Vince Horsman

Vincent Stanley Joseph Horsman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 9, 1967 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, CAN
High School: Dartmouth Senior HS (Dartmouth, NS)
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1991
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Twins/BlueJays 1991-1995

Final Game: May 13, 1995
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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
1985	18	TOR-min	Rk	0	3	.000	6.25	18	1	2	0	0	1	40.1	56	31	28	1	23	3	30	0	0	1			1.959	12.5	0.2	5.1	6.7	1.30	MDH · PION
1986	19	TOR-min	A	4	3	.571	4.07	29	9	10	1	1	1	90.2	93	56	41	8	49	0	64	1	4	5			1.566	9.2	0.8	4.9	6.4	1.31	FLR · SALL
1987	20	TOR-min	A	7	7	.500	3.32	30	28	1	0	0	0	149.0	144	74	55	20	37	2	109	2	2	5			1.215	8.7	1.2	2.2	6.6	2.95	MYR · SALL
1988	21	TOR-min	AA,A	6	3	.667	3.31	34	8	9	1	0	1	98.0	85	41	36	6	41	5	74	4	2	8			1.286	7.8	0.6	3.8	6.8	1.80	KNX,DUN · SOUL,FLOR
1989	22	TOR-min	A,AA	5	6	.455	2.46	39	1	26	0	0	9	84.0	75	25	23	3	29	4	63	1	4	3			1.238	8.0	0.3	3.1	6.8	2.17	DUN,KNX · FLOR,SOUL
1990	23	TOR-min	A+,AA	6	8	.429	3.50	36	0	16	0	0	1	61.2	64	28	24	1	20	4	51	1	0	3			1.362	9.3	0.1	2.9	7.4	2.55	DUN,KNX · FLOR,SOUL
1991	24	TOR-min	AA	4	1	.800	2.34	42	2	17	0	0	3	80.2	79	23	21	2	19	5	80	0	1	3	335		1.215	8.8	0.2	2.1	8.9	4.21	KNX · SOUL
1991	24	TOR	AL	0	0		0.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	16		1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67
1992	25	OAK	AL	2	1	.667	2.49	58	0	9	0	0	1	43.1	39	13	12	3	21	4	18	0	0	1	180	150	1.385	8.1	0.6	4.4	3.7	0.86
1993	26	OAK-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.28	26	0	10	0	0	3	33.2	37	25	16	11	9	2	23	0	1	1	149		1.366	9.9	2.9	2.4	6.1	2.56	TAC · PCL
1993	26	OAK	AL	2	0	1.000	5.40	40	0	5	0	0	0	25.0	25	15	15	2	15	1	17	3	0	1	116	77	1.600	9.0	0.7	5.4	6.1	1.13
1994	27	OAK-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.57	7	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	26		0.857	6.4	1.3	1.3	7.7	6.00	TAC · PCL
1994	27	OAK	AL	0	1	.000	4.91	33	0	6	0	0	0	29.1	29	17	16	2	11	2	20	1	1	1	127	91	1.364	8.9	0.6	3.4	6.1	1.82
1995	28	MIN-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	10.38	16	0	7	0	0	0	13.0	23	15	15	3	4	2	10	0	0	1	64		2.077	15.9	2.1	2.8	6.9	2.50	SLK · PCL
1995	28	MIN	AL	0	0		7.00	6	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	12	8	7	2	4	1	4	0	0	0	43	71	1.778	12.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	1.00
1996	29	TOR-min	AAA	0	3	.000	5.40	29	0	15	0	0	0	35.0	37	22	21	7	11	0	21	1	0	3	150		1.371	9.5	1.8	2.8	5.4	1.91	SYR · IL
1997		Did not play in major leagues (Taiwan)
1998	31	BAL-min	AAA	0	0		2.92	6	0	2	0	0	0	12.1	13	5	4	2	1	0	8	0	0	0	48		1.135	9.5	1.5	0.7	5.8	8.00	ROC · IL
5 Yrs				4	2	.667	4.07	141	0	25	0	0	1	110.2	107	53	50	9	54	9	61	4	1	3	482	102	1.455	8.7	0.7	4.4	5.0	1.13
162 Game Avg.				2	1	.667	4.07	68	0	12	0	0	0	53	52	26	24	4	26	4	29	2	0	1	232	102	1.455	8.7	0.7	4.4	5.0	1.13

OAK (3 yrs)				4	2	.667	3.96	131	0	20	0	0	1	97.2	93	45	43	7	47	7	55	4	1	3	423	103	1.433	8.6	0.6	4.3	5.1	1.17
MIN (1 yr)				0	0		7.00	6	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	12	8	7	2	4	1	4	0	0	0	43	71	1.778	12.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	1.00
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	16		1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67

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
1991	24	TOR	AL	4.0	4	0	0	0.00	4.16	0.16	-0.32	105.0	3.87	2	0.2	1.2	0.0	0.2	2	.546	.501	$
1992	25	OAK	AL	43.1	58	0	13	2.70	4.48	0.08	-0.35	92.7	3.76	5	0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.9	10	.510	.503	$109,000
1993	26	OAK	AL	25.0	40	0	15	5.40	4.82	-0.26	-0.37	93.9	4.42	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.0	-0.1	0	.494	.498	$
1994	27	OAK	AL	29.1	33	0	17	5.22	5.56	0.26	-0.43	93.5	4.56	-2	-0.2	.7	-0.0	0.0	1	.494	.499	$
1995	28	MIN	AL	9.0	6	0	8	8.00	5.76	0.04	-0.43	100.9	5.34	-3	-0.2	.8	0.0	-0.2	-2	.460	.499	$
5 Seasons				110.2	141	0	53	4.31	4.93	0.05	-0.38	94.3	4.25	-0	0.0	1.0	-0.2	0.8	11	.500	.500	$109,000

OAK (3 yrs)				97.2	131	0	45	4.15	4.89	0.04	-0.38	93.3	4.17	0	0.1	.9	-0.2	0.8	11	.501	.500	$109,000
MIN (1 yr)				9.0	6	0	8	8.00	5.76	0.04	-0.43	100.9	5.34	-3	-0.2	.8	0.0	-0.2	-2	.460	.499	$
TOR (1 yr)				4.0	4	0	0	0.00	4.16	0.16	-0.32	105.0	3.87	2	0.2	1.2	0.0	0.2	2	.546	.501	$

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
1991	24	TOR	AL	4	16	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.167	.333	.167	.500	.200	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
1992	25	OAK	AL	58	180	155	13	39	4	0	3	0	2	21	18	.252	.339	.335	.674	.267	52	9	0	3	1	4	1
1993	26	OAK	AL	40	116	98	15	25	2	0	2	2	1	15	17	.255	.371	.337	.707	.291	33	1	3	0	0	1	0
1994	27	OAK	AL	33	127	109	17	29	5	0	2	1	3	11	20	.266	.331	.367	.698	.300	40	0	1	3	3	2	0
1995	28	MIN	AL	6	43	36	8	12	3	0	2	2	0	4	4	.333	.390	.583	.974	.323	21	1	0	2	1	1	1
5 Yrs				141	482	410	53	107	14	0	9	5	6	54	61	.261	.349	.361	.710	.284	148	11	4	9	5	9	2
162 Game Avg.				68	232	198	26	52	7	0	4	2	3	26	29	.261	.349	.361	.710	.284	71	5	2	4	2	4	1
MLB Averages																.262	.331	.400	.731	.292

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1991	24	TOR	AL	2.0	0.2	16	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.89	-0.0	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.89	1.1	1	1	1
1992	25	OAK	AL	6.6	0.7	187	0.8	2.7	-1.9	.80	0.4	0.7	7.9	0.8	0.80	5.0	13	15	29
1993	26	OAK	AL	-3.0	-0.3	120	0.2	1.4	-1.1	.70	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.70	2.6	13	7	17
1994	27	OAK	AL	-1.3	-0.1	133	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	.46	0.2	-0.5	-1.4	-0.1	0.46	3.7	5	9	19
1995	28	MIN	AL	-2.2	-0.2	45	0.1	0.8	-0.8	1.35	-0.3	0.4	-4.1	-0.4	1.35	-4.3	2	0	4
5 Yrs				2.2	0.3	501	0.8	5.8	-5.0	.74	0.5	0.6	3.3	0.4	0.74	8.1	34	32	70

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1991	24	TOR	AL	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	6	2	33%	7	.891	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	1	2	1	2	0	3.0	15
1992	25	OAK	AL	58	58	9	2	1	2	1	1	50%	16	10	48	11	23%	8	.800	13	15	29	25	7	26	34	24	11	36	14	15	2.2	12
1993	26	OAK	AL	40	40	5	2	0	0	0	0		10	10	35	7	20%	8	.705	13	7	17	15	5	20	21	19	2	28	7	17	1.9	11
1994	27	OAK	AL	33	33	6	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	24	9	38%	7	.458	5	9	19	8	3	22	16	17	8	14	12	8	2.7	15
1995	28	MIN	AL	6	6	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	4	67%	6	1.349	2	0	4	0	2	4	3	3	3	2	3	1	4.5	29
5 Yrs				141	141	25	4	2	2	1	1	50%	28	22	119	33	28%		.739	34	32	70	50	17	74	77	64	26	81	38	41	2.4	13

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%
1991	24	TOR	AL	16	31%	0.0%	12.5%	18.8%	0.0%	0%	0.43	0.43	63%	27%	0.0%	14%	3	0	0%
1992	25	OAK	AL	180	49%	1.7%	10.0%	11.7%	3.9%	18%	0.85	1.24	75%	17%	4.5%	11%	36	9	25%
1993	26	OAK	AL	116	48%	1.7%	14.7%	12.9%	3.5%	16%	0.98	1.11	68%	22%	5.9%	17%	33	1	3%
1994	27	OAK	AL	127	46%	1.6%	15.8%	8.7%	5.5%	24%	0.64	0.76	71%	24%	4.2%	14%	25	0	0%
1995	28	MIN	AL	43	33%	4.7%	9.3%	9.3%	11.6%	42%	1.46	2.83	72%	20%	15.4%	0%	10	1	10%
5 Yrs				482	46%	1.9%	12.7%	11.2%	4.8%	22%	0.84	1.10	72%	21%	5.4%	13%	107	11	10%
MLB Averages					42%	2.3%	15.4%	8.8%	7.1%	31%	0.82	1.08	72%	21%	6.8%	16%			10%

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
1991	24	TOR	AL	16	59	3.69	30	51%	37%	3%	23%	37%	63%	14%	32%	95%	56%	13%	2	0	19%	3	0	0	100%	0	1	0	0	0
1992	25	OAK	AL	180	681	3.78	373	55%	36%	9%	18%	38%	64%	5%	35%	87%	41%	8%	14	8	7%	13	4	1	50%	1	3	0	0	0
1993	26	OAK	AL	116	448	3.86	263	59%	33%	6%	30%	30%	67%	2%	39%	91%	58%	7%	8	3	23%	27	10	1	71%	0	4	0	0	0
1994	27	OAK	AL	120	451	3.76	271	60%	32%	11%	25%	33%	68%	4%	41%	84%	54%	7%	8	4	22%	26	13	2	32%	1	2	7	0	0
1995	28	MIN	AL	40	144	3.60	82	57%	28%	10%	22%	40%	72%	6%	41%	86%	50%	5%	2	1	8%	3	2	0	0%	1	0	3	0	0
5 Yrs				472	1783	3.78	1019	57%	33%	8%	23%	35%	67%	4%	38%	87%	50%	7%	34	16	15%	72	29	4	48%	3	10	10	0	0
MLB Averages						3.67		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			19%				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
1991	24	TOR	AL	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	25	OAK	AL	180	39	19	1	3	0	3	2	1	3	0	10	5	1	50%	1	1	1	81	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0
1993	26	OAK	AL	116	25	3	0	2	0	10	2	0	1	1	11	5	2	45%	0	1	0	45	2	1	67%	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
1994	27	OAK	AL	127	29	2	0	2	0	6	2	0	0	2	7	6	0	86%	0	1	1	52	1	3	25%	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0
1995	28	MIN	AL	43	12	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	23	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5 Yrs				482	107	25	1	9	0	20	7	2	6	3	31	18	3	58%	2	3	2	207	5	6	45%	4	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	13	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
1991	24	0	0		0.00	4	2	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	16		1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67
1992	25	2	1	.667	2.28	62	11	1	47.1	41	13	12	3	24	5	20	0	0	1	196	167	1.373	7.8	0.6	4.6	3.8	0.83	167
1993	26	4	1	.800	3.36	102	16	1	72.1	66	28	27	5	39	6	37	3	0	2	312	117	1.452	8.2	0.6	4.9	4.6	0.95	117
1994	27	4	2	.667	3.81	135	22	1	101.2	95	45	43	7	50	8	57	4	1	3	439	107	1.426	8.4	0.6	4.4	5.0	1.14	107
1995	28	4	2	.667	4.07	141	25	1	110.2	107	53	50	9	54	9	61	4	1	3	482	102	1.455	8.7	0.7	4.4	5.0	1.13	102

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1991	24	0	0		0.00	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	1.250	4.5	6.8	4.5	0.67	0.0	4
1992	25	2	2	.500	3.32	38.0	42	16	14	3	23	16	0	1.711	9.9	5.4	3.8	0.70	0.7	58
1993	26	1	1	.500	6.00	24.0	26	18	16	2	16	16	3	1.750	9.8	6.0	6.0	1.00	0.8	40
1994	27	2	2	.500	4.83	41.0	40	24	22	3	15	28	1	1.341	8.8	3.3	6.1	1.87	0.7	33
1995	28	0	1	.000	6.30	10.0	13	8	7	2	4	5	0	1.700	11.7	3.6	4.5	1.25	1.8	6
5 Yrs		5	6	.455	4.54	117.0	123	66	59	10	61	67	4	1.573	9.5		5.2	1.10	0.8	141

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