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Mike Krukow

Michael Edward Krukow (the Polish Prince)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 21, 1952 in Long Beach, CA
High School: San Gabriel HS (San Gabriel, CA)
School: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1976
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cubs/Phillies 1976-1989

Final Game: June 4, 1989
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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 24 CHC NL 0 0 8.31 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20 50 1.846 12.5 0.0 4.2 2.1 0.50
1977 25 CHC NL 8 14 .364 4.40 34 33 0 1 1 0 172.0 195 96 84 16 61 8 106 3 4 6 767 100 1.488 10.2 0.8 3.2 5.5 1.74
1978 26 CHC NL 9 3 .750 3.90 27 20 3 3 1 0 138.1 125 62 60 11 53 4 81 5 0 1 582 103 1.287 8.1 0.7 3.4 5.3 1.53
1979 27 CHC NL 9 9 .500 4.21 28 28 0 0 0 0 164.2 172 84 77 13 81 12 119 3 1 5 722 99 1.536 9.4 0.7 4.4 6.5 1.47
1980 28 CHC NL 10 15 .400 4.39 34 34 0 3 0 0 205.0 200 117 100 13 80 5 130 8 2 5 884 90 1.366 8.8 0.6 3.5 5.7 1.63
1981 29 CHC NL 9 9 .500 3.68 25 25 0 2 1 0 144.1 146 68 59 11 55 6 101 2 1 8 622 101 1.393 9.1 0.7 3.4 6.3 1.84
1982 30 PHI NL 13 11 .542 3.12 33 33 0 7 2 0 208.0 211 87 72 8 82 10 138 3 1 13 893 118 1.409 9.1 0.3 3.5 6.0 1.68
1983 31 SFG NL 11 11 .500 3.95 31 31 0 2 1 0 184.1 189 95 81 17 76 8 136 3 1 8 816 90 1.438 9.2 0.8 3.7 6.6 1.79
1984 32 SFG NL 11 12 .478 4.56 35 33 1 3 1 1 199.1 234 117 101 22 78 5 141 5 3 3 903 77 1.565 10.6 1.0 3.5 6.4 1.81
1985 33 SFG NL 8 11 .421 3.38 28 28 0 6 1 0 194.2 176 80 73 19 49 10 150 3 3 10 804 103 1.156 8.1 0.9 2.3 6.9 3.06
1986 34 SFG NL 20 9 .690 3.05 34 34 0 10 2 0 245.0 204 90 83 24 55 4 178 4 0 4 987 116 1.057 7.5 0.9 2.0 6.5 3.24 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
1987 35 SFG NL 5 6 .455 4.80 30 28 0 3 0 0 163.0 182 98 87 24 46 6 104 2 3 3 699 81 1.399 10.0 1.3 2.5 5.7 2.26
1988 36 SFG NL 7 4 .636 3.54 20 20 0 1 0 0 124.2 111 51 49 13 31 3 75 5 1 5 517 93 1.139 8.0 0.9 2.2 5.4 2.42
1989 37 SFG NL 4 3 .571 3.98 8 8 0 0 0 0 43.0 37 20 19 5 18 3 18 1 2 0 177 85 1.279 7.7 1.0 3.8 3.8 1.00
14 Yrs 124 117 .515 3.90 369 355 4 41 10 1 2190.2 2188 1069 949 196 767 84 1478 47 22 71 9393 96 1.349 9.0 0.8 3.2 6.1 1.93
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .515 3.90 35 33 0 4 1 0 206 206 100 89 18 72 8 139 4 2 7 882 96 1.349 9.0 0.8 3.2 6.1 1.93
SFG (7 yrs) 66 56 .541 3.84 186 182 1 25 5 1 1154.0 1133 551 493 124 353 39 802 23 13 33 4903 92 1.288 8.8 1.0 2.8 6.3 2.27
CHC (6 yrs) 45 50 .474 4.17 150 140 3 9 3 0 828.2 844 431 384 64 332 35 538 21 8 25 3597 97 1.419 9.2 0.7 3.6 5.8 1.62
PHI (1 yr) 13 11 .542 3.12 33 33 0 7 2 0 208.0 211 87 72 8 82 10 138 3 1 13 893 118 1.409 9.1 0.3 3.5 6.0 1.68

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 24 CHC NL 4.1 2 0 4 8.31 4.12 -0.29 -0.33 118.0 4.82 -2 -0.2 .5 0.0 -0.1 -1 .410 .499 $
1977 25 CHC NL 172.0 34 33 96 5.02 4.39 -0.29 0.15 111.3 5.38 6 0.6 .1 -0.1 1.8 24 .518 .504 $
1978 26 CHC NL 138.1 27 20 62 4.03 4.06 -0.10 0.09 111.7 4.74 9 1.1 .6 -0.1 2.1 23 .541 .507 $
1979 27 CHC NL 164.2 28 28 84 4.59 4.24 -0.28 0.14 110.2 5.14 9 1.0 -0.1 2.2 26 .535 .506 $
1980 28 CHC NL 205.0 34 34 117 5.14 4.09 -0.31 0.14 109.8 4.99 -4 -0.5 -0.1 1.1 16 .487 .497 $
1981 29 CHC NL 144.1 25 25 68 4.24 3.89 -0.58 0.14 106.0 4.90 9 1.0 -0.1 2.1 19 .541 .506 $
1982 30 PHI NL 208.0 33 33 87 3.76 4.07 -0.07 0.14 102.1 4.37 12 1.3 -0.1 2.9 34 .541 .508 $
1983 31 SFG NL 184.1 31 31 95 4.64 4.13 -0.21 0.14 97.4 4.36 -6 -0.7 -0.1 0.7 12 .478 .496 $
1984 32 SFG NL 199.1 35 33 117 5.28 4.03 -0.66 0.13 98.5 4.75 -14 -1.5 3.8 -0.1 0.0 7 .457 .491 $
1985 33 SFG NL 194.2 28 28 80 3.70 4.06 -0.26 0.14 96.5 4.30 12 1.4 -0.1 2.8 31 .548 .508 $630,000
1986 34 SFG NL 245.0 34 34 90 3.31 4.20 0.39 0.15 95.0 3.76 11 1.3 -0.1 3.1 36 .537 .508 $745,000 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
1987 35 SFG NL 163.0 30 28 98 5.41 4.47 0.09 0.14 94.6 4.28 -22 -2.1 .3 -0.0 -0.8 -3 .429 .487 $648,000
1988 36 SFG NL 124.2 20 20 51 3.68 3.95 0.08 0.13 93.5 3.73 0 0.0 -0.1 1.0 12 .501 .500 $900,000
1989 37 SFG NL 43.0 8 8 20 4.19 4.03 0.24 0.14 97.4 3.83 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.1 2 .475 .499 $875,000
14 Seasons 2190.2 369 355 1069 4.39 4.13 -0.17 0.14 101.9 4.53 17 2.5 1.0 -1.1 19.0 238 .507 .501 $3,798,000
SFG (7 yrs) 1154.0 186 182 551 4.30 4.14 -0.08 0.14 96.1 4.19 -21 -1.9 2.0 -0.6 6.9 98 .490 .498 $3,798,000
CHC (6 yrs) 828.2 150 140 431 4.68 4.14 -0.31 0.13 109.9 5.04 27 3.1 .5 -0.4 9.2 106 .520 .503 $
PHI (1 yr) 208.0 33 33 87 3.76 4.07 -0.07 0.14 102.1 4.37 12 1.3 -0.1 2.9 34 .541 .508 $

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
1987 35 SFG NL NLCS L STL 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 34 1.111 9.0 0.0 1.0 3.0 3.00
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 34 1.111 9.0 0.0 1.0 3.0 3.00

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
1986 SFG NL 34 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 24 CHC NL 2 20 18 4 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .400 .500 .900 .353 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 25 CHC NL 34 767 695 96 195 21 5 16 29 8 61 106 .281 .340 .394 .734 .311 274 9 3 5 3 8 14
1978 26 CHC NL 27 582 514 62 125 21 5 11 12 5 53 81 .243 .318 .368 .685 .268 189 11 5 6 4 4 5
1979 27 CHC NL 28 722 625 84 172 33 6 13 21 16 81 119 .275 .359 .410 .769 .320 256 14 3 9 4 12 5
1980 28 CHC NL 34 884 774 117 200 40 12 13 32 12 80 130 .258 .329 .391 .721 .290 303 13 8 9 13 5 18
1981 29 CHC NL 25 622 552 68 146 16 3 11 24 8 55 101 .264 .330 .364 .694 .303 201 16 2 7 6 6 13
1982 30 PHI NL 33 893 787 87 211 36 9 8 32 10 82 138 .268 .336 .367 .703 .312 289 19 3 11 10 10 9
1983 31 SFG NL 31 816 725 95 189 32 4 17 32 10 76 136 .261 .332 .386 .718 .299 280 4 3 9 3 8 15
1984 32 SFG NL 35 903 808 117 234 39 8 22 30 7 78 141 .290 .353 .439 .792 .325 355 14 5 5 7 5 15
1985 33 SFG NL 28 803 739 80 176 35 4 19 21 4 49 150 .238 .287 .373 .661 .274 276 13 3 10 3 10 11
1986 34 SFG NL 34 987 913 90 204 36 6 24 23 7 55 178 .223 .269 .355 .624 .251 324 13 4 10 5 4 15
1987 35 SFG NL 30 699 633 98 182 31 4 24 13 11 46 104 .288 .334 .463 .797 .308 293 14 2 10 8 6 9
1988 36 SFG NL 20 517 470 51 111 18 5 13 15 2 31 75 .236 .289 .379 .668 .255 178 6 5 9 2 3 5
1989 37 SFG NL 8 177 157 20 37 6 0 5 1 4 18 18 .236 .316 .369 .686 .237 58 1 1 0 1 3 1
14 Yrs 369 9392 8410 1069 2188 367 71 196 285 104 767 1478 .260 .323 .391 .714 .293 3285 147 47 100 69 84 135
162 Game Avg. 35 882 790 100 206 34 7 18 27 10 72 139 .260 .323 .391 .714 .293 309 14 4 9 6 8 13
MLB Averages .260 .324 .387 .712 .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
1976 24 CHC NL -1.6 -0.2 20 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .49 -0.1 -0.1 -2.1 -0.2 0.49 -1.3 0 0 2
1977 25 CHC NL -0.7 -0.1 814 -0.7 12.9 -13.6 .98 -0.5 -0.2 -9.7 -0.9 0.98 -5.0 0 0 1
1978 26 CHC NL 3.8 0.4 599 1.5 10.0 -8.5 .94 0.4 1.1 5.2 0.5 0.94 6.8 1 2 3
1979 27 CHC NL 0.4 0.0 766 -0.7 12.9 -13.7 1.03 -0.5 -0.2 -1.8 -0.2 1.03 -5.8 0 0 0
1980 28 CHC NL -11.6 -1.2 941 -1.9 14.3 -16.1 .97 -1.3 -0.6 -22.1 -2.2 0.97 -14.6 0 0 0
1981 29 CHC NL -0.4 -0.1 662 -0.5 9.8 -10.3 .94 -0.6 0.1 -6.6 -0.7 0.94 -6.1 0 0 0
1982 30 PHI NL 10.5 1.1 953 -0.1 15.2 -15.3 1.01 0.2 -0.3 5.3 0.6 1.01 4.8 0 0 0
1983 31 SFG NL -9.4 -1.0 874 -1.1 14.1 -15.1 1.04 -1.0 -0.0 -10.4 -1.1 1.04 -9.2 0 0 0
1984 32 SFG NL -24.4 -2.5 948 -2.0 15.5 -17.6 1.02 -2.5 0.5 -25.3 -2.6 1.02 -27.4 2 0 0
1985 33 SFG NL 3.1 0.3 847 1.3 15.7 -14.4 1.10 0.7 0.5 9.0 1.0 1.10 7.8 0 0 0
1986 34 SFG NL 15.6 1.7 1020 3.1 17.6 -14.5 .98 1.9 1.3 20.9 2.3 0.98 18.1 0 0 0
1987 35 SFG NL -18.0 -1.7 730 -2.5 11.2 -13.7 .94 -0.8 -1.8 -17.9 -1.8 0.94 -9.2 0 0 2
1988 36 SFG NL -1.7 -0.2 542 -0.5 9.5 -10.0 1.10 -0.1 -0.4 -0.8 -0.1 1.10 -2.5 0 0 0
1989 37 SFG NL -2.2 -0.2 183 -0.1 3.1 -3.3 1.01 0.1 -0.2 -3.0 -0.3 1.01 -0.3 0 0 0
14 Yrs -36.7 -3.5 9899 -4.3 161.9 -166.3 1.00 -4.0 -0.3 -59.2 -5.6 1.00 -43.9 3 2 8

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
1977 25 CHC NL 34 33 8 14 11 2 3 14 19 .424 4 5 1 1 14 42% 47.1 84 20 37 13 10 9 4.3 3.7 5.2
1978 26 CHC NL 27 20 9 3 8 0 1 12 8 .600 0 4 3 1 14 70% 54.4 83 20 20 11 8 3 4.4 3.9 6.4
1979 27 CHC NL 28 28 9 9 10 3 4 16 12 .571 0 7 0 0 14 50% 48.8 73 12 26 11 8 11 4.0 3.7 5.9
1980 28 CHC NL 34 34 10 15 9 2 4 16 18 .471 3 3 3 0 15 44% 48.9 84 13 23 8 13 9 4.4 3.4 6.0
1981 29 CHC NL 25 25 9 9 7 2 0 11 13 .458 3 2 2 1 10 40% 51.0 76 17 26 8 14 4 4.2 4.8 5.8
1982 30 PHI NL 33 33 13 11 9 0 4 18 15 .545 0 7 7 2 21 64% 53.0 84 20 26 4 8 9 4.2 3.7 6.3
1983 31 SFG NL 31 31 11 11 9 2 3 15 16 .484 4 4 2 1 17 55% 50.6 85 21 26 13 7 11 4.8 4.1 5.9
1984 32 SFG NL 35 33 11 12 10 1 3 16 17 .485 3 5 3 1 15 45% 46.2 78 21 31 12 8 11 5.2 5.1 5.9
1985 33 SFG NL 28 28 8 11 9 1 3 14 14 .500 2 4 6 1 15 54% 56.8 80 27 10 6 1 13 2.8 2.8 7.0
1986 34 SFG NL 34 34 20 9 5 1 3 23 11 .676 1 3 10 2 25 74% 59.5 87 18 15 7 7 6 5.2 5.1 7.2
1987 35 SFG NL 30 28 5 6 17 0 2 18 10 .643 5 10 3 0 11 39% 46.5 72 17 25 8 3 14 5.5 4.6 5.6
1988 36 SFG NL 20 20 7 4 9 1 1 11 9 .550 2 4 1 0 11 55% 53.9 80 27 14 1 1 7 3.9 4.1 6.2 87 5 11 3 1 123
1989 37 SFG NL 8 8 4 3 1 3 1 5 3 .625 0 1 0 0 2 25% 49.9 68 27 6 0 0 2 4.2 3.4 5.4 80 4 4 0 0 98
13 Yrs 367 355 124 117 114 18 32 189 165 .534 27 59 41 10 184 52% 51 87 12 285 102 88 109 4.4 4.1 6.1 85 9 15 3 1 123
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 104 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3 95

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
1976 24 CHC NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .492 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.5
1977 25 CHC NL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .975 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1978 26 CHC NL 27 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 4 67% 9 .945 1 2 3 1 0 6 3 4 3 3 3 1 4.3
1984 32 SFG NL 35 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 8 1.025 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 5.0
1987 35 SFG NL 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 .943 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 11.0
5 Yrs 128 14 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 8 4 50% .974 3 2 8 3 1 10 5 9 8 4 8 2 5.8

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 24 CHC NL 20 45% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 50% 1.00 85% 4 0 0%
1977 25 CHC NL 767 57% 2.1% 13.8% 8.0% 5.5% 22% 1.87 75% 128 9 7%
1978 26 CHC NL 582 58% 1.9% 13.9% 9.1% 6.4% 30% 1.28 73% 96 11 11%
1979 27 CHC NL 722 56% 1.8% 16.5% 11.2% 7.2% 30% 1.27 69% 127 14 11%
1980 28 CHC NL 884 58% 1.5% 14.7% 9.1% 7.4% 33% 1.10 73% 150 13 9%
1981 29 CHC NL 622 51% 1.8% 16.2% 8.8% 4.8% 21% 1.28 72% 127 16 13%
1982 30 PHI NL 893 47% 0.9% 15.5% 9.2% 5.9% 25% 1.28 73% 168 19 11%
1983 31 SFG NL 816 49% 2.1% 16.7% 9.3% 6.5% 28% 1.16 70% 112 4 4%
1984 32 SFG NL 903 49% 2.4% 15.6% 8.6% 7.6% 30% 0.79 72% 154 14 9%
1985 33 SFG NL 804 48% 2.4% 18.7% 6.1% 7.2% 33% 0.82 71% 108 13 12%
1986 34 SFG NL 987 42% 2.4% 18.0% 5.6% 6.7% 32% 1.03 73% 153 13 9%
1987 35 SFG NL 699 43% 3.4% 14.9% 6.6% 8.4% 32% 0.98 73% 125 14 11%
1988 36 SFG NL 517 49% 2.5% 14.5% 6.0% 7.0% 32% 0.71 0.97 74% 19% 11.7% 50% 83 6 7%
1989 37 SFG NL 177 45% 2.8% 10.2% 10.2% 6.2% 30% 0.41 0.47 76% 19% 6.8% 26% 24 1 4%
14 Yrs 9393 50% 2.1% 15.7% 8.2% 6.8% 29% 0.62 1.09 72% 19% 9.8% 43% 1559 147 9%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 13.7% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 0.80 1.08 74% 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 36 SFG NL 518 1745 3.37 1099 63% 24% 13% 26% 37% 76% 2% 48% 83% 58% 6% 33 20 18% 93 51 5 47% 11 10 -1 3 0
1989 37 SFG NL 178 641 3.60 399 62% 19% 11% 33% 35% 80% 4% 50% 85% 59% 5% 9 4 17% 30 21 6 33% 1 3 -1 0 5
2 Yrs 696 2386 3.43 1498 63% 23% 13% 28% 36% 77% 2% 48% 83% 58% 6% 42 24 18% 123 72 11 44% 12 13 -2 3 5
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 24 CHC NL 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 25 CHC NL 767 195 16 0 8 11 5 8 8 41 15 5 37% 14 6 0 289 29 8 78% 28 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 19 0
1978 26 CHC NL 582 125 11 0 7 7 4 7 4 25 11 5 44% 5 1 0 204 12 5 71% 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1979 27 CHC NL 722 172 13 0 20 6 7 8 5 43 15 6 35% 5 5 1 258 21 16 57% 21 15 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 0
1980 28 CHC NL 884 200 13 0 13 8 5 8 5 58 34 7 59% 18 5 1 308 32 12 73% 29 11 3 0 0 1 5 1 28 0
1981 29 CHC NL 622 146 11 0 10 5 6 7 4 34 21 7 62% 13 8 0 231 24 8 75% 23 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 18 0
1982 30 PHI NL 893 211 8 0 24 2 6 5 3 59 30 12 51% 9 13 3 327 32 10 76% 31 10 1 0 0 0 2 0 31 0
1983 31 SFG NL 816 189 17 0 8 8 9 11 6 39 18 12 46% 15 8 3 295 32 10 76% 32 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 19 0
1984 32 SFG NL 903 234 22 0 20 6 16 9 13 63 25 8 40% 15 3 2 337 30 7 81% 25 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 18 0
1985 33 SFG NL 803 176 19 0 8 9 10 8 11 36 14 10 39% 11 10 4 275 21 4 84% 19 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 22 1
1986 34 SFG NL 987 204 24 0 12 13 11 15 9 46 24 5 52% 15 4 1 322 23 7 77% 22 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1987 35 SFG NL 699 182 24 0 12 11 13 11 13 40 22 9 55% 9 3 2 238 13 11 54% 12 10 1 1 0 0 1 1 21 0
1988 36 SFG NL 517 111 16 3 13 0 4 7 6 7 6 28 12 6 43% 5 5 3 168 15 2 88% 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1989 37 SFG NL 177 37 4 0 5 0 2 2 3 3 2 5 4 0 80% 1 0 0 55 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
14 Yrs 9392 2188 20 3 196 0 148 95 101 107 89 519 247 92 48% 135 71 20 3316 285 104 73% 269 95 16 5 0 4 13 2 217 1
MLB Averages 53% 67%

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 24 0 0 8.31 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20 50 1.846 12.5 0.0 4.2 2.1 0.50 50
1977 25 8 14 .364 4.49 36 33 0 1 1 0 176.1 201 100 88 16 63 8 107 3 4 6 787 98 1.497 10.3 0.8 3.2 5.5 1.70 98
1978 26 17 17 .500 4.23 63 53 3 4 2 0 314.2 326 162 148 27 116 12 188 8 4 7 1369 100 1.405 9.3 0.8 3.3 5.4 1.62 100
1979 27 26 26 .500 4.22 91 81 3 4 2 0 479.1 498 246 225 40 197 24 307 11 5 12 2091 100 1.450 9.4 0.8 3.7 5.8 1.56 100
1980 28 36 41 .468 4.27 125 115 3 7 2 0 684.1 698 363 325 53 277 29 437 19 7 17 2975 97 1.425 9.2 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.58 97
1981 29 45 50 .474 4.17 150 140 3 9 3 0 828.2 844 431 384 64 332 35 538 21 8 25 3597 97 1.419 9.2 0.7 3.6 5.8 1.62 97
1982 30 58 61 .487 3.96 183 173 3 16 5 0 1036.2 1055 518 456 72 414 45 676 24 9 38 4490 101 1.417 9.2 0.6 3.6 5.9 1.63 101
1983 31 69 72 .489 3.96 214 204 3 18 6 0 1221.0 1244 613 537 89 490 53 812 27 10 46 5306 99 1.420 9.2 0.7 3.6 6.0 1.66 99
1984 32 80 84 .488 4.04 249 237 4 21 7 1 1420.1 1478 730 638 111 568 58 953 32 13 49 6209 96 1.441 9.4 0.7 3.6 6.0 1.68 96
1985 33 88 95 .481 3.96 277 265 4 27 8 1 1615.0 1654 810 711 130 617 68 1103 35 16 59 7013 96 1.406 9.2 0.7 3.4 6.1 1.79 96
1986 34 108 104 .509 3.84 311 299 4 37 10 1 1860.0 1858 900 794 154 672 72 1281 39 16 63 8000 98 1.360 9.0 0.7 3.3 6.2 1.91 98
1987 35 113 110 .507 3.92 341 327 4 40 10 1 2023.0 2040 998 881 178 718 78 1385 41 19 66 8699 97 1.363 9.1 0.8 3.2 6.2 1.93 97
1988 36 120 114 .513 3.90 361 347 4 41 10 1 2147.2 2151 1049 930 191 749 81 1460 46 20 71 9216 96 1.350 9.0 0.8 3.1 6.1 1.95 96
1989 37 124 117 .515 3.90 369 355 4 41 10 1 2190.2 2188 1069 949 196 767 84 1478 47 22 71 9393 96 1.349 9.0 0.8 3.2 6.1 1.93 96

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 24 0 0 9.00 4.0 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 2.000 13.5 4.5 2.3 0.50 0.0 2
1977 25 10 9 .526 3.88 174.0 184 83 75 15 58 107 3 1.391 9.5 3.0 5.5 1.84 0.8 34
1978 26 7 7 .500 3.99 133.0 124 66 59 11 53 78 5 1.331 8.4 3.6 5.3 1.47 0.7 27
1979 27 8 9 .471 4.16 158.0 167 81 73 13 79 114 3 1.557 9.5 4.5 6.5 1.44 0.7 28
1980 28 9 13 .409 4.59 198.0 201 112 101 13 80 126 8 1.419 9.1 3.6 5.7 1.58 0.6 34
1981 29 11 12 .478 4.11 208.0 228 106 95 17 86 146 3 1.510 9.9 3.7 6.3 1.70 0.7 25
1982 30 12 9 .571 3.54 196.0 218 86 77 8 85 130 3 1.546 10.0 3.9 6.0 1.53 0.4 33
1983 31 8 11 .421 4.50 178.0 198 99 89 18 80 132 3 1.562 10.0 4.0 6.7 1.65 0.9 31
1984 32 8 13 .381 5.31 190.0 247 124 112 23 82 134 5 1.732 11.7 3.9 6.3 1.63 1.1 35
1985 33 10 10 .500 3.95 187.0 187 91 82 20 52 144 3 1.278 9.0 2.5 6.9 2.77 1.0 28
1986 34 15 11 .577 3.49 237.0 215 102 92 25 58 172 4 1.152 8.2 2.2 6.5 2.97 0.9 34
1987 35 6 11 .353 5.23 155.0 185 100 90 24 47 99 2 1.497 10.7 2.7 5.7 2.11 1.4 30
1988 36 6 7 .462 4.46 119.0 122 66 59 14 34 71 5 1.311 9.2 2.6 5.4 2.09 1.1 20
1989 37 2 2 .500 5.08 39.0 40 24 22 5 19 16 1 1.513 9.2 4.4 3.7 0.84 1.2 8
14 Yrs 112 124 .475 4.26 2176.0 2322 1144 1030 206 815 1470 48 1.442 9.6 6.1 1.80 0.9 369

* 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
1995 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1986 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 NL (15, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 NL (3, 12%)
0.12 Career Shares (175th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1982 NL  3.12 (10th)
1986 NL  3.05 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1986 NL  20 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1986 NL  .690 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1986 NL  1.057 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 NL  7.494 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 NL  2.265 (9th)
1986 NL  2.020 (3rd)
1987 NL  2.540 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 NL  6.504 (5th)
1980 NL  5.707 (9th)
1981 NL  6.298 (7th)
1983 NL  6.640 (9th)
1985 NL  6.935 (6th)
Career  6.072 (221st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1986 NL  245.0 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1981 NL  101 (8th)
1986 NL  178 (9th)
Career  1,478 (193rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1980 NL  34 (9th)
1981 NL  25 (1st)
1984 NL  33 (7th)
1986 NL  34 (10th)
Career  355 (187th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1986 NL  10 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1982 NL  2 (9th)
1986 NL  2 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  11 (3rd)
1984 NL  22 (6th)
1986 NL  24 (5th)
Career  196 (223rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 NL  80 (9th)
1982 NL  82 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1984 NL  234 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1985 NL  3.061 (6th)
1986 NL  3.236 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 NL  0.346 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1977 NL  14 (9th)
1980 NL  15 (3rd)
1981 NL  9 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1980 NL  100 (6th)
1981 NL  59 (8th)
1984 NL  101 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1981 NL  8 (3rd)
1982 NL  13 (5th)
1983 NL  8 (9th)
1985 NL  10 (4th)
Career  71 (247th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  8 (1st)
1984 NL  5 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1982 NL  118 (8th)
1986 NL  116 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1986 NL  20.88 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1986 NL  3.1 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1986 NL  2.3 (6th)

                                         

† 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 - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 42 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Mike Witt (961)
  2. Dick Ruthven (957)
  3. Ed Whitson (957)
  4. Mark Gubicza (957)
  5. Earl Wilson (956)
  6. Milt Wilcox (955)
  7. Mike Boddicker (952)
  8. Woody Williams (951)
  9. Dan Petry (949)
  10. John Denny (948)
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  1. Iron Davis (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Kurt Kepshire (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Harkey (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Kris Benson (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kris Benson (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Andy Ashby (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ed Whitson (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ed Whitson (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kirk McCaskill (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tim Belcher (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tim Belcher (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Milt Wilcox (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Todd Stottlemyre (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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