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Mike LaCoss

Michael James LaCoss

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 30, 1956 in Glendale, CA
High School: Mt. Whitney HS (Visalia, CA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1978
Teams (by GP): Giants/Astros/Reds/Royals 1978-1991
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: July 2, 1991
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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
1974	18	CIN-min	Rk	6	5	.545	2.79	13	13		6	2	0	87.0	81	40	27	0	38	1	58	3	1	9			1.368	8.4	0.0	3.9	6.0	1.53	BIL · PION
1975	19	CIN-min	A	7	10	.412	2.86	23	22		9	4	0	151.0	131	61	48	2	41	0	72	7	2	11			1.139	7.8	0.1	2.4	4.3	1.76	TAM · FLOR
1976	20	CIN-min	AA	12	10	.545	2.94	25	25		9	2	0	162.0	148	66	53	9	53	1	80	10	0	1			1.241	8.2	0.5	2.9	4.4	1.51	TRV · EL
1977	21	CIN-min	AAA	11	13	.458	3.87	27	27		8	1	0	186.0	181	93	80	15	65	0	104	4	0	4			1.323	8.8	0.7	3.1	5.0	1.60	INA · AA
1978	22	CIN-min	AAA	11	5	.688	3.46	19	19		10	3	0	130.0	129	62	50	6	49	2	67	2	0	5			1.369	8.9	0.4	3.4	4.6	1.37	INA · AA
1978	22	CIN	NL	4	8	.333	4.50	16	15	0	2	1	0	96.0	104	56	48	5	46	9	31	1	1	2	420	79	1.563	9.8	0.5	4.3	2.9	0.67
1979	23	CIN	NL	14	8	.636	3.50	35	32	0	6	1	0	205.2	202	92	80	13	79	8	73	2	3	3	868	108	1.366	8.8	0.6	3.5	3.2	0.92	AS
1980	24	CIN	NL	10	12	.455	4.62	34	29	1	4	2	0	169.1	207	101	87	9	68	8	59	1	2	3	762	78	1.624	11.0	0.5	3.6	3.1	0.87
1981	25	CIN	NL	4	7	.364	6.12	20	13	3	1	1	1	78.0	102	55	53	7	30	4	22	1	0	1	354	59	1.692	11.8	0.8	3.5	2.5	0.73
1982	26	HOU	NL	6	6	.500	2.90	41	8	11	0	0	0	115.0	107	41	37	3	54	6	51	4	1	5	488	115	1.400	8.4	0.2	4.2	4.0	0.94
1983	27	HOU	NL	5	7	.417	4.43	38	17	6	2	0	1	138.0	142	81	68	10	56	11	53	2	1	9	590	77	1.435	9.3	0.7	3.7	3.5	0.95
1984	28	HOU	NL	7	5	.583	4.02	39	18	6	2	1	3	132.0	132	64	59	3	55	5	86	0	1	9	565	82	1.417	9.0	0.2	3.8	5.9	1.56
1985	29	KCR-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.22	4	4	0	1	0	0	22.1	23	12	8	1	15	0	11	1	0	4			1.701	9.3	0.4	6.0	4.4	0.73	OMA · AA
1985	29	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	5.09	21	0	7	0	0	1	40.2	49	25	23	2	29	6	26	0	0	2	193	81	1.918	10.8	0.4	6.4	5.8	0.90
1986	30	SFG	NL	10	13	.435	3.57	37	31	1	4	1	0	204.1	179	99	81	14	70	8	86	6	5	5	842	99	1.219	7.9	0.6	3.1	3.8	1.23
1987	31	SFG	NL	13	10	.565	3.68	39	26	4	2	1	0	171.0	184	78	70	16	63	12	79	2	1	6	728	106	1.444	9.7	0.8	3.3	4.2	1.25
1988	32	SFG	NL	7	7	.500	3.62	19	19	0	1	1	0	114.1	99	55	46	5	47	3	70	1	2	6	477	91	1.277	7.8	0.4	3.7	5.5	1.49
1989	33	SFG	NL	10	10	.500	3.17	45	18	16	1	0	6	150.1	143	62	53	3	65	4	78	7	5	1	647	106	1.384	8.6	0.2	3.9	4.7	1.20
1990	34	SFG-min	A+	1	0	1.000	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0			0.833	7.5	1.5	0.0	9.0		SJO · CALL
1990	34	SFG	NL	6	4	.600	3.94	13	12	0	1	0	0	77.2	75	37	34	5	39	2	39	0	1	1	337	93	1.468	8.7	0.6	4.5	4.5	1.00
1991	35	SFG	NL	1	5	.167	7.23	18	5	6	0	0	0	47.1	61	39	38	4	24	0	30	2	0	2	225	50	1.796	11.6	0.8	4.6	5.7	1.25
1992	36	WSN-min	AAA	0	3	.000	7.30	7	1	1	0	0	0	12.1	17	11	10	2	5	0	7	0	0	0	58		1.784	12.4	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.40	INA · AA
14 Yrs				98	103	.488	4.02	415	243	61	26	9	12	1739.2	1786	885	777	99	725	86	783	29	23	55	7496	89	1.443	9.2	0.5	3.8	4.1	1.08
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.488	4.02	43	25	6	3	1	1	180	185	91	80	10	75	9	81	3	2	6	775	89	1.443	9.2	0.5	3.8	4.1	1.08

SFG (6 yrs)				47	49	.490	3.79	171	111	27	9	3	6	765.0	741	370	322	47	308	29	382	18	14	21	3256	94	1.371	8.7	0.6	3.6	4.5	1.24
CIN (4 yrs)				32	35	.478	4.39	105	89	4	13	5	1	549.0	615	304	268	34	223	29	185	5	6	9	2404	83	1.526	10.1	0.6	3.7	3.0	0.83
HOU (3 yrs)				18	18	.500	3.83	118	43	23	4	1	4	385.0	381	186	164	16	165	22	190	6	3	23	1643	87	1.418	8.9	0.4	3.9	4.4	1.15
KCR (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.09	21	0	7	0	0	1	40.2	49	25	23	2	29	6	26	0	0	2	193	81	1.918	10.8	0.4	6.4	5.8	0.90

NL (13 yrs)				97	102	.487	3.99	394	243	54	26	9	11	1699.0	1737	860	754	97	696	80	757	29	23	53	7303	89	1.432	9.2	0.5	3.7	4.0	1.09
AL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.09	21	0	7	0	0	1	40.2	49	25	23	2	29	6	26	0	0	2	193	81	1.918	10.8	0.4	6.4	5.8	0.90

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
1978	22	CIN	NL	96.0	16	15	56	5.25	4.00	-0.21	0.12	102.0	4.41	-10	-1.1	.4	-0.0	-0.4	-0	.434	.493	$
1979	23	CIN	NL	205.2	35	32	92	4.03	4.25	0.04	0.13	100.2	4.34	5	0.6	1.8	-0.1	2.1	27	.517	.504	$	AS
1980	24	CIN	NL	169.1	34	29	101	5.37	4.03	0.01	0.12	99.5	4.12	-24	-2.5	2.1	-0.1	-1.3	-8	.425	.484	$
1981	25	CIN	NL	78.0	20	13	55	6.35	3.88	-0.03	0.06	102.9	4.08	-21	-2.2	1.6	-0.2	-1.7	-15	.392	.487	$
1982	26	HOU	NL	115.0	41	8	41	3.21	4.10	-0.09	-0.12	94.9	3.86	7	0.8	1.2	-0.1	1.6	19	.520	.505	$
1983	27	HOU	NL	138.0	38	17	81	5.28	4.12	0.23	0.03	94.5	3.70	-25	-2.6	.8	-0.1	-1.5	-11	.432	.484	$
1984	28	HOU	NL	132.0	39	18	64	4.36	4.04	-0.13	0.01	92.3	3.85	-9	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.0	5	.475	.494	$
1985	29	KCR	AL	40.2	21	0	25	5.53	4.93	-0.02	-0.38	97.3	4.45	-5	-0.5	1.2	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.477	.497	$
1986	30	SFG	NL	204.1	37	31	99	4.36	4.06	0.43	0.12	95.3	3.57	-19	-2.0	.2	-0.1	-0.4	2	.447	.488	$225,000
1987	31	SFG	NL	171.0	39	26	78	4.11	4.48	0.10	0.12	95.9	4.31	2	0.3	1.2	-0.1	1.6	22	.507	.502	$300,000
1988	32	SFG	NL	114.1	19	19	55	4.33	3.86	0.08	0.13	94.0	3.67	-9	-1.0		-0.0	-0.1	2	.448	.494	$500,000
1989	33	SFG	NL	150.1	45	18	62	3.71	3.88	0.25	-0.00	96.8	3.52	-3	-0.4	1.5	-0.2	0.6	11	.491	.498	$1,100,000
1990	34	SFG	NL	77.2	13	12	37	4.29	4.27	-0.18	0.14	97.0	4.46	0	0.0	1.6	-0.0	0.5	8	.501	.500	$1,150,000
1991	35	SFG	NL	47.1	18	5	39	7.42	4.07	0.10	-0.09	96.7	3.75	-20	-2.0	1.0	-0.0	-1.6	-15	.391	.488	$1,450,000
14 Seasons				1739.2	415	243	885	4.58	4.12	0.08	0.06	96.9	3.98	-129	-13.5	1.2	-1.4	-0.9	46	.468	.494	$4,725,000

SFG (6 yrs)				765.0	171	111	370	4.35	4.11	0.19	0.09	95.8	3.84	-48	-5.1	1.2	-0.5	0.6	30	.470	.495	$4,725,000
CIN (4 yrs)				549.0	105	89	304	4.98	4.09	-0.02	0.11	100.7	4.25	-49	-5.2	1.7	-0.4	-1.3	4	.451	.492	$
HOU (3 yrs)				385.0	118	43	186	4.35	4.09	0.01	-0.02	93.9	3.80	-27	-2.8	1.0	-0.3	0.1	13	.477	.494	$
KCR (1 yr)				40.2	21	0	25	5.53	4.93	-0.02	-0.38	97.3	4.45	-5	-0.5	1.2	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.477	.497	$

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
1979	23	CIN	NL	NLCS	L	PIT	0	1	.000	10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	3.000	5.4	0.0	21.6	0.0	0.00

1987	31	SFG	NL	NLCS	L	STL	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	1	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	13	1.200	2.7	0.0	8.1	5.4	0.67

1989	33	SFG	NL	NLCS	W	CHC	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	17	2.333	21.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
1989	33	SFG	NL	WS	L	OAK	0	0		6.23	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	4	3	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	20	1.615	8.3	0.0	6.2	4.2	0.67
3 Yrs (4 Series)							0	1	.000	5.84	6	2	2	0	0	0	12.1	13	8	8	0	10	2	6	0	0	1	61	1.865	9.5	0.0	7.3	4.4	0.60
3 NLCS							0	1	.000	5.63	4	2	1	0	0	0	8.0	9	5	5	0	7	1	4	0	0	1	41	2.000	10.1	0.0	7.9	4.5	0.57
1 WS							0	0		6.23	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	4	3	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	20	1.615	8.3	0.0	6.2	4.2	0.67

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
1979	CIN	NL	23	0	0	0		0.00	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.750	6.8	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
1978	22	CIN	NL	16	420	361	56	104	15	2	5	10	9	46	31	.288	.365	.382	.747	.299	138	12	1	6	6	9	7
1979	23	CIN	NL	35	868	769	92	202	26	9	13	16	13	79	73	.263	.331	.371	.701	.274	285	22	2	12	6	8	10
1980	24	CIN	NL	34	762	683	101	207	40	5	9	30	9	68	59	.303	.366	.416	.781	.320	284	22	1	7	3	8	13
1981	25	CIN	NL	20	354	314	55	102	21	1	7	3	2	30	22	.325	.380	.465	.845	.328	146	10	1	4	5	4	4
1982	26	HOU	NL	41	488	425	41	107	14	2	3	13	3	54	51	.252	.342	.315	.657	.280	134	21	4	5	0	6	9
1983	27	HOU	NL	38	590	519	81	142	19	5	10	18	10	56	53	.274	.343	.387	.730	.286	201	24	2	6	6	11	12
1984	28	HOU	NL	39	565	504	64	132	17	3	3	26	7	55	86	.262	.333	.325	.659	.309	164	13	0	3	2	5	6
1985	29	KCR	AL	21	193	161	25	49	10	1	2	2	1	29	26	.304	.411	.416	.827	.353	67	7	0	3	0	6	3
1986	30	SFG	NL	37	842	747	99	179	21	7	14	18	18	70	86	.240	.309	.343	.651	.254	256	17	6	16	3	8	18
1987	31	SFG	NL	39	728	651	78	184	29	6	16	17	4	63	79	.283	.346	.419	.766	.301	273	23	2	9	3	12	6
1988	32	SFG	NL	19	477	423	55	99	16	2	5	11	5	47	70	.234	.311	.317	.628	.269	134	12	1	5	1	3	5
1989	33	SFG	NL	45	647	560	62	143	25	0	3	8	8	65	78	.255	.336	.316	.653	.288	177	14	7	8	7	4	6
1990	34	SFG	NL	13	337	290	37	75	12	0	5	11	2	39	39	.259	.342	.352	.694	.280	102	9	0	4	4	2	5
1991	35	SFG	NL	18	225	194	39	61	10	2	4	5	2	24	30	.314	.392	.448	.840	.352	87	5	2	3	2	0	2
14 Yrs				415	7496	6601	885	1786	275	45	99	188	93	725	783	.271	.343	.371	.714	.293	2448	211	29	91	48	86	106
162 Game Avg.				43	775	682	91	185	28	5	10	19	10	75	81	.271	.343	.371	.714	.293	253	22	3	9	5	9	11
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.388	.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
1978	22	CIN	NL	-10.6	-1.1	442	-0.5	6.4	-6.9	.98	-0.0	-0.5	-10.0	-1.0	0.98	-1.5	0	0	1
1979	23	CIN	NL	5.8	0.6	903	2.3	18.1	-15.8	1.14	0.6	1.4	5.9	0.6	1.14	5.9	2	0	1
1980	24	CIN	NL	-20.6	-2.1	808	-3.2	15.0	-18.2	1.16	-2.5	-0.3	-22.7	-2.3	1.16	-25.4	1	3	1
1981	25	CIN	NL	-19.7	-2.0	361	-1.5	5.5	-6.9	.95	-1.6	0.1	-21.5	-2.1	0.95	-18.7	4	2	1
1982	26	HOU	NL	6.5	0.7	514	0.8	9.1	-8.3	1.08	0.2	0.5	9.6	1.1	1.08	3.3	11	5	17
1983	27	HOU	NL	-19.0	-1.9	627	-1.7	8.8	-10.5	.91	-1.6	-0.2	-21.1	-2.2	0.91	-18.1	5	3	13
1984	28	HOU	NL	-9.8	-1.0	608	0.6	9.0	-8.4	.94	0.4	0.2	-3.3	-0.4	0.94	2.0	5	4	12
1985	29	KCR	AL	-3.8	-0.4	197	-0.6	2.9	-3.5	.96	-0.7	0.1	-11.3	-1.1	0.96	-6.7	7	4	10
1986	30	SFG	NL	-4.4	-0.5	888	-1.2	13.6	-14.8	.94	0.6	-1.9	-7.5	-0.8	0.94	2.7	0	0	6
1987	31	SFG	NL	4.0	0.4	757	-0.4	14.4	-14.8	1.10	-0.4	0.0	0.6	0.1	1.10	-5.8	3	2	7
1988	32	SFG	NL	-6.0	-0.6	501	0.7	8.7	-8.0	1.08	0.4	0.3	-3.1	-0.3	1.08	2.3	0	0	0
1989	33	SFG	NL	2.4	0.2	670	-0.9	11.4	-12.3	1.15	0.8	-1.5	1.8	0.2	1.15	6.9	12	6	7
1990	34	SFG	NL	-2.1	-0.2	352	0.9	6.1	-5.2	1.05	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.1	1.05	1.7	1	0	0
1991	35	SFG	NL	-18.0	-1.8	234	-1.9	3.6	-5.4	1.07	-1.3	-0.4	-15.9	-1.6	1.07	-14.0	4	2	7
14 Yrs				-95.5	-9.6	7862	-6.5	132.4	-139.0	1.05	-4.9	-1.3	-97.9	-9.9	1.05	-65.7	55	31	83

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
1978	22	CIN	NL	16	15	4	8	3	0	3	6	9	.400	1	3	2	1	9	60%	45.4	77	14	11	7	2	0	3.5	3.2	6.3
1979	23	CIN	NL	35	32	14	8	10	3	3	22	10	.688	1	5	6	1	18	56%	50.3	83	6	25	8	2	14	4.2	4.2	6.2
1980	24	CIN	NL	34	29	8	12	9	2	3	14	15	.483	3	5	4	2	15	52%	44.0	74	8	27	12	5	12	4.2	4.4	5.6
1981	25	CIN	NL	20	13	2	7	4	0	0	4	9	.308	1	2	1	1	4	31%	37.9	79	14	13	5	2	8	3.4	2.2	4.9
1982	26	HOU	NL	41	8	3	2	3	1	1	4	4	.500	1	1	0	0	5	63%	55.5	74	38	14	2	1	3	3.8	2.9	6.3
1983	27	HOU	NL	38	17	5	6	6	2	1	9	8	.529	1	3	2	0	6	35%	45.6	69	20	10	6	6	4	4.1	3.6	6.1
1984	28	HOU	NL	39	18	6	5	7	1	0	9	9	.500	0	5	2	1	7	39%	48.7	77	21	19	7	4	6	3.9	3.1	5.1

1986	30	SFG	NL	37	31	10	13	8	1	3	16	15	.516	1	7	4	1	17	55%	52.1	80	20	22	8	5	6	5.2	4.3	6.3
1987	31	SFG	NL	39	26	12	10	4	3	2	12	14	.462	1	0	2	1	12	46%	49.8	87	14	26	4	7	10	4.4	4.3	6.0
1988	32	SFG	NL	19	19	7	7	5	2	1	9	10	.474	3	2	1	1	9	47%	52.3	82	16	17	9	1	9	3.2	3.7	6.0	95	3	7	7	2	132
1989	33	SFG	NL	45	18	7	5	6	2	0	10	8	.556	3	4	1	0	7	39%	49.2	79	27	23	8	1	5	5.1	5.5	5.7	87	5	8	3	1	124
1990	34	SFG	NL	13	12	6	4	2	1	1	6	6	.500	1	0	1	0	8	67%	49.0	74	16	6	2	2	4	5.4	5.4	6.3	91	4	2	2	1	126
1991	35	SFG	NL	18	5	1	2	2	1	0	3	2	.600	1	0	0	0	1	20%	39.4	80	10	15	7	0	1	4.2	5.8	4.7	78	2	2	1	0	101
13 Yrs				394	243	85	89	69	19	18	124	119	.510	18	37	26	9	118	49%	48	87	6	228	85	38	82	4.3	4.1	5.9	90	14	19	13	4	132
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-12					4.3	4.3	6.2	94

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
1978	22	CIN	NL	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.979	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
1979	23	CIN	NL	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	6	1.139	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	6.7
1980	24	CIN	NL	34	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	8	2	25%	5	1.156	1	3	1	2	0	3	4	1	2	3	2	0	4.6
1981	25	CIN	NL	20	7	3	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	7	2	29%	6	.954	4	2	1	2	1	4	5	2	4	3	4	1	6.1
1982	26	HOU	NL	41	33	11	3	4	2	0	2	0%	3	1	33	8	24%	6	1.077	11	5	17	7	9	17	18	15	26	5	26	5	5.9
1983	27	HOU	NL	38	21	6	0	1	2	1	1	50%	3	1	20	10	50%	6	.906	5	3	13	3	0	18	10	11	11	5	11	4	5.0
1984	28	HOU	NL	39	21	6	1	0	3	3	0	100%	3	0	10	3	30%	8	.936	5	4	12	4	4	13	4	17	14	1	14	3	5.7
1985	29	KCR	AL	21	21	7	1	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	20	13	65%	4	.964	7	4	10	5	4	12	11	10	13	3	14	1	5.8
1986	30	SFG	NL	37	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	7	.945	0	0	6	2	0	4	1	5	2	0	3	0	4.5
1987	31	SFG	NL	39	13	4	1	0	2	0	2	0%	3	0	6	4	67%	8	1.103	3	2	7	3	0	10	3	10	6	3	6	2	3.7

1989	33	SFG	NL	45	27	16	3	5	9	6	3	67%	10	1	17	4	24%	8	1.149	12	6	7	16	7	4	10	17	18	3	19	2	5.3	29
1990	34	SFG	NL	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		6	1.050	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	32
1991	35	SFG	NL	18	13	6	0	3	1	0	1	0%	1	0	2	0	0%	5	1.066	4	2	7	2	4	7	2	11	10	0	10	0	5.5	34
13 Yrs				396	172	61	13	14	22	12	10	55%	28	5	128	48	38%		1.044	55	31	83	47	31	94	70	102	109	26	112	18	5.4	30

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%
1978	22	CIN	NL	420	57%	1.2%	7.4%	11.0%	5.2%	21%		1.54	79%				84	12	14%
1979	23	CIN	NL	868	55%	1.5%	8.4%	9.1%	5.5%	24%		1.53	79%				162	22	14%
1980	24	CIN	NL	762	52%	1.2%	7.7%	8.9%	7.1%	26%		1.53	81%				150	22	15%
1981	25	CIN	NL	354	54%	2.0%	6.2%	8.5%	8.2%	28%		1.80	82%				68	10	15%
1982	26	HOU	NL	488	54%	0.6%	10.5%	11.1%	3.9%	18%		1.89	76%				98	21	21%
1983	27	HOU	NL	590	55%	1.7%	9.0%	9.5%	5.8%	24%		1.98	78%				116	24	21%
1984	28	HOU	NL	565	50%	0.5%	15.2%	9.7%	4.1%	17%		2.23	74%				101	13	13%
1985	29	KCR	AL	193	54%	1.0%	13.5%	15.0%	6.7%	27%		1.91	69%				48	7	15%
1986	30	SFG	NL	842	43%	1.7%	10.2%	8.3%	5.0%	24%		1.74	77%				144	17	12%
1987	31	SFG	NL	728	43%	2.2%	10.9%	8.7%	7.0%	28%		1.68	77%				142	23	16%
1988	32	SFG	NL	477	48%	1.1%	14.7%	9.9%	4.8%	23%	1.40	2.07	73%	18%	4.9%	28%	92	12	13%
1989	33	SFG	NL	647	45%	0.5%	12.1%	10.1%	4.3%	20%	1.12	1.48	75%	19%	1.6%	17%	142	14	10%
1990	34	SFG	NL	337	38%	1.5%	11.6%	11.6%	5.0%	23%	0.93	1.15	74%	19%	4.9%	21%	73	9	12%
1991	35	SFG	NL	225	42%	1.8%	13.3%	10.7%	7.1%	26%	1.20	1.89	72%	20%	6.6%	19%	46	5	11%
14 Yrs				7496	49%	1.3%	10.5%	9.7%	5.6%	24%	1.16	1.70	77%	19%	3.7%	21%	1466	211	14%
MLB Averages					41%	2.1%	14.0%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	0.80	1.08	74%	20%	6.5%	24%			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	32	SFG	NL	479	1808	3.77	1105	61%	29%	11%	27%	32%	71%	1%	43%	85%	55%	6%	27	12	23%	108	62	5	43%	12	12	-2	3	0
1989	33	SFG	NL	626	2252	3.60	1371	61%	24%	12%	29%	35%	76%	2%	46%	83%	60%	6%	37	19	21%	133	73	9	34%	14	14	21	0	4
1990	34	SFG	NL	253	853	3.37	517	61%	29%	9%	24%	38%	71%	1%	43%	87%	57%	7%	17	7	16%	41	21	5	45%	6	8	84	0	2
1991	35	SFG	NL	227	831	3.66	499	60%	28%	12%	26%	34%	72%	0%	43%	84%	55%	5%	11	7	17%	39	27	1	33%	12	4	-2	0	0
4 Yrs				1585	5744	3.62	3492	61%	27%	11%	27%	34%	73%	1%	44%	84%	58%	6%	92	45	20%	321	183	20	38%	44	38	101	3	6
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				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
1978	22	CIN	NL	420	104			5	0	17	3	2	3	2	29	15	1	52%	7	2	1	148	10	9	53%	10	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	16	0
1979	23	CIN	NL	868	202			13	0	14	9	4	8	5	51	30	4	59%	10	3	0	302	16	13	55%	16	12	0	1	0	0	2	0	17	0
1980	24	CIN	NL	762	207			9	0	12	6	3	6	3	45	16	3	36%	13	3	2	329	30	9	77%	29	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	14	0
1981	25	CIN	NL	354	102			7	0	11	4	3	3	4	27	13	0	48%	4	1	0	136	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1982	26	HOU	NL	488	107			3	0	13	1	2	1	2	31	15	4	48%	9	5	3	207	13	3	81%	12	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	13	0
1983	27	HOU	NL	590	142			10	0	12	4	6	4	6	42	30	4	71%	12	9	0	217	18	10	64%	18	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	27	0
1984	28	HOU	NL	565	132			3	1	12	2	1	0	3	35	21	3	60%	6	9	2	215	26	7	79%	24	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	20	0
1985	29	KCR	AL	193	49			2	0	12	2	0	1	1	21	9	4	43%	3	2	0	82	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1986	30	SFG	NL	842	179			14	0	14	9	5	5	9	41	19	1	46%	18	5	2	280	18	18	50%	15	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
1987	31	SFG	NL	728	184			16	0	16	5	11	10	6	43	19	3	44%	6	6	2	264	17	4	81%	15	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	13	0
1988	32	SFG	NL	477	99	13	2	5	0	11	5	0	3	2	29	15	3	52%	5	6	3	166	11	5	69%	10	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	13	0
1989	33	SFG	NL	647	143	13	3	3	1	25	0	3	2	1	40	22	2	55%	6	1	1	247	8	8	50%	6	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
1990	34	SFG	NL	337	75	9	2	5	0	10	2	3	3	2	20	12	1	60%	5	1	0	134	11	2	85%	10	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
1991	35	SFG	NL	225	61	21	1	4	0	7	1	3	2	2	13	9	0	69%	2	2	0	90	5	2	71%	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14 Yrs				7496	1786	56	8	99	2	186	53	46	51	48	467	245	33	52%	106	55	16	2817	188	93	67%	173	83	14	7	1	3	10	1	192	0
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+
1978	22	4	8	.333	4.50	16	15	0	2	1	0	96.0	104	56	48	5	46	9	31	1	1	2	420	79	1.563	9.8	0.5	4.3	2.9	0.67	79
1979	23	18	16	.529	3.82	51	47	0	8	2	0	301.2	306	148	128	18	125	17	104	3	4	5	1288	97	1.429	9.1	0.5	3.7	3.1	0.83	97
1980	24	28	28	.500	4.11	85	76	1	12	4	0	471.0	513	249	215	27	193	25	163	4	6	8	2050	90	1.499	9.8	0.5	3.7	3.1	0.84	90
1981	25	32	35	.478	4.39	105	89	4	13	5	1	549.0	615	304	268	34	223	29	185	5	6	9	2404	83	1.526	10.1	0.6	3.7	3.0	0.83	83
1982	26	38	41	.481	4.13	146	97	15	13	5	1	664.0	722	345	305	37	277	35	236	9	7	14	2892	87	1.505	9.8	0.5	3.8	3.2	0.85	87
1983	27	43	48	.473	4.19	184	114	21	15	5	2	802.0	864	426	373	47	333	46	289	11	8	23	3482	85	1.493	9.7	0.5	3.7	3.2	0.87	85
1984	28	50	53	.485	4.16	223	132	27	17	6	5	934.0	996	490	432	50	388	51	375	11	9	32	4047	85	1.482	9.6	0.5	3.7	3.6	0.97	85
1985	29	51	54	.486	4.20	244	132	34	17	6	6	974.2	1045	515	455	52	417	57	401	11	9	34	4240	85	1.500	9.6	0.5	3.9	3.7	0.96	85
1986	30	61	67	.477	4.09	281	163	35	21	7	6	1179.0	1224	614	536	66	487	65	487	17	14	39	5082	87	1.451	9.3	0.5	3.7	3.7	1.00	87
1987	31	74	77	.490	4.04	320	189	39	23	8	6	1350.0	1408	692	606	82	550	77	566	19	15	45	5810	89	1.450	9.4	0.5	3.7	3.8	1.03	89
1988	32	81	84	.491	4.01	339	208	39	24	9	6	1464.1	1507	747	652	87	597	80	636	20	17	51	6287	89	1.437	9.3	0.5	3.7	3.9	1.07	89
1989	33	91	94	.492	3.93	384	226	55	25	9	12	1614.2	1650	809	705	90	662	84	714	27	22	52	6934	91	1.432	9.2	0.5	3.7	4.0	1.08	91
1990	34	97	98	.497	3.93	397	238	55	26	9	12	1692.1	1725	846	739	95	701	86	753	27	23	53	7271	91	1.434	9.2	0.5	3.7	4.0	1.07	91
1991	35	98	103	.488	4.02	415	243	61	26	9	12	1739.2	1786	885	777	99	725	86	783	29	23	55	7496	89	1.443	9.2	0.5	3.8	4.1	1.08	89

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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
1978	22	3	6	.333	5.59	87.0	110	60	54	5	49	28	1	1.828	11.4	5.1	2.9	0.57	0.5	16
1979	23	11	10	.524	3.87	193.0	206	92	83	13	81	69	2	1.487	9.6	3.8	3.2	0.85	0.6	35
1980	24	6	11	.353	5.47	158.0	217	107	96	9	71	55	1	1.823	12.4	4.0	3.1	0.77	0.5	34
1981	25	3	9	.250	7.42	108.0	162	99	89	11	48	30	2	1.944	13.5	4.0	2.5	0.63	0.9	20
1982	26	6	5	.545	3.84	103.0	117	49	44	3	59	46	4	1.709	10.2	5.2	4.0	0.78	0.3	41
1983	27	4	9	.308	5.69	125.0	153	88	79	11	60	48	2	1.704	11.0	4.3	3.5	0.80	0.8	38
1984	28	5	8	.385	5.25	120.0	144	78	70	3	60	78	0	1.700	10.8	4.5	5.9	1.30	0.2	39
1985	29	1	3	.250	5.68	38.0	50	27	24	2	30	24	0	2.105	11.8	7.1	5.7	0.80	0.5	21
1986	30	10	11	.476	4.29	191.0	189	101	91	15	74	80	6	1.377	8.9	3.5	3.8	1.08	0.7	37
1987	31	8	9	.471	4.10	158.0	187	80	72	16	64	73	2	1.589	10.7	3.6	4.2	1.14	0.9	39
1988	32	5	6	.455	4.71	105.0	109	61	55	6	52	64	1	1.533	9.3	4.5	5.5	1.23	0.5	19
1989	33	7	8	.467	4.04	138.0	155	69	62	3	70	72	8	1.630	10.1	4.6	4.7	1.03	0.2	45
1990	34	3	5	.375	4.63	72.0	79	41	37	5	41	36	0	1.667	9.9	5.1	4.5	0.88	0.6	13
1991	35	1	3	.250	8.80	44.0	65	48	43	4	26	28	2	2.068	13.3	5.3	5.7	1.08	0.8	18
14 Yrs		73	103	.415	4.93	1640.0	1943	1000	899	106	785	731	31	1.663	10.7		4.0	0.93	0.6	415

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1979 *	Wins s c a p y 1987 NL 13 (9th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1979 NL .636 (9th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1979 NL 0.569 (6th) 1980 NL 0.478 (9th)
Losses s c a p y 1986 NL 13 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1983 NL 9 (7th) 1984 NL 9 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1986 NL 6 (6th) 1989 NL 7 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Jack Kramer (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Luis Leal (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Milt Wilcox (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Denny Galehouse (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Denny Galehouse (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Denny Galehouse (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Whitson (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kirk McCaskill (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Denny Galehouse (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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