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Randy Lerch

Randy Louis Lerch

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 9, 1954 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Cordova HS (Rancho Cordova, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1975 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Giants/Brewers/Expos 1975-1986

Final Game: June 22, 1986 (Age 31)
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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
1975 20 PHI NL 0 0 6.43 3 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 6 5 5 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 27 62 1.000 7.7 1.3 1.3 10.3 8.00
1976 21 PHI NL 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 135 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 22 PHI NL 10 6 .625 5.07 32 28 1 3 0 0 168.2 207 102 95 20 75 3 81 1 2 8 761 80 1.672 11.0 1.1 4.0 4.3 1.08
1978 23 PHI NL 11 8 .579 3.96 33 28 3 5 0 0 184.0 183 89 81 15 70 3 96 1 2 5 784 91 1.375 9.0 0.7 3.4 4.7 1.37
1979 24 PHI NL 10 13 .435 3.74 37 35 0 6 1 0 214.0 228 98 89 20 60 4 92 3 1 4 899 102 1.346 9.6 0.8 2.5 3.9 1.53
1980 25 PHI NL 4 14 .222 5.16 30 22 3 2 0 0 150.0 178 98 86 15 55 5 57 0 2 6 664 74 1.553 10.7 0.9 3.3 3.4 1.04
1981 26 MIL AL 7 9 .438 4.31 23 18 4 1 0 0 110.2 134 63 53 8 43 2 53 0 0 6 495 80 1.599 10.9 0.7 3.5 4.3 1.23
1982 27 TOT MLB 10 7 .588 4.69 27 24 1 1 1 0 132.1 149 79 69 12 59 2 37 3 0 2 595 81 1.572 10.1 0.8 4.0 2.5 0.63
1982 27 MIL AL 8 7 .533 4.97 21 20 0 1 1 0 108.2 123 68 60 12 51 1 33 3 0 2 493 77 1.601 10.2 1.0 4.2 2.7 0.65
1982 27 MON NL 2 0 1.000 3.42 6 4 1 0 0 0 23.2 26 11 9 0 8 1 4 0 0 0 102 108 1.437 9.9 0.0 3.0 1.5 0.50
1983 28 TOT NL 2 3 .400 6.02 26 5 2 0 0 0 49.1 54 33 33 7 26 3 30 1 0 1 224 60 1.622 9.9 1.3 4.7 5.5 1.15
1983 28 MON NL 1 3 .250 6.75 19 5 1 0 0 0 38.2 45 29 29 6 18 2 24 1 0 1 176 53 1.629 10.5 1.4 4.2 5.6 1.33
1983 28 SFG NL 1 0 1.000 3.38 7 0 1 0 0 0 10.2 9 4 4 1 8 1 6 0 0 0 48 110 1.594 7.6 0.8 6.8 5.1 0.75
1984 29 SFG NL 5 3 .625 4.23 37 4 13 0 0 2 72.1 80 36 34 3 36 3 48 1 0 6 326 84 1.604 10.0 0.4 4.5 6.0 1.33
1986 31 PHI NL 1 1 .500 7.88 4 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 10 8 7 0 7 1 5 0 0 1 42 52 2.125 11.3 0.0 7.9 5.6 0.71
11 Yrs 60 64 .484 4.53 253 164 31 18 2 3 1099.1 1232 612 553 101 432 26 507 10 7 39 4829 83 1.514 10.1 0.8 3.5 4.2 1.17
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .484 4.53 41 27 5 3 0 0 179 201 100 90 16 70 4 83 2 1 6 787 83 1.514 10.1 0.8 3.5 4.2 1.17
PHI (7 yrs) 36 42 .462 4.46 140 113 11 16 1 1 734.2 815 401 364 71 268 16 339 5 7 24 3189 86 1.474 10.0 0.9 3.3 4.2 1.26
SFG (2 yrs) 6 3 .667 4.12 44 4 14 0 0 2 83.0 89 40 38 4 44 4 54 1 0 6 374 86 1.602 9.7 0.4 4.8 5.9 1.23
MON (2 yrs) 3 3 .500 5.49 25 9 2 0 0 0 62.1 71 40 38 6 26 3 28 1 0 1 278 66 1.556 10.3 0.9 3.8 4.0 1.08
MIL (2 yrs) 15 16 .484 4.64 44 38 4 2 1 0 219.1 257 131 113 20 94 3 86 3 0 8 988 78 1.600 10.5 0.8 3.9 3.5 0.91
NL (10 yrs) 45 48 .484 4.50 209 126 27 16 1 3 880.0 975 481 440 81 338 23 421 7 7 31 3841 84 1.492 10.0 0.8 3.5 4.3 1.25
AL (2 yrs) 15 16 .484 4.64 44 38 4 2 1 0 219.1 257 131 113 20 94 3 86 3 0 8 988 78 1.600 10.5 0.8 3.9 3.5 0.91

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1975 20 PHI NL 7.0 3 0 5 6.43 4.15 0.19 -0.34 107.8 3.91 -2 -0.2 .6 0.0 -0.1 -1 .430 .499
1976 21 PHI NL 3.0 1 0 1 3.00 3.84 0.23 -0.31 102.0 3.37 0 0.0 .1 -0.0 0.0 0 .510 .500
1977 22 PHI NL 168.2 32 28 102 5.44 4.27 0.42 0.12 104.4 4.15 -25 -2.5 .9 -0.1 -1.1 -10 .421 .484
1978 23 PHI NL 184.0 33 28 89 4.35 4.02 0.50 0.10 99.0 3.58 -18 -1.9 .2 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .443 .488
1979 24 PHI NL 214.0 37 35 98 4.12 4.23 0.35 0.13 100.8 4.05 -4 -0.4 .5 -0.1 1.4 16 .488 .497
1980 25 PHI NL 150.0 30 22 98 5.88 4.10 0.03 0.09 103.0 4.29 -27 -2.8 1.0 -0.1 -1.5 -14 .407 .483
1981 26 MIL AL 110.2 23 18 63 5.12 3.90 0.02 0.08 95.7 3.79 -16 -1.7 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -7 .426 .490
1982 27 MIL AL 108.2 21 20 68 5.63 4.45 0.11 0.14 94.0 4.22 -17 -1.6 .1 -0.0 -0.6 -7 .423 .490
1982 27 MON NL 23.2 6 4 11 4.18 3.82 0.02 0.08 101.5 3.93 -1 -0.1 .2 -0.0 0.1 1 .483 .499
1983 28 MON NL 38.2 19 5 29 6.75 4.09 0.26 -0.08 99.1 3.71 -13 -1.4 1.2 -0.1 -1.1 -10 .428 .491
1983 28 SFG NL 10.2 7 0 4 3.38 4.08 -0.21 -0.32 96.8 3.85 1 0.1 .7 -0.0 0.1 1 .508 .500
1984 29 SFG NL 72.1 37 4 36 4.48 4.26 -0.66 -0.21 97.9 4.60 0 0.0 1.2 -0.1 0.6 7 .501 .500
1986 31 PHI NL 8.0 4 0 8 9.00 3.91 -0.15 -0.30 105.3 3.96 -5 -0.4 1.2 -0.1 -0.4 -4 .388 .497
11 Seasons 1099.1 253 164 612 5.01 4.16 0.20 0.07 100.0 4.03 -127 -13.0 1.0 -0.8 -3.7 -28 .449 .494
PHI (7 yrs) 734.2 140 113 401 4.91 4.16 0.33 0.10 101.8 4.00 -80 -8.3 .7 -0.4 -2.1 -14 .441 .493
SFG (2 yrs) 83.0 44 4 40 4.34 4.23 -0.60 -0.22 97.7 4.50 1 0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.7 9 .502 .500
MON (2 yrs) 62.1 25 9 40 5.78 3.99 0.17 -0.02 100.0 3.79 -14 -1.5 1.1 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .441 .495
MIL (2 yrs) 219.1 44 38 131 5.38 4.18 0.06 0.11 94.9 4.00 -33 -3.3 .9 -0.1 -1.4 -14 .425 .490

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
1978 23 PHI NL NLCS L LAD 0 0 5.06 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1.313 11.8 3.4 0.0 0.0
1981 26 MIL AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.167 4.5 0.0 6.0 4.5 0.75
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 3.18 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 10 4 4 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 45 1.235 7.9 1.6 3.2 2.4 0.75
1 ALDS 0 0 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.167 4.5 0.0 6.0 4.5 0.75
1 NLCS 0 0 5.06 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1.313 11.8 3.4 0.0 0.0

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
1975 20 PHI NL 3 27 26 5 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .231 .259 .346 .605 .294 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 21 PHI NL 1 12 12 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 .250 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 22 PHI NL 32 761 663 102 207 39 11 20 23 6 75 81 .312 .379 .495 .874 .328 328 19 1 14 8 3 6
1978 23 PHI NL 33 784 695 89 183 38 8 15 16 8 70 96 .263 .329 .406 .734 .284 282 15 1 11 7 3 7
1979 24 PHI NL 37 899 810 98 228 42 8 20 20 12 60 92 .281 .328 .427 .755 .292 346 15 3 11 15 4 7
1980 25 PHI NL 30 664 589 98 178 36 8 15 22 10 55 57 .302 .356 .467 .823 .309 275 12 0 10 10 5 8
1981 26 MIL AL 23 495 442 63 134 16 1 8 8 4 43 53 .303 .361 .398 .759 .326 176 15 0 5 5 2 7
1982 27 TOT MLB 27 595 520 79 149 27 7 12 16 1 59 37 .287 .358 .435 .793 .287 226 19 3 6 7 2 10
1982 27 MIL AL 21 493 430 68 123 23 6 12 13 1 51 33 .286 .361 .451 .812 .284 194 13 3 3 6 1 7
1982 27 MON NL 6 102 90 11 26 4 1 0 3 0 8 4 .289 .343 .356 .699 .299 32 6 0 3 1 1 3
1983 28 TOT NL 26 224 193 33 54 11 1 7 5 2 26 30 .280 .365 .456 .821 .297 88 2 1 2 2 3 2
1983 28 MON NL 19 176 154 29 45 11 0 6 3 2 18 24 .292 .368 .481 .848 .312 74 2 1 2 1 2 2
1983 28 SFG NL 7 48 39 4 9 0 1 1 2 0 8 6 .231 .354 .359 .713 .242 14 0 0 0 1 1 0
1984 29 SFG NL 37 326 279 36 80 17 2 3 6 1 36 48 .287 .362 .394 .756 .328 110 5 1 3 7 3 2
1986 31 PHI NL 4 42 35 8 10 2 0 0 2 0 7 5 .286 .405 .343 .748 .333 12 0 0 0 0 1 2
11 Yrs 253 4829 4264 612 1232 229 47 101 118 44 432 507 .289 .351 .436 .787 .304 1858 102 10 62 61 26 51
162 Game Avg. 41 787 695 100 201 37 8 16 19 7 70 83 .289 .351 .436 .787 .304 303 17 2 10 10 4 8
MLB Averages .260 .325 .386 .710 .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
1975 20 PHI NL -1.6 -0.2 27 0.3 0.3 -0.0 .50 0.4 0.2 -1.7 -0.2 0.50 2.2 0 2 0
1976 21 PHI NL 0.4 0.0 12 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .07 0.1 -0.0 0.3 0.0 0.07 0.2 0 0 1
1977 22 PHI NL -16.7 -1.6 804 -1.2 14.0 -15.3 1.06 -2.3 1.1 -14.9 -1.4 1.06 -24.7 1 1 2
1978 23 PHI NL -6.8 -0.7 816 -0.8 12.1 -13.0 .92 -0.6 -0.3 -7.5 -0.8 0.92 -4.8 0 0 4
1979 24 PHI NL 3.0 0.3 946 0.5 17.8 -17.3 1.11 -0.6 1.0 5.2 0.5 1.11 -4.3 0 0 2
1980 25 PHI NL -22.4 -2.3 705 -2.9 10.8 -13.7 1.02 -3.1 0.3 -29.1 -2.8 1.02 -31.3 1 4 2
1981 26 MIL AL -13.0 -1.3 515 -1.7 9.0 -10.8 1.15 -1.5 0.0 -13.7 -1.4 1.15 -13.8 2 1 1
1982 27 TOT MLB -15.6 -1.5 615 -1.0 9.2 -10.2 .93 -1.6 0.5 -14.8 -1.5 0.93 -16.6 0 0 3
1982 27 MIL AL -16.0 -1.5 510 -1.3 7.6 -8.9 .94 -1.6 0.3 -15.7 -1.6 0.94 -16.8 0 0 1
1982 27 MON NL 0.4 0.0 105 0.3 1.6 -1.4 .85 0.1 0.3 0.9 0.1 0.85 0.2 0 0 2
1983 28 TOT NL -11.4 -1.1 233 -0.9 3.0 -3.9 .86 -0.7 -0.3 -9.0 -0.9 0.86 -7.8 3 8 9
1983 28 MON NL -12.1 -1.2 182 -0.8 2.5 -3.3 .90 -0.7 -0.2 -9.8 -1.0 0.90 -7.7 3 4 7
1983 28 SFG NL 0.6 0.1 51 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 .72 -0.0 -0.1 0.8 0.1 0.72 -0.1 0 4 2
1984 29 SFG NL -4.5 -0.5 338 -0.9 4.0 -4.9 .85 -0.7 -0.4 -10.3 -1.1 0.85 -8.4 13 0 18
1986 31 PHI NL -3.3 -0.3 46 -0.2 0.3 -0.4 .63 -0.3 0.1 -3.7 -0.4 0.63 -2.8 1 2 1
11 Yrs -91.9 -9.2 5057 -8.8 80.7 -89.5 1.00 -10.8 2.0 -99.0 -9.9 1.00 -112.1 21 18 43

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
1977 22 PHI NL 32 28 9 6 13 2 2 17 11 .607 3 8 3 0 11 39% 43.8 72 23 21 11 2 10 5.0 4.9 5.6
1978 23 PHI NL 33 28 11 8 9 2 5 17 11 .607 1 6 5 0 18 64% 51.4 74 18 14 6 5 10 5.5 5.6 6.2
1979 24 PHI NL 37 35 10 13 12 0 5 17 18 .486 1 6 6 1 22 63% 50.0 79 4 24 8 12 9 4.3 3.4 6.0
1980 25 PHI NL 30 22 4 13 5 0 4 6 16 .273 1 3 2 0 9 41% 43.8 74 24 21 10 4 7 3.7 2.9 6.1
1981 26 MIL AL 23 18 5 8 5 1 1 7 11 .389 0 3 1 0 7 39% 43.9 72 14 20 7 5 8 3.7 4.4 5.5
1982 27 TOT MLB 27 24 10 7 7 2 1 15 9 .625 4 1 1 1 10 42% 0.0 72 24 34 12 1 14 5.8 6.8 5.3
1982 27 MIL AL 21 20 8 7 5 2 1 12 8 .600 3 0 1 1 8 40% 43.2 72 24 29 10 1 10 5.8 6.8 5.3
1982 27 MON NL 6 4 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 .750 1 1 0 0 2 50% 47.0 66 32 5 2 0 4 5.8 6.8 5.2
1983 28 TOT NL 26 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 1 0 0 2 40% 54 22 19 6 1 2 4.4 5.0 3.9
1983 28 MON NL 19 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 1 0 0 2 40% 39.8 54 22 18 6 1 2 4.4 5.0 3.9
1984 29 SFG NL 37 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 48.8 56 43 19 6 1 1 3.3 4.7 4.5
8 Yrs 238 164 51 58 55 7 18 83 81 .506 10 28 18 2 80 49% 46 79 4 171 66 31 61 4.7 4.6 5.7
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 105 -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
1975 20 PHI NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .498 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 7.0
1976 21 PHI NL 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 7 .067 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1977 22 PHI NL 32 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.058 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 4 3 0 3 0 8.3
1978 23 PHI NL 33 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .917 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 5 3 0 3 1 6.0
1979 24 PHI NL 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 1.108 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 6.0
1980 25 PHI NL 30 8 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 9 7 78% 3 1.024 1 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 4 2 4 1 6.1
1981 26 MIL AL 23 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.154 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 5 4 0 4 0 7.0
1982 27 TOT MLB 27 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .926 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 6.0
1982 27 MIL AL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .942 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1982 27 MON NL 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .850 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1983 28 TOT NL 26 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 3 16% .864 3 8 9 2 4 15 10 11 10 8 11 3 4.2
1983 28 MON NL 19 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 13% 6 .903 3 4 7 2 2 10 8 6 6 6 7 2 4.1
1983 28 SFG NL 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 7 .720 0 4 2 0 2 5 2 5 4 2 4 1 4.6
1984 29 SFG NL 37 33 13 4 2 3 2 1 67% 6 2 27 15 56% 5 .846 13 0 18 8 7 18 14 19 17 10 17 10 4.9
1986 31 PHI NL 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 .631 1 2 1 0 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 0 6.0
11 Yrs 253 89 31 9 6 5 3 2 60% 8 2 62 28 45% 1.001 21 18 43 14 18 57 34 55 51 21 52 16 5.4

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%
1975 20 PHI NL 27 33% 3.7% 29.6% 3.7% 3.7% 17% 3.00 63% 5 0 0%
1976 21 PHI NL 12 17% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 67% 0.50 100% 1 0 0%
1977 22 PHI NL 761 20% 2.6% 10.6% 9.9% 9.2% 34% 1.26 75% 137 19 14%
1978 23 PHI NL 784 19% 1.9% 12.2% 8.9% 7.8% 33% 1.16 75% 127 15 12%
1979 24 PHI NL 899 21% 2.2% 10.2% 6.7% 7.8% 31% 0.95 79% 161 15 9%
1980 25 PHI NL 664 17% 2.3% 8.6% 8.3% 8.9% 33% 1.29 79% 99 12 12%
1981 26 MIL AL 495 24% 1.6% 10.7% 8.7% 5.1% 19% 1.42 78% 122 15 12%
1982 27 TOT MLB 595 22% 2.0% 6.2% 9.9% 7.7% 31% 0.96 80% 99 19 19%
1982 27 MIL AL 493 23% 2.4% 6.7% 10.3% 8.3% 33% 0.87 79% 78 13 17%
1982 27 MON NL 102 19% 0.0% 3.9% 7.8% 4.9% 19% 1.48 85% 21 6 29%
1983 28 TOT NL 224 24% 3.1% 13.4% 11.6% 8.5% 35% 0.95 71% 29 2 7%
1983 28 MON NL 176 23% 3.4% 13.6% 10.2% 9.7% 38% 1.07 71% 23 2 9%
1983 28 SFG NL 48 29% 2.1% 12.5% 16.7% 4.2% 22% 0.63 69% 6 0 0%
1984 29 SFG NL 326 29% 0.9% 14.7% 11.0% 6.8% 28% 1.21 72% 79 5 6%
1986 31 PHI NL 42 29% 0.0% 11.9% 16.7% 4.8% 20% 0.27 71% 9 0 0%
11 Yrs 4829 21% 2.1% 10.5% 9.0% 7.8% 31% 1.13 77% 868 102 12%
MLB Averages 43% 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.09 75% 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
1975 20 PHI NL 27 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 21 PHI NL 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 22 PHI NL 761 207 20 0 14 18 2 9 11 54 30 8 56% 6 8 2 285 23 6 79% 20 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 23 0
1978 23 PHI NL 784 183 15 1 15 11 4 8 7 42 20 11 48% 7 5 1 284 16 8 67% 13 7 3 1 0 0 3 2 17 0
1979 24 PHI NL 899 228 20 0 8 14 6 8 12 51 30 1 59% 7 4 3 329 20 12 63% 19 10 1 1 0 1 6 3 26 0
1980 25 PHI NL 664 178 15 0 11 13 2 11 4 50 26 4 52% 8 6 1 233 22 10 69% 18 10 4 0 0 0 3 3 27 0
1981 26 MIL AL 495 134 8 0 3 4 4 3 5 23 16 2 70% 7 6 2 222 8 4 67% 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1982 27 TOT MLB 595 149 12 1 9 11 1 5 7 28 18 2 64% 10 2 1 226 16 1 94% 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1982 27 MIL AL 493 123 12 1 8 11 1 5 7 22 14 1 64% 7 2 1 184 13 1 93% 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1982 27 MON NL 102 26 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 67% 3 0 0 42 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 28 TOT NL 224 54 7 1 7 5 2 5 2 11 8 0 73% 2 1 1 77 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1983 28 MON NL 176 45 6 1 4 4 2 4 2 9 6 0 67% 2 1 0 61 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1983 28 SFG NL 48 9 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 1 16 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1984 29 SFG NL 326 80 3 0 12 1 2 1 2 25 16 2 64% 2 6 0 152 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1986 31 PHI NL 42 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 2 1 1 24 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
11 Yrs 4829 1232 101 4 82 78 23 50 51 289 166 30 57% 51 39 12 1842 118 44 73% 102 39 16 4 0 1 12 8 145 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+
1975 20 0 0 6.43 3 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 6 5 5 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 27 62 1.000 7.7 1.3 1.3 10.3 8.00 62
1976 21 0 0 5.40 4 0 3 0 0 1 10.0 9 6 6 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 39 74 1.000 8.1 0.9 0.9 7.2 8.00 74
1977 22 10 6 .625 5.09 36 28 4 3 0 1 178.2 216 108 101 21 76 3 89 1 2 8 800 79 1.634 10.9 1.1 3.8 4.5 1.17 79
1978 23 21 14 .600 4.52 69 56 7 8 0 1 362.2 399 197 182 36 146 6 185 2 4 13 1584 84 1.503 9.9 0.9 3.6 4.6 1.27 84
1979 24 31 27 .534 4.23 106 91 7 14 1 1 576.2 627 295 271 56 206 10 277 5 5 17 2483 90 1.445 9.8 0.9 3.2 4.3 1.34 90
1980 25 35 41 .461 4.42 136 113 10 16 1 1 726.2 805 393 357 71 261 15 334 5 7 23 3147 86 1.467 10.0 0.9 3.2 4.1 1.28 86
1981 26 42 50 .457 4.41 159 131 14 17 1 1 837.1 939 456 410 79 304 17 387 5 7 29 3642 85 1.484 10.1 0.8 3.3 4.2 1.27 85
1982 27 52 57 .477 4.45 186 155 15 18 2 1 969.2 1088 535 479 91 363 19 424 8 7 31 4237 85 1.496 10.1 0.8 3.4 3.9 1.17 85
1983 28 54 60 .474 4.52 212 160 17 18 2 1 1019.0 1142 568 512 98 389 22 454 9 7 32 4461 83 1.502 10.1 0.9 3.4 4.0 1.17 83
1984 29 59 63 .484 4.50 249 164 30 18 2 3 1091.1 1222 604 546 101 425 25 502 10 7 38 4787 83 1.509 10.1 0.8 3.5 4.1 1.18 83
1985 30 59 63 .484 4.50 249 164 30 18 2 3 1091.1 1222 604 546 101 425 25 502 10 7 38 4787 83 1.509 10.1 0.8 3.5 4.1 1.18 83
1986 31 60 64 .484 4.53 253 164 31 18 2 3 1099.1 1232 612 553 101 432 26 507 10 7 39 4829 83 1.514 10.1 0.8 3.5 4.2 1.17 83

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
1975 20 0 0 7.71 7.0 6 7 6 1 1 8 0 1.000 7.7 1.3 10.3 8.00 1.3 3
1976 21 0 0 2.25 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1977 22 6 11 .353 5.20 161.0 204 103 93 20 74 77 1 1.727 11.4 4.1 4.3 1.04 1.1 32
1978 23 8 11 .421 4.71 172.0 193 100 90 16 74 90 1 1.552 10.1 3.9 4.7 1.22 0.8 33
1979 24 11 11 .500 4.07 201.0 231 101 91 20 61 87 3 1.453 10.3 2.7 3.9 1.43 0.9 37
1980 25 5 10 .333 5.70 142.0 182 100 90 15 56 54 0 1.676 11.5 3.5 3.4 0.96 1.0 30
1981 26 5 11 .313 5.94 150.0 226 110 99 13 73 72 0 1.993 13.6 4.4 4.3 0.99 0.8 23
1982 27 4 9 .308 5.59 124.0 158 86 77 13 63 35 3 1.782 11.5 4.6 2.5 0.56 0.9 27
1983 28 1 4 .200 7.24 46.0 57 41 37 7 27 28 1 1.826 11.2 5.3 5.5 1.04 1.4 26
1984 29 3 4 .429 5.03 68.0 84 42 38 3 38 45 1 1.794 11.1 5.0 6.0 1.18 0.4 37
1986 31 0 0 7.88 8.0 10 8 7 0 7 5 0 2.125 11.3 7.9 5.6 0.71 0.0 4
11 Yrs 43 71 .377 5.23 1083.0 1351 699 629 108 474 501 10 1.685 11.2 4.2 1.06 0.9 253

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Games Started s c a p y
1979 NL  35 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1979 NL  13 (10th)
1980 NL  14 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1977 NL  95 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1977 NL  8 (10th)
1981 AL  6 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1975 NL  born 1954-10-09 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2652), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (2018), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1839th), -2.0 career WAR/3.1 7yr-peak WAR/0.6 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Kevin Correia (967)
  2. Scott Kamieniecki (962)
  3. Percy Jones (959)
  4. Rich Gale (956)
  5. Pete Schourek (954)
  6. Fred Heimach (954)
  7. Bill Travers (954)
  8. Jumbo Elliott (953)
  9. Scott Karl (952)
  10. Ed Wells (952)
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  1. Walter Thornton (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Brett Cecil (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Len Barker (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jose Rosado (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bruce Ruffin (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Neal Heaton (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Scott Karl (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Sterling Hitchcock (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kevin Correia (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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