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Bob Walk

Robert Vernon Walk

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 26, 1956 in Van Nuys, CA
High School: Hart HS (Newhall, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed September 7, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1980
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves/Phillies 1980-1993

Final Game: September 29, 1993
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All-Star

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
1980 23 PHI NL 11 7 .611 4.57 27 27 0 2 0 0 151.2 163 82 77 8 71 2 94 2 3 6 673 83 1.543 9.7 0.5 4.2 5.6 1.32 RoY-7
1981 24 ATL NL 1 4 .200 4.57 12 8 1 0 0 0 43.1 41 25 22 6 23 0 16 0 0 1 189 79 1.477 8.5 1.2 4.8 3.3 0.70
1982 25 ATL NL 11 9 .550 4.87 32 27 1 3 1 0 164.1 179 101 89 19 59 2 84 6 0 7 717 77 1.448 9.8 1.0 3.2 4.6 1.42
1983 26 ATL NL 0 0 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 20 58 2.455 17.2 0.0 4.9 9.8 2.00
1984 27 PIT NL 1 1 .500 2.61 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 8 5 3 1 4 1 10 0 0 0 44 145 1.161 7.0 0.9 3.5 8.7 2.50
1985 28 PIT NL 2 3 .400 3.68 9 9 0 1 1 0 58.2 60 27 24 3 18 2 40 0 3 2 248 98 1.330 9.2 0.5 2.8 6.1 2.22
1986 29 PIT NL 7 8 .467 3.75 44 15 7 1 1 2 141.2 129 66 59 14 64 7 78 3 1 12 592 103 1.362 8.2 0.9 4.1 5.0 1.22
1987 30 PIT NL 8 2 .800 3.31 39 12 6 1 1 0 117.0 107 52 43 11 51 2 78 3 3 7 498 124 1.350 8.2 0.8 3.9 6.0 1.53
1988 31 PIT NL 12 10 .545 2.71 32 32 0 1 1 0 212.2 183 75 64 6 65 5 81 2 9 13 881 125 1.166 7.7 0.3 2.8 3.4 1.25 AS
1989 32 PIT NL 13 10 .565 4.41 33 31 1 2 0 0 196.0 208 106 96 15 65 1 83 4 4 7 843 76 1.393 9.6 0.7 3.0 3.8 1.28
1990 33 PIT NL 7 5 .583 3.75 26 24 1 1 1 1 129.2 136 59 54 17 36 2 73 4 3 5 549 97 1.326 9.4 1.2 2.5 5.1 2.03
1991 34 PIT NL 9 2 .818 3.60 25 20 0 0 0 0 115.0 104 53 46 10 35 2 67 5 2 11 484 100 1.209 8.1 0.8 2.7 5.2 1.91
1992 35 PIT NL 10 6 .625 3.20 36 19 7 1 0 2 135.0 132 54 48 10 43 5 60 6 2 7 567 109 1.296 8.8 0.7 2.9 4.0 1.40
1993 36 PIT NL 13 14 .481 5.68 32 32 0 3 0 0 187.0 214 121 118 23 70 5 80 5 3 2 822 71 1.519 10.3 1.1 3.4 3.9 1.14
14 Yrs 105 81 .565 4.03 350 259 24 16 6 5 1666.0 1671 829 746 143 606 36 848 40 33 80 7127 91 1.367 9.0 0.8 3.3 4.6 1.40
162 Game Avg. 12 9 .565 4.03 39 29 3 2 1 1 186 187 93 83 16 68 4 95 4 4 9 796 91 1.367 9.0 0.8 3.3 4.6 1.40
PIT (10 yrs) 82 61 .573 3.83 278 196 22 11 5 5 1303.0 1281 618 555 110 451 32 650 32 30 66 5528 95 1.329 8.8 0.8 3.1 4.5 1.44
ATL (3 yrs) 12 13 .480 4.85 45 36 2 3 1 0 211.1 227 129 114 25 84 2 104 6 0 8 926 77 1.472 9.7 1.1 3.6 4.4 1.24
PHI (1 yr) 11 7 .611 4.57 27 27 0 2 0 0 151.2 163 82 77 8 71 2 94 2 3 6 673 83 1.543 9.7 0.5 4.2 5.6 1.32

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 Awards
1980 23 PHI NL 151.2 27 27 82 4.87 3.92 0.02 0.13 106.8 4.30 -10 -1.1 -0.1 0.1 5 .460 .493 $ RoY-7
1981 24 ATL NL 43.1 12 8 25 5.19 3.91 -0.03 0.06 102.1 4.08 -6 -0.7 .5 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .445 .496 $
1982 25 ATL NL 164.1 32 27 101 5.53 3.99 -0.21 0.12 102.5 4.42 -22 -2.3 1.0 -0.1 -1.1 -5 .427 .486 $
1983 26 ATL NL 3.2 1 1 3 7.36 4.34 -0.12 0.15 98.0 4.52 -1 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .384 .499 $
1984 27 PIT NL 10.1 2 2 5 4.35 3.76 0.16 0.13 102.0 3.81 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0 .460 .500 $
1985 28 PIT NL 58.2 9 9 27 4.14 4.19 -0.19 0.14 100.7 4.56 2 0.3 -0.0 0.7 8 .530 .502 $
1986 29 PIT NL 141.2 44 15 66 4.19 4.25 0.17 -0.03 101.0 4.08 -2 -0.3 1.3 -0.2 0.8 12 .494 .498 $175,000
1987 30 PIT NL 117.0 39 12 52 4.00 4.62 0.41 -0.03 101.2 4.23 2 0.2 .7 -0.1 1.1 15 .505 .501 $285,000
1988 31 PIT NL 212.2 32 32 75 3.17 3.83 0.19 0.13 98.1 3.69 11 1.4 -0.1 3.0 32 .542 .508 $450,000 AS
1989 32 PIT NL 196.0 33 31 106 4.87 3.88 0.19 0.13 97.2 3.71 -25 -2.7 2.3 -0.2 -1.3 -7 .418 .483 $800,000
1990 33 PIT NL 129.2 26 24 59 4.10 4.06 0.11 0.14 96.2 3.93 -5 -0.5 3.1 -0.1 0.4 9 .481 .497 $850,000
1991 34 PIT NL 115.0 25 20 53 4.15 4.00 -0.08 0.11 97.0 4.07 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.6 9 .492 .499 $850,000
1992 35 PIT NL 135.0 36 19 54 3.60 3.78 0.00 0.05 99.4 3.80 2 0.3 1.1 -0.1 1.2 14 .507 .502 $2,025,000
1993 36 PIT NL 187.0 32 32 121 5.82 4.54 -0.10 0.16 100.2 4.81 -24 -2.4 -0.1 -1.1 -3 .426 .485 $2,175,000
14 Seasons 1666.0 350 259 829 4.48 4.07 0.06 0.10 100.0 4.12 -80 -8.2 1.1 -1.1 4.0 86 .477 .496 $7,610,000
PIT (10 yrs) 1303.0 278 196 618 4.27 4.10 0.10 0.09 98.8 4.06 -41 -4.0 1.1 -0.9 5.4 90 .486 .498 $7,610,000
ATL (3 yrs) 211.1 45 36 129 5.49 3.98 -0.17 0.10 102.3 4.35 -29 -3.1 .8 -0.1 -1.5 -8 .431 .494 $
PHI (1 yr) 151.2 27 27 82 4.87 3.92 0.02 0.13 106.8 4.30 -10 -1.1 -0.1 0.1 5 .460 .493 $

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
1980 23 PHI NL WS W KCR 1 0 1.000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 6 6 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 31 1.571 10.3 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
1982 25 ATL NL NLCS L STL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1990 33 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 1 1 .500 4.85 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 11 7 7 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 50 1.000 7.6 1.4 1.4 5.5 4.00
1991 34 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 0 0 1.93 3 0 1 0 0 1 9.1 5 2 2 1 3 1 5 0 1 0 35 0.857 4.8 1.0 2.9 4.8 1.67
1992 35 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 1 0 1.000 3.86 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.2 6 5 5 1 7 1 6 0 0 0 48 1.114 4.6 0.8 5.4 4.6 0.86
5 Yrs (5 Series) 3 1 .750 4.50 9 4 2 1 0 1 42.0 32 21 21 7 16 3 23 0 1 1 171 1.143 6.9 1.5 3.4 4.9 1.44
4 NLCS 2 1 .667 3.86 8 3 2 1 0 1 35.0 24 15 15 4 13 3 20 0 1 0 140 1.057 6.2 1.0 3.3 5.1 1.54
1 WS 1 0 1.000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 6 6 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 31 1.571 10.3 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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 PIT NL 31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1980 23 PHI NL 27 673 590 82 163 18 8 8 27 7 71 94 .276 .353 .375 .728 .314 221 11 2 5 5 2 3
1981 24 ATL NL 12 189 164 25 41 4 0 6 6 2 23 16 .250 .342 .384 .726 .246 63 6 0 2 0 0 3
1982 25 ATL NL 32 717 639 101 179 23 5 19 27 8 59 84 .280 .344 .421 .765 .296 269 12 6 8 5 2 10
1983 26 ATL NL 1 20 17 3 7 0 0 0 3 1 2 4 .412 .474 .412 .885 .538 7 0 0 1 0 0 0
1984 27 PIT NL 2 44 40 5 8 2 0 1 1 0 4 10 .200 .273 .325 .598 .241 13 0 0 0 0 1 1
1985 28 PIT NL 9 248 226 27 60 9 3 3 5 5 18 40 .265 .318 .372 .690 .310 84 3 0 3 1 2 1
1986 29 PIT NL 44 592 514 66 129 18 5 14 10 9 64 78 .251 .334 .387 .722 .269 199 20 3 6 5 7 9
1987 30 PIT NL 39 498 435 52 107 16 4 11 12 7 51 78 .246 .328 .377 .705 .276 164 12 3 6 2 2 8
1988 31 PIT NL 32 881 795 75 183 45 6 6 12 1 65 81 .230 .288 .325 .613 .248 258 12 2 14 5 5 11
1989 32 PIT NL 33 843 768 106 208 37 5 15 24 11 65 83 .271 .330 .391 .721 .287 300 12 4 4 2 1 12
1990 33 PIT NL 26 549 503 59 136 22 1 17 13 9 36 73 .270 .322 .419 .742 .286 211 6 4 3 3 2 5
1991 34 PIT NL 25 484 433 53 104 21 1 10 7 4 35 67 .240 .302 .363 .664 .261 157 7 5 7 4 2 11
1992 35 PIT NL 36 567 512 54 132 26 3 10 19 5 43 60 .258 .322 .379 .701 .275 194 13 6 5 1 5 5
1993 36 PIT NL 32 822 728 121 214 36 5 23 19 6 70 80 .294 .356 .452 .808 .301 329 23 5 10 9 5 8
14 Yrs 350 7127 6364 829 1671 277 46 143 185 75 606 848 .263 .329 .388 .717 .282 2469 137 40 74 42 36 87
162 Game Avg. 39 796 711 93 187 31 5 16 21 8 68 95 .263 .329 .388 .717 .282 276 15 4 8 5 4 10
MLB Averages .259 .324 .388 .712 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1980 23 PHI NL -10.6 -1.1 719 -0.6 12.3 -12.9 1.07 -1.4 0.8 -13.1 -1.3 1.07 -13.9 0 0 0
1981 24 ATL NL -4.6 -0.5 197 -1.0 3.0 -4.1 1.05 -0.4 -0.6 -6.0 -0.6 1.05 -4.6 0 1 3
1982 25 ATL NL -19.7 -2.0 765 -2.0 11.1 -13.1 .93 -2.3 0.1 -23.1 -2.3 0.93 -25.2 1 2 2
1983 26 ATL NL -1.0 -0.1 23 -0.2 0.5 -0.8 1.57 -0.2 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 1.57 -1.9 0 0 0
1984 27 PIT NL 0.6 0.1 45 0.0 0.6 -0.6 .86 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.0 0.86 1.5 0 0 0
1985 28 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 264 -0.5 4.0 -4.5 .98 0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -0.0 0.98 1.1 0 0 0
1986 29 PIT NL 1.5 0.2 630 -1.3 10.3 -11.5 1.00 0.0 -1.3 -2.6 -0.3 1.00 -2.0 13 5 11
1987 30 PIT NL 8.4 0.8 531 -0.0 7.2 -7.2 .81 -0.3 0.3 3.3 0.3 0.81 -1.5 4 5 17
1988 31 PIT NL 15.0 1.7 922 1.8 16.5 -14.7 1.11 1.3 0.3 15.9 1.8 1.11 13.7 0 0 0
1989 32 PIT NL -22.6 -2.3 891 -1.4 13.3 -14.6 .92 -1.3 -0.3 -16.3 -1.7 0.92 -11.6 1 0 1
1990 33 PIT NL -1.4 -0.1 581 0.4 9.8 -9.4 .99 -0.5 0.8 1.6 0.2 0.99 -2.9 2 0 0
1991 34 PIT NL -0.4 -0.0 511 -0.8 7.7 -8.5 .96 0.2 -1.0 -2.3 -0.2 0.96 1.3 1 0 4
1992 35 PIT NL 3.4 0.4 597 -0.0 10.1 -10.1 1.03 0.1 -0.2 3.9 0.4 1.03 0.9 7 2 8
1993 36 PIT NL -28.9 -2.8 851 -2.9 13.7 -16.6 1.01 -1.3 -1.6 -24.3 -2.3 1.01 -17.8 0 0 0
14 Yrs -60.6 -5.8 7527 -8.7 120.1 -128.8 .99 -5.8 -3.0 -64.6 -6.2 0.99 -62.6 29 15 46

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
1980 23 PHI NL 27 27 11 7 9 2 1 17 10 .630 2 5 2 0 14 52% 47.5 73 11 32 10 10 7 4.7 4.9 5.6
1981 24 ATL NL 12 8 1 4 3 0 1 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 4 50% 43.5 63 31 6 1 0 3 4.8 2.5 4.4
1982 25 ATL NL 32 27 11 9 7 3 2 16 11 .593 2 3 3 1 11 41% 46.3 83 12 26 12 4 7 5.1 5.6 5.8
1983 26 ATL NL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 1 0 0 1 6.0 4.5 3.7
1984 27 PIT NL 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 56.5 75 38 0 0 0 1 4.2 5.0 5.2
1985 28 PIT NL 9 9 2 3 4 0 0 3 6 .333 1 2 1 1 6 67% 52.2 82 33 5 2 0 4 4.4 3.5 6.5
1986 29 PIT NL 44 15 5 5 5 1 1 6 9 .400 4 1 1 1 8 53% 50.4 83 26 24 7 3 3 3.6 4.0 5.9
1987 30 PIT NL 39 12 6 1 5 0 0 8 4 .667 1 2 1 1 9 75% 53.6 78 32 10 3 4 4 5.6 5.2 6.0
1988 31 PIT NL 32 32 12 10 10 0 5 16 16 .500 4 3 1 1 22 69% 55.4 75 23 17 5 1 15 3.5 3.8 6.6 94 5 19 5 3 122
1989 32 PIT NL 33 31 13 10 8 3 2 16 15 .516 1 3 2 0 16 52% 47.4 78 10 23 14 2 9 4.8 5.3 6.2 94 4 10 9 4 132
1990 33 PIT NL 26 24 7 5 12 1 0 12 12 .500 3 5 1 1 9 38% 49.8 81 22 17 5 2 11 5.0 4.6 5.3 81 9 10 3 0 111
1991 34 PIT NL 25 20 7 2 11 3 2 15 5 .750 1 6 0 0 7 35% 51.5 72 23 7 1 1 9 5.3 4.9 5.4 81 8 6 6 0 114
1992 35 PIT NL 36 19 6 6 7 0 1 8 11 .421 1 2 1 0 10 53% 51.6 73 25 13 5 1 9 5.1 6.1 5.8 87 6 5 8 0 119
1993 36 PIT NL 32 32 13 14 5 5 1 16 16 .500 1 4 3 0 10 31% 43.4 77 19 15 8 0 13 4.8 4.8 5.8 89 10 9 9 3 127
14 Yrs 350 259 95 77 87 18 16 137 122 .529 21 38 16 6 127 49% 49 83 10 196 73 28 96 4.7 4.8 5.8 89 42 59 40 10 132
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 4.3 6.2 95

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
1981 24 ATL NL 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 3 1.046 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 4 0 4 0 6.3
1982 25 ATL NL 32 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 5 .925 1 2 2 2 0 3 3 2 3 1 3 0 5.4
1986 29 PIT NL 44 29 7 2 3 4 2 2 50% 8 4 17 5 29% 8 1.001 13 5 11 9 5 15 11 18 19 4 20 4 5.5
1987 30 PIT NL 39 27 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 9 45% 6 .807 4 5 17 2 2 23 11 16 18 2 19 5 5.0
1989 32 PIT NL 33 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 1 50% 6 .918 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 6.5 34
1990 33 PIT NL 26 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 0 0% 6 .993 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3.5 13
1991 34 PIT NL 25 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 1 100% 5 .957 1 0 4 1 0 4 1 4 2 1 3 0 4.6 24
1992 35 PIT NL 36 17 7 4 0 3 2 1 67% 4 1 6 4 67% 6 1.026 7 2 8 5 5 7 5 12 8 4 8 2 4.5 22
8 Yrs 247 91 24 10 4 10 5 5 50% 16 5 59 24 41% .951 29 15 46 21 13 57 36 55 57 13 60 11 5.1 23

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%
1980 23 PHI NL 673 48% 1.2% 14.0% 10.6% 5.1% 21% 0.78 73% 117 11 9%
1981 24 ATL NL 189 47% 3.2% 8.5% 12.2% 5.3% 24% 0.97 75% 39 6 15%
1982 25 ATL NL 717 48% 2.7% 11.7% 8.2% 6.6% 26% 0.86 75% 131 12 9%
1983 26 ATL NL 20 65% 0.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 65% 5 0 0%
1984 27 PIT NL 44 50% 2.3% 22.7% 9.1% 6.8% 38% 0.75 66% 5 0 0%
1985 28 PIT NL 248 44% 1.2% 16.1% 7.3% 6.1% 25% 2.05 74% 38 3 8%
1986 29 PIT NL 592 49% 2.4% 13.2% 10.8% 6.3% 29% 1.85 72% 100 20 20%
1987 30 PIT NL 498 48% 2.2% 15.7% 10.2% 6.2% 29% 1.34 70% 92 12 13%
1988 31 PIT NL 881 46% 0.7% 9.2% 7.4% 6.5% 31% 1.14 1.51 81% 17% 2.8% 35% 123 12 10%
1989 32 PIT NL 843 44% 1.8% 9.9% 7.7% 6.8% 27% 0.88 1.13 80% 21% 5.3% 21% 132 12 9%
1990 33 PIT NL 549 40% 3.1% 13.3% 6.6% 7.3% 29% 0.89 1.07 76% 17% 9.9% 24% 87 6 7%
1991 34 PIT NL 484 44% 2.1% 13.8% 7.2% 6.6% 31% 0.89 1.08 74% 19% 6.3% 18% 80 7 9%
1992 35 PIT NL 567 43% 1.8% 10.6% 7.6% 6.9% 30% 1.11 1.51 78% 20% 5.2% 8% 92 13 14%
1993 36 PIT NL 822 47% 2.8% 9.7% 8.5% 7.8% 30% 0.92 1.32 77% 19% 7.9% 14% 160 23 14%
14 Yrs 7127 46% 2.0% 11.9% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 0.97 1.22 76% 19% 6.2% 21% 1201 137 11%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 14.3% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 6.3% 21% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 31 PIT NL 883 3002 3.40 1846 62% 24% 10% 26% 40% 76% 1% 47% 86% 54% 6% 54 34 15% 136 78 9 22% 17 15 -2 1 0
1989 32 PIT NL 743 2619 3.52 1601 61% 25% 11% 26% 38% 74% 0% 45% 85% 52% 6% 43 22 16% 117 64 6 19% 15 20 100 1 5
1990 33 PIT NL 501 1811 3.61 1089 60% 25% 14% 24% 36% 74% 1% 44% 81% 53% 5% 26 13 14% 70 30 4 25% 13 11 48 3 7
1991 34 PIT NL 485 1733 3.57 1070 62% 26% 15% 23% 35% 74% 1% 45% 79% 57% 5% 24 14 18% 88 45 6 28% 12 8 -1 0 0
1992 35 PIT NL 569 2036 3.58 1219 60% 26% 14% 22% 38% 74% 2% 44% 81% 50% 7% 38 22 17% 94 51 2 20% 13 11 -2 0 0
1993 36 PIT NL 794 2773 3.49 1674 60% 27% 12% 22% 39% 73% 1% 44% 84% 55% 6% 48 32 15% 121 57 3 21% 16 12 28 2 1
6 Yrs 3975 13974 3.52 8499 61% 26% 12% 24% 38% 74% 1% 45% 83% 54% 6% 233 137 16% 626 325 30 22% 86 77 171 7 13
MLB Averages 3.63 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

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
1980 23 PHI NL 673 163 8 0 11 4 4 4 4 43 23 7 53% 3 6 1 259 27 7 79% 26 7 1 0 0 0 4 1 18 0
1981 24 ATL NL 189 41 6 0 8 2 4 3 3 13 9 2 69% 3 1 0 68 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 25 ATL NL 717 179 19 0 9 12 7 15 4 41 22 7 54% 10 7 3 276 27 8 77% 26 6 0 2 1 0 3 1 16 0
1983 26 ATL NL 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 25% 0 0 0 9 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1984 27 PIT NL 44 8 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 16 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 28 PIT NL 248 60 3 0 5 2 1 1 2 18 11 2 61% 1 2 1 75 5 5 50% 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 0
1986 29 PIT NL 592 129 14 1 12 8 6 9 5 38 14 4 37% 9 12 1 190 10 9 53% 9 8 1 0 0 1 5 1 29 0
1987 30 PIT NL 498 107 11 1 7 7 4 7 4 24 12 2 50% 8 7 1 191 12 7 63% 11 6 1 1 0 0 6 2 17 0
1988 31 PIT NL 881 183 27 2 6 0 14 4 2 2 4 39 22 4 56% 11 13 1 300 12 1 92% 11 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 30 0
1989 32 PIT NL 843 208 26 2 15 1 17 6 9 5 10 44 25 5 57% 12 7 1 284 24 11 69% 22 10 2 0 0 1 7 2 17 0
1990 33 PIT NL 549 136 24 0 17 0 9 8 9 7 10 19 10 1 53% 5 5 0 189 13 9 59% 11 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1991 34 PIT NL 484 104 37 3 10 1 11 5 5 3 7 31 21 2 68% 11 11 1 155 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 0
1992 35 PIT NL 567 132 43 1 10 0 9 4 6 5 5 24 11 6 46% 5 7 0 205 19 5 79% 16 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1993 36 PIT NL 822 214 31 4 23 1 20 11 12 13 10 52 30 2 58% 8 2 0 304 19 6 76% 15 6 4 0 0 0 2 0 21 0
14 Yrs 7127 1671 188 12 143 5 133 74 69 75 68 391 212 46 54% 87 80 10 2521 185 75 71% 166 67 18 5 1 3 36 8 199 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1980 23 11 7 .611 4.57 27 27 0 2 0 0 151.2 163 82 77 8 71 2 94 2 3 6 673 83 1.543 9.7 0.5 4.2 5.6 1.32 83
1981 24 12 11 .522 4.57 39 35 1 2 0 0 195.0 204 107 99 14 94 2 110 2 3 7 862 82 1.528 9.4 0.6 4.3 5.1 1.17 82
1982 25 23 20 .535 4.71 71 62 2 5 1 0 359.1 383 208 188 33 153 4 194 8 3 14 1579 80 1.492 9.6 0.8 3.8 4.9 1.27 80
1983 26 23 20 .535 4.74 72 63 2 5 1 0 363.0 390 211 191 33 155 4 198 8 3 14 1599 80 1.501 9.7 0.8 3.8 4.9 1.28 80
1984 27 24 21 .533 4.68 74 65 2 5 1 0 373.1 398 216 194 34 159 5 208 8 3 14 1643 81 1.492 9.6 0.8 3.8 5.0 1.31 81
1985 28 26 24 .520 4.54 83 74 2 6 2 0 432.0 458 243 218 37 177 7 248 8 6 16 1891 83 1.470 9.5 0.8 3.7 5.2 1.40 83
1986 29 33 32 .508 4.35 127 89 9 7 3 2 573.2 587 309 277 51 241 14 326 11 7 28 2483 87 1.443 9.2 0.8 3.8 5.1 1.35 87
1987 30 41 34 .547 4.17 166 101 15 8 4 2 690.2 694 361 320 62 292 16 404 14 10 35 2981 92 1.428 9.0 0.8 3.8 5.3 1.38 92
1988 31 53 44 .546 3.83 198 133 15 9 5 2 903.1 877 436 384 68 357 21 485 16 19 48 3862 97 1.366 8.7 0.7 3.6 4.8 1.36 97
1989 32 66 54 .550 3.93 231 164 16 11 5 2 1099.1 1085 542 480 83 422 22 568 20 23 55 4705 93 1.371 8.9 0.7 3.5 4.7 1.35 93
1990 33 73 59 .553 3.91 257 188 17 12 6 3 1229.0 1221 601 534 100 458 24 641 24 26 60 5254 94 1.366 8.9 0.7 3.4 4.7 1.40 94
1991 34 82 61 .573 3.88 282 208 17 12 6 3 1344.0 1325 654 580 110 493 26 708 29 28 71 5738 94 1.353 8.9 0.7 3.3 4.7 1.44 94
1992 35 92 67 .579 3.82 318 227 24 13 6 5 1479.0 1457 708 628 120 536 31 768 35 30 78 6305 95 1.348 8.9 0.7 3.3 4.7 1.43 95
1993 36 105 81 .565 4.03 350 259 24 16 6 5 1666.0 1671 829 746 143 606 36 848 40 33 80 7127 91 1.367 9.0 0.8 3.3 4.6 1.40 91

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
1980 23 6 9 .400 5.06 144.0 167 90 81 8 73 89 2 1.667 10.4 4.6 5.6 1.22 0.5 27
1981 24 2 4 .333 5.23 62.0 65 40 36 10 36 23 0 1.629 9.4 5.2 3.3 0.64 1.5 12
1982 25 6 11 .353 5.37 156.0 183 103 93 19 60 80 6 1.558 10.6 3.5 4.6 1.33 1.1 32
1983 26 0 0 6.75 4.0 7 3 3 0 2 4 0 2.250 15.8 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 1
1984 27 1 0 1.000 2.70 10.0 9 3 3 1 4 10 0 1.300 8.1 3.6 9.0 2.50 0.9 2
1985 28 3 3 .500 4.18 56.0 62 29 26 3 19 38 0 1.446 10.0 3.1 6.1 2.00 0.5 9
1986 29 7 7 .500 4.19 131.0 131 68 61 14 65 72 3 1.496 9.0 4.5 4.9 1.11 1.0 44
1987 30 7 5 .583 3.35 113.0 106 47 42 11 51 75 3 1.389 8.4 4.1 6.0 1.47 0.9 39
1988 31 13 9 .591 3.26 204.0 197 82 74 6 70 78 2 1.309 8.7 3.1 3.4 1.11 0.3 32
1989 32 7 13 .350 5.57 181.0 225 124 112 16 70 77 4 1.630 11.2 3.5 3.8 1.10 0.8 33
1990 33 6 7 .462 4.46 121.0 143 67 60 18 38 68 4 1.496 10.6 2.8 5.1 1.79 1.3 26
1991 34 6 6 .500 4.14 111.0 109 57 51 10 37 65 5 1.315 8.8 3.0 5.3 1.76 0.8 25
1992 35 7 6 .538 3.99 124.0 142 61 55 11 46 55 6 1.516 10.3 3.3 4.0 1.20 0.8 36
1993 36 6 13 .316 5.97 178.0 214 131 118 23 70 76 5 1.596 10.8 3.5 3.8 1.09 1.2 32
14 Yrs 77 93 .453 4.60 1595.0 1760 905 815 150 641 810 40 1.505 9.9 4.6 1.26 0.8 350

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

All-Star Games
1988 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1988 NL  2.71 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1980 NL  .611 (10th)
1992 NL  .625 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1982 NL  19 (10th)
1993 NL  23 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1989 NL  208 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL  0.254 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1982 NL  89 (10th)
1989 NL  96 (2nd)
1993 NL  118 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1986 NL  12 (4th)
1988 NL  13 (1st)
1991 NL  11 (5th)
Career  80 (183rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1982 NL  6 (3rd)
1992 NL  6 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1988 NL  125 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Rip Collins (962)
  2. Tex Carleton (961)
  3. Mark Portugal (958)
  4. Russ Meyer (956)
  5. Moose Haas (954)
  6. Whit Wyatt (952)
  7. Steve Stone (952)
  8. Jim Hearn (951)
  9. George Pipgras (950)
  10. Vicente Padilla (950)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Mike Warren (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Matt Clement (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. William VanLandingham (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Josh Fogg (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kevin Foster (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Armando Galarraga (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Paul Moskau (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Bielecki (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kelly Downs (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dave Wickersham (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Red Munger (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Hearn (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Russ Meyer (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jim Hearn (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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