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Doug Sisk

Douglas Randall Sisk

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 26, 1957 in Renton, WA
High School: Stadium (Tacoma, WA)
School: Washington State University
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1982
Teams (by GP): Mets/Orioles/Braves 1982-1991

Final Game: May 23, 1991
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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:41AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1980	22	NYM-min	Rk	8	5	.615	2.66	15	15		4	0	0	98.0	91	46	29	5	45	1	41	0	1	7			1.388	8.4	0.5	4.1	3.8	0.91	KPT · APPY
1981	23	NYM-min	A,AA	6	2	.750	3.33	50	1	30	0	0	11	108.0	101	46	40	4	44	7	76	3	0	3			1.343	8.4	0.3	3.7	6.3	1.73	LBG,JAC · CARL,TL
1982	24	NYM-min	AA	11	7	.611	2.67	44	9	22	6	0	5	138.0	136	59	41	3	58	7	53	5	0	8			1.406	8.9	0.2	3.8	3.5	0.91	JAC · TL
1982	24	NYM	NL	0	1	.000	1.04	8	0	4	0	0	1	8.2	5	1	1	1	4	2	4	1	0	0	34	368	1.038	5.2	1.0	4.2	4.2	1.00
1983	25	NYM	NL	5	4	.556	2.24	67	0	39	0	0	11	104.1	88	38	26	1	59	7	33	4	1	5	447	163	1.409	7.6	0.1	5.1	2.8	0.56
1984	26	NYM	NL	1	3	.250	2.09	50	0	31	0	0	15	77.2	57	24	18	1	54	5	32	3	0	1	329	171	1.429	6.6	0.1	6.3	3.7	0.59
1985	27	NYM-min	AAA	0	2	.000	7.20	4	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	15	12	12	0	13	0	4	0	0	2			1.867	9.0	0.0	7.8	2.4	0.31	TID · IL
1985	27	NYM	NL	4	5	.444	5.30	42	0	22	0	0	2	73.0	86	48	43	3	40	2	26	2	1	1	341	66	1.726	10.6	0.4	4.9	3.2	0.65
1986	28	NYM-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.20	9	4	3	0	0	2	30.0	34	16	14	2	9	0	19	1	0	2			1.433	10.2	0.6	2.7	5.7	2.11	TID · IL
1986	28	NYM	NL	4	2	.667	3.06	41	0	15	0	0	1	70.2	77	31	24	0	31	5	31	5	1	2	312	118	1.528	9.8	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
1987	29	NYM	NL	3	1	.750	3.46	55	0	17	0	0	3	78.0	83	38	30	5	22	4	37	3	0	2	339	110	1.346	9.6	0.6	2.5	4.3	1.68
1988	30	BAL-min	AAA	0	2	.000	5.91	6	1	5	0	0	3	10.2	15	7	7	1	3	1	5	0	0	0			1.688	12.7	0.8	2.5	4.2	1.67	ROC · IL
1988	30	BAL	AL	3	3	.500	3.72	52	0	29	0	0	0	94.1	109	43	39	3	45	6	26	2	0	3	410	105	1.633	10.4	0.3	4.3	2.5	0.58

1990	32	NYM-CLE-min	AAA	6	1	.857	3.47	16	6	3	0	0	0	49.1	47	24	19	1	15	0	27	1	1	0			1.257	8.6	0.2	2.7	4.9	1.80	TID,CSP · IL,PCL
1990	32	ATL	NL	0	0		3.86	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	1	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	121	2.143	3.9	0.0	15.4	3.9	0.25
1991	33	ATL-min	AAA	0	0		1.59	9	0	4	0	0	2	11.1	14	3	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	1			1.588	11.1	0.0	3.2	1.6	0.50	RMD · IL
1991	33	ATL	NL	2	1	.667	5.02	14	0	2	0	0	0	14.1	21	14	8	1	8	2	5	0	0	0	73	80	2.023	13.2	0.6	5.0	3.1	0.63
9 Seasons				22	20	.524	3.27	332	0	161	0	0	33	523.1	527	238	190	15	267	33	195	20	3	15	2298	113	1.517	9.1	0.3	4.6	3.4	0.73
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.524	3.27	68	0	33	0	0	7	107	108	49	39	3	55	7	40	4	1	3	471	113	1.517	9.1	0.3	4.6	3.4	0.73

NYM (6 yrs)				17	16	.515	3.10	263	0	128	0	0	33	412.1	396	180	142	11	210	25	163	18	3	11	1802	117	1.470	8.6	0.2	4.6	3.6	0.78
ATL (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	4.86	17	0	4	0	0	0	16.2	22	15	9	1	12	2	6	0	0	1	86	85	2.040	11.9	0.5	6.5	3.2	0.50
BAL (1 yr)				3	3	.500	3.72	52	0	29	0	0	0	94.1	109	43	39	3	45	6	26	2	0	3	410	105	1.633	10.4	0.3	4.3	2.5	0.58

NL (8 yrs)			NL	19	17	.528	3.17	280	0	132	0	0	33	429.0	418	195	151	12	222	27	169	18	3	12	1888	115	1.492	8.8	0.3	4.7	3.5	0.76
AL (1 yr)			AL	3	3	.500	3.72	52	0	29	0	0	0	94.1	109	43	39	3	45	6	26	2	0	3	410	105	1.633	10.4	0.3	4.3	2.5	0.58

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1982	24	NYM	NL	8.2	0	1	5	0	1.0	4	0.4	$
1983	25	NYM	NL	104.1	0	38	58	0	1.2	20	1.5	$
1984	26	NYM	NL	77.2	0	24	43	-1	1.5	19	1.9	$
1985	27	NYM	NL	73.0	0	48	38	0	1.0	-10	-1.7	$275,000
1986	28	NYM	NL	70.2	0	31	37	0	1.1	6	0.2	$275,000
1987	29	NYM	NL	78.0	0	38	45	-1	.8	7	0.1	$330,000
1988	30	BAL	AL	94.1	0	43	57	-1	.6	14	0.6	$410,000

1990	32	ATL	NL	2.1	0	1	1	0	.4	0	0.0	$
1991	33	ATL	NL	14.1	0	14	9	-1	1.3	-5	-0.7	$
9 Seasons				523.1	0	238	293	-4	1.0	55	2.3	$1,290,000

NYM (6 yrs)				412.1	0	180	226	-2	1.1	46	2.4	$880,000
ATL (2 yrs)				16.2	0	15	10	-1	1.2	-5	-0.7	$
BAL (1 yr)				94.1	0	43	57	-1	.6	14	0.6	$410,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	G	GF	IP	H	BB	IBB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1986	28	NYM	NL	NLCS	W	HOU	1	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1986	28	NYM	NL	WS	W	BOS	1	1	0.2	0	1	1	1	3	1.500	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
1 Season (2 Series)							2	2	1.2	1	2	1	1	8	1.800	5.4	10.8	5.4	0.50
1 NLCS							1	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1 WS							1	1	0.2	0	1	1	1	3	1.500	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1980	22	NYM-min	Rk	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		KPT · APPY
1981	23	NYM-min	AA,A	50	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1		0	0	0	0	JAC,LBG · TL,CARL
1982	24	NYM-min	AA	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	JAC · TL
1982	24	NYM	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1983	25	NYM	NL	67	7	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	180	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1984	26	NYM	NL	50	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.091	.167	.091	.258	-25	1	1	0	2	0	0	1
1985	27	NYM-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	TID · IL
1985	27	NYM	NL	42	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	28	NYM-min	AAA	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	TID · IL
1986	28	NYM	NL	41	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	29	NYM	NL	55	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	30	BAL-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	ROC · IL
1988	30	BAL	AL	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1990	32	NYM-CLE-min	AAA	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	TID,CSP · IL,PCL
1990	32	ATL	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1991	33	ATL-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	RMD · IL
1991	33	ATL	NL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9 Seasons				332	42	38	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	20	.105	.128	.105	.233	-34	4	1	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.105	.128	.105	.233	-34	2	0	0	1	0	0

NYM (6 yrs)				263	42	38	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	20	.105	.128	.105	.233	-34	4	1	0	3	0	0
ATL (2 yrs)				17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				280	42	38	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	20	.105	.128	.105	.233	-34	4	1	0	3	0	0
AL (1 yr)				52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rroe	Rpos	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1983	25	NYM	NL	7	1	1	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	$47,000	1
1984	26	NYM	NL	14	-2	0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$110,000	1
1985	27	NYM	NL	12	-3	0	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	$275,000	1
1986	28	NYM	NL	4	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$275,000	1
1987	29	NYM	NL	5	-1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	$330,000	1
5 Seasons				42	-6	1	4	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$1,037,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
1986	28	NYM	NL	NLCS	HOU	W	1
1986	28	NYM	NL	WS	BOS	W	1
1 Season (2 Series)							2
1 NLCS							1
1 WS							1

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1982	NYM	NL	24	P	8	8.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.08	0.25	.950	1.97	1.98	0	0
1983	NYM	NL	25	P	67	104.1	22	7	14	1	1	.955	1.81	0.31	.952	1.92	1.91	5	3	38%
1984	NYM	NL	26	P	50	77.2	19	5	13	1	1	.947	2.09	0.36	.954	1.88	1.87	5	4	44%
1985	NYM	NL	27	P	42	73.0	18	3	15	0	2	1.000	2.22	0.43	.953	1.92	1.92	3	0	0%
1986	NYM	NL	28	P	41	70.2	16	10	6	0	0	1.000	2.04	0.39	.955	1.94	1.94	3	7	70%
1987	NYM	NL	29	P	55	78.0	24	5	19	0	0	1.000	2.77	0.44	.955	1.92	1.90	6	1	14%
1988	BAL	AL	30	P	52	94.1	28	9	16	3	1	.893	2.39	0.48	.961	1.78	1.77	4	3	43%
1990	ATL	NL	32	P	3	2.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.86	0.33	.960	1.93	1.80	2	0	0%
1991	ATL	NL	33	P	14	14.1	5	3	2	0	1	1.000	3.14	0.36	.956	1.88	1.85	2	0	0%
	9 Seasons			P	332	523.1	135	42	88	5	6	.963	2.24	0.39	.955	1.89	1.88	30	18	38%
	9 Seasons			TOT	332	523.1	135	42	88	5	6	.963	2.24	0.39	.955	1.89	1.88	30	18	38%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1983 NL 67 (8th)	Saves s c a p y 1984 NL 15 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1986 NL 5 (8th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1985 NL 1.000 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1983 NL 67 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1984 NL 15 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1986 NL 5 (8th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1985 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1971), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 10, 1980: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.
December 8, 1987: Traded by the New York Mets to the Baltimore Orioles for a player to be named later and Blaine Beatty. The Baltimore Orioles sent Greg Talamantez (minors) (December 11, 1987) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
October 3, 1988: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
December 15, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
June 9, 1990: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
June 12, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
July 22, 1990: Traded by the New York Mets to the Atlanta Braves for Tony Valle (minors).
August 28, 1990: Released by the Atlanta Braves.
January 25, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
October 28, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

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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	Notes
1983	25	New York Mets	$47,000	1/15/84 NYT
1984	26	New York Mets	$110,000	1986 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database
1985	27	New York Mets	$275,000	1986 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database	Arbitration loss; $470,000 request
1986	28	New York Mets	$275,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	29	New York Mets	$330,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	30	Baltimore Orioles	$410,000	USA Today, 4/1/88

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,447,000

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