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John Smiley

John Patrick Smiley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 17, 1965 in Phoenixville, PA
High School: Graterford HS (Graterford, PA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1986
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/Twins/Indians 1986-1997
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: August 30, 1997
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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
1986 21 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 3.86 12 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 4 6 5 2 4 0 9 0 0 0 42 103 0.686 3.1 1.5 3.1 6.9 2.25
1987 22 PIT NL 5 5 .500 5.76 63 0 19 0 0 4 75.0 69 49 48 7 50 8 58 0 1 5 336 71 1.587 8.3 0.8 6.0 7.0 1.16
1988 23 PIT NL 13 11 .542 3.25 34 32 0 5 1 0 205.0 185 81 74 15 46 4 129 3 6 6 835 104 1.127 8.1 0.7 2.0 5.7 2.80
1989 24 PIT NL 12 8 .600 2.81 28 28 0 8 1 0 205.1 174 78 64 22 49 5 123 4 2 5 835 120 1.086 7.6 1.0 2.1 5.4 2.51
1990 25 PIT NL 9 10 .474 4.64 26 25 0 2 0 0 149.1 161 83 77 15 36 1 86 2 2 2 632 78 1.319 9.7 0.9 2.2 5.2 2.39
1991 26 PIT NL 20 8 .714 3.08 33 32 0 2 1 0 207.2 194 78 71 17 44 0 129 3 1 3 836 116 1.146 8.4 0.7 1.9 5.6 2.93 AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
1992 27 MIN AL 16 9 .640 3.21 34 34 0 5 2 0 241.0 205 93 86 17 65 0 163 6 0 4 970 126 1.120 7.7 0.6 2.4 6.1 2.51
1993 28 CIN NL 3 9 .250 5.62 18 18 0 2 0 0 105.2 117 69 66 15 31 0 60 2 1 2 455 72 1.401 10.0 1.3 2.6 5.1 1.94
1994 29 CIN NL 11 10 .524 3.86 24 24 0 1 1 0 158.2 169 80 68 18 37 3 112 4 2 4 672 109 1.298 9.6 1.0 2.1 6.4 3.03
1995 30 CIN NL 12 5 .706 3.46 28 27 0 1 0 0 176.2 173 72 68 11 39 3 124 4 1 5 724 119 1.200 8.8 0.6 2.0 6.3 3.18 AS
1996 31 CIN NL 13 14 .481 3.64 35 34 0 2 2 0 217.1 207 100 88 20 54 5 171 4 1 7 889 116 1.201 8.6 0.8 2.2 7.1 3.17
1997 32 TOT MLB 11 14 .440 5.31 26 26 0 0 0 0 154.1 184 99 91 26 41 3 120 7 0 5 674 83 1.458 10.7 1.5 2.4 7.0 2.93
1997 32 CIN NL 9 10 .474 5.23 20 20 0 0 0 0 117.0 139 76 68 17 31 3 94 6 0 2 514 82 1.453 10.7 1.3 2.4 7.2 3.03
1997 32 CLE AL 2 4 .333 5.54 6 6 0 0 0 0 37.1 45 23 23 9 10 0 26 1 0 3 160 85 1.473 10.8 2.2 2.4 6.3 2.60
1998 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1999 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
12 Yrs 126 103 .550 3.80 361 280 21 28 8 4 1907.2 1842 888 806 185 496 32 1284 39 17 48 7900 102 1.226 8.7 0.9 2.3 6.1 2.59
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .550 3.80 38 30 2 3 1 0 202 195 94 86 20 53 3 136 4 2 5 838 102 1.226 8.7 0.9 2.3 6.1 2.59
PIT (6 yrs) 60 42 .588 3.57 196 117 21 17 3 4 854.0 787 375 339 78 229 18 534 12 12 21 3516 99 1.190 8.3 0.8 2.4 5.6 2.33
CIN (5 yrs) 48 48 .500 4.16 125 123 0 6 3 0 775.1 805 397 358 81 192 14 561 20 5 20 3254 100 1.286 9.3 0.9 2.2 6.5 2.92
MIN (1 yr) 16 9 .640 3.21 34 34 0 5 2 0 241.0 205 93 86 17 65 0 163 6 0 4 970 126 1.120 7.7 0.6 2.4 6.1 2.51
CLE (1 yr) 2 4 .333 5.54 6 6 0 0 0 0 37.1 45 23 23 9 10 0 26 1 0 3 160 85 1.473 10.8 2.2 2.4 6.3 2.60
NL (11 yrs) 108 90 .545 3.85 321 240 21 23 6 4 1629.1 1592 772 697 159 421 32 1095 32 17 41 6770 100 1.235 8.8 0.9 2.3 6.0 2.60
AL (2 yrs) 18 13 .581 3.52 40 40 0 5 2 0 278.1 250 116 109 26 75 0 189 7 0 7 1130 117 1.168 8.1 0.8 2.4 6.1 2.52

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
1986 21 PIT NL 11.2 12 0 6 4.63 4.37 0.13 -0.34 103.9 4.06 -1 -0.1 .6 -0.0 0.0 0 .493 .499 $
1987 22 PIT NL 75.0 63 0 49 5.88 4.79 0.39 -0.36 100.0 4.03 -16 -1.6 1.4 -0.4 -1.4 -7 .474 .490 $62,500
1988 23 PIT NL 205.0 34 32 81 3.56 3.92 0.17 0.13 98.2 3.80 5 0.5 1.3 -0.1 2.1 24 .516 .503 $107,500
1989 24 PIT NL 205.1 28 28 78 3.42 4.03 0.17 0.14 94.0 3.76 8 0.9 -0.1 2.4 27 .532 .506 $230,000
1990 25 PIT NL 149.1 26 25 83 5.00 4.22 0.12 0.15 96.6 4.11 -18 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -2 .431 .489 $840,000
1991 26 PIT NL 207.2 33 32 78 3.38 4.03 -0.08 0.13 97.3 4.14 16 1.8 1.1 -0.1 3.3 35 .556 .511 $1,050,000 AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
1992 27 MIN AL 241.0 34 34 93 3.47 4.38 0.20 0.15 101.3 4.39 25 2.8 -0.2 4.8 51 .582 .517 $3,400,000
1993 28 CIN NL 105.2 18 18 69 5.88 4.57 -0.35 0.16 99.2 5.03 -12 -1.1 -0.0 -0.4 0 .436 .493 $3,475,000
1994 29 CIN NL 158.2 24 24 80 4.54 4.59 -0.01 0.17 99.5 4.75 3 0.3 -0.1 1.3 14 .512 .502 $4,975,000
1995 30 CIN NL 176.2 28 27 72 3.67 4.61 0.19 0.17 95.4 4.39 13 1.3 .5 -0.1 2.5 30 .548 .508 $4,975,000 AS
1996 31 CIN NL 217.1 35 34 100 4.14 4.78 -0.24 0.18 98.8 5.14 26 2.8 2.5 -0.1 4.2 46 .579 .517 $4,975,000
1997 32 CIN NL 117.0 20 20 76 5.85 4.78 -0.08 0.17 98.9 4.98 -11 -1.1 -0.1 -0.3 0 .444 .493 $3,750,000
1997 32 CLE AL 37.1 6 6 23 5.54 4.88 0.04 0.18 101.0 5.07 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.1 3 .466 .499 $
12 Seasons 1907.2 361 280 888 4.19 4.39 0.04 0.13 98.1 4.39 35 4.5 1.3 -1.5 17.8 222 .512 .502 $27,840,000
PIT (6 yrs) 854.0 196 117 375 3.95 4.11 0.12 0.09 96.9 3.95 -6 -0.2 1.2 -0.9 5.6 78 .499 .500 $2,290,000
CIN (5 yrs) 775.1 125 123 397 4.61 4.67 -0.09 0.17 98.3 4.85 18 2.1 1.5 -0.5 7.3 90 .517 .503 $22,150,000
MIN (1 yr) 241.0 34 34 93 3.47 4.38 0.20 0.15 101.3 4.39 25 2.8 -0.2 4.8 51 .582 .517 $3,400,000
CLE (1 yr) 37.1 6 6 23 5.54 4.88 0.04 0.18 101.0 5.07 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.1 3 .466 .499 $

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
1990 25 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 26 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 0 2 .000 23.63 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.2 8 8 7 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 18 3.375 27.0 6.8 3.4 10.1 3.00
1995 30 CIN NL NLDS W LAD 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 1.500 13.5 1.5 0.0 1.5
1995 30 CIN NL NLCS L ATL 0 0 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 1.8
3 Yrs (4 Series) 0 2 .000 6.32 5 4 0 0 0 0 15.2 24 12 11 3 1 0 5 1 0 0 73 1.596 13.8 1.7 0.6 2.9 5.00
1 NLDS 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 1.500 13.5 1.5 0.0 1.5
3 NLCS 0 2 .000 8.38 4 3 0 0 0 0 9.2 15 10 9 2 1 0 4 1 0 0 46 1.655 14.0 1.9 0.9 3.7 4.00

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
1991 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 inf 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1995 CIN NL 30 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 13.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.500 13.5 4.5 0.0 0.0

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
1986 21 PIT NL 12 42 38 6 4 0 0 2 2 1 4 9 .105 .190 .263 .454 .074 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 22 PIT NL 63 336 283 49 69 16 2 7 4 2 50 58 .244 .354 .389 .743 .281 110 9 0 0 3 8 6
1988 23 PIT NL 34 835 767 81 185 34 4 15 25 8 46 129 .241 .284 .355 .639 .269 272 16 3 11 8 4 10
1989 24 PIT NL 28 835 770 78 174 29 0 22 29 9 49 123 .226 .273 .349 .623 .241 269 12 4 5 7 5 16
1990 25 PIT NL 26 632 585 83 161 29 7 15 13 6 36 86 .275 .317 .426 .743 .299 249 9 2 5 4 1 5
1991 26 PIT NL 33 836 774 78 194 38 6 17 18 13 44 129 .251 .292 .381 .673 .280 295 11 3 11 4 0 3
1992 27 MIN AL 34 970 886 93 205 51 4 17 25 16 65 163 .231 .286 .356 .641 .263 315 14 6 4 9 0 6
1993 28 CIN NL 18 455 409 69 117 17 3 15 13 4 31 60 .286 .337 .452 .789 .303 185 9 2 10 3 0 4
1994 29 CIN NL 24 670 615 80 169 32 2 18 16 7 37 112 .275 .320 .421 .741 .311 259 9 4 16 0 3 9
1995 30 CIN NL 28 724 659 72 173 38 3 11 9 4 39 124 .263 .306 .379 .685 .306 250 22 4 17 5 3 8
1996 31 CIN NL 35 889 808 100 207 47 8 20 16 9 54 171 .256 .304 .408 .712 .300 330 18 4 16 7 5 8
1997 32 CLE AL 6 160 148 23 45 7 1 9 2 1 10 26 .304 .350 .547 .897 .316 81 6 1 0 1 0 0
1997 32 CIN NL 20 514 470 76 139 26 0 17 13 6 31 94 .296 .346 .460 .806 .339 216 8 6 6 1 3 8
1997 32 TOT MLB 26 674 618 99 184 33 1 26 15 7 41 120 .298 .347 .481 .828 .333 297 14 7 6 2 3 8
12 Yrs 361 7898 7212 888 1842 364 40 185 185 86 496 1284 .255 .305 .394 .699 .286 2841 143 39 101 52 32 83
162 Game Avg. 38 838 765 94 195 39 4 20 20 9 53 136 .255 .305 .394 .699 .286 301 15 4 11 6 3 9
MLB Averages .261 .329 .400 .729 .291

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1986 21 PIT NL -0.0 0.0 44 0.2 0.4 -0.2 .47 0.4 0.2 3.4 0.4 0.47 3.0 1 4 7
1987 22 PIT NL -11.8 -1.2 348 -0.3 6.1 -6.4 1.08 -0.5 0.2 -9.0 -0.9 1.08 -9.3 27 13 23
1988 23 PIT NL 4.2 0.5 878 0.5 15.3 -14.8 1.06 1.5 -1.0 3.9 0.4 1.06 12.3 1 1 0
1989 24 PIT NL 10.6 1.2 879 1.3 16.3 -15.0 1.09 1.1 0.1 8.8 1.0 1.09 7.4 0 0 0
1990 25 PIT NL -16.5 -1.6 658 -0.9 10.2 -11.1 .94 -0.5 -0.5 -11.8 -1.2 0.94 -5.9 0 1 0
1991 26 PIT NL 13.4 1.4 871 2.3 15.4 -13.1 1.00 1.3 1.0 12.3 1.3 1.00 11.6 0 1 0
1992 27 MIN AL 22.3 2.4 1012 3.5 17.8 -14.2 .96 3.3 0.4 25.1 2.6 0.96 35.3 0 0 0
1993 28 CIN NL -16.2 -1.5 474 -1.6 7.1 -8.7 .94 -0.9 -0.9 -16.4 -1.6 0.94 -10.5 0 0 0
1994 29 CIN NL 3.6 0.4 698 -0.3 11.3 -11.6 .95 0.6 -0.9 4.5 0.5 0.95 8.6 0 0 0
1995 30 CIN NL 15.2 1.6 740 2.1 14.5 -12.4 1.07 1.6 0.4 18.1 1.9 1.07 19.2 0 0 1
1996 31 CIN NL 14.2 1.4 920 1.2 15.9 -14.7 .97 1.4 -0.2 15.8 1.6 0.97 17.2 1 0 0
1997 32 TOT MLB -14.8 -1.4 697 -0.9 11.3 -12.2 .93 -1.4 0.4 -16.4 -1.5 0.93 -15.4 0 0 0
1997 32 CIN NL -12.3 -1.2 532 -0.6 8.7 -9.3 .95 -0.9 0.3 -14.7 -1.4 0.95 -11.3 0 0 0
1997 32 CLE AL -2.5 -0.2 165 -0.3 2.6 -2.9 .88 -0.5 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.88 -4.2 0 0 0
12 Yrs 24.2 3.0 8219 7.1 141.6 -134.6 1.00 7.9 -0.7 38.2 4.4 1.00 73.3 30 20 31

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
1988 23 PIT NL 34 32 13 11 8 2 4 18 14 .563 1 4 5 1 19 59% 55.6 89 18 12 2 2 15 3.5 3.1 6.4 87 6 18 5 1 122
1989 24 PIT NL 28 28 12 8 8 1 5 15 13 .536 2 6 8 1 22 79% 58.5 82 23 8 2 0 13 3.8 3.6 7.3 99 2 13 9 3 129
1990 25 PIT NL 26 25 9 10 6 3 2 13 12 .520 2 3 2 0 12 48% 48.5 83 16 21 9 0 9 3.6 4.0 5.9 77 10 9 1 0 102
1991 26 PIT NL 33 32 19 8 5 4 3 22 10 .688 1 2 2 1 20 63% 55.0 89 25 23 4 0 12 4.8 5.0 6.4 92 7 14 11 0 119
1992 27 MIN AL 34 34 16 9 9 1 2 21 13 .618 3 1 5 2 22 65% 57.6 86 19 18 6 0 9 4.1 4.1 7.1 104 3 9 15 7 134
1993 28 CIN NL 18 18 3 9 6 0 3 5 13 .278 0 4 2 0 8 44% 45.2 76 12 12 4 0 2 4.4 4.0 5.9 85 5 8 3 0 119
1994 29 CIN NL 24 24 11 10 3 3 5 13 11 .542 3 0 1 1 14 58% 51.4 86 15 15 5 0 9 5.8 6.0 6.6 95 1 14 7 0 115
1995 30 CIN NL 28 27 12 5 10 0 1 19 8 .704 2 6 1 0 18 67% 54.5 77 26 7 2 1 13 5.1 4.8 6.5 91 5 13 7 1 121
1996 31 CIN NL 35 34 13 14 7 0 2 17 17 .500 3 1 2 2 20 59% 54.2 93 17 18 6 1 10 4.3 4.0 6.4 93 4 20 8 0 119
1997 32 TOT MLB 26 26 11 14 1 2 3 12 14 .462 0 1 0 0 13 50% 0.0 71 15 16 7 0 14 4.0 3.9 5.9 93 5 10 6 2 121
1997 32 CIN NL 20 20 9 10 1 2 3 10 10 .500 0 1 0 0 11 55% 46.2 71 15 13 6 0 11 4.1 3.7 5.9 91 4 8 4 1 120
1997 32 CLE AL 6 6 2 4 0 0 0 2 4 .333 0 0 0 0 2 33% 45.0 60 27 3 1 0 3 3.7 4.5 6.2 100 1 2 2 1 121
10 Yrs 286 280 119 98 63 16 30 155 125 .554 17 28 28 8 168 60% 53 93 12 150 47 4 106 4.3 4.2 6.5 93 48 128 72 14 134
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 103 -14 4.5 4.5 6.1 95

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
1986 21 PIT NL 12 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 7 .465 1 4 7 0 0 12 6 6 3 5 3 3 2.9
1987 22 PIT NL 63 63 19 5 5 6 4 2 67% 18 10 40 15 38% 7 1.076 27 13 23 22 12 29 22 41 27 21 30 19 3.6
1988 23 PIT NL 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 6 1.061 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1.5 12
1990 25 PIT NL 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .937 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 25
1991 26 PIT NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .995 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 13.0 67
1995 30 CIN NL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.071 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 25
1996 31 CIN NL 35 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 8 .972 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 8
7 Yrs 231 81 21 7 5 7 4 3 57% 20 10 53 18 34% 1.009 30 20 31 25 14 42 30 51 31 28 34 22 3.5 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%
1986 21 PIT NL 42 33% 4.8% 21.4% 9.5% 4.8% 50% 1.27 64% 6 0 0%
1987 22 PIT NL 336 30% 2.1% 17.3% 14.9% 7.4% 36% 1.16 66% 69 9 13%
1988 23 PIT NL 835 15% 1.8% 15.5% 5.5% 6.4% 29% 0.71 0.95 76% 20% 7.4% 45% 138 16 12%
1989 24 PIT NL 835 13% 2.6% 14.7% 5.9% 6.1% 29% 0.56 0.57 76% 20% 7.3% 27% 122 12 10%
1990 25 PIT NL 632 16% 2.4% 13.6% 5.7% 8.1% 32% 0.64 0.84 77% 21% 7.0% 27% 100 9 9%
1991 26 PIT NL 836 19% 2.0% 15.4% 5.3% 7.3% 31% 0.77 1.00 76% 18% 5.6% 16% 127 11 9%
1992 27 MIN AL 970 16% 1.8% 16.8% 6.7% 7.4% 35% 0.67 0.88 74% 20% 4.8% 17% 147 14 10%
1993 28 CIN NL 455 14% 3.3% 13.2% 6.8% 7.7% 30% 0.67 0.90 74% 20% 8.7% 16% 78 9 12%
1994 29 CIN NL 672 19% 2.7% 16.7% 5.5% 7.8% 31% 0.74 0.83 72% 21% 8.3% 22% 95 9 9%
1995 30 CIN NL 724 17% 1.5% 17.1% 5.4% 7.2% 30% 0.83 1.08 73% 19% 4.6% 19% 144 22 15%
1996 31 CIN NL 889 16% 2.3% 19.2% 6.1% 8.4% 36% 1.00 1.46 70% 22% 7.4% 15% 156 18 12%
1997 32 TOT MLB 674 17% 3.9% 17.8% 6.1% 8.9% 33% 0.84 1.15 70% 22% 12.0% 17% 126 14 11%
1997 32 CIN NL 514 16% 3.3% 18.3% 6.0% 8.4% 31% 0.84 1.12 70% 22% 10.8% 21% 97 8 8%
1997 32 CLE AL 160 21% 5.6% 16.3% 6.3% 10.6% 38% 0.86 1.24 71% 22% 15.0% 8% 29 6 21%
12 Yrs 7900 17% 2.3% 16.3% 6.3% 7.5% 32% 0.74 0.95 73% 20% 7.0% 23% 1308 143 11%
MLB Averages 41% 2.3% 15.5% 8.7% 7.1% 31% 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 7.1% 19% 10%

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 23 PIT NL 790 2646 3.35 1802 68% 21% 15% 29% 35% 79% 2% 54% 81% 62% 3% 26 15 25% 195 126 12 21% 28 7 45 2 0
1989 24 PIT NL 805 2679 3.33 1809 68% 21% 16% 28% 35% 78% 2% 53% 80% 61% 5% 37 13 22% 180 109 10 11% 26 20 30 0 6
1990 25 PIT NL 490 1574 3.21 1066 68% 21% 15% 27% 38% 79% 1% 53% 81% 65% 5% 25 14 20% 96 63 9 18% 17 10 142 1 7
1991 26 PIT NL 838 3016 3.60 2018 67% 21% 16% 31% 33% 79% 0% 53% 80% 61% 3% 29 19 24% 202 118 10 15% 24 10 -2 0 0
1992 27 MIN AL 973 3540 3.64 2301 65% 27% 15% 26% 32% 73% 0% 48% 79% 61% 4% 40 28 23% 225 112 6 25% 27 12 -3 0 0
1993 28 CIN NL 420 1436 3.42 899 63% 23% 14% 26% 37% 76% 0% 48% 82% 61% 6% 25 16 19% 78 36 3 24% 9 9 35 0 2
1994 29 CIN NL 644 2191 3.40 1481 68% 23% 15% 28% 34% 77% 1% 52% 80% 66% 3% 19 11 23% 150 85 5 26% 21 7 28 0 7
1995 30 CIN NL 698 2393 3.43 1633 68% 23% 14% 30% 33% 77% 2% 53% 81% 65% 5% 33 18 32% 224 138 13 29% 34 12 26 0 3
1996 31 CIN NL 836 2976 3.56 1983 67% 25% 16% 28% 31% 75% 2% 50% 78% 63% 3% 27 16 25% 205 112 13 28% 28 7 53 1 1
1997 32 TOT MLB 622 2246 3.61 1467 65% 25% 14% 28% 32% 75% 2% 49% 80% 59% 4% 27 16 25% 157 86 12 25% 22 8 52 4 4
1997 32 CIN NL 462 1646 3.56 1074 65% 25% 15% 28% 32% 74% 2% 49% 80% 59% 5% 24 15 24% 111 62 9 27% 18 6 52 4 4
1997 32 CLE AL 160 600 3.75 393 66% 25% 14% 30% 31% 75% 0% 49% 81% 59% 2% 3 1 29% 46 24 3 15% 4 2 0 0 0
10 Yrs 7116 24697 3.47 16459 67% 23% 15% 28% 33% 77% 1% 51% 80% 62% 4% 288 166 24% 1712 985 93 23% 236 102 406 8 30
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 27%

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
1986 21 PIT NL 42 4 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 13 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 22 PIT NL 336 69 7 0 21 6 1 3 4 32 18 4 56% 6 5 1 112 4 2 67% 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 15 0
1988 23 PIT NL 835 185 21 4 15 0 7 13 2 4 11 42 23 2 55% 10 6 0 293 25 8 76% 19 6 5 2 1 0 4 3 26 0
1989 24 PIT NL 835 174 30 3 22 1 11 21 1 14 8 35 18 8 51% 16 5 1 265 29 9 76% 24 7 5 1 0 1 4 4 19 0
1990 25 PIT NL 632 161 26 5 15 1 4 12 3 7 8 30 17 2 57% 5 2 4 215 13 6 68% 9 5 4 1 0 0 2 2 14 0
1991 26 PIT NL 836 194 60 5 17 0 6 14 3 7 10 30 16 4 53% 3 3 0 267 18 13 58% 14 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1992 27 MIN AL 970 205 87 6 17 0 12 16 1 8 9 46 27 4 59% 6 4 2 323 25 16 61% 19 12 5 3 1 1 0 0 17 0
1993 28 CIN NL 455 117 17 1 15 1 5 14 1 5 10 21 14 2 67% 4 2 0 161 13 4 76% 11 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
1994 29 CIN NL 670 169 29 4 18 0 6 15 3 9 9 24 9 4 38% 9 4 0 227 16 7 70% 14 7 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 2
1995 30 CIN NL 724 173 29 1 11 0 9 7 4 6 5 36 17 5 47% 8 5 1 283 9 4 69% 6 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 14 0
1996 31 CIN NL 889 207 32 3 20 0 12 16 4 11 9 40 21 4 53% 8 7 1 317 16 9 64% 10 5 4 3 2 1 1 0 16 0
1997 32 TOT MLB 674 184 15 3 26 0 7 21 5 13 13 34 16 8 47% 8 5 3 256 15 7 68% 14 7 1 0 0 0 2 2 11 0
1997 32 CIN NL 514 139 10 2 17 0 6 15 2 8 9 29 14 8 48% 8 2 3 199 13 6 68% 12 6 1 0 0 0 2 2 6 0
1997 32 CLE AL 160 45 5 1 9 0 1 6 3 5 4 5 2 0 40% 0 3 0 57 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
12 Yrs 7898 1842 346 35 185 3 102 157 28 88 97 371 196 48 53% 83 48 13 2732 185 86 68% 145 70 35 13 5 3 18 15 153 2
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+
1986 21 1 0 1.000 3.86 12 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 4 6 5 2 4 0 9 0 0 0 42 103 0.686 3.1 1.5 3.1 6.9 2.25 103
1987 22 6 5 .545 5.50 75 0 21 0 0 4 86.2 73 55 53 9 54 8 67 0 1 5 378 74 1.465 7.6 0.9 5.6 7.0 1.24 74
1988 23 19 16 .543 3.92 109 32 21 5 1 4 291.2 258 136 127 24 100 12 196 3 7 11 1213 92 1.227 8.0 0.7 3.1 6.0 1.96 92
1989 24 31 24 .564 3.46 137 60 21 13 2 4 497.0 432 214 191 46 149 17 319 7 9 16 2048 101 1.169 7.8 0.8 2.7 5.8 2.14 101
1990 25 40 34 .541 3.73 163 85 21 15 2 4 646.1 593 297 268 61 185 18 405 9 11 18 2680 95 1.204 8.3 0.8 2.6 5.6 2.19 95
1991 26 60 42 .588 3.57 196 117 21 17 3 4 854.0 787 375 339 78 229 18 534 12 12 21 3516 99 1.190 8.3 0.8 2.4 5.6 2.33 99
1992 27 76 51 .598 3.49 230 151 21 22 5 4 1095.0 992 468 425 95 294 18 697 18 12 25 4486 105 1.174 8.2 0.8 2.4 5.7 2.37 105
1993 28 79 60 .568 3.68 248 169 21 24 5 4 1200.2 1109 537 491 110 325 18 757 20 13 27 4941 100 1.194 8.3 0.8 2.4 5.7 2.33 100
1994 29 90 70 .563 3.70 272 193 21 25 6 4 1359.1 1278 617 559 128 362 21 869 24 15 31 5613 101 1.206 8.5 0.8 2.4 5.8 2.40 101
1995 30 102 75 .576 3.67 300 220 21 26 6 4 1536.0 1451 689 627 139 401 24 993 28 16 36 6337 103 1.206 8.5 0.8 2.3 5.8 2.48 103
1996 31 115 89 .564 3.67 335 254 21 28 8 4 1753.1 1658 789 715 159 455 29 1164 32 17 43 7226 105 1.205 8.5 0.8 2.3 6.0 2.56 105
1997 32 126 103 .550 3.80 361 280 21 28 8 4 1907.2 1842 888 806 185 496 32 1284 39 17 48 7900 102 1.226 8.7 0.9 2.3 6.1 2.59 102

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
1986 21 0 1 .000 4.09 11.0 4 6 5 2 4 9 0 0.727 3.3 3.3 7.4 2.25 1.6 12
1987 22 3 5 .375 5.88 72.0 69 52 47 7 50 56 0 1.653 8.6 6.3 7.0 1.12 0.9 63
1988 23 10 11 .476 3.99 194.0 200 96 86 16 50 122 3 1.289 9.3 2.3 5.7 2.44 0.7 34
1989 24 12 9 .571 3.38 197.0 188 82 74 24 53 118 4 1.223 8.6 2.4 5.4 2.23 1.1 28
1990 25 5 10 .333 5.49 141.0 170 96 86 16 38 81 2 1.475 10.9 2.4 5.2 2.13 1.0 26
1991 26 11 10 .524 3.66 194.0 205 88 79 18 46 121 3 1.294 9.5 2.1 5.6 2.63 0.8 33
1992 27 14 11 .560 3.63 228.0 212 102 92 18 67 154 6 1.224 8.4 2.6 6.1 2.30 0.7 34
1993 28 4 7 .364 5.82 102.0 117 73 66 15 31 58 2 1.451 10.3 2.7 5.1 1.87 1.3 18
1994 29 13 11 .542 3.82 219.0 234 103 93 25 51 154 6 1.301 9.6 2.1 6.3 3.02 1.0 24
1995 30 12 9 .571 3.52 192.0 192 83 75 12 43 135 4 1.224 9.0 2.0 6.3 3.14 0.6 28
1996 31 13 10 .565 3.54 211.0 201 92 83 19 52 166 4 1.199 8.6 2.2 7.1 3.19 0.8 35
1997 32 6 10 .375 5.19 149.0 179 96 86 25 40 116 7 1.470 10.8 2.4 7.0 2.90 1.5 26
12 Yrs 103 104 .498 4.11 1910.0 1971 969 872 197 525 1290 41 1.307 9.3 6.1 2.46 0.9 361

* 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
1991 *
1995 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1991 NL (14, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1991 NL (3, 22%)
0.22 Career Shares (151st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1989 NL  2.81 (7th)
1992 AL  3.21 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1991 NL  20 (1st)
1992 AL  16 (10th)
1994 NL  11 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1991 NL  .714 (1st)
1992 AL  .640 (8th)
1995 NL  .706 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1989 NL  1.086 (7th)
1991 NL  1.146 (7th)
1992 AL  1.120 (3rd)
1995 NL  1.200 (7th)
Career  1.226 (198th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1992 AL  7.656 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL  2.019 (7th)
1989 NL  2.148 (9th)
1991 NL  1.907 (4th)
1994 NL  2.099 (10th)
1995 NL  1.987 (5th)
Career  2.340 (213th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  6.058 (225th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1992 AL  241.0 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1992 AL  163 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1992 AL  34 (7th)
1994 NL  24 (7th)
1996 NL  34 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1989 NL  8 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1992 AL  2 (8th)
1994 NL  1 (5th)
1996 NL  2 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1989 NL  22 (3rd)
1994 NL  18 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1994 NL  169 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1988 NL  2.804 (9th)
1989 NL  2.510 (10th)
1991 NL  2.932 (5th)
1992 AL  2.508 (6th)
1994 NL  3.027 (9th)
1995 NL  3.180 (5th)
1996 NL  3.167 (10th)
Career  2.589 (73rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL  0.560 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1994 NL  10 (7th)
1996 NL  14 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1992 AL  126 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1992 AL  22 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1992 AL  2.4 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1992 AL  25.07 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1992 AL  3.6 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1992 AL  3.3 (4th)
Career  7.9 (201st)

Salary s c a p y
1994 NL  $4,975,000 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1986 NL  born 1965-03-17 (4th)


† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (336), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 56 (453), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (574), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ross Grimsley (954)
  2. Tom Browning (950)
  3. Matt Morris (949)
  4. Dick Donovan (948)
  5. Larry Gura (946)
  6. Bob Ojeda (945)
  7. Jack McDowell (943)
  8. Doc Medich (942)
  9. Denny Neagle (942)
  10. Ted Lilly (938)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Harry Eisenstat (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. John Henry Johnson (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dennis Bennett (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Cole Hamels (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Cole Hamels (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Flanagan (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. John Lackey (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Flanagan (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jimmy Key (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ross Grimsley (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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