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Ray Krawczyk

Raymond Allen Krawczyk

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 184 lb.

Born: October 9, 1959 in Sewickley, PA
School: Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1984
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Angels/Brewers 1984-1989

Final Game: April 28, 1989
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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
1981	21	PIT-min	A,Rk	2	5	.286	3.94	12	11	1	3	1	1	64.0	59	37	28	5	21	1	55	3	0	6			1.250	8.3	0.7	3.0	7.7	2.62	AXN,PRA · CARL,GULF
1982	22	PIT-min	AA,A	4	5	.444	4.05	44	9	26	2	0	8	120.0	103	60	54	10	72	2	127	4	0	6			1.458	7.7	0.8	5.4	9.5	1.76	BFL,AXN · EL,CARL
1983	23	PIT-min	AAA	5	7	.417	3.76	41	3	27	0	0	7	88.2	80	46	37	9	33	5	88	2	2	2			1.274	8.1	0.9	3.3	8.9	2.67	HAW · PCL
1984	24	PIT-min	AAA	4	5	.444	2.12	43	0	32	0	0	15	72.0	57	21	17	3	36	4	77	3	1	3			1.292	7.1	0.4	4.5	9.6	2.14	HAW · PCL
1984	24	PIT	NL	0	0		3.38	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	7	2	2	0	4	2	3	0	0	2	25	116	2.063	11.8	0.0	6.8	5.1	0.75
1985	25	PIT-min	AAA	5	3	.625	2.26	38	0	31	0	0	20	55.2	35	15	14	4	22	2	54	0	0	3			1.024	5.7	0.6	3.6	8.7	2.45	HAW · PCL
1985	25	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	14.04	8	0	3	0	0	0	8.1	20	13	13	1	6	3	9	1	0	1	51	27	3.120	21.6	1.1	6.5	9.7	1.50
1986	26	PIT-min	AAA,AA	4	6	.400	3.90	37	2	23	0	0	7	60.0	61	29	26	1	22	3	46	1	0	4			1.383	9.2	0.2	3.3	6.9	2.09	HAW,NAS · PCL,EL
1986	26	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	7.30	12	0	2	0	0	0	12.1	17	13	10	3	10	0	7	0	0	0	65	54	2.189	12.4	2.2	7.3	5.1	0.70

1987	27	CHW-min	AAA	11	6	.647	4.12	35	13	14	1	0	3	120.0	124	59	55	9	38	5	78	3	0	5			1.350	9.3	0.7	2.8	5.8	2.05	HAW · PCL
1988	28	ANA-min	AAA	4	9	.308	4.56	20	13	3	1	0	0	94.2	101	58	48	6	25	2	70	2	1	3			1.331	9.6	0.6	2.4	6.7	2.80	EDM · PCL
1988	28	CAL	AL	0	1	.000	4.81	14	1	6	0	0	1	24.1	29	13	13	2	8	1	17	2	0	2	108	82	1.521	10.7	0.7	3.0	6.3	2.13
1989	29	MIL-min	AAA	2	6	.250	3.47	43	2	15	1	0	4	93.1	109	45	36	5	34	2	85	0	0	4			1.532	10.5	0.5	3.3	8.2	2.50	DEN · AA
1989	29	MIL	AL	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	11	34	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	27.0	6.00
5 Yrs				0	4	.000	7.05	39	1	13	0	0	1	52.1	77	44	41	6	29	6	42	3	0	5	260	56	2.025	13.2	1.0	5.0	7.2	1.45
162 Game Avg.				0	7	.000	7.05	66	2	22	0	0	2	89	131	75	70	10	49	10	71	5	0	9	442	56	2.025	13.2	1.0	5.0	7.2	1.45

PIT (3 yrs)				0	3	.000	8.65	24	0	6	0	0	0	26.0	44	28	25	4	20	5	19	1	0	3	141	45	2.462	15.2	1.4	6.9	6.6	0.95
CAL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.81	14	1	6	0	0	1	24.1	29	13	13	2	8	1	17	2	0	2	108	82	1.521	10.7	0.7	3.0	6.3	2.13
MIL (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	11	34	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	27.0	6.00

NL (3 yrs)				0	3	.000	8.65	24	0	6	0	0	0	26.0	44	28	25	4	20	5	19	1	0	3	141	45	2.462	15.2	1.4	6.9	6.6	0.95
AL (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	5.47	15	1	7	0	0	1	26.1	33	16	16	2	9	1	23	2	0	2	119	73	1.595	11.3	0.7	3.1	7.9	2.56

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
1984	24	PIT	NL	5.1	4	0	2	3.38	4.16	0.19	-0.32	96.8	3.54	0	0.0	.2	-0.0	0.0	1	.501	.500	$
1985	25	PIT	NL	8.1	8	0	13	14.04	4.38	-0.26	-0.34	100.9	4.33	-9	-0.9	1.2	-0.1	-0.9	-8	.386	.494	$
1986	26	PIT	NL	12.1	12	0	13	9.49	4.47	0.20	-0.35	101.6	3.98	-8	-0.8	.4	0.2	-0.5	-6	.434	.495	$67,000

1988	28	CAL	AL	24.1	14	1	13	4.81	4.62	-0.16	-0.27	99.2	4.47	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.1	2	.493	.499	$
1989	29	MIL	AL	2.0	1	0	3	13.50	4.32	-0.14	-0.33	100.0	4.13	-2	-0.2	.1	0.1	-0.1	-2	.315	.499	$
5 Seasons				52.1	39	1	44	7.57	4.49	-0.05	-0.31	99.8	4.22	-20	-2.0	.6	0.1	-1.4	-14	.449	.498	$67,000

PIT (3 yrs)				26.0	24	0	28	9.69	4.38	0.05	-0.34	100.4	4.00	-17	-1.7	.7	0.1	-1.4	-14	.429	.497	$67,000
CAL (1 yr)				24.1	14	1	13	4.81	4.62	-0.16	-0.27	99.2	4.47	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.1	2	.493	.499	$
MIL (1 yr)				2.0	1	0	3	13.50	4.32	-0.14	-0.33	100.0	4.13	-2	-0.2	.1	0.1	-0.1	-2	.315	.499	$

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
1984	24	PIT	NL	4	25	20	2	7	0	0	0	2	1	4	3	.350	.440	.350	.790	.389	7	0	0	0	1	2	0
1985	25	PIT	NL	8	51	44	13	20	0	1	1	0	0	6	9	.455	.529	.568	1.098	.559	25	1	1	0	0	3	1
1986	26	PIT	NL	12	65	53	13	17	2	0	3	2	1	10	7	.321	.422	.528	.950	.318	28	0	0	1	1	0	2

1988	28	CAL	AL	14	108	97	13	29	5	0	2	2	2	8	17	.299	.361	.412	.773	.342	40	1	2	0	1	1	0
1989	29	MIL	AL	1	11	10	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.400	.455	.500	.955	1.000	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				39	260	224	44	77	8	1	6	6	4	29	42	.344	.421	.469	.890	.397	105	2	3	1	3	6	3
162 Game Avg.				66	442	381	75	131	14	2	10	10	7	49	71	.344	.421	.469	.890	.397	179	3	5	2	5	10	5
MLB Averages																.258	.323	.390	.713	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1984	24	PIT	NL	0.4	0.0	29	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.31	-0.1	0.2	-0.5	-0.1	0.31	0.0	0	0	4
1985	25	PIT	NL	-8.8	-0.9	53	-1.3	0.0	-1.3	.55	-0.5	-1.8	-11.3	-1.1	0.55	-9.1	3	0	4
1986	26	PIT	NL	-5.2	-0.5	69	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	.56	-0.4	-0.5	-6.1	-0.6	0.56	-6.2	1	2	9

1988	28	CAL	AL	-1.8	-0.2	115	-0.2	1.2	-1.4	.67	-0.0	-0.3	-0.7	-0.1	0.67	0.3	1	2	10
1989	29	MIL	AL	-1.8	-0.2	11	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.07	-0.1	-0.2	-2.0	-0.2	0.07	-1.5	0	0	1
5 Yrs				-17.2	-1.7	277	-2.0	1.8	-3.8	.56	-1.1	-2.4	-20.6	-2.0	0.56	-16.5	5	4	28

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
1988	28	CAL	AL	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	16.0	16	16	4	1	0	1	4.0	5.4	4.7	92	0	1	0	0	92
1 Yr				14	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	16	16	16	4	1	0	1	4.0	5.4	4.7	92	0	1	0	0	92
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-3					4.4	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%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1984	24	PIT	NL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	5	.311	0	0	4	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	2	1	4.0
1985	25	PIT	NL	8	8	3	0	2	2	0	2	0%	2	0	6	4	67%	7	.546	3	0	4	2	0	6	3	5	3	3	3	0	3.1
1986	26	PIT	NL	12	12	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	6	1	17%	6	.558	1	2	9	1	1	10	4	8	2	2	4	4	3.1

1988	28	CAL	AL	14	13	6	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	12	3	25%	8	.671	1	2	10	2	0	11	8	5	8	2	9	2	4.5	25
1989	29	MIL	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.068	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	52
5 Yrs				39	38	13	0	3	3	1	2	33%	4	1	27	10	37%		.558	5	4	28	5	1	32	17	21	16	7	19	7	3.8	27

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%
1984	24	PIT	NL	25	72%	0.0%	12.0%	16.0%	0.0%	0%		0.57	72%				1	0	0%
1985	25	PIT	NL	51	55%	2.0%	17.7%	11.8%	3.9%	10%		0.67	67%				17	1	6%
1986	26	PIT	NL	65	63%	4.6%	10.8%	15.4%	7.7%	29%		0.38	68%				19	0	0%

1988	28	CAL	AL	108	58%	1.9%	15.7%	7.4%	6.5%	24%	0.98	1.29	73%	17%	9.5%	48%	26	1	4%
1989	29	MIL	AL	11	55%	0.0%	54.6%	9.1%	9.1%	25%	1.00		36%	25%	0.0%	0%	1	0	0%
5 Yrs				260	60%	2.3%	16.2%	11.2%	5.8%	20%	0.98	0.80	69%	18%	8.7%	45%	64	2	3%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.7%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.8%	29%			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	28	CAL	AL	109	415	3.81	274	66%	29%	12%	29%	30%	71%	3%	47%	83%	61%	2%	2	1	23%	25	8	1	41%	2	0	-1	0	0
1989	29	MIL	AL	11	52	4.73	33	63%	39%	21%	27%	12%	61%	0%	38%	65%	82%	0%	0	0	36%	4	2	0	67%	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				120	467	3.89	307	66%	30%	13%	29%	28%	70%	3%	46%	81%	63%	2%	2	1	24%	29	10	1	48%	3	0	-1	0	0
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
1984	24	PIT	NL	25	7			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	67%	0	2	0	8	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1985	25	PIT	NL	51	20			1	0	3	1	0	1	0	10	5	0	50%	1	1	0	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
1986	26	PIT	NL	65	17			3	1	3	2	1	1	2	8	3	0	38%	2	0	0	31	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1988	28	CAL	AL	108	29	4	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	4	2	1	50%	0	2	2	52	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0
1989	29	MIL	AL	11	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				260	77	5	0	6	1	10	4	2	3	3	25	12	2	48%	3	5	2	120	6	4	60%	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	12	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1984	24	0		3.38	4	0	1	0	5.1	7	2	2	0	4	2	3	0	2	25	116	2.063	11.8	0.0	6.8	5.1	0.75	116
1985	25	2	.000	9.88	12	0	4	0	13.2	27	15	15	1	10	5	12	1	3	76	39	2.707	17.8	0.7	6.6	7.9	1.20	39
1986	26	3	.000	8.65	24	0	6	0	26.0	44	28	25	4	20	5	19	1	3	141	45	2.462	15.2	1.4	6.9	6.6	0.95	45
1987	27	3	.000	8.65	24	0	6	0	26.0	44	28	25	4	20	5	19	1	3	141	45	2.462	15.2	1.4	6.9	6.6	0.95	45
1988	28	4	.000	6.79	38	1	12	1	50.1	73	41	38	6	28	6	36	3	5	249	57	2.007	13.1	1.1	5.0	6.4	1.29	57
1989	29	4	.000	7.05	39	1	13	1	52.1	77	44	41	6	29	6	42	3	5	260	56	2.025	13.2	1.0	5.0	7.2	1.45	56

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1984	24	0	0		3.60	5.0	7	2	2	0	4	3	0	2.200	12.6	7.2	5.4	0.75	0.0	4
1985	25	0	0		15.75	8.0	21	16	14	1	6	8	1	3.375	23.6	6.8	9.0	1.33	1.1	8
1986	26	0	1	.000	8.25	12.0	18	12	11	3	11	7	0	2.417	13.5	8.3	5.3	0.64	2.3	12

1988	28	1	1	.500	6.14	22.0	31	17	15	2	9	15	2	1.818	12.7	3.7	6.1	1.67	0.8	14
1989	29	0	0		18.00	2.0	5	4	4	0	1	5	0	3.000	22.5	4.5	22.5	5.00	0.0	1
5 Yrs		1	2	.333	8.45	49.0	82	51	46	6	31	38	3	2.306	15.1		7.0	1.23	1.1	39

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