Gary Lucas
Gary Paul Lucas
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 8, 1954 in Riverside, CA
High School: Riverside Polytechnic (Riverside, CA)
School: Chapman University
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 19th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1980
Final Game: October 3, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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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 25 SDP NL 5 8 .385 3.24 46 18 14 0 0 3 150.0 138 59 54 8 43 14 85 1 2 6 614 106 1.207 8.3 0.5 2.6 5.1 1.98
1981 26 SDP NL 7 7 .500 2.00 57 0 40 0 0 13 90.0 78 26 20 1 36 15 53 3 1 1 369 164 1.267 7.8 0.1 3.6 5.3 1.47
1982 27 SDP NL 1 10 .091 3.24 65 0 39 0 0 16 97.1 89 42 35 5 29 7 64 1 0 1 407 107 1.212 8.2 0.5 2.7 5.9 2.21
1983 28 SDP NL 5 8 .385 2.87 62 0 41 0 0 17 91.0 85 38 29 9 34 11 60 0 0 1 391 123 1.308 8.4 0.9 3.4 5.9 1.76
1984 29 MON NL 0 3 .000 2.72 55 0 22 0 0 8 53.0 54 20 16 4 20 5 42 0 1 2 225 127 1.396 9.2 0.7 3.4 7.1 2.10
1985 30 MON NL 6 2 .750 3.19 49 0 18 0 0 1 67.2 63 29 24 6 24 8 31 0 0 5 284 107 1.286 8.4 0.8 3.2 4.1 1.29
1986 31 CAL AL 4 1 .800 3.15 27 0 11 0 0 2 45.2 45 19 16 1 6 0 31 0 0 5 185 131 1.117 8.9 0.2 1.2 6.1 5.17
1987 32 CAL AL 1 5 .167 3.63 48 0 21 0 0 3 74.1 66 41 30 7 35 5 44 2 1 3 320 119 1.359 8.0 0.8 4.2 5.3 1.26
8 Seasons 29 44 .397 3.01 409 18 206 0 0 63 669.0 618 274 224 41 227 65 410 7 5 24 2795 119 1.263 8.3 0.6 3.1 5.5 1.81
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .397 3.01 65 3 33 0 0 10 107 98 44 36 7 36 10 65 1 1 4 445 119 1.263 8.3 0.6 3.1 5.5 1.81
SDP (4 yrs) 18 33 .353 2.90 230 18 134 0 0 49 428.1 390 165 138 23 142 47 262 5 3 9 1781 118 1.242 8.2 0.5 3.0 5.5 1.85
CAL (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 3.45 75 0 32 0 0 5 120.0 111 60 46 8 41 5 75 2 1 8 505 124 1.267 8.3 0.6 3.1 5.6 1.83
MON (2 yrs) 6 5 .545 2.98 104 0 40 0 0 9 120.2 117 49 40 10 44 13 73 0 1 7 509 115 1.334 8.7 0.7 3.3 5.4 1.66
NL (6 yrs) 24 38 .387 2.92 334 18 174 0 0 58 549.0 507 214 178 33 186 60 335 5 4 16 2290 117 1.262 8.3 0.5 3.0 5.5 1.80
AL (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 3.45 75 0 32 0 0 5 120.0 111 60 46 8 41 5 75 2 1 8 505 124 1.267 8.3 0.6 3.1 5.6 1.83

Postseason Pitching

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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
1986 31 CAL AL ALCS L BOS 0 0 11.57 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 12 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00
1 ALCS 0 0 11.57 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 12 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 7.7 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1980 25 SDP NL 46 613 550 59 138 23 3 8 14 5 43 85 .251 .303 .347 .650 .280 191 15 1 12 7 14
1981 26 SDP NL 57 369 316 26 78 9 2 1 4 4 36 53 .247 .325 .297 .622 .288 94 10 3 9 5 15
1982 27 SDP NL 65 407 363 42 89 14 3 5 4 1 29 64 .245 .298 .342 .640 .280 124 8 1 8 6 7
1983 28 SDP NL 62 391 347 38 85 9 3 9 9 1 34 60 .245 .310 .366 .676 .270 127 8 0 7 3 11
1984 29 MON NL 55 225 202 20 54 9 2 4 8 0 20 42 .267 .330 .391 .721 .316 79 11 0 1 2 5
1985 30 MON NL 49 284 251 29 63 11 1 6 9 0 24 31 .251 .314 .375 .689 .264 94 6 0 7 2 8
1986 31 CAL AL 27 185 178 19 45 9 0 1 4 3 6 31 .253 .276 .320 .596 .299 57 3 0 0 1 0
1987 32 CAL AL 48 320 274 41 66 11 1 7 4 0 35 44 .241 .329 .365 .694 .262 100 11 2 7 2 5
8 Seasons 409 2794 2481 274 618 95 15 41 56 14 227 410 .249 .311 .349 .660 .280 866 72 7 51 28 65
162 Game Avg. 65 445 395 44 98 15 2 7 9 2 36 65 .249 .311 .349 .660 .280 138 11 1 8 4 10
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1980 25 SDP NL 46 18 4 7 7 0 3 7 11 .389 1 5 0 0 10 56% 51 73 24 24 4 1 9 3.3 1.8 6.1
1 Season 46 18 4 7 7 0 3 7 11 .389 1 5 0 0 10 56% 51 73 24 24 4 1 9 3.3 1.8 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1980 25 SDP NL 46 28 14 1 1 4 3 1 75% 7 2 29 8 28% 7 1.067 13 7 8 7 4 17 14 14 14 6 14 4 4.4
1981 26 SDP NL 57 57 40 7 7 17 13 4 76% 19 2 30 7 23% 9 1.718 34 9 14 22 16 19 19 38 35 7 36 21 4.7
1982 27 SDP NL 65 65 39 1 10 25 16 9 64% 35 8 50 18 36% 9 1.812 41 9 15 38 11 16 31 34 31 18 34 21 4.5
1983 28 SDP NL 62 62 41 5 8 23 17 6 74% 25 2 61 19 31% 8 1.908 41 9 12 26 16 20 35 27 29 19 29 11 4.4
1984 29 MON NL 55 55 22 0 3 10 8 2 80% 23 9 45 12 27% 8 1.179 24 16 15 25 7 23 28 27 17 26 18 19 2.9
1985 30 MON NL 49 49 18 6 2 4 1 3 25% 7 3 31 15 48% 8 0.925 15 9 25 10 8 31 18 31 24 10 26 12 4.1
1986 31 CAL AL 27 27 11 4 1 4 2 2 50% 9 4 12 5 42% 7 1.288 13 6 8 13 6 8 11 16 17 7 18 5 5.1
1987 32 CAL AL 48 48 21 1 5 6 3 3 50% 9 2 37 11 30% 8 0.869 14 12 20 10 9 29 23 25 26 14 27 10 4.6
8 Seasons 409 391 206 25 37 93 63 30 68% 134 32 295 95 32% 1.366 195 77 117 151 77 163 179 212 193 107 202 103 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1980 25 SDP NL 614 82% 1.3% 13.9% 7.0% 5.6% 25% 1.34 76% 91 15 16%
1981 26 SDP NL 369 72% 0.3% 14.4% 9.8% 3.3% 15% 1.37 72% 76 10 13%
1982 27 SDP NL 407 70% 1.2% 15.7% 7.1% 5.4% 25% 1.41 74% 86 8 9%
1983 28 SDP NL 391 70% 2.3% 15.4% 8.7% 5.4% 25% 1.51 72% 82 8 10%
1984 29 MON NL 225 66% 1.8% 18.7% 8.9% 6.7% 28% 1.58 70% 39 11 28%
1985 30 MON NL 284 73% 2.1% 10.9% 8.5% 6.3% 29% 1.04 76% 56 6 11%
1986 31 CAL AL 185 57% 0.5% 16.8% 3.2% 5.4% 22% 1.02 79% 34 3 9%
1987 32 CAL AL 320 64% 2.2% 13.8% 10.9% 5.9% 29% 1.71 70% 67 11 16%
8 Seasons 2795 71% 1.5% 14.7% 8.1% 5.4% 24% 1.37 74% 531 72 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 SDP NL 614 138 8 0 17 6 2 3 5 34 21 5 62% 8 6 1 193 14 5 74% 12 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 21 0
1981 26 SDP NL 369 78 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 18 11 1 61% 4 1 0 152 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1982 27 SDP NL 407 89 5 0 12 3 2 2 3 28 16 3 57% 7 1 0 174 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1983 28 SDP NL 391 85 9 1 34 4 5 6 3 48 18 8 38% 9 1 2 151 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1984 29 MON NL 225 54 4 0 4 4 0 2 2 19 8 6 42% 4 2 0 92 8 0 100% 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1985 30 MON NL 284 63 6 2 10 4 2 4 2 19 11 2 58% 3 5 3 102 9 0 100% 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1986 31 CAL AL 185 45 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 12 6 1 50% 3 5 0 68 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1987 32 CAL AL 320 66 7 1 14 4 3 2 5 19 8 1 42% 6 3 0 130 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
8 Seasons 2795 618 41 4 102 25 16 20 21 197 99 27 50% 44 24 6 1062 56 14 80% 51 13 5 1 0 0 3 0 79 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1980 25 5 8 .385 3.24 46 18 14 0 0 3 150.0 138 59 54 8 43 14 85 1 2 6 614 106 1.207 8.3 0.5 2.6 5.1 1.98 106
1981 26 12 15 .444 2.78 103 18 54 0 0 16 240.0 216 85 74 9 79 29 138 4 3 7 983 122 1.229 8.1 0.3 3.0 5.2 1.75 122
1982 27 13 25 .342 2.91 168 18 93 0 0 32 337.1 305 127 109 14 108 36 202 5 3 8 1390 117 1.224 8.1 0.4 2.9 5.4 1.87 117
1983 28 18 33 .353 2.90 230 18 134 0 0 49 428.1 390 165 138 23 142 47 262 5 3 9 1781 118 1.242 8.2 0.5 3.0 5.5 1.85 118
1984 29 18 36 .333 2.88 285 18 156 0 0 57 481.1 444 185 154 27 162 52 304 5 4 11 2006 119 1.259 8.3 0.5 3.0 5.7 1.88 119
1985 30 24 38 .387 2.92 334 18 174 0 0 58 549.0 507 214 178 33 186 60 335 5 4 16 2290 117 1.262 8.3 0.5 3.0 5.5 1.80 117
1986 31 28 39 .418 2.94 361 18 185 0 0 60 594.2 552 233 194 34 192 60 366 5 4 21 2475 119 1.251 8.4 0.5 2.9 5.5 1.91 119
1987 32 29 44 .397 3.01 409 18 206 0 0 63 669.0 618 274 224 41 227 65 410 7 5 24 2795 119 1.263 8.3 0.6 3.1 5.5 1.81 119

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 7 8 .467 3.99 140.0 148 69 62 9 46 79 1 1.386 9.5 3.0 5.1 1.72 0.6 46
1981 26 9 4 .692 2.71 123.0 127 41 37 2 59 72 5 1.512 9.3 4.3 5.3 1.22 0.1 57
1982 27 5 5 .500 3.77 93.0 95 43 39 5 31 61 1 1.355 9.2 3.0 5.9 1.97 0.5 65
1983 28 5 4 .556 3.27 88.0 91 36 32 10 36 58 0 1.443 9.3 3.7 5.9 1.61 1.0 62
1984 29 3 2 .600 3.31 49.0 57 20 18 4 21 39 0 1.592 10.5 3.9 7.2 1.86 0.7 55
1985 30 4 3 .571 3.86 63.0 68 30 27 6 26 29 0 1.492 9.7 3.7 4.1 1.12 0.9 49
1986 31 2 2 .500 3.48 44.0 46 19 17 1 6 30 0 1.182 9.4 1.2 6.1 5.00 0.2 27
1987 32 4 4 .500 3.62 72.0 66 32 29 7 35 43 2 1.403 8.3 4.4 5.4 1.23 0.9 48
8 Seasons 39 32 .549 3.50 672.0 698 290 261 44 260 411 9 1.426 9.3 5.5 1.58 0.6 409

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1981 NL--57--1st

Saves s c a p y
1981 NL--13--5th
1982 NL--16--9th
Career--63--201st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 NL--3--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1981 NL--40--2nd
1982 NL--39--9th
1983 NL--41--10th
Career--206--213th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 7 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1093), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Craig Lefferts (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Norm Charlton (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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