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Dennis Lamp

Dennis Patrick Lamp

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 23, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: St. John Bosco HS (Bellflower, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 1977
Teams (by GP): RedSox/BlueJays/Cubs/WhiteSox/Athletics/... 1977-1992
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: June 6, 1992
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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
1977 24 CHC NL 0 2 .000 6.30 11 3 4 0 0 0 30.0 43 21 21 3 8 4 12 2 1 0 137 70 1.700 12.9 0.9 2.4 3.6 1.50
1978 25 CHC NL 7 15 .318 3.30 37 36 0 6 3 0 223.2 221 96 82 16 56 8 73 4 2 2 928 122 1.238 8.9 0.6 2.3 2.9 1.30
1979 26 CHC NL 11 10 .524 3.50 38 32 3 6 1 0 200.1 223 96 78 14 46 9 86 5 0 1 843 119 1.343 10.0 0.6 2.1 3.9 1.87
1980 27 CHC NL 10 14 .417 5.20 41 37 3 2 1 0 202.2 259 123 117 16 82 7 83 1 0 10 921 76 1.683 11.5 0.7 3.6 3.7 1.01
1981 28 CHW AL 7 6 .538 2.41 27 10 5 3 0 0 127.0 103 41 34 4 43 1 71 1 1 4 514 148 1.150 7.3 0.3 3.0 5.0 1.65
1982 29 CHW AL 11 8 .579 3.99 44 27 11 3 2 5 189.2 206 96 84 9 59 3 78 6 0 5 817 102 1.397 9.8 0.4 2.8 3.7 1.32
1983 30 CHW AL 7 7 .500 3.71 49 5 31 1 0 15 116.1 123 52 48 6 29 7 44 4 0 0 483 113 1.307 9.5 0.5 2.2 3.4 1.52
1984 31 TOR AL 8 8 .500 4.55 56 4 37 0 0 9 85.0 97 53 43 9 38 7 45 1 0 2 387 91 1.588 10.3 1.0 4.0 4.8 1.18
1985 32 TOR AL 11 0 1.000 3.32 53 1 11 0 0 2 105.2 96 42 39 7 27 3 68 0 0 5 426 128 1.164 8.2 0.6 2.3 5.8 2.52 MVP-21
1986 33 TOR AL 2 6 .250 5.05 40 2 11 0 0 2 73.0 93 50 41 5 23 6 30 0 0 2 329 84 1.589 11.5 0.6 2.8 3.7 1.30
1987 34 OAK AL 1 3 .250 5.08 36 5 10 0 0 0 56.2 76 38 32 5 22 3 36 1 0 4 262 82 1.729 12.1 0.8 3.5 5.7 1.64
1988 35 BOS AL 7 6 .538 3.48 46 0 14 0 0 0 82.2 92 39 32 3 19 3 49 2 8 5 350 119 1.343 10.0 0.3 2.1 5.3 2.58
1989 36 BOS AL 4 2 .667 2.32 42 0 14 0 0 2 112.1 96 37 29 4 27 6 61 0 1 1 445 178 1.095 7.7 0.3 2.2 4.9 2.26
1990 37 BOS AL 3 5 .375 4.68 47 1 5 0 0 0 105.2 114 61 55 10 30 8 49 3 0 2 453 87 1.363 9.7 0.9 2.6 4.2 1.63
1991 38 BOS AL 6 3 .667 4.70 51 0 12 0 0 0 92.0 100 54 48 8 31 7 57 3 0 1 403 92 1.424 9.8 0.8 3.0 5.6 1.84
1992 39 PIT NL 1 1 .500 5.14 21 0 2 0 0 0 28.0 33 16 16 3 9 4 15 2 1 0 125 69 1.500 10.6 1.0 2.9 4.8 1.67
16 Yrs 96 96 .500 3.93 639 163 173 21 7 35 1830.2 1975 915 799 122 549 86 857 35 14 44 7823 104 1.379 9.7 0.6 2.7 4.2 1.56
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .500 3.93 54 14 15 2 1 3 155 167 78 68 10 47 7 73 3 1 4 663 104 1.379 9.7 0.6 2.7 4.2 1.56
BOS (4 yrs) 20 16 .556 3.76 186 1 45 0 0 2 392.2 402 191 164 25 107 24 216 8 9 9 1651 111 1.296 9.2 0.6 2.5 5.0 2.02
CHC (4 yrs) 28 41 .406 4.08 127 108 10 14 5 0 656.2 746 336 298 49 192 28 254 12 3 13 2829 99 1.428 10.2 0.7 2.6 3.5 1.32
TOR (3 yrs) 21 14 .600 4.20 149 7 59 0 0 13 263.2 286 145 123 21 88 16 143 1 0 9 1142 100 1.418 9.8 0.7 3.0 4.9 1.63
CHW (3 yrs) 25 21 .543 3.45 120 42 47 7 2 20 433.0 432 189 166 19 131 11 193 11 1 9 1814 115 1.300 9.0 0.4 2.7 4.0 1.47
PIT (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.14 21 0 2 0 0 0 28.0 33 16 16 3 9 4 15 2 1 0 125 69 1.500 10.6 1.0 2.9 4.8 1.67
OAK (1 yr) 1 3 .250 5.08 36 5 10 0 0 0 56.2 76 38 32 5 22 3 36 1 0 4 262 82 1.729 12.1 0.8 3.5 5.7 1.64
AL (11 yrs) 67 54 .554 3.81 491 55 161 7 2 35 1146.0 1196 563 485 70 348 54 588 21 10 31 4869 108 1.347 9.4 0.5 2.7 4.6 1.69
NL (5 yrs) 29 42 .408 4.13 148 108 12 14 5 0 684.2 779 352 314 52 201 32 269 14 4 13 2954 98 1.431 10.2 0.7 2.6 3.5 1.34

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
1977 24 CHC NL 30.0 11 3 21 6.30 4.43 -0.33 -0.06 113.3 5.32 -3 -0.4 .9 -0.0 -0.2 -0 .467 .498 $
1978 25 CHC NL 223.2 37 36 96 3.86 4.02 -0.11 0.12 109.9 4.67 18 2.1 3.5 -0.1 3.7 40 .557 .513 $
1979 26 CHC NL 200.1 38 32 96 4.31 4.24 -0.32 0.11 111.5 5.21 18 2.1 .3 -0.1 3.5 39 .554 .513 $
1980 27 CHC NL 202.2 41 37 123 5.46 4.06 -0.36 0.13 108.1 4.91 -13 -1.4 2.7 -0.1 0.1 7 .465 .491 $
1981 28 CHW AL 127.0 27 10 41 2.91 3.99 -0.03 -0.04 97.0 3.87 14 1.6 .8 -0.2 2.5 22 .559 .510 $
1982 29 CHW AL 189.2 44 27 96 4.56 4.34 -0.29 0.08 99.5 4.68 4 0.4 1.6 -0.1 1.9 23 .509 .502 $260,000
1983 30 CHW AL 116.1 49 5 52 4.02 4.68 0.30 -0.24 103.2 4.27 3 0.3 1.7 -0.1 1.2 15 .506 .502 $312,500
1984 31 TOR AL 85.0 56 4 53 5.61 4.44 0.20 -0.23 103.8 4.17 -13 -1.4 1.8 -0.5 -1.2 -5 .475 .492 $416,667
1985 32 TOR AL 105.2 53 1 42 3.58 4.58 0.43 -0.33 101.0 3.86 3 0.4 1.5 -0.1 1.2 15 .507 .502 $516,667 MVP-21
1986 33 TOR AL 73.0 40 2 50 6.16 4.78 0.09 -0.32 101.3 4.43 -14 -1.4 .9 -0.1 -0.9 -6 .465 .491 $566,667
1987 34 OAK AL 56.2 36 5 38 6.04 5.07 -0.13 -0.20 94.4 4.73 -8 -0.8 .6 0.0 -0.3 -2 .478 .495 $
1988 35 BOS AL 82.2 46 0 39 4.25 4.33 0.03 -0.35 104.0 4.11 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.2 0.4 7 .497 .499 $235,000
1989 36 BOS AL 112.1 42 0 37 2.96 4.31 0.01 -0.33 107.3 4.25 16 1.7 1.0 -0.2 2.5 27 .541 .511 $380,000
1990 37 BOS AL 105.2 47 1 61 5.20 4.45 -0.23 -0.32 104.1 4.54 -7 -0.7 1.4 -0.4 -0.1 4 .484 .495 $725,000
1991 38 BOS AL 92.0 51 0 54 5.28 4.57 0.23 -0.35 104.5 4.17 -11 -1.2 1.0 -0.2 -0.5 -1 .477 .493 $750,000
1992 39 PIT NL 28.0 21 0 16 5.14 3.80 0.00 -0.29 99.1 3.47 -5 -0.6 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .471 .496 $
16 Seasons 1830.2 639 163 915 4.50 4.32 -0.07 -0.09 104.7 4.51 -2 0.5 1.3 -2.4 13.4 182 .501 .500 $4,162,501
BOS (4 yrs) 392.2 186 1 191 4.38 4.41 0.00 -0.33 105.1 4.28 -4 -0.3 1.1 -1.0 2.3 38 .498 .500 $2,090,000
CHC (4 yrs) 656.2 127 108 336 4.61 4.12 -0.26 0.11 110.0 4.94 19 2.4 1.2 -0.4 7.1 85 .519 .504 $
TOR (3 yrs) 263.2 149 7 145 4.95 4.59 0.26 -0.30 102.0 4.12 -24 -2.4 1.5 -0.7 -0.9 4 .484 .495 $1,500,001
CHW (3 yrs) 433.0 120 42 189 3.93 4.33 -0.05 -0.04 99.7 4.33 20 2.3 1.5 -0.4 5.6 60 .519 .505 $572,500
PIT (1 yr) 28.0 21 0 16 5.14 3.80 0.00 -0.29 99.1 3.47 -5 -0.6 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .471 .496 $
OAK (1 yr) 56.2 36 5 38 6.04 5.07 -0.13 -0.20 94.4 4.73 -8 -0.8 .6 0.0 -0.3 -2 .478 .495 $

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
1983 30 CHW AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
1985 32 TOR AL ALCS L KCR 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 9.1 2 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 31 0.321 1.9 0.0 1.0 9.6 10.00
1990 37 BOS AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 108.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 12.000 54.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 0 3.09 7 0 4 0 0 0 11.2 4 5 4 0 5 2 11 0 0 0 45 0.771 3.1 0.0 3.9 8.5 2.20
3 ALCS 0 0 3.09 7 0 4 0 0 0 11.2 4 5 4 0 5 2 11 0 0 0 45 0.771 3.1 0.0 3.9 8.5 2.20

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
1977 24 CHC NL 11 137 125 21 43 9 2 3 1 1 8 12 .344 .390 .520 .910 .360 65 5 2 1 1 4 1
1978 25 CHC NL 37 928 854 96 221 36 3 16 28 9 56 73 .259 .306 .364 .671 .267 311 20 4 10 3 8 14
1979 26 CHC NL 38 840 778 96 223 37 7 14 17 12 46 86 .287 .329 .406 .735 .306 316 21 5 9 5 9 15
1980 27 CHC NL 41 921 817 123 259 32 7 16 25 20 82 83 .317 .378 .432 .810 .337 353 17 1 17 4 7 13
1981 28 CHW AL 27 514 465 41 103 9 1 4 18 8 43 71 .222 .289 .271 .560 .254 126 11 1 5 0 1 9
1982 29 CHW AL 44 817 738 96 206 33 5 9 13 6 59 78 .279 .337 .374 .711 .302 276 26 6 12 2 3 11
1983 30 CHW AL 49 483 447 52 123 21 8 6 6 4 29 44 .275 .324 .398 .723 .294 178 17 4 2 1 7 4
1984 31 TOR AL 56 386 340 53 97 4 2 9 5 0 38 45 .285 .358 .388 .746 .307 132 14 1 7 1 7 13
1985 32 TOR AL 53 426 388 42 96 10 2 7 10 2 27 68 .247 .292 .338 .630 .279 131 15 0 5 6 3 5
1986 33 TOR AL 40 329 301 50 93 12 1 5 11 0 23 30 .309 .357 .405 .762 .330 122 11 0 4 1 6 9
1987 34 OAK AL 36 262 233 38 76 13 1 5 9 2 22 36 .326 .382 .455 .837 .364 106 8 1 3 3 3 4
1988 35 BOS AL 46 350 324 39 92 17 2 3 11 1 19 49 .284 .326 .377 .702 .325 122 12 2 3 2 3 3
1989 36 BOS AL 42 445 408 37 96 11 1 4 23 5 27 61 .235 .280 .297 .576 .264 121 12 0 5 5 6 4
1990 37 BOS AL 47 453 408 61 114 22 3 10 12 4 30 49 .279 .330 .422 .752 .295 172 10 3 8 4 8 6
1991 38 BOS AL 51 403 364 54 100 21 4 8 10 0 31 57 .275 .335 .420 .755 .306 153 14 3 3 2 7 10
1992 39 PIT NL 21 125 113 16 33 3 1 3 2 2 9 15 .292 .355 .416 .771 .316 47 2 2 1 0 4 1
16 Yrs 639 7819 7103 915 1975 290 50 122 201 76 549 857 .278 .331 .384 .716 .301 2731 215 35 95 40 86 122
162 Game Avg. 54 663 602 78 167 25 4 10 17 6 47 73 .278 .331 .384 .716 .301 232 18 3 8 3 7 10
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
1977 24 CHC NL -4.5 -0.4 141 -0.8 1.6 -2.4 .79 -0.6 -0.5 -8.8 -0.8 0.79 -7.0 2 2 4
1978 25 CHC NL 14.4 1.6 970 1.1 17.1 -16.0 1.03 1.9 -0.8 13.2 1.3 1.03 18.3 1 0 0
1979 26 CHC NL 10.0 1.0 877 0.3 14.1 -13.7 .94 0.2 0.2 5.0 0.5 0.93 -0.6 0 2 3
1980 27 CHC NL -22.8 -2.3 977 -2.9 16.9 -19.8 1.14 -2.7 0.2 -32.8 -3.2 1.14 -28.9 3 0 1
1981 28 CHW AL 15.8 1.7 546 1.4 8.2 -6.8 .89 2.0 -0.4 16.7 1.9 0.89 17.4 4 2 11
1982 29 CHW AL -0.2 -0.0 844 0.6 14.6 -14.0 1.01 0.5 0.1 4.7 0.5 1.01 6.7 6 5 6
1983 30 CHW AL 6.8 0.7 497 0.0 10.3 -10.3 1.24 0.8 -0.8 1.3 0.1 1.24 9.9 21 10 12
1984 31 TOR AL -6.1 -0.6 398 -2.0 8.3 -10.3 1.47 -0.7 -0.7 -16.1 -1.6 1.47 -9.0 27 8 16
1985 32 TOR AL 11.6 1.2 444 2.0 9.1 -7.2 1.14 1.5 0.2 18.0 1.8 1.14 17.2 19 19 14
1986 33 TOR AL -8.0 -0.8 342 -2.8 3.7 -6.5 .79 -0.8 -2.8 -11.6 -1.1 0.79 -5.4 7 11 14
1987 34 OAK AL -7.3 -0.7 276 -0.7 2.7 -3.4 .62 -0.9 -0.2 -11.9 -1.2 0.62 -9.7 4 5 19
1988 35 BOS AL 4.3 0.4 374 -0.4 5.1 -5.4 .85 0.1 -0.5 0.6 0.1 0.85 1.8 16 12 15
1989 36 BOS AL 19.4 2.0 476 0.7 5.4 -4.7 .67 1.9 -0.9 18.5 1.9 0.67 24.7 10 10 21
1990 37 BOS AL -6.2 -0.6 471 -0.8 8.1 -8.9 1.02 -0.6 -0.2 -12.7 -1.2 1.02 -7.1 15 20 11
1991 38 BOS AL -4.2 -0.4 417 -0.1 5.8 -5.9 .83 -0.7 0.6 -8.9 -0.9 0.83 -5.9 16 10 25
1992 39 PIT NL -4.5 -0.5 130 -0.1 1.3 -1.5 .69 0.2 -0.4 -3.3 -0.4 0.69 -2.3 5 1 15
16 Yrs 18.4 2.3 8180 -4.5 132.3 -136.8 .99 2.1 -6.7 -28.0 -2.3 0.99 20.0 156 117 187

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 24 CHC NL 11 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0% 41.0 55 31 7 2 1 1 3.3 3.7 5.6
1978 25 CHC NL 37 36 7 15 14 1 8 16 20 .444 7 5 6 3 20 56% 51.4 85 23 28 10 17 7 3.6 2.8 6.2
1979 26 CHC NL 38 32 11 10 11 1 3 16 16 .500 1 8 6 1 17 53% 48.7 80 15 18 6 13 7 4.4 3.7 5.9
1980 27 CHC NL 41 37 9 12 16 1 2 14 23 .378 8 9 2 1 15 41% 42.9 81 16 44 13 18 5 4.1 3.6 5.4
1981 28 CHW AL 27 10 4 5 1 0 5 5 5 .500 0 0 3 0 9 90% 61.6 86 41 25 8 3 0 3.0 3.3 7.9
1982 29 CHW AL 44 27 10 7 10 3 0 15 12 .556 5 5 3 2 9 33% 47.1 84 18 28 14 13 3 5.1 5.4 6.0
1983 30 CHW AL 49 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 .600 0 0 1 0 3 60% 48.2 78 23 15 6 1 3 3.8 3.7 5.8
1984 31 TOR AL 56 4 3 1 0 3 0 3 1 .750 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45.5 52 34 19 9 2 0 7.4 8.5 5.3
1985 32 TOR AL 53 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 54.0 54 54 20 9 1 0 2.0 3.6 5.0
1986 33 TOR AL 40 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.5 44 35 26 12 2 0 4.0 1.5 3.3
1987 34 OAK AL 36 5 1 3 1 1 0 2 3 .400 0 1 0 0 0 0% 43.2 57 28 20 5 3 1 5.3 3.6 3.9
1990 37 BOS AL 47 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 51.0 51 51 20 8 0 1 2.0 3.6 5.0 81 0 1 0 0 81
12 Yrs 479 163 48 58 57 10 18 75 88 .460 24 28 21 7 73 45% 48 86 15 270 102 74 28 4.2 3.8 5.9 81 0 1 0 0 81
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1977 24 CHC NL 11 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 7 .785 2 2 4 0 1 7 2 6 6 1 6 0 5.0
1978 25 CHC NL 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 8 1.034 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.0
1979 26 CHC NL 38 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 .935 0 2 3 0 0 6 2 4 4 1 4 0 6.2
1980 27 CHC NL 41 4 3 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 1 100% 8 1.136 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3.0
1981 28 CHW AL 27 17 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 15 4 27% 6 .888 4 2 11 5 1 11 9 8 13 2 14 1 8.4
1982 29 CHW AL 44 17 11 1 1 7 5 2 71% 7 0 24 10 42% 8 1.015 6 5 6 10 1 6 11 6 8 6 9 3 4.8
1983 30 CHW AL 49 44 31 4 5 20 15 5 75% 21 0 37 18 49% 9 1.239 21 10 12 26 4 14 26 18 23 10 25 6 6.0
1984 31 TOR AL 56 52 37 5 7 14 9 5 64% 18 4 46 20 43% 8 1.465 27 8 16 27 10 15 28 24 21 13 24 9 3.7
1985 32 TOR AL 53 52 11 11 0 7 2 5 29% 16 8 60 17 28% 6 1.138 19 19 14 23 7 22 35 17 36 9 37 7 5.8
1986 33 TOR AL 40 38 11 2 4 3 2 1 67% 5 1 23 10 43% 8 .785 7 11 14 11 5 22 16 22 17 11 19 5 5.2
1987 34 OAK AL 36 31 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 21 10 48% 8 .625 4 5 19 11 1 19 13 18 8 11 12 3 3.6
1988 35 BOS AL 46 46 14 7 6 1 0 1 0% 8 7 50 20 40% 7 .850 16 12 15 16 6 24 28 18 30 8 31 7 5.4 25
1989 36 BOS AL 42 42 14 4 2 3 2 1 67% 5 2 55 20 36% 6 .674 10 10 21 10 4 28 30 12 35 4 36 3 8.0 38
1990 37 BOS AL 47 46 5 3 5 2 0 2 0% 10 7 60 26 43% 6 1.023 15 20 11 15 7 24 35 11 32 10 35 5 6.6 32
1991 38 BOS AL 51 51 12 6 3 0 0 0 7 6 57 18 32% 6 .827 16 10 25 14 5 32 31 20 35 7 41 5 5.4 30
1992 39 PIT NL 21 21 2 1 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 14 7 50% 7 .689 5 1 15 6 2 13 10 11 11 7 12 6 4.0 20
16 Yrs 639 476 173 48 38 59 35 24 59% 108 44 473 185 39% .989 156 117 187 176 56 244 278 198 281 103 308 62 5.5 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%
1977 24 CHC NL 137 56% 2.2% 8.8% 5.8% 10.2% 33% 2.67 81% 22 5 23%
1978 25 CHC NL 928 54% 1.7% 7.9% 6.0% 5.9% 25% 2.01 83% 139 20 14%
1979 26 CHC NL 843 55% 1.7% 10.2% 5.5% 6.9% 26% 1.86 81% 157 21 13%
1980 27 CHC NL 921 58% 1.7% 9.0% 8.9% 6.0% 21% 2.31 78% 161 17 11%
1981 28 CHW AL 514 58% 0.8% 13.8% 8.4% 2.7% 14% 2.58 76% 81 11 14%
1982 29 CHW AL 817 54% 1.1% 9.6% 7.2% 5.8% 23% 2.68 80% 162 26 16%
1983 30 CHW AL 483 60% 1.2% 9.1% 6.0% 7.3% 29% 2.03 82% 91 17 19%
1984 31 TOR AL 387 55% 2.3% 11.7% 9.8% 3.9% 16% 2.60 74% 92 14 15%
1985 32 TOR AL 426 54% 1.6% 16.0% 6.3% 4.5% 20% 2.45 75% 89 15 17%
1986 33 TOR AL 329 57% 1.5% 9.1% 7.0% 5.5% 19% 1.88 81% 60 11 18%
1987 34 OAK AL 262 57% 1.9% 13.7% 8.4% 7.3% 25% 1.91 74% 53 8 15%
1988 35 BOS AL 350 55% 0.9% 14.0% 5.4% 6.3% 24% 1.25 1.91 78% 17% 3.5% 29% 70 12 17%
1989 36 BOS AL 445 55% 0.9% 13.7% 6.1% 3.6% 17% 1.35 1.88 78% 16% 3.1% 12% 77 12 16%
1990 37 BOS AL 453 53% 2.2% 10.8% 6.6% 7.7% 31% 1.09 1.49 78% 17% 6.8% 15% 93 10 11%
1991 38 BOS AL 403 63% 2.0% 14.1% 7.7% 8.2% 33% 0.97 1.43 75% 19% 6.2% 16% 85 14 16%
1992 39 PIT NL 125 53% 2.4% 12.0% 7.2% 5.6% 21% 1.09 1.79 76% 16% 7.1% 9% 22 2 9%
16 Yrs 7823 56% 1.6% 11.0% 7.0% 5.9% 23% 1.15 2.07 79% 17% 5.2% 17% 1454 215 15%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 14.0% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.2% 22% 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 35 BOS AL 330 1126 3.41 718 64% 25% 13% 25% 37% 75% 3% 48% 83% 63% 5% 16 7 17% 55 27 2 24% 8 6 20 0 0
1989 36 BOS AL 436 1562 3.58 1008 65% 27% 13% 24% 35% 73% 4% 47% 81% 60% 3% 15 6 20% 86 38 6 27% 6 3 9 5 1
1990 37 BOS AL 409 1409 3.44 882 63% 26% 15% 20% 38% 73% 5% 46% 79% 58% 5% 19 8 15% 61 28 4 26% 7 4 44 0 6
1991 38 BOS AL 404 1529 3.78 941 62% 26% 16% 25% 33% 74% 4% 46% 78% 58% 5% 21 9 17% 67 26 3 18% 7 6 -1 0 0
1992 39 PIT NL 125 422 3.38 268 64% 28% 12% 23% 37% 72% 10% 46% 83% 61% 8% 10 5 16% 20 9 0 27% 4 1 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1704 6048 3.55 3817 63% 26% 14% 24% 36% 74% 4% 46% 80% 60% 5% 81 35 17% 289 128 15 24% 32 20 72 5 7
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
1977 24 CHC NL 137 43 3 1 6 3 0 3 0 12 6 1 50% 1 0 0 46 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1978 25 CHC NL 928 221 16 0 11 14 2 8 8 45 23 3 51% 14 2 0 319 28 9 76% 23 7 5 1 0 1 1 0 7 0
1979 26 CHC NL 840 223 14 0 12 11 3 6 8 50 24 1 48% 15 1 0 321 17 12 59% 17 11 0 1 0 0 4 0 7 3
1980 27 CHC NL 921 259 16 0 21 12 4 8 8 56 31 5 55% 13 10 1 334 25 20 56% 24 17 1 1 0 2 2 0 17 0
1981 28 CHW AL 514 103 4 0 9 1 3 3 1 16 9 2 56% 9 4 2 180 18 8 69% 17 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1982 29 CHW AL 817 206 9 0 27 5 4 1 8 54 30 6 56% 11 5 4 295 13 6 68% 10 6 1 0 2 0 1 0 14 0
1983 30 CHW AL 483 123 6 1 15 4 2 3 3 31 17 4 55% 4 0 1 192 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1984 31 TOR AL 386 97 9 0 32 7 2 4 5 40 23 5 58% 13 2 2 154 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
1985 32 TOR AL 426 96 7 0 9 4 3 4 3 29 14 4 48% 5 5 1 171 10 2 83% 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1986 33 TOR AL 329 93 5 0 6 4 1 3 2 20 13 2 65% 9 2 0 132 11 0 100% 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1987 34 OAK AL 262 76 5 0 6 4 1 4 1 22 12 4 55% 4 4 1 108 9 2 82% 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
1988 35 BOS AL 350 92 9 1 3 0 10 1 2 3 0 30 16 5 53% 3 5 1 137 11 1 92% 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 23 0
1989 36 BOS AL 445 96 5 0 4 0 9 2 2 4 0 36 24 2 67% 4 1 1 154 23 5 82% 21 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 10 0
1990 37 BOS AL 453 114 22 2 10 1 17 7 3 4 6 40 19 6 48% 6 2 0 188 12 4 75% 11 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1991 38 BOS AL 403 100 25 3 8 0 14 6 2 3 5 34 15 3 44% 10 1 1 164 10 0 100% 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1992 39 PIT NL 125 33 14 1 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 5 3 0 60% 1 0 0 55 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 Yrs 7819 1975 75 7 122 3 205 86 36 63 59 520 279 53 54% 122 44 15 2950 201 76 73% 181 66 17 5 3 5 16 2 137 4
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+
1977 24 0 2 .000 6.30 11 3 4 0 0 0 30.0 43 21 21 3 8 4 12 2 1 0 137 70 1.700 12.9 0.9 2.4 3.6 1.50 70
1978 25 7 17 .292 3.65 48 39 4 6 3 0 253.2 264 117 103 19 64 12 85 6 3 2 1065 111 1.293 9.4 0.7 2.3 3.0 1.33 111
1979 26 18 27 .400 3.59 86 71 7 12 4 0 454.0 487 213 181 33 110 21 171 11 3 3 1908 114 1.315 9.7 0.7 2.2 3.4 1.55 114
1980 27 28 41 .406 4.08 127 108 10 14 5 0 656.2 746 336 298 49 192 28 254 12 3 13 2829 99 1.428 10.2 0.7 2.6 3.5 1.32 99
1981 28 35 47 .427 3.81 154 118 15 17 5 0 783.2 849 377 332 53 235 29 325 13 4 17 3343 104 1.383 9.8 0.6 2.7 3.7 1.38 104
1982 29 46 55 .455 3.85 198 145 26 20 7 5 973.1 1055 473 416 62 294 32 403 19 4 22 4160 104 1.386 9.8 0.6 2.7 3.7 1.37 104
1983 30 53 62 .461 3.83 247 150 57 21 7 20 1089.2 1178 525 464 68 323 39 447 23 4 22 4643 105 1.377 9.7 0.6 2.7 3.7 1.38 105
1984 31 61 70 .466 3.88 303 154 94 21 7 29 1174.2 1275 578 507 77 361 46 492 24 4 24 5030 104 1.393 9.8 0.6 2.8 3.8 1.36 104
1985 32 72 70 .507 3.84 356 155 105 21 7 31 1280.1 1371 620 546 84 388 49 560 24 4 29 5456 105 1.374 9.6 0.6 2.7 3.9 1.44 105
1986 33 74 76 .493 3.90 396 157 116 21 7 33 1353.1 1464 670 587 89 411 55 590 24 4 31 5785 104 1.385 9.7 0.6 2.7 3.9 1.44 104
1987 34 75 79 .487 3.95 432 162 126 21 7 33 1410.0 1540 708 619 94 433 58 626 25 4 35 6047 103 1.399 9.8 0.6 2.8 4.0 1.45 103
1988 35 82 85 .491 3.93 478 162 140 21 7 33 1492.2 1632 747 651 97 452 61 675 27 12 40 6397 104 1.396 9.8 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.49 104
1989 36 86 87 .497 3.81 520 162 154 21 7 35 1605.0 1728 784 680 101 479 67 736 27 13 41 6842 107 1.375 9.7 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.54 107
1990 37 89 92 .492 3.87 567 163 159 21 7 35 1710.2 1842 845 735 111 509 75 785 30 13 43 7295 105 1.374 9.7 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.54 105
1991 38 95 95 .500 3.91 618 163 171 21 7 35 1802.2 1942 899 783 119 540 82 842 33 13 44 7698 104 1.377 9.7 0.6 2.7 4.2 1.56 104
1992 39 96 96 .500 3.93 639 163 173 21 7 35 1830.2 1975 915 799 122 549 86 857 35 14 44 7823 104 1.379 9.7 0.6 2.7 4.2 1.56 104

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
1977 24 1 2 .333 5.90 29.0 41 21 19 3 8 11 2 1.690 12.7 2.5 3.4 1.38 0.9 11
1978 25 14 10 .583 3.38 216.0 220 90 81 16 56 70 4 1.278 9.2 2.3 2.9 1.25 0.7 37
1979 26 12 9 .571 3.47 192.0 217 82 74 14 45 82 5 1.365 10.2 2.1 3.8 1.82 0.7 38
1980 27 7 14 .333 5.46 193.0 259 130 117 16 82 79 1 1.767 12.1 3.8 3.7 0.96 0.7 41
1981 28 12 7 .632 3.13 178.0 171 69 62 7 71 100 2 1.360 8.6 3.6 5.1 1.41 0.4 27
1982 29 8 11 .421 4.53 179.0 213 100 90 9 61 74 6 1.531 10.7 3.1 3.7 1.21 0.5 44
1983 30 6 6 .500 4.05 109.0 124 54 49 6 29 41 4 1.404 10.2 2.4 3.4 1.41 0.5 49
1984 31 4 5 .444 4.77 83.0 99 49 44 9 39 44 1 1.663 10.7 4.2 4.8 1.13 1.0 56
1985 32 6 5 .545 3.56 101.0 97 44 40 7 27 65 0 1.228 8.6 2.4 5.8 2.41 0.6 53
1986 33 2 5 .286 5.32 71.0 94 47 42 5 23 29 0 1.648 11.9 2.9 3.7 1.26 0.6 40
1987 34 2 3 .400 5.60 53.0 78 37 33 5 23 34 1 1.906 13.2 3.9 5.8 1.48 0.8 36
1988 35 4 4 .500 3.76 79.0 93 37 33 3 19 47 2 1.418 10.6 2.2 5.4 2.47 0.3 46
1989 36 8 3 .727 2.55 106.0 98 33 30 4 28 58 0 1.189 8.3 2.4 4.9 2.07 0.3 42
1990 37 4 7 .364 5.17 101.0 117 64 58 10 31 47 3 1.465 10.4 2.8 4.2 1.52 0.9 47
1991 38 4 5 .444 4.80 90.0 100 53 48 8 31 56 3 1.456 10.0 3.1 5.6 1.81 0.8 51
1992 39 1 1 .500 6.23 26.0 35 20 18 3 10 14 2 1.731 12.1 3.5 4.8 1.40 1.0 21
16 Yrs 95 97 .495 4.18 1806.0 2056 930 838 125 583 851 36 1.461 10.2 4.2 1.46 0.6 639

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1985 AL (21, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1979 NL  3.5 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1981 AL  2.41 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1981 AL  1.150 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 AL  7.299 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 NL  2.253 (9th)
1979 NL  2.067 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  639 (141st)

Saves s c a p y
1983 AL  15 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1978 NL  36 (3rd)
1980 NL  37 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1978 NL  3 (6th)

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

Hits s c a p y
1980 NL  259 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 AL  0.284 (2nd)
1982 AL  0.427 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1978 NL  15 (3rd)
1980 NL  14 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1980 NL  117 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1980 NL  10 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 NL  5 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1981 AL  149 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1981 AL  16 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1981 AL  1.7 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1981 AL  16.68 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1981 AL  2.0 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1981 AL  1.8 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1992 NL  born 1952-09-23 (2nd)


† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 16 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dick Tidrow (954)
  2. Dick Drago (926)
  3. Syl Johnson (924)
  4. Don Robinson (923)
  5. Billy Hoeft (921)
  6. Diego Segui (917)
  7. Phil Regan (917)
  8. Moe Drabowsky (915)
  9. Dan Spillner (913)
  10. Dave Giusti (913)
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  1. Dick Crutcher (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Walt Terrell (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rick Langford (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tomo Ohka (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Giusti (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Wayne Garland (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Paul Minner (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bill Swift (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Diego Segui (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Diego Segui (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Syl Johnson (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Don Larsen (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dick Tidrow (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Gerry Staley (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Syl Johnson (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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