Bill Swift
William Charles Swift
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 27, 1961 in Portland, ME
School: University of Maine
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1984 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1985
Final Game: September 11, 1998
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Standard Pitching

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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
1985 23 SEA AL 6 10 .375 4.77 23 21 0 0 0 0 120.2 131 71 64 8 48 5 55 5 3 5 532 88 1.483 9.8 0.6 3.6 4.1 1.15
1986 24 SEA AL 2 9 .182 5.46 29 17 3 1 0 0 115.1 148 85 70 5 55 2 55 7 1 2 534 77 1.760 11.5 0.4 4.3 4.3 1.00
1988 26 SEA AL 8 12 .400 4.59 38 24 4 6 1 0 174.2 199 99 89 10 65 3 47 8 2 6 757 91 1.511 10.3 0.5 3.3 2.4 0.72
1989 27 SEA AL 7 3 .700 4.43 37 16 7 0 0 1 130.0 140 72 64 7 38 4 45 2 1 4 551 91 1.369 9.7 0.5 2.6 3.1 1.18
1990 28 SEA AL 6 4 .600 2.39 55 8 18 0 0 6 128.0 135 46 34 4 21 6 42 7 3 8 533 165 1.219 9.5 0.3 1.5 3.0 2.00
1991 29 SEA AL 1 2 .333 1.99 71 0 30 0 0 17 90.1 74 22 20 3 26 4 48 1 1 2 359 206 1.107 7.4 0.3 2.6 4.8 1.85
1992 30 SFG NL 10 4 .714 2.08 30 22 2 3 2 1 164.2 144 41 38 6 43 3 77 3 1 0 655 159 1.136 7.9 0.3 2.4 4.2 1.79
1993 31 SFG NL 21 8 .724 2.82 34 34 0 1 1 0 232.2 195 82 73 18 55 5 157 6 0 4 928 138 1.074 7.5 0.7 2.1 6.1 2.85 CYA-2
1994 32 SFG NL 8 7 .533 3.38 17 17 0 0 0 0 109.1 109 49 41 10 31 6 62 1 0 2 457 118 1.280 9.0 0.8 2.6 5.1 2.00
1995 33 COL NL 9 3 .750 4.94 19 19 0 0 0 0 105.2 122 62 58 12 43 2 68 1 0 2 463 109 1.562 10.4 1.0 3.7 5.8 1.58
1996 34 COL NL 1 1 .500 5.40 7 3 2 0 0 2 18.1 23 12 11 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 81 97 1.527 11.3 0.5 2.5 2.5 1.00
1997 35 COL NL 4 6 .400 6.34 14 13 1 0 0 0 65.1 85 57 46 11 26 0 29 2 2 2 304 82 1.699 11.7 1.5 3.6 4.0 1.12
1998 36 SEA AL 11 9 .550 5.85 29 26 0 0 0 0 144.2 183 103 94 21 51 2 77 10 2 1 663 79 1.618 11.4 1.3 3.2 4.8 1.51
13 Seasons 94 78 .547 3.95 403 220 67 11 4 27 1599.2 1688 801 702 116 507 42 767 53 16 38 6817 106 1.372 9.5 0.7 2.9 4.3 1.51
162 Game Avg. 10 9 .547 3.95 44 24 7 1 0 3 175 184 87 77 13 55 5 84 6 2 4 744 106 1.372 9.5 0.7 2.9 4.3 1.51
SEA (7 yrs) 41 49 .456 4.33 282 112 62 7 1 24 903.2 1010 498 435 58 304 26 369 40 13 28 3929 97 1.454 10.1 0.6 3.0 3.7 1.21
COL (3 yrs) 14 10 .583 5.47 40 35 3 0 0 2 189.1 230 131 115 24 74 2 102 3 2 4 848 97 1.606 10.9 1.1 3.5 4.8 1.38
SFG (3 yrs) 39 19 .672 2.70 81 73 2 4 3 1 506.2 448 172 152 34 129 14 296 10 1 6 2040 137 1.139 8.0 0.6 2.3 5.3 2.29
AL (7 yrs) 41 49 .456 4.33 282 112 62 7 1 24 903.2 1010 498 435 58 304 26 369 40 13 28 3929 97 1.454 10.1 0.6 3.0 3.7 1.21
NL (6 yrs) 53 29 .646 3.45 121 108 5 4 3 3 696.0 678 303 267 58 203 16 398 13 3 10 2888 120 1.266 8.8 0.8 2.6 5.1 1.96

Postseason Pitching

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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
1995 33 COL NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 24 1.500 10.5 0.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
1 NLDS 0 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 24 1.500 10.5 0.0 3.0 4.5 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1985 23 SEA AL 23 532 470 71 131 26 3 8 10 4 48 55 .279 .350 .398 .748 .300 187 13 5 6 3 5
1986 24 SEA AL 29 534 464 85 148 24 3 5 17 10 55 55 .319 .397 .416 .813 .351 193 17 7 5 3 2
1988 26 SEA AL 38 756 675 99 199 32 2 10 4 5 65 47 .295 .362 .393 .755 .304 265 36 8 5 3 3
1989 27 SEA AL 37 551 504 72 140 20 3 7 5 3 38 45 .278 .329 .371 .700 .292 187 26 2 4 3 4
1990 28 SEA AL 55 533 496 46 135 27 0 4 0 2 21 42 .272 .309 .351 .660 .289 174 17 7 5 4 6
1991 29 SEA AL 71 359 330 22 74 6 1 3 1 1 26 48 .224 .283 .276 .559 .254 91 19 1 2 0 4
1992 30 SFG NL 30 655 602 41 144 19 4 6 5 4 43 77 .239 .292 .314 .606 .265 189 26 3 5 2 3
1993 31 SFG NL 34 928 861 82 195 30 1 18 12 11 55 157 .226 .277 .326 .603 .257 281 26 6 4 2 5
1994 32 SFG NL 17 457 416 49 109 12 1 10 8 4 31 62 .262 .313 .368 .681 .286 153 12 1 7 2 6
1995 33 COL NL 19 463 412 62 122 19 4 12 4 5 43 68 .296 .363 .449 .812 .330 185 13 1 6 1 2
1996 34 COL NL 7 81 75 12 23 6 1 1 0 0 5 5 .307 .346 .453 .799 .314 34 2 0 0 1 0
1997 35 COL NL 14 303 267 57 85 21 4 11 4 0 26 29 .318 .378 .551 .928 .320 147 8 2 4 4 0
1998 36 SEA AL 29 663 598 103 183 49 1 21 16 3 51 77 .306 .369 .497 .866 .323 297 19 10 2 2 2
13 Seasons 403 6815 6170 801 1688 291 28 116 86 52 507 767 .274 .333 .386 .719 .296 2383 234 53 55 30 42
162 Game Avg. 44 744 673 87 184 32 3 13 9 6 55 84 .274 .333 .386 .719 .296 260 26 6 6 3 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1985 23 SEA AL 23 21 5 10 6 2 4 11 10 .524 0 3 0 0 8 38% 45 68 21 30 8 5 9 4.1 3.3 5.4
1986 24 SEA AL 29 17 2 9 6 1 1 5 12 .294 1 4 1 0 3 18% 37 83 24 23 8 4 7 4.6 4.1 4.9
1988 26 SEA AL 38 24 5 11 8 0 3 9 15 .375 1 5 6 1 11 46% 43 77 19 30 11 2 9 4.7 4.2 6.1 87 8 8 7 1 123
1989 27 SEA AL 37 16 5 3 8 1 1 9 7 .563 3 3 0 0 6 38% 44 76 19 19 11 2 6 5.7 5.3 5.3 80 8 7 1 0 116
1990 28 SEA AL 55 8 3 2 3 0 1 5 3 .625 1 0 0 0 6 75% 56 76 28 33 7 0 4 4.6 5.4 6.4 82 4 2 2 0 108
1992 30 SFG NL 30 22 9 3 10 0 3 17 5 .773 1 6 3 2 17 77% 58 82 22 9 1 0 8 4.0 3.7 6.6 92 4 10 7 1 120
1993 31 SFG NL 34 34 21 8 5 2 2 23 11 .676 4 2 1 1 23 68% 58 84 19 14 6 2 11 5.1 5.3 6.8 90 6 19 8 0 118
1994 32 SFG NL 17 17 8 7 2 0 2 9 8 .529 0 1 0 0 12 71% 52 78 13 17 4 0 8 4.0 3.7 6.4 92 3 11 3 0 119
1995 33 COL NL 19 19 9 3 7 5 1 14 5 .737 0 4 0 0 6 32% 46 80 11 7 1 0 7 6.9 7.3 5.6 85 8 5 5 0 114
1996 34 COL NL 7 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37 42 33 3 0 0 3 4.1 4.8 4.4 63 3 0 0 0 73
1997 35 COL NL 14 13 4 6 3 1 0 7 6 .538 2 0 0 0 3 23% 39 68 21 10 4 0 6 6.8 7.7 4.9 75 6 5 0 0 95
1998 36 SEA AL 29 26 11 8 7 4 0 12 14 .462 2 5 0 0 9 35% 43 70 2 22 3 0 13 6.5 7.4 5.4 87 6 13 6 0 111
12 Seasons 332 220 83 71 66 17 18 122 98 .555 15 33 11 4 104 47% 48 84 2 217 64 15 91 5.2 5.1 5.9 86 56 80 39 2 123
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1985 23 SEA AL 23 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 1.018 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 10.5
1986 24 SEA AL 29 12 3 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 2 20% 6 0.978 2 2 7 2 0 10 6 6 10 1 11 0 8.1
1988 26 SEA AL 38 14 4 3 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 19 3 16% 5 0.961 3 4 7 2 2 10 11 3 10 2 13 3 6.1 26
1989 27 SEA AL 37 21 7 2 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 22 8 36% 6 0.910 4 5 12 3 1 17 14 7 17 2 17 1 6.4 28
1990 28 SEA AL 55 47 18 3 2 7 6 1 86% 14 7 57 21 37% 8 1.108 26 15 6 16 14 17 30 17 28 12 30 6 4.9 22
1991 29 SEA AL 71 71 30 1 2 18 17 1 94% 32 13 61 17 28% 8 1.456 33 16 20 38 6 27 37 34 32 20 35 18 3.8 17
1992 30 SFG NL 30 8 2 1 1 1 1 0 100% 4 3 6 0 0% 6 1.008 4 3 1 6 1 1 4 4 8 0 8 0 7.5 32
1996 34 COL NL 7 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 0 0 6 1.227 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 3.8 17
1997 35 COL NL 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.973 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 17
1998 36 SEA AL 29 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.870 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 4.0 27
10 Seasons 333 183 67 11 7 31 27 4 87% 59 27 176 52 30% 1.014 76 45 59 74 24 85 103 80 109 37 119 28 5.1 21

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1985 23 SEA AL 532 56% 1.5% 10.3% 9.0% 7.0% 28% 2.11 77% 91 13 14%
1986 24 SEA AL 534 56% 0.9% 10.3% 10.3% 6.0% 22% 2.00 76% 112 17 15%
1988 26 SEA AL 757 49% 1.3% 6.2% 8.6% 5.8% 22% 1.57 2.57 82% 19% 6.4% 35% 152 36 24%
1989 27 SEA AL 551 46% 1.3% 8.2% 6.9% 5.4% 21% 2.09 3.44 83% 17% 5.2% 9% 130 26 20%
1990 28 SEA AL 533 44% 0.8% 7.9% 3.9% 5.8% 23% 1.66 2.43 85% 19% 2.7% 13% 107 17 16%
1991 29 SEA AL 359 37% 0.8% 13.4% 7.2% 2.8% 14% 2.39 4.69 78% 14% 4.3% 15% 90 19 21%
1992 30 SFG NL 655 65% 0.9% 11.8% 6.6% 4.4% 20% 1.50 2.26 80% 17% 3.3% 13% 129 26 20%
1993 31 SFG NL 928 56% 1.9% 16.9% 5.9% 5.3% 25% 1.76 2.43 74% 15% 8.2% 13% 170 26 15%
1994 32 SFG NL 457 55% 2.2% 13.6% 6.8% 5.0% 21% 1.74 2.59 76% 19% 9.0% 14% 87 12 14%
1995 33 COL NL 463 53% 2.6% 14.7% 9.3% 7.6% 29% 1.52 2.34 72% 16% 10.0% 11% 97 13 13%
1996 34 COL NL 81 47% 1.2% 6.2% 6.2% 9.9% 35% 1.84 3.55 86% 20% 4.8% 16% 18 2 11%
1997 35 COL NL 304 52% 3.6% 9.6% 8.6% 11.9% 42% 1.19 1.86 76% 18% 12.1% 10% 62 8 13%
1998 36 SEA AL 663 53% 3.2% 11.6% 7.7% 10.7% 39% 1.18 1.99 76% 21% 10.0% 12% 133 19 14%
13 Seasons 6817 52% 1.7% 11.3% 7.4% 6.4% 26% 1.62 2.45 78% 18% 7.0% 16% 1378 234 17%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 26 SEA AL 757 2455 3.24 1431 58% 22% 11% 23% 44% 78% 1% 46% 86% 54% 6% 49 23 11% 84 20 8 23% 3 23 0 2 0
1989 27 SEA AL 538 1834 3.41 1117 61% 21% 10% 28% 41% 79% 2% 48% 87% 58% 5% 25 13 16% 85 31 1 27% 5 9 13 2 2
1990 28 SEA AL 533 1683 3.16 1069 64% 22% 9% 25% 43% 78% 3% 50% 88% 59% 3% 15 7 14% 75 30 2 19% 2 2 0 0 2
1991 29 SEA AL 359 1192 3.32 753 63% 24% 12% 26% 38% 76% 3% 48% 84% 58% 4% 13 7 15% 54 26 3 35% 8 3 0 0 0
1992 30 SFG NL 655 2277 3.48 1422 62% 27% 12% 24% 37% 73% 1% 46% 84% 60% 4% 28 15 20% 130 69 10 32% 16 10 0 0 0
1993 31 SFG NL 897 2977 3.32 1892 64% 25% 15% 24% 37% 75% 2% 48% 80% 57% 5% 43 24 17% 155 79 5 27% 29 14 31 2 1
1994 32 SFG NL 457 1561 3.42 974 62% 22% 14% 26% 37% 78% 4% 49% 81% 55% 6% 27 13 18% 81 38 5 23% 13 8 0 0 1
1995 33 COL NL 439 1525 3.47 931 61% 28% 13% 23% 36% 72% 1% 44% 82% 59% 6% 28 18 18% 78 35 5 24% 14 8 24 0 1
1996 34 COL NL 81 256 3.16 158 62% 25% 10% 20% 45% 75% 0% 46% 87% 63% 1% 1 1 14% 11 3 1 60% 0 0 0 0 0
1997 35 COL NL 252 840 3.33 506 60% 28% 12% 19% 40% 72% 0% 43% 83% 57% 7% 18 12 17% 43 20 2 42% 4 6 52 0 2
1998 36 SEA AL 663 2343 3.53 1417 60% 31% 11% 21% 37% 69% 1% 42% 84% 57% 5% 36 23 17% 111 48 6 43% 10 11 0 0 0
11 Seasons 5631 18943 3.36 11670 62% 25% 12% 24% 39% 75% 2% 46% 84% 58% 5% 283 156 16% 907 399 48 30% 104 94 120 6 9
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1985 23 SEA AL 532 131 8 0 13 1 7 5 3 28 16 4 57% 7 5 2 193 10 4 71% 9 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1986 24 SEA AL 534 148 5 0 18 3 2 2 3 37 26 3 70% 12 2 4 216 17 10 63% 16 7 1 3 0 0 1 0 13 0
1988 26 SEA AL 757 199 21 1 10 0 20 5 5 6 4 48 30 1 63% 9 6 1 287 4 5 44% 3 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 11 0
1989 27 SEA AL 551 140 15 2 7 0 8 4 3 4 3 36 22 0 61% 17 4 1 222 5 3 63% 3 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1990 28 SEA AL 533 135 16 2 4 0 16 0 4 2 2 25 16 2 64% 10 8 1 210 0 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 21 0
1991 29 SEA AL 359 74 30 2 3 0 10 2 1 1 2 28 19 3 68% 7 2 5 160 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0
1992 30 SFG NL 655 144 53 0 6 0 4 1 5 5 1 22 11 3 50% 7 0 1 238 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1993 31 SFG NL 928 195 31 2 18 0 10 6 12 7 11 40 19 12 48% 18 4 3 311 12 11 52% 11 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1994 32 SFG NL 457 109 25 2 10 1 6 5 5 5 5 20 11 4 55% 6 2 0 159 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 0
1995 33 COL NL 463 122 19 1 12 2 8 6 6 9 3 20 15 2 75% 6 2 0 181 4 5 44% 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
1996 34 COL NL 81 23 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 5 0 71% 1 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1997 35 COL NL 304 85 8 0 11 0 8 2 9 5 6 23 14 1 61% 5 2 0 121 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1998 36 SEA AL 663 183 33 2 21 0 12 5 16 8 13 47 29 3 62% 11 1 0 267 16 3 84% 13 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 6 0
13 Seasons 6817 1688 251 14 116 3 134 40 76 60 56 381 233 38 61% 116 38 18 2598 86 52 62% 74 46 12 3 0 3 21 3 126 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1985 23 6 10 .375 4.77 23 21 0 0 0 0 120.2 131 71 64 8 48 5 55 5 3 5 532 88 1.483 9.8 0.6 3.6 4.1 1.15 88
1986 24 8 19 .296 5.11 52 38 3 1 0 0 236.0 279 156 134 13 103 7 110 12 4 7 1066 82 1.619 10.6 0.5 3.9 4.2 1.07 82
1987 25 8 19 .296 5.11 52 38 3 1 0 0 236.0 279 156 134 13 103 7 110 12 4 7 1066 82 1.619 10.6 0.5 3.9 4.2 1.07 82
1988 26 16 31 .340 4.89 90 62 7 7 1 0 410.2 478 255 223 23 168 10 157 20 6 13 1823 86 1.573 10.5 0.5 3.7 3.4 0.93 86
1989 27 23 34 .404 4.78 127 78 14 7 1 1 540.2 618 327 287 30 206 14 202 22 7 17 2374 87 1.524 10.3 0.5 3.4 3.4 0.98 87
1990 28 29 38 .433 4.32 182 86 32 7 1 7 668.2 753 373 321 34 227 20 244 29 10 25 2907 95 1.466 10.1 0.5 3.1 3.3 1.07 95
1991 29 30 40 .429 4.04 253 86 62 7 1 24 759.0 827 395 341 37 253 24 292 30 11 27 3266 102 1.423 9.8 0.4 3.0 3.5 1.15 102
1992 30 40 44 .476 3.69 283 108 64 10 3 25 923.2 971 436 379 43 296 27 369 33 12 27 3921 108 1.372 9.5 0.4 2.9 3.6 1.25 108
1993 31 61 52 .540 3.52 317 142 64 11 4 25 1156.1 1166 518 452 61 351 32 526 39 12 31 4849 112 1.312 9.1 0.5 2.7 4.1 1.50 112
1994 32 69 59 .539 3.51 334 159 64 11 4 25 1265.2 1275 567 493 71 382 38 588 40 12 33 5306 113 1.309 9.1 0.5 2.7 4.2 1.54 113
1995 33 78 62 .557 3.62 353 178 64 11 4 25 1371.1 1397 629 551 83 425 40 656 41 12 35 5769 112 1.329 9.2 0.5 2.8 4.3 1.54 112
1996 34 79 63 .556 3.64 360 181 66 11 4 27 1389.2 1420 641 562 84 430 40 661 41 12 35 5850 112 1.331 9.2 0.5 2.8 4.3 1.54 112
1997 35 83 69 .546 3.76 374 194 67 11 4 27 1455.0 1505 698 608 95 456 40 690 43 14 37 6154 110 1.348 9.3 0.6 2.8 4.3 1.51 110
1998 36 94 78 .547 3.95 403 220 67 11 4 27 1599.2 1688 801 702 116 507 42 767 53 16 38 6817 106 1.372 9.5 0.7 2.9 4.3 1.51 106

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1985 23 5 7 .417 5.04 116.0 132 72 65 8 48 53 5 1.552 10.2 3.7 4.1 1.10 0.6 23
1986 24 4 8 .333 5.92 108.0 147 79 71 5 55 52 7 1.870 12.3 4.6 4.3 0.95 0.4 29
1988 26 7 11 .389 5.06 162.0 198 101 91 10 65 44 8 1.623 11.0 3.6 2.4 0.68 0.6 38
1989 27 5 8 .385 5.02 122.0 143 76 68 7 39 42 2 1.492 10.5 2.9 3.1 1.08 0.5 37
1990 28 9 4 .692 2.73 122.0 139 41 37 4 22 40 7 1.320 10.3 1.6 3.0 1.82 0.3 55
1991 29 7 2 .778 2.20 86.0 75 23 21 3 26 46 1 1.174 7.8 2.7 4.8 1.77 0.3 71
1992 30 11 5 .688 2.76 150.0 156 51 46 6 47 70 3 1.353 9.4 2.8 4.2 1.49 0.4 30
1993 31 15 9 .625 3.03 223.0 197 83 75 18 56 150 6 1.135 8.0 2.3 6.1 2.68 0.7 34
1994 32 9 7 .563 3.59 148.0 155 66 59 14 44 84 1 1.345 9.4 2.7 5.1 1.91 0.9 17
1995 33 7 6 .538 3.57 121.0 117 53 48 12 41 78 1 1.306 8.7 3.0 5.8 1.90 0.9 19
1996 34 1 1 .500 3.79 19.0 20 9 8 1 4 5 0 1.263 9.5 1.9 2.4 1.25 0.5 7
1997 35 3 4 .429 4.76 68.0 76 40 36 10 23 30 2 1.456 10.1 3.0 4.0 1.30 1.3 14
1998 36 5 10 .333 5.74 141.0 180 100 90 21 50 75 10 1.631 11.5 3.2 4.8 1.50 1.3 29
13 Seasons 88 82 .518 4.06 1586.0 1735 794 715 119 520 769 53 1.422 9.8 4.4 1.48 0.7 403

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1993-NL--2--44%
0.44 Career Shares (102nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1992 NL--2.077--1st
1993 NL--2.824--4th

Wins s c a p y
1993 NL--21--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1993 NL--.724--6th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1992 NL--1.136--8th
1993 NL--1.075--2nd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL--7.543--2nd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL--2.128--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1991 AL--71--4th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1993 NL--232.7--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1993 NL--157--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1993 NL--34--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1993 NL--2.855--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 AL--.515--4th
1992 NL--.328--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1988 AL--8--10th
1990 AL--7--8th
1998 AL--10--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1992 NL--159--2nd
1993 NL--138--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 13 (1073), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (670), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  8. Bob Shaw (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dennis Lamp (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dick Donovan (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bob Walk (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Al Smith (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Woody Williams (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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