Rod Scurry
Rodney Grant Scurry
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 17, 1956 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Proctor Hug (Sparks, NV)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1980
Final Game: September 30, 1988
Died: November 5, 1992 in Reno, NV
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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
1980 24 PIT NL 0 2 .000 2.15 20 0 4 0 0 0 37.2 23 12 9 2 17 3 28 2 1 2 153 171 1.062 5.5 0.5 4.1 6.7 1.65
1981 25 PIT NL 4 5 .444 3.77 27 7 10 0 0 7 74.0 74 33 31 6 40 2 65 3 1 4 329 96 1.541 9.0 0.7 4.9 7.9 1.63
1982 26 PIT NL 4 5 .444 1.74 76 0 38 0 0 14 103.2 79 26 20 3 64 7 94 4 1 12 448 216 1.379 6.9 0.3 5.6 8.2 1.47
1983 27 PIT NL 4 9 .308 5.56 61 0 25 0 0 7 68.0 63 45 42 6 53 7 67 4 0 6 317 67 1.706 8.3 0.8 7.0 8.9 1.26
1984 28 PIT NL 5 6 .455 2.53 43 0 25 0 0 4 46.1 28 14 13 1 22 3 48 0 0 7 186 144 1.079 5.4 0.2 4.3 9.3 2.18
1985 29 TOT MLB 1 1 .500 3.13 35 0 15 0 0 3 60.1 47 26 21 6 38 2 60 0 0 3 261 118 1.409 7.0 0.9 5.7 9.0 1.58
1985 29 PIT NL 0 1 .000 3.21 30 0 13 0 0 2 47.2 42 22 17 4 28 1 43 0 0 3 210 112 1.469 7.9 0.8 5.3 8.1 1.54
1985 29 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 2.84 5 0 2 0 0 1 12.2 5 4 4 2 10 1 17 0 0 0 51 142 1.184 3.6 1.4 7.1 12.1 1.70
1986 30 NYY AL 1 2 .333 3.66 31 0 10 0 0 2 39.1 38 18 16 1 22 1 36 2 0 5 177 112 1.525 8.7 0.2 5.0 8.2 1.64
1988 32 SEA AL 0 2 .000 4.02 39 0 18 0 0 2 31.1 32 16 14 6 18 4 33 4 11 2 150 104 1.596 9.2 1.7 5.2 9.5 1.83
8 Seasons 19 32 .373 3.24 332 7 145 0 0 39 460.2 384 190 166 31 274 29 431 19 14 41 2021 116 1.428 7.5 0.6 5.4 8.4 1.57
162 Game Avg. 4 6 .373 3.24 67 1 29 0 0 8 92 77 38 33 6 55 6 86 4 3 8 405 116 1.428 7.5 0.6 5.4 8.4 1.57
PIT (6 yrs) 17 28 .378 3.15 257 7 115 0 0 34 377.1 309 152 132 22 224 23 345 13 3 34 1643 117 1.413 7.4 0.5 5.3 8.2 1.54
NYY (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 3.46 36 0 12 0 0 3 52.0 43 22 20 3 32 2 53 2 0 5 228 118 1.442 7.4 0.5 5.5 9.2 1.66
SEA (1 yr) 0 2 .000 4.02 39 0 18 0 0 2 31.1 32 16 14 6 18 4 33 4 11 2 150 104 1.596 9.2 1.7 5.2 9.5 1.83
NL (6 yrs) 17 28 .378 3.15 257 7 115 0 0 34 377.1 309 152 132 22 224 23 345 13 3 34 1643 117 1.413 7.4 0.5 5.3 8.2 1.54
AL (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 3.67 75 0 30 0 0 5 83.1 75 38 34 9 50 6 86 6 11 7 378 112 1.500 8.1 1.0 5.4 9.3 1.72

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
1980 24 PIT NL 20 153 131 12 23 7 0 2 3 0 17 28 .176 .280 .275 .555 .208 36 3 2 3 0 3
1981 25 PIT NL 27 331 286 33 74 19 5 6 3 3 40 65 .259 .355 .423 .778 .315 121 5 3 1 1 2
1982 26 PIT NL 76 448 372 26 79 18 1 3 9 5 64 94 .212 .331 .290 .621 .272 108 9 4 4 4 7
1983 27 PIT NL 61 317 253 45 63 13 3 6 11 1 53 67 .249 .382 .395 .777 .310 100 4 4 3 4 7
1984 28 PIT NL 43 186 160 14 28 7 1 1 4 2 22 48 .175 .275 .250 .525 .243 40 2 0 4 0 3
1985 29 TOT MLB 35 261 218 26 47 6 3 6 4 2 38 60 .216 .329 .353 .683 .266 77 3 0 3 2 2
1985 29 NYY AL 5 51 40 4 5 0 0 2 1 0 10 17 .125 .300 .275 .575 .143 11 2 0 1 0 1
1985 29 PIT NL 30 210 178 22 42 6 3 4 3 2 28 43 .236 .337 .371 .707 .286 66 1 0 2 2 1
1986 30 NYY AL 31 177 151 18 38 4 3 1 5 0 22 36 .252 .354 .338 .692 .325 51 3 2 2 0 1
1988 32 SEA AL 39 150 124 16 32 5 0 6 2 0 18 33 .258 .365 .444 .808 .299 55 0 4 2 2 4
8 Seasons 332 2023 1695 190 384 79 16 31 41 13 274 431 .227 .338 .347 .685 .283 588 29 19 22 13 29
162 Game Avg. 67 406 340 38 77 16 3 6 8 3 55 86 .227 .338 .347 .685 .283 118 6 4 4 3 6
MLB Averages

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
1981 25 PIT NL 27 7 2 3 2 0 0 2 5 .286 2 0 0 0 4 57% 48 74 23 9 2 1 4 1.9 2.1 6.2
1 Season 27 7 2 3 2 0 0 2 5 .286 2 0 0 0 4 57% 48 74 23 9 2 1 4 1.9 2.1 6.2
MLB Averages

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
1980 24 PIT NL 20 20 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 6 0.794 3 4 13 0 3 17 7 13 14 3 14 2 5.7
1981 25 PIT NL 27 20 10 2 2 9 7 2 78% 9 0 19 7 37% 7 1.273 15 3 2 10 6 4 12 8 9 7 9 5 4.6
1982 26 PIT NL 76 76 38 4 5 20 14 6 70% 32 11 53 20 38% 7 1.528 43 9 24 35 16 25 33 43 34 21 40 29 4.1
1983 27 PIT NL 61 61 25 4 9 15 7 8 47% 24 7 61 24 39% 7 1.449 33 12 15 25 11 25 33 28 23 29 27 22 3.3
1984 28 PIT NL 43 43 25 5 6 5 4 1 80% 8 2 39 15 38% 8 1.450 25 4 14 10 16 17 21 22 13 13 14 10 3.2
1985 29 TOT MLB 35 35 15 1 1 4 3 1 75% 6 1 28 14 50% 0.672 10 5 19 7 5 23 15 20 23 8 23 4 5.2
1985 29 PIT NL 30 30 13 0 1 3 2 1 67% 5 1 23 13 57% 7 0.710 9 4 16 5 4 21 12 18 18 8 18 4 4.8
1985 29 NYY AL 5 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 1 20% 7 0.518 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 2 5 0 5 0 7.6
1986 30 NYY AL 31 31 10 1 2 3 2 1 67% 11 6 27 11 41% 8 0.888 12 8 11 12 4 15 15 16 14 14 17 7 3.8
1988 32 SEA AL 39 39 18 0 2 2 2 0 100% 2 0 40 13 33% 9 0.472 9 3 26 5 8 26 22 17 5 21 8 5 2.4 15
8 Seasons 332 325 145 17 29 58 39 19 67% 92 27 277 106 38% 1.167 150 48 124 104 69 152 158 167 135 116 152 84 3.8 15

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%
1980 24 PIT NL 153 69% 1.3% 18.3% 11.1% 5.9% 39% 1.07 66% 20 3 15%
1981 25 PIT NL 331 71% 1.8% 19.6% 12.1% 9.1% 41% 0.82 65% 56 5 9%
1982 26 PIT NL 448 69% 0.7% 21.0% 14.3% 4.9% 28% 1.23 62% 82 9 11%
1983 27 PIT NL 317 67% 1.9% 21.1% 16.7% 6.9% 35% 0.96 58% 58 4 7%
1984 28 PIT NL 186 69% 0.5% 25.8% 11.8% 4.8% 32% 1.23 60% 28 2 7%
1985 29 TOT MLB 261 72% 2.3% 23.0% 14.6% 5.8% 32% 1.58 59% 49 3 6%
1985 29 PIT NL 210 74% 1.9% 20.5% 13.3% 6.2% 31% 1.57 63% 39 1 3%
1985 29 NYY AL 51 63% 3.9% 33.3% 19.6% 3.9% 40% 1.63 41% 10 2 20%
1986 30 NYY AL 177 67% 0.6% 20.3% 12.4% 4.5% 21% 1.61 64% 37 3 8%
1988 32 SEA AL 150 59% 4.0% 22.0% 12.0% 7.3% 34% 0.71 0.91 58% 20% 22.2% 48% 22 0 0%
8 Seasons 2023 68% 1.5% 21.3% 13.5% 6.2% 33% 0.71 1.13 62% 20% 22.2% 48% 352 29 8%
MLB Averages

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 32 SEA AL 150 599 3.99 359 60% 28% 17% 29% 26% 72% 7% 43% 76% 55% 11% 17 10 29% 44 29 2 21% 5 3 0 0 0
1 Season 150 599 3.99 359 60% 28% 17% 29% 26% 72% 7% 43% 76% 55% 11% 17 10 29% 44 29 2 21% 5 3 0 0 0
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
1980 24 PIT NL 153 23 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 6 2 1 33% 2 2 1 61 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1981 25 PIT NL 331 74 6 0 8 4 2 4 2 16 3 3 19% 5 4 1 141 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1982 26 PIT NL 448 79 3 0 23 2 1 2 1 39 14 7 36% 6 12 1 168 9 5 64% 7 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 23 0
1983 27 PIT NL 317 63 6 1 17 6 0 2 4 23 14 7 61% 1 6 1 130 11 1 92% 7 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 20 0
1984 28 PIT NL 186 28 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 16 6 4 38% 1 7 0 60 4 2 67% 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 0
1985 29 TOT MLB 261 47 6 1 11 4 2 1 5 8 7 1 88% 3 3 0 108 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
1985 29 PIT NL 210 42 4 1 9 3 1 1 3 8 7 1 88% 3 3 0 86 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
1985 29 NYY AL 51 5 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 30 NYY AL 177 38 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 12 6 1 50% 2 5 1 73 5 0 100% 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1988 32 SEA AL 150 32 5 0 6 0 6 4 2 4 2 13 9 2 69% 2 2 3 59 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
8 Seasons 2023 384 5 0 31 2 82 23 8 15 16 133 61 26 46% 22 41 8 800 41 13 76% 32 9 8 1 1 3 4 1 105 0
MLB Averages

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+
1980 24 0 2 .000 2.15 20 0 4 0 0 0 37.2 23 12 9 2 17 3 28 2 1 2 153 171 1.062 5.5 0.5 4.1 6.7 1.65 171
1981 25 4 7 .364 3.22 47 7 14 0 0 7 111.2 97 45 40 8 57 5 93 5 2 6 482 113 1.379 7.8 0.6 4.6 7.5 1.63 113
1982 26 8 12 .400 2.51 123 7 52 0 0 21 215.1 176 71 60 11 121 12 187 9 3 18 930 147 1.379 7.4 0.5 5.1 7.8 1.55 147
1983 27 12 21 .364 3.24 184 7 77 0 0 28 283.1 239 116 102 17 174 19 254 13 3 24 1247 114 1.458 7.6 0.5 5.5 8.1 1.46 114
1984 28 17 27 .386 3.14 227 7 102 0 0 32 329.2 267 130 115 18 196 22 302 13 3 31 1433 118 1.404 7.3 0.5 5.4 8.2 1.54 118
1985 29 18 28 .391 3.14 262 7 117 0 0 35 390.0 314 156 136 24 234 24 362 13 3 34 1694 118 1.405 7.2 0.6 5.4 8.4 1.55 118
1986 30 19 30 .388 3.19 293 7 127 0 0 37 429.1 352 174 152 25 256 25 398 15 3 39 1871 117 1.416 7.4 0.5 5.4 8.3 1.55 117
1987 31 19 30 .388 3.19 293 7 127 0 0 37 429.1 352 174 152 25 256 25 398 15 3 39 1871 117 1.416 7.4 0.5 5.4 8.3 1.55 117
1988 32 19 32 .373 3.24 332 7 145 0 0 39 460.2 384 190 166 31 274 29 431 19 14 41 2021 116 1.428 7.5 0.6 5.4 8.4 1.57 116

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
1980 24 3 1 .750 2.50 36.0 24 11 10 2 18 27 2 1.167 6.0 4.5 6.8 1.50 0.5 20
1981 25 5 6 .455 4.50 104.0 117 58 52 9 63 91 5 1.731 10.1 5.5 7.9 1.44 0.8 27
1982 26 9 2 .818 1.89 100.0 80 23 21 3 65 91 4 1.450 7.2 5.9 8.2 1.40 0.3 76
1983 27 2 5 .286 6.19 64.0 65 49 44 6 55 63 4 1.875 9.1 7.7 8.9 1.15 0.8 61
1984 28 3 1 .750 2.80 45.0 29 16 14 1 23 47 0 1.156 5.8 4.6 9.4 2.04 0.2 43
1985 29 3 3 .500 3.63 57.0 49 26 23 6 40 57 0 1.561 7.7 6.3 9.0 1.43 0.9 35
1986 30 2 2 .500 3.79 38.0 38 18 16 1 22 35 2 1.579 9.0 5.2 8.3 1.59 0.2 31
1988 32 1 2 .333 4.06 31.0 34 16 14 6 19 33 4 1.710 9.9 5.5 9.6 1.74 1.7 39
8 Seasons 28 22 .560 3.68 475.0 436 217 194 34 305 444 21 1.560 8.3 8.4 1.46 0.6 332

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1982 NL  76 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1982 NL  12 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 NL  3 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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