Alvin Morman

Alvin Morman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 6, 1969 in Rockingham, NC
High School: Richmond County HS (Rockingham, NC)
School: Wingate University (Wingate, NC)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 39th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 1996
Teams (by GP): Indians/Astros/Royals/Giants 1996-1999

Final Game: October 2, 1999
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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
1991	22	HOU-min	Rk,A+	1	0	1.000	1.99	14	0	3	0	0	1	22.2	20	10	5	0	7	0	27	0	4	1	96		1.191	7.9	0.0	2.8	10.7	3.86	AST,OSC · GULF,FLOR
1992	23	HOU-min	A	8	0	1.000	1.55	57	0	37	0	0	15	75.1	60	17	13	3	26	2	70	3	0	2	313		1.142	7.2	0.4	3.1	8.4	2.69	AVL · SALL
1993	24	HOU-min	AA	8	2	.800	2.96	19	19	0	0	0	0	97.1	77	35	32	7	28	0	101	5	1	5	392		1.079	7.1	0.6	2.6	9.3	3.61	JAC · TL
1994	25	HOU-min	AAA	3	7	.300	5.11	58	0	23	0	0	5	74.0	84	51	42	7	26	4	49	2	0	3	327		1.486	10.2	0.9	3.2	6.0	1.88	TUC · PCL
1995	26	HOU-min	AAA	5	1	.833	3.91	45	0	10	0	0	3	48.1	50	26	21	6	20	1	36	0	0	2	211		1.448	9.3	1.1	3.7	6.7	1.80	TUC · PCL
1996	27	HOU	NL	4	1	.800	4.93	53	0	9	0	0	0	42.0	43	24	23	8	24	6	31	0	1	3	192	79	1.595	9.2	1.7	5.1	6.6	1.29
1997	28	CLE-HOU-min	AAA	0	1	.000	3.38	11	0	2	0	0	0	13.1	13	5	5	1	2	1	17	0	0	1	54		1.125	8.8	0.7	1.4	11.5	8.50	BFL,NOR · AA
1997	28	CLE	AL	0	0		5.89	34	0	7	0	0	2	18.1	19	13	12	2	14	3	13	1	0	1	86	81	1.800	9.3	1.0	6.9	6.4	0.93
1998	29	SFG-CLE-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	2.84	6	1	3	0	0	0	6.1	10	2	2	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	27		1.579	14.2	1.4	0.0	9.9		FRE,BFL · PCL,IL
1998	29	TOT	MLB	0	2	.000	5.28	40	0	8	0	0	0	29.0	33	17	17	5	14	1	23	0	0	2	128	89	1.621	10.2	1.6	4.3	7.1	1.64
1998	29	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	5.32	31	0	5	0	0	0	22.0	25	13	13	1	11	1	16	0	0	2	96	91	1.636	10.2	0.4	4.5	6.5	1.45
1998	29	SFG	NL	0	1	.000	5.14	9	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	8	4	4	4	3	0	7	0	0	0	32	83	1.571	10.3	5.1	3.9	9.0	2.33
1999	30	KCR-min	AAA	0	0		3.14	8	1	3	0	0	1	14.1	8	5	5	3	1	0	15	0	0	0	51		0.628	5.0	1.9	0.6	9.4	15.00	OMA · PCL
1999	30	KCR	AL	2	4	.333	4.05	49	0	2	0	0	1	53.1	66	27	24	6	23	0	31	4	0	1	246	123	1.669	11.1	1.0	3.9	5.2	1.35
4 Yrs				6	7	.462	4.79	176	0	26	0	0	3	142.2	161	81	76	21	75	10	98	5	1	7	652	95	1.654	10.2	1.3	4.7	6.2	1.31
162 Game Avg.				2	3	.462	4.79	68	0	10	0	0	1	55	62	31	29	8	29	4	38	2	0	3	252	95	1.654	10.2	1.3	4.7	6.2	1.31

CLE (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	5.58	65	0	12	0	0	2	40.1	44	26	25	3	25	4	29	1	0	3	182	86	1.711	9.8	0.7	5.6	6.5	1.16
KCR (1 yr)				2	4	.333	4.05	49	0	2	0	0	1	53.1	66	27	24	6	23	0	31	4	0	1	246	123	1.669	11.1	1.0	3.9	5.2	1.35
SFG (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.14	9	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	8	4	4	4	3	0	7	0	0	0	32	83	1.571	10.3	5.1	3.9	9.0	2.33
HOU (1 yr)				4	1	.800	4.93	53	0	9	0	0	0	42.0	43	24	23	8	24	6	31	0	1	3	192	79	1.595	9.2	1.7	5.1	6.6	1.29

AL (3 yrs)				2	5	.286	4.71	114	0	14	0	0	3	93.2	110	53	49	9	48	4	60	5	0	4	428	104	1.687	10.6	0.9	4.6	5.8	1.25
NL (2 yrs)				4	2	.667	4.96	62	0	12	0	0	0	49.0	51	28	27	12	27	6	38	0	1	3	224	79	1.592	9.4	2.2	5.0	7.0	1.41

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
1996	27	HOU	NL	42.0	53	0	24	5.14	4.88	0.05	-0.37	94.7	4.23	-4	-0.4	1.4	-0.2	-0.2	-0	.493	.498	$109,000
1997	28	CLE	AL	18.1	34	0	13	6.38	5.35	0.04	-0.40	101.0	4.96	-3	-0.3	1.3	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.491	.498	$165,000
1998	29	CLE	AL	22.0	31	0	13	5.32	5.05	0.21	-0.38	103.0	4.59	-2	-0.2	1.4	-0.1	0.0	1	.495	.499	$220,000
1998	29	SFG	NL	7.0	9	0	4	5.14	4.45	0.08	-0.34	96.2	3.88	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.489	.499	$220,000
1999	30	KCR	AL	53.1	49	0	27	4.56	5.56	0.22	-0.41	102.2	5.04	3	0.3	1.2	-0.1	0.7	10	.506	.502	$365,000
4 Seasons				142.2	176	0	81	5.11	5.20	0.14	-0.39	99.7	4.66	-7	-0.7	1.3	-0.5	0.2	10	.496	.499	$1,079,000

CLE (2 yrs)				40.1	65	0	26	5.80	5.19	0.14	-0.39	102.1	4.76	-5	-0.5	1.4	-0.2	-0.2	0	.493	.499	$385,000
KCR (1 yr)				53.1	49	0	27	4.56	5.56	0.22	-0.41	102.2	5.04	3	0.3	1.2	-0.1	0.7	10	.506	.502	$365,000
SFG (1 yr)				7.0	9	0	4	5.14	4.45	0.08	-0.34	96.2	3.88	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.489	.499	$220,000
HOU (1 yr)				42.0	53	0	24	5.14	4.88	0.05	-0.37	94.7	4.23	-4	-0.4	1.4	-0.2	-0.2	-0	.493	.498	$109,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	IP	R	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1997	28	CLE	AL	ALDS	W	NYY		1	0.0	0	1	0	1						0.00
1997	28	CLE	AL	ALCS	W	BAL	0.00	2	1.1	0	0	1	4	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8
1997	28	CLE	AL	WS	L	FLA	0.00	2	0.1	2	2	1	4	6.000	0.0	0.0	54.0	27.0	0.50
1 Yr (3 Series)							0.00	5	1.2	2	3	2	9	1.800	0.0	0.0	16.2	10.8	0.67
1 ALDS								1	0.0	0	1	0	1						0.00
1 ALCS							0.00	2	1.1	0	0	1	4	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8
1 WS							0.00	2	0.1	2	2	1	4	6.000	0.0	0.0	54.0	27.0	0.50

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
1996	27	HOU	NL	53	192	165	24	43	8	0	8	2	1	24	31	.261	.353	.455	.807	.276	75	2	0	2	1	6	2
1997	28	CLE	AL	34	86	71	13	19	2	2	2	7	1	14	13	.268	.395	.437	.832	.304	31	2	1	0	0	3	0
1998	29	CLE	AL	31	96	84	13	25	4	1	1	4	2	11	16	.298	.375	.405	.780	.353	34	4	0	0	1	1	1
1998	29	SFG	NL	9	32	29	4	8	1	0	4	0	0	3	7	.276	.344	.724	1.068	.222	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	29	TOT	MLB	40	128	113	17	33	5	1	5	4	2	14	23	.292	.367	.487	.854	.326	55	4	0	0	1	1	1
1999	30	KCR	AL	49	246	215	27	66	11	2	6	6	4	23	31	.307	.378	.460	.839	.330	99	5	4	0	4	0	4
4 Yrs				176	652	564	81	161	26	5	21	19	8	75	98	.285	.371	.461	.832	.310	260	13	5	2	6	10	7
162 Game Avg.				68	252	218	31	62	10	2	8	7	3	29	38	.285	.371	.461	.832	.310	100	5	2	1	2	4	3
MLB Averages																.269	.339	.425	.764	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1996	27	HOU	NL	-4.3	-0.4	199	-0.7	2.8	-3.4	1.01	-0.1	-0.5	-5.2	-0.5	1.01	-2.2	20	8	23
1997	28	CLE	AL	-2.2	-0.2	94	0.4	1.3	-0.9	.85	-0.1	0.6	-1.8	-0.2	0.85	-1.3	13	4	17
1998	29	TOT	MLB	-1.2	-0.1	135	-0.2	1.9	-2.1	.84	-0.3	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.85	-2.9	16	5	14
1998	29	CLE	AL	-0.7	-0.1	103	0.6	1.7	-1.1	.93	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.1	0.93	-0.2	13	5	11
1998	29	SFG	NL	-0.6	-0.1	32	-0.8	0.2	-1.0	.58	-0.3	-1.1	-3.5	-0.3	0.58	-2.7	3	0	3
1999	30	KCR	AL	5.4	0.5	255	-0.2	3.0	-3.2	.73	-0.5	0.2	5.9	0.5	0.73	-3.7	16	10	22
4 Yrs				-2.4	-0.3	683	-0.7	9.0	-9.7	.85	-1.0	0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.85	-10.0	65	27	76

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
1996	27	HOU	NL	53	53	9	4	1	2	0	2	0%	11	7	51	18	35%	8	1.009	20	8	23	11	9	33	30	23	12	28	13	16	2.4	13
1997	28	CLE	AL	34	34	7	0	0	2	2	0	100%	9	5	26	3	12%	8	.851	13	4	17	15	4	15	19	15	0	23	3	9	1.6	10
1998	29	TOT	MLB	40	40	8	0	2	2	0	2	0%	11	9	40	15	38%		.842	16	5	14	17	3	20	22	18	3	25	12	6	2.2	12
1998	29	CLE	AL	31	31	5	0	1	1	0	1	0%	10	9	33	10	30%	6	.928	13	5	11	13	2	16	18	13	3	21	11	6	2.1	12
1998	29	SFG	NL	9	9	3	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	7	5	71%	8	.583	3	0	3	4	1	4	4	5	0	4	1	0	2.3	13
1999	30	KCR	AL	49	49	2	2	4	3	1	2	33%	8	3	49	14	29%	7	.731	16	10	22	14	7	28	28	21	23	22	27	13	3.3	19
4 Yrs				176	176	26	6	7	9	3	6	33%	39	24	166	50	30%		.850	65	27	76	57	23	96	99	77	38	98	55	44	2.4	14

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%
1996	27	HOU	NL	192	43%	4.2%	16.2%	12.5%	8.3%	37%	1.03	1.24	66%	18%	15.7%	22%	43	2	5%
1997	28	CLE	AL	86	53%	2.3%	15.1%	16.3%	7.0%	32%	0.77	0.95	65%	26%	8.0%	19%	21	2	10%
1998	29	TOT	MLB	128	45%	3.9%	18.0%	10.9%	8.6%	33%	0.83	1.38	67%	19%	12.8%	19%	28	4	14%
1998	29	CLE	AL	96	49%	1.0%	16.7%	11.5%	6.3%	24%	1.09	1.82	71%	19%	3.6%	13%	25	4	16%
1998	29	SFG	NL	32	34%	12.5%	21.9%	9.4%	15.6%	63%	0.31	0.56	56%	18%	36.4%	31%	3	0	0%
1999	30	KCR	AL	246	43%	2.4%	12.6%	9.4%	7.7%	29%	0.75	1.05	74%	26%	6.2%	9%	49	5	10%
4 Yrs				652	45%	3.2%	15.0%	11.5%	8.0%	32%	0.84	1.15	69%	22%	9.9%	16%	141	13	9%
MLB Averages					45%	2.8%	16.7%	9.0%	7.8%	33%	0.81	1.09	70%	21%	8.3%	15%			10%

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
1996	27	HOU	NL	162	599	3.70	366	61%	24%	20%	24%	31%	75%	9%	46%	73%	56%	9%	14	8	23%	38	23	2	10%	7	1	30	0	2
1997	28	CLE	AL	75	295	3.93	164	56%	24%	18%	27%	31%	76%	8%	42%	77%	51%	8%	6	0	13%	10	6	0	10%	1	3	11	0	0
1998	29	TOT	MLB	129	491	3.81	292	59%	26%	17%	26%	31%	74%	2%	44%	76%	48%	7%	9	5	17%	22	15	1	30%	3	3	-1	0	0
1998	29	CLE	AL	97	370	3.81	218	59%	26%	17%	25%	32%	74%	3%	44%	77%	47%	7%	7	3	18%	17	12	1	31%	2	3	-1	0	0
1998	29	SFG	NL	32	121	3.78	74	61%	26%	18%	27%	30%	74%	0%	45%	76%	50%	6%	2	2	16%	5	3	0	29%	1	0	0	0	0
1999	30	KCR	AL	247	944	3.82	563	60%	30%	12%	25%	33%	70%	0%	42%	83%	51%	6%	16	12	15%	38	22	2	42%	5	4	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				613	2329	3.80	1385	59%	27%	16%	25%	32%	73%	4%	43%	78%	52%	7%	45	25	18%	108	66	5	26%	16	11	39	0	2
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	6%			19%				28%

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
1996	27	HOU	NL	192	43	4	1	8	1	8	7	1	4	4	17	11	2	65%	2	3	0	83	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1997	28	CLE	AL	86	19	1	0	2	0	5	2	0	1	1	7	3	3	43%	0	1	0	43	7	1	88%	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
1998	29	TOT	MLB	128	33	8	1	5	0	7	3	2	3	2	14	10	3	71%	1	2	0	44	4	2	67%	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	6	0
1998	29	CLE	AL	96	25	6	1	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	11	8	2	73%	1	2	0	38	4	2	67%	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	6	0
1998	29	SFG	NL	32	8	2	0	4	0	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	67%	0	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	30	KCR	AL	246	66	3	1	6	0	12	4	2	3	3	24	15	1	63%	4	1	1	97	6	4	60%	3	3	3	1	0	0	3	3	8	0
4 Yrs				652	161	16	3	21	1	32	16	5	11	10	62	39	9	63%	7	7	1	267	19	8	70%	13	5	6	2	0	1	5	5	21	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
1996	27	4	1	.800	4.93	53	9	0	42.0	43	24	23	8	24	6	31	0	1	3	192	79	1.595	9.2	1.7	5.1	6.6	1.29	79
1997	28	4	1	.800	5.22	87	16	2	60.1	62	37	35	10	38	9	44	1	1	4	278	79	1.657	9.2	1.5	5.7	6.6	1.16	79
1998	29	4	3	.571	5.24	127	24	2	89.1	95	54	52	15	52	10	67	1	1	6	406	82	1.646	9.6	1.5	5.2	6.8	1.29	82
1999	30	6	7	.462	4.79	176	26	3	142.2	161	81	76	21	75	10	98	5	1	7	652	95	1.654	10.2	1.3	4.7	6.2	1.31	95

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1996	27	2	2	.500	4.93	42.0	43	26	23	8	24	31	0	1.595	9.2	5.1	6.6	1.29	1.7	53
1997	28	0	1	.000	5.82	17.0	19	12	11	2	14	12	1	1.941	10.1	7.4	6.4	0.86	1.1	34
1998	29	1	2	.333	5.33	27.0	32	18	16	5	14	22	0	1.704	10.7	4.7	7.3	1.57	1.7	40
1999	30	3	2	.600	3.57	53.0	62	23	21	6	22	31	4	1.585	10.5	3.7	5.3	1.41	1.0	49
4 Yrs		6	7	.462	4.60	139.0	156	79	71	21	74	96	5	1.655	10.1		6.2	1.30	1.4	176

* 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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Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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