Joe Klink
Joseph Charles Klink
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 3, 1962 in Johnstown, PA
School: St. Thomas University
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 36th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1987
Final Game: May 17, 1996
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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
1987 25 MIN AL 0 1 .000 6.65 12 0 5 0 0 0 23.0 37 18 17 4 11 0 17 0 0 1 116 69 2.087 14.5 1.6 4.3 6.7 1.55
1990 28 OAK AL 0 0 2.04 40 0 19 0 0 1 39.2 34 9 9 1 18 0 19 0 1 3 165 182 1.311 7.7 0.2 4.1 4.3 1.06
1991 29 OAK AL 10 3 .769 4.35 62 0 10 0 0 2 62.0 60 30 30 4 21 5 34 5 0 4 266 88 1.306 8.7 0.6 3.0 4.9 1.62
1993 31 FLA NL 0 2 .000 5.02 59 0 10 0 0 0 37.2 37 22 21 0 24 4 22 0 2 1 168 85 1.619 8.8 0.0 5.7 5.3 0.92
1996 34 SEA AL 0 0 3.86 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 128 1.714 11.6 3.9 3.9 7.7 2.00
5 Seasons 10 6 .625 4.26 176 0 45 0 0 3 164.2 171 80 78 10 75 9 94 5 3 9 726 94 1.494 9.3 0.5 4.1 5.1 1.25
162 Game Avg. 4 2 .625 4.26 68 0 17 0 0 1 64 66 31 30 4 29 3 36 2 1 3 281 94 1.494 9.3 0.5 4.1 5.1 1.25
OAK (2 yrs) 10 3 .769 3.45 102 0 29 0 0 3 101.2 94 39 39 5 39 5 53 5 1 7 431 109 1.308 8.3 0.4 3.5 4.7 1.36
MIN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.65 12 0 5 0 0 0 23.0 37 18 17 4 11 0 17 0 0 1 116 69 2.087 14.5 1.6 4.3 6.7 1.55
SEA (1 yr) 0 0 3.86 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 128 1.714 11.6 3.9 3.9 7.7 2.00
FLA (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.02 59 0 10 0 0 0 37.2 37 22 21 0 24 4 22 0 2 1 168 85 1.619 8.8 0.0 5.7 5.3 0.92
AL (4 yrs) 10 4 .714 4.04 117 0 35 0 0 3 127.0 134 58 57 10 51 5 72 5 1 8 558 98 1.457 9.5 0.7 3.6 5.1 1.41
NL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.02 59 0 10 0 0 0 37.2 37 22 21 0 24 4 22 0 2 1 168 85 1.619 8.8 0.0 5.7 5.3 0.92

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
1990 28 OAK AL WS L CIN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
1 WS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

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
1987 25 MIN AL 12 116 103 18 37 6 0 4 1 0 11 17 .359 .417 .534 .951 .398 55 2 0 1 1 0
1990 28 OAK AL 40 165 146 9 34 4 1 1 2 0 18 19 .233 .317 .295 .612 .262 43 7 0 1 0 0
1991 29 OAK AL 62 265 231 30 60 10 1 4 4 2 21 34 .260 .335 .364 .698 .290 84 9 5 8 0 5
1993 31 FLA NL 59 168 139 22 37 8 1 0 5 3 24 22 .266 .367 .338 .706 .308 47 4 0 2 3 4
1996 34 SEA AL 3 11 10 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .300 .364 .600 .964 .286 6 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 176 725 629 80 171 28 3 10 12 5 75 94 .272 .352 .374 .726 .304 235 22 5 12 4 9
162 Game Avg. 68 280 243 31 66 11 1 4 5 2 29 36 .272 .352 .374 .726 .304 91 9 2 5 2 3
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
1987 25 MIN AL 12 12 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 5 56% 3 0.340 3 0 9 3 2 7 5 7 7 5 7 1 5.8
1990 28 OAK AL 40 40 19 0 0 1 1 0 100% 6 4 31 4 13% 8 0.465 7 4 29 15 1 24 18 22 9 13 12 6 3.0 14
1991 29 OAK AL 62 62 10 10 3 4 2 2 50% 22 16 46 7 15% 8 1.275 26 15 20 30 12 20 34 28 17 25 25 13 3.0 16
1993 31 FLA NL 59 59 10 0 2 0 0 0 11 9 56 14 25% 8 0.990 22 14 21 13 7 39 38 21 6 42 12 15 1.9 11
1996 34 SEA AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 8 0.388 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 2.3 17
5 Seasons 176 176 45 10 6 5 3 2 60% 40 29 145 30 21% 0.862 59 34 80 61 23 92 97 79 40 87 57 35 2.8 14

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%
1987 25 MIN AL 116 53% 3.5% 14.7% 9.5% 8.6% 27% 1.60 72% 29 2 7%
1990 28 OAK AL 165 64% 0.6% 11.5% 10.9% 3.6% 18% 0.76 0.98 76% 23% 1.8% 24% 35 7 20%
1991 29 OAK AL 266 58% 1.5% 12.8% 7.9% 5.7% 25% 0.75 1.21 73% 20% 4.4% 20% 61 9 15%
1993 31 FLA NL 168 48% 0.0% 13.1% 14.3% 5.4% 24% 0.98 1.32 71% 21% 0.0% 25% 38 4 11%
1996 34 SEA AL 11 55% 9.1% 18.2% 9.1% 9.1% 33% 0.60 0.67 64% 13% 25.0% 20% 3 0 0%
5 Seasons 726 56% 1.4% 13.0% 10.3% 5.7% 24% 0.81 1.20 73% 21% 3.1% 22% 166 22 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
1990 28 OAK AL 156 540 3.46 336 62% 26% 10% 26% 36% 72% 0% 45% 84% 54% 9% 14 10 22% 35 25 2 28% 2 4 9 0 4
1991 29 OAK AL 266 1014 3.81 618 61% 30% 11% 26% 33% 70% 4% 43% 85% 52% 7% 18 10 17% 44 16 4 32% 4 4 0 0 0
1993 31 FLA NL 150 579 3.86 337 58% 27% 15% 26% 32% 73% 5% 42% 79% 49% 13% 19 10 21% 31 22 4 20% 7 6 18 0 0
1996 34 SEA AL 10 34 3.40 20 59% 15% 10% 35% 40% 85% 0% 50% 88% 50% 10% 1 0 10% 1 0 0 0% 0 1 1 0 0
4 Seasons 582 2167 3.72 1311 60% 28% 12% 26% 34% 71% 3% 43% 83% 52% 9% 52 30 19% 111 63 10 27% 13 15 28 0 4
MLB Averages

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
1987 25 MIN AL 116 37 4 1 6 3 1 1 3 6 5 1 83% 2 1 0 50 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1990 28 OAK AL 165 34 7 0 1 0 11 0 1 0 1 16 5 2 31% 0 3 1 64 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1991 29 OAK AL 266 60 13 1 4 0 7 2 2 1 3 9 7 0 78% 6 4 0 128 4 2 67% 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1993 31 FLA NL 168 37 7 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 18 9 2 50% 2 1 0 70 5 3 63% 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 9 0
1996 34 SEA AL 11 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 726 171 28 1 10 1 39 5 5 3 7 50 26 6 52% 10 9 1 317 12 5 71% 10 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 26 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+
1987 25 0 1 .000 6.65 12 0 5 0 0 0 23.0 37 18 17 4 11 0 17 0 0 1 116 69 2.087 14.5 1.6 4.3 6.7 1.55 69
1988 26 0 1 .000 6.65 12 0 5 0 0 0 23.0 37 18 17 4 11 0 17 0 0 1 116 69 2.087 14.5 1.6 4.3 6.7 1.55 69
1989 27 0 1 .000 6.65 12 0 5 0 0 0 23.0 37 18 17 4 11 0 17 0 0 1 116 69 2.087 14.5 1.6 4.3 6.7 1.55 69
1990 28 0 1 .000 3.73 52 0 24 0 0 1 62.2 71 27 26 5 29 0 36 0 1 4 281 108 1.596 10.2 0.7 4.2 5.2 1.24 108
1991 29 10 4 .714 4.04 114 0 34 0 0 3 124.2 131 57 56 9 50 5 70 5 1 8 547 97 1.452 9.5 0.6 3.6 5.1 1.40 97
1992 30 10 4 .714 4.04 114 0 34 0 0 3 124.2 131 57 56 9 50 5 70 5 1 8 547 97 1.452 9.5 0.6 3.6 5.1 1.40 97
1993 31 10 6 .625 4.27 173 0 44 0 0 3 162.1 168 79 77 9 74 9 92 5 3 9 715 94 1.491 9.3 0.5 4.1 5.1 1.24 94
1994 32 10 6 .625 4.27 173 0 44 0 0 3 162.1 168 79 77 9 74 9 92 5 3 9 715 94 1.491 9.3 0.5 4.1 5.1 1.24 94
1995 33 10 6 .625 4.27 173 0 44 0 0 3 162.1 168 79 77 9 74 9 92 5 3 9 715 94 1.491 9.3 0.5 4.1 5.1 1.24 94
1996 34 10 6 .625 4.26 176 0 45 0 0 3 164.2 171 80 78 10 75 9 94 5 3 9 726 94 1.494 9.3 0.5 4.1 5.1 1.25 94

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
1987 25 1 1 .500 6.26 23.0 36 18 16 4 11 17 0 2.043 14.1 4.3 6.7 1.55 1.6 12
1990 28 3 1 .750 2.43 37.0 36 11 10 1 19 18 0 1.486 8.8 4.6 4.4 0.95 0.2 40
1991 29 2 4 .333 5.28 58.0 64 38 34 4 22 32 5 1.483 9.9 3.4 5.0 1.45 0.6 62
1993 31 2 2 .500 4.62 37.0 34 21 19 0 22 22 0 1.514 8.3 5.4 5.4 1.00 0.0 59
1996 34 0 0 4.50 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 2.000 13.5 4.5 9.0 2.00 4.5 3
5 Seasons 8 8 .500 4.59 157.0 173 89 80 10 75 91 5 1.580 9.9 5.2 1.21 0.6 176

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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