Ed Vande Berg
Edward John Vande Berg
Bats: Right , Throws: Left

Born: October 26, 1958
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 13th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1982
Final Game: September 30, 1988
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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
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 3 303 181 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 4 270 127 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 84 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 Seasons 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

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
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
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
1984 25 SEA AL 50 587 526 76 165 29 4 18 3 3 50 71 .314 .368 .487 .855 .330 256 15 0 3 8 4
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
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
1987 28 CLE AL 55 321 295 42 96 11 2 9 2 3 21 40 .325 .364 .468 .832 .347 138 10 0 0 5 2
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
7 Seasons 413 2261 2010 252 572 93 11 52 24 19 200 314 .285 .347 .419 .766 .312 843 59 5 22 24 35
162 Game Avg. 65 358 318 40 90 15 2 8 4 3 32 50 .285 .347 .419 .766 .312 133 9 1 3 4 6
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 25 SEA AL 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
1 Season 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

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
1982 23 SEA AL 78 78 27 9 4 7 5 2 71% 23 13 96 12 13% 7 1.525 44 7 27 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 1.073 31 9 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 1.084 18 6 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 0.851 24 15 33 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 0.868 18 7 34 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 0.567 17 12 22 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 0.847 8 8 10 6 4 16 18 8 14 7 16 5 4.3 21
7 Seasons 413 396 146 20 17 37 22 15 59% 91 41 452 115 25% 0.991 160 64 160 115 65 216 272 124 128 186 165 128 3.2 21

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%
1982 23 SEA AL 303 65% 1.7% 19.8% 10.6% 5.0% 28% 1.53 65% 61 12 20%
1983 24 SEA AL 270 64% 2.2% 18.2% 8.2% 5.9% 27% 1.24 70% 69 4 6%
1984 25 SEA AL 588 77% 3.1% 12.1% 8.5% 8.7% 31% 1.30 76% 123 15 12%
1985 26 SEA AL 296 54% 1.4% 11.5% 10.5% 6.8% 28% 1.61 76% 76 10 13%
1986 27 LAD NL 325 72% 2.5% 12.9% 10.2% 6.5% 25% 1.20 73% 72 2 3%
1987 28 CLE AL 321 55% 2.8% 12.5% 6.5% 6.9% 23% 1.64 78% 80 10 13%
1988 29 TEX AL 159 64% 1.3% 11.3% 6.9% 6.9% 25% 1.03 1.66 79% 22% 4.3% 25% 41 6 15%
7 Seasons 2262 66% 2.3% 13.9% 8.9% 6.9% 27% 1.03 1.41 74% 22% 4.3% 25% 522 59 11%
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 29 TEX AL 150 513 3.42 319 62% 29% 11% 22% 39% 71% 6% 44% 85% 50% 5% 8 2 16% 24 17 4 24% 4 3 9 1 0
1 Season 150 513 3.42 319 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

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
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 2 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 Seasons 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 3 0 83 2
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+
1982 23 9 4 .692 2.37 78 0 27 0 0 5 76.0 54 21 20 5 32 7 60 2 2 3 303 181 1.132 6.4 0.6 3.8 7.1 1.88 181
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

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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 3.48 62.0 60 27 24 6 22 47 1 1.323 8.7 3.2 6.8 2.14 0.9 68
1984 25 5 8 .385 5.39 122.0 170 81 73 19 52 66 0 1.820 12.5 3.8 4.9 1.27 1.4 50
1985 26 4 3 .571 3.94 64.0 71 31 28 4 31 32 1 1.594 10.0 4.4 4.5 1.03 0.6 76
1986 27 3 4 .429 4.23 66.0 90 34 31 9 36 39 1 1.909 12.3 4.9 5.3 1.08 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 4.63 35.0 44 20 18 2 11 17 0 1.571 11.3 2.8 4.4 1.55 0.5 26
7 Seasons 24 26 .480 4.28 490.0 582 258 233 54 204 296 5 1.604 10.7 5.4 1.45 1.0 413

* 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

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Joe Beimel (964)
  7. Tom House (961)
  8. John Grabow (959)
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  10. Ron Mahay (957)
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  6. Mike Stanton (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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