Sean Runyan
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 21, 1974 in Fort Smith, AR
High School: Urbandale (Urbandale, IA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 5th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 1998
Final Game: September 9, 2000
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Standard Pitching

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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
1998 24 DET AL 1 4 .200 3.58 88 0 11 0 0 1 50.1 47 23 20 7 28 3 39 2 0 5 223 131 1.490 8.4 1.3 5.0 7.0 1.39
1999 25 DET AL 0 1 .000 3.38 12 0 2 0 0 0 10.2 9 4 4 2 3 1 6 1 0 2 45 146 1.125 7.6 1.7 2.5 5.1 2.00
2000 26 DET AL 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 78 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
3 Seasons 1 5 .167 3.66 103 0 13 0 0 1 64.0 58 29 26 9 33 4 46 3 0 7 280 130 1.422 8.2 1.3 4.6 6.5 1.39
162 Game Avg. 1 3 .167 3.66 68 0 9 0 0 1 42 38 19 17 6 22 3 30 2 0 5 185 130 1.422 8.2 1.3 4.6 6.5 1.39

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1998 24 DET AL 88 223 184 23 47 8 0 7 6 2 28 39 .255 .348 .413 .761 .276 76 6 2 2 7 3
1999 25 DET AL 12 45 38 4 9 1 0 2 0 0 3 6 .237 .295 .421 .717 .219 16 0 1 1 2 1
2000 26 DET AL 3 12 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 .222 .333 .222 .556 .222 2 0 0 0 1 0
3 Seasons 103 280 231 29 58 9 0 9 6 3 33 46 .251 .339 .407 .746 .263 94 6 3 3 10 4
162 Game Avg. 68 185 153 19 38 6 0 6 4 2 22 30 .251 .339 .407 .746 .263 62 4 2 2 7 3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1998 24 DET AL 88 88 11 1 4 3 1 2 33% 18 11 76 27 36% 8 0.951 29 20 36 27 13 48 45 43 7 60 17 41 1.7 9
1999 25 DET AL 12 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 7 78% 7 0.411 2 2 7 3 2 7 5 7 2 5 2 1 2.7 14
2000 26 DET AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 4 0.899 1 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 0 3.0 15
3 Seasons 103 103 13 1 5 3 1 2 33% 19 12 89 36 40% 0.862 32 22 45 32 15 56 53 50 10 67 20 42 1.9 10

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1998 24 DET AL 223 43% 3.1% 17.5% 12.6% 6.7% 32% 0.67 0.96 65% 22% 9.3% 15% 49 6 12%
1999 25 DET AL 45 53% 4.4% 13.3% 6.7% 6.7% 33% 0.70 1.00 71% 23% 10.5% 5% 9 0 0%
2000 26 DET AL 12 33% 0.0% 8.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 0.50 0.40 75% 11% 0.0% 33% 4 0 0%
3 Seasons 280 44% 3.2% 16.4% 11.8% 6.4% 31% 0.67 0.93 66% 22% 9.2% 14% 62 6 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1998 24 DET AL 223 875 3.92 484 55% 29% 14% 25% 32% 71% 3% 39% 80% 44% 10% 22 14 13% 29 16 0 38% 7 5 0 0 0
1999 25 DET AL 45 162 3.60 94 58% 30% 15% 18% 37% 70% 6% 41% 79% 38% 18% 8 7 9% 4 0 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0
2000 26 DET AL 12 45 3.75 19 42% 32% 16% 5% 47% 68% 0% 29% 77% 42% 25% 3 3 8% 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 280 1082 3.86 597 55% 29% 14% 23% 33% 71% 3% 39% 80% 43% 12% 33 24 12% 34 16 0 37% 7 5 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1998 24 DET AL 223 47 14 2 7 1 8 3 4 4 3 17 12 1 71% 3 5 0 94 6 2 75% 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 15 0
1999 25 DET AL 45 9 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 8 5 0 63% 0 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2000 26 DET AL 12 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
3 Seasons 280 58 14 2 9 1 12 4 5 5 4 27 19 1 70% 3 7 0 112 6 3 67% 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 22 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1998 24 1 4 .200 3.58 88 0 11 0 0 1 50.1 47 23 20 7 28 3 39 2 0 5 223 131 1.490 8.4 1.3 5.0 7.0 1.39 131
1999 25 1 5 .167 3.54 100 0 13 0 0 1 61.0 56 27 24 9 31 4 45 3 0 7 268 134 1.426 8.3 1.3 4.6 6.6 1.45 134
2000 26 1 5 .167 3.66 103 0 13 0 0 1 64.0 58 29 26 9 33 4 46 3 0 7 280 130 1.422 8.2 1.3 4.6 6.5 1.39 130

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
1998 24 3 2 .600 3.49 49.0 46 21 19 7 27 38 2 1.490 8.4 5.0 7.0 1.41 1.3 88
1999 25 1 0 1.000 3.27 11.0 9 4 4 2 3 6 1 1.091 7.4 2.5 4.9 2.00 1.6 12
2000 26 0 0 9.00 3.0 2 3 3 0 2 1 0 1.333 6.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 0.0 3
3 Seasons 4 2 .667 3.71 63.0 57 28 26 9 32 45 3 1.413 8.1 6.4 1.41 1.3 103

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1998 AL  88 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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