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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:21AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #308. Bill Doak… #309. Russ Ford… #310. Fred Hutchinson… #311. KENT TEKULVE… #312. Mike Hampton… #313. Bill Hutchinson… #314. Ken Forsch… 

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
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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1974 27 PIT NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 28 PIT NL 34 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .091 .167 .091 .258 -26 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 29 PIT NL 64 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1977 30 PIT NL 72 12 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 31 PIT NL 91 22 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .095 .136 .095 .232 -35 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-5,MVP-13
1979 32 PIT NL 94 17 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .133 .188 .133 .321 -12 2 0 0 1 0 0 1/ CYA-5,MVP-8
1980 33 PIT NL 78 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .100 .000 .100 -70 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1981 34 PIT NL 45 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 35 PIT NL 85 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .071 .143 -60 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1983 36 PIT NL 76 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1984 37 PIT NL 72 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 38 TOT NL 61 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 38 PIT NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1985 38 PHI NL 58 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 39 PHI NL 73 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 40 PHI NL 90 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 46 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1988 41 PHI NL 70 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 42 CIN NL 37 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 183 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 1050 132 121 8 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 61 .083 .126 .083 .209 -41 10 1 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 20 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .083 .126 .083 .209 -41 2 0 0 1 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PIT (12 yrs) 722 116 108 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 56 .083 .116 .083 .199 -44 9 1 0 4 0 0
PHI (4 yrs) 291 14 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .154 .000 .154 -54 0 0 0 1 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 37 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 183 1 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1975 28 PIT NL 12 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1976 29 PIT NL 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1977 30 PIT NL 12 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1978 31 PIT NL 22 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1 CYA-5,MVP-13
1979 32 PIT NL 17 -2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1/ CYA-5,MVP-8
1980 33 PIT NL 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1 AS
1981 34 PIT NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $500,000 1
1982 35 PIT NL 15 -3 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $500,000 1
1983 36 PIT NL 9 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $500,000 1
1984 37 PIT NL 7 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $500,000 1
1985 38 PHI NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1986 39 PHI NL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $890,000 1
1987 40 PHI NL 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $925,000 1
1988 41 PHI NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $850,000 1
1989 42 CIN NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
15 Seasons 132 -22 0 2 0 0 12 1 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $4,665,000
PIT (10 yrs) 116 -20 0 1 0 0 11 1 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $2,000,000
PHI (4 yrs) 14 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,665,000
CIN (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 28 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 32 PIT NL NLCS CIN W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 32 PIT NL WS BAL W 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1974 PIT NL 27 P 8 9.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 0.63 .944 1.90 1.88
1975 PIT NL 28 P 34 56.0 23 5 17 1 1 .957 3.54 0.65 .946 1.86 1.86
1976 PIT NL 29 P 64 102.2 31 6 24 1 0 .968 2.63 0.47 .950 1.88 1.87
1977 PIT NL 30 P 72 103.0 39 7 32 0 1 1.000 3.41 0.54 .950 1.85 1.85
1978 PIT NL 31 P 91 135.1 50 8 38 4 1 .920 3.06 0.51 .951 1.91 1.89 CYA-5,MVP-13
1979 PIT NL 32 P 94 134.1 36 7 28 1 0 .972 2.34 0.37 .951 1.80 1.80 CYA-5,MVP-8
1979 PIT NL 32 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .980 2.30 CYA-5,MVP-8
1979 PIT NL 32 LF 1 0 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1080 27.00 1.00 .970 2.70 2.00 CYA-5,MVP-8
1980 PIT NL 33 P 78 93.0 24 5 18 1 1 .958 2.23 0.29 .952 1.91 1.91 AS
1981 PIT NL 34 P 45 65.0 20 4 16 0 2 1.000 2.77 0.44 .959 1.97 1.98
1982 PIT NL 35 P 85 128.2 39 11 27 1 2 .974 2.66 0.45 .952 1.96 1.97
1983 PIT NL 36 P 76 99.0 23 3 20 0 2 1.000 2.09 0.30 .952 1.92 1.91
1984 PIT NL 37 P 72 88.0 31 6 25 0 3 1.000 3.17 0.43 .954 1.88 1.87
1985 TOT NL 38 P 61 0 0 75.2 18 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.14 0.30 .953 1.91 1.92 8 2 20% 0
1985 PIT NL 38 P 3 0 0 3.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.33 .950 1.89 1.93 0 0 0
1985 PHI NL 38 P 58 0 0 72.1 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 2.12 0.29 .953 1.92 1.92 8 2 20% 0
1986 PHI NL 39 P 73 110.0 29 4 22 3 2 .897 2.13 0.36 .955 1.94 1.94
1987 PHI NL 40 P 90 105.0 32 11 20 1 0 .969 2.66 0.34 .955 1.91 1.90
1988 PHI NL 41 P 70 80.0 21 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.36 0.30 .955 1.96 1.96
1989 CIN NL 42 P 37 52.0 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.90 0.30 .947 1.87 1.87
16 Seasons P 1050 0 0 1436.2 432 92 327 13 17 .970 2.62 0.40 .952 1.90 1.90 8 2 20% 0
1 Season OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .980 2.30
1 Season LF 1 0 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1080 27.00 1.00 .970 2.70 2.00
16 Seasons TOT 1051 0 0 1436.2 433 93 327 13 17 .970 0 0 2.62 0.40 .952 1.90 1.90 8 2 20% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1978 NL  91 (1st)
1979 NL  94 (1st)
1980 NL  78 (2nd)
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)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1975 NL  3.54 (3rd)
1977 NL  3.41 (1st)
1978 NL  3.06 (4th)
1984 NL  3.17 (2nd)
Career  2.62 (9th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1977 NL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .970 (71st)

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

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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198134Pittsburgh Pirates$500,0001981 TSN GuideFour years, $2 million
198235Pittsburgh Pirates$500,0001981 TSN GuideFour years, $2 million
198336Pittsburgh Pirates$500,0001981 TSN GuideFour years, $2 million
198437Pittsburgh Pirates$500,0001981 TSN GuideFour years, $2 million
198538Pittsburgh Pirates$830,0001985 USA Today survey
198639Philadelphia Phillies$890,0001986 USA Today survey
198740Philadelphia Phillies$925,0001987 USA Today survey
198841Philadelphia Phillies$850,000USA Today, 4/1/88
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,495,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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