George Riley

George Michael Riley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 6, 1956 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: South HS (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
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Expos/Giants 1979-1986

Final Game: May 4, 1986
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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
1974	17	CHC-min	Rk	0	3	.000	3.43	5	4		1	0	0	21.0	18	14	8	0	8	0	16	1	0	2			1.238	7.7	0.0	3.4	6.9	2.00	CBF · GULF
1975	18	CHC-min	A	10	10	.500	3.60	28	26		4	0	0	155.0	141	75	62	7	81	0	84	16	0	5			1.432	8.2	0.4	4.7	4.9	1.04	KEY · FLOR
1976	19	CHC-min	A,AA	8	15	.348	4.64	28	27		1	0	0	161.0	183	110	83	3	83	0	29	3	0	0			1.652	10.2	0.2	4.6	1.6	0.35	POM,MDL · FLOR,TL
1977	20	CHC-min	AA,AAA	3	1	.750	4.40	39	1		0	0	6	88.0	94	48	43	7	44	2	68	2	1	4			1.568	9.6	0.7	4.5	7.0	1.55	MDL,WCH · TL,AA
1978	21	CHC-min	AA,AAA	8	8	.500	5.40	34	12		3	0	0	105.0	124	68	63	17	62	0	67	0	0	7			1.771	10.6	1.5	5.3	5.7	1.08	MDL,WCH · TL,AA
1979	22	CHC-min	AAA	3	8	.273	6.08	38	6		0	0		74.0	75	53	50	6	53	4	53	3	2	4			1.730	9.1	0.7	6.4	6.4	1.00	WCH · AA
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	77	1.692	11.1	0.7	4.2	3.5	0.83
1980	23	CHC-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.40	28	0		0	0	4	47.0	60	23	23	7	19	6	32	3	0	1			1.681	11.5	1.3	3.6	6.1	1.68	WCH · AA
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	69	1.694	10.3	0.5	5.0	4.5	0.90

1981	24	CHW-min	A	0	3	.000	3.60	7	5	2	0	0	1	30.0	30	13	12	3	13	0	27	0	1	2			1.433	9.0	0.9	3.9	8.1	2.08	APP · MIDW
1982	25	PHI-min	AA	2	3	.400	3.53	37	0	15	0	0	1	58.2	56	27	23	1	25	1	46	2	0	6			1.381	8.6	0.2	3.8	7.1	1.84	REA · EL
1983	26	PHI-min	AA,AAA	13	5	.722	3.85	36	16	12	3	2	4	128.2	117	63	55	13	76	2	85	3	0	7			1.500	8.2	0.9	5.3	5.9	1.12	REA,POR · EL,PCL
1984	27	PHI-min	AAA	11	7	.611	2.97	36	20	12	5	2	4	163.2	127	65	54	16	52	3	138	1	0	4			1.094	7.0	0.9	2.9	7.6	2.65	POR · PCL
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	90	1.568	12.0	0.3	2.1	3.7	1.71

1985	28	SFG-min	AAA	6	7	.462	4.84	46	7	24	1	0	11	89.1	97	52	48	8	43	6	64	0	2	3			1.567	9.8	0.8	4.3	6.4	1.49	PHX · PCL
1986	29	WSN-min	AAA	0	2	.000	6.00	5	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	13	6	6	0	6	1	4	1	0	0			2.111	13.0	0.0	6.0	4.0	0.67	INA · AA
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	94	1.731	7.3	0.0	8.3	5.2	0.63
1987	30	PHI-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	5.04	17	3	5	1	0	0	25.0	31	19	14	5	7	2	13	0	0	0			1.520	11.2	1.8	2.5	4.7	1.86	MAI,REA · IL,EL
4 Yrs				1	5	.167	4.97	41	5	14	0	0	0	87.0	103	56	48	4	41	9	40	7	1	1	402	78	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	78	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	71	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	90	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	94	1.731	7.3	0.0	8.3	5.2	0.63

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
1979	22	CHC	NL	13.0	4	1	9	6.23	4.32	-0.33	-0.18	111.9	5.01	-2	-0.2	.6	0.0	-0.1	-1	.451	.499	$
1980	23	CHC	NL	36.0	22	0	29	7.25	4.14	-0.34	-0.32	109.2	4.54	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-7	.446	.493	$

1984	27	SFG	NL	29.1	5	4	14	4.30	4.00	-0.77	0.08	93.4	4.54	0	0.1	.1	-0.0	0.3	4	.511	.500	$

1986	29	MON	NL	8.2	10	0	4	4.15	3.90	-0.13	-0.30	106.8	3.98	-0	-0.0	.7	-0.0	0.0	1	.498	.500	$
4 Seasons				87.0	41	5	56	5.79	4.10	-0.46	-0.16	104.1	4.55	-13	-1.3	.8	-0.1	-0.7	-4	.467	.498	$

CHC (2 yrs)				49.0	26	1	38	6.98	4.18	-0.34	-0.29	109.9	4.66	-13	-1.4	.9	-0.0	-1.0	-8	.447	.496	$
SFG (1 yr)				29.1	5	4	14	4.30	4.00	-0.77	0.08	93.4	4.54	0	0.1	.1	-0.0	0.3	4	.511	.500	$
MON (1 yr)				8.2	10	0	4	4.15	3.90	-0.13	-0.30	106.8	3.98	-0	-0.0	.7	-0.0	0.0	1	.498	.500	$

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
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	0
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	4

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	2

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	2
4 Yrs				41	402	347	56	103	16	7	4	3	2	41	40	.297	.380	.418	.798	.325	145	10	7	5	2	9	8
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	12
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.389	.714	.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
1979	22	CHC	NL	-1.6	-0.2	59	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	.62	-0.3	0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.62	-2.5	0	1	2
1980	23	CHC	NL	-7.9	-0.8	170	-0.8	1.9	-2.7	.87	-0.7	-0.3	-14.0	-1.4	0.87	-11.4	6	3	13

1984	27	SFG	NL	-1.0	-0.1	138	0.4	2.4	-2.0	.96	-0.3	0.7	-1.8	-0.2	0.96	-3.0	0	0	1

1986	29	MON	NL	-0.0	0.0	45	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.82	-0.1	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.82	-1.3	1	3	5
4 Yrs				-10.6	-1.1	412	-0.8	5.2	-6.0	.86	-1.4	0.5	-19.4	-1.9	0.86	-18.2	7	7	21

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
1979	22	CHC	NL	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	42.0	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%	48.8	54	45	6	2	0	3	3.6	4.7	6.4
2 Yrs				9	5	1	1	3	0	0	2	3	.400	1	0	0	0	3	60%	47	54	42	8	3	1	3	3.1	4.0	6.0
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	99	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1979	22	CHC	NL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	5	.616	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	.869	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	.964	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	.825	1	3	5	1	1	8	5	5	2	5	3	3	2.6
4 Yrs				41	36	14	0	4	0	0	0	2	2	22	11	50%		.859	7	7	21	2	7	27	12	24	19	9	20	8	4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	22	CHC	NL	59	27%	1.7%	8.5%	10.2%	10.2%	38%	1.13	75%	16	1	6%
1980	23	CHC	NL	166	28%	1.2%	10.8%	12.1%	7.8%	32%	1.32	72%	32	6	19%

1984	27	SFG	NL	134	17%	0.8%	9.0%	5.2%	5.2%	18%	1.03	84%	28	3	11%

1986	29	MON	NL	43	21%	0.0%	11.6%	18.6%	2.3%	14%	1.50	67%	8	0	0%
4 Yrs				402	24%	1.0%	10.0%	10.2%	6.7%	26%	1.19	76%	84	10	12%
MLB Averages					42%	2.1%	13.5%	8.4%	6.7%	29%	1.08	75%			11%

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
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	1	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 Yrs				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	1	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	13.0	16	9	8	1	6	1	5	2	0	0	59	77	1.692	11.1	0.7	4.2	3.5	0.83	77
1980	23	0	5	.000	5.69	26	1	10	49.0	57	38	31	3	26	6	23	4	1	0	225	71	1.694	10.5	0.6	4.8	4.2	0.88	71
1981	24	0	5	.000	5.69	26	1	10	49.0	57	38	31	3	26	6	23	4	1	0	225	71	1.694	10.5	0.6	4.8	4.2	0.88	71
1982	25	0	5	.000	5.69	26	1	10	49.0	57	38	31	3	26	6	23	4	1	0	225	71	1.694	10.5	0.6	4.8	4.2	0.88	71
1983	26	0	5	.000	5.69	26	1	10	49.0	57	38	31	3	26	6	23	4	1	0	225	71	1.694	10.5	0.6	4.8	4.2	0.88	71
1984	27	1	5	.167	5.06	31	5	10	78.1	96	52	44	4	33	6	35	6	1	1	359	77	1.647	11.0	0.5	3.8	4.0	1.06	77
1985	28	1	5	.167	5.06	31	5	10	78.1	96	52	44	4	33	6	35	6	1	1	359	77	1.647	11.0	0.5	3.8	4.0	1.06	77
1986	29	1	5	.167	4.97	41	5	14	87.0	103	56	48	4	41	9	40	7	1	1	402	78	1.655	10.7	0.4	4.2	4.1	0.98	78

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	6.00	12.0	16	9	8	1	6	4	2	1.833	12.0	4.5	3.0	0.67	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 Yrs		3	5	.375	5.31	83.0	105	55	49	4	41	37	7	1.759	11.4		4.0	0.90	0.4	41

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