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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: Mount 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-Time Rank (among pitchers): #1104. Kid Carsey… #1105. Carlos Silva… #1106. Herm Wehmeier… #1107. MIKE LACOSS… #1108. Andy Hawkins… #1109. Hank O'Day… #1110. Jack Fisher…

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #1104. Kid Carsey… #1105. Carlos Silva… #1106. Herm Wehmeier… #1107. MIKE LACOSS… #1108. Andy Hawkins… #1109. Hank O'Day… #1110. Jack Fisher…

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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
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

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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
1974	18	CIN-min	Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BIL · PION
1975	19	CIN-min	A	24	55	46	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	18	.087	.176	.130	.307		6		0	4	0			TAM · FLOR
1976	20	CIN-min	AA	25	50	39	2	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	6	12	.179	.289	.256	.545		10		0	5	0			TRV · EL
1977	21	CIN-min	AAA	27	74	67	5	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	26	.075	.114	.090	.204		6		0	4	0			INA · AA
1978	22	CIN-min	AAA	19	26	22	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	7	.227	.320	.227	.547		5		0	1	0			INA · AA
1978	22	CIN	NL	17	36	30	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	.067	.067	.100	.167	-54	3	0	0	6	0	0	1
1979	23	CIN	NL	35	78	70	3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	25	.129	.164	.143	.307	-15	10	2	0	5	0	0	1	AS
1980	24	CIN	NL	34	63	55	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	23	.091	.123	.109	.232	-35	6	0	1	6	0	0	1
1981	25	CIN	NL	20	26	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	7	0	0	1
1982	26	HOU	NL	41	28	24	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.250	.280	.292	.572	67	7	0	0	3	0	0	1
1983	27	HOU	NL	38	40	35	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	12	.086	.111	.086	.197	-43	3	0	0	4	0	0	1
1984	28	HOU	NL	39	38	31	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	.129	.125	.161	.286	-17	5	1	0	6	1	0	1
1985	29	KCR-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1985	29	KCR	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	30	SFG	NL	37	69	61	8	14	2	0	2	9	0	0	3	24	.230	.266	.361	.626	75	22	0	0	5	0	0	1
1987	31	SFG	NL	39	57	50	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	16	.060	.113	.060	.173	-51	3	1	1	4	0	0	1
1988	32	SFG	NL	19	39	33	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.242	.286	.273	.558	65	9	0	0	4	0	0	1
1989	33	SFG	NL	45	48	41	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	16	.073	.156	.122	.278	-18	5	1	0	3	0	0	1
1990	34	SFG-min	A+	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SJO · CALL
1990	34	SFG	NL	13	31	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.043	.043	.087	.130	-64	2	0	0	8	0	0	1
1991	35	SFG	NL	18	10	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.222	.300	.222	.522	52	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	36	WSN-min	AAA	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500		0	0	0	0	0	0		INA · AA
14 Yrs				416	563	481	30	60	11	0	2	19	0	0	18	194	.125	.159	.160	.319	-10	77	5	2	61	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	219	187	12	23	4	0	1	7	0	0	7	76	.125	.159	.160	.319	-10	30	2	1	24	0	0

SFG (6 yrs)				171	254	217	18	31	6	0	2	15	0	0	12	85	.143	.191	.198	.389	10	43	2	1	24	0	0
CIN (4 yrs)				106	203	174	8	16	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	73	.092	.117	.109	.227	-37	19	2	1	24	0	0
HOU (3 yrs)				118	106	90	4	13	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	36	.144	.161	.167	.328	-5	15	1	0	13	1	0
KCR (1 yr)				21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (13 yrs)				395	563	481	30	60	11	0	2	19	0	0	18	194	.125	.159	.160	.319	-10	77	5	2	61	1	0
AL (1 yr)				21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1978	22	CIN	NL	17	36	-7	-0	0	0	4	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.4	.478	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$	1
1979	23	CIN	NL	35	78	-11	0	-0	0	9	-2	-0.2	2	1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	1	$	1	AS
1980	24	CIN	NL	34	63	-10	0	0	0	7	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$	1
1981	25	CIN	NL	20	26	-6	0	0	0	3	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.479	.497	-0.4	0.0	-3	$	1
1982	26	HOU	NL	41	28	-1	-0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1983	27	HOU	NL	38	40	-7	-0	0	0	5	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.3	.493	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$	1
1984	28	HOU	NL	39	38	-6	0	-0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1985	29	KCR	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1986	30	SFG	NL	37	69	-0	-0	0	0	9	8	0.9	2	10	0.9	.525	.506	0.9	0.0	10	$225,000	1
1987	31	SFG	NL	39	57	-11	-0	-0	0	8	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.492	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$300,000	1
1988	32	SFG	NL	19	39	-2	-0	0	0	5	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.516	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$500,000	1
1989	33	SFG	NL	45	48	-6	-0	-0	0	5	-1	-0.1	2	0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$1,100,000	1
1990	34	SFG	NL	13	31	-7	-0	0	0	4	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.477	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$1,150,000	1
1991	35	SFG	NL	18	10	-0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$1,450,000	1
14 Seasons				416	563	-74	-2	-0	0	68	-8	-0.8	17	9	-0.9	.498	.500	-0.9	0.2	9	$4,725,000

SFG (6 yrs)				171	254	-25	-1	-0	0	32	5	0.6	8	13	0.6	.503	.501	0.6	0.1	13	$4,725,000
CIN (4 yrs)				106	203	-34	0	-0	0	23	-11	-1.2	6	-5	-1.3	.488	.498	-1.3	0.1	-5	$
HOU (3 yrs)				118	106	-14	-0	0	0	12	-2	-0.2	3	2	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.1	2	$
KCR (1 yr)				21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1979	23	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1987	31	SFG	NL	NLCS	STL	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1989	33	SFG	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	33	SFG	NL	WS	OAK	L	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (4 Series)							6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 NLCS							4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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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%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1978	CIN	NL	22	P	16	15	2	96.0	21	8	13	0	0	1.000	1.97	1.31	.951	1.91	1.89	10	9	47%	32%	1
1979	CIN	NL	23	P	35	32	6	205.2	51	15	34	2	4	.961	2.14	1.40	.951	1.80	1.80	16	13	45%	34%	0	AS
1980	CIN	NL	24	P	34	29	4	169.1	46	9	34	3	4	.935	2.29	1.26	.952	1.91	1.91	30	9	23%	31%	0
1981	CIN	NL	25	P	20	13	1	78.0	21	6	14	1	0	.952	2.31	1.00	.959	1.97	1.98	3	2	40%	33%	0
1982	HOU	NL	26	P	41	8	0	115.0	26	7	16	3	3	.885	1.80	0.56	.952	1.96	1.97	13	3	19%	32%	0
1983	HOU	NL	27	P	38	17	2	138.0	33	6	27	0	1	1.000	2.15	0.87	.952	1.92	1.91	18	10	36%	33%	0
1984	HOU	NL	28	P	39	18	2	132.0	31	9	20	2	2	.935	1.98	0.74	.954	1.88	1.87	26	7	21%	31%	0
1985	KCR	AL	29	P	21	0	0	40.2	9	1	8	0	1	1.000	1.99	0.43	.953	1.86	1.84	2	1	33%	33%	0
1986	SFG	NL	30	P	37	31	4	204.1	54	19	34	1	2	.981	2.33	1.43	.955	1.94	1.94	18	18	50%	32%	0
1987	SFG	NL	31	P	39	26	2	171.0	60	15	43	2	4	.967	3.05	1.49	.955	1.91	1.90	17	4	19%	29%	1
1988	SFG	NL	32	P	19	19	1	114.1	42	10	32	0	1	1.000	3.31	2.21	.955	1.96	1.96	11	5	31%	29%	2
1989	SFG	NL	33	P	45	18	1	150.1	36	12	20	4	1	.889	1.92	0.71	.947	1.87	1.87	8	8	50%	32%	0
1990	SFG	NL	34	P	13	12	1	77.2	14	5	8	1	1	.929	1.51	1.00	.957	1.80	1.79	11	2	15%	29%	1
1991	SFG	NL	35	P	18	5	0	47.1	10	4	5	1	0	.900	1.71	0.50	.955	1.86	1.85	5	2	29%	33%	0
	14 Seasons			P	415	243	26	1739.2	454	126	308	20	24	.956	2.25	1.05	.953	1.90	1.90	188	93	33%	32%	5
	14 Seasons			TOT	415	243	26	1739.2	454	126	308	20	24	.956	2.25	1.05	.953	1.90	1.90	188	93	33%	32%	5

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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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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)	Assists as P s c a p y 1987 NL 43 (4th)
Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1987 NL 3.05 (3rd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1983 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1680), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1320), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1883), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1412th), -1.8 career WAR/6.4 7yr-peak WAR/2.3 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Transactions

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
April 6, 1982: Selected off waivers by the Houston Astros from the Cincinnati Reds.
November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.
February 19, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
November 6, 1985: Released by the Kansas City Royals.
February 3, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.
December 9, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.
November 24, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
July 3, 1991: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1986	30	San Francisco Giants	$225,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	31	San Francisco Giants	$300,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	32	San Francisco Giants	$500,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	33	San Francisco Giants	$1,100,000*
1990	34	San Francisco Giants	$1,150,000*
1991	35	San Francisco Giants	$1,450,000	USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$4,725,000

Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $800,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
*1990 - $1,190,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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