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Bill Scherrer

William Joseph Scherrer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 20, 1958 in Tonawanda, NY
High School: Bishop O'Hara HS (Tonawanda, NY)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1982
Teams (by GP): Reds/Tigers/Phillies/Orioles 1982-1988

Final Game: July 28, 1988
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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
1982 24 CIN NL 0 1 .000 2.60 5 2 2 0 0 0 17.1 17 7 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 69 145 0.981 8.8 0.0 0.0 3.6
1983 25 CIN NL 2 3 .400 2.74 73 0 32 0 0 10 92.0 73 31 28 6 33 4 57 0 0 0 371 139 1.152 7.1 0.6 3.2 5.6 1.73
1984 26 TOT MLB 2 1 .667 4.16 54 0 14 0 0 1 71.1 78 35 33 7 23 4 51 0 0 0 309 93 1.416 9.8 0.9 2.9 6.4 2.22
1984 26 CIN NL 1 1 .500 4.99 36 0 12 0 0 1 52.1 64 31 29 6 15 3 35 0 0 0 232 76 1.510 11.0 1.0 2.6 6.0 2.33
1984 26 DET AL 1 0 1.000 1.89 18 0 2 0 0 0 19.0 14 4 4 1 8 1 16 0 0 0 77 211 1.158 6.6 0.5 3.8 7.6 2.00
1985 27 DET AL 3 2 .600 4.36 48 0 14 0 0 0 66.0 62 35 32 10 41 13 46 1 0 5 299 94 1.561 8.5 1.4 5.6 6.3 1.12
1986 28 DET AL 0 1 .000 7.29 13 0 8 0 0 0 21.0 19 19 17 3 22 4 16 1 0 1 103 58 1.952 8.1 1.3 9.4 6.9 0.73
1987 29 CIN NL 1 1 .500 4.36 23 0 10 0 0 0 33.0 43 17 16 3 16 4 24 0 0 2 151 98 1.788 11.7 0.8 4.4 6.5 1.50
1988 30 TOT MLB 0 1 .000 8.44 12 0 1 0 0 0 10.2 15 10 10 2 5 0 6 0 2 0 51 47 1.875 12.7 1.7 4.2 5.1 1.20
1988 30 BAL AL 0 1 .000 13.50 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 6 6 2 3 0 3 0 2 0 23 32 2.750 18.0 4.5 6.8 6.8 1.00
1988 30 PHI NL 0 0 5.40 8 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 28 70 1.350 9.5 0.0 2.7 4.1 1.50
7 Yrs 8 10 .444 4.08 228 2 81 0 0 11 311.1 307 154 141 31 140 29 207 2 2 8 1353 97 1.436 8.9 0.9 4.0 6.0 1.48
162 Game Avg. 2 3 .444 4.08 67 1 24 0 0 3 92 91 46 42 9 41 9 61 1 1 2 400 97 1.436 8.9 0.9 4.0 6.0 1.48
CIN (4 yrs) 4 6 .400 3.61 137 2 56 0 0 11 194.2 197 86 78 15 64 11 123 0 0 2 823 107 1.341 9.1 0.7 3.0 5.7 1.92
DET (3 yrs) 4 3 .571 4.50 79 0 24 0 0 0 106.0 95 58 53 14 71 18 78 2 0 6 479 91 1.566 8.1 1.2 6.0 6.6 1.10
PHI (1 yr) 0 0 5.40 8 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 28 70 1.350 9.5 0.0 2.7 4.1 1.50
BAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 13.50 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 6 6 2 3 0 3 0 2 0 23 32 2.750 18.0 4.5 6.8 6.8 1.00
NL (5 yrs) 4 6 .400 3.67 145 2 57 0 0 11 201.1 204 90 82 15 66 11 126 0 0 2 851 106 1.341 9.1 0.7 3.0 5.6 1.91
AL (4 yrs) 4 4 .500 4.83 83 0 24 0 0 0 110.0 103 64 59 16 74 18 81 2 2 6 502 85 1.609 8.4 1.3 6.1 6.6 1.09

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
1982 24 CIN NL 17.1 5 2 7 3.63 4.10 -0.39 -0.02 99.9 4.47 1 0.2 .2 -0.0 0.3 3 .532 .501 $
1983 25 CIN NL 92.0 73 0 31 3.03 4.20 0.13 -0.33 104.1 3.89 8 0.9 1.5 0.0 1.8 18 .513 .506 $
1984 26 CIN NL 52.1 36 0 31 5.33 4.22 -0.34 -0.33 104.2 4.41 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0 .482 .496 $
1984 26 DET AL 19.0 18 0 4 1.89 4.58 0.28 -0.37 94.5 3.72 4 0.4 .8 -0.1 0.5 6 .523 .503 $
1985 27 DET AL 66.0 48 0 35 4.77 4.74 0.23 -0.37 98.5 4.08 -5 -0.5 1.3 -0.2 -0.1 2 .489 .497 $100,000
1986 28 DET AL 21.0 13 0 19 8.14 4.69 0.34 -0.37 98.3 3.92 -10 -0.9 .7 0.1 -0.6 -8 .427 .494 $
1987 29 CIN NL 33.0 23 0 17 4.64 4.55 -0.06 -0.34 103.4 4.41 -1 -0.1 .5 -0.0 0.1 3 .495 .499 $
1988 30 BAL AL 4.0 4 0 6 13.50 4.59 -0.15 -0.37 100.7 4.41 -4 -0.4 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .402 .498 $
1988 30 PHI NL 6.2 8 0 4 5.40 3.97 -0.36 -0.32 105.4 4.23 -1 -0.1 .3 0.0 0.0 -0 .487 .499 $
7 Seasons 311.1 228 2 154 4.45 4.40 0.03 -0.33 101.6 4.11 -13 -1.2 1.1 -0.2 1.4 19 .495 .499 $100,000
CIN (4 yrs) 194.2 137 2 86 3.98 4.25 -0.07 -0.30 103.6 4.17 3 0.3 1.2 -0.1 1.9 23 .502 .501 $
DET (3 yrs) 106.0 79 0 58 4.92 4.70 0.26 -0.37 97.7 3.98 -11 -1.0 1.1 -0.2 -0.2 0 .487 .498 $100,000
PHI (1 yr) 6.2 8 0 4 5.40 3.97 -0.36 -0.32 105.4 4.23 -1 -0.1 .3 0.0 0.0 -0 .487 .499 $
BAL (1 yr) 4.0 4 0 6 13.50 4.59 -0.15 -0.37 100.7 4.41 -4 -0.4 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .402 .498 $

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
1984 26 DET AL WS W SDP 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1982 24 CIN NL 5 69 68 7 17 7 1 0 2 0 0 7 .250 .250 .382 .632 .279 26 2 0 1 0 0 2
1983 25 CIN NL 73 371 325 31 73 13 2 6 6 4 33 57 .225 .291 .332 .624 .250 108 12 0 7 6 4 7
1984 26 TOT MLB 54 309 281 35 78 13 1 7 8 4 23 51 .278 .329 .406 .735 .314 114 5 0 2 3 4 4
1984 26 CIN NL 36 232 213 31 64 10 1 6 5 4 15 35 .300 .342 .441 .783 .331 94 2 0 1 3 3 3
1984 26 DET AL 18 77 68 4 14 3 0 1 3 0 8 16 .206 .289 .294 .584 .255 20 3 0 1 0 1 1
1985 27 DET AL 48 299 250 35 62 4 0 10 5 1 41 46 .248 .354 .384 .738 .265 96 4 1 5 2 13 4
1986 28 DET AL 13 103 78 19 19 6 0 3 0 0 22 16 .244 .416 .436 .852 .271 34 2 1 2 0 4 1
1987 29 CIN NL 23 151 131 17 43 6 3 3 10 0 16 24 .328 .393 .489 .882 .374 64 6 0 1 3 4 0
1988 30 TOT MLB 12 51 46 10 15 5 1 2 0 0 5 6 .326 .392 .609 1.001 .342 28 1 0 0 0 0 0
1988 30 BAL AL 4 23 20 6 8 2 0 2 0 0 3 3 .400 .478 .800 1.278 .400 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 30 PHI NL 8 28 26 4 7 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 .269 .321 .462 .783 .304 12 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 228 1353 1179 154 307 54 8 31 31 9 140 207 .260 .336 .399 .735 .289 470 32 2 18 14 29 18
162 Game Avg. 67 400 349 46 91 16 2 9 9 3 41 61 .260 .336 .399 .735 .289 139 9 1 5 4 9 5
MLB Averages .259 .324 .392 .716 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1982 24 CIN NL 1.6 0.2 71 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 .74 0.3 -0.8 0.7 0.1 0.74 2.7 0 0 3
1983 25 CIN NL 10.7 1.1 381 1.8 7.7 -5.9 1.22 1.3 0.2 17.3 1.8 1.22 15.8 28 10 33
1984 26 TOT MLB -1.0 -0.1 321 -0.1 4.2 -4.3 .78 -0.3 0.2 -3.9 -0.4 0.78 -4.5 15 11 27
1984 26 CIN NL -5.8 -0.6 241 -0.6 3.0 -3.6 .82 -0.7 -0.0 -10.0 -1.0 0.82 -8.2 11 7 17
1984 26 DET AL 4.7 0.5 80 0.4 1.1 -0.7 .68 0.3 0.4 6.1 0.6 0.67 3.7 4 4 10
1985 27 DET AL -1.8 -0.2 310 -0.2 4.9 -5.1 1.02 -0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.02 -1.0 19 7 21
1986 28 DET AL -7.3 -0.7 104 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .50 -0.6 -0.8 -10.1 -1.0 0.50 -5.1 3 1 8
1987 29 CIN NL -0.1 0.0 164 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 .25 -0.7 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 0.25 -3.2 2 4 16
1988 30 TOT MLB -4.8 -0.5 53 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 .29 -0.5 -0.9 -6.4 -0.6 0.29 -4.6 1 1 10
1988 30 BAL AL -3.9 -0.4 25 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .35 -0.4 -0.7 -3.7 -0.4 0.35 -3.9 1 0 3
1988 30 PHI NL -1.0 -0.1 28 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .23 -0.0 -0.0 -2.6 -0.3 0.23 -0.6 0 1 7
7 Yrs -2.7 -0.2 1404 -0.1 18.9 -19.0 .85 -0.6 0.5 -4.0 -0.3 0.85 0.2 68 34 118

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
1982 24 CIN NL 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 44.5 51 38 3 1 0 1 3.5 3.3 5.7
1 Yr 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 44 51 38 3 1 0 1 3.5 3.3 5.7
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 98 -12 4.4 4.3 6.2 96

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
1982 24 CIN NL 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .735 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 6.0
1983 25 CIN NL 73 73 32 2 3 16 10 6 63% 27 10 71 19 27% 8 1.217 28 10 33 30 5 38 39 34 29 32 33 28 3.8
1984 26 TOT MLB 54 54 14 2 1 2 1 1 50% 9 6 39 14 36% .783 15 11 27 15 6 33 23 31 23 12 28 20 4.0
1984 26 CIN NL 36 36 12 1 1 2 1 1 50% 4 1 28 13 46% 8 .819 11 7 17 7 5 24 17 19 21 7 23 14 4.4
1984 26 DET AL 18 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 11 1 9% 7 .676 4 4 10 8 1 9 6 12 2 5 5 6 3.2
1985 27 DET AL 48 48 14 3 2 2 0 2 0% 6 4 50 16 32% 7 1.024 19 7 21 11 10 27 28 20 19 20 24 13 4.1
1986 28 DET AL 13 13 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 6 5 83% 7 .500 3 1 8 2 2 9 4 9 6 3 6 4 4.8
1987 29 CIN NL 23 23 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 33% 7 .253 2 4 16 0 1 22 9 14 11 7 12 5 4.3
1988 30 TOT MLB 12 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% .288 1 1 10 1 1 10 3 9 1 6 2 5 2.7 15
1988 30 BAL AL 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 .352 1 0 3 0 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 3.0 19
1988 30 PHI NL 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 7 .235 0 1 7 1 0 7 2 6 0 3 1 3 2.5 13
7 Yrs 228 226 81 8 9 20 11 9 55% 44 22 185 61 33% .854 68 34 118 59 25 142 106 120 92 80 108 75 4.0 15

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%
1982 24 CIN NL 69 20% 0.0% 10.1% 0.0% 11.6% 47% 1.25 88% 4 2 50%
1983 25 CIN NL 371 36% 1.6% 15.4% 8.9% 5.7% 29% 1.62 72% 67 12 18%
1984 26 TOT MLB 309 28% 2.3% 16.5% 7.4% 6.8% 27% 1.08 73% 55 5 9%
1984 26 CIN NL 232 25% 2.6% 15.1% 6.5% 7.3% 27% 1.21 75% 43 2 5%
1984 26 DET AL 77 35% 1.3% 20.8% 10.4% 5.2% 29% 0.78 66% 12 3 25%
1985 27 DET AL 299 41% 3.3% 15.4% 13.7% 4.7% 23% 1.04 66% 56 4 7%
1986 28 DET AL 103 33% 2.9% 15.5% 21.4% 8.7% 47% 2.36 57% 17 2 12%
1987 29 CIN NL 151 30% 2.0% 15.9% 10.6% 8.0% 28% 1.21 71% 43 6 14%
1988 30 TOT MLB 51 45% 3.9% 11.8% 9.8% 15.7% 53% 0.50 0.53 75% 20% 13.3% 42% 16 1 6%
1988 30 BAL AL 23 61% 8.7% 13.0% 13.0% 17.4% 50% 0.45 0.29 65% 18% 50.0% 64% 8 0 0%
1988 30 PHI NL 28 32% 0.0% 10.7% 7.1% 14.3% 57% 0.53 0.70 82% 22% 0.0% 27% 8 1 13%
7 Yrs 1353 34% 2.3% 15.3% 10.4% 6.9% 30% 0.50 1.26 71% 20% 13.3% 42% 258 32 12%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 14.3% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 8.2% 41% 11%

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 30 TOT MLB 51 182 3.57 106 58% 23% 18% 22% 38% 77% 0% 45% 77% 49% 4% 2 0 14% 7 4 1 17% 3 2 0 0 0
1988 30 BAL AL 23 77 3.35 47 61% 19% 17% 28% 36% 81% 0% 49% 79% 43% 4% 1 0 13% 3 2 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0
1988 30 PHI NL 28 105 3.75 59 56% 25% 19% 17% 39% 75% 0% 42% 75% 54% 4% 1 0 14% 4 2 0 33% 2 1 0 0 0
1 Yr 51 182 3.57 106 58% 23% 18% 22% 38% 77% 0% 45% 77% 49% 4% 2 0 14% 7 4 1 17% 3 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 57% 5% 19% 26%

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
1982 24 CIN NL 69 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 2 0 0 19 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 25 CIN NL 371 73 6 0 10 6 0 3 3 21 11 2 52% 7 0 0 146 6 4 60% 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1984 26 TOT MLB 309 78 7 0 6 6 1 3 4 20 11 0 55% 4 0 0 122 8 4 67% 7 3 1 0 0 1 3 2 5 0
1984 26 CIN NL 232 64 6 0 4 6 0 3 3 17 10 0 59% 3 0 0 94 5 4 56% 5 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 5 0
1984 26 DET AL 77 14 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 28 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 27 DET AL 299 62 10 1 19 7 3 3 7 22 9 2 41% 4 5 1 115 5 1 83% 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
1986 28 DET AL 103 19 3 0 7 3 0 2 1 4 1 3 25% 1 1 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 29 CIN NL 151 43 3 0 5 2 1 3 0 21 7 5 33% 0 2 2 66 10 0 100% 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1988 30 TOT MLB 51 15 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 7 5 1 71% 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1988 30 BAL AL 23 8 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1988 30 PHI NL 28 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 100% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1353 307 2 0 31 1 48 25 6 14 17 100 48 13 48% 18 8 3 528 31 9 78% 24 6 7 0 0 3 3 2 33 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+
1982 24 0 1 .000 2.60 5 2 2 0 0 0 17.1 17 7 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 69 145 0.981 8.8 0.0 0.0 3.6 145
1983 25 2 4 .333 2.72 78 2 34 0 0 10 109.1 90 38 33 6 33 4 64 0 0 0 440 140 1.125 7.4 0.5 2.7 5.3 1.94 140
1984 26 4 5 .444 3.29 132 2 48 0 0 11 180.2 168 73 66 13 56 8 115 0 0 0 749 116 1.240 8.4 0.6 2.8 5.7 2.05 116
1985 27 7 7 .500 3.58 180 2 62 0 0 11 246.2 230 108 98 23 97 21 161 1 0 5 1048 109 1.326 8.4 0.8 3.5 5.9 1.66 109
1986 28 7 8 .467 3.87 193 2 70 0 0 11 267.2 249 127 115 26 119 25 177 2 0 6 1151 101 1.375 8.4 0.9 4.0 6.0 1.49 101
1987 29 8 9 .471 3.92 216 2 80 0 0 11 300.2 292 144 131 29 135 29 201 2 0 8 1302 101 1.420 8.7 0.9 4.0 6.0 1.49 101
1988 30 8 10 .444 4.08 228 2 81 0 0 11 311.1 307 154 141 31 140 29 207 2 2 8 1353 97 1.436 8.9 0.9 4.0 6.0 1.48 97

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
1982 24 1 1 .500 2.35 23.0 0 7 6 0 0 9 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 3.5 0.0 5
1983 25 6 3 .667 2.97 88.0 74 32 29 6 33 55 0 1.216 7.6 3.4 5.6 1.67 0.6 73
1984 26 3 4 .429 4.63 68.0 80 39 35 7 24 49 0 1.529 10.6 3.2 6.5 2.04 0.9 54
1985 27 3 4 .429 4.78 64.0 64 38 34 10 42 45 1 1.656 9.0 5.9 6.3 1.07 1.4 48
1986 28 0 2 .000 8.10 20.0 20 20 18 3 23 15 1 2.150 9.0 10.4 6.8 0.65 1.4 13
1987 29 1 2 .333 4.35 31.0 42 17 15 3 16 23 0 1.871 12.2 4.6 6.7 1.44 0.9 23
1988 30 0 1 .000 9.90 10.0 15 12 11 2 5 6 0 2.000 13.5 4.5 5.4 1.20 1.8 12
7 Yrs 14 17 .452 4.38 304.0 295 165 148 31 143 202 2 1.441 8.7 6.0 1.41 0.9 228

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1983 NL  73 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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