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Kent Tekulve

Kenton Charles Tekulve (Teke)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 5, 1947 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Catholic (Hamilton, OH)
School: Marietta College
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1974
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Phillies/Reds 1974-1989
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: July 16, 1989
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All-Star

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
1974 27 PIT NL 1 1 .500 6.00 8 0 5 0 0 0 9.0 12 6 6 1 5 2 6 1 0 0 44 60 1.889 12.0 1.0 5.0 6.0 1.20
1975 28 PIT NL 1 2 .333 2.25 34 0 9 0 0 5 56.0 43 20 14 2 23 6 28 1 0 3 232 158 1.179 6.9 0.3 3.7 4.5 1.22
1976 29 PIT NL 5 3 .625 2.45 64 0 33 0 0 9 102.2 91 30 28 3 25 7 68 0 0 0 409 142 1.130 8.0 0.3 2.2 6.0 2.72
1977 30 PIT NL 10 1 .909 3.06 72 0 35 0 0 7 103.0 89 41 35 5 33 6 59 1 1 2 422 130 1.184 7.8 0.4 2.9 5.2 1.79
1978 31 PIT NL 8 7 .533 2.33 91 0 65 0 0 31 135.1 115 44 35 5 55 18 77 2 0 5 573 160 1.256 7.6 0.3 3.7 5.1 1.40 CYA-5,MVP-13
1979 32 PIT NL 10 8 .556 2.75 94 0 67 0 0 31 134.1 109 46 41 5 49 20 75 2 0 4 550 143 1.176 7.3 0.3 3.3 5.0 1.53 CYA-5,MVP-8
1980 33 PIT NL 8 12 .400 3.39 78 0 57 0 0 21 93.0 96 39 35 6 40 16 47 1 0 0 407 109 1.462 9.3 0.6 3.9 4.5 1.18 AS
1981 34 PIT NL 5 5 .500 2.49 45 0 27 0 0 3 65.0 61 19 18 1 17 5 34 1 0 1 268 147 1.200 8.4 0.1 2.4 4.7 2.00
1982 35 PIT NL 12 8 .600 2.87 85 0 64 0 0 20 128.2 113 47 41 7 46 23 66 3 0 1 541 131 1.236 7.9 0.5 3.2 4.6 1.43
1983 36 PIT NL 7 5 .583 1.64 76 0 56 0 0 18 99.0 78 27 18 1 36 12 52 0 0 1 398 228 1.152 7.1 0.1 3.3 4.7 1.44
1984 37 PIT NL 3 9 .250 2.66 72 0 51 0 0 13 88.0 86 30 26 4 33 12 36 1 0 0 370 137 1.352 8.8 0.4 3.4 3.7 1.09
1985 38 TOT NL 4 10 .286 3.57 61 0 42 0 0 14 75.2 74 35 30 5 30 10 40 2 0 0 327 105 1.374 8.8 0.6 3.6 4.8 1.33
1985 38 PIT NL 0 0 16.20 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 7 7 6 1 5 1 4 0 0 0 21 25 3.600 18.9 2.7 13.5 10.8 0.80
1985 38 PHI NL 4 10 .286 2.99 58 0 41 0 0 14 72.1 67 28 24 4 25 9 36 2 0 0 306 125 1.272 8.3 0.5 3.1 4.5 1.44
1986 39 PHI NL 11 5 .688 2.54 73 0 34 0 0 4 110.0 99 35 31 2 25 10 57 0 1 3 446 153 1.127 8.1 0.2 2.0 4.7 2.28
1987 40 PHI NL 6 4 .600 3.09 90 0 38 0 0 3 105.0 96 38 36 8 29 13 60 0 0 2 432 138 1.190 8.2 0.7 2.5 5.1 2.07
1988 41 PHI NL 3 7 .300 3.60 70 0 35 0 0 4 80.0 87 34 32 3 22 11 43 2 0 0 347 99 1.363 9.8 0.3 2.5 4.8 1.95
1989 42 CIN NL 0 3 .000 5.02 37 0 20 0 0 1 52.0 56 35 29 5 23 8 31 0 1 1 235 72 1.519 9.7 0.9 4.0 5.4 1.35
16 Seasons 94 90 .511 2.85 1050 0 638 0 0 184 1436.2 1305 526 455 63 491 179 779 17 3 23 6001 132 1.250 8.2 0.4 3.1 4.9 1.59
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .511 2.85 68 0 41 0 0 12 93 85 34 29 4 32 12 50 1 0 1 389 132 1.250 8.2 0.4 3.1 4.9 1.59
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
PIT (12 yrs) 70 61 .534 2.68 722 0 470 0 0 158 1017.1 900 356 303 41 367 128 552 13 1 17 4235 139 1.245 8.0 0.4 3.2 4.9 1.50
PHI (4 yrs) 24 26 .480 3.01 291 0 148 0 0 25 367.1 349 135 123 17 101 43 196 4 1 5 1531 129 1.225 8.6 0.4 2.5 4.8 1.94
CIN (1 yr) 0 3 .000 5.02 37 0 20 0 0 1 52.0 56 35 29 5 23 8 31 0 1 1 235 72 1.519 9.7 0.9 4.0 5.4 1.35

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1974 27 PIT NL 9.0 0 6 5 0 1.3 -1 -0.3 $
1975 28 PIT NL 56.0 0 20 29 1 .9 9 0.5 $
1976 29 PIT NL 102.2 0 30 53 1 .9 23 1.7 $
1977 30 PIT NL 103.0 0 41 57 3 1.2 16 1.0 $
1978 31 PIT NL 135.1 0 44 75 -3 1.5 31 3.1 $ CYA-5,MVP-13
1979 32 PIT NL 134.1 0 46 77 0 1.7 31 3.1 $ CYA-5,MVP-8
1980 33 PIT NL 93.0 0 39 49 2 1.8 10 0.6 $ AS
1981 34 PIT NL 65.0 0 19 37 -2 1.4 18 1.8 $
1982 35 PIT NL 128.2 0 47 72 0 1.8 25 2.4 $
1983 36 PIT NL 99.0 0 27 56 -1 1.9 29 3.5 $
1984 37 PIT NL 88.0 0 30 47 2 1.8 17 1.7 $
1985 38 PIT NL 3.1 0 7 2 0 .3 -5 -0.3 $830,000
1985 38 PHI NL 72.1 0 28 42 -2 1.8 14 1.3 $
1986 39 PHI NL 110.0 0 35 64 -2 1.2 29 2.5 $890,000
1987 40 PHI NL 105.0 0 38 65 1 1.1 27 2.0 $925,000
1988 41 PHI NL 80.0 0 34 46 -3 1.4 12 0.9 $850,000
1989 42 CIN NL 52.0 0 35 30 -2 .6 -5 -0.7 $
16 Seasons 1436.2 0 526 806 -5 1.4 280 24.8 $3,495,000
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
PIT (12 yrs) 1017.1 0 356 559 3 1.5 203 18.8 $830,000
PHI (4 yrs) 367.1 0 135 217 -6 1.3 82 6.7 $2,665,000
CIN (1 yr) 52.0 0 35 30 -2 .6 -5 -0.7 $

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
1975 28 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 13.5 2.00
1979 32 PIT NL NLCS W CIN 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 10 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1979 32 PIT NL WS W BAL 0 1 .000 2.89 5 0 5 0 0 3 9.1 4 3 3 0 3 2 10 0 0 0 35 0.750 3.9 0.0 2.9 9.6 3.33
2 Seasons (3 Series) 0 1 .000 3.38 9 0 6 0 0 3 13.1 9 5 5 0 6 3 14 0 0 1 53 1.125 6.1 0.0 4.1 9.5 2.33
2 NLCS 0 0 4.50 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 3 1 4 0 0 1 18 2.000 11.3 0.0 6.8 9.0 1.33
1 WS 0 1 .000 2.89 5 0 5 0 0 3 9.1 4 3 3 0 3 2 10 0 0 0 35 0.750 3.9 0.0 2.9 9.6 3.33

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1980 PIT NL 33

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
1974 27 PIT NL 8 44 35 6 12 1 0 1 4 0 5 6 .343 .419 .457 .876 .367 16 1 1 1 2 2 0
1975 28 PIT NL 34 232 200 20 43 7 1 2 4 2 23 28 .215 .296 .290 .586 .238 58 5 1 6 2 6 7
1976 29 PIT NL 64 409 378 30 91 18 1 3 9 4 25 68 .241 .287 .317 .605 .286 120 13 0 5 1 7 8
1977 30 PIT NL 72 422 377 41 89 15 2 5 5 3 33 59 .236 .296 .326 .622 .264 123 8 1 6 5 6 6
1978 31 PIT NL 91 573 505 44 115 17 2 5 12 3 55 77 .228 .304 .299 .603 .258 151 14 2 7 4 18 14
1979 32 PIT NL 94 550 490 46 109 18 2 5 14 2 49 75 .222 .295 .298 .593 .252 146 18 2 7 2 20 10
1980 33 PIT NL 78 407 360 39 96 12 3 6 17 5 40 47 .267 .342 .367 .708 .293 132 10 1 6 0 16 10
1981 34 PIT NL 45 268 244 19 61 8 4 1 9 1 17 34 .250 .299 .328 .627 .284 80 10 1 4 2 5 7
1982 35 PIT NL 85 541 476 47 113 22 3 7 11 5 46 66 .237 .305 .340 .645 .259 162 13 3 10 6 23 11
1983 36 PIT NL 76 398 349 27 78 13 4 1 9 4 36 52 .223 .293 .292 .585 .257 102 15 0 9 4 12 11
1984 37 PIT NL 72 370 328 30 86 11 4 4 8 3 33 36 .262 .330 .357 .686 .283 117 14 1 6 2 12 7
1985 38 TOT NL 61 327 287 35 74 10 2 5 8 2 30 40 .258 .330 .359 .689 .283 103 7 2 6 2 10 5
1985 38 PHI NL 58 306 272 28 67 8 2 4 8 2 25 36 .246 .312 .335 .647 .269 91 6 2 5 2 9 5
1985 38 PIT NL 3 21 15 7 7 2 0 1 0 0 5 4 .467 .600 .800 1.400 .600 12 1 0 1 0 1 0
1986 39 PHI NL 73 446 413 35 99 13 3 2 18 5 25 57 .240 .281 .300 .581 .271 124 8 0 4 4 10 9
1987 40 PHI NL 90 432 395 38 96 16 1 8 8 3 29 60 .243 .293 .349 .642 .267 138 11 0 5 3 13 7
1988 41 PHI NL 70 347 315 34 87 15 2 3 13 0 22 43 .276 .326 .365 .691 .310 115 11 2 6 2 11 5
1989 42 CIN NL 37 235 206 35 56 11 0 5 10 2 23 31 .272 .342 .398 .740 .297 82 4 0 4 2 8 7
16 Seasons 1050 6001 5358 526 1305 207 34 63 159 44 491 779 .244 .307 .330 .637 .272 1769 162 17 92 43 179 124
162 Game Avg. 68 389 347 34 85 13 2 4 10 3 32 50 .244 .307 .330 .637 .272 115 10 1 6 3 12 8
MLB Averages .259 .325 .385 .710 .284
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1974 27 PIT NL -2.1 -0.2 48 -1.3 0.5 -1.8 1.26 -0.2 -0.8 0.0 0.0 1.26 -1.2 2 2 4
1975 28 PIT NL 6.5 0.7 242 0.2 3.3 -3.1 .90 0.5 -0.4 5.4 0.6 0.90 5.0 11 7 16
1976 29 PIT NL 12.7 1.4 421 0.9 6.7 -5.8 .92 1.6 -0.6 20.1 2.2 0.92 18.4 18 12 32
1977 30 PIT NL 9.6 1.0 434 1.9 9.4 -7.5 1.23 1.7 -0.1 4.7 0.5 1.23 14.6 36 14 21
1978 31 PIT NL 18.3 2.0 599 2.1 14.9 -12.8 1.55 1.5 -0.1 22.2 2.3 1.55 18.6 49 12 30
1979 32 PIT NL 17.1 1.8 572 5.7 17.9 -12.2 1.71 2.0 1.3 26.4 2.7 1.71 24.5 64 13 16
1980 33 PIT NL 3.2 0.3 430 -1.6 12.2 -13.8 1.82 0.1 -1.0 3.1 0.3 1.82 2.8 46 11 20
1981 34 PIT NL 8.5 0.9 280 0.2 6.5 -6.3 1.41 0.9 -0.7 5.3 0.6 1.41 4.7 22 3 18
1982 35 PIT NL 12.0 1.3 557 2.9 16.3 -13.3 1.76 1.3 0.4 20.8 2.2 1.76 18.2 51 10 22
1983 36 PIT NL 19.7 2.1 412 2.5 13.5 -11.1 1.88 1.5 -0.2 15.8 1.7 1.88 16.0 48 16 11
1984 37 PIT NL 9.3 1.0 381 -0.2 10.7 -10.9 1.78 0.8 -0.9 14.7 1.6 1.78 11.0 38 7 27
1985 38 TOT NL 0.8 0.1 338 -1.6 8.6 -10.1 1.74 0.2 -1.1 5.8 0.7 1.74 6.3 34 7 18
1985 38 PIT NL -4.6 -0.4 22 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .31 -0.4 0.2 -5.2 -0.5 0.31 -3.8 0 1 2
1985 38 PHI NL 5.4 0.6 316 -1.5 8.5 -10.0 1.84 0.6 -1.4 11.0 1.2 1.84 10.1 34 6 16
1986 39 PHI NL 15.8 1.7 474 1.5 9.2 -7.6 1.14 2.0 -0.7 20.1 2.1 1.14 20.9 29 14 29
1987 40 PHI NL 14.1 1.4 443 2.8 9.1 -6.3 1.11 1.4 1.1 23.4 2.3 1.11 20.3 33 19 36
1988 41 PHI NL 0.6 0.1 359 -0.7 7.2 -7.8 1.38 -0.2 -0.2 3.2 0.3 1.38 0.4 28 13 26
1989 42 CIN NL -8.8 -0.9 248 -1.1 2.1 -3.2 .62 -0.7 -1.0 -11.7 -1.2 0.62 -10.0 6 3 25
16 Seasons 137.4 14.5 6238 14.3 148.0 -133.7 1.44 14.4 -4.4 179.4 18.8 1.44 170.4 515 163 351
Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1974 27 PIT NL 8 8 5 1 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 12 4 33% 9 1.264 2 2 4 2 0 6 6 2 3 2 3 2 3.4
1975 28 PIT NL 34 34 9 1 2 5 5 0 100% 7 2 28 7 25% 5 .901 11 7 16 10 5 19 15 19 19 7 19 13 4.9
1976 29 PIT NL 64 64 33 5 3 12 9 3 75% 14 1 46 19 41% 8 .918 18 12 32 16 8 40 25 39 38 11 39 25 4.8
1977 30 PIT NL 72 72 35 10 1 14 7 7 50% 24 8 42 16 38% 8 1.225 36 14 21 31 18 23 25 47 35 14 38 24 4.3
1978 31 PIT NL 91 91 65 8 7 40 31 9 78% 46 5 69 14 20% 8 1.551 49 12 30 51 15 25 46 45 56 17 58 41 4.5
1979 32 PIT NL 94 94 67 10 8 37 31 6 84% 46 8 76 13 17% 8 1.710 64 13 16 51 21 22 46 48 51 24 51 37 4.3
1980 33 PIT NL 78 78 57 8 12 32 21 11 66% 36 3 61 20 33% 8 1.816 46 11 20 36 18 24 36 42 29 23 31 30 3.6
1981 34 PIT NL 45 45 27 5 5 8 3 5 38% 11 1 29 13 45% 8 1.407 22 3 18 12 12 21 17 28 25 12 25 17 4.3
1982 35 PIT NL 85 85 64 12 8 30 20 10 67% 32 2 68 16 24% 8 1.765 51 10 22 38 21 26 38 47 51 11 51 41 4.5
1983 36 PIT NL 76 76 56 7 5 24 18 6 75% 31 5 79 29 37% 8 1.881 48 16 11 36 20 20 44 32 39 24 39 29 3.9
1984 37 PIT NL 72 72 51 3 9 17 13 4 76% 22 3 60 13 22% 8 1.784 38 7 27 27 18 27 34 38 29 18 33 22 3.7
1985 38 TOT NL 61 61 42 4 10 22 14 8 64% 26 4 35 6 17% 1.737 34 7 18 28 14 19 21 40 25 14 27 15 3.7
1985 38 PIT NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 .307 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 3.3
1985 38 PHI NL 58 58 41 4 10 22 14 8 64% 26 4 33 6 18% 8 1.835 34 6 16 28 14 16 20 38 24 13 26 15 3.7
1986 39 PHI NL 73 73 34 11 5 6 4 2 67% 17 11 47 10 21% 7 1.138 29 14 29 24 19 30 25 48 42 12 45 26 4.5
1987 40 PHI NL 90 90 38 6 4 6 3 3 50% 24 17 51 11 22% 8 1.105 33 19 36 33 12 45 31 59 30 25 34 49 3.5
1988 41 PHI NL 70 70 35 3 7 7 4 3 57% 16 9 50 16 32% 8 1.382 28 13 26 19 14 37 31 39 23 21 26 22 3.4 16
1989 42 CIN NL 37 37 20 0 3 3 1 2 33% 3 0 18 9 50% 7 .620 6 3 25 4 5 28 11 26 19 7 20 11 4.2 21
16 Seasons 1050 1050 638 94 90 265 184 81 69% 357 79 771 216 28% 1.440 515 163 351 418 220 412 451 599 514 242 539 404 4.1 18
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

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%
1974 27 PIT NL 44 59% 2.3% 13.6% 11.4% 4.6% 17% 1.44 68% 10 1 10%
1975 28 PIT NL 232 62% 0.9% 12.1% 9.9% 4.3% 23% 2.24 74% 42 5 12%
1976 29 PIT NL 409 64% 0.7% 16.6% 6.1% 5.4% 24% 2.03 75% 81 13 16%
1977 30 PIT NL 422 69% 1.2% 14.0% 7.8% 5.2% 25% 1.92 75% 85 8 9%
1978 31 PIT NL 573 62% 0.9% 13.4% 9.6% 4.2% 21% 1.74 75% 96 14 15%
1979 32 PIT NL 550 63% 0.9% 13.6% 8.9% 4.6% 23% 1.72 75% 105 18 17%
1980 33 PIT NL 407 65% 1.5% 11.6% 9.8% 5.2% 22% 2.00 75% 77 10 13%
1981 34 PIT NL 268 63% 0.4% 12.7% 6.3% 4.9% 21% 2.51 79% 43 10 23%
1982 35 PIT NL 541 56% 1.3% 12.2% 8.5% 5.9% 28% 3.47 76% 103 13 13%
1983 36 PIT NL 398 57% 0.3% 13.1% 9.1% 4.5% 23% 2.39 75% 86 15 17%
1984 37 PIT NL 370 63% 1.1% 9.7% 8.9% 5.1% 22% 2.58 78% 84 14 17%
1985 38 TOT NL 327 57% 1.5% 12.2% 9.2% 5.2% 23% 2.25 75% 62 7 11%
1985 38 PIT NL 21 43% 4.8% 19.1% 23.8% 14.3% 43% 48% 6 1 17%
1985 38 PHI NL 306 58% 1.3% 11.8% 8.2% 4.6% 21% 2.14 76% 56 6 11%
1986 39 PHI NL 446 52% 0.5% 12.8% 5.6% 4.0% 18% 1.50 80% 86 8 9%
1987 40 PHI NL 432 57% 1.9% 13.9% 6.7% 5.8% 26% 1.86 76% 84 11 13%
1988 41 PHI NL 347 51% 0.9% 12.4% 6.3% 5.8% 23% 1.22 1.81 78% 18% 4.1% 39% 80 11 14%
1989 42 CIN NL 235 49% 2.1% 13.2% 9.8% 6.8% 29% 1.29 1.93 73% 15% 8.1% 19% 38 4 11%
16 Seasons 6001 59% 1.1% 13.0% 8.2% 5.1% 23% 1.25 2.05 76% 17% 5.9% 32% 1162 162 14%
MLB Averages 43% 2.0% 13.6% 8.5% 6.6% 28% 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.8% 29% 11%
Lg 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
1988 41 PHI NL 322 1054 3.27 676 64% 21% 15% 26% 38% 79% 9% 51% 81% 61% 6% 18 8 18% 58 34 2 44% 10 1 25 1 0
1989 42 CIN NL 231 764 3.31 487 64% 20% 17% 26% 36% 79% 11% 51% 78% 61% 8% 18 4 19% 44 24 3 19% 4 6 4 0 5
2 Seasons 553 1818 3.29 1163 64% 20% 16% 26% 37% 79% 10% 51% 80% 61% 7% 36 12 18% 102 58 5 33% 14 7 29 1 5
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 57% 6% 19% 26%

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
1974 27 PIT NL 44 12 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 6 3 1 50% 0 0 0 24 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1975 28 PIT NL 232 43 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 23 10 3 43% 7 3 1 85 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 0
1976 29 PIT NL 409 91 3 0 10 1 2 2 1 22 12 2 55% 8 0 1 165 9 4 69% 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1977 30 PIT NL 422 89 5 1 18 3 2 2 3 40 24 1 60% 6 2 0 146 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
1978 31 PIT NL 572 115 5 1 15 3 2 5 0 34 18 5 53% 14 5 3 232 12 3 80% 12 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 14 1
1979 32 PIT NL 550 109 5 0 22 5 0 3 2 30 13 3 43% 10 4 0 232 14 2 88% 13 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 5 0
1980 33 PIT NL 407 96 6 0 28 5 1 4 2 44 17 6 39% 10 0 0 149 17 5 77% 15 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
1981 34 PIT NL 268 61 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 16 10 3 63% 7 1 0 103 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
1982 35 PIT NL 541 113 7 0 25 1 6 3 4 47 24 4 51% 11 1 1 230 11 5 69% 10 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 10 0
1983 36 PIT NL 398 78 1 0 20 0 1 0 1 29 12 3 41% 11 1 0 166 9 4 69% 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 0
1984 37 PIT NL 370 86 4 0 22 3 1 2 2 38 17 1 45% 7 0 0 148 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1985 38 TOT NL 327 74 5 0 11 3 2 3 2 16 8 1 50% 5 0 1 133 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1985 38 PIT NL 21 7 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1985 38 PHI NL 306 67 4 0 10 2 2 2 2 15 7 1 47% 5 0 0 119 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1986 39 PHI NL 446 99 2 0 17 1 1 0 2 24 13 2 54% 9 3 2 164 18 5 78% 18 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
1987 40 PHI NL 432 96 8 0 12 3 5 4 4 31 16 8 52% 7 2 0 168 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1988 41 PHI NL 347 87 10 1 3 0 12 2 1 2 1 33 16 0 48% 5 0 0 163 13 0 100% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1989 42 CIN NL 235 56 6 1 5 0 7 1 4 3 2 28 15 5 54% 7 1 0 90 10 2 83% 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
16 Seasons 6000 1305 16 2 63 2 235 33 30 35 28 461 228 48 49% 124 23 9 2398 159 44 78% 151 32 8 9 0 3 10 3 100 1
MLB Averages 53% 67%
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

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+
1974 27 1 1 .500 6.00 8 0 5 0 0 0 9.0 12 6 6 1 5 2 6 1 0 0 44 60 1.889 12.0 1.0 5.0 6.0 1.20 60
1975 28 2 3 .400 2.77 42 0 14 0 0 5 65.0 55 26 20 3 28 8 34 2 0 3 276 129 1.277 7.6 0.4 3.9 4.7 1.21 129
1976 29 7 6 .538 2.58 106 0 47 0 0 14 167.2 146 56 48 6 53 15 102 2 0 3 685 136 1.187 7.8 0.3 2.8 5.5 1.92 136
1977 30 17 7 .708 2.76 178 0 82 0 0 21 270.2 235 97 83 11 86 21 161 3 1 5 1107 134 1.186 7.8 0.4 2.9 5.4 1.87 134
1978 31 25 14 .641 2.62 269 0 147 0 0 52 406.0 350 141 118 16 141 39 238 5 1 10 1680 142 1.209 7.8 0.4 3.1 5.3 1.69 142
1979 32 35 22 .614 2.65 363 0 214 0 0 83 540.1 459 187 159 21 190 59 313 7 1 14 2230 142 1.201 7.6 0.3 3.2 5.2 1.65 142
1980 33 43 34 .558 2.76 441 0 271 0 0 104 633.1 555 226 194 27 230 75 360 8 1 14 2637 136 1.239 7.9 0.4 3.3 5.1 1.57 136
1981 34 48 39 .552 2.73 486 0 298 0 0 107 698.1 616 245 212 28 247 80 394 9 1 15 2905 137 1.236 7.9 0.4 3.2 5.1 1.60 137
1982 35 60 47 .561 2.75 571 0 362 0 0 127 827.0 729 292 253 35 293 103 460 12 1 16 3446 136 1.236 7.9 0.4 3.2 5.0 1.57 136
1983 36 67 52 .563 2.63 647 0 418 0 0 145 926.0 807 319 271 36 329 115 512 12 1 17 3844 142 1.227 7.8 0.3 3.2 5.0 1.56 142
1984 37 70 61 .534 2.64 719 0 469 0 0 158 1014.0 893 349 297 40 362 127 548 13 1 17 4214 142 1.238 7.9 0.4 3.2 4.9 1.51 142
1985 38 74 71 .510 2.70 780 0 511 0 0 172 1089.2 967 384 327 45 392 137 588 15 1 17 4541 138 1.247 8.0 0.4 3.2 4.9 1.50 138
1986 39 85 76 .528 2.69 853 0 545 0 0 176 1199.2 1066 419 358 47 417 147 645 15 2 20 4987 140 1.236 8.0 0.4 3.1 4.8 1.55 140
1987 40 91 80 .532 2.72 943 0 583 0 0 179 1304.2 1162 457 394 55 446 160 705 15 2 22 5419 140 1.232 8.0 0.4 3.1 4.9 1.58 140
1988 41 94 87 .519 2.77 1013 0 618 0 0 183 1384.2 1249 491 426 58 468 171 748 17 2 22 5766 136 1.240 8.1 0.4 3.0 4.9 1.60 136
1989 42 94 90 .511 2.85 1050 0 638 0 0 184 1436.2 1305 526 455 63 491 179 779 17 3 23 6001 132 1.250 8.2 0.4 3.1 4.9 1.59 132

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
1974 27 0 0 6.00 9.0 12 7 6 1 5 6 1 1.889 12.0 5.0 6.0 1.20 1.0 8
1975 28 4 2 .667 2.67 54.0 45 18 16 2 24 27 1 1.278 7.5 4.0 4.5 1.13 0.3 34
1976 29 6 4 .600 3.00 96.0 95 36 32 3 26 64 0 1.260 8.9 2.4 6.0 2.46 0.3 64
1977 30 7 4 .636 3.15 100.0 88 39 35 5 33 57 1 1.210 7.9 3.0 5.1 1.73 0.5 72
1978 31 10 4 .714 2.52 132.0 119 41 37 5 57 75 2 1.333 8.1 3.9 5.1 1.32 0.3 91
1979 32 9 5 .643 2.84 130.0 109 46 41 5 49 73 2 1.215 7.5 3.4 5.1 1.49 0.3 94
1980 33 5 4 .556 3.84 89.0 99 42 38 6 41 45 1 1.573 10.0 4.1 4.6 1.10 0.6 78
1981 34 7 3 .700 2.78 94.0 95 32 29 2 26 49 2 1.287 9.1 2.5 4.7 1.88 0.2 45
1982 35 8 5 .615 3.10 125.0 116 48 43 7 47 64 3 1.304 8.4 3.4 4.6 1.36 0.5 85
1983 36 8 2 .800 1.82 94.0 79 21 19 1 36 50 0 1.223 7.6 3.4 4.8 1.39 0.1 76
1984 37 6 3 .667 3.07 82.0 88 31 28 4 34 34 1 1.488 9.7 3.7 3.7 1.00 0.4 72
1985 38 4 4 .500 4.00 72.0 77 36 32 5 31 38 2 1.500 9.6 3.9 4.8 1.23 0.6 61
1986 39 8 3 .727 2.61 107.0 99 34 31 2 25 56 0 1.159 8.3 2.1 4.7 2.24 0.2 73
1987 40 7 4 .636 2.97 103.0 94 38 34 8 28 59 0 1.184 8.2 2.4 5.2 2.11 0.7 90
1988 41 4 4 .500 4.09 77.0 92 39 35 3 23 41 2 1.494 10.8 2.7 4.8 1.78 0.4 70
1989 42 2 3 .400 5.47 51.0 59 34 31 5 24 30 0 1.627 10.4 4.2 5.3 1.25 0.9 37
16 Seasons 95 54 .638 3.10 1415.0 1366 542 487 64 509 768 18 1.325 8.7 4.9 1.51 0.4 1050

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

Hall of Fame
1995 BBWAA ( 1.3%)

All-Star Games
1980

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 NL (13, 7%)
1979 NL (8, 19%)
0.26 Career Shares (652nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 NL (5, 10%)
1979 NL (5, 12%)
0.22 Career Shares (151st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  2.85 (118th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1986 NL  .688 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  8.175 (172nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1976 NL  64 (8th)
1977 NL  72 (7th)
1978 NL  91 (1st)
1979 NL  94 (1st)
1980 NL  78 (2nd)
1981 NL  45 (10th)
1982 NL  85 (1st)
1983 NL  76 (2nd)
1984 NL  72 (4th)
1986 NL  73 (5th)
1987 NL  90 (1st)
1988 NL  70 (4th)
Career  1,050 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1978 NL  31 (2nd)
1979 NL  31 (2nd)
1980 NL  21 (6th)
1982 NL  20 (5th)
1983 NL  18 (9th)
Career  184 (52nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1978 NL  65 (1st)
1979 NL  67 (1st)
1980 NL  57 (2nd)
1982 NL  64 (2nd)
1983 NL  56 (1st)
1984 NL  51 (6th)
1985 NL  42 (8th)
Career  638 (12th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career  132 (31st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  17 (9th)
1983 NL  20 (7th)
Career  137 (150th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1979 NL  1.8 (9th)
1983 NL  2.1 (8th)
Career  14.5 (144th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1979 NL  26.45 (4th)
1982 NL  20.84 (10th)
1986 NL  20.15 (9th)
1987 NL  23.43 (7th)
Career  179.40 (58th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1979 NL  5.7 (1st)
1982 NL  2.9 (9th)
1983 NL  2.5 (10th)
1987 NL  2.8 (8th)
Career  14.3 (111th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1979 NL  2.0 (10th)
1986 NL  2.0 (9th)
Career  14.4 (74th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1979 NL  2.7 (5th)
1982 NL  2.2 (10th)
1987 NL  2.3 (8th)
Career  18.8 (59th)

Oldest s c a p y
1986 NL  born 1947-03-05 (7th)
1987 NL  born 1947-03-05 (5th)
1988 NL  born 1947-03-05 (4th)
1989 NL  born 1947-03-05 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (788), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 62 (207), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Clay Carroll (922)
  2. Mike Marshall (921)
  3. Don McMahon (919)
  4. Gene Garber (916)
  5. Sparky Lyle (915)
  6. Roy Face (910)
  7. Tug McGraw (909)
  8. Ron Perranoski (899)
  9. Mike Timlin (895)
  10. Steve Bedrosian (893)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Art Decatur (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Fred Gladding (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Fred Gladding (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Locker (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tim Burke (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Locker (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Locker (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave Smith (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Greg Minton (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gary Lavelle (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Roy Face (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Hoyt Wilhelm (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Roy Face (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Don McMahon (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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