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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 Schools: Paramount HS (Long Beach, CA), Paramount HS (Paramount, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1985 (Age 21)
Team: RedSox 1985-1988

Final Game: October 1, 1988 (Age 24)
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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
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	0	7	1	0	182.0	182	87	69	5	80	3	94	2	4	13			1.440	9.0	0.2	4.0	4.6	1.18	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 (v2.2): 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	4.66	-0.05	0.16	102.2	4.98	2	0.3		-0.0	0.4	4	.563	.502
1986	22	BOS	AL	82.0	14	13	56	6.15	4.51	-0.01	0.13	100.5	4.67	-14	-1.3	.1	-0.0	-0.5	-6	.409	.492
1987	23	BOS	AL	139.2	25	22	85	5.48	4.92	-0.08	0.16	101.4	5.23	-4	-0.4	.4	-0.1	0.8	10	.484	.498	$77,500
1988	24	BOS	AL	85.2	18	12	49	5.15	4.45	0.03	0.04	104.7	4.67	-5	-0.5	.5	-0.1	0.3	3	.472	.497	$135,000
4 Seasons				329.2	61	51	200	5.46	4.68	-0.03	0.12	102.1	4.93	-20	-1.9	.4	-0.2	1.0	13	.469	.497	$212,500

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP	Pos	Awards
1982	18	BOS-min	A-	17	0	0	0							ELM · NYPL
1983	19	BOS-min	A	21	0	0	0							WHV · FLOR
1984	20	BOS-min	A	29	0	0	0							WHV · FLOR
1985	21	BOS-min	AA	25	0	0	0							NBR · EL
1985	21	BOS	AL	4	0	0	0					0	/1
1986	22	BOS-min	AAA	15	0	0	0							PAW · IL
1986	22	BOS	AL	14	0	0	0					0	1
1987	23	BOS-min	AAA	5	0	0	0							PAW · IL
1987	23	BOS	AL	25	0	0	0					0	1
1988	24	BOS-min	AAA	3	0	0	0							PAW · IL
1988	24	BOS	AL	18	0	0	0					0	1
1989	25	CIN-min	AAA	1	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000			NVL · AA
1991	27	NYY-min	AAA	6	0	0	0					0		CLB · IL
1992	28	TEX-min	AA	7	0	0	0					0		TUL · TL
1994	30	COL-min	A+	4	0	0	0					0		CNV · CALL
4 Yrs				61	0	0	0					0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0					0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Pos
1985	21	BOS	AL	4	.501	.500		/1
1986	22	BOS	AL	14	.501	.500		1
1987	23	BOS	AL	25	.501	.500	$77,500	1
1988	24	BOS	AL	18	.501	.500	$135,000	1
4 Seasons				61	.501	.500	$212,500

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1985	BOS	AL	21	P	4	4	1	22.1	8	2	4	2	0	.750	2.42	1.50	.952	1.85	1.85	1	1	50%	33%	0
1986	BOS	AL	22	P	14	13	1	82.0	18	9	9	0	1	1.000	1.98	1.29	.957	1.83	1.81	5	3	38%	34%	2
1987	BOS	AL	23	P	25	22	4	139.2	35	13	20	2	0	.943	2.13	1.32	.955	1.84	1.82	10	7	41%	31%	1
1988	BOS	AL	24	P	18	12	1	85.2	15	4	10	1	0	.933	1.47	0.78	.961	1.78	1.77	7	2	22%	31%	2
	4 Seasons			P	61	51	7	329.2	76	28	43	5	1	.934	1.94	1.16	.957	1.82	1.80	23	13	36%	32%	5
	4 Seasons			TOT	61	51	7	329.2	76	28	43	5	1	.934	1.94	1.16	.957	1.82	1.80	23	13	36%	32%	5

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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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

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2652), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1704th), 1.0 career WAR/1.0 7yr-peak WAR/1.0 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
December 13, 1988: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with a player to be named later and Todd Benzinger to the Cincinnati Reds for Nick Esasky and Rob Murphy. The Boston Red Sox sent Luis Vasquez (minors) (January 12, 1989) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1987	23	Boston Red Sox	$77,500	Proofing corrections
1988	24	Boston Red Sox	$135,000	USA Today, 4/1/88

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$212,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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