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Larry McWilliams

Larry Dean McWilliams

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 10, 1954 in Wichita, KS
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1978
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves/Cardinals/Phillies/Royals 1978-1990

Final Game: May 12, 1990
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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
1974	20	ATL-min	A	4	3	.571	2.81	11	11		1	0	0	64.0	64	26	20	2	23	0	61	6	2	2			1.359	9.0	0.3	3.2	8.6	2.65	GRW · WCRS
1975	21	ATL-min	A	8	4	.667	2.81	17	13		4	2	0	93.0	83	36	29	0	18	0	71	5	1	2			1.086	8.0	0.0	1.7	6.9	3.94	GRW · WCRS
1976	22	ATL-min	AA,A	5	10	.333	3.84	24	22		3	0	1	122.0	122	60	52	7	46	3	37	5	0	5			1.377	9.0	0.5	3.4	2.7	0.80	SAV,GRW · SOUL,WCRS
1977	23	ATL-min	AA	8	9	.471	3.36	26	25		9	3	1	158.0	153	70	59	11	64	0	139	4	0	2			1.373	8.7	0.6	3.6	7.9	2.17	SAV · SOUL
1978	24	ATL-min	AAA	6	5	.545	2.83	15	15		7	0	0	108.0	87	36	34	5	41	0	78	3	2	4			1.185	7.2	0.4	3.4	6.5	1.90	RMD · IL
1978	24	ATL	NL	9	3	.750	2.81	15	15	0	3	1	0	99.1	84	38	31	11	35	4	42	2	0	2	417	146	1.198	7.6	1.0	3.2	3.8	1.20
1979	25	ATL	NL	3	2	.600	5.56	13	13	0	1	0	0	66.1	69	41	41	4	22	2	32	4	0	2	287	73	1.372	9.4	0.5	3.0	4.3	1.45
1980	26	ATL	NL	9	14	.391	4.95	30	30	0	4	1	0	163.2	188	97	90	27	39	2	77	7	1	5	715	75	1.387	10.3	1.5	2.1	4.2	1.97
1981	27	ATL-min	AAA	13	10	.565	4.35	29	28	1	8	3	0	178.0	174	98	86	13	79	1	157	7	2	9			1.421	8.8	0.7	4.0	7.9	1.99	RMD · IL
1981	27	ATL	NL	2	1	.667	3.11	6	5	0	2	1	0	37.2	31	13	13	2	8	0	23	0	0	0	147	117	1.035	7.4	0.5	1.9	5.5	2.88
1982	28	TOT	NL	8	8	.500	3.84	46	20	6	2	2	1	159.1	158	79	68	12	44	6	118	6	1	3	678	98	1.268	8.9	0.7	2.5	6.7	2.68
1982	28	ATL	NL	2	3	.400	6.21	27	2	5	0	0	0	37.2	52	30	26	3	20	5	24	2	1	1	185	61	1.912	12.4	0.7	4.8	5.7	1.20
1982	28	PIT	NL	6	5	.545	3.11	19	18	1	2	2	1	121.2	106	49	42	9	24	1	94	4	0	2	493	121	1.068	7.8	0.7	1.8	7.0	3.92
1983	29	PIT	NL	15	8	.652	3.25	35	35	0	8	4	0	238.0	205	99	86	19	87	7	199	3	4	9	1002	114	1.227	7.8	0.7	3.3	7.5	2.29	CYA-5
1984	30	PIT	NL	12	11	.522	2.93	34	32	1	7	2	1	227.1	226	86	74	18	78	7	149	2	3	3	957	124	1.337	8.9	0.7	3.1	5.9	1.91
1985	31	PIT	NL	7	9	.438	4.70	30	19	2	2	0	0	126.1	139	70	66	9	62	11	52	7	0	4	568	77	1.591	9.9	0.6	4.4	3.7	0.84
1986	32	PIT	NL	3	11	.214	5.15	49	15	11	0	0	0	122.1	129	75	70	16	49	5	80	7	0	5	545	75	1.455	9.5	1.2	3.6	5.9	1.63
1987	33	ATL-TEX-min	AA,AAA	2	6	.250	7.81	14	13	0	0	0	0	55.1	77	53	48	4	46	1	40	6	0	6			2.223	12.5	0.7	7.5	6.5	0.87	GRV,OKC · SOUL,AA
1987	33	ATL	NL	0	1	.000	5.75	9	2	4	0	0	0	20.1	25	15	13	2	7	1	13	2	0	1	95	77	1.574	11.1	0.9	3.1	5.8	1.86
1988	34	STL	NL	6	9	.400	3.90	42	17	12	2	1	1	136.0	130	64	59	10	45	7	70	4	3	9	581	90	1.287	8.6	0.7	3.0	4.6	1.56
1989	35	TOT	MLB	4	13	.235	4.11	48	21	6	3	1	0	153.1	154	82	70	5	57	5	78	7	3	8	667	88	1.376	9.0	0.3	3.3	4.6	1.37
1989	35	PHI	NL	2	11	.154	4.10	40	16	6	2	1	0	120.2	123	67	55	3	49	4	54	4	3	6	531	87	1.425	9.2	0.2	3.7	4.0	1.10
1989	35	KCR	AL	2	2	.500	4.13	8	5	0	1	0	0	32.2	31	15	15	2	8	1	24	3	0	2	136	95	1.194	8.5	0.6	2.2	6.6	3.00
1990	36	KCR	AL	0	0		9.72	13	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	10	9	9	2	9	1	7	1	0	1	43	41	2.280	10.8	2.2	9.7	7.6	0.78
13 Yrs				78	90	.464	3.99	370	224	44	34	13	3	1558.1	1548	768	690	137	542	58	940	52	15	52	6702	94	1.341	8.9	0.8	3.1	5.4	1.73
162 Game Avg.				9	10	.464	3.99	42	26	5	4	1	0	178	177	88	79	16	62	7	108	6	2	6	767	94	1.341	8.9	0.8	3.1	5.4	1.73
				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
ATL (6 yrs)				25	24	.510	4.53	100	67	9	10	3	0	425.0	449	234	214	49	131	14	211	17	2	11	1846	86	1.365	9.5	1.0	2.8	4.5	1.61
PIT (5 yrs)				43	44	.494	3.64	167	119	15	19	8	2	835.2	805	379	338	71	300	31	574	23	7	23	3565	102	1.322	8.7	0.8	3.2	6.2	1.91
KCR (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	5.27	21	5	2	1	0	0	41.0	41	24	24	4	17	2	31	4	0	3	179	75	1.415	9.0	0.9	3.7	6.8	1.82
PHI (1 yr)				2	11	.154	4.10	40	16	6	2	1	0	120.2	123	67	55	3	49	4	54	4	3	6	531	87	1.425	9.2	0.2	3.7	4.0	1.10
STL (1 yr)				6	9	.400	3.90	42	17	12	2	1	1	136.0	130	64	59	10	45	7	70	4	3	9	581	90	1.287	8.6	0.7	3.0	4.6	1.56

NL (12 yrs)				76	88	.463	3.95	349	219	42	33	13	3	1517.1	1507	744	666	133	525	56	909	48	15	49	6523	94	1.339	8.9	0.8	3.1	5.4	1.73
AL (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	5.27	21	5	2	1	0	0	41.0	41	24	24	4	17	2	31	4	0	3	179	75	1.415	9.0	0.9	3.7	6.8	1.82

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
1978	24	ATL	NL	99.1	15	15	38	3.44	4.06	-0.35	0.13	115.0	5.22	19	2.3		-0.1	3.0	28	.654	.514	$
1979	25	ATL	NL	66.1	13	13	41	5.56	4.21	-0.56	0.14	103.6	5.09	-4	-0.4		-0.0	0.1	3	.467	.497	$
1980	26	ATL	NL	163.2	30	30	97	5.33	3.98	0.11	0.14	101.6	4.08	-23	-2.4		-0.1	-1.2	-7	.419	.485	$
1981	27	ATL	NL	37.2	6	5	13	3.11	3.75	-0.02	0.12	100.1	3.90	3	0.3	.9	-0.0	0.6	6	.557	.502	$70,000
1982	28	ATL	NL	37.2	27	2	30	7.17	4.10	-0.22	-0.20	104.9	4.32	-12	-1.3	1.1	-0.1	-1.1	-8	.451	.492	$90,000
1982	28	PIT	NL	121.2	19	18	49	3.62	4.08	-0.01	0.12	103.5	4.37	9	1.0	.4	-0.1	1.9	22	.553	.506	$
1983	29	PIT	NL	238.0	35	35	99	3.74	4.14	-0.07	0.14	101.5	4.42	17	2.0		-0.1	3.8	41	.557	.512	$	CYA-5
1984	30	PIT	NL	227.1	34	32	86	3.40	4.10	0.17	0.14	101.2	4.11	15	1.8	3.6	-0.1	3.5	40	.553	.511	$
1985	31	PIT	NL	126.1	30	19	70	4.99	4.19	-0.22	0.06	98.8	4.42	-9	-1.0	1.5	-0.1	-0.1	4	.468	.494	$796,667
1986	32	PIT	NL	122.1	49	15	75	5.52	4.23	0.18	-0.02	103.6	4.17	-19	-2.0	1.1	-0.2	-1.1	-6	.459	.488	$1,080,000
1987	33	ATL	NL	20.1	9	2	15	6.64	4.73	-0.28	-0.14	103.1	5.03	-4	-0.4	.4	0.0	-0.2	-1	.458	.498	$900,000
1988	34	STL	NL	136.0	42	17	64	4.24	4.03	-0.01	0.00	98.8	4.00	-4	-0.5	1.2	-0.1	0.6	9	.489	.497	$62,500
1989	35	PHI	NL	120.2	40	16	67	5.00	3.92	-0.54	0.02	100.0	4.48	-7	-0.8	.7	-0.1	0.1	4	.480	.495	$68,000
1989	35	KCR	AL	32.2	8	5	15	4.13	4.40	-0.23	0.12	98.3	4.67	2	0.2	.5	-0.0	0.4	5	.525	.501	$
1990	36	KCR	AL	8.1	13	0	9	9.72	4.72	-0.33	-0.36	98.0	4.59	-5	-0.5	.9	0.0	-0.4	-4	.463	.497	$300,000
13 Seasons				1558.1	370	224	768	4.44	4.10	-0.08	0.08	102.2	4.36	-23	-1.7	1.0	-1.0	9.9	133	.495	.499	$3,367,167

ATL (6 yrs)				425.0	100	67	234	4.96	4.06	-0.17	0.09	105.3	4.55	-22	-1.9	.9	-0.2	1.2	20	.481	.498	$1,060,000
PIT (5 yrs)				835.2	167	119	379	4.08	4.14	0.02	0.10	101.6	4.29	14	1.8	1.3	-0.6	8.0	100	.511	.502	$1,876,667
KCR (2 yrs)				41.0	21	5	24	5.27	4.47	-0.25	0.02	98.2	4.66	-3	-0.3	.8	-0.0	0.0	1	.486	.499	$300,000
PHI (1 yr)				120.2	40	16	67	5.00	3.92	-0.54	0.02	100.0	4.48	-7	-0.8	.7	-0.1	0.1	4	.480	.495	$68,000
STL (1 yr)				136.0	42	17	64	4.24	4.03	-0.01	0.00	98.8	4.00	-4	-0.5	1.2	-0.1	0.6	9	.489	.497	$62,500

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
1978	24	ATL	NL	15	417	375	38	84	22	0	11	3	5	35	42	.224	.294	.371	.664	.227	139	3	2	5	0	4	9
1979	25	ATL	NL	13	287	254	41	69	9	4	4	4	5	22	32	.272	.338	.386	.724	.297	98	2	4	6	1	2	2
1980	26	ATL	NL	30	715	659	97	188	34	6	27	11	7	39	77	.285	.331	.478	.809	.289	315	8	7	8	2	2	11
1981	27	ATL	NL	6	147	135	13	31	6	1	2	0	2	8	23	.230	.269	.333	.602	.259	45	3	0	2	2	0	1
1982	28	TOT	NL	46	678	615	79	158	32	6	12	9	7	44	118	.257	.311	.387	.698	.299	238	13	6	9	3	6	10
1982	28	ATL	NL	27	185	158	30	52	12	2	3	2	2	20	24	.329	.409	.487	.896	.371	77	5	2	3	1	5	5
1982	28	PIT	NL	19	493	457	49	106	20	4	9	7	5	24	94	.232	.275	.352	.627	.272	161	8	4	6	2	1	5
1983	29	PIT	NL	35	1002	893	99	205	31	10	19	11	7	87	199	.230	.298	.351	.649	.273	313	14	3	13	6	7	17
1984	30	PIT	NL	34	956	859	86	226	46	4	18	5	6	78	149	.263	.324	.389	.713	.298	334	25	2	12	6	7	11
1985	31	PIT	NL	30	568	492	70	139	39	3	9	4	6	62	52	.283	.369	.429	.798	.300	211	11	7	4	3	11	3
1986	32	PIT	NL	49	545	480	75	129	32	2	16	3	1	49	80	.269	.345	.444	.789	.294	213	8	7	8	0	5	8
1987	33	ATL	NL	9	95	83	15	25	2	0	2	1	0	7	13	.301	.366	.398	.763	.333	33	2	2	2	1	1	1
1988	34	STL	NL	42	581	513	64	130	28	4	10	4	5	45	70	.253	.317	.382	.699	.276	196	9	4	17	2	7	10
1989	35	TOT	MLB	48	667	587	82	154	33	3	5	6	7	57	78	.262	.332	.354	.687	.293	208	10	7	11	5	5	12
1989	35	KCR	AL	8	136	122	15	31	10	1	2	1	0	8	24	.254	.313	.402	.715	.299	49	3	3	2	1	1	1
1989	35	PHI	NL	40	531	465	67	123	23	2	3	5	7	49	54	.265	.337	.342	.679	.291	159	7	4	9	4	4	11
1990	36	KCR	AL	13	43	32	9	10	3	1	2	1	0	9	7	.313	.476	.656	1.132	.348	21	1	1	1	0	1	0
13 Yrs				370	6701	5977	768	1548	317	44	137	62	58	542	940	.259	.324	.396	.720	.286	2364	109	52	98	31	58	95
162 Game Avg.				42	767	684	88	177	36	5	16	7	7	62	108	.259	.324	.396	.720	.286	271	12	6	11	4	7	11
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.388	.712	.284
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1978	24	ATL	NL	11.2	1.2	428	1.1	7.3	-6.1	.96	0.7	0.5	8.5	0.9	0.96	6.4	0	0	0
1979	25	ATL	NL	-7.7	-0.8	299	0.1	5.2	-5.1	1.00	-0.2	0.3	-3.5	-0.3	1.01	-2.3	0	0	0
1980	26	ATL	NL	-20.0	-2.0	739	-1.8	12.4	-14.2	1.00	-3.1	1.4	-19.1	-1.9	1.00	-31.4	0	0	0
1981	27	ATL	NL	2.8	0.3	149	0.4	2.6	-2.2	.92	0.5	-0.1	3.9	0.4	0.92	4.3	0	1	0
1982	28	TOT	NL	-2.1	-0.2	700	-0.1	11.9	-12.0	.99	-0.1	0.0	-4.6	-0.4	0.99	-1.0	9	7	10
1982	28	ATL	NL	-10.0	-1.0	192	-1.4	3.0	-4.4	1.09	-1.1	-0.2	-11.6	-1.2	1.09	-13.2	9	7	9
1982	28	PIT	NL	7.9	0.8	508	1.3	8.9	-7.5	.95	1.0	0.5	7.0	0.7	0.95	12.2	0	0	1
1983	29	PIT	NL	11.3	1.2	1031	1.3	17.1	-15.8	.97	1.4	-0.0	15.3	1.6	0.97	14.4	0	0	0
1984	30	PIT	NL	16.8	1.8	974	0.6	16.8	-16.2	.99	0.7	-0.1	14.6	1.6	0.99	7.5	1	1	0
1985	31	PIT	NL	-13.3	-1.4	582	-2.0	8.5	-10.5	.94	-2.0	-0.1	-18.0	-1.8	0.94	-19.8	3	3	5
1986	32	PIT	NL	-15.7	-1.6	557	-2.3	8.5	-10.9	.95	-1.6	-0.9	-21.4	-2.1	0.95	-17.1	11	7	16
1987	33	ATL	NL	-3.1	-0.3	96	-0.6	1.0	-1.6	.71	-0.2	-0.7	-3.4	-0.3	0.71	-1.7	0	1	6
1988	34	STL	NL	-5.1	-0.6	599	-1.1	10.0	-11.2	1.08	-0.6	-0.5	-5.6	-0.6	1.08	-4.4	8	5	12
1989	35	TOT	MLB	-9.5	-1.0	690	-1.3	9.2	-10.4	.84	-0.7	-0.8	-11.5	-1.2	0.84	-7.2	3	6	17
1989	35	PHI	NL	-9.6	-1.0	551	-1.5	7.2	-8.7	.86	-0.6	-1.1	-11.2	-1.2	0.86	-6.9	3	5	15
1989	35	KCR	AL	0.1	0.0	139	0.2	2.0	-1.7	.78	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	-0.0	0.78	-0.2	0	1	2
1990	36	KCR	AL	-4.9	-0.5	45	0.4	0.7	-0.3	.76	-0.4	0.9	-5.9	-0.6	0.76	-5.1	3	1	9
13 Yrs				-39.4	-3.7	6889	-5.3	111.1	-116.3	.97	-5.5	0.1	-50.8	-4.9	0.97	-57.3	38	32	75
				PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo

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
1978	24	ATL	NL	15	15	9	3	3	1	3	10	5	.667	0	3	3	1	11	73%	55.3	81	22	10	3	3	5	5.7	4.9	6.6
1979	25	ATL	NL	13	13	3	2	8	0	0	9	4	.692	3	0	1	0	5	38%	46.1	75	10	15	11	0	7	5.5	5.8	5.1
1980	26	ATL	NL	30	30	9	14	7	2	1	13	17	.433	2	3	4	1	13	43%	46.6	84	12	24	12	4	15	3.9	4.0	5.5
1981	27	ATL	NL	6	5	2	1	2	0	0	3	2	.600	0	2	2	1	4	80%	60.6	86	21	1	1	0	3	4.5	3.7	7.3
1982	28	TOT	NL	46	20	6	6	8	0	3	9	11	.450	4	3	2	2	13	65%	55.3	81	24	29	10	6	8	3.8	3.0	6.3
1982	28	ATL	NL	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0%	43.0	59	27	18	6	1	1	3.8	4.0	4.7
1982	28	PIT	NL	19	18	6	5	7	0	3	9	9	.500	3	3	2	2	13	72%	56.7	81	24	11	4	5	7	3.8	2.9	6.5
1983	29	PIT	NL	35	35	15	8	12	2	0	18	17	.514	5	7	8	4	20	57%	56.9	94	30	22	13	6	7	4.1	3.9	6.8
1984	30	PIT	NL	34	32	12	11	9	2	8	16	16	.500	4	5	7	2	23	72%	55.3	80	16	16	3	5	12	4.3	4.5	7.1
1985	31	PIT	NL	30	19	6	8	5	1	1	9	10	.474	2	2	2	0	7	37%	45.5	79	24	21	2	3	6	4.7	4.7	5.5
1986	32	PIT	NL	49	15	1	8	6	0	2	3	12	.200	3	2	0	0	5	33%	42.3	61	22	25	10	3	6	4.6	3.3	5.2
1987	33	ATL	NL	9	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35.0	39	31	6	3	0	1	4.5	6.8	4.2
1988	34	STL	NL	42	17	5	6	6	2	2	6	11	.353	2	2	2	1	8	47%	49.9	85	22	23	10	2	7	3.7	3.7	5.7	89	6	5	3	3	147
1989	35	TOT	MLB	48	21	4	12	5	1	6	7	14	.333	1	2	3	1	10	48%	0.0	79	17	39	18	6	6	3.6	3.1	5.7	89	8	5	6	1	121
1989	35	PHI	NL	40	16	2	10	4	1	5	5	11	.313	1	1	2	1	7	44%	48.6	79	17	33	16	3	6	3.9	2.8	5.6	91	5	4	5	1	121
1989	35	KCR	AL	8	5	2	2	1	0	1	2	3	.400	0	1	1	0	3	60%	54.0	66	32	6	2	3	0	2.7	3.9	6.1	83	3	1	1	0	110
12 Yrs				357	224	72	80	72	11	26	104	120	.464	26	31	34	13	119	53%	51	94	10	231	96	38	83	4.3	4.0	6.1	89	14	10	9	4	147
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-12					4.3	4.3	6.2	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1981	27	ATL	NL	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.923	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4.0
1982	28	TOT	NL	46	26	6	2	2	3	1	2	33%	4	1	23	6	26%		.985	9	7	10	8	4	14	15	11	9	12	11	9	3.8
1982	28	ATL	NL	27	25	5	2	2	2	0	2	0%	3	1	23	6	26%	6	1.086	9	7	9	7	4	14	15	10	8	12	10	9	3.4
1982	28	PIT	NL	19	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0		5	.947	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	15.0

1984	30	PIT	NL	34	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	50%	2	0	2	1	50%	9	.994	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.5
1985	31	PIT	NL	30	11	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	14	4	29%	5	.938	3	3	5	1	2	8	6	5	8	3	8	2	5.8
1986	32	PIT	NL	49	34	11	2	3	1	0	1	0%	4	3	23	12	52%	8	.954	11	7	16	7	7	20	14	20	13	9	14	6	3.9
1987	33	ATL	NL	9	7	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	1	20%	7	.712	0	1	6	0	0	7	2	5	4	2	4	2	5.1
1988	34	STL	NL	42	25	12	1	3	2	1	1	50%	5	3	10	5	50%	8	1.076	8	5	12	7	6	12	7	18	10	8	12	1	4.7	23
1989	35	TOT	MLB	48	27	6	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	16	6	38%		.842	3	6	17	4	2	21	8	19	12	11	13	5	3.8	22
1989	35	PHI	NL	40	24	6	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	14	5	36%	6	.857	3	5	15	3	2	19	7	17	11	9	12	4	4.0	23
1989	35	KCR	AL	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	6	.781	0	1	2	1	0	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2.3	14
1990	36	KCR	AL	13	13	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	13	4	31%	5	.759	3	1	9	4	0	9	8	5	2	8	2	3	1.9	13
9 Yrs				277	146	44	6	10	9	3	6	33%	19	10	106	39	37%		.956	38	32	75	33	21	92	62	84	59	55	65	28	4.0	21

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%
1978	24	ATL	NL	417	16%	2.6%	10.1%	8.4%	7.9%	39%		0.86	77%				57	3	5%
1979	25	ATL	NL	287	22%	1.4%	11.2%	7.7%	5.9%	25%		0.66	76%				47	2	4%
1980	26	ATL	NL	715	17%	3.8%	10.8%	5.5%	9.4%	36%		0.99	78%				113	8	7%
1981	27	ATL	NL	147	21%	1.4%	15.7%	5.4%	6.1%	29%		1.26	76%				26	3	12%
1982	28	TOT	NL	678	21%	1.8%	17.4%	6.5%	7.4%	32%		1.35	72%				110	13	12%
1982	28	ATL	NL	185	28%	1.6%	13.0%	10.8%	9.2%	33%		1.77	71%				40	5	13%
1982	28	PIT	NL	493	18%	1.8%	19.1%	4.9%	6.7%	31%		1.24	72%				70	8	11%
1983	29	PIT	NL	1002	14%	1.9%	19.9%	8.7%	6.0%	29%		1.13	68%				167	14	8%
1984	30	PIT	NL	957	11%	1.9%	15.6%	8.2%	7.1%	30%		1.29	73%				188	25	13%
1985	31	PIT	NL	568	15%	1.6%	9.2%	10.9%	9.0%	37%		0.99	76%				112	11	10%
1986	32	PIT	NL	545	16%	2.9%	14.7%	9.0%	9.2%	39%		1.18	70%				90	8	9%
1987	33	ATL	NL	95	31%	2.1%	13.7%	7.4%	4.2%	16%		1.04	73%				19	2	11%
1988	34	STL	NL	581	23%	1.7%	12.1%	7.8%	7.2%	32%	0.90	1.20	75%	21%	6.1%	28%	102	9	9%
1989	35	TOT	MLB	667	17%	0.8%	11.7%	8.6%	6.2%	27%	0.81	0.96	76%	18%	2.2%	19%	129	10	8%
1989	35	PHI	NL	531	18%	0.6%	10.2%	9.2%	5.3%	23%	0.81	0.93	78%	18%	1.7%	21%	109	7	6%
1989	35	KCR	AL	136	13%	1.5%	17.7%	5.9%	9.6%	42%	0.81	1.11	71%	16%	4.2%	9%	20	3	15%
1990	36	KCR	AL	43	44%	4.7%	16.3%	20.9%	14.0%	60%	0.85	1.00	53%	19%	18.2%	15%	12	1	8%
13 Yrs				6702	17%	2.0%	14.0%	8.1%	7.4%	32%	0.85	1.09	74%	19%	4.3%	23%	1172	109	9%
MLB Averages					41%	2.1%	13.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	0.80	1.08	74%	20%	6.6%	26%			11%
				PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%

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	34	STL	NL	581	2092	3.60	1264	60%	28%	11%	24%	37%	72%	3%	43%	85%	52%	5%	30	16	15%	85	51	4	36%	10	7	0	0	0
1989	35	TOT	MLB	658	2329	3.54	1381	59%	26%	10%	26%	37%	73%	1%	43%	86%	52%	6%	41	24	14%	90	41	5	29%	12	13	9	0	10
1989	35	PHI	NL	522	1871	3.58	1081	58%	26%	9%	27%	38%	74%	2%	43%	87%	50%	7%	37	21	12%	63	29	3	30%	6	13	9	0	1
1989	35	KCR	AL	136	458	3.37	300	66%	28%	12%	24%	34%	69%	1%	45%	80%	57%	3%	4	3	20%	27	12	2	27%	6	0	0	0	9
1990	36	KCR	AL	43	175	4.07	98	56%	27%	13%	34%	27%	73%	5%	41%	82%	60%	5%	2	0	21%	9	5	0	29%	1	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1282	4596	3.59	2743	60%	27%	10%	25%	37%	72%	2%	43%	85%	52%	6%	73	40	14%	184	97	9	32%	23	21	9	0	10
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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
1978	24	ATL	NL	417	84			11	1	8	11	0	11	0	11	4	0	36%	9	2	0	144	3	5	38%	3	5	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0
1979	25	ATL	NL	287	69			4	0	2	3	1	2	2	13	5	3	38%	2	2	0	101	4	5	44%	4	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0
1980	26	ATL	NL	715	188			27	1	10	22	5	16	11	29	12	6	41%	11	5	0	240	11	7	61%	10	6	1	1	0	0	2	2	9	0
1981	27	ATL	NL	147	31			2	0	1	1	1	1	1	8	5	0	63%	1	0	0	47	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
1982	28	TOT	NL	678	158			12	0	7	10	2	5	7	31	18	5	58%	10	3	2	246	9	7	56%	9	6	0	1	0	0	3	2	9	0
1982	28	ATL	NL	185	52			3	0	5	2	1	1	2	14	9	2	64%	5	1	0	87	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0
1982	28	PIT	NL	493	106			9	0	2	8	1	4	5	17	9	3	53%	5	2	2	159	7	5	58%	7	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
1983	29	PIT	NL	1002	205			19	1	13	19	0	16	3	34	17	9	50%	17	9	0	357	11	7	61%	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
1984	30	PIT	NL	956	226			18	0	28	16	2	6	12	53	25	11	47%	11	3	2	347	5	6	45%	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	16	1
1985	31	PIT	NL	568	139			9	0	18	7	2	7	2	28	16	2	57%	3	4	1	237	4	6	40%	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	0
1986	32	PIT	NL	545	129			16	0	12	13	3	9	7	20	8	3	40%	8	5	1	206	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
1987	33	ATL	NL	95	25			2	0	2	1	1	0	2	6	3	1	50%	1	1	0	40	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1988	34	STL	NL	581	130	11	2	10	1	7	7	3	5	5	19	10	1	53%	10	9	0	215	4	5	44%	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	0
1989	35	TOT	MLB	667	154	18	8	5	0	8	3	2	1	4	35	22	4	63%	12	8	1	262	6	7	46%	6	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	21	0
1989	35	PHI	NL	531	123	17	7	3	0	7	2	1	0	3	27	18	1	67%	11	6	1	214	5	7	42%	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	17	0
1989	35	KCR	AL	136	31	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	8	4	3	50%	1	2	0	48	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1990	36	KCR	AL	43	10	1	0	2	0	4	1	1	0	2	5	3	0	60%	0	1	0	20	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13 Yrs				6701	1548	30	10	137	4	120	114	23	79	58	292	148	45	51%	95	52	7	2462	62	58	52%	61	50	1	6	0	2	15	10	123	1
MLB Averages																		53%							67%
				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

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+
1978	24	9	3	.750	2.81	15	15	0	3	1	0	99.1	84	38	31	11	35	4	42	2	0	2	417	146	1.198	7.6	1.0	3.2	3.8	1.20	146
1979	25	12	5	.706	3.91	28	28	0	4	1	0	165.2	153	79	72	15	57	6	74	6	0	4	704	104	1.268	8.3	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.30	104
1980	26	21	19	.525	4.43	58	58	0	8	2	0	329.1	341	176	162	42	96	8	151	13	1	9	1419	88	1.327	9.3	1.1	2.6	4.1	1.57	88
1981	27	23	20	.535	4.29	64	63	0	10	3	0	367.0	372	189	175	44	104	8	174	13	1	9	1566	90	1.297	9.1	1.1	2.6	4.3	1.67	90
1982	28	31	28	.525	4.16	110	83	6	12	5	1	526.1	530	268	243	56	148	14	292	19	2	12	2244	93	1.288	9.1	1.0	2.5	5.0	1.97	93
1983	29	46	36	.561	3.87	145	118	6	20	9	1	764.1	735	367	329	75	235	21	491	22	6	21	3246	98	1.269	8.7	0.9	2.8	5.8	2.09	98
1984	30	58	47	.552	3.66	179	150	7	27	11	2	991.2	961	453	403	93	313	28	640	24	9	24	4203	103	1.285	8.7	0.8	2.8	5.8	2.04	103
1985	31	65	56	.537	3.78	209	169	9	29	11	2	1118.0	1100	523	469	102	375	39	692	31	9	28	4771	99	1.319	8.9	0.8	3.0	5.6	1.85	99
1986	32	68	67	.504	3.91	258	184	20	29	11	2	1240.1	1229	598	539	118	424	44	772	38	9	33	5316	96	1.333	8.9	0.9	3.1	5.6	1.82	96
1987	33	68	68	.500	3.94	267	186	24	29	11	2	1260.2	1254	613	552	120	431	45	785	40	9	34	5411	96	1.337	9.0	0.9	3.1	5.6	1.82	96
1988	34	74	77	.490	3.94	309	203	36	31	12	3	1396.2	1384	677	611	130	476	52	855	44	12	43	5992	95	1.332	8.9	0.8	3.1	5.5	1.80	95
1989	35	78	90	.464	3.95	357	224	42	34	13	3	1550.0	1538	759	681	135	533	57	933	51	15	51	6659	94	1.336	8.9	0.8	3.1	5.4	1.75	94
1990	36	78	90	.464	3.99	370	224	44	34	13	3	1558.1	1548	768	690	137	542	58	940	52	15	52	6702	94	1.341	8.9	0.8	3.1	5.4	1.73	94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1978	24	8	3	.727	2.73	99.0	83	33	30	11	35	42	2	1.192	7.5	3.2	3.8	1.20	1.0	15
1979	25	2	5	.286	5.48	64.0	68	43	39	4	22	31	4	1.406	9.6	3.1	4.4	1.41	0.6	13
1980	26	6	11	.353	5.47	158.0	194	107	96	28	40	74	7	1.481	11.1	2.3	4.2	1.85	1.6	30
1981	27	3	2	.600	3.67	54.0	49	24	22	3	13	33	0	1.148	8.2	2.2	5.5	2.54	0.5	6
1982	28	8	9	.471	4.12	155.0	162	79	71	12	45	115	6	1.335	9.4	2.6	6.7	2.56	0.7	46
1983	29	14	11	.560	3.52	233.0	211	101	91	20	90	195	3	1.292	8.2	3.5	7.5	2.17	0.8	35
1984	30	13	10	.565	3.34	213.0	234	88	79	19	81	140	2	1.479	9.9	3.4	5.9	1.73	0.8	34
1985	31	4	9	.308	5.54	117.0	145	80	72	9	65	48	7	1.795	11.2	5.0	3.7	0.74	0.7	30
1986	32	5	8	.385	5.45	119.0	131	80	72	16	50	78	7	1.521	9.9	3.8	5.9	1.56	1.2	49
1987	33	1	1	.500	5.14	21.0	24	13	12	2	7	13	2	1.476	10.3	3.0	5.6	1.86	0.9	9
1988	34	6	8	.429	4.57	130.0	138	73	66	11	48	67	4	1.431	9.6	3.3	4.6	1.40	0.8	42
1989	35	6	10	.375	4.81	146.0	162	87	78	5	60	74	7	1.521	10.0	3.7	4.6	1.23	0.3	48
1990	36	0	0		11.25	8.0	10	11	10	2	9	6	1	2.375	11.3	10.1	6.8	0.67	2.3	13
13 Yrs		76	87	.466	4.38	1517.0	1611	819	738	142	565	916	52	1.434	9.6		5.4	1.62	0.8	370

* 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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Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1983 NL (5, 6%) 0.06 Career Shares (205th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1984 NL 2.93 (8th)	Wins s c a p y 1983 NL 15 (6th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1983 NL .652 (2nd)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1983 NL 7.752 (6th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1980 NL 2.145 (7th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1983 NL 7.525 (4th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1983 NL 238.0 (9th) 1984 NL 227.3 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1983 NL 199 (3rd) 1984 NL 149 (9th)	Games Started s c a p y 1983 NL 35 (5th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1983 NL 8 (7th) 1984 NL 7 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1982 NL 2 (9th) 1983 NL 4 (2nd) 1984 NL 2 (8th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1980 NL 27 (2nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1983 NL 87 (10th)	Hits s c a p y 1984 NL 226 (5th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1983 NL 2.287 (10th)
Losses s c a p y 1980 NL 14 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1983 NL 9 (7th) 1988 NL 9 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1980 NL 7 (4th) 1982 NL 6 (3rd) 1985 NL 7 (3rd) 1986 NL 7 (3rd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1983 NL 1,002 (7th) 1984 NL 957 (7th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1984 NL 124 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1984 NL 17 (10th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1984 NL 1.8 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 37 (665), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Rick Mahler (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Mahler (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Deshaies (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ken Heintzelman (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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