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Ed Vande Berg

Edward John Vande Berg

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 26, 1958 in Redlands, CA
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 13th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1982
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Dodgers/Indians/Rangers 1982-1988

Final Game: September 30, 1988
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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
1982 23 SEA AL 9 4 .692 2.37 78 0 27 0 0 5 76.0 54 21 20 5 32 7 60 2 2 3 303 180 1.132 6.4 0.6 3.8 7.1 1.88 RoY-4
1983 24 SEA AL 2 4 .333 3.36 68 0 30 0 0 5 64.1 59 32 24 6 22 6 49 1 1 4 270 128 1.259 8.3 0.8 3.1 6.9 2.23
1984 25 SEA AL 8 12 .400 4.76 50 17 13 2 0 7 130.1 165 76 69 18 50 4 71 0 2 5 588 83 1.650 11.4 1.2 3.5 4.9 1.42
1985 26 SEA AL 2 1 .667 3.72 76 0 22 0 0 3 67.2 71 30 28 4 31 5 34 1 0 4 296 113 1.507 9.4 0.5 4.1 4.5 1.10
1986 27 LAD NL 1 5 .167 3.41 60 0 29 0 0 0 71.1 83 32 27 8 33 7 42 1 0 1 325 102 1.626 10.5 1.0 4.2 5.3 1.27
1987 28 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 5.10 55 0 18 0 0 0 72.1 96 42 41 9 21 2 40 0 0 5 321 89 1.618 11.9 1.1 2.6 5.0 1.90
1988 29 TEX AL 2 2 .500 4.14 26 0 7 0 0 2 37.0 44 19 17 2 11 4 18 0 1 0 159 99 1.486 10.7 0.5 2.7 4.4 1.64
7 Yrs 25 28 .472 3.92 413 17 146 2 0 22 519.0 572 252 226 52 200 35 314 5 6 22 2262 105 1.487 9.9 0.9 3.5 5.4 1.57
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .472 3.92 65 3 23 0 0 3 82 90 40 36 8 32 6 50 1 1 3 358 105 1.487 9.9 0.9 3.5 5.4 1.57
SEA (4 yrs) 21 21 .500 3.75 272 17 92 2 0 20 338.1 349 159 141 33 135 22 214 4 5 16 1457 111 1.431 9.3 0.9 3.6 5.7 1.59
TEX (1 yr) 2 2 .500 4.14 26 0 7 0 0 2 37.0 44 19 17 2 11 4 18 0 1 0 159 99 1.486 10.7 0.5 2.7 4.4 1.64
LAD (1 yr) 1 5 .167 3.41 60 0 29 0 0 0 71.1 83 32 27 8 33 7 42 1 0 1 325 102 1.626 10.5 1.0 4.2 5.3 1.27
CLE (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.10 55 0 18 0 0 0 72.1 96 42 41 9 21 2 40 0 0 5 321 89 1.618 11.9 1.1 2.6 5.0 1.90
AL (6 yrs) 24 23 .511 4.00 353 17 117 2 0 22 447.2 489 220 199 44 167 28 272 4 6 21 1937 105 1.465 9.8 0.9 3.4 5.5 1.63
NL (1 yr) 1 5 .167 3.41 60 0 29 0 0 0 71.1 83 32 27 8 33 7 42 1 0 1 325 102 1.626 10.5 1.0 4.2 5.3 1.27

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
1982 23 SEA AL 76.0 78 0 21 2.49 4.76 0.02 -0.37 102.8 4.49 17 1.8 1.9 0.7 3.2 25 .524 .511 $ RoY-4
1983 24 SEA AL 64.1 68 0 32 4.48 4.80 -0.19 -0.38 105.5 4.86 3 0.3 1.5 -0.0 0.8 10 .504 .502 $
1984 25 SEA AL 130.1 50 17 76 5.25 4.61 -0.31 0.01 98.1 4.84 -5 -0.6 2.4 -0.2 0.3 8 .489 .496 $
1985 26 SEA AL 67.2 76 0 30 3.99 4.64 -0.17 -0.36 101.2 4.50 4 0.4 1.2 -0.1 0.9 11 .505 .503 $315,000
1986 27 LAD NL 71.1 60 0 32 4.04 4.26 -0.46 -0.33 94.4 4.15 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.5 8 .501 .500 $455,000
1987 28 CLE AL 72.1 55 0 42 5.23 5.18 -0.32 -0.40 99.9 5.09 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.4 7 .498 .499 $300,000
1988 29 TEX AL 37.0 26 0 19 4.62 4.32 0.21 -0.35 102.1 3.84 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 1 .487 .498 $191,000
7 Seasons 519.0 413 17 252 4.37 4.67 -0.21 -0.27 100.1 4.62 15 1.6 1.4 0.0 6.0 69 .504 .501 $1,261,000
SEA (4 yrs) 338.1 272 17 159 4.23 4.69 -0.18 -0.23 101.2 4.70 18 2.0 1.7 0.3 5.2 53 .507 .503 $315,000
TEX (1 yr) 37.0 26 0 19 4.62 4.32 0.21 -0.35 102.1 3.84 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 1 .487 .498 $191,000
LAD (1 yr) 71.1 60 0 32 4.04 4.26 -0.46 -0.33 94.4 4.15 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.5 8 .501 .500 $455,000
CLE (1 yr) 72.1 55 0 42 5.23 5.18 -0.32 -0.40 99.9 5.09 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.4 7 .498 .499 $300,000

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
1982 23 SEA AL 78 303 261 21 54 10 0 5 4 4 32 60 .207 .296 .303 .599 .247 79 12 2 6 2 7 4
1983 24 SEA AL 68 270 240 32 59 10 0 6 5 1 22 49 .246 .308 .363 .671 .282 87 4 1 4 3 6 4
1984 25 SEA AL 50 588 526 76 165 29 4 18 3 3 50 71 .314 .368 .487 .855 .330 256 15 0 3 8 4 7
1985 26 SEA AL 76 296 259 30 71 13 3 4 4 1 31 34 .274 .350 .394 .744 .299 102 10 1 2 3 5 2
1986 27 LAD NL 60 325 286 32 83 11 2 8 6 7 33 42 .290 .364 .427 .791 .316 122 2 1 4 1 7 5
1987 28 CLE AL 55 319 295 42 96 11 2 9 2 3 21 40 .325 .364 .468 .832 .347 138 10 0 0 5 2 3
1988 29 TEX AL 26 159 143 19 44 9 0 2 0 0 11 18 .308 .353 .413 .765 .336 59 6 0 3 2 4 2
7 Yrs 413 2260 2010 252 572 93 11 52 24 19 200 314 .285 .347 .419 .766 .312 843 59 5 22 24 35 27
162 Game Avg. 65 357 318 40 90 15 2 8 4 3 32 50 .285 .347 .419 .766 .312 133 9 1 3 4 6 4
MLB Averages .259 .324 .392 .716 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1982 23 SEA AL 16.0 1.6 317 3.0 8.7 -5.7 1.50 1.8 0.2 24.4 2.4 1.50 17.6 44 6 28
1983 24 SEA AL 4.1 0.4 283 -0.8 4.4 -5.2 1.05 0.7 -1.5 0.1 0.0 1.05 5.3 29 11 27
1984 25 SEA AL -10.6 -1.0 603 -2.9 10.3 -13.2 1.08 -2.3 -0.3 -24.0 -2.4 1.08 -22.9 17 7 7
1985 26 SEA AL 4.1 0.4 304 -0.2 3.8 -4.0 .83 -0.0 -0.3 4.1 0.4 0.83 1.7 23 14 35
1986 27 LAD NL -0.2 -0.0 344 -1.6 4.1 -5.7 .82 -0.8 -1.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.82 -9.2 17 7 35
1987 28 CLE AL -3.0 -0.3 330 0.2 3.2 -3.0 .56 -0.6 0.9 -2.0 -0.2 0.56 -5.4 17 10 23
1988 29 TEX AL -0.1 -0.0 160 0.3 2.3 -1.9 .81 0.1 0.4 2.2 0.2 0.81 -0.9 6 9 11
7 Yrs 10.5 1.1 2341 -1.9 36.8 -38.8 .97 -1.2 -0.8 1.8 0.2 0.97 -13.9 153 64 166

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
1984 25 SEA AL 50 17 5 11 1 3 2 6 11 .353 0 0 2 0 5 29% 41.4 71 18 32 4 6 3 3.5 3.6 5.6
1 Yr 50 17 5 11 1 3 2 6 11 .353 0 0 2 0 5 29% 41 71 18 32 4 6 3 3.5 3.6 5.6
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 98 -12 4.4 4.3 6.2 96

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
1982 23 SEA AL 78 78 27 9 4 7 5 2 71% 23 13 96 12 13% 7 1.501 44 6 28 26 19 33 63 15 23 37 41 26 2.9
1983 24 SEA AL 68 68 30 2 4 9 5 4 56% 22 10 81 23 28% 7 1.049 29 11 27 22 10 36 52 16 16 40 22 28 2.8
1984 25 SEA AL 50 33 13 3 1 12 7 5 58% 17 2 43 18 42% 9 1.076 17 7 7 19 5 9 25 8 10 15 12 6 3.2
1985 26 SEA AL 76 76 22 2 1 4 3 1 75% 12 7 88 22 25% 9 .829 23 14 35 19 9 48 55 21 19 48 23 27 2.7
1986 27 LAD NL 60 60 29 1 5 2 0 2 0% 4 1 43 12 28% 7 .821 17 7 35 6 13 41 22 38 24 19 26 21 3.6
1987 28 CLE AL 55 55 18 1 0 1 0 1 0% 9 6 67 22 33% 7 .564 17 10 23 17 5 33 37 18 22 20 25 15 3.9
1988 29 TEX AL 26 26 7 2 2 2 2 0 100% 4 2 34 6 18% 8 .811 6 9 11 6 4 16 18 8 14 7 16 5 4.3 21
7 Yrs 413 396 146 20 17 37 22 15 59% 91 41 452 115 25% .970 153 64 166 115 65 216 272 124 128 186 165 128 3.2 21

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%
1982 23 SEA AL 303 35% 1.7% 19.8% 10.6% 5.0% 28% 1.53 65% 61 12 20%
1983 24 SEA AL 270 36% 2.2% 18.2% 8.2% 5.9% 27% 1.24 70% 69 4 6%
1984 25 SEA AL 588 23% 3.1% 12.1% 8.5% 8.7% 31% 1.30 76% 123 15 12%
1985 26 SEA AL 296 46% 1.4% 11.5% 10.5% 6.8% 28% 1.61 76% 76 10 13%
1986 27 LAD NL 325 28% 2.5% 12.9% 10.2% 6.5% 25% 1.20 73% 72 2 3%
1987 28 CLE AL 321 45% 2.8% 12.5% 6.6% 6.9% 23% 1.64 79% 80 10 13%
1988 29 TEX AL 159 36% 1.3% 11.3% 6.9% 6.9% 25% 1.03 1.66 79% 22% 4.3% 25% 41 6 15%
7 Yrs 2262 34% 2.3% 13.9% 8.9% 6.9% 27% 1.03 1.41 74% 22% 4.3% 25% 522 59 11%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 14.3% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 8.2% 41% 11%

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 29 TEX AL 150 514 3.43 320 62% 29% 11% 22% 39% 71% 6% 44% 85% 50% 5% 8 2 16% 24 17 4 24% 4 3 9 1 0
1 Yr 150 514 3.43 320 62% 29% 11% 22% 39% 71% 6% 44% 85% 50% 5% 8 2 16% 24 17 4 24% 4 3 9 1 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 57% 5% 19% 26%

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
1982 23 SEA AL 303 54 5 1 12 2 3 4 1 18 8 1 44% 4 3 1 127 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1983 24 SEA AL 270 59 6 0 14 3 3 4 2 22 10 5 45% 4 4 2 121 5 1 83% 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
1984 25 SEA AL 588 165 18 1 13 15 3 9 9 43 26 0 60% 7 5 2 238 3 3 50% 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 24 0
1985 26 SEA AL 296 71 4 1 12 3 1 2 2 31 16 4 52% 2 4 1 147 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1986 27 LAD NL 325 83 8 0 13 8 0 2 6 21 9 5 43% 5 1 3 142 6 7 46% 6 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1987 28 CLE AL 319 96 9 1 12 9 0 8 1 34 20 3 59% 3 5 0 140 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
1988 29 TEX AL 159 44 8 1 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 7 3 2 43% 2 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Yrs 2260 572 8 1 52 4 83 42 10 30 22 176 92 20 52% 27 22 9 989 24 19 56% 22 16 2 3 0 0 2 0 83 2
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+
1982 23 9 4 .692 2.37 78 0 27 0 0 5 76.0 54 21 20 5 32 7 60 2 2 3 303 180 1.132 6.4 0.6 3.8 7.1 1.88 180
1983 24 11 8 .579 2.82 146 0 57 0 0 10 140.1 113 53 44 11 54 13 109 3 3 7 573 152 1.190 7.2 0.7 3.5 7.0 2.02 152
1984 25 19 20 .487 3.76 196 17 70 2 0 17 270.2 278 129 113 29 104 17 180 3 5 12 1161 110 1.411 9.2 1.0 3.5 6.0 1.73 110
1985 26 21 21 .500 3.75 272 17 92 2 0 20 338.1 349 159 141 33 135 22 214 4 5 16 1457 111 1.431 9.3 0.9 3.6 5.7 1.59 111
1986 27 22 26 .458 3.69 332 17 121 2 0 20 409.2 432 191 168 41 168 29 256 5 5 17 1782 109 1.465 9.5 0.9 3.7 5.6 1.52 109
1987 28 23 26 .469 3.90 387 17 139 2 0 20 482.0 528 233 209 50 189 31 296 5 5 22 2103 105 1.488 9.9 0.9 3.5 5.5 1.57 105
1988 29 25 28 .472 3.92 413 17 146 2 0 22 519.0 572 252 226 52 200 35 314 5 6 22 2262 105 1.487 9.9 0.9 3.5 5.4 1.57 105

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
1982 23 5 2 .714 2.50 72.0 54 22 20 5 32 57 2 1.194 6.8 4.0 7.1 1.78 0.6 78
1983 24 3 3 .500 3.43 63.0 59 27 24 6 22 48 1 1.286 8.4 3.1 6.9 2.18 0.9 68
1984 25 5 8 .385 5.46 122.0 171 82 74 19 52 66 0 1.828 12.6 3.8 4.9 1.27 1.4 50
1985 26 3 4 .429 4.08 64.0 72 32 29 4 31 32 1 1.609 10.1 4.4 4.5 1.03 0.6 76
1986 27 3 4 .429 4.16 67.0 89 34 31 9 35 39 1 1.851 12.0 4.7 5.2 1.11 1.2 60
1987 28 3 4 .429 5.09 69.0 93 43 39 9 20 38 0 1.638 12.1 2.6 5.0 1.90 1.2 55
1988 29 1 2 .333 4.76 34.0 45 20 18 2 11 17 0 1.647 11.9 2.9 4.5 1.55 0.5 26
7 Yrs 23 27 .460 4.31 491.0 583 260 235 54 203 297 5 1.601 10.7 5.4 1.46 1.0 413

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1982 AL  78 (1st)
1983 AL  68 (2nd)
1985 AL  76 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1982 AL  24.43 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1982 AL  3.0 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1982 AL  2.4 (7th)


† 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 - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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