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Craig Lefferts

Craig Lindsay Lefferts

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 29, 1957 in Munich, W.Germany
High School: Northeast HS (St. Petersburg, FL)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1983
Teams (by GP): Padres/Giants/Cubs/Rangers/Angels/... 1983-1994
Agents: Steve Comte [*]
Final Game: July 3, 1994
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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
1983 25 CHC NL 3 4 .429 3.13 56 5 10 0 0 1 89.0 80 35 31 13 29 3 60 2 0 2 367 121 1.225 8.1 1.3 2.9 6.1 2.07
1984 26 SDP NL 3 4 .429 2.13 62 0 29 0 0 10 105.2 88 29 25 4 24 1 56 1 2 2 420 169 1.060 7.5 0.3 2.0 4.8 2.33
1985 27 SDP NL 7 6 .538 3.35 60 0 24 0 0 2 83.1 75 34 31 7 30 4 48 0 0 2 345 106 1.260 8.1 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.60
1986 28 SDP NL 9 8 .529 3.09 83 0 36 0 0 4 107.2 98 41 37 7 44 11 72 1 1 1 446 119 1.319 8.2 0.6 3.7 6.0 1.64
1987 29 TOT NL 5 5 .500 3.83 77 0 22 0 0 6 98.2 92 47 42 13 33 11 57 2 3 6 416 103 1.267 8.4 1.2 3.0 5.2 1.73
1987 29 SDP NL 2 2 .500 4.38 33 0 8 0 0 2 51.1 56 29 25 9 15 5 39 2 2 5 225 91 1.383 9.8 1.6 2.6 6.8 2.60
1987 29 SFG NL 3 3 .500 3.23 44 0 14 0 0 4 47.1 36 18 17 4 18 6 18 0 1 1 191 121 1.141 6.8 0.8 3.4 3.4 1.00
1988 30 SFG NL 3 8 .273 2.92 64 0 30 0 0 11 92.1 74 33 30 7 23 5 58 1 0 4 362 113 1.051 7.2 0.7 2.2 5.7 2.52
1989 31 SFG NL 2 4 .333 2.69 70 0 32 0 0 20 107.0 93 38 32 11 22 5 71 1 1 4 430 125 1.075 7.8 0.9 1.9 6.0 3.23
1990 32 SDP NL 7 5 .583 2.52 56 0 44 0 0 23 78.2 68 26 22 10 22 4 60 1 0 1 327 153 1.144 7.8 1.1 2.5 6.9 2.73
1991 33 SDP NL 1 6 .143 3.91 54 0 40 0 0 23 69.0 74 35 30 5 14 3 48 1 1 3 290 98 1.275 9.7 0.7 1.8 6.3 3.43
1992 34 TOT MLB 14 12 .538 3.76 32 32 0 1 0 0 196.1 214 95 82 19 41 2 104 0 1 5 820 97 1.299 9.8 0.9 1.9 4.8 2.54
1992 34 SDP NL 13 9 .591 3.69 27 27 0 0 0 0 163.1 180 76 67 16 35 2 81 0 1 4 684 97 1.316 9.9 0.9 1.9 4.5 2.31
1992 34 BAL AL 1 3 .250 4.09 5 5 0 1 0 0 33.0 34 19 15 3 6 0 23 0 0 1 136 99 1.212 9.3 0.8 1.6 6.3 3.83
1993 35 TEX AL 3 9 .250 6.05 52 8 9 0 0 0 83.1 102 57 56 17 28 3 58 1 1 0 373 69 1.560 11.0 1.8 3.0 6.3 2.07
1994 36 CAL AL 1 1 .500 4.67 30 0 10 0 0 1 34.2 50 20 18 7 12 3 27 0 0 1 158 105 1.788 13.0 1.8 3.1 7.0 2.25
12 Yrs 58 72 .446 3.43 696 45 286 1 0 101 1145.2 1108 490 436 120 322 55 719 11 10 31 4754 109 1.248 8.7 0.9 2.5 5.6 2.23
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .446 3.43 64 4 26 0 0 9 105 102 45 40 11 30 5 66 1 1 3 436 109 1.248 8.7 0.9 2.5 5.6 2.23
SDP (7 yrs) 42 40 .512 3.24 375 27 181 0 0 64 659.0 639 270 237 58 184 30 404 6 7 18 2737 114 1.249 8.7 0.8 2.5 5.5 2.20
SFG (3 yrs) 8 15 .348 2.88 178 0 76 0 0 35 246.2 203 89 79 22 63 16 147 2 2 9 983 120 1.078 7.4 0.8 2.3 5.4 2.33
TEX (1 yr) 3 9 .250 6.05 52 8 9 0 0 0 83.1 102 57 56 17 28 3 58 1 1 0 373 69 1.560 11.0 1.8 3.0 6.3 2.07
CAL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.67 30 0 10 0 0 1 34.2 50 20 18 7 12 3 27 0 0 1 158 105 1.788 13.0 1.8 3.1 7.0 2.25
CHC (1 yr) 3 4 .429 3.13 56 5 10 0 0 1 89.0 80 35 31 13 29 3 60 2 0 2 367 121 1.225 8.1 1.3 2.9 6.1 2.07
BAL (1 yr) 1 3 .250 4.09 5 5 0 1 0 0 33.0 34 19 15 3 6 0 23 0 0 1 136 99 1.212 9.3 0.8 1.6 6.3 3.83
NL (10 yrs) 53 59 .473 3.14 609 32 267 0 0 100 994.2 922 394 347 93 276 49 611 10 9 29 4087 116 1.204 8.3 0.8 2.5 5.5 2.21
AL (3 yrs) 5 13 .278 5.30 87 13 19 1 0 1 151.0 186 96 89 27 46 6 108 1 1 2 667 81 1.536 11.1 1.6 2.7 6.4 2.35

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
1983 25 CHC NL 89.0 56 5 35 3.54 4.15 -0.15 -0.17 103.1 4.25 7 0.8 1.2 -0.1 1.4 16 .513 .505 $
1984 26 SDP NL 105.2 62 0 29 2.47 4.10 0.20 -0.32 99.6 3.58 12 1.3 1.5 0.1 2.4 23 .522 .508 $
1985 27 SDP NL 83.1 60 0 34 3.67 4.17 0.08 -0.33 98.0 3.69 -0 -0.0 1.4 -0.2 0.5 8 .499 .500 $270,000
1986 28 SDP NL 107.2 83 0 41 3.43 4.15 -0.21 -0.32 98.5 3.97 6 0.7 1.5 -0.0 1.6 17 .508 .504 $390,000
1987 29 SDP NL 51.1 33 0 29 5.08 4.58 0.21 -0.35 97.0 3.90 -7 -0.7 1.1 -0.1 -0.4 -1 .478 .495 $500,000
1987 29 SFG NL 47.1 44 0 18 3.42 4.54 0.09 -0.34 94.8 3.89 2 0.2 1.7 -0.0 0.6 7 .505 .501 $
1988 30 SFG NL 92.1 64 0 33 3.22 3.81 0.08 -0.30 97.4 3.34 1 0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.8 10 .502 .501 $575,000
1989 31 SFG NL 107.0 70 0 38 3.20 3.88 0.23 -0.30 96.0 3.22 0 0.0 1.7 -0.3 0.6 10 .500 .500 $600,000
1990 32 SDP NL 78.2 56 0 26 2.97 4.36 -0.28 -0.33 100.9 4.35 11 1.2 2.1 0.5 2.3 19 .521 .507 $1,266,667
1991 33 SDP NL 69.0 54 0 35 4.57 4.20 0.40 -0.32 103.1 3.58 -8 -0.9 2.2 -0.6 -1.0 -2 .484 .495 $2,641,667
1992 34 SDP NL 163.1 27 27 76 4.19 3.92 0.28 0.14 100.4 3.79 -8 -0.9 -0.1 0.2 6 .466 .494 $2,041,667
1992 34 BAL AL 33.0 5 5 19 5.18 4.06 0.09 0.14 99.7 4.10 -4 -0.4 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .422 .498 $
1993 35 TEX AL 83.1 52 8 57 6.16 4.90 0.04 -0.12 96.4 4.57 -14 -1.4 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -5 .474 .492 $1,100,000
1994 36 CAL AL 34.2 30 0 20 5.19 5.38 0.06 -0.41 101.3 4.97 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.2 2 .497 .499 $400,000
12 Seasons 1145.2 696 45 490 3.85 4.20 0.09 -0.22 99.1 3.86 -4 -0.1 1.6 -1.2 8.4 111 .500 .500 $9,785,001
SDP (7 yrs) 659.0 375 27 270 3.69 4.15 0.10 -0.21 99.7 3.83 5 0.6 1.7 -0.5 5.6 70 .502 .501 $7,110,001
SFG (3 yrs) 246.2 178 0 89 3.25 3.98 0.15 -0.31 96.3 3.39 3 0.3 1.6 -0.4 2.0 27 .502 .501 $1,175,000
TEX (1 yr) 83.1 52 8 57 6.16 4.90 0.04 -0.12 96.4 4.57 -14 -1.4 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -5 .474 .492 $1,100,000
CAL (1 yr) 34.2 30 0 20 5.19 5.38 0.06 -0.41 101.3 4.97 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.2 2 .497 .499 $400,000
CHC (1 yr) 89.0 56 5 35 3.54 4.15 -0.15 -0.17 103.1 4.25 7 0.8 1.2 -0.1 1.4 16 .513 .505 $
BAL (1 yr) 33.0 5 5 19 5.18 4.06 0.09 0.14 99.7 4.10 -4 -0.4 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .422 .498 $

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
1984 26 SDP NL NLCS W CHC 2 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 15 0.500 2.3 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
1984 26 SDP NL WS L DET 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 1 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 20 0.500 3.0 0.0 1.5 10.5 7.00
1987 29 SFG NL NLCS L STL 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1989 31 SFG NL NLCS W CHC 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 9.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
1989 31 SFG NL WS L OAK 0 0 3.38 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50
3 Yrs (5 Series) 2 0 1.000 1.15 14 0 4 0 0 1 15.2 9 2 2 0 7 3 10 1 0 0 63 1.021 5.2 0.0 4.0 5.7 1.43
3 NLCS 2 0 1.000 1.29 8 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 5 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 30 1.286 6.4 0.0 5.1 2.6 0.50
2 WS 0 0 1.04 6 0 2 0 0 1 8.2 4 1 1 0 3 1 8 0 0 0 33 0.808 4.2 0.0 3.1 8.3 2.67

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
1983 25 CHC NL 56 367 329 35 80 19 1 13 7 6 29 60 .243 .308 .426 .734 .262 140 1 2 7 0 3 2
1984 26 SDP NL 62 420 385 29 88 15 1 4 9 1 24 56 .229 .272 .304 .576 .254 117 15 1 4 6 1 12
1985 27 SDP NL 60 345 307 34 75 19 0 7 7 3 30 48 .244 .311 .375 .685 .269 115 3 0 7 1 4 1
1986 28 SDP NL 83 446 387 41 98 16 4 7 10 6 44 72 .253 .327 .370 .697 .291 143 10 1 9 5 11 4
1987 29 TOT NL 77 416 373 47 92 18 2 13 4 2 33 57 .247 .310 .410 .720 .259 153 8 2 6 2 11 6
1987 29 SDP NL 33 225 206 29 56 12 1 9 3 0 15 39 .272 .327 .471 .798 .297 97 3 2 2 0 5 4
1987 29 SFG NL 44 191 167 18 36 6 1 4 1 2 18 18 .216 .289 .335 .624 .218 56 5 0 4 2 6 2
1988 30 SFG NL 64 362 329 33 74 10 3 7 11 7 23 58 .225 .275 .337 .613 .251 111 7 1 6 3 5 2
1989 31 SFG NL 70 430 399 38 93 18 3 11 6 2 22 71 .233 .272 .376 .648 .255 150 9 1 4 4 5 7
1990 32 SDP NL 56 327 298 26 68 7 0 10 3 2 22 60 .228 .283 .352 .635 .253 105 4 1 5 1 4 11
1991 33 SDP NL 54 290 260 35 74 11 3 5 6 4 14 48 .285 .318 .408 .726 .325 106 4 1 10 5 3 4
1992 34 BAL AL 5 136 127 19 34 4 0 3 6 2 6 23 .268 .299 .370 .669 .304 47 4 0 2 1 0 4
1992 34 SDP NL 27 684 632 76 180 29 4 16 14 8 35 81 .285 .320 .419 .739 .304 265 13 0 12 5 2 9
1992 34 TOT MLB 32 820 759 95 214 33 4 19 20 10 41 104 .282 .316 .411 .727 .304 312 17 0 14 6 2 13
1993 35 TEX AL 52 373 335 57 102 10 2 17 4 4 28 58 .304 .357 .499 .855 .323 167 5 1 6 3 3 4
1994 36 CAL AL 30 158 143 20 50 11 0 7 3 1 12 27 .350 .392 .573 .966 .384 82 5 0 0 3 3 1
12 Yrs 696 4754 4304 490 1108 187 23 120 90 48 322 719 .257 .308 .395 .703 .282 1701 88 11 78 39 55 67
162 Game Avg. 64 436 395 45 102 17 2 11 8 4 30 66 .257 .308 .395 .703 .282 156 8 1 7 4 5 6
MLB Averages .259 .325 .391 .717 .287

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1983 25 CHC NL 6.4 0.7 388 0.2 5.6 -5.4 .79 -0.3 0.6 10.0 1.0 0.79 -2.5 14 14 23
1984 26 SDP NL 17.1 1.8 434 2.3 9.1 -6.8 1.14 1.2 0.8 22.6 2.4 1.14 15.7 28 14 17
1985 27 SDP NL 2.6 0.3 356 -1.1 5.7 -6.8 .99 0.6 -1.7 2.0 0.2 0.99 5.4 21 13 25
1986 28 SDP NL 7.2 0.8 463 -0.4 9.2 -9.6 1.28 0.8 -1.1 15.2 1.6 1.28 8.4 42 15 24
1987 29 TOT NL 1.3 0.1 432 -0.7 8.4 -9.1 1.15 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 0.1 1.15 0.8 33 18 25
1987 29 SDP NL -2.8 -0.3 236 -1.3 3.4 -4.8 .90 -1.0 -0.5 -7.6 -0.8 0.90 -8.5 10 9 14
1987 29 SFG NL 4.2 0.4 196 0.6 5.0 -4.3 1.45 0.9 -0.5 7.9 0.8 1.45 9.3 23 9 11
1988 30 SFG NL 4.3 0.5 381 3.0 9.2 -6.3 1.36 1.6 0.6 14.8 1.7 1.36 11.8 23 14 25
1989 31 SFG NL 7.5 0.8 443 2.0 10.9 -8.9 1.35 0.8 0.7 8.5 0.9 1.35 5.1 37 13 20
1990 32 SDP NL 10.9 1.1 332 1.8 11.5 -9.6 1.98 0.7 0.3 10.3 1.1 1.98 5.1 32 13 11
1991 33 SDP NL -1.3 -0.1 303 -0.6 9.1 -9.7 1.86 0.0 -0.3 -4.5 -0.5 1.86 -4.5 32 12 9
1992 34 TOT MLB -4.0 -0.4 856 -0.6 13.8 -14.4 .97 -0.6 -0.1 -4.8 -0.5 0.97 -7.5 0 0 0
1992 34 SDP NL -2.7 -0.3 712 -0.3 11.9 -12.2 1.00 -0.6 0.3 -3.9 -0.4 1.00 -8.6 0 0 0
1992 34 BAL AL -1.3 -0.1 144 -0.3 1.9 -2.2 .82 0.1 -0.5 -0.9 -0.1 0.82 1.1 0 0 0
1993 35 TEX AL -15.9 -1.5 382 -2.0 5.3 -7.3 .90 -1.4 -0.8 -18.1 -1.8 0.90 -13.0 11 13 20
1994 36 CAL AL 0.7 0.1 164 -0.3 1.8 -2.1 .72 -0.7 0.3 -4.5 -0.4 0.72 -5.9 8 6 16
12 Yrs 36.8 4.1 4934 3.7 99.6 -95.9 1.19 2.7 0.4 51.8 5.9 1.19 18.9 281 145 215

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
1983 25 CHC NL 56 5 1 1 3 0 1 1 4 .200 0 3 0 0 2 40% 49.8 62 34 28 7 1 2 2.6 1.6 5.7
1992 34 TOT MLB 32 32 14 12 6 0 3 17 15 .531 3 4 1 0 19 59% 0.1 71 25 28 12 0 16 4.1 3.8 6.1 85 9 16 7 0 118
1992 34 SDP NL 27 27 13 9 5 0 3 16 11 .593 2 4 0 0 18 67% 50.1 67 25 23 8 0 11 4.4 4.0 6.0 83 9 12 6 0 118
1992 34 BAL AL 5 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 .200 1 0 1 0 1 20% 50.8 71 29 5 4 0 5 2.5 2.7 6.6 95 0 4 1 0 112
1993 35 TEX AL 52 8 1 5 2 1 0 1 7 .125 0 2 0 0 1 13% 35.4 53 17 35 4 0 2 4.9 4.1 4.9 80 4 4 0 0 96
3 Yrs 140 45 16 18 11 1 4 19 26 .422 3 9 1 0 22 49% 48 71 17 91 23 1 20 4.1 3.6 5.9 84 13 20 7 0 118
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.4 4.4 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
1983 25 CHC NL 56 51 10 2 3 1 1 0 100% 7 4 61 11 18% 6 .791 14 14 23 12 7 32 32 19 17 21 25 18 3.5
1984 26 SDP NL 62 62 29 3 4 12 10 2 83% 20 8 45 12 27% 7 1.143 28 14 17 25 11 26 26 36 34 7 38 15 5.1
1985 27 SDP NL 60 60 24 7 6 5 2 3 40% 11 6 40 14 35% 8 .992 21 13 25 14 14 32 21 39 34 14 35 16 4.2
1986 28 SDP NL 83 83 36 9 8 7 4 3 57% 26 18 51 17 33% 8 1.278 42 15 24 29 20 34 31 52 32 20 38 30 3.9
1987 29 TOT NL 77 77 22 5 5 13 6 7 46% 21 8 63 22 35% 1.150 33 18 25 25 15 37 34 43 36 25 39 26 3.8
1987 29 SDP NL 33 33 8 2 2 4 2 2 50% 6 2 19 9 47% 7 .897 10 9 14 9 5 19 10 23 21 4 22 8 4.7
1987 29 SFG NL 44 44 14 3 3 9 4 5 44% 15 6 44 13 30% 9 1.447 23 9 11 16 10 18 24 20 15 21 17 18 3.2
1988 30 SFG NL 64 64 30 3 8 14 11 3 79% 21 7 45 10 22% 7 1.357 23 14 25 25 14 25 26 38 31 15 34 18 4.3 20
1989 31 SFG NL 70 70 32 2 4 24 20 4 83% 36 12 54 17 31% 7 1.354 37 13 20 43 9 18 29 41 39 10 43 14 4.6 22
1990 32 SDP NL 56 56 44 7 5 31 23 8 74% 32 1 45 10 22% 8 1.981 32 13 11 36 10 10 23 33 31 7 31 11 4.2 20
1991 33 SDP NL 54 54 40 1 6 30 23 7 77% 35 3 30 9 30% 8 1.862 32 12 9 41 9 4 23 31 23 11 23 9 3.8 18
1993 35 TEX AL 52 44 9 2 4 0 0 0 13 11 38 8 21% 7 .905 11 13 20 18 8 18 25 19 15 25 16 8 3.0 15
1994 36 CAL AL 30 30 10 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 25 13 52% 7 .721 8 6 16 5 7 18 15 15 11 10 11 7 3.5 19
11 Yrs 664 651 286 42 54 138 101 37 73% 224 78 497 143 29% 1.239 281 145 215 273 124 254 285 366 303 165 333 172 4.1 19

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%
1983 25 CHC NL 367 33% 3.5% 16.4% 7.9% 9.0% 41% 1.01 70% 56 1 2%
1984 26 SDP NL 420 23% 1.0% 13.3% 5.7% 4.8% 23% 0.64 79% 93 15 16%
1985 27 SDP NL 345 29% 2.0% 13.9% 8.7% 7.5% 35% 0.73 73% 63 3 5%
1986 28 SDP NL 446 23% 1.6% 16.1% 9.9% 6.1% 28% 0.67 70% 98 10 10%
1987 29 TOT NL 416 29% 3.1% 13.7% 7.9% 7.9% 36% 0.87 73% 83 8 10%
1987 29 SDP NL 225 30% 4.0% 17.3% 6.7% 9.8% 39% 0.70 70% 44 3 7%
1987 29 SFG NL 191 28% 2.1% 9.4% 9.4% 5.8% 31% 1.07 77% 39 5 13%
1988 30 SFG NL 362 28% 1.9% 16.0% 6.4% 5.5% 27% 0.59 0.81 74% 21% 8.2% 49% 70 7 10%
1989 31 SFG NL 430 21% 2.6% 16.5% 5.1% 7.4% 34% 0.68 0.88 75% 21% 7.9% 27% 88 9 10%
1990 32 SDP NL 327 30% 3.1% 18.4% 6.7% 5.2% 25% 0.63 0.72 70% 18% 9.2% 24% 66 4 6%
1991 33 SDP NL 290 25% 1.7% 16.6% 4.8% 6.6% 26% 0.54 0.85 73% 33% 4.1% 12% 72 4 6%
1992 34 TOT MLB 820 16% 2.3% 12.7% 5.0% 6.8% 26% 0.73 0.95 78% 24% 5.9% 14% 145 17 12%
1992 34 SDP NL 684 17% 2.3% 11.8% 5.1% 7.2% 27% 0.76 0.97 79% 24% 6.0% 15% 117 13 11%
1992 34 BAL AL 136 9% 2.2% 16.9% 4.4% 5.2% 21% 0.58 0.85 75% 25% 5.2% 12% 28 4 14%
1993 35 TEX AL 373 26% 4.6% 15.6% 7.5% 7.8% 28% 0.65 0.85 71% 23% 12.7% 18% 77 5 6%
1994 36 CAL AL 158 32% 4.4% 17.1% 7.6% 11.4% 36% 0.66 0.85 71% 21% 11.3% 13% 35 5 14%
12 Yrs 4754 25% 2.5% 15.1% 6.8% 6.9% 30% 0.66 0.82 74% 23% 7.8% 22% 946 88 9%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 14.8% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.81 1.06 73% 20% 6.5% 20% 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 30 SFG NL 351 1230 3.50 811 66% 22% 17% 29% 33% 78% 4% 52% 79% 65% 5% 19 10 25% 87 45 3 11% 13 4 11 3 0
1989 31 SFG NL 403 1416 3.51 960 68% 22% 17% 28% 33% 78% 3% 53% 78% 61% 3% 14 5 23% 94 57 5 32% 19 6 27 0 3
1990 32 SDP NL 314 1066 3.39 702 66% 23% 21% 23% 33% 76% 4% 50% 72% 63% 4% 12 5 25% 78 41 2 23% 18 3 13 0 3
1991 33 SDP NL 291 993 3.41 666 67% 24% 18% 24% 34% 76% 3% 51% 76% 64% 3% 8 2 26% 77 38 4 17% 10 3 -1 0 0
1992 34 TOT MLB 825 2726 3.30 1782 65% 22% 14% 26% 38% 78% 1% 51% 82% 62% 4% 29 13 19% 155 88 9 23% 24 14 -5 0 0
1992 34 SDP NL 688 2253 3.27 1473 65% 22% 14% 25% 39% 78% 1% 51% 82% 62% 4% 25 11 19% 128 74 6 25% 21 12 -4 0 0
1992 34 BAL AL 137 473 3.45 309 65% 21% 15% 29% 35% 79% 0% 52% 81% 59% 3% 4 2 20% 27 14 3 17% 3 2 -1 0 0
1993 35 TEX AL 374 1310 3.50 835 64% 26% 13% 27% 34% 74% 2% 47% 83% 58% 5% 19 11 18% 66 36 3 33% 14 5 -1 0 1
1994 36 CAL AL 148 534 3.61 344 64% 26% 13% 29% 32% 74% 6% 48% 82% 64% 7% 10 5 21% 31 12 0 21% 5 2 10 0 0
7 Yrs 2706 9275 3.43 6100 66% 23% 16% 26% 35% 77% 3% 51% 79% 62% 4% 111 51 22% 588 317 26 23% 103 37 54 3 7
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 27%

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
1983 25 CHC NL 367 80 13 0 11 10 3 6 7 22 8 2 36% 2 2 2 124 7 6 54% 6 5 1 0 0 1 4 2 5 0
1984 26 SDP NL 420 88 4 0 10 4 0 0 4 21 11 1 52% 12 2 0 181 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
1985 27 SDP NL 345 75 7 1 4 6 1 5 2 22 11 3 50% 1 2 0 136 7 3 70% 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 0
1986 28 SDP NL 446 98 7 1 20 6 1 5 2 37 17 3 46% 4 1 0 169 10 6 63% 5 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1987 29 TOT NL 416 92 13 0 26 8 5 6 7 41 16 7 39% 6 6 1 147 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 0
1987 29 SDP NL 225 56 9 0 10 5 4 4 5 21 8 5 38% 4 5 1 79 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1987 29 SFG NL 191 36 4 0 16 3 1 2 2 20 8 2 40% 2 1 0 68 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1988 30 SFG NL 362 74 8 1 7 0 5 5 2 3 4 16 8 4 50% 2 4 2 132 11 7 61% 6 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1989 31 SFG NL 430 93 8 1 11 1 13 9 2 5 6 23 10 4 43% 7 4 1 163 6 2 75% 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1990 32 SDP NL 327 68 11 2 10 0 18 9 1 5 5 14 7 4 50% 11 1 1 132 3 2 60% 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1991 33 SDP NL 290 74 25 1 5 0 8 4 1 3 2 28 14 4 50% 4 3 0 131 6 4 60% 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1992 34 TOT MLB 820 214 88 4 19 0 6 17 2 9 10 31 18 4 58% 13 5 0 299 20 10 67% 15 8 5 2 0 0 1 0 14 0
1992 34 SDP NL 684 180 71 4 16 0 6 14 2 9 7 26 15 2 58% 9 4 0 247 14 8 64% 11 6 3 2 0 0 1 0 12 0
1992 34 BAL AL 136 34 17 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 3 2 60% 4 1 0 52 6 2 75% 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1993 35 TEX AL 373 102 11 4 17 1 12 15 2 5 12 28 17 2 61% 4 0 1 136 4 4 50% 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 0
1994 36 CAL AL 158 50 6 0 7 0 7 5 2 2 5 15 10 1 67% 1 1 0 66 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
12 Yrs 4754 1108 157 13 120 4 140 98 22 54 66 298 147 39 49% 67 31 8 1816 90 48 65% 63 39 26 6 1 3 10 5 116 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1983 25 3 4 .429 3.13 56 5 10 0 0 1 89.0 80 35 31 13 29 3 60 2 0 2 367 121 1.225 8.1 1.3 2.9 6.1 2.07 121
1984 26 6 8 .429 2.59 118 5 39 0 0 11 194.2 168 64 56 17 53 4 116 3 2 4 787 143 1.135 7.8 0.8 2.5 5.4 2.19 143
1985 27 13 14 .481 2.82 178 5 63 0 0 13 278.0 243 98 87 24 83 8 164 3 2 6 1132 130 1.173 7.9 0.8 2.7 5.3 1.98 130
1986 28 22 22 .500 2.89 261 5 99 0 0 17 385.2 341 139 124 31 127 19 236 4 3 7 1578 126 1.213 8.0 0.7 3.0 5.5 1.86 126
1987 29 27 27 .500 3.08 338 5 121 0 0 23 484.1 433 186 166 44 160 30 293 6 6 13 1994 120 1.224 8.0 0.8 3.0 5.4 1.83 120
1988 30 30 35 .462 3.06 402 5 151 0 0 34 576.2 507 219 196 51 183 35 351 7 6 17 2356 119 1.197 7.9 0.8 2.9 5.5 1.92 119
1989 31 32 39 .451 3.00 472 5 183 0 0 54 683.2 600 257 228 62 205 40 422 8 7 21 2786 120 1.177 7.9 0.8 2.7 5.6 2.06 120
1990 32 39 44 .470 2.95 528 5 227 0 0 77 762.1 668 283 250 72 227 44 482 9 7 22 3113 123 1.174 7.9 0.9 2.7 5.7 2.12 123
1991 33 40 50 .444 3.03 582 5 267 0 0 100 831.1 742 318 280 77 241 47 530 10 8 25 3403 120 1.182 8.0 0.8 2.6 5.7 2.20 120
1992 34 54 62 .466 3.17 614 37 267 1 0 100 1027.2 956 413 362 96 282 49 634 10 9 30 4223 115 1.205 8.4 0.8 2.5 5.6 2.25 115
1993 35 57 71 .445 3.39 666 45 276 1 0 100 1111.0 1058 470 418 113 310 52 692 11 10 30 4596 109 1.231 8.6 0.9 2.5 5.6 2.23 109
1994 36 58 72 .446 3.43 696 45 286 1 0 101 1145.2 1108 490 436 120 322 55 719 11 10 31 4754 109 1.248 8.7 0.9 2.5 5.6 2.23 109

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
1983 25 5 4 .556 3.43 84.0 82 36 32 13 30 57 2 1.333 8.8 3.2 6.1 1.90 1.4 56
1984 26 8 3 .727 2.41 101.0 91 30 27 4 25 54 1 1.149 8.1 2.2 4.8 2.16 0.4 62
1985 27 4 4 .500 3.92 78.0 79 38 34 7 32 45 0 1.423 9.1 3.7 5.2 1.41 0.8 60
1986 28 6 5 .545 3.64 99.0 102 44 40 7 46 66 1 1.495 9.3 4.2 6.0 1.43 0.6 83
1987 29 5 5 .500 4.03 96.0 93 48 43 13 33 55 2 1.313 8.7 3.1 5.2 1.67 1.2 77
1988 30 5 4 .556 3.81 85.0 81 40 36 8 25 53 1 1.247 8.6 2.6 5.6 2.12 0.8 64
1989 31 7 4 .636 3.26 102.0 100 41 37 12 24 67 1 1.216 8.8 2.1 5.9 2.79 1.1 70
1990 32 5 3 .625 2.65 78.0 70 26 23 10 23 59 1 1.192 8.1 2.7 6.8 2.57 1.2 56
1991 33 3 4 .429 4.23 66.0 76 34 31 5 14 46 1 1.364 10.4 1.9 6.3 3.29 0.7 54
1992 34 9 11 .450 4.45 184.0 225 101 91 20 43 97 0 1.457 11.0 2.1 4.7 2.26 1.0 32
1993 35 2 6 .250 6.64 80.0 104 66 59 17 29 55 1 1.663 11.7 3.3 6.2 1.90 1.9 52
1994 36 2 3 .400 4.40 47.0 68 26 23 10 16 37 0 1.787 13.0 3.1 7.1 2.31 1.9 30
12 Yrs 61 56 .521 3.89 1100.0 1171 530 476 126 340 691 11 1.374 9.6 5.7 2.03 1.0 696

* 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

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1992 NL  1.929 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1986 NL  83 (1st)
1987 NL  77 (6th)
1988 NL  64 (10th)
1989 NL  70 (6th)
Career  696 (97th)

Saves s c a p y
1990 NL  23 (4th)
1991 NL  23 (6th)
Career  101 (123rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career  2.233 (176th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1990 NL  44 (6th)
1991 NL  40 (8th)
Career  286 (122nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1984 NL  17 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1984 NL  1.8 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1984 NL  22.59 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1984 NL  2.3 (8th)
1988 NL  3.0 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1984 NL  2.4 (6th)

                           

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (733), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Terry Forster (945)
  2. Paul Lindblad (941)
  3. Willie Hernandez (937)
  4. Dave LaRoche (934)
  5. Darold Knowles (926)
  6. Norm Charlton (926)
  7. Bill Henry (923)
  8. Jim Brewer (922)
  9. Tippy Martinez (922)
  10. Tom Hume (919)
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  1. Tippy Martinez (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gary Lavelle (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. John Hiller (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Paul Assenmacher (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gary Lucas (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gary Lucas (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gary Lucas (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Norm Charlton (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Darold Knowles (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Paul Lindblad (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tom Burgmeier (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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