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Pat Perry

William Patrick Perry

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 4, 1959 in Taylorville, IL
High School: Taylorville HS (Taylorville, IL)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1985
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs/Reds/Dodgers 1985-1990
Agents: Steve Freyer [*]
Final Game: September 30, 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
1985 26 STL NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 6 0 1 0 0 0 12.1 3 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 0 1 42 0.486 2.2 0.0 2.2 4.4 2.00
1986 27 STL NL 2 3 .400 3.80 46 0 20 0 0 2 68.2 59 31 29 5 34 9 29 0 0 5 288 97 1.354 7.7 0.7 4.5 3.8 0.85
1987 28 TOT NL 5 2 .714 3.56 57 0 16 0 0 2 81.0 60 34 32 7 25 4 39 3 0 3 324 118 1.049 6.7 0.8 2.8 4.3 1.56
1987 28 STL NL 4 2 .667 4.39 45 0 13 0 0 1 65.2 54 34 32 7 21 3 33 2 0 3 269 96 1.142 7.4 1.0 2.9 4.5 1.57
1987 28 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 12 0 3 0 0 1 15.1 6 0 0 0 4 1 6 1 0 0 55 0.652 3.5 0.0 2.3 3.5 1.50
1988 29 TOT NL 4 4 .500 4.14 47 0 18 0 0 1 58.2 61 32 27 9 16 4 35 1 1 3 251 89 1.313 9.4 1.4 2.5 5.4 2.19
1988 29 CIN NL 2 2 .500 5.66 12 0 5 0 0 0 20.2 21 17 13 4 9 4 11 0 1 1 93 65 1.452 9.1 1.7 3.9 4.8 1.22
1988 29 CHC NL 2 2 .500 3.32 35 0 13 0 0 1 38.0 40 15 14 5 7 0 24 1 0 2 158 111 1.237 9.5 1.2 1.7 5.7 3.43
1989 30 CHC NL 0 1 .000 1.77 19 0 6 0 0 1 35.2 23 8 7 2 16 3 20 0 0 1 141 217 1.093 5.8 0.5 4.0 5.0 1.25
1990 31 LAD NL 0 0 8.10 7 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 9 7 6 0 5 1 2 1 0 2 36 48 2.100 12.2 0.0 6.8 2.7 0.40
6 Yrs 12 10 .545 3.46 182 0 63 0 0 6 263.0 215 112 101 23 99 22 131 5 1 15 1082 112 1.194 7.4 0.8 3.4 4.5 1.32
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .545 3.46 68 0 24 0 0 2 98 80 42 38 9 37 8 49 2 0 6 404 112 1.194 7.4 0.8 3.4 4.5 1.32
STL (3 yrs) 7 5 .583 3.74 97 0 34 0 0 3 146.2 116 65 61 12 58 13 68 2 0 9 599 104 1.186 7.1 0.7 3.6 4.2 1.17
CHC (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 2.57 54 0 19 0 0 2 73.2 63 23 21 7 23 3 44 1 0 3 299 146 1.167 7.7 0.9 2.8 5.4 1.91
CIN (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 3.25 24 0 8 0 0 1 36.0 27 17 13 4 13 5 17 1 1 1 148 121 1.111 6.8 1.0 3.3 4.3 1.31
LAD (1 yr) 0 0 8.10 7 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 9 7 6 0 5 1 2 1 0 2 36 48 2.100 12.2 0.0 6.8 2.7 0.40

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 STL NL 12.1 6 0 0 0.00 4.02 0.26 -0.32 96.3 3.32 4 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.6 6 .589 .503 $
1986 27 STL NL 68.2 46 0 31 4.06 4.39 0.58 -0.34 98.5 3.41 -5 -0.6 1.3 -0.2 -0.2 2 .488 .496 $65,000
1987 28 STL NL 65.2 45 0 34 4.66 4.72 0.07 -0.36 100.8 4.33 -3 -0.3 .9 -0.1 0.1 5 .493 .498 $80,000
1987 28 CIN NL 15.1 12 0 0 0.00 4.44 -0.06 -0.34 104.9 4.36 7 0.8 1.6 0.2 1.2 9 .566 .505 $
1988 29 CIN NL 20.2 12 0 17 7.40 4.06 0.41 -0.32 103.0 3.43 -9 -1.0 1.2 -0.1 -1.0 -7 .417 .494 $132,500
1988 29 CHC NL 38.0 35 0 15 3.55 4.12 -0.20 -0.33 102.7 4.10 2 0.2 1.7 0.0 0.6 6 .507 .502 $
1989 30 CHC NL 35.2 19 0 8 2.02 3.95 -0.02 -0.31 108.0 3.95 8 0.9 1.0 -0.1 1.1 11 .548 .506 $
1990 31 LAD NL 6.2 7 0 7 9.45 4.51 -0.16 -0.34 93.1 4.03 -4 -0.4 .7 0.0 -0.3 -3 .439 .497 $150,000
6 Seasons 263.0 182 0 112 3.83 4.34 0.17 -0.33 101.5 3.88 -0 0.2 1.2 -0.3 2.1 27 .501 .500 $427,500
STL (3 yrs) 146.2 97 0 65 3.99 4.50 0.32 -0.35 99.3 3.82 -4 -0.3 1.1 -0.3 0.5 12 .496 .499 $145,000
CHC (2 yrs) 73.2 54 0 23 2.81 4.04 -0.11 -0.32 105.3 4.03 10 1.2 1.5 -0.1 1.7 17 .521 .504 $
CIN (2 yrs) 36.0 24 0 17 4.25 4.22 0.21 -0.33 103.8 3.83 -2 -0.2 1.4 0.1 0.2 2 .492 .499 $132,500
LAD (1 yr) 6.2 7 0 7 9.45 4.51 -0.16 -0.34 93.1 4.03 -4 -0.4 .7 0.0 -0.3 -3 .439 .497 $150,000

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
1985 26 STL NL 6 42 39 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 .077 .143 .077 .220 .091 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 27 STL NL 46 288 247 31 59 10 3 5 2 1 34 29 .239 .323 .364 .687 .245 90 8 0 0 7 9 2
1987 28 TOT NL 57 323 292 34 60 15 2 7 6 1 25 39 .205 .274 .342 .617 .215 100 5 3 3 1 4 1
1987 28 CIN NL 12 55 49 0 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 6 .122 .204 .143 .347 .140 7 1 1 1 0 1 1
1987 28 STL NL 45 268 243 34 54 14 2 7 5 0 21 33 .222 .288 .383 .671 .230 93 4 2 2 1 3 0
1988 29 TOT NL 47 251 228 32 61 11 0 9 3 1 16 35 .268 .312 .434 .746 .275 99 5 1 1 5 4 4
1988 29 CHC NL 35 158 148 15 40 4 0 5 3 0 7 24 .270 .304 .399 .702 .289 59 4 1 0 2 0 1
1988 29 CIN NL 12 93 80 17 21 7 0 4 0 1 9 11 .263 .326 .500 .826 .250 40 1 0 1 3 4 3
1989 30 CHC NL 19 141 123 8 23 4 0 2 1 2 16 20 .187 .279 .268 .547 .206 33 3 0 1 1 3 1
1990 31 LAD NL 7 36 29 7 9 3 1 0 0 0 5 2 .310 .417 .483 .899 .321 14 0 1 0 1 1 1
6 Yrs 182 1081 958 112 215 43 6 23 12 6 99 131 .224 .296 .354 .650 .234 339 21 5 5 15 22 9
162 Game Avg. 68 404 358 42 80 16 2 9 4 2 37 49 .224 .296 .354 .650 .234 127 8 2 2 6 8 3
MLB Averages .257 .324 .390 .714 .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
1985 26 STL NL 5.1 0.6 44 0.6 0.8 -0.1 .95 0.7 -0.1 5.4 0.6 0.95 7.2 1 2 3
1986 27 STL NL -0.0 0.0 297 0.8 3.7 -2.9 .81 0.4 0.6 -2.1 -0.2 0.81 1.8 16 8 22
1987 28 TOT NL 6.4 0.7 335 0.4 5.4 -4.9 .87 1.2 -0.7 8.4 0.9 0.87 15.8 14 16 27
1987 28 STL NL -0.7 -0.1 278 -0.6 3.6 -4.3 .79 0.5 -1.3 -0.0 -0.0 0.79 8.2 8 15 22
1987 28 CIN NL 7.1 0.7 57 1.1 1.8 -0.7 1.27 0.7 0.2 8.5 0.9 1.27 7.6 6 1 5
1988 29 TOT NL -3.7 -0.4 257 -0.1 4.3 -4.4 1.04 -0.7 0.5 -4.0 -0.4 1.04 -3.8 19 7 17
1988 29 CIN NL -5.4 -0.6 96 -0.0 1.4 -1.4 .95 -0.7 0.7 -6.7 -0.7 0.95 -5.9 6 0 6
1988 29 CHC NL 1.7 0.2 161 -0.1 2.9 -3.0 1.09 0.1 -0.2 2.7 0.3 1.09 2.1 13 7 11
1989 30 CHC NL 7.5 0.8 145 0.3 1.4 -1.1 .55 0.7 -0.2 8.6 0.9 0.55 8.8 4 6 8
1990 31 LAD NL -3.3 -0.3 39 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .55 -0.2 -0.1 -3.5 -0.4 0.55 -4.0 2 0 5
6 Yrs 11.9 1.3 1117 1.8 15.9 -14.1 .85 2.1 -0.0 12.8 1.4 0.84 25.7 56 39 82

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 STL NL 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 7 .954 1 2 3 0 2 4 3 3 4 2 5 0 6.2
1986 27 STL NL 46 46 20 2 3 2 2 0 100% 8 5 35 12 34% 8 .811 16 8 22 11 8 27 19 27 24 14 25 8 4.5
1987 28 TOT NL 57 57 16 5 2 4 2 2 50% 11 7 26 11 42% .873 14 16 27 19 5 33 19 38 29 15 32 12 4.3
1987 28 STL NL 45 45 13 4 2 2 1 1 50% 5 3 20 10 50% 7 .792 8 15 22 13 4 28 15 30 23 12 26 8 4.4
1987 28 CIN NL 12 12 3 1 0 2 1 1 50% 6 4 6 1 17% 7 1.270 6 1 5 6 1 5 4 8 6 3 6 4 3.8
1988 29 TOT NL 47 47 18 4 4 4 1 3 25% 15 9 31 10 32% 1.040 19 7 17 17 6 24 17 30 19 14 19 16 3.7 19
1988 29 CIN NL 12 12 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 .953 6 0 6 0 5 7 2 10 8 2 8 3 5.2 28
1988 29 CHC NL 35 35 13 2 2 4 1 3 25% 15 9 28 10 36% 8 1.092 13 7 11 17 1 17 15 20 11 12 11 13 3.3 16
1989 30 CHC NL 19 19 6 0 1 1 1 0 100% 5 3 22 5 23% 6 .554 4 6 8 8 1 10 12 7 12 6 12 4 5.6 26
1990 31 LAD NL 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 100% 8 .546 2 0 5 3 0 4 1 6 1 3 2 3 2.9 21
6 Yrs 182 182 63 12 10 11 6 5 55% 40 25 120 40 33% .846 56 39 82 58 22 102 71 111 89 54 95 43 4.3 21

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 STL NL 42 19% 0.0% 14.3% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 0.58 79% 3 0 0%
1986 27 STL NL 288 26% 1.7% 10.1% 11.8% 6.3% 31% 0.80 76% 56 8 14%
1987 28 TOT NL 324 30% 2.2% 12.1% 7.7% 7.4% 40% 0.94 76% 43 5 12%
1987 28 STL NL 269 31% 2.6% 12.3% 7.8% 8.6% 43% 1.04 76% 38 4 11%
1987 28 CIN NL 55 27% 0.0% 10.9% 7.3% 1.8% 17% 0.63 78% 5 1 20%
1988 29 TOT NL 251 30% 3.6% 13.9% 6.4% 8.0% 33% 0.64 0.71 75% 21% 13.8% 44% 51 5 10%
1988 29 CIN NL 93 23% 4.3% 11.8% 9.7% 11.8% 52% 0.61 0.61 73% 16% 18.2% 50% 13 1 8%
1988 29 CHC NL 158 35% 3.2% 15.2% 4.4% 5.7% 23% 0.66 0.76 77% 24% 11.6% 41% 38 4 11%
1989 30 CHC NL 141 25% 1.4% 14.2% 11.4% 4.3% 26% 0.78 0.93 72% 18% 4.8% 28% 21 3 14%
1990 31 LAD NL 36 33% 0.0% 5.6% 13.9% 11.1% 44% 0.87 0.80 78% 18% 0.0% 13% 9 0 0%
6 Yrs 1082 28% 2.1% 12.1% 9.2% 6.7% 34% 0.70 0.83 76% 20% 9.2% 37% 183 21 11%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 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 29 TOT NL 252 907 3.60 560 62% 21% 14% 29% 36% 79% 5% 49% 82% 54% 5% 13 6 15% 38 18 1 20% 5 3 -1 0 0
1988 29 CIN NL 94 330 3.51 187 57% 20% 16% 25% 39% 80% 11% 45% 81% 48% 9% 8 2 15% 14 7 0 18% 2 2 -1 0 0
1988 29 CHC NL 158 577 3.65 373 65% 21% 14% 31% 34% 79% 0% 51% 82% 57% 3% 5 4 15% 24 11 1 21% 3 1 0 0 0
1989 30 CHC NL 141 485 3.44 290 60% 17% 18% 29% 36% 83% 5% 49% 79% 53% 5% 7 1 14% 20 13 0 20% 5 4 0 0 0
1990 31 LAD NL 33 128 3.88 70 55% 19% 9% 34% 36% 79% 7% 43% 86% 42% 15% 5 3 15% 5 2 0 0% 1 1 3 0 2
3 Yrs 426 1520 3.57 920 61% 20% 15% 29% 36% 80% 5% 48% 81% 53% 6% 25 10 15% 63 33 1 19% 11 8 2 0 2
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
1985 26 STL NL 42 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
1986 27 STL NL 288 59 5 0 12 4 1 3 2 28 18 2 64% 2 5 1 93 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1987 28 TOT NL 323 60 7 0 3 6 1 4 3 14 7 1 50% 1 3 0 101 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1987 28 STL NL 268 54 7 0 2 6 1 4 3 11 7 0 64% 0 3 0 84 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1987 28 CIN NL 55 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0% 1 0 0 17 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 29 TOT NL 251 61 8 0 9 1 11 7 2 6 3 18 11 3 61% 4 3 0 96 3 1 75% 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
1988 29 CIN NL 93 21 5 0 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 3 0 100% 3 1 0 37 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1988 29 CHC NL 158 40 3 0 5 0 10 5 0 3 2 15 8 3 53% 1 2 0 59 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1989 30 CHC NL 141 23 1 0 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 6 2 2 33% 1 1 0 57 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1990 31 LAD NL 36 9 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 50% 1 2 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
6 Yrs 1081 215 10 0 23 1 33 18 5 15 8 72 41 8 57% 9 15 1 369 12 6 67% 11 4 1 0 0 2 2 1 39 1
MLB Averages 53% 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+
1985 26 1 0 1.000 0.00 6 0 1 0 0 0 12.1 3 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 0 1 42 0.486 2.2 0.0 2.2 4.4 2.00
1986 27 3 3 .500 3.22 52 0 21 0 0 2 81.0 62 31 29 5 37 10 35 0 0 6 330 114 1.222 6.9 0.6 4.1 3.9 0.95 114
1987 28 8 5 .615 3.39 109 0 37 0 0 4 162.0 122 65 61 12 62 14 74 3 0 9 654 116 1.136 6.8 0.7 3.4 4.1 1.19 116
1988 29 12 9 .571 3.59 156 0 55 0 0 5 220.2 183 97 88 21 78 18 109 4 1 12 905 108 1.183 7.5 0.9 3.2 4.4 1.40 108
1989 30 12 10 .545 3.34 175 0 61 0 0 6 256.1 206 105 95 23 94 21 129 4 1 13 1046 116 1.170 7.2 0.8 3.3 4.5 1.37 116
1990 31 12 10 .545 3.46 182 0 63 0 0 6 263.0 215 112 101 23 99 22 131 5 1 15 1082 112 1.194 7.4 0.8 3.4 4.5 1.32 112

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
1985 26 1 0 1.000 0.00 11.0 4 0 0 0 4 6 0 0.727 3.3 3.3 4.9 1.50 0.0 6
1986 27 3 4 .429 4.57 63.0 62 36 32 5 36 27 0 1.556 8.9 5.1 3.9 0.75 0.7 46
1987 28 5 3 .625 3.53 79.0 59 34 31 7 25 38 3 1.063 6.7 2.8 4.3 1.52 0.8 57
1988 29 3 3 .500 4.58 57.0 63 32 29 9 17 34 1 1.404 9.9 2.7 5.4 2.00 1.4 47
1989 30 2 1 .667 1.91 33.0 24 8 7 2 17 19 0 1.242 6.5 4.6 5.2 1.12 0.5 19
1990 31 0 0 7.71 7.0 9 7 6 0 5 2 1 2.000 11.6 6.4 2.6 0.40 0.0 7
6 Yrs 14 11 .560 3.78 250.0 221 117 105 23 104 126 5 1.300 8.0 4.5 1.21 0.8 182

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