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Jerry Koosman

Jerome Martin Koosman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 23, 1942 in Appleton, MN
High School: West Central School of Agriculture (Morris, MN)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1967
Teams (by GP): Mets/Twins/WhiteSox/Phillies 1967-1985

Final Game: August 21, 1985
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 8:12PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #94. Don Newcombe… #95. Lefty Gomez… #96. Herb Pennock… #97. JERRY KOOSMAN… #98. Wilbur Cooper… #99. Ron Guidry… #100. Rollie Fingers… 

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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
1967 24 NYM NL 0 2 .000 6.04 9 3 1 0 0 0 22.1 22 17 15 3 19 4 11 0 1 0 105 57 1.836 8.9 1.2 7.7 4.4 0.58
1968 25 NYM NL 19 12 .613 2.08 35 34 0 17 7 0 263.2 221 72 61 16 69 7 178 8 0 8 1058 145 1.100 7.5 0.5 2.4 6.1 2.58 AS,MVP-13,RoY-2
1969 26 NYM NL 17 9 .654 2.28 32 32 0 16 6 0 241.0 187 66 61 14 68 11 180 4 2 7 957 160 1.058 7.0 0.5 2.5 6.7 2.65 AS,MVP-23
1970 27 NYM NL 12 7 .632 3.14 30 29 0 5 1 0 212.0 189 87 74 22 71 14 118 2 3 7 884 128 1.226 8.0 0.9 3.0 5.0 1.66
1971 28 NYM NL 6 11 .353 3.04 26 24 0 4 0 0 165.2 160 66 56 12 51 4 96 1 0 7 694 112 1.274 8.7 0.7 2.8 5.2 1.88
1972 29 NYM NL 11 12 .478 4.14 34 24 5 4 1 1 163.0 155 81 75 14 52 7 147 6 0 9 692 81 1.270 8.6 0.8 2.9 8.1 2.83
1973 30 NYM NL 14 15 .483 2.84 35 35 0 12 3 0 263.0 234 93 83 18 76 6 156 4 0 3 1071 128 1.179 8.0 0.6 2.6 5.3 2.05
1974 31 NYM NL 15 11 .577 3.36 35 35 0 13 0 0 265.0 258 113 99 16 85 7 188 7 1 8 1118 107 1.294 8.8 0.5 2.9 6.4 2.21
1975 32 NYM NL 14 13 .519 3.42 36 34 2 11 4 2 239.2 234 106 91 19 98 6 173 4 7 7 1018 101 1.385 8.8 0.7 3.7 6.5 1.77
1976 33 NYM NL 21 10 .677 2.69 34 32 0 17 3 0 247.1 205 81 74 19 66 7 200 1 1 3 994 123 1.096 7.5 0.7 2.4 7.3 3.03 CYA-2,MVP-14
1977 34 NYM NL 8 20 .286 3.49 32 32 0 6 1 0 226.2 195 102 88 17 81 8 192 4 4 2 940 107 1.218 7.7 0.7 3.2 7.6 2.37
1978 35 NYM NL 3 15 .167 3.75 38 32 6 3 0 2 235.1 221 110 98 17 84 11 160 8 1 5 986 93 1.296 8.5 0.7 3.2 6.1 1.90
1979 36 MIN AL 20 13 .606 3.38 37 36 0 10 2 0 263.2 268 108 99 19 83 4 157 3 1 2 1101 130 1.331 9.1 0.6 2.8 5.4 1.89 CYA-6
1980 37 MIN AL 16 13 .552 4.03 38 34 2 8 0 2 243.1 252 119 109 24 69 5 149 5 1 2 1022 108 1.319 9.3 0.9 2.6 5.5 2.16
1981 38 TOT AL 4 13 .235 4.01 27 16 9 3 1 5 121.1 125 59 54 10 41 7 76 0 1 2 517 97 1.368 9.3 0.7 3.0 5.6 1.85
1981 38 MIN AL 3 9 .250 4.20 19 13 5 2 1 5 94.1 98 49 44 8 34 7 55 0 1 1 404 95 1.399 9.3 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.62
1981 38 CHW AL 1 4 .200 3.33 8 3 4 1 0 0 27.0 27 10 10 2 7 0 21 0 0 1 113 109 1.259 9.0 0.7 2.3 7.0 3.00
1982 39 CHW AL 11 7 .611 3.84 42 19 12 3 1 3 173.1 194 81 74 9 38 3 88 2 2 4 726 105 1.338 10.1 0.5 2.0 4.6 2.32
1983 40 CHW AL 11 7 .611 4.77 37 24 6 2 1 2 169.2 176 96 90 19 53 2 90 6 0 5 730 88 1.350 9.3 1.0 2.8 4.8 1.70
1984 41 PHI NL 14 15 .483 3.25 36 34 0 3 1 0 224.0 232 95 81 8 60 5 137 3 2 6 950 112 1.304 9.3 0.3 2.4 5.5 2.28
1985 42 PHI NL 6 4 .600 4.62 19 18 0 3 1 0 99.1 107 56 51 14 34 3 60 3 2 2 433 81 1.419 9.7 1.3 3.1 5.4 1.76
19 Seasons 222 209 .515 3.36 612 527 43 140 33 17 3839.1 3635 1608 1433 290 1198 121 2556 71 29 89 15996 110 1.259 8.5 0.7 2.8 6.0 2.13
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .515 3.36 37 31 3 8 2 1 229 217 96 86 17 72 7 153 4 2 5 955 110 1.259 8.5 0.7 2.8 6.0 2.13
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
NYM (12 yrs) 140 137 .505 3.09 376 346 14 108 26 5 2544.2 2281 994 875 187 820 92 1799 49 20 66 10517 113 1.219 8.1 0.7 2.9 6.4 2.19
MIN (3 yrs) 39 35 .527 3.77 94 83 7 20 3 7 601.1 618 276 252 51 186 16 361 8 3 5 2527 115 1.337 9.2 0.8 2.8 5.4 1.94
CHW (3 yrs) 23 18 .561 4.23 87 46 22 6 2 5 370.0 397 187 174 30 98 5 199 8 2 10 1569 97 1.338 9.7 0.7 2.4 4.8 2.03
PHI (2 yrs) 20 19 .513 3.67 55 52 0 6 2 0 323.1 339 151 132 22 94 8 197 6 4 8 1383 100 1.339 9.4 0.6 2.6 5.5 2.10
NL (14 yrs) NL 160 156 .506 3.16 431 398 14 114 28 5 2868.0 2620 1145 1007 209 914 100 1996 55 24 74 11900 112 1.232 8.2 0.7 2.9 6.3 2.18
AL (5 yrs) AL 62 53 .539 3.95 181 129 29 26 5 12 971.1 1015 463 426 81 284 21 560 16 5 15 4096 107 1.337 9.4 0.8 2.6 5.2 1.97

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1967 24 NYM NL 22.1 3 17 12 -1 .6 -5 -0.5 $
1968 25 NYM NL 263.2 34 72 127 1 1.0 55 6.8 $ AS,MVP-13,RoY-2
1969 26 NYM NL 241.0 32 66 121 9 1.2 55 6.7 $ AS,MVP-23
1970 27 NYM NL 212.0 29 87 118 7 1.1 31 3.4 $
1971 28 NYM NL 165.2 24 66 88 1 1.1 22 2.6 $
1972 29 NYM NL 163.0 24 81 88 -6 1.0 7 0.8 $
1973 30 NYM NL 263.0 35 93 144 -1 1.0 51 5.7 $
1974 31 NYM NL 265.0 35 113 157 -11 1.1 44 5.1 $
1975 32 NYM NL 239.2 34 106 126 0 1.1 20 2.3 $
1976 33 NYM NL 247.1 32 81 120 1 1.0 39 4.6 $ CYA-2,MVP-14
1977 34 NYM NL 226.2 32 102 128 0 1.0 26 2.8 $
1978 35 NYM NL 235.1 32 110 123 -3 1.1 13 1.5 $
1979 36 MIN AL 263.2 36 108 175 0 1.0 67 6.5 $ CYA-6
1980 37 MIN AL 243.1 34 119 152 6 1.0 33 3.3 $
1981 38 MIN AL 94.1 13 49 57 -2 1.0 8 0.8 $
1981 38 CHW AL 27.0 3 10 14 0 1.0 4 0.4 $
1982 39 CHW AL 173.1 19 81 108 -5 .9 27 2.5 $
1983 40 CHW AL 169.2 24 96 96 6 .9 0 -0.1 $
1984 41 PHI NL 224.0 34 95 123 -2 1.0 28 3.1 $
1985 42 PHI NL 99.1 18 56 61 -3 1.0 5 0.5 $600,000
19 Seasons 3839.1 527 1608 2138 -3 1.0 530 58.8 $600,000
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
NYM (12 yrs) 2544.2 346 994 1352 -3 1.1 358 41.8 $
MIN (3 yrs) 601.1 83 276 384 4 1.0 108 10.6 $
CHW (3 yrs) 370.0 46 187 218 1 .9 31 2.8 $
PHI (2 yrs) 323.1 52 151 184 -5 1.0 33 3.6 $600,000

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
1969 26 NYM NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 11.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 7 6 6 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 24 2.357 13.5 1.9 7.7 9.6 1.25
1969 26 NYM NL WS W BAL 2 0 1.000 2.04 2 2 0 1 0 0 17.2 7 4 4 2 4 0 9 0 0 0 64 0.623 3.6 1.0 2.0 4.6 2.25
1973 30 NYM NL NLCS W CIN 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 2 2 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 35 0.889 8.0 1.0 0.0 9.0
1973 30 NYM NL WS L OAK 1 0 1.000 3.12 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 9 3 3 0 7 1 8 0 0 0 41 1.846 9.3 0.0 7.3 8.3 1.14
1983 40 CHW AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
3 Seasons (5 Series) 4 0 1.000 3.79 7 6 0 2 0 0 40.1 32 18 17 4 17 2 31 0 0 0 168 1.215 7.1 0.9 3.8 6.9 1.82
1 ALCS 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
2 NLCS 1 0 1.000 5.27 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.2 15 8 8 2 4 0 14 0 0 0 59 1.390 9.9 1.3 2.6 9.2 3.50
2 WS 3 0 1.000 2.39 4 4 0 1 0 0 26.1 16 7 7 2 11 1 17 0 0 0 105 1.025 5.5 0.7 3.8 5.8 1.55

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1967 24 NYM NL 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1968 25 NYM NL 35 97 91 3 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 62 .077 .106 .121 .227 -32 11 1 0 3 0 0 1 AS,MVP-13,RoY-2
1969 26 NYM NL 32 89 84 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 46 .048 .059 .048 .106 -70 4 2 0 4 0 0 1 AS,MVP-23
1970 27 NYM NL 30 86 70 5 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 8 46 .086 .179 .100 .279 -23 7 2 0 8 0 0 1
1971 28 NYM NL 26 60 50 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25 .160 .222 .160 .382 11 8 1 1 6 0 0 1
1972 29 NYM NL 34 56 47 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 .085 .085 .085 .170 -51 4 1 0 9 0 0 1
1973 30 NYM NL 35 95 78 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 37 .103 .125 .115 .240 -32 9 2 0 15 0 0 1
1974 31 NYM NL 35 103 86 5 16 2 1 0 5 0 0 7 29 .186 .247 .233 .480 36 20 2 0 10 0 0 1
1975 32 NYM NL 36 89 78 4 14 2 0 0 6 1 0 4 31 .179 .220 .205 .425 21 16 0 0 7 0 0 1
1976 33 NYM NL 34 94 79 5 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 34 .215 .235 .241 .475 39 19 1 0 13 0 0 1 CYA-2,MVP-14
1977 34 NYM NL 32 79 72 2 8 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 30 .111 .122 .153 .274 -25 11 2 1 5 1 0 1
1978 35 NYM NL 38 75 70 1 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 27 .086 .086 .129 .214 -40 9 0 0 5 0 0 1
1979 36 MIN AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-6
1980 37 MIN AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 38 TOT AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 38 MIN AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 38 CHW AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1982 39 CHW AL 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 40 CHW AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 41 PHI NL 36 89 74 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 23 .108 .120 .108 .228 -36 8 3 0 14 0 0 1
1985 42 PHI NL 19 37 34 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 9 .088 .111 .088 .199 -44 3 2 0 1 1 0 1
19 Seasons 612 1052 915 36 109 12 1 2 46 1 0 33 418 .119 .151 .141 .292 -17 129 19 2 100 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 278 242 10 29 3 0 1 12 0 0 9 111 .119 .151 .141 .292 -17 34 5 1 26 1 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYM (12 yrs) 376 926 807 33 98 12 1 2 39 1 0 31 386 .121 .156 .146 .302 -14 118 14 2 85 1 0
MIN (3 yrs) 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 55 126 108 3 11 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 32 .102 .117 .102 .219 -38 11 5 0 15 1 0
NL (14 yrs) 431 1052 915 36 109 12 1 2 46 1 0 33 418 .119 .151 .141 .292 -17 129 19 2 100 2 0
AL (5 yrs) 181 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1967 24 NYM NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1968 25 NYM NL 97 -13 0 1 0 0 7 3 -2 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $12,000 1 AS,MVP-13,RoY-2
1969 26 NYM NL 89 -18 0 0 -1 0 8 3 -8 -1.0 -8 -0.8 -0.2 $30,000 1 AS,MVP-23
1970 27 NYM NL 86 -13 0 0 -1 0 7 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $50,000 1
1971 28 NYM NL 60 -6 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1972 29 NYM NL 56 -9 0 -1 0 0 3 1 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.7 0.0 $ 1
1973 30 NYM NL 95 -14 0 0 0 0 7 2 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 1
1974 31 NYM NL 103 -7 -2 0 0 0 7 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1975 32 NYM NL 89 -8 0 -1 1 0 7 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1976 33 NYM NL 94 -6 0 -1 0 0 7 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $100,000 1 CYA-2,MVP-14
1977 34 NYM NL 79 -12 0 -1 -1 0 7 2 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $150,000 1
1978 35 NYM NL 75 -13 0 1 0 0 6 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $150,000 1
1984 41 PHI NL 89 -14 0 -1 -1 0 7 2 -7 -0.9 -7 -0.8 -0.1 $591,000 1
1985 42 PHI NL 37 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $600,000 1
14 Seasons 1052 -139 -2 -3 -3 0 80 27 -40 -5.5 -40 -4.2 -1.3 $1,683,000
NYM (12 yrs) 926 -119 -2 -2 -2 0 70 24 -31 -4.3 -31 -3.2 -1.1 $492,000
PHI (2 yrs) 126 -20 0 -1 -1 0 10 3 -9 -1.2 -9 -1.0 -0.2 $1,191,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 26 NYM NL NLCS ATL W 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 NYM NL WS BAL W 2 7 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .286 .429 2 0 0 0 0 0
1973 30 NYM NL NLCS CIN W 1 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1973 30 NYM NL WS OAK L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 6 18 17 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .176 .222 .235 .458 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 2 7 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .429 .333 .762 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 11 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .091 .091 .182 .273 2 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1967 NYM NL 24 P 9 22.1 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.01 0.56 .960 2.01 2.00
1968 NYM NL 25 P 35 263.2 47 5 42 0 2 1.000 1.60 1.34 .958 2.01 2.02 AS,MVP-13,RoY-2
1969 NYM NL 26 P 32 241.0 42 4 37 1 3 .976 1.53 1.28 .958 1.95 1.94 AS,MVP-23
1970 NYM NL 27 P 30 212.0 27 7 20 0 1 1.000 1.15 0.90 .951 1.85 1.84
1971 NYM NL 28 P 26 165.2 30 6 23 1 2 .967 1.58 1.12 .954 1.90 1.90
1972 NYM NL 29 P 34 163.0 28 4 23 1 1 .964 1.49 0.79 .950 1.78 1.78
1973 NYM NL 30 P 35 263.0 48 5 41 2 1 .958 1.57 1.31 .950 1.88 1.88
1974 NYM NL 31 P 35 265.0 53 8 41 4 2 .925 1.66 1.40 .944 1.88 1.88
1975 NYM NL 32 P 36 239.2 45 10 32 3 3 .933 1.58 1.17 .946 1.86 1.86
1976 NYM NL 33 P 34 247.1 47 5 39 3 1 .936 1.60 1.29 .950 1.88 1.87 CYA-2,MVP-14
1977 NYM NL 34 P 32 226.2 33 4 25 4 0 .879 1.15 0.91 .950 1.85 1.85
1978 NYM NL 35 P 38 235.1 58 4 48 6 4 .897 1.99 1.37 .951 1.91 1.89
1979 MIN AL 36 P 37 263.2 65 10 50 5 6 .923 2.05 1.62 .949 1.92 1.89 CYA-6
1980 MIN AL 37 P 38 243.1 51 7 41 3 2 .941 1.78 1.26 .957 1.85 1.85
1981 TOT AL 38 P 27 16 3 121.1 25 7 17 1 0 .960 1.78 0.89 .963 1.97 1.98 2 7 78% 3
1981 MIN AL 38 P 19 13 2 94.1 21 5 15 1 0 .952 1.91 1.05 .963 1.97 1.98 1 7 88% 3
1981 CHW AL 38 P 8 3 1 27.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.33 0.50 .962 1.97 1.98 1 0 0% 0
1982 CHW AL 39 P 42 173.1 37 12 24 1 3 .973 1.87 0.86 .958 1.80 1.80
1983 CHW AL 40 P 37 169.2 33 5 26 2 2 .939 1.64 0.84 .958 1.80 1.78
1984 PHI NL 41 P 36 224.0 47 9 34 4 1 .915 1.73 1.19 .954 1.88 1.87
1985 PHI NL 42 P 19 99.1 19 4 14 1 1 .947 1.63 0.95 .953 1.92 1.92
19 Seasons P 612 16 3 3839.1 740 116 582 42 36 .943 1.64 1.14 .953 1.89 1.88 2 7 78% 3
19 Seasons TOT 612 16 3 3839.1 740 116 582 42 36 .943 1.64 1.14 .953 1.89 1.88 2 7 78% 3
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA ( 0.9%)

All-Star Games
1968 *
1969 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1968 NL (13, 5%)
1969 NL (23, 2%)
1976 NL (14, 6%)
0.13 Career Shares (851st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 NL (2, 56%)
1979 AL (6, 4%)
0.61 Career Shares (88th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1968 NL  6.3 (8th)
1979 AL  6.5 (6th)
Career  53.3 (213th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1968 NL  6.8 (4th)
1969 NL  6.7 (10th)
1973 NL  5.7 (3rd)
1974 NL  5.1 (8th)
1976 NL  4.6 (8th)
1979 AL  6.5 (2nd)
Career  58.8 (45th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1968 NL  2.08 (4th)
1969 NL  2.28 (5th)
1970 NL  3.14 (5th)
1973 NL  2.84 (9th)
1976 NL  2.69 (4th)
1979 AL  3.38 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1968 NL  19 (4th)
1976 NL  21 (2nd)
1979 AL  20 (3rd)
1980 AL  16 (10th)
1984 NL  14 (9th)
Career  222 (73rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1968 NL  .613 (10th)
1969 NL  .654 (7th)
1970 NL  .632 (7th)
1976 NL  .677 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1969 NL  1.058 (6th)
1970 NL  1.226 (7th)
1976 NL  1.096 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 NL  7.544 (9th)
1969 NL  6.983 (4th)
1970 NL  8.024 (8th)
1976 NL  7.460 (6th)
1977 NL  7.743 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 AL  1.973 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 NL  8.117 (3rd)
1974 NL  6.385 (10th)
1975 NL  6.497 (6th)
1976 NL  7.278 (2nd)
1977 NL  7.624 (1st)
1978 NL  6.119 (7th)
1979 AL  5.359 (7th)
1980 AL  5.511 (9th)
1981 AL  5.637 (9th)
Career  5.992 (242nd)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  612 (179th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1968 NL  263.7 (7th)
1973 NL  263.0 (7th)
1974 NL  265.0 (8th)
1979 AL  263.7 (4th)
Career  3,839.3 (48th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1968 NL  178 (10th)
1974 NL  188 (7th)
1975 NL  173 (7th)
1976 NL  200 (3rd)
1977 NL  192 (6th)
1978 NL  160 (8th)
1979 AL  157 (5th)
1980 AL  149 (7th)
Career  2,556 (28th)

Games Started s c a p y
1968 NL  34 (10th)
1979 AL  36 (4th)
1980 AL  34 (10th)
1984 NL  34 (3rd)
Career  527 (36th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1968 NL  17 (5th)
1969 NL  16 (9th)
1973 NL  12 (8th)
1974 NL  13 (7th)
1976 NL  17 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1968 NL  7 (3rd)
1969 NL  6 (4th)
1973 NL  3 (7th)
1975 NL  4 (5th)
Career  33 (87th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1976 NL  19 (6th)
1980 AL  24 (10th)
Career  290 (56th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 NL  98 (6th)
1977 NL  81 (9th)
1978 NL  84 (7th)
Career  1,198 (53rd)

Hits s c a p y
1974 NL  258 (5th)
1979 AL  268 (3rd)
1980 AL  252 (10th)
1984 NL  232 (2nd)
Career  3,635 (54th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1969 NL  2.647 (10th)
1972 NL  2.827 (10th)
1974 NL  2.212 (8th)
1976 NL  3.030 (3rd)
1977 NL  2.370 (9th)
1980 AL  2.159 (9th)
1982 AL  2.316 (7th)
Career  2.134 (210th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 NL  0.523 (6th)
1977 NL  0.675 (10th)
1979 AL  0.649 (6th)
1982 AL  0.467 (3rd)
1984 NL  0.321 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1977 NL  20 (1st)
1978 NL  15 (3rd)
1981 AL  13 (1st)
1984 NL  15 (5th)
Career  209 (37th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  98 (5th)
1980 AL  109 (9th)
Career  1,433 (50th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1972 NL  9 (9th)
Career  89 (137th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1968 NL  8 (6th)
1972 NL  6 (9th)
1974 NL  7 (3rd)
1978 NL  8 (5th)
Career  71 (192nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1968 NL  1,058 (8th)
1973 NL  1,071 (9th)
1974 NL  1,118 (8th)
1979 AL  1,101 (4th)
1984 NL  950 (9th)
Career  15,996 (54th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1968 NL  145 (3rd)
1969 NL  160 (6th)
1970 NL  128 (9th)
1973 NL  128 (9th)
1976 NL  123 (9th)
1979 AL  130 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1968 NL  26 (3rd)
1969 NL  38 (6th)
1973 NL  24 (6th)
1976 NL  19 (6th)
1979 AL  30 (5th)
Career  151 (127th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1968 NL  3.2 (3rd)
1969 NL  4.3 (6th)
1973 NL  2.6 (6th)
1976 NL  2.1 (6th)
1979 AL  3.1 (5th)
Career  16.7 (117th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1968 NL  28.83 (3rd)
1969 NL  46.99 (4th)
1973 NL  29.94 (6th)
1976 NL  23.15 (8th)
1979 AL  34.65 (5th)
Career  180.20 (57th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1968 NL  4.0 (4th)
1969 NL  6.4 (3rd)
1973 NL  3.0 (7th)
1976 NL  3.3 (4th)
Career  21.8 (51st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1969 NL  3.7 (9th)
1976 NL  2.6 (3rd)
1979 AL  2.3 (8th)
Career  17.5 (53rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1968 NL  3.5 (3rd)
1969 NL  5.4 (4th)
1973 NL  3.3 (6th)
1976 NL  2.7 (7th)
1979 AL  3.5 (5th)
Career  20.1 (55th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1973 NL  15 (4th)
1976 NL  13 (7th)
1984 NL  14 (2nd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1979 AL  50 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1978 NL  6 (2nd)
1979 AL  5 (5th)
1984 NL  4 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1968 NL  1.000 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1980 AL  born 1942-12-23 (10th)
1981 AL  born 1942-12-23 (6th)
1982 AL  born 1942-12-23 (6th)
1983 AL  born 1942-12-23 (4th)
1984 NL  born 1942-12-23 (3rd)
1985 NL  born 1942-12-23 (3rd)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 130 (130), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 59 (218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 33 (119), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Mickey Lolich (934)
  2. Jerry Reuss (924)
  3. Joe Niekro (917)
  4. Jim Bunning (915) *
  5. Frank Tanana (906)
  6. Rick Reuschel (901)
  7. Luis Tiant (889)
  8. Billy Pierce (884)
  9. Dennis Martinez (880)
  10. Curt Simmons (876)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Cliff Melton (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dutch Ruether (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Max Lanier (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Nick Cullop (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gene Packard (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gene Packard (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Horlen (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Horlen (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tommy John (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Chris Short (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rudy May (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dizzy Trout (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Camilo Pascual (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Phil Niekro (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Phil Niekro (935) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Phil Niekro (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Jerry Reuss (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Joe Niekro (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bob Friend (985)
  2. Randy Johnson (977)
  3. Gerry Staley (975)
  4. Chris Short (974)
  5. Terry Mulholland (974)
  6. Si Johnson (973)
  7. Nolan Ryan (973) *
  8. Billy O'Dell (971)
  9. Ed Whitson (970)
  10. Bill Doak (970)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill Monbouquette (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Red Faber (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Casey Patten (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Casey Patten (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Scott (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Scott (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Nolan Ryan (984) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Nolan Ryan (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Nolan Ryan (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Nolan Ryan (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Nolan Ryan (977) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Nolan Ryan (978) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196825New York Mets$12,0002/7/70 TSN
196926New York Mets$30,0002/7/70 TSN
197027New York Mets$50,0002/7/70 TSN
197633New York Mets$100,00010/23/76 TSN
197734New York Mets$150,00012/11/76 TSN
197835New York Mets$150,00012/11/76 TSN
197936New York Mets$150,00012/11/76 TSN
198441Philadelphia Phillies$591,0001986 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database
198542Philadelphia Phillies$600,0001986 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman databaseArbitration loss; $865,000 request
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,833,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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