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Mark Langston
Mark Edward Langston
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 20, 1960 in San Diego, CA
High School: Buchser (Santa Clara, CA)
School: San Jose State University
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1984
Final Game: September 24, 1999
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Standard Pitching

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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
1984 23 SEA AL 17 10 .630 3.40 35 33 0 5 2 0 225.0 188 99 85 16 118 5 204 8 2 4 965 118 1.360 7.5 0.6 4.7 8.2 1.73 RoY-2
1985 24 SEA AL 7 14 .333 5.47 24 24 0 2 0 0 126.2 122 85 77 22 91 2 72 2 3 3 577 77 1.682 8.7 1.6 6.5 5.1 0.79
1986 25 SEA AL 12 14 .462 4.85 37 36 1 9 0 0 239.1 234 142 129 30 123 1 245 4 3 10 1057 87 1.492 8.8 1.1 4.6 9.2 1.99
1987 26 SEA AL 19 13 .594 3.84 35 35 0 14 3 0 272.0 242 132 116 30 114 0 262 5 2 9 1152 124 1.309 8.0 1.0 3.8 8.7 2.30 AS,CYA-5,GG
1988 27 SEA AL 15 11 .577 3.34 35 35 0 9 3 0 261.1 222 108 97 32 110 2 235 3 4 7 1078 125 1.270 7.6 1.1 3.8 8.1 2.14 GG
1989 28 TOT MLB 16 14 .533 2.74 34 34 0 8 5 0 250.0 198 87 76 16 112 6 235 4 4 6 1037 135 1.240 7.1 0.6 4.0 8.5 2.10
1989 28 SEA AL 4 5 .444 3.56 10 10 0 2 1 0 73.1 60 30 29 3 19 0 60 4 2 1 297 114 1.077 7.4 0.4 2.3 7.4 3.16
1989 28 MON NL 12 9 .571 2.39 24 24 0 6 4 0 176.2 138 57 47 13 93 6 175 0 2 5 740 148 1.308 7.0 0.7 4.7 8.9 1.88
1990 29 CAL AL 10 17 .370 4.40 33 33 0 5 1 0 223.0 215 120 109 13 104 1 195 5 0 8 950 86 1.430 8.7 0.5 4.2 7.9 1.88
1991 30 CAL AL 19 8 .704 3.00 34 34 0 7 0 0 246.1 190 89 82 30 96 3 183 2 0 6 992 137 1.161 6.9 1.1 3.5 6.7 1.91 AS,CYA-6,GG
1992 31 CAL AL 13 14 .481 3.66 32 32 0 9 2 0 229.0 206 103 93 14 74 2 174 6 0 5 941 109 1.223 8.1 0.6 2.9 6.8 2.35 AS,GG
1993 32 CAL AL 16 11 .593 3.20 35 35 0 7 0 0 256.1 220 100 91 22 85 2 196 1 2 10 1039 141 1.190 7.7 0.8 3.0 6.9 2.31 AS,GG
1994 33 CAL AL 7 8 .467 4.68 18 18 0 2 1 0 119.1 121 67 62 19 54 1 109 0 0 6 517 104 1.466 9.1 1.4 4.1 8.2 2.02 GG
1995 34 CAL AL 15 7 .682 4.63 31 31 0 2 1 0 200.1 212 109 103 21 64 1 142 3 1 5 859 101 1.378 9.5 0.9 2.9 6.4 2.22 GG
1996 35 CAL AL 6 5 .545 4.82 18 18 0 2 0 0 123.1 116 68 66 18 45 0 83 2 0 4 518 102 1.305 8.5 1.3 3.3 6.1 1.84
1997 36 ANA AL 2 4 .333 5.85 9 9 0 0 0 0 47.2 61 34 31 8 29 1 30 0 0 1 226 80 1.888 11.5 1.5 5.5 5.7 1.03
1998 37 SDP NL 4 6 .400 5.86 22 16 0 0 0 0 81.1 107 55 53 11 41 1 56 1 1 3 380 66 1.820 11.8 1.2 4.5 6.2 1.37
1999 38 CLE AL 1 2 .333 5.25 25 5 2 0 0 0 61.2 69 40 36 9 29 6 43 0 0 2 274 96 1.589 10.1 1.3 4.2 6.3 1.48
16 Seasons 179 158 .531 3.97 457 428 3 81 18 0 2962.2 2723 1438 1306 311 1289 34 2464 46 22 89 12562 108 1.354 8.3 0.9 3.9 7.5 1.91
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .531 3.97 35 33 0 6 1 0 228 209 110 100 24 99 3 189 4 2 7 965 108 1.354 8.3 0.9 3.9 7.5 1.91
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
ANA (8 yrs) 88 74 .543 3.97 210 210 0 34 5 0 1445.1 1341 690 637 145 551 11 1112 19 3 45 6042 109 1.309 8.4 0.9 3.4 6.9 2.02
SEA (6 yrs) 74 67 .525 4.01 176 173 1 41 9 0 1197.2 1068 596 533 133 575 10 1078 26 16 34 5126 107 1.372 8.0 1.0 4.3 8.1 1.87
SDP (1 yr) 4 6 .400 5.86 22 16 0 0 0 0 81.1 107 55 53 11 41 1 56 1 1 3 380 66 1.820 11.8 1.2 4.5 6.2 1.37
CLE (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.25 25 5 2 0 0 0 61.2 69 40 36 9 29 6 43 0 0 2 274 96 1.589 10.1 1.3 4.2 6.3 1.48
MON (1 yr) 12 9 .571 2.39 24 24 0 6 4 0 176.2 138 57 47 13 93 6 175 0 2 5 740 148 1.308 7.0 0.7 4.7 8.9 1.88
AL (15 yrs) 163 143 .533 4.01 411 388 3 75 14 0 2704.2 2478 1326 1206 287 1155 27 2233 45 19 81 11442 108 1.343 8.2 1.0 3.8 7.4 1.93
NL (2 yrs) 16 15 .516 3.49 46 40 0 6 4 0 258.0 245 112 100 24 134 7 231 1 3 8 1120 105 1.469 8.5 0.8 4.7 8.1 1.72

Postseason Pitching

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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
1998 37 SDP NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 6.8
1998 37 SDP NL WS L NYY 0 0 40.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 5 4.500 13.5 13.5 27.0 0.0 0.00
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 13.50 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 10 2.000 9.0 4.5 9.0 4.5 0.50
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 6.8
1 WS 0 0 40.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 5 4.500 13.5 13.5 27.0 0.0 0.00

Standard Batting

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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
1989 28 MON NL 24 66 64 4 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 26 .172 .169 .203 .372 6 13 0 0 1 1 0 1
1992 31 CAL AL 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,GG
1998 37 SDP NL 22 30 24 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .083 .154 .125 .279 -23 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
1999 38 CLE AL 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 153 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 Seasons 49 100 92 5 14 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 38 .152 .168 .185 .353 -1 17 0 0 5 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 331 304 17 46 10 0 0 17 0 0 7 126 .152 .168 .185 .353 -1 56 0 0 17 3 0
SDP (1 yr) 22 30 24 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .083 .154 .125 .279 -23 3 0 0 4 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 153 1 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (8 yrs) 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 24 66 64 4 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 26 .172 .169 .203 .372 6 13 0 0 1 1 0
AL (15 yrs) 3 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 46 96 88 4 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 35 .148 .165 .182 .347 -3 16 0 0 5 1 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1998 37 SDP NL NLCS ATL W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 SEA AL 23 P 35 33 225.0 47 15 30 2 2 .957 1.80 1.29 .957 1.79 0.70 RoY-2
1985 SEA AL 24 P 24 24 126.2 37 9 26 2 4 .946 2.49 1.46 .954 1.86 0.70
1986 SEA AL 25 P 37 36 239.1 40 7 27 6 3 .850 1.28 0.92 .962 1.83 0.68
1987 SEA AL 26 P 35 35 272.0 51 8 41 2 3 .961 1.62 1.40 .955 1.84 0.67 AS,CYA-5,GG
1988 SEA AL 27 P 35 35 261.1 60 11 45 4 6 .933 1.93 1.60 .962 1.78 0.67 GG
1989 TOT MLB 28 P 34 34 250.0 45 15 28 2 2 .956 1.55 1.26 .951 1.87 0.64
1989 SEA AL 28 P 10 10 73.1 13 7 6 0 1 1.000 1.60 1.30 .962 1.87 0.66
1989 MON NL 28 P 24 24 176.2 32 8 22 2 1 .938 1.53 1.25 .947 1.87 0.63
1990 CAL AL 29 P 33 33 223.0 52 7 42 3 0 .942 1.98 1.48 .954 1.78 0.59
1991 CAL AL 30 P 34 34 246.1 52 15 34 3 2 .942 1.79 1.44 .956 1.80 0.58 AS,CYA-6,GG
1992 CAL AL 31 P 32 32 229.0 51 7 41 3 1 .941 1.89 1.50 .953 1.72 0.56 AS,GG
1993 CAL AL 32 P 35 35 256.1 59 10 47 2 4 .966 2.00 1.63 .953 1.79 0.56 AS,GG
1994 CAL AL 33 P 18 18 119.1 32 3 27 2 1 .938 2.26 1.67 .956 1.72 0.52 GG
1995 CAL AL 34 P 31 31 200.1 48 2 43 3 2 .938 2.02 1.45 .960 1.79 0.53 GG
1996 CAL AL 35 P 18 18 123.1 35 7 27 1 0 .971 2.48 1.89 .960 1.77 0.52
1997 ANA AL 36 P 9 9 47.2 14 2 11 1 1 .929 2.45 1.44 .957 1.72 0.49
1998 SDP NL 37 P 22 16 81.1 19 2 16 1 1 .947 1.99 0.82 .963 1.85 0.54
1999 CLE AL 38 P 25 5 61.2 17 7 8 2 1 .882 2.19 0.60 .953 1.69 0.47
16 Seasons P 457 428 2962.2 659 127 493 39 33 .941 1.88 1.36 .956 1.80 0.60
16 Seasons TOT 457 428 2962.2 659 127 493 39 33 .941 1.88 1.36 .897 1.80 0.60
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
2005 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1987 *
1991
1992 *
1993 (P)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1987 AL (5, 5%)
1991 AL (6, 5%)
0.10 Career Shares (175th)

Gold Gloves
1987 AL (P)
1988 AL (P)
1991 AL (P)
1992 AL (P)
1993 AL (P)
1994 AL (P)
1995 AL (P)
All multiple winners

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1989 NL  2.394 (3rd)
1991 AL  2.996 (8th)
1993 AL  3.195 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1984 AL  17 (6th)
1987 AL  19 (3rd)
1991 AL  19 (3rd)
1993 AL  16 (7th)
1995 AL  15 (8th)
Career  179 (156th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1984 AL  .630 (10th)
1991 AL  .704 (2nd)
1995 AL  .682 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1991 AL  1.161 (10th)
1993 AL  1.190 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL  7.520 (4th)
1987 AL  8.007 (8th)
1988 AL  7.645 (7th)
1989 NL  7.030 (6th)
1991 AL  6.942 (3rd)
1992 AL  8.096 (10th)
1993 AL  7.724 (8th)
Career  8.272 (209th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 AL  2.875 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL  8.160 (1st)
1986 AL  9.213 (1st)
1987 AL  8.669 (1st)
1988 AL  8.093 (2nd)
1989 NL  8.915 (1st)
1990 AL  7.870 (7th)
1991 AL  6.686 (9th)
1992 AL  6.838 (6th)
1993 AL  6.882 (9th)
1994 AL  8.221 (4th)
Career  7.485 (51st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1986 AL  239.3 (10th)
1987 AL  272.0 (3rd)
1988 AL  261.3 (4th)
1990 AL  223.0 (9th)
1991 AL  246.3 (4th)
1993 AL  256.3 (3rd)
Career  2962.7 (137th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1984 AL  204 (1st)
1986 AL  245 (1st)
1987 AL  262 (1st)
1988 AL  235 (2nd)
1989 NL  175 (7th)
1990 AL  195 (5th)
1991 AL  183 (5th)
1992 AL  174 (6th)
1993 AL  196 (2nd)
Career  2464 (32nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1986 AL  36 (3rd)
1987 AL  35 (9th)
1988 AL  35 (3rd)
1990 AL  33 (8th)
1991 AL  34 (7th)
1993 AL  35 (3rd)
1995 AL  31 (4th)
Career  428 (89th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1987 AL  14 (4th)
1988 AL  9 (10th)
1991 AL  7 (6th)
1992 AL  9 (6th)
1993 AL  7 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 AL  2 (9th)
1987 AL  3 (3rd)
1988 AL  3 (5th)
1989 NL  4 (3rd)
1992 AL  2 (8th)
1995 AL  1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1988 AL  32 (2nd)
1991 AL  30 (2nd)
Career  311 (41st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1984 AL  118 (1st)
1985 AL  91 (8th)
1986 AL  123 (3rd)
1987 AL  114 (4th)
1988 AL  110 (2nd)
1989 NL  93 (3rd)
1990 AL  104 (5th)
1991 AL  96 (5th)
1993 AL  85 (9th)
Career  1289 (36th)

Hits s c a p y
1986 AL  234 (8th)
1987 AL  242 (8th)
1990 AL  215 (6th)
1995 AL  212 (6th)
Career  2723 (173rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1992 AL  2.351 (9th)
1995 AL  2.219 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL  .640 (10th)
1990 AL  .525 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1985 AL  14 (9th)
1986 AL  14 (6th)
1987 AL  13 (10th)
1990 AL  17 (5th)
1992 AL  14 (6th)
Career  158 (125th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1986 AL  129 (1st)
1987 AL  116 (5th)
1990 AL  109 (2nd)
1995 AL  103 (9th)
Career  1306 (76th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1986 AL  10 (10th)
1993 AL  10 (9th)
Career  89 (118th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 AL  8 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1986 AL  1057 (6th)
1987 AL  1152 (3rd)
1988 AL  1078 (5th)
1990 AL  950 (9th)
1991 AL  992 (7th)
1993 AL  1039 (6th)
Career  12562 (113th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1987 AL  124 (9th)
1988 AL  125 (10th)
1989 NL  148 (2nd)
1991 AL  137 (8th)
1993 AL  141 (6th)

Salary s c a p y
1991 AL  $3,550,000 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 12 (185), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 134 (120), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 64 (187), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 15th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1981.

May 25, 1989: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with a player to be named later to the Montreal Expos for Gene Harris, Brian Holman and Randy Johnson. The Seattle Mariners sent Mike Campbell (July 31, 1989) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 1, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

October 28, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

November 2, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

November 7, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

March 31, 1999: Released by the San Diego Padres.

April 4, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

November 1, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Seattle Mariners$160,000
1986Seattle Mariners$242,500
1988Seattle Mariners$820,000
1989Seattle Mariners$1,350,000
1990California Angels$1,800,000
1991California Angels$3,550,000
1992California Angels$3,550,000
1993California Angels$3,550,000
1994California Angels$3,550,000
1995California Angels$5,000,000
1996California Angels$5,000,000
1997Anaheim Angels$4,000,000
1998San Diego Padres$500,000
1999Cleveland Indians$350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$33,422,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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