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Eric Show

Eric Vaughn Show

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 19, 1956 in Riverside, CA
High School: Ramona HS (Riverside, CA)
School: University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 18th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1981
Teams (by GP): Padres/Athletics 1981-1991
Agents: Alan Meersand,Steve Greenberg [*]
Final Game: September 30, 1991
Died: March 16, 1994 in Dulzura, CA
Buried: Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, CA
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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
1981 25 SDP NL 1 3 .250 3.13 15 0 4 0 0 3 23.0 17 9 8 2 9 3 22 1 0 0 92 107 1.130 6.7 0.8 3.5 8.6 2.44
1982 26 SDP NL 10 6 .625 2.64 47 14 12 2 2 3 150.0 117 49 44 10 48 3 88 5 0 2 611 132 1.100 7.0 0.6 2.9 5.3 1.83 RoY-8
1983 27 SDP NL 15 12 .556 4.17 35 33 0 4 2 0 200.2 201 97 93 25 74 3 120 6 2 4 857 85 1.370 9.0 1.1 3.3 5.4 1.62
1984 28 SDP NL 15 9 .625 3.40 32 32 0 3 1 0 206.2 175 88 78 18 88 4 104 4 2 6 862 106 1.273 7.6 0.8 3.8 4.5 1.18
1985 29 SDP NL 12 11 .522 3.09 35 35 0 5 2 0 233.0 212 95 80 27 87 7 141 5 0 4 977 114 1.283 8.2 1.0 3.4 5.4 1.62
1986 30 SDP NL 9 5 .643 2.97 24 22 1 2 0 0 136.1 109 47 45 11 69 4 94 4 2 3 569 123 1.306 7.2 0.7 4.6 6.2 1.36
1987 31 SDP NL 8 16 .333 3.84 34 34 0 5 3 0 206.1 188 99 88 26 85 7 117 9 5 6 887 103 1.323 8.2 1.1 3.7 5.1 1.38
1988 32 SDP NL 16 11 .593 3.26 32 32 0 13 1 0 234.2 201 86 85 22 53 5 144 6 5 4 936 105 1.082 7.7 0.8 2.0 5.5 2.72
1989 33 SDP NL 8 6 .571 4.23 16 16 0 1 0 0 106.1 113 59 50 9 39 3 66 2 2 2 464 83 1.429 9.6 0.8 3.3 5.6 1.69
1990 34 SDP NL 6 8 .429 5.76 39 12 14 0 0 1 106.1 131 74 68 16 41 9 55 4 3 3 482 67 1.618 11.1 1.4 3.5 4.7 1.34
1991 35 OAK AL 1 2 .333 5.92 23 5 6 0 0 0 51.2 62 36 34 5 17 1 20 0 1 2 231 65 1.529 10.8 0.9 3.0 3.5 1.18
11 Yrs 101 89 .532 3.66 332 235 37 35 11 7 1655.0 1526 739 673 171 610 49 971 46 22 36 6968 99 1.291 8.3 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.59
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .532 3.66 40 28 4 4 1 1 198 183 89 81 21 73 6 116 6 3 4 836 99 1.291 8.3 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.59
SDP (10 yrs) 100 87 .535 3.59 309 230 31 35 11 7 1603.1 1464 703 639 166 593 48 951 46 21 34 6737 101 1.283 8.2 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.60
OAK (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.92 23 5 6 0 0 0 51.2 62 36 34 5 17 1 20 0 1 2 231 65 1.529 10.8 0.9 3.0 3.5 1.18
NL (10 yrs) 100 87 .535 3.59 309 230 31 35 11 7 1603.1 1464 703 639 166 593 48 951 46 21 34 6737 101 1.283 8.2 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.60
AL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.92 23 5 6 0 0 0 51.2 62 36 34 5 17 1 20 0 1 2 231 65 1.529 10.8 0.9 3.0 3.5 1.18

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 Awards
1981 25 SDP NL 23.0 15 0 9 3.52 3.89 -0.15 -0.30 93.2 3.49 -0 -0.0 2.0 -0.1 0.1 1 .497 .500 $
1982 26 SDP NL 150.0 47 14 49 2.94 3.98 0.32 -0.04 97.2 3.52 8 0.9 1.5 -0.1 2.1 24 .519 .506 $ RoY-8
1983 27 SDP NL 200.2 35 33 97 4.35 4.08 0.17 0.14 97.2 3.94 -10 -1.1 1.9 -0.1 0.5 10 .470 .493 $
1984 28 SDP NL 206.2 32 32 88 3.83 4.13 0.19 0.15 99.5 4.06 3 0.3 -0.1 1.9 25 .511 .502 $
1985 29 SDP NL 233.0 35 35 95 3.67 4.07 0.08 0.14 97.7 4.04 8 0.9 -0.1 2.7 32 .526 .506 $537,500
1986 30 SDP NL 136.1 24 22 47 3.10 4.31 -0.20 0.14 96.6 4.49 20 2.4 .0 -0.1 3.4 34 .600 .515 $687,500
1987 31 SDP NL 206.1 34 34 99 4.32 4.56 0.21 0.17 97.4 4.39 -0 -0.0 -0.1 1.6 24 .500 .500 $787,500
1988 32 SDP NL 234.2 32 32 86 3.30 3.88 0.18 0.13 98.5 3.77 11 1.3 -0.1 3.1 33 .542 .508 $887,500
1989 33 SDP NL 106.1 16 16 59 4.99 4.00 -0.51 0.14 99.4 4.63 -4 -0.5 -0.1 0.3 5 .469 .497 $1,450,000
1990 34 SDP NL 106.1 39 12 74 6.26 4.29 -0.32 -0.06 100.7 4.58 -22 -2.3 .9 -0.1 -1.5 -10 .442 .486 $1,050,000
1991 35 OAK AL 51.2 23 5 36 6.27 4.19 0.13 -0.07 95.9 3.83 -14 -1.4 .5 0.1 -0.8 -8 .440 .491 $800,000
11 Seasons 1655.0 332 235 739 4.02 4.14 0.07 0.10 98.0 4.08 0 0.6 1.2 -0.8 13.4 170 .502 .500 $6,200,000
SDP (10 yrs) 1603.1 309 230 703 3.95 4.13 0.07 0.11 98.1 4.09 14 2.0 1.3 -0.9 14.2 178 .507 .501 $5,400,000
OAK (1 yr) 51.2 23 5 36 6.27 4.19 0.13 -0.07 95.9 3.83 -14 -1.4 .5 0.1 -0.8 -8 .440 .491 $800,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1984 28 SDP NL NLCS W CHC 0 1 .000 13.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 8 8 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 27 2.250 13.5 8.4 6.8 3.4 0.50
1984 28 SDP NL WS L DET 0 1 .000 10.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 4 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.875 13.5 6.8 3.4 6.8 2.00
1 Yr (2 Series) 0 2 .000 12.38 3 3 0 0 0 0 8.0 12 12 11 7 5 0 4 0 0 0 41 2.125 13.5 7.9 5.6 4.5 0.80
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 13.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 8 8 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 27 2.250 13.5 8.4 6.8 3.4 0.50
1 WS 0 1 .000 10.13 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 4 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.875 13.5 6.8 3.4 6.8 2.00

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
1981 25 SDP NL 15 92 80 9 17 1 1 2 1 1 9 22 .213 .300 .325 .625 .268 26 1 1 2 0 3 1
1982 26 SDP NL 47 611 539 49 117 16 4 10 18 5 48 88 .217 .284 .317 .602 .239 171 14 5 13 6 3 11
1983 27 SDP NL 35 857 763 97 201 27 2 25 16 14 74 120 .263 .332 .402 .734 .283 307 15 6 9 4 3 7
1984 28 SDP NL 32 862 748 88 175 24 4 18 14 9 88 104 .234 .316 .349 .665 .249 261 11 4 17 4 4 4
1985 29 SDP NL 35 976 871 95 212 32 6 27 15 16 87 141 .243 .314 .387 .701 .261 337 19 5 9 5 7 16
1986 30 SDP NL 24 569 484 47 109 17 0 11 9 10 69 94 .225 .326 .329 .655 .258 159 6 4 10 1 4 1
1987 31 SDP NL 34 887 778 99 188 40 4 26 15 5 85 117 .242 .322 .404 .725 .253 314 14 9 9 5 7 9
1988 32 SDP NL 32 936 869 86 201 36 5 22 10 5 53 144 .231 .279 .360 .639 .253 313 21 6 3 5 5 6
1989 33 SDP NL 16 464 412 59 113 31 4 9 5 2 39 66 .274 .336 .434 .771 .304 179 6 2 6 5 3 5
1990 34 SDP NL 39 482 428 74 131 15 4 16 15 8 41 55 .306 .369 .472 .841 .319 202 7 4 5 4 9 10
1991 35 OAK AL 23 231 207 36 62 17 1 5 4 1 17 20 .300 .346 .464 .810 .306 96 4 0 2 4 1 2
11 Yrs 332 6967 6179 739 1526 256 35 171 122 76 610 971 .247 .317 .383 .700 .267 2365 118 46 85 43 49 72
162 Game Avg. 40 836 741 89 183 31 4 21 15 9 73 116 .247 .317 .383 .700 .267 284 14 6 10 5 6 9
MLB Averages .258 .324 .387 .711 .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
1981 25 SDP NL 0.6 0.1 96 -0.2 2.8 -3.0 1.66 0.1 -0.2 0.8 0.1 1.66 1.0 10 5 0
1982 26 SDP NL 14.8 1.6 637 2.0 11.9 -9.8 1.09 1.4 0.5 15.6 1.7 1.09 15.0 16 3 14
1983 27 SDP NL -10.8 -1.1 895 -1.4 15.5 -16.9 1.07 -1.0 -0.2 -9.9 -1.0 1.07 -10.4 2 0 0
1984 28 SDP NL 4.9 0.5 899 0.9 16.5 -15.6 1.12 0.3 0.5 5.7 0.6 1.12 3.7 0 0 0
1985 29 SDP NL 10.5 1.1 1013 1.2 18.1 -17.0 1.04 0.2 0.9 11.1 1.2 1.04 2.2 0 0 0
1986 30 SDP NL 12.2 1.3 595 2.4 11.3 -8.8 1.08 0.6 1.6 19.5 2.2 1.08 9.0 0 0 2
1987 31 SDP NL 2.6 0.3 927 -0.6 14.5 -15.0 .95 -1.1 0.5 -0.0 0.0 0.95 -10.5 0 0 0
1988 32 SDP NL 8.6 0.9 968 2.7 16.7 -14.0 .97 1.8 1.0 16.0 1.8 0.97 16.5 0 0 0
1989 33 SDP NL -9.2 -1.0 481 -1.1 8.3 -9.4 1.10 -0.9 -0.0 -13.6 -1.4 1.10 -10.7 0 0 0
1990 34 SDP NL -21.5 -2.2 510 -1.5 6.3 -7.8 .77 -1.7 -0.2 -21.8 -2.2 0.77 -17.9 8 4 15
1991 35 OAK AL -12.2 -1.2 241 0.2 3.0 -2.7 .74 -0.6 0.9 -12.1 -1.2 0.74 -7.6 2 1 14
11 Yrs 0.4 0.4 7262 4.7 124.7 -120.0 1.02 -1.0 5.7 11.3 1.8 1.02 -9.6 38 13 45

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
1982 26 SDP NL 47 14 4 3 7 1 3 7 7 .500 3 2 2 2 9 64% 54.9 78 36 20 6 2 6 4.0 3.9 6.4
1983 27 SDP NL 35 33 15 12 6 3 2 18 15 .545 0 2 4 2 16 48% 50.7 85 26 23 6 3 12 4.3 4.5 6.0
1984 28 SDP NL 32 32 15 9 8 3 2 19 13 .594 4 6 3 1 21 66% 53.4 86 19 22 6 1 16 3.6 3.6 6.5
1985 29 SDP NL 35 35 12 11 12 1 4 18 17 .514 5 4 5 2 23 66% 54.5 90 20 25 9 4 13 3.8 3.7 6.7
1986 30 SDP NL 24 22 9 5 8 2 3 11 11 .500 2 0 2 0 14 64% 56.8 80 30 13 8 4 8 3.7 4.0 6.1
1987 31 SDP NL 34 34 8 16 10 0 7 13 21 .382 4 4 5 3 20 59% 51.7 85 18 26 6 2 13 3.9 4.1 6.1
1988 32 SDP NL 32 32 16 11 5 3 4 18 14 .563 1 2 13 1 21 66% 58.2 78 15 9 4 0 13 3.6 4.0 7.3 100 6 8 12 6 136
1989 33 SDP NL 16 16 8 6 2 1 1 9 7 .563 1 1 1 0 8 50% 49.1 76 25 16 4 0 8 4.2 4.4 6.6 100 4 1 9 2 148
1990 34 SDP NL 39 12 3 7 2 2 1 5 7 .417 0 2 0 0 3 25% 39.4 55 23 18 7 0 6 4.2 5.1 4.8 74 7 3 1 0 102
1991 35 OAK AL 23 5 1 2 2 0 2 3 2 .600 1 0 0 0 3 60% 46.8 58 21 13 6 1 2 4.8 5.6 5.5 77 2 3 0 0 90
10 Yrs 317 235 91 82 62 16 29 121 114 .515 21 23 35 11 138 59% 53 90 15 185 62 17 97 3.9 4.1 6.4 94 19 15 22 8 148
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -12 4.3 4.3 6.2 94

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
1981 25 SDP NL 15 15 4 1 3 6 3 3 50% 7 1 8 3 38% 7 1.659 10 5 0 7 3 5 6 9 10 3 10 4 4.6
1982 26 SDP NL 47 33 12 6 3 3 3 0 100% 12 9 18 7 39% 5 1.094 16 3 14 15 5 13 9 24 19 8 22 9 5.5
1983 27 SDP NL 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 8 1.074 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.0
1986 30 SDP NL 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.081 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1990 34 SDP NL 39 27 14 3 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 13 6 46% 7 .772 8 4 15 1 5 21 6 21 15 1 15 4 5.4 28
1991 35 OAK AL 23 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 3 43% 7 .736 2 1 14 5 2 11 5 13 7 6 7 2 4.0 22
6 Yrs 183 97 37 10 7 10 7 3 70% 23 12 47 20 43% 1.020 38 13 45 29 16 52 27 70 53 19 56 19 5.0 25

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%
1981 25 SDP NL 92 67% 2.2% 23.9% 9.8% 4.4% 24% 1.20 61% 15 1 7%
1982 26 SDP NL 611 52% 1.6% 14.4% 7.9% 4.9% 26% 1.17 73% 95 14 15%
1983 27 SDP NL 857 47% 2.9% 14.0% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.18 73% 148 15 10%
1984 28 SDP NL 862 49% 2.1% 12.1% 10.2% 5.3% 26% 0.85 73% 140 11 8%
1985 29 SDP NL 977 46% 2.8% 14.5% 8.9% 6.7% 31% 0.78 73% 173 19 11%
1986 30 SDP NL 569 43% 1.9% 16.5% 12.1% 4.9% 26% 0.75 67% 96 6 6%
1987 31 SDP NL 887 45% 2.9% 13.2% 9.6% 7.9% 37% 0.80 72% 133 14 11%
1988 32 SDP NL 936 45% 2.4% 15.4% 5.7% 6.7% 31% 0.87 1.14 76% 16% 10.9% 47% 142 21 15%
1989 33 SDP NL 464 43% 1.9% 14.2% 8.4% 9.5% 39% 0.71 0.93 74% 15% 5.1% 12% 63 6 10%
1990 34 SDP NL 482 45% 3.3% 11.4% 8.5% 7.3% 27% 0.91 1.24 75% 18% 9.6% 15% 88 7 8%
1991 35 OAK AL 231 52% 2.2% 8.7% 7.4% 10.0% 37% 0.64 0.90 81% 27% 5.0% 14% 41 4 10%
11 Yrs 6968 47% 2.5% 13.9% 8.8% 6.6% 30% 0.81 0.95 73% 17% 8.1% 28% 1134 118 10%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 14.4% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.5% 24% 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 32 SDP NL 940 3216 3.42 2076 65% 23% 14% 28% 35% 77% 1% 50% 81% 59% 4% 33 20 19% 175 102 11 28% 34 9 -4 2 0
1989 33 SDP NL 467 1599 3.42 1016 64% 22% 15% 27% 35% 77% 2% 49% 79% 60% 5% 25 14 20% 93 60 4 20% 22 8 -3 0 10
1990 34 SDP NL 448 1500 3.35 921 61% 20% 14% 26% 39% 78% 3% 48% 81% 56% 4% 17 8 15% 65 34 4 18% 13 4 34 1 11
1991 35 OAK AL 231 769 3.33 478 62% 22% 11% 27% 40% 78% 1% 48% 86% 55% 3% 6 2 16% 36 16 3 20% 5 3 0 0 0
4 Yrs 2086 7084 3.40 4491 63% 22% 14% 27% 36% 78% 2% 49% 81% 58% 4% 81 44 18% 369 212 22 24% 74 24 27 3 21
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 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
1981 25 SDP NL 92 17 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 6 4 0 67% 1 0 0 32 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
1982 26 SDP NL 611 117 10 0 6 5 5 2 8 22 11 2 50% 11 2 1 213 18 5 78% 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1983 27 SDP NL 857 201 25 0 16 15 10 19 6 43 22 5 51% 7 4 0 299 16 14 53% 16 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1984 28 SDP NL 862 175 18 0 17 10 8 10 8 31 20 2 65% 4 6 1 304 14 9 61% 14 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 0
1985 29 SDP NL 976 212 27 0 16 11 16 17 10 38 23 3 61% 16 4 1 341 15 16 48% 13 15 2 1 0 0 1 0 12 1
1986 30 SDP NL 569 109 11 0 5 7 4 8 3 16 10 2 63% 1 3 2 207 9 10 47% 9 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 9 0
1987 31 SDP NL 887 188 26 0 14 13 13 11 15 39 20 4 51% 9 6 3 299 15 5 75% 14 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 22 0
1988 32 SDP NL 936 201 23 3 22 0 13 12 10 11 11 34 16 6 47% 6 4 4 284 10 5 67% 9 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 20 0
1989 33 SDP NL 464 113 15 3 9 0 8 5 4 6 3 23 12 4 52% 5 2 1 160 5 2 71% 3 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 11 0
1990 34 SDP NL 482 131 16 1 16 0 13 8 8 9 7 30 19 3 63% 10 3 1 173 15 8 65% 11 7 4 1 0 0 1 0 15 0
1991 35 OAK AL 231 62 17 0 5 0 4 1 4 4 1 16 11 3 69% 2 2 2 81 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
11 Yrs 6967 1526 71 7 171 0 113 88 83 97 74 298 168 34 56% 72 36 16 2393 122 76 62% 111 70 11 4 0 2 16 0 140 1
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1981 25 1 3 .250 3.13 15 0 4 0 0 3 23.0 17 9 8 2 9 3 22 1 0 0 92 107 1.130 6.7 0.8 3.5 8.6 2.44 107
1982 26 11 9 .550 2.71 62 14 16 2 2 6 173.0 134 58 52 12 57 6 110 6 0 2 703 128 1.104 7.0 0.6 3.0 5.7 1.93 128
1983 27 26 21 .553 3.49 97 47 16 6 4 6 373.2 335 155 145 37 131 9 230 12 2 6 1560 100 1.247 8.1 0.9 3.2 5.5 1.76 100
1984 28 41 30 .577 3.46 129 79 16 9 5 6 580.1 510 243 223 55 219 13 334 16 4 12 2422 102 1.256 7.9 0.9 3.4 5.2 1.53 102
1985 29 53 41 .564 3.35 164 114 16 14 7 6 813.1 722 338 303 82 306 20 475 21 4 16 3399 105 1.264 8.0 0.9 3.4 5.3 1.55 105
1986 30 62 46 .574 3.30 188 136 17 16 7 6 949.2 831 385 348 93 375 24 569 25 6 19 3968 108 1.270 7.9 0.9 3.6 5.4 1.52 108
1987 31 70 62 .530 3.39 222 170 17 21 10 6 1156.0 1019 484 436 119 460 31 686 34 11 25 4855 107 1.279 7.9 0.9 3.6 5.3 1.49 107
1988 32 86 73 .541 3.37 254 202 17 34 11 6 1390.2 1220 570 521 141 513 36 830 40 16 29 5791 107 1.246 7.9 0.9 3.3 5.4 1.62 107
1989 33 94 79 .543 3.43 270 218 17 35 11 6 1497.0 1333 629 571 150 552 39 896 42 18 31 6255 105 1.259 8.0 0.9 3.3 5.4 1.62 105
1990 34 100 87 .535 3.59 309 230 31 35 11 7 1603.1 1464 703 639 166 593 48 951 46 21 34 6737 101 1.283 8.2 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.60 101
1991 35 101 89 .532 3.66 332 235 37 35 11 7 1655.0 1526 739 673 171 610 49 971 46 22 36 6968 99 1.291 8.3 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.59 99

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
1981 25 1 2 .333 4.06 31.0 28 16 14 3 15 30 2 1.387 8.1 4.4 8.7 2.00 0.9 15
1982 26 9 6 .600 3.15 143.0 125 56 50 11 51 84 5 1.231 7.9 3.2 5.3 1.65 0.7 47
1983 27 8 12 .400 5.01 187.0 212 116 104 26 78 112 6 1.551 10.2 3.8 5.4 1.44 1.3 35
1984 28 11 10 .524 3.88 195.0 182 93 84 19 92 98 4 1.405 8.4 4.2 4.5 1.07 0.9 32
1985 29 13 11 .542 3.66 219.0 223 99 89 28 92 133 5 1.438 9.2 3.8 5.5 1.45 1.2 35
1986 30 8 6 .571 3.50 126.0 114 54 49 12 72 87 4 1.476 8.1 5.1 6.2 1.21 0.9 24
1987 31 11 11 .500 3.92 202.0 188 98 88 26 85 114 9 1.351 8.4 3.8 5.1 1.34 1.2 34
1988 32 12 12 .500 4.03 219.0 216 109 98 24 57 134 6 1.247 8.9 2.3 5.5 2.35 1.0 32
1989 33 4 7 .364 5.04 100.0 120 62 56 10 41 62 2 1.610 10.8 3.7 5.6 1.51 0.9 16
1990 34 3 8 .273 6.33 101.0 134 79 71 16 42 52 4 1.743 11.9 3.7 4.6 1.24 1.4 39
1991 35 1 4 .200 6.98 49.0 66 42 38 5 18 19 0 1.714 12.1 3.3 3.5 1.06 0.9 23
11 Yrs 81 89 .476 4.24 1572.0 1608 824 741 180 643 925 47 1.432 9.2 5.3 1.44 1.0 332

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1986 NL  3.4 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1983 NL  15 (6th)
1984 NL  15 (6th)
1988 NL  16 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1982 NL  .625 (7th)
1984 NL  .625 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1988 NL  1.082 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL  7.621 (8th)
1987 NL  8.200 (7th)
Career  8.299 (230th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL  2.033 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1988 NL  234.7 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1985 NL  35 (8th)
1987 NL  34 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1987 NL  5 (10th)
1988 NL  13 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1982 NL  2 (9th)
1987 NL  3 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 NL  25 (2nd)
1985 NL  27 (3rd)
1987 NL  26 (8th)
1988 NL  22 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1984 NL  88 (8th)
1985 NL  87 (8th)
1987 NL  85 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1988 NL  2.717 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1987 NL  16 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1983 NL  93 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1982 NL  5 (7th)
1983 NL  6 (2nd)
1984 NL  4 (10th)
1985 NL  5 (10th)
1987 NL  9 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1988 NL  2.7 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1986 NL  2.2 (9th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 35 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Joey Jay (976)
  2. Steve Blass (965)
  3. Whit Wyatt (961)
  4. Jim O'Toole (956)
  5. Frank Sullivan (956)
  6. John Montefusco (954)
  7. Jim Bibby (954)
  8. Mario Soto (952)
  9. Guy Morton (952)
  10. Bob Walk (950)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Aubrey Gatewood (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ed Head (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Junior Thompson (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Charlie Lea (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tim Belcher (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ray Washburn (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ewell Blackwell (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pete Vuckovich (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Murry Dickson (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Bibby (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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