Steve Searcy

William Steven Searcy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 4, 1964 in Knoxville, TN
School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 1988
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Phillies 1988-1992

Final Game: June 1, 1992
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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
1985	21	DET-min	AA,Rk	3	3	.500	2.76	11	11	0	2	1	0	58.2	54	23	18	1	25	1	43	2	1	3			1.347	8.3	0.2	3.8	6.6	1.72	BIR,BRS · SOUL,APPY
1986	22	DET-min	AA	11	6	.647	3.30	27	27	0	3	0	0	172.0	166	79	63	6	74	1	139	3	2	12			1.395	8.7	0.3	3.9	7.3	1.88	GLF · EL
1987	23	DET-min	AAA	3	4	.429	4.22	10	10	0	0	0	0	53.1	49	26	25	4	32	0	54	1	2	7			1.519	8.3	0.7	5.4	9.1	1.69	TOL · IL
1988	24	DET-min	AAA	13	7	.650	2.59	27	27	0	3	0	0	170.0	131	61	49	8	79	2	176	12	13	7			1.235	6.9	0.4	4.2	9.3	2.23	TOL · IL
1988	24	DET	AL	0	2	.000	5.63	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	8	6	5	3	4	0	5	0	0	0	37	71	1.500	9.0	3.4	4.5	5.6	1.25
1989	25	DET-min	A,AAA	4	6	.400	4.62	18	18	0	0	0	0	89.2	81	57	46	2	70	2	70	1	7	6			1.684	8.1	0.2	7.0	7.0	1.00	LAK,TOL · FLOR,IL
1989	25	DET	AL	1	1	.500	6.04	8	2	3	0	0	0	22.1	27	16	15	3	12	1	11	0	0	0	100	65	1.746	10.9	1.2	4.8	4.4	0.92
1990	26	DET-min	AAA	10	5	.667	2.92	17	17	0	2	2	0	104.2	71	40	34	5	52	1	105	0	5	3			1.175	6.1	0.4	4.5	9.0	2.02	TOL · IL
1990	26	DET	AL	2	7	.222	4.66	16	12	2	1	0	0	75.1	76	44	39	9	51	3	66	0	0	3	341	86	1.686	9.1	1.1	6.1	7.9	1.29
1991	27	TOT	MLB	3	3	.500	6.59	34	5	8	0	0	0	71.0	81	56	52	10	44	1	53	0	1	5	335	61	1.761	10.3	1.3	5.6	6.7	1.20
1991	27	DET	AL	1	2	.333	8.41	16	5	4	0	0	0	40.2	52	40	38	8	30	0	32	0	0	4	201	50	2.016	11.5	1.8	6.6	7.1	1.07
1991	27	PHI	NL	2	1	.667	4.15	18	0	4	0	0	0	30.1	29	16	14	2	14	1	21	0	1	1	134	89	1.418	8.6	0.6	4.2	6.2	1.50
1992	28	LAD-PHI-min	AAA	3	8	.273	5.55	20	15	1	0	0	1	84.1	98	60	52	7	43	1	62	1	1	8	381		1.672	10.5	0.7	4.6	6.6	1.44	ABQ,SWB · PCL,IL
1992	28	PHI	NL	0	0		6.10	10	0	3	0	0	0	10.1	13	9	7	0	8	0	5	0	0	0	50	60	2.032	11.3	0.0	7.0	4.4	0.63
1993	29	BAL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	6.00	16	0	5	0	0	1	15.0	19	10	10	2	15	0	12	0	0	0	77		2.267	11.4	1.2	9.0	7.2	0.80	ROC · IL
5 Yrs				6	13	.316	5.68	70	21	16	1	0	0	187.0	205	131	118	25	119	5	140	0	1	8	863	70	1.733	9.9	1.2	5.7	6.7	1.18
162 Game Avg.				4	10	.316	5.68	52	16	12	1	0	0	140	153	98	88	19	89	4	105	0	1	6	645	70	1.733	9.9	1.2	5.7	6.7	1.18

DET (4 yrs)				4	12	.250	5.97	42	21	9	1	0	0	146.1	163	106	97	23	97	4	114	0	0	7	679	68	1.777	10.0	1.4	6.0	7.0	1.18
PHI (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	4.65	28	0	7	0	0	0	40.2	42	25	21	2	22	1	26	0	1	1	184	79	1.574	9.3	0.4	4.9	5.8	1.18

AL (4 yrs)				4	12	.250	5.97	42	21	9	1	0	0	146.1	163	106	97	23	97	4	114	0	0	7	679	68	1.777	10.0	1.4	6.0	7.0	1.18
NL (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	4.65	28	0	7	0	0	0	40.2	42	25	21	2	22	1	26	0	1	1	184	79	1.574	9.3	0.4	4.9	5.8	1.18

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
1988	24	DET	AL	8.0	2	2	6	6.75	3.93	0.23	0.13	98.7	3.78	-3	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.375	.498	$62,500
1989	25	DET	AL	22.1	8	2	16	6.45	4.43	-0.14	-0.07	105.3	4.73	-4	-0.4	.7	0.0	-0.3	-2	.444	.497	$69,000
1990	26	DET	AL	75.1	16	12	44	5.26	4.27	-0.05	0.09	102.0	4.50	-6	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	0.0	2	.462	.496	$107,000
1991	27	DET	AL	40.2	16	5	40	8.85	4.54	0.32	-0.11	102.1	4.20	-21	-2.0	.7	0.1	-1.5	-16	.378	.488	$125,000
1991	27	PHI	NL	30.1	18	0	16	4.75	4.29	-0.10	-0.33	100.6	4.09	-2	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	0	.485	.498	$
1992	28	PHI	NL	10.1	10	0	9	7.84	4.15	-0.16	-0.32	101.0	4.03	-4	-0.5	.4	0.1	-0.3	-4	.451	.497	$175,000
5 Seasons				187.0	70	21	131	6.30	4.33	0.02	-0.06	102.0	4.34	-41	-4.0	.8	0.1	-2.4	-21	.443	.496	$538,500

DET (4 yrs)				146.1	42	21	106	6.52	4.35	0.05	0.01	102.3	4.41	-34	-3.3	.8	0.0	-2.0	-18	.422	.495	$363,500
PHI (2 yrs)				40.2	28	0	25	5.53	4.25	-0.12	-0.33	100.7	4.08	-7	-0.8	.8	0.1	-0.4	-3	.473	.498	$175,000

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
1988	24	DET	AL	2	37	33	6	8	1	0	3	0	0	4	5	.242	.324	.545	.870	.200	18	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	25	DET	AL	8	100	88	16	27	5	0	3	0	2	12	11	.307	.390	.466	.856	.324	41	6	0	0	0	1	2
1990	26	DET	AL	16	341	282	44	76	13	1	9	9	5	51	66	.270	.375	.418	.793	.315	118	9	0	2	6	3	4
1991	27	TOT	MLB	34	335	281	56	81	14	3	10	7	1	44	53	.288	.379	.466	.845	.318	131	6	0	5	5	1	2
1991	27	DET	AL	16	201	166	40	52	7	1	8	2	1	30	32	.313	.412	.512	.924	.341	85	5	0	2	3	0	2
1991	27	PHI	NL	18	134	115	16	29	7	2	2	5	0	14	21	.252	.328	.400	.728	.287	46	1	0	3	2	1	0
1992	28	PHI	NL	10	50	40	9	13	2	1	0	0	1	8	5	.325	.429	.425	.854	.361	17	1	0	1	1	0	0
5 Yrs				70	863	724	131	205	35	5	25	16	9	119	140	.283	.379	.449	.828	.315	325	22	0	8	12	5	9
162 Game Avg.				52	645	541	98	153	26	4	19	12	7	89	105	.283	.379	.449	.828	.315	243	16	0	6	9	4	7
MLB Averages																.256	.322	.380	.702	.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
1988	24	DET	AL	-1.7	-0.2	37	-0.4	0.5	-0.8	.79	-0.4	-0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.79	-3.8	0	0	0
1989	25	DET	AL	-5.0	-0.5	102	-0.4	1.2	-1.6	.75	-0.4	-0.1	-4.5	-0.4	0.75	-3.9	1	1	3
1990	26	DET	AL	-5.6	-0.6	357	-0.6	6.1	-6.6	1.08	-0.7	0.2	-7.0	-0.7	1.08	-9.4	1	2	0
1991	27	TOT	MLB	-19.5	-1.9	349	-2.4	3.8	-6.2	.78	-1.9	-1.2	-19.3	-1.8	0.78	-22.7	6	7	15
1991	27	DET	AL	-17.8	-1.7	208	-1.5	2.3	-3.8	.78	-1.7	-0.3	-17.9	-1.7	0.78	-18.2	2	2	6
1991	27	PHI	NL	-1.7	-0.2	141	-0.9	1.5	-2.4	.79	-0.2	-0.9	-1.4	-0.1	0.79	-4.5	4	5	9
1992	28	PHI	NL	-3.4	-0.4	51	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	.41	-0.3	-1.0	-5.2	-0.5	0.41	-3.2	1	0	9
5 Yrs				-35.2	-3.4	896	-4.2	11.7	-15.9	.87	-3.7	-1.2	-39.0	-3.8	0.87	-43.0	9	10	27

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
1988	24	DET	AL	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%	46.5	59	34	3	0	0	1	2.5	1.1	4.0	67	1	0	1	0	111
1989	25	DET	AL	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.000	1	0	0	0	1	50%	51.0	56	46	8	2	0	2	8.5	10.5	6.0	91	0	2	0	0	92
1990	26	DET	AL	16	12	2	7	3	1	1	4	8	.333	0	1	1	0	4	33%	47.9	67	24	12	3	0	3	2.5	2.3	5.4	95	2	4	5	1	143
1991	27	TOT	MLB	34	5	1	1	3	1	1	3	2	.600	0	2	0	0	1	20%		59	26	23	10	0	3	4.5	3.6	3.8	71	3	1	0	1	121
1991	27	DET	AL	16	5	1	1	3	1	1	3	2	.600	0	2	0	0	1	20%	39.8	59	26	15	7	0	3	4.5	3.6	3.8	71	3	1	0	1	121
4 Yrs				42	21	4	10	7	2	3	9	12	.429	1	3	1	0	7	33%	46	67	24	38	12	0	9	3.5	3.4	4.9	86	6	7	6	2	143
MLB Averages													.500						54%	51	103	-14					4.2	4.2	6.2	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1989	25	DET	AL	8	6	3	0	1	1	1	0%	1	0	4	1	25%	6	.753	1	1	3	1	0	5	2	4	3	2	3	0	5.2	32
1990	26	DET	AL	16	4	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	4	2	50%	1	1.076	1	2	0	2	0	2	2	2	3	0	3	1	8.0	44
1991	27	TOT	MLB	34	29	8	2	2	0	0		2	2	17	6	35%		.780	6	7	15	4	4	21	12	17	18	8	19	3	5.4	31
1991	27	DET	AL	16	11	4	0	1	0	0		1	1	7	3	43%	6	.776	2	2	6	2	1	8	5	6	8	3	8	2	5.9	35
1991	27	PHI	NL	18	18	4	2	1	0	0		1	1	10	3	30%	8	.786	4	5	9	2	3	13	7	11	10	5	11	1	5.1	28
1992	28	PHI	NL	10	10	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	2	25%	8	.413	1	0	9	1	0	9	4	6	3	3	3	1	3.1	16
4 Yrs				68	49	16	2	3	1	1	0%	4	3	33	11	33%		.877	9	10	27	8	4	37	20	29	27	13	28	5	5.1	29

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%
1988	24	DET	AL	37	30%	8.1%	13.5%	10.8%	10.8%	50%	1.15	1.71	68%	7%	27.3%	15%	6	0	0%
1989	25	DET	AL	100	21%	3.0%	11.0%	12.0%	8.0%	30%	1.62	2.86	74%	22%	11.1%	7%	26	6	23%
1990	26	DET	AL	341	16%	2.6%	19.4%	15.0%	6.7%	30%	1.00	1.50	62%	22%	8.8%	7%	66	9	14%
1991	27	TOT	MLB	335	25%	3.0%	15.8%	13.1%	8.1%	33%	1.08	1.74	67%	21%	10.8%	16%	77	6	8%
1991	27	DET	AL	201	24%	4.0%	15.9%	14.9%	8.0%	31%	1.01	1.70	64%	24%	14.8%	19%	52	5	10%
1991	27	PHI	NL	134	26%	1.5%	15.7%	10.5%	8.2%	38%	1.18	1.80	70%	17%	5.1%	11%	25	1	4%
1992	28	PHI	NL	50	30%	0.0%	10.0%	16.0%	6.0%	23%	0.94	0.92	72%	24%	0.0%	11%	11	1	9%
5 Yrs				863	22%	2.9%	16.2%	13.8%	7.5%	32%	1.10	1.68	66%	21%	10.0%	11%	186	22	12%
MLB Averages					40%	2.0%	14.8%	8.5%	6.6%	29%	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.2%	22%			10%

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	24	DET	AL	37	133	3.59	75	56%	29%	17%	16%	37%	71%	0%	40%	75%	59%	5%	2	1	11%	4	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0
1989	25	DET	AL	100	374	3.74	211	56%	26%	12%	26%	36%	74%	2%	42%	84%	47%	5%	5	4	10%	10	3	0	18%	0	0	0	0	0
1990	26	DET	AL	341	1316	3.86	753	57%	24%	20%	25%	30%	75%	2%	43%	72%	52%	9%	31	15	14%	48	20	2	8%	6	14	0	2	8
1991	27	TOT	MLB	336	1243	3.70	701	56%	25%	18%	24%	34%	75%	1%	42%	77%	49%	9%	29	15	15%	51	15	3	17%	6	13	-1	0	0
1991	27	DET	AL	202	744	3.68	413	56%	23%	17%	26%	34%	77%	0%	43%	77%	50%	8%	16	7	17%	34	11	3	16%	3	9	-1	0	0
1991	27	PHI	NL	134	499	3.72	288	58%	27%	18%	21%	34%	73%	2%	42%	75%	48%	10%	13	8	13%	17	4	0	19%	3	4	0	0	0
1992	28	PHI	NL	50	164	3.28	90	55%	27%	13%	19%	41%	73%	0%	40%	82%	52%	18%	9	6	12%	6	4	0	40%	2	3	0	0	0
5 Yrs				864	3230	3.74	1830	57%	25%	18%	24%	33%	75%	1%	42%	76%	50%	9%	76	41	14%	119	43	5	13%	15	31	-1	2	8
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
1988	24	DET	AL	37	8	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	25	DET	AL	100	27	4	1	3	0	3	3	0	2	1	5	1	0	20%	2	0	0	44	0	2	0%	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	26	DET	AL	341	76	9	2	9	1	15	8	1	5	4	19	10	4	53%	4	3	3	125	9	5	64%	7	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	13	0
1991	27	TOT	MLB	335	81	20	0	10	0	7	8	2	4	6	18	13	3	72%	2	5	0	143	7	1	88%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1991	27	DET	AL	201	52	14	0	8	0	5	7	1	3	5	12	7	2	58%	2	4	0	87	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1991	27	PHI	NL	134	29	6	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	6	6	1	100%	0	1	0	56	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1992	28	PHI	NL	50	13	4	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	50%	0	0	0	21	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
5 Yrs				863	205	37	4	25	1	32	22	3	12	13	46	26	8	57%	9	8	3	345	16	9	64%	14	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	26	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1988	24	0	2	.000	5.63	2	2	0	0	8.0	8	6	5	3	4	0	5	0	0	37	71	1.500	9.0	3.4	4.5	5.6	1.25	71
1989	25	1	3	.250	5.93	10	4	3	0	30.1	35	22	20	6	16	1	16	0	0	137	66	1.681	10.4	1.8	4.7	4.7	1.00	66
1990	26	3	10	.231	5.03	26	16	5	1	105.2	111	66	59	15	67	4	82	0	3	478	79	1.685	9.5	1.3	5.7	7.0	1.22	79
1991	27	6	13	.316	5.65	60	21	13	1	176.2	192	122	111	25	111	5	135	1	8	813	71	1.715	9.8	1.3	5.7	6.9	1.22	71
1992	28	6	13	.316	5.68	70	21	16	1	187.0	205	131	118	25	119	5	140	1	8	863	70	1.733	9.9	1.2	5.7	6.7	1.18	70

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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	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1988	24	0	0		6.75	8.0	9	7	6	3	4	5	1.625	10.1	4.5	5.6	1.25	3.4	2
1989	25	0	2	.000	7.20	20.0	28	18	16	3	12	10	2.000	12.6	5.4	4.5	0.83	1.4	8
1990	26	2	5	.286	5.40	70.0	79	47	42	9	53	61	1.886	10.2	6.8	7.8	1.15	1.2	16
1991	27	2	5	.286	7.17	69.0	83	61	55	10	45	52	1.855	10.8	5.9	6.8	1.16	1.3	34
1992	28	0	1	.000	8.00	9.0	14	9	8	0	9	4	2.556	14.0	9.0	4.0	0.44	0.0	10
5 Yrs		4	13	.235	6.49	176.0	213	142	127	25	123	132	1.909	10.9		6.8	1.07	1.3	70

* 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.

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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.
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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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