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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
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1980	21	SEA-min	A-	9	0	1.000	2.85	14	14		7	1	0	101.0	82	40	32	5	46	3	78	1	1	3			1.267	7.3	0.4	4.1	7.0	1.70	BLH · NORW
1981	22	SEA-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.77	49	2	23	0	0	9	62.0	62	33	26	3	29	2	49	3	0	2			1.468	9.0	0.4	4.2	7.1	1.69	SPO · PCL
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	182	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	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-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.69	26	0	8	0	0	3	46.1	41	20	19	3	11	0	47	1	4	2			1.122	8.0	0.6	2.1	9.1	4.27	OKC · AA
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	100	1.486	10.7	0.5	2.7	4.4	1.64
1989	30	CHC-min	AAA	6	6	.500	3.74	69	0	36	0	0	10	86.2	87	43	36	4	30	6	65	3	0	8			1.350	9.0	0.4	3.1	6.8	2.17	IWA · AA
1990	31	SEA-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	8.27	10	0	1	0	0	0	16.1	29	17	15	0	8	0	10	0	1	1			2.265	16.0	0.0	4.4	5.5	1.25	CGY · PCL
1991	32	SEA-min	AAA	5	3	.625	4.26	47	1	16	0	0	0	69.2	71	35	33	3	24	3	37	1	1	2	299		1.364	9.2	0.4	3.1	4.8	1.54	CGY · PCL
1992	33	SEA-min	AAA	1	3	.250	8.93	31	2	12	0	0	3	43.1	78	54	43	3	17	2	29	6	1	0	228		2.192	16.2	0.6	3.5	6.0	1.71	CGY · PCL
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	100	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)			AL	24	23	.511	4.00	353	17	117	2	0	22	447.2	489	220	199	44	167	28	272	4	6	21	1937	106	1.465	9.8	0.9	3.4	5.5	1.63
NL (1 yr)			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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1982	23	SEA	AL	76.0	0	21	48	0	1.5	27	2.6	$	RoY-4
1983	24	SEA	AL	64.1	0	32	43	-1	1.0	11	0.5	$
1984	25	SEA	AL	130.1	17	76	82	-4	1.1	6	0.4	$
1985	26	SEA	AL	67.2	0	30	42	-1	.8	12	0.7	$315,000
1986	27	LAD	NL	71.1	0	32	41	-4	.8	9	0.4	$455,000
1987	28	CLE	AL	72.1	0	42	51	-2	.6	9	0.2	$300,000
1988	29	TEX	AL	37.0	0	19	21	1	.8	2	-0.1	$
7 Seasons				519.0	17	252	328	-11	1.0	76	4.7	$1,070,000

SEA (4 yrs)				338.1	17	159	215	-6	1.1	56	4.2	$315,000
TEX (1 yr)				37.0	0	19	21	1	.8	2	-0.1	$
LAD (1 yr)				71.1	0	32	41	-4	.8	9	0.4	$455,000
CLE (1 yr)				72.1	0	42	51	-2	.6	9	0.2	$300,000

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1980	21	SEA-min	A-	14	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		BLH · NORW
1981	22	SEA-min	AAA	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SPO · PCL
1982	23	SEA	AL	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	RoY-4
1983	24	SEA	AL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	25	SEA	AL	51	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	26	SEA	AL	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	27	LAD	NL	60	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	28	CLE	AL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	29	TEX-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	OKC · AA
1988	29	TEX	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	30	CHC-min	AAA	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	IWA · AA
1990	31	SEA-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CGY · PCL
1991	32	SEA-min	AAA	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CGY · PCL
1992	33	SEA-min	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CGY · PCL
7 Seasons				414	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

SEA (4 yrs)				273	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				60	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				354	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				60	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1986	27	LAD	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$455,000	1
1 Season				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$455,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1982	SEA	AL	23	P	78	0	0	76.0	25	5	19	1	3	.960	2.84	0.31	.958	1.80	1.80	4	4	50%	RoY-4
1983	SEA	AL	24	P	68	0	0	64.1	14	3	9	2	0	.857	1.68	0.18	.958	1.80	1.78	5	1	17%
1984	SEA	AL	25	P	50	17	2	130.1	25	3	20	2	0	.920	1.59	0.46	.958	1.79	1.78	3	3	50%
1985	SEA	AL	26	P	76	0	0	67.2	19	8	11	0	1	1.000	2.53	0.25	.953	1.86	1.84	4	1	20%
1986	LAD	NL	27	P	60	0	0	71.1	23	5	16	2	0	.913	2.65	0.35	.955	1.94	1.94	6	7	54%
1987	CLE	AL	28	P	55	0	0	72.1	19	7	11	1	1	.947	2.24	0.33	.955	1.84	1.82	2	3	60%
1988	TEX	AL	29	P	26	0	0	37.0	6	1	4	1	0	.833	1.22	0.19	.962	1.78	1.77	0	0
	7 Seasons			P	413	17	2	519.0	131	32	90	9	5	.931	2.12	0.30	.956	1.83	1.82	24	19	44%
	7 Seasons			TOT	413	17	2	519.0	131	32	90	9	5	.931	2.12	0.30	.956	1.83	1.82	24	19	44%

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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 26.16 (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 2.6 (7th)
Def. Games as P s c a p y 1982 AL 78 (1st) 1983 AL 68 (2nd) 1985 AL 76 (2nd)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 Ink	Pitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1984), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 10, 1978: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
June 6, 1978: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.
June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 13th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
December 11, 1985: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Steve Yeager.
December 17, 1986: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
January 27, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.
February 2, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
March 29, 1988: Released by the Texas Rangers.
April 8, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.
December 21, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1985	26	Seattle Mariners	$315,000	1985 USA Today survey
1986	27	Los Angeles Dodgers	$455,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	28	Cleveland Indians	$300,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	29	Texas Rangers	$191,000	12/13/88 NYT

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,261,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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