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Bob Knepper

Robert Wesley Knepper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 25, 1954 in Akron, OH
High School: Calistoga HS (Calistoga, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1976
Teams (by GP): Astros/Giants 1976-1990

Final Game: June 24, 1990
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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
1976 22 SFG NL 1 2 .333 3.24 4 4 0 0 0 0 25.0 26 9 9 0 7 1 11 0 0 2 104 113 1.320 9.4 0.0 2.5 4.0 1.57
1977 23 SFG NL 11 9 .550 3.36 27 27 0 6 2 0 166.0 151 73 62 14 72 2 100 3 0 6 710 117 1.343 8.2 0.8 3.9 5.4 1.39
1978 24 SFG NL 17 11 .607 2.63 36 35 1 16 6 0 260.0 218 85 76 10 85 11 147 4 0 6 1062 131 1.165 7.5 0.3 2.9 5.1 1.73
1979 25 SFG NL 9 12 .429 4.64 34 34 0 6 2 0 207.1 241 117 107 30 77 8 123 3 1 6 926 76 1.534 10.5 1.3 3.3 5.3 1.60
1980 26 SFG NL 9 16 .360 4.10 35 33 1 8 1 0 215.1 242 114 98 15 61 10 103 8 1 2 943 87 1.407 10.1 0.6 2.5 4.3 1.69
1981 27 HOU NL 9 5 .643 2.18 22 22 0 6 5 0 156.2 128 41 38 5 38 1 75 4 0 0 617 151 1.060 7.4 0.3 2.2 4.3 1.97 AS
1982 28 HOU NL 5 15 .250 4.45 33 29 1 4 0 1 180.0 193 100 89 14 60 4 108 3 0 8 770 75 1.406 9.7 0.7 3.0 5.4 1.80
1983 29 HOU NL 6 13 .316 3.19 35 29 2 4 3 0 203.0 202 93 72 12 71 3 125 4 2 3 867 106 1.345 9.0 0.5 3.1 5.5 1.76
1984 30 HOU NL 15 10 .600 3.20 35 34 0 11 3 0 233.2 223 93 83 26 55 5 140 1 0 2 954 104 1.190 8.6 1.0 2.1 5.4 2.55
1985 31 HOU NL 15 13 .536 3.55 37 37 0 4 0 0 241.0 253 119 95 21 54 5 131 3 0 4 1016 98 1.274 9.4 0.8 2.0 4.9 2.43
1986 32 HOU NL 17 12 .586 3.14 40 38 1 8 5 0 258.0 232 100 90 19 62 13 143 4 0 5 1053 114 1.140 8.1 0.7 2.2 5.0 2.31
1987 33 HOU NL 8 17 .320 5.27 33 31 1 1 0 0 177.2 226 118 104 26 54 3 76 4 0 4 792 75 1.576 11.4 1.3 2.7 3.8 1.41
1988 34 HOU NL 14 5 .737 3.14 27 27 0 3 2 0 175.0 156 70 61 13 67 2 103 2 2 6 726 106 1.274 8.0 0.7 3.4 5.3 1.54 AS
1989 35 TOT NL 7 12 .368 5.13 35 26 2 1 1 0 165.0 190 98 94 16 75 6 64 3 4 5 746 66 1.606 10.4 0.9 4.1 3.5 0.85
1989 35 HOU NL 4 10 .286 5.89 22 20 0 0 0 0 113.0 135 78 74 12 60 4 45 2 3 4 520 58 1.726 10.8 1.0 4.8 3.6 0.75
1989 35 SFG NL 3 2 .600 3.46 13 6 2 1 1 0 52.0 55 20 20 4 15 2 19 1 1 1 226 98 1.346 9.5 0.7 2.6 3.3 1.27
1990 36 SFG NL 3 3 .500 5.68 12 7 1 0 0 0 44.1 56 28 28 7 19 4 24 1 3 1 202 65 1.692 11.4 1.4 3.9 4.9 1.26
15 Yrs 146 155 .485 3.68 445 413 10 78 30 1 2708.0 2737 1258 1106 228 857 78 1473 47 13 60 11488 95 1.327 9.1 0.8 2.8 4.9 1.72
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .485 3.68 35 33 1 6 2 0 215 217 100 88 18 68 6 117 4 1 5 910 95 1.327 9.1 0.8 2.8 4.9 1.72
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
HOU (9 yrs) 93 100 .482 3.66 284 267 5 41 18 1 1738.0 1748 812 706 148 521 40 946 27 7 36 7315 94 1.306 9.1 0.8 2.7 4.9 1.82
SFG (7 yrs) 53 55 .491 3.71 161 146 5 37 12 0 970.0 989 446 400 80 336 38 527 20 6 24 4173 96 1.366 9.2 0.7 3.1 4.9 1.57

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
1976 22 SFG NL 25.0 4 4 9 3.24 4.18 -0.38 0.13 103.9 4.87 4 0.5 -0.0 0.7 7 .635 .503 $
1977 23 SFG NL 166.0 27 27 73 3.96 4.45 -0.16 0.16 102.1 4.87 16 1.7 -0.1 2.9 33 .564 .511 $
1978 24 SFG NL 260.0 36 35 85 2.94 4.06 -0.18 0.13 96.5 4.22 34 4.2 .0 -0.1 6.0 60 .616 .526 $
1979 25 SFG NL 207.1 34 34 117 5.08 4.19 -0.46 0.14 95.1 4.55 -14 -1.5 -0.1 0.1 7 .457 .491 $
1980 26 SFG NL 215.1 35 33 114 4.76 4.07 -0.24 0.13 97.8 4.34 -11 -1.2 .1 -0.1 0.5 10 .466 .493 $
1981 27 HOU NL 156.2 22 22 41 2.36 3.81 0.16 0.14 92.1 3.49 18 2.2 -0.1 3.4 29 .599 .513 $ AS
1982 28 HOU NL 180.0 33 29 100 5.00 4.07 -0.08 0.13 92.7 3.97 -23 -2.4 .9 -0.1 -1.0 -3 .428 .485 $
1983 29 HOU NL 203.0 35 29 93 4.12 4.07 0.22 0.09 94.7 3.73 -9 -1.0 1.3 -0.1 0.5 11 .471 .494 $
1984 30 HOU NL 233.2 35 34 93 3.58 4.01 -0.13 0.14 91.1 3.89 5 0.6 .1 -0.1 2.4 30 .518 .504 $
1985 31 HOU NL 241.0 37 37 119 4.44 4.04 -0.19 0.14 95.6 4.17 -9 -1.0 -0.1 0.8 15 .473 .494 $850,000
1986 32 HOU NL 258.0 40 38 100 3.49 4.20 0.20 0.14 94.9 3.93 12 1.3 2.3 -0.1 3.3 38 .533 .508 $1,000,000
1987 33 HOU NL 177.2 33 31 118 5.98 4.56 -0.19 0.16 96.2 4.72 -26 -2.5 .4 -0.1 -1.2 -6 .423 .484 $1,000,000
1988 34 HOU NL 175.0 27 27 70 3.60 3.78 -0.22 0.12 95.8 3.95 6 0.7 -0.1 2.0 23 .526 .504 $1,000,000 AS
1989 35 HOU NL 113.0 22 20 78 6.21 3.90 0.17 0.13 98.1 3.78 -31 -3.1 .7 -0.1 -2.2 -20 .361 .481 $68,000
1989 35 SFG NL 52.0 13 6 20 3.46 3.96 0.27 -0.02 93.8 3.44 -0 -0.0 .4 -0.1 0.3 5 .499 .500 $
1990 36 SFG NL 44.1 12 7 28 5.68 4.15 -0.19 0.07 98.7 4.36 -7 -0.8 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .437 .495 $
15 Seasons 2708.0 445 413 1258 4.18 4.10 -0.09 0.13 95.5 4.13 -36 -2.2 .8 -1.4 18.1 236 .495 .499 $3,918,000
HOU (9 yrs) 1738.0 284 267 812 4.20 4.06 -0.01 0.13 94.4 3.97 -57 -5.2 1.1 -0.9 8.0 117 .482 .496 $3,918,000
SFG (7 yrs) 970.0 161 146 446 4.14 4.16 -0.23 0.12 97.6 4.41 22 3.0 .5 -0.5 10.1 119 .519 .503 $

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
1981 27 HOU NL NLDS L LAD 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 4 0 0 1 25 1.600 10.8 1.8 3.6 7.2 2.00
1986 32 HOU NL NLCS L NYM 0 0 3.52 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 13 7 6 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 60 0.913 7.6 0.6 0.6 5.3 9.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 1 .000 3.98 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.1 19 10 9 2 3 1 13 0 0 1 85 1.082 8.4 0.9 1.3 5.8 4.33
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 4 0 0 1 25 1.600 10.8 1.8 3.6 7.2 2.00
1 NLCS 0 0 3.52 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 13 7 6 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 60 0.913 7.6 0.6 0.6 5.3 9.00

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
1981 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 9 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
1988 HOU NL 34 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 15 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00

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
1976 22 SFG NL 4 104 94 9 26 7 1 0 0 1 7 11 .277 .327 .372 .699 .313 35 2 0 3 0 1 2
1977 23 SFG NL 27 710 624 73 151 25 8 14 18 6 72 100 .242 .321 .375 .696 .267 234 15 3 7 4 2 13
1978 24 SFG NL 36 1062 953 85 218 40 2 10 16 8 85 147 .229 .292 .306 .599 .258 292 19 4 11 9 11 12
1979 25 SFG NL 34 926 833 117 241 43 8 30 16 6 77 123 .289 .350 .468 .819 .309 390 17 3 10 3 8 12
1980 26 SFG NL 35 943 860 114 242 39 8 15 31 9 61 103 .281 .333 .398 .731 .304 342 15 8 9 5 10 16
1981 27 HOU NL 22 616 566 41 128 16 3 5 15 8 38 75 .226 .278 .292 .570 .252 165 16 4 6 3 1 7
1982 28 HOU NL 33 770 694 100 193 29 4 14 28 11 60 108 .278 .336 .392 .727 .310 272 20 3 6 6 4 9
1983 29 HOU NL 35 867 773 93 202 28 3 12 31 6 71 125 .261 .324 .352 .675 .295 272 22 4 9 8 3 16
1984 30 HOU NL 35 954 887 93 223 32 4 26 9 13 55 140 .251 .295 .384 .679 .272 341 22 1 7 4 5 16
1985 31 HOU NL 37 1015 935 119 253 53 8 21 10 11 54 131 .271 .310 .412 .721 .293 385 24 3 15 9 5 23
1986 32 HOU NL 40 1053 960 100 232 47 8 19 16 9 62 143 .242 .289 .367 .656 .265 352 24 4 22 5 13 14
1987 33 HOU NL 33 792 723 118 226 37 11 26 16 7 54 76 .313 .362 .502 .864 .320 363 21 4 7 4 3 10
1988 34 HOU NL 27 726 642 70 156 31 3 13 9 8 67 103 .243 .314 .361 .676 .269 232 26 2 10 5 2 13
1989 35 TOT NL 35 746 649 98 190 29 7 16 17 6 75 64 .293 .366 .433 .799 .303 281 14 3 12 6 6 9
1989 35 HOU NL 22 520 445 78 135 17 5 12 13 6 60 45 .303 .386 .445 .831 .315 198 14 2 9 3 4 8
1989 35 SFG NL 13 226 204 20 55 12 2 4 4 0 15 19 .270 .318 .407 .725 .277 83 0 1 3 3 2 1
1990 36 SFG NL 12 202 180 28 56 8 6 7 3 1 19 24 .311 .376 .539 .915 .325 97 5 1 0 2 4 1
15 Yrs 445 11486 10373 1258 2737 464 84 228 235 110 857 1473 .264 .321 .391 .712 .287 4053 262 47 134 73 78 173
162 Game Avg. 35 910 822 100 217 37 7 18 19 9 68 117 .264 .321 .391 .712 .287 321 21 4 11 6 6 14
MLB Averages .259 .324 .387 .711 .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
1976 22 SFG NL 1.7 0.2 107 0.3 2.1 -1.8 1.15 0.1 0.1 2.9 0.3 1.15 1.3 0 0 0
1977 23 SFG NL 8.9 0.9 744 0.4 11.8 -11.4 .95 0.7 -0.2 8.5 0.9 0.95 9.3 0 0 0
1978 24 SFG NL 24.6 2.7 1094 4.1 20.7 -16.6 1.09 3.8 0.0 29.3 3.3 1.09 35.7 0 0 0
1979 25 SFG NL -25.6 -2.5 957 -3.5 15.2 -18.7 1.00 -3.1 -0.5 -27.7 -2.8 1.00 -30.7 0 0 0
1980 26 SFG NL -15.6 -1.6 991 -2.2 17.4 -19.6 1.10 -1.5 -0.5 -15.4 -1.6 1.10 -13.9 0 0 1
1981 27 HOU NL 21.2 2.4 642 3.1 12.0 -8.9 1.06 2.2 0.7 21.9 2.6 1.06 21.3 0 0 0
1982 28 HOU NL -24.1 -2.4 819 -2.4 13.6 -15.9 1.05 -0.8 -1.5 -20.7 -2.2 1.05 -10.2 1 1 2
1983 29 HOU NL -0.6 -0.1 909 -1.5 15.2 -16.7 1.05 -0.0 -1.4 -4.3 -0.5 1.05 -0.6 2 2 2
1984 30 HOU NL 3.8 0.4 985 0.1 15.4 -15.3 .89 0.2 -0.1 6.1 0.7 0.89 2.3 0 0 1
1985 31 HOU NL -7.8 -0.8 1042 -1.0 17.2 -18.2 1.00 -1.3 0.3 -11.8 -1.2 1.00 -12.1 0 0 0
1986 32 HOU NL 13.6 1.4 1087 1.2 18.2 -16.9 1.00 2.1 -0.8 15.5 1.7 1.00 22.1 2 0 0
1987 33 HOU NL -28.6 -2.7 820 -3.6 13.0 -16.6 .99 -3.0 -0.7 -30.7 -3.0 0.99 -35.2 0 0 2
1988 34 HOU NL 3.0 0.3 751 1.4 14.7 -13.3 1.12 0.5 0.8 11.4 1.3 1.12 6.4 0 0 0
1989 35 TOT NL -29.0 -2.9 779 -3.5 10.2 -13.8 .89 -2.7 -1.3 -28.0 -2.8 0.89 -25.4 0 2 7
1989 35 HOU NL -29.8 -2.9 548 -3.3 7.3 -10.7 .94 -2.5 -1.0 -28.9 -2.9 0.94 -25.9 0 1 1
1989 35 SFG NL 0.7 0.1 231 -0.2 2.9 -3.1 .78 -0.2 -0.1 0.9 0.1 0.78 0.4 0 1 6
1990 36 SFG NL -8.8 -0.9 212 -0.4 3.2 -3.6 .91 -1.3 0.8 -8.8 -0.9 0.91 -14.7 1 0 4
15 Yrs -63.3 -5.5 11939 -7.6 199.8 -207.3 1.02 -4.0 -3.4 -51.8 -4.1 1.02 -44.4 6 5 19
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
1976 22 SFG NL 4 4 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 3 75% 52.2 58 38 2 1 1 3 3.3 3.0 6.3
1977 23 SFG NL 27 27 11 9 7 2 2 13 14 .481 3 2 6 2 13 48% 53.0 81 20 21 7 14 6 4.5 4.6 6.1
1978 24 SFG NL 36 35 17 11 7 2 4 22 13 .629 4 2 16 6 25 71% 59.4 89 25 9 5 11 7 3.6 3.6 7.4
1979 25 SFG NL 34 34 9 12 13 1 4 17 17 .500 3 6 6 2 15 44% 46.9 80 15 33 6 8 9 4.9 4.3 6.1
1980 26 SFG NL 35 33 9 16 8 0 6 13 20 .394 4 4 8 1 19 58% 47.8 79 13 30 15 15 6 3.7 3.9 6.4
1981 27 HOU NL 22 22 9 5 8 0 2 13 9 .591 0 4 6 5 17 77% 60.3 89 26 8 0 0 7 2.8 2.7 7.1
1982 28 HOU NL 33 29 5 15 9 0 5 10 19 .345 3 2 4 0 13 45% 48.2 79 21 33 11 1 10 3.2 3.0 6.0
1983 29 HOU NL 35 29 5 12 12 1 3 11 18 .379 5 3 4 3 13 45% 50.7 88 22 29 6 7 5 3.3 3.4 6.2
1984 30 HOU NL 35 34 15 10 9 1 5 19 15 .559 2 3 11 3 21 62% 55.1 84 19 10 1 6 9 4.8 5.1 6.8
1985 31 HOU NL 37 37 15 13 9 5 4 19 18 .514 3 4 4 0 21 57% 51.4 83 19 25 10 6 3 4.1 3.7 6.5
1986 32 HOU NL 40 38 16 12 10 5 5 23 15 .605 3 6 8 5 23 61% 55.4 89 22 16 5 15 3 4.2 3.9 6.7
1987 33 HOU NL 33 31 8 17 6 3 7 12 19 .387 2 5 1 0 12 39% 42.2 73 2 20 9 2 12 4.2 3.9 5.6
1988 34 HOU NL 27 27 14 5 8 1 1 18 9 .667 3 4 3 2 20 74% 54.5 91 17 18 13 1 15 4.6 4.3 6.5 99 4 9 10 4 135
1989 35 TOT NL 35 26 6 12 8 0 3 12 14 .462 0 4 1 1 12 46% 42.6 79 -1 16 6 3 8 3.7 3.8 5.6 92 4 15 5 0 115
1989 35 HOU NL 22 20 4 10 6 0 3 9 11 .450 0 3 0 0 9 45% 41.1 67 -1 15 6 3 6 3.6 3.6 5.6 91 3 14 2 0 114
1989 35 SFG NL 13 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 3 .500 0 1 1 1 3 50% 47.7 79 28 1 0 0 2 4.1 4.5 5.6 96 1 1 3 0 115
1990 36 SFG NL 12 7 3 2 2 1 0 5 2 .714 0 2 0 0 3 43% 46.6 58 32 8 1 2 1 6.8 3.8 5.2 94 2 2 2 1 122
15 Yrs 445 413 143 153 117 22 53 209 204 .506 36 51 78 30 230 56% 51 91 -1 278 96 92 104 4.0 3.9 6.4 96 10 26 17 5 135
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 104 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3 94
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

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
1978 24 SFG NL 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.090 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1980 26 SFG NL 35 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.101 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 5.5
1982 28 HOU NL 33 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% 5 1.055 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 4.8
1983 29 HOU NL 35 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 3 1.046 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 4 5 0 5 0 12.0
1984 30 HOU NL 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .892 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 8.0
1986 32 HOU NL 40 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1.000 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1987 33 HOU NL 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .988 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1989 35 TOT NL 35 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 3 50% .892 0 2 7 1 0 8 4 5 6 2 6 2 6.8 32
1989 35 HOU NL 22 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 6 .943 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 3.0 15
1989 35 SFG NL 13 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 3 .776 0 1 6 0 0 7 4 3 5 1 5 2 7.9 37
1990 36 SFG NL 12 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 6 .910 1 0 4 1 0 4 2 3 4 0 4 1 4.6 28
9 Yrs 294 32 10 3 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 17 9 53% 1.008 6 5 19 5 3 24 10 22 21 3 21 3 6.7 31

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%
1976 22 SFG NL 104 13% 0.0% 10.6% 6.7% 7.7% 31% 0.74 80% 23 2 9%
1977 23 SFG NL 710 18% 2.0% 14.1% 10.1% 6.6% 31% 1.22 72% 114 15 13%
1978 24 SFG NL 1062 18% 0.9% 13.8% 8.0% 4.9% 24% 1.11 76% 171 19 11%
1979 25 SFG NL 926 18% 3.2% 13.3% 8.3% 8.8% 34% 1.21 74% 185 17 9%
1980 26 SFG NL 943 20% 1.6% 10.9% 6.5% 6.6% 26% 1.04 79% 154 15 10%
1981 27 HOU NL 617 22% 0.8% 12.2% 6.2% 3.9% 19% 1.23 79% 105 16 15%
1982 28 HOU NL 770 19% 1.8% 14.0% 7.8% 6.1% 24% 1.36 75% 129 20 16%
1983 29 HOU NL 867 17% 1.4% 14.4% 8.2% 5.0% 21% 1.19 74% 156 22 14%
1984 30 HOU NL 954 11% 2.7% 14.7% 5.8% 6.5% 28% 1.12 76% 164 22 13%
1985 31 HOU NL 1016 12% 2.1% 12.9% 5.3% 8.1% 32% 1.37 78% 170 24 14%
1986 32 HOU NL 1053 15% 1.8% 13.6% 5.9% 7.0% 32% 1.21 76% 180 24 13%
1987 33 HOU NL 792 16% 3.3% 9.6% 6.8% 9.3% 33% 1.60 79% 123 21 17%
1988 34 HOU NL 726 14% 1.8% 14.2% 9.2% 6.5% 30% 1.29 1.83 73% 19% 7.0% 21% 134 26 19%
1989 35 TOT NL 746 15% 2.1% 8.6% 10.1% 7.0% 27% 0.99 1.32 77% 17% 6.9% 21% 136 14 10%
1989 35 HOU NL 520 14% 2.3% 8.7% 11.5% 6.5% 25% 1.14 1.52 75% 16% 8.0% 19% 104 14 13%
1989 35 SFG NL 226 17% 1.8% 8.4% 6.6% 8.0% 33% 0.73 0.99 81% 18% 4.9% 23% 32 0 0%
1990 36 SFG NL 202 13% 3.5% 11.9% 9.4% 10.4% 38% 0.82 1.16 75% 22% 9.9% 18% 31 5 16%
15 Yrs 11488 16% 2.0% 12.8% 7.5% 6.8% 28% 1.08 1.26 76% 18% 7.4% 20% 1975 262 13%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 13.8% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.6% 26% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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 34 HOU NL 726 2662 3.67 1600 60% 21% 17% 28% 35% 79% 1% 47% 79% 54% 7% 49 23 18% 132 72 8 21% 17 24 0 0 0
1989 35 TOT NL 710 2509 3.53 1472 59% 23% 11% 26% 39% 76% 2% 45% 85% 50% 7% 51 22 12% 85 36 5 25% 4 23 36 0 11
1989 35 HOU NL 495 1767 3.57 1012 57% 24% 11% 26% 39% 75% 1% 43% 84% 48% 8% 39 15 11% 56 23 3 24% 2 20 25 0 11
1989 35 SFG NL 215 742 3.45 460 62% 22% 11% 27% 39% 78% 3% 48% 85% 55% 6% 12 7 13% 29 13 2 26% 2 3 11 0 0
1990 36 SFG NL 196 769 3.92 470 61% 20% 15% 34% 32% 80% 4% 49% 82% 55% 7% 14 4 19% 37 14 0 17% 2 6 6 0 0
3 Yrs 1632 5940 3.64 3542 60% 22% 14% 28% 36% 78% 2% 46% 82% 53% 7% 114 49 16% 254 122 13 22% 23 53 42 0 11
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 57% 6% 19% 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
1976 22 SFG NL 104 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 2 0 48 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1977 23 SFG NL 710 151 14 0 9 14 0 6 8 25 18 5 72% 13 6 2 256 18 6 75% 16 5 2 1 0 0 3 1 13 0
1978 24 SFG NL 1062 218 10 0 19 10 0 2 8 51 19 5 37% 12 6 1 359 16 8 67% 14 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1979 25 SFG NL 926 241 30 1 24 27 3 12 18 52 24 9 46% 12 6 2 341 16 6 73% 13 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1980 26 SFG NL 943 242 15 0 13 15 0 3 12 43 20 5 47% 16 2 2 362 31 9 78% 31 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
1981 27 HOU NL 616 128 5 1 7 4 1 2 3 24 10 1 42% 7 0 1 212 15 8 65% 13 6 2 0 0 2 1 1 4 1
1982 28 HOU NL 770 193 14 0 11 14 0 4 10 44 25 5 57% 9 8 3 266 28 11 72% 23 10 5 1 0 0 3 3 23 0
1983 29 HOU NL 867 202 12 0 21 12 0 2 10 37 21 5 57% 16 3 0 335 31 6 84% 26 6 4 0 1 0 2 1 19 0
1984 30 HOU NL 954 223 26 0 14 24 2 11 15 30 14 4 47% 16 2 6 334 9 13 41% 9 8 0 3 0 2 1 0 14 0
1985 31 HOU NL 1015 253 21 0 16 18 3 9 12 50 28 3 56% 23 4 0 373 10 11 48% 8 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 1
1986 32 HOU NL 1053 232 19 0 18 15 4 11 8 64 28 7 44% 14 5 1 330 16 9 64% 15 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 14 0
1987 33 HOU NL 792 226 26 1 13 23 3 14 12 47 23 6 49% 10 4 1 277 16 7 70% 12 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 12 0
1988 34 HOU NL 726 156 21 4 13 0 10 12 1 6 7 37 19 3 51% 13 6 0 263 9 8 53% 9 6 0 1 0 1 1 1 18 0
1989 35 TOT NL 746 190 33 3 16 0 12 13 3 8 8 46 23 6 50% 9 5 1 292 17 6 74% 14 4 3 2 0 0 3 2 23 0
1989 35 HOU NL 520 135 22 3 12 0 9 9 3 5 7 34 18 4 53% 8 4 1 202 13 6 68% 10 4 3 2 0 0 3 2 17 0
1989 35 SFG NL 226 55 11 0 4 0 3 4 0 3 1 12 5 2 42% 1 1 0 90 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1990 36 SFG NL 202 56 6 0 7 0 5 7 0 5 2 11 7 0 64% 1 1 0 71 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 0
15 Yrs 11486 2737 60 7 228 3 192 208 20 95 133 562 280 64 50% 173 60 20 4119 235 110 68% 205 94 29 11 1 5 20 13 213 2
MLB Averages 53% 67%
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+
1976 22 1 2 .333 3.24 4 4 0 0 0 0 25.0 26 9 9 0 7 1 11 0 0 2 104 113 1.320 9.4 0.0 2.5 4.0 1.57 113
1977 23 12 11 .522 3.35 31 31 0 6 2 0 191.0 177 82 71 14 79 3 111 3 0 8 814 116 1.340 8.3 0.7 3.7 5.2 1.41 116
1978 24 29 22 .569 2.93 67 66 1 22 8 0 451.0 395 167 147 24 164 14 258 7 0 14 1876 124 1.239 7.9 0.5 3.3 5.1 1.57 124
1979 25 38 34 .528 3.47 101 100 1 28 10 0 658.1 636 284 254 54 241 22 381 10 1 20 2802 104 1.332 8.7 0.7 3.3 5.2 1.58 104
1980 26 47 50 .485 3.63 136 133 2 36 11 0 873.2 878 398 352 69 302 32 484 18 2 22 3745 99 1.351 9.0 0.7 3.1 5.0 1.60 99
1981 27 56 55 .505 3.41 158 155 2 42 16 0 1030.1 1006 439 390 74 340 33 559 22 2 22 4362 104 1.306 8.8 0.6 3.0 4.9 1.64 104
1982 28 61 70 .466 3.56 191 184 3 46 16 1 1210.1 1199 539 479 88 400 37 667 25 2 30 5132 99 1.321 8.9 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.67 99
1983 29 67 83 .447 3.51 226 213 5 50 19 1 1413.1 1401 632 551 100 471 40 792 29 4 33 5999 100 1.325 8.9 0.6 3.0 5.0 1.68 100
1984 30 82 93 .469 3.46 261 247 5 61 22 1 1647.0 1624 725 634 126 526 45 932 30 4 35 6953 100 1.305 8.9 0.7 2.9 5.1 1.77 100
1985 31 97 106 .478 3.48 298 284 5 65 22 1 1888.0 1877 844 729 147 580 50 1063 33 4 39 7969 100 1.301 8.9 0.7 2.8 5.1 1.83 100
1986 32 114 118 .491 3.43 338 322 6 73 27 1 2146.0 2109 944 819 166 642 63 1206 37 4 44 9022 101 1.282 8.8 0.7 2.7 5.1 1.88 101
1987 33 122 135 .475 3.57 371 353 7 74 27 1 2323.2 2335 1062 923 192 696 66 1282 41 4 48 9814 98 1.304 9.0 0.7 2.7 5.0 1.84 98
1988 34 136 140 .493 3.54 398 380 7 77 29 1 2498.2 2491 1132 984 205 763 68 1385 43 6 54 10540 99 1.302 9.0 0.7 2.7 5.0 1.82 99
1989 35 143 152 .485 3.64 433 406 9 78 30 1 2663.2 2681 1230 1078 221 838 74 1449 46 10 59 11286 96 1.321 9.1 0.7 2.8 4.9 1.73 96
1990 36 146 155 .485 3.68 445 413 10 78 30 1 2708.0 2737 1258 1106 228 857 78 1473 47 13 60 11488 95 1.327 9.1 0.8 2.8 4.9 1.72 95

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
1976 22 1 1 .500 3.91 23.0 27 11 10 0 7 10 0 1.478 10.6 2.7 3.9 1.43 0.0 4
1977 23 10 7 .588 3.47 161.0 152 69 62 14 72 97 3 1.391 8.5 4.0 5.4 1.35 0.8 27
1978 24 16 11 .593 3.25 244.0 234 98 88 11 91 138 4 1.332 8.6 3.4 5.1 1.52 0.4 36
1979 25 7 14 .333 5.51 196.0 255 133 120 32 81 116 3 1.714 11.7 3.7 5.3 1.43 1.5 34
1980 26 9 13 .409 4.83 205.0 256 122 110 16 65 98 8 1.566 11.2 2.9 4.3 1.51 0.7 35
1981 27 16 8 .667 2.90 217.0 213 78 70 8 63 104 7 1.272 8.8 2.6 4.3 1.65 0.3 22
1982 28 6 12 .333 5.71 164.0 209 116 104 15 65 99 3 1.671 11.5 3.6 5.4 1.52 0.8 33
1983 29 10 11 .476 4.00 189.0 218 93 84 13 77 117 4 1.561 10.4 3.7 5.6 1.52 0.6 35
1984 30 12 12 .500 4.06 217.0 242 109 98 28 60 130 1 1.392 10.0 2.5 5.4 2.17 1.2 35
1985 31 12 13 .480 4.21 229.0 269 119 107 22 57 124 3 1.424 10.6 2.2 4.9 2.18 0.9 37
1986 32 15 12 .556 3.61 247.0 244 110 99 20 65 137 4 1.251 8.9 2.4 5.0 2.11 0.7 40
1987 33 6 12 .333 5.68 168.0 229 118 106 26 55 72 4 1.690 12.3 2.9 3.9 1.31 1.4 33
1988 34 8 9 .471 4.05 160.0 170 80 72 14 73 94 2 1.519 9.6 4.1 5.3 1.29 0.8 27
1989 35 4 12 .250 6.41 153.0 204 121 109 17 81 59 3 1.863 12.0 4.8 3.5 0.73 1.0 35
1990 36 1 3 .250 6.80 41.0 59 34 31 7 20 22 1 1.927 13.0 4.4 4.8 1.10 1.5 12
15 Yrs 133 150 .470 4.37 2614.0 2981 1411 1270 243 932 1417 50 1.497 10.3 4.9 1.52 0.8 445

* 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
1996 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1981 *
1988 *

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 NL  5.5 (8th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1978 NL  6.0 (2nd)
1981 NL  3.4 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1978 NL  2.63 (4th)
1981 NL  2.18 (2nd)
1986 NL  3.14 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1978 NL  17 (7th)
1984 NL  15 (6th)
1986 NL  17 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1988 NL  .737 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1978 NL  1.165 (9th)
1981 NL  1.060 (3rd)
1986 NL  1.140 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 NL  7.546 (5th)
1981 NL  7.353 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 NL  2.183 (10th)
1984 NL  2.118 (5th)
1985 NL  2.017 (7th)
1986 NL  2.163 (6th)
1987 NL  2.736 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1978 NL  260.0 (5th)
1981 NL  156.7 (9th)
1984 NL  233.7 (6th)
1985 NL  241.0 (9th)
1986 NL  258.0 (3rd)
Career  2,708.0 (185th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,473 (195th)

Games Started s c a p y
1978 NL  35 (9th)
1984 NL  34 (3rd)
1985 NL  37 (4th)
1986 NL  38 (3rd)
Career  413 (106th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1978 NL  16 (3rd)
1980 NL  8 (8th)
1981 NL  6 (6th)
1984 NL  11 (4th)
1986 NL  8 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1977 NL  2 (9th)
1978 NL  6 (1st)
1981 NL  5 (2nd)
1983 NL  3 (5th)
1984 NL  3 (4th)
1986 NL  5 (1st)
Career  30 (110th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  30 (2nd)
1984 NL  26 (2nd)
1985 NL  21 (7th)
1987 NL  26 (8th)
Career  228 (140th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 NL  85 (6th)
Career  857 (189th)

Hits s c a p y
1979 NL  241 (5th)
1980 NL  242 (8th)
1984 NL  223 (6th)
1985 NL  253 (4th)
1986 NL  232 (4th)
1987 NL  226 (6th)
Career  2,737 (168th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1984 NL  2.546 (8th)
1985 NL  2.426 (9th)
1986 NL  2.307 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 NL  0.346 (3rd)
1981 NL  0.287 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1980 NL  16 (2nd)
1982 NL  15 (2nd)
1983 NL  13 (8th)
1985 NL  13 (10th)
1986 NL  12 (10th)
1987 NL  17 (1st)
Career  155 (142nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  107 (4th)
1980 NL  98 (7th)
1982 NL  89 (10th)
1985 NL  95 (8th)
1987 NL  104 (7th)
1989 NL  94 (3rd)
Career  1,106 (170th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  8 (1st)
1981 NL  4 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1978 NL  1,062 (5th)
1984 NL  954 (8th)
1985 NL  1,016 (9th)
1986 NL  1,053 (4th)
Career  11,488 (187th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1978 NL  131 (5th)
1981 NL  151 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  25 (4th)
1981 NL  21 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1978 NL  2.7 (4th)
1981 NL  2.4 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1978 NL  29.25 (4th)
1981 NL  21.88 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1978 NL  4.1 (1st)
1981 NL  3.1 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1978 NL  3.8 (1st)
1981 NL  2.2 (7th)
1986 NL  2.1 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1978 NL  3.3 (3rd)
1981 NL  2.6 (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 - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 76 (328), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 20 (623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Stan Bahnsen (933)
  3. Rudy May (931)
  4. Floyd Bannister (930)
  5. Tim Belcher (924)
  6. Jim Slaton (924)
  7. Burt Hooton (923)
  8. Rick Rhoden (923)
  9. Woodie Fryman (922)
  10. Ray Sadecki (919)
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  1. Dean Stone (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Magrane (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Herb Pennock (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rick Reuschel (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Steve Hargan (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dick Drago (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Denny Lemaster (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Denny Lemaster (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Denny Lemaster (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bill Singer (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rudy May (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Stan Bahnsen (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Stan Bahnsen (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Rudy May (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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