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Bob Shirley

Robert Charles Shirley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 25, 1954 in Cushing, OK
High School: Putnam City HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Yankees/Reds/Cardinals/Royals 1977-1987
Agents: Tony Attanasio [*]
Final Game: June 21, 1987 (Age 32)
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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
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 90 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 88 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 1 647 103 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 0 477 113 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 1 446 153 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 82 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 72 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 99 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 32 2.182 12.3 6.1 7.4 1.2 0.17
11 Yrs 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 99 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 32 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 88 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 1 647 103 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

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 Awards
1977 23 SDP NL 214.0 39 35 107 4.50 4.48 -0.17 0.13 91.0 4.35 -5 -0.5 2.1 -0.2 1.2 15 .487 .497 $19,000
1978 24 SDP NL 166.0 50 20 75 4.07 4.06 -0.21 0.00 92.9 3.98 -3 -0.4 1.3 -0.1 1.0 11 .493 .498 $50,000
1979 25 SDP NL 205.0 49 25 89 3.91 4.31 0.09 0.03 94.4 4.01 0 0.0 .9 -0.1 1.7 19 .501 .500 $50,000
1980 26 SDP NL 137.0 59 12 58 3.81 4.09 0.03 -0.08 94.5 3.76 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.2 1.0 11 .498 .499
1981 27 STL NL 79.1 28 11 42 4.76 3.89 0.29 0.01 101.9 3.68 -11 -1.2 1.3 -0.1 -0.6 -3 .458 .493
1982 28 CIN NL 152.2 41 20 74 4.36 4.14 -0.33 0.05 101.1 4.58 2 0.2 1.3 -0.1 1.5 17 .505 .501
1983 29 NYY AL 108.0 25 17 71 5.92 4.47 -0.26 0.06 96.1 4.60 -16 -1.6 .9 -0.1 -0.6 -6 .437 .490 $500,000
1984 30 NYY AL 114.1 41 7 47 3.70 4.45 -0.26 -0.16 94.1 4.28 8 0.8 1.1 -0.1 1.8 18 .520 .505 $600,000
1985 31 NYY AL 109.0 48 8 34 2.81 4.58 0.18 -0.14 96.7 4.12 16 1.7 1.6 0.1 2.9 26 .535 .510 $637,500
1986 32 NYY AL 105.1 39 6 60 5.13 4.58 -0.02 -0.22 97.8 4.29 -10 -1.0 1.5 -0.3 -0.3 0 .474 .494 $750,000
1987 33 NYY AL 34.0 12 1 20 5.29 5.26 0.14 -0.32 97.2 4.67 -2 -0.2 .7 -0.0 0.1 1 .481 .499 $250,000
1987 33 KCR AL 7.1 3 0 12 14.73 5.19 -0.07 -0.40 102.9 5.00 -8 -0.6 .1 0.3 -0.3 -7 .293 .496
11 Seasons 1432.0 434 162 689 4.33 4.34 -0.08 -0.02 95.5 4.19 -31 -2.9 1.3 -1.0 9.4 102 .493 .498 $2,856,500
NYY (5 yrs) 470.2 165 39 232 4.44 4.57 -0.07 -0.13 96.2 4.34 -5 -0.4 1.3 -0.4 3.8 40 .498 .500 $2,737,500
SDP (4 yrs) 722.0 197 92 329 4.10 4.26 -0.07 0.03 93.1 4.06 -9 -1.0 1.3 -0.6 4.9 56 .495 .498 $119,000
KCR (1 yr) 7.1 3 0 12 14.73 5.19 -0.07 -0.40 102.9 5.00 -8 -0.6 .1 0.3 -0.3 -7 .293 .496
STL (1 yr) 79.1 28 11 42 4.76 3.89 0.29 0.01 101.9 3.68 -11 -1.2 1.3 -0.1 -0.6 -3 .458 .493
CIN (1 yr) 152.2 41 20 74 4.36 4.14 -0.33 0.05 101.1 4.58 2 0.2 1.3 -0.1 1.5 17 .505 .501

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
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 22
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 7
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 10
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 4
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 6
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 8
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 5
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 8
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 7
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 2
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 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 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 0
11 Yrs 434 6106 5416 689 1432 257 44 127 80 91 543 790 .264 .331 .398 .729 .287 2158 116 20 73 54 72 79
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 9
MLB Averages .261 .326 .391 .717 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1977 23 SDP NL -7.4 -0.7 998 0.8 17.6 -16.8 1.09 -0.8 1.5 -2.1 -0.2 1.09 -13.0 3 1 0
1978 24 SDP NL -7.0 -0.7 732 -1.3 12.2 -13.4 1.03 -0.2 -1.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.03 -1.5 11 8 11
1979 25 SDP NL 2.5 0.3 871 -2.0 13.0 -14.9 .92 1.0 -3.1 3.2 0.3 0.92 13.6 6 6 10
1980 26 SDP NL -0.6 -0.1 613 -2.2 11.5 -13.8 1.22 -0.3 -1.6 0.6 0.1 1.22 -1.6 22 6 18
1981 27 STL NL -5.2 -0.6 354 -0.4 5.6 -6.1 .96 -0.3 -0.1 -6.2 -0.7 0.96 -5.3 6 4 7
1982 28 CIN NL -0.6 -0.1 669 -0.4 12.1 -12.6 1.10 0.0 -0.4 -1.0 -0.1 1.10 -4.1 7 4 7
1983 29 NYY AL -16.7 -1.6 484 -1.2 7.0 -8.2 .90 -0.7 -0.7 -19.7 -1.9 0.90 -10.3 3 2 2
1984 30 NYY AL 6.1 0.6 487 0.5 7.0 -6.5 .79 0.5 0.2 8.4 0.9 0.79 5.3 7 3 21
1985 31 NYY AL 18.1 1.8 456 1.1 8.5 -7.5 1.09 1.8 -0.8 17.6 1.8 1.09 20.1 16 12 11
1986 32 NYY AL -8.5 -0.8 463 0.3 6.6 -6.3 .78 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.0 0.78 3.2 12 7 14
1987 33 TOT AL -8.0 -0.7 193 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 .34 -0.7 -0.2 -12.4 -1.1 0.33 -9.5 1 5 7
1987 33 NYY AL -0.6 -0.1 154 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 .40 -0.3 -0.1 -4.6 -0.4 0.40 -1.8 1 5 5
1987 33 KCR AL -7.4 -0.6 39 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .08 -0.4 -1.0 -7.8 -0.7 0.08 -7.7 0 0 2
11 Yrs -27.3 -2.6 6320 -5.2 102.1 -107.3 .98 0.5 -5.7 -12.4 -1.0 0.98 -3.0 94 58 108

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
1977 23 SDP NL 39 35 12 17 6 3 5 15 20 .429 3 0 1 0 18 51% 49.6 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% 50.1 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% 50.6 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% 48.0 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% 48.2 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% 51.6 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% 44.9 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% 46.9 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% 53.0 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% 43.2 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% 54.0 54 54 5 1 0 1 4.5 7.2 5.3
11 Yrs 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 .500 51% 50 99 -13 4.4 4.3 6.3

Reliever Pitching*

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
1977 23 SDP NL 39 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0% 7 1.085 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 1.028 11 8 11 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 .919 6 6 10 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 1.216 22 6 18 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 .959 6 4 7 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 1.101 7 4 7 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 .898 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 .794 7 3 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 1.088 16 12 11 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 .776 12 7 14 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% .335 1 5 7 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 .397 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 .078 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 7.3
11 Yrs 434 272 105 18 20 27 18 9 67% 59 27 241 80 33% .980 94 58 108 73 47 152 146 126 143 67 157 57 5.4

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%
1977 23 SDP NL 948 22% 2.3% 15.4% 10.6% 6.1% 27% 0.92 70% 167 13 8%
1978 24 SDP NL 708 20% 1.4% 14.4% 8.6% 5.9% 26% 1.08 73% 124 14 11%
1979 25 SDP NL 843 20% 1.8% 13.9% 7.0% 7.1% 31% 1.10 76% 152 14 9%
1980 26 SDP NL 585 24% 2.1% 11.5% 9.2% 6.8% 28% 1.02 76% 85 8 9%
1981 27 STL NL 342 27% 1.8% 10.5% 9.9% 7.6% 33% 1.26 76% 61 9 15%
1982 28 CIN NL 647 23% 2.6% 13.8% 11.3% 7.6% 36% 0.79 70% 111 13 12%
1983 29 NYY AL 467 19% 2.1% 11.4% 7.7% 9.2% 35% 0.97 77% 69 11 16%
1984 30 NYY AL 477 25% 1.7% 10.1% 8.0% 7.3% 29% 0.86 80% 97 19 20%
1985 31 NYY AL 446 35% 1.1% 12.3% 5.8% 5.2% 22% 0.77 80% 92 8 9%
1986 32 NYY AL 454 28% 2.9% 14.1% 8.8% 7.7% 32% 0.84 72% 86 5 6%
1987 33 TOT AL 189 31% 4.8% 6.9% 11.6% 9.0% 37% 0.69 77% 44 2 5%
1987 33 NYY AL 152 32% 2.6% 7.9% 10.5% 7.2% 31% 0.73 79% 33 2 6%
1987 33 KCR AL 37 27% 13.5% 2.7% 16.2% 16.2% 60% 0.54 68% 11 0 0%
11 Yrs 6106 24% 2.1% 12.9% 8.9% 7.0% 30% 0.94 75% 1088 116 11%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 13.6% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.09 74% 11%

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
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 13 9 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 9 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 8 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 0 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 3 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 Yrs 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 55 46 106 0
MLB Averages 53% 67%

Cumulative Pitching

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 98 1.371 9.0 0.8 3.4 5.0 1.49 98
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

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1977 23 10 12 .455 4.26 205.0 225 108 97 23 105 140 4 1.610 9.9 4.6 6.1 1.33 1.0 39
1978 24 6 10 .375 4.82 153.0 180 91 82 11 67 94 3 1.614 10.6 3.9 5.5 1.40 0.6 50
1979 25 10 11 .476 4.10 189.0 207 96 86 16 62 108 6 1.423 9.9 3.0 5.1 1.74 0.8 49
1980 26 6 7 .462 4.46 125.0 153 69 62 13 58 61 0 1.688 11.0 4.2 4.4 1.05 0.9 59
1981 27 5 7 .417 4.90 112.0 125 68 61 10 54 51 2 1.598 10.0 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 6.03 100.0 128 74 67 10 38 49 0 1.660 11.5 3.4 4.4 1.29 0.9 25
1984 30 5 6 .455 4.15 104.0 126 53 48 8 40 44 0 1.596 10.9 3.5 3.8 1.10 0.7 41
1985 31 7 4 .636 2.94 104.0 106 38 34 5 27 53 0 1.279 9.2 2.3 4.6 1.96 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 Yrs 64 83 .435 4.53 1374.0 1548 768 691 135 589 757 21 1.555 10.1 5.0 1.29 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 1916 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.

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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2652), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1566), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (232nd), 9.3 career WAR/11.1 7yr-peak WAR/10.2 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jakie May (966)
  2. Dan Schatzeder (947)
  3. Tom Murphy (939)
  4. Bruce Ruffin (938)
  5. Andy Hassler (924)
  6. John Curtis (922)
  7. Matt Young (922)
  8. Chris Hammond (920)
  9. Omar Daal (920)
  10. Clyde Shoun (919)
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  1. Matt Moore (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Frank Bertaina (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Marcelino Lopez (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chris Short (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Shane Rawley (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Shane Rawley (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Andy Hassler (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bruce Ruffin (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. John Curtis (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Murphy (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tom Murphy (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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