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Dave Smith

David Stanley Smith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 21, 1955 in Richmond, CA
High School: Poway HS (Poway, CA)
School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 8th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1980
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cubs 1980-1992
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: June 8, 1992
Died: December 17, 2008 in San Diego, CA
Cremated
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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
1980 25 HOU NL 7 5 .583 1.93 57 0 35 0 0 10 102.2 90 24 22 1 32 7 85 4 1 3 422 171 1.188 7.9 0.1 2.8 7.5 2.66 RoY-5
1981 26 HOU NL 5 3 .625 2.76 42 0 22 0 0 8 75.0 54 26 23 2 23 4 52 2 0 4 305 120 1.027 6.5 0.2 2.8 6.2 2.26
1982 27 HOU NL 5 4 .556 3.84 49 1 29 0 0 11 63.1 69 30 27 4 31 4 28 0 4 2 286 87 1.579 9.8 0.6 4.4 4.0 0.90
1983 28 HOU NL 3 1 .750 3.10 42 0 24 0 0 6 72.2 72 32 25 2 36 4 41 0 1 1 323 110 1.486 8.9 0.2 4.5 5.1 1.14
1984 29 HOU NL 5 4 .556 2.21 53 0 24 0 0 5 77.1 60 22 19 5 20 3 45 1 1 1 304 150 1.034 7.0 0.6 2.3 5.2 2.25
1985 30 HOU NL 9 5 .643 2.27 64 0 46 0 0 27 79.1 69 26 20 3 17 5 40 1 1 4 315 153 1.084 7.8 0.3 1.9 4.5 2.35
1986 31 HOU NL 4 7 .364 2.73 54 0 51 0 0 33 56.0 39 17 17 5 22 3 46 1 0 2 223 132 1.089 6.3 0.8 3.5 7.4 2.09 AS,MVP-17
1987 32 HOU NL 2 3 .400 1.65 50 0 44 0 0 24 60.0 39 13 11 0 21 8 73 1 2 2 240 239 1.000 5.9 0.0 3.2 11.0 3.48
1988 33 HOU NL 4 5 .444 2.67 51 0 39 0 0 27 57.1 60 26 17 1 19 8 38 1 3 1 249 125 1.378 9.4 0.2 3.0 6.0 2.00
1989 34 HOU NL 3 4 .429 2.64 52 0 44 0 0 25 58.0 49 20 17 1 19 7 31 1 2 2 239 130 1.172 7.6 0.2 2.9 4.8 1.63
1990 35 HOU NL 6 6 .500 2.39 49 0 42 0 0 23 60.1 45 18 16 4 20 4 50 0 5 5 239 157 1.077 6.7 0.6 3.0 7.5 2.50 AS
1991 36 CHC NL 0 6 .000 6.00 35 0 28 0 0 17 33.0 39 22 22 6 19 5 16 1 1 1 151 65 1.758 10.6 1.6 5.2 4.4 0.84
1992 37 CHC NL 0 0 2.51 11 0 4 0 0 0 14.1 15 4 4 0 4 2 3 0 1 0 61 148 1.326 9.4 0.0 2.5 1.9 0.75
13 Yrs 53 53 .500 2.67 609 1 432 0 0 216 809.1 700 280 240 34 283 64 548 13 22 28 3357 130 1.215 7.8 0.4 3.1 6.1 1.94
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .500 2.67 68 0 48 0 0 24 90 78 31 27 4 32 7 61 1 2 3 374 130 1.215 7.8 0.4 3.1 6.1 1.94
HOU (11 yrs) 53 47 .530 2.53 563 1 400 0 0 199 762.0 646 254 214 28 260 57 529 12 20 27 3145 137 1.189 7.6 0.3 3.1 6.2 2.03
CHC (2 yrs) 0 6 .000 4.94 46 0 32 0 0 17 47.1 54 26 26 6 23 7 19 1 2 1 212 78 1.627 10.3 1.1 4.4 3.6 0.83

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
1980 25 HOU NL 102.2 57 0 24 2.10 3.97 -0.03 -0.31 92.7 3.43 15 1.7 1.1 -0.1 2.5 25 .530 .511 $ RoY-5
1981 26 HOU NL 75.0 42 0 26 3.12 3.93 0.15 -0.30 94.7 3.30 0 0.1 1.6 -0.1 0.6 6 .501 .500 $
1982 27 HOU NL 63.1 49 1 30 4.26 4.12 -0.09 -0.30 92.7 3.62 -5 -0.6 1.5 -0.3 -0.3 2 .488 .496 $200,000
1983 28 HOU NL 72.2 42 0 32 3.96 4.16 0.23 -0.32 94.3 3.41 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.2 -0.1 2 .488 .497 $
1984 29 HOU NL 77.1 53 0 22 2.56 3.99 -0.12 -0.31 94.6 3.60 8 0.9 1.2 -0.0 1.6 16 .517 .506 $
1985 30 HOU NL 79.1 64 0 26 2.95 3.95 -0.18 -0.31 94.8 3.62 5 0.6 2.4 0.3 1.6 13 .510 .504 $500,000
1986 31 HOU NL 56.0 54 0 17 2.73 4.15 0.16 -0.32 96.1 3.52 5 0.5 2.5 0.3 1.3 10 .510 .503 $650,000 AS,MVP-17
1987 32 HOU NL 60.0 50 0 13 1.95 4.66 -0.13 -0.35 95.5 4.23 15 1.6 2.1 0.7 2.8 22 .531 .510 $700,000
1988 33 HOU NL 57.1 51 0 26 4.08 3.80 -0.23 -0.30 96.6 3.60 -3 -0.4 2.0 -0.3 -0.2 2 .492 .498 $1,100,000
1989 34 HOU NL 58.0 52 0 20 3.10 3.85 0.15 -0.30 97.9 3.33 1 0.2 1.9 -0.1 0.6 7 .503 .501 $1,100,000
1990 35 HOU NL 60.1 49 0 18 2.69 4.26 -0.21 -0.32 98.2 4.07 8 0.9 1.9 0.3 1.7 15 .518 .506 $1,100,000 AS
1991 36 CHC NL 33.0 35 0 22 6.00 4.25 0.03 -0.33 103.8 4.04 -7 -0.8 2.0 -0.5 -1.0 -4 .477 .495 $1,900,000
1992 37 CHC NL 14.1 11 0 4 2.51 3.94 0.01 -0.30 101.4 3.67 2 0.2 .4 -0.1 0.2 3 .519 .501 $2,500,000
13 Seasons 809.1 609 1 280 3.11 4.07 -0.02 -0.31 95.5 3.61 39 4.3 1.8 0.0 11.3 119 .507 .502 $9,750,000
HOU (11 yrs) 762.0 563 1 254 3.00 4.07 -0.03 -0.31 95.1 3.59 44 4.9 1.8 0.5 12.1 120 .509 .503 $5,350,000
CHC (2 yrs) 47.1 46 0 26 4.94 4.16 0.03 -0.32 103.1 3.93 -6 -0.6 1.6 -0.5 -0.8 -1 .487 .498 $4,400,000

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
1980 25 HOU NL NLCS L PHI 1 0 1.000 3.86 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 4 1 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 13 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 15.4 2.00
1981 26 HOU NL NLDS L LAD 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.857 7.7 0.0 0.0 15.4
1986 31 HOU NL NLCS L NYM 0 1 .000 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 11 2.500 9.0 4.5 13.5 9.0 0.67
3 Yrs (3 Series) 1 1 .500 5.40 7 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 8 4 4 1 5 3 10 0 0 0 33 1.950 10.8 1.4 6.8 13.5 2.00
1 NLDS 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.857 7.7 0.0 0.0 15.4
2 NLCS 1 1 .500 6.23 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 6 3 3 1 5 3 6 0 0 0 24 2.538 12.5 2.1 10.4 12.5 1.20

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
1986 HOU NL 31
1990 HOU NL 35 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 4.500 13.5 0.0 27.0 13.5 0.50

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
1980 25 HOU NL 57 422 379 24 90 18 3 1 6 2 32 85 .237 .303 .309 .612 .303 117 7 4 6 1 7 4
1981 26 HOU NL 42 305 273 26 54 11 4 2 4 4 23 52 .198 .264 .289 .554 .236 79 2 2 6 1 4 5
1982 27 HOU NL 49 286 242 30 69 13 2 4 6 1 31 28 .285 .361 .405 .766 .304 98 5 0 9 4 4 5
1983 28 HOU NL 42 323 279 32 72 11 4 2 13 3 36 41 .258 .338 .348 .685 .290 97 4 0 3 5 4 5
1984 29 HOU NL 53 303 280 22 60 6 3 5 6 2 20 45 .214 .268 .311 .579 .238 87 6 1 2 1 3 1
1985 30 HOU NL 64 315 293 26 69 8 1 3 7 2 17 40 .235 .279 .300 .579 .263 88 8 1 3 1 5 8
1986 31 HOU NL 54 223 195 17 39 3 0 5 5 1 22 46 .200 .283 .292 .575 .234 57 4 1 4 1 3 1
1987 32 HOU NL 50 240 214 13 39 6 2 0 8 0 21 73 .182 .257 .229 .486 .275 49 2 1 3 1 8 2
1988 33 HOU NL 51 249 224 26 60 10 3 1 6 1 19 38 .268 .327 .353 .679 .317 79 4 1 4 1 8 4
1989 34 HOU NL 52 239 210 20 49 6 2 1 1 1 19 31 .233 .299 .295 .594 .268 62 5 1 8 1 7 4
1990 35 HOU NL 49 239 214 18 45 5 2 4 4 8 20 50 .210 .277 .308 .585 .255 66 4 0 4 1 4 7
1991 36 CHC NL 35 151 129 22 39 4 4 6 3 0 19 16 .302 .396 .535 .931 .308 69 5 1 2 0 5 0
1992 37 CHC NL 11 61 55 4 15 1 1 0 2 0 4 3 .273 .317 .327 .644 .283 18 1 0 1 1 2 0
13 Yrs 609 3356 2987 280 700 102 31 34 71 25 283 548 .234 .302 .323 .625 .275 966 57 13 55 19 64 46
162 Game Avg. 68 374 333 31 78 11 3 4 8 3 32 61 .234 .302 .323 .625 .275 108 6 1 6 2 7 5
MLB Averages .258 .324 .387 .710 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1980 25 HOU NL 17.5 1.9 436 -0.0 8.5 -8.5 1.26 1.5 -1.5 16.2 1.8 1.26 16.3 17 9 29
1981 26 HOU NL 4.6 0.5 317 0.6 6.7 -6.1 1.27 0.8 -0.4 4.2 0.5 1.27 6.2 19 7 16
1982 27 HOU NL -3.5 -0.4 299 -0.2 6.7 -6.9 1.44 -0.6 0.5 -11.2 -1.2 1.44 -9.4 20 9 18
1983 28 HOU NL 0.9 0.1 342 0.2 4.3 -4.1 .81 -0.3 0.5 -2.6 -0.3 0.81 -3.5 10 11 19
1984 29 HOU NL 10.2 1.1 315 -0.0 5.8 -5.8 1.14 1.4 -1.4 13.7 1.5 1.14 14.9 21 8 23
1985 30 HOU NL 9.5 1.0 330 3.8 12.7 -9.0 2.04 1.0 0.9 10.3 1.1 2.04 9.8 41 9 13
1986 31 HOU NL 6.6 0.7 230 1.5 8.9 -7.4 2.18 0.8 -0.1 10.2 1.1 2.18 9.6 37 8 9
1987 32 HOU NL 15.6 1.6 252 1.7 8.0 -6.3 1.93 1.6 -0.7 13.7 1.4 1.93 17.8 29 9 12
1988 33 HOU NL 1.2 0.1 264 0.6 9.0 -8.3 2.16 0.2 0.1 -3.3 -0.4 2.16 1.0 31 11 9
1989 34 HOU NL 4.8 0.5 245 1.6 8.1 -6.5 1.94 0.8 0.1 4.2 0.5 1.94 6.3 30 6 15
1990 35 HOU NL 9.2 1.0 261 1.0 8.1 -7.1 1.85 0.8 -0.3 9.6 1.0 1.85 7.5 31 9 9
1991 36 CHC NL -6.2 -0.6 158 -2.9 5.6 -8.5 2.42 -0.8 -0.4 -13.7 -1.4 2.42 -9.3 21 7 4
1992 37 CHC NL 2.0 0.2 64 0.1 0.5 -0.4 .54 0.1 0.1 2.9 0.3 0.54 1.4 0 4 7
13 Yrs 72.6 7.7 3513 8.0 92.8 -84.8 1.60 7.3 -2.3 54.3 6.0 1.60 68.7 307 107 183

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 27 HOU NL 49 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34.0 34 34 14 2 0 1 7.9 18.0 2.0
1 Yr 49 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34 34 34 14 2 0 1 7.9 18.0 2.0
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 4.3 6.2 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
1980 25 HOU NL 57 57 35 7 5 15 10 5 67% 16 1 29 11 38% 7 1.261 17 9 29 21 9 27 17 40 36 6 36 12 5.4
1981 26 HOU NL 42 42 22 5 3 11 8 3 73% 13 2 18 6 33% 7 1.272 19 7 16 17 10 15 11 31 27 3 28 9 5.4
1982 27 HOU NL 49 48 29 5 4 14 11 3 79% 15 0 31 12 39% 9 1.441 20 9 18 16 10 22 19 29 23 12 25 12 3.8
1983 28 HOU NL 42 42 24 3 1 7 6 1 86% 9 1 17 7 41% 8 .808 10 11 19 11 5 26 12 30 23 9 24 4 5.2
1984 29 HOU NL 53 53 24 5 4 8 5 3 63% 14 5 24 4 17% 7 1.141 21 8 23 20 11 22 15 38 28 12 30 11 4.4
1985 30 HOU NL 64 64 46 9 5 33 27 6 82% 34 1 63 16 25% 9 2.037 41 9 13 37 14 13 39 25 25 20 26 18 3.7
1986 31 HOU NL 54 54 51 4 7 39 33 6 85% 40 1 34 9 26% 9 2.179 37 8 9 43 7 4 20 34 11 17 13 14 3.1
1987 32 HOU NL 50 50 44 2 3 29 24 5 83% 29 0 29 13 45% 9 1.935 29 9 12 35 6 9 16 34 17 6 17 15 3.6
1988 33 HOU NL 51 51 39 4 5 32 27 5 84% 32 0 28 9 32% 9 2.161 31 11 9 33 12 6 15 36 14 9 14 13 3.4 17
1989 34 HOU NL 52 52 44 3 4 29 25 4 86% 30 0 8 3 38% 9 1.940 30 6 15 36 9 7 5 47 10 4 10 13 3.3 16
1990 35 HOU NL 49 49 42 6 6 28 23 5 82% 28 0 21 5 24% 9 1.846 31 9 9 32 14 3 15 34 19 5 19 10 3.7 18
1991 36 CHC NL 35 35 28 0 6 23 17 6 74% 25 2 21 9 43% 9 2.422 21 7 4 28 2 5 11 24 7 11 8 7 2.8 17
1992 37 CHC NL 11 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 3 38% 7 .542 0 4 7 1 0 10 6 5 6 3 6 0 3.9 21
13 Yrs 609 608 432 53 53 268 216 52 81% 286 14 331 107 32% 1.601 307 107 183 330 109 169 201 407 246 117 256 138 4.0 17

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%
1980 25 HOU NL 422 58% 0.2% 20.1% 7.6% 5.2% 24% 1.31 70% 76 7 9%
1981 26 HOU NL 305 54% 0.7% 17.1% 7.5% 5.6% 32% 1.80 72% 39 2 5%
1982 27 HOU NL 286 54% 1.4% 9.8% 10.8% 6.6% 28% 1.33 75% 52 5 10%
1983 28 HOU NL 323 53% 0.6% 12.7% 11.2% 5.3% 24% 0.93 75% 74 4 5%
1984 29 HOU NL 304 52% 1.7% 14.9% 6.6% 4.6% 23% 1.30 76% 51 6 12%
1985 30 HOU NL 315 60% 1.0% 12.7% 5.4% 3.8% 17% 1.10 80% 73 8 11%
1986 31 HOU NL 223 50% 2.2% 20.6% 9.9% 3.6% 21% 1.22 65% 50 4 8%
1987 32 HOU NL 240 46% 0.0% 30.4% 8.8% 3.3% 21% 1.38 59% 44 2 5%
1988 33 HOU NL 249 56% 0.4% 15.3% 7.6% 5.6% 23% 1.21 1.77 75% 20% 1.7% 30% 59 4 7%
1989 34 HOU NL 239 45% 0.4% 13.0% 8.0% 3.8% 18% 1.12 1.54 75% 19% 1.4% 15% 45 5 11%
1990 35 HOU NL 239 48% 1.7% 20.9% 8.4% 4.6% 24% 0.65 0.78 67% 22% 4.8% 16% 46 4 9%
1991 36 CHC NL 151 44% 4.0% 10.6% 12.6% 9.3% 36% 0.72 1.08 71% 22% 11.3% 17% 33 5 15%
1992 37 CHC NL 61 51% 0.0% 4.9% 6.6% 3.3% 13% 0.77 0.90 87% 20% 0.0% 10% 13 1 8%
13 Yrs 3357 53% 1.0% 16.3% 8.4% 5.0% 24% 0.91 1.26 72% 21% 4.1% 19% 655 57 9%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 14.3% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 6.2% 22% 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 33 HOU NL 249 853 3.43 530 62% 23% 18% 23% 36% 77% 8% 48% 76% 51% 8% 21 7 14% 35 20 3 21% 5 7 0 0 0
1989 34 HOU NL 232 802 3.46 517 64% 23% 19% 23% 35% 77% 9% 50% 75% 55% 6% 15 5 17% 39 24 4 33% 7 3 7 0 1
1990 35 HOU NL 201 758 3.77 488 64% 25% 22% 24% 29% 75% 6% 48% 70% 56% 6% 12 5 21% 43 27 3 10% 6 3 38 1 4
1991 36 CHC NL 151 612 4.05 365 60% 28% 15% 26% 32% 72% 8% 43% 80% 49% 9% 14 9 19% 28 9 0 31% 1 0 0 0 0
1992 37 CHC NL 61 236 3.87 143 61% 24% 14% 24% 38% 76% 9% 46% 82% 59% 5% 3 1 8% 5 3 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 894 3261 3.65 2043 63% 24% 18% 24% 33% 75% 8% 47% 76% 53% 7% 65 27 17% 150 83 10 22% 21 13 45 1 5
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
1980 25 HOU NL 422 90 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 23 9 3 39% 4 3 0 174 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
1981 26 HOU NL 305 54 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 19 9 5 47% 5 4 0 99 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1982 27 HOU NL 286 69 4 0 9 3 1 1 3 25 12 3 48% 5 2 0 125 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1983 28 HOU NL 323 72 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 20 13 1 65% 5 1 0 136 13 3 81% 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1984 29 HOU NL 303 60 5 0 1 4 1 1 4 10 3 1 30% 1 1 0 104 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1985 30 HOU NL 315 69 3 0 10 2 1 3 0 23 12 2 52% 8 4 0 149 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1986 31 HOU NL 223 39 5 0 5 3 2 3 2 13 8 1 62% 1 2 1 94 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1987 32 HOU NL 240 39 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 19 11 7 58% 2 2 0 88 8 0 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1988 33 HOU NL 249 60 5 1 1 1 16 1 0 0 1 21 7 3 33% 4 1 0 98 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1989 34 HOU NL 239 49 10 1 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 14 6 1 43% 4 2 0 87 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1990 35 HOU NL 239 45 9 0 4 0 3 3 1 2 2 8 6 1 75% 7 5 0 99 4 8 33% 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0
1991 36 CHC NL 151 39 17 2 6 1 9 2 4 4 2 14 5 3 36% 0 1 2 57 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1992 37 CHC NL 61 15 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 40% 0 0 0 27 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
13 Yrs 3356 700 52 4 34 2 99 22 12 16 18 214 103 31 48% 46 28 3 1337 71 25 74% 69 23 2 1 0 1 1 0 93 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+
1980 25 7 5 .583 1.93 57 0 35 0 0 10 102.2 90 24 22 1 32 7 85 4 1 3 422 171 1.188 7.9 0.1 2.8 7.5 2.66 171
1981 26 12 8 .600 2.28 99 0 57 0 0 18 177.2 144 50 45 3 55 11 137 6 1 7 727 145 1.120 7.3 0.2 2.8 6.9 2.49 145
1982 27 17 12 .586 2.69 148 1 86 0 0 29 241.0 213 80 72 7 86 15 165 6 5 9 1013 123 1.241 8.0 0.3 3.2 6.2 1.92 123
1983 28 20 13 .606 2.78 190 1 110 0 0 35 313.2 285 112 97 9 122 19 206 6 6 10 1336 120 1.298 8.2 0.3 3.5 5.9 1.69 120
1984 29 25 17 .595 2.67 243 1 134 0 0 40 391.0 345 134 116 14 142 22 251 7 7 11 1640 125 1.246 7.9 0.3 3.3 5.8 1.77 125
1985 30 34 22 .607 2.60 307 1 180 0 0 67 470.1 414 160 136 17 159 27 291 8 8 15 1955 129 1.218 7.9 0.3 3.0 5.6 1.83 129
1986 31 38 29 .567 2.62 361 1 231 0 0 100 526.1 453 177 153 22 181 30 337 9 8 17 2178 129 1.205 7.7 0.4 3.1 5.8 1.86 129
1987 32 40 32 .556 2.52 411 1 275 0 0 124 586.1 492 190 164 22 202 38 410 10 10 19 2418 137 1.184 7.6 0.3 3.1 6.3 2.03 137
1988 33 44 37 .543 2.53 462 1 314 0 0 151 643.2 552 216 181 23 221 46 448 11 13 20 2667 136 1.201 7.7 0.3 3.1 6.3 2.03 136
1989 34 47 41 .534 2.54 514 1 358 0 0 176 701.2 601 236 198 24 240 53 479 12 15 22 2906 135 1.199 7.7 0.3 3.1 6.1 2.00 135
1990 35 53 47 .530 2.53 563 1 400 0 0 199 762.0 646 254 214 28 260 57 529 12 20 27 3145 137 1.189 7.6 0.3 3.1 6.2 2.03 137
1991 36 53 53 .500 2.67 598 1 428 0 0 216 795.0 685 276 236 34 279 62 545 13 21 28 3296 130 1.213 7.8 0.4 3.2 6.2 1.95 130
1992 37 53 53 .500 2.67 609 1 432 0 0 216 809.1 700 280 240 34 283 64 548 13 22 28 3357 130 1.215 7.8 0.4 3.1 6.1 1.94 130

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
1980 25 7 3 .700 2.46 95.0 98 29 26 1 35 79 4 1.400 9.3 3.3 7.5 2.26 0.1 57
1981 26 7 5 .583 3.44 110.0 90 47 42 3 38 76 3 1.164 7.4 3.1 6.2 2.00 0.2 42
1982 27 2 4 .333 4.88 59.0 75 36 32 4 34 26 0 1.847 11.4 5.2 4.0 0.76 0.6 49
1983 28 4 3 .571 3.78 69.0 77 32 29 2 38 39 0 1.667 10.0 5.0 5.1 1.03 0.3 42
1984 29 5 3 .625 2.75 72.0 65 24 22 5 22 42 1 1.208 8.1 2.8 5.3 1.91 0.6 53
1985 30 5 3 .625 2.80 74.0 74 26 23 3 18 37 1 1.243 9.0 2.2 4.5 2.06 0.4 64
1986 31 3 2 .600 3.23 53.0 41 21 19 5 23 43 1 1.208 7.0 3.9 7.3 1.87 0.8 54
1987 32 5 1 .833 1.83 59.0 40 13 12 0 22 72 1 1.051 6.1 3.4 11.0 3.27 0.0 50
1988 33 3 2 .600 3.33 54.0 66 22 20 1 21 36 1 1.611 11.0 3.5 6.0 1.71 0.2 51
1989 34 4 2 .667 3.11 55.0 52 21 19 1 20 30 1 1.309 8.5 3.3 4.9 1.50 0.2 52
1990 35 4 2 .667 2.68 57.0 47 19 17 4 21 47 0 1.193 7.4 3.3 7.4 2.24 0.6 49
1991 36 1 2 .333 6.39 31.0 39 24 22 6 19 15 1 1.871 11.3 5.5 4.4 0.79 1.7 35
1992 37 1 0 1.000 2.57 14.0 15 4 4 0 4 3 0 1.357 9.6 2.6 1.9 0.75 0.0 11
13 Yrs 51 32 .614 3.22 802.0 779 318 287 35 315 545 14 1.364 8.7 6.1 1.73 0.4 609

* 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
1986
1990 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 NL (17, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Games Played s c a p y
1985 NL  64 (9th)
Career  609 (181st)

Saves s c a p y
1985 NL  27 (3rd)
1986 NL  33 (3rd)
1987 NL  24 (6th)
1988 NL  27 (6th)
1989 NL  25 (7th)
1990 NL  23 (4th)
1991 NL  17 (7th)
Career  216 (40th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  4 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1985 NL  46 (5th)
1986 NL  51 (6th)
1987 NL  44 (7th)
1988 NL  39 (9th)
1989 NL  44 (9th)
1990 NL  42 (7th)
Career  432 (47th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1980 NL  17 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1980 NL  1.9 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1985 NL  3.8 (6th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Career  7.3 (222nd)

                           

† 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 - 22 (1015), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 39 (349), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Todd Worrell (948)
  2. Mike Henneman (941)
  3. Dan Quisenberry (939)
  4. Tom Henke (930)
  5. Bob Locker (928)
  6. Joe Nathan (926)
  7. Gregg Olson (926)
  8. Jay Howell (925)
  9. Frank Linzy (921)
  10. John Wetteland (920)
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  1. Doug Sisk (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Dawley (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tim Burke (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Terry Fox (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Terry Fox (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tim Burke (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tim Burke (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tim Burke (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kent Tekulve (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kent Tekulve (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dan Quisenberry (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Todd Worrell (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Todd Worrell (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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