Jeff Sellers
Jeffrey Doyle Sellers
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 11, 1964 in Compton, CA
High School: Paramount (Long Beach, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1985
Final Game: October 1, 1988
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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
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 97 119 1.388 9.7 0.4 2.8 2.4 0.86
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 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 86 1.589 10.4 0.6 3.9 6.4 1.62
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
4 Seasons 13 22 .371 4.97 61 51 2 7 2 0 329.2 364 200 182 33 164 5 226 9 8 15 1476 87 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 87 1.602 9.9 0.9 4.5 6.2 1.38

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
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
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
1987 23 BOS AL 25 619 539 85 161 37 4 10 10 7 61 99 .299 .368 .438 .806 .345 236 8 3 8 8 0
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
4 Seasons 61 1475 1278 200 364 65 8 33 23 13 164 226 .285 .367 .426 .793 .321 544 33 9 13 11 5
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
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
1985 21 BOS AL 4 4 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 .750 0 0 1 0 2 50% 49 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 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 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% 50 81 28 25 5 1 6 3.1 2.5 5.6 102 4 0 3 5 146
4 Seasons 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

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
1986 22 BOS AL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.937 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 12.0
1987 23 BOS AL 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 4 1.041 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 3 0 4.3
1988 24 BOS AL 18 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 3 0.854 1 1 4 1 0 5 4 2 6 0 6 0 9.0 52
3 Seasons 57 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 62% 0.960 1 1 8 2 0 8 7 3 9 1 10 0 7.9 52

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%
1985 21 BOS AL 97 76% 1.0% 6.2% 7.2% 6.2% 25% 1.95 85% 19 4 21%
1986 22 BOS AL 366 58% 3.6% 13.9% 10.9% 7.1% 29% 1.05 70% 75 12 16%
1987 23 BOS AL 620 54% 1.6% 16.0% 9.9% 8.2% 32% 1.06 71% 119 8 7%
1988 24 BOS AL 393 49% 2.3% 17.8% 14.3% 5.9% 26% 0.74 1.09 64% 20% 9.0% 32% 72 9 13%
4 Seasons 1476 55% 2.2% 15.3% 11.1% 7.2% 29% 0.74 1.12 70% 20% 9.0% 32% 285 33 12%
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 24 BOS AL 393 1538 3.91 879 57% 24% 19% 28% 30% 76% 1% 44% 75% 52% 8% 32 19 16% 64 30 2 21% 10 10 0 1 0
1 Season 393 1538 3.91 879 57% 24% 19% 28% 30% 76% 1% 44% 75% 52% 8% 32 19 16% 64 30 2 21% 10 10 0 1 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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1985 21 2 0 1.000 3.63 4 4 0 1 0 0 22.1 24 10 9 1 7 1 6 0 0 1 97 119 1.388 9.7 0.4 2.8 2.4 0.86 119
1986 22 5 7 .417 4.66 18 17 0 2 0 0 104.1 114 66 54 14 47 2 57 3 1 5 463 90 1.543 9.8 1.2 4.1 4.9 1.21 90
1987 23 12 15 .444 5.02 43 39 0 6 2 0 244.0 275 151 136 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 0 329.2 364 200 182 33 164 5 226 9 8 15 1476 87 1.602 9.9 0.9 4.5 6.2 1.38 87

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 24 10 9 1 7 6 0 1.409 9.8 2.9 2.5 0.86 0.4 4
1986 22 3 5 .375 5.38 77.0 92 51 46 13 41 48 3 1.727 10.8 4.8 5.6 1.17 1.5 14
1987 23 5 9 .357 5.24 134.0 155 87 78 10 59 95 3 1.597 10.4 4.0 6.4 1.61 0.7 25
1988 24 3 5 .375 5.33 81.0 91 53 48 9 57 66 3 1.827 10.1 6.3 7.3 1.16 1.0 18
4 Seasons 12 20 .375 5.19 314.0 362 201 181 33 164 215 9 1.675 10.4 6.2 1.31 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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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