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Jay Howell

Jay Canfield Howell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 26, 1955 in Miami, FL
High School: Fairview HS (Boulder, CO)
School: University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1980 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Athletics/Yankees/Braves/Rangers/... 1980-1994
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: August 8, 1994 (Age 38)
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Fine Details · Last updated May 15, 2013 5:17PM

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #711. Milt Wilcox… #712. Erskine Mayer… #713. Duane Ward… #714. JAY HOWELL… #715. Bill Hallahan… #716. Moe Drabowsky… #717. Jack Kralick…

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #711. Milt Wilcox… #712. Erskine Mayer… #713. Duane Ward… #714. JAY HOWELL… #715. Bill Hallahan… #716. Moe Drabowsky… #717. Jack Kralick…

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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
1976	20	CIN-min	A-	5	4	.556	2.96	13	12		5	2	0	73.0	65	30	24	7	34	0	79	1	1	2			1.356	8.0	0.9	4.2	9.7	2.32	EUG · NORW
1977	21	CIN-min	A	7	13	.350	2.96	23	22		10	1	0	158.0	141	60	52	2	52	3	99	3	1	4			1.222	8.0	0.1	3.0	5.6	1.90	TAM · FLOR
1978	22	CIN-min	AA	9	14	.391	3.09	28	25		6	1	1	166.0	134	70	57	10	55	7	173	4	1	6			1.139	7.3	0.5	3.0	9.4	3.15	NVL · SOUL
1979	23	CIN-min	AAA	10	10	.500	5.13	24	23		2	2	0	128.0	121	82	73	6	84	4	79	1	1	8			1.602	8.5	0.4	5.9	5.6	0.94	INA · AA
1980	24	CIN-min	AAA	5	11	.313	5.05	25	17		1	0	1	98.0	95	70	55	5	71	7	73	3	2	9			1.694	8.7	0.5	6.5	6.7	1.03	INA · AA
1980	24	CIN	NL	0	0		13.50	5	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	8	5	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	19	30	2.400	21.6	0.0	0.0	2.7
1981	25	CHC-min	AAA	5	10	.333	3.75	23	22	0	2	0	0	144.0	141	74	60	12	62	4	90	5	6	4			1.410	8.8	0.8	3.9	5.6	1.45	IWA · AA
1981	25	CHC	NL	2	0	1.000	4.84	10	2	1	0	0	0	22.1	23	13	12	3	10	2	10	2	0	0	97	78	1.478	9.3	1.2	4.0	4.0	1.00
1982	26	CHC-NYY-min	AAA	15	5	.750	2.37	25	25	0	7	3	0	178.2	120	58	47	10	67	2	172	3	3	4			1.047	6.0	0.5	3.4	8.7	2.57	IWA,CLB · AA,IL
1982	26	NYY	AL	2	3	.400	7.71	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.0	42	25	24	1	13	0	21	0	0	1	138	52	1.964	13.5	0.3	4.2	6.8	1.62
1983	27	NYY	AL	1	5	.167	5.38	19	12	3	2	0	0	82.0	89	53	49	7	35	0	61	3	1	2	368	72	1.512	9.8	0.8	3.8	6.7	1.74
1984	28	NYY	AL	9	4	.692	2.69	61	1	23	0	0	7	103.2	86	33	31	5	34	3	109	0	0	4	426	142	1.158	7.5	0.4	3.0	9.5	3.21
1985	29	OAK	AL	9	8	.529	2.85	63	0	58	0	0	29	98.0	98	32	31	5	31	3	68	1	1	4	414	135	1.316	9.0	0.5	2.8	6.2	2.19	AS
1986	30	OAK-min	A	0	0		13.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0			3.000	22.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	1.00	MOD · CALL
1986	30	OAK	AL	3	6	.333	3.38	38	0	33	0	0	16	53.1	53	23	20	3	23	4	42	1	0	4	230	115	1.425	8.9	0.5	3.9	7.1	1.83
1987	31	OAK	AL	3	4	.429	5.89	36	0	27	0	0	16	44.1	48	30	29	6	21	1	35	1	0	4	200	71	1.556	9.7	1.2	4.3	7.1	1.67	AS
1988	32	LAD	NL	5	3	.625	2.08	50	0	38	0	0	21	65.0	44	16	15	1	21	2	70	1	2	2	262	162	1.000	6.1	0.1	2.9	9.7	3.33
1989	33	LAD	NL	5	3	.625	1.58	56	0	41	0	0	28	79.2	60	15	14	3	22	6	55	0	0	1	312	218	1.029	6.8	0.3	2.5	6.2	2.50	AS
1990	34	LAD	NL	5	5	.500	2.18	45	0	35	0	0	16	66.0	59	17	16	5	20	3	59	6	1	4	271	170	1.197	8.0	0.7	2.7	8.0	2.95
1991	35	LAD	NL	6	5	.545	3.18	44	0	35	0	0	16	51.0	39	19	18	3	11	3	40	1	0	0	202	114	0.980	6.9	0.5	1.9	7.1	3.64
1992	36	LAD-min	A+	0	1	.000	7.11	9	4	0	0	0	0	12.2	17	10	10	3	4	0	12	1	0	0	58		1.658	12.1	2.1	2.8	8.5	3.00	VRO,BAK · FLOR,CALL
1992	36	LAD	NL	1	3	.250	1.54	41	0	26	0	0	4	46.2	41	9	8	2	18	5	36	1	1	3	203	227	1.264	7.9	0.4	3.5	6.9	2.00
1993	37	ATL	NL	3	3	.500	2.31	54	0	22	0	0	0	58.1	48	16	15	3	16	4	37	0	2	0	233	174	1.097	7.4	0.5	2.5	5.7	2.31
1994	38	TEX	AL	4	1	.800	5.44	40	0	17	0	0	2	43.0	44	29	26	10	16	2	22	1	0	2	189	89	1.395	9.2	2.1	3.3	4.6	1.38
15 Yrs				58	53	.523	3.34	568	21	360	2	0	155	844.2	782	335	313	57	291	38	666	19	8	31	3564	114	1.270	8.3	0.6	3.1	7.1	2.29
162 Game Avg.				7	6	.523	3.34	66	2	42	0	0	18	98	90	39	36	7	34	4	77	2	1	4	411	114	1.270	8.3	0.6	3.1	7.1	2.29

LAD (5 yrs)				22	19	.537	2.07	236	0	175	0	0	85	308.1	243	76	71	14	92	19	260	9	4	10	1250	170	1.086	7.1	0.4	2.7	7.6	2.83
OAK (3 yrs)				15	18	.455	3.68	137	0	118	0	0	61	195.2	199	85	80	14	75	8	145	3	1	12	844	107	1.400	9.2	0.6	3.4	6.7	1.93
NYY (3 yrs)				12	12	.500	4.38	86	19	26	2	0	7	213.2	217	111	104	13	82	3	191	3	1	7	932	88	1.399	9.1	0.5	3.5	8.0	2.33
ATL (1 yr)				3	3	.500	2.31	54	0	22	0	0	0	58.1	48	16	15	3	16	4	37	0	2	0	233	174	1.097	7.4	0.5	2.5	5.7	2.31
TEX (1 yr)				4	1	.800	5.44	40	0	17	0	0	2	43.0	44	29	26	10	16	2	22	1	0	2	189	89	1.395	9.2	2.1	3.3	4.6	1.38
CHC (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	4.84	10	2	1	0	0	0	22.1	23	13	12	3	10	2	10	2	0	0	97	78	1.478	9.3	1.2	4.0	4.0	1.00
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	5	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	8	5	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	19	30	2.400	21.6	0.0	0.0	2.7

NL (8 yrs)				27	22	.551	2.36	305	2	199	0	0	85	392.1	322	110	103	20	118	25	308	12	6	10	1599	153	1.121	7.4	0.5	2.7	7.1	2.61
AL (7 yrs)				31	31	.500	4.18	263	19	161	2	0	70	452.1	460	225	210	37	173	13	358	7	2	21	1965	95	1.399	9.2	0.7	3.4	7.1	2.07

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1980	24	CIN	NL	3.1	5	0	5	13.50	4.46	0.02	-0.35	101.6	4.16	-3	-0.4	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.427	.498
1981	25	CHC	NL	22.1	10	2	13	5.24	4.07	-0.61	-0.10	105.5	4.83	-1	-0.2	.6	-0.0	0.1	1	.485	.499
1982	26	NYY	AL	28.0	6	6	25	8.04	4.79	-0.50	0.16	98.0	5.35	-8	-0.8		-0.0	-0.5	-6	.373	.495
1983	27	NYY	AL	82.0	19	12	53	5.82	4.38	-0.24	0.07	98.9	4.64	-11	-1.1	1.4	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.443	.493	$45,000
1984	28	NYY	AL	103.2	61	1	33	2.86	4.44	-0.21	-0.33	96.1	4.15	15	1.6	1.5	0.2	2.8	24	.526	.510	$95,000
1985	29	OAK	AL	98.0	63	0	32	2.94	4.57	-0.04	-0.36	91.5	3.89	10	1.1	2.1	0.4	2.4	20	.517	.507	$262,500	AS
1986	30	OAK	AL	53.1	38	0	23	3.88	4.66	0.23	-0.36	92.1	3.74	-1	-0.1	2.0	-0.1	0.3	4	.498	.499	$530,000
1987	31	OAK	AL	44.1	36	0	30	6.09	4.90	-0.11	-0.38	94.8	4.40	-8	-0.8	2.1	-0.5	-0.9	-4	.478	.495	$530,000	AS
1988	32	LAD	NL	65.0	50	0	16	2.22	3.87	0.06	-0.31	98.6	3.45	9	1.0	1.9	0.4	2.0	14	.520	.506	$595,000
1989	33	LAD	NL	79.2	56	0	15	1.69	4.02	0.05	-0.31	96.6	3.53	16	1.9	2.0	0.7	3.4	22	.534	.512	$925,000	AS
1990	34	LAD	NL	66.0	45	0	17	2.32	4.17	-0.10	-0.32	98.0	3.88	10	1.1	1.8	0.4	2.1	17	.525	.507	$1,025,000
1991	35	LAD	NL	51.0	44	0	19	3.35	4.06	-0.15	-0.31	95.7	3.73	2	0.2	2.2	0.0	0.7	6	.504	.501	$1,050,000
1992	36	LAD	NL	46.2	41	0	9	1.74	4.06	-0.59	-0.31	99.0	4.30	13	1.6	1.6	0.4	2.3	17	.538	.510	$2,575,000
1993	37	ATL	NL	58.1	54	0	16	2.47	4.46	0.51	-0.34	101.6	3.67	7	0.7	.8	-0.2	1.0	13	.513	.504	$1,000,000
1994	38	TEX	AL	43.0	40	0	29	6.07	5.32	-0.39	-0.41	101.3	5.37	-4	-0.3	1.6	-0.2	-0.0	2	.492	.498	$805,000
15 Seasons				844.2	568	21	335	3.57	4.39	-0.10	-0.28	97.0	4.09	45	5.6	1.7	1.5	15.1	124	.510	.502	$9,437,500

LAD (5 yrs)				308.1	236	0	76	2.22	4.03	-0.11	-0.31	97.5	3.74	50	5.8	1.9	1.9	10.5	76	.525	.507	$6,170,000
OAK (3 yrs)				195.2	137	0	85	3.91	4.67	0.02	-0.36	92.4	3.96	1	0.2	2.0	-0.2	1.8	20	.501	.500	$1,322,500
NYY (3 yrs)				213.2	86	19	111	4.68	4.46	-0.26	-0.11	97.4	4.49	-4	-0.2	1.5	0.1	1.9	16	.497	.500	$140,000
ATL (1 yr)				58.1	54	0	16	2.47	4.46	0.51	-0.34	101.6	3.67	7	0.7	.8	-0.2	1.0	13	.513	.504	$1,000,000
TEX (1 yr)				43.0	40	0	29	6.07	5.32	-0.39	-0.41	101.3	5.37	-4	-0.3	1.6	-0.2	-0.0	2	.492	.498	$805,000
CHC (1 yr)				22.1	10	2	13	5.24	4.07	-0.61	-0.10	105.5	4.83	-1	-0.2	.6	-0.0	0.1	1	.485	.499
CIN (1 yr)				3.1	5	0	5	13.50	4.46	0.02	-0.35	101.6	4.16	-3	-0.4	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.427	.498

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1988	32	LAD	NL	NLCS	W	NYM	1	.000	27.00	2	1	0	0.2	1	2	2	0	2	1	5	4.500	13.5	0.0	27.0	13.5	0.50
1988	32	LAD	NL	WS	W	OAK	1	.000	3.38	2	2	1	2.2	3	1	1	1	1	2	13	1.500	10.1	3.4	3.4	6.8	2.00
1 Yr (2 Series)							2	.000	8.10	4	3	1	3.1	4	3	3	1	3	3	18	2.100	10.8	2.7	8.1	8.1	1.00
1 NLCS							1	.000	27.00	2	1	0	0.2	1	2	2	0	2	1	5	4.500	13.5	0.0	27.0	13.5	0.50
1 WS							1	.000	3.38	2	2	1	2.2	3	1	1	1	1	2	13	1.500	10.1	3.4	3.4	6.8	2.00

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1976	20	CIN-min	A-	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			EUG · NORW
1977	21	CIN-min	A	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			TAM · FLOR
1978	22	CIN-min	AA	28	38	33	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.121	.121	.121	.242		4		0	5	0			NVL · SOUL
1979	23	CIN-min	AAA	24	46	42	2	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.214	.233	.214	.447		9		0	3	0			INA · AA
1980	24	CIN-min	AAA	25	31	27	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.074	.074	.111	.185		3		0	4	0			INA · AA
1980	24	CIN	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1981	25	CHC-min	AAA	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		IWA · AA
1981	25	CHC	NL	10	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1982	26	NYY-CHC-min	AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CLB,IWA · IL,AA
1982	26	NYY	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1983	27	NYY	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	28	NYY	AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	29	OAK	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1986	30	OAK-min	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		MOD · CALL
1986	30	OAK	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	31	OAK	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1988	32	LAD	NL	50	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	33	LAD	NL	56	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1990	34	LAD	NL	45	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	35	LAD	NL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	36	LAD-min	A+	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		VRO,BAK · FLOR,CALL
1992	36	LAD	NL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	37	ATL	NL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	38	TEX	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15 Yrs				568	12	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	0	0	1	0	0

LAD (5 yrs)				236	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (3 yrs)				137	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (3 yrs)				86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				10	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				305	12	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	0	0	2	0	0
AL (7 yrs)				263	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1980	24	CIN	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
1981	25	CHC	NL	10	5	-0	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1982	26	NYY	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
1983	27	NYY	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$45,000	1
1984	28	NYY	AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$95,000	1
1985	29	OAK	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$262,500	1	AS
1986	30	OAK	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$530,000	1
1987	31	OAK	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$530,000	1	AS
1988	32	LAD	NL	50	2	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$595,000	1
1989	33	LAD	NL	56	3	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	0.0	0	$925,000	1	AS
1990	34	LAD	NL	45	2	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,025,000	1
1991	35	LAD	NL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,050,000	1
1992	36	LAD	NL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,575,000	1
1993	37	ATL	NL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,000,000	1
1994	38	TEX	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$805,000	1
15 Seasons				568	12	-2	-0	0	0	5	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.501	.500	0.3	0.4	3	$9,437,500

LAD (5 yrs)				236	7	-2	0	0	0	2	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	1	$6,170,000
OAK (3 yrs)				137	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$1,322,500
NYY (3 yrs)				86	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	1	$140,000
ATL (1 yr)				54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,000,000
TEX (1 yr)				40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$805,000
CHC (1 yr)				10	5	-0	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0
CIN (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	IBB
1988	32	LAD	NL	NLCS	NYM	W	2
1988	32	LAD	NL	WS	OAK	W	2	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							4	0
1 NLCS							2
1 WS							2	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1980	CIN	NL	24	P	5	0	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.89	1.92	2	0	0%	31%	0
1981	CHC	NL	25	P	10	2	0	22.1	11	2	9	0	1	1.000	4.43	1.10	.959	1.97	1.98	2	4	67%	33%	1
1982	NYY	AL	26	P	6	6	0	28.0	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.29	0.67	.958	1.80	1.80	2	0	0%	36%	0
1983	NYY	AL	27	P	19	12	2	82.0	18	7	10	1	0	.944	1.87	0.89	.958	1.80	1.78	13	0	0%	33%	1
1984	NYY	AL	28	P	61	1	0	103.2	28	11	16	1	3	.964	2.34	0.44	.958	1.79	1.78	10	3	23%	36%	1
1985	OAK	AL	29	P	63	0	0	98.0	16	1	15	0	1	1.000	1.47	0.25	.953	1.86	1.84	2	2	50%	33%	1	AS
1986	OAK	AL	30	P	38	0	0	53.1	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.35	0.21	.958	1.82	1.81	1	1	50%	34%	1
1987	OAK	AL	31	P	36	0	0	44.1	8	3	4	1	0	.875	1.42	0.19	.955	1.85	1.82	4	1	20%	31%	0	AS
1988	LAD	NL	32	P	50	0	0	65.0	14	7	6	1	0	.929	1.80	0.26	.955	1.97	1.96	7	3	30%	29%	1
1989	LAD	NL	33	P	56	0	0	79.2	16	5	10	1	2	.938	1.69	0.27	.947	1.88	1.87	3	3	50%	32%	0	AS
1990	LAD	NL	34	P	45	0	0	66.0	11	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.50	0.24	.957	1.80	1.79	10	1	9%	29%	1
1991	LAD	NL	35	P	44	0	0	51.0	12	5	6	1	1	.917	1.94	0.25	.955	1.85	1.85	3	1	25%	33%	0
1992	LAD	NL	36	P	41	0	0	46.2	13	6	7	0	0	1.000	2.51	0.32	.954	1.95	1.94	7	1	13%	32%	0
1993	ATL	NL	37	P	54	0	0	58.1	11	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.70	0.20	.953	1.84	1.83	5	5	50%	32%	0
1994	TEX	AL	38	P	40	0	0	43.0	13	5	6	2	1	.846	2.30	0.28	.956	1.72	1.71	2	1	33%	31%	1
	15 Seasons			P	568	21	2	844.2	183	63	112	8	9	.956	1.86	0.31	.955	1.84	1.84	73	26	26%	32%	8
	15 Seasons			TOT	568	21	2	844.2	183	63	112	8	9	.956	1.86	0.31	.955	1.84	1.84	73	26	26%	32%	8

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1985 1987 * 1989 *	Games Played s c a p y 1984 AL 61 (10th) 1985 AL 63 (10th) Career 568 (234th)	Saves s c a p y 1985 AL 29 (5th) 1986 AL 16 (8th) 1987 AL 16 (6th) 1988 NL 21 (8th) 1989 NL 28 (4th) 1990 NL 16 (10th) 1991 NL 16 (10th) Career 155 (69th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1990 NL 6 (7th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1985 AL 58 (5th) 1989 NL 41 (10th) 1990 NL 35 (10th) Career 360 (75th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1989 NL 4.8 (2nd) 1991 NL 2.4 (10th)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y Career 1.86 (79th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 Ink	Pitching - 23 (990), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 22 (584), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (752), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (92nd), 15.4 career WAR/16.2 7yr-peak WAR/15.8 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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Transactions

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 12th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the 1976 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1976.
October 17, 1980: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Mike O'Berry.
August 2, 1982: the Chicago Cubs sent Jay Howell to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on August 19, 1981. August 19, 1981: The Chicago Cubs sent players to be named later to the New York Yankees for Pat Tabler.
December 5, 1984: Traded by the New York Yankees with Tim Birtsas, Stan Javier, Eric Plunk and Jose Rijo to the Oakland Athletics for Bert Bradley, Rickey Henderson and cash.
December 11, 1987: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Oakland Athletics with Alfredo Griffin to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Bob Welch and Matt Young to the Oakland Athletics. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jack Savage to the New York Mets. The Oakland Athletics sent Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to the New York Mets. The New York Mets sent Jesse Orosco to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
November 1, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
January 23, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
November 4, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
January 22, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
October 29, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
January 6, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
October 24, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes/Other Sources
1983	27	New York Yankees	$45,000	4/11/83 NY Times
1984	28	New York Yankees	$95,000	1/4/85 TSN
1985	29	Oakland Athletics	$262,500	3/3/86 TSN
1986	30	Oakland Athletics	$530,000	Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163
1987	31	Oakland Athletics	$530,000	G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163	Arbitration loss; $630,000 request
1988	32	Los Angeles Dodgers	$595,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	33	Los Angeles Dodgers	$925,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	34	Los Angeles Dodgers	$1,025,000	USA Today
1991	35	Los Angeles Dodgers	$1,050,000	USA Today survey
1992	36	Los Angeles Dodgers	$2,575,000	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	37	Atlanta Braves	$1,000,000	USA Today
1994	38	Texas Rangers	$805,000	4/5/94 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$9,437,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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