Sterling Hitchcock
Sterling Alex Hitchcock
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: April 29, 1971 in Fayetteville, NC
High School: Seffner (Seffner, FL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 9th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1992
Final Game: August 22, 2004
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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
1992 21 NYY AL 0 2 .000 8.31 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 23 12 12 2 6 0 6 1 0 0 68 48 2.231 15.9 1.4 4.2 4.2 1.00
1993 22 NYY AL 1 2 .333 4.65 6 6 0 0 0 0 31.0 32 18 16 4 14 1 26 1 2 3 135 90 1.484 9.3 1.2 4.1 7.5 1.86
1994 23 NYY AL 4 1 .800 4.20 23 5 4 1 0 2 49.1 48 24 23 3 29 1 37 0 0 5 218 110 1.561 8.8 0.5 5.3 6.8 1.28
1995 24 NYY AL 11 10 .524 4.70 27 27 0 4 1 0 168.1 155 91 88 22 68 1 121 5 2 5 719 98 1.325 8.3 1.2 3.6 6.5 1.78
1996 25 SEA AL 13 9 .591 5.35 35 35 0 0 0 0 196.2 245 131 117 27 73 4 132 7 1 4 885 92 1.617 11.2 1.2 3.3 6.0 1.81
1997 26 SDP NL 10 11 .476 5.20 32 28 1 1 0 0 161.0 172 102 93 24 55 2 106 4 2 6 693 75 1.410 9.6 1.3 3.1 5.9 1.93
1998 27 SDP NL 9 7 .563 3.93 39 27 3 2 1 1 176.1 169 83 77 29 48 2 158 9 1 11 743 99 1.231 8.6 1.5 2.4 8.1 3.29
1999 28 SDP NL 12 14 .462 4.11 33 33 0 1 0 0 205.2 202 99 94 29 76 6 194 5 2 15 892 102 1.352 8.8 1.3 3.3 8.5 2.55
2000 29 SDP NL 1 6 .143 4.93 11 11 0 0 0 0 65.2 69 38 36 12 26 1 61 5 0 4 292 86 1.447 9.5 1.6 3.6 8.4 2.35
2001 30 TOT MLB 6 5 .545 5.63 13 12 0 1 0 0 70.1 89 46 44 6 21 0 43 3 1 3 323 77 1.564 11.4 0.8 2.7 5.5 2.05
2001 30 SDP NL 2 1 .667 3.32 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.0 22 9 7 1 3 0 15 1 0 1 85 121 1.316 10.4 0.5 1.4 7.1 5.00
2001 30 NYY AL 4 4 .500 6.49 10 9 0 1 0 0 51.1 67 37 37 5 18 0 28 2 1 2 238 69 1.656 11.7 0.9 3.2 4.9 1.56
2002 31 NYY AL 1 2 .333 5.49 20 2 11 0 0 0 39.1 57 29 24 4 15 3 31 1 0 1 193 81 1.831 13.0 0.9 3.4 7.1 2.07
2003 32 TOT MLB 6 4 .600 4.72 35 7 8 0 0 0 87.2 91 50 46 14 32 4 68 1 0 3 383 90 1.403 9.3 1.4 3.3 7.0 2.13
2003 32 NYY AL 1 3 .250 5.44 27 1 8 0 0 0 49.2 57 33 30 6 18 3 36 0 0 1 221 81 1.510 10.3 1.1 3.3 6.5 2.00
2003 32 STL NL 5 1 .833 3.79 8 6 0 0 0 0 38.0 34 17 16 8 14 1 32 1 0 2 162 109 1.263 8.1 1.9 3.3 7.6 2.29
2004 33 SDP NL 0 3 .000 6.33 4 4 0 0 0 0 21.1 22 15 15 5 8 0 14 0 0 1 91 61 1.406 9.3 2.1 3.4 5.9 1.75
13 Seasons 74 76 .493 4.80 281 200 27 10 2 3 1285.2 1374 738 685 181 471 25 997 42 11 61 5635 90 1.435 9.6 1.3 3.3 7.0 2.12
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .493 4.80 40 28 4 1 0 0 182 194 104 97 26 67 4 141 6 2 9 797 90 1.435 9.6 1.3 3.3 7.0 2.12
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
NYY (7 yrs) 22 24 .478 5.15 116 53 23 6 1 2 402.0 439 244 230 46 168 9 285 10 5 17 1792 87 1.510 9.8 1.0 3.8 6.4 1.70
SDP (6 yrs) 34 42 .447 4.47 122 106 4 4 1 1 649.0 656 346 322 100 216 11 548 24 5 38 2796 90 1.344 9.1 1.4 3.0 7.6 2.54
STL (1 yr) 5 1 .833 3.79 8 6 0 0 0 0 38.0 34 17 16 8 14 1 32 1 0 2 162 109 1.263 8.1 1.9 3.3 7.6 2.29
SEA (1 yr) 13 9 .591 5.35 35 35 0 0 0 0 196.2 245 131 117 27 73 4 132 7 1 4 885 92 1.617 11.2 1.2 3.3 6.0 1.81
AL (8 yrs) 35 33 .515 5.22 151 88 23 6 1 2 598.2 684 375 347 73 241 13 417 17 6 21 2677 89 1.545 10.3 1.1 3.6 6.3 1.73
NL (7 yrs) 39 43 .476 4.43 130 112 4 4 1 1 687.0 690 363 338 108 230 12 580 25 5 40 2958 91 1.339 9.0 1.4 3.0 7.6 2.52

Postseason Pitching

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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
1995 24 NYY AL ALDS L SEA 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 9 2.400 10.8 5.4 10.8 5.4 0.50
1998 27 SDP NL NLDS W HOU 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 21 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 16.5
1998 27 SDP NL NLCS W ATL 2 0 1.000 0.90 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 5 1 1 0 8 1 14 0 0 2 42 1.300 4.5 0.0 7.2 12.6 1.75
1998 27 SDP NL WS L NYY 0 0 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 2 1 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 25 1.333 10.5 1.5 1.5 10.5 7.00
2001 30 NYY AL ALDS W OAK 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 1.667 15.0 6.0 0.0 6.0
2001 30 NYY AL WS L ARI 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 13 0.250 2.3 0.0 0.0 13.5
3 Seasons (6 Series) 4 0 1.000 1.76 9 4 1 0 0 0 30.2 23 8 6 4 11 2 41 1 0 2 123 1.109 6.8 1.2 3.2 12.0 3.73
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 21 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 16.5
2 ALDS 0 0 5.79 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 7 4 3 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 22 1.929 13.5 5.8 3.9 5.8 1.50
1 NLCS 2 0 1.000 0.90 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 5 1 1 0 8 1 14 0 0 2 42 1.300 4.5 0.0 7.2 12.6 1.75
2 WS 1 0 1.000 0.90 3 1 1 0 0 0 10.0 8 2 1 1 1 0 13 0 0 0 38 0.900 7.2 0.9 0.9 11.7 13.00

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
1992 21 NYY AL 3 68 61 12 23 5 0 2 1 1 6 6 .377 .441 .557 .999 .396 34 1 1 0 0 0
1993 22 NYY AL 6 135 118 18 32 7 0 4 3 2 14 26 .271 .348 .432 .780 .311 51 5 1 0 2 1
1994 23 NYY AL 23 218 181 24 48 6 1 3 2 5 29 37 .265 .355 .359 .714 .304 65 4 0 1 7 1
1995 24 NYY AL 27 719 632 91 155 27 3 22 23 4 68 121 .245 .319 .402 .721 .267 254 13 5 5 9 1
1996 25 SEA AL 35 885 794 131 245 50 1 27 12 14 73 132 .309 .368 .476 .845 .339 378 16 7 3 8 4
1997 26 SDP NL 32 693 623 102 172 40 6 24 26 9 55 106 .276 .337 .475 .812 .298 296 13 4 7 4 2
1998 27 SDP NL 39 743 674 83 169 28 3 29 16 2 48 158 .251 .308 .430 .738 .286 290 14 9 9 3 2
1999 28 SDP NL 33 892 796 99 202 35 7 29 21 7 76 194 .254 .320 .425 .745 .299 338 7 5 9 6 6
2000 29 SDP NL 11 292 258 38 69 12 2 12 9 3 26 61 .267 .345 .469 .814 .306 121 7 5 2 1 1
2001 30 NYY AL 10 238 213 37 67 14 2 5 10 0 18 28 .315 .367 .469 .837 .337 100 2 2 1 4 0
2001 30 SDP NL 3 85 80 9 22 7 0 1 0 0 3 15 .275 .310 .400 .710 .328 32 2 1 1 0 0
2001 30 TOT MLB 13 323 293 46 89 21 2 6 10 0 21 43 .304 .352 .451 .803 .335 132 4 3 2 4 0
2002 31 NYY AL 20 193 175 29 57 11 0 4 1 1 15 31 .326 .380 .457 .837 .376 80 1 1 1 1 3
2003 32 NYY AL 27 221 200 33 57 12 0 6 9 3 18 36 .285 .341 .435 .776 .319 87 3 0 1 2 3
2003 32 STL NL 8 162 143 17 34 4 0 8 1 0 14 32 .238 .308 .434 .742 .250 62 1 1 3 1 1
2003 32 TOT MLB 35 383 343 50 91 16 0 14 10 3 32 68 .265 .327 .434 .762 .292 149 4 1 4 3 4
2004 33 SDP NL 4 91 83 15 22 7 0 5 1 0 8 14 .265 .330 .530 .860 .266 44 4 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 281 5635 5031 738 1374 265 25 181 135 51 471 997 .273 .337 .444 .781 .306 2232 93 42 43 48 25
162 Game Avg. 40 797 711 104 194 37 4 26 19 7 67 141 .273 .337 .444 .781 .306 316 13 6 6 7 4
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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
1992 21 NYY AL 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 33% 33 57 19 2 0 0 2 5.5 6.5 4.3 90 1 0 2 0 106
1993 22 NYY AL 6 6 1 2 3 0 0 4 2 .667 1 0 0 0 1 17% 48 63 32 6 1 0 4 5.5 5.1 5.2 90 2 2 2 0 110
1994 23 NYY AL 23 5 3 0 2 0 0 5 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 3 60% 54 63 41 15 6 0 2 5.0 6.6 6.1 104 1 1 3 0 118
1995 24 NYY AL 27 27 11 10 6 2 2 14 13 .519 3 1 4 1 15 56% 50 86 14 26 13 1 9 5.0 5.3 6.2 104 3 7 10 5 142
1996 25 SEA AL 35 35 13 9 13 4 1 22 13 .629 3 6 0 0 14 40% 44 82 17 27 8 2 8 5.6 5.7 5.6 97 8 8 10 8 134
1997 26 SDP NL 32 28 10 11 7 4 4 13 15 .464 1 3 1 0 11 39% 46 80 15 17 8 3 10 4.8 5.3 5.7 89 6 14 6 1 120
1998 27 SDP NL 39 27 9 7 11 2 3 18 9 .667 3 6 2 1 16 59% 54 87 27 21 3 2 8 4.7 5.1 6.2 94 3 14 7 2 131
1999 28 SDP NL 33 33 12 14 7 2 5 14 19 .424 0 5 1 0 18 55% 53 81 22 15 4 0 15 4.5 3.9 6.2 105 0 12 18 3 142
2000 29 SDP NL 11 11 1 6 4 0 1 2 9 .182 1 1 0 0 4 36% 49 65 25 6 2 0 4 4.2 3.6 6.0 103 1 4 3 3 140
2001 30 TOT MLB 13 12 6 5 1 2 2 7 5 .583 0 1 1 0 6 50% 44 80 15 13 5 0 7 6.7 6.8 5.7 90 3 6 2 1 126
2001 30 SDP NL 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 2 67% 52 64 35 0 0 0 2 9.0 7.4 6.3 92 0 2 1 0 102
2001 30 NYY AL 10 9 4 4 1 2 2 5 4 .556 0 1 1 0 4 44% 41 80 15 13 5 0 5 6.0 6.6 5.5 90 3 4 1 1 126
2002 31 NYY AL 20 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40 43 36 9 3 1 1 7.3 5.6 4.2 91 0 2 0 0 96
2003 32 TOT MLB 35 7 4 1 2 3 0 5 2 .714 1 2 0 0 3 43% 52 74 28 24 11 0 2 4.2 4.8 5.4 89 3 1 3 0 107
2003 32 NYY AL 27 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 53 53 53 19 9 0 0 3.8 3.0 6.0 78 1 0 0 0 78
2003 32 STL NL 8 6 4 1 1 3 0 4 2 .667 1 1 0 0 2 33% 52 74 28 5 2 0 2 4.3 5.1 5.3 91 2 1 3 0 107
2004 33 SDP NL 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 1 25% 44 52 38 3 3 0 3 2.7 3.2 5.3 83 2 2 0 0 99
13 Seasons 281 200 70 70 60 19 18 107 93 .535 13 27 10 2 93 47% 49 87 14 184 67 9 75 5.0 5.1 5.9 97 33 73 66 23 142
MLB Averages
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

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
1994 23 NYY AL 23 18 4 1 1 2 2 0 100% 7 3 11 3 27% 7 1.051 6 5 7 10 2 6 7 11 6 10 7 1 3.1 22
1997 26 SDP NL 32 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 8 0.978 3 1 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 3 0 1 1.5 6
1998 27 SDP NL 39 12 3 0 0 2 1 1 50% 6 3 9 2 22% 8 0.964 5 2 5 8 1 3 6 6 2 7 3 4 2.5 18
2001 30 TOT MLB 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.888 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0 32
2001 30 NYY AL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.847 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0 32
2002 31 NYY AL 20 18 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 0.749 3 0 15 6 3 9 1 17 11 1 11 1 5.2 31
2003 32 TOT MLB 35 28 8 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 16 4 25% 0.661 3 7 17 6 3 19 7 21 17 7 19 1 5.3 32
2003 32 NYY AL 27 26 8 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 16 4 25% 6 0.505 3 6 16 6 3 17 7 19 16 7 18 1 5.0 31
2003 32 STL NL 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.874 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 9.0 43
6 Seasons 159 81 27 4 6 4 3 1 75% 15 8 43 10 23% 0.901 20 16 44 30 11 40 24 57 37 28 41 8 4.2 27

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%
1992 21 NYY AL 68 88% 2.9% 8.8% 8.8% 10.3% 30% 0.50 0.78 78% 24% 7.1% 22% 14 1 7%
1993 22 NYY AL 135 79% 3.0% 19.3% 10.4% 8.2% 34% 0.57 0.81 67% 21% 7.5% 9% 23 5 22%
1994 23 NYY AL 218 75% 1.4% 17.0% 13.3% 4.6% 21% 0.75 0.84 68% 20% 3.9% 10% 53 4 8%
1995 24 NYY AL 719 83% 3.1% 16.8% 9.5% 7.2% 34% 0.64 0.80 69% 24% 8.6% 18% 135 13 10%
1996 25 SEA AL 885 80% 3.1% 14.9% 8.3% 8.8% 32% 0.70 0.87 73% 25% 8.2% 15% 181 16 9%
1997 26 SDP NL 693 82% 3.5% 15.3% 7.9% 10.1% 41% 0.80 1.10 72% 18% 10.0% 16% 125 13 10%
1998 27 SDP NL 743 76% 3.9% 21.3% 6.5% 8.1% 36% 0.80 1.04 66% 17% 12.3% 18% 122 14 11%
1999 28 SDP NL 892 81% 3.3% 21.8% 8.5% 8.0% 35% 0.59 0.70 65% 21% 8.8% 13% 141 7 5%
2000 29 SDP NL 292 80% 4.1% 20.9% 8.9% 8.9% 38% 0.74 1.05 64% 24% 13.2% 13% 55 7 13%
2001 30 TOT MLB 323 74% 1.9% 13.3% 6.5% 9.0% 33% 0.60 0.84 77% 27% 5.0% 22% 62 4 6%
2001 30 SDP NL 85 67% 1.2% 17.7% 3.5% 9.4% 36% 0.66 0.95 75% 26% 3.7% 29% 18 2 11%
2001 30 NYY AL 238 76% 2.1% 11.8% 7.6% 8.8% 31% 0.58 0.80 77% 27% 5.4% 19% 44 2 5%
2002 31 NYY AL 193 68% 2.1% 16.1% 7.8% 7.8% 26% 0.47 0.54 73% 31% 4.9% 14% 47 1 2%
2003 32 TOT MLB 383 72% 3.7% 17.8% 8.4% 7.8% 33% 0.63 0.66 69% 17% 9.4% 12% 61 4 7%
2003 32 NYY AL 221 69% 2.7% 16.3% 8.1% 8.1% 32% 0.64 0.59 72% 14% 6.9% 13% 32 3 9%
2003 32 STL NL 162 77% 4.9% 19.8% 8.6% 7.4% 35% 0.61 0.76 64% 20% 12.9% 10% 29 1 3%
2004 33 SDP NL 91 85% 5.5% 15.4% 8.8% 13.2% 55% 0.84 1.27 70% 14% 14.7% 8% 12 4 33%
13 Seasons 5635 79% 3.2% 17.7% 8.4% 8.4% 34% 0.68 0.86 69% 22% 9.0% 15% 1031 93 9%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1992 21 NYY AL 68 269 3.96 163 61% 18% 10% 37% 34% 82% 0% 49% 87% 47% 3% 2 2 9% 6 2 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0
1993 22 NYY AL 135 537 3.98 325 61% 21% 18% 31% 29% 78% 0% 47% 76% 57% 7% 10 7 24% 32 19 1 19% 8 3 0 0 2
1994 23 NYY AL 217 901 4.15 548 61% 24% 14% 35% 28% 76% 1% 46% 82% 53% 6% 13 7 23% 49 29 3 19% 6 5 1 0 0
1995 24 NYY AL 662 2600 3.93 1591 61% 29% 13% 28% 30% 71% 0% 44% 82% 54% 7% 44 32 19% 125 61 7 30% 11 11 57 0 0
1996 25 SEA AL 860 3285 3.82 1953 60% 27% 12% 27% 34% 73% 1% 43% 84% 52% 4% 38 25 14% 124 55 9 26% 15 9 25 3 1
1997 26 SDP NL 670 2421 3.61 1499 62% 25% 14% 26% 34% 74% 0% 46% 80% 55% 3% 22 15 16% 104 69 7 28% 18 6 23 1 6
1998 27 SDP NL 743 2760 3.71 1711 62% 26% 18% 25% 31% 74% 1% 46% 76% 53% 4% 31 20 18% 132 72 7 25% 23 9 0 0 0
1999 28 SDP NL 892 3481 3.90 2091 60% 27% 19% 25% 30% 73% 1% 44% 74% 53% 6% 55 33 20% 177 90 14 20% 30 16 0 0 0
2000 29 SDP NL 292 1128 3.86 652 58% 29% 18% 22% 31% 71% 1% 41% 74% 51% 4% 13 7 15% 43 16 0 18% 10 5 0 0 0
2001 30 TOT MLB 323 1117 3.46 700 63% 27% 12% 25% 37% 73% 0% 46% 83% 56% 3% 11 9 14% 46 26 1 23% 12 2 0 0 0
2001 30 SDP NL 85 276 3.25 179 65% 34% 13% 16% 37% 66% 0% 43% 80% 61% 2% 2 2 16% 14 8 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0
2001 30 NYY AL 238 841 3.53 521 62% 24% 12% 27% 36% 76% 0% 47% 85% 54% 4% 9 7 13% 32 18 1 18% 8 2 0 0 0
2002 31 NYY AL 193 739 3.83 460 62% 28% 14% 26% 32% 72% 4% 45% 80% 55% 4% 8 3 16% 30 16 3 16% 7 2 0 0 0
2003 32 TOT MLB 383 1519 3.97 930 61% 30% 13% 27% 30% 70% 2% 43% 81% 54% 6% 22 14 19% 73 41 7 34% 12 4 0 0 0
2003 32 NYY AL 221 886 4.01 539 61% 29% 13% 28% 31% 71% 3% 43% 82% 53% 6% 14 9 19% 41 23 5 28% 4 2 0 0 0
2003 32 STL NL 162 633 3.91 391 62% 32% 14% 25% 29% 68% 2% 42% 80% 56% 5% 8 5 20% 32 18 2 41% 8 2 0 0 0
2004 33 SDP NL 91 333 3.66 193 58% 26% 16% 22% 36% 74% 0% 43% 79% 47% 10% 9 6 14% 13 7 0 29% 1 3 0 0 0
13 Seasons 5529 21090 3.81 12816 61% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 1% 44% 79% 53% 5% 278 180 17% 954 503 59 25% 154 75 106 4 9
MLB Averages
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

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
1992 21 NYY AL 68 23 10 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 0 34 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 22 NYY AL 135 32 3 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 2 8 5 2 63% 2 3 0 46 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 0
1994 23 NYY AL 218 48 5 1 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 18 11 3 61% 3 5 2 93 2 5 29% 1 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 20 0
1995 24 NYY AL 719 155 22 3 22 1 10 16 6 5 17 36 17 6 47% 7 5 3 252 23 4 85% 17 4 6 0 0 0 4 3 22 0
1996 25 SEA AL 885 245 22 3 27 1 26 24 3 13 14 36 21 5 58% 9 4 0 340 12 14 46% 10 13 2 1 0 0 9 8 16 0
1997 26 SDP NL 693 172 22 0 24 0 11 20 4 11 13 40 23 3 58% 6 6 0 252 26 9 74% 18 7 7 2 1 0 5 5 14 0
1998 27 SDP NL 743 169 48 2 29 0 7 25 4 13 16 30 12 9 40% 6 11 0 262 16 2 89% 12 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 18 0
1999 28 SDP NL 892 202 12 2 29 1 24 22 7 13 16 35 18 11 51% 11 15 2 303 21 7 75% 16 7 5 0 0 0 4 4 30 0
2000 29 SDP NL 292 69 9 2 12 0 5 9 3 2 10 15 8 5 53% 7 4 0 107 9 3 75% 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 8 0
2001 30 TOT MLB 323 89 7 1 6 0 3 2 4 3 3 23 13 2 57% 4 3 0 135 10 0 100% 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2001 30 SDP NL 85 22 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 2 0 40% 3 1 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 30 NYY AL 238 67 5 1 5 0 2 1 4 2 3 18 11 2 61% 1 2 0 97 10 0 100% 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2002 31 NYY AL 193 57 6 1 4 0 4 3 1 2 2 10 5 1 50% 4 1 0 92 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
2003 32 TOT MLB 383 91 8 1 14 0 9 13 1 9 5 19 11 2 58% 5 3 0 126 10 3 77% 5 2 5 1 0 0 3 2 8 0
2003 32 NYY AL 221 57 5 1 6 0 9 5 1 2 4 14 9 1 64% 2 1 0 71 9 3 75% 4 2 5 1 0 0 2 2 5 0
2003 32 STL NL 162 34 3 0 8 0 0 8 0 7 1 5 2 1 40% 3 2 0 55 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
2004 33 SDP NL 91 22 1 1 5 0 0 4 1 4 1 3 2 1 67% 1 1 0 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Seasons 5635 1374 175 18 181 3 104 147 34 80 101 274 147 50 54% 67 61 7 2073 135 51 73% 97 44 37 6 1 1 33 29 155 0
MLB Averages
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

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+
1992 21 0 2 .000 8.31 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 23 12 12 2 6 0 6 1 0 0 68 48 2.231 15.9 1.4 4.2 4.2 1.00 48
1993 22 1 4 .200 5.73 9 9 0 0 0 0 44.0 55 30 28 6 20 1 32 2 2 3 203 72 1.705 11.3 1.2 4.1 6.5 1.60 72
1994 23 5 5 .500 4.92 32 14 4 1 0 2 93.1 103 54 51 9 49 2 69 2 2 8 421 89 1.629 9.9 0.9 4.7 6.7 1.41 89
1995 24 16 15 .516 4.78 59 41 4 5 1 2 261.2 258 145 139 31 117 3 190 7 4 13 1140 95 1.433 8.9 1.1 4.0 6.5 1.62 95
1996 25 29 24 .547 5.03 94 76 4 5 1 2 458.1 503 276 256 58 190 7 322 14 5 17 2025 94 1.512 9.9 1.1 3.7 6.3 1.69 94
1997 26 39 35 .527 5.07 126 104 5 6 1 2 619.1 675 378 349 82 245 9 428 18 7 23 2718 89 1.485 9.8 1.2 3.6 6.2 1.75 89
1998 27 48 42 .533 4.82 165 131 8 8 2 3 795.2 844 461 426 111 293 11 586 27 8 34 3461 91 1.429 9.5 1.3 3.3 6.6 2.00 91
1999 28 60 56 .517 4.67 198 164 8 9 2 3 1001.1 1046 560 520 140 369 17 780 32 10 49 4353 93 1.413 9.4 1.3 3.3 7.0 2.11 93
2000 29 61 62 .496 4.69 209 175 8 9 2 3 1067.0 1115 598 556 152 395 18 841 37 10 53 4645 92 1.415 9.4 1.3 3.3 7.1 2.13 92
2001 30 67 67 .500 4.75 222 187 8 10 2 3 1137.1 1204 644 600 158 416 18 884 40 11 56 4968 91 1.424 9.5 1.3 3.3 7.0 2.13 91
2002 31 68 69 .496 4.77 242 189 19 10 2 3 1176.2 1261 673 624 162 431 21 915 41 11 57 5161 91 1.438 9.6 1.2 3.3 7.0 2.12 91
2003 32 74 73 .503 4.77 277 196 27 10 2 3 1264.1 1352 723 670 176 463 25 983 42 11 60 5544 91 1.436 9.6 1.3 3.3 7.0 2.12 91
2004 33 74 76 .493 4.80 281 200 27 10 2 3 1285.2 1374 738 685 181 471 25 997 42 11 61 5635 90 1.435 9.6 1.3 3.3 7.0 2.12 90

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
1992 21 0 1 .000 9.75 12.0 24 14 13 2 6 6 1 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 1.5 3
1993 22 1 2 .333 5.28 29.0 33 19 17 4 14 24 1 1.621 10.2 4.3 7.4 1.71 1.2 6
1994 23 3 4 .429 4.10 68.0 66 34 31 4 40 51 0 1.559 8.7 5.3 6.8 1.28 0.5 23
1995 24 9 11 .450 4.57 185.0 172 104 94 24 75 133 6 1.335 8.4 3.6 6.5 1.77 1.2 27
1996 25 9 12 .429 4.80 193.0 230 114 103 25 69 130 7 1.549 10.7 3.2 6.1 1.88 1.2 35
1997 26 5 11 .313 5.65 153.0 175 107 96 24 56 101 4 1.510 10.3 3.3 5.9 1.80 1.4 32
1998 27 8 10 .444 4.24 170.0 175 89 80 30 50 152 9 1.324 9.3 2.6 8.0 3.04 1.6 39
1999 28 11 11 .500 3.99 203.0 201 100 90 29 76 191 5 1.365 8.9 3.4 8.5 2.51 1.3 33
2000 29 3 4 .429 4.78 64.0 69 38 34 12 26 59 5 1.484 9.7 3.7 8.3 2.27 1.7 11
2001 30 2 5 .286 5.53 70.0 89 48 43 6 21 43 3 1.571 11.4 2.7 5.5 2.05 0.8 13
2002 31 1 3 .250 5.18 40.0 57 26 23 4 15 32 1 1.800 12.8 3.4 7.2 2.13 0.9 20
2003 32 4 5 .444 4.81 86.0 92 51 46 14 32 67 1 1.442 9.6 3.3 7.0 2.09 1.5 35
2004 33 0 2 .000 7.20 20.0 23 18 16 5 8 13 0 1.550 10.4 3.6 5.9 1.63 2.3 4
13 Seasons 56 81 .409 4.77 1293.0 1406 762 686 183 488 1002 43 1.465 9.8 7.0 2.05 1.3 281

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1998-NL-NLCS MVP

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 AL--8.287--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 NL--8.064--8th
1999 NL--8.490--2nd
Career--6.979--91st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1999 NL--194--6th

Games Started s c a p y
1996 AL--35--2nd
1999 NL--33--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1995 AL--4--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1995 AL--1--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1997 NL--24--10th
1998 NL--29--9th

Hits s c a p y
1996 AL--245--9th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career--2.117--205th

Losses s c a p y
1999 NL--14--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1996 AL--117--10th
1997 NL--93--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1998 NL--11--6th
1999 NL--15--1st

Youngest s c a p y
1992 AL--born 1971-04-29--2nd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 9 (1267), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (972), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Odalis Perez (956)
  2. Joey Hamilton (956)
  3. James Baldwin (953)
  4. Len Barker (953)
  5. Dave Mlicki (951)
  6. Ramon Ortiz (950)
  7. Mark Redman (949)
  8. Ed Wells (949)
  9. Pete Schourek (948)
  10. Mark Clark (947)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bob Sykes (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Parque (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chris Knapp (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jeff Francis (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Scott Karl (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Esteban Loaiza (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Adam Eaton (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pete Schourek (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joey Hamilton (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jamie Moyer (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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