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Don Robinson

Don Allen Robinson (Caveman)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: June 8, 1957 in Ashland, KY
High School: Konova HS (Konova, WV)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1978
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Giants/Phillies/Angels 1978-1992
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: July 12, 1992
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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
1978 21 PIT NL 14 6 .700 3.47 35 32 1 9 1 1 228.1 203 98 88 20 57 4 135 3 4 9 937 108 1.139 8.0 0.8 2.2 5.3 2.37 CYA-8,RoY-3
1979 22 PIT NL 8 8 .500 3.87 29 25 1 4 0 0 160.2 171 74 69 12 52 5 96 4 1 6 684 101 1.388 9.6 0.7 2.9 5.4 1.85
1980 23 PIT NL 7 10 .412 3.99 29 24 1 3 2 1 160.1 157 74 71 14 45 5 103 5 2 7 671 93 1.260 8.8 0.8 2.5 5.8 2.29
1981 24 PIT NL 0 3 .000 5.87 16 2 4 0 0 2 38.1 47 27 25 4 23 4 17 0 0 3 182 63 1.826 11.0 0.9 5.4 4.0 0.74
1982 25 PIT NL 15 13 .536 4.28 38 30 3 6 0 0 227.0 213 123 108 26 103 11 165 3 0 17 977 88 1.392 8.4 1.0 4.1 6.5 1.60 SS
1983 26 PIT NL 2 2 .500 4.46 9 6 2 0 0 0 36.1 43 21 18 5 21 3 28 0 0 2 168 84 1.761 10.7 1.2 5.2 6.9 1.33
1984 27 PIT NL 5 6 .455 3.02 51 1 28 0 0 10 122.0 99 45 41 6 49 4 110 0 0 5 500 120 1.213 7.3 0.4 3.6 8.1 2.24
1985 28 PIT NL 5 11 .313 3.87 44 6 22 0 0 3 95.1 95 49 41 6 42 11 65 2 0 2 418 93 1.437 9.0 0.6 4.0 6.1 1.55
1986 29 PIT NL 3 4 .429 3.38 50 0 41 0 0 14 69.1 61 27 26 5 27 3 53 2 1 4 295 114 1.269 7.9 0.6 3.5 6.9 1.96
1987 30 TOT NL 11 7 .611 3.42 67 0 54 0 0 19 108.0 105 42 41 7 40 6 79 0 1 7 460 118 1.343 8.8 0.6 3.3 6.6 1.98
1987 30 PIT NL 6 6 .500 3.86 42 0 37 0 0 12 65.1 66 29 28 6 22 3 53 0 1 6 276 107 1.347 9.1 0.8 3.0 7.3 2.41
1987 30 SFG NL 5 1 .833 2.74 25 0 17 0 0 7 42.2 39 13 13 1 18 3 26 0 0 1 184 143 1.336 8.2 0.2 3.8 5.5 1.44
1988 31 SFG NL 10 5 .667 2.45 51 19 19 3 2 6 176.2 152 63 48 11 49 12 122 3 2 4 725 135 1.138 7.7 0.6 2.5 6.2 2.49
1989 32 SFG NL 12 11 .522 3.43 34 32 2 5 1 0 197.0 184 80 75 22 37 6 96 2 4 4 793 98 1.122 8.4 1.0 1.7 4.4 2.59 SS
1990 33 SFG NL 10 7 .588 4.57 26 25 0 4 0 0 157.2 173 84 80 18 41 8 78 1 0 2 667 80 1.357 9.9 1.0 2.3 4.5 1.90 SS
1991 34 SFG NL 5 9 .357 4.38 34 16 7 0 0 1 121.1 123 64 59 12 50 7 78 1 0 1 525 82 1.426 9.1 0.9 3.7 5.8 1.56
1992 35 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 5.10 11 11 0 0 0 0 60.0 68 36 34 7 7 0 26 1 0 1 252 72 1.250 10.2 1.1 1.1 3.9 3.71
1992 35 CAL AL 1 0 1.000 2.20 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 19 4 4 1 3 0 9 0 0 1 69 183 1.347 10.5 0.6 1.7 5.0 3.00
1992 35 PHI NL 1 4 .200 6.18 8 8 0 0 0 0 43.2 49 32 30 6 4 0 17 1 0 0 183 57 1.214 10.1 1.2 0.8 3.5 4.25
15 Yrs 109 106 .507 3.79 524 229 185 34 6 57 1958.1 1894 907 824 175 643 89 1251 27 15 74 8254 97 1.295 8.7 0.8 3.0 5.7 1.95
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .507 3.79 47 21 17 3 1 5 177 171 82 74 16 58 8 113 2 1 7 745 97 1.295 8.7 0.8 3.0 5.7 1.95
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
PIT (10 yrs) 65 69 .485 3.85 343 126 140 22 3 43 1203.0 1155 567 515 104 441 53 825 19 9 61 5108 98 1.327 8.6 0.8 3.3 6.2 1.87
SFG (5 yrs) 42 33 .560 3.56 170 92 45 12 3 14 695.1 671 304 275 64 195 36 400 7 6 12 2894 98 1.245 8.7 0.8 2.5 5.2 2.05
PHI (1 yr) 1 4 .200 6.18 8 8 0 0 0 0 43.2 49 32 30 6 4 0 17 1 0 0 183 57 1.214 10.1 1.2 0.8 3.5 4.25
CAL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.20 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 19 4 4 1 3 0 9 0 0 1 69 183 1.347 10.5 0.6 1.7 5.0 3.00
NL (15 yrs) 108 106 .505 3.80 521 226 185 34 6 57 1942.0 1875 903 820 174 640 89 1242 27 15 73 8185 96 1.295 8.7 0.8 3.0 5.8 1.94
AL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.20 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 19 4 4 1 3 0 9 0 0 1 69 183 1.347 10.5 0.6 1.7 5.0 3.00

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
1978 21 PIT NL 228.1 35 32 98 3.86 3.98 -0.20 0.10 104.6 4.48 13 1.5 .7 -0.1 3.2 36 .544 .509 $21,000 CYA-8,RoY-3
1979 22 PIT NL 160.2 29 25 74 4.15 4.30 0.03 0.12 105.5 4.62 7 0.8 1.9 -0.1 2.0 24 .527 .505 $
1980 23 PIT NL 160.1 29 24 74 4.15 4.02 0.16 0.10 102.8 4.08 -2 -0.2 1.9 -0.1 1.0 14 .493 .499 $
1981 24 PIT NL 38.1 16 2 27 6.34 3.93 -0.28 -0.19 102.2 4.11 -10 -1.1 1.5 -0.3 -1.0 -7 .432 .493 $
1982 25 PIT NL 227.0 38 30 123 4.88 4.09 -0.01 0.09 104.3 4.37 -15 -1.7 .8 -0.1 0.0 9 .456 .490 $ SS
1983 26 PIT NL 36.1 9 6 21 5.20 4.19 -0.08 0.02 100.0 4.29 -4 -0.4 1.9 -0.1 -0.2 -0 .455 .497 $
1984 27 PIT NL 122.0 51 1 45 3.32 4.13 0.15 -0.29 102.1 3.76 5 0.5 1.7 -0.0 1.5 18 .510 .503 $
1985 28 PIT NL 95.1 44 6 49 4.63 4.17 -0.20 -0.16 99.7 4.19 -5 -0.6 1.7 -0.3 -0.1 4 .487 .496 $520,000
1986 29 PIT NL 69.1 50 0 27 3.50 4.19 0.17 -0.32 103.0 3.80 2 0.2 1.2 -0.1 0.7 9 .504 .501 $670,000
1987 30 PIT NL 65.1 42 0 29 3.99 4.64 0.40 -0.35 98.5 3.84 -2 -0.2 1.6 -0.2 0.2 6 .496 .499 $795,000
1987 30 SFG NL 42.2 25 0 13 2.74 4.48 0.09 -0.34 95.0 3.84 5 0.5 1.4 0.0 0.9 10 .520 .503 $
1988 31 SFG NL 176.2 51 19 63 3.21 3.78 0.08 0.02 96.8 3.60 7 0.8 1.2 -0.1 2.2 24 .516 .505 $900,000
1989 32 SFG NL 197.0 34 32 80 3.65 3.92 0.25 0.13 94.9 3.60 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.1 1.3 17 .496 .499 $900,000 SS
1990 33 SFG NL 157.2 26 25 84 4.79 4.10 -0.19 0.15 97.5 4.33 -11 -1.2 1.5 -0.1 -0.1 6 .455 .493 $950,000 SS
1991 34 SFG NL 121.1 34 16 64 4.75 4.01 0.10 0.01 97.0 3.81 -14 -1.4 .7 -0.0 -0.6 -2 .457 .491 $2,450,000
1992 35 CAL AL 16.1 3 3 4 2.20 4.63 0.08 0.16 94.6 4.46 4 0.5 -0.0 0.6 6 .661 .503 $900,000
1992 35 PHI NL 43.2 8 8 32 6.60 3.86 -0.17 0.14 96.4 4.01 -13 -1.3 -0.0 -1.0 -9 .342 .492 $
15 Seasons 1958.1 524 229 907 4.17 4.07 0.03 0.01 100.5 4.08 -34 -3.3 1.4 -1.7 10.6 163 .494 .499 $8,106,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
PIT (10 yrs) 1203.0 343 126 567 4.24 4.13 0.01 -0.02 103.1 4.24 -11 -1.0 1.5 -1.4 7.3 112 .497 .499 $2,006,000
SFG (5 yrs) 695.1 170 92 304 3.93 3.98 0.07 0.05 96.4 3.82 -14 -1.4 1.1 -0.3 3.7 54 .491 .498 $5,200,000
PHI (1 yr) 43.2 8 8 32 6.60 3.86 -0.17 0.14 96.4 4.01 -13 -1.3 -0.0 -1.0 -9 .342 .492 $
CAL (1 yr) 16.1 3 3 4 2.20 4.63 0.08 0.16 94.6 4.46 4 0.5 -0.0 0.6 6 .661 .503 $900,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1979 22 PIT NL NLCS W CIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00
1979 22 PIT NL WS W BAL 1 0 1.000 5.40 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 3 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 25 2.000 7.2 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
1987 30 SFG NL NLCS L STL 0 1 .000 9.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1989 32 SFG NL NLCS W CHC 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.800 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
1989 32 SFG NL WS L OAK 0 1 .000 21.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 3.000 21.6 5.4 5.4 0.0 0.00
3 Yrs (5 Series) 3 2 .600 6.75 11 1 4 0 0 1 13.1 14 11 10 1 8 1 9 0 0 0 62 1.650 9.5 0.7 5.4 6.1 1.13
3 NLCS 2 1 .667 4.05 6 0 4 0 0 1 6.2 6 4 3 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 27 1.050 8.1 0.0 1.4 8.1 6.00
2 WS 1 1 .500 9.45 5 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 7 7 1 7 1 3 0 0 0 35 2.250 10.8 1.4 9.5 4.1 0.43

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
1978 21 PIT NL 35 937 861 98 203 35 4 20 16 6 57 135 .236 .283 .355 .639 .256 306 11 3 8 8 4 13
1979 22 PIT NL 29 684 617 74 171 32 4 12 6 8 52 96 .277 .335 .400 .735 .309 247 15 4 6 5 5 6
1980 23 PIT NL 29 671 609 74 157 32 3 14 9 13 45 103 .258 .313 .389 .702 .289 237 9 5 8 3 5 8
1981 24 PIT NL 16 180 148 27 47 11 2 4 7 2 23 17 .318 .405 .500 .905 .333 74 0 0 7 2 4 2
1982 25 PIT NL 38 977 851 123 213 42 8 26 17 16 103 165 .250 .331 .410 .741 .280 349 12 3 12 8 11 13
1983 26 PIT NL 9 168 145 21 43 11 1 5 5 3 21 28 .297 .386 .490 .875 .339 71 3 0 2 0 3 4
1984 27 PIT NL 51 500 438 45 99 21 2 6 13 6 49 110 .226 .298 .324 .623 .281 142 9 0 4 9 4 7
1985 28 PIT NL 44 418 372 49 95 22 0 6 4 4 42 65 .255 .334 .363 .697 .296 135 10 2 2 0 11 7
1986 29 PIT NL 50 295 257 27 61 10 1 5 6 2 27 53 .237 .310 .342 .653 .276 88 3 2 5 4 3 3
1987 30 TOT NL 67 460 410 42 105 23 3 7 7 5 40 79 .256 .320 .378 .698 .300 155 3 0 7 3 6 4
1987 30 PIT NL 42 276 247 29 66 13 0 6 5 3 22 53 .267 .326 .393 .719 .317 97 2 0 6 1 3 1
1987 30 SFG NL 25 184 163 13 39 10 3 1 2 2 18 26 .239 .311 .356 .667 .275 58 1 0 1 2 3 3
1988 31 SFG NL 51 725 658 63 152 27 7 11 16 8 49 122 .231 .284 .343 .628 .265 226 10 3 7 8 12 9
1989 32 SFG NL 34 793 743 80 184 36 4 22 18 10 37 96 .248 .283 .396 .679 .257 294 11 2 6 5 6 6
1990 33 SFG NL 26 667 618 84 173 36 2 18 19 8 41 78 .280 .324 .432 .756 .295 267 6 1 4 3 8 4
1991 34 SFG NL 34 525 465 64 123 25 5 12 10 5 50 78 .265 .334 .417 .751 .292 194 8 1 4 5 7 6
1992 35 CAL AL 3 69 65 4 19 3 0 1 4 0 3 9 .292 .324 .385 .708 .327 25 4 0 1 0 0 1
1992 35 PHI NL 8 183 169 32 49 10 1 6 7 0 4 17 .290 .300 .467 .767 .283 79 1 1 3 6 0 0
1992 35 TOT MLB 11 252 234 36 68 13 1 7 11 0 7 26 .291 .306 .444 .751 .295 104 5 1 4 6 0 1
15 Yrs 524 8252 7426 907 1894 376 47 175 164 96 643 1251 .255 .314 .389 .703 .283 2889 115 27 86 69 89 93
162 Game Avg. 47 745 671 82 171 34 4 16 15 9 58 113 .255 .314 .389 .703 .283 261 10 2 8 6 8 8
MLB Averages .259 .324 .387 .711 .284
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
1978 21 PIT NL 6.7 0.7 975 2.0 16.5 -14.5 .99 2.0 -0.0 6.4 0.7 0.99 12.9 1 0 2
1979 22 PIT NL 2.9 0.3 707 -0.3 13.1 -13.3 1.07 -0.1 -0.1 4.7 0.5 1.07 -0.4 2 2 0
1980 23 PIT NL -2.8 -0.3 704 0.0 12.9 -12.9 1.09 -0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 1.09 -1.0 3 2 0
1981 24 PIT NL -8.6 -0.9 192 -1.1 2.7 -3.8 1.19 -0.7 -0.2 -14.1 -1.4 1.19 -10.1 8 1 5
1982 25 PIT NL -13.1 -1.4 1036 -2.0 16.2 -18.2 .97 -1.2 -0.8 -17.6 -1.8 0.97 -12.2 1 2 5
1983 26 PIT NL -3.1 -0.3 182 -0.4 3.5 -3.9 1.24 -0.8 0.5 -7.0 -0.7 1.24 -8.7 1 1 1
1984 27 PIT NL 8.9 1.0 529 1.9 12.6 -10.6 1.43 1.0 0.3 16.4 1.7 1.43 12.2 24 11 15
1985 28 PIT NL -3.9 -0.4 428 -2.0 8.4 -10.4 1.24 -0.4 -1.2 -9.6 -1.0 1.24 -3.4 21 6 11
1986 29 PIT NL 4.5 0.5 307 2.1 7.1 -5.0 1.37 0.9 0.7 7.6 0.8 1.37 2.9 18 10 19
1987 30 TOT NL 9.3 0.9 481 1.6 13.4 -11.8 1.65 0.8 0.2 8.9 0.9 1.65 9.9 28 20 18
1987 30 PIT NL 2.8 0.3 292 -0.1 8.4 -8.5 1.75 0.3 -0.4 2.2 0.2 1.75 5.1 17 13 11
1987 30 SFG NL 6.6 0.7 189 1.7 5.0 -3.4 1.51 0.5 0.6 6.7 0.7 1.51 4.8 11 7 7
1988 31 SFG NL 13.1 1.4 753 1.1 12.9 -11.8 1.01 0.9 0.2 7.5 0.8 1.01 7.9 13 4 15
1989 32 SFG NL 0.7 0.1 827 0.1 12.9 -12.8 .91 0.2 -0.1 3.0 0.3 0.91 -0.8 1 0 1
1990 33 SFG NL -14.2 -1.4 697 -0.2 12.4 -12.6 1.06 -0.3 0.1 -10.6 -1.1 1.06 -5.5 1 0 0
1991 34 SFG NL -10.1 -1.0 543 -1.0 7.4 -8.4 .86 -0.9 -0.2 -10.9 -1.1 0.86 -5.5 2 2 14
1992 35 TOT MLB -8.7 -0.8 264 -0.8 3.4 -4.3 .87 -0.9 -0.1 -12.3 -1.2 0.88 -8.1 0 0 0
1992 35 CAL AL 3.6 0.4 74 0.3 1.4 -1.1 1.10 -0.1 0.3 2.1 0.2 1.10 -0.6 0 0 0
1992 35 PHI NL -12.3 -1.2 190 -1.1 2.0 -3.1 .79 -0.8 -0.6 -14.4 -1.4 0.79 -7.5 0 0 0
15 Yrs -18.2 -1.6 8625 1.1 155.5 -154.4 1.09 0.2 0.8 -27.1 -2.4 1.09 -9.8 124 61 106
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
1978 21 PIT NL 35 32 14 6 12 2 2 19 13 .594 3 5 9 1 20 63% 54.8 86 13 20 7 9 7 4.5 4.4 6.8
1979 22 PIT NL 29 25 8 7 10 3 3 18 7 .720 2 7 4 0 13 52% 50.8 78 22 9 4 2 14 5.2 4.1 6.1
1980 23 PIT NL 29 24 7 10 7 1 3 10 14 .417 1 5 3 2 12 50% 51.9 86 21 17 5 2 12 3.7 3.3 6.2
1981 24 PIT NL 16 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 36.0 43 29 8 2 0 2 5.3 6.0 4.7
1982 25 PIT NL 38 30 13 13 4 3 3 17 13 .567 0 2 6 0 13 43% 49.0 74 15 25 11 3 7 5.0 4.9 6.6
1983 26 PIT NL 9 6 1 2 3 0 0 4 2 .667 0 1 0 0 2 33% 41.0 61 15 6 1 0 2 4.7 4.7 4.4
1984 27 PIT NL 51 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 51.0 51 51 25 8 0 0 2.0 3.0 7.0
1985 28 PIT NL 44 6 1 4 1 0 1 2 4 .333 2 0 0 0 2 33% 48.2 68 26 20 7 1 2 2.9 3.4 5.6
1988 31 SFG NL 51 19 8 4 7 0 3 9 10 .474 1 4 3 2 17 89% 60.1 93 22 16 5 8 2 3.7 3.3 6.9 91 4 9 5 1 122
1989 32 SFG NL 34 32 12 10 10 0 1 18 14 .563 2 2 5 1 16 50% 53.3 78 24 19 4 7 8 4.4 4.4 6.0 84 8 13 10 0 111
1990 33 SFG NL 26 25 10 7 8 0 2 15 10 .600 1 6 4 0 16 64% 49.0 81 7 15 7 3 7 4.2 3.6 6.3 83 6 10 5 0 115
1991 34 SFG NL 34 16 5 8 3 1 2 7 9 .438 0 1 0 0 7 44% 45.6 79 14 20 4 2 5 4.1 4.2 5.3 87 5 7 2 2 124
1992 35 TOT MLB 11 11 2 4 5 0 1 7 4 .636 1 2 0 0 5 45% 0.0 75 22 7 1 1 5 4.2 3.5 5.5 73 7 4 0 0 90
1992 35 CAL AL 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 2 67% 53.0 64 46 3 0 0 1 3.5 3.7 5.4 76 2 1 0 0 86
1992 35 PHI NL 8 8 1 4 3 0 1 4 4 .500 1 1 0 0 3 38% 43.5 75 22 4 1 1 4 4.5 3.4 5.5 72 5 3 0 0 90
13 Yrs 407 229 81 77 71 10 22 127 102 .555 13 36 34 6 124 54% 51 93 7 207 66 38 73 4.3 4.1 6.2 85 30 43 22 3 124
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 4.3 6.2 95

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
1978 21 PIT NL 35 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 1 .994 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 12.3
1979 22 PIT NL 29 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 4 1.074 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 4 0 4 0 5.8
1980 23 PIT NL 29 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 1 20% 6 1.089 3 2 0 1 3 1 3 2 4 1 4 0 7.2
1981 24 PIT NL 16 14 4 0 2 3 2 1 67% 4 1 11 7 64% 6 1.191 8 1 5 4 5 5 6 8 11 1 12 2 6.2
1982 25 PIT NL 38 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 67% 6 .968 1 2 5 1 1 6 2 6 7 0 8 0 10.5
1983 26 PIT NL 9 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 3 100% 9 1.236 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 10.0
1984 27 PIT NL 51 50 28 5 5 14 10 4 71% 20 6 36 12 33% 7 1.428 24 11 15 20 9 21 19 31 37 5 38 5 6.9
1985 28 PIT NL 44 38 22 4 7 9 3 6 33% 11 2 33 13 39% 8 1.243 21 6 11 14 8 16 17 21 23 9 24 8 4.9
1986 29 PIT NL 50 50 41 3 4 15 14 1 93% 15 0 13 2 15% 8 1.372 18 10 19 18 9 23 9 41 24 6 24 12 4.2
1987 30 TOT NL 67 67 54 11 7 26 19 7 73% 28 2 34 10 29% 1.653 28 20 18 36 12 19 20 47 35 10 37 14 4.8
1987 30 PIT NL 42 42 37 6 6 19 12 7 63% 19 0 20 6 30% 8 1.748 17 13 11 23 6 13 12 30 22 4 23 8 4.7
1987 30 SFG NL 25 25 17 5 1 7 7 0 100% 9 2 14 4 29% 8 1.511 11 7 7 13 6 6 8 17 13 6 14 6 5.1
1988 31 SFG NL 51 32 19 2 1 9 6 3 67% 12 1 20 10 50% 7 1.012 13 4 15 14 5 13 13 19 17 11 18 6 4.3 24
1989 32 SFG NL 34 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .911 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0 29
1990 33 SFG NL 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1.056 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 21
1991 34 SFG NL 34 18 7 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 10 3 30% 8 .858 2 2 14 3 0 15 5 13 10 3 10 2 6.1 27
14 Yrs 513 295 185 28 29 80 57 23 71% 96 14 172 65 38% 1.097 124 61 106 113 56 126 99 196 178 46 185 49 5.5 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%
1978 21 PIT NL 937 54% 2.1% 14.4% 6.1% 6.3% 29% 0.79 76% 156 11 7%
1979 22 PIT NL 684 51% 1.8% 14.0% 7.6% 7.0% 28% 0.75 75% 129 15 12%
1980 23 PIT NL 671 52% 2.1% 15.4% 6.7% 7.3% 31% 0.85 74% 114 9 8%
1981 24 PIT NL 180 56% 2.2% 9.4% 12.8% 9.4% 36% 1.14 72% 31 0 0%
1982 25 PIT NL 977 51% 2.7% 16.9% 10.5% 7.8% 36% 0.73 68% 150 12 8%
1983 26 PIT NL 168 46% 3.0% 16.7% 12.5% 10.1% 40% 1.08 67% 24 3 13%
1984 27 PIT NL 500 58% 1.2% 22.0% 9.8% 5.8% 29% 0.93 66% 104 9 9%
1985 28 PIT NL 418 55% 1.4% 15.6% 10.1% 6.7% 30% 1.06 72% 81 10 12%
1986 29 PIT NL 295 55% 1.7% 18.0% 9.2% 5.4% 26% 1.05 69% 61 3 5%
1987 30 TOT NL 460 45% 1.5% 17.2% 8.7% 7.2% 31% 0.82 71% 90 3 3%
1987 30 PIT NL 276 49% 2.2% 19.2% 8.0% 6.9% 29% 0.90 68% 56 2 4%
1987 30 SFG NL 184 39% 0.5% 14.1% 9.8% 7.6% 36% 0.72 75% 34 1 3%
1988 31 SFG NL 725 51% 1.5% 16.8% 6.8% 6.2% 30% 0.71 0.76 74% 16% 5.8% 39% 98 10 10%
1989 32 SFG NL 793 41% 2.8% 12.1% 4.7% 7.8% 34% 0.61 0.72 79% 18% 6.6% 17% 102 11 11%
1990 33 SFG NL 667 40% 2.7% 11.7% 6.2% 8.4% 32% 0.65 0.79 79% 23% 7.6% 26% 100 6 6%
1991 34 SFG NL 525 44% 2.3% 14.9% 9.5% 8.0% 34% 0.68 0.92 72% 18% 6.7% 22% 82 8 10%
1992 35 TOT MLB 252 47% 2.8% 10.3% 2.8% 8.3% 31% 0.51 0.75 82% 22% 6.2% 18% 49 5 10%
1992 35 CAL AL 69 51% 1.5% 13.0% 4.4% 5.8% 21% 0.47 0.90 80% 25% 3.4% 19% 14 4 29%
1992 35 PHI NL 183 45% 3.3% 9.3% 2.2% 9.3% 35% 0.52 0.70 83% 21% 7.1% 18% 35 1 3%
15 Yrs 8252 49% 2.1% 15.2% 7.8% 7.3% 32% 0.64 0.82 74% 19% 6.6% 25% 1371 115 8%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 14.0% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 6.2% 22% 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 31 SFG NL 723 2460 3.40 1660 68% 21% 16% 30% 33% 79% 5% 53% 80% 63% 5% 33 15 25% 183 121 12 18% 31 8 2 1 1
1989 32 SFG NL 779 2675 3.43 1779 67% 20% 12% 31% 36% 79% 2% 53% 85% 60% 4% 31 20 23% 181 111 7 26% 23 5 14 2 3
1990 33 SFG NL 549 1767 3.22 1154 65% 21% 12% 28% 39% 79% 3% 52% 84% 60% 5% 28 13 16% 88 56 4 31% 24 9 118 0 4
1991 34 SFG NL 527 1879 3.57 1163 62% 22% 13% 30% 34% 78% 4% 48% 83% 55% 8% 44 20 22% 118 65 5 27% 11 17 -2 0 0
1992 35 TOT MLB 252 804 3.19 541 67% 21% 13% 26% 40% 79% 0% 53% 84% 60% 3% 8 6 22% 55 39 2 31% 9 2 0 0 0
1992 35 CAL AL 69 227 3.29 150 66% 23% 16% 23% 38% 77% 0% 51% 79% 64% 4% 3 3 23% 16 11 0 44% 3 0 0 0 0
1992 35 PHI NL 183 577 3.15 391 68% 20% 12% 27% 41% 80% 0% 54% 85% 58% 3% 5 3 21% 39 28 2 24% 6 2 0 0 0
5 Yrs 2830 9585 3.39 6297 66% 21% 13% 30% 36% 79% 3% 52% 83% 60% 5% 144 74 22% 625 392 30 25% 98 41 132 3 8
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 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
1978 21 PIT NL 937 203 20 0 9 11 9 11 9 44 27 5 61% 13 9 1 316 16 6 73% 15 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 29 0
1979 22 PIT NL 684 171 12 0 13 7 5 8 4 28 16 5 57% 6 6 0 264 6 8 43% 6 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 0
1980 23 PIT NL 671 157 14 1 7 8 6 8 6 27 19 3 70% 8 7 1 234 9 13 41% 9 13 0 0 0 0 3 1 14 0
1981 24 PIT NL 180 47 4 0 7 3 1 1 3 13 7 2 54% 2 3 0 73 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1982 25 PIT NL 977 213 26 1 22 18 8 18 8 59 24 13 41% 13 17 1 331 17 16 52% 16 14 1 1 0 1 4 1 32 0
1983 26 PIT NL 168 43 5 0 1 1 4 2 3 9 3 5 33% 4 2 1 66 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1984 27 PIT NL 500 99 6 0 19 3 3 2 4 32 15 3 47% 7 5 2 194 13 6 68% 12 5 1 0 0 1 4 0 19 0
1985 28 PIT NL 418 95 6 0 18 6 0 2 4 27 14 1 52% 7 2 0 155 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 29 PIT NL 295 61 5 1 9 5 0 2 3 19 8 5 42% 3 4 1 121 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1987 30 TOT NL 460 105 7 0 10 5 2 4 3 24 13 5 54% 4 7 1 187 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1987 30 PIT NL 276 66 6 0 8 5 1 3 3 17 7 5 41% 1 6 1 113 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1987 30 SFG NL 184 39 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 7 6 0 86% 3 1 0 74 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1988 31 SFG NL 725 152 19 1 11 1 13 5 6 4 7 31 15 3 48% 9 4 0 244 16 8 67% 15 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 17 0
1989 32 SFG NL 793 184 17 2 22 0 3 9 13 13 9 29 14 6 48% 6 4 0 252 18 10 64% 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1990 33 SFG NL 667 173 24 3 18 0 8 6 12 9 9 33 16 4 48% 4 2 1 223 19 8 70% 19 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
1991 34 SFG NL 525 123 40 1 12 0 8 7 5 6 6 28 15 3 54% 6 1 1 190 10 5 67% 9 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1992 35 TOT MLB 252 68 27 4 7 0 1 5 2 0 7 20 17 0 85% 1 1 0 89 11 0 100% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1992 35 CAL AL 69 19 9 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 150% 1 1 0 30 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1992 35 PHI NL 183 49 18 1 6 0 1 4 2 0 6 18 14 0 78% 0 0 0 59 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
15 Yrs 8252 1894 127 11 175 4 148 99 76 90 85 423 223 63 53% 93 74 10 2939 164 96 63% 158 90 6 3 0 3 20 2 198 0
MLB Averages 53% 67%
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+
1978 21 14 6 .700 3.47 35 32 1 9 1 1 228.1 203 98 88 20 57 4 135 3 4 9 937 108 1.139 8.0 0.8 2.2 5.3 2.37 108
1979 22 22 14 .611 3.63 64 57 2 13 1 1 389.0 374 172 157 32 109 9 231 7 5 15 1621 105 1.242 8.7 0.7 2.5 5.3 2.12 105
1980 23 29 24 .547 3.74 93 81 3 16 3 2 549.1 531 246 228 46 154 14 334 12 7 22 2292 101 1.247 8.7 0.8 2.5 5.5 2.17 101
1981 24 29 27 .518 3.87 109 83 7 16 3 4 587.2 578 273 253 50 177 18 351 12 7 25 2474 97 1.285 8.9 0.8 2.7 5.4 1.98 97
1982 25 44 40 .524 3.99 147 113 10 22 3 4 814.2 791 396 361 76 280 29 516 15 7 42 3451 94 1.315 8.7 0.8 3.1 5.7 1.84 94
1983 26 46 42 .523 4.01 156 119 12 22 3 4 851.0 834 417 379 81 301 32 544 15 7 44 3619 94 1.334 8.8 0.9 3.2 5.8 1.81 94
1984 27 51 48 .515 3.88 207 120 40 22 3 14 973.0 933 462 420 87 350 36 654 15 7 49 4119 96 1.319 8.6 0.8 3.2 6.0 1.87 96
1985 28 56 59 .487 3.88 251 126 62 22 3 17 1068.1 1028 511 461 93 392 47 719 17 7 51 4537 96 1.329 8.7 0.8 3.3 6.1 1.83 96
1986 29 59 63 .484 3.85 301 126 103 22 3 31 1137.2 1089 538 487 98 419 50 772 19 8 55 4832 97 1.326 8.6 0.8 3.3 6.1 1.84 97
1987 30 70 70 .500 3.81 368 126 157 22 3 50 1245.2 1194 580 528 105 459 56 851 19 9 62 5292 99 1.327 8.6 0.8 3.3 6.1 1.85 99
1988 31 80 75 .516 3.64 419 145 176 25 5 56 1422.1 1346 643 576 116 508 68 973 22 11 66 6017 102 1.303 8.5 0.7 3.2 6.2 1.92 102
1989 32 92 86 .517 3.62 453 177 178 30 6 56 1619.1 1530 723 651 138 545 74 1069 24 15 70 6810 101 1.281 8.5 0.8 3.0 5.9 1.96 101
1990 33 102 93 .523 3.70 479 202 178 34 6 56 1777.0 1703 807 731 156 586 82 1147 25 15 72 7477 99 1.288 8.6 0.8 3.0 5.8 1.96 99
1991 34 107 102 .512 3.75 513 218 185 34 6 57 1898.1 1826 871 790 168 636 89 1225 26 15 73 8002 98 1.297 8.7 0.8 3.0 5.8 1.93 98
1992 35 109 106 .507 3.79 524 229 185 34 6 57 1958.1 1894 907 824 175 643 89 1251 27 15 74 8254 97 1.295 8.7 0.8 3.0 5.7 1.95 97

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
1978 21 13 11 .542 3.77 222.0 209 103 93 21 59 131 3 1.207 8.5 2.4 5.3 2.22 0.9 35
1979 22 8 8 .500 4.14 152.0 172 78 70 12 52 91 4 1.474 10.2 3.1 5.4 1.75 0.7 29
1980 23 7 9 .438 4.50 152.0 163 84 76 15 47 98 5 1.382 9.7 2.8 5.8 2.09 0.9 29
1981 24 2 4 .333 6.71 55.0 74 46 41 6 36 25 0 2.000 12.1 5.9 4.1 0.69 1.0 16
1982 25 10 14 .417 4.65 217.0 217 124 112 26 105 158 3 1.484 9.0 4.4 6.6 1.50 1.1 38
1983 26 1 2 .333 5.03 34.0 44 21 19 5 21 26 0 1.912 11.6 5.6 6.9 1.24 1.3 9
1984 27 7 5 .583 3.44 115.0 103 49 44 6 51 104 0 1.339 8.1 4.0 8.1 2.04 0.5 51
1985 28 4 6 .400 4.45 91.0 99 50 45 6 44 62 2 1.571 9.8 4.4 6.1 1.41 0.6 44
1986 29 4 3 .571 3.44 68.0 62 29 26 5 27 52 2 1.309 8.2 3.6 6.9 1.93 0.7 50
1987 30 6 5 .545 3.51 105.0 104 46 41 7 40 77 0 1.371 8.9 3.4 6.6 1.93 0.6 67
1988 31 11 7 .611 3.07 167.0 166 63 57 12 54 116 3 1.317 8.9 2.9 6.3 2.15 0.6 51
1989 32 9 11 .450 4.26 184.0 198 97 87 24 40 90 2 1.293 9.7 2.0 4.4 2.25 1.2 34
1990 33 6 10 .375 5.39 147.0 181 98 88 19 43 73 1 1.524 11.1 2.6 4.5 1.70 1.2 26
1991 34 4 8 .333 5.21 114.0 130 73 66 13 53 73 1 1.605 10.3 4.2 5.8 1.38 1.0 34
1992 35 2 4 .333 6.00 57.0 72 42 38 7 7 25 1 1.386 11.4 1.1 3.9 3.57 1.1 11
15 Yrs 94 107 .468 4.32 1880.0 1994 1003 903 184 679 1201 27 1.422 9.5 5.7 1.77 0.9 524

* 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

Awards (yr lg award)
1984 ML Hutch Award

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 NL (8, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

Silver Sluggers
1982 NL (P)
1989 NL (P)
1990 NL (P)
All multiple winners

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1988 NL  2.45 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1982 NL  15 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 NL  .700 (2nd)
1987 NL  .611 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1978 NL  1.139 (5th)
1989 NL  1.122 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 NL  2.247 (8th)
1989 NL  1.690 (1st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 NL  6.542 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1987 NL  19 (7th)
Career  57 (243rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1982 NL  165 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  20 (7th)
1982 NL  26 (1st)
1989 NL  22 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 NL  103 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1978 NL  2.368 (10th)
1989 NL  2.595 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1982 NL  13 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1982 NL  108 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1978 NL  9 (8th)
1980 NL  7 (10th)
1982 NL  17 (3rd)
Career  74 (219th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  5 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1986 NL  41 (9th)
1987 NL  54 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1988 NL  135 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1984 NL  16.36 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1978 NL  2.0 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1984 NL  1.7 (10th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 25 (940), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dick Drago (957)
  2. Gary Bell (944)
  3. Stan Williams (940)
  4. Dick Tidrow (939)
  5. Moe Drabowsky (926)
  6. Syl Johnson (923)
  7. Kelvim Escobar (923)
  8. Dennis Lamp (923)
  9. Turk Farrell (923)
  10. Diego Segui (922)
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  1. Kerry Wood (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Johnny Kucks (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. John Smoltz (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Silvio Martinez (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Livan Hernandez (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brad Penny (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Barry Latman (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Lonborg (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Barry Latman (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dan Spillner (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bobby Bolin (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Turk Farrell (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Danny Darwin (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Danny Darwin (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Danny Darwin (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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