Jeff Little

Donald Jeffrey Little

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 25, 1954 in Fremont, OH
High School: Woodmore HS (Elmore, OH)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1980
Teams (by GP): Twins/Cardinals 1980-1982

Final Game: October 3, 1982
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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
1973	18	SFG-min	Rk	4	7	.364	3.78	14	12		1	0	0	69.0	81	39	29	3	42	0	62	1	1	9			1.783	10.6	0.4	5.5	8.1	1.48	GRF · PION
1974	19	SFG-min	A	7	14	.333	3.41	23	23		7	2	0	153.0	153	85	58	5	59	3	129	6	0	12			1.386	9.0	0.3	3.5	7.6	2.19	DEC · MIDW
1975	20	SFG-min	AA	5	12	.294	5.40	26	24		0	0	0	115.0	143	84	69	8	53	1	59	4	0	14			1.704	11.2	0.6	4.1	4.6	1.11	LFY · TL
1976	21	SFG-min	AA	4	9	.308	4.91	29	17		2	0	1	110.0	107	67	60	9	59	1	66	3	0	3			1.509	8.8	0.7	4.8	5.4	1.12	LFY · TL
1977	22	SFG-min	AA	14	10	.583	4.33	26	26		9	1	0	162.0	146	86	78	10	96	1	111	6	0	12			1.494	8.1	0.6	5.3	6.2	1.16	WBY · EL
1978	23	SFG-min	AAA	11	7	.611	4.11	29	28		2	0	0	175.0	189	96	80	14	77	0	74	4	0	5			1.520	9.7	0.7	4.0	3.8	0.96	PHX · PCL
1979	24	SFG-min	AAA	7	13	.350	5.91	28	25		3	0	0	140.0	179	110	92	9	76	2	72	4	0	17			1.821	11.5	0.6	4.9	4.6	0.95	PHX · PCL
1980	25	STL-min	AAA,AA	6	5	.545	4.56	31	7		1	0	2	73.0	73	39	37	6	35	5	55	0	1	4			1.479	9.0	0.7	4.3	6.8	1.57	SPR,ARK · AA,TL
1980	25	STL	NL	1	1	.500	3.86	7	2	2	0	0	0	18.2	18	9	8	0	9	0	17	0	0	1	81	98	1.446	8.7	0.0	4.3	8.2	1.89

1981	26	STL-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.87	47	3	25	2	0	10	114.0	98	57	49	6	65	4	99	2	0	9			1.430	7.7	0.5	5.1	7.8	1.52	SPR · AA
1982	27	MIN-min	AAA,AA	3	4	.429	1.61	34	0	21	0	0	6	61.1	36	18	11	1	28	1	69	0	0	9			1.043	5.3	0.1	4.1	10.1	2.46	TOL,ORL · IL,SOUL
1982	27	MIN	AL	2	0	1.000	4.21	33	0	15	0	0	0	36.1	33	20	17	6	27	3	26	0	0	6	165	102	1.651	8.2	1.5	6.7	6.4	0.96
1983	28	MIN-min	AAA,AA	2	4	.333	6.80	33	1	16	0	0	5	42.1	45	36	32	6	47	0	45	1	1	7			2.173	9.6	1.3	10.0	9.6	0.96	TOL,ORL · IL,SOUL
1984	29	PIT-min	AA	2	0	1.000	1.54	10	0	6	0	0	1	11.2	7	4	2	0	7	0	9	0	0	0			1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	6.9	1.29	NAS · EL
2 Yrs				3	1	.750	4.09	40	2	17	0	0	0	55.0	51	29	25	6	36	3	43	0	0	7	246	101	1.582	8.3	1.0	5.9	7.0	1.19
162 Game Avg.				5	2	.750	4.09	65	3	28	0	0	0	89	83	47	40	10	58	5	70	0	0	11	398	101	1.582	8.3	1.0	5.9	7.0	1.19

MIN (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	4.21	33	0	15	0	0	0	36.1	33	20	17	6	27	3	26	0	0	6	165	102	1.651	8.2	1.5	6.7	6.4	0.96
STL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.86	7	2	2	0	0	0	18.2	18	9	8	0	9	0	17	0	0	1	81	98	1.446	8.7	0.0	4.3	8.2	1.89

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
1980	25	STL	NL	18.2	7	2	9	4.34	3.95	0.13	-0.02	99.3	3.77	-1	-0.1	.1	0.0	0.0	1	.480	.499	$

1982	27	MIN	AL	36.1	33	0	20	4.95	5.06	0.31	-0.40	102.9	4.47	-2	-0.2	1.6	-0.1	0.0	2	.495	.499	$
2 Seasons				55.0	40	2	29	4.75	4.68	0.25	-0.27	101.7	4.23	-3	-0.3	1.4	-0.1	0.0	2	.492	.499	$

MIN (1 yr)				36.1	33	0	20	4.95	5.06	0.31	-0.40	102.9	4.47	-2	-0.2	1.6	-0.1	0.0	2	.495	.499	$
STL (1 yr)				18.2	7	2	9	4.34	3.95	0.13	-0.02	99.3	3.77	-1	-0.1	.1	0.0	0.0	1	.480	.499	$

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
1980	25	STL	NL	7	81	72	9	18	0	2	0	5	0	9	17	.250	.333	.306	.639	.327	22	2	0	0	0	0	1

1982	27	MIN	AL	33	165	135	20	33	5	0	6	4	0	27	26	.244	.368	.415	.783	.260	56	6	0	2	1	3	4
2 Yrs				40	246	207	29	51	5	2	6	9	0	36	43	.246	.357	.377	.733	.283	78	8	0	2	1	3	5
162 Game Avg.				65	398	335	47	83	8	3	10	15	0	58	70	.246	.357	.377	.733	.283	126	13	0	3	2	5	8
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.383	.707	.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
1980	25	STL	NL	-0.2	-0.0	87	-0.1	0.8	-0.8	.56	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.56	-0.4	0	0	5

1982	27	MIN	AL	-0.3	-0.0	174	-1.0	1.8	-2.8	.72	-0.7	-0.7	-6.9	-0.7	0.72	-8.7	14	3	14
2 Yrs				-0.4	-0.1	261	-1.1	2.5	-3.6	.67	-0.8	-0.8	-7.6	-0.7	0.67	-9.1	14	3	19

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
1980	25	STL	NL	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	57.0	65	49	4	3	1	1	3.0	3.0	6.0
1 Yr				7	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	57	65	49	4	3	1	1	3.0	3.0	6.0
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	98	-12					4.2	4.2	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1980	25	STL	NL	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	7	.563	0	0	5	0	0	5	2	3	2	1	2	0	4.0

1982	27	MIN	AL	33	33	15	2	0	2	0	2	0%	8	4	51	19	37%	6	.723	14	3	14	11	5	17	25	8	10	18	14	12	3.3
2 Yrs				40	38	17	2	0	2	0	2	0%	8	4	54	22	41%		.670	14	3	19	11	5	22	27	11	12	19	16	12	3.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	25	STL	NL	81	10%	0.0%	21.0%	11.1%	2.5%	11%	0.95	68%	19	2	11%

1982	27	MIN	AL	165	26%	3.6%	15.8%	16.4%	6.7%	33%	1.93	63%	45	6	13%
2 Yrs				246	21%	2.4%	17.5%	14.6%	5.3%	26%	1.52	65%	64	8	13%
MLB Averages					44%	1.9%	12.8%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.11	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
1980	25	STL	NL	81	18			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	3	3	43%	1	1	0	36	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1982	27	MIN	AL	165	33			6	1	17	6	0	3	3	24	13	3	54%	4	6	0	65	4	0	100%	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
2 Yrs				246	51			6	1	18	6	0	3	3	31	16	6	52%	5	7	0	101	9	0	100%	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1980	25	1	1	.500	3.86	7	2	2	18.2	18	9	8	0	9	0	17	1	81	98	1.446	8.7	0.0	4.3	8.2	1.89	98
1981	26	1	1	.500	3.86	7	2	2	18.2	18	9	8	0	9	0	17	1	81	98	1.446	8.7	0.0	4.3	8.2	1.89	98
1982	27	3	1	.750	4.09	40	2	17	55.0	51	29	25	6	36	3	43	7	246	101	1.582	8.3	1.0	5.9	7.0	1.19	101

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1980	25	0	1	.000	4.76	17.0	19	10	9	0	10	16	0	1.706	10.1	5.3	8.5	1.60	0.0	7

1982	27	1	2	.333	4.37	35.0	33	19	17	6	27	25	0	1.714	8.5	6.9	6.4	0.93	1.5	33
2 Yrs		1	3	.250	4.50	52.0	52	29	26	6	37	41	0	1.712	9.0		7.1	1.11	1.0	40

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