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Craig Swan

Craig Steven Swan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 30, 1950 in Van Nuys, CA
High School: Millikan HS (Long Beach, CA)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1973
Teams (by GP): Mets/Angels 1973-1984
Agents: Dick Merkel,Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: May 29, 1984
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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
1972	21	NYM-min	AA	7	3	.700	2.25	14	14		6	0	0	108.0	102	28	27	2	26	0	81	1	0	1			1.185	8.5	0.2	2.2	6.8	3.12	MEM · TL
1973	22	NYM-min	AAA	7	5	.583	2.34	16	14		8	4	1	100.0	88	30	26	7	25	1	79	2	0	1			1.130	7.9	0.6	2.2	7.1	3.16	TID · IL
1973	22	NYM	NL	0	1	.000	8.64	3	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	16	9	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	42	44	2.160	17.3	2.2	2.2	4.3	2.00
1974	23	NYM-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.76	9	9		2	0	0	51.0	53	29	27	6	17	0	31	1	0	1			1.373	9.4	1.1	3.0	5.5	1.82	TID · IL
1974	23	NYM	NL	1	3	.250	4.45	7	5	0	0	0	0	30.1	28	19	15	1	21	3	10	0	0	1	138	82	1.615	8.3	0.3	6.2	3.0	0.48
1975	24	NYM-min	AAA	13	7	.650	2.24	26	24		13	4	2	177.0	136	48	44	9	38	1	111	1	0	1			0.983	6.9	0.5	1.9	5.6	2.92	TID · IL
1975	24	NYM	NL	1	3	.250	6.39	6	6	0	0	0	0	31.0	38	22	22	4	13	2	19	1	2	0	142	55	1.645	11.0	1.2	3.8	5.5	1.46
1976	25	NYM	NL	6	9	.400	3.54	23	22	1	2	1	0	132.1	129	64	52	11	44	3	89	5	3	0	568	93	1.307	8.8	0.7	3.0	6.1	2.02
1977	26	NYM	NL	9	10	.474	4.23	26	24	2	2	1	0	146.2	153	76	69	10	56	3	71	1	2	1	638	88	1.425	9.4	0.6	3.4	4.4	1.27
1978	27	NYM	NL	9	6	.600	2.43	29	28	0	5	1	0	207.1	164	62	56	12	58	8	125	2	0	1	819	143	1.071	7.1	0.5	2.5	5.4	2.16
1979	28	NYM	NL	14	13	.519	3.29	35	35	0	10	3	0	251.1	241	102	92	20	57	9	145	2	1	2	1027	110	1.186	8.6	0.7	2.0	5.2	2.54
1980	29	NYM	NL	5	9	.357	3.58	21	21	0	4	1	0	128.1	117	59	51	20	30	3	79	0	1	0	520	99	1.145	8.2	1.4	2.1	5.5	2.63
1981	30	NYM	NL	0	2	.000	3.29	5	3	0	0	0	0	13.2	10	6	5	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	50	109	0.805	6.6	0.0	0.7	5.9	9.00
1982	31	NYM	NL	11	7	.611	3.35	37	21	6	2	0	1	166.1	165	70	62	13	37	4	67	0	0	0	691	109	1.214	8.9	0.7	2.0	3.6	1.81
1983	32	NYM	NL	2	8	.200	5.51	27	18	4	0	0	1	96.1	112	63	59	14	42	3	43	0	1	1	424	66	1.599	10.5	1.3	3.9	4.0	1.02
1984	33	TOT	MLB	1	1	.500	8.75	12	1	2	0	0	0	23.2	26	23	23	8	7	0	12	0	2	1	104	43	1.394	9.9	3.0	2.7	4.6	1.71
1984	33	NYM	NL	1	0	1.000	8.20	10	0	2	0	0	0	18.2	18	17	17	5	7	0	10	0	2	1	81	44	1.339	8.7	2.4	3.4	4.8	1.43
1984	33	CAL	AL	0	1	.000	10.80	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	6	6	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	23	40	1.600	14.4	5.4	0.0	3.6
12 Yrs				59	72	.450	3.74	231	185	15	25	7	2	1235.2	1199	575	514	115	368	38	673	11	12	7	5163	96	1.268	8.7	0.8	2.7	4.9	1.83
162 Game Avg.				10	12	.450	3.74	38	30	2	4	1	0	202	196	94	84	19	60	6	110	2	2	1	844	96	1.268	8.7	0.8	2.7	4.9	1.83

NYM (12 yrs)				59	71	.454	3.72	229	184	15	25	7	2	1230.2	1191	569	508	112	368	38	671	11	12	7	5140	96	1.267	8.7	0.8	2.7	4.9	1.82
CAL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	10.80	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	6	6	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	23	40	1.600	14.4	5.4	0.0	3.6

NL (12 yrs)				59	71	.454	3.72	229	184	15	25	7	2	1230.2	1191	569	508	112	368	38	671	11	12	7	5140	96	1.267	8.7	0.8	2.7	4.9	1.82
AL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	10.80	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	6	6	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	23	40	1.600	14.4	5.4	0.0	3.6

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
1973	22	NYM	NL	8.1	3	1	9	9.72	3.95	-0.02	-0.09	96.3	3.73	-6	-0.5	.3	0.1	-0.4	-5	.328	.497	$
1974	23	NYM	NL	30.1	7	5	19	5.64	4.04	-0.44	0.11	100.8	4.63	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.447	.498	$
1975	24	NYM	NL	31.0	6	6	22	6.39	3.98	-0.00	0.13	98.5	4.05	-8	-0.8		-0.0	-0.6	-5	.365	.495	$
1976	25	NYM	NL	132.1	23	22	64	4.35	3.93	0.07	0.12	96.2	3.82	-9	-1.0	.0	-0.1	0.0	4	.458	.494	$
1977	26	NYM	NL	146.2	26	24	76	4.66	4.52	-0.04	0.15	94.3	4.43	-5	-0.5	.7	-0.1	0.5	11	.480	.497	$70,000
1978	27	NYM	NL	207.1	29	28	62	2.69	4.06	-0.12	0.12	96.8	4.17	32	3.9	.3	-0.1	5.4	52	.635	.524	$80,000
1979	28	NYM	NL	251.1	35	35	102	3.65	4.26	-0.20	0.14	98.4	4.53	22	2.6		-0.1	4.4	48	.573	.516	$90,000
1980	29	NYM	NL	128.1	21	21	59	4.14	4.00	-0.17	0.14	98.4	4.24	1	0.1		-0.1	1.1	13	.506	.501	$560,000
1981	30	NYM	NL	13.2	5	3	6	3.95	3.94	-0.22	0.01	99.3	4.15	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.503	.500	$560,000
1982	31	NYM	NL	166.1	37	21	70	3.79	4.03	-0.45	0.05	101.1	4.57	13	1.4	1.2	-0.1	2.7	30	.539	.509	$585,000
1983	32	NYM	NL	96.1	27	18	63	5.89	4.17	0.03	0.07	101.3	4.27	-18	-1.8	.2	0.1	-1.0	-8	.432	.489	$660,000
1984	33	NYM	NL	18.2	10	0	17	8.20	4.09	-0.14	-0.32	103.1	4.04	-9	-0.9	.5	0.2	-0.5	-7	.409	.494	$760,000
1984	33	CAL	AL	5.0	2	1	6	10.80	4.50	0.02	0.05	100.0	4.52	-3	-0.3	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.344	.498	$
12 Seasons				1235.2	231	185	575	4.19	4.14	-0.15	0.11	98.1	4.31	7	1.8	.7	-0.2	11.2	132	.508	.501	$3,365,000

NYM (12 yrs)				1230.2	229	184	569	4.16	4.14	-0.15	0.11	98.1	4.31	10	2.1	.7	-0.2	11.5	135	.509	.501	$3,365,000
CAL (1 yr)				5.0	2	1	6	10.80	4.50	0.02	0.05	100.0	4.52	-3	-0.3	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.344	.498	$

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
1973	22	NYM	NL	3	42	37	9	16	4	1	2	0	1	2	4	.432	.450	.757	1.207	.438	28	0	0	2	1	0	1
1974	23	NYM	NL	7	138	110	19	28	5	1	1	1	1	21	10	.255	.366	.345	.711	.265	38	3	0	4	3	3	2
1975	24	NYM	NL	6	142	126	22	38	11	1	4	10	1	13	19	.302	.366	.500	.866	.324	63	1	1	0	2	2	0
1976	25	NYM	NL	23	568	508	64	129	21	2	11	18	9	44	89	.254	.316	.368	.684	.285	187	3	5	5	6	3	7
1977	26	NYM	NL	26	638	570	76	153	37	6	10	21	6	56	71	.268	.332	.407	.739	.289	232	10	1	5	5	3	6
1978	27	NYM	NL	29	819	750	62	164	33	4	12	16	9	58	125	.219	.275	.321	.597	.246	241	12	2	5	4	8	5
1979	28	NYM	NL	35	1026	946	102	241	41	14	20	25	6	57	145	.255	.296	.391	.687	.280	370	20	2	13	9	9	12
1980	29	NYM	NL	21	520	474	59	117	21	1	20	11	8	30	79	.247	.289	.422	.711	.256	200	5	0	12	4	3	9
1981	30	NYM	NL	5	50	49	6	10	1	0	0	2	2	1	9	.204	.220	.224	.444	.250	11	1	0	0	0	0	1
1982	31	NYM	NL	37	691	644	70	165	29	4	13	20	9	37	67	.256	.295	.374	.670	.268	241	7	0	7	3	4	13
1983	32	NYM	NL	27	424	375	63	112	28	2	14	18	7	42	43	.299	.366	.496	.862	.304	186	13	0	3	4	3	3
1984	33	CAL	AL	2	23	23	6	8	1	1	3	1	0	0	2	.348	.348	.870	1.217	.278	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	33	NYM	NL	10	81	73	17	18	6	1	5	2	0	7	10	.247	.309	.562	.870	.220	41	0	0	0	1	0	0
1984	33	TOT	MLB	12	104	96	23	26	7	2	8	3	0	7	12	.271	.317	.635	.953	.234	61	0	0	0	1	0	0
12 Yrs				231	5162	4685	575	1199	238	38	115	145	59	368	673	.256	.309	.397	.706	.275	1858	75	11	56	42	38	59
162 Game Avg.				38	844	766	94	196	39	6	19	24	10	60	110	.256	.309	.397	.706	.275	304	12	2	9	7	6	10
MLB Averages																.260	.325	.382	.707	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1973	22	NYM	NL	-4.5	-0.4	42	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	.90	-0.6	0.1	-4.6	-0.4	0.90	-7.1	0	0	2
1974	23	NYM	NL	-3.6	-0.4	142	-0.6	2.1	-2.7	1.08	-0.4	-0.1	-2.3	-0.2	1.08	-3.9	1	0	1
1975	24	NYM	NL	-9.1	-0.9	154	-0.6	2.2	-2.8	.90	-1.0	0.3	-7.9	-0.8	0.90	-8.3	0	0	0
1976	25	NYM	NL	-5.8	-0.6	602	-1.1	10.4	-11.5	1.08	-0.2	-0.8	-7.8	-0.8	1.08	-4.0	0	0	1
1977	26	NYM	NL	-8.0	-0.8	670	-0.7	11.7	-12.3	1.03	-0.5	-0.2	-7.3	-0.7	1.03	-5.2	0	1	1
1978	27	NYM	NL	25.3	2.8	850	3.9	17.0	-13.1	1.12	3.2	0.2	30.9	3.6	1.12	30.2	0	0	1
1979	28	NYM	NL	10.7	1.1	1064	0.9	20.7	-19.8	1.07	0.1	0.7	13.6	1.5	1.07	6.2	0	0	0
1980	29	NYM	NL	-1.3	-0.1	542	-0.1	9.3	-9.4	1.01	-0.2	0.1	-1.7	-0.2	1.01	-1.2	0	0	0
1981	30	NYM	NL	0.2	0.0	54	0.1	0.7	-0.6	.77	0.3	-0.2	2.1	0.2	0.77	3.1	1	0	1
1982	31	NYM	NL	5.5	0.6	724	1.6	13.0	-11.3	1.03	1.0	0.6	10.1	1.1	1.03	8.3	5	4	7
1983	32	NYM	NL	-18.2	-1.8	451	-2.7	6.6	-9.3	.94	-2.5	-0.4	-19.7	-2.0	0.94	-24.6	0	1	8
1984	33	TOT	MLB	-11.8	-1.2	110	-0.9	0.7	-1.6	.46	-0.8	-1.1	-13.4	-1.3	0.45	-7.7	1	2	8
1984	33	NYM	NL	-8.5	-0.8	86	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.28	-0.5	-1.1	-9.9	-1.0	0.28	-4.8	1	1	8
1984	33	CAL	AL	-3.3	-0.3	24	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.07	-0.2	-0.1	-3.5	-0.3	1.07	-2.9	0	1	0
12 Yrs				-20.6	-1.6	5405	-0.6	94.8	-95.4	1.03	-1.5	0.9	-8.0	-0.2	1.03	-14.4	8	8	30

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
1973	22	NYM	NL	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.0	27	27	1	1	0	1	3.0	6.8	4.3
1974	23	NYM	NL	7	5	1	2	2	0	0	3	2	.600	1	1	0	0	3	60%	46.8	60	29	8	4	0	5	4.8	4.3	5.9
1975	24	NYM	NL	6	6	1	3	2	0	0	2	4	.333	0	2	0	0	2	33%	42.2	63	16	5	2	0	6	2.8	1.7	5.2
1976	25	NYM	NL	23	22	6	9	7	1	3	11	11	.500	0	4	2	1	10	45%	51.6	94	27	13	2	1	11	3.9	3.8	6.0
1977	26	NYM	NL	26	24	9	10	5	3	2	11	13	.458	2	2	2	1	10	42%	48.1	78	16	20	6	2	13	4.2	4.2	6.0
1978	27	NYM	NL	29	28	9	6	13	1	3	12	16	.429	6	4	5	1	19	68%	61.1	81	31	10	6	2	11	3.6	3.5	7.4
1979	28	NYM	NL	35	35	14	13	8	2	6	16	18	.471	0	5	10	3	23	66%	55.5	86	14	9	2	0	6	3.4	3.7	7.2
1980	29	NYM	NL	21	21	5	9	7	0	4	8	13	.381	1	2	4	1	11	52%	53.5	86	14	2	1	0	8	3.0	2.8	6.1
1981	30	NYM	NL	5	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	49.3	54	44	5	4	0	3	3.8	0.0	3.2
1982	31	NYM	NL	37	21	8	7	6	2	1	11	10	.524	1	2	2	0	10	48%	49.2	71	11	16	8	4	9	3.6	3.9	6.3
1983	32	NYM	NL	27	18	2	8	8	0	2	5	13	.278	1	4	0	0	6	33%	41.7	61	22	13	2	4	8	3.6	3.3	4.5
1984	33	TOT	MLB	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%		37	37	0	0	0	1	5.0	9.0	4.0
1984	33	CAL	AL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.0	37	37	0	0	0	1	5.0	9.0	4.0
12 Yrs				221	185	55	71	59	9	21	79	104	.432	12	26	25	7	94	51%	52	94	11	102	38	13	82	3.6	3.6	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	106	-13					4.3	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1973	22	NYM	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.901	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	6.0
1974	23	NYM	NL	7	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	0	0		7	1.077	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.5

1976	25	NYM	NL	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	1.084	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
1977	26	NYM	NL	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	6	1.035	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.0
1978	27	NYM	NL	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	1.124	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0

1981	30	NYM	NL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	5	.767	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	6.0
1982	31	NYM	NL	37	16	6	3	0	2	1	1	50%	4	2	11	1	9%	7	1.027	5	4	7	5	1	10	7	9	11	1	11	1	6.5
1983	32	NYM	NL	27	9	4	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	4	0	0%	6	.935	0	1	8	1	0	8	3	6	5	1	5	0	5.1
1984	33	TOT	MLB	12	11	2	1	0	1	0	1	0%	2	1	2	2	100%		.456	1	2	8	2	1	8	1	10	6	0	6	1	5.4
1984	33	NYM	NL	10	10	2	1	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	2	2	100%	5	.283	1	1	8	1	1	8	1	9	6	0	6	1	5.6
1984	33	CAL	AL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		6	1.066	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
9 Yrs				169	46	15	4	1	5	2	3	40%	8	3	21	4	19%		1.029	8	8	30	9	3	34	13	33	27	4	27	2	5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1973	22	NYM	NL	42	50%	4.8%	9.5%	4.8%	16.7%	44%	0.46	76%	9	0	0%
1974	23	NYM	NL	138	62%	0.7%	7.3%	15.2%	5.1%	25%	0.67	74%	23	3	13%
1975	24	NYM	NL	142	47%	2.8%	13.4%	9.2%	11.3%	42%	0.71	74%	17	1	6%
1976	25	NYM	NL	568	57%	1.9%	15.7%	7.8%	6.0%	26%	0.73	73%	89	3	3%
1977	26	NYM	NL	638	58%	1.6%	11.1%	8.8%	8.3%	35%	0.80	77%	100	10	10%
1978	27	NYM	NL	819	47%	1.5%	15.3%	7.1%	6.0%	30%	0.74	75%	119	12	10%
1979	28	NYM	NL	1027	49%	2.0%	14.1%	5.6%	7.3%	31%	0.62	77%	164	20	12%
1980	29	NYM	NL	520	51%	3.9%	15.2%	5.8%	8.1%	36%	0.68	73%	66	5	8%
1981	30	NYM	NL	50	58%	0.0%	18.0%	2.0%	2.0%	10%	0.76	80%	5	1	20%
1982	31	NYM	NL	691	48%	1.9%	9.7%	5.4%	6.7%	28%	0.70	82%	94	7	7%
1983	32	NYM	NL	424	52%	3.3%	10.1%	9.9%	10.4%	39%	0.92	76%	71	13	18%
1984	33	TOT	MLB	104	49%	7.7%	11.5%	6.7%	16.4%	65%	0.37	74%	14	0	0%
1984	33	NYM	NL	81	53%	6.2%	12.4%	8.6%	14.8%	67%	0.39	73%	11	0	0%
1984	33	CAL	AL	23	35%	13.0%	8.7%	0.0%	21.7%	63%	0.30	78%	3	0	0%
12 Yrs				5163	51%	2.2%	13.0%	7.1%	7.6%	33%	0.71	76%	771	75	10%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	13.1%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.09	75%			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
1973	22	NYM	NL	42	16			2	0	1	2	0	1	1	4	2	1	50%	1	0	0	19	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1974	23	NYM	NL	138	28			1	0	2	1	0	0	1	7	4	0	57%	2	1	0	55	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0
1975	24	NYM	NL	142	38			4	0	1	4	0	0	4	10	3	0	30%	0	0	0	51	10	1	91%	8	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	5	0
1976	25	NYM	NL	568	129			11	1	15	4	7	6	5	27	12	6	44%	7	0	0	211	18	9	67%	18	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	0
1977	26	NYM	NL	638	153			10	0	11	7	3	4	6	36	20	4	56%	6	1	1	225	21	6	78%	18	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
1978	27	NYM	NL	819	164			12	0	10	8	4	4	8	26	11	6	42%	5	1	1	263	16	9	64%	13	7	3	0	0	2	3	1	7	0
1979	28	NYM	NL	1026	241			20	0	7	11	9	7	13	57	24	7	42%	12	2	1	355	25	6	81%	22	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	16	1
1980	29	NYM	NL	520	117			20	0	4	10	10	12	8	30	17	2	57%	9	0	0	161	11	8	58%	11	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	0
1981	30	NYM	NL	50	10			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	67%	1	0	0	11	2	2	50%	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
1982	31	NYM	NL	691	165			13	0	10	9	4	9	4	27	13	3	48%	13	0	1	228	20	9	69%	18	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1983	32	NYM	NL	424	112			14	0	2	7	7	6	8	19	12	0	63%	3	1	0	160	18	7	72%	17	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	7	0
1984	33	TOT	MLB	104	26			8	0	0	7	1	4	4	5	6	0	120%	0	1	0	32	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1984	33	NYM	NL	81	18			5	0	0	5	0	1	4	3	4	0	133%	0	1	0	25	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1984	33	CAL	AL	23	8			3	0	0	2	1	3	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				5162	1199			115	1	63	70	45	53	62	251	126	30	50%	59	7	4	1771	145	59	71%	129	53	14	1	2	5	10	4	83	1
MLB Averages																		53%							65%

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+
1973	22	0	1	.000	8.64	3	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	16	9	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	42	44	2.160	17.3	2.2	2.2	4.3	2.00	44
1974	23	1	4	.200	5.35	10	6	0	0	0	0	38.2	44	28	23	3	23	3	14	0	0	1	180	69	1.733	10.2	0.7	5.4	3.3	0.61	69
1975	24	2	7	.222	5.81	16	12	0	0	0	0	69.2	82	50	45	7	36	5	33	1	2	1	322	62	1.694	10.6	0.9	4.7	4.3	0.92	62
1976	25	8	16	.333	4.32	39	34	1	2	1	0	202.0	211	114	97	18	80	8	122	6	5	1	890	78	1.441	9.4	0.8	3.6	5.4	1.53	78
1977	26	17	26	.395	4.28	65	58	3	4	2	0	348.2	364	190	166	28	136	11	193	7	7	2	1528	82	1.434	9.4	0.7	3.5	5.0	1.42	82
1978	27	26	32	.448	3.59	94	86	3	9	3	0	556.0	528	252	222	40	194	19	318	9	7	3	2347	98	1.299	8.5	0.6	3.1	5.1	1.64	98
1979	28	40	45	.471	3.50	129	121	3	19	6	0	807.1	769	354	314	60	251	28	463	11	8	5	3374	101	1.263	8.6	0.7	2.8	5.2	1.84	101
1980	29	45	54	.455	3.51	150	142	3	23	7	0	935.2	886	413	365	80	281	31	542	11	9	5	3894	101	1.247	8.5	0.8	2.7	5.2	1.93	101
1981	30	45	56	.446	3.51	155	145	3	23	7	0	949.1	896	419	370	80	282	31	551	11	9	5	3944	101	1.241	8.5	0.8	2.7	5.2	1.95	101
1982	31	56	63	.471	3.48	192	166	9	25	7	1	1115.2	1061	489	432	93	319	35	618	11	9	5	4635	102	1.237	8.6	0.8	2.6	5.0	1.94	102
1983	32	58	71	.450	3.65	219	184	13	25	7	2	1212.0	1173	552	491	107	361	38	661	11	10	6	5059	98	1.266	8.7	0.8	2.7	4.9	1.83	98
1984	33	59	72	.450	3.74	231	185	15	25	7	2	1235.2	1199	575	514	115	368	38	673	11	12	7	5163	96	1.268	8.7	0.8	2.7	4.9	1.83	96

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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
1973	22	0	0		10.13	8.0	17	10	9	2	2	4	0	2.375	19.1	2.3	4.5	2.00	2.3	3
1974	23	1	2	.333	4.97	29.0	29	18	16	1	22	10	0	1.759	9.0	6.8	3.1	0.45	0.3	7
1975	24	1	2	.333	7.76	29.0	40	28	25	4	14	18	1	1.862	12.4	4.3	5.6	1.29	1.2	6
1976	25	6	7	.462	4.46	125.0	141	69	62	12	48	84	5	1.512	10.2	3.5	6.0	1.75	0.9	23
1977	26	6	9	.400	4.66	141.0	157	81	73	10	57	68	1	1.518	10.0	3.6	4.3	1.19	0.6	26
1978	27	13	8	.619	2.98	193.0	175	71	64	13	62	117	2	1.228	8.2	2.9	5.5	1.89	0.6	29
1979	28	14	12	.538	3.78	238.0	251	111	100	21	59	138	2	1.303	9.5	2.2	5.2	2.34	0.8	35
1980	29	6	7	.462	4.24	121.0	124	63	57	21	32	75	0	1.289	9.2	2.4	5.6	2.34	1.6	21
1981	30	1	1	.500	3.79	19.0	16	9	8	0	2	13	0	0.947	7.6	0.9	6.2	6.50	0.0	5
1982	31	9	8	.529	3.75	161.0	171	74	67	13	38	65	0	1.298	9.6	2.1	3.6	1.71	0.7	37
1983	32	2	7	.222	6.55	88.0	116	71	64	14	44	39	0	1.818	11.9	4.5	4.0	0.89	1.4	27
1984	33	0	2	.000	9.78	23.0	27	28	25	8	7	12	0	1.478	10.6	2.7	4.7	1.71	3.1	12
12 Yrs		59	65	.476	4.37	1175.0	1264	633	570	119	387	643	11	1.405	9.7		4.9	1.66	0.9	231

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1978 NL 5.4 (4th) 1979 NL 4.4 (5th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1978 NL 2.43 (1st)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1978 NL 1.071 (2nd) 1979 NL 1.186 (8th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1978 NL 7.119 (2nd)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1979 NL 2.041 (5th) 1982 NL 2.002 (7th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1979 NL 251.3 (5th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1979 NL 145 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 1979 NL 35 (8th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1979 NL 10 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1979 NL 3 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1980 NL 20 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1979 NL 241 (5th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1979 NL 2.544 (4th)	Losses s c a p y 1979 NL 13 (10th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1979 NL 1,027 (8th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1978 NL 143 (1st)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1978 NL 25 (3rd)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1978 NL 2.8 (3rd)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1978 NL 30.95 (2nd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1978 NL 3.9 (2nd)
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1978 NL 3.2 (4th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1978 NL 3.6 (2nd)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 21 (1050), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Skinny Graham (992) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
David Williams (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bubba Church (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marty Pattin (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pat Zachry (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tim Leary (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny Cox (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ken Johnson (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vern Ruhle (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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