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Gene Nelson

Wayland Eugene Nelson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: December 3, 1960 in Tampa, FL
High School: Pasco HS (Dade City, FL)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1981
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox/Angels/Mariners/Yankees/... 1981-1993

Final Game: September 29, 1993
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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
1981 20 NYY AL 3 1 .750 4.81 8 7 0 0 0 0 39.1 40 24 21 5 23 1 16 1 0 2 179 75 1.602 9.2 1.1 5.3 3.7 0.70
1982 21 SEA AL 6 9 .400 4.62 22 19 2 2 1 0 122.2 133 70 63 16 60 1 71 2 2 4 545 92 1.573 9.8 1.2 4.4 5.2 1.18
1983 22 SEA AL 0 3 .000 7.88 10 5 2 1 0 0 32.0 38 29 28 6 21 2 11 1 0 1 153 55 1.844 10.7 1.7 5.9 3.1 0.52
1984 23 CHW AL 3 5 .375 4.46 20 9 4 2 0 1 74.2 72 38 37 9 17 0 36 1 1 4 304 94 1.192 8.7 1.1 2.0 4.3 2.12
1985 24 CHW AL 10 10 .500 4.26 46 18 11 1 0 2 145.2 144 74 69 23 67 4 101 7 1 11 643 101 1.449 8.9 1.4 4.1 6.2 1.51
1986 25 CHW AL 6 6 .500 3.85 54 1 26 0 0 6 114.2 118 52 49 7 41 5 70 3 0 3 488 114 1.387 9.3 0.5 3.2 5.5 1.71
1987 26 OAK AL 6 5 .545 3.93 54 6 15 0 0 3 123.2 120 58 54 12 35 0 94 5 0 7 530 106 1.253 8.7 0.9 2.5 6.8 2.69
1988 27 OAK AL 9 6 .600 3.06 54 1 20 0 0 3 111.2 93 42 38 9 38 4 67 3 6 4 456 125 1.173 7.5 0.7 3.1 5.4 1.76
1989 28 OAK AL 3 5 .375 3.26 50 0 15 0 0 3 80.0 60 33 29 5 30 3 70 2 0 5 335 114 1.125 6.8 0.6 3.4 7.9 2.33
1990 29 OAK AL 3 3 .500 1.57 51 0 17 0 0 5 74.2 55 14 13 5 17 1 38 3 0 1 291 236 0.964 6.6 0.6 2.0 4.6 2.24
1991 30 OAK AL 1 5 .167 6.84 44 0 11 0 0 0 48.2 60 38 37 12 23 1 23 3 0 0 229 56 1.705 11.1 2.2 4.3 4.3 1.00
1992 31 OAK AL 3 1 .750 6.45 28 2 8 0 0 0 51.2 68 37 37 5 22 5 23 0 0 2 234 58 1.742 11.8 0.9 3.8 4.0 1.05
1993 32 TOT AL 0 5 .000 3.12 52 0 22 0 0 5 60.2 60 28 21 3 24 5 35 2 0 2 265 144 1.385 8.9 0.4 3.6 5.2 1.46
1993 32 CAL AL 0 5 .000 3.08 46 0 20 0 0 4 52.2 50 25 18 3 23 4 31 2 0 1 231 146 1.386 8.5 0.5 3.9 5.3 1.35
1993 32 TEX AL 0 0 3.38 6 0 2 0 0 1 8.0 10 3 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 34 129 1.375 11.3 0.0 1.1 4.5 4.00
13 Yrs 53 64 .453 4.13 493 68 153 6 1 28 1080.0 1061 537 496 117 418 32 655 33 10 46 4652 99 1.369 8.8 1.0 3.5 5.5 1.57
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .453 4.13 60 8 19 1 0 3 131 129 65 60 14 51 4 79 4 1 6 564 99 1.369 8.8 1.0 3.5 5.5 1.57
OAK (6 yrs) 25 25 .500 3.82 281 9 86 0 0 14 490.1 456 222 208 48 165 14 315 16 6 19 2075 101 1.266 8.4 0.9 3.0 5.8 1.91
CHW (3 yrs) 19 21 .475 4.16 120 28 41 3 0 9 335.0 334 164 155 39 125 9 207 11 2 18 1435 103 1.370 9.0 1.0 3.4 5.6 1.66
SEA (2 yrs) 6 12 .333 5.30 32 24 4 3 1 0 154.2 171 99 91 22 81 3 82 3 2 5 698 81 1.629 10.0 1.3 4.7 4.8 1.01
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 3.38 6 0 2 0 0 1 8.0 10 3 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 34 129 1.375 11.3 0.0 1.1 4.5 4.00
CAL (1 yr) 0 5 .000 3.08 46 0 20 0 0 4 52.2 50 25 18 3 23 4 31 2 0 1 231 146 1.386 8.5 0.5 3.9 5.3 1.35
NYY (1 yr) 3 1 .750 4.81 8 7 0 0 0 0 39.1 40 24 21 5 23 1 16 1 0 2 179 75 1.602 9.2 1.1 5.3 3.7 0.70

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
1981 20 NYY AL 39.1 8 7 24 5.49 4.10 0.22 0.10 98.8 3.93 -7 -0.7 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .412 .496 $
1982 21 SEA AL 122.2 22 19 70 5.14 4.64 0.02 0.13 103.2 4.90 -3 -0.3 .9 -0.1 0.7 10 .488 .498 $
1983 22 SEA AL 32.0 10 5 29 8.16 4.52 -0.23 -0.04 104.7 4.93 -12 -1.1 .3 0.1 -0.7 -8 .391 .493 $
1984 23 CHW AL 74.2 20 9 38 4.58 4.43 0.07 0.00 102.8 4.48 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.1 0.5 7 .497 .500 $
1985 24 CHW AL 145.2 46 18 74 4.57 4.61 0.00 -0.01 103.3 4.75 3 0.3 1.3 -0.1 1.4 18 .507 .502 $110,000
1986 25 CHW AL 114.2 54 1 52 4.08 4.72 0.41 -0.34 104.5 4.16 1 0.1 1.4 -0.2 0.9 13 .501 .500 $240,000
1987 26 OAK AL 123.2 54 6 58 4.22 4.96 -0.11 -0.25 93.2 4.49 4 0.4 1.3 -0.1 1.3 18 .507 .502 $365,000
1988 27 OAK AL 111.2 54 1 42 3.39 4.35 0.09 -0.33 96.9 3.81 5 0.5 1.2 -0.2 1.3 17 .510 .503 $450,000
1989 28 OAK AL 80.0 50 0 33 3.71 4.30 0.11 -0.33 96.5 3.72 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.2 0.5 8 .499 .500 $615,000
1990 29 OAK AL 74.2 51 0 14 1.69 4.30 0.64 -0.33 96.2 3.20 13 1.4 1.3 0.1 2.2 21 .528 .509 $650,000
1991 30 OAK AL 48.2 44 0 38 7.03 4.68 0.13 -0.35 93.3 3.91 -17 -1.7 1.2 -0.3 -1.5 -11 .461 .489 $1,100,000
1992 31 OAK AL 51.2 28 2 37 6.45 4.46 0.08 -0.26 94.4 3.88 -15 -1.5 .9 -0.0 -1.0 -9 .446 .491 $1,250,000
1993 32 CAL AL 52.2 46 0 25 4.27 4.86 -0.25 -0.38 102.4 4.86 4 0.4 1.3 -0.0 0.8 10 .508 .502 $
1993 32 TEX AL 8.0 6 0 3 3.38 4.56 0.04 -0.35 93.4 3.89 1 0.1 1.4 -0.0 0.1 1 .509 .500 $
13 Seasons 1080.0 493 68 537 4.48 4.57 0.10 -0.18 99.5 4.27 -23 -2.2 1.3 -1.1 6.1 91 .496 .499 $4,780,000
OAK (6 yrs) 490.1 281 9 222 4.07 4.53 0.13 -0.31 95.2 3.89 -10 -0.9 1.3 -0.7 2.8 43 .497 .499 $4,430,000
CHW (3 yrs) 335.0 120 28 164 4.41 4.61 0.16 -0.12 103.6 4.49 3 0.3 1.3 -0.4 2.8 39 .503 .501 $350,000
SEA (2 yrs) 154.2 32 24 99 5.76 4.61 -0.03 0.10 103.5 4.91 -14 -1.4 .5 0.0 0.0 2 .458 .496 $
TEX (1 yr) 8.0 6 0 3 3.38 4.56 0.04 -0.35 93.4 3.89 1 0.1 1.4 -0.0 0.1 1 .509 .500 $
CAL (1 yr) 52.2 46 0 25 4.27 4.86 -0.25 -0.38 102.4 4.86 4 0.4 1.3 -0.0 0.8 10 .508 .502 $
NYY (1 yr) 39.1 8 7 24 5.49 4.10 0.22 0.10 98.8 3.93 -7 -0.7 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .412 .496 $

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
1988 27 OAK AL ALCS W BOS 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 1.286 9.6 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.00
1988 27 OAK AL WS L LAD 0 0 1.42 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 4 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 26 1.105 5.7 0.0 4.3 4.3 1.00
1989 28 OAK AL ALCS W TOR 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 13.5
1989 28 OAK AL WS W SFG 0 0 54.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 6 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 6.000 36.0 18.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
1990 29 OAK AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.800 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 29 OAK AL WS L CIN 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 1.000 5.4 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.00
3 Yrs (6 Series) 2 0 1.000 3.15 11 0 0 0 0 0 20.0 20 7 7 2 8 0 6 0 0 0 83 1.400 9.0 0.9 3.6 2.7 0.75
3 ALCS 2 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 30 1.304 10.6 0.0 1.2 2.3 2.00
3 WS 0 0 5.11 7 0 0 0 0 0 12.1 11 7 7 2 7 0 4 0 0 0 53 1.459 8.0 1.5 5.1 2.9 0.57

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
1981 20 NYY AL 8 179 153 24 40 11 3 5 12 1 23 16 .261 .358 .471 .828 .261 72 4 1 0 2 1 1
1982 21 SEA AL 22 545 477 70 133 21 1 16 11 3 60 71 .279 .360 .428 .788 .298 204 14 2 4 2 1 4
1983 22 SEA AL 10 153 129 29 38 6 1 6 4 0 21 11 .295 .397 .496 .893 .286 64 3 1 2 0 2 2
1984 23 CHW AL 20 304 283 38 72 15 2 9 2 2 17 36 .254 .297 .417 .714 .263 118 10 1 1 2 0 3
1985 24 CHW AL 46 643 557 74 144 27 7 23 7 10 67 101 .259 .344 .456 .800 .278 254 11 7 9 2 4 7
1986 25 CHW AL 54 488 436 52 118 26 6 7 7 5 41 70 .271 .337 .406 .743 .308 177 9 3 7 1 5 5
1987 26 OAK AL 54 530 482 58 120 28 7 12 5 3 35 94 .249 .304 .411 .714 .283 198 1 5 3 5 0 5
1988 27 OAK AL 54 456 408 42 93 13 3 9 8 1 38 67 .228 .296 .341 .636 .250 139 10 3 3 4 4 5
1989 28 OAK AL 50 335 296 33 60 6 3 5 4 0 30 70 .203 .277 .294 .571 .244 87 5 2 3 4 3 10
1990 29 OAK AL 51 291 265 14 55 11 0 5 1 2 17 38 .208 .259 .306 .564 .220 81 10 3 1 5 1 4
1991 30 OAK AL 44 229 196 38 60 9 4 12 4 1 23 23 .306 .381 .577 .957 .291 113 3 3 3 4 1 1
1992 31 OAK AL 28 234 203 37 68 8 3 5 4 3 22 23 .335 .391 .478 .869 .350 97 6 0 4 5 5 0
1993 32 CAL AL 46 231 199 25 50 11 1 3 3 1 23 31 .251 .329 .362 .691 .278 72 4 2 3 4 4 3
1993 32 TEX AL 6 34 33 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .303 .324 .333 .657 .345 11 1 0 0 0 1 0
1993 32 TOT AL 52 265 232 28 60 12 1 3 3 1 24 35 .259 .328 .358 .686 .288 83 5 2 3 4 5 3
13 Yrs 493 4652 4117 537 1061 193 41 117 72 32 418 655 .258 .328 .410 .738 .279 1687 91 33 43 40 32 50
162 Game Avg. 60 564 499 65 129 23 5 14 9 4 51 79 .258 .328 .410 .738 .279 204 11 4 5 5 4 6
MLB Averages .258 .324 .388 .712 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1981 20 NYY AL -5.7 -0.6 194 -0.8 2.9 -3.7 1.01 -0.5 -0.3 -6.3 -0.6 1.01 -7.5 0 1 0
1982 21 SEA AL -4.4 -0.4 568 -1.3 8.2 -9.5 .92 -0.7 -0.7 -11.7 -1.1 0.92 -9.7 1 0 2
1983 22 SEA AL -11.2 -1.0 159 -1.3 1.9 -3.2 .83 -0.7 -0.8 -8.9 -0.8 0.83 -7.2 0 1 3
1984 23 CHW AL -0.9 -0.1 313 0.2 4.9 -4.7 .84 -0.1 0.3 -2.9 -0.3 0.84 -1.0 0 5 6
1985 24 CHW AL 2.1 0.2 670 -0.3 11.9 -12.3 1.06 -0.7 0.4 -0.2 -0.0 1.06 -7.5 10 8 10
1986 25 CHW AL 7.5 0.7 504 -0.2 9.2 -9.4 1.07 0.2 -0.4 10.2 1.0 1.07 8.7 23 10 20
1987 26 OAK AL 4.4 0.4 549 0.4 8.7 -8.3 .93 0.4 -0.0 3.9 0.4 0.93 6.6 23 8 17
1988 27 OAK AL 9.9 1.0 478 2.1 8.5 -6.4 .98 1.0 1.2 14.4 1.5 0.98 14.9 18 14 20
1989 28 OAK AL 3.9 0.4 344 0.9 5.5 -4.6 .95 0.7 0.2 11.1 1.2 0.95 9.6 22 13 14
1990 29 OAK AL 19.2 2.0 296 0.8 5.2 -4.5 .97 1.6 -0.8 17.8 1.9 0.97 15.1 17 14 19
1991 30 OAK AL -16.2 -1.6 235 -2.5 3.8 -6.3 1.16 -1.5 -0.7 -20.3 -2.0 1.16 -17.8 18 11 13
1992 31 OAK AL -14.4 -1.4 245 -0.5 2.2 -2.7 .60 -0.5 -0.4 -13.0 -1.3 0.60 -9.7 5 5 15
1993 32 TOT AL 7.0 0.7 271 0.0 5.3 -5.3 1.27 0.2 -0.2 1.9 0.2 1.27 4.3 21 11 18
1993 32 CAL AL 5.9 0.6 236 0.3 4.7 -4.5 1.29 0.1 0.1 2.4 0.2 1.29 3.4 19 8 17
1993 32 TEX AL 1.0 0.1 35 -0.3 0.6 -0.8 1.15 0.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.1 1.15 0.9 2 3 1
13 Yrs 1.2 0.3 4826 -2.5 78.2 -80.8 .98 -0.6 -2.0 -3.9 -0.1 0.98 -1.3 158 101 157

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1981 20 NYY AL 8 7 3 1 3 1 0 5 2 .714 0 2 0 0 3 43% 44.6 63 21 8 2 1 3 5.5 6.8 5.1
1982 21 SEA AL 22 19 6 8 5 1 3 10 9 .526 0 3 2 1 9 47% 47.4 88 24 30 4 1 6 4.1 4.4 6.2
1983 22 SEA AL 10 5 0 3 2 0 1 2 3 .400 0 0 1 0 1 20% 34.6 68 14 7 5 0 2 4.9 5.1 4.1
1984 23 CHW AL 20 9 1 5 3 0 3 1 8 .111 1 1 2 0 5 56% 47.8 65 31 10 4 0 4 3.0 2.9 5.9
1985 24 CHW AL 46 18 6 7 5 2 0 8 10 .444 2 2 1 0 6 33% 46.7 68 26 31 8 4 4 4.6 5.5 5.4
1986 25 CHW AL 54 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43.0 43 43 25 8 1 0 1.0 0.0 6.7
1987 26 OAK AL 54 6 1 3 2 0 0 2 4 .333 2 0 0 0 2 33% 47.0 70 28 28 5 2 4 3.2 4.0 4.8
1988 27 OAK AL 54 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 15 6 1 0 4.0 4.5 3.7 53 1 0 0 0 53
1992 31 OAK AL 28 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 47.0 54 40 13 2 0 1 4.8 5.0 4.3 78 1 1 0 0 85
9 Yrs 296 68 18 29 21 5 7 29 39 .426 5 9 6 1 26 38% 46 88 14 167 44 10 24 4.2 4.7 5.5 70 2 1 0 0 85
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 4.3 6.2 95

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
1981 20 NYY AL 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.014 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 10.0
1982 21 SEA AL 22 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .917 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 5.7
1983 22 SEA AL 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 .829 0 1 3 1 0 4 2 3 3 1 3 0 7.0
1984 23 CHW AL 20 11 4 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 13 7 54% 8 .841 0 5 6 2 0 9 6 5 7 2 8 1 5.8
1985 24 CHW AL 46 28 11 4 3 4 2 2 50% 10 6 20 5 25% 6 1.057 10 8 10 13 5 10 13 15 18 6 20 4 5.1
1986 25 CHW AL 54 53 26 6 5 11 6 5 55% 16 5 52 14 27% 8 1.071 23 10 20 18 9 26 34 19 38 11 40 4 6.1
1987 26 OAK AL 54 48 15 5 2 6 3 3 50% 13 7 55 17 31% 8 .930 23 8 17 19 5 24 31 17 31 12 32 8 5.9
1988 27 OAK AL 54 53 20 9 5 6 3 3 50% 14 8 35 14 40% 8 .975 18 14 20 23 11 19 22 31 35 5 38 8 6.1 30
1989 28 OAK AL 50 50 15 3 5 4 3 1 75% 17 12 51 16 31% 6 .949 22 13 14 23 12 15 27 23 27 12 34 5 4.8 25
1990 29 OAK AL 51 51 17 3 3 8 5 3 63% 27 18 32 8 25% 7 .972 17 14 19 36 5 10 22 29 26 10 32 10 4.4 19
1991 30 OAK AL 44 44 11 1 5 5 0 5 0% 12 7 46 17 37% 7 1.164 18 11 13 17 6 21 29 15 16 19 20 6 3.3 17
1992 31 OAK AL 28 26 8 2 1 1 0 1 0% 3 2 26 7 27% 8 .602 5 5 15 10 0 16 15 11 17 7 18 1 5.0 26
1993 32 TOT AL 52 52 22 0 5 8 5 3 63% 17 9 40 10 25% 1.274 21 11 18 25 9 18 23 29 20 17 22 12 3.5 19
1993 32 CAL AL 46 46 20 0 5 6 4 2 67% 15 9 32 8 25% 8 1.293 19 8 17 22 9 15 18 28 17 14 18 11 3.4 19
1993 32 TEX AL 6 6 2 0 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 8 2 25% 7 1.147 2 3 1 3 0 3 5 1 3 3 4 1 4.0 19
13 Yrs 493 425 153 35 35 54 28 26 52% 131 75 374 115 31% .978 158 101 157 187 63 175 224 201 242 102 271 59 5.0 23

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%
1981 20 NYY AL 179 42% 2.8% 8.9% 12.9% 10.6% 48% 1.24 75% 27 4 15%
1982 21 SEA AL 545 52% 2.9% 13.0% 11.0% 7.0% 29% 1.29 72% 107 14 13%
1983 22 SEA AL 153 50% 3.9% 7.2% 13.7% 8.5% 34% 1.66 73% 34 3 9%
1984 23 CHW AL 304 40% 3.0% 11.8% 5.6% 8.6% 36% 1.18 79% 44 10 23%
1985 24 CHW AL 643 54% 3.6% 15.7% 10.4% 8.9% 40% 1.14 68% 118 11 9%
1986 25 CHW AL 488 55% 1.4% 14.3% 8.4% 8.0% 33% 0.97 74% 100 9 9%
1987 26 OAK AL 530 51% 2.3% 17.7% 6.6% 8.9% 39% 0.90 72% 87 1 1%
1988 27 OAK AL 456 58% 2.0% 14.7% 8.3% 5.5% 27% 0.71 0.87 74% 18% 8.3% 44% 67 10 15%
1989 28 OAK AL 335 61% 1.5% 20.9% 9.0% 4.2% 23% 0.57 0.70 67% 23% 4.2% 18% 58 5 9%
1990 29 OAK AL 291 59% 1.7% 13.1% 5.8% 5.5% 29% 0.89 1.09 78% 17% 5.1% 19% 50 10 20%
1991 30 OAK AL 229 58% 5.2% 10.0% 10.0% 10.9% 42% 0.72 1.00 72% 18% 16.0% 26% 54 3 6%
1992 31 OAK AL 234 51% 2.1% 9.8% 9.4% 6.8% 24% 0.58 0.79 77% 26% 5.3% 19% 63 6 10%
1993 32 TOT AL 265 65% 1.1% 13.2% 9.1% 6.0% 27% 0.77 0.92 75% 16% 3.2% 14% 59 5 8%
1993 32 CAL AL 231 65% 1.3% 13.4% 10.0% 6.5% 30% 0.86 0.97 73% 14% 3.7% 11% 53 4 8%
1993 32 TEX AL 34 65% 0.0% 11.8% 2.9% 2.9% 10% 0.40 0.67 85% 24% 0.0% 30% 6 1 17%
13 Yrs 4652 54% 2.5% 14.1% 9.0% 7.6% 33% 0.70 1.02 73% 20% 6.6% 25% 868 91 10%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 14.5% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.3% 21% 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 27 OAK AL 457 1619 3.54 998 62% 21% 16% 28% 35% 79% 2% 49% 80% 54% 6% 28 15 18% 80 47 6 18% 10 10 -1 0 0
1989 28 OAK AL 335 1235 3.69 785 64% 22% 20% 27% 30% 77% 3% 49% 73% 55% 7% 24 14 22% 75 53 7 9% 14 7 0 0 6
1990 29 OAK AL 289 973 3.37 624 64% 22% 14% 27% 37% 78% 1% 50% 82% 57% 3% 8 4 22% 64 37 4 18% 7 3 2 0 2
1991 30 OAK AL 230 766 3.33 474 62% 21% 16% 25% 38% 79% 1% 49% 80% 59% 4% 10 4 14% 33 17 2 30% 6 5 -1 0 0
1992 31 OAK AL 234 826 3.53 510 62% 20% 13% 30% 37% 80% 5% 50% 84% 53% 4% 9 3 23% 53 36 6 35% 5 1 0 0 0
1993 32 TOT AL 265 985 3.72 612 62% 25% 12% 29% 33% 75% 5% 47% 83% 59% 8% 21 11 23% 61 32 3 37% 8 5 0 0 2
1993 32 CAL AL 231 869 3.76 537 62% 26% 12% 29% 33% 74% 5% 46% 83% 61% 9% 20 11 24% 56 28 3 35% 6 5 0 0 2
1993 32 TEX AL 34 116 3.41 75 65% 19% 12% 31% 39% 81% 10% 53% 85% 50% 3% 1 0 15% 5 4 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1810 6404 3.54 4003 63% 22% 16% 28% 35% 78% 3% 49% 80% 56% 6% 100 51 20% 366 222 28 21% 50 31 0 0 10
MLB Averages 3.63 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

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
1981 20 NYY AL 179 40 5 0 2 2 3 2 3 16 11 0 69% 1 2 0 64 12 1 92% 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1982 21 SEA AL 545 133 16 0 13 7 9 9 7 22 11 4 50% 4 4 0 201 11 3 79% 11 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 9 0
1983 22 SEA AL 153 38 6 0 2 3 3 3 3 8 3 0 38% 2 1 0 67 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1984 23 CHW AL 304 72 9 0 1 6 3 3 6 12 8 0 67% 3 4 1 95 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1985 24 CHW AL 643 144 23 0 18 13 10 8 15 30 14 7 47% 7 11 1 238 7 10 41% 6 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 18 0
1986 25 CHW AL 488 118 7 0 10 4 3 3 4 42 19 7 45% 5 3 0 211 7 5 58% 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 0
1987 26 OAK AL 530 120 12 0 31 8 4 4 8 36 23 6 64% 5 7 3 184 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1988 27 OAK AL 456 93 10 1 9 0 9 5 4 6 3 28 14 4 50% 5 4 4 156 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1989 28 OAK AL 335 60 3 1 5 0 17 2 3 3 2 18 11 3 61% 10 5 0 120 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1990 29 OAK AL 291 55 8 1 5 0 4 3 2 3 2 8 6 0 75% 4 1 1 104 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1991 30 OAK AL 229 60 11 1 12 2 14 9 3 3 9 19 12 2 63% 1 0 1 96 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1992 31 OAK AL 234 68 19 0 5 0 6 5 0 5 0 20 15 2 75% 0 2 2 106 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1993 32 TOT AL 265 60 4 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 17 11 1 65% 3 2 0 116 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1993 32 CAL AL 231 50 4 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 17 11 1 65% 3 1 0 100 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
1993 32 TEX AL 34 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 Yrs 4652 1061 55 4 117 2 131 69 48 53 64 276 158 36 57% 50 46 13 1758 72 32 69% 68 28 3 3 1 1 5 1 143 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+
1981 20 3 1 .750 4.81 8 7 0 0 0 0 39.1 40 24 21 5 23 1 16 1 0 2 179 75 1.602 9.2 1.1 5.3 3.7 0.70 75
1982 21 9 10 .474 4.67 30 26 2 2 1 0 162.0 173 94 84 21 83 2 87 3 2 6 724 88 1.580 9.6 1.2 4.6 4.8 1.05 88
1983 22 9 13 .409 5.20 40 31 4 3 1 0 194.0 211 123 112 27 104 4 98 4 2 7 877 80 1.624 9.8 1.3 4.8 4.5 0.94 80
1984 23 12 18 .400 4.99 60 40 8 5 1 1 268.2 283 161 149 36 121 4 134 5 3 11 1181 83 1.504 9.5 1.2 4.1 4.5 1.11 83
1985 24 22 28 .440 4.74 106 58 19 6 1 3 414.1 427 235 218 59 188 8 235 12 4 22 1824 89 1.484 9.3 1.3 4.1 5.1 1.25 89
1986 25 28 34 .452 4.54 160 59 45 6 1 9 529.0 545 287 267 66 229 13 305 15 4 25 2312 93 1.463 9.3 1.1 3.9 5.2 1.33 93
1987 26 34 39 .466 4.43 214 65 60 6 1 12 652.2 665 345 321 78 264 13 399 20 4 32 2842 96 1.423 9.2 1.1 3.6 5.5 1.51 96
1988 27 43 45 .489 4.23 268 66 80 6 1 15 764.1 758 387 359 87 302 17 466 23 10 36 3298 99 1.387 8.9 1.0 3.6 5.5 1.54 99
1989 28 46 50 .479 4.14 318 66 95 6 1 18 844.1 818 420 388 92 332 20 536 25 10 41 3633 100 1.362 8.7 1.0 3.5 5.7 1.61 100
1990 29 49 53 .480 3.93 369 66 112 6 1 23 919.0 873 434 401 97 349 21 574 28 10 42 3924 104 1.330 8.5 0.9 3.4 5.6 1.64 104
1991 30 50 58 .463 4.07 413 66 123 6 1 23 967.2 933 472 438 109 372 22 597 31 10 42 4153 100 1.349 8.7 1.0 3.5 5.6 1.60 100
1992 31 53 59 .473 4.19 441 68 131 6 1 23 1019.1 1001 509 475 114 394 27 620 31 10 44 4387 97 1.369 8.8 1.0 3.5 5.5 1.57 97
1993 32 53 64 .453 4.13 493 68 153 6 1 28 1080.0 1061 537 496 117 418 32 655 33 10 46 4652 99 1.369 8.8 1.0 3.5 5.5 1.57 99

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
1981 20 2 4 .333 6.22 55.0 66 42 38 8 38 22 2 1.891 10.8 6.2 3.6 0.58 1.3 8
1982 21 5 7 .417 4.97 116.0 134 71 64 16 60 67 2 1.672 10.4 4.7 5.2 1.12 1.2 22
1983 22 1 2 .333 8.13 31.0 38 31 28 6 21 11 1 1.903 11.0 6.1 3.2 0.52 1.7 10
1984 23 3 4 .429 4.82 71.0 73 42 38 9 17 34 1 1.268 9.3 2.2 4.3 2.00 1.1 20
1985 24 7 8 .467 4.37 142.0 144 77 69 23 67 98 7 1.486 9.1 4.2 6.2 1.46 1.5 46
1986 25 6 6 .500 4.05 109.0 118 54 49 7 41 66 3 1.459 9.7 3.4 5.4 1.61 0.6 54
1987 26 6 7 .462 4.13 122.0 122 62 56 12 36 93 5 1.295 9.0 2.7 6.9 2.58 0.9 54
1988 27 6 5 .545 3.69 105.0 99 48 43 10 40 63 3 1.324 8.5 3.4 5.4 1.58 0.9 54
1989 28 4 4 .500 3.76 79.0 64 37 33 5 32 69 2 1.215 7.3 3.6 7.9 2.16 0.6 50
1990 29 6 1 .857 1.93 70.0 60 17 15 5 19 35 3 1.129 7.7 2.4 4.5 1.84 0.6 51
1991 30 1 4 .200 8.22 46.0 64 47 42 13 25 22 3 1.935 12.5 4.9 4.3 0.88 2.5 44
1992 31 1 4 .200 8.41 46.0 73 48 43 5 24 20 0 2.109 14.3 4.7 3.9 0.83 1.0 28
1993 32 4 2 .667 3.15 60.0 60 23 21 3 24 34 2 1.400 9.0 3.6 5.1 1.42 0.5 52
13 Yrs 52 58 .473 4.61 1052.0 1115 599 539 122 444 634 34 1.482 9.5 5.4 1.43 1.0 493

* 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

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1985 AL  11 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 AL  7 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1981 AL  born 1960-12-03 (2nd)
1982 AL  born 1960-12-03 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Terry Adams (967)
  2. Turk Lown (953)
  3. Elmer Dessens (951)
  4. Neil Allen (951)
  5. Mike Fornieles (950)
  6. Art Fowler (949)
  7. Jeff Robinson (947)
  8. Pete Appleton (947)
  9. Sarge Connally (947)
  10. Ryan Franklin (946)
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  1. Trevor Cahill (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Brian Meadows (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jeff Sellers (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Scott Scudder (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chad Gaudin (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Chad Gaudin (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Anderson (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tommie Sisk (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Cal Koonce (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Cal Koonce (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Terry Adams (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Terry Adams (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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