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Jim Slaton

James Michael Slaton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 19, 1950 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Antelope Valley HS (Lancaster, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 15th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1971
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Angels/Tigers 1971-1986

Final Game: September 28, 1986
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All-Star

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
1971 21 MIL AL 10 8 .556 3.78 26 23 0 5 4 0 147.2 140 67 62 16 71 9 63 1 2 5 631 91 1.429 8.5 1.0 4.3 3.8 0.89
1972 22 MIL AL 1 6 .143 5.52 9 8 1 0 0 0 44.0 50 31 27 3 21 1 17 1 0 1 202 55 1.614 10.2 0.6 4.3 3.5 0.81
1973 23 MIL AL 13 15 .464 3.71 38 38 0 13 3 0 276.1 266 127 114 30 99 4 134 1 0 11 1170 101 1.321 8.7 1.0 3.2 4.4 1.35
1974 24 MIL AL 13 16 .448 3.92 40 35 2 10 3 0 250.0 255 117 109 22 102 6 126 3 0 14 1072 92 1.428 9.2 0.8 3.7 4.5 1.24
1975 25 MIL AL 11 18 .379 4.52 37 33 1 10 3 0 217.0 238 129 109 28 90 6 119 2 0 12 970 85 1.512 9.9 1.2 3.7 4.9 1.32
1976 26 MIL AL 14 15 .483 3.44 38 38 0 12 2 0 292.2 287 126 112 14 94 12 138 6 1 11 1235 101 1.302 8.8 0.4 2.9 4.2 1.47
1977 27 MIL AL 10 14 .417 3.58 32 31 1 7 1 0 221.0 223 104 88 25 77 5 104 11 1 1 942 114 1.357 9.1 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.35 AS
1978 28 DET AL 17 11 .607 4.12 35 34 0 11 2 0 233.2 235 117 107 27 85 1 92 8 1 10 1003 94 1.369 9.1 1.0 3.3 3.5 1.08
1979 29 MIL AL 15 9 .625 3.63 32 31 0 12 3 0 213.0 229 95 86 15 54 1 80 2 0 5 894 115 1.329 9.7 0.6 2.3 3.4 1.48
1980 30 MIL AL 1 1 .500 4.41 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 17 10 8 3 5 0 4 0 0 1 68 90 1.347 9.4 1.7 2.8 2.2 0.80
1981 31 MIL AL 5 7 .417 4.37 24 21 2 0 0 0 117.1 120 60 57 10 50 2 47 2 0 5 500 79 1.449 9.2 0.8 3.8 3.6 0.94
1982 32 MIL AL 10 6 .625 3.29 39 7 21 0 0 6 117.2 117 48 43 14 41 3 59 1 1 2 494 116 1.343 8.9 1.1 3.1 4.5 1.44
1983 33 MIL AL 14 6 .700 4.33 46 0 26 0 0 5 112.1 112 57 54 12 56 5 38 3 0 3 490 87 1.496 9.0 1.0 4.5 3.0 0.68
1984 34 CAL AL 7 10 .412 4.97 32 22 1 5 1 0 163.0 192 95 90 22 56 5 67 2 0 6 722 81 1.521 10.6 1.2 3.1 3.7 1.20
1985 35 CAL AL 6 10 .375 4.37 29 24 3 1 0 1 148.1 162 82 72 22 63 1 60 2 0 8 645 95 1.517 9.8 1.3 3.8 3.6 0.95
1986 36 TOT AL 4 6 .400 5.08 36 12 13 0 0 2 113.1 130 70 64 14 40 4 43 3 0 2 497 82 1.500 10.3 1.1 3.2 3.4 1.08
1986 36 CAL AL 4 6 .400 5.65 14 12 1 0 0 0 73.1 84 52 46 9 29 1 31 2 0 1 323 73 1.541 10.3 1.1 3.6 3.8 1.07
1986 36 DET AL 0 0 4.05 22 0 12 0 0 2 40.0 46 18 18 5 11 3 12 1 0 1 174 103 1.425 10.4 1.1 2.5 2.7 1.09
16 Yrs 151 158 .489 4.03 496 360 71 86 22 14 2683.2 2773 1335 1202 277 1004 65 1191 48 6 97 11535 94 1.407 9.3 0.9 3.4 4.0 1.19
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .489 4.03 39 29 6 7 2 1 213 220 106 95 22 80 5 95 4 0 8 916 94 1.407 9.3 0.9 3.4 4.0 1.19
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
MIL (12 yrs) 117 121 .492 3.86 364 268 54 69 19 11 2025.1 2054 971 869 192 760 54 929 33 5 71 8668 97 1.389 9.1 0.9 3.4 4.1 1.22
CAL (3 yrs) 17 26 .395 4.87 75 58 5 6 1 1 384.2 438 229 208 53 148 7 158 6 0 15 1690 84 1.523 10.2 1.2 3.5 3.7 1.07
DET (2 yrs) 17 11 .607 4.11 57 34 12 11 2 2 273.2 281 135 125 32 96 4 104 9 1 11 1177 95 1.378 9.2 1.1 3.2 3.4 1.08

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
1971 21 MIL AL 147.2 26 23 67 4.08 3.87 0.26 0.06 100.2 3.67 -7 -0.7 .8 -0.1 0.5 7 .471 .495 $
1972 22 MIL AL 44.0 9 8 31 6.34 3.68 0.22 0.03 98.8 3.44 -14 -1.5 2.1 -0.1 -1.2 -11 .338 .491 $
1973 23 MIL AL 276.1 38 38 127 4.14 4.22 0.00 0.13 98.2 4.27 2 0.2 -0.2 2.4 33 .506 .501 $
1974 24 MIL AL 250.0 40 35 117 4.21 4.09 0.11 0.09 98.4 4.01 -6 -0.6 .6 -0.1 1.4 19 .484 .496 $
1975 25 MIL AL 217.0 37 33 129 5.35 4.35 -0.26 0.10 100.5 4.73 -15 -1.6 1.0 -0.1 0.2 8 .458 .490 $
1976 26 MIL AL 292.2 38 38 126 3.87 4.00 -0.04 0.12 98.9 4.12 9 1.0 -0.2 3.3 36 .526 .506 $
1977 27 MIL AL 221.0 32 31 104 4.24 4.42 -0.02 0.14 98.2 4.49 6 0.6 2.9 -0.1 2.4 31 .519 .504 $45,000 AS
1978 28 DET AL 233.2 35 34 117 4.51 4.31 0.12 0.11 101.5 4.37 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 1.6 21 .491 .498 $
1979 29 MIL AL 213.0 32 31 95 4.01 4.59 0.04 0.14 98.8 4.63 15 1.5 1.7 -0.1 3.3 39 .548 .509 $247,000
1980 30 MIL AL 16.1 3 3 10 5.51 4.08 0.15 0.13 99.3 4.03 -3 -0.3 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .411 .498 $247,000
1981 31 MIL AL 117.1 24 21 60 4.60 3.96 0.02 0.12 97.8 3.97 -8 -0.9 .6 -0.1 0.0 -1 .463 .495 $247,000
1982 32 MIL AL 117.2 39 7 48 3.67 4.55 0.09 -0.20 93.0 3.96 4 0.5 1.3 -0.1 1.3 16 .512 .503 $247,000
1983 33 MIL AL 112.1 46 0 57 4.57 4.53 -0.08 -0.36 93.2 3.97 -8 -0.8 1.4 -0.3 -0.2 4 .483 .495 $247,000
1984 34 CAL AL 163.0 32 22 95 5.25 4.43 0.02 0.08 100.8 4.54 -12 -1.2 1.3 -0.1 0.0 4 .461 .492 $
1985 35 CAL AL 148.1 29 24 82 4.98 4.70 0.24 0.12 100.3 4.60 -6 -0.6 .4 -0.1 0.5 10 .479 .496 $437,500
1986 36 CAL AL 73.1 14 12 52 6.38 4.66 0.47 0.09 98.5 4.22 -18 -1.6 1.2 -0.1 -1.1 -10 .384 .490 $400,000
1986 36 DET AL 40.0 22 0 18 4.05 4.59 0.42 -0.36 98.7 3.76 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.1 0.2 3 .494 .499 $60,000
16 Seasons 2683.2 496 360 1335 4.48 4.29 0.05 0.07 98.8 4.26 -64 -6.4 1.2 -2.0 14.5 210 .487 .498 $2,177,500
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
MIL (12 yrs) 2025.1 364 268 971 4.31 4.23 0.01 0.07 98.2 4.21 -24 -2.5 1.3 -1.6 13.3 182 .493 .499 $1,280,000
CAL (3 yrs) 384.2 75 58 229 5.36 4.58 0.19 0.10 100.2 4.50 -36 -3.5 1.0 -0.3 -0.6 4 .454 .493 $837,500
DET (2 yrs) 273.2 57 34 135 4.44 4.35 0.16 0.04 101.1 4.28 -4 -0.4 .7 -0.2 1.8 24 .492 .499 $60,000

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
1981 31 MIL AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 3.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 1.000 9.0 1.5 0.0 3.0
1982 32 MIL AL ALCS W CAL 0 0 1.93 2 0 1 0 0 1 4.2 3 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 18 0.857 5.8 1.9 1.9 5.8 3.00
1982 32 MIL AL WS L STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 1.125 3.4 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50
2 Yrs (3 Series) 1 0 1.000 2.03 8 0 2 0 0 1 13.1 10 4 3 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 51 0.975 6.8 1.4 2.0 4.1 2.00
1 ALDS 0 0 3.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 1.000 9.0 1.5 0.0 3.0
1 ALCS 0 0 1.93 2 0 1 0 0 1 4.2 3 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 18 0.857 5.8 1.9 1.9 5.8 3.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 1.125 3.4 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1977 MIL AL 27

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
1971 21 MIL AL 26 630 552 67 140 16 4 16 2 6 71 63 .254 .339 .384 .723 .261 212 19 1 4 2 9 5
1972 22 MIL AL 9 202 174 31 50 11 0 3 1 0 21 17 .287 .362 .402 .764 .299 70 4 1 3 3 1 2
1973 23 MIL AL 38 1170 1058 127 266 50 6 30 15 15 99 134 .251 .314 .395 .709 .262 418 19 1 4 8 4 13
1974 24 MIL AL 40 1072 950 117 255 31 4 22 30 10 102 126 .268 .339 .379 .718 .288 360 19 3 10 7 6 9
1975 25 MIL AL 37 970 862 129 238 41 4 28 13 11 90 119 .276 .343 .430 .774 .291 371 15 2 9 7 6 25
1976 26 MIL AL 38 1235 1108 126 287 42 9 14 24 12 94 138 .259 .317 .351 .668 .282 389 20 6 15 12 12 16
1977 27 MIL AL 32 942 837 104 223 33 10 25 12 14 77 104 .266 .333 .419 .752 .276 351 18 11 8 9 5 11
1978 28 DET AL 35 1003 894 117 235 40 9 27 12 9 85 92 .263 .329 .418 .748 .265 374 22 8 7 9 1 13
1979 29 MIL AL 32 894 825 95 229 32 3 15 16 10 54 80 .278 .321 .378 .699 .290 312 19 2 5 8 1 4
1980 30 MIL AL 3 68 63 10 17 1 0 3 0 0 5 4 .270 .324 .429 .752 .250 27 3 0 0 0 0 0
1981 31 MIL AL 24 500 439 60 120 20 4 10 11 9 50 47 .273 .346 .405 .752 .284 178 11 2 3 6 2 2
1982 32 MIL AL 39 494 444 48 117 17 1 14 8 6 41 59 .264 .326 .401 .727 .276 178 12 1 6 2 3 3
1983 33 MIL AL 46 490 412 57 112 14 5 12 10 4 56 38 .272 .356 .417 .773 .269 172 10 3 9 10 5 3
1984 34 CAL AL 32 720 651 95 192 31 4 22 1 7 56 67 .295 .350 .456 .806 .299 297 14 2 7 6 5 9
1985 35 CAL AL 29 645 570 82 162 34 3 22 8 9 63 60 .284 .355 .470 .825 .284 268 19 2 5 5 1 10
1986 36 TOT AL 36 497 445 70 130 28 4 14 5 6 40 43 .292 .349 .467 .816 .293 208 7 3 1 8 4 1
1986 36 CAL AL 14 323 285 52 84 15 3 9 5 6 29 31 .295 .357 .463 .820 .299 132 5 2 1 6 1 1
1986 36 DET AL 22 174 160 18 46 13 1 5 0 0 11 12 .288 .333 .475 .808 .283 76 2 1 0 2 3 0
16 Yrs 496 11532 10284 1335 2773 441 70 277 168 128 1004 1191 .270 .334 .407 .741 .280 4185 231 48 96 102 65 126
162 Game Avg. 39 916 817 106 220 35 6 22 13 10 80 95 .270 .334 .407 .741 .280 332 18 4 8 8 5 10
MLB Averages .258 .324 .381 .705 .282
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1971 21 MIL AL -3.8 -0.4 649 -0.3 10.9 -11.1 .99 -0.3 0.0 -7.4 -0.8 0.99 -4.3 1 0 2
1972 22 MIL AL -12.5 -1.3 204 -1.5 3.4 -4.9 1.16 -0.9 -0.3 -11.1 -1.2 1.16 -9.2 1 0 0
1973 23 MIL AL 1.8 0.2 1211 0.7 21.5 -20.9 1.02 0.3 0.4 5.2 0.5 1.02 3.2 0 0 0
1974 24 MIL AL -6.2 -0.6 1130 -1.0 18.7 -19.7 1.04 -0.1 -0.8 -5.4 -0.6 1.04 -1.1 1 1 2
1975 25 MIL AL -18.5 -1.8 1012 -2.4 15.3 -17.7 .92 -2.6 0.0 -24.5 -2.4 0.92 -24.8 1 1 2
1976 26 MIL AL 2.0 0.2 1290 -0.3 22.0 -22.3 1.06 1.1 -1.4 5.5 0.6 1.06 10.5 0 0 0
1977 27 MIL AL 9.7 1.0 977 0.3 18.2 -17.9 1.08 -0.4 0.6 6.3 0.6 1.08 -0.7 1 0 0
1978 28 DET AL -4.2 -0.4 1036 0.4 19.2 -18.9 1.08 -1.2 1.5 -9.3 -0.9 1.08 -14.7 0 1 0
1979 29 MIL AL 13.9 1.4 925 2.5 17.8 -15.4 1.08 2.1 0.2 16.2 1.6 1.08 21.1 1 0 0
1980 30 MIL AL -1.3 -0.1 70 -0.3 1.2 -1.5 .98 -0.1 -0.2 -1.8 -0.2 0.98 -1.4 0 0 0
1981 31 MIL AL -11.0 -1.1 525 -0.4 8.9 -9.3 1.00 -0.6 0.2 -6.7 -0.7 1.00 -5.7 0 1 2
1982 32 MIL AL 7.0 0.7 513 0.1 7.9 -7.8 .94 -0.2 0.3 4.5 0.5 0.94 -0.1 10 10 10
1983 33 MIL AL -6.2 -0.6 508 0.8 10.0 -9.2 1.23 -0.2 0.9 1.8 0.2 1.23 -3.6 18 8 20
1984 34 CAL AL -15.1 -1.5 738 -1.8 11.7 -13.6 1.00 -1.8 -0.1 -16.4 -1.6 1.00 -19.5 4 2 4
1985 35 CAL AL -4.4 -0.4 671 -0.8 11.8 -12.6 1.01 -1.4 0.6 -8.9 -0.9 1.01 -21.0 0 1 3
1986 36 TOT AL -11.1 -1.0 509 -1.0 7.1 -8.1 .83 -0.7 -0.5 -9.8 -0.9 0.83 -5.5 5 3 14
1986 36 CAL AL -12.6 -1.2 334 -1.1 6.0 -7.1 1.07 -0.5 -0.5 -12.0 -1.1 1.07 -6.4 0 2 0
1986 36 DET AL 1.5 0.2 175 0.0 1.1 -1.1 .37 -0.2 0.3 2.2 0.2 0.37 0.9 5 1 14
16 Yrs -60.0 -6.0 11968 -5.1 205.8 -210.9 1.03 -7.1 2.1 -61.6 -6.1 1.03 -76.9 43 28 59
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1971 21 MIL AL 26 23 10 8 5 1 2 13 10 .565 0 2 5 4 12 52% 51.7 87 26 19 5 4 9 3.9 4.4 6.3
1972 22 MIL AL 9 8 1 5 2 1 0 2 6 .250 2 0 0 0 0 0% 40.4 57 30 9 8 0 4 2.7 3.9 4.8
1973 23 MIL AL 38 38 13 15 10 5 4 15 23 .395 4 4 13 3 18 47% 52.8 78 25 29 11 28 3 4.0 4.0 7.3
1974 24 MIL AL 40 35 12 16 7 1 4 17 18 .486 2 2 10 3 17 49% 50.9 89 23 41 11 19 7 4.1 4.1 6.7
1975 25 MIL AL 37 33 11 18 4 1 5 13 20 .394 2 2 10 3 16 48% 46.8 86 20 28 12 19 4 3.7 4.0 6.1
1976 26 MIL AL 38 38 14 15 9 3 6 20 18 .526 6 1 12 2 21 55% 53.6 85 23 36 14 17 6 4.0 4.0 7.7
1977 27 MIL AL 32 31 9 14 8 1 6 15 16 .484 3 4 7 1 17 55% 50.7 80 9 29 8 6 13 4.2 3.9 7.1
1978 28 DET AL 35 34 17 10 7 4 2 20 14 .588 1 2 11 2 16 47% 48.7 77 21 34 8 8 12 4.8 5.3 6.6
1979 29 MIL AL 32 31 15 9 7 4 3 20 10 .667 2 2 12 3 17 55% 50.8 86 21 27 7 5 12 5.2 5.2 6.8
1980 30 MIL AL 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46.0 58 35 0 0 0 3 7.4 6.2 5.4
1981 31 MIL AL 24 21 5 7 9 2 1 9 12 .429 4 1 0 0 8 38% 46.5 76 23 24 8 5 9 4.2 3.9 5.4
1982 32 MIL AL 39 7 4 2 1 1 0 5 2 .714 0 1 0 0 3 43% 43.1 58 22 11 2 4 1 5.9 6.8 5.2
1984 34 CAL AL 32 22 6 10 6 0 2 12 10 .545 2 2 5 1 9 41% 46.9 76 24 32 10 1 9 4.5 4.1 6.5
1985 35 CAL AL 29 24 6 10 8 0 1 11 13 .458 2 5 1 0 10 42% 46.0 75 22 25 5 1 10 4.0 3.7 5.7
1986 36 TOT AL 36 12 3 6 3 0 0 6 6 .500 1 1 0 0 5 42% 59 19 25 8 0 5 4.8 4.5 5.3
1986 36 CAL AL 14 12 3 6 3 0 0 6 6 .500 1 1 0 0 5 42% 40.3 59 19 12 5 0 5 4.8 4.5 5.3
15 Yrs 428 360 127 146 87 25 36 180 179 .501 31 29 86 22 169 47% 49 89 9 356 114 117 107 4.3 4.3 6.5
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 109 -13 4.2 4.2 6.4

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
1971 21 MIL AL 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 .992 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 2.7
1972 22 MIL AL 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.157 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 17.0
1974 24 MIL AL 40 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 2 1.038 1 1 2 0 0 5 4 1 5 0 5 1 8.4
1975 25 MIL AL 37 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 4 57% 5 .923 1 1 2 1 0 3 4 0 4 0 4 0 10.8
1977 27 MIL AL 32 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 1.079 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
1978 28 DET AL 35 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 1.079 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 26.0
1979 29 MIL AL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 1.078 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.0
1981 31 MIL AL 24 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 1.004 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 3.3
1982 32 MIL AL 39 32 21 6 4 8 6 2 75% 8 0 29 11 38% 7 .944 10 10 10 13 5 14 19 13 22 4 22 2 7.6
1983 33 MIL AL 46 46 26 14 6 11 5 6 45% 14 3 46 12 26% 7 1.225 18 8 20 19 6 21 27 19 33 4 39 3 7.3
1984 34 CAL AL 32 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 4 36% 6 1.000 4 2 4 4 2 4 8 2 6 2 8 0 5.9
1985 35 CAL AL 29 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 1 0 0% 5 1.009 0 1 3 3 0 2 1 4 4 0 4 0 7.2
1986 36 TOT AL 36 24 13 1 0 3 2 1 67% 4 1 21 6 29% .828 5 3 14 10 1 13 11 13 12 7 13 4 6.2
1986 36 CAL AL 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1.072 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 14.0
1986 36 DET AL 22 22 12 0 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 21 6 29% 8 .374 5 1 14 8 1 13 11 11 10 7 11 4 5.5
13 Yrs 417 136 71 24 12 24 14 10 58% 31 7 129 42 33% 1.024 43 28 59 51 16 69 80 56 90 19 101 10 7.2

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%
1971 21 MIL AL 630 55% 2.5% 10.0% 11.3% 5.7% 26% 0.92 75% 120 19 16%
1972 22 MIL AL 202 56% 1.5% 8.4% 10.4% 6.9% 28% 1.25 78% 47 4 9%
1973 23 MIL AL 1170 53% 2.6% 11.5% 8.5% 7.4% 32% 0.75 77% 194 19 10%
1974 24 MIL AL 1072 58% 2.1% 11.8% 9.5% 5.3% 22% 0.76 75% 189 19 10%
1975 25 MIL AL 970 52% 2.9% 12.3% 9.3% 7.5% 31% 0.80 74% 182 15 8%
1976 26 MIL AL 1235 49% 1.1% 11.2% 7.6% 5.3% 23% 0.91 78% 234 20 9%
1977 27 MIL AL 942 47% 2.7% 11.0% 8.2% 7.2% 31% 1.05 76% 163 18 11%
1978 28 DET AL 1003 47% 2.7% 9.2% 8.5% 7.6% 32% 0.95 78% 174 22 13%
1979 29 MIL AL 894 50% 1.7% 9.0% 6.0% 5.6% 22% 1.00 83% 173 19 11%
1980 30 MIL AL 68 53% 4.4% 5.9% 7.4% 5.9% 24% 1.50 82% 15 3 20%
1981 31 MIL AL 500 50% 2.0% 9.4% 10.0% 6.8% 28% 0.93 78% 84 11 13%
1982 32 MIL AL 494 55% 2.8% 11.9% 8.3% 6.5% 27% 0.78 76% 102 12 12%
1983 33 MIL AL 490 56% 2.5% 7.8% 11.4% 6.3% 28% 0.75 76% 102 10 10%
1984 34 CAL AL 722 47% 3.1% 9.3% 7.8% 7.9% 30% 0.75 79% 143 14 10%
1985 35 CAL AL 645 46% 3.4% 9.3% 9.8% 9.2% 36% 0.98 76% 121 19 16%
1986 36 TOT AL 497 54% 2.8% 8.7% 8.1% 9.3% 35% 0.75 80% 94 7 7%
1986 36 CAL AL 323 51% 2.8% 9.6% 9.0% 8.4% 32% 0.74 78% 66 5 8%
1986 36 DET AL 174 58% 2.9% 6.9% 6.3% 10.9% 41% 0.77 83% 28 2 7%
16 Yrs 11534 51% 2.4% 10.3% 8.7% 6.8% 28% 0.87 77% 2137 231 11%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 13.5% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.09 74% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1971 21 MIL AL 630 140 16 1 12 11 5 9 7 24 11 2 46% 5 5 1 221 2 6 25% 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 0
1972 22 MIL AL 202 50 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 8 6 1 75% 2 1 0 87 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1973 23 MIL AL 1170 266 30 0 13 12 18 14 16 48 27 5 56% 13 11 0 422 15 15 50% 13 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 23 0
1974 24 MIL AL 1072 255 22 0 19 8 14 14 8 52 32 5 62% 9 14 3 403 30 10 75% 30 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 34 0
1975 25 MIL AL 970 238 28 0 24 14 14 14 14 57 24 8 42% 25 12 3 376 13 11 54% 12 8 0 2 1 1 3 1 27 0
1976 26 MIL AL 1235 287 14 1 25 6 8 5 9 56 27 9 48% 16 11 5 453 24 12 67% 23 9 1 3 0 0 2 0 34 0
1977 27 MIL AL 942 223 25 0 12 12 13 8 17 40 28 7 70% 11 1 4 334 12 14 46% 12 12 0 1 0 1 5 1 22 0
1978 28 DET AL 1003 235 27 0 14 14 13 19 8 45 27 5 60% 13 10 0 351 12 9 57% 11 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 23 0
1979 29 MIL AL 894 229 15 0 12 9 6 10 5 39 27 1 69% 4 5 0 331 16 10 62% 15 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 0
1980 30 MIL AL 68 17 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 9 4 1 44% 0 1 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1981 31 MIL AL 500 120 10 0 5 4 6 5 5 30 17 2 57% 2 5 0 183 11 9 55% 11 8 0 0 0 1 2 0 13 0
1982 32 MIL AL 494 117 14 2 9 8 6 7 7 20 10 2 50% 3 2 0 212 8 6 57% 8 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 0
1983 33 MIL AL 490 112 12 0 10 10 2 4 8 29 17 3 59% 3 3 1 208 10 4 71% 9 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 19 0
1984 34 CAL AL 720 192 22 1 11 15 7 14 8 40 23 1 58% 9 6 0 273 1 7 13% 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 2
1985 35 CAL AL 645 162 22 0 7 12 10 13 9 26 11 1 42% 10 8 0 240 8 9 47% 8 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1986 36 TOT AL 497 130 14 0 9 6 8 7 7 28 17 4 61% 1 2 1 199 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1986 36 CAL AL 323 84 9 0 3 3 6 4 5 18 11 2 61% 1 1 1 127 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1986 36 DET AL 174 46 5 0 6 3 2 3 2 10 6 2 60% 0 1 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
16 Yrs 11532 2773 277 5 184 143 134 146 131 551 308 57 56% 126 97 18 4316 168 128 57% 161 109 5 11 2 8 19 2 279 2
MLB Averages 52% 65%
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

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+
1971 21 10 8 .556 3.78 26 23 0 5 4 0 147.2 140 67 62 16 71 9 63 1 2 5 631 91 1.429 8.5 1.0 4.3 3.8 0.89 91
1972 22 11 14 .440 4.18 35 31 1 5 4 0 191.2 190 98 89 19 92 10 80 2 2 6 833 80 1.471 8.9 0.9 4.3 3.8 0.87 80
1973 23 24 29 .453 3.90 73 69 1 18 7 0 468.0 456 225 203 49 191 14 214 3 2 17 2003 92 1.382 8.8 0.9 3.7 4.1 1.12 92
1974 24 37 45 .451 3.91 113 104 3 28 10 0 718.0 711 342 312 71 293 20 340 6 2 31 3075 92 1.398 8.9 0.9 3.7 4.3 1.16 92
1975 25 48 63 .432 4.05 150 137 4 38 13 0 935.0 949 471 421 99 383 26 459 8 2 43 4045 90 1.425 9.1 1.0 3.7 4.4 1.20 90
1976 26 62 78 .443 3.91 188 175 4 50 15 0 1227.2 1236 597 533 113 477 38 597 14 3 54 5280 92 1.395 9.1 0.8 3.5 4.4 1.25 92
1977 27 72 92 .439 3.86 220 206 5 57 16 0 1448.2 1459 701 621 138 554 43 701 25 4 55 6222 95 1.390 9.1 0.9 3.4 4.4 1.27 95
1978 28 89 103 .464 3.89 255 240 5 68 18 0 1682.1 1694 818 728 165 639 44 793 33 5 65 7225 95 1.387 9.1 0.9 3.4 4.2 1.24 95
1979 29 104 112 .481 3.87 287 271 5 80 21 0 1895.1 1923 913 814 180 693 45 873 35 5 70 8119 97 1.380 9.1 0.9 3.3 4.1 1.26 97
1980 30 105 113 .482 3.87 290 274 5 80 21 0 1911.2 1940 923 822 183 698 45 877 35 5 71 8187 97 1.380 9.1 0.9 3.3 4.1 1.26 97
1981 31 110 120 .478 3.90 314 295 7 80 21 0 2029.0 2060 983 879 193 748 47 924 37 5 76 8687 96 1.384 9.1 0.9 3.3 4.1 1.24 96
1982 32 120 126 .488 3.87 353 302 28 80 21 6 2146.2 2177 1031 922 207 789 50 983 38 6 78 9181 97 1.382 9.1 0.9 3.3 4.1 1.25 97
1983 33 134 132 .504 3.89 399 302 54 80 21 11 2259.0 2289 1088 976 219 845 55 1021 41 6 81 9671 96 1.387 9.1 0.9 3.4 4.1 1.21 96
1984 34 141 142 .498 3.96 431 324 55 85 22 11 2422.0 2481 1183 1066 241 901 60 1088 43 6 87 10393 95 1.396 9.2 0.9 3.3 4.0 1.21 95
1985 35 147 152 .492 3.98 460 348 58 86 22 12 2570.1 2643 1265 1138 263 964 61 1148 45 6 95 11038 95 1.403 9.3 0.9 3.4 4.0 1.19 95
1986 36 151 158 .489 4.03 496 360 71 86 22 14 2683.2 2773 1335 1202 277 1004 65 1191 48 6 97 11535 94 1.407 9.3 0.9 3.4 4.0 1.19 94

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
1971 21 6 9 .400 4.80 135.0 151 80 72 17 77 58 1 1.689 10.1 5.1 3.9 0.75 1.1 26
1972 22 1 3 .250 7.93 42.0 60 41 37 4 25 16 1 2.024 12.9 5.4 3.4 0.64 0.9 9
1973 23 13 15 .464 4.41 261.0 282 142 128 32 105 126 1 1.483 9.7 3.6 4.3 1.20 1.1 38
1974 24 10 15 .400 5.01 228.0 275 141 127 24 110 115 3 1.689 10.9 4.3 4.5 1.05 0.9 40
1975 25 9 14 .391 5.10 210.0 249 132 119 29 94 115 2 1.633 10.7 4.0 4.9 1.22 1.2 37
1976 26 13 17 .433 4.42 273.0 315 149 134 15 103 129 7 1.531 10.4 3.4 4.3 1.25 0.5 38
1977 27 12 11 .522 3.98 208.0 228 102 92 26 79 98 11 1.476 9.9 3.4 4.2 1.24 1.1 32
1978 28 10 14 .417 4.79 220.0 246 130 117 28 89 87 8 1.523 10.1 3.6 3.6 0.98 1.1 35
1979 29 11 11 .500 3.95 203.0 233 99 89 15 55 76 2 1.419 10.3 2.4 3.4 1.38 0.7 32
1980 30 0 1 .000 4.80 15.0 17 9 8 3 5 4 0 1.467 10.2 3.0 2.4 0.80 1.8 3
1981 31 5 12 .294 6.12 156.0 201 118 106 17 84 63 3 1.827 11.6 4.8 3.6 0.75 1.0 24
1982 32 6 6 .500 3.96 109.0 124 53 48 15 43 54 1 1.532 10.2 3.6 4.5 1.26 1.2 39
1983 33 4 7 .364 5.47 102.0 120 69 62 13 60 35 3 1.765 10.6 5.3 3.1 0.58 1.1 46
1984 34 6 11 .353 5.57 155.0 198 107 96 23 58 64 2 1.652 11.5 3.4 3.7 1.10 1.3 32
1985 35 6 9 .400 4.89 138.0 165 83 75 22 64 56 2 1.659 10.8 4.2 3.7 0.88 1.4 29
1986 36 4 7 .364 5.64 107.0 133 74 67 14 41 40 3 1.626 11.2 3.4 3.4 0.98 1.2 36
16 Yrs 116 162 .417 4.84 2562.0 2997 1529 1377 297 1092 1136 50 1.596 10.5 4.0 1.04 1.0 496

* 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

All-Star Games
1977

Wins s c a p y
Career  151 (241st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1982 AL  .625 (10th)
1983 AL  .700 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL  2.282 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1976 AL  292.7 (5th)
Career  2,683.7 (190th)

Games Started s c a p y
1976 AL  38 (4th)
Career  360 (182nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1971 AL  4 (7th)
1975 AL  3 (9th)
1979 AL  3 (6th)
Career  22 (216th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1973 AL  30 (8th)
1975 AL  28 (4th)
1977 AL  25 (7th)
1978 AL  27 (3rd)
Career  277 (69th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL  99 (9th)
1974 AL  102 (5th)
1976 AL  94 (4th)
Career  1,004 (109th)

Hits s c a p y
1976 AL  287 (1st)
Career  2,773 (165th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 AL  0.431 (10th)
1979 AL  0.634 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1974 AL  16 (10th)
1975 AL  18 (2nd)
1976 AL  15 (8th)
Career  158 (127th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1973 AL  114 (6th)
1975 AL  109 (8th)
1976 AL  112 (2nd)
1978 AL  107 (6th)
Career  1,202 (120th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1973 AL  11 (7th)
1974 AL  14 (2nd)
1975 AL  12 (2nd)
1976 AL  11 (2nd)
1978 AL  10 (5th)
Career  97 (107th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1977 AL  11 (4th)
1978 AL  8 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1976 AL  1,235 (2nd)
Career  11,535 (181st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1979 AL  2.1 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1971 AL  born 1950-06-19 (10th)

                           

† 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 - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (660), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Tom Candiotti (931)
  6. Stan Bahnsen (929)
  7. Jim Clancy (928)
  8. Bob Knepper (924)
  9. Danny MacFayden (918)
  10. Steve Trachsel (917)
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  3. Bobby Wallace (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Fisher (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Fisher (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Underwood (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Clay Kirby (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Camilo Pascual (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ray Sadecki (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Clancy (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jim Clancy (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mike Witt (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Stan Bahnsen (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Sad Sam Jones (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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