Frank Viola
Frank John Viola (Sweet Music)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 209 lb.

Born: April 19, 1960 in Hempstead, NY
High School: East Meadow (East Meadow, NY)
School: St. John's University
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1982
Final Game: May 28, 1996
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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 22 MIN AL 4 10 .286 5.21 22 22 0 3 1 0 126.0 152 77 73 22 38 2 84 0 1 4 543 81 1.508 10.9 1.6 2.7 6.0 2.21
1983 23 MIN AL 7 15 .318 5.49 35 34 0 4 0 0 210.0 242 141 128 34 92 7 127 8 2 6 949 78 1.590 10.4 1.5 3.9 5.4 1.38
1984 24 MIN AL 18 12 .600 3.21 35 35 0 10 4 0 257.2 225 101 92 28 73 1 149 4 1 6 1047 131 1.157 7.9 1.0 2.5 5.2 2.04 CYA-6
1985 25 MIN AL 18 14 .563 4.09 36 36 0 9 0 0 250.2 262 136 114 26 68 3 135 2 2 6 1059 106 1.316 9.4 0.9 2.4 4.8 1.99
1986 26 MIN AL 16 13 .552 4.51 37 37 0 7 1 0 245.2 257 136 123 37 83 0 191 3 0 12 1053 95 1.384 9.4 1.4 3.0 7.0 2.30
1987 27 MIN AL 17 10 .630 2.90 36 36 0 7 1 0 251.2 230 91 81 29 66 1 197 6 1 1 1037 159 1.176 8.2 1.0 2.4 7.0 2.98 CYA-6
1988 28 MIN AL 24 7 .774 2.64 35 35 0 7 2 0 255.1 236 80 75 20 54 2 193 3 1 5 1031 153 1.136 8.3 0.7 1.9 6.8 3.57 AS,CYA-1,MVP-10
1989 29 TOT MLB 13 17 .433 3.66 36 36 0 9 2 0 261.0 246 115 106 22 74 4 211 4 1 8 1082 106 1.226 8.5 0.8 2.6 7.3 2.85
1989 29 MIN AL 8 12 .400 3.79 24 24 0 7 1 0 175.2 171 80 74 17 47 1 138 3 1 5 731 110 1.241 8.8 0.9 2.4 7.1 2.94
1989 29 NYM NL 5 5 .500 3.38 12 12 0 2 1 0 85.1 75 35 32 5 27 3 73 1 0 3 351 97 1.195 7.9 0.5 2.8 7.7 2.70
1990 30 NYM NL 20 12 .625 2.67 35 35 0 7 3 0 249.2 227 83 74 15 60 2 182 2 0 11 1016 141 1.150 8.2 0.5 2.2 6.6 3.03 AS,CYA-3
1991 31 NYM NL 13 15 .464 3.97 35 35 0 3 0 0 231.1 259 112 102 25 54 4 132 1 1 6 980 92 1.353 10.1 1.0 2.1 5.1 2.44 AS
1992 32 BOS AL 13 12 .520 3.44 35 35 0 6 1 0 238.0 214 99 91 13 89 4 121 7 2 12 999 123 1.273 8.1 0.5 3.4 4.6 1.36
1993 33 BOS AL 11 8 .579 3.14 29 29 0 2 1 0 183.2 180 76 64 12 72 5 91 6 0 5 787 148 1.372 8.8 0.6 3.5 4.5 1.26
1994 34 BOS AL 1 1 .500 4.65 6 6 0 0 0 0 31.0 34 17 16 2 17 0 9 0 0 2 136 109 1.645 9.9 0.6 4.9 2.6 0.53
1995 35 CIN NL 0 1 .000 6.28 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.1 20 11 10 3 3 1 4 0 0 1 64 66 1.605 12.6 1.9 1.9 2.5 1.33
1996 36 TOR AL 1 3 .250 7.71 6 6 0 0 0 0 30.1 43 28 26 6 21 3 18 2 0 1 150 65 2.110 12.8 1.8 6.2 5.3 0.86
15 Seasons 176 150 .540 3.73 421 420 0 74 16 0 2836.1 2827 1303 1175 294 864 39 1844 48 12 86 11933 112 1.301 9.0 0.9 2.7 5.9 2.13
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .540 3.73 34 34 0 6 1 0 229 229 105 95 24 70 3 149 4 1 7 965 112 1.301 9.0 0.9 2.7 5.9 2.13
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
MIN (8 yrs) 112 93 .546 3.86 260 259 0 54 10 0 1772.2 1775 842 760 213 521 17 1214 29 9 45 7450 111 1.295 9.0 1.1 2.6 6.2 2.33
NYM (3 yrs) 38 32 .543 3.31 82 82 0 12 4 0 566.1 561 230 208 45 141 9 387 4 1 20 2347 110 1.240 8.9 0.7 2.2 6.2 2.74
BOS (3 yrs) 25 21 .543 3.40 70 70 0 8 2 0 452.2 428 192 171 27 178 9 221 13 2 19 1922 131 1.339 8.5 0.5 3.5 4.4 1.24
CIN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.28 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.1 20 11 10 3 3 1 4 0 0 1 64 66 1.605 12.6 1.9 1.9 2.5 1.33
TOR (1 yr) 1 3 .250 7.71 6 6 0 0 0 0 30.1 43 28 26 6 21 3 18 2 0 1 150 65 2.110 12.8 1.8 6.2 5.3 0.86
AL (12 yrs) 138 117 .541 3.82 336 335 0 62 12 0 2255.2 2246 1062 957 246 720 29 1453 44 11 65 9522 113 1.315 9.0 1.0 2.9 5.8 2.02
NL (4 yrs) 38 33 .535 3.38 85 85 0 12 4 0 580.2 581 241 218 48 144 10 391 4 1 21 2411 108 1.249 9.0 0.7 2.2 6.1 2.72

Postseason Pitching

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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
1987 27 MIN AL ALCS W DET 1 0 1.000 5.25 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 14 8 7 2 5 0 9 0 0 0 56 1.583 10.5 1.5 3.8 6.8 1.80
1987 27 MIN AL WS W STL 2 1 .667 3.72 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.1 17 8 8 1 3 0 16 0 0 0 76 1.034 7.9 0.5 1.4 7.4 5.33
1 Season (2 Series) 3 1 .750 4.31 5 5 0 0 0 0 31.1 31 16 15 3 8 0 25 0 0 0 132 1.245 8.9 0.9 2.3 7.2 3.13
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 5.25 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 14 8 7 2 5 0 9 0 0 0 56 1.583 10.5 1.5 3.8 6.8 1.80
1 WS 2 1 .667 3.72 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.1 17 8 8 1 3 0 16 0 0 0 76 1.034 7.9 0.5 1.4 7.4 5.33

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1988 MIN AL 28 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1990 NYM NL 30 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 NYM NL 31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 0.500 2.3 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00

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 22 MIN AL 22 543 503 77 152 25 2 22 12 5 38 84 .302 .351 .491 .842 .327 247 12 0 2 0 2
1983 23 MIN AL 35 948 841 141 242 43 8 34 9 5 92 127 .288 .363 .479 .842 .305 403 13 8 5 2 7
1984 24 MIN AL 35 1047 964 101 225 37 7 28 7 9 73 149 .233 .289 .373 .662 .249 360 19 4 1 5 1
1985 25 MIN AL 36 1059 979 136 262 51 5 26 6 9 68 135 .268 .315 .410 .725 .287 401 17 2 5 5 3
1986 26 MIN AL 37 1053 958 136 257 45 5 37 12 16 83 191 .268 .327 .442 .769 .299 423 16 3 4 5 0
1987 27 MIN AL 36 1037 955 91 230 44 0 29 6 8 66 197 .241 .293 .378 .671 .275 361 13 6 7 3 1
1988 28 MIN AL 35 1031 962 80 236 37 5 20 7 8 54 193 .245 .286 .357 .642 .286 343 20 3 6 6 2
1989 29 MIN AL 24 731 668 80 171 36 4 17 11 9 47 138 .256 .306 .398 .704 .298 266 10 3 9 4 1
1989 29 NYM NL 12 351 318 35 75 7 2 5 5 2 27 73 .236 .296 .318 .614 .289 101 6 1 3 2 3
1989 29 TOT MLB 36 1082 986 115 246 43 6 22 16 11 74 211 .249 .303 .372 .675 .295 367 16 4 12 6 4
1990 30 NYM NL 35 1016 938 83 227 36 2 15 25 15 60 182 .242 .288 .333 .621 .285 312 17 2 13 3 2
1991 31 NYM NL 35 980 905 112 259 41 4 25 6 16 54 132 .286 .325 .423 .749 .311 383 15 1 15 5 4
1992 32 BOS AL 35 999 886 99 214 40 0 13 12 5 89 121 .242 .313 .331 .643 .264 293 29 7 7 10 4
1993 33 BOS AL 29 787 694 76 180 32 5 12 11 11 72 91 .259 .331 .372 .703 .281 258 15 6 8 7 5
1994 34 BOS AL 6 136 115 17 34 8 2 2 3 3 17 9 .296 .381 .452 .833 .302 52 6 0 2 2 0
1995 35 CIN NL 3 64 60 11 20 0 0 3 2 1 3 4 .333 .359 .483 .843 .315 29 1 0 0 1 1
1996 36 TOR AL 6 150 123 28 43 5 0 6 0 3 21 18 .350 .443 .537 .980 .363 66 6 2 1 3 3
15 Seasons 421 11932 10869 1303 2827 487 51 294 134 125 864 1844 .260 .316 .395 .711 .288 4298 215 48 88 63 39
162 Game Avg. 34 965 879 105 229 39 4 24 11 10 70 149 .260 .316 .395 .711 .288 348 17 4 7 5 3
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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
1982 22 MIN AL 22 22 4 10 8 1 4 8 14 .364 2 4 3 1 8 36% 45 82 20 28 15 2 13 4.2 3.3 5.7
1983 23 MIN AL 35 34 7 15 12 2 2 12 22 .353 3 4 4 0 11 32% 44 73 5 43 14 11 13 4.5 4.6 6.1
1984 24 MIN AL 35 35 18 12 5 3 4 20 15 .571 3 0 10 4 22 63% 57 86 19 29 8 7 9 4.2 4.6 7.4
1985 25 MIN AL 36 36 18 14 4 3 4 20 16 .556 0 4 9 0 20 56% 50 82 15 34 15 11 10 4.2 4.1 7.0
1986 26 MIN AL 37 37 16 13 8 4 3 21 16 .568 1 5 7 1 18 49% 50 91 15 30 15 8 9 4.9 5.1 6.6
1987 27 MIN AL 36 36 17 10 9 0 5 22 14 .611 3 5 7 1 26 72% 58 83 30 16 4 3 4 4.4 3.9 7.0
1988 28 MIN AL 35 35 24 7 4 3 3 27 8 .771 1 1 7 2 25 71% 60 84 22 23 5 4 7 5.5 5.5 7.3 105 3 8 21 3 122
1989 29 TOT MLB 36 36 13 17 6 2 6 15 21 .417 1 5 9 2 21 58% 56 86 17 10 4 3 7 4.1 3.7 7.3 108 1 8 18 9 143
1989 29 MIN AL 24 24 8 12 4 1 5 10 14 .417 1 3 7 1 14 58% 55 82 17 7 3 2 3 4.0 3.7 7.3 110 1 6 9 8 143
1989 29 NYM NL 12 12 5 5 2 1 1 5 7 .417 0 2 2 1 7 58% 58 86 26 3 1 1 4 4.2 3.8 7.1 105 0 2 9 1 129
1990 30 NYM NL 35 35 20 12 3 2 4 20 15 .571 1 2 7 3 25 71% 59 85 21 14 8 4 8 4.5 4.3 7.1 105 2 12 10 10 134
1991 31 NYM NL 35 35 13 15 7 0 3 17 18 .486 2 3 3 0 20 57% 50 75 15 17 9 0 9 3.4 3.3 6.6 102 4 15 9 7 146
1992 32 BOS AL 35 35 13 12 10 1 4 17 18 .486 3 2 6 1 23 66% 54 87 16 24 7 4 9 3.5 3.5 6.8 108 3 6 18 8 151
1993 33 BOS AL 29 29 11 8 10 3 2 16 13 .552 4 2 2 1 16 55% 52 73 18 26 8 1 13 4.4 4.6 6.3 100 4 9 11 5 134
1994 34 BOS AL 6 6 1 1 4 0 0 5 1 .833 0 2 0 0 2 33% 44 64 33 8 0 0 3 5.3 3.7 5.2 81 3 3 0 0 98
1995 35 CIN NL 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38 42 31 3 2 0 1 3.9 4.5 4.8 77 1 2 0 0 85
1996 36 TOR AL 6 6 1 3 2 0 0 3 3 .500 1 1 0 0 1 17% 34 60 3 6 1 0 4 5.1 5.3 5.1 100 0 2 3 0 108
15 Seasons 421 420 176 150 94 24 44 224 196 .533 25 41 74 16 238 57% 53 91 3 311 115 58 119 4.3 4.3 6.8 104 21 65 90 42 151
MLB Averages
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

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
1983 23 MIN AL 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.944 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1 Season 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.944 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0

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 22 MIN AL 543 86% 4.1% 15.5% 7.0% 9.0% 32% 0.89 73% 96 12 13%
1983 23 MIN AL 949 83% 3.6% 13.4% 9.7% 9.0% 35% 0.74 72% 185 13 7%
1984 24 MIN AL 1047 83% 2.7% 14.2% 7.0% 6.9% 32% 0.65 76% 174 19 11%
1985 25 MIN AL 1059 78% 2.5% 12.8% 6.4% 7.7% 31% 0.75 78% 192 17 9%
1986 26 MIN AL 1053 84% 3.5% 18.1% 7.9% 8.3% 34% 0.68 70% 201 16 8%
1987 27 MIN AL 1037 83% 2.8% 19.0% 6.4% 7.0% 32% 0.84 71% 175 13 7%
1988 28 MIN AL 1031 83% 1.9% 18.7% 5.2% 6.0% 26% 0.58 0.76 73% 21% 5.9% 29% 173 20 12%
1989 29 TOT MLB 1082 83% 2.0% 19.5% 6.8% 6.6% 29% 0.80 1.01 70% 19% 6.3% 17% 194 16 8%
1989 29 MIN AL 731 83% 2.3% 18.9% 6.4% 7.8% 33% 0.80 1.00 71% 19% 7.2% 18% 118 10 8%
1989 29 NYM NL 351 84% 1.4% 20.8% 7.7% 4.0% 19% 0.82 1.02 69% 18% 4.4% 14% 76 6 8%
1990 30 NYM NL 1016 80% 1.5% 17.9% 5.9% 5.2% 23% 0.98 1.27 73% 19% 5.0% 19% 190 17 9%
1991 31 NYM NL 980 79% 2.6% 13.5% 5.5% 7.1% 27% 0.79 1.07 77% 19% 6.9% 14% 173 15 9%
1992 32 BOS AL 999 88% 1.3% 12.1% 8.9% 5.3% 25% 1.03 1.40 76% 22% 3.9% 12% 192 29 15%
1993 33 BOS AL 787 84% 1.5% 11.6% 9.2% 6.2% 27% 0.81 1.08 76% 20% 4.3% 15% 137 15 11%
1994 34 BOS AL 136 86% 1.5% 6.6% 12.5% 8.8% 35% 0.54 0.76 78% 22% 3.6% 18% 25 6 24%
1995 35 CIN NL 64 88% 4.7% 6.3% 4.7% 4.7% 15% 0.45 0.31 84% 14% 9.4% 16% 9 1 11%
1996 36 TOR AL 150 81% 4.0% 12.0% 14.0% 7.3% 26% 0.84 1.41 68% 28% 12.2% 14% 42 6 14%
15 Seasons 11933 83% 2.5% 15.5% 7.2% 7.0% 29% 0.81 0.90 74% 20% 5.6% 18% 2158 215 10%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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 28 MIN AL 1031 3668 3.56 2417 66% 23% 20% 25% 32% 77% 0% 51% 75% 62% 5% 49 32 21% 220 107 11 13% 32 15 0 0 0
1989 29 TOT MLB 1082 3904 3.61 2476 63% 22% 21% 25% 32% 78% 1% 49% 73% 59% 4% 43 31 19% 210 111 10 17% 29 9 0 1 3
1989 29 MIN AL 731 2643 3.62 1679 64% 23% 20% 25% 32% 77% 0% 49% 74% 59% 5% 33 26 20% 146 77 6 14% 17 6 0 0 2
1989 29 NYM NL 351 1261 3.59 797 63% 21% 22% 26% 31% 79% 1% 50% 72% 59% 3% 10 5 18% 64 34 4 22% 12 3 0 1 1
1990 30 NYM NL 990 3580 3.62 2287 64% 24% 18% 25% 33% 75% 1% 48% 76% 59% 4% 42 28 19% 190 93 9 21% 32 12 26 1 6
1991 31 NYM NL 980 3559 3.63 2206 62% 25% 14% 25% 36% 75% 1% 46% 81% 56% 5% 50 36 16% 155 76 10 37% 19 10 0 0 0
1992 32 BOS AL 999 3788 3.79 2252 59% 27% 14% 24% 35% 73% 1% 43% 80% 58% 5% 49 31 17% 167 68 6 27% 18 14 0 0 0
1993 33 BOS AL 787 2901 3.69 1737 60% 27% 13% 25% 36% 73% 1% 44% 83% 60% 5% 36 19 15% 118 51 5 35% 13 12 0 0 1
1994 34 BOS AL 136 483 3.55 281 58% 27% 9% 25% 39% 73% 0% 43% 87% 56% 5% 7 3 13% 17 7 0 44% 2 4 0 0 0
1995 35 CIN NL 64 232 3.63 138 59% 20% 13% 25% 41% 80% 2% 47% 84% 56% 6% 4 3 6% 4 0 0 25% 0 0 0 0 0
1996 36 TOR AL 126 498 3.95 277 56% 29% 16% 22% 33% 71% 5% 39% 77% 55% 9% 11 5 14% 18 6 1 8% 1 3 24 0 1
9 Seasons 6195 22613 3.65 14071 62% 25% 17% 25% 34% 75% 1% 47% 78% 59% 5% 291 188 18% 1099 519 52 23% 146 79 50 2 11
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 22 MIN AL 543 152 22 0 9 18 4 15 7 16 8 2 50% 4 4 0 184 12 5 71% 11 5 1 0 0 0 5 1 4 0
1983 23 MIN AL 949 242 34 0 15 30 4 17 17 41 22 7 54% 8 6 0 364 9 5 64% 6 5 2 0 1 0 2 1 13 0
1984 24 MIN AL 1046 225 28 1 8 25 3 9 19 38 19 4 50% 13 6 2 340 7 9 44% 6 9 1 0 0 0 5 0 20 1
1985 25 MIN AL 1059 262 26 0 15 19 7 9 17 35 18 5 51% 15 6 3 375 6 9 40% 3 8 2 1 1 0 7 0 20 0
1986 26 MIN AL 1053 257 37 2 16 32 5 21 16 42 26 6 62% 13 12 0 384 12 16 43% 11 14 1 2 0 0 4 0 20 0
1987 27 MIN AL 1037 230 29 1 16 24 5 18 11 29 13 4 45% 7 1 1 364 6 8 43% 6 6 0 2 0 0 7 3 8 0
1988 28 MIN AL 1031 236 27 4 20 0 7 16 4 11 9 36 21 7 58% 8 5 0 360 7 8 47% 7 6 0 2 0 0 8 3 13 0
1989 29 TOT MLB 1082 246 43 12 22 2 16 19 3 9 13 48 27 12 56% 14 8 2 401 16 11 59% 14 8 2 2 0 1 9 5 20 0
1989 29 MIN AL 731 171 27 7 17 1 8 14 3 6 11 32 16 9 50% 10 5 1 265 11 9 55% 10 7 1 1 0 1 6 5 13 0
1989 29 NYM NL 351 75 16 5 5 1 8 5 0 3 2 16 11 3 69% 4 3 1 136 5 2 71% 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 7 0
1990 30 NYM NL 1016 227 32 5 15 2 18 14 1 7 8 50 22 15 44% 15 11 1 345 25 15 63% 21 10 3 4 1 1 1 0 18 0
1991 31 NYM NL 980 259 97 12 25 0 15 20 5 13 12 48 25 7 52% 14 6 3 361 6 16 27% 6 15 0 1 0 0 4 0 15 0
1992 32 BOS AL 999 214 77 2 13 0 27 12 1 7 6 55 32 7 58% 15 12 1 358 12 5 71% 9 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 29 0
1993 33 BOS AL 787 180 23 4 12 1 11 11 1 2 10 35 20 1 57% 13 5 0 298 11 11 50% 10 8 1 2 0 1 2 0 11 0
1994 34 BOS AL 136 34 3 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 9 5 2 56% 2 2 0 48 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1995 35 CIN NL 64 20 5 1 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 1 1 33% 0 1 0 19 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
1996 36 TOR AL 150 43 3 1 6 0 11 5 1 5 1 16 6 1 38% 2 1 0 56 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
15 Seasons 11932 2827 310 42 294 9 188 250 44 145 149 501 265 81 53% 143 86 13 4257 134 125 52% 114 105 17 17 3 3 57 14 203 1
MLB Averages
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

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 22 4 10 .286 5.21 22 22 0 3 1 0 126.0 152 77 73 22 38 2 84 0 1 4 543 81 1.508 10.9 1.6 2.7 6.0 2.21 81
1983 23 11 25 .306 5.38 57 56 0 7 1 0 336.0 394 218 201 56 130 9 211 8 3 10 1492 79 1.560 10.6 1.5 3.5 5.7 1.62 79
1984 24 29 37 .439 4.44 92 91 0 17 5 0 593.2 619 319 293 84 203 10 360 12 4 16 2539 95 1.385 9.4 1.3 3.1 5.5 1.77 95
1985 25 47 51 .480 4.34 128 127 0 26 5 0 844.1 881 455 407 110 271 13 495 14 6 22 3598 98 1.364 9.4 1.2 2.9 5.3 1.83 98
1986 26 63 64 .496 4.38 165 164 0 33 6 0 1090.0 1138 591 530 147 354 13 686 17 6 34 4651 98 1.369 9.4 1.2 2.9 5.7 1.94 98
1987 27 80 74 .519 4.10 201 200 0 40 7 0 1341.2 1368 682 611 176 420 14 883 23 7 35 5688 106 1.333 9.2 1.2 2.8 5.9 2.10 106
1988 28 104 81 .562 3.87 236 235 0 47 9 0 1597.0 1604 762 686 196 474 16 1076 26 8 40 6719 111 1.301 9.0 1.1 2.7 6.1 2.27 111
1989 29 117 98 .544 3.84 272 271 0 56 11 0 1858.0 1850 877 792 218 548 20 1287 30 9 48 7801 110 1.291 9.0 1.1 2.7 6.2 2.35 110
1990 30 137 110 .555 3.70 307 306 0 63 14 0 2107.2 2077 960 866 233 608 22 1469 32 9 59 8817 113 1.274 8.9 1.0 2.6 6.3 2.42 113
1991 31 150 125 .545 3.72 342 341 0 66 14 0 2339.0 2336 1072 968 258 662 26 1601 33 10 65 9797 111 1.282 9.0 1.0 2.5 6.2 2.42 111
1992 32 163 137 .543 3.70 377 376 0 72 15 0 2577.0 2550 1171 1059 271 751 30 1722 40 12 77 10796 112 1.281 8.9 0.9 2.6 6.0 2.29 112
1993 33 174 145 .545 3.66 406 405 0 74 16 0 2760.2 2730 1247 1123 283 823 35 1813 46 12 82 11583 114 1.287 8.9 0.9 2.7 5.9 2.20 114
1994 34 175 146 .545 3.67 412 411 0 74 16 0 2791.2 2764 1264 1139 285 840 35 1822 46 12 84 11719 114 1.291 8.9 0.9 2.7 5.9 2.17 114
1995 35 175 147 .543 3.69 415 414 0 74 16 0 2806.0 2784 1275 1149 288 843 36 1826 46 12 85 11783 113 1.293 8.9 0.9 2.7 5.9 2.17 113
1996 36 176 150 .540 3.73 421 420 0 74 16 0 2836.1 2827 1303 1175 294 864 39 1844 48 12 86 11933 112 1.301 9.0 0.9 2.7 5.9 2.13 112

Neutralized Pitching

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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 22 4 9 .308 5.69 117.0 153 82 74 22 38 78 0 1.632 11.8 2.9 6.0 2.05 1.7 22
1983 23 7 15 .318 5.73 201.0 245 142 128 34 93 122 8 1.682 11.0 4.2 5.5 1.31 1.5 35
1984 24 16 11 .593 3.43 247.0 228 104 94 28 74 143 4 1.223 8.3 2.7 5.2 1.93 1.0 35
1985 25 12 14 .462 4.15 243.0 261 124 112 26 68 131 2 1.354 9.7 2.5 4.9 1.93 1.0 36
1986 26 11 15 .423 4.69 236.0 259 137 123 37 84 183 3 1.453 9.9 3.2 7.0 2.18 1.4 37
1987 27 18 9 .667 2.77 247.0 225 84 76 28 65 193 6 1.174 8.2 2.4 7.0 2.97 1.0 36
1988 28 17 10 .630 2.93 243.0 243 88 79 21 56 184 3 1.230 9.0 2.1 6.8 3.29 0.8 35
1989 29 13 14 .481 4.17 248.0 257 128 115 23 77 200 4 1.347 9.3 2.8 7.3 2.60 0.8 36
1990 30 17 9 .654 2.97 239.0 234 88 79 15 62 174 2 1.238 8.8 2.3 6.6 2.81 0.6 35
1991 31 10 14 .417 4.60 217.0 271 123 111 26 57 124 1 1.512 11.2 2.4 5.1 2.18 1.1 35
1992 32 14 11 .560 3.62 229.0 215 102 92 13 89 116 7 1.328 8.4 3.5 4.6 1.30 0.5 35
1993 33 12 7 .632 3.00 180.0 173 67 60 12 69 89 6 1.344 8.7 3.5 4.5 1.29 0.6 29
1994 34 2 2 .500 3.98 43.0 43 21 19 3 22 12 0 1.512 9.0 4.6 2.5 0.55 0.6 6
1995 35 0 1 .000 5.62 16.0 22 11 10 3 3 4 0 1.563 12.4 1.7 2.3 1.33 1.7 3
1996 36 1 2 .333 7.14 29.0 40 26 23 6 20 17 2 2.069 12.4 6.2 5.3 0.85 1.9 6
15 Seasons 154 143 .519 3.93 2735.0 2869 1327 1195 297 877 1770 48 1.370 9.4 5.8 2.02 1.0 421

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1988 (P)
1990 *
1991 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1987-AL-Babe Ruth Award
1987-ML-WS MVP
1988-AL-Cy Young
1988-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1988-AL-10-10%
0.10 Career Shares (893rd)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1984-AL--6--1%
1987-AL--6--4%
1988-AL--1--99%
1990-NL--3--16%
1 Cy Young
1.20 Career Shares (37th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1984 AL--3.213--10th
1987 AL--2.897--2nd
1988 AL--2.644--3rd
1990 NL--2.668--4th
1993 AL--3.136--5th

Wins s c a p y
1984 AL--18--4th
1985 AL--18--3rd
1986 AL--16--9th
1987 AL--17--8th
1988 AL--24--1st
1990 NL--20--2nd
Career--176--161st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1987 AL--.630--9th
1988 AL--.774--1st
1990 NL--.625--8th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1984 AL--1.157--7th
1987 AL--1.176--6th
1988 AL--1.136--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL--7.859--7th
1992 AL--8.092--9th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL--2.442--10th
1988 AL--1.903--5th
1990 NL--2.163--8th
1991 NL--2.101--6th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 AL--7.045--8th
1988 AL--6.803--8th
1989 AL--7.070--5th
1990 NL--6.561--8th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1984 AL--257.7--5th
1985 AL--250.7--8th
1986 AL--245.7--9th
1987 AL--251.7--10th
1988 AL--255.3--6th
1990 NL--249.7--1st
1991 NL--231.3--7th
Career--2836.3--156th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1984 AL--149--8th
1986 AL--191--8th
1987 AL--197--7th
1988 AL--193--3rd
1990 NL--182--4th
Career--1844--81st

Games Started s c a p y
1983 AL--34--9th
1984 AL--35--4th
1985 AL--36--4th
1986 AL--37--1st
1987 AL--36--5th
1988 AL--35--3rd
1990 NL--35--1st
1991 NL--35--5th
1992 AL--35--3rd
Career--420--98th

Complete Games s c a p y
1984 AL--10--9th
1985 AL--9--9th
1989 AL--7--9th
1990 NL--7--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 AL--4--3rd
1988 AL--2--8th
1990 NL--3--3rd
1993 AL--1--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 AL--34--3rd
1984 AL--28--5th
1986 AL--37--3rd
1991 NL--25--2nd
Career--294--50th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1983 AL--92--7th
1992 AL--89--8th
Career--864--175th

Hits s c a p y
1983 AL--242--8th
1985 AL--262--5th
1986 AL--257--3rd
1988 AL--236--9th
1990 NL--227--5th
1991 NL--259--1st
Career--2827--155th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1987 AL--2.985--4th
1988 AL--3.574--3rd
1989 AL--2.936--6th
1990 NL--3.033--6th
1991 NL--2.444--10th
Career--2.134--198th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 NL--.541--9th
1992 AL--.492--7th
1993 AL--.588--5th

Losses s c a p y
1983 AL--15--4th
1985 AL--14--9th
1991 NL--15--2nd
Career--150--157th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1983 AL--128--1st
1985 AL--114--5th
1986 AL--123--3rd
1991 NL--102--2nd
Career--1175--133rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1986 AL--12--6th
1990 NL--11--3rd
1992 AL--12--7th
Career--86--133rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 AL--8--4th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1984 AL--1047--6th
1985 AL--1059--7th
1986 AL--1053--7th
1988 AL--1031--9th
1990 NL--1016--1st
1991 NL--980--4th
1992 AL--999--9th
Career--11933--135th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1984 AL--131--5th
1987 AL--159--2nd
1988 AL--153--3rd
1990 NL--141--5th
1992 AL--123--10th
1993 AL--148--2nd

Salary s c a p y
1989 AL--$2,766,666--1st
1991 NL--$3,166,667--9th
1992 AL--$4,833,333--3rd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (169), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 86 (121), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 68 (165), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 24 (213), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ken Holtzman (960)
  2. Mike Flanagan (947)
  3. Kevin Appier (940)
  4. Paul Splittorff (933)
  5. Fernando Valenzuela (932)
  6. Bob Forsch (928)
  7. Dave Stieb (925)
  8. Jim Lonborg (917)
  9. Rick Sutcliffe (915)
  10. Doug Drabek (915)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill George (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Glendon Rusch (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Randy Wolf (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Steve Trout (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Brad Radke (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Steve Avery (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Alex Fernandez (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jerry Reuss (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dennis Eckersley (954) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dennis Eckersley (965) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dennis Eckersley (948) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ken Holtzman (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jerry Reuss (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jerry Reuss (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Dennis Martinez (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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