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Jon Perlman

Jonathan Samuel Perlman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 13, 1956 in Dallas, TX
School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1985
Teams (by GP): Indians/Giants/Cubs 1985-1988

Final Game: July 8, 1988
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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
1979	22	CHC-min	AA	4	8	.333	4.59	18	13		4	0	1	96.0	133	76	49	9	32	2	34	0	1	4			1.719	12.5	0.8	3.0	3.2	1.06	MDL · TL
1980	23	CHC-min	AA	13	7	.650	4.28	30	30		9	2	0	200.0	230	115	95	13	76	4	78	3	1	11			1.530	10.4	0.6	3.4	3.5	1.03	MDL · TL
1981	24	CHC-min	AAA,AA	3	11	.214	6.98	28	20	5	3	0	1	120.0	164	115	93	10	59	4	45	9	0	10			1.858	12.3	0.8	4.4	3.4	0.76	IWA,MDL · AA,TL
1982	25	CHC-min	AA	13	7	.650	3.66	26	26	0	8	0	0	184.1	196	89	75	15	50	1	81	13	3	7			1.335	9.6	0.7	2.4	4.0	1.62	MDL · TL
1983	26	CHC-min	AAA	4	11	.267	4.51	31	13	9	3	0	3	115.2	138	78	58	8	29	1	34	2	1	1			1.444	10.7	0.6	2.3	2.6	1.17	IWA · AA
1984	27	CHC-min	AAA	11	6	.647	3.79	24	24	0	4	1	0	147.1	131	69	62	10	51	1	61	5	2	3			1.235	8.0	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.20	IWA · AA
1985	28	CHC-min	AAA	7	12	.368	4.70	32	23	6	4	0	0	151.1	181	91	79	11	45	3	64	3	4	6			1.493	10.8	0.7	2.7	3.8	1.42	IWA · AA
1985	28	CHC	NL	1	0	1.000	11.42	6	0	1	0	0	0	8.2	10	11	11	3	8	2	4	0	0	1	42	36	2.077	10.4	3.1	8.3	4.2	0.50

1986	29	SFG-min	AAA	7	3	.700	4.31	45	7	16	1	0	2	117.0	149	64	56	3	32	7	45	3	0	3			1.547	11.5	0.2	2.5	3.5	1.41	PHX · PCL
1987	30	SFG-min	AAA	12	6	.667	2.81	52	0	44	0	0	18	89.2	93	36	28	3	37	7	49	2	1	6			1.450	9.3	0.3	3.7	4.9	1.32	PHX · PCL
1987	30	SFG	NL	0	0		3.97	10	0	3	0	0	0	11.1	11	7	5	1	4	0	3	1	0	2	50	101	1.324	8.7	0.8	3.2	2.4	0.75
1988	31	CLE-min	AAA,AA	3	2	.600	3.25	25	2	20	0	0	5	36.0	36	18	13	2	11	0	22	0	5	1			1.306	9.0	0.5	2.8	5.5	2.00	CSP,WPT · PCL,EL
1988	31	CLE	AL	0	2	.000	5.49	10	0	5	0	0	0	19.2	25	12	12	0	11	3	10	0	3	1	94	76	1.831	11.4	0.0	5.0	4.6	0.91
3 Yrs				1	2	.333	6.35	26	0	9	0	0	0	39.2	46	30	28	4	23	5	17	1	3	4	186	65	1.739	10.4	0.9	5.2	3.9	0.74
162 Game Avg.				3	5	.333	6.35	68	0	24	0	0	0	104	120	78	73	10	60	13	44	3	8	10	486	65	1.739	10.4	0.9	5.2	3.9	0.74

SFG (1 yr)				0	0		3.97	10	0	3	0	0	0	11.1	11	7	5	1	4	0	3	1	0	2	50	101	1.324	8.7	0.8	3.2	2.4	0.75
CLE (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.49	10	0	5	0	0	0	19.2	25	12	12	0	11	3	10	0	3	1	94	76	1.831	11.4	0.0	5.0	4.6	0.91
CHC (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	11.42	6	0	1	0	0	0	8.2	10	11	11	3	8	2	4	0	0	1	42	36	2.077	10.4	3.1	8.3	4.2	0.50

NL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	7.20	16	0	4	0	0	0	20.0	21	18	16	4	12	2	7	1	0	3	92	56	1.650	9.5	1.8	5.4	3.2	0.58
AL (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.49	10	0	5	0	0	0	19.2	25	12	12	0	11	3	10	0	3	1	94	76	1.831	11.4	0.0	5.0	4.6	0.91

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
1985	28	CHC	NL	8.2	6	0	11	11.42	4.10	-0.14	-0.32	116.7	4.58	-7	-0.7	.3	0.2	-0.4	-6	.388	.496	$

1987	30	SFG	NL	11.1	10	0	7	5.56	4.51	0.11	-0.34	99.4	4.04	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.479	.499	$
1988	31	CLE	AL	19.2	10	0	12	5.49	4.75	-0.30	-0.38	104.6	4.89	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.0	0.0	1	.486	.499	$
3 Seasons				39.2	26	0	30	6.81	4.54	-0.15	-0.36	105.7	4.58	-10	-1.0	.8	0.1	-0.5	-6	.461	.498	$

SFG (1 yr)				11.1	10	0	7	5.56	4.51	0.11	-0.34	99.4	4.04	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.479	.499	$
CLE (1 yr)				19.2	10	0	12	5.49	4.75	-0.30	-0.38	104.6	4.89	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.0	0.0	1	.486	.499	$
CHC (1 yr)				8.2	6	0	11	11.42	4.10	-0.14	-0.32	116.7	4.58	-7	-0.7	.3	0.2	-0.4	-6	.388	.496	$

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	28	CHC	NL	6	42	32	11	10	1	0	3	3	2	8	4	.313	.439	.625	1.064	.269	20	0	0	1	1	2	0

1987	30	SFG	NL	10	50	43	7	11	1	0	1	3	3	4	3	.256	.320	.349	.669	.244	15	0	1	0	2	0	3
1988	31	CLE	AL	10	94	81	12	25	6	0	0	0	0	11	10	.309	.391	.383	.774	.352	31	0	0	2	0	3	0
3 Yrs				26	186	156	30	46	8	0	4	6	5	23	17	.295	.383	.423	.806	.304	66	0	1	3	3	5	3
162 Game Avg.				68	486	408	78	120	21	0	10	16	13	60	44	.295	.383	.423	.806	.304	173	0	3	8	8	13	8
MLB Averages																.258	.325	.395	.719	.284

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	28	CHC	NL	-5.8	-0.6	49	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.35	-0.3	-0.2	-7.3	-0.7	0.35	-6.7	0	0	6

1987	30	SFG	NL	-0.6	-0.1	58	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.40	-0.0	-1.1	-3.3	-0.3	0.40	-0.7	1	2	7
1988	31	CLE	AL	-2.2	-0.2	99	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	.66	-0.2	-0.8	-4.9	-0.5	0.66	-2.1	1	3	6
3 Yrs				-8.7	-0.9	206	-1.3	1.3	-2.6	.51	-0.6	-1.9	-15.5	-1.5	0.51	-9.5	2	5	19

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	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
1985	28	CHC	NL	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	5	.347	0	0	6	0	0	6	2	4	2	1	2	1	4.3

1987	30	SFG	NL	10	10	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	10	6	60%	5	.403	1	2	7	1	1	8	5	5	4	4	6	2	3.4
1988	31	CLE	AL	10	10	5	0	2	1	0	1	0%	2	1	10	5	50%	7	.658	1	3	6	2	1	7	5	5	6	4	7	0	5.9	31
3 Yrs				26	26	9	1	2	1	0	1	0%	2	1	23	12	52%		.519	2	5	19	3	2	21	12	14	12	9	15	3	4.6	31

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	28	CHC	NL	42	62%	7.1%	9.5%	19.1%	9.5%	40%		1.00	62%				4	0	0%

1987	30	SFG	NL	50	66%	2.0%	6.0%	8.0%	4.0%	18%		0.56	82%				9	0	0%
1988	31	CLE	AL	94	67%	0.0%	10.6%	11.7%	6.4%	24%	0.82	1.53	76%	33%	0.0%	28%	10	0	0%
3 Yrs				186	66%	2.2%	9.1%	12.4%	6.5%	26%	0.82	1.04	74%	33%	0.0%	28%	23	0	0%
MLB Averages					40%	2.3%	14.9%	8.6%	7.0%	30%	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	8.2%	41%			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	31	CLE	AL	94	312	3.32	186	60%	27%	8%	26%	39%	73%	10%	44%	89%	60%	7%	7	1	13%	12	7	2	10%	0	3	0	0	0
1 Yr				94	312	3.32	186	60%	27%	8%	26%	39%	73%	10%	44%	89%	60%	7%	7	1	13%	12	7	2	10%	0	3	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	57%	5%			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
1985	28	CHC	NL	42	10			3	0	1	2	1	3	0	3	2	0	67%	0	1	1	15	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

1987	30	SFG	NL	50	11			1	1	3	1	0	1	0	3	4	0	133%	3	2	1	19	3	3	50%	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0
1988	31	CLE	AL	94	25	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	60%	0	1	0	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
3 Yrs				186	46	1	0	4	1	7	3	1	4	0	11	9	0	82%	3	4	2	72	6	5	55%	6	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	16	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	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+
1985	28	1	0	1.000	11.42	6	1	8.2	10	11	11	3	8	2	4	0	0	1	42	36	2.077	10.4	3.1	8.3	4.2	0.50	36
1986	29	1	0	1.000	11.42	6	1	8.2	10	11	11	3	8	2	4	0	0	1	42	36	2.077	10.4	3.1	8.3	4.2	0.50	36
1987	30	1	0	1.000	7.20	16	4	20.0	21	18	16	4	12	2	7	1	0	3	92	56	1.650	9.5	1.8	5.4	3.2	0.58	56
1988	31	1	2	.333	6.35	26	9	39.2	46	30	28	4	23	5	17	1	3	4	186	65	1.739	10.4	0.9	5.2	3.9	0.74	65

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
1985	28	0	0		12.38	8.0	10	12	11	3	8	4	0	2.250	11.3	9.0	4.5	0.50	3.4	6

1987	30	0	1	.000	4.09	11.0	11	6	5	1	4	3	1	1.364	9.0	3.3	2.5	0.75	0.8	10
1988	31	1	1	.500	6.16	19.0	26	14	13	0	11	10	0	1.947	12.3	5.2	4.7	0.91	0.0	10
3 Yrs		1	2	.333	6.87	38.0	47	32	29	4	23	17	1	1.842	11.1		4.0	0.74	0.9	26

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