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Donovan Osborne

Donovan Alan Osborne

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 21, 1969 in Roseville, CA
High School: Carson HS (Carson City, NV)
School: University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed July 9, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1992
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs/Yankees 1992-2004

Final Game: May 15, 2004
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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
1992 23 STL NL 11 9 .550 3.77 34 29 2 0 0 0 179.0 193 91 75 14 38 2 104 2 0 6 754 90 1.291 9.7 0.7 1.9 5.2 2.74 RoY-5
1993 24 STL NL 10 7 .588 3.76 26 26 0 1 0 0 155.2 153 73 65 18 47 4 83 7 0 4 657 105 1.285 8.8 1.0 2.7 4.8 1.77
1994 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1995 26 STL NL 4 6 .400 3.81 19 19 0 0 0 0 113.1 112 58 48 17 34 2 82 2 0 0 477 109 1.288 8.9 1.4 2.7 6.5 2.41
1996 27 STL NL 13 9 .591 3.53 30 30 0 2 1 0 198.2 191 87 78 22 57 5 134 1 1 6 822 119 1.248 8.7 1.0 2.6 6.1 2.35
1997 28 STL NL 3 7 .300 4.93 14 14 0 0 0 0 80.1 84 46 44 10 23 2 51 1 0 1 337 85 1.332 9.4 1.1 2.6 5.7 2.22
1998 29 STL NL 5 4 .556 4.09 14 14 0 1 1 0 83.2 84 42 38 11 22 2 60 1 0 1 358 104 1.267 9.0 1.2 2.4 6.5 2.73
1999 30 STL NL 1 3 .250 5.52 6 6 0 0 0 0 29.1 34 18 18 4 10 0 21 2 0 1 130 84 1.500 10.4 1.2 3.1 6.4 2.10
2000 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2002 33 CHC NL 0 1 .000 6.19 11 0 1 0 0 0 16.0 19 11 11 1 10 2 13 0 0 0 77 67 1.813 10.7 0.6 5.6 7.3 1.30
2003 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2004 35 NYY AL 2 0 1.000 7.13 9 2 2 0 0 0 17.2 25 16 14 3 5 0 10 2 0 0 79 64 1.698 12.7 1.5 2.5 5.1 2.00
9 Yrs 49 46 .516 4.03 163 140 5 4 2 0 873.2 895 442 391 100 246 19 558 18 1 19 3691 100 1.306 9.2 1.0 2.5 5.7 2.27
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .516 4.03 37 31 1 1 0 0 196 201 99 88 22 55 4 125 4 0 4 828 100 1.306 9.2 1.0 2.5 5.7 2.27
STL (7 yrs) 47 45 .511 3.92 143 138 2 4 2 0 840.0 851 415 366 96 231 17 535 16 1 19 3535 102 1.288 9.1 1.0 2.5 5.7 2.32
CHC (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.19 11 0 1 0 0 0 16.0 19 11 11 1 10 2 13 0 0 0 77 67 1.813 10.7 0.6 5.6 7.3 1.30
NYY (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 7.13 9 2 2 0 0 0 17.2 25 16 14 3 5 0 10 2 0 0 79 64 1.698 12.7 1.5 2.5 5.1 2.00
NL (8 yrs) 47 46 .505 3.96 154 138 3 4 2 0 856.0 870 426 377 97 241 19 548 16 1 19 3612 101 1.298 9.1 1.0 2.5 5.8 2.27
AL (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 7.13 9 2 2 0 0 0 17.2 25 16 14 3 5 0 10 2 0 0 79 64 1.698 12.7 1.5 2.5 5.1 2.00

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
1992 23 STL NL 179.0 34 29 91 4.58 3.93 -0.01 0.11 97.9 3.97 -13 -1.5 .8 -0.1 -0.3 3 .457 .491 $ RoY-5
1993 24 STL NL 155.2 26 26 73 4.22 4.52 -0.10 0.16 97.3 4.64 5 0.5 -0.1 1.6 22 .519 .503 $155,000
1995 26 STL NL 113.1 19 19 58 4.61 4.85 0.28 0.18 95.4 4.53 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.6 9 .490 .499 $250,000
1996 27 STL NL 198.2 30 30 87 3.94 4.72 0.49 0.18 95.5 4.21 8 0.8 -0.1 2.1 26 .526 .505 $725,000
1997 28 STL NL 80.1 14 14 46 5.15 4.73 0.38 0.17 98.6 4.45 -6 -0.6 -0.1 -0.1 2 .455 .496 $2,750,000
1998 29 STL NL 83.2 14 14 42 4.52 4.42 0.04 0.16 100.3 4.55 0 0.0 -0.1 0.6 8 .503 .500 $3,750,000
1999 30 STL NL 29.1 6 6 18 5.52 5.00 -0.02 0.19 97.4 5.07 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.1 2 .474 .499 $5,080,000
2002 33 CHC NL 16.0 11 0 11 6.19 4.54 -0.40 -0.34 99.0 4.56 -3 -0.3 .6 0.0 -0.2 -1 .473 .498 $450,000
2004 35 NYY AL 17.2 9 2 16 8.15 5.12 -0.54 -0.17 96.7 5.31 -6 -0.5 .7 0.0 -0.3 -3 .441 .497 $450,000
9 Seasons 873.2 163 140 442 4.55 4.53 0.15 0.14 97.2 4.39 -19 -2.0 .7 -0.5 4.1 66 .488 .499 $13,610,000
STL (7 yrs) 840.0 143 138 415 4.45 4.51 0.17 0.16 97.2 4.37 -10 -1.1 .8 -0.5 4.6 71 .492 .499 $12,710,000
CHC (1 yr) 16.0 11 0 11 6.19 4.54 -0.40 -0.34 99.0 4.56 -3 -0.3 .6 0.0 -0.2 -1 .473 .498 $450,000
NYY (1 yr) 17.2 9 2 16 8.15 5.12 -0.54 -0.17 96.7 5.31 -6 -0.5 .7 0.0 -0.3 -3 .441 .497 $450,000

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
1996 27 STL NL NLDS W SDP 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 1.750 15.8 2.3 0.0 11.3
1996 27 STL NL NLCS L ATL 1 1 .500 9.39 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 12 8 8 0 4 0 6 1 0 1 40 2.087 14.1 0.0 4.7 7.0 1.50
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 1 .500 9.26 3 3 0 0 0 0 11.2 19 12 12 1 4 0 11 1 0 1 60 1.971 14.7 0.8 3.1 8.5 2.75
1 NLDS 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 1.750 15.8 2.3 0.0 11.3
1 NLCS 1 1 .500 9.39 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 12 8 8 0 4 0 6 1 0 1 40 2.087 14.1 0.0 4.7 7.0 1.50

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
1992 23 STL NL 34 754 703 91 193 39 5 14 15 3 38 104 .275 .312 .404 .716 .304 284 19 2 7 4 2 13
1993 24 STL NL 26 654 595 73 153 27 5 18 4 5 47 83 .257 .318 .410 .728 .272 244 13 7 6 2 4 9
1995 26 STL NL 19 477 430 58 112 26 3 17 10 8 34 82 .260 .316 .453 .769 .284 195 9 2 8 3 2 8
1996 27 STL NL 30 822 753 87 191 37 2 22 4 10 57 134 .254 .306 .396 .701 .281 298 11 1 7 4 5 9
1997 28 STL NL 14 337 307 46 84 17 1 10 3 5 23 51 .274 .323 .433 .757 .297 133 6 1 3 3 2 2
1998 29 STL NL 14 358 328 42 84 17 2 11 2 2 22 60 .256 .301 .421 .722 .280 138 6 1 3 4 2 10
1999 30 STL NL 6 130 114 18 34 7 1 4 1 3 10 21 .298 .362 .482 .845 .333 55 1 2 3 1 0 1
2002 33 CHC NL 11 77 64 11 19 5 1 1 3 0 10 13 .297 .387 .453 .840 .353 29 0 0 2 1 2 0
2004 35 NYY AL 9 79 72 16 25 6 0 3 2 2 5 10 .347 .405 .556 .961 .373 40 3 2 0 0 0 1
9 Yrs 163 3688 3366 442 895 181 20 100 44 38 246 558 .266 .317 .421 .738 .291 1416 68 18 39 22 19 53
162 Game Avg. 37 828 755 99 201 41 4 22 10 9 55 125 .266 .317 .421 .738 .291 318 15 4 9 5 4 12
MLB Averages .266 .336 .420 .756 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1992 23 STL NL -11.2 -1.2 778 -0.2 13.8 -14.0 1.04 -0.7 0.5 -13.3 -1.4 1.04 -7.9 1 2 2
1993 24 STL NL 3.7 0.4 668 0.8 12.2 -11.4 1.04 0.8 -0.0 5.4 0.6 1.03 6.6 0 0 0
1995 26 STL NL 2.8 0.3 491 0.3 8.8 -8.4 .99 -0.7 1.1 1.8 0.2 0.99 -7.5 0 0 0
1996 27 STL NL 15.4 1.6 843 1.5 15.4 -13.9 1.00 1.8 -0.2 17.9 1.8 1.00 20.0 0 0 0
1997 28 STL NL -5.6 -0.5 347 -0.3 5.9 -6.3 .99 -0.1 -0.2 -3.6 -0.4 0.99 -1.2 0 0 0
1998 29 STL NL 1.3 0.1 363 -0.4 6.6 -6.9 1.04 -0.0 -0.3 -0.3 -0.0 1.04 0.7 0 0 0
1999 30 STL NL -2.0 -0.2 135 -0.5 2.0 -2.5 .96 -0.2 -0.3 -2.5 -0.2 0.96 -3.0 0 0 0
2002 33 CHC NL -3.3 -0.3 79 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 .62 -0.2 -0.2 -1.5 -0.2 0.62 -3.5 1 4 6
2004 35 NYY AL -5.6 -0.5 82 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 .58 -0.4 -1.0 -8.0 -0.7 0.58 -4.7 0 4 3
9 Yrs -4.4 -0.4 3786 0.3 66.0 -65.7 1.00 0.2 0.1 -4.1 -0.4 1.00 -0.5 2 10 11

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
1992 23 STL NL 34 29 10 8 11 2 2 13 16 .448 4 6 0 0 16 55% 49.9 80 20 18 7 2 12 3.4 2.8 5.8 88 6 18 5 0 115
1993 24 STL NL 26 26 10 7 9 1 3 15 11 .577 1 3 1 0 17 65% 50.8 78 19 26 8 1 9 4.6 4.2 6.0 89 7 9 6 1 123
1995 26 STL NL 19 19 4 6 9 1 3 8 11 .421 1 4 0 0 10 53% 51.3 73 23 10 6 0 6 3.0 3.5 6.0 95 2 9 6 0 116
1996 27 STL NL 30 30 13 9 8 0 4 17 13 .567 5 4 2 1 23 77% 53.8 82 15 15 10 0 11 4.2 3.6 6.6 106 0 7 10 6 129
1997 28 STL NL 14 14 3 7 4 0 2 5 9 .357 2 2 0 0 8 57% 48.1 75 12 4 3 0 6 3.8 3.3 5.7 90 4 4 6 0 118
1998 29 STL NL 14 14 5 4 5 0 1 8 6 .571 1 3 1 1 7 50% 51.2 83 23 3 0 0 7 5.3 4.3 6.0 91 5 3 5 1 122
1999 30 STL NL 6 6 1 3 2 0 0 1 5 .167 1 1 0 0 2 33% 45.5 52 33 2 0 0 5 5.7 6.0 4.9 80 4 0 2 0 105
2004 35 NYY AL 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 23.5 31 16 5 2 0 1 5.7 5.1 3.2 58 2 0 0 0 71
8 Yrs 152 140 46 44 50 4 15 68 72 .486 15 24 4 2 83 59% 50 83 12 83 36 3 57 4.1 3.7 6.0 92 30 50 40 8 129
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 105 -21 4.8 4.8 6.0 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
1992 23 STL NL 34 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1.044 1 2 2 1 1 3 0 5 2 0 3 0 6.0 29
2002 33 CHC NL 11 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 6 .625 1 4 6 2 1 8 3 8 7 2 9 1 4.4 26
2004 35 NYY AL 9 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 46% 8 .584 0 4 3 0 0 7 5 2 3 3 3 1 4.9 27
3 Yrs 54 23 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 18 7 39% .969 2 10 11 3 2 18 8 15 12 5 15 2 4.9 27

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%
1992 23 STL NL 754 21% 1.9% 13.8% 5.0% 7.7% 30% 0.76 0.98 78% 20% 4.8% 14% 138 19 14%
1993 24 STL NL 657 19% 2.8% 12.7% 7.2% 7.7% 33% 0.68 0.92 76% 20% 7.4% 18% 118 13 11%
1995 26 STL NL 477 18% 3.6% 17.2% 7.1% 9.6% 41% 0.77 1.04 70% 23% 9.9% 13% 79 9 11%
1996 27 STL NL 822 14% 2.7% 16.3% 6.9% 7.4% 32% 0.69 0.89 73% 24% 7.8% 22% 118 11 9%
1997 28 STL NL 337 12% 3.0% 15.1% 6.8% 8.3% 33% 0.72 0.95 74% 29% 7.8% 14% 68 6 9%
1998 29 STL NL 358 18% 3.1% 16.8% 6.2% 8.4% 36% 0.76 0.80 73% 20% 8.3% 13% 63 6 10%
1999 30 STL NL 130 8% 3.1% 16.2% 7.7% 9.2% 35% 0.77 1.00 69% 24% 8.5% 11% 22 1 5%
2002 33 CHC NL 77 36% 1.3% 16.9% 13.0% 9.1% 37% 0.56 0.84 66% 26% 3.8% 19% 18 0 0%
2004 35 NYY AL 79 34% 3.8% 12.7% 6.3% 11.4% 36% 0.59 0.78 75% 29% 8.6% 10% 21 3 14%
9 Yrs 3691 18% 2.7% 15.1% 6.7% 8.2% 34% 0.72 0.93 74% 22% 7.4% 16% 645 68 11%
MLB Averages 45% 2.7% 16.4% 8.9% 7.8% 33% 0.80 1.08 70% 21% 7.9% 14% 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
1992 23 STL NL 755 2692 3.57 1720 64% 23% 13% 28% 35% 77% 1% 49% 83% 58% 3% 26 15 18% 135 56 6 35% 13 9 -1 0 0
1993 24 STL NL 601 2161 3.60 1349 62% 22% 14% 28% 36% 77% 2% 48% 81% 56% 5% 30 13 19% 112 53 6 27% 11 13 56 1 9
1995 26 STL NL 454 1687 3.72 1069 63% 23% 16% 29% 32% 77% 1% 49% 79% 61% 4% 17 12 20% 92 40 3 29% 15 4 23 0 0
1996 27 STL NL 646 2450 3.79 1549 63% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 47% 80% 56% 4% 26 16 22% 140 71 6 29% 21 5 176 3 2
1997 28 STL NL 337 1254 3.72 812 65% 24% 15% 29% 32% 76% 1% 49% 80% 62% 4% 15 9 26% 89 61 9 27% 7 5 0 0 0
1998 29 STL NL 358 1273 3.56 815 64% 28% 15% 23% 34% 72% 2% 46% 80% 60% 5% 18 10 22% 80 48 5 33% 16 6 0 0 0
1999 30 STL NL 131 482 3.68 307 64% 30% 13% 25% 32% 70% 1% 44% 82% 60% 2% 3 1 24% 31 17 3 24% 6 2 -1 0 0
2002 33 CHC NL 77 285 3.70 177 62% 29% 12% 29% 31% 71% 7% 44% 83% 58% 8% 6 4 21% 16 7 0 62% 2 0 0 0 0
2004 35 NYY AL 79 301 3.81 188 62% 31% 13% 22% 33% 69% 0% 43% 81% 61% 5% 4 3 16% 13 6 2 10% 1 1 0 0 0
9 Yrs 3438 12585 3.66 7986 63% 25% 14% 27% 33% 75% 1% 48% 81% 58% 4% 145 83 21% 708 359 40 30% 92 45 253 4 11
MLB Averages 3.71 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 57% 5% 20% 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
1992 23 STL NL 754 193 71 3 14 0 10 11 3 4 10 41 18 7 44% 13 6 0 259 15 3 83% 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1993 24 STL NL 654 153 17 3 18 1 8 16 2 9 9 16 11 2 69% 9 4 3 220 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 3
1995 26 STL NL 477 112 11 1 17 0 7 14 3 6 11 23 11 3 48% 8 0 0 169 10 8 56% 8 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 0
1996 27 STL NL 822 191 20 0 22 0 8 18 4 10 12 24 11 3 46% 9 6 0 266 4 10 29% 4 9 0 1 0 0 3 1 14 0
1997 28 STL NL 337 84 11 4 10 1 9 10 0 1 9 23 11 4 48% 2 1 2 123 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 7 0
1998 29 STL NL 358 84 26 1 11 0 11 11 0 10 1 18 7 3 39% 10 1 0 122 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1999 30 STL NL 130 34 3 0 4 0 1 4 0 1 3 6 7 0 117% 1 1 0 50 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2002 33 CHC NL 77 19 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 38 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 35 NYY AL 79 25 2 0 3 0 5 2 1 1 2 11 5 2 45% 1 0 0 31 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
9 Yrs 3688 895 162 12 100 2 60 87 13 43 57 165 83 24 50% 53 19 5 1278 44 38 54% 41 32 3 5 0 1 8 4 54 3
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1992 23 11 9 .550 3.77 34 29 2 0 0 0 179.0 193 91 75 14 38 2 104 2 0 6 754 90 1.291 9.7 0.7 1.9 5.2 2.74 90
1993 24 21 16 .568 3.76 60 55 2 1 0 0 334.2 346 164 140 32 85 6 187 9 0 10 1411 97 1.288 9.3 0.9 2.3 5.0 2.20 97
1994 25 21 16 .568 3.76 60 55 2 1 0 0 334.2 346 164 140 32 85 6 187 9 0 10 1411 97 1.288 9.3 0.9 2.3 5.0 2.20 97
1995 26 25 22 .532 3.78 79 74 2 1 0 0 448.0 458 222 188 49 119 8 269 11 0 10 1888 100 1.288 9.2 1.0 2.4 5.4 2.26 100
1996 27 38 31 .551 3.70 109 104 2 3 1 0 646.2 649 309 266 71 176 13 403 12 1 16 2710 106 1.276 9.0 1.0 2.4 5.6 2.29 106
1997 28 41 38 .519 3.84 123 118 2 3 1 0 727.0 733 355 310 81 199 15 454 13 1 17 3047 103 1.282 9.1 1.0 2.5 5.6 2.28 103
1998 29 46 42 .523 3.86 137 132 2 4 2 0 810.2 817 397 348 92 221 17 514 14 1 18 3405 103 1.280 9.1 1.0 2.5 5.7 2.33 103
1999 30 47 45 .511 3.92 143 138 2 4 2 0 840.0 851 415 366 96 231 17 535 16 1 19 3535 102 1.288 9.1 1.0 2.5 5.7 2.32 102
2000 31 47 45 .511 3.92 143 138 2 4 2 0 840.0 851 415 366 96 231 17 535 16 1 19 3535 102 1.288 9.1 1.0 2.5 5.7 2.32 102
2001 32 47 45 .511 3.92 143 138 2 4 2 0 840.0 851 415 366 96 231 17 535 16 1 19 3535 102 1.288 9.1 1.0 2.5 5.7 2.32 102
2002 33 47 46 .505 3.96 154 138 3 4 2 0 856.0 870 426 377 97 241 19 548 16 1 19 3612 101 1.298 9.1 1.0 2.5 5.8 2.27 101
2003 34 47 46 .505 3.96 154 138 3 4 2 0 856.0 870 426 377 97 241 19 548 16 1 19 3612 101 1.298 9.1 1.0 2.5 5.8 2.27 101
2004 35 49 46 .516 4.03 163 140 5 4 2 0 873.2 895 442 391 100 246 19 558 18 1 19 3691 100 1.306 9.2 1.0 2.5 5.7 2.27 100

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
1992 23 7 11 .389 4.74 167.0 210 98 88 15 41 97 2 1.503 11.3 2.2 5.2 2.37 0.8 34
1993 24 8 8 .500 3.96 150.0 154 73 66 18 47 80 7 1.340 9.2 2.8 4.8 1.70 1.1 26
1995 26 7 6 .538 3.77 124.0 124 58 52 19 38 90 2 1.306 9.0 2.8 6.5 2.37 1.4 19
1996 27 12 9 .571 3.50 193.0 187 83 75 22 56 130 1 1.259 8.7 2.6 6.1 2.32 1.0 30
1997 28 3 5 .375 4.91 77.0 82 47 42 10 22 49 1 1.351 9.6 2.6 5.7 2.23 1.2 14
1998 29 5 4 .556 3.92 85.0 82 41 37 11 21 61 1 1.212 8.7 2.2 6.5 2.90 1.2 14
1999 30 1 2 .333 4.97 29.0 32 18 16 4 9 21 2 1.414 9.9 2.8 6.5 2.33 1.2 6
2002 33 0 1 .000 6.19 16.0 19 12 11 1 10 13 0 1.813 10.7 5.6 7.3 1.30 0.6 11
2004 35 0 1 .000 7.88 16.0 25 16 14 3 5 9 2 1.875 14.1 2.8 5.1 1.80 1.7 9
9 Yrs 43 47 .478 4.21 857.0 915 446 401 103 249 550 18 1.358 9.6 5.8 2.21 1.1 163

* 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

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1992 NL  1.911 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 NL  1 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1992 NL  2.737 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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