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Duane Ward

Roy Duane Ward

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 28, 1964 in Park View, NM
High School: Farmington HS (Farmington, NM)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1986
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Braves 1986-1995
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: June 22, 1995
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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
1986 22 TOT MLB 0 2 .000 8.00 12 1 7 0 0 0 18.0 25 17 16 2 12 0 9 1 1 1 88 52 2.056 12.5 1.0 6.0 4.5 0.75
1986 22 ATL NL 0 1 .000 7.31 10 0 6 0 0 0 16.0 22 13 13 2 8 0 8 0 1 0 73 55 1.875 12.4 1.1 4.5 4.5 1.00
1986 22 TOR AL 0 1 .000 13.50 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 4 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 15 37 3.500 13.5 0.0 18.0 4.5 0.25
1987 23 TOR AL 1 0 1.000 6.94 12 1 4 0 0 0 11.2 14 9 9 0 12 2 10 0 0 0 57 67 2.229 10.8 0.0 9.3 7.7 0.83
1988 24 TOR AL 9 3 .750 3.30 64 0 32 0 0 15 111.2 101 46 41 5 60 8 91 5 3 10 487 118 1.442 8.1 0.4 4.8 7.3 1.52
1989 25 TOR AL 4 10 .286 3.77 66 0 39 0 0 15 114.2 94 55 48 4 58 11 122 5 0 13 494 97 1.326 7.4 0.3 4.6 9.6 2.10
1990 26 TOR AL 2 8 .200 3.45 73 0 39 0 0 11 127.2 101 51 49 9 42 10 112 1 0 5 508 119 1.120 7.1 0.6 3.0 7.9 2.67
1991 27 TOR AL 7 6 .538 2.77 81 0 46 0 0 23 107.1 80 36 33 3 33 3 132 2 0 6 428 153 1.053 6.7 0.3 2.8 11.1 4.00 CYA-9
1992 28 TOR AL 7 4 .636 1.95 79 0 35 0 0 12 101.1 76 27 22 5 39 3 103 1 0 7 414 209 1.135 6.8 0.4 3.5 9.1 2.64
1993 29 TOR AL 2 3 .400 2.13 71 0 70 0 0 45 71.2 49 17 17 4 25 2 97 1 0 7 282 204 1.033 6.2 0.5 3.1 12.2 3.88 AS,CYA-5,MVP-22
1995 31 TOR AL 0 1 .000 27.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 11 10 8 0 5 0 3 1 0 2 25 20 6.000 37.1 0.0 16.9 10.1 0.60
9 Yrs 32 37 .464 3.28 462 2 272 0 0 121 666.2 551 268 243 32 286 39 679 17 4 51 2783 124 1.256 7.4 0.4 3.9 9.2 2.37
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .464 3.28 68 0 40 0 0 18 98 81 39 36 5 42 6 100 2 1 7 408 124 1.256 7.4 0.4 3.9 9.2 2.37
TOR (9 yrs) 32 36 .471 3.18 452 2 266 0 0 121 650.2 529 255 230 30 278 39 671 17 3 51 2710 128 1.240 7.3 0.4 3.8 9.3 2.41
ATL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.31 10 0 6 0 0 0 16.0 22 13 13 2 8 0 8 0 1 0 73 55 1.875 12.4 1.1 4.5 4.5 1.00
AL (9 yrs) 32 36 .471 3.18 452 2 266 0 0 121 650.2 529 255 230 30 278 39 671 17 3 51 2710 128 1.240 7.3 0.4 3.8 9.3 2.41
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.31 10 0 6 0 0 0 16.0 22 13 13 2 8 0 8 0 1 0 73 55 1.875 12.4 1.1 4.5 4.5 1.00

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 Awards
1986 22 ATL NL 16.0 10 0 13 7.31 4.11 -0.33 -0.32 101.8 4.20 -6 -0.6 .5 0.1 -0.3 -4 .441 .496 $
1986 22 TOR AL 2.0 2 1 4 18.00 5.03 0.12 -0.11 100.7 4.83 -3 -0.3 .1 0.1 -0.2 -3 .368 .498 $
1987 23 TOR AL 11.2 12 1 9 6.94 5.24 0.31 -0.36 102.4 4.68 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .477 .498 $
1988 24 TOR AL 111.2 64 0 46 3.71 4.40 0.16 -0.35 98.4 3.83 1 0.2 1.4 -0.2 0.9 13 .502 .501 $80,000
1989 25 TOR AL 114.2 66 0 55 4.32 4.36 0.04 -0.34 94.8 3.78 -7 -0.8 1.9 -0.6 -0.4 5 .488 .495 $168,500
1990 26 TOR AL 127.2 73 0 51 3.60 4.35 0.15 -0.33 105.2 4.08 8 0.8 1.2 -0.2 1.9 21 .511 .505 $300,000
1991 27 TOR AL 107.1 81 0 36 3.02 4.52 0.14 -0.34 103.3 4.17 14 1.5 1.5 0.1 2.6 26 .518 .509 $800,000 CYA-9
1992 28 TOR AL 101.1 79 0 27 2.40 4.37 0.17 -0.34 101.9 3.93 17 1.9 1.4 0.1 2.9 28 .524 .512 $2,425,000
1993 29 TOR AL 71.2 71 0 17 2.13 4.75 0.04 -0.37 99.4 4.32 18 1.8 1.6 0.4 2.9 26 .526 .511 $3,350,000 AS,CYA-5,MVP-22
1995 31 TOR AL 2.2 4 0 10 33.75 4.92 -0.75 -0.37 100.6 5.34 -8 -0.7 .8 0.1 -0.6 -8 .331 .496 $4,750,000
9 Seasons 666.2 462 2 268 3.62 4.45 0.11 -0.34 100.7 4.02 31 3.6 1.5 -0.1 9.5 103 .508 .502 $11,873,500
TOR (9 yrs) 650.2 452 2 255 3.53 4.46 0.12 -0.34 100.7 4.02 37 4.2 1.5 -0.2 9.8 107 .509 .503 $11,873,500
ATL (1 yr) 16.0 10 0 13 7.31 4.11 -0.33 -0.32 101.8 4.20 -6 -0.6 .5 0.1 -0.3 -4 .441 .496 $

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
1989 25 TOR AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 7.36 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 6 3 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 1 19 2.455 14.7 0.0 7.4 12.3 1.67
1991 27 TOR AL ALCS L MIN 0 1 .000 6.23 2 0 1 0 0 1 4.1 4 3 3 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 17 1.154 8.3 0.0 2.1 12.5 6.00
1992 28 TOR AL ALCS W OAK 1 0 1.000 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 1.750 13.5 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00
1992 28 TOR AL WS W ATL 2 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 12 0.600 2.7 0.0 2.7 16.2 6.00
1993 29 TOR AL ALCS W CHW 0 0 5.79 4 0 4 0 0 2 4.2 4 3 3 2 4 0 8 0 0 0 22 1.714 7.7 3.9 7.7 15.4 2.00
1993 29 TOR AL WS W PHI 1 0 1.000 1.93 4 0 4 0 0 2 4.2 3 2 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 17 0.643 5.8 1.9 0.0 13.5
4 Yrs (6 Series) 4 1 .800 4.74 19 0 11 0 0 5 24.2 24 14 13 3 10 0 34 0 0 2 106 1.378 8.8 1.1 3.6 12.4 3.40
4 ALCS 1 1 .500 6.48 11 0 6 0 0 3 16.2 20 12 12 2 9 0 21 0 0 1 77 1.740 10.8 1.1 4.9 11.3 2.33
2 WS 3 0 1.000 1.13 8 0 5 0 0 2 8.0 4 2 1 1 1 0 13 0 0 1 29 0.625 4.5 1.1 1.1 14.6 13.00

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
1993 TOR AL 29 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0

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
1986 22 TOR AL 2 15 10 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 .300 .533 .500 1.033 .333 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
1986 22 ATL NL 10 73 63 13 22 7 0 2 2 1 8 8 .349 .423 .556 .978 .377 35 4 0 2 0 0 1
1986 22 TOT MLB 12 88 73 17 25 9 0 2 2 1 12 9 .342 .442 .548 .990 .371 40 4 1 2 0 0 1
1987 23 TOR AL 12 57 43 9 14 5 0 0 2 0 12 10 .326 .464 .442 .906 .412 19 2 0 1 1 2 0
1988 24 TOR AL 64 487 413 46 101 13 3 5 13 6 60 91 .245 .344 .327 .671 .298 135 12 5 4 5 8 10
1989 25 TOR AL 66 494 408 55 94 14 2 4 12 2 58 122 .230 .326 .304 .630 .307 124 9 5 12 11 11 7
1990 26 TOR AL 73 508 457 51 101 13 3 9 12 6 42 112 .221 .287 .322 .609 .272 147 14 1 6 2 10 5
1991 27 TOR AL 81 428 386 36 80 10 1 3 7 4 33 132 .207 .271 .262 .532 .302 101 7 2 3 4 3 4
1992 28 TOR AL 79 414 367 27 76 10 2 5 14 4 39 103 .207 .282 .286 .568 .270 105 5 1 3 4 3 2
1993 29 TOR AL 71 282 254 17 49 6 0 4 3 0 25 97 .193 .266 .264 .530 .290 67 7 1 0 2 2 0
1995 31 TOR AL 4 25 19 10 11 3 0 0 2 0 5 3 .579 .680 .737 1.417 .688 14 0 1 0 0 0 1
9 Yrs 462 2783 2420 268 551 83 11 32 67 23 286 679 .228 .310 .311 .621 .299 752 60 17 31 29 39 30
162 Game Avg. 68 408 355 39 81 12 2 5 10 3 42 100 .228 .310 .311 .621 .299 110 9 2 5 4 6 4
MLB Averages .260 .327 .395 .722 .289

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1986 22 TOT MLB -7.0 -0.7 94 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 .47 -0.9 -0.4 -6.1 -0.6 0.47 -7.7 1 1 9
1986 22 ATL NL -4.8 -0.5 78 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 .35 -0.7 -0.5 -4.3 -0.4 0.35 -5.3 1 1 8
1986 22 TOR AL -2.1 -0.2 16 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 1.03 -0.2 0.1 -1.8 -0.2 1.03 -2.4 0 0 1
1987 23 TOR AL -2.5 -0.2 59 -0.2 0.7 -1.0 .91 -0.2 -0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.91 -1.9 4 1 4
1988 24 TOR AL 7.8 0.8 523 2.5 11.1 -8.6 1.27 -0.0 2.0 13.2 1.4 1.27 2.8 23 19 22
1989 25 TOR AL -2.0 -0.2 521 -0.8 12.1 -12.9 1.62 0.3 -0.8 3.6 0.4 1.62 5.8 37 12 16
1990 26 TOR AL 10.5 1.1 530 -0.1 10.4 -10.6 1.17 1.7 -1.8 9.0 0.9 1.17 22.3 28 16 27
1991 27 TOR AL 17.1 1.7 446 3.5 11.5 -7.9 1.46 2.6 -0.2 20.3 2.0 1.46 31.7 41 19 20
1992 28 TOR AL 22.2 2.3 440 3.6 11.6 -8.0 1.45 1.8 0.7 24.6 2.5 1.45 21.3 37 18 20
1993 29 TOR AL 18.4 1.8 292 2.7 8.9 -6.1 1.64 1.6 0.1 18.9 1.9 1.63 21.5 35 15 18
1995 31 TOR AL -7.0 -0.6 30 -0.6 0.3 -0.8 .88 -0.7 0.1 -9.3 -0.8 0.88 -7.5 1 0 3
9 Yrs 57.6 6.0 2935 10.0 67.1 -57.1 1.37 6.3 1.0 72.2 7.5 1.37 88.4 207 101 139

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
1986 22 TOT MLB 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 33 3 3 0 1 3.0 0.0 1.0
1986 22 TOR AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 3 3 0 1 3.0 0.0 1.0
1987 23 TOR AL 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 22.0 22 22 9 3 0 0 11.3 0.0 1.0
2 Yrs 14 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 28 33 22 12 6 0 1 6.9 0.0 1.0
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 103 -14 4.5 4.4 6.1 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
1986 22 TOT MLB 12 11 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% .467 1 1 9 0 1 10 3 8 4 2 4 1 4.6
1986 22 ATL NL 10 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 7 .350 1 1 8 0 1 9 3 7 4 2 4 1 4.8
1986 22 TOR AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.034 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1987 23 TOR AL 12 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 4 33% 7 .914 4 1 4 3 2 6 7 4 3 3 3 2 2.9
1988 24 TOR AL 64 64 32 9 3 18 15 3 83% 28 9 54 9 17% 7 1.271 23 19 22 38 5 21 33 31 45 9 49 8 5.2 30
1989 25 TOR AL 66 66 39 4 10 27 15 12 56% 32 5 65 22 34% 8 1.615 37 12 16 40 11 15 37 29 43 8 45 2 5.2 29
1990 26 TOR AL 73 73 39 2 8 18 11 7 61% 29 11 31 12 39% 8 1.169 28 16 27 40 6 27 18 55 43 7 44 10 5.2 25
1991 27 TOR AL 81 81 46 7 6 27 23 4 85% 44 17 36 10 28% 8 1.456 41 19 20 55 11 15 21 60 32 11 32 24 4.0 22
1992 28 TOR AL 79 79 35 7 4 16 12 4 75% 41 24 30 9 30% 8 1.454 37 18 20 55 8 16 18 61 27 6 27 20 3.8 20
1993 29 TOR AL 71 71 70 2 3 51 45 6 88% 51 0 26 9 35% 9 1.636 35 15 18 66 0 5 14 57 8 6 8 24 3.0 15
1995 31 TOR AL 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .882 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 4 0 3 0 0 2.0 26
9 Yrs 462 460 272 32 36 157 121 36 77% 226 67 259 75 29% 1.370 207 101 139 297 45 118 151 309 205 55 212 91 4.3 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%
1986 22 TOT MLB 88 53% 2.3% 10.2% 13.6% 12.5% 44% 3.00 70% 20 4 20%
1986 22 ATL NL 73 55% 2.7% 11.0% 11.0% 12.3% 41% 3.33 73% 17 4 24%
1986 22 TOR AL 15 47% 0.0% 6.7% 26.7% 13.3% 67% 1.50 60% 3 0 0%
1987 23 TOR AL 57 61% 0.0% 17.5% 21.1% 8.8% 36% 2.00 60% 16 2 13%
1988 24 TOR AL 487 58% 1.0% 18.7% 12.3% 4.3% 21% 1.25 1.70 66% 18% 5.5% 36% 107 12 11%
1989 25 TOR AL 494 56% 0.8% 24.7% 11.7% 4.1% 21% 1.27 1.86 59% 21% 3.8% 18% 120 9 8%
1990 26 TOR AL 508 55% 1.8% 22.1% 8.3% 4.9% 25% 1.15 1.68 67% 19% 6.8% 17% 83 14 17%
1991 27 TOR AL 428 51% 0.7% 30.8% 7.7% 3.3% 18% 0.94 1.30 60% 20% 2.8% 20% 73 7 10%
1992 28 TOR AL 414 49% 1.2% 24.9% 9.4% 4.1% 22% 0.92 1.18 64% 19% 4.4% 18% 77 5 6%
1993 29 TOR AL 282 50% 1.4% 34.4% 8.9% 3.6% 20% 0.80 1.09 55% 21% 6.2% 27% 47 7 15%
1995 31 TOR AL 25 40% 0.0% 12.0% 20.0% 12.0% 27% 0.88 1.50 64% 31% 0.0% 25% 4 0 0%
9 Yrs 2783 54% 1.2% 24.4% 10.3% 4.5% 23% 1.07 1.53 62% 20% 4.8% 22% 547 60 11%
MLB Averages 41% 2.3% 15.2% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.7% 20% 10%

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 24 TOR AL 489 1952 3.99 1207 62% 27% 15% 30% 27% 73% 4% 45% 79% 54% 7% 35 15 27% 131 79 9 33% 16 12 -2 2 1
1989 25 TOR AL 492 1858 3.78 1166 63% 25% 20% 28% 26% 75% 6% 47% 72% 58% 8% 39 12 28% 136 78 6 24% 27 17 2 2 3
1990 26 TOR AL 490 1773 3.62 1158 65% 20% 21% 29% 29% 80% 6% 52% 73% 61% 5% 24 9 27% 132 92 8 17% 23 5 18 2 1
1991 27 TOR AL 429 1750 4.08 1121 64% 23% 24% 29% 23% 77% 1% 49% 69% 54% 4% 19 13 25% 107 59 8 15% 28 3 -1 0 0
1992 28 TOR AL 415 1589 3.83 1024 64% 26% 20% 28% 26% 74% 2% 48% 73% 61% 6% 25 16 29% 120 76 5 15% 23 6 -1 0 0
1993 29 TOR AL 271 1020 3.76 659 65% 29% 24% 24% 23% 71% 2% 46% 66% 57% 6% 17 9 30% 82 59 2 23% 28 6 11 0 2
1995 31 TOR AL 25 103 4.12 53 51% 36% 13% 21% 30% 64% 0% 33% 79% 44% 16% 4 3 20% 5 3 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0
7 Yrs 2611 10045 3.85 6388 64% 25% 20% 29% 26% 75% 4% 48% 73% 57% 6% 163 77 27% 713 446 39 20% 145 50 27 6 7
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 19% 27%

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
1986 22 TOT MLB 88 25 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 7 3 1 43% 1 1 1 42 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1986 22 ATL NL 73 22 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 5 3 0 60% 1 0 1 35 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 22 TOR AL 15 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 23 TOR AL 57 14 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 11 5 1 45% 0 0 0 25 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 24 TOR AL 487 101 15 2 5 0 19 2 3 2 3 31 18 3 58% 10 10 3 204 13 6 68% 13 3 0 2 0 1 2 2 31 0
1989 25 TOR AL 494 94 13 1 4 2 31 2 2 2 2 55 34 8 62% 7 13 3 216 12 2 86% 11 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 34 0
1990 26 TOR AL 508 101 8 1 9 1 8 4 5 4 5 28 17 6 61% 5 5 1 161 12 6 67% 11 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1991 27 TOR AL 428 80 41 1 3 1 16 0 3 1 2 19 9 6 47% 4 6 2 154 7 4 64% 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 0
1992 28 TOR AL 414 76 30 2 5 0 7 0 5 3 2 20 9 3 45% 2 7 0 168 14 4 78% 13 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 0
1993 29 TOR AL 282 49 8 0 4 0 10 2 2 2 2 15 8 1 53% 0 7 1 102 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1995 31 TOR AL 25 11 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 1 2 0 16 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9 Yrs 2783 551 117 8 32 4 100 10 22 15 17 190 105 30 55% 30 51 11 1088 67 23 74% 62 17 4 3 1 3 4 2 127 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+
1986 22 0 2 .000 8.00 12 1 7 0 0 0 18.0 25 17 16 2 12 0 9 1 1 1 88 52 2.056 12.5 1.0 6.0 4.5 0.75 52
1987 23 1 2 .333 7.58 24 2 11 0 0 0 29.2 39 26 25 2 24 2 19 1 1 1 145 57 2.124 11.8 0.6 7.3 5.8 0.79 57
1988 24 10 5 .667 4.20 88 2 43 0 0 15 141.1 140 72 66 7 84 10 110 6 4 11 632 95 1.585 8.9 0.4 5.3 7.0 1.31 95
1989 25 14 15 .483 4.01 154 2 82 0 0 30 256.0 234 127 114 11 142 21 232 11 4 24 1126 96 1.469 8.2 0.4 5.0 8.2 1.63 96
1990 26 16 23 .410 3.82 227 2 121 0 0 41 383.2 335 178 163 20 184 31 344 12 4 29 1634 103 1.353 7.9 0.5 4.3 8.1 1.87 103
1991 27 23 29 .442 3.59 308 2 167 0 0 64 491.0 415 214 196 23 217 34 476 14 4 35 2062 112 1.287 7.6 0.4 4.0 8.7 2.19 112
1992 28 30 33 .476 3.31 387 2 202 0 0 76 592.1 491 241 218 28 256 37 579 15 4 42 2476 121 1.261 7.5 0.4 3.9 8.8 2.26 121
1993 29 32 36 .471 3.19 458 2 272 0 0 121 664.0 540 258 235 32 281 39 676 16 4 49 2758 127 1.236 7.3 0.4 3.8 9.2 2.41 127
1994 30 32 36 .471 3.19 458 2 272 0 0 121 664.0 540 258 235 32 281 39 676 16 4 49 2758 127 1.236 7.3 0.4 3.8 9.2 2.41 127
1995 31 32 37 .464 3.28 462 2 272 0 0 121 666.2 551 268 243 32 286 39 679 17 4 51 2783 124 1.256 7.4 0.4 3.9 9.2 2.37 124

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
1986 22 0 1 .000 8.47 17.0 25 18 16 2 12 8 1 2.176 13.2 6.4 4.2 0.67 1.1 12
1987 23 0 1 .000 8.10 10.0 14 10 9 0 12 9 0 2.600 12.6 10.8 8.1 0.75 0.0 12
1988 24 6 5 .545 3.89 104.0 106 50 45 5 63 85 5 1.625 9.2 5.5 7.4 1.35 0.4 64
1989 25 5 7 .417 4.67 108.0 102 62 56 4 63 115 5 1.528 8.5 5.3 9.6 1.83 0.3 66
1990 26 7 6 .538 3.83 120.0 103 57 51 9 43 106 1 1.217 7.7 3.2 8.0 2.47 0.7 73
1991 27 7 4 .636 2.94 104.0 81 38 34 3 33 128 2 1.096 7.0 2.9 11.1 3.88 0.3 81
1992 28 8 2 .800 2.11 98.0 78 26 23 5 40 100 1 1.204 7.2 3.7 9.2 2.50 0.5 79
1993 29 5 2 .714 2.22 69.0 49 19 17 4 25 93 1 1.072 6.4 3.3 12.1 3.72 0.5 71
1995 31 0 0 27.00 3.0 12 10 9 0 5 4 1 5.667 36.0 15.0 12.0 0.80 0.0 4
9 Yrs 38 28 .576 3.70 633.0 570 290 260 32 296 648 17 1.368 8.1 9.2 2.19 0.5 462

* 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
1993 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1993 AL (22, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1991 AL (9, 2%)
1993 AL (5, 4%)
0.06 Career Shares (205th)

Games Played s c a p y
1988 AL  64 (5th)
1989 AL  66 (8th)
1990 AL  73 (2nd)
1991 AL  81 (1st)
1992 AL  79 (2nd)
1993 AL  71 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1991 AL  23 (10th)
1993 AL  45 (1st)
Career  121 (102nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1988 AL  10 (10th)
1989 AL  13 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1993 AL  70 (1st)
Career  272 (139th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
Career  72.19 (219th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1988 AL  2.5 (10th)
1991 AL  3.5 (6th)
1992 AL  3.6 (6th)
Career  10.0 (192nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1991 AL  2.6 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
Career  7.5 (232nd)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 InkPitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 34 (396), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Tom Niedenfuer (961)
  2. Wayne Granger (957)
  3. Dave Veres (952)
  4. Bill Caudill (952)
  5. Danny Frisella (951)
  6. Jack Aker (950)
  7. John Wyatt (949)
  8. Mel Rojas (949)
  9. Greg McMichael (946)
  10. Vicente Romo (945)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Adrian Devine (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Grahe (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Danys Baez (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Nunez (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lance McCullers (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Niedenfuer (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mel Rojas (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: Roy Duane Ward

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