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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
1991 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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 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 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
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 GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1996 27 SEA AL 9.2 10 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 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
1996 27 SEA AL 10 10 1 0 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 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 0 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 0 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 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+
1996 27 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 1.75 274
1997 28 1 1 .500 4.58 47 0 5 0 0 0 39.1 34 23 20 4 20 0 41 5 0 4 175 102 1.373 7.8 0.9 4.6 9.4 2.05 102
1998 29 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 98

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
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

* 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.

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