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Matt Keough

Matthew Lon Keough

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 3, 1955 in Pomona, CA
High School: Corona del Mar HS (Pomona, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 7th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1977
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cubs/Yankees/Astros/Cardinals 1977-1986

Final Game: October 2, 1986
Relatives: Son of Marty Keough and Nephew of Joe Keough
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All-Star

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
1977 21 OAK AL 1 3 .250 4.85 7 6 0 0 0 0 42.2 39 25 23 4 22 0 23 1 0 0 183 83 1.430 8.2 0.8 4.6 4.9 1.05
1978 22 OAK AL 8 15 .348 3.24 32 32 0 6 0 0 197.1 178 90 71 9 85 2 108 4 3 12 837 112 1.333 8.1 0.4 3.9 4.9 1.27 AS
1979 23 OAK AL 2 17 .105 5.04 30 28 2 7 1 0 176.2 220 115 99 18 78 2 95 7 0 13 800 81 1.687 11.2 0.9 4.0 4.8 1.22
1980 24 OAK AL 16 13 .552 2.92 34 32 0 20 2 0 250.0 218 94 81 24 94 3 121 5 2 13 1041 129 1.248 7.8 0.9 3.4 4.4 1.29
1981 25 OAK AL 10 6 .625 3.40 19 19 0 10 2 0 140.1 125 56 53 11 45 0 60 0 2 5 579 102 1.211 8.0 0.7 2.9 3.8 1.33
1982 26 OAK AL 11 18 .379 5.72 34 34 0 10 2 0 209.1 233 144 133 38 101 1 75 5 3 10 946 67 1.596 10.0 1.6 4.3 3.2 0.74
1983 27 TOT AL 5 7 .417 5.33 26 16 3 0 0 0 99.2 109 71 59 19 51 1 54 2 1 3 456 73 1.605 9.8 1.7 4.6 4.9 1.06
1983 27 OAK AL 2 3 .400 5.52 14 4 3 0 0 0 44.0 50 29 27 7 31 1 28 0 1 2 210 70 1.841 10.2 1.4 6.3 5.7 0.90
1983 27 NYY AL 3 4 .429 5.17 12 12 0 0 0 0 55.2 59 42 32 12 20 0 26 2 0 1 246 75 1.419 9.5 1.9 3.2 4.2 1.30
1985 29 STL NL 0 1 .000 4.50 4 1 0 0 0 0 10.0 10 5 5 0 4 1 10 1 0 0 43 83 1.400 9.0 0.0 3.6 9.0 2.50
1986 30 TOT NL 5 4 .556 3.94 29 7 5 0 0 0 64.0 58 31 28 9 30 4 44 2 2 6 272 97 1.375 8.2 1.3 4.2 6.2 1.47
1986 30 CHC NL 2 2 .500 4.97 19 2 3 0 0 0 29.0 36 17 16 4 12 2 19 1 2 4 129 82 1.655 11.2 1.2 3.7 5.9 1.58
1986 30 HOU NL 3 2 .600 3.09 10 5 2 0 0 0 35.0 22 14 12 5 18 2 25 1 0 2 143 117 1.143 5.7 1.3 4.6 6.4 1.39
9 Yrs 58 84 .408 4.17 215 175 10 53 7 0 1190.0 1190 631 552 132 510 14 590 27 13 62 5157 91 1.429 9.0 1.0 3.9 4.5 1.16
162 Game Avg. 10 15 .408 4.17 37 31 2 9 1 0 207 207 110 96 23 89 2 103 5 2 11 899 91 1.429 9.0 1.0 3.9 4.5 1.16
OAK (7 yrs) 50 75 .400 4.13 170 155 5 53 7 0 1060.1 1063 553 487 111 456 9 510 22 11 55 4596 91 1.433 9.0 0.9 3.9 4.3 1.12
STL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.50 4 1 0 0 0 0 10.0 10 5 5 0 4 1 10 1 0 0 43 83 1.400 9.0 0.0 3.6 9.0 2.50
CHC (1 yr) 2 2 .500 4.97 19 2 3 0 0 0 29.0 36 17 16 4 12 2 19 1 2 4 129 82 1.655 11.2 1.2 3.7 5.9 1.58
NYY (1 yr) 3 4 .429 5.17 12 12 0 0 0 0 55.2 59 42 32 12 20 0 26 2 0 1 246 75 1.419 9.5 1.9 3.2 4.2 1.30
HOU (1 yr) 3 2 .600 3.09 10 5 2 0 0 0 35.0 22 14 12 5 18 2 25 1 0 2 143 117 1.143 5.7 1.3 4.6 6.4 1.39
AL (7 yrs) 53 79 .402 4.19 182 167 5 53 7 0 1116.0 1122 595 519 123 476 9 536 24 11 56 4842 90 1.432 9.0 1.0 3.8 4.3 1.13
NL (2 yrs) 5 5 .500 4.01 33 8 5 0 0 0 74.0 68 36 33 9 34 5 54 3 2 6 315 95 1.378 8.3 1.1 4.1 6.6 1.59

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
1977 21 OAK AL 42.2 7 6 25 5.27 4.72 -0.12 0.11 98.8 4.90 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .473 .499 $
1978 22 OAK AL 197.1 32 32 90 4.10 4.37 -0.24 0.13 96.1 4.56 11 1.2 -0.1 2.8 30 .537 .507 $ AS
1979 23 OAK AL 176.2 30 28 115 5.86 4.88 -0.73 0.15 95.6 5.50 -7 -0.7 .2 -0.1 0.8 13 .477 .496 $
1980 24 OAK AL 250.0 34 32 94 3.38 4.50 0.60 0.14 94.0 3.80 10 1.1 2.3 -0.1 3.0 38 .532 .507 $
1981 25 OAK AL 140.1 19 19 56 3.59 3.87 0.53 0.13 97.6 3.39 -3 -0.3 -0.1 0.7 6 .482 .498 $
1982 26 OAK AL 209.1 34 34 144 6.19 4.58 0.03 0.16 95.8 4.51 -38 -3.6 -0.1 -2.0 -17 .394 .478 $
1983 27 OAK AL 44.0 14 4 29 5.93 4.51 0.04 -0.12 95.9 4.18 -9 -0.9 .6 0.0 -0.4 -4 .439 .495 $
1983 27 NYY AL 55.2 12 12 42 6.79 4.45 -0.25 0.14 96.7 4.69 -13 -1.2 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .397 .492 $420,000
1985 29 STL NL 10.0 4 1 5 4.50 3.83 0.28 -0.22 104.3 3.48 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .467 .499 $
1986 30 CHC NL 29.0 19 2 17 5.28 4.05 -0.40 -0.14 105.7 4.56 -2 -0.3 .7 -0.0 0.0 1 .486 .498 $100,000
1986 30 HOU NL 35.0 10 5 14 3.60 4.03 0.17 0.03 102.8 4.00 1 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.4 5 .516 .501 $
9 Seasons 1190.0 215 175 631 4.77 4.45 0.03 0.12 96.3 4.37 -53 -4.9 .8 -0.6 4.6 67 .477 .497 $520,000
OAK (7 yrs) 1060.1 170 155 553 4.69 4.48 0.05 0.13 95.8 4.37 -38 -3.4 .8 -0.5 5.1 69 .480 .497 $
STL (1 yr) 10.0 4 1 5 4.50 3.83 0.28 -0.22 104.3 3.48 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .467 .499 $
CHC (1 yr) 29.0 19 2 17 5.28 4.05 -0.40 -0.14 105.7 4.56 -2 -0.3 .7 -0.0 0.0 1 .486 .498 $100,000
NYY (1 yr) 55.2 12 12 42 6.79 4.45 -0.25 0.14 96.7 4.69 -13 -1.2 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .397 .492 $420,000
HOU (1 yr) 35.0 10 5 14 3.60 4.03 0.17 0.03 102.8 4.00 1 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.4 5 .516 .501 $

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
1981 25 OAK AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 1.08 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 7 2 1 1 6 0 4 0 0 1 39 1.560 7.6 1.1 6.5 4.3 0.67
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 1.08 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 7 2 1 1 6 0 4 0 0 1 39 1.560 7.6 1.1 6.5 4.3 0.67

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1978 OAK AL 22 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1977 21 OAK AL 7 183 158 25 39 6 2 4 7 4 22 23 .247 .341 .386 .727 .265 61 4 1 1 1 0 2
1978 22 OAK AL 32 837 738 90 178 25 5 9 15 12 85 108 .241 .322 .325 .647 .271 240 16 4 7 3 2 13
1979 23 OAK AL 30 800 699 115 220 34 5 18 20 16 78 95 .315 .385 .455 .840 .339 318 18 7 7 9 2 11
1980 24 OAK AL 34 1041 924 94 218 23 6 24 16 13 94 121 .236 .308 .352 .660 .247 325 13 5 12 6 3 13
1981 25 OAK AL 19 579 524 56 125 17 6 11 3 4 45 60 .239 .298 .357 .655 .251 187 9 0 8 2 0 4
1982 26 OAK AL 34 946 820 144 233 43 4 38 14 4 101 75 .284 .363 .485 .848 .272 398 16 5 10 9 1 8
1983 27 NYY AL 12 246 222 42 59 8 0 12 2 3 20 26 .266 .331 .464 .795 .254 103 3 2 1 1 0 7
1983 27 OAK AL 14 210 176 29 50 8 0 7 7 0 31 28 .284 .388 .449 .836 .301 79 2 0 1 2 1 2
1983 27 TOT AL 26 456 398 71 109 16 0 19 9 3 51 54 .274 .357 .457 .814 .274 182 5 2 2 3 1 9
1985 29 STL NL 4 43 36 5 10 3 1 0 2 1 4 10 .278 .366 .417 .783 .385 15 1 1 2 0 1 0
1986 30 CHC NL 19 129 114 17 36 7 0 4 1 3 12 19 .316 .386 .482 .868 .352 55 3 1 2 0 2 2
1986 30 HOU NL 10 143 122 14 22 3 0 5 1 1 18 25 .180 .289 .328 .617 .183 40 3 1 1 1 2 2
1986 30 TOT NL 29 272 236 31 58 10 0 9 2 4 30 44 .246 .335 .403 .737 .266 95 6 2 3 1 4 4
9 Yrs 215 5157 4533 631 1190 177 29 132 88 61 510 590 .263 .338 .402 .740 .275 1821 88 27 52 34 14 64
162 Game Avg. 37 899 790 110 207 31 5 23 15 11 89 103 .263 .338 .402 .740 .275 318 15 5 9 6 2 11
MLB Averages .261 .325 .389 .714 .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
1977 21 OAK AL -3.6 -0.4 197 0.1 3.8 -3.7 1.10 -0.2 0.2 -4.2 -0.4 1.10 -2.2 0 1 0
1978 22 OAK AL 4.3 0.4 883 -0.3 13.8 -14.1 1.02 1.1 -1.4 1.3 0.1 1.02 5.9 0 0 0
1979 23 OAK AL -22.0 -2.1 854 -2.2 13.7 -16.0 1.02 -2.5 0.3 -20.4 -2.0 1.02 -26.7 0 0 2
1980 24 OAK AL 23.7 2.5 1086 2.6 19.3 -16.7 1.02 2.2 0.4 26.5 2.9 1.02 23.3 2 0 0
1981 25 OAK AL 3.0 0.3 595 0.8 10.1 -9.3 1.01 1.0 -0.2 9.9 1.1 1.01 12.6 0 0 0
1982 26 OAK AL -43.7 -4.1 980 -3.1 14.7 -17.8 .96 -3.5 0.3 -37.3 -3.6 0.96 -38.4 0 0 0
1983 27 TOT AL -19.6 -1.9 471 -3.0 7.4 -10.4 1.06 -1.7 -1.1 -22.8 -2.2 1.06 -17.5 0 4 6
1983 27 OAK AL -8.2 -0.8 220 -0.9 3.1 -4.0 .99 -0.9 0.0 -7.5 -0.7 0.99 -8.2 0 4 6
1983 27 NYY AL -11.4 -1.1 251 -2.1 4.3 -6.4 1.12 -0.8 -1.0 -15.3 -1.5 1.12 -9.3 0 0 0
1985 29 STL NL -0.6 -0.1 46 0.1 0.8 -0.7 1.04 0.1 0.0 1.6 0.2 1.04 0.8 1 2 0
1986 30 TOT NL -0.4 -0.0 285 0.2 4.8 -4.6 1.00 -0.2 0.4 -2.0 -0.2 1.00 -2.1 4 4 13
1986 30 CHC NL -2.3 -0.2 137 -0.4 1.8 -2.3 .82 -0.5 -0.0 -3.4 -0.3 0.82 -5.1 2 4 11
1986 30 HOU NL 1.9 0.2 148 0.6 3.0 -2.3 1.16 0.3 0.3 1.4 0.1 1.16 3.0 2 0 2
9 Yrs -58.8 -5.2 5397 -4.8 88.5 -93.3 1.01 -3.7 -1.0 -47.5 -4.1 1.01 -44.5 7 11 21

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
1977 21 OAK AL 7 6 1 3 2 0 1 2 4 .333 1 0 0 0 3 50% 48.0 74 15 8 2 3 1 3.0 3.2 6.6
1978 22 OAK AL 32 32 8 15 9 1 9 13 19 .406 2 3 6 0 21 66% 52.8 79 27 32 10 2 13 3.0 2.6 6.2
1979 23 OAK AL 30 28 2 17 9 0 5 7 21 .250 4 2 7 1 9 32% 43.8 77 12 35 19 6 9 2.9 2.9 6.2
1980 24 OAK AL 34 32 16 13 3 1 5 16 16 .500 2 0 20 2 20 63% 58.0 98 13 19 5 5 10 4.0 3.9 7.7
1981 25 OAK AL 19 19 10 6 3 2 1 12 7 .632 3 1 10 2 10 53% 55.4 82 27 12 6 2 11 4.8 5.1 7.4
1982 26 OAK AL 34 34 11 18 5 2 3 12 22 .353 3 1 10 2 14 41% 42.5 78 12 26 10 6 12 4.3 4.7 6.2
1983 27 TOT AL 26 16 3 7 6 1 0 5 11 .313 2 2 0 0 4 25% 42.8 63 23 25 9 1 10 5.0 6.0 4.8
1983 27 OAK AL 14 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 38.2 44 31 14 6 1 3 4.3 4.9 5.2
1983 27 NYY AL 12 12 3 4 5 1 0 5 7 .417 1 2 0 0 4 33% 44.4 63 23 11 3 0 7 5.3 6.4 4.6
1985 29 STL NL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26.0 26 26 3 3 0 0 3.0 3.0 2.0
1986 30 TOT NL 29 7 2 3 2 1 0 3 4 .429 1 1 0 0 2 29% 52.6 70 43 13 2 1 4 4.5 3.2 5.3
1986 30 CHC NL 19 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 1 50% 57.5 70 45 7 2 0 2 2.0 0.8 5.5
1986 30 HOU NL 10 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 .600 0 1 0 0 1 20% 50.6 59 43 6 0 1 2 5.5 4.2 5.2
9 Yrs 215 175 53 83 39 8 24 70 105 .400 18 10 53 7 83 47% 49 98 12 173 66 26 70 3.9 3.9 6.4
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 99 -13 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
1977 21 OAK AL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 1.097 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0
1979 23 OAK AL 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.016 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1980 24 OAK AL 34 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 4 1.020 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 5.5
1983 27 TOT AL 26 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 44% 1.063 0 4 6 2 2 6 6 4 8 0 9 0 7.0
1983 27 OAK AL 14 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 44% 5 .993 0 4 6 2 2 6 6 4 8 0 9 0 7.0
1985 29 STL NL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 40% 1 1.041 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 3 0 8.0
1986 30 TOT NL 29 22 5 3 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 6 2 33% .999 4 4 13 3 3 16 5 17 5 5 6 4 3.7
1986 30 CHC NL 19 17 3 2 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 6 2 33% 6 .819 2 4 11 2 1 14 5 12 4 5 5 4 3.2
1986 30 HOU NL 10 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.161 2 0 2 1 2 2 0 5 1 0 1 0 5.4
6 Yrs 118 40 10 5 1 2 0 2 0% 4 2 23 10 43% 1.020 7 11 21 7 8 25 15 25 20 5 22 5 5.1

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%
1977 21 OAK AL 183 47% 2.2% 12.6% 12.0% 6.6% 31% 0.72 72% 25 4 16%
1978 22 OAK AL 837 45% 1.1% 12.9% 10.2% 4.7% 22% 1.14 75% 145 16 11%
1979 23 OAK AL 800 55% 2.3% 11.9% 9.8% 7.1% 26% 1.18 74% 152 18 12%
1980 24 OAK AL 1041 45% 2.3% 11.6% 9.0% 5.1% 24% 0.80 75% 189 13 7%
1981 25 OAK AL 579 45% 1.9% 10.4% 7.8% 5.9% 27% 0.58 79% 92 9 10%
1982 26 OAK AL 946 53% 4.0% 7.9% 10.7% 9.0% 37% 0.74 76% 166 16 10%
1983 27 TOT AL 456 53% 4.2% 11.8% 11.2% 7.7% 32% 0.71 72% 102 5 5%
1983 27 OAK AL 210 56% 3.3% 13.3% 14.8% 7.1% 30% 0.51 68% 53 2 4%
1983 27 NYY AL 246 51% 4.9% 10.6% 8.1% 8.1% 34% 0.89 75% 49 3 6%
1985 29 STL NL 43 67% 0.0% 23.3% 9.3% 9.3% 40% 1.71 60% 9 1 11%
1986 30 TOT NL 272 52% 3.3% 16.2% 11.0% 7.0% 33% 1.03 68% 49 6 12%
1986 30 CHC NL 129 48% 3.1% 14.7% 9.3% 8.5% 31% 1.37 71% 26 3 12%
1986 30 HOU NL 143 55% 3.5% 17.5% 12.6% 5.6% 36% 0.81 65% 23 3 13%
9 Yrs 5157 49% 2.6% 11.4% 9.9% 6.6% 28% 0.85 75% 929 88 9%
MLB Averages 43% 2.1% 13.4% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.09 75% 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
1977 21 OAK AL 183 39 4 0 1 0 4 3 1 10 6 1 60% 2 0 0 66 7 4 64% 7 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
1978 22 OAK AL 837 178 9 0 25 4 5 6 3 48 25 8 52% 13 12 2 275 15 12 56% 14 12 1 0 0 0 3 0 25 0
1979 23 OAK AL 800 220 18 0 17 11 7 11 7 48 34 3 71% 11 13 1 298 20 16 56% 18 14 1 2 1 0 6 2 29 0
1980 24 OAK AL 1041 218 24 1 22 13 11 10 14 51 23 6 45% 13 13 2 365 16 13 55% 14 12 2 0 0 1 1 0 31 0
1981 25 OAK AL 579 125 11 0 13 6 5 7 4 35 16 4 46% 4 5 0 187 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
1982 26 OAK AL 946 233 38 0 21 24 14 12 26 43 21 2 49% 8 10 0 358 14 4 78% 13 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 28 0
1983 27 TOT AL 456 109 19 1 19 8 11 6 13 36 19 8 53% 9 3 0 167 9 3 75% 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
1983 27 OAK AL 210 50 7 1 12 2 5 2 5 17 11 3 65% 2 2 0 90 7 0 100% 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
1983 27 NYY AL 246 59 12 0 7 6 6 4 8 19 8 5 42% 7 1 0 77 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1985 29 STL NL 43 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 50% 0 0 0 15 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 30 TOT NL 272 58 9 0 1 7 2 5 4 8 7 1 88% 4 6 0 107 2 4 33% 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 0
1986 30 CHC NL 129 36 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 5 0 125% 2 4 0 61 1 3 25% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 0
1986 30 HOU NL 143 22 5 0 1 3 2 1 4 4 2 1 50% 2 2 0 46 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 Yrs 5157 1190 132 2 121 73 59 60 72 285 154 34 54% 64 62 5 1838 88 61 59% 81 53 5 5 2 3 11 2 147 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

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+
1977 21 1 3 .250 4.85 7 6 0 0 0 0 42.2 39 25 23 4 22 0 23 1 0 0 183 83 1.430 8.2 0.8 4.6 4.9 1.05 83
1978 22 9 18 .333 3.53 39 38 0 6 0 0 240.0 217 115 94 13 107 2 131 5 3 12 1020 105 1.350 8.1 0.5 4.0 4.9 1.22 105
1979 23 11 35 .239 4.17 69 66 2 13 1 0 416.2 437 230 193 31 185 4 226 12 3 25 1820 93 1.493 9.4 0.7 4.0 4.9 1.22 93
1980 24 27 48 .360 3.70 103 98 2 33 3 0 666.2 655 324 274 55 279 7 347 17 5 38 2861 103 1.401 8.8 0.7 3.8 4.7 1.24 103
1981 25 37 54 .407 3.65 122 117 2 43 5 0 807.0 780 380 327 66 324 7 407 17 7 43 3440 103 1.368 8.7 0.7 3.6 4.5 1.26 103
1982 26 48 72 .400 4.07 156 151 2 53 7 0 1016.1 1013 524 460 104 425 8 482 22 10 53 4386 93 1.415 9.0 0.9 3.8 4.3 1.13 93
1983 27 53 79 .402 4.19 182 167 5 53 7 0 1116.0 1122 595 519 123 476 9 536 24 11 56 4842 90 1.432 9.0 1.0 3.8 4.3 1.13 90
1984 28 53 79 .402 4.19 182 167 5 53 7 0 1116.0 1122 595 519 123 476 9 536 24 11 56 4842 90 1.432 9.0 1.0 3.8 4.3 1.13 90
1985 29 53 80 .398 4.19 186 168 5 53 7 0 1126.0 1132 600 524 123 480 10 546 25 11 56 4885 90 1.432 9.0 1.0 3.8 4.4 1.14 90
1986 30 58 84 .408 4.17 215 175 10 53 7 0 1190.0 1190 631 552 132 510 14 590 27 13 62 5157 91 1.429 9.0 1.0 3.9 4.5 1.16 91

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
1977 21 1 3 .250 5.77 39.0 41 28 25 4 23 21 1 1.641 9.5 5.3 4.8 0.91 0.9 7
1978 22 10 10 .500 4.08 183.0 192 92 83 10 92 100 4 1.552 9.4 4.5 4.9 1.09 0.5 32
1979 23 6 12 .333 5.76 164.0 227 117 105 19 80 88 7 1.872 12.5 4.4 4.8 1.10 1.0 30
1980 24 15 11 .577 3.49 235.0 231 101 91 25 100 114 5 1.409 8.8 3.8 4.4 1.14 1.0 34
1981 25 9 12 .429 4.45 198.0 209 109 98 18 75 85 0 1.434 9.5 3.4 3.9 1.13 0.8 19
1982 26 5 16 .238 6.84 196.0 247 166 149 40 107 70 5 1.806 11.3 4.9 3.2 0.65 1.8 34
1983 27 3 7 .300 6.25 95.0 115 73 66 20 54 51 2 1.779 10.9 5.1 4.8 0.94 1.9 26
1985 29 0 1 .000 6.00 9.0 11 7 6 0 4 9 1 1.667 11.0 4.0 9.0 2.25 0.0 4
1986 30 3 3 .500 4.35 60.0 59 32 29 9 31 41 2 1.500 8.9 4.7 6.2 1.32 1.4 29
9 Yrs 52 75 .409 4.98 1179.0 1332 725 652 145 566 579 27 1.610 10.2 4.4 1.02 1.1 215

* 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

All-Star Games
1978 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1980 AL  2.92 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1980 AL  16 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  8.118 (10th)
1980 AL  7.848 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1980 AL  20 (3rd)
1981 AL  10 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1980 AL  2 (10th)
1981 AL  2 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  24 (10th)
1982 AL  38 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 AL  94 (5th)
1982 AL  101 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  0.411 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1978 AL  15 (5th)
1979 AL  17 (2nd)
1982 AL  18 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1982 AL  133 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1978 AL  12 (2nd)
1979 AL  13 (3rd)
1980 AL  13 (2nd)
1982 AL  10 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 AL  7 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1980 AL  129 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  24 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1980 AL  2.5 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1980 AL  26.46 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1980 AL  2.2 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1980 AL  2.9 (8th)

             

† 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 - 22 (1015), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Jim Beattie (970)
  2. Glen Hobbie (967)
  3. Max Surkont (964)
  4. Joe Coleman (960)
  5. Bill Stoneman (955)
  6. Roy Parmelee (951)
  7. Steve McCatty (950)
  8. Elmer Myers (950)
  9. Warren Hacker (950)
  10. Mike Norris (950)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Les Backman (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pete Smith (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dave Freisleben (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tom Murphy (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Clancy (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ron Kline (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Moe Drabowsky (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Beattie (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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