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Bob Stoddard

Robert Lyle Stoddard

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 8, 1957 in San Jose, CA
High School: Live Oak HS (Morgan Hill, CA)
School: California State University Fresno (Fresno, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 10th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1981
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Padres/Royals/Tigers 1981-1987

Final Game: September 19, 1987
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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
1981 24 SEA AL 2 1 .667 2.60 5 5 0 1 0 0 34.2 35 10 10 3 9 0 22 1 0 2 141 151 1.269 9.1 0.8 2.3 5.7 2.44
1982 25 SEA AL 3 3 .500 2.41 9 9 0 2 1 0 67.1 48 22 18 7 18 0 24 3 0 2 259 177 0.980 6.4 0.9 2.4 3.2 1.33
1983 26 SEA AL 9 17 .346 4.41 35 23 4 2 1 0 175.2 182 95 86 29 58 0 87 4 4 5 739 97 1.366 9.3 1.5 3.0 4.5 1.50
1984 27 SEA AL 2 3 .400 5.13 27 6 7 0 0 0 79.0 86 51 45 10 37 3 39 2 1 6 352 78 1.557 9.8 1.1 4.2 4.4 1.05
1985 28 DET AL 0 0 6.75 8 0 3 0 0 1 13.1 15 11 10 3 5 0 11 0 0 2 61 62 1.500 10.1 2.0 3.4 7.4 2.20
1986 29 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 2.31 18 0 5 0 0 1 23.1 20 7 6 1 11 1 17 1 0 2 102 161 1.329 7.7 0.4 4.2 6.6 1.55
1987 30 KCR AL 1 3 .250 4.28 17 2 4 0 0 1 40.0 51 26 19 3 22 2 23 3 0 4 190 108 1.825 11.5 0.7 5.0 5.2 1.05
7 Yrs 18 27 .400 4.03 119 45 23 5 2 3 433.1 437 222 194 56 160 6 223 14 5 23 1844 104 1.378 9.1 1.2 3.3 4.6 1.39
162 Game Avg. 7 11 .400 4.03 49 19 10 2 1 1 180 181 92 80 23 66 2 92 6 2 10 765 104 1.378 9.1 1.2 3.3 4.6 1.39
SEA (4 yrs) 16 24 .400 4.01 76 43 11 5 2 0 356.2 351 178 159 49 122 3 172 10 5 15 1491 104 1.326 8.9 1.2 3.1 4.3 1.41
KCR (1 yr) 1 3 .250 4.28 17 2 4 0 0 1 40.0 51 26 19 3 22 2 23 3 0 4 190 108 1.825 11.5 0.7 5.0 5.2 1.05
SDP (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.31 18 0 5 0 0 1 23.1 20 7 6 1 11 1 17 1 0 2 102 161 1.329 7.7 0.4 4.2 6.6 1.55
DET (1 yr) 0 0 6.75 8 0 3 0 0 1 13.1 15 11 10 3 5 0 11 0 0 2 61 62 1.500 10.1 2.0 3.4 7.4 2.20
AL (6 yrs) 17 27 .386 4.13 101 45 18 5 2 2 410.0 417 215 188 55 149 5 206 13 5 21 1742 102 1.380 9.2 1.2 3.3 4.5 1.38
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.31 18 0 5 0 0 1 23.1 20 7 6 1 11 1 17 1 0 2 102 161 1.329 7.7 0.4 4.2 6.6 1.55

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
1981 24 SEA AL 34.2 5 5 10 2.60 4.48 -0.13 0.15 100.1 4.76 8 1.1 -0.0 1.3 11 .711 .507 $
1982 25 SEA AL 67.1 9 9 22 2.94 4.49 0.02 0.15 103.1 4.76 14 1.6 -0.0 2.1 21 .680 .510 $
1983 26 SEA AL 175.2 35 23 95 4.87 4.58 -0.21 0.02 104.4 5.01 3 0.3 1.3 -0.1 1.6 21 .508 .502 $
1984 27 SEA AL 79.0 27 6 51 5.81 4.51 -0.30 -0.12 98.9 4.64 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .462 .494 $
1985 28 DET AL 13.1 8 0 11 7.43 4.88 0.23 -0.38 96.1 4.10 -5 -0.5 .9 0.0 -0.4 -3 .440 .497 $
1986 29 SDP NL 23.1 18 0 7 2.70 4.31 -0.21 -0.33 97.9 4.10 4 0.4 .7 -0.1 0.5 6 .522 .502 $
1987 30 KCR AL 40.0 17 2 26 5.85 4.97 -0.08 -0.29 102.2 4.86 -4 -0.4 .5 0.0 0.0 0 .475 .497 $65,000
7 Seasons 433.1 119 45 222 4.61 4.57 -0.16 -0.03 102.0 4.79 9 1.4 .9 -0.3 4.7 53 .512 .501 $65,000
SEA (4 yrs) 356.2 76 43 178 4.49 4.54 -0.18 0.03 102.5 4.86 15 1.9 1.1 -0.3 4.6 50 .525 .503 $
KCR (1 yr) 40.0 17 2 26 5.85 4.97 -0.08 -0.29 102.2 4.86 -4 -0.4 .5 0.0 0.0 0 .475 .497 $65,000
SDP (1 yr) 23.1 18 0 7 2.70 4.31 -0.21 -0.33 97.9 4.10 4 0.4 .7 -0.1 0.5 6 .522 .502 $
DET (1 yr) 13.1 8 0 11 7.43 4.88 0.23 -0.38 96.1 4.10 -5 -0.5 .9 0.0 -0.4 -3 .440 .497 $

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
1981 24 SEA AL 5 141 130 10 35 5 1 3 5 2 9 22 .269 .321 .392 .714 .305 51 4 1 1 0 0 1
1982 25 SEA AL 9 259 234 22 48 7 1 7 3 1 18 24 .205 .267 .333 .601 .199 78 10 3 1 3 0 5
1983 26 SEA AL 35 739 665 95 182 32 4 29 18 7 58 87 .274 .334 .465 .799 .277 309 15 4 9 3 0 10
1984 27 SEA AL 27 351 309 51 86 18 1 10 2 3 37 39 .278 .357 .440 .797 .290 136 9 2 2 2 3 5
1985 28 DET AL 8 61 56 11 15 3 1 3 1 0 5 11 .268 .328 .518 .846 .286 29 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986 29 SDP NL 18 102 88 7 20 5 0 1 3 0 11 17 .227 .317 .318 .635 .268 28 1 1 1 1 1 1
1987 30 KCR AL 17 189 163 26 51 6 2 3 4 2 22 23 .313 .402 .429 .832 .348 70 4 3 1 1 2 1
7 Yrs 119 1842 1645 222 437 76 10 56 36 15 160 223 .266 .334 .426 .760 .277 701 44 14 15 10 6 23
162 Game Avg. 49 764 682 92 181 32 4 23 15 6 66 92 .266 .334 .426 .760 .277 291 18 6 6 4 2 10
MLB Averages .260 .325 .392 .716 .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
1981 24 SEA AL 5.3 0.6 152 0.6 2.7 -2.1 1.00 0.2 0.4 5.2 0.6 1.00 1.8 0 0 0
1982 25 SEA AL 12.6 1.4 270 1.2 5.4 -4.2 1.05 1.1 0.1 11.5 1.2 1.06 11.4 0 0 0
1983 26 SEA AL -2.1 -0.2 786 -1.3 12.0 -13.3 .90 -1.4 -0.0 -4.7 -0.5 0.90 -10.2 4 2 6
1984 27 SEA AL -10.2 -1.0 369 -0.8 5.3 -6.1 .83 -1.2 0.2 -8.2 -0.8 0.82 -10.4 3 8 9
1985 28 DET AL -3.8 -0.4 64 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .26 -0.0 -0.2 -5.6 -0.5 0.26 -4.4 2 0 6
1986 29 SDP NL 3.6 0.4 107 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 .51 0.0 -0.9 1.4 0.2 0.51 -0.8 2 2 14
1987 30 KCR AL -0.8 -0.1 200 -0.7 1.9 -2.6 .63 -0.6 -0.6 -1.3 -0.1 0.62 -3.2 1 3 11
7 Yrs 4.7 0.7 1948 -1.6 28.0 -29.6 .85 -1.9 0.1 -1.7 -0.0 0.85 -15.9 12 15 46

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
1981 24 SEA AL 5 5 2 1 2 0 0 4 1 .800 0 0 1 0 4 80% 56.6 60 53 3 0 0 3 4.3 3.1 6.9
1982 25 SEA AL 9 9 3 3 3 1 2 4 5 .444 1 0 2 1 7 78% 60.0 82 36 4 0 0 5 3.2 3.5 7.5
1983 26 SEA AL 35 23 8 13 2 1 4 10 13 .435 0 2 2 1 12 52% 48.0 87 24 29 10 4 7 2.9 2.9 5.7
1984 27 SEA AL 27 6 0 2 4 0 0 2 4 .333 3 0 0 0 2 33% 43.2 55 30 12 5 4 0 3.9 4.7 6.2
1987 30 KCR AL 17 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.5 36 35 18 8 0 1 2.1 3.9 3.5
5 Yrs 93 45 13 20 12 2 6 21 24 .467 4 2 5 2 25 56% 50 87 24 66 23 8 16 3.2 3.3 6.2
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 98 -12 4.4 4.3 6.2

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
1983 26 SEA AL 35 12 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 43% 5 .903 4 2 6 1 3 8 9 3 11 1 12 0 11.0
1984 27 SEA AL 27 21 7 2 1 0 0 0 4 4 18 2 11% 7 .826 3 8 9 4 2 15 11 10 13 3 16 2 6.0
1985 28 DET AL 8 8 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 3 38% 7 .265 2 0 6 1 1 6 4 4 5 2 5 1 5.0
1986 29 SDP NL 18 18 5 1 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 15 7 47% 6 .506 2 2 14 2 1 15 8 10 8 6 8 6 3.9
1987 30 KCR AL 17 15 4 1 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 12 5 42% 5 .626 1 3 11 2 1 12 9 6 10 3 10 1 6.6
5 Yrs 105 74 23 5 7 4 3 1 75% 8 4 67 23 34% .793 12 15 46 10 8 56 41 33 47 15 51 10 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%
1981 24 SEA AL 141 62% 2.1% 15.6% 6.4% 6.4% 26% 0.93 74% 21 4 19%
1982 25 SEA AL 259 53% 2.7% 9.3% 7.0% 5.8% 31% 0.57 80% 44 10 23%
1983 26 SEA AL 739 53% 3.9% 11.8% 7.9% 8.8% 36% 0.88 75% 123 15 12%
1984 27 SEA AL 352 55% 2.9% 11.1% 10.5% 8.3% 34% 0.79 75% 65 9 14%
1985 28 DET AL 61 46% 4.9% 18.0% 8.2% 11.5% 47% 1.23 69% 10 1 10%
1986 29 SDP NL 102 51% 1.0% 16.7% 10.8% 5.9% 30% 0.51 70% 22 1 5%
1987 30 KCR AL 190 57% 1.6% 12.2% 11.6% 5.8% 22% 1.14 73% 41 4 10%
7 Yrs 1844 54% 3.0% 12.1% 8.7% 7.7% 33% 0.81 75% 326 44 14%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 14.1% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 1.08 74% 11%

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
1981 24 SEA AL 141 35 3 0 2 3 0 1 2 3 1 2 33% 1 2 0 43 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0
1982 25 SEA AL 259 48 7 0 5 3 4 2 5 9 5 1 56% 5 2 0 72 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0
1983 26 SEA AL 739 182 29 0 9 13 16 14 15 30 16 4 53% 10 5 2 253 18 7 72% 16 7 2 0 0 0 12 1 19 0
1984 27 SEA AL 351 86 10 0 6 4 6 7 3 24 8 9 33% 5 6 1 137 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 1
1985 28 DET AL 61 15 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 2 0 67% 0 2 0 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1986 29 SDP NL 102 20 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 9 6 1 67% 1 2 0 48 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1987 30 KCR AL 189 51 3 0 3 2 1 0 3 9 6 2 67% 1 4 0 88 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
7 Yrs 1842 437 56 0 35 27 29 28 28 87 44 19 51% 23 23 3 669 36 15 71% 33 15 3 0 0 0 21 2 55 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+
1981 24 2 1 .667 2.60 5 5 0 1 0 0 34.2 35 10 10 3 9 0 22 1 0 2 141 151 1.269 9.1 0.8 2.3 5.7 2.44 151
1982 25 5 4 .556 2.47 14 14 0 3 1 0 102.0 83 32 28 10 27 0 46 4 0 4 400 168 1.078 7.3 0.9 2.4 4.1 1.70 168
1983 26 14 21 .400 3.70 49 37 4 5 2 0 277.2 265 127 114 39 85 0 133 8 4 9 1139 115 1.261 8.6 1.3 2.8 4.3 1.56 115
1984 27 16 24 .400 4.01 76 43 11 5 2 0 356.2 351 178 159 49 122 3 172 10 5 15 1491 104 1.326 8.9 1.2 3.1 4.3 1.41 104
1985 28 16 24 .400 4.11 84 43 14 5 2 1 370.0 366 189 169 52 127 3 183 10 5 17 1552 102 1.332 8.9 1.3 3.1 4.5 1.44 102
1986 29 17 24 .415 4.00 102 43 19 5 2 2 393.1 386 196 175 53 138 4 200 11 5 19 1654 104 1.332 8.8 1.2 3.2 4.6 1.45 104
1987 30 18 27 .400 4.03 119 45 23 5 2 3 433.1 437 222 194 56 160 6 223 14 5 23 1844 104 1.378 9.1 1.2 3.3 4.6 1.39 104

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
1981 24 3 2 .600 3.06 47.0 55 18 16 5 14 30 2 1.468 10.5 2.7 5.7 2.14 1.0 5
1982 25 5 2 .714 2.57 63.0 48 20 18 7 18 23 3 1.048 6.9 2.6 3.3 1.28 1.0 9
1983 26 7 11 .389 4.69 165.0 182 96 86 29 58 82 4 1.455 9.9 3.2 4.5 1.41 1.6 35
1984 27 2 6 .250 5.96 74.0 90 54 49 10 39 36 2 1.743 10.9 4.7 4.4 0.92 1.2 27
1985 28 0 1 .000 6.43 14.0 15 11 10 3 5 11 0 1.429 9.6 3.2 7.1 2.20 1.9 8
1986 29 1 1 .500 2.35 23.0 20 7 6 1 11 17 1 1.348 7.8 4.3 6.7 1.55 0.4 18
1987 30 2 2 .500 4.15 39.0 49 20 18 3 21 22 3 1.795 11.3 4.8 5.1 1.05 0.7 17
7 Yrs 20 25 .444 4.30 425.0 459 226 203 58 166 221 15 1.471 9.7 4.7 1.33 1.2 119

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 AL  29 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1983 AL  17 (2nd)

                           

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