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Mario Soto

Mario Melvin Soto

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 174 lb.

Born: July 12, 1956 in Bani, Peravia, D.R.
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1977
Team: Reds 1977-1988
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: June 16, 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
1974 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1977 20 CIN NL 2 6 .250 5.34 12 10 1 2 1 0 60.2 60 38 36 12 26 4 44 3 0 4 266 74 1.418 8.9 1.8 3.9 6.5 1.69
1978 21 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 2.50 5 1 1 0 0 0 18.0 13 5 5 1 13 3 13 0 0 0 79 145 1.444 6.5 0.5 6.5 6.5 1.00
1979 22 CIN NL 3 2 .600 5.30 25 0 7 0 0 0 37.1 33 25 22 2 30 2 32 1 0 0 169 72 1.688 8.0 0.5 7.2 7.7 1.07
1980 23 CIN NL 10 8 .556 3.07 53 12 10 3 1 4 190.1 126 72 65 11 84 10 182 2 4 6 777 118 1.103 6.0 0.5 4.0 8.6 2.17 CYA-5
1981 24 CIN NL 12 9 .571 3.29 25 25 0 10 3 0 175.0 142 69 64 13 61 3 151 3 3 4 717 108 1.160 7.3 0.7 3.1 7.8 2.48
1982 25 CIN NL 14 13 .519 2.79 35 34 1 13 2 0 257.2 202 88 80 19 71 3 274 4 1 6 1033 132 1.060 7.1 0.7 2.5 9.6 3.86 AS,CYA-9
1983 26 CIN NL 17 13 .567 2.70 34 34 0 18 3 0 273.2 207 96 82 28 95 6 242 5 2 2 1114 140 1.104 6.8 0.9 3.1 8.0 2.55 AS,CYA-2,MVP-14
1984 27 CIN NL 18 7 .720 3.53 33 33 0 13 0 0 237.1 181 102 93 26 87 6 185 5 0 3 971 107 1.129 6.9 1.0 3.3 7.0 2.13 AS,CYA-6
1985 28 CIN NL 12 15 .444 3.58 36 36 0 9 1 0 256.2 196 109 102 30 104 3 214 2 2 8 1055 105 1.169 6.9 1.1 3.6 7.5 2.06
1986 29 CIN NL 5 10 .333 4.71 19 19 0 1 1 0 105.0 113 61 55 15 46 6 67 1 0 3 461 82 1.514 9.7 1.3 3.9 5.7 1.46
1987 30 CIN NL 3 2 .600 5.12 6 6 0 0 0 0 31.2 34 18 18 7 12 1 11 0 0 1 138 83 1.453 9.7 2.0 3.4 3.1 0.92
1988 31 CIN NL 3 7 .300 4.66 14 14 0 3 1 0 87.0 88 49 45 8 28 3 34 2 8 0 367 78 1.333 9.1 0.8 2.9 3.5 1.21
12 Yrs 100 92 .521 3.47 297 224 20 72 13 4 1730.1 1395 732 667 172 657 50 1449 28 20 37 7147 108 1.186 7.3 0.9 3.4 7.5 2.21
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .521 3.47 39 29 3 9 2 1 226 182 96 87 22 86 7 189 4 3 5 933 108 1.186 7.3 0.9 3.4 7.5 2.21

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 20 CIN NL 60.2 12 10 38 5.64 4.36 -0.01 0.13 103.9 4.67 -7 -0.7 .4 -0.0 -0.3 -1 .441 .496 $
1978 21 CIN NL 18.0 5 1 5 2.50 4.13 -0.17 -0.16 103.7 4.30 3 0.4 .8 -0.0 0.5 5 .582 .503 $
1979 22 CIN NL 37.1 25 0 25 6.03 4.32 0.03 -0.34 101.1 3.99 -9 -0.9 .7 0.1 -0.6 -5 .463 .494 $
1980 23 CIN NL 190.1 53 12 72 3.40 4.05 0.01 -0.10 99.5 3.92 10 1.2 1.2 -0.1 2.6 29 .522 .507 $ CYA-5
1981 24 CIN NL 175.0 25 25 69 3.55 3.81 -0.02 0.14 101.7 4.04 7 0.8 -0.1 2.2 20 .534 .505 $
1982 25 CIN NL 257.2 35 34 88 3.07 4.17 -0.28 0.14 101.9 4.67 43 5.3 2.2 -0.1 7.2 70 .651 .533 $295,000 AS,CYA-9
1983 26 CIN NL 273.2 34 34 96 3.16 4.18 0.12 0.14 104.4 4.38 36 4.4 -0.1 6.5 64 .629 .527 $625,000 AS,CYA-2,MVP-14
1984 27 CIN NL 237.1 33 33 102 3.87 4.13 -0.29 0.15 104.0 4.75 21 2.4 -0.1 4.2 46 .573 .515 $ AS,CYA-6
1985 28 CIN NL 256.2 36 36 109 3.82 4.01 0.07 0.14 103.8 4.23 10 1.1 -0.2 3.0 36 .531 .507 $1,071,429
1986 29 CIN NL 105.0 19 19 61 5.23 4.25 -0.15 0.15 100.5 4.57 -8 -0.9 -0.0 -0.1 3 .455 .495 $1,150,000
1987 30 CIN NL 31.2 6 6 18 5.12 4.70 -0.07 0.17 98.1 4.85 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.1 2 .479 .499 $1,200,000
1988 31 CIN NL 87.0 14 14 49 5.07 3.98 0.41 0.13 100.7 3.73 -13 -1.4 -0.0 -0.7 -5 .399 .491 $1,200,000
12 Seasons 1730.1 297 224 732 3.81 4.11 -0.04 0.10 102.4 4.36 92 11.6 1.0 -0.8 24.6 264 .539 .506 $5,541,429

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
1979 22 CIN NL NLCS L PIT 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5

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
1982 CIN NL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 18.0
1983 CIN NL 26 1 0 1 .000 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 12 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1984 CIN NL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
3 Yrs (3 GP) 1 0 1 .000 0.00 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 27 1.167 7.5 0.0 3.0 10.5 3.50

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
1977 20 CIN NL 12 266 233 38 60 12 5 12 2 3 26 44 .258 .337 .506 .844 .268 118 2 3 2 2 4 4
1978 21 CIN NL 5 79 66 5 13 3 0 1 2 0 13 13 .197 .329 .288 .617 .231 19 0 0 0 0 3 0
1979 22 CIN NL 25 168 136 25 33 7 1 2 9 4 30 32 .243 .381 .353 .734 .301 48 2 1 1 1 2 3
1980 23 CIN NL 53 777 673 72 126 23 6 11 25 5 84 182 .187 .276 .288 .565 .236 194 5 2 10 8 10 5
1981 24 CIN NL 25 717 646 69 142 22 5 13 25 5 61 151 .220 .289 .330 .618 .265 213 9 3 3 4 3 5
1982 25 CIN NL 35 1033 938 88 202 49 2 19 24 9 71 274 .215 .271 .333 .604 .280 312 13 4 12 8 3 11
1983 26 CIN NL 34 1114 997 96 207 27 3 28 18 14 95 242 .208 .278 .325 .603 .243 324 10 5 8 9 6 13
1984 27 CIN NL 33 970 863 102 181 28 5 26 32 14 87 185 .210 .284 .344 .628 .236 297 7 5 9 6 6 11
1985 28 CIN NL 36 1055 927 109 196 33 8 30 43 10 104 214 .211 .290 .361 .651 .240 335 10 2 13 9 3 8
1986 29 CIN NL 19 461 404 61 113 26 5 15 15 8 46 67 .280 .352 .480 .832 .301 194 6 1 6 4 6 5
1987 30 CIN NL 6 138 122 18 34 6 0 7 9 2 12 11 .279 .343 .500 .843 .260 61 1 0 4 0 1 0
1988 31 CIN NL 14 367 330 49 88 13 3 8 13 4 28 34 .267 .326 .397 .723 .276 131 5 2 5 2 3 3
12 Yrs 297 7145 6335 732 1395 249 43 172 217 78 657 1449 .220 .294 .355 .649 .257 2246 70 28 73 53 50 68
162 Game Avg. 39 933 827 96 182 32 6 22 28 10 86 189 .220 .294 .355 .649 .257 293 9 4 10 7 7 9
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 20 CIN NL -8.0 -0.8 276 -0.6 5.1 -5.7 1.05 -0.7 0.2 -5.5 -0.5 1.05 -6.4 0 0 2
1978 21 CIN NL 2.6 0.3 81 0.5 1.3 -0.8 .92 0.3 0.3 3.2 0.4 0.92 3.1 1 1 2
1979 22 CIN NL -6.2 -0.6 179 -0.6 2.7 -3.3 1.00 -0.2 -0.4 -2.8 -0.3 0.99 -3.2 5 7 11
1980 23 CIN NL 11.8 1.3 819 0.8 14.2 -13.3 1.02 2.1 -1.3 17.0 1.8 1.02 22.2 14 6 21
1981 24 CIN NL 6.4 0.7 760 1.6 14.3 -12.7 1.08 1.7 -0.3 9.4 1.0 1.08 18.3 0 0 0
1982 25 CIN NL 26.1 2.9 1072 3.3 18.3 -15.0 .96 3.1 0.4 30.8 3.4 0.96 35.4 1 0 0
1983 26 CIN NL 30.6 3.4 1153 4.2 23.3 -19.2 1.12 3.2 0.5 31.8 3.4 1.12 32.9 0 0 0
1984 27 CIN NL 7.8 0.8 1022 1.4 19.5 -18.1 1.13 2.0 -0.7 7.1 0.7 1.13 18.9 0 0 0
1985 28 CIN NL 8.3 0.9 1115 1.3 19.8 -18.5 1.06 1.4 -0.3 10.4 1.1 1.06 14.4 0 0 0
1986 29 CIN NL -9.0 -0.9 490 -1.3 7.8 -9.1 1.00 -1.6 0.3 -14.2 -1.4 1.00 -16.0 0 0 0
1987 30 CIN NL -2.1 -0.2 150 -0.2 2.3 -2.5 .94 -0.7 0.4 -3.0 -0.3 0.94 -6.3 0 0 0
1988 31 CIN NL -9.1 -0.9 394 -1.3 5.2 -6.5 .86 -1.0 -0.5 -12.2 -1.2 0.86 -11.7 0 0 0
12 Yrs 59.2 6.8 7511 9.1 133.8 -124.7 1.04 9.6 -0.9 72.1 8.2 1.04 101.8 21 14 36

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 20 CIN NL 12 10 2 6 2 0 1 4 6 .400 0 2 2 1 4 40% 47.5 75 20 5 4 1 3 4.0 3.1 5.8
1978 21 CIN NL 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 58.0 58 58 0 0 0 0 5.6 1.5 7.0
1980 23 CIN NL 53 12 5 5 2 0 2 7 5 .583 0 0 3 1 8 67% 62.2 83 41 26 14 6 6 4.5 3.9 7.6
1981 24 CIN NL 25 25 12 9 4 0 4 15 10 .600 3 2 10 3 18 72% 59.0 92 23 18 9 4 6 4.3 4.3 7.0
1982 25 CIN NL 35 34 13 13 8 0 7 15 19 .441 4 3 13 2 26 76% 63.2 95 20 16 5 2 11 3.8 4.1 7.5
1983 26 CIN NL 34 34 17 13 4 1 8 18 16 .529 2 1 18 3 27 79% 63.9 88 26 4 2 3 6 3.6 3.5 8.0
1984 27 CIN NL 33 33 18 7 8 3 3 21 12 .636 1 4 13 0 21 64% 58.4 88 18 14 5 3 9 4.5 4.3 7.2
1985 28 CIN NL 36 36 12 15 9 1 7 18 18 .500 2 7 9 1 21 58% 58.1 88 24 13 5 19 6 3.6 2.6 7.1
1986 29 CIN NL 19 19 5 10 4 2 3 8 12 .400 0 3 1 1 9 47% 47.1 83 14 12 2 3 7 3.8 3.1 5.5
1987 30 CIN NL 6 6 3 2 1 2 0 3 3 .500 1 0 0 0 2 33% 44.3 61 32 7 1 0 1 6.8 5.6 5.3
1988 31 CIN NL 14 14 3 7 4 0 2 6 8 .429 1 2 3 1 7 50% 47.5 81 15 7 1 0 8 3.7 3.0 6.2 92 3 7 3 1 126
11 Yrs 272 224 90 87 47 9 37 116 109 .516 14 25 72 13 144 64% 58 95 14 122 48 41 63 4.0 3.7 7.0 92 3 7 3 1 126
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 20 CIN NL 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.053 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1978 21 CIN NL 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .923 1 1 2 0 1 3 0 4 4 0 4 0 8.3
1979 22 CIN NL 25 25 7 3 2 0 0 0 4 4 9 2 22% 6 .998 5 7 11 7 5 13 7 18 13 8 14 7 4.5
1980 23 CIN NL 53 41 10 5 3 5 4 1 80% 8 3 37 16 43% 6 1.016 14 6 21 8 7 26 21 20 32 7 33 12 7.3
1982 25 CIN NL 35 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .961 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1986 29 CIN NL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
6 Yrs 149 73 20 10 5 5 4 1 80% 12 7 46 18 39% .993 21 14 36 15 14 44 28 45 51 16 53 19 6.3

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 20 CIN NL 266 53% 4.5% 16.5% 9.8% 10.9% 48% 0.70 67% 37 2 5%
1978 21 CIN NL 79 78% 1.3% 16.5% 16.5% 5.1% 31% 0.74 66% 7 0 0%
1979 22 CIN NL 169 57% 1.2% 19.1% 17.9% 6.0% 30% 0.55 61% 42 2 5%
1980 23 CIN NL 777 57% 1.4% 23.4% 10.8% 5.2% 32% 0.79 63% 114 5 4%
1981 24 CIN NL 717 53% 1.8% 21.1% 8.5% 5.6% 28% 0.78 68% 87 9 10%
1982 25 CIN NL 1033 55% 1.8% 26.5% 6.9% 6.8% 35% 0.84 63% 148 13 9%
1983 26 CIN NL 1114 45% 2.5% 21.7% 8.5% 5.2% 28% 0.79 66% 176 10 6%
1984 27 CIN NL 971 49% 2.7% 19.1% 9.0% 6.1% 33% 0.71 68% 128 7 5%
1985 28 CIN NL 1055 50% 2.8% 20.3% 9.9% 6.7% 36% 0.82 66% 158 10 6%
1986 29 CIN NL 461 42% 3.3% 14.5% 10.0% 10.0% 41% 0.79 71% 66 6 9%
1987 30 CIN NL 138 33% 5.1% 8.0% 8.7% 9.4% 38% 0.82 75% 19 1 5%
1988 31 CIN NL 367 47% 2.2% 9.3% 7.6% 6.5% 27% 0.74 0.98 79% 18% 8.0% 40% 56 5 9%
12 Yrs 7147 50% 2.4% 20.3% 9.2% 6.5% 33% 0.74 0.79 67% 18% 8.0% 40% 1038 70 7%
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 31 CIN NL 369 1294 3.51 808 62% 27% 10% 25% 38% 73% 2% 46% 86% 55% 5% 20 10 15% 57 33 1 38% 6 7 -2 0 0
1 Yr 369 1294 3.51 808 62% 27% 10% 25% 38% 73% 2% 46% 86% 55% 5% 20 10 15% 57 33 1 38% 6 7 -2 0 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 20 CIN NL 266 60 12 0 6 6 6 7 5 17 7 4 41% 4 4 0 85 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 0
1978 21 CIN NL 79 13 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 33 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 22 CIN NL 168 33 2 0 8 1 1 0 2 10 3 1 30% 3 0 0 74 9 4 69% 7 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
1980 23 CIN NL 777 126 11 0 24 6 5 7 4 47 24 10 51% 5 6 3 244 25 5 83% 20 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 31 0
1981 24 CIN NL 717 142 13 0 8 7 6 9 4 33 18 4 55% 5 4 2 223 25 5 83% 23 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 15 0
1982 25 CIN NL 1033 202 19 1 7 7 12 11 8 29 17 7 59% 11 6 2 349 24 9 73% 22 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 17 0
1983 26 CIN NL 1114 207 28 0 19 11 17 14 14 52 23 17 44% 13 2 2 367 18 14 56% 15 11 3 2 0 1 1 1 19 0
1984 27 CIN NL 970 181 26 0 19 10 16 16 10 35 18 7 51% 11 3 3 307 32 14 70% 30 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 1
1985 28 CIN NL 1055 196 30 0 18 13 17 14 16 45 25 4 56% 8 8 1 341 43 10 81% 38 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 27 0
1986 29 CIN NL 461 113 15 1 6 8 7 12 3 27 13 6 48% 5 3 2 163 15 8 65% 13 7 2 0 0 1 2 0 14 0
1987 30 CIN NL 138 34 7 0 0 4 3 1 6 3 3 0 100% 0 1 0 56 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 31 CIN NL 367 88 10 0 8 0 3 6 2 5 3 20 9 5 45% 3 0 0 130 13 4 76% 12 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
12 Yrs 7145 1395 10 0 172 2 119 80 92 97 75 319 160 65 50% 68 37 15 2372 217 78 74% 193 69 22 5 2 4 8 1 161 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 20 2 6 .250 5.34 12 10 1 2 1 0 60.2 60 38 36 12 26 4 44 3 0 4 266 74 1.418 8.9 1.8 3.9 6.5 1.69 74
1978 21 3 6 .333 4.69 17 11 2 2 1 0 78.2 73 43 41 13 39 7 57 3 0 4 345 82 1.424 8.4 1.5 4.5 6.5 1.46 82
1979 22 6 8 .429 4.89 42 11 9 2 1 0 116.0 106 68 63 15 69 9 89 4 0 4 514 79 1.509 8.2 1.2 5.4 6.9 1.29 79
1980 23 16 16 .500 3.76 95 23 19 5 2 4 306.1 232 140 128 26 153 19 271 6 4 10 1291 99 1.257 6.8 0.8 4.5 8.0 1.77 99
1981 24 28 25 .528 3.59 120 48 19 15 5 4 481.1 374 209 192 39 214 22 422 9 7 14 2008 102 1.222 7.0 0.7 4.0 7.9 1.97 102
1982 25 42 38 .525 3.31 155 82 20 28 7 4 739.0 576 297 272 58 285 25 696 13 8 20 3041 111 1.165 7.0 0.7 3.5 8.5 2.44 111
1983 26 59 51 .536 3.15 189 116 20 46 10 4 1012.2 783 393 354 86 380 31 938 18 10 22 4155 118 1.148 7.0 0.8 3.4 8.3 2.47 118
1984 27 77 58 .570 3.22 222 149 20 59 10 4 1250.0 964 495 447 112 467 37 1123 23 10 25 5126 115 1.145 6.9 0.8 3.4 8.1 2.40 115
1985 28 89 73 .549 3.28 258 185 20 68 11 4 1506.2 1160 604 549 142 571 40 1337 25 12 33 6181 113 1.149 6.9 0.8 3.4 8.0 2.34 113
1986 29 94 83 .531 3.37 277 204 20 69 12 4 1611.2 1273 665 604 157 617 46 1404 26 12 36 6642 111 1.173 7.1 0.9 3.4 7.8 2.28 111
1987 30 97 85 .533 3.41 283 210 20 69 12 4 1643.1 1307 683 622 164 629 47 1415 26 12 37 6780 110 1.178 7.2 0.9 3.4 7.7 2.25 110
1988 31 100 92 .521 3.47 297 224 20 72 13 4 1730.1 1395 732 667 172 657 50 1449 28 20 37 7147 108 1.186 7.3 0.9 3.4 7.5 2.21 108

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 20 2 4 .333 5.49 59.0 60 40 36 12 26 43 3 1.458 9.2 4.0 6.6 1.65 1.8 12
1978 21 1 0 1.000 3.18 17.0 14 7 6 1 14 12 0 1.647 7.4 7.4 6.4 0.86 0.5 5
1979 22 1 2 .333 5.66 35.0 33 24 22 2 30 30 1 1.800 8.5 7.7 7.7 1.00 0.5 25
1980 23 11 9 .550 3.45 185.0 132 79 71 12 88 177 2 1.189 6.4 4.3 8.6 2.01 0.6 53
1981 24 15 13 .536 3.81 253.0 226 119 107 21 97 218 5 1.277 8.0 3.5 7.8 2.25 0.7 25
1982 25 17 10 .630 3.07 249.0 208 94 85 20 73 265 4 1.129 7.5 2.6 9.6 3.63 0.7 35
1983 26 19 10 .655 2.87 267.0 211 94 85 29 97 236 5 1.154 7.1 3.3 8.0 2.43 1.0 34
1984 27 13 12 .520 3.78 231.0 184 108 97 26 88 180 5 1.177 7.2 3.4 7.0 2.05 1.0 33
1985 28 14 13 .519 3.87 249.0 200 119 107 31 106 208 2 1.229 7.2 3.8 7.5 1.96 1.1 36
1986 29 4 7 .364 5.04 100.0 114 62 56 15 46 64 1 1.600 10.3 4.1 5.8 1.39 1.4 19
1987 30 1 2 .333 4.94 31.0 34 19 17 7 12 11 0 1.484 9.9 3.5 3.2 0.92 2.0 6
1988 31 3 5 .375 5.56 81.0 93 56 50 8 30 32 2 1.519 10.3 3.3 3.6 1.07 0.9 14
12 Yrs 101 87 .537 3.79 1757.0 1509 821 739 184 707 1476 30 1.261 7.7 7.6 2.09 0.9 297

* 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

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1982 *
1983 (P)
1984 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 NL (14, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 NL (5, 1%)
1982 NL (9, 0%)
1983 NL (2, 51%)
1984 NL (6, 2%)
0.54 Career Shares (96th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1982 NL  7.4 (3rd)
1983 NL  6.4 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1982 NL  7.2 (2nd)
1983 NL  6.5 (2nd)
1984 NL  4.2 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1980 NL  3.07 (7th)
1982 NL  2.79 (4th)
1983 NL  2.70 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1981 NL  12 (4th)
1983 NL  17 (2nd)
1984 NL  18 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1984 NL  .720 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1980 NL  1.103 (5th)
1982 NL  1.060 (1st)
1983 NL  1.104 (2nd)
1984 NL  1.129 (4th)
Career  1.186 (110th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL  5.958 (1st)
1981 NL  7.303 (7th)
1982 NL  7.056 (2nd)
1983 NL  6.808 (2nd)
1984 NL  6.864 (2nd)
1985 NL  6.873 (5th)
Career  7.256 (21st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL  8.606 (1st)
1981 NL  7.766 (4th)
1982 NL  9.571 (1st)
1983 NL  7.959 (3rd)
1984 NL  7.015 (7th)
1985 NL  7.504 (5th)
Career  7.537 (57th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1981 NL  175.0 (3rd)
1982 NL  257.7 (6th)
1983 NL  273.7 (2nd)
1984 NL  237.3 (5th)
1985 NL  256.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1980 NL  182 (3rd)
1981 NL  151 (3rd)
1982 NL  274 (2nd)
1983 NL  242 (2nd)
1984 NL  185 (4th)
1985 NL  214 (2nd)
Career  1,449 (204th)

Games Started s c a p y
1981 NL  25 (1st)
1983 NL  34 (9th)
1984 NL  33 (7th)
1985 NL  36 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1981 NL  10 (2nd)
1982 NL  13 (5th)
1983 NL  18 (1st)
1984 NL  13 (1st)
1985 NL  9 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 NL  3 (4th)
1982 NL  2 (9th)
1983 NL  3 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  13 (1st)
1982 NL  19 (10th)
1983 NL  28 (1st)
1984 NL  26 (2nd)
1985 NL  30 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 NL  84 (7th)
1981 NL  61 (6th)
1983 NL  95 (7th)
1984 NL  87 (9th)
1985 NL  104 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1980 NL  2.167 (8th)
1981 NL  2.475 (7th)
1982 NL  3.859 (1st)
1983 NL  2.547 (8th)
Career  2.206 (185th)

Losses s c a p y
1981 NL  9 (6th)
1982 NL  13 (10th)
1983 NL  13 (8th)
1985 NL  15 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  64 (5th)
1984 NL  93 (5th)
1985 NL  102 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1985 NL  8 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 NL  3 (10th)
1983 NL  5 (4th)
1984 NL  5 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1981 NL  717 (3rd)
1982 NL  1,033 (8th)
1983 NL  1,114 (3rd)
1984 NL  971 (4th)
1985 NL  1,055 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1980 NL  118 (7th)
1982 NL  132 (4th)
1983 NL  140 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1982 NL  26 (4th)
1983 NL  31 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1982 NL  2.9 (4th)
1983 NL  3.4 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1982 NL  30.77 (4th)
1983 NL  31.76 (2nd)
Career  72.08 (220th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1982 NL  3.3 (7th)
1983 NL  4.2 (1st)
Career  9.1 (223rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1980 NL  2.1 (7th)
1981 NL  1.7 (10th)
1982 NL  3.1 (6th)
1983 NL  3.2 (2nd)
1984 NL  2.0 (10th)
Career  9.6 (155th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1982 NL  3.4 (4th)
1983 NL  3.4 (2nd)
Career  8.2 (204th)

Youngest s c a p y
1977 NL  born 1956-07-12 (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 - 95 (230), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (483), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Don Wilson (959)
  2. Sam Jones (954)
  3. Joey Jay (953)
  4. Eric Show (952)
  5. John Montefusco (945)
  6. Jim Bibby (937)
  7. Jim O'Toole (937)
  8. Frank Sullivan (935)
  9. Steve Blass (934)
  10. Whit Wyatt (934)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. George Lauzerique (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joba Chamberlain (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ernie Broglio (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joey Jay (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Al Downing (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sid Fernandez (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Don Wilson (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Don Wilson (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Al Downing (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Chuck Finley (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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