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Jeff Sellers

Jeffrey Doyle Sellers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 11, 1964 in Compton, CA
High School: Paramount HS (Long Beach, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1985
Team: RedSox 1985-1988

Final Game: October 1, 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	18	BOS-min	A-	1	4	.200	3.06	17	8	8	1	0	1	61.2	55	31	21	3	39	5	45	1	0	5			1.524	8.0	0.4	5.7	6.6	1.15	ELM · NYPL
1983	19	BOS-min	A	8	9	.471	4.51	21	20	0	3	0	0	117.2	149	77	59	3	47	0	68	1	1	7			1.666	11.4	0.2	3.6	5.2	1.45	WHV · FLOR
1984	20	BOS-min	A	12	10	.545	3.41	29	29					182.0	182	87	69	5	80								1.440	9.0	0.2	4.0			WHV · FLOR
1985	21	BOS-min	AA	14	7	.667	2.78	25	25	0	15	5	0	184.2	165	67	57	2	67	1	115	4	1	9			1.256	8.0	0.1	3.3	5.6	1.72	NBR · EL
1985	21	BOS	AL	2	0	1.000	3.63	4	4	0	1	0	0	22.1	24	10	9	1	7	1	6	0	0	1	97	120	1.388	9.7	0.4	2.8	2.4	0.86
1986	22	BOS-min	AAA	7	4	.636	3.74	15	15	0	3	1	0	106.0	95	50	44	5	59	3	74	4	1	3			1.453	8.1	0.4	5.0	6.3	1.25	PAW · IL
1986	22	BOS	AL	3	7	.300	4.94	14	13	0	1	0	0	82.0	90	56	45	13	40	1	51	3	1	4	366	85	1.585	9.9	1.4	4.4	5.6	1.28
1987	23	BOS-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.37	5	5	0	1	0	0	38.0	36	13	10	1	19	1	35	0	1	3			1.447	8.5	0.2	4.5	8.3	1.84	PAW · IL
1987	23	BOS	AL	7	8	.467	5.28	25	22	0	4	2	0	139.2	161	85	82	10	61	0	99	3	0	2	620	87	1.589	10.4	0.6	3.9	6.4	1.62
1988	24	BOS-min	AAA	1	1	.500	5.52	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.2	16	9	9	1	11	0	9	1	0	2			1.841	9.8	0.6	6.8	5.5	0.82	PAW · IL
1988	24	BOS	AL	1	7	.125	4.83	18	12	2	1	0	0	85.2	89	49	46	9	56	3	70	3	7	8	393	86	1.693	9.4	0.9	5.9	7.4	1.25
1989	25	CIN-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	2	2	0	6	0	1	0	1	0			2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17	NVL · AA
1991	27	NYY-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.84	6	4	2	0	0	0	22.1	17	14	12	1	17	0	11	2	0	3	100		1.522	6.9	0.4	6.9	4.4	0.65	CLB · IL
1992	28	TEX-min	AA	1	0	1.000	3.46	7	1	2	0	0	0	13.0	14	6	5	0	8	1	9	1	0	2	61		1.692	9.7	0.0	5.5	6.2	1.13	TUL · TL
1994	30	COL-min	A+	0	0		0.00	4	0	1	0	0	1	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	17		0.400	1.8	0.0	1.8	12.6	7.00	CNV · CALL
4 Yrs				13	22	.371	4.97	61	51	2	7	2	0	329.2	364	200	182	33	164	5	226	9	8	15	1476	88	1.602	9.9	0.9	4.5	6.2	1.38
162 Game Avg.				8	13	.371	4.97	37	31	1	4	1	0	200	221	121	110	20	100	3	137	5	5	9	896	88	1.602	9.9	0.9	4.5	6.2	1.38

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
1985	21	BOS	AL	22.1	4	4	10	4.03	4.68	-0.05	0.16	100.6	4.92	2	0.2		-0.0	0.4	5	.560	.501	$
1986	22	BOS	AL	82.0	14	13	56	6.15	4.51	-0.01	0.13	100.4	4.66	-14	-1.3	.1	-0.0	-0.6	-5	.408	.492	$
1987	23	BOS	AL	139.2	25	22	85	5.48	4.92	-0.08	0.16	101.3	5.23	-4	-0.4	.4	-0.1	0.7	12	.484	.498	$77,500
1988	24	BOS	AL	85.2	18	12	49	5.15	4.46	0.03	0.04	104.4	4.67	-5	-0.5	.5	-0.1	0.2	4	.473	.497	$135,000
4 Seasons				329.2	61	51	200	5.46	4.68	-0.03	0.12	101.8	4.92	-20	-1.9	.4	-0.2	0.7	16	.469	.497	$212,500

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
1985	21	BOS	AL	4	97	88	10	24	3	2	1	1	1	7	6	.273	.323	.386	.709	.280	34	4	0	1	1	1	5
1986	22	BOS	AL	14	366	319	56	90	12	1	13	5	3	40	51	.282	.365	.448	.814	.300	143	12	3	2	2	1	6
1987	23	BOS	AL	25	620	539	85	161	37	4	10	10	7	61	99	.299	.368	.438	.806	.345	236	8	3	8	8	0	4
1988	24	BOS	AL	18	393	332	49	89	13	1	9	7	2	56	70	.268	.379	.395	.773	.316	131	9	3	2	0	3	3
4 Yrs				61	1476	1278	200	364	65	8	33	23	13	164	226	.285	.367	.426	.793	.321	544	33	9	13	11	5	18
162 Game Avg.				37	896	776	121	221	39	5	20	14	8	100	137	.285	.367	.426	.793	.321	330	20	5	8	7	3	11
MLB Averages																.258	.325	.395	.719	.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
1985	21	BOS	AL	1.8	0.2	101	-0.1	1.9	-2.0	1.18	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	1.18	-0.5	0	0	0
1986	22	BOS	AL	-9.4	-0.9	381	-0.8	6.2	-7.0	.94	-1.0	0.1	-10.3	-1.0	0.94	-12.0	0	0	1
1987	23	BOS	AL	-8.3	-0.8	641	-0.2	11.5	-11.7	1.04	-0.7	0.5	-4.3	-0.4	1.04	-5.7	0	0	3
1988	24	BOS	AL	-5.4	-0.5	419	-1.1	5.2	-6.4	.85	-0.4	-0.9	-11.9	-1.1	0.85	-7.7	1	1	3
4 Yrs				-21.2	-2.0	1542	-2.2	24.9	-27.1	.97	-2.1	-0.2	-27.1	-2.6	0.97	-25.9	1	1	7

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
1985	21	BOS	AL	4	4	2	0	2	0	0	3	1	.750	0	0	1	0	2	50%	48.5	79	30	7	0	0	3	5.9	6.3	5.6
1986	22	BOS	AL	14	13	3	7	3	0	2	5	8	.385	2	0	1	0	7	54%	44.2	62	15	14	7	1	7	4.2	4.4	6.0
1987	23	BOS	AL	25	22	7	8	7	2	3	10	12	.455	1	5	4	2	9	41%	47.0	82	11	27	14	2	12	5.1	4.2	6.2
1988	24	BOS	AL	18	12	0	7	5	0	4	2	10	.167	0	1	1	0	5	42%	49.6	81	28	25	5	1	6	3.1	2.5	5.6	102	4	0	3	5	146
4 Yrs				61	51	12	22	17	2	9	20	31	.392	3	6	7	2	23	45%	47	82	11	73	26	4	28	4.4	4.0	5.9	102	4	0	3	5	146
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-3					4.4	4.4	6.2	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1986	22	BOS	AL	14	1	0	0	1	0	0%	4	.935	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	12.0
1987	23	BOS	AL	25	3	0	0	4	2	50%	4	1.040	0	0	3	1	2	2	1	2	1	3	4.3
1988	24	BOS	AL	18	6	2	1	8	6	75%	3	.851	1	1	3	1	5	4	2	6	0	6	9.0	52
3 Yrs				57	10	2	1	13	8	62%		.958	1	1	7	2	8	7	3	9	1	10	7.9	52

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%
1985	21	BOS	AL	97	24%	1.0%	6.2%	7.2%	6.2%	25%		1.95	85%				19	4	21%
1986	22	BOS	AL	366	42%	3.6%	13.9%	10.9%	7.1%	29%		1.05	70%				75	12	16%
1987	23	BOS	AL	620	46%	1.6%	16.0%	9.8%	8.2%	32%		1.06	71%				119	8	7%
1988	24	BOS	AL	393	51%	2.3%	17.8%	14.3%	5.9%	26%	0.74	1.09	64%	20%	9.0%	32%	72	9	13%
4 Yrs				1476	45%	2.2%	15.3%	11.1%	7.2%	29%	0.74	1.12	70%	20%	9.0%	32%	285	33	12%
MLB Averages					40%	2.3%	14.9%	8.6%	7.0%	30%	0.80	1.07	73%	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	24	BOS	AL	394	1539	3.91	880	57%	24%	19%	28%	30%	76%	1%	44%	75%	52%	8%	32	19	16%	64	30	2	21%	10	10	-1	1	0
1 Yr				394	1539	3.91	880	57%	24%	19%	28%	30%	76%	1%	44%	75%	52%	8%	32	19	16%	64	30	2	21%	10	10	-1	1	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
1985	21	BOS	AL	97	24			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	6	0	86%	5	1	1	32	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1986	22	BOS	AL	366	90			13	0	10	9	4	9	4	20	7	3	35%	6	4	1	137	5	3	63%	5	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	11	0
1987	23	BOS	AL	620	161			10	0	8	6	4	5	5	40	22	8	55%	4	2	3	240	10	7	59%	8	6	1	1	1	0	1	0	19	0
1988	24	BOS	AL	393	89	5	1	9	0	14	7	2	6	3	23	14	5	61%	3	8	1	149	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	20	0
4 Yrs				1476	364	5	1	33	0	32	22	11	20	13	90	49	16	54%	18	15	6	558	23	13	64%	21	11	1	2	1	0	4	1	53	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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+
1985	21	2	0	1.000	3.63	4	4	0	1	0	22.1	24	10	9	1	7	1	6	0	0	1	97	120	1.388	9.7	0.4	2.8	2.4	0.86	120
1986	22	5	7	.417	4.66	18	17	0	2	0	104.1	114	66	54	14	47	2	57	3	1	5	463	91	1.543	9.8	1.2	4.1	4.9	1.21	91
1987	23	12	15	.444	5.02	43	39	0	6	2	244.0	275	151	136	24	108	2	156	6	1	7	1083	88	1.570	10.1	0.9	4.0	5.8	1.44	88
1988	24	13	22	.371	4.97	61	51	2	7	2	329.2	364	200	182	33	164	5	226	9	8	15	1476	88	1.602	9.9	0.9	4.5	6.2	1.38	88

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
1985	21	1	1	.500	3.68	22.0	25	10	9	1	7	6	0	1.455	10.2	2.9	2.5	0.86	0.4	4
1986	22	3	5	.375	5.38	77.0	91	51	46	13	40	48	3	1.701	10.6	4.7	5.6	1.20	1.5	14
1987	23	5	9	.357	5.17	134.0	156	86	77	10	59	95	3	1.604	10.5	4.0	6.4	1.61	0.7	25
1988	24	3	6	.333	5.33	81.0	90	53	48	9	57	66	3	1.815	10.0	6.3	7.3	1.16	1.0	18
4 Yrs		12	21	.364	5.16	314.0	362	200	180	33	163	215	9	1.672	10.4		6.2	1.32	0.9	61

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y 1987 AL 2 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1985 AL born 1964-05-11 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1987 AL 2 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1985 AL born 1964-05-11 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Byron McLaughlin (993) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gene Nelson (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Whit Wyatt (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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