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Bruce Ruffin

Bruce Wayne Ruffin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 4, 1963 in Lubbock, TX
High School: Hanks HS (El Paso, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1986
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Phillies/Brewers 1986-1997

Final Game: June 26, 1997
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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
1986 22 PHI NL 9 4 .692 2.46 21 21 0 6 0 0 146.1 138 53 40 6 44 6 70 1 1 0 600 158 1.244 8.5 0.4 2.7 4.3 1.59 RoY-7
1987 23 PHI NL 11 14 .440 4.35 35 35 0 3 1 0 204.2 236 118 99 17 73 4 93 2 0 6 884 98 1.510 10.4 0.7 3.2 4.1 1.27
1988 24 PHI NL 6 10 .375 4.43 55 15 14 3 0 3 144.1 151 86 71 7 80 6 82 3 0 12 646 81 1.600 9.4 0.4 5.0 5.1 1.03
1989 25 PHI NL 6 10 .375 4.44 24 23 0 1 0 0 125.2 152 69 62 10 62 6 70 0 0 8 576 80 1.703 10.9 0.7 4.4 5.0 1.13
1990 26 PHI NL 6 13 .316 5.38 32 25 1 2 1 0 149.0 178 99 89 14 62 7 79 1 2 3 678 71 1.611 10.8 0.8 3.7 4.8 1.27
1991 27 PHI NL 4 7 .364 3.78 31 15 2 1 1 0 119.0 125 52 50 6 38 3 85 1 0 4 508 97 1.370 9.5 0.5 2.9 6.4 2.24
1992 28 MIL AL 1 6 .143 6.67 25 6 6 1 0 0 58.0 66 43 43 7 41 3 45 0 0 2 272 58 1.845 10.2 1.1 6.4 7.0 1.10
1993 29 COL NL 6 5 .545 3.87 59 12 8 0 0 2 139.2 145 71 60 10 69 9 126 1 0 8 619 124 1.532 9.3 0.6 4.4 8.1 1.83
1994 30 COL NL 4 5 .444 4.04 56 0 39 0 0 16 55.2 55 28 25 6 30 2 65 1 0 5 252 124 1.527 8.9 1.0 4.9 10.5 2.17
1995 31 COL NL 0 1 .000 2.12 37 0 19 0 0 11 34.0 26 8 8 1 19 1 23 0 0 1 140 255 1.324 6.9 0.3 5.0 6.1 1.21
1996 32 COL NL 7 5 .583 4.00 71 0 56 0 0 24 69.2 55 35 31 5 29 3 74 0 0 10 292 130 1.206 7.1 0.6 3.7 9.6 2.55
1997 33 COL NL 0 2 .000 5.32 23 0 15 0 0 7 22.0 18 15 13 3 18 0 31 0 0 2 102 99 1.636 7.4 1.2 7.4 12.7 1.72
12 Yrs 60 82 .423 4.19 469 152 160 17 3 63 1268.0 1345 677 591 92 565 50 843 10 3 61 5569 99 1.506 9.5 0.7 4.0 6.0 1.49
162 Game Avg. 7 9 .423 4.19 51 17 18 2 0 7 139 147 74 65 10 62 5 92 1 0 7 610 99 1.506 9.5 0.7 4.0 6.0 1.49
PHI (6 yrs) 42 58 .420 4.16 198 134 17 16 3 3 889.0 980 477 411 60 359 32 479 8 3 33 3892 92 1.506 9.9 0.6 3.6 4.8 1.33
COL (5 yrs) 17 18 .486 3.84 246 12 137 0 0 60 321.0 299 157 137 25 165 15 319 2 0 26 1405 131 1.445 8.4 0.7 4.6 8.9 1.93
MIL (1 yr) 1 6 .143 6.67 25 6 6 1 0 0 58.0 66 43 43 7 41 3 45 0 0 2 272 58 1.845 10.2 1.1 6.4 7.0 1.10
NL (11 yrs) 59 76 .437 4.08 444 146 154 16 3 63 1210.0 1279 634 548 85 524 47 798 10 3 59 5297 102 1.490 9.5 0.6 3.9 5.9 1.52
AL (1 yr) 1 6 .143 6.67 25 6 6 1 0 0 58.0 66 43 43 7 41 3 45 0 0 2 272 58 1.845 10.2 1.1 6.4 7.0 1.10

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
1986 22 PHI NL 146.1 21 21 53 3.26 4.10 -0.13 0.14 104.4 4.57 21 2.4 -0.1 3.6 35 .616 .515 $60,000 RoY-7
1987 23 PHI NL 204.2 35 35 118 5.19 4.64 0.09 0.17 103.0 4.87 -9 -0.9 -0.1 0.7 14 .474 .494 $100,000
1988 24 PHI NL 144.1 55 15 86 5.36 3.98 -0.35 -0.03 103.1 4.43 -16 -1.8 1.3 -0.2 -0.7 -2 .468 .489 $140,000
1989 25 PHI NL 125.2 24 23 69 4.94 4.01 -0.54 0.13 101.9 4.77 -2 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.7 9 .488 .498 $175,000
1990 26 PHI NL 149.0 32 25 99 5.98 4.31 0.18 0.10 100.6 4.25 -31 -3.1 .3 0.0 -2.0 -15 .402 .481 $350,000
1991 27 PHI NL 119.0 31 15 52 3.93 4.09 -0.10 0.02 99.0 4.17 2 0.3 1.2 -0.1 1.1 13 .508 .502 $
1992 28 MIL AL 58.0 25 6 43 6.67 4.21 0.07 -0.16 98.9 3.94 -18 -1.8 .9 -0.0 -1.3 -11 .429 .489 $525,000
1993 29 COL NL 139.2 59 12 71 4.58 4.64 -0.13 -0.16 119.8 5.53 12 1.3 .8 -0.2 2.1 28 .522 .508 $550,000
1994 30 COL NL 55.2 56 0 28 4.53 4.77 -0.23 -0.36 114.3 5.30 5 0.5 1.6 0.0 0.9 9 .508 .503 $800,000
1995 31 COL NL 34.0 37 0 8 2.12 4.70 -0.20 -0.35 128.8 5.86 14 1.5 1.6 0.4 2.1 17 .539 .509 $1,000,000
1996 32 COL NL 69.2 71 0 35 4.52 4.75 -0.02 -0.36 123.7 5.46 8 0.8 1.5 0.1 1.4 14 .511 .505 $1,000,000
1997 33 COL NL 22.0 23 0 15 6.14 4.60 -0.00 -0.35 121.2 5.15 -2 -0.2 1.7 -0.1 -0.2 -0 .489 .498 $
12 Seasons 1268.0 469 152 677 4.81 4.34 -0.11 -0.01 106.7 4.75 -17 -1.4 1.3 -0.4 8.4 112 .497 .499 $4,700,000
PHI (6 yrs) 889.0 198 134 477 4.83 4.22 -0.12 0.10 102.1 4.54 -36 -3.4 1.1 -0.5 3.4 55 .483 .497 $825,000
COL (5 yrs) 321.0 246 12 157 4.40 4.69 -0.12 -0.27 120.7 5.49 36 3.8 1.4 0.1 6.3 68 .515 .505 $3,350,000
MIL (1 yr) 58.0 25 6 43 6.67 4.21 0.07 -0.16 98.9 3.94 -18 -1.8 .9 -0.0 -1.3 -11 .429 .489 $525,000

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
1995 31 COL NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 2.70 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.500 8.1 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1 NLDS 0 0 2.70 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.500 8.1 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00

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
1986 22 PHI NL 21 600 549 53 138 30 2 6 16 5 44 70 .251 .306 .346 .652 .277 190 17 1 2 4 6 8
1987 23 PHI NL 35 884 790 118 236 35 7 17 18 12 73 93 .299 .355 .425 .781 .317 336 29 2 8 10 4 10
1988 24 PHI NL 55 646 550 86 151 31 2 7 7 5 80 82 .275 .368 .376 .744 .310 207 20 3 10 3 6 10
1989 25 PHI NL 24 576 505 69 152 28 4 10 11 8 62 70 .301 .377 .432 .808 .333 218 13 0 8 1 6 11
1990 26 PHI NL 32 678 599 99 178 45 4 14 3 4 62 79 .297 .361 .456 .817 .320 273 10 1 10 6 7 9
1991 27 PHI NL 31 508 459 52 125 28 3 6 7 4 38 85 .272 .327 .386 .712 .320 177 12 1 6 4 3 7
1992 28 MIL AL 25 272 225 43 66 11 2 7 5 3 41 45 .293 .398 .453 .851 .335 102 8 0 3 3 3 1
1993 29 COL NL 59 619 539 71 145 24 3 10 14 9 69 126 .269 .350 .380 .730 .331 205 14 1 4 5 9 11
1994 30 COL NL 56 252 217 28 55 9 0 6 5 1 30 65 .253 .343 .378 .721 .329 82 4 1 1 3 2 4
1995 31 COL NL 37 140 117 8 26 2 0 1 2 2 19 23 .222 .331 .265 .596 .269 31 5 0 4 0 1 0
1996 32 COL NL 71 292 260 35 55 9 0 5 3 0 29 74 .212 .288 .304 .592 .272 79 5 0 0 3 3 4
1997 33 COL NL 23 102 82 15 18 5 0 3 3 0 18 31 .220 .360 .390 .750 .313 32 1 0 2 0 0 1
12 Yrs 469 5569 4892 677 1345 257 27 92 94 53 565 843 .275 .349 .395 .743 .313 1932 138 10 58 42 50 76
162 Game Avg. 51 610 536 74 147 28 3 10 10 6 62 92 .275 .349 .395 .743 .313 212 15 1 6 5 5 8
MLB Averages .261 .329 .400 .729 .291

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1986 22 PHI NL 18.8 2.1 630 1.9 11.1 -9.2 1.00 1.0 0.8 17.4 1.9 1.00 11.2 0 0 0
1987 23 PHI NL -5.5 -0.6 922 -1.2 15.0 -16.2 1.00 -1.2 -0.0 -14.1 -1.3 1.00 -12.5 0 0 0
1988 24 PHI NL -16.1 -1.7 677 -2.0 11.4 -13.3 1.12 -1.6 -0.2 -25.3 -2.6 1.12 -17.6 15 6 17
1989 25 PHI NL -12.0 -1.2 600 -2.1 9.5 -11.6 1.00 -2.0 -0.1 -16.9 -1.7 1.00 -20.6 0 1 0
1990 26 PHI NL -25.9 -2.6 691 -2.6 10.0 -12.6 .92 -2.1 -0.7 -32.2 -3.1 0.92 -24.3 0 0 7
1991 27 PHI NL 0.2 0.0 523 0.9 9.0 -8.1 1.04 0.3 0.6 2.3 0.2 1.04 2.0 7 1 8
1992 28 MIL AL -16.3 -1.6 280 -2.1 3.1 -5.2 .83 -1.1 -1.5 -15.9 -1.6 0.83 -11.0 2 5 12
1993 29 COL NL 10.6 1.1 645 0.7 9.0 -8.4 .80 0.6 0.3 7.2 0.7 0.80 7.6 11 9 26
1994 30 COL NL 4.9 0.5 263 -0.4 7.3 -7.7 1.76 -0.4 0.1 1.5 0.1 1.76 -2.4 27 7 22
1995 31 COL NL 10.0 1.0 145 0.9 4.0 -3.1 1.51 0.8 -0.2 11.5 1.0 1.51 12.2 19 4 14
1996 32 COL NL 7.7 0.8 302 1.1 8.2 -7.1 1.50 0.9 -0.2 7.5 0.7 1.50 9.9 34 13 23
1997 33 COL NL -0.4 -0.0 106 0.2 2.3 -2.1 1.42 0.1 0.1 -3.7 -0.3 1.42 -2.9 12 3 7
12 Yrs -24.1 -2.3 5784 -4.7 100.0 -104.7 1.06 -4.5 0.1 -60.7 -6.1 1.06 -48.3 127 49 136

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
1986 22 PHI NL 21 21 9 4 8 1 2 15 6 .714 2 2 6 0 16 76% 56.0 77 25 12 5 2 3 5.0 4.6 7.0
1987 23 PHI NL 35 35 11 14 10 3 3 15 20 .429 4 3 3 1 14 40% 45.8 79 22 39 10 5 10 3.9 4.7 5.8
1988 24 PHI NL 55 15 4 6 5 1 1 4 10 .286 2 0 3 0 8 53% 47.9 80 22 35 15 2 6 2.9 4.0 6.2 88 2 9 4 0 111
1989 25 PHI NL 24 23 6 10 7 1 3 10 12 .455 0 3 1 0 12 52% 45.3 71 2 18 3 0 10 4.3 4.6 5.4 85 7 6 5 2 130
1990 26 PHI NL 32 25 6 13 6 1 1 10 15 .400 2 3 2 1 9 36% 44.0 80 14 34 7 1 13 4.4 3.9 5.3 82 10 12 1 1 126
1991 27 PHI NL 31 15 3 7 5 0 5 8 7 .533 2 3 1 1 11 73% 52.2 86 14 18 9 1 5 3.4 2.4 5.8 88 4 4 5 2 130
1992 28 MIL AL 25 6 0 4 2 0 1 1 5 .167 0 1 1 0 1 17% 36.8 73 21 18 10 2 2 2.6 1.2 3.5 68 3 2 1 0 108
1993 29 COL NL 59 12 3 4 5 1 0 4 8 .333 2 2 0 0 3 25% 40.9 67 21 31 5 1 5 5.9 5.8 4.4 78 5 3 2 0 113
8 Yrs 282 152 42 62 48 8 16 67 83 .447 14 17 17 3 74 49% 47 86 2 205 64 14 54 4.2 4.2 5.7 83 31 36 18 5 130
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 103 -14 4.5 4.5 6.1 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
1988 24 PHI NL 55 40 14 2 4 6 3 3 50% 14 7 23 13 57% 7 1.122 15 6 17 16 6 18 12 28 17 12 20 14 3.9 22
1989 25 PHI NL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1.001 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0 14
1990 26 PHI NL 32 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 .922 0 0 7 0 0 7 1 6 6 0 7 1 7.1 42
1991 27 PHI NL 31 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 14 4 29% 6 1.042 7 1 8 5 1 10 7 9 11 4 11 4 6.0 29
1992 28 MIL AL 25 19 6 1 2 2 0 2 0% 3 1 18 11 61% 5 .827 2 5 12 5 0 14 8 11 14 2 14 3 5.8 34
1993 29 COL NL 59 47 8 3 1 3 2 1 67% 7 3 25 7 28% 8 .799 11 9 26 13 5 29 16 31 28 7 29 8 5.5 27
1994 30 COL NL 56 56 39 4 5 21 16 5 76% 26 5 30 6 20% 9 1.760 27 7 22 38 4 14 17 39 13 15 13 20 3.0 19
1995 31 COL NL 37 37 19 0 1 12 11 1 92% 18 6 17 5 29% 9 1.509 19 4 14 25 3 9 12 25 6 12 6 12 2.8 15
1996 32 COL NL 71 71 56 7 5 29 24 5 83% 35 6 25 9 36% 9 1.505 34 13 23 52 7 12 14 57 8 16 9 20 2.9 15
1997 33 COL NL 23 23 15 0 2 9 7 2 78% 11 2 13 7 54% 9 1.422 12 3 7 16 1 6 7 16 4 6 4 7 2.9 18
10 Yrs 413 317 160 18 20 82 63 19 77% 119 35 168 63 38% 1.081 127 49 136 170 27 120 95 222 108 74 114 89 3.9 21

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%
1986 22 PHI NL 600 15% 1.0% 11.7% 7.3% 6.3% 28% 2.17 80% 101 17 17%
1987 23 PHI NL 884 17% 1.9% 10.5% 8.3% 6.7% 25% 2.34 78% 178 29 16%
1988 24 PHI NL 646 24% 1.1% 12.7% 12.4% 6.2% 27% 1.49 2.17 72% 20% 5.3% 28% 145 20 14%
1989 25 PHI NL 576 15% 1.7% 12.2% 10.8% 7.3% 28% 1.44 2.30 74% 21% 6.5% 13% 117 13 11%
1990 26 PHI NL 678 21% 2.1% 11.7% 9.1% 9.3% 35% 0.80 1.00 76% 21% 5.8% 17% 131 10 8%
1991 27 PHI NL 508 23% 1.2% 16.7% 7.5% 7.3% 30% 0.72 1.06 73% 26% 3.2% 13% 112 12 11%
1992 28 MIL AL 272 31% 2.6% 16.5% 15.1% 7.4% 30% 0.86 1.31 65% 17% 8.8% 18% 63 8 13%
1993 29 COL NL 619 24% 1.6% 20.4% 11.2% 6.0% 26% 1.27 1.81 66% 21% 6.5% 16% 123 14 11%
1994 30 COL NL 252 24% 2.4% 25.8% 11.9% 6.0% 27% 1.23 1.35 59% 16% 9.7% 10% 50 4 8%
1995 31 COL NL 140 28% 0.7% 16.4% 13.6% 2.1% 12% 1.33 1.96 66% 16% 3.0% 18% 27 5 19%
1996 32 COL NL 292 24% 1.7% 25.3% 9.9% 4.8% 26% 1.49 2.16 63% 18% 7.7% 11% 48 5 10%
1997 33 COL NL 102 32% 2.9% 30.4% 17.7% 7.8% 44% 1.38 2.18 47% 13% 15.0% 5% 25 1 4%
12 Yrs 5569 21% 1.7% 15.1% 10.2% 6.8% 28% 1.12 1.75 72% 20% 6.1% 16% 1120 138 12%
MLB Averages 41% 2.3% 15.5% 8.7% 7.1% 31% 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 7.1% 19% 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
1988 24 PHI NL 643 2194 3.41 1310 60% 24% 14% 26% 36% 76% 2% 46% 81% 57% 9% 57 26 18% 116 71 9 32% 13 25 3 1 0
1989 25 PHI NL 485 1704 3.51 1030 60% 24% 11% 29% 36% 76% 3% 46% 86% 58% 9% 45 16 20% 98 56 11 21% 11 23 91 0 0
1990 26 PHI NL 643 2219 3.45 1359 61% 24% 13% 26% 37% 76% 3% 47% 83% 51% 7% 46 21 16% 103 62 11 24% 12 18 35 0 1
1991 27 PHI NL 508 1787 3.52 1129 63% 20% 17% 29% 34% 80% 2% 50% 79% 57% 5% 27 13 20% 102 68 11 19% 24 11 0 0 0
1992 28 MIL AL 273 1049 3.84 594 57% 26% 15% 28% 31% 74% 3% 42% 80% 52% 9% 25 12 13% 35 16 1 18% 6 10 -1 0 0
1993 29 COL NL 548 2021 3.69 1219 60% 21% 21% 26% 31% 78% 4% 47% 73% 53% 7% 39 18 21% 115 62 5 14% 24 13 71 0 2
1994 30 COL NL 244 984 4.03 602 61% 22% 28% 25% 25% 78% 1% 48% 64% 56% 9% 22 11 27% 65 35 3 13% 13 10 8 1 0
1995 31 COL NL 135 510 3.78 312 61% 24% 21% 25% 30% 76% 2% 46% 73% 56% 8% 11 6 16% 22 10 2 9% 4 4 5 0 1
1996 32 COL NL 266 993 3.73 634 64% 24% 24% 25% 27% 75% 3% 48% 69% 54% 7% 18 10 22% 59 35 1 10% 17 5 26 2 2
1997 33 COL NL 98 396 4.04 233 59% 26% 25% 26% 22% 73% 1% 43% 65% 56% 12% 12 6 19% 19 8 1 11% 3 6 4 0 2
10 Yrs 3843 13857 3.61 8422 61% 23% 17% 27% 33% 77% 3% 47% 77% 55% 8% 302 139 19% 734 423 55 18% 127 125 242 4 8
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 27%

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
1986 22 PHI NL 600 138 6 0 5 4 2 2 4 31 17 4 55% 8 0 5 211 16 5 76% 13 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 14 0
1987 23 PHI NL 884 236 17 0 15 15 2 7 10 51 39 6 76% 10 6 4 342 18 12 60% 14 11 4 0 0 1 2 1 25 0
1988 24 PHI NL 646 151 31 5 7 0 23 7 0 5 2 44 30 7 68% 10 12 7 254 7 5 58% 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 30 0
1989 25 PHI NL 576 152 17 1 10 0 14 9 1 9 1 34 16 3 47% 11 8 0 239 11 8 58% 10 6 0 1 1 1 1 1 14 0
1990 26 PHI NL 678 178 21 2 14 0 10 14 0 5 9 36 21 2 58% 9 3 2 277 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1991 27 PHI NL 508 125 43 2 6 0 15 5 1 5 1 33 19 5 58% 7 4 1 193 7 4 64% 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 0
1992 28 MIL AL 272 66 24 0 7 1 15 6 1 1 6 23 9 2 39% 1 2 0 110 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1993 29 COL NL 619 145 19 1 10 0 16 7 3 4 6 40 16 4 40% 11 8 2 248 14 9 61% 11 8 3 1 0 0 1 1 17 0
1994 30 COL NL 252 55 8 0 6 0 10 4 2 2 4 12 5 5 42% 4 5 0 123 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1995 31 COL NL 140 26 5 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 6 2 2 33% 0 1 0 62 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
1996 32 COL NL 292 55 11 4 5 0 9 5 0 2 3 20 9 6 45% 4 10 0 102 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1997 33 COL NL 102 18 1 0 3 1 6 2 1 0 3 9 6 1 67% 1 2 1 42 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
12 Yrs 5569 1345 180 15 92 3 143 79 13 43 49 339 189 47 56% 76 61 22 2203 94 53 64% 76 45 17 5 1 3 10 4 162 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+
1986 22 9 4 .692 2.46 21 21 0 6 0 0 146.1 138 53 40 6 44 6 70 1 1 0 600 158 1.244 8.5 0.4 2.7 4.3 1.59 158
1987 23 20 18 .526 3.56 56 56 0 9 1 0 351.0 374 171 139 23 117 10 163 3 1 6 1484 115 1.399 9.6 0.6 3.0 4.2 1.39 115
1988 24 26 28 .481 3.82 111 71 14 12 1 3 495.1 525 257 210 30 197 16 245 6 1 18 2130 103 1.458 9.5 0.5 3.6 4.5 1.24 103
1989 25 32 38 .457 3.94 135 94 14 13 1 3 621.0 677 326 272 40 259 22 315 6 1 26 2706 98 1.507 9.8 0.6 3.8 4.6 1.22 98
1990 26 38 51 .427 4.22 167 119 15 15 2 3 770.0 855 425 361 54 321 29 394 7 3 29 3384 91 1.527 10.0 0.6 3.8 4.6 1.23 91
1991 27 42 58 .420 4.16 198 134 17 16 3 3 889.0 980 477 411 60 359 32 479 8 3 33 3892 92 1.506 9.9 0.6 3.6 4.8 1.33 92
1992 28 43 64 .402 4.31 223 140 23 17 3 3 947.0 1046 520 454 67 400 35 524 8 3 35 4164 89 1.527 9.9 0.6 3.8 5.0 1.31 89
1993 29 49 69 .415 4.26 282 152 31 17 3 5 1086.2 1191 591 514 77 469 44 650 9 3 43 4783 93 1.528 9.9 0.6 3.9 5.4 1.39 93
1994 30 53 74 .417 4.25 338 152 70 17 3 21 1142.1 1246 619 539 83 499 46 715 10 3 48 5035 94 1.528 9.8 0.7 3.9 5.6 1.43 94
1995 31 53 75 .414 4.19 375 152 89 17 3 32 1176.1 1272 627 547 84 518 47 738 10 3 49 5175 97 1.522 9.7 0.6 4.0 5.6 1.42 97
1996 32 60 80 .429 4.17 446 152 145 17 3 56 1246.0 1327 662 578 89 547 50 812 10 3 59 5467 99 1.504 9.6 0.6 4.0 5.9 1.48 99
1997 33 60 82 .423 4.19 469 152 160 17 3 63 1268.0 1345 677 591 92 565 50 843 10 3 61 5569 99 1.506 9.5 0.7 4.0 6.0 1.49 99

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
1986 22 10 5 .667 2.67 138.0 140 46 41 6 45 66 1 1.341 9.1 2.9 4.3 1.47 0.4 21
1987 23 10 11 .476 4.31 194.0 229 103 93 16 71 88 2 1.546 10.6 3.3 4.1 1.24 0.7 35
1988 24 5 9 .357 5.24 134.0 158 87 78 7 84 76 3 1.806 10.6 5.6 5.1 0.90 0.5 55
1989 25 5 8 .385 5.31 117.0 160 77 69 11 65 65 0 1.923 12.3 5.0 5.0 1.00 0.8 24
1990 26 5 10 .333 5.92 143.0 183 104 94 14 64 76 1 1.727 11.5 4.0 4.8 1.19 0.9 32
1991 27 5 7 .417 4.42 112.0 131 61 55 6 40 80 1 1.527 10.5 3.2 6.4 2.00 0.5 31
1992 28 1 4 .200 8.15 53.0 70 53 48 7 43 41 0 2.132 11.9 7.3 7.0 0.95 1.2 25
1993 29 9 6 .600 3.19 141.0 133 56 50 9 63 127 1 1.390 8.5 4.0 8.1 2.02 0.6 59
1994 30 6 3 .667 3.18 82.0 70 32 29 8 38 96 1 1.317 7.7 4.2 10.5 2.53 0.9 56
1995 31 4 0 1.000 1.42 38.0 25 7 6 1 18 26 0 1.132 5.9 4.3 6.2 1.44 0.2 37
1996 32 5 3 .625 2.84 73.0 48 26 23 4 25 78 0 1.000 5.9 3.1 9.6 3.12 0.5 71
1997 33 1 1 .500 3.75 24.0 15 11 10 2 15 34 0 1.250 5.6 5.6 12.8 2.27 0.8 23
12 Yrs 66 67 .496 4.29 1249.0 1362 663 596 91 571 853 10 1.548 9.8 6.1 1.49 0.7 469

* 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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1986 NL  3.6 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  5.983 (248th)

Games Played s c a p y
1994 NL  56 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1994 NL  16 (8th)
Career  63 (214th)

Games Started s c a p y
1987 NL  35 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1988 NL  80 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1987 NL  236 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 NL  0.748 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1987 NL  14 (8th)
1990 NL  13 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1987 NL  99 (10th)
1990 NL  89 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1988 NL  12 (2nd)
1996 NL  10 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1994 NL  39 (7th)
1996 NL  56 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1986 NL  19 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1986 NL  2.1 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Matt Young (938)
  2. Bob Shirley (938)
  3. Mark Davis (934)
  4. Mickey Harris (921)
  5. Jakie May (919)
  6. Chris Hammond (918)
  7. Omar Daal (918)
  8. Dan Spillner (917)
  9. Kent Mercker (917)
  10. Ryan Franklin (917)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dave Righetti (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chet Nichols (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Hendley (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Floyd Bannister (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Lannan (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Kramer (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Phil Ortega (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Paul Maholm (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bob Shirley (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Matt Young (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bob Shirley (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bob Shirley (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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