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Bob Stanley

Robert William Stanley (Stanley Steamer)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 10, 1954 in Portland, ME
High School: Kearny HS (Kearny, NJ)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1977
Team: RedSox 1977-1989
Agents: Bob Woolf [*]
Final Game: September 5, 1989
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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 22 BOS AL 8 7 .533 3.99 41 13 13 3 1 3 151.0 176 74 67 10 43 5 44 3 1 2 651 113 1.450 10.5 0.6 2.6 2.6 1.02
1978 23 BOS AL 15 2 .882 2.60 52 3 35 0 0 10 141.2 142 50 41 5 34 5 38 1 0 0 578 160 1.242 9.0 0.3 2.2 2.4 1.12 CYA-7,MVP-25
1979 24 BOS AL 16 12 .571 3.99 40 30 7 9 4 1 216.2 250 110 96 14 44 4 56 4 0 0 914 112 1.357 10.4 0.6 1.8 2.3 1.27 AS
1980 25 BOS AL 10 8 .556 3.39 52 17 25 5 1 14 175.0 186 75 66 11 52 8 71 7 0 1 737 125 1.360 9.6 0.6 2.7 3.7 1.37
1981 26 BOS AL 10 8 .556 3.83 35 1 14 0 0 0 98.2 110 46 42 3 38 4 28 6 0 1 430 102 1.500 10.0 0.3 3.5 2.6 0.74
1982 27 BOS AL 12 7 .632 3.10 48 0 33 0 0 14 168.1 161 60 58 11 50 6 83 4 0 2 694 140 1.253 8.6 0.6 2.7 4.4 1.66 CYA-7,MVP-25
1983 28 BOS AL 8 10 .444 2.85 64 0 53 0 0 33 145.1 145 56 46 7 38 12 65 3 0 4 602 153 1.259 9.0 0.4 2.4 4.0 1.71 AS,MVP-15
1984 29 BOS AL 9 10 .474 3.54 57 0 47 0 0 22 106.2 113 57 42 9 23 9 52 2 0 1 455 118 1.275 9.5 0.8 1.9 4.4 2.26
1985 30 BOS AL 6 6 .500 2.87 48 0 41 0 0 10 87.2 76 30 28 7 30 10 46 2 0 1 360 149 1.209 7.8 0.7 3.1 4.7 1.53
1986 31 BOS AL 6 6 .500 4.37 66 1 50 0 0 16 82.1 109 48 40 9 22 8 54 0 0 1 366 96 1.591 11.9 1.0 2.4 5.9 2.45
1987 32 BOS AL 4 15 .211 5.01 34 20 5 4 1 0 152.2 198 96 85 17 42 7 67 1 0 3 676 91 1.572 11.7 1.0 2.5 3.9 1.60
1988 33 BOS AL 6 4 .600 3.19 57 0 31 0 0 5 101.2 90 41 36 6 29 7 57 7 1 5 419 130 1.170 8.0 0.5 2.6 5.0 1.97
1989 34 BOS AL 5 2 .714 4.88 43 0 22 0 0 4 79.1 102 54 43 4 26 2 32 1 0 1 356 85 1.613 11.6 0.5 2.9 3.6 1.23
13 Yrs 115 97 .542 3.64 637 85 376 21 7 132 1707.0 1858 797 690 113 471 87 693 41 2 22 7238 118 1.364 9.8 0.6 2.5 3.7 1.47
162 Game Avg. 11 9 .542 3.64 60 8 35 2 1 12 161 175 75 65 11 44 8 65 4 0 2 682 118 1.364 9.8 0.6 2.5 3.7 1.47

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 22 BOS AL 151.0 41 13 74 4.41 4.49 0.13 -0.09 111.8 4.78 6 0.6 1.2 -0.1 1.8 23 .515 .504 $
1978 23 BOS AL 141.2 52 3 50 3.18 4.23 0.06 -0.28 112.0 4.35 19 2.1 1.9 0.6 4.0 33 .541 .513 $ CYA-7,MVP-25
1979 24 BOS AL 216.2 40 30 110 4.57 4.66 0.26 0.10 103.7 4.66 2 0.2 1.4 -0.1 2.0 27 .506 .501 $140,000 AS
1980 25 BOS AL 175.0 52 17 75 3.86 4.38 0.05 -0.05 105.3 4.50 12 1.2 1.7 -0.0 2.7 31 .524 .508 $
1981 26 BOS AL 98.2 35 1 46 4.20 4.13 0.05 -0.29 106.6 4.04 -2 -0.2 1.6 -0.2 0.4 5 .495 .499 $
1982 27 BOS AL 168.1 48 0 60 3.21 4.51 0.00 -0.35 106.3 4.42 23 2.5 1.6 0.4 4.3 40 .553 .516 $ CYA-7,MVP-25
1983 28 BOS AL 145.1 64 0 56 3.47 4.57 -0.08 -0.37 106.1 4.54 17 1.8 2.1 0.8 3.9 33 .528 .511 $ AS,MVP-15
1984 29 BOS AL 106.2 57 0 57 4.81 4.50 -0.16 -0.36 104.3 4.49 -3 -0.4 2.1 -0.3 0.2 7 .494 .498 $
1985 30 BOS AL 87.2 48 0 30 3.08 4.76 -0.04 -0.37 102.5 4.55 14 1.5 2.0 0.6 2.8 24 .532 .509 $1,075,000
1986 31 BOS AL 82.1 66 1 48 5.25 4.70 -0.01 -0.33 99.6 4.36 -8 -0.8 1.6 -0.4 -0.5 1 .488 .495 $1,060,000
1987 32 BOS AL 152.2 34 20 96 5.66 4.89 -0.09 0.08 101.4 5.13 -9 -0.9 1.8 -0.2 0.2 9 .475 .495 $1,075,000
1988 33 BOS AL 101.2 57 0 41 3.63 4.45 0.03 -0.36 104.4 4.24 7 0.7 1.4 -0.1 1.5 17 .513 .505 $1,060,000
1989 34 BOS AL 79.1 43 0 54 6.13 4.36 0.01 -0.34 105.6 4.24 -17 -1.8 1.5 -0.6 -1.7 -9 .459 .489 $1,075,000
13 Seasons 1707.0 637 85 797 4.20 4.52 0.03 -0.19 105.6 4.53 61 6.8 1.7 0.3 21.6 241 .511 .503 $5,485,000

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
1986 31 BOS AL ALCS W CAL 0 0 4.76 3 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 7 4 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 27 1.765 11.1 0.0 4.8 1.6 0.33
1986 31 BOS AL WS L NYM 0 0 0.00 5 0 4 0 0 1 6.1 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 25 0.947 7.1 0.0 1.4 5.7 4.00
1988 33 BOS AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2 Yrs (3 Series) 0 0 2.77 10 0 7 0 0 1 13.0 14 5 4 1 5 1 5 0 0 1 58 1.462 9.7 0.7 3.5 3.5 1.00
2 ALCS 0 0 5.40 5 0 3 0 0 0 6.2 9 5 4 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 33 1.950 12.2 1.4 5.4 1.4 0.25
1 WS 0 0 0.00 5 0 4 0 0 1 6.1 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 25 0.947 7.1 0.0 1.4 5.7 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
1979 BOS AL 24 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1983 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0.00 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
2 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 2.25 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.750 6.8 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 22 BOS AL 41 651 599 74 176 39 6 10 6 8 43 44 .294 .343 .429 .772 .303 257 22 3 3 3 5 13
1978 23 BOS AL 52 578 533 50 142 22 2 5 10 10 34 38 .266 .308 .343 .652 .276 183 21 1 4 6 5 12
1979 24 BOS AL 40 914 849 110 250 42 3 14 14 7 44 56 .294 .330 .400 .730 .301 340 35 4 11 6 4 15
1980 25 BOS AL 52 737 668 75 186 20 8 11 13 7 52 71 .278 .335 .382 .716 .296 255 32 7 5 5 8 15
1981 26 BOS AL 35 430 374 46 110 14 5 3 5 4 38 28 .294 .365 .382 .747 .308 143 19 6 8 4 4 8
1982 27 BOS AL 48 694 632 60 161 26 1 11 7 5 50 83 .255 .312 .351 .663 .277 222 24 4 4 4 6 7
1983 28 BOS AL 64 602 545 56 145 23 0 7 7 1 38 65 .266 .315 .347 .662 .289 189 21 3 11 4 12 7
1984 29 BOS AL 57 455 423 57 113 16 3 9 2 1 23 52 .267 .307 .383 .690 .287 162 12 2 6 1 9 12
1985 30 BOS AL 48 360 321 30 76 13 2 7 2 4 30 46 .237 .303 .355 .658 .254 114 11 2 3 4 10 6
1986 31 BOS AL 66 366 338 48 109 16 2 9 3 2 22 54 .322 .360 .462 .821 .358 156 12 0 2 4 8 8
1987 32 BOS AL 34 676 616 96 198 33 3 17 6 8 42 67 .321 .363 .468 .831 .338 288 23 1 13 4 7 12
1988 33 BOS AL 57 419 372 41 90 15 1 6 3 3 29 57 .242 .304 .336 .640 .267 125 10 7 5 6 7 4
1989 34 BOS AL 43 356 318 54 102 19 1 4 2 2 26 32 .321 .366 .425 .791 .339 135 13 1 4 7 2 4
13 Yrs 637 7238 6588 797 1858 298 37 113 80 62 471 693 .282 .331 .390 .721 .299 2569 255 41 79 58 87 123
162 Game Avg. 60 682 620 75 175 28 3 11 8 6 44 65 .282 .331 .390 .721 .299 242 24 4 7 5 8 12
MLB Averages .260 .325 .389 .714 .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 22 BOS AL 9.1 0.9 673 0.8 11.8 -11.0 .94 -0.1 1.0 8.8 0.8 0.94 -1.0 9 6 13
1978 23 BOS AL 20.8 2.2 599 0.9 11.6 -10.7 1.13 1.3 -0.5 11.3 1.1 1.13 17.5 27 10 12
1979 24 BOS AL 10.3 1.0 938 1.6 19.8 -18.2 1.19 1.4 0.0 7.8 0.8 1.19 15.4 4 3 3
1980 25 BOS AL 15.4 1.6 760 2.1 15.9 -13.8 1.20 0.9 0.8 13.5 1.3 1.20 10.1 19 12 3
1981 26 BOS AL 1.1 0.1 442 -1.2 9.2 -10.3 1.33 -0.1 -0.8 -2.4 -0.2 1.33 -2.6 16 7 11
1982 27 BOS AL 23.5 2.4 710 3.9 16.8 -12.9 1.28 2.3 0.7 29.4 3.0 1.28 26.0 23 20 5
1983 28 BOS AL 20.9 2.1 619 3.7 19.9 -16.2 1.75 1.8 0.3 24.8 2.4 1.75 21.3 50 6 8
1984 29 BOS AL 3.2 0.3 460 -0.8 12.7 -13.6 1.71 0.4 -0.9 -7.8 -0.8 1.71 5.2 34 11 11
1985 30 BOS AL 14.1 1.4 367 0.4 10.7 -10.3 1.72 1.5 -1.2 7.8 0.8 1.72 14.1 26 6 16
1986 31 BOS AL -3.1 -0.3 373 0.3 9.0 -8.7 1.51 -0.2 0.4 -7.6 -0.7 1.51 -5.7 28 8 23
1987 32 BOS AL -8.1 -0.8 691 -2.4 12.5 -15.0 1.09 -1.4 -0.9 -10.2 -0.9 1.09 -14.8 7 1 6
1988 33 BOS AL 9.9 1.0 433 0.8 6.9 -6.1 1.00 1.6 -0.8 12.0 1.2 1.00 14.2 24 12 20
1989 34 BOS AL -8.6 -0.9 364 1.2 6.0 -4.9 .93 -0.6 1.8 -16.1 -1.6 0.93 -10.0 17 9 16
13 Yrs 108.2 11.1 7429 11.3 162.9 -151.5 1.27 8.8 0.1 71.5 7.2 1.27 89.8 284 111 147

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 22 BOS AL 41 13 5 5 3 1 1 8 5 .615 0 3 3 1 6 46% 43.7 76 24 27 10 5 6 5.4 4.1 6.3
1978 23 BOS AL 52 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 .667 1 0 0 0 3 100% 61.0 72 53 16 2 3 0 9.4 9.5 7.0
1979 24 BOS AL 40 30 13 11 6 1 2 16 14 .533 4 2 9 4 15 50% 48.0 88 5 35 15 8 7 4.6 4.6 6.6
1980 25 BOS AL 52 17 6 6 5 0 1 8 9 .471 2 2 5 1 7 41% 46.5 74 21 29 7 2 4 5.0 5.0 6.3
1981 26 BOS AL 35 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 48.0 48 48 20 7 0 0 2.0 1.3 7.3
1986 31 BOS AL 66 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42.0 42 42 26 5 0 1 5.0 4.5 6.0
1987 32 BOS AL 34 20 4 12 4 0 1 7 13 .350 1 1 4 1 7 35% 43.3 83 20 27 11 0 8 4.3 4.6 6.4
7 Yrs 320 85 30 36 19 2 6 41 44 .482 8 8 21 7 39 46% 46 88 5 180 57 18 26 4.9 4.7 6.4
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3 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
1977 22 BOS AL 41 28 13 3 2 5 3 2 60% 6 1 33 9 27% 7 .945 9 6 13 10 4 14 21 7 20 5 21 4 7.4
1978 23 BOS AL 52 49 35 13 2 15 10 5 67% 18 1 62 25 40% 8 1.134 27 10 12 24 8 17 36 13 28 16 30 12 7.4
1979 24 BOS AL 40 10 7 3 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 2 29% 8 1.191 4 3 3 2 4 4 5 5 6 2 6 2 6.0
1980 25 BOS AL 52 35 25 4 2 17 14 3 82% 19 2 37 12 32% 8 1.199 19 12 3 21 5 9 25 10 20 11 21 11 5.8
1981 26 BOS AL 35 34 14 10 7 3 0 3 0% 3 0 31 12 39% 4 1.327 16 7 11 9 12 13 19 15 25 7 25 4 8.1
1982 27 BOS AL 48 48 33 12 7 16 14 2 88% 19 3 48 14 29% 6 1.281 23 20 5 27 11 10 26 22 43 1 44 1 10.5
1983 28 BOS AL 64 64 53 8 10 47 33 14 70% 47 0 62 17 27% 7 1.750 50 6 8 53 7 4 34 30 46 7 47 7 6.8
1984 29 BOS AL 57 57 47 9 10 27 22 5 81% 30 2 51 20 39% 8 1.706 34 11 11 35 12 10 29 28 36 10 39 5 5.6
1985 30 BOS AL 48 48 41 6 6 18 10 8 56% 18 0 53 24 45% 8 1.715 26 6 16 24 9 15 29 19 29 8 30 6 5.5
1986 31 BOS AL 66 65 50 6 5 21 16 5 76% 25 3 58 20 34% 8 1.510 28 8 23 35 7 23 34 31 24 20 27 16 3.5
1987 32 BOS AL 34 14 5 0 3 2 0 2 0% 4 2 21 9 43% 6 1.091 7 1 6 4 3 7 11 3 11 2 11 3 5.4
1988 33 BOS AL 57 57 31 6 4 11 5 6 45% 19 8 62 19 31% 7 1.000 24 12 20 27 5 25 38 19 37 8 40 12 5.4 26
1989 34 BOS AL 43 43 22 5 2 4 4 0 100% 11 7 53 23 43% 7 .929 17 9 16 19 6 18 28 15 30 8 33 3 5.5 29
13 Yrs 637 552 376 85 61 187 132 55 71% 220 29 578 206 36% 1.270 284 111 147 290 93 169 335 217 355 105 374 86 6.3 27

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 22 BOS AL 651 52% 1.5% 6.8% 6.6% 8.5% 31% 2.38 84% 138 22 16%
1978 23 BOS AL 578 56% 0.9% 6.6% 5.9% 5.0% 20% 1.78 86% 120 21 18%
1979 24 BOS AL 914 47% 1.5% 6.1% 4.8% 6.5% 24% 2.07 86% 187 35 19%
1980 25 BOS AL 737 46% 1.5% 9.6% 7.1% 5.3% 21% 2.48 80% 153 32 21%
1981 26 BOS AL 430 55% 0.7% 6.5% 8.8% 5.1% 20% 2.50 81% 94 19 20%
1982 27 BOS AL 694 55% 1.6% 12.0% 7.2% 5.5% 24% 2.82 78% 141 24 17%
1983 28 BOS AL 602 52% 1.2% 10.8% 6.3% 5.0% 21% 2.00 79% 136 21 15%
1984 29 BOS AL 455 46% 2.0% 11.4% 5.1% 6.2% 25% 2.64 80% 108 12 11%
1985 30 BOS AL 360 48% 1.9% 12.8% 8.3% 6.1% 29% 1.49 76% 78 11 14%
1986 31 BOS AL 366 53% 2.5% 14.8% 6.0% 7.4% 25% 1.88 76% 96 12 13%
1987 32 BOS AL 676 51% 2.5% 9.9% 6.2% 7.8% 27% 1.55 79% 143 23 16%
1988 33 BOS AL 419 54% 1.4% 13.6% 6.9% 5.3% 24% 0.97 1.32 75% 17% 5.5% 31% 88 10 11%
1989 34 BOS AL 356 55% 1.1% 9.0% 7.3% 6.7% 24% 1.20 1.97 81% 20% 3.5% 13% 85 13 15%
13 Yrs 7238 51% 1.6% 9.6% 6.5% 6.2% 24% 1.07 2.05 81% 19% 4.5% 23% 1567 255 16%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 13.8% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.8% 29% 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 BOS AL 423 1464 3.46 926 63% 29% 10% 26% 35% 71% 4% 45% 86% 60% 4% 17 7 20% 83 54 5 51% 11 5 -4 0 0
1989 34 BOS AL 344 1216 3.53 773 64% 25% 9% 29% 37% 75% 2% 48% 87% 63% 4% 13 8 18% 63 29 3 29% 5 3 12 0 4
2 Yrs 767 2680 3.49 1699 63% 27% 10% 27% 36% 73% 3% 46% 86% 61% 4% 30 15 19% 146 83 8 43% 16 8 8 0 4
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 57% 6% 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 22 BOS AL 651 176 10 0 10 4 6 7 3 38 20 2 53% 13 2 2 260 6 8 43% 6 7 0 0 0 1 3 1 10 0
1978 23 BOS AL 578 142 5 0 21 2 3 4 1 37 23 1 62% 12 0 2 222 10 10 50% 9 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
1979 24 BOS AL 914 250 14 0 13 5 9 5 9 38 28 2 74% 15 0 1 348 14 7 67% 14 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1980 25 BOS AL 737 186 11 1 15 5 6 8 3 41 24 3 59% 15 1 1 290 13 7 65% 11 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 9 0
1981 26 BOS AL 430 110 3 0 15 3 0 2 1 33 17 5 52% 8 1 0 167 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
1982 27 BOS AL 694 161 11 1 18 7 4 6 5 40 24 3 60% 7 2 3 263 7 5 58% 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1983 28 BOS AL 602 145 7 0 26 4 3 3 4 48 24 2 50% 7 4 2 251 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1984 29 BOS AL 455 113 9 1 19 4 5 6 3 39 22 1 56% 12 1 0 186 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
1985 30 BOS AL 360 76 7 0 17 3 4 2 5 37 17 5 46% 6 1 1 132 2 4 33% 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1986 31 BOS AL 366 109 9 1 19 6 3 5 4 32 20 3 63% 8 1 1 157 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
1987 32 BOS AL 676 198 17 0 5 9 8 4 13 39 29 3 74% 12 3 1 297 6 8 43% 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 0
1988 33 BOS AL 419 90 7 3 6 0 15 5 1 4 2 33 21 2 64% 4 5 1 167 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1989 34 BOS AL 356 102 14 2 4 1 18 2 2 3 1 31 22 3 71% 4 1 2 161 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 0
13 Yrs 7238 1858 21 5 113 5 211 59 54 59 54 486 291 35 60% 123 22 17 2901 80 62 56% 73 54 5 5 2 3 10 1 130 0
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 22 8 7 .533 3.99 41 13 13 3 1 3 151.0 176 74 67 10 43 5 44 3 1 2 651 113 1.450 10.5 0.6 2.6 2.6 1.02 113
1978 23 23 9 .719 3.32 93 16 48 3 1 13 292.2 318 124 108 15 77 10 82 4 1 2 1229 131 1.350 9.8 0.5 2.4 2.5 1.06 131
1979 24 39 21 .650 3.60 133 46 55 12 5 14 509.1 568 234 204 29 121 14 138 8 1 2 2143 122 1.353 10.0 0.5 2.1 2.4 1.14 122
1980 25 49 29 .628 3.55 185 63 80 17 6 28 684.1 754 309 270 40 173 22 209 15 1 3 2880 123 1.355 9.9 0.5 2.3 2.7 1.21 123
1981 26 59 37 .615 3.59 220 64 94 17 6 28 783.0 864 355 312 43 211 26 237 21 1 4 3310 120 1.373 9.9 0.5 2.4 2.7 1.12 120
1982 27 71 44 .617 3.50 268 64 127 17 6 42 951.1 1025 415 370 54 261 32 320 25 1 6 4004 123 1.352 9.7 0.5 2.5 3.0 1.23 123
1983 28 79 54 .594 3.41 332 64 180 17 6 75 1096.2 1170 471 416 61 299 44 385 28 1 10 4606 126 1.340 9.6 0.5 2.5 3.2 1.29 126
1984 29 88 64 .579 3.43 389 64 227 17 6 97 1203.1 1283 528 458 70 322 53 437 30 1 11 5061 126 1.334 9.6 0.5 2.4 3.3 1.36 126
1985 30 94 70 .573 3.39 437 64 268 17 6 107 1291.0 1359 558 486 77 352 63 483 32 1 12 5421 127 1.325 9.5 0.5 2.5 3.4 1.37 127
1986 31 100 76 .568 3.45 503 65 318 17 6 123 1373.1 1468 606 526 86 374 71 537 32 1 13 5787 125 1.341 9.6 0.6 2.5 3.5 1.44 125
1987 32 104 91 .533 3.60 537 85 323 21 7 123 1526.0 1666 702 611 103 416 78 604 33 1 16 6463 120 1.364 9.8 0.6 2.5 3.6 1.45 120
1988 33 110 95 .537 3.58 594 85 354 21 7 128 1627.2 1756 743 647 109 445 85 661 40 2 21 6882 121 1.352 9.7 0.6 2.5 3.7 1.49 121
1989 34 115 97 .542 3.64 637 85 376 21 7 132 1707.0 1858 797 690 113 471 87 693 41 2 22 7238 118 1.364 9.8 0.6 2.5 3.7 1.47 118

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 22 8 8 .500 3.91 145.0 170 70 63 10 42 42 3 1.462 10.6 2.6 2.6 1.00 0.6 41
1978 23 9 5 .643 2.84 133.0 144 47 42 5 34 36 1 1.338 9.7 2.3 2.4 1.06 0.3 52
1979 24 11 12 .478 4.00 209.0 246 103 93 14 43 54 4 1.383 10.6 1.9 2.3 1.26 0.6 40
1980 25 10 8 .556 3.62 164.0 186 73 66 11 52 67 7 1.451 10.2 2.9 3.7 1.29 0.6 52
1981 26 6 9 .400 4.57 136.0 174 77 69 5 60 39 9 1.721 11.5 4.0 2.6 0.65 0.3 35
1982 27 10 7 .588 3.21 160.0 160 63 57 11 50 79 4 1.313 9.0 2.8 4.4 1.58 0.6 48
1983 28 10 5 .667 2.91 139.0 144 50 45 7 38 62 3 1.309 9.3 2.5 4.0 1.63 0.5 64
1984 29 6 5 .545 3.69 105.0 115 48 43 9 23 51 2 1.314 9.9 2.0 4.4 2.22 0.8 57
1985 30 6 3 .667 3.00 84.0 76 31 28 7 30 44 2 1.262 8.1 3.2 4.7 1.47 0.8 48
1986 31 3 5 .375 4.73 78.0 110 46 41 9 22 51 0 1.692 12.7 2.5 5.9 2.32 1.0 66
1987 32 6 10 .375 4.90 147.0 192 89 80 16 41 65 1 1.585 11.8 2.5 4.0 1.59 1.0 34
1988 33 6 4 .600 3.43 97.0 91 41 37 6 29 55 7 1.237 8.4 2.7 5.1 1.90 0.6 57
1989 34 3 5 .375 5.28 75.0 104 49 44 4 27 30 1 1.747 12.5 3.2 3.6 1.11 0.5 43
13 Yrs 94 86 .522 3.81 1672.0 1912 787 708 114 491 675 44 1.437 10.3 3.6 1.37 0.6 637

* 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
1979 *
1983 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (25, 2%)
1982 AL (25, 2%)
1983 AL (15, 3%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (7, 1%)
1982 AL (7, 3%)
0.04 Career Shares (230th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1982 AL  4.3 (9th)
1983 AL  3.9 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1982 AL  3.10 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1979 AL  16 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 AL  .882 (2nd)
1982 AL  .632 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL  1.828 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1983 AL  64 (5th)
1986 AL  66 (5th)
Career  637 (145th)

Saves s c a p y
1980 AL  14 (8th)
1982 AL  14 (9th)
1983 AL  33 (2nd)
1984 AL  22 (8th)
1986 AL  16 (8th)
Career  132 (87th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1979 AL  4 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1979 AL  250 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL  0.582 (2nd)
1980 AL  0.566 (4th)
1982 AL  0.588 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1987 AL  15 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 AL  7 (6th)
1981 AL  6 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1983 AL  53 (4th)
1984 AL  47 (7th)
1986 AL  50 (8th)
Career  376 (67th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1980 AL  125 (8th)
1982 AL  140 (1st)
Career  118 (147th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1982 AL  23 (4th)
1983 AL  21 (9th)
Career  106 (224th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1982 AL  2.4 (4th)
1983 AL  2.1 (10th)
Career  10.9 (232nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1982 AL  29.42 (3rd)
1983 AL  24.85 (9th)
Career  71.48 (223rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1982 AL  3.9 (3rd)
1983 AL  3.7 (2nd)
Career  11.3 (158th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1982 AL  2.3 (7th)
Career  8.8 (177th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1982 AL  3.0 (3rd)
Career  7.2 (246th)

             

† 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 - 34 (713), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (537), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Dave Giusti (936)
  2. Gerry Staley (922)
  3. Dick Tidrow (919)
  4. Phil Regan (918)
  5. Turk Farrell (918)
  6. Stu Miller (907)
  7. Dick Drago (905)
  8. Dennis Lamp (900)
  9. Bill Campbell (900)
  10. Ellis Kinder (900)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tom Kelley (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Eduardo Rodriguez (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Sammy Ellis (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Vicente Padilla (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rosy Ryan (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Morgan (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lindy McDaniel (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lindy McDaniel (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lindy McDaniel (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Lindy McDaniel (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Lindy McDaniel (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Lindy McDaniel (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Lindy McDaniel (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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