 3 7 2
1979 24 CHC NL 51 359 303 50 85 17 2 8 5 3 39 53 .281 .364 .429 .793 .310 130 4 4 7 6 12 4
1980 25 CHC NL 53 473 417 58 115 20 2 8 7 9 45 75 .276 .347 .391 .738 .318 163 9 2 6 3 4 9
1981 26 CHC NL 12 62 50 7 14 5 0 0 1 1 8 13 .280 .367 .380 .747 .359 19 2 0 2 2 2 1
1982 27 CHC NL 75 312 276 26 74 10 0 3 4 5 24 54 .268 .326 .337 .663 .320 93 7 1 8 3 11 5
1983 28 TOT NL 74 478 438 47 109 22 4 9 4 5 32 93 .249 .301 .379 .680 .298 166 6 1 7 0 8 9
1983 28 CHC NL 11 80 72 8 16 4 0 0 1 0 6 18 .222 .282 .278 .560 .296 20 1 0 2 0 1 2
1983 28 PHI NL 63 398 366 39 93 18 4 9 3 5 26 75 .254 .305 .399 .704 .298 146 5 1 5 0 7 7
1984 29 DET AL 80 548 496 30 96 10 1 6 4 2 36 112 .194 .252 .254 .506 .236 126 9 4 9 3 8 3
1985 30 DET AL 74 415 391 38 82 13 2 13 5 2 14 76 .210 .236 .353 .589 .225 138 5 1 4 5 2 8
1986 31 DET AL 64 376 346 35 87 17 0 13 7 3 21 77 .251 .301 .413 .715 .286 143 4 5 1 3 1 4
1987 32 DET AL 45 217 192 27 53 7 3 8 2 1 20 30 .276 .340 .469 .808 .287 90 4 0 2 3 7 2
1988 33 DET AL 63 284 240 24 50 10 0 8 2 0 31 59 .208 .306 .350 .656 .239 84 8 4 6 3 6 3
1989 34 DET AL 32 141 123 21 36 8 0 4 1 3 16 30 .293 .379 .455 .834 .360 56 2 1 1 0 2 1
13 Yrs 744 4365 3891 431 952 164 18 97 59 43 349 788 .245 .308 .371 .679 .281 1443 72 25 65 36 79 54
162 Game Avg. 67 393 350 39 86 15 2 9 5 4 31 71 .245 .308 .371 .679 .281 130 6 2 6 3 7 5
MLB Averages .260 .325 .389 .714 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1977 22 CHC NL 14.8 1.5 465 1.5 9.4 -7.8 1.12 1.8 -0.4 14.4 1.4 1.12 21.5 28 19 17
1978 23 CHC NL 2.4 0.2 276 0.9 5.6 -4.7 1.30 -0.3 1.0 0.7 0.1 1.30 -3.5 19 17 17
1979 24 CHC NL -6.8 -0.7 372 0.3 4.4 -4.0 .70 -0.6 1.1 -15.1 -1.5 0.70 -10.7 8 13 29
1980 25 CHC NL -4.5 -0.5 494 -0.4 6.3 -6.7 .81 -0.5 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.81 -5.8 11 6 27
1981 26 CHC NL -0.3 -0.0 65 -0.3 1.5 -1.8 1.47 -0.1 -0.1 -4.4 -0.5 1.47 -1.6 7 3 2
1982 27 CHC NL 6.9 0.7 322 -0.1 6.5 -6.6 1.35 0.6 -0.7 4.8 0.5 1.35 5.7 38 10 26
1983 28 TOT NL 5.1 0.5 492 0.8 8.8 -8.0 1.00 0.5 0.2 3.5 0.4 1.00 5.2 26 17 28
1983 28 CHC NL 1.4 0.1 81 0.1 0.6 -0.6 .55 0.2 -0.1 -0.0 -0.0 0.55 2.7 1 1 7
1983 28 PHI NL 3.8 0.4 411 0.7 8.1 -7.4 1.09 0.3 0.3 3.5 0.4 1.09 2.5 25 16 21
1984 29 DET AL 33.4 3.4 561 8.6 15.2 -6.6 1.43 4.3 1.7 38.3 4.0 1.43 44.3 32 19 26
1985 30 DET AL 15.5 1.6 427 1.2 12.4 -11.3 1.54 1.4 -0.7 14.8 1.5 1.54 19.0 34 18 20
1986 31 DET AL 7.8 0.8 389 -0.1 11.0 -11.0 1.59 0.1 -0.2 7.4 0.7 1.59 7.7 33 6 23
1987 32 DET AL 1.2 0.1 223 -1.2 4.9 -6.1 1.51 0.0 -0.8 -3.8 -0.4 1.51 -1.8 23 8 12
1988 33 DET AL 6.8 0.7 292 0.1 6.8 -6.7 1.45 0.2 -0.1 9.6 1.0 1.45 1.8 27 11 24
1989 34 DET AL -5.9 -0.6 147 -0.1 3.3 -3.4 1.43 -0.1 0.0 -10.6 -1.1 1.43 -4.6 13 5 13
13 Yrs 76.5 7.8 4525 11.5 96.1 -84.6 1.24 7.5 1.7 58.4 6.1 1.24 77.1 299 152 264

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
1977 22 CHC NL 67 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 47.0 47 47 24 10 0 1 1.0 1.5 7.0
1979 24 CHC NL 51 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 47.0 53 41 20 8 2 0 6.0 10.1 4.2
1980 25 CHC NL 53 7 0 6 1 0 1 1 6 .143 0 1 0 0 1 14% 35.0 50 16 25 13 2 2 2.0 1.2 4.4
1983 28 TOT NL 74 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46 46 30 10 1 0 6.0 3.6 4.3
1983 28 CHC NL 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46.0 46 46 5 3 1 0 6.0 3.6 4.3
4 Yrs 182 11 0 8 3 0 2 2 9 .182 0 1 0 0 2 18% 39 53 16 74 34 5 3 3.0 2.9 4.6
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3 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
1977 22 CHC NL 67 66 23 8 6 11 4 7 36% 20 9 68 25 37% 7 1.122 28 19 17 27 10 29 39 27 37 17 43 28 4.7
1978 23 CHC NL 54 54 21 8 2 4 3 1 75% 9 3 48 15 31% 8 1.305 19 17 17 14 10 30 27 27 21 21 24 11 3.3
1979 24 CHC NL 51 49 19 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 33 18 55% 7 .697 8 13 29 4 6 40 20 30 26 14 26 16 4.2
1980 25 CHC NL 53 46 13 1 3 2 0 2 0% 4 2 44 9 20% 7 .810 11 6 27 7 5 34 26 20 26 13 28 11 5.1
1981 26 CHC NL 12 12 3 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 11 7 64% 5 1.468 7 3 2 3 4 5 8 4 4 6 4 3 3.4
1982 27 CHC NL 75 75 30 4 6 12 10 2 83% 28 12 67 20 30% 8 1.345 38 10 26 32 13 30 40 35 26 32 28 29 3.0
1983 28 TOT NL 74 73 31 9 4 11 8 3 73% 20 8 47 16 34% 1.000 26 17 28 24 14 35 27 46 37 15 41 29 4.6
1983 28 CHC NL 11 10 4 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 7 4 57% 6 .549 1 1 7 2 0 8 4 6 6 2 6 3 4.6
1983 28 PHI NL 63 63 27 8 4 10 7 3 70% 18 8 40 12 30% 7 1.091 25 16 21 22 14 27 23 40 31 13 35 26 4.6
1984 29 DET AL 80 80 68 9 3 33 32 1 97% 33 0 33 10 30% 8 1.430 32 19 26 51 16 13 23 57 45 7 46 23 5.3
1985 30 DET AL 74 74 64 8 10 40 31 9 78% 41 0 49 14 29% 8 1.545 34 18 20 49 10 15 33 41 39 11 40 22 4.3
1986 31 DET AL 64 64 53 8 7 30 24 6 80% 31 1 50 18 36% 8 1.585 33 6 23 39 10 15 25 39 31 16 32 12 4.2
1987 32 DET AL 45 45 31 3 4 13 8 5 62% 17 4 43 14 33% 8 1.510 23 8 12 25 8 12 26 19 15 17 17 7 3.3
1988 33 DET AL 63 63 38 6 5 15 10 5 67% 24 8 63 16 25% 8 1.454 27 11 24 35 9 19 40 23 18 30 22 14 3.2 17
1989 34 DET AL 32 32 25 2 2 17 15 2 88% 17 0 31 12 39% 8 1.432 13 5 13 21 2 9 19 13 8 12 9 8 2.9 19
13 Yrs 744 733 419 70 55 190 147 43 77% 248 48 587 194 33% 1.242 299 152 264 331 117 286 353 381 333 211 360 213 4.1 17

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%
1977 22 CHC NL 437 31% 2.5% 17.9% 6.4% 6.7% 31% 1.36 72% 65 7 11%
1978 23 CHC NL 264 35% 2.3% 14.4% 13.3% 6.4% 30% 1.23 67% 64 5 8%
1979 24 CHC NL 359 35% 2.2% 14.8% 10.9% 7.5% 32% 1.01 69% 72 4 6%
1980 25 CHC NL 473 28% 1.7% 15.9% 9.5% 6.3% 26% 1.52 71% 90 9 10%
1981 26 CHC NL 62 48% 0.0% 21.0% 12.9% 8.1% 36% 1.07 63% 20 2 10%
1982 27 CHC NL 312 38% 1.0% 17.3% 7.7% 4.2% 18% 1.76 71% 63 7 11%
1983 28 TOT NL 478 30% 1.9% 19.5% 6.7% 7.3% 32% 0.91 70% 88 6 7%
1983 28 CHC NL 80 33% 0.0% 22.5% 7.5% 5.0% 25% 1.16 68% 17 1 6%
1983 28 PHI NL 398 30% 2.3% 18.8% 6.5% 7.8% 33% 0.87 71% 71 5 7%
1984 29 DET AL 548 27% 1.1% 20.4% 6.6% 3.1% 18% 0.86 70% 105 9 9%
1985 30 DET AL 415 27% 3.1% 18.3% 3.4% 6.8% 34% 0.55 74% 74 5 7%
1986 31 DET AL 376 27% 3.5% 20.5% 5.6% 8.0% 35% 0.70 69% 66 4 6%
1987 32 DET AL 217 36% 3.7% 13.8% 9.2% 8.3% 34% 0.66 72% 46 4 9%
1988 33 DET AL 284 35% 2.8% 20.8% 10.9% 6.3% 36% 0.76 1.07 62% 17% 13.8% 43% 74 8 11%
1989 34 DET AL 141 32% 2.8% 21.3% 11.4% 8.5% 33% 0.59 0.74 63% 26% 9.1% 24% 34 2 6%
13 Yrs 4366 31% 2.2% 18.1% 8.0% 6.4% 29% 0.70 0.99 70% 20% 11.8% 36% 861 72 8%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 13.8% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.8% 29% 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 33 DET AL 284 1055 3.71 644 61% 23% 19% 29% 30% 77% 5% 47% 75% 56% 9% 25 9 19% 54 26 1 17% 11 10 0 0 0
1989 34 DET AL 138 576 4.17 347 60% 26% 16% 31% 26% 74% 2% 45% 78% 56% 7% 10 8 29% 40 22 3 14% 5 1 3 0 0
2 Yrs 422 1631 3.86 991 61% 24% 18% 30% 28% 76% 4% 46% 76% 56% 8% 35 17 22% 94 48 4 16% 16 11 3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 57% 6% 19% 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
1977 22 CHC NL 436 94 11 0 16 7 4 5 6 32 15 4 47% 3 8 2 139 10 5 67% 8 5 1 0 1 0 4 3 18 1
1978 23 CHC NL 264 57 6 1 9 4 2 3 3 23 9 3 39% 2 3 0 126 7 4 64% 7 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 8 0
1979 24 CHC NL 359 85 8 1 17 7 1 4 4 35 20 3 57% 4 3 1 144 5 3 63% 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 13 0
1980 25 CHC NL 473 115 8 0 9 7 1 5 3 30 17 6 57% 9 6 2 194 7 9 44% 6 5 1 4 0 0 1 1 16 0
1981 26 CHC NL 62 14 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 5 3 50% 1 2 0 36 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1982 27 CHC NL 312 74 3 0 8 3 0 1 2 19 12 1 63% 5 0 0 129 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 5 0
1983 28 TOT NL 478 109 9 0 12 8 1 7 2 21 12 4 57% 9 5 0 184 4 5 44% 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
1983 28 CHC NL 80 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 2 0 0 34 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 28 PHI NL 398 93 9 0 11 8 1 7 2 16 8 4 50% 7 5 0 150 3 5 38% 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
1984 29 DET AL 548 96 6 0 8 6 0 2 4 25 13 4 52% 3 2 2 214 4 2 67% 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1985 30 DET AL 415 82 13 0 4 12 1 7 6 14 11 0 79% 8 2 1 158 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1986 31 DET AL 376 87 13 2 15 12 1 4 9 16 10 3 63% 4 2 1 143 7 3 70% 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1987 32 DET AL 217 53 8 0 12 6 2 5 3 21 11 2 52% 2 1 2 87 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1988 33 DET AL 284 50 6 1 8 0 14 5 3 4 4 30 12 6 40% 3 3 1 120 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1989 34 DET AL 141 36 3 1 4 2 9 3 1 4 0 10 6 0 60% 1 0 1 66 1 3 25% 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
13 Yrs 4365 952 9 2 97 6 136 80 17 51 46 286 153 39 54% 54 37 13 1740 59 43 58% 47 32 11 9 1 2 11 8 122 1
MLB Averages 53% 67%

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+
1977 22 8 7 .533 3.03 67 1 23 0 0 4 110.0 94 42 37 11 28 9 78 1 3 8 437 145 1.109 7.7 0.9 2.3 6.4 2.79 145
1978 23 16 9 .640 3.29 121 1 44 0 0 7 169.2 151 68 62 17 63 16 116 2 3 11 701 130 1.261 8.0 0.9 3.3 6.2 1.84 130
1979 24 20 13 .606 3.84 172 3 63 0 0 7 248.2 236 118 106 25 102 28 169 6 4 14 1060 110 1.359 8.5 0.9 3.7 6.1 1.66 110
1980 25 21 22 .488 4.01 225 10 76 0 0 7 357.0 351 176 159 33 147 32 244 8 5 20 1533 104 1.395 8.8 0.8 3.7 6.2 1.66 104
1981 26 21 22 .488 4.01 237 10 79 0 0 9 370.2 365 183 165 33 155 34 257 8 5 22 1595 103 1.403 8.9 0.8 3.8 6.2 1.66 103
1982 27 25 28 .472 3.84 312 10 109 0 0 19 445.2 439 209 190 36 179 45 311 9 5 22 1907 106 1.387 8.9 0.7 3.6 6.3 1.74 106
1983 28 34 32 .515 3.72 386 11 140 0 0 27 561.0 548 256 232 45 211 53 404 10 5 27 2385 107 1.353 8.8 0.7 3.4 6.5 1.91 107
1984 29 43 35 .551 3.36 466 11 208 0 0 59 701.1 644 286 262 51 247 61 516 14 5 29 2933 118 1.270 8.3 0.7 3.2 6.6 2.09 118
1985 30 51 45 .531 3.27 540 11 272 0 0 90 808.0 726 324 294 64 261 63 592 15 5 31 3348 122 1.222 8.1 0.7 2.9 6.6 2.27 122
1986 31 59 52 .532 3.30 604 11 325 0 0 114 896.2 813 359 329 77 282 64 669 20 6 33 3724 121 1.221 8.2 0.8 2.8 6.7 2.37 121
1987 32 62 56 .525 3.32 649 11 356 0 0 122 945.2 866 386 349 85 302 71 699 20 6 34 3941 121 1.235 8.2 0.8 2.9 6.7 2.31 121
1988 33 68 61 .527 3.30 712 11 394 0 0 132 1013.1 916 410 372 93 333 77 758 24 9 37 4225 121 1.233 8.1 0.8 3.0 6.7 2.28 121
1989 34 70 63 .526 3.38 744 11 419 0 0 147 1044.2 952 431 392 97 349 79 788 25 10 37 4366 119 1.245 8.2 0.8 3.0 6.8 2.26 119

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
1977 22 7 4 .636 2.78 107.0 89 37 33 10 27 76 1 1.084 7.5 2.3 6.4 2.81 0.8 67
1978 23 3 3 .500 3.95 57.0 57 28 25 6 35 36 1 1.614 9.0 5.5 5.7 1.03 0.9 54
1979 24 3 5 .375 4.73 78.0 82 46 41 8 38 53 4 1.538 9.5 4.4 6.1 1.39 0.9 51
1980 25 5 6 .455 4.59 104.0 115 59 53 8 45 72 2 1.538 10.0 3.9 6.2 1.60 0.7 53
1981 26 1 1 .500 4.50 20.0 22 11 10 0 13 19 0 1.750 9.9 5.9 8.6 1.46 0.0 12
1982 27 4 3 .571 3.47 70.0 76 30 27 3 25 50 1 1.443 9.8 3.2 6.4 2.00 0.4 75
1983 28 6 6 .500 3.76 110.0 114 51 46 9 33 89 1 1.336 9.3 2.7 7.3 2.70 0.7 74
1984 29 11 4 .733 2.20 135.0 100 37 33 6 38 108 4 1.022 6.7 2.5 7.2 2.84 0.4 80
1985 30 7 4 .636 2.91 105.0 84 38 34 13 14 75 1 0.933 7.2 1.2 6.4 5.36 1.1 74
1986 31 5 4 .556 3.72 87.0 89 40 36 13 21 76 5 1.264 9.2 2.2 7.9 3.62 1.3 64
1987 32 3 2 .600 3.75 48.0 53 22 20 8 20 29 0 1.521 9.9 3.8 5.4 1.45 1.5 45
1988 33 4 3 .571 3.66 64.0 54 29 26 9 33 56 4 1.359 7.6 4.6 7.9 1.70 1.3 63
1989 34 1 2 .333 7.07 28.0 38 24 22 4 17 27 1 1.964 12.2 5.5 8.7 1.59 1.3 32
13 Yrs 60 47 .561 3.61 1013.0 973 452 406 97 359 766 25 1.315 8.6 6.8 2.13 0.9 744

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Hall of Fame
1995 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1984 *
1985 *
1986

Awards (yr lg award)
1984 AL Cy Young
1984 AL MVP
1984 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1984 AL (1, 78%)
1 MVP
0.78 Career Shares (310th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1984 AL (1, 63%)
1 Cy Young
0.63 Career Shares (87th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1984 AL  4.8 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  8.202 (188th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  6.789 (131st)

Games Played s c a p y
1982 NL  75 (4th)
1983 NL  74 (3rd)
1984 AL  80 (1st)
1985 AL  74 (3rd)
1986 AL  64 (8th)
1988 AL  63 (7th)
Career  744 (65th)

Saves s c a p y
1984 AL  32 (3rd)
1985 AL  31 (3rd)
1986 AL  24 (4th)
Career  147 (76th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career  2.258 (173rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1977 NL  8 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1984 AL  68 (1st)
1985 AL  64 (2nd)
1986 AL  53 (5th)
Career  419 (53rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career  119 (141st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1984 AL  33 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1984 AL  3.5 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1984 AL  38.28 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1984 AL  8.6 (1st)
Career  11.5 (151st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1984 AL  4.3 (1st)
Career  7.5 (215th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1984 AL  4.0 (2nd)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (873), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 15 (1258), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 54 (244), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (626), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (81st), 17.2 career WAR/15.9 7yr-peak WAR/16.6 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jim Brewer (956)
  2. Dave LaRoche (954)
  3. Darold Knowles (949)
  4. Roger McDowell (942)
  5. Gary Lavelle (940)
  6. Paul Lindblad (939)
  7. Craig Lefferts (937)
  8. Tom Burgmeier (935)
  9. Terry Forster (928)
  10. Dan Plesac (921)
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  1. Johnny Schmitz (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Scott Radinsky (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Roy Henshaw (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Nuxhall (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Omar Daal (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kenny Rogers (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kenny Rogers (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave LaRoche (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave LaRoche (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dave LaRoche (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dave LaRoche (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dave LaRoche (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dave LaRoche (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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