Andy McGaffigan

Andrew Joseph McGaffigan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 25, 1956 in West Palm Beach, FL
High School: Twin Lake HS (West Palm Beach, FL)
School: Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL)
Drafted
by the New York Yankees in the 6th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1981
Teams (by GP): Expos/Giants/Royals/Reds/Yankees 1981-1991

Final Game: July 6, 1991
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Standard Batting

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
1981 24 NYY AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1982 25 SFG NL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1983 26 SFG NL 43 33 30 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 20 .067 .097 .133 .230 -36 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
1984 27 TOT NL 30 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
1984 27 MON NL 21 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1984 27 CIN NL 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 /1
1985 28 CIN NL 15 31 29 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 .034 .067 .069 .136 -62 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1986 29 MON NL 50 38 33 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 .061 .088 .061 .149 -58 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
1987 30 MON NL 69 21 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .000 .105 .000 .105 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1988 31 MON NL 63 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 32 MON NL 57 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 473 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 33 TOT MLB 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 33 SFG NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1990 33 KCR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 34 KCR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Yrs 365 144 126 1 6 3 0 0 5 0 1 6 80 .048 .091 .071 .162 -54 9 0 0 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 64 56 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 36 .048 .091 .071 .162 -54 4 0 0 5 0 0
MON (5 yrs) 260 75 64 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 41 .047 .103 .047 .150 -57 3 0 0 7 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 51 34 31 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 21 .065 .094 .129 .223 -38 4 0 0 2 0 0
KCR (2 yrs) 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 24 35 31 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 .032 .063 .065 .127 -65 2 0 0 3 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 335 144 126 1 6 3 0 0 5 0 1 6 80 .048 .091 .071 .162 -54 9 0 0 12 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1981 24 NYY AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1982 25 SFG NL 4 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .494 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1983 26 SFG NL 43 33 -6 -0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1984 27 MON NL 21 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1984 27 CIN NL 9 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .494 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1985 28 CIN NL 15 31 -6 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .478 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $110,000 1
1986 29 MON NL 50 38 -8 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .495 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $180,000 1
1987 30 MON NL 69 21 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $292,500 1
1988 31 MON NL 63 6 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $500,000 1
1989 32 MON NL 57 1 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $632,500 1
1990 33 SFG NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1990 33 KCR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1991 34 KCR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
11 Seasons 365 144 -28 -0 1 0 17 -11 -1.2 4 -7 -1.2 .497 .499 -1.2 0.1 -7 $1,715,000
MON (5 yrs) 260 75 -15 0 0 0 9 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.6 .498 .499 -0.6 0.1 -3 $1,605,000
SFG (3 yrs) 51 34 -6 -0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $
KCR (2 yrs) 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
CIN (2 yrs) 24 35 -7 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.4 .484 .499 -0.4 0.0 -2 $110,000
NYY (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1982 25 SFG NL 1 1 0 0.0 94 .000 .264 .000 .327 .000 .384 .000 .711 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1983 26 SFG NL 33 31 0 0.0 94 .200 .067 .260 .097 .328 .133 .385 .230 .713 -36 .000 -5.5 -0.6 .138 .067 .067
1984 27 TOT NL 13 13 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .260 .000 .325 .000 .379 .000 .704 -100 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1984 27 MON NL 9 9 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .259 .000 .323 .000 .376 .000 .699 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1984 27 CIN NL 4 4 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .268 .000 .334 .000 .390 .000 .723 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1985 28 CIN NL 31 29 0 0.0 98 .091 .034 .265 .067 .333 .069 .394 .136 .727 -62 .000 -6.5 -0.7 .107 .069 .034
1986 29 MON NL 38 35 0 0.0 97 .133 .061 .261 .088 .332 .061 .394 .149 .726 -58 .000 -7.2 -0.8 .097 .030 .000
1987 30 MON NL 21 19 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .273 .105 .343 .000 .425 .105 .767 -69 .000 -4.4 -0.4 .118 .118 .000
1988 31 MON NL 6 5 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .261 .167 .325 .000 .383 .167 .708 -49 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
1989 32 MON NL 1 0 1 91 1.000 1.000 .255 1.000 .323 1.000 .380 2.000 .703 473 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
11 Yrs 144 133 1 0.2 98 .130 .048 .263 .091 .332 .071 .394 .162 .726 -54 .004 -27.0 -2.8 .116 .063 .024
162 Game Avg. 64 59 0 0.2 98 .130 .048 .263 .091 .332 .071 .394 .162 .726 -54 .004 -27.0 -2.8 .116 .063 .024
MON (5 yrs) 75 68 1 0.4 99 .130 .047 .264 .103 .333 .047 .399 .150 .732 -57 .012 -14.2 -1.4 .115 .063 .000
SFG (3 yrs) 34 32 0 0.0 94 .200 .065 .260 .094 .328 .129 .385 .223 .712 -38 .000 -5.8 -0.6 .133 .065 .065
CIN (2 yrs) 35 33 0 0.0 98 .077 .032 .265 .063 .333 .065 .394 .127 .727 -65 .000 -7.0 -0.8 .100 .065 .032

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1982 25 SFG NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1983 26 SFG NL 33 0.0% 60.6% 3.0% 6.1% 100% 20.00 1.5 10.0 9.00 30%
1984 27 TOT NL 13 0.0% 53.9% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4 1.00 23%
1984 27 MON NL 9 0.0% 77.8% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1 1.00 11%
1984 27 CIN NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 50%
1985 28 CIN NL 31 0.0% 58.1% 3.2% 3.2% 100% 18.00 1.6 29.0 4.50 35%
1986 29 MON NL 38 0.0% 47.4% 2.6% 0.0% 0% 18.00 1.8 33.0 7.50 39%
1987 30 MON NL 21 0.0% 57.1% 9.5% 0.0% 6.00 1.4 1.33 24%
1988 31 MON NL 6 0.0% 66.7% 16.7% 0.0% 4.00 1.3 0.00 0.00 17% 0% 100%
1989 32 MON NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100% 0%
11 Yrs 144 0.0% 55.6% 4.2% 2.1% 50% 13.33 1.6 25.2 1.00 3.33 32% 0% 100%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.4% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.69 6.2 41.8 8.4 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.5% 24%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1981 24 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
1982 25 SFG NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.2 0
1983 26 SFG NL -5.5 -0.6 34 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 1.08 -0.6 0.1 -6.1 -0.6 1.02 -6.0 0
1984 27 TOT NL -2.7 -0.3 13 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .86 -0.3 0.0 -3.2 -0.3 1.02 -3.2 0
1984 27 MON NL -2.1 -0.2 9 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .71 -0.2 -0.0 -2.4 -0.3 1.00 -2.3 0
1984 27 CIN NL -0.6 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.20 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.05 -0.8 0
1985 28 CIN NL -6.5 -0.7 31 -0.4 0.1 -0.6 .79 -0.5 -0.0 -4.7 -0.5 0.83 -5.5 0
1986 29 MON NL -7.2 -0.8 38 -0.7 0.1 -0.7 .89 -0.7 -0.0 -7.0 -0.7 0.97 -7.9 0
1987 30 MON NL -4.4 -0.4 21 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .41 -0.4 -0.0 -5.1 -0.5 0.96 -4.9 0
1988 31 MON NL -1.0 -0.1 6 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .19 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.57 -1.1 0
1989 32 MON NL 0.5 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .13 0.0 -0.0 0.2 0.0 0.60 0.4 0
1990 33 TOT MLB 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 33 SFG NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 33 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1991 34 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs -27.0 -2.8 145 -2.1 0.5 -2.7 .80 -2.6 -0.0 -26.4 -2.7 0.93 -28.4 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1982 25 SFG NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 26 SFG NL 0 0 0% 6 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 27 TOT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 27 MON NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 27 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 28 CIN NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1986 29 MON NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 30 MON NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 31 MON NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1989 32 MON NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
11 Yrs 0 0 8% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 2 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1982 25 SFG NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 26 SFG NL 33 27% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 0 0% 9 0 0% 23 3 13% 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 0
1984 27 TOT NL 13 46% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 6 0 0% 6 1 17% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1984 27 MON NL 9 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1984 27 CIN NL 4 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1985 28 CIN NL 31 42% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 14 1 7% 0 0 0 0 0
1986 29 MON NL 38 45% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 7 0 0% 9 2 22% 27 1 4% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1987 30 MON NL 21 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 0 0% 8 1 13% 14 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1988 31 MON NL 6 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1989 32 MON NL 1 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 144 36% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 12 80% 29 0 0% 36 4 11% 90 5 6% 8 1 13% 3 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 59% 77% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 31 MON NL 6 29 4.83 19 66% 26% 42% 26% 5% 74% 0% 48% 43% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
1989 32 MON NL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 7 30 4.29 20 67% 25% 40% 25% 10% 75% 0% 50% 47% 71% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 32% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 25 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 26 49 34 31 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 21 .065 .094 .129 .223 -38 4 0 0 2 0 0
1984 27 79 47 41 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 28 .049 .071 .098 .169 -53 4 0 0 5 0 0
1985 28 94 78 70 0 3 3 0 0 4 0 1 2 46 .043 .069 .086 .155 -57 6 0 0 6 0 0
1986 29 144 116 103 0 5 3 0 0 5 0 1 3 64 .049 .075 .078 .153 -57 8 0 0 10 0 0
1987 30 213 137 120 0 5 3 0 0 5 0 1 5 76 .042 .080 .067 .147 -59 8 0 0 12 0 0
1988 31 276 143 125 1 5 3 0 0 5 0 1 6 80 .040 .084 .064 .148 -58 8 0 0 12 0 0
1989 32 333 144 126 1 6 3 0 0 5 0 1 6 80 .048 .091 .071 .162 -54 9 0 0 12 0 0
1990 33 361 144 126 1 6 3 0 0 5 0 1 6 80 .048 .091 .071 .162 -54 9 0 0 12 0 0
1991 34 365 144 126 1 6 3 0 0 5 0 1 6 80 .048 .091 .071 .162 -54 9 0 0 12 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1982 25 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1983 26 43 33 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 .000 .032 .000 .032 0 43
1984 27 30 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30
1985 28 15 31 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 .000 .033 .000 .033 0 15
1986 29 50 38 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 50
1987 30 69 21 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .000 .105 .000 .105 0 69
1988 31 63 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 63
1989 32 57 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 57
8 Yrs 331 144 126 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 80 .008 .053 .008 .061 1 331
162 Game Avg. 162 70 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 39 .008 .053 .008 .061 0 331

* 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.

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