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Joe Niekro

Joseph Franklin Niekro

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 7, 1944 in Martins Ferry, OH
High School: Bridgeport HS (Bridgeport, OH)
School: West Liberty State College (West Liberty, WV)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1967
Teams (by GP): Astros/Tigers/Cubs/Braves/Padres/... 1967-1988
Agents: Bruce Church [*]
Final Game: April 29, 1988
Died: October 27, 2006 in Tampa, FL
Cremated
Relatives: Brother of Phil Niekro and Father of Lance Niekro
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All-Star

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
1967 22 CHC NL 10 7 .588 3.34 36 22 9 7 2 0 169.2 171 68 63 15 32 7 77 2 0 1 706 106 1.196 9.1 0.8 1.7 4.1 2.41
1968 23 CHC NL 14 10 .583 4.31 34 29 4 2 1 2 177.1 204 93 85 18 59 8 65 3 0 3 769 74 1.483 10.4 0.9 3.0 3.3 1.10
1969 24 TOT NL 8 18 .308 3.70 41 34 6 8 3 0 221.1 237 100 91 18 51 9 62 0 0 4 928 97 1.301 9.6 0.7 2.1 2.5 1.22
1969 24 CHC NL 0 1 .000 3.72 4 3 0 0 0 0 19.1 24 9 8 3 6 0 7 0 0 0 86 110 1.552 11.2 1.4 2.8 3.3 1.17
1969 24 SDP NL 8 17 .320 3.70 37 31 6 8 3 0 202.0 213 91 83 15 45 9 55 0 0 4 842 96 1.277 9.5 0.7 2.0 2.5 1.22
1970 25 DET AL 12 13 .480 4.06 38 34 2 6 2 0 213.0 221 107 96 28 72 4 101 3 0 1 914 93 1.376 9.3 1.2 3.0 4.3 1.40
1971 26 DET AL 6 7 .462 4.49 31 15 5 0 0 1 122.1 136 62 61 13 49 3 43 2 0 2 540 81 1.512 10.0 1.0 3.6 3.2 0.88
1972 27 DET AL 3 2 .600 3.83 18 7 4 1 0 1 47.0 62 20 20 3 8 1 24 1 0 2 199 83 1.489 11.9 0.6 1.5 4.6 3.00
1973 28 ATL NL 2 4 .333 4.13 20 0 11 0 0 3 24.0 23 11 11 2 11 1 12 0 0 3 99 98 1.417 8.6 0.8 4.1 4.5 1.09
1974 29 ATL NL 3 2 .600 3.56 27 2 9 0 0 0 43.0 36 19 17 5 18 2 31 2 0 3 178 107 1.256 7.5 1.0 3.8 6.5 1.72
1975 30 HOU NL 6 4 .600 3.07 40 4 21 1 1 4 88.0 79 32 30 3 39 4 54 2 0 2 378 111 1.341 8.1 0.3 4.0 5.5 1.38
1976 31 HOU NL 4 8 .333 3.36 36 13 5 0 0 0 118.0 107 60 44 8 56 1 77 1 0 8 515 95 1.381 8.2 0.6 4.3 5.9 1.38
1977 32 HOU NL 13 8 .619 3.04 44 14 12 9 2 5 180.2 155 66 61 14 64 3 101 1 1 5 737 117 1.212 7.7 0.7 3.2 5.0 1.58
1978 33 HOU NL 14 14 .500 3.86 35 29 2 10 1 0 202.2 190 97 87 13 73 1 97 9 0 9 861 85 1.298 8.4 0.6 3.2 4.3 1.33
1979 34 HOU NL 21 11 .656 3.00 38 38 0 11 5 0 263.2 221 102 88 17 107 1 119 7 0 19 1095 117 1.244 7.5 0.6 3.7 4.1 1.11 AS,CYA-2,MVP-6
1980 35 HOU NL 20 12 .625 3.55 37 36 1 11 2 0 256.0 268 119 101 12 79 3 127 4 0 12 1096 93 1.355 9.4 0.4 2.8 4.5 1.61 CYA-4,MVP-19
1981 36 HOU NL 9 9 .500 2.82 24 24 0 5 2 0 166.0 150 60 52 8 47 4 77 0 0 7 676 117 1.187 8.1 0.4 2.5 4.2 1.64
1982 37 HOU NL 17 12 .586 2.47 35 35 0 16 5 0 270.0 224 79 74 12 64 1 130 5 0 19 1067 135 1.067 7.5 0.4 2.1 4.3 2.03
1983 38 HOU NL 15 14 .517 3.48 38 38 0 9 1 0 263.2 238 115 102 15 101 5 152 3 1 14 1113 97 1.286 8.1 0.5 3.4 5.2 1.51
1984 39 HOU NL 16 12 .571 3.04 38 38 0 6 1 0 248.1 223 104 84 16 89 4 127 4 1 12 1027 109 1.256 8.1 0.6 3.2 4.6 1.43
1985 40 TOT MLB 11 13 .458 3.83 35 35 0 4 1 0 225.1 211 108 96 24 107 6 121 5 1 21 983 91 1.411 8.4 1.0 4.3 4.8 1.13
1985 40 HOU NL 9 12 .429 3.72 32 32 0 4 1 0 213.0 197 100 88 21 99 6 117 5 1 21 925 93 1.390 8.3 0.9 4.2 4.9 1.18
1985 40 NYY AL 2 1 .667 5.84 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.1 14 8 8 3 8 0 4 0 0 0 58 71 1.784 10.2 2.2 5.8 2.9 0.50
1986 41 NYY AL 9 10 .474 4.87 25 25 0 0 0 0 125.2 139 84 68 15 63 3 59 1 1 10 571 84 1.607 10.0 1.1 4.5 4.2 0.94
1987 42 TOT AL 7 13 .350 5.33 27 26 0 1 0 0 147.0 155 101 87 15 64 0 84 10 0 13 655 86 1.490 9.5 0.9 3.9 5.1 1.31
1987 42 NYY AL 3 4 .429 3.55 8 8 0 1 0 0 50.2 40 25 20 4 19 0 30 4 0 0 211 125 1.164 7.1 0.7 3.4 5.3 1.58
1987 42 MIN AL 4 9 .308 6.26 19 18 0 0 0 0 96.1 115 76 67 11 45 0 54 6 0 13 444 74 1.661 10.7 1.0 4.2 5.0 1.20
1988 43 MIN AL 1 1 .500 10.03 5 2 2 0 0 0 11.2 16 13 13 2 9 0 7 0 3 2 59 42 2.143 12.3 1.5 6.9 5.4 0.78
22 Yrs 221 204 .520 3.59 702 500 93 107 29 16 3584.1 3466 1620 1431 276 1262 71 1747 65 8 172 15166 98 1.319 8.7 0.7 3.2 4.4 1.38
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .520 3.59 40 28 5 6 2 1 203 196 92 81 16 71 4 99 4 0 10 858 98 1.319 8.7 0.7 3.2 4.4 1.38
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
HOU (11 yrs) 144 116 .554 3.22 397 301 41 82 21 9 2270.0 2052 934 811 139 818 33 1178 41 4 128 9490 105 1.264 8.1 0.6 3.2 4.7 1.44
CHC (3 yrs) 24 18 .571 3.83 74 54 13 9 3 2 366.1 399 170 156 36 97 15 149 5 0 4 1561 89 1.354 9.8 0.9 2.4 3.7 1.54
NYY (3 yrs) 14 15 .483 4.58 36 36 0 1 0 0 188.2 193 117 96 22 90 3 93 5 1 10 840 92 1.500 9.2 1.0 4.3 4.4 1.03
DET (3 yrs) 21 22 .488 4.17 87 56 11 7 2 2 382.1 419 189 177 44 129 8 168 6 0 5 1653 88 1.433 9.9 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.30
MIN (2 yrs) 5 10 .333 6.67 24 20 2 0 0 0 108.0 131 89 80 13 54 0 61 6 3 15 503 69 1.713 10.9 1.1 4.5 5.1 1.13
ATL (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 3.76 47 2 20 0 0 3 67.0 59 30 28 7 29 3 43 2 0 6 277 103 1.313 7.9 0.9 3.9 5.8 1.48
SDP (1 yr) 8 17 .320 3.70 37 31 6 8 3 0 202.0 213 91 83 15 45 9 55 0 0 4 842 96 1.277 9.5 0.7 2.0 2.5 1.22
NL (16 yrs) 181 157 .536 3.34 555 388 80 99 27 14 2905.1 2723 1225 1078 197 989 60 1425 48 4 142 12170 102 1.278 8.4 0.6 3.1 4.4 1.44
AL (7 yrs) 40 47 .460 4.68 147 112 13 8 2 2 679.0 743 395 353 79 273 11 322 17 4 30 2996 84 1.496 9.8 1.0 3.6 4.3 1.18

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
1967 22 CHC NL 169.2 36 22 68 3.61 3.88 0.27 0.03 105.5 3.84 2 0.3 .9 -0.1 1.7 21 .507 .502 $
1968 23 CHC NL 177.1 34 29 93 4.72 3.44 -0.04 0.04 106.8 3.77 -21 -2.5 2.2 -0.2 -1.1 -3 .426 .484 $
1969 24 CHC NL 19.1 4 3 9 4.19 3.95 -0.08 0.04 116.0 4.71 1 0.1 2.2 -0.0 0.3 3 .527 .501 $19,000
1969 24 SDP NL 202.0 37 31 91 4.05 4.14 -0.22 0.05 98.4 4.34 5 0.5 .2 -0.1 2.2 28 .514 .503 $
1970 25 DET AL 213.0 38 34 107 4.52 4.25 -0.37 0.06 100.3 4.70 6 0.6 .9 -0.1 2.4 26 .517 .504 $23,000
1971 26 DET AL 122.1 31 15 62 4.56 3.92 -0.05 -0.01 103.8 4.11 -6 -0.7 .7 -0.1 0.3 6 .478 .496 $
1972 27 DET AL 47.0 18 7 20 3.83 3.56 0.06 0.01 104.2 3.66 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.0 0.3 3 .496 .500 $
1973 28 ATL NL 24.0 20 0 11 4.13 4.14 -0.03 -0.34 104.7 4.01 -0 -0.0 1.9 -0.0 0.1 2 .498 .500 $17,000
1974 29 ATL NL 43.0 27 2 19 3.98 4.34 0.36 -0.30 102.9 3.78 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.2 3 .495 .499 $
1975 30 HOU NL 88.0 40 4 32 3.27 4.20 -0.13 -0.21 93.2 3.84 5 0.5 1.5 0.0 1.3 14 .513 .503 $
1976 31 HOU NL 118.0 36 13 60 4.58 4.00 -0.04 -0.06 94.0 3.74 -12 -1.3 .9 -0.1 -0.4 -1 .463 .492 $
1977 32 HOU NL 180.2 44 14 66 3.29 4.38 0.12 -0.03 90.5 3.83 10 1.0 1.6 -0.1 2.3 29 .523 .506 $
1978 33 HOU NL 202.2 35 29 97 4.31 4.02 -0.30 0.09 93.1 4.11 -7 -0.7 .9 -0.1 0.7 14 .479 .495 $
1979 34 HOU NL 263.2 38 38 102 3.48 4.24 0.22 0.14 94.9 3.95 12 1.3 -0.1 3.2 39 .534 .508 $ AS,CYA-2,MVP-6
1980 35 HOU NL 256.0 37 36 119 4.18 4.02 -0.04 0.13 90.5 3.80 -12 -1.3 2.2 -0.1 0.7 13 .465 .492 $ CYA-4,MVP-19
1981 36 HOU NL 166.0 24 24 60 3.25 3.79 0.16 0.14 94.5 3.56 3 0.4 -0.1 1.7 16 .517 .503 $
1982 37 HOU NL 270.0 35 35 79 2.63 4.03 -0.08 0.14 92.9 3.96 37 4.4 -0.1 6.5 65 .627 .527 $
1983 38 HOU NL 263.2 38 38 115 3.93 4.13 0.22 0.14 92.7 3.76 -6 -0.6 -0.1 1.4 21 .484 .496 $
1984 39 HOU NL 248.1 38 38 104 3.77 3.95 -0.13 0.14 91.9 3.88 0 0.0 -0.1 1.9 27 .501 .500 $
1985 40 HOU NL 213.0 32 32 100 4.23 4.03 -0.18 0.14 96.3 4.19 -2 -0.2 -0.1 1.3 19 .492 .498 $825,000
1985 40 NYY AL 12.1 3 3 8 5.84 4.46 0.19 0.15 94.5 4.18 -2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .428 .499 $
1986 41 NYY AL 125.2 25 25 84 6.02 4.68 -0.03 0.16 98.1 4.77 -18 -1.7 -0.1 -0.7 -4 .433 .490 $750,000
1987 42 NYY AL 50.2 8 8 25 4.44 4.89 0.12 0.17 102.1 5.04 3 0.3 -0.0 0.7 9 .542 .502 $775,000
1987 42 MIN AL 96.1 19 18 76 7.10 4.98 0.09 0.17 103.1 5.22 -20 -1.8 .7 -0.1 -1.1 -9 .405 .489 $
1988 43 MIN AL 11.2 5 2 13 10.03 4.42 0.08 -0.15 105.6 4.42 -7 -0.7 .3 0.1 -0.5 -6 .364 .496 $800,000
22 Seasons 3584.1 702 500 1620 4.07 4.10 -0.02 0.08 96.5 4.05 -32 -2.4 1.2 -1.9 25.3 332 .497 .499 $3,209,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
HOU (11 yrs) 2270.0 397 301 934 3.70 4.07 -0.01 0.10 93.1 3.89 28 3.5 1.3 -1.1 20.6 255 .509 .502 $825,000
CHC (3 yrs) 366.1 74 54 170 4.18 3.67 0.10 0.03 106.7 3.85 -18 -2.1 1.3 -0.3 0.9 21 .471 .496 $19,000
NYY (3 yrs) 188.2 36 36 117 5.58 4.72 0.03 0.16 99.0 4.80 -17 -1.6 -0.1 -0.1 5 .456 .497 $1,525,000
DET (3 yrs) 382.1 87 56 189 4.45 4.06 -0.22 0.03 101.9 4.38 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.2 3.0 34 .499 .500 $23,000
MIN (2 yrs) 108.0 24 20 89 7.42 4.92 0.09 0.13 103.3 5.13 -28 -2.5 .4 0.1 -1.6 -15 .396 .492 $800,000
ATL (2 yrs) 67.0 47 2 30 4.03 4.27 0.22 -0.31 103.6 3.86 -1 -0.2 1.5 -0.1 0.3 5 .497 .499 $17,000
SDP (1 yr) 202.0 37 31 91 4.05 4.14 -0.22 0.05 98.4 4.34 5 0.5 .2 -0.1 2.2 28 .514 .503 $

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
1980 35 HOU NL NLCS L PHI 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.0 6 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 39 0.700 5.4 0.0 0.9 1.8 2.00
1981 36 HOU NL NLDS L LAD 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 34 1.250 7.9 0.0 3.4 4.5 1.33
1987 42 MIN AL WS W STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 0 0.00 3 2 0 0 0 0 20.0 14 0 0 0 5 1 7 2 0 0 82 0.950 6.3 0.0 2.3 3.2 1.40
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 34 1.250 7.9 0.0 3.4 4.5 1.33
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.0 6 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 39 0.700 5.4 0.0 0.9 1.8 2.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1979 HOU NL 34

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
1967 22 CHC NL 36 706 665 68 171 33 11 15 11 1 32 77 .257 .291 .408 .699 .270 271 12 2 2 5 7 15
1968 23 CHC NL 34 769 695 93 204 29 5 18 4 6 59 65 .294 .349 .427 .776 .301 297 24 3 6 6 8 10
1969 24 CHC NL 4 86 79 9 24 3 1 3 0 0 6 7 .304 .349 .481 .830 .300 38 2 0 0 1 0 1
1969 24 SDP NL 37 794 781 91 213 21 6 15 6 8 45 55 .273 .311 .373 .683 .277 291 14 0 12 4 9 12
1969 24 TOT NL 41 880 860 100 237 24 7 18 6 8 51 62 .276 .314 .383 .697 .279 329 16 0 12 5 9 13
1970 25 DET AL 38 914 830 107 221 30 3 28 3 9 72 101 .266 .325 .411 .736 .273 341 14 3 4 5 4 9
1971 26 DET AL 31 540 480 62 136 24 4 13 5 3 49 43 .283 .350 .431 .781 .288 207 11 2 6 3 3 3
1972 27 DET AL 18 199 188 20 62 8 1 3 2 1 8 24 .330 .360 .431 .791 .366 81 5 1 2 0 1 0
1973 28 ATL NL 20 97 83 11 23 4 0 2 3 2 11 12 .277 .351 .398 .748 .292 33 2 0 2 3 1 2
1974 29 ATL NL 27 178 152 19 36 5 0 5 3 0 18 31 .237 .322 .368 .690 .263 56 6 2 4 2 2 0
1975 30 HOU NL 40 378 329 32 79 15 0 3 8 2 39 54 .240 .320 .313 .633 .274 103 4 2 3 5 4 2
1976 31 HOU NL 36 516 450 60 107 11 4 8 20 2 56 77 .238 .322 .333 .655 .269 150 5 1 6 3 1 11
1977 32 HOU NL 44 737 652 66 155 29 2 14 16 6 64 101 .238 .304 .353 .657 .260 230 20 1 13 6 3 7
1978 33 HOU NL 35 860 765 97 190 33 6 13 33 6 73 97 .248 .318 .358 .676 .267 274 13 9 5 8 1 11
1979 34 HOU NL 38 1095 970 102 221 26 7 17 31 9 107 119 .228 .308 .322 .629 .243 312 27 7 6 5 1 14
1980 35 HOU NL 37 1096 993 119 268 35 7 12 34 7 79 127 .270 .323 .355 .678 .296 353 21 4 9 11 3 14
1981 36 HOU NL 24 676 617 60 150 21 4 8 25 8 47 77 .243 .294 .329 .623 .264 203 10 0 6 6 4 5
1982 37 HOU NL 35 1067 980 79 224 25 6 12 27 13 64 130 .229 .278 .303 .581 .251 297 21 5 13 5 1 8
1983 38 HOU NL 38 1113 987 115 238 35 7 15 45 9 101 152 .241 .311 .336 .647 .269 332 15 3 13 9 5 10
1984 39 HOU NL 38 1027 925 104 223 38 4 16 34 16 89 127 .241 .308 .343 .651 .262 317 21 4 1 8 4 8
1985 40 HOU NL 32 925 799 100 197 21 2 21 44 7 99 117 .247 .329 .357 .686 .262 285 15 5 10 12 6 8
1985 40 NYY AL 3 58 50 8 14 1 0 3 3 0 8 4 .280 .379 .480 .859 .256 24 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 40 TOT MLB 35 983 849 108 211 22 2 24 47 7 107 121 .249 .332 .364 .696 .261 309 15 5 10 12 6 8
1986 41 NYY AL 25 571 505 84 139 26 4 15 23 1 63 59 .275 .357 .432 .788 .288 218 9 1 1 0 3 8
1987 42 MIN AL 19 444 388 76 115 27 3 11 25 3 45 54 .296 .375 .466 .841 .318 181 8 6 1 4 0 4
1987 42 NYY AL 8 211 186 25 40 6 1 4 7 3 19 30 .215 .300 .323 .623 .235 60 2 4 1 1 0 3
1987 42 TOT AL 27 655 574 101 155 33 4 15 32 6 64 84 .270 .351 .420 .771 .292 241 10 10 2 5 0 7
1988 43 MIN AL 5 59 50 13 16 2 0 2 3 0 9 7 .320 .424 .480 .904 .341 24 1 0 0 0 0 1
22 Yrs 702 15116 13599 1620 3466 508 88 276 415 122 1262 1747 .255 .319 .366 .685 .273 4978 282 65 126 112 71 166
162 Game Avg. 40 855 769 92 196 29 5 16 23 7 71 99 .255 .319 .366 .685 .273 282 16 4 7 6 4 9
MLB Averages .256 .322 .380 .702 .281
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
1967 22 CHC NL 5.3 0.6 720 -0.5 11.0 -11.5 .86 -0.7 0.1 4.8 0.5 0.86 -3.6 2 1 9
1968 23 CHC NL -19.4 -2.1 784 -1.0 14.7 -15.6 1.14 -2.6 1.8 -21.1 -2.3 1.14 -28.8 4 1 0
1969 24 TOT NL -1.5 -0.2 951 0.5 16.8 -16.3 1.02 0.8 -0.3 0.6 0.1 1.01 5.9 1 0 4
1969 24 CHC NL 0.8 0.1 86 0.2 1.7 -1.5 .97 -0.2 0.4 -1.3 -0.1 0.97 -1.8 1 0 0
1969 24 SDP NL -2.3 -0.2 865 0.3 15.1 -14.8 1.02 0.9 -0.7 1.9 0.2 1.02 7.7 0 0 4
1970 25 DET AL -6.4 -0.7 931 -1.9 16.0 -17.9 1.05 -0.6 -1.2 -9.2 -0.9 1.05 -12.9 1 0 3
1971 26 DET AL -8.1 -0.8 551 -0.2 9.2 -9.3 .99 -0.9 0.7 -5.7 -0.6 0.99 -8.7 3 2 11
1972 27 DET AL -2.1 -0.2 204 -0.2 2.9 -3.0 .87 -0.2 0.0 -4.4 -0.5 0.87 -4.2 1 4 6
1973 28 ATL NL 0.4 0.0 105 -1.8 2.6 -4.4 1.80 -0.4 -0.6 -2.3 -0.2 1.80 -3.1 11 1 6
1974 29 ATL NL 1.3 0.1 189 -1.0 2.8 -3.7 .95 0.0 -1.0 -0.0 -0.0 0.95 -0.0 7 5 12
1975 30 HOU NL 4.5 0.5 400 0.4 7.0 -6.5 1.10 0.6 -0.2 2.1 0.2 1.10 5.7 14 10 12
1976 31 HOU NL -7.0 -0.7 557 -1.9 8.2 -10.1 .99 -0.2 -1.7 -6.3 -0.7 0.99 -2.3 5 2 14
1977 32 HOU NL 13.0 1.3 773 2.1 15.9 -13.8 1.16 1.3 0.5 23.1 2.5 1.16 12.2 16 4 9
1978 33 HOU NL -13.4 -1.4 923 -0.2 15.9 -16.1 1.05 -0.9 0.7 -9.6 -1.0 1.05 -7.7 2 0 3
1979 34 HOU NL 15.0 1.6 1164 3.2 21.3 -18.2 1.06 1.4 1.6 19.2 2.1 1.06 12.9 0 0 0
1980 35 HOU NL -11.2 -1.2 1162 -0.7 17.2 -17.8 .95 0.3 -1.0 -7.7 -0.8 0.95 0.8 1 0 0
1981 36 HOU NL 8.3 0.9 719 1.2 11.8 -10.6 .98 0.7 0.5 12.0 1.4 0.98 9.9 0 0 0
1982 37 HOU NL 30.2 3.4 1144 5.2 21.1 -15.9 1.04 4.3 0.7 40.7 4.8 1.04 42.4 0 0 0
1983 38 HOU NL -2.7 -0.3 1204 0.9 20.3 -19.4 1.05 1.3 -0.5 2.2 0.2 1.05 10.1 0 0 0
1984 39 HOU NL 3.9 0.4 1104 -1.0 16.3 -17.3 .93 1.0 -2.1 0.7 0.1 0.93 7.5 0 0 0
1985 40 TOT MLB -8.5 -0.9 1074 -0.3 17.4 -17.7 1.06 -1.2 0.9 -6.0 -0.6 1.07 -11.1 0 0 0
1985 40 HOU NL -6.6 -0.7 1013 -0.3 16.4 -16.7 1.07 -0.9 0.6 -3.7 -0.4 1.07 -7.7 0 0 0
1985 40 NYY AL -2.0 -0.2 61 -0.0 1.0 -1.0 .96 -0.3 0.3 -2.3 -0.2 0.96 -3.3 0 0 0
1986 41 NYY AL -14.6 -1.4 615 -1.8 10.2 -12.0 1.03 -1.4 -0.3 -20.1 -1.9 1.03 -16.0 0 0 0
1987 42 TOT AL -14.0 -1.2 715 -1.1 11.1 -12.3 .97 -0.8 -0.3 -16.8 -1.5 0.97 -9.3 0 0 1
1987 42 NYY AL 3.8 0.4 226 0.4 3.8 -3.4 .99 0.8 -0.4 4.7 0.5 0.99 8.3 0 0 0
1987 42 MIN AL -17.8 -1.6 489 -1.5 7.4 -8.8 .96 -1.6 0.0 -21.6 -1.9 0.96 -17.7 0 0 1
1988 43 MIN AL -6.8 -0.6 69 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 .88 -0.7 0.2 -8.0 -0.7 0.88 -5.9 0 1 2
22 Yrs -34.0 -2.9 16058 -0.4 270.3 -270.7 1.03 1.2 -1.6 -11.8 0.2 1.03 -6.1 68 31 92
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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1967 22 CHC NL 36 22 9 6 7 3 2 12 10 .545 2 3 7 2 12 55% 52.5 83 25 11 3 13 4 4.7 5.2 6.5
1968 23 CHC NL 34 29 13 10 6 4 2 15 14 .517 2 1 2 1 14 48% 46.2 76 21 31 13 15 9 4.8 4.6 5.9
1969 24 TOT NL 41 34 8 18 8 0 6 12 22 .353 1 4 8 3 17 50% 49.3 83 22 15 6 12 7 3.1 2.9 6.2
1969 24 CHC NL 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 49.0 74 36 1 0 1 1 3.1 3.4 5.8
1969 24 SDP NL 37 31 8 17 6 0 6 10 21 .323 1 4 8 3 16 52% 49.3 83 22 14 6 11 6 3.1 2.8 6.3
1970 25 DET AL 38 34 11 13 10 0 3 15 19 .441 1 7 6 2 18 53% 49.3 84 23 34 10 17 8 4.5 4.6 5.9
1971 26 DET AL 31 15 4 7 4 1 3 7 8 .467 2 2 0 0 7 47% 44.1 62 21 26 11 10 4 4.5 3.9 5.6
1972 27 DET AL 18 7 3 1 3 0 0 4 3 .571 0 1 1 0 3 43% 49.9 58 39 13 5 3 2 4.0 4.0 5.3
1974 29 ATL NL 27 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 2 0 0 0 0% 36.5 43 30 8 3 2 0 5.0 0.0 2.2
1975 30 HOU NL 40 4 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 .750 0 1 1 1 3 75% 62.8 79 49 13 5 2 0 4.5 4.9 6.0
1976 31 HOU NL 36 13 4 6 3 0 2 6 7 .462 1 1 0 0 7 54% 47.8 69 21 19 8 5 3 4.5 4.6 5.4
1977 32 HOU NL 44 14 9 4 1 1 1 9 5 .643 0 1 9 2 9 64% 58.9 83 23 10 4 1 3 4.5 4.5 8.1
1978 33 HOU NL 35 29 13 14 2 5 6 14 15 .483 0 1 10 1 14 48% 51.8 88 20 13 6 5 7 3.8 4.3 6.5
1979 34 HOU NL 38 38 21 11 6 2 2 25 13 .658 1 5 11 5 24 63% 55.3 84 13 36 11 16 5 3.9 3.4 6.9
1980 35 HOU NL 37 36 19 12 5 5 4 23 13 .639 1 4 11 2 19 53% 51.2 82 4 26 9 6 9 5.1 5.3 7.1
1981 36 HOU NL 24 24 9 9 6 1 5 14 10 .583 5 0 5 2 19 79% 55.8 79 17 21 9 0 6 3.8 3.5 6.9
1982 37 HOU NL 35 35 17 12 6 2 9 20 15 .571 4 2 16 5 28 80% 60.7 86 18 13 5 2 11 3.4 3.3 7.7
1983 38 HOU NL 38 38 15 14 9 2 3 20 18 .526 3 4 9 1 23 61% 54.2 84 8 28 8 15 7 4.1 4.0 6.9
1984 39 HOU NL 38 38 16 12 10 3 4 21 17 .553 3 6 6 1 23 61% 53.8 84 25 26 2 10 5 4.9 4.7 6.5
1985 40 TOT MLB 35 35 11 13 11 5 5 13 22 .371 4 4 4 1 20 57% 0.1 86 16 27 9 5 8 4.0 4.1 6.4
1985 40 HOU NL 32 32 9 12 11 3 5 11 21 .344 4 4 4 1 20 63% 51.5 86 20 24 9 5 5 3.8 4.0 6.7
1985 40 NYY AL 3 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42.3 58 16 3 0 0 3 6.8 6.0 4.1
1986 41 NYY AL 25 25 9 10 6 2 2 14 11 .560 2 2 0 0 10 40% 44.1 82 13 32 11 2 9 5.0 4.8 5.0
1987 42 TOT AL 27 26 7 13 6 1 1 10 16 .385 2 0 1 0 11 42% 44.4 74 22 34 15 2 15 3.9 4.2 5.6
1987 42 NYY AL 8 8 3 4 1 0 1 4 4 .500 1 0 1 0 5 63% 53.1 74 27 10 5 0 6 3.3 3.5 6.3
1987 42 MIN AL 19 18 4 9 5 1 0 6 12 .333 1 0 0 0 6 33% 40.5 60 22 24 10 2 9 4.2 4.6 5.3
1988 43 MIN AL 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 18.0 24 12 1 0 0 2 5.2 1.8 2.3 65 1 1 0 0 82
21 Yrs 682 500 201 186 113 37 60 258 242 .516 34 52 107 29 281 56% 51 88 4 437 153 143 124 4.2 4.2 6.4 65 1 1 0 0 82
MLB Averages .500 54% 52 112 -13 4.2 4.1 6.4 96
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

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
1967 22 CHC NL 36 14 9 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 4 57% 8 .864 2 1 9 1 2 11 4 10 8 3 8 1 5.5
1968 23 CHC NL 34 5 4 1 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 2 1 50% 6 1.143 4 1 0 3 1 1 1 4 2 0 2 0 4.2
1969 24 TOT NL 41 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 1.016 1 0 4 0 1 6 2 5 3 0 3 1 4.3
1969 24 CHC NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 1 .974 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0
1969 24 SDP NL 37 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 1.020 0 0 4 0 0 6 1 5 2 0 2 1 4.0
1970 25 DET AL 38 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 1.047 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 2 3 0 3 0 8.5
1971 26 DET AL 31 16 5 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 8 1 13% 7 .992 3 2 11 3 1 12 5 11 12 3 12 1 7.1
1972 27 DET AL 18 11 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 6 60% 7 .874 1 4 6 1 1 9 6 5 3 7 4 3 2.6
1973 28 ATL NL 20 20 11 2 4 7 3 4 43% 7 0 23 9 39% 9 1.803 11 1 6 7 6 6 10 9 8 8 9 5 3.6
1974 29 ATL NL 27 25 9 3 2 3 0 3 0% 3 0 20 9 45% 8 .955 7 5 12 4 4 17 9 16 15 3 16 6 4.6
1975 30 HOU NL 40 36 21 3 4 4 4 0 100% 7 2 29 13 45% 7 1.103 14 10 12 7 8 21 14 22 21 7 22 7 5.3
1976 31 HOU NL 36 23 5 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 15 4 27% 6 .987 5 2 14 2 4 17 7 16 15 3 16 5 6.3
1977 32 HOU NL 44 30 12 4 4 8 5 3 63% 9 0 31 9 29% 7 1.164 16 4 9 11 5 14 14 16 21 3 22 6 6.7
1978 33 HOU NL 35 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 1.046 2 0 3 0 1 5 2 4 4 1 4 0 7.2
1980 35 HOU NL 37 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .951 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1987 42 TOT AL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .967 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1987 42 MIN AL 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 .957 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1988 43 MIN AL 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 .878 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 1 7.0 31
15 Yrs 461 202 93 20 18 28 16 12 57% 35 5 158 62 39% 1.027 68 31 92 41 35 125 77 124 119 38 125 36 5.5 31
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

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%
1967 22 CHC NL 706 62% 2.1% 10.9% 4.5% 8.4% 35% 1.21 82% 107 12 11%
1968 23 CHC NL 769 65% 2.3% 8.5% 7.7% 6.8% 26% 1.27 80% 165 24 15%
1969 24 TOT NL 928 56% 2.1% 7.1% 5.8% 5.6% 21% 1.08 89% 171 16 9%
1969 24 CHC NL 86 63% 3.5% 8.1% 7.0% 8.1% 29% 2.33 81% 18 2 11%
1969 24 SDP NL 842 55% 1.9% 6.9% 5.7% 5.3% 20% 1.00 90% 153 14 9%
1970 25 DET AL 914 55% 3.1% 11.1% 7.9% 6.7% 28% 0.83 77% 195 14 7%
1971 26 DET AL 540 60% 2.4% 8.0% 9.1% 7.6% 30% 1.35 79% 91 11 12%
1972 27 DET AL 199 60% 1.5% 12.1% 4.0% 6.0% 19% 1.04 81% 43 5 12%
1973 28 ATL NL 99 59% 2.1% 12.4% 11.3% 6.2% 26% 0.74 74% 22 2 9%
1974 29 ATL NL 178 63% 2.8% 17.4% 10.1% 5.6% 28% 1.00 66% 43 6 14%
1975 30 HOU NL 378 53% 0.8% 14.3% 10.3% 4.8% 23% 0.94 73% 69 4 6%
1976 31 HOU NL 516 52% 1.6% 14.9% 10.9% 4.5% 22% 0.91 71% 105 5 5%
1977 32 HOU NL 737 59% 1.9% 13.7% 8.7% 6.1% 29% 1.17 74% 132 20 15%
1978 33 HOU NL 861 58% 1.5% 11.3% 8.5% 6.1% 27% 1.01 77% 141 13 9%
1979 34 HOU NL 1095 58% 1.6% 10.9% 9.8% 4.6% 23% 0.94 77% 182 27 15%
1980 35 HOU NL 1096 54% 1.1% 11.6% 7.2% 4.9% 20% 1.07 79% 172 21 12%
1981 36 HOU NL 676 53% 1.2% 11.4% 7.0% 4.9% 22% 1.00 80% 104 10 10%
1982 37 HOU NL 1067 50% 1.1% 12.2% 6.0% 4.0% 19% 1.23 79% 147 21 14%
1983 38 HOU NL 1113 52% 1.4% 13.7% 9.1% 5.1% 24% 1.13 74% 164 15 9%
1984 39 HOU NL 1027 51% 1.6% 12.4% 8.7% 5.7% 26% 1.09 77% 150 21 14%
1985 40 TOT MLB 983 49% 2.4% 12.3% 10.9% 4.9% 23% 1.00 73% 158 15 9%
1985 40 HOU NL 925 50% 2.3% 12.7% 10.7% 4.8% 22% 0.99 73% 147 15 10%
1985 40 NYY AL 58 31% 5.2% 6.9% 13.8% 6.9% 29% 1.13 74% 11 0 0%
1986 41 NYY AL 571 51% 2.6% 10.3% 11.0% 7.9% 32% 0.88 75% 93 9 10%
1987 42 TOT AL 655 47% 2.3% 12.8% 9.8% 7.9% 34% 1.04 73% 89 10 11%
1987 42 NYY AL 211 48% 1.9% 14.2% 9.0% 5.2% 28% 0.84 73% 24 2 8%
1987 42 MIN AL 444 46% 2.5% 12.2% 10.1% 9.2% 36% 1.16 74% 65 8 12%
1988 43 MIN AL 59 68% 3.4% 11.9% 15.3% 6.8% 25% 1.10 1.55 69% 23% 11.1% 10% 14 1 7%
22 Yrs 15167 55% 1.8% 11.6% 8.4% 5.8% 25% 1.10 1.06 77% 23% 11.1% 10% 2557 282 11%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 14.0% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 0.80 1.09 74% 20% 8.2% 41% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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 43 MIN AL 59 224 3.80 120 54% 23% 18% 24% 36% 78% 0% 42% 77% 36% 14% 8 4 10% 6 6 1 0% 3 4 0 3 0
1 Yr 59 224 3.80 120 54% 23% 18% 24% 36% 78% 0% 42% 77% 36% 14% 8 4 10% 6 6 1 0% 3 4 0 3 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 57% 5% 19% 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
1967 22 CHC NL 706 171 15 0 11 8 7 9 6 36 17 8 47% 15 1 2 233 11 1 92% 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1968 23 CHC NL 769 204 18 0 16 13 5 12 6 39 23 3 59% 10 3 1 288 4 6 40% 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1969 24 TOT NL 880 237 18 2 19 12 6 6 12 48 23 1 48% 13 4 0 318 6 8 43% 5 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 48
1969 24 CHC NL 86 24 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 6 3 0 50% 1 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 24 SDP NL 794 213 15 1 17 10 5 5 10 42 20 1 48% 12 4 0 284 6 8 43% 5 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 48
1970 25 DET AL 914 221 28 0 11 12 16 16 12 37 19 5 51% 9 1 1 350 3 9 25% 3 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
1971 26 DET AL 540 136 13 0 5 6 7 7 6 25 10 3 40% 3 2 0 201 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1972 27 DET AL 199 62 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 11 9 0 82% 0 2 0 84 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1973 28 ATL NL 97 23 2 0 10 1 1 1 1 13 5 2 38% 2 3 0 33 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
1974 29 ATL NL 178 36 5 0 9 4 1 2 3 17 12 2 71% 0 3 5 69 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1975 30 HOU NL 378 79 3 0 12 2 1 1 2 25 16 3 64% 2 2 9 153 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 19 0
1976 31 HOU NL 516 107 8 1 11 5 3 3 5 43 22 9 51% 11 8 8 201 20 2 91% 17 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 23 0
1977 32 HOU NL 737 155 14 0 9 8 6 6 8 34 18 4 53% 7 5 8 298 16 6 73% 16 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 29 0
1978 33 HOU NL 860 190 13 0 15 8 5 2 11 43 23 5 53% 11 9 13 325 33 6 85% 30 4 2 1 1 1 7 0 34 1
1979 34 HOU NL 1095 221 17 0 15 14 3 7 10 48 24 3 50% 14 19 8 386 31 9 78% 31 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 42 0
1980 35 HOU NL 1096 268 12 1 26 7 5 4 8 52 28 4 54% 14 12 15 400 34 7 83% 32 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 40 0
1981 36 HOU NL 676 150 8 0 8 5 3 3 5 30 12 3 40% 5 7 4 225 25 8 76% 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1982 37 HOU NL 1067 224 12 0 6 6 6 3 9 50 24 9 48% 8 19 16 334 27 13 68% 25 11 2 2 0 0 2 0 50 0
1983 38 HOU NL 1113 238 15 0 17 7 8 5 10 62 35 11 56% 10 14 25 377 45 9 83% 43 7 2 1 0 1 1 1 60 0
1984 39 HOU NL 1027 223 16 0 10 7 9 6 10 42 29 2 69% 8 12 20 336 34 16 68% 34 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0
1985 40 TOT MLB 983 211 24 2 22 12 12 8 16 44 20 5 45% 8 21 28 345 47 7 87% 46 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 70 0
1985 40 HOU NL 925 197 21 2 22 12 9 7 14 42 20 5 48% 8 21 27 323 44 7 86% 43 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 69 0
1985 40 NYY AL 58 14 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 0% 0 0 1 22 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 41 NYY AL 571 139 15 0 13 10 5 9 6 31 9 5 29% 8 10 10 203 23 1 96% 22 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 31 0
1987 42 TOT AL 655 155 15 0 11 4 11 7 8 41 23 3 56% 7 13 12 213 32 6 84% 27 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 42 0
1987 42 NYY AL 211 40 4 0 6 3 1 2 2 9 5 1 56% 3 0 4 54 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1987 42 MIN AL 444 115 11 0 5 1 10 5 6 32 18 2 56% 4 13 8 159 25 3 89% 21 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 37 0
1988 43 MIN AL 59 16 1 0 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 12 6 1 50% 1 2 2 23 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
22 Yrs 15116 3466 1 0 276 6 262 153 123 120 156 783 407 91 52% 166 172 187 5395 415 122 77% 394 107 20 11 1 4 21 2 583 51
MLB Averages 52% 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 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+
1967 22 10 7 .588 3.34 36 22 9 7 2 0 169.2 171 68 63 15 32 7 77 2 0 1 706 106 1.196 9.1 0.8 1.7 4.1 2.41 106
1968 23 24 17 .585 3.84 70 51 13 9 3 2 347.0 375 161 148 33 91 15 142 5 0 4 1475 88 1.343 9.7 0.9 2.4 3.7 1.56 88
1969 24 32 35 .478 3.78 111 85 19 17 6 2 568.1 612 261 239 51 142 24 204 5 0 8 2403 91 1.327 9.7 0.8 2.2 3.2 1.44 91
1970 25 44 48 .478 3.86 149 119 21 23 8 2 781.1 833 368 335 79 214 28 305 8 0 9 3317 92 1.340 9.6 0.9 2.5 3.5 1.43 92
1971 26 50 55 .476 3.94 180 134 26 23 8 3 903.2 969 430 396 92 263 31 348 10 0 11 3857 90 1.363 9.7 0.9 2.6 3.5 1.32 90
1972 27 53 57 .482 3.94 198 141 30 24 8 4 950.2 1031 450 416 95 271 32 372 11 0 13 4056 90 1.370 9.8 0.9 2.6 3.5 1.37 90
1973 28 55 61 .474 3.94 218 141 41 24 8 7 974.2 1054 461 427 97 282 33 384 11 0 16 4155 90 1.371 9.7 0.9 2.6 3.5 1.36 90
1974 29 58 63 .479 3.93 245 143 50 24 8 7 1017.2 1090 480 444 102 300 35 415 13 0 19 4333 90 1.366 9.6 0.9 2.7 3.7 1.38 90
1975 30 64 67 .489 3.86 285 147 71 25 9 11 1105.2 1169 512 474 105 339 39 469 15 0 21 4711 92 1.364 9.5 0.9 2.8 3.8 1.38 92
1976 31 68 75 .476 3.81 321 160 76 25 9 11 1223.2 1276 572 518 113 395 40 546 16 0 29 5226 92 1.366 9.4 0.8 2.9 4.0 1.38 92
1977 32 81 83 .494 3.71 365 174 88 34 11 16 1404.1 1431 638 579 127 459 43 647 17 1 34 5963 95 1.346 9.2 0.8 2.9 4.1 1.41 95
1978 33 95 97 .495 3.73 400 203 90 44 12 16 1607.0 1621 735 666 140 532 44 744 26 1 43 6824 94 1.340 9.1 0.8 3.0 4.2 1.40 94
1979 34 116 108 .518 3.63 438 241 90 55 17 16 1870.2 1842 837 754 157 639 45 863 33 1 62 7919 96 1.326 8.9 0.8 3.1 4.2 1.35 96
1980 35 136 120 .531 3.62 475 277 91 66 19 16 2126.2 2110 956 855 169 718 48 990 37 1 74 9015 96 1.330 8.9 0.7 3.0 4.2 1.38 96
1981 36 145 129 .529 3.56 499 301 91 71 21 16 2292.2 2260 1016 907 177 765 52 1067 37 1 81 9691 97 1.319 8.9 0.7 3.0 4.2 1.39 97
1982 37 162 141 .535 3.45 534 336 91 87 26 16 2562.2 2484 1095 981 189 829 53 1197 42 1 100 10758 100 1.293 8.7 0.7 2.9 4.2 1.44 100
1983 38 177 155 .533 3.45 572 374 91 96 27 16 2826.1 2722 1210 1083 204 930 58 1349 45 2 114 11871 100 1.292 8.7 0.6 3.0 4.3 1.45 100
1984 39 193 167 .536 3.42 610 412 91 102 28 16 3074.2 2945 1314 1167 220 1019 62 1476 49 3 126 12898 100 1.289 8.6 0.6 3.0 4.3 1.45 100
1985 40 204 180 .531 3.44 645 447 91 106 29 16 3300.0 3156 1422 1263 244 1126 68 1597 54 4 147 13881 100 1.298 8.6 0.7 3.1 4.4 1.42 100
1986 41 213 190 .529 3.50 670 472 91 106 29 16 3425.2 3295 1506 1331 259 1189 71 1656 55 5 157 14452 99 1.309 8.7 0.7 3.1 4.4 1.39 99
1987 42 220 203 .520 3.57 697 498 91 107 29 16 3572.2 3450 1607 1418 274 1253 71 1740 65 5 170 15107 98 1.316 8.7 0.7 3.2 4.4 1.39 98
1988 43 221 204 .520 3.59 702 500 93 107 29 16 3584.1 3466 1620 1431 276 1262 71 1747 65 8 172 15166 98 1.319 8.7 0.7 3.2 4.4 1.38 98

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
1967 22 9 9 .500 3.79 164.0 179 77 69 16 33 74 2 1.293 9.8 1.8 4.1 2.24 0.9 36
1968 23 5 12 .294 5.87 158.0 223 114 103 20 64 58 3 1.816 12.7 3.6 3.3 0.91 1.1 34
1969 24 11 12 .478 4.31 209.0 248 111 100 19 53 59 0 1.440 10.7 2.3 2.5 1.11 0.8 41
1970 25 10 12 .455 4.46 204.0 226 112 101 29 74 97 3 1.471 10.0 3.3 4.3 1.31 1.3 38
1971 26 4 8 .333 5.24 115.0 143 74 67 14 52 41 2 1.696 11.2 4.1 3.2 0.79 1.1 31
1972 27 1 3 .250 5.57 42.0 72 29 26 3 9 21 1 1.929 15.4 1.9 4.5 2.33 0.6 18
1973 28 1 1 .500 4.50 22.0 23 12 11 2 11 11 0 1.545 9.4 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.8 20
1974 29 2 2 .500 3.73 41.0 36 19 17 5 18 29 2 1.317 7.9 4.0 6.4 1.61 1.1 27
1975 30 5 4 .556 3.69 83.0 85 38 34 3 42 51 2 1.530 9.2 4.6 5.5 1.21 0.3 40
1976 31 5 7 .417 4.38 111.0 119 60 54 9 62 72 1 1.631 9.6 5.0 5.8 1.16 0.7 36
1977 32 10 8 .556 3.62 169.0 163 76 68 15 67 94 1 1.361 8.7 3.6 5.0 1.40 0.8 44
1978 33 8 12 .400 5.03 188.0 208 117 105 14 80 90 10 1.532 10.0 3.8 4.3 1.13 0.7 35
1979 34 15 12 .556 3.57 247.0 233 109 98 18 113 112 7 1.401 8.5 4.1 4.1 0.99 0.7 38
1980 35 11 15 .423 4.63 237.0 294 136 122 13 87 118 4 1.608 11.2 3.3 4.5 1.36 0.5 37
1981 36 13 12 .520 3.69 232.0 250 106 95 13 78 107 0 1.414 9.7 3.0 4.2 1.37 0.5 24
1982 37 17 10 .630 3.13 250.0 243 97 87 13 69 120 5 1.248 8.7 2.5 4.3 1.74 0.5 35
1983 38 13 14 .481 4.28 248.0 256 131 118 16 109 143 3 1.472 9.3 4.0 5.2 1.31 0.6 38
1984 39 13 12 .520 3.95 228.0 243 111 100 17 97 116 4 1.491 9.6 3.8 4.6 1.20 0.7 38
1985 40 10 13 .435 4.56 213.0 224 120 108 25 114 115 5 1.587 9.5 4.8 4.9 1.01 1.1 35
1986 41 5 8 .385 5.28 121.0 142 79 71 15 64 57 1 1.702 10.6 4.8 4.2 0.89 1.1 25
1987 42 6 10 .375 5.13 144.0 151 91 82 15 62 82 10 1.479 9.4 3.9 5.1 1.32 0.9 27
1988 43 0 1 .000 10.64 11.0 16 14 13 2 9 7 0 2.273 13.1 7.4 5.7 0.78 1.6 5
22 Yrs 174 197 .469 4.32 3437.0 3777 1833 1649 296 1367 1674 66 1.497 9.9 4.4 1.22 0.8 702
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

* 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

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA ( 1.3%)

All-Star Games
1979

Awards (yr lg award)
1979 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (6, 22%)
1980 NL (19, 1%)
0.23 Career Shares (693rd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (2, 55%)
1980 NL (4, 9%)
0.64 Career Shares (82nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1982 NL  5.8 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1982 NL  6.5 (3rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1977 NL  3.04 (8th)
1979 NL  3.00 (5th)
1982 NL  2.47 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1979 NL  21 (1st)
1980 NL  20 (2nd)
1982 NL  17 (5th)
1983 NL  15 (6th)
1984 NL  16 (4th)
Career  221 (74th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1979 NL  .656 (5th)
1980 NL  .625 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1977 NL  1.212 (9th)
1982 NL  1.067 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 NL  7.721 (6th)
1979 NL  7.544 (3rd)
1982 NL  7.467 (5th)
1983 NL  8.124 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL  1.697 (4th)
1969 NL  2.074 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  702 (92nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1979 NL  263.7 (3rd)
1980 NL  256.0 (5th)
1981 NL  166.0 (5th)
1982 NL  270.0 (4th)
1983 NL  263.7 (4th)
1984 NL  248.3 (3rd)
Career  3,584.3 (63rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1983 NL  152 (9th)
Career  1,747 (99th)

Games Started s c a p y
1979 NL  38 (3rd)
1980 NL  36 (6th)
1981 NL  24 (4th)
1982 NL  35 (6th)
1983 NL  38 (1st)
1984 NL  38 (1st)
Career  500 (45th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1977 NL  9 (8th)
1979 NL  11 (6th)
1980 NL  11 (3rd)
1981 NL  5 (9th)
1982 NL  16 (3rd)
1983 NL  9 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 AL  2 (10th)
1977 NL  2 (9th)
1979 NL  5 (1st)
1981 NL  2 (10th)
1982 NL  5 (2nd)
Career  29 (125th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1968 NL  18 (5th)
1970 AL  28 (8th)
1985 NL  21 (7th)
Career  276 (70th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1979 NL  107 (3rd)
1980 NL  79 (10th)
1983 NL  101 (4th)
1984 NL  89 (7th)
1985 NL  99 (5th)
Career  1,262 (39th)

Hits s c a p y
1980 NL  268 (2nd)
1981 NL  150 (7th)
1983 NL  238 (5th)
1984 NL  223 (6th)
Career  3,466 (66th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 NL  0.580 (7th)
1980 NL  0.422 (4th)
1982 NL  0.400 (7th)
1983 NL  0.512 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1969 NL  18 (3rd)
1978 NL  14 (8th)
1981 NL  9 (6th)
1983 NL  14 (4th)
1987 AL  13 (10th)
Career  204 (43rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1968 NL  85 (8th)
1980 NL  101 (5th)
1983 NL  102 (4th)
1985 NL  88 (10th)
Career  1,431 (52nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1978 NL  9 (8th)
1979 NL  19 (1st)
1980 NL  12 (2nd)
1981 NL  7 (4th)
1982 NL  19 (1st)
1983 NL  14 (1st)
1984 NL  12 (2nd)
1985 NL  21 (1st)
1986 AL  10 (10th)
1987 AL  13 (4th)
Career  172 (24th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1978 NL  9 (3rd)
1979 NL  7 (5th)
1980 NL  4 (10th)
1982 NL  5 (7th)
1984 NL  4 (10th)
1985 NL  5 (10th)
1987 AL  10 (2nd)
Career  65 (235th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1979 NL  1,095 (3rd)
1980 NL  1,096 (4th)
1981 NL  676 (4th)
1982 NL  1,067 (4th)
1983 NL  1,113 (4th)
1984 NL  1,027 (3rd)
Career  15,166 (62nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1982 NL  135 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1982 NL  30 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1982 NL  3.4 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1979 NL  19.23 (8th)
1982 NL  40.67 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1979 NL  3.2 (4th)
1982 NL  5.2 (1st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1982 NL  4.3 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1979 NL  2.1 (8th)
1982 NL  4.8 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1984 NL  born 1944-11-07 (7th)
1985 AL  born 1944-11-07 (3rd)
1985 NL  born 1944-11-07 (6th)
1986 AL  born 1944-11-07 (3rd)
1987 AL  born 1944-11-07 (3rd)
1988 AL  born 1944-11-07 (2nd)


† 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

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Black InkPitching - 7 (336), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 95 (230), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 47 (291), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 26 (192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Jerry Koosman (917)
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  4. Mel Harder (902)
  5. Sad Sam Jones (901)
  6. Dennis Martinez (897)
  7. Jim Perry (897)
  8. Curt Simmons (893)
  9. Adonis Terry (893)
  10. Mickey Lolich (890)
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  3. Frank Pastore (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Harry Howell (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Reggie Cleveland (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mule Watson (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Elam Vangilder (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Carl Morton (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ed Whitson (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dave Giusti (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dick Tidrow (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Frank Sullivan (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dave Goltz (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Joaquin Andujar (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jack Billingham (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Charlie Root (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Phil Niekro (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Jim Perry (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Jerry Koosman (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Jerry Reuss (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Jerry Koosman (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  22. Dennis Martinez (897)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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