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Bill Swift

William Charles Swift

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 27, 1961 in Portland, ME
School: University of Maine at Orono (Orono, ME)
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
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Giants/Rockies 1985-1998
Agents: Craig Fenech [*]
Final Game: September 11, 1998
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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
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 78 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 92 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 8 533 164 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 2 359 207 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 0 655 161 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 98 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 78 1.618 11.4 1.3 3.2 4.8 1.51
13 Yrs 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 138 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

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
1985 23 SEA AL 120.2 23 21 71 5.30 4.62 -0.17 0.13 101.8 5.02 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.6 9 .484 .498 $
1986 24 SEA AL 115.1 29 17 85 6.63 4.61 -0.62 0.01 101.6 5.34 -17 -1.6 .7 -0.0 -0.7 -4 .444 .490 $75,000
1988 26 SEA AL 174.2 38 24 99 5.10 4.50 -0.09 0.06 104.4 4.86 -5 -0.5 1.6 -0.2 0.8 13 .487 .497 $77,500
1989 27 SEA AL 130.0 37 16 72 4.98 4.36 0.04 -0.02 105.8 4.56 -7 -0.7 .8 -0.1 0.3 7 .481 .496 $195,000
1990 28 SEA AL 128.0 55 8 46 3.23 4.37 0.37 -0.14 100.3 3.88 10 1.1 2.0 0.1 2.4 23 .520 .507 $370,000
1991 29 SEA AL 90.1 71 0 22 2.19 4.47 -0.18 -0.34 100.8 4.35 22 2.3 1.6 0.5 3.6 32 .533 .514 $950,000
1992 30 SFG NL 164.2 30 22 41 2.24 3.81 0.05 0.08 95.0 3.65 25 3.1 1.6 -0.0 4.3 39 .603 .519 $2,316,667
1993 31 SFG NL 232.2 34 34 82 3.17 4.44 0.22 0.16 97.4 4.26 24 2.7 -0.1 4.3 50 .578 .516 $3,316,667 CYA-2
1994 32 SFG NL 109.1 17 17 49 4.03 4.69 0.32 0.17 92.8 4.21 2 0.2 -0.1 0.9 9 .509 .501 $2,316,667
1995 33 COL NL 105.2 19 19 62 5.28 4.72 -0.23 0.18 126.6 6.50 13 1.4 -0.1 2.2 24 .576 .509 $3,933,333
1996 34 COL NL 18.1 7 3 12 5.89 4.78 -0.04 0.03 132.5 6.42 1 0.1 2.1 0.0 0.3 3 .518 .501 $4,608,333
1997 35 COL NL 65.1 14 13 57 7.85 4.44 -0.00 0.15 122.5 5.64 -16 -1.5 .1 -0.0 -1.0 -10 .393 .491 $4,608,333
1998 36 SEA AL 144.2 29 26 103 6.41 5.00 -0.10 0.17 97.5 5.14 -20 -1.9 .2 -0.1 -0.6 -2 .436 .489 $425,000
13 Seasons 1599.2 403 220 801 4.51 4.49 -0.01 0.06 102.7 4.70 29 4.3 1.5 -0.2 17.4 195 .511 .502 $23,192,500
SEA (7 yrs) 903.2 282 112 498 4.96 4.57 -0.10 0.00 101.9 4.75 -21 -1.7 1.5 0.1 6.4 79 .494 .499 $2,092,500
COL (3 yrs) 189.1 40 35 131 6.23 4.63 -0.14 0.16 125.8 6.20 -1 0.1 1.7 -0.1 1.5 17 .502 .500 $13,149,999
SFG (3 yrs) 506.2 81 73 172 3.06 4.29 0.19 0.14 95.6 4.05 51 5.9 1.6 -0.2 9.5 99 .573 .512 $7,950,001

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
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*

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
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 7
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 12
1988 26 SEA AL 38 757 675 99 199 32 2 10 4 5 65 47 .295 .362 .393 .755 .304 265 36 8 5 3 3 9
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 17
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 10
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 7
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 7
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 18
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 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 6
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 1
1997 35 COL NL 14 304 267 57 85 21 4 11 4 0 26 29 .318 .378 .551 .928 .320 147 8 2 4 4 0 5
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 11
13 Yrs 403 6817 6170 801 1688 291 28 116 86 52 507 767 .274 .333 .386 .719 .296 2383 234 53 55 30 42 116
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 13
MLB Averages .261 .329 .401 .730 .291

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1985 23 SEA AL -7.6 -0.7 557 -0.6 9.1 -9.7 1.02 -0.6 0.0 -11.2 -1.1 1.02 -7.4 1 0 1
1986 24 SEA AL -18.7 -1.8 566 -2.7 8.0 -10.7 .97 -2.0 -0.8 -24.4 -2.3 0.97 -22.6 2 2 7
1988 26 SEA AL -7.7 -0.8 776 -1.2 12.3 -13.5 .95 -1.1 -0.2 -8.6 -0.8 0.95 -7.5 3 4 7
1989 27 SEA AL -5.4 -0.6 564 -0.4 8.4 -8.7 .89 -0.2 -0.2 -3.2 -0.3 0.89 1.0 4 5 12
1990 28 SEA AL 18.5 1.9 548 0.3 9.9 -9.5 1.09 1.1 -0.8 8.6 0.9 1.09 12.8 26 14 6
1991 29 SEA AL 21.3 2.2 370 2.9 9.4 -6.5 1.42 1.6 0.5 21.6 2.2 1.42 17.8 31 17 21
1992 30 SFG NL 24.4 2.8 666 3.1 12.0 -9.0 .98 2.3 0.8 27.4 3.2 0.98 24.8 4 3 1
1993 31 SFG NL 28.5 3.0 952 4.4 18.2 -13.9 1.02 3.2 1.1 36.0 3.9 1.02 33.6 0 0 0
1994 32 SFG NL 6.0 0.6 470 0.7 8.4 -7.7 1.03 0.5 0.2 3.1 0.3 1.03 6.6 0 0 0
1995 33 COL NL 5.2 0.5 472 -0.1 8.8 -8.9 1.01 0.2 -0.3 -1.5 -0.1 1.01 1.3 0 0 0
1996 34 COL NL -0.0 0.0 81 0.1 1.9 -1.8 1.23 -0.1 0.1 -2.1 -0.2 1.23 -0.2 3 0 1
1997 35 COL NL -9.1 -0.9 312 -1.7 4.9 -6.7 .97 -1.3 -0.4 -19.1 -1.6 0.97 -16.2 0 0 1
1998 36 SEA AL -20.3 -1.8 689 -2.3 9.5 -11.7 .87 -2.8 0.2 -26.1 -2.4 0.87 -29.8 0 0 3
13 Yrs 35.1 4.4 7023 2.5 120.8 -118.3 1.01 0.8 1.6 0.4 1.7 1.01 14.1 74 45 60

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
1985 23 SEA AL 23 21 5 10 6 2 4 11 10 .524 0 3 0 0 8 38% 44.5 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% 37.2 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 2 5 6 1 11 46% 43.0 77 19 30 11 2 9 4.7 4.2 6.1 87 8 8 7 1 124
1989 27 SEA AL 37 16 5 3 8 1 1 9 7 .563 3 3 0 0 6 38% 43.5 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% 56.1 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 2 6 3 2 17 77% 57.6 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 5 2 1 1 23 68% 58.4 84 19 14 6 2 11 5.1 5.3 6.8 90 6 17 9 0 118
1994 32 SFG NL 17 17 8 7 2 0 2 9 8 .529 0 1 0 0 12 71% 52.4 78 13 17 4 0 8 4.0 3.7 6.4 92 3 9 5 0 119
1995 33 COL NL 19 19 9 3 7 5 1 14 5 .737 2 4 0 0 6 32% 45.7 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% 37.0 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% 39.0 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 3 5 0 0 9 35% 42.5 70 2 22 3 0 13 6.5 7.4 5.4 87 6 14 6 0 111
12 Yrs 332 220 83 71 66 17 18 122 98 .555 21 33 11 4 104 47% 48 84 2 217 64 15 91 5.2 5.1 5.9 86 56 77 42 2 124
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 105 -21 4.6 4.5 6.1 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
1985 23 SEA AL 23 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 1.016 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 .973 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 .955 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 .895 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 1.087 26 14 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 1.418 31 17 21 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 .983 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 1.234 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 .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 .868 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 4.0 27
10 Yrs 333 183 67 11 7 31 27 4 87% 59 27 176 52 30% 1.002 74 45 60 74 24 85 103 80 109 37 119 28 5.1 21

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%
1985 23 SEA AL 532 44% 1.5% 10.3% 9.0% 7.0% 28% 2.11 77% 91 13 14%
1986 24 SEA AL 534 44% 0.9% 10.3% 10.3% 6.0% 22% 2.00 76% 112 17 15%
1988 26 SEA AL 757 51% 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 54% 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 56% 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 63% 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 35% 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 44% 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 45% 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 47% 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 53% 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 48% 3.6% 9.5% 8.6% 11.8% 42% 1.19 1.86 76% 18% 12.1% 10% 62 8 13%
1998 36 SEA AL 663 47% 3.2% 11.6% 7.7% 10.7% 39% 1.18 1.99 76% 21% 10.0% 12% 133 19 14%
13 Yrs 6817 48% 1.7% 11.3% 7.4% 6.4% 26% 1.62 2.45 78% 18% 7.0% 16% 1378 234 17%
MLB Averages 42% 2.4% 15.5% 8.7% 7.1% 31% 0.81 1.08 72% 21% 7.2% 19% 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 26 SEA AL 757 2456 3.24 1432 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 534 1686 3.16 1070 63% 22% 9% 26% 43% 78% 3% 50% 88% 59% 3% 15 7 14% 75 30 2 19% 2 2 -1 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 656 2280 3.48 1423 62% 27% 12% 24% 37% 73% 1% 46% 84% 60% 4% 28 15 20% 130 69 10 32% 16 10 -1 0 0
1993 31 SFG NL 900 2985 3.32 1897 64% 25% 15% 24% 36% 75% 2% 48% 80% 58% 5% 43 24 17% 157 79 5 27% 29 14 28 3 1
1994 32 SFG NL 459 1569 3.42 978 62% 22% 15% 27% 37% 78% 4% 49% 81% 55% 6% 27 13 18% 81 38 5 23% 13 8 -2 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 665 2346 3.53 1418 60% 31% 11% 21% 37% 69% 1% 42% 84% 57% 5% 36 23 17% 111 48 6 43% 10 11 -2 0 0
11 Yrs 5640 18969 3.36 11683 62% 25% 12% 24% 39% 75% 2% 46% 84% 58% 5% 283 156 16% 909 399 48 30% 104 94 111 7 9
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 27%

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
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 0 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 1 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 1 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 0 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 1 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 0 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 1 0 6 0
13 Yrs 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 12 3 126 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
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 83 1.619 10.6 0.5 3.9 4.2 1.07 83
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 83 1.619 10.6 0.5 3.9 4.2 1.07 83
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 113 1.312 9.1 0.5 2.7 4.1 1.50 113
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 113 1.329 9.2 0.5 2.8 4.3 1.54 113
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

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
1985 23 4 8 .333 5.17 115.0 133 73 66 8 49 52 5 1.583 10.4 3.8 4.1 1.06 0.6 23
1986 24 3 8 .273 5.92 108.0 149 79 71 5 55 51 7 1.889 12.4 4.6 4.3 0.93 0.4 29
1988 26 6 11 .353 5.12 160.0 202 101 91 10 66 43 8 1.675 11.4 3.7 2.4 0.65 0.6 38
1989 27 5 8 .385 4.94 122.0 144 74 67 7 39 42 2 1.500 10.6 2.9 3.1 1.08 0.5 37
1990 28 9 4 .692 2.75 121.0 141 41 37 4 22 40 7 1.347 10.5 1.6 3.0 1.82 0.3 55
1991 29 7 2 .778 2.22 85.0 76 23 21 3 27 45 1 1.212 8.0 2.9 4.8 1.67 0.3 71
1992 30 11 5 .688 2.72 149.0 157 50 45 7 47 70 3 1.369 9.5 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 3.53 148.0 154 64 58 14 44 84 1 1.338 9.4 2.7 5.1 1.91 0.9 17
1995 33 7 6 .538 3.68 120.0 119 54 49 12 42 77 1 1.342 8.9 3.2 5.8 1.83 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 75 40 36 10 23 30 2 1.441 9.9 3.0 4.0 1.30 1.3 14
1998 36 5 10 .333 5.74 141.0 179 100 90 21 50 75 10 1.624 11.4 3.2 4.8 1.50 1.3 29
13 Yrs 85 83 .506 4.07 1579.0 1746 791 714 120 524 764 53 1.438 10.0 4.4 1.46 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 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

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1993 NL (2, 44%)
0.44 Career Shares (109th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1992 NL  4.3 (10th)
1993 NL  4.3 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1992 NL  2.08 (1st)
1993 NL  2.82 (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  1.074 (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  0.515 (4th)
1992 NL  0.328 (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)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1992 NL  24 (5th)
1993 NL  29 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1992 NL  2.8 (5th)
1993 NL  3.0 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1992 NL  27.42 (5th)
1993 NL  35.98 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1992 NL  3.1 (4th)
1993 NL  4.4 (5th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1992 NL  2.3 (7th)
1993 NL  3.2 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1992 NL  3.3 (4th)
1993 NL  3.9 (3rd)

                           

† 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 - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 28 (847), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (639), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Russ Meyer (963)
  2. Cal McLish (956)
  3. Moose Haas (949)
  4. Nels Potter (949)
  5. Chris Bosio (949)
  6. Tex Carleton (948)
  7. Vic Aldridge (948)
  8. Bob Walk (945)
  9. Brett Myers (942)
  10. Jim Hearn (938)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dan Haren (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Vin Mazzaro (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Buttons Briggs (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Presko (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Willie Fraser (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lerrin LaGrow (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Casey Cox (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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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