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Scott Medvin

Scott Howard Medvin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 16, 1961 in North Olmsted, OH
School: Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea, OH)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1988
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Mariners 1988-1990

Final Game: September 22, 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
1984	22	SEA-min	A	4	2	.667	3.56	40	0	13	0	0	2	65.2	62	36	26	5	35	1	53	12	0	11			1.477	8.5	0.7	4.8	7.3	1.51	WAU · MIDW
1985	23	DET-min	A,AA	8	7	.533	2.89	44	0	40	0	0	6	74.2	62	30	24	2	32	1	64	3	1	7			1.259	7.5	0.2	3.9	7.7	2.00	LAK,BIR · FLOR,SOUL
1986	24	SFG-min	AA	8	6	.571	2.40	49	0	26	0	0	6	93.2	71	32	25	1	42	2	68	8	4	11			1.206	6.8	0.1	4.0	6.5	1.62	SHV · TL
1987	25	SFG-PIT-min	AA,AAA	7	2	.778	2.50	50	0	24	0	0	6	101.0	81	36	28	5	59	4	87	8	0	5			1.386	7.2	0.4	5.3	7.8	1.47	SHV,PHX,VAN · TL,PCL
1988	26	PIT-min	AAA	5	4	.556	2.41	39	0	34	0	0	12	56.0	38	18	15	0	25	4	49	1	5	4			1.125	6.1	0.0	4.0	7.9	1.96	BFL · AA
1988	26	PIT	NL	3	0	1.000	4.88	17	0	5	0	0	0	27.2	23	16	15	1	9	2	16	1	0	5	112	71	1.157	7.5	0.3	2.9	5.2	1.78
1989	27	PIT-min	AAA	7	6	.538	2.30	54	1	34	0	0	10	86.0	65	29	22	6	46	9	84	3	3	18			1.291	6.8	0.6	4.8	8.8	1.83	BFL · AA
1989	27	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	5.68	6	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	6	5	4	0	5	2	4	0	1	1	30	63	1.737	8.5	0.0	7.1	5.7	0.80
1990	28	SEA-PIT-min	AAA	3	5	.375	3.82	56	0	38	0	0	12	75.1	60	37	32	5	35	7	41	5	0	7			1.261	7.2	0.6	4.2	4.9	1.17	CGY,BFL · PCL,AA
1990	28	SEA	AL	0	1	.000	6.23	5	0	3	0	0	0	4.1	7	4	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	22	69	2.077	14.5	0.0	4.2	2.1	0.50
3 Yrs				3	2	.600	5.17	28	0	10	0	0	0	38.1	36	25	22	1	16	4	21	2	1	7	164	69	1.357	8.5	0.2	3.8	4.9	1.31
162 Game Avg.				7	5	.600	5.17	68	0	24	0	0	0	93	87	61	53	2	39	10	51	5	2	17	398	69	1.357	8.5	0.2	3.8	4.9	1.31

PIT (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	5.03	23	0	7	0	0	0	34.0	29	21	19	1	14	4	20	1	1	6	142	69	1.265	7.7	0.3	3.7	5.3	1.43
SEA (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.23	5	0	3	0	0	0	4.1	7	4	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	22	69	2.077	14.5	0.0	4.2	2.1	0.50

NL (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	5.03	23	0	7	0	0	0	34.0	29	21	19	1	14	4	20	1	1	6	142	69	1.265	7.7	0.3	3.7	5.3	1.43
AL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.23	5	0	3	0	0	0	4.1	7	4	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	22	69	2.077	14.5	0.0	4.2	2.1	0.50

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
1988	26	PIT	NL	27.2	17	0	16	5.20	3.67	0.17	-0.29	101.5	3.25	-6	-0.7	1.1	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.460	.496	$
1989	27	PIT	NL	6.1	6	0	5	7.11	3.94	0.18	-0.31	95.8	3.31	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.451	.498	$
1990	28	SEA	AL	4.1	5	0	4	8.31	4.83	0.42	-0.37	101.5	4.10	-2	-0.2	.4	0.1	-0.1	-2	.459	.499	$
3 Seasons				38.1	28	0	25	5.87	3.84	0.20	-0.30	100.6	3.36	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	-0.9	-7	.458	.498	$

PIT (2 yrs)				34.0	23	0	21	5.56	3.72	0.17	-0.29	100.5	3.27	-9	-1.0	1.1	-0.1	-0.8	-6	.457	.497	$
SEA (1 yr)				4.1	5	0	4	8.31	4.83	0.42	-0.37	101.5	4.10	-2	-0.2	.4	0.1	-0.1	-2	.459	.499	$

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
1988	26	PIT	NL	17	112	100	16	23	6	1	1	7	0	9	16	.230	.297	.340	.637	.262	34	3	1	1	1	2	1
1989	27	PIT	NL	6	30	25	5	6	5	0	0	2	1	5	4	.240	.367	.440	.807	.286	11	0	0	0	0	2	1
1990	28	SEA	AL	5	22	19	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.368	.455	.421	.876	.389	8	1	1	0	0	0	1
3 Yrs				28	164	144	25	36	12	1	1	9	1	16	21	.250	.331	.368	.699	.285	53	4	2	1	1	4	3
162 Game Avg.				68	398	350	61	87	29	2	2	22	2	39	51	.250	.331	.368	.699	.285	129	10	5	2	2	10	7
MLB Averages																.255	.321	.379	.700	.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
1988	26	PIT	NL	-4.2	-0.4	122	0.2	1.6	-1.3	.83	0.1	0.2	-4.3	-0.5	0.83	0.4	5	3	9
1989	27	PIT	NL	-1.8	-0.2	36	-0.2	0.5	-0.8	1.16	-0.1	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	1.16	-1.6	2	1	3
1990	28	SEA	AL	-1.2	-0.1	23	-0.6	0.0	-0.7	.47	-0.2	-1.1	-3.4	-0.3	0.47	-2.6	0	2	0
3 Yrs				-7.1	-0.7	181	-0.7	2.1	-2.8	.85	-0.3	-0.5	-8.7	-0.9	0.85	-3.9	7	6	12

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	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
1988	26	PIT	NL	17	17	5	3	0	0	0		1	1	9	3	33%	7	.830	5	3	9	2	4	11	7	10	8	2	8	4	4.9	23
1989	27	PIT	NL	6	6	2	0	1	0	0		1	1	4	1	25%	7	1.159	2	1	3	1	1	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.2	17
1990	28	SEA	AL	5	5	3	0	1	1	1	0%	1	0	4	2	50%	9	.468	0	2	0	1	0	4	2	3	1	1	1	0	2.6	16
3 Yrs				28	28	10	3	2	1	1	0%	3	2	17	6	35%		.842	7	6	12	4	5	19	12	16	10	4	10	4	4.1	20

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%
1988	26	PIT	NL	112	54%	0.9%	14.3%	8.0%	7.1%	35%	1.02	1.39	75%	15%	4.8%	50%	20	3	15%
1989	27	PIT	NL	30	50%	0.0%	13.3%	16.7%	16.7%	83%	1.10	2.50	70%	19%	0.0%	10%	2	0	0%
1990	28	SEA	AL	22	73%	0.0%	4.6%	9.1%	4.6%	14%	1.57	4.50	82%	28%	0.0%	14%	6	1	17%
3 Yrs				164	56%	0.6%	12.8%	9.8%	8.5%	39%	1.10	1.71	75%	18%	2.8%	39%	28	4	14%
MLB Averages					40%	2.0%	14.8%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	0.80	1.04	73%	20%	6.6%	26%			11%

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	26	PIT	NL	112	389	3.47	228	59%	29%	14%	19%	38%	71%	5%	42%	80%	52%	9%	10	6	10%	11	6	0	31%	6	2	0	0	0
1989	27	PIT	NL	30	100	3.33	48	48%	21%	15%	21%	44%	79%	12%	38%	82%	33%	17%	5	0	10%	3	2	0	0%	0	3	0	0	0
1990	28	SEA	AL	23	78	3.39	43	55%	21%	14%	23%	42%	79%	0%	44%	82%	52%	0%	0	0	4%	1	0	0	0%	0	0	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				165	567	3.44	319	56%	27%	14%	20%	39%	73%	6%	41%	81%	48%	9%	15	6	9%	15	8	0	24%	6	5	-1	0	0
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
1988	26	PIT	NL	112	23	3	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	15	9	2	60%	1	5	0	38	7	0	100%	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1989	27	PIT	NL	30	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	1	1	1	14	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	4	0
1990	28	SEA	AL	22	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				164	36	3	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	17	11	2	65%	3	7	1	64	9	1	90%	7	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	11	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
1988	26	3	0	1.000	4.88	17	5	27.2	23	16	15	1	9	2	16	1	0	5	112	71	1.157	7.5	0.3	2.9	5.2	1.78	71
1989	27	3	1	.750	5.03	23	7	34.0	29	21	19	1	14	4	20	1	1	6	142	69	1.265	7.7	0.3	3.7	5.3	1.43	69
1990	28	3	2	.600	5.17	28	10	38.1	36	25	22	1	16	4	21	2	1	7	164	69	1.357	8.5	0.2	3.8	4.9	1.31	69

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
1988	26	1	1	.500	6.48	25.0	25	20	18	1	10	15	1	1.400	9.0	3.6	5.4	1.50	0.4	17
1989	27	0	0		6.00	6.0	6	4	4	0	5	4	0	1.833	9.0	7.5	6.0	0.80	0.0	6
1990	28	0	0		6.75	4.0	7	3	3	0	2	1	1	2.250	15.8	4.5	2.3	0.50	0.0	5
3 Yrs		1	1	.500	6.43	35.0	38	27	25	1	17	20	2	1.571	9.8		5.1	1.18	0.3	28

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