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Ricky Horton

Ricky Neal Horton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 30, 1959 in Poughkeepsie, NY
High School: F.D. Roosevelt HS (Hyde Park, NY)
School: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1984
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/WhiteSox/Dodgers 1984-1990

Final Game: July 23, 1990
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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
1984 24 STL NL 9 4 .692 3.44 37 18 7 1 1 1 125.2 140 53 48 14 39 2 76 1 6 5 537 102 1.424 10.0 1.0 2.8 5.4 1.95
1985 25 STL NL 3 2 .600 2.91 49 3 10 0 0 1 89.2 84 30 29 5 34 13 59 3 2 3 382 123 1.316 8.4 0.5 3.4 5.9 1.74
1986 26 STL NL 4 3 .571 2.24 42 9 12 1 0 3 100.1 77 25 25 7 26 7 49 1 0 1 387 163 1.027 6.9 0.6 2.3 4.4 1.88
1987 27 STL NL 8 3 .727 3.82 67 6 24 0 0 7 125.0 127 58 53 15 42 10 55 0 4 3 533 110 1.352 9.1 1.1 3.0 4.0 1.31
1988 28 TOT MLB 7 11 .389 4.87 64 9 13 1 0 2 118.1 131 71 64 8 38 4 36 5 3 0 512 81 1.428 10.0 0.6 2.9 2.7 0.95
1988 28 CHW AL 6 10 .375 4.86 52 9 12 1 0 2 109.1 120 64 59 6 36 4 28 5 3 0 471 82 1.427 9.9 0.5 3.0 2.3 0.78
1988 28 LAD NL 1 1 .500 5.00 12 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 11 7 5 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 41 70 1.444 11.0 2.0 2.0 8.0 4.00
1989 29 TOT NL 0 3 .000 4.85 34 8 7 0 0 0 72.1 85 39 39 3 21 4 26 4 0 0 314 74 1.465 10.6 0.4 2.6 3.2 1.24
1989 29 LAD NL 0 0 5.06 23 0 6 0 0 0 26.2 35 15 15 1 11 2 12 1 0 0 120 69 1.725 11.8 0.3 3.7 4.1 1.09
1989 29 STL NL 0 3 .000 4.73 11 8 1 0 0 0 45.2 50 24 24 2 10 2 14 3 0 0 194 77 1.314 9.9 0.4 2.0 2.8 1.40
1990 30 STL NL 1 1 .500 4.93 32 0 8 0 0 1 42.0 52 25 23 3 22 7 18 1 1 1 193 78 1.762 11.1 0.6 4.7 3.9 0.82
7 Yrs 32 27 .542 3.76 325 53 81 3 1 15 673.1 696 301 281 55 222 47 319 15 16 13 2858 100 1.363 9.3 0.7 3.0 4.3 1.44
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .542 3.76 58 10 15 1 0 3 121 125 54 51 10 40 8 57 3 3 2 514 100 1.363 9.3 0.7 3.0 4.3 1.44
STL (6 yrs) 25 16 .610 3.44 238 44 62 2 1 13 528.1 530 215 202 46 173 41 271 9 13 13 2226 109 1.331 9.0 0.8 2.9 4.6 1.57
LAD (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 5.05 35 0 7 0 0 0 35.2 46 22 20 3 13 2 20 1 0 0 161 69 1.654 11.6 0.8 3.3 5.0 1.54
CHW (1 yr) 6 10 .375 4.86 52 9 12 1 0 2 109.1 120 64 59 6 36 4 28 5 3 0 471 82 1.427 9.9 0.5 3.0 2.3 0.78
NL (7 yrs) 26 17 .605 3.54 273 44 69 2 1 13 564.0 576 237 222 49 186 43 291 10 13 13 2387 105 1.351 9.2 0.8 3.0 4.6 1.56
AL (1 yr) 6 10 .375 4.86 52 9 12 1 0 2 109.1 120 64 59 6 36 4 28 5 3 0 471 82 1.427 9.9 0.5 3.0 2.3 0.78

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 24 STL NL 125.2 37 18 53 3.80 4.16 0.09 0.04 97.4 4.01 2 0.2 .8 -0.1 1.1 15 .505 .501 $
1985 25 STL NL 89.2 49 3 30 3.01 4.12 0.30 -0.24 98.6 3.53 5 0.5 1.4 -0.1 1.2 14 .511 .503 $110,000
1986 26 STL NL 100.1 42 9 25 2.24 4.43 0.55 -0.05 96.4 3.69 16 1.8 1.8 0.2 2.8 26 .543 .511 $275,000
1987 27 STL NL 125.0 67 6 58 4.18 4.61 0.07 -0.20 101.5 4.40 2 0.2 1.4 -0.1 1.1 16 .503 .501 $410,000
1988 28 CHW AL 109.1 52 9 64 5.27 4.45 0.04 -0.11 100.0 4.31 -12 -1.2 1.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0 .476 .492 $532,500
1988 28 LAD NL 9.0 12 0 7 7.00 4.10 0.08 -0.33 93.0 3.43 -4 -0.4 1.8 -0.2 -0.5 -3 .466 .497 $
1989 29 LAD NL 26.2 23 0 15 5.06 4.09 0.06 -0.32 100.3 3.72 -4 -0.5 1.5 -0.2 -0.4 -2 .480 .497 $68,000
1989 29 STL NL 45.2 11 8 24 4.73 3.97 0.55 0.10 100.9 3.55 -6 -0.7 .6 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .440 .496 $
1990 30 STL NL 42.0 32 0 25 5.36 4.49 0.23 -0.34 98.3 3.85 -8 -0.8 .8 -0.0 -0.5 -3 .474 .495 $120,000
7 Seasons 673.1 325 53 301 4.02 4.33 0.21 -0.12 99.0 3.96 -9 -0.9 1.3 -0.8 4.0 61 .497 .499 $1,515,500
STL (6 yrs) 528.1 238 44 215 3.66 4.32 0.26 -0.11 98.8 3.91 10 1.2 1.3 -0.2 5.4 66 .505 .501 $915,000
LAD (2 yrs) 35.2 35 0 22 5.55 4.09 0.07 -0.32 98.4 3.65 -8 -0.9 1.6 -0.4 -0.9 -4 .475 .497 $68,000
CHW (1 yr) 109.1 52 9 64 5.27 4.45 0.04 -0.11 100.0 4.31 -12 -1.2 1.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0 .476 .492 $532,500

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
1985 25 STL NL NLCS W LAD 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 2.000 12.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
1985 25 STL NL WS L KCR 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 0 5 2 5 0 1 0 21 2.250 9.0 0.0 11.3 11.3 1.00
1987 27 STL NL NLCS W SFG 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1987 27 STL NL WS L MIN 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1988 28 LAD NL NLCS W NYM 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 4 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 18 1.385 8.3 0.0 4.2 6.2 1.50
3 Yrs (5 Series) 0 0 4.15 13 0 2 0 0 0 17.1 19 8 8 0 9 3 12 0 1 0 76 1.615 9.9 0.0 4.7 6.2 1.33
3 NLCS 0 0 2.61 8 0 1 0 0 0 10.1 10 3 3 0 4 1 6 0 0 0 42 1.355 8.7 0.0 3.5 5.2 1.50
2 WS 0 0 6.43 5 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 9 5 5 0 5 2 6 0 1 0 34 2.000 11.6 0.0 6.4 7.7 1.20

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 24 STL NL 37 536 491 53 140 23 3 14 7 7 39 76 .285 .337 .430 .767 .312 211 9 1 3 3 2 8
1985 25 STL NL 49 380 334 30 84 15 2 5 4 3 34 59 .251 .324 .353 .677 .289 118 6 3 8 3 13 5
1986 26 STL NL 42 387 354 25 77 17 1 7 4 2 26 49 .218 .271 .331 .601 .233 117 12 1 3 3 7 2
1987 27 STL NL 67 533 481 58 127 25 8 15 2 4 42 55 .264 .321 .443 .764 .271 213 7 0 6 3 10 5
1988 28 CHW AL 52 471 412 64 120 29 3 6 4 5 36 28 .291 .349 .420 .769 .295 173 16 5 10 8 4 8
1988 28 LAD NL 12 41 36 7 11 3 0 2 0 0 2 8 .306 .333 .556 .889 .333 20 0 0 2 1 0 1
1988 28 TOT MLB 64 512 448 71 131 32 3 8 4 5 38 36 .292 .348 .431 .779 .298 193 16 5 12 9 4 9
1989 29 TOT NL 34 314 279 39 85 15 3 3 2 1 21 26 .305 .357 .412 .769 .323 115 11 4 6 4 4 1
1989 29 LAD NL 23 120 102 15 35 9 1 1 1 0 11 12 .343 .405 .480 .886 .374 49 5 1 4 2 2 1
1989 29 STL NL 11 194 177 24 50 6 2 2 1 1 10 14 .282 .328 .373 .701 .294 66 6 3 2 2 2 0
1990 30 STL NL 32 193 165 25 52 9 0 3 2 2 22 18 .315 .397 .424 .821 .338 70 9 1 4 1 7 3
7 Yrs 325 2855 2552 301 696 136 20 55 25 24 222 319 .273 .331 .406 .738 .291 1037 70 15 42 26 47 33
162 Game Avg. 58 514 459 54 125 24 4 10 4 4 40 57 .273 .331 .406 .738 .291 187 13 3 8 5 8 6
MLB Averages .258 .324 .389 .713 .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
1984 24 STL NL 2.0 0.2 571 -0.4 8.1 -8.5 .86 -0.8 0.3 -2.7 -0.3 0.86 -8.9 5 3 11
1985 25 STL NL 8.0 0.8 397 0.2 6.2 -6.0 1.04 0.6 -0.5 4.4 0.5 1.05 5.0 18 7 21
1986 26 STL NL 17.8 1.9 394 3.1 8.7 -5.6 1.21 2.3 0.3 19.9 2.1 1.21 20.4 18 4 11
1987 27 STL NL 5.4 0.5 551 -0.0 9.4 -9.5 1.02 -0.2 0.2 1.8 0.2 1.02 -2.3 27 12 22
1988 28 TOT MLB -12.1 -1.2 526 -2.9 8.3 -11.2 1.01 -1.3 -1.6 -16.7 -1.7 1.01 -13.6 23 16 16
1988 28 CHW AL -10.0 -1.0 485 -2.1 7.5 -9.6 .99 -0.9 -1.2 -9.1 -0.9 0.99 -8.0 16 13 14
1988 28 LAD NL -2.2 -0.2 41 -0.9 0.7 -1.6 1.27 -0.3 -0.3 -7.7 -0.8 1.27 -5.6 7 3 2
1989 29 TOT NL -8.0 -0.8 317 -0.4 4.3 -4.7 .85 0.1 -0.6 -4.9 -0.5 0.85 -4.2 7 4 14
1989 29 LAD NL -3.9 -0.4 121 -0.3 1.1 -1.4 .60 -0.2 -0.3 -3.2 -0.3 0.60 -5.9 7 3 13
1989 29 STL NL -4.1 -0.4 196 -0.1 3.2 -3.4 1.00 0.3 -0.4 -1.7 -0.2 1.00 1.6 0 1 1
1990 30 STL NL -4.8 -0.5 198 0.0 2.5 -2.4 .72 -0.1 0.1 -2.5 -0.3 0.72 -3.6 6 8 17
7 Yrs 8.2 0.9 2954 -0.4 47.5 -47.9 .97 0.7 -1.1 -0.7 0.0 0.98 -7.2 104 54 112

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 24 STL NL 37 18 8 4 6 3 0 13 5 .722 3 3 1 1 7 39% 47.7 86 19 21 5 2 4 4.8 4.9 5.4
1985 25 STL NL 49 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 .667 1 0 0 0 1 33% 50.7 59 43 28 4 1 0 4.5 4.5 5.4
1986 26 STL NL 42 9 3 3 3 1 1 5 4 .556 1 0 1 0 4 44% 54.4 76 35 14 4 2 3 2.7 2.6 6.5
1987 27 STL NL 67 6 2 1 3 0 0 4 2 .667 2 1 0 0 3 50% 47.3 63 36 30 7 2 1 4.2 3.9 5.9
1988 28 TOT MLB 64 9 3 6 0 1 1 3 6 .333 0 0 1 0 3 33% 67 19 35 16 1 4 4.4 4.9 6.0 80 4 3 2 0 114
1988 28 CHW AL 52 9 3 6 0 1 1 3 6 .333 0 0 1 0 3 33% 43.8 67 19 33 15 1 4 4.4 4.9 6.0 80 4 3 2 0 114
1989 29 TOT NL 34 8 0 3 5 0 1 3 5 .375 1 1 0 0 2 25% 62 34 17 7 2 2 2.6 2.5 5.2 66 5 3 0 0 91
1989 29 STL NL 11 8 0 3 5 0 1 3 5 .375 1 1 0 0 2 25% 48.2 62 34 9 5 2 2 2.6 2.5 5.2 66 5 3 0 0 91
6 Yrs 258 53 17 17 19 6 3 30 23 .566 8 5 3 1 20 38% 48 86 19 135 40 10 14 4.0 4.0 5.7 73 9 6 2 0 114
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -3 4.3 4.3 6.2 94

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 24 STL NL 37 19 7 1 0 2 1 1 50% 4 2 15 9 60% 6 .857 5 3 11 5 0 14 8 11 9 4 9 0 4.4
1985 25 STL NL 49 46 10 2 2 2 1 1 50% 10 5 46 13 28% 8 1.043 18 7 21 13 7 26 26 20 20 19 22 8 4.8
1986 26 STL NL 42 33 12 1 0 3 3 0 100% 13 7 27 7 26% 8 1.208 18 4 11 15 7 11 18 15 11 14 11 8 3.8
1987 27 STL NL 67 61 24 6 2 8 7 1 88% 20 11 62 21 34% 7 1.017 27 12 22 31 8 22 33 28 33 21 35 17 4.4
1988 28 TOT MLB 64 55 13 4 5 5 2 3 40% 16 10 49 20 41% 1.008 23 16 16 22 8 25 30 25 22 25 25 15 3.5 17
1988 28 CHW AL 52 43 12 3 4 3 2 1 67% 13 9 32 10 31% 7 .985 16 13 14 18 6 19 21 22 19 18 22 11 3.9 18
1988 28 LAD NL 12 12 1 1 1 2 0 2 0% 3 1 17 10 59% 6 1.269 7 3 2 4 2 6 9 3 3 7 3 4 2.3 12
1989 29 TOT NL 34 26 7 0 0 1 0 1 0% 5 2 25 8 32% .845 7 4 14 6 3 17 14 12 9 11 10 7 3.6 17
1989 29 LAD NL 23 23 6 0 0 1 0 1 0% 5 2 24 7 29% 7 .597 7 3 13 6 3 14 13 10 7 11 8 7 3.5 16
1989 29 STL NL 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 .999 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 4.3 20
1990 30 STL NL 32 32 8 1 1 2 1 1 50% 6 2 24 6 25% 8 .716 6 8 17 8 3 21 16 16 16 10 17 5 3.9 20
7 Yrs 325 272 81 15 10 23 15 8 65% 74 39 248 84 34% .975 104 54 112 100 36 136 145 127 120 104 129 60 4.1 18

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 24 STL NL 537 24% 2.6% 14.2% 7.3% 7.5% 29% 1.05 75% 84 9 11%
1985 25 STL NL 382 31% 1.3% 15.5% 9.0% 5.8% 26% 1.40 72% 65 6 9%
1986 26 STL NL 387 22% 1.8% 12.7% 6.7% 6.5% 33% 1.37 78% 60 12 20%
1987 27 STL NL 533 25% 2.8% 10.3% 7.9% 9.0% 38% 1.40 78% 86 7 8%
1988 28 TOT MLB 512 27% 1.6% 7.0% 7.4% 8.4% 33% 0.96 1.47 81% 22% 6.2% 39% 106 16 15%
1988 28 CHW AL 471 25% 1.3% 5.9% 7.6% 8.1% 32% 0.97 1.46 82% 23% 5.0% 40% 93 16 17%
1988 28 LAD NL 41 54% 4.9% 19.5% 4.9% 12.2% 46% 0.87 1.71 66% 13% 18.2% 27% 13 0 0%
1989 29 TOT NL 314 26% 1.0% 8.3% 6.7% 6.7% 25% 1.08 1.36 81% 23% 3.0% 17% 73 11 15%
1989 29 LAD NL 120 33% 0.8% 10.0% 9.2% 9.2% 31% 1.12 1.34 76% 22% 2.9% 19% 32 5 16%
1989 29 STL NL 194 22% 1.0% 7.2% 5.2% 5.2% 20% 1.06 1.37 84% 24% 3.0% 16% 41 6 15%
1990 30 STL NL 193 41% 1.6% 9.3% 11.4% 6.2% 23% 1.25 2.66 75% 27% 5.6% 17% 52 9 17%
7 Yrs 2858 27% 1.9% 11.2% 7.8% 7.4% 30% 1.05 1.39 77% 23% 4.9% 29% 526 70 13%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.7% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.6% 26% 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 28 TOT MLB 509 1629 3.20 999 61% 24% 11% 21% 43% 76% 3% 46% 85% 62% 5% 27 16 14% 72 37 6 25% 4 7 3 0 0
1988 28 CHW AL 468 1486 3.18 907 61% 24% 11% 21% 44% 76% 3% 46% 86% 62% 5% 25 14 13% 63 32 6 29% 2 7 3 0 0
1988 28 LAD NL 41 143 3.49 92 64% 28% 18% 20% 34% 72% 0% 46% 74% 56% 5% 2 2 22% 9 5 0 13% 2 0 0 0 0
1989 29 TOT NL 310 943 3.04 584 62% 19% 14% 22% 45% 81% 3% 50% 82% 62% 5% 16 4 12% 37 13 2 12% 5 9 4 0 3
1989 29 LAD NL 116 354 3.05 227 64% 19% 17% 22% 41% 80% 3% 51% 78% 67% 5% 6 2 16% 19 8 0 8% 3 3 4 0 2
1989 29 STL NL 194 589 3.04 357 61% 18% 13% 22% 47% 81% 3% 49% 84% 58% 5% 10 2 9% 18 5 2 14% 2 6 0 0 1
1990 30 STL NL 193 624 3.23 365 58% 18% 15% 25% 42% 82% 10% 48% 81% 57% 6% 12 2 11% 22 11 1 6% 3 3 0 0 3
3 Yrs 1012 3196 3.16 1948 61% 21% 13% 22% 43% 78% 4% 48% 83% 61% 5% 55 22 13% 131 61 9 16% 12 19 7 0 6
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
1984 24 STL NL 536 140 14 0 5 12 2 4 10 26 17 3 65% 8 5 1 197 7 7 50% 5 7 2 0 0 0 7 1 19 1
1985 25 STL NL 380 84 5 1 19 5 0 2 3 28 11 7 39% 5 3 0 128 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 2
1986 26 STL NL 387 77 7 0 8 6 1 4 3 16 8 1 50% 2 1 0 117 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1987 27 STL NL 533 127 15 0 10 14 1 6 9 29 19 0 66% 5 3 1 198 2 4 33% 2 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 11 0
1988 28 TOT MLB 512 131 18 1 8 1 15 7 1 6 2 38 23 1 61% 9 0 1 203 4 5 44% 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
1988 28 CHW AL 471 120 17 1 6 0 9 5 1 5 1 32 19 1 59% 8 0 1 186 4 5 44% 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1988 28 LAD NL 41 11 1 0 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 6 4 0 67% 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 29 TOT NL 314 85 10 0 3 0 8 3 0 1 2 20 11 2 55% 1 0 2 135 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 29 LAD NL 120 35 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 12 5 2 42% 1 0 1 62 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 29 STL NL 194 50 7 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 8 6 0 75% 0 0 1 73 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1990 30 STL NL 193 52 9 1 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 19 10 1 53% 3 1 0 89 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 0
7 Yrs 2855 696 37 2 55 2 72 50 5 24 31 176 99 15 56% 33 13 5 1067 25 24 51% 20 21 5 1 0 2 18 4 73 3
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 24 9 4 .692 3.44 37 18 7 1 1 1 125.2 140 53 48 14 39 2 76 1 6 5 537 102 1.424 10.0 1.0 2.8 5.4 1.95 102
1985 25 12 6 .667 3.22 86 21 17 1 1 2 215.1 224 83 77 19 73 15 135 4 8 8 919 110 1.379 9.4 0.8 3.1 5.6 1.85 110
1986 26 16 9 .640 2.91 128 30 29 2 1 5 315.2 301 108 102 26 99 22 184 5 8 9 1306 123 1.267 8.6 0.7 2.8 5.2 1.86 123
1987 27 24 12 .667 3.17 195 36 53 2 1 12 440.2 428 166 155 41 141 32 239 5 12 12 1839 118 1.291 8.7 0.8 2.9 4.9 1.70 118
1988 28 31 23 .574 3.53 259 45 66 3 1 14 559.0 559 237 219 49 179 36 275 10 15 12 2351 107 1.320 9.0 0.8 2.9 4.4 1.54 107
1989 29 31 26 .544 3.68 293 53 73 3 1 14 631.1 644 276 258 52 200 40 301 14 15 12 2665 102 1.337 9.2 0.7 2.9 4.3 1.51 102
1990 30 32 27 .542 3.76 325 53 81 3 1 15 673.1 696 301 281 55 222 47 319 15 16 13 2858 100 1.363 9.3 0.7 3.0 4.3 1.44 100

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 24 6 6 .500 4.19 116.0 148 60 54 15 41 70 1 1.629 11.5 3.2 5.4 1.71 1.2 37
1985 25 5 4 .556 3.39 85.0 88 36 32 5 36 56 3 1.459 9.3 3.8 5.9 1.56 0.5 49
1986 26 7 3 .700 2.61 93.0 81 30 27 7 27 45 1 1.161 7.8 2.6 4.4 1.67 0.7 42
1987 27 7 6 .538 3.73 123.0 124 57 51 15 41 54 0 1.341 9.1 3.0 4.0 1.32 1.1 67
1988 28 4 8 .333 5.73 110.0 137 78 70 8 40 33 5 1.609 11.2 3.3 2.7 0.83 0.7 64
1989 29 2 5 .286 6.00 66.0 90 49 44 3 22 24 4 1.697 12.3 3.0 3.3 1.09 0.4 34
1990 30 1 3 .250 5.54 39.0 53 27 24 3 22 17 1 1.923 12.2 5.1 3.9 0.77 0.7 32
7 Yrs 32 35 .478 4.30 632.0 721 337 302 56 229 299 15 1.503 10.3 4.3 1.31 0.8 325

* 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

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1986 NL  18 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1986 NL  1.9 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1986 NL  19.86 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1986 NL  3.1 (6th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1986 NL  2.3 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1986 NL  2.1 (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 (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  2. Joe Price (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Don Carman (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. David Wells (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Paul Lindblad (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Price (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mark Guthrie (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: Ricky Neal ricardo rickey rickie Ricky horten Horton

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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