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Rick Reuschel
Rickey Eugene Reuschel (Big Daddy)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 235 lb.

Born: May 16, 1949 in Quincy, IL
High School: Central (Camp Point, IL)
School: Western Illinois University
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1972
Final Game: April 22, 1991
Relatives: Brother of Paul Reuschel
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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
1972 23 CHC NL 10 8 .556 2.93 21 18 1 5 4 0 129.0 127 46 42 3 29 6 87 2 2 1 527 130 1.209 8.9 0.2 2.0 6.1 3.00
1973 24 CHC NL 14 15 .483 3.00 36 36 0 7 3 0 237.0 244 95 79 15 62 6 168 5 1 10 1003 131 1.291 9.3 0.6 2.4 6.4 2.71
1974 25 CHC NL 13 12 .520 4.30 41 38 2 8 2 0 240.2 262 130 115 18 83 12 160 6 1 7 1061 89 1.434 9.8 0.7 3.1 6.0 1.93
1975 26 CHC NL 11 17 .393 3.73 38 37 1 6 0 1 234.0 244 116 97 17 67 8 155 7 1 4 1007 103 1.329 9.4 0.7 2.6 6.0 2.31
1976 27 CHC NL 14 12 .538 3.46 38 37 1 9 2 1 260.0 260 117 100 17 64 5 146 8 1 7 1078 110 1.246 9.0 0.6 2.2 5.1 2.28
1977 28 CHC NL 20 10 .667 2.79 39 37 2 8 4 1 252.0 233 84 78 13 74 11 166 5 1 9 1030 157 1.218 8.3 0.5 2.6 5.9 2.24 AS,CYA-3,MVP-21
1978 29 CHC NL 14 15 .483 3.41 35 35 0 9 1 0 242.2 235 98 92 16 54 8 115 5 1 13 1007 118 1.191 8.7 0.6 2.0 4.3 2.13
1979 30 CHC NL 18 12 .600 3.62 36 36 0 5 1 0 239.0 251 104 96 16 75 8 125 10 0 5 1021 115 1.364 9.5 0.6 2.8 4.7 1.67
1980 31 CHC NL 11 13 .458 3.40 38 38 0 6 0 0 257.0 281 111 97 13 76 10 140 4 1 3 1094 116 1.389 9.8 0.5 2.7 4.9 1.84
1981 32 TOT MLB 8 11 .421 3.11 25 24 1 4 0 0 156.1 162 64 54 8 33 4 75 5 0 5 640 117 1.247 9.3 0.5 1.9 4.3 2.27
1981 32 CHC NL 4 7 .364 3.47 13 13 0 1 0 0 85.2 87 40 33 4 23 4 53 4 0 5 358 107 1.284 9.1 0.4 2.4 5.6 2.30
1981 32 NYY AL 4 4 .500 2.67 12 11 1 3 0 0 70.2 75 24 21 4 10 0 22 1 0 0 282 133 1.203 9.6 0.5 1.3 2.8 2.20
1983 34 CHC NL 1 1 .500 3.92 4 4 0 0 0 0 20.2 18 9 9 1 10 2 9 0 0 0 88 97 1.355 7.8 0.4 4.4 3.9 0.90
1984 35 CHC NL 5 5 .500 5.17 19 14 2 1 0 0 92.1 123 57 53 7 23 0 43 3 0 2 405 75 1.581 12.0 0.7 2.2 4.2 1.87
1985 36 PIT NL 14 8 .636 2.27 31 26 4 9 1 1 194.0 153 58 49 7 52 10 138 3 0 4 773 158 1.057 7.1 0.3 2.4 6.4 2.65 GG
1986 37 PIT NL 9 16 .360 3.96 35 34 0 4 2 0 215.2 232 106 95 20 57 2 125 8 1 6 930 97 1.340 9.7 0.8 2.4 5.2 2.19
1987 38 TOT NL 13 9 .591 3.09 34 33 0 12 4 0 227.0 207 91 78 13 42 3 107 8 0 7 920 131 1.097 8.2 0.5 1.7 4.2 2.55 AS,CYA-3,GG
1987 38 PIT NL 8 6 .571 2.75 25 25 0 9 3 0 177.0 163 63 54 12 35 1 80 6 0 5 715 149 1.119 8.3 0.6 1.8 4.1 2.29
1987 38 SFG NL 5 3 .625 4.32 9 8 0 3 1 0 50.0 44 28 24 1 7 2 27 2 0 2 205 90 1.020 7.9 0.2 1.3 4.9 3.86
1988 39 SFG NL 19 11 .633 3.12 36 36 0 7 2 0 245.0 242 88 85 11 42 8 92 6 0 4 1000 105 1.159 8.9 0.4 1.5 3.4 2.19
1989 40 SFG NL 17 8 .680 2.94 32 32 0 2 0 0 208.1 195 75 68 18 54 4 111 2 0 1 860 114 1.195 8.4 0.8 2.3 4.8 2.06 AS,CYA-8
1990 41 SFG NL 3 6 .333 3.93 15 13 1 0 0 1 87.0 102 40 38 8 31 9 49 1 0 1 390 93 1.529 10.6 0.8 3.2 5.1 1.58
1991 42 SFG NL 0 2 .000 4.22 4 1 1 0 0 0 10.2 17 5 5 0 7 1 4 0 0 0 54 85 2.250 14.3 0.0 5.9 3.4 0.57
19 Seasons 214 191 .528 3.37 557 529 16 102 26 5 3548.1 3588 1494 1330 221 935 117 2015 88 10 89 14888 114 1.275 9.1 0.6 2.4 5.1 2.16
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .528 3.37 35 33 1 6 2 0 222 225 94 83 14 59 7 126 6 1 6 932 114 1.275 9.1 0.6 2.4 5.1 2.16
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
CHC (12 yrs) 135 127 .515 3.50 358 343 9 65 17 3 2290.0 2365 1007 891 140 640 80 1367 59 9 66 9679 113 1.312 9.3 0.6 2.5 5.4 2.14
SFG (5 yrs) 44 30 .595 3.29 96 90 2 12 3 1 601.0 600 236 220 38 141 24 283 11 0 8 2509 104 1.233 9.0 0.6 2.1 4.2 2.01
PIT (3 yrs) 31 30 .508 3.04 91 85 4 22 6 1 586.2 548 227 198 39 144 13 343 17 1 15 2418 126 1.180 8.4 0.6 2.2 5.3 2.38
NYY (1 yr) 4 4 .500 2.67 12 11 1 3 0 0 70.2 75 24 21 4 10 0 22 1 0 0 282 133 1.203 9.6 0.5 1.3 2.8 2.20
NL (19 yrs) 210 187 .529 3.39 545 518 15 99 26 5 3477.2 3513 1470 1309 217 925 117 1993 87 10 89 14606 113 1.276 9.1 0.6 2.4 5.2 2.15
AL (1 yr) 4 4 .500 2.67 12 11 1 3 0 0 70.2 75 24 21 4 10 0 22 1 0 0 282 133 1.203 9.6 0.5 1.3 2.8 2.20

Postseason Pitching

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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
1981 32 NYY AL ALDS W MIL 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 22 0.833 6.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
1981 32 NYY AL WS L LAD 0 0 4.91 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 3 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 22 2.727 17.2 0.0 7.4 4.9 0.67
1987 38 SFG NL NLCS L STL 0 1 .000 6.30 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 15 8 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 45 1.700 13.5 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.00
1989 40 SFG NL NLCS W CHC 1 1 .500 5.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 12 6 5 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 39 1.615 12.5 0.0 2.1 5.2 2.50
1989 40 SFG NL WS L OAK 0 1 .000 11.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 5 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 20 2.250 11.3 2.3 9.0 4.5 0.50
3 Seasons (5 Series) 1 4 .200 5.85 8 7 0 0 0 0 32.1 43 24 21 1 12 3 14 1 0 1 148 1.701 12.0 0.3 3.3 3.9 1.17
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 22 0.833 6.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
2 NLCS 1 2 .333 5.79 4 4 0 0 0 0 18.2 27 14 12 0 4 1 7 1 0 1 84 1.661 13.0 0.0 1.9 3.4 1.75
2 WS 0 1 .000 8.22 3 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 12 8 7 1 7 2 4 0 0 0 42 2.478 14.1 1.2 8.2 4.7 0.57

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
1972 23 CHC NL 21 52 44 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 15 .136 .174 .159 .333 -8 7 1 0 6 0 0 1
1973 24 CHC NL 36 84 73 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 27 .123 .133 .137 .270 -27 10 0 0 9 1 0 1
1974 25 CHC NL 41 96 86 4 19 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 27 .221 .218 .291 .509 40 25 0 0 9 1 0 1
1975 26 CHC NL 38 86 77 3 16 2 0 1 7 0 1 3 11 .208 .238 .273 .510 39 21 2 0 6 0 0 1
1976 27 CHC NL 38 97 83 9 19 4 0 0 6 0 0 6 16 .229 .289 .277 .566 57 23 2 1 7 0 0 1
1977 28 CHC NL 41 95 87 9 18 3 1 1 8 0 0 1 18 .207 .225 .299 .524 34 26 0 1 6 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-21
1978 29 CHC NL 35 89 73 5 10 2 0 0 4 1 0 4 23 .137 .190 .164 .354 -4 12 0 1 10 1 0 1
1979 30 CHC NL 38 91 79 8 13 2 1 0 6 0 1 7 26 .165 .233 .215 .448 19 17 0 0 5 0 0 1
1980 31 CHC NL 44 93 82 4 13 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 23 .159 .169 .220 .388 5 18 0 0 10 0 0 1
1981 32 CHC NL 16 30 25 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .080 .115 .080 .195 -44 2 1 0 4 0 0 1
1983 34 CHC NL 4 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -22 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 35 CHC NL 20 36 29 2 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 .241 .281 .345 .626 70 10 1 0 4 1 0 1
1985 36 PIT NL 31 68 59 8 10 2 0 1 7 1 0 3 17 .169 .210 .254 .464 30 15 0 0 6 0 0 1 GG
1986 37 PIT NL 43 81 70 7 11 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 19 .157 .192 .186 .377 4 13 0 0 8 0 0 1
1987 38 TOT NL 34 91 79 8 11 3 0 1 10 1 0 5 26 .139 .190 .215 .406 8 17 1 0 7 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,GG
1987 38 PIT NL 25 70 60 7 9 2 0 1 5 1 0 4 23 .150 .203 .233 .436 16 14 0 0 6 0 0 1
1987 38 SFG NL 9 21 19 1 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 3 .105 .150 .158 .308 -17 3 1 0 1 0 0 /1
1988 39 SFG NL 36 94 73 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 25 .110 .133 .123 .257 -24 9 1 0 19 0 0 1
1989 40 SFG NL 32 83 61 2 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 5 16 .164 .224 .180 .404 19 11 2 0 16 1 0 1 AS,CYA-8
1990 41 SFG NL 15 29 26 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .154 .154 .192 .346 -3 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
1991 42 SFG NL 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
20 Seasons 567 1304 1115 82 187 35 4 4 79 3 5 46 317 .168 .202 .217 .419 15 242 11 3 135 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 373 319 23 53 10 1 1 23 1 1 13 91 .168 .202 .217 .419 15 69 3 1 39 1 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
CHC (12 yrs) 372 856 745 51 133 25 4 2 47 1 3 28 203 .179 .210 .231 .441 19 172 7 3 76 4 0
SFG (5 yrs) 96 229 181 9 24 4 0 0 14 0 2 8 55 .133 .168 .155 .323 -6 28 4 0 39 1 0
PIT (3 yrs) 99 219 189 22 30 6 0 2 18 2 0 10 59 .159 .201 .222 .423 16 42 0 0 20 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1981 32 NYY AL WS LAD L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 38 SFG NL NLCS STL L 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1989 40 SFG NL NLCS CHC W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLCS 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 CHC NL 23 P 21 18 129.0 25 9 15 1 1 .960 1.67 1.14 .948 1.78 0.73
1973 CHC NL 24 P 36 36 237.0 76 24 49 3 0 .961 2.77 2.03 .950 1.88 0.73
1974 CHC NL 25 P 41 38 240.2 84 28 51 5 4 .940 2.95 1.93 .944 1.88 0.71
1975 CHC NL 26 P 38 37 234.0 62 23 39 0 5 1.000 2.38 1.63 .944 1.86 0.72
1976 CHC NL 27 P 38 37 260.0 80 23 53 4 0 .950 2.63 2.00 .950 1.88 0.72
1977 CHC NL 28 P 39 37 252.0 73 27 45 1 4 .986 2.57 1.85 .948 1.85 0.67 AS,CYA-3,MVP-21
1978 CHC NL 29 P 35 35 242.2 70 24 44 2 1 .971 2.52 1.94 .950 1.91 0.72
1979 CHC NL 30 P 36 36 239.0 79 27 49 3 9 .962 2.86 2.11 .951 1.80 0.66
1980 CHC NL 31 P 38 38 257.0 86 28 56 2 5 .977 2.94 2.21 .951 1.91 0.69
1981 TOT MLB 32 P 25 24 156.4 47 10 35 2 2 .957 2.59 1.80 .960 1.98 0.74
1981 CHC NL 32 P 13 13 85.2 27 4 21 2 2 .926 2.63 1.92 .959 1.98 0.68
1981 NYY AL 32 P 12 11 70.2 20 6 14 0 0 1.000 2.55 1.67 .960 1.99 0.81
1983 CHC NL 34 P 4 4 20.2 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 4.79 2.75 .945 1.92 0.68
1984 CHC NL 35 P 19 14 92.1 27 6 20 1 1 .963 2.53 1.37 .952 1.88 0.67
1985 PIT NL 36 P 31 26 194.0 64 24 40 0 2 1.000 2.97 2.06 .950 1.92 0.68 GG
1986 PIT NL 37 P 35 34 215.2 70 24 44 2 0 .971 2.84 1.94 .954 1.94 0.66
1987 TOT NL 38 P 34 33 227.0 65 25 38 2 2 .969 2.50 1.85 .954 1.91 0.62 AS,CYA-3,GG
1987 PIT NL 38 P 25 25 177.0 50 17 31 2 2 .960 2.44 1.92 .954 1.91 0.62
1987 SFG NL 38 P 9 8 50.0 15 8 7 0 0 1.000 2.70 1.67 .953 1.91 0.62
1988 SFG NL 39 P 36 36 245.0 44 12 32 0 2 1.000 1.62 1.22 .952 1.96 0.69
1989 SFG NL 40 P 32 32 208.1 41 8 33 0 0 1.000 1.77 1.28 .944 1.87 0.63 AS,CYA-8
1990 SFG NL 41 P 15 13 87.0 19 2 16 1 1 .947 1.86 1.20 .958 1.80 0.58
1991 SFG NL 42 P 4 1 10.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84 0.25 1.000 1.86 0.60
19 Seasons P 557 529 3548.1 1024 328 667 29 39 .972 2.52 1.79 .950 1.89 0.69
19 Seasons TOT 557 529 3548.1 1024 328 667 29 39 .972 2.52 1.79 .922 1.89 0.69
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1997 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1977 *
1987 *
1989 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1985 ML Hutch Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 NL (21, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 NL (3, 15%)
1987 NL (3, 45%)
1989 NL (8, 2%)
0.62 Career Shares (80th)

Gold Gloves
1985 NL (P)
1987 NL (P)
All multiple winners

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1977 NL  2.786 (6th)
1985 NL  2.273 (4th)
1987 NL  3.093 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1977 NL  20 (3rd)
1979 NL  18 (3rd)
1987 NL  13 (9th)
1988 NL  19 (4th)
1989 NL  17 (5th)
Career  214 (87th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1977 NL  .667 (7th)
1989 NL  .680 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1985 NL  1.057 (7th)
1987 NL  1.097 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 NL  7.098 (7th)
1987 NL  8.207 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  2.577 (10th)
1976 NL  2.215 (8th)
1978 NL  2.003 (3rd)
1987 NL  1.665 (1st)
1988 NL  1.543 (3rd)
Career  2.372 (219th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 NL  6.402 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  557 (240th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1976 NL  260.0 (7th)
1977 NL  252.0 (7th)
1979 NL  239.0 (9th)
1980 NL  257.0 (4th)
1987 NL  227.0 (8th)
1988 NL  245.0 (7th)
Career  3548.3 (67th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1973 NL  168 (9th)
1975 NL  155 (9th)
1976 NL  146 (10th)
1977 NL  166 (8th)
1980 NL  140 (9th)
Career  2015 (60th)

Games Started s c a p y
1973 NL  36 (7th)
1974 NL  38 (6th)
1975 NL  37 (4th)
1976 NL  37 (3rd)
1977 NL  37 (5th)
1978 NL  35 (9th)
1979 NL  36 (7th)
1980 NL  38 (1st)
1986 NL  34 (10th)
1988 NL  36 (1st)
Career  529 (34th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1977 NL  8 (10th)
1985 NL  9 (6th)
1987 NL  12 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1972 NL  4 (6th)
1973 NL  3 (7th)
1977 NL  4 (2nd)
1986 NL  2 (5th)
1987 NL  4 (1st)
Career  26 (161st)

Home Runs s c a p y
Career  221 (151st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  935 (136th)

Hits s c a p y
1973 NL  244 (10th)
1974 NL  262 (3rd)
1975 NL  244 (7th)
1976 NL  260 (2nd)
1977 NL  233 (7th)
1978 NL  235 (5th)
1979 NL  251 (3rd)
1980 NL  281 (1st)
1986 NL  232 (4th)
1988 NL  242 (2nd)
Career  3588 (58th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1973 NL  2.710 (4th)
1975 NL  2.313 (8th)
1977 NL  2.243 (10th)
1985 NL  2.654 (8th)
1987 NL  2.548 (7th)
Career  2.155 (191st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 NL  .570 (9th)
1977 NL  .464 (1st)
1979 NL  .603 (10th)
1980 NL  .455 (7th)
1985 NL  .325 (2nd)
1987 NL  .515 (2nd)
1988 NL  .404 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1975 NL  17 (1st)
1978 NL  15 (3rd)
1980 NL  13 (9th)
1986 NL  16 (2nd)
Career  191 (52nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1974 NL  115 (3rd)
1976 NL  100 (2nd)
1978 NL  92 (10th)
1979 NL  96 (8th)
1980 NL  97 (8th)
1986 NL  95 (7th)
Career  1330 (70th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1973 NL  10 (5th)
1977 NL  9 (6th)
1978 NL  13 (2nd)
Career  89 (118th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 NL  6 (9th)
1975 NL  7 (6th)
1976 NL  8 (2nd)
1979 NL  10 (2nd)
1980 NL  4 (10th)
1981 NL  4 (2nd)
1986 NL  8 (1st)
1987 NL  8 (5th)
Career  88 (91st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1976 NL  1078 (6th)
1977 NL  1030 (7th)
1978 NL  1007 (10th)
1979 NL  1021 (9th)
1980 NL  1094 (5th)
1987 NL  920 (8th)
1988 NL  1000 (7th)
Career  14888 (57th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1973 NL  131 (7th)
1977 NL  157 (2nd)
1980 NL  116 (8th)
1985 NL  158 (4th)
1987 NL  131 (4th)
Career  114 (229th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1988 NL  19 (1st)
1989 NL  16 (2nd)
Career  135 (219th)

Oldest s c a p y
1988 NL  born 1949-05-16 (7th)
1989 NL  born 1949-05-16 (3rd)
1990 NL  born 1949-05-16 (1st)
1991 NL  born 1949-05-16 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 111 (180), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 48 (276), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 31 (135), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  1. Tommy Bridges (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Carl Hubbell (990) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Bunning (985) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Bunning (988) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Candelaria (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dick Ruthven (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rube Walberg (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rube Walberg (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rube Walberg (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Phil Niekro (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Phil Niekro (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Phil Niekro (978) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Phil Niekro (976) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft.

June 12, 1981: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later, Doug Bird and $400,000. The New York Yankees sent Mike Griffin (August 5, 1981) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

June 9, 1983: Released by the New York Yankees.

June 28, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

February 28, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

August 21, 1987: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the San Francisco Giants for Scott Medvin and Jeff Robinson.

June 19, 1991: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Pittsburgh Pirates$200,000
1986Pittsburgh Pirates$700,000
1987Pittsburgh Pirates$750,000
1988San Francisco Giants$800,000
1989San Francisco Giants$1,175,000
1991San Francisco Giants$1,350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,975,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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