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Jim Kern

James Lester Kern

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 15, 1949 in Gladwin, MI
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1974
Teams (by GP): Indians/Rangers/Reds/WhiteSox/Brewers/... 1974-1986
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: May 30, 1986
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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
1974 25 CLE AL 0 1 .000 4.70 4 3 0 1 0 0 15.1 16 9 8 1 14 1 11 0 1 0 76 79 1.957 9.4 0.6 8.2 6.5 0.79
1975 26 CLE AL 1 2 .333 3.77 13 7 1 0 0 0 71.2 60 31 30 5 45 3 55 5 1 3 311 100 1.465 7.5 0.6 5.7 6.9 1.22
1976 27 CLE AL 10 7 .588 2.37 50 2 31 0 0 15 117.2 91 38 31 2 50 7 111 5 2 6 480 146 1.198 7.0 0.2 3.8 8.5 2.22
1977 28 CLE AL 8 10 .444 3.42 60 0 46 0 0 18 92.0 85 39 35 3 47 8 91 6 0 4 393 116 1.435 8.3 0.3 4.6 8.9 1.94 AS
1978 29 CLE AL 10 10 .500 3.08 58 0 43 0 0 13 99.1 77 36 34 4 58 7 95 3 0 5 423 122 1.359 7.0 0.4 5.3 8.6 1.64 AS
1979 30 TEX AL 13 5 .722 1.57 71 0 57 0 0 29 143.0 99 35 25 5 62 6 136 2 0 5 578 264 1.126 6.2 0.3 3.9 8.6 2.19 AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1980 31 TEX AL 3 11 .214 4.83 38 1 15 0 0 2 63.1 65 38 34 4 45 10 40 2 1 3 295 81 1.737 9.2 0.6 6.4 5.7 0.89
1981 32 TEX AL 1 2 .333 2.70 23 0 15 0 0 6 30.0 21 10 9 0 22 3 20 1 1 1 131 129 1.433 6.3 0.0 6.6 6.0 0.91
1982 33 TOT MLB 5 6 .455 3.46 63 1 33 0 0 5 104.0 81 43 40 6 60 14 66 2 2 11 447 110 1.356 7.0 0.5 5.2 5.7 1.10
1982 33 CIN NL 3 5 .375 2.84 50 0 26 0 0 2 76.0 61 27 24 3 48 14 43 2 2 9 335 130 1.434 7.2 0.4 5.7 5.1 0.90
1982 33 CHW AL 2 1 .667 5.14 13 1 7 0 0 3 28.0 20 16 16 3 12 0 23 0 0 2 112 80 1.143 6.4 1.0 3.9 7.4 1.92
1983 34 CHW AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 35 TOT MLB 1 1 .500 7.50 14 0 8 0 0 0 18.0 26 16 15 3 13 1 12 0 0 3 93 52 2.167 13.0 1.5 6.5 6.0 0.92
1984 35 PHI NL 0 1 .000 10.13 8 0 5 0 0 0 13.1 20 16 15 3 10 1 8 0 0 3 70 37 2.250 13.5 2.0 6.8 5.4 0.80
1984 35 MIL AL 1 0 1.000 0.00 6 0 3 0 0 0 4.2 6 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 23 1.929 11.6 0.0 5.8 7.7 1.33
1985 36 MIL AL 0 1 .000 6.55 5 0 1 0 0 0 11.0 14 8 8 1 5 1 3 0 0 3 50 66 1.727 11.5 0.8 4.1 2.5 0.60
1986 37 CLE AL 1 1 .500 7.90 16 0 4 0 0 0 27.1 34 28 24 1 23 0 11 3 0 3 142 53 2.085 11.2 0.3 7.6 3.6 0.48
13 Yrs 53 57 .482 3.32 416 14 254 1 0 88 793.1 670 332 293 35 444 61 651 29 8 48 3422 116 1.404 7.6 0.4 5.0 7.4 1.47
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .482 3.32 66 2 40 0 0 14 125 106 53 46 6 70 10 103 5 1 8 541 116 1.404 7.6 0.4 5.0 7.4 1.47
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
CLE (6 yrs) 30 31 .492 3.44 201 12 125 1 0 46 423.1 363 181 162 16 237 26 374 22 4 21 1825 109 1.417 7.7 0.3 5.0 8.0 1.58
TEX (3 yrs) 17 18 .486 2.59 132 1 87 0 0 37 236.1 185 83 68 9 129 19 196 5 2 9 1004 155 1.329 7.0 0.3 4.9 7.5 1.52
MIL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.60 11 0 4 0 0 0 15.2 20 8 8 1 8 1 7 0 0 3 73 93 1.787 11.5 0.6 4.6 4.0 0.88
CHW (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 5.02 14 1 7 0 0 3 28.2 21 17 16 3 12 0 23 0 0 3 115 83 1.151 6.6 0.9 3.8 7.2 1.92
PHI (1 yr) 0 1 .000 10.13 8 0 5 0 0 0 13.1 20 16 15 3 10 1 8 0 0 3 70 37 2.250 13.5 2.0 6.8 5.4 0.80
CIN (1 yr) 3 5 .375 2.84 50 0 26 0 0 2 76.0 61 27 24 3 48 14 43 2 2 9 335 130 1.434 7.2 0.4 5.7 5.1 0.90
AL (13 yrs) 50 51 .495 3.25 358 14 223 1 0 86 704.0 589 289 254 29 386 46 600 27 6 36 3017 119 1.385 7.5 0.4 4.9 7.7 1.55
NL (2 yrs) 3 6 .333 3.93 58 0 31 0 0 2 89.1 81 43 39 6 58 15 51 2 2 12 405 94 1.556 8.2 0.6 5.8 5.1 0.88

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
1974 25 CLE AL 15.1 4 3 9 5.28 4.16 0.22 0.06 97.8 3.91 -2 -0.2 .1 0.0 -0.1 -1 .438 .498 $
1975 26 CLE AL 71.2 13 7 31 3.89 4.39 -0.04 -0.04 101.4 4.45 4 0.5 .4 -0.1 1.0 12 .538 .503 $
1976 27 CLE AL 117.2 50 2 38 2.91 3.93 -0.15 -0.28 97.8 3.72 11 1.3 2.5 0.6 3.0 22 .525 .508 $
1977 28 CLE AL 92.0 60 0 39 3.82 4.51 -0.04 -0.36 98.6 4.13 3 0.3 2.2 0.0 1.2 13 .505 .502 $110,000 AS
1978 29 CLE AL 99.1 58 0 36 3.26 4.38 -0.10 -0.36 100.8 4.16 10 1.1 2.3 0.5 2.6 20 .519 .507 $110,000 AS
1979 30 TEX AL 143.0 71 0 35 2.20 4.71 0.29 -0.38 98.4 3.97 28 2.9 2.4 1.8 6.0 45 .541 .518 $ AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1980 31 TEX AL 63.1 38 1 38 5.40 4.50 -0.54 -0.32 96.2 4.54 -6 -0.6 2.0 -0.4 -0.5 1 .483 .496 $
1981 32 TEX AL 30.0 23 0 10 3.00 4.23 0.32 -0.34 95.2 3.40 1 0.2 1.7 -0.0 0.4 3 .507 .501 $163,000
1982 33 CIN NL 76.0 50 0 27 3.20 4.18 -0.34 -0.32 102.3 4.30 8 1.0 1.6 0.1 1.7 17 .519 .506 $
1982 33 CHW AL 28.0 13 1 16 5.14 4.15 -0.21 -0.22 100.3 4.16 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0 .477 .498 $
1983 34 CHW AL 0.2 1 0 1 13.50 4.04 0.42 -0.32 96.0 3.16 -1 -0.1 .9 0.0 -0.1 -1 .425 .500 $
1984 35 PHI NL 13.1 8 0 16 10.80 4.14 -0.11 -0.32 102.5 4.02 -10 -1.0 .7 0.1 -0.8 -9 .374 .494 $
1984 35 MIL AL 4.2 6 0 0 0.00 5.19 -0.22 -0.41 101.0 5.05 3 0.3 1.7 0.1 0.4 3 .548 .502 $
1985 36 MIL AL 11.0 5 0 8 6.55 4.78 -0.23 -0.37 96.5 4.47 -3 -0.2 1.2 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .450 .498 $
1986 37 CLE AL 27.1 16 0 28 9.22 4.90 -0.31 -0.38 99.3 4.80 -13 -1.3 1.4 -0.3 -1.3 -10 .420 .492 $90,000
13 Seasons 793.1 416 14 332 3.77 4.39 -0.07 -0.30 99.1 4.12 31 3.7 2.0 2.4 13.2 114 .509 .502 $473,000
CLE (6 yrs) 423.1 201 12 181 3.85 4.31 -0.09 -0.27 99.4 4.11 13 1.7 2.1 0.8 6.4 57 .508 .502 $310,000
TEX (3 yrs) 236.1 132 1 83 3.16 4.59 0.07 -0.36 97.4 4.05 23 2.4 2.2 1.4 5.9 49 .518 .505 $163,000
MIL (2 yrs) 15.2 11 0 8 4.60 4.90 -0.23 -0.38 97.8 4.65 0 0.0 1.5 0.1 0.2 2 .504 .500 $
CHW (2 yrs) 28.2 14 1 17 5.34 4.15 -0.20 -0.22 100.2 4.14 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .473 .499 $
PHI (1 yr) 13.1 8 0 16 10.80 4.14 -0.11 -0.32 102.5 4.02 -10 -1.0 .7 0.1 -0.8 -9 .374 .494 $
CIN (1 yr) 76.0 50 0 27 3.20 4.18 -0.34 -0.32 102.3 4.30 8 1.0 1.6 0.1 1.7 17 .519 .506 $

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
1977 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1978 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00
1979 TEX AL 30 0 0 1 .000 6.75 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 0 1 0 13 1.875 6.8 3.4 10.1 10.1 1.00
3 Yrs (3 GP) 0 0 1 .000 4.15 0 0 0 0 4.1 3 2 2 1 4 2 6 0 1 0 20 1.615 6.2 2.1 8.3 12.5 1.50

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
1974 25 CLE AL 4 76 61 9 16 3 0 1 3 1 14 11 .262 .395 .361 .755 .300 22 1 0 0 1 1 2
1975 26 CLE AL 13 311 258 31 60 7 0 5 10 6 45 55 .233 .356 .318 .674 .276 82 9 5 2 1 3 0
1976 27 CLE AL 50 480 409 38 91 10 6 2 11 9 50 111 .222 .309 .291 .600 .293 119 11 5 7 8 7 3
1977 28 CLE AL 60 393 327 39 85 10 3 3 12 10 47 91 .260 .359 .336 .696 .346 110 12 6 9 4 8 3
1978 29 CLE AL 58 423 343 36 77 13 2 4 12 6 58 95 .224 .338 .309 .647 .294 106 6 3 15 4 7 3
1979 30 TEX AL 71 578 499 35 99 14 1 5 6 5 62 136 .198 .288 .261 .549 .260 130 11 2 12 3 6 8
1980 31 TEX AL 38 295 233 38 65 16 3 4 5 1 45 40 .279 .392 .425 .817 .313 99 9 2 9 6 10 2
1981 32 TEX AL 23 131 103 10 21 2 0 0 0 1 22 20 .204 .346 .223 .570 .250 23 3 1 4 1 3 2
1982 33 CHW AL 13 111 98 16 20 5 0 3 1 2 12 23 .204 .288 .347 .635 .233 34 1 0 1 1 0 1
1982 33 CIN NL 50 335 275 27 61 7 2 3 7 4 48 43 .222 .338 .295 .633 .250 81 6 2 7 3 14 8
1982 33 TOT MLB 63 446 373 43 81 12 2 6 8 6 60 66 .217 .326 .308 .634 .246 115 7 2 8 4 14 9
1983 34 CHW AL 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 35 MIL AL 6 23 20 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 .300 .391 .300 .691 .375 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 35 PHI NL 8 70 59 16 20 5 0 3 2 0 10 8 .339 .435 .576 1.011 .354 34 2 0 1 0 1 1
1984 35 TOT MLB 14 93 79 16 26 5 0 3 3 0 13 12 .329 .424 .506 .930 .359 40 2 0 1 0 1 1
1985 36 MIL AL 5 50 44 8 14 2 0 1 0 0 5 3 .318 .388 .432 .820 .325 19 0 0 1 0 1 0
1986 37 CLE AL 16 142 114 28 34 7 1 1 4 1 23 11 .298 .429 .404 .832 .324 46 3 3 2 0 0 4
13 Yrs 416 3421 2846 332 670 101 18 35 74 46 444 651 .235 .341 .320 .662 .290 912 74 29 70 32 61 37
162 Game Avg. 66 541 450 53 106 16 3 6 12 7 70 103 .235 .341 .320 .662 .290 144 12 5 11 5 10 6
MLB Averages .260 .325 .384 .709 .284
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1974 25 CLE AL -1.6 -0.2 81 -0.2 1.1 -1.3 .94 -0.3 0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.94 -3.7 0 0 1
1975 26 CLE AL 1.4 0.2 328 0.1 4.6 -4.5 .86 -0.1 0.1 5.7 0.6 0.86 1.1 0 1 5
1976 27 CLE AL 13.3 1.4 508 3.2 13.0 -9.8 1.50 1.6 0.5 18.8 2.1 1.50 15.9 35 9 3
1977 28 CLE AL 5.8 0.6 421 -0.4 13.5 -13.9 1.96 0.7 -0.9 8.4 0.9 1.96 6.1 42 8 9
1978 29 CLE AL 8.8 0.9 448 1.3 13.7 -12.4 1.97 1.2 -0.6 15.5 1.6 1.97 10.1 38 10 9
1979 30 TEX AL 38.6 3.9 598 4.7 17.4 -12.7 1.58 3.0 -0.0 42.0 4.3 1.58 38.5 47 15 7
1980 31 TEX AL -6.8 -0.7 307 -1.2 6.8 -8.1 1.60 -0.8 0.1 -9.1 -0.9 1.60 -8.3 19 6 12
1981 32 TEX AL 2.8 0.3 133 0.8 2.6 -1.8 1.27 0.2 0.5 5.2 0.6 1.27 1.9 10 5 8
1982 33 TOT MLB 4.6 0.5 475 -1.3 8.5 -9.8 1.23 0.5 -1.5 2.4 0.3 1.23 4.5 27 9 25
1982 33 CIN NL 7.2 0.8 356 -1.5 6.6 -8.1 1.33 0.2 -1.3 3.8 0.4 1.33 2.5 23 6 20
1982 33 CHW AL -2.5 -0.2 119 0.2 1.9 -1.7 .93 0.3 -0.0 -1.5 -0.1 0.92 2.0 4 3 5
1983 34 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 4 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .54 -0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.54 -0.0 0 1 0
1984 35 TOT MLB -6.7 -0.6 101 -1.2 0.4 -1.6 .55 -0.8 -1.5 -12.4 -1.2 0.55 -8.7 5 3 2
1984 35 PHI NL -8.9 -0.9 76 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .35 -0.7 -1.1 -10.5 -1.0 0.35 -8.1 2 2 1
1984 35 MIL AL 2.2 0.2 25 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 1.15 -0.1 -0.4 -1.9 -0.2 1.15 -0.6 3 1 1
1985 36 MIL AL -2.3 -0.2 53 0.2 1.0 -0.8 1.08 0.0 0.2 -2.0 -0.2 1.08 -1.5 2 2 1
1986 37 CLE AL -12.0 -1.1 150 -0.4 1.0 -1.4 .55 -0.7 0.0 -15.6 -1.5 0.55 -9.0 5 1 10
13 Yrs 46.2 5.0 3607 5.7 83.7 -78.0 1.45 4.4 -0.5 56.0 6.2 1.45 46.9 230 70 92
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1974 25 CLE AL 4 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 .333 0 1 1 0 1 33% 51.7 72 39 5 1 0 3 4.5 4.2 4.4
1975 26 CLE AL 13 7 1 2 4 0 0 4 3 .571 1 2 0 0 3 43% 49.0 75 24 11 5 1 2 4.2 2.7 6.7
1976 27 CLE AL 50 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 51.5 59 44 15 5 0 1 4.8 3.3 6.0
1980 31 TEX AL 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 26 11 1 0 0.0 0.0 4.7
1982 33 TOT MLB 63 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 60 60 15 7 0 1 4.5 6.0 6.3
1982 33 CHW AL 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 60.0 60 60 5 2 0 1 4.5 6.0 6.3
5 Yrs 118 14 3 5 6 0 1 7 7 .500 1 3 1 0 6 43% 49 75 24 62 24 2 7 4.0 3.1 6.0
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 106 -13 4.3 4.2 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
1974 25 CLE AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .935 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1975 26 CLE AL 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 2 .859 0 1 5 0 0 6 5 1 6 0 6 1 12.3
1976 27 CLE AL 50 48 31 9 6 16 15 1 94% 19 3 78 22 28% 8 1.501 35 9 3 22 12 14 40 8 34 10 35 11 6.6
1977 28 CLE AL 60 60 46 8 10 27 18 9 67% 30 2 67 21 31% 9 1.959 42 8 9 31 13 16 44 16 28 16 31 15 4.6
1978 29 CLE AL 58 58 43 10 10 17 13 4 76% 20 2 76 18 24% 8 1.971 38 10 9 21 17 20 46 12 35 13 37 13 5.1
1979 30 TEX AL 71 71 57 13 5 38 29 9 76% 42 3 91 25 27% 8 1.584 47 15 7 49 13 9 57 14 49 14 51 20 6.0
1980 31 TEX AL 38 37 15 3 10 9 2 7 22% 14 3 43 22 51% 7 1.603 19 6 12 15 7 15 28 9 17 13 20 3 4.8
1981 32 TEX AL 23 23 15 1 2 6 6 0 100% 9 3 26 3 12% 8 1.273 10 5 8 11 3 9 15 8 10 10 11 6 3.9
1982 33 TOT MLB 63 62 33 4 6 10 5 5 50% 13 2 53 19 36% 1.232 27 9 25 16 12 34 28 34 33 15 35 15 4.7
1982 33 CIN NL 50 50 26 3 5 6 2 4 33% 9 2 43 16 37% 8 1.332 23 6 20 10 12 28 21 29 27 13 28 13 4.6
1982 33 CHW AL 13 12 7 1 1 4 3 1 75% 4 0 10 3 30% 8 .930 4 3 5 6 0 6 7 5 6 2 7 2 5.4
1983 34 CHW AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 .540 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.0
1984 35 TOT MLB 14 14 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 6 50% .545 5 3 2 2 2 10 7 7 7 2 7 3 3.9
1984 35 PHI NL 8 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 7 .348 2 2 1 0 1 7 3 5 5 0 5 2 5.0
1984 35 MIL AL 6 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 3 50% 7 1.146 3 1 1 2 1 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 2.3
1985 36 MIL AL 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 6 1.083 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 5 0 5 0 6.6
1986 37 CLE AL 16 16 4 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 24 13 54% 7 .550 5 1 10 2 3 11 14 2 10 6 11 2 5.1
13 Yrs 416 402 254 50 52 124 88 36 71% 152 20 481 151 31% 1.447 230 70 92 170 83 149 287 115 235 100 251 89 5.3
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

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%
1974 25 CLE AL 76 59% 1.3% 14.5% 18.4% 5.3% 25% 0.48 66% 20 1 5%
1975 26 CLE AL 311 55% 1.6% 17.7% 14.5% 3.9% 20% 1.23 64% 65 9 14%
1976 27 CLE AL 480 58% 0.4% 23.1% 10.4% 3.8% 20% 1.25 63% 106 11 10%
1977 28 CLE AL 393 54% 0.8% 23.2% 12.0% 4.1% 19% 1.40 60% 88 12 14%
1978 29 CLE AL 423 58% 1.0% 22.5% 13.7% 4.5% 25% 1.05 59% 101 6 6%
1979 30 TEX AL 578 51% 0.9% 23.5% 10.7% 3.5% 20% 1.60 62% 126 11 9%
1980 31 TEX AL 295 51% 1.4% 13.6% 15.3% 7.8% 35% 1.28 66% 76 9 12%
1981 32 TEX AL 131 63% 0.0% 15.3% 16.8% 1.5% 10% 1.56 64% 36 3 8%
1982 33 TOT MLB 447 56% 1.4% 14.8% 13.5% 4.5% 25% 1.17 68% 87 7 8%
1982 33 CIN NL 335 54% 0.9% 12.8% 14.3% 3.6% 20% 1.28 69% 68 6 9%
1982 33 CHW AL 112 63% 2.7% 20.7% 10.8% 7.2% 40% 0.87 66% 19 1 5%
1983 34 CHW AL 3 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 100% 0 0
1984 35 TOT MLB 93 38% 3.2% 12.9% 14.0% 8.6% 31% 1.63 69% 32 2 6%
1984 35 PHI NL 70 37% 4.3% 11.4% 14.3% 11.4% 40% 1.91 69% 25 2 8%
1984 35 MIL AL 23 39% 0.0% 17.4% 13.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 70% 7 0 0%
1985 36 MIL AL 50 52% 2.0% 6.0% 10.0% 6.0% 21% 0.81 80% 10 0 0%
1986 37 CLE AL 142 54% 0.7% 7.8% 16.2% 6.3% 27% 1.76 72% 44 3 7%
13 Yrs 3422 55% 1.0% 19.0% 13.0% 4.5% 23% 1.28 64% 791 74 9%
MLB Averages 43% 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.09 75% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1974 25 CLE AL 76 16 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 75% 2 0 0 37 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 26 CLE AL 311 60 5 0 6 4 1 2 3 15 7 1 47% 0 3 0 123 10 6 63% 7 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 6 0
1976 27 CLE AL 480 91 2 0 25 1 1 2 0 34 18 7 53% 3 6 3 209 11 9 55% 11 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 25 0
1977 28 CLE AL 393 85 3 0 20 2 1 2 1 44 15 11 34% 3 4 1 185 12 10 55% 12 6 0 1 0 3 2 1 12 0
1978 29 CLE AL 423 77 4 0 25 3 1 1 3 40 17 7 43% 3 5 3 197 12 6 67% 9 6 3 0 0 0 3 3 20 0
1979 30 TEX AL 578 99 5 0 18 1 4 3 2 41 14 12 34% 8 5 1 261 6 5 55% 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1980 31 TEX AL 295 65 4 0 14 4 0 2 2 42 21 6 50% 2 3 1 134 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1981 32 TEX AL 131 21 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 75% 2 1 0 73 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1982 33 TOT MLB 446 81 6 0 23 4 2 2 4 27 13 4 48% 9 11 0 175 8 6 57% 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 25 1
1982 33 CIN NL 335 61 3 0 18 3 0 1 2 19 8 2 42% 8 9 0 141 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1982 33 CHW AL 111 20 3 0 5 1 2 1 2 8 5 2 63% 1 2 0 34 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
1983 34 CHW AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 35 TOT MLB 93 26 3 0 6 2 1 3 0 16 9 1 56% 1 3 1 43 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1984 35 PHI NL 70 20 3 0 6 2 1 3 0 13 8 1 62% 1 3 0 33 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1984 35 MIL AL 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 0 0 1 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1985 36 MIL AL 50 14 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 100% 0 3 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1986 37 CLE AL 142 34 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 17 13 0 76% 4 3 0 66 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
13 Yrs 3421 670 35 0 151 21 14 19 16 287 136 50 47% 37 48 10 1528 74 46 62% 66 36 7 6 1 4 6 4 134 1
MLB Averages 53% 66%
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

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+
1974 25 0 1 .000 4.70 4 3 0 1 0 0 15.1 16 9 8 1 14 1 11 0 1 0 76 79 1.957 9.4 0.6 8.2 6.5 0.79 79
1975 26 1 3 .250 3.93 17 10 1 1 0 0 87.0 76 40 38 6 59 4 66 5 2 3 387 96 1.552 7.9 0.6 6.1 6.8 1.12 96
1976 27 11 10 .524 3.03 67 12 32 1 0 15 204.2 167 78 69 8 109 11 177 10 4 9 867 118 1.349 7.3 0.4 4.8 7.8 1.62 118
1977 28 19 20 .487 3.16 127 12 78 1 0 33 296.2 252 117 104 11 156 19 268 16 4 13 1260 118 1.375 7.6 0.3 4.7 8.1 1.72 118
1978 29 29 30 .492 3.14 185 12 121 1 0 46 396.0 329 153 138 15 214 26 363 19 4 18 1683 119 1.371 7.5 0.3 4.9 8.3 1.70 119
1979 30 42 35 .545 2.72 256 12 178 1 0 75 539.0 428 188 163 20 276 32 499 21 4 23 2261 141 1.306 7.1 0.3 4.6 8.3 1.81 141
1980 31 45 46 .495 2.94 294 13 193 1 0 77 602.1 493 226 197 24 321 42 539 23 5 26 2556 131 1.351 7.4 0.4 4.8 8.1 1.68 131
1981 32 46 48 .489 2.93 317 13 208 1 0 83 632.1 514 236 206 24 343 45 559 24 6 27 2687 131 1.355 7.3 0.3 4.9 8.0 1.63 131
1982 33 51 54 .486 3.01 380 14 241 1 0 88 736.1 595 279 246 30 403 59 625 26 8 38 3134 127 1.355 7.3 0.4 4.9 7.6 1.55 127
1983 34 51 54 .486 3.00 381 14 241 1 0 88 737.0 596 280 246 30 403 59 625 26 8 39 3137 127 1.355 7.3 0.4 4.9 7.6 1.55 127
1984 35 52 55 .486 3.11 395 14 249 1 0 88 755.0 622 296 261 33 416 60 637 26 8 42 3230 123 1.375 7.4 0.4 5.0 7.6 1.53 123
1985 36 52 56 .481 3.16 400 14 250 1 0 88 766.0 636 304 269 34 421 61 640 26 8 45 3280 121 1.380 7.5 0.4 4.9 7.5 1.52 121
1986 37 53 57 .482 3.32 416 14 254 1 0 88 793.1 670 332 293 35 444 61 651 29 8 48 3422 116 1.404 7.6 0.4 5.0 7.4 1.47 116

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
1974 25 0 1 .000 5.40 15.0 17 10 9 1 15 11 0 2.133 10.2 9.0 6.6 0.73 0.6 4
1975 26 3 4 .429 4.71 65.0 64 38 34 5 48 50 5 1.723 8.9 6.6 6.9 1.04 0.7 13
1976 27 7 4 .636 3.20 107.0 101 42 38 2 55 101 6 1.458 8.5 4.6 8.5 1.84 0.2 50
1977 28 4 5 .444 4.01 83.0 88 41 37 3 49 82 6 1.651 9.5 5.3 8.9 1.67 0.3 60
1978 29 5 5 .500 3.82 92.0 82 43 39 4 62 88 3 1.565 8.0 6.1 8.6 1.42 0.4 58
1979 30 13 2 .867 1.68 139.0 101 29 26 5 63 132 2 1.180 6.5 4.1 8.5 2.10 0.3 71
1980 31 2 4 .333 5.64 59.0 68 41 37 4 47 37 2 1.949 10.4 7.2 5.6 0.79 0.6 38
1981 32 2 2 .500 3.73 41.0 35 19 17 0 37 28 2 1.756 7.7 8.1 6.1 0.76 0.0 23
1982 33 6 5 .545 3.78 100.0 83 47 42 6 61 64 2 1.440 7.5 5.5 5.8 1.05 0.5 63
1983 34 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1984 35 0 1 .000 8.47 17.0 27 18 16 3 14 12 0 2.412 14.3 7.4 6.4 0.86 1.6 14
1985 36 0 1 .000 7.20 10.0 14 9 8 1 5 3 0 1.900 12.6 4.5 2.7 0.60 0.9 5
1986 37 0 2 .000 8.33 27.0 35 28 25 1 24 11 3 2.185 11.7 8.0 3.7 0.46 0.3 16
13 Yrs 42 36 .538 3.90 756.0 715 365 328 35 480 619 31 1.581 8.5 7.4 1.29 0.4 416

* 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
1977 *
1978 *
1979 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1979 AL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (11, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (4, 18%)
0.18 Career Shares (162nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1979 AL  6.0 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1979 AL  6.0 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1979 AL  .722 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1977 AL  60 (8th)
1978 AL  58 (8th)
1979 AL  71 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1976 AL  15 (6th)
1977 AL  18 (4th)
1978 AL  13 (9th)
1979 AL  29 (2nd)
Career  88 (153rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1979 AL  136 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1982 NL  9 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1976 AL  31 (9th)
1977 AL  46 (6th)
1978 AL  43 (9th)
1979 AL  57 (2nd)
Career  254 (164th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  39 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1979 AL  3.9 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1976 AL  18.83 (10th)
1979 AL  41.98 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1976 AL  3.2 (8th)
1979 AL  4.7 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1979 AL  3.0 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1976 AL  2.1 (10th)
1979 AL  4.3 (3rd)

                           

† 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 - 17 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Larry Sherry (960)
  2. John Wyatt (949)
  3. Don Elston (945)
  4. Rick Camp (945)
  5. Jim Brosnan (944)
  6. Elias Sosa (942)
  7. Ed Roebuck (942)
  8. Doug Bair (940)
  9. Steve Farr (940)
  10. Dick Radatz (939)
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  1. Tom Ferrick (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Vicente Romo (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Vicente Romo (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Eddie Watt (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dick Radatz (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Scot Shields (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Alejandro Pena (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Alejandro Pena (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Steve Farr (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Don McMahon (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Al Worthington (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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