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Gary Lucas

Gary Paul Lucas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 8, 1954 in Riverside, CA
High School: Riverside Poly HS (Riverside, CA)
School: Chapman University (Orange, CA)
Drafted
by the San Diego Padres in the 19th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1980
Teams (by GP): Padres/Expos/Angels 1980-1987
Agents: Steve Greenberg [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1987
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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
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 1 369 165 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 1 407 108 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 1 391 124 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 2 225 128 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 5 284 108 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 3 320 120 1.359 8.0 0.8 4.2 5.3 1.26
8 Yrs 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 119 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 7 509 116 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 118 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

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
1980 25 SDP NL 150.0 46 18 59 3.54 4.10 0.03 0.01 94.9 3.87 5 0.6 1.6 -0.1 1.8 20 .513 .504 $
1981 26 SDP NL 90.0 57 0 26 2.60 3.89 -0.18 -0.30 95.5 3.60 9 1.0 1.8 0.2 2.0 15 .518 .506 $
1982 27 SDP NL 97.1 65 0 42 3.88 4.12 0.33 -0.32 97.8 3.40 -6 -0.7 2.1 -0.6 -0.5 4 .489 .496 $
1983 28 SDP NL 91.0 62 0 38 3.76 4.21 0.17 -0.33 97.2 3.61 -2 -0.2 2.2 -0.3 0.3 7 .497 .499 $230,000
1984 29 MON NL 53.0 55 0 20 3.40 4.29 0.24 -0.33 98.9 3.67 1 0.1 1.6 -0.1 0.5 7 .502 .501 $
1985 30 MON NL 67.2 49 0 29 3.86 4.10 0.05 -0.32 93.6 3.50 -3 -0.4 1.1 -0.2 0.1 4 .493 .498 $513,500
1986 31 CAL AL 45.2 27 0 19 3.74 4.66 0.44 -0.36 96.8 3.74 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.1 0.3 5 .500 .500 $500,000
1987 32 CAL AL 74.1 48 0 41 4.96 5.19 0.24 -0.40 96.4 4.39 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.1 0.1 4 .490 .497 $662,000
8 Seasons 669.0 409 18 274 3.69 4.26 0.13 -0.26 96.2 3.73 -1 0.0 1.7 -1.1 4.6 66 .500 .500 $1,905,500
SDP (4 yrs) 428.1 230 18 165 3.47 4.08 0.08 -0.20 96.2 3.65 6 0.7 2.0 -0.7 3.6 46 .503 .501 $230,000
CAL (2 yrs) 120.0 75 0 60 4.50 4.99 0.31 -0.39 96.6 4.14 -5 -0.5 1.2 -0.2 0.4 9 .494 .499 $1,162,000
MON (2 yrs) 120.2 104 0 49 3.65 4.18 0.13 -0.33 95.9 3.57 -2 -0.2 1.4 -0.2 0.6 10 .498 .499 $513,500

Postseason Pitching

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*

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 SDP NL 46 614 550 59 138 23 3 8 14 5 43 85 .251 .303 .347 .650 .280 191 15 1 12 7 14 8
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 4
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 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 9
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 4
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 3
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 3
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 6
8 Yrs 409 2795 2481 274 618 95 15 41 56 14 227 410 .249 .311 .349 .660 .280 866 72 7 51 28 65 44
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 7
MLB Averages .260 .325 .391 .716 .285

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 SDP NL 4.1 0.4 642 0.3 10.9 -10.6 1.04 0.7 -0.4 6.2 0.7 1.04 7.0 11 8 9
1981 26 SDP NL 12.1 1.3 378 0.4 9.4 -9.0 1.61 0.9 -0.6 10.5 1.2 1.61 10.2 31 8 18
1982 27 SDP NL 1.6 0.2 413 -0.9 11.2 -12.1 1.75 0.9 -1.4 3.3 0.4 1.75 7.3 37 12 16
1983 28 SDP NL 4.7 0.5 404 1.2 12.5 -11.3 1.87 0.7 -0.1 1.3 0.1 1.87 0.9 40 9 13
1984 29 MON NL 3.8 0.4 237 -0.8 4.1 -4.8 1.08 -0.6 -0.1 0.3 0.0 1.08 -2.3 22 16 17
1985 30 MON NL 1.1 0.1 301 -1.8 3.4 -5.3 .85 -0.2 -2.0 -3.7 -0.4 0.85 -1.3 15 7 27
1986 31 CAL AL 4.7 0.5 197 0.7 4.6 -3.9 1.26 0.7 -0.2 6.2 0.6 1.26 8.9 13 5 9
1987 32 CAL AL 2.6 0.2 329 -0.8 4.2 -5.0 .86 0.2 -1.2 -0.9 -0.1 0.86 6.1 14 12 19
8 Yrs 34.7 3.6 2901 -1.7 60.2 -61.9 1.31 3.5 -4.7 23.1 2.5 1.31 37.0 183 77 128

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
1980 25 SDP NL 46 18 4 7 7 0 3 7 11 .389 1 5 0 0 10 56% 51.2 73 24 24 4 1 9 3.3 1.8 6.1
1 Yr 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 .500 51% 50 98 -12 4.4 4.3 6.2

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
1980 25 SDP NL 46 28 14 1 1 4 3 1 75% 7 2 29 8 28% 7 1.039 11 8 9 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 1.609 31 8 18 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 1.749 37 12 16 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 1.872 40 9 13 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 1.084 22 16 17 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 .851 15 7 27 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 1.264 13 5 9 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 .861 14 12 19 10 9 29 23 25 26 14 27 10 4.6
8 Yrs 409 391 206 25 37 93 63 30 68% 134 32 295 95 32% 1.313 183 77 128 151 77 163 179 212 193 107 202 103 4.3

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%
1980 25 SDP NL 614 18% 1.3% 13.8% 7.0% 5.5% 25% 1.34 76% 91 15 16%
1981 26 SDP NL 369 28% 0.3% 14.4% 9.8% 3.3% 15% 1.37 72% 76 10 13%
1982 27 SDP NL 407 30% 1.2% 15.7% 7.1% 5.4% 25% 1.41 74% 86 8 9%
1983 28 SDP NL 391 30% 2.3% 15.4% 8.7% 5.4% 25% 1.51 72% 82 8 10%
1984 29 MON NL 225 34% 1.8% 18.7% 8.9% 6.7% 28% 1.58 70% 39 11 28%
1985 30 MON NL 284 27% 2.1% 10.9% 8.5% 6.3% 29% 1.04 76% 56 6 11%
1986 31 CAL AL 185 43% 0.5% 16.8% 3.2% 5.4% 22% 1.02 79% 34 3 9%
1987 32 CAL AL 320 36% 2.2% 13.8% 10.9% 5.9% 29% 1.71 70% 67 11 16%
8 Yrs 2795 29% 1.5% 14.7% 8.1% 5.4% 24% 1.37 74% 531 72 14%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 13.9% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 1.09 74% 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 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 Yrs 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 0 0 79 0
MLB Averages 54% 67%

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+
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 119 1.242 8.2 0.5 3.0 5.5 1.85 119
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 120 1.259 8.3 0.5 3.0 5.7 1.88 120
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 118 1.262 8.3 0.5 3.0 5.5 1.80 118
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

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
1980 25 7 8 .467 4.08 139.0 149 70 63 9 46 79 1 1.403 9.6 3.0 5.1 1.72 0.6 46
1981 26 9 4 .692 2.66 122.0 129 40 36 2 60 72 5 1.549 9.5 4.4 5.3 1.20 0.1 57
1982 27 5 5 .500 3.73 94.0 94 43 39 5 31 62 1 1.330 9.0 3.0 5.9 2.00 0.5 65
1983 28 5 4 .556 3.24 89.0 89 36 32 9 36 58 0 1.404 9.0 3.6 5.9 1.61 0.9 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 3.80 64.0 67 30 27 6 26 29 0 1.453 9.4 3.7 4.1 1.12 0.8 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 3.75 72.0 66 33 30 7 35 43 2 1.403 8.3 4.4 5.4 1.23 0.9 48
8 Yrs 39 32 .549 3.50 673.0 697 291 262 43 261 412 9 1.423 9.3 5.5 1.58 0.6 409

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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 (214th)

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 (222nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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