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Joe Sambito

Joseph Charles Sambito

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 28, 1952 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Bethpage HS (Bethpage, NY)
School: Adelphi University (Garden City, NY)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 17th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1976
Teams (by GP): Astros/RedSox/Mets 1976-1987
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1987
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All-Star

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
1976 24 HOU NL 3 2 .600 3.54 20 4 8 1 1 1 53.1 45 21 21 4 14 1 26 0 0 2 207 91 1.106 7.6 0.7 2.4 4.4 1.86
1977 25 HOU NL 5 5 .500 2.33 54 1 32 0 0 7 89.0 77 34 23 6 24 2 67 0 1 2 357 154 1.135 7.8 0.6 2.4 6.8 2.79
1978 26 HOU NL 4 9 .308 3.07 62 0 45 0 0 11 88.0 85 32 30 5 32 7 96 0 0 1 371 108 1.330 8.7 0.5 3.3 9.8 3.00
1979 27 HOU NL 8 7 .533 1.77 63 0 51 0 0 22 91.1 80 20 18 8 23 4 83 4 0 0 375 199 1.128 7.9 0.8 2.3 8.2 3.61 AS,MVP-21
1980 28 HOU NL 8 4 .667 2.19 64 0 40 0 0 17 90.1 65 26 22 3 22 3 75 2 0 3 354 151 0.963 6.5 0.3 2.2 7.5 3.41 CYA-5
1981 29 HOU NL 5 5 .500 1.84 49 0 32 0 0 10 63.2 43 17 13 4 22 5 41 2 0 0 255 180 1.021 6.1 0.6 3.1 5.8 1.86
1982 30 HOU NL 0 0 0.71 9 0 7 0 0 4 12.2 7 2 1 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 47 484 0.711 5.0 0.0 1.4 5.0 3.50
1984 32 HOU NL 0 0 3.02 32 0 14 0 0 0 47.2 39 16 16 5 16 2 26 0 0 3 191 110 1.154 7.4 0.9 3.0 4.9 1.63
1985 33 NYM NL 0 0 12.66 8 0 2 0 0 0 10.2 21 18 15 1 8 0 3 0 0 0 60 29 2.719 17.7 0.8 6.8 2.5 0.38
1986 34 BOS AL 2 0 1.000 4.84 53 0 27 0 0 12 44.2 54 26 24 4 16 3 30 2 0 4 200 87 1.567 10.9 0.8 3.2 6.0 1.88
1987 35 BOS AL 2 6 .250 6.93 47 0 16 0 0 0 37.2 46 29 29 8 16 3 35 0 0 3 171 66 1.646 11.0 1.9 3.8 8.4 2.19
11 Yrs 37 38 .493 3.03 461 5 274 1 1 84 629.0 562 241 212 48 195 32 489 10 1 18 2588 116 1.203 8.0 0.7 2.8 7.0 2.51
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .493 3.03 67 1 40 0 0 12 92 82 35 31 7 28 5 71 1 0 3 378 116 1.203 8.0 0.7 2.8 7.0 2.51
HOU (8 yrs) 33 32 .508 2.42 353 5 229 1 1 72 536.0 441 168 144 35 155 26 421 8 1 11 2157 140 1.112 7.4 0.6 2.6 7.1 2.72
BOS (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 5.79 100 0 43 0 0 12 82.1 100 55 53 12 32 6 65 2 0 7 371 76 1.603 10.9 1.3 3.5 7.1 2.03
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 12.66 8 0 2 0 0 0 10.2 21 18 15 1 8 0 3 0 0 0 60 29 2.719 17.7 0.8 6.8 2.5 0.38
NL (9 yrs) 33 32 .508 2.62 361 5 231 1 1 72 546.2 462 186 159 36 163 26 424 8 1 11 2217 130 1.143 7.6 0.6 2.7 7.0 2.60
AL (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 5.79 100 0 43 0 0 12 82.1 100 55 53 12 32 6 65 2 0 7 371 76 1.603 10.9 1.3 3.5 7.1 2.03

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
1976 24 HOU NL 53.1 20 4 21 3.54 4.11 -0.03 -0.11 91.7 3.71 1 0.1 1.3 -0.0 0.4 6 .503 .500 $
1977 25 HOU NL 89.0 54 1 34 3.44 4.40 0.11 -0.32 93.2 3.70 2 0.2 1.3 -0.2 0.7 11 .504 .501 $
1978 26 HOU NL 88.0 62 0 32 3.27 4.10 -0.24 -0.33 94.0 3.77 4 0.4 1.5 -0.0 1.1 13 .507 .503 $30,000
1979 27 HOU NL 91.1 63 0 20 1.97 4.24 0.19 -0.34 94.7 3.51 15 1.7 2.1 0.8 3.2 24 .526 .510 $ AS,MVP-21
1980 28 HOU NL 90.1 64 0 26 2.59 4.07 -0.03 -0.32 90.4 3.42 8 0.9 1.8 0.2 1.9 17 .514 .506 $213,000 CYA-5
1981 29 HOU NL 63.2 49 0 17 2.40 3.85 0.14 -0.29 94.8 3.23 5 0.6 1.7 0.1 1.2 10 .512 .504 $
1982 30 HOU NL 12.2 9 0 2 1.42 4.19 -0.08 -0.32 89.3 3.52 3 0.3 1.9 0.1 0.6 4 .536 .502 $
1984 32 HOU NL 47.2 32 0 16 3.02 4.07 -0.12 -0.32 90.8 3.52 2 0.2 .5 -0.1 0.5 7 .507 .501 $
1985 33 NYM NL 10.2 8 0 18 15.19 4.35 0.01 -0.34 100.3 4.01 -13 -1.3 .6 0.2 -1.0 -12 .341 .492 $
1986 34 BOS AL 44.2 53 0 26 5.24 4.90 -0.01 -0.38 99.5 4.51 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.2 -0.2 1 .493 .498 $500,000
1987 35 BOS AL 37.2 47 0 29 6.93 5.15 -0.07 -0.40 101.7 4.91 -8 -0.8 1.5 -0.3 -0.8 -4 .483 .495 $360,000
11 Seasons 629.0 461 5 241 3.45 4.26 0.00 -0.31 94.0 3.71 14 2.0 1.5 0.6 7.6 77 .504 .501 $1,103,000
HOU (8 yrs) 536.0 353 5 168 2.82 4.14 0.01 -0.30 92.8 3.56 39 4.4 1.6 0.8 9.6 92 .513 .503 $243,000
BOS (2 yrs) 82.1 100 0 55 6.01 5.01 -0.04 -0.39 100.5 4.69 -12 -1.2 1.5 -0.5 -1.0 -3 .488 .496 $860,000
NYM (1 yr) 10.2 8 0 18 15.19 4.35 0.01 -0.34 100.3 4.01 -13 -1.3 .6 0.2 -1.0 -12 .341 .492 $

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
1980 28 HOU NL NLCS L PHI 0 1 .000 4.91 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 16 1.636 9.8 0.0 4.9 14.7 3.00
1981 29 HOU NL NLDS L LAD 1 0 1.000 16.20 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 5 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 12 4.200 27.0 0.0 10.8 10.8 1.00
1986 34 BOS AL ALCS W CAL 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
1986 34 BOS AL WS L NYM 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 5 12.000 54.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
3 Yrs (4 Series) 1 1 .500 8.53 10 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 12 6 6 0 7 4 8 0 0 1 37 3.000 17.1 0.0 9.9 11.4 1.14
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 16.20 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 5 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 12 4.200 27.0 0.0 10.8 10.8 1.00
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 4.91 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 16 1.636 9.8 0.0 4.9 14.7 3.00
1 WS 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 5 12.000 54.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1979 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00

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
1976 24 HOU NL 20 207 190 21 45 6 3 4 3 3 14 26 .237 .286 .363 .650 .253 69 7 0 1 2 1 1
1977 25 HOU NL 54 357 328 34 77 8 1 6 3 4 24 67 .235 .286 .320 .606 .277 105 8 0 4 1 2 4
1978 26 HOU NL 62 371 327 32 85 18 1 5 6 7 32 96 .260 .322 .367 .689 .348 120 6 0 8 4 7 6
1979 27 HOU NL 63 375 340 20 80 6 3 8 7 3 23 83 .235 .290 .341 .631 .287 116 5 4 6 2 4 4
1980 28 HOU NL 64 354 324 26 65 14 1 3 3 2 22 75 .201 .255 .278 .533 .251 90 11 2 4 1 3 6
1981 29 HOU NL 49 255 224 17 43 12 0 4 1 2 22 41 .192 .269 .299 .568 .217 67 6 2 6 1 5 6
1982 30 HOU NL 9 47 44 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .159 .196 .159 .355 .189 7 2 0 1 0 2 2
1984 32 HOU NL 32 191 171 16 39 7 0 5 8 1 16 26 .228 .289 .357 .646 .238 61 7 0 1 3 2 3
1985 33 NYM NL 8 60 50 18 21 5 0 1 0 1 8 3 .420 .492 .580 1.072 .426 29 1 0 1 1 0 2
1986 34 BOS AL 53 200 181 26 54 10 1 4 1 2 16 30 .298 .362 .431 .793 .340 78 6 2 1 0 3 4
1987 35 BOS AL 47 171 153 29 46 8 2 8 0 2 16 35 .301 .367 .536 .903 .345 82 1 0 2 0 3 0
11 Yrs 461 2588 2332 241 562 94 12 48 32 27 195 489 .241 .301 .353 .654 .284 824 60 10 35 15 32 38
162 Game Avg. 67 378 340 35 82 14 2 7 5 4 28 71 .241 .301 .353 .654 .284 120 9 1 5 2 5 6
MLB Averages .260 .325 .389 .714 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1976 24 HOU NL -0.7 -0.1 218 -0.2 2.4 -2.7 .69 0.4 -0.8 3.3 0.4 0.69 6.2 6 1 9
1977 25 HOU NL 9.6 1.0 370 1.2 7.3 -6.1 1.13 1.3 -0.2 12.9 1.4 1.13 12.4 20 13 19
1978 26 HOU NL 3.4 0.4 386 -2.5 7.3 -9.8 1.28 -0.0 -1.9 1.9 0.2 1.28 2.5 25 11 24
1979 27 HOU NL 19.2 2.0 387 3.1 13.0 -9.9 1.86 0.9 0.8 20.4 2.2 1.86 12.4 38 8 17
1980 28 HOU NL 11.5 1.2 363 1.7 10.4 -8.7 1.52 1.6 -0.5 10.4 1.2 1.52 16.8 35 11 17
1981 29 HOU NL 9.9 1.1 260 1.0 7.1 -6.0 1.57 1.2 -0.6 17.6 2.0 1.57 12.1 25 6 17
1982 30 HOU NL 3.8 0.4 48 0.6 1.4 -0.9 1.90 0.3 -0.0 4.3 0.5 1.90 4.6 6 0 2
1984 32 HOU NL 2.8 0.3 202 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 .24 0.1 -0.7 -0.0 -0.0 0.24 -0.7 2 2 28
1985 33 NYM NL -11.5 -1.1 61 0.0 0.3 -0.2 .24 -0.2 0.4 -13.0 -1.3 0.24 -7.6 2 0 6
1986 34 BOS AL -2.7 -0.3 209 1.2 4.4 -3.2 1.15 -0.3 1.3 -0.8 -0.1 1.15 -3.2 21 8 20
1987 35 BOS AL -8.2 -0.8 176 -1.2 2.9 -4.1 1.06 -0.6 -0.5 -2.4 -0.2 1.06 -6.1 23 1 18
11 Yrs 37.0 4.1 2680 4.8 57.3 -52.5 1.24 4.9 -1.0 54.5 6.3 1.24 49.4 203 61 177

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
1976 24 HOU NL 20 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 .500 0 1 1 1 2 50% 56.5 80 37 4 3 0 2 4.1 3.0 6.5
1977 25 HOU NL 54 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 21.0 21 21 11 6 1 0 0.0 0.0 3.3
2 Yrs 74 5 2 3 0 1 1 2 3 .400 0 1 1 1 2 40% 49 80 21 15 9 1 2 3.3 2.7 5.9
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 104 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3

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
1976 24 HOU NL 20 16 8 1 0 1 1 0 100% 4 1 16 3 19% 8 .686 6 1 9 4 0 12 7 9 10 3 11 3 5.1
1977 25 HOU NL 54 53 32 5 4 11 7 4 64% 13 2 35 8 23% 7 1.126 20 13 19 15 10 28 21 32 29 12 29 14 4.8
1978 26 HOU NL 62 62 45 4 9 15 11 4 73% 18 3 42 14 33% 8 1.283 25 11 24 22 11 29 20 42 28 10 29 18 4.3
1979 27 HOU NL 63 63 51 8 7 28 22 6 79% 31 3 55 16 29% 8 1.855 38 8 17 32 14 17 31 32 31 15 32 22 4.3
1980 28 HOU NL 64 64 40 8 4 22 17 5 77% 29 5 42 12 29% 8 1.523 35 11 17 29 15 20 26 38 31 12 32 17 4.2
1981 29 HOU NL 49 49 32 5 5 13 10 3 77% 16 3 32 3 9% 8 1.570 25 6 17 18 13 18 18 31 22 10 23 15 3.9
1982 30 HOU NL 9 9 7 0 0 5 4 1 80% 5 0 6 0 0% 8 1.896 6 0 2 5 1 3 4 5 5 1 6 1 4.2
1984 32 HOU NL 32 32 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 8 50% 7 .240 2 2 28 0 2 30 9 23 18 5 18 5 4.5
1985 33 NYM NL 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 7 .244 2 0 6 0 1 7 3 5 2 2 3 2 4.0
1986 34 BOS AL 53 53 27 2 0 12 12 0 100% 23 9 64 12 19% 8 1.146 21 8 20 26 3 24 35 18 12 28 16 16 2.5
1987 35 BOS AL 47 47 16 2 6 4 0 4 0% 9 4 47 11 23% 8 1.062 23 1 18 11 11 25 27 20 6 27 13 16 2.4
11 Yrs 461 456 274 35 35 111 84 27 76% 148 30 361 90 25% 1.242 203 61 177 162 81 213 201 255 194 125 212 129 3.9

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%
1976 24 HOU NL 207 29% 1.9% 12.6% 6.8% 6.3% 29% 1.58 78% 26 7 27%
1977 25 HOU NL 357 28% 1.7% 18.8% 6.7% 4.2% 20% 1.14 72% 68 8 12%
1978 26 HOU NL 371 28% 1.4% 25.9% 8.6% 6.5% 28% 0.73 62% 86 6 7%
1979 27 HOU NL 375 29% 2.1% 22.1% 6.1% 4.5% 21% 0.68 67% 84 5 6%
1980 28 HOU NL 354 27% 0.9% 21.2% 6.2% 5.1% 28% 0.76 70% 59 11 19%
1981 29 HOU NL 255 29% 1.6% 16.1% 8.6% 6.3% 37% 0.88 71% 47 6 13%
1982 30 HOU NL 47 23% 0.0% 14.9% 4.3% 0.0% 0% 1.21 79% 10 2 20%
1984 32 HOU NL 191 30% 2.6% 13.6% 8.4% 6.3% 31% 0.81 75% 41 7 17%
1985 33 NYM NL 60 27% 1.7% 5.0% 13.3% 10.0% 29% 1.00 78% 21 1 5%
1986 34 BOS AL 200 42% 2.0% 15.0% 8.0% 7.5% 28% 1.04 74% 48 6 13%
1987 35 BOS AL 171 50% 4.7% 20.5% 9.4% 10.5% 39% 0.81 64% 37 1 3%
11 Yrs 2588 31% 1.9% 18.9% 7.5% 6.0% 27% 0.90 70% 527 60 11%
MLB Averages 43% 2.1% 13.5% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.09 74% 11%

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
1976 24 HOU NL 207 45 4 0 8 4 0 2 2 11 6 2 55% 1 2 2 53 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
1977 25 HOU NL 357 77 6 0 7 5 1 0 6 14 9 2 64% 4 2 2 137 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1978 26 HOU NL 371 85 5 1 15 4 1 2 3 20 12 3 60% 6 1 1 158 6 7 46% 6 7 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 0
1979 27 HOU NL 375 80 8 1 27 8 0 1 7 28 11 8 39% 4 0 0 151 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0
1980 28 HOU NL 354 65 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 18 9 1 50% 6 3 0 131 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
1981 29 HOU NL 255 43 4 0 6 4 0 0 4 8 4 0 50% 6 0 0 107 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
1982 30 HOU NL 47 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 32 HOU NL 191 39 5 0 5 5 0 1 4 12 7 3 58% 3 3 1 78 8 1 89% 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
1985 33 NYM NL 60 21 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 17 11 1 65% 2 0 0 28 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 34 BOS AL 200 54 4 1 16 4 0 3 1 20 7 2 35% 4 4 1 92 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
1987 35 BOS AL 171 46 8 0 6 6 2 3 5 15 5 3 33% 0 3 1 71 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0
11 Yrs 2588 562 48 4 104 44 4 14 34 164 82 25 50% 38 18 8 1024 32 27 54% 28 25 3 1 1 1 13 6 54 0
MLB Averages 53% 67%

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+
1976 24 3 2 .600 3.54 20 4 8 1 1 1 53.1 45 21 21 4 14 1 26 0 0 2 207 91 1.106 7.6 0.7 2.4 4.4 1.86 91
1977 25 8 7 .533 2.78 74 5 40 1 1 8 142.1 122 55 44 10 38 3 93 0 1 4 564 124 1.124 7.7 0.6 2.4 5.9 2.45 124
1978 26 12 16 .429 2.89 136 5 85 1 1 19 230.1 207 87 74 15 70 10 189 0 1 5 935 117 1.203 8.1 0.6 2.7 7.4 2.70 117
1979 27 20 23 .465 2.57 199 5 136 1 1 41 321.2 287 107 92 23 93 14 272 4 1 5 1310 133 1.181 8.0 0.6 2.6 7.6 2.92 133
1980 28 28 27 .509 2.49 263 5 176 1 1 58 412.0 352 133 114 26 115 17 347 6 1 8 1664 137 1.133 7.7 0.6 2.5 7.6 3.02 137
1981 29 33 32 .508 2.40 312 5 208 1 1 68 475.2 395 150 127 30 137 22 388 8 1 8 1919 141 1.118 7.5 0.6 2.6 7.3 2.83 141
1982 30 33 32 .508 2.36 321 5 215 1 1 72 488.1 402 152 128 30 139 24 395 8 1 8 1966 144 1.108 7.4 0.6 2.6 7.3 2.84 144
1983 31 33 32 .508 2.36 321 5 215 1 1 72 488.1 402 152 128 30 139 24 395 8 1 8 1966 144 1.108 7.4 0.6 2.6 7.3 2.84 144
1984 32 33 32 .508 2.42 353 5 229 1 1 72 536.0 441 168 144 35 155 26 421 8 1 11 2157 140 1.112 7.4 0.6 2.6 7.1 2.72 140
1985 33 33 32 .508 2.62 361 5 231 1 1 72 546.2 462 186 159 36 163 26 424 8 1 11 2217 130 1.143 7.6 0.6 2.7 7.0 2.60 130
1986 34 35 32 .522 2.79 414 5 258 1 1 84 591.1 516 212 183 40 179 29 454 10 1 15 2417 124 1.175 7.9 0.6 2.7 6.9 2.54 124
1987 35 37 38 .493 3.03 461 5 274 1 1 84 629.0 562 241 212 48 195 32 489 10 1 18 2588 116 1.203 8.0 0.7 2.8 7.0 2.51 116

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
1976 24 2 3 .400 4.69 48.0 49 28 25 4 15 23 0 1.333 9.2 2.8 4.3 1.53 0.8 20
1977 25 6 3 .667 2.68 84.0 81 28 25 6 25 63 0 1.262 8.7 2.7 6.8 2.52 0.6 54
1978 26 4 4 .500 4.00 81.0 94 40 36 6 35 88 0 1.593 10.4 3.9 9.8 2.51 0.7 62
1979 27 7 2 .778 2.07 87.0 85 22 20 8 24 79 4 1.253 8.8 2.5 8.2 3.29 0.8 63
1980 28 6 3 .667 2.72 86.0 71 29 26 3 24 71 2 1.105 7.4 2.5 7.4 2.96 0.3 64
1981 29 8 2 .800 2.25 92.0 71 26 23 7 36 59 3 1.163 6.9 3.5 5.8 1.64 0.7 49
1982 30 1 0 1.000 0.75 12.0 8 1 1 0 2 7 0 0.833 6.0 1.5 5.3 3.50 0.0 9
1984 32 2 2 .500 3.89 44.0 42 21 19 5 17 24 0 1.341 8.6 3.5 4.9 1.41 1.0 32
1985 33 0 1 .000 15.30 10.0 22 19 17 1 8 3 0 3.000 19.8 7.2 2.7 0.38 0.9 8
1986 34 1 3 .250 5.36 42.0 55 28 25 4 16 28 2 1.690 11.8 3.4 6.0 1.75 0.9 53
1987 35 1 3 .250 6.57 37.0 44 30 27 8 15 35 0 1.595 10.7 3.6 8.5 2.33 1.9 47
11 Yrs 38 26 .594 3.52 623.0 622 272 244 52 217 480 11 1.347 9.0 6.9 2.21 0.8 461

* 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

All-Star Games
1979 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (21, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 NL (5, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1979 NL  63 (9th)
1981 NL  49 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1979 NL  22 (4th)
1980 NL  17 (9th)
1981 NL  10 (7th)
Career  84 (161st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1978 NL  45 (7th)
1979 NL  51 (5th)
1980 NL  40 (10th)
1981 NL  32 (8th)
Career  274 (138th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  19 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1979 NL  2.0 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1979 NL  20.38 (7th)
1981 NL  17.58 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1979 NL  3.1 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1979 NL  2.2 (6th)
1981 NL  2.0 (8th)

             

† 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 - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  4. Steve Howe (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ron Perranoski (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Hiller (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Al Holland (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Howe (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Al Holland (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Steve Hamilton (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

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.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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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