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Ron Musselman

Ralph Ronald Musselman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 11, 1954 in Wilmington, NC
High School: Wilmington HS (Wilmington, SC)
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 5th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1982
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Mariners 1982-1985

Final Game: August 23, 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
1977	22	SEA-min	A-	4	4	.500	4.63	12	9		4	1	0	70.0	75	44	36	3	26	1	67	3	1	2			1.443	9.6	0.4	3.3	8.6	2.58	BLH · NORW
1978	23	AXN	A	6	12	.333	4.25	25	23		11	1	0	161.0	182	96	76	11	69	4	111	7	2	8			1.559	10.2	0.6	3.9	6.2	1.61	AXN · CARL
1979	24	SEA-min	A	3	4	.429	3.10	27	9					90.0	87	44	31	5	30								1.300	8.7	0.5	3.0			AXN · CARL
1980	25	SEA-min	AA	6	6	.500	3.87	53	1		0	0	15	86.0	75	49	37	6	34	6	47	3	1	8			1.267	7.8	0.6	3.6	4.9	1.38	LYN · EL
1981	26	SEA-min	AAA	1	8	.111	3.76	43	1	30	0	0	10	67.0	69	31	28	6	27	5	25	2	0	1			1.433	9.3	0.8	3.6	3.4	0.93	SPO · PCL
1982	27	SEA-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.28	51	0	44	0	0	14	68.2	68	25	25	4	19	6	40	1	0	5			1.267	8.9	0.5	2.5	5.2	2.11	SLC · PCL
1982	27	SEA	AL	1	0	1.000	3.45	12	0	8	0	0	0	15.2	18	7	6	2	6	1	9	1	1	0	69	126	1.532	10.3	1.1	3.4	5.2	1.50

1983	28	TEX-min	AAA	9	12	.429	5.49	28	21	4	2	0	0	137.2	166	99	84	20	50	3	85	5	1	4			1.569	10.9	1.3	3.3	5.6	1.70	OKC · AA
1984	29	TOR-TEX-min	AAA	2	4	.333	3.43	39	0	24	0	0	10	57.2	56	23	22	2	20	3	37	3	2	3			1.318	8.7	0.3	3.1	5.8	1.85	SYR,OKC · IL,AA
1984	29	TOR	AL	0	2	.000	2.11	11	0	4	0	0	1	21.1	18	7	5	2	10	2	9	0	0	0	93	199	1.313	7.6	0.8	4.2	3.8	0.90
1985	30	TOR-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.91	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	13	7	6	3	1	0	5	0	0	0			1.273	10.6	2.5	0.8	4.1	5.00	SYR · IL
1985	30	TOR	AL	3	0	1.000	4.47	25	4	9	0	0	0	52.1	59	28	26	2	24	2	29	0	0	3	236	95	1.586	10.1	0.3	4.1	5.0	1.21
1986	31	TOR-min	AAA	9	7	.563	3.03	33	20	2	1	0	1	145.2	125	60	49	5	55	2	90	5	1	7			1.236	7.7	0.3	3.4	5.6	1.64	SYR · IL
1987	32	BAL-MIN-min	AAA	9	16	.360	4.41	36	21	10	5	0	1	177.2	184	99	87	22	60	5	122	7	2	6			1.373	9.3	1.1	3.0	6.2	2.03	ROC,POR · IL,PCL
3 Yrs				4	2	.667	3.73	48	4	21	0	0	1	89.1	95	42	37	6	40	5	47	1	1	3	398	114	1.511	9.6	0.6	4.0	4.7	1.18
162 Game Avg.				5	3	.667	3.73	63	5	27	0	0	1	117	124	55	48	8	52	7	61	1	1	4	520	114	1.511	9.6	0.6	4.0	4.7	1.18

TOR (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	3.79	36	4	13	0	0	1	73.2	77	35	31	4	34	4	38	0	0	3	329	112	1.507	9.4	0.5	4.2	4.6	1.12
SEA (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.45	12	0	8	0	0	0	15.2	18	7	6	2	6	1	9	1	1	0	69	126	1.532	10.3	1.1	3.4	5.2	1.50

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
1982	27	SEA	AL	15.2	12	0	7	4.02	4.74	0.03	-0.37	105.7	4.59	1	0.1	.5	-0.1	0.2	3	.509	.501	$

1984	29	TOR	AL	21.1	11	0	7	2.95	4.57	0.19	-0.36	103.7	4.16	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.5	5	.529	.502	$
1985	30	TOR	AL	52.1	25	4	28	4.82	4.58	0.49	-0.20	101.5	3.96	-5	-0.5	.6	0.0	0.0	1	.480	.497	$
3 Seasons				89.1	48	4	42	4.23	4.61	0.33	-0.27	102.8	4.12	-1	-0.1	.7	-0.1	0.7	8	.499	.500	$

TOR (2 yrs)				73.2	36	4	35	4.28	4.58	0.40	-0.25	102.2	4.02	-2	-0.2	.7	-0.0	0.5	6	.495	.499	$
SEA (1 yr)				15.2	12	0	7	4.02	4.74	0.03	-0.37	105.7	4.59	1	0.1	.5	-0.1	0.2	3	.509	.501	$

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
1982	27	SEA	AL	12	69	60	7	18	5	1	2	1	1	6	9	.300	.362	.517	.879	.314	31	2	1	0	2	1	2

1984	29	TOR	AL	11	93	80	7	18	2	0	2	2	0	10	9	.225	.304	.325	.629	.225	26	0	0	1	2	2	2
1985	30	TOR	AL	25	236	208	28	59	12	3	2	8	1	24	29	.284	.352	.399	.751	.315	83	5	0	0	4	2	2
3 Yrs				48	398	348	42	95	19	4	6	11	2	40	47	.273	.343	.402	.745	.294	140	7	1	1	8	5	6
162 Game Avg.				63	520	455	55	124	25	5	8	14	3	52	61	.273	.343	.402	.745	.294	183	9	1	1	10	7	8
MLB Averages																.260	.324	.388	.712	.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
1982	27	SEA	AL	1.4	0.1	72	0.0	0.5	-0.5	.34	-0.4	0.5	1.6	0.2	0.34	-3.0	1	2	8

1984	29	TOR	AL	4.2	0.4	95	-0.1	1.4	-1.5	1.11	0.2	-0.3	2.6	0.3	1.11	3.4	3	1	6
1985	30	TOR	AL	-0.6	-0.1	247	-0.1	3.0	-3.1	.72	-0.3	0.3	-3.5	-0.3	0.72	-2.9	4	2	14
3 Yrs				5.0	0.5	414	-0.1	4.9	-5.0	.74	-0.5	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.74	-2.5	8	5	28

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
1985	30	TOR	AL	25	4	0	0	4	0	0	3	1	.750	1	1	0	0	0	0%	48.8	56	41	12	4	0	4	5.6	6.4	3.9
1 Yr				25	4	0	0	4	0	0	3	1	.750	1	1	0	0	0	0%	49	56	41	12	4	0	4	5.6	6.4	3.9
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	97	-12					4.3	4.3	6.2

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
1982	27	SEA	AL	12	12	8	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	14	3	21%	8	.337	1	2	8	0	0	12	8	4	5	3	7	2	3.9

1984	29	TOR	AL	11	11	4	0	2	1	1	0	100%	2	1	12	5	42%	4	1.114	3	1	6	2	1	8	7	4	8	1	8	1	5.8
1985	30	TOR	AL	25	21	9	3	0	0	0	0		1	1	8	5	63%	7	.722	4	2	14	6	2	13	6	15	13	3	14	3	5.2
3 Yrs				48	44	21	4	2	1	1	0	100%	3	2	34	13	38%		.747	8	5	28	8	3	33	21	23	26	7	29	6	5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1982	27	SEA	AL	69	68%	2.9%	13.0%	8.7%	11.6%	44%	1.00	74%	13	2	15%

1984	29	TOR	AL	93	58%	2.2%	9.7%	10.8%	4.3%	22%	0.93	76%	20	0	0%
1985	30	TOR	AL	236	50%	0.9%	12.3%	10.2%	7.2%	29%	0.90	77%	46	5	11%
3 Yrs				398	55%	1.5%	11.8%	10.1%	7.3%	31%	0.92	76%	79	7	9%
MLB Averages					41%	2.1%	13.7%	8.4%	6.7%	29%	1.08	74%			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
1982	27	SEA	AL	69	18			2	0	0	1	1	1	1	9	4	1	44%	2	0	0	31	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0

1984	29	TOR	AL	93	18			2	0	3	0	2	2	0	5	4	0	80%	2	0	0	41	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1985	30	TOR	AL	236	59			2	0	2	0	2	0	2	11	8	2	73%	2	3	0	100	8	1	89%	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
3 Yrs				398	95			6	0	5	1	5	3	3	25	16	3	64%	6	3	0	172	11	2	85%	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	14	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

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+
1982	27	1	0	1.000	3.45	12	0	8	0	15.2	18	7	6	2	6	1	9	1	1	0	69	126	1.532	10.3	1.1	3.4	5.2	1.50	126
1983	28	1	0	1.000	3.45	12	0	8	0	15.2	18	7	6	2	6	1	9	1	1	0	69	126	1.532	10.3	1.1	3.4	5.2	1.50	126
1984	29	1	2	.333	2.68	23	0	12	1	37.0	36	14	11	4	16	3	18	1	1	0	162	159	1.405	8.8	1.0	3.9	4.4	1.13	159
1985	30	4	2	.667	3.73	48	4	21	1	89.1	95	42	37	6	40	5	47	1	1	3	398	114	1.511	9.6	0.6	4.0	4.7	1.18	114

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1982	27	1	0	1.000	3.60	15.0	18	7	6	2	6	8	1	1.600	10.8	3.6	4.8	1.33	1.2	12

1984	29	1	1	.500	2.14	21.0	19	6	5	2	11	9	0	1.429	8.1	4.7	3.9	0.82	0.9	11
1985	30	2	3	.400	4.59	51.0	59	29	26	2	24	28	0	1.627	10.4	4.2	4.9	1.17	0.4	25
3 Yrs		4	4	.500	3.83	87.0	96	42	37	6	41	45	1	1.575	9.9		4.7	1.10	0.6	48

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