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Dan Plesac

Daniel Thomas Plesac

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 4, 1962 in Gary, IN
High School: Crown Point (Crown Point, IN)
School: North Carolina State University
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1986
Teams (by GP): Brewers/BlueJays/Pirates/Cubs/Phillies/... 1986-2003
Agents: Tom Selakovich [*]
Final Game: September 28, 2003
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #615. Bobby Bolin… #616. Tom Burgmeier… #617. Ken Johnson… #618. DAN PLESAC… #619. John Danks… #620. Pat Dobson… #621. Al Benton…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #615. Bobby Bolin… #616. Tom Burgmeier… #617. Ken Johnson… #618. DAN PLESAC… #619. John Danks… #620. Pat Dobson… #621. Al Benton…

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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
1983	21	MIL-min	Rk	9	1	.900	3.50	14	14	0	2	0	0	82.1	76	44	32	6	57	1	85	1	3	11			1.615	8.3	0.7	6.2	9.3	1.49	PAI · APPY
1984	22	MIL-min	A,AA	8	8	.500	3.36	23	23	0	2	0	0	147.1	149	70	55	9	66	0	125	2	2	3			1.459	9.1	0.5	4.0	7.6	1.89	STK,ELP · CALL,TL
1985	23	MIL-min	AA	12	5	.706	4.97	25	24	0	2	0	0	150.1	171	91	83	12	68	1	128	0	1	13			1.590	10.2	0.7	4.1	7.7	1.88	ELP · TL
1986	24	MIL	AL	10	7	.588	2.97	51	0	33	0	0	14	91.0	81	34	30	5	29	1	75	0	0	4	377	147	1.209	8.0	0.5	2.9	7.4	2.59
1987	25	MIL	AL	5	6	.455	2.61	57	0	47	0	0	23	79.1	63	30	23	8	23	1	89	3	0	6	325	177	1.084	7.1	0.9	2.6	10.1	3.87	AS
1988	26	MIL	AL	1	2	.333	2.41	50	0	48	0	0	30	52.1	46	14	14	2	12	2	52	0	6	4	211	166	1.108	7.9	0.3	2.1	8.9	4.33	AS,MVP-22
1989	27	MIL	AL	3	4	.429	2.35	52	0	51	0	0	33	61.1	47	16	16	6	17	1	52	0	0	0	242	165	1.043	6.9	0.9	2.5	7.6	3.06	AS
1990	28	MIL	AL	3	7	.300	4.43	66	0	52	0	0	24	69.0	67	36	34	5	31	6	65	3	0	2	299	88	1.420	8.7	0.7	4.0	8.5	2.10
1991	29	MIL	AL	2	7	.222	4.29	45	10	25	0	0	8	92.1	92	49	44	12	39	1	61	3	1	2	402	94	1.419	9.0	1.2	3.8	5.9	1.56
1992	30	MIL	AL	5	4	.556	2.96	44	4	13	0	0	1	79.0	64	28	26	5	35	5	54	3	1	3	330	131	1.253	7.3	0.6	4.0	6.2	1.54
1993	31	CHC	NL	2	1	.667	4.74	57	0	12	0	0	0	62.2	74	37	33	10	21	6	47	0	2	5	276	84	1.516	10.6	1.4	3.0	6.8	2.24
1994	32	CHC	NL	2	3	.400	4.61	54	0	14	0	0	1	54.2	61	30	28	9	13	0	53	1	0	0	235	91	1.354	10.0	1.5	2.1	8.7	4.08
1995	33	PIT	NL	4	4	.500	3.58	58	0	16	0	0	3	60.1	53	26	24	3	27	7	57	1	0	1	259	121	1.326	7.9	0.4	4.0	8.5	2.11
1996	34	PIT	NL	6	5	.545	4.09	73	0	30	0	0	11	70.1	67	35	32	4	24	6	76	0	0	4	300	108	1.294	8.6	0.5	3.1	9.7	3.17
1997	35	TOR	AL	2	4	.333	3.58	73	0	18	0	0	1	50.1	47	22	20	8	19	4	61	0	0	2	215	127	1.311	8.4	1.4	3.4	10.9	3.21
1998	36	TOR	AL	4	3	.571	3.78	78	0	16	0	0	4	50.0	41	23	21	4	16	1	55	1	0	0	203	123	1.140	7.4	0.7	2.9	9.9	3.44
1999	37	TOT	MLB	2	4	.333	5.89	64	0	11	0	0	1	44.1	50	30	29	7	17	2	53	0	0	3	198	82	1.511	10.2	1.4	3.5	10.8	3.12
1999	37	TOR	AL	0	3	.000	8.34	30	0	5	0	0	0	22.2	28	21	21	4	9	1	26	0	0	2	104	60	1.632	11.1	1.6	3.6	10.3	2.89
1999	37	ARI	NL	2	1	.667	3.32	34	0	6	0	0	1	21.2	22	9	8	3	8	1	27	0	0	1	94	141	1.385	9.1	1.2	3.3	11.2	3.38
2000	38	ARI	NL	5	1	.833	3.15	62	0	14	0	0	0	40.0	34	21	14	4	26	2	45	0	0	3	182	153	1.500	7.7	0.9	5.9	10.1	1.73
2001	39	TOR	AL	4	5	.444	3.57	62	0	5	0	0	1	45.1	34	18	18	4	24	5	68	1	0	1	190	130	1.279	6.8	0.8	4.8	13.5	2.83
2002	40	TOT	MLB	3	3	.500	4.21	60	0	8	0	0	1	36.1	27	17	17	6	18	3	41	0	0	0	154	101	1.239	6.7	1.5	4.5	10.2	2.28
2002	40	TOR	AL	1	2	.333	3.38	19	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	11	5	5	1	6	0	14	0	0	0	58	141	1.275	7.4	0.7	4.1	9.5	2.33
2002	40	PHI	NL	2	1	.667	4.70	41	0	5	0	0	1	23.0	16	12	12	5	12	3	27	0	0	0	96	84	1.217	6.3	2.0	4.7	10.6	2.25
2003	41	PHI	NL	2	1	.667	2.70	58	0	9	0	0	2	33.1	29	12	10	3	11	1	37	1	0	1	141	149	1.200	7.8	0.8	3.0	10.0	3.36
18 Seasons				65	71	.478	3.64	1064	14	422	0	0	158	1072.0	977	478	433	105	402	54	1041	17	10	41	4539	118	1.286	8.2	0.9	3.4	8.7	2.59
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.478	3.64	67	1	27	0	0	10	68	62	30	27	7	25	3	66	1	1	3	286	118	1.286	8.2	0.9	3.4	8.7	2.59
			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
MIL (7 yrs)				29	37	.439	3.21	365	14	269	0	0	133	524.1	460	207	187	43	186	17	448	12	8	21	2186	128	1.232	7.9	0.7	3.2	7.7	2.41
TOR (5 yrs)				11	17	.393	4.21	262	0	47	0	0	6	181.2	161	89	85	21	74	11	224	2	0	5	770	111	1.294	8.0	1.0	3.7	11.1	3.03
ARI (2 yrs)				7	2	.778	3.21	96	0	20	0	0	1	61.2	56	30	22	7	34	3	72	0	0	4	276	149	1.459	8.2	1.0	5.0	10.5	2.12
PIT (2 yrs)				10	9	.526	3.86	131	0	46	0	0	14	130.2	120	61	56	7	51	13	133	1	0	5	559	113	1.309	8.3	0.5	3.5	9.2	2.61
PHI (2 yrs)				4	2	.667	3.51	99	0	14	0	0	3	56.1	45	24	22	8	23	4	64	1	0	1	237	114	1.207	7.2	1.3	3.7	10.2	2.78
CHC (2 yrs)				4	4	.500	4.68	111	0	26	0	0	1	117.1	135	67	61	19	34	6	100	1	2	5	511	87	1.440	10.4	1.5	2.6	7.7	2.94

AL (12 yrs)			AL	40	54	.426	3.47	627	14	316	0	0	139	706.0	621	296	272	64	260	28	672	14	8	26	2956	123	1.248	7.9	0.8	3.3	8.6	2.58
NL (8 yrs)			NL	25	17	.595	3.96	437	0	106	0	0	19	366.0	356	182	161	41	142	26	369	3	2	15	1583	108	1.361	8.8	1.0	3.5	9.1	2.60

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1986	24	MIL	AL	91.0	0	34	62	-3	1.7	28	2.7	$60,000
1987	25	MIL	AL	79.1	0	30	55	-2	2.1	25	2.7	$180,000	AS
1988	26	MIL	AL	52.1	0	14	29	1	1.8	15	1.7	$275,000	AS,MVP-22
1989	27	MIL	AL	61.1	0	16	36	-1	2.0	20	2.5	$765,000	AS
1990	28	MIL	AL	69.0	0	36	40	-1	1.9	4	-0.1	$1,466,667
1991	29	MIL	AL	92.1	10	49	58	-2	1.0	9	0.6	$1,000,000
1992	30	MIL	AL	79.0	4	28	44	1	.9	16	1.3	$2,766,667
1993	31	CHC	NL	62.2	0	37	35	2	.6	-2	-0.5	$1,700,000
1994	32	CHC	NL	54.2	0	30	32	0	1.1	2	-0.2	$1,700,000
1995	33	PIT	NL	60.1	0	26	40	-2	1.3	14	1.0	$1,091,112
1996	34	PIT	NL	70.1	0	35	47	-2	1.5	12	0.7	$1,100,000
1997	35	TOR	AL	50.1	0	22	33	0	1.7	11	0.9	$800,000
1998	36	TOR	AL	50.0	0	23	34	0	1.6	11	0.8	$800,000
1999	37	TOR	AL	22.2	0	21	15	0	1.1	-6	-0.8	$1,500,000
1999	37	ARI	NL	21.2	0	9	14	0	1.1	5	0.3	$
2000	38	ARI	NL	40.0	0	21	27	0	.9	6	0.2	$1,500,000
2001	39	TOR	AL	45.1	0	18	30	0	1.5	12	1.0	$2,200,000
2002	40	TOR	AL	13.1	0	5	10	0	1.8	5	0.5	$2,200,000
2002	40	PHI	NL	23.0	0	12	12	0	1.2	0	-0.2	$
2003	41	PHI	NL	33.1	0	12	17	1	1.2	5	0.4	$2,000,000
18 Seasons				1072.0	14	478	670	-8	1.4	192	15.5	$23,104,446
			Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
MIL (7 yrs)				524.1	14	207	324	-7	1.6	117	11.4	$6,513,334
TOR (5 yrs)				181.2	0	89	122	0	1.6	33	2.4	$7,500,000
ARI (2 yrs)				61.2	0	30	41	0	1.0	11	0.5	$1,500,000
PIT (2 yrs)				130.2	0	61	87	-4	1.4	26	1.7	$2,191,112
PHI (2 yrs)				56.1	0	24	29	1	1.2	5	0.2	$2,000,000
CHC (2 yrs)				117.1	0	67	67	2	.8	0	-0.7	$3,400,000

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
1999	37	ARI	NL	NLDS	L	NYM	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9.000	81.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 NLDS							0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9.000	81.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1983	21	MIL-min	Rk	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	PAI · APPY
1984	22	MIL-min	AA,A	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	ELP,STK · TL,CALL
1985	23	MIL-min	AA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	ELP · TL
1986	24	MIL	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	25	MIL	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1988	26	MIL	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,MVP-22
1989	27	MIL	AL	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1990	28	MIL	AL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	29	MIL	AL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	30	MIL	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	31	CHC	NL	57	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	32	CHC	NL	54	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1995	33	PIT	NL	58	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	34	PIT	NL	73	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	35	TOR	AL	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	36	TOR	AL	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	37	TOT	MLB	64	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	37	TOR	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	11
1999	37	ARI	NL	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
2000	38	ARI	NL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	39	TOR	AL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	40	TOT	MLB	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	40	TOR	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	11
2002	40	PHI	NL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	11
2003	41	PHI	NL	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
18 Seasons				1064	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.067	.067	.067	.133	-65	1	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.133	-65	0	0	0	0	0	0
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
MIL (7 yrs)				365	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (5 yrs)				262	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
ARI (2 yrs)				96	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
PIT (2 yrs)				131	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-42	1	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				111	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0

AL (12 yrs)				627	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (8 yrs)				437	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.067	.067	.067	.133	-65	1	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1993	31	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,700,000	1
1994	32	CHC	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$1,700,000	1
1995	33	PIT	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,091,112	1
1996	34	PIT	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,100,000	1

1999	37	ARI	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	11
5 Seasons				15	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$5,591,112

PIT (2 yrs)				9	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$2,191,112
CHC (2 yrs)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$3,400,000
ARI (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1999	37	ARI	NL	NLDS	NYM	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1986	MIL	AL	24	P	51			91.0	12	1	11	0	0	1.000			1.19	0.24	.957	1.83	1.81
1987	MIL	AL	25	P	57			79.1	14	0	12	2	1	.857			1.36	0.21	.955	1.84	1.82					AS
1988	MIL	AL	26	P	50			52.1	6	0	6	0	0	1.000			1.03	0.12	.962	1.77	1.77					AS,MVP-22
1989	MIL	AL	27	P	52			61.1	10	2	8	0	0	1.000			1.47	0.19	.960	1.86	1.85					AS
1990	MIL	AL	28	P	66			69.0	8	1	7	0	1	1.000			1.04	0.12	.952	1.77	1.76
1991	MIL	AL	29	P	45			92.1	7	2	5	0	0	1.000			0.68	0.16	.956	1.80	1.80
1992	MIL	AL	30	P	44			79.0	9	1	8	0	1	1.000			1.03	0.20	.953	1.72	1.71
1993	CHC	NL	31	P	57			62.2	10	0	9	1	2	.900			1.29	0.16	.953	1.84	1.83
1994	CHC	NL	32	P	54			54.2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000			0.49	0.06	.957	1.86	1.85
1995	PIT	NL	33	P	58			60.1	9	1	8	0	1	1.000			1.34	0.16	.956	1.83	1.83
1996	PIT	NL	34	P	73			70.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000			0.13	0.01	.950	1.84	1.83
1997	TOR	AL	35	P	73			50.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000			0.18	0.01	.960	1.72	1.69
1998	TOR	AL	36	P	78			50.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000			0.18	0.01	.960	1.78	1.76
1999	TOT	MLB	37	P	64			44.4	7	1	6	0	0	1.000			1.42	0.11	.951	1.71	1.69
1999	ARI	NL	37	P	34			21.2	5	1	4	0	0	1.000			2.08	0.15	.952	1.70	1.71
1999	TOR	AL	37	P	30			22.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000			0.79	0.07	.950	1.71	1.66
2000	ARI	NL	38	P	62			40.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000			0.45	0.03	.960	1.73	1.72
2001	TOR	AL	39	P	62			45.1	4	0	4	0	0	1.000			0.79	0.06	.955	1.75	1.74
2002	TOT	MLB	40	P	60			36.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000			0.74	0.05	.963	1.78	1.76
2002	PHI	NL	40	P	41			23.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000			1.17	0.07	.963	1.84	1.81
2002	TOR	AL	40	P	19			13.1	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.69	1.67
2003	PHI	NL	41	P	58			33.1	5	0	5	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.35	0.09	.956	1.84	1.83
	18 Seasons			P	1064			1072.0	112	9	100	3	6	.973	0	0	0.92	0.10	.956	1.80	1.78
	18 Seasons			TOT	1064			1072.0	112	9	100	3	6	.973	0	0	0.92	0.10	.956	1.80	1.78
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 2009 BBWAA ()	All-Star Games 1987 * 1988 * 1989 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1988 AL (22, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1498th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y Career 8.202 (189th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y Career 8.740 (13th)	Games Played s c a p y 1990 AL 66 (8th) 1994 NL 54 (8th) 1996 NL 73 (8th) 1997 AL 73 (9th) 1998 AL 78 (5th) Career 1,064 (6th)	Saves s c a p y 1987 AL 23 (4th) 1988 AL 30 (5th) 1989 AL 33 (3rd) 1990 AL 24 (10th) Career 158 (66th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y Career 2.590 (72nd)
Games Finished s c a p y 1987 AL 47 (6th) 1988 AL 48 (8th) 1989 AL 51 (9th) 1990 AL 52 (9th) Career 422 (49th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y Career 118 (163rd)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1986 AL 24.58 (9th) Career 100.55 (168th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1986 AL 3.7 (5th)
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y Career 9.1 (165th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1986 AL 2.4 (10th) Career 9.9 (185th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1998 AL 78 (5th) Career 1,064 (6th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1990 AL 1.000 (1st) 1996 NL 1.000 (1st) Career .973 (47th)
Oldest s c a p y 2001 AL born 1962-02-04 (5th) 2002 NL born 1962-02-04 (7th) 2002 AL born 1962-02-04 (2nd) 2003 NL born 1962-02-04 (6th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 Ink	Pitching - 17 (1173), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 54 (242), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Billy Wagner (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Randy Myers (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Wagner (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Randy Myers (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Craig Lefferts (946) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Assenmacher (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Shaw (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Craig Lefferts (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Norm Charlton (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Norm Charlton (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Norm Charlton (935) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eddie Guardado (937) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Timlin (940) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Michael Jackson (933) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Timlin (931) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Timlin (931) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1983.
October 27, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
December 8, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
October 25, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
November 9, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
November 14, 1996: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Carlos Garcia and Orlando Merced to the Toronto Blue Jays for players to be named later, Brandon Cromer (minors), Jose Pett (minors) and Jose Silva. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Mike Halperin (minors) (December 11, 1996), Abraham Nunez (December 11, 1996) and Craig Wilson (December 11, 1996) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
June 12, 1999: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Tony Batista and John Frascatore.
October 30, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
December 8, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
May 26, 2002: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Philadelphia Phillies for Cliff Politte.
October 29, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
December 7, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1986	24	Milwaukee Brewers	$60,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	25	Milwaukee Brewers	$180,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	26	Milwaukee Brewers	$275,000*
1989	27	Milwaukee Brewers	$765,000*
1990	28	Milwaukee Brewers	$1,466,667*
1991	29	Milwaukee Brewers	$1,000,000	USA Today survey
1992	30	Milwaukee Brewers	$2,766,667	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	31	Chicago Cubs	$1,700,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $250,000 signing bonus, $100,000 earned
1994	32	Chicago Cubs	$1,700,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $250,000 signing bonus, $100,000 earned
1995	33	Pittsburgh Pirates	$1,091,112	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Incl $100,000 signing bonus, $191,112 earned bonus
1996	34	Pittsburgh Pirates	$1,100,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1	Incl $100,000 signing bonus, $200,000 earned bonus
1997	35	Toronto Blue Jays	$800,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1998	36	Toronto Blue Jays	$800,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	37	Toronto Blue Jays	$1,500,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	38	Arizona Diamondbacks	$1,500,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	39	Toronto Blue Jays	$2,200,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	40	Toronto Blue Jays	$2,200,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	41	Philadelphia Phillies	$2,000,000	4/3/03 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$23,104,446

Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $290,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1989 - $770,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
*1990 - $1,516,667 - 9/21/90 NYT -

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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