Jimmy Key
James Edward Key
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 22, 1961 in Huntsville, AL
High School: Butler (Huntsville, AL)
School: Clemson University
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1984
Final Game: September 20, 1998
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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
1984 23 TOR AL 4 5 .444 4.65 63 0 24 0 0 10 62.0 70 37 32 8 32 8 44 1 1 3 285 89 1.645 10.2 1.2 4.6 6.4 1.38
1985 24 TOR AL 14 6 .700 3.00 35 32 0 3 0 0 212.2 188 77 71 22 50 1 85 2 1 6 856 142 1.119 8.0 0.9 2.1 3.6 1.70 AS
1986 25 TOR AL 14 11 .560 3.57 36 35 0 4 2 0 232.0 222 98 92 24 74 1 141 3 0 3 959 120 1.276 8.6 0.9 2.9 5.5 1.91
1987 26 TOR AL 17 8 .680 2.76 36 36 0 8 1 0 261.0 210 93 80 24 66 6 161 2 5 8 1033 164 1.057 7.2 0.8 2.3 5.6 2.44 CYA-2
1988 27 TOR AL 12 5 .706 3.29 21 21 0 2 2 0 131.1 127 55 48 13 30 2 65 5 0 1 551 120 1.195 8.7 0.9 2.1 4.5 2.17
1989 28 TOR AL 13 14 .481 3.88 33 33 0 5 1 0 216.0 226 99 93 18 27 2 118 3 1 4 886 94 1.171 9.4 0.8 1.1 4.9 4.37
1990 29 TOR AL 13 7 .650 4.25 27 27 0 0 0 0 154.2 169 79 73 20 22 2 88 1 1 0 636 97 1.235 9.8 1.2 1.3 5.1 4.00
1991 30 TOR AL 16 12 .571 3.05 33 33 0 2 2 0 209.1 207 84 71 12 44 3 125 3 0 1 877 138 1.199 8.9 0.5 1.9 5.4 2.84 AS
1992 31 TOR AL 13 13 .500 3.53 33 33 0 4 2 0 216.2 205 88 85 24 59 0 117 4 0 5 900 116 1.218 8.5 1.0 2.5 4.9 1.98
1993 32 NYY AL 18 6 .750 3.00 34 34 0 4 2 0 236.2 219 84 79 26 43 1 173 1 0 3 948 139 1.107 8.3 1.0 1.6 6.6 4.02 AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1994 33 NYY AL 17 4 .810 3.27 25 25 0 1 0 0 168.0 177 68 61 10 52 0 97 3 1 8 710 141 1.363 9.5 0.5 2.8 5.2 1.87 AS,CYA-2,MVP-6
1995 34 NYY AL 1 2 .333 5.64 5 5 0 0 0 0 30.1 40 20 19 3 6 1 14 0 0 1 134 82 1.516 11.9 0.9 1.8 4.2 2.33
1996 35 NYY AL 12 11 .522 4.68 30 30 0 0 0 0 169.1 171 93 88 21 58 1 116 2 0 2 715 107 1.352 9.1 1.1 3.1 6.2 2.00
1997 36 BAL AL 16 10 .615 3.43 34 34 0 1 1 0 212.1 210 90 81 24 82 1 141 5 1 4 902 128 1.375 8.9 1.0 3.5 6.0 1.72
1998 37 BAL AL 6 3 .667 4.20 25 11 4 0 0 0 79.1 77 39 37 5 23 0 53 3 1 1 327 108 1.261 8.7 0.6 2.6 6.0 2.30
15 Seasons 186 117 .614 3.51 470 389 28 34 13 10 2591.2 2518 1104 1010 254 668 29 1538 38 12 50 10719 122 1.229 8.7 0.9 2.3 5.3 2.30
162 Game Avg. 15 9 .614 3.51 37 31 2 3 1 1 205 199 87 80 20 53 2 122 3 1 4 849 122 1.229 8.7 0.9 2.3 5.3 2.30
TOR (9 yrs) 116 81 .589 3.42 317 250 24 28 10 10 1695.2 1624 710 645 165 404 25 944 24 9 31 6983 121 1.196 8.6 0.9 2.1 5.0 2.34
NYY (4 yrs) 48 23 .676 3.68 94 94 0 5 2 0 604.1 607 265 247 60 159 3 400 6 1 14 2507 124 1.268 9.0 0.9 2.4 6.0 2.52
BAL (2 yrs) 22 13 .629 3.64 59 45 4 1 1 0 291.2 287 129 118 29 105 1 194 8 2 5 1229 121 1.344 8.9 0.9 3.2 6.0 1.85

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
1985 24 TOR AL ALCS L KCR 0 1 .000 5.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 15 5 5 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 41 1.962 15.6 1.0 2.1 5.2 2.50
1989 28 TOR AL ALCS L OAK 1 0 1.000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 26 1.500 10.5 1.5 3.0 3.0 1.00
1991 30 TOR AL ALCS L MIN 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 23 1.000 7.5 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.00
1992 31 TOR AL ALCS W OAK 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
1992 31 TOR AL WS W ATL 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 6 2 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 33 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1996 35 NYY AL ALDS W TEX 0 0 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 21 1.200 9.0 1.8 1.8 5.4 3.00
1996 35 NYY AL ALCS W BAL 1 0 1.000 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 27 0.500 3.4 1.1 1.1 5.6 5.00
1996 35 NYY AL WS W ATL 1 1 .500 3.97 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 15 5 5 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 51 1.765 11.9 0.0 4.0 0.8 0.20
1997 36 BAL AL ALDS W SEA 0 1 .000 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 8 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 21 1.714 15.4 0.0 0.0 7.7
1997 36 BAL AL ALCS L CLE 0 0 2.57 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 7 3 0 0 31 1.143 6.4 1.3 3.9 9.0 2.33
6 Seasons (10 Series) 5 3 .625 3.15 14 11 0 0 0 0 68.2 71 25 24 5 17 1 35 4 0 1 286 1.282 9.3 0.7 2.2 4.6 2.06
2 ALDS 0 1 .000 3.72 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.2 13 4 4 1 1 0 7 0 0 1 42 1.448 12.1 0.9 0.9 6.5 7.00
6 ALCS 2 1 .667 3.26 8 6 0 0 0 0 38.2 37 14 14 4 11 1 21 3 0 0 160 1.241 8.6 0.9 2.6 4.9 1.91
2 WS 3 1 .750 2.66 4 3 0 0 0 0 20.1 21 7 6 0 5 0 7 1 0 0 84 1.279 9.3 0.0 2.2 3.1 1.40

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 TOR AL 24 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 TOR AL 30 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1993 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1994 NYY AL 33 1 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
4 Seasons (4 Appearances) 1 1 0 1.000 4.15 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 0.923 8.3 0.0 0.0 6.2

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
1984 23 TOR AL 63 285 245 37 70 11 2 8 2 0 32 44 .286 .369 .445 .814 .320 109 3 1 6 1 8
1985 24 TOR AL 35 856 794 77 188 43 4 22 12 7 50 85 .237 .282 .384 .666 .240 305 21 2 5 5 1
1986 25 TOR AL 36 959 866 98 222 47 4 24 8 6 74 141 .256 .315 .403 .718 .280 349 21 3 10 6 1
1987 26 TOR AL 36 1033 951 93 210 29 8 24 4 11 66 161 .221 .272 .344 .616 .242 327 24 2 11 3 6
1988 27 TOR AL 21 551 509 55 127 26 2 13 4 1 30 65 .250 .296 .385 .681 .263 196 7 5 4 3 2
1989 28 TOR AL 33 886 838 99 226 54 7 18 9 4 27 118 .270 .292 .415 .707 .293 348 16 3 9 9 2
1990 29 TOR AL 27 636 602 79 169 31 2 20 6 4 22 88 .281 .304 .439 .743 .298 264 17 1 5 6 2
1991 30 TOR AL 33 877 815 84 207 36 2 12 6 2 44 125 .254 .293 .347 .640 .286 283 14 3 10 5 3
1992 31 TOR AL 33 900 828 88 205 45 1 24 14 9 59 117 .248 .298 .391 .690 .261 324 11 4 2 7 0
1993 32 NYY AL 34 948 889 84 219 35 4 26 15 6 43 173 .246 .279 .382 .662 .276 340 25 1 6 9 1
1994 33 NYY AL 25 710 649 68 177 32 2 10 9 3 52 97 .273 .329 .374 .703 .307 243 22 3 4 2 0
1995 34 NYY AL 5 134 124 20 40 11 1 3 0 1 6 14 .323 .351 .500 .851 .343 62 3 0 3 1 1
1996 35 NYY AL 30 715 643 93 171 28 7 21 2 6 58 116 .266 .326 .429 .756 .294 276 19 2 7 5 1
1997 36 BAL AL 34 902 804 90 210 30 4 24 11 13 82 141 .261 .331 .398 .729 .288 320 23 5 5 6 1
1998 37 BAL AL 25 327 299 39 77 15 6 5 3 6 23 53 .258 .316 .398 .714 .298 119 8 3 1 1 0
15 Seasons 470 10719 9856 1104 2518 473 56 254 105 79 668 1538 .255 .303 .392 .695 .278 3865 234 38 88 69 29
162 Game Avg. 37 849 780 87 199 37 4 20 8 6 53 122 .255 .303 .392 .695 .278 306 19 3 7 5 2
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
1985 24 TOR AL 35 32 13 6 13 2 0 20 12 .625 2 1 3 0 18 56% 54 92 25 22 3 2 8 4.7 4.7 6.4
1986 25 TOR AL 36 35 14 11 10 2 6 20 15 .571 1 5 4 2 22 63% 53 90 20 28 11 3 6 5.0 4.8 6.6
1987 26 TOR AL 36 36 17 8 11 1 4 24 12 .667 2 7 8 1 27 75% 59 86 16 22 7 4 6 4.7 4.1 7.3
1988 27 TOR AL 21 21 12 5 4 0 0 13 8 .619 0 3 2 2 13 62% 53 85 19 15 2 0 8 4.7 4.7 6.3 94 5 7 8 1 122
1989 28 TOR AL 33 33 13 14 6 1 1 15 18 .455 3 2 5 1 17 52% 52 91 18 19 7 0 9 4.0 4.4 6.5 96 3 16 11 2 141
1990 29 TOR AL 27 27 13 7 7 5 3 14 13 .519 1 2 0 0 14 52% 49 76 7 10 6 0 12 4.8 5.7 5.7 86 9 11 4 1 124
1991 30 TOR AL 33 33 16 12 5 3 6 20 13 .606 2 2 2 2 21 64% 54 88 22 19 8 1 12 4.3 4.2 6.3 99 4 10 17 2 122
1992 31 TOR AL 33 33 13 13 7 0 6 19 14 .576 1 4 4 2 21 64% 54 83 25 26 5 0 14 5.1 5.0 6.6 102 3 6 22 2 122
1993 32 NYY AL 34 34 18 6 10 3 1 24 10 .706 6 2 4 2 25 74% 58 92 20 8 2 0 12 5.9 5.9 7.0 105 1 8 21 4 126
1994 33 NYY AL 25 25 17 4 4 2 0 18 7 .720 2 2 1 0 18 72% 53 77 17 6 1 0 6 6.9 7.2 6.7 107 1 6 15 3 124
1995 34 NYY AL 5 5 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 .600 0 1 0 0 2 40% 42 57 20 2 0 0 1 6.7 3.5 6.1 92 0 3 2 0 111
1996 35 NYY AL 30 30 12 11 7 3 2 16 14 .533 1 4 0 0 13 43% 49 82 9 13 8 0 8 5.2 5.3 5.6 94 5 9 12 1 120
1997 36 BAL AL 34 34 16 10 8 4 2 21 13 .618 1 2 1 1 19 56% 52 81 19 24 7 0 11 4.7 5.3 6.2 107 1 3 21 1 121
1998 37 BAL AL 25 11 4 3 4 0 1 6 5 .545 1 1 0 0 7 64% 50 74 9 7 4 0 4 4.7 3.4 5.9 91 1 6 2 0 105
14 Seasons 407 389 179 112 98 27 33 233 156 .599 23 38 34 13 237 61% 53 92 7 221 71 10 117 5.0 5.0 6.4 99 33 85 135 17 141
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
1984 23 TOR AL 63 63 24 4 5 17 10 7 59% 29 8 75 26 35% 8 1.685 45 8 10 32 19 12 47 16 20 34 24 18 3.0
1985 24 TOR AL 35 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 1.002 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 6.3
1986 25 TOR AL 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0.998 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0
1998 37 BAL AL 25 14 4 2 0 1 0 1 0% 4 3 10 4 40% 6 0.993 5 5 4 5 1 8 8 6 3 5 5 0 3.1 15
4 Seasons 159 81 28 7 5 18 10 8 56% 34 12 87 30 34% 1.079 52 13 16 39 20 22 56 25 25 40 31 18 3.1 15

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%
1984 23 TOR AL 285 61% 2.8% 15.4% 11.2% 7.4% 30% 1.34 68% 64 3 5%
1985 24 TOR AL 856 80% 2.6% 9.9% 5.8% 8.1% 37% 1.35 81% 115 21 18%
1986 25 TOR AL 959 78% 2.5% 14.7% 7.7% 7.8% 34% 1.10 74% 169 21 12%
1987 26 TOR AL 1033 84% 2.3% 15.6% 6.4% 5.9% 29% 1.61 74% 162 24 15%
1988 27 TOR AL 551 85% 2.4% 11.8% 5.4% 7.4% 32% 0.79 0.94 79% 19% 9.6% 44% 85 7 8%
1989 28 TOR AL 886 82% 2.0% 13.3% 3.1% 8.9% 35% 0.73 0.97 80% 22% 5.3% 18% 129 16 12%
1990 29 TOR AL 636 85% 3.1% 13.8% 3.5% 8.3% 31% 0.72 0.91 79% 20% 8.0% 17% 106 17 16%
1991 30 TOR AL 877 86% 1.4% 14.3% 5.0% 5.7% 24% 0.73 0.94 78% 21% 3.7% 17% 158 14 9%
1992 31 TOR AL 900 85% 2.7% 13.0% 6.6% 7.8% 34% 0.77 0.91 77% 19% 7.4% 19% 138 11 8%
1993 32 NYY AL 948 85% 2.7% 18.3% 4.5% 6.9% 30% 1.05 1.35 74% 20% 8.4% 11% 151 25 17%
1994 33 NYY AL 710 81% 1.4% 13.7% 7.3% 6.2% 25% 1.06 1.41 77% 19% 4.3% 12% 123 22 18%
1995 34 NYY AL 134 87% 2.2% 10.5% 4.5% 11.2% 38% 0.52 0.77 81% 26% 4.6% 11% 18 3 17%
1996 35 NYY AL 715 85% 2.9% 16.2% 8.1% 7.8% 33% 0.75 1.08 71% 26% 7.9% 12% 152 19 13%
1997 36 BAL AL 902 82% 2.7% 15.6% 9.1% 6.4% 28% 0.85 1.14 72% 18% 9.4% 24% 164 23 14%
1998 37 BAL AL 327 76% 1.5% 16.2% 7.0% 8.0% 34% 0.62 0.90 74% 25% 3.7% 11% 67 8 12%
15 Seasons 10719 82% 2.4% 14.4% 6.2% 7.3% 31% 0.80 1.13 76% 21% 6.7% 18% 1801 234 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 TOR AL 551 1975 3.58 1246 63% 25% 12% 27% 36% 75% 1% 47% 85% 56% 4% 21 16 18% 101 55 5 34% 9 3 0 3 0
1989 28 TOR AL 857 3079 3.59 1990 65% 26% 11% 26% 36% 74% 1% 48% 85% 59% 3% 29 24 18% 157 83 8 35% 16 3 29 2 1
1990 29 TOR AL 582 2155 3.70 1371 64% 24% 15% 26% 35% 76% 1% 48% 81% 57% 3% 16 9 16% 96 43 2 23% 12 5 54 0 1
1991 30 TOR AL 877 3267 3.73 2046 63% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 1% 46% 83% 58% 4% 39 24 19% 165 84 11 23% 17 12 0 0 0
1992 31 TOR AL 900 3373 3.75 2049 61% 27% 12% 26% 35% 73% 0% 44% 84% 52% 4% 34 25 16% 141 63 4 26% 21 9 0 0 0
1993 32 NYY AL 948 3585 3.78 2210 62% 29% 14% 24% 33% 71% 0% 44% 81% 53% 4% 41 31 15% 139 80 3 28% 26 9 0 0 0
1994 33 NYY AL 710 2667 3.76 1617 61% 26% 13% 26% 35% 74% 0% 45% 82% 54% 5% 38 23 14% 101 55 5 30% 15 15 0 1 2
1995 34 NYY AL 134 462 3.45 297 64% 25% 11% 25% 38% 75% 2% 48% 85% 63% 2% 3 1 13% 18 9 2 21% 3 1 0 0 0
1996 35 NYY AL 647 2536 3.92 1527 60% 28% 12% 27% 32% 72% 0% 43% 83% 58% 5% 34 26 17% 112 59 8 33% 17 7 68 0 0
1997 36 BAL AL 700 2776 3.97 1635 59% 31% 13% 25% 32% 69% 0% 41% 82% 56% 7% 49 33 16% 113 51 9 34% 10 15 202 0 0
1998 37 BAL AL 327 1237 3.78 769 62% 32% 12% 23% 32% 68% 0% 42% 82% 54% 5% 15 9 15% 48 27 2 34% 12 6 0 0 0
11 Seasons 7233 27112 3.75 16757 62% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 0% 45% 83% 56% 4% 319 221 16% 1191 609 59 29% 158 85 353 6 4
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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
1984 23 TOR AL 285 70 8 0 16 6 2 5 3 22 12 1 55% 4 3 0 130 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1985 24 TOR AL 856 188 22 0 6 18 4 12 10 33 16 5 48% 15 6 1 264 12 7 63% 10 6 2 1 0 0 4 1 17 0
1986 25 TOR AL 959 222 24 0 11 23 1 16 8 38 16 3 42% 6 3 1 338 8 6 57% 5 6 3 0 0 0 8 1 9 0
1987 26 TOR AL 1033 210 24 0 8 20 4 15 9 30 19 5 63% 18 8 1 320 4 11 27% 4 7 0 3 0 1 9 4 19 0
1988 27 TOR AL 551 127 31 4 13 0 4 12 1 6 7 22 15 1 68% 8 1 1 182 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
1989 28 TOR AL 886 226 20 3 18 0 3 16 2 8 10 54 28 4 52% 10 4 1 287 9 4 69% 6 2 3 0 0 2 4 1 19 0
1990 29 TOR AL 636 169 27 2 20 0 8 20 0 13 7 27 15 1 56% 3 0 1 216 6 4 60% 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
1991 30 TOR AL 877 207 87 3 12 0 17 10 2 6 6 40 17 5 43% 14 1 1 315 6 2 75% 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1992 31 TOR AL 900 205 54 3 24 0 16 22 2 11 13 38 21 5 55% 8 5 1 288 14 9 61% 11 7 2 2 1 0 1 0 15 0
1993 32 NYY AL 948 219 29 2 26 0 10 20 6 12 14 37 18 9 49% 9 3 0 310 15 6 71% 10 3 4 3 1 0 3 1 15 0
1994 33 NYY AL 710 177 21 1 10 0 13 9 1 3 7 35 20 5 57% 8 8 1 257 9 3 75% 6 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 11 0
1995 34 NYY AL 134 40 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 10 7 0 70% 0 1 0 48 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1996 35 NYY AL 715 171 14 3 21 0 18 20 1 10 11 36 18 6 50% 9 2 1 266 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 3 2 8 0
1997 36 BAL AL 902 210 21 1 24 1 13 19 5 15 9 31 17 3 55% 6 4 0 328 11 13 46% 9 10 2 1 0 2 10 7 13 0
1998 37 BAL AL 327 77 11 1 5 1 10 3 2 1 4 21 8 4 38% 3 1 1 120 3 6 33% 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 0
15 Seasons 10719 2518 318 23 254 2 154 221 33 135 119 474 247 57 52% 121 50 11 3669 105 79 57% 79 61 24 13 2 5 50 19 167 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+
1984 23 4 5 .444 4.65 63 0 24 0 0 10 62.0 70 37 32 8 32 8 44 1 1 3 285 89 1.645 10.2 1.2 4.6 6.4 1.38 89
1985 24 18 11 .621 3.38 98 32 24 3 0 10 274.2 258 114 103 30 82 9 129 3 2 9 1141 126 1.238 8.5 1.0 2.7 4.2 1.57 126
1986 25 32 22 .593 3.46 134 67 24 7 2 10 506.2 480 212 195 54 156 10 270 6 2 12 2100 123 1.255 8.5 1.0 2.8 4.8 1.73 123
1987 26 49 30 .620 3.22 170 103 24 15 3 10 767.2 690 305 275 78 222 16 431 8 7 20 3133 135 1.188 8.1 0.9 2.6 5.1 1.94 135
1988 27 61 35 .635 3.23 191 124 24 17 5 10 899.0 817 360 323 91 252 18 496 13 7 21 3684 132 1.189 8.2 0.9 2.5 5.0 1.97 132
1989 28 74 49 .602 3.36 224 157 24 22 6 10 1115.0 1043 459 416 109 279 20 614 16 8 25 4570 124 1.186 8.4 0.9 2.3 5.0 2.20 124
1990 29 87 56 .608 3.47 251 184 24 22 6 10 1269.2 1212 538 489 129 301 22 702 17 9 25 5206 120 1.192 8.6 0.9 2.1 5.0 2.33 120
1991 30 103 68 .602 3.41 284 217 24 24 8 10 1479.0 1419 622 560 141 345 25 827 20 9 26 6083 122 1.193 8.6 0.9 2.1 5.0 2.40 122
1992 31 116 81 .589 3.42 317 250 24 28 10 10 1695.2 1624 710 645 165 404 25 944 24 9 31 6983 121 1.196 8.6 0.9 2.1 5.0 2.34 121
1993 32 134 87 .606 3.37 351 284 24 32 12 10 1932.1 1843 794 724 191 447 26 1117 25 9 34 7931 123 1.185 8.6 0.9 2.1 5.2 2.50 123
1994 33 151 91 .624 3.36 376 309 24 33 12 10 2100.1 2020 862 785 201 499 26 1214 28 10 42 8641 125 1.199 8.7 0.9 2.1 5.2 2.43 125
1995 34 152 93 .620 3.40 381 314 24 33 12 10 2130.2 2060 882 804 204 505 27 1228 28 10 43 8775 124 1.204 8.7 0.9 2.1 5.2 2.43 124
1996 35 164 104 .612 3.49 411 344 24 33 12 10 2300.0 2231 975 892 225 563 28 1344 30 10 45 9490 122 1.215 8.7 0.9 2.2 5.3 2.39 122
1997 36 180 114 .612 3.49 445 378 24 34 13 10 2512.1 2441 1065 973 249 645 29 1485 35 11 49 10392 123 1.228 8.7 0.9 2.3 5.3 2.30 123
1998 37 186 117 .614 3.51 470 389 28 34 13 10 2591.2 2518 1104 1010 254 668 29 1538 38 12 50 10719 122 1.229 8.7 0.9 2.3 5.3 2.30 122

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1984 23 2 4 .333 4.95 60.0 72 37 33 8 33 43 1 1.750 10.8 5.0 6.5 1.30 1.2 63
1985 24 14 8 .636 3.12 205.0 189 79 71 22 50 82 2 1.166 8.3 2.2 3.6 1.64 1.0 35
1986 25 13 11 .542 3.80 220.0 222 103 93 24 74 134 3 1.345 9.1 3.0 5.5 1.81 1.0 36
1987 26 19 9 .679 2.70 253.0 206 84 76 24 65 156 2 1.071 7.3 2.3 5.5 2.40 0.9 36
1988 27 7 7 .500 3.69 127.0 134 58 52 14 32 63 5 1.307 9.5 2.3 4.5 1.97 1.0 21
1989 28 9 13 .409 4.83 203.0 245 121 109 20 29 111 3 1.350 10.9 1.3 4.9 3.83 0.9 33
1990 29 7 9 .438 4.68 146.0 173 84 76 20 23 83 1 1.342 10.7 1.4 5.1 3.61 1.2 27
1991 30 14 8 .636 3.15 206.0 210 80 72 12 45 123 3 1.238 9.2 2.0 5.4 2.73 0.5 33
1992 31 12 11 .522 3.85 208.0 211 99 89 25 61 112 4 1.308 9.1 2.6 4.8 1.84 1.1 33
1993 32 15 10 .600 3.27 226.0 225 91 82 27 44 165 1 1.190 9.0 1.8 6.6 3.75 1.1 34
1994 33 15 10 .600 3.16 231.0 242 90 81 14 71 133 4 1.355 9.4 2.8 5.2 1.87 0.5 25
1995 34 1 2 .333 5.45 33.0 44 22 20 3 7 15 0 1.545 12.0 1.9 4.1 2.14 0.8 5
1996 35 9 9 .500 4.17 166.0 161 86 77 20 55 114 2 1.301 8.7 3.0 6.2 2.07 1.1 30
1997 36 12 10 .545 3.56 202.0 209 89 80 24 82 134 5 1.441 9.3 3.7 6.0 1.63 1.1 34
1998 37 4 4 .500 4.14 76.0 75 39 35 5 22 51 3 1.276 8.9 2.6 6.0 2.32 0.6 25
15 Seasons 153 125 .550 3.67 2562.0 2618 1162 1046 262 693 1519 39 1.292 9.2 5.3 2.19 0.9 470

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1985 *
1991 *
1993 *
1994 (P)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1987-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1994-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1993-AL-11-7%
1994-AL-6-26%
0.33 Career Shares (557th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1987-AL--2--46%
1993-AL--4--10%
1994-AL--2--69%
1.25 Career Shares (35th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1985 AL--3.005--4th
1987 AL--2.759--1st
1991 AL--3.053--9th
1993 AL--3.004--3rd
1994 AL--3.268--6th
1997 AL--3.433--8th

Wins s c a p y
1987 AL--17--8th
1991 AL--16--10th
1993 AL--18--4th
1994 AL--17--1st
1997 AL--16--6th
Career--186--145th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1985 AL--.700--3rd
1987 AL--.680--4th
1988 AL--.706--4th
1990 AL--.650--9th
1993 AL--.750--3rd
1994 AL--.810--2nd
Career--.614--79th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1985 AL--1.119--3rd
1987 AL--1.058--1st
1989 AL--1.171--7th
1992 AL--1.219--10th
1993 AL--1.107--3rd
Career--1.229--201st

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL--7.956--6th
1987 AL--7.241--1st

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL--2.116--4th
1987 AL--2.276--8th
1989 AL--1.125--1st
1991 AL--1.892--6th
1993 AL--1.635--1st
Career--2.320--199th

Games Played s c a p y
1984 AL--63--8th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1987 AL--261.0--8th
1993 AL--236.7--9th
Career--2591.7--211th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1993 AL--173--8th
Career--1538--154th

Games Started s c a p y
1986 AL--35--5th
1987 AL--36--5th
1989 AL--33--10th
1993 AL--34--6th
1994 AL--25--1st
1997 AL--34--5th
Career--389--132nd

Shutouts s c a p y
1986 AL--2--9th
1988 AL--2--8th
1991 AL--2--6th
1992 AL--2--8th
1993 AL--2--5th
1997 AL--1--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1992 AL--24--8th
1993 AL--26--8th
Career--254--90th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1997 AL--82--7th

Hits s c a p y
1989 AL--226--9th
1994 AL--177--6th
Career--2518--217th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1989 AL--4.370--2nd
1991 AL--2.841--6th
1993 AL--4.023--1st
Career--2.302--135th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 AL--.828--8th
1991 AL--.516--4th
1994 AL--.536--1st

Losses s c a p y
1989 AL--14--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1989 AL--93--10th
Career--1010--217th

Batters Faced s c a p y
Career--10719--189th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1985 AL--142--4th
1986 AL--120--9th
1987 AL--164--1st
1991 AL--138--7th
1993 AL--139--7th
1994 AL--141--8th
1997 AL--128--8th
Career--122--92nd

Salary s c a p y
1993 AL--$4,900,000--9th
1994 AL--$5,350,000--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 15 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 99 (211), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 66 (178), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 33 (116), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Dave McNally (944)
  2. John Candelaria (931)
  3. Mike Cuellar (928)
  4. Art Nehf (928)
  5. Urban Shocker (920)
  6. Lon Warneke (920)
  7. Bret Saberhagen (908)
  8. Dwight Gooden (899)
  9. Ron Guidry (898)
  10. Ed Lopat (897)
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  1. Kevin Saucier (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Larry Jaster (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Frank Sullivan (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Matt Morris (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Lee (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Matt Morris (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. John Smiley (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. John Smiley (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. John Candelaria (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. John Candelaria (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Don Newcombe (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. John Candelaria (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. John Candelaria (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. John Candelaria (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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