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Roger McDowell

Roger Alan McDowell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 21, 1960 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Colerain HS (Cincinnati, OH)
School: Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1985
Teams (by GP): Mets/Dodgers/Phillies/Rangers/Orioles 1985-1996
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: August 14, 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 NYM NL 6 5 .545 2.83 62 2 36 0 0 17 127.1 108 43 40 9 37 8 70 1 2 6 516 124 1.139 7.6 0.6 2.6 4.9 1.89 RoY-6
1986 25 NYM NL 14 9 .609 3.02 75 0 52 0 0 22 128.0 107 48 43 4 42 5 65 3 3 3 524 119 1.164 7.5 0.3 3.0 4.6 1.55 MVP-17
1987 26 NYM NL 7 5 .583 4.16 56 0 45 0 0 25 88.2 95 41 41 7 28 4 32 2 1 3 384 92 1.387 9.6 0.7 2.8 3.2 1.14
1988 27 NYM NL 5 5 .500 2.63 62 0 41 0 0 16 89.0 80 31 26 1 31 7 46 3 1 6 378 123 1.247 8.1 0.1 3.1 4.7 1.48
1989 28 TOT NL 4 8 .333 1.96 69 0 56 0 0 23 92.0 79 36 20 3 38 8 47 3 1 3 387 177 1.272 7.7 0.3 3.7 4.6 1.24
1989 28 NYM NL 1 5 .167 3.31 25 0 15 0 0 4 35.1 34 21 13 1 16 3 15 2 1 3 156 100 1.415 8.7 0.3 4.1 3.8 0.94
1989 28 PHI NL 3 3 .500 1.11 44 0 41 0 0 19 56.2 45 15 7 2 22 5 32 1 0 0 231 321 1.182 7.1 0.3 3.5 5.1 1.45
1990 29 PHI NL 6 8 .429 3.86 72 0 60 0 0 22 86.1 92 41 37 2 35 9 39 2 1 1 373 99 1.471 9.6 0.2 3.6 4.1 1.11
1991 30 TOT NL 9 9 .500 2.93 71 0 34 0 0 10 101.1 100 40 33 4 48 20 50 2 0 2 445 125 1.461 8.9 0.4 4.3 4.4 1.04
1991 30 PHI NL 3 6 .333 3.20 38 0 16 0 0 3 59.0 61 28 21 1 32 12 28 2 0 1 271 115 1.576 9.3 0.2 4.9 4.3 0.88
1991 30 LAD NL 6 3 .667 2.55 33 0 18 0 0 7 42.1 39 12 12 3 16 8 22 0 0 1 174 142 1.299 8.3 0.6 3.4 4.7 1.38
1992 31 LAD NL 6 10 .375 4.09 65 0 39 0 0 14 83.2 103 46 38 3 42 13 50 1 1 4 393 85 1.733 11.1 0.3 4.5 5.4 1.19
1993 32 LAD NL 5 3 .625 2.25 54 0 19 0 0 2 68.0 76 32 17 2 30 10 27 2 0 5 300 170 1.559 10.1 0.3 4.0 3.6 0.90
1994 33 LAD NL 0 3 .000 5.23 32 0 11 0 0 0 41.1 50 25 24 3 22 6 29 1 0 3 193 76 1.742 10.9 0.7 4.8 6.3 1.32
1995 34 TEX AL 7 4 .636 4.02 64 0 26 0 0 4 85.0 86 39 38 5 34 7 49 6 1 1 362 121 1.412 9.1 0.5 3.6 5.2 1.44
1996 35 BAL AL 1 1 .500 4.25 41 0 11 0 0 4 59.1 69 32 28 7 23 1 20 2 0 0 262 117 1.551 10.5 1.1 3.5 3.0 0.87
1997 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
12 Yrs 70 70 .500 3.30 723 2 430 0 0 159 1050.0 1045 454 385 50 410 98 524 28 11 37 4517 115 1.386 9.0 0.4 3.5 4.5 1.28
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .500 3.30 68 0 40 0 0 15 98 98 43 36 5 38 9 49 3 1 3 424 115 1.386 9.0 0.4 3.5 4.5 1.28
NYM (5 yrs) 33 29 .532 3.13 280 2 189 0 0 84 468.1 424 184 163 22 154 27 228 11 8 21 1958 112 1.234 8.1 0.4 3.0 4.4 1.48
LAD (4 yrs) 17 19 .472 3.48 184 0 87 0 0 23 235.1 268 115 91 11 110 37 128 4 1 13 1060 106 1.606 10.2 0.4 4.2 4.9 1.16
PHI (3 yrs) 12 17 .414 2.90 154 0 117 0 0 44 202.0 198 84 65 5 89 26 99 5 1 2 875 128 1.421 8.8 0.2 4.0 4.4 1.11
TEX (1 yr) 7 4 .636 4.02 64 0 26 0 0 4 85.0 86 39 38 5 34 7 49 6 1 1 362 121 1.412 9.1 0.5 3.6 5.2 1.44
BAL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.25 41 0 11 0 0 4 59.1 69 32 28 7 23 1 20 2 0 0 262 117 1.551 10.5 1.1 3.5 3.0 0.87
NL (10 yrs) 62 65 .488 3.17 618 2 393 0 0 151 905.2 890 383 319 38 353 90 455 20 10 36 3893 114 1.372 8.8 0.4 3.5 4.5 1.29
AL (2 yrs) 8 5 .615 4.12 105 0 37 0 0 8 144.1 155 71 66 12 57 8 69 8 1 1 624 120 1.469 9.7 0.7 3.6 4.3 1.21

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 NYM NL 127.1 62 2 43 3.04 4.02 0.01 -0.28 97.7 3.64 8 0.9 1.7 0.0 2.0 21 .514 .505 $60,000 RoY-6
1986 25 NYM NL 128.0 75 0 48 3.38 4.09 0.05 -0.32 96.8 3.60 3 0.3 1.8 -0.1 1.3 16 .504 .502 $185,000 MVP-17
1987 26 NYM NL 88.2 56 0 41 4.16 4.50 -0.15 -0.34 92.2 3.98 -3 -0.3 1.8 -0.3 0.2 8 .495 .498 $305,000
1988 27 NYM NL 89.0 62 0 31 3.13 3.78 -0.24 -0.30 95.8 3.56 4 0.4 1.4 -0.0 1.2 12 .507 .503 $615,000
1989 28 NYM NL 35.1 25 0 21 5.35 4.01 0.20 -0.31 95.3 3.34 -8 -0.9 1.3 -0.3 -0.8 -5 .465 .495 $
1989 28 PHI NL 56.2 44 0 15 2.38 3.93 -0.48 -0.30 102.1 4.18 11 1.3 1.5 0.1 1.9 17 .530 .508 $762,000
1990 29 PHI NL 86.1 72 0 41 4.27 4.28 0.18 -0.33 99.9 3.77 -6 -0.7 1.7 -0.4 -0.4 3 .491 .496 $1,400,000
1991 30 PHI NL 59.0 38 0 28 4.27 4.18 -0.11 -0.32 98.7 3.92 -3 -0.3 1.6 -0.2 0.0 3 .492 .498 $2,000,000
1991 30 LAD NL 42.1 33 0 12 2.55 4.17 -0.16 -0.32 96.7 3.88 6 0.7 2.1 0.3 1.3 10 .520 .504 $
1992 31 LAD NL 83.2 65 0 46 4.95 3.89 -0.67 -0.30 99.5 4.24 -7 -0.8 2.0 -0.5 -0.7 0 .488 .495 $2,200,000
1993 32 LAD NL 68.0 54 0 32 4.24 4.65 -0.66 -0.36 94.6 4.69 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.7 10 .504 .501 $1,350,000
1994 33 LAD NL 41.1 32 0 25 5.44 4.62 -0.66 -0.35 94.7 4.66 -4 -0.4 .7 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .488 .498 $1,350,000
1995 34 TEX AL 85.0 64 0 39 4.13 5.18 0.17 -0.39 102.3 4.73 6 0.6 1.5 -0.0 1.3 15 .509 .503 $575,000
1996 35 BAL AL 59.1 41 0 32 4.85 5.41 -0.21 -0.40 99.2 5.17 1 0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.5 10 .503 .501 $750,000
12 Seasons 1050.0 723 2 454 3.89 4.31 -0.16 -0.33 97.6 4.04 10 1.2 1.6 -1.6 8.4 119 .502 .501 $11,552,000
NYM (5 yrs) 468.1 280 2 184 3.54 4.08 -0.04 -0.31 95.9 3.66 4 0.4 1.6 -0.7 3.9 51 .502 .501 $1,165,000
LAD (4 yrs) 235.1 184 0 115 4.40 4.29 -0.58 -0.33 96.7 4.38 -3 -0.3 1.5 -0.4 1.2 19 .498 .500 $4,900,000
PHI (3 yrs) 202.0 154 0 84 3.74 4.15 -0.09 -0.32 100.2 3.93 2 0.3 1.6 -0.4 1.5 22 .502 .501 $4,162,000
TEX (1 yr) 85.0 64 0 39 4.13 5.18 0.17 -0.39 102.3 4.73 6 0.6 1.5 -0.0 1.3 15 .509 .503 $575,000
BAL (1 yr) 59.1 41 0 32 4.85 5.41 -0.21 -0.40 99.2 5.17 1 0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.5 10 .503 .501 $750,000

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 NYM NL NLCS W HOU 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 0.143 1.3 0.0 0.0 3.9
1986 25 NYM NL WS W BOS 1 0 1.000 4.91 5 0 2 0 0 0 7.1 10 5 4 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 37 2.182 12.3 0.0 7.4 2.5 0.33
1988 27 NYM NL NLCS L LAD 0 1 .000 4.50 4 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 26 1.333 9.0 1.5 3.0 7.5 2.50
2 Yrs (3 Series) 1 1 .500 3.10 11 0 5 0 0 0 20.1 17 8 7 1 8 3 10 0 0 0 84 1.230 7.5 0.4 3.5 4.4 1.25
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 2.08 6 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 7 3 3 1 2 1 8 0 0 0 47 0.692 4.8 0.7 1.4 5.5 4.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 4.91 5 0 2 0 0 0 7.1 10 5 4 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 37 2.182 12.3 0.0 7.4 2.5 0.33

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 NYM NL 62 516 470 43 108 19 1 9 11 6 37 70 .230 .286 .332 .618 .252 156 11 1 6 2 8 12
1986 25 NYM NL 75 524 469 48 107 14 3 4 12 4 42 65 .228 .294 .296 .590 .256 139 15 3 7 3 5 9
1987 26 NYM NL 56 383 344 41 95 10 0 7 3 0 28 32 .276 .330 .366 .696 .284 126 13 2 5 5 4 7
1988 27 NYM NL 62 378 336 31 80 4 4 1 7 1 31 46 .238 .304 .283 .587 .269 95 9 3 3 5 7 9
1989 28 TOT NL 69 387 339 36 79 13 1 3 7 2 38 47 .233 .315 .304 .619 .262 103 13 3 6 1 8 8
1989 28 NYM NL 25 156 134 21 34 5 1 1 1 1 16 15 .254 .340 .328 .668 .277 44 4 2 3 1 3 5
1989 28 PHI NL 44 231 205 15 45 8 0 2 6 1 22 32 .220 .298 .288 .586 .251 59 9 1 3 0 5 3
1990 29 PHI NL 72 373 322 41 92 15 2 2 7 2 35 39 .286 .355 .363 .719 .316 117 16 2 10 4 9 6
1991 30 TOT NL 71 445 381 40 100 20 2 4 12 4 48 50 .262 .346 .357 .703 .291 136 10 2 11 3 20 5
1991 30 LAD NL 33 174 152 12 39 6 2 3 6 3 16 22 .257 .324 .382 .705 .279 58 5 0 4 2 8 0
1991 30 PHI NL 38 271 229 28 61 14 0 1 6 1 32 28 .266 .360 .341 .700 .299 78 5 2 7 1 12 5
1992 31 LAD NL 65 393 337 46 103 10 2 3 3 2 42 50 .306 .381 .374 .755 .348 126 9 1 10 3 13 11
1993 32 LAD NL 54 300 264 32 76 9 2 2 8 6 30 27 .288 .364 .360 .723 .314 95 5 2 3 1 10 9
1994 33 LAD NL 32 193 165 25 50 8 2 3 4 2 22 29 .303 .388 .430 .819 .353 71 4 1 5 0 6 4
1995 34 TEX AL 64 362 311 39 86 11 2 5 2 2 34 49 .277 .354 .373 .727 .309 116 16 6 6 5 7 5
1996 35 BAL AL 41 262 233 32 69 7 1 7 5 2 23 20 .296 .363 .425 .788 .300 99 11 2 3 1 1 3
12 Yrs 723 4516 3971 454 1045 140 22 50 81 33 410 524 .263 .334 .347 .681 .290 1379 132 28 75 33 98 88
162 Game Avg. 68 424 372 43 98 13 2 5 8 3 38 49 .263 .334 .347 .681 .290 129 12 3 7 3 9 8
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 NYM NL 10.9 1.2 548 3.1 13.4 -10.4 1.40 1.7 0.5 11.0 1.2 1.41 13.8 35 10 15
1986 25 NYM NL 8.4 0.9 547 2.0 15.2 -13.1 1.68 1.6 -0.4 11.6 1.2 1.68 13.5 46 11 18
1987 26 NYM NL -1.4 -0.1 392 0.6 11.2 -10.5 1.68 0.2 0.2 -2.0 -0.2 1.68 0.2 34 11 11
1988 27 NYM NL 5.8 0.6 395 0.5 9.8 -9.4 1.66 0.6 -0.4 6.2 0.7 1.66 8.1 27 14 20
1989 28 TOT NL 9.0 1.0 403 -0.1 9.7 -9.8 1.57 0.5 -0.6 3.4 0.4 1.57 4.8 29 12 27
1989 28 NYM NL -3.1 -0.3 163 -1.1 2.7 -3.7 1.25 -0.4 -0.5 -6.2 -0.7 1.25 -3.4 10 5 9
1989 28 PHI NL 12.2 1.3 240 1.0 7.1 -6.1 1.79 0.9 -0.4 9.6 1.0 1.79 8.2 19 7 18
1990 29 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 388 -1.0 11.0 -12.0 1.79 0.1 -0.7 -3.9 -0.4 1.79 -1.2 36 7 25
1991 30 TOT NL 6.9 0.7 465 -0.6 11.6 -12.2 1.75 -0.3 -0.0 2.6 0.3 1.75 -2.8 39 13 19
1991 30 PHI NL 1.1 0.1 282 -1.0 6.5 -7.5 1.69 -0.4 -0.2 -2.6 -0.3 1.69 -3.8 20 7 11
1991 30 LAD NL 5.8 0.6 183 0.4 5.1 -4.7 1.83 0.0 0.2 5.2 0.6 1.83 1.0 19 6 8
1992 31 LAD NL -7.4 -0.8 405 -2.1 9.8 -12.0 1.70 -0.8 -0.5 -10.2 -1.1 1.70 -11.1 37 7 20
1993 32 LAD NL 6.7 0.7 324 0.2 4.6 -4.4 .92 -0.1 0.4 2.7 0.3 0.92 -0.6 14 13 26
1994 33 LAD NL -5.3 -0.5 201 -1.1 1.8 -2.9 .69 -0.4 -1.2 -4.6 -0.5 0.69 -4.6 5 4 21
1995 34 TEX AL 8.8 0.8 371 2.4 8.3 -5.9 1.24 0.8 1.1 14.9 1.4 1.24 11.7 24 16 23
1996 35 BAL AL 4.1 0.4 268 1.3 6.1 -4.8 1.17 0.2 1.0 3.2 0.3 1.17 2.1 15 15 11
12 Yrs 46.2 4.8 4707 5.2 112.7 -107.4 1.50 4.0 -0.5 34.9 3.6 1.50 34.0 341 133 236

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 NYM NL 62 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 45 31 21 8 1 1 2.4 4.9 5.2
1 Yr 62 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 38 45 31 21 8 1 1 2.4 4.9 5.2
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 NYM NL 62 60 36 6 4 23 17 6 74% 29 6 23 12 52% 7 1.405 35 10 15 35 15 10 14 46 40 8 41 10 5.9
1986 25 NYM NL 75 75 52 14 9 28 22 6 79% 38 10 32 4 13% 8 1.679 46 11 18 49 20 6 21 54 45 9 47 23 5.1
1987 26 NYM NL 56 56 45 7 5 32 25 7 78% 33 1 37 16 43% 8 1.684 34 11 11 42 10 4 24 32 29 9 31 21 4.8
1988 27 NYM NL 62 62 41 5 5 20 16 4 80% 27 7 33 4 12% 8 1.656 27 14 20 33 12 17 20 42 31 16 34 14 4.3 21
1989 28 TOT NL 69 69 56 4 8 28 23 5 82% 30 2 46 18 39% 1.572 29 12 27 32 8 29 27 42 30 12 31 14 4.0 20
1989 28 NYM NL 25 25 15 1 5 5 4 1 80% 7 2 18 8 44% 8 1.250 10 5 9 8 5 12 10 15 14 6 15 5 4.2 22
1989 28 PHI NL 44 44 41 3 3 23 19 4 83% 23 0 28 10 36% 9 1.789 19 7 18 24 3 17 17 27 16 6 16 9 3.9 19
1990 29 PHI NL 72 72 60 6 8 28 22 6 79% 30 1 45 16 36% 9 1.790 36 7 25 40 13 19 29 43 26 16 28 23 3.6 17
1991 30 TOT NL 71 71 34 9 9 15 10 5 67% 25 10 43 14 33% 1.746 39 13 19 31 22 18 22 49 40 10 41 23 4.3 22
1991 30 PHI NL 38 38 16 3 6 6 3 3 50% 12 6 19 7 37% 8 1.694 20 7 11 16 12 10 9 29 24 3 24 9 4.7 26
1991 30 LAD NL 33 33 18 6 3 9 7 2 78% 13 4 24 7 29% 8 1.827 19 6 8 15 10 8 13 20 16 7 17 14 3.8 18
1992 31 LAD NL 65 65 39 6 10 22 14 8 64% 27 5 42 10 24% 8 1.698 37 7 20 36 18 11 24 41 28 15 33 18 3.9 21
1993 32 LAD NL 54 54 19 5 3 4 2 2 50% 7 3 30 9 30% 7 .919 14 13 26 11 6 37 17 37 20 13 20 8 3.8 18
1994 33 LAD NL 32 32 11 0 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 24 10 42% 8 .693 5 4 21 3 4 25 15 17 14 9 16 7 3.9 22
1995 34 TEX AL 64 64 26 7 4 8 4 4 50% 17 9 66 15 23% 8 1.241 24 16 23 32 7 25 43 21 31 23 33 12 4.0 19
1996 35 BAL AL 41 41 11 1 1 6 4 2 67% 15 9 44 20 45% 7 1.172 15 15 11 24 4 13 25 16 25 11 27 8 4.3 22
12 Yrs 723 721 430 70 69 215 159 56 74% 279 63 465 148 32% 1.497 341 133 236 368 139 214 281 440 359 151 382 181 4.3 20

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 NYM NL 516 52% 1.7% 13.6% 7.2% 5.6% 27% 2.68 76% 88 11 13%
1986 25 NYM NL 524 49% 0.8% 12.4% 8.0% 4.0% 20% 3.14 77% 107 15 14%
1987 26 NYM NL 384 49% 1.8% 8.4% 7.3% 4.4% 18% 2.76 81% 89 13 15%
1988 27 NYM NL 378 54% 0.3% 12.2% 8.2% 2.4% 11% 1.69 2.55 78% 18% 1.4% 34% 83 9 11%
1989 28 TOT NL 387 45% 0.8% 12.1% 9.8% 4.4% 22% 1.97 2.72 75% 14% 3.9% 20% 88 13 15%
1989 28 NYM NL 156 49% 0.6% 9.6% 10.3% 4.5% 21% 1.74 2.21 76% 17% 2.6% 7% 36 4 11%
1989 28 PHI NL 231 42% 0.9% 13.9% 9.5% 4.3% 22% 2.15 3.15 74% 11% 5.3% 30% 52 9 17%
1990 29 PHI NL 373 41% 0.5% 10.5% 9.4% 5.1% 21% 1.89 2.69 76% 18% 2.3% 13% 102 16 16%
1991 30 TOT NL 445 46% 0.9% 11.2% 10.8% 5.8% 26% 1.79 2.42 74% 14% 3.8% 10% 97 10 10%
1991 30 PHI NL 271 42% 0.4% 10.3% 11.8% 5.5% 25% 1.76 2.08 74% 15% 1.6% 11% 69 5 7%
1991 30 LAD NL 174 51% 1.7% 12.6% 9.2% 6.3% 28% 1.83 3.08 74% 12% 7.1% 9% 28 5 18%
1992 31 LAD NL 393 51% 0.8% 12.7% 10.7% 3.8% 15% 1.65 2.74 73% 18% 3.0% 8% 99 9 9%
1993 32 LAD NL 300 52% 0.7% 9.0% 10.0% 4.3% 17% 1.76 2.00 79% 18% 2.6% 10% 65 5 8%
1994 33 LAD NL 193 54% 1.6% 15.0% 11.4% 6.7% 26% 1.62 2.21 69% 19% 6.4% 10% 46 4 9%
1995 34 TEX AL 362 55% 1.4% 13.5% 9.4% 5.0% 21% 1.31 2.09 72% 26% 4.9% 11% 98 16 16%
1996 35 BAL AL 262 60% 2.7% 7.6% 8.8% 5.7% 22% 1.55 2.69 79% 18% 9.9% 14% 60 11 18%
12 Yrs 4517 50% 1.1% 11.6% 9.1% 4.7% 20% 1.69 2.58 76% 18% 4.1% 15% 1022 132 13%
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 NYM NL 373 1259 3.38 806 64% 24% 13% 27% 36% 76% 6% 49% 83% 62% 5% 20 5 25% 94 63 6 24% 12 8 5 0 0
1989 28 TOT NL 385 1319 3.43 813 62% 23% 12% 28% 37% 77% 6% 47% 84% 60% 5% 19 6 17% 64 37 4 29% 10 6 2 0 4
1989 28 NYM NL 159 540 3.40 329 61% 20% 13% 29% 37% 80% 6% 49% 83% 57% 3% 5 1 15% 24 13 1 33% 6 1 -3 0 1
1989 28 PHI NL 226 779 3.45 484 62% 25% 12% 27% 36% 75% 5% 46% 84% 62% 6% 14 5 18% 40 24 3 27% 4 5 5 0 3
1990 29 PHI NL 329 1093 3.32 685 63% 23% 12% 27% 38% 77% 8% 48% 85% 58% 8% 27 13 18% 58 25 3 24% 6 6 44 0 1
1991 30 TOT NL 447 1590 3.56 957 60% 26% 12% 27% 36% 74% 12% 45% 84% 56% 9% 40 12 18% 79 38 2 40% 8 9 -2 0 0
1991 30 PHI NL 271 998 3.68 593 59% 24% 11% 30% 35% 76% 11% 45% 86% 55% 9% 25 8 17% 47 22 2 43% 4 6 0 0 0
1991 30 LAD NL 176 592 3.36 364 61% 28% 13% 21% 37% 72% 13% 44% 82% 58% 9% 15 4 18% 32 16 0 36% 4 3 -2 0 0
1992 31 LAD NL 394 1353 3.43 834 62% 23% 14% 28% 36% 77% 10% 48% 82% 60% 8% 30 11 16% 64 26 5 34% 9 7 -1 0 0
1993 32 LAD NL 306 994 3.25 613 62% 23% 12% 26% 39% 77% 9% 47% 84% 61% 7% 21 8 16% 49 30 3 41% 12 5 -6 0 2
1994 33 LAD NL 176 634 3.60 375 59% 24% 15% 26% 35% 76% 5% 45% 80% 57% 8% 14 6 13% 23 9 0 46% 5 5 17 0 0
1995 34 TEX AL 306 1048 3.42 623 59% 30% 12% 22% 37% 70% 7% 42% 83% 59% 6% 19 9 15% 46 23 3 40% 8 3 56 0 1
1996 35 BAL AL 200 693 3.47 432 63% 29% 8% 26% 38% 71% 2% 44% 89% 62% 4% 8 5 20% 39 22 5 53% 4 2 62 3 0
9 Yrs 2916 9983 3.42 6138 62% 25% 12% 26% 37% 75% 8% 46% 84% 60% 7% 198 75 18% 516 273 31 35% 74 51 177 3 8
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 NYM NL 516 108 9 0 8 7 2 7 2 26 13 2 50% 12 6 0 181 11 6 65% 10 6 1 0 0 0 6 0 14 0
1986 25 NYM NL 524 107 4 0 14 0 4 0 4 27 19 3 70% 9 3 1 197 12 4 75% 12 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0
1987 26 NYM NL 383 95 7 0 18 4 3 7 0 25 12 2 48% 7 3 1 177 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
1988 27 NYM NL 378 80 13 0 1 0 16 1 0 0 1 25 12 1 48% 9 6 2 147 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1989 28 TOT NL 387 79 16 2 3 1 20 0 3 1 2 37 17 4 46% 8 3 1 160 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1989 28 NYM NL 156 34 7 1 1 0 11 0 1 0 1 20 10 3 50% 5 3 0 62 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1989 28 PHI NL 231 45 9 1 2 1 9 0 2 1 1 17 7 1 41% 3 0 1 98 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 29 PHI NL 373 92 18 1 2 0 19 0 2 1 1 35 18 2 51% 6 1 2 166 7 2 78% 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1991 30 TOT NL 445 100 38 1 4 0 23 2 2 3 1 46 22 5 48% 5 2 0 177 12 4 75% 11 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 7 0
1991 30 PHI NL 271 61 20 1 1 0 16 1 0 0 1 34 17 4 50% 5 1 0 116 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
1991 30 LAD NL 174 39 18 0 3 0 7 1 2 3 0 12 5 1 42% 0 1 0 61 6 3 67% 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
1992 31 LAD NL 393 103 48 2 3 1 21 0 3 0 3 25 13 2 52% 11 4 1 187 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
1993 32 LAD NL 300 76 19 1 2 0 15 1 1 2 0 21 8 2 38% 9 5 0 134 8 6 57% 7 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 8 0
1994 33 LAD NL 193 50 11 0 3 0 14 2 1 2 1 24 8 6 33% 4 3 0 81 4 2 67% 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0
1995 34 TEX AL 362 86 11 1 5 0 16 3 2 1 4 23 10 1 43% 5 1 2 166 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
1996 35 BAL AL 262 69 12 0 7 0 11 6 1 3 4 22 9 1 41% 3 0 0 118 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
12 Yrs 4516 1045 186 8 50 2 195 26 24 27 23 336 161 31 48% 88 37 10 1891 81 33 71% 75 25 6 5 0 3 15 1 122 1
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 6 5 .545 2.83 62 2 36 0 0 17 127.1 108 43 40 9 37 8 70 1 2 6 516 124 1.139 7.6 0.6 2.6 4.9 1.89 124
1986 25 20 14 .588 2.93 137 2 88 0 0 39 255.1 215 91 83 13 79 13 135 4 5 9 1040 121 1.151 7.6 0.5 2.8 4.8 1.71 121
1987 26 27 19 .587 3.24 193 2 133 0 0 64 344.0 310 132 124 20 107 17 167 6 6 12 1424 111 1.212 8.1 0.5 2.8 4.4 1.56 111
1988 27 32 24 .571 3.12 255 2 174 0 0 80 433.0 390 163 150 21 138 24 213 9 7 18 1802 113 1.219 8.1 0.4 2.9 4.4 1.54 113
1989 28 36 32 .529 2.91 324 2 230 0 0 103 525.0 469 199 170 24 176 32 260 12 8 21 2189 121 1.229 8.0 0.4 3.0 4.5 1.48 121
1990 29 42 40 .512 3.05 396 2 290 0 0 125 611.1 561 240 207 26 211 41 299 14 9 22 2562 117 1.263 8.3 0.4 3.1 4.4 1.42 117
1991 30 51 49 .510 3.03 467 2 324 0 0 135 712.2 661 280 240 30 259 61 349 16 9 24 3007 118 1.291 8.3 0.4 3.3 4.4 1.35 118
1992 31 57 59 .491 3.14 532 2 363 0 0 149 796.1 764 326 278 33 301 74 399 17 10 28 3400 114 1.337 8.6 0.4 3.4 4.5 1.33 114
1993 32 62 62 .500 3.07 586 2 382 0 0 151 864.1 840 358 295 35 331 84 426 19 10 33 3700 117 1.355 8.7 0.4 3.4 4.4 1.29 117
1994 33 62 65 .488 3.17 618 2 393 0 0 151 905.2 890 383 319 38 353 90 455 20 10 36 3893 114 1.372 8.8 0.4 3.5 4.5 1.29 114
1995 34 69 69 .500 3.24 682 2 419 0 0 155 990.2 976 422 357 43 387 97 504 26 11 37 4255 115 1.376 8.9 0.4 3.5 4.6 1.30 115
1996 35 70 70 .500 3.30 723 2 430 0 0 159 1050.0 1045 454 385 50 410 98 524 28 11 37 4517 115 1.386 9.0 0.4 3.5 4.5 1.28 115

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 5 .615 3.38 120.0 115 50 45 10 39 66 1 1.283 8.6 2.9 5.0 1.69 0.8 62
1986 25 7 6 .538 3.47 122.0 112 52 47 4 44 62 3 1.279 8.3 3.2 4.6 1.41 0.3 75
1987 26 4 5 .444 4.55 85.0 97 48 43 7 29 31 2 1.482 10.3 3.1 3.3 1.07 0.7 56
1988 27 5 4 .556 3.43 84.0 89 36 32 1 34 43 3 1.464 9.5 3.6 4.6 1.26 0.1 62
1989 28 7 2 .778 2.38 87.0 84 26 23 3 40 44 3 1.425 8.7 4.1 4.6 1.10 0.3 69
1990 29 4 4 .500 4.39 80.0 94 43 39 2 36 36 2 1.625 10.6 4.1 4.1 1.00 0.2 72
1991 30 6 4 .600 3.38 96.0 104 40 36 4 50 48 2 1.604 9.8 4.7 4.5 0.96 0.4 71
1992 31 3 5 .375 5.01 79.0 111 49 44 3 45 47 1 1.975 12.6 5.1 5.4 1.04 0.3 65
1993 32 5 2 .714 2.57 63.0 78 20 18 2 31 25 2 1.730 11.1 4.4 3.6 0.81 0.3 54
1994 33 2 4 .333 5.63 56.0 72 39 35 4 32 39 1 1.857 11.6 5.1 6.3 1.22 0.6 32
1995 34 5 5 .500 3.76 91.0 92 42 38 5 36 52 6 1.407 9.1 3.6 5.1 1.44 0.5 64
1996 35 3 3 .500 3.72 58.0 64 27 24 6 21 20 2 1.466 9.9 3.3 3.1 0.95 0.9 41
12 Yrs 59 49 .546 3.74 1021.0 1112 472 424 51 437 513 28 1.517 9.8 4.5 1.17 0.4 723

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 NL (17, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Games Played s c a p y
1986 NL  75 (2nd)
1989 NL  69 (8th)
1990 NL  72 (4th)
1991 NL  71 (6th)
1995 AL  64 (2nd)
Career  723 (75th)

Saves s c a p y
1985 NL  17 (9th)
1986 NL  22 (8th)
1987 NL  25 (5th)
1988 NL  16 (10th)
1989 NL  23 (9th)
1990 NL  22 (6th)
Career  159 (66th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1986 NL  52 (4th)
1987 NL  45 (6th)
1988 NL  41 (7th)
1989 NL  56 (4th)
1990 NL  60 (1st)
Career  430 (49th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career  115 (214th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 23 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 29 (461), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Greg Minton (954)
  2. Steve Bedrosian (944)
  3. Willie Hernandez (942)
  4. Ted Abernathy (940)
  5. Darold Knowles (931)
  6. Jay Howell (928)
  7. Bill Campbell (924)
  8. Michael Jackson (920)
  9. Al Worthington (918)
  10. Gary Lavelle (917)
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  1. Hal Reniff (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Turk Farrell (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Campbell (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wayne Granger (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Wayne Granger (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Elias Sosa (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Bedrosian (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Clay Carroll (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gene Garber (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Gene Garber (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Gene Garber (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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