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Rick Waits

Michael Richard Waits

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 194 lb.

Born: May 15, 1952 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Therrell HS (Atlanta, GA)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1973
Teams (by GP): Indians/Brewers/Rangers 1973-1985
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 6, 1985
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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
1970	18	TEX-min	A	2	3	.400	4.71	9	8					42.0	27	25	22	2	33								1.429	5.8	0.4	7.1			AND · WCRS
1971	19	TEX-min	AA	5	9	.357	3.24	25	23		6	1	0	139.0	123	65	50	7	82	4	98	1	2	10			1.475	8.0	0.5	5.3	6.3	1.20	PFD · EL
1972	20	TEX-min	AA	8	8	.500	3.10	25	22		5	3	0	116.0	104	66	40	7	82	3	84	4	0	9			1.603	8.1	0.5	6.4	6.5	1.02	PFD · EL
1973	21	TEX-min	AAA	14	7	.667	3.92	28	23		6	0	0	154.0	153	96	67	6	103	0	99	2	0	5			1.662	8.9	0.4	6.0	5.8	0.96	SPO · PCL
1973	21	TEX	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	58	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

1974	22	TEX-min	AAA	12	6	.667	4.41	26	22		9	0	0	153.0	152	98	75	12	95	2	90	1	0	7			1.614	8.9	0.7	5.6	5.3	0.95	SPO · PCL
1975	23	TEX-CLE-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.65	20	17		10	0	0	120.0	131	75	62	7	64	2	69	1	0	3			1.625	9.8	0.5	4.8	5.2	1.08	SPO,OKC · PCL,AA
1975	23	CLE	AL	6	2	.750	2.94	16	7	4	3	0	1	70.1	57	25	23	3	25	5	34	1	0	2	285	128	1.166	7.3	0.4	3.2	4.4	1.36
1976	24	CLE	AL	7	9	.438	4.00	26	22	1	4	2	0	123.2	143	60	55	7	54	1	65	0	1	2	539	87	1.593	10.4	0.5	3.9	4.7	1.20
1977	25	CLE	AL	9	7	.563	3.99	37	16	9	1	0	2	135.1	132	67	60	8	64	7	62	1	0	0	581	99	1.448	8.8	0.5	4.3	4.1	0.97
1978	26	CLE	AL	13	15	.464	3.20	34	33	1	15	2	0	230.1	206	97	82	16	86	0	97	2	0	10	957	117	1.268	8.0	0.6	3.4	3.8	1.13
1979	27	CLE	AL	16	13	.552	4.44	34	34	0	8	3	0	231.0	230	123	114	26	91	1	91	4	0	5	982	96	1.390	9.0	1.0	3.5	3.5	1.00
1980	28	CLE	AL	13	14	.481	4.45	33	33	0	9	2	0	224.1	231	118	111	18	82	6	109	1	0	5	955	93	1.395	9.3	0.7	3.3	4.4	1.33
1981	29	CLE	AL	8	10	.444	4.92	22	21	0	5	1	0	126.1	173	74	69	7	44	1	51	1	0	5	578	75	1.718	12.3	0.5	3.1	3.6	1.16
1982	30	CLE	AL	2	13	.133	5.40	25	21	0	2	0	0	115.0	128	74	69	13	57	2	44	1	0	4	510	77	1.609	10.0	1.0	4.5	3.4	0.77
1983	31	TOT	AL	0	3	.000	4.89	18	2	5	0	0	0	49.2	62	33	27	2	20	3	33	0	0	3	225	82	1.651	11.2	0.4	3.6	6.0	1.65
1983	31	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	4.58	8	0	3	0	0	0	19.2	23	13	10	1	9	2	13	0	0	1	91	95	1.627	10.5	0.5	4.1	5.9	1.44
1983	31	MIL	AL	0	2	.000	5.10	10	2	2	0	0	0	30.0	39	20	17	1	11	1	20	0	0	2	134	75	1.667	11.7	0.3	3.3	6.0	1.82
1984	32	MIL	AL	2	4	.333	3.58	47	1	16	0	0	3	73.0	84	32	29	7	24	3	49	0	0	0	316	109	1.479	10.4	0.9	3.0	6.0	2.04
1985	33	MIL-min	AAA	10	5	.667	2.87	16	16	0	5	1	0	116.0	108	43	37	6	22	3	64	0	0	4			1.121	8.4	0.5	1.7	5.0	2.91	VAN · PCL
1985	33	MIL	AL	3	2	.600	6.51	24	0	8	0	0	1	47.0	67	37	34	3	20	5	24	0	0	1	220	64	1.851	12.8	0.6	3.8	4.6	1.20
1986	34	MIL-min	AAA	11	8	.579	4.42	28	19	4	3	0	1	130.1	145	77	64	13	45	3	72	1	0	5			1.458	10.0	0.9	3.1	5.0	1.60	VAN · PCL
12 Yrs				79	92	.462	4.25	317	190	45	47	10	8	1427.0	1514	741	674	110	568	34	659	11	1	37	6152	93	1.459	9.5	0.7	3.6	4.2	1.16
162 Game Avg.				11	12	.462	4.25	43	25	6	6	1	1	191	203	99	90	15	76	5	88	1	0	5	825	93	1.459	9.5	0.7	3.6	4.2	1.16

CLE (9 yrs)				74	84	.468	4.18	235	187	18	47	10	3	1276.0	1323	651	593	99	512	25	566	11	1	34	5478	94	1.438	9.3	0.7	3.6	4.0	1.11
MIL (3 yrs)				5	8	.385	4.80	81	3	26	0	0	4	150.0	190	89	80	11	55	9	93	0	0	3	670	83	1.633	11.4	0.7	3.3	5.6	1.69
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	58	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

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
1973	21	TEX	AL	1.0	1	0	1	9.00	3.87	-0.45	-0.32	94.0	3.76	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-0	.440	.500	$

1975	23	CLE	AL	70.1	16	7	25	3.20	4.38	-0.04	-0.01	100.2	4.43	10	1.1	2.5	0.2	1.9	17	.568	.507	$
1976	24	CLE	AL	123.2	26	22	60	4.37	4.00	-0.19	0.09	97.8	4.18	-2	-0.3	.4	-0.1	0.7	9	.490	.498	$
1977	25	CLE	AL	135.1	37	16	67	4.46	4.71	-0.05	0.00	96.7	4.60	2	0.2	1.6	-0.1	1.3	17	.506	.501	$
1978	26	CLE	AL	230.1	34	33	97	3.79	4.27	-0.13	0.12	98.4	4.45	18	2.0	.1	-0.1	3.8	41	.559	.512	$
1979	27	CLE	AL	231.0	34	34	123	4.79	4.62	-0.24	0.15	101.0	5.07	7	0.7		-0.1	2.6	34	.521	.504	$
1980	28	CLE	AL	224.1	33	33	118	4.73	4.61	-0.30	0.15	101.5	5.13	9	0.9		-0.1	2.7	34	.529	.506	$200,000
1981	29	CLE	AL	126.1	22	21	74	5.27	4.11	-0.62	0.13	99.5	4.84	-6	-0.6	.3	-0.1	0.3	2	.471	.496	$275,000
1982	30	CLE	AL	115.0	25	21	74	5.79	4.47	-0.14	0.12	101.5	4.80	-12	-1.2	1.8	-0.1	-0.4	-1	.451	.493	$375,000
1983	31	CLE	AL	19.2	8	0	13	5.95	4.57	-0.33	-0.37	106.4	4.83	-2	-0.3	.8	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.468	.498	$400,000
1983	31	MIL	AL	30.0	10	2	20	6.00	5.07	-0.08	-0.19	89.4	4.44	-5	-0.5	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.448	.497	$
1984	32	MIL	AL	73.0	47	1	32	3.95	4.63	-0.21	-0.33	97.6	4.41	4	0.4	1.7	0.0	1.1	11	.509	.503	$
1985	33	MIL	AL	47.0	24	0	37	7.09	4.64	-0.23	-0.36	99.7	4.49	-13	-1.3	.6	0.1	-0.8	-9	.445	.492	$460,000
12 Seasons				1427.0	317	190	741	4.67	4.46	-0.22	0.06	99.5	4.71	7	1.1	1.3	-0.4	12.8	153	.504	.501	$1,710,000

CLE (9 yrs)				1276.0	235	187	651	4.59	4.43	-0.22	0.10	99.8	4.75	22	2.6	1.5	-0.5	12.8	153	.511	.502	$1,250,000
MIL (3 yrs)				150.0	81	3	89	5.34	4.72	-0.19	-0.31	96.6	4.44	-15	-1.4	1.3	0.2	0.0	1	.482	.497	$460,000
TEX (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	1	9.00	3.87	-0.45	-0.32	94.0	3.76	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-0	.440	.500	$

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
1973	21	TEX	AL	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	.333	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

1975	23	CLE	AL	16	285	258	25	57	11	1	3	3	5	25	34	.221	.292	.306	.598	.244	79	3	1	1	0	5	1
1976	24	CLE	AL	26	539	481	60	143	29	3	7	4	10	54	65	.297	.368	.414	.782	.333	199	17	0	4	0	1	4
1977	25	CLE	AL	37	581	503	67	132	22	3	8	7	3	64	62	.262	.346	.366	.711	.285	184	21	1	11	2	7	5
1978	26	CLE	AL	34	957	860	97	206	23	7	16	17	7	86	97	.240	.309	.338	.648	.253	291	29	2	6	3	0	18
1979	27	CLE	AL	34	982	872	123	230	43	3	26	19	10	91	91	.264	.334	.409	.743	.268	357	28	4	9	6	1	11
1980	28	CLE	AL	33	955	855	118	231	37	6	18	12	9	82	109	.270	.332	.391	.723	.290	334	23	1	10	7	6	5
1981	29	CLE	AL	22	578	524	74	173	27	2	7	7	5	44	51	.330	.380	.429	.810	.353	225	13	1	5	4	1	5
1982	30	CLE	AL	25	510	442	74	128	28	2	13	6	7	57	44	.290	.370	.450	.820	.296	199	9	1	7	3	2	5
1983	31	TOT	AL	18	225	197	33	62	9	1	2	3	2	20	33	.315	.369	.401	.770	.359	79	6	0	3	5	3	4
1983	31	CLE	AL	8	91	75	13	23	3	0	1	2	1	9	13	.307	.364	.387	.750	.338	29	1	0	3	4	2	2
1983	31	MIL	AL	10	134	122	20	39	6	1	1	1	1	11	20	.320	.373	.410	.783	.373	50	5	0	0	1	1	2
1984	32	MIL	AL	47	315	283	32	84	5	2	7	6	4	24	49	.297	.348	.403	.751	.335	114	7	0	6	3	3	3
1985	33	MIL	AL	24	220	197	37	67	12	2	3	3	2	20	24	.340	.399	.467	.866	.374	92	6	0	2	1	5	3
12 Yrs				317	6151	5475	741	1514	246	32	110	87	64	568	659	.277	.344	.393	.737	.296	2154	163	11	64	34	34	64
162 Game Avg.				43	825	734	99	203	33	4	15	12	9	76	88	.277	.344	.393	.737	.296	289	22	1	9	5	5	9
MLB Averages																.260	.325	.383	.708	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1973	21	TEX	AL	-0.4	-0.0	4	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.04	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.04	-0.4	0	0	1

1975	23	CLE	AL	7.1	0.7	296	1.3	5.6	-4.3	1.07	1.2	-0.0	9.6	1.0	1.07	12.4	6	3	0
1976	24	CLE	AL	-6.5	-0.7	555	-0.9	10.6	-11.5	1.11	-1.5	0.7	-6.9	-0.7	1.11	-16.6	0	1	2
1977	25	CLE	AL	-0.4	-0.0	594	-0.1	10.9	-11.0	1.09	0.4	-0.5	-8.1	-0.8	1.09	1.9	12	2	6
1978	26	CLE	AL	12.7	1.3	995	0.1	15.9	-15.8	.95	1.3	-1.1	9.9	1.0	0.95	12.5	0	0	1
1979	27	CLE	AL	-2.2	-0.2	1019	0.9	17.9	-17.0	.99	0.5	0.4	-2.3	-0.2	0.99	6.5	0	0	0
1980	28	CLE	AL	-5.3	-0.5	979	-0.0	17.9	-17.9	1.08	0.4	-0.4	-5.4	-0.5	1.08	3.8	0	0	0
1981	29	CLE	AL	-16.1	-1.6	599	-1.1	9.1	-10.2	.96	-1.5	0.4	-13.5	-1.4	0.96	-15.7	0	0	1
1982	30	CLE	AL	-15.1	-1.5	532	-2.0	8.3	-10.3	1.00	-1.2	-0.8	-13.5	-1.3	1.00	-13.1	2	2	0
1983	31	TOT	AL	-6.6	-0.6	236	-1.0	2.1	-3.1	.67	-0.5	-0.9	-8.8	-0.9	0.67	-6.0	3	3	10
1983	31	CLE	AL	-1.3	-0.1	96	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	.79	-0.2	-0.5	-4.3	-0.4	0.79	-3.6	1	2	5
1983	31	MIL	AL	-5.3	-0.5	140	-0.4	1.3	-1.8	.59	-0.3	-0.5	-4.5	-0.5	0.59	-2.4	2	1	5
1984	32	MIL	AL	2.8	0.3	324	1.0	7.1	-6.0	1.28	-0.3	1.1	5.5	0.6	1.28	-0.1	22	10	13
1985	33	MIL	AL	-11.5	-1.1	227	-1.1	2.0	-3.1	.68	-0.9	-0.7	-14.6	-1.4	0.68	-8.8	3	5	16
12 Yrs				-41.3	-3.9	6360	-2.7	107.5	-110.1	1.01	-2.2	-0.4	-48.7	-4.6	1.01	-23.6	48	26	50

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
1975	23	CLE	AL	16	7	4	2	1	0	0	5	2	.714	0	0	3	0	4	57%	54.3	79	25	11	2	1	4	4.5	4.6	7.3
1976	24	CLE	AL	26	22	7	9	6	0	2	9	13	.409	0	3	4	2	10	45%	47.0	83	23	24	9	8	7	3.3	3.6	5.2
1977	25	CLE	AL	37	16	6	5	5	1	0	9	7	.563	1	3	1	0	9	56%	50.4	76	24	31	12	6	5	4.3	4.0	6.1
1978	26	CLE	AL	34	33	13	15	5	3	10	16	17	.485	2	3	15	2	22	67%	54.1	84	17	24	6	9	11	4.1	4.2	6.9
1979	27	CLE	AL	34	34	16	13	5	6	5	18	16	.529	1	1	8	3	16	47%	48.0	85	11	27	7	4	6	4.9	5.4	6.8
1980	28	CLE	AL	33	33	13	14	6	4	5	15	18	.455	2	3	9	2	16	48%	48.7	77	18	29	8	7	10	4.5	4.5	6.8
1981	29	CLE	AL	22	21	8	10	3	1	1	10	11	.476	0	3	5	1	8	38%	42.7	73	18	25	12	6	8	3.8	3.9	6.0
1982	30	CLE	AL	25	21	1	12	8	1	3	7	14	.333	4	1	2	0	6	29%	44.6	67	19	24	11	3	11	3.7	3.2	5.1
1983	31	TOT	AL	18	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	0	1	50%		48	24	13	6	1	1	5.2	8.2	5.7
1983	31	MIL	AL	10	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	0	1	50%	36.0	48	24	7	4	1	1	5.2	8.2	5.7
1984	32	MIL	AL	47	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.0	36	36	34	16	0	1	3.0	3.0	5.7
10 Yrs				284	190	68	82	40	16	26	89	101	.468	11	17	47	10	92	48%	48	85	11	236	87	45	64	4.2	4.3	6.3
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	106	-13					4.3	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1973	21	TEX	AL	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0		9	.038	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0

1975	23	CLE	AL	16	9	4	2	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	19	4	21%	8	1.066	6	3	0	2	2	5	9	0	5	3	7	2	6.4
1976	24	CLE	AL	26	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	1	1.113	0	1	2	0	0	4	2	2	3	0	3	1	7.0
1977	25	CLE	AL	37	21	9	3	2	5	2	3	40%	7	1	21	15	71%	7	1.091	12	2	6	8	5	8	13	8	10	8	12	2	5.4
1978	26	CLE	AL	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.948	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0

1981	29	CLE	AL	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.961	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0
1982	30	CLE	AL	25	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	0%	2	1	5	3	60%	3	.995	2	2	0	3	1	0	3	1	2	1	3	1	5.8
1983	31	TOT	AL	18	16	5	0	2	1	0	1	0%	2	0	23	8	35%		.673	3	3	10	3	0	13	12	4	14	2	14	1	7.2
1983	31	CLE	AL	8	8	3	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	11	5	45%	7	.790	1	2	5	1	0	7	6	2	8	0	8	0	7.4
1983	31	MIL	AL	10	8	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	12	3	25%	4	.593	2	1	5	2	0	6	6	2	6	2	6	1	7.0
1984	32	MIL	AL	47	46	16	2	3	4	3	1	75%	12	7	54	19	35%	8	1.284	22	10	13	15	10	21	31	15	25	16	28	9	4.4
1985	33	MIL	AL	24	24	8	3	2	2	1	1	50%	2	0	18	4	22%	7	.681	3	5	16	3	4	17	12	12	16	4	18	3	5.9
10 Yrs				250	127	45	11	10	15	8	7	53%	28	10	143	55	38%		1.000	48	26	50	36	22	69	82	45	76	35	86	19	5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1973	21	TEX	AL	4	25%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0%		75%	2	1	50%

1975	23	CLE	AL	285	24%	1.1%	11.9%	8.8%	5.3%	26%	1.41	78%	44	3	7%
1976	24	CLE	AL	539	27%	1.3%	12.1%	10.0%	7.2%	27%	1.21	76%	132	17	13%
1977	25	CLE	AL	581	26%	1.4%	10.7%	11.0%	5.7%	25%	2.26	75%	112	21	19%
1978	26	CLE	AL	957	25%	1.7%	10.1%	9.0%	4.8%	22%	1.68	78%	173	29	17%
1979	27	CLE	AL	982	21%	2.7%	9.3%	9.3%	7.3%	31%	1.44	77%	189	28	15%
1980	28	CLE	AL	955	16%	1.9%	11.4%	8.6%	6.4%	26%	1.49	77%	194	23	12%
1981	29	CLE	AL	578	20%	1.2%	8.8%	7.6%	6.2%	21%	1.28	81%	123	13	11%
1982	30	CLE	AL	510	18%	2.6%	8.6%	11.2%	8.4%	34%	1.36	76%	100	9	9%
1983	31	TOT	AL	225	21%	0.9%	14.7%	8.9%	5.3%	19%	1.26	74%	55	6	11%
1983	31	CLE	AL	91	30%	1.1%	14.3%	9.9%	4.4%	17%	1.25	71%	19	1	5%
1983	31	MIL	AL	134	15%	0.8%	14.9%	8.2%	6.0%	21%	1.27	76%	36	5	14%
1984	32	MIL	AL	316	36%	2.2%	15.6%	7.6%	4.4%	17%	1.81	73%	76	7	9%
1985	33	MIL	AL	220	38%	1.4%	10.9%	9.1%	7.7%	25%	1.63	78%	47	6	13%
12 Yrs				6152	23%	1.8%	10.7%	9.2%	6.3%	26%	1.52	77%	1247	163	13%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	13.2%	8.5%	6.4%	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
1973	21	TEX	AL	4	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1975	23	CLE	AL	285	57			3	0	10	3	0	1	2	10	4	2	40%	1	2	1	90	3	5	38%	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0
1976	24	CLE	AL	539	143			7	0	11	5	2	3	4	27	10	5	37%	4	2	1	221	4	10	29%	4	8	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	0
1977	25	CLE	AL	581	132			8	0	12	6	2	5	3	25	16	2	64%	5	0	1	227	7	3	70%	7	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0
1978	26	CLE	AL	957	206			16	0	12	11	5	8	8	41	27	2	66%	18	10	1	340	17	7	71%	16	6	1	1	0	0	5	2	14	0
1979	27	CLE	AL	982	230			26	2	20	23	3	16	10	47	21	5	45%	11	5	1	365	19	10	66%	16	9	3	1	0	0	3	1	15	0
1980	28	CLE	AL	955	231			18	1	20	13	5	9	9	49	28	7	57%	5	5	2	361	12	9	57%	8	7	2	1	2	1	3	3	18	0
1981	29	CLE	AL	578	173			7	0	6	5	2	3	4	29	20	1	69%	5	5	1	246	7	5	58%	7	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	11	0
1982	30	CLE	AL	510	128			13	1	7	10	3	9	4	26	14	0	54%	5	4	0	191	6	7	46%	5	7	1	0	0	0	4	2	8	0
1983	31	TOT	AL	225	62			2	1	8	2	0	1	1	23	13	5	57%	4	3	2	99	3	2	60%	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
1983	31	CLE	AL	91	23			1	0	3	1	0	1	0	9	7	1	78%	2	1	1	42	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1983	31	MIL	AL	134	39			1	1	5	1	0	0	1	14	6	4	43%	2	2	1	57	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
1984	32	MIL	AL	315	84			7	0	13	5	2	2	5	21	12	3	57%	3	0	0	141	6	4	60%	5	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	1
1985	33	MIL	AL	220	67			3	0	4	2	1	3	0	21	11	3	52%	3	1	0	102	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
12 Yrs				6151	1514			110	5	123	85	25	60	50	320	177	35	55%	64	37	10	2385	87	64	58%	75	53	9	3	3	8	22	13	97	1
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+
1973	21	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	58	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	58
1974	22	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	58	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	58
1975	23	6	2	.750	3.03	17	7	5	3	0	2	71.1	58	26	24	3	26	5	34	1	0	2	289	125	1.178	7.3	0.4	3.3	4.3	1.31	125
1976	24	13	11	.542	3.65	43	29	6	7	2	2	195.0	201	86	79	10	80	6	99	1	1	4	828	98	1.441	9.3	0.5	3.7	4.6	1.24	98
1977	25	22	18	.550	3.79	80	45	15	8	2	4	330.1	333	153	139	18	144	13	161	2	1	4	1409	99	1.444	9.1	0.5	3.9	4.4	1.12	99
1978	26	35	33	.515	3.55	114	78	16	23	4	4	560.2	539	250	221	34	230	13	258	4	1	14	2366	105	1.372	8.7	0.5	3.7	4.1	1.12	105
1979	27	51	46	.526	3.81	148	112	16	31	7	4	791.2	769	373	335	60	321	14	349	8	1	19	3348	102	1.377	8.7	0.7	3.6	4.0	1.09	102
1980	28	64	60	.516	3.95	181	145	16	40	9	4	1016.0	1000	491	446	78	403	20	458	9	1	24	4303	100	1.381	8.9	0.7	3.6	4.1	1.14	100
1981	29	72	70	.507	4.06	203	166	16	45	10	4	1142.1	1173	565	515	85	447	21	509	10	1	29	4881	97	1.418	9.2	0.7	3.5	4.0	1.14	97
1982	30	74	83	.471	4.18	228	187	16	47	10	4	1257.1	1301	639	584	98	504	23	553	11	1	33	5391	94	1.436	9.3	0.7	3.6	4.0	1.10	94
1983	31	74	86	.463	4.21	246	189	21	47	10	4	1307.0	1363	672	611	100	524	26	586	11	1	36	5616	94	1.444	9.4	0.7	3.6	4.0	1.12	94
1984	32	76	90	.458	4.17	293	190	37	47	10	7	1380.0	1447	704	640	107	548	29	635	11	1	36	5932	94	1.446	9.4	0.7	3.6	4.1	1.16	94
1985	33	79	92	.462	4.25	317	190	45	47	10	8	1427.0	1514	741	674	110	568	34	659	11	1	37	6152	93	1.459	9.5	0.7	3.6	4.2	1.16	93

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1973	21	0	0		18.00	1.0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1

1975	23	4	3	.571	3.55	66.0	61	29	26	3	27	32	1	1.333	8.3	3.7	4.4	1.19	0.4	16
1976	24	4	8	.333	5.50	108.0	158	73	66	8	60	57	0	2.019	13.2	5.0	4.8	0.95	0.7	26
1977	25	6	7	.462	4.57	126.0	137	71	64	8	66	58	1	1.611	9.8	4.7	4.1	0.88	0.6	37
1978	26	12	11	.522	3.89	215.0	219	103	93	17	91	91	2	1.442	9.2	3.8	3.8	1.00	0.7	34
1979	27	10	14	.417	4.68	221.0	231	128	115	26	91	87	4	1.457	9.4	3.7	3.5	0.96	1.1	34
1980	28	9	14	.391	4.84	212.0	234	127	114	18	83	103	1	1.495	9.9	3.5	4.4	1.24	0.8	33
1981	29	5	14	.263	6.29	173.0	282	134	121	11	72	70	2	2.046	14.7	3.7	3.6	0.97	0.6	22
1982	30	3	8	.273	6.06	107.0	131	80	72	13	58	41	1	1.766	11.0	4.9	3.4	0.71	1.1	25
1983	31	2	3	.400	5.67	46.0	65	32	29	2	21	31	0	1.870	12.7	4.1	6.1	1.48	0.4	18
1984	32	3	4	.429	4.24	68.0	88	36	32	7	25	45	0	1.662	11.6	3.3	6.0	1.80	0.9	47
1985	33	1	3	.250	7.16	44.0	68	39	35	3	20	22	0	2.000	13.9	4.1	4.5	1.10	0.6	24
12 Yrs		59	89	.399	4.99	1387.0	1675	854	769	116	615	637	12	1.651	10.9		4.1	1.04	0.8	317

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1979 AL 16 (8th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1978 AL 8.049 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1979 AL 3 (6th) 1980 AL 2 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1979 AL 26 (9th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1978 AL 86 (10th) 1979 AL 91 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 1981 AL 173 (4th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1981 AL 0.499 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 1978 AL 15 (5th) 1981 AL 10 (8th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1979 AL 114 (6th) 1980 AL 111 (8th) 1981 AL 69 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1978 AL 10 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1973 AL born 1952-05-15 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Gustavo Chacin (991) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Bill Travers (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Earl Whitehill (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Shaute (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ruben Gomez (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ruben Gomez (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Neal Heaton (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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