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Bob Kipper

Robert Wayne Kipper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 8, 1964 in Aurora, IL
High School: Aurora Central Catholic HS (Aurora, IL)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1985
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Twins/Angels 1985-1992
Agents: Tom Selakovich [*]
Final Game: July 27, 1992
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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
1985 20 TOT MLB 1 3 .250 7.07 7 5 1 0 0 0 28.0 28 24 22 5 10 0 13 0 0 0 124 53 1.357 9.0 1.6 3.2 4.2 1.30
1985 20 CAL AL 0 1 .000 21.60 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 21 3.000 18.9 2.7 8.1 0.0 0.00
1985 20 PIT NL 1 2 .333 5.11 5 4 1 0 0 0 24.2 21 16 14 4 7 0 13 0 0 0 104 72 1.135 7.7 1.5 2.6 4.7 1.86
1986 21 PIT NL 6 8 .429 4.03 20 19 1 0 0 0 114.0 123 60 51 17 34 3 81 2 3 3 496 96 1.377 9.7 1.3 2.7 6.4 2.38
1987 22 PIT NL 5 9 .357 5.94 24 20 0 1 1 0 110.2 117 74 73 25 52 4 83 2 0 5 493 69 1.527 9.5 2.0 4.2 6.8 1.60
1988 23 PIT NL 2 6 .250 3.74 50 0 15 0 0 0 65.0 54 33 27 7 26 4 39 2 1 1 267 91 1.231 7.5 1.0 3.6 5.4 1.50
1989 24 PIT NL 3 4 .429 2.93 52 0 15 0 0 4 83.0 55 29 27 5 33 6 58 0 2 5 334 115 1.060 6.0 0.5 3.6 6.3 1.76
1990 25 PIT NL 5 2 .714 3.02 41 1 7 0 0 3 62.2 44 24 21 7 26 1 35 3 5 1 260 120 1.117 6.3 1.0 3.7 5.0 1.35
1991 26 PIT NL 2 2 .500 4.65 52 0 18 0 0 4 60.0 66 34 31 7 22 3 38 0 1 0 264 77 1.467 9.9 1.1 3.3 5.7 1.73
1992 27 MIN AL 3 3 .500 4.42 25 0 12 0 0 0 38.2 40 23 19 8 14 3 22 3 0 1 168 92 1.397 9.3 1.9 3.3 5.1 1.57
1993 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
8 Yrs 27 37 .422 4.34 271 45 69 1 1 11 562.0 527 301 271 81 217 24 369 12 12 16 2406 86 1.324 8.4 1.3 3.5 5.9 1.70
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .422 4.34 58 10 15 0 0 2 121 113 65 58 17 47 5 79 3 3 3 518 86 1.324 8.4 1.3 3.5 5.9 1.70
PIT (7 yrs) 24 33 .421 4.22 244 44 57 1 1 11 520.0 480 270 244 72 200 21 347 9 12 15 2218 88 1.308 8.3 1.2 3.5 6.0 1.74
MIN (1 yr) 3 3 .500 4.42 25 0 12 0 0 0 38.2 40 23 19 8 14 3 22 3 0 1 168 92 1.397 9.3 1.9 3.3 5.1 1.57
CAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 21.60 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 21 3.000 18.9 2.7 8.1 0.0 0.00
NL (7 yrs) 24 33 .421 4.22 244 44 57 1 1 11 520.0 480 270 244 72 200 21 347 9 12 15 2218 88 1.308 8.3 1.2 3.5 6.0 1.74
AL (2 yrs) 3 4 .429 5.79 27 1 12 0 0 0 42.0 47 31 27 9 17 3 22 3 0 1 188 71 1.524 10.1 1.9 3.6 4.7 1.29

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
1985 20 CAL AL 3.1 2 1 8 21.60 5.07 0.35 0.06 94.4 4.51 -6 -0.5 .1 0.0 -0.4 -6 .255 .497 $
1985 20 PIT NL 24.2 5 4 16 5.84 4.28 -0.20 0.13 102.9 4.73 -3 -0.3 .2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .433 .498 $
1986 21 PIT NL 114.0 20 19 60 4.74 4.21 0.18 0.15 101.8 4.25 -7 -0.7 .1 -0.1 0.2 5 .464 .496 $65,000
1987 22 PIT NL 110.2 24 20 74 6.02 4.53 0.40 0.14 99.8 4.26 -23 -2.2 .6 -0.0 -1.3 -10 .410 .487 $
1988 23 PIT NL 65.0 50 0 33 4.57 3.95 0.17 -0.31 98.6 3.42 -9 -1.0 1.1 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .480 .494 $125,000
1989 24 PIT NL 83.0 52 0 29 3.14 4.03 0.16 -0.31 96.0 3.42 2 0.3 1.4 -0.2 0.8 10 .505 .502 $230,000
1990 25 PIT NL 62.2 41 1 24 3.45 4.37 0.11 -0.32 95.8 3.78 1 0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.5 8 .503 .501 $525,000
1991 26 PIT NL 60.0 52 0 34 5.10 4.14 -0.09 -0.32 97.2 3.80 -9 -1.0 1.1 -0.1 -0.6 -3 .481 .494 $835,000
1992 27 MIN AL 38.2 25 0 23 5.35 4.40 0.22 -0.34 102.7 3.94 -6 -0.6 .9 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .475 .496 $1,000,000
8 Seasons 562.0 271 45 301 4.82 4.25 0.17 -0.11 99.1 3.93 -59 -5.9 1.1 -0.6 -1.7 -1 .478 .496 $2,780,000
PIT (7 yrs) 520.0 244 44 270 4.67 4.23 0.16 -0.10 98.8 3.93 -46 -4.8 1.2 -0.6 -1.0 7 .480 .496 $1,780,000
MIN (1 yr) 38.2 25 0 23 5.35 4.40 0.22 -0.34 102.7 3.94 -6 -0.6 .9 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .475 .496 $1,000,000
CAL (1 yr) 3.1 2 1 8 21.60 5.07 0.35 0.06 94.4 4.51 -6 -0.5 .1 0.0 -0.4 -6 .255 .497 $

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
1991 26 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 4.5
1 NLCS 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 4.5

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
1985 20 TOT MLB 7 124 110 24 28 5 1 5 5 0 10 13 .255 .309 .455 .763 .242 50 1 0 1 3 0 4
1985 20 CAL AL 2 20 15 8 7 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 .467 .500 .800 1.300 .375 12 0 0 0 2 0 0
1985 20 PIT NL 5 104 95 16 21 3 1 4 2 0 7 13 .221 .272 .400 .672 .215 38 1 0 1 1 0 4
1986 21 PIT NL 20 496 453 60 123 26 3 17 14 8 34 81 .272 .323 .455 .778 .296 206 3 2 3 3 3 9
1987 22 PIT NL 24 493 432 74 117 25 3 25 17 6 52 83 .271 .350 .516 .866 .281 223 6 2 4 3 4 3
1988 23 PIT NL 50 267 231 33 54 8 0 7 8 9 26 39 .234 .313 .359 .672 .250 83 3 2 5 3 4 4
1989 24 PIT NL 52 334 293 29 55 12 6 5 8 0 33 58 .188 .267 .321 .588 .215 94 2 0 5 3 6 5
1990 25 PIT NL 41 260 226 24 44 9 0 7 5 3 26 35 .195 .283 .327 .610 .198 74 1 3 2 3 1 4
1991 26 PIT NL 52 264 239 34 66 12 2 7 7 4 22 38 .276 .335 .431 .766 .301 103 4 0 1 2 3 4
1992 27 MIN AL 25 168 149 23 40 5 0 8 1 2 14 22 .268 .343 .463 .806 .269 69 3 3 2 0 3 1
8 Yrs 271 2406 2133 301 527 102 15 81 65 32 217 369 .247 .317 .423 .740 .262 902 23 12 23 20 24 34
162 Game Avg. 58 518 459 65 113 22 3 17 14 7 47 79 .247 .317 .423 .740 .262 194 5 3 5 4 5 7
MLB Averages .257 .324 .388 .711 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1985 20 TOT MLB -10.0 -0.9 128 -0.6 1.5 -2.2 .81 -0.6 -0.2 -9.3 -0.9 0.81 -6.3 0 0 2
1985 20 CAL AL -5.9 -0.5 22 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .75 -0.3 0.1 -4.7 -0.4 0.75 -3.8 0 0 1
1985 20 PIT NL -4.0 -0.4 106 -0.5 1.4 -1.9 .83 -0.3 -0.3 -4.6 -0.5 0.83 -2.5 0 0 1
1986 21 PIT NL -3.4 -0.4 526 -0.3 8.6 -8.9 .99 -1.3 1.0 -9.0 -0.9 0.99 -11.0 0 0 1
1987 22 PIT NL -19.4 -1.8 520 -2.1 8.3 -10.4 .98 -2.1 -0.1 -17.4 -1.7 0.98 -21.2 1 0 3
1988 23 PIT NL -3.7 -0.4 285 -0.7 3.1 -3.7 .68 0.3 -1.2 -5.3 -0.6 0.68 -0.6 17 8 25
1989 24 PIT NL 5.0 0.5 348 1.0 6.0 -5.0 1.02 1.1 -0.1 7.2 0.8 1.02 8.7 19 18 14
1990 25 PIT NL 4.2 0.4 274 0.9 4.5 -3.6 .98 0.7 0.2 3.8 0.4 0.98 7.4 12 11 17
1991 26 PIT NL -6.6 -0.7 276 -1.1 3.3 -4.3 .81 -0.5 -0.8 -8.5 -0.9 0.81 -7.7 15 12 25
1992 27 MIN AL -2.4 -0.2 172 -0.5 2.5 -3.0 .85 -0.8 0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.85 -5.8 5 6 13
8 Yrs -36.2 -3.5 2529 -3.5 37.7 -41.2 .92 -3.2 -0.6 -41.5 -4.0 0.92 -36.4 69 55 100

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 20 TOT MLB 7 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 .200 1 0 0 0 1 20% 0.0 64 33 6 3 0 3 4.8 4.5 5.3
1985 20 CAL AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 3 2 0 1 9.0 4.5 2.7
1985 20 PIT NL 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 .250 1 0 0 0 1 25% 47.2 64 37 3 1 0 2 3.8 4.5 5.9
1986 21 PIT NL 20 19 6 8 5 1 1 8 11 .421 0 2 0 0 9 47% 49.6 75 21 14 3 2 5 3.6 2.7 6.0
1987 22 PIT NL 24 20 5 9 6 2 1 10 10 .500 0 4 1 1 6 30% 44.9 86 20 14 6 1 9 4.5 3.7 5.3
1990 25 PIT NL 41 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 16.0 16 16 16 4 0 1 11.0 18.0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 92 45 12 21 12 3 2 19 26 .422 1 6 1 1 16 36% 46 86 16 50 16 3 18 4.3 3.5 5.5 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 4.3 6.2 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
1985 20 TOT MLB 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .813 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2.5
1985 20 CAL AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .748 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
1985 20 PIT NL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .826 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1986 21 PIT NL 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 9 .986 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1987 22 PIT NL 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 3 .981 1 0 3 0 0 4 3 1 2 1 2 0 4.3
1988 23 PIT NL 50 50 15 2 6 0 0 0 9 6 18 5 28% 8 .682 17 8 25 10 11 29 13 37 19 15 20 10 3.9 19
1989 24 PIT NL 52 52 15 3 4 8 4 4 50% 20 12 33 9 27% 8 1.023 19 18 14 25 8 19 20 32 28 13 30 12 4.8 22
1990 25 PIT NL 41 40 7 5 1 4 3 1 75% 8 3 31 10 32% 6 .980 12 11 17 11 6 23 19 21 25 9 27 5 4.6 22
1991 26 PIT NL 52 52 18 2 2 6 4 2 67% 13 5 33 9 27% 8 .809 15 12 25 16 7 29 19 33 18 20 21 6 3.5 19
1992 27 MIN AL 25 25 12 3 3 2 0 2 0% 4 2 16 4 25% 8 .854 5 6 13 8 4 13 11 14 13 6 16 1 4.6 24
8 Yrs 271 226 69 15 16 20 11 9 55% 54 28 138 41 30% .918 69 55 100 72 36 118 86 140 105 66 116 34 4.2 21

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%
1985 20 TOT MLB 124 13% 4.0% 10.5% 8.1% 8.9% 39% 0.71 77% 20 1 5%
1985 20 CAL AL 20 25% 5.0% 0.0% 15.0% 15.0% 43% 0.25 80% 6 0 0%
1985 20 PIT NL 104 11% 3.9% 12.5% 6.7% 7.7% 38% 0.82 76% 14 1 7%
1986 21 PIT NL 496 15% 3.4% 16.3% 6.9% 9.3% 37% 0.62 72% 75 3 4%
1987 22 PIT NL 493 17% 5.1% 16.8% 10.6% 10.8% 45% 0.66 66% 76 6 8%
1988 23 PIT NL 267 35% 2.6% 14.6% 9.7% 5.6% 28% 0.75 0.81 70% 17% 10.6% 41% 51 3 6%
1989 24 PIT NL 334 32% 1.5% 17.4% 9.9% 6.9% 42% 0.47 0.53 70% 18% 4.4% 28% 39 2 5%
1990 25 PIT NL 260 36% 2.7% 13.5% 10.0% 6.2% 36% 0.48 0.48 72% 15% 8.0% 32% 46 1 2%
1991 26 PIT NL 264 31% 2.7% 14.4% 8.3% 8.0% 32% 0.49 0.58 74% 21% 6.4% 17% 46 4 9%
1992 27 MIN AL 168 29% 4.8% 13.1% 8.3% 7.7% 33% 0.38 0.59 71% 26% 10.4% 16% 35 3 9%
8 Yrs 2406 25% 3.4% 15.3% 9.0% 8.2% 38% 0.51 0.61 71% 19% 7.5% 27% 388 23 6%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.2% 22% 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 23 PIT NL 269 948 3.52 567 60% 24% 15% 26% 35% 76% 4% 46% 80% 52% 8% 21 6 16% 43 28 2 23% 8 11 -2 0 0
1989 24 PIT NL 300 1101 3.67 678 62% 19% 17% 31% 33% 80% 5% 49% 78% 51% 7% 21 9 18% 54 35 3 6% 8 6 34 0 4
1990 25 PIT NL 190 651 3.43 401 62% 19% 16% 28% 37% 81% 2% 50% 80% 55% 6% 12 8 18% 35 22 4 18% 5 3 70 0 3
1991 26 PIT NL 266 965 3.63 619 64% 22% 13% 32% 33% 78% 3% 50% 83% 62% 5% 14 8 23% 61 34 8 32% 10 3 -2 0 0
1992 27 MIN AL 169 603 3.57 376 62% 23% 11% 32% 34% 77% 4% 48% 86% 60% 4% 7 0 19% 32 13 1 18% 4 4 -1 0 0
5 Yrs 1194 4268 3.57 2641 62% 21% 15% 30% 34% 79% 4% 49% 81% 56% 6% 75 31 19% 225 132 18 19% 35 27 99 0 7
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

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
1985 20 TOT MLB 124 28 5 0 1 5 0 4 1 10 6 1 60% 4 0 0 41 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1985 20 CAL AL 20 7 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 10 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1985 20 PIT NL 104 21 4 0 0 4 0 3 1 7 4 1 57% 4 0 0 31 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 21 PIT NL 496 123 17 0 5 17 0 9 8 20 10 4 50% 9 3 2 163 14 8 64% 12 7 2 0 0 1 2 1 15 0
1987 22 PIT NL 493 117 25 0 7 25 0 13 12 25 13 3 52% 3 5 1 169 17 6 74% 16 5 1 1 0 0 3 3 11 0
1988 23 PIT NL 267 54 8 0 7 1 6 5 2 2 5 12 10 0 83% 4 1 0 97 8 9 47% 6 9 2 0 0 0 7 7 5 0
1989 24 PIT NL 334 55 10 3 5 0 9 5 0 2 3 19 10 4 53% 5 5 0 105 8 0 100% 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1990 25 PIT NL 260 44 4 0 7 0 9 7 0 3 4 16 10 1 63% 4 1 0 97 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1991 26 PIT NL 264 66 26 3 7 0 8 3 4 6 1 14 10 1 71% 4 0 0 99 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1992 27 MIN AL 168 40 19 0 8 1 1 5 3 6 2 3 1 0 33% 1 1 0 74 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Yrs 2406 527 67 6 81 2 46 72 9 45 36 119 70 14 59% 34 16 3 845 65 32 67% 56 30 9 1 0 1 13 11 63 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+
1985 20 1 3 .250 7.07 7 5 1 0 0 0 28.0 28 24 22 5 10 0 13 0 0 0 124 53 1.357 9.0 1.6 3.2 4.2 1.30 53
1986 21 7 11 .389 4.63 27 24 2 0 0 0 142.0 151 84 73 22 44 3 94 2 3 3 620 83 1.373 9.6 1.4 2.8 6.0 2.14 83
1987 22 12 20 .375 5.20 51 44 2 1 1 0 252.2 268 158 146 47 96 7 177 4 3 8 1113 76 1.441 9.5 1.7 3.4 6.3 1.84 76
1988 23 14 26 .350 4.90 101 44 17 1 1 0 317.2 322 191 173 54 122 11 216 6 4 9 1380 78 1.398 9.1 1.5 3.5 6.1 1.77 78
1989 24 17 30 .362 4.49 153 44 32 1 1 4 400.2 377 220 200 59 155 17 274 6 6 14 1714 83 1.328 8.5 1.3 3.5 6.2 1.77 83
1990 25 22 32 .407 4.29 194 45 39 1 1 7 463.1 421 244 221 66 181 18 309 9 11 15 1974 87 1.299 8.2 1.3 3.5 6.0 1.71 87
1991 26 24 34 .414 4.33 246 45 57 1 1 11 523.1 487 278 252 73 203 21 347 9 12 15 2238 86 1.318 8.4 1.3 3.5 6.0 1.71 86
1992 27 27 37 .422 4.34 271 45 69 1 1 11 562.0 527 301 271 81 217 24 369 12 12 16 2406 86 1.324 8.4 1.3 3.5 5.9 1.70 86

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
1985 20 1 2 .333 7.71 28.0 29 27 24 5 10 13 0 1.393 9.3 3.2 4.2 1.30 1.6 7
1986 21 6 6 .500 4.22 111.0 125 58 52 17 35 79 2 1.441 10.1 2.8 6.4 2.26 1.4 20
1987 22 3 8 .273 5.92 108.0 116 79 71 25 52 81 2 1.556 9.7 4.3 6.8 1.56 2.1 24
1988 23 3 3 .500 4.65 60.0 58 34 31 8 28 36 2 1.433 8.7 4.2 5.4 1.29 1.2 50
1989 24 5 3 .625 3.49 80.0 59 34 31 5 35 56 0 1.175 6.6 3.9 6.3 1.60 0.6 52
1990 25 3 3 .500 3.39 61.0 46 26 23 7 27 34 3 1.197 6.8 4.0 5.0 1.26 1.0 41
1991 26 2 4 .333 5.53 57.0 70 39 35 7 23 36 0 1.632 11.1 3.6 5.7 1.57 1.1 52
1992 27 2 2 .500 4.86 37.0 41 22 20 8 14 21 3 1.486 10.0 3.4 5.1 1.50 1.9 25
8 Yrs 25 31 .446 4.77 542.0 544 319 287 82 224 356 12 1.417 9.0 5.9 1.59 1.4 271

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1985 AL  born 1964-07-08 (6th)
1985 NL  born 1964-07-08 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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