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Joe Hesketh

Joseph Thomas Hesketh

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 15, 1959 in Lackawanna, NY
School: University at Buffalo, State University of New York (Buffalo, NY)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1984
Teams (by GP): Expos/RedSox/Braves 1984-1994
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: August 7, 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
1981 Did not play in major leagues (Injured - Elbow)
1984 25 MON NL 2 2 .500 1.80 11 5 2 1 1 1 45.0 38 12 9 2 15 3 32 0 3 1 182 194 1.178 7.6 0.4 3.0 6.4 2.13
1985 26 MON NL 10 5 .667 2.49 25 25 0 2 1 0 155.1 125 52 43 10 45 2 113 0 3 3 618 138 1.094 7.2 0.6 2.6 6.5 2.51 RoY-8
1986 27 MON NL 6 5 .545 5.01 15 15 0 0 0 0 82.2 92 46 46 11 31 4 67 2 3 4 362 75 1.488 10.0 1.2 3.4 7.3 2.16
1987 28 MON NL 0 0 3.14 18 0 3 0 0 1 28.2 23 12 10 2 15 3 31 2 0 1 128 136 1.326 7.2 0.6 4.7 9.7 2.07
1988 29 MON NL 4 3 .571 2.85 60 0 23 0 0 9 72.2 63 30 23 1 35 9 64 0 1 5 304 127 1.349 7.8 0.1 4.3 7.9 1.83
1989 30 MON NL 6 4 .600 5.77 43 0 17 0 0 3 48.1 54 34 31 5 26 6 44 0 3 1 219 62 1.655 10.1 0.9 4.8 8.2 1.69
1990 31 TOT MLB 1 6 .143 4.53 45 2 19 0 0 5 59.2 69 35 30 7 25 2 50 1 0 8 269 91 1.575 10.4 1.1 3.8 7.5 2.00
1990 31 TOT NL 1 2 .333 5.29 33 0 15 0 0 5 34.0 32 23 20 5 14 1 24 1 0 5 147 77 1.353 8.5 1.3 3.7 6.4 1.71
1990 31 MON NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1990 31 ATL NL 0 2 .000 5.81 31 0 15 0 0 5 31.0 30 23 20 5 12 0 21 1 0 5 135 70 1.355 8.7 1.5 3.5 6.1 1.75
1990 31 BOS AL 0 4 .000 3.51 12 2 4 0 0 0 25.2 37 12 10 2 11 1 26 0 0 3 122 118 1.870 13.0 0.7 3.9 9.1 2.36
1991 32 BOS AL 12 4 .750 3.29 39 17 5 0 0 0 153.1 142 59 56 19 53 3 104 0 0 8 631 131 1.272 8.3 1.1 3.1 6.1 1.96
1992 33 BOS AL 8 9 .471 4.36 30 25 1 1 0 1 148.2 162 84 72 15 58 9 104 2 0 6 659 96 1.480 9.8 0.9 3.5 6.3 1.79
1993 34 BOS AL 3 4 .429 5.06 28 5 8 0 0 1 53.1 62 35 30 4 29 4 34 0 2 4 246 92 1.706 10.5 0.7 4.9 5.7 1.17
1994 35 BOS AL 8 5 .615 4.26 25 20 1 0 0 0 114.0 117 70 54 9 46 3 83 2 1 6 495 118 1.430 9.2 0.7 3.6 6.6 1.80
11 Yrs 60 47 .561 3.78 339 114 79 4 2 21 961.2 947 469 404 85 378 48 726 9 16 47 4113 107 1.378 8.9 0.8 3.5 6.8 1.92
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .561 3.78 51 17 12 1 0 3 144 142 70 61 13 57 7 109 1 2 7 617 107 1.378 8.9 0.8 3.5 6.8 1.92
MON (7 yrs) 29 19 .604 3.35 174 45 45 3 2 14 435.2 397 186 162 31 169 28 354 4 13 15 1825 108 1.299 8.2 0.6 3.5 7.3 2.09
BOS (5 yrs) 31 26 .544 4.04 134 69 19 1 0 2 495.0 520 260 222 49 197 20 351 4 3 27 2153 111 1.448 9.5 0.9 3.6 6.4 1.78
ATL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.81 31 0 15 0 0 5 31.0 30 23 20 5 12 0 21 1 0 5 135 70 1.355 8.7 1.5 3.5 6.1 1.75
NL (7 yrs) 29 21 .580 3.51 205 45 60 3 2 19 466.2 427 209 182 36 181 28 375 5 13 20 1960 103 1.303 8.2 0.7 3.5 7.2 2.07
AL (5 yrs) 31 26 .544 4.04 134 69 19 1 0 2 495.0 520 260 222 49 197 20 351 4 3 27 2153 111 1.448 9.5 0.9 3.6 6.4 1.78

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
1984 25 MON NL 45.0 11 5 12 2.40 4.22 0.23 0.03 95.7 3.84 7 0.8 .7 -0.1 1.1 11 .572 .505 $
1985 26 MON NL 155.1 25 25 52 3.01 4.09 0.04 0.14 95.8 4.01 16 1.9 -0.1 3.1 32 .576 .512 $ RoY-8
1986 27 MON NL 82.2 15 15 46 5.01 4.09 -0.11 0.14 99.4 4.33 -7 -0.7 -0.0 -0.1 2 .453 .496 $170,000
1987 28 MON NL 28.2 18 0 12 3.77 4.67 -0.10 -0.35 102.2 4.51 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 0.4 5 .512 .501 $150,000
1988 29 MON NL 72.2 60 0 30 3.72 3.95 0.22 -0.31 103.3 3.54 -2 -0.2 1.4 -0.1 0.3 5 .497 .499 $191,000
1989 30 MON NL 48.1 43 0 34 6.33 4.04 -0.17 -0.31 100.6 3.92 -13 -1.4 1.3 -0.3 -1.4 -9 .466 .491 $417,000
1990 31 MON NL 3.0 2 0 0 0.00 4.04 -0.09 -0.31 92.0 3.52 1 0.1 .6 -0.0 0.1 1 .564 .501 $375,000
1990 31 ATL NL 31.0 31 0 23 6.68 4.47 -0.36 -0.34 104.3 4.68 -7 -0.8 1.4 -0.2 -0.8 -4 .474 .495 $
1990 31 BOS AL 25.2 12 2 12 4.21 4.39 -0.22 -0.13 104.3 4.67 2 0.2 .7 -0.1 0.3 4 .513 .501 $
1991 32 BOS AL 153.1 39 17 59 3.46 4.41 0.21 0.02 104.8 4.42 16 1.8 1.3 -0.1 3.1 34 .545 .511 $525,000
1992 33 BOS AL 148.2 30 25 84 5.09 4.41 -0.13 0.12 105.6 4.91 -3 -0.3 .8 -0.1 0.9 14 .491 .498 $1,775,000
1993 34 BOS AL 53.1 28 5 35 5.91 4.93 0.48 -0.16 106.8 4.58 -7 -0.7 .8 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .474 .496 $1,775,000
1994 35 BOS AL 114.0 25 20 70 5.53 5.35 0.10 0.16 103.7 5.61 1 0.1 .5 -0.1 1.0 12 .503 .500 $1,750,000
11 Seasons 961.2 339 114 469 4.39 4.42 0.05 0.00 102.1 4.47 6 0.9 1.2 -1.4 7.8 107 .503 .500 $7,128,000
MON (7 yrs) 435.2 174 45 186 3.84 4.11 0.03 -0.03 98.7 3.99 5 0.7 1.2 -0.8 3.5 49 .504 .501 $1,303,000
BOS (5 yrs) 495.0 134 69 260 4.73 4.68 0.09 0.05 105.0 4.87 9 1.0 .9 -0.4 5.1 62 .507 .501 $5,825,000
ATL (1 yr) 31.0 31 0 23 6.68 4.47 -0.36 -0.34 104.3 4.68 -7 -0.8 1.4 -0.2 -0.8 -4 .474 .495 $

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
1984 25 MON NL 11 182 163 12 38 10 0 2 1 1 15 32 .233 .294 .331 .626 .275 54 8 0 2 2 3 6
1985 26 MON NL 25 618 562 52 125 29 1 10 13 9 45 113 .222 .279 .331 .610 .261 186 10 0 8 2 2 3
1986 27 MON NL 15 362 325 46 92 20 4 11 14 3 31 67 .283 .347 .471 .818 .325 153 4 2 2 2 4 3
1987 28 MON NL 18 128 109 12 23 4 0 2 1 0 15 31 .211 .317 .303 .620 .276 33 1 2 2 0 3 3
1988 29 MON NL 60 304 260 30 63 14 2 1 10 2 35 64 .242 .328 .323 .651 .312 84 10 0 5 4 9 4
1989 30 MON NL 43 219 185 34 54 10 0 5 5 3 26 44 .292 .376 .427 .803 .355 79 5 0 6 2 6 3
1990 31 BOS AL 12 122 111 12 37 6 0 2 1 0 11 26 .333 .393 .441 .835 .422 49 2 0 0 0 1 1
1990 31 TOT NL 33 147 131 23 32 8 1 5 1 0 14 24 .244 .320 .435 .755 .262 57 4 1 0 1 1 4
1990 31 ATL NL 31 135 121 23 30 8 1 5 0 0 12 21 .248 .319 .455 .773 .260 55 4 1 0 1 0 4
1990 31 MON NL 2 12 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .200 .333 .200 .533 .286 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
1990 31 TOT MLB 45 269 242 35 69 14 1 7 2 0 25 50 .285 .353 .438 .791 .333 106 6 1 0 1 2 5
1991 32 BOS AL 39 631 568 59 142 32 5 19 7 8 53 104 .250 .313 .424 .737 .275 241 19 0 7 3 3 4
1992 33 BOS AL 30 659 588 84 162 39 2 15 17 4 58 104 .276 .339 .425 .765 .309 250 10 2 5 6 9 11
1993 34 BOS AL 28 246 211 35 62 15 0 4 4 2 29 34 .294 .376 .422 .798 .331 89 11 0 4 2 4 6
1994 35 BOS AL 25 495 438 70 117 33 2 9 13 2 46 83 .267 .334 .413 .747 .305 181 13 2 1 8 3 9
11 Yrs 339 4113 3651 469 947 220 17 85 87 34 378 726 .259 .328 .399 .727 .300 1456 97 9 42 32 48 57
162 Game Avg. 51 617 548 70 142 33 3 13 13 5 57 109 .259 .328 .399 .727 .300 219 15 1 6 5 7 9
MLB Averages .259 .325 .392 .717 .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
1984 25 MON NL 7.9 0.9 189 0.5 3.0 -2.6 .90 0.4 0.1 7.0 0.8 0.90 4.3 1 0 5
1985 26 MON NL 15.4 1.7 646 1.2 11.6 -10.5 1.04 1.6 -0.4 15.3 1.7 1.04 16.2 0 0 0
1986 27 MON NL -9.2 -0.9 386 -0.4 6.7 -7.1 1.04 -0.8 0.4 -9.5 -1.0 1.04 -9.8 0 0 0
1987 28 MON NL 3.1 0.3 130 0.4 1.9 -1.5 .88 0.4 0.1 4.9 0.5 0.88 4.9 2 10 6
1988 29 MON NL 4.1 0.4 323 0.6 7.5 -6.9 1.41 0.5 -0.0 2.9 0.3 1.41 1.2 28 10 21
1989 30 MON NL -11.3 -1.2 232 -0.9 3.6 -4.6 1.02 -0.8 -0.2 -14.3 -1.5 1.02 -10.0 18 1 22
1990 31 TOT MLB -3.1 -0.3 281 -0.5 4.4 -4.9 .90 -1.3 0.7 -9.6 -0.9 0.90 -8.9 11 9 21
1990 31 TOT NL -4.5 -0.4 155 -0.1 3.1 -3.2 1.09 -0.8 0.7 -6.8 -0.7 1.09 -5.2 10 8 14
1990 31 MON NL 1.4 0.2 14 0.1 0.2 -0.1 .73 0.1 0.0 1.4 0.1 0.73 1.1 0 0 2
1990 31 ATL NL -5.9 -0.6 141 -0.2 2.9 -3.2 1.12 -0.9 0.7 -8.1 -0.8 1.12 -6.3 10 8 12
1990 31 BOS AL 1.4 0.2 126 -0.4 1.3 -1.7 .68 -0.5 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.68 -3.7 1 1 7
1991 32 BOS AL 17.7 1.8 655 2.5 10.9 -8.5 .90 0.9 1.8 20.9 2.1 0.90 8.9 9 7 6
1992 33 BOS AL -4.0 -0.4 686 -1.3 10.3 -11.6 .97 -0.8 -0.5 -8.3 -0.8 0.97 -8.2 1 1 3
1993 34 BOS AL -3.1 -0.3 258 -0.6 2.4 -3.0 .62 -0.9 -0.1 -6.2 -0.6 0.62 -8.3 4 4 15
1994 35 BOS AL 4.9 0.5 517 -0.5 8.1 -8.6 .89 -0.0 -0.6 1.5 0.1 0.89 0.1 0 1 4
11 Yrs 22.6 2.5 4303 0.9 70.6 -69.7 .97 -0.9 1.8 4.6 0.8 0.97 -9.4 74 43 103

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
1984 25 MON NL 11 5 2 1 2 0 0 3 2 .600 0 1 1 1 4 80% 60.8 85 37 6 1 2 1 4.0 3.7 6.7
1985 26 MON NL 25 25 10 5 10 1 1 16 9 .640 2 3 2 1 16 64% 58.2 82 18 15 2 0 8 3.7 3.8 6.2
1986 27 MON NL 15 15 6 5 4 1 2 10 5 .667 1 3 0 0 8 53% 48.1 70 18 7 0 0 7 4.0 2.9 5.5
1990 31 TOT MLB 45 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 53 48 14 7 0 1 0.5 0.0 5.3 92 0 2 0 0 98
1990 31 BOS AL 12 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 50.5 53 48 11 5 0 1 0.5 0.0 5.3 92 0 2 0 0 98
1991 32 BOS AL 39 17 10 4 3 2 1 11 6 .647 3 0 0 0 11 65% 54.4 77 20 29 12 2 5 5.0 5.3 6.5 94 5 6 6 0 119
1992 33 BOS AL 30 25 7 9 9 2 4 10 15 .400 5 2 1 0 11 44% 47.9 75 23 33 12 1 12 4.1 4.4 5.5 88 6 14 4 1 122
1993 34 BOS AL 28 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 3 .400 0 0 0 0 1 20% 36.4 75 23 19 7 1 2 4.1 5.7 4.3 78 3 1 0 1 120
1994 35 BOS AL 25 20 8 5 7 0 0 12 8 .600 1 4 0 0 8 40% 48.0 82 29 18 9 1 7 5.5 6.3 5.4 84 5 11 2 0 104
8 Yrs 185 114 44 34 36 6 8 64 50 .561 12 13 4 2 59 52% 51 85 18 138 48 7 43 4.3 4.5 5.8 88 19 34 12 2 122
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
1984 25 MON NL 11 6 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 5 .905 1 0 5 1 1 4 1 5 4 1 4 1 5.7
1987 28 MON NL 18 18 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 11 2 18% 7 .875 2 10 6 4 3 11 7 11 10 4 11 2 4.8
1988 29 MON NL 60 60 23 4 3 11 9 2 82% 26 13 28 10 36% 8 1.410 28 10 21 28 9 23 17 43 23 20 24 12 3.6 18
1989 30 MON NL 43 43 17 6 4 4 3 1 75% 7 1 22 7 32% 8 1.017 18 1 22 9 11 23 14 29 13 11 18 5 3.4 20
1990 31 TOT MLB 45 43 19 1 4 9 5 4 56% 12 3 38 17 45% .904 11 9 21 17 1 25 21 22 15 18 16 14 3.4 17
1990 31 TOT NL 33 33 15 1 2 9 5 4 56% 12 3 26 9 35% 1.091 10 8 14 14 0 19 14 19 10 15 10 13 3.1 15
1990 31 MON NL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .733 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 19
1990 31 ATL NL 31 31 15 0 2 9 5 4 56% 12 3 26 9 35% 8 1.123 10 8 12 14 0 17 14 17 9 15 9 13 3.0 14
1990 31 BOS AL 12 10 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 8 .678 1 1 7 3 1 6 7 3 5 3 6 1 4.5 23
1991 32 BOS AL 39 22 5 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 26 11 42% 6 .904 9 7 6 5 2 15 18 4 13 4 17 4 5.9 33
1992 33 BOS AL 30 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 0 0% 7 .966 1 1 3 1 0 4 3 2 4 1 4 0 6.2 34
1993 34 BOS AL 28 23 8 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 17 8 47% 6 .616 4 4 15 4 3 16 10 13 8 9 10 2 4.2 22
1994 35 BOS AL 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 3 .891 0 1 4 0 0 5 5 0 1 2 3 0 3.8 23
9 Yrs 299 225 79 16 13 28 21 7 75% 55 23 154 57 37% .948 74 43 103 69 30 126 96 129 91 70 107 40 4.0 21

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%
1984 25 MON NL 182 15% 1.1% 17.6% 8.2% 6.6% 32% 1.04 72% 33 8 24%
1985 26 MON NL 618 17% 1.6% 18.3% 7.3% 6.5% 32% 1.06 71% 92 10 11%
1986 27 MON NL 362 14% 3.0% 18.5% 8.6% 9.7% 38% 0.79 69% 42 4 10%
1987 28 MON NL 128 34% 1.6% 24.2% 11.7% 4.7% 26% 1.50 59% 22 1 5%
1988 29 MON NL 304 30% 0.3% 21.1% 11.5% 5.6% 27% 0.89 1.48 65% 21% 1.6% 40% 62 10 16%
1989 30 MON NL 219 32% 2.3% 20.1% 11.9% 6.9% 28% 0.84 1.28 63% 21% 7.7% 16% 49 5 10%
1990 31 TOT MLB 269 31% 2.6% 18.6% 9.3% 8.2% 32% 0.83 1.29 69% 21% 8.0% 15% 63 6 10%
1990 31 TOT NL 147 36% 3.4% 16.3% 9.5% 9.5% 44% 0.83 1.26 70% 19% 11.1% 22% 35 4 11%
1990 31 MON NL 12 50% 0.0% 25.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 0.40 0.25 58% 29% 0.0% 20% 2 0 0%
1990 31 ATL NL 135 35% 3.7% 15.6% 8.9% 10.4% 47% 0.87 1.40 71% 18% 12.2% 23% 33 4 12%
1990 31 BOS AL 122 25% 1.6% 21.3% 9.0% 6.6% 22% 0.83 1.32 68% 24% 4.7% 7% 28 2 7%
1991 32 BOS AL 631 16% 3.0% 16.5% 8.4% 8.9% 39% 0.84 1.42 71% 23% 8.4% 10% 105 19 18%
1992 33 BOS AL 659 16% 2.3% 15.8% 8.8% 8.5% 35% 0.88 1.25 72% 23% 6.6% 11% 116 10 9%
1993 34 BOS AL 246 31% 1.6% 13.8% 11.8% 7.7% 31% 0.99 1.64 71% 21% 4.9% 9% 52 11 21%
1994 35 BOS AL 495 14% 1.8% 16.8% 9.3% 8.9% 38% 0.69 0.90 72% 27% 4.8% 12% 86 13 15%
11 Yrs 4113 20% 2.1% 17.7% 9.2% 7.8% 34% 0.84 1.18 70% 23% 6.4% 14% 722 97 13%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 0.81 1.06 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 29 MON NL 275 985 3.58 604 61% 24% 18% 27% 30% 76% 8% 46% 75% 58% 8% 23 7 19% 53 31 2 27% 17 8 29 1 3
1989 30 MON NL 210 793 3.78 478 60% 22% 18% 29% 30% 77% 8% 47% 75% 51% 8% 17 7 20% 41 22 4 18% 11 4 9 1 4
1990 31 TOT MLB 247 856 3.47 538 63% 20% 22% 25% 32% 79% 2% 50% 72% 51% 7% 17 9 15% 38 25 4 16% 13 7 22 0 3
1990 31 TOT NL 125 443 3.54 275 62% 20% 21% 25% 32% 79% 1% 49% 72% 47% 9% 11 7 10% 13 8 2 17% 5 4 22 0 3
1990 31 MON NL 12 38 3.17 23 61% 17% 48% 4% 30% 83% 7% 50% 42% 67% 8% 1 0 17% 2 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0
1990 31 ATL NL 113 405 3.58 252 62% 21% 19% 27% 33% 78% 0% 49% 75% 45% 9% 10 7 10% 11 7 2 20% 4 3 22 0 3
1990 31 BOS AL 122 413 3.39 263 64% 20% 22% 25% 32% 80% 3% 51% 72% 55% 5% 6 2 20% 25 17 2 15% 8 3 0 0 0
1991 32 BOS AL 631 2308 3.66 1436 62% 20% 19% 27% 33% 80% 1% 50% 76% 54% 6% 35 23 18% 114 68 6 7% 14 10 0 0 0
1992 33 BOS AL 660 2371 3.59 1427 60% 24% 18% 24% 35% 76% 3% 46% 77% 56% 5% 34 15 17% 114 56 10 19% 17 13 -1 0 0
1993 34 BOS AL 247 905 3.66 532 59% 26% 14% 25% 34% 74% 3% 43% 81% 57% 8% 19 9 14% 35 15 1 29% 2 6 -1 0 0
1994 35 BOS AL 471 1723 3.66 1043 61% 24% 15% 27% 34% 76% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 26 14 18% 86 39 4 26% 13 9 24 1 0
7 Yrs 2741 9941 3.63 6058 61% 23% 18% 26% 33% 77% 3% 47% 77% 55% 6% 171 84 18% 481 256 31 19% 87 57 82 3 10
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
1984 25 MON NL 182 38 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 12 4 2 33% 6 1 0 63 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0
1985 26 MON NL 618 125 10 0 3 9 1 4 6 24 14 4 58% 3 3 1 194 13 9 59% 11 5 2 3 0 1 4 3 9 0
1986 27 MON NL 362 92 11 0 6 11 0 5 6 22 10 3 45% 3 4 0 121 14 3 82% 13 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 8 0
1987 28 MON NL 128 23 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 4 1 2 25% 3 1 0 51 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1988 29 MON NL 304 63 4 0 1 0 12 1 0 1 0 28 11 5 39% 4 5 0 111 10 2 83% 7 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 14 0
1989 30 MON NL 219 54 6 1 5 0 9 3 2 5 0 18 11 3 61% 3 1 1 91 5 3 63% 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
1990 31 TOT MLB 269 69 4 1 7 0 10 4 3 4 3 21 10 5 48% 5 8 0 121 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1990 31 TOT NL 147 32 4 1 5 0 8 2 3 3 2 14 6 2 43% 4 5 0 61 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1990 31 MON NL 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 31 ATL NL 135 30 4 1 5 0 8 2 3 3 2 14 6 2 43% 4 5 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1990 31 BOS AL 122 37 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 7 4 3 57% 1 3 0 60 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1991 32 BOS AL 631 142 33 2 19 0 11 17 2 7 12 30 12 4 40% 4 8 0 214 7 8 47% 4 5 3 3 0 0 1 0 15 0
1992 33 BOS AL 659 162 50 3 15 0 17 13 2 5 10 41 24 6 59% 11 6 1 231 17 4 81% 12 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1993 34 BOS AL 246 62 5 0 4 0 8 3 1 0 4 23 14 4 61% 6 4 0 99 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
1994 35 BOS AL 495 117 7 0 9 1 7 8 1 6 3 34 18 5 53% 9 6 4 181 13 2 87% 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 20 0
11 Yrs 4113 947 109 7 85 1 90 72 13 38 47 257 129 43 50% 57 47 7 1477 87 34 72% 65 23 21 7 1 4 15 5 125 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+
1984 25 2 2 .500 1.80 11 5 2 1 1 1 45.0 38 12 9 2 15 3 32 0 3 1 182 194 1.178 7.6 0.4 3.0 6.4 2.13 194
1985 26 12 7 .632 2.34 36 30 2 3 2 1 200.1 163 64 52 12 60 5 145 0 6 4 800 147 1.113 7.3 0.5 2.7 6.5 2.42 147
1986 27 18 12 .600 3.12 51 45 2 3 2 1 283.0 255 110 98 23 91 9 212 2 9 8 1162 113 1.223 8.1 0.7 2.9 6.7 2.33 113
1987 28 18 12 .600 3.12 69 45 5 3 2 2 311.2 278 122 108 25 106 12 243 4 9 9 1290 115 1.232 8.0 0.7 3.1 7.0 2.29 115
1988 29 22 15 .595 3.07 129 45 28 3 2 11 384.1 341 152 131 26 141 21 307 4 10 14 1594 117 1.254 8.0 0.6 3.3 7.2 2.18 117
1989 30 28 19 .596 3.37 172 45 45 3 2 14 432.2 395 186 162 31 167 27 351 4 13 15 1813 107 1.299 8.2 0.6 3.5 7.3 2.10 107
1990 31 29 25 .537 3.51 217 47 64 3 2 19 492.1 464 221 192 38 192 29 401 5 13 23 2082 104 1.332 8.5 0.7 3.5 7.3 2.09 104
1991 32 41 29 .586 3.46 256 64 69 3 2 19 645.2 606 280 248 57 245 32 505 5 13 31 2713 110 1.318 8.4 0.8 3.4 7.0 2.06 110
1992 33 49 38 .563 3.63 286 89 70 4 2 20 794.1 768 364 320 72 303 41 609 7 13 37 3372 107 1.348 8.7 0.8 3.4 6.9 2.01 107
1993 34 52 42 .553 3.72 314 94 78 4 2 21 847.2 830 399 350 76 332 45 643 7 15 41 3618 106 1.371 8.8 0.8 3.5 6.8 1.94 106
1994 35 60 47 .561 3.78 339 114 79 4 2 21 961.2 947 469 404 85 378 48 726 9 16 47 4113 107 1.378 8.9 0.8 3.5 6.8 1.92 107

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
1984 25 3 1 .750 2.14 42.0 41 11 10 2 16 30 0 1.357 8.8 3.4 6.4 1.88 0.4 11
1985 26 10 6 .625 3.04 145.0 134 54 49 11 48 106 0 1.255 8.3 3.0 6.6 2.21 0.7 25
1986 27 3 5 .375 5.65 78.0 95 54 49 11 32 63 2 1.628 11.0 3.7 7.3 1.97 1.3 15
1987 28 2 1 .667 2.70 30.0 22 10 9 2 14 32 2 1.200 6.6 4.2 9.6 2.29 0.6 18
1988 29 4 3 .571 3.36 67.0 66 28 25 1 37 59 0 1.537 8.9 5.0 7.9 1.59 0.1 60
1989 30 1 4 .200 6.80 45.0 57 38 34 5 27 41 0 1.867 11.4 5.4 8.2 1.52 1.0 43
1990 31 2 4 .333 4.81 58.0 70 34 31 7 25 48 1 1.638 10.9 3.9 7.4 1.92 1.1 45
1991 32 9 7 .563 3.48 145.0 142 62 56 19 53 99 0 1.345 8.8 3.3 6.1 1.87 1.2 39
1992 33 7 9 .438 4.63 144.0 165 82 74 15 59 101 2 1.556 10.3 3.7 6.3 1.71 0.9 30
1993 34 2 3 .400 4.75 53.0 60 31 28 4 28 34 0 1.660 10.2 4.8 5.8 1.21 0.7 28
1994 35 9 8 .529 3.75 161.0 156 74 67 12 61 117 3 1.348 8.7 3.4 6.5 1.92 0.7 25
11 Yrs 52 51 .505 4.02 968.0 1008 478 432 89 400 730 10 1.455 9.4 6.8 1.83 0.8 339

* 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

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1991 AL  .750 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1994 AL  0.711 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Don Carman (954)
  2. Bob Chipman (952)
  3. Tom Sturdivant (951)
  4. Bud Daley (950)
  5. Joe Gibbon (948)
  6. Joe Price (947)
  7. Dennis Cook (943)
  8. Cal Koonce (938)
  9. Bruce Dal Canton (936)
  10. Luke Walker (935)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Raleigh Aitchison (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dave Dravecky (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Walter Clarkson (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Cuellar (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Danforth (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Henry (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jeff Fassero (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave Danforth (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Gibbon (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Gibbon (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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