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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: 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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Yankees/Tigers/Rangers 1985-1992
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: June 4, 1992
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1982	18	PHI-min	Rk	6	4	.600	3.72	13	13	0	2	1	0	87.0	89	44	36	5	33	2	62	2	2	5			1.402	9.2	0.5	3.4	6.4	1.88	HEL · PION
1983	19	PHI-min	A	9	6	.600	4.03	22	21	1	6	2	0	136.1	139	79	61	12	57	0	87	2	1	12			1.438	9.2	0.8	3.8	5.7	1.53	SPB · SALL
1984	20	SDP-min	A,AA	10	5	.667	2.39	30	21	0	3	1	0	161.2	130	50	43	4	80	3	48	1	1	3			1.299	7.2	0.2	4.5	2.7	0.60	MIA,BMT · FLOR,TL
1985	21	SDP-min	AAA	11	8	.579	3.98	24	24	0	3	1	0	149.1	135	75	66	11	83	2	148	6	2	2			1.460	8.1	0.7	5.0	8.9	1.78	LVG · PCL
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	156	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	132	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	107	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	138	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	85	1.417	8.8	1.0	3.9	8.7	2.22
1990	26	NYY-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1			0.667	0.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	CLB · IL
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	134	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	114	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	148	1.045	5.5	0.6	3.9	6.1	1.54

1992	28	LAD-TEX-min	AAA	5	2	.714	3.12	42	0	22	0	0	13	69.1	60	31	24	3	21	2	45	2	1	8	291		1.168	7.8	0.4	2.7	5.8	2.14	ABQ,OKC · PCL,AA
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	77	1.800	1.8	0.0	14.4	5.4	0.38
1993	29	SEA-min	AAA	4	5	.444	5.67	33	10	15	0	0	1	87.1	106	62	55	17	40	2	42	2	0	6	396		1.672	10.9	1.8	4.1	4.3	1.05	CGY · PCL
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	116	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	116	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	125	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	77	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	148	1.045	5.5	0.6	3.9	6.1	1.54

AL (3 yrs)			AL	7	3	.700	4.09	77	2	35	0	0	3	134.1	116	69	61	13	64	7	116	3	0	7	582	97	1.340	7.8	0.9	4.3	7.8	1.81
NL (4 yrs)			NL	21	28	.429	2.96	229	7	120	0	0	36	392.0	311	150	129	34	188	35	326	7	7	14	1639	125	1.273	7.1	0.8	4.3	7.5	1.73

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1985	21	SDP	NL	35.0	0	15	18	0	1.5	3	0.1	$
1986	22	SDP	NL	136.0	7	46	76	-3	1.3	30	3.1	$72,000
1987	23	SDP	NL	123.1	0	60	70	3	1.4	10	0.1	$125,000
1988	24	SDP	NL	97.2	0	29	48	2	1.5	19	1.9	$190,000
1989	25	NYY	AL	84.2	1	46	47	1	.9	1	-0.5	$460,000
1990	26	NYY	AL	15.0	0	8	9	0	.8	1	0.0	$650,000
1990	26	DET	AL	29.2	1	11	18	0	.6	7	0.5	$

1992	28	TEX	AL	5.0	0	4	3	0	.6	-1	-0.1	$
7 Seasons				526.1	9	219	289	3	1.2	70	5.1	$1,497,000

SDP (4 yrs)				392.0	7	150	212	2	1.4	62	5.2	$387,000
NYY (2 yrs)				99.2	1	54	56	1	.9	2	-0.5	$1,110,000
TEX (1 yr)				5.0	0	4	3	0	.6	-1	-0.1	$
DET (1 yr)				29.2	1	11	18	0	.6	7	0.5	$

Standard Batting

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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
1982	18	PHI-min	Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	HEL · PION
1983	19	PHI-min	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SPB · SALL
1984	20	SDP-min	A,AA	31	29	29	0	10	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	5	.345	.345	.448	.793		13		0	0	0	0	MIA,BMT · FLOR,TL
1985	21	SDP-min	AAA	25	38	35	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.143	.167	.171	.338		6		0	2	0	0	LVG · PCL
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	NYY-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
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	LAD-TEX-min	AAA	42	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500		0	0	0	1	0	0	ABQ,OKC · PCL,AA
1992	28	TEX	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1993	29	SEA-min	AAA	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CGY · PCL
7 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rdp	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1985	21	SDP	NL	6	-1	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$	1
1986	22	SDP	NL	28	-3	1	3	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	$72,000	1
1987	23	SDP	NL	16	-3	0	2	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$125,000	1
1988	24	SDP	NL	9	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	$190,000	1
4 Seasons				59	-7	1	6	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	$387,000

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1985	SDP	NL	21	P	21	0	35.0	10	2	6	2	0	.800	2.06	0.38	.953	1.93	1.92	1	3	75%	1
1986	SDP	NL	22	P	70	7	136.0	24	6	16	2	1	.917	1.46	0.31	.955	1.94	1.94	16	9	36%	2
1987	SDP	NL	23	P	78	0	123.1	28	9	17	2	1	.929	1.90	0.33	.955	1.91	1.90	15	8	35%	0
1988	SDP	NL	24	P	60	0	97.2	22	6	14	2	1	.909	1.84	0.33	.955	1.96	1.96	5	3	38%	0
1989	NYY	AL	25	P	52	1	84.2	17	5	10	2	0	.882	1.59	0.29	.960	1.87	1.85	11	1	8%	5
1990	TOT	AL	26	P	20	1	44.2	6	4	2	0	0	1.000	1.21	0.30	.953	1.79	1.76	3	2	40%	1
1990	NYY	AL	26	P	11	0	15.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.80	0.27	.953	1.80	1.76	1	1	50%	1
1990	DET	AL	26	P	9	1	29.2	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.91	0.33	.953	1.79	1.76	2	1	33%	0
1992	TEX	AL	28	P	5	0	5.0	3	1	2	0	1	1.000	5.40	0.60	.953	1.80	1.72	1	0	0%	0
	7 Seasons			P	306	9	526.1	110	33	67	10	4	.909	1.71	0.33	.955	1.91	1.90	52	26	33%	9
	7 Seasons			TOT	306	9	526.1	110	33	67	10	4	.909	1.71	0.33	.955	1.91	1.90	52	26	33%	9

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1987 NL 78 (5th)
Youngest s c a p y 1985 NL born 1964-03-08 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1863), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (737), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1982.
September 20, 1983: the Philadelphia Phillies sent Darren Burroughs (minors), Marty Decker, Lance McCullers and Ed Wojna to the San Diego Padres to complete an earlier deal made on August 31, 1983. August 31, 1983: The Philadelphia Phillies sent players to be named later to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later and Sixto Lezcano.
October 24, 1988: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Stan Jefferson and Jimmy Jones to the New York Yankees for Jack Clark and Pat Clements.
June 4, 1990: Traded by the New York Yankees with Clay Parker to the Detroit Tigers for Matt Nokes.
December 20, 1990: Granted Free Agency.
February 10, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
June 8, 1992: Released by the Texas Rangers.
June 17, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1986	22	San Diego Padres	$72,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	23	San Diego Padres	$125,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	24	San Diego Padres	$190,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	25	New York Yankees	$460,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	26	New York Yankees	$650,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,497,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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