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Rob Murphy

Robert Albert Murphy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 26, 1960 in Miami, FL
High School: Christopher Columbus HS (Miami, FL)
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1985
Teams (by GP): Reds/RedSox/Cardinals/Astros/Mariners/... 1985-1995
Agents: Kim Stratos [*]
Final Game: July 22, 1995
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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
1985 25 CIN NL 0 0 6.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 71 1.333 6.0 3.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
1986 26 CIN NL 6 0 1.000 0.72 34 0 12 0 0 1 50.1 26 4 4 0 21 2 36 0 0 5 195 541 0.934 4.6 0.0 3.8 6.4 1.71
1987 27 CIN NL 8 5 .615 3.04 87 0 21 0 0 3 100.2 91 37 34 7 32 5 99 0 0 1 415 139 1.222 8.1 0.6 2.9 8.9 3.09
1988 28 CIN NL 0 6 .000 3.08 76 0 28 0 0 3 84.2 69 31 29 3 38 6 74 1 1 5 350 117 1.264 7.3 0.3 4.0 7.9 1.95
1989 29 BOS AL 5 7 .417 2.74 74 0 27 0 0 9 105.0 97 38 32 7 41 8 107 1 0 6 438 151 1.314 8.3 0.6 3.5 9.2 2.61
1990 30 BOS AL 0 6 .000 6.32 68 0 20 0 0 7 57.0 85 46 40 10 32 3 54 1 0 4 285 65 2.053 13.4 1.6 5.1 8.5 1.69
1991 31 SEA AL 0 1 .000 3.00 57 0 26 0 0 4 48.0 47 17 16 4 19 4 34 1 0 4 211 138 1.375 8.8 0.8 3.6 6.4 1.79
1992 32 HOU NL 3 1 .750 4.04 59 0 6 0 0 0 55.2 56 28 25 2 21 4 42 0 0 4 242 84 1.383 9.1 0.3 3.4 6.8 2.00
1993 33 STL NL 5 7 .417 4.87 73 0 23 0 0 1 64.2 73 37 35 8 20 6 41 1 0 5 279 81 1.438 10.2 1.1 2.8 5.7 2.05
1994 34 TOT MLB 4 3 .571 4.29 53 0 15 0 0 2 42.0 38 21 20 9 13 2 25 0 0 2 174 99 1.214 8.1 1.9 2.8 5.4 1.92
1994 34 STL NL 4 3 .571 3.79 50 0 15 0 0 2 40.1 35 18 17 7 13 2 25 0 0 2 166 110 1.190 7.8 1.6 2.9 5.6 1.92
1994 34 NYY AL 0 0 16.20 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 34 1.800 16.2 10.8 0.0 0.0
1995 35 TOT NL 1 2 .333 10.95 14 0 1 0 0 0 12.1 14 16 15 3 8 1 7 0 0 1 58 39 1.784 10.2 2.2 5.8 5.1 0.88
1995 35 LAD NL 0 1 .000 12.60 6 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 7 7 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 23 32 1.800 10.8 3.6 5.4 3.6 0.67
1995 35 FLA NL 1 1 .500 9.82 8 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 8 9 8 1 5 1 5 0 0 0 35 45 1.773 9.8 1.2 6.1 6.1 1.00
11 Yrs 32 38 .457 3.64 597 0 181 0 0 30 623.1 598 277 252 54 247 41 520 5 1 37 2659 109 1.356 8.6 0.8 3.6 7.5 2.11
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .457 3.64 68 0 21 0 0 3 71 68 32 29 6 28 5 59 1 0 4 303 109 1.356 8.6 0.8 3.6 7.5 2.11
CIN (4 yrs) 14 11 .560 2.60 199 0 63 0 0 7 238.2 188 74 69 11 93 13 210 1 1 11 972 151 1.177 7.1 0.4 3.5 7.9 2.26
STL (2 yrs) 9 10 .474 4.46 123 0 38 0 0 3 105.0 108 55 52 15 33 8 66 1 0 7 445 91 1.343 9.3 1.3 2.8 5.7 2.00
BOS (2 yrs) 5 13 .278 4.00 142 0 47 0 0 16 162.0 182 84 72 17 73 11 161 2 0 10 723 103 1.574 10.1 0.9 4.1 8.9 2.21
LAD (1 yr) 0 1 .000 12.60 6 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 7 7 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 23 32 1.800 10.8 3.6 5.4 3.6 0.67
NYY (1 yr) 0 0 16.20 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 34 1.800 16.2 10.8 0.0 0.0
SEA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.00 57 0 26 0 0 4 48.0 47 17 16 4 19 4 34 1 0 4 211 138 1.375 8.8 0.8 3.6 6.4 1.79
FLA (1 yr) 1 1 .500 9.82 8 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 8 9 8 1 5 1 5 0 0 0 35 45 1.773 9.8 1.2 6.1 6.1 1.00
HOU (1 yr) 3 1 .750 4.04 59 0 6 0 0 0 55.2 56 28 25 2 21 4 42 0 0 4 242 84 1.383 9.1 0.3 3.4 6.8 2.00
NL (8 yrs) 27 24 .529 3.52 395 0 108 0 0 10 411.2 366 173 161 31 155 26 325 2 1 23 1717 111 1.266 8.0 0.7 3.4 7.1 2.10
AL (4 yrs) 5 14 .263 3.87 202 0 73 0 0 20 211.2 232 104 91 23 92 15 195 3 0 14 942 107 1.531 9.9 1.0 3.9 8.3 2.12

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
1985 25 CIN NL 3.0 2 0 2 6.00 4.40 0.07 -0.35 100.0 3.99 -1 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .463 .500 $
1986 26 CIN NL 50.1 34 0 4 0.72 4.17 -0.13 -0.32 103.3 4.11 19 2.2 .9 -0.2 2.4 24 .563 .513 $60,000
1987 27 CIN NL 100.2 87 0 37 3.31 4.67 -0.05 -0.35 102.8 4.49 12 1.3 1.3 -0.0 2.2 24 .515 .508 $95,000
1988 28 CIN NL 84.2 76 0 31 3.30 3.95 0.33 -0.31 103.4 3.42 1 0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.7 9 .501 .501 $175,000
1989 29 BOS AL 105.0 74 0 38 3.26 4.37 0.01 -0.34 104.6 4.20 11 1.1 1.4 0.0 2.1 22 .516 .507 $295,000
1990 30 BOS AL 57.0 68 0 46 7.26 4.54 -0.23 -0.35 103.5 4.58 -17 -1.7 1.5 -0.6 -1.8 -11 .475 .489 $750,000
1991 31 SEA AL 48.0 57 0 17 3.19 4.68 -0.18 -0.35 100.9 4.55 7 0.8 1.3 0.0 1.2 13 .513 .505 $950,000
1992 32 HOU NL 55.2 59 0 28 4.53 3.95 0.05 -0.31 95.6 3.44 -7 -0.8 1.1 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .486 .495 $810,000
1993 33 STL NL 64.2 73 0 37 5.15 4.62 -0.10 -0.35 97.4 4.25 -8 -0.8 1.5 -0.3 -0.6 -0 .489 .495 $600,000
1994 34 STL NL 40.1 50 0 18 4.02 4.64 0.29 -0.35 99.3 3.97 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.1 0.2 2 .499 .500 $600,000
1994 34 NYY AL 1.2 3 0 3 16.20 6.12 -0.03 -0.47 100.5 5.71 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .442 .499 $
1995 35 LAD NL 5.0 6 0 7 12.60 4.65 -0.20 -0.35 95.6 4.31 -5 -0.4 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .426 .497 $
1995 35 FLA NL 7.1 8 0 9 11.05 4.51 0.05 -0.34 101.4 4.19 -6 -0.5 .8 0.0 -0.4 -5 .432 .497 $250,000
11 Seasons 623.1 597 0 277 4.00 4.40 0.00 -0.34 101.6 4.12 5 0.9 1.3 -1.2 5.0 69 .501 .500 $4,585,000
CIN (4 yrs) 238.2 199 0 74 2.79 4.31 0.07 -0.33 103.1 4.03 31 3.5 1.2 -0.3 5.3 56 .517 .505 $330,000
STL (2 yrs) 105.0 123 0 55 4.71 4.63 0.05 -0.35 98.1 4.14 -8 -0.8 1.5 -0.4 -0.4 2 .493 .497 $1,200,000
BOS (2 yrs) 162.0 142 0 84 4.67 4.43 -0.07 -0.34 104.2 4.34 -6 -0.6 1.5 -0.6 0.3 11 .496 .498 $1,045,000
LAD (1 yr) 5.0 6 0 7 12.60 4.65 -0.20 -0.35 95.6 4.31 -5 -0.4 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .426 .497 $
NYY (1 yr) 1.2 3 0 3 16.20 6.12 -0.03 -0.47 100.5 5.71 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .442 .499 $
SEA (1 yr) 48.0 57 0 17 3.19 4.68 -0.18 -0.35 100.9 4.55 7 0.8 1.3 0.0 1.2 13 .513 .505 $950,000
FLA (1 yr) 7.1 8 0 9 11.05 4.51 0.05 -0.34 101.4 4.19 -6 -0.5 .8 0.0 -0.4 -5 .432 .497 $250,000
HOU (1 yr) 55.2 59 0 28 4.53 3.95 0.05 -0.31 95.6 3.44 -7 -0.8 1.1 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .486 .495 $810,000

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
1990 30 BOS AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
1 ALCS 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00

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
1985 25 CIN NL 2 12 10 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 .200 .333 .600 .933 .125 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 26 CIN NL 34 195 168 4 26 4 0 0 2 1 21 36 .155 .245 .179 .423 .193 30 3 0 3 3 2 3
1987 27 CIN NL 87 415 380 37 91 17 3 7 10 4 32 99 .239 .297 .355 .652 .304 135 5 0 1 2 5 3
1988 28 CIN NL 76 350 301 31 69 10 2 3 7 6 38 74 .229 .317 .306 .622 .293 92 9 1 9 1 6 2
1989 29 BOS AL 74 438 386 38 97 20 1 7 9 2 41 107 .251 .323 .363 .685 .327 140 12 1 7 3 8 1
1990 30 BOS AL 68 285 244 46 85 16 1 10 5 3 32 54 .348 .420 .545 .965 .408 133 5 1 4 4 3 7
1991 31 SEA AL 57 211 188 17 47 12 3 4 5 0 19 34 .250 .322 .410 .732 .287 77 2 1 3 0 4 4
1992 32 HOU NL 59 242 215 28 56 8 3 2 4 1 21 42 .260 .322 .353 .676 .310 76 3 0 3 3 4 2
1993 33 STL NL 73 279 252 37 73 7 2 8 3 1 20 41 .290 .342 .429 .770 .317 108 11 1 4 2 6 4
1994 34 NYY AL 3 8 8 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 1.250 1.625 .167 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 34 STL NL 50 166 152 18 35 6 0 7 0 2 13 25 .230 .291 .408 .699 .233 62 2 0 1 0 2 3
1994 34 TOT MLB 53 174 160 21 38 7 0 9 0 2 13 25 .238 .295 .450 .745 .230 72 2 0 1 0 2 3
1995 35 TOT NL 14 58 48 16 14 1 0 3 1 0 8 7 .292 .393 .500 .893 .289 24 1 0 2 0 1 0
1995 35 FLA NL 8 35 28 9 8 0 0 1 1 0 5 5 .286 .394 .393 .787 .318 11 0 0 2 0 1 0
1995 35 LAD NL 6 23 20 7 6 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 .300 .391 .650 1.041 .250 13 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 597 2659 2352 277 598 103 15 54 46 21 247 520 .254 .324 .380 .704 .303 893 53 5 37 18 41 29
162 Game Avg. 68 303 268 32 68 12 2 6 5 2 28 59 .254 .324 .380 .704 .303 102 6 1 4 2 5 3
MLB Averages .260 .327 .395 .721 .288

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1985 25 CIN NL -0.4 -0.0 13 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .14 -0.1 0.3 -0.7 -0.1 0.14 -1.2 0 0 2
1986 26 CIN NL 17.4 1.9 204 1.5 3.3 -1.8 .92 1.5 0.2 19.9 2.1 0.92 18.4 7 11 15
1987 27 CIN NL 13.2 1.3 431 0.2 6.5 -6.3 .89 1.6 -1.3 15.5 1.5 0.89 17.4 29 18 38
1988 28 CIN NL 5.4 0.6 367 0.6 6.5 -6.0 1.13 1.0 -0.5 7.0 0.7 1.13 8.1 33 6 36
1989 29 BOS AL 14.4 1.5 456 1.1 10.0 -8.9 1.27 1.2 -0.3 15.2 1.5 1.27 13.5 36 13 24
1990 30 BOS AL -13.8 -1.4 298 -1.5 6.2 -7.7 1.37 -2.3 1.2 -21.0 -2.1 1.37 -23.2 31 14 23
1991 31 SEA AL 6.3 0.6 221 0.2 3.0 -2.8 .89 -0.1 0.4 -1.4 -0.1 0.89 -0.3 19 9 28
1992 32 HOU NL -4.6 -0.5 249 -0.4 2.7 -3.2 .79 0.3 -0.8 -7.2 -0.8 0.79 -2.1 20 10 27
1993 33 STL NL -5.5 -0.6 290 -0.5 5.8 -6.3 1.25 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.25 -3.1 33 15 20
1994 34 TOT MLB 0.3 0.0 177 0.2 3.4 -3.1 1.02 -0.1 0.3 -1.4 -0.1 1.02 -0.4 19 10 19
1994 34 STL NL 2.2 0.2 169 0.4 3.3 -2.9 1.05 0.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.0 1.05 1.4 18 9 18
1994 34 NYY AL -1.9 -0.2 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .54 -0.3 -0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.54 -1.9 1 1 1
1995 35 TOT NL -9.2 -0.9 60 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 .65 -0.5 0.2 -4.6 -0.5 0.65 -3.9 3 2 9
1995 35 LAD NL -4.8 -0.4 24 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 .40 -0.4 0.3 -3.3 -0.3 0.40 -3.4 1 1 4
1995 35 FLA NL -4.4 -0.4 36 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 .81 -0.1 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1 0.81 -0.5 2 1 5
11 Yrs 23.4 2.6 2766 1.4 48.1 -46.7 1.07 2.1 -0.8 21.0 2.2 1.07 23.2 230 108 241

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
1985 25 CIN NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .135 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1986 26 CIN NL 34 34 12 6 0 3 1 2 33% 8 5 19 7 37% 7 .923 7 11 15 11 5 18 11 23 18 7 18 12 4.4
1987 27 CIN NL 87 87 21 8 5 7 3 4 43% 29 16 51 9 18% 8 .886 29 18 38 41 9 37 30 57 34 30 36 34 3.5
1988 28 CIN NL 76 76 28 0 6 6 3 3 50% 19 12 43 8 19% 8 1.129 33 6 36 26 14 36 26 50 27 23 30 24 3.3 18
1989 29 BOS AL 74 74 27 5 7 16 9 7 56% 29 12 66 20 30% 7 1.275 36 13 24 38 11 25 43 31 38 13 42 25 4.3 23
1990 30 BOS AL 68 68 20 0 6 10 7 3 70% 28 16 62 19 31% 7 1.372 31 14 23 39 11 18 36 32 14 36 23 19 2.5 15
1991 31 SEA AL 57 57 26 0 1 4 4 0 100% 15 10 46 15 33% 8 .888 19 9 28 22 7 28 28 29 12 30 15 16 2.5 13
1992 32 HOU NL 59 59 6 3 1 2 0 2 0% 12 9 37 9 24% 7 .793 20 10 27 18 9 32 23 36 18 25 20 16 2.8 14
1993 33 STL NL 73 73 23 5 7 4 1 3 25% 30 24 33 4 12% 8 1.247 33 15 20 35 16 22 20 53 10 27 15 21 2.7 14
1994 34 TOT MLB 53 53 15 4 3 3 2 1 67% 15 12 36 8 22% 1.025 19 10 19 19 7 27 21 32 7 24 8 19 2.4 12
1994 34 STL NL 50 50 15 4 3 3 2 1 67% 14 11 33 8 24% 7 1.048 18 9 18 18 6 26 19 31 6 22 7 17 2.4 13
1994 34 NYY AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 6 .541 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1.7 8
1995 35 TOT NL 14 14 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 3 60% .648 3 2 9 4 3 7 3 11 3 8 3 3 2.6 14
1995 35 LAD NL 6 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 67% 6 .396 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 4 1 3 1 2 2.5 12
1995 35 FLA NL 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 .814 2 1 5 1 2 5 1 7 2 5 2 1 2.8 16
11 Yrs 597 597 181 32 38 55 30 25 55% 186 117 398 102 26% 1.067 230 108 241 253 92 252 241 356 182 223 211 189 3.1 16

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%
1985 25 CIN NL 12 25% 8.3% 8.3% 16.7% 16.7% 100% 0.75 67% 3 0 0%
1986 26 CIN NL 195 26% 0.0% 18.5% 10.8% 2.1% 15% 1.17 69% 44 3 7%
1987 27 CIN NL 415 32% 1.7% 23.9% 7.7% 6.5% 30% 1.14 67% 48 5 10%
1988 28 CIN NL 350 26% 0.9% 21.1% 10.9% 4.3% 22% 0.82 1.24 64% 23% 3.9% 38% 62 9 15%
1989 29 BOS AL 438 27% 1.6% 24.4% 9.4% 6.4% 29% 0.81 1.08 63% 19% 6.0% 24% 98 12 12%
1990 30 BOS AL 285 35% 3.5% 19.0% 11.2% 9.5% 32% 0.82 0.90 65% 20% 10.5% 11% 70 5 7%
1991 31 SEA AL 211 37% 1.9% 16.1% 9.0% 9.0% 40% 0.55 0.59 71% 18% 4.9% 17% 40 2 5%
1992 32 HOU NL 242 41% 0.8% 17.4% 8.7% 5.4% 23% 0.98 1.40 72% 21% 2.7% 15% 53 3 6%
1993 33 STL NL 279 31% 2.9% 14.7% 7.2% 6.1% 23% 0.69 1.05 73% 21% 7.8% 16% 56 11 20%
1994 34 TOT MLB 174 37% 5.2% 14.4% 7.5% 9.2% 42% 0.56 0.83 72% 22% 13.6% 21% 25 2 8%
1994 34 STL NL 166 37% 4.2% 15.1% 7.8% 7.8% 37% 0.60 0.88 72% 22% 11.9% 23% 25 2 8%
1994 34 NYY AL 8 38% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 37.5% 100% 0.14 0.25 75% 25% 28.6% 0% 0 0
1995 35 TOT NL 58 52% 5.2% 12.1% 13.8% 6.9% 29% 0.48 0.76 66% 23% 13.0% 15% 14 1 7%
1995 35 LAD NL 23 48% 8.7% 8.7% 13.0% 13.0% 50% 0.80 1.17 70% 6% 25.0% 20% 4 1 25%
1995 35 FLA NL 35 54% 2.9% 14.3% 14.3% 2.9% 13% 0.29 0.55 63% 36% 6.7% 12% 10 0 0%
11 Yrs 2659 32% 2.0% 19.6% 9.3% 6.5% 29% 0.74 1.04 68% 21% 7.2% 21% 513 53 10%
MLB Averages 41% 2.3% 15.1% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.7% 20% 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 28 CIN NL 345 1320 3.83 814 62% 21% 20% 31% 29% 79% 4% 49% 75% 57% 4% 15 5 22% 77 51 3 22% 15 4 5 0 0
1989 29 BOS AL 438 1710 3.90 1095 64% 23% 20% 31% 26% 77% 5% 50% 75% 55% 7% 29 17 24% 106 71 7 21% 15 4 0 0 0
1990 30 BOS AL 263 952 3.62 603 63% 21% 17% 31% 31% 79% 3% 50% 78% 57% 5% 14 7 28% 73 54 3 17% 12 5 22 0 4
1991 31 SEA AL 211 768 3.64 466 61% 26% 16% 25% 34% 74% 4% 45% 79% 58% 9% 18 11 16% 34 13 2 21% 5 3 0 0 0
1992 32 HOU NL 243 825 3.40 513 62% 21% 19% 25% 35% 79% 5% 49% 76% 62% 6% 14 6 20% 49 24 2 19% 7 4 -1 0 0
1993 33 STL NL 265 932 3.52 588 63% 22% 13% 30% 35% 78% 6% 49% 83% 58% 4% 11 4 20% 53 27 4 23% 3 2 14 0 0
1994 34 TOT MLB 161 585 3.63 378 65% 20% 15% 31% 34% 80% 4% 51% 81% 52% 5% 8 6 24% 38 22 1 32% 6 0 13 0 0
1994 34 STL NL 153 561 3.67 364 65% 20% 15% 32% 33% 80% 4% 52% 81% 52% 5% 8 6 24% 36 22 1 32% 6 0 13 0 0
1994 34 NYY AL 8 24 3.00 14 58% 29% 0% 14% 57% 71% 0% 42% 100% 50% 0% 0 0 25% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 35 TOT NL 47 163 3.47 99 61% 20% 16% 26% 37% 80% 6% 48% 80% 53% 9% 4 3 26% 12 10 1 67% 1 0 11 0 0
1995 35 LAD NL 23 70 3.04 46 66% 20% 17% 24% 39% 80% 0% 53% 78% 61% 9% 2 2 17% 4 3 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0
1995 35 FLA NL 24 93 3.88 53 57% 21% 15% 28% 36% 79% 10% 45% 81% 46% 8% 2 1 33% 8 7 0 100% 0 0 11 0 0
8 Yrs 1973 7255 3.68 4556 63% 22% 18% 30% 31% 78% 4% 49% 77% 57% 6% 113 59 22% 442 272 23 22% 64 22 64 0 4
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 19% 27%

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
1985 25 CIN NL 12 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 26 CIN NL 195 26 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 16 8 4 50% 3 5 1 74 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1987 27 CIN NL 415 91 7 0 10 6 1 6 1 16 9 3 56% 3 1 0 136 10 4 71% 9 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 3 0
1988 28 CIN NL 350 69 5 0 3 0 12 3 0 1 2 22 11 4 50% 2 5 1 139 7 6 54% 4 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 0
1989 29 BOS AL 438 97 7 1 7 0 17 5 2 5 2 42 12 12 29% 1 6 1 188 9 2 82% 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1990 30 BOS AL 285 85 9 0 10 1 8 10 0 4 6 22 11 3 50% 7 4 2 143 5 3 63% 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 0
1991 31 SEA AL 211 47 10 1 4 0 6 2 2 0 4 16 8 3 50% 4 4 1 90 5 0 100% 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1992 32 HOU NL 242 56 27 1 2 0 12 2 0 0 2 22 10 6 45% 2 4 1 93 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1993 33 STL NL 279 73 7 1 8 0 7 6 2 4 4 14 7 2 50% 4 5 1 106 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1994 34 TOT MLB 174 38 2 0 9 0 6 6 3 6 3 9 2 1 22% 3 2 0 53 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1994 34 STL NL 166 35 2 0 7 0 6 4 3 6 1 9 2 1 22% 3 2 0 51 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1994 34 NYY AL 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 35 TOT NL 58 14 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1995 35 LAD NL 23 6 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1995 35 FLA NL 35 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 2659 598 68 5 54 1 86 43 11 27 27 181 78 39 43% 29 37 8 1048 46 21 69% 37 15 8 2 1 4 2 1 78 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1985 25 0 0 6.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 71 1.333 6.0 3.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 71
1986 26 6 0 1.000 1.01 36 0 14 0 0 1 53.1 28 6 6 1 23 2 37 0 0 5 207 384 0.956 4.7 0.2 3.9 6.2 1.61 384
1987 27 14 5 .737 2.34 123 0 35 0 0 4 154.0 119 43 40 8 55 7 136 0 0 6 622 176 1.130 7.0 0.5 3.2 7.9 2.47 176
1988 28 14 11 .560 2.60 199 0 63 0 0 7 238.2 188 74 69 11 93 13 210 1 1 11 972 151 1.177 7.1 0.4 3.5 7.9 2.26 151
1989 29 19 18 .514 2.65 273 0 90 0 0 16 343.2 285 112 101 18 134 21 317 2 1 17 1410 151 1.219 7.5 0.5 3.5 8.3 2.37 151
1990 30 19 24 .442 3.17 341 0 110 0 0 23 400.2 370 158 141 28 166 24 371 3 1 21 1695 127 1.338 8.3 0.6 3.7 8.3 2.23 127
1991 31 19 25 .432 3.15 398 0 136 0 0 27 448.2 417 175 157 32 185 28 405 4 1 25 1906 128 1.342 8.4 0.6 3.7 8.1 2.19 128
1992 32 22 26 .458 3.25 457 0 142 0 0 27 504.1 473 203 182 34 206 32 447 4 1 29 2148 122 1.346 8.4 0.6 3.7 8.0 2.17 122
1993 33 27 33 .450 3.43 530 0 165 0 0 28 569.0 546 240 217 42 226 38 488 5 1 34 2427 115 1.357 8.6 0.7 3.6 7.7 2.16 115
1994 34 31 36 .463 3.49 583 0 180 0 0 30 611.0 584 261 237 51 239 40 513 5 1 36 2601 114 1.347 8.6 0.8 3.5 7.6 2.15 114
1995 35 32 38 .457 3.64 597 0 181 0 0 30 623.1 598 277 252 54 247 41 520 5 1 37 2659 109 1.356 8.6 0.8 3.6 7.5 2.11 109

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
1985 25 0 0 6.00 3.0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 1.333 6.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 3.0 2
1986 26 5 0 1.000 0.73 49.0 26 4 4 0 21 35 0 0.959 4.8 3.9 6.4 1.67 0.0 34
1987 27 6 4 .600 3.03 98.0 89 37 33 7 31 97 0 1.224 8.2 2.8 8.9 3.13 0.6 87
1988 28 4 4 .500 3.65 79.0 72 36 32 3 40 69 1 1.418 8.2 4.6 7.9 1.73 0.3 76
1989 29 7 4 .636 3.00 99.0 98 37 33 7 41 101 1 1.404 8.9 3.7 9.2 2.46 0.6 74
1990 30 1 5 .167 6.87 55.0 87 47 42 10 33 52 1 2.182 14.2 5.4 8.5 1.58 1.6 68
1991 31 3 2 .600 3.19 48.0 48 19 17 4 19 34 1 1.396 9.0 3.6 6.4 1.79 0.8 57
1992 32 2 3 .400 5.09 53.0 61 33 30 2 23 40 0 1.585 10.4 3.9 6.8 1.74 0.3 59
1993 33 2 4 .333 5.31 61.0 74 40 36 8 20 39 1 1.541 10.9 3.0 5.8 1.95 1.2 73
1994 34 3 3 .500 4.34 58.0 53 31 28 13 18 35 0 1.224 8.2 2.8 5.4 1.94 2.0 53
1995 35 0 1 .000 11.77 13.0 16 19 17 3 9 8 0 1.923 11.1 6.2 5.5 0.89 2.1 14
11 Yrs 33 30 .524 4.00 616.0 626 305 274 58 257 511 5 1.433 9.1 7.5 1.99 0.8 597

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1987 NL  87 (2nd)
1988 NL  76 (1st)
1989 AL  74 (2nd)
1990 AL  68 (6th)
1993 NL  73 (5th)
Career  597 (195th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1986 NL  17 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1986 NL  1.9 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1986 NL  19.86 (10th)


† 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 - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Damaso Marte (963)
  2. Scott Downs (963)
  3. Rich Rodriguez (962)
  4. Frank DiPino (962)
  5. Ken Dayley (959)
  6. Steve Kline (958)
  7. Ricardo Rincon (954)
  8. Graeme Lloyd (950)
  9. Matt Thornton (950)
  10. Bob Patterson (950)
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  1. Jim Poole (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Craig Breslow (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Al Holland (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rod Scurry (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Damaso Marte (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Damaso Marte (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Damaso Marte (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Damaso Marte (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Frank DiPino (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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