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Bob Patterson

Robert Chandler Patterson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 16, 1959 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Wade Hampton HS (Greenville, SC)
School: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 21st round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1985
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs/Angels/Rangers/Padres 1985-1998

Final Game: July 11, 1998
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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
1985 26 SDP NL 0 0 24.75 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 13 11 11 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 26 16 4.000 29.3 4.5 6.8 2.3 0.33
1986 27 PIT NL 2 3 .400 4.95 11 5 2 0 0 0 36.1 49 20 20 0 5 2 20 0 1 0 159 78 1.486 12.1 0.0 1.2 5.0 4.00
1987 28 PIT NL 1 4 .200 6.70 15 7 2 0 0 0 43.0 49 34 32 5 22 4 27 1 0 1 201 62 1.651 10.3 1.0 4.6 5.7 1.23
1989 30 PIT NL 4 3 .571 4.05 12 3 2 0 0 1 26.2 23 13 12 3 8 2 20 0 0 0 109 84 1.163 7.8 1.0 2.7 6.8 2.50
1990 31 PIT NL 8 5 .615 2.95 55 5 19 0 0 5 94.2 88 33 31 9 21 7 70 3 2 1 386 123 1.151 8.4 0.9 2.0 6.7 3.33
1991 32 PIT NL 4 3 .571 4.11 54 1 19 0 0 2 65.2 67 32 30 7 15 1 57 0 0 0 270 88 1.249 9.2 1.0 2.1 7.8 3.80
1992 33 PIT NL 6 3 .667 2.92 60 0 26 0 0 9 64.2 59 22 21 7 23 6 43 0 0 3 268 120 1.268 8.2 1.0 3.2 6.0 1.87
1993 34 TEX AL 2 4 .333 4.78 52 0 29 0 0 1 52.2 59 28 28 8 11 0 46 1 0 0 224 88 1.329 10.1 1.4 1.9 7.9 4.18
1994 35 CAL AL 2 3 .400 4.07 47 0 11 0 0 1 42.0 35 21 19 6 15 2 30 2 0 1 170 120 1.190 7.5 1.3 3.2 6.4 2.00
1995 36 CAL AL 5 2 .714 3.04 62 0 20 0 0 0 53.1 48 18 18 6 13 3 41 1 1 0 212 155 1.144 8.1 1.0 2.2 6.9 3.15
1996 37 CHC NL 3 3 .500 3.13 79 0 27 0 0 8 54.2 46 19 19 6 22 7 53 1 1 1 230 139 1.244 7.6 1.0 3.6 8.7 2.41
1997 38 CHC NL 1 6 .143 3.34 76 0 12 0 0 0 59.1 47 23 22 9 10 1 58 0 0 1 231 129 0.961 7.1 1.4 1.5 8.8 5.80
1998 39 CHC NL 1 1 .500 7.52 33 0 4 0 0 1 20.1 36 20 17 2 12 3 17 0 0 0 107 59 2.361 15.9 0.9 5.3 7.5 1.42
13 Yrs 39 40 .494 4.08 559 21 175 0 0 28 617.1 619 294 280 70 180 38 483 9 6 8 2593 99 1.294 9.0 1.0 2.6 7.0 2.68
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .494 4.08 66 2 21 0 0 3 72 73 34 33 8 21 4 57 1 1 1 304 99 1.294 9.0 1.0 2.6 7.0 2.68
PIT (6 yrs) 25 21 .543 3.97 207 21 70 0 0 17 331.0 335 154 146 31 94 22 237 4 3 5 1393 92 1.296 9.1 0.8 2.6 6.4 2.52
CHC (3 yrs) 5 10 .333 3.89 188 0 43 0 0 9 134.1 129 62 58 17 44 11 128 1 1 2 568 112 1.288 8.6 1.1 2.9 8.6 2.91
CAL (2 yrs) 7 5 .583 3.49 109 0 31 0 0 1 95.1 83 39 37 12 28 5 71 3 1 1 382 137 1.164 7.8 1.1 2.6 6.7 2.54
TEX (1 yr) 2 4 .333 4.78 52 0 29 0 0 1 52.2 59 28 28 8 11 0 46 1 0 0 224 88 1.329 10.1 1.4 1.9 7.9 4.18
SDP (1 yr) 0 0 24.75 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 13 11 11 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 26 16 4.000 29.3 4.5 6.8 2.3 0.33
NL (10 yrs) 30 31 .492 4.12 398 21 115 0 0 26 469.1 477 227 215 50 141 33 366 5 5 7 1987 94 1.317 9.1 1.0 2.7 7.0 2.60
AL (3 yrs) 9 9 .500 3.95 161 0 60 0 0 2 148.0 142 67 65 20 39 5 117 4 1 1 606 116 1.223 8.6 1.2 2.4 7.1 3.00

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
1985 26 SDP NL 4.0 3 0 11 24.75 4.35 0.12 -0.34 96.0 3.73 -9 -0.8 .1 0.4 -0.4 -9 .243 .495 $
1986 27 PIT NL 36.1 11 5 20 4.95 4.33 0.21 0.04 101.7 4.23 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.0 -0.1 1 .470 .498 $
1987 28 PIT NL 43.0 15 7 34 7.12 4.82 0.45 0.06 96.1 4.25 -14 -1.3 .7 0.0 -1.0 -9 .410 .492 $
1989 30 PIT NL 26.2 12 3 13 4.39 3.99 0.16 -0.07 94.2 3.53 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0 .476 .498 $
1990 31 PIT NL 94.2 55 5 33 3.14 4.28 0.10 -0.19 95.8 3.82 5 0.6 1.5 -0.0 1.3 16 .511 .504 $150,000
1991 32 PIT NL 65.2 54 1 32 4.39 4.11 -0.08 -0.29 97.4 3.79 -5 -0.5 1.3 -0.2 -0.2 1 .490 .497 $325,000
1992 33 PIT NL 64.2 60 0 22 3.06 3.96 0.00 -0.31 98.3 3.59 3 0.4 1.8 0.1 1.0 9 .507 .502 $785,000
1993 34 TEX AL 52.2 52 0 28 4.78 4.73 0.04 -0.37 97.6 4.22 -3 -0.3 .8 -0.1 0.2 3 .495 .498 $825,000
1994 35 CAL AL 42.0 47 0 21 4.50 5.43 0.05 -0.42 101.0 5.00 2 0.2 1.3 -0.0 0.6 6 .504 .501 $650,000
1995 36 CAL AL 53.1 62 0 18 3.04 5.16 0.11 -0.38 99.5 4.63 10 0.9 1.2 -0.0 1.4 16 .515 .506 $535,000
1996 37 CHC NL 54.2 79 0 19 3.13 4.89 0.50 -0.37 102.1 4.11 6 0.7 1.8 0.1 1.2 11 .508 .504 $675,000
1997 38 CHC NL 59.1 76 0 23 3.49 4.78 0.21 -0.36 101.4 4.27 5 0.5 1.5 0.0 1.0 11 .507 .503 $1,050,000
1998 39 CHC NL 20.1 33 0 20 8.85 5.33 -0.12 -0.41 104.3 5.25 -8 -0.8 1.6 -0.3 -0.9 -6 .475 .495 $900,000
13 Seasons 617.1 559 21 294 4.29 4.59 0.14 -0.27 98.7 4.14 -13 -1.1 1.4 -0.1 4.0 50 .498 .499 $5,895,000
PIT (6 yrs) 331.0 207 21 154 4.19 4.24 0.11 -0.17 97.2 3.85 -16 -1.5 1.5 -0.2 0.9 17 .493 .498 $1,260,000
CHC (3 yrs) 134.1 188 0 62 4.15 4.91 0.28 -0.37 102.1 4.35 3 0.4 1.6 -0.1 1.3 16 .502 .501 $2,625,000
CAL (2 yrs) 95.1 109 0 39 3.68 5.28 0.09 -0.40 100.1 4.80 12 1.1 1.2 -0.1 2.0 22 .510 .503 $1,185,000
TEX (1 yr) 52.2 52 0 28 4.78 4.73 0.04 -0.37 97.6 4.22 -3 -0.3 .8 -0.1 0.2 3 .495 .498 $825,000
SDP (1 yr) 4.0 3 0 11 24.75 4.35 0.12 -0.34 96.0 3.73 -9 -0.8 .1 0.4 -0.4 -9 .243 .495 $

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
1990 31 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 3.000 9.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
1991 32 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
1992 33 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 2.400 16.2 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 0 1.93 5 0 1 0 0 1 4.2 5 1 1 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 21 1.714 9.6 0.0 5.8 7.7 1.33
3 NLCS 0 0 1.93 5 0 1 0 0 1 4.2 5 1 1 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 21 1.714 9.6 0.0 5.8 7.7 1.33

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
1985 26 SDP NL 3 26 23 11 13 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .565 .615 .957 1.572 .550 22 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986 27 PIT NL 11 159 152 20 49 13 1 0 1 1 5 20 .322 .342 .421 .763 .368 64 2 0 1 1 2 3
1987 28 PIT NL 15 201 168 34 49 14 1 5 1 2 22 27 .292 .371 .476 .847 .317 80 0 1 6 3 4 1
1989 30 PIT NL 12 109 98 13 23 2 1 3 1 2 8 20 .235 .290 .367 .657 .263 36 2 0 1 1 2 1
1990 31 PIT NL 55 386 354 33 88 15 1 9 5 4 21 70 .249 .294 .373 .667 .284 132 8 3 5 3 7 3
1991 32 PIT NL 54 270 251 32 67 12 1 7 1 5 15 57 .267 .306 .406 .712 .317 102 5 0 2 2 1 2
1992 33 PIT NL 60 267 240 22 59 12 2 7 1 3 23 43 .246 .309 .400 .709 .271 96 5 0 3 2 6 3
1993 34 TEX AL 52 224 209 28 59 9 1 8 3 2 11 46 .282 .318 .450 .768 .325 94 2 1 1 2 0 1
1994 35 CAL AL 47 170 153 21 35 10 0 6 0 2 15 30 .229 .306 .412 .718 .248 63 2 2 0 0 2 1
1995 36 CAL AL 62 212 195 18 48 10 0 6 3 4 13 41 .246 .295 .390 .685 .282 76 5 1 2 1 3 1
1996 37 CHC NL 79 230 201 19 46 7 3 6 3 1 22 53 .229 .303 .383 .686 .274 77 4 1 2 4 7 2
1997 38 CHC NL 76 231 212 23 47 10 1 9 6 1 10 58 .222 .252 .406 .658 .255 86 3 0 5 4 1 4
1998 39 CHC NL 33 107 92 20 36 7 2 2 4 1 12 17 .391 .453 .576 1.029 .453 53 1 0 1 2 3 1
13 Yrs 559 2592 2348 294 619 122 15 70 29 28 180 483 .264 .315 .418 .733 .302 981 40 9 29 25 38 23
162 Game Avg. 66 304 275 34 73 14 2 8 3 3 21 57 .264 .315 .418 .733 .302 115 5 1 3 3 4 3
MLB Averages .261 .329 .401 .730 .291

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1985 26 SDP NL -8.7 -0.8 27 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .05 -0.6 -0.1 -9.2 -0.8 0.05 -7.8 0 0 3
1986 27 PIT NL -3.2 -0.3 162 -0.5 2.9 -3.4 1.11 0.1 -0.5 -3.2 -0.3 1.11 -0.3 1 4 1
1987 28 PIT NL -11.6 -1.1 205 -1.1 2.9 -4.0 .98 -0.5 -0.6 -12.3 -1.2 0.98 -6.8 1 2 5
1989 30 PIT NL -1.7 -0.2 111 -0.5 1.6 -2.1 1.07 0.2 -0.7 -3.2 -0.3 1.07 1.5 2 3 4
1990 31 PIT NL 8.2 0.9 398 1.4 7.7 -6.3 1.09 0.9 0.3 7.3 0.8 1.09 6.6 22 7 21
1991 32 PIT NL -2.8 -0.3 276 0.2 4.6 -4.4 .99 0.2 -0.0 -2.7 -0.3 0.99 2.5 17 13 22
1992 33 PIT NL 4.5 0.5 275 0.1 6.4 -6.3 1.37 0.6 -0.5 4.1 0.4 1.39 6.1 32 11 17
1993 34 TEX AL -2.4 -0.2 231 -0.2 2.7 -2.9 .64 -0.4 0.1 -5.3 -0.5 0.64 -1.9 10 8 30
1994 35 CAL AL 3.7 0.3 174 2.7 4.4 -1.7 1.10 1.0 1.4 9.4 0.9 1.10 11.0 16 9 20
1995 36 CAL AL 10.7 1.0 219 1.7 4.0 -2.3 .94 0.8 1.1 18.9 1.8 0.94 13.1 24 12 23
1996 37 CHC NL 8.3 0.8 236 1.1 6.0 -4.9 1.51 0.9 -0.1 11.6 1.1 1.51 7.5 36 21 19
1997 38 CHC NL 6.9 0.7 239 1.4 6.0 -4.6 1.38 0.6 0.4 14.6 1.4 1.38 7.9 39 16 21
1998 39 CHC NL -7.4 -0.7 111 0.2 2.2 -2.0 1.19 -0.7 0.8 -11.0 -1.0 1.18 -9.3 14 4 15
13 Yrs 4.5 0.6 2664 6.3 51.6 -45.3 1.11 3.1 2.7 19.0 1.9 1.11 29.9 214 110 201

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
1986 27 PIT NL 11 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 .400 1 2 0 0 3 60% 47.0 73 24 6 2 1 3 3.4 3.0 5.6
1987 28 PIT NL 15 7 1 4 2 1 1 1 6 .143 0 1 0 0 2 29% 38.9 68 19 6 2 0 2 4.1 3.2 4.8
1989 30 PIT NL 12 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 48.3 74 34 3 2 1 1 4.2 3.0 4.7 65 2 1 0 0 88
1990 31 PIT NL 55 5 2 2 1 0 0 3 2 .600 0 0 0 0 3 60% 50.4 74 27 21 6 1 3 4.5 4.8 5.3 74 2 2 0 0 89
1991 32 PIT NL 54 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 50.0 50 50 13 3 0 1 4.0 6.8 3.3 71 1 0 0 0 71
5 Yrs 147 21 5 9 7 1 1 8 13 .381 1 3 0 0 9 43% 45 74 19 49 15 3 10 4.0 3.7 5.0 70 5 3 0 0 89
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 105 -21 4.6 4.5 6.1 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
1985 26 SDP NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .052 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 4.0
1986 27 PIT NL 11 6 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 6 1.114 1 4 1 1 3 2 2 4 3 2 3 1 4.2
1987 28 PIT NL 15 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 9 .978 1 2 5 1 2 5 4 4 2 3 3 1 3.6
1989 30 PIT NL 12 9 2 3 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 4 50% 6 1.073 2 3 4 1 3 5 5 4 4 2 4 3 4.2 20
1990 31 PIT NL 55 50 19 6 3 8 5 3 63% 18 9 39 12 31% 8 1.090 22 7 21 25 9 16 23 27 26 17 28 10 4.1 19
1991 32 PIT NL 54 53 19 4 3 3 2 1 67% 16 13 29 7 24% 8 .990 17 13 22 23 8 22 17 36 19 16 22 5 3.5 17
1992 33 PIT NL 60 60 26 6 3 13 9 4 69% 24 10 36 13 36% 8 1.374 32 11 17 31 16 13 23 37 16 22 18 12 3.2 16
1993 34 TEX AL 52 52 29 2 4 2 1 1 50% 9 6 29 12 41% 8 .640 10 8 30 17 5 30 16 36 13 19 15 7 3.0 15
1994 35 CAL AL 47 47 11 2 3 1 1 0 100% 11 10 49 11 22% 8 1.100 16 9 20 15 5 27 27 20 11 24 16 11 2.7 14
1995 36 CAL AL 62 62 20 5 2 1 0 1 0% 16 12 66 14 21% 8 .936 24 12 23 24 7 31 37 25 13 30 19 17 2.6 14
1996 37 CHC NL 79 79 27 3 3 10 8 2 80% 28 15 70 17 24% 8 1.507 36 21 19 33 17 29 41 38 6 52 7 33 2.1 12
1997 38 CHC NL 76 76 12 1 6 3 0 3 0% 27 22 68 17 25% 7 1.381 39 16 21 37 14 25 46 30 9 48 16 25 2.3 12
1998 39 CHC NL 33 33 4 1 1 2 1 1 50% 9 5 32 10 31% 8 1.186 14 4 15 13 7 13 17 16 3 25 7 6 1.8 14
13 Yrs 559 538 175 34 31 44 28 16 64% 159 102 435 120 28% 1.107 214 110 201 221 96 221 258 280 126 260 159 131 2.9 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%
1985 26 SDP NL 26 31% 7.7% 3.9% 11.5% 15.4% 31% 1.50 77% 4 1 25%
1986 27 PIT NL 159 15% 0.0% 12.6% 3.1% 8.8% 29% 1.05 84% 34 2 6%
1987 28 PIT NL 201 25% 2.5% 13.4% 11.0% 10.0% 41% 0.61 69% 45 0 0%
1989 30 PIT NL 109 25% 2.8% 18.4% 7.3% 5.5% 26% 0.66 0.81 70% 16% 8.6% 26% 21 2 10%
1990 31 PIT NL 386 29% 2.3% 18.1% 5.4% 6.5% 28% 0.56 0.73 72% 20% 6.6% 24% 72 8 11%
1991 32 PIT NL 270 33% 2.6% 21.1% 5.6% 7.4% 30% 0.65 1.08 70% 19% 7.4% 18% 52 5 10%
1992 33 PIT NL 268 33% 2.6% 16.1% 8.6% 7.9% 36% 0.49 0.64 72% 17% 6.7% 19% 46 5 11%
1993 34 TEX AL 224 33% 3.6% 20.5% 4.9% 8.0% 31% 0.47 0.59 70% 25% 8.9% 17% 48 2 4%
1994 35 CAL AL 170 45% 3.5% 17.7% 8.8% 9.4% 46% 0.36 0.42 69% 21% 7.9% 16% 33 2 6%
1995 36 CAL AL 212 44% 2.8% 19.3% 6.1% 7.6% 33% 0.47 0.58 70% 22% 7.0% 17% 40 5 13%
1996 37 CHC NL 230 40% 2.6% 23.0% 9.6% 7.0% 35% 0.44 0.49 63% 22% 7.5% 22% 49 4 8%
1997 38 CHC NL 231 46% 3.9% 25.1% 4.3% 8.7% 43% 0.43 0.61 65% 23% 10.7% 21% 52 3 6%
1998 39 CHC NL 107 53% 1.9% 15.9% 11.2% 10.3% 31% 0.41 0.30 70% 31% 4.3% 13% 28 1 4%
13 Yrs 2593 35% 2.7% 18.6% 6.9% 8.0% 33% 0.50 0.66 70% 21% 7.6% 20% 524 40 8%
MLB Averages 42% 2.4% 15.5% 8.7% 7.1% 31% 0.81 1.08 72% 21% 7.2% 19% 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
1989 30 PIT NL 109 373 3.42 243 65% 24% 16% 24% 33% 74% 6% 48% 76% 61% 5% 5 2 22% 24 12 2 21% 1 1 0 1 5
1990 31 PIT NL 314 1069 3.40 717 67% 24% 16% 27% 33% 76% 7% 51% 79% 60% 3% 10 3 24% 74 44 4 25% 12 2 72 0 1
1991 32 PIT NL 271 995 3.67 644 65% 26% 17% 26% 31% 74% 1% 48% 77% 62% 3% 7 4 20% 53 26 5 37% 12 2 -1 0 0
1992 33 PIT NL 271 964 3.56 609 63% 25% 15% 26% 33% 75% 6% 47% 80% 57% 6% 16 5 18% 48 24 0 33% 5 5 -3 0 0
1993 34 TEX AL 225 795 3.53 531 67% 26% 15% 27% 31% 74% 0% 50% 79% 62% 3% 6 4 24% 53 26 2 33% 8 2 -1 0 0
1994 35 CAL AL 164 624 3.80 398 64% 28% 12% 30% 29% 72% 4% 46% 83% 59% 2% 4 1 22% 36 19 2 37% 4 1 6 0 0
1995 36 CAL AL 199 829 4.17 542 65% 25% 13% 35% 27% 75% 4% 49% 82% 58% 5% 9 5 20% 40 18 1 31% 8 1 13 0 0
1996 37 CHC NL 217 864 3.98 561 65% 27% 14% 33% 26% 73% 7% 47% 81% 62% 5% 10 3 24% 53 32 3 51% 11 2 13 0 0
1997 38 CHC NL 223 852 3.82 565 66% 26% 14% 33% 28% 74% 1% 49% 81% 63% 1% 3 2 31% 69 29 2 36% 6 0 8 0 0
1998 39 CHC NL 108 455 4.21 280 62% 26% 12% 34% 28% 74% 6% 45% 84% 58% 6% 6 3 31% 33 12 1 41% 4 1 -1 0 0
10 Yrs 2101 7820 3.72 5090 65% 26% 15% 29% 30% 74% 4% 48% 80% 60% 4% 76 32 23% 483 242 22 35% 71 17 106 1 6
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 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
1985 26 SDP NL 26 13 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 27 PIT NL 159 49 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 17 7 2 41% 3 0 0 61 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1987 28 PIT NL 201 49 5 0 7 4 1 2 3 13 8 2 62% 1 1 0 88 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1989 30 PIT NL 109 23 3 1 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 7 5 0 71% 1 0 0 36 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 31 PIT NL 386 88 10 2 9 0 9 8 1 4 5 21 9 3 43% 3 1 1 138 5 4 56% 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1991 32 PIT NL 270 67 21 3 7 2 13 6 1 5 2 9 4 1 44% 2 0 0 102 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1992 33 PIT NL 267 59 22 2 7 1 10 6 1 5 2 14 8 1 57% 3 3 0 96 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1993 34 TEX AL 224 59 6 3 8 1 8 7 1 4 4 14 6 4 43% 1 0 1 84 3 2 60% 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1994 35 CAL AL 170 35 1 0 6 1 6 5 1 3 3 13 3 2 23% 1 1 0 64 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1995 36 CAL AL 212 48 3 0 6 0 12 4 2 4 2 12 3 4 25% 1 0 1 90 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
1996 37 CHC NL 230 46 6 1 6 0 14 5 1 5 1 22 10 4 45% 2 1 0 91 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1997 38 CHC NL 231 47 3 1 9 0 9 7 2 7 2 23 9 7 39% 4 1 0 92 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1998 39 CHC NL 107 36 5 1 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 11 8 0 73% 1 0 0 45 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
13 Yrs 2592 619 80 14 70 6 105 58 12 45 25 178 82 30 46% 23 8 3 999 29 28 51% 23 26 6 2 0 0 2 2 56 1
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+
1985 26 0 0 24.75 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 13 11 11 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 26 16 4.000 29.3 4.5 6.8 2.3 0.33 16
1986 27 2 3 .400 6.92 14 5 4 0 0 0 40.1 62 31 31 2 8 2 21 0 2 0 185 56 1.736 13.8 0.4 1.8 4.7 2.63 56
1987 28 3 7 .300 6.80 29 12 6 0 0 0 83.1 111 65 63 7 30 6 48 1 2 1 386 59 1.692 12.0 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.60 59
1988 29 3 7 .300 6.80 29 12 6 0 0 0 83.1 111 65 63 7 30 6 48 1 2 1 386 59 1.692 12.0 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.60 59
1989 30 7 10 .412 6.14 41 15 8 0 0 1 110.0 134 78 75 10 38 8 68 1 2 1 495 63 1.564 11.0 0.8 3.1 5.6 1.79 63
1990 31 15 15 .500 4.66 96 20 27 0 0 6 204.2 222 111 106 19 59 15 138 4 4 2 881 81 1.373 9.8 0.8 2.6 6.1 2.34 81
1991 32 19 18 .514 4.53 150 21 46 0 0 8 270.1 289 143 136 26 74 16 195 4 4 2 1151 82 1.343 9.6 0.9 2.5 6.5 2.64 82
1992 33 25 21 .543 4.22 210 21 72 0 0 17 335.0 348 165 157 33 97 22 238 4 4 5 1419 87 1.328 9.3 0.9 2.6 6.4 2.45 87
1993 34 27 25 .519 4.29 262 21 101 0 0 18 387.2 407 193 185 41 108 22 284 5 4 5 1643 87 1.328 9.4 1.0 2.5 6.6 2.63 87
1994 35 29 28 .509 4.27 309 21 112 0 0 19 429.2 442 214 204 47 123 24 314 7 4 6 1813 90 1.315 9.3 1.0 2.6 6.6 2.55 90
1995 36 34 30 .531 4.14 371 21 132 0 0 19 483.0 490 232 222 53 136 27 355 8 5 6 2025 95 1.296 9.1 1.0 2.5 6.6 2.61 95
1996 37 37 33 .529 4.03 450 21 159 0 0 27 537.2 536 251 241 59 158 34 408 9 6 7 2255 99 1.291 9.0 1.0 2.6 6.8 2.58 99
1997 38 38 39 .494 3.96 526 21 171 0 0 27 597.0 583 274 263 68 168 35 466 9 6 8 2486 101 1.258 8.8 1.0 2.5 7.0 2.77 101
1998 39 39 40 .494 4.08 559 21 175 0 0 28 617.1 619 294 280 70 180 38 483 9 6 8 2593 99 1.294 9.0 1.0 2.6 7.0 2.68 99

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1985 26 0 0 36.00 3.0 14 13 12 2 3 1 0 5.667 42.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 6.0 3
1986 27 1 2 .333 5.14 35.0 49 22 20 0 5 19 0 1.543 12.6 1.3 4.9 3.80 0.0 11
1987 28 1 3 .250 6.49 43.0 48 34 31 5 22 27 1 1.628 10.0 4.6 5.7 1.23 1.0 15
1989 30 1 1 .500 5.04 25.0 25 16 14 3 9 19 0 1.360 9.0 3.2 6.8 2.11 1.1 12
1990 31 5 4 .556 3.40 90.0 92 38 34 9 22 66 3 1.267 9.2 2.2 6.6 3.00 0.9 55
1991 32 2 4 .333 5.02 61.0 71 38 34 7 16 53 0 1.426 10.5 2.4 7.8 3.31 1.0 54
1992 33 3 3 .500 3.60 60.0 64 27 24 8 25 40 0 1.483 9.6 3.8 6.0 1.60 1.2 60
1993 34 2 3 .400 5.22 50.0 61 32 29 8 11 44 1 1.440 11.0 2.0 7.9 4.00 1.4 52
1994 35 3 3 .500 3.57 58.0 46 26 23 8 20 41 3 1.138 7.1 3.1 6.4 2.05 1.2 47
1995 36 4 2 .667 3.00 57.0 52 21 19 6 14 44 1 1.158 8.2 2.2 6.9 3.14 0.9 62
1996 37 4 2 .667 3.00 54.0 45 20 18 6 22 52 1 1.241 7.5 3.7 8.7 2.36 1.0 79
1997 38 4 2 .667 3.05 59.0 45 22 20 9 10 57 0 0.932 6.9 1.5 8.7 5.70 1.4 76
1998 39 0 2 .000 7.20 20.0 35 18 16 2 12 17 0 2.350 15.8 5.4 7.7 1.42 0.9 33
13 Yrs 30 31 .492 4.30 615.0 647 327 294 73 191 480 10 1.363 9.5 7.0 2.51 1.1 559

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1994 AL  47 (6th)
1995 AL  62 (6th)
1996 NL  79 (2nd)
1997 NL  76 (5th)
Career  559 (247th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1994 AL  2.7 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1998 NL  born 1959-05-16 (10th)

             

† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Juan Agosto (973)
  2. Jeremy Affeldt (964)
  3. Graeme Lloyd (962)
  4. Lee Guetterman (954)
  5. Frank DiPino (951)
  6. Rob Murphy (950)
  7. Mike Magnante (944)
  8. Jason Christiansen (943)
  9. J.C. Romero (942)
  10. Greg Cadaret (942)
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  1. Ted Wills (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rich Hinton (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Luis Arroyo (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Luis Arroyo (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Jeffcoat (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jackie Collum (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lee Guetterman (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lee Guetterman (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Matt Herges (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Doug Brocail (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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