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Jimmy Key

James Edward Key

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 22, 1961 in Huntsville, AL
High School: Butler HS (Huntsville, AL)
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
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
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Yankees/Orioles 1984-1998
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: September 20, 1998
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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
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 6 856 141 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 3 959 119 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 1 551 119 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 95 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 1 877 139 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 5 900 115 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 8 710 140 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 83 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 Yrs 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 123 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 122 1.344 8.9 0.9 3.2 6.0 1.85

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
1984 23 TOR AL 62.0 63 0 37 5.37 4.65 0.18 -0.37 102.7 4.21 -8 -0.8 2.5 -0.7 -1.0 -2 .487 .495 $
1985 24 TOR AL 212.2 35 32 77 3.26 4.71 0.46 0.15 101.4 4.46 29 3.1 1.0 -0.1 4.7 51 .589 .519 $131,250 AS
1986 25 TOR AL 232.0 36 35 98 3.80 4.69 0.07 0.16 100.8 4.82 26 2.8 1.5 -0.1 4.6 51 .577 .517 $552,500
1987 26 TOR AL 261.0 36 36 93 3.21 4.94 0.32 0.17 101.8 4.89 48 5.1 -0.2 7.1 79 .643 .532 $554,391 CYA-2
1988 27 TOR AL 131.1 21 21 55 3.77 4.43 0.18 0.14 98.2 4.32 8 0.9 -0.1 1.9 21 .541 .505 $440,225
1989 28 TOR AL 216.0 33 33 99 4.13 4.30 0.05 0.15 92.5 4.08 -2 -0.2 -0.1 1.4 21 .493 .499 $1,766,666
1990 29 TOR AL 154.2 27 27 79 4.60 4.35 0.18 0.16 106.3 4.60 1 0.1 -0.1 1.4 17 .504 .501 $1,466,667
1991 30 TOR AL 209.1 33 33 84 3.61 4.48 0.19 0.16 102.4 4.56 22 2.4 -0.1 4.1 46 .574 .515 $ AS
1992 31 TOR AL 216.2 33 33 88 3.66 4.26 0.21 0.15 103.2 4.33 16 1.8 -0.1 3.6 40 .556 .511 $2,275,000
1993 32 NYY AL 236.2 34 34 84 3.19 4.75 0.24 0.17 96.7 4.52 37 4.0 -0.1 6.0 64 .617 .525 $4,900,000 AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1994 33 NYY AL 168.0 25 25 68 3.64 5.21 -0.02 0.19 95.0 5.15 28 2.8 -0.1 4.1 44 .611 .517 $5,350,000 AS,CYA-2,MVP-6
1995 34 NYY AL 30.1 5 5 20 5.93 5.07 0.08 0.19 96.9 5.02 -3 -0.3 -0.0 0.0 0 .445 .498 $4,873,700
1996 35 NYY AL 169.1 30 30 93 4.94 5.21 -0.29 0.20 101.4 5.78 13 1.3 -0.1 2.7 39 .542 .508 $1,750,000
1997 36 BAL AL 212.1 34 34 90 3.81 5.00 0.09 0.19 96.4 4.91 25 2.5 -0.1 4.3 53 .574 .516 $2,340,000
1998 37 BAL AL 79.1 25 11 39 4.42 4.97 -0.06 0.08 97.7 5.00 5 0.5 1.2 -0.1 1.2 15 .520 .503 $5,390,825
15 Seasons 2591.2 470 389 1104 3.83 4.71 0.15 0.15 99.6 4.69 246 26.0 2.2 -2.2 46.1 541 .555 .511 $31,791,224
TOR (9 yrs) 1695.2 317 250 710 3.77 4.55 0.21 0.14 100.9 4.51 141 15.2 2.4 -1.7 27.8 326 .548 .510 $7,186,699
NYY (4 yrs) 604.1 94 94 265 3.95 5.02 0.01 0.18 97.6 5.08 75 7.7 -0.4 12.8 147 .582 .512 $16,873,700
BAL (2 yrs) 291.2 59 45 129 3.98 4.99 0.05 0.16 96.7 4.93 30 3.0 1.2 -0.2 5.5 68 .551 .509 $7,730,825

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
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 Yrs (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

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
1985 TOR AL 24 0 0 0 0.00 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 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 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 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 Yrs (4 GP) 1 1 0 1.000 4.15 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*

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
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 4
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 15
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 6
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 18
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 8
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 10
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 3
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 14
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 8
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 9
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 8
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 0
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 9
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 6
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 3
15 Yrs 470 10719 9856 1104 2518 473 56 254 105 79 668 1538 .255 .303 .392 .695 .278 3865 234 38 88 69 29 121
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 10
MLB Averages .261 .329 .400 .729 .290

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1984 23 TOR AL -4.0 -0.4 293 -0.7 7.8 -8.6 1.66 -0.3 -0.1 -10.8 -1.1 1.66 -6.5 45 8 10
1985 24 TOR AL 30.0 3.1 885 4.3 17.0 -12.7 1.00 3.1 1.1 31.8 3.3 1.00 30.2 1 0 2
1986 25 TOR AL 19.8 2.0 983 2.7 18.4 -15.7 .99 2.0 0.7 25.9 2.6 0.99 22.2 1 0 0
1987 26 TOR AL 48.7 5.0 1063 3.3 19.4 -16.1 .97 4.7 -1.3 50.5 5.2 0.97 56.6 0 0 0
1988 27 TOR AL 8.8 0.9 560 1.0 9.4 -8.3 .94 1.1 -0.0 7.5 0.8 0.94 11.3 0 0 0
1989 28 TOR AL -3.1 -0.3 907 0.0 15.3 -15.2 .98 0.7 -0.7 1.4 0.1 0.98 6.9 0 0 0
1990 29 TOR AL -1.2 -0.1 646 1.1 10.6 -9.4 .88 0.9 0.4 1.1 0.1 0.88 5.4 0 0 0
1991 30 TOR AL 23.9 2.5 888 2.6 16.8 -14.2 1.06 2.5 -0.0 25.4 2.6 1.06 27.8 0 0 0
1992 31 TOR AL 15.9 1.7 926 -0.1 14.3 -14.4 .89 1.2 -1.3 15.7 1.6 0.89 14.8 0 0 0
1993 32 NYY AL 33.1 3.4 969 4.1 17.6 -13.5 .97 3.3 0.9 40.8 4.3 0.97 39.3 0 0 0
1994 33 NYY AL 25.8 2.5 725 3.1 13.2 -10.1 .96 1.9 1.3 28.7 2.9 0.96 25.1 0 0 0
1995 34 NYY AL -3.0 -0.3 136 -0.3 2.1 -2.4 .88 -0.3 -0.1 -3.7 -0.3 0.88 -3.3 0 0 0
1996 35 NYY AL 7.3 0.7 725 0.5 12.8 -12.2 .94 1.5 -0.9 12.6 1.2 0.94 15.4 0 0 0
1997 36 BAL AL 22.8 2.2 929 2.0 14.9 -12.9 .88 1.7 0.6 27.5 2.8 0.88 20.7 0 0 0
1998 37 BAL AL 3.6 0.4 337 1.2 6.6 -5.5 .99 0.6 0.5 6.4 0.6 0.99 9.0 5 5 4
15 Yrs 228.5 23.2 10972 24.8 196.0 -171.2 .98 24.7 0.6 260.7 26.8 0.98 274.9 52 13 16

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
1985 24 TOR AL 35 32 13 6 13 2 0 20 12 .625 2 1 3 0 18 56% 54.4 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% 53.4 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% 59.4 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 1 3 2 2 13 62% 53.0 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 4 2 5 1 17 52% 52.1 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% 49.5 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% 54.0 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% 53.7 83 25 26 5 0 14 5.1 5.0 6.6 103 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% 57.9 92 20 8 2 0 12 5.9 5.9 7.0 106 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% 52.7 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 1 1 0 0 2 40% 42.2 57 20 2 0 0 1 6.7 3.5 6.1 93 0 3 2 0 111
1996 35 NYY AL 30 30 12 11 7 3 2 16 14 .533 2 4 0 0 13 43% 48.8 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% 52.1 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% 49.9 74 9 7 4 0 4 4.7 3.4 5.9 91 1 8 2 0 105
14 Yrs 407 389 179 112 98 27 33 233 156 .599 27 38 34 13 237 61% 53 92 7 221 71 10 117 5.0 5.0 6.4 99 33 87 135 17 141
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 105 -21 4.5 4.5 6.1 95

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
1984 23 TOR AL 63 63 24 4 5 17 10 7 59% 29 8 75 26 35% 8 1.665 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 1.001 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 .993 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 .993 5 5 4 5 1 8 8 6 3 5 5 0 3.1 17
4 Yrs 159 81 28 7 5 18 10 8 56% 34 12 87 30 34% 1.075 52 13 16 39 20 22 56 25 25 40 31 18 3.1 17

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%
1984 23 TOR AL 285 39% 2.8% 15.4% 11.2% 7.4% 30% 1.34 68% 64 3 5%
1985 24 TOR AL 856 20% 2.6% 9.9% 5.8% 8.1% 37% 1.35 81% 115 21 18%
1986 25 TOR AL 959 22% 2.5% 14.7% 7.7% 7.8% 34% 1.10 74% 169 21 12%
1987 26 TOR AL 1033 16% 2.3% 15.6% 6.4% 5.9% 29% 1.61 74% 162 24 15%
1988 27 TOR AL 551 15% 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 18% 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 15% 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 14% 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 15% 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 15% 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 19% 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 13% 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 15% 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 18% 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 24% 1.5% 16.2% 7.0% 8.0% 34% 0.62 0.90 74% 25% 3.7% 11% 67 8 12%
15 Yrs 10719 18% 2.4% 14.4% 6.2% 7.3% 31% 0.80 1.13 76% 21% 6.7% 18% 1801 234 13%
MLB Averages 42% 2.3% 15.4% 8.7% 7.1% 31% 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 7.2% 19% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 552 1976 3.58 1247 63% 25% 12% 27% 36% 75% 1% 47% 85% 56% 4% 21 16 18% 101 55 5 34% 9 3 -1 3 0
1989 28 TOR AL 858 3080 3.59 1990 65% 26% 11% 26% 36% 74% 1% 48% 85% 59% 3% 29 24 18% 157 83 8 35% 16 3 28 3 1
1990 29 TOR AL 584 2162 3.70 1374 64% 24% 14% 26% 35% 76% 1% 48% 81% 57% 3% 16 9 16% 96 43 2 23% 12 5 52 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 903 3383 3.75 2056 61% 27% 12% 26% 35% 73% 0% 44% 84% 52% 4% 34 25 16% 145 64 4 26% 21 9 -3 0 0
1993 32 NYY AL 949 3587 3.78 2211 62% 29% 14% 24% 33% 71% 0% 44% 81% 53% 4% 41 31 15% 139 80 3 28% 26 9 -1 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 135 464 3.44 297 64% 25% 11% 25% 38% 75% 2% 48% 85% 63% 2% 3 1 13% 18 9 2 21% 3 1 -1 0 0
1996 35 NYY AL 650 2550 3.92 1533 60% 28% 12% 27% 32% 72% 0% 43% 83% 58% 5% 34 26 17% 112 59 8 33% 17 7 65 0 0
1997 36 BAL AL 702 2780 3.96 1637 59% 31% 13% 25% 32% 69% 0% 41% 82% 56% 7% 49 33 16% 114 51 9 34% 10 15 200 0 0
1998 37 BAL AL 328 1238 3.77 770 62% 32% 12% 23% 32% 68% 0% 42% 82% 54% 5% 15 9 15% 48 27 2 34% 12 6 -1 0 0
11 Yrs 7248 27154 3.75 16778 62% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 0% 45% 83% 56% 4% 319 221 17% 1196 610 59 29% 158 85 338 7 4
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 27%

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
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 1 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 3 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 9 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 7 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 3 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 4 2 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 8 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 Yrs 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 45 20 167 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
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 125 1.238 8.5 1.0 2.7 4.2 1.57 125
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 122 1.255 8.5 1.0 2.8 4.8 1.73 122
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 134 1.188 8.1 0.9 2.6 5.1 1.94 134
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 124 1.199 8.7 0.9 2.1 5.2 2.43 124
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 123 1.204 8.7 0.9 2.1 5.2 2.43 123
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 122 1.228 8.7 0.9 2.3 5.3 2.30 122
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

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
1984 23 2 4 .333 4.95 60.0 71 37 33 8 32 43 1 1.717 10.7 4.8 6.5 1.34 1.2 63
1985 24 13 9 .591 3.16 205.0 189 80 72 22 50 82 2 1.166 8.3 2.2 3.6 1.64 1.0 35
1986 25 12 12 .500 3.86 219.0 224 104 94 24 75 133 3 1.365 9.2 3.1 5.5 1.77 1.0 36
1987 26 19 9 .679 2.69 254.0 205 84 76 23 64 157 2 1.059 7.3 2.3 5.6 2.45 0.8 36
1988 27 7 7 .500 3.76 127.0 133 59 53 14 31 63 5 1.291 9.4 2.2 4.5 2.03 1.0 21
1989 28 9 13 .409 4.79 203.0 244 120 108 19 29 111 3 1.345 10.8 1.3 4.9 3.83 0.8 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 9 .609 3.13 207.0 209 80 72 12 44 124 3 1.222 9.1 1.9 5.4 2.82 0.5 33
1992 31 12 11 .522 3.89 208.0 211 100 90 25 61 112 4 1.308 9.1 2.6 4.8 1.84 1.1 33
1993 32 15 10 .600 3.27 226.0 224 91 82 27 44 165 1 1.186 8.9 1.8 6.6 3.75 1.1 34
1994 33 15 10 .600 3.22 229.0 245 91 82 14 72 132 4 1.384 9.6 2.8 5.2 1.83 0.6 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 4.17 166.0 160 86 77 20 54 114 2 1.289 8.7 2.9 6.2 2.11 1.1 30
1997 36 12 10 .545 3.61 202.0 210 90 81 24 82 134 5 1.446 9.4 3.7 6.0 1.63 1.1 34
1998 37 4 4 .500 4.32 75.0 76 40 36 5 23 50 3 1.320 9.1 2.8 6.0 2.17 0.6 25
15 Yrs 151 128 .541 3.70 2560.0 2618 1168 1052 260 691 1518 39 1.293 9.2 5.3 2.20 0.9 470

* 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

Hall of Fame
2004 BBWAA ( 0.6%)

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 (578th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1987 AL (2, 46%)
1993 AL (4, 10%)
1994 AL (2, 69%)
1.25 Career Shares (38th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1987 AL  7.1 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1985 AL  4.7 (9th)
1986 AL  4.6 (6th)
1987 AL  7.1 (4th)
1993 AL  6.0 (6th)
1994 AL  4.1 (8th)
1997 AL  4.3 (9th)
Career  46.1 (101st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1985 AL  3.00 (4th)
1987 AL  2.76 (1st)
1991 AL  3.05 (9th)
1993 AL  3.00 (3rd)
1994 AL  3.27 (6th)
1997 AL  3.43 (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 (146th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1985 AL  .700 (3rd)
1987 AL  .680 (4th)
1988 AL  .706 (4th)
1990 AL  .650 (10th)
1993 AL  .750 (3rd)
1994 AL  .810 (3rd)
Career  .614 (84th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1985 AL  1.119 (3rd)
1987 AL  1.057 (1st)
1989 AL  1.171 (7th)
1992 AL  1.218 (10th)
1993 AL  1.107 (3rd)
Career  1.229 (209th)

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 (204th)

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  2,591.7 (214th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1993 AL  173 (8th)
Career  1,538 (168th)

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 (134th)

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 (97th)

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  2,518 (222nd)

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 (151st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 AL  0.828 (8th)
1991 AL  0.516 (4th)
1994 AL  0.536 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1989 AL  14 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1989 AL  93 (10th)
Career  1,010 (222nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
Career  10,719 (226th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1985 AL  142 (4th)
1986 AL  120 (9th)
1987 AL  164 (1st)
1991 AL  139 (7th)
1993 AL  139 (7th)
1994 AL  141 (8th)
1997 AL  128 (8th)
Career  122 (102nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1985 AL  30 (5th)
1986 AL  20 (9th)
1987 AL  49 (2nd)
1991 AL  24 (7th)
1993 AL  33 (5th)
1994 AL  26 (7th)
Career  225 (63rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1985 AL  3.1 (5th)
1986 AL  2.0 (9th)
1987 AL  5.0 (2nd)
1991 AL  2.5 (7th)
1993 AL  3.4 (5th)
1994 AL  2.5 (7th)
1997 AL  2.3 (10th)
Career  22.9 (63rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1985 AL  31.77 (5th)
1986 AL  25.87 (7th)
1987 AL  50.52 (2nd)
1993 AL  40.81 (2nd)
1994 AL  28.69 (7th)
1997 AL  27.49 (9th)
Career  260.74 (34th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1985 AL  4.3 (2nd)
1986 AL  2.7 (10th)
1987 AL  3.3 (6th)
1993 AL  4.1 (4th)
1994 AL  3.1 (6th)
Career  24.8 (44th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1985 AL  3.1 (5th)
1986 AL  2.0 (8th)
1987 AL  4.7 (1st)
1993 AL  3.4 (5th)
Career  24.7 (35th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1985 AL  3.3 (5th)
1986 AL  2.6 (7th)
1987 AL  5.2 (2nd)
1993 AL  4.4 (2nd)
1994 AL  2.9 (7th)
1997 AL  2.8 (9th)
Career  26.8 (37th)

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

Black InkPitching - 15 (149), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 99 (214), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 66 (183), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 33 (119), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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