George Riley
George Michael Riley
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 6, 1956 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: South Philadelphia (South Philadelphia, PA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1979
Final Game: May 4, 1986
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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 22 CHC NL 0 1 .000 5.54 4 1 0 0 0 0 13.0 16 9 8 1 6 1 5 2 0 0 59 75 1.692 11.1 0.7 4.2 3.5 0.83
1980 23 CHC NL 0 4 .000 5.75 22 0 10 0 0 0 36.0 41 29 23 2 20 5 18 2 1 0 166 68 1.694 10.3 0.5 5.0 4.5 0.90
1984 27 SFG NL 1 0 1.000 3.99 5 4 0 0 0 0 29.1 39 14 13 1 7 0 12 2 0 1 134 88 1.568 12.0 0.3 2.1 3.7 1.71
1986 29 MON NL 0 0 4.15 10 0 4 0 0 0 8.2 7 4 4 0 8 3 5 1 0 0 43 90 1.731 7.3 0.0 8.3 5.2 0.63
4 Seasons 1 5 .167 4.97 41 5 14 0 0 0 87.0 103 56 48 4 41 9 40 7 1 1 402 77 1.655 10.7 0.4 4.2 4.1 0.98
162 Game Avg. 1 7 .167 4.97 61 7 21 0 0 0 129 152 83 71 6 61 13 59 10 1 1 594 77 1.655 10.7 0.4 4.2 4.1 0.98
CHC (2 yrs) 0 5 .000 5.69 26 1 10 0 0 0 49.0 57 38 31 3 26 6 23 4 1 0 225 70 1.694 10.5 0.6 4.8 4.2 0.88
SFG (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.99 5 4 0 0 0 0 29.1 39 14 13 1 7 0 12 2 0 1 134 88 1.568 12.0 0.3 2.1 3.7 1.71
MON (1 yr) 0 0 4.15 10 0 4 0 0 0 8.2 7 4 4 0 8 3 5 1 0 0 43 90 1.731 7.3 0.0 8.3 5.2 0.63

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 22 CHC NL 4 59 50 9 16 3 2 1 0 0 6 5 .320 .414 .520 .934 .341 26 1 2 1 0 1
1980 23 CHC NL 22 166 140 29 41 7 4 2 0 1 20 18 .293 .389 .443 .832 .325 62 6 2 4 0 5
1984 27 SFG NL 5 134 124 14 39 5 1 1 2 1 7 12 .315 .358 .395 .753 .339 49 3 2 0 1 0
1986 29 MON NL 10 43 33 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 8 5 .212 .372 .242 .615 .241 8 0 1 0 1 3
4 Seasons 41 402 347 56 103 16 7 4 3 2 41 40 .297 .380 .418 .798 .325 145 10 7 5 2 9
162 Game Avg. 61 594 513 83 152 24 10 6 4 3 61 59 .297 .380 .418 .798 .325 214 15 10 7 3 13
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 22 CHC NL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42 42 42 2 1 1 0 1.0 0.0 4.3
1984 27 SFG NL 5 4 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 3 75% 49 54 45 6 2 0 3 3.6 4.7 6.4
2 Seasons 9 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 .400 1 0 0 0 3 60% 48 54 42 8 3 1 3 3.1 4.0 6.0
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 22 CHC NL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 5 0.639 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 8.7
1980 23 CHC NL 22 22 10 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 10 6 60% 8 0.906 6 3 13 1 6 15 5 17 14 4 14 5 4.9
1984 27 SFG NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.984 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11.0
1986 29 MON NL 10 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 3 38% 7 0.885 2 2 6 1 1 8 5 5 2 5 3 3 2.6
4 Seasons 41 36 14 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 22 11 50% 0.891 8 6 22 2 7 27 12 24 19 9 20 8 4.8

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 22 CHC NL 59 73% 1.7% 8.5% 10.2% 10.2% 38% 1.13 75% 16 1 6%
1980 23 CHC NL 166 72% 1.2% 10.8% 12.1% 7.8% 32% 1.32 72% 32 6 19%
1984 27 SFG NL 134 83% 0.8% 9.0% 5.2% 5.2% 18% 1.03 84% 28 3 11%
1986 29 MON NL 43 79% 0.0% 11.6% 18.6% 2.3% 14% 1.50 67% 8 0 0%
4 Seasons 402 76% 1.0% 10.0% 10.2% 6.7% 26% 1.19 76% 84 10 12%
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 22 CHC NL 59 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 23 CHC NL 166 41 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 6 4 0 67% 4 0 0 67 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
1984 27 SFG NL 134 39 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 5 0 100% 2 1 0 56 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1986 29 MON NL 43 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 67% 2 0 1 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 Seasons 402 103 4 0 11 4 0 2 2 18 13 1 72% 8 1 1 171 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 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 22 0 1 .000 5.54 4 1 0 0 0 0 13.0 16 9 8 1 6 1 5 2 0 0 59 75 1.692 11.1 0.7 4.2 3.5 0.83 75
1980 23 0 5 .000 5.69 26 1 10 0 0 0 49.0 57 38 31 3 26 6 23 4 1 0 225 70 1.694 10.5 0.6 4.8 4.2 0.88 70
1981 24 0 5 .000 5.69 26 1 10 0 0 0 49.0 57 38 31 3 26 6 23 4 1 0 225 70 1.694 10.5 0.6 4.8 4.2 0.88 70
1982 25 0 5 .000 5.69 26 1 10 0 0 0 49.0 57 38 31 3 26 6 23 4 1 0 225 70 1.694 10.5 0.6 4.8 4.2 0.88 70
1983 26 0 5 .000 5.69 26 1 10 0 0 0 49.0 57 38 31 3 26 6 23 4 1 0 225 70 1.694 10.5 0.6 4.8 4.2 0.88 70
1984 27 1 5 .167 5.06 31 5 10 0 0 0 78.1 96 52 44 4 33 6 35 6 1 1 359 75 1.647 11.0 0.5 3.8 4.0 1.06 75
1985 28 1 5 .167 5.06 31 5 10 0 0 0 78.1 96 52 44 4 33 6 35 6 1 1 359 75 1.647 11.0 0.5 3.8 4.0 1.06 75
1986 29 1 5 .167 4.97 41 5 14 0 0 0 87.0 103 56 48 4 41 9 40 7 1 1 402 77 1.655 10.7 0.4 4.2 4.1 0.98 77

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1979 22 0 1 .000 5.25 12.0 15 8 7 1 6 5 2 1.750 11.3 4.5 3.8 0.83 0.8 4
1980 23 1 2 .333 6.09 34.0 41 26 23 2 20 17 2 1.794 10.9 5.3 4.5 0.85 0.5 22
1984 27 1 2 .333 4.50 28.0 41 16 14 1 7 11 2 1.714 13.2 2.3 3.5 1.57 0.3 5
1986 29 1 0 1.000 4.00 9.0 7 4 4 0 8 5 1 1.667 7.0 8.0 5.0 0.63 0.0 10
4 Seasons 3 5 .375 5.20 83.0 104 54 48 4 41 38 7 1.747 11.3 4.1 0.93 0.4 41

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