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Hideo Nomo

Hideo Nomo (The Tornado)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 31, 1968 in Osaka, Japan
High School: Seiyo Kogyo (Osaka City, JP)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1995
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/RedSox/Tigers/Brewers/DevilRays/... 1995-2008
Agents: Arn Tellem,Don Nomura [*]
Final Game: April 18, 2008
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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
1995 26 LAD NL 13 6 .684 2.54 28 28 0 4 3 0 191.1 124 63 54 14 78 2 236 5 5 19 780 149 1.056 5.8 0.7 3.7 11.1 3.03 AS,CYA-4,RoY-1
1996 27 LAD NL 16 11 .593 3.19 33 33 0 3 2 0 228.1 180 93 81 23 85 6 234 2 3 11 932 122 1.161 7.1 0.9 3.4 9.2 2.75 CYA-4
1997 28 LAD NL 14 12 .538 4.25 33 33 0 1 0 0 207.1 193 104 98 23 92 2 233 9 4 10 904 91 1.375 8.4 1.0 4.0 10.1 2.53
1998 29 TOT NL 6 12 .333 4.92 29 28 0 3 0 0 157.1 130 88 86 19 94 2 167 4 4 13 687 84 1.424 7.4 1.1 5.4 9.6 1.78
1998 29 LAD NL 2 7 .222 5.05 12 12 0 2 0 0 67.2 57 39 38 8 38 0 73 3 1 4 295 80 1.404 7.6 1.1 5.1 9.7 1.92
1998 29 NYM NL 4 5 .444 4.82 17 16 0 1 0 0 89.2 73 49 48 11 56 2 94 1 3 9 392 87 1.439 7.3 1.1 5.6 9.4 1.68
1999 30 MIL NL 12 8 .600 4.54 28 28 0 0 0 0 176.1 173 96 89 27 78 2 161 3 1 10 767 100 1.423 8.8 1.4 4.0 8.2 2.06
2000 31 DET AL 8 12 .400 4.74 32 31 0 1 0 0 190.0 191 102 100 31 89 1 181 3 0 16 828 99 1.474 9.0 1.5 4.2 8.6 2.03
2001 32 BOS AL 13 10 .565 4.50 33 33 0 2 2 0 198.0 171 105 99 26 96 2 220 3 0 6 849 100 1.348 7.8 1.2 4.4 10.0 2.29
2002 33 LAD NL 16 6 .727 3.39 34 34 0 0 0 0 220.1 189 92 83 26 101 5 193 2 0 6 926 112 1.316 7.7 1.1 4.1 7.9 1.91
2003 34 LAD NL 16 13 .552 3.09 33 33 0 2 2 0 218.1 175 82 75 24 98 6 177 1 0 11 897 131 1.250 7.2 1.0 4.0 7.3 1.81
2004 35 LAD NL 4 11 .267 8.25 18 18 0 0 0 0 84.0 105 77 77 19 42 1 54 4 0 3 393 50 1.750 11.3 2.0 4.5 5.8 1.29
2005 36 TBD AL 5 8 .385 7.24 19 19 0 0 0 0 100.2 127 82 81 16 51 2 59 2 0 3 472 60 1.768 11.4 1.4 4.6 5.3 1.16
2008 39 KCR AL 0 0 18.69 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 10 9 9 3 4 0 3 0 0 1 27 25 3.231 20.8 6.2 8.3 6.2 0.75
12 Yrs 123 109 .530 4.24 323 318 2 16 9 0 1976.1 1768 993 932 251 908 31 1918 38 17 109 8462 97 1.354 8.1 1.1 4.1 8.7 2.11
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .530 4.24 34 34 0 2 1 0 210 188 105 99 27 96 3 203 4 2 12 898 97 1.354 8.1 1.1 4.1 8.7 2.11
LAD (7 yrs) 81 66 .551 3.74 191 191 0 12 7 0 1217.1 1023 550 506 137 534 22 1200 26 13 64 5127 104 1.279 7.6 1.0 3.9 8.9 2.25
KCR (1 yr) 0 0 18.69 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 10 9 9 3 4 0 3 0 0 1 27 25 3.231 20.8 6.2 8.3 6.2 0.75
TBD (1 yr) 5 8 .385 7.24 19 19 0 0 0 0 100.2 127 82 81 16 51 2 59 2 0 3 472 60 1.768 11.4 1.4 4.6 5.3 1.16
NYM (1 yr) 4 5 .444 4.82 17 16 0 1 0 0 89.2 73 49 48 11 56 2 94 1 3 9 392 87 1.439 7.3 1.1 5.6 9.4 1.68
BOS (1 yr) 13 10 .565 4.50 33 33 0 2 2 0 198.0 171 105 99 26 96 2 220 3 0 6 849 100 1.348 7.8 1.2 4.4 10.0 2.29
DET (1 yr) 8 12 .400 4.74 32 31 0 1 0 0 190.0 191 102 100 31 89 1 181 3 0 16 828 99 1.474 9.0 1.5 4.2 8.6 2.03
MIL (1 yr) 12 8 .600 4.54 28 28 0 0 0 0 176.1 173 96 89 27 78 2 161 3 1 10 767 100 1.423 8.8 1.4 4.0 8.2 2.06
NL (8 yrs) 97 79 .551 3.90 236 235 0 13 7 0 1483.1 1269 695 643 175 668 26 1455 30 17 83 6286 102 1.306 7.7 1.1 4.1 8.8 2.18
AL (4 yrs) 26 30 .464 5.28 87 83 2 3 2 0 493.0 499 298 289 76 240 5 463 8 0 26 2176 86 1.499 9.1 1.4 4.4 8.5 1.93

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
1995 26 LAD NL 191.1 28 28 63 2.96 4.60 -0.13 0.17 90.1 4.42 29 3.2 -0.1 4.5 48 .615 .520 $2,109,000 AS,CYA-4,RoY-1
1996 27 LAD NL 228.1 33 33 93 3.67 4.68 -0.18 0.17 92.9 4.68 28 3.0 -0.2 4.5 48 .590 .518 $600,000 CYA-4
1997 28 LAD NL 207.1 33 33 104 4.51 4.64 -0.21 0.17 92.2 4.63 2 0.2 -0.1 1.6 23 .507 .501 $900,000
1998 29 LAD NL 67.2 12 12 39 5.19 4.70 -0.08 0.17 95.1 4.70 -4 -0.4 -0.0 0.1 3 .470 .498 $2,800,000
1998 29 NYM NL 89.2 17 16 49 4.92 4.60 0.04 0.14 99.2 4.66 -2 -0.3 .3 -0.1 0.4 6 .485 .498 $
1999 30 MIL NL 176.1 28 28 96 4.90 5.09 -0.17 0.19 99.1 5.40 9 0.9 -0.1 2.1 28 .531 .505 $250,000
2000 31 DET AL 190.0 32 31 102 4.83 5.37 0.02 0.21 95.6 5.31 9 0.8 .7 -0.1 2.4 36 .525 .505 $1,000,000
2001 32 BOS AL 198.0 33 33 105 4.77 4.90 -0.28 0.19 100.0 5.36 12 1.2 -0.1 2.8 38 .536 .507 $4,500,000
2002 33 LAD NL 220.1 34 34 92 3.76 4.61 0.26 0.18 91.2 4.14 9 0.9 -0.1 2.4 30 .527 .506 $4,500,000
2003 34 LAD NL 218.1 33 33 82 3.38 4.59 0.37 0.18 94.1 4.14 17 1.9 -0.1 3.3 40 .556 .511 $7,750,000
2004 35 LAD NL 84.0 18 18 77 8.25 4.70 0.38 0.18 98.3 4.43 -36 -3.1 -0.1 -2.5 -27 .329 .481 $9,000,000
2005 36 TBD AL 100.2 19 19 82 7.33 4.90 -0.03 0.18 98.8 5.06 -26 -2.4 -0.1 -1.5 -13 .376 .485 $800,000
2008 39 KCR AL 4.1 3 0 9 18.69 4.59 -0.65 -0.34 95.3 4.67 -7 -0.6 .7 0.1 -0.5 -6 .311 .497 $
12 Seasons 1976.1 323 318 993 4.52 4.79 -0.01 0.18 94.9 4.73 39 5.4 .6 -1.2 19.6 253 .517 .503 $34,209,000
LAD (7 yrs) 1217.1 191 191 550 4.07 4.64 0.05 0.17 92.7 4.42 46 5.7 -0.8 13.9 165 .530 .505 $27,659,000
KCR (1 yr) 4.1 3 0 9 18.69 4.59 -0.65 -0.34 95.3 4.67 -7 -0.6 .7 0.1 -0.5 -6 .311 .497 $
TBD (1 yr) 100.2 19 19 82 7.33 4.90 -0.03 0.18 98.8 5.06 -26 -2.4 -0.1 -1.5 -13 .376 .485 $800,000
NYM (1 yr) 89.2 17 16 49 4.92 4.60 0.04 0.14 99.2 4.66 -2 -0.3 .3 -0.1 0.4 6 .485 .498 $
BOS (1 yr) 198.0 33 33 105 4.77 4.90 -0.28 0.19 100.0 5.36 12 1.2 -0.1 2.8 38 .536 .507 $4,500,000
DET (1 yr) 190.0 32 31 102 4.83 5.37 0.02 0.21 95.6 5.31 9 0.8 .7 -0.1 2.4 36 .525 .505 $1,000,000
MIL (1 yr) 176.1 28 28 96 4.90 5.09 -0.17 0.19 99.1 5.40 9 0.9 -0.1 2.1 28 .531 .505 $250,000

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
1995 26 LAD NL NLDS L CIN 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 5 5 2 2 1 6 0 0 1 24 1.800 12.6 3.6 3.6 10.8 3.00
1996 27 LAD NL NLDS L ATL 0 1 .000 12.27 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 5 5 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 21 2.727 12.3 2.5 12.3 7.4 0.60
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 2 .000 10.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 12 10 10 3 7 1 9 0 0 1 45 2.192 12.5 3.1 7.3 9.3 1.29
2 NLDS 0 2 .000 10.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 12 10 10 3 7 1 9 0 0 1 45 2.192 12.5 3.1 7.3 9.3 1.29

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
1995 LAD NL 26 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5

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
1995 26 LAD NL 28 780 681 63 124 23 3 14 30 5 78 236 .182 .270 .286 .556 .253 195 4 5 11 4 2 12
1996 27 LAD NL 33 932 827 93 180 31 2 23 52 11 85 234 .218 .290 .343 .634 .273 284 11 2 12 6 6 9
1997 28 LAD NL 33 904 795 104 193 34 11 23 15 10 92 233 .243 .328 .400 .728 .315 318 5 9 7 1 2 8
1998 29 LAD NL 12 295 250 39 57 9 2 8 11 2 38 73 .228 .334 .376 .710 .287 94 4 3 2 2 0 1
1998 29 NYM NL 17 392 326 49 73 12 1 11 13 6 56 94 .224 .337 .368 .705 .277 120 5 1 6 3 2 5
1998 29 TOT NL 29 687 576 88 130 21 3 19 24 8 94 167 .226 .336 .372 .707 .281 214 9 4 8 5 2 6
1999 30 MIL NL 28 767 676 96 173 36 4 27 41 9 78 161 .256 .333 .441 .774 .296 298 7 3 5 5 2 6
2000 31 DET AL 32 828 727 102 191 32 6 31 16 14 89 181 .263 .344 .451 .795 .309 328 13 3 6 3 1 2
2001 32 BOS AL 33 849 739 105 171 31 5 26 52 11 96 220 .231 .320 .392 .712 .290 290 13 3 4 7 2 11
2002 33 LAD NL 34 926 801 92 189 38 5 26 28 10 101 193 .236 .322 .393 .715 .278 315 16 2 17 4 5 7
2003 34 LAD NL 33 897 784 82 175 31 1 24 19 14 98 177 .223 .309 .357 .666 .258 280 13 1 11 3 6 7
2004 35 LAD NL 18 393 337 77 105 22 0 19 15 4 42 54 .312 .391 .546 .937 .322 184 4 4 7 3 1 1
2005 36 TBD AL 19 472 405 82 127 25 3 16 7 3 51 59 .314 .386 .509 .895 .328 206 3 2 6 8 2 1
2008 39 KCR AL 3 27 22 9 10 3 0 3 1 0 4 3 .455 .519 1.000 1.519 .412 22 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 Yrs 323 8462 7370 993 1768 327 43 251 300 99 908 1918 .240 .324 .398 .723 .289 2934 98 38 94 50 31 70
162 Game Avg. 34 898 782 105 188 35 5 27 32 11 96 203 .240 .324 .398 .723 .289 311 10 4 10 5 3 7
MLB Averages .267 .336 .424 .760 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1995 26 LAD NL 28.3 3.0 835 3.9 14.8 -10.9 1.02 3.7 0.1 31.3 3.5 1.02 39.0 0 0 0
1996 27 LAD NL 18.0 1.8 1004 2.2 17.5 -15.3 1.01 2.1 0.1 24.5 2.6 1.01 25.6 0 0 0
1997 28 LAD NL -7.5 -0.7 937 0.4 15.0 -14.5 .92 -0.1 0.6 -2.0 -0.2 0.92 -2.9 0 0 0
1998 29 TOT NL -11.3 -1.1 727 -0.6 12.7 -13.3 1.09 -0.1 -0.5 -3.9 -0.4 1.09 -0.2 0 0 1
1998 29 LAD NL -6.8 -0.6 309 -0.4 5.6 -6.0 1.15 0.1 -0.4 -3.9 -0.4 1.15 1.5 0 0 0
1998 29 NYM NL -4.5 -0.4 418 -0.2 7.0 -7.3 1.05 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.0 1.05 -1.7 0 0 1
1999 30 MIL NL 0.4 0.0 824 0.7 14.6 -13.8 1.04 -0.7 1.4 3.8 0.4 1.04 -5.5 0 0 0
2000 31 DET AL 2.0 0.2 863 0.0 14.3 -14.3 .94 0.3 -0.2 10.0 1.0 0.94 6.0 0 1 0
2001 32 BOS AL 2.2 0.2 915 0.5 15.6 -15.1 .99 0.8 -0.3 10.3 1.0 0.99 11.0 0 0 0
2002 33 LAD NL 10.1 1.0 969 1.6 18.1 -16.5 1.09 0.7 0.7 12.8 1.4 1.09 7.1 0 0 0
2003 34 LAD NL 24.0 2.5 940 2.7 16.4 -13.7 1.01 2.4 0.3 29.0 3.1 1.01 28.0 0 0 0
2004 35 LAD NL -37.4 -3.3 417 -2.7 6.3 -9.0 1.01 -2.5 -0.2 -29.5 -2.7 1.01 -29.5 0 0 0
2005 36 TBD AL -29.3 -2.6 485 -2.1 7.1 -9.2 .97 -1.9 -0.3 -31.4 -2.8 0.97 -22.9 0 0 0
2008 39 KCR AL -6.4 -0.6 29 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .57 -0.5 0.1 -8.6 -0.7 0.57 -8.5 1 0 2
12 Yrs -6.9 0.3 8945 6.5 152.6 -146.1 1.01 4.3 2.1 46.2 6.0 1.01 47.2 1 1 3

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
1995 26 LAD NL 28 28 13 6 9 2 2 19 9 .679 2 2 4 3 18 64% 64.5 93 23 8 2 0 10 4.5 4.5 6.8 105 2 7 11 5 128
1996 27 LAD NL 33 33 16 11 6 3 6 18 15 .545 3 2 3 2 24 73% 59.5 91 26 11 5 0 15 4.3 4.4 6.9 102 2 9 15 2 123
1997 28 LAD NL 33 33 14 12 7 4 3 18 15 .545 3 2 1 0 18 55% 53.4 74 26 23 5 0 15 5.0 5.7 6.3 103 2 9 18 1 121
1998 29 TOT NL 29 28 6 12 10 1 3 9 19 .321 2 5 3 0 13 46% 50.9 85 11 19 10 0 13 3.8 3.3 5.5 92 8 9 9 2 136
1998 29 LAD NL 12 12 2 7 3 0 3 3 9 .250 0 1 2 0 7 58% 51.5 78 11 9 3 0 3 2.3 2.2 5.6 93 4 2 4 2 136
1998 29 NYM NL 17 16 4 5 7 1 0 6 10 .375 2 4 1 0 6 38% 50.4 85 15 10 7 0 10 5.0 4.2 5.4 90 4 7 5 0 116
1999 30 MIL NL 28 28 12 8 8 3 4 14 14 .500 4 2 0 0 17 61% 50.6 70 18 15 6 0 9 5.5 6.0 6.3 104 1 10 13 4 129
2000 31 DET AL 32 31 8 12 11 1 4 17 14 .548 2 5 1 0 17 55% 49.9 77 16 33 12 1 12 4.5 4.4 6.1 100 3 10 15 3 125
2001 32 BOS AL 33 33 13 10 10 2 1 19 14 .576 3 6 2 2 16 48% 53.0 99 8 22 14 0 17 5.2 5.0 6.0 98 3 12 18 0 119
2002 33 LAD NL 34 34 16 6 12 2 4 25 9 .735 3 4 0 0 25 74% 55.5 79 23 9 2 0 10 4.9 4.4 6.5 102 1 12 17 4 132
2003 34 LAD NL 33 33 16 13 4 2 4 17 16 .515 0 2 2 2 20 61% 57.3 87 31 16 5 0 12 3.3 3.8 6.6 99 3 9 18 3 122
2004 35 LAD NL 18 18 4 11 3 2 1 6 12 .333 0 2 0 0 4 22% 38.1 60 19 12 8 0 10 4.2 4.4 4.7 85 5 8 5 0 110
2005 36 TBD AL 19 19 5 8 6 1 0 8 11 .421 1 3 0 0 5 26% 38.4 69 10 19 4 1 8 5.2 5.8 5.3 92 2 12 5 0 113
11 Yrs 320 318 123 109 86 23 32 170 148 .535 23 35 16 9 177 56% 53 99 8 187 73 2 131 4.6 4.7 6.2 99 32 107 144 24 136
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 105 -21 4.9 4.8 5.9 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
1998 29 TOT NL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.094 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0 56
1998 29 NYM NL 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.048 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0 56
2000 31 DET AL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .937 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 11
2008 39 KCR AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 4 .569 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 4.3 37
3 Yrs 52 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% .964 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 3 0 5.6 35

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%
1995 26 LAD NL 780 55% 1.8% 30.3% 10.0% 5.1% 32% 0.66 0.78 56% 20% 6.9% 23% 103 4 4%
1996 27 LAD NL 932 57% 2.5% 25.1% 9.1% 6.0% 31% 0.66 0.84 62% 22% 7.9% 18% 143 11 8%
1997 28 LAD NL 904 49% 2.5% 25.8% 10.2% 7.5% 35% 0.70 0.79 60% 19% 8.8% 19% 155 5 3%
1998 29 TOT NL 687 53% 2.8% 24.3% 13.7% 6.3% 33% 0.66 0.94 58% 21% 8.8% 11% 126 9 7%
1998 29 LAD NL 295 53% 2.7% 24.8% 12.9% 6.4% 33% 0.66 0.97 58% 18% 9.0% 14% 54 4 7%
1998 29 NYM NL 392 53% 2.8% 24.0% 14.3% 6.1% 33% 0.65 0.92 57% 24% 8.7% 9% 72 5 7%
1999 30 MIL NL 767 53% 3.5% 21.0% 10.2% 8.7% 39% 0.55 0.68 64% 21% 9.5% 15% 108 7 6%
2000 31 DET AL 828 50% 3.7% 21.9% 10.8% 8.3% 36% 0.54 0.80 63% 27% 10.7% 14% 147 13 9%
2001 32 BOS AL 849 49% 3.1% 25.9% 11.3% 7.3% 36% 0.68 0.89 59% 23% 11.3% 20% 126 13 10%
2002 33 LAD NL 926 52% 2.8% 20.8% 10.9% 7.5% 37% 0.58 0.88 63% 24% 8.9% 20% 142 16 11%
2003 34 LAD NL 897 54% 2.7% 19.7% 10.9% 6.2% 32% 0.69 0.92 65% 19% 7.9% 14% 154 13 8%
2004 35 LAD NL 393 55% 4.8% 13.7% 10.7% 10.4% 39% 0.37 0.54 68% 25% 10.8% 14% 79 4 5%
2005 36 TBD AL 472 50% 3.4% 12.5% 10.8% 9.3% 35% 0.43 0.49 72% 21% 7.5% 12% 103 3 3%
2008 39 KCR AL 27 48% 11.1% 11.1% 14.8% 22.2% 60% 0.67 1.00 63% 10% 27.3% 8% 5 0 0%
12 Yrs 8462 52% 3.0% 22.7% 10.7% 7.3% 35% 0.60 0.79 62% 22% 9.1% 17% 1391 98 7%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.8% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 21% 8.1% 13% 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
1995 26 LAD NL 689 2637 3.83 1624 62% 25% 24% 26% 24% 75% 1% 46% 68% 55% 5% 35 19 23% 157 90 2 20% 38 14 91 0 2
1996 27 LAD NL 787 2855 3.63 1749 61% 22% 22% 26% 30% 78% 2% 48% 72% 56% 6% 46 21 22% 170 107 9 15% 40 18 145 6 9
1997 28 LAD NL 838 3078 3.67 1832 60% 26% 21% 24% 29% 74% 1% 44% 72% 52% 5% 46 27 18% 153 83 4 25% 39 17 66 1 3
1998 29 TOT NL 688 2618 3.81 1542 59% 25% 21% 27% 27% 75% 1% 44% 72% 56% 8% 55 35 22% 149 88 7 20% 31 18 -1 0 0
1998 29 LAD NL 295 1115 3.78 645 58% 27% 22% 24% 28% 73% 0% 43% 71% 55% 7% 20 17 16% 47 25 2 21% 12 3 0 0 0
1998 29 NYM NL 393 1503 3.82 897 60% 23% 21% 28% 27% 77% 1% 46% 72% 56% 9% 35 18 26% 102 63 5 20% 19 15 -1 0 0
1999 30 MIL NL 772 2901 3.76 1737 60% 26% 17% 27% 30% 74% 1% 44% 77% 52% 7% 55 39 18% 141 78 4 19% 29 14 -5 0 0
2000 31 DET AL 833 3109 3.73 1888 61% 28% 17% 25% 29% 72% 0% 43% 76% 55% 5% 44 23 19% 161 92 9 23% 32 20 -5 0 0
2001 32 BOS AL 854 3226 3.78 1992 62% 26% 23% 24% 27% 74% 1% 46% 68% 53% 7% 58 33 24% 205 120 5 16% 55 23 -5 0 0
2002 33 LAD NL 930 3467 3.73 2139 62% 25% 20% 26% 29% 75% 1% 46% 74% 53% 6% 54 36 22% 201 126 14 19% 30 13 -4 0 0
2003 34 LAD NL 907 3268 3.60 2062 63% 27% 19% 24% 30% 73% 2% 46% 74% 57% 5% 49 19 23% 209 137 10 26% 51 25 -10 0 0
2004 35 LAD NL 397 1527 3.85 929 61% 28% 14% 27% 32% 72% 0% 44% 80% 57% 7% 27 15 18% 72 39 5 22% 12 11 -4 0 0
2005 36 TBD AL 472 1739 3.68 1064 61% 28% 11% 26% 34% 72% 1% 44% 84% 58% 4% 21 12 21% 97 55 5 25% 14 7 0 0 0
2008 39 KCR AL 27 110 4.07 63 57% 30% 16% 22% 32% 70% 0% 40% 77% 52% 11% 3 2 15% 4 1 0 0% 0 1 0 0 0
12 Yrs 8194 30535 3.73 18621 61% 26% 20% 25% 29% 74% 1% 45% 74% 54% 6% 493 281 21% 1719 1016 74 21% 371 181 268 7 14
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 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
1995 26 LAD NL 780 124 16 3 14 0 19 6 8 4 10 39 15 14 38% 12 19 0 234 30 5 86% 27 4 3 1 0 0 2 1 36 0
1996 27 LAD NL 932 180 23 2 23 0 22 15 8 12 11 44 19 12 43% 9 11 0 288 52 11 83% 45 8 6 3 1 0 4 3 26 0
1997 28 LAD NL 904 193 20 2 23 0 17 14 9 13 10 45 24 16 53% 8 10 1 321 15 10 60% 14 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 18 0
1998 29 TOT NL 687 130 36 5 19 0 24 8 11 11 8 36 18 9 50% 6 13 0 242 24 8 75% 21 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 29 0
1998 29 LAD NL 295 57 20 3 8 0 16 2 6 5 3 15 7 4 47% 1 4 0 95 11 2 85% 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1998 29 NYM NL 392 73 16 2 11 0 8 6 5 6 5 21 11 5 52% 5 9 0 147 13 6 68% 12 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 21 0
1999 30 MIL NL 767 173 11 1 27 0 18 16 11 13 14 27 15 7 56% 6 10 2 271 41 9 82% 39 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 21 0
2000 31 DET AL 828 191 13 0 31 1 23 15 16 13 18 40 14 12 35% 2 16 0 284 16 14 53% 14 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 23 0
2001 32 BOS AL 849 171 17 8 26 1 9 13 13 16 10 59 27 15 46% 11 6 1 279 52 11 83% 39 8 13 2 0 1 2 1 20 0
2002 33 LAD NL 926 189 18 4 26 0 20 18 8 16 10 49 23 7 47% 7 6 0 311 28 10 74% 23 8 5 2 0 0 1 0 11 0
2003 34 LAD NL 897 175 17 3 24 0 14 14 10 18 6 39 22 7 56% 7 11 0 319 19 14 58% 18 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2004 35 LAD NL 393 105 4 1 19 1 13 12 7 13 6 26 15 4 58% 1 3 1 155 15 4 79% 13 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
2005 36 TBD AL 472 127 15 5 16 2 20 11 5 7 9 36 23 5 64% 1 3 0 175 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
2008 39 KCR AL 27 10 1 0 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 33% 0 1 0 9 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Yrs 8462 1768 191 34 251 5 201 144 107 138 113 443 216 109 49% 70 109 5 2888 300 99 75% 259 81 39 16 2 2 12 5 227 0
MLB Averages 54% 70%

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+
1995 26 13 6 .684 2.54 28 28 0 4 3 0 191.1 124 63 54 14 78 2 236 5 5 19 780 149 1.056 5.8 0.7 3.7 11.1 3.03 149
1996 27 29 17 .630 2.90 61 61 0 7 5 0 419.2 304 156 135 37 163 8 470 7 8 30 1712 133 1.113 6.5 0.8 3.5 10.1 2.88 133
1997 28 43 29 .597 3.34 94 94 0 8 5 0 627.0 497 260 233 60 255 10 703 16 12 40 2616 115 1.199 7.1 0.9 3.7 10.1 2.76 115
1998 29 49 41 .544 3.66 123 122 0 11 5 0 784.1 627 348 319 79 349 12 870 20 16 53 3303 107 1.244 7.2 0.9 4.0 10.0 2.49 107
1999 30 61 49 .555 3.82 151 150 0 11 5 0 960.2 800 444 408 106 427 14 1031 23 17 63 4070 105 1.277 7.5 1.0 4.0 9.7 2.41 105
2000 31 69 61 .531 3.97 183 181 0 12 5 0 1150.2 991 546 508 137 516 15 1212 26 17 79 4898 104 1.310 7.8 1.1 4.0 9.5 2.35 104
2001 32 82 71 .536 4.05 216 214 0 14 7 0 1348.2 1162 651 607 163 612 17 1432 29 17 85 5747 103 1.315 7.8 1.1 4.1 9.6 2.34 103
2002 33 98 77 .560 3.96 250 248 0 14 7 0 1569.0 1351 743 690 189 713 22 1625 31 17 91 6673 104 1.315 7.7 1.1 4.1 9.3 2.28 104
2003 34 114 90 .559 3.85 283 281 0 16 9 0 1787.1 1526 825 765 213 811 28 1802 32 17 102 7570 107 1.308 7.7 1.1 4.1 9.1 2.22 107
2004 35 118 101 .539 4.05 301 299 0 16 9 0 1871.1 1631 902 842 232 853 29 1856 36 17 105 7963 102 1.327 7.8 1.1 4.1 8.9 2.18 102
2005 36 123 109 .530 4.21 320 318 0 16 9 0 1972.0 1758 984 923 248 904 31 1915 38 17 108 8435 98 1.350 8.0 1.1 4.1 8.7 2.12 98
2006 37 123 109 .530 4.21 320 318 0 16 9 0 1972.0 1758 984 923 248 904 31 1915 38 17 108 8435 98 1.350 8.0 1.1 4.1 8.7 2.12 98
2007 38 123 109 .530 4.21 320 318 0 16 9 0 1972.0 1758 984 923 248 904 31 1915 38 17 108 8435 98 1.350 8.0 1.1 4.1 8.7 2.12 98
2008 39 123 109 .530 4.24 323 318 2 16 9 0 1976.1 1768 993 932 251 908 31 1918 38 17 109 8462 97 1.354 8.1 1.1 4.1 8.7 2.11 97

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
1995 26 16 7 .696 2.76 212.0 144 72 65 16 91 261 6 1.108 6.1 3.9 11.1 2.87 0.7 28
1996 27 14 10 .583 3.40 220.0 183 92 83 23 86 226 2 1.223 7.5 3.5 9.2 2.63 0.9 33
1997 28 10 12 .455 4.57 201.0 197 113 102 23 94 226 9 1.448 8.8 4.2 10.1 2.40 1.0 33
1998 29 6 11 .353 5.06 153.0 130 96 86 19 94 162 4 1.464 7.6 5.5 9.5 1.72 1.1 29
1999 30 9 10 .474 4.04 176.0 163 88 79 25 73 161 3 1.341 8.3 3.7 8.2 2.21 1.3 28
2000 31 9 11 .450 4.57 185.0 185 104 94 30 86 176 3 1.465 9.0 4.2 8.6 2.05 1.5 32
2001 32 9 12 .429 4.43 195.0 168 107 96 26 94 216 3 1.344 7.8 4.3 10.0 2.30 1.2 33
2002 33 12 11 .522 3.89 208.0 196 100 90 27 105 182 2 1.447 8.5 4.5 7.9 1.73 1.2 34
2003 34 13 9 .591 3.35 207.0 177 86 77 24 99 168 1 1.333 7.7 4.3 7.3 1.70 1.0 33
2004 35 1 7 .125 8.56 81.0 105 86 77 19 42 52 4 1.815 11.7 4.7 5.8 1.24 2.1 18
2005 36 2 8 .200 7.52 97.0 127 90 81 16 51 57 2 1.835 11.8 4.7 5.3 1.12 1.5 19
2008 39 0 0 20.25 4.0 10 10 9 3 4 3 0 3.500 22.5 9.0 6.8 0.75 6.8 3
12 Yrs 101 108 .483 4.36 1939.0 1785 1044 939 251 919 1890 39 1.395 8.3 8.8 2.06 1.2 323

* 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

All-Star Games
1995 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1995 NL Rookie of the Year

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1995 NL (4, 21%)
1996 NL (4, 4%)
0.25 Career Shares (144th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1995 NL  4.5 (4th)
1996 NL  4.5 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1995 NL  2.54 (2nd)
1996 NL  3.19 (8th)
2003 NL  3.09 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1995 NL  13 (9th)
1996 NL  16 (5th)
2002 NL  16 (7th)
2003 NL  16 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1995 NL  .684 (7th)
2002 NL  .727 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1995 NL  1.056 (2nd)
1996 NL  1.161 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL  5.833 (1st)
1996 NL  7.095 (3rd)
2001 AL  7.773 (5th)
2003 NL  7.214 (4th)
Career  8.051 (130th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL  11.101 (1st)
1996 NL  9.223 (2nd)
1997 NL  10.114 (3rd)
1999 NL  8.217 (4th)
2000 AL  8.574 (3rd)
2001 AL  10.000 (1st)
2002 NL  7.884 (9th)
Career  8.734 (14th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1996 NL  228.3 (9th)
2002 NL  220.3 (7th)
2003 NL  218.3 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1995 NL  236 (1st)
1996 NL  234 (2nd)
1997 NL  233 (4th)
2000 AL  181 (6th)
2001 AL  220 (1st)
2002 NL  193 (8th)
2003 NL  177 (8th)
Career  1,918 (82nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1997 NL  33 (7th)
2002 NL  34 (4th)
2003 NL  33 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1995 NL  4 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1995 NL  3 (1st)
1996 NL  2 (2nd)
2001 AL  2 (4th)
2003 NL  2 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2000 AL  31 (5th)
2001 AL  26 (8th)
Career  251 (103rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1995 NL  78 (2nd)
1996 NL  85 (9th)
1997 NL  92 (3rd)
1998 NL  94 (6th)
2000 AL  89 (8th)
2001 AL  96 (1st)
2002 NL  101 (2nd)
2003 NL  98 (4th)
Career  908 (152nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1995 NL  3.026 (7th)
Career  2.112 (223rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL  0.659 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1997 NL  12 (6th)
2003 NL  13 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1997 NL  98 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1995 NL  19 (1st)
1996 NL  11 (7th)
1997 NL  10 (3rd)
1998 NL  13 (2nd)
1999 NL  10 (9th)
2000 AL  16 (2nd)
2003 NL  11 (6th)
Career  109 (81st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1997 NL  904 (9th)
2002 NL  926 (7th)
2003 NL  897 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1995 NL  150 (2nd)
1996 NL  122 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1995 NL  28 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1995 NL  3.0 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1995 NL  31.33 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1995 NL  3.9 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1995 NL  3.7 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1995 NL  3.5 (2nd)
1996 NL  2.6 (10th)
2003 NL  3.1 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
2008 AL  born 1968-08-31 (7th)

             

† 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 - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 88 (265), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (537), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Darryl Kile (952)
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  4. Ken Hill (943)
  5. Ted Lilly (940)
  6. Jason Schmidt (935)
  7. Randy Wolf (935)
  8. Todd Stottlemyre (935)
  9. Pat Hentgen (935)
  10. Earl Wilson (932)
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  3. Eric Show (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Erik Bedard (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mark Portugal (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Earl Wilson (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Juan Guzman (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Juan Guzman (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jason Schmidt (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ken Hill (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Chan Ho Park (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Woody Williams (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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