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Mark Portugal

Mark Steven Portugal

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 30, 1962 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Norwalk HS (Norwalk, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1985
Teams (by GP): Astros/Twins/Reds/Giants/RedSox/... 1985-1999

Final Game: September 22, 1999
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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 22 MIN AL 1 3 .250 5.55 6 4 0 0 0 0 24.1 24 16 15 3 14 0 12 0 1 1 105 80 1.562 8.9 1.1 5.2 4.4 0.86
1986 23 MIN AL 6 10 .375 4.31 27 15 7 3 0 1 112.2 112 56 54 10 50 1 67 1 0 5 481 99 1.438 8.9 0.8 4.0 5.4 1.34
1987 24 MIN AL 1 3 .250 7.77 13 7 3 0 0 0 44.0 58 40 38 13 24 1 28 1 0 2 204 60 1.864 11.9 2.7 4.9 5.7 1.17
1988 25 MIN AL 3 3 .500 4.53 26 0 9 0 0 3 57.2 60 30 29 11 17 1 31 1 2 2 242 90 1.335 9.4 1.7 2.7 4.8 1.82
1989 26 HOU NL 7 1 .875 2.75 20 15 1 2 1 0 108.0 91 34 33 7 37 0 86 2 0 3 440 124 1.185 7.6 0.6 3.1 7.2 2.32
1990 27 HOU NL 11 10 .524 3.62 32 32 0 1 0 0 196.2 187 90 79 21 67 4 136 4 0 6 831 103 1.292 8.6 1.0 3.1 6.2 2.03
1991 28 HOU NL 10 12 .455 4.49 32 27 3 1 0 1 168.1 163 91 84 19 59 5 120 2 1 4 710 77 1.319 8.7 1.0 3.2 6.4 2.03
1992 29 HOU NL 6 3 .667 2.66 18 16 0 1 1 0 101.1 76 32 30 7 41 3 62 1 1 1 405 127 1.155 6.8 0.6 3.6 5.5 1.51
1993 30 HOU NL 18 4 .818 2.77 33 33 0 1 1 0 208.0 194 75 64 10 77 3 131 4 2 9 876 139 1.303 8.4 0.4 3.3 5.7 1.70 CYA-6
1994 31 SFG NL 10 8 .556 3.93 21 21 0 1 0 0 137.1 135 68 60 17 45 2 87 6 0 5 580 101 1.311 8.8 1.1 2.9 5.7 1.93 SS
1995 32 TOT NL 11 10 .524 4.01 31 31 0 1 0 0 181.2 185 91 81 17 56 2 96 4 0 7 775 101 1.327 9.2 0.8 2.8 4.8 1.71
1995 32 SFG NL 5 5 .500 4.15 17 17 0 1 0 0 104.0 106 56 48 10 34 2 63 2 0 2 445 97 1.346 9.2 0.9 2.9 5.5 1.85
1995 32 CIN NL 6 5 .545 3.82 14 14 0 0 0 0 77.2 79 35 33 7 22 0 33 2 0 5 330 108 1.300 9.2 0.8 2.5 3.8 1.50
1996 33 CIN NL 8 9 .471 3.98 27 26 0 1 1 0 156.0 146 77 69 20 42 2 93 2 0 6 646 106 1.205 8.4 1.2 2.4 5.4 2.21
1997 34 PHI NL 0 2 .000 4.61 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.2 17 8 7 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 60 95 1.610 11.2 0.0 3.3 1.3 0.40
1998 35 PHI NL 10 5 .667 4.44 26 26 0 3 0 0 166.1 186 88 82 26 32 2 104 4 0 4 704 99 1.311 10.1 1.4 1.7 5.6 3.25
1999 36 BOS AL 7 12 .368 5.51 31 27 1 1 0 0 150.1 179 100 92 28 41 1 79 4 0 2 667 91 1.463 10.7 1.7 2.5 4.7 1.93
15 Yrs 109 95 .534 4.03 346 283 24 16 4 5 1826.1 1813 896 817 209 607 27 1134 36 7 57 7726 100 1.325 8.9 1.0 3.0 5.6 1.87
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .534 4.03 37 31 3 2 0 1 197 196 97 88 23 66 3 123 4 1 6 835 100 1.325 8.9 1.0 3.0 5.6 1.87
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
HOU (5 yrs) 52 30 .634 3.34 135 123 4 6 3 1 782.1 711 322 290 64 281 15 535 13 4 23 3262 108 1.268 8.2 0.7 3.2 6.2 1.90
MIN (4 yrs) 11 19 .367 5.13 72 26 19 3 0 4 238.2 254 142 136 37 105 3 138 3 3 10 1032 84 1.504 9.6 1.4 4.0 5.2 1.31
SFG (2 yrs) 15 13 .536 4.03 38 38 0 2 0 0 241.1 241 124 108 27 79 4 150 8 0 7 1025 99 1.326 9.0 1.0 2.9 5.6 1.90
PHI (2 yrs) 10 7 .588 4.45 29 29 0 3 0 0 180.0 203 96 89 26 37 2 106 4 0 4 764 98 1.333 10.2 1.3 1.9 5.3 2.86
CIN (2 yrs) 14 14 .500 3.93 41 40 0 1 1 0 233.2 225 112 102 27 64 2 126 4 0 11 976 107 1.237 8.7 1.0 2.5 4.9 1.97
BOS (1 yr) 7 12 .368 5.51 31 27 1 1 0 0 150.1 179 100 92 28 41 1 79 4 0 2 667 91 1.463 10.7 1.7 2.5 4.7 1.93
NL (10 yrs) 91 64 .587 3.69 243 230 4 12 4 1 1437.1 1380 654 589 144 461 23 917 29 4 45 6027 105 1.281 8.6 0.9 2.9 5.7 1.99
AL (5 yrs) 18 31 .367 5.28 103 53 20 4 0 4 389.0 433 242 228 65 146 4 217 7 3 12 1699 87 1.488 10.0 1.5 3.4 5.0 1.49

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 22 MIN AL 24.1 6 4 16 5.92 4.73 0.23 0.10 106.9 4.91 -3 -0.3 .5 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .456 .498 $
1986 23 MIN AL 112.2 27 15 56 4.47 4.76 -0.15 0.06 103.3 5.13 8 0.8 1.6 -0.0 1.7 20 .531 .505 $62,500
1987 24 MIN AL 44.0 13 7 40 8.18 5.07 0.08 0.00 101.0 5.04 -15 -1.4 1.2 -0.1 -1.1 -10 .395 .492 $
1988 25 MIN AL 57.2 26 0 30 4.68 4.32 0.07 -0.35 102.2 3.99 -4 -0.5 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 1 .482 .497 $68,800
1989 26 HOU NL 108.0 20 15 34 2.83 4.02 0.14 0.11 96.9 3.87 12 1.5 .6 -0.1 2.3 22 .575 .509 $95,000
1990 27 HOU NL 196.2 32 32 90 4.12 4.37 -0.24 0.16 97.9 4.67 8 0.9 -0.1 2.3 30 .529 .506 $202,000
1991 28 HOU NL 168.1 32 27 91 4.87 4.11 0.05 0.13 95.3 4.00 -17 -1.8 2.7 -0.1 -0.7 -2 .443 .489 $705,000
1992 29 HOU NL 101.1 18 16 32 2.84 3.83 0.05 0.13 94.8 3.71 9 1.1 1.3 -0.1 1.8 18 .562 .507 $1,250,000
1993 30 HOU NL 208.0 33 33 75 3.25 4.50 0.21 0.16 95.8 4.26 20 2.2 -0.1 3.6 43 .566 .513 $2,095,000 CYA-6
1994 31 SFG NL 137.1 21 21 68 4.46 4.70 0.31 0.17 92.5 4.22 -4 -0.4 -0.1 0.5 6 .479 .497 $2,333,333 SS
1995 32 SFG NL 104.0 17 17 56 4.85 4.67 0.54 0.18 93.7 4.04 -10 -1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0 .442 .494 $3,377,778
1995 32 CIN NL 77.2 14 14 35 4.06 4.60 0.21 0.17 95.6 4.36 2 0.2 -0.1 0.7 9 .515 .501 $
1996 33 CIN NL 156.0 27 26 77 4.44 4.66 -0.26 0.17 100.9 5.14 13 1.4 .0 -0.1 2.4 28 .552 .509 $4,333,334
1997 34 PHI NL 13.2 3 3 8 5.27 4.52 0.09 0.16 113.0 5.19 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .495 .500 $2,350,000
1998 35 PHI NL 166.1 26 26 88 4.76 4.52 0.25 0.16 102.9 4.56 -4 -0.4 -0.1 0.7 13 .486 .498 $2,350,000
1999 36 BOS AL 150.1 31 27 100 5.99 5.27 0.35 0.18 102.1 5.20 -13 -1.1 .5 -0.1 0.2 7 .464 .493 $2,700,000
15 Seasons 1826.1 346 283 896 4.42 4.52 0.11 0.13 98.3 4.47 3 1.3 1.2 -1.3 14.0 187 .504 .500 $21,922,745
HOU (5 yrs) 782.1 135 123 322 3.70 4.23 0.03 0.14 96.3 4.18 32 3.9 1.6 -0.5 9.3 112 .529 .505 $4,347,000
MIN (4 yrs) 238.2 72 26 142 5.35 4.71 -0.01 -0.04 103.0 4.82 -15 -1.3 1.2 -0.3 0.4 12 .482 .498 $131,300
SFG (2 yrs) 241.1 38 38 124 4.62 4.69 0.41 0.17 93.0 4.14 -15 -1.4 -0.2 0.2 5 .463 .496 $5,711,111
PHI (2 yrs) 180.0 29 29 96 4.80 4.52 0.24 0.16 103.7 4.61 -4 -0.4 -0.1 0.8 14 .487 .499 $4,700,000
CIN (2 yrs) 233.2 41 40 112 4.31 4.64 -0.10 0.17 99.1 4.88 15 1.6 .0 -0.2 3.1 37 .539 .505 $4,333,334
BOS (1 yr) 150.1 31 27 100 5.99 5.27 0.35 0.18 102.1 5.20 -13 -1.1 .5 -0.1 0.2 7 .464 .493 $2,700,000

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
1995 32 CIN NL NLCS L ATL 0 1 .000 36.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 4.000 27.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 36.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 4.000 27.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

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 22 MIN AL 6 105 89 16 24 6 0 3 0 3 14 12 .270 .362 .438 .800 .276 39 2 0 0 2 0 1
1986 23 MIN AL 27 481 422 56 112 21 1 10 4 1 50 67 .265 .342 .391 .733 .293 165 16 1 5 3 1 2
1987 24 MIN AL 13 204 178 40 58 11 0 13 12 1 24 28 .326 .407 .607 1.014 .326 108 7 1 0 1 1 1
1988 25 MIN AL 26 242 219 30 60 13 0 11 0 3 17 31 .274 .325 .484 .809 .272 106 6 1 2 3 1 1
1989 26 HOU NL 20 440 392 34 91 15 1 7 7 7 37 86 .232 .301 .329 .630 .280 129 6 2 8 1 0 1
1990 27 HOU NL 32 831 747 90 187 28 1 21 23 9 67 136 .250 .313 .375 .688 .279 280 16 4 7 6 4 13
1991 28 HOU NL 32 710 637 91 163 29 3 19 12 7 59 120 .256 .318 .400 .718 .286 255 15 2 6 6 5 11
1992 29 HOU NL 18 405 357 32 76 13 4 7 7 6 41 62 .213 .295 .331 .626 .239 118 10 1 5 1 3 2
1993 30 HOU NL 33 876 781 75 194 26 1 10 14 4 77 131 .248 .318 .323 .641 .286 252 17 4 11 3 3 8
1994 31 SFG NL 21 580 519 68 135 19 2 17 13 5 45 87 .260 .324 .403 .727 .282 209 13 6 6 4 2 6
1995 32 CIN NL 14 330 301 35 79 14 1 7 9 1 22 33 .262 .316 .385 .701 .275 116 5 2 4 1 0 4
1995 32 SFG NL 17 445 404 56 106 20 3 10 6 1 34 63 .262 .323 .401 .724 .290 162 11 2 5 0 2 3
1995 32 TOT NL 31 775 705 91 185 34 4 17 15 2 56 96 .262 .320 .394 .714 .283 278 16 4 9 1 2 7
1996 33 CIN NL 27 646 589 77 146 27 6 20 10 4 42 93 .248 .297 .416 .713 .261 245 10 2 7 6 2 9
1997 34 PHI NL 3 60 53 8 17 8 2 0 1 1 5 2 .321 .373 .547 .920 .327 29 0 0 1 1 0 0
1998 35 PHI NL 26 704 658 88 186 40 3 26 7 2 32 104 .283 .319 .471 .790 .302 310 13 4 8 2 2 7
1999 36 BOS AL 31 667 613 100 179 28 5 28 11 6 41 79 .292 .337 .491 .828 .295 301 10 4 3 6 1 10
15 Yrs 346 7726 6959 896 1813 318 33 209 136 61 607 1134 .261 .321 .406 .727 .283 2824 157 36 78 46 27 79
162 Game Avg. 37 835 752 97 196 34 4 23 15 7 66 123 .261 .321 .406 .727 .283 305 17 4 8 5 3 9
MLB Averages .262 .330 .404 .734 .292
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

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 22 MIN AL -2.6 -0.3 110 -0.3 1.6 -1.9 .95 -0.2 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.95 -0.7 0 1 1
1986 23 MIN AL 1.4 0.1 495 -0.8 8.1 -8.8 .98 0.6 -1.4 8.2 0.8 0.98 8.5 6 3 3
1987 24 MIN AL -14.0 -1.3 218 -0.8 3.5 -4.3 .95 -1.1 0.3 -12.8 -1.2 0.95 -14.4 1 2 2
1988 25 MIN AL -1.9 -0.2 250 -0.7 3.2 -4.0 .77 -0.5 -0.5 -1.0 -0.1 0.77 -4.5 8 3 14
1989 26 HOU NL 9.6 1.1 457 2.3 8.2 -5.9 1.05 1.0 1.2 12.6 1.4 1.05 8.4 1 1 2
1990 27 HOU NL 1.6 0.2 868 0.4 15.7 -15.2 1.06 0.3 0.1 1.9 0.2 1.06 1.4 0 0 0
1991 28 HOU NL -18.9 -1.9 733 -1.5 11.0 -12.6 .94 -0.3 -1.3 -16.3 -1.7 0.94 -6.6 3 0 2
1992 29 HOU NL 8.6 1.0 425 1.0 7.6 -6.5 1.03 1.2 -0.2 10.5 1.2 1.03 11.9 1 0 1
1993 30 HOU NL 25.4 2.6 905 2.1 16.7 -14.6 1.06 2.4 -0.5 21.8 2.3 1.06 26.3 0 0 0
1994 31 SFG NL -0.2 -0.0 603 0.1 9.6 -9.5 .94 0.1 0.0 2.3 0.2 0.94 -0.1 0 0 0
1995 32 TOT NL 1.5 0.2 799 0.9 13.9 -13.0 1.01 1.1 -0.2 1.1 0.1 1.01 9.1 0 0 0
1995 32 SFG NL -2.2 -0.2 455 0.6 8.6 -8.0 1.09 0.4 0.1 -3.7 -0.4 1.09 2.8 0 0 0
1995 32 CIN NL 3.7 0.4 344 0.4 5.3 -4.9 .90 0.7 -0.3 4.8 0.5 0.90 6.3 0 0 0
1996 33 CIN NL 5.0 0.5 664 0.7 11.4 -10.7 .96 1.3 -0.6 7.3 0.7 0.96 12.8 0 0 1
1997 34 PHI NL -0.5 -0.1 63 -0.2 1.1 -1.3 1.01 -0.2 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.01 -1.9 0 0 0
1998 35 PHI NL -0.5 -0.1 719 1.0 14.5 -13.6 1.09 -0.3 1.3 -2.6 -0.3 1.09 -3.8 0 0 0
1999 36 BOS AL -7.6 -0.7 687 -0.2 11.4 -11.6 .94 -1.4 1.1 -8.2 -0.7 0.94 -11.9 1 0 3
15 Yrs 7.2 1.2 7996 3.9 137.5 -133.5 1.00 4.0 -0.0 22.2 2.9 1.00 34.6 21 10 29
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1985 22 MIN AL 6 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46.0 60 36 7 3 0 2 5.1 5.1 5.3
1986 23 MIN AL 27 15 4 6 5 0 1 6 9 .400 2 0 3 0 7 47% 51.3 75 32 29 14 0 9 5.4 5.0 6.1
1987 24 MIN AL 13 7 1 2 4 1 0 4 3 .571 1 1 0 0 0 0% 34.7 50 19 12 7 0 2 4.7 6.1 4.3
1989 26 HOU NL 20 15 7 1 7 0 0 8 7 .533 4 2 2 1 10 67% 57.9 84 20 8 3 3 4 4.2 4.5 6.6 97 3 4 7 0 114
1990 27 HOU NL 32 32 11 10 11 1 4 16 16 .500 3 5 1 0 23 72% 52.6 76 12 18 7 1 12 3.4 3.2 6.1 91 6 12 5 1 131
1991 28 HOU NL 32 27 10 10 7 2 4 15 12 .556 2 4 1 0 14 52% 51.9 86 19 16 5 0 9 4.8 3.9 6.1 90 6 11 9 1 122
1992 29 HOU NL 18 16 5 3 8 1 2 11 5 .688 1 2 1 1 11 69% 58.2 79 23 6 3 2 5 3.4 2.7 6.3 90 4 7 5 0 116
1993 30 HOU NL 33 33 18 4 11 4 2 21 12 .636 4 6 1 1 21 64% 54.7 86 23 32 4 1 13 5.1 4.7 6.3 96 3 14 13 1 127
1994 31 SFG NL 21 21 10 8 3 2 2 11 10 .524 1 1 1 0 12 57% 51.8 75 30 10 6 0 8 5.0 5.2 6.5 92 3 9 7 0 115
1995 32 TOT NL 31 31 11 10 10 2 1 18 13 .581 3 2 1 0 17 55% 49.8 77 8 21 7 3 6 5.6 6.1 5.9 84 6 18 2 1 122
1995 32 SFG NL 17 17 5 5 7 1 1 10 7 .588 2 2 1 0 10 59% 49.6 77 11 14 4 0 4 5.0 4.8 6.1 91 2 11 2 1 122
1995 32 CIN NL 14 14 6 5 3 1 0 8 6 .571 1 0 0 0 7 50% 50.1 70 8 7 3 3 2 6.4 7.9 5.5 74 4 7 0 0 93
1996 33 CIN NL 27 26 8 9 9 3 2 14 12 .538 4 4 1 1 10 38% 52.1 80 23 9 5 0 14 4.5 4.5 6.0 85 6 8 8 1 122
1997 34 PHI NL 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 1 33% 42.7 44 40 1 0 0 2 2.1 2.3 4.6 69 2 1 0 0 84
1998 35 PHI NL 26 26 10 5 11 3 1 15 11 .577 3 4 3 0 12 46% 49.1 81 14 11 1 0 12 4.8 4.7 6.4 89 7 12 6 1 123
1999 36 BOS AL 31 27 7 11 9 2 4 12 15 .444 1 5 1 0 11 41% 44.4 75 20 23 10 1 14 4.9 4.7 5.3 81 12 13 2 0 117
14 Yrs 320 283 103 84 96 22 23 152 131 .537 29 37 16 4 149 53% 51 86 8 203 75 11 112 4.7 4.5 6.0 89 58 109 64 6 131
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 105 -21 4.6 4.6 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 22 MIN AL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 .953 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 4.5
1986 23 MIN AL 27 12 7 2 4 2 1 1 50% 4 2 13 1 8% 6 .976 6 3 3 6 1 5 8 4 5 4 7 1 5.3
1987 24 MIN AL 13 6 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 9 3 33% 6 .953 1 2 2 3 0 3 3 3 5 0 6 0 6.8
1988 25 MIN AL 26 26 9 3 3 4 3 1 75% 4 0 37 10 27% 7 .774 8 3 14 7 4 15 19 7 20 3 22 1 6.7 32
1989 26 HOU NL 20 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 1.052 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 5 3 1 3 1 5.0 21
1991 28 HOU NL 32 5 3 0 2 2 1 1 50% 3 1 6 3 50% 8 .943 3 0 2 3 2 0 2 3 1 2 2 2 2.8 22
1992 29 HOU NL 18 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.033 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.5 13
1996 33 CIN NL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .962 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 28
1999 36 BOS AL 31 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .935 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 4 3 0 3 0 5.0 31
9 Yrs 200 63 24 6 11 9 5 4 56% 14 4 66 17 26% .961 21 10 29 22 8 33 33 30 39 11 45 5 5.6 29

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 22 MIN AL 105 44% 2.9% 11.4% 13.3% 8.6% 38% 1.67 72% 24 2 8%
1986 23 MIN AL 481 50% 2.1% 13.9% 10.4% 6.7% 29% 1.19 72% 119 16 13%
1987 24 MIN AL 204 41% 6.4% 13.7% 11.8% 11.8% 41% 2.06 68% 39 7 18%
1988 25 MIN AL 242 47% 4.6% 12.8% 7.0% 9.9% 40% 0.61 0.72 74% 20% 12.8% 24% 50 6 12%
1989 26 HOU NL 440 47% 1.6% 19.6% 8.4% 5.2% 25% 0.89 1.35 68% 22% 4.9% 12% 74 6 8%
1990 27 HOU NL 831 42% 2.5% 16.4% 8.1% 6.0% 27% 0.90 1.24 72% 18% 8.1% 20% 164 16 10%
1991 28 HOU NL 710 43% 2.7% 16.9% 8.3% 7.2% 31% 0.78 1.12 71% 21% 7.6% 13% 129 15 12%
1992 29 HOU NL 405 42% 1.7% 15.3% 10.1% 5.9% 32% 1.00 1.30 71% 15% 5.6% 16% 63 10 16%
1993 30 HOU NL 876 47% 1.1% 15.0% 8.8% 4.2% 19% 0.94 1.07 73% 22% 3.7% 18% 161 17 11%
1994 31 SFG NL 580 49% 2.9% 15.0% 7.8% 6.6% 28% 0.94 1.22 72% 19% 9.6% 20% 118 13 11%
1995 32 TOT NL 775 51% 2.2% 12.4% 7.2% 7.1% 30% 0.75 1.08 77% 23% 6.3% 22% 143 16 11%
1995 32 SFG NL 445 49% 2.3% 14.2% 7.6% 7.4% 31% 0.90 1.46 74% 22% 6.9% 19% 81 11 14%
1995 32 CIN NL 330 55% 2.1% 10.0% 6.7% 6.7% 28% 0.58 0.75 79% 25% 5.6% 26% 62 5 8%
1996 33 CIN NL 646 60% 3.1% 14.4% 6.5% 8.2% 36% 0.80 1.14 75% 23% 9.5% 23% 112 10 9%
1997 34 PHI NL 60 62% 0.0% 3.3% 8.3% 16.7% 59% 0.79 0.73 87% 26% 0.0% 17% 8 0 0%
1998 35 PHI NL 704 49% 3.7% 14.8% 4.6% 9.8% 37% 0.80 1.11 75% 23% 10.1% 15% 121 13 11%
1999 36 BOS AL 667 51% 4.2% 11.8% 6.2% 9.2% 34% 0.71 0.95 77% 22% 10.9% 17% 118 10 8%
15 Yrs 7726 48% 2.7% 14.7% 7.9% 7.3% 31% 0.83 1.14 73% 21% 7.9% 18% 1443 157 11%
MLB Averages 42% 2.4% 15.6% 8.8% 7.2% 31% 0.81 1.08 72% 21% 7.3% 18% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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 25 MIN AL 242 844 3.49 525 62% 21% 14% 28% 37% 79% 0% 49% 83% 56% 4% 9 6 15% 36 22 4 26% 4 3 0 0 0
1989 26 HOU NL 416 1466 3.52 926 63% 27% 19% 22% 32% 73% 0% 46% 74% 58% 5% 20 10 20% 85 56 3 39% 22 10 24 0 0
1990 27 HOU NL 624 2253 3.61 1380 61% 25% 14% 26% 34% 74% 0% 46% 81% 56% 6% 40 25 19% 121 68 8 25% 24 11 207 0 2
1991 28 HOU NL 712 2532 3.56 1588 63% 26% 15% 25% 33% 74% 2% 46% 79% 57% 5% 36 22 16% 116 79 12 30% 22 9 -2 0 0
1992 29 HOU NL 410 1463 3.57 887 61% 24% 18% 24% 34% 76% 1% 46% 77% 54% 6% 24 13 16% 67 36 3 19% 7 8 -5 0 0
1993 30 HOU NL 821 2976 3.62 1811 61% 24% 16% 26% 34% 76% 1% 46% 79% 54% 7% 61 42 18% 148 92 9 33% 36 16 55 3 8
1994 31 SFG NL 521 1754 3.37 1084 62% 24% 14% 25% 36% 76% 1% 47% 81% 55% 6% 32 18 15% 80 46 4 28% 16 12 59 0 0
1995 32 TOT NL 665 2270 3.41 1448 64% 25% 14% 25% 36% 75% 1% 48% 81% 62% 4% 29 19 19% 129 74 11 23% 21 8 110 0 8
1995 32 SFG NL 414 1458 3.52 925 63% 24% 15% 26% 34% 75% 2% 48% 79% 60% 6% 23 16 21% 87 48 9 20% 16 5 31 0 8
1995 32 CIN NL 251 812 3.24 523 64% 25% 12% 23% 40% 75% 0% 48% 84% 66% 2% 6 3 17% 42 26 2 30% 5 3 79 0 0
1996 33 CIN NL 566 1993 3.52 1294 65% 28% 13% 24% 34% 72% 1% 47% 81% 61% 4% 25 14 22% 123 67 11 33% 10 10 80 0 3
1997 34 PHI NL 60 207 3.45 134 65% 25% 10% 25% 40% 74% 0% 48% 86% 57% 3% 2 1 15% 9 3 1 0% 0 1 0 0 1
1998 35 PHI NL 704 2318 3.29 1537 66% 26% 14% 23% 37% 74% 1% 49% 81% 60% 4% 25 18 20% 139 88 17 32% 28 5 0 0 0
1999 36 BOS AL 670 2318 3.46 1501 65% 29% 12% 23% 36% 71% 1% 46% 84% 59% 4% 26 17 20% 133 81 13 33% 19 8 -3 0 0
12 Yrs 6411 22394 3.49 14115 63% 26% 15% 25% 35% 74% 1% 47% 80% 58% 5% 329 205 18% 1186 712 96 30% 209 101 525 3 22
MLB Averages 3.67 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 22 MIN AL 105 24 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 4 3 1 75% 1 1 0 40 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
1986 23 MIN AL 481 112 10 1 10 7 3 4 6 26 11 1 42% 2 5 1 201 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
1987 24 MIN AL 204 58 13 1 5 7 6 4 9 12 8 0 67% 1 2 0 74 12 1 92% 11 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
1988 25 MIN AL 242 60 5 1 11 0 7 3 8 9 2 19 8 5 42% 1 2 0 91 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1989 26 HOU NL 440 91 9 0 7 0 2 4 3 6 1 14 8 4 57% 1 3 0 154 7 7 50% 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1990 27 HOU NL 831 187 21 1 21 1 11 11 10 4 17 42 21 8 50% 13 6 2 300 23 9 72% 19 6 4 2 0 1 2 0 17 0
1991 28 HOU NL 710 163 58 3 19 1 14 9 10 3 16 42 26 4 62% 11 4 1 253 12 7 63% 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1992 29 HOU NL 405 76 23 1 7 0 8 2 5 3 4 27 10 3 37% 2 1 1 118 7 6 54% 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1993 30 HOU NL 876 194 28 3 10 0 19 6 4 4 6 37 22 8 59% 8 9 0 320 14 4 78% 13 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 17 0
1994 31 SFG NL 580 135 20 5 17 1 14 6 11 13 4 26 16 5 62% 6 5 1 213 13 5 72% 11 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
1995 32 TOT NL 775 185 13 1 17 0 10 12 5 9 8 28 16 1 57% 7 7 0 293 15 2 88% 15 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
1995 32 SFG NL 445 106 11 1 10 0 6 6 4 4 6 16 7 1 44% 3 2 0 164 6 1 86% 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1995 32 CIN NL 330 79 2 0 7 0 4 6 1 5 2 12 9 0 75% 4 5 0 129 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1996 33 CIN NL 646 146 11 1 20 0 11 13 7 12 8 27 14 3 52% 9 6 0 220 10 4 71% 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
1997 34 PHI NL 60 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 60% 0 0 0 21 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 35 PHI NL 704 186 57 3 26 0 5 10 16 12 14 34 18 4 53% 7 4 0 250 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 0
1999 36 BOS AL 667 179 18 3 28 0 6 17 11 11 17 25 19 1 76% 10 2 3 254 11 6 65% 11 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
15 Yrs 7726 1813 267 22 209 5 124 108 101 96 113 368 203 49 55% 79 57 9 2802 136 61 69% 127 52 9 7 0 2 16 2 152 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%
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

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 22 1 3 .250 5.55 6 4 0 0 0 0 24.1 24 16 15 3 14 0 12 0 1 1 105 80 1.562 8.9 1.1 5.2 4.4 0.86 80
1986 23 7 13 .350 4.53 33 19 7 3 0 1 137.0 136 72 69 13 64 1 79 1 1 6 586 95 1.460 8.9 0.9 4.2 5.2 1.23 95
1987 24 8 16 .333 5.32 46 26 10 3 0 1 181.0 194 112 107 26 88 2 107 2 1 8 790 82 1.558 9.6 1.3 4.4 5.3 1.22 82
1988 25 11 19 .367 5.13 72 26 19 3 0 4 238.2 254 142 136 37 105 3 138 3 3 10 1032 84 1.504 9.6 1.4 4.0 5.2 1.31 84
1989 26 18 20 .474 4.39 92 41 20 5 1 4 346.2 345 176 169 44 142 3 224 5 3 13 1472 92 1.405 9.0 1.1 3.7 5.8 1.58 92
1990 27 29 30 .492 4.11 124 73 20 6 1 4 543.1 532 266 248 65 209 7 360 9 3 19 2303 95 1.364 8.8 1.1 3.5 6.0 1.72 95
1991 28 39 42 .481 4.20 156 100 23 7 1 5 711.2 695 357 332 84 268 12 480 11 4 23 3013 91 1.353 8.8 1.1 3.4 6.1 1.79 91
1992 29 45 45 .500 4.01 174 116 23 8 2 5 813.0 771 389 362 91 309 15 542 12 5 24 3418 94 1.328 8.5 1.0 3.4 6.0 1.75 94
1993 30 63 49 .563 3.76 207 149 23 9 3 5 1021.0 965 464 426 101 386 18 673 16 7 33 4294 101 1.323 8.5 0.9 3.4 5.9 1.74 101
1994 31 73 57 .562 3.78 228 170 23 10 3 5 1158.1 1100 532 486 118 431 20 760 22 7 38 4874 101 1.322 8.5 0.9 3.3 5.9 1.76 101
1995 32 84 67 .556 3.81 259 201 23 11 3 5 1340.0 1285 623 567 135 487 22 856 26 7 45 5649 101 1.322 8.6 0.9 3.3 5.7 1.76 101
1996 33 92 76 .548 3.83 286 227 23 12 4 5 1496.0 1431 700 636 155 529 24 949 28 7 51 6295 101 1.310 8.6 0.9 3.2 5.7 1.79 101
1997 34 92 78 .541 3.83 289 230 23 12 4 5 1509.2 1448 708 643 155 534 24 951 28 7 51 6355 101 1.313 8.6 0.9 3.2 5.7 1.78 101
1998 35 102 83 .551 3.89 315 256 23 15 4 5 1676.0 1634 796 725 181 566 26 1055 32 7 55 7059 101 1.313 8.8 1.0 3.0 5.7 1.86 101
1999 36 109 95 .534 4.03 346 283 24 16 4 5 1826.1 1813 896 817 209 607 27 1134 36 7 57 7726 100 1.325 8.9 1.0 3.0 5.6 1.87 100

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 22 1 1 .500 6.14 22.0 24 17 15 3 14 11 0 1.727 9.8 5.7 4.5 0.79 1.2 6
1986 23 5 6 .455 4.58 106.0 112 60 54 10 50 63 1 1.528 9.5 4.2 5.3 1.26 0.8 27
1987 24 1 3 .250 7.68 41.0 56 39 35 13 23 26 1 1.927 12.3 5.0 5.7 1.13 2.9 13
1988 25 2 3 .400 5.17 54.0 62 34 31 11 18 29 1 1.481 10.3 3.0 4.8 1.61 1.8 26
1989 26 6 5 .545 3.39 101.0 97 42 38 7 39 80 2 1.347 8.6 3.5 7.1 2.05 0.6 20
1990 27 10 10 .500 4.07 188.0 193 94 85 22 69 130 4 1.394 9.2 3.3 6.2 1.88 1.1 32
1991 28 6 11 .353 5.56 157.0 175 108 97 20 63 112 2 1.516 10.0 3.6 6.4 1.78 1.1 32
1992 29 6 4 .600 3.52 92.0 83 40 36 8 45 56 1 1.391 8.1 4.4 5.5 1.24 0.8 18
1993 30 14 8 .636 3.00 198.0 198 73 66 10 79 125 4 1.399 9.0 3.6 5.7 1.58 0.5 33
1994 31 9 11 .450 4.18 185.0 191 96 86 24 64 117 8 1.378 9.3 3.1 5.7 1.83 1.2 21
1995 32 11 11 .500 4.07 199.0 207 100 90 19 63 105 4 1.357 9.4 2.8 4.7 1.67 0.9 31
1996 33 9 8 .529 3.80 154.0 142 72 65 19 41 92 2 1.188 8.3 2.4 5.4 2.24 1.1 27
1997 34 0 1 .000 4.15 13.0 16 7 6 0 5 2 0 1.615 11.1 3.5 1.4 0.40 0.0 3
1998 35 8 10 .444 4.25 163.0 180 86 77 25 31 102 4 1.294 9.9 1.7 5.6 3.29 1.4 26
1999 36 7 9 .438 4.80 152.0 168 90 81 26 38 80 4 1.355 9.9 2.3 4.7 2.11 1.5 31
15 Yrs 95 101 .485 4.25 1825.0 1904 958 862 217 642 1130 38 1.395 9.4 5.6 1.76 1.1 346

* 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

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1993 NL (6, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

Silver Sluggers
1994 NL (P)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1993 NL  3.6 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1993 NL  2.77 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1993 NL  18 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1993 NL  .818 (1st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 NL  1.732 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1995 NL  31 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 NL  1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1990 NL  21 (5th)
1991 NL  19 (7th)
Career  209 (185th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 NL  77 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL  0.433 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1994 NL  6 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1993 NL  141 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1993 NL  25 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1993 NL  2.7 (6th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1993 NL  2.4 (8th)

                                         

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Brad Penny (956)
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  8. Bronson Arroyo (954)
  9. Kirk McCaskill (953)
  10. Vicente Padilla (952)
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  4. Ramon Monzant (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kris Benson (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Milacki (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Krukow (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. David Palmer (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. David Palmer (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tim Belcher (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Pete Vuckovich (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Whit Wyatt (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  14. Bob Walk (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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