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Bret Saberhagen

Bret William Saberhagen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 11, 1964 in Chicago Heights, IL
High School: Cleveland HS (Reseda, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 19th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed July 26, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 1984
Teams (by GP): Royals/Mets/RedSox/Rockies 1984-2001
Agents: Dennis Gilbert,??? Cohen?,??? Schneider [*]
Final Game: August 7, 2001
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1984 20 KCR AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 21 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-1,MVP-10
1986 22 KCR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 23 KCR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1988 24 KCR AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 25 KCR AL 39 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-1,MVP-8,GG
1990 26 KCR AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1991 27 KCR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 28 NYM NL 17 32 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .107 .138 .107 .245 -29 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
1993 29 NYM NL 19 58 45 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 .111 .200 .133 .333 -7 6 1 0 8 0 0 1
1994 30 NYM NL 24 70 58 7 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 14 .172 .226 .207 .433 15 12 0 0 8 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-22
1995 31 TOT NL 25 56 49 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .102 .137 .122 .260 -32 6 0 0 5 0 0 1
1995 31 NYM NL 16 41 35 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .114 .139 .143 .282 -24 5 0 0 5 0 0 1
1995 31 COL NL 9 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 -49 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1996 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1997 33 BOS AL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1998 34 BOS AL 31 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 35 BOS AL 22 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -43 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 37 BOS AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
16 Yrs 403 227 190 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 13 49 .121 .177 .142 .319 -13 27 1 0 24 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 91 76 5 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 .121 .177 .142 .319 -13 11 0 0 10 0 0
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
KCR (8 yrs) 256 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (4 yrs) 76 201 166 11 22 4 0 0 1 0 0 11 41 .133 .186 .157 .343 -6 26 1 0 24 0 0
BOS (4 yrs) 62 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 -74 0 0 0 0 0 0
COL (1 yr) 9 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 -49 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 318 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 -74 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 85 216 180 12 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 45 .128 .182 .150 .332 -10 27 1 0 24 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1984 20 KCR AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1985 21 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $150,000 1 CYA-1,MVP-10
1986 22 KCR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $925,000 1
1987 23 KCR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $740,000 1 AS
1988 24 KCR AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,100,000 1
1989 25 KCR AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,350,000 1 CYA-1,MVP-8,GG
1990 26 KCR AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,400,000 1 AS
1991 27 KCR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,950,000 1
1992 28 NYM NL 17 32 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $2,950,000 1
1993 29 NYM NL 19 58 -7 -0 -0 0 8 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $3,000,000 1
1994 30 NYM NL 24 70 -8 1 0 0 10 3 0.3 2 4 0.3 .511 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $4,647,249 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-22
1995 31 NYM NL 16 41 -6 0 0 0 5 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $5,562,990 1
1995 31 COL NL 9 15 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1997 33 BOS AL 6 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $500,000 /1
1998 34 BOS AL 31 5 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $3,800,000 1
1999 35 BOS AL 22 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $3,500,000 1
2001 37 BOS AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $5,000,000 /1
16 Seasons 403 227 -33 1 1 0 30 -1 -0.1 6 6 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.3 6 $37,575,239
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
KCR (8 yrs) 256 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $8,615,000
NYM (4 yrs) 76 201 -27 1 0 0 27 1 0.1 5 7 0.2 .502 .500 0.2 0.0 7 $16,160,239
BOS (4 yrs) 62 11 -3 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $12,800,000
COL (1 yr) 9 15 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1992 28 NYM NL 32 28 1 1.0 91 .158 .107 .258 .138 .323 .107 .380 .245 .703 -29 .065 -4.8 -0.5 .160 .036 .000
1993 29 NYM NL 58 49 2 1.1 102 .143 .111 .269 .200 .334 .133 .409 .333 .743 -7 .066 -6.9 -0.7 .268 .133 .022
1994 30 NYM NL 70 56 3 1.4 108 .227 .172 .273 .226 .340 .207 .427 .433 .768 15 .096 -7.4 -0.7 .333 .103 .034
1995 31 TOT NL 56 49 1 0.6 111 .135 .102 .276 .137 .346 .122 .429 .260 .776 -32 .018 -9.7 -1.0 .182 .061 .020
1995 31 NYM NL 41 36 1 0.8 103 .148 .114 .266 .139 .335 .143 .414 .282 .748 -24 .032 -6.2 -0.6 .194 .057 .029
1995 31 COL NL 15 13 0 0.0 129 .100 .071 .301 .133 .375 .071 .469 .205 .843 -49 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .154 .071 .000
1997 33 BOS AL 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .273 .000 .343 .000 .433 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1998 34 BOS AL 5 5 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .274 .000 .343 .000 .436 .000 .779 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1999 35 BOS AL 5 4 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .280 .200 .353 .000 .448 .200 .801 -43 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .250 .250 .000
16 Yrs 227 192 7 1.0 105 .163 .121 .271 .177 .338 .142 .417 .319 .755 -13 .053 -31.5 -3.1 .238 .089 .021
162 Game Avg. 91 77 3 1.0 105 .163 .121 .271 .177 .338 .142 .417 .319 .755 -13 .053 -31.5 -3.1 .238 .089 .021
NYM (4 yrs) 201 169 7 1.1 103 .176 .133 .268 .186 .334 .157 .412 .343 .746 -6 .067 -25.3 -2.5 .255 .090 .024
BOS (4 yrs) 11 10 0 0.0 114 .000 .000 .276 .091 .348 .000 .440 .091 .788 -74 .000 -2.7 -0.2 .100 .100 .000
COL (1 yr) 15 13 0 0.0 129 .100 .071 .301 .133 .375 .071 .469 .205 .843 -49 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .154 .071 .000
NL (4 yrs) 216 182 7 1.0 105 .170 .128 .270 .182 .338 .150 .416 .332 .754 -10 .059 -28.8 -2.9 .247 .089 .022
AL (12 yrs) 11 10 0 0.0 114 .000 .000 .276 .091 .348 .000 .440 .091 .788 -74 .000 -2.7 -0.2 .100 .100 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1984 20 KCR AL ALCS DET L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 21 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 21 KCR AL WS STL W 2 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1995 31 COL NL NLDS ATL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 34 BOS AL ALDS CLE L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 35 BOS AL ALDS CLE W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 35 BOS AL ALCS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (7 Series) 10 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 ALDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 KCR AL 23 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 NYM NL 30 DNP
3 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1992 28 NYM NL 32 0.0% 28.1% 3.1% 0.0% 0% 9.00 3.1 1.25 1.71 59% 18% 0.0% 25%
1993 29 NYM NL 58 0.0% 17.2% 8.6% 1.7% 20% 2.00 4.5 2.30 3.75 60% 7% 0.0% 0%
1994 30 NYM NL 70 0.0% 20.0% 5.7% 2.9% 20% 3.50 4.1 58.0 1.10 2.23 63% 17% 0.0% 5%
1995 31 TOT NL 56 0.0% 21.4% 3.6% 1.8% 20% 6.00 4.1 1.12 1.57 66% 17% 0.0% 24%
1995 31 NYM NL 41 0.0% 19.5% 2.4% 2.4% 25% 8.00 4.4 1.17 1.70 66% 13% 0.0% 25%
1995 31 COL NL 15 0.0% 26.7% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 4.00 3.5 1.00 1.25 67% 30% 0.0% 20%
1997 33 BOS AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
1998 34 BOS AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 60% 0%
1999 35 BOS AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 20.0% 0.0% 2.00 2.0 1.00 1.00 40% 0% 0.0% 0%
16 Yrs 227 0.0% 21.6% 5.7% 1.8% 17% 3.77 3.9 190.0 1.41 2.28 62% 14% 0.0% 13%
MLB Averages 2.5% 15.7% 8.8% 7.3% 31% 1.78 5.7 36.2 7.9 0.80 1.07 71% 21% 7.5% 17%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1984 20 KCR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 21 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1986 22 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1987 23 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1988 24 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1989 25 KCR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 26 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1991 27 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1992 28 NYM NL -4.8 -0.5 32 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 .85 -0.5 -0.1 -4.6 -0.5 0.81 -5.1 0
1993 29 NYM NL -7.0 -0.7 60 -0.6 0.3 -1.0 .80 -0.7 -0.1 -7.2 -0.7 0.98 -7.5 0
1994 30 NYM NL -7.4 -0.7 71 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 .88 -0.9 -0.1 -9.7 -1.0 0.91 -9.2 0
1995 31 TOT NL -9.7 -1.0 57 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 .96 -0.9 -0.0 -9.9 -1.0 0.94 -9.8 0
1995 31 NYM NL -6.2 -0.6 41 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 1.00 -0.7 -0.0 -7.2 -0.7 0.99 -6.7 0
1995 31 COL NL -3.4 -0.3 16 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .85 -0.2 0.0 -2.7 -0.2 0.82 -3.0 0
1997 33 BOS AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.27 -0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.22 -0.3 0
1998 34 BOS AL -1.5 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .80 -0.1 0.0 -2.0 -0.2 1.34 -1.5 0
1999 35 BOS AL -0.9 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .99 -0.1 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.85 -0.8 0
2001 37 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
16 Yrs -31.6 -3.1 231 -3.1 1.1 -4.2 .88 -3.2 -0.2 -34.5 -3.4 0.93 -34.2 0
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1992 28 NYM NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 29 NYM NL 1 0 20% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1994 30 NYM NL 0 0 50% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 71% 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
1995 31 TOT NL 1 0 43% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1995 31 NYM NL 1 0 40% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 31 COL NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1997 33 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 34 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 35 BOS AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Yrs 2 0 36% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 69% 10 5 5 0 0 0 6 0 6

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1992 28 NYM NL 32 31% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 0 0% 7 2 29% 13 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1993 29 NYM NL 58 29% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 11 1 9% 11 3 27% 44 2 5% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1994 30 NYM NL 70 30% 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 12 0 0% 15 6 40% 41 1 2% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1995 31 TOT NL 56 25% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 8 0 0% 10 5 50% 34 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1995 31 NYM NL 41 34% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 7 0 0% 9 4 44% 28 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1995 31 COL NL 15 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1997 33 BOS AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 34 BOS AL 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 35 BOS AL 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
16 Yrs 227 30% 23 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 26 24 92% 37 1 3% 44 16 36% 141 3 2% 7 0 0% 5 2 40% 0
MLB Averages 57% 74% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1992 28 NYM NL 32 104 3.25 75 72% 32% 17% 21% 29% 68% 0% 49% 75% 44% 3% 1 0 9% 3 0 3% 1 1 22% 0 0 0
1993 29 NYM NL 55 158 2.87 98 62% 20% 19% 19% 41% 80% 0% 49% 76% 53% 4% 2 0 13% 7 4 4% 2 0 30% 3 0 0
1994 30 NYM NL 70 241 3.44 157 65% 23% 11% 32% 33% 77% 0% 50% 85% 47% 6% 4 0 13% 9 5 9% 6 2 50% 0 0 0
1995 31 TOT NL 54 185 3.43 128 69% 18% 19% 32% 31% 82% 0% 57% 77% 48% 4% 2 0 13% 7 3 6% 3 2 17% 2 0 0
1995 31 NYM NL 39 129 3.31 90 70% 19% 17% 31% 33% 81% 0% 57% 79% 38% 5% 2 0 15% 6 3 5% 2 2 25% 2 0 0
1995 31 COL NL 15 56 3.73 38 68% 16% 24% 34% 26% 84% 0% 57% 72% 73% 0% 0 0 7% 1 0 7% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1997 33 BOS AL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 34 BOS AL 5 19 3.80 12 63% 25% 8% 42% 25% 75% 0% 47% 89% 40% 0% 0 0 20% 1 1 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
1999 35 BOS AL 5 24 4.80 15 63% 53% 7% 27% 13% 47% 0% 29% 86% 0% 0% 0 0 40% 2 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 222 732 3.30 486 66% 23% 16% 28% 33% 77% 0% 51% 80% 47% 4% 9 0 13% 29 13 5% 12 5 35% 5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.68 62% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1992 28 273 32 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .107 .138 .107 .245 -29 3 0 0 3 0 0
1993 29 292 90 73 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 19 .110 .177 .123 .301 -15 9 1 0 11 0 0
1994 30 316 160 131 10 18 3 0 0 1 0 0 10 33 .137 .199 .160 .359 -2 21 1 0 19 0 0
1995 31 341 216 180 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 45 .128 .182 .150 .332 -10 27 1 0 24 0 0
1996 32 341 216 180 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 45 .128 .182 .150 .332 -10 27 1 0 24 0 0
1997 33 347 217 181 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 45 .127 .181 .149 .331 -10 27 1 0 24 0 0
1998 34 378 222 186 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 47 .124 .177 .145 .322 -13 27 1 0 24 0 0
1999 35 400 227 190 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 13 49 .121 .177 .142 .319 -13 27 1 0 24 0 0
2000 36 400 227 190 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 13 49 .121 .177 .142 .319 -13 27 1 0 24 0 0
2001 37 403 227 190 13 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 13 49 .121 .177 .142 .319 -13 27 1 0 24 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1992 28 17 32 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .034 .000 .034 0 17
1993 29 19 58 45 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 10 .111 .200 .133 .333 1 19
1994 30 34 100 83 11 15 3 0 0 2 0 6 20 .181 .236 .217 .453 4 24
1995 31 28 64 56 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 .107 .138 .125 .263 1 25
1997 33 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1998 34 31 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
1999 35 22 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 22
7 Yrs 157 265 222 17 26 5 0 0 2 0 15 57 .117 .173 .140 .313 6 144
162 Game Avg. 162 273 229 18 27 5 0 0 2 0 15 59 .117 .173 .140 .313 6 144

* 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

Hall of Fame
2007 BBWAA ( 1.3%)

All-Star Games
1987 (P)
1990 *
1994

Awards (yr lg award)
1985 AL Babe Ruth Award
1985 AL Cy Young
1985 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1985 ML WS MVP
1989 AL Cy Young
1989 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1985 AL (10, 11%)
1989 AL (8, 21%)
1994 NL (22, 0%)
0.32 Career Shares (587th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1985 AL (1, 91%)
1989 AL (1, 99%)
1994 NL (3, 30%)
2 Cy Youngs
2.20 Career Shares (12th)

Gold Gloves
1989 AL (P)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1985 AL  6.9 (4th)
1987 AL  7.7 (5th)
1989 AL  9.2 (1st)
1994 NL  5.6 (4th)
Career  56.0 (180th)

Salary s c a p y
1994 NL  $4,647,249 (7th)
1995 NL  $5,562,990 (9th)
1996 NL  $5,612,991 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1984 AL  born 1964-04-11 (3rd)
1985 AL  born 1964-04-11 (9th)

                                         

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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