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Bobby Thigpen

Robert Thomas Thigpen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 17, 1963 in Tallahassee, FL
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1986
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Phillies/Mariners 1986-1994

Final Game: April 27, 1994
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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
1986 22 CHW AL 2 0 1.000 1.77 20 0 14 0 0 7 35.2 26 7 7 1 12 0 20 1 0 0 142 249 1.065 6.6 0.3 3.0 5.0 1.67
1987 23 CHW AL 7 5 .583 2.73 51 0 37 0 0 16 89.0 86 30 27 10 24 5 52 3 0 0 369 169 1.236 8.7 1.0 2.4 5.3 2.17
1988 24 CHW AL 5 8 .385 3.30 68 0 59 0 0 34 90.0 96 38 33 6 33 3 62 4 2 6 398 121 1.433 9.6 0.6 3.3 6.2 1.88
1989 25 CHW AL 2 6 .250 3.76 61 0 56 0 0 34 79.0 62 34 33 10 40 3 47 1 1 2 336 102 1.291 7.1 1.1 4.6 5.4 1.18
1990 26 CHW AL 4 6 .400 1.83 77 0 73 0 0 57 88.2 60 20 18 5 32 3 70 1 0 2 347 211 1.038 6.1 0.5 3.2 7.1 2.19 AS,CYA-4,MVP-5
1991 27 CHW AL 7 5 .583 3.49 67 0 58 0 0 30 69.2 63 32 27 10 38 8 47 4 0 2 309 115 1.450 8.1 1.3 4.9 6.1 1.24
1992 28 CHW AL 1 3 .250 4.75 55 0 40 0 0 22 55.0 58 29 29 4 33 5 45 3 0 0 253 82 1.655 9.5 0.7 5.4 7.4 1.36
1993 29 TOT MLB 3 1 .750 5.83 42 0 16 0 0 1 54.0 74 38 35 7 21 1 29 6 1 0 254 72 1.759 12.3 1.2 3.5 4.8 1.38
1993 29 CHW AL 0 0 5.71 25 0 11 0 0 1 34.2 51 25 22 5 12 0 19 5 0 0 166 74 1.817 13.2 1.3 3.1 4.9 1.58
1993 29 PHI NL 3 1 .750 6.05 17 0 5 0 0 0 19.1 23 13 13 2 9 1 10 1 1 0 88 67 1.655 10.7 0.9 4.2 4.7 1.11
1994 30 SEA AL 0 2 .000 9.39 7 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 12 9 8 3 5 0 4 0 0 0 40 54 2.217 14.1 3.5 5.9 4.7 0.80
9 Yrs 31 36 .463 3.43 448 0 356 0 0 201 568.2 537 237 217 56 238 28 376 23 4 12 2448 119 1.363 8.5 0.9 3.8 6.0 1.58
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .463 3.43 68 0 54 0 0 31 86 82 36 33 9 36 4 57 3 1 2 372 119 1.363 8.5 0.9 3.8 6.0 1.58
CHW (8 yrs) 28 33 .459 3.26 424 0 348 0 0 201 541.2 502 215 196 51 224 27 362 22 3 12 2320 125 1.340 8.3 0.8 3.7 6.0 1.62
PHI (1 yr) 3 1 .750 6.05 17 0 5 0 0 0 19.1 23 13 13 2 9 1 10 1 1 0 88 67 1.655 10.7 0.9 4.2 4.7 1.11
SEA (1 yr) 0 2 .000 9.39 7 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 12 9 8 3 5 0 4 0 0 0 40 54 2.217 14.1 3.5 5.9 4.7 0.80
AL (9 yrs) 28 35 .444 3.34 431 0 351 0 0 201 549.1 514 224 204 54 229 27 366 22 3 12 2360 123 1.353 8.4 0.9 3.8 6.0 1.60
NL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 6.05 17 0 5 0 0 0 19.1 23 13 13 2 9 1 10 1 1 0 88 67 1.655 10.7 0.9 4.2 4.7 1.11

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
1986 22 CHW AL 35.2 20 0 7 1.77 4.58 0.39 -0.36 104.5 4.01 9 0.9 1.8 0.3 1.5 13 .546 .506 $60,000
1987 23 CHW AL 89.0 51 0 30 3.03 4.97 0.60 -0.38 103.8 4.13 11 1.1 1.7 0.3 2.1 21 .521 .507 $625,000
1988 24 CHW AL 90.0 68 0 38 3.80 4.47 0.03 -0.36 99.5 4.06 2 0.3 2.0 -0.1 1.0 12 .504 .502 $70,000
1989 25 CHW AL 79.0 61 0 34 3.87 4.33 -0.18 -0.33 98.3 4.11 2 0.2 1.8 -0.1 0.8 10 .503 .501 $467,500
1990 26 CHW AL 88.2 77 0 20 2.03 4.34 0.36 -0.33 98.0 3.58 16 1.7 2.2 0.8 3.4 25 .522 .511 $325,000 AS,CYA-4,MVP-5
1991 27 CHW AL 69.2 67 0 32 4.13 4.59 0.39 -0.35 97.5 3.76 -3 -0.3 2.2 -0.3 0.0 5 .495 .498 $2,418,667
1992 28 CHW AL 55.0 55 0 29 4.75 4.46 0.23 -0.35 97.3 3.78 -6 -0.6 2.0 -0.5 -0.6 0 .489 .496 $3,166,667
1993 29 CHW AL 34.2 25 0 25 6.49 4.97 0.45 -0.38 97.1 4.02 -9 -0.9 .4 0.2 -0.4 -5 .464 .494 $3,416,667
1993 29 PHI NL 19.1 17 0 13 6.05 4.47 -0.34 -0.34 100.0 4.46 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .477 .498 $
1994 30 SEA AL 7.2 7 0 9 10.57 5.86 0.10 -0.45 101.4 5.38 -4 -0.4 .9 0.0 -0.3 -4 .444 .498 $200,000
9 Seasons 568.2 448 0 237 3.75 4.58 0.24 -0.35 99.5 3.96 14 1.6 1.9 0.6 7.2 76 .504 .501 $10,749,501
CHW (8 yrs) 541.2 424 0 215 3.57 4.56 0.26 -0.35 99.5 3.93 22 2.3 1.9 0.6 7.8 81 .506 .502 $10,549,501
PHI (1 yr) 19.1 17 0 13 6.05 4.47 -0.34 -0.34 100.0 4.46 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .477 .498 $
SEA (1 yr) 7.2 7 0 9 10.57 5.86 0.10 -0.45 101.4 5.38 -4 -0.4 .9 0.0 -0.3 -4 .444 .498 $200,000

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
1993 29 PHI NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 5.40 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 5.4 5.4 16.2 3.00
1993 29 PHI NL WS L TOR 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0.750 3.4 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.00
1 Yr (2 Series) 0 0 2.08 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 2 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 17 0.923 4.2 2.1 4.2 6.2 1.50
1 NLCS 0 0 5.40 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 5.4 5.4 16.2 3.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0.750 3.4 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1990 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
1986 22 CHW AL 20 142 127 7 26 3 1 1 2 0 12 20 .205 .277 .268 .544 .234 34 4 1 1 1 0 0
1987 23 CHW AL 51 369 336 30 86 7 1 10 3 2 24 52 .256 .311 .372 .683 .277 125 5 3 6 0 5 1
1988 24 CHW AL 68 398 352 38 96 6 0 6 4 1 33 62 .273 .338 .341 .678 .311 120 6 4 4 5 3 6
1989 25 CHW AL 61 336 285 34 62 11 1 10 5 0 40 47 .218 .311 .368 .680 .223 105 4 1 5 5 3 1
1990 26 CHW AL 77 347 307 20 60 8 2 5 3 0 32 70 .195 .271 .283 .555 .234 87 12 1 4 3 3 4
1991 27 CHW AL 67 309 257 32 63 8 2 10 8 5 38 47 .245 .348 .409 .756 .261 105 4 4 7 3 8 4
1992 28 CHW AL 55 253 211 29 58 9 0 4 3 0 33 45 .275 .375 .374 .749 .325 79 5 3 2 4 5 0
1993 29 CHW AL 25 166 146 25 51 7 1 5 2 3 12 19 .349 .410 .514 .923 .368 75 5 5 0 3 0 2
1993 29 PHI NL 17 88 75 13 23 5 0 2 2 1 9 10 .307 .384 .453 .837 .328 34 2 1 2 1 1 0
1993 29 TOT MLB 42 254 221 38 74 12 1 7 4 4 21 29 .335 .401 .493 .894 .354 109 7 6 2 4 1 2
1994 30 SEA AL 7 40 34 9 12 4 0 3 0 0 5 4 .353 .436 .735 1.171 .333 25 0 0 1 0 0 0
9 Yrs 448 2448 2130 237 537 68 8 56 32 12 238 376 .252 .330 .370 .701 .279 789 47 23 32 25 28 18
162 Game Avg. 68 372 323 36 82 10 1 9 5 2 36 57 .252 .330 .370 .701 .279 120 7 3 5 4 4 3
MLB Averages .259 .326 .392 .718 .287

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1986 22 CHW AL 10.4 1.0 145 0.9 4.1 -3.2 1.44 1.0 -0.3 12.5 1.2 1.44 11.6 12 5 3
1987 23 CHW AL 18.1 1.8 377 2.9 11.0 -8.2 1.55 1.1 0.8 19.0 1.8 1.55 16.6 32 8 11
1988 24 CHW AL 6.2 0.6 410 2.0 14.9 -12.9 2.22 0.6 0.3 7.5 0.8 2.22 4.8 42 13 10
1989 25 CHW AL 1.9 0.2 347 0.7 10.9 -10.2 1.83 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.1 1.83 2.2 34 14 12
1990 26 CHW AL 20.4 2.1 353 4.1 14.1 -10.0 2.06 1.3 0.7 27.0 2.8 2.06 20.6 49 24 4
1991 27 CHW AL 3.0 0.3 326 -0.0 13.2 -13.2 2.53 -0.8 0.8 -0.1 -0.0 2.53 -4.4 44 12 10
1992 28 CHW AL -3.7 -0.4 257 -1.1 7.6 -8.7 1.97 -0.3 -0.3 -7.8 -0.8 1.97 -3.0 31 9 12
1993 29 TOT MLB -9.9 -1.0 264 -0.8 2.4 -3.2 .62 -1.0 -0.4 -16.3 -1.6 0.62 -11.2 7 5 29
1993 29 CHW AL -6.2 -0.6 171 -0.4 0.6 -1.1 .28 -0.9 -0.7 -12.2 -1.2 0.28 -8.6 3 0 21
1993 29 PHI NL -3.7 -0.4 93 -0.4 1.7 -2.2 1.25 -0.2 -0.2 -4.1 -0.4 1.25 -2.6 4 5 8
1994 30 SEA AL -3.7 -0.3 41 -0.7 0.3 -1.1 .83 -0.5 -0.4 -6.8 -0.6 0.83 -5.7 2 2 3
9 Yrs 42.7 4.4 2520 7.9 78.6 -70.6 1.82 1.7 2.7 35.8 3.8 1.82 31.5 253 92 94

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
1986 22 CHW AL 20 20 14 2 0 11 7 4 64% 12 1 20 5 25% 8 1.440 12 5 3 12 1 7 13 7 13 1 15 1 5.4
1987 23 CHW AL 51 51 37 7 5 19 16 3 84% 22 3 49 15 31% 8 1.546 32 8 11 25 13 13 28 23 37 9 40 12 5.2
1988 24 CHW AL 68 68 59 5 8 43 34 9 79% 44 1 50 15 30% 9 2.220 42 13 10 47 10 11 29 39 31 14 32 18 4.0 21
1989 25 CHW AL 61 61 56 2 6 43 34 9 79% 43 0 34 12 35% 9 1.827 34 14 12 47 5 9 24 37 27 10 28 12 3.9 21
1990 26 CHW AL 77 77 73 4 6 65 57 8 88% 65 0 34 6 18% 9 2.063 49 24 4 68 6 3 21 56 18 8 18 28 3.5 17
1991 27 CHW AL 67 67 58 7 5 39 30 9 77% 39 0 42 12 29% 9 2.525 44 12 10 43 14 10 31 36 16 13 16 19 3.1 17
1992 28 CHW AL 55 55 40 1 3 29 22 7 76% 33 3 39 12 31% 9 1.972 31 9 12 39 4 12 24 31 16 18 17 11 3.0 18
1993 29 TOT MLB 42 42 16 3 1 4 1 3 25% 5 1 18 10 56% .617 7 5 29 13 3 26 10 32 13 4 13 2 3.9 21
1993 29 CHW AL 25 25 11 0 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 14 7 50% 6 .279 3 0 21 8 0 17 8 17 8 2 8 1 4.2 23
1993 29 PHI NL 17 17 5 3 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 4 3 75% 7 1.254 4 5 8 5 3 9 2 15 5 2 5 1 3.4 18
1994 30 SEA AL 7 7 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 5 56% 7 .827 2 2 3 1 1 5 4 3 4 2 4 0 3.3 23
9 Yrs 448 448 356 31 36 253 201 52 79% 264 9 295 92 31% 1.821 253 92 94 295 57 96 184 264 175 79 183 103 3.8 19

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%
1986 22 CHW AL 142 58% 0.7% 14.1% 8.5% 3.5% 19% 0.71 75% 35 4 11%
1987 23 CHW AL 369 47% 2.7% 14.1% 6.5% 4.9% 21% 0.83 74% 83 5 6%
1988 24 CHW AL 398 52% 1.5% 15.6% 8.3% 3.0% 13% 0.71 0.92 73% 22% 6.5% 45% 105 6 6%
1989 25 CHW AL 336 51% 3.0% 14.0% 11.9% 6.6% 36% 0.63 0.83 69% 19% 8.4% 20% 75 4 5%
1990 26 CHW AL 347 49% 1.4% 20.2% 9.2% 4.3% 25% 0.66 0.88 68% 23% 4.7% 24% 72 12 17%
1991 27 CHW AL 309 52% 3.2% 15.2% 12.3% 6.5% 32% 0.73 1.09 66% 22% 9.6% 13% 77 4 5%
1992 28 CHW AL 253 61% 1.6% 17.8% 13.0% 5.1% 22% 0.55 0.82 66% 26% 4.3% 13% 65 5 8%
1993 29 TOT MLB 254 52% 2.8% 11.4% 8.3% 7.9% 27% 0.65 0.84 74% 28% 6.4% 8% 62 7 11%
1993 29 CHW AL 166 52% 3.0% 11.5% 7.2% 7.8% 26% 0.55 0.71 75% 28% 6.5% 8% 44 5 11%
1993 29 PHI NL 88 51% 2.3% 11.4% 10.2% 8.0% 30% 0.89 1.14 73% 26% 6.3% 9% 18 2 11%
1994 30 SEA AL 40 70% 7.5% 10.0% 12.5% 17.5% 58% 0.25 0.38 68% 32% 15.0% 17% 7 0 0%
9 Yrs 2448 52% 2.3% 15.4% 9.7% 5.4% 25% 0.65 0.86 70% 23% 7.0% 22% 581 47 8%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 15.1% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 0.81 1.06 72% 20% 6.5% 20% 10%

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 24 CHW AL 390 1391 3.57 890 64% 21% 15% 32% 33% 79% 2% 51% 82% 58% 7% 26 11 21% 83 47 5 16% 15 12 8 0 0
1989 25 CHW AL 327 1219 3.73 746 61% 24% 15% 28% 32% 76% 2% 46% 80% 53% 8% 26 11 20% 64 35 4 26% 5 13 9 0 2
1990 26 CHW AL 308 1187 3.85 754 64% 25% 17% 28% 29% 74% 1% 47% 77% 55% 7% 22 13 29% 89 55 5 21% 9 7 39 0 1
1991 27 CHW AL 311 1157 3.72 689 60% 24% 15% 29% 32% 76% 6% 45% 80% 47% 9% 28 15 15% 48 29 3 15% 10 6 -2 0 0
1992 28 CHW AL 253 1008 3.98 608 60% 26% 18% 28% 28% 74% 5% 44% 76% 53% 8% 20 10 17% 44 26 5 13% 5 5 0 0 0
1993 29 TOT MLB 252 858 3.40 537 63% 25% 14% 25% 36% 75% 1% 47% 81% 58% 4% 11 3 24% 60 39 7 34% 7 7 2 0 1
1993 29 CHW AL 164 559 3.41 347 62% 25% 14% 24% 37% 75% 0% 46% 81% 56% 4% 7 3 20% 33 21 5 32% 5 4 2 0 0
1993 29 PHI NL 88 299 3.40 190 64% 24% 13% 26% 36% 75% 4% 48% 82% 63% 5% 4 0 31% 27 18 2 40% 2 3 0 0 1
1994 30 SEA AL 40 158 3.95 92 58% 27% 11% 28% 34% 73% 0% 42% 85% 60% 18% 7 4 30% 12 6 1 25% 0 3 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1881 6978 3.71 4316 62% 24% 16% 29% 32% 76% 3% 47% 79% 54% 7% 140 67 21% 400 237 30 20% 51 53 56 0 4
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 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
1986 22 CHW AL 142 26 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 13 4 4 31% 0 0 1 61 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1987 23 CHW AL 369 86 10 0 15 6 4 8 2 19 5 2 26% 1 0 1 153 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 24 CHW AL 398 96 9 1 6 0 15 5 1 2 4 37 20 5 54% 6 6 0 195 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 0
1989 25 CHW AL 336 62 7 0 10 1 5 5 5 4 6 18 12 2 67% 1 2 2 167 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1990 26 CHW AL 347 60 7 0 5 0 11 2 3 2 3 15 5 4 33% 4 2 0 142 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1991 27 CHW AL 309 63 22 3 10 0 11 4 6 5 5 13 4 2 31% 4 2 0 148 8 5 62% 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1992 28 CHW AL 253 58 20 1 4 1 7 3 1 1 3 6 5 0 83% 0 0 1 122 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1993 29 TOT MLB 254 74 8 0 7 1 14 3 4 5 2 21 15 1 71% 2 0 0 102 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1993 29 CHW AL 166 51 5 0 5 1 11 2 3 3 2 17 13 0 76% 2 0 0 70 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1993 29 PHI NL 88 23 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 32 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1994 30 SEA AL 40 12 0 0 3 1 4 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
9 Yrs 2448 537 73 5 56 4 86 32 24 30 26 143 71 20 50% 18 12 5 1104 32 12 73% 31 11 1 0 0 1 1 0 61 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+
1986 22 2 0 1.000 1.77 20 0 14 0 0 7 35.2 26 7 7 1 12 0 20 1 0 0 142 249 1.065 6.6 0.3 3.0 5.0 1.67 249
1987 23 9 5 .643 2.45 71 0 51 0 0 23 124.2 112 37 34 11 36 5 72 4 0 0 511 186 1.187 8.1 0.8 2.6 5.2 2.00 186
1988 24 14 13 .519 2.81 139 0 110 0 0 57 214.2 208 75 67 17 69 8 134 8 2 6 909 154 1.290 8.7 0.7 2.9 5.6 1.94 154
1989 25 16 19 .457 3.06 200 0 166 0 0 91 293.2 270 109 100 27 109 11 181 9 3 8 1245 137 1.291 8.3 0.8 3.3 5.5 1.66 137
1990 26 20 25 .444 2.78 277 0 239 0 0 148 382.1 330 129 118 32 141 14 251 10 3 10 1592 148 1.232 7.8 0.8 3.3 5.9 1.78 148
1991 27 27 30 .474 2.89 344 0 297 0 0 178 452.0 393 161 145 42 179 22 298 14 3 12 1901 142 1.265 7.8 0.8 3.6 5.9 1.66 142
1992 28 28 33 .459 3.09 399 0 337 0 0 200 507.0 451 190 174 46 212 27 343 17 3 12 2154 132 1.308 8.0 0.8 3.8 6.1 1.62 132
1993 29 31 34 .477 3.35 441 0 353 0 0 201 561.0 525 228 209 53 233 28 372 23 4 12 2408 122 1.351 8.4 0.9 3.7 6.0 1.60 122
1994 30 31 36 .463 3.43 448 0 356 0 0 201 568.2 537 237 217 56 238 28 376 23 4 12 2448 119 1.363 8.5 0.9 3.8 6.0 1.58 119

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
1986 22 2 1 .667 1.85 34.0 26 8 7 1 12 19 1 1.118 6.9 3.2 5.0 1.58 0.3 20
1987 23 6 3 .667 2.59 87.0 83 28 25 10 23 51 3 1.218 8.6 2.4 5.3 2.22 1.0 51
1988 24 5 4 .556 3.62 87.0 99 39 35 6 34 60 4 1.529 10.2 3.5 6.2 1.76 0.6 68
1989 25 4 4 .500 4.44 75.0 66 41 37 11 43 45 1 1.453 7.9 5.2 5.4 1.05 1.3 61
1990 26 7 2 .778 2.17 83.0 64 22 20 5 34 65 1 1.181 6.9 3.7 7.0 1.91 0.5 77
1991 27 4 3 .571 3.90 67.0 65 32 29 10 39 45 4 1.552 8.7 5.2 6.0 1.15 1.3 67
1992 28 2 3 .400 5.82 51.0 62 37 33 4 35 42 3 1.902 10.9 6.2 7.4 1.20 0.7 55
1993 29 1 4 .200 6.18 51.0 74 39 35 7 21 27 6 1.863 13.1 3.7 4.8 1.29 1.2 42
1994 30 0 1 .000 8.18 11.0 16 11 10 4 7 6 0 2.091 13.1 5.7 4.9 0.86 3.3 7
9 Yrs 31 25 .554 3.81 546.0 555 257 231 58 248 360 23 1.471 9.1 5.9 1.45 1.0 448

* 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

All-Star Games
1990 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1990 AL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1990 AL (5, 43%)
0.43 Career Shares (489th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1990 AL (4, 14%)
0.14 Career Shares (171st)

Games Played s c a p y
1988 AL  68 (2nd)
1990 AL  77 (1st)
1991 AL  67 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1987 AL  16 (6th)
1988 AL  34 (4th)
1989 AL  34 (2nd)
1990 AL  57 (1st)
1991 AL  30 (8th)
Career  201 (43rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1988 AL  59 (1st)
1989 AL  56 (4th)
1990 AL  73 (1st)
1991 AL  58 (5th)
Career  356 (76th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1990 AL  20 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1990 AL  2.1 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1990 AL  26.98 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1987 AL  2.9 (9th)
1990 AL  4.1 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1990 AL  2.8 (8th)


† 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 - 18 (1146), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 42 (322), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  1. Rod Beck (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Doug Bird (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Victor Cruz (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chad Cordero (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lee Smith (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rod Beck (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Robb Nen (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gregg Olson (960)  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 or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') 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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