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Dennis Rasmussen

Dennis Lee Rasmussen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: April 18, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Bear Creek HS (Lakewood, CO)
School: Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1983 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Yankees/Royals/Reds/Cubs 1983-1995
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: July 1, 1995 (Age 36)
Relatives: Grandson of Bill Brubaker
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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
1983 24 SDP NL 0 0 1.98 4 1 1 0 0 0 13.2 10 5 3 1 8 0 13 0 0 1 58 184 1.317 6.6 0.7 5.3 8.6 1.63
1984 25 NYY AL 9 6 .600 4.57 24 24 0 1 0 0 147.2 127 79 75 16 60 0 110 4 2 8 616 83 1.266 7.7 1.0 3.7 6.7 1.83
1985 26 NYY AL 3 5 .375 3.98 22 16 1 2 0 0 101.2 97 56 45 10 42 1 63 1 1 3 429 101 1.367 8.6 0.9 3.7 5.6 1.50
1986 27 NYY AL 18 6 .750 3.88 31 31 0 3 1 0 202.0 160 91 87 28 74 0 131 2 0 5 819 106 1.158 7.1 1.2 3.3 5.8 1.77
1987 28 TOT MLB 13 8 .619 4.56 33 32 0 2 0 0 191.1 184 100 97 36 67 1 128 5 2 7 814 96 1.312 8.7 1.7 3.2 6.0 1.91
1987 28 NYY AL 9 7 .563 4.75 26 25 0 2 0 0 146.0 145 78 77 31 55 1 89 4 0 6 627 93 1.370 8.9 1.9 3.4 5.5 1.62
1987 28 CIN NL 4 1 .800 3.97 7 7 0 0 0 0 45.1 39 22 20 5 12 0 39 1 2 1 187 107 1.125 7.7 1.0 2.4 7.7 3.25
1988 29 TOT NL 16 10 .615 3.43 31 31 0 7 1 0 204.2 199 84 78 17 58 4 112 4 5 7 854 102 1.256 8.8 0.7 2.6 4.9 1.93
1988 29 CIN NL 2 6 .250 5.75 11 11 0 1 1 0 56.1 68 36 36 8 22 4 27 2 5 1 255 63 1.598 10.9 1.3 3.5 4.3 1.23
1988 29 SDP NL 14 4 .778 2.55 20 20 0 6 0 0 148.1 131 48 42 9 36 0 85 2 0 6 599 135 1.126 7.9 0.5 2.2 5.2 2.36
1989 30 SDP NL 10 10 .500 4.26 33 33 0 1 0 0 183.2 190 100 87 18 72 6 87 3 2 4 799 82 1.426 9.3 0.9 3.5 4.3 1.21
1990 31 SDP NL 11 15 .423 4.51 32 32 0 3 1 0 187.2 217 110 94 28 62 4 86 3 1 9 825 85 1.487 10.4 1.3 3.0 4.1 1.39
1991 32 SDP NL 6 13 .316 3.74 24 24 0 1 1 0 146.2 155 74 61 12 49 3 75 2 1 1 633 102 1.391 9.5 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.53
1992 33 TOT MLB 4 1 .800 2.53 8 6 1 1 1 0 42.2 32 13 12 2 8 1 12 1 0 3 158 160 0.938 6.8 0.4 1.7 2.5 1.50
1992 33 CHC NL 0 0 10.80 3 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 6 6 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 24 36 1.800 12.6 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.00
1992 33 KCR AL 4 1 .800 1.43 5 5 0 1 1 0 37.2 25 7 6 0 6 0 12 0 0 3 134 284 0.823 6.0 0.0 1.4 2.9 2.00
1993 34 KCR AL 1 2 .333 7.45 9 4 3 0 0 0 29.0 40 25 24 4 14 1 12 1 0 2 138 62 1.862 12.4 1.2 4.3 3.7 0.86
1995 36 KCR AL 0 1 .000 9.00 5 1 1 0 0 0 10.0 13 10 10 3 8 2 6 0 0 2 51 55 2.100 11.7 2.7 7.2 5.4 0.75
12 Yrs 91 77 .542 4.15 256 235 7 21 5 0 1460.2 1424 747 673 175 522 23 835 26 14 52 6194 94 1.332 8.8 1.1 3.2 5.1 1.60
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .542 4.15 35 33 1 3 1 0 202 197 103 93 24 72 3 116 4 2 7 858 94 1.332 8.8 1.1 3.2 5.1 1.60
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
SDP (5 yrs) 41 42 .494 3.80 113 110 1 11 2 0 680.0 703 337 287 68 227 13 346 10 4 21 2914 96 1.368 9.3 0.9 3.0 4.6 1.52
NYY (4 yrs) 39 24 .619 4.28 103 96 1 8 1 0 597.1 529 304 284 85 231 2 393 11 3 22 2491 96 1.272 8.0 1.3 3.5 5.9 1.70
KCR (3 yrs) 5 4 .556 4.70 19 10 4 1 1 0 76.2 78 42 40 7 28 3 30 1 0 7 323 94 1.383 9.2 0.8 3.3 3.5 1.07
CIN (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 4.96 18 18 0 1 1 0 101.2 107 58 56 13 34 4 66 3 7 2 442 79 1.387 9.5 1.2 3.0 5.8 1.94
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 10.80 3 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 6 6 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 24 36 1.800 12.6 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.00
NL (7 yrs) 47 49 .490 3.99 134 129 2 12 3 0 786.2 817 401 349 83 263 18 412 14 11 23 3380 92 1.373 9.3 0.9 3.0 4.7 1.57
AL (7 yrs) 44 28 .611 4.33 122 106 5 9 2 0 674.0 607 346 324 92 259 5 423 12 3 29 2814 96 1.285 8.1 1.2 3.5 5.6 1.63

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1983 24 SDP NL 13.2 4 1 5 3.29 4.27 0.14 -0.09 99.5 4.02 1 0.1 .4 -0.0 0.2 2 .530 .501
1984 25 NYY AL 147.2 24 24 79 4.81 4.42 -0.22 0.14 95.5 4.57 -4 -0.4 -0.1 0.9 10 .484 .498 $44,000
1985 26 NYY AL 101.2 22 16 56 4.96 4.44 0.17 0.11 97.5 4.28 -8 -0.8 .7 -0.1 0.1 2 .465 .495
1986 27 NYY AL 202.0 31 31 91 4.05 4.53 -0.02 0.16 99.1 4.66 13 1.4 -0.1 3.2 33 .545 .509 $100,000
1987 28 NYY AL 146.0 26 25 78 4.81 4.93 0.12 0.16 98.8 4.90 1 0.1 .0 -0.1 1.4 17 .505 .501 $175,000
1987 28 CIN NL 45.1 7 7 22 4.37 4.33 -0.06 0.16 102.7 4.67 1 0.1 -0.0 0.5 6 .517 .501
1988 29 CIN NL 56.1 11 11 36 5.75 3.96 0.42 0.13 103.5 3.80 -13 -1.3 -0.0 -0.8 -8 .382 .492 $457,500
1988 29 SDP NL 148.1 20 20 48 2.91 3.91 0.19 0.13 97.2 3.74 13 1.6 -0.1 2.9 26 .579 .510
1989 30 SDP NL 183.2 33 33 100 4.90 3.95 -0.53 0.14 100.1 4.62 -6 -0.7 -0.1 0.8 8 .479 .496 $802,500
1990 31 SDP NL 187.2 32 32 110 5.28 4.16 -0.32 0.15 102.0 4.72 -15 -1.6 -0.1 -0.0 4 .451 .490 $802,000
1991 32 SDP NL 146.2 24 24 74 4.54 4.16 0.42 0.15 101.6 3.95 -11 -1.1 -0.1 0.1 2 .452 .493 $805,000
1992 33 CHC NL 5.0 3 1 6 10.80 4.56 0.02 0.06 104.2 4.80 -3 -0.3 .3 0.0 -0.3 -3 .384 .498
1992 33 KCR AL 37.2 5 5 7 1.67 4.24 -0.09 0.15 104.0 4.65 12 1.5 -0.0 1.9 16 .807 .509
1993 34 KCR AL 29.0 9 4 25 7.76 5.17 0.20 -0.00 105.3 5.22 -8 -0.7 1.5 -0.1 -0.5 -5 .417 .495 $325,000
1995 36 KCR AL 10.0 5 1 10 9.00 5.43 0.36 -0.18 94.3 4.61 -5 -0.4 .7 0.0 -0.3 -4 .414 .497 $185,000
12 Seasons 1460.2 256 235 747 4.60 4.31 -0.03 0.14 99.7 4.46 -30 -2.5 .8 -0.8 10.1 106 .490 .499 $3,696,000
SDP (5 yrs) 680.0 113 110 337 4.46 4.05 -0.10 0.14 100.3 4.30 -18 -1.7 .4 -0.4 4.0 42 .485 .498 $2,409,500
NYY (4 yrs) 597.1 103 96 304 4.58 4.59 -0.00 0.15 97.9 4.63 3 0.4 .6 -0.3 5.7 62 .504 .501 $319,000
KCR (3 yrs) 76.2 19 10 42 4.93 4.74 0.08 0.05 103.2 4.86 -0 0.4 1.1 -0.1 1.1 8 .519 .501 $510,000
CIN (2 yrs) 101.2 18 18 58 5.13 4.13 0.21 0.14 103.1 4.19 -11 -1.2 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .434 .496 $457,500
CHC (1 yr) 5.0 3 1 6 10.80 4.56 0.02 0.06 104.2 4.80 -3 -0.3 .3 0.0 -0.3 -3 .384 .498

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
1983 24 SDP NL 4 58 50 5 10 2 0 1 4 1 8 13 .200 .310 .300 .610 .250 15 1 0 0 0 0 1
1984 25 NYY AL 24 616 542 79 127 28 6 16 6 8 60 110 .234 .312 .397 .708 .262 215 14 4 3 7 0 7
1985 26 NYY AL 22 429 380 56 97 15 6 10 3 6 42 63 .255 .327 .405 .732 .279 154 11 1 1 5 1 7
1986 27 NYY AL 31 819 737 91 160 24 1 28 10 8 74 131 .217 .289 .366 .655 .226 270 15 2 1 5 0 5
1987 28 NYY AL 26 627 558 78 145 33 5 31 7 11 55 89 .260 .328 .504 .832 .257 281 8 4 5 5 1 4
1987 28 CIN NL 7 187 170 22 39 8 1 5 7 3 12 39 .229 .283 .376 .659 .268 64 1 1 3 1 0 3
1987 28 TOT MLB 33 814 728 100 184 41 6 36 14 14 67 128 .253 .318 .474 .792 .260 345 9 5 8 6 1 7
1988 29 TOT NL 31 854 778 84 199 42 3 17 14 14 58 112 .256 .309 .383 .692 .279 298 9 4 10 4 4 12
1988 29 CIN NL 11 255 227 36 68 15 1 8 9 5 22 27 .300 .364 .480 .844 .309 109 2 2 2 2 4 2
1988 29 SDP NL 20 599 551 48 131 27 2 9 5 9 36 85 .238 .286 .343 .629 .266 189 7 2 8 2 0 10
1989 30 SDP NL 33 799 704 100 190 30 5 18 10 6 72 87 .270 .335 .403 .739 .282 284 19 3 9 11 6 11
1990 31 SDP NL 32 823 742 110 217 30 2 28 21 16 62 86 .292 .348 .451 .799 .299 335 13 3 14 4 4 16
1991 32 SDP NL 24 633 572 74 155 17 6 12 21 6 49 75 .271 .328 .385 .712 .291 220 13 2 4 6 3 9
1992 33 KCR AL 5 134 127 7 25 3 0 0 1 6 6 12 .197 .233 .220 .454 .217 28 2 0 1 0 0 0
1992 33 CHC NL 3 24 20 6 7 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 .350 .417 .800 1.217 .263 16 0 1 0 1 1 0
1992 33 TOT MLB 8 158 147 13 32 6 0 2 2 7 8 12 .218 .261 .299 .560 .224 44 2 1 1 1 1 0
1993 34 KCR AL 9 138 122 25 40 7 2 4 1 4 14 12 .328 .399 .516 .915 .336 63 1 1 0 1 1 0
1995 36 KCR AL 5 51 43 10 13 3 0 3 1 0 8 6 .302 .412 .581 .993 .294 25 0 0 0 0 2 1
12 Yrs 256 6192 5545 747 1424 245 37 175 107 90 522 835 .257 .321 .409 .730 .272 2268 107 26 51 50 23 76
162 Game Avg. 35 858 768 103 197 34 5 24 15 12 72 116 .257 .321 .409 .730 .272 314 15 4 7 7 3 11
MLB Averages .260 .326 .393 .720 .287
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
1983 24 SDP NL 1.9 0.2 64 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 .72 -0.1 -0.0 1.4 0.2 0.73 0.1 0 1 2
1984 25 NYY AL -11.0 -1.1 641 -0.4 10.9 -11.3 1.00 0.2 -0.6 -5.3 -0.5 1.00 0.3 0 0 0
1985 26 NYY AL -2.2 -0.2 445 -0.8 6.6 -7.3 .88 -0.2 -0.7 -6.0 -0.6 0.88 -1.9 0 3 3
1986 27 NYY AL 8.0 0.8 844 2.5 14.8 -12.3 .94 2.4 0.3 15.7 1.6 0.94 25.0 0 0 0
1987 28 TOT MLB -0.3 -0.0 852 0.6 14.2 -13.6 .93 -0.1 0.8 2.8 0.3 0.93 -5.9 0 0 0
1987 28 NYY AL -1.8 -0.2 652 0.3 10.7 -10.4 .89 -0.7 1.1 1.0 0.1 0.89 -12.6 0 0 0
1987 28 CIN NL 1.4 0.1 200 0.3 3.5 -3.2 1.04 0.6 -0.3 1.8 0.2 1.04 6.7 0 0 0
1988 29 TOT NL 3.3 0.5 895 0.6 13.5 -12.9 .91 0.5 0.1 6.7 0.9 0.91 4.6 0 0 0
1988 29 CIN NL -11.0 -1.1 275 -1.2 3.6 -4.8 .88 -1.2 -0.2 -9.7 -1.0 0.88 -10.8 0 0 0
1988 29 SDP NL 14.3 1.6 620 1.8 10.0 -8.1 .93 1.7 0.2 16.4 1.9 0.93 15.3 0 0 0
1989 30 SDP NL -16.3 -1.7 826 -3.0 13.8 -16.8 1.07 -2.0 -0.8 -23.3 -2.4 1.07 -19.3 0 0 0
1990 31 SDP NL -16.0 -1.6 868 -2.7 12.7 -15.3 .97 -1.7 -1.1 -17.8 -1.8 0.97 -20.7 0 0 0
1991 32 SDP NL -1.5 -0.2 657 -0.7 10.2 -10.9 .98 -0.5 -0.2 -6.6 -0.7 0.98 -5.1 0 0 0
1992 33 TOT MLB 7.2 0.9 170 1.4 3.5 -2.1 1.05 1.2 0.1 8.9 1.1 1.05 13.1 0 0 2
1992 33 CHC NL -3.4 -0.4 26 -0.3 0.3 -0.7 .88 -0.3 -0.0 -3.4 -0.3 0.88 -2.8 0 0 2
1992 33 KCR AL 10.6 1.2 144 1.7 3.2 -1.5 1.09 1.5 0.0 12.3 1.5 1.09 15.9 0 0 0
1993 34 KCR AL -8.0 -0.7 146 -1.1 2.0 -3.1 1.00 -0.6 -0.4 -7.8 -0.7 1.00 -7.4 2 0 3
1995 36 KCR AL -4.1 -0.4 54 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 .47 -0.5 -0.6 -7.3 -0.6 0.47 -4.7 0 1 3
12 Yrs -39.2 -3.5 6462 -4.2 103.3 -107.5 .96 -1.5 -2.9 -38.6 -3.2 0.96 -22.0 2 5 13
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
1983 24 SDP NL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 66.0 66 66 0 0 0 1 3.9 1.5 7.0
1984 25 NYY AL 24 24 9 6 9 1 1 13 11 .542 3 3 1 0 10 42% 51.4 85 18 19 11 0 9 5.6 5.7 6.2
1985 26 NYY AL 22 16 3 5 8 1 1 8 8 .500 1 4 2 0 7 44% 51.2 75 28 22 4 1 12 4.5 4.6 5.8
1986 27 NYY AL 31 31 18 6 7 4 0 22 9 .710 4 1 3 1 18 58% 54.4 84 18 33 11 0 15 5.9 6.1 6.5
1987 28 TOT MLB 33 32 13 8 11 5 4 21 11 .656 5 5 2 0 16 50% 0.0 70 13 28 10 1 11 5.9 5.6 5.9
1987 28 NYY AL 26 25 9 7 9 3 3 15 10 .600 4 3 2 0 11 44% 48.6 70 13 25 8 1 8 5.9 5.8 5.7
1987 28 CIN NL 7 7 4 1 2 2 1 6 1 .857 1 2 0 0 5 71% 55.0 67 32 3 2 0 3 5.8 4.8 6.5
1988 29 TOT NL 31 31 16 10 5 2 4 19 12 .613 1 3 7 1 22 71% 53.5 84 13 17 7 2 17 4.6 4.8 6.6 100 5 11 7 8 133
1988 29 CIN NL 11 11 2 6 3 1 0 3 8 .273 0 2 1 1 4 36% 42.9 80 13 8 4 0 5 3.6 3.5 5.1 87 3 6 2 0 115
1988 29 SDP NL 20 20 14 4 2 1 4 16 4 .800 1 1 6 0 18 90% 59.3 84 35 9 3 2 12 5.2 5.3 7.4 107 2 5 5 8 133
1989 30 SDP NL 33 33 10 10 13 3 2 17 16 .515 3 7 1 0 16 48% 47.9 71 12 33 10 1 13 3.9 3.9 5.6 85 14 9 9 1 125
1990 31 SDP NL 32 32 11 15 6 3 4 13 19 .406 3 2 3 1 13 41% 46.2 73 19 22 12 0 14 4.8 5.6 5.9 89 8 10 9 2 131
1991 32 SDP NL 24 24 6 13 5 1 6 9 15 .375 2 1 1 1 14 58% 49.8 78 18 16 5 0 10 3.5 3.2 6.1 93 4 8 11 1 121
1992 33 TOT MLB 8 6 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 .667 0 1 1 1 4 67% 0.1 88 40 2 2 0 2 3.1 2.8 6.9 92 1 4 1 0 107
1992 33 CHC NL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40.0 40 40 1 1 0 0 4.0 6.0 4.0 67 1 0 0 0 67
1992 33 KCR AL 5 5 4 1 0 1 1 4 1 .800 0 0 1 1 4 80% 65.4 88 51 1 1 0 2 2.9 2.6 7.5 97 0 4 1 0 107
1993 34 KCR AL 9 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 1 25% 35.5 48 25 5 2 0 4 6.4 6.6 4.9 87 2 1 1 0 111
1995 36 KCR AL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 20.0 20 20 3 0 0 1 5.0 4.5 3.7 82 0 1 0 0 82
12 Yrs 256 235 91 76 68 21 23 128 107 .545 22 29 21 5 122 52% 50 88 12 200 74 5 109 4.9 4.9 6.1 91 34 44 38 12 133
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 103 -14 4.4 4.4 6.2 95
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

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
1983 24 SDP NL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 .724 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 6.7
1985 26 NYY AL 22 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 4 .877 0 3 3 0 0 6 4 2 3 2 3 0 4.8
1987 28 TOT MLB 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% .927 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0
1987 28 NYY AL 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 .893 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0
1992 33 TOT MLB 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.055 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.5 13
1992 33 CHC NL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .875 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.5 13
1993 34 KCR AL 9 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0% 7 1.002 2 0 3 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 3 0 5.6 31
1995 36 KCR AL 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 3 .466 0 1 3 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 4.8 25
6 Yrs 69 21 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 24 7 29% .875 2 5 13 1 1 19 12 9 11 6 12 1 5.1 25

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%
1983 24 SDP NL 58 19% 1.7% 22.4% 13.8% 5.2% 30% 0.80 62% 5 1 20%
1984 25 NYY AL 616 16% 2.6% 17.9% 9.7% 8.1% 39% 0.68 69% 103 14 14%
1985 26 NYY AL 429 24% 2.3% 14.7% 9.8% 7.2% 32% 0.76 73% 78 11 14%
1986 27 NYY AL 819 18% 3.4% 16.0% 9.0% 6.5% 33% 0.53 71% 135 15 11%
1987 28 TOT MLB 814 15% 4.4% 15.7% 8.2% 10.2% 45% 0.65 70% 129 9 7%
1987 28 NYY AL 627 17% 4.9% 14.2% 8.8% 11.0% 48% 0.64 71% 100 8 8%
1987 28 CIN NL 187 6% 2.7% 20.9% 6.4% 7.5% 36% 0.71 68% 29 1 3%
1988 29 TOT NL 854 15% 2.0% 13.1% 6.8% 7.3% 31% 0.66 0.77 76% 17% 8.9% 51% 115 9 8%
1988 29 CIN NL 255 17% 3.1% 10.6% 8.6% 9.4% 35% 0.72 0.85 76% 20% 13.1% 46% 33 2 6%
1988 29 SDP NL 599 14% 1.5% 14.2% 6.0% 6.3% 29% 0.64 0.75 77% 16% 6.9% 53% 82 7 9%
1989 30 SDP NL 799 19% 2.3% 10.9% 9.0% 6.6% 28% 0.78 0.94 76% 15% 6.3% 17% 166 19 11%
1990 31 SDP NL 825 14% 3.4% 10.5% 7.5% 7.3% 28% 0.68 0.78 77% 19% 9.2% 21% 148 13 9%
1991 32 SDP NL 633 18% 1.9% 11.9% 7.7% 5.5% 23% 0.72 0.96 78% 23% 4.9% 13% 127 13 10%
1992 33 TOT MLB 158 14% 1.3% 7.6% 5.1% 5.1% 25% 0.72 0.73 85% 17% 3.3% 23% 21 2 10%
1992 33 CHC NL 24 42% 8.3% 0.0% 8.3% 20.8% 71% 0.50 0.56 79% 29% 18.2% 21% 2 0 0%
1992 33 KCR AL 134 9% 0.0% 9.0% 4.5% 2.2% 12% 0.77 0.76 86% 15% 0.0% 23% 19 2 11%
1993 34 KCR AL 138 15% 2.9% 8.7% 10.1% 9.4% 33% 0.38 0.45 78% 29% 5.6% 10% 28 1 4%
1995 36 KCR AL 51 31% 5.9% 11.8% 15.7% 11.8% 46% 0.54 0.41 67% 16% 13.6% 8% 11 0 0%
12 Yrs 6194 17% 2.8% 13.5% 8.4% 7.4% 32% 0.69 0.74 74% 19% 7.1% 25% 1066 107 10%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 0.81 1.07 73% 21% 6.7% 20% 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 29 TOT NL 855 3108 3.64 1923 62% 25% 12% 28% 35% 75% 1% 46% 84% 54% 5% 47 28 18% 157 82 9 36% 12 15 -1 3 5
1988 29 CIN NL 255 961 3.77 577 60% 23% 12% 29% 35% 77% 4% 46% 84% 49% 7% 18 7 19% 49 25 4 37% 1 7 0 2 1
1988 29 SDP NL 600 2147 3.58 1346 63% 25% 12% 27% 35% 74% 0% 47% 84% 57% 5% 29 21 18% 108 57 5 36% 11 8 -1 1 4
1989 30 SDP NL 799 2797 3.50 1703 61% 23% 11% 28% 37% 76% 2% 46% 85% 54% 6% 46 24 17% 132 56 8 24% 12 16 0 1 5
1990 31 SDP NL 750 2593 3.46 1581 61% 24% 10% 27% 39% 76% 1% 46% 86% 54% 5% 41 25 16% 120 68 10 33% 12 13 75 3 6
1991 32 SDP NL 634 2231 3.52 1379 62% 27% 12% 25% 37% 73% 1% 45% 84% 59% 4% 28 13 16% 104 53 7 25% 20 12 -1 0 0
1992 33 TOT MLB 160 575 3.59 360 63% 29% 6% 27% 38% 71% 2% 44% 92% 54% 4% 7 4 16% 26 15 3 42% 2 2 -2 0 0
1992 33 CHC NL 24 92 3.83 51 55% 29% 0% 29% 41% 71% 10% 39% 100% 42% 13% 3 1 4% 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1992 33 KCR AL 136 483 3.55 309 64% 29% 7% 27% 38% 71% 0% 45% 90% 57% 3% 4 3 18% 25 15 3 42% 2 1 -2 0 0
1993 34 KCR AL 140 503 3.59 302 60% 28% 6% 30% 37% 72% 2% 43% 92% 56% 6% 8 4 20% 28 18 3 33% 2 3 -2 0 0
1995 36 KCR AL 51 182 3.57 109 60% 27% 8% 31% 34% 73% 11% 44% 89% 61% 6% 3 0 12% 6 2 0 50% 0 1 0 0 0
7 Yrs 3389 11989 3.54 7357 61% 25% 11% 27% 37% 75% 2% 46% 85% 55% 5% 180 98 17% 573 294 40 31% 60 62 69 7 16
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 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
1983 24 SDP NL 58 10 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 50% 1 1 0 23 4 1 80% 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 25 NYY AL 616 127 16 3 5 13 3 7 9 26 17 3 65% 7 8 0 215 6 8 43% 5 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 0
1985 26 NYY AL 429 97 10 1 10 7 3 6 4 25 17 2 68% 7 3 0 135 3 6 33% 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1986 27 NYY AL 819 160 28 1 7 26 2 10 18 25 17 3 68% 5 5 1 248 10 8 56% 8 7 2 1 0 0 3 1 15 0
1987 28 TOT MLB 814 184 36 0 8 31 5 11 25 37 15 8 41% 7 7 0 258 14 14 50% 10 12 4 2 0 0 5 4 19 0
1987 28 NYY AL 627 145 31 0 6 26 5 6 25 31 12 6 39% 4 6 0 198 7 11 39% 4 10 3 1 0 0 3 2 14 0
1987 28 CIN NL 187 39 5 0 2 5 0 5 0 6 3 2 50% 3 1 0 60 7 3 70% 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 5 0
1988 29 TOT NL 854 199 29 4 17 0 9 14 3 9 8 25 17 4 68% 12 7 4 287 14 14 50% 12 11 2 2 0 1 6 6 24 0
1988 29 CIN NL 255 68 13 1 8 0 6 7 1 5 3 14 8 2 57% 2 1 1 84 9 5 64% 9 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1988 29 SDP NL 599 131 16 3 9 0 3 7 2 4 5 11 9 2 82% 10 6 3 203 5 9 36% 3 7 2 1 0 1 6 6 12 0
1989 30 SDP NL 799 190 24 5 18 0 8 14 4 10 8 41 22 6 54% 11 4 3 306 10 6 63% 9 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 26 0
1990 31 SDP NL 823 217 26 2 28 0 14 23 5 16 12 45 28 5 62% 16 9 0 297 21 16 57% 12 14 9 2 0 0 5 5 18 2
1991 32 SDP NL 633 155 54 4 12 1 12 10 2 4 8 30 19 1 63% 9 1 0 241 21 6 78% 17 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 8 0
1992 33 TOT MLB 158 32 13 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 8 4 0 50% 0 3 0 40 2 7 22% 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1992 33 CHC NL 24 7 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 1 0 25% 0 0 0 5 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1992 33 KCR AL 134 25 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 3 0 35 1 6 14% 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1993 34 KCR AL 138 40 2 1 4 1 5 4 0 2 2 5 5 1 100% 0 2 1 60 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
1995 36 KCR AL 51 13 0 0 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 3 1 0 33% 1 2 0 20 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 Yrs 6192 1424 148 16 175 7 86 148 27 78 97 272 163 34 60% 76 52 9 2130 107 90 54% 83 77 23 12 1 1 25 19 160 2
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+
1983 24 0 0 1.98 4 1 1 0 0 0 13.2 10 5 3 1 8 0 13 0 0 1 58 184 1.317 6.6 0.7 5.3 8.6 1.63 184
1984 25 9 6 .600 4.35 28 25 1 1 0 0 161.1 137 84 78 17 68 0 123 4 2 9 674 87 1.271 7.6 0.9 3.8 6.9 1.81 87
1985 26 12 11 .522 4.21 50 41 2 3 0 0 263.0 234 140 123 27 110 1 186 5 3 12 1103 92 1.308 8.0 0.9 3.8 6.4 1.69 92
1986 27 30 17 .638 4.06 81 72 2 6 1 0 465.0 394 231 210 55 184 1 317 7 3 17 1922 98 1.243 7.6 1.1 3.6 6.1 1.72 98
1987 28 43 25 .632 4.21 114 104 2 8 1 0 656.1 578 331 307 91 251 2 445 12 5 24 2736 97 1.263 7.9 1.2 3.4 6.1 1.77 97
1988 29 59 35 .628 4.02 145 135 2 15 2 0 861.0 777 415 385 108 309 6 557 16 10 31 3590 98 1.261 8.1 1.1 3.2 5.8 1.80 98
1989 30 69 45 .605 4.07 178 168 2 16 2 0 1044.2 967 515 472 126 381 12 644 19 12 35 4389 95 1.290 8.3 1.1 3.3 5.5 1.69 95
1990 31 80 60 .571 4.13 210 200 2 19 3 0 1232.1 1184 625 566 154 443 16 730 22 13 44 5214 94 1.320 8.6 1.1 3.2 5.3 1.65 94
1991 32 86 73 .541 4.09 234 224 2 20 4 0 1379.0 1339 699 627 166 492 19 805 24 14 45 5847 94 1.328 8.7 1.1 3.2 5.3 1.64 94
1992 33 90 74 .549 4.05 242 230 3 21 5 0 1421.2 1371 712 639 168 500 20 817 25 14 48 6005 96 1.316 8.7 1.1 3.2 5.2 1.63 96
1993 34 91 76 .545 4.11 251 234 6 21 5 0 1450.2 1411 737 663 172 514 21 829 26 14 50 6143 94 1.327 8.8 1.1 3.2 5.1 1.61 94
1994 35 91 76 .545 4.11 251 234 6 21 5 0 1450.2 1411 737 663 172 514 21 829 26 14 50 6143 94 1.327 8.8 1.1 3.2 5.1 1.61 94
1995 36 91 77 .542 4.15 256 235 7 21 5 0 1460.2 1424 747 673 175 522 23 835 26 14 52 6194 94 1.332 8.8 1.1 3.2 5.1 1.60 94

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
1983 24 1 0 1.000 2.08 13.0 10 3 3 1 8 13 0 1.385 6.9 5.5 9.0 1.63 0.7 4
1984 25 5 10 .333 5.54 138.0 135 94 85 17 64 103 4 1.442 8.8 4.2 6.7 1.61 1.1 24
1985 26 4 6 .400 4.55 95.0 100 53 48 10 43 59 1 1.505 9.5 4.1 5.6 1.37 0.9 22
1986 27 10 11 .476 4.20 193.0 163 100 90 29 75 125 2 1.233 7.6 3.5 5.8 1.67 1.4 31
1987 28 9 11 .450 4.52 187.0 181 104 94 35 66 125 5 1.321 8.7 3.2 6.0 1.89 1.7 33
1988 29 10 11 .476 4.10 193.0 211 98 88 18 61 105 4 1.409 9.8 2.8 4.9 1.72 0.8 31
1989 30 7 12 .368 5.10 173.0 201 109 98 19 76 82 3 1.601 10.5 4.0 4.3 1.08 1.0 33
1990 31 8 11 .421 4.93 179.0 221 109 98 29 63 82 3 1.587 11.1 3.2 4.1 1.30 1.5 32
1991 32 7 8 .467 4.09 141.0 158 71 64 12 50 72 2 1.475 10.1 3.2 4.6 1.44 0.8 24
1992 33 3 1 .750 3.08 38.0 34 14 13 2 8 11 1 1.105 8.1 1.9 2.6 1.38 0.5 8
1993 34 1 2 .333 7.39 28.0 39 26 23 4 14 12 1 1.893 12.5 4.5 3.9 0.86 1.3 9
1995 36 0 1 .000 8.18 11.0 14 11 10 3 9 7 0 2.091 11.5 7.4 5.7 0.78 2.5 5
12 Yrs 65 84 .436 4.63 1389.0 1467 792 714 179 537 796 26 1.443 9.5 5.2 1.48 1.2 256

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Wins s c a p y
1986 AL  18 (4th)
1988 NL  16 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1986 AL  .750 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1986 AL  1.158 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL  7.129 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1989 NL  33 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1987 ML  36 (7th)
1990 NL  28 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1990 NL  217 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1990 NL  15 (3rd)
1991 NL  13 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1989 NL  87 (7th)
1990 NL  94 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1984 AL  8 (10th)
1990 NL  9 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1986 AL  2.4 (6th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 InkPitching - 14 (1299), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1095), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (942), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (780th), 11.4 career WAR/12.1 7yr-peak WAR/11.8 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Steve Avery (967)
  2. Erik Hanson (957)
  3. Ervin Santana (953)
  4. Juan Guzman (952)
  5. Jim Deshaies (952)
  6. Steve Trout (951)
  7. Tom Brewer (949)
  8. Bobby Jones (948)
  9. Orlando Hernandez (947)
  10. Wandy Rodriguez (947)
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  1. Earl Johnson (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bo Belinsky (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Saunders (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Saunders (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mark Clark (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Saunders (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Saunders (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jarrod Washburn (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. David Wells (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jamie Moyer (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Woody Williams (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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