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Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Scott Rogers (The Gambler)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 10, 1964 in Savannah, GA
High School: Plant City (Plant City, FL)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 39th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1989
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Tigers/Yankees/Athletics/Twins/.. 1989-2008
Agents [?]: Himself, previously: Scott Boras
Final Game: September 14, 2008
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All-Star Player

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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
1989 24 TEX AL 3 4 .429 2.93 73 0 24 0 0 2 73.2 60 28 24 2 42 9 63 4 0 6 314 136 1.385 7.3 0.2 5.1 7.7 1.50
1990 25 TEX AL 10 6 .625 3.13 69 3 46 0 0 15 97.2 93 40 34 6 42 5 74 1 0 5 428 127 1.382 8.6 0.6 3.9 6.8 1.76
1991 26 TEX AL 10 10 .500 5.42 63 9 20 0 0 5 109.2 121 80 66 14 61 7 73 6 1 3 511 75 1.660 9.9 1.1 5.0 6.0 1.20
1992 27 TEX AL 3 6 .333 3.09 81 0 38 0 0 6 78.2 80 32 27 7 26 8 70 0 1 4 337 125 1.347 9.2 0.8 3.0 8.0 2.69
1993 28 TEX AL 16 10 .615 4.10 35 33 0 5 0 0 208.1 210 108 95 18 71 2 140 4 5 6 885 102 1.349 9.1 0.8 3.1 6.0 1.97
1994 29 TEX AL 11 8 .579 4.46 24 24 0 6 2 0 167.1 169 93 83 24 52 1 120 3 1 3 714 109 1.321 9.1 1.3 2.8 6.5 2.31
1995 30 TEX AL 17 7 .708 3.38 31 31 0 3 1 0 208.0 192 87 78 26 76 1 140 2 1 8 877 144 1.288 8.3 1.1 3.3 6.1 1.84 AS
1996 31 NYY AL 12 8 .600 4.68 30 30 0 2 1 0 179.0 179 97 93 16 83 2 92 8 0 5 786 107 1.464 9.0 0.8 4.2 4.6 1.11
1997 32 NYY AL 6 7 .462 5.65 31 22 4 1 0 0 145.0 161 100 91 18 62 1 78 7 2 2 651 80 1.538 10.0 1.1 3.8 4.8 1.26
1998 33 OAK AL 16 8 .667 3.17 34 34 0 7 1 0 238.2 215 96 84 19 67 0 138 7 2 5 970 143 1.182 8.1 0.7 2.5 5.2 2.06
1999 34 TOT MLB 10 4 .714 4.19 31 31 0 5 1 0 195.1 206 101 91 16 69 1 126 13 1 4 845 108 1.408 9.5 0.7 3.2 5.8 1.83
1999 34 OAK AL 5 3 .625 4.30 19 19 0 3 0 0 119.1 135 66 57 8 41 0 68 9 1 3 528 107 1.475 10.2 0.6 3.1 5.1 1.66
1999 34 NYM NL 5 1 .833 4.03 12 12 0 2 1 0 76.0 71 35 34 8 28 1 58 4 0 1 317 111 1.303 8.4 0.9 3.3 6.9 2.07
2000 35 TEX AL 13 13 .500 4.55 34 34 0 2 0 0 227.1 257 126 115 20 78 2 127 11 1 1 998 110 1.474 10.2 0.8 3.1 5.0 1.63 GG
2001 36 TEX AL 5 7 .417 6.19 20 20 0 0 0 0 120.2 150 88 83 18 49 2 74 8 1 4 552 76 1.649 11.2 1.3 3.7 5.5 1.51
2002 37 TEX AL 13 8 .619 3.84 33 33 0 2 1 0 210.2 212 101 90 21 70 1 107 6 1 5 892 124 1.339 9.1 0.9 3.0 4.6 1.53 GG
2003 38 MIN AL 13 8 .619 4.57 33 31 0 0 0 0 195.0 227 108 99 22 50 5 116 11 4 6 851 99 1.421 10.5 1.0 2.3 5.4 2.32
2004 39 TEX AL 18 9 .667 4.76 35 35 0 2 1 0 211.2 248 117 112 24 66 0 126 9 1 2 935 106 1.483 10.5 1.0 2.8 5.4 1.91 AS,GG
2005 40 TEX AL 14 8 .636 3.46 30 30 0 1 1 0 195.1 205 86 75 15 53 1 87 8 0 0 828 134 1.321 9.4 0.7 2.4 4.0 1.64 AS,GG
2006 41 DET AL 17 8 .680 3.84 34 33 1 0 0 0 204.0 195 97 87 23 62 2 99 9 0 5 849 119 1.260 8.6 1.0 2.7 4.4 1.60 AS,CYA-5,MVP-26,GG
2007 42 DET AL 3 4 .429 4.43 11 11 0 0 0 0 63.0 65 36 31 8 25 0 36 1 0 1 275 104 1.429 9.3 1.1 3.6 5.1 1.44
2008 43 DET AL 9 13 .409 5.70 30 30 0 0 0 0 173.2 212 118 110 22 71 3 82 9 1 4 782 79 1.630 11.0 1.1 3.7 4.2 1.15
20 Seasons 219 156 .584 4.27 762 474 133 36 9 28 3302.2 3457 1739 1568 339 1175 53 1968 127 23 79 14280 108 1.403 9.4 0.9 3.2 5.4 1.67
162 Game Avg. 12 9 .584 4.27 42 26 7 2 0 2 182 190 96 86 19 65 3 108 7 1 4 786 108 1.403 9.4 0.9 3.2 5.4 1.67
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
TEX (12 yrs) 133 96 .581 4.16 528 252 128 21 6 28 1909.0 1997 986 882 195 686 39 1201 62 13 47 8271 111 1.405 9.4 0.9 3.2 5.7 1.75
DET (3 yrs) 29 25 .537 4.66 75 74 1 0 0 0 440.2 472 251 228 53 158 5 217 19 1 10 1906 98 1.430 9.6 1.1 3.2 4.4 1.37
OAK (2 yrs) 21 11 .656 3.54 53 53 0 10 1 0 358.0 350 162 141 27 108 0 206 16 3 8 1498 128 1.279 8.8 0.7 2.7 5.2 1.91
NYY (2 yrs) 18 15 .545 5.11 61 52 4 3 1 0 324.0 340 197 184 34 145 3 170 15 2 7 1437 93 1.497 9.4 0.9 4.0 4.7 1.17
MIN (1 yr) 13 8 .619 4.57 33 31 0 0 0 0 195.0 227 108 99 22 50 5 116 11 4 6 851 99 1.421 10.5 1.0 2.3 5.4 2.32
NYM (1 yr) 5 1 .833 4.03 12 12 0 2 1 0 76.0 71 35 34 8 28 1 58 4 0 1 317 111 1.303 8.4 0.9 3.3 6.9 2.07
AL (20 yrs) 214 155 .580 4.28 750 462 133 34 8 28 3226.2 3386 1704 1534 331 1147 52 1910 123 23 78 13963 108 1.405 9.4 0.9 3.2 5.3 1.67
NL (1 yr) 5 1 .833 4.03 12 12 0 2 1 0 76.0 71 35 34 8 28 1 58 4 0 1 317 111 1.303 8.4 0.9 3.3 6.9 2.07

Player Value--Pitchers

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Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1989 24 TEX AL 73.2 0 28 43 0 1.1 15 1.0 $68,000
1990 25 TEX AL 97.2 3 40 56 1 1.7 16 1.5 $140,000
1991 26 TEX AL 109.2 9 80 68 -3 1.1 -12 -1.9 $287,500
1992 27 TEX AL 78.2 0 32 47 -2 1.4 15 1.2 $620,000
1993 28 TEX AL 208.1 33 108 126 1 .9 18 1.8 $1,000,000
1994 29 TEX AL 167.1 24 93 124 -6 1.0 31 2.8 $2,300,000
1995 30 TEX AL 208.0 31 87 144 4 .9 57 5.2 $3,750,000 AS
1996 31 NYY AL 179.0 30 97 137 -6 1.0 40 3.6 $5,000,000
1997 32 NYY AL 145.0 22 100 101 -7 .9 1 0.0 $5,000,000
1998 33 OAK AL 238.2 34 96 165 -10 1.0 69 6.9 $5,000,000
1999 34 OAK AL 119.1 19 66 83 -4 1.0 17 1.7 $5,000,000
1999 34 NYM NL 76.0 12 35 48 1 1.1 13 1.3
2000 35 TEX AL 227.1 34 126 176 -10 1.0 50 4.5 $7,500,000 GG
2001 36 TEX AL 120.2 20 88 89 -4 1.0 1 0.1 $7,500,000
2002 37 TEX AL 210.2 33 101 149 -3 1.0 48 4.7 $7,500,000 GG
2003 38 MIN AL 195.0 31 108 126 0 1.0 18 1.7 $2,000,000
2004 39 TEX AL 211.2 35 117 156 -4 1.0 39 3.6 $2,500,000 AS,GG
2005 40 TEX AL 195.1 30 86 131 -4 1.0 45 4.4 $3,500,000 AS,GG
2006 41 DET AL 204.0 33 97 129 7 .9 32 3.0 $8,000,000 AS,CYA-5,MVP-26,GG
2007 42 DET AL 63.0 11 36 40 1 .9 4 0.4 $8,000,000
2008 43 DET AL 173.2 30 118 110 1 1.0 -8 -0.8 $8,000,000
20 Seasons 3302.8 474 1739 2248 -47 1.0 509 46.7 $82,665,500
IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
TEX (12 yrs) 1909.1 252 986 1309 -30 1.0 323 28.9 $36,665,500
DET (3 yrs) 440.2 74 251 279 9 .9 28 2.6 $24,000,000
OAK (2 yrs) 358.0 53 162 248 -14 1.0 86 8.6 $10,000,000
NYY (2 yrs) 324.0 52 197 238 -13 1.0 41 3.6 $10,000,000
MIN (1 yr) 195.0 31 108 126 0 1.0 18 1.7 $2,000,000
NYM (1 yr) 76.0 12 35 48 1 1.1 13 1.3

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
1996 31 NYY AL ALDS W TEX 0 0 9.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 3.500 22.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
1996 31 NYY AL ALCS W BAL 0 0 12.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 4 4 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 16 2.333 15.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1996 31 NYY AL WS W ATL 0 0 22.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.500 22.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00
1999 34 NYM NL NLDS W ARI 0 1 .000 8.31 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 5 4 4 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 21 1.615 10.4 0.0 4.2 12.5 3.00
1999 34 NYM NL NLCS L ATL 0 2 .000 5.87 3 1 1 0 0 0 7.2 11 5 5 2 7 2 2 0 0 0 36 2.348 12.9 2.3 8.2 2.3 0.29
2003 38 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 6 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 20.3 3.00
2006 41 DET AL ALDS W NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 5 0 0 0 2 0 8 1 0 0 30 0.913 5.9 0.0 2.3 9.4 4.00
2006 41 DET AL ALCS W OAK 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 26 0.545 2.5 0.0 2.5 7.4 3.00
2006 41 DET AL WS L STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 28 0.625 2.3 0.0 3.4 5.6 1.67
4 Seasons (9 Series) 3 3 .500 4.15 12 8 1 0 0 0 43.1 41 20 20 4 23 3 34 3 0 1 189 1.477 8.5 0.8 4.8 7.1 1.48
3 ALDS 1 0 1.000 1.64 4 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 11 2 2 0 5 1 12 1 0 0 49 1.455 9.0 0.0 4.1 9.8 2.40
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 8.31 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 5 4 4 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 21 1.615 10.4 0.0 4.2 12.5 3.00
2 ALCS 1 0 1.000 3.48 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 7 4 4 1 4 0 9 1 0 1 42 1.065 6.1 0.9 3.5 7.8 2.25
1 NLCS 0 2 .000 5.87 3 1 1 0 0 0 7.2 11 5 5 2 7 2 2 0 0 0 36 2.348 12.9 2.3 8.2 2.3 0.29
2 WS 1 0 1.000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 7 5 5 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 41 1.200 6.3 0.9 4.5 4.5 1.00

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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
1990 25 TEX AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 26 TEX AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 32 NYY AL 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 33 OAK AL 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 34 TOT MLB 13 33 28 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .107 .167 .107 .274 -28 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
1999 34 OAK AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 34 NYM NL 12 30 25 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .120 .185 .120 .305 -20 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
2000 35 TEX AL 3 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 154 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 GG
2001 36 TEX AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 37 TEX AL 3 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417 274 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 GG
2003 38 MIN AL 2 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 39 TEX AL 2 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 AS,GG
2005 40 TEX AL 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 228 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,GG
2006 41 DET AL 2 7 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .286 .429 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-26,GG
2007 42 DET AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 43 DET AL 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
20 Seasons 35 75 66 5 9 1 1 0 4 1 0 4 25 .136 .186 .182 .368 -4 12 1 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 347 305 23 42 5 5 0 19 5 0 19 116 .136 .186 .182 .368 -4 56 5 0 23 0 0
TEX (12 yrs) 12 19 17 1 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 7 .294 .333 .412 .745 90 7 1 0 1 0 0
DET (3 yrs) 4 11 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .200 .300 -25 2 0 0 1 0 0
OAK (2 yrs) 3 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN (1 yr) 2 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 12 30 25 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .120 .185 .120 .305 -20 3 0 0 3 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (20 yrs) 23 45 41 3 6 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 15 .146 .186 .220 .406 5 9 1 0 2 0 0
NL (1 yr) 12 30 25 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .120 .185 .120 .305 -20 3 0 0 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1997 32 NYY AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $5,000,000 1
1998 33 OAK AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $5,000,000 1
1999 34 OAK AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $5,000,000 1
1999 34 NYM NL 30 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 1
2000 35 TEX AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 $7,500,000 1 GG
2001 36 TEX AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $7,500,000 1
2002 37 TEX AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 $7,500,000 1 GG
2003 38 MIN AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $2,000,000 1
2004 39 TEX AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $2,500,000 1 AS,GG
2005 40 TEX AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $3,500,000 1 AS,GG
2006 41 DET AL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $8,000,000 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-26,GG
2007 42 DET AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $8,000,000 1
2008 43 DET AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $8,000,000 1
12 Seasons 75 -12 0 0 0 0 7 1 -4 -0.4 $69,500,000
TEX (5 yrs) 19 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0.1 $28,500,000
DET (3 yrs) 11 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 $24,000,000
OAK (2 yrs) 7 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 $10,000,000
MIN (1 yr) 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $2,000,000
NYM (1 yr) 30 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1
NYY (1 yr) 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $5,000,000

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
1996 31 NYY AL WS ATL W 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 34 NYM NL NLDS ARI W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 34 NYM NL NLCS ATL L 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 TEX AL 24 P 73 0 73.2 23 1 22 0 0 1.000 2.81 0.32 .957 1.87 1.85
1990 TEX AL 25 P 69 3 97.2 29 5 22 2 1 .931 2.49 0.39 .955 1.78 1.76
1991 TEX AL 26 P 63 9 109.2 23 5 15 3 1 .870 1.64 0.32 .961 1.80 1.80
1992 TEX AL 27 P 81 0 78.2 23 4 17 2 0 .913 2.40 0.26 .957 1.72 1.71
1993 TEX AL 28 P 35 33 208.1 68 18 46 4 4 .941 2.76 1.83 .953 1.79 1.78
1994 TEX AL 29 P 24 24 167.1 46 9 33 4 4 .913 2.26 1.75 .959 1.72 1.71
1995 TEX AL 30 P 31 31 208.0 48 11 35 2 3 .958 1.99 1.48 .960 1.79 1.77 AS
1996 NYY AL 31 P 30 30 179.0 51 15 34 2 1 .961 2.46 1.63 .961 1.77 1.76
1997 NYY AL 32 P 31 22 145.0 57 13 42 2 3 .965 3.41 1.77 .954 1.71 1.69
1998 OAK AL 33 P 34 34 238.2 88 20 66 2 4 .977 3.24 2.53 .957 1.78 1.76
1999 TOT MLB 34 P 31 31 195.1 76 10 62 4 4 .947 3.32 2.32 .951 1.70 1.68
1999 OAK AL 34 P 19 19 119.1 52 6 43 3 2 .942 3.70 2.58 .952 1.69 1.66
1999 NYM NL 34 P 12 12 76.0 24 4 19 1 2 .958 2.72 1.92 .950 1.72 1.71
2000 TEX AL 35 P 34 34 227.1 66 18 46 2 6 .970 2.53 1.88 .956 1.62 1.60 GG
2001 TEX AL 36 P 20 20 120.2 41 6 34 1 3 .976 2.98 2.00 .954 1.75 1.74
2002 TEX AL 37 P 33 33 210.2 65 22 40 3 5 .954 2.65 1.88 .957 1.69 1.67 GG
2003 MIN AL 38 P 33 31 195.0 58 20 36 2 4 .966 6 37 2.58 1.70 .957 1.73 1.71
2004 TEX AL 39 P 35 35 211.2 65 16 48 1 2 .985 11 62 2.72 1.83 .946 1.66 1.65 AS,GG
2005 TEX AL 40 P 30 30 195.1 66 18 47 1 7 .985 6 37 2.99 2.17 .953 1.70 1.68 AS,GG
2006 DET AL 41 P 34 33 204.0 57 14 38 5 2 .912 10 59 2.29 1.53 .960 1.56 1.54 AS,CYA-5,MVP-26,GG
2007 DET AL 42 P 11 11 63.0 18 7 10 1 0 .944 2 38 2.43 1.55 .956 1.60 1.59
2008 DET AL 43 P 30 30 173.2 77 26 50 1 11 .987 15 104 3.94 2.53 .951 1.60 1.59
20 Seasons P 762 474 3302.2 1045 258 743 44 65 .958 50 57 2.73 1.31 .955 1.71 1.72
20 Seasons TOT 762 474 3302.2 1045 258 743 44 65 .958 50 57 2.73 1.31 .955 1.71 1.72
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1995 *
2004
2005 *
2006 (P)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 AL (26, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 AL (5, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (240th)

Gold Gloves
2000 AL (P)
2002 AL (P)
2004 AL (P)
2005 AL (P)
2006 AL (P)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1998 AL  6.8 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1995 AL  5.2 (6th)
1998 AL  6.9 (2nd)
2000 AL  4.5 (5th)
2002 AL  4.7 (8th)
2005 AL  4.4 (7th)
Career  46.7 (89th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1995 AL  3.38 (5th)
1998 AL  3.17 (3rd)
2005 AL  3.46 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1993 AL  16 (7th)
1994 AL  11 (10th)
1995 AL  17 (4th)
1998 AL  16 (8th)
2004 AL  18 (3rd)
2006 AL  17 (4th)
Career  219 (76th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1995 AL  .708 (5th)
1998 AL  .667 (8th)
2004 AL  .667 (4th)
2006 AL  .680 (7th)
Career  .584 (168th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1995 AL  1.289 (9th)
1998 AL  1.182 (7th)
2006 AL  1.260 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 AL  8.108 (5th)
2006 AL  8.603 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 AL  2.527 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1989 AL  73 (3rd)
1990 AL  69 (4th)
1992 AL  81 (1st)
Career  762 (54th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1995 AL  208.0 (7th)
1998 AL  238.7 (2nd)
2000 AL  227.3 (3rd)
Career  3302.7 (91st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1968 (71st)

Games Started s c a p y
1995 AL  31 (4th)
1998 AL  34 (2nd)
2000 AL  34 (3rd)
2002 AL  33 (7th)
2004 AL  35 (1st)
2006 AL  33 (6th)
Career  474 (63rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1993 AL  5 (10th)
1994 AL  6 (4th)
1998 AL  7 (3rd)
2004 AL  2 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1994 AL  2 (7th)
1995 AL  1 (9th)
1996 AL  1 (6th)
1999 NL  1 (8th)
2002 AL  1 (9th)
2004 AL  1 (4th)
2005 AL  1 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1994 AL  24 (6th)
1995 AL  26 (3rd)
Career  339 (30th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2002 AL  70 (8th)
Career  1175 (58th)

Hits s c a p y
1994 AL  169 (10th)
2000 AL  257 (3rd)
2002 AL  212 (10th)
2003 AL  227 (8th)
2004 AL  248 (4th)
Career  3457 (70th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1996 AL  .805 (5th)
1998 AL  .717 (5th)
2000 AL  .792 (4th)
2005 AL  .691 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
2000 AL  13 (8th)
2008 AL  13 (9th)
Career  156 (134th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2000 AL  115 (5th)
2004 AL  112 (8th)
2008 AL  110 (3rd)
Career  1568 (34th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
Career  79 (188th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2000 AL  11 (4th)
2003 AL  11 (8th)
Career  127 (40th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1994 AL  714 (9th)
1995 AL  877 (8th)
1998 AL  970 (5th)
2000 AL  998 (1st)
2004 AL  935 (4th)
Career  14280 (79th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1995 AL  144 (5th)
1998 AL  143 (3rd)
2005 AL  134 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1995 AL  32 (5th)
1998 AL  35 (3rd)
2005 AL  22 (10th)
Career  107 (219th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1995 AL  3.2 (5th)
1998 AL  3.5 (3rd)
2005 AL  2.2 (10th)
Career  10.9 (232nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1995 AL  28.29 (10th)
1998 AL  38.30 (3rd)
Career  99.24 (167th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1995 AL  2.8 (9th)
1998 AL  3.5 (5th)
Career  10.4 (165th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1998 AL  3.6 (3rd)
Career  10.4 (132nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1995 AL  2.7 (10th)
1998 AL  3.9 (3rd)
Career  10. (177th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1989 AL  73 (3rd)
1990 AL  69 (4th)
1992 AL  81 (1st)
Career  762 (54th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1998 AL  20 (3rd)
2000 AL  18 (5th)
2002 AL  22 (3rd)
2003 AL  20 (2nd)
2008 AL  26 (2nd)
Career  258 (36th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1993 AL  46 (2nd)
1994 AL  33 (3rd)
1997 AL  42 (4th)
1998 AL  66 (1st)
1999 AL  43 (3rd)
2000 AL  46 (1st)
2002 AL  40 (5th)
2004 AL  48 (4th)
2005 AL  47 (2nd)
2006 AL  38 (3rd)
2008 AL  50 (1st)
Career  743 (74th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1991 AL  3 (3rd)
1993 AL  4 (5th)
1994 AL  4 (2nd)
2002 AL  3 (4th)
2006 AL  5 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1992 AL  2.40 (1st)
Career  2.76 (7th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1992 AL  .26 (1st)
Career  1.31 (77th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1992 AL  .913 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
2005 AL  born 1964-11-10 (8th)
2006 AL  born 1964-11-10 (4th)
2007 AL  born 1964-11-10 (2nd)
2008 AL  born 1964-11-10 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (724), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 87 (264), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 66 (179), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 29 (157), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. David Wells (885)
  2. Tim Wakefield (880)
  3. Jerry Reuss (877)
  4. Billy Pierce (875)
  5. Bob Welch (865)
  6. Earl Whitehill (864)
  7. Jamie Moyer (863)
  8. Vida Blue (862)
  9. Joe Niekro (862)
  10. Orel Hershiser (858)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Joe Price (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Willie Hernandez (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Willie Hernandez (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Kent Mercker (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Don Carman (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. David Wells (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ike Delock (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave Burba (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Billy Hoeft (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Billy Hoeft (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Derek Lowe (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Greg Swindell (889)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Joe Nuxhall (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. David Wells (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. David Wells (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jamie Moyer (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. David Wells (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Jamie Moyer (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Jamie Moyer (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 39th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 1982.

October 31, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 30, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 7, 1997: Traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Scott Brosius (November 18, 1997) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

July 23, 1999: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Mets for Leo Vasquez (minors) and Terrence Long.

October 29, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

December 29, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 29, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

March 17, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

October 29, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 14, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

October 31, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

November 30, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Team Salary Sources Notes
1989Texas Rangers$68,0001989 USA Today survey
1990Texas Rangers$140,000*
1991Texas Rangers$287,500USA Today survey
1992Texas Rangers$620,0004/2/92 USA TodayArbitration loss; $975,000 request
1993Texas Rangers$1,000,000USA TodayArbitration loss; $1,500,000 request
1994Texas Rangers$2,300,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995Texas Rangers$3,750,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $50,000 earned bonus
1996New York Yankees$5,000,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997New York Yankees$5,000,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
1998Oakland Athletics$5,000,0004/3/98 USA Today
1999Oakland Athletics$5,000,0004/6/99 USA Today
2000Texas Rangers$7,500,0004/5/00 AP
2001Texas Rangers$7,500,0004/6/01 USA Today
2002Texas Rangers$7,500,0004/3/02 AP
2003Minnesota Twins$2,000,0004/3/03 AP
2004Texas Rangers$2,500,000*
2005Texas Rangers$3,500,000
2006Detroit Tigers$8,000,000
2007Detroit Tigers$8,000,000
2008Detroit Tigers$8,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$82,665,500
Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $140,000 - USA Today -
*2004 - $2,406,551 - 4/7/04 AP -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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