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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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Mets/Dodgers/Phillies/Rangers/Orioles 1985-1996
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: August 14, 1996 (Age 35)
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All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #704. Dave Koslo… #705. Larry Andersen… #706. Rafael Betancourt… #707. ROGER MCDOWELL… #708. LaMarr Hoyt… #709. Barney Pelty… #710. Dan Casey… 

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 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 (v2.2): 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 4.01 0.01 -0.28 97.8 3.64 8 0.9 1.7 0.0 2.1 19 .514 .505 $60,000 RoY-6
1986 25 NYM NL 128.0 75 0 48 3.38 4.09 0.05 -0.32 97.1 3.61 3 0.3 1.8 -0.1 1.4 14 .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 0.3 7 .495 .498 $305,000
1988 27 NYM NL 89.0 62 0 31 3.13 3.78 -0.24 -0.30 96.5 3.59 4 0.5 1.4 -0.0 1.3 12 .507 .503 $615,000
1989 28 NYM NL 35.1 25 0 21 5.35 4.01 0.20 -0.31 95.5 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 3.92 -0.48 -0.30 102.3 4.19 11 1.3 1.5 0.1 2.0 16 .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 -0.3 2 .490 .496 $1,400,000
1991 30 PHI NL 59.0 38 0 28 4.27 4.18 -0.11 -0.32 98.8 3.93 -3 -0.3 1.6 -0.2 0.1 2 .492 .498 $2,000,000
1991 30 LAD NL 42.1 33 0 12 2.55 4.17 -0.16 -0.32 96.8 3.89 6 0.7 2.1 0.3 1.4 10 .520 .504
1992 31 LAD NL 83.2 65 0 46 4.95 3.91 -0.67 -0.30 99.0 4.24 -7 -0.8 2.0 -0.5 -0.6 -1 .488 .495 $2,200,000
1993 32 LAD NL 68.0 54 0 32 4.24 4.61 -0.66 -0.35 96.2 4.74 2 0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.7 9 .505 .502 $1,350,000
1994 33 LAD NL 41.1 32 0 25 5.44 4.62 -0.66 -0.35 95.7 4.71 -4 -0.4 .7 -0.0 -0.0 0 .488 .498 $1,350,000
1995 34 TEX AL 85.0 64 0 39 4.13 5.18 0.17 -0.39 102.2 4.73 6 0.6 1.5 -0.0 1.4 16 .509 .503 $575,000
1996 35 BAL AL 59.1 41 0 32 4.85 5.40 -0.21 -0.40 99.4 5.17 1 0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.6 10 .503 .501 $750,000
12 Seasons 1050.0 723 2 454 3.89 4.30 -0.16 -0.33 97.9 4.05 11 1.2 1.6 -1.6 9.5 111 .502 .501 $11,552,000
NYM (5 yrs) 468.1 280 2 184 3.54 4.08 -0.04 -0.31 96.1 3.66 4 0.5 1.6 -0.7 4.3 47 .502 .501 $1,165,000
LAD (4 yrs) 235.1 184 0 115 4.40 4.28 -0.58 -0.33 97.2 4.40 -2 -0.2 1.5 -0.4 1.4 19 .499 .500 $4,900,000
PHI (3 yrs) 202.0 154 0 84 3.74 4.15 -0.09 -0.32 100.3 3.93 2 0.3 1.6 -0.4 1.8 20 .502 .501 $4,162,000
TEX (1 yr) 85.0 64 0 39 4.13 5.18 0.17 -0.39 102.2 4.73 6 0.6 1.5 -0.0 1.4 16 .509 .503 $575,000
BAL (1 yr) 59.1 41 0 32 4.85 5.40 -0.21 -0.40 99.4 5.17 1 0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.6 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

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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
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 1/79 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 1.000 177 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
1997 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
12 Yrs 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 Explained (v2.2): 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 24 NYM NL 62 22 -2 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $60,000 1 RoY-6
1986 25 NYM NL 75 20 -1 0 0 -0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $185,000 1/79 MVP-17
1987 26 NYM NL 56 14 -1 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $305,000 1
1988 27 NYM NL 63 9 1 -0 0 0 1 2 0.3 0 3 0.3 .504 .502 0.3 0.0 3 $615,000 1
1989 28 NYM NL 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 1 1
1989 28 PHI NL 44 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $762,000 1
1990 29 PHI NL 72 3 -1 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,400,000 1
1991 30 PHI NL 38 2 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,000,000 1
1991 30 LAD NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1/7
1992 31 LAD NL 65 7 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $2,200,000 1
1993 32 LAD NL 54 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $1,350,000 1
1994 33 LAD NL 32 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,350,000 1
1995 34 TEX AL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $575,000 1
1996 35 BAL AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $750,000 1
12 Seasons 725 83 -4 -0 0 -0 14 10 1.1 3 13 1.1 .501 .500 1.1 0.4 13 $11,552,000
NYM (5 yrs) 281 67 -3 0 0 -0 10 7 0.8 2 9 0.8 .503 .501 0.8 0.1 9 $1,165,000
LAD (4 yrs) 185 10 0 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .501 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $4,900,000
PHI (3 yrs) 154 6 -2 -0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $4,162,000
TEX (1 yr) 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $575,000
BAL (1 yr) 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $750,000

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 5 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 Yrs (3 Series) 11 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 5 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% lgCS% PO Awards
1985 NYM NL 24 P 62 2 0 127.1 48 17 27 4 2 .917 3.11 0.71 .953 1.92 1.92 11 6 35% 30% 4 RoY-6
1986 NYM NL 25 P 75 0 0 128.0 47 17 30 0 0 1.000 3.30 0.63 .955 1.94 1.94 12 4 25% 32% 0 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 OF 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -180 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.20 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 0 0 88.2 27 10 17 0 1 1.000 2.74 0.48 .955 1.91 1.90 3 0 0% 29% 0
1988 NYM NL 27 P 62 0 0 89.0 31 11 19 1 2 .968 3.03 0.48 .955 1.96 1.96 7 1 13% 29% 0
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% 32% 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% 32% 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% 32% 0
1990 PHI NL 29 P 72 0 0 86.1 29 1 23 5 2 .828 2.50 0.33 .957 1.80 1.79 7 2 22% 29% 0
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% 33% 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% 33% 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% 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 2.02 2.25
1992 LAD NL 31 P 65 0 0 83.2 32 8 21 3 2 .906 3.12 0.45 .954 1.94 1.94 3 2 40% 32% 0
1993 LAD NL 32 P 54 0 0 68.0 38 11 24 3 3 .921 4.63 0.65 .953 1.84 1.83 8 6 43% 32% 3
1994 LAD NL 33 P 32 0 0 41.1 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.96 0.28 .958 1.85 1.85 4 2 33% 32% 0
1995 TEX AL 34 P 64 0 0 85.0 29 8 20 1 3 .966 2.96 0.44 .960 1.79 1.77 2 2 50% 30% 1
1996 BAL AL 35 P 41 0 0 59.1 24 8 15 1 2 .958 3.49 0.56 .960 1.77 1.76 5 2 29% 30% 1
12 Seasons P 723 2 0 1050.0 395 118 253 24 23 .939 3.18 0.51 .954 1.88 1.87 81 33 29% 31% 9
2 Seasons LF 3 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -51 0.00 0.00 1.93 2.10
2 Seasons OF 3 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -90 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.23
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 2 0 1052.2 395 118 253 24 23 .939 -0 -0 3.17 0.51 .954 1.88 1.87 81 33 29% 31% 9
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% lgCS% 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1521st)

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 (78th)

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 (50th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career  115 (213th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1985 NL  3.1 (10th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1986 NL  75 (2nd)
1990 NL  72 (4th)
1995 AL  64 (2nd)
Career  723 (78th)

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
Career  3.18 (2nd)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 23 (990), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 29 (467), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1136), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (198th), 10.6 career WAR/10.9 7yr-peak WAR/10.8 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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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

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198524New York Mets$60,0003/3/86 TSN
198625New York Mets$185,0001986 USA Today survey
198726New York Mets$305,0001987 USA Today survey
198827New York Mets$615,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198928Philadelphia Phillies$762,0001989 USA Today survey
199029Philadelphia Phillies$1,400,000USA Today
199130Philadelphia Phillies$2,000,000USA Today survey
199231Los Angeles Dodgers$2,200,0004/2/92 USA Today
199332Los Angeles Dodgers$1,350,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $100,000 signing bonus
199433Los Angeles Dodgers$1,350,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $100,000 signing bonus
199534Texas Rangers$575,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $75,000 earned bonus
34Los Angeles Dodgers$300,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Buyout of option year from previous contract
199635Baltimore Orioles$750,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
Career to date (may be incomplete)$11,852,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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