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Dale Murray

Dale Albert Murray

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 2, 1950 in Cuero, TX
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1974
Teams (by GP): Expos/Mets/Reds/BlueJays/Yankees/... 1974-1985

Final Game: May 13, 1985
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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
1970	20	WSN-min	A-	4	6	.400	5.65	22	4		0	0	1	51.0	50	41	32	6	39	6	48	1	0	4			1.745	8.8	1.1	6.9	8.5	1.23	WTR · NORL
1971	21	WSN-min	A	0	1	.000	36.00	1	0				0	1.0	4	4	4	0	2		2						6.000	36.0	0.0	18.0	18.0	1.00	WPB · FLOR
1972	22	WSN-min	AA,A	14	6	.700	2.67	46	5		2	0	8	118.0	95	47	35	3	60	5	72	2	0	5			1.314	7.2	0.2	4.6	5.5	1.20	QUE,WPB · EL,FLOR
1973	23	WSN-min	AAA	8	13	.381	4.26	28	23		7	2	0	150.0	145	77	71	7	75	2	89	5	1	7			1.467	8.7	0.4	4.5	5.3	1.19	PNS · IL
1974	24	WSN-min	AAA	4	2	.667	1.47	30	0		0	0	9	43.0	34	11	7	2	19	0	36	0	0	3			1.233	7.1	0.4	4.0	7.5	1.89	MEM · IL
1974	24	MON	NL	1	1	.500	1.03	32	0	23	0	0	10	69.2	46	12	8	1	23	2	31	0	0	1	271	374	0.990	5.9	0.1	3.0	4.0	1.35
1975	25	MON	NL	15	8	.652	3.96	63	0	40	0	0	9	111.1	134	59	49	0	39	10	43	3	2	2	499	98	1.554	10.8	0.0	3.2	3.5	1.10
1976	26	MON	NL	4	9	.308	3.26	81	0	55	0	0	13	113.1	117	47	41	1	37	12	35	0	0	3	479	115	1.359	9.3	0.1	2.9	2.8	0.95
1977	27	CIN	NL	7	2	.778	4.94	61	1	20	0	0	4	102.0	125	60	56	13	46	6	42	2	1	4	457	80	1.676	11.0	1.1	4.1	3.7	0.91
1978	28	TOT	NL	9	6	.600	3.78	68	0	43	0	0	7	119.0	119	59	50	5	53	23	62	3	1	8	520	93	1.445	9.0	0.4	4.0	4.7	1.17
1978	28	CIN	NL	1	1	.500	4.13	15	0	5	0	0	2	32.2	34	20	15	1	17	4	25	1	0	3	147	87	1.561	9.4	0.3	4.7	6.9	1.47
1978	28	NYM	NL	8	5	.615	3.65	53	0	38	0	0	5	86.1	85	39	35	4	36	19	37	2	1	5	373	96	1.402	8.9	0.4	3.8	3.9	1.03
1979	29	TOT	NL	5	10	.333	4.57	67	0	27	0	0	5	110.1	119	62	56	7	55	16	41	0	0	3	481	80	1.577	9.7	0.6	4.5	3.3	0.75
1979	29	NYM	NL	4	8	.333	4.82	58	0	24	0	0	4	97.0	105	58	52	6	52	14	37	0	0	3	428	76	1.619	9.7	0.6	4.8	3.4	0.71
1979	29	MON	NL	1	2	.333	2.70	9	0	3	0	0	1	13.1	14	4	4	1	3	2	4	0	0	0	53	140	1.275	9.5	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.33
1980	30	WSN-min	AAA	4	1	.800	1.64	16	1		0	0	3	44.0	31	13	8	0	17	4	25	3	0	1			1.091	6.3	0.0	3.5	5.1	1.47	DEN · AA
1980	30	MON	NL	0	1	.000	6.14	16	0	6	0	0	0	29.1	39	23	20	3	12	2	16	0	1	1	137	59	1.739	12.0	0.9	3.7	4.9	1.33
1981	31	TOR-min	AAA	5	4	.556	1.85	52	0	41	0	0	16	78.0	57	23	16	5	28	5	57	1	0	3			1.090	6.6	0.6	3.2	6.6	2.04	SYR · IL
1981	31	TOR	AL	1	0	1.000	1.17	11	0	7	0	0	0	15.1	12	2	2	0	5	0	12	0	0	1	62	342	1.109	7.0	0.0	2.9	7.0	2.40
1982	32	TOR	AL	8	7	.533	3.16	56	0	33	0	0	11	111.0	115	48	39	3	32	5	60	3	0	4	470	142	1.324	9.3	0.2	2.6	4.9	1.88
1983	33	NYY	AL	2	4	.333	4.48	40	0	21	0	0	1	94.1	113	56	47	5	22	4	45	1	1	4	415	87	1.431	10.8	0.5	2.1	4.3	2.05
1984	34	NYY-min	AAA	0	3	.000	5.94	8	0	5	0	0	2	16.2	18	12	11	1	7	0	13	0	0	2			1.500	9.7	0.5	3.8	7.0	1.86	CLB · IL
1984	34	NYY	AL	1	2	.333	4.94	19	0	12	0	0	0	23.2	30	15	13	2	5	0	13	2	0	0	106	78	1.479	11.4	0.8	1.9	4.9	2.60
1985	35	TEX-min	AAA	1	4	.200	2.83	26	0	22	0	0	8	35.0	29	17	11	3	7	0	20	0	1	2			1.029	7.5	0.8	1.8	5.1	2.86	OKC · AA
1985	35	TOT	AL	0	0		15.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	34	2.333	21.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1985	35	NYY	AL	0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	35	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1985	35	TEX	AL	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	32	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
12 Yrs				53	50	.515	3.85	518	1	289	0	0	60	902.1	976	448	386	40	329	80	400	14	6	32	3912	100	1.446	9.7	0.4	3.3	4.0	1.22
162 Game Avg.				7	7	.515	3.85	68	0	38	0	0	8	118	128	59	51	5	43	10	52	2	1	4	513	100	1.446	9.7	0.4	3.3	4.0	1.22
				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
MON (5 yrs)				21	21	.500	3.26	201	0	127	0	0	33	337.0	350	145	122	6	114	28	129	3	3	7	1439	117	1.377	9.3	0.2	3.0	3.4	1.13
NYY (3 yrs)				3	6	.333	4.73	62	0	35	0	0	1	120.0	147	74	63	7	27	4	58	3	1	5	531	83	1.450	11.0	0.5	2.0	4.4	2.15
NYM (2 yrs)				12	13	.480	4.27	111	0	62	0	0	9	183.1	190	97	87	10	88	33	74	2	1	8	801	84	1.516	9.3	0.5	4.3	3.6	0.84
CIN (2 yrs)				8	3	.727	4.75	76	1	25	0	0	6	134.2	159	80	71	14	63	10	67	3	1	7	604	81	1.649	10.6	0.9	4.2	4.5	1.06
TOR (2 yrs)				9	7	.563	2.92	67	0	40	0	0	11	126.1	127	50	41	3	37	5	72	3	0	5	532	152	1.298	9.0	0.2	2.6	5.1	1.95
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	32	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

NL (7 yrs)				41	37	.526	3.85	388	1	214	0	0	48	655.0	699	322	280	30	265	71	270	8	5	22	2844	97	1.472	9.6	0.4	3.6	3.7	1.02
AL (5 yrs)				12	13	.480	3.86	130	0	75	0	0	12	247.1	277	126	106	10	64	9	130	6	1	10	1068	109	1.379	10.1	0.4	2.3	4.7	2.03

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
1974	24	MON	NL	69.2	32	0	12	1.55	4.13	0.21	-0.33	106.5	3.83	17	2.0	1.1	0.0	2.6	24	.562	.512	$
1975	25	MON	NL	111.1	63	0	59	4.77	4.28	0.06	-0.35	107.1	4.14	-9	-1.0	1.6	-0.4	-0.4	2	.485	.494	$
1976	26	MON	NL	113.1	81	0	47	3.73	4.10	-0.15	-0.33	106.2	4.16	5	0.5	1.6	0.0	1.4	15	.506	.503	$
1977	27	CIN	NL	102.0	61	1	60	5.29	4.45	-0.01	-0.34	98.3	4.04	-15	-1.5	1.1	-0.3	-1.1	-4	.475	.490	$
1978	28	CIN	NL	32.2	15	0	20	5.51	4.16	-0.19	-0.34	94.7	3.79	-7	-0.7	.8	0.0	-0.4	-3	.452	.496	$
1978	28	NYM	NL	86.1	53	0	39	4.07	4.10	-0.13	-0.33	98.3	3.84	-3	-0.3	1.4	-0.2	0.1	6	.493	.498	$
1979	29	NYM	NL	97.0	58	0	58	5.38	4.36	-0.21	-0.35	98.3	4.15	-14	-1.5	1.3	-0.3	-1.1	-4	.474	.491	$72,000
1979	29	MON	NL	13.1	9	0	4	2.70	4.18	0.19	-0.33	100.5	3.68	1	0.1	2.2	0.1	0.3	3	.516	.501	$
1980	30	MON	NL	29.1	16	0	23	7.06	4.04	-0.05	-0.32	101.6	3.84	-11	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-8	.430	.493	$
1981	31	TOR	AL	15.1	11	0	2	1.17	4.02	0.04	-0.32	108.5	3.97	5	0.6	.6	-0.1	0.5	6	.550	.503	$
1982	32	TOR	AL	111.0	56	0	48	3.89	4.56	0.14	-0.36	110.2	4.47	8	0.8	1.8	0.1	1.9	19	.515	.505	$
1983	33	NYY	AL	94.1	40	0	56	5.34	4.50	-0.27	-0.36	95.3	4.21	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	-0.6	-2	.469	.492	$
1984	34	NYY	AL	23.2	19	0	15	5.70	4.53	-0.28	-0.36	97.6	4.34	-4	-0.4	.6	0.0	-0.1	-1	.481	.498	$350,000
1985	35	NYY	AL	2.0	3	0	3	13.50	5.42	0.27	-0.42	106.2	5.02	-2	-0.2	.8	0.0	-0.2	-2	.439	.499	$
1985	35	TEX	AL	1.0	1	0	2	18.00	4.57	-0.16	-0.36	96.0	4.20	-2	-0.1	.4	0.0	-0.1	-1	.362	.499	$
12 Seasons				902.1	518	1	448	4.47	4.30	-0.05	-0.34	102.4	4.10	-41	-4.1	1.3	-1.3	1.9	49	.492	.498	$422,000

MON (5 yrs)				337.0	201	0	145	3.87	4.16	0.02	-0.34	106.0	4.04	4	0.6	1.5	-0.3	3.0	37	.503	.501	$
NYY (3 yrs)				120.0	62	0	74	5.55	4.52	-0.27	-0.36	96.0	4.25	-17	-1.8	.9	-0.1	-0.9	-5	.471	.496	$350,000
NYM (2 yrs)				183.1	111	0	97	4.76	4.24	-0.17	-0.34	98.3	4.00	-17	-1.9	1.3	-0.6	-1.0	1	.483	.494	$72,000
CIN (2 yrs)				134.2	76	1	80	5.35	4.38	-0.05	-0.34	97.4	3.98	-22	-2.3	1.1	-0.3	-1.5	-8	.470	.493	$
TOR (2 yrs)				126.1	67	0	50	3.56	4.49	0.13	-0.35	110.0	4.41	13	1.4	1.6	-0.1	2.4	25	.520	.504	$
TEX (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	2	18.00	4.57	-0.16	-0.36	96.0	4.20	-2	-0.1	.4	0.0	-0.1	-1	.362	.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
1974	24	MON	NL	32	271	246	12	46	4	0	1	1	1	23	31	.187	.256	.215	.471	.209	53	8	0	1	1	2	5
1975	25	MON	NL	63	499	440	59	134	22	3	0	2	5	39	43	.305	.361	.368	.730	.333	162	10	3	12	5	10	7
1976	26	MON	NL	81	479	422	47	117	21	4	1	2	5	37	35	.277	.331	.353	.684	.296	149	13	0	14	6	12	7
1977	27	CIN	NL	61	457	398	60	125	21	2	13	3	3	46	42	.314	.382	.475	.857	.320	189	17	2	4	7	6	8
1978	28	TOT	NL	68	520	443	59	119	18	2	5	3	7	53	62	.269	.345	.352	.697	.297	156	10	3	12	8	23	9
1978	28	CIN	NL	15	147	125	20	34	5	0	1	0	2	17	25	.272	.356	.336	.692	.324	42	1	1	1	3	4	2
1978	28	NYM	NL	53	373	318	39	85	13	2	4	3	5	36	37	.267	.341	.358	.699	.287	114	9	2	11	5	19	7
1979	29	TOT	NL	67	479	414	62	119	17	2	7	7	6	55	41	.287	.368	.389	.757	.303	161	15	0	8	4	16	6
1979	29	MON	NL	9	52	48	4	14	1	0	1	1	1	3	4	.292	.327	.375	.702	.295	18	2	0	1	1	2	0
1979	29	NYM	NL	58	427	366	58	105	16	2	6	6	5	52	37	.287	.373	.391	.764	.304	143	13	0	7	3	14	6
1980	30	MON	NL	16	137	124	23	39	2	3	3	0	2	12	16	.315	.372	.452	.824	.340	56	2	0	0	1	2	3
1981	31	TOR	AL	11	62	57	2	12	3	1	0	1	1	5	12	.211	.274	.298	.572	.267	17	1	0	0	0	0	2
1982	32	TOR	AL	56	470	429	48	115	25	1	3	4	4	32	60	.268	.323	.352	.675	.305	151	13	3	5	1	5	7
1983	33	NYY	AL	40	415	380	56	113	23	3	5	5	2	22	45	.297	.333	.413	.746	.321	157	9	1	6	6	4	8
1984	34	NYY	AL	19	106	98	15	30	6	1	2	1	1	5	13	.306	.352	.449	.801	.337	44	3	2	1	0	0	3
1985	35	TOT	AL	4	15	14	5	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.714	1.214	.500	10	0	0	1	0	0	0
1985	35	NYY	AL	3	10	10	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	.400	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	35	TEX	AL	1	5	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	.750	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
12 Yrs				518	3910	3465	448	976	165	22	40	29	37	329	400	.282	.343	.377	.719	.305	1305	101	14	64	39	80	65
162 Game Avg.				68	512	454	59	128	22	3	5	4	5	43	52	.282	.343	.377	.719	.305	171	13	2	8	5	10	9
MLB Averages																.260	.325	.383	.708	.283
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE

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	MON	NL	19.5	2.1	274	2.4	5.1	-2.7	.93	2.0	0.5	23.0	2.4	0.93	22.3	8	5	19
1975	25	MON	NL	-2.5	-0.3	511	0.4	13.2	-12.8	1.62	-0.6	0.9	-14.3	-1.4	1.62	-8.1	30	12	18
1976	26	MON	NL	5.8	0.6	495	-2.9	10.5	-13.4	1.49	0.4	-2.3	-5.5	-0.6	1.49	4.9	39	6	33
1977	27	CIN	NL	-9.6	-1.0	474	-1.8	6.6	-8.3	.87	-1.6	-0.5	-19.5	-1.9	0.87	-15.4	15	14	31
1978	28	TOT	NL	-4.7	-0.5	541	-1.2	10.4	-11.6	1.29	0.2	-1.1	-11.2	-1.2	1.29	-0.2	26	12	30
1978	28	CIN	NL	-3.2	-0.3	154	0.0	1.6	-1.6	.70	-0.0	0.1	-3.4	-0.4	0.70	-0.7	3	3	9
1978	28	NYM	NL	-1.4	-0.2	387	-1.2	8.8	-10.1	1.52	0.2	-1.0	-7.8	-0.8	1.52	0.5	23	9	21
1979	29	TOT	NL	-10.9	-1.1	498	-2.2	8.4	-10.6	1.17	-0.5	-1.4	-5.0	-0.5	1.17	-3.6	26	14	26
1979	29	NYM	NL	-12.8	-1.3	443	-2.3	7.3	-9.6	1.14	-0.7	-1.3	-6.8	-0.7	1.14	-6.0	21	13	23
1979	29	MON	NL	1.9	0.2	55	0.1	1.1	-1.0	1.41	0.2	-0.1	1.8	0.2	1.41	2.4	5	1	3
1980	30	MON	NL	-8.6	-0.9	141	-0.4	1.4	-1.8	.76	-0.3	-0.2	-8.6	-0.9	0.76	-8.1	4	3	6
1981	31	TOR	AL	4.6	0.5	68	-0.1	0.5	-0.7	.48	0.3	-0.6	3.3	0.3	0.48	3.3	0	4	6
1982	32	TOR	AL	13.0	1.3	483	0.5	10.9	-10.4	1.32	1.4	-1.0	6.0	0.6	1.32	14.2	30	11	15
1983	33	NYY	AL	-8.4	-0.8	427	-1.5	4.6	-6.1	.67	-1.0	-1.2	-15.0	-1.5	0.67	-10.4	10	10	20
1984	34	NYY	AL	-3.2	-0.3	110	-0.9	1.0	-1.9	.67	-0.4	-0.9	-3.0	-0.3	0.66	-4.2	2	3	9
1985	35	TOT	AL	-3.1	-0.3	16	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.28	-0.4	-0.1	-4.4	-0.4	0.28	-2.7	1	0	2
1985	35	NYY	AL	-1.8	-0.2	11	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.23	-0.2	-0.0	-2.9	-0.3	0.23	-1.5	1	0	1
1985	35	TEX	AL	-1.2	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.39	-0.2	-0.0	-1.5	-0.1	0.39	-1.3	0	0	1
12 Yrs				-8.0	-0.6	4038	-7.9	72.6	-80.4	1.15	-0.6	-6.2	-54.4	-5.4	1.15	-8.0	191	94	215
				PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo

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
1977	27	CIN	NL	61	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	19.0	19	19	12	7	1	0	10.4	27.0	1.0
1 Yr				61	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	19	19	19	12	7	1	0	10.4	27.0	1.0
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	106	-13					4.3	4.2	6.4

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
1974	24	MON	NL	32	32	23	1	1	10	10	0	100%	10	0	14	5	36%	8	.925	8	5	19	10	1	21	8	24	20	1	20	10	6.5
1975	25	MON	NL	63	63	40	15	8	19	9	10	47%	20	1	32	14	44%	8	1.623	30	12	18	21	18	24	21	42	35	13	38	23	5.3
1976	26	MON	NL	81	81	55	4	9	21	13	8	62%	23	2	52	24	46%	8	1.491	39	6	33	26	16	39	32	49	36	14	39	27	4.2
1977	27	CIN	NL	61	60	20	7	2	8	4	4	50%	11	3	48	30	63%	8	.867	15	14	31	14	8	38	26	34	39	9	39	19	5.1
1978	28	TOT	NL	68	68	43	9	6	10	7	3	70%	13	3	57	27	47%		1.288	26	12	30	15	16	37	31	37	46	13	48	16	5.3
1978	28	CIN	NL	15	15	5	1	1	2	2	0	100%	3	1	11	4	36%	6	.696	3	3	9	3	2	10	7	8	11	2	11	2	6.5
1978	28	NYM	NL	53	53	38	8	5	8	5	3	63%	10	2	46	23	50%	7	1.521	23	9	21	12	14	27	24	29	35	11	37	14	4.9
1979	29	TOT	NL	67	67	27	5	10	13	5	8	38%	17	2	40	9	23%		1.172	26	14	26	21	13	33	20	47	42	10	43	21	4.9
1979	29	NYM	NL	58	58	24	4	8	11	4	7	36%	14	1	31	6	19%	7	1.143	21	13	23	18	11	29	15	43	36	9	37	19	5.0
1979	29	MON	NL	9	9	3	1	2	2	1	1	50%	3	1	9	3	33%	6	1.414	5	1	3	3	2	4	5	4	6	1	6	2	4.4
1980	30	MON	NL	16	16	6	0	1	0	0	0		2	2	9	4	44%	8	.765	4	3	6	3	1	12	4	12	11	1	11	4	5.5
1981	31	TOR	AL	11	11	7	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	10	4	40%	7	.480	0	4	6	1	0	10	6	5	8	1	8	0	4.2
1982	32	TOR	AL	56	56	33	8	7	18	11	7	61%	20	2	65	26	40%	8	1.322	30	11	15	24	11	21	34	22	37	8	40	10	5.9
1983	33	NYY	AL	40	40	21	2	4	3	1	2	33%	4	1	47	27	57%	6	.671	10	10	20	6	5	29	26	14	28	5	28	8	7.1
1984	34	NYY	AL	19	19	12	1	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	17	4	24%	8	.665	2	3	9	3	2	14	9	10	8	4	9	1	3.7
1985	35	TOT	AL	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%		.284	1	0	2	0	1	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	2.3
1985	35	NYY	AL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	7	.229	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	2.0
1985	35	TEX	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.394	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
12 Yrs				518	517	289	53	50	103	60	43	58%	121	16	394	175	44%		1.154	191	94	215	144	92	281	218	299	310	80	323	139	5.2
				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

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	MON	NL	271	50%	0.4%	11.4%	8.5%	1.9%	11%		2.67	79%				51	8	16%
1975	25	MON	NL	499	61%	0.0%	8.6%	7.8%	5.0%	19%		2.24	81%				95	10	11%
1976	26	MON	NL	479	55%	0.2%	7.3%	7.7%	5.4%	22%		2.50	82%				107	13	12%
1977	27	CIN	NL	457	61%	2.8%	9.2%	10.1%	7.9%	29%		1.83	77%				103	17	17%
1978	28	TOT	NL	520	59%	1.0%	11.9%	10.2%	4.8%	21%		2.03	74%				120	10	8%
1978	28	CIN	NL	147	68%	0.7%	17.0%	11.6%	4.1%	18%		2.18	69%				36	1	3%
1978	28	NYM	NL	373	56%	1.1%	9.9%	9.7%	5.1%	22%		1.99	76%				84	9	11%
1979	29	TOT	NL	481	57%	1.5%	8.6%	11.5%	5.4%	22%		1.52	77%				105	15	14%
1979	29	NYM	NL	428	57%	1.4%	8.7%	12.2%	5.6%	23%		1.44	76%				93	13	14%
1979	29	MON	NL	53	52%	1.9%	7.7%	5.8%	3.9%	14%		2.30	85%				12	2	17%
1980	30	MON	NL	137	62%	2.2%	11.7%	8.8%	5.8%	21%		0.84	77%				35	2	6%
1981	31	TOR	AL	62	56%	0.0%	19.4%	8.1%	6.5%	33%		4.17	73%				10	1	10%
1982	32	TOR	AL	470	53%	0.6%	12.8%	6.8%	6.2%	25%		1.97	78%				104	13	13%
1983	33	NYY	AL	415	63%	1.2%	10.8%	5.3%	7.5%	27%		1.61	81%				85	9	11%
1984	34	NYY	AL	106	60%	1.9%	12.3%	4.7%	8.5%	30%		1.00	78%				28	3	11%
1985	35	TOT	AL	15	53%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	43%		1.00	93%				3	0	0%
1985	35	NYY	AL	10	60%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	50%		1.00	100%				2	0	0%
1985	35	TEX	AL	5	40%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	33%		1.00	80%				1	0	0%
12 Yrs				3912	58%	1.0%	10.2%	8.4%	5.8%	23%		1.91	78%				846	101	12%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	13.1%	8.5%	6.5%	28%		1.09	75%						11%
				PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%

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	MON	NL	271	46			1	0	7	1	0	1	0	11	5	3	45%	5	1	0	97	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1975	25	MON	NL	499	134			0	0	12	0	0	0	0	36	22	2	61%	7	2	1	212	2	5	29%	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	0
1976	26	MON	NL	479	117			1	0	23	0	1	0	1	43	22	2	51%	7	3	1	195	2	5	29%	2	4	0	0	0	1	7	1	10	0
1977	27	CIN	NL	457	125			13	0	16	7	6	6	7	44	26	3	59%	8	4	3	199	3	3	50%	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	21	0
1978	28	TOT	NL	520	119			5	1	31	3	2	3	2	65	25	7	38%	9	8	1	199	3	7	30%	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
1978	28	CIN	NL	147	34			1	0	6	1	0	1	0	17	7	3	41%	2	3	1	63	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1978	28	NYM	NL	373	85			4	1	25	2	2	2	2	48	18	4	38%	7	5	0	136	3	5	38%	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
1979	29	TOT	NL	479	119			7	1	21	5	2	4	3	37	20	4	54%	6	3	0	185	7	6	54%	7	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	2
1979	29	NYM	NL	427	105			6	1	21	5	1	3	3	34	18	3	53%	6	3	0	162	6	5	55%	6	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	1
1979	29	MON	NL	52	14			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	67%	0	0	0	23	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1980	30	MON	NL	137	39			3	1	4	3	0	1	2	10	9	0	90%	3	1	0	62	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1981	31	TOR	AL	62	12			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	2	2	29%	2	1	1	22	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
1982	32	TOR	AL	470	115			3	0	32	1	2	2	1	40	20	5	50%	7	4	1	187	4	4	50%	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1983	33	NYY	AL	415	113			5	1	6	4	1	2	3	30	23	6	77%	8	4	0	184	5	2	71%	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
1984	34	NYY	AL	106	30			2	0	6	1	1	0	2	7	3	1	43%	3	0	0	51	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1985	35	TOT	AL	15	7			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	1	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1985	35	NYY	AL	10	4			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	1	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1985	35	TEX	AL	5	3			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				3910	976			40	4	161	25	15	19	21	332	179	35	54%	65	32	8	1599	29	37	44%	27	32	2	1	0	4	13	1	112	2
MLB Averages																		53%							66%
				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

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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+
1974	24	1	1	.500	1.03	32	0	23	10	69.2	46	12	8	1	23	2	31	0	0	1	271	374	0.990	5.9	0.1	3.0	4.0	1.35	374
1975	25	16	9	.640	2.83	95	0	63	19	181.0	180	71	57	1	62	12	74	3	2	3	770	136	1.337	9.0	0.0	3.1	3.7	1.19	136
1976	26	20	18	.526	3.00	176	0	118	32	294.1	297	118	98	2	99	24	109	3	2	6	1249	127	1.345	9.1	0.1	3.0	3.3	1.10	127
1977	27	27	20	.574	3.50	237	1	138	36	396.1	422	178	154	15	145	30	151	5	3	10	1706	110	1.431	9.6	0.3	3.3	3.4	1.04	110
1978	28	36	26	.581	3.56	305	1	181	43	515.1	541	237	204	20	198	53	213	8	4	18	2226	106	1.434	9.4	0.3	3.5	3.7	1.08	106
1979	29	41	36	.532	3.74	372	1	208	48	625.2	660	299	260	27	253	69	254	8	4	21	2707	100	1.459	9.5	0.4	3.6	3.7	1.00	100
1980	30	41	37	.526	3.85	388	1	214	48	655.0	699	322	280	30	265	71	270	8	5	22	2844	97	1.472	9.6	0.4	3.6	3.7	1.02	97
1981	31	42	37	.532	3.79	399	1	221	48	670.1	711	324	282	30	270	71	282	8	5	23	2906	99	1.463	9.5	0.4	3.6	3.8	1.04	99
1982	32	50	44	.532	3.70	455	1	254	59	781.1	826	372	321	33	302	76	342	11	5	27	3376	104	1.444	9.5	0.4	3.5	3.9	1.13	104
1983	33	52	48	.520	3.78	495	1	275	60	875.2	939	428	368	38	324	80	387	12	6	31	3791	102	1.442	9.7	0.4	3.3	4.0	1.19	102
1984	34	53	50	.515	3.81	514	1	287	60	899.1	969	443	381	40	329	80	400	14	6	31	3897	101	1.443	9.7	0.4	3.3	4.0	1.22	101
1985	35	53	50	.515	3.85	518	1	289	60	902.1	976	448	386	40	329	80	400	14	6	32	3912	100	1.446	9.7	0.4	3.3	4.0	1.22	100

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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
1974	24	7	0	1.000	1.06	68.0	45	9	8	1	22	30	0	0.985	6.0	2.9	4.0	1.36	0.1	32
1975	25	5	6	.455	4.21	107.0	135	56	50	0	39	41	3	1.626	11.4	3.3	3.4	1.05	0.0	63
1976	26	6	5	.545	3.62	107.0	119	48	43	1	38	33	0	1.467	10.0	3.2	2.8	0.87	0.1	81
1977	27	4	6	.400	5.31	95.0	125	62	56	13	46	39	2	1.800	11.8	4.4	3.7	0.85	1.2	61
1978	28	5	7	.417	4.62	111.0	127	63	57	5	57	58	3	1.658	10.3	4.6	4.7	1.02	0.4	68
1979	29	4	7	.364	5.49	100.0	124	68	61	7	57	37	0	1.810	11.2	5.1	3.3	0.65	0.6	67
1980	30	1	2	.333	7.39	28.0	41	26	23	3	13	15	0	1.929	13.2	4.2	4.8	1.15	1.0	16
1981	31	2	0	1.000	1.17	23.0	18	3	3	0	8	18	0	1.130	7.0	3.1	7.0	2.25	0.0	11
1982	32	7	4	.636	3.17	108.0	113	42	38	3	31	58	3	1.333	9.4	2.6	4.8	1.87	0.3	56
1983	33	4	6	.400	5.14	91.0	119	58	52	5	23	43	1	1.560	11.8	2.3	4.3	1.87	0.5	40
1984	34	1	1	.500	6.14	22.0	32	17	15	2	5	12	2	1.682	13.1	2.0	4.9	2.40	0.8	19
1985	35	0	0		9.00	5.0	0	6	5	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	4
12 Yrs		46	44	.511	4.28	865.0	998	458	411	40	339	384	14	1.546	10.4		4.0	1.13	0.4	518

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1975 NL 15 (9th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1975 NL .652 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1975 NL 63 (9th) 1976 NL 81 (1st) 1978 NL 68 (6th) 1979 NL 67 (6th) 1982 AL 56 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1974 NL 10 (7th) 1976 NL 13 (9th) Career 60 (226th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1975 NL 40 (6th) 1976 NL 55 (3rd) 1978 NL 43 (8th) Career 289 (118th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 18 (1146), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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