Chuck Rainey
Charles David Rainey
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 14, 1954 in San Diego, CA
High School: Crawford (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1979
Final Game: September 9, 1984
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Standard Pitching

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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
1979 24 BOS AL 8 5 .615 3.82 20 16 2 4 1 1 103.2 97 47 44 7 41 1 41 3 0 3 437 117 1.331 8.4 0.6 3.6 3.6 1.00
1980 25 BOS AL 8 3 .727 4.86 16 13 1 2 1 0 87.0 92 49 47 7 41 3 43 2 0 4 383 87 1.529 9.5 0.7 4.2 4.4 1.05
1981 26 BOS AL 0 1 .000 2.70 11 2 3 0 0 0 40.0 39 21 12 2 13 1 20 0 0 1 171 144 1.300 8.8 0.5 2.9 4.5 1.54
1982 27 BOS AL 7 5 .583 5.02 27 25 0 3 3 0 129.0 146 75 72 14 63 2 57 2 0 2 573 86 1.620 10.2 1.0 4.4 4.0 0.90
1983 28 CHC NL 14 13 .519 4.48 34 34 0 1 1 0 191.0 219 109 95 17 74 3 84 3 1 7 836 85 1.534 10.3 0.8 3.5 4.0 1.14
1984 29 TOT MLB 6 8 .429 4.92 33 16 8 0 0 1 119.0 145 82 65 6 55 5 55 2 0 5 548 78 1.681 11.0 0.5 4.2 4.2 1.00
1984 29 CHC NL 5 7 .417 4.28 17 16 0 0 0 0 88.1 102 55 42 4 38 1 45 2 0 3 399 91 1.585 10.4 0.4 3.9 4.6 1.18
1984 29 OAK AL 1 1 .500 6.75 16 0 8 0 0 1 30.2 43 27 23 2 17 4 10 0 0 2 149 55 1.957 12.6 0.6 5.0 2.9 0.59
6 Seasons 43 35 .551 4.50 141 106 14 10 6 2 669.2 738 383 335 53 287 15 300 12 1 22 2948 90 1.531 9.9 0.7 3.9 4.0 1.05
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .551 4.50 39 29 4 3 2 1 184 203 105 92 15 79 4 83 3 0 6 812 90 1.531 9.9 0.7 3.9 4.0 1.05
BOS (4 yrs) 23 14 .622 4.38 74 56 6 9 5 1 359.2 374 192 175 30 158 7 161 7 0 10 1564 98 1.479 9.4 0.8 4.0 4.0 1.02
CHC (2 yrs) 19 20 .487 4.41 51 50 0 1 1 0 279.1 321 164 137 21 112 4 129 5 1 10 1235 86 1.550 10.3 0.7 3.6 4.2 1.15
OAK (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.75 16 0 8 0 0 1 30.2 43 27 23 2 17 4 10 0 0 2 149 55 1.957 12.6 0.6 5.0 2.9 0.59
AL (5 yrs) 24 15 .615 4.57 90 56 14 9 5 2 390.1 417 219 198 32 175 11 171 7 0 12 1713 93 1.517 9.6 0.7 4.0 3.9 0.98
NL (2 yrs) 19 20 .487 4.41 51 50 0 1 1 0 279.1 321 164 137 21 112 4 129 5 1 10 1235 86 1.550 10.3 0.7 3.6 4.2 1.15

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1979 24 BOS AL 20 437 388 47 97 20 3 7 3 3 41 41 .250 .325 .371 .696 .263 144 13 3 3 2 1
1980 25 BOS AL 16 383 337 49 92 16 4 7 7 2 41 43 .273 .353 .407 .760 .294 137 20 2 1 2 3
1981 26 BOS AL 11 171 155 21 39 8 1 2 2 0 13 20 .252 .306 .355 .661 .274 55 3 0 1 2 1
1982 27 BOS AL 27 573 496 75 146 24 3 14 12 9 63 57 .294 .373 .440 .812 .307 218 13 2 7 5 2
1983 28 CHC NL 34 836 742 109 219 36 6 17 15 7 74 84 .295 .358 .429 .787 .312 318 23 3 10 7 3
1984 29 CHC NL 17 399 352 55 102 13 4 4 9 6 38 45 .290 .361 .384 .745 .322 135 5 2 6 1 1
1984 29 OAK AL 16 150 128 27 43 6 2 2 1 0 17 10 .336 .405 .461 .866 .345 59 5 0 2 3 4
1984 29 TOT MLB 33 549 480 82 145 19 6 6 10 6 55 55 .302 .373 .404 .778 .329 194 10 2 8 4 5
6 Seasons 141 2949 2598 383 738 123 23 53 49 27 287 300 .284 .355 .410 .766 .302 1066 82 12 30 22 15
162 Game Avg. 39 812 715 105 203 34 6 15 13 7 79 83 .284 .355 .410 .766 .302 293 23 3 8 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1979 24 BOS AL 20 16 8 5 3 2 2 10 6 .625 1 2 4 1 9 56% 50 76 22 15 5 3 7 5.0 5.9 6.0
1980 25 BOS AL 16 13 8 3 2 3 1 10 3 .769 0 0 2 1 6 46% 50 77 22 14 2 1 6 5.5 6.2 6.1
1981 26 BOS AL 11 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 1 50% 35 42 27 6 0 0 1 4.5 2.3 5.7
1982 27 BOS AL 27 25 7 5 13 3 0 15 10 .600 2 6 3 3 6 24% 45 80 16 16 2 0 10 5.0 4.9 5.0
1983 28 CHC NL 34 34 14 13 7 3 2 19 15 .559 1 3 1 1 14 41% 45 88 17 33 12 3 14 4.7 4.6 5.6
1984 29 TOT MLB 33 16 5 7 4 3 3 8 8 .500 2 1 0 0 6 38% 66 31 31 12 1 6 4.7 5.4 5.3
1984 29 CHC NL 17 16 5 7 4 3 3 8 8 .500 2 1 0 0 6 38% 45 66 31 19 9 1 6 4.7 5.4 5.3
6 Seasons 125 106 42 34 30 14 9 62 44 .585 6 13 10 6 42 40% 46 88 16 103 30 8 44 4.9 5.2 5.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1979 24 BOS AL 20 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 7 0 0% 6 1.012 3 1 0 2 0 2 3 1 2 2 2 0 5.5
1980 25 BOS AL 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 2 0.925 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 8.3
1981 26 BOS AL 11 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 4 0.667 1 0 8 0 1 8 3 6 8 0 8 0 9.6
1982 27 BOS AL 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 0.995 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.5
1984 29 TOT MLB 33 17 8 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 21 7 33% 0.951 6 1 10 4 3 10 13 4 13 3 14 1 6.0
1984 29 CHC NL 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 1.024 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 10.0
1984 29 OAK AL 16 16 8 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 19 7 37% 8 0.759 6 0 10 4 3 9 12 4 12 3 13 1 5.8
5 Seasons 107 35 14 1 1 3 2 1 67% 5 2 37 12 32% 0.948 11 3 21 6 5 24 22 13 26 6 27 2 7.1

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1979 24 BOS AL 437 52% 1.6% 9.4% 9.4% 6.9% 31% 2.02 78% 78 13 17%
1980 25 BOS AL 383 53% 1.8% 11.2% 10.7% 7.1% 29% 1.88 75% 89 20 22%
1981 26 BOS AL 171 48% 1.2% 11.7% 7.6% 6.4% 28% 1.61 79% 29 3 10%
1982 27 BOS AL 573 46% 2.4% 10.0% 11.0% 7.2% 28% 1.57 75% 111 13 12%
1983 28 CHC NL 836 55% 2.0% 10.1% 8.9% 7.1% 27% 2.50 78% 151 23 15%
1984 29 TOT MLB 550 48% 1.1% 10.0% 10.0% 5.7% 21% 1.37 77% 121 10 8%
1984 29 CHC NL 399 49% 1.0% 11.3% 9.5% 5.3% 21% 1.44 76% 87 5 6%
1984 29 OAK AL 151 46% 1.3% 6.7% 11.3% 6.7% 23% 1.22 79% 34 5 15%
6 Seasons 2950 51% 1.8% 10.2% 9.7% 6.8% 27% 1.85 77% 579 82 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1979 24 BOS AL 437 97 7 1 11 3 4 6 1 25 12 3 48% 5 3 0 151 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 0
1980 25 BOS AL 383 92 7 1 11 4 3 3 4 38 20 3 53% 10 4 0 150 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1981 26 BOS AL 171 39 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 11 7 0 64% 4 1 0 61 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1982 27 BOS AL 573 146 14 0 7 9 5 7 7 31 18 3 58% 3 2 3 234 12 9 57% 11 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 11 0
1983 28 CHC NL 836 219 17 1 16 7 10 11 6 53 29 3 55% 8 7 2 299 15 7 68% 15 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 25 0
1984 29 TOT MLB 550 145 6 0 19 5 1 2 4 41 24 2 59% 8 5 0 215 10 6 63% 10 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 14 0
1984 29 CHC NL 399 102 4 0 10 4 0 2 2 25 14 2 56% 5 3 0 152 9 6 60% 9 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 0
1984 29 OAK AL 151 43 2 0 9 1 1 0 2 16 10 0 63% 3 2 0 63 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
6 Seasons 2950 738 53 3 66 30 23 30 23 199 110 14 55% 38 22 5 1110 49 27 64% 48 23 1 3 0 1 13 1 67 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1979 24 8 5 .615 3.82 20 16 2 4 1 1 103.2 97 47 44 7 41 1 41 3 0 3 437 117 1.331 8.4 0.6 3.6 3.6 1.00 117
1980 25 16 8 .667 4.30 36 29 3 6 2 1 190.2 189 96 91 14 82 4 84 5 0 7 820 102 1.421 8.9 0.7 3.9 4.0 1.02 102
1981 26 16 9 .640 4.02 47 31 6 6 2 1 230.2 228 117 103 16 95 5 104 5 0 8 991 107 1.400 8.9 0.6 3.7 4.1 1.09 107
1982 27 23 14 .622 4.38 74 56 6 9 5 1 359.2 374 192 175 30 158 7 161 7 0 10 1564 98 1.479 9.4 0.8 4.0 4.0 1.02 98
1983 28 37 27 .578 4.41 108 90 6 10 6 1 550.2 593 301 270 47 232 10 245 10 1 17 2400 93 1.498 9.7 0.8 3.8 4.0 1.06 93
1984 29 43 35 .551 4.50 141 106 14 10 6 2 669.2 738 383 335 53 287 15 300 12 1 22 2948 90 1.531 9.9 0.7 3.9 4.0 1.05 90

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
1979 24 6 5 .545 3.74 101.0 95 47 42 7 40 40 3 1.337 8.5 3.6 3.6 1.00 0.6 20
1980 25 3 6 .333 5.10 83.0 92 52 47 7 41 41 2 1.602 10.0 4.4 4.4 1.00 0.8 16
1981 26 4 2 .667 2.90 59.0 62 21 19 3 21 30 0 1.407 9.5 3.2 4.6 1.43 0.5 11
1982 27 5 8 .385 5.24 122.0 144 79 71 14 62 54 2 1.689 10.6 4.6 4.0 0.87 1.0 27
1983 28 7 12 .368 4.98 179.0 222 110 99 17 75 79 3 1.659 11.2 3.8 4.0 1.05 0.9 34
1984 29 4 8 .333 5.29 114.0 147 74 67 6 56 53 2 1.781 11.6 4.4 4.2 0.95 0.5 33
6 Seasons 29 41 .414 4.72 658.0 762 383 345 54 295 297 12 1.606 10.4 4.1 1.01 0.7 141

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
1983 NL  34 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1982 AL  3 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1983 NL  219 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1983 NL  13 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1983 NL  95 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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