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Gary Lavelle

Gary Robert Lavelle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 3, 1949 in Scranton, PA
High School: Bethlehem Liberty HS (Bethlehem, PA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 20th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1974
Teams (by GP): Giants/BlueJays/Athletics 1974-1987
Agents: Arn Tellem, previously: Steve Greenberg [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1987
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All-Star

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
1974 25 SFG NL 0 3 .000 2.16 10 0 4 0 0 0 16.2 14 7 4 1 10 2 12 0 0 0 75 181 1.440 7.6 0.5 5.4 6.5 1.20
1975 26 SFG NL 6 3 .667 2.95 65 0 29 0 0 8 82.1 80 30 27 3 48 12 51 3 3 2 370 130 1.555 8.7 0.3 5.2 5.6 1.06
1976 27 SFG NL 10 6 .625 2.69 65 0 40 0 0 12 110.1 102 37 33 6 52 10 71 2 0 1 478 135 1.396 8.3 0.5 4.2 5.8 1.37
1977 28 SFG NL 7 7 .500 2.05 73 0 49 0 0 20 118.1 106 35 27 4 37 18 93 0 0 2 485 191 1.208 8.1 0.3 2.8 7.1 2.51 AS
1978 29 SFG NL 13 10 .565 3.32 67 0 39 0 0 14 97.2 96 41 36 3 44 11 63 2 1 2 424 104 1.433 8.8 0.3 4.1 5.8 1.43
1979 30 SFG NL 7 9 .438 2.51 70 0 55 0 0 20 96.2 86 31 27 5 42 15 80 2 4 2 407 141 1.324 8.0 0.5 3.9 7.4 1.90
1980 31 SFG NL 6 8 .429 3.42 62 0 28 0 0 9 100.0 106 43 38 4 36 11 66 0 3 1 434 104 1.420 9.5 0.4 3.2 5.9 1.83
1981 32 SFG NL 2 6 .250 3.84 34 3 10 0 0 4 65.2 58 33 28 3 23 4 45 2 2 1 269 90 1.234 7.9 0.4 3.2 6.2 1.96
1982 33 SFG NL 10 7 .588 2.67 68 0 35 0 0 8 104.2 97 35 31 6 29 12 76 1 2 2 432 135 1.204 8.3 0.5 2.5 6.5 2.62
1983 34 SFG NL 7 4 .636 2.59 56 0 38 0 0 20 87.0 73 33 25 4 19 8 68 0 1 3 349 138 1.057 7.6 0.4 2.0 7.0 3.58 AS
1984 35 SFG NL 5 4 .556 2.76 77 0 42 0 0 12 101.0 92 34 31 5 42 14 71 1 0 2 426 128 1.327 8.2 0.4 3.7 6.3 1.69
1985 36 TOR AL 5 7 .417 3.10 69 0 19 0 0 8 72.2 54 30 25 5 36 5 50 0 1 0 298 137 1.239 6.7 0.6 4.5 6.2 1.39
1987 38 TOT AL 2 3 .400 5.91 29 0 11 0 0 1 32.0 40 24 21 2 22 4 23 0 1 1 157 77 1.938 11.3 0.6 6.2 6.5 1.05
1987 38 TOR AL 2 3 .400 5.53 23 0 9 0 0 1 27.2 36 20 17 2 19 4 17 0 1 1 138 83 1.988 11.7 0.7 6.2 5.5 0.89
1987 38 OAK AL 0 0 8.31 6 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 4 4 4 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 19 54 1.615 8.3 0.0 6.2 12.5 2.00
13 Yrs 80 77 .510 2.93 745 3 399 0 0 136 1085.0 1004 413 353 51 440 126 769 13 18 19 4604 126 1.331 8.3 0.4 3.6 6.4 1.75
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .510 2.93 68 0 36 0 0 12 99 91 38 32 5 40 11 70 1 2 2 419 126 1.331 8.3 0.4 3.6 6.4 1.75
SFG (11 yrs) 73 67 .521 2.82 647 3 369 0 0 127 980.1 910 359 307 44 382 117 696 13 16 18 4149 128 1.318 8.4 0.4 3.5 6.4 1.82
TOR (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 3.77 92 0 28 0 0 9 100.1 90 50 42 7 55 9 67 0 2 1 436 115 1.445 8.1 0.6 4.9 6.0 1.22
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 8.31 6 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 4 4 4 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 19 54 1.615 8.3 0.0 6.2 12.5 2.00
NL (11 yrs) 73 67 .521 2.82 647 3 369 0 0 127 980.1 910 359 307 44 382 117 696 13 16 18 4149 128 1.318 8.4 0.4 3.5 6.4 1.82
AL (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 3.96 98 0 30 0 0 9 104.2 94 54 46 7 58 9 73 0 2 1 455 110 1.452 8.1 0.6 5.0 6.3 1.26

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
1974 25 SFG NL 16.2 10 0 7 3.78 4.75 -0.02 -0.38 104.6 4.59 1 0.2 2.0 0.1 0.4 3 .516 .501 $
1975 26 SFG NL 82.1 65 0 30 3.28 4.26 -0.31 -0.35 103.7 4.38 9 1.1 1.6 0.3 2.0 18 .516 .507 $
1976 27 SFG NL 110.1 65 0 37 3.02 4.01 -0.35 -0.33 103.7 4.19 14 1.6 1.6 0.3 2.8 24 .524 .510 $
1977 28 SFG NL 118.1 73 0 35 2.66 4.46 -0.15 -0.34 100.2 4.27 20 2.2 2.0 0.8 3.9 33 .530 .514 $ AS
1978 29 SFG NL 97.2 67 0 41 3.78 4.15 -0.19 -0.34 97.0 3.88 0 0.0 1.9 -0.1 0.7 10 .500 .500 $
1979 30 SFG NL 96.2 70 0 31 2.89 4.22 -0.39 -0.33 94.6 4.05 12 1.3 2.1 0.6 2.7 22 .518 .508 $
1980 31 SFG NL 100.0 62 0 43 3.87 4.12 -0.22 -0.32 96.9 3.90 0 0.0 1.5 -0.2 0.7 10 .500 .500 $
1981 32 SFG NL 65.2 34 3 33 4.52 3.79 -0.18 -0.24 97.3 3.63 -7 -0.8 1.7 -0.4 -0.7 -3 .475 .495 $
1982 33 SFG NL 104.2 68 0 35 3.01 4.10 -0.40 -0.32 98.8 4.13 12 1.3 1.4 0.1 2.3 23 .520 .508 $
1983 34 SFG NL 87.0 56 0 33 3.41 4.08 -0.20 -0.32 97.4 3.85 4 0.4 1.7 -0.0 1.2 13 .508 .503 $ AS
1984 35 SFG NL 101.0 77 0 34 3.03 4.04 -0.61 -0.31 97.5 4.23 12 1.4 1.6 0.3 2.5 23 .518 .509 $
1985 36 TOR AL 72.2 69 0 30 3.72 4.72 0.40 -0.37 100.7 3.98 2 0.2 2.1 -0.0 0.8 10 .503 .501 $475,000
1987 38 TOR AL 27.2 23 0 20 6.51 5.17 0.38 -0.40 101.0 4.43 -6 -0.6 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .474 .496 $62,500
1987 38 OAK AL 4.1 6 0 4 8.31 4.91 -0.08 -0.38 93.7 4.32 -2 -0.2 2.0 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .470 .499 $
13 Seasons 1085.0 745 3 413 3.43 4.22 -0.23 -0.33 99.0 4.08 71 8.1 1.7 1.5 18.7 180 .511 .504 $537,500
SFG (11 yrs) 980.1 647 3 359 3.30 4.15 -0.30 -0.32 98.9 4.08 77 8.6 1.7 1.6 18.5 175 .513 .505 $
TOR (2 yrs) 100.1 92 0 50 4.49 4.84 0.39 -0.38 100.8 4.11 -4 -0.4 1.8 -0.0 0.4 7 .496 .499 $537,500
OAK (1 yr) 4.1 6 0 4 8.31 4.91 -0.08 -0.38 93.7 4.32 -2 -0.2 2.0 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .470 .499 $

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
1985 36 TOR AL ALCS L KCR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
1 ALCS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1977 SFG NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1983 SFG NL 34

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
1974 25 SFG NL 10 75 63 7 14 3 0 1 1 0 10 12 .222 .329 .317 .646 .260 20 3 0 2 0 2 4
1975 26 SFG NL 65 370 308 30 80 10 1 3 7 1 48 51 .260 .364 .328 .692 .302 101 12 3 10 1 12 6
1976 27 SFG NL 65 478 415 37 102 12 1 6 10 1 52 71 .246 .331 .323 .653 .282 134 9 2 6 3 10 6
1977 28 SFG NL 73 485 443 35 106 17 1 4 11 5 37 93 .239 .295 .309 .605 .291 137 14 0 1 4 18 9
1978 29 SFG NL 67 424 365 41 96 10 2 3 15 6 44 63 .263 .341 .326 .667 .306 119 5 2 8 5 11 8
1979 30 SFG NL 70 407 348 31 86 13 2 5 13 6 42 80 .247 .327 .339 .666 .301 118 8 2 9 6 15 4
1980 31 SFG NL 62 434 386 43 106 14 6 4 13 7 36 66 .275 .333 .373 .706 .319 144 7 0 8 4 11 6
1981 32 SFG NL 34 269 238 33 58 8 1 3 6 4 23 45 .244 .316 .324 .639 .289 77 7 2 6 0 4 2
1982 33 SFG NL 68 432 392 35 97 10 1 6 13 5 29 76 .247 .299 .324 .623 .291 127 8 1 6 3 12 6
1983 34 SFG NL 56 349 318 33 73 13 3 4 5 4 19 68 .230 .271 .327 .598 .277 104 4 0 8 3 8 9
1984 35 SFG NL 77 426 374 34 92 15 2 5 11 3 42 71 .246 .321 .337 .658 .289 126 10 1 6 3 14 5
1985 36 TOR AL 69 298 252 30 54 3 2 5 4 2 36 50 .214 .310 .302 .612 .246 76 9 0 8 2 5 3
1987 38 TOT AL 29 157 130 24 40 9 2 2 1 0 22 23 .308 .403 .454 .856 .355 59 3 0 3 2 4 3
1987 38 OAK AL 6 19 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .267 .368 .267 .635 .400 4 1 0 0 1 0 0
1987 38 TOR AL 23 138 115 20 36 9 2 2 1 0 19 17 .313 .407 .478 .886 .351 55 2 0 3 1 4 3
13 Yrs 745 4604 4032 413 1004 137 24 51 110 44 440 769 .249 .322 .333 .655 .293 1342 99 13 81 36 126 71
162 Game Avg. 68 419 367 38 91 12 2 5 10 4 40 70 .249 .322 .333 .655 .293 122 9 1 7 3 11 6
MLB Averages .260 .325 .387 .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
1974 25 SFG NL 2.1 0.2 76 -0.3 1.6 -1.9 1.42 0.1 -0.3 2.0 0.2 1.42 0.8 6 1 3
1975 26 SFG NL 8.0 0.8 384 -0.5 7.1 -7.6 1.25 0.2 -0.6 -0.3 -0.0 1.25 0.8 26 8 30
1976 27 SFG NL 11.3 1.2 494 -0.3 12.6 -12.9 1.58 0.1 -0.3 4.6 0.5 1.58 4.4 34 14 15
1977 28 SFG NL 22.6 2.3 506 1.7 15.1 -13.4 1.75 1.9 -0.9 23.7 2.4 1.75 21.6 46 9 18
1978 29 SFG NL 1.3 0.1 447 1.2 13.1 -11.9 1.90 0.9 -0.3 2.1 0.2 1.90 6.3 40 15 12
1979 30 SFG NL 11.4 1.2 431 0.6 11.7 -11.2 1.74 0.5 -0.2 10.2 1.1 1.74 4.4 39 14 15
1980 31 SFG NL 1.2 0.1 458 -1.8 8.0 -9.8 1.24 -0.1 -1.3 -8.0 -0.9 1.24 -3.6 26 12 24
1981 32 SFG NL -3.7 -0.4 285 -0.5 5.6 -6.1 1.36 0.3 -0.7 3.5 0.4 1.36 4.0 15 7 9
1982 33 SFG NL 10.8 1.2 456 -0.3 8.0 -8.4 1.11 1.5 -1.8 12.6 1.3 1.11 12.1 30 11 27
1983 34 SFG NL 7.7 0.8 365 -0.3 9.2 -9.5 1.59 1.2 -1.4 5.6 0.6 1.59 13.0 25 19 12
1984 35 SFG NL 9.4 1.0 444 0.5 10.7 -10.3 1.51 1.4 -1.0 8.0 0.9 1.51 9.5 35 11 29
1985 36 TOR AL 8.4 0.8 306 1.8 9.7 -7.9 1.83 1.2 -0.3 14.5 1.4 1.83 11.2 44 11 14
1987 38 TOT AL -5.2 -0.5 160 -1.2 1.1 -2.3 .60 -0.8 -1.2 -9.3 -0.9 0.60 -7.0 8 3 17
1987 38 TOR AL -3.4 -0.3 141 -0.9 1.0 -1.9 .57 -0.8 -0.7 -7.4 -0.7 0.57 -7.4 5 3 14
1987 38 OAK AL -1.8 -0.2 19 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 .80 -0.0 -0.4 -1.9 -0.2 0.80 0.4 3 0 3
13 Yrs 85.2 8.9 4812 0.5 113.7 -113.2 1.50 8.5 -8.1 69.2 7.3 1.50 77.3 374 135 225

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
1981 32 SFG NL 34 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.0 44 28 17 11 1 1 3.8 3.9 2.4
1 Yr 34 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37 44 28 17 11 1 1 3.8 3.9 2.4
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 106 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3

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
1974 25 SFG NL 10 10 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 1 10% 8 1.420 6 1 3 1 4 5 6 4 5 3 5 2 5.0
1975 26 SFG NL 65 65 29 6 3 13 8 5 62% 18 4 63 24 38% 8 1.255 26 8 30 19 10 36 33 32 27 21 30 23 3.8
1976 27 SFG NL 65 65 40 10 6 20 12 8 60% 25 3 39 17 44% 8 1.584 34 14 15 32 16 17 22 43 35 15 36 17 5.1
1977 28 SFG NL 73 73 49 7 7 28 20 8 71% 31 3 60 14 23% 8 1.753 46 9 18 31 19 23 38 35 44 15 44 23 4.9
1978 29 SFG NL 67 67 39 13 10 24 14 10 58% 30 4 52 18 35% 8 1.896 40 15 12 31 19 17 31 36 36 13 38 20 4.4
1979 30 SFG NL 70 70 55 7 9 29 20 9 69% 32 2 67 27 40% 8 1.739 39 14 15 33 16 21 33 37 31 20 31 23 4.1
1980 31 SFG NL 62 62 28 6 8 16 9 7 56% 20 2 33 15 45% 7 1.235 26 12 24 22 11 29 21 41 36 13 37 18 4.8
1981 32 SFG NL 34 31 10 2 4 8 4 4 50% 12 4 28 5 18% 7 1.359 15 7 9 13 7 11 16 15 23 4 23 4 5.6
1982 33 SFG NL 68 68 35 10 7 13 8 5 62% 19 4 42 8 19% 8 1.109 30 11 27 24 12 32 26 42 38 17 42 18 4.6
1983 34 SFG NL 56 56 38 7 4 29 20 9 69% 32 3 44 13 30% 7 1.593 25 19 12 35 6 15 30 26 31 11 33 10 4.7
1984 35 SFG NL 77 77 42 5 4 19 12 7 63% 26 6 53 21 40% 8 1.513 35 11 29 29 14 34 34 43 34 21 34 28 3.9
1985 36 TOR AL 69 69 19 5 7 16 8 8 50% 34 17 65 15 23% 8 1.832 44 11 14 46 15 8 42 27 19 28 31 25 3.2
1987 38 TOT AL 29 29 11 2 3 2 1 1 50% 4 2 30 17 57% .598 8 3 17 6 6 17 21 8 11 13 14 2 3.3
1987 38 TOR AL 23 23 9 2 3 1 1 0 100% 2 1 20 12 60% 7 .571 5 3 14 4 5 14 15 8 9 9 12 2 3.6
1987 38 OAK AL 6 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 10 5 50% 8 .795 3 0 3 2 1 3 6 0 2 4 2 0 2.2
13 Yrs 745 742 399 80 75 217 136 81 63% 284 54 586 195 33% 1.501 374 135 225 322 155 265 353 389 370 194 398 213 4.4

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%
1974 25 SFG NL 75 37% 1.3% 16.0% 13.3% 5.3% 29% 1.24 67% 20 3 15%
1975 26 SFG NL 370 36% 0.8% 13.8% 13.0% 3.8% 18% 1.81 69% 85 12 14%
1976 27 SFG NL 478 26% 1.3% 14.9% 10.9% 4.0% 19% 1.53 71% 115 9 8%
1977 28 SFG NL 485 24% 0.8% 19.2% 7.6% 4.5% 21% 1.16 72% 112 14 13%
1978 29 SFG NL 424 26% 0.7% 14.9% 10.4% 3.5% 16% 1.08 72% 85 5 6%
1979 30 SFG NL 407 27% 1.2% 19.7% 10.3% 4.9% 23% 1.72 66% 87 8 9%
1980 31 SFG NL 434 27% 0.9% 15.2% 8.3% 5.5% 23% 1.58 74% 88 7 8%
1981 32 SFG NL 269 33% 1.1% 16.7% 8.6% 4.5% 21% 1.79 71% 42 7 17%
1982 33 SFG NL 432 32% 1.4% 17.6% 6.7% 3.9% 18% 1.90 72% 70 8 11%
1983 34 SFG NL 349 28% 1.2% 19.5% 5.4% 5.7% 27% 1.82 71% 60 4 7%
1984 35 SFG NL 426 30% 1.2% 16.7% 9.9% 5.2% 24% 1.49 71% 89 10 11%
1985 36 TOR AL 298 38% 1.7% 16.8% 12.1% 3.4% 19% 1.50 67% 63 9 14%
1987 38 TOT AL 157 34% 1.3% 14.7% 14.0% 8.3% 33% 1.25 68% 35 3 9%
1987 38 TOR AL 138 31% 1.5% 12.3% 13.8% 9.4% 36% 1.10 70% 32 2 6%
1987 38 OAK AL 19 58% 0.0% 31.6% 15.8% 0.0% 0% 6.00 53% 3 1 33%
13 Yrs 4604 30% 1.1% 16.7% 9.6% 4.6% 21% 1.52 71% 951 99 10%
MLB Averages 43% 2.1% 13.5% 8.5% 6.6% 28% 1.09 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
1974 25 SFG NL 75 14 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 8 3 2 38% 4 0 0 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 26 SFG NL 370 80 3 0 28 1 2 0 3 33 15 3 45% 6 2 1 168 7 1 88% 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1976 27 SFG NL 478 102 6 0 20 4 2 3 3 30 12 3 40% 6 1 1 206 10 1 91% 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
1977 28 SFG NL 485 106 4 1 21 2 2 2 2 31 10 7 32% 9 2 1 217 11 5 69% 10 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 0
1978 29 SFG NL 424 96 3 0 17 3 0 3 0 35 15 5 43% 8 2 0 171 15 6 71% 10 4 5 0 0 2 2 0 9 0
1979 30 SFG NL 407 86 5 0 23 5 0 2 3 38 15 10 39% 4 2 3 174 13 6 68% 10 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1980 31 SFG NL 434 106 4 0 11 4 0 4 0 29 14 4 48% 6 1 1 177 13 7 65% 11 6 2 1 0 0 4 4 10 0
1981 32 SFG NL 269 58 3 0 7 2 1 0 3 12 7 1 58% 2 1 1 101 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 6 0
1982 33 SFG NL 432 97 6 0 13 4 2 2 4 20 6 4 30% 6 2 0 151 13 5 72% 10 5 2 0 1 0 4 3 10 0
1983 34 SFG NL 349 73 4 1 8 4 0 3 1 16 6 4 38% 9 3 0 140 5 4 56% 5 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 11 0
1984 35 SFG NL 426 92 5 0 15 5 0 2 3 28 18 4 64% 5 2 2 187 11 3 79% 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1985 36 TOR AL 298 54 5 0 14 2 3 0 5 20 9 4 45% 3 0 0 123 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1987 38 TOT AL 157 40 2 0 7 1 1 0 2 19 8 3 42% 3 1 0 79 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1987 38 TOR AL 138 36 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 15 5 3 33% 3 1 0 71 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1987 38 OAK AL 19 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Yrs 4604 1004 51 2 187 38 13 21 30 319 138 54 43% 71 19 10 1930 110 44 71% 91 35 18 3 1 6 18 10 103 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

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+
1974 25 0 3 .000 2.16 10 0 4 0 0 0 16.2 14 7 4 1 10 2 12 0 0 0 75 181 1.440 7.6 0.5 5.4 6.5 1.20 181
1975 26 6 6 .500 2.82 75 0 33 0 0 8 99.0 94 37 31 4 58 14 63 3 3 2 445 136 1.535 8.5 0.4 5.3 5.7 1.09 136
1976 27 16 12 .571 2.75 140 0 73 0 0 20 209.1 196 74 64 10 110 24 134 5 3 3 923 136 1.462 8.4 0.4 4.7 5.8 1.22 136
1977 28 23 19 .548 2.50 213 0 122 0 0 40 327.2 302 109 91 14 147 42 227 5 3 5 1408 152 1.370 8.3 0.4 4.0 6.2 1.54 152
1978 29 36 29 .554 2.69 280 0 161 0 0 54 425.1 398 150 127 17 191 53 290 7 4 7 1832 138 1.385 8.4 0.4 4.0 6.1 1.52 138
1979 30 43 38 .531 2.66 350 0 216 0 0 74 522.0 484 181 154 22 233 68 370 9 8 9 2239 139 1.374 8.3 0.4 4.0 6.4 1.59 139
1980 31 49 46 .516 2.78 412 0 244 0 0 83 622.0 590 224 192 26 269 79 436 9 11 10 2673 132 1.381 8.5 0.4 3.9 6.3 1.62 132
1981 32 51 52 .495 2.88 446 3 254 0 0 87 687.2 648 257 220 29 292 83 481 11 13 11 2942 127 1.367 8.5 0.4 3.8 6.3 1.65 127
1982 33 61 59 .508 2.85 514 3 289 0 0 95 792.1 745 292 251 35 321 95 557 12 15 13 3374 128 1.345 8.5 0.4 3.6 6.3 1.74 128
1983 34 68 63 .519 2.82 570 3 327 0 0 115 879.1 818 325 276 39 340 103 625 12 16 16 3723 129 1.317 8.4 0.4 3.5 6.4 1.84 129
1984 35 73 67 .521 2.82 647 3 369 0 0 127 980.1 910 359 307 44 382 117 696 13 16 18 4149 128 1.318 8.4 0.4 3.5 6.4 1.82 128
1985 36 78 74 .513 2.84 716 3 388 0 0 135 1053.0 964 389 332 49 418 122 746 13 17 18 4447 129 1.312 8.2 0.4 3.6 6.4 1.78 129
1986 37 78 74 .513 2.84 716 3 388 0 0 135 1053.0 964 389 332 49 418 122 746 13 17 18 4447 129 1.312 8.2 0.4 3.6 6.4 1.78 129
1987 38 80 77 .510 2.93 745 3 399 0 0 136 1085.0 1004 413 353 51 440 126 769 13 18 19 4604 126 1.331 8.3 0.4 3.6 6.4 1.75 126

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
1974 25 1 0 1.000 2.25 16.0 15 4 4 1 11 12 0 1.625 8.4 6.2 6.8 1.09 0.6 10
1975 26 5 3 .625 3.08 79.0 81 30 27 3 49 49 3 1.646 9.2 5.6 5.6 1.00 0.3 65
1976 27 7 4 .636 3.09 105.0 106 40 36 6 54 68 2 1.524 9.1 4.6 5.8 1.26 0.5 65
1977 28 9 3 .750 2.13 114.0 107 30 27 4 37 89 0 1.263 8.4 2.9 7.0 2.41 0.3 73
1978 29 5 5 .500 4.20 90.0 104 47 42 3 48 58 2 1.689 10.4 4.8 5.8 1.21 0.3 67
1979 30 6 4 .600 3.00 90.0 91 33 30 5 44 74 2 1.500 9.1 4.4 7.4 1.68 0.5 70
1980 31 5 5 .500 4.12 94.0 113 48 43 4 38 62 0 1.606 10.8 3.6 5.9 1.63 0.4 62
1981 32 4 6 .400 4.90 90.0 95 54 49 5 38 62 3 1.478 9.5 3.8 6.2 1.63 0.5 34
1982 33 7 4 .636 3.06 100.0 101 38 34 6 30 73 1 1.310 9.1 2.7 6.6 2.43 0.5 68
1983 34 6 3 .667 3.00 84.0 77 31 28 4 20 66 0 1.155 8.3 2.1 7.1 3.30 0.4 56
1984 35 6 4 .600 3.22 95.0 97 38 34 5 44 67 1 1.484 9.2 4.2 6.3 1.52 0.5 77
1985 36 4 3 .571 3.26 69.0 54 28 25 5 36 48 0 1.304 7.0 4.7 6.3 1.33 0.7 69
1987 38 1 2 .333 5.63 32.0 39 22 20 2 21 23 0 1.875 11.0 5.9 6.5 1.10 0.6 29
13 Yrs 66 46 .589 3.39 1058.0 1080 443 399 53 470 751 14 1.465 9.2 6.4 1.60 0.5 745

* 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

All-Star Games
1977 *
1983

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  2.93 (148th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  8.328 (248th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  6.379 (178th)

Games Played s c a p y
1975 NL  65 (6th)
1976 NL  65 (7th)
1977 NL  73 (5th)
1978 NL  67 (7th)
1979 NL  70 (4th)
1982 NL  68 (9th)
1984 NL  77 (2nd)
1985 AL  69 (6th)
Career  745 (62nd)

Saves s c a p y
1977 NL  20 (5th)
1978 NL  14 (9th)
1979 NL  20 (5th)
1983 NL  20 (6th)
Career  136 (85th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1976 NL  40 (9th)
1977 NL  49 (6th)
1979 NL  55 (3rd)
1984 NL  42 (10th)
Career  399 (62nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career  126 (61st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1977 NL  23 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1977 NL  2.3 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
Career  69.16 (233rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Career  8.5 (182nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
Career  7.3 (236th)

                                         

† 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 - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (503), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ron Perranoski (964)
  2. Darold Knowles (953)
  3. Jim Brewer (942)
  4. Willie Hernandez (940)
  5. Tom Burgmeier (935)
  6. John Hiller (932)
  7. Clay Carroll (924)
  8. Dave LaRoche (921)
  9. Roger McDowell (917)
  10. Terry Forster (917)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Don Mossi (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Steve Howe (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Steve Howe (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ron Perranoski (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jesse Orosco (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Darold Knowles (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jesse Orosco (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jesse Orosco (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jesse Orosco (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ron Perranoski (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jesse Orosco (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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