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Al Osuna

Alfonso Osuna

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 10, 1965 in Inglewood, CA
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 16th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1990
Teams (by GP): Astros/Dodgers/Padres 1990-1996

Final Game: September 27, 1996
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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
1990 24 HOU NL 2 0 1.000 4.76 12 0 2 0 0 0 11.1 10 6 6 1 6 1 6 3 0 3 48 81 1.412 7.9 0.8 4.8 4.8 1.00
1991 25 HOU NL 7 6 .538 3.42 71 0 32 0 0 12 81.2 59 39 31 5 46 5 68 3 1 3 353 102 1.286 6.5 0.6 5.1 7.5 1.48
1992 26 HOU NL 6 3 .667 4.23 66 0 17 0 0 0 61.2 52 29 29 8 38 5 37 1 1 3 270 80 1.459 7.6 1.2 5.5 5.4 0.97
1993 27 HOU NL 1 1 .500 3.20 44 0 6 0 0 2 25.1 17 10 9 3 13 2 21 1 0 3 107 122 1.184 6.0 1.1 4.6 7.5 1.62
1994 28 LAD NL 2 0 1.000 6.23 15 0 4 0 0 0 8.2 13 6 6 0 4 0 7 0 1 0 43 66 1.962 13.5 0.0 4.2 7.3 1.75
1996 30 SDP NL 0 0 2.25 10 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 1 1 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 20 193 1.750 11.3 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
6 Yrs 18 10 .643 3.83 218 0 61 0 0 14 192.2 156 91 82 17 109 14 143 9 3 13 841 93 1.375 7.3 0.8 5.1 6.7 1.31
162 Game Avg. 6 3 .643 3.83 68 0 19 0 0 4 60 49 28 26 5 34 4 45 3 1 4 262 93 1.375 7.3 0.8 5.1 6.7 1.31
HOU (4 yrs) 16 10 .615 3.75 193 0 57 0 0 14 180.0 138 84 75 17 103 13 132 8 2 12 778 94 1.339 6.9 0.9 5.2 6.6 1.28
LAD (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 6.23 15 0 4 0 0 0 8.2 13 6 6 0 4 0 7 0 1 0 43 66 1.962 13.5 0.0 4.2 7.3 1.75
SDP (1 yr) 0 0 2.25 10 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 1 1 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 20 193 1.750 11.3 0.0 4.5 9.0 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
1990 24 HOU NL 11.1 12 0 6 4.76 4.50 -0.21 -0.34 101.5 4.44 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.0 0.0 1 .494 .500 $
1991 25 HOU NL 81.2 71 0 39 4.30 4.29 0.04 -0.33 93.8 3.68 -6 -0.7 1.9 -0.4 -0.5 1 .490 .496 $106,000
1992 26 HOU NL 61.2 66 0 29 4.23 3.98 0.05 -0.31 96.8 3.51 -5 -0.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 0 .491 .496 $240,000
1993 27 HOU NL 25.1 44 0 10 3.55 4.83 0.19 -0.37 98.0 4.18 1 0.1 1.7 0.0 0.3 4 .503 .501 $
1994 28 LAD NL 8.2 15 0 6 6.23 4.98 -0.71 -0.38 96.7 5.13 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .493 .499 $
1996 30 SDP NL 4.0 10 0 1 2.25 5.40 -0.18 -0.41 89.3 4.62 1 0.1 1.9 0.0 0.2 1 .511 .501 $
6 Seasons 192.2 218 0 91 4.25 4.33 0.01 -0.33 95.8 3.82 -11 -1.2 1.6 -0.6 -0.4 7 .494 .499 $346,000
HOU (4 yrs) 180.0 193 0 84 4.20 4.27 0.05 -0.33 95.9 3.74 -11 -1.2 1.5 -0.6 -0.5 6 .494 .498 $346,000
LAD (1 yr) 8.2 15 0 6 6.23 4.98 -0.71 -0.38 96.7 5.13 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .493 .499 $
SDP (1 yr) 4.0 10 0 1 2.25 5.40 -0.18 -0.41 89.3 4.62 1 0.1 1.9 0.0 0.2 1 .511 .501 $

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
1990 24 HOU NL 12 48 37 6 10 3 1 1 0 1 6 6 .270 .396 .486 .882 .281 18 3 3 0 2 1 0
1991 25 HOU NL 71 353 293 39 59 13 1 5 2 0 46 68 .201 .311 .304 .615 .240 89 5 3 6 5 5 4
1992 26 HOU NL 66 270 220 29 52 7 0 8 4 1 38 37 .236 .343 .377 .721 .243 83 4 1 5 6 5 0
1993 27 HOU NL 44 107 85 10 17 1 0 3 0 0 13 21 .200 .301 .318 .619 .215 27 2 1 4 4 2 1
1994 28 LAD NL 15 43 39 6 13 2 1 0 0 0 4 7 .333 .395 .436 .831 .406 17 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 30 SDP NL 10 20 16 1 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 4 .313 .400 .625 1.025 .385 10 0 1 0 1 1 0
6 Yrs 218 841 690 91 156 29 4 17 6 2 109 143 .226 .332 .354 .685 .254 244 14 9 15 18 14 6
162 Game Avg. 68 262 215 28 49 9 1 5 2 1 34 45 .226 .332 .354 .685 .254 76 4 3 5 6 4 2
MLB Averages .263 .331 .402 .734 .293

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1990 24 HOU NL -0.8 -0.1 53 -0.4 0.9 -1.3 1.21 -0.2 -0.1 -2.0 -0.2 1.21 -2.1 5 1 5
1991 25 HOU NL -1.4 -0.2 360 -1.4 8.5 -9.8 1.74 0.2 -1.0 -5.7 -0.6 1.74 0.6 34 19 17
1992 26 HOU NL -4.8 -0.5 280 -0.5 3.3 -3.8 .85 -0.2 -0.4 -2.0 -0.2 0.85 -6.8 24 6 35
1993 27 HOU NL 2.2 0.2 111 0.3 2.4 -2.1 1.53 0.3 -0.1 4.4 0.5 1.53 4.4 17 10 17
1994 28 LAD NL -1.8 -0.2 44 -0.6 0.7 -1.3 1.21 -0.2 -0.3 -2.1 -0.2 1.21 -2.9 6 2 7
1996 30 SDP NL 1.1 0.1 21 -0.1 0.5 -0.7 1.73 -0.2 0.1 -0.9 -0.1 1.73 -1.5 5 3 2
6 Yrs -5.7 -0.6 869 -2.7 16.3 -19.0 1.36 -0.3 -1.6 -8.2 -0.9 1.36 -8.4 91 41 83

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
1990 24 HOU NL 12 12 2 2 0 1 0 1 0% 3 1 3 0 0% 8 1.214 5 1 5 3 3 6 3 9 3 5 5 3 2.8 17
1991 25 HOU NL 71 71 32 7 6 21 12 9 57% 33 10 57 20 35% 8 1.736 34 19 17 36 14 21 36 35 32 23 34 21 3.5 20
1992 26 HOU NL 66 66 17 6 3 2 0 2 0% 12 6 40 6 15% 8 .845 24 6 35 14 16 36 24 42 17 29 20 17 2.8 16
1993 27 HOU NL 44 44 6 1 1 2 2 0 100% 17 11 44 5 11% 8 1.535 17 10 17 19 3 22 28 16 3 33 7 15 1.7 10
1994 28 LAD NL 15 15 4 2 0 1 0 1 0% 7 6 11 2 18% 7 1.212 6 2 7 8 1 6 8 7 1 11 4 4 1.7 11
1996 30 SDP NL 10 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 14 4 29% 7 1.730 5 3 2 2 3 5 8 2 0 9 3 3 1.2 8
6 Yrs 218 218 61 18 10 28 14 14 50% 74 35 169 37 22% 1.368 91 41 83 82 40 96 107 111 56 110 73 63 2.7 15

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%
1990 24 HOU NL 48 46% 2.1% 12.5% 12.5% 10.4% 50% 1.29 1.60 67% 12% 12.5% 43% 9 3 33%
1991 25 HOU NL 353 36% 1.4% 19.3% 13.0% 5.4% 32% 0.71 0.79 64% 12% 4.8% 22% 82 5 6%
1992 26 HOU NL 270 33% 3.0% 13.7% 14.1% 5.6% 29% 0.35 0.52 67% 20% 7.3% 21% 72 4 6%
1993 27 HOU NL 107 48% 2.8% 19.6% 12.2% 3.7% 24% 0.58 0.72 61% 15% 8.8% 21% 31 2 6%
1994 28 LAD NL 43 51% 0.0% 16.3% 9.3% 7.0% 23% 0.60 0.46 74% 28% 0.0% 5% 11 0 0%
1996 30 SDP NL 20 65% 0.0% 20.0% 10.0% 20.0% 80% 0.20 0.33 65% 31% 0.0% 20% 3 0 0%
6 Yrs 841 38% 2.0% 17.0% 13.0% 6.0% 32% 0.56 0.68 65% 16% 6.0% 21% 208 14 7%
MLB Averages 42% 2.3% 15.5% 8.8% 7.2% 31% 0.81 1.08 72% 21% 7.0% 16% 10%

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
1990 24 HOU NL 38 152 4.00 83 55% 22% 14% 33% 31% 78% 6% 43% 82% 50% 13% 5 2 13% 5 3 0 33% 1 2 10 0 0
1991 25 HOU NL 353 1412 4.00 835 59% 21% 19% 31% 28% 79% 3% 46% 75% 56% 8% 28 11 20% 69 32 1 22% 7 13 0 0 0
1992 26 HOU NL 271 1033 3.81 604 58% 23% 16% 29% 32% 77% 4% 45% 79% 58% 9% 24 13 22% 60 29 2 19% 8 6 -1 0 0
1993 27 HOU NL 102 399 3.91 223 56% 25% 19% 26% 30% 75% 5% 42% 74% 46% 10% 10 5 13% 13 4 0 5% 1 3 5 0 0
1994 28 LAD NL 38 147 3.87 94 64% 18% 18% 33% 31% 82% 0% 52% 78% 61% 3% 1 1 24% 9 6 1 17% 1 0 5 0 0
1996 30 SDP NL 18 65 3.61 36 55% 6% 42% 22% 31% 94% 14% 52% 56% 33% 11% 2 0 6% 1 0 0 0% 0 1 2 0 0
6 Yrs 820 3208 3.91 1875 58% 22% 18% 30% 30% 78% 4% 46% 76% 55% 9% 70 32 19% 157 74 4 18% 18 25 21 0 0
MLB Averages 3.67 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 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
1990 24 HOU NL 48 10 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 75% 0 3 0 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1991 25 HOU NL 353 59 23 1 5 0 18 2 3 4 1 22 17 0 77% 4 3 0 143 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1992 26 HOU NL 270 52 18 0 8 0 7 6 2 2 6 23 9 7 39% 0 3 0 128 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1993 27 HOU NL 107 17 2 0 3 0 9 1 2 1 2 11 5 1 45% 1 3 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1994 28 LAD NL 43 13 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 25% 1 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1996 30 SDP NL 20 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 67% 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Yrs 841 156 46 1 17 0 37 10 7 8 9 67 37 10 55% 6 13 0 359 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 46 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+
1990 24 2 0 1.000 4.76 12 0 2 0 0 0 11.1 10 6 6 1 6 1 6 3 0 3 48 81 1.412 7.9 0.8 4.8 4.8 1.00 81
1991 25 9 6 .600 3.58 83 0 34 0 0 12 93.0 69 45 37 6 52 6 74 6 1 6 401 99 1.301 6.7 0.6 5.0 7.2 1.42 99
1992 26 15 9 .625 3.84 149 0 51 0 0 12 154.2 121 74 66 14 90 11 111 7 2 9 671 90 1.364 7.0 0.8 5.2 6.5 1.23 90
1993 27 16 10 .615 3.75 193 0 57 0 0 14 180.0 138 84 75 17 103 13 132 8 2 12 778 94 1.339 6.9 0.9 5.2 6.6 1.28 94
1994 28 18 10 .643 3.86 208 0 61 0 0 14 188.2 151 90 81 17 107 13 139 8 3 12 821 92 1.367 7.2 0.8 5.1 6.6 1.30 92
1995 29 18 10 .643 3.86 208 0 61 0 0 14 188.2 151 90 81 17 107 13 139 8 3 12 821 92 1.367 7.2 0.8 5.1 6.6 1.30 92
1996 30 18 10 .643 3.83 218 0 61 0 0 14 192.2 156 91 82 17 109 14 143 9 3 13 841 93 1.375 7.3 0.8 5.1 6.7 1.31 93

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
1990 24 0 1 .000 5.40 10.0 10 7 6 1 6 5 3 1.600 9.0 5.4 4.5 0.83 0.9 12
1991 25 4 4 .500 4.10 79.0 63 40 36 5 49 66 3 1.418 7.2 5.6 7.5 1.35 0.6 71
1992 26 2 4 .333 5.53 57.0 57 39 35 9 42 34 1 1.737 9.0 6.6 5.4 0.81 1.4 66
1993 27 1 1 .500 3.24 25.0 17 10 9 3 13 21 1 1.200 6.1 4.7 7.6 1.62 1.1 44
1994 28 0 1 .000 6.75 12.0 19 10 9 0 6 10 0 2.083 14.3 4.5 7.5 1.67 0.0 15
1996 30 0 0 2.25 4.0 5 1 1 0 2 4 1 1.750 11.3 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 10
6 Yrs 7 11 .389 4.62 187.0 171 107 96 18 118 140 9 1.545 8.2 6.7 1.19 0.9 218

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1991 NL  71 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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