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Pete Vuckovich

Peter Dennis Vuckovich

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: October 27, 1952 in Johnstown, PA
High School: Clarion HS (Clarion, PA)
School: Clarion University of Pennsylvania (Clarion, PA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1975 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Brewers/BlueJays/WhiteSox 1975-1986

Final Game: October 2, 1986 (Age 33)
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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
1975 22 CHW AL 0 1 .000 13.06 4 2 1 0 0 0 10.1 17 15 15 0 7 1 5 0 0 3 52 31 2.323 14.8 0.0 6.1 4.4 0.71
1976 23 CHW AL 7 4 .636 4.65 33 7 15 1 0 0 110.1 122 59 57 3 60 4 62 4 1 0 500 78 1.650 10.0 0.2 4.9 5.1 1.03
1977 24 TOR AL 7 7 .500 3.47 53 8 35 3 1 8 148.0 143 64 57 13 59 5 123 5 0 12 633 121 1.365 8.7 0.8 3.6 7.5 2.08
1978 25 STL NL 12 12 .500 2.54 45 23 15 6 2 1 198.1 187 65 56 9 59 5 149 2 2 7 819 140 1.240 8.5 0.4 2.7 6.8 2.53
1979 26 STL NL 15 10 .600 3.59 34 32 0 9 0 0 233.0 229 108 93 22 64 4 145 3 3 7 968 106 1.258 8.8 0.8 2.5 5.6 2.27
1980 27 STL NL 12 9 .571 3.40 32 30 1 7 3 1 222.1 203 96 84 18 68 5 132 2 2 5 907 110 1.219 8.2 0.7 2.8 5.3 1.94
1981 28 MIL AL 14 4 .778 3.55 24 23 0 2 1 0 149.2 137 61 59 9 57 1 84 4 0 1 620 97 1.296 8.2 0.5 3.4 5.1 1.47 CYA-4
1982 29 MIL AL 18 6 .750 3.34 30 30 0 9 1 0 223.2 234 96 83 14 102 1 105 5 0 6 971 114 1.502 9.4 0.6 4.1 4.2 1.03 CYA-1,MVP-18
1983 30 MIL AL 0 2 .000 4.91 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.2 15 9 8 0 10 1 10 1 0 0 69 79 1.705 9.2 0.0 6.1 6.1 1.00
1985 32 MIL AL 6 10 .375 5.51 22 22 0 1 0 0 112.2 134 74 69 16 48 2 55 7 0 3 511 76 1.615 10.7 1.3 3.8 4.4 1.15
1986 33 MIL AL 2 4 .333 3.06 6 6 0 0 0 0 32.1 33 18 11 3 11 0 12 2 2 2 139 144 1.361 9.2 0.8 3.1 3.3 1.09
11 Yrs 93 69 .574 3.66 286 186 67 38 8 10 1455.1 1454 665 592 107 545 29 882 35 10 46 6189 104 1.374 9.0 0.7 3.4 5.5 1.62
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .574 3.66 41 27 10 5 1 1 210 209 96 85 15 79 4 127 5 1 7 892 104 1.374 9.0 0.7 3.4 5.5 1.62
MIL (5 yrs) 40 26 .606 3.88 85 84 0 12 2 0 533.0 553 258 230 42 228 5 266 19 2 12 2310 98 1.465 9.3 0.7 3.8 4.5 1.17
STL (3 yrs) 39 31 .557 3.21 111 85 16 22 5 2 653.2 619 269 233 49 191 14 426 7 7 19 2694 116 1.239 8.5 0.7 2.6 5.9 2.23
CHW (2 yrs) 7 5 .583 5.37 37 9 16 1 0 0 120.2 139 74 72 3 67 5 67 4 1 3 552 68 1.707 10.4 0.2 5.0 5.0 1.00
TOR (1 yr) 7 7 .500 3.47 53 8 35 3 1 8 148.0 143 64 57 13 59 5 123 5 0 12 633 121 1.365 8.7 0.8 3.6 7.5 2.08
AL (8 yrs) 54 38 .587 4.03 175 101 51 16 3 8 801.2 835 396 359 58 354 15 456 28 3 27 3495 96 1.483 9.4 0.7 4.0 5.1 1.29
NL (3 yrs) 39 31 .557 3.21 111 85 16 22 5 2 653.2 619 269 233 49 191 14 426 7 7 19 2694 116 1.239 8.5 0.7 2.6 5.9 2.23

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1975 22 CHW AL 10.1 4 2 15 13.06 4.53 -0.29 -0.11 101.3 4.77 -10 -0.8 .7 0.0 -0.7 -9 .295 .495
1976 23 CHW AL 110.1 33 7 59 4.81 4.01 -0.30 -0.14 101.8 4.24 -7 -0.7 1.1 -0.2 0.2 3 .477 .495
1977 24 TOR AL 148.0 53 8 64 3.89 4.53 -0.19 -0.15 104.0 4.76 14 1.4 1.4 -0.0 2.9 29 .527 .509
1978 25 STL NL 198.1 45 23 65 2.95 4.05 -0.09 0.05 99.4 4.17 25 2.9 1.2 -0.1 4.6 42 .565 .518
1979 26 STL NL 233.0 34 32 108 4.17 4.15 0.13 0.13 102.4 4.26 -0 -0.0 2.4 -0.1 1.9 21 .499 .500
1980 27 STL NL 222.1 32 30 96 3.89 4.01 0.14 0.12 103.7 4.14 6 0.6 1.4 -0.1 2.6 25 .520 .504
1981 28 MIL AL 149.2 24 23 61 3.67 4.05 0.02 0.13 96.3 4.01 6 0.7 1.6 -0.1 2.0 18 .528 .504 CYA-4
1982 29 MIL AL 223.2 30 30 96 3.86 4.33 0.10 0.15 94.3 4.13 8 0.8 -0.1 2.8 28 .527 .505 CYA-1,MVP-18
1983 30 MIL AL 14.2 3 3 9 5.52 4.46 -0.08 0.14 92.7 4.34 -2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .436 .499
1985 32 MIL AL 112.2 22 22 74 5.91 4.50 -0.21 0.16 101.8 4.96 -12 -1.2 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .447 .493 $540,000
1986 33 MIL AL 32.1 6 6 18 5.01 4.85 -0.38 0.17 106.2 5.73 3 0.3 -0.0 0.6 6 .544 .502
11 Seasons 1455.1 286 186 665 4.11 4.21 -0.02 0.07 100.4 4.32 30 3.8 1.3 -0.7 16.6 162 .513 .502 $540,000
MIL (5 yrs) 533.0 85 84 258 4.36 4.32 -0.02 0.15 97.1 4.37 2 0.4 1.6 -0.3 5.1 50 .505 .500 $540,000
STL (3 yrs) 653.2 111 85 269 3.70 4.07 0.06 0.11 101.9 4.19 30 3.5 1.3 -0.3 9.1 89 .532 .507
CHW (2 yrs) 120.2 37 9 74 5.52 4.05 -0.30 -0.14 101.8 4.29 -16 -1.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.5 -6 .458 .495
TOR (1 yr) 148.0 53 8 64 3.89 4.53 -0.19 -0.15 104.0 4.76 14 1.4 1.4 -0.0 2.9 29 .527 .509

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
1981 28 MIL AL ALDS L NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 2 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 22 0.938 3.4 0.0 5.1 6.8 1.33
1982 29 MIL AL ALCS W CAL 0 1 .000 4.40 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.1 15 7 7 1 7 0 8 1 0 0 62 1.535 9.4 0.6 4.4 5.0 1.14
1982 29 MIL AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 16 9 7 2 5 1 4 0 0 0 64 1.500 10.3 1.3 3.2 2.6 0.80
2 Yrs (3 Series) 1 2 .333 3.74 6 5 1 1 0 0 33.2 33 17 14 3 15 1 16 1 0 1 148 1.426 8.8 0.8 4.0 4.3 1.07
1 ALDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 2 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 22 0.938 3.4 0.0 5.1 6.8 1.33
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 4.40 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.1 15 7 7 1 7 0 8 1 0 0 62 1.535 9.4 0.6 4.4 5.0 1.14
1 WS 0 1 .000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 16 9 7 2 5 1 4 0 0 0 64 1.500 10.3 1.3 3.2 2.6 0.80

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
1975 22 CHW AL 4 52 44 15 17 2 1 0 0 0 7 5 .386 .471 .477 .948 .436 21 2 0 1 0 1 0
1976 23 CHW AL 33 500 424 59 122 23 4 3 3 5 60 62 .288 .376 .382 .758 .325 162 11 4 4 7 4 4
1977 24 TOR AL 53 633 557 64 143 20 3 13 5 5 59 123 .257 .329 .373 .703 .303 208 13 5 4 8 5 10
1978 25 STL NL 45 819 738 65 187 34 6 9 14 10 59 149 .253 .308 .352 .660 .304 260 14 2 13 6 5 11
1979 26 STL NL 34 968 882 108 229 40 7 22 15 17 64 145 .260 .310 .396 .706 .288 349 15 3 14 5 4 13
1980 27 STL NL 32 907 823 96 203 33 2 18 22 19 68 132 .247 .304 .357 .661 .272 294 17 2 8 6 5 10
1981 28 MIL AL 24 620 551 61 137 14 5 9 11 14 57 84 .249 .323 .341 .664 .279 188 16 4 7 1 1 6
1982 29 MIL AL 30 971 851 96 234 38 7 14 32 16 102 105 .275 .354 .385 .740 .299 328 23 5 9 4 1 10
1983 30 MIL AL 3 69 58 9 15 2 1 0 5 2 10 10 .259 .377 .328 .704 .313 19 1 1 0 0 1 3
1985 32 MIL AL 22 511 450 74 134 19 4 16 17 8 48 55 .298 .374 .464 .838 .311 209 10 7 5 1 2 3
1986 33 MIL AL 6 139 121 18 33 5 0 3 3 1 11 12 .273 .336 .388 .724 .275 47 3 2 2 3 0 2
11 Yrs 286 6189 5499 665 1454 230 40 107 127 97 545 882 .264 .332 .379 .712 .296 2085 125 35 67 41 29 72
162 Game Avg. 41 892 792 96 209 33 6 15 18 14 79 127 .264 .332 .379 .712 .296 300 18 5 10 6 4 10
MLB Averages .260 .325 .386 .710 .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
1975 22 CHW AL -9.2 -0.8 58 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .88 -0.6 -0.2 -7.8 -0.7 0.86 -6.0 0 1 1
1976 23 CHW AL -10.1 -1.0 511 -0.4 6.1 -6.5 .79 -0.9 0.3 -19.3 -2.0 0.79 -14.1 8 3 14
1977 24 TOR AL 11.7 1.2 656 -0.6 12.3 -12.9 1.15 -0.3 -0.2 2.8 0.3 1.15 2.1 16 13 14
1978 25 STL NL 21.6 2.4 850 1.7 16.8 -15.1 1.19 1.3 0.1 18.8 2.1 1.19 14.8 8 2 10
1979 26 STL NL 4.6 0.5 1012 0.9 17.1 -16.3 1.00 0.9 -0.1 3.0 0.3 1.00 5.8 1 1 0
1980 27 STL NL 6.8 0.7 955 1.4 17.6 -16.2 1.07 1.0 0.3 6.8 0.7 1.07 12.2 1 1 0
1981 28 MIL AL 0.6 0.1 647 0.9 11.5 -10.5 1.03 0.8 0.1 6.8 0.7 1.03 8.1 1 0 0
1982 29 MIL AL 10.2 1.0 1027 2.0 20.3 -18.2 1.16 0.0 1.8 11.6 1.2 1.16 0.5 0 0 0
1983 30 MIL AL -1.9 -0.2 75 -0.2 1.2 -1.5 1.14 -0.2 0.0 -2.2 -0.2 1.14 -2.3 0 0 0
1985 32 MIL AL -15.8 -1.5 537 -2.2 8.7 -10.9 1.02 -1.5 -0.7 -18.2 -1.7 1.02 -16.8 0 0 0
1986 33 MIL AL 2.1 0.2 147 0.2 2.6 -2.4 1.00 -0.1 0.3 -0.9 -0.1 1.00 -1.0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 20.7 2.5 6475 3.0 114.8 -111.9 1.06 0.4 2.3 1.3 0.6 1.06 3.3 35 21 39

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 22 CHW AL 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 22.5 32 13 4 3 1 1 9.0 9.0 2.7
1976 23 CHW AL 33 7 5 2 0 0 1 5 2 .714 0 0 1 0 6 86% 48.1 66 22 22 6 1 4 4.4 5.1 6.7
1977 24 TOR AL 53 8 2 4 2 1 2 3 5 .375 1 1 3 1 4 50% 51.2 86 25 19 4 3 1 4.0 4.2 7.7
1978 25 STL NL 45 23 11 8 4 0 5 11 12 .478 1 2 6 2 19 83% 58.3 84 26 21 5 4 7 3.1 3.3 7.2
1979 26 STL NL 34 32 15 9 8 5 3 20 12 .625 1 5 9 0 19 59% 54.2 73 9 13 6 2 10 4.9 4.8 7.2
1980 27 STL NL 32 30 12 9 9 2 4 17 13 .567 1 4 7 3 19 63% 54.8 88 24 13 5 2 9 4.4 4.3 7.2
1981 28 MIL AL 24 23 14 4 5 1 1 18 5 .783 3 2 2 1 16 70% 53.5 84 16 17 7 6 9 5.0 5.2 6.5
1982 29 MIL AL 30 30 18 6 6 5 2 20 9 .690 0 1 9 1 18 60% 51.9 83 24 14 3 1 12 5.2 5.3 7.5
1983 30 MIL AL 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 44.7 58 25 2 0 0 2 3.8 0.7 4.9
1985 32 MIL AL 22 22 6 10 6 0 1 9 13 .409 3 1 1 0 9 41% 43.5 67 19 20 5 0 10 4.6 5.1 5.1
1986 33 MIL AL 6 6 2 4 0 0 2 2 4 .333 0 0 0 0 4 67% 48.7 68 26 4 1 0 4 2.1 1.8 5.4
11 Yrs 286 186 85 59 42 14 21 107 78 .578 10 17 38 8 114 61% 52 88 9 149 45 20 69 4.5 4.6 6.8
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 105 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3

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
1975 22 CHW AL 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 5 .876 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 7.5
1976 23 CHW AL 33 26 15 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 45 18 40% 6 .792 8 3 14 5 3 18 22 4 17 6 18 1 7.3
1977 24 TOR AL 53 45 35 5 3 12 8 4 67% 13 1 54 26 48% 8 1.146 16 13 14 17 6 22 32 13 30 8 33 7 5.8
1978 25 STL NL 45 22 15 1 4 4 1 3 25% 4 0 10 5 50% 8 1.191 8 2 10 5 5 12 7 15 11 3 11 9 4.3
1979 26 STL NL 34 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% 6 .995 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3.0
1980 27 STL NL 32 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 6 1.071 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 10.5
1981 28 MIL AL 24 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 6 1.028 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
7 Yrs 225 100 67 8 10 18 10 8 56% 22 3 112 50 45% 1.048 35 21 39 31 16 53 63 37 62 18 67 18 5.9

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%
1975 22 CHW AL 52 40% 0.0% 9.6% 13.5% 5.8% 18% 1.40 75% 12 2 17%
1976 23 CHW AL 500 57% 0.6% 12.4% 12.0% 6.0% 25% 1.29 73% 132 11 8%
1977 24 TOR AL 633 54% 2.1% 19.4% 9.3% 5.7% 25% 1.23 68% 127 13 10%
1978 25 STL NL 819 54% 1.1% 18.2% 7.2% 6.0% 26% 1.17 72% 127 14 11%
1979 26 STL NL 968 55% 2.3% 15.0% 6.6% 7.1% 30% 1.04 74% 134 15 11%
1980 27 STL NL 907 53% 2.0% 14.6% 7.5% 5.8% 26% 1.35 75% 127 17 13%
1981 28 MIL AL 620 47% 1.5% 13.6% 9.2% 4.5% 20% 1.72 74% 113 16 14%
1982 29 MIL AL 971 45% 1.4% 10.8% 10.5% 6.1% 25% 1.31 76% 180 23 13%
1983 30 MIL AL 69 45% 0.0% 14.5% 14.5% 4.4% 20% 1.58 70% 16 1 6%
1985 32 MIL AL 511 51% 3.1% 10.8% 9.4% 7.6% 29% 1.11 74% 100 10 10%
1986 33 MIL AL 139 41% 2.2% 8.6% 7.9% 5.8% 24% 0.87 78% 22 3 14%
11 Yrs 6189 51% 1.7% 14.3% 8.8% 6.1% 26% 1.25 74% 1090 125 11%
MLB Averages 43% 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.5% 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
1975 22 CHW AL 52 17 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 60% 0 3 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1976 23 CHW AL 500 122 3 0 27 3 0 1 2 42 24 2 57% 4 0 1 223 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 13 0
1977 24 TOR AL 633 143 13 0 25 6 7 9 4 43 24 7 56% 10 12 0 256 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 21 0
1978 25 STL NL 819 187 9 0 15 2 7 4 5 38 16 8 42% 11 7 1 289 14 10 58% 13 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 0
1979 26 STL NL 968 229 22 0 6 16 6 12 10 36 17 10 47% 13 7 2 314 15 17 47% 13 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 19 0
1980 27 STL NL 907 203 18 0 7 13 5 10 8 34 20 6 59% 10 5 1 306 22 19 54% 18 18 4 0 0 1 0 0 17 0
1981 28 MIL AL 620 137 9 1 8 3 6 2 7 30 16 6 53% 6 1 1 216 11 14 44% 10 13 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0
1982 29 MIL AL 971 234 14 0 21 5 9 3 11 49 25 5 51% 10 6 2 378 32 16 67% 31 15 1 1 0 0 2 1 17 0
1983 30 MIL AL 69 15 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 71% 3 0 0 32 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 32 MIL AL 511 134 16 0 8 12 4 7 9 22 11 2 50% 3 3 0 197 17 8 68% 16 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 33 MIL AL 139 33 3 0 4 2 1 3 0 7 4 0 57% 2 2 0 49 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
11 Yrs 6189 1454 107 1 125 62 45 51 56 313 165 47 53% 72 46 8 2280 127 97 57% 117 90 10 5 0 2 8 4 120 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+
1975 22 0 1 .000 13.06 4 2 1 0 0 0 10.1 17 15 15 0 7 1 5 0 0 3 52 31 2.323 14.8 0.0 6.1 4.4 0.71 31
1976 23 7 5 .583 5.37 37 9 16 1 0 0 120.2 139 74 72 3 67 5 67 4 1 3 552 68 1.707 10.4 0.2 5.0 5.0 1.00 68
1977 24 14 12 .538 4.32 90 17 51 4 1 8 268.2 282 138 129 16 126 10 190 9 1 15 1185 91 1.519 9.4 0.5 4.2 6.4 1.51 91
1978 25 26 24 .520 3.57 135 40 66 10 3 9 467.0 469 203 185 25 185 15 339 11 3 22 2004 106 1.400 9.0 0.5 3.6 6.5 1.83 106
1979 26 41 34 .547 3.57 169 72 66 19 3 9 700.0 698 311 278 47 249 19 484 14 6 29 2972 106 1.353 9.0 0.6 3.2 6.2 1.94 106
1980 27 53 43 .552 3.53 201 102 67 26 6 10 922.1 901 407 362 65 317 24 616 16 8 34 3879 107 1.321 8.8 0.6 3.1 6.0 1.94 107
1981 28 67 47 .588 3.53 225 125 67 28 7 10 1072.0 1038 468 421 74 374 25 700 20 8 35 4499 106 1.317 8.7 0.6 3.1 5.9 1.87 106
1982 29 85 53 .616 3.50 255 155 67 37 8 10 1295.2 1272 564 504 88 476 26 805 25 8 41 5470 107 1.349 8.8 0.6 3.3 5.6 1.69 107
1983 30 85 55 .607 3.52 258 158 67 37 8 10 1310.1 1287 573 512 88 486 27 815 26 8 41 5539 107 1.353 8.8 0.6 3.3 5.6 1.68 107
1984 31 85 55 .607 3.52 258 158 67 37 8 10 1310.1 1287 573 512 88 486 27 815 26 8 41 5539 107 1.353 8.8 0.6 3.3 5.6 1.68 107
1985 32 91 65 .583 3.67 280 180 67 38 8 10 1423.0 1421 647 581 104 534 29 870 33 8 44 6050 103 1.374 9.0 0.7 3.4 5.5 1.63 103
1986 33 93 69 .574 3.66 286 186 67 38 8 10 1455.1 1454 665 592 107 545 29 882 35 10 46 6189 104 1.374 9.0 0.7 3.4 5.5 1.62 104

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
1975 22 0 1 .000 15.00 9.0 17 17 15 0 7 5 0 2.667 17.0 7.0 5.0 0.71 0.0 4
1976 23 3 8 .273 5.88 101.0 132 73 66 3 65 57 4 1.950 11.8 5.8 5.1 0.88 0.3 33
1977 24 8 7 .533 3.68 142.0 144 64 58 13 59 118 5 1.430 9.1 3.7 7.5 2.00 0.8 53
1978 25 13 7 .650 3.05 186.0 198 70 63 10 62 139 2 1.398 9.6 3.0 6.7 2.24 0.5 45
1979 26 12 12 .500 3.83 223.0 232 106 95 22 65 139 3 1.332 9.4 2.6 5.6 2.14 0.9 34
1980 27 12 11 .522 3.83 209.0 209 99 89 19 70 124 2 1.335 9.0 3.0 5.3 1.77 0.8 32
1981 28 9 13 .409 4.90 202.0 230 122 110 15 96 113 7 1.614 10.2 4.3 5.0 1.18 0.7 24
1982 29 11 11 .500 4.17 203.0 249 104 94 15 109 95 5 1.764 11.0 4.8 4.2 0.87 0.7 30
1983 30 0 1 .000 5.79 14.0 16 10 9 0 11 9 1 1.929 10.3 7.1 5.8 0.82 0.0 3
1985 32 3 8 .273 6.03 106.0 136 79 71 16 49 52 7 1.745 11.5 4.2 4.4 1.06 1.4 22
1986 33 2 1 .667 3.19 31.0 33 12 11 3 11 12 2 1.419 9.6 3.2 3.5 1.09 0.9 6
11 Yrs 73 80 .477 4.30 1426.0 1596 756 681 116 604 863 38 1.543 10.1 5.4 1.43 0.7 286

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Hall of Fame
1992 BBWAA ()

Awards (yr lg award)
1982 AL Cy Young

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1982 AL (18, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1270th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 AL (4, 6%)
1982 AL (1, 62%)
1 Cy Young
0.68 Career Shares (82nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1978 NL  2.54 (3rd)
1982 AL  3.34 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1979 NL  15 (9th)
1981 AL  14 (1st)
1982 AL  18 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1981 AL  .778 (1st)
1982 AL  .750 (1st)
Career  .574 (209th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 NL  6.761 (3rd)
1979 NL  5.601 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1979 NL  145 (7th)
1980 NL  132 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1981 AL  23 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1980 NL  7 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1980 NL  3 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  22 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1981 AL  57 (9th)
1982 AL  102 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1978 NL  2.525 (7th)
1979 NL  2.266 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 NL  0.408 (6th)
1982 AL  0.563 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1977 AL  12 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 AL  7 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1977 AL  35 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1978 NL  140 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  22 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1978 NL  2.4 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 10 (248), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 38 (651), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (546), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (689), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (591st), 16.4 career WAR/17.1 7yr-peak WAR/16.8 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Steve Blass (965)
  2. Ralph Branca (958)
  3. Tex Carleton (957)
  4. Fred Hutchinson (957)
  5. Russ Meyer (956)
  6. Bill Walker (951)
  7. John Montefusco (949)
  8. Johnny Morrison (948)
  9. Gene Conley (945)
  10. Teddy Higuera (944)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Emerson Dickman (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jeff Pico (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ron Robinson (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Stafford (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bruce Kison (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Steve Blass (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pat Malone (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bruce Kison (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Hallahan (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mark Portugal (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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