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Mel Rojas

Melquiades (Medrano) Rojas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 10, 1966 in Bajos de Haina, San Cristobal, D.R.
High School: Liceo Manresa (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1990
Teams (by GP): Expos/Mets/Cubs/Tigers/Dodgers 1990-1999
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: July 1, 1999
Relatives: Cousin of Moises Alou, Nephew of Felipe Alou, Nephew of Jesus Alou and Nephew of Matty Alou
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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
1990 23 MON NL 3 1 .750 3.60 23 0 5 0 0 1 40.0 34 17 16 5 24 4 26 2 0 2 173 102 1.450 7.7 1.1 5.4 5.9 1.08
1991 24 MON NL 3 3 .500 3.75 37 0 13 0 0 6 48.0 42 21 20 4 13 1 37 1 0 3 200 98 1.146 7.9 0.8 2.4 6.9 2.85
1992 25 MON NL 7 1 .875 1.43 68 0 26 0 0 10 100.2 71 17 16 2 34 8 70 2 0 2 399 244 1.043 6.3 0.2 3.0 6.3 2.06
1993 26 MON NL 5 8 .385 2.95 66 0 25 0 0 10 88.1 80 39 29 6 30 3 48 4 0 5 378 142 1.245 8.2 0.6 3.1 4.9 1.60
1994 27 MON NL 3 2 .600 3.32 58 0 27 0 0 16 84.0 71 35 31 11 21 0 84 4 0 3 341 128 1.095 7.6 1.2 2.3 9.0 4.00
1995 28 MON NL 1 4 .200 4.12 59 0 48 0 0 30 67.2 69 32 31 2 29 4 61 7 0 6 302 105 1.448 9.2 0.3 3.9 8.1 2.10
1996 29 MON NL 7 4 .636 3.22 74 0 64 0 0 36 81.0 56 30 29 5 28 3 92 2 0 3 326 134 1.037 6.2 0.6 3.1 10.2 3.29
1997 30 TOT NL 0 6 .000 4.64 77 0 50 0 0 15 85.1 78 47 44 15 36 2 93 7 0 3 370 92 1.336 8.2 1.6 3.8 9.8 2.58
1997 30 CHC NL 0 4 .000 4.42 54 0 38 0 0 13 59.0 54 30 29 11 30 1 61 5 0 2 259 98 1.424 8.2 1.7 4.6 9.3 2.03
1997 30 NYM NL 0 2 .000 5.13 23 0 12 0 0 2 26.1 24 17 15 4 6 1 32 2 0 1 111 81 1.139 8.2 1.4 2.1 10.9 5.33
1998 31 NYM NL 5 2 .714 6.05 50 0 19 0 0 2 58.0 68 39 39 9 30 5 41 3 0 2 262 70 1.690 10.6 1.4 4.7 6.4 1.37
1999 32 TOT MLB 0 0 18.00 13 0 5 0 0 0 14.0 22 28 28 6 9 1 10 5 0 1 79 27 2.214 14.1 3.9 5.8 6.4 1.11
1999 32 TOT NL 0 0 14.09 8 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 10 12 12 3 5 1 4 2 0 1 40 34 1.957 11.7 3.5 5.9 4.7 0.80
1999 32 LAD NL 0 0 12.60 5 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 5 7 7 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 23 37 1.600 9.0 5.4 5.4 5.4 1.00
1999 32 DET AL 0 0 22.74 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 12 16 16 3 4 0 6 3 0 0 39 22 2.526 17.1 4.3 5.7 8.5 1.50
1999 32 MON NL 0 0 16.88 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 5 5 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 17 30 2.625 16.9 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
10 Yrs 34 31 .523 3.82 525 0 282 0 0 126 667.0 591 305 283 65 254 31 562 37 0 30 2830 107 1.267 8.0 0.9 3.4 7.6 2.21
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .523 3.82 68 0 37 0 0 16 86 77 40 37 8 33 4 73 5 0 4 367 107 1.267 8.0 0.9 3.4 7.6 2.21
MON (8 yrs) 29 23 .558 3.11 388 0 209 0 0 109 512.1 428 196 177 35 181 23 419 24 0 25 2136 129 1.189 7.5 0.6 3.2 7.4 2.31
NYM (2 yrs) 5 4 .556 5.76 73 0 31 0 0 4 84.1 92 56 54 13 36 6 73 5 0 3 373 73 1.518 9.8 1.4 3.8 7.8 2.03
LAD (1 yr) 0 0 12.60 5 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 5 7 7 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 23 37 1.600 9.0 5.4 5.4 5.4 1.00
CHC (1 yr) 0 4 .000 4.42 54 0 38 0 0 13 59.0 54 30 29 11 30 1 61 5 0 2 259 98 1.424 8.2 1.7 4.6 9.3 2.03
DET (1 yr) 0 0 22.74 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 12 16 16 3 4 0 6 3 0 0 39 22 2.526 17.1 4.3 5.7 8.5 1.50
NL (10 yrs) 34 31 .523 3.64 520 0 280 0 0 126 660.2 579 289 267 62 250 31 556 34 0 30 2791 112 1.255 7.9 0.8 3.4 7.6 2.22
AL (1 yr) 0 0 22.74 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 12 16 16 3 4 0 6 3 0 0 39 22 2.526 17.1 4.3 5.7 8.5 1.50

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
1990 23 MON NL 40.0 23 0 17 3.83 4.40 -0.12 -0.34 95.8 4.00 0 0.0 1.1 -0.1 0.2 4 .500 .500 $100,000
1991 24 MON NL 48.0 37 0 21 3.94 4.21 0.07 -0.32 98.5 3.76 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.2 3 .496 .499 $115,000
1992 25 MON NL 100.2 68 0 17 1.52 3.93 -0.01 -0.30 99.3 3.61 23 2.7 1.4 0.3 3.8 32 .540 .517 $
1993 26 MON NL 88.1 66 0 39 3.97 4.66 -0.14 -0.36 102.8 4.57 4 0.4 1.6 -0.0 1.1 14 .507 .503 $300,000
1994 27 MON NL 84.0 58 0 35 3.75 4.62 0.18 -0.35 99.7 4.07 3 0.3 1.6 -0.1 0.8 9 .504 .502 $850,000
1995 28 MON NL 67.2 59 0 32 4.26 4.74 -0.08 -0.35 101.1 4.52 1 0.1 1.9 -0.1 0.6 8 .502 .501 $1,300,000
1996 29 MON NL 81.0 74 0 30 3.33 4.76 0.00 -0.36 103.2 4.54 12 1.2 1.7 0.3 2.1 19 .516 .507 $2,025,000
1997 30 CHC NL 59.0 54 0 30 4.58 4.73 0.21 -0.36 102.8 4.27 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.1 4 .496 .499 $4,583,333
1997 30 NYM NL 26.1 23 0 17 5.81 4.68 0.23 -0.36 98.0 4.02 -5 -0.5 1.5 -0.2 -0.5 -3 .477 .497 $
1998 31 NYM NL 58.0 50 0 39 6.05 4.63 0.05 -0.36 100.6 4.25 -12 -1.2 1.2 -0.2 -0.9 -6 .477 .493 $4,583,333
1999 32 LAD NL 5.0 5 0 7 12.60 5.45 0.04 -0.41 93.7 4.69 -4 -0.4 .3 0.1 -0.2 -4 .420 .498 $4,583,334
1999 32 DET AL 6.1 5 0 16 22.74 5.24 0.27 -0.39 102.7 4.71 -13 -1.0 1.3 -0.2 -1.1 -12 .307 .494 $
1999 32 MON NL 2.2 3 0 5 16.88 5.17 -0.29 -0.39 96.0 4.87 -4 -0.3 .2 0.1 -0.2 -3 .395 .498 $
10 Seasons 667.0 525 0 305 4.12 4.53 0.03 -0.35 100.5 4.19 2 1.0 1.5 -0.2 6.0 65 .502 .500 $18,440,000
MON (8 yrs) 512.1 388 0 196 3.44 4.48 -0.01 -0.34 100.5 4.17 38 4.3 1.5 0.4 8.6 86 .511 .503 $4,690,000
NYM (2 yrs) 84.1 73 0 56 5.98 4.65 0.11 -0.36 99.8 4.18 -17 -1.7 1.2 -0.4 -1.4 -9 .477 .495 $4,583,333
LAD (1 yr) 5.0 5 0 7 12.60 5.45 0.04 -0.41 93.7 4.69 -4 -0.4 .3 0.1 -0.2 -4 .420 .498 $4,583,334
CHC (1 yr) 59.0 54 0 30 4.58 4.73 0.21 -0.36 102.8 4.27 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.1 4 .496 .499 $4,583,333
DET (1 yr) 6.1 5 0 16 22.74 5.24 0.27 -0.39 102.7 4.71 -13 -1.0 1.3 -0.2 -1.1 -12 .307 .494 $

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
1990 23 MON NL 23 173 145 17 34 7 0 5 4 2 24 26 .234 .351 .386 .737 .254 56 1 2 2 0 4 0
1991 24 MON NL 37 200 184 21 42 9 3 4 5 1 13 37 .228 .280 .375 .655 .262 69 1 1 0 2 1 2
1992 25 MON NL 68 399 357 17 71 15 2 2 12 3 34 70 .199 .271 .269 .540 .240 96 7 2 4 2 8 4
1993 26 MON NL 66 378 330 39 80 24 2 6 8 1 30 48 .242 .308 .382 .690 .262 126 9 4 8 6 3 10
1994 27 MON NL 58 341 313 35 71 7 0 11 10 1 21 84 .227 .283 .355 .638 .274 111 7 4 2 1 0 3
1995 28 MON NL 59 302 263 32 69 14 1 2 11 0 29 61 .262 .350 .346 .696 .333 91 5 7 2 1 4 0
1996 29 MON NL 74 326 290 30 56 7 3 5 7 0 28 92 .193 .265 .290 .555 .259 84 5 2 2 4 3 2
1997 30 CHC NL 54 259 221 30 54 7 1 11 6 0 30 61 .244 .346 .434 .781 .287 96 3 5 2 1 1 1
1997 30 NYM NL 23 111 102 17 24 6 1 4 2 2 6 32 .235 .288 .431 .720 .299 44 1 2 0 1 1 2
1997 30 TOT NL 77 370 323 47 78 13 2 15 8 2 36 93 .241 .329 .433 .762 .290 140 4 7 2 2 2 3
1998 31 NYM NL 50 262 223 39 68 18 0 9 13 4 30 41 .305 .391 .507 .898 .337 113 8 3 4 2 5 0
1999 32 DET AL 5 39 31 16 12 5 0 3 0 0 4 6 .387 .487 .839 1.326 .391 26 0 3 0 1 0 1
1999 32 LAD NL 5 23 20 7 5 0 0 3 2 0 3 3 .250 .348 .700 1.048 .143 14 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 32 MON NL 3 17 12 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 .417 .529 .583 1.113 .417 7 0 2 0 1 0 0
1999 32 TOT NL 8 40 32 12 10 2 0 3 3 0 5 4 .313 .425 .656 1.081 .269 21 0 2 0 1 1 0
1999 32 TOT MLB 13 79 63 28 22 7 0 6 3 0 9 10 .349 .456 .746 1.202 .327 47 0 5 0 2 1 1
10 Yrs 525 2830 2491 305 591 121 13 65 81 14 254 562 .237 .315 .375 .689 .279 933 47 37 26 22 31 25
162 Game Avg. 68 367 323 40 77 16 2 8 10 2 33 73 .237 .315 .375 .689 .279 121 6 5 3 3 4 3
MLB Averages .265 .334 .410 .743 .295

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1990 23 MON NL 0.8 0.1 180 1.0 3.6 -2.6 1.13 0.1 0.8 5.6 0.6 1.13 -0.3 7 3 13
1991 24 MON NL 0.2 0.0 209 0.4 3.9 -3.6 1.11 0.1 0.2 -0.3 -0.0 1.11 -0.5 15 7 15
1992 25 MON NL 23.6 2.6 420 2.9 8.6 -5.7 1.19 2.2 0.2 28.7 3.2 1.19 22.1 25 19 24
1993 26 MON NL 9.2 0.9 394 0.3 9.0 -8.7 1.39 0.2 0.0 -4.8 -0.5 1.39 2.2 35 14 15
1994 27 MON NL 8.5 0.8 354 2.8 9.1 -6.3 1.36 0.9 1.2 9.6 1.0 1.36 9.5 30 17 11
1995 28 MON NL 2.6 0.3 322 -0.2 10.4 -10.6 2.03 0.4 -0.5 1.3 0.1 2.03 4.3 36 10 10
1996 29 MON NL 10.8 1.1 339 4.3 10.7 -6.4 1.68 1.9 0.6 12.8 1.3 1.68 21.2 38 11 23
1997 30 TOT NL -3.0 -0.3 381 -1.5 9.7 -11.2 1.55 -0.6 -0.4 -7.7 -0.8 1.55 -2.3 31 12 33
1997 30 CHC NL 0.2 0.0 266 -1.3 7.2 -8.4 1.66 -0.8 0.0 -2.0 -0.2 1.66 -2.2 22 7 24
1997 30 NYM NL -3.2 -0.3 115 -0.2 2.5 -2.7 1.29 0.2 -0.4 -5.7 -0.6 1.29 -0.1 9 5 9
1998 31 NYM NL -10.3 -1.0 281 -0.9 4.6 -5.6 1.02 -0.9 -0.0 -12.4 -1.2 1.02 -13.2 19 7 24
1999 32 TOT MLB -19.4 -1.7 83 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 .50 -1.1 -0.5 -22.3 -1.9 0.49 -15.8 2 0 11
1999 32 TOT NL -7.8 -0.7 44 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 .22 -0.4 -0.3 -8.6 -0.8 0.22 -5.7 0 0 8
1999 32 LAD NL -4.4 -0.4 25 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .22 -0.1 -0.2 -3.9 -0.4 0.22 -2.1 0 0 5
1999 32 DET AL -11.6 -1.0 39 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 .80 -0.7 -0.2 -13.7 -1.1 0.80 -10.1 2 0 3
1999 32 MON NL -3.4 -0.3 19 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .20 -0.3 -0.1 -4.7 -0.4 0.20 -3.6 0 0 3
10 Yrs 23.0 2.8 2963 8.2 69.9 -61.7 1.39 3.2 2.7 10.7 1.8 1.39 27.3 238 100 179

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
1990 23 MON NL 23 23 5 3 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 18 3 17% 6 1.132 7 3 13 6 6 11 9 14 15 2 15 5 5.2 26
1991 24 MON NL 37 37 13 3 3 9 6 3 67% 16 7 18 6 33% 8 1.105 15 7 15 19 3 15 14 23 16 5 19 8 3.9 20
1992 25 MON NL 68 68 26 7 1 11 10 1 91% 25 13 58 10 17% 7 1.189 25 19 24 34 10 24 37 31 37 13 38 18 4.4 22
1993 26 MON NL 66 66 25 5 8 19 10 9 53% 34 13 37 19 51% 8 1.390 35 14 15 43 12 11 24 42 29 16 32 12 4.0 19
1994 27 MON NL 58 58 27 3 2 18 16 2 89% 37 19 41 12 29% 7 1.362 30 17 11 44 8 6 28 30 35 11 39 16 4.3 22
1995 28 MON NL 59 59 48 1 4 39 30 9 77% 42 3 23 8 35% 9 2.032 36 10 10 46 3 10 14 45 18 10 19 14 3.4 19
1996 29 MON NL 74 74 64 7 4 40 36 4 90% 42 1 29 7 24% 9 1.677 38 11 23 49 10 15 20 54 21 12 22 19 3.3 17
1997 30 TOT NL 77 77 50 0 6 22 15 7 68% 30 7 24 11 46% 1.552 31 12 33 39 11 27 15 62 19 12 20 20 3.3 17
1997 30 CHC NL 54 54 38 0 4 19 13 6 68% 22 2 15 5 33% 9 1.665 22 7 24 29 6 19 10 44 13 8 14 15 3.3 18
1997 30 NYM NL 23 23 12 0 2 3 2 1 67% 8 5 9 6 67% 8 1.288 9 5 9 10 5 8 5 18 6 4 6 5 3.4 16
1998 31 NYM NL 50 50 19 5 2 6 2 4 33% 14 7 17 9 53% 8 1.016 19 7 24 19 7 24 9 41 15 9 16 6 3.5 19
1999 32 TOT MLB 13 13 5 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 9 5 56% .505 2 0 11 4 1 8 4 9 5 4 7 1 3.2 20
1999 32 TOT NL 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% .216 0 0 8 1 0 7 2 6 2 3 3 1 2.9 16
1999 32 LAD NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 .225 0 0 5 1 0 4 1 4 1 1 2 1 3.0 16
1999 32 DET AL 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 6 5 83% 3 .802 2 0 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 1 4 0 3.8 25
1999 32 MON NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 .203 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 2.7 16
10 Yrs 525 525 282 34 31 167 126 41 75% 245 72 274 90 33% 1.386 238 100 179 303 71 151 174 351 210 94 227 119 3.8 20

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%
1990 23 MON NL 173 35% 2.9% 15.0% 13.9% 6.9% 35% 0.66 0.77 66% 21% 10.0% 29% 40 1 3%
1991 24 MON NL 200 50% 2.0% 18.5% 6.5% 8.0% 38% 0.72 0.80 73% 16% 5.9% 21% 33 1 3%
1992 25 MON NL 399 45% 0.5% 17.5% 8.5% 4.8% 27% 0.88 1.03 72% 16% 1.6% 17% 70 7 10%
1993 26 MON NL 378 44% 1.6% 12.7% 7.9% 8.5% 40% 0.82 1.08 75% 18% 4.8% 21% 83 9 11%
1994 27 MON NL 341 45% 3.2% 24.6% 6.2% 5.3% 25% 1.12 1.65 64% 19% 11.3% 9% 64 7 11%
1995 28 MON NL 302 51% 0.7% 20.2% 9.6% 5.6% 25% 0.82 1.03 67% 21% 2.5% 26% 63 5 8%
1996 29 MON NL 326 56% 1.5% 28.2% 8.6% 4.6% 27% 0.89 1.13 60% 19% 5.9% 19% 67 5 7%
1997 30 TOT NL 370 51% 4.1% 25.1% 9.7% 8.1% 39% 0.72 0.98 59% 23% 14.7% 20% 65 4 6%
1997 30 CHC NL 259 51% 4.3% 23.6% 11.6% 7.3% 35% 0.67 0.93 58% 25% 14.5% 18% 53 3 6%
1997 30 NYM NL 111 51% 3.6% 28.8% 5.4% 9.9% 46% 0.86 1.09 60% 18% 15.4% 26% 12 1 8%
1998 31 NYM NL 262 53% 3.4% 15.7% 11.5% 10.3% 40% 0.66 1.19 67% 26% 9.5% 13% 48 8 17%
1999 32 TOT MLB 79 58% 7.6% 12.7% 11.4% 16.5% 59% 0.67 1.00 62% 22% 23.1% 21% 18 0 0%
1999 32 TOT NL 40 63% 7.5% 10.0% 12.5% 12.5% 50% 0.61 0.90 65% 24% 21.4% 22% 9 0 0%
1999 32 LAD NL 23 57% 13.0% 13.0% 13.0% 13.0% 60% 0.55 1.00 61% 18% 37.5% 27% 4 0 0%
1999 32 DET AL 39 54% 7.7% 15.4% 10.3% 20.5% 67% 0.73 1.17 59% 19% 25.0% 20% 9 0 0%
1999 32 MON NL 17 71% 0.0% 5.9% 11.8% 11.8% 40% 0.71 0.75 71% 33% 0.0% 14% 5 0 0%
10 Yrs 2830 48% 2.3% 19.9% 9.0% 7.0% 34% 0.81 1.07 67% 20% 7.6% 19% 551 47 9%
MLB Averages 43% 2.5% 15.9% 8.9% 7.4% 32% 0.81 1.08 71% 21% 7.4% 16% 10%

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
1990 23 MON NL 120 440 3.67 272 62% 22% 14% 32% 31% 78% 1% 48% 81% 59% 8% 10 4 26% 31 21 3 32% 5 5 53 0 2
1991 24 MON NL 201 734 3.65 462 63% 20% 19% 29% 32% 80% 1% 51% 77% 56% 7% 15 8 20% 40 24 1 19% 6 6 -1 0 0
1992 25 MON NL 399 1468 3.68 922 63% 20% 24% 24% 32% 80% 5% 50% 70% 59% 5% 19 6 22% 89 46 2 11% 14 6 0 0 0
1993 26 MON NL 361 1238 3.43 800 65% 18% 21% 25% 35% 82% 3% 53% 74% 63% 6% 21 11 23% 83 51 5 9% 11 7 17 1 2
1994 27 MON NL 341 1294 3.79 852 66% 21% 26% 26% 27% 78% 0% 52% 67% 58% 4% 13 12 28% 95 51 2 7% 22 1 0 0 5
1995 28 MON NL 259 951 3.67 610 64% 20% 22% 29% 30% 80% 4% 51% 73% 57% 6% 15 6 27% 69 44 8 20% 8 6 43 0 0
1996 29 MON NL 292 1094 3.75 713 65% 19% 28% 27% 26% 81% 3% 52% 66% 59% 4% 13 5 23% 66 44 1 15% 20 5 34 0 0
1997 30 TOT NL 329 1241 3.77 785 63% 20% 28% 25% 26% 80% 1% 51% 65% 60% 5% 18 9 29% 94 55 6 17% 15 6 41 0 0
1997 30 CHC NL 237 905 3.82 558 62% 21% 25% 27% 27% 79% 1% 49% 68% 58% 5% 13 5 27% 64 35 3 18% 10 6 22 0 0
1997 30 NYM NL 92 336 3.65 227 68% 19% 35% 21% 26% 81% 4% 55% 57% 65% 5% 5 4 33% 30 20 3 14% 5 0 19 0 0
1998 31 NYM NL 263 959 3.65 600 63% 20% 21% 29% 31% 81% 3% 50% 75% 60% 6% 17 8 25% 65 40 2 10% 8 4 -1 0 0
1999 32 TOT MLB 79 255 3.23 148 58% 14% 22% 28% 37% 86% 1% 50% 75% 46% 5% 4 0 14% 11 7 3 0% 2 3 0 0 0
1999 32 TOT NL 40 128 3.20 71 55% 7% 24% 28% 41% 93% 2% 52% 74% 43% 5% 2 0 13% 5 2 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0
1999 32 LAD NL 23 79 3.43 43 54% 9% 26% 26% 40% 91% 3% 49% 72% 43% 9% 2 0 17% 4 1 0 0% 0 1 0 0 0
1999 32 DET AL 39 127 3.26 77 61% 19% 19% 27% 34% 81% 0% 49% 76% 49% 5% 2 0 15% 6 5 2 0% 2 2 0 0 0
1999 32 MON NL 17 49 2.88 28 57% 4% 21% 32% 43% 96% 0% 55% 78% 41% 0% 0 0 6% 1 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 2644 9674 3.66 6164 64% 20% 23% 27% 30% 80% 3% 51% 71% 59% 5% 145 69 24% 643 383 33 14% 111 49 186 1 9
MLB Averages 3.68 61% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

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
1990 23 MON NL 173 34 5 1 5 0 11 2 3 3 2 14 5 3 36% 0 2 0 72 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1991 24 MON NL 200 42 17 0 4 0 3 2 2 1 3 5 4 0 80% 2 3 1 84 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1992 25 MON NL 399 71 24 2 2 0 15 1 1 1 1 25 7 6 28% 4 2 1 159 12 3 80% 9 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1993 26 MON NL 378 80 5 0 6 1 14 2 4 5 1 38 22 2 58% 10 5 2 151 8 1 89% 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1994 27 MON NL 341 71 7 1 11 2 5 4 7 5 6 18 9 4 50% 3 3 0 134 10 1 91% 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1995 28 MON NL 302 69 13 1 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 25 12 6 48% 0 6 0 138 11 0 100% 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1996 29 MON NL 326 56 5 0 5 0 3 3 2 4 1 20 13 3 65% 2 3 0 128 7 0 100% 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1997 30 TOT NL 370 78 11 3 15 0 11 7 8 8 7 17 13 0 76% 3 3 1 144 8 2 80% 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1997 30 CHC NL 259 54 9 3 11 0 9 4 7 6 5 11 8 0 73% 1 2 1 108 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1997 30 NYM NL 111 24 2 0 4 0 2 3 1 2 2 6 5 0 83% 2 1 0 36 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 31 NYM NL 262 68 18 1 9 0 7 7 2 3 6 21 12 2 57% 0 2 0 105 13 4 76% 13 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 6 0
1999 32 TOT MLB 79 22 1 0 6 1 6 3 3 2 4 10 7 0 70% 1 1 0 31 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1999 32 TOT NL 40 10 1 0 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 4 3 0 75% 0 1 0 13 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1999 32 LAD NL 23 5 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 5 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 32 DET AL 39 12 0 0 3 1 4 1 2 0 3 6 4 0 67% 1 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 32 MON NL 17 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 1 0 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 Yrs 2830 591 106 9 65 4 81 32 33 33 32 193 104 26 54% 25 30 5 1146 81 14 85% 68 11 13 3 0 0 3 1 69 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1990 23 3 1 .750 3.60 23 0 5 0 0 1 40.0 34 17 16 5 24 4 26 2 0 2 173 102 1.450 7.7 1.1 5.4 5.9 1.08 102
1991 24 6 4 .600 3.68 60 0 18 0 0 7 88.0 76 38 36 9 37 5 63 3 0 5 373 100 1.284 7.8 0.9 3.8 6.4 1.70 100
1992 25 13 5 .722 2.48 128 0 44 0 0 17 188.2 147 55 52 11 71 13 133 5 0 7 772 144 1.155 7.0 0.5 3.4 6.3 1.87 144
1993 26 18 13 .581 2.63 194 0 69 0 0 27 277.0 227 94 81 17 101 16 181 9 0 12 1150 143 1.184 7.4 0.6 3.3 5.9 1.79 143
1994 27 21 15 .583 2.79 252 0 96 0 0 43 361.0 298 129 112 28 122 16 265 13 0 15 1491 139 1.163 7.4 0.7 3.0 6.6 2.17 139
1995 28 22 19 .537 3.00 311 0 144 0 0 73 428.2 367 161 143 30 151 20 326 20 0 21 1793 132 1.208 7.7 0.6 3.2 6.8 2.16 132
1996 29 29 23 .558 3.04 385 0 208 0 0 109 509.2 423 191 172 35 179 23 418 22 0 24 2119 132 1.181 7.5 0.6 3.2 7.4 2.34 132
1997 30 29 29 .500 3.27 462 0 258 0 0 124 595.0 501 238 216 50 215 25 511 29 0 27 2489 124 1.203 7.6 0.8 3.3 7.7 2.38 124
1998 31 34 31 .523 3.51 512 0 277 0 0 126 653.0 569 277 255 59 245 30 552 32 0 29 2751 116 1.247 7.8 0.8 3.4 7.6 2.25 116
1999 32 34 31 .523 3.82 525 0 282 0 0 126 667.0 591 305 283 65 254 31 562 37 0 30 2830 107 1.267 8.0 0.9 3.4 7.6 2.21 107

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
1990 23 2 2 .500 4.14 37.0 35 19 17 5 25 24 2 1.622 8.5 6.1 5.8 0.96 1.2 23
1991 24 3 2 .600 3.94 48.0 43 23 21 4 13 37 1 1.167 8.1 2.4 6.9 2.85 0.8 37
1992 25 8 2 .800 1.71 95.0 76 20 18 2 36 66 2 1.179 7.2 3.4 6.3 1.83 0.2 68
1993 26 6 3 .667 2.86 88.0 79 31 28 6 30 48 4 1.239 8.1 3.1 4.9 1.60 0.6 66
1994 27 7 5 .583 3.26 116.0 98 47 42 15 29 116 6 1.095 7.6 2.3 9.0 4.00 1.2 58
1995 28 4 4 .500 3.96 75.0 75 37 33 2 32 68 8 1.427 9.0 3.8 8.2 2.13 0.2 59
1996 29 6 3 .667 2.85 82.0 53 29 26 5 26 93 2 0.963 5.8 2.9 10.2 3.58 0.5 74
1997 30 4 5 .444 4.50 84.0 76 47 42 15 35 92 7 1.321 8.1 3.8 9.9 2.63 1.6 77
1998 31 2 4 .333 6.33 54.0 67 42 38 9 30 38 3 1.796 11.2 5.0 6.3 1.27 1.5 50
1999 32 0 1 .000 15.00 15.0 21 28 25 6 9 10 5 2.000 12.6 5.4 6.0 1.11 3.6 13
10 Yrs 42 31 .575 3.76 694.0 623 323 290 69 265 592 40 1.280 8.1 7.7 2.23 0.9 525

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1994 NL  58 (2nd)
1996 NL  74 (7th)
1997 NL  77 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1994 NL  16 (8th)
1995 NL  30 (7th)
1996 NL  36 (5th)
Career  126 (96th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1995 NL  48 (9th)
1996 NL  64 (3rd)
1997 NL  50 (10th)
Career  282 (126th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1992 NL  24 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1992 NL  2.6 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1992 NL  28.71 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1992 NL  2.9 (6th)
1994 NL  2.8 (5th)
1996 NL  4.3 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1992 NL  2.2 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1992 NL  3.2 (5th)

                                         

† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Mark Wohlers (972)
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  3. Antonio Alfonseca (962)
  4. Bill Caudill (954)
  5. Mike Fetters (952)
  6. Kevin Gregg (952)
  7. Dave Veres (952)
  8. Duane Ward (949)
  9. Turk Wendell (947)
  10. Chad Qualls (946)
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  1. Jeff Reardon (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Wayne Granger (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jeff Brantley (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wayne Granger (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Keith Foulke (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Braden Looper (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mark Wohlers (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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