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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:11AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #809. Rafael Betancourt… #810. Rip Collins… #811. Kirk McCaskill… #812. DENNIS LAMP… #813. Jeremy Guthrie… #814. Al Worthington… #815. Rick Mahler… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 4 514 149 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 5 426 129 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 85 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 88 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 68 1.500 10.6 1.0 2.9 4.8 1.67
16 Seasons 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 101 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 68 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) AL 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) NL 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1977 24 CHC NL 30.0 3 21 20 -1 .8 -1 -0.1 $
1978 25 CHC NL 223.2 36 96 132 -3 1.0 36 3.9 $
1979 26 CHC NL 200.1 32 96 132 -7 .9 36 3.4 $
1980 27 CHC NL 202.2 37 123 127 -8 1.1 4 0.4 $
1981 28 CHW AL 127.0 10 41 67 0 .9 26 2.6 $
1982 29 CHW AL 189.2 27 96 115 -6 1.0 19 1.8 $
1983 30 CHW AL 116.1 5 52 69 4 1.2 17 1.3 $
1984 31 TOR AL 85.0 4 53 49 2 1.5 -4 -1.0 $
1985 32 TOR AL 105.2 1 42 60 5 1.1 18 1.2 $ MVP-21
1986 33 TOR AL 73.0 2 50 46 1 .8 -4 -0.8 $566,667
1987 34 OAK AL 56.2 5 38 36 -1 .6 -2 -0.4 $
1988 35 BOS AL 82.2 0 39 49 0 .8 10 0.4 $
1989 36 BOS AL 112.1 0 37 67 0 .7 30 1.9 $380,000
1990 37 BOS AL 105.2 1 61 68 -3 1.0 7 0.0 $725,000
1991 38 BOS AL 92.0 0 54 57 2 .8 3 -0.4 $750,000
1992 39 PIT NL 28.0 0 16 14 0 .7 -2 -0.4 $
16 Seasons 1830.2 163 915 1108 -15 1.0 193 13.8 $2,421,667
BOS (4 yrs) 392.2 1 191 241 -1 .8 50 1.9 $1,855,000
CHC (4 yrs) 656.2 108 336 411 -19 1.0 75 7.6 $
TOR (3 yrs) 263.2 7 145 155 8 1.1 10 -0.6 $566,667
CHW (3 yrs) 433.0 42 189 251 -2 1.0 62 5.7 $
PIT (1 yr) 28.0 0 16 14 0 .7 -2 -0.4 $
OAK (1 yr) 56.2 5 38 36 -1 .6 -2 -0.4 $

Postseason Pitching

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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1977 24 CHC NL 11 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 94 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 25 CHC NL 37 76 73 1 15 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 .205 .205 .233 .438 17 17 1 0 3 0 0 1
1979 26 CHC NL 38 67 58 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .155 .183 .172 .356 -6 10 0 0 7 0 0 1
1980 27 CHC NL 41 72 61 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 .098 .154 .098 .252 -30 6 4 0 7 0 0 1
1981 28 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 29 CHW AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 30 CHW AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 31 TOR AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 32 TOR AL 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-21
1986 33 TOR AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 34 OAK AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 35 BOS AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 36 BOS AL 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 37 BOS AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 38 BOS AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 39 PIT NL 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 639 224 201 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .164 .188 .179 .368 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 57 51 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .164 .188 .179 .368 -1 9 1 0 4 0 0
BOS (4 yrs) 186 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (4 yrs) 127 223 200 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .165 .189 .180 .369 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0
TOR (3 yrs) 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 491 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 148 224 201 6 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 37 .164 .188 .179 .368 -1 36 5 0 17 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1977 24 CHC NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1978 25 CHC NL 76 -8 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1979 26 CHC NL 67 -8 0 -1 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1980 27 CHC NL 72 -10 0 0 -1 0 6 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1992 39 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
5 Seasons 224 -26 0 -1 -1 0 19 6 -3 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $
CHC (4 yrs) 223 -26 0 -1 -1 0 19 6 -3 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $
PIT (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

More Stats

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% PO Awards
1977 CHC NL 24 P 11 30.0 10 1 8 1 0 .900 2.70 0.82 .950 1.86 1.85
1978 CHC NL 25 P 37 223.2 70 18 51 1 1 .986 2.78 1.86 .951 1.91 1.89
1979 CHC NL 26 P 38 200.1 65 17 45 3 3 .954 2.79 1.63 .951 1.80 1.80
1980 CHC NL 27 P 41 202.2 57 8 47 2 3 .965 2.44 1.34 .952 1.91 1.91
1981 CHW AL 28 P 27 127.0 29 5 23 1 4 .966 1.98 1.04 .963 1.98 1.98
1982 CHW AL 29 P 44 189.2 53 9 39 5 1 .906 2.28 1.09 .958 1.80 1.80
1983 CHW AL 30 P 49 116.1 25 9 16 0 2 1.000 1.93 0.51 .958 1.80 1.78
1984 TOR AL 31 P 56 85.0 26 9 15 2 3 .923 2.54 0.43 .958 1.79 1.78
1985 TOR AL 32 P 53 105.2 32 11 21 0 3 1.000 2.73 0.60 .953 1.86 1.84 MVP-21
1986 TOR AL 33 P 40 73.0 17 5 11 1 2 .941 1.97 0.40 .957 1.82 1.81
1987 OAK AL 34 P 36 56.2 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.28 .955 1.84 1.82
1988 BOS AL 35 P 46 82.2 24 5 18 1 0 .958 2.50 0.50 .961 1.79 1.77
1989 BOS AL 36 P 42 112.1 32 12 20 0 3 1.000 2.56 0.76 .960 1.87 1.85
1990 BOS AL 37 P 47 105.2 26 12 14 0 0 1.000 2.21 0.55 .953 1.78 1.76
1991 BOS AL 38 P 51 92.0 15 2 12 1 2 .933 1.37 0.27 .956 1.80 1.80
1992 PIT NL 39 P 21 28.0 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 2.57 0.38 .954 1.93 1.94
16 Seasons P 639 1830.2 499 128 353 18 27 .964 2.36 0.75 .955 1.85 1.83
16 Seasons TOT 639 1830.2 499 128 353 18 27 .964 2.36 0.75 .955 1.85 1.83
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1985 AL (21, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1981 AL  2.41 (4th)

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 (140th)

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)

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

Putouts as P s c a p y
1978 NL  18 (4th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1978 NL  51 (4th)
1980 NL  47 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1982 AL  5 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as Ps c a p y
Career  2.36 (25th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1978 NL  1.86 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1990 AL  1.000 (1st)

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 1950-1973, 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 (1206), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Transactions

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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 Notes
198229Chicago White Sox$260,0001984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database
198330Chicago White Sox$312,5001984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman databasePlayer loss; $750,000 request
198431Toronto Blue Jays$416,6671/30/84 TSN
198532Kansas City Royals$535,000
32Toronto Blue Jays$516,6671/30/84 TSN1985 USA Today survey: $535,000
198633Toronto Blue Jays$566,6671986 USA Today survey
198835Boston Red Sox$235,00012/13/88 NYT
198936Boston Red Sox$380,0001989 USA Today survey
199037Boston Red Sox$725,000USA Today
199138Boston Red Sox$750,000USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,697,501
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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