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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 (Cincinnati, OH)
School: Bowling Green State University
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #741. Al Fitzmorris… #742. Dick McBride… #743. Jack Scott… #744. ROGER MCDOWELL… #745. Ian Kennedy… #746. Guy Morton… #747. Bob Rhoads…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #741. Al Fitzmorris… #742. Dick McBride… #743. Jack Scott… #744. ROGER MCDOWELL… #745. Ian Kennedy… #746. Guy Morton… #747. Bob Rhoads…

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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	21	NYM-min	A	8	4	.667	2.95	16	15	0	6	1	0	100.2	87	46	33	1	41	1	63	2	2	3			1.272	7.8	0.1	3.7	5.6	1.54	SHL,LBG · SALL,CARL
1983	22	NYM-min	AA	11	12	.478	4.86	27	26	0	9	1	0	172.1	203	111	93	10	71	2	115	6	1	7			1.590	10.6	0.5	3.7	6.0	1.62	JAC · TL
1984	23	NYM-min	AA	0	0		3.68	3	2	0	0	0	0	7.1	9	3	3	0	1	0	8	0	0	0			1.364	11.0	0.0	1.2	9.8	8.00	JAC · TL
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	124	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	172	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	77	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
12 Seasons				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	113	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	107	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)			NL	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)			AL	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: 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	Awards
1985	24	NYM	NL	127.1	2	43	66	0	1.4	23	2.2	$60,000	RoY-6
1986	25	NYM	NL	128.0	0	48	67	1	1.6	19	1.5	$185,000	MVP-17
1987	26	NYM	NL	88.2	0	41	51	-1	1.6	10	0.5	$305,000
1988	27	NYM	NL	89.0	0	31	45	-2	1.6	14	1.3	$615,000
1989	28	NYM	NL	35.1	0	21	17	1	1.2	-4	-0.8	$
1989	28	PHI	NL	56.2	0	15	33	-3	1.8	18	2.2	$762,000
1990	29	PHI	NL	86.1	0	41	46	2	1.8	5	-0.1	$1,400,000
1991	30	PHI	NL	59.0	0	28	33	-1	1.7	5	0.1	$2,000,000
1991	30	LAD	NL	42.1	0	12	23	-1	1.8	11	1.3	$
1992	31	LAD	NL	83.2	0	46	48	-6	1.7	2	-0.6	$2,200,000
1993	32	LAD	NL	68.0	0	32	44	-5	.9	12	0.7	$1,350,000
1994	33	LAD	NL	41.1	0	25	27	-3	.7	2	-0.2	$1,350,000
1995	34	TEX	AL	85.0	0	39	58	1	1.2	19	1.3	$575,000
1996	35	BAL	AL	59.1	0	32	44	-1	1.2	12	0.7	$750,000
12 Seasons				1050.0	2	454	602	-18	1.5	148	10.1	$11,552,000

NYM (5 yrs)				468.1	2	184	246	-1	1.5	62	4.7	$1,165,000
LAD (4 yrs)				235.1	0	115	142	-15	1.3	27	1.2	$4,900,000
PHI (3 yrs)				202.0	0	84	112	-2	1.8	28	2.2	$4,162,000
TEX (1 yr)				85.0	0	39	58	1	1.2	19	1.3	$575,000
BAL (1 yr)				59.1	0	32	44	-1	1.2	12	0.7	$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 Seasons (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

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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	Awards
1982	21	NYM-min	A	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SHL,LBG · SALL,CARL
1983	22	NYM-min	AA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	JAC · TL
1984	23	NYM-min	AA	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	1	0	0	JAC · TL
1985	24	NYM	NL	62	22	19	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.158	.200	.211	.411	16	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	RoY-6
1986	25	NYM	NL	75	20	18	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.278	.316	.278	.594	67	5	0	0	1	0	0	1/	MVP-17
1987	26	NYM	NL	56	14	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.231	.286	.308	.593	61	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	27	NYM	NL	63	9	9	1	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.333	.333	.667	1.000	188	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	28	TOT	NL	69	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	95	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	28	NYM	NL	25	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	194	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	28	PHI	NL	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	29	PHI	NL	72	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1991	30	TOT	NL	72	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1/7
1991	30	PHI	NL	38	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	30	LAD	NL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1/7
1992	31	LAD	NL	65	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.500	.000	.500	55	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
1993	32	LAD	NL	54	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	176	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	33	LAD	NL	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	34	TEX	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	35	BAL	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Seasons				725	83	72	6	16	5	0	0	6	0	0	5	28	.222	.282	.292	.574	61	21	0	1	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	19	16	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.222	.282	.292	.574	61	5	0	0	1	0	0

NYM (5 yrs)				281	67	61	4	15	5	0	0	6	0	0	3	21	.246	.281	.328	.609	70	20	0	0	3	0	0
LAD (4 yrs)				185	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.167	.444	.167	.611	79	1	0	1	1	0	0
PHI (3 yrs)				154	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				620	83	72	6	16	5	0	0	6	0	0	5	28	.222	.282	.292	.574	61	21	0	1	5	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1985	24	NYM	NL	22	-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$60,000	1	RoY-6
1986	25	NYM	NL	20	-1	0	0	0	-0	2	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$185,000	1/	MVP-17
1987	26	NYM	NL	14	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$305,000	1
1988	27	NYM	NL	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$615,000	1
1989	28	NYM	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1989	28	PHI	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$762,000	1
1990	29	PHI	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$1,400,000	1
1991	30	PHI	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$2,000,000	1
1992	31	LAD	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$2,200,000	1
1993	32	LAD	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,350,000	1
1994	33	LAD	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,350,000	1
10 Seasons				83	-5	0	0	0	-0	8	2	5	0.4	5	0.5	-0.1	$10,227,000

NYM (5 yrs)				67	-3	0	0	0	-0	7	2	6	0.5	6	0.6	-0.1	$1,165,000
PHI (3 yrs)				6	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$4,162,000
LAD (3 yrs)				10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$4,900,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1986	25	NYM	NL	NLCS	HOU	W	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	25	NYM	NL	WS	BOS	W	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0

1988	27	NYM	NL	NLCS	LAD	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (3 Series)							9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2 NLCS							6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1985	NYM	NL	24	P	62			127.1	48	17	27	4	2	.917			3.11	0.71	.953	1.92	1.92					RoY-6
1986	NYM	NL	25	P	75			128.0	47	17	30	0	0	1.000			3.30	0.63	.955	1.94	1.94					MVP-17
1986	NYM	NL	25	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0		-0			0.00			2.20					MVP-17
1986	NYM	NL	25	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00					MVP-17
1986	NYM	NL	25	RF	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.00					MVP-17
1987	NYM	NL	26	P	56			88.2	27	10	17	0	1	1.000			2.74	0.48	.955	1.91	1.90
1988	NYM	NL	27	P	62			89.0	31	11	19	1	2	.968			3.03	0.48	.955	1.96	1.96
1989	TOT	NL	28	P	69	0	0	92.0	45	17	25	3	3	.933			4.11	0.61	.947	1.87	1.87	7	2	22%	0
1989	NYM	NL	28	P	25	0	0	35.1	23	10	12	1	2	.957			5.60	0.88	.947	1.86	1.87	1	1	50%	0
1989	PHI	NL	28	P	44	0	0	56.2	22	7	13	2	1	.909			3.18	0.45	.947	1.87	1.87	6	1	14%	0
1990	PHI	NL	29	P	72			86.1	29	1	23	5	2	.828			2.50	0.33	.957	1.80	1.79
1991	TOT	NL	30	P	71	0	0	101.1	36	8	25	3	3	.917			2.93	0.46	.955	1.86	1.85	12	4	25%	0
1991	PHI	NL	30	P	38	0	0	59.0	24	4	17	3	2	.875			3.20	0.55	.955	1.86	1.85	6	1	14%	0
1991	LAD	NL	30	P	33	0	0	42.1	12	4	8	0	1	1.000			2.55	0.36	.955	1.85	1.85	6	3	33%	0
1991	LAD	NL	30	LF	2	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.02	2.15
1991	LAD	NL	30	OF	2	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	2.25
1992	LAD	NL	31	P	65			83.2	32	8	21	3	2	.906			3.12	0.45	.954	1.94	1.94
1993	LAD	NL	32	P	54			68.0	38	11	24	3	3	.921			4.63	0.65	.953	1.84	1.83
1994	LAD	NL	33	P	32			41.1	9	2	7	0	0	1.000			1.96	0.28	.958	1.85	1.85
1995	TEX	AL	34	P	64			85.0	29	8	20	1	3	.966			2.96	0.44	.960	1.79	1.77
1996	BAL	AL	35	P	41			59.1	24	8	15	1	2	.958			3.49	0.56	.960	1.77	1.76
	12 Seasons			P	723	0	0	1050.0	395	118	253	24	23	.939			3.18	0.51	.954	1.88	1.87	19	6	24%	0
	2 Seasons			OF	3	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-180	0.00	0.00		0.00	2.23
	2 Seasons			LF	3	0	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-51	0.00	0.00		1.93	2.10
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.00
	12 Seasons			TOT	726	0	0	1051.1	395	118	253	24	23	.939	-0	-0	3.18	0.51	.954	1.88	1.87	19	6	24%	0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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 (1498th)	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 (74th)	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 (65th)	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 (48th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y Career 115 (210th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1986 NL 75 (2nd) 1990 NL 72 (4th) 1995 AL 64 (2nd) Career 723 (74th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1985 NL 4 (4th) 1990 NL 5 (1st)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1985 NL 3.11 (4th) 1986 NL 3.30 (2nd) 1988 NL 3.03 (4th) 1989 NL 4.11 (1st) 1991 NL 2.93 (4th) 1992 NL 3.12 (5th) 1993 NL 4.63 (1st) 1996 AL 3.49 (1st) Career 3.18 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 23 (975), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 29 (459), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Wayne Granger (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wayne Granger (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Elias Sosa (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Bedrosian (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Clay Carroll (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gene Garber (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gene Garber (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gene Garber (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1982.
June 18, 1989: Traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later and Lenny Dykstra to the Philadelphia Phillies for Juan Samuel. The New York Mets sent Tom Edens (July 27, 1989) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
July 31, 1991: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Braulio Castillo and Mike Hartley.
October 28, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
December 5, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
October 11, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
April 11, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
November 3, 1995: Granted Free Agency.
December 18, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
October 29, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
January 10, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

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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	Notes
1985	24	New York Mets	$60,000	3/3/86 TSN
1986	25	New York Mets	$185,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	26	New York Mets	$305,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	27	New York Mets	$615,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	28	Philadelphia Phillies	$762,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	29	Philadelphia Phillies	$1,400,000	USA Today
1991	30	Philadelphia Phillies	$2,000,000	USA Today survey
1992	31	Los Angeles Dodgers	$2,200,000	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	32	Los Angeles Dodgers	$1,350,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $100,000 signing bonus
1994	33	Los Angeles Dodgers	$1,350,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $100,000 signing bonus
1995	34	Texas Rangers	$575,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $75,000 earned bonus
	34	Los Angeles Dodgers	$300,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Buyout of option year from previous contract
1996	35	Baltimore Orioles	$750,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$11,852,000

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