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Kerry Ligtenberg

Kerry Dale Ligtenberg

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 11, 1971 in Rapid City, SD
High School: Park Cottage Grove HS (Park Cottage Grove, MN)
Schools: University of Minnesota, Morris (Morris, MN), University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1997
Teams (by GP): Braves/Orioles/BlueJays/Diamondbacks 1997-2005
Agents: Lonnie Cooper [*]
Final Game: May 29, 2005
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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
1997 26 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 3.00 15 0 9 0 0 1 15.0 12 5 5 4 4 2 19 0 0 0 61 142 1.067 7.2 2.4 2.4 11.4 4.75
1998 27 ATL NL 3 2 .600 2.71 75 0 56 0 0 30 73.0 51 24 22 6 24 1 79 0 0 3 290 154 1.027 6.3 0.7 3.0 9.7 3.29 RoY-4
1999 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2000 29 ATL NL 2 3 .400 3.61 59 0 19 0 0 12 52.1 43 21 21 7 24 5 51 0 0 0 217 128 1.280 7.4 1.2 4.1 8.8 2.13
2001 30 ATL NL 3 3 .500 3.02 53 0 24 0 0 1 59.2 50 22 20 4 30 8 56 0 0 3 254 148 1.341 7.5 0.6 4.5 8.4 1.87
2002 31 ATL NL 3 4 .429 2.97 52 0 25 0 0 0 66.2 52 23 22 6 33 3 51 0 1 1 281 141 1.275 7.0 0.8 4.5 6.9 1.55
2003 32 BAL AL 4 2 .667 3.34 68 0 21 0 0 1 59.1 60 23 22 9 14 3 47 2 0 0 247 135 1.247 9.1 1.4 2.1 7.1 3.36
2004 33 TOR AL 1 6 .143 6.38 57 0 20 0 0 3 55.0 73 40 39 6 25 7 49 2 0 5 263 76 1.782 11.9 1.0 4.1 8.0 1.96
2005 34 ARI NL 0 0 13.97 7 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 16 15 15 4 4 0 5 0 0 0 48 33 2.069 14.9 3.7 3.7 4.7 1.25
8 Yrs 17 20 .459 3.82 386 0 176 0 0 48 390.2 357 173 166 46 158 29 357 4 1 12 1661 116 1.318 8.2 1.1 3.6 8.2 2.26
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .459 3.82 68 0 31 0 0 8 69 63 30 29 8 28 5 63 1 0 2 293 116 1.318 8.2 1.1 3.6 8.2 2.26
ATL (5 yrs) 12 12 .500 3.04 254 0 133 0 0 44 266.2 208 95 90 27 115 19 256 0 1 7 1103 143 1.211 7.0 0.9 3.9 8.6 2.23
ARI (1 yr) 0 0 13.97 7 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 16 15 15 4 4 0 5 0 0 0 48 33 2.069 14.9 3.7 3.7 4.7 1.25
BAL (1 yr) 4 2 .667 3.34 68 0 21 0 0 1 59.1 60 23 22 9 14 3 47 2 0 0 247 135 1.247 9.1 1.4 2.1 7.1 3.36
TOR (1 yr) 1 6 .143 6.38 57 0 20 0 0 3 55.0 73 40 39 6 25 7 49 2 0 5 263 76 1.782 11.9 1.0 4.1 8.0 1.96
NL (6 yrs) 12 12 .500 3.42 261 0 135 0 0 44 276.1 224 110 105 31 119 19 261 0 1 7 1151 127 1.241 7.3 1.0 3.9 8.5 2.19
AL (2 yrs) 5 8 .385 4.80 125 0 41 0 0 4 114.1 133 63 61 15 39 10 96 4 0 5 510 97 1.504 10.5 1.2 3.1 7.6 2.46

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
1997 26 ATL NL 15.0 15 0 5 3.00 4.81 0.36 -0.37 97.1 3.97 2 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.2 3 .511 .501 $
1998 27 ATL NL 73.0 75 0 24 2.96 4.60 0.46 -0.35 98.6 3.74 6 0.7 1.5 -0.0 1.2 13 .509 .504 $175,000 RoY-4
2000 29 ATL NL 52.1 59 0 21 3.61 5.07 0.19 -0.39 100.0 4.49 5 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.9 11 .508 .503 $255,000
2001 30 ATL NL 59.2 53 0 22 3.32 4.69 0.35 -0.35 100.8 4.02 5 0.5 .5 -0.2 0.7 11 .509 .503 $1,200,000
2002 31 ATL NL 66.2 52 0 23 3.11 4.58 0.45 -0.34 100.8 3.82 5 0.5 .7 -0.2 0.8 12 .510 .503 $1,700,000
2003 32 BAL AL 59.1 68 0 23 3.49 5.13 -0.01 -0.38 99.5 4.73 8 0.8 1.4 0.0 1.4 16 .512 .505 $1,200,000
2004 33 TOR AL 55.0 57 0 40 6.55 5.27 0.30 -0.39 104.5 4.79 -11 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .481 .493 $2,000,000
2005 34 ARI NL 9.2 7 0 15 13.97 4.42 -0.10 -0.34 112.1 4.70 -10 -0.9 .6 0.2 -0.7 -9 .370 .494 $
8 Seasons 390.2 386 0 173 3.99 4.85 0.30 -0.36 100.8 4.23 10 1.1 1.1 -0.4 3.9 52 .503 .501 $6,530,000
ATL (5 yrs) 266.2 254 0 95 3.21 4.72 0.38 -0.36 99.9 3.98 23 2.3 1.1 -0.5 3.8 49 .509 .503 $3,330,000
ARI (1 yr) 9.2 7 0 15 13.97 4.42 -0.10 -0.34 112.1 4.70 -10 -0.9 .6 0.2 -0.7 -9 .370 .494 $
BAL (1 yr) 59.1 68 0 23 3.49 5.13 -0.01 -0.38 99.5 4.73 8 0.8 1.4 0.0 1.4 16 .512 .505 $1,200,000
TOR (1 yr) 55.0 57 0 40 6.55 5.27 0.30 -0.39 104.5 4.79 -11 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .481 .493 $2,000,000

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
1997 26 ATL NL NLCS L FLA 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
1998 27 ATL NL NLDS W CHC 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 15 1.500 2.7 0.0 10.8 8.1 0.75
1998 27 ATL NL NLCS L SDP 0 1 .000 7.36 4 0 3 0 0 0 3.2 3 3 3 2 2 0 5 0 1 0 16 1.364 7.4 4.9 4.9 12.3 2.50
2000 29 ATL NL NLDS L STL 0 0 5.40 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 7 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00
2001 30 ATL NL NLCS L ARI 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 0.333 0.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
2002 31 ATL NL NLDS L SFG 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
5 Yrs (6 Series) 0 1 .000 2.16 15 0 8 0 0 0 16.2 5 4 4 2 8 2 18 0 1 0 63 0.780 2.7 1.1 4.3 9.7 2.25
3 NLDS 0 0 1.29 7 0 4 0 0 0 7.0 1 1 1 0 5 2 7 0 0 0 28 0.857 1.3 0.0 6.4 9.0 1.40
3 NLCS 0 1 .000 2.79 8 0 4 0 0 0 9.2 4 3 3 2 3 0 11 0 1 0 35 0.724 3.7 1.9 2.8 10.2 3.67

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
1997 26 ATL NL 15 61 57 5 12 1 0 4 4 0 4 19 .211 .262 .439 .701 .235 25 0 0 0 0 2 0
1998 27 ATL NL 75 290 264 24 51 9 0 6 6 1 24 79 .193 .260 .295 .555 .250 78 6 0 1 1 1 5
2000 29 ATL NL 59 217 190 21 43 11 1 7 6 0 24 51 .226 .312 .405 .717 .271 77 7 0 2 1 5 2
2001 30 ATL NL 53 254 221 22 50 9 0 4 15 0 30 56 .226 .316 .321 .637 .282 71 4 0 1 2 8 3
2002 31 ATL NL 52 281 244 23 52 10 3 6 7 2 33 51 .213 .306 .352 .658 .245 86 2 0 3 1 3 2
2003 32 BAL AL 68 247 228 23 60 10 0 9 5 2 14 47 .263 .310 .425 .736 .295 97 3 2 2 1 3 1
2004 33 TOR AL 57 263 233 40 73 16 0 6 9 1 25 49 .313 .385 .459 .844 .376 107 1 2 3 0 7 2
2005 34 ARI NL 7 48 44 15 16 6 0 4 0 1 4 5 .364 .417 .773 1.189 .343 34 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 386 1661 1481 173 357 72 4 46 52 7 158 357 .241 .315 .388 .703 .287 575 23 4 12 6 29 15
162 Game Avg. 68 293 261 30 63 13 1 8 9 1 28 63 .241 .315 .388 .703 .287 101 4 1 2 1 5 3
MLB Averages .266 .336 .425 .761 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1997 26 ATL NL 2.4 0.2 66 0.1 0.8 -0.7 .76 0.5 -0.3 0.9 0.1 0.76 1.9 3 2 8
1998 27 ATL NL 12.1 1.2 302 2.8 8.5 -5.6 1.52 1.3 0.5 18.2 1.8 1.52 15.8 38 15 22
2000 29 ATL NL 6.8 0.6 223 2.0 5.8 -3.8 1.28 0.6 1.0 15.0 1.4 1.28 9.3 29 8 22
2001 30 ATL NL 9.4 0.9 273 -0.4 2.1 -2.5 .54 0.7 -1.4 11.0 1.1 0.54 6.4 6 5 38
2002 31 ATL NL 9.3 0.9 290 0.1 3.4 -3.3 .67 1.0 -0.9 11.1 1.1 0.67 8.3 11 1 38
2003 32 BAL AL 8.2 0.8 255 0.6 4.9 -4.3 1.13 0.3 0.2 4.1 0.4 1.13 5.6 27 11 28
2004 33 TOR AL -8.0 -0.8 277 -1.3 3.5 -4.8 .96 -0.3 -1.1 -11.4 -1.0 0.96 -6.0 15 12 27
2005 34 ARI NL -9.0 -0.8 49 0.1 0.3 -0.2 .27 -0.2 0.6 -8.2 -0.8 0.27 -7.3 0 4 2
8 Yrs 31.2 3.1 1735 4.0 29.2 -25.2 .98 4.0 0.2 40.6 4.1 0.98 33.9 129 58 185

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
1997 26 ATL NL 15 15 9 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 4 40% 9 .761 3 2 8 6 2 7 5 10 3 3 3 3 3.0 19
1998 27 ATL NL 75 75 56 3 2 34 30 4 88% 45 11 23 8 35% 9 1.520 38 15 22 62 6 7 12 63 6 12 6 25 2.9 16
2000 29 ATL NL 59 59 19 2 3 14 12 2 86% 27 12 39 9 23% 8 1.284 29 8 22 36 6 17 20 39 7 21 8 14 2.7 15
2001 30 ATL NL 53 53 24 3 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 12 3 25% 8 .535 6 5 38 11 4 38 7 46 13 6 14 9 3.4 19
2002 31 ATL NL 52 52 25 3 4 0 0 0 3 2 13 3 23% 8 .669 11 1 38 14 7 31 6 46 21 6 21 10 3.8 20
2003 32 BAL AL 68 68 21 4 2 4 1 3 25% 20 14 48 14 29% 8 1.127 27 11 28 29 12 27 30 38 11 32 13 16 2.6 14
2004 33 TOR AL 57 57 20 1 6 5 3 2 60% 10 4 29 17 59% 8 .956 15 12 27 20 8 29 18 39 14 18 17 15 2.9 17
2005 34 ARI NL 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 5 .271 0 4 2 0 0 7 4 3 3 1 3 2 4.1 22
8 Yrs 386 386 176 17 20 60 48 12 80% 108 43 182 60 33% .983 129 58 185 178 45 163 102 284 78 99 85 94 3.0 17

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%
1997 26 ATL NL 61 52% 6.6% 31.2% 6.6% 8.2% 42% 0.37 0.53 56% 24% 17.4% 15% 7 0 0%
1998 27 ATL NL 290 55% 2.1% 27.2% 8.3% 5.2% 29% 0.67 0.89 62% 20% 6.6% 18% 48 6 13%
2000 29 ATL NL 217 65% 3.2% 23.5% 11.1% 8.8% 44% 0.53 0.66 61% 23% 10.0% 20% 41 7 17%
2001 30 ATL NL 254 59% 1.6% 22.1% 11.8% 5.1% 26% 0.60 0.76 64% 23% 4.8% 17% 45 4 9%
2002 31 ATL NL 281 55% 2.1% 18.2% 11.7% 6.8% 37% 0.57 0.73 67% 19% 6.6% 23% 57 2 4%
2003 32 BAL AL 247 60% 3.6% 19.0% 5.7% 7.7% 32% 0.46 0.59 70% 17% 8.7% 16% 43 3 7%
2004 33 TOR AL 263 56% 2.3% 18.6% 9.5% 8.4% 30% 0.53 0.58 68% 19% 5.9% 14% 47 1 2%
2005 34 ARI NL 48 65% 8.3% 10.4% 8.3% 20.8% 63% 0.30 0.53 73% 26% 16.0% 17% 8 0 0%
8 Yrs 1661 58% 2.8% 21.5% 9.5% 7.3% 34% 0.54 0.69 65% 20% 7.8% 18% 296 23 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.8% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 21% 8.1% 13% 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
1997 26 ATL NL 57 265 4.65 174 66% 24% 24% 32% 21% 76% 1% 50% 68% 72% 2% 1 1 51% 29 19 2 17% 5 0 4 0 0
1998 27 ATL NL 292 1164 3.99 740 64% 31% 20% 24% 25% 69% 1% 44% 71% 63% 4% 13 7 25% 73 43 3 35% 18 5 -2 0 0
2000 29 ATL NL 217 889 4.10 569 64% 24% 19% 32% 25% 76% 6% 48% 75% 59% 6% 12 6 27% 58 33 3 12% 11 1 0 0 0
2001 30 ATL NL 254 995 3.92 642 65% 23% 19% 31% 26% 77% 7% 49% 75% 67% 7% 19 9 33% 84 47 4 20% 10 4 0 0 0
2002 31 ATL NL 281 1053 3.75 690 66% 28% 17% 26% 29% 72% 3% 47% 76% 64% 5% 14 7 27% 75 52 6 16% 16 5 0 0 0
2003 32 BAL AL 249 971 3.90 646 67% 26% 18% 28% 28% 74% 4% 50% 76% 63% 3% 7 1 33% 82 42 3 17% 15 3 -2 0 0
2004 33 TOR AL 263 977 3.71 627 64% 30% 15% 25% 30% 70% 7% 45% 78% 64% 6% 16 5 23% 61 37 8 18% 6 5 0 0 0
2005 34 ARI NL 48 152 3.17 103 68% 25% 11% 26% 38% 75% 0% 51% 86% 67% 2% 1 0 10% 5 4 1 20% 1 1 0 0 0
8 Yrs 1661 6466 3.89 4191 65% 27% 18% 28% 27% 73% 4% 47% 75% 64% 5% 83 36 28% 467 277 30 21% 82 24 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 21% 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
1997 26 ATL NL 61 12 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 18 4 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 27 ATL NL 290 51 16 0 6 0 10 5 1 2 4 16 7 3 44% 5 3 1 100 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2000 29 ATL NL 217 43 2 0 7 0 13 5 2 4 3 9 2 2 22% 2 0 1 82 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 30 ATL NL 254 50 5 0 4 0 6 2 2 3 1 10 4 2 40% 3 3 0 104 15 0 100% 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2002 31 ATL NL 281 52 5 1 6 0 10 3 3 5 1 19 5 5 26% 2 1 1 103 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2003 32 BAL AL 247 60 3 0 9 1 13 5 4 6 3 16 7 3 44% 1 0 0 85 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 33 TOR AL 263 73 11 3 6 2 10 2 4 6 0 18 9 3 50% 2 5 1 113 9 1 90% 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2005 34 ARI NL 48 16 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 2 2 3 0 1 0% 0 0 0 21 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 1661 357 42 4 46 3 64 27 19 30 16 92 35 19 38% 15 12 4 626 52 7 88% 41 6 11 0 0 1 1 0 28 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1997 26 1 0 1.000 3.00 15 0 9 0 0 1 15.0 12 5 5 4 4 2 19 0 0 0 61 142 1.067 7.2 2.4 2.4 11.4 4.75 142
1998 27 4 2 .667 2.76 90 0 65 0 0 31 88.0 63 29 27 10 28 3 98 0 0 3 351 152 1.034 6.4 1.0 2.9 10.0 3.50 152
1999 28 4 2 .667 2.76 90 0 65 0 0 31 88.0 63 29 27 10 28 3 98 0 0 3 351 152 1.034 6.4 1.0 2.9 10.0 3.50 152
2000 29 6 5 .545 3.08 149 0 84 0 0 43 140.1 106 50 48 17 52 8 149 0 0 3 568 141 1.126 6.8 1.1 3.3 9.6 2.87 141
2001 30 9 8 .529 3.06 202 0 108 0 0 44 200.0 156 72 68 21 82 16 205 0 0 6 822 143 1.190 7.0 0.9 3.7 9.2 2.50 143
2002 31 12 12 .500 3.04 254 0 133 0 0 44 266.2 208 95 90 27 115 19 256 0 1 7 1103 143 1.211 7.0 0.9 3.9 8.6 2.23 143
2003 32 16 14 .533 3.09 322 0 154 0 0 45 326.0 268 118 112 36 129 22 303 2 1 7 1350 141 1.218 7.4 1.0 3.6 8.4 2.35 141
2004 33 17 20 .459 3.57 379 0 174 0 0 48 381.0 341 158 151 42 154 29 352 4 1 12 1613 124 1.299 8.1 1.0 3.6 8.3 2.29 124
2005 34 17 20 .459 3.82 386 0 176 0 0 48 390.2 357 173 166 46 158 29 357 4 1 12 1661 116 1.318 8.2 1.1 3.6 8.2 2.26 116

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
1997 26 1 0 1.000 3.00 15.0 12 6 5 4 4 19 0 1.067 7.2 2.4 11.4 4.75 2.4 15
1998 27 6 2 .750 2.63 72.0 50 23 21 6 24 78 0 1.028 6.3 3.0 9.8 3.25 0.8 75
2000 29 3 2 .600 3.29 52.0 40 21 19 7 22 50 0 1.192 6.9 3.8 8.7 2.27 1.2 59
2001 30 4 2 .667 2.75 59.0 48 20 18 4 29 55 0 1.305 7.3 4.4 8.4 1.90 0.6 53
2002 31 5 2 .714 2.86 66.0 51 23 21 6 32 50 0 1.258 7.0 4.4 6.8 1.56 0.8 52
2003 32 4 2 .667 3.32 57.0 59 23 21 9 14 45 2 1.281 9.3 2.2 7.1 3.21 1.4 68
2004 33 2 4 .333 5.63 56.0 69 39 35 6 24 50 2 1.661 11.1 3.9 8.0 2.08 1.0 57
2005 34 0 1 .000 12.60 10.0 15 16 14 4 4 5 0 1.900 13.5 3.6 4.5 1.25 3.6 7
8 Yrs 25 15 .625 3.58 387.0 344 171 154 46 153 352 4 1.284 8.0 8.2 2.30 1.1 386

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1998 NL  75 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1998 NL  30 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1998 NL  56 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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