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Joey McLaughlin

Joey Richard McLaughlin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 11, 1956 in Tulsa, OK
High School: McLain HS (Tulsa, OK)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 11, 1977
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Braves/Rangers 1977-1984

Final Game: September 25, 1984
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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
1977 20 ATL NL 0 0 15.00 3 2 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 10 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 31 2.167 15.0 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00
1979 22 ATL NL 5 3 .625 2.48 37 0 13 0 0 5 69.0 54 23 19 3 34 4 40 1 0 0 285 164 1.275 7.0 0.4 4.4 5.2 1.18
1980 23 TOR AL 6 9 .400 4.51 55 10 27 0 0 4 135.2 159 79 68 16 53 11 70 4 0 4 600 96 1.563 10.5 1.1 3.5 4.6 1.32
1981 24 TOR AL 1 5 .167 2.85 40 0 26 0 0 10 60.0 55 24 19 2 21 2 38 0 0 1 249 138 1.267 8.3 0.3 3.2 5.7 1.81
1982 25 TOR AL 8 6 .571 3.21 44 0 34 0 0 8 70.0 54 27 25 7 30 3 49 1 0 1 290 140 1.200 6.9 0.9 3.9 6.3 1.63
1983 26 TOR AL 7 4 .636 4.45 50 0 31 0 0 9 64.2 63 33 32 11 37 7 47 0 0 3 285 98 1.546 8.8 1.5 5.1 6.5 1.27
1984 27 TOT AL 2 1 .667 3.95 21 0 10 0 0 0 43.1 45 23 19 4 20 2 24 0 0 1 192 106 1.500 9.3 0.8 4.2 5.0 1.20
1984 27 TOR AL 0 0 2.53 6 0 5 0 0 0 10.2 12 6 3 0 7 1 3 0 0 1 50 168 1.781 10.1 0.0 5.9 2.5 0.43
1984 27 TEX AL 2 1 .667 4.41 15 0 5 0 0 0 32.2 33 17 16 4 13 1 21 0 0 0 142 94 1.408 9.1 1.1 3.6 5.8 1.62
7 Yrs 29 28 .509 3.85 250 12 142 0 0 36 448.2 440 219 192 46 198 29 268 6 0 10 1932 111 1.422 8.8 0.9 4.0 5.4 1.35
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .509 3.85 65 3 37 0 0 9 116 114 57 50 12 51 8 70 2 0 3 501 111 1.422 8.8 0.9 4.0 5.4 1.35
TOR (5 yrs) 22 24 .478 3.88 195 10 123 0 0 31 341.0 343 169 147 36 148 24 207 5 0 10 1474 111 1.440 9.1 1.0 3.9 5.5 1.40
ATL (2 yrs) 5 3 .625 3.48 40 2 14 0 0 5 75.0 64 33 29 6 37 4 40 1 0 0 316 118 1.347 7.7 0.7 4.4 4.8 1.08
TEX (1 yr) 2 1 .667 4.41 15 0 5 0 0 0 32.2 33 17 16 4 13 1 21 0 0 0 142 94 1.408 9.1 1.1 3.6 5.8 1.62
AL (5 yrs) 24 25 .490 3.93 210 10 128 0 0 31 373.2 376 186 163 40 161 25 228 5 0 10 1616 109 1.437 9.1 1.0 3.9 5.5 1.42
NL (2 yrs) 5 3 .625 3.48 40 2 14 0 0 5 75.0 64 33 29 6 37 4 40 1 0 0 316 118 1.347 7.7 0.7 4.4 4.8 1.08

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
1977 20 ATL NL 6.0 3 2 10 15.00 4.12 -1.10 0.07 128.0 6.76 -6 -0.5 .1 0.0 -0.4 -5 .334 .497 $
1979 22 ATL NL 69.0 37 0 23 3.00 4.27 -0.49 -0.34 106.0 4.69 12 1.4 1.1 -0.0 1.9 19 .537 .509 $
1980 23 TOR AL 135.2 55 10 79 5.24 4.62 0.09 -0.16 106.2 4.64 -10 -1.0 1.4 -0.3 -0.1 5 .482 .494 $
1981 24 TOR AL 60.0 40 0 24 3.60 4.29 0.04 -0.34 107.3 4.19 4 0.4 1.8 0.1 1.0 8 .511 .503 $
1982 25 TOR AL 70.0 44 0 27 3.47 4.49 0.12 -0.35 109.7 4.41 8 0.8 1.7 0.1 1.5 15 .518 .505 $
1983 26 TOR AL 64.2 50 0 33 4.59 4.70 0.24 -0.38 105.3 4.30 -2 -0.2 2.0 -0.2 0.1 5 .495 .499 $
1984 27 TOR AL 10.2 6 0 6 5.06 4.38 0.21 -0.35 103.1 3.94 -1 -0.1 .6 0.0 0.0 -0 .478 .499 $
1984 27 TEX AL 32.2 15 0 17 4.68 4.57 -0.15 -0.36 103.3 4.50 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.0 0.2 3 .496 .500 $
7 Seasons 448.2 250 12 219 4.39 4.50 -0.01 -0.29 106.7 4.50 5 0.7 1.5 -0.4 4.2 49 .503 .501 $
TOR (5 yrs) 341.0 195 10 169 4.46 4.54 0.12 -0.28 106.8 4.43 -2 -0.1 1.7 -0.3 2.5 32 .499 .500 $
ATL (2 yrs) 75.0 40 2 33 3.96 4.26 -0.54 -0.31 107.7 4.85 7 0.9 1.1 0.0 1.5 15 .522 .503 $
TEX (1 yr) 32.2 15 0 17 4.68 4.57 -0.15 -0.36 103.3 4.50 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.0 0.2 3 .496 .500 $

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
1977 20 ATL NL 3 31 26 10 10 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 .385 .448 .769 1.218 .304 20 0 0 2 0 0 0
1979 22 ATL NL 37 285 241 23 54 7 2 3 8 1 34 40 .224 .319 .307 .626 .254 74 9 1 6 3 4 3
1980 23 TOR AL 55 600 527 79 159 24 5 16 9 3 53 70 .302 .366 .457 .823 .320 241 24 4 10 6 11 7
1981 24 TOR AL 40 249 221 24 55 8 1 2 5 0 21 38 .249 .313 .321 .634 .291 71 6 0 6 1 2 5
1982 25 TOR AL 44 290 255 27 54 8 1 7 1 1 30 49 .212 .296 .333 .630 .235 85 8 1 3 1 3 6
1983 26 TOR AL 50 285 243 33 63 6 0 11 3 3 37 47 .259 .353 .420 .773 .277 102 6 0 2 3 7 1
1984 27 TOT AL 21 192 169 23 45 9 1 4 1 1 20 24 .266 .340 .402 .743 .287 68 2 0 1 2 2 6
1984 27 TEX AL 15 142 127 17 33 5 1 4 0 1 13 21 .260 .326 .409 .736 .282 52 1 0 1 1 1 2
1984 27 TOR AL 6 50 42 6 12 4 0 0 1 0 7 3 .286 .380 .381 .761 .300 16 1 0 0 1 1 4
7 Yrs 250 1932 1682 219 440 63 10 46 29 9 198 268 .262 .339 .393 .732 .285 661 55 6 30 16 29 28
162 Game Avg. 65 501 437 57 114 16 3 12 8 2 51 70 .262 .339 .393 .732 .285 172 14 2 8 4 8 7
MLB Averages .261 .325 .388 .713 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1977 20 ATL NL -5.5 -0.5 32 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 .81 -0.3 -0.2 -5.0 -0.4 0.81 -4.0 0 0 1
1979 22 ATL NL 10.8 1.1 293 1.4 5.5 -4.0 1.13 0.8 0.4 9.8 1.0 1.13 9.7 12 9 15
1980 23 TOR AL -3.7 -0.4 618 -1.1 11.2 -12.4 1.08 -1.1 0.0 -10.0 -1.0 1.08 -13.6 20 5 19
1981 24 TOR AL 5.8 0.6 255 0.6 5.5 -4.9 1.29 0.9 -0.5 2.7 0.3 1.29 7.8 22 2 15
1982 25 TOR AL 9.4 1.0 296 2.1 9.8 -7.7 1.82 1.3 -0.1 13.3 1.3 1.82 12.4 24 4 14
1983 26 TOR AL 0.3 0.0 297 -2.9 7.3 -10.2 1.68 -0.6 -1.1 -7.8 -0.8 1.68 -8.4 33 0 15
1984 27 TOT AL 0.5 0.0 195 -0.8 2.0 -2.8 .79 -0.2 -0.8 -3.1 -0.3 0.78 -1.6 4 4 13
1984 27 TOR AL 0.8 0.1 53 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .34 -0.2 -0.6 -1.3 -0.1 0.34 -2.2 1 1 4
1984 27 TEX AL -0.4 -0.0 142 -0.5 1.9 -2.4 .94 0.0 -0.6 -1.9 -0.2 0.94 0.6 3 3 9
7 Yrs 17.5 1.9 1986 -1.1 41.6 -42.7 1.28 0.8 -1.6 -0.2 0.1 1.28 2.2 115 24 92

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
1977 20 ATL NL 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 2 0 0 0 0% 26.5 30 23 2 2 1 1 7.5 2.3 2.5
1980 23 TOR AL 55 10 2 3 5 1 0 4 6 .400 2 2 0 0 3 30% 42.5 70 28 27 12 3 4 3.7 3.4 5.6
2 Yrs 58 12 2 3 7 1 0 4 8 .333 2 4 0 0 3 25% 40 70 23 29 14 4 5 4.3 3.4 5.1
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 99 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3

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
1977 20 ATL NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .807 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1979 22 ATL NL 37 37 13 5 3 5 5 0 100% 9 4 17 6 35% 7 1.135 12 9 15 9 6 22 9 28 28 4 28 6 5.6
1980 23 TOR AL 55 45 27 4 6 8 4 4 50% 11 2 44 18 41% 8 1.076 20 5 19 13 5 27 24 21 24 7 29 9 5.3
1981 24 TOR AL 40 40 26 1 5 11 10 1 91% 12 1 46 14 30% 9 1.290 22 2 15 16 8 16 23 17 20 12 24 8 4.5
1982 25 TOR AL 44 44 34 8 6 14 8 6 57% 15 0 27 8 30% 8 1.817 24 4 14 19 10 15 17 27 24 5 24 8 4.8
1983 26 TOR AL 50 50 31 7 4 20 9 11 45% 23 2 47 21 45% 8 1.684 33 0 15 27 8 15 27 23 22 12 28 10 3.9
1984 27 TOT AL 21 21 10 2 1 2 0 2 0% 3 1 17 9 53% .787 4 4 13 6 1 14 10 11 15 2 15 1 6.2
1984 27 TOR AL 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 .340 1 1 4 1 1 4 3 3 4 1 4 1 5.3
1984 27 TEX AL 15 15 5 2 1 2 0 2 0% 3 1 13 7 54% 4 .944 3 3 9 5 0 10 7 8 11 1 11 0 6.5
7 Yrs 250 238 142 27 25 60 36 24 60% 73 10 198 76 38% 1.280 115 24 92 90 38 110 110 128 133 42 148 42 4.9

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%
1977 20 ATL NL 31 32% 9.7% 0.0% 9.7% 12.9% 40% 1.25 74% 8 0 0%
1979 22 ATL NL 285 56% 1.1% 14.0% 11.9% 4.2% 22% 1.52 71% 53 9 17%
1980 23 TOR AL 600 52% 2.7% 11.7% 8.8% 7.5% 28% 1.35 75% 126 24 19%
1981 24 TOR AL 249 52% 0.8% 15.3% 8.4% 4.4% 20% 0.88 73% 53 6 11%
1982 25 TOR AL 290 52% 2.4% 16.9% 10.3% 5.5% 30% 1.04 69% 65 8 12%
1983 26 TOR AL 285 50% 3.9% 16.5% 13.0% 6.0% 27% 0.97 66% 57 6 11%
1984 27 TOT AL 192 45% 2.1% 12.5% 10.4% 7.3% 31% 0.70 74% 39 2 5%
1984 27 TOR AL 50 54% 0.0% 6.0% 14.0% 8.0% 33% 0.56 80% 12 1 8%
1984 27 TEX AL 142 42% 2.8% 14.8% 9.2% 7.0% 30% 0.77 73% 27 1 4%
7 Yrs 1932 51% 2.4% 13.9% 10.3% 6.2% 27% 1.12 72% 401 55 14%
MLB Averages 43% 2.0% 13.1% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.09 75% 11%

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
1977 20 ATL NL 31 10 3 1 1 2 1 3 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 12 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 22 ATL NL 285 54 3 0 11 2 1 3 0 18 12 2 67% 3 0 0 101 8 1 89% 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1980 23 TOR AL 600 159 16 0 20 6 10 9 7 39 20 1 51% 7 4 2 253 9 3 75% 9 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 15 0
1981 24 TOR AL 249 55 2 1 9 2 0 2 0 11 6 1 55% 5 1 0 109 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1982 25 TOR AL 290 54 7 1 15 2 5 5 2 24 10 5 42% 6 1 1 119 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1983 26 TOR AL 285 63 11 0 10 8 3 5 6 15 11 1 73% 1 3 0 115 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1984 27 TOT AL 192 45 4 1 12 3 1 2 2 15 7 1 47% 6 1 0 73 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1984 27 TOR AL 50 12 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 60% 4 1 0 23 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1984 27 TEX AL 142 33 4 1 9 3 1 2 2 10 4 1 40% 2 0 0 50 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Yrs 1932 440 46 4 78 25 21 29 17 126 68 11 54% 28 10 3 782 29 9 76% 25 7 4 1 0 1 1 1 36 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

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+
1977 20 0 0 15.00 3 2 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 10 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 31 2.167 15.0 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00 31
1978 21 0 0 15.00 3 2 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 10 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 31 2.167 15.0 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00 31
1979 22 5 3 .625 3.48 40 2 14 0 0 5 75.0 64 33 29 6 37 4 40 1 0 0 316 118 1.347 7.7 0.7 4.4 4.8 1.08 118
1980 23 11 12 .478 4.14 95 12 41 0 0 9 210.2 223 112 97 22 90 15 110 5 0 4 916 103 1.486 9.5 0.9 3.8 4.7 1.22 103
1981 24 12 17 .414 3.86 135 12 67 0 0 19 270.2 278 136 116 24 111 17 148 5 0 5 1165 109 1.437 9.2 0.8 3.7 4.9 1.33 109
1982 25 20 23 .465 3.73 179 12 101 0 0 27 340.2 332 163 141 31 141 20 197 6 0 6 1455 114 1.388 8.8 0.8 3.7 5.2 1.40 114
1983 26 27 27 .500 3.84 229 12 132 0 0 36 405.1 395 196 173 42 178 27 244 6 0 9 1740 111 1.414 8.8 0.9 4.0 5.4 1.37 111
1984 27 29 28 .509 3.85 250 12 142 0 0 36 448.2 440 219 192 46 198 29 268 6 0 10 1932 111 1.422 8.8 0.9 4.0 5.4 1.35 111

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
1977 20 0 0 13.50 6.0 10 10 9 3 3 0 0 2.167 15.0 4.5 0.0 0.00 4.5 3
1979 22 5 2 .714 2.45 66.0 53 20 18 3 33 38 1 1.303 7.2 4.5 5.2 1.15 0.4 37
1980 23 6 8 .429 4.71 128.0 158 74 67 16 53 66 4 1.648 11.1 3.7 4.6 1.25 1.1 55
1981 24 5 4 .556 3.35 86.0 87 36 32 3 33 54 0 1.395 9.1 3.5 5.7 1.64 0.3 40
1982 25 4 3 .571 3.13 69.0 52 27 24 7 29 49 1 1.174 6.8 3.8 6.4 1.69 0.9 44
1983 26 2 4 .333 4.65 62.0 63 36 32 11 37 45 0 1.613 9.1 5.4 6.5 1.22 1.6 50
1984 27 2 2 .500 4.29 42.0 46 22 20 4 20 23 0 1.571 9.9 4.3 4.9 1.15 0.9 21
7 Yrs 24 23 .511 3.96 459.0 469 225 202 47 208 275 6 1.475 9.2 5.4 1.32 0.9 250

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1981 AL  10 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1981 AL  26 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1977 NL  born 1956-07-11 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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