Vance Lovelace

Vance Odell Lovelace

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 9, 1963 in Tampa, FL
High School: Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1988
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Angels 1988-1990

Final Game: September 22, 1990
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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
1981	17	CHC-min	Rk	0	5	.000	3.30	7	7	0	1	0	0	30.0	27	22	11	0	26	0	31	4	1	1			1.767	8.1	0.0	7.8	9.3	1.19	CBF · GULF
1982	18	CHC-min	A	4	6	.400	4.98	21	20	0	0	0	0	94.0	62	67	52	8	94	0	107	6	2	20			1.660	5.9	0.8	9.0	10.2	1.14	QDS · MIDW
1983	19	LAD-min	A	8	10	.444	4.77	24	20	2	2	0	0	115.0	104	80	61	3	93	2	95	13	6	25			1.713	8.1	0.2	7.3	7.4	1.02	VRO · FLOR
1984	20	LAD-min	AA	3	7	.300	3.88	16	16	0	0	0	0	65.0	48	39	28	5	73	1	52	1	1	10			1.862	6.6	0.7	10.1	7.2	0.71	SAN · TL
1985	21	LAD-min	A,AA	1	6	.143	6.79	18	8	5	0	0	0	53.0	53	49	40	0	53	1	38	2	3	9			2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	6.5	0.72	VRO,SAN · FLOR,TL
1986	22	ANA-min	AA,A	2	5	.286	9.00	29	11	3	0	0	0	60.0	66	69	60	4	88	0	43	5	2	18			2.567	9.9	0.6	13.2	6.4	0.49	MDL,PSP · TL,CALL
1987	23	ANA-min	AA	3	3	.500	3.23	53	1	14	0	0	4	83.2	73	40	30	8	60	1	91	3	2	13			1.590	7.9	0.9	6.5	9.8	1.52	MDL · TL
1988	24	ANA-min	AAA	1	3	.250	6.10	46	5	14	1	0	1	69.1	79	48	47	5	57	4	56	4	3	11			1.962	10.3	0.6	7.4	7.3	0.98	EDM · PCL
1988	24	CAL	AL	0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.1	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	37	3.750	13.5	6.8	20.3	0.0	0.00
1989	25	ANA-min	AAA	0	7	.000	5.92	37	1	14	0	0	2	48.2	42	42	32	5	55	0	40	3	3	12			1.993	7.8	0.9	10.2	7.4	0.73	EDM · PCL
1989	25	CAL	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
1990	26	SEA-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.47	56	0	29	0	0	6	70.0	64	33	27	0	44	0	40	2	0	2			1.543	8.2	0.0	5.7	5.1	0.91	CGY · PCL
1990	26	SEA	AL	0	0		3.86	5	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	6	0	1	1	0	2	17	118	3.857	11.6	0.0	23.1	3.9	0.17
1991	27	SEA-DET-min	AAA,AA	1	2	.333	6.68	22	0	5	0	0	0	33.2	39	32	25	3	31	0	18	1	0	5			2.079	10.4	0.8	8.3	4.8	0.58	CGY,LON · PCL,EL
1992	28	DET-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.20	15	0	5	0	0	0	25.1	28	17	9	1	21	0	22	2	0	9	127		1.934	9.9	0.4	7.5	7.8	1.05	TOL · IL
1993	29	ATL-min	AA,AAA	2	0	1.000	2.84	16	0	4	0	0	0	25.1	20	9	8	1	18	1	28	1	0	2	109		1.500	7.1	0.4	6.4	9.9	1.56	GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1994	30	TEX-min	AAA	0	0		5.31	15	1	9	0	0	1	20.1	18	12	12	1	16	0	19	1	1	4	94		1.672	8.0	0.4	7.1	8.4	1.19	OKC · AA
3 Yrs				0	0		5.79	9	0	4	0	0	0	4.2	5	3	3	1	10	1	2	1	0	2	29	84	3.214	9.6	1.9	19.3	3.9	0.20
162 Game Avg.				0	0		5.79	68	0	30	0	0	0	36	38	23	23	8	76	8	15	8	0	15	219	84	3.214	9.6	1.9	19.3	3.9	0.20

CAL (2 yrs)				0	0		7.71	4	0	3	0	0	0	2.1	2	2	2	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	12	67	2.571	7.7	3.9	15.4	3.9	0.25
SEA (1 yr)				0	0		3.86	5	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	6	0	1	1	0	2	17	118	3.857	11.6	0.0	23.1	3.9	0.17

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
1988	24	CAL	AL	1.1	3	0	2	13.50	5.51	-0.17	-0.44	104.0	5.45	-1	-0.1	1.3	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.459	.499	$
1989	25	CAL	AL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	4.49	0.17	-0.35	96.0	3.81	0	0.0	1.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.546	.500	$
1990	26	SEA	AL	2.1	5	0	1	3.86	4.29	0.39	-0.33	101.9	3.64	-0	-0.0	.5	-0.0	0.0	0	.499	.500	$
3 Seasons				4.2	9	0	3	5.79	4.68	0.18	-0.36	101.2	4.19	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	0.0	-0	.491	.500	$

CAL (2 yrs)				2.1	4	0	2	7.71	5.08	-0.02	-0.40	100.6	4.75	-1	-0.1	1.3	-0.0	0.0	-1	.481	.500	$
SEA (1 yr)				2.1	5	0	1	3.86	4.29	0.39	-0.33	101.9	3.64	-0	-0.0	.5	-0.0	0.0	0	.499	.500	$

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
1988	24	CAL	AL	3	8	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	.400	.625	1.000	1.625	.250	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
1989	25	CAL	AL	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1990	26	SEA	AL	5	17	10	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	.300	.588	.400	.988	.333	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				9	29	18	3	5	1	0	1	1	0	10	2	.278	.552	.500	1.052	.267	9	1	1	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				68	219	136	23	38	8	0	8	8	0	76	15	.278	.552	.500	1.052	.267	68	8	8	0	0	8	0
MLB Averages																.255	.321	.379	.700	.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
1988	24	CAL	AL	-1.2	-0.1	9	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.53	-0.2	0.1	-2.4	-0.2	0.53	-1.8	1	0	2
1989	25	CAL	AL	0.6	0.1	4	0.1	0.1	-0.0	1.43	0.1	0.0	1.5	0.2	1.43	0.6	0	1	0
1990	26	SEA	AL	0.2	0.0	19	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.23	-0.2	-0.4	-5.3	-0.5	0.23	-2.3	1	1	2
3 Yrs				-0.3	-0.0	32	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.47	-0.3	0.2	-6.2	-0.6	0.47	-3.5	2	2	4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	<3o	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1988	24	CAL	AL	3	3	2	2	1	50%	8	.532	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1.3	10
1989	25	CAL	AL	1	1	1	2	0	0%	9	1.430	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	14
1990	26	SEA	AL	5	5	1	9	8	89%	7	.232	1	1	2	0	5	4	1	4	0	1.4	13
3 Yrs				9	9	4	13	9	69%		.480	2	2	4	1	8	7	2	6	1	1.6	12

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%
1988	24	CAL	AL	8	38%	12.5%	0.0%	37.5%	12.5%	50%	0.67	3.00	50%	20%	50.0%	33%	1	1	100%
1989	25	CAL	AL	4	50%	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.00	50%	0%	0.0%	0%	2	0	0%
1990	26	SEA	AL	17	35%	0.0%	5.9%	35.3%	5.9%	33%	1.25	2.00	53%	33%	0.0%	0%	3	0	0%
3 Yrs				29	38%	3.5%	6.9%	34.5%	6.9%	40%	1.00	2.00	52%	25%	14.3%	13%	6	1	17%
MLB Averages					40%	2.0%	14.8%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	0.80	1.04	73%	20%	6.6%	26%			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	24	CAL	AL	8	29	3.63	10	34%	20%	0%	30%	50%	80%	0%	28%	100%	25%	38%	3	1	0%	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0
1989	25	CAL	AL	4	14	3.50	7	50%	29%	14%	29%	29%	71%	57%	36%	80%	25%	25%	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
1990	26	SEA	AL	17	63	3.71	26	41%	31%	12%	23%	35%	69%	0%	29%	83%	35%	12%	2	0	12%	2	0	0	100%	0	2	0	0	0
3 Yrs				29	106	3.66	43	41%	28%	9%	26%	37%	72%	6%	29%	87%	31%	21%	6	1	7%	2	0	0	50%	0	4	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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
1988	24	CAL	AL	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	25	CAL	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	26	SEA	AL	17	3	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	0	2	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				29	5	1	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	5	2	1	40%	0	2	0	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1988	24	13.50	3	2	1.1	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	8	37	3.750	13.5	6.8	20.3	0.0	0.00	37
1989	25	7.71	4	3	2.1	2	2	2	1	4	1	1	0	0	12	67	2.571	7.7	3.9	15.4	3.9	0.25	67
1990	26	5.79	9	4	4.2	5	3	3	1	10	1	2	1	2	29	84	3.214	9.6	1.9	19.3	3.9	0.20	84

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1988	24	18.00	1.0	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	5.000	18.0	27.0	0.0	0.00	9.0	3
1989	25	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	1
1990	26	4.50	2.0	3	1	1	0	6	1	1	4.500	13.5	27.0	4.5	0.17	0.0	5
3 Yrs		6.75	4.0	5	3	3	1	10	2	1	3.750	11.3		4.5	0.20	2.3	9

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