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Mike Scott

Michael Warren Scott

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 26, 1955 in Santa Monica, CA
School: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1979
Teams (by GP): Astros/Mets 1979-1991
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: April 13, 1991
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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
1979 24 NYM NL 1 3 .250 5.33 18 9 0 0 0 0 52.1 59 35 31 4 20 3 21 0 1 1 229 69 1.510 10.1 0.7 3.4 3.6 1.05
1980 25 NYM NL 1 1 .500 4.30 6 6 0 1 1 0 29.1 40 14 14 1 8 1 13 0 0 1 132 84 1.636 12.3 0.3 2.5 4.0 1.63
1981 26 NYM NL 5 10 .333 3.90 23 23 0 1 0 0 136.0 130 65 59 11 34 1 54 1 2 1 551 90 1.206 8.6 0.7 2.3 3.6 1.59
1982 27 NYM NL 7 13 .350 5.14 37 22 10 1 0 3 147.0 185 100 84 13 60 3 63 2 2 1 670 71 1.667 11.3 0.8 3.7 3.9 1.05
1983 28 HOU NL 10 6 .625 3.72 24 24 0 2 2 0 145.0 143 67 60 8 46 0 73 5 4 4 612 91 1.303 8.9 0.5 2.9 4.5 1.59
1984 29 HOU NL 5 11 .313 4.68 31 29 1 0 0 0 154.0 179 96 80 7 43 4 83 3 2 2 675 71 1.442 10.5 0.4 2.5 4.9 1.93
1985 30 HOU NL 18 8 .692 3.29 36 35 1 4 2 0 221.2 194 91 81 20 80 4 137 3 2 7 922 105 1.236 7.9 0.8 3.2 5.6 1.71
1986 31 HOU NL 18 10 .643 2.22 37 37 0 7 5 0 275.1 182 73 68 17 72 6 306 2 0 3 1065 161 0.923 5.9 0.6 2.4 10.0 4.25 AS,CYA-1,MVP-10
1987 32 HOU NL 16 13 .552 3.23 36 36 0 8 3 0 247.2 199 94 89 21 79 6 233 4 2 10 1010 121 1.122 7.2 0.8 2.9 8.5 2.95 AS,CYA-7
1988 33 HOU NL 14 8 .636 2.92 32 32 0 8 5 0 218.2 162 74 71 19 53 6 190 8 1 1 875 114 0.983 6.7 0.8 2.2 7.8 3.58
1989 34 HOU NL 20 10 .667 3.10 33 32 1 9 2 0 229.0 180 87 79 23 62 12 172 3 0 7 924 110 1.057 7.1 0.9 2.4 6.8 2.77 AS,CYA-2,MVP-15
1990 35 HOU NL 9 13 .409 3.81 32 32 0 4 2 0 205.2 194 102 87 27 66 6 121 1 3 1 871 98 1.264 8.5 1.2 2.9 5.3 1.83
1991 36 HOU NL 0 2 .000 12.86 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 11 10 10 2 4 1 3 1 0 0 35 29 2.143 14.1 2.6 5.1 3.9 0.75
13 Yrs 124 108 .534 3.54 347 319 13 45 22 3 2068.2 1858 908 813 173 627 53 1469 33 19 39 8571 100 1.201 8.1 0.8 2.7 6.4 2.34
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .534 3.54 35 33 1 5 2 0 211 190 93 83 18 64 5 150 3 2 4 875 100 1.201 8.1 0.8 2.7 6.4 2.34
HOU (9 yrs) 110 81 .576 3.30 263 259 3 42 21 0 1704.0 1444 694 625 144 505 45 1318 30 14 35 6989 107 1.144 7.6 0.8 2.7 7.0 2.61
NYM (4 yrs) 14 27 .341 4.64 84 60 10 3 1 3 364.2 414 214 188 29 122 8 151 3 5 4 1582 77 1.470 10.2 0.7 3.0 3.7 1.24

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
1979 24 NYM NL 52.1 18 9 35 6.02 4.42 -0.22 0.04 95.4 4.46 -10 -1.0 .9 -0.0 -0.6 -4 .445 .494 $
1980 25 NYM NL 29.1 6 6 14 4.30 4.03 -0.21 0.14 98.1 4.30 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .498 .500 $
1981 26 NYM NL 136.0 23 23 65 4.30 3.94 -0.25 0.14 100.6 4.36 -1 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 9 .495 .499 $
1982 27 NYM NL 147.0 37 22 100 6.12 4.09 -0.47 0.07 101.0 4.68 -25 -2.6 1.4 -0.2 -1.6 -10 .428 .484 $
1983 28 HOU NL 145.0 24 24 67 4.16 4.06 0.23 0.14 93.5 3.72 -8 -0.8 -0.1 0.3 7 .466 .495 $
1984 29 HOU NL 154.0 31 29 96 5.61 3.96 -0.14 0.12 94.2 3.98 -30 -3.0 .4 -0.0 -1.8 -13 .402 .481 $
1985 30 HOU NL 221.2 36 35 91 3.69 4.02 -0.17 0.13 95.6 4.14 9 1.1 .6 -0.1 2.7 32 .530 .507 $360,000
1986 31 HOU NL 275.1 37 37 73 2.39 4.17 0.15 0.15 96.8 4.03 49 6.0 -0.1 8.0 77 .661 .537 $666,667 AS,CYA-1,MVP-10
1987 32 HOU NL 247.2 36 36 94 3.42 4.56 -0.14 0.17 96.7 4.71 33 3.7 -0.1 5.6 62 .603 .523 $691,667 AS,CYA-7
1988 33 HOU NL 218.2 32 32 74 3.05 3.81 -0.19 0.13 97.5 4.03 23 2.8 -0.1 4.5 44 .588 .517 $666,667
1989 34 HOU NL 229.0 33 32 87 3.42 3.88 0.14 0.13 97.1 3.76 9 1.0 2.2 -0.1 2.7 30 .531 .506 $1,300,000 AS,CYA-2,MVP-15
1990 35 HOU NL 205.2 32 32 102 4.46 4.28 -0.25 0.15 98.5 4.61 -0 -0.1 -0.1 1.4 22 .498 .500 $1,987,500
1991 36 HOU NL 7.0 2 2 10 12.86 4.16 0.06 0.15 98.9 4.20 -7 -0.5 -0.0 -0.5 -6 .230 .497 $2,412,500
13 Seasons 2068.2 347 319 908 3.95 4.10 -0.10 0.13 97.0 4.21 43 6.4 1.2 -1.1 21.8 252 .518 .503 $8,085,001
HOU (9 yrs) 1704.0 263 259 694 3.67 4.11 -0.05 0.14 96.4 4.15 79 10.1 .9 -0.8 22.9 253 .539 .507 $8,085,001
NYM (4 yrs) 364.2 84 60 214 5.28 4.08 -0.33 0.10 99.8 4.50 -36 -3.8 1.2 -0.3 -1.1 -2 .455 .494 $

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
1986 31 HOU NL NLCS L NYM 2 0 1.000 0.50 2 2 0 2 1 0 18.0 8 1 1 0 1 0 19 0 0 0 65 0.500 4.0 0.0 0.5 9.5 19.00
1 NLCS 2 0 1.000 0.50 2 2 0 2 1 0 18.0 8 1 1 0 1 0 19 0 0 0 65 0.500 4.0 0.0 0.5 9.5 19.00

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
1986 HOU NL 31 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 18.0
1987 HOU NL 32 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1989 HOU NL 34
3 Yrs (2 GP) 1 0 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 0.667 6.0 3.0 0.0 9.0

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
1979 24 NYM NL 18 229 204 35 59 6 1 4 5 5 20 21 .289 .351 .387 .738 .306 79 6 0 4 1 3 5
1980 25 NYM NL 6 132 121 14 40 4 2 1 4 1 8 13 .331 .369 .421 .791 .361 51 4 0 2 1 1 2
1981 26 NYM NL 23 551 499 65 130 25 7 11 9 8 34 54 .261 .306 .405 .711 .271 202 12 1 12 5 1 8
1982 27 NYM NL 37 670 576 100 185 33 4 13 14 7 60 63 .321 .381 .460 .841 .337 265 11 2 21 11 3 14
1983 28 HOU NL 24 612 555 67 143 13 9 8 18 4 46 73 .258 .318 .357 .674 .282 198 13 5 1 5 0 8
1984 29 HOU NL 31 675 609 96 179 21 9 7 22 9 43 83 .294 .338 .392 .730 .325 239 14 3 8 11 4 15
1985 30 HOU NL 36 922 827 91 194 36 5 20 21 9 80 137 .235 .302 .363 .665 .257 300 15 3 6 6 4 10
1986 31 HOU NL 37 1065 976 73 182 41 5 17 41 12 72 306 .186 .242 .291 .533 .250 284 11 2 8 6 6 8
1987 32 HOU NL 36 1010 916 94 199 33 4 21 39 7 79 233 .217 .281 .331 .612 .268 303 10 4 8 3 6 11
1988 33 HOU NL 32 875 793 74 162 23 8 19 31 6 53 190 .204 .260 .325 .585 .243 258 7 8 16 4 6 9
1989 34 HOU NL 33 924 848 87 180 31 6 23 39 2 62 172 .212 .267 .344 .612 .239 292 10 3 7 4 12 8
1990 35 HOU NL 32 871 789 102 194 33 5 27 53 7 66 121 .246 .302 .403 .705 .257 318 9 1 7 8 6 9
1991 36 HOU NL 2 35 30 10 11 3 0 2 2 1 4 3 .367 .457 .667 1.124 .360 20 0 1 0 0 1 1
13 Yrs 347 8571 7743 908 1858 302 65 173 298 78 627 1469 .240 .297 .363 .660 .273 2809 122 33 100 65 53 108
162 Game Avg. 35 875 791 93 190 31 7 18 30 8 64 150 .240 .297 .363 .660 .273 287 12 3 10 7 5 11
MLB Averages .259 .324 .388 .713 .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
1979 24 NYM NL -10.0 -1.0 244 -1.4 3.9 -5.3 1.13 -0.4 -0.9 -13.3 -1.3 1.13 -4.9 3 1 5
1980 25 NYM NL -1.6 -0.2 139 -0.1 2.6 -2.7 1.16 -0.4 0.3 -0.6 -0.1 1.16 -2.8 0 0 0
1981 26 NYM NL -6.3 -0.7 579 -0.9 10.2 -11.1 1.04 0.2 -1.1 -3.8 -0.4 1.04 2.7 0 0 0
1982 27 NYM NL -26.3 -2.6 708 -2.6 11.8 -14.4 1.10 -2.7 0.3 -26.4 -2.6 1.10 -31.0 7 1 6
1983 28 HOU NL -5.3 -0.5 648 -0.0 10.2 -10.2 .95 0.1 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 0.95 2.2 0 0 0
1984 29 HOU NL -27.8 -2.8 713 -2.7 10.4 -13.1 .98 -1.3 -1.5 -28.4 -2.9 0.98 -16.3 0 0 2
1985 30 HOU NL 4.7 0.5 961 1.4 16.5 -15.1 1.02 0.6 0.7 4.6 0.5 1.02 4.6 0 0 1
1986 31 HOU NL 44.8 5.0 1122 5.7 20.3 -14.6 1.01 6.6 -0.9 53.0 6.2 1.01 64.9 0 0 0
1987 32 HOU NL 22.2 2.3 1067 3.7 18.8 -15.1 1.00 3.6 0.1 28.8 3.1 1.00 39.4 0 0 0
1988 33 HOU NL 12.8 1.4 912 3.0 17.4 -14.4 1.12 2.3 0.4 20.3 2.3 1.12 22.9 0 0 0
1989 34 HOU NL 8.7 0.9 974 1.6 15.1 -13.5 .94 1.6 0.1 12.8 1.4 0.94 9.6 1 0 0
1990 35 HOU NL -4.1 -0.4 938 0.1 15.0 -15.0 .98 -1.1 1.1 -8.2 -0.8 0.98 -12.6 0 0 0
1991 36 HOU NL -7.0 -0.6 38 -0.7 0.5 -1.1 .95 -0.3 -0.4 -6.8 -0.6 0.95 -3.6 0 0 0
13 Yrs 4.7 1.3 9043 7.2 152.7 -145.5 1.02 8.9 -1.9 31.2 4.6 1.02 75.0 11 2 14

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
1979 24 NYM NL 18 9 1 3 5 1 1 3 6 .333 0 1 0 0 3 33% 42.2 60 10 13 7 0 4 4.9 4.3 4.5
1980 25 NYM NL 6 6 1 1 4 0 0 2 4 .333 1 2 1 1 3 50% 45.8 74 31 7 3 0 3 4.6 4.2 4.9
1981 26 NYM NL 23 23 5 10 8 1 3 7 15 .318 1 3 1 0 11 48% 50.7 72 20 11 7 3 6 2.8 2.5 5.9
1982 27 NYM NL 37 22 6 10 6 2 2 6 16 .273 3 1 1 0 10 45% 42.2 72 13 29 17 6 6 4.1 4.8 5.7
1983 28 HOU NL 24 24 10 6 8 2 1 15 9 .625 1 4 2 2 12 50% 50.9 81 26 23 9 3 10 4.9 4.7 6.0
1984 29 HOU NL 31 29 5 11 13 1 0 10 19 .345 4 4 0 0 10 34% 45.2 68 21 32 9 5 8 4.1 3.7 5.1
1985 30 HOU NL 36 35 18 8 9 2 2 22 13 .629 1 6 4 2 22 63% 54.3 85 20 20 4 7 7 5.1 4.9 6.3
1986 31 HOU NL 37 37 18 10 9 1 7 24 13 .649 4 3 7 5 32 86% 67.9 98 28 15 6 13 7 4.0 3.7 7.4
1987 32 HOU NL 36 36 16 13 7 0 4 19 17 .528 2 2 8 3 24 67% 59.6 94 11 3 1 5 6 3.7 4.0 6.9
1988 33 HOU NL 32 32 14 8 10 0 4 19 13 .594 4 2 8 5 24 75% 61.5 93 21 12 4 3 9 4.2 3.8 6.8 96 7 6 14 5 135
1989 34 HOU NL 33 32 19 10 3 3 4 22 10 .688 1 3 9 2 23 72% 59.5 89 21 5 2 4 8 4.9 5.0 7.1 100 5 7 18 2 121
1990 35 HOU NL 32 32 9 13 10 2 4 15 17 .469 1 6 4 2 18 56% 51.8 96 14 8 0 3 11 3.1 2.9 6.4 89 5 13 8 0 116
1991 36 HOU NL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 32 26 0 0 0 1 2.0 1.5 3.5 61 2 0 0 0 66
13 Yrs 347 319 122 105 92 15 32 164 154 .516 23 37 45 22 192 60% 55 98 10 178 69 52 86 4.1 4.0 6.4 95 19 26 40 7 135
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -12 4.3 4.3 6.2 94

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
1979 24 NYM NL 18 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 7 100% 6 1.135 3 1 5 1 2 6 3 6 4 3 5 1 3.9
1982 27 NYM NL 37 15 10 1 3 5 3 2 60% 6 1 5 2 40% 8 1.103 7 1 6 6 2 7 4 11 5 2 6 3 4.5
1984 29 HOU NL 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .975 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 10.0
1985 30 HOU NL 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.023 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1989 34 HOU NL 33 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .945 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
5 Yrs 155 28 13 2 3 5 3 2 60% 7 2 12 9 75% 1.016 11 2 14 7 5 16 7 21 10 5 12 4 4.6

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%
1979 24 NYM NL 229 52% 1.8% 9.2% 8.7% 4.8% 19% 1.48 79% 48 6 13%
1980 25 NYM NL 132 41% 0.8% 9.9% 6.1% 5.3% 18% 1.74 82% 24 4 17%
1981 26 NYM NL 551 49% 2.0% 9.8% 6.2% 7.8% 33% 1.42 80% 84 12 14%
1982 27 NYM NL 670 51% 1.9% 9.4% 9.0% 7.5% 27% 1.26 76% 126 11 9%
1983 28 HOU NL 612 48% 1.3% 11.9% 7.5% 4.9% 21% 1.02 78% 93 13 14%
1984 29 HOU NL 675 52% 1.0% 12.3% 6.4% 5.5% 21% 1.17 79% 123 14 11%
1985 30 HOU NL 922 48% 2.2% 14.9% 8.7% 6.6% 31% 0.97 73% 159 15 9%
1986 31 HOU NL 1065 47% 1.6% 28.7% 6.8% 5.9% 35% 0.98 62% 133 11 8%
1987 32 HOU NL 1010 44% 2.1% 23.1% 7.8% 5.7% 29% 1.02 66% 148 10 7%
1988 33 HOU NL 875 48% 2.2% 21.7% 6.1% 5.7% 31% 0.78 0.98 67% 17% 9.5% 39% 121 7 6%
1989 34 HOU NL 924 43% 2.5% 18.6% 6.7% 6.5% 33% 0.65 0.76 71% 18% 7.1% 21% 115 10 9%
1990 35 HOU NL 871 42% 3.1% 13.9% 7.6% 7.5% 34% 0.71 0.89 75% 18% 9.4% 26% 98 9 9%
1991 36 HOU NL 35 60% 5.7% 8.6% 11.4% 14.3% 46% 0.59 0.70 71% 33% 12.5% 6% 4 0 0%
13 Yrs 8571 47% 2.0% 17.1% 7.3% 6.3% 29% 0.71 1.03 72% 18% 8.6% 27% 1276 122 10%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 14.1% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 6.5% 24% 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 33 HOU NL 876 3064 3.50 2019 66% 19% 22% 28% 31% 81% 2% 53% 73% 62% 4% 39 19 23% 205 138 12 17% 35 14 -1 0 0
1989 34 HOU NL 921 3188 3.46 2099 66% 18% 22% 28% 33% 82% 4% 54% 74% 60% 5% 44 24 23% 212 135 16 8% 35 9 3 0 0
1990 35 HOU NL 705 2361 3.35 1538 65% 18% 17% 29% 36% 82% 2% 53% 79% 60% 6% 41 20 19% 134 85 10 11% 25 15 166 3 2
1991 36 HOU NL 35 122 3.49 67 55% 22% 13% 24% 40% 78% 7% 43% 83% 43% 6% 2 0 6% 2 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0
4 Yrs 2537 8735 3.44 5723 66% 19% 20% 28% 33% 81% 3% 53% 75% 60% 5% 126 63 22% 553 359 38 12% 96 39 168 3 2
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 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
1979 24 NYM NL 229 59 4 0 6 1 3 1 3 12 10 1 83% 5 1 0 81 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1980 25 NYM NL 132 40 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 9 5 1 56% 2 1 0 53 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1981 26 NYM NL 551 130 11 0 5 4 7 5 6 29 16 4 55% 8 1 0 170 9 8 53% 9 8 0 0 0 0 7 0 9 0
1982 27 NYM NL 670 185 13 0 14 3 10 4 9 47 28 5 60% 14 1 1 271 14 7 67% 12 6 2 0 0 1 12 1 17 0
1983 28 HOU NL 612 143 8 1 7 4 4 4 4 19 12 2 63% 8 4 0 209 18 4 82% 15 4 3 0 0 0 5 0 15 0
1984 29 HOU NL 675 179 7 0 7 5 2 2 5 56 34 6 61% 15 2 2 238 22 9 71% 22 8 0 0 0 1 2 0 20 0
1985 30 HOU NL 922 194 20 0 14 17 3 7 13 45 28 5 62% 10 7 1 318 21 9 70% 19 7 1 2 1 0 1 0 18 0
1986 31 HOU NL 1065 182 17 0 6 11 6 10 7 33 18 12 55% 8 3 2 326 41 12 77% 38 10 3 2 0 0 2 0 14 0
1987 32 HOU NL 1010 199 21 2 20 12 9 9 12 51 26 11 51% 11 10 3 317 39 7 85% 37 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 21 0
1988 33 HOU NL 875 162 22 4 19 0 13 9 10 4 15 49 19 7 39% 9 1 0 259 31 6 84% 30 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1989 34 HOU NL 924 180 13 6 23 0 5 9 14 11 12 36 18 8 50% 8 7 2 298 39 2 95% 36 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 16 0
1990 35 HOU NL 871 194 23 7 27 0 11 17 10 11 16 35 23 3 66% 9 1 6 286 53 7 88% 49 5 4 1 0 1 2 1 25 0
1991 36 HOU NL 35 11 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 17 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 8571 1858 61 17 173 3 111 94 79 69 104 422 238 65 56% 108 39 17 2843 298 78 79% 278 67 19 8 1 3 33 3 171 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+
1979 24 1 3 .250 5.33 18 9 0 0 0 0 52.1 59 35 31 4 20 3 21 0 1 1 229 69 1.510 10.1 0.7 3.4 3.6 1.05 69
1980 25 2 4 .333 4.96 24 15 0 1 1 0 81.2 99 49 45 5 28 4 34 0 1 2 361 73 1.555 10.9 0.6 3.1 3.7 1.21 73
1981 26 7 14 .333 4.30 47 38 0 2 1 0 217.2 229 114 104 16 62 5 88 1 3 3 912 83 1.337 9.5 0.7 2.6 3.6 1.42 83
1982 27 14 27 .341 4.64 84 60 10 3 1 3 364.2 414 214 188 29 122 8 151 3 5 4 1582 77 1.470 10.2 0.7 3.0 3.7 1.24 77
1983 28 24 33 .421 4.38 108 84 10 5 3 3 509.2 557 281 248 37 168 8 224 8 9 8 2194 81 1.422 9.8 0.7 3.0 4.0 1.33 81
1984 29 29 44 .397 4.45 139 113 11 5 3 3 663.2 736 377 328 44 211 12 307 11 11 10 2869 78 1.427 10.0 0.6 2.9 4.2 1.46 78
1985 30 47 52 .475 4.16 175 148 12 9 5 3 885.1 930 468 409 64 291 16 444 14 13 17 3791 84 1.379 9.5 0.7 3.0 4.5 1.53 84
1986 31 65 62 .512 3.70 212 185 12 16 10 3 1160.2 1112 541 477 81 363 22 750 16 13 20 4856 95 1.271 8.6 0.6 2.8 5.8 2.07 95
1987 32 81 75 .519 3.62 248 221 12 24 13 3 1408.1 1311 635 566 102 442 28 983 20 15 30 5866 99 1.245 8.4 0.7 2.8 6.3 2.22 99
1988 33 95 83 .534 3.52 280 253 12 32 18 3 1627.0 1473 709 637 121 495 34 1173 28 16 31 6741 101 1.210 8.1 0.7 2.7 6.5 2.37 101
1989 34 115 93 .553 3.47 313 285 13 41 20 3 1856.0 1653 796 716 144 557 46 1345 31 16 38 7665 102 1.191 8.0 0.7 2.7 6.5 2.41 102
1990 35 124 106 .539 3.51 345 317 13 45 22 3 2061.2 1847 898 803 171 623 52 1466 32 19 39 8536 101 1.198 8.1 0.7 2.7 6.4 2.35 101
1991 36 124 108 .534 3.54 347 319 13 45 22 3 2068.2 1858 908 813 173 627 53 1469 33 19 39 8571 100 1.201 8.1 0.8 2.7 6.4 2.34 100

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
1979 24 1 4 .200 6.24 49.0 62 38 34 4 21 20 0 1.694 11.4 3.9 3.7 0.95 0.7 18
1980 25 1 2 .333 5.00 27.0 42 17 15 1 8 12 0 1.852 14.0 2.7 4.0 1.50 0.3 6
1981 26 9 12 .429 4.76 189.0 209 111 100 18 55 75 2 1.397 10.0 2.6 3.6 1.36 0.9 23
1982 27 5 10 .333 5.87 138.0 192 100 90 13 62 59 2 1.841 12.5 4.0 3.8 0.95 0.8 37
1983 28 6 8 .429 4.70 134.0 154 78 70 9 50 68 5 1.522 10.3 3.4 4.6 1.36 0.6 24
1984 29 5 10 .333 5.98 143.0 195 106 95 8 47 77 3 1.692 12.3 3.0 4.8 1.64 0.5 31
1985 30 12 11 .522 3.92 209.0 206 101 91 21 85 129 3 1.392 8.9 3.7 5.6 1.52 0.9 36
1986 31 21 8 .724 2.55 265.0 191 83 75 18 76 295 2 1.008 6.5 2.6 10.0 3.88 0.6 37
1987 32 15 11 .577 3.35 242.0 201 100 90 21 80 227 4 1.161 7.5 3.0 8.4 2.84 0.8 36
1988 33 13 10 .565 3.58 211.0 176 93 84 21 58 183 9 1.109 7.5 2.5 7.8 3.16 0.9 32
1989 34 13 11 .542 3.71 221.0 193 101 91 25 66 166 3 1.172 7.9 2.7 6.8 2.52 1.0 33
1990 35 10 12 .455 4.19 200.0 201 103 93 28 68 118 1 1.345 9.0 3.1 5.3 1.74 1.3 32
1991 36 0 0 16.50 6.0 12 12 11 2 4 3 1 2.667 18.0 6.0 4.5 0.75 3.0 2
13 Yrs 111 109 .505 4.15 2034.0 2034 1043 939 189 680 1432 35 1.334 9.0 6.3 2.11 0.8 347

* 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
1997 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1986 *
1987 (P)
1989

Awards (yr lg award)
1986 NL Cy Young
1986 NL NLCS MVP
1986 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 NL (10, 10%)
1989 NL (15, 2%)
0.12 Career Shares (859th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 NL (1, 82%)
1987 NL (7, 8%)
1989 NL (2, 54%)
1 Cy Young
1.44 Career Shares (30th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1986 NL  7.8 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1986 NL  8.0 (1st)
1987 NL  5.6 (4th)
1988 NL  4.5 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1986 NL  2.22 (1st)
1987 NL  3.23 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1985 NL  18 (6th)
1986 NL  18 (3rd)
1987 NL  16 (3rd)
1989 NL  20 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1983 NL  .625 (7th)
1985 NL  .692 (7th)
1986 NL  .643 (10th)
1989 NL  .667 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1986 NL  0.923 (1st)
1987 NL  1.122 (2nd)
1988 NL  0.983 (2nd)
1989 NL  1.057 (3rd)
Career  1.201 (138th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 NL  5.949 (1st)
1987 NL  7.232 (2nd)
1988 NL  6.668 (4th)
1989 NL  7.074 (7th)
Career  8.084 (141st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 NL  2.354 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 NL  10.002 (1st)
1987 NL  8.467 (2nd)
1988 NL  7.820 (6th)
1989 NL  6.760 (10th)
Career  6.391 (175th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1986 NL  275.3 (1st)
1987 NL  247.7 (4th)
1989 NL  229.0 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1986 NL  306 (1st)
1987 NL  233 (2nd)
1988 NL  190 (4th)
1989 NL  172 (8th)
Career  1,469 (197th)

Games Started s c a p y
1981 NL  23 (10th)
1985 NL  35 (8th)
1986 NL  37 (4th)
1987 NL  36 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1986 NL  7 (8th)
1987 NL  8 (5th)
1988 NL  8 (9th)
1989 NL  9 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1986 NL  5 (1st)
1987 NL  3 (3rd)
1988 NL  5 (4th)
1990 NL  2 (9th)
Career  22 (216th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  11 (3rd)
1985 NL  20 (10th)
1989 NL  23 (2nd)
1990 NL  27 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1986 NL  4.250 (1st)
1987 NL  2.949 (2nd)
1988 NL  3.585 (3rd)
1989 NL  2.774 (3rd)
Career  2.343 (137th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 NL  0.556 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1981 NL  10 (4th)
1982 NL  13 (10th)
1990 NL  13 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  59 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1987 NL  10 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 NL  5 (4th)
1988 NL  8 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1986 NL  1,065 (2nd)
1987 NL  1,010 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1986 NL  161 (1st)
1987 NL  121 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1986 NL  45 (1st)
1987 NL  22 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1986 NL  5.0 (1st)
1987 NL  2.3 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1986 NL  52.98 (1st)
1987 NL  28.79 (3rd)
1988 NL  20.26 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1986 NL  5.7 (1st)
1987 NL  3.7 (2nd)
1988 NL  3.0 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1986 NL  6.6 (1st)
1987 NL  3.6 (1st)
1988 NL  2.3 (7th)
Career  8.9 (174th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1986 NL  6.2 (1st)
1987 NL  3.1 (3rd)
1988 NL  2.3 (6th)

                           

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 19 (107), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 87 (272), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 57 (226), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Earl Wilson (961)
  2. John Denny (958)
  3. Ray Culp (957)
  4. Frank Lary (955)
  5. Gary Peters (954)
  6. Doc Medich (954)
  7. Dock Ellis (950)
  8. Mike Boddicker (949)
  9. Steve Gromek (946)
  10. Johnny Antonelli (943)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Billy Wynne (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Sebra (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Roy Smith (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Dopson (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tomo Ohka (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. David Palmer (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tim Belcher (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. John Montefusco (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Earl Wilson (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gary Peters (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Harvey Haddix (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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