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John Montefusco

John Joseph Montefusco (The Count)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 25, 1950 in Long Branch, NJ
School: Brookdale Community College (Lincroft, NJ)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1974
Teams (by GP): Giants/Padres/Braves/Yankees 1974-1986
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: May 1, 1986
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All-Star

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 24 SFG NL 3 2 .600 4.81 7 5 1 1 1 0 39.1 41 22 21 3 19 0 34 0 0 0 179 80 1.525 9.4 0.7 4.3 7.8 1.79
1975 25 SFG NL 15 9 .625 2.88 35 34 1 10 4 0 243.2 210 85 78 11 86 12 215 8 2 6 1018 133 1.215 7.8 0.4 3.2 7.9 2.50 CYA-4,RoY-1
1976 26 SFG NL 16 14 .533 2.84 37 36 0 11 6 0 253.1 224 90 80 11 74 8 172 4 1 3 1045 127 1.176 8.0 0.4 2.6 6.1 2.32 AS
1977 27 SFG NL 7 12 .368 3.49 26 25 0 4 0 0 157.1 170 82 61 10 46 6 110 3 0 5 689 112 1.373 9.7 0.6 2.6 6.3 2.39
1978 28 SFG NL 11 9 .550 3.81 36 36 0 3 0 0 238.2 233 110 101 25 68 6 177 4 3 4 1003 90 1.261 8.8 0.9 2.6 6.7 2.60
1979 29 SFG NL 3 8 .273 3.94 22 22 0 0 0 0 137.0 145 64 60 15 51 7 76 2 0 3 585 89 1.431 9.5 1.0 3.4 5.0 1.49
1980 30 SFG NL 4 8 .333 4.37 22 17 0 1 0 0 113.1 120 61 55 15 39 6 85 2 1 2 498 81 1.403 9.5 1.2 3.1 6.8 2.18
1981 31 ATL NL 2 3 .400 3.49 26 9 4 0 0 1 77.1 75 32 30 9 27 2 34 0 1 2 323 104 1.319 8.7 1.0 3.1 4.0 1.26
1982 32 SDP NL 10 11 .476 4.00 32 32 0 1 0 0 184.1 177 93 82 17 41 2 83 3 1 2 770 87 1.183 8.6 0.8 2.0 4.1 2.02
1983 33 TOT MLB 14 4 .778 3.31 37 16 9 1 0 4 133.1 133 52 49 9 42 6 67 2 1 1 555 110 1.313 9.0 0.6 2.8 4.5 1.60
1983 33 SDP NL 9 4 .692 3.30 31 10 9 1 0 4 95.1 94 38 35 6 32 6 52 1 1 1 398 107 1.322 8.9 0.6 3.0 4.9 1.63
1983 33 NYY AL 5 0 1.000 3.32 6 6 0 0 0 0 38.0 39 14 14 3 10 0 15 1 0 0 157 118 1.289 9.2 0.7 2.4 3.6 1.50
1984 34 NYY AL 5 3 .625 3.58 11 11 0 0 0 0 55.1 55 26 22 5 13 2 23 1 0 1 234 107 1.229 8.9 0.8 2.1 3.7 1.77
1985 35 NYY AL 0 0 10.29 3 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 12 8 8 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 34 41 2.000 15.4 3.9 2.6 2.6 1.00
1986 36 NYY AL 0 0 2.19 4 0 1 0 0 0 12.1 9 3 3 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 50 193 1.135 6.6 1.5 3.6 2.2 0.60
13 Yrs 90 83 .520 3.54 298 244 17 32 11 5 1652.1 1604 728 650 135 513 57 1081 29 10 29 6983 103 1.281 8.7 0.7 2.8 5.9 2.11
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .520 3.54 37 31 2 4 1 1 207 201 91 82 17 64 7 136 4 1 4 876 103 1.281 8.7 0.7 2.8 5.9 2.11
SFG (7 yrs) 59 62 .488 3.47 185 175 2 30 11 0 1182.2 1143 514 456 90 383 45 869 23 7 23 5017 105 1.290 8.7 0.7 2.9 6.6 2.27
NYY (4 yrs) 10 3 .769 3.75 24 18 2 0 0 0 112.2 115 51 47 13 30 2 43 2 0 1 475 105 1.287 9.2 1.0 2.4 3.4 1.43
SDP (2 yrs) 19 15 .559 3.77 63 42 9 2 0 4 279.2 271 131 117 23 73 8 135 4 2 3 1168 93 1.230 8.7 0.7 2.3 4.3 1.85
ATL (1 yr) 2 3 .400 3.49 26 9 4 0 0 1 77.1 75 32 30 9 27 2 34 0 1 2 323 104 1.319 8.7 1.0 3.1 4.0 1.26
NL (10 yrs) 80 80 .500 3.52 274 226 15 32 11 5 1539.2 1489 677 603 122 483 55 1038 27 10 28 6508 103 1.281 8.7 0.7 2.8 6.1 2.15
AL (4 yrs) 10 3 .769 3.75 24 18 2 0 0 0 112.2 115 51 47 13 30 2 43 2 0 1 475 105 1.287 9.2 1.0 2.4 3.4 1.43

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
1974 24 SFG NL 39.1 7 5 22 5.03 4.58 -0.02 0.02 99.3 4.59 -2 -0.2 2.2 -0.1 0.0 2 .467 .499 $
1975 25 SFG NL 243.2 35 34 85 3.14 4.10 -0.27 0.13 104.0 4.68 40 4.8 4.2 -0.1 6.6 64 .637 .530 $20,000 CYA-4,RoY-1
1976 26 SFG NL 253.1 37 36 90 3.20 4.08 -0.35 0.13 101.9 4.64 39 4.8 1.1 -0.1 6.6 63 .629 .530 $ AS
1977 27 SFG NL 157.1 26 25 82 4.69 4.48 -0.17 0.15 97.6 4.68 -1 -0.1 .5 -0.1 1.0 15 .495 .499 $145,000
1978 28 SFG NL 238.2 36 36 110 4.15 4.09 -0.18 0.13 96.3 4.23 -0 -0.0 -0.1 1.7 24 .499 .500 $
1979 29 SFG NL 137.0 22 22 64 4.20 4.19 -0.44 0.14 92.5 4.41 2 0.2 -0.1 1.2 16 .510 .501 $
1980 30 SFG NL 113.1 22 17 61 4.84 4.08 -0.22 0.09 97.3 4.26 -8 -0.8 1.4 -0.1 0.0 3 .462 .495 $
1981 31 ATL NL 77.1 26 9 32 3.72 3.89 -0.03 -0.03 102.6 3.98 1 0.1 .5 -0.1 0.7 7 .505 .501 $290,000
1982 32 SDP NL 184.1 32 32 93 4.54 4.01 0.35 0.14 95.1 3.62 -21 -2.2 -0.1 -0.8 -1 .431 .486 $
1983 33 SDP NL 95.1 31 10 38 3.59 4.09 0.17 -0.05 97.8 3.79 2 0.2 1.6 -0.1 0.9 11 .506 .501 $
1983 33 NYY AL 38.0 6 6 14 3.32 4.39 -0.26 0.14 99.6 4.77 6 0.7 -0.0 1.0 10 .613 .504 $766,667
1984 34 NYY AL 55.1 11 11 26 4.23 4.62 -0.27 0.15 95.3 4.80 4 0.4 -0.0 0.8 9 .537 .502 $766,667
1985 35 NYY AL 7.0 3 1 8 10.29 4.22 0.21 -0.10 101.2 3.95 -5 -0.4 1.4 -0.1 -0.4 -4 .354 .497 $637,500
1986 36 NYY AL 12.1 4 0 3 2.19 4.73 -0.02 -0.37 96.0 4.21 3 0.3 1.5 0.1 0.5 4 .573 .502 $716,667
13 Seasons 1652.1 298 244 728 3.97 4.16 -0.15 0.11 98.5 4.35 59 7.6 1.3 -0.9 19.8 223 .526 .503 $3,342,501
SFG (7 yrs) 1182.2 185 175 514 3.91 4.17 -0.26 0.12 99.0 4.51 69 8.6 1.7 -0.6 17.1 187 .546 .508 $165,000
NYY (4 yrs) 112.2 24 18 51 4.07 4.53 -0.21 0.08 97.2 4.67 8 0.9 1.5 -0.0 1.9 19 .539 .501 $2,887,501
SDP (2 yrs) 279.2 63 42 131 4.22 4.04 0.29 0.08 96.0 3.68 -19 -2.0 1.6 -0.2 0.1 10 .468 .494 $
ATL (1 yr) 77.1 26 9 32 3.72 3.89 -0.03 -0.03 102.6 3.98 1 0.1 .5 -0.1 0.7 7 .505 .501 $290,000

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1976 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00

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
1974 24 SFG NL 7 179 160 22 41 6 2 3 4 0 19 34 .256 .335 .375 .710 .309 60 1 0 0 0 0 2
1975 25 SFG NL 35 1018 903 85 210 54 12 11 25 8 86 215 .233 .303 .355 .659 .291 321 13 8 15 6 12 11
1976 26 SFG NL 37 1045 943 90 224 46 7 11 32 8 74 172 .238 .294 .336 .630 .278 317 13 4 17 7 8 8
1977 27 SFG NL 26 689 623 82 170 37 6 10 29 8 46 110 .273 .321 .400 .721 .312 249 5 3 7 10 6 11
1978 28 SFG NL 36 1003 913 110 233 41 3 25 35 5 68 177 .255 .308 .389 .697 .290 355 14 4 12 6 6 14
1979 29 SFG NL 22 585 519 64 145 24 2 15 15 7 51 76 .279 .343 .420 .763 .300 218 11 2 7 6 7 4
1980 30 SFG NL 22 498 452 61 120 14 3 15 18 4 39 85 .265 .325 .409 .734 .296 185 5 2 2 3 6 8
1981 31 ATL NL 26 323 288 32 75 8 0 9 12 5 27 34 .260 .321 .382 .703 .266 110 6 0 5 3 2 3
1982 32 SDP NL 32 770 705 93 177 27 7 17 29 4 41 83 .251 .291 .382 .672 .260 269 11 3 9 11 2 16
1983 33 NYY AL 6 157 144 14 39 8 0 3 5 2 10 15 .271 .318 .389 .707 .281 56 3 1 0 2 0 0
1983 33 SDP NL 31 398 355 38 94 19 2 6 14 3 32 52 .265 .326 .380 .707 .295 135 8 1 9 1 6 4
1983 33 TOT MLB 37 555 499 52 133 27 2 9 19 5 42 67 .267 .324 .383 .707 .291 191 11 2 9 3 6 4
1984 34 NYY AL 11 234 217 26 55 10 2 5 1 2 13 23 .253 .295 .387 .682 .260 84 4 1 0 3 2 5
1985 35 NYY AL 3 34 31 8 12 3 0 3 1 0 2 2 .387 .412 .774 1.186 .333 24 1 0 0 1 0 0
1986 36 NYY AL 4 50 45 3 9 2 0 2 1 0 5 3 .200 .280 .378 .658 .175 17 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 298 6983 6298 728 1604 299 46 135 221 56 513 1081 .255 .311 .381 .692 .286 2400 95 29 83 59 57 86
162 Game Avg. 37 876 790 91 201 38 6 17 28 7 64 136 .255 .311 .381 .692 .286 301 12 4 10 7 7 11
MLB Averages .260 .325 .384 .709 .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
1974 24 SFG NL -3.1 -0.3 183 -0.6 2.8 -3.3 .92 -0.6 -0.0 -4.3 -0.4 0.92 -5.0 2 0 0
1975 25 SFG NL 25.8 2.8 1061 4.5 20.4 -16.0 1.09 2.2 1.9 33.2 3.6 1.09 22.9 1 0 0
1976 26 SFG NL 21.6 2.4 1089 2.0 19.6 -17.6 1.05 2.4 -0.5 24.4 2.7 1.05 24.1 0 1 0
1977 27 SFG NL 1.6 0.2 733 -1.4 11.8 -13.2 1.01 -0.5 -0.9 -8.8 -0.9 1.01 -5.8 0 0 1
1978 28 SFG NL -8.5 -0.9 1057 -0.7 17.4 -18.1 .98 -0.1 -0.7 -2.6 -0.3 0.98 -3.7 0 0 0
1979 29 SFG NL -4.9 -0.5 607 -0.6 11.2 -11.8 1.09 -0.6 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.09 -5.8 0 0 0
1980 30 SFG NL -10.3 -1.1 521 -1.5 7.5 -9.0 .92 -1.3 -0.3 -12.5 -1.3 0.91 -11.2 2 0 3
1981 31 ATL NL 1.7 0.2 345 -0.5 4.0 -4.6 .74 -0.3 -0.4 -1.7 -0.2 0.74 -0.9 1 2 12
1982 32 SDP NL -11.5 -1.2 808 -1.5 13.0 -14.6 1.00 -0.8 -0.7 -12.3 -1.3 1.00 -7.8 0 0 0
1983 33 TOT MLB 6.7 0.7 585 0.9 10.8 -9.9 1.08 0.2 0.6 10.9 1.2 1.08 2.7 10 5 4
1983 33 SDP NL 3.4 0.4 420 0.4 7.7 -7.3 1.10 0.1 0.3 6.0 0.6 1.10 2.1 10 5 4
1983 33 NYY AL 3.4 0.4 165 0.5 3.1 -2.6 1.03 0.1 0.3 5.0 0.5 1.02 0.6 0 0 0
1984 34 NYY AL 0.9 0.1 237 0.2 3.9 -3.8 .96 0.6 -0.4 0.4 0.0 0.96 5.9 0 0 0
1985 35 NYY AL -4.4 -0.4 35 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 .91 -0.5 -0.5 -6.0 -0.5 0.91 -5.4 1 1 0
1986 36 NYY AL 3.0 0.3 51 -0.0 0.8 -0.8 .78 -0.1 0.1 2.0 0.2 0.78 -0.0 1 2 1
13 Yrs 18.5 2.3 7312 -0.2 123.6 -123.8 1.01 0.5 -0.8 21.9 2.7 1.01 10.2 18 11 21

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
1974 24 SFG NL 7 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 3 .400 0 1 1 1 1 20% 45.8 78 24 2 0 2 2 4.5 5.3 5.9
1975 25 SFG NL 35 34 15 9 10 2 4 23 11 .676 5 5 10 4 23 68% 59.6 88 19 23 12 16 8 4.1 3.6 7.1
1976 26 SFG NL 37 36 16 14 6 0 5 20 16 .556 0 3 11 6 26 72% 58.4 90 20 15 7 13 6 3.3 2.9 7.0
1977 27 SFG NL 26 25 7 12 6 0 6 11 14 .440 1 5 4 0 16 64% 50.7 82 23 19 5 8 7 3.7 3.1 6.2
1978 28 SFG NL 36 36 11 9 16 4 5 18 18 .500 7 3 3 0 19 53% 53.3 83 26 19 8 13 9 4.1 4.1 6.6
1979 29 SFG NL 22 22 3 8 11 1 3 6 16 .273 3 4 0 0 12 55% 49.8 77 18 8 4 3 11 3.2 3.4 6.2
1980 30 SFG NL 22 17 3 8 6 1 2 7 10 .412 2 3 1 0 7 41% 49.6 70 23 13 3 8 4 3.7 3.1 5.9
1981 31 ATL NL 26 9 2 3 4 0 1 5 4 .556 1 3 0 0 5 56% 47.7 72 23 14 1 2 2 4.2 3.0 5.2
1982 32 SDP NL 32 32 10 11 11 2 2 15 17 .469 4 4 1 0 15 47% 50.2 79 29 16 5 3 13 3.9 4.2 5.8
1983 33 TOT MLB 37 16 8 3 5 2 2 9 7 .563 0 3 1 0 8 50% 0.0 71 22 14 4 2 7 4.6 5.4 5.9
1983 33 SDP NL 31 10 3 3 4 1 2 4 6 .400 0 3 1 0 4 40% 44.2 71 22 10 3 2 4 4.4 4.5 5.6
1983 33 NYY AL 6 6 5 0 1 1 0 5 1 .833 0 0 0 0 4 67% 51.8 61 44 4 1 0 3 4.8 6.6 6.3
1984 34 NYY AL 11 11 5 3 3 0 0 6 5 .545 1 2 0 0 5 45% 50.4 76 30 7 1 0 8 4.4 5.4 5.0
1985 35 NYY AL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 23.0 23 23 2 0 0 1 11.3 9.0 3.3
12 Yrs 294 244 82 82 80 13 30 123 121 .504 24 37 32 11 137 56% 53 90 18 152 50 70 78 3.9 3.7 6.3
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 106 -13 4.3 4.2 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
1974 24 SFG NL 7 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 3 60% 1 .916 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 14.5
1975 25 SFG NL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 1.094 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1976 26 SFG NL 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 1.053 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1977 27 SFG NL 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.006 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1980 30 SFG NL 22 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 .915 2 0 3 1 1 3 1 4 4 0 4 1 7.4
1981 31 ATL NL 26 17 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 2 67% 5 .736 1 2 12 1 0 16 2 15 12 0 12 0 5.4
1983 33 TOT MLB 37 21 9 6 1 5 4 1 80% 6 1 14 2 14% 1.082 10 5 4 7 7 7 9 12 13 3 14 2 5.7
1983 33 SDP NL 31 21 9 6 1 5 4 1 80% 6 1 14 2 14% 9 1.104 10 5 4 7 7 7 9 12 13 3 14 2 5.7
1985 35 NYY AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 .911 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 5.5
1986 36 NYY AL 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 6 3 50% 1 .780 1 2 1 2 0 2 3 1 3 0 4 0 9.3
9 Yrs 191 54 17 8 1 8 5 3 63% 10 2 38 16 42% 1.009 18 11 21 13 10 31 21 33 36 6 38 3 6.2

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%
1974 24 SFG NL 179 55% 1.7% 19.0% 10.6% 6.2% 27% 0.62 69% 45 1 2%
1975 25 SFG NL 1018 54% 1.1% 21.1% 8.5% 7.6% 37% 0.70 67% 176 13 7%
1976 26 SFG NL 1045 50% 1.1% 16.5% 7.1% 6.1% 29% 0.82 73% 174 13 7%
1977 27 SFG NL 689 59% 1.5% 16.0% 6.7% 7.7% 31% 0.76 74% 109 5 5%
1978 28 SFG NL 1003 52% 2.5% 17.7% 6.8% 6.9% 30% 0.82 71% 150 14 9%
1979 29 SFG NL 585 56% 2.6% 13.0% 8.7% 7.0% 28% 1.06 74% 103 11 11%
1980 30 SFG NL 498 56% 3.0% 17.1% 7.8% 6.4% 27% 0.85 71% 82 5 6%
1981 31 ATL NL 323 54% 2.8% 10.5% 8.4% 5.3% 23% 1.16 77% 48 6 13%
1982 32 SDP NL 770 53% 2.2% 10.8% 5.3% 6.6% 29% 0.92 80% 121 11 9%
1983 33 TOT MLB 555 52% 1.6% 12.1% 7.6% 6.9% 29% 0.87 77% 85 11 13%
1983 33 SDP NL 398 52% 1.5% 13.1% 8.0% 6.8% 29% 1.03 75% 58 8 14%
1983 33 NYY AL 157 52% 1.9% 9.6% 6.4% 7.0% 28% 0.58 82% 27 3 11%
1984 34 NYY AL 234 42% 2.1% 9.8% 5.6% 7.3% 31% 0.96 82% 33 4 12%
1985 35 NYY AL 34 56% 8.8% 5.9% 5.9% 17.7% 50% 0.58 79% 9 1 11%
1986 36 NYY AL 50 74% 4.0% 6.0% 10.0% 8.0% 44% 0.89 80% 5 0 0%
13 Yrs 6983 53% 1.9% 15.5% 7.4% 6.9% 30% 0.85 74% 1140 95 8%
MLB Averages 43% 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.5% 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
1974 24 SFG NL 179 41 3 0 7 2 1 1 2 12 3 3 25% 2 0 0 82 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 25 SFG NL 1018 210 11 0 10 4 7 4 7 41 20 8 49% 11 6 3 392 25 8 76% 24 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1976 26 SFG NL 1045 224 11 0 10 6 5 5 6 54 26 8 48% 8 3 3 391 32 8 80% 31 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 16 0
1977 27 SFG NL 689 170 10 0 12 4 6 4 6 49 28 5 57% 11 5 2 248 29 8 78% 24 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 18 0
1978 28 SFG NL 1003 233 25 1 8 10 15 8 17 37 18 7 49% 14 4 3 356 35 5 88% 34 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 20 0
1979 29 SFG NL 585 145 15 0 9 10 5 7 8 28 11 4 39% 4 3 0 229 15 7 68% 15 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 0
1980 30 SFG NL 498 120 15 0 7 6 9 8 7 23 10 5 43% 8 2 0 179 18 4 82% 18 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1981 31 ATL NL 323 75 9 0 2 5 4 8 1 14 10 3 71% 3 2 0 110 12 5 71% 11 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 0
1982 32 SDP NL 770 177 17 0 8 8 9 15 2 45 28 8 62% 16 2 0 273 29 4 88% 27 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 18 0
1983 33 TOT MLB 555 133 9 0 4 6 3 2 7 26 14 3 54% 4 1 0 218 19 5 79% 18 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 0
1983 33 SDP NL 398 94 6 0 4 4 2 1 5 21 11 3 52% 4 1 0 153 14 3 82% 13 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
1983 33 NYY AL 157 39 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 5 3 0 60% 0 0 0 65 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1984 34 NYY AL 234 55 5 0 8 3 2 2 3 14 9 2 64% 5 1 0 69 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1985 35 NYY AL 34 12 3 0 1 3 0 1 2 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 36 NYY AL 50 9 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 25% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 6983 1604 135 1 87 68 67 67 68 351 180 56 51% 86 29 11 2573 221 56 80% 209 48 9 5 3 3 8 0 126 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+
1974 24 3 2 .600 4.81 7 5 1 1 1 0 39.1 41 22 21 3 19 0 34 0 0 0 179 80 1.525 9.4 0.7 4.3 7.8 1.79 80
1975 25 18 11 .621 3.15 42 39 2 11 5 0 283.0 251 107 99 14 105 12 249 8 2 6 1197 121 1.258 8.0 0.4 3.3 7.9 2.37 121
1976 26 34 25 .576 3.00 79 75 2 22 11 0 536.1 475 197 179 25 179 20 421 12 3 9 2242 124 1.219 8.0 0.4 3.0 7.1 2.35 124
1977 27 41 37 .526 3.11 105 100 2 26 11 0 693.2 645 279 240 35 225 26 531 15 3 14 2931 121 1.254 8.4 0.5 2.9 6.9 2.36 121
1978 28 52 46 .531 3.29 141 136 2 29 11 0 932.1 878 389 341 60 293 32 708 19 6 18 3934 112 1.256 8.5 0.6 2.8 6.8 2.42 112
1979 29 55 54 .505 3.38 163 158 2 29 11 0 1069.1 1023 453 401 75 344 39 784 21 6 21 4519 109 1.278 8.6 0.6 2.9 6.6 2.28 109
1980 30 59 62 .488 3.47 185 175 2 30 11 0 1182.2 1143 514 456 90 383 45 869 23 7 23 5017 105 1.290 8.7 0.7 2.9 6.6 2.27 105
1981 31 61 65 .484 3.47 211 184 6 30 11 1 1260.0 1218 546 486 99 410 47 903 23 8 25 5340 105 1.292 8.7 0.7 2.9 6.5 2.20 105
1982 32 71 76 .483 3.54 243 216 6 31 11 1 1444.1 1395 639 568 116 451 49 986 26 9 27 6110 103 1.278 8.7 0.7 2.8 6.1 2.19 103
1983 33 85 80 .515 3.52 280 232 15 32 11 5 1577.2 1528 691 617 125 493 55 1053 28 10 28 6665 103 1.281 8.7 0.7 2.8 6.0 2.14 103
1984 34 90 83 .520 3.52 291 243 15 32 11 5 1633.0 1583 717 639 130 506 57 1076 29 10 29 6899 103 1.279 8.7 0.7 2.8 5.9 2.13 103
1985 35 90 83 .520 3.55 294 244 16 32 11 5 1640.0 1595 725 647 133 508 57 1078 29 10 29 6933 103 1.282 8.8 0.7 2.8 5.9 2.12 103
1986 36 90 83 .520 3.54 298 244 17 32 11 5 1652.1 1604 728 650 135 513 57 1081 29 10 29 6983 103 1.281 8.7 0.7 2.8 5.9 2.11 103

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
1974 24 2 2 .500 4.73 40.0 41 23 21 3 19 34 0 1.500 9.2 4.3 7.7 1.79 0.7 7
1975 25 17 9 .654 3.00 237.0 212 88 79 11 87 209 8 1.262 8.1 3.3 7.9 2.40 0.4 35
1976 26 16 11 .593 3.17 244.0 233 96 86 11 77 165 4 1.270 8.6 2.8 6.1 2.14 0.4 37
1977 27 10 7 .588 3.52 156.0 171 68 61 10 46 109 3 1.391 9.9 2.7 6.3 2.37 0.6 26
1978 28 10 15 .400 4.68 225.0 251 130 117 27 73 167 4 1.440 10.0 2.9 6.7 2.29 1.1 36
1979 29 5 8 .385 4.82 125.0 153 74 67 16 54 70 2 1.656 11.0 3.9 5.0 1.30 1.2 22
1980 30 5 7 .417 5.04 109.0 127 68 61 16 41 82 2 1.541 10.5 3.4 6.8 2.00 1.3 22
1981 31 6 6 .500 4.13 109.0 119 56 50 14 43 48 0 1.486 9.8 3.6 4.0 1.12 1.2 26
1982 32 8 11 .421 4.70 178.0 188 103 93 18 44 80 3 1.303 9.5 2.2 4.0 1.82 0.9 32
1983 33 6 7 .462 4.02 123.0 140 61 55 9 44 62 2 1.496 10.2 3.2 4.5 1.41 0.7 37
1984 34 2 3 .400 4.00 54.0 58 27 24 5 14 22 1 1.333 9.7 2.3 3.7 1.57 0.8 11
1985 35 0 0 10.29 7.0 12 9 8 3 2 2 0 2.000 15.4 2.6 2.6 1.00 3.9 3
1986 36 1 0 1.000 2.25 12.0 9 3 3 2 5 3 0 1.167 6.8 3.8 2.3 0.60 1.5 4
13 Yrs 88 86 .506 4.03 1619.0 1714 806 725 145 549 1053 29 1.398 9.5 5.9 1.92 0.8 298

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1976 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1975 NL Rookie of the Year

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 NL (4, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (255th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1975 NL  6.2 (10th)
1976 NL  6.2 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1975 NL  6.6 (3rd)
1976 NL  6.6 (1st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1975 NL  2.88 (7th)
1976 NL  2.84 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1975 NL  15 (9th)
1976 NL  16 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 NL  .625 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1975 NL  1.215 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  7.757 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 NL  2.002 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  7.941 (1st)
1976 NL  6.111 (8th)
1978 NL  6.675 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1976 NL  253.3 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1975 NL  215 (2nd)
1976 NL  172 (6th)
1978 NL  177 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1976 NL  36 (6th)
1978 NL  36 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1976 NL  11 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1975 NL  4 (5th)
1976 NL  6 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  25 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1978 NL  233 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1975 NL  2.500 (6th)
1976 NL  2.324 (9th)
1978 NL  2.603 (4th)
Career  2.107 (226th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  0.406 (5th)
1976 NL  0.391 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1976 NL  14 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  101 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 NL  8 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1976 NL  1,045 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1975 NL  133 (6th)
1976 NL  127 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1975 NL  26 (5th)
1976 NL  22 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1975 NL  2.8 (5th)
1976 NL  2.4 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1975 NL  33.24 (3rd)
1976 NL  24.41 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1975 NL  4.5 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1975 NL  2.2 (8th)
1976 NL  2.4 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1975 NL  3.6 (4th)
1976 NL  2.7 (4th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 44 (586), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Jim O'Toole (958)
  2. Gene Conley (955)
  3. Eric Show (954)
  4. Joey Jay (951)
  5. Erik Hanson (951)
  6. Chris Bosio (950)
  7. Pete Vuckovich (949)
  8. Ken Johnson (948)
  9. Dick Bosman (946)
  10. Mario Soto (945)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tom Phoebus (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Hardin (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Horlen (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Bouton (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Bouton (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pat Zachry (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Bouton (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Scott (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike Scott (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Candiotti (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Eric Show (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Woody Williams (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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