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Rick Mahler

Richard Keith Mahler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 5, 1953 in Austin, TX
High School: Jay HS (San Antonio, TX)
School: Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1979
Teams (by GP): Braves/Reds/Expos 1979-1991
Agents: Steve Comte [*]
Final Game: August 6, 1991
Died: March 2, 2005 in Jupiter, FL
Cremated
Relatives: Brother of Mickey Mahler
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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
1979 25 ATL NL 0 0 6.14 15 0 5 0 0 0 22.0 28 16 15 4 11 2 12 0 1 1 101 67 1.773 11.5 1.6 4.5 4.9 1.09
1980 26 ATL NL 0 0 2.45 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 168 0.545 4.9 0.0 0.0 2.5
1981 27 ATL NL 8 6 .571 2.80 34 14 10 1 0 2 112.1 109 41 35 5 43 5 54 1 1 3 478 129 1.353 8.7 0.4 3.4 4.3 1.26
1982 28 ATL NL 9 10 .474 4.21 39 33 0 5 2 0 205.1 213 105 96 18 62 5 105 1 2 8 857 89 1.339 9.3 0.8 2.7 4.6 1.69
1983 29 ATL NL 0 0 5.02 10 0 1 0 0 0 14.1 16 8 8 0 9 1 7 0 0 0 66 80 1.744 10.0 0.0 5.7 4.4 0.78
1984 30 ATL NL 13 10 .565 3.12 38 29 1 9 1 0 222.0 209 86 77 13 62 7 106 3 1 3 918 123 1.221 8.5 0.5 2.5 4.3 1.71
1985 31 ATL NL 17 15 .531 3.48 39 39 0 6 1 0 266.2 272 116 103 24 79 8 107 2 1 3 1110 110 1.316 9.2 0.8 2.7 3.6 1.35
1986 32 ATL NL 14 18 .438 4.88 39 39 0 7 1 0 237.2 283 139 129 25 95 10 137 3 1 5 1056 81 1.590 10.7 0.9 3.6 5.2 1.44
1987 33 ATL NL 8 13 .381 4.98 39 28 1 3 1 0 197.0 212 118 109 24 85 8 95 2 2 5 849 87 1.508 9.7 1.1 3.9 4.3 1.12
1988 34 ATL NL 9 16 .360 3.69 39 34 2 5 0 0 249.0 279 125 102 17 42 6 131 8 8 5 1063 99 1.289 10.1 0.6 1.5 4.7 3.12
1989 35 CIN NL 9 13 .409 3.83 40 31 1 5 2 0 220.2 242 113 94 15 51 13 102 10 4 4 940 94 1.328 9.9 0.6 2.1 4.2 2.00
1990 36 CIN NL 7 6 .538 4.28 35 16 9 2 1 4 134.2 134 67 64 16 39 4 68 3 2 3 564 93 1.285 9.0 1.1 2.6 4.5 1.74
1991 37 TOT NL 2 4 .333 4.50 23 8 2 0 0 0 66.0 70 37 33 4 28 1 27 2 0 1 291 85 1.485 9.5 0.5 3.8 3.7 0.96
1991 37 MON NL 1 3 .250 3.62 10 6 1 0 0 0 37.1 37 17 15 2 15 0 17 0 0 0 158 102 1.393 8.9 0.5 3.6 4.1 1.13
1991 37 ATL NL 1 1 .500 5.65 13 2 1 0 0 0 28.2 33 20 18 2 13 1 10 2 0 1 133 70 1.605 10.4 0.6 4.1 3.1 0.77
13 Yrs 96 111 .464 3.99 392 271 32 43 9 6 1951.1 2069 972 866 165 606 70 952 35 23 41 8306 96 1.371 9.5 0.8 2.8 4.4 1.57
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .464 3.99 40 28 3 4 1 1 200 212 100 89 17 62 7 98 4 2 4 852 96 1.371 9.5 0.8 2.8 4.4 1.57
ATL (11 yrs) 79 89 .470 4.00 307 218 21 36 6 2 1558.2 1656 775 693 132 501 53 765 22 17 34 6644 97 1.384 9.6 0.8 2.9 4.4 1.53
CIN (2 yrs) 16 19 .457 4.00 75 47 10 7 3 4 355.1 376 180 158 31 90 17 170 13 6 7 1504 94 1.311 9.5 0.8 2.3 4.3 1.89
MON (1 yr) 1 3 .250 3.62 10 6 1 0 0 0 37.1 37 17 15 2 15 0 17 0 0 0 158 102 1.393 8.9 0.5 3.6 4.1 1.13

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
1979 25 ATL NL 22.0 15 0 16 6.55 4.26 -0.55 -0.34 112.5 5.03 -4 -0.4 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .472 .497 $
1980 26 ATL NL 3.2 2 0 1 2.45 3.99 0.10 -0.31 93.7 3.36 0 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.1 1 .520 .500 $
1981 27 ATL NL 112.1 34 14 41 3.28 3.95 -0.03 0.03 100.6 4.03 8 0.9 .9 -0.1 1.7 16 .527 .506 $
1982 28 ATL NL 205.1 39 33 105 4.60 4.06 -0.20 0.11 104.5 4.57 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 1.2 19 .491 .498 $
1983 29 ATL NL 14.1 10 0 8 5.02 4.21 -0.11 -0.33 100.2 4.00 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .482 .499 $
1984 30 ATL NL 222.0 38 29 86 3.49 4.11 0.02 0.11 105.5 4.44 21 2.5 .9 -0.1 4.1 45 .565 .515 $
1985 31 ATL NL 266.2 39 39 116 3.92 4.11 -0.18 0.14 105.3 4.66 20 2.4 -0.2 4.4 48 .561 .515 $407,500
1986 32 ATL NL 237.2 39 39 139 5.26 4.24 -0.32 0.15 104.5 4.93 -10 -1.1 -0.1 0.7 14 .472 .493 $687,500
1987 33 ATL NL 197.0 39 28 118 5.39 4.60 -0.26 0.10 106.2 5.27 -4 -0.4 1.2 -0.1 1.0 18 .488 .497 $695,000
1988 34 ATL NL 249.0 39 34 125 4.52 3.91 -0.40 0.10 105.4 4.64 2 0.3 1.5 -0.1 2.2 26 .507 .502 $737,500
1989 35 CIN NL 220.2 40 31 113 4.61 3.93 -0.30 0.11 103.4 4.48 -3 -0.4 .5 -0.2 1.3 17 .491 .498 $790,000
1990 36 CIN NL 134.2 35 16 67 4.48 4.26 -0.11 -0.01 104.6 4.57 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.1 0.8 13 .497 .499 $790,000
1991 37 MON NL 37.1 10 6 17 4.10 4.12 0.07 0.09 99.8 4.12 -0 -0.0 1.1 -0.0 0.2 3 .498 .500 $
1991 37 ATL NL 28.2 13 2 20 6.28 4.29 -0.72 -0.19 106.3 5.12 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .468 .497 $
13 Seasons 1951.1 392 271 972 4.48 4.13 -0.22 0.09 104.7 4.65 20 2.7 .9 -1.1 17.3 217 .507 .501 $4,107,500
ATL (11 yrs) 1558.2 307 218 775 4.47 4.15 -0.22 0.10 105.0 4.69 25 3.2 1.0 -0.8 15.0 183 .510 .502 $2,527,500
CIN (2 yrs) 355.1 75 47 180 4.56 4.06 -0.23 0.06 103.9 4.52 -4 -0.5 .8 -0.3 2.1 31 .494 .499 $1,580,000
MON (1 yr) 37.1 10 6 17 4.10 4.12 0.07 0.09 99.8 4.12 -0 -0.0 1.1 -0.0 0.2 3 .498 .500 $

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
1982 28 ATL NL NLCS L STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11 3.000 16.2 0.0 10.8 0.0 0.00
1990 36 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.200 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
2 NLCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00

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
1979 25 ATL NL 15 101 90 16 28 5 1 4 1 1 11 12 .311 .386 .522 .908 .324 47 2 0 0 0 2 1
1980 26 ATL NL 2 13 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .231 .385 .167 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 27 ATL NL 34 478 423 41 109 18 2 5 14 7 43 54 .258 .326 .345 .671 .283 146 8 1 8 3 5 5
1982 28 ATL NL 39 857 782 105 213 22 6 18 18 9 62 105 .272 .324 .385 .709 .293 301 23 1 6 6 5 10
1983 29 ATL NL 10 66 54 8 16 2 2 0 3 0 9 7 .296 .385 .407 .792 .327 22 3 0 1 2 1 1
1984 30 ATL NL 38 917 832 86 209 26 5 13 27 1 62 106 .251 .303 .341 .644 .272 284 21 3 13 8 7 8
1985 31 ATL NL 39 1110 1014 116 272 47 8 24 9 12 79 107 .268 .321 .401 .722 .279 407 32 2 10 5 8 12
1986 32 ATL NL 39 1056 940 139 283 41 7 25 15 17 95 137 .301 .364 .439 .804 .328 413 28 3 10 8 10 12
1987 33 ATL NL 39 849 750 118 212 34 5 24 9 15 85 95 .283 .356 .437 .793 .297 328 22 2 9 3 8 5
1988 34 ATL NL 39 1063 989 125 279 46 5 17 22 10 42 131 .282 .315 .390 .705 .310 386 16 8 19 5 6 21
1989 35 CIN NL 40 940 859 113 242 49 7 15 21 17 51 102 .282 .328 .407 .735 .304 350 14 10 15 5 13 10
1990 36 CIN NL 35 564 514 67 134 21 2 16 9 4 39 68 .261 .314 .403 .717 .272 207 11 3 4 4 4 2
1991 37 ATL NL 13 133 117 20 33 9 0 2 6 3 13 10 .282 .364 .410 .774 .295 48 1 2 1 0 1 2
1991 37 MON NL 10 158 138 17 37 6 2 2 3 3 15 17 .268 .338 .384 .722 .292 53 4 0 4 1 0 2
1991 37 TOT NL 23 291 255 37 70 15 2 4 9 6 28 27 .275 .350 .396 .746 .293 101 5 2 5 1 1 4
13 Yrs 392 8305 7515 972 2069 327 52 165 157 99 606 952 .275 .330 .399 .729 .295 2995 185 35 100 50 70 92
162 Game Avg. 40 852 771 100 212 34 5 17 16 10 62 98 .275 .330 .399 .729 .295 307 19 4 10 5 7 9
MLB Averages .259 .324 .388 .713 .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
1979 25 ATL NL -4.1 -0.4 106 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .21 -0.8 -0.6 -5.3 -0.5 0.21 -8.9 1 2 10
1980 26 ATL NL 0.7 0.1 13 0.4 0.4 -0.1 1.38 0.0 0.2 1.8 0.2 1.38 0.7 1 0 1
1981 27 ATL NL 8.9 1.0 504 1.1 7.9 -6.8 .96 0.5 0.7 6.5 0.7 0.96 4.1 5 2 13
1982 28 ATL NL -8.3 -0.9 894 -0.4 14.6 -14.9 .96 0.4 -0.8 -8.7 -0.9 0.96 -0.9 2 2 2
1983 29 ATL NL -1.1 -0.1 70 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 .78 -0.3 0.2 -1.2 -0.1 0.78 -2.7 1 3 6
1984 30 ATL NL 17.4 1.9 952 2.3 17.6 -15.3 1.11 1.6 0.5 14.7 1.5 1.11 16.4 3 2 4
1985 31 ATL NL 9.8 1.0 1137 0.9 18.4 -17.5 .93 0.7 0.3 6.6 0.7 0.93 6.6 0 0 0
1986 32 ATL NL -20.9 -2.1 1094 -2.5 16.9 -19.4 .98 -2.1 -0.5 -29.6 -2.9 0.98 -24.7 0 0 0
1987 33 ATL NL -11.9 -1.2 883 -2.4 16.1 -18.5 1.10 -1.1 -1.0 -16.6 -1.6 1.10 -9.3 4 4 3
1988 34 ATL NL -5.0 -0.5 1108 -1.9 17.5 -19.4 .97 -0.8 -1.1 -20.5 -2.1 0.97 -7.1 2 1 2
1989 35 CIN NL -8.4 -0.9 983 -1.9 13.3 -15.3 .88 -0.5 -1.8 -15.1 -1.6 0.88 -8.2 0 2 7
1990 36 CIN NL -2.1 -0.2 585 -0.6 7.8 -8.4 .83 0.4 -1.1 0.5 0.0 0.83 3.1 6 4 9
1991 37 TOT NL -4.8 -0.5 308 -0.9 4.2 -5.1 .94 -0.4 -0.5 -10.1 -1.0 0.94 -4.8 2 4 9
1991 37 MON NL 0.2 0.0 165 -0.2 2.8 -3.0 1.10 -0.0 -0.1 -1.4 -0.2 1.10 0.0 1 1 2
1991 37 ATL NL -5.0 -0.5 143 -0.8 1.4 -2.1 .75 -0.4 -0.6 -8.6 -0.8 0.75 -4.9 1 3 7
13 Yrs -29.7 -2.8 8637 -6.3 135.8 -142.1 .96 -2.5 -4.1 -77.0 -7.4 0.96 -35.7 27 26 66

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
1981 27 ATL NL 34 14 6 6 2 1 2 8 6 .571 1 2 1 0 7 50% 51.1 79 18 12 2 1 5 2.3 2.0 6.0
1982 28 ATL NL 39 33 9 10 14 2 4 17 16 .515 3 7 5 2 14 42% 49.2 87 21 36 14 8 6 4.7 4.8 5.7
1984 30 ATL NL 38 29 13 10 6 3 5 16 13 .552 3 3 9 1 18 62% 54.3 83 28 13 3 11 7 3.5 3.1 7.1
1985 31 ATL NL 39 39 17 15 7 5 4 20 19 .513 3 2 6 1 21 54% 51.6 78 18 21 7 26 2 4.6 4.8 6.8
1986 32 ATL NL 39 39 14 18 7 6 5 18 21 .462 1 3 7 1 17 44% 45.3 76 18 42 10 16 7 4.1 4.5 6.1
1987 33 ATL NL 39 28 6 12 10 1 2 10 18 .357 5 6 3 1 11 39% 44.8 79 16 33 12 12 5 4.4 4.2 6.1
1988 34 ATL NL 39 34 7 16 11 2 11 12 22 .353 5 6 5 0 22 65% 49.7 79 21 20 5 12 8 3.9 4.0 6.8 98 4 9 13 3 142
1989 35 CIN NL 40 31 9 13 9 2 5 14 17 .452 1 7 5 2 19 61% 49.7 79 12 16 5 10 6 3.9 3.2 6.6 96 6 11 9 4 156
1990 36 CIN NL 35 16 6 5 5 2 2 9 7 .563 1 4 2 1 7 44% 48.4 79 6 15 5 5 3 5.6 4.9 5.6 84 6 6 3 1 124
1991 37 TOT NL 23 8 2 3 3 0 1 4 4 .500 1 0 0 0 4 50% 48.1 70 28 5 1 2 5 3.9 3.5 5.1 78 3 5 0 0 96
1991 37 MON NL 10 6 1 3 2 0 1 2 4 .333 1 0 0 0 3 50% 48.5 70 28 4 1 1 4 2.7 2.3 5.4 83 2 4 0 0 96
1991 37 ATL NL 13 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 47.0 60 34 1 0 1 1 8.4 9.0 4.0 65 1 1 0 0 81
10 Yrs 365 271 89 108 74 24 41 128 143 .472 24 40 43 9 140 52% 49 87 6 213 64 103 54 4.2 4.0 6.4 93 19 31 25 8 156
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -12 4.3 4.3 6.2 94

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
1979 25 ATL NL 15 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 38% 8 .211 1 2 10 0 0 15 7 8 6 3 7 2 4.4
1980 26 ATL NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 1.377 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 5.5
1981 27 ATL NL 34 20 10 2 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 8 2 25% 8 .965 5 2 13 2 4 14 5 15 10 4 10 7 4.3
1982 28 ATL NL 39 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 7 2 29% 5 .964 2 2 2 2 1 3 4 2 4 1 4 1 7.8
1983 29 ATL NL 10 10 1 0 0 2 0 2 0% 3 1 8 2 25% 6 .781 1 3 6 4 0 6 5 5 5 4 5 0 4.3
1984 30 ATL NL 38 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 4 1.110 3 2 4 1 2 6 7 2 7 0 7 1 5.3
1987 33 ATL NL 39 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 11 6 55% 6 1.103 4 4 3 2 3 6 6 5 6 1 7 2 7.1
1988 34 ATL NL 39 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 3 75% 7 .970 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 5 0 5 1 10.2 44
1989 35 CIN NL 40 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 4 .877 0 2 7 1 0 8 2 7 5 1 5 0 5.3 24
1990 36 CIN NL 35 19 9 1 1 4 4 0 100% 5 1 12 0 0% 6 .826 6 4 9 6 2 11 5 14 17 1 17 1 7.1 33
1991 37 TOT NL 23 15 2 0 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 15 7 47% .940 2 4 9 2 2 11 9 6 11 1 11 0 5.1 28
1991 37 MON NL 10 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 5 1.095 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 3.5 17
1991 37 ATL NL 13 11 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 12 5 42% 6 .755 1 3 7 1 1 9 7 4 9 0 9 0 5.6 32
11 Yrs 314 121 32 7 3 12 6 6 50% 16 4 92 33 36% .966 27 26 66 21 16 84 53 68 78 16 80 15 5.7 31

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%
1979 25 ATL NL 101 57% 4.0% 11.9% 10.9% 9.9% 36% 1.55 73% 22 2 9%
1980 26 ATL NL 13 46% 0.0% 7.7% 0.0% 7.7% 50% 0.80 92% 1 0 0%
1981 27 ATL NL 478 49% 1.1% 11.3% 9.0% 5.2% 23% 1.54 77% 79 8 10%
1982 28 ATL NL 857 51% 2.1% 12.3% 7.2% 5.4% 22% 1.54 78% 153 23 15%
1983 29 ATL NL 66 47% 0.0% 10.6% 13.6% 6.1% 25% 1.25 74% 18 3 17%
1984 30 ATL NL 918 45% 1.4% 11.6% 6.8% 4.8% 21% 1.38 79% 141 21 15%
1985 31 ATL NL 1110 47% 2.2% 9.6% 7.1% 7.1% 29% 1.54 80% 181 32 18%
1986 32 ATL NL 1056 44% 2.4% 13.0% 9.0% 6.9% 26% 1.50 74% 203 28 14%
1987 33 ATL NL 849 46% 2.8% 11.2% 10.0% 7.4% 30% 1.69 75% 152 22 14%
1988 34 ATL NL 1063 44% 1.6% 12.3% 4.0% 6.4% 24% 1.02 1.31 80% 19% 7.1% 42% 154 16 10%
1989 35 CIN NL 940 44% 1.6% 10.9% 5.4% 7.6% 29% 0.95 1.39 79% 21% 4.6% 15% 146 14 10%
1990 36 CIN NL 564 42% 2.8% 12.1% 6.9% 6.9% 29% 0.87 1.13 77% 19% 9.3% 28% 94 11 12%
1991 37 TOT NL 291 49% 1.4% 9.3% 9.6% 7.2% 30% 1.36 2.30 77% 16% 4.7% 11% 48 5 10%
1991 37 MON NL 158 49% 1.3% 10.8% 9.5% 6.3% 27% 1.69 3.00 76% 14% 4.9% 9% 26 4 15%
1991 37 ATL NL 133 49% 1.5% 7.5% 9.8% 8.3% 33% 1.08 1.70 79% 19% 4.5% 14% 22 1 5%
13 Yrs 8306 46% 2.0% 11.5% 7.3% 6.6% 26% 0.99 1.46 78% 19% 6.3% 27% 1392 185 13%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 14.1% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 6.5% 24% 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 34 ATL NL 918 3076 3.35 1953 64% 28% 10% 23% 39% 72% 2% 46% 86% 60% 3% 32 17 18% 161 69 3 34% 18 9 145 2 0
1989 35 CIN NL 930 3186 3.43 1953 61% 29% 8% 23% 39% 70% 4% 43% 88% 57% 5% 46 24 15% 139 55 6 43% 15 9 10 3 13
1990 36 CIN NL 565 1977 3.50 1223 62% 30% 10% 22% 37% 69% 2% 43% 84% 59% 6% 33 18 14% 80 38 3 33% 14 11 -1 1 12
1991 37 TOT NL 293 1045 3.57 615 59% 30% 9% 23% 38% 70% 0% 41% 87% 53% 8% 24 20 14% 41 19 3 41% 6 3 -2 0 0
1991 37 MON NL 159 565 3.55 332 59% 31% 8% 23% 38% 69% 0% 41% 88% 50% 7% 11 8 13% 21 9 3 41% 4 3 -1 0 0
1991 37 ATL NL 134 480 3.58 283 59% 28% 10% 24% 38% 72% 1% 43% 86% 57% 10% 13 12 15% 20 10 0 40% 2 0 -1 0 0
4 Yrs 2706 9284 3.43 5744 62% 29% 9% 23% 39% 71% 2% 44% 86% 58% 5% 135 79 16% 421 181 15 37% 53 32 152 6 25
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 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
1979 25 ATL NL 101 28 4 0 4 1 3 2 2 8 2 4 25% 1 1 0 44 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1980 26 ATL NL 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 27 ATL NL 478 109 5 0 5 4 1 3 2 29 14 5 48% 5 3 0 178 14 7 67% 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1982 28 ATL NL 857 213 18 0 8 10 8 12 6 38 24 5 63% 10 8 0 295 18 9 67% 14 9 4 0 0 0 3 0 17 0
1983 29 ATL NL 66 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 71% 1 0 0 34 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1984 30 ATL NL 917 209 13 0 11 1 12 8 5 48 29 4 60% 8 3 1 327 27 1 96% 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
1985 31 ATL NL 1110 272 24 1 21 17 7 12 12 49 25 7 51% 12 3 0 366 9 12 43% 8 11 1 1 0 0 2 0 9 0
1986 32 ATL NL 1056 283 25 1 24 11 14 16 9 52 30 6 58% 12 5 0 378 15 17 47% 14 14 1 1 0 2 0 0 14 0
1987 33 ATL NL 849 212 24 0 15 13 11 11 13 48 22 5 46% 5 5 2 299 9 15 38% 9 13 0 2 0 0 3 0 17 0
1988 34 ATL NL 1063 279 49 10 17 0 17 10 7 8 9 62 30 8 48% 21 5 0 354 22 10 69% 18 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 20 0
1989 35 CIN NL 940 242 30 5 15 0 9 7 8 10 5 36 31 2 86% 10 4 0 343 21 17 55% 18 15 3 2 0 0 0 0 16 0
1990 36 CIN NL 564 134 14 1 16 1 14 7 9 9 7 26 15 3 58% 2 3 1 187 9 4 69% 8 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1991 37 TOT NL 291 70 22 0 4 1 12 3 1 1 3 25 13 1 52% 4 1 1 115 9 6 60% 9 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0
1991 37 MON NL 158 37 9 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 11 5 0 45% 2 0 1 59 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1991 37 ATL NL 133 33 13 0 2 1 8 2 0 1 1 14 8 1 57% 2 1 0 56 6 3 67% 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 Yrs 8305 2069 115 16 165 4 143 84 81 92 73 429 240 50 56% 92 41 5 2923 157 99 61% 141 86 16 10 0 3 9 0 137 1
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1979 25 0 0 6.14 15 0 5 0 0 0 22.0 28 16 15 4 11 2 12 0 1 1 101 67 1.773 11.5 1.6 4.5 4.9 1.09 67
1980 26 0 0 5.61 17 0 5 0 0 0 25.2 30 17 16 4 11 2 13 0 1 1 114 73 1.597 10.5 1.4 3.9 4.6 1.18 73
1981 27 8 6 .571 3.33 51 14 15 1 0 2 138.0 139 58 51 9 54 7 67 1 2 4 592 111 1.399 9.1 0.6 3.5 4.4 1.24 111
1982 28 17 16 .515 3.85 90 47 15 6 2 2 343.1 352 163 147 27 116 12 172 2 4 12 1449 97 1.363 9.2 0.7 3.0 4.5 1.48 97
1983 29 17 16 .515 3.90 100 47 16 6 2 2 357.2 368 171 155 27 125 13 179 2 4 12 1515 96 1.378 9.3 0.7 3.1 4.5 1.43 96
1984 30 30 26 .536 3.60 138 76 17 15 3 2 579.2 577 257 232 40 187 20 285 5 5 15 2433 105 1.318 9.0 0.6 2.9 4.4 1.52 105
1985 31 47 41 .534 3.56 177 115 17 21 4 2 846.1 849 373 335 64 266 28 392 7 6 18 3543 107 1.317 9.0 0.7 2.8 4.2 1.47 107
1986 32 61 59 .508 3.85 216 154 17 28 5 2 1084.0 1132 512 464 89 361 38 529 10 7 23 4599 99 1.377 9.4 0.7 3.0 4.4 1.47 99
1987 33 69 72 .489 4.03 255 182 18 31 6 2 1281.0 1344 630 573 113 446 46 624 12 9 28 5448 97 1.397 9.4 0.8 3.1 4.4 1.40 97
1988 34 78 88 .470 3.97 294 216 20 36 6 2 1530.0 1623 755 675 130 488 52 755 20 17 33 6511 97 1.380 9.5 0.8 2.9 4.4 1.55 97
1989 35 87 101 .463 3.95 334 247 21 41 8 2 1750.2 1865 868 769 145 539 65 857 30 21 37 7451 97 1.373 9.6 0.7 2.8 4.4 1.59 97
1990 36 94 107 .468 3.98 369 263 30 43 9 6 1885.1 1999 935 833 161 578 69 925 33 23 40 8015 97 1.367 9.5 0.8 2.8 4.4 1.60 97
1991 37 96 111 .464 3.99 392 271 32 43 9 6 1951.1 2069 972 866 165 606 70 952 35 23 41 8306 96 1.371 9.5 0.8 2.8 4.4 1.57 96

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1979 25 1 1 .500 6.00 21.0 27 16 14 4 11 11 0 1.810 11.6 4.7 4.7 1.00 1.7 15
1980 26 0 0 0.00 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 2
1981 27 10 7 .588 3.26 160.0 173 64 58 8 68 77 2 1.506 9.7 3.8 4.3 1.13 0.5 34
1982 28 9 12 .429 4.69 192.0 217 111 100 18 63 98 1 1.458 10.2 3.0 4.6 1.56 0.8 39
1983 29 0 1 .000 5.14 14.0 16 9 8 0 9 7 0 1.786 10.3 5.8 4.5 0.78 0.0 10
1984 30 14 9 .609 3.28 214.0 210 87 78 13 62 102 3 1.271 8.8 2.6 4.3 1.65 0.5 38
1985 31 14 13 .519 3.80 251.0 276 118 106 24 80 101 2 1.418 9.9 2.9 3.6 1.26 0.9 39
1986 32 9 16 .360 5.12 225.0 282 142 128 25 95 130 3 1.676 11.3 3.8 5.2 1.37 1.0 39
1987 33 8 12 .400 4.86 187.0 204 112 101 23 82 90 2 1.529 9.8 3.9 4.3 1.10 1.1 39
1988 34 13 13 .500 4.13 240.0 290 122 110 18 44 126 8 1.392 10.9 1.7 4.7 2.86 0.7 39
1989 35 10 13 .435 4.46 208.0 253 114 103 16 53 96 10 1.471 10.9 2.3 4.2 1.81 0.7 40
1990 36 6 8 .429 4.47 129.0 134 71 64 16 39 65 3 1.341 9.3 2.7 4.5 1.67 1.1 35
1991 37 2 4 .333 5.00 63.0 72 39 35 4 29 26 2 1.603 10.3 4.1 3.7 0.90 0.6 23
13 Yrs 96 109 .468 4.27 1908.0 2154 1005 905 169 635 930 36 1.462 10.2 4.4 1.46 0.8 392

* 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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1984 NL  4.1 (6th)
1985 NL  4.4 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1985 NL  17 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL  1.518 (2nd)
1989 NL  2.080 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1985 NL  266.7 (5th)
1986 NL  237.7 (10th)
1988 NL  249.0 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1985 NL  39 (1st)
1986 NL  39 (1st)
1988 NL  34 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1984 NL  9 (5th)
1986 NL  7 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1982 NL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 NL  24 (4th)
1986 NL  25 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 NL  95 (5th)
1987 NL  85 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1985 NL  272 (1st)
1986 NL  283 (1st)
1987 NL  212 (10th)
1988 NL  279 (1st)
1989 NL  242 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1988 NL  3.119 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1985 NL  15 (5th)
1986 NL  18 (1st)
1988 NL  16 (2nd)
1989 NL  13 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1982 NL  96 (5th)
1985 NL  103 (2nd)
1986 NL  129 (1st)
1987 NL  109 (5th)
1988 NL  102 (1st)
1989 NL  94 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1988 NL  8 (4th)
1989 NL  10 (1st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1985 NL  1,110 (2nd)
1986 NL  1,056 (3rd)
1988 NL  1,063 (2nd)
1989 NL  940 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1981 NL  129 (9th)
1984 NL  123 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1984 NL  17 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1984 NL  1.9 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1984 NL  2.3 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1991 NL  born 1953-08-05 (5th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 25 (940), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ray Herbert (957)
  2. Zane Smith (957)
  3. Andy Ashby (954)
  4. Mike LaCoss (951)
  5. Steve Hargan (949)
  6. Denny Galehouse (946)
  7. Kirk McCaskill (944)
  8. Max Butcher (942)
  9. Reggie Cleveland (942)
  10. Dave Roberts (940)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill Upham (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Willard Schmidt (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Stoddard (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Russ Bauers (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kelly Downs (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Roger Craig (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Art Ditmar (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ruben Gomez (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Larry McWilliams (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ray Herbert (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Denny Galehouse (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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