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Bob James

Robert Harvey James

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 18, 1958 in Glendale, CA
High School: Verdugo Hills HS (Sunland, CA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1978
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Expos/Tigers 1978-1987
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 2, 1987
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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
1978 19 MON NL 0 1 .000 9.00 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.0 4 4 4 1 4 0 3 0 0 1 19 43 2.000 9.0 2.3 9.0 6.8 0.75
1979 20 MON NL 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 11 33 2.500 9.0 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
1982 23 TOT MLB 0 2 .000 5.34 19 1 7 0 0 0 28.2 32 19 17 4 16 1 31 0 1 6 131 75 1.674 10.0 1.3 5.0 9.7 1.94
1982 23 MON NL 0 0 6.00 7 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 10 6 6 0 8 1 11 0 1 2 44 64 2.000 10.0 0.0 8.0 11.0 1.38
1982 23 DET AL 0 2 .000 5.03 12 1 6 0 0 0 19.2 22 13 11 4 8 0 20 0 0 4 87 82 1.525 10.1 1.8 3.7 9.2 2.50
1983 24 TOT MLB 1 0 1.000 3.50 31 0 19 0 0 7 54.0 42 22 21 5 26 2 60 3 1 2 227 104 1.259 7.0 0.8 4.3 10.0 2.31
1983 24 DET AL 0 0 11.25 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 5 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 19 38 2.000 11.3 4.5 6.8 9.0 1.33
1983 24 MON NL 1 0 1.000 2.88 27 0 16 0 0 7 50.0 37 17 16 3 23 2 56 3 1 2 208 125 1.200 6.7 0.5 4.1 10.1 2.43
1984 25 MON NL 6 6 .500 3.66 62 0 33 0 0 10 96.0 92 47 39 6 45 7 91 4 2 4 430 95 1.427 8.6 0.6 4.2 8.5 2.02
1985 26 CHW AL 8 7 .533 2.13 69 0 60 0 0 32 110.0 90 31 26 5 23 4 88 2 2 3 436 203 1.027 7.4 0.4 1.9 7.2 3.83
1986 27 CHW AL 5 4 .556 5.25 49 0 40 0 0 14 58.1 61 36 34 8 23 3 32 4 1 5 263 83 1.440 9.4 1.2 3.5 4.9 1.39
1987 28 CHW AL 4 6 .400 4.67 43 0 32 0 0 10 54.0 54 32 28 10 17 6 34 4 0 3 238 99 1.315 9.0 1.7 2.8 5.7 2.00
8 Yrs 24 26 .480 3.80 279 2 194 0 0 73 407.0 377 194 172 39 157 24 340 17 7 24 1755 107 1.312 8.3 0.9 3.5 7.5 2.17
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .480 3.80 68 0 47 0 0 18 98 91 47 42 9 38 6 82 4 2 6 425 107 1.312 8.3 0.9 3.5 7.5 2.17
MON (5 yrs) 7 7 .500 3.80 102 1 53 0 0 17 161.0 145 77 68 10 83 11 162 7 4 9 712 93 1.416 8.1 0.6 4.6 9.1 1.95
CHW (3 yrs) 17 17 .500 3.56 161 0 132 0 0 56 222.1 205 99 88 23 63 13 154 10 3 11 937 124 1.205 8.3 0.9 2.6 6.2 2.44
DET (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 6.08 16 1 9 0 0 0 23.2 27 18 16 6 11 0 24 0 0 4 106 68 1.606 10.3 2.3 4.2 9.1 2.18
AL (5 yrs) 17 19 .472 3.80 177 1 141 0 0 56 246.0 232 117 104 29 74 13 178 10 3 15 1043 115 1.244 8.5 1.1 2.7 6.5 2.41
NL (5 yrs) 7 7 .500 3.80 102 1 53 0 0 17 161.0 145 77 68 10 83 11 162 7 4 9 712 93 1.416 8.1 0.6 4.6 9.1 1.95

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
1978 19 MON NL 4.0 4 1 4 9.00 3.95 0.39 -0.21 101.4 3.40 -3 -0.3 .0 0.1 -0.1 -2 .433 .498 $
1979 20 MON NL 2.0 2 0 3 13.50 4.50 0.20 -0.36 108.0 4.26 -2 -0.2 .0 0.1 -0.1 -2 .397 .499 $
1982 23 MON NL 9.0 7 0 6 6.00 4.25 0.02 -0.33 101.1 3.94 -2 -0.2 .6 0.0 -0.1 -1 .466 .499 $
1982 23 DET AL 19.2 12 1 13 5.95 4.55 0.42 -0.30 100.6 3.86 -4 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .462 .497 $
1983 24 DET AL 4.0 4 0 5 11.25 4.63 0.40 -0.37 100.4 3.88 -3 -0.3 .2 0.1 -0.2 -3 .420 .498 $
1983 24 MON NL 50.0 27 0 17 3.06 4.07 0.20 -0.32 99.4 3.54 2 0.3 1.2 -0.1 0.6 7 .510 .502 $
1984 25 MON NL 96.0 62 0 47 4.41 4.12 0.24 -0.32 96.7 3.45 -11 -1.2 1.3 -0.4 -0.8 -1 .480 .492 $
1985 26 CHW AL 110.0 69 0 31 2.54 4.58 0.00 -0.36 103.7 4.38 23 2.4 1.9 0.9 4.2 34 .535 .515 $265,000
1986 27 CHW AL 58.1 49 0 36 5.55 4.84 0.43 -0.38 103.5 4.17 -9 -0.9 1.7 -0.4 -0.8 -3 .481 .494 $555,000
1987 28 CHW AL 54.0 43 0 32 5.33 4.98 0.62 -0.39 103.5 4.12 -7 -0.7 1.8 -0.3 -0.6 -1 .484 .496 $470,000
8 Seasons 407.0 279 2 194 4.29 4.49 0.25 -0.35 101.2 3.94 -17 -1.7 1.5 -0.0 1.8 26 .494 .499 $1,290,000
MON (5 yrs) 161.0 102 1 77 4.30 4.12 0.22 -0.32 98.1 3.51 -16 -1.7 1.2 -0.2 -0.5 1 .484 .498 $
CHW (3 yrs) 222.1 161 0 99 4.01 4.75 0.27 -0.37 103.6 4.26 6 0.8 1.8 0.1 2.8 31 .505 .502 $1,290,000
DET (2 yrs) 23.2 16 1 18 6.85 4.56 0.41 -0.31 100.5 3.86 -8 -0.8 .8 0.1 -0.5 -5 .452 .498 $

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
1978 19 MON NL 4 19 15 4 4 0 0 1 3 0 4 3 .267 .421 .467 .888 .273 7 1 0 0 0 0 0
1979 20 MON NL 2 11 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .250 .455 .250 .705 .286 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 23 DET AL 12 87 79 13 22 3 0 4 4 3 8 20 .278 .345 .468 .813 .327 37 2 0 0 0 0 3
1982 23 MON NL 7 44 34 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 .294 .409 .294 .703 .400 10 1 0 0 2 1 0
1982 23 TOT MLB 19 131 113 19 32 3 0 4 4 3 16 31 .283 .366 .416 .782 .350 47 3 0 0 2 1 3
1983 24 DET AL 4 19 16 5 5 0 0 2 1 0 3 4 .313 .421 .688 1.109 .300 11 1 0 0 0 0 0
1983 24 MON NL 27 208 176 17 37 6 0 3 6 0 23 56 .210 .312 .295 .607 .291 52 3 3 6 0 2 4
1983 24 TOT MLB 31 227 192 22 42 6 0 5 7 0 26 60 .219 .321 .328 .649 .291 63 4 3 6 0 2 4
1984 25 MON NL 62 430 367 47 92 18 2 6 15 0 45 91 .251 .333 .360 .692 .309 132 9 4 6 8 7 13
1985 26 CHW AL 69 433 399 31 90 16 0 5 9 2 23 88 .226 .268 .303 .571 .273 121 9 2 7 5 4 4
1986 27 CHW AL 49 263 228 36 61 18 3 8 5 0 23 32 .268 .340 .478 .818 .276 109 3 4 4 4 3 3
1987 28 CHW AL 43 238 211 32 54 6 5 10 7 0 17 34 .256 .321 .474 .794 .260 100 3 4 4 2 6 6
8 Yrs 279 1752 1533 194 377 67 10 39 50 5 157 340 .246 .319 .379 .698 .288 581 32 17 27 21 24 33
162 Game Avg. 68 424 371 47 91 16 2 9 12 1 38 82 .246 .319 .379 .698 .288 141 8 4 7 5 6 8
MLB Averages .261 .325 .390 .716 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1978 19 MON NL -2.1 -0.2 23 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 .53 -0.3 -0.3 -1.5 -0.2 0.53 -1.9 0 0 2
1979 20 MON NL -1.9 -0.2 11 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .03 -0.0 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.03 -0.6 0 0 1
1982 23 TOT MLB -4.2 -0.4 147 -1.1 1.1 -2.2 .59 -0.4 -1.5 -9.7 -1.0 0.58 -5.1 4 4 8
1982 23 MON NL -1.8 -0.2 48 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 .64 -0.0 -0.1 -2.5 -0.3 0.64 -1.2 1 2 4
1982 23 DET AL -2.4 -0.2 99 -1.0 0.7 -1.7 .56 -0.4 -1.4 -7.3 -0.7 0.56 -3.8 3 2 4
1983 24 TOT MLB 1.7 0.2 241 1.1 3.1 -2.0 .70 0.6 0.9 2.6 0.3 0.70 5.0 8 5 18
1983 24 DET AL -3.0 -0.3 20 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .20 -0.2 0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.20 -2.0 0 0 4
1983 24 MON NL 4.7 0.5 221 1.1 3.0 -2.0 .74 0.8 0.6 5.6 0.6 0.74 7.0 8 5 14
1984 25 MON NL -3.4 -0.4 450 -1.4 8.0 -9.4 1.13 -0.7 -0.6 -5.5 -0.6 1.13 -6.9 26 12 23
1985 26 CHW AL 24.9 2.5 451 3.6 14.4 -10.8 1.79 2.4 -0.4 25.4 2.5 1.78 30.4 37 16 14
1986 27 CHW AL -4.6 -0.4 274 -1.1 8.3 -9.4 1.77 -1.0 0.4 -9.6 -0.9 1.77 -10.8 24 10 13
1987 28 CHW AL -0.6 -0.1 251 -0.7 5.5 -6.2 1.29 -0.6 0.0 -2.8 -0.3 1.29 -4.3 23 3 17
8 Yrs 9.8 1.1 1848 0.1 40.4 -40.3 1.30 0.1 -0.0 -3.1 -0.3 1.29 6.1 122 50 96

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
1978 19 MON NL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 1 1 0 1 4.0 0.0 1.0
1982 23 TOT MLB 19 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42 42 9 2 1 0 7.9 4.5 2.3
1982 23 DET AL 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42.0 42 42 7 2 1 0 7.9 4.5 2.3
2 Yrs 16 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 36 42 31 8 3 1 1 5.8 3.0 1.7
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 99 -12 4.3 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
1978 19 MON NL 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .532 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 3.0
1979 20 MON NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .025 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 3.0
1982 23 TOT MLB 19 18 7 0 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 14 9 64% .586 4 4 8 3 2 13 8 10 9 4 10 3 4.4
1982 23 MON NL 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 33% 6 .639 1 2 4 1 0 6 2 5 3 2 3 2 3.9
1982 23 DET AL 12 11 6 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 11 8 73% 6 .559 3 2 4 2 2 7 6 5 6 2 7 1 4.7
1983 24 TOT MLB 31 31 19 1 0 7 7 0 100% 8 1 23 5 22% .697 8 5 18 10 1 20 12 19 21 2 21 5 5.2
1983 24 DET AL 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .199 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 3.0
1983 24 MON NL 27 27 16 1 0 7 7 0 100% 8 1 23 5 22% 7 .743 8 5 14 10 1 16 12 15 21 2 21 5 5.6
1984 25 MON NL 62 62 33 6 6 19 10 9 53% 21 2 45 18 40% 8 1.133 26 12 23 23 6 33 24 38 33 11 34 24 4.6
1985 26 CHW AL 69 69 60 8 7 41 32 9 78% 42 1 54 16 30% 8 1.793 37 16 14 49 10 10 37 32 40 9 42 19 4.8
1986 27 CHW AL 49 49 40 5 4 22 14 8 64% 24 1 37 17 46% 8 1.775 24 10 13 31 6 12 25 24 19 14 20 14 3.6
1987 28 CHW AL 43 43 32 4 6 12 10 2 83% 14 2 34 11 32% 9 1.295 23 3 17 18 11 14 17 26 17 13 19 6 3.8
8 Yrs 279 277 194 24 25 102 73 29 72% 111 8 207 76 37% 1.304 122 50 96 134 36 107 123 154 139 53 146 73 4.4

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%
1978 19 MON NL 19 63% 5.3% 15.8% 21.1% 5.3% 25% 0.80 58% 5 1 20%
1979 20 MON NL 11 64% 0.0% 9.1% 27.3% 0.0% 0% 1.50 64% 1 0 0%
1982 23 TOT MLB 131 52% 3.1% 23.7% 12.2% 5.3% 22% 0.86 61% 30 3 10%
1982 23 MON NL 44 43% 0.0% 25.0% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 0.78 57% 13 1 8%
1982 23 DET AL 87 56% 4.6% 23.0% 9.2% 8.1% 32% 0.89 63% 17 2 12%
1983 24 TOT MLB 227 47% 2.2% 26.4% 11.5% 4.9% 26% 1.51 56% 35 4 11%
1983 24 DET AL 19 63% 10.5% 21.1% 15.8% 10.5% 40% 7.00 53% 5 1 20%
1983 24 MON NL 208 46% 1.4% 26.9% 11.1% 4.3% 24% 1.37 56% 30 3 10%
1984 25 MON NL 430 50% 1.4% 21.2% 10.5% 6.1% 28% 0.94 65% 110 9 8%
1985 26 CHW AL 436 50% 1.2% 20.3% 5.3% 4.9% 23% 0.79 72% 93 9 10%
1986 27 CHW AL 263 50% 3.0% 12.2% 8.8% 11.0% 48% 1.03 73% 60 3 5%
1987 28 CHW AL 238 57% 4.2% 14.3% 7.1% 8.8% 39% 0.83 71% 34 3 9%
8 Yrs 1755 51% 2.2% 19.4% 9.0% 6.6% 31% 0.94 67% 368 32 9%
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
1978 19 MON NL 19 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 100% 0 1 0 11 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 20 MON NL 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 23 TOT MLB 131 32 4 0 3 2 2 2 2 13 10 1 77% 3 6 1 54 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1982 23 MON NL 44 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 43% 0 2 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1982 23 DET AL 87 22 4 0 1 2 2 2 2 6 7 0 117% 3 4 0 34 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1983 24 TOT MLB 227 42 5 1 8 3 2 3 2 10 3 3 30% 4 2 2 88 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
1983 24 DET AL 19 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 24 MON NL 208 37 3 0 7 2 1 3 0 9 2 3 22% 4 2 2 82 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
1984 25 MON NL 430 92 6 2 21 3 3 2 4 43 26 10 60% 13 4 0 198 15 0 100% 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1985 26 CHW AL 433 90 5 1 17 4 1 3 2 28 16 2 57% 4 3 0 183 9 2 82% 7 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 13 3
1986 27 CHW AL 263 61 8 0 9 3 5 4 4 22 12 3 55% 3 5 0 123 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1987 28 CHW AL 238 54 10 0 13 4 6 7 3 11 4 4 36% 6 3 0 85 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
8 Yrs 1752 377 39 4 72 20 19 22 17 129 73 23 57% 33 24 3 746 50 5 91% 46 5 3 0 1 0 4 0 68 3
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+
1978 19 0 1 .000 9.00 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.0 4 4 4 1 4 0 3 0 0 1 19 43 2.000 9.0 2.3 9.0 6.8 0.75 43
1979 20 0 1 .000 10.50 6 1 3 0 0 0 6.0 6 7 7 1 7 1 4 0 0 1 30 39 2.167 9.0 1.5 10.5 6.0 0.57 39
1980 21 0 1 .000 10.50 6 1 3 0 0 0 6.0 6 7 7 1 7 1 4 0 0 1 30 39 2.167 9.0 1.5 10.5 6.0 0.57 39
1981 22 0 1 .000 10.50 6 1 3 0 0 0 6.0 6 7 7 1 7 1 4 0 0 1 30 39 2.167 9.0 1.5 10.5 6.0 0.57 39
1982 23 0 3 .000 6.23 25 2 10 0 0 0 34.2 38 26 24 5 23 2 35 0 1 7 161 65 1.760 9.9 1.3 6.0 9.1 1.52 65
1983 24 1 3 .250 4.57 56 2 29 0 0 7 88.2 80 48 45 10 49 4 95 3 2 9 388 83 1.455 8.1 1.0 5.0 9.6 1.94 83
1984 25 7 9 .438 4.09 118 2 62 0 0 17 184.2 172 95 84 16 94 11 186 7 4 13 818 89 1.440 8.4 0.8 4.6 9.1 1.98 89
1985 26 15 16 .484 3.36 187 2 122 0 0 49 294.2 262 126 110 21 117 15 274 9 6 16 1254 116 1.286 8.0 0.6 3.6 8.4 2.34 116
1986 27 20 20 .500 3.67 236 2 162 0 0 63 353.0 323 162 144 29 140 18 306 13 7 21 1517 108 1.312 8.2 0.7 3.6 7.8 2.19 108
1987 28 24 26 .480 3.80 279 2 194 0 0 73 407.0 377 194 172 39 157 24 340 17 7 24 1755 107 1.312 8.3 0.9 3.5 7.5 2.17 107

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
1978 19 0 0 11.25 4.0 4 6 5 1 4 3 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 6.8 0.75 2.3 4
1979 20 0 0 13.50 2.0 2 3 3 0 3 1 0 2.500 9.0 13.5 4.5 0.33 0.0 2
1982 23 1 2 .333 6.00 27.0 33 20 18 4 16 30 0 1.815 11.0 5.3 10.0 1.88 1.3 19
1983 24 2 3 .400 4.06 51.0 44 26 23 5 27 57 3 1.392 7.8 4.8 10.1 2.11 0.9 31
1984 25 5 5 .500 4.26 93.0 98 49 44 6 48 88 4 1.570 9.5 4.6 8.5 1.83 0.6 62
1985 26 8 3 .727 2.19 107.0 90 29 26 5 23 86 2 1.056 7.6 1.9 7.2 3.74 0.4 69
1986 27 2 4 .333 5.03 59.0 60 37 33 8 23 32 4 1.407 9.2 3.5 4.9 1.39 1.2 49
1987 28 3 3 .500 4.25 55.0 52 29 26 10 16 35 4 1.236 8.5 2.6 5.7 2.19 1.6 43
8 Yrs 21 20 .512 4.03 398.0 383 199 178 39 160 332 17 1.364 8.7 7.5 2.08 0.9 279

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1985 AL  69 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1985 AL  32 (2nd)
Career  73 (191st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL  4 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1985 AL  60 (3rd)
1986 AL  40 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1985 AL  25 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1985 AL  2.5 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1985 AL  3.6 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1978 NL  born 1958-08-18 (1st)
1979 NL  born 1958-08-18 (5th)


† 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 - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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