Bret Saberhagen
Bret William Saberhagen
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 11, 1964 in Chicago Heights, IL
High School: Grover Cleveland (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
Final Game: August 7, 2001
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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
1984 20 KCR AL 10 11 .476 3.48 38 18 9 2 1 1 157.2 138 71 61 13 36 4 73 2 1 7 634 116 1.104 7.9 0.7 2.1 4.2 2.03
1985 21 KCR AL 20 6 .769 2.87 32 32 0 10 1 0 235.1 211 79 75 19 38 1 158 1 3 1 931 145 1.058 8.1 0.7 1.5 6.0 4.16 CYA-1,MVP-10
1986 22 KCR AL 7 12 .368 4.15 30 25 4 4 2 0 156.0 165 77 72 15 29 1 112 2 1 1 652 102 1.244 9.5 0.9 1.7 6.5 3.86
1987 23 KCR AL 18 10 .643 3.36 33 33 0 15 4 0 257.0 246 99 96 27 53 2 163 6 1 6 1048 136 1.163 8.6 0.9 1.9 5.7 3.08 AS
1988 24 KCR AL 14 16 .467 3.80 35 35 0 9 0 0 260.2 271 122 110 18 59 5 171 4 0 9 1089 106 1.266 9.4 0.6 2.0 5.9 2.90
1989 25 KCR AL 23 6 .793 2.16 36 35 0 12 4 0 262.1 209 74 63 13 43 6 193 2 1 8 1021 180 0.961 7.2 0.4 1.5 6.6 4.49 CYA-1,MVP-8,GG
1990 26 KCR AL 5 9 .357 3.27 20 20 0 5 0 0 135.0 146 52 49 9 28 1 87 1 0 1 561 118 1.289 9.7 0.6 1.9 5.8 3.11 AS
1991 27 KCR AL 13 8 .619 3.07 28 28 0 7 2 0 196.1 165 76 67 12 45 5 136 9 1 8 789 135 1.070 7.6 0.6 2.1 6.2 3.02
1992 28 NYM NL 3 5 .375 3.50 17 15 0 1 1 0 97.2 84 39 38 6 27 1 81 4 2 1 397 99 1.137 7.7 0.6 2.5 7.5 3.00
1993 29 NYM NL 7 7 .500 3.29 19 19 0 4 1 0 139.1 131 55 51 11 17 4 93 3 2 2 556 123 1.062 8.5 0.7 1.1 6.0 5.47
1994 30 NYM NL 14 4 .778 2.74 24 24 0 4 0 0 177.1 169 58 54 13 13 0 143 4 0 0 696 152 1.026 8.6 0.7 0.7 7.3 11.00 AS,CYA-3,MVP-22
1995 31 TOT NL 7 6 .538 4.18 25 25 0 3 0 0 153.0 165 78 71 21 33 3 100 10 0 3 658 106 1.294 9.7 1.2 1.9 5.9 3.03
1995 31 NYM NL 5 5 .500 3.35 16 16 0 3 0 0 110.0 105 45 41 13 20 2 71 5 0 2 452 121 1.136 8.6 1.1 1.6 5.8 3.55
1995 31 COL NL 2 1 .667 6.28 9 9 0 0 0 0 43.0 60 33 30 8 13 1 29 5 0 1 206 86 1.698 12.6 1.7 2.7 6.1 2.23
1997 33 BOS AL 0 1 .000 6.58 6 6 0 0 0 0 26.0 30 20 19 5 10 0 14 2 0 1 120 71 1.538 10.4 1.7 3.5 4.8 1.40
1998 34 BOS AL 15 8 .652 3.96 31 31 0 0 0 0 175.0 181 82 77 22 29 1 100 6 0 4 725 119 1.200 9.3 1.1 1.5 5.1 3.45
1999 35 BOS AL 10 6 .625 2.95 22 22 0 0 0 0 119.0 122 43 39 11 11 0 81 2 0 1 480 170 1.118 9.2 0.8 0.8 6.1 7.36
2001 37 BOS AL 1 2 .333 6.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.0 19 11 10 3 0 0 10 1 0 0 64 75 1.267 11.4 1.8 0.0 6.0
16 Seasons 167 117 .588 3.34 399 371 13 76 16 1 2562.2 2452 1036 952 218 471 34 1715 59 12 53 10421 126 1.141 8.6 0.8 1.7 6.0 3.64
162 Game Avg. 15 10 .588 3.34 35 33 1 7 1 0 226 217 91 84 19 42 3 151 5 1 5 920 126 1.141 8.6 0.8 1.7 6.0 3.64
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
KCR (8 yrs) 110 78 .585 3.21 252 226 13 64 14 1 1660.1 1551 650 593 126 331 25 1093 27 8 41 6725 128 1.134 8.4 0.7 1.8 5.9 3.30
NYM (4 yrs) 29 21 .580 3.16 76 74 0 12 2 0 524.1 489 197 184 43 77 7 388 16 4 5 2101 126 1.079 8.4 0.7 1.3 6.7 5.04
BOS (4 yrs) 26 17 .605 3.90 62 62 0 0 0 0 335.0 352 156 145 41 50 1 205 11 0 6 1389 123 1.200 9.5 1.1 1.3 5.5 4.10
COL (1 yr) 2 1 .667 6.28 9 9 0 0 0 0 43.0 60 33 30 8 13 1 29 5 0 1 206 86 1.698 12.6 1.7 2.7 6.1 2.23
AL (12 yrs) 136 95 .589 3.33 314 288 13 64 14 1 1995.1 1903 806 738 167 381 26 1298 38 8 47 8114 127 1.145 8.6 0.8 1.7 5.9 3.41
NL (4 yrs) 31 22 .585 3.39 85 83 0 12 2 0 567.1 549 230 214 51 90 8 417 21 4 6 2307 121 1.126 8.7 0.8 1.4 6.6 4.63

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
1984 20 KCR AL ALCS L DET 0 0 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 3 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 32 0.875 6.8 1.1 1.1 5.6 5.00
1985 21 KCR AL ALCS W TOR 0 0 6.14 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.1 12 5 5 2 2 0 6 1 0 0 35 1.909 14.7 2.5 2.5 7.4 3.00
1985 21 KCR AL WS W STL 2 0 1.000 0.50 2 2 0 2 1 0 18.0 11 1 1 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 65 0.667 5.5 0.0 0.5 5.0 10.00
1995 31 COL NL NLDS L ATL 0 1 .000 11.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 6 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 20 2.000 15.8 2.3 2.3 6.8 3.00
1998 34 BOS AL ALDS L CLE 0 1 .000 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 3 3 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 26 0.714 5.1 3.9 1.3 9.0 7.00
1999 35 BOS AL ALDS W CLE 0 1 .000 27.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.2 9 11 11 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 23 3.545 22.1 7.4 9.8 4.9 0.50
1999 35 BOS AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 3 1 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 25 1.000 7.5 1.5 1.5 7.5 5.00
5 Seasons (7 Series) 2 4 .333 4.67 10 10 0 2 1 0 54.0 54 32 28 11 11 1 38 1 0 0 226 1.204 9.0 1.8 1.8 6.3 3.45
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 11.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 6 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 20 2.000 15.8 2.3 2.3 6.8 3.00
2 ALDS 0 2 .000 11.81 3 3 0 0 0 0 10.2 13 14 14 6 5 0 9 0 0 0 49 1.688 11.0 5.1 4.2 7.6 1.80
3 ALCS 0 1 .000 3.38 4 4 0 0 0 0 21.1 23 11 8 4 4 1 16 1 0 0 92 1.266 9.7 1.7 1.7 6.8 4.00
1 WS 2 0 1.000 0.50 2 2 0 2 1 0 18.0 11 1 1 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 65 0.667 5.5 0.0 0.5 5.0 10.00

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1987 KCR AL 23 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 KCR AL 26 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1994 NYM NL 30
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0.200 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.8

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
1984 20 KCR AL 38 634 583 71 138 23 6 13 13 8 36 73 .237 .281 .364 .645 .249 212 11 2 8 5 4
1985 21 KCR AL 32 931 876 79 211 33 6 19 12 8 38 158 .241 .271 .357 .628 .272 313 13 1 9 7 1
1986 22 KCR AL 30 652 615 77 165 21 8 15 10 5 29 112 .268 .302 .402 .704 .305 247 9 2 3 3 1
1987 23 KCR AL 33 1047 975 99 246 49 7 27 10 10 53 163 .252 .294 .400 .694 .277 390 19 6 8 5 2
1988 24 KCR AL 35 1089 1008 122 271 46 16 18 11 3 59 171 .269 .309 .400 .709 .305 403 20 4 8 10 5
1989 25 KCR AL 36 1021 961 74 209 45 6 13 5 9 43 193 .217 .251 .317 .568 .258 305 13 2 9 6 6
1990 26 KCR AL 20 561 524 52 146 20 5 9 2 5 28 87 .279 .314 .387 .702 .317 203 10 1 4 4 1
1991 27 KCR AL 28 789 724 76 165 28 4 12 9 9 45 136 .228 .280 .327 .608 .264 237 14 9 8 3 5
1992 28 NYM NL 17 397 360 39 84 14 4 6 6 5 27 81 .233 .292 .344 .636 .283 124 4 4 3 3 1
1993 29 NYM NL 19 556 524 55 131 20 4 11 9 7 17 93 .250 .275 .366 .641 .282 192 7 3 6 6 4
1994 30 NYM NL 24 696 665 58 169 37 7 13 8 4 13 143 .254 .271 .389 .660 .304 259 17 4 9 5 0
1995 31 TOT NL 25 658 605 78 165 31 4 21 4 1 33 100 .273 .320 .441 .761 .296 267 13 10 7 3 3
1995 31 COL NL 9 206 186 33 60 14 0 8 1 1 13 29 .323 .382 .527 .909 .349 98 4 5 2 0 1
1995 31 NYM NL 16 452 419 45 105 17 4 13 3 0 20 71 .251 .291 .403 .694 .272 169 9 5 5 3 2
1997 33 BOS AL 6 120 104 20 30 12 0 5 4 0 10 14 .288 .353 .548 .901 .284 57 1 2 1 3 0
1998 34 BOS AL 31 725 685 82 181 34 4 22 4 7 29 100 .264 .299 .422 .721 .281 289 10 6 2 3 1
1999 35 BOS AL 22 480 461 43 122 28 4 11 5 5 11 81 .265 .284 .414 .698 .299 191 6 2 4 2 0
2001 37 BOS AL 3 64 63 11 19 4 0 3 3 1 0 10 .302 .313 .508 .820 .320 32 0 1 0 0 0
16 Seasons 399 10420 9733 1036 2452 445 85 218 115 87 471 1715 .252 .289 .382 .671 .284 3721 167 59 89 68 34
162 Game Avg. 35 920 860 91 217 39 8 19 10 8 42 151 .252 .289 .382 .671 .284 329 15 5 8 6 3
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Starting Pitching*

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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
1984 20 KCR AL 38 18 6 10 2 1 4 6 12 .333 0 1 2 1 9 50% 50 86 24 8 2 4 8 3.5 3.4 5.7
1985 21 KCR AL 32 32 20 6 6 2 3 24 8 .750 2 4 10 1 23 72% 60 87 22 14 5 0 11 4.5 4.3 7.4
1986 22 KCR AL 30 25 6 12 7 1 2 9 16 .360 3 3 4 2 10 40% 51 88 7 15 5 0 11 3.3 3.5 5.9
1987 23 KCR AL 33 33 18 10 5 4 4 21 12 .636 2 3 15 4 19 58% 57 92 18 15 5 1 11 5.4 5.5 7.8
1988 24 KCR AL 35 35 14 16 5 1 6 15 20 .429 3 2 9 0 21 60% 54 81 13 14 7 3 9 3.9 4.1 7.4 110 1 6 19 9 138
1989 25 KCR AL 36 35 23 5 7 2 4 29 6 .829 3 6 12 4 30 86% 64 87 22 8 2 8 7 4.8 4.5 7.4 109 2 7 15 11 138
1990 26 KCR AL 20 20 5 9 6 0 5 8 12 .400 4 1 5 0 14 70% 54 82 24 9 1 0 8 4.6 3.5 6.8 103 2 6 9 3 140
1991 27 KCR AL 28 28 13 8 7 1 3 18 10 .643 2 2 7 2 19 68% 58 90 19 13 6 0 13 4.6 4.2 7.0 104 3 5 17 3 128
1992 28 NYM NL 17 15 3 4 8 1 1 8 7 .533 1 2 1 1 7 47% 58 89 8 8 0 0 6 3.0 2.3 6.2 92 5 5 3 2 130
1993 29 NYM NL 19 19 7 7 5 2 5 8 11 .421 4 1 4 1 12 63% 58 88 34 8 5 0 9 4.5 4.2 7.3 104 1 6 9 2 126
1994 30 NYM NL 24 24 14 4 6 2 2 17 7 .708 1 3 4 0 18 75% 61 93 19 5 0 1 6 5.1 4.7 7.4 103 3 4 14 3 135
1995 31 TOT NL 25 25 7 6 12 2 3 13 12 .520 1 6 3 0 13 52% 51 82 11 11 8 0 12 5.4 4.6 6.1 93 7 6 7 4 141
1995 31 NYM NL 16 16 5 5 6 0 3 8 8 .500 0 3 3 0 11 69% 56 82 20 1 1 0 8 4.9 4.9 6.9 97 4 4 4 3 141
1995 31 COL NL 9 9 2 1 6 2 0 5 4 .556 1 3 0 0 2 22% 42 69 11 10 7 0 4 6.2 4.0 4.8 88 3 2 3 1 135
1997 33 BOS AL 6 6 0 1 5 0 0 1 5 .167 2 3 0 0 0 0% 41 59 29 0 0 0 4 5.8 6.8 4.3 77 4 2 0 0 83
1998 34 BOS AL 31 31 15 8 8 1 1 19 12 .613 1 3 0 0 18 58% 51 72 16 17 5 0 18 5.3 4.9 5.6 85 10 15 3 0 110
1999 35 BOS AL 22 22 10 6 6 2 2 16 6 .727 1 1 0 0 10 45% 54 72 15 7 1 0 15 5.5 5.3 5.4 77 11 9 2 0 106
2001 37 BOS AL 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 44 65 25 2 2 0 2 5.2 9.0 5.0 79 1 2 0 0 82
16 Seasons 399 371 162 114 95 22 45 213 158 .574 30 41 76 16 224 60% 56 93 7 154 54 17 150 4.6 4.4 6.7 98 50 73 98 37 141
MLB Averages
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

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
1984 20 KCR AL 38 20 9 4 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 10 3 30% 7 0.866 3 10 7 3 2 15 6 14 18 0 18 0 8.2
1986 22 KCR AL 30 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 0.915 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 3 4 0 4 0 5.8
1989 25 KCR AL 36 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0.995 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7.0 46
1992 28 NYM NL 17 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 5 1.119 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.0 42
4 Seasons 121 28 13 5 3 2 1 1 50% 3 1 13 4 31% 0.964 5 12 11 6 3 19 9 19 25 0 25 1 7.6 43

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%
1984 20 KCR AL 634 50% 2.1% 11.5% 5.7% 6.6% 30% 1.14 79% 96 11 11%
1985 21 KCR AL 931 58% 2.0% 17.0% 4.1% 6.2% 28% 1.07 76% 145 13 9%
1986 22 KCR AL 652 60% 2.3% 17.2% 4.5% 6.8% 27% 1.18 75% 114 9 8%
1987 23 KCR AL 1048 53% 2.6% 15.6% 5.1% 7.9% 34% 1.18 75% 149 19 13%
1988 24 KCR AL 1089 53% 1.7% 15.7% 5.4% 7.4% 30% 0.74 0.99 76% 22% 6.1% 38% 178 20 11%
1989 25 KCR AL 1021 55% 1.3% 18.9% 4.2% 6.3% 31% 0.73 0.88 75% 20% 3.6% 18% 137 13 9%
1990 26 KCR AL 561 44% 1.6% 15.5% 5.0% 6.1% 23% 0.82 1.06 77% 21% 4.3% 13% 111 10 9%
1991 27 KCR AL 789 50% 1.5% 17.2% 5.7% 5.6% 27% 0.81 1.01 73% 19% 4.5% 19% 144 14 10%
1992 28 NYM NL 397 60% 1.5% 20.4% 6.8% 6.1% 29% 0.72 1.05 70% 22% 4.4% 14% 66 4 6%
1993 29 NYM NL 556 48% 2.0% 16.7% 3.1% 6.3% 27% 0.83 1.01 77% 20% 5.7% 18% 87 7 8%
1994 30 NYM NL 696 55% 1.9% 20.6% 1.9% 8.2% 34% 0.92 1.18 74% 18% 5.5% 13% 102 17 17%
1995 31 TOT NL 658 46% 3.2% 15.2% 5.0% 8.5% 34% 0.77 0.98 74% 20% 9.3% 20% 119 13 11%
1995 31 NYM NL 452 46% 2.9% 15.7% 4.4% 7.5% 32% 0.83 1.03 75% 20% 8.2% 16% 77 9 12%
1995 31 COL NL 206 45% 3.9% 14.1% 6.3% 10.7% 37% 0.65 0.87 72% 21% 11.9% 28% 42 4 10%
1997 33 BOS AL 120 61% 4.2% 11.7% 8.3% 14.2% 57% 0.43 0.47 73% 22% 9.3% 17% 18 1 6%
1998 34 BOS AL 725 54% 3.0% 13.8% 4.0% 8.3% 33% 0.61 0.77 78% 21% 7.3% 17% 129 10 8%
1999 35 BOS AL 480 45% 2.3% 16.9% 2.3% 9.0% 35% 0.58 0.82 77% 23% 5.5% 16% 65 6 9%
2001 37 BOS AL 64 55% 4.7% 15.6% 0.0% 10.9% 37% 0.26 0.42 78% 32% 9.1% 15% 10 0 0%
16 Seasons 10421 53% 2.1% 16.5% 4.5% 7.2% 31% 0.74 1.00 76% 21% 5.7% 20% 1670 167 10%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1988 24 KCR AL 1089 3834 3.52 2493 65% 24% 14% 28% 34% 76% 1% 50% 82% 60% 3% 33 18 20% 219 110 10 35% 32 10 0 1 1
1989 25 KCR AL 1021 3856 3.78 2614 68% 20% 15% 34% 30% 80% 2% 54% 80% 63% 3% 27 14 26% 267 154 15 27% 30 7 0 0 15
1990 26 KCR AL 559 2057 3.68 1354 66% 21% 14% 32% 33% 79% 1% 52% 82% 62% 3% 16 9 20% 112 51 5 36% 13 6 2 0 1
1991 27 KCR AL 789 2902 3.68 1858 64% 22% 14% 32% 32% 78% 2% 50% 82% 59% 3% 22 6 21% 168 88 8 39% 22 10 0 0 0
1992 28 NYM NL 397 1458 3.67 971 67% 23% 16% 32% 29% 77% 1% 52% 79% 64% 4% 14 9 25% 101 57 3 28% 19 4 0 0 0
1993 29 NYM NL 526 1867 3.55 1276 68% 26% 13% 28% 33% 74% 3% 51% 81% 63% 2% 11 6 24% 125 74 8 40% 17 1 30 0 4
1994 30 NYM NL 693 2470 3.56 1722 70% 23% 14% 32% 31% 77% 0% 54% 82% 64% 1% 6 6 28% 191 113 12 37% 33 0 3 0 0
1995 31 TOT NL 629 2239 3.56 1481 66% 22% 14% 31% 33% 78% 1% 51% 82% 63% 2% 15 7 23% 144 73 6 43% 14 6 29 0 0
1995 31 NYM NL 423 1448 3.42 968 67% 23% 15% 27% 34% 77% 0% 51% 80% 63% 1% 6 3 22% 93 46 3 41% 11 2 29 0 0
1995 31 COL NL 206 791 3.84 513 65% 21% 11% 37% 31% 79% 1% 51% 86% 62% 4% 9 4 25% 51 27 3 48% 3 4 0 0 0
1997 33 BOS AL 120 462 3.85 295 64% 27% 8% 33% 32% 73% 0% 47% 89% 63% 3% 4 3 19% 23 8 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0
1998 34 BOS AL 725 2691 3.71 1759 65% 26% 11% 30% 34% 74% 0% 49% 85% 64% 3% 19 16 22% 163 89 9 45% 11 2 0 0 0
1999 35 BOS AL 480 1699 3.54 1160 68% 27% 11% 28% 33% 73% 0% 50% 85% 62% 1% 7 5 20% 95 46 7 42% 12 2 0 0 0
2001 37 BOS AL 64 238 3.72 171 72% 29% 11% 29% 31% 71% 0% 51% 84% 64% 0% 0 0 27% 17 8 0 30% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 7092 25773 3.63 17154 67% 23% 14% 31% 32% 77% 1% 51% 82% 62% 2% 174 99 23% 1625 871 84 36% 204 49 64 1 21
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
1984 20 KCR AL 633 138 13 0 7 3 10 3 10 35 23 8 66% 9 7 0 200 13 8 62% 12 8 1 0 0 0 3 0 13 1
1985 21 KCR AL 931 211 19 0 0 5 14 8 11 31 20 2 65% 8 1 0 307 12 8 60% 12 4 0 4 0 0 5 0 15 0
1986 22 KCR AL 652 165 15 0 5 7 8 4 11 26 19 1 73% 8 1 2 230 10 5 67% 9 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
1987 23 KCR AL 1047 246 27 0 5 13 14 14 13 35 18 5 51% 6 6 0 346 10 10 50% 10 9 0 1 0 0 3 1 14 1
1988 24 KCR AL 1089 271 30 5 18 1 17 12 6 7 11 68 40 5 59% 9 9 3 369 11 3 79% 11 3 0 0 0 0 8 0 24 0
1989 25 KCR AL 1021 209 23 3 13 0 8 5 8 3 10 44 15 8 34% 11 8 1 313 5 9 36% 5 7 0 1 0 1 5 0 17 0
1990 26 KCR AL 561 146 15 4 9 0 10 4 5 6 3 29 11 3 38% 4 1 0 203 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0
1991 27 KCR AL 789 165 58 2 12 0 9 3 9 3 9 41 23 8 56% 8 8 2 265 9 9 50% 5 9 2 0 2 0 6 0 19 0
1992 28 NYM NL 397 84 35 1 6 0 7 3 3 3 3 10 7 0 70% 3 1 1 135 6 5 55% 5 4 0 1 1 0 3 0 9 0
1993 29 NYM NL 556 131 14 2 11 0 3 4 7 4 7 23 14 2 61% 8 2 0 172 9 7 56% 9 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1994 30 NYM NL 694 169 22 1 13 0 3 7 6 3 10 28 14 6 50% 4 0 1 223 8 4 67% 8 3 0 0 0 1 6 0 6 2
1995 31 TOT NL 658 165 14 1 21 0 10 13 8 10 11 28 15 5 54% 11 3 0 234 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 0
1995 31 NYM NL 452 105 7 0 13 0 4 9 4 5 8 17 9 3 53% 8 2 0 156 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0
1995 31 COL NL 206 60 7 1 8 0 6 4 4 5 3 11 6 2 55% 3 1 0 78 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1997 33 BOS AL 120 30 2 0 5 0 0 1 4 0 5 5 4 0 80% 2 1 0 51 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1998 34 BOS AL 725 181 25 1 22 0 7 10 12 9 13 42 20 8 48% 7 4 1 245 4 7 36% 4 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 0
1999 35 BOS AL 480 122 3 0 11 0 2 8 3 4 7 19 14 0 74% 6 1 0 160 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
2001 37 BOS AL 64 19 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 25 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 10417 2452 242 21 218 1 93 99 119 84 134 465 257 62 55% 104 53 11 3478 115 87 57% 108 76 4 7 3 4 56 1 168 4
MLB Averages
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

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+
1984 20 10 11 .476 3.48 38 18 9 2 1 1 157.2 138 71 61 13 36 4 73 2 1 7 634 116 1.104 7.9 0.7 2.1 4.2 2.03 116
1985 21 30 17 .638 3.11 70 50 9 12 2 1 393.0 349 150 136 32 74 5 231 3 4 8 1565 132 1.076 8.0 0.7 1.7 5.3 3.12 132
1986 22 37 29 .561 3.41 100 75 13 16 4 1 549.0 514 227 208 47 103 6 343 5 5 9 2217 121 1.124 8.4 0.8 1.7 5.6 3.33 121
1987 23 55 39 .585 3.39 133 108 13 31 8 1 806.0 760 326 304 74 156 8 506 11 6 15 3265 126 1.136 8.5 0.8 1.7 5.7 3.24 126
1988 24 69 55 .556 3.49 168 143 13 40 8 1 1066.2 1031 448 414 92 215 13 677 15 6 24 4354 121 1.168 8.7 0.8 1.8 5.7 3.15 121
1989 25 92 61 .601 3.23 204 178 13 52 12 1 1329.0 1240 522 477 105 258 19 870 17 7 32 5375 128 1.127 8.4 0.7 1.7 5.9 3.37 128
1990 26 97 70 .581 3.23 224 198 13 57 12 1 1464.0 1386 574 526 114 286 20 957 18 7 33 5936 127 1.142 8.5 0.7 1.8 5.9 3.35 127
1991 27 110 78 .585 3.21 252 226 13 64 14 1 1660.1 1551 650 593 126 331 25 1093 27 8 41 6725 128 1.134 8.4 0.7 1.8 5.9 3.30 128
1992 28 113 83 .577 3.23 269 241 13 65 15 1 1758.0 1635 689 631 132 358 26 1174 31 10 42 7122 126 1.134 8.4 0.7 1.8 6.0 3.28 126
1993 29 120 90 .571 3.24 288 260 13 69 16 1 1897.1 1766 744 682 143 375 30 1267 34 12 44 7678 126 1.128 8.4 0.7 1.8 6.0 3.38 126
1994 30 134 94 .588 3.19 312 284 13 73 16 1 2074.2 1935 802 736 156 388 30 1410 38 12 44 8374 128 1.120 8.4 0.7 1.7 6.1 3.63 128
1995 31 141 100 .585 3.26 337 309 13 76 16 1 2227.2 2100 880 807 177 421 33 1510 48 12 47 9032 126 1.132 8.5 0.7 1.7 6.1 3.59 126
1996 32 141 100 .585 3.26 337 309 13 76 16 1 2227.2 2100 880 807 177 421 33 1510 48 12 47 9032 126 1.132 8.5 0.7 1.7 6.1 3.59 126
1997 33 141 101 .583 3.30 343 315 13 76 16 1 2253.2 2130 900 826 182 431 33 1524 50 12 48 9152 125 1.136 8.5 0.7 1.7 6.1 3.54 125
1998 34 156 109 .589 3.35 374 346 13 76 16 1 2428.2 2311 982 903 204 460 34 1624 56 12 52 9877 124 1.141 8.6 0.8 1.7 6.0 3.53 124
1999 35 166 115 .591 3.33 396 368 13 76 16 1 2547.2 2433 1025 942 215 471 34 1705 58 12 53 10357 126 1.140 8.6 0.8 1.7 6.0 3.62 126
2000 36 166 115 .591 3.33 396 368 13 76 16 1 2547.2 2433 1025 942 215 471 34 1705 58 12 53 10357 126 1.140 8.6 0.8 1.7 6.0 3.62 126
2001 37 167 117 .588 3.34 399 371 13 76 16 1 2562.2 2452 1036 952 218 471 34 1715 59 12 53 10421 126 1.141 8.6 0.8 1.7 6.0 3.64 126

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1984 20 8 8 .500 3.87 151.0 142 72 65 13 37 70 2 1.185 8.5 2.2 4.2 1.89 0.8 38
1985 21 15 10 .600 3.12 225.0 215 87 78 19 39 151 1 1.129 8.6 1.6 6.0 3.87 0.8 32
1986 22 7 9 .438 4.35 151.0 167 81 73 15 29 108 2 1.298 10.0 1.7 6.4 3.72 0.9 30
1987 23 16 11 .593 3.24 250.0 240 100 90 26 52 159 6 1.168 8.6 1.9 5.7 3.06 0.9 33
1988 24 13 14 .481 4.28 248.0 281 131 118 19 61 163 4 1.379 10.2 2.2 5.9 2.67 0.7 35
1989 25 19 8 .704 2.51 251.0 220 78 70 14 45 185 2 1.056 7.9 1.6 6.6 4.11 0.5 36
1990 26 7 6 .538 3.96 125.0 154 61 55 9 30 81 1 1.472 11.1 2.2 5.8 2.70 0.6 20
1991 27 12 8 .600 3.35 188.0 169 78 70 12 46 130 9 1.144 8.1 2.2 6.2 2.83 0.6 28
1992 28 5 5 .500 4.35 91.0 90 49 44 6 29 75 4 1.308 8.9 2.9 7.4 2.59 0.6 17
1993 29 9 6 .600 3.40 135.0 131 57 51 11 17 90 3 1.096 8.7 1.1 6.0 5.29 0.7 19
1994 30 18 8 .692 2.76 241.0 234 82 74 18 18 194 6 1.046 8.7 0.7 7.2 10.78 0.7 24
1995 31 10 9 .526 3.72 172.0 177 79 71 23 35 112 11 1.233 9.3 1.8 5.9 3.20 1.2 25
1997 33 1 1 .500 6.23 26.0 30 20 18 5 10 14 2 1.538 10.4 3.5 4.8 1.40 1.7 6
1998 34 10 9 .526 3.77 172.0 176 80 72 21 28 98 6 1.186 9.2 1.5 5.1 3.50 1.1 31
1999 35 9 4 .692 2.67 118.0 115 39 35 10 10 80 2 1.059 8.8 0.8 6.1 8.00 0.8 22
2001 37 1 1 .500 4.29 21.0 0 11 10 0 0 14 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 3
16 Seasons 160 117 .578 3.49 2565.0 2541 1105 994 221 486 1724 62 1.180 8.9 6.0 3.55 0.8 399

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

Gold Gloves
1989-AL-P

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1985-AL-10-11%
1989-AL-8-21%
1994-NL-22-0%
0.32 Career Shares (566th)

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 (11th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1985 AL--2.868--3rd
1987 AL--3.362--4th
1989 AL--2.161--1st
1991 AL--3.071--10th
1994 NL--2.741--2nd

Wins s c a p y
1985 AL--20--2nd
1987 AL--18--4th
1989 AL--23--1st
1994 NL--14--3rd
Career--167--186th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1985 AL--.769--2nd
1987 AL--.643--6th
1989 AL--.793--1st
1994 NL--.778--2nd
1998 AL--.652--9th
Career--.588--154th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1985 AL--1.058--1st
1987 AL--1.163--3rd
1989 AL--.961--1st
1991 AL--1.070--3rd
1994 NL--1.026--2nd
1998 AL--1.200--8th
Career--1.141--48th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL--8.069--8th
1989 AL--7.170--4th
1991 AL--7.564--8th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL--1.453--1st
1987 AL--1.856--2nd
1988 AL--2.037--6th
1989 AL--1.475--2nd
1991 AL--2.063--7th
1994 NL--.660--1st
1995 NL--1.941--4th
1998 AL--1.491--2nd
Career--1.654--35th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL--6.043--9th
1989 AL--6.621--9th
Career--6.023--222nd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1987 AL--257.0--9th
1988 AL--260.7--5th
1989 AL--262.3--1st
1994 NL--177.3--3rd
Career--2562.7--217th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1985 AL--158--9th
1988 AL--171--10th
1989 AL--193--3rd
1994 NL--143--4th
Career--1715--102nd

Games Started s c a p y
1988 AL--35--3rd
1989 AL--35--4th
1994 NL--24--7th
Career--371--155th

Complete Games s c a p y
1985 AL--10--8th
1987 AL--15--2nd
1988 AL--9--10th
1989 AL--12--1st
1991 AL--7--6th
1993 NL--4--9th
1994 NL--4--4th
1995 NL--3--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1986 AL--2--9th
1987 AL--4--2nd
1989 AL--4--2nd
1991 AL--2--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1995 NL--21--9th
Career--218--155th

Hits s c a p y
1987 AL--246--6th
1988 AL--271--1st
1994 NL--169--7th
Career--2452--243rd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1985 AL--4.158--1st
1987 AL--3.076--2nd
1988 AL--2.898--5th
1989 AL--4.488--1st
1991 AL--3.022--5th
1994 NL--11.000--1st
1995 NL--3.030--6th
1998 AL--3.448--6th
Career--3.641--12th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL--.727--9th
1988 AL--.622--8th
1989 AL--.446--3rd
1991 AL--.550--7th
1994 NL--.660--8th

Losses s c a p y
1988 AL--16--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1988 AL--110--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1991 AL--9--8th
1995 NL--10--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1987 AL--1048--10th
1988 AL--1089--3rd
1989 AL--1021--5th
1994 NL--696--7th
Career--10421--209th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1985 AL--145--3rd
1987 AL--136--4th
1989 AL--180--1st
1991 AL--135--9th
1994 NL--152--3rd
Career--126--56th

Salary s c a p y
1994 NL--$4,647,249--8th
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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (169), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 67 (197), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 68 (167), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 32 (127), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Ed Lopat (910)
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  5. Ed Morris (907)
  6. Scott Sanderson (905)
  7. Doug Drabek (902)
  8. Bill Gullickson (901)
  9. Dave McNally (901)
  10. Rick Rhoden (898)
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  3. Paul Dean (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Moose (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Van Mungo (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dennis Eckersley (965) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dennis Eckersley (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Greg Maddux (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Fergie Jenkins (959) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ray Culp (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Art Nehf (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bob Welch (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Kevin Brown (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Kevin Brown (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. John Candelaria (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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