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Randy Tomlin

Randy Leon Tomlin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 179 lb.

Born: June 14, 1966 in Bainbridge, MD
School: Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 18th round of the 1988 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1990
Team: Pirates 1990-1994

Final Game: May 20, 1994
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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
1988	22	PIT-min	A-	7	5	.583	2.18	15	15	0	5	2	0	103.1	75	31	25	4	25	1	87	6	2	4			0.968	6.5	0.3	2.2	7.6	3.48	WTR · NYPL
1989	23	PIT-min	A,AA	14	8	.636	2.79	26	26	0	4	2	0	170.2	149	66	53	11	49	0	130	4	0	7			1.160	7.9	0.6	2.6	6.9	2.65	SAL,HRB · CARL,EL
1990	24	PIT-min	AA,AAA	9	6	.600	2.34	22	19	2	4	3	0	134.1	113	46	35	4	35	6	95	6	1	2			1.102	7.6	0.3	2.3	6.4	2.71	HRB,BFL · EL,AA
1990	24	PIT	NL	4	4	.500	2.55	12	12	0	2	0	0	77.2	62	24	22	5	12	1	42	1	3	1	297	142	0.953	7.2	0.6	1.4	4.9	3.50
1991	25	PIT	NL	8	7	.533	2.98	31	27	0	4	2	0	175.0	170	75	58	9	54	4	104	6	3	2	736	120	1.280	8.7	0.5	2.8	5.3	1.93
1992	26	PIT	NL	14	9	.609	3.41	35	33	0	1	1	0	208.2	226	85	79	11	42	4	90	5	2	7	866	102	1.284	9.7	0.5	1.8	3.9	2.14
1993	27	PIT-min	AA	1	0	1.000	0.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	41		0.667	5.2	0.8	0.8	6.8	9.00	CAR · SOUL
1993	27	PIT	NL	4	8	.333	4.85	18	18	0	1	0	0	98.1	109	57	53	11	15	0	44	5	2	4	411	83	1.261	10.0	1.0	1.4	4.0	2.93
1994	28	PIT-min	AAA	2	2	.500	5.30	11	11	0	0	0	0	52.2	70	32	31	5	17	1	28	1	0	2	232		1.652	12.0	0.9	2.9	4.8	1.65	BFL · AA
1994	28	PIT	NL	0	3	.000	3.92	10	4	1	0	0	0	20.2	23	9	9	1	10	0	17	0	0	0	89	112	1.597	10.0	0.4	4.4	7.4	1.70
1995		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play - Injured)
1996	30	BOS-min	AAA	0	2	.000	8.31	5	2	3	0	0	1	13.0	17	12	12	5	5	0	5	0	1	1	58		1.692	11.8	3.5	3.5	3.5	1.00	PAW · IL
5 Yrs				30	31	.492	3.43	106	94	1	8	3	0	580.1	590	250	221	37	133	9	297	17	10	14	2399	107	1.246	9.1	0.6	2.1	4.6	2.23
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.492	3.43	36	32	0	3	1	0	197	201	85	75	13	45	3	101	6	3	5	816	107	1.246	9.1	0.6	2.1	4.6	2.23

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
1990	24	PIT	NL	77.2	12	12	24	2.78	4.05	0.11	0.15	92.6	3.78	7	0.8		-0.0	1.4	16	.569	.505	$
1991	25	PIT	NL	175.0	31	27	75	3.86	4.02	-0.08	0.13	97.1	4.11	4	0.4	.2	-0.1	1.6	20	.514	.503	$120,000
1992	26	PIT	NL	208.2	35	33	85	3.67	3.81	0.00	0.13	98.6	3.88	4	0.4	.4	-0.1	1.8	22	.512	.503	$180,000
1993	27	PIT	NL	98.1	18	18	57	5.22	4.65	-0.10	0.17	97.5	4.79	-6	-0.6		-0.0	0.1	5	.465	.496	$325,000
1994	28	PIT	NL	20.2	10	4	9	3.92	4.91	0.20	0.10	103.5	4.97	2	0.2	1.4	-0.0	0.4	4	.524	.501	$975,000
5 Seasons				580.1	106	94	250	3.88	4.09	-0.02	0.14	97.3	4.13	11	1.3	.8	-0.4	5.3	66	.512	.502	$1,600,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1991	25	PIT	NL	NLCS	L	ATL	3.00	1	1	6.0	6	2	2	2	1	26	1.333	9.0	3.0	1.5	0.50
1992	26	PIT	NL	NLCS	L	ATL	6.75	2	0	2.2	5	2	2	1	0	13	2.250	16.9	3.4	0.0	0.00
2 Yrs (2 Series)							4.15	3	1	8.2	11	4	4	3	1	39	1.615	11.4	3.1	1.0	0.33
2 NLCS							4.15	3	1	8.2	11	4	4	3	1	39	1.615	11.4	3.1	1.0	0.33

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
1990	24	PIT	NL	12	297	280	24	62	17	1	5	2	6	12	42	.221	.254	.343	.597	.243	96	5	1	2	2	1	4
1991	25	PIT	NL	31	736	669	75	170	28	6	9	17	12	54	104	.254	.315	.354	.669	.289	237	15	6	5	2	4	15
1992	26	PIT	NL	35	866	801	85	226	45	7	11	21	8	42	90	.282	.320	.397	.717	.305	318	27	5	13	5	4	5
1993	27	PIT	NL	18	411	375	57	109	30	5	11	7	4	15	44	.291	.320	.485	.805	.299	182	8	5	8	8	0	6
1994	28	PIT	NL	10	89	79	9	23	3	1	1	0	2	10	17	.291	.371	.392	.763	.361	31	4	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				106	2399	2204	250	590	123	20	37	47	32	133	297	.268	.312	.392	.704	.293	864	59	17	28	17	9	30
162 Game Avg.				36	816	749	85	201	42	7	13	16	11	45	101	.268	.312	.392	.704	.293	294	20	6	10	6	3	10
MLB Averages																.260	.328	.394	.722	.290

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1990	24	PIT	NL	10.0	1.1	310	1.1	5.3	-4.1	.92	1.1	0.1	13.5	1.5	0.92	11.3	0	0	0
1991	25	PIT	NL	8.0	0.8	771	-0.5	12.4	-12.9	.99	0.3	-0.8	3.1	0.3	0.99	3.9	0	0	4
1992	26	PIT	NL	2.0	0.2	902	1.3	16.0	-14.6	1.04	0.4	0.9	3.8	0.4	1.04	3.2	0	0	2
1993	27	PIT	NL	-7.6	-0.7	428	-0.4	7.4	-7.8	1.01	-0.6	0.2	-8.3	-0.8	1.01	-6.8	0	0	0
1994	28	PIT	NL	1.4	0.1	91	-0.3	1.8	-2.1	1.10	0.1	-0.3	2.2	0.2	1.10	0.6	2	1	3
5 Yrs				13.8	1.5	2502	1.3	42.9	-41.6	1.01	1.3	0.0	14.3	1.7	1.01	12.2	2	1	9

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
1990	24	PIT	NL	12	12	4	4	4	0	3	6	6	.500	1	1	2	0	9	75%	58.8	83	35	8	4	0	3	4.0	3.8	6.5	91	3	3	4	1	123
1991	25	PIT	NL	31	27	8	7	12	0	2	15	12	.556	1	7	4	2	17	63%	52.8	86	22	19	6	3	10	5.0	4.5	6.3	93	3	16	7	1	123
1992	26	PIT	NL	35	33	14	9	10	0	1	22	11	.667	3	6	1	1	20	61%	51.2	78	22	18	8	0	11	4.2	3.4	6.3	91	9	13	10	1	122
1993	27	PIT	NL	18	18	4	8	6	1	3	8	10	.444	1	2	1	0	9	50%	47.1	77	15	9	4	0	7	3.9	4.1	5.5	77	11	3	3	0	104
1994	28	PIT	NL	10	4	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	48.0	60	38	6	1	0	3	4.4	1.6	4.4	76	2	2	0	0	91
5 Yrs				106	94	30	30	34	1	9	53	41	.564	6	16	8	3	55	59%	52	86	15	60	23	3	34	4.3	3.8	6.1	88	28	37	24	3	123
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	101	-14					4.4	4.4	6.1	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1991	25	PIT	NL	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.993	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	4	2	0	2	0	4.5	23
1992	26	PIT	NL	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	5	1.042	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.0	18

1994	28	PIT	NL	10	6	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	8	2	25%	7	1.103	2	1	3	1	1	4	4	2	0	4	0	1	1.5	8
3 Yrs				76	12	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	10	3	30%		1.024	2	1	9	3	1	8	5	7	3	5	3	1	2.8	15

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%
1990	24	PIT	NL	297	15%	1.7%	14.1%	4.0%	7.7%	37%	1.03	1.45	79%	20%	4.8%	11%	33	5	15%
1991	25	PIT	NL	736	21%	1.2%	14.1%	7.3%	5.8%	25%	1.00	1.26	76%	18%	3.9%	17%	162	15	9%
1992	26	PIT	NL	866	19%	1.3%	10.4%	4.9%	7.3%	28%	0.97	1.59	81%	22%	3.5%	14%	154	27	18%
1993	27	PIT	NL	411	19%	2.7%	10.7%	3.7%	11.2%	42%	0.81	1.15	80%	19%	7.1%	16%	61	8	13%
1994	28	PIT	NL	89	34%	1.1%	19.1%	11.2%	5.6%	22%	0.79	1.05	69%	19%	3.6%	18%	24	4	17%
5 Yrs				2399	20%	1.5%	12.4%	5.5%	7.5%	31%	0.95	1.37	79%	20%	4.5%	15%	434	59	14%
MLB Averages					41%	2.2%	15.1%	8.7%	6.9%	30%	0.81	1.06	72%	21%	6.4%	16%			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
1990	24	PIT	NL	275	997	3.63	630	63%	26%	16%	23%	35%	74%	1%	47%	78%	52%	4%	11	7	18%	49	26	1	21%	9	3	22	1	1
1991	25	PIT	NL	738	2597	3.52	1636	63%	24%	18%	23%	35%	76%	1%	48%	76%	60%	5%	37	20	18%	131	63	8	17%	25	13	-2	0	0
1992	26	PIT	NL	868	3035	3.50	1933	64%	23%	15%	25%	38%	77%	1%	49%	81%	55%	5%	41	29	18%	159	82	12	20%	17	8	-2	0	0
1993	27	PIT	NL	379	1315	3.47	829	63%	23%	12%	26%	39%	77%	0%	48%	84%	51%	4%	15	10	14%	53	26	0	20%	7	5	32	0	0
1994	28	PIT	NL	86	342	3.98	205	60%	23%	17%	30%	29%	77%	0%	46%	78%	52%	6%	5	3	15%	13	6	1	13%	1	2	3	0	0
5 Yrs				2346	8286	3.53	5233	63%	24%	16%	24%	36%	76%	1%	48%	80%	56%	5%	109	69	17%	405	203	22	19%	59	31	53	1	1
MLB Averages						3.65		61%	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
1990	24	PIT	NL	297	62	6	1	5	0	0	3	2	4	1	8	5	1	63%	4	1	0	82	2	6	25%	2	6	0	0	0	0	6	6	6	0
1991	25	PIT	NL	736	170	56	2	9	0	16	8	1	4	5	40	20	4	50%	15	2	1	286	17	12	59%	13	12	4	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
1992	26	PIT	NL	866	226	86	1	11	0	9	9	2	4	7	42	23	3	55%	5	7	1	314	21	8	72%	13	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
1993	27	PIT	NL	411	109	13	0	11	0	3	10	1	5	6	22	16	2	73%	6	4	0	131	7	4	64%	3	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	16	0
1994	28	PIT	NL	89	23	2	0	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	5	2	0	40%	0	0	0	36	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2399	590	163	4	37	0	34	31	6	18	19	117	66	10	56%	30	14	2	849	47	32	59%	31	32	16	0	0	0	9	7	48	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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+
1990	24	4	4	.500	2.55	12	12	0	2	0	77.2	62	24	22	5	12	1	42	1	3	1	297	142	0.953	7.2	0.6	1.4	4.9	3.50	142
1991	25	12	11	.522	2.85	43	39	0	6	2	252.2	232	99	80	14	66	5	146	7	6	3	1033	126	1.179	8.3	0.5	2.4	5.2	2.21	126
1992	26	26	20	.565	3.10	78	72	0	7	3	461.1	458	184	159	25	108	9	236	12	8	10	1899	114	1.227	8.9	0.5	2.1	4.6	2.19	114
1993	27	30	28	.517	3.41	96	90	0	8	3	559.2	567	241	212	36	123	9	280	17	10	14	2310	106	1.233	9.1	0.6	2.0	4.5	2.28	106
1994	28	30	31	.492	3.43	106	94	1	8	3	580.1	590	250	221	37	133	9	297	17	10	14	2399	107	1.246	9.1	0.6	2.1	4.6	2.23	107

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
1990	24	5	3	.625	3.13	72.0	66	28	25	5	13	39	1	1.097	8.3	1.6	4.9	3.00	0.6	12
1991	25	10	8	.556	3.57	164.0	180	72	65	10	57	98	6	1.445	9.9	3.1	5.4	1.72	0.5	31
1992	26	10	11	.476	4.29	191.0	243	101	91	12	45	82	5	1.508	11.5	2.1	3.9	1.82	0.6	35
1993	27	4	6	.400	5.07	94.0	109	59	53	11	15	42	5	1.319	10.4	1.4	4.0	2.80	1.1	18
1994	28	2	1	.667	4.00	27.0	31	13	12	1	13	22	0	1.630	10.3	4.3	7.3	1.69	0.3	10
5 Yrs		31	29	.517	4.04	548.0	629	273	246	39	143	283	17	1.409	10.3		4.6	1.98	0.6	106

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1991 NL 2.98 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1992 NL .609 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1992 NL 1.812 (5th)	Games Started s c a p y 1992 NL 33 (10th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1991 NL 2 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1992 NL 226 (3rd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1991 NL 0.463 (6th) 1992 NL 0.474 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1991 NL 6 (7th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1991 NL 121 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Dickey Kerr (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Atlee Hammaker (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Atlee Hammaker (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Atlee Hammaker (993) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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