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Greg McCarthy

Gregory O'Neil McCarthy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 30, 1968 in Norwalk, CT
High School: Central HS (Bridgeport, CT)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 36th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 28, 1996
Team: Mariners 1996-1998

Final Game: September 23, 1998
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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
1987	18	PHI-min	A-	4	1	.800	0.91	20	0	13	0	0	3	29.2	14	9	3	0	23	2	40	2	2	1			1.247	4.2	0.0	7.0	12.1	1.74	UTI · NYPL
1988	19	PHI-min	A	4	2	.667	4.04	34	1	20	0	0	2	64.2	52	36	29	3	52	0	65	10	3	8			1.608	7.2	0.4	7.2	9.0	1.25	SPB · SALL
1989	20	PHI-min	A	5	8	.385	4.18	24	15	4	2	1	0	112.0	90	58	52	3	80	0	115	9	2	8			1.518	7.2	0.2	6.4	9.2	1.44	SPB · SALL
1990	21	PHI-min	A+	1	3	.250	3.47	42	1	19	0	0	5	59.2	47	33	23	4	38	1	67	1	2	5			1.425	7.1	0.6	5.7	10.1	1.76	CLW · FLOR
1991		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1992	23	CLE-min	A+	3	0	1.000	0.00	23	0	21	0	0	12	27.1	14	0	0	0	9	0	37	5	0	8	105		0.841	4.6	0.0	3.0	12.2	4.11	KIN · CARL
1993	24	CLE-min	AA,A+	2	3	.400	4.00	42	0	25	0	0	8	45.0	36	22	20	1	50	2	53	2	0	8	207		1.911	7.2	0.2	10.0	10.6	1.06	CAK,KIN · EL,CARL
1994	25	CLE-min	AA,AAA	3	3	.500	4.23	40	0	30	0	0	9	55.1	36	34	26	1	51	3	60	7	0	7	251		1.572	5.9	0.2	8.3	9.8	1.18	CAK,CHR · EL,IL
1995	26	CHW-min	AA	3	3	.500	5.04	38	0	13	0	0	3	44.2	37	28	25	4	29	3	48	2	1	3	195		1.478	7.5	0.8	5.8	9.7	1.66	BIR · SOUL
1996	27	SEA-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.29	39	0	14	0	0	4	68.1	58	31	25	2	53	2	90	5	2	11	317		1.624	7.6	0.3	7.0	11.9	1.70	TAC · PCL
1996	27	SEA	AL	0	0		1.86	10	0	1	0	0	0	9.2	8	2	2	0	4	0	7	4	0	0	45	274	1.241	7.4	0.0	3.7	6.5	1.75
1997	28	SEA-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.27	22	0	10	0	0	3	22.0	21	8	8	3	16	2	34	2	0	1	103		1.682	8.6	1.2	6.5	13.9	2.13	TAC · PCL
1997	28	SEA	AL	1	1	.500	5.46	37	0	4	0	0	0	29.2	26	21	18	4	16	0	34	1	0	4	130	83	1.416	7.9	1.2	4.9	10.3	2.13
1998	29	SEA-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.19	19	0	6	0	0	1	19.1	15	14	9	2	22	0	24	2	0	4	95		1.914	7.0	0.9	10.2	11.2	1.09	TAC · PCL
1998	29	SEA	AL	1	2	.333	5.01	29	0	5	0	0	0	23.1	18	13	13	6	17	2	25	3	0	1	106	92	1.500	6.9	2.3	6.6	9.6	1.47
1999	30	NYY-SEA-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.16	47	0	23	0	0	1	57.0	42	25	20	4	32	1	35	3	0	6	244		1.298	6.6	0.6	5.1	5.5	1.09	CLB,TAC · IL,PCL
2000	31	FLA-min	AAA	4	3	.571	7.28	40	0	10	0	0	1	38.1	43	38	31	3	30	0	30	8	0	1	198		1.904	10.1	0.7	7.0	7.0	1.00	CGY · PCL
3 Yrs				2	3	.400	4.74	76	0	10	0	0	0	62.2	52	36	33	10	37	2	66	8	0	5	281	98	1.420	7.5	1.4	5.3	9.5	1.78
162 Game Avg.				2	3	.400	4.74	68	0	9	0	0	0	56	47	32	30	9	33	2	59	7	0	4	251	98	1.420	7.5	1.4	5.3	9.5	1.78

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1996	27	SEA	AL	9.2	10	2	1.86	5.43	0.30	-0.41	99.6	4.71	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.3	4	.527	.502	$109,000
1997	28	SEA	AL	29.2	37	21	6.37	5.21	0.04	-0.39	98.0	4.69	-6	-0.5	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.485	.497	$151,000
1998	29	SEA	AL	23.1	29	13	5.01	5.43	-0.07	-0.41	96.5	4.91	-0	-0.0	1.1	-0.1	0.1	3	.499	.500	$180,000
3 Seasons				62.2	76	36	5.17	5.33	0.04	-0.40	97.7	4.78	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.1	5	.496	.499	$440,000

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
1996	27	SEA	AL	10	45	35	2	8	2	0	0	0	0	4	7	.229	.364	.286	.649	.276	10	1	4	1	1	0	1
1997	28	SEA	AL	37	130	113	21	26	6	0	4	4	1	16	34	.230	.331	.389	.720	.293	44	2	1	0	0	0	1
1998	29	SEA	AL	29	106	84	13	18	4	0	6	5	1	17	25	.214	.365	.476	.842	.226	40	1	3	2	0	2	0
3 Yrs				76	281	232	36	52	12	0	10	9	2	37	66	.224	.349	.405	.754	.268	94	4	8	3	1	2	2
162 Game Avg.				68	251	208	32	47	11	0	9	8	2	33	59	.224	.349	.405	.754	.268	84	4	7	3	1	2	2
MLB Averages																.268	.337	.422	.759	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1996	27	SEA	AL	3.6	0.3	45	0.2	0.7	-0.4	.79	0.1	0.2	3.7	0.3	0.79	1.7	2	3	4
1997	28	SEA	AL	-3.8	-0.4	136	-0.3	1.6	-1.9	.74	-0.5	0.1	-2.2	-0.2	0.74	-2.2	8	13	16
1998	29	SEA	AL	-0.4	-0.0	113	-0.6	1.4	-2.0	.76	-0.2	-0.6	-3.6	-0.3	0.76	-2.1	8	6	12
3 Yrs				-0.5	-0.1	294	-0.7	3.6	-4.3	.76	-0.5	-0.4	-2.1	-0.2	0.76	-2.6	18	22	32

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1996	27	SEA	AL	10	10	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	10	2	20%	6	.794	2	3	4	5	1	4	8	2	3	4	6	3	2.9	17
1997	28	SEA	AL	37	37	4	1	1	0	0		11	8	24	4	17%	7	.741	8	13	16	20	3	14	15	22	10	20	12	8	2.4	14
1998	29	SEA	AL	29	29	5	1	2	1	1	0%	4	3	22	8	36%	7	.763	8	6	12	7	7	15	12	17	4	13	7	6	2.4	14
3 Yrs				76	76	10	2	3	1	1	0%	16	12	56	14	25%		.758	18	22	32	32	11	33	35	41	17	37	25	17	2.5	14

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%
1996	27	SEA	AL	45	40%	0.0%	15.6%	8.9%	4.4%	25%	0.61	0.83	64%	27%	0.0%	6%	12	1	8%
1997	28	SEA	AL	130	45%	3.1%	26.2%	12.3%	7.7%	39%	1.03	1.29	58%	19%	11.8%	13%	25	2	8%
1998	29	SEA	AL	106	45%	5.7%	23.6%	16.0%	9.4%	56%	0.64	1.00	50%	23%	17.1%	3%	18	1	6%
3 Yrs				281	44%	3.6%	23.5%	13.2%	7.8%	42%	0.80	1.09	56%	22%	11.6%	8%	55	4	7%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	16.8%	8.9%	7.8%	33%	0.82	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	16%			10%

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
1996	27	SEA	AL	45	170	3.78	104	61%	25%	14%	32%	29%	75%	0%	46%	81%	51%	2%	1	0	16%	7	3	0	14%	1	1	0	0	0
1997	28	SEA	AL	130	515	3.96	310	60%	28%	18%	28%	25%	72%	0%	43%	75%	62%	7%	9	4	18%	24	14	2	24%	4	5	0	0	0
1998	29	SEA	AL	106	412	3.89	230	56%	32%	19%	22%	27%	68%	3%	38%	72%	52%	8%	9	2	20%	21	13	1	28%	6	4	0	0	0
3 Yrs				281	1097	3.90	644	59%	29%	18%	27%	26%	71%	1%	42%	75%	57%	7%	19	6	19%	52	30	3	24%	11	10	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	5%			19%				29%

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
1996	27	SEA	AL	45	8	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50%	1	0	0	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1997	28	SEA	AL	130	26	1	0	4	0	4	2	2	2	2	6	2	1	33%	1	4	0	47	4	1	80%	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	0
1998	29	SEA	AL	106	18	4	0	6	2	6	2	4	5	1	6	2	1	33%	0	1	1	33	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
3 Yrs				281	52	7	0	10	2	12	4	6	7	3	14	5	3	36%	2	5	1	106	9	2	82%	6	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	11	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	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+
1996	27	0	0		1.86	10	1	9.2	8	2	2	0	4	0	7	4	0	45	274	1.241	7.4	0.0	3.7	6.5	1.75	274
1997	28	1	1	.500	4.58	47	5	39.1	34	23	20	4	20	0	41	5	4	175	102	1.373	7.8	0.9	4.6	9.4	2.05	102
1998	29	2	3	.400	4.74	76	10	62.2	52	36	33	10	37	2	66	8	5	281	98	1.420	7.5	1.4	5.3	9.5	1.78	98

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
1996	27	1	0	1.000	1.80	10.0	7	2	2	0	4	7	4	1.100	6.3	3.6	6.3	1.75	0.0	10
1997	28	1	2	.333	5.28	29.0	26	19	17	4	16	33	1	1.448	8.1	5.0	10.2	2.06	1.2	37
1998	29	1	1	.500	4.70	23.0	17	13	12	6	16	25	3	1.435	6.7	6.3	9.8	1.56	2.3	29
3 Yrs		3	3	.500	4.50	62.0	50	34	31	10	36	65	8	1.387	7.3		9.4	1.81	1.5	76

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