La Marr Hoyt
Dewey La Marr Hoyt
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 222 lb.

Born: January 1, 1955 in Columbia, SC
High School: Keenan (Columbia, SC)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1979
Final Game: October 3, 1986
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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
1979 24 CHW AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1980 25 CHW AL 9 3 .750 4.57 24 13 5 3 1 0 112.1 123 66 57 8 41 3 55 2 0 3 496 89 1.460 9.9 0.6 3.3 4.4 1.34
1981 26 CHW AL 9 3 .750 3.57 43 1 30 0 0 10 90.2 80 40 36 10 28 1 60 3 0 3 371 100 1.191 7.9 1.0 2.8 6.0 2.14
1982 27 CHW AL 19 15 .559 3.53 39 32 2 14 2 0 239.2 248 104 94 17 48 3 124 2 0 4 995 114 1.235 9.3 0.6 1.8 4.7 2.58
1983 28 CHW AL 24 10 .706 3.66 36 36 0 11 1 0 260.2 236 115 106 27 31 4 148 1 1 1 1034 115 1.024 8.1 0.9 1.1 5.1 4.77 CYA-1,MVP-13
1984 29 CHW AL 13 18 .419 4.47 34 34 0 11 1 0 235.2 244 127 117 31 43 3 126 5 0 0 975 93 1.218 9.3 1.2 1.6 4.8 2.93
1985 30 SDP NL 16 8 .667 3.47 31 31 0 8 3 0 210.1 210 85 81 20 20 2 83 2 4 0 839 103 1.094 9.0 0.9 0.9 3.6 4.15 AS
1986 31 SDP NL 8 11 .421 5.15 35 25 2 1 0 0 159.0 170 100 91 27 68 8 85 3 2 2 699 71 1.497 9.6 1.5 3.8 4.8 1.25
8 Seasons 98 68 .590 3.99 244 172 40 48 8 10 1311.1 1313 637 582 140 279 24 681 18 7 13 5419 99 1.214 9.0 1.0 1.9 4.7 2.44
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .590 3.99 40 28 7 8 1 2 214 215 104 95 23 46 4 111 3 1 2 886 99 1.214 9.0 1.0 1.9 4.7 2.44
CHW (6 yrs) 74 49 .602 3.92 178 116 38 39 5 10 942.0 933 452 410 93 191 14 513 13 1 11 3881 104 1.193 8.9 0.9 1.8 4.9 2.69
SDP (2 yrs) 24 19 .558 4.19 66 56 2 9 3 0 369.1 380 185 172 47 88 10 168 5 6 2 1538 86 1.267 9.3 1.1 2.1 4.1 1.91
AL (6 yrs) 74 49 .602 3.92 178 116 38 39 5 10 942.0 933 452 410 93 191 14 513 13 1 11 3881 104 1.193 8.9 0.9 1.8 4.9 2.69
NL (2 yrs) 24 19 .558 4.19 66 56 2 9 3 0 369.1 380 185 172 47 88 10 168 5 6 2 1538 86 1.267 9.3 1.1 2.1 4.1 1.91

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
1983 28 CHW AL ALCS L BAL 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 31 0.556 5.0 0.0 0.0 4.0
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 31 0.556 5.0 0.0 0.0 4.0

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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 SDP NL 30 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1979 24 CHW AL 2 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 .200 2 1 0 0 0 0
1980 25 CHW AL 24 496 438 66 123 25 5 8 10 3 41 55 .281 .340 .416 .756 .301 182 10 2 8 7 3
1981 26 CHW AL 43 371 333 40 80 8 3 10 5 1 28 60 .240 .303 .372 .676 .264 124 14 3 5 2 1
1982 27 CHW AL 39 995 932 104 248 51 8 17 24 9 48 124 .266 .301 .393 .694 .289 366 22 2 6 7 3
1983 28 CHW AL 36 1034 990 115 236 50 8 27 7 8 31 148 .238 .260 .387 .647 .254 383 22 1 4 8 4
1984 29 CHW AL 34 975 918 127 244 50 10 31 13 6 43 126 .266 .301 .443 .744 .278 407 14 5 4 5 3
1985 30 SDP NL 31 839 805 85 210 31 5 20 16 8 20 83 .261 .280 .386 .666 .270 311 14 2 9 3 2
1986 31 SDP NL 35 699 615 100 170 30 3 27 25 6 68 85 .276 .350 .467 .816 .283 287 8 3 10 3 8
8 Seasons 244 5419 5041 637 1313 245 42 140 100 41 279 681 .260 .300 .409 .709 .276 2062 105 18 46 35 24
162 Game Avg. 40 886 824 104 215 40 7 23 16 7 46 111 .260 .300 .409 .709 .276 337 17 3 8 6 4
MLB Averages

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
1980 25 CHW AL 24 13 7 3 3 2 0 8 5 .615 1 2 3 1 5 38% 48 83 7 14 4 2 4 4.4 4.7 6.5
1981 26 CHW AL 43 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 40 40 17 2 1 0 0.0 0.0 4.0
1982 27 CHW AL 39 32 15 15 2 2 4 17 15 .531 0 2 14 2 17 53% 53 87 20 22 4 6 5 5.6 5.5 7.0
1983 28 CHW AL 36 36 24 10 2 6 3 25 11 .694 1 2 11 1 23 64% 56 85 16 24 11 6 10 5.5 5.1 7.2
1984 29 CHW AL 34 34 13 18 3 2 5 14 20 .412 1 1 11 1 18 53% 51 93 22 27 16 1 12 4.0 3.7 6.9
1985 30 SDP NL 31 31 16 8 7 3 1 19 12 .613 0 6 8 3 18 58% 54 86 6 7 3 2 8 4.6 4.1 6.8
1986 31 SDP NL 35 25 7 10 8 1 3 13 12 .520 4 6 1 0 12 48% 45 80 0 15 10 3 11 4.4 3.9 5.7
7 Seasons 242 172 82 65 25 16 16 96 76 .558 7 19 48 8 93 54% 52 93 0 126 50 21 50 4.8 4.5 6.8
MLB Averages

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
1979 24 CHW AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0.048 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.5
1980 25 CHW AL 24 11 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 5 1.010 1 4 6 1 0 10 8 3 9 1 9 2 7.7
1981 26 CHW AL 43 42 30 9 2 11 10 1 91% 13 2 44 14 32% 7 1.228 21 12 8 16 12 14 26 16 29 7 30 10 6.2
1982 27 CHW AL 39 7 2 4 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 6 3 50% 7 0.886 3 4 0 3 3 1 4 3 6 0 7 2 6.4
1986 31 SDP NL 35 10 2 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 8 2 25% 7 0.910 4 2 4 3 1 6 4 6 7 3 7 0 5.0
5 Seasons 143 72 40 16 3 13 10 3 77% 17 4 70 27 39% 0.963 29 22 20 23 16 33 43 29 52 11 54 14 6.2

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%
1979 24 CHW AL 10 20% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 100% 3 1 33%
1980 25 CHW AL 496 51% 1.6% 11.1% 8.3% 7.7% 31% 1.35 77% 101 10 10%
1981 26 CHW AL 371 40% 2.7% 16.2% 7.6% 5.7% 26% 1.36 71% 89 14 16%
1982 27 CHW AL 995 48% 1.7% 12.5% 4.8% 7.6% 31% 0.99 80% 159 22 14%
1983 28 CHW AL 1034 50% 2.6% 14.3% 3.0% 8.2% 36% 1.47 80% 146 22 15%
1984 29 CHW AL 975 57% 3.2% 12.9% 4.4% 9.3% 37% 0.90 79% 138 14 10%
1985 30 SDP NL 839 54% 2.4% 9.9% 2.4% 6.7% 27% 1.00 84% 114 14 12%
1986 31 SDP NL 699 51% 3.9% 12.2% 9.7% 8.6% 35% 0.95 72% 126 8 6%
8 Seasons 5419 51% 2.6% 12.6% 5.2% 7.9% 33% 1.10 79% 876 105 12%
MLB Averages

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
1979 24 CHW AL 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 25 CHW AL 496 123 8 1 8 3 5 1 7 33 22 1 67% 7 3 1 195 10 3 77% 8 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 15 0
1981 26 CHW AL 371 80 10 1 9 8 2 5 5 30 16 6 53% 5 3 0 153 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1982 27 CHW AL 995 248 17 0 5 7 10 8 9 44 28 5 64% 16 4 0 358 24 9 73% 24 8 0 1 0 0 2 1 14 0
1983 28 CHW AL 1034 236 27 0 5 13 14 12 15 39 31 3 79% 21 1 2 305 7 8 47% 7 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 15 0
1984 29 CHW AL 975 244 31 0 9 8 23 19 12 42 25 4 60% 6 0 1 298 13 6 68% 13 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 0
1985 30 SDP NL 839 210 20 0 6 9 11 14 6 26 15 3 58% 6 0 2 256 16 8 67% 16 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
1986 31 SDP NL 699 170 27 0 13 17 10 13 14 38 20 4 53% 2 2 0 267 25 6 81% 20 4 4 0 1 2 1 0 8 0
8 Seasons 5419 1313 140 2 55 65 75 72 68 252 157 26 62% 63 13 6 1835 100 41 71% 93 33 6 4 1 4 12 1 77 0
MLB Averages

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+
1979 24 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1980 25 9 3 .750 4.45 26 13 6 3 1 0 115.1 125 66 57 8 41 3 55 2 0 3 506 91 1.439 9.8 0.6 3.2 4.3 1.34 91
1981 26 18 6 .750 4.06 69 14 36 3 1 10 206.0 205 106 93 18 69 4 115 5 0 6 877 95 1.330 9.0 0.8 3.0 5.0 1.67 95
1982 27 37 21 .638 3.78 108 46 38 17 3 10 445.2 453 210 187 35 117 7 239 7 0 10 1872 105 1.279 9.1 0.7 2.4 4.8 2.04 105
1983 28 61 31 .663 3.73 144 82 38 28 4 10 706.1 689 325 293 62 148 11 387 8 1 11 2906 108 1.185 8.8 0.8 1.9 4.9 2.61 108
1984 29 74 49 .602 3.92 178 116 38 39 5 10 942.0 933 452 410 93 191 14 513 13 1 11 3881 104 1.193 8.9 0.9 1.8 4.9 2.69 104
1985 30 90 57 .612 3.83 209 147 38 47 8 10 1152.1 1143 537 491 113 211 16 596 15 5 11 4720 104 1.175 8.9 0.9 1.6 4.7 2.82 104
1986 31 98 68 .590 3.99 244 172 40 48 8 10 1311.1 1313 637 582 140 279 24 681 18 7 13 5419 99 1.214 9.0 1.0 1.9 4.7 2.44 99

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
1979 24 0 0 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2
1980 25 5 7 .417 4.87 109.0 126 66 59 8 42 53 2 1.541 10.4 3.5 4.4 1.26 0.7 24
1981 26 6 8 .429 4.54 127.0 131 71 64 16 46 84 5 1.394 9.3 3.3 6.0 1.83 1.1 43
1982 27 13 12 .520 3.93 229.0 256 111 100 18 50 118 2 1.336 10.1 2.0 4.6 2.36 0.7 39
1983 28 15 13 .536 3.84 253.0 241 120 108 28 32 144 1 1.079 8.6 1.1 5.1 4.50 1.0 36
1984 29 10 15 .400 4.74 226.0 248 132 119 32 44 121 5 1.292 9.9 1.8 4.8 2.75 1.3 34
1985 30 11 11 .500 4.03 199.0 220 99 89 21 21 79 2 1.211 9.9 0.9 3.6 3.76 0.9 31
1986 31 5 11 .313 5.92 149.0 178 109 98 28 71 80 3 1.671 10.8 4.3 4.8 1.13 1.7 35
8 Seasons 65 77 .458 4.43 1295.0 1400 708 637 151 306 679 20 1.317 9.7 4.7 2.22 1.0 244

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1985 (P)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1983-AL-Cy Young
1983-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1985-ML-AS MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1983-AL-13-6%
0.06 Career Shares (1033rd)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1983-AL--1--83%
1 Cy Young
0.83 Career Shares (63rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1982 AL--3.530--10th

Wins s c a p y
1982 AL--19--1st
1983 AL--24--1st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1981 AL--.750--3rd
1983 AL--.706--4th
1985 NL--.667--10th
Career--.590--144th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1982 AL--1.235--8th
1983 AL--1.024--1st
1984 AL--1.218--10th
1985 NL--1.094--8th
Career--1.214--163rd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 AL--1.803--3rd
1983 AL--1.070--1st
1984 AL--1.642--1st
1985 NL--.856--1st
Career--1.915--70th

Games Played s c a p y
1981 AL--43--5th

Saves s c a p y
1981 AL--10--8th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1983 AL--260.7--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1983 AL--148--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1983 AL--36--3rd

Complete Games s c a p y
1982 AL--14--4th
1983 AL--11--6th
1984 AL--11--6th
1985 NL--8--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1985 NL--3--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 AL--27--7th
1984 AL--31--2nd
1985 NL--20--10th
1986 NL--27--2nd

Hits s c a p y
1982 AL--248--9th
1984 AL--244--5th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1982 AL--2.583--4th
1983 AL--4.774--1st
1984 AL--2.930--1st
1985 NL--4.150--2nd
Career--2.441--91st

Losses s c a p y
1982 AL--15--6th
1984 AL--18--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1983 AL--106--10th
1984 AL--117--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1983 AL--1034--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1981 AL--30--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 29 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (464), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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