Bob Welch
Robert Lynn Welch
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 3, 1956 in Detroit, MI
High School: Hazel Park (Ferndale, MI)
School: Eastern Michigan University
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1978
Final Game: August 11, 1994
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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
1978 21 LAD NL 7 4 .636 2.02 23 13 6 4 3 3 111.1 92 28 25 6 26 2 66 1 2 2 439 174 1.060 7.4 0.5 2.1 5.3 2.54
1979 22 LAD NL 5 6 .455 3.98 25 12 10 1 0 5 81.1 82 42 36 7 32 4 64 3 0 0 349 92 1.402 9.1 0.8 3.5 7.1 2.00
1980 23 LAD NL 14 9 .609 3.29 32 32 0 3 2 0 213.2 190 85 78 15 79 6 141 3 5 7 889 108 1.259 8.0 0.6 3.3 5.9 1.78 AS
1981 24 LAD NL 9 5 .643 3.44 23 23 0 2 1 0 141.1 141 56 54 11 41 0 88 3 0 2 601 97 1.288 9.0 0.7 2.6 5.6 2.15
1982 25 LAD NL 16 11 .593 3.36 36 36 0 9 3 0 235.2 199 94 88 19 81 5 176 5 1 5 965 104 1.188 7.6 0.7 3.1 6.7 2.17
1983 26 LAD NL 15 12 .556 2.65 31 31 0 4 3 0 204.0 164 73 60 13 72 4 156 3 6 4 828 136 1.157 7.2 0.6 3.2 6.9 2.17 CYA-8
1984 27 LAD NL 13 13 .500 3.78 31 29 0 3 1 0 178.2 191 86 75 11 58 7 126 2 2 4 771 93 1.394 9.6 0.6 2.9 6.3 2.17
1985 28 LAD NL 14 4 .778 2.31 23 23 0 8 3 0 167.1 141 49 43 16 35 2 96 6 4 7 675 149 1.052 7.6 0.9 1.9 5.2 2.74
1986 29 LAD NL 7 13 .350 3.28 33 33 0 7 3 0 235.2 227 95 86 14 55 6 183 7 1 2 981 106 1.197 8.7 0.5 2.1 7.0 3.33
1987 30 LAD NL 15 9 .625 3.22 35 35 0 6 4 0 251.2 204 94 90 21 86 6 196 4 4 4 1027 124 1.152 7.3 0.8 3.1 7.0 2.28 CYA-8
1988 31 OAK AL 17 9 .654 3.64 36 36 0 4 2 0 244.2 237 107 99 22 81 1 158 10 13 3 1034 105 1.300 8.7 0.8 3.0 5.8 1.95
1989 32 OAK AL 17 8 .680 3.00 33 33 0 1 0 0 209.2 191 82 70 13 78 3 137 6 0 5 884 123 1.283 8.2 0.6 3.3 5.9 1.76
1990 33 OAK AL 27 6 .818 2.95 35 35 0 2 2 0 238.0 214 90 78 26 77 4 127 5 2 2 979 126 1.223 8.1 1.0 2.9 4.8 1.65 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1991 34 OAK AL 12 13 .480 4.58 35 35 0 7 1 0 220.0 220 124 112 25 91 3 101 11 2 3 950 83 1.414 9.0 1.0 3.7 4.1 1.11
1992 35 OAK AL 11 7 .611 3.27 20 20 0 0 0 0 123.2 114 47 45 13 43 0 47 2 0 1 513 115 1.270 8.3 0.9 3.1 3.4 1.09
1993 36 OAK AL 9 11 .450 5.29 30 28 0 0 0 0 166.2 208 102 98 25 56 5 63 7 0 1 746 77 1.584 11.2 1.4 3.0 3.4 1.13
1994 37 OAK AL 3 6 .333 7.08 25 8 4 0 0 0 68.2 79 56 54 10 43 2 44 1 3 3 325 62 1.777 10.4 1.3 5.6 5.8 1.02
17 Seasons 211 146 .591 3.47 506 462 20 61 28 8 3092.0 2894 1310 1191 267 1034 60 1969 79 45 55 12956 106 1.270 8.4 0.8 3.0 5.7 1.90
162 Game Avg. 15 10 .591 3.47 36 32 1 4 2 1 217 203 92 84 19 73 4 138 6 3 4 910 106 1.270 8.4 0.8 3.0 5.7 1.90
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
LAD (10 yrs) 115 86 .572 3.14 292 267 16 47 23 8 1820.2 1631 702 635 133 565 42 1292 37 25 37 7525 114 1.206 8.1 0.7 2.8 6.4 2.29
OAK (7 yrs) 96 60 .615 3.94 214 195 4 14 5 0 1271.1 1263 608 556 134 469 18 677 42 20 18 5431 98 1.362 8.9 0.9 3.3 4.8 1.44
NL (10 yrs) 115 86 .572 3.14 292 267 16 47 23 8 1820.2 1631 702 635 133 565 42 1292 37 25 37 7525 114 1.206 8.1 0.7 2.8 6.4 2.29
AL (7 yrs) 96 60 .615 3.94 214 195 4 14 5 0 1271.1 1263 608 556 134 469 18 677 42 20 18 5431 98 1.362 8.9 0.9 3.3 4.8 1.44

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
1978 21 LAD NL NLCS W PHI 1 0 1.000 2.08 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 16 0.462 4.2 2.1 0.0 10.4
1978 21 LAD NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 6.23 3 0 2 0 0 1 4.1 4 3 3 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 19 1.385 8.3 2.1 4.2 12.5 3.00
1981 24 LAD NL NLDS W HOU 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1981 24 LAD NL NLCS W MON 0 0 5.40 3 0 1 0 0 1 1.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 1.200 10.8 0.0 0.0 10.8
1981 24 LAD NL WS W NYY 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
1983 26 LAD NL NLCS L PHI 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
1985 28 LAD NL NLCS L STL 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 4 2 1 6 3 2 0 0 0 18 4.125 16.9 3.4 20.3 6.8 0.33
1988 31 OAK AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 6 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 13 4.800 32.4 5.4 10.8 0.0 0.00
1988 31 OAK AL WS L LAD 0 0 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 1 1 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 24 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 14.4 2.67
1989 32 OAK AL ALCS W TOR 1 0 1.000 3.18 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 8 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 27 1.588 12.7 0.0 1.6 6.4 4.00
1990 33 OAK AL ALCS W BOS 1 0 1.000 1.23 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 6 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 31 1.227 7.4 0.0 3.7 4.9 1.33
1990 33 OAK AL WS L CIN 0 0 4.91 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 9 4 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 31 1.500 11.0 0.0 2.5 2.5 1.00
1992 35 OAK AL ALCS L TOR 0 0 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 2 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 29 1.143 9.0 1.3 1.3 9.0 7.00
8 Seasons (13 Series) 3 3 .500 4.56 17 9 5 0 0 2 49.1 58 28 25 5 24 3 41 0 1 0 229 1.662 10.6 0.9 4.4 7.5 1.71
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
4 NLCS 1 2 .333 4.50 6 2 2 0 0 1 10.0 9 8 5 2 8 3 9 0 0 0 47 1.700 8.1 1.8 7.2 8.1 1.13
4 ALCS 2 0 1.000 4.15 4 4 0 0 0 0 21.2 27 10 10 2 7 0 15 0 1 0 100 1.569 11.2 0.8 2.9 6.2 2.14
4 WS 0 1 .000 5.40 6 3 2 0 0 1 16.2 22 10 10 1 8 0 16 0 0 0 78 1.800 11.9 0.5 4.3 8.6 2.00

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
1980 LAD NL 23 0 0 0 6.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 14 2.000 15.0 3.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
1990 OAK AL 33 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 1 0 0 3.60 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 21 1.400 10.8 1.8 1.8 9.0 5.00

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
1978 21 LAD NL 23 439 402 28 92 14 2 6 2 5 26 66 .229 .274 .318 .592 .256 128 8 1 4 6 2
1979 22 LAD NL 25 349 309 42 82 12 0 7 7 5 32 64 .265 .339 .372 .711 .314 115 6 3 4 1 4
1980 23 LAD NL 32 889 785 85 190 17 3 15 24 8 79 141 .242 .310 .329 .639 .274 258 11 3 12 10 6
1981 24 LAD NL 23 601 544 56 141 29 3 11 9 4 41 88 .259 .313 .384 .697 .290 209 10 3 9 4 0
1982 25 LAD NL 36 965 868 94 199 29 5 19 14 13 81 176 .229 .297 .340 .637 .266 295 11 5 7 4 5
1983 26 LAD NL 31 828 738 73 164 24 4 13 7 17 72 156 .222 .291 .318 .610 .262 235 12 3 8 7 4
1984 27 LAD NL 31 771 699 86 191 32 8 11 15 9 58 126 .273 .330 .389 .719 .319 272 12 2 10 2 7
1985 28 LAD NL 23 675 626 49 141 18 9 16 12 7 35 96 .225 .272 .359 .631 .242 225 6 6 6 2 2
1986 29 LAD NL 33 981 904 95 227 46 4 14 22 9 55 183 .251 .297 .357 .654 .298 323 15 7 7 8 6
1987 30 LAD NL 35 1027 921 94 204 40 4 21 20 18 86 196 .221 .289 .342 .631 .258 315 10 4 10 6 6
1988 31 OAK AL 36 1034 923 107 237 41 5 22 16 11 81 158 .257 .321 .384 .704 .286 354 14 10 12 8 1
1989 32 OAK AL 33 883 792 82 191 41 6 13 22 7 78 137 .241 .313 .357 .670 .276 283 17 6 3 4 3
1990 33 OAK AL 35 979 886 90 214 42 6 26 10 7 77 127 .242 .304 .391 .695 .255 346 25 5 6 5 4
1991 34 OAK AL 35 949 835 124 220 34 4 25 12 16 91 101 .263 .341 .404 .745 .273 337 17 11 6 6 3
1992 35 OAK AL 20 512 461 47 114 11 1 13 8 5 43 47 .247 .312 .360 .672 .250 166 14 2 3 3 0
1993 36 OAK AL 30 746 670 102 208 36 5 25 8 12 56 63 .310 .368 .491 .859 .313 329 19 7 10 3 5
1994 37 OAK AL 25 325 272 56 79 16 3 10 5 4 43 44 .290 .384 .482 .866 .311 131 2 1 5 4 2
17 Seasons 506 12953 11635 1310 2894 482 72 267 213 157 1034 1969 .249 .312 .371 .684 .277 4321 209 79 122 83 60
162 Game Avg. 36 910 817 92 203 34 5 19 15 11 73 138 .249 .312 .371 .684 .277 304 15 6 9 6 4
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
1978 21 LAD NL 23 13 6 4 3 0 2 8 5 .615 1 1 4 3 10 77% 60 83 28 4 2 2 7 4.1 4.6 7.2
1979 22 LAD NL 25 12 3 4 5 2 2 5 7 .417 0 4 1 0 5 42% 52 69 27 5 4 0 8 3.7 3.1 5.3
1980 23 LAD NL 32 32 14 9 9 1 2 17 15 .531 0 5 3 2 21 66% 55 92 13 19 7 0 8 3.9 3.5 6.7
1981 24 LAD NL 23 23 9 5 9 2 3 14 9 .609 4 3 2 1 15 65% 53 86 23 21 10 3 7 5.0 4.7 6.1
1982 25 LAD NL 36 36 16 11 9 2 4 18 18 .500 4 1 9 3 23 64% 56 85 13 31 14 6 8 4.5 5.1 6.5
1983 26 LAD NL 31 31 15 12 4 1 6 17 14 .548 0 4 4 3 22 71% 58 89 32 20 4 0 12 3.3 3.1 6.6
1984 27 LAD NL 31 29 13 12 4 2 6 13 16 .448 0 4 3 1 17 59% 52 89 17 17 7 3 12 3.8 3.6 6.0
1985 28 LAD NL 23 23 14 4 5 1 0 19 4 .826 1 5 8 3 15 65% 60 85 28 7 1 0 9 4.8 4.1 7.3
1986 29 LAD NL 33 33 7 13 13 1 7 12 21 .364 3 2 7 3 22 67% 57 85 18 20 13 0 14 3.2 3.2 7.1
1987 30 LAD NL 35 35 15 9 11 2 3 22 13 .629 4 3 6 4 23 66% 59 91 19 18 7 5 10 4.6 4.5 7.2
1988 31 OAK AL 36 36 17 9 10 0 2 25 11 .694 1 5 4 2 22 61% 53 82 6 23 8 3 7 4.6 4.3 6.8 107 2 7 18 9 139
1989 32 OAK AL 33 33 17 8 8 5 3 19 14 .576 3 3 1 0 18 55% 55 83 18 23 8 5 10 4.6 4.6 6.4 98 6 8 17 2 142
1990 33 OAK AL 35 35 27 6 2 6 1 29 6 .829 1 4 2 2 24 69% 55 83 13 18 3 3 6 5.2 5.2 6.8 98 7 10 15 2 128
1991 34 OAK AL 35 35 12 13 10 2 5 18 17 .514 4 5 7 1 19 54% 48 80 2 22 7 3 7 4.4 4.1 6.3 100 6 6 19 4 138
1992 35 OAK AL 20 20 11 7 2 3 2 13 7 .650 0 0 0 0 10 50% 52 66 25 12 5 0 10 4.7 4.5 6.2 88 5 10 4 1 131
1993 36 OAK AL 30 28 8 11 9 1 3 8 20 .286 2 5 0 0 12 43% 43 68 13 24 6 4 12 3.7 3.6 5.8 92 8 7 10 2 124
1994 37 OAK AL 25 8 0 5 3 0 0 2 6 .250 2 1 0 0 2 25% 35 58 15 14 3 0 4 5.0 4.4 4.3 82 3 2 1 1 121
17 Seasons 506 462 204 142 116 31 51 259 203 .561 30 55 61 28 280 61% 54 92 2 298 109 37 151 4.3 4.2 6.5 98 37 50 84 21 142
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
1978 21 LAD NL 23 10 6 1 0 3 3 0 100% 3 0 5 0 0% 6 1.049 4 3 3 4 1 5 3 7 7 1 7 2 5.4
1979 22 LAD NL 25 13 10 2 2 9 5 4 56% 9 0 7 4 57% 8 1.387 12 0 1 9 3 1 4 9 6 3 6 4 4.0
1984 27 LAD NL 31 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 1 1.054 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 6.5
1993 36 OAK AL 30 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.960 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5 46
1994 37 OAK AL 25 17 4 3 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 13 2 15% 5 1.030 3 8 6 6 3 8 8 9 13 2 14 0 6.1 32
5 Seasons 134 44 20 7 4 14 8 6 57% 15 1 28 8 29% 1.068 20 13 11 20 8 16 17 27 29 7 30 6 5.4 34

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%
1978 21 LAD NL 439 53% 1.4% 15.0% 5.9% 5.0% 24% 0.64 77% 87 8 9%
1979 22 LAD NL 349 41% 2.0% 18.3% 9.2% 5.4% 23% 0.81 68% 85 6 7%
1980 23 LAD NL 889 49% 1.7% 15.9% 8.9% 3.9% 18% 0.61 72% 140 11 8%
1981 24 LAD NL 601 44% 1.8% 14.6% 6.8% 7.2% 31% 0.77 75% 118 10 8%
1982 25 LAD NL 965 52% 2.0% 18.2% 8.4% 5.5% 27% 0.83 70% 129 11 9%
1983 26 LAD NL 828 51% 1.6% 18.8% 8.7% 5.0% 25% 0.91 70% 128 12 9%
1984 27 LAD NL 771 46% 1.4% 16.3% 7.5% 6.6% 27% 0.91 73% 146 12 8%
1985 28 LAD NL 675 52% 2.4% 14.2% 5.2% 6.4% 31% 0.98 76% 106 6 6%
1986 29 LAD NL 981 53% 1.4% 18.7% 5.6% 6.5% 28% 0.96 73% 172 15 9%
1987 30 LAD NL 1027 57% 2.0% 19.1% 8.4% 6.3% 32% 0.99 69% 154 10 6%
1988 31 OAK AL 1034 50% 2.1% 15.3% 7.8% 6.6% 29% 0.70 0.86 73% 21% 8.9% 45% 153 14 9%
1989 32 OAK AL 884 54% 1.5% 15.5% 8.8% 6.8% 31% 0.79 1.00 73% 24% 4.2% 15% 140 17 12%
1990 33 OAK AL 979 53% 2.7% 13.0% 7.9% 7.6% 35% 0.78 1.06 75% 20% 7.4% 17% 138 25 18%
1991 34 OAK AL 950 51% 2.6% 10.6% 9.6% 6.6% 29% 0.65 0.87 75% 24% 6.7% 17% 179 17 10%
1992 35 OAK AL 513 52% 2.5% 9.2% 8.4% 4.9% 22% 0.63 0.83 79% 19% 6.3% 18% 98 14 14%
1993 36 OAK AL 746 55% 3.4% 8.5% 7.5% 8.9% 32% 0.75 1.06 78% 21% 8.0% 10% 146 19 13%
1994 37 OAK AL 325 52% 3.1% 13.5% 13.2% 8.9% 37% 0.60 0.66 68% 24% 8.3% 16% 70 2 3%
17 Seasons 12956 51% 2.1% 15.2% 8.0% 6.3% 28% 0.71 0.88 73% 22% 7.0% 21% 2189 209 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 31 OAK AL 1034 3860 3.73 2446 63% 27% 14% 28% 32% 73% 0% 46% 81% 63% 4% 43 28 24% 249 134 13 28% 25 14 0 0 0
1989 32 OAK AL 884 3248 3.67 2045 63% 29% 11% 26% 32% 70% 1% 44% 83% 60% 6% 50 25 22% 198 97 13 34% 22 22 0 1 17
1990 33 OAK AL 945 3327 3.52 2079 63% 28% 11% 24% 36% 71% 1% 44% 84% 58% 5% 45 28 16% 153 82 8 41% 22 13 34 1 19
1991 34 OAK AL 950 3505 3.69 2128 61% 29% 11% 25% 35% 71% 1% 43% 85% 56% 5% 52 28 17% 160 84 8 35% 14 21 0 0 0
1992 35 OAK AL 513 1757 3.42 1094 62% 28% 10% 24% 38% 72% 0% 45% 87% 62% 4% 22 14 18% 92 43 7 34% 9 8 0 0 0
1993 36 OAK AL 710 2578 3.63 1563 61% 28% 10% 25% 38% 72% 1% 44% 87% 58% 5% 33 23 15% 106 52 11 41% 7 6 36 0 2
1994 37 OAK AL 293 1088 3.71 618 57% 33% 8% 24% 35% 67% 1% 38% 88% 57% 9% 25 14 13% 38 17 1 61% 9 10 32 0 0
7 Seasons 5329 19363 3.63 11973 62% 28% 11% 26% 35% 71% 1% 44% 84% 59% 5% 270 160 19% 996 509 61 36% 108 94 102 2 38
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
1978 21 LAD NL 439 92 6 0 7 3 3 3 3 22 11 1 50% 4 2 0 157 2 5 29% 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 0
1979 22 LAD NL 349 82 7 0 6 3 4 4 3 21 7 5 33% 7 0 0 144 7 5 58% 5 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
1980 23 LAD NL 889 190 15 0 13 7 8 9 6 50 28 6 56% 9 7 1 297 24 8 75% 23 7 0 0 1 1 4 0 29 0
1981 24 LAD NL 601 141 11 0 7 9 2 7 4 29 10 9 34% 7 2 0 234 9 4 69% 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1982 25 LAD NL 965 199 19 0 19 9 10 6 13 44 19 8 43% 6 5 1 291 14 13 52% 14 13 0 0 0 0 5 0 14 0
1983 26 LAD NL 828 164 13 0 7 3 10 7 6 31 18 5 58% 12 4 1 269 7 17 29% 6 14 1 0 0 3 6 1 25 0
1984 27 LAD NL 771 191 11 0 12 9 2 6 5 31 22 4 71% 11 4 4 316 15 9 63% 15 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1985 28 LAD NL 674 141 16 0 7 13 3 12 4 29 13 2 45% 11 7 1 213 12 7 63% 11 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 14 1
1986 29 LAD NL 981 227 14 0 17 7 7 5 9 57 26 11 46% 14 2 0 353 22 9 71% 22 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1987 30 LAD NL 1027 204 21 0 15 11 10 13 8 37 20 5 54% 14 4 1 318 20 18 53% 19 13 1 4 0 1 3 1 21 0
1988 31 OAK AL 1034 237 24 1 22 0 20 10 12 8 14 40 19 7 48% 4 3 0 367 16 11 59% 16 9 0 1 0 1 3 2 26 0
1989 32 OAK AL 884 191 24 5 13 1 22 10 3 5 8 40 21 10 53% 8 5 1 308 22 7 76% 21 7 0 0 1 0 5 1 14 0
1990 33 OAK AL 979 214 26 4 26 0 12 14 12 7 19 33 19 6 58% 6 2 2 311 10 7 59% 10 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 19 0
1991 34 OAK AL 950 220 61 3 25 0 17 17 8 9 16 43 23 7 53% 9 3 1 356 12 16 43% 11 14 1 2 0 0 1 0 16 0
1992 35 OAK AL 513 114 49 5 13 0 10 7 6 5 8 22 13 2 59% 3 1 0 175 8 5 62% 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1993 36 OAK AL 746 208 19 2 25 0 11 14 11 13 12 45 25 2 56% 10 1 0 279 8 12 40% 7 12 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
1994 37 OAK AL 325 79 11 1 10 1 20 5 5 1 9 23 13 1 57% 4 3 0 131 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
17 Seasons 12955 2894 214 21 267 2 222 151 116 120 147 597 307 91 51% 139 55 13 4519 213 157 58% 202 143 8 8 3 6 39 7 250 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+
1978 21 7 4 .636 2.02 23 13 6 4 3 3 111.1 92 28 25 6 26 2 66 1 2 2 439 174 1.060 7.4 0.5 2.1 5.3 2.54 174
1979 22 12 10 .545 2.85 48 25 16 5 3 8 192.2 174 70 61 13 58 6 130 4 2 2 788 125 1.204 8.1 0.6 2.7 6.1 2.24 125
1980 23 26 19 .578 3.08 80 57 16 8 5 8 406.1 364 155 139 28 137 12 271 7 7 9 1677 115 1.233 8.1 0.6 3.0 6.0 1.98 115
1981 24 35 24 .593 3.17 103 80 16 10 6 8 547.2 505 211 193 39 178 12 359 10 7 11 2278 110 1.247 8.3 0.6 2.9 5.9 2.02 110
1982 25 51 35 .593 3.23 139 116 16 19 9 8 783.1 704 305 281 58 259 17 535 15 8 16 3243 108 1.229 8.1 0.7 3.0 6.1 2.07 108
1983 26 66 47 .584 3.11 170 147 16 23 12 8 987.1 868 378 341 71 331 21 691 18 14 20 4071 113 1.214 7.9 0.6 3.0 6.3 2.09 113
1984 27 79 60 .568 3.21 201 176 16 26 13 8 1166.0 1059 464 416 82 389 28 817 20 16 24 4842 110 1.242 8.2 0.6 3.0 6.3 2.10 110
1985 28 93 64 .592 3.10 224 199 16 34 16 8 1333.1 1200 513 459 98 424 30 913 26 20 31 5517 113 1.218 8.1 0.7 2.9 6.2 2.15 113
1986 29 100 77 .565 3.13 257 232 16 41 19 8 1569.0 1427 608 545 112 479 36 1096 33 21 33 6498 112 1.215 8.2 0.6 2.7 6.3 2.29 112
1987 30 115 86 .572 3.14 292 267 16 47 23 8 1820.2 1631 702 635 133 565 42 1292 37 25 37 7525 114 1.206 8.1 0.7 2.8 6.4 2.29 114
1988 31 132 95 .581 3.20 328 303 16 51 25 8 2065.1 1868 809 734 155 646 43 1450 47 38 40 8559 113 1.217 8.1 0.7 2.8 6.3 2.24 113
1989 32 149 103 .591 3.18 361 336 16 52 25 8 2275.0 2059 891 804 168 724 46 1587 53 38 45 9443 114 1.223 8.1 0.7 2.9 6.3 2.19 114
1990 33 176 109 .618 3.16 396 371 16 54 27 8 2513.0 2273 981 882 194 801 50 1714 58 40 47 10422 115 1.223 8.1 0.7 2.9 6.1 2.14 115
1991 34 188 122 .606 3.27 431 406 16 61 28 8 2733.0 2493 1105 994 219 892 53 1815 69 42 50 11372 111 1.239 8.2 0.7 2.9 6.0 2.03 111
1992 35 199 129 .607 3.27 451 426 16 61 28 8 2856.2 2607 1152 1039 232 935 53 1862 71 42 51 11885 111 1.240 8.2 0.7 2.9 5.9 1.99 111
1993 36 208 140 .598 3.38 481 454 16 61 28 8 3023.1 2815 1254 1137 257 991 58 1925 78 42 52 12631 108 1.259 8.4 0.8 3.0 5.7 1.94 108
1994 37 211 146 .591 3.47 506 462 20 61 28 8 3092.0 2894 1310 1191 267 1034 60 1969 79 45 55 12956 106 1.270 8.4 0.8 3.0 5.7 1.90 106

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
1978 21 8 3 .727 2.51 104.0 98 32 29 6 28 62 1 1.212 8.5 2.4 5.4 2.21 0.5 23
1979 22 3 5 .375 4.62 76.0 85 43 39 7 33 60 3 1.553 10.1 3.9 7.1 1.82 0.8 25
1980 23 11 11 .500 3.92 200.0 201 97 87 16 84 132 3 1.425 9.0 3.8 5.9 1.57 0.7 32
1981 24 10 12 .455 4.34 201.0 234 108 97 18 68 125 5 1.502 10.5 3.0 5.6 1.84 0.8 23
1982 25 12 12 .500 3.99 221.0 211 109 98 20 86 165 5 1.344 8.6 3.5 6.7 1.92 0.8 36
1983 26 13 8 .619 3.03 193.0 170 72 65 13 75 148 3 1.269 7.9 3.5 6.9 1.97 0.6 31
1984 27 8 10 .444 4.42 169.0 201 92 83 12 61 119 2 1.550 10.7 3.2 6.3 1.95 0.6 31
1985 28 12 5 .706 2.70 160.0 151 53 48 17 37 92 6 1.175 8.5 2.1 5.2 2.49 1.0 23
1986 29 12 12 .500 3.94 224.0 243 109 98 15 59 174 7 1.348 9.8 2.4 7.0 2.95 0.6 33
1987 30 16 11 .593 3.32 244.0 205 100 90 21 86 190 4 1.193 7.6 3.2 7.0 2.21 0.8 35
1988 31 11 14 .440 4.38 228.0 252 123 111 23 86 147 11 1.482 9.9 3.4 5.8 1.71 0.9 36
1989 32 11 10 .524 3.72 196.0 205 90 81 14 84 128 6 1.474 9.4 3.9 5.9 1.52 0.6 33
1990 33 13 11 .542 3.68 220.0 230 100 90 28 83 117 5 1.423 9.4 3.4 4.8 1.41 1.1 35
1991 34 7 15 .318 5.66 202.0 234 141 127 27 97 93 12 1.639 10.4 4.3 4.1 0.96 1.2 35
1992 35 6 6 .500 4.11 114.0 123 58 52 14 46 43 2 1.482 9.7 3.6 3.4 0.93 1.1 20
1993 36 5 12 .294 6.04 155.0 215 116 104 26 58 59 7 1.761 12.5 3.4 3.4 1.02 1.5 30
1994 37 2 8 .200 7.11 95.0 113 83 75 14 62 61 1 1.842 10.7 5.9 5.8 0.98 1.3 25
17 Seasons 160 165 .492 4.12 3002.0 3171 1526 1374 291 1133 1915 83 1.434 9.5 5.7 1.69 0.9 506
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

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1980 *
1990 (P)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1990-AL-Cy Young
1990-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1990-AL-9-14%
0.14 Career Shares (805th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1983-NL--8--2%
1987-NL--8--2%
1990-AL--1--76%
1 Cy Young
0.80 Career Shares (68th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1983 NL--2.647--3rd
1985 NL--2.313--5th
1987 NL--3.219--6th
1989 AL--3.005--7th
1990 AL--2.950--6th

Wins s c a p y
1980 NL--14--9th
1982 NL--16--7th
1983 NL--15--6th
1987 NL--15--5th
1988 AL--17--7th
1989 AL--17--6th
1990 AL--27--1st
Career--211--90th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1980 NL--.609--10th
1985 NL--.778--4th
1987 NL--.625--5th
1988 AL--.654--8th
1989 AL--.680--8th
1990 AL--.818--1st
Career--.591--140th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1983 NL--1.157--4th
1985 NL--1.052--5th
1987 NL--1.152--4th
1990 AL--1.223--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 NL--7.600--6th
1983 NL--7.235--3rd
1985 NL--7.584--8th
1987 NL--7.295--3rd
1989 AL--8.199--10th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 NL--1.883--6th
1986 NL--2.100--4th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL--5.939--5th
1982 NL--6.721--5th
1983 NL--6.882--8th
1986 NL--6.989--8th
1987 NL--7.009--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1982 NL--235.7--10th
1987 NL--251.7--2nd
1988 AL--244.7--9th
1990 AL--238.0--3rd
Career--3092.0--116th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1980 NL--141--8th
1981 NL--88--9th
1982 NL--176--6th
1983 NL--156--7th
1986 NL--183--8th
1987 NL--196--3rd
Career--1969--70th

Games Started s c a p y
1981 NL--23--10th
1982 NL--36--5th
1987 NL--35--4th
1988 AL--36--2nd
1989 AL--33--10th
1990 AL--35--3rd
1991 AL--35--1st
Career--462--71st

Complete Games s c a p y
1982 NL--9--7th
1985 NL--8--9th
1986 NL--7--8th
1987 NL--6--7th
1991 AL--7--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
1978 NL--3--6th
1982 NL--3--7th
1983 NL--3--5th
1985 NL--3--7th
1986 NL--3--3rd
1987 NL--4--1st
1988 AL--2--8th
1990 AL--2--6th
Career--28--134th

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 NL--11--3rd
1982 NL--19--10th
1990 AL--26--4th
1991 AL--25--4th
1993 AL--25--10th
Career--267--70th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 NL--79--10th
1982 NL--81--9th
1987 NL--86--8th
1989 AL--78--10th
1991 AL--91--8th
Career--1034--98th

Hits s c a p y
1986 NL--227--6th
1988 AL--237--7th
1990 AL--214--7th
Career--2894--144th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1985 NL--2.743--7th
1986 NL--3.327--3rd
1987 NL--2.279--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 NL--.535--4th
1987 NL--.751--10th
1989 AL--.558--10th

Losses s c a p y
1984 NL--13--10th
1986 NL--13--6th
1991 AL--13--7th
Career--146--170th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1988 AL--99--7th
1991 AL--112--2nd
Career--1191--123rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1980 NL--7--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 NL--3--10th
1982 NL--5--7th
1985 NL--6--6th
1986 NL--7--3rd
1988 AL--10--5th
1991 AL--11--5th
Career--79--118th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1987 NL--1027--4th
1988 AL--1034--8th
1990 AL--979--3rd
Career--12956--103rd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1983 NL--136--4th
1985 NL--149--5th
1987 NL--124--5th
1990 AL--126--7th

Salary s c a p y
1991 AL--$3,450,000--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (260), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 141 (109), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 67 (171), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 37 (85), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Orel Hershiser (974)
  2. Kevin Brown (945)
  3. Milt Pappas (933)
  4. Catfish Hunter (927) *
  5. Vida Blue (923)
  6. Dazzy Vance (921) *
  7. Jim Perry (919)
  8. Tommy Bridges (913)
  9. Dave Stieb (911)
  10. Freddie Fitzsimmons (911)
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  1. Red Ames (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Don Wilson (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Scott Sanderson (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Scott Sanderson (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Scott Sanderson (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kevin Appier (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kevin Appier (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kevin Appier (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Doug Drabek (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jose Rijo (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Burt Hooton (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Bunning (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dwight Gooden (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Dwight Gooden (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Dwight Gooden (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Luis Tiant (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Luis Tiant (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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