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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 Schools: Graterford HS (Graterford, PA), Perkiomen School (Pennsburg, 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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/Twins/Indians 1986-1997
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: August 30, 1997 (Age 32)
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All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #488. Clay Carroll… #489. Danny Jackson… #490. Larry Cheney… #491. JOHN SMILEY… #492. Ismael Valdez… #493. Roy Face… #494. Steve Gromek… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 (v2.2): 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
1986 21 PIT NL 11.2 12 0 6 4.63 4.37 0.13 -0.34 104.0 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 -1.3 -8 .474 .490 $62,500
1988 23 PIT NL 205.0 34 32 81 3.56 3.92 0.17 0.13 98.3 3.80 5 0.5 1.3 -0.1 2.3 22 .516 .503 $107,500
1989 24 PIT NL 205.1 28 28 78 3.42 4.02 0.17 0.14 94.1 3.76 7 0.9 -0.1 2.5 23 .531 .505 $230,000
1990 25 PIT NL 149.1 26 25 83 5.00 4.21 0.12 0.15 96.6 4.10 -18 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -3 .431 .489 $840,000
1991 26 PIT NL 207.2 33 32 78 3.38 4.03 -0.08 0.13 98.3 4.18 17 1.9 1.1 -0.1 3.6 35 .559 .512 $1,050,000 AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
1992 27 MIN AL 241.0 34 34 93 3.47 4.36 0.20 0.15 101.9 4.39 24 2.7 -0.2 5.0 49 .580 .517 $3,400,000
1993 28 CIN NL 105.2 18 18 69 5.88 4.53 -0.35 0.16 100.8 5.07 -12 -1.1 -0.0 -0.3 -1 .437 .493 $3,475,000
1994 29 CIN NL 158.2 24 24 80 4.54 4.59 -0.01 0.17 99.6 4.75 3 0.3 -0.1 1.5 17 .511 .502 $4,975,000
1995 30 CIN NL 176.2 28 27 72 3.67 4.58 0.19 0.17 97.4 4.45 13 1.4 .5 -0.1 2.7 31 .549 .508 $4,975,000 AS
1996 31 CIN NL 217.1 35 34 100 4.14 4.76 -0.24 0.18 100.3 5.19 27 2.8 2.5 -0.1 4.5 44 .581 .518 $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 -0.2 -1 .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 0.2 2 .466 .499
12 Seasons 1907.2 361 280 888 4.19 4.38 0.04 0.13 98.7 4.41 35 4.5 1.3 -1.5 20.0 211 .513 .502 $27,840,000
PIT (6 yrs) 854.0 196 117 375 3.95 4.11 0.12 0.09 97.2 3.96 -6 -0.2 1.2 -0.9 6.6 70 .499 .500 $2,290,000
CIN (5 yrs) 775.1 125 123 397 4.61 4.66 -0.09 0.17 99.3 4.88 19 2.2 1.5 -0.5 8.2 91 .518 .503 $22,150,000
MIN (1 yr) 241.0 34 34 93 3.47 4.36 0.20 0.15 101.9 4.39 24 2.7 -0.2 5.0 49 .580 .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 0.2 2 .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

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 Awards
1986 21 PIT NL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 22 PIT NL 63 7 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 23 PIT NL 34 73 63 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 30 .079 .121 .095 .216 -36 6 0 0 7 0 0 1
1989 24 PIT NL 28 75 65 0 9 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 19 .138 .176 .200 .376 10 13 0 0 7 0 0 1
1990 25 PIT NL 26 55 49 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 15 .122 .173 .122 .296 -15 6 0 0 3 0 0 1
1991 26 PIT NL 33 79 70 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 24 .100 .137 .100 .237 -32 7 1 0 6 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
1992 27 MIN AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 28 CIN NL 18 39 32 2 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 .250 .265 .281 .546 47 9 0 0 5 1 0 1
1994 29 CIN NL 24 64 55 5 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 26 .200 .254 .255 .509 34 14 1 0 5 0 0 1
1995 30 CIN NL 28 66 55 6 9 1 0 2 5 0 0 4 26 .164 .217 .291 .508 33 16 1 0 6 1 0 1 AS
1996 31 CIN NL 35 76 68 1 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 22 .191 .236 .221 .457 22 15 1 0 4 0 0 1
1997 32 TOT MLB 26 42 40 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .100 .100 .125 .225 -42 5 2 0 2 0 0 1
1997 32 CIN NL 20 42 40 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .100 .100 .125 .225 -42 5 2 0 2 0 0 1
1997 32 CLE AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1998 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1999 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
12 Yrs 361 576 504 21 73 14 0 2 35 0 0 25 183 .145 .185 .185 .369 2 93 6 0 45 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 258 226 9 33 6 0 1 16 0 0 11 82 .145 .185 .185 .369 2 42 3 0 20 1 0
PIT (6 yrs) 196 289 254 7 28 6 0 0 15 0 0 12 89 .110 .150 .134 .284 -18 34 1 0 23 0 0
CIN (5 yrs) 125 287 250 14 45 8 0 2 20 0 0 13 94 .180 .219 .236 .455 20 59 5 0 22 2 0
MIN (1 yr) 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 321 576 504 21 73 14 0 2 35 0 0 25 183 .145 .185 .185 .369 2 93 6 0 45 2 0
AL (2 yrs) 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1986 21 PIT NL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1987 22 PIT NL 63 7 -1 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $62,500 1
1988 23 PIT NL 34 73 -12 -0 0 0 9 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.4 .489 .498 -0.4 0.0 -1 $107,500 1
1989 24 PIT NL 28 75 -7 -1 1 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $230,000 1
1990 25 PIT NL 26 55 -8 -0 0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $840,000 1
1991 26 PIT NL 33 79 -11 0 -0 0 10 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $1,050,000 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
1992 27 MIN AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,400,000 1
1993 28 CIN NL 18 39 -3 -1 0 0 5 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .507 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $3,475,000 1
1994 29 CIN NL 24 64 -6 -1 -0 0 9 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $4,975,000 1
1995 30 CIN NL 28 66 -5 -0 0 0 9 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .514 .502 0.4 0.0 6 $4,975,000 1 AS
1996 31 CIN NL 35 76 -8 -0 0 0 10 2 0.2 2 5 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 -0.0 5 $4,975,000 1
1997 32 CIN NL 20 42 -8 -0 -0 0 6 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .488 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $3,750,000 1
1997 32 CLE AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
12 Seasons 361 576 -68 -4 0 0 76 4 0.2 18 22 0.2 .501 .500 0.2 0.1 22 $27,840,000
PIT (6 yrs) 196 289 -38 -2 1 0 36 -4 -0.4 9 6 -0.4 .498 .500 -0.5 0.1 6 $2,290,000
CIN (5 yrs) 125 287 -30 -3 -0 0 40 7 0.7 9 16 0.7 .506 .501 0.6 0.0 16 $22,150,000
MIN (1 yr) 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,400,000
CLE (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 25 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 30 CIN NL NLDS LAD W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 30 CIN NL NLCS ATL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1986 PIT NL 21 P 12 0 0 11.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.31 0.25 .953 1.93 1.94 2 1 33% 32% 0
1987 PIT NL 22 P 63 0 0 75.0 16 7 9 0 2 1.000 1.92 0.25 .955 1.91 1.90 4 2 33% 29% 1
1988 PIT NL 23 P 34 32 5 205.0 41 14 27 0 3 1.000 1.80 1.21 .955 1.96 1.96 25 8 24% 29% 3
1989 PIT NL 24 P 28 28 8 205.1 34 7 23 4 2 .882 1.31 1.07 .947 1.87 1.87 29 9 24% 32% 4
1990 PIT NL 25 P 26 25 2 149.1 34 8 24 2 1 .941 1.93 1.23 .957 1.80 1.79 13 6 32% 29% 2
1991 PIT NL 26 P 33 32 2 207.2 40 5 34 1 0 .975 1.69 1.18 .955 1.86 1.85 18 13 42% 33% 0 AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
1992 MIN AL 27 P 34 34 5 241.0 39 4 35 0 2 1.000 1.46 1.15 .953 1.72 1.71 25 16 39% 34% 0
1993 CIN NL 28 P 18 18 2 105.2 23 7 16 0 0 1.000 1.96 1.28 .953 1.84 1.83 13 4 24% 31% 0
1994 CIN NL 29 P 24 24 1 158.2 29 8 19 2 2 .931 1.53 1.13 .958 1.86 1.85 16 7 30% 32% 1
1995 CIN NL 30 P 28 27 1 176.2 30 3 27 0 3 1.000 1.53 1.07 .956 1.84 1.83 9 4 31% 30% 1 AS
1996 CIN NL 31 P 35 34 2 217.1 37 6 29 2 1 .946 1.45 1.00 .954 1.84 1.83 16 9 36% 28% 0
1997 TOT MLB 32 P 26 26 0 154.1 16 0 16 0 0 1.000 0.93 0.62 .954 1.81 1.80 15 7 32% 32% 2
1997 CIN NL 32 P 20 20 0 117.0 12 0 12 0 0 1.000 0.92 0.60 .953 1.85 1.84 13 6 32% 32% 2
1997 CLE AL 32 P 6 6 0 37.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.96 0.67 .955 1.71 1.68 2 1 33% 33% 0
12 Seasons P 361 280 28 1907.2 342 70 261 11 16 .968 1.56 0.92 .954 1.84 1.85 185 86 32% 31% 14
12 Seasons TOT 361 280 28 1907.2 342 70 261 11 16 .968 1.56 0.92 .954 1.84 1.85 185 86 32% 31% 14
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1521st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1991 NL (3, 22%)
0.22 Career Shares (154th)

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 (199th)

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 (214th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  6.058 (232nd)

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 (76th)

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)
1997 ML  14 (6th)

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  24.29 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1992 AL  3.5 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1992 AL  3.2 (4th)
Career  7.6 (212th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1988 NL  1.000 (1st)
1992 AL  1.000 (1st)
1995 NL  1.000 (1st)

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 1945-1973, 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 (344), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 56 (454), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (584), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (449), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (432nd), 20.2 career WAR/22.6 7yr-peak WAR/21.4 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Mike Flanagan (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  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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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198722Pittsburgh Pirates$62,5001987 USA Today survey
198823Pittsburgh Pirates$107,500USA Today, 4/1/88
198924Pittsburgh Pirates$230,0001991 TSN Guide 28; T. Timmerman database
199025Pittsburgh Pirates$840,000USA TodayArbitration win; $630,000 offer
199126Pittsburgh Pirates$1,050,000USA Today survey
199227Minnesota Twins$3,400,0004/2/92 USA Today
199328Cincinnati Reds$3,475,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $375,000 signing bonus
199429Cincinnati Reds$4,975,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $375,000 signing bonus
199530Cincinnati Reds$4,975,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $375,000 signing bonus
199631Cincinnati Reds$4,975,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $375,000 signing bonus
199732Cincinnati Reds$3,750,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199833Cleveland Indians$3,750,0004/3/98 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$31,590,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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