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Lary Sorensen

Lary Alan Sorensen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 4, 1955 in Detroit, MI
High School: L'Anse Creuse HS (Mount Clemens, MI)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1977
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Indians/Athletics/Cubs/Expos/... 1977-1988

Final Game: September 24, 1988
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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
1977 21 MIL AL 7 10 .412 4.36 23 20 2 9 0 0 142.1 147 72 69 10 36 4 57 1 3 2 594 94 1.286 9.3 0.6 2.3 3.6 1.58
1978 22 MIL AL 18 12 .600 3.21 37 36 1 17 3 1 280.2 277 111 100 14 50 4 78 5 2 3 1150 118 1.165 8.9 0.4 1.6 2.5 1.56 AS
1979 23 MIL AL 15 14 .517 3.98 34 34 0 16 2 0 235.1 250 113 104 30 42 3 63 4 0 3 967 105 1.241 9.6 1.1 1.6 2.4 1.50
1980 24 MIL AL 12 10 .545 3.68 35 29 3 8 2 1 195.2 242 91 80 13 45 6 54 2 0 3 839 106 1.467 11.1 0.6 2.1 2.5 1.20
1981 25 STL NL 7 7 .500 3.27 23 23 0 3 1 0 140.1 149 59 51 3 26 2 52 1 5 1 579 109 1.247 9.6 0.2 1.7 3.3 2.00
1982 26 CLE AL 10 15 .400 5.61 32 30 0 6 1 0 189.1 251 130 118 19 55 6 62 3 3 5 849 74 1.616 11.9 0.9 2.6 2.9 1.13
1983 27 CLE AL 12 11 .522 4.24 36 34 2 8 1 0 222.2 238 112 105 21 65 9 76 2 1 9 941 101 1.361 9.6 0.8 2.6 3.1 1.17
1984 28 OAK AL 6 13 .316 4.91 46 21 9 2 0 1 183.1 240 117 100 21 44 4 63 6 4 4 818 76 1.549 11.8 1.0 2.2 3.1 1.43
1985 29 CHC NL 3 7 .300 4.26 45 3 18 0 0 0 82.1 86 44 39 8 24 10 34 4 2 0 355 93 1.336 9.4 0.9 2.6 3.7 1.42
1987 31 MON NL 3 4 .429 4.72 23 5 6 0 0 1 47.2 56 32 25 7 12 1 21 3 0 1 215 90 1.427 10.6 1.3 2.3 4.0 1.75
1988 32 SFG NL 0 0 4.86 12 0 4 0 0 2 16.2 24 13 9 1 3 0 9 0 0 0 78 69 1.620 13.0 0.5 1.6 4.9 3.00
11 Yrs 93 103 .474 4.15 346 235 45 69 10 6 1736.1 1960 894 800 147 402 49 569 31 20 31 7385 96 1.360 10.2 0.8 2.1 2.9 1.42
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .474 4.15 40 28 5 8 1 1 203 229 105 94 17 47 6 67 4 2 4 864 96 1.360 10.2 0.8 2.1 2.9 1.42
MIL (4 yrs) 52 46 .531 3.72 129 119 6 50 7 2 854.0 916 387 353 67 173 17 252 12 5 11 3550 107 1.275 9.7 0.7 1.8 2.7 1.46
CLE (2 yrs) 22 26 .458 4.87 68 64 2 14 2 0 412.0 489 242 223 40 120 15 138 5 4 14 1790 87 1.478 10.7 0.9 2.6 3.0 1.15
SFG (1 yr) 0 0 4.86 12 0 4 0 0 2 16.2 24 13 9 1 3 0 9 0 0 0 78 69 1.620 13.0 0.5 1.6 4.9 3.00
STL (1 yr) 7 7 .500 3.27 23 23 0 3 1 0 140.1 149 59 51 3 26 2 52 1 5 1 579 109 1.247 9.6 0.2 1.7 3.3 2.00
OAK (1 yr) 6 13 .316 4.91 46 21 9 2 0 1 183.1 240 117 100 21 44 4 63 6 4 4 818 76 1.549 11.8 1.0 2.2 3.1 1.43
MON (1 yr) 3 4 .429 4.72 23 5 6 0 0 1 47.2 56 32 25 7 12 1 21 3 0 1 215 90 1.427 10.6 1.3 2.3 4.0 1.75
CHC (1 yr) 3 7 .300 4.26 45 3 18 0 0 0 82.1 86 44 39 8 24 10 34 4 2 0 355 93 1.336 9.4 0.9 2.6 3.7 1.42
AL (7 yrs) 80 85 .485 4.20 243 204 17 66 9 3 1449.1 1645 746 676 128 337 36 453 23 13 29 6158 96 1.368 10.2 0.8 2.1 2.8 1.34
NL (4 yrs) 13 18 .419 3.89 103 31 28 3 1 3 287.0 315 148 124 19 65 13 116 8 7 2 1227 97 1.324 9.9 0.6 2.0 3.6 1.78

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
1977 21 MIL AL 142.1 23 20 72 4.55 4.66 -0.02 0.14 100.6 4.84 4 0.4 1.1 -0.1 1.6 20 .519 .503 $
1978 22 MIL AL 280.2 37 36 111 3.56 4.22 0.16 0.13 100.5 4.22 21 2.4 7.3 -0.1 4.7 50 .566 .515 $ AS
1979 23 MIL AL 235.1 34 34 113 4.32 4.75 0.04 0.15 99.9 4.86 14 1.5 -0.1 3.4 41 .543 .509 $
1980 24 MIL AL 195.2 35 29 91 4.19 4.43 0.17 0.13 97.6 4.29 1 0.1 1.9 -0.1 1.7 23 .504 .501 $
1981 25 STL NL 140.1 23 23 59 3.78 3.85 0.31 0.14 103.2 3.80 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.9 9 .492 .499 $
1982 26 CLE AL 189.1 32 30 130 6.18 4.44 -0.15 0.15 100.7 4.76 -29 -2.8 1.1 -0.1 -1.3 -10 .413 .483 $
1983 27 CLE AL 222.2 36 34 112 4.53 4.51 -0.33 0.14 106.0 5.28 18 2.0 .2 -0.1 3.7 42 .555 .512 $400,000
1984 28 OAK AL 183.1 46 21 117 5.74 4.43 -0.17 -0.01 92.5 4.24 -30 -3.0 1.1 -0.2 -1.6 -12 .435 .482 $
1985 29 CHC NL 82.1 45 3 44 4.81 4.17 -0.16 -0.25 108.9 4.44 -4 -0.4 .6 -0.1 0.2 4 .490 .497 $320,000
1987 31 MON NL 47.2 23 5 32 6.04 4.43 -0.14 -0.12 104.3 4.64 -8 -0.8 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -2 .466 .495 $
1988 32 SFG NL 16.2 12 0 13 7.02 3.83 0.10 -0.31 92.5 3.17 -7 -0.8 1.6 -0.3 -0.9 -6 .434 .495 $100,000
11 Seasons 1736.1 346 235 894 4.63 4.41 -0.01 0.09 100.6 4.54 -20 -1.5 1.0 -1.3 12.0 160 .496 .499 $820,000
MIL (4 yrs) 854.0 129 119 387 4.08 4.49 0.10 0.14 99.7 4.51 41 4.5 2.2 -0.4 11.4 134 .535 .507 $
CLE (2 yrs) 412.0 68 64 242 5.29 4.48 -0.25 0.14 103.5 5.04 -11 -0.8 .6 -0.2 2.4 32 .488 .497 $400,000
SFG (1 yr) 16.2 12 0 13 7.02 3.83 0.10 -0.31 92.5 3.17 -7 -0.8 1.6 -0.3 -0.9 -6 .434 .495 $100,000
STL (1 yr) 140.1 23 23 59 3.78 3.85 0.31 0.14 103.2 3.80 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.9 9 .492 .499 $
OAK (1 yr) 183.1 46 21 117 5.74 4.43 -0.17 -0.01 92.5 4.24 -30 -3.0 1.1 -0.2 -1.6 -12 .435 .482 $
MON (1 yr) 47.2 23 5 32 6.04 4.43 -0.14 -0.12 104.3 4.64 -8 -0.8 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -2 .466 .495 $
CHC (1 yr) 82.1 45 3 44 4.81 4.17 -0.16 -0.25 108.9 4.44 -4 -0.4 .6 -0.1 0.2 4 .490 .497 $320,000

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
1978 MIL AL 22 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 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
1977 21 MIL AL 23 594 545 72 147 29 4 10 3 6 36 57 .270 .315 .393 .707 .285 214 15 1 9 3 4 9
1978 22 MIL AL 37 1150 1071 111 277 33 5 14 12 8 50 78 .259 .291 .338 .629 .265 362 18 5 11 13 4 12
1979 23 MIL AL 34 967 910 113 250 28 3 30 11 6 42 63 .275 .309 .411 .720 .268 374 25 4 8 3 3 10
1980 24 MIL AL 35 839 777 91 242 35 6 13 5 6 45 54 .311 .347 .422 .769 .319 328 28 2 7 8 6 11
1981 25 STL NL 23 579 549 59 149 27 2 3 12 5 26 52 .271 .306 .344 .650 .296 189 14 1 2 0 2 8
1982 26 CLE AL 32 848 779 130 251 40 6 19 11 4 55 62 .322 .365 .462 .827 .328 360 25 3 3 9 6 9
1983 27 CLE AL 36 941 862 112 238 34 9 21 17 9 65 76 .276 .326 .410 .735 .281 353 16 2 5 7 9 11
1984 28 OAK AL 46 817 757 117 240 23 5 21 8 11 44 63 .317 .356 .444 .800 .322 336 19 6 4 7 4 16
1985 29 CHC NL 45 355 314 44 86 18 3 8 9 4 24 34 .274 .331 .427 .758 .285 134 6 4 11 2 10 7
1987 31 MON NL 23 215 196 32 56 11 1 7 2 1 12 21 .286 .333 .459 .793 .288 90 6 3 2 2 1 9
1988 32 SFG NL 12 78 73 13 24 4 0 1 3 0 3 9 .329 .346 .425 .771 .354 31 2 0 0 2 0 4
11 Yrs 346 7383 6833 894 1960 282 44 147 93 60 402 569 .287 .327 .406 .732 .294 2771 174 31 62 56 49 106
162 Game Avg. 40 864 800 105 229 33 5 17 11 7 47 67 .287 .327 .406 .732 .294 324 20 4 7 7 6 12
MLB Averages .260 .325 .390 .715 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1977 21 MIL AL -2.1 -0.2 609 -0.2 9.2 -9.4 .87 0.4 -0.6 0.7 0.1 0.87 7.0 1 1 1
1978 22 MIL AL 18.6 2.0 1179 1.4 20.6 -19.2 1.03 3.2 -1.9 21.7 2.3 1.03 34.1 1 0 0
1979 23 MIL AL 7.2 0.7 993 0.8 17.4 -16.6 .96 1.4 -0.5 12.4 1.2 0.96 14.8 0 0 0
1980 24 MIL AL 4.0 0.4 858 0.6 14.8 -14.2 .99 -0.2 0.7 12.3 1.3 0.99 -1.5 3 0 3
1981 25 STL NL 3.7 0.4 607 1.2 10.2 -9.0 .97 1.0 0.2 5.3 0.6 0.97 9.7 0 0 0
1982 26 CLE AL -30.8 -2.9 878 -3.3 12.8 -16.1 .92 -2.5 -1.1 -30.0 -2.8 0.92 -25.6 1 0 1
1983 27 CLE AL 2.9 0.3 982 0.5 17.2 -16.7 1.01 0.9 -0.4 1.0 0.1 1.01 8.2 0 0 2
1984 28 OAK AL -28.6 -2.8 848 -2.7 12.2 -14.9 .89 -2.3 -0.7 -23.6 -2.4 0.88 -24.7 7 6 12
1985 29 CHC NL -2.3 -0.2 371 -0.9 3.8 -4.7 .65 -0.8 -0.6 -2.8 -0.3 0.65 -6.7 6 6 28
1987 31 MON NL -4.3 -0.4 219 -1.0 2.9 -3.9 .84 -0.7 -0.5 -10.2 -1.0 0.84 -6.5 4 1 13
1988 32 SFG NL -4.3 -0.4 81 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 .90 -0.7 0.1 -7.5 -0.8 0.90 -5.5 5 3 4
11 Yrs -36.1 -3.3 7625 -4.2 122.1 -126.2 .94 -0.3 -4.2 -20.8 -1.7 0.94 3.5 28 17 64

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
1977 21 MIL AL 23 20 7 9 4 1 3 8 12 .400 1 2 9 0 9 45% 50.9 74 24 17 7 3 12 3.9 4.3 7.0
1978 22 MIL AL 37 36 18 12 6 1 3 21 15 .583 3 4 17 3 22 61% 54.4 80 27 22 6 10 5 4.6 4.5 7.8
1979 23 MIL AL 34 34 15 14 5 1 4 16 18 .471 3 3 16 2 20 59% 49.9 84 17 20 8 5 13 4.8 4.9 6.9
1980 24 MIL AL 35 29 12 9 8 2 2 14 15 .483 3 1 8 2 16 55% 47.6 75 22 22 13 4 12 5.2 5.9 6.5
1981 25 STL NL 23 23 7 7 9 2 0 11 11 .500 6 2 3 1 11 48% 51.3 86 15 20 8 4 9 3.9 4.0 6.1
1982 26 CLE AL 32 30 10 15 5 3 2 11 19 .367 2 3 6 1 10 33% 41.8 78 2 31 18 2 16 4.7 4.9 6.3
1983 27 CLE AL 36 34 12 11 11 1 2 18 16 .529 2 7 8 1 19 56% 48.4 78 11 30 9 8 10 4.4 4.0 6.4
1984 28 OAK AL 46 21 5 11 5 1 5 7 14 .333 1 3 2 0 11 52% 42.1 76 15 45 14 8 6 4.1 3.7 5.9
1985 29 CHC NL 45 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 35.0 47 27 11 6 3 0 5.5 2.5 4.3
1987 31 MON NL 23 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 .400 0 0 0 0 2 40% 43.4 68 15 10 3 0 2 3.6 2.7 4.2
10 Yrs 334 235 88 93 54 12 21 109 125 .466 21 26 69 10 120 51% 48 86 2 228 92 47 85 4.5 4.5 6.6
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 99 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3 96

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
1977 21 MIL AL 23 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 .871 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 3.3
1978 22 MIL AL 37 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 9 1.029 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1980 24 MIL AL 35 6 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 1 13% 9 .992 3 0 3 1 2 3 5 1 2 1 3 0 3.7
1982 26 CLE AL 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 .922 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 2.5
1983 27 CLE AL 36 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.012 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1984 28 OAK AL 46 25 9 1 2 2 1 1 50% 4 2 37 8 22% 6 .886 7 6 12 4 1 20 20 5 20 4 21 2 7.0
1985 29 CHC NL 45 42 18 3 5 1 0 1 0% 2 1 16 5 31% 8 .648 6 6 28 4 6 32 11 31 21 6 22 6 5.0
1987 31 MON NL 23 18 6 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 14 7 50% 9 .842 4 1 13 5 2 11 8 10 9 4 10 4 4.4
1988 32 SFG NL 12 12 4 0 0 3 2 1 67% 4 1 12 8 67% 8 .905 5 3 4 6 2 4 6 6 7 3 8 3 4.2 21
9 Yrs 289 111 45 5 10 9 6 3 67% 14 4 94 31 33% .938 28 17 64 21 14 76 53 58 62 21 69 16 5.1 21

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%
1977 21 MIL AL 594 49% 1.7% 9.6% 6.1% 7.2% 29% 1.76 81% 96 15 16%
1978 22 MIL AL 1150 44% 1.2% 6.8% 4.4% 4.5% 19% 1.18 86% 187 18 10%
1979 23 MIL AL 967 46% 3.1% 6.5% 4.3% 6.3% 24% 1.36 85% 176 25 14%
1980 24 MIL AL 839 42% 1.6% 6.4% 5.4% 6.4% 22% 1.29 86% 170 28 16%
1981 25 STL NL 579 50% 0.5% 9.0% 4.5% 5.5% 22% 1.93 85% 96 14 15%
1982 26 CLE AL 849 51% 2.2% 7.3% 6.5% 7.7% 26% 1.50 83% 153 25 16%
1983 27 CLE AL 941 47% 2.2% 8.1% 6.9% 6.8% 27% 1.20 82% 159 16 10%
1984 28 OAK AL 818 49% 2.6% 7.7% 5.4% 6.0% 20% 1.31 83% 168 19 11%
1985 29 CHC NL 355 54% 2.3% 9.6% 6.8% 8.2% 34% 1.96 77% 53 6 11%
1987 31 MON NL 215 50% 3.3% 9.8% 5.6% 8.8% 34% 1.57 79% 45 6 13%
1988 32 SFG NL 78 67% 1.3% 11.5% 3.9% 6.4% 21% 0.70 0.86 83% 20% 5.3% 49% 17 2 12%
11 Yrs 7385 48% 2.0% 7.7% 5.4% 6.4% 24% 0.70 1.39 84% 20% 5.3% 49% 1320 174 13%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 13.7% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 8.2% 41% 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 32 SFG NL 78 258 3.31 174 68% 26% 11% 25% 38% 74% 0% 50% 85% 56% 3% 2 2 19% 15 11 0 22% 5 0 0 1 0
1 Yr 78 258 3.31 174 68% 26% 11% 25% 38% 74% 0% 50% 85% 56% 3% 2 2 19% 15 11 0 22% 5 0 0 1 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 57% 5% 19% 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
1977 21 MIL AL 594 147 10 0 5 5 5 5 5 22 15 0 68% 9 2 0 204 3 6 33% 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 10 0
1978 22 MIL AL 1150 277 14 0 14 5 9 8 6 51 36 1 71% 12 3 1 392 12 8 60% 12 7 0 1 0 0 3 1 26 0
1979 23 MIL AL 967 250 30 1 8 12 18 11 19 37 16 0 43% 10 3 1 331 11 6 65% 10 6 1 0 0 0 4 1 8 0
1980 24 MIL AL 839 242 13 0 12 7 6 6 7 32 21 1 66% 11 3 2 335 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 15 0
1981 25 STL NL 579 149 3 0 6 2 1 2 1 15 8 1 53% 8 1 0 215 12 5 71% 12 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 0
1982 26 CLE AL 848 251 19 0 20 12 7 10 9 45 33 0 73% 9 5 1 310 11 4 73% 10 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 23 1
1983 27 CLE AL 941 238 21 0 8 9 12 13 8 40 21 1 53% 11 9 2 332 17 9 65% 14 9 3 0 0 0 2 0 22 0
1984 28 OAK AL 817 240 21 1 16 7 14 9 12 51 29 5 57% 16 4 2 319 8 11 42% 8 9 0 2 0 0 1 1 19 1
1985 29 CHC NL 355 86 8 0 8 4 4 8 0 12 8 1 67% 7 0 1 137 9 4 69% 9 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0
1987 31 MON NL 215 56 7 0 3 3 4 5 2 17 10 0 59% 9 1 0 90 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1988 32 SFG NL 78 24 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 8 7 0 88% 4 0 0 33 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Yrs 7383 1960 2 1 147 2 102 67 80 78 69 330 204 10 62% 106 31 10 2698 93 60 61% 87 54 6 4 0 2 23 5 139 2
MLB Averages 53% 67%

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+
1977 21 7 10 .412 4.36 23 20 2 9 0 0 142.1 147 72 69 10 36 4 57 1 3 2 594 94 1.286 9.3 0.6 2.3 3.6 1.58 94
1978 22 25 22 .532 3.60 60 56 3 26 3 1 423.0 424 183 169 24 86 8 135 6 5 5 1744 108 1.206 9.0 0.5 1.8 2.9 1.57 108
1979 23 40 36 .526 3.73 94 90 3 42 5 1 658.1 674 296 273 54 128 11 198 10 5 8 2711 107 1.218 9.2 0.7 1.7 2.7 1.55 107
1980 24 52 46 .531 3.72 129 119 6 50 7 2 854.0 916 387 353 67 173 17 252 12 5 11 3550 107 1.275 9.7 0.7 1.8 2.7 1.46 107
1981 25 59 53 .527 3.66 152 142 6 53 8 2 994.1 1065 446 404 70 199 19 304 13 10 12 4129 107 1.271 9.6 0.6 1.8 2.8 1.53 107
1982 26 69 68 .504 3.97 184 172 6 59 9 2 1183.2 1316 576 522 89 254 25 366 16 13 17 4978 100 1.326 10.0 0.7 1.9 2.8 1.44 100
1983 27 81 79 .506 4.01 220 206 8 67 10 2 1406.1 1554 688 627 110 319 34 442 18 14 26 5919 100 1.332 9.9 0.7 2.0 2.8 1.39 100
1984 28 87 92 .486 4.12 266 227 17 69 10 3 1589.2 1794 805 727 131 363 38 505 24 18 30 6737 96 1.357 10.2 0.7 2.1 2.9 1.39 96
1985 29 90 99 .476 4.12 311 230 35 69 10 3 1672.0 1880 849 766 139 387 48 539 28 20 30 7092 96 1.356 10.1 0.7 2.1 2.9 1.39 96
1986 30 90 99 .476 4.12 311 230 35 69 10 3 1672.0 1880 849 766 139 387 48 539 28 20 30 7092 96 1.356 10.1 0.7 2.1 2.9 1.39 96
1987 31 93 103 .474 4.14 334 235 41 69 10 4 1719.2 1936 881 791 146 399 49 560 31 20 31 7307 96 1.358 10.1 0.8 2.1 2.9 1.40 96
1988 32 93 103 .474 4.15 346 235 45 69 10 6 1736.1 1960 894 800 147 402 49 569 31 20 31 7385 96 1.360 10.2 0.8 2.1 2.9 1.42 96

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
1977 21 6 9 .400 4.80 135.0 150 80 72 10 37 54 1 1.385 10.0 2.5 3.6 1.46 0.7 23
1978 22 15 14 .517 3.79 266.0 294 124 112 15 53 74 5 1.305 9.9 1.8 2.5 1.40 0.5 37
1979 23 11 13 .458 4.30 224.0 255 119 107 31 43 60 4 1.330 10.2 1.7 2.4 1.40 1.2 34
1980 24 9 10 .474 4.37 179.0 252 97 87 14 47 49 2 1.670 12.7 2.4 2.5 1.04 0.7 35
1981 25 11 11 .500 3.91 198.0 238 96 86 5 42 73 2 1.414 10.8 1.9 3.3 1.74 0.2 23
1982 26 5 14 .263 6.22 178.0 256 137 123 19 56 58 3 1.753 12.9 2.8 2.9 1.04 1.0 32
1983 27 10 13 .435 4.46 212.0 238 117 105 21 65 72 2 1.429 10.1 2.8 3.1 1.11 0.9 36
1984 28 5 13 .278 6.12 169.0 257 128 115 22 47 58 6 1.799 13.7 2.5 3.1 1.23 1.2 46
1985 29 4 4 .500 4.22 81.0 85 42 38 8 24 33 4 1.346 9.4 2.7 3.7 1.38 0.9 45
1987 31 2 3 .400 4.50 48.0 55 27 24 7 12 21 3 1.396 10.3 2.3 3.9 1.75 1.3 23
1988 32 0 1 .000 6.19 16.0 27 12 11 1 3 9 0 1.875 15.2 1.7 5.1 3.00 0.6 12
11 Yrs 78 105 .426 4.64 1706.0 2107 979 880 153 429 561 32 1.487 11.1 3.0 1.31 0.8 346

* 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
1978 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1978 AL  4.7 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1978 AL  18 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1978 AL  1.165 (10th)
1979 AL  1.241 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  1.603 (2nd)
1979 AL  1.606 (3rd)
1980 AL  2.070 (10th)
1981 NL  1.668 (4th)
1984 AL  2.160 (8th)
Career  2.084 (113th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1978 AL  280.7 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1978 AL  36 (7th)
1981 NL  23 (10th)
1983 AL  34 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1978 AL  17 (5th)
1979 AL  16 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1978 AL  3 (10th)
1980 AL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  30 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  277 (2nd)
1979 AL  250 (8th)
1981 NL  149 (8th)
1982 AL  251 (5th)
1983 AL  238 (10th)
1984 AL  240 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  0.449 (4th)
1980 AL  0.598 (8th)
1981 NL  0.192 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1979 AL  14 (9th)
1982 AL  15 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1978 AL  100 (10th)
1982 AL  118 (3rd)
1984 AL  100 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1983 AL  9 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1978 AL  1,150 (5th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1978 AL  3.2 (6th)

                                         

† 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 - 26 (901), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Joe Shaute (951)
  2. Jack Kramer (949)
  3. Ray Kolp (948)
  4. Hal Brown (948)
  5. Cal McLish (948)
  6. Max Butcher (947)
  7. Art Houtteman (946)
  8. Bill Wegman (944)
  9. Nels Potter (943)
  10. Lloyd Brown (943)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dave Stieb (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Doyle Alexander (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tony Kaufmann (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tony Kaufmann (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Kaufmann (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ted Blankenship (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Bagby (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Art Houtteman (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Art Houtteman (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Barr (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Joe Shaute (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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