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Lance McCullers

Lance Graye McCullers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 8, 1964 in Tampa, FL
High School: Catholic HS (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1985
Teams (by GP): Padres/Yankees/Tigers/Rangers 1985-1992
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: June 4, 1992
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1985 21 SDP NL 21 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1986 22 SDP NL 76 28 22 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 11 .091 .200 .182 .382 7 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1987 23 SDP NL 78 16 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .071 .133 .071 .205 -43 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1988 24 SDP NL 60 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .333 .250 .583 71 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 25 NYY AL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 26 TOT AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 26 NYY AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 26 DET AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1992 28 TEX AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
7 Yrs 312 59 48 5 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 5 23 .104 .189 .146 .335 -5 7 0 0 6 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 31 25 3 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 12 .104 .189 .146 .335 -5 4 0 0 3 0 0
SDP (4 yrs) 235 59 48 5 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 5 23 .104 .189 .146 .335 -5 7 0 0 6 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 235 59 48 5 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 5 23 .104 .189 .146 .335 -5 7 0 0 6 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1985 21 SDP NL 21 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1986 22 SDP NL 76 28 -2 0 1 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .503 .502 0.2 0.0 3 $72,000 1
1987 23 SDP NL 78 16 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $125,000 1
1988 24 SDP NL 60 9 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $190,000 1
1989 25 NYY AL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $460,000 1
1990 26 NYY AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $650,000 1
1990 26 DET AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1992 28 TEX AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
7 Seasons 312 59 -7 0 1 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.2 3 $1,497,000
SDP (4 yrs) 235 59 -7 0 1 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 3 $387,000
NYY (2 yrs) 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,110,000
TEX (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
DET (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1985 21 SDP NL 6 6 0 0.0 94 .000 .259 .000 .326 .000 .386 .000 .712 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1986 22 SDP NL 28 23 1 1.2 96 .182 .091 .259 .200 .329 .182 .391 .382 .719 7 .085 -2.7 -0.3 .400 .273 .091 .0
1987 23 SDP NL 16 14 0 0.0 102 .111 .071 .264 .133 .333 .071 .412 .205 .745 -43 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .154 .071 .000
1988 24 SDP NL 9 6 1 4.5 89 .400 .250 .255 .333 .319 .250 .374 .583 .693 71 .555 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .125 .000
7 Yrs 59 49 2 1.1 96 .200 .104 .260 .189 .328 .146 .394 .335 .722 -5 .074 -7.0 -0.7 .302 .167 .042 .0
162 Game Avg. 31 25 1 1.1 96 .200 .104 .260 .189 .328 .146 .394 .335 .722 -5 .074 -7.0 -0.7 .302 .167 .042

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1985 21 SDP NL 6 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1986 22 SDP NL 28 0.0% 39.3% 10.7% 7.1% 100% 3.67 2.0 7.3 4.50 39%
1987 23 SDP NL 16 0.0% 31.3% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 5.00 2.8 14.0 1.00 56%
1988 24 SDP NL 9 0.0% 33.3% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 2.7 1.00 0.33 56% 20% 0.0% 50%
7 Yrs 59 0.0% 39.0% 8.5% 3.4% 40% 4.60 2.1 12.0 1.00 1.70 42% 20% 0.0% 50%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 1.73 6.0 41.1 8.4 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.2% 22%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1985 21 SDP NL -1.1 -0.1 6 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .36 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.82 -1.3 0
1986 22 SDP NL -2.7 -0.3 30 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 1.21 -0.1 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.02 -1.3 0
1987 23 SDP NL -2.9 -0.3 16 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .36 -0.3 0.5 -2.1 -0.2 0.92 -3.2 0
1988 24 SDP NL -0.3 -0.0 9 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .32 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.67 -0.2 0
1989 25 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 26 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1990 26 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
1990 26 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1992 28 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
7 Yrs -7.0 -0.7 61 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 .77 -0.6 0.4 -3.6 -0.4 0.92 -6.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1985 21 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 22 SDP NL 1 0 80% 20 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1987 23 SDP NL 0 0 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1988 24 SDP NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1 0 50% 30 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1985 21 SDP NL 6 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1986 22 SDP NL 28 25% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 8 0 0% 9 3 33% 22 3 14% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1987 23 SDP NL 16 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 10 1 10% 0 0 0 0 0
1988 24 SDP NL 9 100% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 59 64% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 14 0 0% 15 4 27% 37 4 11% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
MLB Averages 60% 73% 11% 35% 14% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 24 SDP NL 9 30 3.33 20 67% 15% 35% 25% 25% 85% 0% 57% 59% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1 Yr 9 30 3.33 20 67% 15% 35% 25% 25% 85% 0% 57% 59% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 21 21 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
1986 22 97 34 26 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 15 .077 .172 .154 .326 -8 4 0 0 5 0 0
1987 23 175 50 40 5 3 2 0 0 4 1 0 4 20 .075 .159 .125 .284 -20 5 0 0 6 0 0
1988 24 235 59 48 5 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 5 23 .104 .189 .146 .335 -5 7 0 0 6 0 0
1989 25 287 59 48 5 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 5 23 .104 .189 .146 .335 -5 7 0 0 6 0 0
1990 26 307 59 48 5 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 5 23 .104 .189 .146 .335 -5 7 0 0 6 0 0
1991 27 307 59 48 5 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 5 23 .104 .189 .146 .335 -5 7 0 0 6 0 0
1992 28 312 59 48 5 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 5 23 .104 .189 .146 .335 -5 7 0 0 6 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1985 21 21 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
1986 22 76 28 22 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 11 .091 .200 .182 .382 1 76
1987 23 78 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 78
1988 24 60 11 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .333 .455 .333 .788 1 60
4 Yrs 235 61 49 5 5 2 0 0 4 1 6 23 .102 .200 .143 .343 2 235
162 Game Avg. 162 42 34 3 3 1 0 0 3 1 4 16 .102 .200 .143 .343 1 235

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1985 NL  born 1964-03-08 (5th)

                                         

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