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Tom Underwood

Thomas Gerald Underwood

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 22, 1953 in Kokomo, IN
High School: Kokomo HS (Kokomo, IN)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft.
Signed August 27, 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1974
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Phillies/BlueJays/Yankees/Orioles/... 1974-1984

Final Game: September 23, 1984
Died: November 22, 2010 in West Palm Beach, FL
Relatives: Brother of Pat Underwood
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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
1974 20 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 4.85 7 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 15 8 7 1 5 1 8 0 1 1 55 80 1.538 10.4 0.7 3.5 5.5 1.60
1975 21 PHI NL 14 13 .519 4.14 35 35 0 7 2 0 219.1 221 110 101 12 84 5 123 6 4 9 949 90 1.391 9.1 0.5 3.4 5.0 1.46
1976 22 PHI NL 10 5 .667 3.53 33 25 2 3 0 2 155.2 154 63 61 9 63 0 94 1 2 6 666 101 1.394 8.9 0.5 3.6 5.4 1.49
1977 23 TOT NL 9 11 .450 5.00 33 17 7 1 0 1 133.1 148 82 74 9 75 6 86 1 0 7 601 79 1.673 10.0 0.6 5.1 5.8 1.15
1977 23 PHI NL 3 2 .600 5.13 14 0 5 0 0 1 33.1 44 21 19 2 18 2 20 0 0 4 158 79 1.860 11.9 0.5 4.9 5.4 1.11
1977 23 STL NL 6 9 .400 4.95 19 17 2 1 0 0 100.0 104 61 55 7 57 4 66 1 0 3 443 79 1.610 9.4 0.6 5.1 5.9 1.16
1978 24 TOR AL 6 14 .300 4.10 31 30 0 7 1 0 197.2 201 105 90 23 87 4 139 2 0 7 864 95 1.457 9.2 1.0 4.0 6.3 1.60
1979 25 TOR AL 9 16 .360 3.69 33 32 0 12 1 0 227.0 213 113 93 23 95 3 127 9 0 11 963 117 1.357 8.4 0.9 3.8 5.0 1.34
1980 26 NYY AL 13 9 .591 3.66 38 27 5 2 2 2 187.0 163 85 76 15 66 4 116 4 0 2 771 107 1.225 7.8 0.7 3.2 5.6 1.76
1981 27 TOT AL 4 6 .400 3.66 25 11 6 1 0 1 83.2 69 38 34 6 38 2 75 2 4 2 351 96 1.279 7.4 0.6 4.1 8.1 1.97
1981 27 NYY AL 1 4 .200 4.41 9 6 1 0 0 0 32.2 32 17 16 2 13 1 29 0 0 0 138 82 1.378 8.8 0.6 3.6 8.0 2.23
1981 27 OAK AL 3 2 .600 3.18 16 5 5 1 0 1 51.0 37 21 18 4 25 1 46 2 4 2 213 109 1.216 6.5 0.7 4.4 8.1 1.84
1982 28 OAK AL 10 6 .625 3.29 56 10 20 2 0 7 153.0 136 66 56 11 68 4 79 1 0 6 651 117 1.333 8.0 0.6 4.0 4.6 1.16
1983 29 OAK AL 9 7 .563 4.04 51 15 15 0 0 4 144.2 156 69 65 13 50 4 62 2 0 7 627 95 1.424 9.7 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.24
1984 30 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 3.52 37 1 10 0 0 1 71.2 78 33 28 8 31 5 39 0 1 4 316 111 1.521 9.8 1.0 3.9 4.9 1.26
11 Yrs 86 87 .497 3.89 379 203 68 35 6 18 1586.0 1554 772 685 130 662 38 948 28 12 62 6814 100 1.397 8.8 0.7 3.8 5.4 1.43
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .497 3.89 44 24 8 4 1 2 185 182 90 80 15 77 4 111 3 1 7 796 100 1.397 8.8 0.7 3.8 5.4 1.43
PHI (4 yrs) 28 20 .583 4.02 89 60 10 10 2 3 421.1 434 202 188 24 170 8 245 7 7 20 1828 92 1.434 9.3 0.5 3.6 5.2 1.44
OAK (3 yrs) 22 15 .595 3.59 123 30 40 3 0 12 348.2 329 156 139 28 143 9 187 5 4 15 1491 106 1.354 8.5 0.7 3.7 4.8 1.31
NYY (2 yrs) 14 13 .519 3.77 47 33 6 2 2 2 219.2 195 102 92 17 79 5 145 4 0 2 909 103 1.247 8.0 0.7 3.2 5.9 1.84
TOR (2 yrs) 15 30 .333 3.88 64 62 0 19 2 0 424.2 414 218 183 46 182 7 266 11 0 18 1827 106 1.403 8.8 1.0 3.9 5.6 1.46
STL (1 yr) 6 9 .400 4.95 19 17 2 1 0 0 100.0 104 61 55 7 57 4 66 1 0 3 443 79 1.610 9.4 0.6 5.1 5.9 1.16
BAL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.52 37 1 10 0 0 1 71.2 78 33 28 8 31 5 39 0 1 4 316 111 1.521 9.8 1.0 3.9 4.9 1.26
AL (7 yrs) 52 58 .473 3.74 271 126 56 24 4 15 1064.2 1016 509 442 99 435 26 637 20 5 39 4543 106 1.363 8.6 0.8 3.7 5.4 1.46
NL (4 yrs) 34 29 .540 4.20 108 77 12 11 2 3 521.1 538 263 243 31 227 12 311 8 7 23 2271 89 1.467 9.3 0.5 3.9 5.4 1.37

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
1974 20 PHI NL 13.0 7 0 8 5.54 3.85 0.10 -0.31 107.2 3.69 -3 -0.3 .6 0.0 -0.1 -1 .458 .498 $
1975 21 PHI NL 219.1 35 35 110 4.51 4.13 0.26 0.13 103.5 4.14 -11 -1.2 -0.1 0.4 11 .467 .493 $
1976 22 PHI NL 155.2 33 25 63 3.64 3.92 0.18 0.10 100.4 3.85 2 0.3 2.1 -0.1 1.4 17 .508 .502 $
1977 23 PHI NL 33.1 14 0 21 5.67 4.48 0.42 -0.35 100.9 3.74 -7 -0.7 1.9 -0.4 -0.9 -4 .447 .495 $
1977 23 STL NL 100.0 19 17 61 5.49 4.19 0.20 0.13 101.3 4.17 -15 -1.5 1.1 -0.1 -0.8 -5 .420 .491 $
1978 24 TOR AL 197.2 31 30 105 4.78 4.28 -0.09 0.13 103.4 4.65 -2 -0.2 1.9 -0.1 1.4 18 .492 .499 $
1979 25 TOR AL 227.0 33 32 113 4.48 4.86 0.07 0.15 101.0 5.00 13 1.3 4.0 -0.1 3.2 39 .541 .508 $
1980 26 NYY AL 187.0 38 27 85 4.09 4.45 -0.08 0.06 97.6 4.48 7 0.8 1.3 -0.1 2.2 28 .520 .505 $
1981 27 NYY AL 32.2 9 6 17 4.68 3.92 0.18 0.11 96.1 3.69 -4 -0.4 .4 -0.0 -0.1 -2 .457 .498 $
1981 27 OAK AL 51.0 16 5 21 3.71 3.48 0.44 -0.03 98.0 2.96 -4 -0.5 2.1 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .471 .497 $
1982 28 OAK AL 153.0 56 10 66 3.88 4.58 0.02 -0.14 93.4 4.12 5 0.5 1.8 -0.1 1.7 20 .509 .503 $
1983 29 OAK AL 144.2 51 15 69 4.29 4.55 0.04 -0.09 94.2 4.16 -2 -0.2 1.7 -0.2 0.8 13 .495 .498 $
1984 30 BAL AL 71.2 37 1 33 4.14 4.50 0.37 -0.34 96.8 3.67 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.2 4 .490 .498 $
11 Seasons 1586.0 379 203 772 4.38 4.35 0.11 0.03 99.5 4.26 -25 -2.5 1.5 -1.5 9.2 137 .493 .499 $
PHI (4 yrs) 421.1 89 60 202 4.31 4.07 0.24 0.07 102.3 3.99 -19 -1.9 1.6 -0.5 0.8 23 .478 .497 $
OAK (3 yrs) 348.2 123 30 156 4.03 4.41 0.09 -0.11 94.4 3.97 -2 -0.2 1.8 -0.4 2.3 32 .498 .500 $
NYY (2 yrs) 219.2 47 33 102 4.18 4.37 -0.04 0.07 97.3 4.36 4 0.4 1.1 -0.1 2.1 26 .508 .501 $
TOR (2 yrs) 424.2 64 62 218 4.62 4.59 -0.01 0.14 102.1 4.84 11 1.1 2.9 -0.2 4.6 57 .517 .503 $
STL (1 yr) 100.0 19 17 61 5.49 4.19 0.20 0.13 101.3 4.17 -15 -1.5 1.1 -0.1 -0.8 -5 .420 .491 $
BAL (1 yr) 71.2 37 1 33 4.14 4.50 0.37 -0.34 96.8 3.67 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.2 4 .490 .498 $

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
1976 22 PHI NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
1980 26 NYY AL ALCS L KCR 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1981 27 OAK AL ALDS W KCR 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
1981 27 OAK AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 13.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.1 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
3 Yrs (4 Series) 0 0 3.60 6 0 5 0 0 0 5.0 8 4 2 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 25 2.400 14.4 0.0 7.2 7.2 1.00
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
2 ALCS 0 0 4.15 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.1 7 4 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 20 2.077 14.5 0.0 4.2 6.2 1.50
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00

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 20 PHI NL 7 55 48 8 15 2 0 1 1 0 5 8 .313 .364 .417 .780 .341 20 4 0 0 2 1 0
1975 21 PHI NL 35 949 843 110 221 37 6 12 6 8 84 123 .262 .331 .363 .694 .292 306 27 6 9 7 5 17
1976 22 PHI NL 33 666 592 63 154 23 10 9 11 7 63 94 .260 .331 .378 .709 .295 224 14 1 7 3 0 6
1977 23 TOT NL 33 601 508 82 148 14 6 9 14 5 75 86 .291 .380 .396 .775 .332 201 19 1 11 6 6 7
1977 23 PHI NL 14 158 134 21 44 5 1 2 3 1 18 20 .328 .403 .425 .828 .368 57 3 0 4 2 2 2
1977 23 STL NL 19 443 374 61 104 9 5 7 11 4 57 66 .278 .372 .385 .757 .318 144 16 1 7 4 4 5
1978 24 TOR AL 31 864 762 105 201 43 10 23 13 13 87 139 .264 .339 .437 .776 .295 333 14 2 8 4 4 14
1979 25 TOR AL 33 963 842 113 213 33 8 23 9 10 95 127 .253 .333 .393 .726 .272 331 22 9 11 6 3 11
1980 26 NYY AL 38 771 688 85 163 35 3 15 9 12 66 116 .237 .306 .362 .668 .264 249 15 4 9 4 4 6
1981 27 TOT AL 25 351 305 38 69 14 0 6 8 2 38 75 .226 .316 .331 .647 .281 101 8 2 6 0 2 3
1981 27 NYY AL 9 138 122 17 32 8 0 2 6 2 13 29 .262 .333 .377 .710 .330 46 3 0 3 0 1 1
1981 27 OAK AL 16 213 183 21 37 6 0 4 2 0 25 46 .202 .305 .301 .605 .248 55 5 2 3 0 1 2
1982 28 OAK AL 56 651 564 66 136 19 7 11 3 3 68 79 .241 .321 .358 .679 .260 202 16 1 12 6 4 11
1983 29 OAK AL 51 627 563 69 156 29 5 13 4 2 50 62 .277 .333 .416 .748 .287 234 20 2 1 10 4 13
1984 30 BAL AL 37 316 276 33 78 10 2 8 2 4 31 39 .283 .352 .420 .772 .302 116 5 0 5 3 5 4
11 Yrs 379 6814 5991 772 1554 259 57 130 80 66 662 948 .259 .333 .387 .720 .287 2317 164 28 79 51 38 92
162 Game Avg. 44 796 700 90 182 30 7 15 9 8 77 111 .259 .333 .387 .720 .287 271 19 3 9 6 4 11
MLB Averages .260 .325 .383 .708 .284

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 20 PHI NL -1.3 -0.1 59 0.2 0.6 -0.4 .49 -0.2 0.6 -2.2 -0.2 0.49 -1.1 1 0 6
1975 21 PHI NL -7.3 -0.8 977 -1.2 16.7 -17.9 1.03 -0.7 -0.5 -5.5 -0.6 1.03 -4.8 0 0 0
1976 22 PHI NL 3.8 0.4 688 1.1 13.1 -11.9 1.10 0.2 0.9 6.1 0.7 1.10 2.5 5 2 1
1977 23 TOT NL -15.2 -1.5 629 -0.5 11.7 -12.2 1.20 -1.4 1.0 -13.0 -1.3 1.20 -16.5 8 4 4
1977 23 PHI NL -3.6 -0.4 165 0.1 3.6 -3.6 1.46 -0.6 0.7 -4.7 -0.5 1.46 -5.7 7 4 3
1977 23 STL NL -11.5 -1.1 464 -0.6 8.0 -8.6 1.10 -0.8 0.3 -8.3 -0.8 1.10 -10.8 1 0 1
1978 24 TOR AL -5.1 -0.5 901 -2.4 16.3 -18.7 1.11 -1.9 -0.3 -5.2 -0.5 1.11 -17.9 1 0 0
1979 25 TOR AL 11.7 1.2 998 0.7 19.2 -18.6 1.09 0.0 0.6 8.8 0.9 1.09 5.3 1 0 0
1980 26 NYY AL 5.8 0.6 797 1.4 14.8 -13.3 1.06 1.6 -0.3 14.6 1.5 1.06 16.6 4 3 4
1981 27 TOT AL -1.1 -0.1 366 -0.5 7.0 -7.5 1.20 0.7 -1.1 1.1 0.1 1.20 6.2 7 3 4
1981 27 NYY AL -2.6 -0.3 145 -0.4 2.0 -2.4 .88 0.2 -0.7 -2.6 -0.3 0.88 2.0 0 1 2
1981 27 OAK AL 1.6 0.2 221 -0.1 5.0 -5.2 1.40 0.4 -0.5 3.8 0.4 1.40 4.3 7 2 2
1982 28 OAK AL 8.6 0.9 663 0.8 13.5 -12.7 1.18 0.7 -0.0 9.0 0.9 1.18 8.7 23 13 8
1983 29 OAK AL -2.0 -0.2 641 -0.2 11.2 -11.4 1.02 -0.9 0.7 -5.7 -0.6 1.02 -6.3 19 4 13
1984 30 BAL AL 2.3 0.2 328 1.3 4.3 -3.0 .75 -0.2 1.9 -1.6 -0.2 0.75 -1.4 8 4 24
11 Yrs 0.2 0.0 7047 0.6 128.3 -127.7 1.08 -2.0 2.6 6.6 0.8 1.08 -8.7 77 33 64

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
1975 21 PHI NL 35 35 14 13 8 4 5 19 16 .543 1 5 7 2 19 54% 49.7 80 13 27 8 13 6 4.2 4.3 6.3
1976 22 PHI NL 33 25 9 5 11 2 1 16 9 .640 2 3 3 0 13 52% 51.9 78 20 20 4 5 9 4.1 4.3 5.8
1977 23 TOT NL 33 17 6 8 3 2 2 8 9 .471 2 1 1 0 8 47% 77 24 24 13 3 8 3.8 4.5 5.6
1977 23 STL NL 19 17 6 8 3 2 2 8 9 .471 2 1 1 0 8 47% 47.1 77 24 19 11 3 8 3.8 4.5 5.6
1978 24 TOR AL 31 30 6 13 11 1 5 11 19 .367 3 4 7 1 17 57% 50.7 82 22 25 16 4 13 4.4 4.1 6.5
1979 25 TOR AL 33 32 9 16 7 2 8 11 21 .344 2 2 12 1 17 53% 52.1 79 22 21 11 1 13 3.5 3.5 7.1
1980 26 NYY AL 38 27 11 7 9 3 0 17 10 .630 2 4 2 2 10 37% 51.9 84 19 28 15 7 8 5.7 5.4 5.7
1981 27 TOT AL 25 11 2 4 5 0 2 7 4 .636 1 2 1 0 5 45% 53.2 83 34 20 5 2 7 3.9 4.1 5.8
1981 27 NYY AL 9 6 1 4 1 0 2 2 4 .333 1 0 0 0 3 50% 50.0 68 34 9 3 2 2 3.6 4.2 5.2
1981 27 OAK AL 16 5 1 0 4 0 0 5 0 1.000 0 2 1 0 2 40% 57.0 83 35 11 2 0 5 4.2 3.9 6.5
1982 28 OAK AL 56 10 5 3 2 1 0 7 3 .700 1 0 2 0 5 50% 48.8 73 22 29 13 6 2 4.5 5.1 6.4
1983 29 OAK AL 51 15 5 5 5 0 1 8 7 .533 2 2 0 0 7 47% 42.3 71 11 31 8 6 2 4.7 5.1 5.1
1984 30 BAL AL 37 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 48.0 48 48 14 1 1 0 2.0 0.0 3.0
10 Yrs 358 203 67 74 62 15 24 104 99 .512 16 24 35 6 101 50% 50 84 11 234 92 48 68 4.3 4.4 6.1
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.3 4.2 6.4

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 20 PHI NL 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 .493 1 0 6 1 0 6 2 5 4 2 4 1 5.6
1976 22 PHI NL 33 8 2 1 0 2 2 0 100% 6 4 7 1 14% 7 1.096 5 2 1 6 1 1 5 3 3 5 3 3 3.8
1977 23 TOT NL 33 16 7 3 3 1 1 0 100% 3 2 6 2 33% 1.196 8 4 4 5 4 7 4 12 14 2 14 1 7.1
1977 23 PHI NL 14 14 5 3 2 1 1 0 100% 3 2 5 1 20% 5 1.461 7 4 3 5 3 6 3 11 12 2 12 1 7.1
1977 23 STL NL 19 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1.102 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 6.5
1978 24 TOR AL 31 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 1.114 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1979 25 TOR AL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 6 1.091 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1980 26 NYY AL 38 11 5 2 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 4 1 25% 6 1.058 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 9 10 0 10 1 8.7
1981 27 TOT AL 25 14 6 2 2 2 1 1 50% 6 3 18 1 6% 1.198 7 3 4 7 3 4 10 4 9 4 9 2 4.2
1981 27 NYY AL 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 25% 7 .880 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1.3
1981 27 OAK AL 16 11 5 2 2 2 1 1 50% 5 3 14 0 0% 7 1.404 7 2 2 5 3 3 8 3 9 2 9 2 5.0
1982 28 OAK AL 56 46 20 5 3 13 7 6 54% 18 5 49 19 39% 7 1.180 23 13 8 23 8 15 30 16 28 8 29 13 5.8
1983 29 OAK AL 51 36 15 4 2 6 4 2 67% 10 2 46 21 46% 7 1.022 19 4 13 10 8 18 29 7 24 8 24 4 5.7
1984 30 BAL AL 37 36 10 1 0 2 1 1 50% 4 2 34 12 35% 5 .749 8 4 24 8 4 24 22 14 24 9 25 4 5.7
10 Yrs 344 176 68 19 13 29 18 11 62% 50 18 173 59 34% 1.086 77 33 64 63 34 79 106 70 118 38 120 29 5.8

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 20 PHI NL 55 40% 1.8% 14.6% 9.1% 5.5% 20% 1.82 75% 17 4 24%
1975 21 PHI NL 949 20% 1.3% 13.0% 8.9% 5.8% 25% 1.31 75% 196 27 14%
1976 22 PHI NL 666 19% 1.4% 14.1% 9.5% 6.3% 27% 1.20 74% 125 14 11%
1977 23 TOT NL 601 19% 1.5% 14.3% 12.5% 4.8% 20% 1.44 70% 139 19 14%
1977 23 PHI NL 158 22% 1.3% 12.7% 11.4% 5.1% 18% 1.05 72% 33 3 9%
1977 23 STL NL 443 18% 1.6% 14.9% 12.9% 4.7% 20% 1.62 69% 106 16 15%
1978 24 TOR AL 864 21% 2.7% 16.1% 10.1% 8.8% 38% 0.96 70% 163 14 9%
1979 25 TOR AL 963 18% 2.4% 13.2% 9.9% 6.7% 30% 0.90 72% 195 22 11%
1980 26 NYY AL 771 26% 2.0% 15.1% 8.6% 6.9% 33% 0.91 73% 143 15 10%
1981 27 TOT AL 351 25% 1.7% 21.4% 10.8% 5.7% 29% 1.02 64% 63 8 13%
1981 27 NYY AL 138 25% 1.5% 21.0% 9.4% 7.3% 31% 0.69 66% 22 3 14%
1981 27 OAK AL 213 25% 1.9% 21.6% 11.7% 4.7% 27% 1.30 62% 41 5 12%
1982 28 OAK AL 651 27% 1.7% 12.1% 10.5% 5.7% 27% 1.03 74% 156 16 10%
1983 29 OAK AL 627 24% 2.1% 9.9% 8.0% 7.5% 30% 0.85 79% 137 20 15%
1984 30 BAL AL 316 38% 2.5% 12.3% 9.8% 6.3% 26% 0.90 73% 68 5 7%
11 Yrs 6814 23% 1.9% 13.9% 9.7% 6.6% 29% 1.04 73% 1402 164 12%
MLB Averages 44% 1.9% 13.0% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.09 75% 11%

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 20 PHI NL 55 15 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 8 4 0 50% 0 1 1 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1975 21 PHI NL 949 221 12 0 28 10 2 6 6 52 31 7 60% 17 9 1 359 6 8 43% 6 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 27 0
1976 22 PHI NL 666 154 9 0 9 6 3 6 3 19 11 2 58% 6 6 0 266 11 7 61% 9 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 12 0
1977 23 TOT NL 601 148 9 1 19 8 1 3 6 44 21 7 48% 7 7 2 246 14 5 74% 13 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1977 23 PHI NL 158 44 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 10 5 1 50% 2 4 0 66 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1977 23 STL NL 443 104 7 1 12 7 0 2 5 34 16 6 47% 5 3 2 180 11 4 73% 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1978 24 TOR AL 864 201 23 0 25 21 2 12 11 59 29 9 49% 14 7 7 306 13 13 50% 11 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 22 0
1979 25 TOR AL 963 213 23 0 21 21 2 10 13 53 25 11 47% 11 11 3 353 9 10 47% 7 9 1 1 1 0 1 0 23 0
1980 26 NYY AL 771 163 15 0 11 10 5 8 7 29 14 4 48% 6 2 3 283 9 12 43% 9 8 0 3 0 1 4 3 13 0
1981 27 TOT AL 351 69 6 0 7 5 1 3 3 20 10 4 50% 3 2 1 122 8 2 80% 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
1981 27 NYY AL 138 32 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 7 4 1 57% 1 0 1 44 6 2 75% 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
1981 27 OAK AL 213 37 4 0 4 3 1 2 2 13 6 3 46% 2 2 0 78 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1982 28 OAK AL 651 136 11 0 22 10 1 3 8 48 24 9 50% 11 6 0 257 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1983 29 OAK AL 627 156 13 0 13 11 2 4 9 38 23 4 61% 13 7 1 255 4 2 67% 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 0
1984 30 BAL AL 316 78 8 0 12 5 3 2 6 23 11 3 48% 4 4 1 134 2 4 33% 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 0
11 Yrs 6814 1554 130 2 170 107 23 57 73 393 203 60 52% 92 62 20 2604 80 66 55% 68 50 9 12 3 4 5 3 182 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

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 20 1 0 1.000 4.85 7 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 15 8 7 1 5 1 8 0 1 1 55 80 1.538 10.4 0.7 3.5 5.5 1.60 80
1975 21 15 13 .536 4.18 42 35 3 7 2 0 232.1 236 118 108 13 89 6 131 6 5 10 1004 90 1.399 9.1 0.5 3.4 5.1 1.47 90
1976 22 25 18 .581 3.92 75 60 5 10 2 2 388.0 390 181 169 22 152 6 225 7 7 16 1670 94 1.397 9.0 0.5 3.5 5.2 1.48 94
1977 23 34 29 .540 4.20 108 77 12 11 2 3 521.1 538 263 243 31 227 12 311 8 7 23 2271 89 1.467 9.3 0.5 3.9 5.4 1.37 89
1978 24 40 43 .482 4.17 139 107 12 18 3 3 719.0 739 368 333 54 314 16 450 10 7 30 3135 91 1.465 9.3 0.7 3.9 5.6 1.43 91
1979 25 49 59 .454 4.05 172 139 12 30 4 3 946.0 952 481 426 77 409 19 577 19 7 41 4098 97 1.439 9.1 0.7 3.9 5.5 1.41 97
1980 26 62 68 .477 3.99 210 166 17 32 6 5 1133.0 1115 566 502 92 475 23 693 23 7 43 4869 98 1.403 8.9 0.7 3.8 5.5 1.46 98
1981 27 66 74 .471 3.96 235 177 23 33 6 6 1216.2 1184 604 536 98 513 25 768 25 11 45 5220 98 1.395 8.8 0.7 3.8 5.7 1.50 98
1982 28 76 80 .487 3.89 291 187 43 35 6 13 1369.2 1320 670 592 109 581 29 847 26 11 51 5871 100 1.388 8.7 0.7 3.8 5.6 1.46 100
1983 29 85 87 .494 3.90 342 202 58 35 6 17 1514.1 1476 739 657 122 631 33 909 28 11 58 6498 99 1.391 8.8 0.7 3.8 5.4 1.44 99
1984 30 86 87 .497 3.89 379 203 68 35 6 18 1586.0 1554 772 685 130 662 38 948 28 12 62 6814 100 1.397 8.8 0.7 3.8 5.4 1.43 100

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 20 0 1 .000 5.25 12.0 15 8 7 1 5 7 0 1.667 11.3 3.8 5.3 1.40 0.8 7
1975 21 10 13 .435 4.50 210.0 226 117 105 12 86 118 6 1.486 9.7 3.7 5.1 1.37 0.5 35
1976 22 8 8 .500 4.13 146.0 161 74 67 9 66 88 1 1.555 9.9 4.1 5.4 1.33 0.6 33
1977 23 5 8 .385 5.40 125.0 149 83 75 9 76 81 1 1.800 10.7 5.5 5.8 1.07 0.6 33
1978 24 8 12 .400 4.72 187.0 210 109 98 24 91 131 2 1.610 10.1 4.4 6.3 1.44 1.2 31
1979 25 12 12 .500 3.86 217.0 214 103 93 23 95 121 9 1.424 8.9 3.9 5.0 1.27 1.0 33
1980 26 9 10 .474 4.17 177.0 169 91 82 16 68 110 4 1.339 8.6 3.5 5.6 1.62 0.8 38
1981 27 5 7 .417 4.85 117.0 115 70 63 10 63 105 3 1.521 8.8 4.8 8.1 1.67 0.8 25
1982 28 8 8 .500 3.91 145.0 144 70 63 12 72 75 1 1.490 8.9 4.5 4.7 1.04 0.7 56
1983 29 6 9 .400 4.83 136.0 165 81 73 14 53 58 2 1.603 10.9 3.5 3.8 1.09 0.9 51
1984 30 3 4 .429 4.10 68.0 81 34 31 8 32 37 0 1.662 10.7 4.2 4.9 1.16 1.1 37
11 Yrs 74 92 .446 4.42 1540.0 1649 840 757 138 707 931 29 1.530 9.6 5.4 1.32 0.8 379

* 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

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1982 AL  .625 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1980 AL  1.225 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL  8.445 (8th)
1980 AL  7.845 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  6.329 (4th)
1980 AL  5.583 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1982 AL  56 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1978 AL  139 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1975 NL  35 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1980 AL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1978 AL  23 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL  87 (8th)
1979 AL  95 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  0.492 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1978 AL  14 (10th)
1979 AL  16 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1975 NL  101 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1975 NL  9 (10th)
1979 AL  11 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 NL  6 (10th)
1979 AL  9 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1974 NL  born 1953-12-22 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 14 (1286), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ken Brett (967)
  2. Vinegar Bend Mizell (961)
  3. Paul Foytack (955)
  4. Lynn McGlothen (954)
  5. Larry McWilliams (950)
  6. Steve Hargan (946)
  7. Dave LaPoint (944)
  8. Cal McLish (943)
  9. Jim Wilson (942)
  10. Ralph Branca (941)
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  1. Pete Falcone (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Larry Christenson (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Wade Blasingame (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jose Rosado (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Slaton (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Abbott (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Clancy (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ken Brett (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Billy Hoeft (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Billy Hoeft (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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