Bob Knepper
Robert Wesley Knepper
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 25, 1954 in Akron, OH
High School: Calistoga (Calistoga, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1976
Final Game: June 24, 1990
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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
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 2 104 111 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 6 710 116 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 86 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 0 617 150 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 2 954 103 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 97 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 74 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 97 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 64 1.692 11.4 1.4 3.9 4.9 1.26
15 Seasons 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

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
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 Seasons (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

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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
1981 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 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 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 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 3.00 0 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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
1981 27 HOU NL 22 617 566 41 128 16 3 5 15 8 38 75 .226 .278 .292 .570 .252 165 16 4 6 3 1
1982 28 HOU NL 33 769 694 100 193 29 4 14 28 11 60 108 .278 .336 .392 .727 .310 272 20 3 6 6 4
1983 29 HOU NL 35 865 773 93 202 28 3 12 31 6 71 125 .261 .324 .352 .675 .295 272 22 4 9 8 3
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
1985 31 HOU NL 37 1016 935 119 253 53 8 21 10 11 54 131 .271 .310 .412 .721 .293 385 24 3 15 9 5
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
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
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
1989 35 TOT NL 35 745 649 98 190 29 7 16 17 6 75 64 .293 .366 .433 .799 .303 281 14 3 12 6 6
1989 35 HOU NL 22 519 445 78 135 17 5 12 13 6 60 45 .303 .386 .445 .831 .315 198 14 2 9 3 4
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
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
15 Seasons 445 11484 10373 1258 2737 464 84 228 235 110 857 1473 .264 .321 .391 .712 .287 4053 262 47 134 73 78
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
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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
1976 22 SFG NL 4 4 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 3 75% 52 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 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 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 2 6 6 2 15 44% 47 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 3 4 8 1 19 58% 48 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 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% 49 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 4 3 4 3 13 45% 51 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 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 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 2 6 8 5 23 61% 55 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 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 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% 43 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 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% 48 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% 47 58 32 8 1 2 1 6.8 3.8 5.2 93 2 2 2 1 122
15 Seasons 445 413 143 153 117 22 53 209 204 .506 32 51 78 30 230 56% 51 91 -1 278 96 92 104 4.0 3.9 6.4 95 10 26 17 5 135
MLB Averages
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*

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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
1978 24 SFG NL 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.106 0 0 1 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 1.099 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 1.062 1 2 1 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 1.069 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 0.917 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 1.013 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 0.995 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% 0.907 0 3 6 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 0.955 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 0.798 0 2 5 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 0.918 1 1 3 1 0 4 2 3 4 0 4 1 4.6 28
9 Seasons 294 32 10 3 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 17 9 53% 1.021 6 8 17 5 3 24 10 22 21 3 21 3 6.7 31

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%
1976 22 SFG NL 104 88% 0.0% 10.6% 6.7% 7.7% 31% 0.74 80% 23 2 9%
1977 23 SFG NL 710 82% 2.0% 14.1% 10.1% 6.6% 31% 1.22 72% 114 15 13%
1978 24 SFG NL 1062 82% 0.9% 13.8% 8.0% 4.9% 24% 1.11 76% 171 19 11%
1979 25 SFG NL 926 82% 3.2% 13.3% 8.3% 8.8% 34% 1.21 74% 185 17 9%
1980 26 SFG NL 943 80% 1.6% 10.9% 6.5% 6.6% 26% 1.04 79% 154 15 10%
1981 27 HOU NL 617 78% 0.8% 12.2% 6.2% 3.9% 19% 1.23 79% 105 16 15%
1982 28 HOU NL 770 81% 1.8% 14.0% 7.8% 6.1% 24% 1.36 75% 129 20 16%
1983 29 HOU NL 867 83% 1.4% 14.5% 8.2% 5.0% 21% 1.19 74% 156 22 14%
1984 30 HOU NL 954 89% 2.7% 14.7% 5.8% 6.5% 28% 1.12 76% 164 22 13%
1985 31 HOU NL 1016 88% 2.1% 12.9% 5.3% 8.1% 32% 1.37 78% 170 24 14%
1986 32 HOU NL 1053 85% 1.8% 13.6% 5.9% 7.0% 32% 1.21 76% 180 24 13%
1987 33 HOU NL 792 84% 3.3% 9.6% 6.8% 9.3% 33% 1.60 79% 123 21 17%
1988 34 HOU NL 726 86% 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 85% 2.2% 8.6% 10.1% 7.0% 27% 0.99 1.32 77% 17% 6.9% 21% 136 14 10%
1989 35 HOU NL 520 86% 2.3% 8.7% 11.6% 6.6% 25% 1.14 1.52 75% 16% 8.0% 19% 104 14 13%
1989 35 SFG NL 226 83% 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 87% 3.5% 11.9% 9.4% 10.4% 38% 0.82 1.16 75% 22% 9.9% 18% 31 5 16%
15 Seasons 11488 84% 2.0% 12.8% 7.5% 6.8% 28% 1.08 1.26 76% 18% 7.4% 20% 1975 262 13%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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 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 707 2497 3.53 1467 59% 23% 11% 26% 39% 76% 2% 45% 85% 50% 7% 51 22 12% 85 36 5 25% 4 23 39 0 11
1989 35 HOU NL 492 1755 3.57 1007 57% 23% 11% 26% 39% 76% 1% 43% 84% 48% 8% 39 15 11% 56 23 3 24% 2 20 28 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 194 762 3.93 466 61% 20% 15% 33% 32% 80% 4% 49% 82% 55% 7% 14 4 18% 35 13 0 17% 2 6 8 0 0
3 Seasons 1627 5921 3.64 3533 60% 22% 14% 28% 36% 78% 2% 47% 82% 53% 7% 114 49 15% 252 121 13 22% 23 53 47 0 11
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
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 3 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 3 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 2 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 1 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 3 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 2 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 Seasons 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 27 13 213 2
MLB Averages
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

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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+
1976 22 1 2 .333 3.24 4 4 0 0 0 0 25.0 26 9 9 0 7 1 11 0 0 2 104 111 1.320 9.4 0.0 2.5 4.0 1.57 111
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 123 1.239 7.9 0.5 3.3 5.1 1.57 123
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 103 1.332 8.7 0.7 3.3 5.2 1.58 103
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 98 1.321 8.9 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.67 98
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 99 1.325 8.9 0.6 3.0 5.0 1.68 99
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 99 1.301 8.9 0.7 2.8 5.1 1.83 99
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

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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
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 9 8 .529 3.54 160.0 153 70 63 14 73 96 3 1.413 8.6 4.1 5.4 1.32 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 5.49 195.0 257 132 119 32 82 116 3 1.738 11.9 3.8 5.4 1.41 1.5 34
1980 26 9 13 .409 4.85 204.0 257 122 110 16 65 98 8 1.578 11.3 2.9 4.3 1.51 0.7 35
1981 27 16 8 .667 2.85 218.0 210 77 69 8 62 104 7 1.248 8.7 2.6 4.3 1.68 0.3 22
1982 28 6 12 .333 5.76 164.0 209 117 105 15 65 98 3 1.671 11.5 3.6 5.4 1.51 0.8 33
1983 29 11 10 .524 3.93 190.0 217 92 83 13 76 117 4 1.542 10.3 3.6 5.5 1.54 0.6 35
1984 30 12 12 .500 4.06 217.0 243 109 98 28 60 130 1 1.396 10.1 2.5 5.4 2.17 1.2 35
1985 31 12 13 .480 4.26 228.0 271 120 108 22 58 124 3 1.443 10.7 2.3 4.9 2.14 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 4.02 161.0 169 80 72 14 73 95 2 1.503 9.4 4.1 5.3 1.30 0.8 27
1989 35 4 12 .250 6.45 152.0 205 121 109 17 81 59 3 1.882 12.1 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 Seasons 133 150 .470 4.38 2612.0 2984 1411 1270 243 933 1416 50 1.500 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1981 *
1988 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1978 NL--2.631--4th
1981 NL--2.183--2nd
1986 NL--3.140--10th

Wins s c a p y
1978 NL--17--7th
1984 NL--15--6th
1986 NL--17--5th
Career--146--250th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 NL--.607--9th
1988 NL--.737--5th

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--2708.0--184th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1473--180th

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--102nd

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--132nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 NL--85--6th
Career--857--183rd

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--2737--166th

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--.346--3rd
1981 NL--.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--140th

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--1106--168th

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--1062--5th
1984 NL--954--8th
1985 NL--1016--9th
1986 NL--1053--4th
Career--11488--158th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1978 NL--131--5th
1981 NL--150--2nd
1986 NL--114--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 79 (304), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 20 (609), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Tom Candiotti (956)
  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)
Most Similar by Ages 
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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. Doc Medich (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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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