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Kirk McCaskill

Kirk Edward McCaskill

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 9, 1961 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, CAN
High School: Trinity HS (Pawling, NY)
School: University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1985
Teams (by GP): Angels/WhiteSox 1985-1996
Agents: Marvin Demoff [*]
Final Game: July 20, 1996
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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
1985 24 CAL AL 12 12 .500 4.70 30 29 0 6 1 0 189.2 189 105 99 23 64 1 102 4 0 5 807 88 1.334 9.0 1.1 3.0 4.8 1.59
1986 25 CAL AL 17 10 .630 3.36 34 33 1 10 2 0 246.1 207 98 92 19 92 1 202 5 2 10 1013 122 1.214 7.6 0.7 3.4 7.4 2.20
1987 26 CAL AL 4 6 .400 5.67 14 13 0 1 1 0 74.2 84 52 47 14 34 0 56 2 0 1 334 77 1.580 10.1 1.7 4.1 6.8 1.65
1988 27 CAL AL 8 6 .571 4.31 23 23 0 4 2 0 146.1 155 78 70 9 61 3 98 1 2 13 635 90 1.476 9.5 0.6 3.8 6.0 1.61
1989 28 CAL AL 15 10 .600 2.93 32 32 0 6 4 0 212.0 202 73 69 16 59 1 107 3 2 7 864 130 1.231 8.6 0.7 2.5 4.5 1.81
1990 29 CAL AL 12 11 .522 3.25 29 29 0 2 1 0 174.1 161 77 63 9 72 1 78 2 1 6 738 117 1.337 8.3 0.5 3.7 4.0 1.08
1991 30 CAL AL 10 19 .345 4.26 30 30 0 1 0 0 177.2 193 93 84 19 66 1 71 3 0 6 762 97 1.458 9.8 1.0 3.3 3.6 1.08
1992 31 CHW AL 12 13 .480 4.18 34 34 0 0 0 0 209.0 193 116 97 11 95 5 109 6 2 6 911 93 1.378 8.3 0.5 4.1 4.7 1.15
1993 32 CHW AL 4 8 .333 5.23 30 14 6 0 0 2 113.2 144 71 66 12 36 6 65 1 0 6 502 81 1.584 11.4 1.0 2.9 5.1 1.81
1994 33 CHW AL 1 4 .200 3.42 40 0 18 0 0 3 52.2 51 22 20 6 22 4 37 0 0 1 228 137 1.386 8.7 1.0 3.8 6.3 1.68
1995 34 CHW AL 6 4 .600 4.89 55 1 17 0 0 2 81.0 97 50 44 10 33 4 50 5 0 10 365 92 1.605 10.8 1.1 3.7 5.6 1.52
1996 35 CHW AL 5 5 .500 6.97 29 4 13 0 0 0 51.2 72 41 40 6 31 8 28 2 0 1 246 69 1.994 12.5 1.0 5.4 4.9 0.90
12 Yrs 106 108 .495 4.12 380 242 55 30 11 7 1729.0 1748 876 791 154 665 35 1003 34 9 72 7405 99 1.396 9.1 0.8 3.5 5.2 1.51
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .495 4.12 42 26 6 3 1 1 189 191 96 86 17 73 4 110 4 1 8 810 99 1.396 9.1 0.8 3.5 5.2 1.51
CAL (7 yrs) 78 74 .513 3.86 192 189 1 30 11 0 1221.0 1191 576 524 109 448 8 714 20 7 48 5153 104 1.342 8.8 0.8 3.3 5.3 1.59
CHW (5 yrs) 28 34 .452 4.73 188 53 54 0 0 7 508.0 557 300 267 45 217 27 289 14 2 24 2252 89 1.524 9.9 0.8 3.8 5.1 1.33

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
1985 24 CAL AL 189.2 30 29 105 4.98 4.49 0.23 0.15 100.8 4.44 -11 -1.1 .1 -0.1 0.3 9 .463 .493 $60,000
1986 25 CAL AL 246.1 34 33 98 3.58 4.63 0.39 0.15 97.9 4.31 20 2.1 .8 -0.1 3.9 47 .561 .513 $142,000
1987 26 CAL AL 74.2 14 13 52 6.27 4.96 0.23 0.14 98.3 4.79 -12 -1.1 .2 -0.0 -0.5 -4 .420 .493 $232,000
1988 27 CAL AL 146.1 23 23 78 4.80 4.39 -0.15 0.14 96.9 4.54 -4 -0.5 -0.1 0.7 11 .480 .497 $262,000
1989 28 CAL AL 212.0 32 32 73 3.10 4.36 0.30 0.15 98.4 4.14 24 2.7 -0.1 4.3 46 .584 .516 $460,000
1990 29 CAL AL 174.1 29 29 77 3.98 4.30 -0.28 0.15 96.8 4.59 13 1.5 -0.1 2.9 31 .550 .509 $967,500
1991 30 CAL AL 177.2 30 30 93 4.71 4.45 -0.19 0.16 100.4 4.82 2 0.2 -0.1 1.7 23 .508 .501 $2,100,000
1992 31 CHW AL 209.0 34 34 116 5.00 4.35 0.25 0.15 98.6 4.20 -18 -1.9 -0.1 -0.1 5 .445 .489 $2,333,333
1993 32 CHW AL 113.2 30 14 71 5.62 4.83 0.42 -0.03 96.2 4.21 -17 -1.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -4 .446 .490 $2,533,333
1994 33 CHW AL 52.2 40 0 22 3.76 5.25 0.12 -0.40 98.5 4.65 5 0.5 1.5 0.0 1.0 10 .512 .503 $2,133,334
1995 34 CHW AL 81.0 55 1 50 5.56 5.03 -0.14 -0.34 94.7 4.57 -9 -0.8 1.3 -0.3 -0.4 0 .485 .495 $940,000
1996 35 CHW AL 51.2 29 4 41 7.14 5.41 -0.11 -0.21 95.8 5.08 -13 -1.1 1.5 -0.3 -0.9 -5 .461 .493 $800,000
12 Seasons 1729.0 380 242 876 4.56 4.56 0.12 0.09 98.1 4.45 -21 -1.2 1.3 -1.5 12.2 169 .497 .499 $12,963,500
CAL (7 yrs) 1221.0 192 189 576 4.25 4.48 0.09 0.15 98.5 4.47 31 3.7 .4 -0.7 13.3 163 .520 .503 $4,223,500
CHW (5 yrs) 508.0 188 53 300 5.31 4.77 0.17 -0.06 97.1 4.40 -51 -4.9 1.4 -0.8 -1.1 7 .474 .494 $8,740,000

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
1986 25 CAL AL ALCS L BOS 0 2 .000 7.71 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 16 13 8 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 50 2.250 15.4 0.0 4.8 6.8 1.40
1993 32 CHW AL ALCS L TOR 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 15 1.091 7.4 0.0 2.5 7.4 3.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 2 .000 5.54 5 2 1 0 0 0 13.0 19 13 8 0 6 0 10 0 0 0 65 1.923 13.2 0.0 4.2 6.9 1.67
2 ALCS 0 2 .000 5.54 5 2 1 0 0 0 13.0 19 13 8 0 6 0 10 0 0 0 65 1.923 13.2 0.0 4.2 6.9 1.67

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
1985 24 CAL AL 30 807 732 105 189 31 5 23 6 3 64 102 .258 .319 .408 .728 .271 299 22 4 2 5 1 11
1986 25 CAL AL 34 1013 905 98 207 33 6 19 7 11 92 202 .229 .302 .341 .643 .273 309 18 5 6 5 1 5
1987 26 CAL AL 14 334 294 52 84 10 0 14 1 5 34 56 .286 .363 .463 .825 .311 136 4 2 3 1 0 2
1988 27 CAL AL 23 635 566 78 155 27 4 9 2 8 61 98 .274 .342 .383 .726 .314 217 14 1 1 6 3 8
1989 28 CAL AL 32 864 795 73 202 26 4 16 5 5 59 107 .254 .307 .357 .664 .275 284 32 3 3 4 1 11
1990 29 CAL AL 29 738 660 77 161 19 6 9 6 10 72 78 .244 .320 .332 .652 .265 219 19 2 3 1 1 20
1991 30 CAL AL 30 762 681 93 193 36 5 19 8 6 66 71 .283 .347 .435 .781 .291 296 22 3 6 6 1 8
1992 31 CHW AL 34 911 796 116 193 31 8 11 12 9 95 109 .242 .325 .343 .668 .266 273 12 6 7 7 5 18
1993 32 CHW AL 30 502 460 71 144 26 2 12 8 9 36 65 .313 .362 .457 .819 .342 210 12 1 2 3 6 7
1994 33 CHW AL 40 228 202 22 51 11 1 6 2 1 22 37 .252 .322 .406 .728 .278 82 2 0 1 3 4 2
1995 34 CHW AL 55 365 321 50 97 12 0 10 3 3 33 50 .302 .373 .433 .806 .330 139 11 5 3 3 4 8
1996 35 CHW AL 29 246 209 41 72 18 3 6 6 3 31 28 .344 .432 .545 .978 .375 114 8 2 3 1 8 2
12 Yrs 380 7405 6621 876 1748 280 44 154 66 73 665 1003 .264 .332 .389 .722 .289 2578 176 34 40 45 35 102
162 Game Avg. 42 810 724 96 191 31 5 17 7 8 73 110 .264 .332 .389 .722 .289 282 19 4 4 5 4 11
MLB Averages .261 .328 .398 .726 .289

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1985 24 CAL AL -9.2 -0.9 825 -0.3 12.7 -13.0 .84 -0.5 0.1 -3.4 -0.3 0.84 -3.7 0 0 1
1986 25 CAL AL 23.8 2.4 1041 2.7 18.5 -15.8 .98 3.0 -0.2 26.0 2.7 0.98 34.6 0 1 0
1987 26 CAL AL -11.2 -1.0 342 -0.9 5.0 -5.9 .88 -0.5 -0.6 -9.4 -0.9 0.88 -5.8 0 0 1
1988 27 CAL AL -7.6 -0.8 663 -0.4 12.1 -12.5 1.08 -0.5 0.1 -5.7 -0.6 1.08 -6.7 0 0 0
1989 28 CAL AL 23.3 2.5 887 3.3 16.2 -13.0 .99 2.0 1.3 24.2 2.6 0.99 20.6 0 0 0
1990 29 CAL AL 7.8 0.8 770 1.0 13.4 -12.3 .99 0.5 0.5 6.7 0.7 0.99 4.5 0 0 0
1991 30 CAL AL -3.3 -0.3 786 -0.5 13.6 -14.1 1.00 -0.5 -0.1 -4.2 -0.4 1.00 -2.5 0 0 0
1992 31 CHW AL -10.4 -1.0 947 -1.0 15.6 -16.6 1.04 -0.2 -0.8 -14.0 -1.4 1.04 -2.1 0 0 0
1993 32 CHW AL -12.5 -1.2 527 -1.1 7.7 -8.8 .89 -1.1 -0.1 -16.1 -1.5 0.89 -14.7 6 4 5
1994 33 CHW AL 7.8 0.7 234 0.6 5.7 -5.1 1.37 0.4 0.0 5.6 0.5 1.37 6.4 19 7 13
1995 34 CHW AL -4.8 -0.4 386 0.4 7.4 -7.0 1.11 -0.4 0.7 -1.6 -0.2 1.11 -3.1 24 6 22
1996 35 CHW AL -12.1 -1.1 257 -1.5 4.1 -5.6 1.07 -1.3 -0.1 -12.9 -1.2 1.07 -13.3 13 3 9
12 Yrs -8.4 -0.3 7665 2.3 132.0 -129.7 1.00 1.1 1.2 -4.9 0.0 1.00 14.2 62 21 51

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
1985 24 CAL AL 30 29 12 12 5 1 3 17 12 .586 0 1 6 1 16 55% 48.8 79 10 27 11 1 9 5.0 5.1 6.5
1986 25 CAL AL 34 33 17 10 6 2 4 21 12 .636 2 5 10 2 23 70% 58.2 89 20 17 4 2 10 4.6 4.2 7.4
1987 26 CAL AL 14 13 4 6 3 0 0 5 8 .385 2 2 1 1 5 38% 44.6 87 23 14 5 0 6 3.7 3.9 5.4
1988 27 CAL AL 23 23 8 6 9 1 1 14 9 .609 2 6 4 2 11 48% 49.1 88 10 20 7 1 10 5.5 4.9 6.4 103 3 6 6 6 145
1989 28 CAL AL 32 32 15 10 7 2 4 20 12 .625 2 2 6 4 21 66% 55.2 92 16 21 2 0 16 3.7 3.8 6.6 98 3 15 11 3 137
1990 29 CAL AL 29 29 12 11 6 4 4 15 14 .517 3 2 2 1 17 59% 51.3 82 24 21 6 0 13 3.9 4.5 6.0 93 6 10 12 0 118
1991 30 CAL AL 30 30 10 19 1 2 6 10 20 .333 1 0 1 0 15 50% 47.1 78 12 15 6 4 11 3.0 3.1 5.9 94 4 14 10 2 127
1992 31 CHW AL 34 34 12 13 9 5 3 18 16 .529 4 3 0 0 15 44% 49.0 78 22 26 10 0 12 4.4 4.5 6.1 103 2 12 15 5 137
1993 32 CHW AL 30 14 4 7 3 1 1 5 9 .357 1 1 0 0 5 36% 41.6 63 27 20 4 0 9 4.7 5.8 5.2 84 3 8 3 0 108
1995 34 CHW AL 55 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42.0 42 42 23 6 0 1 6.8 6.8 5.0 69 1 0 0 0 69
1996 35 CHW AL 29 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 .500 1 1 0 0 0 0% 32.2 48 14 11 4 2 2 8.0 7.9 4.0 80 1 1 0 0 91
11 Yrs 340 242 95 95 52 19 26 128 114 .529 18 23 30 11 128 53% 50 92 10 215 65 10 99 4.3 4.4 6.3 96 23 66 57 16 145
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 103 -14 4.5 4.5 6.1 95

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
1985 24 CAL AL 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .843 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1986 25 CAL AL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .976 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1987 26 CAL AL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .881 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1993 32 CHW AL 30 16 6 0 1 2 2 0 100% 4 2 14 7 50% 7 .890 6 4 5 5 3 8 8 8 12 1 12 1 7.8 39
1994 33 CHW AL 40 40 18 1 4 6 3 3 50% 14 8 23 10 43% 8 1.373 19 7 13 24 7 9 12 28 14 11 16 7 4.0 22
1995 34 CHW AL 55 54 17 6 4 5 2 3 40% 13 8 41 9 22% 8 1.105 24 6 22 23 13 18 24 30 26 13 30 12 4.2 24
1996 35 CHW AL 29 25 13 4 4 2 0 2 0% 4 2 18 6 33% 6 1.074 13 3 9 8 8 9 14 11 11 9 15 4 4.3 25
7 Yrs 232 138 55 11 13 15 7 8 47% 35 20 96 32 33% .970 62 21 51 60 31 47 58 80 66 34 76 24 4.6 25

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%
1985 24 CAL AL 807 44% 2.9% 12.6% 7.9% 7.3% 31% 1.04 76% 159 22 14%
1986 25 CAL AL 1013 44% 1.9% 19.9% 9.1% 5.7% 28% 1.08 68% 168 18 11%
1987 26 CAL AL 334 48% 4.2% 16.8% 10.2% 7.2% 29% 0.78 67% 68 4 6%
1988 27 CAL AL 635 49% 1.4% 15.4% 9.6% 6.3% 26% 0.73 0.93 73% 26% 5.0% 33% 123 14 11%
1989 28 CAL AL 864 50% 1.9% 12.4% 6.8% 5.3% 23% 0.78 1.09 78% 22% 5.0% 15% 170 32 19%
1990 29 CAL AL 738 50% 1.2% 10.6% 9.8% 4.6% 21% 0.97 1.23 78% 19% 3.5% 13% 149 19 13%
1991 30 CAL AL 762 50% 2.5% 9.3% 8.7% 7.9% 31% 1.00 1.61 78% 20% 7.0% 10% 131 22 17%
1992 31 CHW AL 911 52% 1.2% 12.0% 10.4% 5.5% 26% 0.87 1.22 75% 22% 3.5% 14% 176 12 7%
1993 32 CHW AL 502 56% 2.4% 13.0% 7.2% 8.0% 28% 0.91 1.28 77% 25% 6.6% 12% 101 12 12%
1994 33 CHW AL 228 60% 2.6% 16.2% 9.7% 7.9% 35% 0.70 0.86 71% 22% 6.6% 8% 40 2 5%
1995 34 CHW AL 365 55% 2.7% 13.7% 9.0% 6.0% 23% 1.28 1.71 72% 20% 9.8% 14% 79 11 14%
1996 35 CHW AL 246 56% 2.4% 11.4% 12.6% 11.0% 38% 0.86 1.77 72% 30% 7.1% 14% 59 8 14%
12 Yrs 7405 50% 2.1% 13.5% 9.0% 6.5% 27% 0.89 1.18 74% 22% 5.4% 15% 1423 176 12%
MLB Averages 41% 2.3% 15.2% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.9% 19% 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 27 CAL AL 601 2278 3.79 1360 60% 28% 11% 28% 33% 73% 1% 43% 84% 56% 6% 34 20 18% 111 55 4 36% 19 12 34 0 0
1989 28 CAL AL 867 3129 3.61 1945 62% 26% 10% 28% 36% 74% 0% 46% 86% 58% 5% 46 33 20% 176 88 13 32% 10 12 -3 2 0
1990 29 CAL AL 712 2611 3.67 1552 59% 29% 9% 26% 36% 71% 0% 42% 87% 56% 8% 55 35 15% 108 53 8 29% 13 19 26 0 0
1991 30 CAL AL 763 2827 3.71 1669 59% 28% 9% 26% 37% 72% 0% 42% 88% 54% 5% 37 25 13% 99 41 6 42% 8 11 -1 0 0
1992 31 CHW AL 913 3509 3.84 2109 60% 28% 9% 30% 33% 72% 1% 43% 88% 55% 7% 68 44 22% 197 98 7 37% 15 19 -2 0 0
1993 32 CHW AL 505 1793 3.55 1122 63% 25% 11% 28% 36% 75% 3% 47% 86% 59% 4% 22 12 18% 93 51 6 35% 13 5 -3 0 0
1994 33 CHW AL 224 861 3.84 508 59% 25% 15% 28% 32% 75% 5% 44% 80% 50% 8% 17 9 18% 40 21 1 32% 5 4 4 0 0
1995 34 CHW AL 362 1322 3.65 787 60% 26% 13% 25% 35% 74% 2% 44% 82% 56% 7% 24 15 15% 53 22 7 36% 5 5 3 0 1
1996 35 CHW AL 184 717 3.90 420 59% 27% 15% 26% 32% 73% 6% 43% 80% 55% 7% 13 6 17% 32 17 2 19% 6 2 62 0 1
9 Yrs 5131 19047 3.71 11472 60% 27% 10% 27% 35% 73% 1% 44% 86% 56% 6% 316 199 18% 909 446 54 34% 94 89 120 2 2
MLB Averages 3.65 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 27%

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
1985 24 CAL AL 807 189 23 0 10 12 11 16 7 41 17 3 41% 11 5 1 282 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 12 0
1986 25 CAL AL 1013 207 19 0 11 8 11 8 11 45 18 14 40% 5 10 1 349 7 11 39% 6 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 0
1987 26 CAL AL 334 84 14 2 6 5 9 4 10 15 9 2 60% 2 1 1 125 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1988 27 CAL AL 635 155 19 0 9 0 6 6 3 5 4 40 18 6 45% 8 13 2 247 2 8 20% 2 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 24 0
1989 28 CAL AL 864 202 14 3 16 0 14 6 10 12 4 41 20 9 49% 11 7 3 300 5 5 50% 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
1990 29 CAL AL 738 161 22 3 9 0 8 3 6 5 4 27 15 4 56% 20 6 1 278 6 10 38% 6 10 0 0 0 0 6 0 11 0
1991 30 CAL AL 762 193 54 2 19 0 12 8 11 9 10 39 21 5 54% 8 6 4 273 8 6 57% 8 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 18 0
1992 31 CHW AL 911 193 82 5 11 0 11 5 6 7 4 48 31 7 65% 18 6 1 347 12 9 57% 10 8 2 0 0 1 4 0 21 0
1993 32 CHW AL 502 144 20 2 12 0 4 5 7 6 6 37 26 0 70% 7 6 0 192 8 9 47% 7 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 10 0
1994 33 CHW AL 228 51 6 0 6 0 7 3 3 1 5 17 6 0 35% 2 1 1 88 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1995 34 CHW AL 365 97 16 2 10 1 16 5 5 5 5 27 14 4 52% 8 10 1 153 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 18 0
1996 35 CHW AL 246 72 4 0 6 0 7 5 1 2 4 20 13 1 65% 2 1 0 113 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
12 Yrs 7405 1748 237 17 154 3 112 71 83 80 74 397 208 55 52% 102 72 16 2747 66 73 47% 59 69 7 3 0 1 29 1 167 0
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+
1985 24 12 12 .500 4.70 30 29 0 6 1 0 189.2 189 105 99 23 64 1 102 4 0 5 807 88 1.334 9.0 1.1 3.0 4.8 1.59 88
1986 25 29 22 .569 3.94 64 62 1 16 3 0 436.0 396 203 191 42 156 2 304 9 2 15 1820 105 1.266 8.2 0.9 3.2 6.3 1.95 105
1987 26 33 28 .541 4.19 78 75 1 17 4 0 510.2 480 255 238 56 190 2 360 11 2 16 2154 99 1.312 8.5 1.0 3.3 6.3 1.89 99
1988 27 41 34 .547 4.22 101 98 1 21 6 0 657.0 635 333 308 65 251 5 458 12 4 29 2789 97 1.349 8.7 0.9 3.4 6.3 1.82 97
1989 28 56 44 .560 3.90 133 130 1 27 10 0 869.0 837 406 377 81 310 6 565 15 6 36 3653 103 1.320 8.7 0.8 3.2 5.9 1.82 103
1990 29 68 55 .553 3.80 162 159 1 29 11 0 1043.1 998 483 440 90 382 7 643 17 7 42 4391 105 1.323 8.6 0.8 3.3 5.5 1.68 105
1991 30 78 74 .513 3.86 192 189 1 30 11 0 1221.0 1191 576 524 109 448 8 714 20 7 48 5153 104 1.342 8.8 0.8 3.3 5.3 1.59 104
1992 31 90 87 .508 3.91 226 223 1 30 11 0 1430.0 1384 692 621 120 543 13 823 26 9 54 6064 102 1.348 8.7 0.8 3.4 5.2 1.52 102
1993 32 94 95 .497 4.01 256 237 7 30 11 2 1543.2 1528 763 687 132 579 19 888 27 9 60 6566 100 1.365 8.9 0.8 3.4 5.2 1.53 100
1994 33 95 99 .490 3.99 296 237 25 30 11 5 1596.1 1579 785 707 138 601 23 925 27 9 61 6794 101 1.366 8.9 0.8 3.4 5.2 1.54 101
1995 34 101 103 .495 4.03 351 238 42 30 11 7 1677.1 1676 835 751 148 634 27 975 32 9 71 7159 101 1.377 9.0 0.8 3.4 5.2 1.54 101
1996 35 106 108 .495 4.12 380 242 55 30 11 7 1729.0 1748 876 791 154 665 35 1003 34 9 72 7405 99 1.396 9.1 0.8 3.5 5.2 1.51 99

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
1985 24 8 12 .400 5.09 182.0 192 114 103 23 65 98 4 1.412 9.5 3.2 4.8 1.51 1.1 30
1986 25 14 12 .538 3.69 234.0 212 107 96 19 94 192 5 1.308 8.2 3.6 7.4 2.04 0.7 34
1987 26 2 5 .286 5.83 71.0 84 51 46 14 34 54 2 1.662 10.6 4.3 6.8 1.59 1.8 14
1988 27 6 9 .400 5.16 136.0 163 87 78 9 64 91 1 1.669 10.8 4.2 6.0 1.42 0.6 23
1989 28 11 10 .524 3.60 195.0 214 87 78 17 63 98 3 1.421 9.9 2.9 4.5 1.56 0.8 32
1990 29 9 9 .500 3.92 163.0 171 79 71 10 76 73 2 1.515 9.4 4.2 4.0 0.96 0.6 29
1991 30 7 11 .389 4.83 164.0 198 98 88 19 68 66 3 1.622 10.9 3.7 3.6 0.97 1.0 30
1992 31 9 13 .409 4.86 200.0 204 120 108 12 100 104 6 1.520 9.2 4.5 4.7 1.04 0.5 34
1993 32 4 7 .364 5.77 106.0 146 76 68 12 36 61 1 1.717 12.4 3.1 5.2 1.69 1.0 30
1994 33 5 3 .625 3.24 75.0 70 30 27 8 30 52 0 1.333 8.4 3.6 6.2 1.73 1.0 40
1995 34 3 6 .333 5.07 87.0 108 54 49 11 37 53 6 1.667 11.2 3.8 5.5 1.43 1.1 55
1996 35 1 4 .200 6.94 48.0 69 41 37 6 30 26 2 2.063 12.9 5.6 4.9 0.87 1.1 29
12 Yrs 79 101 .439 4.60 1661.0 1831 944 849 160 697 968 35 1.522 9.9 5.2 1.39 0.9 380

* 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
1986 AL  3.9 (10th)
1989 AL  4.3 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1986 AL  3.36 (7th)
1989 AL  2.93 (5th)
1990 AL  3.25 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1986 AL  17 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1986 AL  .630 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL  7.563 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL  7.380 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1986 AL  246.3 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1986 AL  202 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1992 AL  34 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1986 AL  10 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1986 AL  2 (9th)
1988 AL  2 (8th)
1989 AL  4 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 AL  92 (10th)
1992 AL  95 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL  0.694 (5th)
1990 AL  0.465 (2nd)
1992 AL  0.474 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1991 AL  19 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1992 AL  97 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1986 AL  10 (10th)
1988 AL  13 (4th)
1995 AL  10 (8th)
Career  72 (236th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1986 AL  1,013 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1986 AL  123 (7th)
1989 AL  130 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1986 AL  24 (7th)
1989 AL  23 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1986 AL  2.4 (7th)
1989 AL  2.5 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1986 AL  25.96 (6th)
1989 AL  24.18 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1986 AL  2.7 (9th)
1989 AL  3.3 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1986 AL  3.0 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1986 AL  2.7 (6th)
1989 AL  2.6 (7th)


† 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

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Gray InkPitching - 34 (713), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ray Herbert (961)
  2. Mike LaCoss (960)
  3. Richard Dotson (959)
  4. Reggie Cleveland (959)
  5. Ismael Valdez (957)
  6. Jarrod Washburn (955)
  7. Steve Stone (954)
  8. Mark Portugal (953)
  9. Whit Wyatt (951)
  10. Storm Davis (951)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bob Walk (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Flint Rhem (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bartolo Colon (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Scott Bankhead (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bobby Jones (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tex Carleton (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jose Guzman (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Lonborg (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lynn McGlothen (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ed Whitson (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mike LaCoss (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mike LaCoss (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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