Lance McCullers
Lance Graye McCullers
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 218 lb.

Born: March 8, 1964 in Tampa, FL
High School: Tampa Catholic (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
Final Game: June 4, 1992
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Standard Pitching

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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 21 SDP NL 0 2 .000 2.31 21 0 11 0 0 5 35.0 23 15 9 3 16 3 27 1 1 0 142 154 1.114 5.9 0.8 4.1 6.9 1.69
1986 22 SDP NL 10 10 .500 2.78 70 7 29 0 0 5 136.0 103 46 42 12 58 9 92 4 3 5 550 131 1.184 6.8 0.8 3.8 6.1 1.59
1987 23 SDP NL 8 10 .444 3.72 78 0 41 0 0 16 123.1 115 60 51 11 59 11 126 2 1 5 540 106 1.411 8.4 0.8 4.3 9.2 2.14
1988 24 SDP NL 3 6 .333 2.49 60 0 39 0 0 10 97.2 70 29 27 8 55 12 81 0 2 4 407 137 1.280 6.5 0.7 5.1 7.5 1.47
1989 25 NYY AL 4 3 .571 4.57 52 1 20 0 0 3 84.2 83 46 43 9 37 4 82 3 0 2 373 84 1.417 8.8 1.0 3.9 8.7 2.22
1990 26 TOT AL 2 0 1.000 3.02 20 1 14 0 0 0 44.2 32 19 15 4 19 3 31 0 0 5 186 132 1.142 6.4 0.8 3.8 6.2 1.63
1990 26 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 3.60 11 0 7 0 0 0 15.0 14 8 6 2 6 2 11 0 0 3 65 111 1.333 8.4 1.2 3.6 6.6 1.83
1990 26 DET AL 1 0 1.000 2.73 9 1 7 0 0 0 29.2 18 11 9 2 13 1 20 0 0 2 121 146 1.045 5.5 0.6 3.9 6.1 1.54
1992 28 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 5.40 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 1 4 3 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 23 71 1.800 1.8 0.0 14.4 5.4 0.38
7 Seasons 28 31 .475 3.25 306 9 155 0 0 39 526.1 427 219 190 47 252 42 442 10 7 21 2221 115 1.290 7.3 0.8 4.3 7.6 1.75
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .475 3.25 66 2 33 0 0 8 114 92 47 41 10 54 9 95 2 2 5 479 115 1.290 7.3 0.8 4.3 7.6 1.75
SDP (4 yrs) 21 28 .429 2.96 229 7 120 0 0 36 392.0 311 150 129 34 188 35 326 7 7 14 1639 124 1.273 7.1 0.8 4.3 7.5 1.73
NYY (2 yrs) 5 3 .625 4.42 63 1 27 0 0 3 99.2 97 54 49 11 43 6 93 3 0 5 438 88 1.405 8.8 1.0 3.9 8.4 2.16
TEX (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.40 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 1 4 3 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 23 71 1.800 1.8 0.0 14.4 5.4 0.38
DET (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.73 9 1 7 0 0 0 29.2 18 11 9 2 13 1 20 0 0 2 121 146 1.045 5.5 0.6 3.9 6.1 1.54
AL (3 yrs) 7 3 .700 4.09 77 2 35 0 0 3 134.1 116 69 61 13 64 7 116 3 0 7 582 95 1.340 7.8 0.9 4.3 7.8 1.81
NL (4 yrs) 21 28 .429 2.96 229 7 120 0 0 36 392.0 311 150 129 34 188 35 326 7 7 14 1639 124 1.273 7.1 0.8 4.3 7.5 1.73

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1985 21 SDP NL 21 142 118 15 23 6 0 3 1 3 16 27 .195 .296 .322 .618 .227 38 3 1 7 0 3
1986 22 SDP NL 70 550 477 46 103 17 1 12 16 9 58 92 .216 .304 .331 .636 .242 158 8 4 8 3 9
1987 23 SDP NL 78 540 471 60 115 27 1 11 15 8 59 126 .244 .330 .376 .705 .310 177 5 2 6 2 11
1988 24 SDP NL 60 407 342 29 70 15 2 8 5 3 55 81 .205 .313 .330 .643 .242 113 9 0 7 3 12
1989 25 NYY AL 52 373 325 46 83 20 3 9 11 1 37 82 .255 .332 .418 .751 .310 136 0 3 3 5 4
1990 26 DET AL 9 121 106 11 18 4 1 2 2 1 13 20 .170 .256 .283 .539 .186 30 0 0 0 2 1
1990 26 NYY AL 11 65 58 8 14 2 0 2 1 1 6 11 .241 .308 .379 .687 .261 22 0 0 0 1 2
1990 26 TOT AL 20 186 164 19 32 6 1 4 3 2 19 31 .195 .274 .317 .591 .212 52 0 0 0 3 3
1992 28 TEX AL 5 23 15 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 3 .067 .391 .067 .458 .083 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 306 2221 1912 219 427 91 8 47 52 26 252 442 .223 .315 .353 .668 .264 675 26 10 31 16 42
162 Game Avg. 66 479 413 47 92 20 2 10 11 6 54 95 .223 .315 .353 .668 .264 146 6 2 7 3 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1986 22 SDP NL 70 7 1 4 2 0 2 2 5 .286 3 0 0 0 4 57% 49 72 34 26 8 1 2 3.0 2.9 6.1
1989 25 NYY AL 52 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 29 29 18 4 0 1 2.0 0.0 4.0 69 1 0 0 0 69
1990 26 TOT AL 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42 42 4 1 1 0 11.3 6.0 3.3 85 0 1 0 0 85
1990 26 DET AL 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42 42 42 2 1 1 0 11.3 6.0 3.3 85 0 1 0 0 85
3 Seasons 131 9 1 5 3 0 2 3 6 .333 3 0 0 0 4 44% 46 72 29 46 13 2 3 3.7 2.8 5.6 77 1 1 0 0 85
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 21 SDP NL 21 21 11 0 2 7 5 2 71% 11 4 25 6 24% 7 1.568 17 3 1 11 3 7 14 7 13 5 14 4 5.0
1986 22 SDP NL 70 63 29 9 6 10 5 5 50% 20 9 51 15 29% 7 1.372 33 15 13 24 18 21 30 33 34 14 38 25 4.4
1987 23 SDP NL 78 78 41 8 10 27 16 11 59% 31 4 60 18 30% 7 1.446 40 21 17 36 12 30 33 45 48 9 48 29 4.7
1988 24 SDP NL 60 60 39 3 6 15 10 5 67% 20 5 38 15 39% 8 1.574 30 12 17 24 14 22 21 39 37 9 37 11 4.9 25
1989 25 NYY AL 52 51 20 4 2 6 3 3 50% 16 10 57 15 26% 7 0.958 17 13 20 17 5 29 29 22 26 16 29 4 4.7 27
1990 26 TOT AL 20 19 14 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 18 11 61% 0.713 4 3 12 2 3 14 10 9 11 3 12 0 6.5 30
1990 26 NYY AL 11 11 7 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 9 5 56% 9 0.963 3 1 7 1 2 8 5 6 4 3 5 0 4.1 20
1990 26 DET AL 9 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 4 0.578 1 2 5 1 1 6 5 3 7 0 7 0 9.9 49
1992 28 TEX AL 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 3 50% 8 0.683 1 0 4 2 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 3.0 19
7 Seasons 306 297 155 27 26 66 39 27 59% 100 33 255 83 33% 1.308 142 67 84 116 55 126 140 157 171 58 180 73 4.8 26

Ratio Pitching*

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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 21 SDP NL 142 43% 2.1% 19.0% 11.3% 6.3% 39% 0.80 62% 32 3 9%
1986 22 SDP NL 550 51% 2.2% 16.7% 10.6% 5.5% 29% 0.73 68% 75 8 11%
1987 23 SDP NL 540 53% 2.0% 23.3% 10.9% 7.2% 34% 1.03 62% 105 5 5%
1988 24 SDP NL 407 49% 2.0% 19.9% 13.5% 6.1% 36% 0.62 0.84 63% 17% 11.3% 56% 80 9 11%
1989 25 NYY AL 373 45% 2.4% 22.0% 9.9% 8.6% 39% 0.52 0.57 64% 25% 6.3% 11% 71 0 0%
1990 26 TOT AL 186 42% 2.2% 16.7% 10.2% 5.9% 34% 0.47 0.46 71% 18% 5.9% 26% 35 0 0%
1990 26 NYY AL 65 42% 3.1% 16.9% 9.2% 6.2% 29% 0.34 0.32 71% 17% 7.1% 20% 8 0 0%
1990 26 DET AL 121 42% 1.7% 16.5% 10.7% 5.8% 39% 0.54 0.55 71% 18% 5.0% 30% 27 0 0%
1992 28 TEX AL 23 43% 0.0% 13.0% 34.8% 0.0% 0% 0.71 0.71 52% 0% 0.0% 29% 4 1 25%
7 Seasons 2221 49% 2.1% 19.9% 11.4% 6.6% 34% 0.55 0.75 65% 20% 7.3% 32% 402 26 6%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 24 SDP NL 406 1529 3.77 936 61% 21% 19% 31% 29% 79% 7% 49% 75% 53% 8% 34 11 27% 108 55 6 25% 16 12 1 0 1
1989 25 NYY AL 373 1436 3.85 898 63% 20% 20% 32% 28% 80% 2% 50% 75% 55% 6% 22 10 26% 96 54 7 18% 18 8 0 0 2
1990 26 TOT AL 168 603 3.59 364 60% 17% 23% 26% 34% 82% 5% 50% 72% 43% 5% 9 1 20% 34 23 2 14% 4 5 18 0 1
1990 26 NYY AL 65 224 3.45 135 60% 21% 22% 21% 36% 79% 8% 48% 72% 43% 6% 4 0 28% 18 12 1 9% 0 2 0 0 0
1990 26 DET AL 103 379 3.68 229 60% 15% 23% 29% 32% 84% 3% 51% 72% 44% 5% 5 1 16% 16 11 1 17% 4 3 18 0 1
1992 28 TEX AL 23 95 4.13 42 44% 21% 26% 24% 29% 79% 0% 35% 67% 30% 17% 4 2 0% 0 0 0 0% 0 2 0 0 0
4 Seasons 970 3663 3.78 2240 61% 20% 20% 30% 29% 80% 5% 49% 74% 52% 7% 69 24 25% 238 132 15 20% 38 27 19 0 4
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 21 SDP NL 142 23 3 0 6 1 2 3 0 5 2 0 40% 5 0 0 62 1 3 25% 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0
1986 22 SDP NL 550 103 12 0 13 7 5 6 6 32 17 5 53% 3 5 4 182 16 9 64% 16 7 0 1 0 1 5 0 20 0
1987 23 SDP NL 540 115 11 1 27 9 2 3 8 46 15 14 33% 11 5 5 219 15 8 65% 14 7 1 0 0 1 3 0 18 0
1988 24 SDP NL 407 70 6 2 8 0 17 8 0 4 4 20 8 3 40% 4 4 1 157 5 3 63% 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 18 0
1989 25 NYY AL 373 83 6 0 9 0 21 6 3 6 3 33 16 5 48% 2 2 1 138 11 1 92% 8 1 3 0 0 0 7 0 9 0
1990 26 TOT AL 186 32 3 0 4 2 5 3 1 3 1 12 8 2 67% 3 5 0 69 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 0
1990 26 NYY AL 65 14 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 100% 1 3 0 27 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
1990 26 DET AL 121 18 2 0 2 2 5 2 0 2 0 10 6 2 60% 2 2 0 42 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1992 28 TEX AL 23 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 1 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Seasons 2221 427 16 2 47 3 93 34 13 25 22 152 68 29 45% 28 21 12 833 52 26 67% 46 20 6 3 0 3 21 1 82 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 21 0 2 .000 2.31 21 0 11 0 0 5 35.0 23 15 9 3 16 3 27 1 1 0 142 154 1.114 5.9 0.8 4.1 6.9 1.69 154
1986 22 10 12 .455 2.68 91 7 40 0 0 10 171.0 126 61 51 15 74 12 119 5 4 5 692 135 1.170 6.6 0.8 3.9 6.3 1.61 135
1987 23 18 22 .450 3.12 169 7 81 0 0 26 294.1 241 121 102 26 133 23 245 7 5 10 1232 121 1.271 7.4 0.8 4.1 7.5 1.84 121
1988 24 21 28 .429 2.96 229 7 120 0 0 36 392.0 311 150 129 34 188 35 326 7 7 14 1639 124 1.273 7.1 0.8 4.3 7.5 1.73 124
1989 25 25 31 .446 3.25 281 8 140 0 0 39 476.2 394 196 172 43 225 39 408 10 7 16 2012 114 1.299 7.4 0.8 4.2 7.7 1.81 114
1990 26 27 31 .466 3.23 301 9 154 0 0 39 521.1 426 215 187 47 244 42 439 10 7 21 2198 116 1.285 7.4 0.8 4.2 7.6 1.80 116
1991 27 27 31 .466 3.23 301 9 154 0 0 39 521.1 426 215 187 47 244 42 439 10 7 21 2198 116 1.285 7.4 0.8 4.2 7.6 1.80 116
1992 28 28 31 .475 3.25 306 9 155 0 0 39 526.1 427 219 190 47 252 42 442 10 7 21 2221 115 1.290 7.3 0.8 4.3 7.6 1.75 115

Neutralized Pitching

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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 21 2 1 .667 2.73 33.0 24 11 10 3 17 25 1 1.242 6.5 4.6 6.8 1.47 0.8 21
1986 22 8 6 .571 3.29 126.0 107 51 46 12 60 85 4 1.325 7.6 4.3 6.1 1.42 0.9 70
1987 23 7 6 .538 3.82 120.0 117 57 51 11 60 123 2 1.475 8.8 4.5 9.2 2.05 0.8 78
1988 24 6 4 .600 3.10 90.0 76 34 31 9 60 75 0 1.511 7.6 6.0 7.5 1.25 0.9 60
1989 25 3 6 .333 5.33 81.0 88 53 48 10 39 78 3 1.568 9.8 4.3 8.7 2.00 1.1 52
1990 26 2 2 .500 3.27 44.0 34 18 16 4 20 31 0 1.227 7.0 4.1 6.3 1.55 0.8 20
1992 28 0 0 0.00 5.0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 1.600 0.0 14.4 5.4 0.38 0.0 5
7 Seasons 28 25 .528 3.64 499.0 446 224 202 49 264 420 10 1.423 8.0 7.6 1.59 0.9 306

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1986 NL--70--6th
1987 NL--78--5th

Saves s c a p y
1987 NL--16--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
1987 NL--41--10th
1988 NL--39--9th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Cecilio Guante (970)
  7. Bob Humphreys (969)
  8. Vicente Romo (968)
  9. Doug Corbett (968)
  10. Satchel Paige (967) *
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