Jay Tibbs
Jay Lindsey Tibbs
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 4, 1962 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Huffman (Birmingham, AL)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1984
Final Game: July 7, 1990
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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
1984 22 CIN NL 6 2 .750 2.86 14 14 0 3 1 0 100.2 87 34 32 4 33 1 40 0 0 2 403 132 1.192 7.8 0.4 3.0 3.6 1.21
1985 23 CIN NL 10 16 .385 3.92 35 34 0 5 2 0 218.0 216 111 95 14 83 10 98 0 1 12 928 96 1.372 8.9 0.6 3.4 4.0 1.18
1986 24 MON NL 7 9 .438 3.97 35 31 2 3 2 0 190.1 181 96 84 12 70 3 117 3 2 7 797 94 1.319 8.6 0.6 3.3 5.5 1.67
1987 25 MON NL 4 5 .444 4.99 19 12 2 0 0 0 83.0 95 55 46 10 34 2 54 0 1 1 366 84 1.554 10.3 1.1 3.7 5.9 1.59
1988 26 BAL AL 4 15 .211 5.39 30 24 1 1 0 0 158.2 184 103 95 18 63 2 82 3 3 8 708 72 1.557 10.4 1.0 3.6 4.7 1.30
1989 27 BAL AL 5 0 1.000 2.82 10 8 0 1 0 0 54.1 62 17 17 2 20 0 30 0 1 3 238 134 1.509 10.3 0.3 3.3 5.0 1.50
1990 28 TOT MLB 3 7 .300 5.31 15 10 3 0 0 0 57.2 62 36 34 8 16 1 27 0 0 2 244 72 1.353 9.7 1.2 2.5 4.2 1.69
1990 28 BAL AL 2 7 .222 5.68 10 10 0 0 0 0 50.2 55 34 32 8 14 1 23 0 0 2 215 68 1.362 9.8 1.4 2.5 4.1 1.64
1990 28 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 2.57 5 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 29 140 1.286 9.0 0.0 2.6 5.1 2.00
7 Seasons 39 54 .419 4.20 158 133 8 13 5 0 862.2 887 452 403 68 319 19 448 6 8 35 3684 91 1.398 9.3 0.7 3.3 4.7 1.40
162 Game Avg. 9 13 .419 4.20 37 31 2 3 1 0 202 207 106 94 16 75 4 105 1 2 8 861 91 1.398 9.3 0.7 3.3 4.7 1.40
BAL (3 yrs) 11 22 .333 4.92 50 42 1 2 0 0 263.2 301 154 144 28 97 3 135 3 4 13 1161 79 1.509 10.3 1.0 3.3 4.6 1.39
MON (2 yrs) 11 14 .440 4.28 54 43 4 3 2 0 273.1 276 151 130 22 104 5 171 3 3 8 1163 90 1.390 9.1 0.7 3.4 5.6 1.64
CIN (2 yrs) 16 18 .471 3.59 49 48 0 8 3 0 318.2 303 145 127 18 116 11 138 0 1 14 1331 105 1.315 8.6 0.5 3.3 3.9 1.19
PIT (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.57 5 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 29 140 1.286 9.0 0.0 2.6 5.1 2.00
NL (5 yrs) 28 32 .467 3.89 108 91 7 11 5 0 599.0 586 298 259 40 222 16 313 3 4 22 2523 98 1.349 8.8 0.6 3.3 4.7 1.41
AL (3 yrs) 11 22 .333 4.92 50 42 1 2 0 0 263.2 301 154 144 28 97 3 135 3 4 13 1161 79 1.509 10.3 1.0 3.3 4.6 1.39

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1984 22 CIN NL 14 403 365 34 87 16 3 4 3 4 33 40 .238 .302 .332 .633 .259 121 16 0 5 0 1
1985 23 CIN NL 35 928 826 111 216 33 10 14 12 8 83 98 .262 .326 .377 .703 .280 311 25 0 11 8 10
1986 24 MON NL 35 796 706 96 181 36 6 12 11 13 70 117 .256 .324 .375 .700 .291 265 18 3 13 4 3
1987 25 MON NL 19 366 329 55 95 19 2 10 7 5 34 54 .289 .354 .450 .804 .320 148 9 0 2 1 2
1988 26 BAL AL 30 708 629 103 184 35 4 18 10 5 63 82 .293 .356 .447 .803 .310 281 15 3 6 7 2
1989 27 BAL AL 10 238 216 17 62 6 1 2 5 2 20 30 .287 .345 .352 .696 .323 76 4 0 0 2 0
1990 28 BAL AL 10 215 197 34 55 9 0 8 4 2 14 23 .279 .324 .447 .771 .280 88 5 0 2 2 1
1990 28 PIT NL 5 29 27 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 .259 .310 .333 .644 .304 9 1 0 0 0 0
1990 28 TOT MLB 15 244 224 36 62 9 1 8 5 2 16 27 .277 .322 .433 .755 .283 97 6 0 2 2 1
7 Seasons 158 3683 3295 452 887 154 27 68 53 39 319 448 .269 .333 .394 .727 .292 1299 93 6 39 24 19
162 Game Avg. 37 861 770 106 207 36 6 16 12 9 75 105 .269 .333 .394 .727 .292 304 22 1 9 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1984 22 CIN NL 14 14 6 2 6 0 1 9 5 .643 3 3 3 1 11 79% 57 81 24 6 4 0 6 4.4 3.8 7.2
1985 23 CIN NL 35 34 10 15 9 2 7 14 19 .424 2 7 5 2 19 56% 50 84 19 24 13 24 5 4.1 3.4 6.4
1986 24 MON NL 35 31 7 9 15 0 2 14 17 .452 4 8 3 2 17 55% 51 84 20 19 10 1 9 3.4 3.2 6.0
1987 25 MON NL 19 12 4 5 3 2 2 5 7 .417 0 2 0 0 4 33% 44 63 27 8 5 2 4 5.0 5.7 5.5
1988 26 BAL AL 30 24 4 14 6 2 3 7 17 .292 2 2 1 0 8 33% 42 79 16 38 18 2 9 3.6 3.9 5.7 95 6 7 7 4 161
1989 27 BAL AL 10 8 5 0 3 2 0 6 2 .750 0 0 1 0 4 50% 52 65 36 6 1 0 4 7.0 7.9 6.0 93 1 3 2 1 127
1990 28 TOT MLB 15 10 2 7 1 1 0 2 8 .200 1 0 0 0 2 20% 66 30 8 2 0 5 3.1 3.3 5.1 74 6 3 1 0 100
1990 28 BAL AL 10 10 2 7 1 1 0 2 8 .200 1 0 0 0 2 20% 44 66 30 8 2 0 5 3.1 3.3 5.1 74 6 3 1 0 100
7 Seasons 153 133 38 52 43 9 15 57 75 .432 12 22 13 5 65 49% 49 84 16 109 53 29 42 4.1 4.0 6.0 90 13 13 10 5 161
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 CIN NL 35 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.028 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0
1986 24 MON NL 35 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 6 1.044 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 4.0
1987 25 MON NL 19 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.855 0 0 6 0 0 7 0 7 7 0 7 0 7.1
1988 26 BAL AL 30 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 1 0.982 1 3 2 0 2 4 3 3 6 0 6 0 11.5 57
1989 27 BAL AL 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0.762 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 9.0 46
1990 28 TOT MLB 15 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0.874 1 0 4 1 0 4 1 4 2 0 2 1 4.2 19
1990 28 PIT NL 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.433 1 0 4 1 0 4 1 4 2 0 2 1 4.2 19
6 Seasons 134 25 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 12 7 58% 0.975 5 3 16 2 4 19 7 18 19 2 19 2 7.0 43

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1984 22 CIN NL 403 53% 1.0% 9.9% 8.2% 5.7% 26% 1.38 80% 69 16 23%
1985 23 CIN NL 928 52% 1.5% 10.6% 8.9% 6.1% 26% 1.46 78% 179 25 14%
1986 24 MON NL 797 54% 1.5% 14.7% 8.8% 6.8% 30% 1.49 73% 133 18 14%
1987 25 MON NL 366 51% 2.7% 14.8% 9.3% 8.5% 33% 1.66 73% 65 9 14%
1988 26 BAL AL 708 53% 2.5% 11.6% 8.9% 8.1% 31% 0.71 0.92 76% 20% 10.9% 48% 127 15 12%
1989 27 BAL AL 238 57% 0.8% 12.6% 8.4% 3.8% 15% 0.72 0.87 78% 20% 2.4% 23% 43 4 9%
1990 28 TOT MLB 244 50% 3.3% 11.1% 6.6% 7.4% 29% 1.06 1.40 78% 19% 10.0% 17% 44 6 14%
1990 28 BAL AL 215 51% 3.7% 10.7% 6.5% 7.9% 31% 1.13 1.59 78% 17% 11.6% 16% 36 5 14%
1990 28 PIT NL 29 48% 0.0% 13.8% 6.9% 3.5% 14% 0.64 0.55 79% 30% 0.0% 21% 8 1 13%
7 Seasons 3684 53% 1.9% 12.2% 8.7% 6.8% 28% 0.78 1.30 76% 20% 8.6% 37% 660 93 14%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 BAL AL 708 2630 3.71 1585 60% 27% 11% 27% 35% 73% 0% 44% 86% 54% 6% 45 24 17% 122 53 9 35% 13 19 0 0 0
1989 27 BAL AL 203 743 3.66 442 59% 26% 10% 27% 36% 74% 0% 44% 86% 54% 3% 7 3 15% 30 14 4 27% 1 4 35 0 0
1990 28 TOT MLB 236 816 3.46 493 60% 28% 11% 22% 39% 72% 1% 43% 85% 57% 5% 12 5 13% 31 12 3 26% 1 6 8 0 2
1990 28 BAL AL 215 740 3.44 447 60% 28% 10% 22% 40% 72% 1% 44% 86% 57% 5% 11 5 12% 26 9 3 26% 0 5 0 0 0
1990 28 PIT NL 21 76 3.62 46 61% 26% 13% 22% 35% 70% 0% 42% 76% 62% 5% 1 0 24% 5 3 0 25% 1 1 8 0 2
3 Seasons 1147 4189 3.65 2520 60% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 1% 44% 85% 55% 6% 64 32 16% 183 79 16 32% 15 29 43 0 2
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1984 22 CIN NL 403 87 4 0 3 0 4 2 2 15 5 1 33% 2 2 1 136 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1985 23 CIN NL 927 216 14 0 22 9 5 8 6 50 30 3 60% 15 12 1 333 12 8 60% 10 7 1 0 1 1 6 1 26 1
1986 24 MON NL 797 181 12 0 13 8 4 6 6 41 22 3 54% 10 7 3 271 11 13 46% 9 9 2 3 0 1 3 0 19 0
1987 25 MON NL 366 95 10 0 7 6 4 3 7 14 10 2 71% 6 1 0 139 7 5 58% 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1988 26 BAL AL 708 184 26 1 18 1 10 9 9 10 8 38 21 6 55% 8 8 2 247 10 5 67% 9 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 25 0
1989 27 BAL AL 238 62 8 2 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 6 6 0 100% 1 3 0 100 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1990 28 TOT MLB 244 62 7 1 8 0 3 5 3 7 1 14 11 2 79% 1 2 0 76 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1990 28 BAL AL 215 55 4 1 8 0 3 5 3 7 1 11 9 1 82% 1 2 0 63 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1990 28 PIT NL 29 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 67% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3683 887 41 4 68 1 61 38 30 38 30 178 105 17 59% 43 35 7 1302 53 39 58% 47 32 5 5 1 2 14 2 87 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1984 22 6 2 .750 2.86 14 14 0 3 1 0 100.2 87 34 32 4 33 1 40 0 0 2 403 132 1.192 7.8 0.4 3.0 3.6 1.21 132
1985 23 16 18 .471 3.59 49 48 0 8 3 0 318.2 303 145 127 18 116 11 138 0 1 14 1331 105 1.315 8.6 0.5 3.3 3.9 1.19 105
1986 24 23 27 .460 3.73 84 79 2 11 5 0 509.0 484 241 211 30 186 14 255 3 3 21 2128 101 1.316 8.6 0.5 3.3 4.5 1.37 101
1987 25 27 32 .458 3.91 103 91 4 11 5 0 592.0 579 296 257 40 220 16 309 3 4 22 2494 98 1.350 8.8 0.6 3.3 4.7 1.40 98
1988 26 31 47 .397 4.22 133 115 5 12 5 0 750.2 763 399 352 58 283 18 391 6 7 30 3202 91 1.393 9.1 0.7 3.4 4.7 1.38 91
1989 27 36 47 .434 4.13 143 123 5 13 5 0 805.0 825 416 369 60 303 18 421 6 8 33 3440 93 1.401 9.2 0.7 3.4 4.7 1.39 93
1990 28 39 54 .419 4.20 158 133 8 13 5 0 862.2 887 452 403 68 319 19 448 6 8 35 3684 91 1.398 9.3 0.7 3.3 4.7 1.40 91

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1984 22 6 4 .600 3.16 94.0 87 37 33 4 33 37 0 1.277 8.3 3.2 3.5 1.12 0.4 14
1985 23 11 12 .478 4.24 208.0 219 109 98 14 84 94 0 1.457 9.5 3.6 4.1 1.12 0.6 35
1986 24 8 11 .421 4.47 179.0 185 99 89 12 72 110 3 1.436 9.3 3.6 5.5 1.53 0.6 35
1987 25 3 5 .375 4.95 80.0 93 49 44 10 33 52 0 1.575 10.5 3.7 5.9 1.58 1.1 19
1988 26 4 12 .250 6.39 148.0 194 117 105 19 66 76 3 1.757 11.8 4.0 4.6 1.15 1.2 30
1989 27 3 2 .600 3.35 51.0 65 21 19 2 21 28 0 1.686 11.5 3.7 4.9 1.33 0.4 10
1990 28 1 4 .200 6.33 54.0 66 42 38 9 17 25 0 1.537 11.0 2.8 4.2 1.47 1.5 15
7 Seasons 36 50 .419 4.71 814.0 909 474 426 70 326 422 6 1.517 10.1 4.7 1.29 0.8 158

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1986 NL--2--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1985 NL--83--9th

Hits s c a p y
1985 NL--216--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 NL--.567--6th

Losses s c a p y
1985 NL--16--3rd
1988 AL--15--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1985 NL--95--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1985 NL--12--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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