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Rick Rhoden

Richard Alan Rhoden

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 16, 1953 in Boynton Beach, FL
High School: Atlantic HS (Boynton Beach, FL)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1974
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers/Yankees/Astros 1974-1989

Final Game: September 29, 1989
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All-Star

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
1971	18	LAD-min	A	4	6	.400	3.98	11	11				0	61.0	59	32	27	2	29		67						1.443	8.7	0.3	4.3	9.9	2.31	DYB · FLOR
1972	19	LAD-min	AA,AAA	13	5	.722	3.56	26	25		10	2	1	167.0	153	77	66	8	64	2	144	6	0	7			1.299	8.2	0.4	3.4	7.8	2.25	ELP,ABQ · TL,PCL
1973	20	LAD-min	AAA	4	9	.308	4.50	20	19		6	1	0	116.0	117	66	58	9	70	3	68	3	0	5			1.612	9.1	0.7	5.4	5.3	0.97	ABQ · PCL
1974	21	LAD-min	AAA	9	10	.474	4.40	26	26		10	1	0	178.0	197	103	87	15	65	4	106	13	0	11			1.472	10.0	0.8	3.3	5.4	1.63	ABQ · PCL
1974	21	LAD	NL	1	0	1.000	2.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	7	0	0	0	35	179	1.000	5.0	1.0	4.0	7.0	1.75
1975	22	LAD	NL	3	3	.500	3.08	26	11	5	1	0	0	99.1	94	40	34	8	32	1	40	1	2	2	415	111	1.268	8.5	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.25
1976	23	LAD	NL	12	3	.800	2.98	27	26	0	10	3	0	181.0	165	66	60	17	53	2	77	1	0	3	744	113	1.204	8.2	0.8	2.6	3.8	1.45	AS
1977	24	LAD	NL	16	10	.615	3.74	31	31	0	4	1	0	216.1	223	98	90	20	63	1	122	2	0	5	906	103	1.322	9.3	0.8	2.6	5.1	1.94
1978	25	LAD	NL	10	8	.556	3.66	30	23	4	6	3	0	164.2	160	77	67	13	51	0	79	3	0	7	697	96	1.281	8.7	0.7	2.8	4.3	1.55
1979	26	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	21	58	1.400	9.0	0.0	3.6	3.6	1.00
1980	27	PIT-min	AAA	6	3	.667	2.94	10	10		3	2	0	52.0	47	22	17	4	21	0	24	1	0	3			1.308	8.1	0.7	3.6	4.2	1.14	POR · PCL
1980	27	PIT	NL	7	5	.583	3.84	20	19	0	2	0	0	126.2	133	58	54	9	40	4	70	3	0	6	536	96	1.366	9.5	0.6	2.8	5.0	1.75
1981	28	PIT	NL	9	4	.692	3.89	21	21	0	4	2	0	136.1	147	66	59	6	53	2	76	2	1	6	588	94	1.467	9.7	0.4	3.5	5.0	1.43
1982	29	PIT	NL	11	14	.440	4.14	35	35	0	6	1	0	230.1	239	115	106	14	70	8	128	2	3	9	983	91	1.342	9.3	0.5	2.7	5.0	1.83
1983	30	PIT	NL	13	13	.500	3.09	36	35	1	7	2	1	244.1	256	95	84	13	68	15	153	2	5	6	1012	120	1.326	9.4	0.5	2.5	5.6	2.25
1984	31	PIT	NL	14	9	.609	2.72	33	33	0	6	3	0	238.1	216	81	72	13	62	0	136	1	4	10	961	134	1.166	8.2	0.5	2.3	5.1	2.19	SS
1985	32	PIT	NL	10	15	.400	4.47	35	35	0	2	0	0	213.1	254	119	106	18	69	3	128	6	3	8	944	81	1.514	10.7	0.8	2.9	5.4	1.86	SS
1986	33	PIT	NL	15	12	.556	2.84	34	34	0	12	1	0	253.2	211	82	80	17	76	8	159	2	4	6	1015	135	1.131	7.5	0.6	2.7	5.6	2.09	AS,CYA-5,SS
1987	34	NYY	AL	16	10	.615	3.86	30	29	1	4	0	0	181.2	184	84	78	22	61	5	107	3	1	9	764	115	1.349	9.1	1.1	3.0	5.3	1.75
1988	35	NYY	AL	12	12	.500	4.29	30	30	0	5	1	0	197.0	206	107	94	20	56	4	94	8	6	2	847	92	1.330	9.4	0.9	2.6	4.3	1.68
1989	36	HOU-min	A	1	1	.500	2.00	5	5	0	1	1	0	27.0	23	9	6	2	5	0	26	0	4	0			1.037	7.7	0.7	1.7	8.7	5.20	OSC · FLOR
1989	36	HOU	NL	2	6	.250	4.28	20	17	2	0	0	0	96.2	108	49	46	7	41	8	41	3	2	1	432	80	1.541	10.1	0.7	3.8	3.8	1.00
16 Yrs				151	125	.547	3.59	413	380	14	69	17	1	2593.2	2606	1143	1036	198	801	62	1419	39	31	80	10900	104	1.314	9.0	0.7	2.8	4.9	1.77
162 Game Avg.				13	11	.547	3.59	35	33	1	6	1	0	222	223	98	89	17	69	5	122	3	3	7	935	104	1.314	9.0	0.7	2.8	4.9	1.77

PIT (8 yrs)				79	73	.520	3.51	215	213	1	39	9	1	1448.0	1461	620	565	90	440	40	852	18	20	51	6060	106	1.313	9.1	0.6	2.7	5.3	1.94
LAD (5 yrs)				42	24	.636	3.40	118	91	10	21	7	0	670.1	647	283	253	59	203	5	325	7	2	17	2797	105	1.268	8.7	0.8	2.7	4.4	1.60
NYY (2 yrs)				28	22	.560	4.09	60	59	1	9	1	0	378.2	390	191	172	42	117	9	201	11	7	11	1611	102	1.339	9.3	1.0	2.8	4.8	1.72
HOU (1 yr)				2	6	.250	4.28	20	17	2	0	0	0	96.2	108	49	46	7	41	8	41	3	2	1	432	80	1.541	10.1	0.7	3.8	3.8	1.00

NL (14 yrs)				123	103	.544	3.51	353	321	13	60	16	1	2215.0	2216	952	864	156	684	53	1218	28	24	69	9289	104	1.309	9.0	0.6	2.8	4.9	1.78
AL (2 yrs)				28	22	.560	4.09	60	59	1	9	1	0	378.2	390	191	172	42	117	9	201	11	7	11	1611	102	1.339	9.3	1.0	2.8	4.8	1.72

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
1974	21	LAD	NL	9.0	4	0	2	2.00	3.73	0.19	-0.30	90.8	2.94	1	0.1	.5	-0.0	0.1	2	.525	.501	$
1975	22	LAD	NL	99.1	26	11	40	3.62	4.12	0.55	-0.03	92.5	3.27	-5	-0.5	1.5	-0.1	0.2	5	.480	.497	$
1976	23	LAD	NL	181.0	27	26	66	3.28	4.03	0.38	0.12	94.3	3.56	4	0.5	.3	-0.1	1.8	22	.518	.503	$	AS
1977	24	LAD	NL	216.1	31	31	98	4.08	4.49	0.07	0.16	97.4	4.46	8	0.8		-0.1	2.3	30	.526	.505	$
1978	25	LAD	NL	164.2	30	23	77	4.21	3.88	0.03	0.08	101.3	3.98	-6	-0.7	1.7	-0.1	0.5	11	.478	.496	$90,000
1979	26	PIT	NL	5.0	1	1	4	7.20	3.97	0.04	0.13	116.0	4.71	-1	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.364	.499	$
1980	27	PIT	NL	126.2	20	19	58	4.12	4.12	0.17	0.13	102.5	4.19	1	0.1	2.3	-0.1	1.0	13	.503	.500	$
1981	28	PIT	NL	136.1	21	21	66	4.36	3.77	-0.26	0.14	103.8	4.32	-2	-0.3		-0.1	0.8	8	.487	.498	$
1982	29	PIT	NL	230.1	35	35	115	4.49	4.06	-0.01	0.14	104.0	4.39	-5	-0.6		-0.1	1.2	19	.483	.496	$
1983	30	PIT	NL	244.1	36	35	95	3.50	4.09	-0.08	0.14	102.2	4.41	24	2.8	.2	-0.1	4.6	48	.577	.517	$
1984	31	PIT	NL	238.1	33	33	81	3.06	4.12	0.17	0.14	101.2	4.14	26	3.1		-0.1	4.9	51	.594	.519	$	SS
1985	32	PIT	NL	213.1	35	35	119	5.02	4.12	-0.21	0.14	100.6	4.49	-14	-1.5		-0.1	0.1	8	.457	.491	$645,000	SS
1986	33	PIT	NL	253.2	34	34	82	2.91	4.12	0.17	0.15	104.1	4.26	37	4.4		-0.1	6.3	63	.630	.527	$620,000	AS,CYA-5,SS
1987	34	NYY	AL	181.2	30	29	84	4.16	4.90	0.13	0.17	100.0	4.94	15	1.6	.5	-0.1	2.9	37	.552	.510	$600,000
1988	35	NYY	AL	197.0	30	30	107	4.89	4.33	-0.20	0.14	99.1	4.62	-6	-0.6		-0.1	0.9	14	.479	.496	$900,000
1989	36	HOU	NL	96.2	20	17	49	4.56	3.81	0.17	0.11	97.8	3.67	-10	-1.1	.1	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.447	.493	$900,000
16 Seasons				2593.2	413	380	1143	3.97	4.16	0.06	0.13	100.5	4.25	66	8.0	1.2	-1.5	27.2	329	.519	.503	$3,755,000

PIT (8 yrs)				1448.0	215	213	620	3.85	4.07	0.00	0.14	102.7	4.32	64	7.9	1.2	-0.7	18.8	209	.537	.506	$1,265,000
LAD (5 yrs)				670.1	118	91	283	3.80	4.15	0.22	0.10	96.7	3.90	2	0.2	1.4	-0.5	4.9	69	.502	.500	$90,000
NYY (2 yrs)				378.2	60	59	191	4.54	4.60	-0.04	0.15	99.5	4.77	9	0.9	.5	-0.2	3.8	51	.515	.503	$1,500,000
HOU (1 yr)				96.2	20	17	49	4.56	3.81	0.17	0.11	97.8	3.67	-10	-1.1	.1	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.447	.493	$900,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1977	24	LAD	NL	NLCS	W	PHI	0		0.00	1	0	4.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	0.923	4.2	0.0	4.2	0.0	0.00
1977	24	LAD	NL	WS	L	NYY	1	.000	2.57	2	1	7.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	5	26	0.714	5.1	1.3	1.3	6.4	5.00
1978	25	LAD	NL	NLCS	W	PHI	0		2.25	1	0	4.0	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	15	0.750	4.5	2.3	2.3	6.8	3.00
2 Yrs (3 Series)							1	.000	1.76	4	1	15.1	8	3	3	2	4	2	8	58	0.783	4.7	1.2	2.3	4.7	2.00
2 NLCS							0		1.08	2	0	8.1	4	1	1	1	3	1	3	32	0.840	4.3	1.1	3.2	3.2	1.00
1 WS							1	.000	2.57	2	1	7.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	5	26	0.714	5.1	1.3	1.3	6.4	5.00

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	ERA	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
1976	LAD	NL	23	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

1986	PIT	NL	33

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
1974	21	LAD	NL	4	35	31	2	5	0	0	1	1	0	4	7	.161	.257	.258	.515	.174	8	0	0	0	0	1	0
1975	22	LAD	NL	26	415	372	40	94	13	1	8	8	4	32	40	.253	.310	.358	.667	.261	133	5	1	5	5	1	4
1976	23	LAD	NL	27	744	681	66	165	29	6	17	5	3	53	77	.242	.296	.377	.674	.250	257	17	1	5	4	2	7
1977	24	LAD	NL	31	906	827	98	223	36	4	20	18	9	63	122	.270	.321	.395	.717	.295	327	21	2	10	4	1	7
1978	25	LAD	NL	30	697	628	77	160	26	1	13	14	2	51	79	.255	.311	.361	.672	.271	227	12	3	8	7	0	7
1979	26	PIT	NL	1	21	19	4	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.263	.333	.368	.702	.294	7	1	0	0	0	0	0
1980	27	PIT	NL	20	536	486	58	133	16	3	9	16	5	40	70	.274	.331	.374	.705	.302	182	16	3	3	3	4	5
1981	28	PIT	NL	21	588	519	66	147	25	6	6	5	5	53	76	.283	.348	.389	.737	.318	202	18	2	7	7	2	7
1982	29	PIT	NL	35	983	895	115	239	48	8	14	14	13	70	128	.267	.321	.385	.706	.298	345	19	2	12	3	8	13
1983	30	PIT	NL	36	1012	928	95	256	49	9	13	21	15	68	153	.276	.325	.390	.715	.316	362	25	2	8	6	15	8
1984	31	PIT	NL	33	959	888	81	216	36	2	13	11	13	62	136	.243	.292	.332	.624	.273	295	19	1	6	4	0	11
1985	32	PIT	NL	35	944	859	119	254	48	8	18	17	12	69	128	.296	.352	.433	.785	.331	372	14	6	10	0	3	13
1986	33	PIT	NL	34	1015	926	82	211	45	7	17	20	16	76	159	.228	.286	.347	.633	.257	321	16	2	6	5	8	5
1987	34	NYY	AL	30	764	687	84	184	30	4	22	14	12	61	107	.268	.327	.419	.746	.287	288	16	3	6	7	5	5
1988	35	NYY	AL	30	847	767	107	206	41	2	20	11	5	56	94	.269	.322	.405	.727	.281	311	19	8	8	8	4	15
1989	36	HOU	NL	20	432	374	49	108	22	2	7	18	3	41	41	.289	.361	.414	.775	.307	155	5	3	11	3	8	3
16 Yrs				413	10898	9887	1143	2606	466	63	198	193	117	801	1419	.264	.319	.384	.703	.289	3792	223	39	105	66	62	110
162 Game Avg.				35	935	848	98	223	40	5	17	17	10	69	122	.264	.319	.384	.703	.289	325	19	3	9	6	5	9
MLB Averages																.259	.325	.385	.710	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1974	21	LAD	NL	1.8	0.2	36	0.3	0.5	-0.2	.70	0.2	0.2	1.7	0.2	0.70	2.4	0	1	3
1975	22	LAD	NL	3.5	0.4	433	-0.2	6.9	-7.1	.99	0.4	-0.6	2.6	0.3	1.00	3.8	5	4	5
1976	23	LAD	NL	9.8	1.1	755	2.0	15.3	-13.3	1.13	1.1	0.7	13.1	1.5	1.13	10.9	0	0	1
1977	24	LAD	NL	3.8	0.4	939	1.6	15.5	-13.9	.95	0.6	1.0	7.2	0.7	0.95	8.3	0	0	0
1978	25	LAD	NL	-3.5	-0.4	723	-1.4	11.4	-12.8	.99	-0.1	-1.4	-3.3	-0.3	0.99	2.2	3	0	4
1979	26	PIT	NL	-1.4	-0.1	22	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.81	-0.0	-0.3	-1.5	-0.1	0.81	-0.2	0	0	0
1980	27	PIT	NL	-1.0	-0.1	565	0.3	10.5	-10.2	1.12	0.7	-0.4	0.5	0.1	1.12	5.5	1	0	0
1981	28	PIT	NL	-3.8	-0.4	608	-0.7	10.7	-11.4	1.09	-0.6	-0.0	-5.4	-0.6	1.09	-4.7	0	0	0
1982	29	PIT	NL	-7.4	-0.8	1030	-1.1	17.1	-18.2	1.02	0.1	-1.1	-8.4	-0.9	1.02	-0.6	0	0	0
1983	30	PIT	NL	16.6	1.8	1062	0.3	17.5	-17.2	.98	0.9	-0.6	14.5	1.5	0.98	10.4	0	0	1
1984	31	PIT	NL	24.3	2.7	1007	2.1	18.6	-16.4	1.08	2.9	-0.9	28.2	3.1	1.08	32.3	0	0	0
1985	32	PIT	NL	-20.2	-2.0	987	-1.5	16.9	-18.4	1.07	-1.8	0.4	-20.0	-2.0	1.07	-21.3	0	0	0
1986	33	PIT	NL	30.8	3.4	1062	3.3	18.0	-14.6	.96	3.6	-0.1	35.8	3.9	0.96	38.9	0	0	0
1987	34	NYY	AL	12.7	1.2	797	2.5	14.6	-12.2	1.00	0.9	1.6	16.7	1.6	1.00	12.1	0	0	1
1988	35	NYY	AL	-8.2	-0.8	874	-1.3	12.1	-13.4	.84	-0.3	-1.2	-10.3	-1.0	0.84	-6.4	0	0	0
1989	36	HOU	NL	-8.4	-0.9	456	-1.3	7.1	-8.4	1.07	-1.0	-0.2	-8.5	-0.9	1.07	-9.5	0	0	3
16 Yrs				49.8	5.6	11356	4.6	192.8	-188.2	1.01	7.5	-3.0	62.7	7.1	1.01	84.2	9	5	18

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
1975	22	LAD	NL	26	11	3	2	6	1	1	4	7	.364	2	3	1	0	7	64%	51.9	71	29	16	5	3	4	3.9	3.7	5.9
1976	23	LAD	NL	27	26	12	3	11	2	2	19	7	.731	4	4	10	3	16	62%	55.1	80	25	15	7	2	10	4.8	4.3	6.9
1977	24	LAD	NL	31	31	16	10	5	3	1	18	13	.581	1	2	4	1	19	61%	51.9	85	21	19	4	3	14	4.7	4.9	7.0
1978	25	LAD	NL	30	23	10	6	7	1	0	13	10	.565	1	4	6	3	11	48%	51.6	83	17	14	6	1	11	5.0	5.6	6.5
1979	26	PIT	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41.0	41	41	0	0	0	1	1.0	1.8	5.0
1980	27	PIT	NL	20	19	7	5	7	2	3	9	10	.474	4	3	2	0	13	68%	50.5	74	20	8	3	3	8	4.3	4.8	6.6
1981	28	PIT	NL	21	21	9	4	8	0	1	15	5	.750	3	4	4	2	15	71%	49.7	84	-1	15	6	1	6	4.3	4.7	6.5
1982	29	PIT	NL	35	35	11	14	10	1	2	18	17	.514	4	3	6	1	19	54%	50.4	81	6	26	9	2	6	4.1	4.3	6.6
1983	30	PIT	NL	36	35	13	13	9	2	6	19	16	.543	0	5	7	2	24	69%	54.1	80	20	16	1	4	6	4.0	3.8	6.9
1984	31	PIT	NL	33	33	14	9	10	1	4	16	17	.485	1	3	6	3	24	73%	58.0	91	21	23	11	0	13	3.7	3.8	7.2
1985	32	PIT	NL	35	35	10	15	10	3	5	12	23	.343	5	6	2	0	19	54%	47.1	73	12	22	9	2	10	3.7	3.3	6.1
1986	33	PIT	NL	34	34	15	12	7	2	6	17	17	.500	4	3	12	1	24	71%	59.5	89	32	13	1	1	8	4.6	4.4	7.5
1987	34	NYY	AL	30	29	16	10	3	5	3	18	11	.621	1	3	4	0	15	52%	50.6	82	20	17	5	0	9	4.2	4.1	6.2
1988	35	NYY	AL	30	30	12	12	6	3	1	13	17	.433	3	3	5	1	15	50%	49.0	85	10	24	9	0	13	4.3	4.3	6.6	104	4	9	7	10	136
1989	36	HOU	NL	20	17	2	6	9	1	0	5	12	.294	2	5	0	0	5	29%	45.8	69	29	14	3	4	5	3.1	2.6	5.4	88	4	8	5	0	119
15 Yrs				409	380	150	122	108	27	35	196	183	.517	35	51	69	17	226	59%	52	91	-1	242	79	26	124	4.2	4.2	6.6	98	8	17	12	10	136
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	106	-13					4.3	4.3	6.3	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1974	21	LAD	NL	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	3	.699	0	1	3	1	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	6.8
1975	22	LAD	NL	26	15	5	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	18	7	39%	8	.994	5	4	5	4	3	8	8	7	10	2	10	3	6.8
1976	23	LAD	NL	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	1.130	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0

1978	25	LAD	NL	30	7	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	6	2	33%	8	.993	3	0	4	2	2	3	3	4	5	1	5	0	6.9

1980	27	PIT	NL	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		13	1.115	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0

1983	30	PIT	NL	36	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0		7	.981	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0

1987	34	NYY	AL	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.995	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0

1989	36	HOU	NL	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	1.067	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	5.0	25
8 Yrs				193	33	14	1	3	2	1	1	50%	2	0	27	11	41%		1.032	9	5	18	9	6	18	13	20	22	5	22	3	6.5	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%
1974	21	LAD	NL	35	63%	2.9%	20.0%	11.4%	2.9%	20%		0.46	66%				4	0	0%
1975	22	LAD	NL	415	53%	1.9%	9.6%	7.7%	5.3%	23%		1.00	79%				74	5	7%
1976	23	LAD	NL	744	52%	2.3%	10.4%	7.1%	7.0%	32%		0.93	79%				119	17	14%
1977	24	LAD	NL	906	57%	2.2%	13.5%	7.0%	6.6%	27%		1.24	76%				150	21	14%
1978	25	LAD	NL	697	55%	1.9%	11.3%	7.3%	5.7%	25%		1.13	78%				124	12	10%
1979	26	PIT	NL	21	81%	0.0%	9.5%	9.5%	9.5%	40%		5.50	81%				5	1	20%
1980	27	PIT	NL	536	53%	1.7%	13.1%	7.5%	5.2%	21%		1.67	76%				85	16	19%
1981	28	PIT	NL	588	53%	1.0%	12.9%	9.0%	6.3%	25%		1.34	76%				112	18	16%
1982	29	PIT	NL	983	51%	1.4%	13.0%	7.1%	7.1%	29%		1.75	77%				144	19	13%
1983	30	PIT	NL	1012	45%	1.3%	15.1%	6.7%	7.0%	28%		1.48	76%				152	25	16%
1984	31	PIT	NL	961	47%	1.4%	14.2%	6.5%	5.3%	24%		1.22	77%				150	19	13%
1985	32	PIT	NL	944	50%	1.9%	13.6%	7.3%	7.8%	29%		1.48	76%				162	14	9%
1986	33	PIT	NL	1015	45%	1.7%	15.7%	7.5%	6.8%	33%		1.22	74%				146	16	11%
1987	34	NYY	AL	764	47%	2.9%	14.0%	8.0%	7.3%	30%		1.22	74%				118	16	14%
1988	35	NYY	AL	847	46%	2.4%	11.1%	6.6%	7.4%	31%	0.77	1.04	78%	19%	7.7%	31%	147	19	13%
1989	36	HOU	NL	432	41%	1.6%	9.5%	9.5%	7.2%	29%	0.78	1.02	76%	23%	4.3%	13%	68	5	7%
16 Yrs				10900	50%	1.8%	13.0%	7.4%	6.7%	28%	0.77	1.26	76%	21%	6.4%	25%	1760	223	13%
MLB Averages					43%	2.0%	13.6%	8.5%	6.6%	28%	0.80	1.08	74%	20%	6.8%	29%			11%

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	35	NYY	AL	847	3120	3.68	1890	61%	28%	10%	25%	36%	72%	1%	44%	86%	54%	5%	42	24	14%	117	40	6	30%	8	14	0	0	0
1989	36	HOU	NL	433	1571	3.63	911	58%	23%	12%	27%	38%	77%	4%	45%	84%	53%	8%	34	18	14%	59	26	1	17%	8	9	-1	2	1
2 Yrs				1280	4691	3.66	2801	60%	26%	11%	26%	37%	74%	2%	44%	85%	54%	6%	76	42	14%	176	66	7	26%	16	23	-1	2	1
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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
1974	21	LAD	NL	35	5			1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	22	LAD	NL	415	94			8	0	9	3	5	5	3	26	12	2	46%	4	2	1	144	8	4	67%	8	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	0
1976	23	LAD	NL	744	165			17	0	10	3	14	13	4	23	11	1	48%	7	3	0	246	5	3	63%	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
1977	24	LAD	NL	906	223			20	2	10	12	8	12	8	35	25	1	71%	7	5	0	316	18	9	67%	17	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	12	0
1978	25	LAD	NL	697	160			13	0	5	10	3	5	8	31	22	3	71%	7	7	0	267	14	2	88%	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	17	0
1979	26	PIT	NL	21	5			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	150%	0	0	1	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1980	27	PIT	NL	536	133			9	0	10	8	1	4	5	34	19	7	56%	5	6	1	183	16	5	76%	16	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	15	0
1981	28	PIT	NL	588	147			6	0	16	2	4	3	3	35	18	5	51%	7	6	2	230	5	5	50%	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	23	0
1982	29	PIT	NL	983	239			14	1	18	9	5	8	6	58	34	7	59%	13	9	5	325	14	13	52%	14	11	0	1	0	1	8	5	23	0
1983	30	PIT	NL	1012	256			13	0	20	7	6	10	3	54	22	10	41%	8	6	2	342	21	15	58%	20	14	1	0	0	1	6	2	22	0
1984	31	PIT	NL	959	216			13	0	13	9	4	4	9	43	17	8	40%	11	10	0	313	11	13	46%	10	11	0	0	1	2	4	1	24	2
1985	32	PIT	NL	944	254			18	0	14	12	6	9	9	41	23	5	56%	13	8	0	369	17	12	59%	16	11	1	0	0	1	5	3	14	0
1986	33	PIT	NL	1015	211			17	0	15	13	4	13	4	30	15	4	50%	5	6	1	323	20	16	56%	19	16	1	0	0	0	3	1	21	0
1987	34	NYY	AL	764	184			22	0	14	8	14	10	12	34	20	5	59%	5	9	0	257	14	12	54%	14	11	0	1	0	0	3	1	19	0
1988	35	NYY	AL	847	206	21	4	20	1	12	10	10	13	7	40	25	3	63%	15	2	0	301	11	5	69%	11	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	19	0
1989	36	HOU	NL	432	108	9	0	7	0	11	3	4	4	3	18	11	2	61%	3	1	0	166	18	3	86%	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
16 Yrs				10898	2606	30	4	198	4	178	110	88	114	84	505	277	63	55%	110	80	13	3801	193	117	62%	186	106	6	4	1	7	39	14	236	2
MLB Averages																		53%							67%

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+
1974	21	1	0	1.000	2.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	7	0	0	0	35	179	1.000	5.0	1.0	4.0	7.0	1.75	179
1975	22	4	3	.571	2.99	30	11	6	1	0	0	108.1	99	42	36	9	36	2	47	1	2	2	450	115	1.246	8.2	0.7	3.0	3.9	1.31	115
1976	23	16	6	.727	2.99	57	37	6	11	3	0	289.1	264	108	96	26	89	4	124	2	2	5	1194	114	1.220	8.2	0.8	2.8	3.9	1.39	114
1977	24	32	16	.667	3.31	88	68	6	15	4	0	505.2	487	206	186	46	152	5	246	4	2	10	2100	108	1.264	8.7	0.8	2.7	4.4	1.62	108
1978	25	42	24	.636	3.40	118	91	10	21	7	0	670.1	647	283	253	59	203	5	325	7	2	17	2797	105	1.268	8.7	0.8	2.7	4.4	1.60	105
1979	26	42	25	.627	3.42	119	92	10	21	7	0	675.1	652	287	257	59	205	5	327	7	2	17	2818	104	1.269	8.7	0.8	2.7	4.4	1.60	104
1980	27	49	30	.620	3.49	139	111	10	23	7	0	802.0	785	345	311	68	245	9	397	10	2	23	3354	103	1.284	8.8	0.8	2.7	4.5	1.62	103
1981	28	58	34	.630	3.55	160	132	10	27	9	0	938.1	932	411	370	74	298	11	473	12	3	29	3942	101	1.311	8.9	0.7	2.9	4.5	1.59	101
1982	29	69	48	.590	3.67	195	167	10	33	10	0	1168.2	1171	526	476	88	368	19	601	14	6	38	4925	99	1.317	9.0	0.7	2.8	4.6	1.63	99
1983	30	82	61	.573	3.57	231	202	11	40	12	1	1413.0	1427	621	560	101	436	34	754	16	11	44	5937	102	1.318	9.1	0.6	2.8	4.8	1.73	102
1984	31	96	70	.578	3.44	264	235	11	46	15	1	1651.1	1643	702	632	114	498	34	890	17	15	54	6898	106	1.297	9.0	0.6	2.7	4.9	1.79	106
1985	32	106	85	.555	3.56	299	270	11	48	15	1	1864.2	1897	821	738	132	567	37	1018	23	18	62	7842	102	1.321	9.2	0.6	2.7	4.9	1.80	102
1986	33	121	97	.555	3.48	333	304	11	60	16	1	2118.1	2108	903	818	149	643	45	1177	25	22	68	8857	105	1.299	9.0	0.6	2.7	5.0	1.83	105
1987	34	137	107	.561	3.51	363	333	12	64	16	1	2300.0	2292	987	896	171	704	50	1284	28	23	77	9621	106	1.303	9.0	0.7	2.8	5.0	1.82	106
1988	35	149	119	.556	3.57	393	363	12	69	17	1	2497.0	2498	1094	990	191	760	54	1378	36	29	79	10468	105	1.305	9.0	0.7	2.7	5.0	1.81	105
1989	36	151	125	.547	3.59	413	380	14	69	17	1	2593.2	2606	1143	1036	198	801	62	1419	39	31	80	10900	104	1.314	9.0	0.7	2.8	4.9	1.77	104

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1974	21	0	0		3.38	8.0	6	3	3	1	5	6	0	1.375	6.8	5.6	6.8	1.20	1.1	4
1975	22	5	5	.500	3.77	93.0	101	43	39	9	34	37	1	1.452	9.8	3.3	3.6	1.09	0.9	26
1976	23	10	8	.556	3.65	170.0	177	77	69	18	57	72	1	1.376	9.4	3.0	3.8	1.26	1.0	27
1977	24	11	11	.500	4.04	205.0	226	102	92	20	64	115	2	1.415	9.9	2.8	5.0	1.80	0.9	31
1978	25	8	9	.471	4.36	157.0	170	84	76	14	54	75	3	1.427	9.7	3.1	4.3	1.39	0.8	30
1979	26	0	0		7.20	5.0	5	4	4	0	2	2	0	1.400	9.0	3.6	3.6	1.00	0.0	1
1980	27	6	7	.462	4.42	118.0	137	64	58	9	41	65	3	1.508	10.4	3.1	5.0	1.59	0.7	20
1981	28	9	12	.429	4.59	190.0	232	108	97	9	84	106	3	1.663	11.0	4.0	5.0	1.26	0.4	21
1982	29	11	13	.458	4.46	222.0	244	122	110	14	71	123	2	1.419	9.9	2.9	5.0	1.73	0.6	35
1983	30	14	11	.560	3.54	226.0	263	99	89	13	70	141	2	1.473	10.5	2.8	5.6	2.01	0.5	36
1984	31	15	9	.625	3.13	224.0	224	87	78	13	64	128	1	1.286	9.0	2.6	5.1	2.00	0.5	33
1985	32	8	14	.364	5.18	200.0	265	128	115	19	72	120	6	1.685	11.9	3.2	5.4	1.67	0.9	35
1986	33	16	10	.615	3.06	241.0	214	91	82	17	77	151	2	1.207	8.0	2.9	5.6	1.96	0.6	34
1987	34	10	9	.526	3.95	173.0	182	84	76	22	60	102	3	1.399	9.5	3.1	5.3	1.70	1.1	30
1988	35	8	12	.400	4.90	189.0	215	114	103	21	58	90	8	1.444	10.2	2.8	4.3	1.55	1.0	30
1989	36	3	6	.333	5.30	90.0	116	59	53	8	44	38	3	1.778	11.6	4.4	3.8	0.86	0.8	20
16 Yrs		134	136	.496	4.10	2511.0	2777	1269	1144	207	857	1371	40	1.447	10.0		4.9	1.60	0.7	413

* 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

Hall of Fame 1995 BBWAA ()	All-Star Games 1976 * 1986	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1986 NL (5, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (255th)	Silver Sluggers 1984 NL (P) 1985 NL (P) 1986 NL (P) All multiple winners
Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1984 NL 6.2 (5th) 1986 NL 7.4 (2nd)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1983 NL 4.6 (6th) 1984 NL 4.9 (2nd) 1986 NL 6.3 (2nd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1983 NL 3.09 (9th) 1984 NL 2.72 (4th) 1986 NL 2.84 (4th)	Wins s c a p y 1977 NL 16 (10th) 1984 NL 14 (9th) 1986 NL 15 (8th) Career 151 (241st)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1981 NL .692 (5th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1984 NL 1.166 (8th) 1986 NL 1.131 (6th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1986 NL 7.486 (7th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1984 NL 2.341 (8th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1983 NL 244.3 (6th) 1984 NL 238.3 (4th) 1986 NL 253.7 (4th) Career 2,593.7 (213th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1983 NL 153 (8th) Career 1,419 (211th)	Games Started s c a p y 1982 NL 35 (6th) 1983 NL 35 (5th) 1984 NL 33 (7th) 1985 NL 35 (8th) 1986 NL 34 (10th) Career 380 (146th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1986 NL 12 (2nd)
Shutouts s c a p y 1978 NL 3 (6th) 1981 NL 2 (10th) 1984 NL 3 (4th)	Home Runs s c a p y Career 198 (215th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y Career 801 (243rd)	Hits s c a p y 1981 NL 147 (10th) 1982 NL 239 (4th) 1983 NL 256 (3rd) 1985 NL 254 (3rd) Career 2,606 (205th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1983 NL 0.479 (7th) 1984 NL 0.491 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1982 NL 14 (4th) 1983 NL 13 (8th) 1985 NL 15 (5th) 1986 NL 12 (10th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1981 NL 59 (8th) 1982 NL 106 (3rd) 1985 NL 106 (1st) Career 1,036 (201st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1981 NL 6 (9th) 1982 NL 9 (9th) 1984 NL 10 (7th) 1985 NL 8 (8th) Career 80 (183rd)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1985 NL 6 (6th) 1988 AL 8 (10th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1982 NL 983 (10th) 1983 NL 1,012 (6th) 1984 NL 961 (6th) 1986 NL 1,015 (8th) Career 10,900 (218th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1983 NL 120 (8th) 1984 NL 134 (4th) 1986 NL 135 (3rd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1984 NL 24 (2nd) 1986 NL 31 (2nd)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1984 NL 2.7 (2nd) 1986 NL 3.4 (2nd)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1984 NL 28.18 (2nd) 1986 NL 35.75 (2nd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1986 NL 3.3 (4th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1984 NL 2.9 (2nd) 1986 NL 3.6 (2nd) Career 7.5 (213th)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1984 NL 3.1 (3rd) 1986 NL 3.9 (2nd)

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 54 (472), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 24 (537), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 21 (282), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Craig McMurtry (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tommy Hanson (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Junior Thompson (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Bunning (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Forsch (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Newcombe (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Busby (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Forsch (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Blass (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Goltz (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Denny (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dock Ellis (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Lonborg (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Lonborg (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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