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Kevin Tapani

Kevin Ray Tapani

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 18, 1964 in Des Moines, IA
High School: Escanba HS (Escanba, MI)
School: Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1989
Teams (by GP): Twins/Cubs/WhiteSox/Dodgers/Mets 1989-2001
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: September 27, 2001
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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
1989 25 TOT MLB 2 2 .500 3.83 8 5 1 0 0 0 40.0 39 18 17 3 12 1 23 0 1 0 169 107 1.275 8.8 0.7 2.7 5.2 1.92
1989 25 NYM NL 0 0 3.68 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 5 3 3 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 31 94 1.227 6.1 1.2 4.9 2.5 0.50
1989 25 MIN AL 2 2 .500 3.86 5 5 0 0 0 0 32.2 34 15 14 2 8 1 21 0 0 0 138 109 1.286 9.4 0.6 2.2 5.8 2.63
1990 26 MIN AL 12 8 .600 4.07 28 28 0 1 1 0 159.1 164 75 72 12 29 2 101 2 0 1 659 102 1.211 9.3 0.7 1.6 5.7 3.48 RoY-5
1991 27 MIN AL 16 9 .640 2.99 34 34 0 4 1 0 244.0 225 84 81 23 40 0 135 2 3 3 974 143 1.086 8.3 0.8 1.5 5.0 3.38 CYA-7
1992 28 MIN AL 16 11 .593 3.97 34 34 0 4 1 0 220.0 226 103 97 17 48 2 138 5 0 4 911 102 1.245 9.2 0.7 2.0 5.6 2.88
1993 29 MIN AL 12 15 .444 4.43 36 35 0 3 1 0 225.2 243 123 111 21 57 1 150 6 0 4 964 98 1.329 9.7 0.8 2.3 6.0 2.63
1994 30 MIN AL 11 7 .611 4.62 24 24 0 4 1 0 156.0 181 86 80 13 39 0 91 4 0 1 672 105 1.410 10.4 0.8 2.3 5.3 2.33
1995 31 TOT MLB 10 13 .435 4.96 33 31 0 3 1 0 190.2 227 116 105 29 48 4 131 5 0 4 834 91 1.442 10.7 1.4 2.3 6.2 2.73
1995 31 MIN AL 6 11 .353 4.92 20 20 0 3 1 0 133.2 155 79 73 21 34 2 88 4 0 3 579 98 1.414 10.4 1.4 2.3 5.9 2.59
1995 31 LAD NL 4 2 .667 5.05 13 11 0 0 0 0 57.0 72 37 32 8 14 2 43 1 0 1 255 75 1.509 11.4 1.3 2.2 6.8 3.07
1996 32 CHW AL 13 10 .565 4.59 34 34 0 1 0 0 225.1 236 123 115 34 76 5 150 3 0 13 971 104 1.385 9.4 1.4 3.0 6.0 1.97
1997 33 CHC NL 9 3 .750 3.39 13 13 0 1 1 0 85.0 77 33 32 7 23 2 55 2 2 0 352 127 1.176 8.2 0.7 2.4 5.8 2.39
1998 34 CHC NL 19 9 .679 4.85 35 34 0 2 2 0 219.0 244 120 118 30 62 4 136 5 0 7 945 90 1.397 10.0 1.2 2.5 5.6 2.19
1999 35 CHC NL 6 12 .333 4.83 23 23 0 1 0 0 136.0 151 81 73 12 33 2 73 4 0 3 591 93 1.353 10.0 0.8 2.2 4.8 2.21
2000 36 CHC NL 8 12 .400 5.01 30 30 0 2 0 0 195.2 208 113 109 35 47 1 150 8 0 1 829 91 1.303 9.6 1.6 2.2 6.9 3.19
2001 37 CHC NL 9 14 .391 4.49 29 29 0 0 0 0 168.1 186 93 84 24 40 6 149 7 0 3 729 92 1.343 9.9 1.3 2.1 8.0 3.73
13 Yrs 143 125 .534 4.35 361 354 1 26 9 0 2265.0 2407 1168 1094 260 554 30 1482 53 6 44 9600 101 1.307 9.6 1.0 2.2 5.9 2.68
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .534 4.35 34 34 0 2 1 0 215 229 111 104 25 53 3 141 5 1 4 913 101 1.307 9.6 1.0 2.2 5.9 2.68
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
MIN (7 yrs) 75 63 .543 4.06 181 180 0 19 6 0 1171.1 1228 565 528 109 255 8 724 23 3 16 4897 108 1.266 9.4 0.8 2.0 5.6 2.84
CHC (5 yrs) 51 50 .505 4.66 130 129 0 6 3 0 804.0 866 440 416 108 205 15 563 26 2 14 3446 94 1.332 9.7 1.2 2.3 6.3 2.75
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 3.68 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 5 3 3 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 31 94 1.227 6.1 1.2 4.9 2.5 0.50
LAD (1 yr) 4 2 .667 5.05 13 11 0 0 0 0 57.0 72 37 32 8 14 2 43 1 0 1 255 75 1.509 11.4 1.3 2.2 6.8 3.07
CHW (1 yr) 13 10 .565 4.59 34 34 0 1 0 0 225.1 236 123 115 34 76 5 150 3 0 13 971 104 1.385 9.4 1.4 3.0 6.0 1.97
AL (8 yrs) 88 73 .547 4.14 215 214 0 20 6 0 1396.2 1464 688 643 143 331 13 874 26 3 29 5868 107 1.285 9.4 0.9 2.1 5.6 2.64
NL (7 yrs) 55 52 .514 4.67 146 140 1 6 3 0 868.1 943 480 451 117 223 17 608 27 3 15 3732 93 1.343 9.8 1.2 2.3 6.3 2.73

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
1989 25 NYM NL 7.1 3 0 3 3.68 3.87 0.19 -0.30 95.8 3.24 -0 -0.0 .2 -0.0 0.0 0 .486 .500 $
1989 25 MIN AL 32.2 5 5 15 4.13 4.43 -0.14 0.16 110.8 5.23 4 0.4 -0.0 0.7 7 .587 .503 $
1990 26 MIN AL 159.1 28 28 75 4.24 4.34 -0.01 0.16 104.4 4.71 9 1.0 -0.1 2.4 26 .537 .506 $102,000 RoY-5
1991 27 MIN AL 244.0 34 34 84 3.10 4.45 0.22 0.16 104.8 4.60 41 4.6 -0.2 6.6 69 .636 .529 $197,500 CYA-7
1992 28 MIN AL 220.0 34 34 103 4.21 4.26 0.22 0.15 102.2 4.28 2 0.2 -0.1 2.0 26 .506 .501 $485,000
1993 29 MIN AL 225.2 36 35 123 4.91 4.81 -0.26 0.17 99.7 5.23 10 1.0 .4 -0.1 2.9 36 .528 .506 $2,000,000
1994 30 MIN AL 156.0 24 24 86 4.96 5.17 0.08 0.18 101.4 5.35 6 0.6 -0.1 1.9 21 .525 .504 $2,575,000
1995 31 MIN AL 133.2 20 20 79 5.32 5.12 0.03 0.19 103.4 5.46 2 0.2 -0.1 1.3 17 .511 .501 $3,600,000
1995 31 LAD NL 57.0 13 11 37 5.84 4.47 -0.19 0.14 97.9 4.70 -8 -0.7 .8 -0.0 -0.4 -2 .442 .495 $
1996 32 CHW AL 225.1 34 34 123 4.91 5.45 -0.10 0.21 95.4 5.49 11 1.0 -0.1 2.9 46 .530 .506 $1,500,000
1997 33 CHC NL 85.0 13 13 33 3.49 4.65 0.24 0.17 101.8 4.66 11 1.2 -0.1 1.7 19 .590 .507 $3,750,000
1998 34 CHC NL 219.0 35 34 120 4.93 4.63 -0.10 0.16 103.9 5.09 4 0.4 .5 -0.1 1.9 25 .512 .503 $4,000,000
1999 35 CHC NL 136.0 23 23 81 5.36 5.05 -0.14 0.19 99.4 5.34 -1 -0.1 -0.1 0.8 14 .496 .499 $3,500,000
2000 36 CHC NL 195.2 30 30 113 5.20 5.05 0.04 0.18 97.2 5.05 -4 -0.4 -0.1 1.0 18 .488 .498 $6,000,000
2001 37 CHC NL 168.1 29 29 93 4.97 4.77 -0.08 0.18 96.5 4.86 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.9 15 .492 .499 $6,500,000
13 Seasons 2265.0 361 354 1168 4.64 4.78 -0.00 0.17 100.8 4.99 85 9.3 .5 -1.4 26.6 337 .526 .504 $34,209,500
MIN (7 yrs) 1171.1 181 180 565 4.34 4.64 0.05 0.17 102.8 4.89 75 8.2 .4 -0.8 17.8 202 .545 .507 $8,959,500
CHC (5 yrs) 804.0 130 129 440 4.93 4.83 -0.04 0.18 99.7 5.03 8 0.9 .5 -0.5 6.3 91 .507 .501 $23,750,000
NYM (1 yr) 7.1 3 0 3 3.68 3.87 0.19 -0.30 95.8 3.24 -0 -0.0 .2 -0.0 0.0 0 .486 .500 $
LAD (1 yr) 57.0 13 11 37 5.84 4.47 -0.19 0.14 97.9 4.70 -8 -0.7 .8 -0.0 -0.4 -2 .442 .495 $
CHW (1 yr) 225.1 34 34 123 4.91 5.45 -0.10 0.21 95.4 5.49 11 1.0 -0.1 2.9 46 .530 .506 $1,500,000

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
1991 27 MIN AL ALCS W TOR 0 1 .000 7.84 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 16 9 9 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 48 1.839 13.9 0.0 2.6 7.8 3.00
1991 27 MIN AL WS W ATL 1 1 .500 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 13 6 6 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 50 1.250 9.8 0.8 1.5 5.3 3.50
1995 31 LAD NL NLDS L CIN 0 0 81.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 3 3 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 12.000 0.0 0.0 108.0 27.0 0.25
1998 34 CHC NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 1.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 6 0 1 0 35 0.889 5.0 1.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
3 Yrs (4 Series) 1 2 .333 5.40 7 5 0 0 0 0 31.2 34 19 19 2 12 1 23 0 1 0 138 1.453 9.7 0.6 3.4 6.5 1.92
2 NLDS 0 0 3.86 3 1 0 0 0 0 9.1 5 4 4 1 7 1 7 0 1 0 40 1.286 4.8 1.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 7.84 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 16 9 9 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 48 1.839 13.9 0.0 2.6 7.8 3.00
1 WS 1 1 .500 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 13 6 6 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 50 1.250 9.8 0.8 1.5 5.3 3.50

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
1989 25 TOT MLB 8 169 154 18 39 7 1 3 5 0 12 23 .253 .304 .370 .674 .277 57 3 0 1 2 1 1
1989 25 MIN AL 5 138 128 15 34 7 0 2 4 0 8 21 .266 .307 .367 .674 .302 47 3 0 1 1 1 1
1989 25 NYM NL 3 31 26 3 5 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 .192 .290 .385 .675 .167 10 0 0 0 1 0 0
1990 26 MIN AL 28 659 621 75 164 28 8 12 9 9 29 101 .264 .297 .393 .690 .297 244 9 2 3 4 2 6
1991 27 MIN AL 34 974 917 84 225 48 4 23 18 3 40 135 .245 .277 .382 .658 .264 350 15 2 9 6 0 3
1992 28 MIN AL 34 911 839 103 226 53 5 17 26 11 48 138 .269 .309 .405 .714 .301 340 17 5 8 11 2 9
1993 29 MIN AL 36 964 893 123 243 56 6 21 42 13 57 150 .272 .318 .419 .737 .305 374 14 6 3 5 1 12
1994 30 MIN AL 24 672 621 86 181 44 5 13 16 7 39 91 .291 .335 .441 .776 .322 274 14 4 2 5 0 6
1995 31 TOT MLB 33 834 770 116 227 55 3 29 21 4 48 131 .295 .338 .487 .825 .322 375 15 5 6 5 4 7
1995 31 LAD NL 13 255 235 37 72 15 3 8 6 3 14 43 .306 .345 .498 .843 .344 117 2 1 3 2 2 3
1995 31 MIN AL 20 579 535 79 155 40 0 21 15 1 34 88 .290 .335 .482 .817 .312 258 13 4 3 3 2 4
1996 32 CHW AL 34 971 880 123 236 47 4 34 10 8 76 150 .268 .326 .447 .773 .288 393 19 3 6 6 5 9
1997 33 CHC NL 13 352 318 33 77 19 1 7 3 3 23 55 .242 .296 .374 .670 .271 119 2 2 7 2 2 2
1998 34 CHC NL 35 945 858 120 244 50 7 30 13 3 62 136 .284 .333 .464 .797 .305 398 17 5 11 9 4 5
1999 35 CHC NL 23 591 539 81 151 37 5 12 7 5 33 73 .280 .322 .434 .757 .302 234 8 4 8 7 2 11
2000 36 CHC NL 30 829 767 113 208 38 1 35 17 8 47 150 .271 .319 .460 .779 .296 353 15 8 4 3 1 4
2001 37 CHC NL 29 729 667 93 186 36 3 24 7 8 40 149 .279 .325 .450 .775 .326 300 8 7 12 3 6 9
13 Yrs 361 9600 8844 1168 2407 518 53 260 194 82 554 1482 .272 .317 .431 .748 .299 3811 156 53 80 68 30 84
162 Game Avg. 34 913 841 111 229 49 5 25 18 8 53 141 .272 .317 .431 .748 .299 362 15 5 8 6 3 8
MLB Averages .264 .334 .411 .745 .295
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1989 25 TOT MLB 1.4 0.2 175 0.1 2.7 -2.6 .94 0.2 -0.1 0.6 0.1 0.94 1.1 0 0 2
1989 25 NYM NL -0.0 0.0 33 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .07 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.0 0.07 -1.3 0 0 2
1989 25 MIN AL 1.5 0.2 142 0.1 2.7 -2.5 1.14 0.2 -0.1 1.0 0.1 1.14 2.4 0 0 0
1990 26 MIN AL 4.3 0.4 678 1.0 11.7 -10.7 .97 1.2 -0.2 7.8 0.8 0.97 15.3 0 0 0
1991 27 MIN AL 35.6 3.8 1001 2.7 16.6 -13.9 .91 3.3 -0.4 38.3 4.0 0.91 37.0 0 0 0
1992 28 MIN AL 3.2 0.3 948 -0.3 15.0 -15.4 .92 0.5 -0.9 2.8 0.3 0.92 6.5 0 0 0
1993 29 MIN AL -2.8 -0.3 1020 -0.2 17.0 -17.2 .96 0.4 -0.5 -4.0 -0.4 0.96 5.2 0 0 1
1994 30 MIN AL 5.8 0.5 696 0.9 12.9 -12.0 1.02 0.6 0.2 7.8 0.7 1.02 8.4 0 0 0
1995 31 TOT MLB -10.4 -1.0 863 -0.9 14.1 -15.0 .95 -1.7 0.7 -9.4 -0.9 0.95 -14.7 0 1 1
1995 31 MIN AL -1.2 -0.1 596 -0.5 9.8 -10.3 .93 -0.6 0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.93 -4.0 0 0 0
1995 31 LAD NL -9.2 -0.9 267 -0.4 4.3 -4.7 1.01 -1.0 0.6 -6.4 -0.6 1.01 -10.7 0 1 1
1996 32 CHW AL 5.1 0.5 998 0.9 18.1 -17.1 .98 0.2 0.7 12.1 1.1 0.98 6.1 0 0 0
1997 33 CHC NL 9.5 1.0 360 1.2 6.3 -5.1 .96 1.0 0.2 10.0 1.0 0.96 11.4 0 0 0
1998 34 CHC NL -7.4 -0.7 966 -0.9 16.2 -17.1 .98 -0.8 -0.0 -2.8 -0.3 0.98 -5.0 0 0 1
1999 35 CHC NL -5.8 -0.6 607 -0.7 10.1 -10.9 .98 -0.2 -0.5 -6.3 -0.6 0.98 -1.8 0 0 0
2000 36 CHC NL -7.3 -0.7 848 -0.5 15.0 -15.5 .99 0.4 -0.9 -1.6 -0.2 0.99 4.4 0 0 0
2001 37 CHC NL -7.4 -0.7 746 -0.8 12.1 -12.9 .95 -0.2 -0.7 -4.1 -0.4 0.95 -4.3 0 0 0
13 Yrs 23.8 2.8 9906 2.4 167.7 -165.3 .96 5.0 -2.5 51.2 5.3 0.96 69.7 0 1 5
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1989 25 TOT MLB 8 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 .400 1 0 0 0 3 60% 77 20 5 1 0 4 3.6 4.5 6.5 93 1 2 2 0 107
1989 25 MIN AL 5 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 .400 1 0 0 0 3 60% 51.8 77 20 5 1 0 4 3.6 4.5 6.5 93 1 2 2 0 107
1990 26 MIN AL 28 28 12 8 8 1 1 13 15 .464 2 0 1 1 14 50% 51.1 86 19 22 11 2 9 4.2 4.6 5.7 81 10 15 3 0 114
1991 27 MIN AL 34 34 16 9 9 2 4 20 14 .588 4 4 4 1 23 68% 57.5 84 24 17 2 1 10 4.9 4.8 7.2 99 4 11 18 1 125
1992 28 MIN AL 34 34 16 11 7 4 4 19 15 .559 1 4 4 1 19 56% 51.8 93 16 22 3 0 9 5.6 5.8 6.5 100 4 11 16 3 134
1993 29 MIN AL 36 35 12 15 8 1 6 16 19 .457 4 2 3 1 20 57% 49.5 82 11 26 8 3 9 4.1 4.1 6.4 98 4 11 16 3 123
1994 30 MIN AL 24 24 11 7 6 2 2 14 10 .583 1 5 4 1 12 50% 47.8 81 11 20 8 0 8 5.2 4.6 6.5 98 4 6 10 3 133
1995 31 TOT MLB 33 31 10 13 8 2 2 16 15 .516 0 4 3 1 11 35% 0.0 84 13 16 7 5 3 5.4 5.2 6.1 96 5 10 10 5 127
1995 31 MIN AL 20 20 6 11 3 1 2 8 12 .400 0 2 3 1 7 35% 47.4 84 25 11 4 3 1 4.5 4.5 6.7 104 1 6 9 3 127
1995 31 LAD NL 13 11 4 2 5 1 0 8 3 .727 0 2 0 0 4 36% 45.0 77 13 5 3 2 2 6.8 6.9 4.9 82 4 4 1 2 123
1996 32 CHW AL 34 34 13 10 11 1 3 18 16 .529 6 1 1 0 19 56% 49.2 74 10 20 7 1 7 5.6 6.0 6.6 109 2 6 14 9 133
1997 33 CHC NL 13 13 9 3 1 1 0 10 3 .769 0 2 1 1 9 69% 55.2 88 23 8 2 0 6 5.2 4.2 6.5 98 0 7 4 0 111
1998 34 CHC NL 35 34 19 9 6 8 2 19 15 .559 2 5 2 2 16 47% 48.2 88 6 19 8 0 14 5.4 5.9 6.4 100 3 12 16 3 123
1999 35 CHC NL 23 23 6 12 5 1 2 7 16 .304 2 2 1 0 10 43% 47.0 78 15 6 1 0 9 4.3 4.0 5.9 92 4 10 8 1 134
2000 36 CHC NL 30 30 8 12 10 2 2 13 17 .433 6 4 2 0 16 53% 49.3 80 3 15 7 1 10 5.0 4.3 6.5 105 3 7 13 7 135
2001 37 CHC NL 29 29 9 14 6 3 3 12 17 .414 2 5 0 0 14 48% 49.7 81 -4 13 6 0 15 4.1 4.0 5.8 93 4 18 5 2 123
13 Yrs 358 354 143 125 86 28 31 179 175 .506 31 38 26 9 186 53% 50 93 -4 209 71 13 113 4.9 4.9 6.4 98 48 126 135 37 135
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 105 -21 4.7 4.7 6.0 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
1989 25 TOT MLB 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% .945 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 7.3 34
1989 25 NYM NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 .069 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 7.3 34
1993 29 MIN AL 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .964 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 25
1995 31 TOT MLB 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .954 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 30
1995 31 LAD NL 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.007 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 30
1998 34 CHC NL 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .975 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3.0 13
4 Yrs 87 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% .961 0 1 5 1 1 5 1 6 4 0 5 0 5.7 29

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%
1989 25 TOT MLB 169 41% 1.8% 13.6% 7.1% 6.5% 28% 0.80 1.02 77% 20% 4.3% 5% 24 3 13%
1989 25 NYM NL 31 61% 3.2% 6.5% 12.9% 6.5% 40% 0.79 1.00 77% 20% 7.7% 7% 6 0 0%
1989 25 MIN AL 138 37% 1.5% 15.2% 5.8% 6.5% 27% 0.80 1.03 77% 20% 3.5% 5% 18 3 17%
1990 26 MIN AL 659 48% 1.8% 15.3% 4.4% 7.3% 29% 0.75 0.96 78% 17% 4.6% 12% 83 9 11%
1991 27 MIN AL 974 44% 2.4% 13.9% 4.1% 7.7% 33% 0.82 1.12 79% 19% 6.4% 16% 130 15 12%
1992 28 MIN AL 911 48% 1.9% 15.2% 5.3% 8.2% 33% 0.78 1.18 76% 22% 5.0% 14% 127 17 13%
1993 29 MIN AL 964 41% 2.2% 15.6% 5.9% 8.6% 34% 0.83 1.09 75% 21% 5.9% 12% 149 14 9%
1994 30 MIN AL 672 48% 1.9% 13.5% 5.8% 9.2% 34% 0.75 1.08 78% 24% 5.0% 13% 116 14 12%
1995 31 TOT MLB 834 45% 3.5% 15.7% 5.8% 10.4% 38% 0.91 1.43 74% 23% 9.7% 10% 140 15 11%
1995 31 MIN AL 579 40% 3.6% 15.2% 5.9% 10.5% 39% 0.87 1.36 74% 24% 9.8% 10% 92 13 14%
1995 31 LAD NL 255 57% 3.1% 16.9% 5.5% 10.2% 36% 1.01 1.60 73% 21% 9.5% 11% 48 2 4%
1996 32 CHW AL 971 49% 3.5% 15.5% 7.8% 8.8% 36% 0.84 1.02 72% 22% 10.4% 16% 162 19 12%
1997 33 CHC NL 352 46% 2.0% 15.6% 6.5% 7.7% 35% 0.82 1.05 73% 21% 6.5% 22% 50 2 4%
1998 34 CHC NL 945 53% 3.2% 14.4% 6.6% 9.2% 36% 0.77 1.07 74% 21% 8.5% 14% 174 17 10%
1999 35 CHC NL 591 57% 2.0% 12.4% 5.6% 9.1% 36% 0.77 0.93 78% 22% 5.2% 15% 110 8 7%
2000 36 CHC NL 829 60% 4.2% 18.1% 5.7% 8.9% 36% 0.79 1.07 71% 23% 12.8% 15% 142 15 11%
2001 37 CHC NL 729 60% 3.3% 20.4% 5.5% 8.6% 34% 0.83 1.16 68% 27% 10.6% 16% 118 8 7%
13 Yrs 9600 50% 2.7% 15.4% 5.8% 8.7% 35% 0.80 1.09 75% 22% 7.5% 14% 1525 156 10%
MLB Averages 44% 2.5% 16.0% 8.9% 7.4% 32% 0.80 1.07 71% 22% 7.5% 16% 10%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1989 25 TOT MLB 169 571 3.38 361 63% 24% 16% 22% 37% 75% 0% 47% 77% 61% 4% 7 3 17% 28 17 3 26% 1 4 0 2 4
1989 25 NYM NL 31 103 3.32 65 63% 23% 17% 22% 38% 77% 0% 49% 78% 58% 6% 2 1 23% 7 5 0 0% 0 1 0 0 0
1989 25 MIN AL 138 468 3.39 296 64% 24% 16% 22% 37% 74% 1% 47% 77% 61% 4% 5 2 15% 21 12 3 29% 1 3 0 2 4
1990 26 MIN AL 662 2265 3.42 1490 66% 23% 15% 27% 35% 77% 1% 51% 81% 63% 3% 19 11 22% 143 57 5 29% 15 6 -3 1 6
1991 27 MIN AL 974 3382 3.47 2222 66% 22% 15% 28% 36% 78% 0% 52% 81% 62% 3% 27 17 18% 180 64 3 23% 15 10 0 0 0
1992 28 MIN AL 914 3384 3.70 2174 64% 22% 14% 31% 33% 78% 0% 50% 82% 61% 4% 32 22 20% 180 61 11 22% 14 8 -3 0 0
1993 29 MIN AL 967 3452 3.57 2202 64% 21% 16% 28% 34% 78% 0% 50% 79% 61% 3% 29 15 20% 192 72 3 21% 16 13 -3 0 5
1994 30 MIN AL 649 2256 3.48 1437 64% 20% 15% 29% 36% 80% 0% 51% 81% 62% 3% 19 13 17% 112 45 6 20% 14 6 23 0 6
1995 31 TOT MLB 799 2895 3.62 1851 64% 23% 15% 28% 34% 76% 1% 49% 80% 60% 5% 39 27 19% 149 56 6 27% 20 8 35 0 2
1995 31 MIN AL 548 1968 3.59 1264 64% 24% 15% 26% 34% 76% 1% 49% 80% 60% 5% 28 20 18% 99 38 4 23% 16 6 31 0 2
1995 31 LAD NL 251 927 3.69 587 63% 22% 14% 30% 33% 78% 2% 49% 82% 60% 4% 11 7 20% 50 18 2 33% 4 2 4 0 0
1996 32 CHW AL 902 3376 3.74 2107 62% 23% 16% 28% 33% 77% 1% 48% 79% 59% 3% 31 14 18% 164 78 8 24% 23 14 69 0 3
1997 33 CHC NL 312 1131 3.63 716 63% 24% 16% 28% 33% 76% 1% 48% 80% 61% 3% 10 6 19% 59 32 1 29% 10 2 40 0 0
1998 34 CHC NL 946 3415 3.61 2174 64% 24% 15% 27% 34% 76% 0% 48% 80% 62% 3% 29 16 21% 203 75 8 26% 20 12 -1 0 0
1999 35 CHC NL 593 2124 3.58 1389 65% 24% 14% 27% 35% 76% 0% 50% 81% 62% 4% 23 18 21% 125 46 10 26% 8 4 -2 0 2
2000 36 CHC NL 830 3148 3.79 2005 64% 26% 16% 27% 31% 74% 0% 47% 79% 60% 5% 39 30 21% 174 67 7 36% 18 8 -1 0 0
2001 37 CHC NL 730 2695 3.69 1722 64% 26% 16% 28% 31% 74% 2% 48% 79% 61% 4% 26 17 21% 152 60 8 32% 19 4 -1 0 0
13 Yrs 9447 34094 3.61 21850 64% 23% 15% 28% 34% 77% 1% 49% 80% 61% 3% 330 209 20% 1861 730 79 26% 193 99 153 3 28
MLB Averages 3.69 62% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 57% 6% 19% 28%
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

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
1989 25 TOT MLB 169 39 3 0 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 60 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1989 25 NYM NL 31 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1989 25 MIN AL 138 34 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 48 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1990 26 MIN AL 659 164 13 0 12 0 4 6 6 1 11 31 20 3 65% 6 1 1 199 9 9 50% 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 0
1991 27 MIN AL 974 225 73 3 23 0 5 15 8 12 11 41 24 2 59% 3 3 0 304 18 3 86% 17 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1992 28 MIN AL 911 226 87 3 17 0 6 5 12 6 11 46 28 5 61% 9 4 0 303 26 11 70% 23 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 18 0
1993 29 MIN AL 964 243 24 3 21 1 8 9 12 8 13 55 25 6 45% 12 4 4 349 42 13 76% 40 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 14 0
1994 30 MIN AL 672 181 14 2 13 0 12 8 5 6 7 37 19 5 51% 6 1 2 236 16 7 70% 14 7 2 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
1995 31 TOT MLB 834 227 24 3 29 0 12 14 15 17 12 46 27 10 59% 7 4 2 301 21 4 84% 17 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 11 0
1995 31 MIN AL 579 155 11 2 21 0 5 9 12 14 7 29 18 3 62% 4 3 1 204 15 1 94% 12 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
1995 31 LAD NL 255 72 13 1 8 0 7 5 3 3 5 17 9 7 53% 3 1 1 97 6 3 67% 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
1996 32 CHW AL 971 236 40 10 34 0 18 13 21 12 22 63 31 10 49% 9 13 1 333 10 8 56% 9 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 25 0
1997 33 CHC NL 352 77 11 3 7 0 2 3 4 3 4 15 4 2 27% 2 0 0 118 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1998 34 CHC NL 945 244 45 6 30 0 7 17 13 13 17 39 25 3 64% 5 7 1 348 13 3 81% 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1999 35 CHC NL 591 151 9 0 12 0 6 5 7 8 4 31 22 2 71% 11 3 1 228 7 5 58% 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2000 36 CHC NL 829 208 24 4 35 0 10 26 9 20 15 34 18 10 53% 4 1 0 288 17 8 68% 16 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 0
2001 37 CHC NL 729 186 18 2 24 0 7 15 9 10 14 32 16 4 50% 9 3 0 265 7 8 47% 6 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
13 Yrs 9600 2407 385 39 260 1 98 137 123 117 143 474 262 62 55% 84 44 12 3332 194 82 70% 176 72 18 9 0 1 5 3 153 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%
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

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+
1989 25 2 2 .500 3.83 8 5 1 0 0 0 40.0 39 18 17 3 12 1 23 0 1 0 169 107 1.275 8.8 0.7 2.7 5.2 1.92 107
1990 26 14 10 .583 4.02 36 33 1 1 1 0 199.1 203 93 89 15 41 3 124 2 1 1 828 103 1.224 9.2 0.7 1.9 5.6 3.02 103
1991 27 30 19 .612 3.45 70 67 1 5 2 0 443.1 428 177 170 38 81 3 259 4 4 4 1802 122 1.148 8.7 0.8 1.6 5.3 3.20 122
1992 28 46 30 .605 3.62 104 101 1 9 3 0 663.1 654 280 267 55 129 5 397 9 4 8 2713 115 1.180 8.9 0.7 1.8 5.4 3.08 115
1993 29 58 45 .563 3.83 140 136 1 12 4 0 889.0 897 403 378 76 186 6 547 15 4 12 3677 110 1.218 9.1 0.8 1.9 5.5 2.94 110
1994 30 69 52 .570 3.94 164 160 1 16 5 0 1045.0 1078 489 458 89 225 6 638 19 4 13 4349 109 1.247 9.3 0.8 1.9 5.5 2.84 109
1995 31 79 65 .549 4.10 197 191 1 19 6 0 1235.2 1305 605 563 118 273 10 769 24 4 17 5183 106 1.277 9.5 0.9 2.0 5.6 2.82 106
1996 32 92 75 .551 4.18 231 225 1 20 6 0 1461.0 1541 728 678 152 349 15 919 27 4 30 6154 105 1.294 9.5 0.9 2.1 5.7 2.63 105
1997 33 101 78 .564 4.13 244 238 1 21 7 0 1546.0 1618 761 710 159 372 17 974 29 6 30 6506 106 1.287 9.4 0.9 2.2 5.7 2.62 106
1998 34 120 87 .580 4.22 279 272 1 23 9 0 1765.0 1862 881 828 189 434 21 1110 34 6 37 7451 104 1.301 9.5 1.0 2.2 5.7 2.56 104
1999 35 126 99 .560 4.27 302 295 1 24 9 0 1901.0 2013 962 901 201 467 23 1183 38 6 40 8042 103 1.305 9.5 1.0 2.2 5.6 2.53 103
2000 36 134 111 .547 4.34 332 325 1 26 9 0 2096.2 2221 1075 1010 236 514 24 1333 46 6 41 8871 102 1.304 9.5 1.0 2.2 5.7 2.59 102
2001 37 143 125 .534 4.35 361 354 1 26 9 0 2265.0 2407 1168 1094 260 554 30 1482 53 6 44 9600 101 1.307 9.6 1.0 2.2 5.9 2.68 101

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
1989 25 2 2 .500 4.15 39.0 40 20 18 3 12 22 0 1.333 9.2 2.8 5.1 1.83 0.7 8
1990 26 8 9 .471 4.41 153.0 167 83 75 12 30 97 2 1.288 9.8 1.8 5.7 3.23 0.7 28
1991 27 16 10 .615 3.14 235.0 227 91 82 23 40 130 2 1.136 8.7 1.5 5.0 3.25 0.9 34
1992 28 10 13 .435 4.52 207.0 234 116 104 18 50 130 5 1.372 10.2 2.2 5.7 2.60 0.8 34
1993 29 10 14 .417 4.56 219.0 243 123 111 21 57 146 6 1.370 10.0 2.3 6.0 2.56 0.9 36
1994 30 11 13 .458 4.17 218.0 243 112 101 17 52 127 5 1.353 10.0 2.1 5.2 2.44 0.7 24
1995 31 9 14 .391 4.80 210.0 249 124 112 32 53 145 5 1.438 10.7 2.3 6.2 2.74 1.4 33
1996 32 11 13 .458 4.28 223.0 226 118 106 33 73 148 3 1.341 9.1 2.9 6.0 2.03 1.3 34
1997 33 5 4 .556 3.32 84.0 75 34 31 7 22 55 2 1.155 8.0 2.4 5.9 2.50 0.8 13
1998 34 10 13 .435 4.60 215.0 236 122 110 29 60 133 5 1.377 9.9 2.5 5.6 2.22 1.2 35
1999 35 7 8 .467 4.34 137.0 144 73 66 11 31 74 4 1.277 9.5 2.0 4.9 2.39 0.7 23
2000 36 9 12 .429 4.57 193.0 198 109 98 33 45 148 8 1.259 9.2 2.1 6.9 3.29 1.5 30
2001 37 8 10 .444 4.58 165.0 186 93 84 24 40 146 7 1.370 10.1 2.2 8.0 3.65 1.3 29
13 Yrs 116 135 .462 4.30 2298.0 2468 1218 1098 263 565 1501 54 1.320 9.7 5.9 2.66 1.0 361

* 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))
1991 AL (7, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (230th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1991 AL  6.6 (8th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1991 AL  6.6 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1991 AL  2.99 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1991 AL  16 (10th)
1992 AL  16 (10th)
1994 AL  11 (10th)
1998 NL  19 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1998 NL  .679 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1991 AL  1.086 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1991 AL  1.475 (3rd)
1992 AL  1.964 (4th)
1993 AL  2.273 (4th)
1994 AL  2.250 (8th)
2000 NL  2.162 (8th)
2001 NL  2.139 (7th)
Career  2.201 (156th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 NL  7.966 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1991 AL  244.0 (5th)
1996 AL  225.3 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,482 (189th)

Games Started s c a p y
1991 AL  34 (7th)
1992 AL  34 (7th)
1993 AL  35 (3rd)
1998 NL  34 (5th)
Career  354 (190th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1993 AL  1 (10th)
1995 AL  1 (9th)
1998 NL  2 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1991 AL  23 (8th)
1996 AL  34 (4th)
1998 NL  30 (7th)
2000 NL  35 (4th)
Career  260 (86th)

Hits s c a p y
1991 AL  225 (9th)
1992 AL  226 (9th)
1993 AL  243 (4th)
1994 AL  181 (4th)
1998 NL  244 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1991 AL  3.375 (4th)
1992 AL  2.875 (3rd)
1993 AL  2.632 (7th)
1994 AL  2.333 (10th)
2000 NL  3.192 (10th)
2001 NL  3.725 (5th)
Career  2.675 (64th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1994 AL  0.750 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1993 AL  15 (3rd)
2001 NL  14 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1992 AL  97 (9th)
1993 AL  111 (6th)
1998 NL  118 (5th)
2000 NL  109 (9th)
Career  1,094 (175th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1996 AL  13 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1991 AL  974 (9th)
1993 AL  964 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1991 AL  143 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1991 AL  36 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1991 AL  3.8 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1991 AL  38.32 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1991 AL  3.4 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1991 AL  4.0 (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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 48 (537), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Esteban Loaiza (941)
  7. Pat Hentgen (934)
  8. Charles Nagy (929)
  9. Aaron Sele (927)
  10. Pedro Astacio (926)
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  5. Oil Can Boyd (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Oil Can Boyd (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bobby Jones (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Shane Reynolds (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. John Burkett (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Charles Nagy (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Charles Nagy (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Todd Stottlemyre (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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