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Jeff Lahti

Jeffrey Allen Lahti

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 8, 1956 in Oregon City, OR
School: Portland State University (Portland, OR)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1982
Team: Cardinals 1982-1986

Final Game: April 24, 1986
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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
1978	21	CIN-min	A-	1	5	.167	4.42	16	5					53.0	58	34	26	5	21								1.491	9.8	0.8	3.6			EUG · NORW
1979	22	CIN-min	A,AA	9	2	.818	2.67	59	2		0	0	0	108.0	93	47	32	8	38	1	12	0	0	2			1.213	7.8	0.7	3.2	1.0	0.32	GBO,NVL · WCRS,SOUL
1980	23	CIN-min	AA	7	8	.467	2.77	55	0		0	0	16	91.0	75	34	28	7	40	4	78	1	1	7			1.264	7.4	0.7	4.0	7.7	1.95	WBY · EL
1981	24	CIN-min	AAA	6	6	.500	2.97	50	0	29	0	0	5	100.0	78	38	33	6	31	8	70	2	0	4			1.090	7.0	0.5	2.8	6.3	2.26	INA · AA
1982	25	STL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.45	21	0	12	0	0	3	30.1	27	15	15	3	7	3	17	1	0	2			1.121	8.0	0.9	2.1	5.0	2.43	LOU · AA
1982	25	STL	NL	5	4	.556	3.81	33	1	9	0	0	0	56.2	53	27	24	3	21	8	22	2	2	3	245	96	1.306	8.4	0.5	3.3	3.5	1.05
1983	26	STL-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		LOU · AA
1983	26	STL	NL	3	3	.500	3.16	53	0	13	0	0	0	74.0	64	31	26	2	29	12	26	1	2	3	305	116	1.257	7.8	0.2	3.5	3.2	0.90
1984	27	STL	NL	4	2	.667	3.72	63	0	19	0	0	1	84.2	69	36	35	6	34	12	45	2	0	0	353	94	1.217	7.3	0.6	3.6	4.8	1.32
1985	28	STL	NL	5	2	.714	1.84	52	0	31	0	0	19	68.1	63	15	14	3	26	10	41	0	0	1	279	194	1.302	8.3	0.4	3.4	5.4	1.58
1986	29	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	10		1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	11.6	3.00
5 Yrs				17	11	.607	3.12	205	1	73	0	0	20	286.0	252	109	99	14	111	42	137	5	4	7	1192	116	1.269	7.9	0.4	3.5	4.3	1.23
162 Game Avg.				6	4	.607	3.12	68	0	24	0	0	7	94	83	36	33	5	37	14	45	2	1	2	393	116	1.269	7.9	0.4	3.5	4.3	1.23

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
1982	25	STL	NL	56.2	33	1	27	4.29	4.01	0.35	-0.28	101.5	3.44	-6	-0.7	1.6	-0.3	-0.5	0	.480	.496	$
1983	26	STL	NL	74.0	53	0	31	3.77	4.22	0.03	-0.33	99.5	3.85	0	0.0	1.4	-0.1	0.5	8	.501	.500	$
1984	27	STL	NL	84.2	63	0	36	3.83	4.21	0.08	-0.33	98.1	3.73	-2	-0.2	1.3	-0.2	0.3	7	.497	.499	$
1985	28	STL	NL	68.1	52	0	15	1.98	3.97	0.29	-0.31	101.7	3.42	11	1.2	2.0	0.5	2.3	17	.523	.507	$250,000
1986	29	STL	NL	2.1	4	0	0	0.00	4.49	0.47	-0.35	98.0	3.59	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.526	.501	$450,000
5 Seasons				286.0	205	1	109	3.43	4.12	0.17	-0.31	100.0	3.63	4	0.5	1.5	-0.1	2.7	34	.502	.501	$700,000

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
1982	25	STL	NL	WS	W	MIL	0	0		10.80	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	10	3.000	21.6	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00

1985	28	STL	NL	NLCS	W	LAD	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
1985	28	STL	NL	WS	L	KCR	0	0		12.27	3	0	2	0	0	1	3.2	10	6	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	2.727	24.5	0.0	0.0	4.9
2 Yrs (3 Series)							1	0	1.000	8.59	7	0	6	0	0	1	7.1	16	8	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	38	2.318	19.6	0.0	1.2	4.9	4.00
1 NLCS							1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
2 WS							0	0		11.81	5	0	4	0	0	1	5.1	14	8	7	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	30	2.813	23.6	0.0	1.7	5.1	3.00

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
1982	25	STL	NL	33	245	216	27	53	9	1	3	6	0	21	22	.245	.314	.338	.652	.258	73	4	2	3	3	8	3
1983	26	STL	NL	53	305	267	31	64	10	3	2	11	2	29	26	.240	.314	.322	.636	.257	86	12	1	6	2	12	4
1984	27	STL	NL	63	352	307	36	69	11	4	6	7	0	34	45	.225	.303	.345	.649	.243	106	7	2	7	3	12	4
1985	28	STL	NL	52	279	251	15	63	13	2	3	3	1	26	41	.251	.321	.355	.676	.290	89	16	0	2	0	10	2
1986	29	STL	NL	4	10	9	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.333	.400	.444	.844	.500	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				205	1191	1050	109	252	44	10	14	27	3	111	137	.240	.313	.341	.654	.262	358	39	5	18	8	42	13
162 Game Avg.				68	393	347	36	83	15	3	5	9	1	37	45	.240	.313	.341	.654	.262	118	13	2	6	3	14	4
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.390	.714	.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
1982	25	STL	NL	-0.8	-0.1	257	0.5	4.5	-4.0	1.10	0.5	-0.1	3.7	0.4	1.10	4.1	15	8	8
1983	26	STL	NL	3.4	0.4	326	-0.3	4.6	-5.0	.93	0.4	-0.8	3.3	0.3	0.93	4.5	19	11	23
1984	27	STL	NL	-0.1	-0.0	359	-0.6	5.2	-5.8	.95	1.1	-1.7	-2.4	-0.3	0.95	4.9	23	10	28
1985	28	STL	NL	13.7	1.5	285	3.9	9.0	-5.1	1.62	1.0	1.4	16.5	1.8	1.62	9.8	30	11	10
1986	29	STL	NL	1.1	0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.86	0.0	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.86	0.1	1	2	1
5 Yrs				17.4	1.8	1237	3.5	23.5	-20.0	1.13	3.1	0.0	20.7	2.2	1.13	23.4	88	42	70

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
1982	25	STL	NL	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.0	36	36	17	11	0	1	4.0	6.8	4.3
1 Yr				33	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36	36	36	17	11	0	1	4.0	6.8	4.3
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-12					4.3	4.3	6.2

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
1982	25	STL	NL	33	32	9	5	3	1	0	1	0%	6	5	33	10	30%	7	1.104	15	8	8	10	8	14	17	15	19	8	21	8	4.9
1983	26	STL	NL	53	53	13	3	3	3	0	3	0%	9	5	62	16	26%	7	.925	19	11	23	11	8	34	34	19	24	18	26	14	4.2
1984	27	STL	NL	63	63	19	4	2	3	1	2	33%	14	10	68	24	35%	7	.949	23	10	28	18	9	36	39	24	32	16	39	17	4.0
1985	28	STL	NL	52	52	31	5	2	20	19	1	95%	26	6	58	15	26%	8	1.624	30	11	10	28	11	13	34	18	27	17	29	10	3.9
1986	29	STL	NL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	3	2	67%	8	.855	1	2	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	2	0	1	1.8
5 Yrs				205	204	73	17	10	27	20	7	74%	56	26	224	67	30%		1.132	88	42	70	68	36	100	126	78	102	61	115	50	4.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1982	25	STL	NL	245	63%	1.2%	9.0%	8.6%	5.3%	25%	2.13	79%	36	4	11%
1983	26	STL	NL	305	58%	0.7%	8.5%	9.5%	4.9%	23%	1.48	79%	73	12	16%
1984	27	STL	NL	353	65%	1.7%	12.8%	9.7%	6.0%	30%	1.75	74%	71	7	10%
1985	28	STL	NL	279	64%	1.1%	14.7%	9.3%	6.5%	29%	1.86	74%	57	16	28%
1986	29	STL	NL	10	70%	0.0%	30.0%	10.0%	10.0%	33%	1.00	60%	0	0
5 Yrs				1192	63%	1.2%	11.5%	9.3%	5.7%	27%	1.76	76%	237	39	16%
MLB Averages					41%	2.2%	14.0%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.07	74%			11%

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
1982	25	STL	NL	245	53			3	0	9	2	1	2	1	21	10	0	48%	3	3	0	89	6	0	100%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1983	26	STL	NL	305	64			2	0	20	1	1	1	1	27	11	1	41%	4	3	3	126	11	2	85%	10	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	13	0
1984	27	STL	NL	352	69			6	1	16	5	1	2	4	31	14	3	45%	4	0	0	134	7	0	100%	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
1985	28	STL	NL	279	63			3	0	9	3	0	0	3	22	9	4	41%	2	1	0	118	3	1	75%	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
1986	29	STL	NL	10	3			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1191	252			14	1	55	11	3	5	9	101	44	8	44%	13	7	3	468	27	3	90%	24	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	30	1
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1982	25	5	4	.556	3.81	33	1	9	0	56.2	53	27	24	3	21	8	22	2	2	3	245	96	1.306	8.4	0.5	3.3	3.5	1.05	96
1983	26	8	7	.533	3.44	86	1	22	0	130.2	117	58	50	5	50	20	48	3	4	6	550	106	1.278	8.1	0.3	3.4	3.3	0.96	106
1984	27	12	9	.571	3.55	149	1	41	1	215.1	186	94	85	11	84	32	93	5	4	6	903	101	1.254	7.8	0.5	3.5	3.9	1.11	101
1985	28	17	11	.607	3.14	201	1	72	20	283.2	249	109	99	14	110	42	134	5	4	7	1182	115	1.266	7.9	0.4	3.5	4.3	1.22	115
1986	29	17	11	.607	3.12	205	1	73	20	286.0	252	109	99	14	111	42	137	5	4	7	1192	116	1.269	7.9	0.4	3.5	4.3	1.23	116

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
1982	25	3	3	.500	4.25	55.0	55	29	26	3	22	21	2	1.400	9.0	3.6	3.4	0.95	0.5	33
1983	26	4	3	.571	3.65	69.0	66	31	28	2	30	24	1	1.391	8.6	3.9	3.1	0.80	0.3	53
1984	27	4	4	.500	4.33	81.0	73	43	39	6	36	43	2	1.346	8.1	4.0	4.8	1.19	0.7	63
1985	28	4	2	.667	2.36	61.0	67	18	16	3	28	37	0	1.557	9.9	4.1	5.5	1.32	0.4	52
1986	29	0	0		0.00	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	2.000	13.5	4.5	13.5	3.00	0.0	4
5 Yrs		15	12	.556	3.66	268.0	264	121	109	14	117	128	5	1.422	8.9		4.3	1.09	0.5	205

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1984 NL 63 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1985 NL 19 (7th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1985 NL 3.9 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1984 NL 63 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1985 NL 19 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1985 NL 3.9 (4th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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