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Bob Shirley
Robert Charles Shirley

Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 25, 1954 in Cushing, OK
High School: Putnam City (Oklahoma City, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1977
Final Game: June 21, 1987
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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
1977	23	SDP	NL	12	18	.400	3.70	39	35	0	1	0	0	214.0	215	107	88	22	100	14	146	4	6	5	948	96	1.472	9.0	0.9	4.2	6.1	1.46
1978	24	SDP	NL	8	11	.421	3.69	50	20	10	2	0	5	166.0	164	75	68	10	61	11	102	3	1	3	708	89	1.355	8.9	0.5	3.3	5.5	1.67
1979	25	SDP	NL	8	16	.333	3.38	49	25	13	4	1	0	205.0	196	89	77	15	59	8	117	6	0	0	843	104	1.244	8.6	0.7	2.6	5.1	1.98
1980	26	SDP	NL	11	12	.478	3.55	59	12	32	3	0	7	137.0	143	58	54	12	54	15	67	0	2	1	585	97	1.438	9.4	0.8	3.5	4.4	1.24
1981	27	STL	NL	6	4	.600	4.08	28	11	5	1	0	1	79.1	78	42	36	6	34	3	36	1	0	1	342	87	1.412	8.8	0.7	3.9	4.1	1.06
1982	28	CIN	NL	8	13	.381	3.60	41	20	6	1	0	0	152.2	138	74	61	17	73	13	89	3	1	1	647	102	1.382	8.1	1.0	4.3	5.2	1.22
1983	29	NYY	AL	5	8	.385	5.08	25	17	3	1	1	0	108.0	122	71	61	10	36	3	53	0	1	1	467	76	1.463	10.2	0.8	3.0	4.4	1.47
1984	30	NYY	AL	3	3	.500	3.38	41	7	11	1	0	0	114.1	119	47	43	8	38	2	48	0	0	0	477	112	1.373	9.4	0.6	3.0	3.8	1.26
1985	31	NYY	AL	5	5	.500	2.64	48	8	9	2	0	2	109.0	103	34	32	5	26	2	55	0	0	1	446	152	1.183	8.5	0.4	2.1	4.5	2.12
1986	32	NYY	AL	0	4	.000	5.04	39	6	9	0	0	3	105.1	108	60	59	13	40	1	64	3	0	1	454	81	1.405	9.2	1.1	3.4	5.5	1.60
1987	33	TOT	AL	1	0	1.000	6.31	15	1	7	0	0	0	41.1	46	32	29	9	22	0	13	0	0	1	189	70	1.645	10.0	2.0	4.8	2.8	0.59
1987	33	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	4.50	12	1	6	0	0	0	34.0	36	20	17	4	16	0	12	0	0	0	152	98	1.529	9.5	1.1	4.2	3.2	0.75
1987	33	KCR	AL	0	0		14.73	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	10	12	12	5	6	0	1	0	0	1	37	31	2.182	12.3	6.1	7.4	1.2	0.17
11 Seasons				67	94	.416	3.82	434	162	105	16	2	18	1432.0	1432	689	608	127	543	72	790	20	11	15	6106	96	1.379	9.0	0.8	3.4	5.0	1.45
162 Game Avg.				8	11	.416	3.82	50	18	12	2	0	2	163	163	79	69	14	62	8	90	2	1	2	697	96	1.379	9.0	0.8	3.4	5.0	1.45

NYY (5 yrs)				14	20	.412	4.05	165	39	38	4	1	5	470.2	488	232	212	40	156	8	232	3	1	3	1996	98	1.368	9.3	0.8	3.0	4.4	1.49
SDP (4 yrs)				39	57	.406	3.58	197	92	55	10	1	12	722.0	718	329	287	59	274	48	432	13	9	9	3084	97	1.374	9.0	0.7	3.4	5.4	1.58
KCR (1 yr)				0	0		14.73	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	10	12	12	5	6	0	1	0	0	1	37	31	2.182	12.3	6.1	7.4	1.2	0.17
STL (1 yr)				6	4	.600	4.08	28	11	5	1	0	1	79.1	78	42	36	6	34	3	36	1	0	1	342	87	1.412	8.8	0.7	3.9	4.1	1.06
CIN (1 yr)				8	13	.381	3.60	41	20	6	1	0	0	152.2	138	74	61	17	73	13	89	3	1	1	647	102	1.382	8.1	1.0	4.3	5.2	1.22

AL (5 yrs)				14	20	.412	4.22	168	39	39	4	1	5	478.0	498	244	224	45	162	8	233	3	1	4	2033	95	1.381	9.4	0.8	3.1	4.4	1.44
NL (6 yrs)				53	74	.417	3.62	266	123	66	12	1	13	954.0	934	445	384	82	381	64	557	17	10	11	4073	97	1.378	8.8	0.8	3.6	5.3	1.46

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
1977	23	SDP	NL	39	948	831	107	215	30	6	22	16	14	100	146	.259	.339	.389	.728	.289	323	13	4	8	5	14
1978	24	SDP	NL	50	708	627	75	164	29	3	10	10	7	61	102	.262	.328	.365	.693	.296	229	14	3	12	5	11
1979	25	SDP	NL	49	843	762	89	196	36	9	15	8	20	59	117	.257	.313	.387	.700	.284	295	14	6	9	7	8
1980	26	SDP	NL	59	585	519	58	143	26	2	12	11	11	54	67	.276	.341	.403	.744	.295	209	8	0	8	4	15
1981	27	STL	NL	28	342	300	42	78	16	4	6	8	3	34	36	.260	.335	.400	.735	.277	120	9	1	5	2	3
1982	28	CIN	NL	41	647	557	74	138	29	3	17	9	10	73	89	.248	.335	.402	.738	.265	224	13	3	9	5	13
1983	29	NYY	AL	25	467	416	71	122	32	1	10	7	8	36	53	.293	.345	.447	.792	.312	186	11	0	9	6	3
1984	30	NYY	AL	41	477	434	47	119	15	12	8	3	7	38	48	.274	.331	.419	.751	.292	182	19	0	3	2	2
1985	31	NYY	AL	48	446	411	34	103	17	1	5	6	5	26	55	.251	.293	.333	.626	.276	137	8	0	5	4	2
1986	32	NYY	AL	39	454	398	60	108	21	1	13	1	6	40	64	.271	.336	.427	.763	.289	170	5	3	5	8	1
1987	33	TOT	AL	15	189	161	32	46	6	2	9	1	0	22	13	.286	.360	.516	.875	.255	83	2	0	0	6	0
1987	33	KCR	AL	3	37	31	12	10	1	0	5	0	0	6	1	.323	.432	.839	1.271	.200	26	0	0	0	0	0
1987	33	NYY	AL	12	152	130	20	36	5	2	4	1	0	16	12	.277	.342	.438	.781	.267	57	2	0	0	6	0
11 Seasons				434	6106	5416	689	1432	257	44	127	80	91	543	790	.264	.331	.398	.729	.287	2158	116	20	73	54	72
162 Game Avg.				50	697	618	79	163	29	5	14	9	10	62	90	.264	.331	.398	.729	.287	246	13	2	8	6	8
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
1977	23	SDP	NL	39	35	12	17	6	3	5	15	20	.429	3	0	1	0	18	51%	50	76	14	36	16	12	8	3.7	4.1	5.8
1978	24	SDP	NL	50	20	6	9	5	1	4	9	11	.450	1	3	2	0	10	50%	50	81	25	24	9	12	3	3.8	3.4	6.1
1979	25	SDP	NL	49	25	6	12	7	0	6	9	16	.360	3	4	4	1	16	64%	51	87	13	16	7	13	2	4.1	3.9	6.3
1980	26	SDP	NL	59	12	5	6	1	1	1	5	7	.417	0	0	3	0	5	42%	48	73	20	18	5	4	7	3.6	4.3	6.0
1981	27	STL	NL	28	11	5	4	2	2	1	6	5	.545	0	2	1	0	5	45%	48	72	25	21	11	2	6	4.6	3.5	5.1
1982	28	CIN	NL	41	20	6	9	5	1	4	7	13	.350	2	1	1	0	11	55%	52	71	29	28	12	1	5	2.7	3.1	6.1
1983	29	NYY	AL	25	17	4	8	5	1	2	6	11	.353	0	4	1	1	6	35%	45	72	20	29	8	1	10	4.5	4.1	5.3
1984	30	NYY	AL	41	7	2	3	2	1	1	3	4	.429	0	1	1	0	3	43%	47	68	17	22	7	3	0	3.2	3.0	6.2
1985	31	NYY	AL	48	8	2	3	3	0	3	3	5	.375	1	1	2	0	5	63%	53	78	30	33	11	6	2	4.2	1.5	5.7
1986	32	NYY	AL	39	6	0	3	3	0	0	1	5	.167	1	1	0	0	2	33%	43	69	25	21	9	2	3	2.1	2.3	4.7
1987	33	TOT	AL	15	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%		54	54	5	1	0	1	4.5	7.2	5.3
1987	33	NYY	AL	12	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	54	54	54	5	1	0	1	4.5	7.2	5.3
11 Seasons				431	162	49	74	39	11	27	65	97	.401	11	17	16	2	81	50%	49	87	13	253	96	56	47	3.7	3.6	5.8
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%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1977	23	SDP	NL	39	4	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	4	0	0%	7	1.087	3	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	4	0	4	1	9.5
1978	24	SDP	NL	50	30	10	2	2	7	5	2	71%	16	6	18	5	28%	7	1.049	12	8	10	16	4	10	13	17	17	7	18	5	4.5
1979	25	SDP	NL	49	24	13	2	4	1	0	1	0%	2	1	11	6	55%	9	0.935	6	6	12	2	6	16	8	16	12	6	13	4	6.0
1980	26	SDP	NL	59	47	32	6	6	10	7	3	70%	11	1	26	10	38%	8	1.263	24	7	16	12	10	25	19	28	22	9	22	15	4.2
1981	27	STL	NL	28	17	5	1	0	1	1	0	100%	3	2	18	9	50%	6	0.982	6	5	6	3	5	9	8	9	7	7	7	2	4.1
1982	28	CIN	NL	41	21	6	2	4	0	0	0		3	3	12	3	25%	8	1.114	7	4	8	3	5	13	8	13	7	6	8	5	4.3
1983	29	NYY	AL	25	8	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	7	2	29%	5	0.902	3	2	2	1	3	4	5	3	4	1	5	0	6.8
1984	30	NYY	AL	41	34	11	1	0	1	0	1	0%	5	4	34	10	29%	8	0.817	7	4	21	10	2	22	20	14	19	8	22	10	6.2
1985	31	NYY	AL	48	40	9	3	2	4	2	2	50%	10	4	49	14	29%	7	1.096	16	13	10	15	5	20	28	12	21	15	24	8	4.8
1986	32	NYY	AL	39	33	9	0	1	3	3	0	100%	6	3	44	12	27%	6	0.787	13	7	13	9	5	19	25	8	19	7	22	7	7.0
1987	33	TOT	AL	15	14	7	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	18	9	50%		0.339	1	5	8	1	0	13	10	4	11	1	12	0	7.7
1987	33	NYY	AL	12	11	6	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	17	9	53%	7	0.403	1	5	5	1	0	10	9	2	9	1	10	0	7.8
1987	33	KCR	AL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	3	0.075	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	2	0	7.3
11 Seasons				434	272	105	18	20	27	18	9	67%	59	27	241	80	33%		0.995	98	62	106	73	47	152	146	126	143	67	157	57	5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	23	SDP	NL	948	78%	2.3%	15.4%	10.6%	6.1%	27%	0.92	70%	167	13	8%
1978	24	SDP	NL	708	80%	1.4%	14.4%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.08	73%	124	14	11%
1979	25	SDP	NL	843	80%	1.8%	13.9%	7.0%	7.1%	31%	1.10	76%	152	14	9%
1980	26	SDP	NL	585	76%	2.1%	11.5%	9.2%	6.8%	28%	1.02	76%	85	8	9%
1981	27	STL	NL	342	73%	1.8%	10.5%	9.9%	7.6%	33%	1.26	76%	61	9	15%
1982	28	CIN	NL	647	77%	2.6%	13.8%	11.3%	7.6%	36%	0.79	70%	111	13	12%
1983	29	NYY	AL	467	81%	2.1%	11.4%	7.7%	9.2%	35%	0.97	77%	69	11	16%
1984	30	NYY	AL	477	75%	1.7%	10.1%	8.0%	7.3%	29%	0.86	80%	97	19	20%
1985	31	NYY	AL	446	65%	1.1%	12.3%	5.8%	5.2%	22%	0.77	80%	92	8	9%
1986	32	NYY	AL	454	72%	2.9%	14.1%	8.8%	7.7%	32%	0.84	72%	86	5	6%
1987	33	TOT	AL	189	69%	4.8%	6.9%	11.6%	9.0%	37%	0.69	77%	44	2	5%
1987	33	NYY	AL	152	68%	2.6%	7.9%	10.5%	7.2%	31%	0.73	79%	33	2	6%
1987	33	KCR	AL	37	73%	13.5%	2.7%	16.2%	16.2%	60%	0.54	68%	11	0	0%
11 Seasons				6106	76%	2.1%	12.9%	8.9%	7.0%	30%	0.94	75%	1088	116	11%
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
1977	23	SDP	NL	948	215			22	0	26	21	1	10	12	40	13	8	33%	22	5	2	348	16	14	53%	11	13	5	1	0	0	18	10	19	0
1978	24	SDP	NL	708	164			10	1	13	9	1	4	6	44	20	6	45%	7	3	0	277	10	7	59%	9	4	1	1	0	2	6	4	9	0
1979	25	SDP	NL	843	196			15	1	13	14	1	5	10	39	25	5	64%	10	0	0	298	8	20	29%	6	19	2	0	0	1	10	9	8	0
1980	26	SDP	NL	585	143			12	0	15	10	2	7	5	32	17	4	53%	4	1	1	205	11	11	50%	8	9	3	2	0	0	11	8	10	0
1981	27	STL	NL	342	78			6	0	6	5	1	5	1	19	11	4	58%	6	1	0	128	8	3	73%	6	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	0
1982	28	CIN	NL	647	138			17	0	9	17	0	7	10	30	12	4	40%	8	1	1	233	9	10	47%	7	10	2	0	0	0	10	7	9	0
1983	29	NYY	AL	467	122			10	0	4	10	0	4	6	27	14	3	52%	5	1	0	158	7	8	47%	6	8	1	0	0	0	5	5	11	0
1984	30	NYY	AL	477	119			8	0	11	7	1	2	6	29	12	1	41%	8	0	1	174	3	7	30%	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
1985	31	NYY	AL	446	103			5	0	11	4	1	2	3	23	10	1	43%	7	1	1	174	6	5	55%	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	8	0
1986	32	NYY	AL	454	108			13	0	9	11	2	8	5	30	19	6	63%	2	1	0	176	1	6	14%	1	6	0	0	0	0	5	3	13	0
1987	33	TOT	AL	189	46			9	1	5	6	3	8	1	19	12	0	63%	0	1	1	75	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1987	33	NYY	AL	152	36			4	0	4	3	1	3	1	17	11	0	65%	0	0	1	61	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1987	33	KCR	AL	37	10			5	1	1	3	2	5	0	2	1	0	50%	0	1	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11 Seasons				6106	1432			127	3	122	114	13	62	65	332	165	42	50%	79	15	7	2246	80	91	47%	63	82	16	6	1	3	67	47	106	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+
1977	23	12	18	.400	3.70	39	35	0	1	0	0	214.0	215	107	88	22	100	14	146	4	6	5	948	96	1.472	9.0	0.9	4.2	6.1	1.46	96
1978	24	20	29	.408	3.69	89	55	10	3	0	5	380.0	379	182	156	32	161	25	248	7	7	8	1656	93	1.421	9.0	0.8	3.8	5.9	1.54	93
1979	25	28	45	.384	3.58	138	80	23	7	1	5	585.0	575	271	233	47	220	33	365	13	7	8	2499	97	1.359	8.8	0.7	3.4	5.6	1.66	97
1980	26	39	57	.406	3.58	197	92	55	10	1	12	722.0	718	329	287	59	274	48	432	13	9	9	3084	97	1.374	9.0	0.7	3.4	5.4	1.58	97
1981	27	45	61	.425	3.63	225	103	60	11	1	13	801.1	796	371	323	65	308	51	468	14	9	10	3426	96	1.378	8.9	0.7	3.5	5.3	1.52	96
1982	28	53	74	.417	3.62	266	123	66	12	1	13	954.0	934	445	384	82	381	64	557	17	10	11	4073	97	1.378	8.8	0.8	3.6	5.3	1.46	97
1983	29	58	82	.414	3.77	291	140	69	13	2	13	1062.0	1056	516	445	92	417	67	610	17	11	12	4540	94	1.387	8.9	0.8	3.5	5.2	1.46	94
1984	30	61	85	.418	3.73	332	147	80	14	2	13	1176.1	1175	563	488	100	455	69	658	17	11	12	5017	96	1.386	9.0	0.8	3.5	5.0	1.45	96
1985	31	66	90	.423	3.64	380	155	89	16	2	15	1285.1	1278	597	520	105	481	71	713	17	11	13	5463	99	1.369	8.9	0.7	3.4	5.0	1.48	99
1986	32	66	94	.413	3.75	419	161	98	16	2	18	1390.2	1386	657	579	118	521	72	777	20	11	14	5917	97	1.371	9.0	0.8	3.4	5.0	1.49	97
1987	33	67	94	.416	3.82	434	162	105	16	2	18	1432.0	1432	689	608	127	543	72	790	20	11	15	6106	96	1.379	9.0	0.8	3.4	5.0	1.45	96

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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
1977	23	10	12	.455	4.30	203.0	228	108	97	23	106	138	4	1.645	10.1	4.7	6.1	1.30	1.0	39
1978	24	7	10	.412	4.82	153.0	179	91	82	11	67	94	3	1.608	10.5	3.9	5.5	1.40	0.6	50
1979	25	10	11	.476	4.07	190.0	206	96	86	16	62	108	6	1.411	9.8	2.9	5.1	1.74	0.8	49
1980	26	6	7	.462	4.54	125.0	153	70	63	13	58	61	0	1.688	11.0	4.2	4.4	1.05	0.9	59
1981	27	5	7	.417	4.78	113.0	124	67	60	10	54	51	2	1.575	9.9	4.3	4.1	0.94	0.8	28
1982	28	7	8	.467	4.12	142.0	142	72	65	17	75	83	3	1.528	9.0	4.8	5.3	1.11	1.1	41
1983	29	3	8	.273	6.12	100.0	128	76	68	10	38	49	0	1.660	11.5	3.4	4.4	1.29	0.9	25
1984	30	5	6	.455	4.15	104.0	125	53	48	8	40	44	0	1.587	10.8	3.5	3.8	1.10	0.7	41
1985	31	7	4	.636	2.94	104.0	106	38	34	5	27	52	0	1.279	9.2	2.3	4.5	1.93	0.4	48
1986	32	4	7	.364	5.49	100.0	110	68	61	13	41	61	3	1.510	9.9	3.7	5.5	1.49	1.2	39
1987	33	1	3	.250	6.30	40.0	46	31	28	9	22	13	0	1.700	10.4	5.0	2.9	0.59	2.0	15
11 Seasons		65	83	.439	4.53	1374.0	1547	770	692	135	590	754	21	1.555	10.1		4.9	1.28	0.9	434

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
1977 NL--35--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 NL--100--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1977 NL--18--3rd
1979 NL--16--2nd
1982 NL--13--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 NL--6--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Chris Hammond (920)
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Shane Rawley (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andy Hassler (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bruce Ruffin (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Curtis (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Murphy (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Murphy (939) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50