José Núñez

Jose (Jimenez) Nunez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 13, 1964 in Jarabacoa, La Vega, D.R.
High School: Luis E. Gomez (Jarabocoa, DO)
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1987
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Cubs 1987-1990

Final Game: October 1, 1990
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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
1984	20	KCR-min	A	14	8	.636	3.28	25	25	0	8	1	0	170.0	167	91	62	8	54	1	106	3	0	8			1.300	8.8	0.4	2.9	5.6	1.96	CHS · SALL
1985	21	KCR-min	A	3	2	.600	2.44	11	8	0	0	0	0	44.1	32	14	12	1	12	0	23	4	0	2			0.992	6.5	0.2	2.4	4.7	1.92	FTM · FLOR
1986	22	KCR-min	A,AA	10	8	.556	3.51	27	24	2	5	0	1	136.0	125	74	53	5	83	0	95	2	1	15			1.529	8.3	0.3	5.5	6.3	1.14	FTM,MEM · FLOR,SOUL
1987	23	TOR	AL	5	2	.714	5.01	37	9	13	0	0	0	97.0	91	57	54	12	58	8	99	0	1	3	427	90	1.536	8.4	1.1	5.4	9.2	1.71
1988	24	TOR-min	AAA	5	4	.556	2.90	12	10	0	0	0	0	71.1	62	26	23	2	16	0	67	0	3	5			1.093	7.8	0.3	2.0	8.5	4.19	SYR · IL
1988	24	TOR	AL	0	1	.000	3.07	13	2	3	0	0	0	29.1	28	11	10	3	17	3	18	1	1	2	127	129	1.534	8.6	0.9	5.2	5.5	1.06
1989	25	TOR-min	AAA	11	11	.500	2.21	40	12	20	0	0	7	134.1	116	51	33	4	55	2	122	2	2	3			1.273	7.8	0.3	3.7	8.2	2.22	SYR · IL
1989	25	TOR	AL	0	0		2.53	6	1	3	0	0	0	10.2	8	3	3	0	2	0	14	0	0	2	42	150	0.938	6.8	0.0	1.7	11.8	7.00
1990	26	CHC-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.94	16	16	0	4	1	0	107.1	105	51	47	13	32	1	109	0	1	11			1.276	8.8	1.1	2.7	9.1	3.41	IWA · AA
1990	26	CHC	NL	4	7	.364	6.53	21	10	4	0	0	0	60.2	61	47	44	5	34	4	40	0	2	2	274	63	1.566	9.0	0.7	5.0	5.9	1.18
1991	27	CHC-min	AAA	12	9	.571	4.58	28	25	0	4	0	0	165.0	157	95	84	8	87	0	118	7	6	13	717		1.479	8.6	0.4	4.7	6.4	1.36	IWA · AA
1992	28	SEA-min	AAA	1	1	.500	5.63	10	8	1	0	0	0	38.1	42	26	24	3	20	1	29	0	1	3	172		1.617	9.9	0.7	4.7	6.8	1.45	CGY · PCL
4 Yrs				9	10	.474	5.05	77	22	23	0	0	0	197.2	188	118	111	20	111	15	171	1	4	9	870	85	1.513	8.6	0.9	5.1	7.8	1.54
162 Game Avg.				6	7	.474	5.05	53	15	16	0	0	0	136	129	81	76	14	76	10	117	1	3	6	598	85	1.513	8.6	0.9	5.1	7.8	1.54

TOR (3 yrs)				5	3	.625	4.40	56	12	19	0	0	0	137.0	127	71	67	15	77	11	131	1	2	7	596	99	1.489	8.3	1.0	5.1	8.6	1.70
CHC (1 yr)				4	7	.364	6.53	21	10	4	0	0	0	60.2	61	47	44	5	34	4	40	0	2	2	274	63	1.566	9.0	0.7	5.0	5.9	1.18

AL (3 yrs)				5	3	.625	4.40	56	12	19	0	0	0	137.0	127	71	67	15	77	11	131	1	2	7	596	99	1.489	8.3	1.0	5.1	8.6	1.70
NL (1 yr)				4	7	.364	6.53	21	10	4	0	0	0	60.2	61	47	44	5	34	4	40	0	2	2	274	63	1.566	9.0	0.7	5.0	5.9	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
1987	23	TOR	AL	97.0	37	9	57	5.29	4.91	0.28	-0.15	100.7	4.52	-8	-0.8	1.1	-0.1	-0.1	3	.478	.495	$62,500
1988	24	TOR	AL	29.1	13	2	11	3.38	4.36	0.16	-0.21	99.7	3.98	2	0.2	.8	-0.1	0.4	5	.516	.501	$
1989	25	TOR	AL	10.2	6	1	3	2.53	4.36	0.03	-0.20	95.5	3.94	2	0.2	.0	-0.1	0.2	3	.530	.501	$175,000
1990	26	CHC	NL	60.2	21	10	47	6.97	4.38	-0.46	0.04	105.6	5.17	-13	-1.4	.9	-0.0	-0.9	-7	.435	.492	$125,000
4 Seasons				197.2	77	22	118	5.37	4.64	0.02	-0.10	101.8	4.61	-18	-1.8	.9	-0.3	-0.4	4	.477	.497	$362,500

TOR (3 yrs)				137.0	56	12	71	4.66	4.75	0.24	-0.16	100.1	4.36	-5	-0.4	.9	-0.3	0.5	11	.493	.499	$237,500
CHC (1 yr)				60.2	21	10	47	6.97	4.38	-0.46	0.04	105.6	5.17	-13	-1.4	.9	-0.0	-0.9	-7	.435	.492	$125,000

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
1987	23	TOR	AL	37	427	356	57	91	16	5	12	13	6	58	99	.256	.356	.430	.785	.316	153	8	0	8	5	8	4
1988	24	TOR	AL	13	127	108	11	28	4	2	3	1	4	17	18	.259	.365	.417	.782	.287	45	1	1	1	0	3	0
1989	25	TOR	AL	6	42	40	3	8	1	1	0	0	0	2	14	.200	.238	.275	.513	.308	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	26	CHC	NL	21	274	226	47	61	14	1	5	3	2	34	40	.270	.361	.407	.768	.304	92	6	0	11	3	4	5
4 Yrs				77	870	730	118	188	35	9	20	17	12	111	171	.258	.353	.412	.765	.307	301	15	1	20	8	15	9
162 Game Avg.				53	598	501	81	129	24	6	14	12	8	76	117	.258	.353	.412	.765	.307	207	10	1	14	5	10	6
MLB Averages																.257	.323	.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
1987	23	TOR	AL	-3.8	-0.4	449	-0.4	5.4	-5.8	.77	-0.5	-0.0	-4.9	-0.5	0.77	-3.2	4	11	12
1988	24	TOR	AL	3.1	0.3	135	-0.3	1.3	-1.6	.58	0.2	-0.8	4.1	0.4	0.58	2.5	1	2	7
1989	25	TOR	AL	1.8	0.2	45	0.1	0.2	-0.0	.15	0.3	0.7	2.3	0.3	0.15	3.4	0	0	5
1990	26	CHC	NL	-14.1	-1.4	286	-1.9	3.9	-5.8	1.00	-0.7	-1.2	-17.3	-1.6	1.00	-10.1	3	2	6
4 Yrs				-13.2	-1.3	915	-2.5	10.8	-13.3	.78	-0.7	-2.5	-15.7	-1.4	0.78	-7.5	8	15	30

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
1987	23	TOR	AL	37	9	2	1	6	0	0	5	4	.556	0	4	0	0	2	22%	45.6	77	28	24	5	3	2	6.4	4.5	4.6
1988	24	TOR	AL	13	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	53.0	55	51	11	2	1	0	3.5	0.0	4.2	69	2	0	0	0	74
1989	25	TOR	AL	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	65.0	65	65	0	0	0	1	5.0	9.0	3.0	36	1	0	0	0	36
1990	26	CHC	NL	21	10	3	5	2	2	1	5	5	.500	0	1	0	0	2	20%	39.6	59	17	15	7	0	4	5.0	4.8	4.7	72	7	3	0	0	87
4 Yrs				77	22	5	6	11	2	1	11	11	.500	0	6	0	0	4	18%	44	77	17	50	14	4	7	5.4	4.4	4.5	68	10	3	0	0	87
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-2					4.3	4.3	6.2	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	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
1987	23	TOR	AL	37	28	13	3	1	0	0		1	1	34	9	26%	7	.767	4	11	12	2	5	21	20	8	18	8	19	3	6.0
1988	24	TOR	AL	13	11	3	0	1	1	1	0%	1	0	18	5	28%	8	.577	1	2	7	1	0	10	10	1	5	4	7	0	5.7	33
1989	25	TOR	AL	6	5	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	8	.149	0	0	5	1	0	4	1	4	2	0	2	0	4.6	23
1990	26	CHC	NL	21	11	4	1	2	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	8	.996	3	2	6	0	3	8	2	9	4	4	4	1	3.8	18
4 Yrs				77	55	23	4	4	1	1	0%	2	1	56	15	27%		.782	8	15	30	4	8	43	33	22	29	16	32	4	5.4	25

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%
1987	23	TOR	AL	427	58%	2.8%	23.2%	13.6%	7.7%	36%		0.64	59%				82	8	10%
1988	24	TOR	AL	127	54%	2.4%	14.2%	13.4%	7.1%	32%	0.50	0.50	69%	15%	11.5%	55%	27	1	4%
1989	25	TOR	AL	42	50%	0.0%	33.3%	4.8%	4.8%	25%	0.80	1.00	62%	23%	0.0%	47%	2	0	0%
1990	26	CHC	NL	274	41%	1.8%	14.6%	12.4%	7.3%	33%	0.66	0.97	67%	22%	5.4%	18%	56	6	11%
4 Yrs				870	51%	2.3%	19.7%	12.8%	7.4%	34%	0.62	0.73	63%	20%	6.3%	32%	167	15	9%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	15.0%	8.5%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%			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	24	TOR	AL	128	497	3.88	296	60%	23%	14%	32%	31%	77%	5%	46%	82%	49%	9%	11	5	23%	29	13	2	33%	2	3	-1	0	0
1989	25	TOR	AL	42	150	3.57	98	65%	27%	24%	21%	27%	72%	0%	47%	65%	57%	0%	0	0	24%	10	6	0	14%	4	0	0	0	1
1990	26	CHC	NL	261	873	3.34	506	58%	25%	14%	23%	38%	75%	3%	43%	81%	55%	9%	24	13	16%	42	20	2	35%	8	8	13	0	0
3 Yrs				431	1520	3.53	900	59%	25%	15%	26%	34%	75%	4%	44%	80%	53%	8%	35	18	19%	81	39	4	30%	14	11	12	0	1
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			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
1987	23	TOR	AL	427	91			12	1	17	7	5	5	7	35	16	5	46%	4	3	1	168	13	6	68%	12	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	14	0
1988	24	TOR	AL	127	28	7	0	3	0	11	1	2	1	2	12	1	2	8%	0	2	0	44	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1989	25	TOR	AL	42	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33%	0	2	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1990	26	CHC	NL	274	61	5	2	5	0	7	3	2	4	1	21	11	3	52%	5	2	2	100	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
4 Yrs				870	188	13	2	20	1	35	11	9	10	10	71	29	11	41%	9	9	3	322	17	12	59%	16	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	34	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1987	23	5	2	.714	5.01	37	9	13	97.0	91	57	54	12	58	8	99	0	1	3	427	90	1.536	8.4	1.1	5.4	9.2	1.71	90
1988	24	5	3	.625	4.56	50	11	16	126.1	119	68	64	15	75	11	117	1	2	5	554	96	1.536	8.5	1.1	5.3	8.3	1.56	96
1989	25	5	3	.625	4.40	56	12	19	137.0	127	71	67	15	77	11	131	1	2	7	596	99	1.489	8.3	1.0	5.1	8.6	1.70	99
1990	26	9	10	.474	5.05	77	22	23	197.2	188	118	111	20	111	15	171	1	4	9	870	85	1.513	8.6	0.9	5.1	7.8	1.54	85

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
1987	23	4	6	.400	4.98	94.0	89	58	52	12	57	96	0	1.553	8.5	5.5	9.2	1.68	1.1	37
1988	24	1	1	.500	3.81	26.0	29	12	11	3	18	16	1	1.808	10.0	6.2	5.5	0.89	1.0	13
1989	25	1	0	1.000	3.60	10.0	9	4	4	0	2	14	0	1.100	8.1	1.8	12.6	7.00	0.0	6
1990	26	2	4	.333	6.30	60.0	60	47	42	5	33	40	0	1.550	9.0	5.0	6.0	1.21	0.8	21
4 Yrs		8	11	.421	5.16	190.0	187	121	109	20	110	166	1	1.563	8.9		7.9	1.51	0.9	77

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