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Jack Morris

John Scott Morris

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 16, 1955 in St. Paul, MN
High School: Highland Park (St. Paul, MN)
School: Brigham Young University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1977
Teams (by GP): Tigers/BlueJays/Twins/Indians 1977-1994

Final Game: August 7, 1994
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #85. Chief Bender… #86. Catfish Hunter… #87. Frank Tanana… #88. JACK MORRIS… #89. Don Newcombe… #90. Dwight Gooden… #91. Tony Mullane… 

Standard Pitching

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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 22 DET AL 1 1 .500 3.74 7 6 0 1 0 0 45.2 38 20 19 4 23 0 28 0 0 2 189 115 1.336 7.5 0.8 4.5 5.5 1.22
1978 23 DET AL 3 5 .375 4.33 28 7 10 0 0 0 106.0 107 57 51 8 49 5 48 3 0 4 469 90 1.472 9.1 0.7 4.2 4.1 0.98
1979 24 DET AL 17 7 .708 3.28 27 27 0 9 1 0 197.2 179 76 72 19 59 4 113 4 1 9 806 133 1.204 8.2 0.9 2.7 5.1 1.92
1980 25 DET AL 16 15 .516 4.18 36 36 0 11 2 0 250.0 252 125 116 20 87 5 112 4 2 6 1074 99 1.356 9.1 0.7 3.1 4.0 1.29
1981 26 DET AL 14 7 .667 3.05 25 25 0 15 1 0 198.0 153 69 67 14 78 11 97 2 2 2 798 124 1.167 7.0 0.6 3.5 4.4 1.24 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
1982 27 DET AL 17 16 .515 4.06 37 37 0 17 3 0 266.1 247 131 120 37 96 7 135 0 0 10 1107 100 1.288 8.3 1.3 3.2 4.6 1.41
1983 28 DET AL 20 13 .606 3.34 37 37 0 20 1 0 293.2 257 117 109 30 83 5 232 3 0 18 1204 117 1.158 7.9 0.9 2.5 7.1 2.80 CYA-3,MVP-21
1984 29 DET AL 19 11 .633 3.60 35 35 0 9 1 0 240.1 221 108 96 20 87 7 148 2 0 14 1015 109 1.282 8.3 0.7 3.3 5.5 1.70 AS,CYA-7
1985 30 DET AL 16 11 .593 3.33 35 35 0 13 4 0 257.0 212 102 95 21 110 7 191 5 3 15 1077 122 1.253 7.4 0.7 3.9 6.7 1.74 AS
1986 31 DET AL 21 8 .724 3.27 35 35 0 15 6 0 267.0 229 105 97 40 82 7 223 0 0 12 1092 127 1.165 7.7 1.3 2.8 7.5 2.72 CYA-5
1987 32 DET AL 18 11 .621 3.38 34 34 0 13 0 0 266.0 227 111 100 39 93 7 208 1 1 24 1101 126 1.203 7.7 1.3 3.1 7.0 2.24 AS,CYA-9,MVP-20
1988 33 DET AL 15 13 .536 3.94 34 34 0 10 2 0 235.0 225 115 103 20 83 7 168 4 11 11 997 98 1.311 8.6 0.8 3.2 6.4 2.02
1989 34 DET AL 6 14 .300 4.86 24 24 0 10 0 0 170.1 189 102 92 23 59 3 115 2 1 12 743 79 1.456 10.0 1.2 3.1 6.1 1.95
1990 35 DET AL 15 18 .455 4.51 36 36 0 11 3 0 249.2 231 144 125 26 97 13 162 6 2 16 1073 89 1.314 8.3 0.9 3.5 5.8 1.67
1991 36 MIN AL 18 12 .600 3.43 35 35 0 10 2 0 246.2 226 107 94 18 92 5 163 5 1 15 1032 125 1.289 8.2 0.7 3.4 5.9 1.77 AS,CYA-4,MVP-13
1992 37 TOR AL 21 6 .778 4.04 34 34 0 6 1 0 240.2 222 114 108 18 80 2 132 10 2 9 1005 102 1.255 8.3 0.7 3.0 4.9 1.65 CYA-5,MVP-13
1993 38 TOR AL 7 12 .368 6.19 27 27 0 4 1 0 152.2 189 116 105 18 65 2 103 3 1 14 702 70 1.664 11.1 1.1 3.8 6.1 1.58
1994 39 CLE AL 10 6 .625 5.60 23 23 0 1 0 0 141.1 163 96 88 14 67 2 100 4 0 13 636 83 1.627 10.4 0.9 4.3 6.4 1.49
18 Seasons 254 186 .577 3.90 549 527 10 175 28 0 3824.0 3567 1815 1657 389 1390 99 2478 58 27 206 16120 105 1.296 8.4 0.9 3.3 5.8 1.78
162 Game Avg. 16 12 .577 3.90 35 33 1 11 2 0 242 225 115 105 25 88 6 157 4 2 13 1019 105 1.296 8.4 0.9 3.3 5.8 1.78
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
DET (14 yrs) 198 150 .569 3.73 430 408 10 154 24 0 3042.2 2767 1382 1262 321 1086 88 1980 36 23 155 12745 108 1.266 8.2 0.9 3.2 5.9 1.82
TOR (2 yrs) 28 18 .609 4.87 61 61 0 10 2 0 393.1 411 230 213 36 145 4 235 13 3 23 1707 86 1.414 9.4 0.8 3.3 5.4 1.62
MIN (1 yr) 18 12 .600 3.43 35 35 0 10 2 0 246.2 226 107 94 18 92 5 163 5 1 15 1032 125 1.289 8.2 0.7 3.4 5.9 1.77
CLE (1 yr) 10 6 .625 5.60 23 23 0 1 0 0 141.1 163 96 88 14 67 2 100 4 0 13 636 83 1.627 10.4 0.9 4.3 6.4 1.49

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1977 22 DET AL 45.2 6 20 28 0 1.0 8 0.9 $
1978 23 DET AL 106.0 7 57 61 1 .9 4 0.1 $
1979 24 DET AL 197.2 27 76 129 -1 .9 53 5.1 $
1980 25 DET AL 250.0 36 125 154 -3 1.0 29 3.0 $
1981 26 DET AL 198.0 25 69 98 12 1.1 29 3.4 $ AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
1982 27 DET AL 266.1 37 131 138 15 .9 7 0.7 $
1983 28 DET AL 293.2 37 117 151 16 .9 34 3.4 $ CYA-3,MVP-21
1984 29 DET AL 240.1 35 108 129 8 1.0 21 2.3 $ AS,CYA-7
1985 30 DET AL 257.0 35 102 145 6 1.1 43 4.8 $885,000 AS
1986 31 DET AL 267.0 35 105 151 10 1.0 46 4.7 $875,000 CYA-5
1987 32 DET AL 266.0 34 111 160 2 .9 49 4.9 $1,850,000 AS,CYA-9,MVP-20
1988 33 DET AL 235.0 34 115 125 6 1.0 10 1.1 $1,988,000
1989 34 DET AL 170.1 24 102 99 -3 1.0 -3 -0.4 $1,989,000
1990 35 DET AL 249.2 36 144 149 -2 1.0 5 0.5 $2,100,000
1991 36 MIN AL 246.2 35 107 148 6 .9 41 4.1 $3,700,000 AS,CYA-4,MVP-13
1992 37 TOR AL 240.2 34 114 142 5 1.0 28 2.8 $4,450,000 CYA-5,MVP-13
1993 38 TOR AL 152.2 27 116 95 1 1.0 -21 -2.2 $5,425,000
1994 39 CLE AL 141.1 23 96 97 -1 1.0 1 0.1 $350,000
18 Seasons 3824.0 527 1815 2199 78 1.0 384 39.3 $23,612,000
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
DET (14 yrs) 3042.2 408 1382 1717 67 1.0 335 34.5 $9,687,000
TOR (2 yrs) 393.1 61 230 237 6 1.0 7 0.6 $9,875,000
MIN (1 yr) 246.2 35 107 148 6 .9 41 4.1 $3,700,000
CLE (1 yr) 141.1 23 96 97 -1 1.0 1 0.1 $350,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS 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
1984 29 DET AL ALCS W KCR 1 0 1.000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 27 0.857 6.4 0.0 1.3 5.1 4.00
1984 29 DET AL WS W SDP 2 0 1.000 2.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 13 4 4 1 3 0 13 0 0 2 67 0.889 6.5 0.5 1.5 6.5 4.33
1987 32 DET AL ALCS L MIN 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 6 6 6 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 33 1.125 6.8 1.1 3.4 7.9 2.33
1991 36 MIN AL ALCS W TOR 2 0 1.000 4.05 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 17 6 6 0 1 0 7 0 0 2 57 1.350 11.5 0.0 0.7 4.7 7.00
1991 36 MIN AL WS W ATL 2 0 1.000 1.17 3 3 0 1 1 0 23.0 18 3 3 1 9 1 15 0 0 1 92 1.174 7.0 0.4 3.5 5.9 1.67
1992 37 TOR AL ALCS W OAK 0 1 .000 6.57 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.1 11 9 9 3 9 1 6 0 0 1 55 1.622 8.0 2.2 6.6 4.4 0.67
1992 37 TOR AL WS W ATL 0 2 .000 8.44 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 13 10 10 3 6 1 12 0 0 1 50 1.781 11.0 2.5 5.1 10.1 2.00
4 Seasons (7 Series) 7 4 .636 3.80 13 13 0 5 1 0 92.1 83 39 39 9 32 3 64 0 0 7 381 1.245 8.1 0.9 3.1 6.2 2.00
4 ALCS 3 2 .600 4.87 6 6 0 2 0 0 40.2 39 22 22 4 14 1 24 0 0 3 172 1.303 8.6 0.9 3.1 5.3 1.71
3 WS 4 2 .667 2.96 7 7 0 3 1 0 51.2 44 17 17 5 18 2 40 0 0 4 209 1.200 7.7 0.9 3.1 7.0 2.22

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1977 22 DET AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1978 23 DET AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 24 DET AL 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 25 DET AL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 26 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
1982 27 DET AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 28 DET AL 44 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-3,MVP-21
1984 29 DET AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-7
1985 30 DET AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1986 31 DET AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-5
1987 32 DET AL 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-9,MVP-20
1988 33 DET AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 34 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 35 DET AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 36 MIN AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-13
1992 37 TOR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-5,MVP-13
1993 38 TOR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 39 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Seasons 568 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
DET (14 yrs) 449 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (2 yrs) 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN (1 yr) 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1987 32 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,850,000 1 AS,CYA-9,MVP-20
1 Season 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,850,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 32 DET AL ALCS MIN L 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 36 MIN AL WS ATL W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 37 TOR AL WS ATL W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1977 DET AL 22 P 7 45.2 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.97 1.43 .948 1.95 1.93
1978 DET AL 23 P 28 106.0 22 5 15 2 3 .909 1.70 0.71 .954 1.90 1.88
1979 DET AL 24 P 27 197.2 39 14 23 2 3 .949 1.68 1.37 .949 1.92 1.89
1980 DET AL 25 P 36 250.0 76 31 43 2 2 .974 2.66 2.06 .957 1.85 1.85
1981 DET AL 26 P 25 198.0 44 16 28 0 2 1.000 2.00 1.76 .963 1.98 1.98 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
1982 DET AL 27 P 37 266.1 58 26 31 1 2 .983 1.93 1.54 .958 1.80 1.80
1983 DET AL 28 P 37 293.2 57 29 26 2 2 .965 1.69 1.49 .958 1.80 1.78 CYA-3,MVP-21
1984 DET AL 29 P 35 240.1 64 29 32 3 4 .953 2.28 1.74 .958 1.79 1.78 AS,CYA-7
1985 DET AL 30 P 35 257.0 54 25 25 4 2 .926 1.75 1.43 .953 1.86 1.84 AS
1986 DET AL 31 P 35 267.0 56 27 27 2 4 .964 1.82 1.54 .957 1.83 1.81 CYA-5
1987 DET AL 32 P 34 266.0 49 31 18 0 1 1.000 1.66 1.44 .955 1.84 1.82 AS,CYA-9,MVP-20
1988 DET AL 33 P 34 235.0 53 31 21 1 1 .981 1.99 1.53 .961 1.78 1.77
1989 DET AL 34 P 24 170.1 40 17 22 1 3 .975 2.06 1.63 .960 1.87 1.85
1990 DET AL 35 P 36 249.2 54 38 14 2 2 .963 1.87 1.44 .953 1.78 1.76
1991 MIN AL 36 P 35 246.2 48 23 25 0 2 1.000 1.75 1.37 .956 1.80 1.80 AS,CYA-4,MVP-13
1992 TOR AL 37 P 34 240.2 47 20 26 1 1 .979 1.72 1.35 .953 1.72 1.71 CYA-5,MVP-13
1993 TOR AL 38 P 27 152.2 23 11 10 2 1 .913 1.24 0.78 .953 1.79 1.78
1994 CLE AL 39 P 23 141.1 35 12 19 4 1 .886 1.97 1.35 .956 1.72 1.71
18 Seasons P 549 3824.0 829 387 413 29 36 .965 1.88 1.46 .956 1.82 1.81
18 Seasons TOT 549 3824.0 829 387 413 29 36 .965 1.88 1.46 .956 1.82 1.81
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2000 BBWAA (22.2%)
2001 BBWAA (19.6%)
2002 BBWAA (20.6%)
2003 BBWAA (22.8%)
2004 BBWAA (26.3%)
2005 BBWAA (33.3%)
2006 BBWAA (41.2%)
2007 BBWAA (37.1%)
2008 BBWAA (42.9%)
2009 BBWAA (44.0%)
2010 BBWAA (52.3%)
2011 BBWAA (53.5%)
2012 BBWAA (66.7%)

All-Star Games
1981 (P)
1984 *
1985 (P)
1987 *
1991 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1981 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1984 AL Babe Ruth Award
1991 AL Babe Ruth Award
1991 ML WS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 AL (15, 4%)
1983 AL (21, 1%)
1987 AL (20, 1%)
1991 AL (13, 7%)
1992 AL (13, 5%)
0.18 Career Shares (775th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 AL (3, 15%)
1983 AL (3, 27%)
1984 AL (7, 1%)
1986 AL (5, 9%)
1987 AL (9, 2%)
1991 AL (4, 12%)
1992 AL (5, 7%)
0.73 Career Shares (73rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1979 AL  5.1 (6th)
1981 AL  3.4 (6th)
1985 AL  4.8 (8th)
1986 AL  4.7 (5th)
1987 AL  4.9 (8th)
Career  39.3 (141st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1979 AL  3.28 (5th)
1983 AL  3.34 (10th)
1985 AL  3.33 (9th)
1986 AL  3.27 (6th)
1987 AL  3.38 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1979 AL  17 (5th)
1980 AL  16 (10th)
1981 AL  14 (1st)
1982 AL  17 (5th)
1983 AL  20 (4th)
1984 AL  19 (2nd)
1985 AL  16 (9th)
1986 AL  21 (2nd)
1987 AL  18 (4th)
1990 AL  15 (10th)
1991 AL  18 (4th)
1992 AL  21 (1st)
Career  254 (42nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1979 AL  .708 (5th)
1981 AL  .667 (8th)
1984 AL  .633 (9th)
1986 AL  .724 (3rd)
1992 AL  .778 (2nd)
Career  .577 (191st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1979 AL  1.204 (6th)
1981 AL  1.167 (10th)
1983 AL  1.158 (4th)
1986 AL  1.165 (5th)
1987 AL  1.203 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL  8.150 (4th)
1981 AL  6.955 (3rd)
1983 AL  7.876 (7th)
1985 AL  7.424 (4th)
1986 AL  7.719 (8th)
1987 AL  7.681 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 AL  7.110 (2nd)
1985 AL  6.689 (4th)
1986 AL  7.517 (7th)
1987 AL  7.038 (9th)
1988 AL  6.434 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1981 AL  198.0 (2nd)
1982 AL  266.3 (3rd)
1983 AL  293.7 (1st)
1985 AL  257.0 (6th)
1986 AL  267.0 (3rd)
1987 AL  266.0 (5th)
1990 AL  249.7 (2nd)
1991 AL  246.7 (3rd)
1992 AL  240.7 (10th)
Career  3,824.0 (50th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1981 AL  97 (7th)
1982 AL  135 (10th)
1983 AL  232 (1st)
1984 AL  148 (9th)
1985 AL  191 (3rd)
1986 AL  223 (3rd)
1987 AL  208 (5th)
1991 AL  163 (10th)
Career  2,478 (32nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1980 AL  36 (4th)
1981 AL  25 (2nd)
1982 AL  37 (5th)
1983 AL  37 (2nd)
1984 AL  35 (4th)
1985 AL  35 (7th)
1986 AL  35 (5th)
1988 AL  34 (10th)
1990 AL  36 (1st)
1991 AL  35 (1st)
1992 AL  34 (7th)
Career  527 (36th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1981 AL  15 (3rd)
1982 AL  17 (2nd)
1983 AL  20 (2nd)
1985 AL  13 (4th)
1986 AL  15 (3rd)
1987 AL  13 (6th)
1988 AL  10 (8th)
1989 AL  10 (2nd)
1990 AL  11 (1st)
1991 AL  10 (3rd)
Career  175 (180th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1980 AL  2 (10th)
1982 AL  3 (4th)
1985 AL  4 (2nd)
1986 AL  6 (1st)
1988 AL  2 (8th)
1990 AL  3 (3rd)
1991 AL  2 (6th)
1993 AL  1 (10th)
Career  28 (134th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 AL  14 (6th)
1982 AL  37 (2nd)
1983 AL  30 (5th)
1986 AL  40 (2nd)
1987 AL  39 (2nd)
1989 AL  23 (5th)
1990 AL  26 (4th)
Career  389 (15th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 AL  87 (7th)
1981 AL  78 (1st)
1982 AL  96 (6th)
1983 AL  83 (8th)
1984 AL  87 (9th)
1985 AL  110 (2nd)
1988 AL  83 (7th)
1990 AL  97 (7th)
1991 AL  92 (7th)
Career  1,390 (19th)

Hits s c a p y
1980 AL  252 (10th)
1981 AL  153 (9th)
1982 AL  247 (10th)
1983 AL  257 (4th)
1990 AL  231 (3rd)
1991 AL  226 (8th)
Career  3,567 (60th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1979 AL  1.915 (10th)
1983 AL  2.795 (2nd)
1986 AL  2.720 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL  0.735 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1980 AL  15 (8th)
1982 AL  16 (4th)
1989 AL  14 (4th)
1990 AL  18 (2nd)
Career  186 (58th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  116 (3rd)
1981 AL  67 (9th)
1982 AL  120 (2nd)
1983 AL  109 (8th)
1988 AL  103 (6th)
1990 AL  125 (1st)
1992 AL  108 (2nd)
1993 AL  105 (9th)
1994 AL  88 (7th)
Career  1,657 (26th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1982 AL  10 (2nd)
1983 AL  18 (1st)
1984 AL  14 (1st)
1985 AL  15 (1st)
1986 AL  12 (6th)
1987 AL  24 (1st)
1988 AL  11 (8th)
1989 AL  12 (6th)
1990 AL  16 (2nd)
1991 AL  15 (1st)
1993 AL  14 (3rd)
1994 AL  13 (1st)
Career  206 (13th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1992 AL  10 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1980 AL  1,074 (7th)
1981 AL  798 (3rd)
1982 AL  1,107 (2nd)
1983 AL  1,204 (1st)
1985 AL  1,077 (6th)
1986 AL  1,092 (3rd)
1987 AL  1,101 (6th)
1990 AL  1,073 (2nd)
1991 AL  1,032 (2nd)
1992 AL  1,005 (7th)
Career  16,120 (50th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1979 AL  133 (4th)
1985 AL  122 (10th)
1986 AL  127 (6th)
1987 AL  126 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  25 (10th)
1981 AL  18 (4th)
1983 AL  21 (8th)
1986 AL  28 (5th)
1987 AL  27 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1979 AL  2.6 (10th)
1981 AL  2.0 (4th)
1983 AL  2.2 (8th)
1986 AL  2.9 (5th)
1987 AL  2.7 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1979 AL  28.81 (9th)
1981 AL  23.85 (3rd)
1983 AL  27.65 (6th)
1985 AL  30.46 (8th)
1986 AL  33.54 (5th)
1987 AL  33.16 (6th)
Career  129.72 (111th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1986 AL  3.2 (7th)
1987 AL  3.6 (4th)
Career  15.0 (98th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1981 AL  1.9 (9th)
1983 AL  2.7 (5th)
1985 AL  2.5 (10th)
1987 AL  2.4 (7th)
Career  13.5 (85th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1979 AL  2.9 (10th)
1981 AL  2.6 (3rd)
1983 AL  2.9 (5th)
1985 AL  3.2 (7th)
1986 AL  3.5 (5th)
1987 AL  3.4 (6th)
Career  14.4 (108th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1980 AL  31 (1st)
1981 AL  16 (3rd)
1982 AL  26 (3rd)
1983 AL  29 (3rd)
1984 AL  29 (3rd)
1986 AL  27 (5th)
1987 AL  31 (2nd)
1988 AL  31 (1st)
1990 AL  38 (1st)
Career  387 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1985 AL  4 (4th)
1994 AL  4 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
Career  1.88 (69th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1980 AL  2.06 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1981 AL  1.000 (1st)
1987 AL  1.000 (1st)

Salary s c a p y
1987 AL  $1,850,000 (6th)
1988 AL  $1,988,000 (6th)
1990 AL  $2,100,000 (10th)
1991 AL  $3,700,000 (2nd)
1992 AL  $4,450,000 (6th)
1993 AL  $5,425,000 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1994 AL  born 1955-05-16 (7th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 20 (94), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 193 (48), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 122 (67), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 39 (76), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Dennis Martinez (903)
  2. Bob Gibson (885) *
  3. Luis Tiant (873)
  4. Jamie Moyer (873)
  5. Red Ruffing (860) *
  6. Amos Rusie (859) *
  7. Chuck Finley (859)
  8. Burleigh Grimes (855) *
  9. Bob Feller (855) *
  10. Jim Bunning (854) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Steve Stone (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Omar Olivares (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Torrez (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dennis Leonard (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Denny (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dennis Leonard (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dennis Leonard (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dennis Leonard (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tom Glavine (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Glavine (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dave Stieb (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dave Stieb (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Vida Blue (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Vida Blue (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Early Wynn (923) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Early Wynn (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Tom Glavine (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
  • November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 19, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 29, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • December 7, 1990: Granted Free Agency.
  • February 5, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
  • November 11, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 18, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
  • November 5, 1993: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
  • February 10, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
  • August 9, 1994: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
  • December 22, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198126Detroit Tigers$120,0001/23/82 TSN
198227Detroit Tigers$450,0001983 TSN GuidePlayer loss; asked $650K
198328Detroit Tigers$825,0002/14/83 TSN4/$3.45, incl. $100K bonus
198429Detroit Tigers$875,0002/14/83 TSN4/$3.45, incl. $100K bonus
198530Detroit Tigers$885,000*
198631Detroit Tigers$875,000Scully, Business of MLB, p. 1634/$3.45, incl. $100K bonus
198732Detroit Tigers$1,850,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration win; $1,350,000 offer
198833Detroit Tigers$1,988,000USA Today, 4/1/88; TSN 1/11/88
198934Detroit Tigers$1,989,000USA Today, 4/1/88; TSN 1/11/88
199035Detroit Tigers$2,100,000USA Today
199136Minnesota Twins$3,700,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $700,000 earned bonus
199237Toronto Blue Jays$4,450,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $925,000 signing bonus, $25,000 earned bonus
199338Toronto Blue Jays$5,425,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $925,000 signing bonus
199439Toronto Blue Jays$1,000,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Buyout of option not exercised
39Cleveland Indians$350,0004/5/94 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$26,882,000
Disputed Salaries
*1985 - $875,000 - 2/14/83 TSN (length); 1985 USA Today survey - 4/$3.45, incl. $100K bonus; 2/14/83 TSN $875,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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