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Al Holland

Alfred Willis Holland (Mr. T)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 207 lb.

Born: August 16, 1952 in Roanoke, VA
High School: Lucy Addison HS (Roanoke, VA)
School: North Carolina A&T State University (Greensboro, NC)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1977
Teams (by GP): Giants/Phillies/Pirates/Yankees/Angels 1977-1987
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: August 9, 1987
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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 24 PIT NL 0 0 7.71 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 60 1.714 15.4 0.0 0.0 3.9
1979 26 SFG NL 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 29 1.143 3.9 0.0 6.4 9.0 1.40
1980 27 SFG NL 5 3 .625 1.75 54 0 31 0 0 7 82.1 71 21 16 2 34 8 65 1 3 1 349 203 1.275 7.8 0.2 3.7 7.1 1.91 RoY-7
1981 28 SFG NL 7 5 .583 2.41 47 3 23 0 0 7 100.2 87 31 27 4 44 11 78 2 0 3 431 142 1.301 7.8 0.4 3.9 7.0 1.77
1982 29 SFG NL 7 3 .700 3.33 58 7 10 0 0 5 129.2 115 56 48 12 40 6 97 1 1 6 546 108 1.195 8.0 0.8 2.8 6.7 2.43
1983 30 PHI NL 8 4 .667 2.26 68 0 53 0 0 25 91.2 63 26 23 8 30 12 100 0 0 0 371 160 1.015 6.2 0.8 2.9 9.8 3.33 CYA-6,MVP-9
1984 31 PHI NL 5 10 .333 3.39 68 0 61 0 0 29 98.1 82 38 37 14 30 6 61 1 3 1 404 108 1.139 7.5 1.3 2.7 5.6 2.03 AS
1985 32 TOT MLB 1 5 .167 2.90 56 0 28 0 0 5 87.0 70 28 28 9 31 9 62 0 1 1 355 132 1.161 7.2 0.9 3.2 6.4 2.00
1985 32 TOT NL 1 4 .200 3.45 41 0 22 0 0 5 62.2 53 24 24 5 21 8 48 0 1 0 256 106 1.181 7.6 0.7 3.0 6.9 2.29
1985 32 PHI NL 0 1 .000 4.50 3 0 3 0 0 1 4.0 5 2 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 21 91 2.250 11.3 0.0 9.0 2.3 0.25
1985 32 PIT NL 1 3 .250 3.38 38 0 19 0 0 4 58.2 48 22 22 5 17 6 47 0 1 0 235 107 1.108 7.4 0.8 2.6 7.2 2.76
1985 32 CAL AL 0 1 .000 1.48 15 0 6 0 0 0 24.1 17 4 4 4 10 1 14 0 0 1 99 285 1.110 6.3 1.5 3.7 5.2 1.40
1986 33 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 5.09 25 1 10 0 0 0 40.2 44 29 23 5 9 2 37 0 0 0 177 81 1.303 9.7 1.1 2.0 8.2 4.11
1987 34 NYY AL 0 0 14.21 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 9 10 10 1 9 0 5 0 0 0 37 33 2.842 12.8 1.4 12.8 7.1 0.56
10 Yrs 34 30 .531 2.98 384 11 216 0 0 78 646.0 548 241 214 55 232 54 513 5 8 12 2709 123 1.207 7.6 0.8 3.2 7.1 2.21
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .531 2.98 66 2 37 0 0 13 111 94 41 37 9 40 9 88 1 1 2 466 123 1.207 7.6 0.8 3.2 7.1 2.21
SFG (4 yrs) 19 11 .633 2.56 162 10 64 0 0 19 319.2 276 108 91 18 123 25 247 4 4 10 1355 138 1.248 7.8 0.5 3.5 7.0 2.01
PHI (3 yrs) 13 15 .464 2.88 139 0 117 0 0 55 194.0 150 66 62 22 64 20 162 1 3 1 796 127 1.103 7.0 1.0 3.0 7.5 2.53
PIT (2 yrs) 1 3 .250 3.54 40 0 19 0 0 4 61.0 52 24 24 5 17 6 48 0 1 0 245 103 1.131 7.7 0.7 2.5 7.1 2.82
NYY (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 6.32 28 1 10 0 0 0 47.0 53 39 33 6 18 2 42 0 0 0 214 67 1.511 10.1 1.1 3.4 8.0 2.33
CAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 1.48 15 0 6 0 0 0 24.1 17 4 4 4 10 1 14 0 0 1 99 285 1.110 6.3 1.5 3.7 5.2 1.40
NL (8 yrs) 33 29 .532 2.77 341 10 200 0 0 78 574.2 478 198 177 45 204 51 457 5 8 11 2396 129 1.187 7.5 0.7 3.2 7.2 2.24
AL (3 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.67 43 1 16 0 0 0 71.1 70 43 37 10 28 3 56 0 0 1 313 90 1.374 8.8 1.3 3.5 7.1 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
1977 24 PIT NL 2.1 2 0 2 7.71 4.82 0.34 -0.37 99.6 4.09 -1 -0.1 .5 0.0 -0.1 -1 .451 .499 $
1979 26 SFG NL 7.0 3 0 0 0.00 4.61 -0.33 -0.37 93.8 4.28 3 0.4 .3 -0.1 0.3 4 .629 .502 $
1980 27 SFG NL 82.1 54 0 21 2.30 4.07 -0.20 -0.32 98.2 3.88 14 1.6 1.5 0.3 2.6 22 .530 .510 $ RoY-7
1981 28 SFG NL 100.2 47 3 31 2.77 3.86 -0.18 -0.20 98.0 3.77 10 1.2 1.5 0.1 2.1 17 .525 .507 $
1982 29 SFG NL 129.2 58 7 56 3.89 4.03 -0.40 -0.18 98.5 4.19 3 0.3 1.4 -0.2 1.2 17 .506 .502 $
1983 30 PHI NL 91.2 68 0 26 2.55 4.12 -0.30 -0.32 99.2 4.07 15 1.7 2.0 0.7 3.2 24 .525 .511 $ CYA-6,MVP-9
1984 31 PHI NL 98.1 68 0 38 3.48 4.09 -0.09 -0.32 100.9 3.90 4 0.4 2.0 0.0 1.3 14 .506 .502 $ AS
1985 32 PHI NL 4.0 3 0 2 4.50 4.29 -0.32 -0.34 102.7 4.39 -0 -0.0 1.9 -0.0 0.0 0 .497 .500 $
1985 32 PIT NL 58.2 38 0 22 3.38 4.21 -0.17 -0.33 99.8 4.04 4 0.4 1.4 -0.0 0.9 10 .512 .503 $
1985 32 CAL AL 24.1 15 0 4 1.48 4.80 0.21 -0.37 100.5 4.24 7 0.8 .5 -0.2 0.8 10 .553 .505 $625,000
1986 33 NYY AL 40.2 25 1 29 6.42 4.61 -0.02 -0.30 98.2 4.25 -10 -1.0 .9 -0.0 -0.7 -5 .461 .494 $
1987 34 NYY AL 6.1 3 0 10 14.21 5.73 0.14 -0.44 94.9 4.88 -7 -0.5 .3 0.2 -0.3 -6 .322 .497 $400,000
10 Seasons 646.0 384 11 241 3.36 4.14 -0.20 -0.28 99.0 4.02 43 5.2 1.6 0.6 11.3 107 .514 .503 $1,025,000
SFG (4 yrs) 319.2 162 10 108 3.04 4.00 -0.28 -0.23 98.2 3.98 30 3.5 1.4 0.0 6.2 60 .522 .505 $
PHI (3 yrs) 194.0 139 0 66 3.06 4.11 -0.19 -0.32 100.2 3.99 19 2.1 2.0 0.7 4.5 39 .515 .504 $
PIT (2 yrs) 61.0 40 0 24 3.54 4.23 -0.15 -0.33 99.8 4.04 3 0.4 1.4 -0.0 0.8 9 .509 .501 $
NYY (2 yrs) 47.0 28 1 39 7.47 4.76 -0.00 -0.32 97.8 4.34 -16 -1.5 .9 0.2 -1.0 -11 .446 .495 $400,000
CAL (1 yr) 24.1 15 0 4 1.48 4.80 0.21 -0.37 100.5 4.24 7 0.8 .5 -0.2 0.8 10 .553 .505 $625,000

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 30 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1983 30 PHI NL WS L BAL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 0.273 2.5 0.0 0.0 12.3
1 Yr (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 4 0 4 0 0 2 6.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 24 0.300 2.7 0.0 0.0 10.8
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 0.273 2.5 0.0 0.0 12.3

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 PHI NL 31

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 24 PIT NL 2 10 10 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 .444 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 26 SFG NL 3 29 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 .125 .276 .125 .401 .176 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 27 SFG NL 54 349 305 21 71 13 1 2 7 1 34 65 .233 .308 .302 .610 .285 92 3 1 5 4 8 4
1981 28 SFG NL 47 431 373 31 87 14 2 4 9 2 44 78 .233 .314 .314 .627 .280 117 5 2 7 5 11 4
1982 29 SFG NL 58 546 497 56 115 11 3 12 20 5 40 97 .231 .288 .338 .626 .263 168 4 1 4 3 6 11
1983 30 PHI NL 68 371 335 26 63 16 5 8 15 0 30 100 .188 .254 .337 .591 .241 113 0 0 5 1 12 3
1984 31 PHI NL 68 404 364 38 82 14 2 14 12 2 30 61 .225 .283 .390 .673 .232 142 4 1 5 4 6 4
1985 32 TOT MLB 56 355 314 28 70 20 0 9 8 2 31 62 .223 .289 .373 .662 .247 117 5 0 6 4 9 3
1985 32 CAL AL 15 99 88 4 17 3 0 4 1 0 10 14 .193 .276 .364 .639 .186 32 0 0 1 0 1 1
1985 32 PHI NL 3 21 15 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 4 1 .333 .450 .400 .850 .333 6 0 0 1 1 2 0
1985 32 PIT NL 38 235 211 22 48 16 0 5 5 2 17 47 .227 .281 .374 .656 .265 79 5 0 4 3 6 2
1985 32 TOT NL 41 256 226 24 53 17 0 5 7 2 21 48 .235 .295 .376 .671 .271 85 5 0 5 4 8 2
1986 33 NYY AL 25 177 164 29 44 6 3 5 2 1 9 37 .268 .301 .433 .734 .312 71 1 0 1 3 2 4
1987 34 NYY AL 3 37 28 10 9 4 0 1 0 0 9 5 .321 .486 .571 1.058 .364 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 384 2709 2414 241 548 98 16 55 74 14 232 513 .227 .293 .349 .643 .264 843 22 5 33 24 54 33
162 Game Avg. 66 466 416 41 94 17 3 9 13 2 40 88 .227 .293 .349 .643 .264 145 4 1 6 4 9 6
MLB Averages .261 .326 .391 .717 .285

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 24 PIT NL -0.7 -0.1 12 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .34 -0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 0.34 -0.4 0 1 1
1979 26 SFG NL 3.1 0.3 30 0.0 0.2 -0.2 .34 0.1 -0.1 2.8 0.3 0.34 2.2 0 1 1
1980 27 SFG NL 15.4 1.7 365 1.9 8.2 -6.3 1.37 1.3 0.1 15.9 1.7 1.37 10.4 21 7 26
1981 28 SFG NL 11.3 1.2 451 1.7 10.2 -8.5 1.42 0.9 0.3 14.5 1.6 1.42 8.6 20 7 17
1982 29 SFG NL 2.9 0.3 577 0.6 9.4 -8.8 .99 0.3 0.3 -0.2 -0.0 0.99 3.6 20 11 20
1983 30 PHI NL 14.0 1.5 388 2.0 12.0 -10.0 1.76 1.4 -0.3 8.4 0.9 1.76 11.7 44 8 14
1984 31 PHI NL 4.5 0.5 422 0.6 13.0 -12.4 1.89 0.6 -0.3 3.3 0.3 1.89 -2.0 46 9 12
1985 32 TOT MLB 10.4 1.1 370 -0.6 5.9 -6.5 .96 0.5 -1.1 7.9 0.8 0.97 6.9 15 12 27
1985 32 TOT NL 2.8 0.3 268 -0.1 5.4 -5.5 1.22 0.5 -0.5 4.4 0.5 1.22 4.0 14 8 19
1985 32 PHI NL -0.1 -0.0 23 -0.0 0.6 -0.6 2.10 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.0 2.10 -1.0 2 0 1
1985 32 PIT NL 2.9 0.3 245 -0.1 4.8 -4.9 1.14 0.6 -0.6 4.6 0.5 1.14 5.0 12 8 18
1985 32 CAL AL 7.6 0.8 102 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 .30 0.0 -1.6 3.5 0.3 0.30 2.9 1 4 8
1986 33 NYY AL -6.0 -0.6 182 0.0 2.5 -2.5 .84 -0.5 0.5 -5.0 -0.5 0.84 -4.4 6 4 12
1987 34 NYY AL -6.3 -0.6 39 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .08 -0.3 -0.2 -8.0 -0.7 0.08 -6.1 0 0 3
10 Yrs 48.7 5.4 2836 6.1 61.4 -55.2 1.31 4.2 0.5 39.1 4.5 1.31 30.5 172 60 133

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
1981 28 SFG NL 47 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 2 67% 62.7 73 53 23 6 3 0 2.6 3.3 7.2
1982 29 SFG NL 58 7 2 3 2 0 1 3 4 .429 0 2 0 0 3 43% 47.0 61 34 26 11 1 4 4.5 3.8 5.5
1986 33 NYY AL 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 16.0 16 16 8 6 0 0 12.0 21.6 4.7
3 Yrs 130 11 3 3 5 0 1 5 6 .455 0 3 0 0 5 45% 48 73 16 57 23 4 4 4.6 5.0 5.9
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 99 -13 4.4 4.3 6.3

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 24 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 .336 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3.5
1979 26 SFG NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 .335 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 1 7.0
1980 27 SFG NL 54 54 31 5 3 11 7 4 64% 12 1 31 12 39% 8 1.365 21 7 26 15 11 28 19 35 27 10 28 19 4.6
1981 28 SFG NL 47 44 23 6 5 8 7 1 88% 9 1 28 5 18% 7 1.417 20 7 17 14 12 18 15 29 23 4 27 12 5.4
1982 29 SFG NL 58 51 10 5 0 5 5 0 100% 13 8 42 20 48% 6 .992 20 11 20 18 7 26 26 25 29 15 32 17 5.4
1983 30 PHI NL 68 68 53 8 4 32 25 7 78% 32 0 54 22 41% 9 1.763 44 8 14 42 16 10 33 35 32 16 32 26 4.0
1984 31 PHI NL 68 68 61 5 10 36 29 7 81% 36 0 44 15 34% 8 1.893 46 9 12 46 18 4 28 40 37 11 38 16 4.3
1985 32 TOT MLB 56 56 28 1 5 10 5 5 50% 12 2 42 17 40% .963 15 12 27 13 8 35 25 31 31 14 32 17 4.7
1985 32 TOT NL 41 41 22 1 4 9 5 4 56% 11 2 33 10 30% 1.220 14 8 19 12 7 22 18 23 21 11 22 16 4.6
1985 32 PHI NL 3 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 8 2.100 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 4.0
1985 32 PIT NL 38 38 19 1 3 8 4 4 50% 10 2 32 10 31% 8 1.141 12 8 18 11 6 21 17 21 19 11 20 15 4.6
1985 32 CAL AL 15 15 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 9 7 78% 7 .298 1 4 8 1 1 13 7 8 10 3 10 1 4.9
1986 33 NYY AL 25 24 10 1 0 1 0 1 0% 5 3 18 7 39% 6 .838 6 4 12 9 3 12 11 13 11 5 11 8 4.5
1987 34 NYY AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 3 .075 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 6.3
10 Yrs 384 373 216 31 27 103 78 25 76% 119 15 269 102 38% 1.312 172 60 133 157 75 141 162 211 196 76 206 116 4.7

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 24 PIT NL 10 50% 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.00 90% 3 0 0%
1979 26 SFG NL 29 24% 0.0% 24.1% 17.2% 0.0% 0% 0.17 59% 11 0 0%
1980 27 SFG NL 349 30% 0.6% 18.6% 9.7% 4.6% 23% 0.85 69% 62 3 5%
1981 28 SFG NL 431 27% 0.9% 18.1% 10.2% 4.6% 23% 0.74 69% 78 5 6%
1982 29 SFG NL 546 27% 2.2% 17.8% 7.3% 4.8% 23% 0.78 72% 106 4 4%
1983 30 PHI NL 371 26% 2.2% 27.0% 8.1% 7.8% 46% 0.51 61% 63 0 0%
1984 31 PHI NL 404 22% 3.5% 15.1% 7.4% 7.4% 37% 0.48 73% 82 4 5%
1985 32 TOT MLB 355 30% 2.5% 17.5% 8.7% 8.2% 41% 0.43 70% 56 5 9%
1985 32 TOT NL 256 31% 2.0% 18.8% 8.2% 8.6% 42% 0.51 69% 42 5 12%
1985 32 PHI NL 21 19% 0.0% 4.8% 19.1% 4.8% 20% 0.57 71% 4 0 0%
1985 32 PIT NL 235 32% 2.1% 20.0% 7.2% 8.9% 44% 0.50 69% 38 5 13%
1985 32 CAL AL 99 29% 4.0% 14.1% 10.1% 7.1% 41% 0.29 71% 14 0 0%
1986 33 NYY AL 177 31% 2.8% 20.9% 5.1% 7.9% 32% 0.40 71% 44 1 2%
1987 34 NYY AL 37 32% 2.7% 13.5% 24.3% 13.5% 56% 0.56 59% 8 0 0%
10 Yrs 2709 27% 2.0% 18.9% 8.6% 6.2% 31% 0.61 69% 513 22 4%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 13.6% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.09 74% 11%

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 24 PIT NL 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 7 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 26 SFG NL 29 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 50% 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 27 SFG NL 349 71 2 0 10 2 0 0 2 26 12 7 46% 4 1 0 141 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
1981 28 SFG NL 431 87 4 0 20 4 0 1 3 30 12 7 40% 4 3 1 158 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1982 29 SFG NL 546 115 12 0 16 7 5 5 7 29 14 5 48% 11 6 0 214 20 5 80% 19 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 14 0
1983 30 PHI NL 371 63 8 1 12 6 2 2 6 25 8 7 32% 3 0 2 153 15 0 100% 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1984 31 PHI NL 404 82 14 0 9 12 2 6 8 20 9 3 45% 4 1 0 155 12 2 86% 9 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 13 0
1985 32 TOT MLB 355 70 9 1 14 4 5 4 5 22 9 2 41% 3 1 0 127 8 2 80% 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 0
1985 32 TOT NL 256 53 5 1 10 3 2 3 2 19 9 2 47% 2 0 0 91 7 2 78% 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1985 32 PHI NL 21 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 11 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 32 PIT NL 235 48 5 1 9 3 2 3 2 16 8 2 50% 2 0 0 80 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1985 32 CAL AL 99 17 4 0 4 1 3 1 3 3 0 0 0% 1 1 0 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1986 33 NYY AL 177 44 5 0 1 3 2 2 3 17 9 3 53% 4 0 0 80 2 1 67% 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1987 34 NYY AL 37 9 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 8 2 0 25% 0 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 Yrs 2709 548 55 2 87 39 16 20 35 180 77 35 43% 33 12 6 1062 74 14 84% 67 11 7 1 0 2 5 2 70 0
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 24 0 0 7.71 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 60 1.714 15.4 0.0 0.0 3.9 60
1978 25 0 0 7.71 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 60 1.714 15.4 0.0 0.0 3.9 60
1979 26 0 0 1.93 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 7 2 2 0 5 0 8 0 0 0 39 205 1.286 6.8 0.0 4.8 7.7 1.60 205
1980 27 5 3 .625 1.77 59 0 31 0 0 7 91.2 78 23 18 2 39 8 73 1 3 1 388 203 1.276 7.7 0.2 3.8 7.2 1.87 203
1981 28 12 8 .600 2.11 106 3 54 0 0 14 192.1 165 54 45 6 83 19 151 3 3 4 819 167 1.289 7.7 0.3 3.9 7.1 1.82 167
1982 29 19 11 .633 2.60 164 10 64 0 0 19 322.0 280 110 93 18 123 25 248 4 4 10 1365 136 1.252 7.8 0.5 3.4 6.9 2.02 136
1983 30 27 15 .643 2.52 232 10 117 0 0 44 413.2 343 136 116 26 153 37 348 4 4 10 1736 141 1.199 7.5 0.6 3.3 7.6 2.27 141
1984 31 32 25 .561 2.69 300 10 178 0 0 73 512.0 425 174 153 40 183 43 409 5 7 11 2140 133 1.188 7.5 0.7 3.2 7.2 2.24 133
1985 32 33 30 .524 2.72 356 10 206 0 0 78 599.0 495 202 181 49 214 52 471 5 8 12 2495 133 1.184 7.4 0.7 3.2 7.1 2.20 133
1986 33 34 30 .531 2.87 381 11 216 0 0 78 639.2 539 231 204 54 223 54 508 5 8 12 2672 127 1.191 7.6 0.8 3.1 7.1 2.28 127
1987 34 34 30 .531 2.98 384 11 216 0 0 78 646.0 548 241 214 55 232 54 513 5 8 12 2709 123 1.207 7.6 0.8 3.2 7.1 2.21 123

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 24 0 0 6.00 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 2
1979 26 0 0 0.00 7.0 3 0 0 0 5 7 0 1.143 3.9 6.4 9.0 1.40 0.0 3
1980 27 6 2 .750 2.05 79.0 75 20 18 2 36 62 1 1.405 8.5 4.1 7.1 1.72 0.2 54
1981 28 10 6 .625 2.98 145.0 142 53 48 7 72 113 3 1.476 8.8 4.5 7.0 1.57 0.4 47
1982 29 8 6 .571 3.66 128.0 120 58 52 13 42 96 1 1.266 8.4 3.0 6.8 2.29 0.9 58
1983 30 7 3 .700 2.47 91.0 66 28 25 8 31 100 0 1.066 6.5 3.1 9.9 3.23 0.8 68
1984 31 5 5 .500 3.66 96.0 85 43 39 15 31 59 1 1.208 8.0 2.9 5.5 1.90 1.4 68
1985 32 5 4 .556 3.21 84.0 72 33 30 9 32 60 0 1.238 7.7 3.4 6.4 1.88 1.0 56
1986 33 1 3 .250 5.49 41.0 45 28 25 5 9 37 0 1.317 9.9 2.0 8.1 4.11 1.1 25
1987 34 0 0 15.00 6.0 9 11 10 1 9 5 0 3.000 13.5 13.5 7.5 0.56 1.5 3
10 Yrs 42 29 .592 3.30 680.0 617 276 249 60 267 540 6 1.300 8.2 7.1 2.02 0.8 384

* 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
1984

Awards (yr lg award)
1983 NL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 NL (9, 12%)
0.12 Career Shares (859th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 NL (6, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (239th)

Games Played s c a p y
1981 NL  47 (9th)
1983 NL  68 (7th)
1984 NL  68 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1983 NL  25 (2nd)
1984 NL  29 (4th)
Career  78 (179th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1983 NL  53 (3rd)
1984 NL  61 (2nd)
Career  216 (207th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1981 NL  1.7 (10th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 9 (1547), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Joe Sambito (970)
  2. Steve Hamilton (965)
  3. Gary Lucas (965)
  4. Joe Hoerner (962)
  5. Eddie Watt (951)
  6. Steve Mingori (946)
  7. Rob Dibble (945)
  8. Steve Howe (945)
  9. Cecil Upshaw (942)
  10. Ken Sanders (940)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Mike Gonzalez (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rob Murphy (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jeff Fassero (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Sambito (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Sambito (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Sambito (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Sambito (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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