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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 (St. Petersburg, FL)
School: University of Arizona
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1980	22	CHC-min	A-	9	1	.900	2.78	12	12		5	1	0	94.0	74	35	29	7	24	1	99	0	1	2			1.043	7.1	0.7	2.3	9.5	4.13	GEN · NYPL
1981	23	CHC-min	AA	12	12	.500	4.14	26	25	1	11	3	0	185.0	203	95	85	21	36	2	135	3	2	1			1.292	9.9	1.0	1.8	6.6	3.75	MDL · TL
1982	24	CHC-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.05	18	14	0	3	1	0	97.1	97	50	33	8	25	1	71	3	0	3			1.253	9.0	0.7	2.3	6.6	2.84	IWA · AA
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	107	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-min	AAA	0	1	.000	7.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	9	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	27		1.833	13.5	1.5	3.0	1.5	0.50	OKC · AA
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 Seasons				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)			NL	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)			AL	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: 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
1983	25	CHC	NL	89.0	5	35	52	-1	.8	17	1.2	$
1984	26	SDP	NL	105.2	0	29	55	2	1.1	26	2.3	$
1985	27	SDP	NL	83.1	0	34	45	1	1.0	11	0.6	$270,000
1986	28	SDP	NL	107.2	0	41	61	-2	1.3	20	1.5	$390,000
1987	29	SDP	NL	51.1	0	29	29	1	.9	0	-0.4	$500,000
1987	29	SFG	NL	47.1	0	18	26	0	1.5	8	0.7	$
1988	30	SFG	NL	92.1	0	33	44	1	1.3	11	0.8	$575,000
1989	31	SFG	NL	107.0	0	38	51	3	1.4	13	0.9	$600,000
1990	32	SDP	NL	78.2	0	26	47	-2	2.0	21	2.4	$1,266,667
1991	33	SDP	NL	69.0	0	35	35	3	1.9	0	-0.7	$2,641,667
1992	34	SDP	NL	163.1	27	76	80	5	1.0	4	0.5	$2,041,667
1992	34	BAL	AL	33.0	5	19	18	0	.8	-1	-0.1	$
1993	35	TEX	AL	83.1	8	57	52	0	.9	-5	-0.9	$1,100,000
1994	36	CAL	AL	34.2	0	20	24	0	.8	4	0.1	$400,000
12 Seasons				1145.2	45	490	619	11	1.2	129	8.9	$9,785,001

SDP (7 yrs)				659.0	27	270	352	8	1.3	82	6.2	$7,110,001
SFG (3 yrs)				246.2	0	89	121	4	1.4	32	2.4	$1,175,000
TEX (1 yr)				83.1	8	57	52	0	.9	-5	-0.9	$1,100,000
CAL (1 yr)				34.2	0	20	24	0	.8	4	0.1	$400,000
CHC (1 yr)				89.0	5	35	52	-1	.8	17	1.2	$
BAL (1 yr)				33.0	5	19	18	0	.8	-1	-0.1	$

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 Seasons (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

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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
1980	22	CHC-min	A-	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		GEN · NYPL
1981	23	CHC-min	AA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	MDL · TL
1982	24	CHC-min	AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	IWA · AA
1983	25	CHC	NL	56	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.111	.158	.111	.269	-25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1984	26	SDP	NL	62	18	17	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.294	.294	.353	.647	82	6	0	0	1	0	0	1
1985	27	SDP	NL	60	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	41	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	28	SDP	NL	84	9	8	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.500	.625	66	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1987	29	TOT	NL	77	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.429	.714	90	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	29	SDP	NL	33	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	81	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	29	SFG	NL	44	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	97	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	30	SFG	NL	64	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	31	SFG	NL	70	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	32	SDP	NL	56	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	38	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1991	33	SDP	NL	54	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	34	TOT	MLB	32	61	52	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.077	.077	.077	.154	-56	4	0	0	9	0	0	1
1992	34	SDP	NL	27	61	52	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.077	.077	.077	.154	-56	4	0	0	9	0	0	1
1992	34	BAL	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1993	35	TEX-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OKC · AA
1993	35	TEX	AL	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	36	CAL	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Seasons				697	147	132	4	16	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	64	.121	.128	.159	.287	-20	21	0	0	14	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	34	31	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	.121	.128	.159	.287	-20	5	0	0	3	0	0

SDP (7 yrs)				376	107	94	3	13	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	41	.138	.138	.181	.319	-11	17	0	0	13	0	0
SFG (3 yrs)				178	20	20	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.050	.050	.100	.150	-58	2	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				56	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.111	.158	.111	.269	-25	2	0	0	1	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				610	147	132	4	16	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	64	.121	.128	.159	.287	-20	21	0	0	14	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	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
1983	25	CHC	NL	20	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1
1984	26	SDP	NL	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	1
1985	27	SDP	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$270,000	1
1986	28	SDP	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$390,000	1
1987	29	SDP	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$500,000	1
1987	29	SFG	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1988	30	SFG	NL	9	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$575,000	1
1989	31	SFG	NL	7	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$600,000	1
1990	32	SDP	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,266,667	1
1991	33	SDP	NL	6	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$2,641,667	1
1992	34	SDP	NL	61	-10	0	-1	0	0	5	2	-5	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$2,041,667	1
10 Seasons				147	-19	0	-1	0	0	13	4	-4	-0.6	-3	-0.3	-0.3	$8,285,001

SDP (7 yrs)				107	-12	0	-1	0	0	9	3	-2	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$7,110,001
SFG (3 yrs)				20	-4	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$1,175,000
CHC (1 yr)				20	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1984	26	SDP	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1987	29	SFG	NL	NLCS	STL	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1989	31	SFG	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	31	SFG	NL	WS	OAK	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (4 Series)							10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 NLCS							8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	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	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1983	CHC	NL	25	P	56	5	0	89.0	22	8	13	1	0	.955	2.12	0.38	.952	1.92	1.91	7	6	46%	3
1984	SDP	NL	26	P	62	0	0	105.2	16	5	10	1	2	.938	1.28	0.24	.954	1.88	1.87	9	1	10%	1
1985	SDP	NL	27	P	60	0	0	83.1	15	4	11	0	1	1.000	1.62	0.25	.953	1.92	1.92	7	3	30%	1
1986	SDP	NL	28	P	83	0	0	107.2	27	3	24	0	3	1.000	2.26	0.33	.955	1.94	1.94	10	6	38%	1
1987	TOT	NL	29	P	77	0	0	98.2	18	5	11	2	1	.889	1.46	0.21	.955	1.91	1.90	4	2	33%	0
1987	SDP	NL	29	P	33	0	0	51.1	8	2	5	1	1	.875	1.23	0.21	.955	1.91	1.90	3	0	0%	0
1987	SFG	NL	29	P	44	0	0	47.1	10	3	6	1	0	.900	1.71	0.20	.955	1.90	1.90	1	2	67%	0
1988	SFG	NL	30	P	64	0	0	92.1	13	2	11	0	0	1.000	1.27	0.20	.955	1.96	1.96	11	7	39%	0
1989	SFG	NL	31	P	70	0	0	107.0	14	5	9	0	2	1.000	1.18	0.20	.947	1.87	1.87	6	2	25%	0
1990	SDP	NL	32	P	56	0	0	78.2	16	6	10	0	2	1.000	1.83	0.29	.957	1.80	1.79	3	2	40%	0
1991	SDP	NL	33	P	54	0	0	69.0	15	3	12	0	1	1.000	1.96	0.28	.955	1.87	1.85	6	4	40%	0
1992	TOT	MLB	34	P	32	32	1	196.1	38	8	28	2	0	.947	1.65	1.13	.954	1.90	1.91	20	10	33%	1
1992	SDP	NL	34	P	27	27	0	163.1	34	7	26	1	0	.971	1.82	1.22	.954	1.94	1.94	14	8	36%	1
1992	BAL	AL	34	P	5	5	1	33.0	4	1	2	1	0	.750	0.82	0.60	.952	1.72	1.72	6	2	25%	0
1993	TEX	AL	35	P	52	8	0	83.1	19	6	12	1	0	.947	1.94	0.35	.953	1.79	1.78	4	4	50%	1
1994	CAL	AL	36	P	30	0	0	34.2	5	1	3	1	0	.800	1.04	0.13	.956	1.71	1.71	3	1	25%	0
	12 Seasons			P	696	45	1	1145.2	218	56	154	8	12	.963	1.65	0.30	.954	1.89	1.88	90	48	35%	8
	12 Seasons			TOT	696	45	1	1145.2	218	56	154	8	12	.963	1.65	0.30	.954	1.89	1.88	90	48	35%	8

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

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.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (96th)	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 (173rd)
Games Finished s c a p y 1990 NL 44 (6th) 1991 NL 40 (8th) Career 286 (121st)	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 23.59 (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 2.5 (6th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1986 NL 83 (1st) Career 696 (96th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1986 NL 1.000 (1st)

† 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 (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1351), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 16 (732), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 10 (835), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Tippy Martinez (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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John Hiller (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Assenmacher (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Lucas (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Lucas (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gary Lucas (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Norm Charlton (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Darold Knowles (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Lindblad (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Burgmeier (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 7th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
December 7, 1983: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Chicago Cubs with Fritzie Connally and Carmelo Martinez to the San Diego Padres. The San Diego Padres sent Gary Lucas to the Montreal Expos. The Montreal Expos sent Al Newman to the San Diego Padres. The Montreal Expos sent Scott Sanderson to the Chicago Cubs.
July 5, 1987: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Dave Dravecky and Kevin Mitchell to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Brown, Keith Comstock, Mark Davis and Mark Grant.
November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.
December 6, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
August 31, 1992: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Baltimore Orioles for a player to be named later and Erik Schullstrom. The Baltimore Orioles sent Ricky Gutierrez (September 4, 1992) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
November 2, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
January 13, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
November 1, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
January 13, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
July 8, 1994: Released by the California Angels.

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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
1985	27	San Diego Padres	$270,000	1985 USA Today survey
1986	28	San Diego Padres	$390,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	29	San Diego Padres	$500,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	30	San Francisco Giants	$575,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	31	San Francisco Giants	$600,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	32	San Diego Padres	$1,266,667	USA Today
1991	33	San Diego Padres	$2,641,667	USA Today survey
1992	34	San Diego Padres	$2,041,667	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	35	Texas Rangers	$1,100,000	USA Today
1994	36	California Angels	$400,000	4/5/94 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$9,785,001

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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